fs A 4a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. oO Upton, New York 11973 Medical Department (516) 345-3577 ALO? August 16, 1979 Brian Henderson, M.D. Professor and Chairman, Department of Community & Family Medicine Associate Director University of Southern California Cancer Center 2025 Zonal Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90033 Dear Brian, I must apologize for not responding sooner to our very productive meeting on July 25th. After John Nicoloff, Susan, and I Left vour office we spent about 45 minutes with Dr. Mathias. He seemed quite enthusiastic about the program - in fact he volunteered to go on one of the next surveys (schedule permitting). Our discussions with him covered primarily the mutual advantages of the training affiliation between the Brookhaven National Laboratory Marshall Islands Study and the staff of the University of Southern California Medical School. It included the training of promis- ing (carefullyscreened) Marshallese for paramedical support. He mentioned the success they have had with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to train underprivileged Chicanos and blacks. Such a program of cross - cultural paramedical training is beautifully tailored to the Marshallese needs. Since returning from that trip I have spent most of my time in Washington - working on the details of the proposed expansion. It now appears almost certain that we will at least double — and most probably quadruple, the present study population over the next year. The doubling will come within the next 6 months. The Department of Energy is currently working out the budget for this and we have good indications of congressional support. I have attempted to outline the advantages to the University of Southern California from a collaborative effort with the Brookhaven National Laboratory Marshall Islands Study. An affiliation of the efforts of BNL and USC will provide: A. An operational base with full logistic support that now includes a large ocean going ship. The ship is equipped with 6 fully equipped examining rooms, a small Laboratory and an X-ray. In the future we hope