he was taken to robert wood johnson in grave condition which led authorities to his home.earned that the couple had three children whose lives are going to change drastically. butdrastically. but i also found out in january a baby that they had died so they were dealing with that. i came and spoke to darlene: who is the editor. >> a very tightknit community. i have lived here since 1986. >> what is selfish and cowardly act for him to have allegedly killed his wife and an attempted suicide. >> a lot is not known right now. everything is alleged. the pieces that are put together command was ruled a homicide and his body was found shortly before hers. >> it is such a tragedy.a tragedy. they left three kids at home. i wish that he would have thought about that. i mean now these kids lives are completely uprooted. >> absolutely, but you never no what kind of trauma or stress some people are under their bodies are taken away from them. there is a lot we still have to learn. >> a pretty tragic story but no excuse or justification for taking your wife's life allegedly and attempti

when you were at the robert wood johnson fellow at stanford you are asked to be in charge of the first aids conference and i have a very distinct memory of it. there was a poignant time as you remember sitting and watching it sit in at the hyatt in seeing randy shultz off to the side looking at this. his book is a book that got me so committed to the hiv story. bob trained at the university of pennsylvania and his residency at the university of california san francisco. he is a robert wood johnson fellow as i mentioned and has gone on to a distinguished career in the field that he invented so to speak on a very important article. he coined the term hospitalist and he is truly the leader of the hospitalist movement in america. it's interesting bob i think any times people have hated us against each other. i am the luddites which i don't think i am but certainly writes about the dangers of technology and i've always viewed you as someone who very much embraced more than i did so this book was a bit of a surprise. i loved it and a tack on technology that completely took me by surprise. i

when you were a robert wood johnson fellow at stanford i think you were asked to be in charge of the first hiv the first aids conference, and i traveled to it, and i have a very distinct memory of it. it was a very poignant time as you remember -- >> that's right. >> and i remember sitting watching a sit-in in the lobby of the marriott or the hyatt and seeing randy schultz off to the side looking at this. and his book "and the band played on" was really the book that got me so committed to the hiv story. bob trained at the university of pennsylvania. he did his residency at university of california san francisco. was a robert wood johnson fellow, as i mentioned and has gone on to really a distinguished career in the field that he invented, so to speak, in a very important article he coined the term hospitallist. and he's surely the leader of the hospitallist movement in america. it's interesting bob i think many times people have pitted us against each other. i'm the luddite which i don't think i am -- >> no, you're not. >> i certainly write about the dangers of technology. and i alw

who is responsible for administering the program as well as from the medical director of the robert wood johnson medical school and two first responders who are enrolled in the world trade center health program. i look forward to the testimony today. and i would like to yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from new jersey, representative lance. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is my honor to welcome david howley, a constituent of mine in new jersey's seventh congressional district to the committee this morning. david, thank you for making the trip from new jersey to share your story and advocate for those who cannot be with us today. we look forward to your testimony. i first met david several months ago when he came into my office in westfield, new jersey, to discuss the bill before us today. and this reauthorization act is critically important. david has been a tremendous advocate for the legislation because, as he will detail in his testimony, he knows firsthand the importance of these programs for him and his fellow first responders and survivors. david joined the new york police depa

iris udasin, medical director environmental and occupational health sciences institute, robert wood johnson pled medical school. welcome, dr. udasin. second we have mr. david howie, retired police officer new york city police department. and finally we have miss barbara burnett, former detective new york city police department. thank you very much for your patience, for coming, for your testimony testimony. your written testimony will be made a part of the record. you will each be given five minutes to summarize. there are a series of lights on the table. you'll see green first, then yellow. when red appears we ask you please conclude your testimony. so at this time, dr. udasin, you're recognized for five minutes. summarize your testimony. >> my name is iris udasin, and as i serve as rutgers clinical center of excellence in new jersey, we are one of six clinics in the new york/new jersey area. i'm a physician who is board certified in internal and occupational medicine and am a professor at rutgers and a member of the national toxicology panel an expert panel that advises the national insti