NIH Consultation Meeting on Peer Review with Advocacy Groups

Meeting Agenda

Monday, October 22, 2007
The Hilton Washington
1919 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20005

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks
Dr. Raynard Kington
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
8:45 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. 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
9:05 a.m. – 9:20 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
9:20 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. Session I Presentations: First session of statements/proposals from Consultation Groups offering specific strategies or tactics for enhancing NIH peer review and research support
10:05 am – 10:20 a.m. Discussion of Session I Presentations
10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Session II Presentations: Second session of statements/proposals from Consultation Groups offering specific strategies or tactics for enhancing NIH peer review and research support
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Discussion of Session II Presentations
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 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
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks – Drs. Kington and Yamamoto
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