2017–2021 ACD Meetings

June 10-11, 2021

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 158.1 KB)
• Agenda - Day 1* (PDF, 44.7 KB)
• Agenda - Day 2* (PDF, 48.5 KB)
• Videocast — Day 1
• Videocast — Day 2
• Legislative Update (PDF, 2.9 MB)
• Budget Update (PDF, 205.7 KB)
• UPDATE ON COVID-19 (PDF, 18.6 MB)
• Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions
  • H. Clifford Lane, MD (PDF, 5.6 MB)
  • Gary Gibbons, MD (PDF, 4.3 MB)
• Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL)
  • Monica Webb Hooper, PhD (PDF, 7.6 MB)
  • George A. Mensah, MD (PDF, 7.6 MB)
• Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx)
  • Diana Bianchi, MD (PDF, 2.1 MB)
  • Rachael L. Fleurence, PhD (PDF, 3.7 MB)
• Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• NIH Efforts to Redress Harassment (Update)
  • Michael Lauer, MD (PDF, 2.7 MB)
  • Alfred Johnson, PhD (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• UNITE (Update) (PDF, 2.7 MB)
  • Marie A. Bernard, MD
  • Alfred C. Johnson, PhD
  • Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD
• NIH Common Fund Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  • Gene Civillico, PhD
  • James M. Anderson, MD, PhD
• ACD Working Group on Enhancing Rigor, Transparency, and Translatability in Animal Research (Final Report) (PDF, 2.8 MB)
  • Final Report* (PDF, 1.23 MB)
• Advanced Research Projects Agency—Health (ARPA-H) (PDF, 656 KB)
  • Eric S. Lander, PhD
  • Tara A. Schwetz, PhD

May 06, 2021

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 198.7 KB)
• Agenda* (PDF, 66 KB)
• Videocast
• Report of the ACD Working Group Ad Hoc Virtual Meeting on AI/ML Electronic Medical Records for Research Purposes* (PDF, 9.5 MB)
• Concept Clearance* (PDF, 1.1 MB)
  • Report* (PDF, 134.6 KB)

February 26, 2021

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 214 KB)
• Agenda (PDF, 24.2 KB)
• Videocast
• ACD Working Group on Diversity (PDF, 622.8 KB)
  • Report* (PDF, 303 KB)
• Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Biomedical Research—The NIH UNITE Initiative (PDF, 1.8 MB)
• Common Fund Concept Discussion (PDF, 535.2 KB)

December 10–11, 2020 (Virtual)

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 212 KB)
• Agenda - Day 1* (PDF, 121 KB)
• Agenda - Day 2* (PDF, 30.4 KB)
• Videocast — Day 1
• Videocast — Day 2
• NIH Director's Report* (PDF 22.7 MB)
• Transition Report (PDF 2.23 MB)
• Legislative Update (PDF 1.16 MB)
• Budget Update (PDF, 198 KB)
• COVID-19 Vaccines (PDF, 4.52 MB)
• Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV)
  • Christopher P. Austin, MD (PDF, 1.28 MB)
  • H. Clifford Lane, MD (PDF, 740 KB)
  • Gary H. Gibbons, MD (PDF, 691 KB)
• Community Engagement Research Alliance (CEAL)
  • Gary H. Gibbons, MD* (PDF, 4.17 MB)
• Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx)
  • Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD* (PDF, 4.39 MB)
  • Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable (PDF, 8.65 KB)
  • Tara A. Schwetz, PhD (PDF, 834 KB)
• Post-Acute COVID-19
  • Walter J. Koroshetz, MD (PDF, 2.38 MB)
• Multi-Symptom Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
  • Diana Bianchi, MD (PDF, 849 KB)
• COVID-19 Data Efforts
  • Susan K. Gregurick, PhD (PDF, 3.30 MB)
• Lessons Learned (PDF, 273 KB)
• HeLa Genome Data Access Working Group (Update) (PDF, 140 KB)
  • Summary of HeLa Genome Data Access Requests* (PDF, 180 KB)
• New Approach to Review of Outside Awards for ACD Approval (PDF, 69.9 KB)
• COVID-19 Survey of NIH and Extramural Staff (Preliminary Findings) (PDF, 840 KB)
• Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Biomedical Research (PDF, 965 KB)
• ACD Working Group on Enhancing Rigor, Transparency, and Translatability in Animal Research (Interim Report) (PDF, 768 KB)
• NIH Strategic Plan (PDF, 1.22 MB)
• NIH Undiagnosed Disease Program (UDP) (PDF, 1.43 MB)

June 11–12, 2020 (Virtual)

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 240 KB)
• Agenda - Day 1 (PDF, 46 KB)
• Agenda - Day 2 (PDF, 51 KB)
• Videocast — Day 1
• Videocast — Day 2
• Budget Update* (PDF, 189 KB)
• Legislative Update (PDF, 577 KB)
• COVID-19 Science (PDF, 4.15 MB)
• Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV)
  • John R. Mascola, MD (PDF, 350 KB)
  • H. Clifford Lane, MD (PDF, 367 KB)
  • Gary H. Gibbons, MD (PDF, 600 KB)
• Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx)
  • Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD* (PDF, 9.7 MB)
  • Tara A. Schwetz, PhD* (PDF, 8.9 MB)
  • Rick A. Bright, PhD (PDF, 337 KB)
  • Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD* (PDF, 3.4 MB)
• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)* (PDF, 902 KB)
• COVID-19: NIH Administrative Response
  • COVID-19 Response within NIH* (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  • COVID-19 NIH Extramural Administrative Response* (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• HeLa Genome Data Access Working Group (Update)* (PDF, 130 KB)
• ACD Working Group on Enhancing Rigor, Transparency, and Translatability in Animal Research (Interim Report)* (PDF, 1 MB)
• ACD Working Group on Changing the Culture to End Sexual Harassment (Update)* (PDF, 8 MB)
• ACD Working Group on Foreign Influences on Research Integrity (Update)* (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• ACD Working Group on Diversity* (PDF, 1.4 MB)

May 26, 2020

ACD to review and approve concept clearances for the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program to develop COVID-19 testing technologies, which is part of NIH's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Phone: 800-369-1912
Passcode: 1019627

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 267 KB)
• Agenda* (PDF, 46 KB)
• Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) OD Projects* (PDF, 1.5 MB)
  • RADx Initiative Concept Clearance* (PDF, 238 KB)

December 12–13, 2019

• Federal Register Notice (October 10)* (PDF, 267 KB)
• Agenda - Day 1* (PDF, 124 KB)
• Agenda - Day 2* (PDF, 104 KB)
• Webcast — Day 1
• Webcast — Day 2
• NIH Director's Report* (PDF, 6.5 MB)
  • NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative* (PDF, 2.9 MB)
  • Budget Update* (PDF, 417 KB)
  • Congressional Update* (PDF, 584 KB)
• ACD Working Group on Enhancing Rigor, Transparency, and Translatability in Animal Research (Interim Report)* (PDF, 768 KB)
• HeLa Genome Data Access Working Group (Update)* (PDF, 278 KB)
  • Summary of HeLa Genome Data Access Requests* (PDF, 220 KB)
• ACD Working Group on Diversity (Update)* (PDF, 560 KB)
• ACD Working Group on the Next Generation Researchers Initiative (Update)* (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Report to ACD — NIH Workplace Climate and Harassment Survey* (PDF, 738 KB)
• ACD Working Group on Changing the Culture to End Sexual Harassment (Final Report)* (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  • Final Report* (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  • Executive Summary* (PDF, 268 KB)
• NIH IT Ecosystem* (PDF, 874 KB)
• ACD Working Group on Artificial Intelligence (PDF, 923 KB)
  • Final Report (PDF, 368 KB)
• ACD Working Group on Foreign Influences on Research Integrity* (PDF, 667 KB)
• NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021–2025* (PDF, 810 KB)

October 21, 2019

Teleconference: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Phone: 800-988-9736
Passcode: 7783167

• Federal Register Notice (October 10)* (PDF, 264 KB)
• Agenda* (PDF, 10 KB)
• Transcript* (PDF, 129 KB)
• The BRAIN Initiative and Neuroethics: Enabling and Enhancing Neuroscience Advances for Society* (PDF, 764 KB)
• BRAIN Initiative 2.0: From Cells to Circuits Toward Cures* (PDF, 923 KB)

June 13–14, 2019

• Day 1 Agenda* (PDF, 69 KB)
• Day 2 Agenda* (PDF, 21 KB)
• Federal Register Notice (February 15)* (PDF, 220 KB)
• Federal Register Notice (May 2)* (PDF, 265 KB)
• Webcast — Day 1
• Webcast — Day 2
• Budget Update* (PDF, 291 KB)
• Update on Ebola and Measles Outbreaks* (PDF, 6.4 MB)
• Congressional Update* (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• ACD Working Group on Artificial Intelligence (Interim Report)* (PDF, 2.0 MB)
• HeLa Genome Data Access Working Group* (PDF, 850 KB)
• ACD Working Group on Diversity* (PDF, 1.6 MB)
• ACD Working Group on High-Risk, High Reward Programs (Final Report)* (PDF, 1.8 MB)
  • Final Report* (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• ACD Working Group on Changing the Culture to End Sexual Harassment (Interim Report)* (PDF, 1.9 MB)
  • Interim Results from the 2019 NIH Workplace Climate and Harassment Survey (PDF, 636 KB)
• IC Director Report* (PDF, 2.5 MB)
• ACD BRAIN Initiative Working Group 2.0* (PDF, 1.6 MB)
  • Report* (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• BRAIN 2.0 Neuroethics Subgroup* (PDF, 317 KB)
  • Report* (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• ACD Working Group on Foreign Influences on Research Integrity Update* (PDF, 1.5 MB)

March 22, 2019

• Federal Register Notice (PDF, 204 KB)

December 13–14, 2018

• Federal Register Notice* (PDF, 168 KB)
• Day 1 Agenda* (PDF, 45 KB)
• Day 2 Agenda* (PDF, 22 KB)
• Webcast — Day 1
• Webcast — Day 2
• Photo Montage Report - FSC* (PDF, 8 MB)
• Budget Update* (PDF, 91 KB)
• Congressional Update* (PDF, 792 KB)
• Foreign Influences on Research Integrity Working Group Report (PDF, 3 MB)
  • Final Draft Report* (PDF, 604 KB)
• Moderate Alcohol and Cardiovascular Health (MACH) Trial Follow-Up Report (PDF, 256 KB)
  • Final Draft Report* (PDF, 386 KB)
• HeLa Working Group (PDF, 193 KB)
• HEAL Update (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• NextGen Working Group Recommendations (PDF, 2.3 MB)
  • Final Draft Report* (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• Update on NIH Policies/Approaches to Prevent and Address Sexual Harassment (PDF, 3.3 MB)
• High-Risk, High Reward Working Group Report (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• ACD Member Feedback on using the NIH Enterprise Ethics System (NEES)* (PDF, 79 KB)
• BRAIN 2.0 Working Group Update (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndrome (INCLUDE) Report (PDF, 1.7 MB)
• Artificial Intelligence Working Group Update (PDF, 2.8 MB)

August 24, 2018

Please dial: 1-800–369–1915
Enter passcode: 6496247

• Federal Register Notice (August 13)* (PDF, 168 KB)
• Meeting Transcript* (PDF, 139 KB)

June 14–15, 2018

• Federal Register Notice (PDF, 172 KB)
• Day 1 Agenda* (PDF, 26 KB)
• Day 2 Agenda* (PDF, 23 KB)
• Webcast — Day 1
• Webcast — Day 2
• NIH Director's Report (PDF, 406 KB)
• Ebola: Then vs. Now* (PDF, 5 MB)
• IC Director Report* (PDF, 2.4 MB)
• ACD HeLa Working Group Update* (PDF, 1.4 MB)
  • Summary of HeLa Genome Data Access Requests* (PDF, 213 KB)
• Next Gen Researchers Initiative Working Group Update* (PDF, 2.3 MB)
• ACD Rigor Working Group Updates (PDF, 173 KB)
• Update on NIH Sexual Harassment Policies and Procedures (PDF, 1.1 MB)
• High-Risk, High-Reward Working Group Update (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• BRAIN 2.0 Working Group Update* (PDF, 5 MB)
• Opioids Update (PDF, 2.5 MB)
• ACD Diversity Working Group Update* (PDF, 3.9 MB)
  • 2018 Recommendations | Moving Forward (PDF, 177 KB)
• Moderate Alcohol and Cardiovascular Health (MACH) Trial ACD Working Group Report (PDF, 228 KB)
  • Final Report* (PDF, 30 MB)

April 6, 2018

Please dial: 1-888–324–9616
Enter passcode: 1986191

• Federal Register Notice (March 21)* (PDF, 189 KB)
• Agenda* (PDF, 13 KB)
• Report from the Working Group on Ethical Considerations for Industry Partnership on Research to Help End the Opioid Crisis* (PDF, 628 KB)
  • Final Report* (PDF, 276 KB)

December 14–15, 2017

• Federal Register Notice (November 14)* (PDF, 202 KB)
• Federal Register Notice (December 11)* (PDF, 184 KB)
• Day 1 Agenda* (PDF, 190 KB)
• Day 2 Agenda* (PDF, 115 KB)
• Webcast — Day 1
• Webcast — Day 2
• Budget Update (PDF, 34 KB)
• Congressional Update* (PDF, 941 KB)
• IC Director Report (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• ACD HeLa Working Group Update* (PDF, 124 KB)
  • Summary of HeLa Genome Data Access Requests (PDF, 164 KB)
• ACD Diversity Working Group Update* (PDF, 1.7 MB)
• ACD Peer Review Working Group—RIGOR Update (PDF, 866 KB)
• 21st Century Cures Implementation Progress Update
  • Inclusion Across the Lifespan* (PDF, 390 MB)
  • Regenerative Medicine Update* (PDF, 3.8 MB)
• Next Gen Researchers Initiative* (PDF, 2 MB)
• Opioids Update* (PDF, 2.1 MB)
• REIMAGINE HHS—Optimize NIH (PDF, 969 KB)

June 8–9, 2017

• Federal Register Notice (PDF, 170 KB)
• Day 1 Agenda (PDF, 27 KB)
• Day 2 Agenda (PDF, 24 KB)
• Webcast — Day 1
• Webcast — Day 2
• Universal Flu Vaccine Update (PDF, 27 MB)
• CC Director Update (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• ACD HeLa Working Group Update (PDF, 152 KB)
• Enhancing Stewardship: The Next Generation of Researchers Initiative (PDF, 950 KB)
• ACD Diversity Working Group Update (PDF, 2.1 MB)
  • ACD Diversity Working Group: Report on the Progress of Activities* (PDF, 2.7 MB)
• 21st Century Cures Updates (PDF, 455 KB)
  • Research Rigor and Reproducibility (PDF, 509 KB)
  • NIH Actions Related to Rigor and Reproducibility (PDF, 333 KB)
• Review of Outside Awards for ACD Approval (PDF, 323 KB)
• Opioid Report (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• AMP/PACT Report (PDF, 2.0 MB)
• IC Director Report (PDF, 3.1 MB)
• Physician-Scientist Working Group Update (PDF, 1.1 MB)^*
  • Update on NIH responses to recommendations of the working group (PDF, 325 KB)

March 28, 2017

Please dial: 1-800-857-4891
Enter Passcode: 7845444

• Federal Register Notice (PDF, 175 KB)
• Agenda (PDF, 8 KB)
• HeLa Working Group Report (PDF, 126 KB)
• Summary of HeLa Genome Data Access Request (PDF, 120 KB)
• Implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act (PDF, 4.5 MB)
• Cancer Moonshot Initiative (PDF, 197 KB)
• Regenerative Medicine (PDF, 6 MB)
• Precision Medicine Initiative (PDF, 7.7 MB)
• BRAIN Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative (PDF, 2.5 MB)
• Transcript (PDF, 284 KB)

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