Director's Council of Public Representatives

Spring 2006 Agenda

Friday, April 21, 2006

Building 31, C-Wing, 6th Floor, Conference Room 6, NIH Campus
Bethesda, Maryland

8:30 a.m.–8:45 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, Director, NIH
8:45 a.m.–9:15 a.m.	NIH Director's Update (pdf) Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, Director, NIH
9:15 a.m.–9:45 a.m.	COPR Member Questions and Discussion
9:45 a.m.–10:05 a.m.	Unlocking the Secrets of Common Diseases: The Genes and Environment Initiatives Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
10:05 a.m.–10:20 a.m.	COPR Member Questions and Discussion
10:20 a.m.–10:35 a.m.	Update on the NIH Budget (pdf) Mr. Andrew Baldus, Acting Associate Director for Budget, NIH
10:35 a.m.–10:50 a.m.	COPR Member Questions and Discussion
11:00 a.m.–11:20 a.m.	BREAK
11:20 a.m.–11:35 a.m.	Exciting Research Advances at the NIH Lead to Public Health Improvements (pdf) Dr. Mark Rohrbaugh, Director, Office of Technology Transfer, NIH Dr. Bonny Harbinger, Deputy Director, Office of Technology Transfer, NIH
11:35 a.m.–11:55 a.m.	COPR Member Questions and Discussion
12:00 p.m.–1:15 p.m.	LUNCH
1:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m.	Overview of COPR's Work Group Day and this Afternoon's COPR Meeting Strategy Mr. Craig Beam and Ms. Christina Clark, COPR Spring 2006 Meeting Agenda Work Group Co-Chairs, COPR Members
1:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m.	Efforts and Progress Since the October 2005 COPR Meeting (pdf) Dr. Frances Dunston and Dr. Nicolas Linares-Orama, Co-Chairs, COPR Performance Review Work Group
1:45 p.m.–2:45 p.m.	COPR Work Group Day Report for the NIH Director (pdf) Mr. Craig Beam and Ms. Christina Clark, COPR Spring 2006 Meeting Agenda Work Group Co-Chairs, COPR Members The NIH Director's Council heard from NIH staff regarding the following important topics on their work group day. As a result of the information that was discussed on the work group day the COPR will bring specific input on each topic, from the public's perspective, to the NIH leadership for an initial discussion and response. The New NIH Knowledge Management Effort Dr. Timothy Hays, Project Director, Knowledge Management for Disease Coding, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Briefing and Dialogue with the Office of Extramural Research (OER) on How the Public Has Input into NIH’s Research Agenda (pdf) Dr. Norka Ruiz Bravo, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH Update on the Office of Portfolio Analysis Dr. Raynard S. Kington, Deputy Director, NIH Dialogue with COPR Members on Educating Scientists about the Role of the Public in the Research Process. Dr. Raynard S. Kington, Deputy Director, NIH and Dr. Ruth Browne, COPR Member Overview and Update on the NIH Clinical Research Awareness and Education Campaign* Mr. John Burklow, Director for Communications and Public Liaison, NIH Dr. Marin Allen, Deputy Director for Communications and Public Liaison, NIH *This topic will be presented by the COPR Communications Work Group Co-Chairs.
2:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m.	COPR Communications Work Group Report (pdf) Ms. Nicole Johnson Baker and Mr. Michael Manganiello, Co-Chairs, COPR Members
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.	Discussion with NIH Leadership and COPR Members on All Topics
3:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m.	ACD Liaison Report Dr. Annelise Barron, Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) Liaison to the COPR
3:45 p.m.–4:05 p.m.	Public Comment
4:05 p.m.–4:20 p.m.	NIH Director and COPR Member Summary and Next Steps
4:20 p.m.–4:30 p.m.	Future COPR Meeting Dates

 

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