The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences is an independent, nonprofit coalition of universities, foundations, government agencies, and private sector businesses engaged in environmental risk assessment and biomedical sciences research and development. The goals of The Hamner are to facilitate development of new and safer medicines, guard public health and safety, and contribute to the economic growth of North Carolina and the nation. (http://www.thehamner.org/about/; accessed 4/20/08)

List of Sponsors:

• 3M

• Afton Chemical Corporation

• American Chemistry Council

• American Diabetes Association

• American Forest & Paper Association

• American Heart Association

• American Petroleum Institute

• BASF

• Bayer CropScience

• Bespak

• Burroughs Wellcome Fund

• Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

• Chrysalis Technologies

• Dow / Dow Corning

• Environ

• ExxonMobil Corporation

• Formaldehyde Council

• GlaxoSmithKline

• Health Canada

• Honeywell

• National Cancer Institute

• National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

• National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

• National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health

• Procter & Gamble

• Research Triangle Institute

• Shell Oil Company

• U.S. Army

• U.S. Department of Energy

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(http://www.thehamner.org/about/funding.html; accessed 4/20/08)