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ELSI Research Planning and Evaluation Group (ERPEG)
OverviewIn April 1996, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the Department of Energy (DOE) appointed a 12-person committee to perform an evaluation of the ELSI Working Group and its relationship to the other components of the ELSI program. After several months of intensive interviews and deliberations, on December 12, 1996 the Committee issued its final report which contained three recommendations for restructuring the ELSI Working Group. The committee's first recommendation related specifically to the ELSI Research Program: "The existing [ELSI] Working Group should be restructured and designated the ELSI Research Evaluation Committee, housed within [NHGRI] as an advisory committee to the Director and the Council and within DOE advisory to the HERAC [Health and Environmental Research Advisory Committee] and the Genome Project." At its May 1997 meeting, the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR) endorsed this recommendation, and the ELSI Research, Planning, and Evaluation Group (ERPEG) was established in July of that year.
MissionThe mission of the ERPEG is to provide NHGRI and OHER/DOE with expert guidance on matters relating to their extramural ELSI research portfolios. This mission is understood to include long range planning and evaluation activities. Specifically, the ERPEG provides expertise on existing and new research methods or approaches for studying ELSI issues; suggests new topics, issues and priorities; provides input on the use of funding mechanisms; and proposes methods for obtaining input from the public, scientific and other communities about current and future research priorities, (including ways of disseminating information back to these communities).
ERPEG Activities
Administration and StructureERPEG, which has been established as a working group of the NACHGR and HERAC/DOE, will function until January 2000, at which time the NACHGR and HERAC will review its goals and accomplishments. ERPEG will begin its evaluation in 1997 allowing it to engage in the strategic planning process that will result in the development of the ELSI component of the NHGRI/DOE five year plan in 1997 and 1998. Once this 5-year plan is completed, ERPEG will continue its analysis of the ELSI grants portfolio and prepare a detailed Planning and Evaluation Report. These written reports will be presented to the NACHGR and HERAC and will also be made available on the NHGRI and OHER/DOE home pages and disseminated through other media. The ERPEG roster includes nine individuals who have been selected for their expertise, experience and/or accomplishments in areas relevant to the ELSI Research Program. Dr. LeRoy Walters, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, serves as the ERPEG chair.
Roster of MembersLeroy B. Walters, Ph.D. (Chair) Ellen Wright Clayton, M.D., J.D. Nancy L. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H. Caryn E. Lerman, Ph.D. Joseph D. McInerny, M.A., M.S. William Nebo, M.Div. Nancy Press, Ph.D. David Valle, M.D. NHGRI/DOE StaffElizabeth J. Thomson, R.N., M.S. Joy T. Boyer Daniel Drell, Ph.D. Susan L. Rose, Ph.D.
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