Enhancing Peer Review at NIH - NIH Regional Consultation Meeting on Peer Review

September 12, 2007 – Chicago

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.	Meeting context and review of ongoing activities Dr. Lawrence Tabak Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH Co-Chair of the Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) on NIH Peer Review
9:15a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Goals for the meeting Dr. Keith Yamamoto Executive Vice Dean, School of Medicine, UCSF Professor, Cellular/Molecular Pharmacology and Biochemistry/Biophysics, UCSF Co-Chair of the Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) on NIH Peer Review
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	Statements/proposals from External Scientific Community offering specific strategies or tactics for enhancing NIH peer review and research support
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Open discussion: Response to emerging themes As part of our iterative process we welcome feedback about a series of issues/suggestions that have been made thus far- these will be posted on the website in advance of the meeting Drs. Yamamoto and Tabak, Facilitators
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.	Open Discussion 1) Challenges and opportunities for NIH system of research support 2) Challenges and opportunities for NIH peer review Drs. Yamamoto and Tabak, Facilitators
12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks Drs. Yamamoto and Tabak

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