03-13-95 B. Andersen Invited to White House

PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR INVITED TO WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE BRIEFING

     COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Ohio State University psychology
professor was one of 50 women scientists from across the country
invited to a special briefing sponsored by the White House.

     Barbara Andersen of UPPER ARLINGTON attended the Women's
Leadership Briefing on women in science and technology, held in
Washington, D.C. on Thursday, March 9.  The meeting, sponsored by
the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, involved
discussions of the Clinton administration's new and continuing
initiatives in science and technology and the role of women in
those efforts.

     Speakers included First Lady Hillary Clinton; Neal Lane,
director of the National Science Foundation; John Gibbons,
assistant to the president for science and technology; France
Cordova, NASA chief scientist; and Eileen Collins, astronaut and
shuttle pilot.

     Andersen's research specialty is the psychological aspects
of cancer.  She is currently studying the relationship of stress
and immunity in women with breast cancer.

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Contact:  Barbara Andersen, 292-4236


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