2022 - 2024 ACD Meetings

December 12-13, 2024

UPDATE: The meeting is virtual. The public is required to watch via NIH Videocast. The Videocast links can be accessed below.

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 206 KB)
• Agenda (PDF, 195 KB)
• Videocast — Day 1
• Videocast — Day 2
• PCRM Public Comment ACD Meeting December 2024 (PDF, 209 KB)
• NIH Director's Report (PDF, 13.8 MB)
• Budget Update (PDF, 177 KB)
• Legislative update (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) (PDF, 708 KB)
• RECOVER - Treating Long COVID: Future Clinical Trials Informed by Pathobiology and Symptoms (PDF, 2 MB)
• Engineering immunity to promote tissue reconstruction and recovery from traumatic injuries (PDF, 6.3 MB)
• Understanding the Molecular Link Between Infection and Dementia Risk (PDF, 3.5 MB)
• COSWD Update (PDF, 2.8 MB)
• Addressing Ableism and Advancing Accessibility at the National Institutes of Health (PDF, 766 KB)
• NIH Disability Research Strategic Plan (PDF, 500 KB)
• NIH ENGAGE INITIATIVE UPDATE (PDF, 3.6 MB)
• Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB) Restart (PDF, 1.7 MB)
• Cancer Moonshot Update (PDF, 2.8 MB)
• Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development service mark (PDF, 6.5 MB)
• HELA GENOME DATA ACCESS WORKING GROUP REPORT FINDINGS TO THE ACD (PDF, 356 KB)
• Summary of HeLa Genome Data Access Request (PDF, 180 KB)
• NIH…Turning Discovery Into Health (PDF, 4.9 MB)

June 13-14, 2024

UPDATE: The meeting is hybrid. There will be limited space for invited guests and members of the public. A live NIH Videocast will also be available.

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 131 KB)
• Agenda* (PDF, 133 KB)
• Videocast - Day 1
• Videocast - Day 2
• NIH Director's Report (PDF, 10.6 MB)
• Budget Update (PDF, 185 KB)
• Legislative update (PDF, 697 KB)
• UNITE and COSWD Progress Report Presentation​ (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Common Fund Diversity Program Consortium​ (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Overview of Women’s Health Research and Policies Across NIH ​(Tara A. Schwetz, PhD) (PDF, 7.9 MB)
• NIH Office of Research on Women's Health: Initiatives, Policies, and Updates (Janine Clayton) (PDF, 6.9 MB)
• Establishing a Network for Research in Primary Care Settings (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Project Update (Tara Schwetz) (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Project Update (Diana Bianchi) (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Creation of ACD Working Group for CIT (PDF, 7.9 MB)
• Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative Update (Nora Volkow, MD) (PDF, 3.1 MB)
• Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative Update (Walter Koroshetz, MD) (PDF, 2.1 MB)
• Long Covid Update (PDF, 3.8 MB)
• Building and Maintaining Data Communities: A Vision of the Future for the National Library of Medicine (PDF, 4.3 MB)
• Creation of AI Working Group ​ (PDF, 3 MB)
• PCRM Public Comment on June 2024 ACD Meeting ​ (PDF, 148 KB)

December 14-15, 2023

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 173 KB)
• Agenda* (PDF, 71 KB)
• Videocast — Day 1
• Videocast — Day 2
• NIH Director's Report* (PDF, 24.8 MB)>
• Budget Update (PDF, 185 KB)
• Legislative update (PDF, 418 KB)
• NIH UNITE Initiative (PDF, 5.3 MB)
• The NIH's Response to the Maternal Mortality Crisis (PDF, 2.3 MB)
• Future of Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (PDF, 5 MB)
• Catalyzing the Development and Use of Novel Alternative Methods (NAMs) to Advance Biomedical Research* (PDF, 4.3 MB)
  • Catalyzing the Development and Use of Novel Alternative Methods Report (PDF, 858 KB)
• HeLa Genome Data Access Working Group Update to the ACD (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• All of Us Research Program (PDF, 8.5 MB)
• RADx Program Overview (PDF, 4.3 MB)
• NExTRAC Update (PDF, 846 KB)
• Re-envisioning NIH-Supported Postdoctoral Training (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  • Working Group on Re-envisioning NIH-Supported Postdoctoral Training Report (PDF, 1.2 MB)

June 8-9, 2023

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 172 KB)
• Agenda* (PDF, 306 KB)
• Videocast — Day 1
• Videocast — Day 2
• NIH Director's Report (PDF, 5.4 MB)
  • Open Mike Blog on Peer Review RFI Results
• Budget Update (PDF, 319 KB)
• Legislative update (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• NIH Public Access Plan (PDF, 1.6 MB)
  • NLM-Commissioned NAS Study on Costs of Managing and Sharing Data
  • Publication: Use of the NHLBI Data Repository
  • Publication: Data Use under the NIH GWAS Data Sharing Policy and Future Directions
  • NIH Preprint Pilot
  • NIH Notice: Reporting Preprints and Other Interim Research Products
• Cancer Moonshot (PDF, 4.5 MB)
  • CC-DIRECT
• Addressing the Mental Health Crisis through Research (PDF, 5 MB)
• Addressing the Public Health Threat of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC)—NIH RECOVER Initiative: Briefing for the Advisory Council to the Director (ACD) (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) (PPT, 3.4 MB)
  • FNIH Website
  • Video: FNIH: Building Bridges to Breakthroughs
  • Publication: The NIH-led research response to COVID-19
• Clinical Trial Stewardship (PDF, 844 KB)
  • Open Mike Blog on Clinical Trials Reporting Compliance
• Accessibility Update (PDF, 1.7 MB)
• HeLA Genome Data Access Working Group: Data Access Requests (PPT, 155 KB)
• NIH-wide Collaborative Initiative on Climate Change and Health (PDF, 2.8 MB)
• Update from the ACD Working Group on Catalyzing the Development and Use of Novel Alternative Methods to Advance Biomedical Research (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Update from the ACD Working Group on Re-envisioning NIH-Supported Postdoctoral Training (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  • NIH Notice: Reminder - NIH Policies for NRSA Stipends, Compensation and Other Income
  • WG Page with Listening Session Report & Materials

December 8-9, 2022

UPDATE: Due to current conditions surrounding COVID-19, only ACD Board Members are permitted to attend in-person and the public is required to watch via NIH Videocast. The Videocast links can be accessed below.

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 112 KB)
• Agenda* (PDF, 222 KB)
• Videocast — Day 1
• Videocast — Day 2
• NIH Director's Report (PDF, 7.4 MB)
• ARPA-H (PDF, 3.1 MB)
• Pandemic Preparedness (PDF, 6.2 MB)
• Proposed Changes to Peer Review Criteria (PDF, 1.6 MB)
  • CSRAC report* (PDF, 794 KB)
• Proposed ACD Novel Alternative Methods Working Group (PDF, 2.5 MB)
• Proposed ACD Post-Doc Working Group (PDF, 5 MB)
• HELA Working Group (PDF, 154 KB)
  • Summary Packet (PDF, 241 KB)
• Assessing the Public Health Threat of Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC) - NIH RECOVER Initiative (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• NIH Efforts in Support of Open Data (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Update from the ACD Working Group on Diversity: Disability Subgroup Report (PDF, 659 KB)
  • Subgroup on Individuals with Disabilities Report* (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• UNITE (PDF, 5.3 MB)

November 3, 2022

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 106 KB)
• Agenda* (PDF, 85 KB)
• Videocast
• Proposed New Framework for Peer Review Criteria (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• ACD Working Group on Re-envisioning NIH-Supported Postdoctoral Training (Postdoc WG) (PDF, 2.7 MB)
• Catalyzing The Development And Use Of Alternative Methods To Advance Biomedical Research (PDF, 1.4 MB)

June 9-10, 2022

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 121 KB)
• Agenda - Day 1* (PDF, 89 KB)
• Agenda - Day 2* (PDF, 74 KB)
• Videocast — Day 1
• Videocast — Day 2
• NIH Director's Report (PDF, 8.2 MB)
• Budget Update (PDF, 8.2 MB)
• Legislative Update (PDF, 8.2 MB)
• ARPA-H (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Update on COVID-19 (PDF, 12.1 MB)
• RECOVER (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• Updates on COVID-19 in Children and People of Reproductive Age (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Update on Rigor and Animal Use WG (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• DEIA Strategic Plan (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• UNITE (PDF, 970 KB)
• UNITE — U (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• UNITE — N (PDF, 437 KB)
• UNITE — I (PDF, 447 KB)
• UNITE — T (PDF, 746 KB)
• UNITE — E (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• UNITE — Evaluation (PDF, 919 KB)
• NIH Data Sharing Policy and Supportive Infrastructure Efforts (PDF, 3.7 MB)