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Twenty-First Meeting Agenda - September 9, 2005

National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM)

Location: 6001 Executive Boulevard, Neuroscience Conference Center, Rooms C and D, Rockville, MD 20852

AGENDA

Closed Session

8:30 a.m. This session of the meeting is closed to the public in accordance with the provisions in Sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C. and Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).

Open Session

1:30 p.m. Call to Order, Council Operating Procedures
Jane Kinsel, Ph.D., M.B.A.

1:40 p.m. Director's Remarks
Stephen Straus, M.D.

2:00 p.m. Integrating Psychology, Neuroscience and Physiological Mechanisms: A New Framework Applied to Asthma and Atherosclerosis--Meeting Summary
Catherine Stoney, Ph.D.

2:15 p.m. The Biology of Manual Therapies--Conference Report and Concept Proposal
Richard Nahin, Ph.D.

2:40 p.m. BREAK

3:00 p.m. Concept Proposals
  • Mechanisms of Immune Enhancement
    Carol Pontzer, Ph.D.
CAM Research Centers
Margaret Chesney, Ph.D.

  • Developmental Centers for Research on CAM (DCRC)--Phase I
  • Developmental Centers for Research on CAM (DCRC)--Phase II
  • Centers of Excellence for Research on CAM (CERC)
4:00 p.m. Public Comment Session

4:30 p.m. ADJOURNMENT

Future Meeting Dates
2006 - February 3, June 2, September 8