FYI from the NHLBI Index
September 2008: Vol. 9, Issue 2 Summaries of Meetings
and Announcements of Upcoming Events
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council's June Meeting
Upcoming NHLBI Workshops and Working Groups
Upcoming 2008 Events
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council's June Meeting
June 11, 2008
Dr. Nabel welcomed members to the 230th meeting and introduced a new Council member, Dr. Marlene Rabinovitch from
the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Dr. Nabel welcomed Dr. Stephan Bour to the NHLBI as Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and announced
two other changes in personnel: Dr. Chris O'Donnell, Senior Advisor to the NHLBI Director for Genetics and Genomics, will
serve concurrently as Scientific Director of the Institute's SNP Health Association Resource (SHARe) Program and Dr. Keith Hoots
will join the Institute in January as Director of the Division of Blood Diseases and Resources. He is currently at the University of
Texas Medical School at Houston and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
In March 2008, the NHLBI announced a comprehensive restructuring of its research program in sickle cell disease (SCD)
based on recommendations from a Council review of the Institute¡¦s research and training portfolio in SCD. Dr. Nabel and Dr.
Susan Shurin, NHLBI Deputy Director, published an editorial in the May 15 issue of Blood, to explain the new directions
envisioned for the SCD research program.
Dr. Nabel addressed the recent effort to study the NIH peer review system and determine ways to enhance it.
With regard to a related NHLBI policy issue, Dr. Nabel discussed an effort to reduce the burden currently imposed on
applicants, reviewers, and NHLBI staff by the large number of amended applications submitted each year.
Ms. Paula Polite, Council member and Manager of Quality Programs, Division of General Services for the City of Memphis,
Tennessee, reported on the ninth annual Public Interest Organization (PIO) meeting. She said that the PIO meetings are
always a useful opportunity for attendees to learn how their organizations and the NIH can work together for their mutual
benefit. Several PIO representatives attended the Council meeting and Dr. Nabel conveyed to them the Institute's pleasure
in hosting members of the PIOs each year.
Dr. Susan Old, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, NHLBI, reviewed the history and purpose of
the NHLBI Proteomics Initiative. In FY 2002, the Institute established a consortium of 10 highly interactive, multi-disciplinary
proteomics centers to enhance and develop innovative proteomic technologies and their applications. Directors of three
centers ¡X Dr. Jennifer Van Eyk (Johns Hopkins University), Dr. Garry P. Nolan (Stanford University), and Dr. Thomas Kodadek
(University of Texas) ¡X discussed highlights of their research and emphasized that the NHLBI program has revolutionized
the field of proteomics.
NHLBI staff presented 18 new initiatives, all of which had been reviewed in May by the Institute¡¦s Board of External Experts.
The Council was supportive of the initiatives, but made a number of specific recommendations for consideration prior to their release.
Full
minutes of Council meetings and summaries of the initiatives are available.
Upcoming NHLBI Workshops and Working Groups
PIO representatives will be accommodated on a space-available basis and will be responsible for their own travel expenses.
Immunogenetics and Immuno-phenotypes of Chronic Lung Disease: Revealing the Immunological Dysregulations
that Characterize Asthma, COPD, and IPF
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Date: September 25-26, 2008
Contact: Dr. Antonello Punturieri
Upcoming 2008 Events
Date: September 19-21
Location: Bethesda, MD
Date: September 20
Location: Washington, DC
Date: September 26-28
Location: Moscow, Russia
Date: September 26-28
Location: Chicago, IL
Date: October 3-5
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Date: October 3-7
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Date: October 4-7
Location: Eugene, OR
Date: October 21
Location: Bethesda, MD
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