Summaries of Meetings
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council's June Meeting |
Dr. Nabel introduced the new Council members: Joe Garcia, M.D., University of Chicago; Rao Musunuru, M.D., Bayonet Point/Hudson Cardiology Associates; Jeanine Arden Ornt, J.D., Case Western Reserve University; Paula Polite, Manager of Quality Programs for the City of Memphis; Steven Shapiro, M.D., University of Pittsburgh; and Shaun Coughlin, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Nabel welcomed Dr. Michael S. Lauer, who has accepted the position of Director of the Institute's Division of Prevention and Population Sciences (DPPS).
Dr. Nabel announced several other personnel changes: Dr. Diane Bild (currently Acting Deputy Director, DPPS) has accepted the position of Deputy Director of DPPS; Dr. Denise Simons-Morton (currently Chief, Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch, DPPS) has accepted the position of Senior Scientific Advisor to the Director of DPPS; and Dr. Peter Savage (currently Acting Director, DPPS) will join the Office of the Director, NHLBI, as the Special Assistant for Clinical Research.
Dr. Nabel reviewed the Institute's budget. The FY 2008 President's Budget is $2,925,413,000, an increase of $6,605,000 (0.23 percent) over the FY 2007 Continuing Resolution (upon which the FY 2008 President's Budget was built). The extramural portion of the Institute's FY 2008 President's Budget is allocated among research project grants (74.8 percent), contracts (11.2 percent), centers (5.4 percent), career development grants (2.9 percent), training grants (3.4 percent), and other mechanisms (2.2 percent).
Dr. Nabel updated the Council on the Registry of Angioplasty Registries (ROAR), which the NHLBI is establishing to increase understanding about the rate of subacute thrombosis for both drug-eluting and bare metal stents, predisposing factors for thrombotic events, and approaches to reduce the risks of them. She also discussed a plan to co-sponsor, with the National Cancer Institute, part of the NIH Genes, Environment, and Health Initiative that was announced in February 2006.
Dr. Nabel reiterated the Institute�fs commitment to investigator-initiated research and to training programs during these tight budgetary times, and its intent to seek the advice of Council on such matters.
Two publications of the NHLBI Strategic Plan - a version for scientific audiences and a summary brochure for public audiences - are being printed. The plan will be distributed widely to scientific groups, professional organizations, public interest groups, and the Congress.
Mr. Marc Smolonsky, Associate Director for Legislative Policy and Analysis, NIH, discussed the NIH Reform Act of 2006 that reauthorized the NIH. The Act includes several provisions to enhance management of the NIH.
Dr. Carl Roth, Director of the Office of Science Technology, NHLBI, described the NIH Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization (RCDC) initiative, an NIH-wide effort to improve access to, and reporting on, the NIH research portfolio. Each year the NIH reports to the Congress and the public on how much it spends in approximately 360 research and disease areas. The RCDC system is expected to enhance consistency, transparency, and efficiency in NIH reporting.
Dr. Nabel discussed the Board of External Experts (BEE), a newly constituted advisory working group to the NHLBI Council that is charged with implementing the NHLBI Strategic Plan, discussing and prioritizing program ideas and potential initiatives, serving as an incubator for new ideas and recommendations, recommending improvements in the Institute's business operations, and providing advice on program effectiveness.
The BEE met on June 1, 2007, to discuss implementation of the NHLBI Strategic Plan and the future of the Institute's Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research and Clinical Research Networks.
For more information, please go to www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/nhlbac/index.htm.
Full minutes of Council meetings and summaries of the initiatives are available.
PIO representatives will be accommodated on a space-available basis and will be responsible for their own travel expenses.
Location: Bethesda, MD
Date: September, 2007
Contact: Dr. Michael Twery
Location: Bethesda, MD
Date: November 13-14, 2007
Contact: Dr. Tim Baldwin
Date: September 15 and October 6
Location: Various Locations
Date: September 17-22
Location: Washington, DC
Date: September 26-29
Location: Tucson, AZ
Date: September 28-30
Location: Rockville, MD
Date: October 6
Location: SeaTac, WA
Date: October 8-11
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: October 11-13
Location: Arlington, VA
Date: October 12-14
Location: New York, NY
Date: October 19-20
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: October 20-25
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: October 20-24
Location: New Orleans, LA
Date: October 26-28
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: October 30
Location: Bethesda, MD
Date: November 4-7
Location: Orlando, FL
Date: December 1-4
Location: Orlando, FL
Date: March 2-7, 2008
Location: Ventura, CA