Advisory Committee to the Director

Meeting Slides—December 5, 2008

NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on Risk Assessment for the BU National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
—Adel Mahmoud, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Princeton University
—Amy P. Patterson, M.D., Acting Director, Office of Science Policy, Office of the Director, NIH

Enhancing Peer Review: Implementation of Recommended Actions
—Lawrence Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., Acting Deputy Director, NIH; Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH

Assuring Objectivity in Research: NIH and Financial Conflict of Interest
—Sally Rockey, Ph.D., Acting Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Office of the Director, NIH

Scientific Presentation - Dog Genes Tell Surprising Tales: Finding Genes for Complex Traits *
—Elaine Ostrander, Ph.D., Chief and Senior Investigator, Comparative Genetics Section, National Human Genome Research Institute

Director’s Council of Public Representatives Report to the ACD
—Beth Furlong, RN, Ph.D., J.D., COPR Liaison to the ACD
—John C. Nelson, M.D., M.P.H., ACD Liaison to the COPR

NCCAM Director’s Report *
—Josephine Briggs, M.D., Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Report of the NIH ACD Working Group on Participant and Data Protection for the Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN) and Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)

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