Topics in this Annual Report include: A Commitment to Excellence [letter from the Program Director]; Acknowledgements; Contents; 2002 Leadership Program Agenda; 2002 Leadership Program Participants; Activities 2002: Research, Leadership, Biomedical Ethics, Good Laboratory Practice, Emerging Diseases, Career Explorations; Cornell's Partnership with the National Institutes of Health: Topics and Speakers; The USDA and Animal Agriculture: Topics and Speakers; Presentations and Prizes; 2002 Program Fellows and Their Research; Counselors and Facilitators for the 2002 Leadership Program; Housing: Program Coordinators; Program Dinner; Time Out; Where Are They Now?; Reunion 2002; What Did They Say?; In the Limelight: Jacqueline Phillips.