10:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director, NIH

10:20 a.m.

NIH Director’s Update

Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director, NIH

10:50 a.m.

COPR Member Questions and Discussion

11:20 a.m.

Dialogue with the Director of the National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities

Dr. John Ruffin, Director, National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, NIH

11:40 a.m.

COPR Member Questions and Discussion

12:00 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

Building Patient Access to Science

Dr. John Niederhuber, Director, National Cancer Institute, NIH

1:45 p.m.

COPR Member Questions and Discussion

2:00 p.m.

COPR Work Group Day Report for the NIH Director

2:00 p.m.

COPR's Work Group Day: An Overview

Mr. James Wendorf and Ms. Christina Clark, Co-Chairs, Spring 2007 Meeting Agenda Work Group, COPR Members

2:10 p.m.

COPR's Work Group Day Reports

Selected COPR members will provide brief 10-minute reports on the COPR's update, initial input, and/or suggestions related to each topic discussed on the COPR Work Group Day.

• Diversity information gathering meeting and discussion
• Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization (RCDC) Initiative
• The COPR's two editorials—value of the role of the public in research
• Communicating the COPR's messages—thinking about new media tools
• Outcomes and next steps for the COPR

3:00 p.m.

COPR Member Discussion with NIH Leadership

3:45 p.m.

Public Comments

4:05 p.m.

Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) Liaison Report

Ms. Wendy Chaite, COPR Liaison to the ACD

Dr. Annelise Barron, ACD Liaison to the COPR

4:15 p.m.

NIH Director and COPR Member Summary and Next Steps

4:30 p.m.

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