2006–2010 ACD Meetings

December 9, 2010

The webcast of the December 9, 2010, ACD meeting is available here.

June 10, 2010

The webcast of the June 10, 2010, ACD meeting is available here.

January 22, 2010 (Teleconference)

December 4, 2009

To request an electronic copy the following presentations, please email [email protected]. Be sure to include the name of the presentation and the date of the meeting.

  • Update on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Funding
    — Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D. Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health
  • Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases (TRND) Program
    — Christopher P. Austin, M.D., Director, NIH Chemical Genomics Center, Senior Advisor to the NHGRI Director for Translational Research, National Institutes of Health

June 4, 2009

To request an electronic copy the following presentations, please email [email protected]. Be sure to include the name of the presentation and the date of the meeting.

  • Influenza: The Once and Future Virus
    —Jeffery K Taubenberger, M.D., Ph.D., LID/NIAID
  • Director's Council of Public Representatives Report to the ACD
    —Elizabeth Furlong, J.D., Ph.D., R.N.
    —John C. Nelson, M.D., M.P.H., ACD Liaison to the COPR
  • Update on New Investigators
    —Jeremy M. Berg Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH
  • NIH Scientific Management Review Board: An Overview
    —Thomas Kelly, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Sloan-Kettering Institute
  • NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the BU National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories: Update and Recent Findings and Recommendations
    —Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH
  • Update for the Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH
    —Lana Skirboll, Ph.D., Acting Director, DPCPSI
  • ARRA Update
    —Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, Ph.D.

April 16, 2009 (Teleconference)

December 5, 2008

To request an electronic copy the following presentations, please email [email protected]. Be sure to include the name of the presentation and the date of the meeting.

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

The full webcast of the December 5, 2008 ACD meeting is available here.

June 6, 2008

To request an electronic copy the following presentations, please email [email protected]. Be sure to include the name of the presentation and the date of the meeting.

  • NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on Risk Assessment for the Boston University (BU) National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory
    —Adel Mahmoud, M.D., Ph.D., Princeton University, and Karen Holbrook, Ph.D.
  • Report on Enhancing Peer Review at NIH Implementation Plan
    —Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Intramural Research Program, Blue Ribbon Panel Recommendations
    —Michael Gottesman, M.D., David Botstein, Ph.D.
  • Update on Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Policy Implementation and ACD Recommendations
    —Lana Skirboll, Ph.D., Director, Office of Science Policy
  • Report from the ACD Participant and Data Protection (PDP) Working Group for Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN)/GWAS
    —Christine E. Seidman, M.D.
  • Director's Council of Public Representatives Report to the ACD
    —Elizabeth Furlong, R.N., Ph.D., J.D., and John C. Nelson, M.D., M.P.H.
  • Program on Public-Private Partnerships
    —Barbara B. Mittleman, M.D., Director, Public Private Partnership Program, Office of Science Policy/Office of the Director/National Institutes of Health/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)
    —Amy Porter, Executive Director, FNIH, and Julie Wolf-Rodda, Director of Partnership Development, FNIH
  • National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Director's Update: Forming a Matrix of Opportunities Across the Nation
    —Barbara Alving, M.D., M.A.C.P., Director, NCRR

February 21, 2008

December 7, 2007

To request an electronic copy the following presentations, please email [email protected]. Be sure to include the name of the presentation and the date of the meeting.

  • Some Observations on Demographics of NIH-funded Scientists: Policy Implications for New Investigators
    — Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director, NIH
  • A Self-Study by the NIH in Partnership with the Scientific Community to Strengthen Peer Review in Changing Times
    — Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
  • Seeking bold ideas to enhance NIH peer review: An interim report from the ACD Working Group on Peer Review
    — Keith R. Yamamoto, Ph.D., Member, ACD
  • Council of Public Representatives (COPR) Report to the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD)
    — Annelise Barron, Ph.D., Member ACD and Wendy Chaite, Esq., Member, Council of Public Representative
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Core Principles
    — Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  • Report of the ACD Working Group on Participant and Data Protection for GWAS
    — Christine E. Seidman, M.D., Member, ACD
  • ROADMAP 1.5
    — Alan M. Krensky, M.D., Director, Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives
  • The National Children's Study
    — Duane Alexander, M.D., Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

June 8, 2007

To request an electronic copy the following presentations, please email [email protected]. Be sure to include the name of the presentation and the date of the meeting.

  • NIH Reform Act of 2006
    — Raynard S. Kington, M.D., Ph.D., NIH Deputy Director
  • Interim Report: NIH Working Group on NIH Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers
    — Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., Director, Office of Research on Women's Health
  • Improving Peer Review
    — Antonio Scarpa, M.D., Director, Center for Scientific Review
  • Re-Viewing Peer Review
    — Lawrence Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
  • NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program
    — Jeremy Berg, Ph.D., Director, National Institute for General Medical Sciences
  • NIH Director's Bridge Awards Update
    — Norka Ruiz Bravo, Ph.D., NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research
  • Facts and Figures on National Institutes of Health (NIH) Extramural Programs
    — Sally Rockey, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Office of Extramural Research
  • COPR Liaison Report to the ACD
    — Wendy Chaite, J.D., NIH Council of Public Representatives Liaison to the ACD

February 21, 2007

December 1, 2006

To request an electronic copy the following presentations, please email [email protected]. Be sure to include the name of the presentation and the date of the meeting.

  • Managing in Tight Budget Times: Realities and Strategies
    — Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director, National Institutes of HealthClinical
  • Research Policy Analysis and Coordination Program
    — Amy Patterson, M.D., Director, Office of Biotechnology Activities, Office of Science Policy
  • Proposed NIH Policy for Data Sharing of NIH-Supported Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
    — Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; James Ostell, Ph.D., Chief, Information Engineering Branch, NCBI, National Library of Medicine
  • NIH eSubmission Update
    — Norka Ruiz Bravo, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Extramural Research
  • NIH Director's Council of Public Representatives Liaison Report
    — Wendy Chaite, J.D., COPR Liaison
  • Fogarty International Center: New Directions
    — Roger I. Glass, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Fogarty International Center

June 2, 2006

To request an electronic copy the following presentations, please email [email protected]. Be sure to include the name of the presentation and the date of the meeting.

  • NIH at the Crossroads: Strategies for the Future
    — Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health
  • NIH Communication Plan: Implementation Update
    — John Burklow, NIH Communications Director, National Institutes of Health
  • FY 2007 NIH Budget – Presentation to the NIH Advisory Council to the Director
    — Andrew C. Baldus, Acting Associate Director for Budget, National Institutes of Health
  • Report of the April 21, 2006 COPR Meeting
    — Wendy Chaite, Esq., COPR Liaison and Annelise Barron, Ph.D., ACD Liaison, National Institutes of Health
  • NIH Intramural Research Program
    — Dr. Michael Gottesman, Deputy Director for Intramural Research, National Institutes of Health
  • NIH Technology Transfer
    — Mark L. Rohrbaugh, Ph.D., J.D., Office of Technology Transfer Director, National Institutes of Health