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Advisory Council Minutes

September 2002 (historical)

Minutes of the 48th meeting
September 26, 2002
Building 31, Conference Room 6

Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Advisory Council
Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D., Chair

        Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 8:30 a.m. - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  1. CALL TO ORDER

      Dr. Stephen I. Katz

  2. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES

  3. FUTURE COUNCIL DATES

    September 26, 2002
    January 23-24, 2003
    May 22-23, 2003
    September 25-26,2003
    January 29-30, 2004
    June 3-4, 2004
    September 20-21, 2004

    4. Announcements

    1. Confidentiality

      Council members are reminded that all materials furnished for review purposes and discussions held during the closed portions of the meetings are considered privileged information. The contents of those documents and the outcome of those discussions during closed sessions may be disclosed only by staff, and only under appropriate circumstances. All communications from investigators to Council members regarding actions on applications must be referred to the Executive Secretary. Any attempts by members to handle questions from applicants could create difficult or embarrassing situations for the members, the Institute, and/or the investigators.

    2. Conflict of Interest Statement Procedures

      Advisors and consultants serving as members of public advisory committees may not participate in situations in which any violation of conflict of interest laws and regulations may occur. Responsible staff shall ensure that a committee member does not participate in and is not present during review of applications or projects in which, to the members knowledge, any of the following has a financial interest: the member, or his or her spouse, minor child, partner (including close professional associates), or organization with which the member is connected. To ensure that a member does not participate in the discussion of, nor vote on, an application in which he/she is in conflict, a written certification is required. A statement is provided for the signature of the member, and this statement becomes a part of the meeting file.

      At Council meetings when applications are reviewed in groups without discussion, i.e., "en bloc" actions, all Council members may be present and may participate. The vote of an individual member in such instances does not apply to applications from any institutions in which the member might be in conflict.

    3. State Higher Education Systems or Institutions

      The higher education systems and/or institutions of a state need not invariably be joined with the rest of the state governmental structure into one organization. Further, if a state has established individual institutions, and provides funds separately to them rather than through a system, these institutions may be considered to be distinct from each other as well as from the rest of the state government.

    4. Multicampus Systems

      The Secretary of HHS has provided a waiver generally permitting committee members from one campus of certain multicampus institutions to review applications from other campuses of the same institution. In allowing the waiver, the Secretary determined that when committee members perform services for the Department and are affiliated with the specified multicampus institutions, the members' interests in matters affecting campuses other than those where they are employed are too inconsequential and too remote to affect the integrity of the services performed by those individuals. Thus, peer review advisors from those institutions may recommend on matters involving campuses other than those where they are employed or have other professional interests.

  4. DIRECTOR'S REPORT AND DISCUSSION

      Dr. Stephen I. Katz

  5. DISCUSSION OF THE DIRECTOR'S ROADMAP MEETING

      Dr. Susana Serrate-Sztein
    Dr. Sue Donaldson

  6. PRESENTATION BY THE NIH DIRECTOR

      Dr. Elias Zerhouni

    Coffee Break


  7. REPORT ON RECENT MEETINGS:

    Burden of Skin Diseases
    Fibromyalgia Program Assessment    		 Dr. Alan N. Moshell
    Dr. Deborah Ader

  8. FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION ON NEW INVESTIGATORS

      Dr. Stephen I. Katz
    Dr. Steven J. Hausman

  9. ASSESSMENT OF SUCCESS OF THE SMALL GRANTS (RO3)

      Dr. Stephen I. Katz
    Dr. Steven J. Hausman

    10. Lunch


    Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 1:00 p.m. - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  10. REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE INTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM

      Dr. Peter Lipsky

    11. Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 2:00 p.m. - CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC

  11. DISCUSSION OF INITIATIVES FOR FY 2004

      Dr. Stephen I. Katz

  12. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS

    • Announcements
    		  
       
    • Review of the Cartilage and Connective Tissue Program
    		 Dr. Bernadette Tyree
       
    • Muscle Biology Branch
            - Muscle Biology Program    		 Dr. Richard W. Lymn
       
    • Musculoskeletal Diseases Branch
            - Bone Diseases Program
            - Bone Biology Program
            - Orthopaedics Program
            - Osteoarthritis Initiative and Diagnostic Imaging Program
    Dr. Joan A. McGowan
    Dr. William J. Sharrock
    Dr. James Panagis
    Dr. Gayle Lester
       
    • Rheumatic Diseases Branch
            - Genetics and Clinical Studies Program
            - Behavioral and Prevention Research Program
            - Cartilage and Connective Tissue Program
            - Immunology and Inflammation Program
    Dr. Susana A. Serrate-Sztein
    Dr. Deborah Ader
    Dr. Bernadette Tyree
    Dr. Elizabeth Gretz
       
    • Centers Program
    		 Dr. Julia B. Freeman
       

    Adjournment