1 00:00:06,379 --> 00:00:07,814 >> GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME. 2 00:00:07,814 --> 00:00:10,082 I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE 3 00:00:10,082 --> 00:00:12,585 61ST MEETING OF THE NIH ADVISORY 4 00:00:12,585 --> 00:00:13,519 COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S 5 00:00:13,519 --> 00:00:15,154 HEALTH. 6 00:00:15,154 --> 00:00:17,890 MY NAME IS VIVIAN OTA WANG AND 7 00:00:17,890 --> 00:00:20,726 I'M THE ORWH DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND 8 00:00:20,726 --> 00:00:21,494 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THIS 9 00:00:21,494 --> 00:00:22,528 COMMITTEE. 10 00:00:22,528 --> 00:00:25,998 THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO THE 11 00:00:25,998 --> 00:00:27,834 PUBLIC BY BROADCAST ON THE NIH 12 00:00:27,834 --> 00:00:28,701 VIDEOCAST NETWORK, AND IT'S 13 00:00:28,701 --> 00:00:31,237 BEING RECORDED. 14 00:00:31,237 --> 00:00:33,406 FOR OUR ARCHIVES AND FOR FUTURE 15 00:00:33,406 --> 00:00:34,073 ON-DEMAND VIEWING FOR THE 16 00:00:34,073 --> 00:00:38,244 PUBLIC. 17 00:00:38,244 --> 00:00:41,280 IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE 18 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:42,849 PUBLIC, PER THE FEDERAL REGISTRY 19 00:00:42,849 --> 00:00:43,816 NOTICE, YOU MAY SUBMIT YOUR 20 00:00:43,816 --> 00:00:48,187 QUESTIONS IN WRITING TO ME AT 21 00:00:48,187 --> 00:00:49,055 ACRWH@NIH.GOV, AND WE WILL 22 00:00:49,055 --> 00:00:49,922 ADDRESS QUESTIONS AFTER THE 23 00:00:49,922 --> 00:00:56,729 MEETING. 24 00:00:56,729 --> 00:00:57,930 THE MEETING IS HYBRID. 25 00:00:57,930 --> 00:01:00,132 THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OUR 26 00:01:00,132 --> 00:01:02,068 INVITED GUEST PRESENTERS ARE 27 00:01:02,068 --> 00:01:02,835 PARTICIPATING IN PERSON AND 28 00:01:02,835 --> 00:01:04,070 THROUGH ZOOM. 29 00:01:04,070 --> 00:01:05,905 SO NOW A MESSAGE FOR OUR MEMBERS 30 00:01:05,905 --> 00:01:10,042 WHO ARE SITTING WITH US TODAY. 31 00:01:10,042 --> 00:01:11,711 THIS IS REALLY JUST A REMINDER 32 00:01:11,711 --> 00:01:13,913 BECAUSE YOU ARE SPECIAL 33 00:01:13,913 --> 00:01:14,380 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. 34 00:01:14,380 --> 00:01:16,849 AS A MEMBER OF THIS FEDERAL 35 00:01:16,849 --> 00:01:18,150 ADVISORY COMMITTEE, YOU ARE 36 00:01:18,150 --> 00:01:19,252 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, 37 00:01:19,252 --> 00:01:20,119 WHICH MEANS YOU'RE SUBJECT TO 38 00:01:20,119 --> 00:01:22,221 THE SAME ETHICS RULES THAT APPLY 39 00:01:22,221 --> 00:01:23,956 TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. 40 00:01:23,956 --> 00:01:26,893 THESE RULES ARE DESCRIBED IN THE 41 00:01:26,893 --> 00:01:28,561 PAMPHLET TITLED STANDARDS OF 42 00:01:28,561 --> 00:01:29,629 ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR EMPLOYEES OF 43 00:01:29,629 --> 00:01:30,963 THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH. 44 00:01:30,963 --> 00:01:32,365 YOU RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS 45 00:01:32,365 --> 00:01:33,566 DOCUMENT WHEN YOU WERE APPOINTED 46 00:01:33,566 --> 00:01:34,901 AND AT EVERY MEETING, WE'D LIKE 47 00:01:34,901 --> 00:01:36,669 YOU TO REVIEW THE STEPS WE TAKE 48 00:01:36,669 --> 00:01:39,138 AND THE PROCESSES WE FOLLOW TO 49 00:01:39,138 --> 00:01:41,007 IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS ANY 50 00:01:41,007 --> 00:01:42,208 CONFLICTS BETWEEN YOUR PUBLIC 51 00:01:42,208 --> 00:01:43,209 RESPONSIBILITIES WITH US AND 52 00:01:43,209 --> 00:01:45,912 YOUR PRIVATE INTERESTS. 53 00:01:45,912 --> 00:01:48,548 AS YOU KNOW BEFORE EVERY 54 00:01:48,548 --> 00:01:50,416 MEETING, YOU PROVIDE US A GREAT 55 00:01:50,416 --> 00:01:52,285 DEAL, AND I DO KNOW IT'S A GREAT 56 00:01:52,285 --> 00:01:53,152 DEAL ABOUT YOUR INFORMATION 57 00:01:53,152 --> 00:01:54,453 ABOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL AND 58 00:01:54,453 --> 00:01:55,688 PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTERESTS. 59 00:01:55,688 --> 00:01:57,323 WHAT WE DO IS WE USE THIS 60 00:01:57,323 --> 00:01:58,391 INFORMATION AS A FOUNDATION FOR 61 00:01:58,391 --> 00:02:00,593 ASSESSING WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY 62 00:02:00,593 --> 00:02:02,128 REAL OR POTENTIAL OR APPARENT 63 00:02:02,128 --> 00:02:04,196 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT COULD 64 00:02:04,196 --> 00:02:04,897 POTENTIALLY COMPROMISE YOUR 65 00:02:04,897 --> 00:02:06,399 ABILITY TO BE OBJECTIVE IN 66 00:02:06,399 --> 00:02:07,800 GIVING US ADVICE DURING OUR 67 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,637 COMMITTEE MEETING. 68 00:02:11,637 --> 00:02:15,241 IF THERE IS -- YOUR INDIVIDUAL 69 00:02:15,241 --> 00:02:16,909 SERVICES OUTWEIGHS THE POTENTIAL 70 00:02:16,909 --> 00:02:19,078 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT WE 71 00:02:19,078 --> 00:02:20,379 IDENTIFIED, WE WOULD ISSUE A 72 00:02:20,379 --> 00:02:23,015 WAIVER OR RECUSE YOURSELF FOR A 73 00:02:23,015 --> 00:02:23,783 PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE 74 00:02:23,783 --> 00:02:24,250 MEETING. 75 00:02:24,250 --> 00:02:25,651 WE USUALLY WAIVE CONFLICTS OF 76 00:02:25,651 --> 00:02:26,852 INTEREST FOR GENERAL MATTERS 77 00:02:26,852 --> 00:02:28,020 BECAUSE YOUR ABILITY TO BE 78 00:02:28,020 --> 00:02:29,255 OBJECTIVE WILL NOT BE AFFECTED 79 00:02:29,255 --> 00:02:31,123 BY YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS. 80 00:02:31,123 --> 00:02:36,228 WE ALSO RELY A GREAT DEAL ON YOU 81 00:02:36,228 --> 00:02:39,765 AND ALSO A GREAT DEAL ON YOU. 82 00:02:39,765 --> 00:02:41,601 ALSO WE REALLY HAVE APPRECIATED 83 00:02:41,601 --> 00:02:42,868 ABOUT YOU BEING ATTENTIVE DURING 84 00:02:42,868 --> 00:02:44,337 THE MEETINGS AND THE POSSIBILITY 85 00:02:44,337 --> 00:02:46,205 THAT ISSUES COULD ARISE THAT 86 00:02:46,205 --> 00:02:48,174 COULD AFFECT OR APPEAR TO AFFECT 87 00:02:48,174 --> 00:02:51,110 YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS, AND IF 88 00:02:51,110 --> 00:02:52,979 THAT HAPPENS, IF YOU COULD 89 00:02:52,979 --> 00:02:53,980 RECUSE YOURSELF, THAT WOULD BE 90 00:02:53,980 --> 00:03:01,954 APPRECIATED. 91 00:03:01,954 --> 00:03:03,389 BEFORE THE INTRODUCTIONS I JUST 92 00:03:03,389 --> 00:03:05,224 WANT TO BRIEFLY REVIEW SOME OF 93 00:03:05,224 --> 00:03:06,659 OUR BEST PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE 94 00:03:06,659 --> 00:03:09,829 FOR THIS HYBRID MEETING. 95 00:03:09,829 --> 00:03:11,664 FIRST PLEASE MUTE YOUR 96 00:03:11,664 --> 00:03:13,432 MICROPHONE WHEN YOU AREN'T 97 00:03:13,432 --> 00:03:14,767 SPEAKING, AND IMPORTANTLY, WHEN 98 00:03:14,767 --> 00:03:16,502 SPEAKING, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME 99 00:03:16,502 --> 00:03:17,803 BEFORE MAKING COMMENTS, MOTIONS 100 00:03:17,803 --> 00:03:20,006 OR RECOMMENDATIONS. 101 00:03:20,006 --> 00:03:24,577 IF YOU'RE IN PERSON, PLEASE MAKE 102 00:03:24,577 --> 00:03:25,578 SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON WHEN 103 00:03:25,578 --> 00:03:27,880 SPEAKING AND PLEASE REFRAIN FROM 104 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:28,648 DRAGGING THE MICROPHONE ACROSS 105 00:03:28,648 --> 00:03:29,281 THE TABLE. 106 00:03:29,281 --> 00:03:30,816 WE'VE HEARD IT MAKES AN 107 00:03:30,816 --> 00:03:32,585 INCREDIBLE SOUND THAT WE REALLY 108 00:03:32,585 --> 00:03:35,521 DO NOT WANT TO HEAR. 109 00:03:35,521 --> 00:03:38,157 AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO TEND TO 110 00:03:38,157 --> 00:03:39,291 LEAN BACK WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING, 111 00:03:39,291 --> 00:03:40,559 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU TRY TO 112 00:03:40,559 --> 00:03:42,094 LEAN INTO THE MICROPHONE SO WE 113 00:03:42,094 --> 00:03:43,496 WON'T MISS ANY WORDS THAT YOU'RE 114 00:03:43,496 --> 00:03:44,830 SAYING. 115 00:03:44,830 --> 00:03:47,900 IF YOU'RE ONLINE, PLEASE TRY TO 116 00:03:47,900 --> 00:03:50,302 USE THE HEADSET WITH A 117 00:03:50,302 --> 00:03:51,070 MICROPHONE WHEN SPEAKING. 118 00:03:51,070 --> 00:03:52,705 WE FIND THIS REALLY RESULTS IN A 119 00:03:52,705 --> 00:03:53,839 CLEAR SOUND AND PROVIDES THE 120 00:03:53,839 --> 00:03:55,274 LEAST AMOUNT OF AUDIO FEEDBACK 121 00:03:55,274 --> 00:03:59,812 FOR THE RECORDING. 122 00:03:59,812 --> 00:04:00,613 IMPORTANTLY IF YOU HAVE ANY 123 00:04:00,613 --> 00:04:01,681 QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE TO MAKE 124 00:04:01,681 --> 00:04:02,648 A COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 125 00:04:02,648 --> 00:04:03,082 HAND. 126 00:04:03,082 --> 00:04:04,517 AND WHEN INDICATED, MEMBERS WILL 127 00:04:04,517 --> 00:04:06,152 VOTE BY RAISING THEIR HANDS. 128 00:04:06,152 --> 00:04:09,755 WE WILL TAKE VOTES TO ACCEPT, 129 00:04:09,755 --> 00:04:12,725 REJECT, OR ABSTAIN SEPARATELY, 130 00:04:12,725 --> 00:04:13,859 SO PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN 131 00:04:13,859 --> 00:04:16,862 ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR RESPONSE. 132 00:04:16,862 --> 00:04:19,598 FOR ONLINE ATTENDEES, WE WILL 133 00:04:19,598 --> 00:04:21,701 SHARE YOUR VOTES IN THE ZOOM 134 00:04:21,701 --> 00:04:22,902 GALLERY DURING THE TIME WHEN 135 00:04:22,902 --> 00:04:28,340 WE'RE VOTING. 136 00:04:28,340 --> 00:04:31,310 SO AS I GO THROUGH THE ROSTER, 137 00:04:31,310 --> 00:04:32,278 WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, COULD 138 00:04:32,278 --> 00:04:37,216 YOU PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR MIC AND 139 00:04:37,216 --> 00:04:39,185 INTRODUCE YOURSELF BY NAME AND 140 00:04:39,185 --> 00:04:40,186 WHAT INSTITUTION YOU REPRESENT. 141 00:04:40,186 --> 00:04:41,587 I'M HOPING YOU SIGNED IN AT THE 142 00:04:41,587 --> 00:04:42,388 SHEET AT THE FRONT TABLE. 143 00:04:42,388 --> 00:04:43,789 IF NOT, PLEASE DO SO BEFORE THE 144 00:04:43,789 --> 00:04:45,858 END OF THE DAY. 145 00:04:45,858 --> 00:04:46,392 OKAY. 146 00:04:46,392 --> 00:04:47,960 SO LET'S GO WITH SOME 147 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:58,304 INTRODUCTIONS HERE. 148 00:04:59,605 --> 00:05:00,706 FIRST I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 149 00:05:00,706 --> 00:05:08,047 THAT WE WANT TO THANK SOME ACRWH 150 00:05:08,047 --> 00:05:08,948 MEMBERS RETIRING IN THE COMING 151 00:05:08,948 --> 00:05:09,381 MONTHS. 152 00:05:09,381 --> 00:05:10,783 THEY'VE SERVED DILIGENTLY AS YOU 153 00:05:10,783 --> 00:05:16,188 ALL KNOW FOR THE PAST FOUR 154 00:05:16,188 --> 00:05:17,490 YEARS. 155 00:05:17,490 --> 00:05:20,426 DR. MELISSA SIMON, DR. IRENE 156 00:05:20,426 --> 00:05:23,362 ANINYE, AND DR. GARNET ANDERSON. 157 00:05:23,362 --> 00:05:25,131 SO IF WE COULD GIVE A WARM 158 00:05:25,131 --> 00:05:25,898 APPLAUSE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL 159 00:05:25,898 --> 00:05:33,305 YOUR SERVICE. 160 00:05:33,305 --> 00:05:34,740 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE 161 00:05:34,740 --> 00:05:36,075 OUR NEW MEMBERS WHO HAVE JOINED 162 00:05:36,075 --> 00:05:38,677 US TODAY. 163 00:05:38,677 --> 00:05:42,848 DR. AYUSH GIRI AND 164 00:05:42,848 --> 00:05:45,918 DR. IGHOVWERHA OFOTOKUN. 165 00:05:45,918 --> 00:05:50,289 YOU GET APPLAUSE TOO. 166 00:05:50,289 --> 00:05:50,589 OKAY. 167 00:05:50,589 --> 00:05:54,560 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 168 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,962 I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME 169 00:05:56,962 --> 00:05:58,931 UPCOMING ACRWH MEMBERS. 170 00:05:58,931 --> 00:06:00,132 SOME OF THESE MEMBERS HAVE 171 00:06:00,132 --> 00:06:02,101 ACTUALLY JOINED US TODAY AS AD 172 00:06:02,101 --> 00:06:03,402 HOC MEMBERS. 173 00:06:03,402 --> 00:06:07,239 IT'S DR. ARTHUR ARNOLD, 174 00:06:07,239 --> 00:06:12,077 DR. LAPRINCESS BREWER AND 175 00:06:12,077 --> 00:06:14,346 DR. ROSALYN MABEN-FEASTER. 176 00:06:14,346 --> 00:06:16,649 SO YOU GET APPLAUSE AS WELL. 177 00:06:16,649 --> 00:06:19,151 AND FINALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO 178 00:06:19,151 --> 00:06:21,120 THANK SOME OF OUR ACRWH MEMBERS 179 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,856 FOR THEIR CONTINUED SERVICE. 180 00:06:23,856 --> 00:06:27,459 AND THEY INCLUDE DR. RESHMA 181 00:06:27,459 --> 00:06:29,662 JAGSI AND DR. KIMBERLY TEMPLETON 182 00:06:29,662 --> 00:06:30,663 WHO'S ACTUALLY ON THE PHONE 183 00:06:30,663 --> 00:06:31,096 TODAY WITH US. 184 00:06:31,096 --> 00:06:41,373 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 185 00:06:41,373 --> 00:06:41,574 OKAY. 186 00:06:41,574 --> 00:06:44,109 SO I WILL SAY MY PAGES GOT OUT 187 00:06:44,109 --> 00:06:44,977 OF ORDER. 188 00:06:44,977 --> 00:06:46,178 SO I'M BACKTRACKING A LITTLE 189 00:06:46,178 --> 00:06:48,080 BIT. 190 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:49,849 SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO NEXT IS 191 00:06:49,849 --> 00:06:51,851 REALLY GO AROUND THE ROOM AND 192 00:06:51,851 --> 00:06:53,385 EVERYONE DO THEIR INTRODUCTIONS. 193 00:06:53,385 --> 00:06:54,587 SO I'LL JUST START CALLING 194 00:06:54,587 --> 00:06:56,455 PEOPLE AND IF YOU STATE YOUR 195 00:06:56,455 --> 00:06:58,657 NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION. 196 00:06:58,657 --> 00:07:00,860 DR. ANDERSON. 197 00:07:00,860 --> 00:07:01,927 >> GOOD MORNING. 198 00:07:01,927 --> 00:07:03,896 I'M GARNET ANDERSON. 199 00:07:03,896 --> 00:07:06,532 I REPRESENT THE FRED HUTCH SON 200 00:07:06,532 --> 00:07:07,299 CANCER RESEARCH CENTER. 201 00:07:07,299 --> 00:07:10,469 >> THANK YOU. 202 00:07:10,469 --> 00:07:11,036 DR. ANINYE. 203 00:07:11,036 --> 00:07:11,770 >> GOOD MORNING. 204 00:07:11,770 --> 00:07:14,073 I'M DR. IRENE ANINYE AND I 205 00:07:14,073 --> 00:07:15,474 REPRESENT THE SOCIETY FOR 206 00:07:15,474 --> 00:07:17,610 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH. 207 00:07:17,610 --> 00:07:18,677 >> THANK YOU. 208 00:07:18,677 --> 00:07:20,546 DR. ARNOLD. 209 00:07:20,546 --> 00:07:21,947 >> MORNING. 210 00:07:21,947 --> 00:07:22,715 I'M ART ARNOLD. 211 00:07:22,715 --> 00:07:25,017 I'M AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 212 00:07:25,017 --> 00:07:26,986 CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES. 213 00:07:26,986 --> 00:07:31,557 >> DR. BREWER. 214 00:07:31,557 --> 00:07:36,595 IS DR. BREWER ONLINE? 215 00:07:36,595 --> 00:07:38,931 OKAY, WE WILL CONTINUE. 216 00:07:38,931 --> 00:07:39,198 DR. GIRI. 217 00:07:39,198 --> 00:07:43,369 >> HI, I'M DR. AYUSH GIRI, 218 00:07:43,369 --> 00:07:44,203 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL 219 00:07:44,203 --> 00:07:44,436 CENTER. 220 00:07:44,436 --> 00:07:48,741 >> THANK YOU. 221 00:07:48,741 --> 00:07:49,475 DR. HIGGINS. 222 00:07:49,475 --> 00:07:53,579 >.DR. JAGSI. 223 00:07:53,579 --> 00:07:56,916 >> I'M RESHMA JAGSI, EMORY 224 00:07:56,916 --> 00:07:57,650 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 225 00:07:57,650 --> 00:08:00,452 >> THANK YOU. 226 00:08:00,452 --> 00:08:00,719 DR. JONES? 227 00:08:00,719 --> 00:08:01,420 >> GOOD MORNING. 228 00:08:01,420 --> 00:08:04,924 MY NAME IS DR. HENDREE JONES, 229 00:08:04,924 --> 00:08:08,894 REPRESENTING UNIVERSITY OF NORTH 230 00:08:08,894 --> 00:08:10,062 CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL. 231 00:08:10,062 --> 00:08:11,196 >> 232 00:08:11,196 --> 00:08:18,370 >> GOOD MORNING, ROSALYN 233 00:08:18,370 --> 00:08:19,038 MAEBEN-FEASTER, UNIVERSITY OF 234 00:08:19,038 --> 00:08:20,139 MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL. 235 00:08:20,139 --> 00:08:21,974 >> DR. MIELENZ. 236 00:08:21,974 --> 00:08:25,277 >> GOOD MORNING, THELMA MIELENZ 237 00:08:25,277 --> 00:08:26,011 FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. 238 00:08:26,011 --> 00:08:29,114 >> THANK YOU. 239 00:08:29,114 --> 00:08:29,381 DR. NOEL. 240 00:08:29,381 --> 00:08:31,717 >> GOOD MORNING. 241 00:08:31,717 --> 00:08:34,386 ALEXANDRA NOEL, LOUISIANA STATE 242 00:08:34,386 --> 00:08:36,255 UNIVERSITY. 243 00:08:36,255 --> 00:08:39,024 >> DR. SHARPS. 244 00:08:39,024 --> 00:08:40,426 >> GOOD MORNING. 245 00:08:40,426 --> 00:08:42,428 I'M DR. SHARPS FROM JOHNS 246 00:08:42,428 --> 00:08:42,995 HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF 247 00:08:42,995 --> 00:08:43,662 NURSING. 248 00:08:43,662 --> 00:08:49,335 >> THANK YOU. 249 00:08:49,335 --> 00:08:49,601 DR. SIMON? 250 00:08:49,601 --> 00:08:55,507 >?AND DR. TEMPLETON. 251 00:08:55,507 --> 00:08:57,509 >> I'M KIM TEMPLETON FROM 252 00:08:57,509 --> 00:09:00,379 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS IN KANSAS 253 00:09:00,379 --> 00:09:03,148 CITY. 254 00:09:03,148 --> 00:09:06,719 >> AND DR. OFOTOKUN. 255 00:09:06,719 --> 00:09:07,486 >> THANK YOU. 256 00:09:07,486 --> 00:09:09,254 GOOD MORNING. 257 00:09:09,254 --> 00:09:14,360 MY NAME IS IGHO OFOTOKUN FROM 258 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:15,794 EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF 259 00:09:15,794 --> 00:09:16,061 MEDICINE. 260 00:09:16,061 --> 00:09:17,129 >> I WILL GET BETTER WITH YOUR 261 00:09:17,129 --> 00:09:17,329 NAME. 262 00:09:17,329 --> 00:09:18,864 I MAY HAVE TO REHEARSE IT A 263 00:09:18,864 --> 00:09:24,970 LITTLE BIT MORE. 264 00:09:24,970 --> 00:09:32,578 SORRY, I'M A LITTLE -- OKAY. 265 00:09:32,578 --> 00:09:34,046 NOW WE'RE UP TO OUR MINUTES. 266 00:09:34,046 --> 00:09:35,280 SO YOU WERE EACH SEPTEMBER THE 267 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:42,421 MSEPTEMSENT THE MINTSFROM APRIL. 268 00:09:42,421 --> 00:09:44,189 PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY FULL MEMO 269 00:09:44,189 --> 00:09:46,492 WMEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY 270 00:09:46,492 --> 00:09:46,925 COMMITTEE MAY VOTE. 271 00:09:46,925 --> 00:09:49,228 IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF ACRWH 272 00:09:49,228 --> 00:09:51,964 AS A FULL MEMBER, WE ASK THAT 273 00:09:51,964 --> 00:09:58,303 YOU REFRAIN FROM VOTING. 274 00:09:58,303 --> 00:09:59,271 SO IS THERE A MOTION ON THE 275 00:09:59,271 --> 00:10:01,607 TABLE TO ACCEPT THE APRIL 9TH, 276 00:10:01,607 --> 00:10:06,845 2024 MINUTES AS WRITTEN? 277 00:10:06,845 --> 00:10:07,713 DR. NOEL HAS SUBMITTED THE 278 00:10:07,713 --> 00:10:07,946 MOTION. 279 00:10:07,946 --> 00:10:12,317 DO I HEAR A SECOND? 280 00:10:12,317 --> 00:10:14,186 >> I'LL SECOND. 281 00:10:14,186 --> 00:10:15,587 >> DR. JONES HAS SECONDED THE 282 00:10:15,587 --> 00:10:15,921 MOTION. 283 00:10:15,921 --> 00:10:17,656 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING 284 00:10:17,656 --> 00:10:18,857 THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 285 00:10:18,857 --> 00:10:22,928 HANDS NOW. 286 00:10:22,928 --> 00:10:26,765 AND ONLINE? 287 00:10:26,765 --> 00:10:27,733 >> AYE. 288 00:10:27,733 --> 00:10:30,235 >> THANK YOU. 289 00:10:30,235 --> 00:10:32,104 FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE MOTION, 290 00:10:32,104 --> 00:10:37,776 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS NOW. 291 00:10:37,776 --> 00:10:38,710 AND ALL THOSE ABSTAINING FROM 292 00:10:38,710 --> 00:10:39,878 THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 293 00:10:39,878 --> 00:10:46,318 HANDS NOW. 294 00:10:46,318 --> 00:10:47,086 THANK YOU. 295 00:10:47,086 --> 00:10:51,690 HAVE THE VOTES BEEN RECORDED? 296 00:10:51,690 --> 00:10:52,991 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 297 00:10:52,991 --> 00:10:55,961 SO AS YOU HEARD THE APRIL 9TH, 298 00:10:55,961 --> 00:10:58,564 2024 MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN 299 00:10:58,564 --> 00:10:59,665 ACCEPTED WITH 10 MEMBERS IN 300 00:10:59,665 --> 00:10:59,998 FAVOR. 301 00:10:59,998 --> 00:11:03,602 NEXT SLIDE. 302 00:11:03,602 --> 00:11:05,037 NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE 303 00:11:05,037 --> 00:11:07,172 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE 304 00:11:07,172 --> 00:11:09,374 DIRECTOR OF ORWH, DR. JANINE 305 00:11:09,374 --> 00:11:19,518 CLAYTON. 306 00:11:25,891 --> 00:11:27,159 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 307 00:11:27,159 --> 00:11:28,427 IT GREAT TO BE WITH YOU FOR 308 00:11:28,427 --> 00:11:31,063 ANOTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR 309 00:11:31,063 --> 00:11:32,364 RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH 310 00:11:32,364 --> 00:11:34,233 MEETING, OUR 61ST MEETING, AND 311 00:11:34,233 --> 00:11:35,434 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A 312 00:11:35,434 --> 00:11:37,169 FANTASTIC LINEUP AND AGENDA 313 00:11:37,169 --> 00:11:37,936 TODAY. 314 00:11:37,936 --> 00:11:40,038 I GET TO OPEN THESE MEETINGS BY 315 00:11:40,038 --> 00:11:42,641 SHARING WITH YOU THE INCREDIBLE 316 00:11:42,641 --> 00:11:45,177 EFFORTS THAT TEAM ORWH AND OUR 317 00:11:45,177 --> 00:11:46,912 COLLEAGUES ACROSS NIH HAVE 318 00:11:46,912 --> 00:11:49,214 ENDEAVORED TO PUT FORWARD TO 319 00:11:49,214 --> 00:11:50,849 ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF WOMEN 320 00:11:50,849 --> 00:11:52,184 THROUGH RESEARCH AND SCIENCE. 321 00:11:52,184 --> 00:11:54,253 AND I'M GOING TO COVER VERY 322 00:11:54,253 --> 00:11:56,488 BRIEFLY AN OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT. 323 00:11:56,488 --> 00:11:58,524 NIH AND ORWH UPDATES, SOME 324 00:11:58,524 --> 00:12:00,792 POLICY AND SCIENTIFIC UPDATES, 325 00:12:00,792 --> 00:12:01,527 CAREERS AND CLOSING. 326 00:12:01,527 --> 00:12:03,529 I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE UP FRONT 327 00:12:03,529 --> 00:12:06,031 FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO INCLUDE 328 00:12:06,031 --> 00:12:07,366 EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED 329 00:12:07,366 --> 00:12:09,301 BETWEEN THE LAST MEETING IN 330 00:12:09,301 --> 00:12:11,537 APRIL AND NOW, INCREDIBLE AMOUNT 331 00:12:11,537 --> 00:12:13,172 OF WORK, WE'RE FOCUSING TODAY ON 332 00:12:13,172 --> 00:12:15,908 OUR THEME OF INNOVATION, SO I'VE 333 00:12:15,908 --> 00:12:17,342 COLLECTED THOSE ITEMS AND YOU'LL 334 00:12:17,342 --> 00:12:21,380 HEAR MORE AT THE NEXT MEETING. 335 00:12:21,380 --> 00:12:21,813 OKAY. 336 00:12:21,813 --> 00:12:23,015 IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SHARE 337 00:12:23,015 --> 00:12:24,783 WITH YOU THAT THE NATIONAL 338 00:12:24,783 --> 00:12:27,152 LIBRARY OF MEDICINE AND ORWH 339 00:12:27,152 --> 00:12:30,455 COLLABORATED TO CREATE DISCOVER 340 00:12:30,455 --> 00:12:32,191 WHR, A CENTRALIZED RESOURCE FOR 341 00:12:32,191 --> 00:12:33,926 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH AND 342 00:12:33,926 --> 00:12:35,260 FUNDING AND INFORMATION FROM NIH 343 00:12:35,260 --> 00:12:36,228 SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS TO CLOSE 344 00:12:36,228 --> 00:12:38,230 THE GAPS IN WOMEN'S HEALTH 345 00:12:38,230 --> 00:12:41,700 ACROSS THE LIFECOURSE. 346 00:12:41,700 --> 00:12:43,368 THE SITE LINKS DIRECTLY TO OPEN 347 00:12:43,368 --> 00:12:44,336 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 348 00:12:44,336 --> 00:12:45,204 TOPICS LISTED. 349 00:12:45,204 --> 00:12:50,342 AWARDED PROJECTS, RECRUITING AND 350 00:12:50,342 --> 00:12:51,877 UPCOMING CLINICAL TRIALS, THE 351 00:12:51,877 --> 00:12:54,012 LATEST LITERATURE PUBLISHED ON 352 00:12:54,012 --> 00:12:56,248 THOSE TOPICS AND EVEN 353 00:12:56,248 --> 00:12:57,182 PATIENT-FRIENDLY SUMMARIES OF 354 00:12:57,182 --> 00:12:57,883 THOSE HEALTH TOPICS. 355 00:12:57,883 --> 00:13:00,185 SO WE STARTED IN OUR FIRST PHASE 356 00:13:00,185 --> 00:13:03,355 WITH MENOPAUSE, POLYCYSTIC OVARY 357 00:13:03,355 --> 00:13:10,028 SISYNDROME AND SER SEVERAL AUTOE 358 00:13:10,028 --> 00:13:10,295 DISEASES. 359 00:13:10,295 --> 00:13:12,764 IN THE FIRST WEEK IT HAD OVER 360 00:13:12,764 --> 00:13:16,702 3700 VIEWS. 361 00:13:16,702 --> 00:13:18,036 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE AND 362 00:13:18,036 --> 00:13:19,338 THANK DR. STEVE SHERRY AND OUR 363 00:13:19,338 --> 00:13:21,073 COLLEAGUES AT NLM FOR THIS BIG 364 00:13:21,073 --> 00:13:22,040 PUSH TO GET THIS INFORMATION 365 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,276 AVAILABLE IN ONE PLACE TO BE 366 00:13:24,276 --> 00:13:26,111 ABLE TO ASSIST IN ADDRESSING 367 00:13:26,111 --> 00:13:28,413 GAPS AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO 368 00:13:28,413 --> 00:13:30,048 INFORMATION THAT IS VITAL TO 369 00:13:30,048 --> 00:13:36,421 MOVING THIS FIELD FORWARD. 370 00:13:36,421 --> 00:13:38,156 THE NIH DIRECTOR HAS TAKEN A 371 00:13:38,156 --> 00:13:39,458 VERY ACTIVE ROLE IN ADVANCING 372 00:13:39,458 --> 00:13:42,961 RESEARCH ON THE HEALTH OF WOMEN. 373 00:13:42,961 --> 00:13:44,162 I AM ALSO PLEASED TO SHARE WITH 374 00:13:44,162 --> 00:13:45,797 YOU THAT IN MAY, WHEN WE 375 00:13:45,797 --> 00:13:47,766 LAUNCHED THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN, 376 00:13:47,766 --> 00:13:50,736 THE 2024 TO 2028 NIH-WIDE 377 00:13:50,736 --> 00:13:51,703 STRATEGIC PLAN FOR RESEARCH ON 378 00:13:51,703 --> 00:13:56,308 THE HEALTH OF WOMEN, DR. MONICA 379 00:13:56,308 --> 00:13:58,043 BERTAGNOLLI CREATED A VIDEO 380 00:13:58,043 --> 00:13:59,378 ENTITLED FORGING INTO THE 381 00:13:59,378 --> 00:14:00,345 FUTURE, RESEARCH ON THE HEALTH 382 00:14:00,345 --> 00:14:01,680 OF WOMEN AT NIH AND BEYOND. 383 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:03,849 AND IN THAT VIDEO, SHE TALKED 384 00:14:03,849 --> 00:14:06,585 ABOUT HER VISION FOR WOMEN'S 385 00:14:06,585 --> 00:14:07,586 HEALTH RESEARCH. 386 00:14:07,586 --> 00:14:10,422 THAT VIDEO IS THE NUMBER ONE 387 00:14:10,422 --> 00:14:13,358 VIEWED VIDEO FOR NIH ON OUR NIH 388 00:14:13,358 --> 00:14:14,359 YOUTUBE CHANNEL. 389 00:14:14,359 --> 00:14:15,894 SO INCREDIBLE INTEREST, AND 390 00:14:15,894 --> 00:14:17,729 WE'RE SO PLEASED THAT THE NIH 391 00:14:17,729 --> 00:14:19,498 DIRECTOR HAS TAKEN SUCH AN 392 00:14:19,498 --> 00:14:21,233 ACTIVE ROLE IN TALKING ABOUT THE 393 00:14:21,233 --> 00:14:23,001 IMPORTANCE OF THIS TOPIC. 394 00:14:23,001 --> 00:14:25,203 THAT SAME WEEK, NATIONAL WOMEN'S 395 00:14:25,203 --> 00:14:26,505 HEALTH WEEK, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE 396 00:14:26,505 --> 00:14:27,806 WEEK AFTER MOTHER'S DAY IN MAY, 397 00:14:27,806 --> 00:14:30,642 WE HAD A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES 398 00:14:30,642 --> 00:14:31,843 INCLUDING A MENOPAUSE 399 00:14:31,843 --> 00:14:32,277 ROUNDTABLE. 400 00:14:32,277 --> 00:14:33,812 THAT WAS THE VERY FIRST OF OUR 401 00:14:33,812 --> 00:14:35,714 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH 402 00:14:35,714 --> 00:14:37,115 ROUNDTABLES, AND 403 00:14:37,115 --> 00:14:38,984 DR. BERTAGNOLLI, AGAIN, PROVIDED 404 00:14:38,984 --> 00:14:40,285 REMARKS ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF 405 00:14:40,285 --> 00:14:43,355 A PATHWAYS TO PREVENTION PROGRAM 406 00:14:43,355 --> 00:14:44,756 FOCUSED ON MENOPAUSE. 407 00:14:44,756 --> 00:14:47,159 WE SELECT ONE TOPIC, TWO MAXIMUM 408 00:14:47,159 --> 00:14:48,593 PER YEAR, AND WE SELECTED 409 00:14:48,593 --> 00:14:50,128 MENOPAUSE THIS YEAR. 410 00:14:50,128 --> 00:14:51,330 AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU 411 00:14:51,330 --> 00:14:53,398 CAN SEE THAT SHE HAS SELECTED 412 00:14:53,398 --> 00:14:55,367 WOMEN'S HEALTH RELEVANT TOPICS 413 00:14:55,367 --> 00:14:56,568 FOR HER DIRECTOR'S BLOG. 414 00:14:56,568 --> 00:14:57,769 I'M JUST POINTING OUT TWO OF 415 00:14:57,769 --> 00:14:59,204 THEM HERE. 416 00:14:59,204 --> 00:15:00,439 SHE'S HAD SEVERAL, BEGINNING 417 00:15:00,439 --> 00:15:01,773 WITH DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF 418 00:15:01,773 --> 00:15:03,475 MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS DURING 419 00:15:03,475 --> 00:15:05,110 AND AFTER PREGNANCY, AND SHE 420 00:15:05,110 --> 00:15:07,279 TALKED ABOUT MATERNAL MENTAL 421 00:15:07,279 --> 00:15:08,413 HEALTH AS AN IMPORTANT CRISIS 422 00:15:08,413 --> 00:15:10,148 THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. 423 00:15:10,148 --> 00:15:13,985 AND THEN THE DISCOVERY OF CCN3, 424 00:15:13,985 --> 00:15:15,153 A MATERNAL BRAIN HORMONE THAT 425 00:15:15,153 --> 00:15:17,022 SHE HIGHLIGHTS ASCII TO 426 00:15:17,022 --> 00:15:18,657 STRENGTHENING BONES THAT COULD 427 00:15:18,657 --> 00:15:20,959 HELP TREAT OSTEOPOROSIS AND BONE 428 00:15:20,959 --> 00:15:21,393 FRACTURES. 429 00:15:21,393 --> 00:15:23,362 THIS HORMONE WAS FOUND IN 430 00:15:23,362 --> 00:15:26,631 LACTATING FEMALE MICE WHEN THERE 431 00:15:26,631 --> 00:15:27,733 WAS AN EXAMINATION TO UNDERSTAND 432 00:15:27,733 --> 00:15:30,035 WHY, DESPITE A DROP IN ESTROGEN 433 00:15:30,035 --> 00:15:31,236 POSTPARTUM AND INCREASED NEED 434 00:15:31,236 --> 00:15:33,105 FOR CALCIUM, LACTATING FEMALES 435 00:15:33,105 --> 00:15:36,441 DID NOT HAVE FURTHER BONE 436 00:15:36,441 --> 00:15:36,908 RESORPTION. 437 00:15:36,908 --> 00:15:39,311 SO IT WAS A WOMEN'S HEALTH 438 00:15:39,311 --> 00:15:39,978 RELEVANT RESEARCH QUESTION FROM 439 00:15:39,978 --> 00:15:41,813 THE BEGINNING, WHY DO LACTATING 440 00:15:41,813 --> 00:15:42,914 FEMALES NOT HAVE FURTHER BONE 441 00:15:42,914 --> 00:15:44,983 LOSS THAT LED TO THIS DISCOVERY, 442 00:15:44,983 --> 00:15:47,619 AND ALSO ONE OF THE SCORE 443 00:15:47,619 --> 00:15:49,688 INVESTIGATORS, NANCY LANE'S WORK 444 00:15:49,688 --> 00:15:54,059 CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EFFORT. 445 00:15:54,059 --> 00:15:54,960 DR. BERTAGNOLLI RECENTLY 446 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:55,927 ANNOUNCED HER CARE FOR HEALTH 447 00:15:55,927 --> 00:15:56,261 INITIATIVE. 448 00:15:56,261 --> 00:15:57,796 CARE STANDS FOR COMMUNITIES 449 00:15:57,796 --> 00:16:00,132 ADVANCING RESEARCH EQUITY FOR 450 00:16:00,132 --> 00:16:01,933 HEALTH, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO 451 00:16:01,933 --> 00:16:03,235 CONDUCT RESEARCH ADDRESSING 452 00:16:03,235 --> 00:16:07,739 DIVERSE ISSUES IN A VARIETY OF 453 00:16:07,739 --> 00:16:09,374 SETTINGS AND COMMUNITIES 454 00:16:09,374 --> 00:16:10,375 GEOGRAPHICALLY DIVERSE, 455 00:16:10,375 --> 00:16:11,443 PARTICULARLY AMONG THOSE THAT 456 00:16:11,443 --> 00:16:13,845 ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN 457 00:16:13,845 --> 00:16:14,679 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INCLUDING 458 00:16:14,679 --> 00:16:15,280 RURAL LOCATIONS. 459 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:16,581 HER GOAL IS TO INTEGRATE 460 00:16:16,581 --> 00:16:20,685 RESEARCH INTO THE CLINICAL CARE 461 00:16:20,685 --> 00:16:21,486 ENVIRONMENT, AND THIS EFFORT 462 00:16:21,486 --> 00:16:22,888 DOES THAT BY TRYING TO LINK TO 463 00:16:22,888 --> 00:16:25,624 PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES, A 464 00:16:25,624 --> 00:16:27,359 COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY CARE 465 00:16:27,359 --> 00:16:29,461 PRACTICES, AND HOPEFULLY WITH 466 00:16:29,461 --> 00:16:30,762 THE GOAL OF REDUCING BURDEN ON 467 00:16:30,762 --> 00:16:32,497 PROVIDERS AS WELL BY USING 468 00:16:32,497 --> 00:16:33,298 INNOVATIVE DATA COLLECTION 469 00:16:33,298 --> 00:16:36,334 METHODS. 470 00:16:36,334 --> 00:16:37,669 AND EVEN IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY 471 00:16:37,669 --> 00:16:39,304 OF CARE DELIVERY. 472 00:16:39,304 --> 00:16:40,939 $30 MILLION HAVE BEEN INVESTED 473 00:16:40,939 --> 00:16:43,542 FOR FY 24 AND GOING INTO FY 25, 474 00:16:43,542 --> 00:16:46,278 SO WE'LL CERTAINLY BE FOLLOWING 475 00:16:46,278 --> 00:16:47,379 THIS CLOSELY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH 476 00:16:47,379 --> 00:16:48,613 IS DEFINITELY A PART OF HER 477 00:16:48,613 --> 00:16:51,016 AGENDA HERE. 478 00:16:51,016 --> 00:16:52,617 I ALWAYS LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU 479 00:16:52,617 --> 00:16:54,186 NIH LEADERSHIP UPDATES, SO YOU 480 00:16:54,186 --> 00:16:57,355 ARE AWARE OF WHO IS ON BOARD AT 481 00:16:57,355 --> 00:16:58,557 LEADERSHIP HERE. 482 00:16:58,557 --> 00:17:01,059 THE NEWEST DIRECTOR OF THE 483 00:17:01,059 --> 00:17:02,928 OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH AND THE 484 00:17:02,928 --> 00:17:04,996 NIH ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR AIDS 485 00:17:04,996 --> 00:17:09,034 RESEARCH, DR. GERI DONENBERG HAS 486 00:17:09,034 --> 00:17:13,104 BEEN NAMED FOR THAT POSITION AND 487 00:17:13,104 --> 00:17:15,707 DR. ANNICA WAYMAN HAS BEEN NAMED 488 00:17:15,707 --> 00:17:16,808 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NCATS, 489 00:17:16,808 --> 00:17:19,444 BRINGING TO A TOTAL OF 12 WOMEN 490 00:17:19,444 --> 00:17:22,714 IC DEPUTY DIRECTORS OUT OF THE 491 00:17:22,714 --> 00:17:24,049 27, AND 13 WOMEN IC DIRECTORS 492 00:17:24,049 --> 00:17:25,884 OUT OF THE 27. 493 00:17:25,884 --> 00:17:27,385 DEFINITELY THE HIGHEST NUMBER WE 494 00:17:27,385 --> 00:17:30,055 HAVE HAD. 495 00:17:30,055 --> 00:17:33,325 AND I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME 496 00:17:33,325 --> 00:17:38,997 DR. LUCIA HINDORFF, SENIOR 497 00:17:38,997 --> 00:17:39,798 ADVISOR FOR SCIENTIFIC AND 498 00:17:39,798 --> 00:17:43,602 ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY. 499 00:17:43,602 --> 00:17:45,570 DR. HINDORFF COMES FROM THE 500 00:17:45,570 --> 00:17:47,105 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH 501 00:17:47,105 --> 00:17:48,840 INSTITUTE WHERE SHE HAD SEVERAL 502 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:50,709 POSITIONS AS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR 503 00:17:50,709 --> 00:17:52,310 AND AS A LEAD FOR THEIR TRAINING 504 00:17:52,310 --> 00:17:56,081 DIVERSITY AND EQUITY EFFORTS. 505 00:17:56,081 --> 00:17:58,049 SHE HAS OVER 100 PUBLICATIONS 506 00:17:58,049 --> 00:17:59,484 AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITE TODAY 507 00:17:59,484 --> 00:18:00,886 BRING HER ON BOARD TO HELP WITH 508 00:18:00,886 --> 00:18:03,288 SOME SENIOR ACTIVITIES, 509 00:18:03,288 --> 00:18:05,590 INCLUDING ASSISTING WITH 510 00:18:05,590 --> 00:18:06,458 OVERSIGHT OF THE WHITE HOUSE 511 00:18:06,458 --> 00:18:09,361 IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS AT ORWH. 512 00:18:09,361 --> 00:18:10,695 FOLKS HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTED 513 00:18:10,695 --> 00:18:12,030 IN THE WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE ON 514 00:18:12,030 --> 00:18:14,566 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH, AND SO 515 00:18:14,566 --> 00:18:15,867 I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PROVIDE 516 00:18:15,867 --> 00:18:17,936 UPDATES ON THAT AND SPEAK AT A 517 00:18:17,936 --> 00:18:19,037 VARIETY OF COUNCILS. 518 00:18:19,037 --> 00:18:21,573 FIRST NLM, THEN THE NATIONAL 519 00:18:21,573 --> 00:18:22,874 ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR BIOMEDICAL 520 00:18:22,874 --> 00:18:26,378 IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING, THE 521 00:18:26,378 --> 00:18:28,446 ACD, THE NIH DIRECTOR'S ADVISORY 522 00:18:28,446 --> 00:18:29,981 COMMITTEE, AND THEN MOST 523 00:18:29,981 --> 00:18:31,249 RECENTLY, THE NATIONAL ADVISORY 524 00:18:31,249 --> 00:18:34,486 COUNCIL ON AGING. 525 00:18:34,486 --> 00:18:38,423 IN THE AFTERNOON, NIA FOCUSED 526 00:18:38,423 --> 00:18:39,291 SPECIFICALLY ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. 527 00:18:39,291 --> 00:18:41,793 SO I GAVE AN UPDATE AND 528 00:18:41,793 --> 00:18:44,996 HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE 529 00:18:44,996 --> 00:18:46,164 IMPLEMENTATION STEPS WE'VE TAKEN 530 00:18:46,164 --> 00:18:47,799 AS WELL AS OUR INTEREST IN MID 531 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:50,669 LIFE HEALTH AND I WAS FOLLOWED 532 00:18:50,669 --> 00:18:52,804 BY DR. HOLLY INGRAHAM, SENIOR 533 00:18:52,804 --> 00:18:56,575 AUTHOR FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE 534 00:18:56,575 --> 00:18:57,309 CCN3 MATERNAL BRAIN HORMONE THAT 535 00:18:57,309 --> 00:18:58,009 BUILDS BONE. 536 00:18:58,009 --> 00:18:59,644 THE TITLE OF HER PRESENTATION 537 00:18:59,644 --> 00:19:01,813 WAS "UNLOCKING SECRETS OF FEMALE 538 00:19:01,813 --> 00:19:03,014 PHYSIOLOGY TO IMPROVE HUMAN 539 00:19:03,014 --> 00:19:04,449 HEALTH IN AGING." 540 00:19:04,449 --> 00:19:06,284 IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO WATCH HER 541 00:19:06,284 --> 00:19:08,820 REMARKS, SHE TALKS ABOUT HOW SHE 542 00:19:08,820 --> 00:19:10,655 FOCUSED ON FEMALE PHYSIOLOGY 543 00:19:10,655 --> 00:19:12,591 FROM THE OUTSET, DESPITE THE 544 00:19:12,591 --> 00:19:14,392 FACT THAT THERE WAS NO ONE 545 00:19:14,392 --> 00:19:15,694 REALLY ENCOURAGING HER TO DO 546 00:19:15,694 --> 00:19:17,796 THAT, AND THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY 547 00:19:17,796 --> 00:19:19,531 CHALLENGED BY THE DYNAMIC 548 00:19:19,531 --> 00:19:22,467 CHANGES IN FEMALE HORMONES 549 00:19:22,467 --> 00:19:24,469 RATHER THAN DISSUADED BY THOSE 550 00:19:24,469 --> 00:19:25,437 DYNAMIC CYCLICAL CHANGES. 551 00:19:25,437 --> 00:19:30,575 AND AGAIN, DR. NANCY LANE IS THE 552 00:19:30,575 --> 00:19:31,343 CO-AUTHOR ON THAT PIECE. 553 00:19:31,343 --> 00:19:33,211 WE'VE ALSO BEEN BUSY ON A 554 00:19:33,211 --> 00:19:34,079 NATIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVEL. 555 00:19:34,079 --> 00:19:36,281 I WAS PARTICULARLY DELIGHTED TO 556 00:19:36,281 --> 00:19:38,583 BE RECOGNIZED AND HONORED AT THE 557 00:19:38,583 --> 00:19:40,552 2024 SOCIETY FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH 558 00:19:40,552 --> 00:19:44,155 RESEARCH EVENT. 559 00:19:44,155 --> 00:19:46,324 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 560 00:19:46,324 --> 00:19:46,625 RECOGNITION. 561 00:19:46,625 --> 00:19:50,495 IT WAS GREAT TO BE THERE AMONG 562 00:19:50,495 --> 00:19:52,797 MANY OTHER AWARDEES AND 563 00:19:52,797 --> 00:19:53,765 LUMINARIES. 564 00:19:53,765 --> 00:19:54,866 RECENTLY AT THE FOUNDATION FOR 565 00:19:54,866 --> 00:19:57,168 NIH, THEY FOCUSED ON WOMEN'S 566 00:19:57,168 --> 00:19:59,137 HEALTH IN THEIR ANNUAL PATIENT 567 00:19:59,137 --> 00:20:01,439 ENGAGEMENT SUMMIT. 568 00:20:01,439 --> 00:20:04,175 IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO 569 00:20:04,175 --> 00:20:04,743 ADVOCATES, PROFESSIONAL 570 00:20:04,743 --> 00:20:07,379 ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS, 571 00:20:07,379 --> 00:20:08,680 PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE SPACE, AND 572 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,649 COME TOGETHER IN A 573 00:20:10,649 --> 00:20:12,083 PATIENT-CENTRIC WAY AND TALK 574 00:20:12,083 --> 00:20:13,518 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HEARING 575 00:20:13,518 --> 00:20:15,253 WOMEN'S VOICES AND FOR US, WHAT 576 00:20:15,253 --> 00:20:18,690 STEPS WE ARE TAKING TO MOVE 577 00:20:18,690 --> 00:20:19,858 FORWARD WITH AN NIH WOMEN'S 578 00:20:19,858 --> 00:20:22,260 HEALTH AGENDA FOR THE FUTURE. 579 00:20:22,260 --> 00:20:24,329 AT A GLOBAL LEVEL, I WAS REALLY, 580 00:20:24,329 --> 00:20:25,964 AGAIN, DELIGHTED AND HONORED TO 581 00:20:25,964 --> 00:20:28,933 BE INCLUDED AS A CHAMPION FOR 582 00:20:28,933 --> 00:20:30,902 THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN'S 583 00:20:30,902 --> 00:20:32,637 HEALTH HELD AT THE UNITED 584 00:20:32,637 --> 00:20:33,638 NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY 585 00:20:33,638 --> 00:20:37,575 MEETING, AND TO SPEAK AT SWHR'S 586 00:20:37,575 --> 00:20:39,010 ECH ALLIANCE JOINT SCIENCE 587 00:20:39,010 --> 00:20:43,581 SUMMIT AS WELL. 588 00:20:43,581 --> 00:20:45,350 NOW A FEW POLICY AND SCIENTIFIC 589 00:20:45,350 --> 00:20:45,650 UPDATES. 590 00:20:45,650 --> 00:20:47,719 AS I MENTIONED TO THIS GROUP 591 00:20:47,719 --> 00:20:50,155 BEFORE, I'M HONORED TO CO-CHAIR 592 00:20:50,155 --> 00:20:54,526 ALONG WITH THE DIRECTOR OF 593 00:20:54,526 --> 00:20:59,130 NIA -- AND NIMR THE COMPASS 594 00:20:59,130 --> 00:21:00,198 INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PARTNERS 595 00:21:00,198 --> 00:21:01,966 TO ADVANCE SCIENCE FOR SOCIETY. 596 00:21:01,966 --> 00:21:03,802 THE PURPOSE OF THE EFFORT IS TO 597 00:21:03,802 --> 00:21:06,705 ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY, RESEARCH, 598 00:21:06,705 --> 00:21:09,074 TO CATALYZE, DEPLOY AND EVALUATE 599 00:21:09,074 --> 00:21:10,809 COMMUNITY-LED HEALTH EQUITY 600 00:21:10,809 --> 00:21:12,143 STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS. 601 00:21:12,143 --> 00:21:14,112 AND THESE ARE NEW -- THIS IS A 602 00:21:14,112 --> 00:21:17,615 NEW PATHWAY FOR NIH. 603 00:21:17,615 --> 00:21:18,917 THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP 604 00:21:18,917 --> 00:21:20,418 EVENTUALLY A NEW HEALTH EQUITY 605 00:21:20,418 --> 00:21:20,852 RESEARCH MODEL. 606 00:21:20,852 --> 00:21:22,387 SO THE COMPONENTS OF COMPASS 607 00:21:22,387 --> 00:21:24,923 INCLUDE THE CHESIs OR 608 00:21:24,923 --> 00:21:26,357 COMMUNITY LED HEALTH EQUITY 609 00:21:26,357 --> 00:21:27,192 STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS. 610 00:21:27,192 --> 00:21:28,760 THESE FUNDS WENT DIRECTLY TO 611 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,829 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO 612 00:21:30,829 --> 00:21:32,263 DESIGN THEIR STRUCTURAL 613 00:21:32,263 --> 00:21:34,466 INTERVENTIONS FOR THEIR LOCAL 614 00:21:34,466 --> 00:21:35,100 COMMUNITIES. 615 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:37,068 25 AWARDS WERE MADE IN 2023. 616 00:21:37,068 --> 00:21:38,603 THERE'S A COMPASS COORDINATING 617 00:21:38,603 --> 00:21:39,804 CENTER TO BRING THIS ALL 618 00:21:39,804 --> 00:21:41,539 TOGETHER AND HELP MANAGE DATA, 619 00:21:41,539 --> 00:21:43,174 THAT AWARD WAS ALSO MADE IN 620 00:21:43,174 --> 00:21:45,043 2023, AND MORE RECENTLY, THE 621 00:21:45,043 --> 00:21:48,213 HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH HUBS WERE 622 00:21:48,213 --> 00:21:49,981 AWARDED THIS PAST YEAR AND THE 623 00:21:49,981 --> 00:21:51,816 MAP INDICATES THE LOCATIONS FOR 624 00:21:51,816 --> 00:21:53,685 EACH OF THESE COMPONENTS OF 625 00:21:53,685 --> 00:21:54,686 COMPASS DESIGNED TO WORK 626 00:21:54,686 --> 00:21:55,987 TOGETHER. 627 00:21:55,987 --> 00:21:57,188 I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF 628 00:21:57,188 --> 00:21:58,823 THE TOPICS BEING ADDRESSED IN 629 00:21:58,823 --> 00:22:02,427 SOME OF THE COMMUNITY-LED 630 00:22:02,427 --> 00:22:02,994 INTERVENTIONS. 631 00:22:02,994 --> 00:22:04,195 AT UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI 632 00:22:04,195 --> 00:22:05,296 MEDICAL CENTER, THEY'RE 633 00:22:05,296 --> 00:22:06,498 ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND CULTURAL 634 00:22:06,498 --> 00:22:07,132 CONTEXT. 635 00:22:07,132 --> 00:22:08,666 AND UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND 636 00:22:08,666 --> 00:22:10,969 BALTIMORE, COMMUNITY HEALTH 637 00:22:10,969 --> 00:22:12,070 ACCESS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 638 00:22:12,070 --> 00:22:15,573 ARE ALSO BEING ACTRESSED AND AT 639 00:22:15,573 --> 00:22:17,208 YALE, FOOD AND NUTRITION 640 00:22:17,208 --> 00:22:18,710 ENVIRONMENT ARE BEING ADDRESSED. 641 00:22:18,710 --> 00:22:20,078 IN ADDITION, OUR COLLEAGUES AT 642 00:22:20,078 --> 00:22:22,447 NYU ARE LOOKING AT NUTRITION AND 643 00:22:22,447 --> 00:22:24,415 FOOD IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL 644 00:22:24,415 --> 00:22:25,884 CONTEXTS, AND OUR COLLEAGUES AT 645 00:22:25,884 --> 00:22:27,485 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR 646 00:22:27,485 --> 00:22:30,021 ARE LOOKING AT A MULTIPLE 647 00:22:30,021 --> 00:22:31,189 DOMAINS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, 648 00:22:31,189 --> 00:22:32,056 INCLUDING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 649 00:22:32,056 --> 00:22:33,625 AND THEY'VE INCORPORATED 650 00:22:33,625 --> 00:22:34,392 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 651 00:22:34,392 --> 00:22:37,929 SO YOU CAN SEE THESE TOPICS ARE 652 00:22:37,929 --> 00:22:38,997 ALL RELATED TO STRUCTURAL 653 00:22:38,997 --> 00:22:40,331 INTERVENTIONS AND DESIGNED TO 654 00:22:40,331 --> 00:22:42,167 LOOK AT THEIR IMPACT, 655 00:22:42,167 --> 00:22:43,501 INTERVENTIONS AT THE STRUCTURAL 656 00:22:43,501 --> 00:22:44,803 LEVEL, ON A VARIETY OF HEALTH 657 00:22:44,803 --> 00:22:46,504 OUTCOMES. 658 00:22:46,504 --> 00:22:47,505 INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE HIGHLY 659 00:22:47,505 --> 00:22:52,010 RELEVANT TO WOMEN'S HEALTH. 660 00:22:52,010 --> 00:22:53,978 SO THE ANNUAL MEETING THIS YEAR 661 00:22:53,978 --> 00:22:57,048 INCLUDED THE CHESIs 662 00:22:57,048 --> 00:22:57,882 PRESENTING, THE COMMUNITY LED 663 00:22:57,882 --> 00:22:58,583 ORGANIZATIONS. 664 00:22:58,583 --> 00:23:00,552 I WAS DELIGHTED TO GET TO MEET 665 00:23:00,552 --> 00:23:02,053 FOSTERING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS 666 00:23:02,053 --> 00:23:03,822 THROUGH NATIVE HAWAIIAN CULTURAL 667 00:23:03,822 --> 00:23:06,124 VALUES TO STRENGTHEN YOUTH 668 00:23:06,124 --> 00:23:06,591 RESILIENCE, HEALTH AND 669 00:23:06,591 --> 00:23:07,759 WELL-BEING INVESTIGATORS. 670 00:23:07,759 --> 00:23:09,093 PICTURED HERE WITH THEIR POSTER. 671 00:23:09,093 --> 00:23:11,830 IT WAS A FANTASTIC MEETING 672 00:23:11,830 --> 00:23:12,931 AVAILABLE ONLINE WHERE YOU COULD 673 00:23:12,931 --> 00:23:14,866 HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE 674 00:23:14,866 --> 00:23:16,534 ORGANIZATIONS WHO WERE DESIGNING 675 00:23:16,534 --> 00:23:17,502 THESE INTERVENTIONS. 676 00:23:17,502 --> 00:23:19,470 THEY WERE HIGHLY CREATIVE AND 677 00:23:19,470 --> 00:23:20,471 INNOVATIVE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO 678 00:23:20,471 --> 00:23:24,275 SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO NEXT. 679 00:23:24,275 --> 00:23:25,710 ALL OF THESE EFFORTS ARE 680 00:23:25,710 --> 00:23:27,779 COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH OUR NEW 681 00:23:27,779 --> 00:23:28,780 NIH-WIDE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 682 00:23:28,780 --> 00:23:30,415 RESEARCH ON THE HEALTH OF WOMEN. 683 00:23:30,415 --> 00:23:31,950 AND OUR FIVE GOALS ARE LISTED 684 00:23:31,950 --> 00:23:32,250 HERE. 685 00:23:32,250 --> 00:23:33,418 I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT JUST TWO 686 00:23:33,418 --> 00:23:35,553 OF THEM. 687 00:23:35,553 --> 00:23:36,855 IN ADDITION TO THE ONE AT THE 688 00:23:36,855 --> 00:23:42,760 BOTTOM, ON THE WOU BOTTOM, ADVAE 689 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:43,428 COMMUNITY-ENGAGED SCIENCE AND 690 00:23:43,428 --> 00:23:45,163 ENHANCE THE DISSEMINATION OF 691 00:23:45,163 --> 00:23:45,930 EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS. 692 00:23:45,930 --> 00:23:47,932 COMPASS IS HIGHLY ALIGNED WITH 693 00:23:47,932 --> 00:23:48,566 THAT. 694 00:23:48,566 --> 00:23:49,100 OUR FIRST GOAL. 695 00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:50,535 WE WANT TO ADVANCE RESEARCH ON 696 00:23:50,535 --> 00:23:52,070 THE BIOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL, 697 00:23:52,070 --> 00:23:52,837 SOCIAL, STRUCTURAL AND 698 00:23:52,837 --> 00:23:54,572 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 699 00:23:54,572 --> 00:23:55,240 INFLUENCING WOMEN'S HEALTH AND 700 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:56,207 THEY ALL ARE FUNCTIONING 701 00:23:56,207 --> 00:23:56,708 TOGETHER. 702 00:23:56,708 --> 00:23:58,376 WE'RE LEASELY COMMITTED TO 703 00:23:58,376 --> 00:23:59,043 IMPROVING DATA SCIENCE AND 704 00:23:59,043 --> 00:24:00,178 MANAGEMENT WITH INNOVATIVE 705 00:24:00,178 --> 00:24:04,082 METHODS AND CUTTING-EDGE 706 00:24:04,082 --> 00:24:04,415 TECHNOLOGIES. 707 00:24:04,415 --> 00:24:07,285 A COUPLE OF METHODS AND 708 00:24:07,285 --> 00:24:08,152 DATA-RELATED HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU. 709 00:24:08,152 --> 00:24:11,422 THIS GROUP IS VERY INTERESTED IN 710 00:24:11,422 --> 00:24:13,825 HOW GENERAL EDITORS AND 711 00:24:13,825 --> 00:24:14,492 PUBLISHERS PLAY A KEY GATE 712 00:24:14,492 --> 00:24:15,927 KEEPING ROLE IN WOMEN'S HEALTH 713 00:24:15,927 --> 00:24:17,262 RESEARCH AND ITS DISSEMINATION, 714 00:24:17,262 --> 00:24:18,963 AND THE SEX AND GENDER EQUITY 715 00:24:18,963 --> 00:24:21,799 AND RESEARCH OR SAGER GUIDELINES 716 00:24:21,799 --> 00:24:23,334 HAS BEEN NOW ACCESSED NEARLY A 717 00:24:23,334 --> 00:24:25,203 MILLION TIMES. 718 00:24:25,203 --> 00:24:26,671 IT'S BEEN CITED OVER 700 TIMES 719 00:24:26,671 --> 00:24:28,806 AND IS NOW WIDELY ADOPTED BY 720 00:24:28,806 --> 00:24:31,342 MANY MAJOR ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS 721 00:24:31,342 --> 00:24:33,511 BUT NOT ALL, AND THIS PAST YEAR, 722 00:24:33,511 --> 00:24:35,513 IT WAS FORMALLY ADOPTED BY THE 723 00:24:35,513 --> 00:24:36,381 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WHICH 724 00:24:36,381 --> 00:24:38,549 THEY SEE AS A MAJOR MILESTONE. 725 00:24:38,549 --> 00:24:40,318 IT'S BEEN TRANSLATED TO SEVEN 726 00:24:40,318 --> 00:24:40,952 LANGUAGES NOW. 727 00:24:40,952 --> 00:24:43,922 IT'S NOW INCLUDED IN THE EQUATOR 728 00:24:43,922 --> 00:24:49,394 WEBSITE, AND IT'S LISTED THE 729 00:24:49,394 --> 00:24:53,865 REPORTING GUIDELINES. 730 00:24:53,865 --> 00:24:55,166 THE JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL 731 00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:56,601 CANCER INSTITUTE HAS ALSO 732 00:24:56,601 --> 00:25:00,104 ELEVATED THEIR STANDARDS AND 733 00:25:00,104 --> 00:25:00,872 OUTLINED INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE 734 00:25:00,872 --> 00:25:01,973 GUIDELINES. 735 00:25:01,973 --> 00:25:03,808 HERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 736 00:25:03,808 --> 00:25:04,575 SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS THAT 737 00:25:04,575 --> 00:25:07,979 SHOULD BE REPORTED NOT JUST IN 738 00:25:07,979 --> 00:25:10,048 TABLE ONE OR WHERE YOU DESCRIBE 739 00:25:10,048 --> 00:25:11,683 DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT IN THE RESULTS 740 00:25:11,683 --> 00:25:14,652 SECTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT. 741 00:25:14,652 --> 00:25:16,054 THEY STATE, QUOTE, IN RESEARCH 742 00:25:16,054 --> 00:25:17,255 ARTICLES AND BRIEF 743 00:25:17,255 --> 00:25:19,257 COMMUNICATIONS, SEX OR GENDER 744 00:25:19,257 --> 00:25:21,426 AND HOW SEX OR GENDER SHOULD BE 745 00:25:21,426 --> 00:25:23,061 REPORTED AND DEFINED, AND HOW 746 00:25:23,061 --> 00:25:25,863 SEX OR GENDER WAS ASSESSED 747 00:25:25,863 --> 00:25:27,231 SHOULD BE DESCRIBED. 748 00:25:27,231 --> 00:25:28,866 WHENEVER POSSIBLE, REPORT ALL 749 00:25:28,866 --> 00:25:31,636 MAIN OUTCOMES BY SEX, OR GENDER 750 00:25:31,636 --> 00:25:33,237 IF APPROPRIATE. 751 00:25:33,237 --> 00:25:33,905 END QUOTE. 752 00:25:33,905 --> 00:25:35,440 SO WE'RE SEEING PROGRESS IN THIS 753 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:37,175 SPACE AS WELL. 754 00:25:37,175 --> 00:25:39,143 IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO WORK WITH 755 00:25:39,143 --> 00:25:43,514 DR. SARAH TEMKIN WITH DR. KIM 756 00:25:43,514 --> 00:25:44,515 TEMPLETON ONLINE, ONE OF THE 757 00:25:44,515 --> 00:25:46,250 ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, 758 00:25:46,250 --> 00:25:52,156 FUNDED TO LOOK AT THE INCLUSION 759 00:25:52,156 --> 00:25:54,158 OF SEX AND GENDER IN ORTHOPEDIC 760 00:25:54,158 --> 00:25:55,259 SURGERY JOURNALS. 761 00:25:55,259 --> 00:25:57,996 AND DR. TEMPLETON HAS BEEN 762 00:25:57,996 --> 00:25:59,597 PUSHING FOR THESE ADVANCES FOR 763 00:25:59,597 --> 00:26:00,932 SOME TIME, AND WE WERE DELIGHTED 764 00:26:00,932 --> 00:26:03,067 TO BE PART OF SEVERAL MEETINGS 765 00:26:03,067 --> 00:26:06,738 AND THRILLED TO BE PART OF A 766 00:26:06,738 --> 00:26:09,007 SUPPLEMENT IN THE JOURNAL OF JOF 767 00:26:09,007 --> 00:26:11,943 BONE AND JOINT SURGERY THAT SHE 768 00:26:11,943 --> 00:26:13,044 SPEARHEAD. 769 00:26:13,044 --> 00:26:14,779 THE PUBLICATION IS CITED HERE. 770 00:26:14,779 --> 00:26:16,748 ONE OF THE KEY SENTENCES FROM 771 00:26:16,748 --> 00:26:18,516 THIS PUBLICATION IS THAT 772 00:26:18,516 --> 00:26:20,351 "TRANSLATING SEX AND GENDER 773 00:26:20,351 --> 00:26:23,421 ADVANCES TO THE ENTIRE RESEARCH 774 00:26:23,421 --> 00:26:26,057 ECOSYSTEM CAN CATALYZE RIGOROUS 775 00:26:26,057 --> 00:26:27,158 BIOMEDICAL DISCOVERY THAT CAN 776 00:26:27,158 --> 00:26:28,659 IMPROVE HEALTH." 777 00:26:28,659 --> 00:26:29,994 AND, IN FACT, IT IMPROVES HEALTH 778 00:26:29,994 --> 00:26:32,930 FOR EVERYONE. 779 00:26:32,930 --> 00:26:34,232 IN ADDITION, MY PLEASURE TO WORK 780 00:26:34,232 --> 00:26:35,666 WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 781 00:26:35,666 --> 00:26:37,935 OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE RESEARCH 782 00:26:37,935 --> 00:26:41,572 AT ORWH, DR. VICTORIA SHANMUGAM 783 00:26:41,572 --> 00:26:47,011 IN INTRODUCING TO THE PUBLIC. 784 00:26:47,011 --> 00:26:49,747 WE HIGHLIGHT OUR GOAL TO RECEIVE 785 00:26:49,747 --> 00:26:52,383 INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AT WRIT 786 00:26:52,383 --> 00:26:53,818 LARGE ABOUT A VARIETY OF 787 00:26:53,818 --> 00:26:54,852 OBJECTIVES. 788 00:26:54,852 --> 00:26:56,554 SHE'S LEADING AN EFFORT TO 789 00:26:56,554 --> 00:26:58,723 IDENTIFY RESEARCH AREAS FOR 790 00:26:58,723 --> 00:27:00,091 CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION 791 00:27:00,091 --> 00:27:01,793 HERE AT NIH, EXPLORE 792 00:27:01,793 --> 00:27:03,861 OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THESE 793 00:27:03,861 --> 00:27:06,497 COLLABORATIONS AND INNOVATION 794 00:27:06,497 --> 00:27:07,565 THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY 795 00:27:07,565 --> 00:27:09,700 RESEARCH APPROACHES, BRIDGING 796 00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:11,536 GAPS BETWEEN THE INSTITUTES AND 797 00:27:11,536 --> 00:27:12,637 CENTERS, AND OF COURSE WE WANT 798 00:27:12,637 --> 00:27:14,472 TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR 799 00:27:14,472 --> 00:27:16,007 EVERYONE, IN PARTICULAR THOSE 800 00:27:16,007 --> 00:27:17,775 HEALTH DISPARITY POPULATIONS 801 00:27:17,775 --> 00:27:19,744 DESIGNATED BY NIH, AND 802 00:27:19,744 --> 00:27:20,678 HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED 803 00:27:20,678 --> 00:27:24,215 GROUPS. 804 00:27:24,215 --> 00:27:25,183 OUR COLLEAGUES IN NURSING 805 00:27:25,183 --> 00:27:26,717 RESEARCH HAVE ALSO BEEN 806 00:27:26,717 --> 00:27:28,786 FANTASTIC PARTNERS IN 807 00:27:28,786 --> 00:27:29,887 DISSEMINATING AND IMPLEMENTING 808 00:27:29,887 --> 00:27:33,391 THE NIH SEX AS A BIOLOGICAL 809 00:27:33,391 --> 00:27:34,592 VARIABLE AS A POLICY. 810 00:27:34,592 --> 00:27:37,795 AS A RESULT OF A CONFERENCE -- 811 00:27:37,795 --> 00:27:38,629 ONE OF THE BROADER CONFERENCES 812 00:27:38,629 --> 00:27:41,165 THAT IS HELD IN NURSING 813 00:27:41,165 --> 00:27:42,366 RESEARCH, OUR COLLEAGUES 814 00:27:42,366 --> 00:27:44,869 PUBLISHED THIS PAPER ON ENSURING 815 00:27:44,869 --> 00:27:45,503 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CONSIDERATION 816 00:27:45,503 --> 00:27:47,939 OF SEX AS A BIOLOGICAL VARIABLE 817 00:27:47,939 --> 00:27:50,141 IN NURSING OUTLOOK, WHICH 818 00:27:50,141 --> 00:27:52,009 REACHES A BROAD NUMBER OF 819 00:27:52,009 --> 00:27:52,643 NURSES. 820 00:27:52,643 --> 00:27:55,480 DESPITE CON CENSUS THAT SEX AND 821 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:56,581 GENDER ARE DISTINCT CONSTRUCTS, 822 00:27:56,581 --> 00:27:58,349 THEIR APPLICATION IN RESEARCH 823 00:27:58,349 --> 00:27:59,984 REMAINS INCONSISTENT. 824 00:27:59,984 --> 00:28:01,419 KEY RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE THE 825 00:28:01,419 --> 00:28:02,753 DISSEMINATION OF RIGOROUS 826 00:28:02,753 --> 00:28:03,921 RESEARCH AND THAT INCLUDES 827 00:28:03,921 --> 00:28:06,424 ACCOUNTING FOR SABB 828 00:28:06,424 --> 00:28:07,959 APPROPRIATELY AND REFERENCING 829 00:28:07,959 --> 00:28:11,028 THE SEX AND GENDER AND EQUITY IN 830 00:28:11,028 --> 00:28:11,896 RESEARCH GUIDELINES. 831 00:28:11,896 --> 00:28:13,431 ONE SCIENCE UPDATE FROM NCI. 832 00:28:13,431 --> 00:28:15,166 IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP FOR 833 00:28:15,166 --> 00:28:16,734 NIH'S NEWS RELEASES, THIS IS A 834 00:28:16,734 --> 00:28:17,969 GREAT WAY TO GET NEWS ON THE 835 00:28:17,969 --> 00:28:22,206 FIRST DAY OF THAT NEWS BEING 836 00:28:22,206 --> 00:28:23,841 AVAILABLE, BUT NCI PERFORMED A 837 00:28:23,841 --> 00:28:25,910 LARGE-SCALE STUDY, OVER 900,000 838 00:28:25,910 --> 00:28:27,678 WOMEN FROM ABOUT NINE COHORTS, 839 00:28:27,678 --> 00:28:31,282 AND THEY UNCOVERED 56 COMMON 840 00:28:31,282 --> 00:28:33,217 GENETIC VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH 841 00:28:33,217 --> 00:28:34,685 MOSAIC LOSS OF CHROMOSOME X. 842 00:28:34,685 --> 00:28:36,621 MANY OF THEM WERE CLOSE TO 843 00:28:36,621 --> 00:28:37,955 AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE-RELATED 844 00:28:37,955 --> 00:28:40,358 GENES, AND CANCER-RELATED GENES. 845 00:28:40,358 --> 00:28:42,193 AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE 846 00:28:42,193 --> 00:28:43,961 MOSAIC LOSS OF CHROMOSOME X IS 847 00:28:43,961 --> 00:28:47,265 LINKED TO ABNORMAL BLOOD CELL 848 00:28:47,265 --> 00:28:48,666 PROLIFERATION AND VARIOUS HEALTH 849 00:28:48,666 --> 00:28:50,735 ISSUES IN CREATING RISK FOR 850 00:28:50,735 --> 00:28:50,968 CANCER. 851 00:28:50,968 --> 00:28:52,170 SO THESE FINDINGS MAY LEAD TO 852 00:28:52,170 --> 00:28:54,338 BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP PREDICTIVE 853 00:28:54,338 --> 00:28:56,774 TOOLS THAT WILL DETERMINE WHICH 854 00:28:56,774 --> 00:29:01,245 CHROMOSOME IS RETAINED WITH MLOX 855 00:29:01,245 --> 00:29:02,680 AND EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR 856 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,849 FURTHER EXPLORATION OF MLO XS 857 00:29:04,849 --> 00:29:07,618 ROLE IN DISEASE RISK. 858 00:29:07,618 --> 00:29:09,820 SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US, 859 00:29:09,820 --> 00:29:12,957 YOU HAVE TO TELL DR. SHERRY NLM 860 00:29:12,957 --> 00:29:14,292 WAS PROMINENTLY FEATURED TODAY. 861 00:29:14,292 --> 00:29:15,826 I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT 862 00:29:15,826 --> 00:29:19,564 A REQUIREMENT AND THEN ALSO 863 00:29:19,564 --> 00:29:20,765 CONGRATULATE MY NLM COLLEAGUES 864 00:29:20,765 --> 00:29:22,833 ON MODERNIZING THE 865 00:29:22,833 --> 00:29:23,601 CLINICALTRIALS.GOV WEBSITE. 866 00:29:23,601 --> 00:29:28,306 AND SO THAT'S VERY SLEEK NOW AND 867 00:29:28,306 --> 00:29:29,407 EASIER TO USE THAN BEFORE. 868 00:29:29,407 --> 00:29:32,009 BECAUSE OF THE 21ST CENTURY 869 00:29:32,009 --> 00:29:34,745 CURES ACT, INVESTIGATORS THAT 870 00:29:34,745 --> 00:29:36,614 ARE SUPPORTED ON APPLICABLE, 871 00:29:36,614 --> 00:29:38,316 MEANING FDA-REGULATED PRODUCTS 872 00:29:38,316 --> 00:29:40,251 OR STUDIED PHASE THREE CLINICAL 873 00:29:40,251 --> 00:29:43,187 TRIALS MUST REPORT THOSE RESULTS 874 00:29:43,187 --> 00:29:44,288 DISAGGREGATED BY SEX OR GENDER, 875 00:29:44,288 --> 00:29:47,425 RACE AND ETHNICITY, INTO 876 00:29:47,425 --> 00:29:48,292 CLINICALTRIALS.GOV. 877 00:29:48,292 --> 00:29:49,093 THAT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR 878 00:29:49,093 --> 00:29:51,395 STUDIES THAT STARTED AFTER 879 00:29:51,395 --> 00:29:51,729 DECEMBER 2017. 880 00:29:51,729 --> 00:29:53,464 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 881 00:29:53,464 --> 00:29:54,665 OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE 882 00:29:54,665 --> 00:29:57,201 FOR THE FIRST TIME DISAGGREGATED 883 00:29:57,201 --> 00:30:00,805 RESULTS BY SEX IN CT.GOV, 884 00:30:00,805 --> 00:30:02,206 CLINICALTRIALS.GOV, FOR THESE 885 00:30:02,206 --> 00:30:03,574 APPLICABLE PHASE THREE CLINICAL 886 00:30:03,574 --> 00:30:03,808 TRIALS. 887 00:30:03,808 --> 00:30:05,576 AS YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE LARGE 888 00:30:05,576 --> 00:30:09,880 CLINICAL TRIALS THAT CLINICIANS 889 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,115 USE TO MAKE TREATMENT DECISIONS 890 00:30:11,115 --> 00:30:13,150 AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE 891 00:30:13,150 --> 00:30:15,019 AND MAKE SEX AND GENDER-AWARE 892 00:30:15,019 --> 00:30:16,554 TREATMENT DECISIONS TO BE ABLE 893 00:30:16,554 --> 00:30:17,855 TO DELIVER INDIVIDUALIZED CARE 894 00:30:17,855 --> 00:30:20,925 TO EVERYONE. 895 00:30:20,925 --> 00:30:21,726 I'LL SHIFT GEARS INTO TALKING A 896 00:30:21,726 --> 00:30:24,195 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WHITE HOUSE 897 00:30:24,195 --> 00:30:25,196 INITIATIVE ON WOMEN'S HEALTH 898 00:30:25,196 --> 00:30:25,630 RESEARCH. 899 00:30:25,630 --> 00:30:27,598 IT HAS TRULY BEEN TRANSFORMATIVE 900 00:30:27,598 --> 00:30:29,667 IN WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH, AND 901 00:30:29,667 --> 00:30:30,901 ITS STATED PURPOSE IS TO 902 00:30:30,901 --> 00:30:32,403 FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE 903 00:30:32,403 --> 00:30:34,472 APPROACH AND FUND WOMEN'S HEALTH 904 00:30:34,472 --> 00:30:36,107 RESEARCH ACROSS THE FEDERAL 905 00:30:36,107 --> 00:30:37,108 LANDSCAPE. 906 00:30:37,108 --> 00:30:41,812 SO ON NOVEMBER 13TH LAST YEAR, I 907 00:30:41,812 --> 00:30:43,347 WAS DELIGHTED TO BE IN THE OVAL 908 00:30:43,347 --> 00:30:45,650 OFFICE ALONG WITH 909 00:30:45,650 --> 00:30:46,417 DR. BERTAGNOLLI, SECRETARY 910 00:30:46,417 --> 00:30:48,252 BECERRA AND OTHERS, WITH THE 911 00:30:48,252 --> 00:30:49,587 PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY TO 912 00:30:49,587 --> 00:30:51,322 WITNESS THE SIGNING OF THIS 913 00:30:51,322 --> 00:30:53,190 PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM THAT 914 00:30:53,190 --> 00:30:56,260 ESTABLISHED THIS INITIATIVE. 915 00:30:56,260 --> 00:30:57,895 A MONTH LATER, WE WERE ALL AT 916 00:30:57,895 --> 00:30:59,764 WORK, EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS A 917 00:30:59,764 --> 00:31:01,932 VERY BUSY TIME, TO RECEIVE INPUT 918 00:31:01,932 --> 00:31:04,669 FROM ALL ACROSS NIH AT BOTH 919 00:31:04,669 --> 00:31:06,103 LEADERSHIP AND PROGRAM LEVELS 920 00:31:06,103 --> 00:31:07,638 ABOUT THE WAYS THAT WE SHOULD 921 00:31:07,638 --> 00:31:09,040 ADDRESS THE 10 AREAS. 922 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,808 WE WERE CHALLENGED IN THAT 923 00:31:10,808 --> 00:31:12,310 PRESIDENTIAL MEMO TO DEVELOP 924 00:31:12,310 --> 00:31:15,179 STEPS THAT WE WERE WILLING TO 925 00:31:15,179 --> 00:31:15,613 TAKE. 926 00:31:15,613 --> 00:31:16,747 ALL OF THE AGENCIES ON THE 927 00:31:16,747 --> 00:31:17,915 PRESIDENTIAL MEMO WERE CHALLENGE 928 00:31:17,915 --> 00:31:19,216 TODAY DO THAT IN A SPRINT AND 929 00:31:19,216 --> 00:31:21,752 PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BY 930 00:31:21,752 --> 00:31:22,820 DECEMBER 28TH. 931 00:31:22,820 --> 00:31:24,789 AND SO BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK 932 00:31:24,789 --> 00:31:26,223 ACROSS NIH, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE 933 00:31:26,223 --> 00:31:30,061 A ROBUST NIH RESPONSE TO THAT 934 00:31:30,061 --> 00:31:30,695 PRESIDENTIAL MEMO. 935 00:31:30,695 --> 00:31:34,298 AS YOU KNOW, SEVERAL MONTHS 936 00:31:34,298 --> 00:31:34,965 LATER, PRESIDENT BIDEN FOLLOWED 937 00:31:34,965 --> 00:31:37,702 UP WITH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER 938 00:31:37,702 --> 00:31:39,003 ENTITLED ADVANCING WOMEN'S 939 00:31:39,003 --> 00:31:40,571 HEALTH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. 940 00:31:40,571 --> 00:31:45,176 THAT WAS SIGNED ON MARCH 18TH AT 941 00:31:45,176 --> 00:31:47,345 AN EVENT THAT WAS RECOGNIZING 942 00:31:47,345 --> 00:31:48,145 WOMEN'S HEALTH AND WOMEN'S 943 00:31:48,145 --> 00:31:49,547 HISTORY AS WELL. 944 00:31:49,547 --> 00:31:56,120 AND SO THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS 945 00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:00,124 MULTIPLE COMPONENTS. 946 00:32:00,124 --> 00:32:03,427 THE EO 14120 INCLUDES 11 FEDERAL 947 00:32:03,427 --> 00:32:04,328 AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS 948 00:32:04,328 --> 00:32:04,762 OUTLINED HERE. 949 00:32:04,762 --> 00:32:06,731 IT'S A CROSS-CUTTING PROGRAM 950 00:32:06,731 --> 00:32:08,265 DESIGNED TO ADVANCE 951 00:32:08,265 --> 00:32:09,333 INTERDISCIPLINARY WOMEN'S HEALTH 952 00:32:09,333 --> 00:32:11,102 RESEARCH ACROSS THESE AGENCIES 953 00:32:11,102 --> 00:32:11,869 TOWARDS TRANSFORMATIVE EFFORTS. 954 00:32:11,869 --> 00:32:14,138 IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO WORK 955 00:32:14,138 --> 00:32:17,208 ACROSS THESE AGENCIES AND TO 956 00:32:17,208 --> 00:32:17,875 CO-CHAIR AN INTERAGENCY WORKING 957 00:32:17,875 --> 00:32:19,643 GROUP ON RESEARCH AND DATA 958 00:32:19,643 --> 00:32:20,177 STANDARDS. 959 00:32:20,177 --> 00:32:21,779 THAT'S ALIGNED WITH SEVERAL OF 960 00:32:21,779 --> 00:32:24,882 THE SECTIONS, SECTION 3 IS ABOUT 961 00:32:24,882 --> 00:32:26,517 SYSTEM-WIDEN HANSMENTS, SECTION 962 00:32:26,517 --> 00:32:29,820 4 SPEAKS TO PR PRIORITIZING FEDL 963 00:32:29,820 --> 00:32:31,021 INVESTMENTS IN WOMEN'S HEALTH 964 00:32:31,021 --> 00:32:32,890 RESEARCH ACROSS THE AGENCIES. 965 00:32:32,890 --> 00:32:33,858 I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 966 00:32:33,858 --> 00:32:36,494 THESE IN MORE DETAIL. 967 00:32:36,494 --> 00:32:38,896 SECTION 5 IS SPEAKING TO 968 00:32:38,896 --> 00:32:40,197 GALVANIZING RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S 969 00:32:40,197 --> 00:32:41,399 MID LIFE HEALTH. 970 00:32:41,399 --> 00:32:45,870 A TOPIC THAT HAS NOT RECEIVED 971 00:32:45,870 --> 00:32:47,638 VERY MUCH ATTENTION IN THE PAST 972 00:32:47,638 --> 00:32:48,939 AND A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC AS WE 973 00:32:48,939 --> 00:32:51,909 TAKE A LIFECOURSE PERSPECTIVE 974 00:32:51,909 --> 00:32:52,343 FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH. 975 00:32:52,343 --> 00:32:55,079 IN THAT REGARD, WE HAVE 976 00:32:55,079 --> 00:32:56,414 PERFORMED A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS 977 00:32:56,414 --> 00:32:58,249 TAKING A LOOK AT 978 00:32:58,249 --> 00:32:59,083 MENOPAUSE-RELATE COMMON DATA 979 00:32:59,083 --> 00:33:00,451 ELEMENTS AND WE'RE MOVING 980 00:33:00,451 --> 00:33:01,986 FORWARD TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO 981 00:33:01,986 --> 00:33:05,322 HARMONIZE EXISTING CDEs AND 982 00:33:05,322 --> 00:33:06,223 THE IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO 983 00:33:06,223 --> 00:33:07,958 CREATE NEW ONES. 984 00:33:07,958 --> 00:33:09,360 SECTION SIX ADDRESSES LOOKING AT 985 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:10,594 THE UNMET NEEDS TO SUPPORT 986 00:33:10,594 --> 00:33:12,663 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH. 987 00:33:12,663 --> 00:33:14,064 SO ASSESSING GAPS IN FEDERAL 988 00:33:14,064 --> 00:33:15,299 FUNDING AND IDENTIFYING CHANGES 989 00:33:15,299 --> 00:33:20,004 THAT ARE NEEDED. 990 00:33:20,004 --> 00:33:21,505 ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS NIH HAS 991 00:33:21,505 --> 00:33:22,807 MADE IS A CROSS-CUTTING EFFORT 992 00:33:22,807 --> 00:33:23,941 TO TRANSFORM WOMEN'S HEALTH 993 00:33:23,941 --> 00:33:25,910 THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN THROUGH 994 00:33:25,910 --> 00:33:28,179 AN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH 995 00:33:28,179 --> 00:33:29,914 STRATEGY, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING 996 00:33:29,914 --> 00:33:31,582 ACROSS THE TRADITIONAL MANDATES 997 00:33:31,582 --> 00:33:32,550 OF THE 27 INSTITUTES AND 998 00:33:32,550 --> 00:33:32,883 CENTERS. 999 00:33:32,883 --> 00:33:35,619 WE KNOW THAT MANY DISEASES AND 1000 00:33:35,619 --> 00:33:36,854 CONDITIONS OVERLAP INSTITUTE AND 1001 00:33:36,854 --> 00:33:38,789 CENTER MISSIONS, AND SO WE WILL 1002 00:33:38,789 --> 00:33:42,059 BE DIRECTING $200 MILLION IN FY 1003 00:33:42,059 --> 00:33:45,796 25 TO FUND NEW INTERDISCIPLINARY 1004 00:33:45,796 --> 00:33:47,898 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH 1005 00:33:47,898 --> 00:33:49,099 PROJECTS, AND THE PARTNERSHIP 1006 00:33:49,099 --> 00:33:52,503 FOR THIS EFFORT IS BEING LED BY 1007 00:33:52,503 --> 00:33:55,005 DIRECTORS OF THE INSTITUTE ON 1008 00:33:55,005 --> 00:33:58,309 AGING, THE NIAMS, EUNICE KENNEDY 1009 00:33:58,309 --> 00:33:59,610 SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON 1010 00:33:59,610 --> 00:34:01,145 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN 1011 00:34:01,145 --> 00:34:03,414 DEVELOPMENT, NICHD, NIDA, 1012 00:34:03,414 --> 00:34:04,782 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG 1013 00:34:04,782 --> 00:34:06,083 ABUSE, NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND 1014 00:34:06,083 --> 00:34:08,052 BLOOD INSTITUTE AND ORWH. 1015 00:34:08,052 --> 00:34:09,787 AND OUR MULTIDIMENSIONAL 1016 00:34:09,787 --> 00:34:13,757 FRAMEWORK PICTURED HERE THAT IS 1017 00:34:13,757 --> 00:34:15,593 INCLUDED IN THE NIH-WIDE 1018 00:34:15,593 --> 00:34:16,694 STRATEGIC PLAN FOR RESEARCH ON 1019 00:34:16,694 --> 00:34:18,329 THE HEALTH OF WOMEN HIGHLIGHT 1020 00:34:18,329 --> 00:34:21,198 JUST THE IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES 1021 00:34:21,198 --> 00:34:24,235 TO ADDRESS INTERDISCIPLINARY 1022 00:34:24,235 --> 00:34:25,669 RESEARCH THROUGH A VARIETY OF 1023 00:34:25,669 --> 00:34:26,470 STRATEGIES ACROSS THE 1024 00:34:26,470 --> 00:34:28,439 LIFECOURSE. 1025 00:34:28,439 --> 00:34:29,507 THERE ARE INCREDIBLE 1026 00:34:29,507 --> 00:34:31,375 OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE FORWARD, 1027 00:34:31,375 --> 00:34:33,444 LEVERAGE EQUITIES, BUILD ON 1028 00:34:33,444 --> 00:34:34,545 INVESTMENTS THAT THE INSTITUTES 1029 00:34:34,545 --> 00:34:37,515 HAVE BEEN MAKING, TAKE THAT 1030 00:34:37,515 --> 00:34:39,250 FUNDAMENTAL DISCOVERY SCIENCE 1031 00:34:39,250 --> 00:34:41,585 AND TRANSLATE IT INTO ACTIONABLE 1032 00:34:41,585 --> 00:34:44,655 BENEFIT FOR WOMEN. 1033 00:34:44,655 --> 00:34:46,190 AND WE ARE SEEKING TO ENHANCE 1034 00:34:46,190 --> 00:34:47,925 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH THROUGH 1035 00:34:47,925 --> 00:34:49,026 COLLABORATION, WHETHER IT'S 1036 00:34:49,026 --> 00:34:50,361 ALIGNING THESE EFFORTS ACROSS 1037 00:34:50,361 --> 00:34:52,763 NIH OR ALIGNING THEM ACROSS THE 1038 00:34:52,763 --> 00:34:53,397 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 1039 00:34:53,397 --> 00:34:56,066 WE ARE WORKING ON NEW SURVEY 1040 00:34:56,066 --> 00:34:57,902 TOOLS, ENHANCED DATA COLLECTION 1041 00:34:57,902 --> 00:34:59,570 AND TRANSPARENCY, STREAMLINING 1042 00:34:59,570 --> 00:35:00,771 EFFORTS AND MAKING THINGS EASIER 1043 00:35:00,771 --> 00:35:02,640 TO FIND, AMPLIFYING PRIORITIES. 1044 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:04,808 THE NIH DISCOVER WHR INITIATIVE 1045 00:35:04,808 --> 00:35:08,646 IS UP WITH WAY TH ONE WAY WE'RET 1046 00:35:08,646 --> 00:35:09,647 INFORMATION EASIER TO FIND, AND 1047 00:35:09,647 --> 00:35:10,848 THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PHASE OF 1048 00:35:10,848 --> 00:35:11,682 THAT LAUNCH. 1049 00:35:11,682 --> 00:35:12,750 YOU SHOULD STAY TUNED BECAUSE WE 1050 00:35:12,750 --> 00:35:15,119 HAVE MORE PLANNED TO BE ABLE TO 1051 00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:17,621 SUPPORT RESEARCHERS, 1052 00:35:17,621 --> 00:35:18,923 PRACTITIONERS AND THE PUBLIC AS 1053 00:35:18,923 --> 00:35:20,257 THEY PRIORITIZE WOMEN'S HEALTH 1054 00:35:20,257 --> 00:35:20,691 RESEARCH. 1055 00:35:20,691 --> 00:35:22,626 AND IN FY 23 FOR THE FIRST TIME, 1056 00:35:22,626 --> 00:35:24,628 WE REPORTED OUR FUNDING FOR 1057 00:35:24,628 --> 00:35:26,297 MENOPAUSE USING THE RESEARCH 1058 00:35:26,297 --> 00:35:28,265 CONDITION AND DISEASE 1059 00:35:28,265 --> 00:35:31,302 CATEGORIZATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS 1060 00:35:31,302 --> 00:35:32,436 NIH'S PREMIER SYSTEM FOR 1061 00:35:32,436 --> 00:35:33,504 REPORTING RESEARCH SPENDING. 1062 00:35:33,504 --> 00:35:36,373 SO WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THAT 1063 00:35:36,373 --> 00:35:37,007 INFORMATION AVAILABLE 1064 00:35:37,007 --> 00:35:40,010 TRANSPARENTLY FOR YOU. 1065 00:35:40,010 --> 00:35:41,845 WE WERE DELIGHTED TO WORK WITH 1066 00:35:41,845 --> 00:35:42,546 CDC TO DEVELOP QUESTIONS THAT 1067 00:35:42,546 --> 00:35:45,149 COULD BE INCLUDED ABOUT 1068 00:35:45,149 --> 00:35:48,986 MENOPAUSE STATUS FOR 2025 -- THE 1069 00:35:48,986 --> 00:35:49,753 2025 NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW 1070 00:35:49,753 --> 00:35:50,054 SURVEY. 1071 00:35:50,054 --> 00:35:51,488 AS YOU KNOW, THAT REACHES A 1072 00:35:51,488 --> 00:35:53,157 LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH 1073 00:35:53,157 --> 00:35:54,692 A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE, AND 1074 00:35:54,692 --> 00:35:56,660 WILL GIVE US IMPORTANT INSIGHTS 1075 00:35:56,660 --> 00:35:58,862 AND DATA THAT CAN FUEL FUTURE 1076 00:35:58,862 --> 00:36:00,764 STUDIES. 1077 00:36:00,764 --> 00:36:03,067 I'M ALSO REALLY GRATEFUL TO 1078 00:36:03,067 --> 00:36:05,469 EVERY SINGLE INSTITUTE AND 1079 00:36:05,469 --> 00:36:06,637 CENTER. 1080 00:36:06,637 --> 00:36:08,439 ALL 27 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS, 1081 00:36:08,439 --> 00:36:10,074 ALL ELIGIBLE INSTITUTES AND 1082 00:36:10,074 --> 00:36:11,475 CENTERS THAT DO EXTRAMURAL 1083 00:36:11,475 --> 00:36:12,810 FUNDING SIGNED ON TO THIS NOTICE 1084 00:36:12,810 --> 00:36:14,645 OF SPECIAL INTEREST IN RECORD 1085 00:36:14,645 --> 00:36:16,080 TIME. 1086 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,149 THIS NOSI IS LINKED TO THE 1087 00:36:19,149 --> 00:36:21,251 STANDING FUNDING, THE PARENT 1088 00:36:21,251 --> 00:36:22,219 OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ON THE 1089 00:36:22,219 --> 00:36:24,254 STREET ALL THE TIME. 1090 00:36:24,254 --> 00:36:26,190 THAT COVERS RESEARCH GRANTS, 1091 00:36:26,190 --> 00:36:27,358 CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, 1092 00:36:27,358 --> 00:36:28,626 FELLOWSHIPS AND SMALL BUSINESS 1093 00:36:28,626 --> 00:36:30,094 GRANTS, AND THE NUMBERS ARE 1094 00:36:30,094 --> 00:36:32,696 LISTED HERE INCLUDING 1095 00:36:32,696 --> 00:36:34,698 UNSOLICITED PROJECTS, SOLICITED 1096 00:36:34,698 --> 00:36:37,534 RESEARCH PROJECTS, Ks, Fs 1097 00:36:37,534 --> 00:36:39,169 AND THE SMALL BUSINESS 1098 00:36:39,169 --> 00:36:40,604 INNOVATION, AND SMALL BUSINESS 1099 00:36:40,604 --> 00:36:41,705 TECH TRANSFER APPLICATIONS. 1100 00:36:41,705 --> 00:36:43,440 AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM 1101 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:47,144 THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE LATER 1102 00:36:47,144 --> 00:36:48,379 TODAY AND YOU'RE GOING TO 1103 00:36:48,379 --> 00:36:49,246 UNDERSTAND AFTER THAT 1104 00:36:49,246 --> 00:36:50,881 PRESENTATION WHAT AN INCREDIBLE 1105 00:36:50,881 --> 00:36:54,818 OPPORTUNITY THIS IS. 1106 00:36:54,818 --> 00:36:56,353 THOSE INSTITUTES AND CENTERS, 1107 00:36:56,353 --> 00:36:57,921 WHEN THEY SIGNED ON TO THAT 1108 00:36:57,921 --> 00:36:59,556 NOSI, THEY CREATED A PARAGRAPH 1109 00:36:59,556 --> 00:37:03,727 WHERE THEY ITEMIZE 175 PRIORITY 1110 00:37:03,727 --> 00:37:04,695 TOPICS RELEVANT TO WOMEN'S 1111 00:37:04,695 --> 00:37:05,796 HEALTH THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH 1112 00:37:05,796 --> 00:37:07,665 THEIR MISSION AREAS. 1113 00:37:07,665 --> 00:37:09,133 SIGNALING THEIR INTEREST IN 1114 00:37:09,133 --> 00:37:10,501 PARTICULAR TOPICS FOR THE 1115 00:37:10,501 --> 00:37:13,804 PUBLIC. 1116 00:37:13,804 --> 00:37:16,073 AND IT'S A TOTAL OF 30 1117 00:37:16,073 --> 00:37:16,640 PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND 1118 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,409 CENTERS AND THIS IS A TOTAL OF 1119 00:37:18,409 --> 00:37:19,510 41 UNIQUE PATHS TO WOMEN'S 1120 00:37:19,510 --> 00:37:20,144 RESEARCH FUNDING. 1121 00:37:20,144 --> 00:37:21,578 WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE IT 1122 00:37:21,578 --> 00:37:22,346 EASIER TO FIND ALL OF THIS 1123 00:37:22,346 --> 00:37:24,114 INFORMATION, SO YOU CAN COME TO 1124 00:37:24,114 --> 00:37:25,649 THE ORWH WEBSITE AND GET ACCESS 1125 00:37:25,649 --> 00:37:27,184 TO ALL THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 1126 00:37:27,184 --> 00:37:28,619 THAT WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN, THE 1127 00:37:28,619 --> 00:37:29,920 ONES THAT WE'RE LEADING, AND ALL 1128 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,156 THE ONES THAT THE INSTITUTES AND 1129 00:37:32,156 --> 00:37:33,657 CENTERS ARE LEADING FROM ONE 1130 00:37:33,657 --> 00:37:35,726 FRONT DOOR ON OUR WEBSITE, AND 1131 00:37:35,726 --> 00:37:37,461 SO THAT WILL SPEED UP YOUR BEING 1132 00:37:37,461 --> 00:37:38,829 ABLE TO FIND THE FUNDING 1133 00:37:38,829 --> 00:37:40,097 OPPORTUNITY TO WHICH YOU WANT TO 1134 00:37:40,097 --> 00:37:40,998 APPLY, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU MORE 1135 00:37:40,998 --> 00:37:42,299 TIME TO PREPARE YOUR GRANT 1136 00:37:42,299 --> 00:37:44,535 APPLICATION. 1137 00:37:44,535 --> 00:37:45,402 INNOVATION IN WOMEN'S HEALTH 1138 00:37:45,402 --> 00:37:48,572 RESEARCH AT NIH IS OUR THEME FOR 1139 00:37:48,572 --> 00:37:49,473 TODAY. 1140 00:37:49,473 --> 00:37:50,674 WE'VE TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS TO BE 1141 00:37:50,674 --> 00:37:51,875 ABLE TO ADVANCE INNOVATION. 1142 00:37:51,875 --> 00:37:53,644 ONE OF OUR COMMITMENTS AT NIH IS 1143 00:37:53,644 --> 00:37:56,947 TO INCREASE OUR FUNDING IN TWO 1144 00:37:56,947 --> 00:37:59,016 SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATORS BY 50% 1145 00:37:59,016 --> 00:38:00,117 TO SUPPORT WOMEN'S HEALTH 1146 00:38:00,117 --> 00:38:00,884 RESEARCH. 1147 00:38:00,884 --> 00:38:03,754 AND THE FY 2025 OMNI BUS 1148 00:38:03,754 --> 00:38:08,092 SOLICITATION FOR THE SBR -- STTR 1149 00:38:08,092 --> 00:38:09,560 GRANT APPLICATIONS INCLUDES 1150 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:10,861 SPECIFIC ARTICULATION ABOUT 1151 00:38:10,861 --> 00:38:11,829 WOMEN'S HEALTH FOR THE VERY 1152 00:38:11,829 --> 00:38:14,364 FIRST TIME. 1153 00:38:14,364 --> 00:38:17,201 THE NEXT SUBMISSION DATES ARE 1154 00:38:17,201 --> 00:38:18,335 JANUARY 5TH AND APRIL 5TH AND 1155 00:38:18,335 --> 00:38:20,404 ORWH SIGNED ON TO THIS OMNIBUS 1156 00:38:20,404 --> 00:38:21,271 FOR THE FIRST TIME. 1157 00:38:21,271 --> 00:38:22,706 YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE SMALL 1158 00:38:22,706 --> 00:38:23,807 BUSINESS EDUCATION 1159 00:38:23,807 --> 00:38:25,142 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT OR 1160 00:38:25,142 --> 00:38:27,211 SEED OFFICE DIRECTOR SHORTLY, 1161 00:38:27,211 --> 00:38:30,080 AND IN ADDITION, THE NATIONAL 1162 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:31,215 INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND 1163 00:38:31,215 --> 00:38:32,483 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE 1164 00:38:32,483 --> 00:38:34,451 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL 1165 00:38:34,451 --> 00:38:36,420 IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING, AND 1166 00:38:36,420 --> 00:38:37,788 YOU'LL HEAR FROM THAT DIRECTOR 1167 00:38:37,788 --> 00:38:40,457 SOON AS WELL, THEY PARTNERED TO 1168 00:38:40,457 --> 00:38:42,626 ISSUE A CHALLENGE TO ACCELERATE 1169 00:38:42,626 --> 00:38:45,395 THE DEVELOPMENT OF INOWE INNOVE 1170 00:38:45,395 --> 00:38:46,597 TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE 1171 00:38:46,597 --> 00:38:49,466 DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS. 1172 00:38:49,466 --> 00:38:51,435 AND AN IMPORTANT FEMALE-SPECIFIC 1173 00:38:51,435 --> 00:38:54,071 CONDITION THAT AFFECTS 10% OF 1174 00:38:54,071 --> 00:38:56,373 WOMEN. 1175 00:38:56,373 --> 00:38:58,242 WE NEED BETTER DIAGNOSTICS, 1176 00:38:58,242 --> 00:39:00,010 EARLIER DIAGNOSIS, AND WE NEED 1177 00:39:00,010 --> 00:39:01,311 BETTER THERAPEUTICS AND WE HAVE 1178 00:39:01,311 --> 00:39:04,948 TO LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF WOMEN 1179 00:39:04,948 --> 00:39:05,916 WHEN THEY SAY THAT SOMETHING IS 1180 00:39:05,916 --> 00:39:07,117 WRONG. 1181 00:39:07,117 --> 00:39:08,652 HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE 1182 00:39:08,652 --> 00:39:10,554 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE INNOVATION 1183 00:39:10,554 --> 00:39:11,088 WEBINARS. 1184 00:39:11,088 --> 00:39:12,523 THIS EFFORT IS BEING SPEARHEADED 1185 00:39:12,523 --> 00:39:17,561 BY DR. ELIZABETH BARR IN OUR 1186 00:39:17,561 --> 00:39:20,297 OFFICE AND BLOOMER TECH IS 1187 00:39:20,297 --> 00:39:22,699 CREATING A WEARABLE ECG DEVICE 1188 00:39:22,699 --> 00:39:23,901 FOR WOMEN, THE SMART BRA. 1189 00:39:23,901 --> 00:39:28,105 THAT IS SUPPORTED BY NHLBI. 1190 00:39:28,105 --> 00:39:31,375 THEY'RE PROMOTING HEALTHY 1191 00:39:31,375 --> 00:39:32,609 LIFESTYLES AMONG LATINAS. 1192 00:39:32,609 --> 00:39:34,678 THAT IS SUPPORTED BY NCI. 1193 00:39:34,678 --> 00:39:36,113 AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM 1194 00:39:36,113 --> 00:39:38,816 RIGHT OF THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE HAD 1195 00:39:38,816 --> 00:39:41,251 ONE WEBINAR IN JUNE AND WE HAVE 1196 00:39:41,251 --> 00:39:45,022 TWO COMING UP, ONE IN OCTOBER, 1197 00:39:45,022 --> 00:39:45,989 OCTOBER 30TH, AND 1 IN JANUARY. 1198 00:39:45,989 --> 00:39:47,624 YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OF THE 1199 00:39:47,624 --> 00:39:48,625 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS ARE 1200 00:39:48,625 --> 00:39:52,129 COMING ABOARD TO FEATURE THEIR 1201 00:39:52,129 --> 00:39:53,130 WORK AND THEIR INTERESTS AND 1202 00:39:53,130 --> 00:39:54,565 WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO 1203 00:39:54,565 --> 00:39:57,501 STIMULATE AND CATALYZE THIS 1204 00:39:57,501 --> 00:39:57,701 WORK. 1205 00:39:57,701 --> 00:39:59,036 IN ADDITION, WE'VE CREATED A 1206 00:39:59,036 --> 00:40:00,137 NATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH 1207 00:40:00,137 --> 00:40:01,705 ROUNDTABLE SERIES PROMOTING 1208 00:40:01,705 --> 00:40:02,706 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. 1209 00:40:02,706 --> 00:40:05,776 THIS EFFORT IS LED BY DR. KAREN 1210 00:40:05,776 --> 00:40:07,411 WILEY AT ORWH AND WE'RE 1211 00:40:07,411 --> 00:40:09,146 PARTNERING WITH MANY INSTITUTES 1212 00:40:09,146 --> 00:40:10,547 AND CENTERS AND OFFICES LIKE THE 1213 00:40:10,547 --> 00:40:11,582 OFFICE OF DISEASE PREVENTION ON 1214 00:40:11,582 --> 00:40:13,016 THIS ROUNDTABLE SERIES. 1215 00:40:13,016 --> 00:40:14,985 THE VERY FIRST ROUNDTABLE WAS 1216 00:40:14,985 --> 00:40:16,320 THE ONE THAT I MENTIONED THAT 1217 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,721 HAPPENED IN MAY DURING NATIONAL 1218 00:40:17,721 --> 00:40:19,489 WOMEN'S HEALTH WEEK, WHERE 1219 00:40:19,489 --> 00:40:21,391 DR. BERTAGNOLLI OPENED THE GROUP 1220 00:40:21,391 --> 00:40:23,327 TALKING ABOUT THE PATHWAYS TO 1221 00:40:23,327 --> 00:40:24,728 PREVENTION PROGRAM. 1222 00:40:24,728 --> 00:40:26,530 THE SECOND WAS ON ENDOMETRIOSIS 1223 00:40:26,530 --> 00:40:28,932 WITH NICHD AS A PARTNER ENTITLED 1224 00:40:28,932 --> 00:40:30,367 BEYOND THE LESION, CHARTING NEW 1225 00:40:30,367 --> 00:40:30,701 PATHS. 1226 00:40:30,701 --> 00:40:34,204 AND THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS WITH 1227 00:40:34,204 --> 00:40:37,074 NI MH ON MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH 1228 00:40:37,074 --> 00:40:38,342 RESEARCH, ELEVATING WOMEN'S 1229 00:40:38,342 --> 00:40:39,409 VOICES TO IMPROVE MATERNAL 1230 00:40:39,409 --> 00:40:39,810 MENTAL HEALTH. 1231 00:40:39,810 --> 00:40:42,112 I HAVE BEEN SO PLEASED TO SEE 1232 00:40:42,112 --> 00:40:45,048 THE INCREDIBLE INTEREST AND 1233 00:40:45,048 --> 00:40:46,149 APPETITE FOR THIS TYPE OF 1234 00:40:46,149 --> 00:40:50,554 INFORMATION FOR JUST THESE THREE 1235 00:40:50,554 --> 00:40:51,955 OVER 5400 PARTICIPANTS HAVE 1236 00:40:51,955 --> 00:40:53,390 ATTENDED THESE SERIES, SO WE ARE 1237 00:40:53,390 --> 00:40:54,958 CLEARLY MEETING A NEED AND WE 1238 00:40:54,958 --> 00:40:56,159 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR 1239 00:40:56,159 --> 00:40:57,461 FEDERAL PARTNERS AS WELL AS OUR 1240 00:40:57,461 --> 00:40:58,996 NIH PARTNERS THROUGH THAT 1241 00:40:58,996 --> 00:41:00,964 ROUNDTABLE. 1242 00:41:00,964 --> 00:41:02,966 DURING NATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH 1243 00:41:02,966 --> 00:41:05,369 WEEK, WE LAUNCHED SEVERAL KEY 1244 00:41:05,369 --> 00:41:09,206 RESOURCES JUST IN THAT WEEK. 1245 00:41:09,206 --> 00:41:10,841 I WANT TO PAUSE AND THANK ORWH 1246 00:41:10,841 --> 00:41:12,175 FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT 1247 00:41:12,175 --> 00:41:13,810 THEY DID, OUR COMMUNICATIONS 1248 00:41:13,810 --> 00:41:16,480 TEAM, OUR SCIENTISTS, OUR 1249 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,315 ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF BEHIND THE 1250 00:41:18,315 --> 00:41:20,183 SCENES, MAKING SURE THAT WE 1251 00:41:20,183 --> 00:41:22,052 COULD EXECUTE AND DELIVER A 1252 00:41:22,052 --> 00:41:26,890 RECORD NUMBER OF RESOURCES AND 1253 00:41:26,890 --> 00:41:27,858 PRODUCTS AND PRESENTATIONS 1254 00:41:27,858 --> 00:41:29,393 DURING THAT WEEK. 1255 00:41:29,393 --> 00:41:31,595 I THINK THEY DESERVE THAT. 1256 00:41:31,595 --> 00:41:31,895 ABSOLUTELY. 1257 00:41:31,895 --> 00:41:33,063 THANK YOU. 1258 00:41:33,063 --> 00:41:33,497 [APPLAUSE] 1259 00:41:33,497 --> 00:41:37,000 THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS LAUNCHED. 1260 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,970 THE HEALTH OF WOMEN OF 1261 00:41:39,970 --> 00:41:40,871 U3 POPULATIONS DATA BOOK WAS 1262 00:41:40,871 --> 00:41:41,305 LAUNCHED. 1263 00:41:41,305 --> 00:41:42,739 THIS IS THE FIFTH EDITION. 1264 00:41:42,739 --> 00:41:44,508 IT FOLLOWS WHEN THERE'S A CENSUS 1265 00:41:44,508 --> 00:41:46,543 UPDATE, A U.S. CENSUS UPDATE, 1266 00:41:46,543 --> 00:41:48,211 AND DELINEATES HEALTH STATUS OF 1267 00:41:48,211 --> 00:41:50,714 WOMEN FROM DIFFERENT 1268 00:41:50,714 --> 00:41:51,114 BACKGROUNDS. 1269 00:41:51,114 --> 00:41:53,483 AND WE CREATED A TOTALLY NEW 1270 00:41:53,483 --> 00:41:56,086 RESOURCE, NIH FACT SHEETS ON 1271 00:41:56,086 --> 00:41:57,087 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH. 1272 00:41:57,087 --> 00:41:58,755 THESE COVER 10 TOPICS OR SO. 1273 00:41:58,755 --> 00:42:00,290 THEY'RE TWO PAGES EACH, VERY 1274 00:42:00,290 --> 00:42:00,958 QUICK READ. 1275 00:42:00,958 --> 00:42:02,826 THEY OUTLINE THE STATE OF 1276 00:42:02,826 --> 00:42:05,662 SCIENCE, THEY TALK ABOUT GAPS. 1277 00:42:05,662 --> 00:42:07,431 VERY EASY SOURCE TO GET 1278 00:42:07,431 --> 00:42:09,066 INFORMATION ON WHAT NIH IS DOING 1279 00:42:09,066 --> 00:42:11,034 ON THOSE SPECIFIC TOPICS. 1280 00:42:11,034 --> 00:42:13,136 NIH WOMEN'S HEALTH IN FOCUS, 1281 00:42:13,136 --> 00:42:16,306 WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT THAT 1282 00:42:16,306 --> 00:42:16,940 QUARTERLY PUBLICATION AND THE 1283 00:42:16,940 --> 00:42:18,375 NEWS THAT WE CAN GET OUT ABOUT 1284 00:42:18,375 --> 00:42:19,376 THAT. 1285 00:42:19,376 --> 00:42:20,777 FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN MENOPAUSE 1286 00:42:20,777 --> 00:42:22,245 RESEARCH, THAT WAS THE VIDEO WE 1287 00:42:22,245 --> 00:42:25,649 LAUNCHED, AND THEN OUR ANNUAL 1288 00:42:25,649 --> 00:42:31,755 NIH VIVIAN PINN SYMPOSIUM, 1289 00:42:31,755 --> 00:42:33,757 DR. VICTORIA SHAMAGAM WAS THE 1290 00:42:33,757 --> 00:42:34,291 LEAD FOR THAT. 1291 00:42:34,291 --> 00:42:36,393 WE PUT OUT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT 1292 00:42:36,393 --> 00:42:37,561 OF INFORMATION HIGHLIGHTING WHAT 1293 00:42:37,561 --> 00:42:39,029 WE KNOW ABOUT THE HEALTH OF 1294 00:42:39,029 --> 00:42:40,330 WOMEN, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT 1295 00:42:40,330 --> 00:42:42,432 THE HEALTH OF WOMEN, AND WHERE 1296 00:42:42,432 --> 00:42:43,667 WE NEED TO GO TO IMPROVE THE 1297 00:42:43,667 --> 00:42:45,635 HEALTH OF WOMEN THROUGH PUTTING 1298 00:42:45,635 --> 00:42:50,140 SCIENCE AND DATA TO WORK. 1299 00:42:50,140 --> 00:42:52,876 THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT, 1300 00:42:52,876 --> 00:42:54,177 YOUR BIENNIAL REPORT, WAS ALSO 1301 00:42:54,177 --> 00:42:58,115 FEATURED DURING THAT WEEK. 1302 00:42:58,115 --> 00:42:59,149 AGAIN REMEMBER THEIR INSTITUTE 1303 00:42:59,149 --> 00:43:00,283 AND CENTER REPORTS, EACH 1304 00:43:00,283 --> 00:43:01,651 INSTITUTE HAS A TWO OR 1305 00:43:01,651 --> 00:43:02,853 THREE-PAGE REPORT ON THEIR 1306 00:43:02,853 --> 00:43:04,921 EFFORTS, AND THERE'S INTEGRATIVE 1307 00:43:04,921 --> 00:43:08,125 CROSS-CUTTING TOPICS ALSO 1308 00:43:08,125 --> 00:43:10,660 INCLUDED. 1309 00:43:10,660 --> 00:43:13,630 THE ORWH PROGRAMS ARE SUMMARIZED 1310 00:43:13,630 --> 00:43:16,366 AND THE NEXT REPORT, THE FY 1311 00:43:16,366 --> 00:43:20,771 23-24 REPORT, IS NOW IN 1312 00:43:20,771 --> 00:43:21,571 DEVELOPMENT, SO WE LOOK FORWARD 1313 00:43:21,571 --> 00:43:23,507 TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS NEXT 1314 00:43:23,507 --> 00:43:23,940 BIENNIAL REPORT. 1315 00:43:23,940 --> 00:43:25,175 IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT THE 1316 00:43:25,175 --> 00:43:26,143 LAST ONE FOR REFERENCE, YOU CAN 1317 00:43:26,143 --> 00:43:29,546 CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE. 1318 00:43:29,546 --> 00:43:31,314 IN 2019, I HAD A CONVERSATION 1319 00:43:31,314 --> 00:43:37,254 WITH DR. JOHN LORE JON LORSCH, E 1320 00:43:37,254 --> 00:43:39,556 TALKED ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1321 00:43:39,556 --> 00:43:41,792 ADVANCE WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH 1322 00:43:41,792 --> 00:43:43,160 IN THE IDEA STATES. 1323 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:47,431 THESE ARE THE 23-PLUS -- 23 1324 00:43:47,431 --> 00:43:48,665 STATES PLUS PUERTO RICO THAT 1325 00:43:48,665 --> 00:43:50,100 RECEIVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF NIH 1326 00:43:50,100 --> 00:43:53,603 FUNDING. 1327 00:43:53,603 --> 00:43:54,905 THEY'RE ALSO SETTINGS THAT HAVE 1328 00:43:54,905 --> 00:43:57,874 UNDERUNDERSERVED POPULATIONS 1329 00:43:57,874 --> 00:43:59,076 INCLUDING WHERE MATERNAL HEALTH 1330 00:43:59,076 --> 00:43:59,743 OUTCOMES ARE POOR. 1331 00:43:59,743 --> 00:44:03,146 SO WE TOGETHER CREATED THE FIRST 1332 00:44:03,146 --> 00:44:04,381 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ON WOMEN'S 1333 00:44:04,381 --> 00:44:08,418 HEALTH RESEARCH. 1334 00:44:08,418 --> 00:44:11,254 NOW IN FY 20, WE SUPPORTED 1335 00:44:11,254 --> 00:44:14,024 THROUGH SUPPLEMENTS 15 STATES, 1336 00:44:14,024 --> 00:44:15,659 21, 11 IDEA STATES. 1337 00:44:15,659 --> 00:44:18,528 BY FY 23, WE HAVE PROVIDED 60 1338 00:44:18,528 --> 00:44:21,031 GRANTS TOTALING OVER $16 MILLION 1339 00:44:21,031 --> 00:44:22,699 TO THE IDEA STATES TO SUPPORT 1340 00:44:22,699 --> 00:44:24,668 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH TOPICS. 1341 00:44:24,668 --> 00:44:27,003 WE DID PRIORITIZE MATERNAL 1342 00:44:27,003 --> 00:44:30,507 HEALTH RESEARCH IN THOSE INITIAL 1343 00:44:30,507 --> 00:44:32,476 ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND THIS YEAR, FY 1344 00:44:32,476 --> 00:44:36,780 24, WE JUST FINISHED, WE FUNDED 1345 00:44:36,780 --> 00:44:38,381 FIRST CENTERS OF BIOMEDICAL 1346 00:44:38,381 --> 00:44:42,052 RESEARCH EXCELLENCE OR COBREs 1347 00:44:42,052 --> 00:44:44,121 SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON WOMEN'S 1348 00:44:44,121 --> 00:44:44,554 HEALTH. 1349 00:44:44,554 --> 00:44:46,656 SO WE ARE THRILLED, AND THIS MAP 1350 00:44:46,656 --> 00:44:47,757 HIGHLIGHTS THE IDEA STATES THAT 1351 00:44:47,757 --> 00:44:49,626 RECEIVED FUNDING IN ANY OF THESE 1352 00:44:49,626 --> 00:44:49,960 FISCAL YEARS. 1353 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:51,928 YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE ONLY THREE 1354 00:44:51,928 --> 00:44:53,263 THAT ARE GREY THAT HAVEN'T 1355 00:44:53,263 --> 00:44:54,464 RECEIVED FUNDING. 1356 00:44:54,464 --> 00:44:55,866 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'VE 1357 00:44:55,866 --> 00:44:56,266 ACTUALLY APPLIED. 1358 00:44:56,266 --> 00:45:01,171 WE WOULD LOVE TO FILL OUT THIS 1359 00:45:01,171 --> 00:45:03,673 MAP, AND SO TO DATE, 21 IDEA 1360 00:45:03,673 --> 00:45:04,374 STATES HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED 1361 00:45:04,374 --> 00:45:07,077 THROUGH THESE AWARDS. 1362 00:45:07,077 --> 00:45:09,613 AND ON THE TOP ROW HERE, YOU CAN 1363 00:45:09,613 --> 00:45:12,249 SEE THE PIs OF THE COBREs. 1364 00:45:12,249 --> 00:45:14,451 WE LED THE SUPPORT WITH GM FOR 1365 00:45:14,451 --> 00:45:16,987 THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS 1366 00:45:16,987 --> 00:45:20,490 LAWRENCE COBRE, WHERE HEATHER 1367 00:45:20,490 --> 00:45:22,259 DESAIRE IS TALKING ABOUT 1368 00:45:22,259 --> 00:45:23,793 LEVERAGING BIG DATA TO IMPROVE 1369 00:45:23,793 --> 00:45:25,328 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 1370 00:45:25,328 --> 00:45:26,696 NIGMS IS LEADING THE FUNDING OF 1371 00:45:26,696 --> 00:45:30,066 THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO COBRE ON 1372 00:45:30,066 --> 00:45:31,401 NUTRITION AND WOMEN'S HEALTH, 1373 00:45:31,401 --> 00:45:33,036 AND TULANE RECEIVES FUNDING FROM 1374 00:45:33,036 --> 00:45:36,840 GM ON SEX-BASED PREVISION PRECIN 1375 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:37,474 MEDICINE. 1376 00:45:37,474 --> 00:45:38,642 WE WERE PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO 1377 00:45:38,642 --> 00:45:42,045 WELCOME THE FIRST GROUP OF IDEA 1378 00:45:42,045 --> 00:45:43,380 STATES INVESTIGATORS, PEOPLE 1379 00:45:43,380 --> 00:45:44,381 THAT WERE FUNDED THROUGH THIS 1380 00:45:44,381 --> 00:45:46,950 PROGRAM IN ANY YEAR FOR OUR 1381 00:45:46,950 --> 00:45:49,186 FIRST NIH SYMPOSIUM THIS YEAR. 1382 00:45:49,186 --> 00:45:52,622 EMILY HARVILLE TALKED ABOUT 1383 00:45:52,622 --> 00:45:53,390 PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS IN THE 1384 00:45:53,390 --> 00:45:56,359 STRONG HEART STUDY AND A 1385 00:45:56,359 --> 00:45:57,928 PARTICULARLY DIVERSE COHORT. 1386 00:45:57,928 --> 00:46:00,030 THEN KEDRA WALLACE TALKED ABOUT 1387 00:46:00,030 --> 00:46:03,333 A NEED FOR MORE THAN TELE-TEXT 1388 00:46:03,333 --> 00:46:04,568 IN POSTPARTUM HYPERTENSIVE 1389 00:46:04,568 --> 00:46:05,936 WOMEN, A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR THE 1390 00:46:05,936 --> 00:46:06,369 HEALTH OF WOMEN. 1391 00:46:06,369 --> 00:46:09,206 YOU CAN CHECK OUT THIS SYMPOSIUM 1392 00:46:09,206 --> 00:46:10,340 BOOKLET AND ABSTRACTS WITH THAT 1393 00:46:10,340 --> 00:46:15,178 QR CODE, AN WE AND WE ARE THRIO 1394 00:46:15,178 --> 00:46:18,815 BE ABLE HAVE LAUNCHED THIS 1395 00:46:18,815 --> 00:46:20,417 EFFORT WITH MULTIPLE INSTITUTES 1396 00:46:20,417 --> 00:46:22,419 AND CENTERS THAT ALSO FUND THESE 1397 00:46:22,419 --> 00:46:23,520 RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN THE IDEA 1398 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:24,221 STATES. 1399 00:46:24,221 --> 00:46:29,693 AS YOU KNOW, ORWH TAKES A WHOLE 1400 00:46:29,693 --> 00:46:30,994 PERSON HEALTH APPROACH TO 1401 00:46:30,994 --> 00:46:32,262 RESEARCH ON THE HEALTH OF WOMEN, 1402 00:46:32,262 --> 00:46:33,330 AND MENOPAUSE IS INCLUDED IN 1403 00:46:33,330 --> 00:46:34,864 THAT APPROACH. 1404 00:46:34,864 --> 00:46:38,068 WE HAVE REPRODUCTIVE AGING, 1405 00:46:38,068 --> 00:46:39,603 CHRONOLOGICAL AGING, 1406 00:46:39,603 --> 00:46:41,137 ORGAN-SPECIFIC AGING THAT WE NOW 1407 00:46:41,137 --> 00:46:44,407 UNDERSTAND, AND THOSE ARE ALL 1408 00:46:44,407 --> 00:46:46,009 HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME IN 1409 00:46:46,009 --> 00:46:46,776 MID LIFE WOMEN. 1410 00:46:46,776 --> 00:46:48,411 SO IF YOU ARE SEEING A 1411 00:46:48,411 --> 00:46:50,280 48-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO IS 1412 00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:51,448 DEVELOPING BRAIN FOG OR SOME 1413 00:46:51,448 --> 00:46:53,149 SORT OF COGNITIVE CHANGE, YOU 1414 00:46:53,149 --> 00:46:56,753 DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NEW ONSET 1415 00:46:56,753 --> 00:46:58,188 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS OR IF IT'S 1416 00:46:58,188 --> 00:46:59,189 RELATED TO MENOPAUSE, AND YOU 1417 00:46:59,189 --> 00:47:01,157 DON'T HAVE THAT MANY TESTS AND 1418 00:47:01,157 --> 00:47:03,360 DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGIES TO 1419 00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:04,160 DELINEATE THOSE. 1420 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:05,929 OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE MS 1421 00:47:05,929 --> 00:47:06,563 WORKUP. 1422 00:47:06,563 --> 00:47:07,697 MUSCLE ATROPHY, YOU MAY HAVE A 1423 00:47:07,697 --> 00:47:08,932 PATIENT THAT PRESENTS WITH 1424 00:47:08,932 --> 00:47:09,399 BALANCE INSTABILITY. 1425 00:47:09,399 --> 00:47:11,101 IS THAT A NEUROLOGIC CONDITIONS, 1426 00:47:11,101 --> 00:47:13,403 IS IT NEURODEGENERATIVE, IS IT A 1427 00:47:13,403 --> 00:47:14,537 MUSCLE CONDITION, IS IT 1428 00:47:14,537 --> 00:47:15,005 MENOPAUSE? 1429 00:47:15,005 --> 00:47:15,739 BONE LOSS. 1430 00:47:15,739 --> 00:47:17,073 NEW FRACTURE. 1431 00:47:17,073 --> 00:47:18,508 UNEXPECTED. 1432 00:47:18,508 --> 00:47:20,176 OSTEOPENIA, OSTEOPOROSIS, JOINT 1433 00:47:20,176 --> 00:47:20,377 PAIN. 1434 00:47:20,377 --> 00:47:23,246 IS THAT ARTHRITIS, IS THAT 1435 00:47:23,246 --> 00:47:24,447 AUTOIMMUNE, IS THAT 1436 00:47:24,447 --> 00:47:25,682 DEGENERATIVE, IS THAT RELATED TO 1437 00:47:25,682 --> 00:47:26,783 MENOPAUSE CHANGES? 1438 00:47:26,783 --> 00:47:27,917 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT ARE 1439 00:47:27,917 --> 00:47:30,287 YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? 1440 00:47:30,287 --> 00:47:31,388 AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, OF 1441 00:47:31,388 --> 00:47:32,188 COURSE THE LEADING CAUSE OF 1442 00:47:32,188 --> 00:47:35,458 DEATH FOR WOMEN WORLDWIDE, ARE 1443 00:47:35,458 --> 00:47:39,929 THOSE VAGUE SYMPTOMS OF 1444 00:47:39,929 --> 00:47:41,498 SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND FATIGUE 1445 00:47:41,498 --> 00:47:43,600 RELATED TO MICROVASCULAR DISEASE 1446 00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:45,869 THAT'S NOT DETECTABLE ON A 1447 00:47:45,869 --> 00:47:47,304 CORONARY ANGIOGRAM, OR IS THIS 1448 00:47:47,304 --> 00:47:50,740 JUST RELATED TO CHANGES 1449 00:47:50,740 --> 00:47:52,609 OCCURRING DURING MENOPAUSE? 1450 00:47:52,609 --> 00:47:54,177 METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION, CHANGES 1451 00:47:54,177 --> 00:47:57,781 IN ADIPOSE ACCUMULATION, 1452 00:47:57,781 --> 00:47:58,882 INCREASED INSULIN RESISTANCE. 1453 00:47:58,882 --> 00:48:02,652 HOW CAN WE SEPARATE THE MID LIFE 1454 00:48:02,652 --> 00:48:04,521 AGING, CHRONOLOGICAL AGING 1455 00:48:04,521 --> 00:48:06,456 EFFECTS FROM THE REPRODUCTIVE 1456 00:48:06,456 --> 00:48:08,458 AGING EFFECTS? 1457 00:48:08,458 --> 00:48:10,560 AND WEIGHT GAIN RELATED TO 1458 00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:12,195 FLUCTUATING HORMONES OR REDUCED 1459 00:48:12,195 --> 00:48:13,630 ENERGY EXPENDITURE IS A KEY 1460 00:48:13,630 --> 00:48:15,165 ISSUE FOR MID LIFE WOMEN. 1461 00:48:15,165 --> 00:48:16,833 MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS RELATED 1462 00:48:16,833 --> 00:48:18,601 TO ANXIETY, ARE THOSE 1463 00:48:18,601 --> 00:48:20,570 PALPITATIONS ANXIETY, PANIC 1464 00:48:20,570 --> 00:48:22,238 ATTACKS, OR ARE THEY RELATED TO 1465 00:48:22,238 --> 00:48:22,572 MENOPAUSE? 1466 00:48:22,572 --> 00:48:24,874 HOT FLASHES, THE QUINTESSENTIAL 1467 00:48:24,874 --> 00:48:26,943 SYMPTOM OF MENOPAUSE EXPERIENCED 1468 00:48:26,943 --> 00:48:28,411 BY THE VAST MAJORITY OF WOMEN 1469 00:48:28,411 --> 00:48:29,946 WHO GO THROUGH -- WHEN THEY GO 1470 00:48:29,946 --> 00:48:33,116 THROUGH MENOPAUSE, IMPACT ON 1471 00:48:33,116 --> 00:48:35,251 SLEEP DIST DISTURBANCE, IS THERA 1472 00:48:35,251 --> 00:48:36,319 SLEEP DISORDER, DO YOU NEED TO 1473 00:48:36,319 --> 00:48:38,655 DO A WORKUP FOR SLEEP APNEA, OR 1474 00:48:38,655 --> 00:48:39,789 IS THIS RELATED TO HOT FLASHES 1475 00:48:39,789 --> 00:48:41,291 WAKING THE PERSON UP? 1476 00:48:41,291 --> 00:48:43,059 EITHER WAY, DISRUPTIVE SLEEP IS 1477 00:48:43,059 --> 00:48:44,627 AN INCREDIBLE RISK FACTOR FOR 1478 00:48:44,627 --> 00:48:45,495 POOR OUTCOMES. 1479 00:48:45,495 --> 00:48:48,465 SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO 1480 00:48:48,465 --> 00:48:50,333 DELINEATE WHEN A WOMAN PRESENTS 1481 00:48:50,333 --> 00:48:52,769 WITH A SYMPTOM WHETHER IT'S 1482 00:48:52,769 --> 00:48:54,070 MENOPAUSE-RELATED OR NOT, AND WE 1483 00:48:54,070 --> 00:48:55,305 NEED BETTER TOOLS TO DO THAT. 1484 00:48:55,305 --> 00:48:56,873 IN ADDITION, WE NEED TO BE ABLE 1485 00:48:56,873 --> 00:48:59,275 TO INTEGRATE ALL OF THESE 1486 00:48:59,275 --> 00:49:00,844 DOMAINS AND BODY SYSTEMS IN A 1487 00:49:00,844 --> 00:49:02,145 WAY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE 1488 00:49:02,145 --> 00:49:04,147 CARE OF THE WHOLE PERSON. 1489 00:49:04,147 --> 00:49:06,316 AND HOPEFULLY, THIS IS WHERE 1490 00:49:06,316 --> 00:49:08,651 WE'RE GOING, BEING ABLE DO THAT. 1491 00:49:08,651 --> 00:49:09,652 USING INTERDISCIPLINARY 1492 00:49:09,652 --> 00:49:11,855 APPROACHES, USING INNOVATIVE 1493 00:49:11,855 --> 00:49:13,423 STRATEGIES, USING CUTTING EDGE 1494 00:49:13,423 --> 00:49:14,958 TECHNOLOGIES, USING OUR 1495 00:49:14,958 --> 00:49:16,259 COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES WHERE 1496 00:49:16,259 --> 00:49:17,827 WE CAN BRING IN DATA FROM A 1497 00:49:17,827 --> 00:49:20,230 VARIETY OF SOURCES, MULTIMODAL 1498 00:49:20,230 --> 00:49:21,765 DATA, AND BE ABLE TO UNDER STAND 1499 00:49:21,765 --> 00:49:23,233 USING A LIFECOURSE PERSPECTIVE 1500 00:49:23,233 --> 00:49:26,736 WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, AND 1501 00:49:26,736 --> 00:49:28,271 INDIVIDUALIZE CARE TAILORING TO 1502 00:49:28,271 --> 00:49:29,272 THAT PARTICULAR WOMAN AND THEIR 1503 00:49:29,272 --> 00:49:31,074 NEEDS BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERY 1504 00:49:31,074 --> 00:49:32,709 WOMAN EXPERIENCES MENOPAUSE 1505 00:49:32,709 --> 00:49:33,576 DIFFERENTLY. 1506 00:49:33,576 --> 00:49:35,311 BECAUSE OF THE RCDC TERM, WE'RE 1507 00:49:35,311 --> 00:49:36,479 NOT ABLE TO REPORT THIS FUNDING 1508 00:49:36,479 --> 00:49:39,048 TO YOU FROM FY 23. 1509 00:49:39,048 --> 00:49:41,918 NIH SPENT $56 MILLION IN THIS 1510 00:49:41,918 --> 00:49:43,720 RCD CCTT GRI DESIGNATING 1511 00:49:43,720 --> 00:49:44,921 MENOPAUSE RESEARCH WITH THE VAST 1512 00:49:44,921 --> 00:49:46,623 MAJORITY BEING SUPPORTED BY THE 1513 00:49:46,623 --> 00:49:48,591 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING, 1514 00:49:48,591 --> 00:49:51,327 FOLLOWED BY NIMH, MENTAL HEALTH 1515 00:49:51,327 --> 00:49:52,862 AND HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD 1516 00:49:52,862 --> 00:49:54,864 INSTITUTE, AND NIDDK, WITH 19% 1517 00:49:54,864 --> 00:49:56,499 COMING FROM OTHER INSTITUTES 1518 00:49:56,499 --> 00:49:56,766 COMBINED. 1519 00:49:56,766 --> 00:49:58,001 THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS 1520 00:49:58,001 --> 00:50:00,370 FUNDING IS FOCUSED AROUND 1521 00:50:00,370 --> 00:50:01,571 DEMENTIA AND COGNITIVE CHANGES, 1522 00:50:01,571 --> 00:50:04,073 AND SO THAT SHOWS THAT THERE'S 1523 00:50:04,073 --> 00:50:06,976 AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDITIONALLY 1524 00:50:06,976 --> 00:50:08,945 INCORPORATE OTHER ASPECTS OF 1525 00:50:08,945 --> 00:50:10,280 MENOPAUSE USING THAT WHOLE 1526 00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:11,681 PERSON HEALTH APPROACH THAT I 1527 00:50:11,681 --> 00:50:14,417 MENTIONED. 1528 00:50:14,417 --> 00:50:15,785 AND OF COURSE THE NATIONAL 1529 00:50:15,785 --> 00:50:16,653 INSTITUTE ON AGING HAS HAD THE 1530 00:50:16,653 --> 00:50:18,621 STUDY OF WOMEN'S HEALTH ACROSS 1531 00:50:18,621 --> 00:50:20,523 THE NATION THAT HAS GIVEN US 1532 00:50:20,523 --> 00:50:21,624 SOME INCREDIBLE INSIGHTS. 1533 00:50:21,624 --> 00:50:22,959 I WAS ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF 1534 00:50:22,959 --> 00:50:25,228 THOSE WHEN I SPOKE AT NIA'S 1535 00:50:25,228 --> 00:50:26,496 COUNCIL RECENTLY. 1536 00:50:26,496 --> 00:50:29,566 THIS AREA IS ONE OF PARTICULAR 1537 00:50:29,566 --> 00:50:30,867 INTEREST TO ORWH. 1538 00:50:30,867 --> 00:50:33,603 I WAS DELIGHTED TO BE -- TO JOIN 1539 00:50:33,603 --> 00:50:35,638 THE WOMEN'S CONGRESSIONAL POLICY 1540 00:50:35,638 --> 00:50:38,274 INSTITUTE PICTURED HERE ON THE 1541 00:50:38,274 --> 00:50:39,676 RIGHT FOR A CAPITOL HILL 1542 00:50:39,676 --> 00:50:41,811 BRIEFING ON MENOPAUSE AND MID 1543 00:50:41,811 --> 00:50:46,182 LIFE HEALTH. 1544 00:50:46,182 --> 00:50:47,484 ALSO GENEVIEVE SPOKE AT THE 1545 00:50:47,484 --> 00:50:49,018 MENOPAUSE ROUNDTABLE HERE LAST 1546 00:50:49,018 --> 00:50:50,887 MAY. 1547 00:50:50,887 --> 00:50:52,956 AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE 1548 00:50:52,956 --> 00:50:55,091 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, 1549 00:50:55,091 --> 00:50:56,292 SUSAN MARGULIES LATER. 1550 00:50:56,292 --> 00:50:59,195 WE JOINED NCI AND NSF ON A 1551 00:50:59,195 --> 00:51:00,830 WORKSHOP ON USING ARTIFICIAL 1552 00:51:00,830 --> 00:51:02,031 INTELLIGENCE TO BETTER 1553 00:51:02,031 --> 00:51:06,069 UNDERSTAND MENOPAUSE. 1554 00:51:06,069 --> 00:51:11,708 AND TH DR. BYRNES PRESENTED AT E 1555 00:51:11,708 --> 00:51:17,714 MENOPAUSE SOCIETY'S 2024 ANNUAL 1556 00:51:17,714 --> 00:51:19,082 MEETING, AND ORWH CREATED TWO 1557 00:51:19,082 --> 00:51:20,483 TRAVEL AWARDS FOR JUNIOR 1558 00:51:20,483 --> 00:51:24,754 INVESTIGATORS TO PRESENT. 1559 00:51:24,754 --> 00:51:25,889 JUST A SMATTERING OF OUR 1560 00:51:25,889 --> 00:51:26,122 EFFORTS. 1561 00:51:26,122 --> 00:51:28,424 WE HAVE BEEN DELIGHTED TO, WITH 1562 00:51:28,424 --> 00:51:32,629 ODP, NCI, NHLBI, THE AGING 1563 00:51:32,629 --> 00:51:33,930 INSTITUTE, CHILD HEALTH AND 1564 00:51:33,930 --> 00:51:35,265 MENTAL HEALTH, BE HELPING TO 1565 00:51:35,265 --> 00:51:37,033 PLAN THE FIRST EVER PATHWAYS TO 1566 00:51:37,033 --> 00:51:38,801 PREVENTION PROGRAM ON ADVANCING 1567 00:51:38,801 --> 00:51:41,337 MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT. 1568 00:51:41,337 --> 00:51:44,707 AND THE FIRST STEP OF THIS 1569 00:51:44,707 --> 00:51:46,042 RIGOROUS METHODICAL APPROACH IS 1570 00:51:46,042 --> 00:51:47,176 A WORKSHOP. 1571 00:51:47,176 --> 00:51:48,845 AND THAT IS TENTATIVELY 1572 00:51:48,845 --> 00:51:50,647 SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE LATE IN 1573 00:51:50,647 --> 00:51:51,147 2025. 1574 00:51:51,147 --> 00:51:55,652 SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. 1575 00:51:55,652 --> 00:51:57,287 I ALSO WANT TO APPLAUD MY 1576 00:51:57,287 --> 00:51:58,655 COLLEAGUES AT THE NATIONAL 1577 00:51:58,655 --> 00:52:00,757 INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH, 1578 00:52:00,757 --> 00:52:01,691 TAMARA LEWIS JOHNSON IS THE 1579 00:52:01,691 --> 00:52:03,793 FIRST AUTHOR AND OUR OWN MELISSA 1580 00:52:03,793 --> 00:52:05,028 SIMON, VIEDZ RECOMMITTEE MEMBER 1581 00:52:05,028 --> 00:52:08,565 IS THE LAST AUTHOR ON THIS PAPER 1582 00:52:08,565 --> 00:52:11,000 SUMMARIZING KEY FINDINGS FROM 1583 00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:11,768 MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH DURING 1584 00:52:11,768 --> 00:52:13,570 THE MENOPAUSE TRANSITION FOR 1585 00:52:13,570 --> 00:52:15,872 RACIALLY AND ETHNICICALLY 1586 00:52:15,872 --> 00:52:17,740 MINORITIZED WOMEN LIVING IN THE 1587 00:52:17,740 --> 00:52:19,642 UNITED STATES, A SCOPING REVIEW. 1588 00:52:19,642 --> 00:52:22,078 THIS INCREDIBLE REVIEW 1589 00:52:22,078 --> 00:52:23,913 HIGHLIGHTS DATA THAT DO SHOW 1590 00:52:23,913 --> 00:52:27,083 THAT RACIAL AND ETHNICALLY 1591 00:52:27,083 --> 00:52:28,351 MINORITIZED WOMEN 1592 00:52:28,351 --> 00:52:29,218 DISPROPORTIONATELY ARE AFFECTED 1593 00:52:29,218 --> 00:52:30,320 BY MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS 1594 00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:33,389 DURING THE TRANSITION, 1595 00:52:33,389 --> 00:52:33,923 SPECIFICALLY DEPRESSION. 1596 00:52:33,923 --> 00:52:35,925 SOME OF THE OTHER CONDITIONS, 1597 00:52:35,925 --> 00:52:37,393 THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT DATA 1598 00:52:37,393 --> 00:52:38,494 BECAUSE MANY OF THE STUDIES DID 1599 00:52:38,494 --> 00:52:43,066 NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF 1600 00:52:43,066 --> 00:52:44,667 THESE WOMEN BUT THIS IS AN 1601 00:52:44,667 --> 00:52:45,635 INCREDIBLE SUMMARY OF A BODY OF 1602 00:52:45,635 --> 00:52:48,738 WORK THAT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND 1603 00:52:48,738 --> 00:52:49,872 AND IDENTIFY SOME OF THE 1604 00:52:49,872 --> 00:52:53,843 DIFFERENCES THAT WERE 1605 00:52:53,843 --> 00:52:54,911 HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SWAN STUDIES 1606 00:52:54,911 --> 00:52:56,980 WHERE WE SAW DIFFERENCES IN 1607 00:52:56,980 --> 00:52:57,747 DIFFERENT GROUPS. 1608 00:52:57,747 --> 00:52:59,449 AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 1609 00:52:59,449 --> 00:53:01,651 ARE THE SOCIAL STRUCTURAL AND 1610 00:53:01,651 --> 00:53:03,386 OTHER FACTORS BEHIND THOSE 1611 00:53:03,386 --> 00:53:08,091 DIFFERENCES. 1612 00:53:08,091 --> 00:53:09,892 AND NIMH HAS TWO FUNDING 1613 00:53:09,892 --> 00:53:10,994 OPPORTUNITIES ON THE STREET NOW, 1614 00:53:10,994 --> 00:53:14,197 AN R01 AND R21 ON MOOD AND 1615 00:53:14,197 --> 00:53:15,298 PSYCHOSIS SYMPTOMS DURING THE 1616 00:53:15,298 --> 00:53:19,569 MENOPAUSE TRANSITION WITH 1617 00:53:19,569 --> 00:53:21,738 UPCOMING RECEIPT AND EXPIRATION 1618 00:53:21,738 --> 00:53:23,006 DATES SO PLEASE APPLY SO YOU CAN 1619 00:53:23,006 --> 00:53:23,673 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS 1620 00:53:23,673 --> 00:53:24,273 OPPORTUNITY. 1621 00:53:24,273 --> 00:53:26,075 I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT VERY 1622 00:53:26,075 --> 00:53:29,045 BRIEFLY A COUPLE OF OTHER WAYS 1623 00:53:29,045 --> 00:53:30,613 THAT NIH HAS ADDRESSED MENOPAUSE 1624 00:53:30,613 --> 00:53:32,248 RECENTLY. 1625 00:53:32,248 --> 00:53:38,154 IN THE ORWH-LED RFAs, 1626 00:53:38,154 --> 00:53:39,455 UNDERSTANDING CHRONIC 1627 00:53:39,455 --> 00:53:40,923 CONDITIONS, WE'VE CREATED WITH 1628 00:53:40,923 --> 00:53:42,358 MULTIPLE INSTITUTES AND CENTERS 1629 00:53:42,358 --> 00:53:44,093 INCLUDING NIMH, WE'RE SUPPORTING 1630 00:53:44,093 --> 00:53:46,029 THIS YEAR TWO STUDIES ON 1631 00:53:46,029 --> 00:53:47,530 REGENERATIVE BIOMATERIAL FOR 1632 00:53:47,530 --> 00:53:49,065 COMBATING THE GENITOURINARY 1633 00:53:49,065 --> 00:53:51,100 SYNDROME OF MENOPAUSE, AND ONE 1634 00:53:51,100 --> 00:53:52,969 ON CHANGES IN CARDIOMETABOLIC 1635 00:53:52,969 --> 00:53:55,038 TISSUE GENE REGULATION AND OMICS 1636 00:53:55,038 --> 00:53:58,274 PROFILES IN MENOPAUSE. 1637 00:53:58,274 --> 00:53:59,475 NIMH IS HIGHLIGHTING THREE 1638 00:53:59,475 --> 00:54:01,744 STUDIES THERE: NEUROENDOCRINE 1639 00:54:01,744 --> 00:54:04,447 MECHANISMS UNDERLYING TRAUMA 1640 00:54:04,447 --> 00:54:05,982 MACHINE-RELATED HYPERAROUSAL IN 1641 00:54:05,982 --> 00:54:11,154 BLACK WOMEN AND THE 1642 00:54:11,154 --> 00:54:12,155 CHRONOBIOLOGICAL BASIS OF 1643 00:54:12,155 --> 00:54:14,023 DEPRESSION DURING MENOPAUSE 1644 00:54:14,023 --> 00:54:15,124 TRANSITION, AND ALSO HORMONAL 1645 00:54:15,124 --> 00:54:16,693 DRIVERS OF PERIMENOPAUSAL 1646 00:54:16,693 --> 00:54:18,027 INFLAMMATION AND MOOD SYMPTOMS. 1647 00:54:18,027 --> 00:54:19,095 THESE JUST REPRESENT A FEW OF 1648 00:54:19,095 --> 00:54:20,063 THE EFFORTS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT 1649 00:54:20,063 --> 00:54:21,397 TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THE PUBLIC 1650 00:54:21,397 --> 00:54:24,233 THE WAYS THAT NIH IS ADDRESSING 1651 00:54:24,233 --> 00:54:25,535 THESE IMPORTANT TOPICS AS WE 1652 00:54:25,535 --> 00:54:32,809 MOVE FORWARD. 1653 00:54:32,809 --> 00:54:34,577 THAT PROGRAM AT ORWH IS LED BY 1654 00:54:34,577 --> 00:54:35,111 DR. SARAH TEMKIN. 1655 00:54:35,111 --> 00:54:36,312 WE ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO 1656 00:54:36,312 --> 00:54:37,647 ALSO SHARE OUR SECOND YEAR 1657 00:54:37,647 --> 00:54:40,116 FUNDING OF OUR FIRST EVER R25, A 1658 00:54:40,116 --> 00:54:43,853 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT 1659 00:54:43,853 --> 00:54:46,489 MECHANISM, GALVANIZING HEALTH 1660 00:54:46,489 --> 00:54:48,891 EQUITY THROUGH NOVEL AND DIVERSE 1661 00:54:48,891 --> 00:54:50,960 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. 1662 00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:52,995 IN 2024, YOU CAN SEE OUR NEW 1663 00:54:52,995 --> 00:54:55,832 GRANTEES, AND WE'RE ROUNDING OUT 1664 00:54:55,832 --> 00:54:57,033 OUR EFFORT. 1665 00:54:57,033 --> 00:55:00,937 WE HAD -- NOT OUR FIRST, WE HAD 1666 00:55:00,937 --> 00:55:02,238 AN ANNUAL INVESTIGATORS MEETING 1667 00:55:02,238 --> 00:55:03,339 RECENTLY, AND THAT INCLUDED A 1668 00:55:03,339 --> 00:55:07,877 VARIETY OF TOPICS RANGING FROM 1669 00:55:07,877 --> 00:55:08,878 MENOPAUSE CARE IN WOMEN WITH 1670 00:55:08,878 --> 00:55:11,180 HIV, A VIRTUAL EDUCATION 1671 00:55:11,180 --> 00:55:15,852 PROGRAM, TO DEVELOPING A 1672 00:55:15,852 --> 00:55:16,786 SEVEN-MODULE ONLINE CURRICULUM 1673 00:55:16,786 --> 00:55:18,020 FOR NURSING STUDENTS ON 1674 00:55:18,020 --> 00:55:18,788 TRANSGENDER HEALTH, AND YOU CAN 1675 00:55:18,788 --> 00:55:21,257 SEE THE OTHER TOPICS HERE, SO 1676 00:55:21,257 --> 00:55:22,458 REALLY -- THESE WILL BE 1677 00:55:22,458 --> 00:55:23,426 AVAILABLE, THESE CURRICULA WILL 1678 00:55:23,426 --> 00:55:25,628 BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONCE 1679 00:55:25,628 --> 00:55:30,533 THEY'RE COMPLETED. 1680 00:55:30,533 --> 00:55:33,369 YOU MAY RECALL WE RELEASED A 1681 00:55:33,369 --> 00:55:36,205 NOTICE OF SPECIAL INTEREST 1682 00:55:36,205 --> 00:55:37,306 EXPRESSING INTEREST IN 1683 00:55:37,306 --> 00:55:38,508 SUPPORTING RESEARCH ON IMPROVING 1684 00:55:38,508 --> 00:55:39,742 THE TOOLS FOR GENDER MEASUREMENT 1685 00:55:39,742 --> 00:55:40,510 AND ASSESSMENT. 1686 00:55:40,510 --> 00:55:41,744 WE KNOW THAT'S AN IMPORTANT 1687 00:55:41,744 --> 00:55:43,212 AREA, AND OUR PREVIOUS STRATEGIC 1688 00:55:43,212 --> 00:55:46,115 PLAN HAD A PARTICULAR GOAL 1689 00:55:46,115 --> 00:55:47,150 OBJECTIVE 2.2 ON DEVELOPING 1690 00:55:47,150 --> 00:55:48,951 RELIABLE MEASURES RELEVANT TO 1691 00:55:48,951 --> 00:55:49,952 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 1692 00:55:49,952 --> 00:55:52,054 IN FY 23, WE AWARDED EIGHT 1693 00:55:52,054 --> 00:55:53,556 AWARDS FOR RESEARCH ON 1694 00:55:53,556 --> 00:55:55,291 TERMINOLOGY AND METHODS AROUND 1695 00:55:55,291 --> 00:55:57,059 ASSESSMENT OF GENDER FOCUSING ON 1696 00:55:57,059 --> 00:55:59,996 THE TWO-STEP APPROACH, AND HERE 1697 00:55:59,996 --> 00:56:02,131 OUR FUNDERS ON THE BOTTOM, OUR 1698 00:56:02,131 --> 00:56:03,432 ICO PARTNERS, THESE GRANTEES 1699 00:56:03,432 --> 00:56:07,170 WILL BE PRESENTING AT A NOVEMBEE 1700 00:56:07,170 --> 00:56:09,672 ARE PARTICULARLY EXCITED TO SEE 1701 00:56:09,672 --> 00:56:12,742 THAT PRESENTATION AND HOPE THAT 1702 00:56:12,742 --> 00:56:13,943 THE RESULTS OF THOSE EFFORTS 1703 00:56:13,943 --> 00:56:16,045 WILL HELP INFORM RESEARCH AND 1704 00:56:16,045 --> 00:56:17,947 GENDER BEING ASCERTAINED AND 1705 00:56:17,947 --> 00:56:20,850 ASSESSED MORE REGULARLY AND MORE 1706 00:56:20,850 --> 00:56:23,319 RIGOROUSLY THROUGHOUT HEALTH 1707 00:56:23,319 --> 00:56:23,586 RESEARCH. 1708 00:56:23,586 --> 00:56:25,521 AS A RESULT OF LAST YEAR'S -- 1709 00:56:25,521 --> 00:56:28,357 NO, TWO YEARS AGO, 2022 -- ALL 1710 00:56:28,357 --> 00:56:30,293 THESE YEARS RUN TOGETHER FOR 1711 00:56:30,293 --> 00:56:32,829 ME -- 2022 WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD 1712 00:56:32,829 --> 00:56:34,330 ON GENDER AND HEALTH WITH NICHD 1713 00:56:34,330 --> 00:56:39,468 AND OTHER PARTNERS, THERE WAS A 1714 00:56:39,468 --> 00:56:41,103 SPECIAL ISSUE WE COMMISSIONED IN 1715 00:56:41,103 --> 00:56:41,871 SOCIAL SCIENCE AND MEDICINE. 1716 00:56:41,871 --> 00:56:43,039 TO FEATURE THE PRESENTATIONS AND 1717 00:56:43,039 --> 00:56:46,843 THE WORK OF THOSE SPEAKERS AND 1718 00:56:46,843 --> 00:56:47,610 INVESTIGATORS. 1719 00:56:47,610 --> 00:56:50,112 INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF -- JUST 1720 00:56:50,112 --> 00:56:51,514 INCREDIBLE SPEAKERS AND 1721 00:56:51,514 --> 00:56:52,381 KEYNOTES, AND IT'S AVAILABLE ON 1722 00:56:52,381 --> 00:56:53,649 OUR WEBSITE IF YOU'D LIKE TO 1723 00:56:53,649 --> 00:56:54,450 TAKE A LOOK. 1724 00:56:54,450 --> 00:56:58,020 BUT GENDER POWER AND HEALTH, 1725 00:56:58,020 --> 00:56:59,121 MODIFIABLE FACTORS FOR 1726 00:56:59,121 --> 00:56:59,889 INTERVENTION. 1727 00:56:59,889 --> 00:57:02,692 ELIZABETH BARR IS A CO-AUTHOR ON 1728 00:57:02,692 --> 00:57:05,728 THIS PIECE HIGHLIGHTING OUR 1729 00:57:05,728 --> 00:57:06,863 INTERESTS IN THE ENTIRE SPECIAL 1730 00:57:06,863 --> 00:57:08,164 ISSUE THAT TAKES TO THE NEXT 1731 00:57:08,164 --> 00:57:08,998 LEVEL THE WORK THAT WAS 1732 00:57:08,998 --> 00:57:10,633 PRESENTED IN THE WORKSHOP. 1733 00:57:10,633 --> 00:57:12,602 OUR E-LEARNING COURSES ATTRACT A 1734 00:57:12,602 --> 00:57:14,237 DIVERSE AUDIENCE OF LEARNERS, 1735 00:57:14,237 --> 00:57:17,139 AND WIDESPREAD PARTICIPATION 1736 00:57:17,139 --> 00:57:18,774 OVER THAT FIVE-YEAR TIME PERIOD, 1737 00:57:18,774 --> 00:57:21,611 WE'VE HAD OVER 2800 REGISTRANTS. 1738 00:57:21,611 --> 00:57:23,112 THE FAVORITE BENCH TO BEDSIDE 1739 00:57:23,112 --> 00:57:27,049 COURSE IS THE ONE ON IMMUNOLOGY. 1740 00:57:27,049 --> 00:57:28,251 I CONFESS THAT'S MY FAVORITE ONE 1741 00:57:28,251 --> 00:57:30,820 TOO, AND WE HAVE A VARIETY OF 1742 00:57:30,820 --> 00:57:31,587 SABV COURSES. 1743 00:57:31,587 --> 00:57:33,356 THAT AREA IS LED BY DR. SHARON 1744 00:57:33,356 --> 00:57:36,459 HUNTER AT ORWH, AND THAT -- IN 1745 00:57:36,459 --> 00:57:39,629 THAT MODULE, THE FAVORITE ONE IS 1746 00:57:39,629 --> 00:57:40,730 SABV AND THE HEALTH OF WOMEN AND 1747 00:57:40,730 --> 00:57:41,564 MEN. 1748 00:57:41,564 --> 00:57:42,999 80% OF THE LEARNERS 1749 00:57:42,999 --> 00:57:44,834 SELF-DESCRIBE AS FEMALE AND IN 1750 00:57:44,834 --> 00:57:46,903 TERMS OF LOCATIONS, THEY ARE 1751 00:57:46,903 --> 00:57:49,605 SCATTERED AROUND THE WORLD, 1752 00:57:49,605 --> 00:57:50,606 REACHING 69 COUNTRIES. 1753 00:57:50,606 --> 00:57:54,510 SO WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT 1754 00:57:54,510 --> 00:57:55,077 INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 1755 00:57:55,077 --> 00:57:56,345 AROUND SEX AND GENDER TO INFORM 1756 00:57:56,345 --> 00:57:58,748 AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF WOMEN 1757 00:57:58,748 --> 00:58:01,717 AND PROVIDE A WIDE VARIETY OF 1758 00:58:01,717 --> 00:58:03,619 EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AT ALL LEVELS, 1759 00:58:03,619 --> 00:58:04,720 AT ALL PROFESSIONAL LEVELS 1760 00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:05,821 INCLUDING TRAIN THE TRAINER 1761 00:58:05,821 --> 00:58:07,990 MATERIALS FOR THOSE PROFESSORS 1762 00:58:07,990 --> 00:58:11,694 WHO NEED TO TEACH SABV AS PART 1763 00:58:11,694 --> 00:58:15,731 OF THEIR GRADUATE WORK. 1764 00:58:15,731 --> 00:58:17,266 A COUPLE OF UPDATES ON CAREERS. 1765 00:58:17,266 --> 00:58:18,334 I'M WRAPPING UP. 1766 00:58:18,334 --> 00:58:20,303 I SEE I'M A LITTLE CLOSE TO 1767 00:58:20,303 --> 00:58:20,736 TIME. 1768 00:58:20,736 --> 00:58:21,971 I'M GOING TO WRAP UP HERE 1769 00:58:21,971 --> 00:58:22,438 QUICKLY. 1770 00:58:22,438 --> 00:58:24,740 AS YOU KNOW, THE SCORE, THE 1771 00:58:24,740 --> 00:58:25,741 SPECIALIZED CENTERS OF RESEARCH 1772 00:58:25,741 --> 00:58:27,810 EXCELLENCE ON SEX DIFFERENCE, WE 1773 00:58:27,810 --> 00:58:29,512 ADDED A CAREER ENHANCEMENT CORE 1774 00:58:29,512 --> 00:58:31,580 IN OUR LAST ITERATION. 1775 00:58:31,580 --> 00:58:34,216 THE ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD 1776 00:58:34,216 --> 00:58:34,984 RECENTLY. 1777 00:58:34,984 --> 00:58:36,152 DR. AGARWAL WAS OUR POINT PERSON 1778 00:58:36,152 --> 00:58:39,088 FOR THIS ONE, AND DR. VICTOR 1779 00:58:39,088 --> 00:58:46,362 DZAU AND DR. CAROLYN MAZURE 1780 00:58:46,362 --> 00:58:47,897 DELIVERED INCREDIBLE 1781 00:58:47,897 --> 00:58:49,332 PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SCORE 1782 00:58:49,332 --> 00:58:49,966 INVESTIGATORS, PEOPLE THAT 1783 00:58:49,966 --> 00:58:52,234 RECEIVED PILOT FUNDING FROM OUR 1784 00:58:52,234 --> 00:58:53,536 CAREER ENHANCEMENT CORE. 1785 00:58:53,536 --> 00:58:56,072 JUST ALWAYS AN EXCITING GROUP OF 1786 00:58:56,072 --> 00:58:57,106 SCIENCE AND WE WERE IN PERSON 1787 00:58:57,106 --> 00:58:58,307 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE 1788 00:58:58,307 --> 00:58:59,508 YEARS, SO WE WERE THRILLED TO BE 1789 00:58:59,508 --> 00:59:02,011 ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT, 1790 00:59:02,011 --> 00:59:03,612 HEAR FROM OUR INVESTIGATORS AND 1791 00:59:03,612 --> 00:59:05,047 PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPORTED BY 1792 00:59:05,047 --> 00:59:07,350 THE SCORE GRANTS. 1793 00:59:07,350 --> 00:59:15,191 THE NEXT DAY, WE HAD OUR BIRCWH 1794 00:59:15,191 --> 00:59:17,860 MEETING, THE SPEAKER RECOGNIZED 1795 00:59:17,860 --> 00:59:22,131 FOR THE RUTH KIRSCHSTEIN 1796 00:59:22,131 --> 00:59:23,466 MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP. 1797 00:59:23,466 --> 00:59:30,072 THIS YEAR IT WAS ABBEY BERENSON, 1798 00:59:30,072 --> 00:59:31,707 AND THEN DR. NINA SCHOR WITH WAS 1799 00:59:31,707 --> 00:59:34,210 OUR LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP 1800 00:59:34,210 --> 00:59:36,712 LECTURER AND TOOK A VERY 1801 00:59:36,712 --> 00:59:38,047 DIFFERENT TACT, INTERWOVE HER 1802 00:59:38,047 --> 00:59:39,648 SCIENCE THROUGH HER STORY. 1803 00:59:39,648 --> 00:59:45,221 AGAIN BETWEEN THESE BOOK ENDS, 1804 00:59:45,221 --> 00:59:46,322 BIRCWH SCHOLARS PRESENTED 1805 00:59:46,322 --> 00:59:48,057 AMAZING WORK THEY HAVE ADVANCED, 1806 00:59:48,057 --> 00:59:49,792 AND THE PIs AND THE 1807 00:59:49,792 --> 00:59:51,627 SCHOLARS -- THE PIs INTRODUCED 1808 00:59:51,627 --> 00:59:53,596 EACH SCHOLAR, SO IT WAS A REALLY 1809 00:59:53,596 --> 00:59:54,864 NICE WAY FOR THEM TO HEAR FROM 1810 00:59:54,864 --> 00:59:56,198 THEIR PI ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK 1811 00:59:56,198 --> 00:59:59,802 ABOUT THEM. 1812 00:59:59,802 --> 01:00:03,572 AND THEN IN AN EFFORT THAT IS 1813 01:00:03,572 --> 01:00:05,441 LED BY OUR OFFICE, WE PARTNER 1814 01:00:05,441 --> 01:00:08,477 WITH NIDDY TO AWARD ADVANCING 1815 01:00:08,477 --> 01:00:10,880 GENDER INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE, A 1816 01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:12,381 COORDINATING CENTER TO VIRGINIA 1817 01:00:12,381 --> 01:00:12,882 COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY. 1818 01:00:12,882 --> 01:00:13,716 THIS COORDINATING CENTER IS 1819 01:00:13,716 --> 01:00:15,017 GOING TO DEVELOP A RESEARCH 1820 01:00:15,017 --> 01:00:16,986 STRATEGY TO ADVANCE GENDER 1821 01:00:16,986 --> 01:00:18,287 EQUITY IN ACADEMIA, AND THEY'RE 1822 01:00:18,287 --> 01:00:20,656 GOING TO MANAGE THAT PROGRAM, 1823 01:00:20,656 --> 01:00:22,391 CREATING A CENTRALIZED RESOURCE, 1824 01:00:22,391 --> 01:00:24,326 AND LESSONS LEARNED, BEST 1825 01:00:24,326 --> 01:00:27,930 PRACTICES, METRICS AND THE LIKE. 1826 01:00:27,930 --> 01:00:29,331 AND THEY WILL DEVELOP AND 1827 01:00:29,331 --> 01:00:30,533 IMPLEMENT A COMMUNICATIONS 1828 01:00:30,533 --> 01:00:31,600 DISSEMINATION AND ALSO 1829 01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:33,469 ADMINISTER AND MANAGE A PILOT 1830 01:00:33,469 --> 01:00:35,738 AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES PROGRAM 1831 01:00:35,738 --> 01:00:37,073 WHERE UNIVERSITIES AND 1832 01:00:37,073 --> 01:00:40,443 ORGANIZATIONS CAN PILOT 1833 01:00:40,443 --> 01:00:42,044 STRATEGIES RELATED TO 1834 01:00:42,044 --> 01:00:43,045 GENDER-BASED INEQUITIES. 1835 01:00:43,045 --> 01:00:44,713 IN TERMS OF UPCOMING EVENTS, I 1836 01:00:44,713 --> 01:00:51,087 WANT TO HIGHLIGHT RECENT 1837 01:00:51,087 --> 01:00:52,221 NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE 1838 01:00:52,221 --> 01:00:54,390 AND MEDICINE WORKSHOP WHERE 1839 01:00:54,390 --> 01:00:56,959 SHE'S CO-CHAIRING AN EFFORT OF 1840 01:00:56,959 --> 01:00:57,626 REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND 1841 01:00:57,626 --> 01:00:58,494 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 1842 01:00:58,494 --> 01:00:59,261 FANTASTIC LINEUP. 1843 01:00:59,261 --> 01:01:00,362 I CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THE TAPE. 1844 01:01:00,362 --> 01:01:04,066 IT WAS THE SAME TIME AS THE 1845 01:01:04,066 --> 01:01:05,167 BIRCWH MEETING SO I COULDN'T DO 1846 01:01:05,167 --> 01:01:05,468 BOTH. 1847 01:01:05,468 --> 01:01:07,269 AND THEN COMING UP ON 1848 01:01:07,269 --> 01:01:08,471 OCTOBER 30TH, WE'RE HAVING 1849 01:01:08,471 --> 01:01:12,541 ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS WEBINAR. 1850 01:01:12,541 --> 01:01:13,976 OADR-ORWH IS HAVING THEIR FIFTH 1851 01:01:13,976 --> 01:01:15,878 SESSION ON GETTING INPUT FROM 1852 01:01:15,878 --> 01:01:18,080 THE PUBLIC AND GIVING UPDATES ON 1853 01:01:18,080 --> 01:01:21,050 NOVEMBER 8TH, AND THEN OADR-ORWH 1854 01:01:21,050 --> 01:01:22,852 SCIENCE TALKS IS FOCUSED ON THE 1855 01:01:22,852 --> 01:01:24,453 CANCER AUTOIMMUNE CONNECTION, 1856 01:01:24,453 --> 01:01:25,554 DECODING THE PARADOX. 1857 01:01:25,554 --> 01:01:27,857 I KNOW DR. SHAMAGAM WOULD LOVE 1858 01:01:27,857 --> 01:01:30,326 TO SEE YOU ALL THERE ON DECEMBE. 1859 01:01:30,326 --> 01:01:31,827 ALL OF THESE SESSIONS HAVE BEEN 1860 01:01:31,827 --> 01:01:32,795 VERY POPULAR IN THE SCIENTIFIC 1861 01:01:32,795 --> 01:01:33,462 COMMUNITY. 1862 01:01:33,462 --> 01:01:34,730 ATION I WRAP UP HERE, I JUST 1863 01:01:34,730 --> 01:01:36,098 WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR WOMEN'S 1864 01:01:36,098 --> 01:01:38,167 HEALTH IN FOCUS QUARTERLY 1865 01:01:38,167 --> 01:01:38,901 PUBLICATION. 1866 01:01:38,901 --> 01:01:40,069 IT JUST CAME OUT. 1867 01:01:40,069 --> 01:01:43,072 IT'S FOCUSED ON INFECTIOUS 1868 01:01:43,072 --> 01:01:43,506 DISEASE. 1869 01:01:43,506 --> 01:01:45,007 I WENT BACK ACTUALLY RECENTLY TO 1870 01:01:45,007 --> 01:01:48,811 LOOK AT THE TOPICS THAT WE'VE 1871 01:01:48,811 --> 01:01:50,112 COVERED IN THESE QUARTERLY 1872 01:01:50,112 --> 01:01:50,446 PUBLICATIONS. 1873 01:01:50,446 --> 01:01:52,548 WE HAVE COVERED A FULL RANGE OF 1874 01:01:52,548 --> 01:01:53,415 WOMEN'S HEALTH TOPICS. 1875 01:01:53,415 --> 01:01:55,251 IT'S TRULY HEAD TO TOE. 1876 01:01:55,251 --> 01:01:56,886 INSIDE AND OUT APPROACH. 1877 01:01:56,886 --> 01:01:59,488 EACH OF THESE INCLUDES A SCIENCE 1878 01:01:59,488 --> 01:02:01,123 SPOTLIGHT, AN INSTITUTIONAL 1879 01:02:01,123 --> 01:02:03,425 SPOTLIGHT, AND THIS ONE, WE IN 1880 01:02:03,425 --> 01:02:07,329 OUR SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT 1881 01:02:07,329 --> 01:02:13,536 INTERVIEWED DR. M MARAZZO. 1882 01:02:13,536 --> 01:02:15,404 THERE'S CONTENT ABOUT THE 1883 01:02:15,404 --> 01:02:17,106 INCREDIBLE AND DISTURBING 1884 01:02:17,106 --> 01:02:19,108 SITUATION WITH CONGENITAL 1885 01:02:19,108 --> 01:02:20,843 SYPHILIS AND SYPHILIS INFECTION 1886 01:02:20,843 --> 01:02:24,013 IN THIS COUNTRY, AS WELL AS SEX 1887 01:02:24,013 --> 01:02:25,314 DIFFERENCES IN INFECTION AND 1888 01:02:25,314 --> 01:02:27,049 IMMUNITY RELATED TO MICROBES. 1889 01:02:27,049 --> 01:02:28,817 SO PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT. 1890 01:02:28,817 --> 01:02:31,387 AND IF THERE'S A TOPIC YOU'RE 1891 01:02:31,387 --> 01:02:33,055 INTERESTED IN, THERE IS PROBABLY 1892 01:02:33,055 --> 01:02:37,092 A PREVIOUS INFO CUSS IN FOCUS D 1893 01:02:37,092 --> 01:02:37,293 THAT. 1894 01:02:37,293 --> 01:02:38,928 SO WE WORK WITH THE INSTITUTES 1895 01:02:38,928 --> 01:02:40,329 AND CENTERS, WE INVITE GUEST 1896 01:02:40,329 --> 01:02:43,365 EDITORS FOR THIS FIRST QUARTER 1897 01:02:43,365 --> 01:02:44,800 EARLY PUBLICATION, AND I WANT TO 1898 01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:50,039 CALL OUT OUR COMMS TEAM AND 1899 01:02:50,039 --> 01:02:51,106 DIRECTOR FOR PUBLICIZING ALL 1900 01:02:51,106 --> 01:02:52,007 THIS INFORMATION THROUGH OUR 1901 01:02:52,007 --> 01:02:55,010 MONTHLY EMAIL, OUR IN THE SPOT 1902 01:02:55,010 --> 01:02:56,011 ARTICLES ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOU 1903 01:02:56,011 --> 01:02:57,213 CAN FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 1904 01:02:57,213 --> 01:02:57,780 HERE. 1905 01:02:57,780 --> 01:02:59,982 SO VIVIAN, I'M ONLY 2 MINUTES 1906 01:02:59,982 --> 01:03:01,917 OVER, BUT THAT DOESN'T GIVE ANY 1907 01:03:01,917 --> 01:03:04,019 TIME FOR DISCUSSION OR 1908 01:03:04,019 --> 01:03:04,420 QUESTIONS. 1909 01:03:04,420 --> 01:03:06,722 SHALL WE JUST TAKE ONE QUESTION 1910 01:03:06,722 --> 01:03:08,791 IF THERE'S ANYTHING BURNING, AND 1911 01:03:08,791 --> 01:03:10,526 THEN IF YOU HAVE OTHER 1912 01:03:10,526 --> 01:03:11,627 QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I DO WANT TO 1913 01:03:11,627 --> 01:03:13,963 STAY ON TIME, PLEASE WRITE THEM 1914 01:03:13,963 --> 01:03:15,531 DOWN, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL 1915 01:03:15,531 --> 01:03:17,299 DISCUSSION SLOTS DURING THE DAY, 1916 01:03:17,299 --> 01:03:19,468 AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN 1917 01:03:19,468 --> 01:03:20,236 THEM THEN. 1918 01:03:20,236 --> 01:03:21,537 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 1919 01:03:21,537 --> 01:03:21,971 ATTENTION. 1920 01:03:21,971 --> 01:03:26,475 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM 1921 01:03:26,475 --> 01:03:27,676 ADVISORY MEMBERS OR VISITORS 1922 01:03:27,676 --> 01:03:28,744 THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THE 1923 01:03:28,744 --> 01:03:37,319 TABLE? 1924 01:03:37,319 --> 01:03:39,655 >> THANK YOU FOR BEING NEAR ON 1925 01:03:39,655 --> 01:03:49,765 TIME. 1926 01:03:53,869 --> 01:03:54,903 LET ME INTRODUCE YOU. 1927 01:03:54,903 --> 01:03:55,871 YOU SHOULD GO UP THERE. 1928 01:03:55,871 --> 01:03:57,072 I THINK YOU WANT TO GO UP THERE. 1929 01:03:57,072 --> 01:03:59,942 >> I THINK SO. 1930 01:03:59,942 --> 01:04:02,411 >> IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO 1931 01:04:02,411 --> 01:04:04,613 INTRODUCE DR. BRUCE TROMBERG. 1932 01:04:04,613 --> 01:04:06,248 DR. TROMBERG IS THE DIRECTOR OF 1933 01:04:06,248 --> 01:04:07,549 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 1934 01:04:07,549 --> 01:04:08,851 BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BUY 1935 01:04:08,851 --> 01:04:15,291 OWNBIOENGINEERING. 1936 01:04:15,291 --> 01:04:18,260 SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY NIBI BI., 1937 01:04:18,260 --> 01:04:21,630 B.I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THE FULL 1938 01:04:21,630 --> 01:04:22,064 NAME. 1939 01:04:22,064 --> 01:04:22,598 HE'LL TELL US. 1940 01:04:22,598 --> 01:04:23,999 WHERE HE OVERSEES THE RANGE OF 1941 01:04:23,999 --> 01:04:25,834 PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS 1942 01:04:25,834 --> 01:04:27,603 DEVELOPING, TRANSLATING AND 1943 01:04:27,603 --> 01:04:28,570 COMMERCIALIZING ENGINEERING 1944 01:04:28,570 --> 01:04:29,972 PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND 1945 01:04:29,972 --> 01:04:31,607 COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AND 1946 01:04:31,607 --> 01:04:33,809 BIOLOGY IN MEDICINE. 1947 01:04:33,809 --> 01:04:36,512 HE LEADS NIBIB'S RAPID 1948 01:04:36,512 --> 01:04:39,014 ACCELERATION OF DIAGNOSTICS 1949 01:04:39,014 --> 01:04:39,915 TECHNOLOGY OR RADX 1950 01:04:39,915 --> 01:04:40,549 TECHNICIANTIVE WHICH WAS 1951 01:04:40,549 --> 01:04:43,052 ESTABLISHED IN 2020 TO INCREASE 1952 01:04:43,052 --> 01:04:45,354 SARS-COV-2 TESTING CAPACITY AND 1953 01:04:45,354 --> 01:04:47,423 PERFORMANCE, AND BROADEN IN 2023 1954 01:04:47,423 --> 01:04:49,291 TO INCLUDE OVER THE COUNTER 1955 01:04:49,291 --> 01:04:50,559 POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTICS FOR 1956 01:04:50,559 --> 01:04:51,794 ADDITIONAL DISEASES AND 1957 01:04:51,794 --> 01:04:52,294 CONDITIONS. 1958 01:04:52,294 --> 01:04:55,030 AND BRUCE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN 1959 01:04:55,030 --> 01:04:57,099 NIH BEING ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE 1960 01:04:57,099 --> 01:04:58,600 PANDEMIC AND FOR THAT, I'M 1961 01:04:58,600 --> 01:05:00,235 PERSONALLY GRATEFUL. 1962 01:05:00,235 --> 01:05:01,870 HIS LABORATORY, THE SECTION ON 1963 01:05:01,870 --> 01:05:03,839 BIOMEDICAL OPTICS, IS IN THE 1964 01:05:03,839 --> 01:05:05,174 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL 1965 01:05:05,174 --> 01:05:06,342 INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND 1966 01:05:06,342 --> 01:05:07,976 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, AND HE WORKS 1967 01:05:07,976 --> 01:05:10,813 ON DEVELOPING PORTABLE BEDSIDE 1968 01:05:10,813 --> 01:05:12,648 NON-CONTACT AND WEARABLE 1969 01:05:12,648 --> 01:05:13,882 TECHNOLOGIES FOR QUANTITATIVE 1970 01:05:13,882 --> 01:05:16,385 SENSING AND IMAGING OF TISSUE 1971 01:05:16,385 --> 01:05:19,621 COMPOSITION AND METABOLISM. 1972 01:05:19,621 --> 01:05:20,789 BRUCE CAME TO US FROM THE 1973 01:05:20,789 --> 01:05:22,458 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE, 1974 01:05:22,458 --> 01:05:26,495 HAS HAD AN OVER 300 -- NOT 1975 01:05:26,495 --> 01:05:27,963 300-YEAR. 1976 01:05:27,963 --> 01:05:28,831 30-YEAR ACADEMIC CAREER. 1977 01:05:28,831 --> 01:05:31,266 >> IT FEELS LIKE 300. 1978 01:05:31,266 --> 01:05:33,602 >> -- DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL 1979 01:05:33,602 --> 01:05:35,904 ENGINEERING, HAS CO-AUTHORED 1980 01:05:35,904 --> 01:05:39,742 OVER 450 PUBLICATIONS, HOLDS 25 1981 01:05:39,742 --> 01:05:41,844 PATENTS, AND IS A MEMBER OF THE 1982 01:05:41,844 --> 01:05:43,979 NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF MEDICINE 1983 01:05:43,979 --> 01:05:45,381 AND ENGINEERING. 1984 01:05:45,381 --> 01:05:47,449 IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO 1985 01:05:47,449 --> 01:05:50,285 WELCOME DR. BRUCE TROMBERG TO 1986 01:05:50,285 --> 01:05:51,887 THE 61ST MEETING OF THE ADVISORY 1987 01:05:51,887 --> 01:05:52,788 COMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH ON 1988 01:05:52,788 --> 01:05:53,889 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 1989 01:05:53,889 --> 01:05:56,592 DR. TROMBERG. 1990 01:05:56,592 --> 01:05:57,459 >> THANK YOU, JANINE. 1991 01:05:57,459 --> 01:05:58,093 THANK YOU. 1992 01:05:58,093 --> 01:06:00,396 IT'S REALLY -- IT'S FANTASTIC TO 1993 01:06:00,396 --> 01:06:01,163 BE HERE. 1994 01:06:01,163 --> 01:06:02,898 JANINE IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE 1995 01:06:02,898 --> 01:06:03,999 SUPPORTER OF TECHNOLOGY. 1996 01:06:03,999 --> 01:06:06,034 OF COURSE THE FORMAT OF TODAY'S 1997 01:06:06,034 --> 01:06:11,106 MEETING IS REALLY ALL AROUND 1998 01:06:11,106 --> 01:06:13,342 TECHNOLOGY I THINK THIS POSSIBLY 1999 01:06:13,342 --> 01:06:14,943 CAME FROM JANINE'S INSPIRATIONAL 2000 01:06:14,943 --> 01:06:16,378 TALK IN OUR MAY COUNCIL MEETING 2001 01:06:16,378 --> 01:06:17,780 THIS PAST YEAR. 2002 01:06:17,780 --> 01:06:21,950 OF COURSE NO GOOD DEED GOES 2003 01:06:21,950 --> 01:06:22,651 UNPUNISHED. 2004 01:06:22,651 --> 01:06:24,920 SHE IS NOW OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER 2005 01:06:24,920 --> 01:06:26,455 FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. 2006 01:06:26,455 --> 01:06:28,090 YOU DIDN'T PUT THAT ON YOUR 2007 01:06:28,090 --> 01:06:29,158 EVENTS. 2008 01:06:29,158 --> 01:06:30,359 OCTOBER 25TH, THE BIGGEST 2009 01:06:30,359 --> 01:06:35,597 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING MEETING 2010 01:06:35,597 --> 01:06:35,931 IN THE WORLD. 2011 01:06:35,931 --> 01:06:38,333 THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF 2012 01:06:38,333 --> 01:06:40,102 COLLABORATION BETWEEN MEDICINE, 2013 01:06:40,102 --> 01:06:41,603 ARTICULATION OF NEEDS AND THE 2014 01:06:41,603 --> 01:06:42,204 TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY THAT WE 2015 01:06:42,204 --> 01:06:43,472 NEED. 2016 01:06:43,472 --> 01:06:45,441 SO MY TALK IS GOING TO BE A 2017 01:06:45,441 --> 01:06:48,477 LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND I HAVE 2018 01:06:48,477 --> 01:06:51,647 SOME KIND OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON 2019 01:06:51,647 --> 01:06:54,383 ENGINEERS AND THE ORIGIN OF 2020 01:06:54,383 --> 01:06:55,484 NIBIB, AS WELL AS SOME TECHNICAL 2021 01:06:55,484 --> 01:06:56,552 SLIDE ON WHAT SOME OF OUR 2022 01:06:56,552 --> 01:06:59,154 COMMUNITY ARE DOING. 2023 01:06:59,154 --> 01:07:01,790 BUT I HAVE MY COLLEAGUES, YOU 2024 01:07:01,790 --> 01:07:03,559 KNOW, AFTER JANINE INVITED ME TO 2025 01:07:03,559 --> 01:07:06,795 GIVE THIS TALK, WE REALLY 2026 01:07:06,795 --> 01:07:08,764 REACHED OUT AND HAD A BROAD 2027 01:07:08,764 --> 01:07:10,732 CONVERSATION WITHIN NIBIB WITH 2028 01:07:10,732 --> 01:07:14,336 OUR PROGRAM TEAM AND STAFF, AND 2029 01:07:14,336 --> 01:07:15,437 REALLY HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION 2030 01:07:15,437 --> 01:07:16,438 ON WHAT KINDS OF TECHNOLOGIES 2031 01:07:16,438 --> 01:07:18,273 ARE WE SUPPORTING, ARE WE DOING 2032 01:07:18,273 --> 01:07:19,575 ENOUGH, WHAT'S THE EXTENT AND 2033 01:07:19,575 --> 01:07:20,876 THE SCOPE AND THE IMPACT THAT 2034 01:07:20,876 --> 01:07:23,846 WE'RE HAVING. 2035 01:07:23,846 --> 01:07:25,481 SO THIS OPPORTUNITY IS REALLY A 2036 01:07:25,481 --> 01:07:26,648 CHANCE FOR EVERYONE TO GET INTO 2037 01:07:26,648 --> 01:07:28,317 A DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION. 2038 01:07:28,317 --> 01:07:31,353 THERE'S SO MUCH ENTHUSIASM 2039 01:07:31,353 --> 01:07:32,120 WITHIN NIBIB AND OUR COMMUNITY, 2040 01:07:32,120 --> 01:07:34,423 I THINK YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE 2041 01:07:34,423 --> 01:07:35,824 THAT AND FEEL IT FROM THE TALK, 2042 01:07:35,824 --> 01:07:36,925 BUT THERE'S STILL LOTS OF WORK 2043 01:07:36,925 --> 01:07:37,259 TO DO. 2044 01:07:37,259 --> 01:07:39,761 SO I REALLY THANK -- I'M VERY 2045 01:07:39,761 --> 01:07:41,630 GRATEFUL TO MY MANY COLLEAGUES, 2046 01:07:41,630 --> 01:07:43,465 PROBABLY I COULD HAVE PUT ALMOST 2047 01:07:43,465 --> 01:07:45,000 EVERYONE IN NIBIB ON THIS SLIDE. 2048 01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:48,704 BUT THESE ARE KEY PROGRAM 2049 01:07:48,704 --> 01:07:50,138 COLLABORATORS WHO ARE MANAGING 2050 01:07:50,138 --> 01:07:53,075 AND DRIVING FORWARD NEW 2051 01:07:53,075 --> 01:07:53,842 TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WOMEN'S 2052 01:07:53,842 --> 01:07:56,144 HEALTH. 2053 01:07:56,144 --> 01:07:57,346 SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT 2054 01:07:57,346 --> 01:08:00,182 OF BACKGROUND, JANINE SORT OF 2055 01:08:00,182 --> 01:08:02,918 MENTIONED SOME PEOPLE CALL US 2056 01:08:02,918 --> 01:08:04,553 NIBIB OR NIBIB, IT'S A VERY 2057 01:08:04,553 --> 01:08:04,953 COMPLICATED NAME. 2058 01:08:04,953 --> 01:08:06,288 LET ME GO BACK TO THE ORIGINS. 2059 01:08:06,288 --> 01:08:07,589 WE'RE ACTUALLY VERY HAPPY IF 2060 01:08:07,589 --> 01:08:09,458 ANYBODY MENTIONS US AT ALL, SO 2061 01:08:09,458 --> 01:08:12,294 WE'RE THE ENGINEERS. 2062 01:08:12,294 --> 01:08:13,695 AND PEOPLE KIND OF TAKE US FOR 2063 01:08:13,695 --> 01:08:14,463 GRANTED. 2064 01:08:14,463 --> 01:08:16,865 IF STUFF WORKS, IT'S GOOD, THE 2065 01:08:16,865 --> 01:08:18,267 ENGINEERS BUILT IT, BUT WHEN 2066 01:08:18,267 --> 01:08:19,034 IT'S BRO KERNTION WE'RE IN 2067 01:08:19,034 --> 01:08:21,537 TROUBLE. 2068 01:08:21,537 --> 01:08:22,538 BROKEN, WE'RE IN TROUBLE. 2069 01:08:22,538 --> 01:08:23,939 SO ENGINEERING AT NIH IS KIND OF 2070 01:08:23,939 --> 01:08:26,008 A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC. 2071 01:08:26,008 --> 01:08:27,442 HAROLD VARMUS, ONE OF THE NIH 2072 01:08:27,442 --> 01:08:30,379 DIRECTORS, IN FACT, THE ONE WHO 2073 01:08:30,379 --> 01:08:31,813 WAS AT THE HELM DURING THE 2074 01:08:31,813 --> 01:08:32,748 CREATION OF NIBIB, WHICH 2075 01:08:32,748 --> 01:08:36,051 HAPPENED IN 2000, WAS COMPLETELY 2076 01:08:36,051 --> 01:08:38,153 OPPOSED TO IT. 2077 01:08:38,153 --> 01:08:39,988 HIS PHILOSOPHY WAS THAT 2078 01:08:39,988 --> 01:08:40,956 BIOENGINEERING SHOULD BE IN ALL 2079 01:08:40,956 --> 01:08:42,157 THE INSTITUTES, AND IT DOESN'T 2080 01:08:42,157 --> 01:08:43,458 REALLY NEED ITS OWN INDEPENDENT 2081 01:08:43,458 --> 01:08:45,027 HOME. 2082 01:08:45,027 --> 01:08:46,628 BUT THE ENGINEERING AND THE 2083 01:08:46,628 --> 01:08:47,529 IMAGING COMMUNITIES REALLY GOT 2084 01:08:47,529 --> 01:08:51,900 TOGETHER AND PUT OVER ABOUT A 2085 01:08:51,900 --> 01:08:52,868 DECADE, LOTS OF PRESSURE ON 2086 01:08:52,868 --> 01:08:57,105 CONGRESS TO REALLY CONTEMPLATE 2087 01:08:57,105 --> 01:08:58,307 THAT THERE SHOULD BE A SEPARATE 2088 01:08:58,307 --> 01:08:59,541 INSTITUTE THAT REALLY CARES 2089 01:08:59,541 --> 01:09:01,276 ABOUT COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, 2090 01:09:01,276 --> 01:09:04,313 HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT, ALL OF THE 2091 01:09:04,313 --> 01:09:05,647 THINGS -- SOFT MATERIALS 2092 01:09:05,647 --> 01:09:07,482 ENGINEERING LIKE TISSUE 2093 01:09:07,482 --> 01:09:08,483 ENGINEERING, MICRO PHYSIOLOGIC 2094 01:09:08,483 --> 01:09:08,917 SYSTEMS. 2095 01:09:08,917 --> 01:09:12,287 ALL THESE THINGS THAT WERE HOPED 2096 01:09:12,287 --> 01:09:14,823 FOR, BUT NO SINGLE INSTITUTE 2097 01:09:14,823 --> 01:09:16,858 REALLY HAD, I GUESS, THE 2098 01:09:16,858 --> 01:09:18,927 RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADVANCING 2099 01:09:18,927 --> 01:09:19,728 THESE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE 2100 01:09:19,728 --> 01:09:22,230 CONTEXT OF ALL OF THE MOLECULAR 2101 01:09:22,230 --> 01:09:23,498 BIOLOGY IN MEDICINE THAT GOES ON 2102 01:09:23,498 --> 01:09:23,999 AT THE NIH. 2103 01:09:23,999 --> 01:09:26,468 SO I HAVE AN EXCERPT FROM THE 2104 01:09:26,468 --> 01:09:27,469 PUBLIC LAW, WHICH IS A LITTLE 2105 01:09:27,469 --> 01:09:28,770 BIT -- IT'S OUR CREATION STORY 2106 01:09:28,770 --> 01:09:30,405 AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SHARE THIS. 2107 01:09:30,405 --> 01:09:32,708 THE LANGUAGE IS QUITE 2108 01:09:32,708 --> 01:09:34,676 INSPIRATIONAL AND 2109 01:09:34,676 --> 01:09:35,043 FORWARD-LOOKING. 2110 01:09:35,043 --> 01:09:36,411 KIND OF SURPRISING FOR CONGRESS, 2111 01:09:36,411 --> 01:09:38,513 BUT IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFULLY 2112 01:09:38,513 --> 01:09:40,349 ARTICULATED. 2113 01:09:40,349 --> 01:09:42,551 AND SINCE NIBIB WAS ESTABLISHED, 2114 01:09:42,551 --> 01:09:45,721 THIS NIBIB ESTABLISHMENT ACT, 2115 01:09:45,721 --> 01:09:48,423 THERE'S BEEN ENORMOUS GROWTH IN 2116 01:09:48,423 --> 01:09:49,625 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ACROSS 2117 01:09:49,625 --> 01:09:50,726 THE COUNTRY AND IN FACT ALL 2118 01:09:50,726 --> 01:09:51,293 ACROSS THE WORLD. 2119 01:09:51,293 --> 01:09:52,694 YOU CAN SEE THE ARROW POINTING 2120 01:09:52,694 --> 01:09:54,029 TO THE INFLECTION POINT. 2121 01:09:54,029 --> 01:09:56,198 THERE IS A FOUNDATION CALLED THE 2122 01:09:56,198 --> 01:10:00,102 WHITTAKER FOUNDATION THAT SPENT 2123 01:10:00,102 --> 01:10:02,170 $760 MILLION OVER A 20-YEAR 2124 01:10:02,170 --> 01:10:03,372 PERIOD ON ESTABLISHING 2125 01:10:03,372 --> 01:10:04,906 BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 2126 01:10:04,906 --> 01:10:05,674 DEPARTMENTS ALL AROUND THE 2127 01:10:05,674 --> 01:10:06,241 COUNTRY. 2128 01:10:06,241 --> 01:10:07,442 SO AT THE TIME NIBIB WAS 2129 01:10:07,442 --> 01:10:09,011 ESTABLISHED, THERE WERE ABOUT 40 2130 01:10:09,011 --> 01:10:12,314 OR 50 WHAT WE CALL 2131 01:10:12,314 --> 01:10:12,914 ABET-CERTIFIED DEPARTMENTS IN 2132 01:10:12,914 --> 01:10:13,215 THE COUNTRY. 2133 01:10:13,215 --> 01:10:14,416 WE NOW HAVE OVER 180. 2134 01:10:14,416 --> 01:10:16,585 THERE ARE MORE THAN 200 GRADUATE 2135 01:10:16,585 --> 01:10:17,686 PROGRAMS, AND IT'S REALLY 2136 01:10:17,686 --> 01:10:19,187 CHANGED THE CULTURE AND THE 2137 01:10:19,187 --> 01:10:20,856 LANDSCAPE IN EDUCATION. 2138 01:10:20,856 --> 01:10:23,025 SO HUMAN HEALTH HAS BECOME A TOP 2139 01:10:23,025 --> 01:10:23,792 PRIORITY IN ENGINEERING. 2140 01:10:23,792 --> 01:10:25,927 SO I WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE 2141 01:10:25,927 --> 01:10:26,828 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING IN THE 2142 01:10:26,828 --> 01:10:27,162 90s. 2143 01:10:27,162 --> 01:10:28,263 NOBODY REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT 2144 01:10:28,263 --> 01:10:29,364 HUMAN HEALTH BACK THEN. 2145 01:10:29,364 --> 01:10:31,333 IT WASN'T UNTIL THE LATE '90S, 2146 01:10:31,333 --> 01:10:33,835 WHEN WE GOT A GRANT FROM THE 2147 01:10:33,835 --> 01:10:36,338 WHITTAKER FOUNDATION, THAT 2148 01:10:36,338 --> 01:10:41,810 ALLOWED US TO START A A BIOMEDIL 2149 01:10:41,810 --> 01:10:42,344 ENGINEERING PROGRAM. 2150 01:10:42,344 --> 01:10:44,980 IT BECAME A NUMBER ONE OR TWO 2151 01:10:44,980 --> 01:10:46,381 STRATEGIC PRIORITY OF SCHOOLS OF 2152 01:10:46,381 --> 01:10:46,815 ENGINEERING. 2153 01:10:46,815 --> 01:10:49,117 WE ALSO SEE MEDICINE ENGINEERING 2154 01:10:49,117 --> 01:10:50,085 PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH SCHOOLS OF 2155 01:10:50,085 --> 01:10:50,419 MEDICINE. 2156 01:10:50,419 --> 01:10:52,487 SO THERE ARE TWO SCHOOLS OF 2157 01:10:52,487 --> 01:10:54,489 MEDICINE NOW, UNIVERSITY OF 2158 01:10:54,489 --> 01:10:56,291 ILLINOIS UR BAP NA CHAMPAGNE AND 2159 01:10:56,291 --> 01:10:58,860 TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY. 2160 01:10:58,860 --> 01:11:01,129 THE TEXAS ONE FOUNDED BY MY 2161 01:11:01,129 --> 01:11:03,098 PREDECESSOR AND FOUNDER OF 2162 01:11:03,098 --> 01:11:13,709 NIBIB, ROB PE PETT IT GREW, THE 2163 01:11:13,909 --> 01:11:14,209 FIRST DIRECTOR. 2164 01:11:14,209 --> 01:11:15,911 STUDENTS WHO COME OUT ACTUALLY 2165 01:11:15,911 --> 01:11:17,312 GRADUATE AT LEAST IN TEXAS A 2166 01:11:17,312 --> 01:11:19,181 APPED M WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE 2167 01:11:19,181 --> 01:11:20,949 IN ENGINEERING AS WELL AS THEIR 2168 01:11:20,949 --> 01:11:21,283 M.D. DEGREES. 2169 01:11:21,283 --> 01:11:22,684 THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF 2170 01:11:22,684 --> 01:11:23,985 CENTERS AND PERHAPS MANY OF YOU 2171 01:11:23,985 --> 01:11:25,087 ARE AFFILIATED WITH SOME OF 2172 01:11:25,087 --> 01:11:26,722 THOSE CENTERS FOR ENGINEERING 2173 01:11:26,722 --> 01:11:28,223 AND MEDICINE ALL AROUND THE 2174 01:11:28,223 --> 01:11:29,024 COUNTRY. 2175 01:11:29,024 --> 01:11:30,625 VIRTUALLY EVERY MAJOR RESEARCH 2176 01:11:30,625 --> 01:11:32,027 UNIVERSITY HAS THESE. 2177 01:11:32,027 --> 01:11:33,495 THEY'RE QUITE INTERDISCIPLINARY. 2178 01:11:33,495 --> 01:11:37,632 AND ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY HAS 2179 01:11:37,632 --> 01:11:39,267 HELPED DRIVE INNOVATION, 2180 01:11:39,267 --> 01:11:39,968 ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND THERE'S 2181 01:11:39,968 --> 01:11:42,537 BEEN A REMARKABLE IMPACT IN 2182 01:11:42,537 --> 01:11:44,706 DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR IN THE 2183 01:11:44,706 --> 01:11:45,707 ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION OF 2184 01:11:45,707 --> 01:11:47,576 WOMEN IN SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING 2185 01:11:47,576 --> 01:11:48,543 AND DEPARTMENTS ALL ACROSS 2186 01:11:48,543 --> 01:11:48,844 ENGINEERING. 2187 01:11:48,844 --> 01:11:50,178 AND I HAVE SOME STATISTICS THAT 2188 01:11:50,178 --> 01:11:51,279 I'LL SHOW YOU ON THAT. 2189 01:11:51,279 --> 01:11:56,718 SO WHAT DO WE DO AT NIBIB? 2190 01:11:56,718 --> 01:11:58,386 WE HAVE LESS THAN A PERCENT OF 2191 01:11:58,386 --> 01:12:00,021 THE TOTAL NIH BUDGET, BUT WE 2192 01:12:00,021 --> 01:12:02,224 FORM PARTNERSHIPS WITH VIRTUALLY 2193 01:12:02,224 --> 01:12:05,360 EVERY INSTITUTE, CENTER AND 2194 01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:06,895 OFFICE BECAUSE THERE'S THIS 2195 01:12:06,895 --> 01:12:08,663 DRIVE TO DEVELOP NEW 2196 01:12:08,663 --> 01:12:11,266 TECHNOLOGIES IN ENGINEERING THAT 2197 01:12:11,266 --> 01:12:12,734 CAN GO INTO MANY, MANY DIFFERENT 2198 01:12:12,734 --> 01:12:13,568 APPLICATION AREAS. 2199 01:12:13,568 --> 01:12:15,303 SO ENGINEERING AND IMAGING 2200 01:12:15,303 --> 01:12:16,972 TECHNOLOGIES ARE CENTRAL TO US. 2201 01:12:16,972 --> 01:12:19,674 BUT WE BUILD PARTNERSHIPS AND 2202 01:12:19,674 --> 01:12:20,575 DRIVE COLLABORATION ALL ACROSS 2203 01:12:20,575 --> 01:12:21,877 THE INSTITUTES, CENTERS AND 2204 01:12:21,877 --> 01:12:22,410 OFFICES. 2205 01:12:22,410 --> 01:12:25,480 SO IF WE BREAK DOWN HOW MUCH ALL 2206 01:12:25,480 --> 01:12:30,418 THE INSTITUTES ARE SPENDING ON 2207 01:12:30,418 --> 01:12:32,053 BIOENGINEERING, VIRTUALLY ALL OF 2208 01:12:32,053 --> 01:12:34,456 OUR RESOURCES AT NIBIB ARE SPENT 2209 01:12:34,456 --> 01:12:34,990 ON BIOENGINEERING. 2210 01:12:34,990 --> 01:12:36,424 YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENT FUNDING 2211 01:12:36,424 --> 01:12:38,193 THAT GOES TOWARDS BIOENGINEERING 2212 01:12:38,193 --> 01:12:41,229 AS A FUNCTION OF THE 2213 01:12:41,229 --> 01:12:42,531 APPROPRIATED BUDGET, SO YOU CAN 2214 01:12:42,531 --> 01:12:44,299 SEE WAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE, NCI 2215 01:12:44,299 --> 01:12:46,234 AND NIAID ARE THE BIG, BIG 2216 01:12:46,234 --> 01:12:46,701 CIRCLES. 2217 01:12:46,701 --> 01:12:48,436 THEY HAVE THE MOST MONEY PER 2218 01:12:48,436 --> 01:12:48,770 YEAR. 2219 01:12:48,770 --> 01:12:51,273 WE'RE A TINY CIRCLE IN THE UPPER 2220 01:12:51,273 --> 01:12:52,707 LEFT-HAND CORNER THAT'S 2221 01:12:52,707 --> 01:12:53,708 PROPORTIONAL TO OUR APPROPRIATED 2222 01:12:53,708 --> 01:12:56,311 BUDGET. 2223 01:12:56,311 --> 01:12:58,280 BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL 2224 01:12:58,280 --> 01:12:59,014 INSTITUTES, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF 2225 01:12:59,014 --> 01:13:03,985 MEDICINE, NIDCD, NIAMS, NEI, 2226 01:13:03,985 --> 01:13:06,288 THEY SPEND BETWEEN 20 AND 30% OF 2227 01:13:06,288 --> 01:13:08,023 THEIR BUDGETS IN TOTAL ON 2228 01:13:08,023 --> 01:13:08,790 BIOENGINEERING, WHICH IS A 2229 01:13:08,790 --> 01:13:10,425 PRETTY IMPRESSIVE NUMBER. 2230 01:13:10,425 --> 01:13:14,262 OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD, THAT'S 2231 01:13:14,262 --> 01:13:16,364 ABOUT $60 BILLION, $55.6 BILLION 2232 01:13:16,364 --> 01:13:17,098 TOTAL THAT'S BEEN SPENT. 2233 01:13:17,098 --> 01:13:18,466 BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO LOOK AT 2234 01:13:18,466 --> 01:13:20,502 THE MOST RECENT TRENDS. 2235 01:13:20,502 --> 01:13:24,739 SO IN 2023, ALL THE INSTITUTES 2236 01:13:24,739 --> 01:13:28,844 HAVE SPENT, IN TOTAL, ABOUT 15% 2237 01:13:28,844 --> 01:13:30,445 OF THE BUDGET ON BIOENGINEERING 2238 01:13:30,445 --> 01:13:31,379 TECHNOLOGIES. 2239 01:13:31,379 --> 01:13:33,248 THAT'S OVER $7 BILLION. 2240 01:13:33,248 --> 01:13:36,051 THAT'S AN ENORMOUS INVESTMENT. 2241 01:13:36,051 --> 01:13:37,352 PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY THINK OF 2242 01:13:37,352 --> 01:13:41,022 NIH AS A TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, 2243 01:13:41,022 --> 01:13:42,090 BUT THIS IS ON THE SCALE OF ALL 2244 01:13:42,090 --> 01:13:44,125 OF THE OTHER FEDERAL TECHNOLOGY 2245 01:13:44,125 --> 01:13:45,827 INSTITUTES THAT ARE INVESTING IN 2246 01:13:45,827 --> 01:13:47,062 HARD CORE TECHNOLOGIES. 2247 01:13:47,062 --> 01:13:48,663 WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING HERE 2248 01:13:48,663 --> 01:13:51,333 AT THE NIH. 2249 01:13:51,333 --> 01:13:52,834 THIS IS DOUBLING ROUGHLY EVERY 2250 01:13:52,834 --> 01:13:54,069 10 YEARS. 2251 01:13:54,069 --> 01:13:56,204 SO WE LIKE MODELING, YOU KNOW, 2252 01:13:56,204 --> 01:14:00,942 WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE NOBEL 2253 01:14:00,942 --> 01:14:03,712 PRIZE IN PHYSICS WAS FOR 2254 01:14:03,712 --> 01:14:04,446 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TODAY. 2255 01:14:04,446 --> 01:14:07,315 SO IF WE USE SOME AI AND SOME 2256 01:14:07,315 --> 01:14:08,817 MODELING, WE WOULD PREDICT THAT 2257 01:14:08,817 --> 01:14:10,919 IN 30 YEARS, THE ENTIRE NIH 2258 01:14:10,919 --> 01:14:12,988 BUDGET WOULD BE SPENT ON 2259 01:14:12,988 --> 01:14:13,755 BIOENGINEERING BUT I DON'T KNOW 2260 01:14:13,755 --> 01:14:15,490 IF ANYONE'S GOING TO BE AROUND 2261 01:14:15,490 --> 01:14:17,025 TO SEE IF THAT'S CORRECT. 2262 01:14:17,025 --> 01:14:18,660 SO WHAT ARE WE SPENDING THE 2263 01:14:18,660 --> 01:14:19,227 MONEY ON? 2264 01:14:19,227 --> 01:14:21,663 WHAT ARE THE KEY TOPICAL AREAS? 2265 01:14:21,663 --> 01:14:28,436 SO THIS IS OUR ICONOGRAPHY 2266 01:14:28,436 --> 01:14:30,105 REPRESENTATION. 2267 01:14:30,105 --> 01:14:31,606 SO WE DO ENGINEERED BIOLOGICAL 2268 01:14:31,606 --> 01:14:32,140 SYSTEMS. 2269 01:14:32,140 --> 01:14:33,909 YOU CAN THINK OF THESE AS MICRO 2270 01:14:33,909 --> 01:14:35,377 PHYSIOLOGIC SYSTEMS, TISSUES ON 2271 01:14:35,377 --> 01:14:37,212 A CHIP, SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. 2272 01:14:37,212 --> 01:14:38,747 YOU'VE HEARD OF ALL OF THESE 2273 01:14:38,747 --> 01:14:39,080 APPROACHES. 2274 01:14:39,080 --> 01:14:40,482 I'LL GIVE YOU A FEW EXAMPLES OF 2275 01:14:40,482 --> 01:14:42,584 THESE THROUGHOUT THE TALK. 2276 01:14:42,584 --> 01:14:44,419 WE SUPPORT -- WE ALSO CALL THAT 2277 01:14:44,419 --> 01:14:46,621 SOFT MATERIALS ENG FEARING. 2278 01:14:46,621 --> 01:14:50,091 WE SUPPORT SENSORS AND POINT OF 2279 01:14:50,091 --> 01:14:50,892 CARE DEVICES. 2280 01:14:50,892 --> 01:14:53,828 THESE INCLUDE BIOPHOTONIC, 2281 01:14:53,828 --> 01:14:54,796 BIOELECTRIC, BIOACOUSTIC TYPES 2282 01:14:54,796 --> 01:14:56,798 OF CENTERS, WEARABLE, 2283 01:14:56,798 --> 01:14:57,999 IMPLANTABLE DEVICES, THINGS THAT 2284 01:14:57,999 --> 01:14:59,734 CAN GO AT THE POINT OF CARE. 2285 01:14:59,734 --> 01:15:02,070 IF YOU THINK OF HOSPITALS, YOU 2286 01:15:02,070 --> 01:15:03,571 THINK OF BIG PHYSICS STUFF LIKE 2287 01:15:03,571 --> 01:15:05,307 YOU'LL GO INTO A GIANT MAGNET. 2288 01:15:05,307 --> 01:15:06,841 THIS IS SMALL PHYSICS THAT YOU 2289 01:15:06,841 --> 01:15:09,044 CAN BRING TO THE PATIENT AND 2290 01:15:09,044 --> 01:15:09,911 ACTUALLY PATIENTS CAN HAVE IN 2291 01:15:09,911 --> 01:15:12,414 THEIR HOMES. 2292 01:15:12,414 --> 01:15:14,849 OF COURSE WE DO SUPPORT THE BIG 2293 01:15:14,849 --> 01:15:16,151 PHYSICS TECHNOLOGIES LIKE 2294 01:15:16,151 --> 01:15:16,918 IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES. 2295 01:15:16,918 --> 01:15:18,553 SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY QUITE 2296 01:15:18,553 --> 01:15:19,087 SPECTACULAR. 2297 01:15:19,087 --> 01:15:22,190 ONE OF THEM I LIKE TO POINT OUT 2298 01:15:22,190 --> 01:15:23,825 OFTEN IS A WHOLE BODY PET 2299 01:15:23,825 --> 01:15:27,762 SCANNER THAT HAS HALF A MILLION 2300 01:15:27,762 --> 01:15:28,530 SCINTILLATORS, 50,000 DETECTORS. 2301 01:15:28,530 --> 01:15:30,332 IT ACTUALLY IS A DESIGN, IF 2302 01:15:30,332 --> 01:15:39,140 YOU'VE HEARD OF THE LARGE HEDRON 2303 01:15:39,140 --> 01:15:40,241 COLLIDER, MORE COMPACT, MORE 2304 01:15:40,241 --> 01:15:41,209 EFFICIENT AND MINIATURE AND 2305 01:15:41,209 --> 01:15:43,078 DESIGN TODAY DO ENTIRE BODY PET 2306 01:15:43,078 --> 01:15:45,480 SCAN IN SEVEN MINUTES. 2307 01:15:45,480 --> 01:15:47,549 AND EVERY SECOND, YOU CAN DO A 2308 01:15:47,549 --> 01:15:48,984 DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED 2309 01:15:48,984 --> 01:15:49,751 UPDATE. 2310 01:15:49,751 --> 01:15:51,720 SO IT'S REVOLUTIONIZING HOW 2311 01:15:51,720 --> 01:15:53,355 PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT METABOLIC 2312 01:15:53,355 --> 01:15:54,656 AND FUNCTIONAL IMAGING. 2313 01:15:54,656 --> 01:15:56,291 WE ALSO DEVELOP THERAPEUTIC 2314 01:15:56,291 --> 01:15:56,858 SYSTEMS. 2315 01:15:56,858 --> 01:16:01,997 THESE INCLUDE ROBOTIC DEVICES, 2316 01:16:01,997 --> 01:16:03,631 ROBOTICALLY PROVIDED SURGERY, 2317 01:16:03,631 --> 01:16:04,399 EXOSKELETONS. 2318 01:16:04,399 --> 01:16:05,734 ALSO DEVICES TO DELIVER ENERGY 2319 01:16:05,734 --> 01:16:08,670 INTO THE BODY, LIKE FOCUSED 2320 01:16:08,670 --> 01:16:10,205 ULTRASOUND, BOTH LOW INTENSITY 2321 01:16:10,205 --> 01:16:11,406 AND HIGH INTENSITY. 2322 01:16:11,406 --> 01:16:13,041 HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED 2323 01:16:13,041 --> 01:16:14,809 ULTRASOUND CAN BE USED TO 2324 01:16:14,809 --> 01:16:16,344 DELIVER ENERGY TO DO SURGERY 2325 01:16:16,344 --> 01:16:18,279 WITHOUT HAVING TO OPEN THE 2326 01:16:18,279 --> 01:16:20,181 TISSUE, OPEN THE BODY. 2327 01:16:20,181 --> 01:16:21,816 ONE VERY IMPORTANT EXAMPLE OF 2328 01:16:21,816 --> 01:16:25,086 THIS IS BRAIN SURGERY, WHICH YOU 2329 01:16:25,086 --> 01:16:26,721 CAN TREAT ESSENTIAL TREMOR WITH 2330 01:16:26,721 --> 01:16:29,224 FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TO THE BRAIN, 2331 01:16:29,224 --> 01:16:29,691 SUBMILLIMETER SPOTS TO 2332 01:16:29,691 --> 01:16:30,158 INACTIVATE. 2333 01:16:30,158 --> 01:16:33,028 YOU CAN ALSO DRIVE MOLECULAR OR 2334 01:16:33,028 --> 01:16:35,063 NANOPARTICLE PROCESSES USING 2335 01:16:35,063 --> 01:16:35,864 THAT ENERGY DELIVERY, AND SOME 2336 01:16:35,864 --> 01:16:37,932 OF THEM CAN BE DELIVERED USING 2337 01:16:37,932 --> 01:16:39,467 MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND 2338 01:16:39,467 --> 01:16:43,338 IMPLANLTABLE DEVICIMPLANTABLE DO 2339 01:16:43,338 --> 01:16:43,938 INSIDE THE BODY. 2340 01:16:43,938 --> 01:16:46,141 ALL OF THIS IS TIED TOGETHER 2341 01:16:46,141 --> 01:16:48,443 WITH COMPUTATION MODELING, 2342 01:16:48,443 --> 01:16:49,310 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 2343 01:16:49,310 --> 01:16:51,613 I TOOK OUT ALL OF MY A.I. SLIDES 2344 01:16:51,613 --> 01:16:54,482 BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO UBIQUITOUS. 2345 01:16:54,482 --> 01:16:57,519 EVERYTHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS 2346 01:16:57,519 --> 01:16:58,620 DOING, MOSTLY IN THE HARD 2347 01:16:58,620 --> 01:17:00,488 MATERIAL SPACE BUT ALSO WHAT WE 2348 01:17:00,488 --> 01:17:03,091 CALL SOFT MATERIALS, IS 2349 01:17:03,091 --> 01:17:04,526 COMPLEMENTED BY COMPUTATIONAL 2350 01:17:04,526 --> 01:17:06,594 MODELS THAT HELP US MAKE A 2351 01:17:06,594 --> 01:17:09,998 DIGITAL TWIN OF A DEVICE OR A 2352 01:17:09,998 --> 01:17:11,833 PROCESS, ALLOW US TO OPTIMIZE 2353 01:17:11,833 --> 01:17:15,003 ITS DESIGN, AND THEN ONCE WE DO 2354 01:17:15,003 --> 01:17:18,440 DEPLOY IT, IT ALLOWS US TO 2355 01:17:18,440 --> 01:17:19,307 REALLY EXTRACT UNIQUE 2356 01:17:19,307 --> 01:17:20,408 INFORMATION THAT'S NEVER BEEN 2357 01:17:20,408 --> 01:17:22,577 DERIVED BEFORE BY COMPARING HOW 2358 01:17:22,577 --> 01:17:23,812 WE GET OUR MEASUREMENTS FROM 2359 01:17:23,812 --> 01:17:27,182 THAT SYSTEM TO THE COMPUTATIONAL 2360 01:17:27,182 --> 01:17:27,615 MODEL. 2361 01:17:27,615 --> 01:17:29,384 NOW THAT'S REALLY FUNDAMENTAL TO 2362 01:17:29,384 --> 01:17:31,453 EVERYTHING WE DO, BUT IN TERMS 2363 01:17:31,453 --> 01:17:35,056 OF IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES, IT'S 2364 01:17:35,056 --> 01:17:35,623 JUST UBIQUITOUS. 2365 01:17:35,623 --> 01:17:37,158 THERE IS NO IMAGING TECHNOLOGY 2366 01:17:37,158 --> 01:17:39,027 OR THERE ARE VERY FEW THAT ARE 2367 01:17:39,027 --> 01:17:40,095 WORKING AND CERTAINLY ALL THE 2368 01:17:40,095 --> 01:17:42,197 EXAMPLES THAT I'LL SHOW YOU 2369 01:17:42,197 --> 01:17:43,198 TODAY, THE INVESTIGATORS ARE 2370 01:17:43,198 --> 01:17:44,399 USING COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES 2371 01:17:44,399 --> 01:17:45,600 BASED ON A.I. AND MACHINE 2372 01:17:45,600 --> 01:17:46,401 LEARNING. 2373 01:17:46,401 --> 01:17:49,871 SO ALL OF THIS IS REALLY 2374 01:17:49,871 --> 01:17:51,039 CONNECTED IN A VERY SIGNIFICANT 2375 01:17:51,039 --> 01:17:53,041 WAY. 2376 01:17:53,041 --> 01:17:56,344 SO WE KIND OF ASKED THE 2377 01:17:56,344 --> 01:17:59,514 QUESTION, WHAT ABOUT THAT 15% OF 2378 01:17:59,514 --> 01:18:00,949 BIOENGINEERING THAT'S BEING DONE 2379 01:18:00,949 --> 01:18:03,017 ALL ACROSS THE NIH, WHAT 2380 01:18:03,017 --> 01:18:05,987 FRACTION OF THAT IS IN WOMEN'S 2381 01:18:05,987 --> 01:18:07,522 HEALTH? 2382 01:18:07,522 --> 01:18:09,257 AND WITH MATT HELPING OUR TEAM 2383 01:18:09,257 --> 01:18:10,692 LOOK AT THIS AND TRYING TO MAKE 2384 01:18:10,692 --> 01:18:12,127 SENSE OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT 2385 01:18:12,127 --> 01:18:19,234 TOPICS, WE LOOKED AT OVER 6500 2386 01:18:19,234 --> 01:18:20,568 APPLICATIONS, WARDS IN THE 2387 01:18:20,568 --> 01:18:22,770 INTERSECTION BETWEEN WOMEN'S 2388 01:18:22,770 --> 01:18:24,506 HEALTH AND BIOENGINEERING ALL 2389 01:18:24,506 --> 01:18:26,808 ACROSS THE NIH AND GROUPED THEM 2390 01:18:26,808 --> 01:18:29,644 TO NIBIB IN CATEGORIES RELEVANT 2391 01:18:29,644 --> 01:18:30,445 TO STUDY SECTIONS. 2392 01:18:30,445 --> 01:18:33,815 WHAT YOU SEE IS MAYBE NOT SO 2393 01:18:33,815 --> 01:18:35,383 SURPRISING BUT THE BIGGEST 2394 01:18:35,383 --> 01:18:36,584 REPRESENTATION IS IN IMAGING 2395 01:18:36,584 --> 01:18:37,118 TECHNOLOGIES. 2396 01:18:37,118 --> 01:18:39,954 WE ALSO HAVE VERY STRONG 2397 01:18:39,954 --> 01:18:41,723 REPRESENTATION FROM DEVICES AND 2398 01:18:41,723 --> 01:18:43,358 INSTRUMENTS, BIOENGINEERING AND 2399 01:18:43,358 --> 01:18:43,691 BIOMATERIALS. 2400 01:18:43,691 --> 01:18:45,894 SO REMEMBER THAT ICONOGRAPHY WE 2401 01:18:45,894 --> 01:18:47,428 SHOWED, THESE MAP OUT REALLY 2402 01:18:47,428 --> 01:18:48,696 WELL TO THE MAIN TOPIC AREAS OF 2403 01:18:48,696 --> 01:18:50,598 OUR FIELD. 2404 01:18:50,598 --> 01:18:52,567 BIOINFORMATICS, WHICH IS A KIND 2405 01:18:52,567 --> 01:18:54,936 OF EUPHEMISM FOR A.I. AND 2406 01:18:54,936 --> 01:18:56,504 COMPUTATION AND MACHINE LEARNING 2407 01:18:56,504 --> 01:18:57,672 APPROACHES. 2408 01:18:57,672 --> 01:18:58,640 THERAPEUTIC DEVICES AND MODELING 2409 01:18:58,640 --> 01:18:59,240 AND SIMULATION. 2410 01:18:59,240 --> 01:19:01,442 SO THIS HELPS US UNDERSTAND 2411 01:19:01,442 --> 01:19:03,178 WHERE THE NIH INVESTMENTS ARE 2412 01:19:03,178 --> 01:19:03,845 GOING. 2413 01:19:03,845 --> 01:19:06,915 AND THIS MATCHES UP REALLY WELL 2414 01:19:06,915 --> 01:19:08,783 WITH WHERE NIBIB'S INVESTMENTS 2415 01:19:08,783 --> 01:19:08,983 ARE. 2416 01:19:08,983 --> 01:19:13,154 IN FACT, PROBABLY AN 2417 01:19:13,154 --> 01:19:14,489 OVERWHELMING MAJORITY ARE IN 2418 01:19:14,489 --> 01:19:17,258 IMAGING AND IMAGING-RELATED 2419 01:19:17,258 --> 01:19:17,525 FIELDS. 2420 01:19:17,525 --> 01:19:19,294 YOU SEE THESE ARE BIG SLICES OF 2421 01:19:19,294 --> 01:19:20,595 THE PIE BUT ALSO A VERY 2422 01:19:20,595 --> 01:19:21,696 SIGNIFICANT FRACTION IN 2423 01:19:21,696 --> 01:19:23,231 BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, 2424 01:19:23,231 --> 01:19:23,798 BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS. 2425 01:19:23,798 --> 01:19:26,301 THIS IS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, 2426 01:19:26,301 --> 01:19:29,270 FY 19 THROUGH 23. 2427 01:19:29,270 --> 01:19:30,438 AND WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING 2428 01:19:30,438 --> 01:19:32,307 HERE IS WHEN WE ASSESS THE 2429 01:19:32,307 --> 01:19:36,811 EXTENT OF OUR BUDGET COMMITMENT, 2430 01:19:36,811 --> 01:19:38,213 AND PROBABLY I DIDN'T MAKE THIS 2431 01:19:38,213 --> 01:19:39,180 POINT STRONGLY ENOUGH, ONE OF 2432 01:19:39,180 --> 01:19:41,516 THE REASONS WHY NIBIB EXISTS IS 2433 01:19:41,516 --> 01:19:43,618 TO DRIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 2434 01:19:43,618 --> 01:19:45,587 WITHOUT A BIOLOGIC HYPOTHESIS. 2435 01:19:45,587 --> 01:19:50,625 SO IF YOU COME TO US AND YOU 2436 01:19:50,625 --> 01:19:53,027 STATE A REALLY DRIVING 2437 01:19:53,027 --> 01:19:53,962 HYPOTHESIS, WE'LL TYPICALLY SEND 2438 01:19:53,962 --> 01:19:55,230 YOU TO ANOTHER INSTITUTE THAT'S 2439 01:19:55,230 --> 01:19:57,732 REALLY TO ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY 2440 01:19:57,732 --> 01:19:58,032 DEVELOPMENT. 2441 01:19:58,032 --> 01:19:59,801 NEVERTHELESS, 8 TO 10% OF OUR 2442 01:19:59,801 --> 01:20:02,103 ANNUAL EXPENDITURE GOES TO 2443 01:20:02,103 --> 01:20:03,871 WOMEN'S HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES. 2444 01:20:03,871 --> 01:20:06,741 SOMETHING THAT IS CLE CLEARLY 2445 01:20:06,741 --> 01:20:07,175 CONNECTED. 2446 01:20:07,175 --> 01:20:11,212 SO IT A REALLY INTERESTING 2447 01:20:11,212 --> 01:20:12,647 STATISTIC THAT, JANINE, IF YOU 2448 01:20:12,647 --> 01:20:14,048 DIDN'T INVITE ME TO GIVE THIS 2449 01:20:14,048 --> 01:20:15,817 TALK WE NEVER REALLY WOULD HAVE 2450 01:20:15,817 --> 01:20:16,884 DUG INTO THIS. 2451 01:20:16,884 --> 01:20:18,353 AND WE HAVE MORE THAN OUR MARKET 2452 01:20:18,353 --> 01:20:20,088 SHARE IN TERMS OF WOMEN'S HEALTH 2453 01:20:20,088 --> 01:20:21,723 AND BIOENGINEERING ALL ACROSS 2454 01:20:21,723 --> 01:20:22,290 THE NIH. 2455 01:20:22,290 --> 01:20:25,893 SO THAT'S ABOUT 3.4% OF THE 2456 01:20:25,893 --> 01:20:29,197 GLOBAL NIH BIOENGINEERING IN 2457 01:20:29,197 --> 01:20:31,266 WOMEN'S HEALTH, WE'RE LESS THAN 2458 01:20:31,266 --> 01:20:33,268 1% OF THE BUDGET SO WE FEEL LIKE 2459 01:20:33,268 --> 01:20:34,435 THAT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT SHARE 2460 01:20:34,435 --> 01:20:36,537 AND CAN BE INCREASED, AND 2461 01:20:36,537 --> 01:20:38,406 JANINE, IN YOUR TALK WHEN YOU GO 2462 01:20:38,406 --> 01:20:40,708 TO BMES, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO 2463 01:20:40,708 --> 01:20:47,081 SATISFY A YOU'RE TO SEE SEE 2464 01:20:47,081 --> 01:20:51,819 GOGOINGTO SEE A REALLY BIG SURG. 2465 01:20:51,819 --> 01:20:53,554 SO WHAT IS AN UNDERLYING FORCE 2466 01:20:53,554 --> 01:20:54,756 NOT REALLY THAT WELL-KNOWN THAT 2467 01:20:54,756 --> 01:20:55,757 COULD BE CONTRIBUTING TO THIS 2468 01:20:55,757 --> 01:20:57,525 WOMEN'S HEALTH FOCUS THAT A LOT 2469 01:20:57,525 --> 01:21:01,896 OF OUR TECHNOLOGIES ARE 2470 01:21:01,896 --> 01:21:03,865 ATTENTIVE TO, AND IT'S THE 2471 01:21:03,865 --> 01:21:06,401 DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR FIELD. 2472 01:21:06,401 --> 01:21:07,735 SO I REFERRED TO THE ENORMOUS 2473 01:21:07,735 --> 01:21:08,936 GROWTH OF BIOENGINEERING 2474 01:21:08,936 --> 01:21:09,237 DEPARTMENTS. 2475 01:21:09,237 --> 01:21:14,375 THE BIGGEST GROWTH DRIVER WITHIN 2476 01:21:14,375 --> 01:21:17,545 THAT EXPANSION, JUST IN TERMS OF 2477 01:21:17,545 --> 01:21:18,780 PEOPLE, ARE WOMEN ENGINEERS. 2478 01:21:18,780 --> 01:21:24,085 SO WE SEE COMPARING TWO TIME 2479 01:21:24,085 --> 01:21:25,453 POINTS, 2005 TO 2022, THE DATA 2480 01:21:25,453 --> 01:21:27,855 HERE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF 2481 01:21:27,855 --> 01:21:28,489 ENGINEERING DEGREES AWARDED TO 2482 01:21:28,489 --> 01:21:31,793 WOMEN. 2483 01:21:31,793 --> 01:21:35,096 IN 2005, 42% OF UNDERGRADS IN 2484 01:21:35,096 --> 01:21:36,764 BIOENGINEERING WERE WOMEN. 2485 01:21:36,764 --> 01:21:39,367 THIS IS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE 2486 01:21:39,367 --> 01:21:41,602 ACROSS ALL THE MAJOR ENGINEERING 2487 01:21:41,602 --> 01:21:43,338 DEPARTMENTS, CIVIL, 2488 01:21:43,338 --> 01:21:44,105 ENVIRONMENTAL, CHEMICAL, 2489 01:21:44,105 --> 01:21:45,440 MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND 2490 01:21:45,440 --> 01:21:46,741 COMPUTER, REALLY PRETTY 2491 01:21:46,741 --> 01:21:47,942 SIGNIFICANT. 2492 01:21:47,942 --> 01:21:53,548 BUT IN 2022, THIS GREW NEARLY 2493 01:21:53,548 --> 01:21:55,416 FOUR FOLD IN TOTAL, BACHELOR'S, 2494 01:21:55,416 --> 01:21:56,284 MASTERS AND PH.D. 2495 01:21:56,284 --> 01:21:59,554 IN FACT, THE PH.D. POPULATION 2496 01:21:59,554 --> 01:22:02,457 GROWTH WAS ASTOUNDING, GOING 2497 01:22:02,457 --> 01:22:07,595 FROM 2005, NI 98 DOCTORAL, PH.Ds 2498 01:22:07,595 --> 01:22:08,696 AWARD IN THE COUNTRY. 2499 01:22:08,696 --> 01:22:11,632 IN 2022, THERE WERE 498. 2500 01:22:11,632 --> 01:22:13,501 SO THIS IS A REALLY PRETTY 2501 01:22:13,501 --> 01:22:15,269 IMPRESSIVE GROWTH THAT 2502 01:22:15,269 --> 01:22:18,439 CONSTITUTED ABOUT 44% WOMEN IN 2503 01:22:18,439 --> 01:22:22,610 PH.D. PROGRAMS AND GETTING 2504 01:22:22,610 --> 01:22:24,011 PH.D. DEGREE FS BIOMEDICAL, AND 2505 01:22:24,011 --> 01:22:26,781 OVER HALF OF UNDERGRADS ARE 2506 01:22:26,781 --> 01:22:31,486 WOMEN IN 2022, AND THIS IS MORE 2507 01:22:31,486 --> 01:22:33,554 OR LESS, ONCE THE COMMUNITY HIT 2508 01:22:33,554 --> 01:22:36,758 THAT 50% OR SO, IT'S HOVERING AT 2509 01:22:36,758 --> 01:22:39,060 50 AND IN SOME CASES EVEN GOING 2510 01:22:39,060 --> 01:22:40,061 A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. 2511 01:22:40,061 --> 01:22:44,866 SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY STABLE 2512 01:22:44,866 --> 01:22:45,533 POINT IN THE GROWTH AND 2513 01:22:45,533 --> 01:22:46,834 EVOLUTION OF BIOMEDICAL 2514 01:22:46,834 --> 01:22:47,602 ENGINEERING. 2515 01:22:47,602 --> 01:22:48,603 NOT ONLY HAS THERE BEEN AN 2516 01:22:48,603 --> 01:22:49,670 INKREAS IN THE FRACTIONAL 2517 01:22:49,670 --> 01:22:50,471 PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN ALL OF 2518 01:22:50,471 --> 01:22:53,875 THESE PROGRAMS, BUT IN TERMS OF 2519 01:22:53,875 --> 01:22:55,042 ABSOLUTE GROWTH IN TOTAL 2520 01:22:55,042 --> 01:22:56,844 NUMBERS, IT'S REALLY BEEN PRETTY 2521 01:22:56,844 --> 01:22:57,478 SPECTACULAR. 2522 01:22:57,478 --> 01:22:59,814 AND IF YOU COMPARE BIOMEDICAL 2523 01:22:59,814 --> 01:23:02,984 ENGINEERING, A FOUR-FOLD 2524 01:23:02,984 --> 01:23:05,286 INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF WOMEN 2525 01:23:05,286 --> 01:23:06,487 THAT ARE IN THESE PROGRAMS, THIS 2526 01:23:06,487 --> 01:23:09,757 IS COMPARED TO OTHER 2527 01:23:09,757 --> 01:23:11,426 DEPARTMENTS, WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT 2528 01:23:11,426 --> 01:23:11,993 A 1.8 FOLD. 2529 01:23:11,993 --> 01:23:18,733 SO THE GROWTH RATE IS A FOK TORR 2530 01:23:18,733 --> 01:23:19,567 OF 2 HIGHER. 2531 01:23:19,567 --> 01:23:20,468 SO WITH ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS 2532 01:23:20,468 --> 01:23:21,502 THAT ARE FORMING, THEY'RE 2533 01:23:21,502 --> 01:23:23,037 FORMING WITH AN INFLUX OF WOMEN 2534 01:23:23,037 --> 01:23:24,472 WHO ARE DRIVING AND DIVERSIFYING 2535 01:23:24,472 --> 01:23:27,708 SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING, AND 2536 01:23:27,708 --> 01:23:29,177 THAT'S ACTUALLY INSPIRING 2537 01:23:29,177 --> 01:23:33,514 CHANGES IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS 2538 01:23:33,514 --> 01:23:36,951 PEOPLE SEE THE EXPANSION OF 2539 01:23:36,951 --> 01:23:38,586 OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTH RELATED 2540 01:23:38,586 --> 01:23:39,687 AND ALTRUISTIC APPROACHES THAT 2541 01:23:39,687 --> 01:23:41,689 ARE EXPANDING ELECTRICAL 2542 01:23:41,689 --> 01:23:42,857 ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL 2543 01:23:42,857 --> 01:23:43,524 ENGINEERING AND THE OTHER 2544 01:23:43,524 --> 01:23:44,392 DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. 2545 01:23:44,392 --> 01:23:48,796 IN TERMS OF FACULTY, WE SEE 2546 01:23:48,796 --> 01:23:51,566 GOING FROM 2005 TO 2022, THERE'S 2547 01:23:51,566 --> 01:23:55,369 A 3.4 FOLD INCREASE IN WOMEN IN 2548 01:23:55,369 --> 01:23:57,472 FACULTY IN BIOENGINEERING. 2549 01:23:57,472 --> 01:23:59,106 ALL OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE 2550 01:23:59,106 --> 01:24:02,109 A TWOFOLD 1.9X. 2551 01:24:02,109 --> 01:24:03,077 YOU CAN SEE BIOMEDICAL 2552 01:24:03,077 --> 01:24:05,146 ENGINEERING IN 2022 SNAPSHOT 2553 01:24:05,146 --> 01:24:06,481 HERE, 28% WOMEN. 2554 01:24:06,481 --> 01:24:09,016 STILL MORE TO DO TO INCREASE 2555 01:24:09,016 --> 01:24:10,651 THAT FRACTION, BUT STILL LEADING 2556 01:24:10,651 --> 01:24:15,256 AS COMPARED TO OTHER 2557 01:24:15,256 --> 01:24:16,624 DEPARTMENTS, AND IN TERMS OF OUR 2558 01:24:16,624 --> 01:24:18,392 POOL, IN TERMS OF THE SOURCE OF 2559 01:24:18,392 --> 01:24:19,927 STUDENTS, BOTH UNDERGRADUATES 2560 01:24:19,927 --> 01:24:21,796 AND PH.D. STUDENTS, THERE'S AN 2561 01:24:21,796 --> 01:24:24,665 OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REALLY 2562 01:24:24,665 --> 01:24:28,703 ACCELERATE THAT 28%. 2563 01:24:28,703 --> 01:24:31,105 SO NOWHERE HAS THIS BEEN BETTER 2564 01:24:31,105 --> 01:24:32,440 ILLUSTRATED, THIS 2565 01:24:32,440 --> 01:24:35,510 TRANSFORMATION, IN STUDENTS AND 2566 01:24:35,510 --> 01:24:38,479 IN FACULTY THAN IN OUR DEBUT 2567 01:24:38,479 --> 01:24:40,448 CHALLENGE DESIGNED BY BIOMEDICAL 2568 01:24:40,448 --> 01:24:40,915 UNDERGRADUATE TEAMS. 2569 01:24:40,915 --> 01:24:42,216 THIS IS KIND OF THE SECRET 2570 01:24:42,216 --> 01:24:43,084 WEAPON OF OUR FIELD. 2571 01:24:43,084 --> 01:24:45,753 IN MANY WAYS, PROJECTS THAT 2572 01:24:45,753 --> 01:24:48,055 UNDERGRADUATES ARE DOING IN 2573 01:24:48,055 --> 01:24:49,257 EVERY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING HAS 2574 01:24:49,257 --> 01:24:50,224 THESE DESIGN PROJECTS. 2575 01:24:50,224 --> 01:24:52,126 THOSE PROJECTS ARE QUITE SIMILAR 2576 01:24:52,126 --> 01:24:54,095 TO WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK OF AS A 2577 01:24:54,095 --> 01:24:56,597 PH.D. PROJECT FROM 10 YEARS AGO. 2578 01:24:56,597 --> 01:24:58,599 IT'S QUITE ASTOUNDING, WHAT 2579 01:24:58,599 --> 01:24:59,667 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ARE GOING 2580 01:24:59,667 --> 01:25:01,102 TO DO -- ARE DOING, AND I'M 2581 01:25:01,102 --> 01:25:02,537 GOING TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO OF ONE 2582 01:25:02,537 --> 01:25:06,274 OF THEM IN JUST A SECOND. 2583 01:25:06,274 --> 01:25:10,311 BUT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PURSE OF 2584 01:25:10,311 --> 01:25:11,679 $160,000, WHICH I'M PROUD TO SAY 2585 01:25:11,679 --> 01:25:14,815 IS INCREASING TO $190,000 2586 01:25:14,815 --> 01:25:16,684 THROUGH THE PARTICIPATION OF 2587 01:25:16,684 --> 01:25:17,885 ORWH IN THIS PROGRAM. 2588 01:25:17,885 --> 01:25:19,887 SO THAT'S A REALLY -- THIS IS 2589 01:25:19,887 --> 01:25:21,322 THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THAT. 2590 01:25:21,322 --> 01:25:23,391 I THINK IT JUST MADE IT IN 2591 01:25:23,391 --> 01:25:27,562 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, SO OUR TWO 2592 01:25:27,562 --> 01:25:32,266 NEW SPONSORS ARE ORWH AND NIA. 2593 01:25:32,266 --> 01:25:33,601 IN 2024, JUST TO GIVE YOU A 2594 01:25:33,601 --> 01:25:34,702 SENSE OF THE EXTENT OF 2595 01:25:34,702 --> 01:25:38,339 ENGAGEMENT, WE HAD OVER 350 -- 2596 01:25:38,339 --> 01:25:40,074 362 STUDENTS FROM 48 2597 01:25:40,074 --> 01:25:41,309 UNIVERSITIES AND 24 STATES 2598 01:25:41,309 --> 01:25:42,076 PARTICIPATING IN THIS. 2599 01:25:42,076 --> 01:25:43,711 IT REALLY CAPTURES THE ENERGY 2600 01:25:43,711 --> 01:25:47,882 AND THE SPIRIT OF WHAT OUR 2601 01:25:47,882 --> 01:25:49,216 UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN TEAMS, OUR 2602 01:25:49,216 --> 01:25:49,984 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS HAVE 2603 01:25:49,984 --> 01:25:56,524 PASSION FOR. 2604 01:25:56,524 --> 01:25:57,625 AND ONE OF THE SORT OF GREAT 2605 01:25:57,625 --> 01:26:02,330 REINS WHY ORWH CAN SUPPORT THIS 2606 01:26:02,330 --> 01:26:03,564 WITH A PRIZE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE 2607 01:26:03,564 --> 01:26:06,400 A LONG HISTORY OF IMPORTANT 2608 01:26:06,400 --> 01:26:07,501 TECHNICAL PROJECTS THAT ARE 2609 01:26:07,501 --> 01:26:10,137 DRIVEN BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS 2610 01:26:10,137 --> 01:26:13,207 CONCEIVED OF AND CONTINUE TO BE 2611 01:26:13,207 --> 01:26:14,508 PUSHED BY THESE STUDENTS, MANY 2612 01:26:14,508 --> 01:26:15,743 OF THEM ARE WORKING ON 2613 01:26:15,743 --> 01:26:17,278 COMMERCIALIZATION WITH CONTINUED 2614 01:26:17,278 --> 01:26:21,983 SUPPORT FROM NIBIB AND FROM THAT 2615 01:26:21,983 --> 01:26:22,783 SEED OFFICE. 2616 01:26:22,783 --> 01:26:25,620 SO HERE AN EXAMPLE, A SNAPSHOT 2617 01:26:25,620 --> 01:26:26,821 OF SOME OF THE REALLY COOL 2618 01:26:26,821 --> 01:26:27,922 PROJECTS THAT UNDERGRADUATE 2619 01:26:27,922 --> 01:26:32,226 TEAMS HAVE BEEN DOING, FROM 2620 01:26:32,226 --> 01:26:33,761 WORKING ON A 2621 01:26:33,761 --> 01:26:37,031 SELF-CATHETERIZATION DEVICE, 2622 01:26:37,031 --> 01:26:38,933 REDESIGNING A SPECULUM, WHICH I 2623 01:26:38,933 --> 01:26:41,435 DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I SAW THIS 2624 01:26:41,435 --> 01:26:43,638 DEBUT AWARD THAT THE CURRENT 2625 01:26:43,638 --> 01:26:46,507 SPECULUM DESIGNS ARE EXACTLY THE 2626 01:26:46,507 --> 01:26:49,677 SAME AS 200 YEARS AGO. 2627 01:26:49,677 --> 01:26:51,412 SO THIS IS THE FIRST REDESIGN 2628 01:26:51,412 --> 01:26:52,813 FROM A MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 2629 01:26:52,813 --> 01:26:55,049 POINT OF VIEW OF A SPECULUM. 2630 01:26:55,049 --> 01:26:56,917 THIS TEAM IS WORKING ON 2631 01:26:56,917 --> 01:26:58,319 COMMERCIALIZATION OF THAT DEVICE 2632 01:26:58,319 --> 01:27:00,855 AND HAS SIGNIFICANT DI SUPPORT. 2633 01:27:00,855 --> 01:27:02,957 MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING 2634 01:27:02,957 --> 01:27:07,128 BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE MENSTRUAL 2635 01:27:07,128 --> 01:27:08,663 EFFLUENT IN PADS THAT CAN BE 2636 01:27:08,663 --> 01:27:09,897 TAKEN FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS. 2637 01:27:09,897 --> 01:27:11,098 WELL, UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN TEAMS 2638 01:27:11,098 --> 01:27:13,534 ARE ON THIS, IN 2023, ONE OF THE 2639 01:27:13,534 --> 01:27:15,936 MAJOR AWARD WINNERS WAS IN THAT 2640 01:27:15,936 --> 01:27:17,805 AREA, AND IT'S MOVING TOWARDS A 2641 01:27:17,805 --> 01:27:19,907 PATH OF COMMERCIALIZATION. 2642 01:27:19,907 --> 01:27:22,643 SO A NUMBER OF REALLY BEAUTIFUL 2643 01:27:22,643 --> 01:27:25,379 INNOVATIVE AND MUCH NEEDED 2644 01:27:25,379 --> 01:27:26,280 TECHNOLOGIES, OUR STUDENTS ARE 2645 01:27:26,280 --> 01:27:28,249 GOING OUT, TALKING TO EXPERTS, 2646 01:27:28,249 --> 01:27:30,351 FIGURING OUT WHAT THE NEED IS, 2647 01:27:30,351 --> 01:27:32,753 AND COMING BACK WITH THE 2648 01:27:32,753 --> 01:27:34,622 CREATION OF ENTIRELY NEW 2649 01:27:34,622 --> 01:27:36,057 INVENTIONS AND DEVICES THAT ARE 2650 01:27:36,057 --> 01:27:38,592 POTENTIALLY GOING TO CHANGE THE 2651 01:27:38,592 --> 01:27:40,995 LANDSCAPE, BUT CERTAINLY 2652 01:27:40,995 --> 01:27:42,096 CHANGING THE WAY THAT THEY THINK 2653 01:27:42,096 --> 01:27:43,831 ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH 2654 01:27:43,831 --> 01:27:44,298 TECHNOLOGIES. 2655 01:27:44,298 --> 01:27:46,934 AS YOU KNOW, UNDERGRADUATES GET 2656 01:27:46,934 --> 01:27:48,569 THESE BEES IN THEIR BONNET, IT'S 2657 01:27:48,569 --> 01:27:50,004 KIND OF LIKE A BUG, IT GETS IN 2658 01:27:50,004 --> 01:27:51,472 THEIR HEAD, AND THEY OBSESS OVER 2659 01:27:51,472 --> 01:27:52,873 THAT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES 2660 01:27:52,873 --> 01:27:54,075 AND CAREERS. 2661 01:27:54,075 --> 01:27:57,378 SO THIS IS CHANGING HOW PEOPLE 2662 01:27:57,378 --> 01:27:58,345 THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES AND 2663 01:27:58,345 --> 01:28:01,982 WHERE THEY CAN GO. 2664 01:28:01,982 --> 01:28:06,387 IN 2024, WE HAD TWO IMPORTANT 2665 01:28:06,387 --> 01:28:07,621 PRIZE WINNERS IN WOMEN'S HEALTH, 2666 01:28:07,621 --> 01:28:12,293 AND IF I CAN RUN THIS VIDEO, SO 2667 01:28:12,293 --> 01:28:16,997 IT'S THE TOP ONE. 2668 01:28:16,997 --> 01:28:17,665 THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 2669 01:28:17,665 --> 01:28:21,969 I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE -- 2670 01:28:21,969 --> 01:28:23,337 GOOD. 2671 01:28:23,337 --> 01:28:28,743 BEAUTIFUL. 2672 01:28:28,743 --> 01:28:29,510 OKAY. 2673 01:28:29,510 --> 01:28:36,083 WHERE WAS IT? 2674 01:28:36,083 --> 01:28:37,785 SO THIS IS THE DESIGN TEAM 2675 01:28:37,785 --> 01:28:38,085 VIDEO. 2676 01:28:38,085 --> 01:28:40,154 >> APPROXIMATELY 140 MILLION 2677 01:28:40,154 --> 01:28:42,389 BABIES ARE BORN EVERY YEAR. 2678 01:28:42,389 --> 01:28:44,158 ABOUT 21% OF THESE BIRTHS ARE BY 2679 01:28:44,158 --> 01:28:44,792 CESAREAN DELIVERY. 2680 01:28:44,792 --> 01:28:46,127 WHEN A WOMAN IS UNDERGOING LABOR 2681 01:28:46,127 --> 01:28:47,895 THE BABY'S HEAD CAN GET STUCK 2682 01:28:47,895 --> 01:28:49,764 EXITING THE MOTHER'S PELVIS. 2683 01:28:49,764 --> 01:28:51,532 THIS COMPLICATION IS KNOWN AS AN 2684 01:28:51,532 --> 01:28:53,634 IMPACTED FETAL HEAD WHICH OCCURS 2685 01:28:53,634 --> 01:28:55,302 IN ABOUT 16% OF SECOND STAGE 2686 01:28:55,302 --> 01:28:55,603 C-SECTIONS. 2687 01:28:55,603 --> 01:28:57,438 THIS IS ESPECIALLY RISKY WHEN IT 2688 01:28:57,438 --> 01:28:59,373 OCCURS IN AN UNPLANNED EMERGENCY 2689 01:28:59,373 --> 01:29:00,274 C-SECTION. 2690 01:29:00,274 --> 01:29:04,612 THE THE PRIMARY CONCERN BECOMES 2691 01:29:04,612 --> 01:29:06,213 SAFELY REMOVING THE FETUS DURING 2692 01:29:06,213 --> 01:29:06,747 THESE PROCEDURES. 2693 01:29:06,747 --> 01:29:08,082 >> THE MOMENT AN INCISION IS 2694 01:29:08,082 --> 01:29:09,784 MADE INTO THE UTERUS THE BABY'S 2695 01:29:09,784 --> 01:29:11,752 OXYGEN SUPPLY IS PRO ECONOMIZED. 2696 01:29:11,752 --> 01:29:12,720 THIS LEAVES THE MEDICAL TEAM 2697 01:29:12,720 --> 01:29:15,389 WITH A MATTER OF MINUTES BEFORE 2698 01:29:15,389 --> 01:29:18,993 CELL DAMAGE BEGINS AND PREVENT 2699 01:29:18,993 --> 01:29:19,760 IRREVERSIBLE BRAIN DAMAGE. 2700 01:29:19,760 --> 01:29:22,062 >> RESULTING IMPACTED FETAL 2701 01:29:22,062 --> 01:29:24,298 HEADS REMAINS TWO CHALLENGES FOR 2702 01:29:24,298 --> 01:29:25,065 SURGEONS. 2703 01:29:25,065 --> 01:29:26,033 THE FIRST IS BEING ABLE TO GET 2704 01:29:26,033 --> 01:29:28,135 IN AND REACH THE BACK OF THE 2705 01:29:28,135 --> 01:29:29,436 BABY'S HEAD TIGHTLY IMPACTED IN 2706 01:29:29,436 --> 01:29:31,338 THE PELVIC BONE AND TISSUE AND 2707 01:29:31,338 --> 01:29:32,540 THE SECOND IS GATHERING 2708 01:29:32,540 --> 01:29:35,976 SUFFICIENT FORCE TO NOT HARM THE 2709 01:29:35,976 --> 01:29:37,111 BABY OR THE MOTHER. 2710 01:29:37,111 --> 01:29:38,646 >> THESE ARE EXACERBATED IN LOW 2711 01:29:38,646 --> 01:29:40,414 AND MIDDLE INCOME AREAS FOR TWO 2712 01:29:40,414 --> 01:29:41,615 REASONS. 2713 01:29:41,615 --> 01:29:45,886 FIRST POOR PRENATAL CARE AND 2714 01:29:45,886 --> 01:29:46,687 SECOND LIMITED STAFFING INTO THE 2715 01:29:46,687 --> 01:29:48,222 VAST MAJORITY OF SURGERIES ARE 2716 01:29:48,222 --> 01:29:50,791 PERFORMED BY A SINGLE NOT A PAIR 2717 01:29:50,791 --> 01:29:53,194 OF PHYSICIANS. 2718 01:29:53,194 --> 01:29:55,930 FURTHER WHILE CURRENT ASSISTIVE 2719 01:29:55,930 --> 01:29:57,398 DEVICES EXIST THEY'RE EXPENSIVE 2720 01:29:57,398 --> 01:29:58,165 AND SINGLE USE. 2721 01:29:58,165 --> 01:30:00,034 THIS CREATES A LOW COST REUSABLE 2722 01:30:00,034 --> 01:30:01,569 DEVICE THAT CAN BE USED BY A 2723 01:30:01,569 --> 01:30:02,469 SINGLE PHYSICIAN. 2724 01:30:02,469 --> 01:30:03,270 >> OVER THE PAST NINE MONTHS, WE 2725 01:30:03,270 --> 01:30:06,540 HAVE WORKED WITH U.S.-BASED 2726 01:30:06,540 --> 01:30:07,808 OB-GYN SPECIALISTS TO DEVELOP 2727 01:30:07,808 --> 01:30:09,210 THE CESAREAN DELIVERY GLOVE. 2728 01:30:09,210 --> 01:30:11,078 THE CDG HAS THREE MAIN FEATURES. 2729 01:30:11,078 --> 01:30:12,646 A HAND POCKET, A LEADING EDGE, 2730 01:30:12,646 --> 01:30:14,748 AND A SLING COMPONENT. 2731 01:30:14,748 --> 01:30:17,051 WE HAVE A HAND POCKET FOR THE 2732 01:30:17,051 --> 01:30:18,219 DOMINANT HAND FOR THE PHYSICIAN 2733 01:30:18,219 --> 01:30:21,455 WITH ONLY A 0.75 MILLIMETERS OF 2734 01:30:21,455 --> 01:30:22,756 SILICONE ON THE PALMAR SIDE 2735 01:30:22,756 --> 01:30:25,426 WHICH MAINTAINS THE TACTILE 2736 01:30:25,426 --> 01:30:27,962 SENSITIVITY DESIRED BY SURGEONS. 2737 01:30:27,962 --> 01:30:29,830 EXTENDING BEYOND THE FINGERTIPS, 2738 01:30:29,830 --> 01:30:31,232 THIS STIFFENED LEADING EDGE CAN 2739 01:30:31,232 --> 01:30:33,367 BE DIRECTED THROUGH THE 2740 01:30:33,367 --> 01:30:34,335 CONSTRICTED SPACE BETWEEN THE 2741 01:30:34,335 --> 01:30:35,803 IMPACTED HEAD AND UTERINE WALL. 2742 01:30:35,803 --> 01:30:37,137 THIS ALLOWS FOR THE DOCTOR TO 2743 01:30:37,137 --> 01:30:38,539 REACH BEHIND THE BABY'S HEAD. 2744 01:30:38,539 --> 01:30:39,974 FINALLY, THE NON-DOMINANT HAND 2745 01:30:39,974 --> 01:30:41,575 OF THE PHYSICIAN UTILIZES THE 2746 01:30:41,575 --> 01:30:42,877 SLING STRAPS TO NAVIGATE THE 2747 01:30:42,877 --> 01:30:44,712 HAMMOCK AND FACILITATES THE SAFE 2748 01:30:44,712 --> 01:30:46,180 EXTRACTION OF THE BABY. 2749 01:30:46,180 --> 01:30:47,748 >> HERE IS A SURGEON 2750 01:30:47,748 --> 01:30:48,816 DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF OUR 2751 01:30:48,816 --> 01:30:50,384 DEVICE IN A HIGH FIDELITY 2752 01:30:50,384 --> 01:30:51,018 SIMULATION. 2753 01:30:51,018 --> 01:30:52,753 YOU CAN SEE THE SURGEON AS SHE 2754 01:30:52,753 --> 01:30:53,821 INSERTS HER HAPPENED INTO THE 2755 01:30:53,821 --> 01:30:55,689 DEVICE AND THEN INSERTS THE 2756 01:30:55,689 --> 01:30:57,324 DEVICE THROUGH THE UTERINE 2757 01:30:57,324 --> 01:30:58,025 INCISION. 2758 01:30:58,025 --> 01:30:59,293 AS SHE PUSHES HER HAND DEEP IN 2759 01:30:59,293 --> 01:31:02,096 THE BODY, THE BODY CON TORTS TO 2760 01:31:02,096 --> 01:31:03,697 COVER THE BABY'S HEAD AND ALLOWS 2761 01:31:03,697 --> 01:31:04,899 THE DEVICE TO GET FURTHER THAN 2762 01:31:04,899 --> 01:31:05,666 WHERE THE HAND CAN REACH. 2763 01:31:05,666 --> 01:31:09,169 ONE THE DEVICE IS SUFFICIENTLY 2764 01:31:09,169 --> 01:31:10,938 DEEP SHE UTILIZES THE STRAPS 2765 01:31:10,938 --> 01:31:12,339 THAT CONFORM TO CRADLE THE FETAL 2766 01:31:12,339 --> 01:31:12,573 HEAD. 2767 01:31:12,573 --> 01:31:17,111 THIS ENSURES THE, TRACKS FORCES 2768 01:31:17,111 --> 01:31:18,445 ARE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED OIFER THE 2769 01:31:18,445 --> 01:31:19,280 SOFT FETAL HEAD. 2770 01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:24,919 >> APR WE OBSERVED MULTIPLE 2771 01:31:24,919 --> 01:31:26,553 C-SECTIONS, INTRODUCED THE 2772 01:31:26,553 --> 01:31:27,755 CESAREAN DELIVERY GLOVE AND 2773 01:31:27,755 --> 01:31:28,923 GAINED VALUABLE INSIGHTS OF THE 2774 01:31:28,923 --> 01:31:29,990 EXPECTED USE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL 2775 01:31:29,990 --> 01:31:31,525 AS HIGHLY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM 2776 01:31:31,525 --> 01:31:32,092 LIKELY USERS. 2777 01:31:32,092 --> 01:31:34,328 >> WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR 2778 01:31:34,328 --> 01:31:36,764 TEAM, ADVISORS AND EVERYONE FOR 2779 01:31:36,764 --> 01:31:37,398 THEIR SUPPORT. 2780 01:31:37,398 --> 01:31:39,033 OUR PROGRESS TO DATE WOULD NOT 2781 01:31:39,033 --> 01:31:40,567 BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEM. 2782 01:31:40,567 --> 01:31:41,869 >> THANK YOU. 2783 01:31:41,869 --> 01:31:49,310 WE CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDES. 2784 01:31:49,310 --> 01:31:51,745 SO IT'S ASTOUNDING, IF YOU'RE 2785 01:31:51,745 --> 01:31:52,746 EVER PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE 2786 01:31:52,746 --> 01:31:54,281 WORLD, GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND 2787 01:31:54,281 --> 01:31:56,116 LOOK AT THESE VIDEOS FROM 2788 01:31:56,116 --> 01:31:58,152 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE 2789 01:31:58,152 --> 01:31:59,219 WORKING ON THESE DESIGN 2790 01:31:59,219 --> 01:32:00,120 PROJECTS. 2791 01:32:00,120 --> 01:32:01,922 NOW INCREASINGLY DESIGNED -- IN 2792 01:32:01,922 --> 01:32:03,524 THE OLD DAYS, IT WAS JUST A YEAR 2793 01:32:03,524 --> 01:32:04,725 FOR DESIGN, AND MANY 2794 01:32:04,725 --> 01:32:05,693 UNIVERSITIES ARE REALLY PUSHING 2795 01:32:05,693 --> 01:32:06,460 THAT BACK. 2796 01:32:06,460 --> 01:32:08,395 AND YOU CAN BEGIN TO PICK A 2797 01:32:08,395 --> 01:32:09,596 DESIGN PROJECT IN YOUR FRESHMAN 2798 01:32:09,596 --> 01:32:11,332 OR SOFT MORE YEAR. 2799 01:32:11,332 --> 01:32:12,533 AND STICK WITH IT THROUGH 2800 01:32:12,533 --> 01:32:13,767 MULTIPLE YEARS. 2801 01:32:13,767 --> 01:32:16,403 MANY OF THESE STUDENTS GO ON AND 2802 01:32:16,403 --> 01:32:18,038 TAKE FURTHER COMMERCIALIZATION 2803 01:32:18,038 --> 01:32:21,642 KINDS OF COURSES THAT WE AND THE 2804 01:32:21,642 --> 01:32:22,876 SEED PROGRAM SUPPORT SO WE'VE 2805 01:32:22,876 --> 01:32:23,877 HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS GO THROUGH 2806 01:32:23,877 --> 01:32:24,411 THAT. 2807 01:32:24,411 --> 01:32:27,481 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY 2808 01:32:27,481 --> 01:32:29,249 INSPIRING, AND IT'S A POWERFUL 2809 01:32:29,249 --> 01:32:31,552 DRIVING FORCE BEHIND TECHNOLOGY 2810 01:32:31,552 --> 01:32:35,389 DEVELOPMENT IN OUR FIELD. 2811 01:32:35,389 --> 01:32:36,790 ANOTHER MAJOR SIGNATURE PROGRAM 2812 01:32:36,790 --> 01:32:38,292 THAT WE SUPPORT ARE POINT OF 2813 01:32:38,292 --> 01:32:39,360 CARE TECHNOLOGIES. 2814 01:32:39,360 --> 01:32:42,096 AND THIS ENTIRE U54 NETWORK 2815 01:32:42,096 --> 01:32:43,864 CALLED THE POINT OF CARE 2816 01:32:43,864 --> 01:32:46,000 TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH NETWORK, 2817 01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:46,967 MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIES ARE 2818 01:32:46,967 --> 01:32:49,136 SUPPORTED THROUGH THIS FOR POINT 2819 01:32:49,136 --> 01:32:50,471 OF CARE TECHNOLOGIES, AND WE 2820 01:32:50,471 --> 01:32:52,806 ALSO HAVE SUPPORT FROM MULTIPLE 2821 01:32:52,806 --> 01:32:54,575 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS THAT ARE 2822 01:32:54,575 --> 01:32:57,845 CONTRIBUTING TO THE MISSION OF 2823 01:32:57,845 --> 01:32:58,612 THE NETWORK. 2824 01:32:58,612 --> 01:33:02,916 MOST NOTABLY, THE NETWORK IN 2825 01:33:02,916 --> 01:33:04,451 2020 TURNED OUT TO BE THE 2826 01:33:04,451 --> 01:33:05,119 FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURE UPON 2827 01:33:05,119 --> 01:33:07,021 WHICH WE COULD BUILD THE RAPID 2828 01:33:07,021 --> 01:33:13,360 ACCELERATION OF DIKE NOS DIAGNR 2829 01:33:13,360 --> 01:33:15,596 TEXT RADX PROGRAM WHERE WE WERE 2830 01:33:15,596 --> 01:33:17,364 ABLE TO TAKE ALL THE RESEARCH 2831 01:33:17,364 --> 01:33:18,966 GOING ON IN THE NETWORK AND THIS 2832 01:33:18,966 --> 01:33:20,067 URGENT AND CRITICAL TIME AND 2833 01:33:20,067 --> 01:33:21,869 SHIFT IT, WE ASKED ALL THE 2834 01:33:21,869 --> 01:33:23,604 UNIVERSITIES, THE PRINCIPAL 2835 01:33:23,604 --> 01:33:24,271 INVESTIGATORS, THE EXTERNAL 2836 01:33:24,271 --> 01:33:26,173 ADVISORY BOARD, CAN WE SUPPORT 2837 01:33:26,173 --> 01:33:27,508 THE DEVELOPMENT OF COVID-19 2838 01:33:27,508 --> 01:33:29,343 TESTING TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH WERE 2839 01:33:29,343 --> 01:33:30,944 DETERMINED AND PERCEIVED TO BE 2840 01:33:30,944 --> 01:33:35,149 REALLY INSUFFICIENT IN APRIL OF 2841 01:33:35,149 --> 01:33:35,549 2020. 2842 01:33:35,549 --> 01:33:37,084 AND THE NETWORK PIVOTED 2843 01:33:37,084 --> 01:33:37,518 ENTIRELY. 2844 01:33:37,518 --> 01:33:40,087 WE CREATED NEW STRUCTURES, AND 2845 01:33:40,087 --> 01:33:41,188 WE BUILT ALL OF THIS AROUND WHAT 2846 01:33:41,188 --> 01:33:44,024 WE CALL AN INNOVATION FUNNEL. 2847 01:33:44,024 --> 01:33:48,228 A WAY TO EASILY PROPOSE IDEAS, 2848 01:33:48,228 --> 01:33:49,530 QUICKLY EVALUATE THEM, AND MOVE 2849 01:33:49,530 --> 01:33:53,934 THEM THROUGH IN MULTIPLE STAGES 2850 01:33:53,934 --> 01:33:56,370 TO SUPPORT SO THAT ULTIMATELY 2851 01:33:56,370 --> 01:33:57,337 AND OUR GOALS WITHIN THIS 2852 01:33:57,337 --> 01:33:58,439 PROGRAM WERE NOT JUST TO DEVELOP 2853 01:33:58,439 --> 01:34:01,442 A TECHNOLOGY OR DEMONSTRATE A 2854 01:34:01,442 --> 01:34:01,842 PROTOTYPE WORKS. 2855 01:34:01,842 --> 01:34:03,644 IT WAS TO GO ALL THE WAY TO 2856 01:34:03,644 --> 01:34:04,311 MANUFACTURING. 2857 01:34:04,311 --> 01:34:06,213 WE HAD WELL OVER A THOUSAND 2858 01:34:06,213 --> 01:34:07,414 APPLICATIONS COMING INTO OUR 2859 01:34:07,414 --> 01:34:08,082 INNOVATION FUNNEL. 2860 01:34:08,082 --> 01:34:10,384 BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE 2861 01:34:10,384 --> 01:34:11,452 URGENCY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF 2862 01:34:11,452 --> 01:34:14,822 THE TECHNOLOGIES, VERY SMALL 2863 01:34:14,822 --> 01:34:15,689 FRACTION ACTUALLY MADE IT 2864 01:34:15,689 --> 01:34:18,325 THROUGH, BUT IF YOU DID ANY HOME 2865 01:34:18,325 --> 01:34:19,893 TESTING, ANY POINT-OF-CARE 2866 01:34:19,893 --> 01:34:22,062 TESTING, VIRTUALLY -- WELL, MANY 2867 01:34:22,062 --> 01:34:26,233 OF THEM CAME THROUGH THE RADX 2868 01:34:26,233 --> 01:34:28,335 PROCESS AND RESULTED IN A VERY 2869 01:34:28,335 --> 01:34:30,003 SIGNIFICANT PARADIGM SHIFT IN 2870 01:34:30,003 --> 01:34:31,305 HOW TESTING TECHNOLOGIES WERE 2871 01:34:31,305 --> 01:34:31,638 DONE. 2872 01:34:31,638 --> 01:34:33,373 ALONG THE WAY, WE STARTED WITH 2873 01:34:33,373 --> 01:34:35,642 AN INNOVATION FUNNEL, BUT WE 2874 01:34:35,642 --> 01:34:37,277 REALIZED THAT THE PROBLEM WASN'T 2875 01:34:37,277 --> 01:34:39,046 NECESSARILY TECH LOGIC, IT WAS 2876 01:34:39,046 --> 01:34:39,746 ALSO CULTURAL. 2877 01:34:39,746 --> 01:34:41,582 SO WE HAD TO CREATE OTHER TYPES 2878 01:34:41,582 --> 01:34:46,086 OF PROGRAMS, DIGITAL HEALTH 2879 01:34:46,086 --> 01:34:47,221 PLATFORM, A WAY TO TEST WHETHER 2880 01:34:47,221 --> 01:34:49,089 OVER THE COUNTER TESTS WOULD BE 2881 01:34:49,089 --> 01:34:50,157 USED BY PEOPLE AT ALL. 2882 01:34:50,157 --> 01:34:53,260 PRIOR TO THIS, PREGNANCY TESTS 2883 01:34:53,260 --> 01:34:55,796 AT 8 MILLION PER YEAR WERE THE 2884 01:34:55,796 --> 01:34:56,663 NUMBER ONE HOME TESTING 2885 01:34:56,663 --> 01:34:58,732 TECHNOLOGY. 2886 01:34:58,732 --> 01:35:00,134 IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, WE 2887 01:35:00,134 --> 01:35:01,301 DISTRIBUTED A BILLION TESTS 2888 01:35:01,301 --> 01:35:03,937 ALONE TO PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. 2889 01:35:03,937 --> 01:35:05,172 2 1/2 BILLION IN THAT ENTIRE 2890 01:35:05,172 --> 01:35:08,041 YEAR IN RESPONSE TO THE OMICRON 2891 01:35:08,041 --> 01:35:08,342 SURGE. 2892 01:35:08,342 --> 01:35:10,210 WE HAD TO DEVELOP A NEW WAY TO 2893 01:35:10,210 --> 01:35:12,446 ADDRESS TEST PERFORMANCE WITH 2894 01:35:12,446 --> 01:35:12,779 VARIANTS. 2895 01:35:12,779 --> 01:35:15,716 WE HAD TO WORK WITH THE FDA 2896 01:35:15,716 --> 01:35:17,751 BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT 2897 01:35:17,751 --> 01:35:18,719 AUTHORIZED BY THE FDA, A 2898 01:35:18,719 --> 01:35:20,087 BEAUTIFUL TECHNOLOGY WILL NEVER 2899 01:35:20,087 --> 01:35:21,455 EMERGE TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. 2900 01:35:21,455 --> 01:35:23,824 SO WE CREATED SOME VERY UNIQUE 2901 01:35:23,824 --> 01:35:26,093 PATHWAYS WE CALL THE INDEPENDENT 2902 01:35:26,093 --> 01:35:27,961 TEST ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TO 2903 01:35:27,961 --> 01:35:29,029 ACCELERATE THAT AUTHORIZATION, 2904 01:35:29,029 --> 01:35:30,531 AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET TESTS 2905 01:35:30,531 --> 01:35:32,232 AUTHORIZED IN AS LITTLE AS 50 TO 2906 01:35:32,232 --> 01:35:32,833 60 DAYS. 2907 01:35:32,833 --> 01:35:35,502 WE ALSO DID TEST TO TREAT 2908 01:35:35,502 --> 01:35:37,237 PROGRAMS AT HOME IN PARTNERSHIP 2909 01:35:37,237 --> 01:35:39,373 WITH OTHER HHS AGENCIES. 2910 01:35:39,373 --> 01:35:40,674 REDESIGNED TESTS SO THEY WERE 2911 01:35:40,674 --> 01:35:42,543 MORE ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE FOR 2912 01:35:42,543 --> 01:35:45,846 PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS 2913 01:35:45,846 --> 01:35:48,182 AND DEXTERITY IMPAIRMENTS, SO WE 2914 01:35:48,182 --> 01:35:52,085 TESTED A BUNCH OF THINGS NOORMLY 2915 01:35:52,085 --> 01:35:54,221 OUT OF OUR SWIM LANE, BUT 2916 01:35:54,221 --> 01:35:55,422 BIOENGINEERS ARE A LITTLE NUTTY 2917 01:35:55,422 --> 01:35:57,090 AND WE LIKE TO EXPAND OUR 2918 01:35:57,090 --> 01:35:58,759 TECHNOLOGY INTO AS MANY AREAS AS 2919 01:35:58,759 --> 01:35:59,026 POSSIBLE. 2920 01:35:59,026 --> 01:36:00,327 SO THIS WAS A REALLY SIGNIFICANT 2921 01:36:00,327 --> 01:36:01,094 ACHIEVEMENT. 2922 01:36:01,094 --> 01:36:02,396 BOTTOM LINE, WE INCREASED TEST 2923 01:36:02,396 --> 01:36:03,363 CAPACITY THROUGH THESE 2924 01:36:03,363 --> 01:36:05,832 INVESTMENTS BY ABOUT 8 BILLION, 2925 01:36:05,832 --> 01:36:07,501 AND REALLY HELPED DRIVE AS I 2926 01:36:07,501 --> 01:36:08,702 MENTIONED THIS PARADIGM SHIFT 2927 01:36:08,702 --> 01:36:11,338 WHERE PEOPLE NOW EXPECT TESTS TO 2928 01:36:11,338 --> 01:36:14,875 BE DONE IN THEIR HOMES, AND LOTS 2929 01:36:14,875 --> 01:36:15,842 OF OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH WITH 2930 01:36:15,842 --> 01:36:16,710 THAT IN THE FUTURE. 2931 01:36:16,710 --> 01:36:17,878 SO THE REASON WHY I MENTIONED 2932 01:36:17,878 --> 01:36:22,015 SOME OF THIS DETAIL ABOUT RADX 2933 01:36:22,015 --> 01:36:24,218 WITH RESPECT TO COVID TESTING IS 2934 01:36:24,218 --> 01:36:26,453 THAT WE'VE USED THIS SAME 2935 01:36:26,453 --> 01:36:28,322 PLATFORM AND SAID, HEY, 2936 01:36:28,322 --> 01:36:29,523 INFECTIOUS DISEASE IS A 2937 01:36:29,523 --> 01:36:30,724 CONTINUING NEED, SO WE'RE 2938 01:36:30,724 --> 01:36:32,426 CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT, 2939 01:36:32,426 --> 01:36:35,062 INCLUDING WORKING WITH GENIE AND 2940 01:36:35,062 --> 01:36:38,131 HER COLLEAGUES AT NIAID. 2941 01:36:38,131 --> 01:36:39,499 SYPHILIS DIAGNOSTICS THAT CAN BE 2942 01:36:39,499 --> 01:36:40,801 USED AT HOME AND IN THE POINT OF 2943 01:36:40,801 --> 01:36:41,702 CARE. 2944 01:36:41,702 --> 01:36:42,769 MULTI-LESION PANELS, SO WE'RE 2945 01:36:42,769 --> 01:36:44,605 CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT. 2946 01:36:44,605 --> 01:36:47,107 SUPPORTED THE FIRST MPOX 2947 01:36:47,107 --> 01:36:49,676 EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATIONS 2948 01:36:49,676 --> 01:36:51,378 BOTH FOR POINT OF CARE AS WELL 2949 01:36:51,378 --> 01:36:54,314 AS FOR HOME SELF-SWABBING THAT 2950 01:36:54,314 --> 01:36:56,583 CAN THEN 50 TO A LABORATORY. 2951 01:36:56,583 --> 01:36:59,152 WE RECENTLY SUPPORTED THE FIRST 2952 01:36:59,152 --> 01:37:03,857 DE NOVO FDA-APPROVED TEST FOR 2953 01:37:03,857 --> 01:37:05,559 HEP-C WHICH CAN BE USED AT POINT 2954 01:37:05,559 --> 01:37:07,227 OF CARE WITH LESS THAN AN HOUR 2955 01:37:07,227 --> 01:37:07,761 TURNAROUND TIME. 2956 01:37:07,761 --> 01:37:08,862 BUT IN TERMS OF CHRONIC DISEASE 2957 01:37:08,862 --> 01:37:10,397 AND DISEASE PREVENTION, WE'VE 2958 01:37:10,397 --> 01:37:12,532 TAKEN ON A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW 2959 01:37:12,532 --> 01:37:12,966 INITIATIVES. 2960 01:37:12,966 --> 01:37:14,935 FIRST IN NEUROTECHNOLOGIES, BUT 2961 01:37:14,935 --> 01:37:17,004 IN SEVERAL TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE 2962 01:37:17,004 --> 01:37:18,038 RELATED TO WOMEN'S HEALTH. 2963 01:37:18,038 --> 01:37:19,906 AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH 2964 01:37:19,906 --> 01:37:22,075 MULTIPLE INSTITUTES AND CENTERS, 2965 01:37:22,075 --> 01:37:24,011 MOST NOTABLY IN THREE CHALLENGES 2966 01:37:24,011 --> 01:37:25,746 THAT I'LL BRIEFLY MENTION, 2967 01:37:25,746 --> 01:37:28,382 PARTNERING WITH NICHD AND ORWH, 2968 01:37:28,382 --> 01:37:31,118 AND MULTIPLE INSTITUTES. 2969 01:37:31,118 --> 01:37:33,453 SO THE FIRST IS RADX TECH FOR 2970 01:37:33,453 --> 01:37:34,221 MATERNAL HEALTH. 2971 01:37:34,221 --> 01:37:36,456 SO THIS IS NOW WINDING UP AFTER 2972 01:37:36,456 --> 01:37:38,792 A COUPLE OF YEARS OF ONGOING 2973 01:37:38,792 --> 01:37:40,994 COMPETITION AND EVALUATING OF 2974 01:37:40,994 --> 01:37:42,496 THE TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE. 2975 01:37:42,496 --> 01:37:44,264 THIS IS $8 MILLION IN CASH 2976 01:37:44,264 --> 01:37:46,800 AWARDS THAT ACCELERATED 2977 01:37:46,800 --> 01:37:48,235 DEVELOPMENT OF MATERNAL HEALTH 2978 01:37:48,235 --> 01:37:49,770 DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES, WEARABLES 2979 01:37:49,770 --> 01:37:52,105 AND OTHER TYPES OF REMOTE 2980 01:37:52,105 --> 01:37:56,576 SENSING, AND THE IDEA HERE IS TO 2981 01:37:56,576 --> 01:37:57,244 IMPROVE -- DEVELOP TECHNOLOGIES 2982 01:37:57,244 --> 01:37:58,612 THAT WILL IMPROVE OUTCOMES 2983 01:37:58,612 --> 01:38:00,814 DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE 2984 01:38:00,814 --> 01:38:01,248 POST-PARTUM PERIOD. 2985 01:38:01,248 --> 01:38:02,783 SO LESS THAN A YEAR FROM THE DAY 2986 01:38:02,783 --> 01:38:03,717 OF BIRTH OR TO THE END OF 2987 01:38:03,717 --> 01:38:04,151 PREGNANCY. 2988 01:38:04,151 --> 01:38:05,986 SO THOSE ARE THE CONSTRAINTS ON 2989 01:38:05,986 --> 01:38:07,954 THESE PRIZES. 2990 01:38:07,954 --> 01:38:10,991 AND WE STRUCTURED AGAIN WITH 2991 01:38:10,991 --> 01:38:12,492 THAT RADX INNOVATION FUNNEL 2992 01:38:12,492 --> 01:38:15,228 CONCEPT WITH MULTIPLE STAGES 2993 01:38:15,228 --> 01:38:16,530 WHERE IT WAS RELATIVELY EASY FOR 2994 01:38:16,530 --> 01:38:19,032 YOU TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION, 2995 01:38:19,032 --> 01:38:20,867 AND THEN A RIGOROUS ASSESSMENT 2996 01:38:20,867 --> 01:38:23,303 OF VIABILITY, DEEP DIVES, 2997 01:38:23,303 --> 01:38:25,872 WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TEAMS, 2998 01:38:25,872 --> 01:38:28,041 AWARDS AT MULTIPLE STAGES. 2999 01:38:28,041 --> 01:38:29,910 IN THE TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 3000 01:38:29,910 --> 01:38:34,348 PHASE, FINALISTS WERE GIVEN OVER 3001 01:38:34,348 --> 01:38:36,850 A HALF A MILLION EACH, AND WE 3002 01:38:36,850 --> 01:38:38,552 JUST NOW COMPLETED -- I CAN'T 3003 01:38:38,552 --> 01:38:39,753 ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS BUT WE JUST 3004 01:38:39,753 --> 01:38:42,956 NOW COMPLETED THE FINAL 3005 01:38:42,956 --> 01:38:44,624 EVALUATION PHASE AND WE'LL BE 3006 01:38:44,624 --> 01:38:46,927 ANNOUNCING THE GRAND PRIZES AND 3007 01:38:46,927 --> 01:38:48,695 RUNNERS UP PRETTY SOON. 3008 01:38:48,695 --> 01:38:50,530 HOPEFULLY THESE WERE TRANSITION 3009 01:38:50,530 --> 01:38:52,032 TO NIH NETWORKS FOR FURTHER 3010 01:38:52,032 --> 01:38:53,667 CLINICAL STUDIES. 3011 01:38:53,667 --> 01:38:55,135 HERE ARE THE TECHNOLOGIES, THE 3012 01:38:55,135 --> 01:38:56,903 10 THAT MADE TO THAT FINAL 3013 01:38:56,903 --> 01:38:57,904 STAGE. 3014 01:38:57,904 --> 01:38:59,973 THESE WENT INTO OUR VALIDATION 3015 01:38:59,973 --> 01:39:03,043 CORE AT EMORY GEORGIA TECH WITH 3016 01:39:03,043 --> 01:39:04,845 MULTIPLE CLINICAL PROTOCOLS 3017 01:39:04,845 --> 01:39:06,580 DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THEIR 3018 01:39:06,580 --> 01:39:08,248 PERFORMANCE IN KIND OF A ROUND 3019 01:39:08,248 --> 01:39:09,449 ROBIN FASHION SO EVERY ONE OF 3020 01:39:09,449 --> 01:39:11,685 THEM, WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT A 3021 01:39:11,685 --> 01:39:15,188 SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF WOMEN AND 3022 01:39:15,188 --> 01:39:16,723 BRING THESE TECHNOLOGIES 3023 01:39:16,723 --> 01:39:18,325 SOMETIMES INTO THEIR HOMES, INTO 3024 01:39:18,325 --> 01:39:22,262 THE POINT OF CARE, AND DO 3025 01:39:22,262 --> 01:39:23,363 RIGOROUS EVALUATION OF THE 3026 01:39:23,363 --> 01:39:23,663 PERFORMANCE. 3027 01:39:23,663 --> 01:39:25,198 WE JUST RECENTLY EVALUATED ALL 3028 01:39:25,198 --> 01:39:26,133 OF THAT STUFF AND MADE 3029 01:39:26,133 --> 01:39:27,768 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE IMPROVE 3030 01:39:27,768 --> 01:39:29,770 COMMITTEE, WHO WILL ULTIMATELY 3031 01:39:29,770 --> 01:39:31,004 FINALIZE WHAT SOME OF THOSE 3032 01:39:31,004 --> 01:39:31,671 RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. 3033 01:39:31,671 --> 01:39:33,774 BUT YOU CAN SEE THESE 3034 01:39:33,774 --> 01:39:34,941 TECHNOLOGIES REPRESENT A KIND OF 3035 01:39:34,941 --> 01:39:37,077 BROAD RANGE OF NEEDS. 3036 01:39:37,077 --> 01:39:38,645 FROM DIGITAL HEALTH PLATFORMS 3037 01:39:38,645 --> 01:39:41,815 THAT CAN HELP FACILITATE 3038 01:39:41,815 --> 01:39:45,318 ASSESSMENT OF POSTPARTUM 3039 01:39:45,318 --> 01:39:46,586 DEPRESSION TO A SIMPLE 3040 01:39:46,586 --> 01:39:48,088 DIAGNOSTIC THAT CAN BE USED AT 3041 01:39:48,088 --> 01:39:51,491 HOME TO ASSESS UTIs, AND 3042 01:39:51,491 --> 01:39:53,627 SEVERAL THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR 3043 01:39:53,627 --> 01:39:54,628 CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING THAT 3044 01:39:54,628 --> 01:39:56,496 ARE WEARABLE DEVICES THAT CAN BE 3045 01:39:56,496 --> 01:39:58,732 POTENTIALLY USED AT HOME THAT 3046 01:39:58,732 --> 01:40:00,700 CAN EVALUATE BLOOD PRESSURE, 3047 01:40:00,700 --> 01:40:04,304 EVALUATE HEMORRHAGE, AND OTHER 3048 01:40:04,304 --> 01:40:09,209 HUMAN DYNAMIC PROPERTIES SO 3049 01:40:09,209 --> 01:40:09,943 EVENTUALLY PREECLAMPSIA CAN BE 3050 01:40:09,943 --> 01:40:11,812 OVAL WAITED AND A VARIETY OF 3051 01:40:11,812 --> 01:40:14,114 DIFFERENT EARLY INTERVENTIONS 3052 01:40:14,114 --> 01:40:15,649 CAN BE DEPLOYED ALL WITH MHEALTH 3053 01:40:15,649 --> 01:40:16,917 TYPES OF APPROACHES TO GIVE 3054 01:40:16,917 --> 01:40:19,319 RAPID AND DYNAMIC FEEDBACK 3055 01:40:19,319 --> 01:40:19,953 TO CLINICIANS. 3056 01:40:19,953 --> 01:40:23,657 ONE OF THESE WHICH MATT HAS ALSO 3057 01:40:23,657 --> 01:40:25,659 BEEN INVOLVED IN IS LOOKING AT 3058 01:40:25,659 --> 01:40:27,694 ANEMIA, USING A DIGITAL HEALTH 3059 01:40:27,694 --> 01:40:28,795 PLATFORM, A SMARTPHONE THAT 3060 01:40:28,795 --> 01:40:30,330 REALLY JUST TAKES A PICTURE OF 3061 01:40:30,330 --> 01:40:32,466 YOUR FINGERNAILS AND THROUGH 3062 01:40:32,466 --> 01:40:34,568 THAT INFORMATION CONTENT AND 3063 01:40:34,568 --> 01:40:37,070 ALGORITHMS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO 3064 01:40:37,070 --> 01:40:38,071 EXTRACT THAT INFORMATION CAN 3065 01:40:38,071 --> 01:40:40,140 MEASURE WHAT YOUR HEMOGLOBIN 3066 01:40:40,140 --> 01:40:41,975 LEVELS ARE DYNAMICALLY OVER TIME 3067 01:40:41,975 --> 01:40:43,743 WITHOUT ANY KIND OF BLOOD DRAW 3068 01:40:43,743 --> 01:40:45,579 THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 3069 01:40:45,579 --> 01:40:47,981 SO OUR NEXT CHALLENGE WAS IN 3070 01:40:47,981 --> 01:40:51,518 FETAL MONITORING. 3071 01:40:51,518 --> 01:40:53,220 WE'RE NOW SUPPORTING SIX 3072 01:40:53,220 --> 01:40:54,254 DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES IN THIS 3073 01:40:54,254 --> 01:40:54,855 AREA. 3074 01:40:54,855 --> 01:40:56,189 I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS ON THESE 3075 01:40:56,189 --> 01:40:57,624 BUT THEY'RE KIND OF A COLLECTION 3076 01:40:57,624 --> 01:41:00,327 OF BIOPHOTONIC, BIOELECTRONIC 3077 01:41:00,327 --> 01:41:01,962 AND BIOACOUSTIC DEVICES. 3078 01:41:01,962 --> 01:41:04,364 THE MINIATURIZATION OF THESE 3079 01:41:04,364 --> 01:41:07,400 TECHNOLOGIES INTO SIMPLE 3080 01:41:07,400 --> 01:41:08,502 WEARABLES WITH THE CAPABILITY TO 3081 01:41:08,502 --> 01:41:09,803 TRANSMIT THAT INFORMATION TO 3082 01:41:09,803 --> 01:41:12,772 APPS OR TO MHEALTH APPROACHES 3083 01:41:12,772 --> 01:41:14,474 WHERE ALGORITHMS CAN EXTRACT THE 3084 01:41:14,474 --> 01:41:18,078 DATA AND OPTIMIZE CONTRAST AND 3085 01:41:18,078 --> 01:41:18,845 INFORMATION CONTENT THAT COULD 3086 01:41:18,845 --> 01:41:20,680 BE FED TO PROVIDERS. 3087 01:41:20,680 --> 01:41:25,352 ALSO AT UCSF, A NEXT GEN 3088 01:41:25,352 --> 01:41:26,753 ULTRASOUND APPROACH THAT USES A 3089 01:41:26,753 --> 01:41:28,488 DEEP LEARNING MODEL FOR 3090 01:41:28,488 --> 01:41:29,689 ULTRASOUND DETECTION OF 3091 01:41:29,689 --> 01:41:30,557 CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. 3092 01:41:30,557 --> 01:41:31,224 THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT 3093 01:41:31,224 --> 01:41:33,360 DIFFERENT IN THAT IT'S A 3094 01:41:33,360 --> 01:41:34,561 PROVIDER-BASED TECHNOLOGY WHERE 3095 01:41:34,561 --> 01:41:35,662 WOMEN WOULD HAVE TO GO AND GET 3096 01:41:35,662 --> 01:41:37,864 THAT ULTRASOUND, BUT IT REALLY 3097 01:41:37,864 --> 01:41:39,466 ADVANCES COMPUTATIONAL 3098 01:41:39,466 --> 01:41:41,201 APPROACHES AND EXTRACTING 3099 01:41:41,201 --> 01:41:42,068 INFORMATION CONTENT. 3100 01:41:42,068 --> 01:41:43,937 AND OUR MOST CURRENT ONE, 3101 01:41:43,937 --> 01:41:47,307 DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 11TH. 3102 01:41:47,307 --> 01:41:49,809 NICHD AGAIN IS DRIVING AND 3103 01:41:49,809 --> 01:41:50,577 SUPPORTING THIS. 3104 01:41:50,577 --> 01:41:55,081 THIS IS THE ACT ENDO CHALLENGE, 3105 01:41:55,081 --> 01:41:58,285 $3 MILLION IN PRIZES TO EXCEL 3106 01:41:58,285 --> 01:42:00,687 ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF 3107 01:42:00,687 --> 01:42:01,688 NONINVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO 3108 01:42:01,688 --> 01:42:02,756 IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS OF 3109 01:42:02,756 --> 01:42:03,590 ENDOMETRIOSIS. 3110 01:42:03,590 --> 01:42:06,560 AN URGENTLY NEEDED PROBLEM. 3111 01:42:06,560 --> 01:42:07,994 IT'S NOT AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF 3112 01:42:07,994 --> 01:42:09,129 MONEY WE HAVE. 3113 01:42:09,129 --> 01:42:10,130 I BELIEVE OVER 60 APPLICANTS 3114 01:42:10,130 --> 01:42:11,765 THAT HAVE STARTED TO FILL OUT 3115 01:42:11,765 --> 01:42:13,300 THIS APPLICATION PROCESS, SO 3116 01:42:13,300 --> 01:42:15,769 WE'RE QUITE HOPEFUL, AND WE'VE 3117 01:42:15,769 --> 01:42:17,737 HAD GREAT RESPONSE FROM OUR 3118 01:42:17,737 --> 01:42:18,705 COMMUNITY THAT SUGGESTS THAT 3119 01:42:18,705 --> 01:42:20,674 WE'RE GOING TO GET LOTS OF GREAT 3120 01:42:20,674 --> 01:42:21,775 APPLICATIONS IN, AND THIS IS 3121 01:42:21,775 --> 01:42:23,476 GOING TO BE AT LEAST THE FIRST 3122 01:42:23,476 --> 01:42:25,712 STEP IN WHAT CAN BE SUBSEQUENT 3123 01:42:25,712 --> 01:42:27,714 FUNDING THAT COULD DRAMATICALLY 3124 01:42:27,714 --> 01:42:30,016 EXPAND AND ADVANCE THIS FIELD. 3125 01:42:30,016 --> 01:42:32,786 SO LET ME KIND OF RUN THROUGH, 3126 01:42:32,786 --> 01:42:34,454 AND THIS IS A BIT OF EYE CANDY. 3127 01:42:34,454 --> 01:42:36,556 I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF 3128 01:42:36,556 --> 01:42:37,657 SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT 3129 01:42:37,657 --> 01:42:41,995 ARE BEING DEVELOPED BY SUPPORTED 3130 01:42:41,995 --> 01:42:42,529 INVESTIGATORS. 3131 01:42:42,529 --> 01:42:44,164 I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON 3132 01:42:44,164 --> 01:42:45,599 EACH ONE, BUT GIVES YOU A SENSE 3133 01:42:45,599 --> 01:42:47,434 FOR THE SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES AND 3134 01:42:47,434 --> 01:42:49,169 THE AMBITION OF OUR 3135 01:42:49,169 --> 01:42:50,036 INVESTIGATORS ACROSS OUR 3136 01:42:50,036 --> 01:42:50,370 COMMUNITY. 3137 01:42:50,370 --> 01:42:55,175 SO I'LL FOCUS IN FIRST ON SOME 3138 01:42:55,175 --> 01:42:56,810 ENGINEERED BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OR 3139 01:42:56,810 --> 01:43:00,313 WHAT WE CALL SOFT MATERIALS 3140 01:43:00,313 --> 01:43:02,349 ENGINEERING. 3141 01:43:02,349 --> 01:43:04,751 ONE INTERESTING PROBLEM THAT 3142 01:43:04,751 --> 01:43:06,720 ARIELLA IS WORKING ON IS THE 3143 01:43:06,720 --> 01:43:08,788 ENCAPSULATION OF OVARIAN TISSUE. 3144 01:43:08,788 --> 01:43:10,724 SO OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY IS A 3145 01:43:10,724 --> 01:43:12,692 PROBLEM THAT CAN BE FACED BY 3146 01:43:12,692 --> 01:43:14,628 WOMEN, FOR EXAMPLE, WHO'VE GONE 3147 01:43:14,628 --> 01:43:15,829 THROUGH CANCER THERAPIES AT A 3148 01:43:15,829 --> 01:43:17,230 YOUNG AGE. 3149 01:43:17,230 --> 01:43:19,332 ADEALLY, ONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 3150 01:43:19,332 --> 01:43:21,801 AN OVARIAN TISSUE ALLOGRAFT AND 3151 01:43:21,801 --> 01:43:25,739 DO AN IMPLANTATION THAT COULD 3152 01:43:25,739 --> 01:43:27,040 HELP THEN ACCELERATE OR 3153 01:43:27,040 --> 01:43:31,411 COMPENSATE FOR THAT 3154 01:43:31,411 --> 01:43:32,012 INSUFFICIENCY, AND ONE OF THE 3155 01:43:32,012 --> 01:43:33,847 BIG CHALLENGES, OF COURSE, IS 3156 01:43:33,847 --> 01:43:36,016 IMMUNE REJECTION. 3157 01:43:36,016 --> 01:43:37,417 SO AIR YES LA HAS BEEN WORKING 3158 01:43:37,417 --> 01:43:44,991 ON A WAY TO TAKE THAT TISSUE AND 3159 01:43:44,991 --> 01:43:47,093 FORM MULTIPLE ENCANCELLATION 3160 01:43:47,093 --> 01:43:49,796 ZONES USING CROSSLINKING 3161 01:43:49,796 --> 01:43:51,164 APPROACHES TO PROTECT IT SO THAT 3162 01:43:51,164 --> 01:43:52,699 IT'S NOT ATTACKED BY THE IMMUNE 3163 01:43:52,699 --> 01:43:54,000 SYSTEM AND IT FULLY FUNCTIONAL. 3164 01:43:54,000 --> 01:43:56,936 SO THIS IS A DUAL GEL, AND THE 3165 01:43:56,936 --> 01:43:59,105 OVARIAN TISSUE, WHICH WOULD BE 3166 01:43:59,105 --> 01:44:01,508 AN ALLOGRAFT IS ENCAPSULATED IN 3167 01:44:01,508 --> 01:44:02,575 THE CORE OF THE GEL AND THEN 3168 01:44:02,575 --> 01:44:03,677 THERE'S A SHELL BUILT AROUND 3169 01:44:03,677 --> 01:44:03,977 THAT. 3170 01:44:03,977 --> 01:44:05,912 SO SHE'S HAD LOTS OF SUCCESS IN 3171 01:44:05,912 --> 01:44:07,681 BUILDING THE STRUCTURE AND 3172 01:44:07,681 --> 01:44:09,315 SHOWING THAT IT'S EFFECTIVE, 3173 01:44:09,315 --> 01:44:11,851 IT'S HORMONALLY EFFECTIVE, COULD 3174 01:44:11,851 --> 01:44:14,421 POTENTIALLY BE A REPLACEMENT FOR 3175 01:44:14,421 --> 01:44:15,955 AN ALTERNATIVE TO HORMONE 3176 01:44:15,955 --> 01:44:17,157 REPLACEMENT THERAPIES WHICH ARE 3177 01:44:17,157 --> 01:44:19,125 ONLY USING TWO PARTICULAR 3178 01:44:19,125 --> 01:44:20,293 AGENTS, SO THIS IS A MORE 3179 01:44:20,293 --> 01:44:21,828 COMPLEX AND REALISTIC TISSUE 3180 01:44:21,828 --> 01:44:25,231 THAT COULD BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL 3181 01:44:25,231 --> 01:44:27,267 AND COULD ALSO BE BANKED AND 3182 01:44:27,267 --> 01:44:29,135 CRYOPRESERVED THAT WOULD BE DONE 3183 01:44:29,135 --> 01:44:32,539 IN AN ALLOGRAFT SETTING. 3184 01:44:32,539 --> 01:44:35,975 THERE'S THIS REALLY SIGNIFICANT 3185 01:44:35,975 --> 01:44:40,714 NEED FOR CREATING SOLUTIONS FOR 3186 01:44:40,714 --> 01:44:42,982 URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS 3187 01:44:42,982 --> 01:44:43,883 INCONTINENCE, AND ONE OF THE 3188 01:44:43,883 --> 01:44:46,853 NEEDS IS TO BE ABLE TO DI 3189 01:44:46,853 --> 01:44:50,290 DYNAMICALLY MODULATE WHAT SLING 3190 01:44:50,290 --> 01:44:52,125 DESIGN SO THEY REALLY ARE BETTER 3191 01:44:52,125 --> 01:44:53,993 AT FUNCTIONING BOTH WHEN YOU 3192 01:44:53,993 --> 01:44:57,263 NEED THEM TO BE OPENED AND ALSO 3193 01:44:57,263 --> 01:44:59,232 WHEN THE SLING ITSELF IS SHUT, 3194 01:44:59,232 --> 01:45:00,834 IT NEEDS TO PREVENT LEAKAGE. 3195 01:45:00,834 --> 01:45:06,439 SO THIS IS A VERY CLEVER LIQUID 3196 01:45:06,439 --> 01:45:07,640 CRYSTAL ELASTOMER DEVICE THAT 3197 01:45:07,640 --> 01:45:09,576 CAN BE 3D PRINTED AND PUT ON ANY 3198 01:45:09,576 --> 01:45:11,111 KIND OF MATERIAL. 3199 01:45:11,111 --> 01:45:12,912 IT RESPONDS TO HEAT, SO IT CAN 3200 01:45:12,912 --> 01:45:14,447 BE ACTIVATED WITH HEAT, AND THIS 3201 01:45:14,447 --> 01:45:19,486 WORK IS BEING DONE BY TAYLOR 3202 01:45:19,486 --> 01:45:25,158 WARE, TEXAS A & M. 3203 01:45:25,158 --> 01:45:27,460 SO WE'RE ALL FOLLOWING CAR T 3204 01:45:27,460 --> 01:45:30,830 THERAPY AND EXCITED ABOUT IT FOR 3205 01:45:30,830 --> 01:45:32,499 HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES, BUT 3206 01:45:32,499 --> 01:45:33,967 THERE ARE REALLY SIGNIFICANT 3207 01:45:33,967 --> 01:45:35,068 LIMITATIONS IN CAR-T-CELL 3208 01:45:35,068 --> 01:45:37,036 THERAPY IN SOLID TUMORS LIKE IN 3209 01:45:37,036 --> 01:45:40,974 BREAST CANCER, AND THERE ARE 3210 01:45:40,974 --> 01:45:44,043 VERY SIGNIFICANT OFF-TARGET 3211 01:45:44,043 --> 01:45:45,879 EFFECTS AND ANTIGEN EXHAUSTION, 3212 01:45:45,879 --> 01:45:47,814 SO CAR-T CELLS ARE REALLY NOT 3213 01:45:47,814 --> 01:45:48,915 WORKING IN THESE KINDS OF 3214 01:45:48,915 --> 01:45:52,952 TUMORS. 3215 01:45:52,952 --> 01:45:56,689 SO TAL DANINO, COLUMBIA, HAS 3216 01:45:56,689 --> 01:45:59,192 BEEN DEVELOPING A 3217 01:45:59,192 --> 01:46:00,593 PROBIOTIC-GUIDED CAR-T-CELL 3218 01:46:00,593 --> 01:46:04,164 THERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER. 3219 01:46:04,164 --> 01:46:07,267 SO HIS INNOVATION IS ENGINEERING 3220 01:46:07,267 --> 01:46:09,102 BACTERIA, SO ENGINEERING E. COLI 3221 01:46:09,102 --> 01:46:13,106 TO SELECTIVELY COLONIZE TUMORS 3222 01:46:13,106 --> 01:46:14,440 AND RELEASE PAY LOADS WITH 3223 01:46:14,440 --> 01:46:16,843 ANTIGENS THAT WOULD ENHANCE 3224 01:46:16,843 --> 01:46:18,144 CAR-T-CELL TARGETING. 3225 01:46:18,144 --> 01:46:20,980 SO IT DOESN'T RELY ON THE 3226 01:46:20,980 --> 01:46:21,848 INTRINSIC ANTIGEN PRESENTATION 3227 01:46:21,848 --> 01:46:22,816 OF THE TUMOR. 3228 01:46:22,816 --> 01:46:25,652 IT RELIES ON AN ENGINEERED 3229 01:46:25,652 --> 01:46:27,720 BACTERIUM WHICH IS A SYNTHETIC 3230 01:46:27,720 --> 01:46:29,155 BIOLOGY APPROACH TO BE DELIVERED 3231 01:46:29,155 --> 01:46:30,924 AND THEN COLONIZED IN THE 3232 01:46:30,924 --> 01:46:33,593 MICROBIOME OF THE TUMOR THAT'S 3233 01:46:33,593 --> 01:46:35,461 EXPRESSED AND THEN THE 3234 01:46:35,461 --> 01:46:37,764 CAR-T-CELL CAN BE TRAINED OR 3235 01:46:37,764 --> 01:46:47,340 OTHER CAR-CELL CON JEW GGUGATESE 3236 01:46:47,340 --> 01:46:49,509 GONE IN TO TRAIN THE TUMOR AND 3237 01:46:49,509 --> 01:46:54,147 HE'S SHOWED -- IT CAPTURES STATE 3238 01:46:54,147 --> 01:46:57,283 OF THE ART IN SYNTHETIC 3239 01:46:57,283 --> 01:46:58,351 BIOENGINEERING OF BACTERIA TO 3240 01:46:58,351 --> 01:46:59,619 DRIVE THIS. 3241 01:46:59,619 --> 01:47:01,821 AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE IN SOFT 3242 01:47:01,821 --> 01:47:03,456 MATERIALS IS THE WORK OF LINDA 3243 01:47:03,456 --> 01:47:05,325 GRIFFITH, WHO'S PROFESSOR OF 3244 01:47:05,325 --> 01:47:07,727 BIOENGINEERING AT MIT, WHOSE 3245 01:47:07,727 --> 01:47:08,795 PIONEERED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 3246 01:47:08,795 --> 01:47:11,431 NUMBER OF MICRO PHYSIOLOGIC 3247 01:47:11,431 --> 01:47:12,966 SYSTEMS, BUT SHE'S REALLY 3248 01:47:12,966 --> 01:47:16,135 FOCUSED HER ENERGY NOW ON AN 3249 01:47:16,135 --> 01:47:18,771 ORGANOID CO-CULTURE MODEL OF THE 3250 01:47:18,771 --> 01:47:19,405 HUMAN ENDOMETRIUM. 3251 01:47:19,405 --> 01:47:21,407 IT'S A FULLY SYNTHETIC 3252 01:47:21,407 --> 01:47:23,476 EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, SO THE 3253 01:47:23,476 --> 01:47:25,712 EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MATRIGEL 3254 01:47:25,712 --> 01:47:26,880 HAS BEEN OFTEN USED IN THESE 3255 01:47:26,880 --> 01:47:27,847 KINDS OF CO-CULTURES. 3256 01:47:27,847 --> 01:47:30,149 THAT'S NOT VERY REPRODUCIBLE, 3257 01:47:30,149 --> 01:47:30,617 IT'S HIGHLY VARIABLE. 3258 01:47:30,617 --> 01:47:33,186 IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRIVE 3259 01:47:33,186 --> 01:47:34,187 DISCOVERY, YOU HAVE TO 3260 01:47:34,187 --> 01:47:36,155 STANDARDIZE THESE APPROACHES IN 3261 01:47:36,155 --> 01:47:37,257 SOFT MATERIALS ENGINEERING JUST 3262 01:47:37,257 --> 01:47:39,325 LIKE WE DO IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 3263 01:47:39,325 --> 01:47:41,060 OTHER TYPES OF HARDWARE. 3264 01:47:41,060 --> 01:47:42,695 SO THE HARDWARE THAT YOU CAN BUY 3265 01:47:42,695 --> 01:47:45,531 OFF THE SHELF REALLY WORKS IN A 3266 01:47:45,531 --> 01:47:46,933 VERY STANDARDIZED WAY. 3267 01:47:46,933 --> 01:47:49,035 THE ENGINEERED BIOLOGY WORKS IN 3268 01:47:49,035 --> 01:47:54,374 SOME PEOPL PEOPLE'S LA PEOPLE'SY 3269 01:47:54,374 --> 01:47:55,141 WELL. 3270 01:47:55,141 --> 01:47:56,643 SO LINDA HAS TAKEN ON THIS 3271 01:47:56,643 --> 01:47:57,977 REALLY HUGE CHALLENGE OF 3272 01:47:57,977 --> 01:47:59,512 ENGINEERING AND APPROACH THAT 3273 01:47:59,512 --> 01:48:02,215 MIMICS THE FULL ENDOMETRIAL 3274 01:48:02,215 --> 01:48:05,952 GROWTH AND SA CYCLE PROCESS THAT 3275 01:48:05,952 --> 01:48:07,387 CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO MULTIPLE 3276 01:48:07,387 --> 01:48:08,488 INVESTIGATORS AND WORK EXACTLY 3277 01:48:08,488 --> 01:48:11,724 THE SAME, SO THAT COULD 3278 01:48:11,724 --> 01:48:12,191 PARALLELIZE DISCOVERY. 3279 01:48:12,191 --> 01:48:15,795 SO VERY BRIEFLY, THE CO-CULTURE 3280 01:48:15,795 --> 01:48:17,430 IS AN ENDOMETRIAL CELLS AS WELL 3281 01:48:17,430 --> 01:48:17,964 AS STROMAL CELLS. 3282 01:48:17,964 --> 01:48:22,235 YOU CAN SEE WITH 3D OBSTETRICAL 3283 01:48:22,235 --> 01:48:24,337 IMAGING THAT YOU CAN INTERROGATE 3284 01:48:24,337 --> 01:48:26,406 THESE STRUCTURES REALLY QUITE 3285 01:48:26,406 --> 01:48:29,676 BEAUTIFULLY, AND THEY ARE 3286 01:48:29,676 --> 01:48:33,179 RESPONSIVE TO PROLIFERATIVE 3287 01:48:33,179 --> 01:48:35,315 PHASES, MENSES, AS YOU CAN SEE 3288 01:48:35,315 --> 01:48:36,783 ON THE LEFT LOWER PANEL, THEY 3289 01:48:36,783 --> 01:48:38,985 FORM POLARIZED STRUCTURES JUST 3290 01:48:38,985 --> 01:48:40,687 LIKE WE SEE IN GLANDULAR 3291 01:48:40,687 --> 01:48:41,587 STRUCTURES IN ENDOMETRIOSIS, SO 3292 01:48:41,587 --> 01:48:44,190 THIS IS A BIOMIMIC THAT HAS 3293 01:48:44,190 --> 01:48:47,593 REALLY BEAUTIFUL FEATURES OF 3294 01:48:47,593 --> 01:48:49,329 ENDOMETRIAL PHYSIOLOGY, AND IT'S 3295 01:48:49,329 --> 01:48:51,731 A VERY STABLE PLATFORM THAT CAN 3296 01:48:51,731 --> 01:48:53,499 BE USED BY INVESTIGATORS TO 3297 01:48:53,499 --> 01:48:55,134 UNDERSTAND THIS -- TO UNDERSTAND 3298 01:48:55,134 --> 01:48:56,869 ENDOMETRIOSIS AND PROLIFERATION 3299 01:48:56,869 --> 01:48:59,172 EXTREMELY WELL. 3300 01:48:59,172 --> 01:49:01,708 SO I'LL GO INTO SOME BIOMEDICAL 3301 01:49:01,708 --> 01:49:02,241 IMAGING EXAMPLES. 3302 01:49:02,241 --> 01:49:04,644 THERE IS AN ENORMOUS -- IF YOU 3303 01:49:04,644 --> 01:49:06,512 REMEMBER THAT PIE CHART, 3304 01:49:06,512 --> 01:49:08,681 ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY IN 3305 01:49:08,681 --> 01:49:10,783 BIOMEDICAL IMAGING THAT'S GOING 3306 01:49:10,783 --> 01:49:11,651 ACROSS OUR FIELD AND OUR 3307 01:49:11,651 --> 01:49:12,218 COMMUNITY. 3308 01:49:12,218 --> 01:49:14,153 I JUST HAVE A FEW SNAPSHOTS OF 3309 01:49:14,153 --> 01:49:14,587 THESE. 3310 01:49:14,587 --> 01:49:17,090 I THINK WE HAVE AN ENTIRE 3311 01:49:17,090 --> 01:49:19,025 SYMPOSIUM FOR MULTIPLE DAYS AND 3312 01:49:19,025 --> 01:49:20,593 ALL THE STUFF ON IMAGING. 3313 01:49:20,593 --> 01:49:22,095 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY 3314 01:49:22,095 --> 01:49:25,798 JUMPED OUT AT ME IS WORK IN 3315 01:49:25,798 --> 01:49:27,367 DOPPLER ULTRASOUND BREAST 3316 01:49:27,367 --> 01:49:27,667 IMAGING. 3317 01:49:27,667 --> 01:49:30,136 THIS IS BEING LED BY A GROUP AT 3318 01:49:30,136 --> 01:49:30,536 THE MAYO CLINIC. 3319 01:49:30,536 --> 01:49:32,238 WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS TAKING A 3320 01:49:32,238 --> 01:49:36,075 NORMAL ULTRASOUND, BUT COMBINING 3321 01:49:36,075 --> 01:49:39,245 NORMAL ULTRASOUND SCANNING WITH 3322 01:49:39,245 --> 01:49:40,613 HIGH SPEED 600 FRAMES PER 3323 01:49:40,613 --> 01:49:43,282 SECRETARY PO DELL-BASED DOPPLER 3324 01:49:43,282 --> 01:49:43,916 ULTRASOUND RECONSTRUCTION. 3325 01:49:43,916 --> 01:49:46,419 SO IN THE UPPER PANEL, YOU SEE 3326 01:49:46,419 --> 01:49:49,155 MALIGNANT BREAST TUMORS AND 3327 01:49:49,155 --> 01:49:50,823 BENIGN TUMORS, AND YOU SEE THE 3328 01:49:50,823 --> 01:49:51,791 DOPPLER SIGNATURE. 3329 01:49:51,791 --> 01:49:53,092 IF YOU'VE EVER DONE ULTRASOUND 3330 01:49:53,092 --> 01:49:56,029 OR SEEN ULTRASOUNDS WITH 3331 01:49:56,029 --> 01:49:57,463 DOPPLER, YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY 3332 01:49:57,463 --> 01:49:59,298 TERRIBLY IMPRESSED WITH THE 3333 01:49:59,298 --> 01:50:00,500 STRUCTURE OF THE MICRO 3334 01:50:00,500 --> 01:50:00,800 VASCULATURE. 3335 01:50:00,800 --> 01:50:02,368 IT REALLY DOESN'T SHOW IT USING 3336 01:50:02,368 --> 01:50:03,136 COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE. 3337 01:50:03,136 --> 01:50:05,972 SO WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS TAKEN 3338 01:50:05,972 --> 01:50:07,607 MODEL-BASED APPROACHES FOR 3339 01:50:07,607 --> 01:50:09,308 RECONSTRUCTING THE INFORMATION. 3340 01:50:09,308 --> 01:50:11,944 THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OUT 3341 01:50:11,944 --> 01:50:12,512 MICROVASCULAR STRUCTURES. 3342 01:50:12,512 --> 01:50:17,650 YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECOND COLUMN 3343 01:50:17,650 --> 01:50:21,254 AND ABLE TO USE FEATURES OF THAT 3344 01:50:21,254 --> 01:50:22,655 STRUCTURE LIKE THE FRACK TALL 3345 01:50:22,655 --> 01:50:23,856 DIMENSIONALITY TO IT, THE 3346 01:50:23,856 --> 01:50:25,324 BRANCHING FEATURES, AND YOU CAN 3347 01:50:25,324 --> 01:50:27,727 SEE ALL OF THESE NEW BIOMARKERS 3348 01:50:27,727 --> 01:50:30,496 IN THE THIRD ROW GOING ACROSS. 3349 01:50:30,496 --> 01:50:32,765 AND HAVE SHOWN IN A MORE THAN 3350 01:50:32,765 --> 01:50:34,967 500 PATIENT STUDY THAT THESE NEW 3351 01:50:34,967 --> 01:50:37,570 BIOMARKERS DRAMATICALLY ENHANCE 3352 01:50:37,570 --> 01:50:40,306 PERFORMANCE, SO ALMOST 94% 3353 01:50:40,306 --> 01:50:41,941 SENSITIVITY TO BREAST CANCER OF 3354 01:50:41,941 --> 01:50:45,311 ALL TUMOR SIZES AND ABOUT 89% 3355 01:50:45,311 --> 01:50:46,179 SPECIFICITY. 3356 01:50:46,179 --> 01:50:47,280 THEY'VE DEMONSTRATED THIS IN 3357 01:50:47,280 --> 01:50:48,481 KIDNEY, LIVER AND THYROID. 3358 01:50:48,481 --> 01:50:53,519 IN ADDITION TO BREAST CANCER. 3359 01:50:53,519 --> 01:50:54,821 SO AN INTERESTING AND PROMPTING 3360 01:50:54,821 --> 01:50:55,488 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOP M. 3361 01:50:55,488 --> 01:50:56,789 THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES 3362 01:50:56,789 --> 01:50:57,857 THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN 3363 01:50:57,857 --> 01:51:01,194 BREAST IMAGING. 3364 01:51:01,194 --> 01:51:05,598 MANY OF US HAVE HEARD OF 3365 01:51:05,598 --> 01:51:06,966 PHOTOACOUSTIC COMPUTED 3366 01:51:06,966 --> 01:51:07,266 TOMOGRAPHY. 3367 01:51:07,266 --> 01:51:08,734 THIS INVOSMS USING A LASER WITH 3368 01:51:08,734 --> 01:51:10,069 A SHORT PULSE THAT DEPOSITS 3369 01:51:10,069 --> 01:51:11,270 ENERGY INTO THE TISSUE. 3370 01:51:11,270 --> 01:51:14,540 THE ENERGY IS ABSORBED BY BLOOD 3371 01:51:14,540 --> 01:51:15,842 VESSELS. 3372 01:51:15,842 --> 01:51:16,943 THE BLOOD VESSELS IN THE 3373 01:51:16,943 --> 01:51:18,478 DISSIPATION OF THAT ENERGY 3374 01:51:18,478 --> 01:51:21,114 GENERATE HEAT AND ALSO THEY 3375 01:51:21,114 --> 01:51:23,182 GENERATE MECHANICAL WAVES THAT 3376 01:51:23,182 --> 01:51:26,552 ARE PROPAGATING IN AT THE SPEED 3377 01:51:26,552 --> 01:51:29,922 OF SOUND FROM THE SOURCE BACK TO 3378 01:51:29,922 --> 01:51:31,157 THE SURFACE OF THE TISSUE. 3379 01:51:31,157 --> 01:51:32,325 THOSE MECHANICAL WAVES ARE WHAT 3380 01:51:32,325 --> 01:51:33,860 WE CALL BROADBAND ULTRASOUND, SO 3381 01:51:33,860 --> 01:51:36,596 YOU CAN USE AN ULTRASOUND 3382 01:51:36,596 --> 01:51:37,930 TRANSDUCER LITERALLY TO LISTEN 3383 01:51:37,930 --> 01:51:40,466 TO THE LIGHT THAT IS DEPOSITED 3384 01:51:40,466 --> 01:51:42,268 INSIDE THE TISSUE. 3385 01:51:42,268 --> 01:51:44,370 AND IF WE USE DIFFERENT 3386 01:51:44,370 --> 01:51:46,472 WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT, WE CAN SEE 3387 01:51:46,472 --> 01:51:49,175 THE CONTRIBUTIONS DIFFERENTIALLY 3388 01:51:49,175 --> 01:51:52,478 OF OXYHEMOGLOBIN AND 3389 01:51:52,478 --> 01:51:53,779 DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN, IF YOU HAVE AN 3390 01:51:53,779 --> 01:51:54,981 AREA OF DENSE VASCULARITY AND 3391 01:51:54,981 --> 01:51:59,785 THIS IS WORK BEING LED BY MARK 3392 01:51:59,785 --> 01:52:04,490 AT ONE OF OUR TECHNOLOGY -- I 3393 01:52:04,490 --> 01:52:06,559 WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THESE ARE 3394 01:52:06,559 --> 01:52:11,264 FROM REAL PISHTS, BUT THEY 3395 01:52:11,264 --> 01:52:12,565 ILLUSTRATE -- I WANT TO GET 3396 01:52:12,565 --> 01:52:13,232 THESE THOUGH SPIN AROUND A 3397 01:52:13,232 --> 01:52:14,967 LITTLE BIT, THEY ILLUSTRATE THE 3398 01:52:14,967 --> 01:52:17,403 POTENTIAL TO SEPARATE THE 3399 01:52:17,403 --> 01:52:18,938 ARTERIAL SIDE FROM THE VENOUS 3400 01:52:18,938 --> 01:52:23,009 SIDE, AND QUANTIFY TISSUE 3401 01:52:23,009 --> 01:52:24,076 HEMOGLOBIN OXYGEN SATURATION IN 3402 01:52:24,076 --> 01:52:25,411 THE VESSELS AND IN THE TUMORS, 3403 01:52:25,411 --> 01:52:27,046 WHICH IS A NEW CONTRAST 3404 01:52:27,046 --> 01:52:30,016 MECHANISM THAT CAN BE USED TO 3405 01:52:30,016 --> 01:52:31,350 SEPARATE MALIGNANT FROM BENIGN 3406 01:52:31,350 --> 01:52:35,922 TUMORS. 3407 01:52:35,922 --> 01:52:38,124 IN GENITOURINARY SYMPTOMS OF 3408 01:52:38,124 --> 01:52:39,659 MENOPAUSE, THERE'S REALLY AN 3409 01:52:39,659 --> 01:52:42,728 INTERESTING PROJECT THAT IS LED 3410 01:52:42,728 --> 01:52:45,231 BY CHEN AND LANE AT U.C. IRVINE 3411 01:52:45,231 --> 01:52:46,966 WHERE THEY'VE DEVELOPED AN 3412 01:52:46,966 --> 01:52:49,268 INTRAVAGINAL OPTICAL COHERENCE 3413 01:52:49,268 --> 01:52:49,802 TOMOGRAPHY PROBE. 3414 01:52:49,802 --> 01:52:54,473 IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF OPTICAL 3415 01:52:54,473 --> 01:52:55,107 COHERENCE TOMORROWGRAPHY IN THE 3416 01:52:55,107 --> 01:52:56,242 CONTEXT OF GENITOURINARY 3417 01:52:56,242 --> 01:52:57,476 SYNDROME, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT 3418 01:52:57,476 --> 01:52:57,677 ALONE. 3419 01:52:57,677 --> 01:53:01,380 IT WAS DEVELOPED ORIGINALLY IN 3420 01:53:01,380 --> 01:53:03,583 OPHTHALMOLOGY, AND WE HAD LASKER 3421 01:53:03,583 --> 01:53:06,285 PRIZE WINNERS LAST YEAR, FEUJ 3422 01:53:06,285 --> 01:53:10,323 KNOWFORTHAT TECHNOLOGY. 3423 01:53:10,323 --> 01:53:12,091 IN OPHTHALMOLOGY, IT BEEN 3424 01:53:12,091 --> 01:53:12,959 TRANSFORMATIONAL IN THAT FIELD, 3425 01:53:12,959 --> 01:53:16,095 BUT IT BEING EXTENDED USING 3426 01:53:16,095 --> 01:53:17,263 FIBEROPTIC APPROACHES AND STATE 3427 01:53:17,263 --> 01:53:19,298 OF THE ART MICRO MECHANICAL 3428 01:53:19,298 --> 01:53:20,800 MACHINE SYSTEMS, SCANNERS, LOTS 3429 01:53:20,800 --> 01:53:23,002 OF REALLY COOL TECHNOLOGY ARE 3430 01:53:23,002 --> 01:53:25,504 GOING INTO THIS. 3431 01:53:25,504 --> 01:53:26,706 THIS GROUP HAS ADOPTED THAT 3432 01:53:26,706 --> 01:53:28,975 BEAUTIFUL TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE 3433 01:53:28,975 --> 01:53:30,843 DEVELOPED AN INTRAVAGINAL 3434 01:53:30,843 --> 01:53:33,479 IMAGING DEVICE THAT MEASURES THE 3435 01:53:33,479 --> 01:53:35,081 VAGINAL EPITHELIAL THICKNESS, 3436 01:53:35,081 --> 01:53:37,650 BLOOD VESSEL DENSITY, COLLAGEN 3437 01:53:37,650 --> 01:53:39,685 CONTENT AND ELASTICITY, AND HERE 3438 01:53:39,685 --> 01:53:43,189 I SHOW A SERIES OF IMAGES OF THE 3439 01:53:43,189 --> 01:53:43,823 VASCULAR STRUCTURE. 3440 01:53:43,823 --> 01:53:48,094 NOW AGAIN, THIS IS LABEL-FREE 3441 01:53:48,094 --> 01:53:49,629 AND THE INFORMATION ON THE 3442 01:53:49,629 --> 01:53:50,930 VASCULATURE COMES FROM 3443 01:53:50,930 --> 01:53:53,666 SCATTERING OF MOVING 3444 01:53:53,666 --> 01:53:55,635 ERYTHROCYTES, WHICH SHIFT THE 3445 01:53:55,635 --> 01:53:57,370 LIGHT SIGNAL SLIGHTLY IN 3446 01:53:57,370 --> 01:53:58,337 FREQUENCY, THAT'S CALLED THE 3447 01:53:58,337 --> 01:53:59,105 DOPPLER SHIFT. 3448 01:53:59,105 --> 01:54:03,142 SO THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THAT 3449 01:54:03,142 --> 01:54:04,343 INFORMATION, CALCULATE EXACTLY 3450 01:54:04,343 --> 01:54:06,545 WHERE THE MICRO VASCULATURE IS, 3451 01:54:06,545 --> 01:54:08,848 AND HERE YOU SEE BEFORE LASER 3452 01:54:08,848 --> 01:54:11,917 AND AFTER LASER TREATMENTS THAT 3453 01:54:11,917 --> 01:54:16,389 ARE SEPARATED BY FOUR WEEKS. 3454 01:54:16,389 --> 01:54:20,092 OOA VERY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN 3455 01:54:20,092 --> 01:54:20,559 EPITHELIAL THICKNESS. 3456 01:54:20,559 --> 01:54:24,697 I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT A 3457 01:54:24,697 --> 01:54:25,998 TYPICAL PULL-BACK LOOKS LIKE. 3458 01:54:25,998 --> 01:54:27,566 SO THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME 3459 01:54:27,566 --> 01:54:30,303 THAT IT TAKES TO GET ALL OF THAT 3460 01:54:30,303 --> 01:54:30,836 INFORMATION. 3461 01:54:30,836 --> 01:54:34,440 YOU SEE THIS IS A 3462 01:54:34,440 --> 01:54:36,108 CIRCUMFERENTIAL PULL-BACK VIEW. 3463 01:54:36,108 --> 01:54:38,744 THE DEPTH OF INTERROGATION IS 3464 01:54:38,744 --> 01:54:39,478 ABOUT 2 MILLIMETERS. 3465 01:54:39,478 --> 01:54:42,548 SO AS YOU PULL BACK, YOU GET 3466 01:54:42,548 --> 01:54:44,083 THAT FULL 2-MILLIMETER 3467 01:54:44,083 --> 01:54:46,152 THICKNESS, YOU GET THE FULL 3468 01:54:46,152 --> 01:54:46,819 INFORMATION CONTENT FROM THE 3469 01:54:46,819 --> 01:54:51,190 SURFACE AND ALL OF THAT DEPTH. 3470 01:54:51,190 --> 01:54:52,958 AND THEN THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL 3471 01:54:52,958 --> 01:54:54,126 APPROACHES CAN RENDER THAT 3472 01:54:54,126 --> 01:54:54,427 INFORMATION. 3473 01:54:54,427 --> 01:54:56,228 SO PRETTY SPECTACULAR 3474 01:54:56,228 --> 01:54:59,165 INFORMATION CONTENT AND 3475 01:54:59,165 --> 01:54:59,832 EXQUISITELY SENSITIVE CHANGES. 3476 01:54:59,832 --> 01:55:01,467 YOU CAN IMAGINE A VARIETY OF 3477 01:55:01,467 --> 01:55:05,838 DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS OF THAT. 3478 01:55:05,838 --> 01:55:08,074 LARINA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 3479 01:55:08,074 --> 01:55:12,645 HOUSTON IS USING OCT IN MOUSE -- 3480 01:55:12,645 --> 01:55:15,815 TO DRIVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF 3481 01:55:15,815 --> 01:55:16,349 FERTILIZATION. 3482 01:55:16,349 --> 01:55:17,583 WHAT WE SEE HERE I DON'T 3483 01:55:17,583 --> 01:55:20,753 NECESSARILY NEED TO EXPLAIN IN 3484 01:55:20,753 --> 01:55:23,389 VIVO IMAGING OF OVULATION, 3485 01:55:23,389 --> 01:55:25,925 IMAGING CILIA, LOOKING AT THE 3486 01:55:25,925 --> 01:55:28,861 FREQUENCY OF BEADING OF THE 3487 01:55:28,861 --> 01:55:31,697 CILIA IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBES. 3488 01:55:31,697 --> 01:55:32,798 PRETTY SPECTACULAR, FIRST TIME 3489 01:55:32,798 --> 01:55:34,433 EVER AND THIS IS REALLY DRIVING 3490 01:55:34,433 --> 01:55:37,136 SOME UNDERSTANDINGS IN 3491 01:55:37,136 --> 01:55:38,671 TECHNOLOGY, AND IT'S BEING 3492 01:55:38,671 --> 01:55:40,005 TRANSLATED INTO THE CLINICAL 3493 01:55:40,005 --> 01:55:42,508 SETTING, WORKING WITH JENNIFER 3494 01:55:42,508 --> 01:55:44,143 BARTON IN THE DESIGN OF AN ENDO 3495 01:55:44,143 --> 01:55:46,645 SCOPE THAT CAN BE PUT THROUGH 3496 01:55:46,645 --> 01:55:50,616 THE CERVICAL OS AND UP INTO A 3497 01:55:50,616 --> 01:55:51,784 FALLOPIAN TUBE SO THE DIAMETER 3498 01:55:51,784 --> 01:55:53,786 IS LESS THAN A MILLIMETER. 3499 01:55:53,786 --> 01:55:55,955 IT PACKS IN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT 3500 01:55:55,955 --> 01:56:04,830 OF CAPABILITY WITH FLUORESCENCE, 3501 01:56:04,830 --> 01:56:07,666 REFLECTANCE AND OPTICAL 3502 01:56:07,666 --> 01:56:08,100 TOMOGRAPHY. 3503 01:56:08,100 --> 01:56:11,737 WHAT YOU SEE, AS YOU INSERT THE 3504 01:56:11,737 --> 01:56:12,605 ENDOSCOPE, THE WHITE LIGHT 3505 01:56:12,605 --> 01:56:15,207 REFLECTING AND THEN RECONSTRUCT 3506 01:56:15,207 --> 01:56:17,543 INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURE 3507 01:56:17,543 --> 01:56:19,512 WITHIN THE FALLOPIAN TUBE. 3508 01:56:19,512 --> 01:56:22,081 ON THE LOWER RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE 3509 01:56:22,081 --> 01:56:28,154 ONE FROM A NORMAL FLOAP WAN FALE 3510 01:56:28,154 --> 01:56:29,789 AND ONE WITH A PATIENT WITH 3511 01:56:29,789 --> 01:56:30,556 ENDOMETRIOSIS. 3512 01:56:30,556 --> 01:56:34,927 THEY'RE COLOR-CODED, AN ENTIRELY 3513 01:56:34,927 --> 01:56:36,896 NEW BIOMARKER DIAGNOSTIC THAT 3514 01:56:36,896 --> 01:56:39,298 REALLY HASN'T BEEN USED/SEEN 3515 01:56:39,298 --> 01:56:40,833 BEFORE AND THAT THEY'RE NOW 3516 01:56:40,833 --> 01:56:41,400 CHARACTERIZING FOR THE FIRST 3517 01:56:41,400 --> 01:56:41,700 TIME. 3518 01:56:41,700 --> 01:56:43,669 I'LL TRY TO JUST WRAP EVERYTHING 3519 01:56:43,669 --> 01:56:49,475 UP WITH THESE LAST TECHNOLOGY 3520 01:56:49,475 --> 01:56:52,645 EXAMPLES. 3521 01:56:52,645 --> 01:56:59,785 NIMMI RAMANUJAM AT DUKE, THE 3522 01:56:59,785 --> 01:57:01,287 CALLASCOPE ON RIGHT IS A 3523 01:57:01,287 --> 01:57:02,955 SELF-INSERTION SPECULUM-FREE 3524 01:57:02,955 --> 01:57:03,189 DEVICE. 3525 01:57:03,189 --> 01:57:06,759 YOU CAN SEE IT IN REALTIME BEING 3526 01:57:06,759 --> 01:57:08,828 INSERTED BY A PATIENT, AND THE 3527 01:57:08,828 --> 01:57:11,697 IMAGE ULTIMATELY THAT'S FORMED 3528 01:57:11,697 --> 01:57:15,301 IS REALLY THE SAME QUALITY AS A 3529 01:57:15,301 --> 01:57:19,905 VERY EXPENSIVE SCOPE THAT CAN 3530 01:57:19,905 --> 01:57:21,307 CAUSE 10, 15 OR 20 TIMES MORE, 3531 01:57:21,307 --> 01:57:22,074 DEPENDING ON WHATEVER EXAMPLE 3532 01:57:22,074 --> 01:57:22,842 THAT YOU GET. 3533 01:57:22,842 --> 01:57:26,011 AND THIS IS COMBINED WITH A 3534 01:57:26,011 --> 01:57:27,746 POCKET SCOPE THAT'S USED IN A 3535 01:57:27,746 --> 01:57:29,949 MORE TRADITIONAL SETTING WITH A 3536 01:57:29,949 --> 01:57:31,817 SPECULUM THAT HAS EVEN HIGHER 3537 01:57:31,817 --> 01:57:33,419 RESOLUTION CAPABILITY AND IS 3538 01:57:33,419 --> 01:57:37,590 QOIT POWERFUL QUITE POWERFUL WU 3539 01:57:37,590 --> 01:57:39,492 COMBINE WITH ACETYL WHITENING. 3540 01:57:39,492 --> 01:57:42,695 THIS IS COMBINED WITH MULTIPLE 3541 01:57:42,695 --> 01:57:43,963 RESEARCH SITE ALL ACROSS THE 3542 01:57:43,963 --> 01:57:44,630 WORLD. 3543 01:57:44,630 --> 01:57:47,132 SHE'S ESTABLISHED THE CALLA 3544 01:57:47,132 --> 01:57:48,801 HEALTH FOUNDATION IN ORDER TO 3545 01:57:48,801 --> 01:57:51,303 DELIVER AND EXPAND ACCESS TO 3546 01:57:51,303 --> 01:57:54,406 THIS TECHNOLOGIES, INEXPENSE 3547 01:57:54,406 --> 01:57:56,775 SIEVE TECHNOLOGY. 3548 01:57:56,775 --> 01:58:01,280 SHE'S COORDINATING TO DEVELOP AN 3549 01:58:01,280 --> 01:58:02,815 IMAGING PROBE THAT WORKS IN 3550 01:58:02,815 --> 01:58:07,186 COMPATIBILITY WITH THE POCKET 3551 01:58:07,186 --> 01:58:09,054 SCOPE ITSELF, SO CAN YOU GO TO 3552 01:58:09,054 --> 01:58:10,723 SPECIFIC AREAS, GET VERY HIGH 3553 01:58:10,723 --> 01:58:12,358 RESOLUTION OF CELLULAR 3554 01:58:12,358 --> 01:58:15,427 PROCESSES, AND THEN MOVE THAT 3555 01:58:15,427 --> 01:58:18,163 ACROSS THE CERVIX TO BUILD UP 3556 01:58:18,163 --> 01:58:23,402 INFORMATION CONTENT ON CERVICAL 3557 01:58:23,402 --> 01:58:25,704 INTEREPITHELIAL APLASIAS AND 3558 01:58:25,704 --> 01:58:26,805 ULTIMATELY COME TO A DIAGNOSE ON 3559 01:58:26,805 --> 01:58:28,440 THE SPOT. 3560 01:58:28,440 --> 01:58:29,542 THE PERFORMANCE OVERALL OF THIS 3561 01:58:29,542 --> 01:58:31,944 DEVICE ACTUALLY EXCEEDS 3562 01:58:31,944 --> 01:58:32,878 HISTORICAL CLINICAL PERFORMANCE. 3563 01:58:32,878 --> 01:58:34,246 I CAN TALK ABOUT IT BUT LET ME 3564 01:58:34,246 --> 01:58:36,348 JUST SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO OF THE 3565 01:58:36,348 --> 01:58:37,316 PROBE IN ACTION. 3566 01:58:37,316 --> 01:58:39,518 YOU CAN SEE THESE WHITE SPOTS, 3567 01:58:39,518 --> 01:58:44,690 THOSE ARE ACTUALLY CELLULAR 3568 01:58:44,690 --> 01:58:46,859 STRUCTURES, THE WHITE IS REFLECK 3569 01:58:46,859 --> 01:58:48,494 TANTS FROM ACETYL WHITENING 3570 01:58:48,494 --> 01:58:50,262 COMING FROM THE NUCLEUS OF THOSE 3571 01:58:50,262 --> 01:58:51,230 CELLS, SO EVERY ONE OF THOSE 3572 01:58:51,230 --> 01:58:54,099 DOTS IS FROM A SINGLE CELL FROM 3573 01:58:54,099 --> 01:58:55,067 THE NUCLEUS. 3574 01:58:55,067 --> 01:58:57,269 THE BRAITNESS AND THE DENSITY IS 3575 01:58:57,269 --> 01:58:59,471 THE REFLECTION OF THE DISEASE 3576 01:58:59,471 --> 01:59:02,308 PROCESS THAT'S OCCURRING. 3577 01:59:02,308 --> 01:59:05,377 ON THE REALTIME CALCULATION 3578 01:59:05,377 --> 01:59:06,912 USING A TYPE OF NEURAL NETWORK 3579 01:59:06,912 --> 01:59:08,013 APPROACH THAT SCORES THE REGION 3580 01:59:08,013 --> 01:59:10,849 WHERE YOU ARE, AND ACCOUNTS FOR 3581 01:59:10,849 --> 01:59:12,651 ALL OF THE NUMBERS OF CELLS IN 3582 01:59:12,651 --> 01:59:16,021 THE FIELD OF VIEW TET. 3583 01:59:16,021 --> 01:59:17,222 THAT'S THE MTN SCORE. 3584 01:59:17,222 --> 01:59:18,457 SO YOU KIND OF GET THE IDEA, 3585 01:59:18,457 --> 01:59:19,325 THIS IS MULTI-SCALE. 3586 01:59:19,325 --> 01:59:21,627 YOU GET THE MACROSCOPIC IMAGING 3587 01:59:21,627 --> 01:59:25,030 FROM THE POCKET COLPOSCOPE WHICH 3588 01:59:25,030 --> 01:59:26,899 IS EXTREMELY INEXPENSIVE AND 3589 01:59:26,899 --> 01:59:28,867 ACCESSIBLE, AND YOU GET THE HIGH 3590 01:59:28,867 --> 01:59:31,070 RESOLUTION INFORMATION FROM THIS 3591 01:59:31,070 --> 01:59:35,774 PROBE THAT CAN BE MOVED AROUND 3592 01:59:35,774 --> 01:59:38,277 AND COME UP WITH A SCORE THAT'S 3593 01:59:38,277 --> 01:59:39,144 HIGHLY PREDICTIVE. 3594 01:59:39,144 --> 01:59:41,981 THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO 3595 01:59:41,981 --> 01:59:46,051 SUPPORT, WE SUPPORT A 3596 01:59:46,051 --> 01:59:47,353 BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER, AND THERE 3597 01:59:47,353 --> 01:59:48,887 ARE ABOUT A THOUSAND VIRTUAL 3598 01:59:48,887 --> 01:59:51,290 PATIENT MODELS FOR FEMALES, FOR 3599 01:59:51,290 --> 01:59:52,691 WOMEN THAT INCLUDE DETAILED 3600 01:59:52,691 --> 01:59:54,360 STRUCTURES OF BREAST AND BONE TO 3601 01:59:54,360 --> 01:59:56,795 OPTIMIZE IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES. 3602 01:59:56,795 --> 01:59:59,465 THEY DEVELOP SOME PHANTOMS AND 3603 01:59:59,465 --> 02:00:03,002 AN APPROACH TO ASSESS THE IMPACT 3604 02:00:03,002 --> 02:00:06,839 OF RADIATION IN SPACE TRAVEL, 3605 02:00:06,839 --> 02:00:08,374 AND WERE ABLE TO PUT THESE 3606 02:00:08,374 --> 02:00:11,977 MODELS ON THE ARTEMUS MISSION 3607 02:00:11,977 --> 02:00:20,386 THAT FLU ARO FLEW AROUND THE MO. 3608 02:00:20,386 --> 02:00:22,655 WE THINK A LOT ABOUT DIGITAL 3609 02:00:22,655 --> 02:00:24,823 TWINS, SO WE CAN DO THESE WITH 3610 02:00:24,823 --> 02:00:26,025 THESE MODELS WITHOUT HAVING TO 3611 02:00:26,025 --> 02:00:28,560 GO INTO VERY EXPENSIVE 3612 02:00:28,560 --> 02:00:29,428 HUMAN-BASED CLINICAL TRIALS. 3613 02:00:29,428 --> 02:00:31,296 CLEARLY GOING INTO SPACE AND 3614 02:00:31,296 --> 02:00:34,133 ASSESSING HOW A FEMALE AS NOT 3615 02:00:34,133 --> 02:00:36,368 WOULD BE EXPOSED TO RADIATION IS 3616 02:00:36,368 --> 02:00:37,970 ONE THAT'S NOT REALLY EASY OR 3617 02:00:37,970 --> 02:00:39,304 THAT COMMON TO DO, BUT THERE'S 3618 02:00:39,304 --> 02:00:42,908 SOME VERY COMMON ONES LIKE DOES 3619 02:00:42,908 --> 02:00:45,744 DIGITAL MEMOGRAPHY WORK AS WELL 3620 02:00:45,744 --> 02:00:49,581 AS WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO DO WITH 3621 02:00:49,581 --> 02:00:50,549 ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY? 3622 02:00:50,549 --> 02:00:52,418 CAN WE EVALUATE AND COMPARE 3623 02:00:52,418 --> 02:00:53,285 DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY AS COMPARED 3624 02:00:53,285 --> 02:00:55,254 TO NEWER EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES? 3625 02:00:55,254 --> 02:00:57,356 AND THESE THINGS CAN ALL BE 3626 02:00:57,356 --> 02:01:00,092 EVALUATED IN THESE TYPES OF 3627 02:01:00,092 --> 02:01:01,727 VIRTUAL STUDIES. 3628 02:01:01,727 --> 02:01:03,929 SO LET ME TRY TO WRAP EVERYTHING 3629 02:01:03,929 --> 02:01:04,697 UP. 3630 02:01:04,697 --> 02:01:10,936 LOTS OF INVESTMENT ACROSS THE 3631 02:01:10,936 --> 02:01:12,371 NIH IN BIOENGINEERING 3632 02:01:12,371 --> 02:01:12,905 TECHNOLOGIES. 3633 02:01:12,905 --> 02:01:14,440 OUR WORKFORCE HAS BEEN A KEY 3634 02:01:14,440 --> 02:01:16,075 DRIVER, I THINK, IN WOMEN'S 3635 02:01:16,075 --> 02:01:18,043 HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES IN 3636 02:01:18,043 --> 02:01:18,477 BIOENGINEERING. 3637 02:01:18,477 --> 02:01:19,778 THERE'S BEEN AN ENORMOUS 3638 02:01:19,778 --> 02:01:20,913 INCREASE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL 3639 02:01:20,913 --> 02:01:21,113 YEARS. 3640 02:01:21,113 --> 02:01:24,850 IN TERMS OF WOMEN'S HEALTH, WE 3641 02:01:24,850 --> 02:01:26,151 SEE THESE PURPOSE-DRIVEN 3642 02:01:26,151 --> 02:01:27,352 ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES COMING 3643 02:01:27,352 --> 02:01:30,222 TO AN INSTITUTE THAT SAYS COME 3644 02:01:30,222 --> 02:01:31,523 TO US WITH YOUR IDEAS WITHOUT A 3645 02:01:31,523 --> 02:01:33,158 PURPOSE. 3646 02:01:33,158 --> 02:01:34,593 SO THERE'S A VERY INTERESTING 3647 02:01:34,593 --> 02:01:35,461 DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THAT. 3648 02:01:35,461 --> 02:01:37,229 WE SEE ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS 3649 02:01:37,229 --> 02:01:40,099 FROM THE UNDERGRADUATE DESIGN 3650 02:01:40,099 --> 02:01:40,833 APPROACHES. 3651 02:01:40,833 --> 02:01:41,834 INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 3652 02:01:41,834 --> 02:01:48,307 THE GROWTH OF THE FEMTECH 3653 02:01:48,307 --> 02:01:49,374 CENTER. 3654 02:01:49,374 --> 02:01:50,476 I SORT OF POSE THE QUESTION, IS 3655 02:01:50,476 --> 02:01:53,979 ALL OF THIS EXPANSION IN OUR 3656 02:01:53,979 --> 02:01:54,947 COMMUNITY, UNDERGRADS AND 3657 02:01:54,947 --> 02:01:56,148 GRADUATE LEVEL AND FACULTY 3658 02:01:56,148 --> 02:01:57,683 LEVEL, IS THAT A KEY DRIVER FOR 3659 02:01:57,683 --> 02:01:59,218 THE GROWTH OF THESE WOMEN'S 3660 02:01:59,218 --> 02:02:00,419 HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES? 3661 02:02:00,419 --> 02:02:03,489 I IMAGINE IF YOU DOLL THE 3662 02:02:03,489 --> 02:02:04,556 THOUGHT EXPERIMENT AND TAKE ALL 3663 02:02:04,556 --> 02:02:06,358 THOSE FOLKS AWAY I THINK THE 3664 02:02:06,358 --> 02:02:07,326 EASY ANSWER IS YES. 3665 02:02:07,326 --> 02:02:08,861 BUT TO UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE 3666 02:02:08,861 --> 02:02:10,395 MORE DEEPLY AND ENCOURAGE IT 3667 02:02:10,395 --> 02:02:11,930 FURTHER, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 3668 02:02:11,930 --> 02:02:12,297 CHALLENGES. 3669 02:02:12,297 --> 02:02:14,466 WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE 3670 02:02:14,466 --> 02:02:15,968 THE NUMBER OF WOMEN IN 3671 02:02:15,968 --> 02:02:17,069 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SO THE 3672 02:02:17,069 --> 02:02:21,340 FACULTY NUMBERS ROW FLECT THE 3673 02:02:21,340 --> 02:02:24,309 PH.D. NUMBERS, THE PH.D. NUMBERS 3674 02:02:24,309 --> 02:02:25,277 REPRESENT THE STUDENTS. 3675 02:02:25,277 --> 02:02:27,479 THE VALIDATION OF MANY OF THESE 3676 02:02:27,479 --> 02:02:28,647 TECHNOLOGIES, WE KNOW CULTURALLY 3677 02:02:28,647 --> 02:02:30,549 IT CAN TAKE A WHILE FOR THESE 3678 02:02:30,549 --> 02:02:33,051 ADVANCES TO MOVE, AND OVERALL, 3679 02:02:33,051 --> 02:02:34,486 WE NEED TO BE INNOVATIVE IN THE 3680 02:02:34,486 --> 02:02:35,387 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CREATE. 3681 02:02:35,387 --> 02:02:38,757 SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE RADX 3682 02:02:38,757 --> 02:02:39,525 PROGRAM. 3683 02:02:39,525 --> 02:02:40,626 THESE ARE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS 3684 02:02:40,626 --> 02:02:42,394 TO HELP STIMULATE INNOVATION, 3685 02:02:42,394 --> 02:02:43,695 COMMERCIALIZATION, AND 3686 02:02:43,695 --> 02:02:46,365 PARTICIPATION, EASIER 3687 02:02:46,365 --> 02:02:46,999 PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT 3688 02:02:46,999 --> 02:02:47,900 OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 3689 02:02:47,900 --> 02:02:48,333 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 3690 02:02:48,333 --> 02:02:58,744 SO WITH THAT, I WILL WRAP IT UP. 3691 02:02:58,744 --> 02:03:01,914 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRUCE. 3692 02:03:01,914 --> 02:03:03,115 I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY. 3693 02:03:03,115 --> 02:03:06,418 THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLY 3694 02:03:06,418 --> 02:03:10,789 COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF 3695 02:03:10,789 --> 02:03:12,658 OPPORTUNITIES, OF ADVANCES, OF 3696 02:03:12,658 --> 02:03:14,526 PROMISE, AND ALL THE INCREDIBLE 3697 02:03:14,526 --> 02:03:17,029 WORK THAT NIBIB IS LEADING IN 3698 02:03:17,029 --> 02:03:17,863 THIS SPACE COLLABORATIVELY 3699 02:03:17,863 --> 02:03:22,301 ACROSS NIH. 3700 02:03:22,301 --> 02:03:23,735 WE ARE A LITTLE OVER, SO LET ME 3701 02:03:23,735 --> 02:03:30,008 ASK IF THERE ARE ANY COMPELLING 3702 02:03:30,008 --> 02:03:30,642 QUESTIONS. 3703 02:03:30,642 --> 02:03:31,410 DR. ANDERSON HAS A QUESTION, I 3704 02:03:31,410 --> 02:03:31,743 CAN TELL. 3705 02:03:31,743 --> 02:03:32,277 >> THANK YOU. 3706 02:03:32,277 --> 02:03:33,712 IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE 3707 02:03:33,712 --> 02:03:37,883 ALL OF THIS AND THE PROGRESS IN 3708 02:03:37,883 --> 02:03:38,851 HAVING WOMEN IN THE FIELD AND 3709 02:03:38,851 --> 02:03:40,152 PUSHING THIS IS JUST REALLY 3710 02:03:40,152 --> 02:03:40,652 REWARDING. 3711 02:03:40,652 --> 02:03:41,954 I HAVE ONE SIMPLE QUESTION. 3712 02:03:41,954 --> 02:03:45,023 WHAT FRACTION OF THE BIOMEDICAL 3713 02:03:45,023 --> 02:03:45,791 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS ARE LED 3714 02:03:45,791 --> 02:03:48,427 BY WOMEN? 3715 02:03:48,427 --> 02:03:49,428 >> OH, GOSH. 3716 02:03:49,428 --> 02:03:53,365 YOU KNOW, THAT'S A QUESTION YOU 3717 02:03:53,365 --> 02:03:54,766 COULD ASK PERHAPS SUSAN 3718 02:03:54,766 --> 02:03:56,301 MARGULIES, WHO'S COMING LATER, 3719 02:03:56,301 --> 02:03:59,805 AND WHO, IN FACT, HAS LED TWO 3720 02:03:59,805 --> 02:04:00,339 BIOENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS 3721 02:04:00,339 --> 02:04:02,207 HERSELF AND IS VERY IN TUNE WITH 3722 02:04:02,207 --> 02:04:04,209 THAT, AND NOW LEADS THE NATIONAL 3723 02:04:04,209 --> 02:04:07,179 SCIENCE FOUNDATION'S ENGINEERING 3724 02:04:07,179 --> 02:04:08,347 DIRECTORATE. 3725 02:04:08,347 --> 02:04:10,215 BUT SEVERAL OF THEM ARE ON NIGH 3726 02:04:10,215 --> 02:04:13,986 NATON MYNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNC. 3727 02:04:13,986 --> 02:04:15,220 I THINK IT'S -- I DON'T WANT TO 3728 02:04:15,220 --> 02:04:18,156 GIVE YOU A HARD NUMBER, BUT IT'S 3729 02:04:18,156 --> 02:04:20,025 SIGNIFICANT, I THINK. 3730 02:04:20,025 --> 02:04:21,693 >> I ASK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN 3731 02:04:21,693 --> 02:04:25,130 THE MEDICAL FIELD, WE HAVE 3732 02:04:25,130 --> 02:04:27,032 SOMEWHAT OF A FALLOFF OF WOMEN 3733 02:04:27,032 --> 02:04:28,567 HE HIGHER LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP, 3734 02:04:28,567 --> 02:04:29,902 SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER 3735 02:04:29,902 --> 02:04:31,003 YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE BEHIND IN 3736 02:04:31,003 --> 02:04:32,304 THAT BECAUSE YOUR WOMEN ARE JUST 3737 02:04:32,304 --> 02:04:33,705 COMING INTO THAT, BUT SOMETHING 3738 02:04:33,705 --> 02:04:34,873 TO PAY ATTENTION TO. 3739 02:04:34,873 --> 02:04:36,508 >> WELL, AND YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 3740 02:04:36,508 --> 02:04:38,810 THING, AND EVEN KIND OF AT 3741 02:04:38,810 --> 02:04:44,049 ANOTHER LEVEL, WE SEE MANY 3742 02:04:44,049 --> 02:04:45,250 WOMEN, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERS, 3743 02:04:45,250 --> 02:04:47,019 TAKING LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT 3744 02:04:47,019 --> 02:04:49,655 THE DEAN LEVEL IN SCHOOLS OF 3745 02:04:49,655 --> 02:04:49,955 ENGINEERING. 3746 02:04:49,955 --> 02:04:52,925 AND SO LONG TIME COLLEAGUE OF 3747 02:04:52,925 --> 02:04:56,094 MINE, NANCY, THE DEAN OF THE 3748 02:04:56,094 --> 02:04:59,731 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, -- SO 3749 02:04:59,731 --> 02:05:01,800 NOT JUST BIOENGINEERING, THEY 3750 02:05:01,800 --> 02:05:03,368 ARE NOW LEADING BROADER EFFORTS 3751 02:05:03,368 --> 02:05:05,404 IN ENGINEERING. 3752 02:05:05,404 --> 02:05:07,139 THREE OF THE PAST PRESIDENTS OF 3753 02:05:07,139 --> 02:05:08,106 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF 3754 02:05:08,106 --> 02:05:09,174 MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL 3755 02:05:09,174 --> 02:05:11,576 ENGINEERING ARE WOMEN. 3756 02:05:11,576 --> 02:05:14,746 SO WE'RE SEEING CERTAINLY 3757 02:05:14,746 --> 02:05:16,281 GROWTH -- BUT THIS IS ALL 3758 02:05:16,281 --> 02:05:16,548 ANECDOTAL. 3759 02:05:16,548 --> 02:05:18,350 >> DR. TEMPLETON, DO YOU HAVE A 3760 02:05:18,350 --> 02:05:19,017 QUESTION ONLINE? 3761 02:05:19,017 --> 02:05:19,718 >> YEAH, YOU THAT VERY MUCH. 3762 02:05:19,718 --> 02:05:22,788 IT WAS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION. 3763 02:05:22,788 --> 02:05:24,423 REALLY, I'M OVERWHELMED WITH THE 3764 02:05:24,423 --> 02:05:25,557 AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU'RE 3765 02:05:25,557 --> 02:05:25,757 DOING. 3766 02:05:25,757 --> 02:05:26,091 >> THANK YOU. 3767 02:05:26,091 --> 02:05:27,626 >> BUT A QUESTION ABOUT THE 3768 02:05:27,626 --> 02:05:28,493 UNDERGRADUATES THAT ARE DOING 3769 02:05:28,493 --> 02:05:29,828 TEASE PROJECTS, WHICH ARE 3770 02:05:29,828 --> 02:05:31,029 AMAZING. 3771 02:05:31,029 --> 02:05:33,665 IS THERE AN EDUCATION PROGRAM OR 3772 02:05:33,665 --> 02:05:35,200 MODULE OR SOME SORT OF OUTREACH 3773 02:05:35,200 --> 02:05:36,868 TO THESE STUDENTS AHEAD OF TIME 3774 02:05:36,868 --> 02:05:39,371 TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPANSE OF 3775 02:05:39,371 --> 02:05:41,573 WOMEN'S HEALTH SO THEY CAN SEE 3776 02:05:41,573 --> 02:05:42,874 ALL OF THE BREADTH OF CONDITIONS 3777 02:05:42,874 --> 02:05:44,309 THAT COULD BE INCLUDED? 3778 02:05:44,309 --> 02:05:46,511 BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL VIEWS OF 3779 02:05:46,511 --> 02:05:49,348 WOMEN'S HEALTH INTO THINGS SUCH 3780 02:05:49,348 --> 02:05:53,618 AS OSTEOPOROSIS, PULLS, 3781 02:05:53,618 --> 02:05:54,519 FRACTURES, OSTEOARTHRITIS, 3782 02:05:54,519 --> 02:05:55,954 CHRONIC PAIN, ARE THEY LEARNING 3783 02:05:55,954 --> 02:05:56,555 ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH AND THEN 3784 02:05:56,555 --> 02:05:57,589 COMING UP WITH PROJECTS OR HOW 3785 02:05:57,589 --> 02:05:58,590 IS THAT HAPPENING? 3786 02:05:58,590 --> 02:06:00,993 >> NO, THAT'S GREAT QUESTION, 3787 02:06:00,993 --> 02:06:01,994 AND I THINK THAT'S THE MISSION 3788 02:06:01,994 --> 02:06:04,629 THAT JANINE AND I ARE ON, WITH 3789 02:06:04,629 --> 02:06:08,033 THIS KIND OF EFFORT TO REALLY 3790 02:06:08,033 --> 02:06:10,002 KIND OF BRIDGE OUR COMMUNITIES 3791 02:06:10,002 --> 02:06:11,670 IN A SYSTEMATIC AND THOUGHTFUL 3792 02:06:11,670 --> 02:06:11,937 WAY. 3793 02:06:11,937 --> 02:06:13,505 SO IT'S A TERRIFIC SUGGESTION TO 3794 02:06:13,505 --> 02:06:14,639 INTEGRATE THAT IN EDUCATION. 3795 02:06:14,639 --> 02:06:17,609 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S -- IF 3796 02:06:17,609 --> 02:06:19,678 YOU'RE A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 3797 02:06:19,678 --> 02:06:23,415 DEPARTMENT AND YOU DON'T HAVE A 3798 02:06:23,415 --> 02:06:24,383 BIODESIGN PROGRAM WITH 3799 02:06:24,383 --> 02:06:25,283 SIGNIFICANT INSTRUCTION ON HOW 3800 02:06:25,283 --> 02:06:28,120 YOU DEVELOP DEVICES, HOW YOU 3801 02:06:28,120 --> 02:06:30,655 MOVE THEM THROUGH THE 3802 02:06:30,655 --> 02:06:31,990 AUTHORIZATION PROCESS, AND HOW 3803 02:06:31,990 --> 02:06:33,959 YOU SECURE AND RAISE FUNDING FOR 3804 02:06:33,959 --> 02:06:36,561 YOUR IDEAS AND CONTINUED GROWTH. 3805 02:06:36,561 --> 02:06:38,663 AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL, THEN 3806 02:06:38,663 --> 02:06:41,566 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET STUDENTS 3807 02:06:41,566 --> 02:06:41,867 WHO COME. 3808 02:06:41,867 --> 02:06:45,470 SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY 3809 02:06:45,470 --> 02:06:47,272 ATTRACTIVE PIECE THAT SHOULD BE 3810 02:06:47,272 --> 02:06:48,473 INTEGRATED INTO THE ENGINEERING 3811 02:06:48,473 --> 02:06:50,675 CURRICULUM, AND I'LL HAVE MORE 3812 02:06:50,675 --> 02:06:52,611 OF A DISCUSSION WITH THAT IN OUR 3813 02:06:52,611 --> 02:06:53,645 TRAINING DIVISION AND SORT OF 3814 02:06:53,645 --> 02:06:56,181 IMAGINE HOW WE COULD DO THAT. 3815 02:06:56,181 --> 02:06:57,783 >> THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THAT 3816 02:06:57,783 --> 02:06:58,984 MIGHT ATTRACT EVEN MORE WOMEN TO 3817 02:06:58,984 --> 02:07:00,552 THE FIELD IF THEY COULD SEE THE 3818 02:07:00,552 --> 02:07:01,887 LINK BETWEEN EVERYTHING THAT 3819 02:07:01,887 --> 02:07:02,421 COMPRISES WOMEN'S HEALTH. 3820 02:07:02,421 --> 02:07:02,854 THANK YOU. 3821 02:07:02,854 --> 02:07:03,955 >> YEAH, THANK YOU. 3822 02:07:03,955 --> 02:07:05,757 AND I SHOULD ALSO EMPHASIZE HOW 3823 02:07:05,757 --> 02:07:07,726 THESE DESIGN PROJECTS ARE 3824 02:07:07,726 --> 02:07:10,429 SELECTED, LIKE THE STUDENTS 3825 02:07:10,429 --> 02:07:12,731 THEMSELVES ARE -- THEY ARE 3826 02:07:12,731 --> 02:07:15,600 THINKING THROUGH THE IDEAS AND 3827 02:07:15,600 --> 02:07:16,802 SYSTEMATICALLY GOING AROUND AND 3828 02:07:16,802 --> 02:07:18,437 INTERVIEWS PEOPLE THROUGH A VERY 3829 02:07:18,437 --> 02:07:19,671 SYSTEMATIC PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND 3830 02:07:19,671 --> 02:07:21,106 THE NEED AND ENGAGING. 3831 02:07:21,106 --> 02:07:22,841 SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS THAT 3832 02:07:22,841 --> 02:07:25,710 THESE THINGS DO COME ABOUT. 3833 02:07:25,710 --> 02:07:27,813 >> THANKS, KIM. 3834 02:07:27,813 --> 02:07:28,080 DR. NOEL? 3835 02:07:28,080 --> 02:07:30,549 >> HI, ALEXANDRA NOEL. 3836 02:07:30,549 --> 02:07:31,416 VERY NICE PRESENTATION. 3837 02:07:31,416 --> 02:07:35,921 YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE 3838 02:07:35,921 --> 02:07:36,588 POSTPARTUM WEARABLE OR SENSORS 3839 02:07:36,588 --> 02:07:37,789 THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR WOMEN AND 3840 02:07:37,789 --> 02:07:39,424 YOU TALKED ALSO A LOT ABOUT 3841 02:07:39,424 --> 02:07:42,394 FETAL MONITORING IN TERMS OF 3842 02:07:42,394 --> 02:07:43,061 BIOLOGICAL OUTCOMES. 3843 02:07:43,061 --> 02:07:46,031 I WAS WONDERING IF THERE ARE ANY 3844 02:07:46,031 --> 02:07:47,265 PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO LOOKING 3845 02:07:47,265 --> 02:07:49,868 AT WEARABLE SENSORS FOR PREGNANT 3846 02:07:49,868 --> 02:07:52,604 WOMEN TO LOOK AT EXPOSURE 3847 02:07:52,604 --> 02:07:54,473 ASSESSMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH 3848 02:07:54,473 --> 02:07:55,941 AIR POLLUTION BECAUSE THAT HAS A 3849 02:07:55,941 --> 02:07:57,242 GREAT -- WE KNOW THAT THAT CAN 3850 02:07:57,242 --> 02:07:59,010 AFFECT THE GENE ENVIRONMENT 3851 02:07:59,010 --> 02:08:00,879 INTERACTION AND THAT COULD ALSO 3852 02:08:00,879 --> 02:08:02,747 AFFECT THE OFFSPRING OR THE 3853 02:08:02,747 --> 02:08:04,049 NEONATE, SO JUST WONDERING. 3854 02:08:04,049 --> 02:08:06,918 >> NO, I FEEL LIKE AT SOME POINT 3855 02:08:06,918 --> 02:08:09,387 IN THE FUTURE, THE EXPOSOME IS 3856 02:08:09,387 --> 02:08:11,456 GOING TO BE PART OF OUR 3857 02:08:11,456 --> 02:08:13,859 ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD. 3858 02:08:13,859 --> 02:08:15,193 HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE? 3859 02:08:15,193 --> 02:08:16,828 I THINK THE ONLY THING I KNOW 3860 02:08:16,828 --> 02:08:18,263 FOR SURE IS WE'VE GOT TO ENGAGE 3861 02:08:18,263 --> 02:08:20,232 THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY AND 3862 02:08:20,232 --> 02:08:24,402 THE DIRECTOR OF NIEHS, RICK 3863 02:08:24,402 --> 02:08:26,037 WOYCHIK, HAS GIVEN A QUITE 3864 02:08:26,037 --> 02:08:27,939 INSPIRATIONAL TALK AT NIBIB 3865 02:08:27,939 --> 02:08:29,241 EXACTLY ALONG THOSE LINES 3866 02:08:29,241 --> 02:08:31,776 SAYING, OKAY, YOU GUYS, SH WE'VE 3867 02:08:31,776 --> 02:08:34,880 GOT TO COME UP WITH SYSTEMATIC 3868 02:08:34,880 --> 02:08:36,081 AND POTENTIALLY WEARABLE 3869 02:08:36,081 --> 02:08:38,283 APPROACHES TO GET MEASURABLE 3870 02:08:38,283 --> 02:08:40,051 FEATURES AT THE EXPOSOME THAT WE 3871 02:08:40,051 --> 02:08:41,486 CAN INTEGRATE INTO THE HEALTH 3872 02:08:41,486 --> 02:08:46,491 RECORD OF INDIVIDUALS AND -- 3873 02:08:46,491 --> 02:08:47,159 OUTCOMES RELATED TO THOSE 3874 02:08:47,159 --> 02:08:47,592 THINGS. 3875 02:08:47,592 --> 02:08:49,694 WHAT DO WE NEED TO INTEGRATE? 3876 02:08:49,694 --> 02:08:53,965 IT'S MORE COMPLICATED THAN THE 3877 02:08:53,965 --> 02:08:55,534 APPLE WATCH, I THINK WE CAN SAY 3878 02:08:55,534 --> 02:08:57,302 THAT, BUT IT'S NOT AS 3879 02:08:57,302 --> 02:08:57,936 COMPLICATED AS SOME OF THOSE 3880 02:08:57,936 --> 02:08:59,271 THINGS THAT I SHOWED YOU TODAY. 3881 02:08:59,271 --> 02:09:00,672 SO THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE 3882 02:09:00,672 --> 02:09:01,273 COMMUNITY EFFORT. 3883 02:09:01,273 --> 02:09:02,140 PHYSICIANS WORKING WITH 3884 02:09:02,140 --> 02:09:04,309 ENGINEERS TO SAY, THESE ARE 3885 02:09:04,309 --> 02:09:06,411 IMPORTANT THINGS TO MEASURE. 3886 02:09:06,411 --> 02:09:07,512 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE 3887 02:09:07,512 --> 02:09:10,048 WE CAN MEASURE ANYTHING. 3888 02:09:10,048 --> 02:09:11,116 AND SO REALLY TEASING THAT OUT 3889 02:09:11,116 --> 02:09:13,251 AND GETTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL 3890 02:09:13,251 --> 02:09:14,886 SCIENCE COMMUNITY, ENVIRONMENTAL 3891 02:09:14,886 --> 02:09:16,087 HEALTH COMMUNITY TO FOCUS IN, 3892 02:09:16,087 --> 02:09:17,389 BECAUSE THE EXPOSOME IS 3893 02:09:17,389 --> 02:09:19,191 EVERYTHING, AND IT CAN BE QUITE 3894 02:09:19,191 --> 02:09:19,824 OVERWHELMING. 3895 02:09:19,824 --> 02:09:22,460 BUT I AM CONFIDENT THAT AT SOME 3896 02:09:22,460 --> 02:09:23,461 POINT IN THE FUTURE, IT'S GOING 3897 02:09:23,461 --> 02:09:25,797 TO BE PART OF OUR EHR THAT'S 3898 02:09:25,797 --> 02:09:26,998 GOING TO BE CRITICALLY 3899 02:09:26,998 --> 02:09:30,936 IMPORTANT. 3900 02:09:30,936 --> 02:09:32,604 >> THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING 3901 02:09:32,604 --> 02:09:32,938 PRESENTATION. 3902 02:09:32,938 --> 02:09:34,239 BECAUSE TIME IS SHORT, I WON'T 3903 02:09:34,239 --> 02:09:35,607 ANSWER ANY OF THOSE COMMENTS BUT 3904 02:09:35,607 --> 02:09:37,075 I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU BECAUSE 3905 02:09:37,075 --> 02:09:38,276 THERE ARE SEVERAL CONNECTION 3906 02:09:38,276 --> 02:09:38,476 POINT. 3907 02:09:38,476 --> 02:09:40,478 >> I'LL BE HANGING AROUND, SO IF 3908 02:09:40,478 --> 02:09:42,781 FOLKS HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, I'M 3909 02:09:42,781 --> 02:09:43,481 HAPPY TO TALK. 3910 02:09:43,481 --> 02:09:45,450 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, 3911 02:09:45,450 --> 02:09:45,784 DR. TROMBERG. 3912 02:09:45,784 --> 02:09:47,419 WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. 3913 02:09:47,419 --> 02:09:50,155 [APPLAUSE] 3914 02:09:50,155 --> 02:09:51,690 IT'S NOW MY PLEASURE TO 3915 02:09:51,690 --> 02:09:53,024 INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, 3916 02:09:53,024 --> 02:09:54,292 DR. MATT MCMAHON, WHO'S THE 3917 02:09:54,292 --> 02:09:56,094 DIRECTOR FOR THE NIH SMALL 3918 02:09:56,094 --> 02:09:57,762 BUSINESS EDUCATION AND 3919 02:09:57,762 --> 02:10:00,232 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT OR 3920 02:10:00,232 --> 02:10:01,833 SEED OFFICE. 3921 02:10:01,833 --> 02:10:03,034 HE LEADS THE SEED OFFICE IN 3922 02:10:03,034 --> 02:10:06,104 HELPING TO TRANSFORM CUTTING 3923 02:10:06,104 --> 02:10:07,205 EDGE TECHNOLOGIES INTO PRODUCTS 3924 02:10:07,205 --> 02:10:08,173 TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND SAVE 3925 02:10:08,173 --> 02:10:09,074 LIVES. 3926 02:10:09,074 --> 02:10:13,144 HE HAS A DIVERSE BACKGROUND IN 3927 02:10:13,144 --> 02:10:14,379 ACADEMIA OF SMALL BUSINESSES, 3928 02:10:14,379 --> 02:10:16,781 CONGRESSIONAL POLICY, AND NIH 3929 02:10:16,781 --> 02:10:18,083 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, AND HE 3930 02:10:18,083 --> 02:10:21,786 PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE FIRST 3931 02:10:21,786 --> 02:10:24,356 DIRECTOR OF NHLBI'S OFFICE OF 3932 02:10:24,356 --> 02:10:27,325 TRANSLATIONAL ALLIANCES AND 3933 02:10:27,325 --> 02:10:28,760 COORDINATION, AND HE CREATED THE 3934 02:10:28,760 --> 02:10:29,761 NEI OFFICE OF TRANSLATIONAL 3935 02:10:29,761 --> 02:10:30,061 RESEARCH. 3936 02:10:30,061 --> 02:10:32,831 SO PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME 3937 02:10:32,831 --> 02:10:35,900 DR. MATT MCMAHON. 3938 02:10:35,900 --> 02:10:38,203 >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 3939 02:10:38,203 --> 02:10:38,837 INVITING ME. 3940 02:10:38,837 --> 02:10:40,272 IT'S REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY 3941 02:10:40,272 --> 02:10:43,908 TO BE HERE AND TALK TO THIS 3942 02:10:43,908 --> 02:10:46,544 ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND TO BUILD 3943 02:10:46,544 --> 02:10:49,047 SOME MORE BRIDGES BETWEEN THE 3944 02:10:49,047 --> 02:10:51,383 COMMUNITIES THAT WE REPRESENT, 3945 02:10:51,383 --> 02:10:53,385 BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY OVERLAPPING 3946 02:10:53,385 --> 02:10:54,152 GOALS. 3947 02:10:54,152 --> 02:10:56,888 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE TO 3948 02:10:56,888 --> 02:11:00,525 POINT OUT IS THAT MANY PEOPLE 3949 02:11:00,525 --> 02:11:02,294 UNDERSTAND NIH AS BEING THE 3950 02:11:02,294 --> 02:11:04,362 FOUNDATION OF BASIC BIOMEDICAL 3951 02:11:04,362 --> 02:11:06,331 RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES. 3952 02:11:06,331 --> 02:11:07,899 BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE 3953 02:11:07,899 --> 02:11:10,402 THAT THE MISSION OF THE NIH IS 3954 02:11:10,402 --> 02:11:12,804 NOT JUST TO SEEK FUNDAMENTAL 3955 02:11:12,804 --> 02:11:14,105 KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE NATURE AND 3956 02:11:14,105 --> 02:11:16,207 BEHAVIOR OF LIVING SYSTEMS, BUT 3957 02:11:16,207 --> 02:11:19,511 ALSO TO APPLY THAT KNOWLEDGE TO 3958 02:11:19,511 --> 02:11:21,346 ENHANCE HEALTH, LENGTHEN LIFE 3959 02:11:21,346 --> 02:11:23,048 AND REDUCE ILLNESS AND 3960 02:11:23,048 --> 02:11:23,882 DISABILITY. 3961 02:11:23,882 --> 02:11:28,920 SO THAT APPLICATION OF THE BASIC 3962 02:11:28,920 --> 02:11:30,455 BIOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT WE 3963 02:11:30,455 --> 02:11:32,891 GENERATE THROUGH ALL OF THE 3964 02:11:32,891 --> 02:11:34,859 RESEARCH THAT WE FUND ACROSS THE 3965 02:11:34,859 --> 02:11:36,494 COUNTRY IS A CRITICAL PART OF 3966 02:11:36,494 --> 02:11:38,496 WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 3967 02:11:38,496 --> 02:11:40,131 THE SEED OFFICE IS A RELATIVELY 3968 02:11:40,131 --> 02:11:42,467 NEW PLAYER ON THE SCENE. 3969 02:11:42,467 --> 02:11:47,806 THE SEED OFFICE WAS FOUNDED AT 3970 02:11:47,806 --> 02:11:49,107 NIH AROUND 2019, AND THE REASON 3971 02:11:49,107 --> 02:11:53,845 THAT THE SEED OFFICE WAS FOUNDED 3972 02:11:53,845 --> 02:11:55,714 IS BECAUSE ALL ACROSS THE 3973 02:11:55,714 --> 02:11:58,116 DIFFERENT INSTITUTES AND CENTERS 3974 02:11:58,116 --> 02:12:00,452 AT NIH, THERE WAS AN INKREASING 3975 02:12:00,452 --> 02:12:02,320 UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED TO 3976 02:12:02,320 --> 02:12:03,955 HELP INVESTIGATORS UNDERSTAND 3977 02:12:03,955 --> 02:12:06,057 ALL THE STEPS THEY WOULD NEED TO 3978 02:12:06,057 --> 02:12:09,027 TAKE TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN 3979 02:12:09,027 --> 02:12:11,863 BASIC SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES IN 3980 02:12:11,863 --> 02:12:14,332 THAT APPLICATION OF THOSE 3981 02:12:14,332 --> 02:12:17,135 DISCOVERIES TO IMPROVE LOU MAN 3982 02:12:17,135 --> 02:12:17,736 HEALTH. 3983 02:12:17,736 --> 02:12:20,071 SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF MODELS 3984 02:12:20,071 --> 02:12:21,539 THAT WERE GENERATED AT THE 3985 02:12:21,539 --> 02:12:23,074 DIFFERENT INSTITUTES AND CENTERS 3986 02:12:23,074 --> 02:12:24,442 THAT LED TO THE FORMATION OF THE 3987 02:12:24,442 --> 02:12:27,178 SEED OFFICE, BUT WHAT THE SEED 3988 02:12:27,178 --> 02:12:32,350 OFFICE ESSENTIALLY IS, IS A 3989 02:12:32,350 --> 02:12:33,451 IN-HOUSE COMMERCIALIZATION 3990 02:12:33,451 --> 02:12:36,087 ASSISTANCE UNIT, AN IN-HOUSE 3991 02:12:36,087 --> 02:12:37,055 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 3992 02:12:37,055 --> 02:12:38,590 SERVICE. 3993 02:12:38,590 --> 02:12:42,360 SO WITHIN OUR OFFICE, WE HAVE A 3994 02:12:42,360 --> 02:12:43,895 TEAM OF ENTREPRENEURS AND 3995 02:12:43,895 --> 02:12:45,964 RESIDENTS WHO HAVE DEEP 3996 02:12:45,964 --> 02:12:47,399 EXPERIENCE IN THE BUSINESS AND 3997 02:12:47,399 --> 02:12:49,167 COMMERCIAL SECTOR. 3998 02:12:49,167 --> 02:12:50,168 MANY OF THEM HAVE STARTED THEIR 3999 02:12:50,168 --> 02:12:51,236 OWN BUSINESSES. 4000 02:12:51,236 --> 02:12:53,104 MANY OF THEM HAVE WORKED IN 4001 02:12:53,104 --> 02:12:54,539 INDUSTRY, AND THEY UNDERSTAND 4002 02:12:54,539 --> 02:12:56,708 HOW TO WORK AT THAT INTERFACE OF 4003 02:12:56,708 --> 02:12:58,943 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND 4004 02:12:58,943 --> 02:13:02,647 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. 4005 02:13:02,647 --> 02:13:04,449 WE HAVE ALMOST TENANT PRE NEWERS 4006 02:13:04,449 --> 02:13:06,751 AND RESIDENTS NOW. 4007 02:13:06,751 --> 02:13:08,186 OVER OVER HALF OF THEM ARE 4008 02:13:08,186 --> 02:13:08,820 WOMEN. 4009 02:13:08,820 --> 02:13:13,658 SOME HAVE DEEP EXPERIENCE IN THE 4010 02:13:13,658 --> 02:13:14,559 FEMTECH DEVELOPMENT SPACE. 4011 02:13:14,559 --> 02:13:16,094 WE ALSO HAVE AN IN-HOUSE 4012 02:13:16,094 --> 02:13:17,195 REGULATORY TEAM THAT HELPS 4013 02:13:17,195 --> 02:13:19,364 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS 4014 02:13:19,364 --> 02:13:21,933 TO FDA APPROVAL AND MARKETING 4015 02:13:21,933 --> 02:13:22,267 APPROVAL. 4016 02:13:22,267 --> 02:13:25,537 AND WE ALSO HAVE A TEAM THAT 4017 02:13:25,537 --> 02:13:26,738 HELPS UNDERSTAND -- HELPS 4018 02:13:26,738 --> 02:13:29,407 INVESTIGATORS PLAN AND 4019 02:13:29,407 --> 02:13:31,276 UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF THE 4020 02:13:31,276 --> 02:13:32,677 BUSINESS PROCESSES THAT ARE 4021 02:13:32,677 --> 02:13:35,980 NECESSARY TO GET YOUR PRODUCT 4022 02:13:35,980 --> 02:13:37,415 PAID FOR IN THE COMPETITIVE 4023 02:13:37,415 --> 02:13:37,982 HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE. 4024 02:13:37,982 --> 02:13:40,285 THAT'S REALLY A CRITICAL PART OF 4025 02:13:40,285 --> 02:13:42,987 GETTING THESE TECHNOLOGIES INTO 4026 02:13:42,987 --> 02:13:45,123 THE HANDS OF CLINICIANS, AND 4027 02:13:45,123 --> 02:13:48,626 FAMILY MEMBERS THAT NEED TO USE 4028 02:13:48,626 --> 02:13:49,961 THEM, IS HOW ARE THOSE DEVICES 4029 02:13:49,961 --> 02:13:51,229 AND THOSE TREATMENTS GOING TO BE 4030 02:13:51,229 --> 02:13:51,496 PAID FOR. 4031 02:13:51,496 --> 02:13:54,899 SO OUR TEAM, YOU CAN THINK OF 4032 02:13:54,899 --> 02:13:57,368 OUR TEAM AS A KIND OF ASSISTANCE 4033 02:13:57,368 --> 02:13:58,736 SERVICE THAT CAN WORK ACROSS ALL 4034 02:13:58,736 --> 02:14:01,706 THE DIFFERENT DOMAINS THAT NIH 4035 02:14:01,706 --> 02:14:04,776 WORKS IN TO HELP PEOPLE MAKE 4036 02:14:04,776 --> 02:14:06,311 THAT TRANSFORMATION BETWEEN 4037 02:14:06,311 --> 02:14:06,811 SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND 4038 02:14:06,811 --> 02:14:12,250 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. 4039 02:14:12,250 --> 02:14:13,418 SO WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 4040 02:14:13,418 --> 02:14:14,219 TODAY IS REALLY THAT 4041 02:14:14,219 --> 02:14:15,353 INTERSECTION OF WHAT SEED DOES, 4042 02:14:15,353 --> 02:14:23,027 WHAT OUR OFFICE DOES, AND THE 4043 02:14:23,027 --> 02:14:27,732 PART OF THE NIH OFFICE OF 4044 02:14:27,732 --> 02:14:29,000 RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND 4045 02:14:29,000 --> 02:14:30,702 THAT PLAN THAT DR. CLAYTON 4046 02:14:30,702 --> 02:14:32,003 TALKED ABOUT TO REALLY TAKE 4047 02:14:32,003 --> 02:14:33,304 THOSE ADVANCES AND THAT 4048 02:14:33,304 --> 02:14:34,672 KNOWLEDGE THAT'S BEING GENERATED 4049 02:14:34,672 --> 02:14:36,007 AND APPLY THAT TO THE WOMEN'S 4050 02:14:36,007 --> 02:14:38,943 HEALTH CHALLENGES THAT EXIST IN 4051 02:14:38,943 --> 02:14:43,214 THE HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE. 4052 02:14:43,214 --> 02:14:45,550 SO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT THAT 4053 02:14:45,550 --> 02:14:46,518 DR. TROMBERG TALKED ABOUT QUITE 4054 02:14:46,518 --> 02:14:50,455 A BIT WAS THE INTERSECTION WITH 4055 02:14:50,455 --> 02:14:53,157 THE BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE AND THE 4056 02:14:53,157 --> 02:14:55,226 ROLE THAT INCREASING DIET VERSE 4057 02:14:55,226 --> 02:14:59,597 IT OF THE BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE 4058 02:14:59,597 --> 02:15:01,032 PLAYS IN ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS. 4059 02:15:01,032 --> 02:15:02,033 SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 4060 02:15:02,033 --> 02:15:07,305 THAT ALSO. 4061 02:15:07,305 --> 02:15:08,940 SO LET ME SET THINGS UP A LITTLE 4062 02:15:08,940 --> 02:15:10,808 BIT BY TALKING ABOUT THE 4063 02:15:10,808 --> 02:15:11,676 INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT AND THE 4064 02:15:11,676 --> 02:15:13,945 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT 4065 02:15:13,945 --> 02:15:16,714 IN THE WOMEN'S HEALTH SECTOR, 4066 02:15:16,714 --> 02:15:20,084 BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE'RE IN A 4067 02:15:20,084 --> 02:15:23,221 REALTIMEREAL TIME OF OPPORTUNITD 4068 02:15:23,221 --> 02:15:25,323 THERE ARE CHALLENGES, MANY 4069 02:15:25,323 --> 02:15:28,526 CHALLENGES, BUT STARTING ABOUT 4070 02:15:28,526 --> 02:15:33,765 PROBABLY EVEN BEFORE 2020 THERE 4071 02:15:33,765 --> 02:15:35,400 WAS STARTING TO BE AN INCREASING 4072 02:15:35,400 --> 02:15:36,968 APPRECIATION FOR THE UNMET -- 4073 02:15:36,968 --> 02:15:39,270 NOT ONLY THE UNMET MEDICAL 4074 02:15:39,270 --> 02:15:41,539 NEEDS, BUT THE MARKET 4075 02:15:41,539 --> 02:15:42,807 OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXISTED IN 4076 02:15:42,807 --> 02:15:46,010 THE WOMEN'S HEALTH SECTOR. 4077 02:15:46,010 --> 02:15:49,047 SO THERE'S NOT ONLY A LARGE 4078 02:15:49,047 --> 02:15:51,583 MARKET OPPORTUNITY, BUT AT THAT 4079 02:15:51,583 --> 02:15:57,855 TIME THE -- CONDUCIVE REGULATORY 4080 02:15:57,855 --> 02:15:59,490 ENVIRONMENT, THERE WERE ALSO 4081 02:15:59,490 --> 02:16:01,793 INVESTMENT FIRMS, VENTURE 4082 02:16:01,793 --> 02:16:02,994 CAPITAL FIRMS AND ANGEL 4083 02:16:02,994 --> 02:16:03,962 INVESTORS WHO WERE VERY 4084 02:16:03,962 --> 02:16:10,101 INTERESTED IN, WOULDING IN THI S 4085 02:16:10,101 --> 02:16:10,835 SECTOR BUT AT THE SAME TIME 4086 02:16:10,835 --> 02:16:13,705 THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN FUNDING 4087 02:16:13,705 --> 02:16:15,139 GOING INTO PREVENTIVE MEDICINE 4088 02:16:15,139 --> 02:16:18,576 AND HOLISTIC HEALTH, AND AN 4089 02:16:18,576 --> 02:16:20,979 INCREASING APPRECIATION OF THE 4090 02:16:20,979 --> 02:16:24,482 ROLE OF HEALTH I.T. AND AI AND 4091 02:16:24,482 --> 02:16:26,184 MACHINE LEARNING ADVANCES, AND 4092 02:16:26,184 --> 02:16:29,020 ALL THESE THINGS WERE WORKING 4093 02:16:29,020 --> 02:16:31,356 TOGETHER TO INKREAS THE INCREASE 4094 02:16:31,356 --> 02:16:32,624 OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE EARLY 4095 02:16:32,624 --> 02:16:33,958 STAGE PROJECTS TO ACTUALLY TURN 4096 02:16:33,958 --> 02:16:35,059 INTO USEFUL PRODUCTS AND 4097 02:16:35,059 --> 02:16:38,663 SERVICES. 4098 02:16:38,663 --> 02:16:40,465 SILICON VALLEY BANK IN 2023 4099 02:16:40,465 --> 02:16:43,735 RELEASED A REPORT THAT MADE SOME 4100 02:16:43,735 --> 02:16:45,169 PREDICTIONS ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH 4101 02:16:45,169 --> 02:16:48,206 INNOVATION, AND I THINK THEY'RE 4102 02:16:48,206 --> 02:16:49,674 VERY IMPORTANT TO JUST REVIEW 4103 02:16:49,674 --> 02:16:52,644 THEM BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS 4104 02:16:52,644 --> 02:16:54,612 THAT WE'RE SEEING IN NOT ONLY 4105 02:16:54,612 --> 02:16:58,816 OUR PORTFOLIO BUT BROADLY IN THE 4106 02:16:58,816 --> 02:16:59,884 INNOVATION SPACE IS THAT THERE'S 4107 02:16:59,884 --> 02:17:02,286 A GROWTH IN NON-REPRODUCTIVE 4108 02:17:02,286 --> 02:17:05,089 FOCUS AREAS, AND YOU'VE HEARD A 4109 02:17:05,089 --> 02:17:06,290 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ALREADY 4110 02:17:06,290 --> 02:17:08,059 TODAY. 4111 02:17:08,059 --> 02:17:10,361 THIS IS MORE INTEREST IN 4112 02:17:10,361 --> 02:17:12,997 PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING 4113 02:17:12,997 --> 02:17:15,099 IN WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND ALSO MORE 4114 02:17:15,099 --> 02:17:16,434 INTEREST IN CARE ACROSS THE 4115 02:17:16,434 --> 02:17:19,804 WHOLE LIFETIME. 4116 02:17:19,804 --> 02:17:22,106 SO THAT COULD BE INCREASES IN 4117 02:17:22,106 --> 02:17:32,917 ATITIATTENTION TO -- OR MENOPAUD 4118 02:17:33,384 --> 02:17:34,318 WOMEN'S HEL LATER IN LIFE. 4119 02:17:34,318 --> 02:17:36,220 SO THESE ARE A FEW OF THE THINGS 4120 02:17:36,220 --> 02:17:37,889 THAT WERE BEING BROUGHT TO THE 4121 02:17:37,889 --> 02:17:39,490 FOREFRONT IN THE INVESTMENT 4122 02:17:39,490 --> 02:17:40,358 WORLD. 4123 02:17:40,358 --> 02:17:46,898 ALSO THERE WERE MANY MORE -- 4124 02:17:46,898 --> 02:17:49,200 MUCH MORE ACTION IN THE CLINICAL 4125 02:17:49,200 --> 02:17:50,968 SPACE, INCREASES IN CLINICAL 4126 02:17:50,968 --> 02:17:52,470 RESEARCH, INCREASES IN 4127 02:17:52,470 --> 02:17:53,538 DIAGNOSTIC AND DEVICE 4128 02:17:53,538 --> 02:17:54,939 DEVELOPMENT AND THERAPEUTICS 4129 02:17:54,939 --> 02:17:56,808 THAT WERE FOCUSED ON WOMEN'S 4130 02:17:56,808 --> 02:17:57,775 HEALTH. 4131 02:17:57,775 --> 02:18:00,878 AND ALSO THE VENTURE CAPITAL 4132 02:18:00,878 --> 02:18:02,413 COMMUNITY WAS PUMPING MORE MONEY 4133 02:18:02,413 --> 02:18:04,882 INTO WOMEN'S HEALTH-RELATED 4134 02:18:04,882 --> 02:18:05,750 PROJECTS, AND WE'RE STARTING TO 4135 02:18:05,750 --> 02:18:09,020 SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A 4136 02:18:09,020 --> 02:18:10,021 TRANSFORMATION IN THAT FUNDING. 4137 02:18:10,021 --> 02:18:14,759 SO IT'S PART OF THE NORMAL 4138 02:18:14,759 --> 02:18:16,961 LIFECYCLE OF THE INVESTMENT 4139 02:18:16,961 --> 02:18:22,400 WORLD WHERE IN EMERGING STAGES 4140 02:18:22,400 --> 02:18:24,335 OF AN AREA, THERE'S MUCH MORE 4141 02:18:24,335 --> 02:18:26,237 FUNDING IN THE VENTURE STAGE OF 4142 02:18:26,237 --> 02:18:28,039 THE PROJECTS AND AS THE FIELD 4143 02:18:28,039 --> 02:18:30,074 STARTS TO MATURE, THE VENTURE 4144 02:18:30,074 --> 02:18:32,243 CAPITAL INVESTORS START TO SHIFT 4145 02:18:32,243 --> 02:18:34,312 THEIR FOCUS TO LATER STAGE 4146 02:18:34,312 --> 02:18:35,179 RESEARCH PROJECTS. 4147 02:18:35,179 --> 02:18:36,380 AND I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO 4148 02:18:36,380 --> 02:18:37,815 THE INTEREST IN WOMEN'S HEALTH 4149 02:18:37,815 --> 02:18:40,885 THAT THE VENTURE COMMUNITY IS 4150 02:18:40,885 --> 02:18:43,755 STARTING TO SHIFT THOSE 4151 02:18:43,755 --> 02:18:45,389 INVESTMENTS TO LATER STAGE 4152 02:18:45,389 --> 02:18:48,226 PROJECTS AS THE FIELD STARTS TO 4153 02:18:48,226 --> 02:18:49,327 MATURE AND BECOME MORE WELL 4154 02:18:49,327 --> 02:18:49,761 ESTABLISHED. 4155 02:18:49,761 --> 02:18:52,330 SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY LAYING 4156 02:18:52,330 --> 02:18:54,065 OUT A FIELD OF OPPORTUNITY IN 4157 02:18:54,065 --> 02:18:57,034 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 4158 02:18:57,034 --> 02:18:58,603 THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 4159 02:18:58,603 --> 02:19:00,505 RELEASED THIS REPORT IN JANUARY 4160 02:19:00,505 --> 02:19:01,372 WHERE THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT 4161 02:19:01,372 --> 02:19:05,176 CLOSING THE WOMEN'S HEALTH GAP, 4162 02:19:05,176 --> 02:19:07,879 AND THIS, I THINK, ILLUSTRATES 4163 02:19:07,879 --> 02:19:09,614 THE DUAL NATURE OF THE SITUATION 4164 02:19:09,614 --> 02:19:10,715 THAT WE'RE IN. 4165 02:19:10,715 --> 02:19:14,552 ON THE ONE HAND, THERE IS A 4166 02:19:14,552 --> 02:19:15,686 TREMENDOUS GAP IN WOMEN'S 4167 02:19:15,686 --> 02:19:18,523 HEALTH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, 4168 02:19:18,523 --> 02:19:22,260 THAT PRESENTS A MARKET 4169 02:19:22,260 --> 02:19:23,761 OPPORTUNITY THAT MARKET FORCES 4170 02:19:23,761 --> 02:19:25,363 CAN COME IN AND ADDRESS. 4171 02:19:25,363 --> 02:19:26,664 SO ALTHOUGH WOMEN LIVE LONGER 4172 02:19:26,664 --> 02:19:30,701 THAN MEN, THEY SPEND 25% MORE OF 4173 02:19:30,701 --> 02:19:32,003 THEIR TIME IN POOR HEALTH THAN 4174 02:19:32,003 --> 02:19:35,006 MEN, AND THAT OPPORTUNITY REALLY 4175 02:19:35,006 --> 02:19:40,144 CREATES A CHALLENGE FOR THE 4176 02:19:40,144 --> 02:19:41,679 INNOVATION COMMUNITY TO GO 4177 02:19:41,679 --> 02:19:43,414 AFTER. 4178 02:19:43,414 --> 02:19:44,582 THE ROOT CAUSES OF THIS GAP IN 4179 02:19:44,582 --> 02:19:45,817 THIS REPORT THAT WERE IDENTIFIED 4180 02:19:45,817 --> 02:19:47,552 WERE SCIENCE, DATA, CARE 4181 02:19:47,552 --> 02:19:50,655 DELIVERY, AND INVESTMENT. 4182 02:19:50,655 --> 02:19:52,957 AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE 4183 02:19:52,957 --> 02:19:56,828 THERETHERE'S SO MUCH ACTIVITY IE 4184 02:19:56,828 --> 02:19:57,829 INVESTMENT SPACE, IN THE WOMEN'S 4185 02:19:57,829 --> 02:19:59,463 HEALTH SPACE, AND AS 4186 02:19:59,463 --> 02:20:01,866 DR. TROMBERG MENTIONED, 4187 02:20:01,866 --> 02:20:03,334 INCREASING -- AND DR. CLAYTON, 4188 02:20:03,334 --> 02:20:05,169 INCREASING INVESTMENTS AND 4189 02:20:05,169 --> 02:20:06,504 ATTENTION TO THESE OTHER AREAS 4190 02:20:06,504 --> 02:20:10,374 OF BASIC SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND 4191 02:20:10,374 --> 02:20:11,909 DATA AND CARE DELIVERY THAT ARE 4192 02:20:11,909 --> 02:20:16,514 ALL GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO 4193 02:20:16,514 --> 02:20:17,915 INCREASES IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 4194 02:20:17,915 --> 02:20:19,283 AND INNOVATION IN THIS SPACE. 4195 02:20:19,283 --> 02:20:26,624 ON THE INVESTMENT SIDE, YOU CAN 4196 02:20:26,624 --> 02:20:28,993 SEE HERE THERE'S A TR TREMENDOUS 4197 02:20:28,993 --> 02:20:30,261 AMOUNT OF CAPITAL THAT HAS BEEN 4198 02:20:30,261 --> 02:20:31,362 DEVOTED TO WOMEN'S HEALTH 4199 02:20:31,362 --> 02:20:33,431 PRODUCTS AND WOMEN'S HEALTH 4200 02:20:33,431 --> 02:20:37,101 SERVICES, AND AN INCREASING 4201 02:20:37,101 --> 02:20:38,970 ATTENTION TO THOSE AREAS IN THE 4202 02:20:38,970 --> 02:20:39,403 INVESTMENT WORLD. 4203 02:20:39,403 --> 02:20:40,972 SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY 4204 02:20:40,972 --> 02:20:42,206 CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE FROM A 4205 02:20:42,206 --> 02:20:43,808 DECADE AGO, WHERE A DECADE AGO, 4206 02:20:43,808 --> 02:20:45,910 THERE WAS A GREAT UNMET MEDICAL 4207 02:20:45,910 --> 02:20:48,179 NEED, BUT THERE WAS NOT A MARKET 4208 02:20:48,179 --> 02:20:49,480 OPPORTUNITY, THERE WASN'T AN 4209 02:20:49,480 --> 02:20:50,882 OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE PRODUCTS 4210 02:20:50,882 --> 02:20:52,750 TO BE DEVELOPED ALL THE WAY TO 4211 02:20:52,750 --> 02:20:57,755 THE HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE, 4212 02:20:57,755 --> 02:20:59,924 WHEREAS NOW, WE GO TO INVESTMENT 4213 02:20:59,924 --> 02:21:00,791 MEETINGS AND ATTEND INVESTMENT 4214 02:21:00,791 --> 02:21:02,493 MEETINGS ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S 4215 02:21:02,493 --> 02:21:05,763 NOT UNCOMMON NOW TO SEE PITCH 4216 02:21:05,763 --> 02:21:06,764 COMPETITIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED 4217 02:21:06,764 --> 02:21:08,432 JUST ON WOMEN'S HEALTH PRODUCTS 4218 02:21:08,432 --> 02:21:12,069 AND SERVICES, AND THAT'S BECAUSE 4219 02:21:12,069 --> 02:21:14,238 THERE'S A GREAT DESIRE IN THE 4220 02:21:14,238 --> 02:21:17,308 INVESTMENT WORLD TO ATTACK THESE 4221 02:21:17,308 --> 02:21:17,742 ISSUES. 4222 02:21:17,742 --> 02:21:20,244 SO THAT'S JUST A BRIEF PICTURE 4223 02:21:20,244 --> 02:21:22,613 OF THE INVESTMENT AND PRODUCT 4224 02:21:22,613 --> 02:21:23,214 DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPE AROUND 4225 02:21:23,214 --> 02:21:24,715 WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND I THINK IT'S 4226 02:21:24,715 --> 02:21:27,618 A GREAT WAY TO KIND OF LAY THE 4227 02:21:27,618 --> 02:21:28,920 FOUNDATION FOR WHERE NIH FITS 4228 02:21:28,920 --> 02:21:31,789 INTO THE PICTURE. 4229 02:21:31,789 --> 02:21:35,559 SO AT THE TOP OF THE SLIDE, YOU 4230 02:21:35,559 --> 02:21:37,628 CAN SEE THAT -- AND MANY OF YOU 4231 02:21:37,628 --> 02:21:39,196 DON'T NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT 4232 02:21:39,196 --> 02:21:43,734 IT'S A LONG ROAD BETWEEN BASIC 4233 02:21:43,734 --> 02:21:44,702 RESEARCH DISCOVERIES AND YOUR 4234 02:21:44,702 --> 02:21:47,538 ABILITY OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS' 4235 02:21:47,538 --> 02:21:50,942 ABILITY TO RECEIVE A PRODUCT OR 4236 02:21:50,942 --> 02:21:52,209 SERVICE IN THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. 4237 02:21:52,209 --> 02:21:54,178 THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I 4238 02:21:54,178 --> 02:21:55,079 GOT INTO THE LINE OF WORK THAT 4239 02:21:55,079 --> 02:22:00,117 I'M IN, IS THAT I WAS CONSTANTLY 4240 02:22:00,117 --> 02:22:01,218 FRUSTRATED BETWEEN -- BY SEEING 4241 02:22:01,218 --> 02:22:04,288 THESE AWESOME SCIENTIFIC 4242 02:22:04,288 --> 02:22:05,723 ADVANCES AND SEEING THOSE 4243 02:22:05,723 --> 02:22:08,159 SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES FAIL AS THEY 4244 02:22:08,159 --> 02:22:10,695 CROSS THE SPECTRUM FROM BASIC 4245 02:22:10,695 --> 02:22:12,129 RESEARCH THROUGH PROOF OF 4246 02:22:12,129 --> 02:22:15,066 CONCEPT, RESEARCH AND 4247 02:22:15,066 --> 02:22:16,233 DEVELOPMENT, THEIR 4248 02:22:16,233 --> 02:22:17,301 TRANSFORMATION INTO ACTUAL 4249 02:22:17,301 --> 02:22:19,303 HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS AND 4250 02:22:19,303 --> 02:22:20,604 SERVICES, AND THEN NOT ONLY 4251 02:22:20,604 --> 02:22:22,907 THAT, THEIR DISSEMINATION AND 4252 02:22:22,907 --> 02:22:23,741 IMPLEMENTATION AND THEIR ABILITY 4253 02:22:23,741 --> 02:22:27,011 IN THE HEALTHCARE MARKETPLACE. 4254 02:22:27,011 --> 02:22:30,748 AND NOT ONLY IS THAT CHALLENGE 4255 02:22:30,748 --> 02:22:32,049 THERE FOR ALL TYPES OF PRODUCT 4256 02:22:32,049 --> 02:22:33,517 AND SERVICES, BUT THE TREMENDOUS 4257 02:22:33,517 --> 02:22:37,288 HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT WE SEE 4258 02:22:37,288 --> 02:22:38,856 IN THE UNITED STATES ARE ALSO A 4259 02:22:38,856 --> 02:22:41,359 PART OF THAT PROBLEM. 4260 02:22:41,359 --> 02:22:45,162 SO THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 4261 02:22:45,162 --> 02:22:47,365 THAT ARE NECESSARY TO REACH 4262 02:22:47,365 --> 02:22:48,899 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN GREATEST 4263 02:22:48,899 --> 02:22:50,167 NEED ARE OFTENTIMES THE ONES 4264 02:22:50,167 --> 02:22:51,736 THAT ARE MOST CHALLENGING TO 4265 02:22:51,736 --> 02:22:55,940 BRING TO THE COMMERCIAL 4266 02:22:55,940 --> 02:22:56,240 MARKETPLACE. 4267 02:22:56,240 --> 02:22:57,141 SO WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK A 4268 02:22:57,141 --> 02:22:58,576 LITTLE BIT ABOUT TODAY IS A FEW 4269 02:22:58,576 --> 02:23:01,512 OF NIH'S PROGRAMS THAT HELP AT 4270 02:23:01,512 --> 02:23:03,647 DIFFERENT STAGES OF THIS PRODUCT 4271 02:23:03,647 --> 02:23:07,585 DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE, AND HOW 4272 02:23:07,585 --> 02:23:09,553 WOMEN'S HEALTH AND A FOCUS ON 4273 02:23:09,553 --> 02:23:12,123 WOMEN'S HEALTH IS REALLY BEING 4274 02:23:12,123 --> 02:23:17,795 FACILITATED BY THESE PROGRAMS. 4275 02:23:17,795 --> 02:23:18,896 YOU CAN SEE HERE I'M GOING TO 4276 02:23:18,896 --> 02:23:19,764 TALK ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT 4277 02:23:19,764 --> 02:23:20,164 PROGRAMS. 4278 02:23:20,164 --> 02:23:21,132 ONE IS THE REACH PROGRAM WHICH 4279 02:23:21,132 --> 02:23:22,867 IS SITTING IN THE ACADEMIC SPACE 4280 02:23:22,867 --> 02:23:24,769 AT THE EARLIEST STAGE OF PRODUCT 4281 02:23:24,769 --> 02:23:26,637 DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN THE NEXT 4282 02:23:26,637 --> 02:23:28,639 ONE IS THE SMALL BUSINESS 4283 02:23:28,639 --> 02:23:30,708 PROGRAM, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS 4284 02:23:30,708 --> 02:23:32,777 AMERICA'S SEED FUND, WHICH FUNDS 4285 02:23:32,777 --> 02:23:34,211 SMALL BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS THE 4286 02:23:34,211 --> 02:23:37,882 UNITED STATES TO EARLY STAGE 4287 02:23:37,882 --> 02:23:38,449 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. 4288 02:23:38,449 --> 02:23:41,652 SO THE REACH PROGRAM, OR 4289 02:23:41,652 --> 02:23:42,853 RESEARCH EVALUATION AND 4290 02:23:42,853 --> 02:23:45,022 COMMERCIALIZATION HUBS, IS A 4291 02:23:45,022 --> 02:23:47,224 PROGRAM THAT HELPS ACADEMIC 4292 02:23:47,224 --> 02:23:48,659 INVESTIGATORS CONVERT THEIR 4293 02:23:48,659 --> 02:23:50,461 SCIENCE PROJECTS INTO PRODUCT 4294 02:23:50,461 --> 02:23:52,096 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE 4295 02:23:52,096 --> 02:23:53,831 ACADEMIC SPACE. 4296 02:23:53,831 --> 02:23:57,034 AND MANY ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS 4297 02:23:57,034 --> 02:23:59,603 STRUGGLE WITH THIS ISSUE BECAUSE 4298 02:23:59,603 --> 02:24:04,208 THERE'S A GREAT GAP BETWEEN THE 4299 02:24:04,208 --> 02:24:07,578 SKILLS AND THE PROCESSES AND THE 4300 02:24:07,578 --> 02:24:09,080 LANGUAGE AND THE TERMINOLOGY 4301 02:24:09,080 --> 02:24:10,481 THAT'S NECESSARY TO BE 4302 02:24:10,481 --> 02:24:12,349 SUCCESSFUL IN THE ACADEMIC 4303 02:24:12,349 --> 02:24:15,753 WORLD, AND THOSE SAME SKILLS AND 4304 02:24:15,753 --> 02:24:17,221 LANGUAGE AND TERMINOLOGY THAT 4305 02:24:17,221 --> 02:24:19,156 ARE NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL 4306 02:24:19,156 --> 02:24:20,391 IN THE BUSINESS AND 4307 02:24:20,391 --> 02:24:24,028 ENTREPRENEURIAL WORLD. 4308 02:24:24,028 --> 02:24:25,796 SO WHAT THE REACH PROGRAM TRIES 4309 02:24:25,796 --> 02:24:27,998 TO DO IS ALLOW ACADEMIC 4310 02:24:27,998 --> 02:24:29,200 INVESTIGATORS TO STRENGTHEN 4311 02:24:29,200 --> 02:24:32,002 THOSE PROJECTS AND MAKE THEM AS 4312 02:24:32,002 --> 02:24:32,870 ATTRACTIVE AS POSSIBLE FOR 4313 02:24:32,870 --> 02:24:36,507 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO 4314 02:24:36,507 --> 02:24:38,576 CONVERT THEM INTO PRODUCT 4315 02:24:38,576 --> 02:24:39,376 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 4316 02:24:39,376 --> 02:24:43,981 SO THE FIRST THING THEY DO IS, 4317 02:24:43,981 --> 02:24:45,516 THESE HUBS PROVIDE FUNDING FOR 4318 02:24:45,516 --> 02:24:47,151 PRODUCT VALIDATION PROJECTS. 4319 02:24:47,151 --> 02:24:49,086 SO THAT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST 4320 02:24:49,086 --> 02:24:52,690 NEEDS THAT PEOPLE HAVE, BECAUSE 4321 02:24:52,690 --> 02:24:54,225 ONCE YOU TRANSITION TO EARLY 4322 02:24:54,225 --> 02:24:55,993 STAGE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, THOSE 4323 02:24:55,993 --> 02:25:00,965 PROJECTS ARE OFTENTIMES NOT 4324 02:25:00,965 --> 02:25:01,499 DISCOVERY-BASED SCIENTIFIC 4325 02:25:01,499 --> 02:25:02,933 PROJECTS THAT ARE EASILY FUNDED 4326 02:25:02,933 --> 02:25:05,603 BY R01 RESEARCH AWARDS, SO 4327 02:25:05,603 --> 02:25:06,704 INVESTIGATORS FIND THEMSELVES 4328 02:25:06,704 --> 02:25:08,572 WITH NO FUNDING TO DO THOSE 4329 02:25:08,572 --> 02:25:10,541 EARLY STAGES OF PRODUCT 4330 02:25:10,541 --> 02:25:11,342 VALIDATION. 4331 02:25:11,342 --> 02:25:17,982 SO THESE HUBS PROVIDE UP TO 4332 02:25:17,982 --> 02:25:20,084 $100,000 FOR PRODUCT VALIDATION 4333 02:25:20,084 --> 02:25:21,886 PROJECTS. 4334 02:25:21,886 --> 02:25:23,687 BUT THEY ALSO HELP INVESTIGATORS 4335 02:25:23,687 --> 02:25:25,856 MANAGE THOSE PROJECTS NOT LIKE A 4336 02:25:25,856 --> 02:25:29,360 BASIC RESEARCH GRANT, BUT BY AN 4337 02:25:29,360 --> 02:25:30,961 INDUSTRY-STYLE MILESTONE-BASED 4338 02:25:30,961 --> 02:25:32,830 PROJECT MANAGEMENT APPROACH. 4339 02:25:32,830 --> 02:25:34,465 THAT WILL REALLY TAKE THEM 4340 02:25:34,465 --> 02:25:38,502 THROUGH THE STEPS NECESSARY TO 4341 02:25:38,502 --> 02:25:40,004 MOVE THAT PROJECT TOWARD PRODUCT 4342 02:25:40,004 --> 02:25:42,940 DEVELOPMENT. 4343 02:25:42,940 --> 02:25:44,241 AND THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS 4344 02:25:44,241 --> 02:25:45,476 THROUGH PROVIDING 4345 02:25:45,476 --> 02:25:46,610 ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING AND 4346 02:25:46,610 --> 02:25:47,611 MENTORING, AND ALSO BY PROVIDING 4347 02:25:47,611 --> 02:25:50,881 THOSE PROJECTS WITH PERSONALIZED 4348 02:25:50,881 --> 02:25:52,650 FEEDBACK FROM OUR GOVERNMENT 4349 02:25:52,650 --> 02:25:54,885 PARTNERS LIKE THE FDA, THE 4350 02:25:54,885 --> 02:25:56,086 CENTER FOR MEDICAID AND MEDICARE 4351 02:25:56,086 --> 02:25:57,188 SERVICES, THE PATENT AND 4352 02:25:57,188 --> 02:26:02,493 TRADEMARK OFFICE, AND OTHER 4353 02:26:02,493 --> 02:26:03,360 INDUSTRY VETERANS WHO HAVE 4354 02:26:03,360 --> 02:26:04,361 REALLY HAD EXPERIENCE MOVING 4355 02:26:04,361 --> 02:26:07,798 THROUGH THIS DPROW PRODUCT DEVET 4356 02:26:07,798 --> 02:26:14,271 PATHWAY. 4357 02:26:14,271 --> 02:26:16,073 THIS PROGRAM WAS AUTHORIZED BY 4358 02:26:16,073 --> 02:26:17,641 CONGRESS IN 2011. 4359 02:26:17,641 --> 02:26:19,476 WE STARTED WITH THREE CENTERS 4360 02:26:19,476 --> 02:26:20,778 FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL HEART, 4361 02:26:20,778 --> 02:26:22,079 LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE, BUT WE 4362 02:26:22,079 --> 02:26:23,681 FOLLOWED THAT IN 2015 BY FUNDING 4363 02:26:23,681 --> 02:26:26,417 THREE CENTERS THAT WERE COVERING 4364 02:26:26,417 --> 02:26:30,154 THE ENTIRE NIH MISSION SPACE. 4365 02:26:30,154 --> 02:26:32,823 AND FIVE MORE IN 2019. 4366 02:26:32,823 --> 02:26:34,892 NOW, THESE CENTERS AND THESE 4367 02:26:34,892 --> 02:26:37,528 PRINCIPLES THAT ARE LAID OUT 4368 02:26:37,528 --> 02:26:39,163 HERE ARE ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR, 4369 02:26:39,163 --> 02:26:41,198 IF NOT IDENTICAL, TO THE 4370 02:26:41,198 --> 02:26:43,167 PRINCIPLES OF THE POINT OF CARE 4371 02:26:43,167 --> 02:26:46,003 TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH NETWORK THAT 4372 02:26:46,003 --> 02:26:46,971 DR. TROMBERG TALKED ABOUT. 4373 02:26:46,971 --> 02:26:49,573 SO THESE PRINCIPLES OF HOW TO 4374 02:26:49,573 --> 02:26:52,109 HELP AN INVESTIGATOR NOT -- 4375 02:26:52,109 --> 02:26:54,345 INVESTIGATORS KNOW HOW TO VAL 4376 02:26:54,345 --> 02:26:55,112 VALIDATE THE TECHNOLOGY AND 4377 02:26:55,112 --> 02:26:56,413 VALIDATE THE SCIENCE. 4378 02:26:56,413 --> 02:26:58,148 THAT'S THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF 4379 02:26:58,148 --> 02:26:59,483 WHAT ACADEMIC INVESTIGATORS DO. 4380 02:26:59,483 --> 02:27:03,187 BUT THE BASICS OF WHAT THIS 4381 02:27:03,187 --> 02:27:04,922 REACH NETWORK DOES ALSO ALLOWS 4382 02:27:04,922 --> 02:27:07,358 INVESTIGATORS TO VALIDATE THE 4383 02:27:07,358 --> 02:27:10,794 BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL AND 4384 02:27:10,794 --> 02:27:12,196 HEALTHCARE POTENTIAL OF THOSE 4385 02:27:12,196 --> 02:27:13,964 TECHNOLOGIES IN PARALLEL WITH 4386 02:27:13,964 --> 02:27:15,766 WORKING ON THE TECHNOLOGY 4387 02:27:15,766 --> 02:27:16,267 DEVELOPMENT. 4388 02:27:16,267 --> 02:27:17,901 AND THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO 4389 02:27:17,901 --> 02:27:19,970 MAKING SURE THAT THESE 4390 02:27:19,970 --> 02:27:22,840 TECHNOLOGIES DON'T DROP OUT AS 4391 02:27:22,840 --> 02:27:25,609 THEY PROCEED IN DEVELOPMENT. 4392 02:27:25,609 --> 02:27:30,014 IN 2023, WE FUNDED FIVE NEW HUBS 4393 02:27:30,014 --> 02:27:32,916 ACROSS 12 STATES AND MORE THAN 4394 02:27:32,916 --> 02:27:33,884 75 INSTITUTIONS, AND WHAT WE 4395 02:27:33,884 --> 02:27:35,519 REALLY TRIED TO DO IN THIS 4396 02:27:35,519 --> 02:27:39,356 LATEST ROUND OF REACH HUBS WAS 4397 02:27:39,356 --> 02:27:43,027 SPREAD THIS KNOWLEDGE IN THIS MO 4398 02:27:43,027 --> 02:27:43,994 MODEL TO PART OF THE COUNTRY 4399 02:27:43,994 --> 02:27:44,995 WHERE IT'S NOT COMMON. 4400 02:27:44,995 --> 02:27:47,164 EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IF YOU GO 4401 02:27:47,164 --> 02:27:53,070 TO BOSTON OR SAN FRANCISCO, OR 4402 02:27:53,070 --> 02:27:54,038 NEW YORK CITY, THERE'S A CULTURE 4403 02:27:54,038 --> 02:27:57,408 OF INNOVATION AND OF PRODUCT 4404 02:27:57,408 --> 02:27:59,476 DEVELOPMENT, AND A REAL 4405 02:27:59,476 --> 02:28:00,744 INTERSECTION OF THE BUSINESS 4406 02:28:00,744 --> 02:28:02,880 WORLD AND THE ACADEMIC AND 4407 02:28:02,880 --> 02:28:03,747 ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER 4408 02:28:03,747 --> 02:28:04,448 ENVIRONMENT. 4409 02:28:04,448 --> 02:28:07,184 BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS 4410 02:28:07,184 --> 02:28:08,619 TAKE THESE PRINCIPLES AND THESE 4411 02:28:08,619 --> 02:28:10,154 PROCESSES THAT WE'VE PROVED OUT 4412 02:28:10,154 --> 02:28:16,460 IN THESE OTHER HUBS AND MOVE 4413 02:28:16,460 --> 02:28:17,428 THEM TO PART OF THE COUNTRY 4414 02:28:17,428 --> 02:28:18,495 WHERE THEY'RE NOT COMMON, WHERE 4415 02:28:18,495 --> 02:28:20,297 THERE'S NOT A CONDUCIVE 4416 02:28:20,297 --> 02:28:22,700 INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT, OR 4417 02:28:22,700 --> 02:28:24,735 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR BIOTECH 4418 02:28:24,735 --> 02:28:26,270 AND BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCE 4419 02:28:26,270 --> 02:28:29,773 DEVELOPMENT. 4420 02:28:29,773 --> 02:28:31,208 SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE FIVE 4421 02:28:31,208 --> 02:28:32,142 HUBS WE FUNDED RECENTLY. 4422 02:28:32,142 --> 02:28:33,777 MANY OF YOU IN THE ROOM ARE 4423 02:28:33,777 --> 02:28:34,878 PROBABLY AT INSTITUTIONS THAT 4424 02:28:34,878 --> 02:28:36,914 ARE SUPPORTED BY ONE OF THESE 4425 02:28:36,914 --> 02:28:38,582 REACH HUBS, AND I WOULD 4426 02:28:38,582 --> 02:28:41,051 ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT 4427 02:28:41,051 --> 02:28:46,056 THE WEBSITE FOR THE PROGRAM AND 4428 02:28:46,056 --> 02:28:47,057 SEE HOW INVESTIGATORS AT YOUR 4429 02:28:47,057 --> 02:28:49,326 INSTITUTION MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET 4430 02:28:49,326 --> 02:28:49,793 INVOLVED. 4431 02:28:49,793 --> 02:28:52,429 ONE OF THE OTHER FOCUSES OF THIS 4432 02:28:52,429 --> 02:28:56,100 ROUND OF THE REACH HUBS WAS ON 4433 02:28:56,100 --> 02:28:58,302 THIS CHALLENGE TO DIVERSIFY THE 4434 02:28:58,302 --> 02:29:00,604 BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE. 4435 02:29:00,604 --> 02:29:02,272 SO WE TRIED TO COVER AS MANY OF 4436 02:29:02,272 --> 02:29:03,173 THE IDEA STATES AS WE COULD 4437 02:29:03,173 --> 02:29:05,709 COVER WITH THESE HUBS, BUT ALSO 4438 02:29:05,709 --> 02:29:08,045 MANY OF THESE INSTITUTIONS AND 4439 02:29:08,045 --> 02:29:10,280 THE TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS THAT 4440 02:29:10,280 --> 02:29:12,349 ARE PART OF THESE HUBS ARE NOT 4441 02:29:12,349 --> 02:29:14,318 THE TRADITIONAL R1 RESEARCH 4442 02:29:14,318 --> 02:29:14,952 UNIVERSITIES. 4443 02:29:14,952 --> 02:29:19,189 THERE'S AN INCREASING NUMBER IN 4444 02:29:19,189 --> 02:29:20,491 THIS NETWORK OF HISTORICALLY 4445 02:29:20,491 --> 02:29:21,825 BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, 4446 02:29:21,825 --> 02:29:25,062 OF TRIBAL COLLEGES AND 4447 02:29:25,062 --> 02:29:25,929 UNIVERSITIES, OF OTHER TYPES OF 4448 02:29:25,929 --> 02:29:28,098 MINORITY SERRING INSTITUTIONS, 4449 02:29:28,098 --> 02:29:31,935 BUT ALSO LOOKING BACK TO 4450 02:29:31,935 --> 02:29:34,304 TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND 4451 02:29:34,304 --> 02:29:35,105 UNIVERSITIES, TWO-YEAR COLLEGES 4452 02:29:35,105 --> 02:29:37,574 AND REALLY TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE 4453 02:29:37,574 --> 02:29:40,811 TO UNDERSTAND THIS MINDSET OF 4454 02:29:40,811 --> 02:29:43,213 SITTING -- OF SMOOTHING OUT THAT 4455 02:29:43,213 --> 02:29:46,583 TRANSITION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND 4456 02:29:46,583 --> 02:29:48,085 HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, AND 4457 02:29:48,085 --> 02:29:49,319 INCREASING THAT PROCESS LITERACY 4458 02:29:49,319 --> 02:29:51,622 OF WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO BE 4459 02:29:51,622 --> 02:29:52,823 SUCCESSFUL AT ALL DIFFERENT 4460 02:29:52,823 --> 02:29:55,092 STAGES AND ALL DIFFERENT PLACES 4461 02:29:55,092 --> 02:29:58,162 ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. 4462 02:29:58,162 --> 02:30:01,331 SO THIS NETWORK IS NOT JUST 4463 02:30:01,331 --> 02:30:03,066 ABOUT SUPPORTING RESEARCH 4464 02:30:03,066 --> 02:30:05,135 PROJECTS, TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 4465 02:30:05,135 --> 02:30:06,236 PROJECTS, BUT IT'S ABOUT 4466 02:30:06,236 --> 02:30:06,637 EDUCATING PEOPLE. 4467 02:30:06,637 --> 02:30:12,142 AND IN THESE INITIAL ROUNDS OF 4468 02:30:12,142 --> 02:30:13,377 THE REACH PROGRAM, WE'VE 4469 02:30:13,377 --> 02:30:14,945 EDUCATED OVER 2600 INVESTIGATORS 4470 02:30:14,945 --> 02:30:17,681 THROUGH THE VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL 4471 02:30:17,681 --> 02:30:18,649 OPPORTUNITIES THAT THESE REACH 4472 02:30:18,649 --> 02:30:22,152 HUBS HAVE MADE AVAILABLE. 4473 02:30:22,152 --> 02:30:23,554 SO IT'S REALLY AN AMAZING WAY TO 4474 02:30:23,554 --> 02:30:25,522 SPREAD THIS METHODOLOGY AND 4475 02:30:25,522 --> 02:30:27,491 SPREAD THIS MINDSET INTO THE 4476 02:30:27,491 --> 02:30:31,161 ACADEMIC COMMUNITY. 4477 02:30:31,161 --> 02:30:34,231 THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN 4478 02:30:34,231 --> 02:30:35,432 SUPPORTED, THERE'S ABOUT 250 OF 4479 02:30:35,432 --> 02:30:37,034 THEM, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE 4480 02:30:37,034 --> 02:30:38,001 SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE ONES THAT 4481 02:30:38,001 --> 02:30:40,204 HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED THAT ARE 4482 02:30:40,204 --> 02:30:41,371 RELATED TO WOMEN'S HEALTH, 4483 02:30:41,371 --> 02:30:43,140 BECAUSE REMEMBER, THESE HUBS ARE 4484 02:30:43,140 --> 02:30:44,641 SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY 4485 02:30:44,641 --> 02:30:46,410 DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE ENTIRE 4486 02:30:46,410 --> 02:30:49,046 NIH MISSION SPACE. 4487 02:30:49,046 --> 02:30:53,050 SO JUST SOME EXAMPLES HERE, SO 4488 02:30:53,050 --> 02:30:55,219 MANY WOMEN ABANDON BREASTFEEDING 4489 02:30:55,219 --> 02:30:56,720 BEFORE THE INFANT TURNS SIX 4490 02:30:56,720 --> 02:31:00,123 MONTHS OLD. 4491 02:31:00,123 --> 02:31:01,558 OBVIOUSLY A WEARABLE LACTATION 4492 02:31:01,558 --> 02:31:03,193 DEVICE AND CHALLENGES IN THAT 4493 02:31:03,193 --> 02:31:05,829 AREA -- ANYONE WHO IS A PARENT 4494 02:31:05,829 --> 02:31:07,764 WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN 4495 02:31:07,764 --> 02:31:09,166 ONGOING CHALLENGE THAT HAS NOT 4496 02:31:09,166 --> 02:31:13,537 REALLY BEEN PROPERLY ADDRESSED. 4497 02:31:13,537 --> 02:31:14,471 ALSO ONE IN THREE INFANTS WITH 4498 02:31:14,471 --> 02:31:16,807 FEEDING PROBLEMS EXHIBIT MILK 4499 02:31:16,807 --> 02:31:18,208 REFUSAL WHEN THEY TRANSITION 4500 02:31:18,208 --> 02:31:20,944 FROM BREAST MILK TO BOTTLE 4501 02:31:20,944 --> 02:31:24,081 FEEDING, AND WE HAD A GREAT 4502 02:31:24,081 --> 02:31:26,817 PROJECT TO DEVELOP A CONTINGENT 4503 02:31:26,817 --> 02:31:28,685 MUSIC BABY BOTTLE TO ASSIST IN 4504 02:31:28,685 --> 02:31:32,155 THAT TRANSITION. 4505 02:31:32,155 --> 02:31:33,257 SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST 4506 02:31:33,257 --> 02:31:34,791 WANT TO MENTION, THOUGH, AS I GO 4507 02:31:34,791 --> 02:31:36,660 THROUGH THESE PROJECTS IS THAT 4508 02:31:36,660 --> 02:31:39,563 IT NOT JUST THE TECHNOLOGY 4509 02:31:39,563 --> 02:31:40,097 DEVELOPMENT. 4510 02:31:40,097 --> 02:31:41,532 WHAT THESE INVESTIGATORS ARE 4511 02:31:41,532 --> 02:31:43,734 LEARNING THROUGH THE PROGRAM IS 4512 02:31:43,734 --> 02:31:47,104 ALSO WHAT ARE THE MARKET FORCES 4513 02:31:47,104 --> 02:31:48,539 THAT WILL REALLY BE NECESSARY 4514 02:31:48,539 --> 02:31:51,008 FOR YOU TO ADDRESS IN ORDER TO 4515 02:31:51,008 --> 02:31:53,076 MAKE THESE PRODUCTS AVAILABLE IN 4516 02:31:53,076 --> 02:31:55,779 THE MARKETPLACE. 4517 02:31:55,779 --> 02:31:57,848 SO EVERYBODY HEARS ABOUT SOME 4518 02:31:57,848 --> 02:32:00,684 KIND OF NEW FLASHY TECHNOLOGY OR 4519 02:32:00,684 --> 02:32:02,886 THEY READ A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT 4520 02:32:02,886 --> 02:32:05,389 SOME SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, AND 4521 02:32:05,389 --> 02:32:07,891 THEN MANY TIMES LATER ON, YOU 4522 02:32:07,891 --> 02:32:14,398 ASK YOURSELF, WHY STHAT NOT IS T 4523 02:32:14,398 --> 02:32:16,934 AVAILABLE FOR ME? 4524 02:32:16,934 --> 02:32:17,901 THERE ARE ALL THESE OTHER 4525 02:32:17,901 --> 02:32:19,303 FACTORS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN 4526 02:32:19,303 --> 02:32:19,970 INTO ACCOUNT. 4527 02:32:19,970 --> 02:32:26,176 A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IS 4528 02:32:26,176 --> 02:32:28,579 THIS -- DIRECT PCR HAS REALLY 4529 02:32:28,579 --> 02:32:30,113 REVOLUTIONIZED THE CLINICAL PCR 4530 02:32:30,113 --> 02:32:31,315 ENVIRONMENT, BUT BRIDGING THAT 4531 02:32:31,315 --> 02:32:33,050 GAP BETWEEN CLINICAL PCR TESTING 4532 02:32:33,050 --> 02:32:36,086 AND FORENSIC TESTING HAS BEEN A 4533 02:32:36,086 --> 02:32:39,690 REAL CHALLENGE, BECAUSE THERE'S 4534 02:32:39,690 --> 02:32:42,326 NO WAY TO COLLECT THE SAMPLES IN 4535 02:32:42,326 --> 02:32:45,062 A WAY THAT FACILITATE THEIR USE 4536 02:32:45,062 --> 02:32:46,430 IN THAT KIND OF CONTROLLED 4537 02:32:46,430 --> 02:32:48,198 TESTING ENVIRONMENT. 4538 02:32:48,198 --> 02:32:50,500 SO THAT PROJECT WAS LOOKING TO 4539 02:32:50,500 --> 02:32:52,669 DEVELOP A FORENSIC DNA SAMPLE 4540 02:32:52,669 --> 02:32:56,607 CHECK SCOLLECTION TOOL THAT COUP 4541 02:32:56,607 --> 02:32:58,575 ADDRESS THE TREMENDOUS BACKLOG 4542 02:32:58,575 --> 02:33:00,077 IN SEXUAL ASSAULT KITS THAT WE 4543 02:33:00,077 --> 02:33:00,944 SEE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 4544 02:33:00,944 --> 02:33:06,516 YOU HEARD ABOUT SOME NONINVASIVE 4545 02:33:06,516 --> 02:33:07,818 DIAGNOSTICS FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS. 4546 02:33:07,818 --> 02:33:09,586 WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS TEAM TO 4547 02:33:09,586 --> 02:33:11,088 NIBIB AND I HOPE THAT THEY WILL 4548 02:33:11,088 --> 02:33:15,092 WIN BRUCE'S PRIZE COMPETITION, 4549 02:33:15,092 --> 02:33:17,861 BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING ON A 4550 02:33:17,861 --> 02:33:21,365 NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC FOR 4551 02:33:21,365 --> 02:33:23,000 ENDOMETRIOSIS THAT USES 4552 02:33:23,000 --> 02:33:24,968 MENSTRUAL EFFLUENT, AND THE 4553 02:33:24,968 --> 02:33:28,205 CHANGES IN THE MENSTRUAL 4554 02:33:28,205 --> 02:33:30,140 EFFLUENT AS AN EARLY DIAGNOSTIC 4555 02:33:30,140 --> 02:33:30,607 FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS. 4556 02:33:30,607 --> 02:33:32,976 SO THEY WILL COME TO YOUR PRIZE 4557 02:33:32,976 --> 02:33:34,177 COMPETITION, BRUCE, AND 4558 02:33:34,177 --> 02:33:36,613 HOPEFULLY THEY WILL WIN AND WHAT 4559 02:33:36,613 --> 02:33:41,952 A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY. 4560 02:33:41,952 --> 02:33:43,687 DRUGS FOR GENITOURINARY SYNDROME 4561 02:33:43,687 --> 02:33:47,824 OF MENOPAUSE, THIS PROJECT IS 4562 02:33:47,824 --> 02:33:49,893 LOOKING TO DEVELOP A RAPIDLY 4563 02:33:49,893 --> 02:33:52,295 ACTING LOCAL TREATMENT INSTEAD 4564 02:33:52,295 --> 02:33:56,433 OF SYSTEMIC ESTROGEN, AND TRYING 4565 02:33:56,433 --> 02:33:59,069 TO UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF 4566 02:33:59,069 --> 02:34:02,873 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PRODUCT 4567 02:34:02,873 --> 02:34:04,841 AS A LOCAL TOPICAL TREATMENT AS 4568 02:34:04,841 --> 02:34:07,010 OPPOSED TO SYSTEMIC CAUSE. 4569 02:34:07,010 --> 02:34:11,481 AND ANOTHER ONE THAT'S REALLY 4570 02:34:11,481 --> 02:34:14,985 INTERESTING AS A CASE STUDY IS 4571 02:34:14,985 --> 02:34:18,021 THIS VULVOVAGINAL ANTIFUNGAL 4572 02:34:18,021 --> 02:34:18,789 AGENT. 4573 02:34:18,789 --> 02:34:22,059 THAT PRODUCT HAD ALREADY BEEN 4574 02:34:22,059 --> 02:34:24,561 INVESTIGATED FOR USE IN HIV. 4575 02:34:24,561 --> 02:34:27,831 SO THERE WAS SOME TOXICITY DATA 4576 02:34:27,831 --> 02:34:29,800 THAT WAS AVAILABLE AND HAD BEEN 4577 02:34:29,800 --> 02:34:35,038 USED IN FDA FILING FOR THAT 4578 02:34:35,038 --> 02:34:37,240 AGENT FOR A RECTAL APPLICATION 4579 02:34:37,240 --> 02:34:38,008 FOR HIV. 4580 02:34:38,008 --> 02:34:40,911 SO THAT TOXICITY DATA THAT WAS 4581 02:34:40,911 --> 02:34:43,113 SUFFICIENT QUALITY FOR FDA 4582 02:34:43,113 --> 02:34:45,716 ALREADY EXISTED. 4583 02:34:45,716 --> 02:34:47,984 SO THIS THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE 4584 02:34:47,984 --> 02:34:50,287 OF THE REACH HUB, THOSE 4585 02:34:50,287 --> 02:34:53,690 INVESTIGATORS REALIZED THAT THE 4586 02:34:53,690 --> 02:34:54,791 PATH TO COMMERCIALIZATION WOULD 4587 02:34:54,791 --> 02:34:57,728 BE FASTER TO DEVELOP THEIR 4588 02:34:57,728 --> 02:34:59,663 PRODUCT AS A RECTAL ANTIFUNGAL 4589 02:34:59,663 --> 02:35:04,267 EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MORE 4590 02:35:04,267 --> 02:35:06,670 PATIENTS WITH VAGINAL THAN 4591 02:35:06,670 --> 02:35:08,739 RECTAL FUNGAL INFECTIONS BECAUSE 4592 02:35:08,739 --> 02:35:09,639 OF THIS REGULATORY ADVANTAGE 4593 02:35:09,639 --> 02:35:10,907 THEY HAD FROM THIS PREVIOUS 4594 02:35:10,907 --> 02:35:11,675 DATA. 4595 02:35:11,675 --> 02:35:15,412 SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW 4596 02:35:15,412 --> 02:35:17,647 THIS TYPE OF COMMERCIAL AND 4597 02:35:17,647 --> 02:35:21,585 BUSINESS EXPERTISE CAN HELP AN 4598 02:35:21,585 --> 02:35:22,686 INVESTIGATOR CHART THIS PATH TO 4599 02:35:22,686 --> 02:35:25,622 THE FASTEST WAY TO COMMERCIAL 4600 02:35:25,622 --> 02:35:26,823 AVAILABILITY AND TO HEALTHCARE 4601 02:35:26,823 --> 02:35:31,294 AVAILABILITY OF THEIR PRODUCTS. 4602 02:35:31,294 --> 02:35:32,496 AND ALSO IT PROBABLY GOES 4603 02:35:32,496 --> 02:35:33,497 WITHOUT SAYING THAT A LARGE 4604 02:35:33,497 --> 02:35:35,198 PERCENTAGE OF THE PRODUCTS AND 4605 02:35:35,198 --> 02:35:37,067 THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 4606 02:35:37,067 --> 02:35:38,935 PROJECTS THAT ARE RELATED TO 4607 02:35:38,935 --> 02:35:43,607 WOMEN'S HEALTH ARE IN THE CANCER 4608 02:35:43,607 --> 02:35:45,142 FIELD, IN BREAST CANCER, IN 4609 02:35:45,142 --> 02:35:46,777 OVARIAN CANCER, AND WE SEE THAT 4610 02:35:46,777 --> 02:35:49,079 IN OUR PORTFOLIO, IN THIS 4611 02:35:49,079 --> 02:35:51,581 PROGRAM ALSO. 4612 02:35:51,581 --> 02:35:53,750 SO IN THE ACADEMIC SPACE, WE 4613 02:35:53,750 --> 02:35:56,820 HAVE THE REACH HUBS IN THIS 4614 02:35:56,820 --> 02:35:58,889 MODEL THAT HELPS INVESTIGATORS 4615 02:35:58,889 --> 02:36:00,123 STRENGTHEN THEIR PROJECTS, BUT 4616 02:36:00,123 --> 02:36:02,392 THE BIGGEST WAY THAT NIH 4617 02:36:02,392 --> 02:36:03,693 SUPPORTS EARLY STAGE PRODUCT 4618 02:36:03,693 --> 02:36:05,562 DEVELOPMENT IS THROUGH OUR SMALL 4619 02:36:05,562 --> 02:36:07,063 BUSINESS PROGRAM. 4620 02:36:07,063 --> 02:36:09,366 AND AS DR. CLAYTON MENTIONED, 4621 02:36:09,366 --> 02:36:15,138 THE SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMS ARE A 4622 02:36:15,138 --> 02:36:15,806 CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED PROGRAM 4623 02:36:15,806 --> 02:36:20,110 AND THEY ARE PROVIDING 4624 02:36:20,110 --> 02:36:22,112 $1.4 BILLION PER YEAR TO 4625 02:36:22,112 --> 02:36:22,679 AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSES TO 4626 02:36:22,679 --> 02:36:24,514 DEVELOP PRODUCTS IN THE LIFE 4627 02:36:24,514 --> 02:36:26,550 SCIENCES. 4628 02:36:26,550 --> 02:36:27,117 THAT'S $1.4 BILLION A YEAR. 4629 02:36:27,117 --> 02:36:31,822 IT'S ACTUALLY 4% OF NIH'S 4630 02:36:31,822 --> 02:36:32,789 EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH BUDGET 4631 02:36:32,789 --> 02:36:34,224 ACROSS THE ENTIRE NIH. 4632 02:36:34,224 --> 02:36:36,593 IT'S A CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED 4633 02:36:36,593 --> 02:36:37,594 PROGRAM. 4634 02:36:37,594 --> 02:36:39,796 AND THE IDEA IS TO HELP 4635 02:36:39,796 --> 02:36:42,532 TRANSITION THOSE TECHNOLOGIES 4636 02:36:42,532 --> 02:36:46,436 FROM THE ACADEMIC WORLD OR FOR 4637 02:36:46,436 --> 02:36:47,204 SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY INTO EARLY 4638 02:36:47,204 --> 02:36:48,638 STAGE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AT 4639 02:36:48,638 --> 02:36:51,041 U.S. SMALL BUSINESSES. 4640 02:36:51,041 --> 02:36:53,343 AND THERE'S A NOTICE OF SPECIAL 4641 02:36:53,343 --> 02:36:55,278 INTEREST THAT ACTUALLY 4642 02:36:55,278 --> 02:36:57,013 ENCOURAGES INVESTIGATORS WHO ARE 4643 02:36:57,013 --> 02:36:58,682 WORKING ON WOMEN'S HEALTH 4644 02:36:58,682 --> 02:37:01,284 RESEARCH TO UTILIZE THE SMALL 4645 02:37:01,284 --> 02:37:02,252 BUSINESS PROGRAM AS A WAY TO 4646 02:37:02,252 --> 02:37:03,687 DEVELOP THEIR PRODUCT AND 4647 02:37:03,687 --> 02:37:05,655 SERVICES. 4648 02:37:05,655 --> 02:37:08,291 SO THE SMALL BUSINESS PORTFOLIO, 4649 02:37:08,291 --> 02:37:10,894 WE'RE SUPPORTING ABOUT 1400 4650 02:37:10,894 --> 02:37:12,395 SMALL BUSINESSES EVERY YEAR. 4651 02:37:12,395 --> 02:37:14,264 AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE 4652 02:37:14,264 --> 02:37:15,465 BREAKDOWN OF THE TYPES OF 4653 02:37:15,465 --> 02:37:17,934 PROJECTS THAT ARE SUPPORTED 4654 02:37:17,934 --> 02:37:20,704 ACROSS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF 4655 02:37:20,704 --> 02:37:22,372 PROJECTS. 4656 02:37:22,372 --> 02:37:24,341 SO THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF 4657 02:37:24,341 --> 02:37:28,378 PROJECTS IN RESEARCH TOOLS AND 4658 02:37:28,378 --> 02:37:29,446 DIAGNOSTICS, BUT WE REALLY SPAN 4659 02:37:29,446 --> 02:37:32,282 THE ENTIRE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 4660 02:37:32,282 --> 02:37:32,949 SPECTRUM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS 4661 02:37:32,949 --> 02:37:35,719 I WANT TO NOTE IS THAT THE 4662 02:37:35,719 --> 02:37:37,754 HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, 4663 02:37:37,754 --> 02:37:39,789 ALTHOUGH NOW IS ONLY ABOUT 10% 4664 02:37:39,789 --> 02:37:44,094 OF OUR PORTFOLIO, WE'RE SEEING 4665 02:37:44,094 --> 02:37:47,898 THAT GROW AS MORE INTEREST IN 4666 02:37:47,898 --> 02:37:49,633 THAT AREA PERVADES ACROSS THE 4667 02:37:49,633 --> 02:37:55,071 DIFFERENT SECTORS OF HEALTHCARE. 4668 02:37:55,071 --> 02:37:58,241 BUT ALSO I WANT TO MAKE A POINT 4669 02:37:58,241 --> 02:38:02,312 HERE IN THE MAP TO THE LEFT THAT 4670 02:38:02,312 --> 02:38:03,880 WE ARE FUNDING SMALL BUSINESSES 4671 02:38:03,880 --> 02:38:04,915 ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND 4672 02:38:04,915 --> 02:38:10,820 ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, AND 4673 02:38:10,820 --> 02:38:11,788 THIS $1.4 BILLION A YEAR IS 4674 02:38:11,788 --> 02:38:13,990 ACTUALLY THE LARGEST SOURCE OF 4675 02:38:13,990 --> 02:38:15,725 EARLY STAGE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 4676 02:38:15,725 --> 02:38:17,794 FUNDING IN THE COUNTRY. 4677 02:38:17,794 --> 02:38:21,398 SO YOU MIGHT HEAR ABOUT VENTURE 4678 02:38:21,398 --> 02:38:22,732 CAPITOLLISTS AND THE VENTURE 4679 02:38:22,732 --> 02:38:24,367 CAPITAL FOLKS AND THEY THINK 4680 02:38:24,367 --> 02:38:26,202 THEY CORNER THE MARKET ON 4681 02:38:26,202 --> 02:38:28,705 DECIDING AND SUPPORTING EARLY 4682 02:38:28,705 --> 02:38:30,240 STAGE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT BUT 4683 02:38:30,240 --> 02:38:32,876 ACTUALLY NIH IS THE LARGEST 4684 02:38:32,876 --> 02:38:34,511 SUPPORTER OF EARLY STAGE PRODUCT 4685 02:38:34,511 --> 02:38:35,578 DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRY, AND 4686 02:38:35,578 --> 02:38:37,180 THAT'S THROUGH THE SMALL 4687 02:38:37,180 --> 02:38:40,617 BUSINESS PROGRAM. 4688 02:38:40,617 --> 02:38:42,585 SO THREE TIMES A YEAR EVERY 4689 02:38:42,585 --> 02:38:45,322 YEAR, JANUARY 5TH, APRIL 5TH, 4690 02:38:45,322 --> 02:38:46,723 SEPTEMBER 5TH, THERE'S A RECEIPT 4691 02:38:46,723 --> 02:38:50,994 DATE FOR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM 4692 02:38:50,994 --> 02:38:52,295 APPLICATIONS AND WE HOPE THAT 4693 02:38:52,295 --> 02:38:53,430 SMALL BUSINESSES ALL AROUND THE 4694 02:38:53,430 --> 02:38:54,364 COUNTRY WILL COME AND CONTINUE 4695 02:38:54,364 --> 02:38:56,132 TO USE IT AS A MAJOR WAY TO 4696 02:38:56,132 --> 02:39:01,805 SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAMS. 4697 02:39:01,805 --> 02:39:03,106 THE OTHER THING IS, IT'S NOT 4698 02:39:03,106 --> 02:39:03,773 JUST THE FUNDING YOU RECEIVE 4699 02:39:03,773 --> 02:39:04,541 THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS 4700 02:39:04,541 --> 02:39:04,774 PROGRAM. 4701 02:39:04,774 --> 02:39:09,879 IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING, YOU 4702 02:39:09,879 --> 02:39:12,716 GAIN ACCESS TO ALL THE 4703 02:39:12,716 --> 02:39:13,516 COMMERCIALIZATION SERVICES OUR 4704 02:39:13,516 --> 02:39:15,018 OFFICE PROVIDES AND OTHER 4705 02:39:15,018 --> 02:39:19,055 ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE 4706 02:39:19,055 --> 02:39:19,656 COMMERCIALIZATION SUPPORT FOR 4707 02:39:19,656 --> 02:39:19,990 YOUR PROJECT. 4708 02:39:19,990 --> 02:39:22,225 SO YOU NOT ONLY GET FUNDING FOR 4709 02:39:22,225 --> 02:39:24,828 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, BUT YOU 4710 02:39:24,828 --> 02:39:27,130 ALSO GET SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS 4711 02:39:27,130 --> 02:39:28,765 DEVELOPMENT, FOR INTELLECTUAL 4712 02:39:28,765 --> 02:39:30,967 PROPERTY, FOR MARKET ANALYSIS, 4713 02:39:30,967 --> 02:39:34,004 FOR REGULATORY PLANNING, FOR 4714 02:39:34,004 --> 02:39:35,405 INSURANCE PAYMENT OR 4715 02:39:35,405 --> 02:39:37,173 REIMBURSEMENT, AND ALL OF THOSE 4716 02:39:37,173 --> 02:39:39,175 COMPONENTS WORK TOGETHER TO HELP 4717 02:39:39,175 --> 02:39:41,044 PEOPLE BECOME MORE SUCCESSFUL AS 4718 02:39:41,044 --> 02:39:43,279 THEY MAKE IT INTO THE HEALTHCARE 4719 02:39:43,279 --> 02:39:45,682 MARKETPLACE. 4720 02:39:45,682 --> 02:39:48,852 SO WHAT'S THE FOOTPRINT OF THE 4721 02:39:48,852 --> 02:39:50,153 PROGRAM FOR IN THE WOMEN'S 4722 02:39:50,153 --> 02:39:51,254 HEALTH SPACE? 4723 02:39:51,254 --> 02:39:54,424 WE'RE FUNDING AT LEAST 200 SMALL 4724 02:39:54,424 --> 02:39:56,159 BUSINESSES, WORK ON WOMEN'S 4725 02:39:56,159 --> 02:39:59,229 HEALTH APPLICATIONS EVERY YEAR. 4726 02:39:59,229 --> 02:40:01,197 AND LIKE DR. TROMBERG TALKED 4727 02:40:01,197 --> 02:40:04,234 ABOUT, THIS WORD CLOUD IS BASED 4728 02:40:04,234 --> 02:40:06,636 ON THE TYPES OF PROJECTS, THE 4729 02:40:06,636 --> 02:40:09,372 TYPES OF WOMEN'S HEALTH PROJECTS 4730 02:40:09,372 --> 02:40:11,775 AND THE NIH STUDY SECTIONS THAT 4731 02:40:11,775 --> 02:40:14,944 REVIEWED THEM, AND YOU CAN SEE 4732 02:40:14,944 --> 02:40:16,446 HERE THAT THE WOMEN'S HEALTH 4733 02:40:16,446 --> 02:40:18,982 PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE 4734 02:40:18,982 --> 02:40:22,452 NIH SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM ARE 4735 02:40:22,452 --> 02:40:23,420 REALLY SCATTERED ACROSS ALL OF 4736 02:40:23,420 --> 02:40:25,088 THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT NIH 4737 02:40:25,088 --> 02:40:26,823 SUPPORTS. 4738 02:40:26,823 --> 02:40:31,094 FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TO 4739 02:40:31,094 --> 02:40:33,396 OPHTHALMOLOGY TO DENTAL AND 4740 02:40:33,396 --> 02:40:37,100 CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH, TO CANCER 4741 02:40:37,100 --> 02:40:38,735 WITH THE LARGEST FOOTPRINT BEING 4742 02:40:38,735 --> 02:40:40,703 IN CANCER, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE 4743 02:40:40,703 --> 02:40:43,440 THAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE REALLY 4744 02:40:43,440 --> 02:40:45,942 RUNNING THE GAMUT ACROSS ALL OF 4745 02:40:45,942 --> 02:40:50,346 THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT NIH 4746 02:40:50,346 --> 02:40:52,182 SUPPORTS. 4747 02:40:52,182 --> 02:40:53,316 SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT 4748 02:40:53,316 --> 02:40:54,784 POINT TO BE MADE BECAUSE AS WE 4749 02:40:54,784 --> 02:40:57,954 INCROSE OUR ATTENTION TO WOMEN'S 4750 02:40:57,954 --> 02:41:00,590 HEALTH, THOSE ADVANCES AND THOSE 4751 02:41:00,590 --> 02:41:02,759 PROJECTS CAN BE COMING THROUGH 4752 02:41:02,759 --> 02:41:04,160 MANY OF THE DIFFERENT INSTITUTES 4753 02:41:04,160 --> 02:41:06,262 AND CENTERS, NOT JUST BIOMEDICAL 4754 02:41:06,262 --> 02:41:07,564 IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING OR 4755 02:41:07,564 --> 02:41:09,532 THE CANCER INSTITUTE, BUT 4756 02:41:09,532 --> 02:41:11,167 THROUGH ALL OF THOSE INSTITUTES 4757 02:41:11,167 --> 02:41:13,403 AND CENTERS THAT ARE WORKING IN 4758 02:41:13,403 --> 02:41:14,471 COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF 4759 02:41:14,471 --> 02:41:16,639 RESEARCH IN WOMEN'S HEALTH TO 4760 02:41:16,639 --> 02:41:17,841 ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE'RE 4761 02:41:17,841 --> 02:41:19,576 TRYING TO ACHIEVE IN WOMEN'S 4762 02:41:19,576 --> 02:41:25,381 HEALTH. 4763 02:41:25,381 --> 02:41:26,583 SO I WANT TO RUN THROUGH SOME 4764 02:41:26,583 --> 02:41:28,418 EXAMPLES OF THESE PROJECTS IN 4765 02:41:28,418 --> 02:41:32,889 THE SMALL BUSINESS SPACE. 4766 02:41:32,889 --> 02:41:33,790 ONE OF THE PROJECT FROM A 4767 02:41:33,790 --> 02:41:37,060 COMPANY CALLED RIVANNA IS A 4768 02:41:37,060 --> 02:41:43,633 HANDHELD ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR 4769 02:41:43,633 --> 02:41:46,469 EPIDURAL PLACEMENT. 4770 02:41:46,469 --> 02:41:48,138 THEY STILL AFFECT THOUSANDS OF 4771 02:41:48,138 --> 02:41:49,105 WOMEN EACH YEAR, AND I WAS 4772 02:41:49,105 --> 02:41:50,974 THINKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT THE 4773 02:41:50,974 --> 02:41:52,809 OTHER DAY BECAUSE MY MOTHER HAD 4774 02:41:52,809 --> 02:41:59,582 AN EPIDURAL INJECTION FOR A 4775 02:41:59,582 --> 02:42:01,117 STENOSIS AND SHE HAD TO GO TO AN 4776 02:42:01,117 --> 02:42:01,985 OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER AND 4777 02:42:01,985 --> 02:42:04,154 HAVE THAT DONE UNDER X-RAY 4778 02:42:04,154 --> 02:42:04,821 GUIDANCE, BUT WOULDN'T IT BE 4779 02:42:04,821 --> 02:42:06,022 GREAT IF THERE WAS A DEVICE THAT 4780 02:42:06,022 --> 02:42:08,324 COULD BE USED IN THE DOCTOR'S 4781 02:42:08,324 --> 02:42:10,293 OFFICE TO HELP THEM GUIDE 4782 02:42:10,293 --> 02:42:11,794 EPIDURAL PLACEMENT AND THAT'S 4783 02:42:11,794 --> 02:42:13,863 THE PRODUCT THAT RIVANNA IS 4784 02:42:13,863 --> 02:42:15,064 WORKING TO DEVELOP. 4785 02:42:15,064 --> 02:42:19,002 AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW 4786 02:42:19,002 --> 02:42:20,637 YEARS, THAT DEVICE WILL BE 4787 02:42:20,637 --> 02:42:29,679 AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL USE. 4788 02:42:29,679 --> 02:42:33,750 DAREBIO IS A COMPANY WORKING ON 4789 02:42:33,750 --> 02:42:34,651 NON-HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL 4790 02:42:34,651 --> 02:42:35,084 DEVICES. 4791 02:42:35,084 --> 02:42:38,888 THE FOUNDER OF THIS COMPANY, SHE 4792 02:42:38,888 --> 02:42:40,757 CO-FUNDED THIS COMPANY AFTER 4793 02:42:40,757 --> 02:42:43,059 LEAVING A WOMEN'S HEALTH 4794 02:42:43,059 --> 02:42:43,393 NON-PROFIT. 4795 02:42:43,393 --> 02:42:45,228 AND THE REASON SHE LEFT THIS 4796 02:42:45,228 --> 02:42:47,730 WOMEN'S HEALTH NON-PROFIT IS 4797 02:42:47,730 --> 02:42:49,399 BECAUSE SHE KEPT SEEING ALL 4798 02:42:49,399 --> 02:42:50,700 THESE WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE 4799 02:42:50,700 --> 02:42:52,435 PRODUCTS THAT DIDN'T HAVE A 4800 02:42:52,435 --> 02:42:54,103 PATHWAY TO COMMERCIALIZATION, 4801 02:42:54,103 --> 02:42:56,372 AND SHE THOUGHT, WELL, I CAN DO 4802 02:42:56,372 --> 02:42:57,907 SOMETHING ABOUT THAT IN THE 4803 02:42:57,907 --> 02:43:00,210 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT MYSELF. 4804 02:43:00,210 --> 02:43:01,611 AND SO DARE IS NOT ONLY WORKING 4805 02:43:01,611 --> 02:43:04,013 ON THIS PRODUCT, BUT THEY HAVE 4806 02:43:04,013 --> 02:43:06,649 ANOTHER -- MANY OTHER NIH AWARDS 4807 02:43:06,649 --> 02:43:08,818 WORKING ON PRETERM BIRTH 4808 02:43:08,818 --> 02:43:10,553 PRODUCTS AND OTHER TYPES OF 4809 02:43:10,553 --> 02:43:15,158 CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES. 4810 02:43:15,158 --> 02:43:19,095 NEAR OWECRINE BIOSCIENCE, 4811 02:43:19,095 --> 02:43:20,296 THEY'VE HAD DECADES OF SUPPORT. 4812 02:43:20,296 --> 02:43:21,598 THEY'RE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW 4813 02:43:21,598 --> 02:43:25,501 SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS IN BASIC 4814 02:43:25,501 --> 02:43:26,936 SCIENCE AND SUPPORTING 4815 02:43:26,936 --> 02:43:28,037 TECHNOLOGY ALL THE WAY FROM 4816 02:43:28,037 --> 02:43:29,138 BASIC SCIENCE THROUGH EARLY 4817 02:43:29,138 --> 02:43:32,942 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY 4818 02:43:32,942 --> 02:43:36,546 NECESSARY TO CRACK SOME OF THESE 4819 02:43:36,546 --> 02:43:37,780 PROBLEMS OPEN AND COME WITH 4820 02:43:37,780 --> 02:43:39,415 SOLUTIONS. 4821 02:43:39,415 --> 02:43:42,352 SO NEUROCRINE HAS HAD DECADES OF 4822 02:43:42,352 --> 02:43:45,622 SUPPORT WORKING ON THE BASIC 4823 02:43:45,622 --> 02:43:47,357 MECHANISMS RELATED TO 4824 02:43:47,357 --> 02:43:49,759 ENDOMETRIOSIS, AND THEY'VE USED 4825 02:43:49,759 --> 02:43:51,761 THAT UNDERLYING KNOWLEDGE TO 4826 02:43:51,761 --> 02:43:57,000 DEVELOP A FAST-ACTING TREATMENT 4827 02:43:57,000 --> 02:44:01,237 FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS. 4828 02:44:01,237 --> 02:44:03,673 SO IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW 4829 02:44:03,673 --> 02:44:06,843 IT'S NOT JUST THE TECHNOLOGY 4830 02:44:06,843 --> 02:44:08,044 DEVELOPMENT OR THE BUSINESS 4831 02:44:08,044 --> 02:44:09,445 DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT'S THE 4832 02:44:09,445 --> 02:44:10,847 INTERSECTION OF THE TWO THAT 4833 02:44:10,847 --> 02:44:11,981 ENABLES THESE COMPANIES TO BE 4834 02:44:11,981 --> 02:44:15,451 SUCCESSFUL. 4835 02:44:15,451 --> 02:44:17,320 BIOPSY SCIENCES, THAT'S A 4836 02:44:17,320 --> 02:44:21,057 COMPANY THAT FORMED WHEN TWO 4837 02:44:21,057 --> 02:44:22,358 SOCCER DADS GOT TO CHATTING WITH 4838 02:44:22,358 --> 02:44:23,893 EACH OTHER AT THE SOCCER FIELD, 4839 02:44:23,893 --> 02:44:26,195 ONE WAS AN ENGINEER, AND ONE WAS 4840 02:44:26,195 --> 02:44:31,100 A RADIOLOGIST, AND THEY GOT 4841 02:44:31,100 --> 02:44:32,402 TALKING ABOUT CHALLENGES IN 4842 02:44:32,402 --> 02:44:33,703 BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSTICS, AND 4843 02:44:33,703 --> 02:44:35,805 THEY FORMED A COMPANY CALLED 4844 02:44:35,805 --> 02:44:37,774 BIOPSY SCIENCES. 4845 02:44:37,774 --> 02:44:43,246 AND THIS PROJECT WAS ONE, WHEN 4846 02:44:43,246 --> 02:44:47,750 THEY TAKE A BIOPSY AND TEST THAT 4847 02:44:47,750 --> 02:44:49,152 BIOPSY, LATER ON WHEN THEY HAVE 4848 02:44:49,152 --> 02:44:50,687 TO GO BACK TO DO SURGERY, IT'S 4849 02:44:50,687 --> 02:44:53,222 VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW THE EXACT 4850 02:44:53,222 --> 02:44:54,757 LOCATION OF WHERE THAT BIOPSY 4851 02:44:54,757 --> 02:44:56,159 WAS TAKEN. 4852 02:44:56,159 --> 02:44:57,460 SO OFTENTIMES A CLINICIAN WILL 4853 02:44:57,460 --> 02:44:59,329 HAVE TO PLACE A NEEDLE TO TRY 4854 02:44:59,329 --> 02:45:02,498 AND LOCATE WHERE THAT BIOPSY WAS 4855 02:45:02,498 --> 02:45:03,933 DONE, BUT WHAT THEY DID IS THEY 4856 02:45:03,933 --> 02:45:05,568 DEVELOPED A HYDROGEL MARKER THAT 4857 02:45:05,568 --> 02:45:06,969 THEY COULD INJECT AT THE TIME 4858 02:45:06,969 --> 02:45:09,706 THEY TAKE THE BIOPSY, WHICH IS 4859 02:45:09,706 --> 02:45:11,808 VISIBLE WITH ULTRASOUND AND 4860 02:45:11,808 --> 02:45:13,776 LASTS FOR LESS THAN A YEAR BUT 4861 02:45:13,776 --> 02:45:16,412 IS RESORBABLE THAT ALLOWS THE 4862 02:45:16,412 --> 02:45:19,248 CLINICIANS TO VERY EASILY LOCATE 4863 02:45:19,248 --> 02:45:20,316 THE PRECISE LOCATION WHERE THE 4864 02:45:20,316 --> 02:45:23,720 BIOPSY WAS TAKEN. 4865 02:45:23,720 --> 02:45:24,821 SO THAT IS A PRODUCT THAT'S 4866 02:45:24,821 --> 02:45:25,922 UNDER DEVELOPMENT WITH NIH 4867 02:45:25,922 --> 02:45:28,057 FUNDING. 4868 02:45:28,057 --> 02:45:32,095 AND NUGENEREX WAS A COMPANY THAT 4869 02:45:32,095 --> 02:45:34,464 WAS SPUN OUT OF UMASS IN THE 4870 02:45:34,464 --> 02:45:37,166 90s BASED ON A DISCOVERY THAT 4871 02:45:37,166 --> 02:45:38,601 SMALL BITS OF A TUMOR OR VIRUS 4872 02:45:38,601 --> 02:45:40,470 COULD BE USED TO STIMULATE THE 4873 02:45:40,470 --> 02:45:42,004 IMMUNE SYSTEM TO ATTACK CANCER 4874 02:45:42,004 --> 02:45:43,206 CELLS. 4875 02:45:43,206 --> 02:45:47,043 SO OVER THE YEARS, THAT BASIC 4876 02:45:47,043 --> 02:45:50,079 DISCOVERY WAS USED TO FORM -- TO 4877 02:45:50,079 --> 02:45:51,948 TEST A NUMBER OF PRODUCTS BUT 4878 02:45:51,948 --> 02:45:54,350 MOST RECENTLY, A TREATMENT FOR 4879 02:45:54,350 --> 02:45:55,451 AN AGGRESSIVE FORM OF BREAST 4880 02:45:55,451 --> 02:45:56,552 CANCER. 4881 02:45:56,552 --> 02:45:59,188 SO THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING OF 4882 02:45:59,188 --> 02:46:00,757 SOME OF THOSE PRODUCTS THAT ARE 4883 02:46:00,757 --> 02:46:02,291 COMING OUT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS 4884 02:46:02,291 --> 02:46:05,395 PROGRAM THAT ARE RELATED TO 4885 02:46:05,395 --> 02:46:05,828 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 4886 02:46:05,828 --> 02:46:08,698 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MANY 4887 02:46:08,698 --> 02:46:11,200 OF THESE PROJECTS, THE VERY 4888 02:46:11,200 --> 02:46:12,869 FIRST INVESTMENT THAT THESE 4889 02:46:12,869 --> 02:46:14,270 COMPANIES RECEIVED TO DO THEIR 4890 02:46:14,270 --> 02:46:16,806 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IS FROM THE 4891 02:46:16,806 --> 02:46:18,541 NIH SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM. 4892 02:46:18,541 --> 02:46:20,076 AND WITHOUT THAT FUNDING AND 4893 02:46:20,076 --> 02:46:22,612 WITHOUT THAT $1.4 BILLION OF 4894 02:46:22,612 --> 02:46:24,347 SUSTAINED FUNDING OVER TIME, 4895 02:46:24,347 --> 02:46:26,182 MANY OF THESE PROJECTS WOULD 4896 02:46:26,182 --> 02:46:28,384 HAVE NEVER MADE THAT TRANSITION 4897 02:46:28,384 --> 02:46:31,988 FROM AN IDEA OR A DISCOVERY INTO 4898 02:46:31,988 --> 02:46:34,857 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. 4899 02:46:34,857 --> 02:46:36,592 SO THAT'S WHY AT NIH, WE'RE 4900 02:46:36,592 --> 02:46:39,862 TRYING TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THE 4901 02:46:39,862 --> 02:46:41,531 BENEFIT OF THAT PROGRAM AND THE 4902 02:46:41,531 --> 02:46:43,800 DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND 4903 02:46:43,800 --> 02:46:44,801 SURROUND THOSE PROJECTS WITH ALL 4904 02:46:44,801 --> 02:46:47,203 THE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN 4905 02:46:47,203 --> 02:46:49,605 MARSHAL TO HELP THEM BE 4906 02:46:49,605 --> 02:46:51,140 SUCCESSFUL AS THEY MOVE FORWARD 4907 02:46:51,140 --> 02:46:52,475 IN THOSE EARLY STAGES. 4908 02:46:52,475 --> 02:46:56,412 WE REALIZE THAT THE MONEY THAT 4909 02:46:56,412 --> 02:46:57,547 WE'RE PROVIDING WHICH FOR ANY 4910 02:46:57,547 --> 02:46:59,115 ONE OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES 4911 02:46:59,115 --> 02:47:02,852 COULD BE IN TOTAL UP TO 5 OR 4912 02:47:02,852 --> 02:47:04,487 $7 MILLION, THAT MIGHT BE -- IT 4913 02:47:04,487 --> 02:47:06,556 MIGHT BE A DROP IN THE BUCKET 4914 02:47:06,556 --> 02:47:09,225 FOR WHAT IT COULD TAKE TO GET AN 4915 02:47:09,225 --> 02:47:10,526 ACTUAL SAFE THERAPEUTIC ALL THE 4916 02:47:10,526 --> 02:47:13,796 WAY TO THE HEALTHCARE 4917 02:47:13,796 --> 02:47:14,464 MARKETPLACE, BUT IT'S REALLY 4918 02:47:14,464 --> 02:47:16,432 CRITICAL IN THOSE EARLY STAGES, 4919 02:47:16,432 --> 02:47:18,601 AND THE OTHER ADVANTAGE OF THIS 4920 02:47:18,601 --> 02:47:20,269 FUNDING IS THE MONEY THAT THEY 4921 02:47:20,269 --> 02:47:21,771 GET FROM THE NIH SMALL BUSINESS 4922 02:47:21,771 --> 02:47:24,307 PROGRAM IS FREE MONEY, IN THE 4923 02:47:24,307 --> 02:47:25,508 SENSE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO 4924 02:47:25,508 --> 02:47:27,710 GIVE UP A PIECE OF THEIR COMPANY 4925 02:47:27,710 --> 02:47:29,779 TO GET ACCESS TO THIS MONEY, 4926 02:47:29,779 --> 02:47:31,614 LIKE THEY DO WITH VENTURE 4927 02:47:31,614 --> 02:47:32,849 CAPITALISTS WHO ARE SPENDING 4928 02:47:32,849 --> 02:47:35,151 OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY OR ANGEL 4929 02:47:35,151 --> 02:47:36,686 INVESTORS WHO ARE SPENDING THEIR 4930 02:47:36,686 --> 02:47:38,955 OWN MONEY, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO 4931 02:47:38,955 --> 02:47:41,390 THIS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND 4932 02:47:41,390 --> 02:47:43,025 MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD WITH 4933 02:47:43,025 --> 02:47:44,360 THIS FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE 4934 02:47:44,360 --> 02:47:47,096 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 4935 02:47:47,096 --> 02:47:49,198 SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED 4936 02:47:49,198 --> 02:47:52,034 TO -- OH, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF 4937 02:47:52,034 --> 02:47:54,537 THESE EXAMPLES THAT I'VE SHOWN 4938 02:47:54,537 --> 02:47:58,608 HERE, THERE ARE ONE PAGE SUCCESS 4939 02:47:58,608 --> 02:47:59,976 STORIES THAT ARE ON OUR SUCCESS 4940 02:47:59,976 --> 02:48:01,244 STORY WEBSITE THAT DESCRIBE IN 4941 02:48:01,244 --> 02:48:04,247 MORE DETAIL THE PATHWAY THAT 4942 02:48:04,247 --> 02:48:05,882 THESE COMPANIES HAVE TAKEN TO 4943 02:48:05,882 --> 02:48:07,283 DEVELOP THEIR PRODUCTS. 4944 02:48:07,283 --> 02:48:11,888 AND WE MAKE THESE ONE-PAGE 4945 02:48:11,888 --> 02:48:15,057 SUCCESS STORIES, THEY'RE 4946 02:48:15,057 --> 02:48:15,958 AVAILABLE, THEY'RE GEARED TOWARD 4947 02:48:15,958 --> 02:48:18,027 A GENERAL AUDIENCE FOR A FEW 4948 02:48:18,027 --> 02:48:21,898 REASONS, BUT ONE REASON IS 4949 02:48:21,898 --> 02:48:22,732 BECAUSE WE FIND THESE STORIES 4950 02:48:22,732 --> 02:48:24,267 ARE REALLY INSPIRATIONAL. 4951 02:48:24,267 --> 02:48:27,770 SO PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, OKAY, 4952 02:48:27,770 --> 02:48:29,839 WELL, MAYBE NIH DOESN'T REALLY 4953 02:48:29,839 --> 02:48:30,840 SUPPORT WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE, 4954 02:48:30,840 --> 02:48:33,242 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. 4955 02:48:33,242 --> 02:48:34,644 IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO 4956 02:48:34,644 --> 02:48:38,381 BE ABLE TO LEARN AND BE INSPIRED 4957 02:48:38,381 --> 02:48:40,449 BY OTHER PEOPLE'S SUCCESS, AND 4958 02:48:40,449 --> 02:48:43,419 BY OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES. 4959 02:48:43,419 --> 02:48:45,855 SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 4960 02:48:45,855 --> 02:48:48,257 WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES 4961 02:48:48,257 --> 02:48:49,859 THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS 4962 02:48:49,859 --> 02:48:51,761 WEBSITE. 4963 02:48:51,761 --> 02:48:53,062 THERE'S ALMOST 100 SUCCESS 4964 02:48:53,062 --> 02:48:54,397 STORIES THERE NOW. 4965 02:48:54,397 --> 02:48:56,399 SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO 4966 02:48:56,399 --> 02:48:58,534 AND CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR 4967 02:48:58,534 --> 02:49:01,504 MORE INFORMATION. 4968 02:49:01,504 --> 02:49:02,805 NOW ANOTHER THING THAT I 4969 02:49:02,805 --> 02:49:05,775 MENTIONED WAS THIS INTERSECTION 4970 02:49:05,775 --> 02:49:09,912 WITH BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE 4971 02:49:09,912 --> 02:49:11,213 DEVELOPMENT, AND IN THE SMALL 4972 02:49:11,213 --> 02:49:14,083 BUSINESS SPACE, WE ARE REALLY 4973 02:49:14,083 --> 02:49:16,152 COMMITTED TO TRAINING AND 4974 02:49:16,152 --> 02:49:19,755 SUPPORTING WOMEN INNOVATORS AND 4975 02:49:19,755 --> 02:49:20,623 WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS. 4976 02:49:20,623 --> 02:49:25,127 AND YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY A 4977 02:49:25,127 --> 02:49:27,663 PRETTY SIMPLE IDEA WHICH IS THAT 4978 02:49:27,663 --> 02:49:29,398 PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING 4979 02:49:29,398 --> 02:49:30,700 ON THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEM 4980 02:49:30,700 --> 02:49:33,402 AND AFFECT THEIR COMMUNITIES AND 4981 02:49:33,402 --> 02:49:34,437 AFFECT THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE 4982 02:49:34,437 --> 02:49:37,073 CLOSE TO. 4983 02:49:37,073 --> 02:49:39,241 AND THAT'S WHAT DIVERSITY IN THE 4984 02:49:39,241 --> 02:49:42,979 BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE IS ALL 4985 02:49:42,979 --> 02:49:44,213 ABOUT, IS BEING MORE INCLUSIVE 4986 02:49:44,213 --> 02:49:45,915 IN THE PEOPLE WHO WE'RE TRAINING 4987 02:49:45,915 --> 02:49:47,650 AND THE PEOPLE WE'RE SUPPORTING 4988 02:49:47,650 --> 02:49:49,018 SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE CAN ADDRESS 4989 02:49:49,018 --> 02:49:50,186 THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO 4990 02:49:50,186 --> 02:49:53,155 THEM AND THAT THEY CARE ABOUT, 4991 02:49:53,155 --> 02:49:55,358 AND THAT'S IMPORTANT IN WOMEN'S 4992 02:49:55,358 --> 02:49:56,225 HEALTH ALSO. 4993 02:49:56,225 --> 02:50:02,665 IT TURNS OUT THAT 76% OF THE 4994 02:50:02,665 --> 02:50:03,332 VC-BACKED WOMEN'S HEALTH 4995 02:50:03,332 --> 02:50:05,601 COMPANIES HAVE AT LEAST ONE 4996 02:50:05,601 --> 02:50:08,037 FEMALE CO-FOUNDER. 4997 02:50:08,037 --> 02:50:11,207 SO THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO 4998 02:50:11,207 --> 02:50:14,110 THE STATEMENT THAT I JUST MADE. 4999 02:50:14,110 --> 02:50:16,912 SO THAT'S EVIDENCE THAT 5000 02:50:16,912 --> 02:50:18,914 SUPPORTING WOMEN'S -- WOMEN 5001 02:50:18,914 --> 02:50:21,617 INNOVATORS AND SUPPORTING WOMEN 5002 02:50:21,617 --> 02:50:23,285 FOUNDERS IS REALLY ONE OF THE 5003 02:50:23,285 --> 02:50:25,554 BEST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO 5004 02:50:25,554 --> 02:50:26,689 INCREASE ATTENTION TO WOMEN'S 5005 02:50:26,689 --> 02:50:30,393 HEALTH PROJECTS. 5006 02:50:30,393 --> 02:50:31,027 SO THREE PROJECTS HERE. 5007 02:50:31,027 --> 02:50:33,129 THE FIRST ONE, DR. CLAYTON 5008 02:50:33,129 --> 02:50:36,966 MENTIONED. 5009 02:50:36,966 --> 02:50:40,903 THIS ONE, ANNA CONSUELO MATIANA 5010 02:50:40,903 --> 02:50:41,871 STARTED HER COMPANY BECAUSE SHE 5011 02:50:41,871 --> 02:50:45,908 NOTICED A LACK OF CULTURALLY 5012 02:50:45,908 --> 02:50:50,346 AWARE COMMUNE KEATION COMMUNICAS 5013 02:50:50,346 --> 02:50:51,847 AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND 5014 02:50:51,847 --> 02:50:53,516 ON THE BASIS OF THAT, SHE 5015 02:50:53,516 --> 02:50:56,485 DEVELOPED THESE PHOTO NOVELLAS 5016 02:50:56,485 --> 02:50:57,687 FOR DIFFERENT HEALTHCARE 5017 02:50:57,687 --> 02:50:58,888 CONDITIONS, AND SHE'S LEVERAGED 5018 02:50:58,888 --> 02:51:01,057 NIH FUNDING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT 5019 02:51:01,057 --> 02:51:01,290 FORWARD. 5020 02:51:01,290 --> 02:51:04,894 AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE 5021 02:51:04,894 --> 02:51:05,528 ONE OF THE OTHER ADVANTAGES OF 5022 02:51:05,528 --> 02:51:08,631 NIH FUNDING IS THAT IT ALLOWS 5023 02:51:08,631 --> 02:51:12,134 YOU TO KIND OF MOVE A PROJECT 5024 02:51:12,134 --> 02:51:17,807 FORWARD THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE A 5025 02:51:17,807 --> 02:51:20,443 VERY STRONG INVESTMENT 5026 02:51:20,443 --> 02:51:20,776 HYPOTHESIS. 5027 02:51:20,776 --> 02:51:22,545 SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE 5028 02:51:22,545 --> 02:51:24,613 GREAT HEALTHCARE POTENTIAL, BUT 5029 02:51:24,613 --> 02:51:26,716 THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME 5030 02:51:26,716 --> 02:51:28,017 MARKET POTENTIAL THAT OTHER 5031 02:51:28,017 --> 02:51:30,953 PROJECTS HAVE, SO UTILIZING NIH 5032 02:51:30,953 --> 02:51:33,055 FUNDING TO PUSH THEM FORWARD IS 5033 02:51:33,055 --> 02:51:36,125 ONE WAY TO REALLY INCREASE OUR 5034 02:51:36,125 --> 02:51:38,427 ABILITY TO BRING THEM INTO THE 5035 02:51:38,427 --> 02:51:39,195 MARKETPLACE. 5036 02:51:39,195 --> 02:51:43,799 THE NEXT PROJECT, RACHEL 5037 02:51:43,799 --> 02:51:45,201 DRILINGER, SHE WAS A BIOMEDICAL 5038 02:51:45,201 --> 02:51:46,669 ENGINEER FOR LIKE 20 YEARS, 20 5039 02:51:46,669 --> 02:51:47,603 YEARS OF ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE, 5040 02:51:47,603 --> 02:51:52,675 BUT SHE USED SBIR FUNDING TO 5041 02:51:52,675 --> 02:51:53,976 SPIN OUT AND START HER OWN 5042 02:51:53,976 --> 02:51:54,877 COMPANY, WHICH WAS A GREAT 5043 02:51:54,877 --> 02:51:56,712 CHALLENGE TO HER, NOT ONLY AS A 5044 02:51:56,712 --> 02:51:59,815 WOMAN ENGINEER BUT AS A NAVAJO 5045 02:51:59,815 --> 02:52:04,820 WOMAN ALSO, SO HER COMPANY, 5046 02:52:04,820 --> 02:52:07,123 NEURAMEDICA HAS BEEN DEVELOP AGO 5047 02:52:07,123 --> 02:52:08,224 BIOABSORBABLE CLIP THAT ENHANCES 5048 02:52:08,224 --> 02:52:09,425 PATIENT CARE DURING SPINAL 5049 02:52:09,425 --> 02:52:13,562 SURGERY. 5050 02:52:13,562 --> 02:52:15,331 IT'S ON ITS WAY TO 5051 02:52:15,331 --> 02:52:16,398 COMMERCIALIZATION. 5052 02:52:16,398 --> 02:52:18,400 SHE AS NOT ONLY SUCCESSFUL AS A 5053 02:52:18,400 --> 02:52:20,369 WOMEN BUSINESS OWNER BUT ALSO 5054 02:52:20,369 --> 02:52:24,640 BROUGHT IN NUMBER OF NAVAJO 5055 02:52:24,640 --> 02:52:25,241 INTERNS INTO HER COMPANY. 5056 02:52:25,241 --> 02:52:26,942 AND THEN THE FINAL EXAMPLE IS 5057 02:52:26,942 --> 02:52:29,044 CATHY ROLAND, SHE STRUCK OUT OF 5058 02:52:29,044 --> 02:52:30,780 THE UNIVERSITY OF UNIVERSITY OF 5059 02:52:30,780 --> 02:52:32,214 COLORADO BOULDER, TO START A 5060 02:52:32,214 --> 02:52:33,749 COMPANY TO MAKE VIRUS 5061 02:52:33,749 --> 02:52:34,950 MEASUREMENTS FASTER AND MORE 5062 02:52:34,950 --> 02:52:37,119 ACCURATE. 5063 02:52:37,119 --> 02:52:38,788 AND NOT ONLY HAS THAT PROJECT 5064 02:52:38,788 --> 02:52:44,927 BEEN SUCCESSFUL, BUT INDEVR IS A 5065 02:52:44,927 --> 02:52:45,795 WOMAN-OWNED COMPANY AND ITS 5066 02:52:45,795 --> 02:52:47,463 LEADERSHIP, INCIDENTALLY, IS 5067 02:52:47,463 --> 02:52:47,997 ALSO ALL WOMEN. 5068 02:52:47,997 --> 02:52:49,365 THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US 5069 02:52:49,365 --> 02:52:50,499 BECAUSE THE SMALL BUSINESS 5070 02:52:50,499 --> 02:52:52,935 PROGRAM ACTUALLY HAS A 5071 02:52:52,935 --> 02:52:53,836 CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE TO 5072 02:52:53,836 --> 02:52:55,805 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN 5073 02:52:55,805 --> 02:52:57,873 OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES, AND OVER 5074 02:52:57,873 --> 02:52:59,842 THE LAST FEW DECADES, IT'S 5075 02:52:59,842 --> 02:53:02,678 REALLY BEEN A CHALLENGE, WE'VE 5076 02:53:02,678 --> 02:53:06,448 BEEN STUCK AT AROUND 10 TO 15% 5077 02:53:06,448 --> 02:53:09,051 OF THE NUMBER OF SMALL 5078 02:53:09,051 --> 02:53:10,586 BUSINESSES WE FUND THAT ARE 5079 02:53:10,586 --> 02:53:12,788 WOMEN-OWNED, AND ALTHOUGH THAT 5080 02:53:12,788 --> 02:53:14,423 NUMBER CLOSELY TRACKS THE NUMBER 5081 02:53:14,423 --> 02:53:17,259 OF WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES 5082 02:53:17,259 --> 02:53:19,695 IN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN 5083 02:53:19,695 --> 02:53:22,031 THE LIFE SCIENCE ENVIRONMENT, WE 5084 02:53:22,031 --> 02:53:23,432 ARE COMMITTED TO DOING BETTER 5085 02:53:23,432 --> 02:53:24,066 THAN THAT. 5086 02:53:24,066 --> 02:53:28,337 SO A NUMBER OF OUR PROGRAMS IN 5087 02:53:28,337 --> 02:53:29,338 COLLABORATION NOT JUST WITH THE 5088 02:53:29,338 --> 02:53:30,873 OFFICE OF RESEARCH OF WOMEN'S 5089 02:53:30,873 --> 02:53:35,244 HEALTH BUT WITH THE NIH 5090 02:53:35,244 --> 02:53:36,245 INITIATIVE ARE GEARED TO 5091 02:53:36,245 --> 02:53:37,780 INCREASING THE NUMBER OF 5092 02:53:37,780 --> 02:53:38,647 WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES AND 5093 02:53:38,647 --> 02:53:40,182 WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS THAT WE 5094 02:53:40,182 --> 02:53:40,516 FUND. 5095 02:53:40,516 --> 02:53:42,284 SO THAT'S A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF 5096 02:53:42,284 --> 02:53:46,222 THE SEED OFFICE AND HOW WE CAN 5097 02:53:46,222 --> 02:53:48,824 HELP MEET THE GOALS OF 5098 02:53:48,824 --> 02:53:51,160 INCREASING WOMEN'S HEALTH 5099 02:53:51,160 --> 02:53:51,427 RESEARCH. 5100 02:53:51,427 --> 02:53:52,394 I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT 5101 02:53:52,394 --> 02:53:52,928 OUR WEBSITE. 5102 02:53:52,928 --> 02:53:55,998 YOU CAN GET ON OUR LISTSERV. 5103 02:53:55,998 --> 02:53:58,267 WE HAVE AN NIH ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5104 02:53:58,267 --> 02:53:59,935 NEWS WHICH IS A NEWSLETTER THAT 5105 02:53:59,935 --> 02:54:03,239 COMES OUT ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS. 5106 02:54:03,239 --> 02:54:04,874 AND I'M JUST SO EXCITING TO BE 5107 02:54:04,874 --> 02:54:06,141 WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 5108 02:54:06,141 --> 02:54:09,044 OFFICE OF RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S 5109 02:54:09,044 --> 02:54:12,181 HEALTH, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO 5110 02:54:12,181 --> 02:54:13,649 HELP ANYBODY OUT WHO THINKS THEY 5111 02:54:13,649 --> 02:54:14,850 COULD BENEFIT FROM OUR SERVICES. 5112 02:54:14,850 --> 02:54:15,951 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 5113 02:54:15,951 --> 02:54:22,725 [APPLAUSE] 5114 02:54:22,725 --> 02:54:24,226 >> THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE 5115 02:54:24,226 --> 02:54:24,927 PRESENTATION AS WELL. 5116 02:54:24,927 --> 02:54:26,328 WE COULDN'T HAVE PLANNED IT ANY 5117 02:54:26,328 --> 02:54:28,530 BETTER FOR THE AREA OF SYNERGY. 5118 02:54:28,530 --> 02:54:29,098 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5119 02:54:29,098 --> 02:54:31,834 THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. 5120 02:54:31,834 --> 02:54:35,771 AND COMMENTS. 5121 02:54:35,771 --> 02:54:37,740 >> EXCELLENT TALK. 5122 02:54:37,740 --> 02:54:38,741 I THINK THE QUESTION I HAVE 5123 02:54:38,741 --> 02:54:41,911 WOULD BE RELEVANT TO YOU AND 5124 02:54:41,911 --> 02:54:43,312 POSSIBLY TO DR. TROMBERG AS 5125 02:54:43,312 --> 02:54:44,546 WELL. 5126 02:54:44,546 --> 02:54:46,415 SO WHAT ARE THE PROCESSES THAT 5127 02:54:46,415 --> 02:54:49,251 ARE SET IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, FOR 5128 02:54:49,251 --> 02:54:51,120 A PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STAGE OR 5129 02:54:51,120 --> 02:54:55,057 VALIDATION WHERE INCORPORATION 5130 02:54:55,057 --> 02:54:57,826 OF INDIVIDUALS OF MINORITY ARE 5131 02:54:57,826 --> 02:54:59,228 EITHER REQUIRED AND/OR 5132 02:54:59,228 --> 02:54:59,895 ENCOURAGED, BECAUSE IN THE PAST, 5133 02:54:59,895 --> 02:55:01,330 THERE HAVE BEEN PRODUCTS THAT 5134 02:55:01,330 --> 02:55:03,532 HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, DEVELOPED 5135 02:55:03,532 --> 02:55:05,167 THAT HAVE CATERED TO ONLY 5136 02:55:05,167 --> 02:55:07,236 INDIVIDUALS OF EUROPEAN 5137 02:55:07,236 --> 02:55:08,804 ANCESTRY, BUT ARE THERE 5138 02:55:08,804 --> 02:55:10,439 PROCESSES MORE SORT OF PROACTIVE 5139 02:55:10,439 --> 02:55:13,842 PROCESSES IN PLACE WHERE THAT 5140 02:55:13,842 --> 02:55:17,479 TYPE OF CONSIDERATION IS GETTING 5141 02:55:17,479 --> 02:55:17,746 DEVELOPED? 5142 02:55:17,746 --> 02:55:19,581 AND THEN ESPECIALLY FOR PRODUCTS 5143 02:55:19,581 --> 02:55:20,816 THAT INVOLVE A.I., MACHINE 5144 02:55:20,816 --> 02:55:24,787 LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES. 5145 02:55:24,787 --> 02:55:26,422 >> WELL, I CAN -- THERE ARE A 5146 02:55:26,422 --> 02:55:30,159 FEW TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT WE 5147 02:55:30,159 --> 02:55:30,592 HAVE. 5148 02:55:30,592 --> 02:55:32,094 THE MOST RECENT ONE WE'VE JUST 5149 02:55:32,094 --> 02:55:33,662 STARTED, WE RAN ONE COHORT 5150 02:55:33,662 --> 02:55:37,499 CALLED THE NIH CAPSTONE PROGRAM, 5151 02:55:37,499 --> 02:55:38,534 ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAPSTONE 5152 02:55:38,534 --> 02:55:40,169 PROGRAM, AND THAT WAS A PROGRAM 5153 02:55:40,169 --> 02:55:42,438 THAT WAS DEVELOPED AND RUN IN 5154 02:55:42,438 --> 02:55:45,607 COLLABORATION WITH THE EE JUST 5155 02:55:45,607 --> 02:55:47,309 LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNITY, AN 5156 02:55:47,309 --> 02:55:48,711 OFFSHOOT OF THE UNITED NEGRO 5157 02:55:48,711 --> 02:55:49,611 COLLEGE FUND, AND THAT PROGRAM 5158 02:55:49,611 --> 02:55:53,549 IS REALLY A KIND OF A COMBINED 5159 02:55:53,549 --> 02:55:55,084 MENTORING AND PRODUCT 5160 02:55:55,084 --> 02:55:55,651 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 5161 02:55:55,651 --> 02:55:58,253 SO THAT IS REALLY FOCUSED ON 5162 02:55:58,253 --> 02:56:01,256 BRINGING PEOPLE FROM 5163 02:56:01,256 --> 02:56:02,024 UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS 5164 02:56:02,024 --> 02:56:02,992 INTO THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 5165 02:56:02,992 --> 02:56:04,093 SPACE. 5166 02:56:04,093 --> 02:56:05,394 I THINK YOUR QUESTION, THOUGH, 5167 02:56:05,394 --> 02:56:08,397 IS MORE ABOUT ADDRESSING THE 5168 02:56:08,397 --> 02:56:11,667 UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF BRINGING 5169 02:56:11,667 --> 02:56:14,203 PRODUCTS TO MARKET THAT ARE 5170 02:56:14,203 --> 02:56:15,938 ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES, 5171 02:56:15,938 --> 02:56:17,439 AND THAT, I THINK, IS A PROBLEM 5172 02:56:17,439 --> 02:56:19,375 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO GO 5173 02:56:19,375 --> 02:56:19,808 AFTER. 5174 02:56:19,808 --> 02:56:21,343 I THINK IT'S MULTIFACETED. 5175 02:56:21,343 --> 02:56:23,579 IT PARTLY DEALS WITH THE 5176 02:56:23,579 --> 02:56:25,114 APPETITE OF THE INVESTMENT 5177 02:56:25,114 --> 02:56:29,918 COMMUNITY, AND WE SEE THAT IN 5178 02:56:29,918 --> 02:56:31,020 OUR SPACE QUITE A BIT. 5179 02:56:31,020 --> 02:56:32,755 WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH A 5180 02:56:32,755 --> 02:56:35,290 NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS. 5181 02:56:35,290 --> 02:56:36,592 ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS IS 5182 02:56:36,592 --> 02:56:43,198 CALLED MED TECH COLOR, WHICH IS 5183 02:56:43,198 --> 02:56:44,500 A JOINT INDUSTRY AND PRIVATE 5184 02:56:44,500 --> 02:56:45,167 SECTOR AND GOVERNMENT 5185 02:56:45,167 --> 02:56:46,035 ORGANIZATION THAT'S LOOKING TO 5186 02:56:46,035 --> 02:56:49,171 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BLACK AND 5187 02:56:49,171 --> 02:56:50,572 BROWN INNOVATORS IN THE MEDICAL 5188 02:56:50,572 --> 02:56:51,640 DEVICE SPACE. 5189 02:56:51,640 --> 02:56:52,975 THAT ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN VERY 5190 02:56:52,975 --> 02:56:54,443 ACTIVE IN ADDRESSING SOME OF 5191 02:56:54,443 --> 02:56:57,379 THESE CHALLENGES. 5192 02:56:57,379 --> 02:57:01,917 ALSO WOMEN IN BIO AND ALSO THE 5193 02:57:01,917 --> 02:57:04,053 ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN 5194 02:57:04,053 --> 02:57:05,788 SCIENCE, AWIS, WE HAVE 5195 02:57:05,788 --> 02:57:06,588 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE 5196 02:57:06,588 --> 02:57:07,222 ORGANIZATIONS AND WE WORK 5197 02:57:07,222 --> 02:57:08,223 TOGETHER WITH THEM TO ADDRESS 5198 02:57:08,223 --> 02:57:11,894 SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES. 5199 02:57:11,894 --> 02:57:12,961 >> MAYBE I COULD KIND OF ADD A 5200 02:57:12,961 --> 02:57:15,697 LITTLE BIT TO THAT OR BUILD ON 5201 02:57:15,697 --> 02:57:16,999 THESE POINTS FROM MATT. 5202 02:57:16,999 --> 02:57:19,334 IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A CHICKEN 5203 02:57:19,334 --> 02:57:20,869 AND AN EGG PROBLEM. 5204 02:57:20,869 --> 02:57:24,907 SO FEM TECH, IT NOW KIND OF 5205 02:57:24,907 --> 02:57:26,475 COMMONLY ACCEPTED TO BE 5206 02:57:26,475 --> 02:57:28,444 SOMETHING, AN ENTITY THAT 5207 02:57:28,444 --> 02:57:31,180 MARKETS CAN BE DRIVEN TOWARDS 5208 02:57:31,180 --> 02:57:34,049 FEMTECH CAN BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT I 5209 02:57:34,049 --> 02:57:35,551 THINK MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, MATT, 5210 02:57:35,551 --> 02:57:37,853 FIVE YEARS AGO, SIX YEARS AGO, 5211 02:57:37,853 --> 02:57:41,490 IT WAS ALMOST TRANSPARENT, AND 5212 02:57:41,490 --> 02:57:43,826 SO THAT'S A REALLY BIG DRIVER 5213 02:57:43,826 --> 02:57:46,095 THAT'S LIKE A BIG SHIP THAT'S 5214 02:57:46,095 --> 02:57:48,764 GENERATED INTEREST IN MARKETS. 5215 02:57:48,764 --> 02:57:50,466 SO THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY, 5216 02:57:50,466 --> 02:57:52,534 YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS AN APP 5217 02:57:52,534 --> 02:57:56,071 TO BECOME THE NEXT GOOGLE, BUT 5218 02:57:56,071 --> 02:57:59,007 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING 5219 02:57:59,007 --> 02:58:01,510 TO CREATE SMALLER SCALE PRODUCTS 5220 02:58:01,510 --> 02:58:03,412 THAT HAVE SMALLER MARKETS THAT 5221 02:58:03,412 --> 02:58:05,347 ARE SUSTAINABLE IN REGIONS THAT 5222 02:58:05,347 --> 02:58:07,015 PERHAPS HAVEN'T HAD THAT 5223 02:58:07,015 --> 02:58:07,683 INNOVATION BEFORE. 5224 02:58:07,683 --> 02:58:09,985 AND THEN CREATE A NETWORK OF 5225 02:58:09,985 --> 02:58:12,921 SMALL SCALE INNOVATION IN 5226 02:58:12,921 --> 02:58:14,923 REGIONS WHERE IF THE PRODUCT 5227 02:58:14,923 --> 02:58:17,226 GOES UNDER, THE WHOLE TEAM TOANT 5228 02:58:17,226 --> 02:58:21,096 HAVE TO LEADOESN'T HAVE TO LEAVE 5229 02:58:21,096 --> 02:58:22,197 TO BOSTON OR THE BAY AREA. 5230 02:58:22,197 --> 02:58:23,966 SO THAT'S A BIG AREA OF GROWTH, 5231 02:58:23,966 --> 02:58:28,103 I THINK, IN PARTICULAR WITH 5232 02:58:28,103 --> 02:58:29,004 PRODUCTS THAT HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE 5233 02:58:29,004 --> 02:58:29,872 ATTENTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 5234 02:58:29,872 --> 02:58:30,973 FROM A MARKET POINT OF VIEW, 5235 02:58:30,973 --> 02:58:32,307 IT'S A SMALLER NICHE. 5236 02:58:32,307 --> 02:58:33,842 SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG 5237 02:58:33,842 --> 02:58:35,477 STRATEGY, AND THAT'S RIGHT 5238 02:58:35,477 --> 02:58:38,013 BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATT'S 5239 02:58:38,013 --> 02:58:39,548 PROGRAMS, WHERE THERE'S A 5240 02:58:39,548 --> 02:58:41,550 DISTRIBUTION OF CENTERS OF 5241 02:58:41,550 --> 02:58:42,518 EXCELLENCE ALL AROUND THE 5242 02:58:42,518 --> 02:58:44,386 COUNTRY AND IN KIND OF 5243 02:58:44,386 --> 02:58:48,991 UNDERPOPULATED REGIONS. 5244 02:58:48,991 --> 02:58:51,093 AND ANOTHER AREA WE MIGHT TALK 5245 02:58:51,093 --> 02:58:54,263 OFFLINE ABOUT THIS IS WITH A.I. 5246 02:58:54,263 --> 02:58:54,830 TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 5247 02:58:54,830 --> 02:58:57,366 NOBEL PRIZE, LIKE, HOW DO WE 5248 02:58:57,366 --> 02:59:00,402 ENSURE THAT A.I. IS REALLY 5249 02:59:00,402 --> 02:59:01,670 WORKING FOR EVERYONE? 5250 02:59:01,670 --> 02:59:03,639 THOSE OF US IN THE ENGINEERING 5251 02:59:03,639 --> 02:59:07,342 COMMUNITY OBSESS OVER THIS. 5252 02:59:07,342 --> 02:59:09,178 AND I THINK WE'LL GO OFFLINE TO 5253 02:59:09,178 --> 02:59:10,012 TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I WOULD LIKE 5254 02:59:10,012 --> 02:59:14,716 PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF MIDRC.ORG, 5255 02:59:14,716 --> 02:59:16,185 THE MEDICAL IMAGING DATA 5256 02:59:16,185 --> 02:59:18,253 RESOURCE CENTER THAT WE SUPPORT, 5257 02:59:18,253 --> 02:59:21,557 THAT HAS EXTENSIVE TOOLS TO 5258 02:59:21,557 --> 02:59:25,260 ADDRESS BIAS IN DATA, THE 5259 02:59:25,260 --> 02:59:27,930 DEVELOPMENT OF EXPLAINABLE AND 5260 02:59:27,930 --> 02:59:31,767 ETHICAL ALGORITHMS, THE 5261 02:59:31,767 --> 02:59:32,467 TRACEABILITY. 5262 02:59:32,467 --> 02:59:33,869 SO IT'S IN A WAY WHERE YOU CAN 5263 02:59:33,869 --> 02:59:35,737 ACTUALLY USE THOSE TOOLS IN YOUR 5264 02:59:35,737 --> 02:59:37,539 DATA, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE 5265 02:59:37,539 --> 02:59:38,640 SOME OF THE KEY DRIVERS. 5266 02:59:38,640 --> 02:59:40,275 SO LIKE IT CAN BE VERY 5267 02:59:40,275 --> 02:59:41,610 TECHNICAL, BUT IT'S ALSO AT A 5268 02:59:41,610 --> 02:59:43,745 VERY HIGH LEVEL VERY 5269 02:59:43,745 --> 02:59:45,247 UNDERSTANDABLE, COMPARES YOUR 5270 02:59:45,247 --> 02:59:48,116 DATA TOOLS TO EVALUATE THE 5271 02:59:48,116 --> 02:59:49,751 ORIGIN OF YOUR DATA TO THE 5272 02:59:49,751 --> 02:59:51,186 POPULATION CENSUS, SO A LOT OF 5273 02:59:51,186 --> 02:59:53,055 GREAT TOOLS THERE, AND GREAT 5274 02:59:53,055 --> 02:59:54,923 QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 5275 02:59:54,923 --> 02:59:55,457 BIG CHALLENGES. 5276 02:59:55,457 --> 02:59:56,925 I CAN SAY THE ENGINEERING 5277 02:59:56,925 --> 02:59:58,794 COMMUNITY IS UP TO IT BUT MAYBE 5278 02:59:58,794 --> 03:00:00,562 THERE AREN'T ENOUGH OF US. 5279 03:00:00,562 --> 03:00:01,630 BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GETTING 5280 03:00:01,630 --> 03:00:03,098 HIRED BECAUSE MATT IS CREATING 5281 03:00:03,098 --> 03:00:05,534 ALL THESE BUSINESSES. 5282 03:00:05,534 --> 03:00:09,571 >> I'M GOING TO GO TO IGHO AND 5283 03:00:09,571 --> 03:00:09,905 THEN STEVE. 5284 03:00:09,905 --> 03:00:10,772 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5285 03:00:10,772 --> 03:00:14,409 THIS IS REALLY AMAZING, 5286 03:00:14,409 --> 03:00:15,143 FASCINATING, THE WORK THAT IS 5287 03:00:15,143 --> 03:00:17,179 BEING DONE IN THIS SPACE. 5288 03:00:17,179 --> 03:00:26,488 I JUST -- THE WORKFORCE 5289 03:00:26,488 --> 03:00:27,256 DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE PEOPLE TEND 5290 03:00:27,256 --> 03:00:29,658 TO REALLY WORK ON THOSE THINGS 5291 03:00:29,658 --> 03:00:31,693 THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO THEIR 5292 03:00:31,693 --> 03:00:37,132 COMMUNITY. 5293 03:00:37,132 --> 03:00:39,301 I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE 5294 03:00:39,301 --> 03:00:40,302 SPECIFIC STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN 5295 03:00:40,302 --> 03:00:46,775 TAKEN BY NIBIB TO ATTRACT 5296 03:00:46,775 --> 03:00:48,644 DIVERSITY INTO THE PROGRAM, 5297 03:00:48,644 --> 03:00:51,046 BRING IN MORE WOMEN, BRING IN 5298 03:00:51,046 --> 03:00:52,614 MORE UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY, 5299 03:00:52,614 --> 03:00:54,483 BECAUSE ONE WAY TO REALLY BRIDGE 5300 03:00:54,483 --> 03:00:56,385 THE GAP IS TO BRING PEOPLE WHO 5301 03:00:56,385 --> 03:00:58,053 ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN WORKING 5302 03:00:58,053 --> 03:01:01,757 IN THIS SPACE. 5303 03:01:01,757 --> 03:01:04,126 >> I CAN JUST ADDRESS THAT FROM 5304 03:01:04,126 --> 03:01:06,561 THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE REACH 5305 03:01:06,561 --> 03:01:08,630 PROGRAM, WHEN WE RELEASE THIS 5306 03:01:08,630 --> 03:01:10,098 NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 5307 03:01:10,098 --> 03:01:14,036 THAT FUNDED THE MOST CURRENT SET 5308 03:01:14,036 --> 03:01:17,072 OF FIVE HUBS, WE CHANGE THAT 5309 03:01:17,072 --> 03:01:18,640 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FROM THE 5310 03:01:18,640 --> 03:01:23,245 PREVIOUS ONE TO HAVE AN EMPHASIS 5311 03:01:23,245 --> 03:01:24,346 ON INCREASING DIVERSITY IN THE 5312 03:01:24,346 --> 03:01:25,547 REACH PROGRAM. 5313 03:01:25,547 --> 03:01:31,019 SO THAT WAS BROADLY DEFINED AS 5314 03:01:31,019 --> 03:01:31,653 GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY, RACIAL 5315 03:01:31,653 --> 03:01:34,323 AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY, DIVERSITY 5316 03:01:34,323 --> 03:01:36,325 OF THE STAGE OF CAREER 5317 03:01:36,325 --> 03:01:39,828 DEVELOPMENT OF THE 5318 03:01:39,828 --> 03:01:40,262 INVESTIGATORS. 5319 03:01:40,262 --> 03:01:42,097 AND WE WORK THAT INTO THE NOTICE 5320 03:01:42,097 --> 03:01:42,664 OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND I 5321 03:01:42,664 --> 03:01:44,466 THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE 5322 03:01:44,466 --> 03:01:46,868 NEW HUBS THAT WE FUNDED IN BOTH 5323 03:01:46,868 --> 03:01:49,404 THE PARTNER INSTITUTIONS AND 5324 03:01:49,404 --> 03:01:51,373 HOPEFULLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN 5325 03:01:51,373 --> 03:01:52,841 THE PROGRAM, THAT WILL BE 5326 03:01:52,841 --> 03:01:54,376 REFLECTED IN THE TECHNOLOGY 5327 03:01:54,376 --> 03:01:55,477 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT THEY 5328 03:01:55,477 --> 03:01:56,878 FUND. 5329 03:01:56,878 --> 03:01:58,680 EVERY ONE OF THESE HUBS HAS AN 5330 03:01:58,680 --> 03:02:02,818 EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD THAT IS 5331 03:02:02,818 --> 03:02:06,621 TRYING TO CREATE LIKE A LOCAL 5332 03:02:06,621 --> 03:02:08,323 ENVIRONMENT, A LOCAL PRODUCT 5333 03:02:08,323 --> 03:02:10,192 DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEM THAT 5334 03:02:10,192 --> 03:02:13,562 COMBINES THE INDUSTRY AND THE 5335 03:02:13,562 --> 03:02:15,964 ACADEMIC WORLD AND THEIR 5336 03:02:15,964 --> 03:02:19,368 REGIONAL LOCATION. 5337 03:02:19,368 --> 03:02:21,370 TO COMBINE PATIENT ADVOCACY AND 5338 03:02:21,370 --> 03:02:23,338 PATIENT REPRESENTATIVES. 5339 03:02:23,338 --> 03:02:24,673 THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO 5340 03:02:24,673 --> 03:02:26,108 ENSURE THOSE NEEDS ARE BEING 5341 03:02:26,108 --> 03:02:30,278 ADDRESSED IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. 5342 03:02:30,278 --> 03:02:33,448 >> IF I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT TO 5343 03:02:33,448 --> 03:02:33,782 THAT. 5344 03:02:33,782 --> 03:02:36,218 SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 5345 03:02:36,218 --> 03:02:37,219 DIVERSITY-FOCUSED FUNDING 5346 03:02:37,219 --> 03:02:40,722 OPPORTUNITIES LIKE A DIVERSITY 5347 03:02:40,722 --> 03:02:42,491 R01, DIVERSITY SUPPLEMENTS. 5348 03:02:42,491 --> 03:02:45,594 THESE ARE VERY ACTIVE AND VERY 5349 03:02:45,594 --> 03:02:47,229 SUCCESSFUL AND WELL SUBSCRIBED 5350 03:02:47,229 --> 03:02:48,063 PROGRAMS. 5351 03:02:48,063 --> 03:02:51,199 WE CREATED AN ENTIRE CENTER 5352 03:02:51,199 --> 03:02:52,868 WITHIN NIBIB, THE BIOMEDICAL 5353 03:02:52,868 --> 03:02:54,603 ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 5354 03:02:54,603 --> 03:03:01,543 ACCELERATION CENTER THAT 5355 03:03:01,543 --> 03:03:02,744 DR. PLATT IS LEADING AND HE CAN 5356 03:03:02,744 --> 03:03:04,613 SPEAK TO SEVERAL REALLY HIGHLY 5357 03:03:04,613 --> 03:03:06,581 IMPACTFUL PROGRAMS THAT HE'S 5358 03:03:06,581 --> 03:03:08,583 LAUNCHED WITHIN THE BETA CENTER 5359 03:03:08,583 --> 03:03:11,219 THAT ARE KIND OF BUILDING 5360 03:03:11,219 --> 03:03:12,387 BRIDGES TO THE INTRAMURAL 5361 03:03:12,387 --> 03:03:14,723 PROGRAM AND THE EXTRAMURAL 5362 03:03:14,723 --> 03:03:16,591 PROGRAM, BECAUSE THIS IS A -- 5363 03:03:16,591 --> 03:03:18,894 IT'S A CHALLENGE ACROSS KIND OF 5364 03:03:18,894 --> 03:03:19,561 ALL SECTORS OF THE NIH. 5365 03:03:19,561 --> 03:03:21,029 SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 5366 03:03:21,029 --> 03:03:21,329 MECHANISMS. 5367 03:03:21,329 --> 03:03:24,866 A LOT OF ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE AND 5368 03:03:24,866 --> 03:03:29,805 GREAT LEADERSHIP, SO THOSE ARE 5369 03:03:29,805 --> 03:03:30,439 SOME CONCRETE APPROACHES AND I 5370 03:03:30,439 --> 03:03:31,673 CAN SHOW YOU A FEW MORE OF THESE 5371 03:03:31,673 --> 03:03:32,774 IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM. 5372 03:03:32,774 --> 03:03:34,576 OUR WEBSITE HAS A PRETTY GOOD 5373 03:03:34,576 --> 03:03:38,947 LISTING OF ALL THESE FUNDING 5374 03:03:38,947 --> 03:03:42,250 OPPORTUNITIES. 5375 03:03:42,250 --> 03:03:43,552 ONE SURPRISING THING, THE ENGS 5376 03:03:43,552 --> 03:03:45,153 PANICS OF WOMEN IN 5377 03:03:45,153 --> 03:03:46,121 BIOENGINEERING, NOBODY PLANNED 5378 03:03:46,121 --> 03:03:46,455 THAT. 5379 03:03:46,455 --> 03:03:51,026 YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T LIKE AN 5380 03:03:51,026 --> 03:03:55,997 NIH SAYING -- THIS IS FEEDING 5381 03:03:55,997 --> 03:04:00,101 INTO I GUESS A NEED IN SOCIETY 5382 03:04:00,101 --> 03:04:02,571 THAT COMBINES KIND OF THE 5383 03:04:02,571 --> 03:04:04,105 ABILITY TO SORT OF INTEGRATE 5384 03:04:04,105 --> 03:04:07,742 YOUR PASSION FOR SCIENCE, MATH, 5385 03:04:07,742 --> 03:04:11,780 TECHNOLOGY, MEDICINE, BIOLOGY, 5386 03:04:11,780 --> 03:04:12,347 AND ALTRUISTIC GOOD. 5387 03:04:12,347 --> 03:04:14,349 SO THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE 5388 03:04:14,349 --> 03:04:15,217 WITHIN SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING. 5389 03:04:15,217 --> 03:04:17,419 SO IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING 5390 03:04:17,419 --> 03:04:18,253 CULTURAL PHENOMENON. 5391 03:04:18,253 --> 03:04:20,522 I'M A BIOENGINEER, NOT A SOCIAL 5392 03:04:20,522 --> 03:04:21,623 SCIENTIST, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S 5393 03:04:21,623 --> 03:04:25,927 JUST FASCINATING, AND THOSE 6100 5394 03:04:25,927 --> 03:04:29,531 OR OVER 6,000 WOMEN GRADS IN 5395 03:04:29,531 --> 03:04:31,833 2022, THEY HAVE TO GET HIRED. 5396 03:04:31,833 --> 03:04:34,002 AND I THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE 5397 03:04:34,002 --> 03:04:36,471 GOING BOTH INTO INDUSTRY AND 5398 03:04:36,471 --> 03:04:39,207 STARTING THEIR OWN INNOVATION 5399 03:04:39,207 --> 03:04:40,408 AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER 5400 03:04:40,408 --> 03:04:42,611 JOURNEYS. 5401 03:04:42,611 --> 03:04:43,578 >> THANK YOU. 5402 03:04:43,578 --> 03:04:44,513 AS YOU CAN TELL, EVEN THOUGH I 5403 03:04:44,513 --> 03:04:46,481 AM THE TIME MASTER, I COULDN'T 5404 03:04:46,481 --> 03:04:48,116 HELP MYSELF, I COULDN'T STOP YOU 5405 03:04:48,116 --> 03:04:49,918 ALL. 5406 03:04:49,918 --> 03:04:51,553 SO FIRST OF ALL, JUST THANK YOU 5407 03:04:51,553 --> 03:04:53,855 FOR REALLY NOT ONLY THE GREAT 5408 03:04:53,855 --> 03:04:55,957 PRESENTATIONS BUT REALLY THE 5409 03:04:55,957 --> 03:04:56,358 GREAT DISCUSSIONS. 5410 03:04:56,358 --> 03:04:59,127 I THINK THAT WHAT AN EXCITING 5411 03:04:59,127 --> 03:05:01,129 TIME FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH 5412 03:05:01,129 --> 03:05:01,463 RESEARCH. 5413 03:05:01,463 --> 03:05:03,098 SO THANK YOU FOR REALLY SPURRING 5414 03:05:03,098 --> 03:05:05,667 THAT DISCUSSION ON. 5415 03:05:05,667 --> 03:05:09,371 ALSO, I WANTED TO -- WE'RE GOING 5416 03:05:09,371 --> 03:05:10,472 TO DO A PICTURE AND I WANT TO 5417 03:05:10,472 --> 03:05:11,840 GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO AT LEAST 5418 03:05:11,840 --> 03:05:13,475 GET SOME FOOD AND COME BACK. 5419 03:05:13,475 --> 03:05:16,545 SO I'M GOING TO SLIP THE AGENDA 5420 03:05:16,545 --> 03:05:17,379 BY 15 MINUTES. 5421 03:05:17,379 --> 03:05:18,547 SO AT LEAST YOU CAN GET SOME 5422 03:05:18,547 --> 03:05:20,415 FOOD AND SOME NUTRITION AND 5423 03:05:20,415 --> 03:05:21,850 HYDRATION. 5424 03:05:21,850 --> 03:05:23,618 AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME 5425 03:05:23,618 --> 03:05:24,519 BACK AND EAT WHILE WE'RE DOING 5426 03:05:24,519 --> 03:05:25,720 THE NEXT PRESENTATIONS. 5427 03:05:25,720 --> 03:05:27,155 BECAUSE I DID PROMISE YOU AND I 5428 03:05:27,155 --> 03:05:29,724 KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY ACTUALLY 5429 03:05:29,724 --> 03:05:30,926 HAVE YOUR TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS 5430 03:05:30,926 --> 03:05:33,428 BASED ON OUR STOP TIME AT 4:10. 5431 03:05:33,428 --> 03:05:35,497 SO I'M GOING TO EAT INTO HER 5432 03:05:35,497 --> 03:05:39,367 TIME INSTEAD, AND SHE WILL SORT 5433 03:05:39,367 --> 03:05:40,035 OF FOCUS IT. 5434 03:05:40,035 --> 03:05:41,136 AND OF COURSE THESE ARE GOING TO 5435 03:05:41,136 --> 03:05:42,637 BE CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS. 5436 03:05:42,637 --> 03:05:43,605 SO IF WE COULD HAVE THE MEMBERS 5437 03:05:43,605 --> 03:05:45,140 GO TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM FOR 5438 03:05:45,140 --> 03:05:47,242 THE PICTURE, AND THE BACK OF THE 5439 03:05:47,242 --> 03:05:48,810 ROOM, GO FIND SOME FOOD, AND 5440 03:05:48,810 --> 03:05:50,206 WE'LL SEE YOU AT 12:45. 5441 03:05:52,629 --> 03:05:54,431 >> HERE WE GO. 5442 03:05:54,431 --> 03:05:55,498 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 5443 03:05:55,498 --> 03:05:58,568 TIME AND WELCOME BACK. 5444 03:05:58,568 --> 03:06:01,137 I'D NOW LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING 5445 03:06:01,137 --> 03:06:04,441 TO ORDER AND INVITE DR. MANU 5446 03:06:04,441 --> 03:06:06,309 PLATT TO THE PODIUM, WHO WILL 5447 03:06:06,309 --> 03:06:08,845 MODERATE A PANEL ON TECHNOLOGY, 5448 03:06:08,845 --> 03:06:10,246 ENGINEERING AND INNOVATION IN 5449 03:06:10,246 --> 03:06:14,217 WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH. 5450 03:06:14,217 --> 03:06:16,085 SO LET ME TALK ABOUT DR. PLATT 5451 03:06:16,085 --> 03:06:24,727 IN FRONT OF HIM. 5452 03:06:24,727 --> 03:06:25,728 DR. PLATT IS DIRECTOR OF THE 5453 03:06:25,728 --> 03:06:26,729 BETA CENTER AND ASSOCIATE 5454 03:06:26,729 --> 03:06:28,064 DIRECTOR OF SCIENTIFIC 5455 03:06:28,064 --> 03:06:30,233 DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION 5456 03:06:30,233 --> 03:06:31,534 FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 5457 03:06:31,534 --> 03:06:33,770 BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 5458 03:06:33,770 --> 03:06:34,437 BIOENGINEERING. 5459 03:06:34,437 --> 03:06:35,872 DR. MANU PLATT RECEIVED HIS B.S. 5460 03:06:35,872 --> 03:06:39,809 IN BIOLOGY FROM MOREHOUSE 5461 03:06:39,809 --> 03:06:42,479 COLLEGE AND PH.D. IN BIOMEDICAL 5462 03:06:42,479 --> 03:06:44,013 ENGINEERING. 5463 03:06:44,013 --> 03:06:46,649 AFTER A POSTDOC AT MASSACHUSETTS 5464 03:06:46,649 --> 03:06:47,450 INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HE 5465 03:06:47,450 --> 03:06:49,519 RETURNED TO THE GEORGIA TECH 5466 03:06:49,519 --> 03:06:51,054 EMORY DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL 5467 03:06:51,054 --> 03:06:52,255 ENGINEERING, WHERE HE ADVANCED 5468 03:06:52,255 --> 03:06:53,623 TO FULL PROFESSOR. 5469 03:06:53,623 --> 03:06:56,025 HIS RESEARCH PROGRAM FOCUSES ON 5470 03:06:56,025 --> 03:06:57,227 PROTEOLYTIC MECHANISMS OF 5471 03:06:57,227 --> 03:06:58,394 DISEASE, TRANSLATIONAL 5472 03:06:58,394 --> 03:06:59,796 APPROACHES TO REDUCE STROKES IN 5473 03:06:59,796 --> 03:07:02,298 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY SICKLE CELL 5474 03:07:02,298 --> 03:07:05,802 DISEASE, AND HARNESSING NETWORKS 5475 03:07:05,802 --> 03:07:08,471 AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY TOOLS TO 5476 03:07:08,471 --> 03:07:09,672 PREDICT DISEASE PROGRESSION. 5477 03:07:09,672 --> 03:07:11,975 HE'S ALSO INTEGRATED WITH 5478 03:07:11,975 --> 03:07:13,776 RESEARCH -- INTEGRATED WITH HIS 5479 03:07:13,776 --> 03:07:15,178 RESEARCH IMPORTANTLY ARE 5480 03:07:15,178 --> 03:07:16,613 MENTORING GOALS, CHANGING THE 5481 03:07:16,613 --> 03:07:18,481 LOOK OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF 5482 03:07:18,481 --> 03:07:20,817 SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS THROUGH 5483 03:07:20,817 --> 03:07:22,118 SUCCESSFUL DIVERSITY PROGRAMS 5484 03:07:22,118 --> 03:07:23,887 HE'S INITIATED. 5485 03:07:23,887 --> 03:07:26,456 IN 2003, DR. PLATT BECAME THE 5486 03:07:26,456 --> 03:07:27,557 INAUGURAL DIRECTOR OF THE BETA 5487 03:07:27,557 --> 03:07:30,260 CENTER THAT I JUST MENTIONED 5488 03:07:30,260 --> 03:07:32,929 THAT HE'S ALSO A FELLOW OF THE 5489 03:07:32,929 --> 03:07:38,301 AIMBE AND THE MBMES, THERE WE 5490 03:07:38,301 --> 03:07:42,505 GO, AND RECEIVED THE ROUTE 100 5491 03:07:42,505 --> 03:07:44,541 IN 2019 AND AAAS MENTOR AWARD IN 5492 03:07:44,541 --> 03:07:45,375 2021. 5493 03:07:45,375 --> 03:07:46,409 WELCOME, DR. PLATT. 5494 03:07:46,409 --> 03:07:47,310 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 5495 03:07:47,310 --> 03:07:51,080 THANK YOU I'M REALLY EXCITED TO 5496 03:07:51,080 --> 03:07:52,949 BE HERE TO MODERATE THIS SESSION 5497 03:07:52,949 --> 03:07:54,551 ESPECIALLY COMING AFTER SOME 5498 03:07:54,551 --> 03:07:55,184 GREAT BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 5499 03:07:55,184 --> 03:07:55,618 DISCUSSIONS. 5500 03:07:55,618 --> 03:07:58,354 I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR 5501 03:07:58,354 --> 03:08:07,931 PANELISTS, DR. KIM, DR. OYEN AND 5502 03:08:07,931 --> 03:08:08,565 MS. TARIYAL. 5503 03:08:08,565 --> 03:08:11,634 DR. KIM RECEIVED A BS IN 5504 03:08:11,634 --> 03:08:12,402 MICROBIOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY 5505 03:08:12,402 --> 03:08:16,506 OF TORONTO AND A PH.D. IN QUEBEC 5506 03:08:16,506 --> 03:08:17,140 CITY. 5507 03:08:17,140 --> 03:08:18,875 SHE COMPLETED POSTDOCTORAL 5508 03:08:18,875 --> 03:08:19,876 TRAINING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 5509 03:08:19,876 --> 03:08:20,910 ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO AND 5510 03:08:20,910 --> 03:08:22,312 ESTABLISHED AN INDEPENDENT 5511 03:08:22,312 --> 03:08:24,414 RESEARCH LABORATORY AT 5512 03:08:24,414 --> 03:08:25,281 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. 5513 03:08:25,281 --> 03:08:27,483 HER LABORATORY IS FOCUSED ON 5514 03:08:27,483 --> 03:08:30,453 UNDERSTANDING THE PLEIOTROPIC 5515 03:08:30,453 --> 03:08:33,456 INTERACTION OF HORMONES -- 5516 03:08:33,456 --> 03:08:34,724 INCLUDING ENDOMETRIAL CANCER, 5517 03:08:34,724 --> 03:08:35,858 UTERINE FIBROIDS AND 5518 03:08:35,858 --> 03:08:37,160 ENDOMETRIOSIS. 5519 03:08:37,160 --> 03:08:38,728 THE LAB DEVELOPS APPROPRIATE IN 5520 03:08:38,728 --> 03:08:40,330 VITRO AND IN VIVO MODELS THAT 5521 03:08:40,330 --> 03:08:42,031 BEST REPRESENT THE PHYSIOLOGY OF 5522 03:08:42,031 --> 03:08:43,900 REPRODUCTIVE TISSUES. 5523 03:08:43,900 --> 03:08:46,569 INCLUDING 3D ORGAN CULTURES ON 5524 03:08:46,569 --> 03:08:48,004 MICRO FLEW TICK PLATFORMS, 5525 03:08:48,004 --> 03:08:50,506 PATIENT DERIVED XENOGRAFTED 5526 03:08:50,506 --> 03:08:51,908 TUMORS, PLEUR OWE POTENT STEM 5527 03:08:51,908 --> 03:08:54,043 CELLS OR IPSCs FOR DISEASE 5528 03:08:54,043 --> 03:08:55,144 MODELING. 5529 03:08:55,144 --> 03:08:56,679 THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE 5530 03:08:56,679 --> 03:08:58,047 POTENTIAL NEW DRUG TARGETS AS 5531 03:08:58,047 --> 03:08:59,115 WELL AS BETTER DRUG SCREENING 5532 03:08:59,115 --> 03:09:00,216 APPROACHES FOR THESE UTERINE 5533 03:09:00,216 --> 03:09:02,085 DISEASES. 5534 03:09:02,085 --> 03:09:04,721 DR. KIM IS A MEMBER OF THE 5535 03:09:04,721 --> 03:09:05,855 ROBERT LU RI. E COMPREHENSIVE 5536 03:09:05,855 --> 03:09:08,024 CANCER CENTER AND IS INVOLVED IN 5537 03:09:08,024 --> 03:09:09,626 EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF 5538 03:09:09,626 --> 03:09:10,593 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY GRADUATE 5539 03:09:10,593 --> 03:09:11,461 SCHOOL. 5540 03:09:11,461 --> 03:09:14,631 OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS DR. OYEN, 5541 03:09:14,631 --> 03:09:16,065 WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY IN 5542 03:09:16,065 --> 03:09:16,599 DETROIT, MICHIGAN. 5543 03:09:16,599 --> 03:09:17,800 SHE HAS A BACKGROUND IN 5544 03:09:17,800 --> 03:09:18,968 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MECHANICAL 5545 03:09:18,968 --> 03:09:21,904 ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL PHYSICS, 5546 03:09:21,904 --> 03:09:23,940 AND SHE HAS RESEARCHED AND 5547 03:09:23,940 --> 03:09:25,441 ADVOCATED FOR ENGINEERING 5548 03:09:25,441 --> 03:09:26,609 METHODOLOGIES WITHIN MATERNAL 5549 03:09:26,609 --> 03:09:27,477 HEALTH AND WOMEN'S HEALTH FOR 5550 03:09:27,477 --> 03:09:32,382 MORE THAN 2 25 YEARS TO IMPROVE 5551 03:09:32,382 --> 03:09:34,017 MATERNAL FETAL OUTCOMES 5552 03:09:34,017 --> 03:09:35,952 INCLUDING PREVENTION, 5553 03:09:35,952 --> 03:09:36,919 DIAGNOSTICS, AND INTERVENTIONS 5554 03:09:36,919 --> 03:09:39,322 RELEVANT TO PRETERM BIRTH. 5555 03:09:39,322 --> 03:09:41,290 CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS FOCUS 5556 03:09:41,290 --> 03:09:43,426 ON MULTI-SCALE CHARACTERIZATION, 5557 03:09:43,426 --> 03:09:46,496 PLACENTA FUNCTION, BIOMIMETIC 5558 03:09:46,496 --> 03:09:48,231 MATERIALS OF THE UTERUS AND 5559 03:09:48,231 --> 03:09:49,098 DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS OF 5560 03:09:49,098 --> 03:09:49,499 PREGNANCY. 5561 03:09:49,499 --> 03:09:51,000 SHE ALSO HAS THE ADDED BONUS OF 5562 03:09:51,000 --> 03:09:52,201 MAKING ME THINK ABOUT THE 5563 03:09:52,201 --> 03:09:55,004 PLACENTA AND VASCULAR FLOW. 5564 03:09:55,004 --> 03:09:56,773 OUR FINAL PANELIST AND SPEAKER 5565 03:09:56,773 --> 03:09:58,841 IS MS. TARIYAL, THE CHIEF 5566 03:09:58,841 --> 03:10:00,943 EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CO-FOUNDER 5567 03:10:00,943 --> 03:10:02,578 OF NEXGEN JANE. 5568 03:10:02,578 --> 03:10:05,448 SHE RECEIVED HER B.S. DEGREE 5569 03:10:05,448 --> 03:10:12,388 FROM GEORGIA TECH, SHOUT OUT. 5570 03:10:12,388 --> 03:10:15,124 AT NEXGEN JANE, SHE'S DRIVEN THE 5571 03:10:15,124 --> 03:10:17,927 DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL DATA 5572 03:10:17,927 --> 03:10:19,128 PLATFORM CHARACTERIZING UTERINE 5573 03:10:19,128 --> 03:10:19,996 BIOLOGY AT A MOLECULAR LEVEL. 5574 03:10:19,996 --> 03:10:22,665 IN THIS EFFORT SHE HAS RAISED 5575 03:10:22,665 --> 03:10:23,566 CAPITAL, ESTABLISHED AN I.P. 5576 03:10:23,566 --> 03:10:24,734 POSITION AND DEVELOPED A TEAM TO 5577 03:10:24,734 --> 03:10:26,836 CREATE BOTH MO VEL HARDWARE AND 5578 03:10:26,836 --> 03:10:28,337 SOFTWARE TO CHANGE HOW WOMEN 5579 03:10:28,337 --> 03:10:31,374 ACCESS CARE. 5580 03:10:31,374 --> 03:10:33,543 BEFORE THAT, SHE WORKED AT THE 5581 03:10:33,543 --> 03:10:36,312 BROAD INSTITUTE AND AT 5582 03:10:36,312 --> 03:10:36,713 BRISTOL-MYERS KIB. 5583 03:10:36,713 --> 03:10:40,783 SOSQUIBB.I'D LIKE TO CALL DR. KE 5584 03:10:40,783 --> 03:10:42,919 PODIUM AND WE DO ASK THAT ALL 5585 03:10:42,919 --> 03:10:44,320 AUDIENCE PARTICIPANT QUESTIONS 5586 03:10:44,320 --> 03:10:45,955 UNTIL WE GET TO THE PANEL AFTER 5587 03:10:45,955 --> 03:10:46,322 THE TALKS. 5588 03:10:46,322 --> 03:10:56,666 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 5589 03:10:57,433 --> 03:11:00,803 >> NIRS OF 5590 03:11:00,803 --> 03:11:03,740 >> FULL DISCLOSURE, I'M NOT AN 5591 03:11:03,740 --> 03:11:04,941 ENGINEER, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU 5592 03:11:04,941 --> 03:11:06,075 HOW WE INCORPORATE SOME 5593 03:11:06,075 --> 03:11:07,076 ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES INTO 5594 03:11:07,076 --> 03:11:11,214 OUR WORK. 5595 03:11:11,214 --> 03:11:14,283 SO AS MANU DESCRIBED, QUICKLY I 5596 03:11:14,283 --> 03:11:15,985 JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. 5597 03:11:15,985 --> 03:11:17,153 THE RESEARCH THAT WE DO IN THE 5598 03:11:17,153 --> 03:11:20,289 LAB, WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN 5599 03:11:20,289 --> 03:11:21,691 UNDERSTANDING ENDOMETRIOSIS, 5600 03:11:21,691 --> 03:11:23,559 ENDOMETRIAL CANCER, UTERINE 5601 03:11:23,559 --> 03:11:25,094 FIBROIDS, HOW THEY DEVELOP, HOW 5602 03:11:25,094 --> 03:11:27,430 THEY GROW SO THAT WE CAN FIND 5603 03:11:27,430 --> 03:11:28,765 NOVEL TARGETS, ULTIMATELY FOR 5604 03:11:28,765 --> 03:11:29,866 THERAPY. 5605 03:11:29,866 --> 03:11:32,835 AND WE ARE LOOKING AT IT IN THE 5606 03:11:32,835 --> 03:11:34,337 LENS OF WHAT DRIVES DISEASES, 5607 03:11:34,337 --> 03:11:35,938 WHAT ARE THE MASTER REGULATORS. 5608 03:11:35,938 --> 03:11:38,207 WE LOOK AT SEX HORMONES, THEN WE 5609 03:11:38,207 --> 03:11:39,275 LOOK AT RISK FACTORS FOR EACH OF 5610 03:11:39,275 --> 03:11:41,878 THE DISEASES SUCH AS OBESITY, 5611 03:11:41,878 --> 03:11:48,751 GENETICS, RACE, ET CETERA. 5612 03:11:48,751 --> 03:11:49,952 WE'RE ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN 5613 03:11:49,952 --> 03:11:50,820 MODELING THE DISEASES 5614 03:11:50,820 --> 03:11:51,587 APPROPRIATELY IN THE LAB WHICH 5615 03:11:51,587 --> 03:11:52,121 I'LL GET INTO. 5616 03:11:52,121 --> 03:11:54,056 SO I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING 5617 03:11:54,056 --> 03:11:55,691 THAT MEDICINE IS FAILING WOMEN'S 5618 03:11:55,691 --> 03:11:57,326 HEALTH AT THE CURRENT TIME. 5619 03:11:57,326 --> 03:11:59,428 WE STILL SUFFER FROM A LOT OF 5620 03:11:59,428 --> 03:12:03,499 THE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS. 5621 03:12:03,499 --> 03:12:05,368 THERE ARE NO EFFECTIVE MEDICINES 5622 03:12:05,368 --> 03:12:06,636 OR TREATMENTS FOR THEM, EVEN 5623 03:12:06,636 --> 03:12:07,637 THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 5624 03:12:07,637 --> 03:12:09,272 THE BEGINNING OF WOMEN. 5625 03:12:09,272 --> 03:12:11,674 AND SO I FEEL THAT WE NEED TO 5626 03:12:11,674 --> 03:12:14,143 UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGY AND THE 5627 03:12:14,143 --> 03:12:15,778 SCIENCE BETTER, AND IN ORDER FOR 5628 03:12:15,778 --> 03:12:18,981 US TO DO THAT IN 2024, IS TO USE 5629 03:12:18,981 --> 03:12:20,550 THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE BEING 5630 03:12:20,550 --> 03:12:23,386 USED IN OTHER FIELDS AND REALLY 5631 03:12:23,386 --> 03:12:27,890 HONE THEM IN ON WOMEN'S HEALTH. 5632 03:12:27,890 --> 03:12:29,592 AND SO CONVENTIONALLY, WHEN 5633 03:12:29,592 --> 03:12:31,994 WE'RE TRYING TO MIMIC WOMEN'S 5634 03:12:31,994 --> 03:12:36,532 HEALTH IN THE LAB, WE USE CELL 5635 03:12:36,532 --> 03:12:38,501 CULTURE TECHNIQUES, WE TAKE 5636 03:12:38,501 --> 03:12:40,837 CELLS OUT OF THE WOMEN'S BODY 5637 03:12:40,837 --> 03:12:43,005 AND THEN STUDY THEM IN THE LAB, 5638 03:12:43,005 --> 03:12:45,474 BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT. 5639 03:12:45,474 --> 03:12:49,612 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOMEN'S 5640 03:12:49,612 --> 03:12:51,147 HEALTH, WE CAN'T JUST STUDY ONE 5641 03:12:51,147 --> 03:12:54,383 CELL TYPE AT A TIME IN A MONO 5642 03:12:54,383 --> 03:12:55,685 LAYER, BECAUSE BODIES ARE MADE 5643 03:12:55,685 --> 03:12:57,887 UP OF CELLS THAT LIVE TOGETHER 5644 03:12:57,887 --> 03:13:00,957 AND WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO 5645 03:13:00,957 --> 03:13:01,390 FUNCTION. 5646 03:13:01,390 --> 03:13:02,992 SO SO FAR, CONVENTIONALLY WE'VE 5647 03:13:02,992 --> 03:13:04,827 BEEN USING ONE CELL TYPE MONO 5648 03:13:04,827 --> 03:13:08,831 LAYERS IN PLASTIC, WE HAVE 5649 03:13:08,831 --> 03:13:10,566 EVOLVED TO ORGANOIDS NOW, 5650 03:13:10,566 --> 03:13:12,201 THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES 5651 03:13:12,201 --> 03:13:14,136 THAT MIMIC THE ARCHITECTURAL AS 5652 03:13:14,136 --> 03:13:16,072 WELL AS THE FUNCTION OF THE 5653 03:13:16,072 --> 03:13:16,639 ORGAN. 5654 03:13:16,639 --> 03:13:17,707 BUT ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE 5655 03:13:17,707 --> 03:13:19,709 DAY, WHAT WE WANT IS AN 5656 03:13:19,709 --> 03:13:21,177 INTERACTION BETWEEN MULTIPLE 5657 03:13:21,177 --> 03:13:24,580 CELL TYPES IN THE BODY. 5658 03:13:24,580 --> 03:13:27,750 AND SO I CAN SAY THIS ABOUT 5659 03:13:27,750 --> 03:13:28,718 REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY IN GENERAL, 5660 03:13:28,718 --> 03:13:29,886 BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO 5661 03:13:29,886 --> 03:13:30,987 UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGY, THERE 5662 03:13:30,987 --> 03:13:33,055 ARE VARIOUS MODEL SYSTEMS THAT 5663 03:13:33,055 --> 03:13:37,593 WE HAVE USED IN THE PAST, AND IN 5664 03:13:37,593 --> 03:13:38,828 ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE DISEASES 5665 03:13:38,828 --> 03:13:40,429 OF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 5666 03:13:40,429 --> 03:13:41,764 ENDOMETRIUM, WE NEED TO 5667 03:13:41,764 --> 03:13:43,599 UNDERSTAND NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY AS 5668 03:13:43,599 --> 03:13:44,100 WELL. 5669 03:13:44,100 --> 03:13:47,069 SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF MY 5670 03:13:47,069 --> 03:13:49,438 JOURNEY OF USING THE COW UTERUS 5671 03:13:49,438 --> 03:13:53,042 AS A MODEL DURING MY PH.D. 5672 03:13:53,042 --> 03:13:56,379 I EVOLVED TO PRIMATE UTERUS 5673 03:13:56,379 --> 03:13:58,014 DURING MY POSTDOC AND NOW 5674 03:13:58,014 --> 03:14:00,750 EXCLUSIVELY I STUDY HUMANS. 5675 03:14:00,750 --> 03:14:04,954 AND SO WE KNOW THATTER SINGLE 5676 03:14:04,954 --> 03:14:05,821 MODEL SYSTEM IS VALUABLE IN THE 5677 03:14:05,821 --> 03:14:09,225 CONTEXT THAT THEY'RE USED IN. 5678 03:14:09,225 --> 03:14:11,460 BUT NOT EVERY MODEL OR ANY MODEL 5679 03:14:11,460 --> 03:14:13,863 IS THE PERFECT MODEL FOR THE 5680 03:14:13,863 --> 03:14:18,701 WOMEN, WOMEN'S CONDITION. 5681 03:14:18,701 --> 03:14:20,102 SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO 5682 03:14:20,102 --> 03:14:21,003 INTERPRET THE DATA THAT IS 5683 03:14:21,003 --> 03:14:23,339 COMING OUT OF OUR MODEL SYSTEMS 5684 03:14:23,339 --> 03:14:24,440 IN THE APPROPRIATE MANNER. 5685 03:14:24,440 --> 03:14:27,276 SO IN VIVO MODELS ALL THE WAY 5686 03:14:27,276 --> 03:14:32,148 FROM WORMS TO PRIMATES TO WOMEN, 5687 03:14:32,148 --> 03:14:33,983 THEN IN VITRO LIKE I WAS 5688 03:14:33,983 --> 03:14:35,484 MENTIONING, CELL CULTURE TISSUES 5689 03:14:35,484 --> 03:14:38,120 IN 2D, IN 3D, INTERACTIONS 5690 03:14:38,120 --> 03:14:39,288 BETWEEN TWO CELL TYPES, AND I 5691 03:14:39,288 --> 03:14:40,957 WILL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT 5692 03:14:40,957 --> 03:14:42,224 ABOUT THE MULTI-TISSUE 5693 03:14:42,224 --> 03:14:47,363 INTERACTIONS THAT WE CAN NOW 5694 03:14:47,363 --> 03:14:47,697 STUDY. 5695 03:14:47,697 --> 03:14:49,932 WHY IS MODELING THE FEMALE 5696 03:14:49,932 --> 03:14:50,599 REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM SO IMPORTANT 5697 03:14:50,599 --> 03:14:51,233 AND SO DIFFICULT? 5698 03:14:51,233 --> 03:14:52,802 WELL, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS OF 5699 03:14:52,802 --> 03:14:54,904 THE KINDS OF RESEARCH THAT WE 5700 03:14:54,904 --> 03:14:57,406 CAN DO IN WOMEN, ESPECIALLY IN 5701 03:14:57,406 --> 03:14:59,608 WOMEN THAT ARE OF FERTILE AGE 5702 03:14:59,608 --> 03:15:02,979 AND PREGNANT. 5703 03:15:02,979 --> 03:15:05,448 SO THERE ARE ETHICAL CONCERNS. 5704 03:15:05,448 --> 03:15:06,983 SPECIES DIFFERENCES DO EXIST AND 5705 03:15:06,983 --> 03:15:08,084 HORMONES ARE COMPLICATED. 5706 03:15:08,084 --> 03:15:10,786 ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE AND 5707 03:15:10,786 --> 03:15:11,821 TESTOSTERONE, THEY DO COMPLICATE 5708 03:15:11,821 --> 03:15:16,459 THE DATA. 5709 03:15:16,459 --> 03:15:17,426 SEX DIFFERENCES WE KIND OF 5710 03:15:17,426 --> 03:15:18,594 MENTIONED THAT EARLIER ON, THERE 5711 03:15:18,594 --> 03:15:19,929 ARE SEX DIFFERENCES IN DRUG 5712 03:15:19,929 --> 03:15:21,664 RESPONSES, SO 8 OUT OF THE 10 5713 03:15:21,664 --> 03:15:23,165 DRUGS THAT ARE PULLED FROM THE 5714 03:15:23,165 --> 03:15:24,033 MARKET BECAUSE OF BAD SIDE 5715 03:15:24,033 --> 03:15:26,302 EFFECTS IN WOMEN. 5716 03:15:26,302 --> 03:15:29,572 SO PRE-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL 5717 03:15:29,572 --> 03:15:34,577 RESEARCH MUST HAVE BOTH MALE AND 5718 03:15:34,577 --> 03:15:35,911 FEMALES, AND IN THE PAST IT HAS 5719 03:15:35,911 --> 03:15:38,214 MORE SO IN MALES, WHICH IS WHY 5720 03:15:38,214 --> 03:15:39,882 WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA. 5721 03:15:39,882 --> 03:15:41,550 SO HERE'S SOME CHALLENGES OF 5722 03:15:41,550 --> 03:15:42,618 STUDYING REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES. 5723 03:15:42,618 --> 03:15:44,553 AS WE MENTIONED, THE HUMAN 5724 03:15:44,553 --> 03:15:50,259 REPRODUCTIVE TRACT IS UNIQUE. 5725 03:15:50,259 --> 03:15:52,094 THERE ARE NO GREAT PHYSIOLOGICAL 5726 03:15:52,094 --> 03:15:53,329 MODELS THAT DEPICT THE HUMAN 5727 03:15:53,329 --> 03:15:54,030 CONDITION. 5728 03:15:54,030 --> 03:15:55,564 HORMONES ARE COMPLEX. 5729 03:15:55,564 --> 03:15:59,502 THE CURRENT IN VITRO MODELS ARE 5730 03:15:59,502 --> 03:16:00,036 SIMPLE. 5731 03:16:00,036 --> 03:16:01,637 AND WHEN WE DO TAKE TISSUES FROM 5732 03:16:01,637 --> 03:16:06,675 WOMEN, THE AMOUNT OF TISSUES WE 5733 03:16:06,675 --> 03:16:08,811 GET IS VERY, VERY SMALL. 5734 03:16:08,811 --> 03:16:10,112 SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO 5735 03:16:10,112 --> 03:16:10,646 TISSUE CHIPS. 5736 03:16:10,646 --> 03:16:11,947 THIS ALL STARTED ABOUT 10 YEARS 5737 03:16:11,947 --> 03:16:12,381 AGO. 5738 03:16:12,381 --> 03:16:14,650 IT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN 5739 03:16:14,650 --> 03:16:16,619 DARPA AND NCATS, WHERE 5740 03:16:16,619 --> 03:16:19,255 ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE 5741 03:16:19,255 --> 03:16:20,756 DAY, THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE A 5742 03:16:20,756 --> 03:16:23,125 HUMAN ON A CHIP SO THAT THE DRUG 5743 03:16:23,125 --> 03:16:26,195 SCREENING PROCESS WOULD BE MORE 5744 03:16:26,195 --> 03:16:27,296 EFFECTIVE IN BETWEEN 5745 03:16:27,296 --> 03:16:29,265 PRE-CLINICAL MOUSE MODELS TO 5746 03:16:29,265 --> 03:16:33,903 CLINICAL TRIALS. 5747 03:16:33,903 --> 03:16:35,871 THIS WAS OPEN TO ALL FIELDS AND 5748 03:16:35,871 --> 03:16:38,741 WE INSISTED THAT WE NEEDED A 5749 03:16:38,741 --> 03:16:40,176 FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT 5750 03:16:40,176 --> 03:16:41,410 REPRESENTED IN THIS TISSUE CHIP. 5751 03:16:41,410 --> 03:16:43,379 SO THIS IS WHAT WE DID. 5752 03:16:43,379 --> 03:16:44,747 DR. TERESA WOODRUFF IS THE ONE 5753 03:16:44,747 --> 03:16:48,684 THAT REALLY SPEARHEADED THIS 5754 03:16:48,684 --> 03:16:48,918 MISSION. 5755 03:16:48,918 --> 03:16:51,887 WE COLLABORATED WITH THE VERY, 5756 03:16:51,887 --> 03:16:53,923 VERY SMART ENGINEERS AT DRAPER 5757 03:16:53,923 --> 03:16:58,360 LABS WHO MADE A MICRO FLUIDIC 5758 03:16:58,360 --> 03:17:01,464 PLATFORM. 5759 03:17:01,464 --> 03:17:05,334 , WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO A 5760 03:17:05,334 --> 03:17:07,002 TISSUE CULTURE PLATE SO THE FORM 5761 03:17:07,002 --> 03:17:09,205 FACTOR IS VERY FAMILIAR. 5762 03:17:09,205 --> 03:17:11,707 AND IN THIS FLUIDIC PLATFORM, 5763 03:17:11,707 --> 03:17:14,043 WHAT YOU SEE ARE LITTLE CHAMBERS 5764 03:17:14,043 --> 03:17:17,146 THAT ARE ULTIMATELY CONNECTED 5765 03:17:17,146 --> 03:17:19,181 WITH CHANNELS WHERE THE FLUID 5766 03:17:19,181 --> 03:17:23,786 CAN BE SHARED BETWEEN EACH OF 5767 03:17:23,786 --> 03:17:24,453 THE MOLECULES THAT YOU PUT IN. 5768 03:17:24,453 --> 03:17:27,957 SO OUR GOAL WAS TO CREATE AN 5769 03:17:27,957 --> 03:17:30,626 OVARY, AN ENDOMETRIUM MIMIC, THE 5770 03:17:30,626 --> 03:17:32,394 FALLOPIAN TUBE, AND THE 5771 03:17:32,394 --> 03:17:37,466 ECTOCERVIX AND PLACE IT INTO 5772 03:17:37,466 --> 03:17:40,102 THIS EVATAR SYSTEM WE CALLED IT, 5773 03:17:40,102 --> 03:17:41,303 SO THEY COULD ALL TALK TO EACH 5774 03:17:41,303 --> 03:17:41,637 OTHER. 5775 03:17:41,637 --> 03:17:44,707 THE REALLY, REALLY NEAT THING 5776 03:17:44,707 --> 03:17:45,841 THAT TERESA WOODRUFF DID WAS 5777 03:17:45,841 --> 03:17:49,345 THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO TAKE MOUSE 5778 03:17:49,345 --> 03:17:55,484 OVARIES, ADD IN GONADOTROPES TO 5779 03:17:55,484 --> 03:17:57,186 MIMIC THE HUMAN MENSTRUAL CYCLE, 5780 03:17:57,186 --> 03:17:59,822 WHEREAS A MOUSE ESTRUS CYCLE IS 5781 03:17:59,822 --> 03:18:00,756 FOUR DAYS, SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE 5782 03:18:00,756 --> 03:18:04,360 THIS OVARY BEHAVE LIKE A HUMAN 5783 03:18:04,360 --> 03:18:05,728 OVARY IN THE SENSE THAT OVER THE 5784 03:18:05,728 --> 03:18:06,729 COURSE OF 28 DAYS, THAT OVARY 5785 03:18:06,729 --> 03:18:09,131 MADE ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE 5786 03:18:09,131 --> 03:18:11,167 SIMILAR TO THE HUMAN OVARY. 5787 03:18:11,167 --> 03:18:15,804 AND WITH THAT, THIS IS JUST A 5788 03:18:15,804 --> 03:18:19,975 PICTURE OF WHAT WE OBSERVED, IF 5789 03:18:19,975 --> 03:18:22,845 YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN 5790 03:18:22,845 --> 03:18:33,022 SEE FOLLICLES OFF LATING OVULA8 5791 03:18:33,022 --> 03:18:34,190 DAYS. 5792 03:18:34,190 --> 03:18:34,957 OVULATING FOLLICLES. 5793 03:18:34,957 --> 03:18:36,358 SO TO SUMMARIZE WHAT WE 5794 03:18:36,358 --> 03:18:37,560 DISCOVERED BY DOING THIS, FIRST 5795 03:18:37,560 --> 03:18:39,195 OF ALL, IT WAS POSSIBLE. 5796 03:18:39,195 --> 03:18:41,263 SECOND, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT 5797 03:18:41,263 --> 03:18:43,098 TISSUES THAT WERE REPRESENTED IN 5798 03:18:43,098 --> 03:18:46,368 THIS MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM, THEY 5799 03:18:46,368 --> 03:18:48,003 WERE FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER 5800 03:18:48,003 --> 03:18:51,840 AND THE SECRETED PRODUCTS OF THE 5801 03:18:51,840 --> 03:18:54,009 CULTURES AND SO THEY DID BETTER 5802 03:18:54,009 --> 03:18:56,946 AND THEY RESPONDED TO HORMONES 5803 03:18:56,946 --> 03:18:57,279 BETTER. 5804 03:18:57,279 --> 03:18:58,714 SO THE OTHER THING WAS BECAUSE 5805 03:18:58,714 --> 03:19:01,450 MEDIA IS CONTINUALLY FED IN AND 5806 03:19:01,450 --> 03:19:03,319 TAKEN OUT, TISSUES WERE ABLE TO 5807 03:19:03,319 --> 03:19:05,154 LAST LONGER AND MORE VIABLE. 5808 03:19:05,154 --> 03:19:09,658 HERE AGAIN, YOU SEE THE HORMONE 5809 03:19:09,658 --> 03:19:11,293 PATTERN SIMILAR TO A HUMAN 5810 03:19:11,293 --> 03:19:13,696 HORMONE SECRETION PATTERN. 5811 03:19:13,696 --> 03:19:16,365 SO WE LEARNED A LOT BY USING 5812 03:19:16,365 --> 03:19:20,035 THIS METHOD IN TERMS OF HAVING 5813 03:19:20,035 --> 03:19:26,242 TISSUES INTERACT WITH EACH 5814 03:19:26,242 --> 03:19:26,442 OTHER. 5815 03:19:26,442 --> 03:19:27,276 WE FOUND A LOT OF NEW BIOLOGY 5816 03:19:27,276 --> 03:19:28,844 WITH THIS AND WE FOUND THAT 5817 03:19:28,844 --> 03:19:29,478 ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE 5818 03:19:29,478 --> 03:19:31,146 DAY, TISSUES DO LIKE BEING WITH 5819 03:19:31,146 --> 03:19:32,815 EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF THE 5820 03:19:32,815 --> 03:19:36,085 SECRETED PRODUCTS THAT THEY SEE. 5821 03:19:36,085 --> 03:19:38,721 NOW, THIS WAS EVATAR, THIS WAS A 5822 03:19:38,721 --> 03:19:39,989 MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM ENGINEERED 5823 03:19:39,989 --> 03:19:45,127 BY VERY, VERY SMART ENGINEERS IT 5824 03:19:45,127 --> 03:19:47,162 WAS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE AND 5825 03:19:47,162 --> 03:19:48,497 VERY DIFFICULT TO USE BY 5826 03:19:48,497 --> 03:19:49,465 MOLECULAR BIOLOGISTS, SO THE 5827 03:19:49,465 --> 03:19:53,602 NEXT PHASE WAS TO BUILD 5828 03:19:53,602 --> 03:19:54,670 SOMETHING COMPARABLE THAT WAS 5829 03:19:54,670 --> 03:19:56,005 CHEAPER AND EASIER TO USE. 5830 03:19:56,005 --> 03:19:56,972 BASICALLY WE WANTED SOMEONE TO 5831 03:19:56,972 --> 03:20:00,009 TAKE IT OUT OF THE BOX, PLUG IT 5832 03:20:00,009 --> 03:20:04,847 IN AND USE IT. 5833 03:20:04,847 --> 03:20:07,383 SO THAT IS WHEN WE DEVELOPED 5834 03:20:07,383 --> 03:20:12,855 LATTICE, WORKING WITH A DEVICE 5835 03:20:12,855 --> 03:20:13,088 COMPANY. 5836 03:20:13,088 --> 03:20:15,057 AND WHAT IT IS IS, IT'S VERY 5837 03:20:15,057 --> 03:20:19,094 SIMILAR TO EVATAR WHERE IT A 5838 03:20:19,094 --> 03:20:21,730 FAMILIAR PLATE THAT HAS 5839 03:20:21,730 --> 03:20:23,132 MULTI-WELLS, HERE WE HAVE EIGHT 5840 03:20:23,132 --> 03:20:23,332 WELLS. 5841 03:20:23,332 --> 03:20:28,170 CAN YOU PUT WH.EACH OF THESE WEE 5842 03:20:28,170 --> 03:20:29,438 CONNECTED TO THROUGH CHANNELS 5843 03:20:29,438 --> 03:20:31,340 WHERE THE MEDIA IS PROPELLED 5844 03:20:31,340 --> 03:20:33,475 THROUGH, AND SO THEY'RE SEEING 5845 03:20:33,475 --> 03:20:35,077 EACH OTHER'S SECRETED PRODUCTS. 5846 03:20:35,077 --> 03:20:37,246 AND YOU CAN -- WE CAN 5847 03:20:37,246 --> 03:20:39,581 ORCHESTRATE WHERE THE FLOW GOES 5848 03:20:39,581 --> 03:20:40,883 BY A COMPUTER. 5849 03:20:40,883 --> 03:20:44,887 IT'S VERY CUSTOMIZED. 5850 03:20:44,887 --> 03:20:46,889 SO WE CAN STUDY THE INTERACTIONS 5851 03:20:46,889 --> 03:20:49,558 BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT OR THREE 5852 03:20:49,558 --> 03:20:52,094 OR FOUR, WHAT HAVE YOU. 5853 03:20:52,094 --> 03:20:54,963 SO THE TECHNOLOGY IS EXTREMELY 5854 03:20:54,963 --> 03:20:55,898 SIMPLE. 5855 03:20:55,898 --> 03:20:57,266 IT'S BASICALLY THIS VALVE SYSTEM 5856 03:20:57,266 --> 03:21:01,270 THAT BRINGS UP FLUID AND THEN 5857 03:21:01,270 --> 03:21:02,571 DEPOSITS TO THE NEXT WELL. 5858 03:21:02,571 --> 03:21:04,773 AND WE CAN DO THIS 40 MICRO 5859 03:21:04,773 --> 03:21:07,509 LITERS EVERY HOUR. 5860 03:21:07,509 --> 03:21:11,080 SO AGAIN, VERY SIMPLE SYSTEM, 5861 03:21:11,080 --> 03:21:12,715 AND PRETTY EASY TO USE. 5862 03:21:12,715 --> 03:21:17,186 NOW WE WANTED TO MODEL A 5863 03:21:17,186 --> 03:21:18,687 REPRODUCTIVE DISEASE THAT 5864 03:21:18,687 --> 03:21:20,656 REQUIRED MULTIORGANS SUCH AS 5865 03:21:20,656 --> 03:21:23,258 PCOS, POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN 5866 03:21:23,258 --> 03:21:24,493 SYNDROME IS A SYNDROME THAT 5867 03:21:24,493 --> 03:21:27,329 IMPACTS MANY WOMEN, BUT THERE 5868 03:21:27,329 --> 03:21:29,398 ARE MANY DIFFERENT ORGAN SYSTEMS 5869 03:21:29,398 --> 03:21:31,400 INVOLVED, AND IT'S STILL NOT 5870 03:21:31,400 --> 03:21:34,570 CLEAR WHAT CAUSES PCOS, WHETHER 5871 03:21:34,570 --> 03:21:38,273 IT IS A HYPERANDROGENIC OVARY, 5872 03:21:38,273 --> 03:21:40,042 LOTS OF TESTOSTERONE BEING 5873 03:21:40,042 --> 03:21:41,009 PRODUCED, OR IF IT'S PRODUCTION 5874 03:21:41,009 --> 03:21:43,545 OF A LOT OF INSULIN, THAT IS NOT 5875 03:21:43,545 --> 03:21:44,046 KNOWN YET. 5876 03:21:44,046 --> 03:21:45,481 SO WITH THIS KIND OF SYSTEM, YOU 5877 03:21:45,481 --> 03:21:48,217 CAN IMAGINE HOW YOU CAN 5878 03:21:48,217 --> 03:21:50,119 MANIPULATE WHAT TISSUES ARE 5879 03:21:50,119 --> 03:21:52,888 REPRESENTED, AND YOU CAN SEE 5880 03:21:52,888 --> 03:21:56,592 WHICH O ORGAN THAT IS 5881 03:21:56,592 --> 03:21:57,493 DYSFUNCTIONAL DRIVES THE 5882 03:21:57,493 --> 03:21:57,726 DISEASE. 5883 03:21:57,726 --> 03:21:58,560 SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE BEEN 5884 03:21:58,560 --> 03:22:00,529 ABLE TO MAKE A HYPERANDROGENIC 5885 03:22:00,529 --> 03:22:02,030 OVARY SIMILAR TO THE SYSTEM 5886 03:22:02,030 --> 03:22:03,465 WHERE WE INCREASE THE LEVEL OF 5887 03:22:03,465 --> 03:22:06,301 LH LIKE WE FIND IN WOMEN WITH 5888 03:22:06,301 --> 03:22:10,973 PCOS, AND THEN LEVELS OF 5889 03:22:10,973 --> 03:22:11,940 TESTOSTERONE INCREASE IN SUCH A 5890 03:22:11,940 --> 03:22:12,274 SYSTEM. 5891 03:22:12,274 --> 03:22:13,609 THEN WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS 5892 03:22:13,609 --> 03:22:19,815 DOWNSTREAM. 5893 03:22:19,815 --> 03:22:24,186 SO I'VE INTRODUCED TO YOU 5894 03:22:24,186 --> 03:22:25,387 MICROFLUIDICS OF THE FEMALE 5895 03:22:25,387 --> 03:22:26,588 REPRODUCTIVE TRACT, AND HERE WE 5896 03:22:26,588 --> 03:22:31,593 HAVE A NEW TOOL TO START IS 5897 03:22:31,593 --> 03:22:32,828 ASKING NEW QUESTIONS AND GETTING 5898 03:22:32,828 --> 03:22:35,230 NEW ANSWERS, AND THEN THIS IS A 5899 03:22:35,230 --> 03:22:39,001 VERY NICE PLATFORM WHERE WE CAN 5900 03:22:39,001 --> 03:22:40,202 ACTUALLY INCREASE THE 5901 03:22:40,202 --> 03:22:46,875 COMPLEXITY, BUT THEN CONTROL THE 5902 03:22:46,875 --> 03:22:48,076 PARAMETERS SO IT IS VERY 5903 03:22:48,076 --> 03:22:49,411 CONTROLLED AND NEW SCIENTIFIC 5904 03:22:49,411 --> 03:22:51,246 QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED. 5905 03:22:51,246 --> 03:22:52,314 SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN 5906 03:22:52,314 --> 03:22:56,285 DO WITH THIS PLATFORM IS 5907 03:22:56,285 --> 03:22:56,985 ULTIMATELY DRUG TESTING. 5908 03:22:56,985 --> 03:22:59,087 IF WE HAD MULTIPLE DIFFERENT 5909 03:22:59,087 --> 03:23:01,690 CELL TYPES REPRESENTED, WE CAN 5910 03:23:01,690 --> 03:23:03,625 SEEK POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS OF 5911 03:23:03,625 --> 03:23:08,030 THE DRUGS BEING TESTED. 5912 03:23:08,030 --> 03:23:11,433 A COLLABORATIVE OF OURS AT 5913 03:23:11,433 --> 03:23:13,769 RUTGERS IS LOOKING AT PFAS AND 5914 03:23:13,769 --> 03:23:14,903 ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS AND THE 5915 03:23:14,903 --> 03:23:16,738 IMPACT ON OVARIAN FOLLICLE 5916 03:23:16,738 --> 03:23:17,840 DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATION, AND 5917 03:23:17,840 --> 03:23:20,142 IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL 5918 03:23:20,142 --> 03:23:21,443 AND HE'S ALSO DONE IT IN THE 5919 03:23:21,443 --> 03:23:28,217 LATTICE PLATFORM. 5920 03:23:28,217 --> 03:23:29,885 SO TRANSLATION TO HUMAN HEALTH, 5921 03:23:29,885 --> 03:23:33,789 IT IS OBVIOUS WHETHER WE STUDY 5922 03:23:33,789 --> 03:23:34,890 THE BASIC SCIENCES AND GET 5923 03:23:34,890 --> 03:23:36,225 INFORMATION FROM THAT, WE CAN 5924 03:23:36,225 --> 03:23:38,260 ULTIMATELY USE THAT TO FIND NEW 5925 03:23:38,260 --> 03:23:39,628 COMPOUNDS, FIND NEW TARGETS, ET 5926 03:23:39,628 --> 03:23:40,162 CETERA. 5927 03:23:40,162 --> 03:23:41,630 BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO TEST 5928 03:23:41,630 --> 03:23:44,566 ALL OF THESE NEW DRUGS IN THE 5929 03:23:44,566 --> 03:23:48,971 CONTEXT OF SEX HORMONES. 5930 03:23:48,971 --> 03:23:53,408 WHANS WHEN THERE'SWHAT HAPPENS T 5931 03:23:53,408 --> 03:23:55,477 OF ESTROGEN, TESTOSTERONE, ET 5932 03:23:55,477 --> 03:23:56,044 CETERA. 5933 03:23:56,044 --> 03:23:57,479 THIS ALLOWS YOU TO ARE MORE 5934 03:23:57,479 --> 03:23:58,313 COMPLEX IN A PHYSIOLOGICAL 5935 03:23:58,313 --> 03:24:00,015 MANNER AND IT DOES MIMIC THE 5936 03:24:00,015 --> 03:24:01,783 HUMAN BODY BETTER FOR DRUG 5937 03:24:01,783 --> 03:24:02,017 TESTING. 5938 03:24:02,017 --> 03:24:04,086 SO I WAS ALSO ASKED WHAT 5939 03:24:04,086 --> 03:24:05,854 CHALLENGES WE FACE IN OUR 5940 03:24:05,854 --> 03:24:10,759 RESEARCH. 5941 03:24:10,759 --> 03:24:11,927 IN TERMS OF THE RESEARCH, WE 5942 03:24:11,927 --> 03:24:13,795 WORK WITH HUMAN TISSUES. 5943 03:24:13,795 --> 03:24:14,997 GETTING HUMAN TISSUES IS NOT 5944 03:24:14,997 --> 03:24:16,164 ALWAYS EASY. 5945 03:24:16,164 --> 03:24:17,799 WE GET THEM FROM THE O.R. WHEN 5946 03:24:17,799 --> 03:24:19,902 PATIENTS CONSENT TO DONATE THEIR 5947 03:24:19,902 --> 03:24:20,769 TISSUES THAT'S OTHERWISE GOING 5948 03:24:20,769 --> 03:24:21,837 TO BE DISCARDED. 5949 03:24:21,837 --> 03:24:23,906 SO SOMETIMES WE GET VERY LITTLE, 5950 03:24:23,906 --> 03:24:25,874 SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET ANY. 5951 03:24:25,874 --> 03:24:28,510 AND THEN TRYING TO SYNCHRONIZE 5952 03:24:28,510 --> 03:24:30,479 GETTING DIFFERENT HUMAN TISSUES, 5953 03:24:30,479 --> 03:24:32,981 DIFFERENT SURGERY SCHEDULES, IS 5954 03:24:32,981 --> 03:24:33,749 A CHALLENGE. 5955 03:24:33,749 --> 03:24:38,320 WE WOULD NEED SOME REALLY NICE 5956 03:24:38,320 --> 03:24:39,521 FREEZING PROTOCOLS SO WE CAN GET 5957 03:24:39,521 --> 03:24:41,490 ALL THE TISSUE TYPES WE WANT AND 5958 03:24:41,490 --> 03:24:42,991 PUT THEM TOGETHER IN THE 5959 03:24:42,991 --> 03:24:43,959 MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM. 5960 03:24:43,959 --> 03:24:45,827 SCALABILITY IS ALSO A PROBLEM 5961 03:24:45,827 --> 03:24:48,463 RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE TISSUE 5962 03:24:48,463 --> 03:24:49,865 AVAILABILITY, AND THEN REALTIME 5963 03:24:49,865 --> 03:24:51,400 MONITORING OF HEALTHY CULTURES, 5964 03:24:51,400 --> 03:24:53,135 WE CAN DO THIS BY EYE WITH A 5965 03:24:53,135 --> 03:24:55,637 MICROSCOPE BUT OTHER THAN THAT, 5966 03:24:55,637 --> 03:24:57,773 WE DO NEED BETTER BIOSENSORS, ET 5967 03:24:57,773 --> 03:25:00,709 CETERA. 5968 03:25:00,709 --> 03:25:05,047 WHAT HAVE BEEN THE CH CHALLENGEN 5969 03:25:05,047 --> 03:25:05,514 COMMERCIALIZATION? 5970 03:25:05,514 --> 03:25:07,215 WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO USE 5971 03:25:07,215 --> 03:25:10,152 LATTICE, AND I'VE EVEN GONE 5972 03:25:10,152 --> 03:25:13,989 THROUGH PITCH PRACTICES WITH 5973 03:25:13,989 --> 03:25:16,058 NORTHWESTERN FOLKS, AND ALWAYS 5974 03:25:16,058 --> 03:25:17,926 THE QUESTION THAT I'M ASKED IS, 5975 03:25:17,926 --> 03:25:19,461 WHAT MARKET ARE YOU TRYING TO 5976 03:25:19,461 --> 03:25:20,996 TARGET? 5977 03:25:20,996 --> 03:25:22,831 BECAUSE LATTICE IS A PLATFORM 5978 03:25:22,831 --> 03:25:23,899 AND IT'S AGNOSTIC. 5979 03:25:23,899 --> 03:25:26,935 WE CAN USE TO STUDY FEMALE 5980 03:25:26,935 --> 03:25:27,536 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OR WE CAN 5981 03:25:27,536 --> 03:25:31,206 USE TO STUDY BRAIN HEALTH OR I 5982 03:25:31,206 --> 03:25:34,610 EVEN PROPOSED A GRANT TO STUDY 5983 03:25:34,610 --> 03:25:37,245 MENOPAUSE IN DIFFERENT TISSUE 5984 03:25:37,245 --> 03:25:38,647 TYPES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN 5985 03:25:38,647 --> 03:25:38,914 MENOPAUSE. 5986 03:25:38,914 --> 03:25:40,949 SO THAT IS A QUESTION I'M ALWAYS 5987 03:25:40,949 --> 03:25:42,584 FACED, WHAT MARKET ARE YOU 5988 03:25:42,584 --> 03:25:45,520 TRYING TO TARGET. 5989 03:25:45,520 --> 03:25:46,922 ALSO USABILITY, IT HAS TO BE 5990 03:25:46,922 --> 03:25:48,857 SIMPLE, IT CANNOT BREAK DOWN, IT 5991 03:25:48,857 --> 03:25:51,927 HAS TO BE CHEAP ENOUGH, AND THEN 5992 03:25:51,927 --> 03:25:53,028 FINDING THE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS 5993 03:25:53,028 --> 03:25:55,631 AS WELL AND THEN FUNDERS. 5994 03:25:55,631 --> 03:25:58,300 SO I WAS VERY GLAD TO HEAR THE 5995 03:25:58,300 --> 03:26:00,335 TWO PREVIOUS SPEAKERS ABOUT SEED 5996 03:26:00,335 --> 03:26:05,440 AND SBIR, ET CETERA. 5997 03:26:05,440 --> 03:26:06,742 SO THIS IS A GREAT BIG MARKET 5998 03:26:06,742 --> 03:26:08,844 THAT WE STILL HAVE TO PLUG INTO. 5999 03:26:08,844 --> 03:26:10,812 MENOPAUSE IS A HUGE MARKET, 6000 03:26:10,812 --> 03:26:13,315 $17 BILLION, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL 6001 03:26:13,315 --> 03:26:14,282 THE NUMBERS. 6002 03:26:14,282 --> 03:26:17,452 THERE IS THE NEED, ESPECIALLY IN 6003 03:26:17,452 --> 03:26:18,086 WOMEN'S HEALTH AND DISEASES, 6004 03:26:18,086 --> 03:26:20,722 THERE NEEDS TO BE BETTER DRUGS, 6005 03:26:20,722 --> 03:26:22,157 BETTER TREATMENT, SURGERY CANNOT 6006 03:26:22,157 --> 03:26:24,760 BE THE ONLY OPTION. 6007 03:26:24,760 --> 03:26:26,094 AND I SEE YOU STANDING UP. 6008 03:26:26,094 --> 03:26:26,928 I'M DONE. 6009 03:26:26,928 --> 03:26:27,796 THANK YOU. 6010 03:26:27,796 --> 03:26:28,964 THIS TAKES A VILLAGE. 6011 03:26:28,964 --> 03:26:31,867 THANK YOU TO MY PREVIOUS MEMBERS 6012 03:26:31,867 --> 03:26:33,935 AS WELL AS MY CURRENT MEMBER OF 6013 03:26:33,935 --> 03:26:36,805 MY LAB, OTHER COLLABORATORS 6014 03:26:36,805 --> 03:26:40,609 INCLUDING TERESA WOODRUFF, 6015 03:26:40,609 --> 03:26:44,880 MARGRIT URBANEK, CHRISTINA 6016 03:26:44,880 --> 03:26:46,615 BOOTS, OTHER COLLABORATORS AS 6017 03:26:46,615 --> 03:26:48,016 WELL AT DRAPER LABS AND OF 6018 03:26:48,016 --> 03:26:50,385 COURSE ALL THE FUNDING AGENCIES. 6019 03:26:50,385 --> 03:26:52,554 THANK YOU. 6020 03:26:52,554 --> 03:27:02,731 [APPLAUSE] 6021 03:27:05,300 --> 03:27:07,302 >> OKAY, SO FORTUNATELY I KNEW 6022 03:27:07,302 --> 03:27:08,470 JULIE WAS GOING TO TALK BEFORE 6023 03:27:08,470 --> 03:27:10,539 ME SO I'M GOING TO PURPOSEFULLY 6024 03:27:10,539 --> 03:27:12,374 SCWIP OVER TALKING MUCH ABOUT 6025 03:27:12,374 --> 03:27:15,243 MICRO FLUIDICS AND FOCUS A 6026 03:27:15,243 --> 03:27:17,312 LITTLE BIT MORE ON DIGITAL TWINS 6027 03:27:17,312 --> 03:27:18,714 AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELS FOR 6028 03:27:18,714 --> 03:27:19,481 STUDYING PREGNANCY. 6029 03:27:19,481 --> 03:27:21,316 SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A 6030 03:27:21,316 --> 03:27:22,517 LITTLE BIT OF MY BACKGROUND 6031 03:27:22,517 --> 03:27:23,618 BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A WEIRD 6032 03:27:23,618 --> 03:27:27,889 THING TO SAY WHERE AN ENGINEER 6033 03:27:27,889 --> 03:27:28,857 GOT INTO BEING A PREGNANCY 6034 03:27:28,857 --> 03:27:29,191 RESEARCHER. 6035 03:27:29,191 --> 03:27:31,493 I STARTED OUT IN ORTHOPEDIC 6036 03:27:31,493 --> 03:27:33,128 SCIENCE, SO I STARTED OUT IN 6037 03:27:33,128 --> 03:27:35,197 ARTHRITIS RESEARCH, I DID A LOT 6038 03:27:35,197 --> 03:27:36,832 LOT WITH BONE AND CARTILAGE. 6039 03:27:36,832 --> 03:27:37,966 THAT'S A FIELD WHERE ENGINEERING 6040 03:27:37,966 --> 03:27:39,434 HAS HAD A FOOTHOLD FOR MORE THAN 6041 03:27:39,434 --> 03:27:40,001 50 YEARS. 6042 03:27:40,001 --> 03:27:43,538 SO IF YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE 6043 03:27:43,538 --> 03:27:45,841 ROSTER OF MOST ORTHOPEDICS 6044 03:27:45,841 --> 03:27:46,408 DEPARTMENTS, CLINICAL 6045 03:27:46,408 --> 03:27:47,476 DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED 6046 03:27:47,476 --> 03:27:50,846 STATES, YOU WILL FIND 6047 03:27:50,846 --> 03:27:52,147 ENGINEERING PROFESSORS WITHIN 6048 03:27:52,147 --> 03:27:53,014 THEIR FACULTY BECAUSE THERE IS 6049 03:27:53,014 --> 03:27:53,882 AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT 6050 03:27:53,882 --> 03:27:56,184 MECHANICAL LOADING IS IMPORTANT 6051 03:27:56,184 --> 03:27:57,319 IN ORTHOPEDIC INJURIES AND OR 6052 03:27:57,319 --> 03:28:00,222 THE PEE ORTHOPEDIC REPAIRS. 6053 03:28:00,222 --> 03:28:03,525 MY GOAL IS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN 6054 03:28:03,525 --> 03:28:04,693 IN OB-GYN BECAUSE THERE ARE 6055 03:28:04,693 --> 03:28:06,561 PROBLEMS HERE THAT ALSO HAVE 6056 03:28:06,561 --> 03:28:07,095 MECHANICAL COMPONENTS. 6057 03:28:07,095 --> 03:28:08,396 AND IN FACT, THAT'S WHAT 6058 03:28:08,396 --> 03:28:08,864 HAPPENED TO ME. 6059 03:28:08,864 --> 03:28:10,932 I WAS A GRADUATE STUDENT WORKING 6060 03:28:10,932 --> 03:28:12,667 IN THE LAB ON A CARTILAGE 6061 03:28:12,667 --> 03:28:14,736 PROJECT, AND I TOOK A COLD CALL 6062 03:28:14,736 --> 03:28:17,472 FROM AN OBSTETRICIAN WHO WAS 6063 03:28:17,472 --> 03:28:18,907 INTERESTED IN PREMATURE RUPTURE 6064 03:28:18,907 --> 03:28:20,542 OF THE FETAL MEMBRANES IN 6065 03:28:20,542 --> 03:28:21,409 PRETERM BIRTH. 6066 03:28:21,409 --> 03:28:23,478 AND HE SAID, I THINK THIS IS A 6067 03:28:23,478 --> 03:28:24,012 MECHANICAL PROBLEM. 6068 03:28:24,012 --> 03:28:26,214 DO YOU HAVE AN ABILITY TO 6069 03:28:26,214 --> 03:28:27,082 MEASURE FORCES? 6070 03:28:27,082 --> 03:28:29,451 AND I SAID YES, YES, I DO. 6071 03:28:29,451 --> 03:28:31,887 AND SO BY THE TIME I FINISHED MY 6072 03:28:31,887 --> 03:28:33,855 PH.D., I WAS ACTUALLY WORKING 6073 03:28:33,855 --> 03:28:38,193 FULL TIME IN OB-GYN IN A PROJECT 6074 03:28:38,193 --> 03:28:40,061 LOOKING AT PRETERM RUPTURE OF 6075 03:28:40,061 --> 03:28:44,199 FETAL MEMBRANES AND FIRI FINISHY 6076 03:28:44,199 --> 03:28:45,167 PH.D. ON THE SIDE. 6077 03:28:45,167 --> 03:28:47,135 SO THAT'S HOW I GOT HERE. 6078 03:28:47,135 --> 03:28:48,770 BUT ONCE I DISCOVERED THERE WERE 6079 03:28:48,770 --> 03:28:49,638 ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES IN 6080 03:28:49,638 --> 03:28:50,639 WOMEN'S HEALTH THAT HAD 6081 03:28:50,639 --> 03:28:51,406 ENGINEERING COMPONENTS THAT HAD 6082 03:28:51,406 --> 03:28:53,008 NOT BEEN STUDIED, I ESSENTIALLY 6083 03:28:53,008 --> 03:28:54,342 STOPPED DOING ORTHOPEDICS 6084 03:28:54,342 --> 03:28:56,211 RESEARCH OVER TIME AND SPENT ALL 6085 03:28:56,211 --> 03:28:58,380 OF MY TIME NOW FOCUSED ON 6086 03:28:58,380 --> 03:28:59,781 PREGNANCY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF 6087 03:28:59,781 --> 03:29:02,083 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 6088 03:29:02,083 --> 03:29:03,385 SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS A FIGURE 6089 03:29:03,385 --> 03:29:05,787 FROM A PAPER ABOUT PRETERM 6090 03:29:05,787 --> 03:29:07,122 BIRTH, PRETERM BIRTH IS ABOUT 6091 03:29:07,122 --> 03:29:10,292 10% OF ALL BIRTHS, SO AGAIN, A 6092 03:29:10,292 --> 03:29:10,625 HUGE PROBLEM. 6093 03:29:10,625 --> 03:29:14,329 AND WHAT I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED IN 6094 03:29:14,329 --> 03:29:15,831 RED HERE ARE THE DIFFERENT AREAS 6095 03:29:15,831 --> 03:29:16,965 OF PRETERM BIRTH THAT CLEARLY 6096 03:29:16,965 --> 03:29:18,934 HAVE A MECHANICAL COMPONENT. 6097 03:29:18,934 --> 03:29:20,135 SO YOU'VE GOT THINGS ON THE 6098 03:29:20,135 --> 03:29:22,504 MATERNAL SIDE, MATERNAL TRAUMA, 6099 03:29:22,504 --> 03:29:25,006 PREECLAMPSIA, AN ELEVATED 6100 03:29:25,006 --> 03:29:25,874 PRESSURE. 6101 03:29:25,874 --> 03:29:30,579 YOU HAVE THINGS ON THE FETAL 6102 03:29:30,579 --> 03:29:31,479 SIDE. 6103 03:29:31,479 --> 03:29:33,481 PLACENTAL SIDE, PLACENTAL 6104 03:29:33,481 --> 03:29:34,382 ABRUPTION WHEN YOU GET 6105 03:29:34,382 --> 03:29:35,383 DETACHMENT OF THE PLACENTA FROM 6106 03:29:35,383 --> 03:29:37,018 THE UTERUS, AND THEN THINGS TO 6107 03:29:37,018 --> 03:29:38,587 DO WITH BIRTH INCLUDING 6108 03:29:38,587 --> 03:29:40,088 PREMATURE RUPTURE AND CERVICAL 6109 03:29:40,088 --> 03:29:40,856 SHORTENING AND CERVICAL 6110 03:29:40,856 --> 03:29:42,591 DILATION. 6111 03:29:42,591 --> 03:29:44,192 SO AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER WAS 6112 03:29:44,192 --> 03:29:46,061 SAYING, THE TRADITIONAL ROUTE TO 6113 03:29:46,061 --> 03:29:48,463 GET THINGS APPROVED THROUGH THE 6114 03:29:48,463 --> 03:29:51,633 FDA WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON ANIMAL 6115 03:29:51,633 --> 03:29:53,501 RESEARCH, BUT ANIMAL RESEARCH IS 6116 03:29:53,501 --> 03:29:55,003 NOT ALWAYS GREAT. 6117 03:29:55,003 --> 03:29:58,206 MY PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST 6118 03:29:58,206 --> 03:29:59,674 THESE DAYS IS THE PLACENTA AND 6119 03:29:59,674 --> 03:30:01,576 THERE ARE NO GOOD ANIMAL MODELS 6120 03:30:01,576 --> 03:30:04,179 FOR THE HUMAN PLACENTA. 6121 03:30:04,179 --> 03:30:05,480 STRUCTURALLY, IT IS DIFFERENT, 6122 03:30:05,480 --> 03:30:07,148 IT IS DIFFERENT PARTICULARLY ON 6123 03:30:07,148 --> 03:30:08,984 A MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE, EVEN 6124 03:30:08,984 --> 03:30:11,119 THOUGH THE MOUSE PLACENTA AND 6125 03:30:11,119 --> 03:30:12,153 THE HUMAN PLACENTA ARE THE SAME 6126 03:30:12,153 --> 03:30:12,587 SHAPE. 6127 03:30:12,587 --> 03:30:14,656 THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME TISSUE 6128 03:30:14,656 --> 03:30:15,757 LAYERS. 6129 03:30:15,757 --> 03:30:16,725 HUMAN PLACENTA IS MUCH MORE 6130 03:30:16,725 --> 03:30:17,259 INVASIVE. 6131 03:30:17,259 --> 03:30:18,159 BUT OF COURSE BEING SOMEONE 6132 03:30:18,159 --> 03:30:19,694 WHO'S INTERESTED IN 6133 03:30:19,694 --> 03:30:23,632 BIOMECHANICS, I ALSO LOOK AT 6134 03:30:23,632 --> 03:30:26,134 QUADRA PEDAL ANIMALS HAVING 6135 03:30:26,134 --> 03:30:27,869 LITTERS AND SEE THAT THE 6136 03:30:27,869 --> 03:30:29,037 MECHANICS OF PREGNANCY ARE VERY 6137 03:30:29,037 --> 03:30:30,405 DIFFERENT IN THAT CASE COMPARED 6138 03:30:30,405 --> 03:30:31,373 TO IN HUMANS. 6139 03:30:31,373 --> 03:30:34,075 SO I ALSO EXCLUSIVELY STUDY 6140 03:30:34,075 --> 03:30:35,076 HUMAN TISSUES. 6141 03:30:35,076 --> 03:30:37,312 AND THESE DAYS, WITH THE FDA 6142 03:30:37,312 --> 03:30:40,782 MODERNIZATION ACT THAT HAPPEN IN 6143 03:30:40,782 --> 03:30:44,719 A BIZARRE BIPARTISAN ACT OF 6144 03:30:44,719 --> 03:30:46,254 CONGRESS IN 2022, NON-CLINICAL 6145 03:30:46,254 --> 03:30:47,656 TESTS ARE NOW AN IMPORTANT PART 6146 03:30:47,656 --> 03:30:49,724 OF THE OVERALL MECHANISM TO 6147 03:30:49,724 --> 03:30:51,159 GETTING NEW DRUGS AND DEVICES 6148 03:30:51,159 --> 03:30:51,559 APPROVED. 6149 03:30:51,559 --> 03:30:55,397 AND THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE 6150 03:30:55,397 --> 03:30:56,197 MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND 6151 03:30:56,197 --> 03:30:57,832 ORGANS ON CHIPS, BUT IT ALSO 6152 03:30:57,832 --> 03:31:01,002 INCLUDES COMPUTATIONAL MODELS. 6153 03:31:01,002 --> 03:31:02,871 AND SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO 6154 03:31:02,871 --> 03:31:05,040 MUCH AS I SAID ABOUT 6155 03:31:05,040 --> 03:31:06,007 MICROPHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OR 6156 03:31:06,007 --> 03:31:07,976 TISSUE ENGINEERING, JUST TO SAY 6157 03:31:07,976 --> 03:31:10,812 THAT WE, TOO, HAVE DELVED IN 6158 03:31:10,812 --> 03:31:12,347 THIS AREA FOCUSED ON MATCHING 6159 03:31:12,347 --> 03:31:13,648 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, BUT WE'RE 6160 03:31:13,648 --> 03:31:16,818 ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN USING 6161 03:31:16,818 --> 03:31:19,354 COMPUTATIONAL MODELS TO LOOK AT 6162 03:31:19,354 --> 03:31:21,289 PREGNANCY, AND ALSO INCREASINGLY 6163 03:31:21,289 --> 03:31:22,958 USING BIG DATA, LOOKING AT 6164 03:31:22,958 --> 03:31:25,193 MACHINE LEARNING, IMAGE 6165 03:31:25,193 --> 03:31:26,594 PROCESSING, TO DO WITH PREGNANCY 6166 03:31:26,594 --> 03:31:27,929 AND OTHER ASPECTS OF WOMEN'S 6167 03:31:27,929 --> 03:31:28,163 HEALTH. 6168 03:31:28,163 --> 03:31:30,198 SO I'M GOING TO FOCUS THE REST 6169 03:31:30,198 --> 03:31:34,035 OF MY PRESENTATION ON INSILICO 6170 03:31:34,035 --> 03:31:34,469 APPROACHES. 6171 03:31:34,469 --> 03:31:36,471 SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS 6172 03:31:36,471 --> 03:31:39,941 REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO MAKE 6173 03:31:39,941 --> 03:31:43,778 COMPUTATIONAL MODELS ENTER THE 6174 03:31:43,778 --> 03:31:45,213 TRADITIONAL CLINICAL PATHWAY FOR 6175 03:31:45,213 --> 03:31:46,948 LOOKING AT HUMAN PREGNANCY. 6176 03:31:46,948 --> 03:31:48,583 SO WHAT DID WE DO IN HUMAN 6177 03:31:48,583 --> 03:31:49,918 PREGNANCY ALL THE TIME? 6178 03:31:49,918 --> 03:31:51,987 WE DO ULTRASOUNDS. 6179 03:31:51,987 --> 03:31:53,088 SO WITH THOSE ULTRASOUNDS, WE 6180 03:31:53,088 --> 03:31:55,056 CAN GET A LOT OF CLINICAL DATA 6181 03:31:55,056 --> 03:31:57,993 THAT'S VERY RELEVANT THAT CAN BE 6182 03:31:57,993 --> 03:32:00,195 USED TO BUILD A COMPUTATIONAL 6183 03:32:00,195 --> 03:32:01,596 MODEL, AND THAT COMPUTATIONAL 6184 03:32:01,596 --> 03:32:03,798 MODEL CAN THEN BE USED FOR 6185 03:32:03,798 --> 03:32:05,333 CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING. 6186 03:32:05,333 --> 03:32:09,938 AND YOU CAN DO THIS AT A 6187 03:32:09,938 --> 03:32:11,539 MACROSCOPIC SCALE, IF YOU'RE 6188 03:32:11,539 --> 03:32:12,173 DOING RESEARCH LIKE WE ARE, YOU 6189 03:32:12,173 --> 03:32:14,075 CAN ALSO DO THIS AT A 6190 03:32:14,075 --> 03:32:14,476 MICROSCOPIC SCALE. 6191 03:32:14,476 --> 03:32:16,478 SO WE DO THIS WITH RESEARCH 6192 03:32:16,478 --> 03:32:17,979 IMAGES, JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO IT 6193 03:32:17,979 --> 03:32:19,848 WITH CLINICAL IMAGES. 6194 03:32:19,848 --> 03:32:22,384 THE RESEARCH IMAGES ARE THERE 6195 03:32:22,384 --> 03:32:24,219 FOR, AT A SMALLER SCALE, SO 6196 03:32:24,219 --> 03:32:25,653 THESE PICTURES ON THE TOP ROW 6197 03:32:25,653 --> 03:32:28,156 ARE LOOKING AT BLOOD FLOW AND 6198 03:32:28,156 --> 03:32:32,927 OXYGEN T DI FAWTION IN THE DIFFE 6199 03:32:32,927 --> 03:32:34,763 PLACENTA, WHEREAS THE BOTTOM IS 6200 03:32:34,763 --> 03:32:36,164 MACROSCOPIC BASED ON ULTRASOUND, 6201 03:32:36,164 --> 03:32:37,499 BUT THE WORKFLOW IS THE SAME IN 6202 03:32:37,499 --> 03:32:38,700 BOTH OF THESE CASES. 6203 03:32:38,700 --> 03:32:39,567 IT'S TAKING PICTURE OF 6204 03:32:39,567 --> 03:32:41,069 SOMETHING, USING TO BUILD 6205 03:32:41,069 --> 03:32:43,505 COMPUTATIONAL MODELS, AND THOSE 6206 03:32:43,505 --> 03:32:45,040 COMPUTATIONAL MODELS ARE 6207 03:32:45,040 --> 03:32:45,874 PATIENT-SPECIFIC AND WE'RE 6208 03:32:45,874 --> 03:32:47,375 TRYING TO MAKE THEM AS REALTIME 6209 03:32:47,375 --> 03:32:48,943 AS POSSIBLE. 6210 03:32:48,943 --> 03:32:50,712 SO THEY CAN BE USED FOR 6211 03:32:50,712 --> 03:32:53,882 DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES. 6212 03:32:53,882 --> 03:32:55,850 SO AS I SAID, WE SPEND A LOT OF 6213 03:32:55,850 --> 03:32:56,718 TIME WORKING ON PLACENTAL 6214 03:32:56,718 --> 03:32:57,385 TRANSPORT. 6215 03:32:57,385 --> 03:32:59,120 WE'VE BEEN BUILDING DIGITAL 6216 03:32:59,120 --> 03:33:01,656 TWINS OF THE PLACENTA AND I LIKE 6217 03:33:01,656 --> 03:33:02,857 TO POINT OUT THAT A DIGITAL TWIN 6218 03:33:02,857 --> 03:33:07,028 IS A VERY SPECIFIC TYPE OF 6219 03:33:07,028 --> 03:33:07,996 COMPUTATIONAL MODEL. 6220 03:33:07,996 --> 03:33:09,631 THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN TAKE 6221 03:33:09,631 --> 03:33:10,832 INFORMATION FLOW GOING BACK AND 6222 03:33:10,832 --> 03:33:12,167 FORTH BETWEEN THE PATIENT AND 6223 03:33:12,167 --> 03:33:13,034 THE MODEL. 6224 03:33:13,034 --> 03:33:15,403 SO THIS IS PARTICULARLY 6225 03:33:15,403 --> 03:33:16,838 INTERESTING IN PREGNANCY, WHERE 6226 03:33:16,838 --> 03:33:18,807 YOU MATE DO REPEATED ULTRASOUNDS 6227 03:33:18,807 --> 03:33:22,210 ON A PERSON THROUGHOUT THE 6228 03:33:22,210 --> 03:33:23,078 PREGNANCY SUCH THAT YOU'RE 6229 03:33:23,078 --> 03:33:24,279 GETTING NEW INFORMATION THAT YOU 6230 03:33:24,279 --> 03:33:25,713 CAN FEEDBACK INTO THE MODEL, YOU 6231 03:33:25,713 --> 03:33:27,682 CAN RUN SCENARIOS AND THEN YOU 6232 03:33:27,682 --> 03:33:31,252 CAN USE THAT INFORMATION FROM 6233 03:33:31,252 --> 03:33:35,123 THOSE MODELING SCENARIOS TO 6234 03:33:35,123 --> 03:33:35,657 EFFECT PATIENT CARE. 6235 03:33:35,657 --> 03:33:36,858 SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ANY 6236 03:33:36,858 --> 03:33:38,326 MORE ABOUT THE PLACENTAL 6237 03:33:38,326 --> 03:33:38,726 TRANSPORT MODELS. 6238 03:33:38,726 --> 03:33:44,766 AIM GOINGI'M GOING TO FOCUS ON E 6239 03:33:44,766 --> 03:33:46,501 TRYING TO DO TO LOOK AT 6240 03:33:46,501 --> 03:33:47,368 C-SECTION SCARS. 6241 03:33:47,368 --> 03:33:49,137 SO C-SECTIONS ARE RISING ACROSS 6242 03:33:49,137 --> 03:33:50,004 THE WORLD, PARTICULARLY IN 6243 03:33:50,004 --> 03:33:51,206 DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, THEY'VE 6244 03:33:51,206 --> 03:33:53,274 BEEN VERY HIGH FOR A LONG TIME, 6245 03:33:53,274 --> 03:33:55,477 WELL OVER 30%, BUT THEY'RE GOING 6246 03:33:55,477 --> 03:33:57,545 UP IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AS 6247 03:33:57,545 --> 03:33:58,313 WELL. 6248 03:33:58,313 --> 03:33:59,514 SOME ANALYSIS HAS SHOWN THAT 6249 03:33:59,514 --> 03:34:01,816 ABOVE A C-SECTION RATE OF ABOUT 6250 03:34:01,816 --> 03:34:04,752 19%, YOU DO NOT GET ANY FURTHER 6251 03:34:04,752 --> 03:34:06,821 IMPROVEMENT IN MATERNAL 6252 03:34:06,821 --> 03:34:09,591 MORTALITY OR FETAL MORTALITY. 6253 03:34:09,591 --> 03:34:12,327 SO 19% LOOKS LIKE THIS. 6254 03:34:12,327 --> 03:34:13,862 THIS IS A MAP OF THE WORLD. 6255 03:34:13,862 --> 03:34:15,830 YELLOW IS 19%. 6256 03:34:15,830 --> 03:34:20,335 SO ANYWHERE THAT'S GREEN IS A 6257 03:34:20,335 --> 03:34:22,504 RATE OF C-SECTIONS BELOW 19%. 6258 03:34:22,504 --> 03:34:24,372 YOU COULD PROBABLY ARGUE THAT IN 6259 03:34:24,372 --> 03:34:25,473 MANY OF THOSE PLACES, THERE IS 6260 03:34:25,473 --> 03:34:26,875 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DECREASING 6261 03:34:26,875 --> 03:34:29,377 MATERNAL MORTALITY BY DOING MORE 6262 03:34:29,377 --> 03:34:31,813 WITH C-SECTIONS, BUT IN OTHER 6263 03:34:31,813 --> 03:34:32,914 PLACES THAT ARE BRIGHT RED ON 6264 03:34:32,914 --> 03:34:36,384 THIS MAP, WHICH INDICATES OVER 6265 03:34:36,384 --> 03:34:40,421 50% OF BIRTHS ARE BY C-SECTION, 6266 03:34:40,421 --> 03:34:42,423 THOSE ARE NOT IMPROVING MATERNAL 6267 03:34:42,423 --> 03:34:42,657 HEALTH. 6268 03:34:42,657 --> 03:34:44,425 AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN YOU 6269 03:34:44,425 --> 03:34:45,960 DO A C-SECTION, YOU ARE LEFT 6270 03:34:45,960 --> 03:34:47,929 WITH A SCAR, AND WHEN YOU ARE 6271 03:34:47,929 --> 03:34:50,231 LEFT WITH A SCAR, THERE IS RISK 6272 03:34:50,231 --> 03:34:52,700 OF BAD THINGS HAPPENING 6273 03:34:52,700 --> 03:34:53,601 SUBSEQUENTLY, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT 6274 03:34:53,601 --> 03:34:57,906 ONLY IN A LATER PREGNANCY. 6275 03:34:57,906 --> 03:35:00,608 SO YOU CAN HAVE AN ECTOPIC 6276 03:35:00,608 --> 03:35:01,309 C-SECTION SCAR PREGNANCY WHERE 6277 03:35:01,309 --> 03:35:03,444 IT IMPLANTS IN THE SCAR AND IS A 6278 03:35:03,444 --> 03:35:03,912 NON-VIABLE PREGNANCY. 6279 03:35:03,912 --> 03:35:05,980 CAN YOU HAVE PLACENTA ACCRETA, 6280 03:35:05,980 --> 03:35:08,650 WHICH IS WHEN THE PLACENTA IS 6281 03:35:08,650 --> 03:35:11,986 TOO INVASIVE AND YOU SEE 6282 03:35:11,986 --> 03:35:12,754 PROBLEMS AND COULD HAVE A CASE 6283 03:35:12,754 --> 03:35:15,156 WHERE YOU NEED TO DO A 6284 03:35:15,156 --> 03:35:16,124 HYSTERECTOMY AT DELIVERY, AND 6285 03:35:16,124 --> 03:35:17,458 YOU CAN HAVE UTERINE RUPTURE 6286 03:35:17,458 --> 03:35:18,893 FROM THE SCAR. 6287 03:35:18,893 --> 03:35:20,328 AND PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH A 6288 03:35:20,328 --> 03:35:21,629 SCAR IS THAT YOU OFTEN SEE IN 6289 03:35:21,629 --> 03:35:24,832 THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT THERE A 6290 03:35:24,832 --> 03:35:26,334 DEFECT, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE 6291 03:35:26,334 --> 03:35:28,603 FULL THICKNESS HEALING, AND FROM 6292 03:35:28,603 --> 03:35:29,837 AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, THAT 6293 03:35:29,837 --> 03:35:32,140 LOOKS LIKE A STRESS 6294 03:35:32,140 --> 03:35:33,775 CONCENTRATION, AND SO AN 6295 03:35:33,775 --> 03:35:34,909 INCREASED RISK OF FUTURE 6296 03:35:34,909 --> 03:35:37,946 RUPTURE. 6297 03:35:37,946 --> 03:35:39,147 SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH 6298 03:35:39,147 --> 03:35:41,549 OUR COLLABORATORS UP AT 6299 03:35:41,549 --> 03:35:42,951 COLUMBIA, THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING 6300 03:35:42,951 --> 03:35:45,153 GEOMETRICAL INFORMATION ABOUT 6301 03:35:45,153 --> 03:35:46,921 UTERUSES IN PREGNANT WOMEN, AND 6302 03:35:46,921 --> 03:35:48,790 THEY HAVE MADE THIS ALL OPEN 6303 03:35:48,790 --> 03:35:51,192 SOURCE. 6304 03:35:51,192 --> 03:35:54,362 SO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BUILD A 6305 03:35:54,362 --> 03:35:56,097 COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF THE 6306 03:35:56,097 --> 03:35:57,732 UTERUS CAN DOWNLOAD THIS 6307 03:35:57,732 --> 03:35:59,267 BEAUTIFUL DATASET THAT HAS ALL 6308 03:35:59,267 --> 03:36:00,602 THESE JE MET CAL PARAMETERS 6309 03:36:00,602 --> 03:36:02,337 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PREGNANCY. 6310 03:36:02,337 --> 03:36:04,405 WE THEN TAKE THOSE GEOMETRICAL 6311 03:36:04,405 --> 03:36:07,609 PARAMETERS, TURN THEM INTO A 6312 03:36:07,609 --> 03:36:11,212 3-DIMENSDIMENSIONAL MODEL AND RN 6313 03:36:11,212 --> 03:36:13,081 SIMULATIONS BASED ON THAT. 6314 03:36:13,081 --> 03:36:15,583 SO WE STARTED OUT THIS PROJECT 6315 03:36:15,583 --> 03:36:18,786 WITH JUST SORT OF A HISTORICAL 6316 03:36:18,786 --> 03:36:19,754 FACT THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN 6317 03:36:19,754 --> 03:36:22,290 A LOT OF C-SECTION SCARS WENT UP 6318 03:36:22,290 --> 03:36:23,057 AND DOWN INSTEAD OF TRANSVERSE, 6319 03:36:23,057 --> 03:36:24,726 AND THE RISK OF RUPTURE OF THE 6320 03:36:24,726 --> 03:36:26,961 UTERUS WAS ACTUALLY GREATER. 6321 03:36:26,961 --> 03:36:28,396 SO WE THOUGHT, WELL, WE SHOULD 6322 03:36:28,396 --> 03:36:29,597 BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THE 6323 03:36:29,597 --> 03:36:31,466 STRESSES ARE HIGHER IN THAT CASE 6324 03:36:31,466 --> 03:36:33,101 CASE, AND SURE ENOUGH, WE RUN 6325 03:36:33,101 --> 03:36:33,968 THE SIMULATIONS AND WE GET THAT 6326 03:36:33,968 --> 03:36:38,473 SORT OF PROOF OF CONCEPT. 6327 03:36:38,473 --> 03:36:39,874 SO THAT ENCOURAGES US TO 6328 03:36:39,874 --> 03:36:41,276 CONTINUE LOOKING AT THIS, AND IN 6329 03:36:41,276 --> 03:36:44,812 FACT, WHAT WE THEN DID WAS 6330 03:36:44,812 --> 03:36:46,014 MEASURE SOME OF THESE DEFECTS 6331 03:36:46,014 --> 03:36:47,882 AND ACTUALLY MODEL THE DEA FECT. 6332 03:36:47,882 --> 03:36:52,220 DEFECT.THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT IS 6333 03:36:52,220 --> 03:36:53,021 SHOWING THE STRESS GOING ACROSS 6334 03:36:53,021 --> 03:36:54,889 THE SCAR FROM THE EDGE TO THE 6335 03:36:54,889 --> 03:36:57,959 CENTER, AND SO THE BLACK LINE 6336 03:36:57,959 --> 03:36:59,827 THAT JUST KIND OF GOES DOWNWARDS 6337 03:36:59,827 --> 03:37:01,162 IS WITH NO DEFECT. 6338 03:37:01,162 --> 03:37:03,131 THE RED LINE IS WITH A DEFECT. 6339 03:37:03,131 --> 03:37:05,733 SO IF YOU HAVE A C-SECTION SCAR 6340 03:37:05,733 --> 03:37:07,935 DEFECT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE 6341 03:37:07,935 --> 03:37:10,905 ABOUT A FACTOR OF 2 GREATER 6342 03:37:10,905 --> 03:37:12,774 STRESSES IN THAT DEFECTED 6343 03:37:12,774 --> 03:37:14,075 REGION, WHICH MEANS THAT'S A 6344 03:37:14,075 --> 03:37:18,780 PERSON WHO'S AT GREATER RISK OF 6345 03:37:18,780 --> 03:37:22,517 NOT JUST A UTE L UTERINE RUPTURT 6346 03:37:22,517 --> 03:37:24,152 IT TURNS OUT POSSIBLY PRETERM 6347 03:37:24,152 --> 03:37:24,585 BIRTH AS WELL. 6348 03:37:24,585 --> 03:37:26,454 SO BY LOOKING AT THIS IN 6349 03:37:26,454 --> 03:37:28,656 INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS, WE CAN DO 6350 03:37:28,656 --> 03:37:30,591 SOMETHING THAT'S CLINICALLY 6351 03:37:30,591 --> 03:37:33,094 RELEVANT IN TERMS OF PREDICTING 6352 03:37:33,094 --> 03:37:34,162 LONG TERM RISK. 6353 03:37:34,162 --> 03:37:36,464 SO IN FACT, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW 6354 03:37:36,464 --> 03:37:38,766 IS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE GROUP 6355 03:37:38,766 --> 03:37:40,835 AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON, SO 6356 03:37:40,835 --> 03:37:41,703 I SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF MY 6357 03:37:41,703 --> 03:37:43,905 CAREER OVER IN THE UK AT 6358 03:37:43,905 --> 03:37:46,207 CAMBRIDGE, SO I HAVE A LOT OF 6359 03:37:46,207 --> 03:37:47,075 COLLABORATORS STILL OVER THERE. 6360 03:37:47,075 --> 03:37:49,610 THEY HAVE BEEN DOING AN ENTIRE 6361 03:37:49,610 --> 03:37:51,012 PROGRAM OF JUST MEASURING 6362 03:37:51,012 --> 03:37:54,649 C-SECTION SCARS AND SCAR 6363 03:37:54,649 --> 03:37:54,882 DEFECTS. 6364 03:37:54,882 --> 03:37:56,284 SO THEY HAVE BEEN COLLECTING A 6365 03:37:56,284 --> 03:37:57,885 LOT OF THIS ANATOMICAL DATA 6366 03:37:57,885 --> 03:38:00,455 ABOUT THE NATURE OF THESE SCARS, 6367 03:38:00,455 --> 03:38:03,091 AND ABOUT HOW THESE SCAR DEFECTS 6368 03:38:03,091 --> 03:38:06,227 ARE PRESENT IN SOME OF THEIR 6369 03:38:06,227 --> 03:38:07,562 PATIENTS, AND THEN THEY COLLECT 6370 03:38:07,562 --> 03:38:09,397 INFORMATION ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES 6371 03:38:09,397 --> 03:38:12,467 INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH AND ANY 6372 03:38:12,467 --> 03:38:13,234 OTHER COMPLICATIONS THAT THEY 6373 03:38:13,234 --> 03:38:14,569 SEE IN THE PREGNANCY. 6374 03:38:14,569 --> 03:38:15,970 AND SO AT THE MOMENT, WHERE WE 6375 03:38:15,970 --> 03:38:17,538 ARE WITH THIS PROJECT, THIS IS 6376 03:38:17,538 --> 03:38:20,508 ONLY ABOUT A YEAR OLD PROJECT, 6377 03:38:20,508 --> 03:38:22,043 AND SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE FEEDING 6378 03:38:22,043 --> 03:38:23,644 US ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT 6379 03:38:23,644 --> 03:38:25,413 THESE C-SECTION SCARS SO IT 6380 03:38:25,413 --> 03:38:27,382 BASICALLY IN THE FORM OF A 6381 03:38:27,382 --> 03:38:29,584 RETROSPECTIVE STUDY WHERE WE CAN 6382 03:38:29,584 --> 03:38:32,520 THEN SAY TRY TO CLASSIFY THE 6383 03:38:32,520 --> 03:38:34,722 RISK IN THESE PATIENTS FOR WHICH 6384 03:38:34,722 --> 03:38:37,291 THEY HAVE THE CLINICAL DATA AND 6385 03:38:37,291 --> 03:38:39,093 CAN COMPARE THAT AGAINST WHAT 6386 03:38:39,093 --> 03:38:41,963 WE'VE BEEN GETTING. 6387 03:38:41,963 --> 03:38:43,831 SO WITH THE MEASUREMENTS THAT WE 6388 03:38:43,831 --> 03:38:46,033 HAVE, IN FACT, WE CAN TRACK HOW 6389 03:38:46,033 --> 03:38:47,869 THAT C-SECTION SCAR LOOKS 6390 03:38:47,869 --> 03:38:49,637 THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY, 6391 03:38:49,637 --> 03:38:51,272 BECAUSE THIS BASELINE DATASET 6392 03:38:51,272 --> 03:38:53,374 FROM OUR COLLABORATORS AT 6393 03:38:53,374 --> 03:38:55,877 COLUMBIA, YOU CAN SEE THESE 6394 03:38:55,877 --> 03:38:56,411 INDIVIDUAL PARAMETERS AS A 6395 03:38:56,411 --> 03:38:58,980 FUNCTION OF GESTATIONAL AGE. 6396 03:38:58,980 --> 03:39:00,281 FIRST OF ALL, THE STANDARD 6397 03:39:00,281 --> 03:39:01,916 DEVIATIONS ARE QUITE SMALL, SO A 6398 03:39:01,916 --> 03:39:03,785 UTERUS KIND OF IS THE SAME SIZE 6399 03:39:03,785 --> 03:39:06,220 AND SHAPE AS IT GETS BIGGER 6400 03:39:06,220 --> 03:39:07,955 DURING PREGNANCY ACROSS A LARGE 6401 03:39:07,955 --> 03:39:10,158 POPULATION OF PEOPLE, AND THESE 6402 03:39:10,158 --> 03:39:12,660 NUMBERS SEEM TO VARY RELATIVELY 6403 03:39:12,660 --> 03:39:14,328 SMOOTHLY SUCH THAT WE CAN 6404 03:39:14,328 --> 03:39:17,298 BASICALLY MAP OUT AN AVERAGE 6405 03:39:17,298 --> 03:39:19,834 SECOND TRIMESTER PLACENTA AT 6406 03:39:19,834 --> 03:39:21,102 THIS MANY WEEKS GESTATION VERSUS 6407 03:39:21,102 --> 03:39:23,070 LOOK AT A THIRD TRIMESTER ONE AT 6408 03:39:23,070 --> 03:39:25,473 THIS MANY WEEKS GESTATION, 6409 03:39:25,473 --> 03:39:26,140 KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE 6410 03:39:26,140 --> 03:39:27,809 C-SECTION AND THE C-SECTION SCAR 6411 03:39:27,809 --> 03:39:31,112 AND SCAR DEA FECT. 6412 03:39:31,112 --> 03:39:31,345 DEFECT. 6413 03:39:31,345 --> 03:39:32,647 WE CAN PUT THOSE INTO OUR MODEL 6414 03:39:32,647 --> 03:39:36,684 FOR NIECE PATIENT-SPECIF THESE C 6415 03:39:36,684 --> 03:39:37,018 SIMULATIONS. 6416 03:39:37,018 --> 03:39:38,786 SO WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HOW 6417 03:39:38,786 --> 03:39:40,755 THIS KIND OF INTERDISCIPLINARY 6418 03:39:40,755 --> 03:39:45,026 LAB RANGE OF MCOLLABORATION COUT 6419 03:39:45,026 --> 03:39:46,127 OB-GYN BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN BIG 6420 03:39:46,127 --> 03:39:49,197 IN OTHER FIELDS, AS I SAID, I 6421 03:39:49,197 --> 03:39:50,631 CAME FROM AN ORTHOPEDICS 6422 03:39:50,631 --> 03:39:51,799 BACKGROUND BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN 6423 03:39:51,799 --> 03:39:53,601 A LONG HISTORY OF BIOENGINEERING 6424 03:39:53,601 --> 03:39:55,002 COLLABORATION IN CANCER 6425 03:39:55,002 --> 03:39:58,873 RESEARCH, IN CARDIOVASCULAR 6426 03:39:58,873 --> 03:39:59,373 RESEARCH, NEUROSCIENCE. 6427 03:39:59,373 --> 03:40:01,909 I COULD GO ON AND ON. 6428 03:40:01,909 --> 03:40:06,280 BUT OB-GYN HAS HISTORICALLY NOT 6429 03:40:06,280 --> 03:40:08,182 HAD THIS MUCH OF A COLLABORATION 6430 03:40:08,182 --> 03:40:08,950 WITH ENGINEERING AND WE BELIEVE 6431 03:40:08,950 --> 03:40:10,685 THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES 6432 03:40:10,685 --> 03:40:12,019 HERE, BOTH IN VITRO AND IN 6433 03:40:12,019 --> 03:40:12,587 SILICO. 6434 03:40:12,587 --> 03:40:16,390 WE NEED TRAINING DATASETS FOR 6435 03:40:16,390 --> 03:40:19,227 MACHINE LEARNING. 6436 03:40:19,227 --> 03:40:21,362 SO MIDRC WAS MENTIONED EARLIER 6437 03:40:21,362 --> 03:40:23,397 BY THE NIBIB DIRECTOR. 6438 03:40:23,397 --> 03:40:26,801 THERE ARE NOT OBSTETRICAL OR 6439 03:40:26,801 --> 03:40:27,869 GYNECOLOGICAL ULTRASOUNDS IN 6440 03:40:27,869 --> 03:40:28,202 THAT DATASET. 6441 03:40:28,202 --> 03:40:30,004 THERE IS NO CLINICALLY AVAILABLE 6442 03:40:30,004 --> 03:40:33,407 OR ENGINEERING AVAILABLE DATASET 6443 03:40:33,407 --> 03:40:37,345 OF TRAINING IMAGES BECAUSE 6444 03:40:37,345 --> 03:40:39,213 OB-GYN ULTRASOUND IMAGING IS 6445 03:40:39,213 --> 03:40:40,615 DIVORCED FROM THE REST OF 6446 03:40:40,615 --> 03:40:40,948 RADIOLOGY. 6447 03:40:40,948 --> 03:40:43,150 IT'S DONE IN OB-GYN CLINICS. 6448 03:40:43,150 --> 03:40:44,218 SO THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT IN 6449 03:40:44,218 --> 03:40:45,453 ORDER TO GET WOMEN'S HEALTH UP 6450 03:40:45,453 --> 03:40:47,788 TO SPEED WITH THE REST OF 6451 03:40:47,788 --> 03:40:49,857 MEDICINE, WITH THE EXPANSION IN 6452 03:40:49,857 --> 03:40:51,726 A.I. AND MACHINE LEARNING, WE 6453 03:40:51,726 --> 03:40:53,895 NEED THESE SORTS OF OPEN SOURCE 6454 03:40:53,895 --> 03:40:54,996 TRAINING DATASET THAT ARE 6455 03:40:54,996 --> 03:40:58,733 AVAILABLE TO THE RESEARCH 6456 03:40:58,733 --> 03:40:59,166 COMMUNITY. 6457 03:40:59,166 --> 03:41:01,235 WE ALSO NEED A MECHANISM TO 6458 03:41:01,235 --> 03:41:03,871 HARNESS ETHICALLY THE BIG DATA 6459 03:41:03,871 --> 03:41:04,772 NATURAL EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE 6460 03:41:04,772 --> 03:41:06,274 HAPPENING IN WOMEN'S HEALTH. 6461 03:41:06,274 --> 03:41:08,476 MILLIONS OF WOMEN ARE PREGNANT 6462 03:41:08,476 --> 03:41:09,477 EVERY YEAR. 6463 03:41:09,477 --> 03:41:10,778 THERE'S A LOT OF DATA OUT THERE. 6464 03:41:10,778 --> 03:41:12,213 IF YOU'RE IN SCANDINAVIA, YOU 6465 03:41:12,213 --> 03:41:16,484 MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO THE ENTIRE 6466 03:41:16,484 --> 03:41:17,785 COUNTRY'S DATABASE OF ELECTRONIC 6467 03:41:17,785 --> 03:41:18,152 HEALTH RECORDS. 6468 03:41:18,152 --> 03:41:19,053 WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT 6469 03:41:19,053 --> 03:41:19,453 HERE. 6470 03:41:19,453 --> 03:41:20,721 WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 6471 03:41:20,721 --> 03:41:22,657 COME UP WITH THAT SORT OF DATA, 6472 03:41:22,657 --> 03:41:25,927 SO WE CAN USE MACHINE LEARNING 6473 03:41:25,927 --> 03:41:27,795 AND BIOSTATISTICAL METHODS. 6474 03:41:27,795 --> 03:41:30,665 WE NEED GOOD HUMAN CELL SOURCES 6475 03:41:30,665 --> 03:41:32,967 AND CONSISTENT TISSUE SCAFFOLDS 6476 03:41:32,967 --> 03:41:34,168 FOR IN VITRO STUDIES. 6477 03:41:34,168 --> 03:41:35,703 I WON'T BELABOR THAT POINT SINCE 6478 03:41:35,703 --> 03:41:36,904 IT'S BEEN MADE ALREADY. 6479 03:41:36,904 --> 03:41:39,140 AND FINALLY, THE LAST POINT THAT 6480 03:41:39,140 --> 03:41:43,277 I WANT TO MAKE BEFORE I FINISH 6481 03:41:43,277 --> 03:41:45,012 IS THAT WE STILL NEED MORE 6482 03:41:45,012 --> 03:41:45,780 MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING. 6483 03:41:45,780 --> 03:41:47,882 IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE'S BUN A 6484 03:41:47,882 --> 03:41:50,051 LOT OF PUSH RECENTLY, INCLUDING 6485 03:41:50,051 --> 03:41:52,687 THE RADX PROGRAM, FOR GETTING 6486 03:41:52,687 --> 03:41:53,254 PATIENT-CENTERED DEVICES OUT 6487 03:41:53,254 --> 03:41:55,756 THERE AND DOING DIAGNOSTICS AND 6488 03:41:55,756 --> 03:41:56,958 END-STAGE THINGS, BUT WE DON'T 6489 03:41:56,958 --> 03:41:58,826 HAVE THE UNDERLYING 6490 03:41:58,826 --> 03:42:00,061 UNDERSTANDING OF MECHANISM IN A 6491 03:42:00,061 --> 03:42:03,331 LOT OF THESE CASES. 6492 03:42:03,331 --> 03:42:05,199 OTHERWISE THE PRETERM BIRTH RATE 6493 03:42:05,199 --> 03:42:06,934 WOULD HAVE BEEN STATIONARY AT 6494 03:42:06,934 --> 03:42:09,036 10% FOR SO MANY DECADES. 6495 03:42:09,036 --> 03:42:12,306 AND SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO USE 6496 03:42:12,306 --> 03:42:13,307 ENGINEERING METHODS AND OTHER 6497 03:42:13,307 --> 03:42:16,243 METHODS TO OH FOCUS OP GETTING 6498 03:42:16,243 --> 03:42:18,579 THE UNDERLYING UNDERSTANDING NOT 6499 03:42:18,579 --> 03:42:20,748 JUST THE NEW DEVICES TO TREAT 6500 03:42:20,748 --> 03:42:22,717 DISEASES OR TO DIAGNOSE DISEASES 6501 03:42:22,717 --> 03:42:24,051 THAT WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND 6502 03:42:24,051 --> 03:42:27,388 WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 6503 03:42:27,388 --> 03:42:28,522 SO WITH THAT, I'LL THANK YOU 6504 03:42:28,522 --> 03:42:29,457 VERY MUCH. 6505 03:42:29,457 --> 03:42:31,525 JUST AS AN AMUSING POINT, I 6506 03:42:31,525 --> 03:42:34,195 SHOULD RUN OUT THAT I RUN AN 6507 03:42:34,195 --> 03:42:36,697 ALMOST ENTIRELY FEMALE-RUN 6508 03:42:36,697 --> 03:42:37,098 ENGINEERING GROUP. 6509 03:42:37,098 --> 03:42:38,366 WOMEN FLOCK TO THIS SORT OF 6510 03:42:38,366 --> 03:42:39,900 RESEARCH, AND I TAUGHT THE 6511 03:42:39,900 --> 03:42:43,004 FIRST-EVER COURSE THIS PAST 6512 03:42:43,004 --> 03:42:44,405 SPRING ON ENGINEERING IN WOMEN'S 6513 03:42:44,405 --> 03:42:46,841 HEALTH COVERING REPRODUCTIVE AND 6514 03:42:46,841 --> 03:42:47,608 NON-REPRODUCTIVE DISEASES AND 6515 03:42:47,608 --> 03:42:49,610 HAD ALMOST 50 ENGINEERING 6516 03:42:49,610 --> 03:42:50,911 STUDENTS, ALMOST ALL FEMALE. 6517 03:42:50,911 --> 03:42:52,546 SO WITH THAT, I WILL STOP AND 6518 03:42:52,546 --> 03:42:53,681 HAND IT OVER. 6519 03:42:53,681 --> 03:42:54,348 THANK YOU. 6520 03:42:54,348 --> 03:43:04,525 [APPLAUSE] 6521 03:43:09,096 --> 03:43:09,764 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 6522 03:43:09,764 --> 03:43:10,765 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ALL OF 6523 03:43:10,765 --> 03:43:11,198 YOU. 6524 03:43:11,198 --> 03:43:14,168 I LOVE GOING AFTER JULIAN 6525 03:43:14,168 --> 03:43:15,569 MICHELLE BECAUSE IT GIVES ME A 6526 03:43:15,569 --> 03:43:16,470 LOT OF HOPE. 6527 03:43:16,470 --> 03:43:17,772 IT GETS ME EXCITED ABOUT 6528 03:43:17,772 --> 03:43:19,674 RESEARCH HAPPENING IN WOMEN'S 6529 03:43:19,674 --> 03:43:20,241 HEALTH AND THAT'S NECESSARY 6530 03:43:20,241 --> 03:43:21,642 BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED TOWN 6531 03:43:21,642 --> 03:43:23,477 THIS PATH OF LOOKING AT 6532 03:43:23,477 --> 03:43:25,813 MENSTRUATION AS A NOVEL SAMPLE 6533 03:43:25,813 --> 03:43:30,184 TYPE FOR MOLECULAR PROFILING IN 6534 03:43:30,184 --> 03:43:31,585 2013, THE LANDSCAPE WAS VERY 6535 03:43:31,585 --> 03:43:31,852 DIFFERENT. 6536 03:43:31,852 --> 03:43:34,689 I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WENT TO 6537 03:43:34,689 --> 03:43:36,557 MEETINGS WHERE MALE INVESTORS 6538 03:43:36,557 --> 03:43:37,858 WOULD NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH 6539 03:43:37,858 --> 03:43:39,493 ME AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK 6540 03:43:39,493 --> 03:43:40,928 TO MY MALE CO-FOUNDER TO TALK 6541 03:43:40,928 --> 03:43:42,697 ABOUT THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF 6542 03:43:42,697 --> 03:43:43,597 MENSTRUATION, WHICH I THOUGHT 6543 03:43:43,597 --> 03:43:47,535 WAS VERY AMUSING. 6544 03:43:47,535 --> 03:43:48,969 BECAUSE HE WAS ILL-EQUIPPED TO 6545 03:43:48,969 --> 03:43:51,806 ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 6546 03:43:51,806 --> 03:43:53,007 AS WELL AS THEY WOULDN'T SAY THE 6547 03:43:53,007 --> 03:43:55,009 WORD MENSTRUATION, THEY ACTUALLY 6548 03:43:55,009 --> 03:43:57,311 USED EUPHEMISMS SUCH AS "THAT 6549 03:43:57,311 --> 03:44:00,815 TIME OF A MONTH" THAT A WOMAN 6550 03:44:00,815 --> 03:44:02,049 DOES WHATEVER IT IS THAT SHE 6551 03:44:02,049 --> 03:44:03,584 DOES, WHICH MADE ME QUESTION IF 6552 03:44:03,584 --> 03:44:05,419 THEY ACTUALLY KNEW WHAT A WOMAN 6553 03:44:05,419 --> 03:44:07,354 DOES AT THAT TIME OF THE MONTH. 6554 03:44:07,354 --> 03:44:08,856 WE ADVANCED BEYOND THAT. 6555 03:44:08,856 --> 03:44:10,291 THE NEXT CHALLENGE WE FACED WAS 6556 03:44:10,291 --> 03:44:11,592 WHEN WE TRANSITIONED OUR WORK 6557 03:44:11,592 --> 03:44:12,460 SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AT 6558 03:44:12,460 --> 03:44:18,733 ENDOMETRIOSIS IN 2016, A LOT OF 6559 03:44:18,733 --> 03:44:19,266 PEOPLE COULDN'T PRONOUNCE 6560 03:44:19,266 --> 03:44:21,802 ENDOMETRIOSIS SO WE JUST KEEP 6561 03:44:21,802 --> 03:44:23,504 TACKLING THESE CHALLENGES AND 6562 03:44:23,504 --> 03:44:24,805 THE LANDSCAPE KEEPS GETTING 6563 03:44:24,805 --> 03:44:26,474 BETTER AND BETTER SO IT'S VERY 6564 03:44:26,474 --> 03:44:27,108 EXCITING. I WANT TO SHARE WITH 6565 03:44:27,108 --> 03:44:28,209 YOU THIS DIAGNOSTIC PLATFORM 6566 03:44:28,209 --> 03:44:30,111 WE'VE BEEN BUILDING FOR THE PAST 6567 03:44:30,111 --> 03:44:32,513 DECADE, AND SOME OF THE SORT OF 6568 03:44:32,513 --> 03:44:34,715 CORE HYPOTHESES WE'VE BUILT IT 6569 03:44:34,715 --> 03:44:36,050 ON THE DATA WE'VE GENERATED AND 6570 03:44:36,050 --> 03:44:37,251 MOST IMPORTANTLY THE CHALLENGES 6571 03:44:37,251 --> 03:44:37,918 WE HAVE FACED AND CONTINUE TO 6572 03:44:37,918 --> 03:44:40,020 FACE AND HOPE TO HAVE 6573 03:44:40,020 --> 03:44:42,089 INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO 6574 03:44:42,089 --> 03:44:43,090 TACKLE. 6575 03:44:43,090 --> 03:44:45,059 SO I'LL START WITH THIS SLIDE 6576 03:44:45,059 --> 03:44:46,594 BECAUSE THE CORE THESIS OF OUR 6577 03:44:46,594 --> 03:44:47,695 COMPANY REALLY IS THAT THE 6578 03:44:47,695 --> 03:44:50,030 UTERUS IS AN EXQUISITELY 6579 03:44:50,030 --> 03:44:51,899 SENSITIVE AND RESPONSIVE ORGAN 6580 03:44:51,899 --> 03:44:53,300 THAT ESSENTIALLY TAKES ALL OF 6581 03:44:53,300 --> 03:44:56,637 ITS MARCHING ORDERS FROM A 6582 03:44:56,637 --> 03:44:58,038 BEAUTIFULLY COORDINATED HORMONAL 6583 03:44:58,038 --> 03:44:58,372 CASCADE. 6584 03:44:58,372 --> 03:45:00,341 WHEN TO GROW, WHEN TO SHED, WHEN 6585 03:45:00,341 --> 03:45:01,475 TO BECOME PLACENTA. 6586 03:45:01,475 --> 03:45:02,777 SO ANYTHING -- ANY HORMONAL 6587 03:45:02,777 --> 03:45:04,979 CHANGE, NO MATTER HOW SUBTLE 6588 03:45:04,979 --> 03:45:06,180 HAPPENS, IT SHOULD SHOW UP IN 6589 03:45:06,180 --> 03:45:08,716 THE UTERINE LINING THAT'S SHED 6590 03:45:08,716 --> 03:45:10,251 EVERY SINGLE MONTH IF YOU ARE 6591 03:45:10,251 --> 03:45:17,158 ACTUALLY PROFILING IT A AT A VEY 6592 03:45:17,158 --> 03:45:17,725 GRANULAR LEVEL. 6593 03:45:17,725 --> 03:45:20,795 THTHE GREAT THING ABOUT IT IS IF 6594 03:45:20,795 --> 03:45:21,896 YOU BELIEVE THESE MOLECULAR 6595 03:45:21,896 --> 03:45:23,330 CHANGES ARE DETECTABLE, EVEN IF 6596 03:45:23,330 --> 03:45:24,532 THEY'RE VERY SMALL, YOU CAN 6597 03:45:24,532 --> 03:45:26,467 ACCESS THEM THROUGH MENSTRUAL 6598 03:45:26,467 --> 03:45:27,935 BLOOD BECAUSE THERE IS THIS VERY 6599 03:45:27,935 --> 03:45:29,370 REGULAR NATURAL BIOPSY THAT IS 6600 03:45:29,370 --> 03:45:31,906 PRODUCED EVERY SINGLE MONTH FOR 6601 03:45:31,906 --> 03:45:34,208 DECADES IN FEMALE-BORN BODIES. 6602 03:45:34,208 --> 03:45:36,544 SO IF YOU CAN SIMPLIFY AND 6603 03:45:36,544 --> 03:45:39,513 CREATE AN ELEGANT WAY TO COLLECT 6604 03:45:39,513 --> 03:45:40,514 IT AND THEN STANDARDIZE HOW DO 6605 03:45:40,514 --> 03:45:42,683 YOU ACTUALLY GENERATE THESE AND 6606 03:45:42,683 --> 03:45:44,018 CHARACTERIZE THESE UTERINE 6607 03:45:44,018 --> 03:45:45,186 PROFILES, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO 6608 03:45:45,186 --> 03:45:46,453 DO SOMETHING PROFOUND. 6609 03:45:46,453 --> 03:45:48,522 AND THEN AGAIN, THE CONTEXT IS, 6610 03:45:48,522 --> 03:45:51,125 IS THAT IF THERE ARE SHIFTS IN 6611 03:45:51,125 --> 03:45:51,826 HORMONE PROFILE, WHETHER IT IS 6612 03:45:51,826 --> 03:45:54,328 YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN 6613 03:45:54,328 --> 03:45:54,929 ESTROGEN-DOMINANT DISEASE LIKE 6614 03:45:54,929 --> 03:45:57,331 ENDOMETRIOSIS OR YOU'RE LOOKING 6615 03:45:57,331 --> 03:45:59,266 AT PCOS, THAT YOU SHOULD NOTICE 6616 03:45:59,266 --> 03:46:02,436 A DIFFERENT UTERINE RESPONSE. 6617 03:46:02,436 --> 03:46:04,538 ALL OF THIS IS SORT OF BASED ON 6618 03:46:04,538 --> 03:46:07,508 WHAT I CALL ALARMINGLY MUNDANE 6619 03:46:07,508 --> 03:46:09,443 PROCESSES, WHICH IS HOW DO YOU 6620 03:46:09,443 --> 03:46:10,511 STANDARDIZE ALL OF THIS? 6621 03:46:10,511 --> 03:46:12,346 HOW DO YOU STANDARDIZE SAMPLE 6622 03:46:12,346 --> 03:46:13,347 COLLECTION? 6623 03:46:13,347 --> 03:46:14,748 WHAT TAMPON DO YOU USE? 6624 03:46:14,748 --> 03:46:17,318 AND YOU SAW PEOPLE USING PADS, 6625 03:46:17,318 --> 03:46:19,720 PEOPLE HAVE USED MENSTRUAL CUPS. 6626 03:46:19,720 --> 03:46:22,256 WHAT PLATFORMS ARE YOU ACTUALLY 6627 03:46:22,256 --> 03:46:23,023 RUNNING ON THE SAMPLES THAT YOU 6628 03:46:23,023 --> 03:46:23,424 COLLECT? 6629 03:46:23,424 --> 03:46:24,692 ARE YOU DOING SEQUENCING, ARE 6630 03:46:24,692 --> 03:46:26,760 YOU DOING PROTEOMICS? 6631 03:46:26,760 --> 03:46:27,328 WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? 6632 03:46:27,328 --> 03:46:28,762 AND THEN HOW ARE YOU THINKING 6633 03:46:28,762 --> 03:46:31,966 ABOUT THE DATA ANALYTIC AND 6634 03:46:31,966 --> 03:46:32,833 BIOINFORMATIC PIPELINES? 6635 03:46:32,833 --> 03:46:34,235 I WILL GET INTO ALL OF THOSE 6636 03:46:34,235 --> 03:46:36,770 THINGS BUT, YOU KNOW, THE 6637 03:46:36,770 --> 03:46:38,138 NEAR-TERM GOAL FOR US THAT WE 6638 03:46:38,138 --> 03:46:39,440 REALLY HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME 6639 03:46:39,440 --> 03:46:42,376 LOOKING AT IS, CAN YOU ACTUALLY 6640 03:46:42,376 --> 03:46:44,945 FIND A PREDICTION BLI ALTERED 6641 03:46:44,945 --> 03:46:45,479 UTERINE RESPONSE TO 6642 03:46:45,479 --> 03:46:45,913 ENDOMETRIOSIS? 6643 03:46:45,913 --> 03:46:47,648 SO THIS WAS WORK THAT WE STARTED 6644 03:46:47,648 --> 03:46:49,283 IN 2016 WHEN WE COLLECTED OUR 6645 03:46:49,283 --> 03:46:50,451 FIRST TAMPONS FROM INDIVIDUALS 6646 03:46:50,451 --> 03:46:51,218 WHO HAD ENDOMETRIOSIS AND 6647 03:46:51,218 --> 03:46:52,753 COMPARED THEM TO HEALTHY 6648 03:46:52,753 --> 03:46:53,254 CONTROLS. 6649 03:46:53,254 --> 03:46:55,789 WE USED THAT DATA TO GET OUR 6650 03:46:55,789 --> 03:46:59,894 FIRST NIH SBIR OF $1.8 MILLION 6651 03:46:59,894 --> 03:47:02,863 THAT REALLY FUELED A LOT OF OUR 6652 03:47:02,863 --> 03:47:04,298 VALIDATION STUDIES, SO THEN WE 6653 03:47:04,298 --> 03:47:07,801 TOOK THE INITIAL SIGNAL WE 6654 03:47:07,801 --> 03:47:09,770 FOUND, WE VALIDATED IT IN AN 6655 03:47:09,770 --> 03:47:10,838 INDEPENDENT DATASET AND NOW 6656 03:47:10,838 --> 03:47:12,539 WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WELL THIS 6657 03:47:12,539 --> 03:47:15,042 CLASSIFIER WORKS IN INFERTILITY 6658 03:47:15,042 --> 03:47:16,677 POPULATIONS SPECIFICALLY. 6659 03:47:16,677 --> 03:47:19,813 I WANT TO MENTION AS YOU GUYS 6660 03:47:19,813 --> 03:47:21,482 KNOW, A LOT OF CLINICIANS AND 6661 03:47:21,482 --> 03:47:22,650 SCIENTISTS IN THE ROOM ARE VERY 6662 03:47:22,650 --> 03:47:24,118 FAMILIAR WITH THIS CONDITION. 6663 03:47:24,118 --> 03:47:25,319 IT'S EXTREMELY COMPLEX. 6664 03:47:25,319 --> 03:47:27,221 IT HAS A LOT OF COMORBIDITIES. 6665 03:47:27,221 --> 03:47:28,522 PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENDOMETRIOSIS 6666 03:47:28,522 --> 03:47:30,491 OFTEN HAVE INFERTILITY, THEY 6667 03:47:30,491 --> 03:47:32,159 ALSO OFTEN HAVE AUTOIMMUNE 6668 03:47:32,159 --> 03:47:34,561 CONDITIONS, IBS, ET CETERA, SO 6669 03:47:34,561 --> 03:47:37,231 PATIENTS WILL COME TO CLINICIANS 6670 03:47:37,231 --> 03:47:39,533 WITH A VERY GENERIC SET OF 6671 03:47:39,533 --> 03:47:39,967 SYMPTOMS. 6672 03:47:39,967 --> 03:47:41,702 AND SO A LOT OF THE DIAGNOSIS, 6673 03:47:41,702 --> 03:47:43,671 IF IT DRIVEN BY PATIENTS 6674 03:47:43,671 --> 03:47:46,240 RECOGNIZING THEIR SYMPTOMS, IT'S 6675 03:47:46,240 --> 03:47:47,675 SORT OF INHERENTLY SUBJECTIVE. 6676 03:47:47,675 --> 03:47:49,777 IS MY BLEEDING, IS MY MENSTRUAL 6677 03:47:49,777 --> 03:47:50,411 BLEEDING ACTUALLY HEAVY? 6678 03:47:50,411 --> 03:47:50,878 I DON'T KNOW. 6679 03:47:50,878 --> 03:47:52,179 IS THERE SOME SORT OF STANDARD 6680 03:47:52,179 --> 03:47:54,381 THAT'S BEEN RELEASED SOMEWHERE? 6681 03:47:54,381 --> 03:47:57,584 IS MY BLEEDING -- IS THIS PAIN 6682 03:47:57,584 --> 03:47:58,986 THAT I'M EXPERIENCING 6683 03:47:58,986 --> 03:48:00,321 CYCLICICALLY, IS THIS REALLY 6684 03:48:00,321 --> 03:48:01,455 EXTREME OR IS THIS JUST WHAT 6685 03:48:01,455 --> 03:48:02,523 EVERYONE EXPERIENCES ON A 6686 03:48:02,523 --> 03:48:03,190 MONTHLY BASIS? 6687 03:48:03,190 --> 03:48:05,492 SO THERE'S JUST SO MUCH INHERENT 6688 03:48:05,492 --> 03:48:06,827 SUBJECTIVITY IN THE PATIENT 6689 03:48:06,827 --> 03:48:08,896 EXPERIENCE, THAT ADDS TO THE 6690 03:48:08,896 --> 03:48:09,997 CONFUSION AND DIAGNOSIS. 6691 03:48:09,997 --> 03:48:11,532 FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE, 6692 03:48:11,532 --> 03:48:13,334 ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A 6693 03:48:13,334 --> 03:48:15,602 TEENAGER, AND YOU'RE GOING TO A 6694 03:48:15,602 --> 03:48:17,471 PEDIATRICIAN OR A GP, IS NOT 6695 03:48:17,471 --> 03:48:20,240 GOING TO BE SOMEONE WHO HAS THE 6696 03:48:20,240 --> 03:48:21,108 TOOL SET TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE 6697 03:48:21,108 --> 03:48:22,443 DIAGNOSIS IMMEDIATELY, RIGHT? 6698 03:48:22,443 --> 03:48:26,914 THIS TAKES A SPECIAL -- WHO 6699 03:48:26,914 --> 03:48:28,582 KNOWS HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE 6700 03:48:28,582 --> 03:48:30,117 SYMPTOMS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF 6701 03:48:30,117 --> 03:48:32,319 AMBIGUITY IN THAT CLINICAL 6702 03:48:32,319 --> 03:48:32,920 INTERPRETATION, DEPENDING ON 6703 03:48:32,920 --> 03:48:34,955 WHAT TYPE OF DOCTOR THAT YOU 6704 03:48:34,955 --> 03:48:35,322 ENCOUNTER FIRST. 6705 03:48:35,322 --> 03:48:36,390 AND PART OF WHAT'S INTERESTING 6706 03:48:36,390 --> 03:48:39,026 ABOUT THIS CONDITION IS THAT SO 6707 03:48:39,026 --> 03:48:42,229 MUCH OF THE FOUNDATIONAL 6708 03:48:42,229 --> 03:48:43,864 UNDERSTANDING IS BASED ON 6709 03:48:43,864 --> 03:48:44,631 ANATOMICAL FEATURES. 6710 03:48:44,631 --> 03:48:53,207 IS THERE AN ENDOMETRIOMA, WHEN 6711 03:48:53,207 --> 03:48:55,709 REALLY IT SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY 6712 03:48:55,709 --> 03:48:56,310 MOLECULAR CLASSIFICATION WHICH 6713 03:48:56,310 --> 03:48:58,245 WOULD THEN DRIVE BETTER DRUG 6714 03:48:58,245 --> 03:48:59,346 DEVELOPMENT. 6715 03:48:59,346 --> 03:49:00,981 AGAIN, WORTH HIGHLIGHTING THAT 6716 03:49:00,981 --> 03:49:02,249 BASICALLY THE ONLY DRUG MODALITY 6717 03:49:02,249 --> 03:49:06,253 WE HAVE FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS IS 6718 03:49:06,253 --> 03:49:08,255 PROGESTIN AND GNRH ANALOGS. 6719 03:49:08,255 --> 03:49:10,457 THE THESIS BEING IT'S AN 6720 03:49:10,457 --> 03:49:11,892 ESTROGEN-DOMINANT DISEASE, LET'S 6721 03:49:11,892 --> 03:49:13,394 JUST STOP ESTROGEN AND SEE IF 6722 03:49:13,394 --> 03:49:14,762 THIS ACTUALLY MAKES AN IMPACT ON 6723 03:49:14,762 --> 03:49:15,396 THE DISEASE. 6724 03:49:15,396 --> 03:49:17,731 AND WE NEED BETTER, LESS BLUNT 6725 03:49:17,731 --> 03:49:19,600 INSTRUMENTS TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE 6726 03:49:19,600 --> 03:49:20,501 TO TACKLE THIS. 6727 03:49:20,501 --> 03:49:24,638 SO I'M GOING TO -- THE BIG 6728 03:49:24,638 --> 03:49:25,839 CHALLENGE THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED 6729 03:49:25,839 --> 03:49:27,207 A COUPLE OF TIMES, I SAW IT IN 6730 03:49:27,207 --> 03:49:28,075 JULIE'S PRESENTATION AS WELL, 6731 03:49:28,075 --> 03:49:29,843 WHICH WAS THE CHALLENGE THAT 6732 03:49:29,843 --> 03:49:31,712 EVERYONE FACES WHEN STUDYING 6733 03:49:31,712 --> 03:49:32,913 FEMALE-BORN BODIES IS WE HAVE 6734 03:49:32,913 --> 03:49:34,815 THE HORMONE CYCLE AND IT MAKES 6735 03:49:34,815 --> 03:49:35,816 EXPERIMENTS EXTREMELY NOISY. 6736 03:49:35,816 --> 03:49:37,251 SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE 6737 03:49:37,251 --> 03:49:39,553 LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT WHAT 6738 03:49:39,553 --> 03:49:40,788 MENSTRUATION DOES IS IF YOU'RE 6739 03:49:40,788 --> 03:49:42,423 ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A REDUCED 6740 03:49:42,423 --> 03:49:45,325 WINDOW, SO DAYS 1 THROUGH 3 OF 6741 03:49:45,325 --> 03:49:45,926 MENSTRUATION, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL 6742 03:49:45,926 --> 03:49:48,162 OF YOUR PATIENT POPULATION IS 6743 03:49:48,162 --> 03:49:48,929 ACTUALLY AT THE SAME PLACE IN 6744 03:49:48,929 --> 03:49:49,930 THEIR MENSTRUAL CYCLE. 6745 03:49:49,930 --> 03:49:52,933 SO YOU ARE PASSIVELY 6746 03:49:52,933 --> 03:49:55,002 BIOLOGICALLY ALIGNING EVERYONE 6747 03:49:55,002 --> 03:49:56,870 AND YOU'RE REDUCING ONE OF THE 6748 03:49:56,870 --> 03:49:59,873 MOST CONSIDERABLE FACTORS OF 6749 03:49:59,873 --> 03:50:01,708 NOISE ACROSS WOMEN'S HEALTH. 6750 03:50:01,708 --> 03:50:03,343 ANOTHER ISSUE, AGAIN AS I 6751 03:50:03,343 --> 03:50:05,212 MENTIONED, WHAT FORM FACTOR DO 6752 03:50:05,212 --> 03:50:06,146 YOU CHOOSE? 6753 03:50:06,146 --> 03:50:07,214 WE'VE BEEN ASKED WHY DID YOU 6754 03:50:07,214 --> 03:50:08,415 CHOOSE A TAMPON? 6755 03:50:08,415 --> 03:50:11,652 YOU SORT OF HAVE TO PICK ONE AND 6756 03:50:11,652 --> 03:50:12,853 BRING THAT PRODUCT HOME. 6757 03:50:12,853 --> 03:50:13,720 NUMBER TWO, WE WANTED FOR 6758 03:50:13,720 --> 03:50:15,689 SOMETHING THAT STAYED IN THE 6759 03:50:15,689 --> 03:50:18,258 BODY AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, ALMOST 6760 03:50:18,258 --> 03:50:22,296 ACTING LIKE A LITTLE INCUBATOR, 6761 03:50:22,296 --> 03:50:24,698 VERSUS ONCE IT OUTSIDE, THE 6762 03:50:24,698 --> 03:50:25,732 DEGRADATION IS WORSE. 6763 03:50:25,732 --> 03:50:27,267 ONCE WE PICKED A TAMPON, YOU MAY 6764 03:50:27,267 --> 03:50:29,002 OR MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT TAMPONS 6765 03:50:29,002 --> 03:50:30,571 HAVE A LOT OF ADDITIVES. 6766 03:50:30,571 --> 03:50:32,673 IT CAN HAVE BLEACHES, SCENTS 6767 03:50:32,673 --> 03:50:34,308 THAT INTERFERE WITH DOWNSTREAM 6768 03:50:34,308 --> 03:50:36,310 CHEMISTRY, SO WE HAD TO PICK THE 6769 03:50:36,310 --> 03:50:37,644 TAMPON THAT HAD MINIMIZED ALL OF 6770 03:50:37,644 --> 03:50:39,079 THOSE VARIABLES, AND THEN WE HAD 6771 03:50:39,079 --> 03:50:41,381 TO BUILD A SYSTEM THAT COULD 6772 03:50:41,381 --> 03:50:42,816 ELIMINATE COACHING, AND THAT WAS 6773 03:50:42,816 --> 03:50:44,051 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE 6774 03:50:44,051 --> 03:50:47,788 WE REALLY FEEL LIKE TRYING TO 6775 03:50:47,788 --> 03:50:48,689 COLLECT SAMPLES AT HOME 6776 03:50:48,689 --> 03:50:50,190 DECREASES ACTIVATION AND ENERGY 6777 03:50:50,190 --> 03:50:51,391 AND GETS PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE 6778 03:50:51,391 --> 03:50:54,061 IN THEIR HEALTHCARE IN A MUCH 6779 03:50:54,061 --> 03:50:54,628 MORE MEANINGFUL LEVEL. 6780 03:50:54,628 --> 03:50:55,996 SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ONE 6781 03:50:55,996 --> 03:50:58,765 OF OUR NEXTGEN JANE KITS THAT 6782 03:50:58,765 --> 03:51:00,033 HAS BEEN IN OUR CLINICAL STUDIES 6783 03:51:00,033 --> 03:51:02,536 FOR YEARS, AND IS ABLE TO 6784 03:51:02,536 --> 03:51:04,605 PRESERVE HIGH FIDELITY DNA AND 6785 03:51:04,605 --> 03:51:06,874 RNA SUCH THAT IT IS USED IN THE 6786 03:51:06,874 --> 03:51:09,476 PRIVACY OF A WOMAN'S HOME, IT IS 6787 03:51:09,476 --> 03:51:13,380 SNAIL MAILED, USPS, NO COLD 6788 03:51:13,380 --> 03:51:14,548 CHAIN, SO NO DRY ICE, NO WET 6789 03:51:14,548 --> 03:51:15,015 ICE. 6790 03:51:15,015 --> 03:51:16,750 IT HAS UP TO TWO WEEKS TO ARRIVE 6791 03:51:16,750 --> 03:51:18,385 AT OUR LABS IN OAKLAND. 6792 03:51:18,385 --> 03:51:20,654 WE HAVE TESTED IT AS FAR AWAY AS 6793 03:51:20,654 --> 03:51:22,890 ALASKA AND HAWAII, SO OUR 6794 03:51:22,890 --> 03:51:24,191 CLINICAL STUDIES ARE NATIONAL. 6795 03:51:24,191 --> 03:51:27,060 AND HAS REALLY GREAT ABILITY TO 6796 03:51:27,060 --> 03:51:29,796 GIVE US HIGH FIDELITY DNA AND 6797 03:51:29,796 --> 03:51:30,097 RNA. 6798 03:51:30,097 --> 03:51:33,333 AND SO THIS HAS POWERED ALL OF 6799 03:51:33,333 --> 03:51:35,002 OUR STUDIES FOR I WOULD SAY THE 6800 03:51:35,002 --> 03:51:36,336 LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE LANDED ON 6801 03:51:36,336 --> 03:51:38,305 THIS FORM FACTOR. 6802 03:51:38,305 --> 03:51:42,209 THERE ARE CHAL THE CHALLENGES TE 6803 03:51:42,209 --> 03:51:43,510 FACED IN THE BEGINNING. 6804 03:51:43,510 --> 03:51:44,945 WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE 6805 03:51:44,945 --> 03:51:46,780 SAMPLE TYPE, IT IS CLOTTED, IT 6806 03:51:46,780 --> 03:51:58,058 IS HETEROJ HETEROGENEOUS IT I M. 6807 03:51:58,058 --> 03:51:59,459 AND THEN WE HAD TO ACCOUNT FOR 6808 03:51:59,459 --> 03:52:01,228 THINGS LIKE VARYING LEVELS OF 6809 03:52:01,228 --> 03:52:02,296 DEGRADATION. 6810 03:52:02,296 --> 03:52:03,630 PEOPLE WORE THESE TAMPONS FOR 6811 03:52:03,630 --> 03:52:04,865 DIFFERENT TIMES. 6812 03:52:04,865 --> 03:52:05,532 NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY IN THE 6813 03:52:05,532 --> 03:52:06,166 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. 6814 03:52:06,166 --> 03:52:07,834 SO HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THAT 6815 03:52:07,834 --> 03:52:09,836 DOWNSTREAM. 6816 03:52:09,836 --> 03:52:12,573 ANOTHER PROBLEM WAS DIFFERING 6817 03:52:12,573 --> 03:52:13,574 TISSUE COMPOSITION. 6818 03:52:13,574 --> 03:52:16,076 SO AS YOU CAN ASK SOMEBODY, TELL 6819 03:52:16,076 --> 03:52:17,778 US WHAT DAY YOU WORE THIS 6820 03:52:17,778 --> 03:52:19,713 TAMPON, AND CAN YOU GIVE US SOME 6821 03:52:19,713 --> 03:52:21,248 SORT OF SENSE WHETHER IT'S HEAVY 6822 03:52:21,248 --> 03:52:24,384 FLOW DAY, LIGHT FLOW DAY, MEDIUM 6823 03:52:24,384 --> 03:52:24,651 FLOW DAY? 6824 03:52:24,651 --> 03:52:26,687 THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE 6825 03:52:26,687 --> 03:52:27,888 TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION IS PROB 6826 03:52:27,888 --> 03:52:34,328 BY GPROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OFE 6827 03:52:34,328 --> 03:52:36,296 BIGGEST VARYING DRIVERS -- I 6828 03:52:36,296 --> 03:52:38,498 SHOW YOU THIS GRAPH BECAUSE IT 6829 03:52:38,498 --> 03:52:39,132 REALLY GIVES YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE 6830 03:52:39,132 --> 03:52:40,267 OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO 6831 03:52:40,267 --> 03:52:41,802 NORMALIZE THIS DATASET. 6832 03:52:41,802 --> 03:52:43,904 ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE RED 6833 03:52:43,904 --> 03:52:47,307 AND YELLOW DOTS, YOU'RE SEEING 6834 03:52:47,307 --> 03:52:48,642 SUBJECTIVELY LABELED PLOT OF 6835 03:52:48,642 --> 03:52:50,978 PEOPLE TELLING US, I THINK THIS 6836 03:52:50,978 --> 03:52:52,179 IS MY HEAVY FLOW DAY, I THINK 6837 03:52:52,179 --> 03:52:54,047 THIS IS MY LIGHT, MEDIUM FLOW 6838 03:52:54,047 --> 03:52:55,349 DAY, WHAT YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY 6839 03:52:55,349 --> 03:52:56,917 JUST SEE IS NOISE. 6840 03:52:56,917 --> 03:52:57,217 IT'S CHAOS. 6841 03:52:57,217 --> 03:52:57,751 THERE'S NO PATTERN THERE. 6842 03:52:57,751 --> 03:53:01,822 PEOPLE ARE NOT RELIABLY CALLING 6843 03:53:01,822 --> 03:53:03,223 WHAT DAY THEY'RE ON. 6844 03:53:03,223 --> 03:53:03,790 ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WE 6845 03:53:03,790 --> 03:53:05,259 DEVELOPED A MOLECULAR LABELING 6846 03:53:05,259 --> 03:53:06,994 SYSTEM, WE SAMPLED PEOPLE EVERY 6847 03:53:06,994 --> 03:53:09,029 SINGLE DAY OF THEIR MENSTRUAL 6848 03:53:09,029 --> 03:53:11,198 CYCLE AND WE SAID THIS IS 6849 03:53:11,198 --> 03:53:13,333 HEAVIEST FLOW DAY, THIS IS 6850 03:53:13,333 --> 03:53:13,834 ABSOLUTELY NO BLEEDING. 6851 03:53:13,834 --> 03:53:15,969 IF YOU USED THAT ACTUALLY 6852 03:53:15,969 --> 03:53:17,604 DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO 6853 03:53:17,604 --> 03:53:18,972 MOLECULARLY LABEL THESE SAMPLES, 6854 03:53:18,972 --> 03:53:21,141 BOOM, YOU GET THIS IMMEDIATE 6855 03:53:21,141 --> 03:53:22,009 PATTERN. 6856 03:53:22,009 --> 03:53:23,877 SO IT REALLY WAS YEARS OF 6857 03:53:23,877 --> 03:53:25,579 DEVELOPING THESE NORMALIZATION 6858 03:53:25,579 --> 03:53:27,414 STRATEGIES THAT TOOK A LONG 6859 03:53:27,414 --> 03:53:28,649 TIME, BUT GOT YOU TO A PLACE 6860 03:53:28,649 --> 03:53:30,050 THAT WHEN YOU'RE COMPARING 6861 03:53:30,050 --> 03:53:31,285 SAMPLES FROM INDIVIDUALS, YOU 6862 03:53:31,285 --> 03:53:33,053 KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A 6863 03:53:33,053 --> 03:53:34,488 DIFFERENCE THAT COULD BE 6864 03:53:34,488 --> 03:53:36,156 ATTRIBUTABLE TO BIOLOGICAL 6865 03:53:36,156 --> 03:53:39,126 PHENOMENON AND NOT AN ARTIFACT. 6866 03:53:39,126 --> 03:53:40,093 ALL RIGHT, OTHER CHALLENGES. 6867 03:53:40,093 --> 03:53:41,228 THERE ARE CHALLENGES DEFINING 6868 03:53:41,228 --> 03:53:44,631 WHAT A CASE IS. 6869 03:53:44,631 --> 03:53:45,932 THE LAPAROSCOPY IS REFERRED TO 6870 03:53:45,932 --> 03:53:47,134 AS A GOLD STANDARD. 6871 03:53:47,134 --> 03:53:49,102 I ONCE HEARD SOMEONE VERY 6872 03:53:49,102 --> 03:53:50,804 BRILLIANTLY REFER TO IT AS A 6873 03:53:50,804 --> 03:53:53,974 BRONZE STANDARD, WHICH IS -- 6874 03:53:53,974 --> 03:53:54,941 SOME SURGEONS WILL GO IN AND 6875 03:53:54,941 --> 03:53:57,244 THEY WON'T TAKE A BIOPSY FOR THE 6876 03:53:57,244 --> 03:53:57,844 PATH LAB. 6877 03:53:57,844 --> 03:54:00,047 IS THAT AN ENDOMETRIOSIS CALL? 6878 03:54:00,047 --> 03:54:02,516 SOMEONE WILL, YOU KNOW, GET 20 6879 03:54:02,516 --> 03:54:04,251 BIOPSIES AND ONE IS CALLED 6880 03:54:04,251 --> 03:54:04,518 POSITIVE. 6881 03:54:04,518 --> 03:54:05,919 DO YOU WANT TO CALL THAT AN 6882 03:54:05,919 --> 03:54:07,020 ENDOMETRIOSIS PATIENT? 6883 03:54:07,020 --> 03:54:09,423 SOMEONE WILL GO IN AND THEY HAD 6884 03:54:09,423 --> 03:54:11,325 ENDOMETRIOSIS THREE YEARS AGO, 6885 03:54:11,325 --> 03:54:12,659 THEY HAD MOST OF THE TISSUE 6886 03:54:12,659 --> 03:54:13,960 REMOVED AND THEY COME TO YOU AND 6887 03:54:13,960 --> 03:54:15,262 THEY'RE LIKE, I HAVE 6888 03:54:15,262 --> 03:54:15,595 ENDOMETRIOSIS. 6889 03:54:15,595 --> 03:54:16,997 HOW DO YOU CLASSIFY THEM? 6890 03:54:16,997 --> 03:54:17,731 DO THEY STILL HAVE 6891 03:54:17,731 --> 03:54:20,233 ENDOMETRIOSIS? 6892 03:54:20,233 --> 03:54:23,070 AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF 6893 03:54:23,070 --> 03:54:25,105 CHALLENGES REALLY HONING IN AND 6894 03:54:25,105 --> 03:54:27,040 BEING VERY PRECISE ABOUT WHAT A 6895 03:54:27,040 --> 03:54:27,941 CASE IS. 6896 03:54:27,941 --> 03:54:29,242 SAME CHALLENGES IN DEFINING WHAT 6897 03:54:29,242 --> 03:54:31,178 A CONTROL IS. 6898 03:54:31,178 --> 03:54:34,581 WURNTION THERE'S A SCARCITY OF 6899 03:54:34,581 --> 03:54:38,852 TRUE ENDO NEGATIVE CONTROLS. 6900 03:54:38,852 --> 03:54:39,920 THERE ARE OTHER CHALLENGES. 6901 03:54:39,920 --> 03:54:41,521 EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE 6902 03:54:41,521 --> 03:54:42,255 ENDO-NEGATIVE, THEY COME IN AND 6903 03:54:42,255 --> 03:54:43,924 THEY SAY I HAD A LAP THREE YEARS 6904 03:54:43,924 --> 03:54:45,125 AGO WHEN WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD 6905 03:54:45,125 --> 03:54:47,694 PEOPLE IN OUR TRIALS WHO HAD 6906 03:54:47,694 --> 03:54:52,232 LAPS TWO YEARS AGO, E 6907 03:54:52,232 --> 03:54:52,999 ENDO-NEGATIVE, STILL HAD 6908 03:54:52,999 --> 03:54:54,067 SYMPTOMS, THEY WENT TO A 6909 03:54:54,067 --> 03:54:55,736 DIFFERENT SURGEON, THEY'RE 6910 03:54:55,736 --> 03:54:56,169 ENDO-POSITIVE. 6911 03:54:56,169 --> 03:54:59,606 SO THERE'S A LOT OF 6912 03:54:59,606 --> 03:55:00,374 SUBJECTIVITY, SURGEON SKILLSET. 6913 03:55:00,374 --> 03:55:02,342 THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE IN THE 6914 03:55:02,342 --> 03:55:03,810 SYSTEM THAT CAN MAKE DEFINING 6915 03:55:03,810 --> 03:55:06,046 WHAT A CONTROL IS CHALLENGING. 6916 03:55:06,046 --> 03:55:09,383 THERE ARE CHALLENGES IN -- ONE 6917 03:55:09,383 --> 03:55:11,251 IS DIAGNOSTIC REIMBURSEMENT, SO 6918 03:55:11,251 --> 03:55:13,487 WE HEARD A LOT BL INVESTING IN 6919 03:55:13,487 --> 03:55:15,355 THE SPACE AND INVESTMENT FOR 6920 03:55:15,355 --> 03:55:17,090 DIAGNOSTICS IN GENERAL IS 6921 03:55:17,090 --> 03:55:19,025 CHALLENGING BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS 6922 03:55:19,025 --> 03:55:21,962 LUCRATIVE FROM AN ROI 6923 03:55:21,962 --> 03:55:22,863 PERSPECTIVE DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR 6924 03:55:22,863 --> 03:55:24,531 THAT YOU PUT INTO A DRUG, YOU'RE 6925 03:55:24,531 --> 03:55:26,166 GOING TO GET A HIGHER RETURN 6926 03:55:26,166 --> 03:55:27,167 INTO DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC. 6927 03:55:27,167 --> 03:55:28,468 THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE ARE 6928 03:55:28,468 --> 03:55:31,571 IN A COMMERCIAL REIMBURSEMENT 6929 03:55:31,571 --> 03:55:34,207 SYSTEM FOR WOMEN WHO ARE OF 6930 03:55:34,207 --> 03:55:35,075 REPRODUCTIVE AGE THROUGH THE 6931 03:55:35,075 --> 03:55:36,276 RUBRIC THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES 6932 03:55:36,276 --> 03:55:38,745 USE TO SAY CAN YOU SAVE ME MONEY 6933 03:55:38,745 --> 03:55:40,247 WITH THIS DIAGNOSTIC IN 12 6934 03:55:40,247 --> 03:55:41,715 MONTHS, WHICH IS ABOUT ON 6935 03:55:41,715 --> 03:55:43,216 AVERAGE HOW LONG I WILL HOLD ON 6936 03:55:43,216 --> 03:55:43,850 TO THIS PATIENT. 6937 03:55:43,850 --> 03:55:46,953 SO THIS IS PRIVATE PAYERS. 6938 03:55:46,953 --> 03:55:49,456 SO IF YOU ARE DIAGNOSING SOMEONE 6939 03:55:49,456 --> 03:55:51,057 WITH ENDOMETRIOSIS 6940 03:55:51,057 --> 03:55:52,359 NON-INVASIVELY, YOU'VE MADE THAT 6941 03:55:52,359 --> 03:55:53,660 PROCESS VERY EASY, YOU ARE 6942 03:55:53,660 --> 03:55:55,562 LIKELY INCREASING THE COST OF 6943 03:55:55,562 --> 03:55:56,563 THAT HUMAN BEING WHILE THEY ARE 6944 03:55:56,563 --> 03:55:58,532 BEING COVERED BY THAT COMMERCIAL 6945 03:55:58,532 --> 03:56:00,167 PAYER. 6946 03:56:00,167 --> 03:56:01,468 SO INCENTIVES AREN'T QUITE THERE 6947 03:56:01,468 --> 03:56:03,103 TO ACTUALLY MAKE THIS SOMETHING 6948 03:56:03,103 --> 03:56:04,971 THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES WANT TO 6949 03:56:04,971 --> 03:56:05,439 REIMBURSE. 6950 03:56:05,439 --> 03:56:08,475 BUT WE KEEP GOING BECAUSE THE 6951 03:56:08,475 --> 03:56:09,743 RESEARCH ON ENDOMETRIOSIS IS 6952 03:56:09,743 --> 03:56:09,943 CLEAR. 6953 03:56:09,943 --> 03:56:11,478 HIGHER RATES OF INFERTILITY, 6954 03:56:11,478 --> 03:56:14,481 HIGHER RATES OF OVARIAN CANCER, 6955 03:56:14,481 --> 03:56:15,248 PREECLAMPSIA, PRETERM LABOR. 6956 03:56:15,248 --> 03:56:17,317 AND THIS IS A BIG FOOTPRINT. 6957 03:56:17,317 --> 03:56:20,787 10% OF ALL FEMALE-BORN BODIES 6958 03:56:20,787 --> 03:56:21,321 AFFECTED BY THIS DISEASE. 6959 03:56:21,321 --> 03:56:22,756 SO ALL OF THOSE CHALLENGES 6960 03:56:22,756 --> 03:56:25,058 BECOME WORTH TACKLING. 6961 03:56:25,058 --> 03:56:26,626 I'LL JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE 6962 03:56:26,626 --> 03:56:26,960 OTHER THINGS. 6963 03:56:26,960 --> 03:56:28,795 WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WORKING ON A 6964 03:56:28,795 --> 03:56:31,097 NONINVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC, BUT IT 6965 03:56:31,097 --> 03:56:34,234 COULD BE, IF IT WORKS, AN 6966 03:56:34,234 --> 03:56:35,302 EVALUATIVE PLATFORM, SO YOU 6967 03:56:35,302 --> 03:56:37,471 COULD IMAGINE NOW IN CLINICAL 6968 03:56:37,471 --> 03:56:39,105 TRIALS, YOU TAKE A TAMPON-BASED 6969 03:56:39,105 --> 03:56:40,640 TEST, DETERMINE WHETHER YOU HAVE 6970 03:56:40,640 --> 03:56:41,942 THE DISEASE, YOU ADMINISTER A 6971 03:56:41,942 --> 03:56:46,279 SMALL MOLECULE, YOU TAKE A TAM 6972 03:56:46,279 --> 03:56:47,180 TAMPON-BASED TEST SIX MONTHS 6973 03:56:47,180 --> 03:56:48,815 LATER, REALLY SIMPLIFYING HOW 6974 03:56:48,815 --> 03:56:49,749 YOU DO CLINICAL RESEARCH. 6975 03:56:49,749 --> 03:56:51,051 THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY IS 6976 03:56:51,051 --> 03:56:51,618 PRE-CLINICAL IMPACT. 6977 03:56:51,618 --> 03:56:54,020 WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN MENSTRUAL 6978 03:56:54,020 --> 03:56:56,923 BLOOD COLLECTED IN CUPS, WHICH 6979 03:56:56,923 --> 03:56:59,659 HAS LIVE CELLS, AN WE HAVE 6980 03:56:59,659 --> 03:57:00,961 INTRODUCED DIFFERENT 6981 03:57:00,961 --> 03:57:02,596 CONCENTRATIONS OF DRUGS AT 6982 03:57:02,596 --> 03:57:04,631 DIFFERENT TIME POINT AND DONE 6983 03:57:04,631 --> 03:57:05,765 SEQUENCING ON BOTH THE VEHICLE, 6984 03:57:05,765 --> 03:57:07,467 NO DRUG, AND ALL THESE 6985 03:57:07,467 --> 03:57:08,502 EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS TO BE 6986 03:57:08,502 --> 03:57:13,340 ABLE TO STEAP WH ESTABLISH WHATS 6987 03:57:13,340 --> 03:57:14,541 CHANGING AND WHAT IT'S DONE TO 6988 03:57:14,541 --> 03:57:17,143 HELP DRUG DEVELOPERS UNDERSTAND 6989 03:57:17,143 --> 03:57:17,911 MECHANISM OF ACTION. 6990 03:57:17,911 --> 03:57:19,112 SO THERE ARE JUST MANY 6991 03:57:19,112 --> 03:57:21,414 INTERESTING THINGS YOU CAN DO 6992 03:57:21,414 --> 03:57:22,682 WITH THIS SAMPLE TYPE AND I 6993 03:57:22,682 --> 03:57:24,084 THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 6994 03:57:24,084 --> 03:57:26,486 BEGINNING TO RECOGNIZE THAT 6995 03:57:26,486 --> 03:57:28,221 EVERY TIME SOMEONE HAS MENTIONED 6996 03:57:28,221 --> 03:57:32,592 A MENSTRUAL E EFFLUENCE EFFORT 6997 03:57:32,592 --> 03:57:34,895 HERE BEFORE, JULIE ELBOWED ME 6998 03:57:34,895 --> 03:57:37,264 AND HE SAID WAS THAT YOU, AND 6999 03:57:37,264 --> 03:57:38,465 THE SPACE IS HOT NOW WHICH WE 7000 03:57:38,465 --> 03:57:38,999 LOVE. 7001 03:57:38,999 --> 03:57:41,701 I JUST -- THE NUMBER ONE THANK 7002 03:57:41,701 --> 03:57:43,770 YOU I WANT TO GIVE IS TO OUR 7003 03:57:43,770 --> 03:57:44,437 CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPANTS. 7004 03:57:44,437 --> 03:57:46,072 THEY HAVE GIVEN US OVER 2,000 7005 03:57:46,072 --> 03:57:47,541 TAMPONS AND NONE OF THIS WOULD 7006 03:57:47,541 --> 03:57:48,875 BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEM. 7007 03:57:48,875 --> 03:57:57,751 THANK YOU. 7008 03:57:57,751 --> 03:57:59,152 >> I'D LIKE TO INVITE EACH OF 7009 03:57:59,152 --> 03:58:01,054 OUR SPEAKERS UP TO JOIN ME ON 7010 03:58:01,054 --> 03:58:01,321 THE PANEL. 7011 03:58:01,321 --> 03:58:02,389 WE'LL HAVE A BRIEF MODERATED 7012 03:58:02,389 --> 03:58:03,723 DISCUSSION AND I WILL, OF 7013 03:58:03,723 --> 03:58:06,159 COURSE, LEAVE ROOM FOR OUR 7014 03:58:06,159 --> 03:58:16,703 COUNCILMEMBERS TO QUERY AS WELL. 7015 03:58:17,203 --> 03:58:19,406 >> THAT WAS FANTASTIC OBVIOUSLY. 7016 03:58:19,406 --> 03:58:23,109 YOWE DID A GREAT JOB CHOOSING OR 7017 03:58:23,109 --> 03:58:23,476 PANELISTS. 7018 03:58:23,476 --> 03:58:24,744 AND WE ALSO COVERED SEVERAL 7019 03:58:24,744 --> 03:58:26,112 DIFFERENT AREAS AND BASES BUT 7020 03:58:26,112 --> 03:58:29,282 ONE THING I REALLY WANT TO HIT I 7021 03:58:29,282 --> 03:58:31,685 THINK EACH OF YOU TOUCHED ON IN 7022 03:58:31,685 --> 03:58:33,486 DIFFERENT WAYS AND I THINK IT'S 7023 03:58:33,486 --> 03:58:35,922 A CONCERN OF THE PUBLIC, DATA. 7024 03:58:35,922 --> 03:58:37,691 THE MANAGING IT, YOU COLLECTED 7025 03:58:37,691 --> 03:58:39,292 LARGE AMOUNTS OF VERY PERSONAL 7026 03:58:39,292 --> 03:58:40,493 SPECIFIC DATA, WE THINK ABOUT 7027 03:58:40,493 --> 03:58:41,595 SAFETY, WE THINK ABOUT 7028 03:58:41,595 --> 03:58:42,596 CONVINCING PATIENTS TO PROVIDE 7029 03:58:42,596 --> 03:58:44,197 THE DATA AND WE THINK ABOUT 7030 03:58:44,197 --> 03:58:47,000 USING DATA AND DATA OF YOUR 7031 03:58:47,000 --> 03:58:48,134 COMMERCIAL ENTITY IS ALSO A 7032 03:58:48,134 --> 03:58:48,835 COMMODITY. 7033 03:58:48,835 --> 03:58:50,503 JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU ALL THINK 7034 03:58:50,503 --> 03:58:51,805 ABOUT DATA IN THE ASPECTS OF 7035 03:58:51,805 --> 03:58:55,108 YOUR WORK AND WHAT WE NEED TO BE 7036 03:58:55,108 --> 03:59:01,581 THINKING ABOUT. 7037 03:59:01,581 --> 03:59:03,183 >> YOU'VE MENTIONED ALL THE DATA 7038 03:59:03,183 --> 03:59:03,717 WE COLLECTED. 7039 03:59:03,717 --> 03:59:07,454 WE HAVE A VERY EXPLICIT APPROACH 7040 03:59:07,454 --> 03:59:11,625 OF PERMISSING THE DATA, THIS IS 7041 03:59:11,625 --> 03:59:12,993 A 30-MINUTE CALL, WALKING THEM 7042 03:59:12,993 --> 03:59:14,027 THROUGH CONSENT, EXPLAINING ALL 7043 03:59:14,027 --> 03:59:15,795 OF THE RESEARCH PRIORITIES THAT 7044 03:59:15,795 --> 03:59:16,796 WE'RE PRESUMING AND MAKING SURE 7045 03:59:16,796 --> 03:59:19,532 THEY UNDERSTAND THAT, AND SO 7046 03:59:19,532 --> 03:59:21,668 EVERY SAMPLE THAT IS IN OUR 7047 03:59:21,668 --> 03:59:25,605 DATABASE AND OUR BIOBANK IS 7048 03:59:25,605 --> 03:59:26,406 EXPLICITLY CONSENTED TO BE USED 7049 03:59:26,406 --> 03:59:28,642 FOR THAT RESEARCH. 7050 03:59:28,642 --> 03:59:30,510 WE ALSO GO THROUGH THE EFFORT OF 7051 03:59:30,510 --> 03:59:31,945 DE-IDENTIFYING IT SO WE GIVE 7052 03:59:31,945 --> 03:59:38,084 THEM ALL ALPHANUMERIC IDs AND 7053 03:59:38,084 --> 03:59:39,252 AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, 7054 03:59:39,252 --> 03:59:40,320 WE'RE OBLIGATED TO KEEP THE 7055 03:59:40,320 --> 03:59:41,821 CONNECTION, THE LINK BETWEEN 7056 03:59:41,821 --> 03:59:44,124 THEIR IDENTITY AND THEIR 7057 03:59:44,124 --> 03:59:45,525 ALPHANUMERIC CODE FOR ABOUT FIVE 7058 03:59:45,525 --> 03:59:45,725 YEARS. 7059 03:59:45,725 --> 03:59:49,095 AFTER THAT, WE DESTROY IT AND 7060 03:59:49,095 --> 03:59:50,196 THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO EVEN 7061 03:59:50,196 --> 03:59:51,097 LINK BACK TO WHO IT IS. 7062 03:59:51,097 --> 03:59:52,499 SO WE TRY TO BE BOTH UP FRONT 7063 03:59:52,499 --> 03:59:54,234 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND 7064 03:59:54,234 --> 03:59:56,202 GET PERMISSION TO USE THE DATA 7065 03:59:56,202 --> 03:59:57,203 EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE 7066 03:59:57,203 --> 03:59:59,572 IT AND THEN WE ARE VERY THOROUGH 7067 03:59:59,572 --> 04:00:01,641 ABOUT MAKING SURE WE'RE 7068 04:00:01,641 --> 04:00:02,609 DE-LINKING IT FROM WHO THE 7069 04:00:02,609 --> 04:00:07,013 PERSON ACTUALLY IS. 7070 04:00:07,013 --> 04:00:08,948 >> I THINK FROM A RESEARCH 7071 04:00:08,948 --> 04:00:09,716 PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S NO QUESTION 7072 04:00:09,716 --> 04:00:11,151 THAT DATA IS THING THAT WE'RE 7073 04:00:11,151 --> 04:00:13,787 MISSING THE MOST IN WOMEN'S 7074 04:00:13,787 --> 04:00:14,020 HEALTH. 7075 04:00:14,020 --> 04:00:16,156 I RAN A WORKSHOP THIS SUMMER ON 7076 04:00:16,156 --> 04:00:17,824 ENGINEERING AND WOMEN'S HEALTH 7077 04:00:17,824 --> 04:00:19,059 AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE 7078 04:00:19,059 --> 04:00:19,859 ROOM WERE THERE. 7079 04:00:19,859 --> 04:00:22,462 I DID AN ANALYSIS, JUST A 7080 04:00:22,462 --> 04:00:23,329 TEXT-BASED ANALYSIS OF ALL OF 7081 04:00:23,329 --> 04:00:25,131 THE NOTES FROM THAT ENTIRE 7082 04:00:25,131 --> 04:00:26,366 MEETING, AND THE SINGLE MOST 7083 04:00:26,366 --> 04:00:28,334 COMMONLY UTTERED WORD IN THOSE 7084 04:00:28,334 --> 04:00:31,037 NOTES WAS "DATA," BECAUSE ALL OF 7085 04:00:31,037 --> 04:00:32,672 US WHO ARE RESEARCHERS IN THIS 7086 04:00:32,672 --> 04:00:35,241 FIELD REALLY ARE LACKING DATA, 7087 04:00:35,241 --> 04:00:36,376 AND I GAVE THE EXAMPLE ALREADY 7088 04:00:36,376 --> 04:00:38,712 OF MIDRC AND HOW YOU HAVE -- IF 7089 04:00:38,712 --> 04:00:40,513 YOU WANT TO TRAIN AN A.I. MODEL 7090 04:00:40,513 --> 04:00:42,348 ON THOUSANDS OF COVID LUNGS, YOU 7091 04:00:42,348 --> 04:00:44,084 CAN VERY EASILY DO THAT. 7092 04:00:44,084 --> 04:00:45,285 IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE 7093 04:00:45,285 --> 04:00:47,120 THIS IN WOMEN'S HEALTH, YOU HAVE 7094 04:00:47,120 --> 04:00:49,956 TO COLLECT THE DATA 7095 04:00:49,956 --> 04:00:50,290 PROSPECTIVELY. 7096 04:00:50,290 --> 04:00:54,961 NOW THE GOOD THING FROM MY 7097 04:00:54,961 --> 04:00:55,562 PERSPECTIVE IN THE YEARS I'VE 7098 04:00:55,562 --> 04:00:57,163 BEEN DOING THIS IS, I HAVE FOUND 7099 04:00:57,163 --> 04:00:59,332 MOST PREGNANT WOMEN TO BE 7100 04:00:59,332 --> 04:01:02,936 EXTREMELY GENEROUS WITH THEIR 7101 04:01:02,936 --> 04:01:04,871 GIVING CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN 7102 04:01:04,871 --> 04:01:06,306 THE RESEARCH FOR US TO KEEP THE 7103 04:01:06,306 --> 04:01:06,740 IMAGES. 7104 04:01:06,740 --> 04:01:08,775 WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH 7105 04:01:08,775 --> 04:01:09,442 GENETICS, AND I THINK THAT DOES 7106 04:01:09,442 --> 04:01:11,311 HELP US A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE 7107 04:01:11,311 --> 04:01:13,613 WE'RE MOSTLY COLLECTING IMAGING 7108 04:01:13,613 --> 04:01:16,883 DATA AND CHART KIND OF DATA AND 7109 04:01:16,883 --> 04:01:18,384 ALSO DE-IDENTIFYING EVERYTHING, 7110 04:01:18,384 --> 04:01:20,153 AND WE TREAT THAT DATA LIKE GOLD 7111 04:01:20,153 --> 04:01:21,988 AND WE USE IT OVER AND OVER AND 7112 04:01:21,988 --> 04:01:23,189 OVER AGAIN AND THAT'S PART OF 7113 04:01:23,189 --> 04:01:24,624 OUR INITIAL CONSENT PROCESS 7114 04:01:24,624 --> 04:01:27,026 BECAUSE THIS DATA IS SO 7115 04:01:27,026 --> 04:01:27,660 PRECIOUS, THERE'S SO LITTLE OF 7116 04:01:27,660 --> 04:01:28,962 IT AND WE NEED SO MUCH MORE OF 7117 04:01:28,962 --> 04:01:32,932 IT. 7118 04:01:32,932 --> 04:01:34,467 >> OKAY, GREAT. 7119 04:01:34,467 --> 04:01:36,402 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 7120 04:01:36,402 --> 04:01:38,705 AND JULIE, I DO WANT TO TURN TO 7121 04:01:38,705 --> 04:01:40,573 IT BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU WEREN'T 7122 04:01:40,573 --> 04:01:44,077 AN ENGINEER, THEN YOU WENT TO 7123 04:01:44,077 --> 04:01:45,578 EVATAR, YOU WANTED TO MAKE IT 7124 04:01:45,578 --> 04:01:47,113 FASTER, BETTER, CHEAPER, THAT'S 7125 04:01:47,113 --> 04:01:48,815 WHAT THEY DO TO GET TO LATTICE, 7126 04:01:48,815 --> 04:01:52,085 TO THE LATTICE MODEL. 7127 04:01:52,085 --> 04:01:54,053 BUT ALSO PCOS, HOW THAT HASN'T 7128 04:01:54,053 --> 04:01:56,122 COME UP A LOT AND HOW THAT 7129 04:01:56,122 --> 04:01:58,291 INFLUENCES MANY OF THESE OTHER 7130 04:01:58,291 --> 04:01:59,826 DISEASES THAT THE OTHER TWO 7131 04:01:59,826 --> 04:02:01,027 RESEARCHERS WERE DISCUSSING. 7132 04:02:01,027 --> 04:02:01,895 SO WHEN I HEAR ABOUT ALL THIS, I 7133 04:02:01,895 --> 04:02:03,129 HAVE FRIENDS WITH MULTIPLE 7134 04:02:03,129 --> 04:02:05,031 CROSSOVER ISSUES, AND I REALLY 7135 04:02:05,031 --> 04:02:05,832 BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS 7136 04:02:05,832 --> 04:02:08,334 THIS N OF 1 ISSUE, RIGHT? 7137 04:02:08,334 --> 04:02:10,103 IT'S NOT -- WE COLLECT DATA TO 7138 04:02:10,103 --> 04:02:11,271 TRY TO DO AVERAGES, THAT DOESN'T 7139 04:02:11,271 --> 04:02:12,705 WORK FOR ALL WOMEN AS WE'VE BEEN 7140 04:02:12,705 --> 04:02:13,473 HEARING ABOUT. 7141 04:02:13,473 --> 04:02:14,674 I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU THINK ABOUT 7142 04:02:14,674 --> 04:02:16,943 AN N OF 1, HOW YOUR TOOLS MIGHT 7143 04:02:16,943 --> 04:02:20,113 HELP INFORM A PATIENT AND A 7144 04:02:20,113 --> 04:02:22,282 CLINICIAN, HOW TO DEAL WITH ME 7145 04:02:22,282 --> 04:02:24,818 VERSUS THE BROADER POPULATION. 7146 04:02:24,818 --> 04:02:27,086 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 7147 04:02:27,086 --> 04:02:28,521 I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS 7148 04:02:28,521 --> 04:02:30,723 IN ANOTHER TALK, BUT I THINK THE 7149 04:02:30,723 --> 04:02:35,829 WAY TO STUDY THOSE DISEASES IS 7150 04:02:35,829 --> 04:02:37,030 TO LOOK AT THE GENETICS. 7151 04:02:37,030 --> 04:02:38,665 PCOS DOES HAVE A GENETIC 7152 04:02:38,665 --> 04:02:39,532 COMPONENT. 7153 04:02:39,532 --> 04:02:46,306 BUT IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET AND 7154 04:02:46,306 --> 04:02:49,342 INDUCE PLAWR EE POTENT STEM 7155 04:02:49,342 --> 04:02:52,412 CELLS IN A PATIENT WITH PCOS 7156 04:02:52,412 --> 04:02:53,279 AND -- CELLS INTERESTED IN 7157 04:02:53,279 --> 04:02:54,781 WORKING TOGETHER, THAT WOULD BE 7158 04:02:54,781 --> 04:02:55,381 MORE OF A PERSONALIZED PLATE 7159 04:02:55,381 --> 04:02:58,985 WHERE YOU CAN TRY DRUGS, ET 7160 04:02:58,985 --> 04:02:59,886 CETERA, AND ULTIMATELY AT THE 7161 04:02:59,886 --> 04:03:01,387 END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT WE 7162 04:03:01,387 --> 04:03:02,121 WANT. 7163 04:03:02,121 --> 04:03:03,957 WE WANT TO STUDY EACH PATIENT 7164 04:03:03,957 --> 04:03:05,291 AND THEIR CONDITIONS AND THEIR 7165 04:03:05,291 --> 04:03:08,328 GENETICS ALL IN ONE, AND SEE 7166 04:03:08,328 --> 04:03:11,497 WHAT IS THE OVARY DOING OR 7167 04:03:11,497 --> 04:03:12,899 GRANULOIS A CELLS DOING WHRA IS 7168 04:03:12,899 --> 04:03:17,103 THE LIVER DOING, WHAT IS THE 7169 04:03:17,103 --> 04:03:18,071 PANCREAS DOING. 7170 04:03:18,071 --> 04:03:19,672 SO I THINK THAT IS THE WAY TO GO 7171 04:03:19,672 --> 04:03:21,507 WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF 7172 04:03:21,507 --> 04:03:23,076 THE NOISE WE TALKED ABOUT, 7173 04:03:23,076 --> 04:03:24,510 HETEROGENEITY, TO BE ABLE TO 7174 04:03:24,510 --> 04:03:26,813 LOOK AT IT IN A PERMIZED MATTER. 7175 04:03:26,813 --> 04:03:29,482 >> AND WHAT MEDICAL EDUCATION DO 7176 04:03:29,482 --> 04:03:30,917 YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED 7177 04:03:30,917 --> 04:03:34,687 FOR THE CLINICIANS TO BUY INTO 7178 04:03:34,687 --> 04:03:36,389 THE DATA OR THE N OF 1 YOU 7179 04:03:36,389 --> 04:03:38,391 PREDICTED IN YOUR MODELS? 7180 04:03:38,391 --> 04:03:40,059 EDUCATION FOR THE CLINICIAN, TO 7181 04:03:40,059 --> 04:03:41,594 COME IN AND SAY I WOULD BELIEVE 7182 04:03:41,594 --> 04:03:45,565 THIS DATA AND APPLY TO MY 7183 04:03:45,565 --> 04:03:45,798 PATIENT. 7184 04:03:45,798 --> 04:03:48,167 >> YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE 7185 04:03:48,167 --> 04:03:53,206 THEM CONVINCING DATA, NOT AN N 7186 04:03:53,206 --> 04:03:55,942 OF 1, BUT LET'S SAY A VILLAGE OF 7187 04:03:55,942 --> 04:03:57,343 PEOPLE AND LINK THAT INTO A 7188 04:03:57,343 --> 04:03:58,211 CERTAIN PHENOTYPE, FOR EXAMPLE. 7189 04:03:58,211 --> 04:04:00,313 SO AGAIN, DATA COLLECTION, 7190 04:04:00,313 --> 04:04:01,981 CONVINCING CLINICIANS THAT THIS 7191 04:04:01,981 --> 04:04:03,583 IS THE WAY TO GO, LOOK AT THE 7192 04:04:03,583 --> 04:04:04,550 DIFFERENT PATIENTS THAT WE HAVE 7193 04:04:04,550 --> 04:04:08,821 ON THIS PLATE, LOOK HOW 7194 04:04:08,821 --> 04:04:10,089 DIFFERENTLY THEY'RE RESPONDING 7195 04:04:10,089 --> 04:04:10,657 TO DIFFERENT MEDICATIONS AND 7196 04:04:10,657 --> 04:04:15,028 PROVIDE THEM WITH SUFFICIENT 7197 04:04:15,028 --> 04:04:16,562 DATA. 7198 04:04:16,562 --> 04:04:19,699 >> BACK TO YOU, MICHELLE. 7199 04:04:19,699 --> 04:04:20,466 THE DIGITAL TWINS, A DIFFERENT 7200 04:04:20,466 --> 04:04:22,101 TAKE ON THE N OF 1 MODEL, BUT 7201 04:04:22,101 --> 04:04:24,103 ALSO WHEN I LISTENED TO THE 7202 04:04:24,103 --> 04:04:24,804 THREE OF YOU SPEAK, SURGERIES 7203 04:04:24,804 --> 04:04:26,906 DIDN'T COME UP MUCH, MAYBE IT'S 7204 04:04:26,906 --> 04:04:28,841 A GOOD THING, MAYBE IT'S NOT. 7205 04:04:28,841 --> 04:04:29,809 I WONDER, MICHELLE, IN SOME OF 7206 04:04:29,809 --> 04:04:31,878 YOUR MODELS WHERE YOU TALKED 7207 04:04:31,878 --> 04:04:33,146 ABOUT CESAREAN SECTIONS, THAT 7208 04:04:33,146 --> 04:04:33,880 WAS CHANGED. 7209 04:04:33,880 --> 04:04:35,915 NOW AS YOU DO THESE NEW MODELS, 7210 04:04:35,915 --> 04:04:37,550 ARE THEY TO INFORM SURGICAL 7211 04:04:37,550 --> 04:04:39,552 ADVICE, TREATMENTS, THERAPIES OR 7212 04:04:39,552 --> 04:04:40,720 WHAT WOULD THE CLINICIAN BE 7213 04:04:40,720 --> 04:04:44,657 ASKED TO DO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 7214 04:04:44,657 --> 04:04:46,392 RECEIVING YOUR ANALYSIS AND 7215 04:04:46,392 --> 04:04:46,993 AGAIN, HOW WOULD YOU TAKE THAT 7216 04:04:46,993 --> 04:04:47,827 ON THAT WALK WITH YOU AS YOU'VE 7217 04:04:47,827 --> 04:04:48,728 BEEN DEVELOPING THESE DIFFERENT 7218 04:04:48,728 --> 04:04:51,064 PRAK CYSTS SO THEN THEY'RE READY 7219 04:04:51,064 --> 04:04:51,998 TO DO THIS AND BELIEVE? 7220 04:04:51,998 --> 04:04:54,467 >> SO I MEAN, THE REASON WE'RE 7221 04:04:54,467 --> 04:04:56,602 DOING SOME OF THIS MODELING BOTH 7222 04:04:56,602 --> 04:04:57,236 IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PLACENTA 7223 04:04:57,236 --> 04:05:02,308 AND THEN THE CONTEXT OF THE 7224 04:05:02,308 --> 04:05:04,544 C-SECTION IS TO INFORM WHETHER 7225 04:05:04,544 --> 04:05:07,113 OR NOT PEOPLE NEED C-SECTIONS 7226 04:05:07,113 --> 04:05:07,680 AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED 7227 04:05:07,680 --> 04:05:07,981 THEM EARLY. 7228 04:05:07,981 --> 04:05:09,849 SO WITH PLACENTA MALFUNCTION, 7229 04:05:09,849 --> 04:05:11,851 YOU OFTEN HAVE A HIGH RATE OF 7230 04:05:11,851 --> 04:05:12,485 STILLBIRTH, SO THEY WILL GO IN 7231 04:05:12,485 --> 04:05:14,887 AND DO A PROPHYLACTIC C-SECTION 7232 04:05:14,887 --> 04:05:16,990 BUT THAT THEN LEADS TO AN 7233 04:05:16,990 --> 04:05:18,291 INDUCED PRETERM BIRTH. 7234 04:05:18,291 --> 04:05:20,159 OR WITH SOMEONE WHO'S HAD A 7235 04:05:20,159 --> 04:05:21,794 PREVIOUS C-SECTION IN AMERICA, 7236 04:05:21,794 --> 04:05:24,430 THEY WILL SCHEDULE ANOTHER 7237 04:05:24,430 --> 04:05:25,264 C-SECTION ALMOST BY DEFAULT. 7238 04:05:25,264 --> 04:05:27,700 THE RATE OF VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER 7239 04:05:27,700 --> 04:05:30,970 CESAREAN SECTION PREVIOUSLY IS 7240 04:05:30,970 --> 04:05:33,139 WELL OVER 50% IN PLACES LIKE 7241 04:05:33,139 --> 04:05:34,240 SCANDINAVIA -- I'M NORWEGIAN SO 7242 04:05:34,240 --> 04:05:35,975 I CAN KEEP REFERRING TO 7243 04:05:35,975 --> 04:05:39,145 SCANDINAVIA. 7244 04:05:39,145 --> 04:05:42,849 BUT SO IN OTHER PLAWS PLACES, M, 7245 04:05:42,849 --> 04:05:45,218 MANY WOMEN HAVE A SUCCESSFUL 7246 04:05:45,218 --> 04:05:46,619 VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER C-SECTION, 7247 04:05:46,619 --> 04:05:48,421 IN THE UNITED STATES, ANOTHER 7248 04:05:48,421 --> 04:05:51,324 C-SECTION IS ALMOST ROUTINELY 7249 04:05:51,324 --> 04:05:51,591 SCHEDULED. 7250 04:05:51,591 --> 04:05:53,993 SO THAT'S ANOTHER PERVASIVE 7251 04:05:53,993 --> 04:05:55,728 PROCEDURE THAT HAS MAJOR 7252 04:05:55,728 --> 04:05:56,829 ABDOMINAL COMPLICATIONS FOR A 7253 04:05:56,829 --> 04:05:58,798 WOMAN WHO'S TRYING TO HOLD A 7254 04:05:58,798 --> 04:06:03,269 NEWBORN BABY WITH A 7255 04:06:03,269 --> 04:06:04,370 10-CENTIMETER GASH ACROSS HER 7256 04:06:04,370 --> 04:06:05,671 FRONT. 7257 04:06:05,671 --> 04:06:07,840 SO THE IDEA IS TO TRY TO REDUCE 7258 04:06:07,840 --> 04:06:08,941 THE C-SECTION RATE AND 7259 04:06:08,941 --> 04:06:10,576 PARTICULARLY IN THE CAUSE OF 7260 04:06:10,576 --> 04:06:11,911 POSSIBLE STILLBIRTH, TO REDUCE 7261 04:06:11,911 --> 04:06:13,646 THE EARLY C-SECTION RATE. 7262 04:06:13,646 --> 04:06:16,149 IF WE CAN USE OUR DIGITAL TWINS 7263 04:06:16,149 --> 04:06:17,784 TO SAY WE CAN DETECT THAT THE 7264 04:06:17,784 --> 04:06:18,885 PLACENTA IS FUNCTIONING, YOU 7265 04:06:18,885 --> 04:06:20,520 DON'T NEED TO DO A C-SECTION 7266 04:06:20,520 --> 04:06:22,255 EARLY, YOU DON'T NEED TO INDUCE 7267 04:06:22,255 --> 04:06:24,123 A PRETERM BIRTH, THAT WOULD BE 7268 04:06:24,123 --> 04:06:24,457 GREAT. 7269 04:06:24,457 --> 04:06:28,461 IF WE COULD DE-RISK A VBAC AND 7270 04:06:28,461 --> 04:06:31,764 ALLOW WOMEN TO CHOOSE TO HAVE A 7271 04:06:31,764 --> 04:06:33,499 VAGINAL BIRTH OR AT LEAST AN 7272 04:06:33,499 --> 04:06:34,834 ATTEMPT AT A TRIAL OF LABOR 7273 04:06:34,834 --> 04:06:37,303 BEFORE JUST ASSUMING A 7274 04:06:37,303 --> 04:06:38,604 C-SECTION, THESE ARE BOTH THINGS 7275 04:06:38,604 --> 04:06:39,739 THAT WOULD IMPROVE WOMEN'S LIVES 7276 04:06:39,739 --> 04:06:42,208 BY REDUCING THE C-SECTION RATE. 7277 04:06:42,208 --> 04:06:44,110 AND SO WE ARE HOPING TO GET 7278 04:06:44,110 --> 04:06:46,612 THESE INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE 7279 04:06:46,612 --> 04:06:48,281 WITH PROSPECTIVE TRIALS IN THE 7280 04:06:48,281 --> 04:06:50,883 VERY NEAR FUTURE. 7281 04:06:50,883 --> 04:06:52,618 >> OKAY, WOW, THAT'S GREAT. 7282 04:06:52,618 --> 04:06:53,820 THIS WILL BE MY LAST QUESTION 7283 04:06:53,820 --> 04:06:56,456 BEFORE I OPEN UP TO THE COUNCIL. 7284 04:06:56,456 --> 04:06:57,056 I WANT TO LEAVE YOU ALL SOME 7285 04:06:57,056 --> 04:07:01,027 TIME AND I THINK THIS IS MAYBE 7286 04:07:01,027 --> 04:07:04,530 FOR MS. TARIYAL AND KIM. 7287 04:07:04,530 --> 04:07:07,266 YOU'VE LISTED SOME OF THE 7288 04:07:07,266 --> 04:07:07,600 CHALLENGES. 7289 04:07:07,600 --> 04:07:09,202 I'M GOING TO ASK THE WORST 7290 04:07:09,202 --> 04:07:10,336 QUESTION THAT I COULD PROBABLY 7291 04:07:10,336 --> 04:07:12,405 ASK IN THIS FORUM. 7292 04:07:12,405 --> 04:07:14,040 IF YOU SAID IT APPLIED TO MEN IN 7293 04:07:14,040 --> 04:07:17,443 SOME ASPECT, WOULD THAT MAKE THE 7294 04:07:17,443 --> 04:07:21,914 COMMERCIALIZATION EAZIER? 7295 04:07:21,914 --> 04:07:22,882 COMMERCIALIZATION EASIER? 7296 04:07:22,882 --> 04:07:25,451 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FOR 7297 04:07:25,451 --> 04:07:27,019 WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. 7298 04:07:27,019 --> 04:07:27,687 I'M CURIOUS IF THAT'S A GOOD 7299 04:07:27,687 --> 04:07:28,888 APPROACH AND HOW HAVE YOU 7300 04:07:28,888 --> 04:07:33,926 RECEIVED THOSE MESSAGES IF THEY 7301 04:07:33,926 --> 04:07:34,627 WERE CORRECT? 7302 04:07:34,627 --> 04:07:36,095 >> WHEN WE WERE FIRST MAKING 7303 04:07:36,095 --> 04:07:38,498 EVATAR, WE ALSO HAD A MALE 7304 04:07:38,498 --> 04:07:39,832 VERSION, AND TERESA CALLED IT 7305 04:07:39,832 --> 04:07:41,901 THE DUDE CUBE. 7306 04:07:41,901 --> 04:07:42,869 [LAUGHTER] 7307 04:07:42,869 --> 04:07:45,271 AND PEOPLE WERE REALLY 7308 04:07:45,271 --> 04:07:45,838 INTERESTED IN THAT. 7309 04:07:45,838 --> 04:07:48,374 I DON'T KNOW IF IT WERE MEN OR 7310 04:07:48,374 --> 04:07:49,542 WOMEN, BUT WHAT ABOUT -- A LOT 7311 04:07:49,542 --> 04:07:52,612 OF TIMES WHEN WE PRESENTED 7312 04:07:52,612 --> 04:07:54,013 EVATAR, ULTIMATELY THE QUESTION 7313 04:07:54,013 --> 04:07:55,314 IS, DO YOU HAVE A MALE VERSION? 7314 04:07:55,314 --> 04:07:57,517 DO YOU HAVE A MALE VERSION? 7315 04:07:57,517 --> 04:07:59,385 SO I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW THE 7316 04:07:59,385 --> 04:08:02,455 ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. 7317 04:08:02,455 --> 04:08:03,856 BUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALL -- 7318 04:08:03,856 --> 04:08:06,025 THIS IS THE CENTER OF WOMEN'S 7319 04:08:06,025 --> 04:08:08,060 HEALTH RESEARCH, I'M SO HAPPY 7320 04:08:08,060 --> 04:08:08,427 ABOUT THAT. 7321 04:08:08,427 --> 04:08:11,497 WE NEED TO PUSH THIS AGENDA 7322 04:08:11,497 --> 04:08:13,799 FORWARD. 7323 04:08:13,799 --> 04:08:16,402 >> I AM IN THE UNIQUE POSITION, 7324 04:08:16,402 --> 04:08:20,006 MY PRODUCT CAN'T BE USED -- YOU 7325 04:08:20,006 --> 04:08:24,377 KNOW, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE. 7326 04:08:24,377 --> 04:08:26,546 WOULD IT IMPROVE INVESTING? 7327 04:08:26,546 --> 04:08:26,746 MAYBE. 7328 04:08:26,746 --> 04:08:29,649 YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE 7329 04:08:29,649 --> 04:08:30,850 BIGGEST PROBLEM IS JUST THAT THE 7330 04:08:30,850 --> 04:08:32,919 PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND THE 7331 04:08:32,919 --> 04:08:34,353 CHALLENGES OF MENSTRUAL 7332 04:08:34,353 --> 04:08:36,956 DISORDERS AND THE LONG-TERM 7333 04:08:36,956 --> 04:08:38,858 IMPACT, AND IT'S VERY CLASSIC, 7334 04:08:38,858 --> 04:08:40,560 IF YOU HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE, 7335 04:08:40,560 --> 04:08:44,063 YOUR MORE EMPATHETIC T TO IT AND 7336 04:08:44,063 --> 04:08:46,365 YOU WANT TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND 7337 04:08:46,365 --> 04:08:48,134 YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEALS LIKE TO 7338 04:08:48,134 --> 04:08:48,768 GO THROUGH THIS, SO THAT 7339 04:08:48,768 --> 04:08:50,503 PROBABLY WAS A BIG MISS TO SAY 7340 04:08:50,503 --> 04:08:52,471 MOST INVESTORS DON'T HAVE THAT 7341 04:08:52,471 --> 04:08:53,539 LIVED EXPERIENCE SO YOU HAVE 7342 04:08:53,539 --> 04:08:54,674 TROUBLE BRIDGING THAT EMPATHY 7343 04:08:54,674 --> 04:08:57,743 GAP, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT -- I 7344 04:08:57,743 --> 04:08:59,912 WAS BEING FACETIOUS, I DON'T 7345 04:08:59,912 --> 04:09:00,580 KNOW THAT I NEEDED TO ACTUALLY 7346 04:09:00,580 --> 04:09:01,781 WORK FOR MEN, BUT IT WOULD HAVE 7347 04:09:01,781 --> 04:09:03,216 BEEN NICE IF THERE WERE MORE 7348 04:09:03,216 --> 04:09:05,618 WOMEN WHO HAD BIGGER 7349 04:09:05,618 --> 04:09:11,424 CHECK-WRITING POWER. 7350 04:09:11,424 --> 04:09:12,892 >> I'LL OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS 7351 04:09:12,892 --> 04:09:13,593 FROM THE COUNCIL. 7352 04:09:13,593 --> 04:09:18,331 OR I'M HAPPY TO KEEP GOING. 7353 04:09:18,331 --> 04:09:19,966 >> THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT 7354 04:09:19,966 --> 04:09:21,667 PRESENTATION, AND SO YOU SHOWED 7355 04:09:21,667 --> 04:09:23,336 INNOVATIVE RESEARCH APPROACH 7356 04:09:23,336 --> 04:09:25,338 REGARDING MAINLY APPLICATION FOR 7357 04:09:25,338 --> 04:09:27,740 EITHER C-SECTION AND 7358 04:09:27,740 --> 04:09:28,074 ENDOMETRIOSIS. 7359 04:09:28,074 --> 04:09:30,209 SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU GUYS 7360 04:09:30,209 --> 04:09:31,577 THINK THAT THESE METHODS COULD 7361 04:09:31,577 --> 04:09:34,080 ALSO APPLY IN THE CONTEXT OF 7362 04:09:34,080 --> 04:09:36,716 FIBROIDS, BECAUSE WE DO KNOW 7363 04:09:36,716 --> 04:09:38,684 THAT WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A 7364 04:09:38,684 --> 04:09:39,418 MYOMECTOMY, THERE'S GOING TO BE 7365 04:09:39,418 --> 04:09:41,087 SCAR TISSUE AND THEN IF THERE'S 7366 04:09:41,087 --> 04:09:42,288 A SUBSEQUENT PREGNANCY, THEY'RE 7367 04:09:42,288 --> 04:09:44,490 GOING TO GO TOWARDS A C-SECTION 7368 04:09:44,490 --> 04:09:45,558 BY PREVENTIVE MEASURE. 7369 04:09:45,558 --> 04:09:48,327 AND ALSO, IF ESTABLISHING A 7370 04:09:48,327 --> 04:09:50,096 TRANSCRIPTOMIC PROFILE WITH THE 7371 04:09:50,096 --> 04:09:51,030 MENSTRUAL BLOOD COULD ACTUALLY 7372 04:09:51,030 --> 04:09:52,231 HELP IN THE TREATMENT OF 7373 04:09:52,231 --> 04:09:54,533 FIBROSIS. 7374 04:09:54,533 --> 04:09:55,968 OR FIBROIDS. 7375 04:09:55,968 --> 04:09:56,202 THANKS. 7376 04:09:56,202 --> 04:09:57,570 >> I LOVE THAT QUESTION. 7377 04:09:57,570 --> 04:09:58,904 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING IT. 7378 04:09:58,904 --> 04:10:03,376 WE'RE DEEPLY INTERESTED IN 7379 04:10:03,376 --> 04:10:08,848 FIBROIDS, BIG STRUCTURAL CHANGES 7380 04:10:08,848 --> 04:10:09,949 IN ENDOMETRIUM, ENDOMETRIAL 7381 04:10:09,949 --> 04:10:10,316 CANCER. 7382 04:10:10,316 --> 04:10:13,919 ARE WE TRYING TO BE VERY CAREFUL 7383 04:10:13,919 --> 04:10:15,688 ABOUT HOW MUCH WE TAKE ON ALL AT 7384 04:10:15,688 --> 04:10:17,490 ONCE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT 7385 04:10:17,490 --> 04:10:19,692 BECAUSE WOMEN HAVE SO MANY 7386 04:10:19,692 --> 04:10:21,294 COMORBIDITIES, YOU ALMOST CAN'T 7387 04:10:21,294 --> 04:10:22,862 AVOID IT. 7388 04:10:22,862 --> 04:10:24,397 WE ARE RUNNING AN ENDOMETRIOSIS 7389 04:10:24,397 --> 04:10:27,133 TRIAL AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH 7390 04:10:27,133 --> 04:10:29,902 FIBROIDS, WITH ADNO, SO WE ARE 7391 04:10:29,902 --> 04:10:31,270 BUILDING THAT DATABASE TO SAY AT 7392 04:10:31,270 --> 04:10:32,305 SOME POINT, YOU'LL HAVE A BIG 7393 04:10:32,305 --> 04:10:34,173 ENOUGH N THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY 7394 04:10:34,173 --> 04:10:35,207 USE THE SAME TRAINING SET TO 7395 04:10:35,207 --> 04:10:37,176 LOOK AT FIBROIDS, EVEN THOUGH IT 7396 04:10:37,176 --> 04:10:39,712 WAS COLLECTED FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS. 7397 04:10:39,712 --> 04:10:42,315 >> CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP THERE? 7398 04:10:42,315 --> 04:10:43,516 HAVE YOU HAD ANY PATIENT THAT 7399 04:10:43,516 --> 04:10:45,484 BASED ON YOUR PROFILING YOU TOLD 7400 04:10:45,484 --> 04:10:46,786 THEM OF A CONDITION THAT THEY 7401 04:10:46,786 --> 04:10:47,653 WERE NOT AWARE THAT THEY HAD? 7402 04:10:47,653 --> 04:10:49,755 >> WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT 7403 04:10:49,755 --> 04:10:51,390 BY OUR IRB. 7404 04:10:51,390 --> 04:10:52,358 >> OKAY, WOW. 7405 04:10:52,358 --> 04:10:53,459 OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE 7406 04:10:53,459 --> 04:10:53,826 COUNCILMEMBERS? 7407 04:10:53,826 --> 04:10:56,862 YES, PLEASE. 7408 04:10:56,862 --> 04:10:58,664 >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL 7409 04:10:58,664 --> 04:11:00,533 OF THOSE TALKS AS AN OB-GYN, I 7410 04:11:00,533 --> 04:11:02,268 FELT REALLY INVIGORATED TO SEE 7411 04:11:02,268 --> 04:11:04,437 WHAT WORK WAS BEING DONE, BUT 7412 04:11:04,437 --> 04:11:05,738 NOW SELFISHLY I WANT TO KNOW HOW 7413 04:11:05,738 --> 04:11:07,506 I CAN USE IT RIGHT NOW. 7414 04:11:07,506 --> 04:11:09,909 AND I GUESS MY BROAD QUESTION 7415 04:11:09,909 --> 04:11:12,311 IS, TO ME, I SEE THIS AS THE 7416 04:11:12,311 --> 04:11:14,080 FUTURE OF LIKE WHAT PRECISION 7417 04:11:14,080 --> 04:11:15,748 MEDICINE LOOKS LIKE FOR 7418 04:11:15,748 --> 04:11:17,783 PATIENTS, SO I OFTEN FIND MYSELF 7419 04:11:17,783 --> 04:11:19,018 COUNSELING PEOPLE, WELL, YOU 7420 04:11:19,018 --> 04:11:21,120 HAVE PCOS BUT IT'S A SPECTRUM, 7421 04:11:21,120 --> 04:11:23,255 SO YOU MAY BE X AND INSERT, YOU 7422 04:11:23,255 --> 04:11:24,457 KNOW, A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT 7423 04:11:24,457 --> 04:11:26,992 VARY. 7424 04:11:26,992 --> 04:11:27,760 HOW FAR AWAY DO YOU THINK WE ARE 7425 04:11:27,760 --> 04:11:29,495 FOR ME BEING ABLE TO SAY, LIKE, 7426 04:11:29,495 --> 04:11:31,597 YOU HAVE THIS TYPE, SO WE'RE 7427 04:11:31,597 --> 04:11:33,566 GOING TO DO X TO MAKE SURE 7428 04:11:33,566 --> 04:11:38,604 YOU'RE BEST TREATED. 7429 04:11:38,604 --> 04:11:43,042 >> TO ME, I'LL ANSWER FOR 7430 04:11:43,042 --> 04:11:43,476 ENDOMETRIOSIS FIRST. 7431 04:11:43,476 --> 04:11:45,611 I THINK THAT THE GOAL WOULD BE, 7432 04:11:45,611 --> 04:11:46,779 AND IT IS ACTUALLY REALLY PART 7433 04:11:46,779 --> 04:11:49,682 OF OUR VISION TO DO THIS FOR 7434 04:11:49,682 --> 04:11:50,850 EVERY REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER TO 7435 04:11:50,850 --> 04:11:52,485 BE ABLE TO MOLECULARLY CLASSIFY 7436 04:11:52,485 --> 04:11:54,186 IT SO YOU CAN MAKE THE DI TINGS 7437 04:11:54,186 --> 04:11:54,720 THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 7438 04:11:54,720 --> 04:11:56,756 FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS, PART OF OUR 7439 04:11:56,756 --> 04:11:58,924 MANDATE IS NOT JUST YOU HAVE 7440 04:11:58,924 --> 04:12:00,493 ENDOMETRIOSIS, BUT A THIRD OF 7441 04:12:00,493 --> 04:12:01,927 WOMEN DON'T RESPOND TO HORMONE 7442 04:12:01,927 --> 04:12:02,561 THERAPY. 7443 04:12:02,561 --> 04:12:03,963 SO YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT 7444 04:12:03,963 --> 04:12:05,631 BEFOREHAND SO YOU'RE NOT 7445 04:12:05,631 --> 04:12:06,799 UNNECESSARILY GOING ON HORMONE 7446 04:12:06,799 --> 04:12:08,901 THERAPY AND JUST NOT RESPONDING. 7447 04:12:08,901 --> 04:12:11,203 OR, THERE ARE MANY DRUGS NOW 7448 04:12:11,203 --> 04:12:12,938 BEING DEVELOPED FOR 7449 04:12:12,938 --> 04:12:14,707 ENDOMETRIOSIS THAT ARE TARGETING 7450 04:12:14,707 --> 04:12:17,109 A PARTICULAR PATHWAY, WE'RE 7451 04:12:17,109 --> 04:12:18,010 ACTUALLY WORKING WITH A COUPLE 7452 04:12:18,010 --> 04:12:21,480 OF ENDEAVORS TO EXPLORE IF LET'S 7453 04:12:21,480 --> 04:12:22,915 JUST SAY A PARTICULAR 7454 04:12:22,915 --> 04:12:24,784 INFLAMMATORY PATHWAY IS 7455 04:12:24,784 --> 04:12:25,751 ACTIVATED IN ENDOMETRIOSIS 7456 04:12:25,751 --> 04:12:26,419 POPULATION SUCH THAT THE 7457 04:12:26,419 --> 04:12:27,887 MOLECULE THAT EXISTS TO TARGET 7458 04:12:27,887 --> 04:12:29,288 THAT PATHWAY COULD BE USEFUL. 7459 04:12:29,288 --> 04:12:30,823 AND IN THAT -- THAT'S PROBABLY 7460 04:12:30,823 --> 04:12:32,324 WHAT'S MOST EXCITING TO US, AS 7461 04:12:32,324 --> 04:12:38,931 WE MOVE AWAY FROM JUST -- IF YOU 7462 04:12:38,931 --> 04:12:41,066 WERE ACTIVATED IN X PATHWAY FOR 7463 04:12:41,066 --> 04:12:42,101 ENDOMETRIOSIS, NOW YOU HAVE AN 7464 04:12:42,101 --> 04:12:42,968 ENTIRE DIFFERENT WAR CHEST OF 7465 04:12:42,968 --> 04:12:44,403 DRUGS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY 7466 04:12:44,403 --> 04:12:44,837 ACCESS. 7467 04:12:44,837 --> 04:12:48,007 AND FOR THAT, I WOULD SAY IT WEE 7468 04:12:48,007 --> 04:12:49,508 PROBABLY T MINUS FIVE YEARS 7469 04:12:49,508 --> 04:12:50,609 AWAY. 7470 04:12:50,609 --> 04:12:53,446 >> I WOULD PROBABLY SECOND FIVE 7471 04:12:53,446 --> 04:12:54,647 YEARS AS BEING A REASONABLE TIME 7472 04:12:54,647 --> 04:12:55,648 FRAME FOR STARTING TO SEE SOME 7473 04:12:55,648 --> 04:12:58,250 OF THESE THINGS. 7474 04:12:58,250 --> 04:13:00,619 I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS 7475 04:13:00,619 --> 04:13:01,987 THAT FROM A RESEARCH 7476 04:13:01,987 --> 04:13:02,855 PERSPECTIVE, A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE 7477 04:13:02,855 --> 04:13:04,290 DOING IS RELATIVELY 7478 04:13:04,290 --> 04:13:04,857 STRAIGHTFORWARD AND THAT THE 7479 04:13:04,857 --> 04:13:06,358 TECHNOLOGY ALREADY EXISTS. 7480 04:13:06,358 --> 04:13:07,760 SO WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO 7481 04:13:07,760 --> 04:13:09,929 DEVELOP ALL NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 7482 04:13:09,929 --> 04:13:11,697 THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME NEW 7483 04:13:11,697 --> 04:13:13,833 TECHNOLOGIES WE HAVE TO DEVELOP, 7484 04:13:13,833 --> 04:13:14,767 BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS 7485 04:13:14,767 --> 04:13:16,302 WHERE IF WE JUST APPLIED THE 7486 04:13:16,302 --> 04:13:17,603 TECHNOLOGIES THAT EXIST ALREADY 7487 04:13:17,603 --> 04:13:18,938 IN OTHER AREAS OF MEDICINE TO 7488 04:13:18,938 --> 04:13:21,040 WOMEN'S HEALTH, WE COULD DO 7489 04:13:21,040 --> 04:13:24,743 THINGS RELATIVELY QUICKLY. 7490 04:13:24,743 --> 04:13:26,145 THE CHALLENGE IN THAT AS A 7491 04:13:26,145 --> 04:13:28,247 RESEARCHER IS THAT IT VERY HARD 7492 04:13:28,247 --> 04:13:30,983 TO GET FUNDING TO DO THINGS THAT 7493 04:13:30,983 --> 04:13:31,884 LOOK SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD 7494 04:13:31,884 --> 04:13:32,618 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AT THE 7495 04:13:32,618 --> 04:13:34,687 CUTTING EDGE OF DOING NOVEL 7496 04:13:34,687 --> 04:13:35,888 THINGS, AND THE PROBLEM WITH 7497 04:13:35,888 --> 04:13:37,223 WOMEN'S HEALTH IS THAT BECAUSE 7498 04:13:37,223 --> 04:13:38,958 THERE'S SO MANY BLACK HOLES IN 7499 04:13:38,958 --> 04:13:42,895 OUR KNOWLEDGE, THIS INTRODUCES 7500 04:13:42,895 --> 04:13:45,498 AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE. 7501 04:13:45,498 --> 04:13:47,032 SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY I TAKE 7502 04:13:47,032 --> 04:13:48,033 EVERY OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS TO 7503 04:13:48,033 --> 04:13:49,802 BE ABLE TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT 7504 04:13:49,802 --> 04:13:52,972 WHAT WE DO AND HOW IT DIFFERENT 7505 04:13:52,972 --> 04:13:54,273 THAN WHAT'S ALREADY OUT THERE 7506 04:13:54,273 --> 04:13:54,940 AND WHERE THERE ARE 7507 04:13:54,940 --> 04:13:56,342 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION, 7508 04:13:56,342 --> 04:13:58,944 USING ENGINEERING IN WOMEN'S 7509 04:13:58,944 --> 04:13:59,745 HEALTH, BECAUSE I THINK THERE 7510 04:13:59,745 --> 04:14:01,380 JUST NEEDS TO BE SORT OF GETTING 7511 04:14:01,380 --> 04:14:02,715 EVERYBODY ON BOARD TO THE IDEA 7512 04:14:02,715 --> 04:14:04,216 THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 7513 04:14:04,216 --> 04:14:06,652 COULD HAPPEN WITH EXISTING 7514 04:14:06,652 --> 04:14:10,022 TECHNOLOGY IF WE COULD JUST PUT 7515 04:14:10,022 --> 04:14:11,790 MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO FUND THE 7516 04:14:11,790 --> 04:14:14,627 STUDIES THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO 7517 04:14:14,627 --> 04:14:15,528 DEMONSTRATE THE THINGS THAT 7518 04:14:15,528 --> 04:14:17,062 ALREADY EXIST WOULD BENEFIT 7519 04:14:17,062 --> 04:14:21,333 HUMAN HEALTH IN THIS WAY. 7520 04:14:21,333 --> 04:14:22,968 >> I JUST WANT TO ADD ALSO THAT 7521 04:14:22,968 --> 04:14:25,137 WE HAVE SO MUCH DATA OUT THERE. 7522 04:14:25,137 --> 04:14:26,272 THERE'S JUST SO MUCH. 7523 04:14:26,272 --> 04:14:27,339 YOU JUST DO WHOLE GENOME 7524 04:14:27,339 --> 04:14:28,874 SEQUENCING IN ONE PATIENT, 7525 04:14:28,874 --> 04:14:31,076 THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION OUT 7526 04:14:31,076 --> 04:14:34,480 THERE, AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF 7527 04:14:34,480 --> 04:14:38,183 TRYING TO USE THAT DATA AND LOOK 7528 04:14:38,183 --> 04:14:39,818 AT IT IN DIFFERENT AND VERY 7529 04:14:39,818 --> 04:14:41,387 CREATIVE WAYS SO THAT YOU CAN 7530 04:14:41,387 --> 04:14:42,588 GET NEW INFORMATION OUT OF THAT. 7531 04:14:42,588 --> 04:14:45,424 I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE THE DATA, WE 7532 04:14:45,424 --> 04:14:47,226 JUST NEED TO MINE THROUGH IT, 7533 04:14:47,226 --> 04:14:49,028 AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF 7534 04:14:49,028 --> 04:14:50,996 PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT FIELDS TO 7535 04:14:50,996 --> 04:14:51,997 COME TOGETHER TO MAKE SENSE OF 7536 04:14:51,997 --> 04:14:57,136 IT ALL. 7537 04:14:57,136 --> 04:15:01,273 >> YES. 7538 04:15:01,273 --> 04:15:06,645 >> IGHO FROM EMORY. 7539 04:15:06,645 --> 04:15:08,080 REALLY FASCINATING TO SEE ALL 7540 04:15:08,080 --> 04:15:09,615 THESE WONDERFUL ADVANCES. 7541 04:15:09,615 --> 04:15:10,482 JUST WONDERING IF YOU'RE 7542 04:15:10,482 --> 04:15:14,320 THINKING AHEAD OF DISSEMINATION 7543 04:15:14,320 --> 04:15:15,688 IMPLEMENTATION. 7544 04:15:15,688 --> 04:15:16,322 WHEN ALL OF THIS BECOMES -- FIVE 7545 04:15:16,322 --> 04:15:17,723 YEARS FROM NOW, YOUR TECHNOLOGY 7546 04:15:17,723 --> 04:15:23,529 IS READY TO BE ROLLED OUT. 7547 04:15:23,529 --> 04:15:24,930 SOME OF THE -- IMPLEMENTATION. 7548 04:15:24,930 --> 04:15:25,931 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN 7549 04:15:25,931 --> 04:15:31,837 THINKING ABOUT THAT. 7550 04:15:31,837 --> 04:15:35,007 >> ANYONE? 7551 04:15:35,007 --> 04:15:36,742 >> FOR US WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 7552 04:15:36,742 --> 04:15:38,077 THE PRODUCT GOING TO MARKET, I 7553 04:15:38,077 --> 04:15:40,446 THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT 7554 04:15:40,446 --> 04:15:43,015 WE CONSIDER IS THAT THE CURRENT 7555 04:15:43,015 --> 04:15:44,550 GOLD STANDARD DIAGNOSTIC IS 7556 04:15:44,550 --> 04:15:45,217 SURGERY. 7557 04:15:45,217 --> 04:15:49,355 AND YOU'RE NOT PROVIDING 7558 04:15:49,355 --> 04:15:51,757 SOMETHING THAT'S SIMILAR, YOU'RE 7559 04:15:51,757 --> 04:15:52,758 PROVIDING SOMETHING COMPLETELY 7560 04:15:52,758 --> 04:15:57,229 NOVEL, WHICH IS A FIRST GENOMIC 7561 04:15:57,229 --> 04:15:59,198 WAY TO LOOK AT MENSTRUAL BLOOD, 7562 04:15:59,198 --> 04:16:00,633 JUST ADDING LAYERS OF NOVELTY, 7563 04:16:00,633 --> 04:16:01,300 RIGHT? 7564 04:16:01,300 --> 04:16:07,373 M, SOMETHING THAT A SURGEONWOULO 7565 04:16:07,373 --> 04:16:08,273 DESCRIBEMENT SO I THINK FOR US 7566 04:16:08,273 --> 04:16:12,311 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT 7567 04:16:12,311 --> 04:16:13,278 DISSEMINATION, THE EDUCATION 7568 04:16:13,278 --> 04:16:14,279 PIECE, WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO 7569 04:16:14,279 --> 04:16:15,481 EDUCATE WITH THIS? 7570 04:16:15,481 --> 04:16:17,349 IS IT SURGEONS? 7571 04:16:17,349 --> 04:16:18,217 USUALLY -- I'VE BEEN TOLD BY 7572 04:16:18,217 --> 04:16:19,184 ALMOST EVERY SURGEON BY THE TIME 7573 04:16:19,184 --> 04:16:20,619 THEY GET TO MY OFFICE, I DON'T 7574 04:16:20,619 --> 04:16:22,454 NEED ANY HELP IN DIAGNOSING, 7575 04:16:22,454 --> 04:16:23,889 WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE 7576 04:16:23,889 --> 04:16:24,556 ENDOMETRIOSIS. 7577 04:16:24,556 --> 04:16:25,524 SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT GOES 7578 04:16:25,524 --> 04:16:28,727 TO THE GYN? 7579 04:16:28,727 --> 04:16:30,429 AND THEN THE LATEST RESEARCH 7580 04:16:30,429 --> 04:16:31,063 SHOWS THAT THIS REALLY IS A 7581 04:16:31,063 --> 04:16:32,665 CONDITION THAT STARTS AT 7582 04:16:32,665 --> 04:16:33,098 MENARCHE. 7583 04:16:33,098 --> 04:16:34,767 SO IS IT PEDIATRICIANS THAT 7584 04:16:34,767 --> 04:16:36,301 REALLY NEED TO BE TRAINED ON IT, 7585 04:16:36,301 --> 04:16:37,936 SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT 7586 04:16:37,936 --> 04:16:38,804 DISSEMINATION, WE THINK WHO 7587 04:16:38,804 --> 04:16:41,907 NEEDS TO BE TRAINED ON THIS AND 7588 04:16:41,907 --> 04:16:43,342 IN WHAT WAYS. 7589 04:16:43,342 --> 04:16:47,579 >> WE'VE PK VE BECOME VERY INTED 7590 04:16:47,579 --> 04:16:48,180 IN ULTRASOUND FOR EVERYTHING 7591 04:16:48,180 --> 04:16:49,081 THAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE OF THE 7592 04:16:49,081 --> 04:16:51,984 FACT THAT IT CAN BE DISSEMINATED 7593 04:16:51,984 --> 04:16:53,652 ESPECIALLY IN MATERNAL 7594 04:16:53,652 --> 04:16:55,287 HEALTHCARE DESERTS HERE IN THE 7595 04:16:55,287 --> 04:16:56,655 UNITED STATES AND ESPECIALLY IN 7596 04:16:56,655 --> 04:16:58,290 LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES. 7597 04:16:58,290 --> 04:17:00,092 BECAUSE I CAN NOW BUY, AND I 7598 04:17:00,092 --> 04:17:01,393 HAVE, AN ULTRASOUND PROBE THAT 7599 04:17:01,393 --> 04:17:03,162 IS THE SIZE OF YOUR CELL PHONE 7600 04:17:03,162 --> 04:17:04,596 AND THAT TALKS TO MY CELL PHONE 7601 04:17:04,596 --> 04:17:06,865 OR MY iPAD, AND, THEREFORE, I 7602 04:17:06,865 --> 04:17:09,968 DON'T NEED A FANCY CLINIC-BASED 7603 04:17:09,968 --> 04:17:10,502 ULTRASOUND CART. 7604 04:17:10,502 --> 04:17:12,705 I CAN USE THIS PROBE AND THE 7605 04:17:12,705 --> 04:17:13,639 ADVANTAGE OF THE PROBE IS NOT 7606 04:17:13,639 --> 04:17:16,108 ONLY THAT IT'S PORTABLE, BUT 7607 04:17:16,108 --> 04:17:18,944 BECAUSE IT'S NOT FROM ONE OF THE 7608 04:17:18,944 --> 04:17:20,012 GIANTS IN MEDICAL IMAGING WHO 7609 04:17:20,012 --> 04:17:22,314 ARE USED TO THEIR REVENUE 7610 04:17:22,314 --> 04:17:23,849 STREAMS, I CAN GET THE RAW DATA. 7611 04:17:23,849 --> 04:17:25,718 AND SO NOT ONLY CAN I GET THE 7612 04:17:25,718 --> 04:17:27,519 IMAGES FOR BUILDING MY 7613 04:17:27,519 --> 04:17:28,821 COMPUTATIONAL MODEL, I CAN ALSO 7614 04:17:28,821 --> 04:17:31,790 GET RAW DATA OUT OF THEM AND GET 7615 04:17:31,790 --> 04:17:32,524 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT I 7616 04:17:32,524 --> 04:17:34,293 DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IN A 7617 04:17:34,293 --> 04:17:35,961 COMMERCIAL ULTRASOUND. 7618 04:17:35,961 --> 04:17:38,130 AND SO THE GOLD STANDARD FOR 7619 04:17:38,130 --> 04:17:40,632 BUILDING COMPUTATIONAL MODELS IN 7620 04:17:40,632 --> 04:17:41,333 THREE DIMENSIONS WOULD BE MRI, 7621 04:17:41,333 --> 04:17:42,835 BUT THAT'S NEVER GOING TO BE 7622 04:17:42,835 --> 04:17:44,603 CLINICALLY SCALABLE, AND THAT'S 7623 04:17:44,603 --> 04:17:46,905 EXACTLY WHY WE'RE FOCUSING 7624 04:17:46,905 --> 04:17:47,673 EVERYTHING ON ULTRASOUND. 7625 04:17:47,673 --> 04:17:48,874 AND I DIDN'T MENTION IT, WHICH 7626 04:17:48,874 --> 04:17:50,509 IS QUITE SURPRISING SINCE IT'S 7627 04:17:50,509 --> 04:17:51,910 USUALLY SOMETHING I SPEND A LOT 7628 04:17:51,910 --> 04:17:53,712 OF TIME TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE 7629 04:17:53,712 --> 04:17:55,247 USE ALL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR 7630 04:17:55,247 --> 04:17:57,449 OUR MODELING AS WELL, AND SO WE 7631 04:17:57,449 --> 04:18:00,085 ARE NOT USING COMMERCIAL 7632 04:18:00,085 --> 04:18:02,154 PROPRIETARY MODELING SOFTWARE, 7633 04:18:02,154 --> 04:18:05,591 WE ARE, IN FACT, USING FEBIO, 7634 04:18:05,591 --> 04:18:07,326 WHICH CAME OUT OF NIH AND IS 7635 04:18:07,326 --> 04:18:07,760 OPEN SOURCE. 7636 04:18:07,760 --> 04:18:09,027 SO ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE 7637 04:18:09,027 --> 04:18:11,063 DOING IS BASED ON PLATFORMS THAT 7638 04:18:11,063 --> 04:18:16,201 ARE LOW COST FOR WIDE SCALE 7639 04:18:16,201 --> 04:18:18,370 DISSEMINATION INTO NOT JUST 7640 04:18:18,370 --> 04:18:21,006 WEALTHY AREAS WITH VERY HIGH 7641 04:18:21,006 --> 04:18:22,441 QUALITY MEDICAL CARE. 7642 04:18:22,441 --> 04:18:23,308 ESPECIALLY IN THE U.S. RIGHT 7643 04:18:23,308 --> 04:18:26,278 NOW, WHERE THE HEALTHCARE 7644 04:18:26,278 --> 04:18:28,347 DESERTS FOR MATERNAL CARE ARE 7645 04:18:28,347 --> 04:18:28,714 GETTING WORSE. 7646 04:18:28,714 --> 04:18:33,285 >> AS FOR OUR DEVICE, I WOULD 7647 04:18:33,285 --> 04:18:35,554 LOVE EVERYONE THAT WORKS WITH 7648 04:18:35,554 --> 04:18:36,922 CELL CULTURE TO USE IT. 7649 04:18:36,922 --> 04:18:39,758 SO IT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE TO 7650 04:18:39,758 --> 04:18:40,526 CELL CULTURES. 7651 04:18:40,526 --> 04:18:43,796 BUT BEYOND THAT, LIKE I SAID, 7652 04:18:43,796 --> 04:18:45,697 WHAT IS THE MARKET? 7653 04:18:45,697 --> 04:18:46,331 BEYOND RESEARCH? 7654 04:18:46,331 --> 04:18:48,100 WE CAN TRANSLATE THAT INTO 7655 04:18:48,100 --> 04:18:52,471 ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES FRESH 7656 04:18:52,471 --> 04:18:53,939 MEDIA BEING DELIVERED, OLD MEDIA 7657 04:18:53,939 --> 04:18:55,541 TAKEN OUT TO INCREASE LONGEVITY, 7658 04:18:55,541 --> 04:18:57,876 WE THOUGHT POTENTIALLY IVF TO 7659 04:18:57,876 --> 04:19:01,914 INCREASE THE NUMBER THAT ARE 7660 04:19:01,914 --> 04:19:03,749 MORE VIABLE GIVING THE WOMAN A 7661 04:19:03,749 --> 04:19:05,551 GREATER CHANCE OF A PREGNANCY. 7662 04:19:05,551 --> 04:19:07,286 EVEN IN THE INDUSTRY, 7663 04:19:07,286 --> 04:19:10,255 AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY, IN VITRO 7664 04:19:10,255 --> 04:19:11,557 FERTILIZATION IS USED FOR THE 7665 04:19:11,557 --> 04:19:13,225 DAIRY AND -- I MEAN, THERE'S 7666 04:19:13,225 --> 04:19:15,294 JUST SO MANY NEEDS OUT THERE, 7667 04:19:15,294 --> 04:19:16,495 BUT ULTIMATELY, I WOULD LOVE TO 7668 04:19:16,495 --> 04:19:21,800 SEE THE DEVICE BENEFIT PATIENT 7669 04:19:21,800 --> 04:19:23,435 CONDITIONS AND TO TEST THE MOST 7670 04:19:23,435 --> 04:19:26,572 EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS IN THE 7671 04:19:26,572 --> 04:19:27,673 PLATFORM BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GOES 7672 04:19:27,673 --> 04:19:30,309 INTO THE PATIENT. 7673 04:19:30,309 --> 04:19:30,809 >> THIS HAS BEEN GREAT. 7674 04:19:30,809 --> 04:19:32,211 WE ARE OUT OF TIME, BUT I DO 7675 04:19:32,211 --> 04:19:33,512 ALSO WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE PLUG 7676 04:19:33,512 --> 04:19:34,046 HERE. 7677 04:19:34,046 --> 04:19:35,514 I THINK -- I WAS A PROFESSOR IN 7678 04:19:35,514 --> 04:19:37,583 THE LARGEST BIOMEDICAL 7679 04:19:37,583 --> 04:19:38,350 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IN THE 7680 04:19:38,350 --> 04:19:38,784 COUNTRY. 7681 04:19:38,784 --> 04:19:39,985 THE WOMEN STUDENTS ARE READY, 7682 04:19:39,985 --> 04:19:42,621 THEY ARE INVOLVED, THIS IS A 7683 04:19:42,621 --> 04:19:44,056 GREAT ATTRACTIVE TOOL FOR OUR 7684 04:19:44,056 --> 04:19:45,490 COMMUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND 7685 04:19:45,490 --> 04:19:46,358 TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS EARLY ON 7686 04:19:46,358 --> 04:19:47,593 AND TO BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THIS 7687 04:19:47,593 --> 04:19:49,561 IN THE EARLY STAGES OF LEARNING. 7688 04:19:49,561 --> 04:19:50,629 SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING 7689 04:19:50,629 --> 04:19:51,630 TECHNOLOGY TO WOMEN'S HEALTH AND 7690 04:19:51,630 --> 04:19:54,299 THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS TIME. 7691 04:19:54,299 --> 04:20:00,839 [APPLAUSE] 7692 04:20:00,839 --> 04:20:01,473 >> THANK YOU, DR. PLATT, AND 7693 04:20:01,473 --> 04:20:02,841 THANK YOU, PANELISTS. 7694 04:20:02,841 --> 04:20:03,709 REALLY TERRIFIC PRESENTATIONS 7695 04:20:03,709 --> 04:20:06,678 AND DISCUSSION. 7696 04:20:06,678 --> 04:20:08,547 I'D LIKE TO NOW INVITE 7697 04:20:08,547 --> 04:20:09,748 DR. CLAYTON TO INTRODUCE OUR 7698 04:20:09,748 --> 04:20:14,887 NEXT SPEAKER. 7699 04:20:14,887 --> 04:20:17,890 >> IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE 7700 04:20:17,890 --> 04:20:19,625 DR. SUSAN MARGULIES. 7701 04:20:19,625 --> 04:20:21,693 SHE LEADS THE DIRECTORATE FOR 7702 04:20:21,693 --> 04:20:22,461 ENGINEERING AND AS YOU KNOW, 7703 04:20:22,461 --> 04:20:23,896 THEY HAVE A MISSION TO TRANSFORM 7704 04:20:23,896 --> 04:20:24,763 OUR WORLD FOR A BETTER TOMORROW 7705 04:20:24,763 --> 04:20:29,268 BY DRIVING DISCOVERY, INSPIRING 7706 04:20:29,268 --> 04:20:30,135 INNOVATION, ENRICHING EDUCATION 7707 04:20:30,135 --> 04:20:33,338 AND ACCELERATING ACCESS. 7708 04:20:33,338 --> 04:20:35,407 THE NSF'S ENGINEERING 7709 04:20:35,407 --> 04:20:37,342 DIRECTORATE PROVIDES OVER 40% OF 7710 04:20:37,342 --> 04:20:39,144 THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR 7711 04:20:39,144 --> 04:20:40,779 FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH IN 7712 04:20:40,779 --> 04:20:42,581 ENGINEERING AT ACADEMIC 7713 04:20:42,581 --> 04:20:42,915 INSTITUTIONS. 7714 04:20:42,915 --> 04:20:44,616 AND WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE HER 7715 04:20:44,616 --> 04:20:45,284 HERE TODAY. 7716 04:20:45,284 --> 04:20:47,920 SHE JOINED NSF AS ASSISTANT 7717 04:20:47,920 --> 04:20:50,222 DIRECTOR IN AUGUST OF 2021, 7718 04:20:50,222 --> 04:20:53,525 AFTER LEADING THE DEPARTMENT OF 7719 04:20:53,525 --> 04:20:57,462 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AT 7720 04:20:57,462 --> 04:20:58,096 GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 7721 04:20:58,096 --> 04:21:00,432 AND EMORY UNIVERSITY. 7722 04:21:00,432 --> 04:21:02,067 DR. MARGULIES, I DISCUSSED THIS 7723 04:21:02,067 --> 04:21:03,502 WITH YOU WHEN WE FIRST MET 7724 04:21:03,502 --> 04:21:05,904 FAIRLY RECENTLY, IS 7725 04:21:05,904 --> 04:21:06,772 INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR 7726 04:21:06,772 --> 04:21:09,741 PIONEERING STUDIES TO IDENTIFY 7727 04:21:09,741 --> 04:21:10,309 MECHANISMS UNDERLYING BRAIN 7728 04:21:10,309 --> 04:21:11,510 INJURIES IN CHILDREN AND 7729 04:21:11,510 --> 04:21:13,145 ADOLESCENTS, AND LUNG INJURIES 7730 04:21:13,145 --> 04:21:15,681 ASSOCIATED WITH MECHANICAL 7731 04:21:15,681 --> 04:21:18,951 VENTILATION, LEADING TO IMPROVED 7732 04:21:18,951 --> 04:21:20,285 INJURY PREVENTION DIAGNOSIS AND 7733 04:21:20,285 --> 04:21:22,587 TREATMENTS. 7734 04:21:22,587 --> 04:21:25,223 HER TRANSDISCIPLINARY SCHOLARLY 7735 04:21:25,223 --> 04:21:26,758 IMPACT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY 7736 04:21:26,758 --> 04:21:29,161 HER ELECTION AS A FELLOW IN THE 7737 04:21:29,161 --> 04:21:30,929 AMERICAN SOCIETY SOCIETY OF MECL 7738 04:21:30,929 --> 04:21:32,464 ENGINEER, THE BIOMEDICAL 7739 04:21:32,464 --> 04:21:34,366 ENGINEERING SOCIETY, AND THE 7740 04:21:34,366 --> 04:21:35,834 AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL 7741 04:21:35,834 --> 04:21:40,339 AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. 7742 04:21:40,339 --> 04:21:43,608 SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL 7743 04:21:43,608 --> 04:21:46,311 ACADEMY OF ENG FEARING, NATIONAL 7744 04:21:46,311 --> 04:21:47,279 ACADEMY OF MEDICINE AND THE 7745 04:21:47,279 --> 04:21:48,146 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND 7746 04:21:48,146 --> 04:21:48,647 SCIENCES. 7747 04:21:48,647 --> 04:21:50,248 IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE 7748 04:21:50,248 --> 04:21:50,716 DR. SUSAN MARGULIES. 7749 04:21:50,716 --> 04:21:56,655 >> THANK YOU. 7750 04:21:56,655 --> 04:21:59,257 >> ABOUT HALF OF -- UNLIKE NSF 7751 04:21:59,257 --> 04:22:01,059 WHERE THE DIRECTORS OF THE 7752 04:22:01,059 --> 04:22:02,594 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS ARE 7753 04:22:02,594 --> 04:22:03,695 PERMANENT FEDS, AT NSF, ABOUT 7754 04:22:03,695 --> 04:22:07,566 HALF OF US WHO LEAD DIRECTORATES 7755 04:22:07,566 --> 04:22:08,433 ARE ROTATORS. 7756 04:22:08,433 --> 04:22:10,268 SO I'M ON A FOUR-YEAR TERM. 7757 04:22:10,268 --> 04:22:12,471 I STILL HAVE MY EMORY AND 7758 04:22:12,471 --> 04:22:13,205 GEORGIA TECH PAYCHECKS. 7759 04:22:13,205 --> 04:22:14,840 I'M NO LONGER CHAIR OF THE 7760 04:22:14,840 --> 04:22:17,042 DEPARTMENT THAT MANU IS PART OF, 7761 04:22:17,042 --> 04:22:21,413 BUT I STILL RUN A LAB AND I HAVE 7762 04:22:21,413 --> 04:22:22,614 THE OPPORTUNITY AND TAKE TO GO 7763 04:22:22,614 --> 04:22:24,483 BACK TO ATLANTA ONCE A MONTH TO 7764 04:22:24,483 --> 04:22:25,450 DO EXPERIMENTS. 7765 04:22:25,450 --> 04:22:27,452 SO IT'S KIND OF AN ECLECTIC 7766 04:22:27,452 --> 04:22:29,855 OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO AN 7767 04:22:29,855 --> 04:22:31,289 OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE NATION 7768 04:22:31,289 --> 04:22:34,526 BY BRINGING ACTIVE RESEARCH 7769 04:22:34,526 --> 04:22:38,063 MINDSET TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE 7770 04:22:38,063 --> 04:22:38,463 FOUNDATION. 7771 04:22:38,463 --> 04:22:40,766 MOST OF MY RESEARCH OVER THE 7772 04:22:40,766 --> 04:22:45,470 COURSE OF MY DECADES-LONG CAREER 7773 04:22:45,470 --> 04:22:46,338 THAT BE NIH. 7774 04:22:46,338 --> 04:22:47,439 SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 7775 04:22:47,439 --> 04:22:49,441 BRING TO THE ENGINEERING 7776 04:22:49,441 --> 04:22:51,243 DIRECTORATE, AND I AM THE FIRST 7777 04:22:51,243 --> 04:22:52,077 BIOENGINEER TO LEAD THE 7778 04:22:52,077 --> 04:22:54,246 ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE, IS TO 7779 04:22:54,246 --> 04:22:55,981 ADDRESS FUNDING DEZ ERTS. 7780 04:22:55,981 --> 04:22:57,749 YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A FUNDING 7781 04:22:57,749 --> 04:22:59,184 DESERT RELATED TO WOMEN'S HEALTH 7782 04:22:59,184 --> 04:23:01,486 THAT IS BROADER THAN ONE AGENCY. 7783 04:23:01,486 --> 04:23:03,588 BUT I WANT TO ALSO TALK ABOUT 7784 04:23:03,588 --> 04:23:05,791 IPT AGENCY COLLABORATION AND THE 7785 04:23:05,791 --> 04:23:09,261 FUNDING DEZ ERTS THAT OCCUR. 7786 04:23:09,261 --> 04:23:10,929 SO AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE 7787 04:23:10,929 --> 04:23:11,663 FOUNDATION, WE FUND ALL 7788 04:23:11,663 --> 04:23:14,299 ENGINEERING, ALL SCIENCE, AND A 7789 04:23:14,299 --> 04:23:18,070 FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL WITH EARLY 7790 04:23:18,070 --> 04:23:19,404 TRANSLATION. 7791 04:23:19,404 --> 04:23:20,138 AS YOU'LL SEE FROM MY FIRST 7792 04:23:20,138 --> 04:23:21,273 SLIDE, HEALTH IS IN THE NAME OF 7793 04:23:21,273 --> 04:23:25,077 OUR AGENCY'S MISSION. 7794 04:23:25,077 --> 04:23:27,279 TO REALLY BE A BIOENGINEER AND 7795 04:23:27,279 --> 04:23:28,947 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER AND IDENTIFY 7796 04:23:28,947 --> 04:23:31,016 FOR OUR P.I. POPULATIONS, WHEN 7797 04:23:31,016 --> 04:23:33,618 DO THEY GO TO NSF, WHEN DO THEY 7798 04:23:33,618 --> 04:23:35,720 GO TO NIH, FOR THAT IMPORTANT 7799 04:23:35,720 --> 04:23:37,389 FUNDING. 7800 04:23:37,389 --> 04:23:38,924 AND I'M PLEASED TO SHARE WITH 7801 04:23:38,924 --> 04:23:41,326 YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECREASE 7802 04:23:41,326 --> 04:23:42,627 THOSE FUNDING DESERTS AND 7803 04:23:42,627 --> 04:23:43,395 COLLABORATE ACROSS AGENCIES. 7804 04:23:43,395 --> 04:23:45,197 SO I WOULD SAY THE PURPOSE OF MY 7805 04:23:45,197 --> 04:23:49,568 TALK IS TO ASK YOU TO HELP US 7806 04:23:49,568 --> 04:23:51,002 THINK ABOUT REDUCING THOSE 7807 04:23:51,002 --> 04:23:53,405 FUNDING DESERTS AND FIND THOSE 7808 04:23:53,405 --> 04:23:55,707 OPPORTUNITIES FOR SYNERGY TO 7809 04:23:55,707 --> 04:23:57,742 REALLY CATALYZE RESEARCH AT THE 7810 04:23:57,742 --> 04:24:00,078 INTERFACE THAT SERVES THE NEEDS 7811 04:24:00,078 --> 04:24:02,814 OF BOTH NIH AND NSF. 7812 04:24:02,814 --> 04:24:06,218 AND I WOULD SAY I'M DOING THIS 7813 04:24:06,218 --> 04:24:07,419 IN ALL ENGINEERING. 7814 04:24:07,419 --> 04:24:08,086 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS 7815 04:24:08,086 --> 04:24:10,755 NEVER REALLY HAD RELATIONSHIPS 7816 04:24:10,755 --> 04:24:11,423 WITH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE 7817 04:24:11,423 --> 04:24:14,593 FOUNDATION, BUT ALSO DOD, AND AS 7818 04:24:14,593 --> 04:24:16,862 WELL THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 7819 04:24:16,862 --> 04:24:19,397 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 7820 04:24:19,397 --> 04:24:21,299 BIG PARTNERS FOR US TO REALLY 7821 04:24:21,299 --> 04:24:23,368 IDENTIFY THOSE FUNDING DESERTS 7822 04:24:23,368 --> 04:24:24,936 AND TO ACCELERATE THE 7823 04:24:24,936 --> 04:24:27,339 TRANSLATION FROM FUNDAMENTAL 7824 04:24:27,339 --> 04:24:28,673 RESEARCH TO AN APPLICATION 7825 04:24:28,673 --> 04:24:31,042 THAT'S IN THE HANDS OF THOSE IN 7826 04:24:31,042 --> 04:24:31,943 OUR COUNTRY AND IMPROVE THE 7827 04:24:31,943 --> 04:24:36,114 QUALITY OF THE LIVES FOR ALL. 7828 04:24:36,114 --> 04:24:37,949 IN ADDITION, THE ENGINEERING 7829 04:24:37,949 --> 04:24:39,751 DIRECTORATE WAS FORMED AT A 7830 04:24:39,751 --> 04:24:41,419 TIME, 1981, NOT UNLIKE TODAY, 7831 04:24:41,419 --> 04:24:43,922 WHEN THE U.S. DID NOT HAVE 7832 04:24:43,922 --> 04:24:47,993 INDUSTRIAL PROMINENCE GLOBALLY 7833 04:24:47,993 --> 04:24:48,360 AS WE ONCE DID. 7834 04:24:48,360 --> 04:24:49,928 SO THE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE 7835 04:24:49,928 --> 04:24:53,131 WAS LAUNCHED THAT TIME TO 7836 04:24:53,131 --> 04:24:55,767 IDENTIFY CLOSE SYNERGIES WITH 7837 04:24:55,767 --> 04:24:56,034 INDUSTRY. 7838 04:24:56,034 --> 04:24:57,869 BOTH IN TERMS OF AREAS RESEARCH 7839 04:24:57,869 --> 04:25:01,173 THAT WERE SO IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO 7840 04:25:01,173 --> 04:25:03,241 THE ENGINEERING WORKFORCE. 7841 04:25:03,241 --> 04:25:04,876 SO THE OTHER PLACE THAT WE 7842 04:25:04,876 --> 04:25:06,978 COLLABORATE BETWEEN OUR AGENCIES 7843 04:25:06,978 --> 04:25:09,314 ARE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AND 7844 04:25:09,314 --> 04:25:11,449 I CREASE NOT ONLY THE 7845 04:25:11,449 --> 04:25:12,017 EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS BUT THE 7846 04:25:12,017 --> 04:25:14,653 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS 7847 04:25:14,653 --> 04:25:17,455 FOR BIOENGINEERS AND BAY OWE 7848 04:25:17,455 --> 04:25:17,856 MEDICAL ENGINEERS. 7849 04:25:17,856 --> 04:25:19,357 I DO ALL ENGINEERING IN YOU MY 7850 04:25:19,357 --> 04:25:21,126 ROLE RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR TODAY, 7851 04:25:21,126 --> 04:25:22,961 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE AS WELL. 7852 04:25:22,961 --> 04:25:25,430 WE HAVE A COLLABORATION IN 7853 04:25:25,430 --> 04:25:27,499 PLACE, I DECIDED AT THE VERY 7854 04:25:27,499 --> 04:25:30,702 BEGINNING OF MY TERM TO BROADEN 7855 04:25:30,702 --> 04:25:32,204 AND ENRICH OUR ADVISORY 7856 04:25:32,204 --> 04:25:34,005 COMMITTEE FOR THE ENGINEERING 7857 04:25:34,005 --> 04:25:36,741 DIRECTORATE BY ADDING BRUCE 7858 04:25:36,741 --> 04:25:38,243 TROMBERG TO OUR ADVISORY 7859 04:25:38,243 --> 04:25:38,510 COMMITTEE. 7860 04:25:38,510 --> 04:25:43,014 HE GOT AN INSIDE LOOK OF HOW NSF 7861 04:25:43,014 --> 04:25:45,183 WORKS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN 7862 04:25:45,183 --> 04:25:48,053 HOW NIH WORKS. 7863 04:25:48,053 --> 04:25:49,921 AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE NOT 7864 04:25:49,921 --> 04:25:52,090 JUST A PULL FROM NSF TO NIH IN 7865 04:25:52,090 --> 04:25:56,828 THIS CASE, NIBIB, BUT A PULL 7866 04:25:56,828 --> 04:25:58,363 FROM NIB TO NSF. 7867 04:25:58,363 --> 04:25:59,464 THROUGH THAT I'M GOING TO 7868 04:25:59,464 --> 04:26:01,166 HIGHLIGHT A FEW PARTNERSHIPS AT 7869 04:26:01,166 --> 04:26:01,399 THE END. 7870 04:26:01,399 --> 04:26:02,100 I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE 7871 04:26:02,100 --> 04:26:03,535 IDEAS OF OTHER WAYS THAT WE 7872 04:26:03,535 --> 04:26:06,371 COULD BE PARTNERING. 7873 04:26:06,371 --> 04:26:08,473 INCLUDING USING SOME OF THE 7874 04:26:08,473 --> 04:26:09,674 INNOVATIVE MECHANISMS THAT WE'VE 7875 04:26:09,674 --> 04:26:11,543 DEVELOPED NOW IN THREE YEARS TO 7876 04:26:11,543 --> 04:26:14,446 FUND BETWEEN OUR AGENCIES, 7877 04:26:14,446 --> 04:26:17,682 YOU'LL THINK OF OTHER ICs 7878 04:26:17,682 --> 04:26:19,551 WITHIN NIH WHO WE SHOULD BE 7879 04:26:19,551 --> 04:26:20,752 APPROACHING TO USE THESE VERY 7880 04:26:20,752 --> 04:26:22,187 SAME MECHANISMS. 7881 04:26:22,187 --> 04:26:23,855 OKAY. 7882 04:26:23,855 --> 04:26:26,391 I PROMISED YOU THAT THE NSF 7883 04:26:26,391 --> 04:26:28,727 MISSION STATEMENT INCLUDES 7884 04:26:28,727 --> 04:26:32,430 HEALTH AND I DUG IN DEEP. 7885 04:26:32,430 --> 04:26:34,065 SO THE AREA OF HEALTH THAT WE DO 7886 04:26:34,065 --> 04:26:36,234 OVERLAP WITH IS REALLY ANYTHING 7887 04:26:36,234 --> 04:26:38,370 THAT HAS TO DO WITH 7888 04:26:38,370 --> 04:26:39,471 DISEASE-AGNOSTIC, SO MAKING SURE 7889 04:26:39,471 --> 04:26:41,106 PROOF OF CONCEPT, THE ANIMAL 7890 04:26:41,106 --> 04:26:42,774 MODELS, YOU HAVE HUMAN STUDIES, 7891 04:26:42,774 --> 04:26:44,843 ALL TYPES OF AREAS WHERE WE 7892 04:26:44,843 --> 04:26:45,910 INTERACT, BUT IF YOU START 7893 04:26:45,910 --> 04:26:48,246 GETTING DOWN INTO A PARTICULAR 7894 04:26:48,246 --> 04:26:51,316 DISEASE THAT THIS IS GOOD FOR, 7895 04:26:51,316 --> 04:26:52,517 THEN IT MUST BE NIH. 7896 04:26:52,517 --> 04:26:55,353 AND THAT IS TO KEEP OUR AGENCY 7897 04:26:55,353 --> 04:26:56,488 DISTINCT. 7898 04:26:56,488 --> 04:26:57,589 BUT THERE'S A HUGE OVERLAP OF 7899 04:26:57,589 --> 04:26:58,890 SPACE WHERE OUR AGENCIES 7900 04:26:58,890 --> 04:27:00,692 COLLABORATE. 7901 04:27:00,692 --> 04:27:02,627 AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE 7902 04:27:02,627 --> 04:27:04,596 THAT COLLABORATION THAT IS ALSO 7903 04:27:04,596 --> 04:27:05,930 A BATON PASSING WHERE THE BATON 7904 04:27:05,930 --> 04:27:07,899 IS NOT DROPPED BETWEEN AGENCIES 7905 04:27:07,899 --> 04:27:09,467 IS SO IMPORTANT AND I'LL SHARE 7906 04:27:09,467 --> 04:27:11,036 ONE OF THOSE WITH YOU. 7907 04:27:11,036 --> 04:27:13,204 SO AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE 7908 04:27:13,204 --> 04:27:15,774 FOUNDATION, WE REALLY FUND 7909 04:27:15,774 --> 04:27:17,075 CURIOSITY-DRIVEN AND 7910 04:27:17,075 --> 04:27:18,843 DISCOVERY-BASED EXPLORATIONS. 7911 04:27:18,843 --> 04:27:20,912 SO WHEN THE EQUIVALENT SECTION 7912 04:27:20,912 --> 04:27:23,548 OF SIGNIFICANCE AND INNOVATION 7913 04:27:23,548 --> 04:27:26,418 IN AN NSF GRANT, IT'S OKAY TO 7914 04:27:26,418 --> 04:27:28,720 SAY, WE NEED THIS, WE DON'T 7915 04:27:28,720 --> 04:27:29,587 UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. 7916 04:27:29,587 --> 04:27:31,356 NOW IN THE ENGINEERING 7917 04:27:31,356 --> 04:27:32,791 DIRECTORATE, ALMOST EVERYTHING 7918 04:27:32,791 --> 04:27:36,761 THAT WE FUND HAS A USE-INSPIRED, 7919 04:27:36,761 --> 04:27:41,666 SOLUTION-FOCUSED INNOVATION 7920 04:27:41,666 --> 04:27:43,034 ASPECT TO IT, BUT THERE'S SOME 7921 04:27:43,034 --> 04:27:44,536 FIELDS THAT ARE REALLY 7922 04:27:44,536 --> 04:27:45,670 FUNDAMENTAL DISCOVERY-BASED, AND 7923 04:27:45,670 --> 04:27:48,173 MORE AND MORE, OUR AGENCY IS 7924 04:27:48,173 --> 04:27:49,607 REALLY FOCUSING ON THE POTENTIAL 7925 04:27:49,607 --> 04:27:51,576 USE OF SOME OF THE DISCOVERIES. 7926 04:27:51,576 --> 04:27:53,378 MAYBE NOT IN THE LIFETIME OF THE 7927 04:27:53,378 --> 04:27:54,779 INVESTIGATOR, OR THE DURATION OF 7928 04:27:54,779 --> 04:27:58,516 THAT GRANT, BUT TELL US HOW IT 7929 04:27:58,516 --> 04:27:59,884 MIGHT TRANSLATE, AND KREA ATE 7930 04:27:59,884 --> 04:28:00,618 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND AVENUES 7931 04:28:00,618 --> 04:28:03,455 TO HASTEN THAT TRANSLATION. 7932 04:28:03,455 --> 04:28:05,557 OUR MAJOR PRIORITIES ARE THE 7933 04:28:05,557 --> 04:28:07,759 HORIZONTALS THAT WE'VE HAD IN 7934 04:28:07,759 --> 04:28:10,161 OUR BUDGET FOR A WHILE. 7935 04:28:10,161 --> 04:28:13,264 A RESILIENT PLANET HAS DEFINITE 7936 04:28:13,264 --> 04:28:14,599 HEALTH EFFECTS, AND I'M TALKING 7937 04:28:14,599 --> 04:28:16,868 TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND 7938 04:28:16,868 --> 04:28:20,205 SCIENCE TO REALLY EXAMINE HOW WE 7939 04:28:20,205 --> 04:28:22,607 CAN COLLABORATE THERE, BUT 7940 04:28:22,607 --> 04:28:23,675 RESILIENT PLANET IS SO MANY 7941 04:28:23,675 --> 04:28:24,342 DIFFERENT THINGS. 7942 04:28:24,342 --> 04:28:26,344 IT ALSO INVOLVES CLEAN ENERGY 7943 04:28:26,344 --> 04:28:27,879 APPROACHES, CLEAN ENERGY 7944 04:28:27,879 --> 04:28:29,114 TECHNOLOGY, WHICH ALSO HAS A 7945 04:28:29,114 --> 04:28:30,515 PUBLIC HEALTH INTERACTION. 7946 04:28:30,515 --> 04:28:34,486 BUT ADVANCING EMERGING 7947 04:28:34,486 --> 04:28:36,554 INDUSTRIES FOR NATIONAL AND 7948 04:28:36,554 --> 04:28:39,357 ECONOMIC SECURITY, BIOTECH IS 7949 04:28:39,357 --> 04:28:40,825 ONE OF THE -- BUT 7950 04:28:40,825 --> 04:28:41,993 BIOMANUFACTURING SITS IN THERE, 7951 04:28:41,993 --> 04:28:43,828 WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT A.I., 7952 04:28:43,828 --> 04:28:46,431 WIRELESS, THESE ALL HAVE 7953 04:28:46,431 --> 04:28:48,533 DEVICE -- HAVE APPLICATIONS IN 7954 04:28:48,533 --> 04:28:49,000 HEALTH AS WELL. 7955 04:28:49,000 --> 04:28:52,370 THE OTHER EMERGING INDUSTRIES 7956 04:28:52,370 --> 04:28:55,440 ARE -- I SHOULD NOTE -- 7957 04:28:55,440 --> 04:28:55,907 SEMICONDUCTORS, MICRO 7958 04:28:55,907 --> 04:28:56,441 ELECTRONICS AND QUANTUM. 7959 04:28:56,441 --> 04:28:58,643 ALL OF THIS WILL INTERSECTS WITH 7960 04:28:58,643 --> 04:28:59,644 NIH'S MISSION. 7961 04:28:59,644 --> 04:29:00,412 CREATING OPPORTUNITIES 7962 04:29:00,412 --> 04:29:01,846 EVERYWHERE, SERVING PARTS OF THE 7963 04:29:01,846 --> 04:29:02,981 NATION WE DON'T CURRENTLY SERVE, 7964 04:29:02,981 --> 04:29:04,883 AND STRENGTHENING RESEARCH 7965 04:29:04,883 --> 04:29:06,551 INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS TO 7966 04:29:06,551 --> 04:29:09,754 THAT RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE. 7967 04:29:09,754 --> 04:29:10,422 OUR VALUES ARE THE VERTICALS AND 7968 04:29:10,422 --> 04:29:11,623 THEY'RE PART OF OUR FIVE-YEAR 7969 04:29:11,623 --> 04:29:13,591 PLAN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW 7970 04:29:13,591 --> 04:29:15,160 ABOUT A STRENGTHENING THAT 7971 04:29:15,160 --> 04:29:19,631 DISCOVERY BASIS FOR NSF, 7972 04:29:19,631 --> 04:29:20,832 INSPIRING THOSE TO HAVE CAREER 7973 04:29:20,832 --> 04:29:22,634 PATHS IN STEM AND ADVANCING 7974 04:29:22,634 --> 04:29:24,469 TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. 7975 04:29:24,469 --> 04:29:27,472 SO NSF BY THE NUMBERS, WE'RE A 7976 04:29:27,472 --> 04:29:27,906 $9 BILLION AGENCY. 7977 04:29:27,906 --> 04:29:29,407 THAT'S SMALL COMPARED TO NIH. 7978 04:29:29,407 --> 04:29:32,377 FLAWCIAL BUT UNLIKE NIH, WE HAVE 7979 04:29:32,377 --> 04:29:34,813 NO INTRAMURAL LABS, SO THAT 7980 04:29:34,813 --> 04:29:36,915 MEANS MOST OF OUR TAXPAYER 7981 04:29:36,915 --> 04:29:38,983 DOLLARS IS GOING OUT THE DOOR. 7982 04:29:38,983 --> 04:29:40,618 93% OF OUR DOLLARS GO OUT THE 7983 04:29:40,618 --> 04:29:42,287 DOOR IN FUNDING RESEARCH AND 7984 04:29:42,287 --> 04:29:44,923 EDUCATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES. 7985 04:29:44,923 --> 04:29:49,427 SO IN THE ENGINEERING 7986 04:29:49,427 --> 04:29:51,863 DIRECTORATE, OVER 320 DIFFERENT 7987 04:29:51,863 --> 04:29:54,265 INSTITUTIONS, AND THERE ARE ONLY 7988 04:29:54,265 --> 04:29:55,133 ABOUT 340 ENGINEERING 7989 04:29:55,133 --> 04:29:56,468 INSTITUTIONS. 7990 04:29:56,468 --> 04:29:57,135 WE DO FUND OUTSIDE OF 7991 04:29:57,135 --> 04:29:57,569 ENGINEERING. 7992 04:29:57,569 --> 04:29:59,003 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AN ENGINEER 7993 04:29:59,003 --> 04:30:01,739 TO GET ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE 7994 04:30:01,739 --> 04:30:01,973 FUNDING. 7995 04:30:01,973 --> 04:30:03,608 WHITE HOUSE PRIORITIES FOR 2025, 7996 04:30:03,608 --> 04:30:07,045 WHICH WERE PUBLISHED IN AUGUST 7997 04:30:07,045 --> 04:30:09,447 OF 2024, INTERESTINGLY WHEN YOU 7998 04:30:09,447 --> 04:30:11,316 HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION 7999 04:30:11,316 --> 04:30:12,617 TRANSITION, WE ARE STILL WAITING 8000 04:30:12,617 --> 04:30:14,452 FOR OUR WHITE HOUSE PRIORITIES 8001 04:30:14,452 --> 04:30:15,119 BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NEW PEOPLE 8002 04:30:15,119 --> 04:30:15,954 IN THE WHITE HOUSE COMING SOON. 8003 04:30:15,954 --> 04:30:17,555 SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE 8004 04:30:17,555 --> 04:30:20,425 WHITE HOUSE PRIORITIES, I WILL 8005 04:30:20,425 --> 04:30:24,329 TELL YOU THAT NSF EN ENGINEERING 8006 04:30:24,329 --> 04:30:24,963 DIRECT TEMPERATURE IS INVOLVED 8007 04:30:24,963 --> 04:30:26,297 IN ALL OF THEM. 8008 04:30:26,297 --> 04:30:27,799 THE PRIORITIES AND GOALS FOR THE 8009 04:30:27,799 --> 04:30:28,700 ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE ARE 8010 04:30:28,700 --> 04:30:30,368 REALLY TO TRANSFORM OUR WORLD 8011 04:30:30,368 --> 04:30:32,036 FOR A BETTER TOMORROW. 8012 04:30:32,036 --> 04:30:33,438 SO REALLY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE 8013 04:30:33,438 --> 04:30:35,974 NOT ONLY DO RESEARCH AND DRIVE 8014 04:30:35,974 --> 04:30:37,442 DISCOVERY, WE INSPIRE A LOT OF 8015 04:30:37,442 --> 04:30:39,611 CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION, 8016 04:30:39,611 --> 04:30:41,112 ENRICHING EDUCATION AND 8017 04:30:41,112 --> 04:30:42,146 ACCELERATING ACCESS. 8018 04:30:42,146 --> 04:30:44,015 SO ONE OF THE GOALS IN MY TERM 8019 04:30:44,015 --> 04:30:47,852 IS REALLY TO PROPEL OUR 8020 04:30:47,852 --> 04:30:49,220 LEADERSHIP IN ENGINEERING 8021 04:30:49,220 --> 04:30:50,889 INNOVATION IN AREAS OF SOCIETAL 8022 04:30:50,889 --> 04:30:51,923 IMPACT. 8023 04:30:51,923 --> 04:30:54,125 WOMEN'S HEALTH IS RIGHT IN THAT 8024 04:30:54,125 --> 04:30:57,428 SWEET SPOT, TO REALLY EXPAND 8025 04:30:57,428 --> 04:30:58,663 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO 8026 04:30:58,663 --> 04:30:59,731 BENEFIT FROM THE RESEARCH THAT 8027 04:30:59,731 --> 04:31:02,100 WE FUND AS WELL AS THE EDUCATION 8028 04:31:02,100 --> 04:31:02,967 AND INNOVATION, BUT ALSO TO 8029 04:31:02,967 --> 04:31:03,768 PARTICIPATE IN. 8030 04:31:03,768 --> 04:31:10,108 AND THEN TO CATALYZE, PERSONAL 8031 04:31:10,108 --> 04:31:10,742 PARTNERSHIPS. 8032 04:31:10,742 --> 04:31:12,410 HOW MANY PERSONAL PARTNERSHIPS 8033 04:31:12,410 --> 04:31:13,745 HAVE WE KREA ATED IN THE TIME 8034 04:31:13,745 --> 04:31:16,681 I'VE BEEN THE ASSISTANT 8035 04:31:16,681 --> 04:31:18,850 DIRECTOR, WE'RE ABOUT 80 8036 04:31:18,850 --> 04:31:20,018 PURPOSEFUL PARTNERSHIPS. 8037 04:31:20,018 --> 04:31:21,219 SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO 8038 04:31:21,219 --> 04:31:23,288 COLLABORATE WITH THE NATIONAL 8039 04:31:23,288 --> 04:31:25,390 SCIENCE FOUNDATION BETWEEN NSF 8040 04:31:25,390 --> 04:31:27,825 AND NIH IS TRULY ONE OF THOSE, 8041 04:31:27,825 --> 04:31:29,127 AND A SWEET SPOT FOR THE WAY 8042 04:31:29,127 --> 04:31:32,096 THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 8043 04:31:32,096 --> 04:31:32,697 TRANSFORM. 8044 04:31:32,697 --> 04:31:35,833 THEY'RE ALSO WITH INDUSTRY, WITH 8045 04:31:35,833 --> 04:31:36,501 PHILANTHROPES, WITH OTHER 8046 04:31:36,501 --> 04:31:37,802 COUNTRIES AND OTHER AGENCIES 8047 04:31:37,802 --> 04:31:38,903 BEYOND NSF. 8048 04:31:38,903 --> 04:31:40,038 SO OUR AREAS OF FOCUS ARE THE 8049 04:31:40,038 --> 04:31:41,039 HORIZONTALS THAT YOU SEE HERE. 8050 04:31:41,039 --> 04:31:44,676 ALL OF THEM HAVE HEALTH 8051 04:31:44,676 --> 04:31:45,977 IMPLICATIONS, AND OUR VERTICALS 8052 04:31:45,977 --> 04:31:47,946 TRULY ARE OUR VALUES IN THE 8053 04:31:47,946 --> 04:31:50,181 ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE. 8054 04:31:50,181 --> 04:31:50,848 EQUITY, JUSTICE AND ACCESS IS 8055 04:31:50,848 --> 04:31:51,816 SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T REALLY 8056 04:31:51,816 --> 04:31:54,218 TALKED ABOUT HERE, BUT IS 8057 04:31:54,218 --> 04:31:56,654 CERTAIN RI A RIVER THAT RUNS 8058 04:31:56,654 --> 04:31:57,255 THROUGH, THE COMMENTS PEOPLE 8059 04:31:57,255 --> 04:31:59,624 HAVE BEEN MAKING, BUT WE ALWAYS 8060 04:31:59,624 --> 04:32:01,593 THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABLE AND 8061 04:32:01,593 --> 04:32:02,794 RESILIENT SOLUTIONS. 8062 04:32:02,794 --> 04:32:04,262 THESE ARE AREAS THAT IN THE 8063 04:32:04,262 --> 04:32:06,698 DIVISIONS ACROSS THE 8064 04:32:06,698 --> 04:32:09,200 ENGINEERING -- WE CO-FUND IN 8065 04:32:09,200 --> 04:32:10,201 THESE AREAS. 8066 04:32:10,201 --> 04:32:11,436 SO I LEAK TO LOOK BACKWARDS ON 8067 04:32:11,436 --> 04:32:12,971 INVESTMENTS TO TALK ABOUT HOW 8068 04:32:12,971 --> 04:32:14,272 HAVE INVESTMENTS IN THE 8069 04:32:14,272 --> 04:32:16,207 ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE AND EVEN 8070 04:32:16,207 --> 04:32:17,308 BEFORE THE ENGINEERING 8071 04:32:17,308 --> 04:32:18,476 DIRECTORATE ENGINEERING RESEARCH 8072 04:32:18,476 --> 04:32:22,046 FUNDED BY NSF LED TO IMPACT IN 8073 04:32:22,046 --> 04:32:25,216 MEDICINE. 8074 04:32:25,216 --> 04:32:27,285 SO THESE AREAS, WHETHER WE TALK 8075 04:32:27,285 --> 04:32:30,355 ABOUT MRNA VACCINES, DIRECTED 8076 04:32:30,355 --> 04:32:32,790 EVOLUTION, TISSUE ENGINEERING, 8077 04:32:32,790 --> 04:32:35,727 MRI, DIGITAL TWIN MODELING, 8078 04:32:35,727 --> 04:32:36,594 LASIK, ARTIFICIAL NEURAL 8079 04:32:36,594 --> 04:32:38,396 NETWORKS THAT ACTUALLY JUST WON 8080 04:32:38,396 --> 04:32:39,397 THE NOBEL PRIZE TODAY, THESE ARE 8081 04:32:39,397 --> 04:32:45,103 AREAS WHERE NSF INVESTMENT IN 8082 04:32:45,103 --> 04:32:46,771 ENGINEERING HAS BEEN 8083 04:32:46,771 --> 04:32:47,071 SIGNIFICANT. 8084 04:32:47,071 --> 04:32:48,172 OFTEN AT THAT EARLY STAGE, 8085 04:32:48,172 --> 04:32:50,375 WORKING OUT THE CHALLENGES WITH 8086 04:32:50,375 --> 04:32:52,510 TRANSITION FOR LATER FUNDING. 8087 04:32:52,510 --> 04:32:53,578 IN BIOTECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE TOP, 8088 04:32:53,578 --> 04:32:55,546 YOU CAN SEE INVESTMENTS THAT 8089 04:32:55,546 --> 04:32:57,415 HAVE BEEN MADE ACROSS THE 8090 04:32:57,415 --> 04:32:58,916 DECADES, AND CURRENT IMPACTS 8091 04:32:58,916 --> 04:33:01,853 THAT ARE STILL BENEFITS TODAY. 8092 04:33:01,853 --> 04:33:03,821 NOT THE EARLY ONES, BUT THE 8093 04:33:03,821 --> 04:33:04,355 CURRENT ONES. 8094 04:33:04,355 --> 04:33:07,225 AND I HELP YOU RECOGNIZE THAT 8095 04:33:07,225 --> 04:33:08,226 THAT IMPORTANCE OF TAKING RISK 8096 04:33:08,226 --> 04:33:10,395 AND INVESTING IN HIGH RISK 8097 04:33:10,395 --> 04:33:12,397 POTENTIALLY HIGH REWARD RESEARCH 8098 04:33:12,397 --> 04:33:15,566 IS SOMETHING THAT'S HARD TO DO. 8099 04:33:15,566 --> 04:33:18,269 PANELS OF REVIEWERS WANT TO SAY 8100 04:33:18,269 --> 04:33:19,370 IS THIS THE NEXT STEP? 8101 04:33:19,370 --> 04:33:21,839 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO DE-RISK 8102 04:33:21,839 --> 04:33:24,175 THAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SAY, 8103 04:33:24,175 --> 04:33:25,276 YES, THIS ONE IS GOING TO BE A 8104 04:33:25,276 --> 04:33:26,577 GREAT INVESTMENT WITH AN 8105 04:33:26,577 --> 04:33:27,679 EXCELLENT RETURN ON THE 8106 04:33:27,679 --> 04:33:29,113 INVESTMENT OF ALL OF YOUR 8107 04:33:29,113 --> 04:33:34,719 TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT WE STEWARD 8108 04:33:34,719 --> 04:33:36,020 FOR BENEFIT BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO 8109 04:33:36,020 --> 04:33:37,989 TAKE RISK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO 8110 04:33:37,989 --> 04:33:39,357 UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE THAT 8111 04:33:39,357 --> 04:33:40,425 CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH THAT IS 8112 04:33:40,425 --> 04:33:42,193 AGNOSTIC IN MY CASE FOR TODAY TO 8113 04:33:42,193 --> 04:33:43,494 THE DISEASE THAT IT MAY TOUCH ON 8114 04:33:43,494 --> 04:33:45,496 AND MAY IMPROVE, THAT CUTTING 8115 04:33:45,496 --> 04:33:46,931 EDGE RESEARCH IS TRULY 8116 04:33:46,931 --> 04:33:48,132 IMPORTANT, AND WE KEEP REAPING 8117 04:33:48,132 --> 04:33:49,233 THOSE BENEFITS. 8118 04:33:49,233 --> 04:33:51,469 THE IDEA TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK 8119 04:33:51,469 --> 04:33:54,639 AND THEN FUND NEW APPLICATIONS 8120 04:33:54,639 --> 04:33:56,374 OF OLDER INNOVATIONS IS ANOTHER 8121 04:33:56,374 --> 04:33:58,943 THING THAT WE MUST ACTUALLY GIVE 8122 04:33:58,943 --> 04:34:02,013 TIME TO, AND NOT ALL INNOVATION 8123 04:34:02,013 --> 04:34:03,748 STARTS AT THE FIRST SQUARE. 8124 04:34:03,748 --> 04:34:05,616 SOME INNOVATION ACTUALLY IS 8125 04:34:05,616 --> 04:34:06,217 THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT 8126 04:34:06,217 --> 04:34:08,419 SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY. 8127 04:34:08,419 --> 04:34:09,721 AND A NEW INNOVATION. 8128 04:34:09,721 --> 04:34:11,989 SO IF WE LOOK FORWARD TO 8129 04:34:11,989 --> 04:34:13,624 ENGINEERING RESEARCH HORIZONS 8130 04:34:13,624 --> 04:34:15,026 WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ON 8131 04:34:15,026 --> 04:34:20,565 WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND THE MANDATED 8132 04:34:20,565 --> 04:34:21,432 AREAS, THESE ACTIONS ARE 8133 04:34:21,432 --> 04:34:22,867 PRIORITY FOR THE NATIONAL 8134 04:34:22,867 --> 04:34:23,601 SCIENCE FOUNDATION, AND WE'RE 8135 04:34:23,601 --> 04:34:25,503 PART OF THE TEAM THAT REPORTS ON 8136 04:34:25,503 --> 04:34:30,241 A REGULAR BASIS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE 8137 04:34:30,241 --> 04:34:32,076 DOING AND WE'RE QUITE COMMITTED. 8138 04:34:32,076 --> 04:34:34,112 THE ENDING UNEQUAL TREATMENT 8139 04:34:34,112 --> 04:34:35,313 REPORT, I SEE THAT CONSENSUS 8140 04:34:35,313 --> 04:34:36,848 REPORT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 8141 04:34:36,848 --> 04:34:39,517 TALKING ABOUT THAT NEXT. 8142 04:34:39,517 --> 04:34:40,384 SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE 8143 04:34:40,384 --> 04:34:44,422 TO DEMOCRATIZE ACCESS AND 8144 04:34:44,422 --> 04:34:45,423 TREATMENT. 8145 04:34:45,423 --> 04:34:48,860 THE NSF INVESTMENT IN WOMEN'S 8146 04:34:48,860 --> 04:34:49,627 HEALTH IS MODEST. 8147 04:34:49,627 --> 04:34:53,765 I THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE. 8148 04:34:53,765 --> 04:34:56,968 AND I LOOK FORWARD TODAY TO LOOK 8149 04:34:56,968 --> 04:34:57,635 FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOW WE CAN 8150 04:34:57,635 --> 04:34:58,202 INCREASE IT. 8151 04:34:58,202 --> 04:35:00,404 WOMEN'S HEALTH IS NOT A DISEASE. 8152 04:35:00,404 --> 04:35:02,740 WOMEN'S HEALTH IS 8153 04:35:02,740 --> 04:35:03,841 DISEASE-AGNOSTIC. 8154 04:35:03,841 --> 04:35:05,376 SO NSF CAN BE FUNDING THIS. 8155 04:35:05,376 --> 04:35:08,346 AND IT WAS WITH A GREAT 8156 04:35:08,346 --> 04:35:08,946 EAGERNESS THAT WE HAD SEVERAL 8157 04:35:08,946 --> 04:35:09,781 THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO 8158 04:35:09,781 --> 04:35:11,749 HIGHLIGHT THAT ARE A RESULT OF 8159 04:35:11,749 --> 04:35:15,586 THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER. 8160 04:35:15,586 --> 04:35:19,991 OUR ENG 'NOTHERRING VISIONING 8161 04:35:19,991 --> 04:35:21,659 ALLIANCE THAT WAS STOOD UP TO 8162 04:35:21,659 --> 04:35:23,494 IDENTIFY THE FRONTIERS WHERE 8163 04:35:23,494 --> 04:35:25,630 ENGINEERING CAN LEAD, WHILE THE 8164 04:35:25,630 --> 04:35:27,064 ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE OF NSF 8165 04:35:27,064 --> 04:35:28,800 IS ONE OF THE TARGETS, ALL 8166 04:35:28,800 --> 04:35:31,769 ENGINEERING, THIS COULD BE FOR 8167 04:35:31,769 --> 04:35:33,471 DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING, 8168 04:35:33,471 --> 04:35:34,872 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, JUST 8169 04:35:34,872 --> 04:35:36,507 ENGINEERING, WHERE SHOULD WE BE 8170 04:35:36,507 --> 04:35:37,375 LEADING? 8171 04:35:37,375 --> 04:35:39,877 AND THEY IDENTIFY AND CATALYZE 8172 04:35:39,877 --> 04:35:41,746 AND BRING TOGETHER INDUSTRY, 8173 04:35:41,746 --> 04:35:44,782 INVESTORS, ACADEMIA, AS WELL AS 8174 04:35:44,782 --> 04:35:47,318 OTHER AGENCIES TO THINK ABOUT 8175 04:35:47,318 --> 04:35:50,288 PRIORITIES FOR THE NATION. 8176 04:35:50,288 --> 04:35:51,289 DON'T THINK ABOUT THE NEXT FIVE 8177 04:35:51,289 --> 04:35:51,589 YEARS. 8178 04:35:51,589 --> 04:35:54,225 WE'VE ACTUALLY PLANNED OUR 8179 04:35:54,225 --> 04:35:56,160 BUDGETS, WE'VE SUBMITTED BUDGETS 8180 04:35:56,160 --> 04:35:56,694 FOR 2026. 8181 04:35:56,694 --> 04:35:57,795 DON'T TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD BE 8182 04:35:57,795 --> 04:36:00,097 DOING IN FIVE YEARS, WE NEED TO 8183 04:36:00,097 --> 04:36:02,133 KNOW WHAT TO BE DOING IN 20 8184 04:36:02,133 --> 04:36:02,800 YEARS. 8185 04:36:02,800 --> 04:36:05,102 WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO PLAN TO 8186 04:36:05,102 --> 04:36:06,170 GET THERE AND WE HAVE THOSE 8187 04:36:06,170 --> 04:36:10,208 VOICES AT THE TABLE. 8188 04:36:10,208 --> 04:36:11,709 IN JUNE THERE WAS A VISIONING 8189 04:36:11,709 --> 04:36:14,145 EVENT, TRANSFORMING WOMEN'S 8190 04:36:14,145 --> 04:36:16,280 HEALTH, WELL ATTENDED, I 8191 04:36:16,280 --> 04:36:16,681 ATTENDED AS WELL. 8192 04:36:16,681 --> 04:36:20,852 THE SCOPE WAS GOING BEYOND THE 8193 04:36:20,852 --> 04:36:21,752 REPRODUCTIVE -- PRENAY IT WILL 8194 04:36:21,752 --> 04:36:23,754 TO PUBERTY REPRODUCTIVE YEARS, 8195 04:36:23,754 --> 04:36:25,590 AND THEN REPRODUCTIVE YEARS NOT 8196 04:36:25,590 --> 04:36:27,024 RELATED TO PREGNANCY 8197 04:36:27,024 --> 04:36:29,026 IMPORTANTLY, AND THEN PRE, 8198 04:36:29,026 --> 04:36:30,261 PERIAND POST-MENOPAUSAL, REALLY 8199 04:36:30,261 --> 04:36:31,462 THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. 8200 04:36:31,462 --> 04:36:34,932 SO THIS IS ENGINEERING FORWARD. 8201 04:36:34,932 --> 04:36:37,068 THAT CONFERENCE WAS IN JUNE, THE 8202 04:36:37,068 --> 04:36:38,269 REPORT, MICHELLE TELLS ME, WAS 8203 04:36:38,269 --> 04:36:40,304 SUBMITTED TORE REVIEW AND 8204 04:36:40,304 --> 04:36:41,706 EVALUATION THE SAME NASEM 8205 04:36:41,706 --> 04:36:44,242 REPORTS GO OUT FOR REVIEW, THESE 8206 04:36:44,242 --> 04:36:46,210 DO AS WELL, AND THAT REPORT 8207 04:36:46,210 --> 04:36:47,678 EXPECT THAT IT WILL BE RELEASED 8208 04:36:47,678 --> 04:36:48,112 THIS FALL. 8209 04:36:48,112 --> 04:36:48,980 MICHELLE HOPES IT WILL BE 8210 04:36:48,980 --> 04:36:49,881 RELEASED IN TWO WEEKS. 8211 04:36:49,881 --> 04:36:50,848 I'M NOT SURE. 8212 04:36:50,848 --> 04:36:52,884 IN ADDITION, SO THAT WAS JUNE, 8213 04:36:52,884 --> 04:36:59,891 IN AUGUST, WE FUNDED ELEVATEHER, 8214 04:36:59,891 --> 04:37:00,625 ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR 8215 04:37:00,625 --> 04:37:01,726 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 8216 04:37:01,726 --> 04:37:02,493 YOU CAN SEE THE TOPICS HERE 8217 04:37:02,493 --> 04:37:05,429 COMPLEMENT THE ONES OF THE ONE 8218 04:37:05,429 --> 04:37:06,530 WE HAD -- THE CONFERENCE 8219 04:37:06,530 --> 04:37:06,964 EARLIER. 8220 04:37:06,964 --> 04:37:08,666 WE EXPECT THAT WHAT COMES FROM 8221 04:37:08,666 --> 04:37:10,835 THIS REPORT ARE SUGGESTIONS FOR 8222 04:37:10,835 --> 04:37:12,470 WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE CALLS FOR 8223 04:37:12,470 --> 04:37:15,339 PROPOSALS. 8224 04:37:15,339 --> 04:37:17,341 SO I WANT TO COMMENT ALSO ABOUT 8225 04:37:17,341 --> 04:37:18,442 EARLIER IN SEPTEMBER, USING A.I. 8226 04:37:18,442 --> 04:37:19,644 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND MENOPAUSE. 8227 04:37:19,644 --> 04:37:23,381 THAT WAS ACTUALLY ANOTHER THAT 8228 04:37:23,381 --> 04:37:25,383 WE OFTEN BEGIN WITH HAVING A 8229 04:37:25,383 --> 04:37:26,684 CONFERENCE TO STIMULATE 8230 04:37:26,684 --> 04:37:28,986 COMMUNITIES TO COME TOGETHER, 8231 04:37:28,986 --> 04:37:32,290 THAT'S THAT PAIR FINDING BUT 8232 04:37:32,290 --> 04:37:34,425 THEN IT STIMULATES US, THE NSF, 8233 04:37:34,425 --> 04:37:36,494 TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE NEED TO 8234 04:37:36,494 --> 04:37:37,695 FIND AND FUND THOSE 8235 04:37:37,695 --> 04:37:40,431 OPPORTUNITIES. 8236 04:37:40,431 --> 04:37:44,302 WE SUBMITTED -- WE PUBLISHED AN 8237 04:37:44,302 --> 04:37:45,703 NSF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY CALLED A 8238 04:37:45,703 --> 04:37:50,274 DEAR COLLEAGUE LEDDER OR DCL. 8239 04:37:50,274 --> 04:37:51,442 HIGHLIGHTING THAT NSF FUNDS IN 8240 04:37:51,442 --> 04:37:52,109 THIS AREA. 8241 04:37:52,109 --> 04:37:53,644 AND WE HAVE HAD PROPOSALS, THIS 8242 04:37:53,644 --> 04:37:55,880 CAME OUT IN THE SPRING, AND IT'S 8243 04:37:55,880 --> 04:37:58,849 HIGHLIGHTED THE AREAS IN WHICH 8244 04:37:58,849 --> 04:38:00,952 THOSE WHO SLY OR CONFUSED ABOUT 8245 04:38:00,952 --> 04:38:02,286 WHAT NSF MIGHT FUND IN THE AREA 8246 04:38:02,286 --> 04:38:03,921 OF WOMEN'S HEALTH REALLY BE 8247 04:38:03,921 --> 04:38:05,356 SPECIFIC, AND YOU CAN SEE THEM 8248 04:38:05,356 --> 04:38:07,591 LISTED HERE. 8249 04:38:07,591 --> 04:38:08,826 THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE 8250 04:38:08,826 --> 04:38:10,361 SOMETIMES NOT FUNDED AT NIH. 8251 04:38:10,361 --> 04:38:14,899 ESPECIALLY THE DEVELOPMENT OF 8252 04:38:14,899 --> 04:38:15,666 MODELS NOT OFTEN FUNDED AT NIH. 8253 04:38:15,666 --> 04:38:17,301 YOU CAN USE THE MODEL FOR 8254 04:38:17,301 --> 04:38:19,403 SOMETHING, BUT AT NSF, WE FUND 8255 04:38:19,403 --> 04:38:20,071 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE MODELS 8256 04:38:20,071 --> 04:38:21,505 BUT YOU CAN SEE MANY OTHER 8257 04:38:21,505 --> 04:38:22,807 THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE 8258 04:38:22,807 --> 04:38:24,275 THOUGHT, OH, WOW, I DIDN'T EVEN 8259 04:38:24,275 --> 04:38:26,310 KNOW THAT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE 8260 04:38:26,310 --> 04:38:27,678 FOUNDATION FUNDS THESE TYPES OF 8261 04:38:27,678 --> 04:38:29,213 AREAS OF RESEARCH IN WOMEN'S 8262 04:38:29,213 --> 04:38:32,984 HEALTH. 8263 04:38:32,984 --> 04:38:33,718 THE CORE ENGINEERING PROGRAMS 8264 04:38:33,718 --> 04:38:35,920 THAT ARE PARTICIPATING ARE SHOWN 8265 04:38:35,920 --> 04:38:38,055 HEE AND I JUST HIGHLIGHTED ONE 8266 04:38:38,055 --> 04:38:38,522 AWARD, A CAREER AWARD. 8267 04:38:38,522 --> 04:38:40,691 THIS IS AN EARLY STAGE 8268 04:38:40,691 --> 04:38:43,961 INVESTIGATOR AWARD IN BIOME CAN 8269 04:38:43,961 --> 04:38:46,297 NEXT AND MECHANOBIOLOGY OF 8270 04:38:46,297 --> 04:38:48,265 UTERINE GROWTH AND REMODELING. 8271 04:38:48,265 --> 04:38:50,868 SO THOSE ARE FUNDING ALREADY AT 8272 04:38:50,868 --> 04:38:52,203 THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. 8273 04:38:52,203 --> 04:38:54,372 WE HAVE LARGE INVESTMENTS, OUR 8274 04:38:54,372 --> 04:38:56,040 ENGINEERING RESOURCE CENTERS. 8275 04:38:56,040 --> 04:38:58,409 YOU CAN SEE THOSE TOUCHING ON 8276 04:38:58,409 --> 04:38:59,810 THE AREAS THAT COULD GO IN THE 8277 04:38:59,810 --> 04:39:01,245 DIRECTION OF WOMEN'S HEALTH BUT 8278 04:39:01,245 --> 04:39:04,315 ARE NOT LIMITED, AND I WANT TO 8279 04:39:04,315 --> 04:39:05,683 HIGHLIGHT ONE MECHANISM THAT WAS 8280 04:39:05,683 --> 04:39:10,588 OF GREAT INTEREST TO NIBIB, THE 8281 04:39:10,588 --> 04:39:11,522 INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE 8282 04:39:11,522 --> 04:39:12,023 RESEARCH CENTERS. 8283 04:39:12,023 --> 04:39:13,924 THIS IS WHERE THERE'S A MODEST 8284 04:39:13,924 --> 04:39:15,326 INVESTMENT BY THE NSF, THEED ARE 8285 04:39:15,326 --> 04:39:16,427 LED THROUGH THE ENGINEERING 8286 04:39:16,427 --> 04:39:18,262 DIRECTORATE BUT NOT LIMITED TO 8287 04:39:18,262 --> 04:39:18,562 ENGINEERING. 8288 04:39:18,562 --> 04:39:22,733 AND YOU CAN SEE THESE TOPICS. 8289 04:39:22,733 --> 04:39:24,502 NOW IMAGINE EACH P.I. MUST BRING 8290 04:39:24,502 --> 04:39:28,372 IN MEMBERS WHO ARE PAYING 8291 04:39:28,372 --> 04:39:29,907 MEMBER, 50 TO $75,000 A YEAR TO 8292 04:39:29,907 --> 04:39:32,376 SIT AT THE TABLE OF 8293 04:39:32,376 --> 04:39:32,943 PREDECISIONAL RESEARCH AND 8294 04:39:32,943 --> 04:39:34,912 INFLUENCE THE P.I.'S PROPOSALS 8295 04:39:34,912 --> 04:39:36,547 THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN FOR THIS 8296 04:39:36,547 --> 04:39:41,085 AWARD, WHICH IS COMBINED NSF AND 8297 04:39:41,085 --> 04:39:42,720 MEMBER FUNDING, TO FUND. 8298 04:39:42,720 --> 04:39:44,121 NOW, NIH COULD BE AT THE TABLE 8299 04:39:44,121 --> 04:39:45,856 AS A MEMBER AS WELL, AND THEY 8300 04:39:45,856 --> 04:39:48,592 CAN INFLUENCE THE DIRECTION THAT 8301 04:39:48,592 --> 04:39:50,661 THESE IUCRCs ARE TAKING IN 8302 04:39:50,661 --> 04:39:51,929 THEIR PILOT. 8303 04:39:51,929 --> 04:39:55,132 WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THOSE 8304 04:39:55,132 --> 04:39:58,502 MEMBERS AT THE TABLE, INDUSTRY, 8305 04:39:58,502 --> 04:40:00,438 OTHER -- INFLUENCE THOSE PILOTS 8306 04:40:00,438 --> 04:40:02,173 AND THEN LEAD TO FOLLOW-ON 8307 04:40:02,173 --> 04:40:06,911 FUNDING DIRECTLY TO P.I. OR THAT 8308 04:40:06,911 --> 04:40:08,379 OTHER AGENCY WHERE THEY SAY WE 8309 04:40:08,379 --> 04:40:09,346 INVITE YOU TO, PLEASE, COME, WE 8310 04:40:09,346 --> 04:40:11,749 HAVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AND 8311 04:40:11,749 --> 04:40:13,451 DE-RISKING IT FOR THOSE FUNDING 8312 04:40:13,451 --> 04:40:13,717 AGENCIES. 8313 04:40:13,717 --> 04:40:15,019 I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALSO THE 8314 04:40:15,019 --> 04:40:16,287 PROGRAM WE'VE HAD FOR A NUMBER 8315 04:40:16,287 --> 04:40:18,189 OF YEARS WITH A NUMB WE ARE OF 8316 04:40:18,189 --> 04:40:19,723 DIFFERENT ICs AT NIH IN SMART 8317 04:40:19,723 --> 04:40:21,092 HEALTH AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 8318 04:40:21,092 --> 04:40:26,664 IN THE AREA OF ARTIFICIAL 8319 04:40:26,664 --> 04:40:27,298 INTELLIGENCE AND WHEN YOU TAKE A 8320 04:40:27,298 --> 04:40:28,432 LOOK AT WHAT THAT IS, I JUST 8321 04:40:28,432 --> 04:40:31,402 WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ONE AWARD 8322 04:40:31,402 --> 04:40:34,505 THAT WE MADE IN PERSONALIZED 8323 04:40:34,505 --> 04:40:38,676 WATCH BASED FALL DETECTION, SO 8324 04:40:38,676 --> 04:40:39,743 CLEARLY IN THE AREA OF WOMEN'S 8325 04:40:39,743 --> 04:40:40,911 HEALTH, SOMEONE WITH 8326 04:40:40,911 --> 04:40:41,645 OSTEOPOROSIS, WHEN I WAS TOLD 8327 04:40:41,645 --> 04:40:43,314 THAT I HAVE A 30% CHANCE OF 8328 04:40:43,314 --> 04:40:45,015 FRACTURE WITH A FALL, I 8329 04:40:45,015 --> 04:40:45,983 IMMEDIATELY CHANGED MY BEHAVIOR, 8330 04:40:45,983 --> 04:40:48,519 I NEVER WALK AND LOOK AT MY 8331 04:40:48,519 --> 04:40:49,086 PHONE AT THE SAME TIME, BUT 8332 04:40:49,086 --> 04:40:51,655 WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO BE ABLE 8333 04:40:51,655 --> 04:40:52,623 TO HAVE SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT 8334 04:40:52,623 --> 04:40:54,492 REALLY COULD, IN REALTIME, 8335 04:40:54,492 --> 04:40:56,026 ACTUALLY INTERVENE WITH 8336 04:40:56,026 --> 04:40:56,293 BEHAVIORS. 8337 04:40:56,293 --> 04:40:57,795 AND SO THIS IS ABOUT NOVEL 8338 04:40:57,795 --> 04:41:03,934 METHODS TO INTUITIVELY INTEL 8339 04:41:03,934 --> 04:41:05,469 INTELLIGENTLY CONNECT, ANALYZE 8340 04:41:05,469 --> 04:41:06,904 AND DETERMINE DATA IN REALTIME. 8341 04:41:06,904 --> 04:41:10,841 WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORT FOR WOMEN'S 8342 04:41:10,841 --> 04:41:12,209 HEALTH IN ENGINEERING RESEARCH 8343 04:41:12,209 --> 04:41:13,310 AND I'M JUST HIGHLIGHTING A 8344 04:41:13,310 --> 04:41:13,644 COUPLE. 8345 04:41:13,644 --> 04:41:16,413 MOST OF WHAT WE FUND AT THE 8346 04:41:16,413 --> 04:41:17,548 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION IS 8347 04:41:17,548 --> 04:41:17,882 UNSOLICITED. 8348 04:41:17,882 --> 04:41:19,183 THERE IS NO SPECIAL 8349 04:41:19,183 --> 04:41:20,017 SOLICITATION. 8350 04:41:20,017 --> 04:41:21,919 THAT DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER IN 8351 04:41:21,919 --> 04:41:23,554 WOMEN'S HEALTH IS JUST TO POINT 8352 04:41:23,554 --> 04:41:24,588 TO THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT ARE 8353 04:41:24,588 --> 04:41:25,923 WAITING FOR YOUR APPLICATION. 8354 04:41:25,923 --> 04:41:28,859 RATHER THAN A LIMITED CALL. 8355 04:41:28,859 --> 04:41:31,462 AND WHAT HAS RESULTED JUST 8356 04:41:31,462 --> 04:41:33,197 WITHOUT THAT DCL, THE ONE ON THE 8357 04:41:33,197 --> 04:41:34,865 LEFT IS AN AWARD THAT WAS MADE 8358 04:41:34,865 --> 04:41:36,467 IN 2020 AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT 8359 04:41:36,467 --> 04:41:38,936 IS ONE IN 2018, I HAVE THIS OLD 8360 04:41:38,936 --> 04:41:40,738 ONE ON THERE FOR A REASON, 8361 04:41:40,738 --> 04:41:45,943 BECAUSE IT'S STILL QUITE ACTIVE, 8362 04:41:45,943 --> 04:41:47,011 CHARACTERIZING THE INTERPLAY 8363 04:41:47,011 --> 04:41:49,980 BETWEEN THE UTERUS, CERVIX, 8364 04:41:49,980 --> 04:41:51,415 VAGINA, IN VIVO AND EX VIVO 8365 04:41:51,415 --> 04:41:52,783 BECAUSE AS SOMEONE SAID, IT'S A 8366 04:41:52,783 --> 04:41:54,285 COMPLEX STRUCTURE, AND THEY 8367 04:41:54,285 --> 04:41:55,553 ACTUALLY INFLUENCE EACH OTHER IN 8368 04:41:55,553 --> 04:41:56,687 THE BIOMECHANICS. 8369 04:41:56,687 --> 04:41:57,988 AND THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO 8370 04:41:57,988 --> 04:41:59,823 FUND THAT. 8371 04:41:59,823 --> 04:42:03,227 THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS VERY 8372 04:42:03,227 --> 04:42:03,427 COOL. 8373 04:42:03,427 --> 04:42:05,262 I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE AT ROCKET 8374 04:42:05,262 --> 04:42:11,602 LAUNCH WITH PAYLOAD GOING UP TO 8375 04:42:11,602 --> 04:42:12,269 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 8376 04:42:12,269 --> 04:42:13,671 THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS ONE OF 8377 04:42:13,671 --> 04:42:14,738 THE ONES THAT WENT UP. 8378 04:42:14,738 --> 04:42:20,644 THIS IS COFUNDED BETWEEN NSF AND 8379 04:42:20,644 --> 04:42:23,347 NASA AND CAS IS WHICH ACTUALLY 8380 04:42:23,347 --> 04:42:24,215 PREPARES THE EXPERIMENTS TO BE 8381 04:42:24,215 --> 04:42:25,649 DONE NOT BY THE INVESTIGATORS 8382 04:42:25,649 --> 04:42:28,319 BUT BY THE ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE. 8383 04:42:28,319 --> 04:42:30,187 SO THERE ARE TWO TOPICAL AREAS 8384 04:42:30,187 --> 04:42:30,955 THAT WE FUND. 8385 04:42:30,955 --> 04:42:33,791 ONE IS ABOUT TRANSPORT MEDIATED 8386 04:42:33,791 --> 04:42:34,024 EVENTS. 8387 04:42:34,024 --> 04:42:35,626 VERY INTERESTING THINGS RELATED 8388 04:42:35,626 --> 04:42:39,363 TO WILDFIRES, SEDIMENTATION, AND 8389 04:42:39,363 --> 04:42:40,831 ALSO ADVANCED MANUFACTURING THAT 8390 04:42:40,831 --> 04:42:45,102 WE COULD BE DOING IN SPACE. 8391 04:42:45,102 --> 04:42:46,770 IN ADDITION WE DO TISSUE 8392 04:42:46,770 --> 04:42:47,404 ENGINEER. 8393 04:42:47,404 --> 04:42:48,806 THIS ONE ON SARCOMERES IS REALLY 8394 04:42:48,806 --> 04:42:50,074 ASKING THREE TYPES OF QUESTIONS. 8395 04:42:50,074 --> 04:42:53,577 THE BASIC QUESTION IS, IS THE 8396 04:42:53,577 --> 04:42:55,446 MUSCLE LOSS, THE SARCOMERE LOSS 8397 04:42:55,446 --> 04:42:56,914 THAT HAPPENS IN SPACE THE SAME 8398 04:42:56,914 --> 04:42:59,650 AS WHAT HAPPENS IN AGING? 8399 04:42:59,650 --> 04:43:01,952 AND IF SO, CAN WE USE SPACE AS 8400 04:43:01,952 --> 04:43:03,687 THE LABORATORY TO TEST NEW DRUG 8401 04:43:03,687 --> 04:43:09,927 INTERVENTIONS AND TREATMENTS? 8402 04:43:09,927 --> 04:43:11,328 NOW JUST MONDAY I MET WITH SPACE 8403 04:43:11,328 --> 04:43:12,463 FORCE. 8404 04:43:12,463 --> 04:43:13,464 THEY ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THEIR 8405 04:43:13,464 --> 04:43:14,465 SPACE FORCE IN SPACE TO THEY 8406 04:43:14,465 --> 04:43:15,332 ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT IMPROVING 8407 04:43:15,332 --> 04:43:17,067 LIFE IN SPACE AS WELL, SO THAT'S 8408 04:43:17,067 --> 04:43:18,569 WHY I INCLUDED IT HERE. 8409 04:43:18,569 --> 04:43:20,537 WE GO TO ALL ENDS OF THE WORLD 8410 04:43:20,537 --> 04:43:22,406 AND BEYOND TO REALLY THINK ABOUT 8411 04:43:22,406 --> 04:43:23,674 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 8412 04:43:23,674 --> 04:43:25,542 THIS IS THE LAST PROJECT THAT 8413 04:43:25,542 --> 04:43:29,747 I'M GOING TO PRESENT, WHICH IS 8414 04:43:29,747 --> 04:43:31,649 ONE BY AN INVESTIGATOR AT 8415 04:43:31,649 --> 04:43:34,018 HOPKINS, AND HER WORK IS RELATED 8416 04:43:34,018 --> 04:43:37,087 TO THE FACT THAT ULTRASOUND 8417 04:43:37,087 --> 04:43:38,389 NEEDS INNOVATION TO BE ABLE TO 8418 04:43:38,389 --> 04:43:41,425 BE USED IN PEOPLE OF COLOR. 8419 04:43:41,425 --> 04:43:46,230 THE SKIN PENETRATION SHE'S 8420 04:43:46,230 --> 04:43:47,665 INNOVATING IN THIS AREA HAS 8421 04:43:47,665 --> 04:43:48,699 MULTIPLE PATENTS AND SEVERAL 8422 04:43:48,699 --> 04:43:50,034 STARTUPS TO REALLY CHANGE THE 8423 04:43:50,034 --> 04:43:51,535 ULTRASOUND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE 8424 04:43:51,535 --> 04:43:54,038 ITS ACCURACY AND SKIN OF ALL 8425 04:43:54,038 --> 04:43:55,239 COLORS. 8426 04:43:55,239 --> 04:43:57,107 SO I'D LIKE TO JUST TALK A 8427 04:43:57,107 --> 04:43:58,976 LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY 8428 04:43:58,976 --> 04:44:00,244 RESEARCH, WE'VE ALREADY 8429 04:44:00,244 --> 04:44:01,445 HIGHLIGHTED HOW CAN WE GET MORE 8430 04:44:01,445 --> 04:44:03,414 PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THIS AREA. 8431 04:44:03,414 --> 04:44:07,318 SO IN THE AREA OF WORKFORCE 8432 04:44:07,318 --> 04:44:07,885 DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING 8433 04:44:07,885 --> 04:44:12,122 EDUCATION, WE HAVE ONE THAT IS 8434 04:44:12,122 --> 04:44:15,826 WITH THE LIMELSON FOUNDATION. 8435 04:44:15,826 --> 04:44:17,027 IT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE. 8436 04:44:17,027 --> 04:44:20,431 THEY REALLY WANTED TO FUND 8437 04:44:20,431 --> 04:44:21,498 EDUCATION IN CURRICULUM TO 8438 04:44:21,498 --> 04:44:24,435 INCLUDE SUSTAINABILITY AND 8439 04:44:24,435 --> 04:44:25,602 RESILIENCE IN ENGINEERING 8440 04:44:25,602 --> 04:44:26,070 CURRICULUM. 8441 04:44:26,070 --> 04:44:29,106 IF YOU HAVE THE IDEA OF WHO WE 8442 04:44:29,106 --> 04:44:33,877 MIGHT APPROACH, PHILANTHROPIC 8443 04:44:33,877 --> 04:44:34,478 ORGANIZATION WHO THIPTION WE 8444 04:44:34,478 --> 04:44:37,047 NEED TO INFUSE IN ENGINEERING 8445 04:44:37,047 --> 04:44:42,586 EDUCATION THE OPPORTUNITIES -- 8446 04:44:42,586 --> 04:44:44,421 BEYOND THE WOMEN WHO WANT TO BE 8447 04:44:44,421 --> 04:44:45,155 GRADUATE STUDENTS IN YOUR LAB, 8448 04:44:45,155 --> 04:44:46,890 MICHELLE, BUT TO BE ABLE TO 8449 04:44:46,890 --> 04:44:48,092 INFUSE EARLY ON THE EXCITEMENT 8450 04:44:48,092 --> 04:44:52,763 IN WOMEN'S HEALTH IN AN 8451 04:44:52,763 --> 04:44:54,932 UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA, WE STAY 8452 04:44:54,932 --> 04:44:56,367 READY WITH A MECHANISM THAT 8453 04:44:56,367 --> 04:44:58,102 WOULD MIMIC WHAT WE'RE ALREADY 8454 04:44:58,102 --> 04:44:59,069 DOING WITH THE FOUNDATION. 8455 04:44:59,069 --> 04:45:01,505 SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT 8456 04:45:01,505 --> 04:45:04,308 THOSE POTENTIAL NON-PROFITS 8457 04:45:04,308 --> 04:45:04,641 MIGHT BE. 8458 04:45:04,641 --> 04:45:09,780 BUT WE ALSO ARE REVOLUTIONIZING 8459 04:45:09,780 --> 04:45:11,181 DEPARTMENTS, AND KREA ATING 8460 04:45:11,181 --> 04:45:13,517 THOSE EXCITING SPIRITS FOR 8461 04:45:13,517 --> 04:45:14,051 UNDERGRADUATES. 8462 04:45:14,051 --> 04:45:16,754 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT I GOT 8463 04:45:16,754 --> 04:45:19,390 HOOKED GOING INTO ACADEMIA THE 8464 04:45:19,390 --> 04:45:20,657 SUMMER OF MY FRESHMAN YEAR. 8465 04:45:20,657 --> 04:45:22,493 LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE 8466 04:45:22,493 --> 04:45:23,594 CULTIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 8467 04:45:23,594 --> 04:45:28,265 WE COMBED 10 YEARS OF 8468 04:45:28,265 --> 04:45:30,701 PUBLICATIONS, PUBLIC -- ACCESS 8469 04:45:30,701 --> 04:45:32,870 PUPUBLICATIONS FOR ALL OF THE 8470 04:45:32,870 --> 04:45:34,671 PAPERS THAT CITED NIH AND NSF. 8471 04:45:34,671 --> 04:45:36,540 IN PARTICULAR, THE ENGINEERING 8472 04:45:36,540 --> 04:45:36,840 DIRECTORATE. 8473 04:45:36,840 --> 04:45:41,678 AND WE WANTED TO KNOW, THESE ARE 8474 04:45:41,678 --> 04:45:42,413 PEOPLE WHO ARE BRIDGING THAT 8475 04:45:42,413 --> 04:45:43,414 CHASM THEMSELVES. 8476 04:45:43,414 --> 04:45:45,582 THEY'RE CITING NIH GRANTS AND 8477 04:45:45,582 --> 04:45:47,518 NSF ENGINEERING AWARDS. 8478 04:45:47,518 --> 04:45:48,152 HOW MANY ARE THERE? 8479 04:45:48,152 --> 04:45:50,053 AND HOW CAN WE -- AND WHERE ARE 8480 04:45:50,053 --> 04:45:51,255 THEY SEEKING FUNDING AND GAINING 8481 04:45:51,255 --> 04:45:54,825 THAT FUNDING AT NIH, AND HOW CAN 8482 04:45:54,825 --> 04:45:57,861 WE AT NSF CREATE THOSE BRIDGES 8483 04:45:57,861 --> 04:46:00,230 OF EFFICIENCY SO THAT YOU DON'T 8484 04:46:00,230 --> 04:46:01,799 HAVE TO HAVE NECESSARILY TWO 8485 04:46:01,799 --> 04:46:02,666 SEPARATE GRANTS. 8486 04:46:02,666 --> 04:46:04,935 SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT IS 8487 04:46:04,935 --> 04:46:06,904 THE NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS WHERE 8488 04:46:06,904 --> 04:46:11,675 PEOPLE ARE CITING BOTH NIH AND 8489 04:46:11,675 --> 04:46:13,844 NSF IS INCREASING, A LOT. 8490 04:46:13,844 --> 04:46:15,145 WHAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM IS 8491 04:46:15,145 --> 04:46:17,114 THE DATA THAT I PRESENTED TO 8492 04:46:17,114 --> 04:46:18,549 BEUS IN A ONE-ON-ONE. 8493 04:46:18,549 --> 04:46:21,018 LOOK, IT'S NOT GOING UP AND DOWN 8494 04:46:21,018 --> 04:46:22,986 SO THE FRACTION OF FUNDING THAT 8495 04:46:22,986 --> 04:46:27,191 IS COMING FROM NIBIB IN THESE 8496 04:46:27,191 --> 04:46:28,759 AREAS OF SYNERGY, THE FRACTION 8497 04:46:28,759 --> 04:46:30,060 IS DECREASING BECAUSE THE NUMBER 8498 04:46:30,060 --> 04:46:30,828 IS GOING UP. 8499 04:46:30,828 --> 04:46:33,497 BUT IF YOU LOOK AT -- YOU SEE 8500 04:46:33,497 --> 04:46:35,065 ALL THE DIFFERENT ICs AND SEE 8501 04:46:35,065 --> 04:46:37,267 THAT NIBIB IS SECOND. 8502 04:46:37,267 --> 04:46:40,270 SO NIGMS, SO MY QUESTION TO YOU 8503 04:46:40,270 --> 04:46:43,106 IS, HOW CAN WE SYNERGIZE EVEN 8504 04:46:43,106 --> 04:46:45,409 MORE, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA 8505 04:46:45,409 --> 04:46:48,245 OF WOMEN'S HEALTH? 8506 04:46:48,245 --> 04:46:49,680 SO I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU 8507 04:46:49,680 --> 04:46:50,814 THREE MECHANISMS THAT WE'VE 8508 04:46:50,814 --> 04:46:53,484 CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN 8509 04:46:53,484 --> 04:46:55,319 NIBIB AND THE ENGINEERING 8510 04:46:55,319 --> 04:46:55,919 DIRECTORATE, BUT ON OUR SIDE, 8511 04:46:55,919 --> 04:46:59,890 IT'S ALL OF NSF. 8512 04:46:59,890 --> 04:47:05,195 THIS ONE IS IN SIN THEY TECH SYC 8513 04:47:05,195 --> 04:47:05,863 BIOLOGY. 8514 04:47:05,863 --> 04:47:08,599 I BRING THIS UP THAT -- I PUT AT 8515 04:47:08,599 --> 04:47:10,701 THE BOTTOM, ONE PROJECT, TWO 8516 04:47:10,701 --> 04:47:12,269 PHASES, TWO AGENCY, ONE PROPOSAL 8517 04:47:12,269 --> 04:47:13,804 SUBMISSION. 8518 04:47:13,804 --> 04:47:15,439 YOU TAKE THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE 8519 04:47:15,439 --> 04:47:16,840 BEEN PUBLISHING, THEY KNOW HOW 8520 04:47:16,840 --> 04:47:18,475 TO WRITE AN NSF GRANT 8521 04:47:18,475 --> 04:47:19,776 SUCCESSFULLY, AND THEY KNOW HOW 8522 04:47:19,776 --> 04:47:21,478 TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL NIH GRANT. 8523 04:47:21,478 --> 04:47:23,146 WHY DON'T WE COMBINE IT. 8524 04:47:23,146 --> 04:47:26,617 SO WE HAVE THIS MECHANISM, WHICH 8525 04:47:26,617 --> 04:47:28,652 IS IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY. 8526 04:47:28,652 --> 04:47:31,188 THE PROPOSALS ARE DELIBERATELY 8527 04:47:31,188 --> 04:47:32,489 DUE DECEMBER 4TH BECAUSE WE KNOW 8528 04:47:32,489 --> 04:47:35,592 THAT THE MECHANISMS ARE CHANGING 8529 04:47:35,592 --> 04:47:36,627 OVER SECTIONS AND REVIEW 8530 04:47:36,627 --> 04:47:37,160 CRITERIA. 8531 04:47:37,160 --> 04:47:39,029 SO IT HAS TO MEET THE NEW 8532 04:47:39,029 --> 04:47:39,496 CRITERIA. 8533 04:47:39,496 --> 04:47:40,831 THEY'LL GO INTO EFFECT IN 8534 04:47:40,831 --> 04:47:42,165 JANUARY, BUT WE THOUGHT THIS WAS 8535 04:47:42,165 --> 04:47:42,733 FINE. 8536 04:47:42,733 --> 04:47:45,369 ONE PROJECT HAS AN NSF PHASE, 8537 04:47:45,369 --> 04:47:48,372 TWO YEARS, MILESTONES, AND THEN 8538 04:47:48,372 --> 04:47:49,473 AN NIH PHASE. 8539 04:47:49,473 --> 04:47:50,908 AND THE BUDGET GOES UP TO THE 8540 04:47:50,908 --> 04:47:51,441 NIH PHASE. 8541 04:47:51,441 --> 04:47:53,944 IT WILL BE NIBIB. 8542 04:47:53,944 --> 04:47:57,214 THAT ONE PROJECT IS DESCRIBING 8543 04:47:57,214 --> 04:47:59,516 THE FULL FOUR YEARS. 8544 04:47:59,516 --> 04:48:02,352 THE BUDGET, ALL FOUR YEARS. 8545 04:48:02,352 --> 04:48:04,521 IT SUBMITTED, IT HAS TO HAVE ALL 8546 04:48:04,521 --> 04:48:07,257 THE FORM OF AN NIH GRANT AND IT 8547 04:48:07,257 --> 04:48:09,726 HAS TO HAVE ALL THE FORM OF AN 8548 04:48:09,726 --> 04:48:11,261 NSF GRANT. 8549 04:48:11,261 --> 04:48:12,796 WHEN I SAY THAT WITHIN MY 8550 04:48:12,796 --> 04:48:13,664 AGENCY, PEOPLE SAY WHO WOULD 8551 04:48:13,664 --> 04:48:14,865 WANT TO WRITE ONE LIKE THAT? 8552 04:48:14,865 --> 04:48:16,500 AND I SAID THE PEOPLE ARE 8553 04:48:16,500 --> 04:48:17,167 ALREADY WRITING THEM LAKE THAT 8554 04:48:17,167 --> 04:48:18,368 AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE 8555 04:48:18,368 --> 04:48:19,269 TO SHARE ALL OF IT AT THE SAME 8556 04:48:19,269 --> 04:48:20,938 TIME. 8557 04:48:20,938 --> 04:48:24,875 THE REVIEWERS ARE AT NSF, WITH 8558 04:48:24,875 --> 04:48:26,510 NIH THERE, ALL OF THE SAME 8559 04:48:26,510 --> 04:48:28,612 CRITERIA THAT ARE USED AT NIH 8560 04:48:28,612 --> 04:48:29,880 WILL BE USED, AS WELL AS ALL OF 8561 04:48:29,880 --> 04:48:31,648 THOSE FOR NSF. 8562 04:48:31,648 --> 04:48:33,183 WHO WOULD SERVE ON A PANEL AND 8563 04:48:33,183 --> 04:48:34,985 WRITE A REVIEW LIKE THAT? 8564 04:48:34,985 --> 04:48:36,753 ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY 8565 04:48:36,753 --> 04:48:38,822 SERVING ON PANELS FOR BOTH OF 8566 04:48:38,822 --> 04:48:40,023 OUR AGENCIES. 8567 04:48:40,023 --> 04:48:41,558 SO I SEE THIS AS SUCH A WIN FOR 8568 04:48:41,558 --> 04:48:42,759 OUR AGENCIES. 8569 04:48:42,759 --> 04:48:47,764 IT'S FINALLY SOLVING THAT DESERT 8570 04:48:47,764 --> 04:48:48,298 OF FUNDING. 8571 04:48:48,298 --> 04:48:49,700 BECAUSE IF YOU ACCOMPLISH THOSE 8572 04:48:49,700 --> 04:48:51,868 HIGH RISK GOALS, IT THEN 8573 04:48:51,868 --> 04:48:54,304 TRANSLATES DIRECTLY TO NIH. 8574 04:48:54,304 --> 04:48:56,373 AND GUESS WHAT? 8575 04:48:56,373 --> 04:48:58,575 NO MONEY FROM NIH COMES TO NSF. 8576 04:48:58,575 --> 04:49:01,244 INSTEAD, THE FIRST TWO YEARS, 8577 04:49:01,244 --> 04:49:01,812 NIH WILL PUT IN A DOLLAR. 8578 04:49:01,812 --> 04:49:02,479 WHY? 8579 04:49:02,479 --> 04:49:05,515 THEY GET ANNUAL REPORTS FOR 8580 04:49:05,515 --> 04:49:07,351 THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS WHERE 8581 04:49:07,351 --> 04:49:08,018 THEY'RE NOT FUNDING THE BULK OF 8582 04:49:08,018 --> 04:49:10,654 IT, AND THE LAST TWO YEARS NSF 8583 04:49:10,654 --> 04:49:12,923 IS PUTTING IN JUST A DOLLAR. 8584 04:49:12,923 --> 04:49:13,557 SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND 8585 04:49:13,557 --> 04:49:14,691 WE SEE THE POTENTIAL 8586 04:49:14,691 --> 04:49:16,059 APPLICATION. 8587 04:49:16,059 --> 04:49:18,362 THIS IS ONE THAT ALSO HAS AN 8588 04:49:18,362 --> 04:49:18,962 APPLICATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 8589 04:49:18,962 --> 04:49:20,998 REMEMBER I TALKED ABOUT THE 8590 04:49:20,998 --> 04:49:22,966 INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE 8591 04:49:22,966 --> 04:49:24,167 RESEARCH CENTERS? 8592 04:49:24,167 --> 04:49:28,505 THIS IS ONE THAT WE ARE GOING TO 8593 04:49:28,505 --> 04:49:33,110 DO BETWEEN NIBIB AND NSF AND THE 8594 04:49:33,110 --> 04:49:33,777 FDA. 8595 04:49:33,777 --> 04:49:38,548 THE TOPIC, PHANTOMS, STANDARDIZE 8596 04:49:38,548 --> 04:49:39,650 THEM, TOWARDS UNIFORM ADOPTION. 8597 04:49:39,650 --> 04:49:40,617 LET'S DO THIS FOR WOMEN'S 8598 04:49:40,617 --> 04:49:40,951 HEALTH. 8599 04:49:40,951 --> 04:49:42,786 WE COULD BE DOING THIS AS WELL. 8600 04:49:42,786 --> 04:49:45,522 THIS IS AN NSF MECHANISM THAT'S 8601 04:49:45,522 --> 04:49:48,825 NOW WHERE NIH IS COMING IN, AND 8602 04:49:48,825 --> 04:49:52,629 THE NIH MONEY WILL FLOW TO NSF 8603 04:49:52,629 --> 04:49:53,830 BECAUSE IT'S A MECHANISM THAT WE 8604 04:49:53,830 --> 04:49:54,164 HAVE. 8605 04:49:54,164 --> 04:49:56,566 SO IN CLOSING, THERE'S SO MANY 8606 04:49:56,566 --> 04:49:57,668 URGENT ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING 8607 04:49:57,668 --> 04:49:58,435 PUBLIC HEALTH AND WOMEN'S HEALTH 8608 04:49:58,435 --> 04:49:59,636 IN PARTICULAR. 8609 04:49:59,636 --> 04:50:02,339 AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO 8610 04:50:02,339 --> 04:50:03,340 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY 8611 04:50:03,340 --> 04:50:04,641 MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 8612 04:50:04,641 --> 04:50:06,510 THE LAST ONE I'LL SHOW AT THE 8613 04:50:06,510 --> 04:50:08,812 TOP, IN THE ENGINEERING 8614 04:50:08,812 --> 04:50:11,314 DIRECTORATE, WE HAVE DISASTER 8615 04:50:11,314 --> 04:50:11,848 RESILIENCE RESEARCH. 8616 04:50:11,848 --> 04:50:14,685 WE HAVE TEST BEDS WITH SHAKE 8617 04:50:14,685 --> 04:50:16,853 TABLES, WHERE 10 STORY BUILDINGS 8618 04:50:16,853 --> 04:50:18,055 CAN GO ON IT. 8619 04:50:18,055 --> 04:50:19,256 WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE 8620 04:50:19,256 --> 04:50:21,558 PREPARED TO GO LITERALLY 8621 04:50:21,558 --> 04:50:23,260 TOMORROW TO DISASTER SITE, AND 8622 04:50:23,260 --> 04:50:26,663 OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NIH HAS 8623 04:50:26,663 --> 04:50:30,901 ALLOWED US TO, THROUGH NIH 8624 04:50:30,901 --> 04:50:32,135 FUNDING, TO FUND PEOPLE TO BE 8625 04:50:32,135 --> 04:50:35,839 TRAINED TO GET THE HUMAN -- THE 8626 04:50:35,839 --> 04:50:38,108 EPHEMERAL HUMAN DATA AND 8627 04:50:38,108 --> 04:50:39,109 DISASTER SITE SO THAT NIH CAN 8628 04:50:39,109 --> 04:50:41,478 HAVE THAT IMPORTANT DATA. 8629 04:50:41,478 --> 04:50:44,114 OH SO OUR PEOPLE ARE NOT 8630 04:50:44,114 --> 04:50:45,315 PREPARED TO GATHER THAT DATA 8631 04:50:45,315 --> 04:50:45,649 NORMALLY. 8632 04:50:45,649 --> 04:50:47,184 THEY'RE LOOKING AT OTHER 8633 04:50:47,184 --> 04:50:47,484 ASPECTS. 8634 04:50:47,484 --> 04:50:50,220 IT COULD BE NATURAL DISASTERS, 8635 04:50:50,220 --> 04:50:51,188 BUT WE NEED THE PEOPLE DATA TOO. 8636 04:50:51,188 --> 04:50:52,756 AND IF WE FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE 8637 04:50:52,756 --> 04:50:54,791 DATA FROM WOMEN AND MEN AND MAKE 8638 04:50:54,791 --> 04:50:57,094 IT A SEX-BASED DISTINCTION, WE 8639 04:50:57,094 --> 04:51:01,264 MAY GET SOME VERY INTERESTING 8640 04:51:01,264 --> 04:51:02,165 INFORMATION ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH 8641 04:51:02,165 --> 04:51:04,334 IN THE FACE OF DISASTERS. 8642 04:51:04,334 --> 04:51:05,502 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR 8643 04:51:05,502 --> 04:51:07,704 COLLABORATION. 8644 04:51:07,704 --> 04:51:11,208 >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. 8645 04:51:11,208 --> 04:51:13,210 WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE OR TWO 8646 04:51:13,210 --> 04:51:16,646 QUESTIONS. 8647 04:51:16,646 --> 04:51:26,423 FROM MEMBERS. 8648 04:51:26,423 --> 04:51:28,892 >> THAT WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE 8649 04:51:28,892 --> 04:51:29,326 PRESENTATION, SUSAN. 8650 04:51:29,326 --> 04:51:30,293 YOU HIGHLIGHTED SO MANY CRITICAL 8651 04:51:30,293 --> 04:51:31,595 ISSUES NOT JUST FOR OUR NATION, 8652 04:51:31,595 --> 04:51:33,130 FOR OUR WORLD. 8653 04:51:33,130 --> 04:51:35,632 YOU HIGHLIGHTED, FOR EXAMPLE, 8654 04:51:35,632 --> 04:51:36,833 THE MUSCLE CHANGES THAT ARE SEEN 8655 04:51:36,833 --> 04:51:39,002 IN SPACE, THERE ARE KNOWN SEX 8656 04:51:39,002 --> 04:51:44,474 DIFFERENCES IN SPACE TRAVEL'S IT 8657 04:51:44,474 --> 04:51:45,442 EFFECT ON MEN AND WOMEN, THERE 8658 04:51:45,442 --> 04:51:47,077 ARE OCULAR EFFECTS AS WELL, THAT 8659 04:51:47,077 --> 04:51:48,945 ARE REALLY UNIQUE, NOT SEEN 8660 04:51:48,945 --> 04:51:50,247 ANYWHERE ELSE SO THAT'S 8661 04:51:50,247 --> 04:51:50,814 FASCINATING SCIENCE. 8662 04:51:50,814 --> 04:51:56,920 BUT I THINK WHAT YOU CA CHALLEND 8663 04:51:56,920 --> 04:52:00,323 US TO DO WAS TO BE CREATIVE. 8664 04:52:00,323 --> 04:52:02,659 YOUR AND NSF'S VISION FOR 8665 04:52:02,659 --> 04:52:07,964 PARTNERSHIP. 8666 04:52:07,964 --> 04:52:10,033 WE TALK ABOUT INTERDISCIPLINARY 8667 04:52:10,033 --> 04:52:13,270 RESEARCH, WE KNOW THE HO POWERF 8668 04:52:13,270 --> 04:52:14,371 BRINGING DISCIPLINES TOGETHER. 8669 04:52:14,371 --> 04:52:16,673 BUT I WONDER IF YOU MIGHT 8670 04:52:16,673 --> 04:52:19,176 COMMENT ON OVERCOMING THOSE 8671 04:52:19,176 --> 04:52:22,512 BARRIERS TO US WORKING TOGETHER, 8672 04:52:22,512 --> 04:52:23,747 HOW YOU SEE. 8673 04:52:23,747 --> 04:52:27,117 CLEARLY, YOU'VE DESIGNED THESE 8674 04:52:27,117 --> 04:52:27,884 MECHANISMS, BUT WE DO APPROACH 8675 04:52:27,884 --> 04:52:30,854 THINGS DIFFERENTLY. 8676 04:52:30,854 --> 04:52:31,822 SIMPLIFY REVIEW FRAMEWORK IS 8677 04:52:31,822 --> 04:52:33,023 GOING INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY. 8678 04:52:33,023 --> 04:52:34,324 HOPEFULLY THAT WILL MAKE THINGS 8679 04:52:34,324 --> 04:52:35,959 MORE STREAMLINED AND EASIER FOR 8680 04:52:35,959 --> 04:52:36,827 EVERYONE, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR 8681 04:52:36,827 --> 04:52:39,029 THOUGHTS FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT 8682 04:52:39,029 --> 04:52:40,096 FROM THE NSF SIDE? 8683 04:52:40,096 --> 04:52:42,966 >> SO WE'VE HAD MANY YEARS OF 8684 04:52:42,966 --> 04:52:43,333 COLLABORATIONS. 8685 04:52:43,333 --> 04:52:46,770 THEY TEND TO BE ONE PROGRAM 8686 04:52:46,770 --> 04:52:47,270 DIRECTOR AND ONE PROGRAM 8687 04:52:47,270 --> 04:52:49,506 DIRECTOR WHO FOUND EACH OTHER AT 8688 04:52:49,506 --> 04:52:51,141 A NATIONAL MEETING OR KNEW EACH 8689 04:52:51,141 --> 04:52:52,509 OTHER AND THEY DEVELOPED 8690 04:52:52,509 --> 04:52:53,343 SOMETHING ON A PARTICULAR TOPIC, 8691 04:52:53,343 --> 04:52:56,179 AND IT HAS A LIFE OF MAYBE JUST 8692 04:52:56,179 --> 04:52:58,915 A COUPLE YEARS. 8693 04:52:58,915 --> 04:53:00,684 IT'S IMPRESSIVE WHEN IT'S LONGER 8694 04:53:00,684 --> 04:53:02,385 THAN A COUPLE YEARS BUT IT'S 8695 04:53:02,385 --> 04:53:06,423 NOT -- THAT WOULD BE THE TAIL. 8696 04:53:06,423 --> 04:53:08,892 SO THESE MECHANISMS THAT ARE NOW 8697 04:53:08,892 --> 04:53:09,926 AT THE LEVEL OF LIKE IC 8698 04:53:09,926 --> 04:53:12,395 DIRECTOR. 8699 04:53:12,395 --> 04:53:14,764 AND I'M CONTENT WITH THE FACT 8700 04:53:14,764 --> 04:53:17,901 THAT AT NIH, IT'S IC BY IC. 8701 04:53:17,901 --> 04:53:19,436 SO BRUCE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT 8702 04:53:19,436 --> 04:53:21,304 SHOULD THERE BE A PRESENTATION 8703 04:53:21,304 --> 04:53:23,240 AT ONE OF THE GATHERINGS WHERE 8704 04:53:23,240 --> 04:53:25,342 YOU ALL GET TOGETHER AND THIS IS 8705 04:53:25,342 --> 04:53:29,613 POTENTIAL, AND THERE CAN BE AN 8706 04:53:29,613 --> 04:53:31,915 OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT A 8707 04:53:31,915 --> 04:53:34,150 TOPIC THAT SUITS OTHERS. 8708 04:53:34,150 --> 04:53:36,553 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ONE 8709 04:53:36,553 --> 04:53:37,320 PROPOSAL, ONE SUBMISSION, WE 8710 04:53:37,320 --> 04:53:38,288 EVEN HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IF 8711 04:53:38,288 --> 04:53:41,758 THERE'S A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 8712 04:53:41,758 --> 04:53:43,493 REQUEST, SO IT GOT DOWN TO THE 8713 04:53:43,493 --> 04:53:44,628 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNCIL IN 8714 04:53:44,628 --> 04:53:45,962 EACH OF OUR AGENCIES. 8715 04:53:45,962 --> 04:53:47,797 WE REALLY WORKED THINGS OUT ON 8716 04:53:47,797 --> 04:53:49,132 HOW THIS WOULD LOOK. 8717 04:53:49,132 --> 04:53:51,201 FOR AS MANY DIFFERENT DETAILS AS 8718 04:53:51,201 --> 04:53:51,801 POSSIBLE. 8719 04:53:51,801 --> 04:53:54,704 SO I VIEW THESE AS BLOCKS ON 8720 04:53:54,704 --> 04:53:58,975 WHICH WE CAN BUILD, RATHER THAN 8721 04:53:58,975 --> 04:54:00,510 A TENUOUS STRAIN THAT CONNECTS 8722 04:54:00,510 --> 04:54:02,913 OUR TWO AGENCIES TOGETHER. 8723 04:54:02,913 --> 04:54:03,546 SO OPPORTUNITIES TO GET IN FRONT 8724 04:54:03,546 --> 04:54:04,981 OF THOSE WHO ARE THE DECISION 8725 04:54:04,981 --> 04:54:07,617 MAKERS, WHO SAY WE'VE GOT TO USE 8726 04:54:07,617 --> 04:54:09,119 THIS BECAUSE THIS ALLOWS US TO 8727 04:54:09,119 --> 04:54:11,421 MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR 8728 04:54:11,421 --> 04:54:13,189 CONSTITUENCIES MORE THAN WE ARE 8729 04:54:13,189 --> 04:54:16,126 ABLE TO DO NOW, THAT'S WHAT I 8730 04:54:16,126 --> 04:54:17,961 LOOK TO AS AN OPPORTUNITY. 8731 04:54:17,961 --> 04:54:21,031 YOU KNOW YOUR AGENCY, AND I 8732 04:54:21,031 --> 04:54:25,435 WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO USE 8733 04:54:25,435 --> 04:54:26,536 WHATEVER MODALITIES YOU THINK 8734 04:54:26,536 --> 04:54:28,772 WOULD BE MOST CONVINCING TO HAVE 8735 04:54:28,772 --> 04:54:30,640 LOWERED THE BARRIERS AND NOW 8736 04:54:30,640 --> 04:54:33,710 WE'RE AT ADOPTION. 8737 04:54:33,710 --> 04:54:35,011 SO I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO 8738 04:54:35,011 --> 04:54:38,715 HEARING, SO WHICH ARE THE ICs 8739 04:54:38,715 --> 04:54:40,684 WITH THE MOST WOMEN'S HEALTH 8740 04:54:40,684 --> 04:54:41,318 RESEARCH, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE 8741 04:54:41,318 --> 04:54:42,319 THE ONES THAT WE WOULD GO TO 8742 04:54:42,319 --> 04:54:42,886 FIRST, RIGHT? 8743 04:54:42,886 --> 04:54:44,854 YEAH. 8744 04:54:44,854 --> 04:54:46,823 >> THAT WAS A MUCH LONGER ANSWER 8745 04:54:46,823 --> 04:54:47,424 THAN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU IN 8746 04:54:47,424 --> 04:54:49,659 TIME TODAY. 8747 04:54:49,659 --> 04:54:50,961 SO ANYWAY, BUT WE WILL FOLLOW UP 8748 04:54:50,961 --> 04:54:52,562 WITH YOU BECAUSE I THINK IT'S 8749 04:54:52,562 --> 04:54:53,463 JUST AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY. 8750 04:54:53,463 --> 04:54:56,533 I'M GOING TO GIVE ALL OF YOU A 8751 04:54:56,533 --> 04:54:57,834 COUPLE, THREE MINUTES TO STAND 8752 04:54:57,834 --> 04:55:04,240 UP AND STRETCH, AND THEN -- SO 8753 04:55:04,240 --> 04:55:05,742 THANK YOU VERY MUCH ONCE AGAIN, 8754 04:55:05,742 --> 04:55:06,042 SUSAN. 8755 04:55:06,042 --> 04:55:08,044 IT WAS REALLY TERRIFIC HAVING 8756 04:55:08,044 --> 04:55:11,848 YOU HERE. 8757 04:55:11,848 --> 04:55:14,918 SO WE HAVE A 2 TO 3-MINUTE BREAK 8758 04:55:14,918 --> 04:55:16,465 AND WE'RE GOING TO START AGAIN. 8759 04:55:20,078 --> 04:55:22,180 IT'S MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO 8760 04:55:22,180 --> 04:55:24,282 INTRODUCE DR. EVE HIGGINBOTHAM. 8761 04:55:24,282 --> 04:55:26,685 DR. HI HIGGINBOTHAM IS THE FORMR 8762 04:55:26,685 --> 04:55:28,620 VICE DEAN FOR DIVERSITY, 8763 04:55:28,620 --> 04:55:30,956 INCLUSION AND EQUITY AT THE 8764 04:55:30,956 --> 04:55:32,457 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 8765 04:55:32,457 --> 04:55:34,225 SHE'S ALSO A SENIOR FELLOW AT 8766 04:55:34,225 --> 04:55:35,660 THE LEONARD DAVIS INSTITUTE FOR 8767 04:55:35,660 --> 04:55:37,495 HEALTH ECONOMICS AND PROFESSOR 8768 04:55:37,495 --> 04:55:40,432 OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AT THE SHEA EYE 8769 04:55:40,432 --> 04:55:41,099 INSTITUTE. 8770 04:55:41,099 --> 04:55:43,068 SHE'S A GLAUCOMA SPECIALIST AND 8771 04:55:43,068 --> 04:55:45,770 IS ACTIVE IN SCHOLARSHIP RELATED 8772 04:55:45,770 --> 04:55:47,539 TO GLAUCOMA, OCULAR 8773 04:55:47,539 --> 04:55:48,640 PHARMACOLOGY, HEALTH POLICY, 8774 04:55:48,640 --> 04:55:50,141 HEALTH EQUITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL 8775 04:55:50,141 --> 04:55:52,110 CULTURE. 8776 04:55:52,110 --> 04:55:53,311 DR. HIGGINBOTHAM HAS SERVED AS 8777 04:55:53,311 --> 04:55:57,582 PRESIDENT OF THE ALPHA OMEGA 8778 04:55:57,582 --> 04:55:58,183 ALPHA HONOR SOCIETY AND WAS A 8779 04:55:58,183 --> 04:55:59,184 PAST MEMBER OF THE HARVARD BOARD 8780 04:55:59,184 --> 04:56:00,952 OF OVERSEERS AND THE MIT 8781 04:56:00,952 --> 04:56:02,921 CORPORATION. 8782 04:56:02,921 --> 04:56:05,156 SHE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE TWO 8783 04:56:05,156 --> 04:56:09,461 VISITING COMMITTEES AT MIT, THE 8784 04:56:09,461 --> 04:56:10,328 INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL ENGINEERING 8785 04:56:10,328 --> 04:56:12,197 AND SCIENCE AND UNDERGRADUATE 8786 04:56:12,197 --> 04:56:15,133 AND GRADUATE STUDENT LIFE, AND 8787 04:56:15,133 --> 04:56:15,734 SERVES AS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS 8788 04:56:15,734 --> 04:56:18,870 ON SEVERAL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 8789 04:56:18,870 --> 04:56:20,872 IN ADDITION, SHE CURRENTLY 8790 04:56:20,872 --> 04:56:22,273 SERVES AS ASSOCIATE EDITOR ON 8791 04:56:22,273 --> 04:56:23,675 THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE 8792 04:56:23,675 --> 04:56:25,443 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF 8793 04:56:25,443 --> 04:56:26,344 OPHTHALMOLOGY. 8794 04:56:26,344 --> 04:56:28,747 IT IS ENGINEER DAY, AND 8795 04:56:28,747 --> 04:56:30,715 DR. HIGGINBOTHAM RECEIVED HER SB 8796 04:56:30,715 --> 04:56:32,250 AND SM DEGREES IN CHEMICAL 8797 04:56:32,250 --> 04:56:34,786 ENGINEERING AT MIT, AND HER 8798 04:56:34,786 --> 04:56:37,589 MEDICAL DEGREE AT HARVARD 8799 04:56:37,589 --> 04:56:38,923 UNIVERSITY, COMPLETING 8800 04:56:38,923 --> 04:56:42,961 OPHTHALMOLOGY RESIDENCY AT 8801 04:56:42,961 --> 04:56:43,862 LOUISIANA EYE CENTER. 8802 04:56:43,862 --> 04:56:45,597 SHE ALSO RECEIVED A MASTER'S OF 8803 04:56:45,597 --> 04:56:49,134 LAW DI GR DEGREE FROM THE 8804 04:56:49,134 --> 04:56:50,702 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 8805 04:56:50,702 --> 04:56:51,102 KERRY LAW SCHOOL. 8806 04:56:51,102 --> 04:56:53,071 SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE 8807 04:56:53,071 --> 04:56:53,772 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE 8808 04:56:53,772 --> 04:56:55,006 SINCE 2000 AND SHE HAS CHAIRED 8809 04:56:55,006 --> 04:56:57,542 MANY GROUPS RELATED TO HER 8810 04:56:57,542 --> 04:57:00,145 NATIONAL ACADEMY WORK, MOST 8811 04:57:00,145 --> 04:57:01,279 RECENTLY THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 8812 04:57:01,279 --> 04:57:02,647 ON THE CAREERS OF WOMEN IN 8813 04:57:02,647 --> 04:57:05,583 ACADEMIC SCIENCES, ENGINEERING 8814 04:57:05,583 --> 04:57:06,084 AN MEDICINE. 8815 04:57:06,084 --> 04:57:11,189 IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE 8816 04:57:11,189 --> 04:57:13,591 SOMEONE WHO I'VE LOOKED UP TO IN 8817 04:57:13,591 --> 04:57:17,195 HER LEAD ARE SHIP POSITIONS IN 8818 04:57:17,195 --> 04:57:18,063 OPHTHALMOLOGY FOR MANY, MANY 8819 04:57:18,063 --> 04:57:19,497 YEARS, A PERSON WHO BRINGS 8820 04:57:19,497 --> 04:57:20,965 SCHOLARSHIP TO EVERYTHING SHE 8821 04:57:20,965 --> 04:57:22,667 DOES, AN EQUITABLE APPROACH AND 8822 04:57:22,667 --> 04:57:27,372 INCREDIBLY ALWAYS COMMITTED TO 8823 04:57:27,372 --> 04:57:29,207 EVIDENCE, EVIDENCE, WHERE'S THE 8824 04:57:29,207 --> 04:57:30,442 DATA, DR. EVE HIGGINBOTHAM. 8825 04:57:30,442 --> 04:57:33,711 >> THANK YOU, DR. CLAYTON. 8826 04:57:33,711 --> 04:57:35,847 I AM SO HAPPY TO BE HERE, AND 8827 04:57:35,847 --> 04:57:39,084 NOW THAT YOU RECEIVED THE COPIES 8828 04:57:39,084 --> 04:57:40,819 OF THE REPORT, YOU KNOW HOW 8829 04:57:40,819 --> 04:57:42,554 IMPOSSIBLE IT'S GOING TO BE FOR 8830 04:57:42,554 --> 04:57:44,322 ME TO DO THIS IN 20 TO 25 8831 04:57:44,322 --> 04:57:46,057 MINUTES, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST. 8832 04:57:46,057 --> 04:57:48,026 IT'S NEARLY 600 PAGES. 8833 04:57:48,026 --> 04:57:50,962 AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL JUST 8834 04:57:50,962 --> 04:57:53,131 START AND REALLY RECOGNIZE THAT 8835 04:57:53,131 --> 04:57:54,999 IT WAS A COMMITTEE THAT PULLED 8836 04:57:54,999 --> 04:57:59,270 THIS TOGETHER, NA SEMI 8837 04:57:59,270 --> 04:58:00,805 COMMITTEE, AND OUR TITLE WAS 8838 04:58:00,805 --> 04:58:02,373 FRAMEWORK FOR THE CONSIDERATION 8839 04:58:02,373 --> 04:58:03,541 OF CHRONIC DEBILITATING 8840 04:58:03,541 --> 04:58:04,976 CONDITIONS IN WOMEN. 8841 04:58:04,976 --> 04:58:07,078 CERTAINLY I'D LIKE TO THANK DRS. 8842 04:58:07,078 --> 04:58:10,014 CLAYTON AND WANG FOR THE 8843 04:58:10,014 --> 04:58:11,116 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A SUMMARY 8844 04:58:11,116 --> 04:58:14,619 OF OUR WORK, WHICH COVERED A 8845 04:58:14,619 --> 04:58:17,889 YEAR AND A HALF OF EFFORT. 8846 04:58:17,889 --> 04:58:19,657 I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE STUDY'S 8847 04:58:19,657 --> 04:58:21,659 MAIN FINDINGS, CONFUSIONS, AND 8848 04:58:21,659 --> 04:58:28,133 RECOMMENDCONCLUSIONS ANDRECOMMEE 8849 04:58:28,133 --> 04:58:29,000 RESEARCH AGENDA WITH THE HOPE 8850 04:58:29,000 --> 04:58:31,069 THIS WILL INDEED HELP TO ADVANCE 8851 04:58:31,069 --> 04:58:31,936 RESEARCH ON CHRONIC CONDITIONS 8852 04:58:31,936 --> 04:58:33,271 IN WOMEN WITH THE OVERARCHING 8853 04:58:33,271 --> 04:58:35,340 GOAL OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND 8854 04:58:35,340 --> 04:58:38,743 QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL WOMEN. 8855 04:58:38,743 --> 04:58:43,982 I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST THANK OUR 8856 04:58:43,982 --> 04:58:45,183 SPONSOR, IF WE CAN GET TO THE 8857 04:58:45,183 --> 04:58:45,617 NEXT SLIDE. 8858 04:58:45,617 --> 04:58:55,960 IT'S NOT ADVANCING. 8859 04:58:57,328 --> 04:59:06,337 I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSOR, 8860 04:59:06,337 --> 04:59:06,871 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF 8861 04:59:06,871 --> 04:59:09,174 HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH 8862 04:59:09,174 --> 04:59:11,042 ON WOMEN'S HEALTH FOR THEIR 8863 04:59:11,042 --> 04:59:13,545 FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THIS 8864 04:59:13,545 --> 04:59:14,546 PROJECT, PARTICULARLY 8865 04:59:14,546 --> 04:59:16,381 DR. CLAYTON AND HER COLLEAGUES. 8866 04:59:16,381 --> 04:59:18,416 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE 8867 04:59:18,416 --> 04:59:20,285 THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE, 8868 04:59:20,285 --> 04:59:22,287 ONE OF WHOM IS SITTING RIGHT 8869 04:59:22,287 --> 04:59:25,590 HERE AMONG YOU AS A MEMBER OF 8870 04:59:25,590 --> 04:59:27,458 THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 8871 04:59:27,458 --> 04:59:29,394 DR. ARNOLD. 8872 04:59:29,394 --> 04:59:32,463 THE COMMITTEE WAS CO CONVENED BY 8873 04:59:32,463 --> 04:59:33,698 THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF 8874 04:59:33,698 --> 04:59:34,332 SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND 8875 04:59:34,332 --> 04:59:35,733 MEDICINE AND REPRESENT A RICH 8876 04:59:35,733 --> 04:59:37,602 DIVERSITY OF DISCIPLINES, 8877 04:59:37,602 --> 04:59:40,104 INCLUDING CLINICIANS, BASIC 8878 04:59:40,104 --> 04:59:40,738 SCIENTISTS, 8879 04:59:40,738 --> 04:59:42,607 CLINICIAN-SCIENTISTS, AND 8880 04:59:42,607 --> 04:59:44,142 EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, AND THE 8881 04:59:44,142 --> 04:59:45,577 BIOSKETCHES NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE 8882 04:59:45,577 --> 04:59:47,845 THE HARD COPY AVAILABLE, BUT YOU 8883 04:59:47,845 --> 04:59:51,249 CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS THE ENTIRE 8884 04:59:51,249 --> 04:59:54,018 REPORT ONLINE AS WELL. 8885 04:59:54,018 --> 04:59:56,087 AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND ALL 8886 04:59:56,087 --> 04:59:57,055 THE BIOSKETCHES. 8887 04:59:57,055 --> 04:59:58,723 SO THE STATEMENT OF TASK IS 8888 04:59:58,723 --> 05:00:01,759 ALWAYS THE NORTH STAR FOR EVERY 8889 05:00:01,759 --> 05:00:02,727 NA SEMI REPORT. 8890 05:00:02,727 --> 05:00:04,929 AND OUR STATEMENT OF TASK ASKS 8891 05:00:04,929 --> 05:00:06,998 US TO DESCRIBE THE CURRENT 8892 05:00:06,998 --> 05:00:09,067 EVIDENCE AND GAPS IN THE SCIENCE 8893 05:00:09,067 --> 05:00:10,935 ON CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN WOMEN, 8894 05:00:10,935 --> 05:00:14,439 INCLUDING A REVIEW OF THE 8895 05:00:14,439 --> 05:00:15,173 LITERATURE, THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF 8896 05:00:15,173 --> 05:00:16,708 CHRONIC CONDITIONS, DESCRIBE HOW 8897 05:00:16,708 --> 05:00:18,810 CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN WOMEN ARE 8898 05:00:18,810 --> 05:00:23,381 INFLUENCED BY FACTORS SUCH AS 8899 05:00:23,381 --> 05:00:24,916 MENOPAUSE, AGE-RELATED SKELETAL 8900 05:00:24,916 --> 05:00:26,150 DYSFUNCTION AND FRAILTY, 8901 05:00:26,150 --> 05:00:27,785 PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND 8902 05:00:27,785 --> 05:00:29,520 TREATMENT TO FEMALE-SPECIFIC 8903 05:00:29,520 --> 05:00:30,521 GYNECOLOGIC CONDITIONS, AND WE 8904 05:00:30,521 --> 05:00:32,590 WERE ASKED TO DESCRIBE HOW THE 8905 05:00:32,590 --> 05:00:34,993 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH 8906 05:00:34,993 --> 05:00:36,160 INFLUENCE THESE CONDITIONS. 8907 05:00:36,160 --> 05:00:38,896 WE WERE ALSO ASKED TO PROPOSE A 8908 05:00:38,896 --> 05:00:41,833 RESEARCH AGENDA, WHICH IS 8909 05:00:41,833 --> 05:00:43,167 PRESENTED IN THE SUMMARY AND 8910 05:00:43,167 --> 05:00:44,369 LAST CHAPTER OF THE REPORT. 8911 05:00:44,369 --> 05:00:47,305 SO I'M ALSO GOING TO BE GIVING 8912 05:00:47,305 --> 05:00:51,075 YOU IDEAS OF WHERE YOU CAN FIND 8913 05:00:51,075 --> 05:00:52,844 SOME OF THIS CONTENT. 8914 05:00:52,844 --> 05:00:54,479 THIS STATEMENT OF TASK SET THE 8915 05:00:54,479 --> 05:00:57,415 STAGE FOR OUR DISCUSSION. 8916 05:00:57,415 --> 05:00:59,984 WE CONSIDER THE NIH'S OFFICE OF 8917 05:00:59,984 --> 05:01:02,253 RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S HEALTH 8918 05:01:02,253 --> 05:01:03,388 FRAMEWORK, WHICH INCLUDES 8919 05:01:03,388 --> 05:01:04,656 44 CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 8920 05:01:04,656 --> 05:01:07,091 WE ALSO TOOK INTO ACCOUNT LIVED 8921 05:01:07,091 --> 05:01:08,826 EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN WITH 8922 05:01:08,826 --> 05:01:11,663 CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 8923 05:01:11,663 --> 05:01:14,365 WE ALSO CONSIDERED CONDITIONS 8924 05:01:14,365 --> 05:01:15,933 SUCH AS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 8925 05:01:15,933 --> 05:01:19,203 AND HIV, WHICH WERE ALSO 8926 05:01:19,203 --> 05:01:21,606 INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY IMPACT 8927 05:01:21,606 --> 05:01:22,907 WOMEN DIFFERENTLY. 8928 05:01:22,907 --> 05:01:25,009 AS A RESULT OF THIS PROCESS, WE 8929 05:01:25,009 --> 05:01:29,380 SELECTED THE FOLLOWING 8930 05:01:29,380 --> 05:01:31,149 CONDITIONS TO REVIEW IN THIS 8931 05:01:31,149 --> 05:01:31,382 REPORT. 8932 05:01:31,382 --> 05:01:33,584 THIS CREATED A BASIS FOR 8933 05:01:33,584 --> 05:01:37,388 IDENTIFYING RESEARCH GAPS AND 8934 05:01:37,388 --> 05:01:38,790 ULTIMATELY A RESEARCH PLAN. 8935 05:01:38,790 --> 05:01:39,590 THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU SEE 8936 05:01:39,590 --> 05:01:44,629 LISTED IN YELLOW ARE THOSE THAT 8937 05:01:44,629 --> 05:01:46,998 WERE ASH TICK LATED EXPLICITLY 8938 05:01:46,998 --> 05:01:48,566 IN THE STATEMENT OF TASK. 8939 05:01:48,566 --> 05:01:51,169 OF COURSE WE ADDED ADDITIONAL 8940 05:01:51,169 --> 05:01:52,170 CONDITIONS, MANY OF WHICH WE 8941 05:01:52,170 --> 05:01:54,939 HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT TODAY. 8942 05:01:54,939 --> 05:01:57,342 THE COMMITTEE WAS GUIDED BY 8943 05:01:57,342 --> 05:01:59,544 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AS SHOWN IN 8944 05:01:59,544 --> 05:02:00,078 THIS FIGURE. 8945 05:02:00,078 --> 05:02:02,313 AS MENTIONED, THERE ARE THREE 8946 05:02:02,313 --> 05:02:03,581 MAJOR BUCKETS THAT WERE 8947 05:02:03,581 --> 05:02:06,317 CONSIDERED FOR CHRONIC 8948 05:02:06,317 --> 05:02:07,518 CONDITIONS. 8949 05:02:07,518 --> 05:02:09,220 FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND GYNECOLOGIC 8950 05:02:09,220 --> 05:02:09,721 CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO 8951 05:02:09,721 --> 05:02:11,789 SIGNIFICANT MORBIDITY, CHRONIC 8952 05:02:11,789 --> 05:02:13,524 CONDITIONS THAT PREDOMINANTLY 8953 05:02:13,524 --> 05:02:16,160 IMPACT OR AFFECT WOMEN 8954 05:02:16,160 --> 05:02:18,663 DIFFERENTLY, AND A THIRD 8955 05:02:18,663 --> 05:02:20,098 CATEGORY, THE ACCUMULATION OF 8956 05:02:20,098 --> 05:02:22,500 MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, 8957 05:02:22,500 --> 05:02:24,135 SPECIFIC RESEARCH AREAS WHICH 8958 05:02:24,135 --> 05:02:25,903 WERE IDENTIFIED. 8959 05:02:25,903 --> 05:02:27,538 THE RESEARCH AREAS THAT WE 8960 05:02:27,538 --> 05:02:31,142 ACTUALLY FOCUSED ON AS YOU CAN 8961 05:02:31,142 --> 05:02:33,111 SEE HERE INCLUDED IMPACT OR 8962 05:02:33,111 --> 05:02:34,345 BURDEN, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, 8963 05:02:34,345 --> 05:02:36,280 PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND 8964 05:02:36,280 --> 05:02:42,086 TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT. 8965 05:02:42,086 --> 05:02:42,854 THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED AREAS 8966 05:02:42,854 --> 05:02:45,390 ON THE TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH 8967 05:02:45,390 --> 05:02:46,691 SPECTRUM FROM BASIC SCIENCE TO 8968 05:02:46,691 --> 05:02:48,059 OP LAITION HEALTH. 8969 05:02:48,059 --> 05:02:51,963 AND HOW THESE FINDINGS MAY TRANS 8970 05:02:51,963 --> 05:02:57,969 LALATE INTO INTERVENTIONS IN THE 8971 05:02:57,969 --> 05:02:59,270 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ULTIMATELY. 8972 05:02:59,270 --> 05:03:00,371 WE ALSO TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE 8973 05:03:00,371 --> 05:03:01,806 LIFECOURSE AND INFLUENCE OF 8974 05:03:01,806 --> 05:03:02,573 STRUCTURAL AND SOCIAL 8975 05:03:02,573 --> 05:03:07,078 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH RELATED 8976 05:03:07,078 --> 05:03:08,212 TO SEX AND GENDER AS INTEGRAL 8977 05:03:08,212 --> 05:03:08,613 COMPONENTS. 8978 05:03:08,613 --> 05:03:11,916 THIS FRAMEWORK INFORMED THE 8979 05:03:11,916 --> 05:03:13,351 COMMITTEE'S COMPREHENSIVE 8980 05:03:13,351 --> 05:03:15,787 RESEARCH AGENDA. 8981 05:03:15,787 --> 05:03:17,855 IN CHAPTER 2, THE COMMITTEE 8982 05:03:17,855 --> 05:03:21,025 INTRODUCED THE ESSENTIAL FACTORS 8983 05:03:21,025 --> 05:03:22,894 NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING 8984 05:03:22,894 --> 05:03:24,529 CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN WOMEN 8985 05:03:24,529 --> 05:03:26,297 THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. 8986 05:03:26,297 --> 05:03:29,801 THESE INCLUDE STAGES ACROSS THE 8987 05:03:29,801 --> 05:03:32,170 LIFECOURSE, STARTING IN UTERO, 8988 05:03:32,170 --> 05:03:35,006 EXTENDING TO OLDER ADULTHOOD, 8989 05:03:35,006 --> 05:03:38,743 AND ALSO MARKING REPRODUCTIVE 8990 05:03:38,743 --> 05:03:41,245 MILESTONES AS WE'VE HEARD TODAY 8991 05:03:41,245 --> 05:03:42,980 IN MANY OF THE TALKS. 8992 05:03:42,980 --> 05:03:44,515 REPRODUCTIVE MILESTONES AND 8993 05:03:44,515 --> 05:03:45,183 TRANSITIONS. 8994 05:03:45,183 --> 05:03:48,453 WE ALSO TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE 8995 05:03:48,453 --> 05:03:50,054 INFLUENCING FACTORS YOU SEE AT 8996 05:03:50,054 --> 05:03:52,790 THE BOTTOM THERE, INCLUDING SEX 8997 05:03:52,790 --> 05:03:55,293 AND GENDER, BIOLOGY, 8998 05:03:55,293 --> 05:03:56,561 ENVIRONMENT, DIET, STRESS, AND 8999 05:03:56,561 --> 05:04:00,264 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. 9000 05:04:00,264 --> 05:04:02,133 THE COMMITTEE CHOSE TO CLARIFY 9001 05:04:02,133 --> 05:04:05,169 SEVERAL KEY TERMS RELEVANT TO 9002 05:04:05,169 --> 05:04:06,404 THIS REPORT THAT WERE IMPORTANT 9003 05:04:06,404 --> 05:04:08,139 IN INFORMING THE WORK, AND I 9004 05:04:08,139 --> 05:04:09,340 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO 9005 05:04:09,340 --> 05:04:13,978 REVIEW A FEW OF THOSE WITH YOU 9006 05:04:13,978 --> 05:04:14,312 TODAY. 9007 05:04:14,312 --> 05:04:16,581 THE COMMITTEE ADOPTED THE U.S. 9008 05:04:16,581 --> 05:04:17,248 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 9009 05:04:17,248 --> 05:04:21,319 SERVICES DEFINITION OF CHRONIC 9010 05:04:21,319 --> 05:04:22,086 CONDITIONS. 9011 05:04:22,086 --> 05:04:23,154 WHICH DESCRIBES THIS TERM AS 9012 05:04:23,154 --> 05:04:27,225 CONDITIONS THAT LAST ONE YEAR OR 9013 05:04:27,225 --> 05:04:29,327 MORE AND REQUIRE ONGOING MEDICAL 9014 05:04:29,327 --> 05:04:32,296 ATTENTION OR LIMIT SELF-CARE AND 9015 05:04:32,296 --> 05:04:35,399 INDEPENDENT LIVING, SOCIAL 9016 05:04:35,399 --> 05:04:39,270 INTERACTIONS, O.A.R. QUALITY OFF 9017 05:04:39,270 --> 05:04:41,772 LIFEMENT WE WERE INITIALLY 9018 05:04:41,772 --> 05:04:43,508 ENTITLED DEBILITATING CONDITIONS 9019 05:04:43,508 --> 05:04:46,477 IN OUR TITLE FOR OUR COMMITTEE. 9020 05:04:46,477 --> 05:04:48,112 BUT WE REMOVED THE TERM ALMOST 9021 05:04:48,112 --> 05:04:49,714 IMMEDIATELY. 9022 05:04:49,714 --> 05:04:53,384 WE AS A COMMITTEE AGREED THAT 9023 05:04:53,384 --> 05:04:55,353 THIS TERM NEGATED THE 9024 05:04:55,353 --> 05:04:57,321 EXPERIENCES OF SO MANY WOMEN WHO 9025 05:04:57,321 --> 05:05:00,491 LIVE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND 9026 05:05:00,491 --> 05:05:02,193 HAVE DEVELOPED COPING MECHANISMS 9027 05:05:02,193 --> 05:05:05,963 THAT HELP THEM FUNCTION MORE 9028 05:05:05,963 --> 05:05:06,864 FULLY. 9029 05:05:06,864 --> 05:05:08,266 THE COMMITTEE ALSO DEFINED 9030 05:05:08,266 --> 05:05:09,567 MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, 9031 05:05:09,567 --> 05:05:10,701 WHICH ARE TWO OR MORE CHRONIC 9032 05:05:10,701 --> 05:05:15,973 PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH 9033 05:05:15,973 --> 05:05:17,842 COMPANIES THAT CO-OCCUR BUT MAY 9034 05:05:17,842 --> 05:05:20,011 OR MAY NOT DIRECTLY INTERACT. 9035 05:05:20,011 --> 05:05:22,213 IN THIS REPORT, THE COMMITTEE 9036 05:05:22,213 --> 05:05:24,148 DEFINES WOMAN TO INCLUDE ANY 9037 05:05:24,148 --> 05:05:25,883 INDIVIDUAL WHO CONSIDERS 9038 05:05:25,883 --> 05:05:28,452 THEMSELVES TO BE A WOMAN OR WAS 9039 05:05:28,452 --> 05:05:31,856 ASSIGNED FEMALE SEX AT BIRTH. 9040 05:05:31,856 --> 05:05:34,058 RELATED TO SEX AND GENDER, THE 9041 05:05:34,058 --> 05:05:36,561 COMMITTEE REGARD BIOLOGIC 9042 05:05:36,561 --> 05:05:37,762 REGARDED BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES 9043 05:05:37,762 --> 05:05:40,831 AS SEX DIFFERENCES WHEREAS THOSE 9044 05:05:40,831 --> 05:05:43,134 ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOCIAL 9045 05:05:43,134 --> 05:05:43,701 ENVIRONMENT AS GENDER 9046 05:05:43,701 --> 05:05:50,708 DIFFERENCES. 9047 05:05:50,708 --> 05:05:52,343 THESE INCLUSIVE CONDITIONS WERE 9048 05:05:52,343 --> 05:05:53,945 INTENDED TO RECOGNIZE 9049 05:05:53,945 --> 05:05:54,478 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN 9050 05:05:54,478 --> 05:05:55,413 AFFECTED BY A SET OF BIOLOGICAL 9051 05:05:55,413 --> 05:05:57,615 AND SOCIAL FACTORS THAT 9052 05:05:57,615 --> 05:05:59,383 INFLUENCE WOMEN DIFFERENTLY THAN 9053 05:05:59,383 --> 05:06:03,554 MEN. 9054 05:06:03,554 --> 05:06:05,323 WE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF 9055 05:06:05,323 --> 05:06:06,290 DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SOCIAL 9056 05:06:06,290 --> 05:06:13,164 AND STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF 9057 05:06:13,164 --> 05:06:14,865 HEALTH SMED STRUCTURAL FACTORS 9058 05:06:14,865 --> 05:06:16,367 WERE DEFINED AS THE MACRO 9059 05:06:16,367 --> 05:06:18,703 FECTORS SUCH AS LAWS, POLICIES 9060 05:06:18,703 --> 05:06:20,838 AND NORMS THAT SHAPED THE 9061 05:06:20,838 --> 05:06:21,305 DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL 9062 05:06:21,305 --> 05:06:24,575 DETERMINANT OF HEALTH ACROSS AND 9063 05:06:24,575 --> 05:06:26,444 WITHIN SOCIAL GROUPS. 9064 05:06:26,444 --> 05:06:28,879 THE COMMITTEE EXPLICITLY CALLS 9065 05:06:28,879 --> 05:06:34,218 SUCH FACTORS OUT AS SEXISM, 9066 05:06:34,218 --> 05:06:35,720 HOMOPHOBIA, HETEROSEXISM, RACISM 9067 05:06:35,720 --> 05:06:37,722 AND AGEISM. 9068 05:06:37,722 --> 05:06:39,256 THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED 9069 05:06:39,256 --> 05:06:41,425 DETERMINANTS SUCH AS ACCESS TO 9070 05:06:41,425 --> 05:06:43,728 EDUCATION QUALITY, HEALTH, 9071 05:06:43,728 --> 05:06:45,329 ECONOMIC STABILITY AND BUILT 9072 05:06:45,329 --> 05:06:45,930 ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL AND 9073 05:06:45,930 --> 05:06:48,666 COMMUNITY CONTEXT. 9074 05:06:48,666 --> 05:06:53,471 THIS NEW CONSENSUS REPORT REALLY 9075 05:06:53,471 --> 05:06:56,974 DOES A GREAT JOB IN SUMMARIZING 9076 05:06:56,974 --> 05:06:58,309 THE COMPLEXITIES OF EVERYTHING I 9077 05:06:58,309 --> 05:07:02,780 JUST MENTIONED IN 10 OVERARCHING 9078 05:07:02,780 --> 05:07:04,215 CONCLUSIONS AND 18 9079 05:07:04,215 --> 05:07:05,216 RECOMMENDATIONS. 9080 05:07:05,216 --> 05:07:06,484 AND CALLS ON THE NATIONAL 9081 05:07:06,484 --> 05:07:08,285 INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND OTHER 9082 05:07:08,285 --> 05:07:12,890 FEDERAL AGENCIES TO SUPPORT 9083 05:07:12,890 --> 05:07:14,825 RESEARCH WHERE SIGNIFICANT 9084 05:07:14,825 --> 05:07:16,527 KNOWLEDGE GAPS EXIST AROUND 9085 05:07:16,527 --> 05:07:18,596 FEMALE SPECIFIC AND GYNECOLOGIC 9086 05:07:18,596 --> 05:07:19,897 CONDITIONS AS WELL AS CONDITIONS 9087 05:07:19,897 --> 05:07:22,166 THAT PREDOMINANTLY IMPACT OR 9088 05:07:22,166 --> 05:07:24,168 AFFECT WOMEN DIFFERENTLY. 9089 05:07:24,168 --> 05:07:27,438 THIS SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS 9090 05:07:27,438 --> 05:07:30,741 SERVE AS A RESEARCH AGENDA. 9091 05:07:30,741 --> 05:07:34,345 NOW, WITHIN ITS 10 CHAPTERS, THE 9092 05:07:34,345 --> 05:07:38,416 REPORT OUTLINES THESE SEVEN KEY 9093 05:07:38,416 --> 05:07:42,453 AREAS WHERE RESEARCH GAPS OR 9094 05:07:42,453 --> 05:07:43,120 RESEARCH DESERT AS WE HEARD FROM 9095 05:07:43,120 --> 05:07:46,824 OUR LAST SPEAKER, RESIDE, AND 9096 05:07:46,824 --> 05:07:48,392 THAT ARE ACTIONABLE TOWARDS 9097 05:07:48,392 --> 05:07:50,695 INCREASING FUNDING FOR RESEARCH 9098 05:07:50,695 --> 05:07:52,530 BY NIH AND OTHER RELEVANT 9099 05:07:52,530 --> 05:07:55,166 AGENCIES. 9100 05:07:55,166 --> 05:07:58,469 THESE AREAS AS I MENTIONED ARE 9101 05:07:58,469 --> 05:08:00,337 LISTED HERE, AND THEY CREATE THE 9102 05:08:00,337 --> 05:08:02,139 SCAFFOLD FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS 9103 05:08:02,139 --> 05:08:03,941 LAID OUT IN THIS REPORT, AND 9104 05:08:03,941 --> 05:08:05,876 WE'LL WALK THROUGH THIS FOR THE 9105 05:08:05,876 --> 05:08:06,677 REMAINING PART OF THIS 9106 05:08:06,677 --> 05:08:10,514 PRESENTATION. 9107 05:08:10,514 --> 05:08:11,716 BEGINNING WITH RECOMMENDATION 9108 05:08:11,716 --> 05:08:12,583 ONE, IMPACT OF CHRONIC 9109 05:08:12,583 --> 05:08:16,654 CONDITIONS IN WOMEN. 9110 05:08:16,654 --> 05:08:19,590 CHAPTERS THREE AND FOUR 9111 05:08:19,590 --> 05:08:20,891 HIGHLIGHTED FINDINGS 9112 05:08:20,891 --> 05:08:21,425 UNDERSCORING THAT CHRONIC 9113 05:08:21,425 --> 05:08:24,462 CONDITIONS WITH UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY 9114 05:08:24,462 --> 05:08:27,031 LACK A STANDARD CRITERIA FOR 9115 05:08:27,031 --> 05:08:27,932 DIAGNOSIS AND SYMPTOMS THAT 9116 05:08:27,932 --> 05:08:30,534 OVERLAP WITH OTHER CONDITIONS, 9117 05:08:30,534 --> 05:08:32,436 HINDER THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN AN 9118 05:08:32,436 --> 05:08:35,706 ACCURATE MEASURE OF IMPACT. 9119 05:08:35,706 --> 05:08:37,241 CONSEQUENTLY, THERE'S A PAUCITY 9120 05:08:37,241 --> 05:08:43,514 OF DATA MEASURING THE IMPACT OF 9121 05:08:43,514 --> 05:08:44,715 CHRONIC CONDITIONS INCLUDING 9122 05:08:44,715 --> 05:08:46,917 PREVALENCE, QUALITY OF LIFE AND 9123 05:08:46,917 --> 05:08:47,551 ECONOMIC IMPACT. 9124 05:08:47,551 --> 05:08:51,288 FOR MANY OF THESE CONDITIONS 9125 05:08:51,288 --> 05:08:52,389 THAT WERE REVIEWED IN THIS 9126 05:08:52,389 --> 05:08:52,823 REPORT. 9127 05:08:52,823 --> 05:08:54,692 THEREFORE, WE RECOMMENDED THAT 9128 05:08:54,692 --> 05:08:57,561 RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO IMPROVE 9129 05:08:57,561 --> 05:09:01,799 ESTIMATE OS OF THE IMPACT OF 9130 05:09:01,799 --> 05:09:03,033 CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN WOMEN. 9131 05:09:03,033 --> 05:09:04,201 SPECIFICALLY, RESEARCH IS NEEDED 9132 05:09:04,201 --> 05:09:06,303 FOR IMPROVED DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY 9133 05:09:06,303 --> 05:09:08,372 AS WE'D HEARD IN PREVIOUS 9134 05:09:08,372 --> 05:09:12,243 PRESENTATIONS FOR CHRONIC 9135 05:09:12,243 --> 05:09:12,543 CONDITIONS. 9136 05:09:12,543 --> 05:09:16,614 SPECIFIC TO OUR -- EXPERIENCED 9137 05:09:16,614 --> 05:09:17,314 DIFFERENTLY BY WOMEN. 9138 05:09:17,314 --> 05:09:20,017 IN SUMMARY OF THESE SPECIFICS, 9139 05:09:20,017 --> 05:09:21,685 BETTER CHARACTERIZATION OF THESE 9140 05:09:21,685 --> 05:09:26,524 DIFFERENCES IS NEEDED. 9141 05:09:26,524 --> 05:09:27,491 CURRENT CHRONIC CONDITION 9142 05:09:27,491 --> 05:09:29,160 SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS FAIL TO 9143 05:09:29,160 --> 05:09:30,928 COLLECT DATA ON A NUMBER OF 9144 05:09:30,928 --> 05:09:34,098 FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND GYNECOLOGIC 9145 05:09:34,098 --> 05:09:36,066 CONDITIONS OR FAIL TO PUBLISH 9146 05:09:36,066 --> 05:09:37,434 DISAGGREGATED DATA. 9147 05:09:37,434 --> 05:09:39,403 ON CHRONIC CONDITIONS THAT 9148 05:09:39,403 --> 05:09:40,604 PREDOMINANTLY IMPACT OUR AFFECT 9149 05:09:40,604 --> 05:09:43,874 WOMEN DIFFERENTLY. 9150 05:09:43,874 --> 05:09:46,744 THEREFORE, WE ASK THAT THOSE WHO 9151 05:09:46,744 --> 05:09:49,647 CONDUCT NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE 9152 05:09:49,647 --> 05:09:50,915 AND POPULATION-BASED STUDIES 9153 05:09:50,915 --> 05:09:53,450 SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO EXPAND 9154 05:09:53,450 --> 05:09:55,719 DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES. 9155 05:09:55,719 --> 05:09:58,255 MOVING ON TO RECOMMENDATION TWO, 9156 05:09:58,255 --> 05:10:02,960 UNDER THE THEME OF BIOLOGY AND 9157 05:10:02,960 --> 05:10:03,727 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CHRONIC 9158 05:10:03,727 --> 05:10:04,829 CONDITIONS IN WOMEN. 9159 05:10:04,829 --> 05:10:09,333 AND I MUST SAY, DR. ARNOLD WAS 9160 05:10:09,333 --> 05:10:11,535 PARTICULARLY HELPFUL IN GUIDING 9161 05:10:11,535 --> 05:10:14,371 US THROUGH THIS PART OF OUR 9162 05:10:14,371 --> 05:10:17,741 DISCUSSION IN THE REPORT. 9163 05:10:17,741 --> 05:10:20,911 THIS IS COVERED IN CHAPTERS 2, 9164 05:10:20,911 --> 05:10:24,448 5, 6 AND 9 OF THE REPORT, WHICH 9165 05:10:24,448 --> 05:10:27,151 HIGHLIGHTED EVIDENCE ON THE 9166 05:10:27,151 --> 05:10:27,818 BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS THAT 9167 05:10:27,818 --> 05:10:29,019 CONTRIBUTE TO CHRONIC CONDITIONS 9168 05:10:29,019 --> 05:10:30,621 IN WOMEN. 9169 05:10:30,621 --> 05:10:32,456 WHICH THIS KNOWLEDGE IS CRUCIAL 9170 05:10:32,456 --> 05:10:34,892 FOR DEVELOPING APPROACHES TO 9171 05:10:34,892 --> 05:10:38,596 DIAGNOSE, TREAT AND PREVENT 9172 05:10:38,596 --> 05:10:39,230 FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND GYNECOLOGIC 9173 05:10:39,230 --> 05:10:39,697 CONDITIONS. 9174 05:10:39,697 --> 05:10:42,199 AND THOSE THAT PREDOMINANTLY 9175 05:10:42,199 --> 05:10:44,201 IMPACT OR AFFECT WOMEN 9176 05:10:44,201 --> 05:10:44,768 DIFFERENTLY. 9177 05:10:44,768 --> 05:10:47,271 HOW ESTROGENS AFFECT CHRONIC 9178 05:10:47,271 --> 05:10:49,673 CONDITIONS IN WOMEN ARE NOT 9179 05:10:49,673 --> 05:10:51,208 WELL-KNOWN ACROSS ALL CHRONIC 9180 05:10:51,208 --> 05:10:54,044 CONDITIONS AND THE INTERACTION 9181 05:10:54,044 --> 05:10:58,115 OF SEX HORMONES AND 9182 05:10:58,115 --> 05:10:59,650 GONADOHORMONES IS POORLY 9183 05:10:59,650 --> 05:11:00,317 UNDERSTOOD. 9184 05:11:00,317 --> 05:11:05,489 THEREFORE, THE REPORT RECOMMENDS 9185 05:11:05,489 --> 05:11:07,124 THAT NIH AND OTHER RELEVANT 9186 05:11:07,124 --> 05:11:08,993 RESEARCH AGENCIES SHOULD SUPPORT 9187 05:11:08,993 --> 05:11:10,961 RESEARCH TO UNDERSTAND THE 9188 05:11:10,961 --> 05:11:14,365 INDEPENDENT AND INTERACTING 9189 05:11:14,365 --> 05:11:17,334 ROLES OF GONADAL HORMONES AND 9190 05:11:17,334 --> 05:11:19,637 SEX CHROMOSOME GENES, CAUSING 9191 05:11:19,637 --> 05:11:20,304 SEX DIFFERENCES. 9192 05:11:20,304 --> 05:11:22,907 IN ADDITION, WE NEED TO DEVELOP 9193 05:11:22,907 --> 05:11:28,412 A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW 9194 05:11:28,412 --> 05:11:31,248 INFLAMMATORY AN IMMUNE PATHWAY 9195 05:11:31,248 --> 05:11:32,383 AFFECT CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN 9196 05:11:32,383 --> 05:11:34,351 WOMEN AND SUPPORT RESEARCH IN 9197 05:11:34,351 --> 05:11:36,854 SPECIFIC AREAS AS LISTED BELOW 9198 05:11:36,854 --> 05:11:42,192 ON THIS SLIDE. 9199 05:11:42,192 --> 05:11:44,728 RESEARCH HAS NOT YET DISCOVERED 9200 05:11:44,728 --> 05:11:47,698 THE GENETIC DRIVERS OF VERY 9201 05:11:47,698 --> 05:11:49,099 EXPERIENCES OF CHRONIC 9202 05:11:49,099 --> 05:11:50,868 CONDITIONS EITHER. 9203 05:11:50,868 --> 05:11:53,103 AND EFFORTS, THEREFORE, ARE 9204 05:11:53,103 --> 05:11:56,040 NEEDED TO FURTHER DISENTANGLE 9205 05:11:56,040 --> 05:11:57,908 THE VARIOUS SUBTYPES AND 9206 05:11:57,908 --> 05:11:59,243 HETEROGENEITY OF CHRONIC 9207 05:11:59,243 --> 05:12:00,210 CONDITIONS THAT AFFECT WOMEN TO 9208 05:12:00,210 --> 05:12:03,948 INFORM NOVEL TREATMENTS. 9209 05:12:03,948 --> 05:12:07,551 THEREFORE, THE REPORT RECOMMENDS 9210 05:12:07,551 --> 05:12:09,186 THAT GREATER SUPPORT OF RESEARCH 9211 05:12:09,186 --> 05:12:10,554 IS NEEDED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND 9212 05:12:10,554 --> 05:12:13,724 THE GENETIC DRIVERS OF SUBTYPES 9213 05:12:13,724 --> 05:12:16,260 AND SYMPTOM HETEROGENEITY OF 9214 05:12:16,260 --> 05:12:17,127 FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND GYNECOLOGIC 9215 05:12:17,127 --> 05:12:18,329 CONDITIONS. 9216 05:12:18,329 --> 05:12:20,965 AND ENSURE THE DATABASES USED IN 9217 05:12:20,965 --> 05:12:24,068 SUCH STUDIES ARE DIVERSE, GIVEN 9218 05:12:24,068 --> 05:12:26,136 THE OBSERVATION OF SUBPOPULATION 9219 05:12:26,136 --> 05:12:30,074 DIFFERENCES. 9220 05:12:30,074 --> 05:12:32,710 THE LACK OF SUITABLE ANIMAL 9221 05:12:32,710 --> 05:12:34,912 MODELS AND OTHER PRE-CLINICAL 9222 05:12:34,912 --> 05:12:36,313 SYSTEMS FOR EXPLORING THE 9223 05:12:36,313 --> 05:12:37,982 BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING 9224 05:12:37,982 --> 05:12:41,785 CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN WOMEN MUST 9225 05:12:41,785 --> 05:12:44,521 ALSO BE ADDRESSED, SO I WAS VERY 9226 05:12:44,521 --> 05:12:47,491 DELIGHTED TO HEAR SOME OF THAT 9227 05:12:47,491 --> 05:12:49,259 PROGRESS MADE IN THIS SPACE IN 9228 05:12:49,259 --> 05:12:51,028 THE LAST PANEL. 9229 05:12:51,028 --> 05:12:53,263 MOVING ON TO RECOMMENDATION 9230 05:12:53,263 --> 05:12:56,200 THREE, UNDER THE THEME OF 9231 05:12:56,200 --> 05:12:58,035 FEMALE-SPECIFIC FACTORS AND 9232 05:12:58,035 --> 05:12:58,469 CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 9233 05:12:58,469 --> 05:13:00,571 AS DISCUSSED IN CHAPTERS 5 AND 9234 05:13:00,571 --> 05:13:02,873 6, WITH EACH CHRONIC CONDITION, 9235 05:13:02,873 --> 05:13:05,576 REA PRODUCTIVE MILESTONES ARE 9236 05:13:05,576 --> 05:13:07,478 KEY FACTORS INFLUENCING THE 9237 05:13:07,478 --> 05:13:08,679 DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC 9238 05:13:08,679 --> 05:13:10,647 CONDITIONS IN WOMEN. 9239 05:13:10,647 --> 05:13:12,783 THE REPORT HIGHLIGHT THAT 9240 05:13:12,783 --> 05:13:14,084 VARIATION IN THESE MILESTONES 9241 05:13:14,084 --> 05:13:17,354 SUCH AS EARLY MENARCHE, A 9242 05:13:17,354 --> 05:13:19,490 SHORTER REPRODUCTIVE WINDOW, 9243 05:13:19,490 --> 05:13:23,427 INCLUDING EARLY MENOPAUSE AND 9244 05:13:23,427 --> 05:13:24,495 HORMONAL FLUCTUATIONS PLAY A 9245 05:13:24,495 --> 05:13:27,998 ROLE IN CONDITIONS SUCH AS 9246 05:13:27,998 --> 05:13:29,666 ENDOMETRIOSIS, WHICH HAS BEEN 9247 05:13:29,666 --> 05:13:32,736 DISCUSSED TODAY, DEPRESSION, 9248 05:13:32,736 --> 05:13:36,640 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, STROKE, 9249 05:13:36,640 --> 05:13:38,509 AND HIV, BUT THEIR ROLE IS LESS 9250 05:13:38,509 --> 05:13:39,810 UNDERSTAND FOR OTHER CHRONIC 9251 05:13:39,810 --> 05:13:40,110 CONDITIONS. 9252 05:13:40,110 --> 05:13:43,480 THEREFORE, THE REPORT RECOMMENDS 9253 05:13:43,480 --> 05:13:46,417 THAT NIH AND OTHER RELEVANT 9254 05:13:46,417 --> 05:13:49,486 RESEARCH AGENCIES SHOULD SUPPORT 9255 05:13:49,486 --> 05:13:52,456 RESEARCH TO BETTER UNDERSTAND 9256 05:13:52,456 --> 05:13:54,525 EXACT MECHANISMS, HORMONAL 9257 05:13:54,525 --> 05:13:55,426 FLUCTUATIONS PLAY IN THE 9258 05:13:55,426 --> 05:13:56,293 DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC 9259 05:13:56,293 --> 05:13:59,930 CONDITIONS IN WOMEN. 9260 05:13:59,930 --> 05:14:01,932 THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREA 9261 05:14:01,932 --> 05:14:03,233 SUCH AS CHRONIC CONDITIONS SUCH 9262 05:14:03,233 --> 05:14:06,270 AS THE AGE OF MENARCHE, WHETHER 9263 05:14:06,270 --> 05:14:09,206 OR NOT THE AGE OF THE START OF 9264 05:14:09,206 --> 05:14:12,042 PERIODS ACTUALLY MAKES A 9265 05:14:12,042 --> 05:14:13,677 DIFFERENCE IN THE SEVERITY OF 9266 05:14:13,677 --> 05:14:16,313 THESE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, 9267 05:14:16,313 --> 05:14:18,916 MENSTRUAL CYCLE REGULARITY OR 9268 05:14:18,916 --> 05:14:21,318 IRREGULARITY. 9269 05:14:21,318 --> 05:14:23,053 LENGTH AND MENSTRUAL CYCLE 9270 05:14:23,053 --> 05:14:23,720 PHASES. 9271 05:14:23,720 --> 05:14:26,890 AS WELL AS THE EFFECTS OF EARLY 9272 05:14:26,890 --> 05:14:29,293 AND PREMATURE MENOPAUSE AS 9273 05:14:29,293 --> 05:14:31,161 ANOTHER EXAMPLE, AND 9274 05:14:31,161 --> 05:14:35,232 CHARACTERIZING THESE MILESTONES 9275 05:14:35,232 --> 05:14:36,567 BASED ON ANCESTRAL AND ETHNIC 9276 05:14:36,567 --> 05:14:40,938 GROUPS OF WOMEN AS WELL AS 9277 05:14:40,938 --> 05:14:41,805 LGBTQIA+ WOMEN. 9278 05:14:41,805 --> 05:14:44,108 THIS REPORT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THAT 9279 05:14:44,108 --> 05:14:47,544 A DECLINE AND CHANGE OF HORMONE 9280 05:14:47,544 --> 05:14:50,914 LEVELS DURING MENOPAUSE AND 9281 05:14:50,914 --> 05:14:52,583 PERIMENOPAUSE HAS SIGNIFICANT 9282 05:14:52,583 --> 05:14:54,718 EFFECT, SUCH AS THE SYMPTOM THAT 9283 05:14:54,718 --> 05:14:59,756 MANY WOMEN EXPERIENCE, AND 9284 05:14:59,756 --> 05:15:01,158 RESEARCH HAS YET TO IDENTIFY THE 9285 05:15:01,158 --> 05:15:03,360 EXACT BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS THAT 9286 05:15:03,360 --> 05:15:03,927 CAUSE THESE EFFECTS. 9287 05:15:03,927 --> 05:15:06,130 RESEARCH HAS IDENTIFIED THE 9288 05:15:06,130 --> 05:15:09,566 REDUCTION IN ESTROGEN LEVELS IN 9289 05:15:09,566 --> 05:15:11,935 POST MENOPAUSE -- THAT POST 9290 05:15:11,935 --> 05:15:13,237 MENOPAUSE PERIOD AS AN IMPORTANT 9291 05:15:13,237 --> 05:15:16,540 CONTRIBUTOR TO DEVELOPING 9292 05:15:16,540 --> 05:15:17,975 SPECIFIC CHRONIC CONDITIONS, 9293 05:15:17,975 --> 05:15:21,512 MOST NOTABLY CARDIOVASCULAR 9294 05:15:21,512 --> 05:15:22,513 DISEASE AND STROKE. 9295 05:15:22,513 --> 05:15:23,814 HOWEVER, ITS INFLUENCE ON OTHER 9296 05:15:23,814 --> 05:15:25,782 CHRONIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS 9297 05:15:25,782 --> 05:15:29,953 SARCOPENIA IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD. 9298 05:15:29,953 --> 05:15:31,421 THEREFORE, THE REPORT RECOMMENDS 9299 05:15:31,421 --> 05:15:34,124 THAT THERE SHOULD BE GREATER 9300 05:15:34,124 --> 05:15:36,660 FOCUS ON RESEARCH THAT AIMS TO 9301 05:15:36,660 --> 05:15:40,497 DEVELOP NEW AND BETTER 9302 05:15:40,497 --> 05:15:41,398 APPROACHES FOR ADDRESSING THE 9303 05:15:41,398 --> 05:15:43,000 SYMPTOMS THAT AFFECT WOMEN 9304 05:15:43,000 --> 05:15:46,336 DURING PERIMENOPAUSE, MENOPAUSE, 9305 05:15:46,336 --> 05:15:49,506 AND POST MENOPAUSE. 9306 05:15:49,506 --> 05:15:53,210 MOVING ON TO RECOMMENDATIONS 9307 05:15:53,210 --> 05:15:55,712 4 THROUGH 6 AND THE THEME HERE, 9308 05:15:55,712 --> 05:15:59,683 DISPARITIES AND LIFE 9309 05:15:59,683 --> 05:16:00,284 EXPERIENCES. 9310 05:16:00,284 --> 05:16:04,521 CHAPTERS 2, 5, 6, AND 9311 05:16:04,521 --> 05:16:05,622 7 INTRODUCE THE BACKGROUND ON 9312 05:16:05,622 --> 05:16:07,724 HOW STRUCTURAL AND SOCIAL 9313 05:16:07,724 --> 05:16:08,525 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ARE KEY 9314 05:16:08,525 --> 05:16:10,928 FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE 9315 05:16:10,928 --> 05:16:12,462 DEVELOPMENT, DIAGNOSIS, 9316 05:16:12,462 --> 05:16:13,864 TREATMENT AND PROGRESSION OF 9317 05:16:13,864 --> 05:16:15,832 CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN WOMEN, AND 9318 05:16:15,832 --> 05:16:18,702 THAT EXISTING RESEARCH PRIMARILY 9319 05:16:18,702 --> 05:16:20,237 EXAMINES DIFFERENCES IN CHRONIC 9320 05:16:20,237 --> 05:16:22,806 CONDITIONS IN WOMEN BY SOCIAL 9321 05:16:22,806 --> 05:16:25,542 GROUP IDENTITY, BUT NOT HOW 9322 05:16:25,542 --> 05:16:26,743 STRUCTURAL AND SOCIAL 9323 05:16:26,743 --> 05:16:29,780 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH INTERSECT 9324 05:16:29,780 --> 05:16:33,984 TO CONTRIBUTE TO DISPARITIES. 9325 05:16:33,984 --> 05:16:37,054 RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO BETTER 9326 05:16:37,054 --> 05:16:38,989 UNDERSTAND MULTIPLE SOCIAL 9327 05:16:38,989 --> 05:16:41,091 IDENTITIES AND HOW THEY INTERACT 9328 05:16:41,091 --> 05:16:44,194 WITH STRUCTURAL AND SOCIAL 9329 05:16:44,194 --> 05:16:48,565 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, TO 9330 05:16:48,565 --> 05:16:49,433 INFLUENCE CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN 9331 05:16:49,433 --> 05:16:50,667 WOMEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE 9332 05:16:50,667 --> 05:16:51,635 LIFECOURSE. 9333 05:16:51,635 --> 05:16:55,105 IT'S ALSO DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER W 9334 05:16:55,105 --> 05:16:58,909 OF VARIOUS CHRONIC CONDITIONS 9335 05:16:58,909 --> 05:17:01,645 THROUGHOUT THE REPORT THAT 9336 05:17:01,645 --> 05:17:03,680 ADVERSE AND/OR TRAUMATIC 9337 05:17:03,680 --> 05:17:06,416 CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND 9338 05:17:06,416 --> 05:17:11,521 SOCIETAL GENDER EXPECTATIONS MAY 9339 05:17:11,521 --> 05:17:13,390 EXPOSE WOMEN TO TRAUMATIC EVENTS 9340 05:17:13,390 --> 05:17:14,625 THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES THAT CAN 9341 05:17:14,625 --> 05:17:16,927 ADVERSELY AFFECT THEIR HEALTH. 9342 05:17:16,927 --> 05:17:20,097 THEREFORE, THE REPORT RECOMMENDS 9343 05:17:20,097 --> 05:17:21,431 SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH THAT WILL 9344 05:17:21,431 --> 05:17:24,401 EXPLORES THE ROLE OF TRAUMATIC 9345 05:17:24,401 --> 05:17:27,170 EXPERIENCES AS RISK FACTORS IN 9346 05:17:27,170 --> 05:17:27,638 DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC 9347 05:17:27,638 --> 05:17:29,373 CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE 9348 05:17:29,373 --> 05:17:30,674 LIFECOURSE. 9349 05:17:30,674 --> 05:17:34,044 LASTLY, THERE IS A LOT OF 9350 05:17:34,044 --> 05:17:36,213 EVIDENCE THAT HEALTH PROMOTING 9351 05:17:36,213 --> 05:17:39,116 BEHAVIORS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH 9352 05:17:39,116 --> 05:17:40,017 DECREASED RISK FOR CHRONIC 9353 05:17:40,017 --> 05:17:43,620 CONDITIONS. 9354 05:17:43,620 --> 05:17:48,125 THEREFORE, WE NEED GREATER FOCUS 9355 05:17:48,125 --> 05:17:49,226 ON RESEARCH TO DEEPEN OUR 9356 05:17:49,226 --> 05:17:50,761 UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE ROLE 9357 05:17:50,761 --> 05:17:52,863 OF THESE LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS ON 9358 05:17:52,863 --> 05:17:54,464 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRONIC 9359 05:17:54,464 --> 05:17:58,135 CONDITIONS IN WOMEN. 9360 05:17:58,135 --> 05:18:00,871 MOVING ON TO RECOMMENDATION 7, 9361 05:18:00,871 --> 05:18:03,940 IN CHAPTERS 6 AND 8, IT WAS 9362 05:18:03,940 --> 05:18:05,042 NOTED THAT WOMEN MAY EXHIBIT 9363 05:18:05,042 --> 05:18:07,144 DIFFERENCES IN PRE-CLINICAL AND 9364 05:18:07,144 --> 05:18:08,679 CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF 9365 05:18:08,679 --> 05:18:11,114 FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND 9366 05:18:11,114 --> 05:18:11,648 FEMALE-DOMINANT CHRONIC 9367 05:18:11,648 --> 05:18:14,951 CONDITIONS, AND THE FAILURE TO 9368 05:18:14,951 --> 05:18:16,586 DIFFERENTIATE CONDITION DISEASE 9369 05:18:16,586 --> 05:18:17,921 PRESENTATION BY SEX AND GENDER 9370 05:18:17,921 --> 05:18:20,223 HAS CONTRIBUTED TO SIGNIFICANT 9371 05:18:20,223 --> 05:18:22,659 MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM 9372 05:18:22,659 --> 05:18:24,828 MANY CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 9373 05:18:24,828 --> 05:18:29,566 IN ADDITION, DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS 9374 05:18:29,566 --> 05:18:33,270 AND SEX-SPECIFIC BIOMARKERS ARE 9375 05:18:33,270 --> 05:18:34,237 LACKING FOR CERTAIN CHRONIC 9376 05:18:34,237 --> 05:18:36,440 CONDITIONS. 9377 05:18:36,440 --> 05:18:38,308 HINDERING THE ABILITY TO 9378 05:18:38,308 --> 05:18:39,976 ACCURATELY MAKE THE CORRECT 9379 05:18:39,976 --> 05:18:42,612 DIAGNOSIS. 9380 05:18:42,612 --> 05:18:44,247 THEREFORE, TO IMPROVE EARLY AND 9381 05:18:44,247 --> 05:18:47,451 ACCURATE DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS 9382 05:18:47,451 --> 05:18:50,087 OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN WOMEN, 9383 05:18:50,087 --> 05:18:51,922 RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO DEVELOP 9384 05:18:51,922 --> 05:18:54,224 SEX AND GENDER-SPECIFIC 9385 05:18:54,224 --> 05:18:55,525 DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR CONDITIONS 9386 05:18:55,525 --> 05:18:57,527 IN WHICH THERE ARE CLEAR 9387 05:18:57,527 --> 05:18:59,596 DIFFERENCES IN THE CLINICAL 9388 05:18:59,596 --> 05:19:02,466 PRESENTATION OF DISEASES IN 9389 05:19:02,466 --> 05:19:08,171 WOMEN SUCH AS CARDIOVASCULAR 9390 05:19:08,171 --> 05:19:08,405 DISEASE. 9391 05:19:08,405 --> 05:19:09,072 NACHHD, DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS NEED TO 9392 05:19:09,072 --> 05:19:10,707 BE DEVELOPED THAT CAN MORE 9393 05:19:10,707 --> 05:19:11,775 ACCURATELY BE DISTINGUISHED 9394 05:19:11,775 --> 05:19:13,977 BETWEEN CHRONIC CONDITIONS BUT 9395 05:19:13,977 --> 05:19:17,481 SHARE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS SUCH AS 9396 05:19:17,481 --> 05:19:18,715 FATIGUE AS A COMMON SYMPTOM 9397 05:19:18,715 --> 05:19:20,450 ACROSS MANY CHRONIC CONDITIONS, 9398 05:19:20,450 --> 05:19:23,987 AND EXPLORE A MULTILEVEL 9399 05:19:23,987 --> 05:19:25,522 APPROACH TO DIAGNOSIS THAT 9400 05:19:25,522 --> 05:19:27,157 ENCOMPASSES IDENTIFYING 9401 05:19:27,157 --> 05:19:29,359 BIOLOGICAL MARKERS, DEVELOPING 9402 05:19:29,359 --> 05:19:33,063 TOOLS THAT CAPTURE VARIATION IN 9403 05:19:33,063 --> 05:19:34,498 HOW SYMPTOM MANIFEST, AND 9404 05:19:34,498 --> 05:19:37,367 INCORPORATING THE LIVED 9405 05:19:37,367 --> 05:19:38,802 EXPERIENCE AND ENGAGING WITH 9406 05:19:38,802 --> 05:19:44,608 HEALTH SYSTEMS. 9407 05:19:44,608 --> 05:19:46,042 MAKING PROGRESS. 9408 05:19:46,042 --> 05:19:47,144 RECOMMENDATION EIGHT. 9409 05:19:47,144 --> 05:19:49,012 THE FOCUS HERE, MULTIPLE CHRONIC 9410 05:19:49,012 --> 05:19:52,616 CONDITIONS IN WOMEN. 9411 05:19:52,616 --> 05:19:54,618 IN CHAPTER 8, IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED 9412 05:19:54,618 --> 05:19:55,485 THAT MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS 9413 05:19:55,485 --> 05:19:58,355 HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON 9414 05:19:58,355 --> 05:20:02,659 WOMEN, WITH EVIDENT GENDER 9415 05:20:02,659 --> 05:20:03,760 DIFFERENCES AND PRESENTATION OF 9416 05:20:03,760 --> 05:20:06,029 CLUSTERS OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 9417 05:20:06,029 --> 05:20:09,599 HOWEVER, RESEARCH HAS ACTIVELY 9418 05:20:09,599 --> 05:20:11,668 PRIORITIZED THE STUDY OF SINGLE 9419 05:20:11,668 --> 05:20:12,769 DISEASES AND SINGLE-DISEASE 9420 05:20:12,769 --> 05:20:16,406 MODELS. 9421 05:20:16,406 --> 05:20:16,973 TO UNDERSTAND THE CELLULAR 9422 05:20:16,973 --> 05:20:18,508 PROCESSES THAT HAVE BEEN PASS 9423 05:20:18,508 --> 05:20:21,478 TEU LATED TO BE POSSIBLE TARGETS 9424 05:20:21,478 --> 05:20:23,480 THAT COULD PLAY A ROLE IN 9425 05:20:23,480 --> 05:20:24,681 PREVENTING OR AMEAL YOUR AGENT 9426 05:20:24,681 --> 05:20:29,653 MULTIPLAMELIORATINGCHRONIC COND, 9427 05:20:29,653 --> 05:20:32,656 RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO BETTER 9428 05:20:32,656 --> 05:20:33,957 UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGICAL 9429 05:20:33,957 --> 05:20:35,258 MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE 9430 05:20:35,258 --> 05:20:36,393 DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE CHRONIC 9431 05:20:36,393 --> 05:20:38,929 CONDITIONS IN WOMEN, INCLUDING 9432 05:20:38,929 --> 05:20:40,864 AGE-RELATED MECHANISMS AND 9433 05:20:40,864 --> 05:20:42,699 INFLAMMATION. 9434 05:20:42,699 --> 05:20:45,535 WE MUST FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE 9435 05:20:45,535 --> 05:20:47,270 ROLE OF CELLULAR SENESCENCE IN 9436 05:20:47,270 --> 05:20:48,738 THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE 9437 05:20:48,738 --> 05:20:52,909 CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND HOW ITS 9438 05:20:52,909 --> 05:20:54,978 REVERSAL OR PREVENTION CAN 9439 05:20:54,978 --> 05:20:56,413 POTENTIALLY DELAY DEVELOPMENT. 9440 05:20:56,413 --> 05:20:59,649 IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO DEVELOP 9441 05:20:59,649 --> 05:21:02,919 AN ANIMAL MODEL THAT EXAMINED 9442 05:21:02,919 --> 05:21:05,388 COOCCURRENCE OF MORBIDITIES. 9443 05:21:05,388 --> 05:21:08,425 OF THESE CONDITIONS. 9444 05:21:08,425 --> 05:21:10,093 ALSO, IN CLINICAL RESEARCH, 9445 05:21:10,093 --> 05:21:12,162 STUDIES OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS 9446 05:21:12,162 --> 05:21:14,931 HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY A LACK OF 9447 05:21:14,931 --> 05:21:16,233 STANDARDIZED DEFINITIONS, AS 9448 05:21:16,233 --> 05:21:19,669 WELL AS DIAGNOSTIC APPROACHES. 9449 05:21:19,669 --> 05:21:21,071 AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN 9450 05:21:21,071 --> 05:21:22,372 CHALLENGES AS RELATE TO 9451 05:21:22,372 --> 05:21:25,342 PREVENTION AND TREATMENT. 9452 05:21:25,342 --> 05:21:27,577 TO IMPROVE THE DIAGNOSIS OF 9453 05:21:27,577 --> 05:21:30,113 MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN 9454 05:21:30,113 --> 05:21:32,282 WOMEN, NEW MEASUREMENT ACTUALS 9455 05:21:32,282 --> 05:21:34,484 NEED TO BE DEVELOPED FOR 9456 05:21:34,484 --> 05:21:37,521 MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS THAT 9457 05:21:37,521 --> 05:21:39,756 INCLUDE FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND 9458 05:21:39,756 --> 05:21:41,057 GYNECOLOGIC CONDITIONS TO MORE 9459 05:21:41,057 --> 05:21:44,928 FULLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT AND 9460 05:21:44,928 --> 05:21:47,797 REVIEW AND VALIDATE DIAGNOSTIC 9461 05:21:47,797 --> 05:21:49,299 OR MEASUREMENT TOOLS FROM 9462 05:21:49,299 --> 05:21:50,200 MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS TO 9463 05:21:50,200 --> 05:21:53,303 AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 9464 05:21:53,303 --> 05:21:57,807 STANDARDIZED DEFINITION. 9465 05:21:57,807 --> 05:22:01,978 IT WAS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN 9466 05:22:01,978 --> 05:22:03,513 CHAPTER 8 THAT EVIDENCE-BASED 9467 05:22:03,513 --> 05:22:06,182 GUIDELINES ARE LACKING, FOR 9468 05:22:06,182 --> 05:22:08,585 TREATING AND MANAGING THE 9469 05:22:08,585 --> 05:22:11,855 COMPLEX INTERACTIONS BETWEEN 9470 05:22:11,855 --> 05:22:12,722 CONDITIONS. 9471 05:22:12,722 --> 05:22:14,858 INTERACTIONS OF SPECIFIC 9472 05:22:14,858 --> 05:22:17,594 TREATMENTS, RESULTING IN 9473 05:22:17,594 --> 05:22:18,695 POLYPHARMACY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO 9474 05:22:18,695 --> 05:22:20,230 DEVELOPING OR EXACERBATING OTHER 9475 05:22:20,230 --> 05:22:24,000 CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 9476 05:22:24,000 --> 05:22:26,169 THE DESIGN OF TREATMENT AND 9477 05:22:26,169 --> 05:22:28,371 MANAGEMENT APPROACHES SHOULD BE 9478 05:22:28,371 --> 05:22:30,674 INFORMED BY THE EXPERIENCES OF 9479 05:22:30,674 --> 05:22:32,542 WOMEN LIVING WITH THESE MULTIPLE 9480 05:22:32,542 --> 05:22:36,079 CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 9481 05:22:36,079 --> 05:22:37,714 THEREFORE, THE REPORT RECOMMENDS 9482 05:22:37,714 --> 05:22:41,451 THAT RESEARCH APPROACHES THAT 9483 05:22:41,451 --> 05:22:42,953 APPROPRIATELY STUDY MULTIPLE 9484 05:22:42,953 --> 05:22:44,120 CHRONIC CONDITIONS IN WOMEN AND 9485 05:22:44,120 --> 05:22:45,655 ENSURE THE REPRESENTATION OF 9486 05:22:45,655 --> 05:22:50,594 WOMEN WITH MULTIPLE CHRONIC 9487 05:22:50,594 --> 05:22:52,362 CONDITIONS IN RESEARCH DESIGNS 9488 05:22:52,362 --> 05:22:55,432 IS REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY NEEDED. 9489 05:22:55,432 --> 05:22:57,500 WE MUST DO THIS TO IMPROVE THE 9490 05:22:57,500 --> 05:22:59,336 TREATMENT AND CARE OF WOMEN WITH 9491 05:22:59,336 --> 05:23:03,373 MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, AND 9492 05:23:03,373 --> 05:23:05,008 CERTAINLY RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO 9493 05:23:05,008 --> 05:23:08,678 DEVELOP EVIDENCE-BASED -- 9494 05:23:08,678 --> 05:23:10,113 EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT AND 9495 05:23:10,113 --> 05:23:11,848 MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR WOMEN 9496 05:23:11,848 --> 05:23:12,515 WITH MULTIPLE CHRONIC 9497 05:23:12,515 --> 05:23:18,855 CONDITIONS. 9498 05:23:18,855 --> 05:23:20,490 INEQUITIES AND WOMEN-CENTERED 9499 05:23:20,490 --> 05:23:22,826 RESEARCH WAS CERTAINLY AN 9500 05:23:22,826 --> 05:23:23,693 IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS 9501 05:23:23,693 --> 05:23:26,196 REPORT. 9502 05:23:26,196 --> 05:23:28,898 AS WELL. 9503 05:23:28,898 --> 05:23:31,935 INEQUITIES IN WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE 9504 05:23:31,935 --> 05:23:33,370 STEM FROM BIAS, DISCRIMINATION 9505 05:23:33,370 --> 05:23:37,040 AND STIGMA IN MEDICAL TREATMENT. 9506 05:23:37,040 --> 05:23:38,975 STRUCTURAL SEXISM ALSO CAN 9507 05:23:38,975 --> 05:23:42,278 SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCE HEALTH 9508 05:23:42,278 --> 05:23:43,480 POLICIES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO 9509 05:23:43,480 --> 05:23:45,315 CARE AND RESEARCH FUNDING. 9510 05:23:45,315 --> 05:23:49,753 AND I'M SURE WE'RE ALL AWARE, 9511 05:23:49,753 --> 05:23:51,287 FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE PAIN THAT 9512 05:23:51,287 --> 05:23:53,189 WOMEN EXPRESS CLINICALLY IN 9513 05:23:53,189 --> 05:23:55,492 THE -- IN PRACTICE, IN MANY 9514 05:23:55,492 --> 05:23:59,229 PRACTICES, IS MORE OFTEN 9515 05:23:59,229 --> 05:24:01,264 UNDERESTIMATED BY CLINICIANS 9516 05:24:01,264 --> 05:24:03,066 WHEN COMPARED TO MEN. 9517 05:24:03,066 --> 05:24:04,634 AND SO A HEALTH EQUITY LENS IS 9518 05:24:04,634 --> 05:24:07,370 IMPORTANT FOR IMPROVING 9519 05:24:07,370 --> 05:24:09,239 HEALTHCARE ACCESS, TREATMENT 9520 05:24:09,239 --> 05:24:10,907 PARADIGMS AND PATIENT-CENTERED 9521 05:24:10,907 --> 05:24:14,310 OUTCOMES IN WOMEN. 9522 05:24:14,310 --> 05:24:16,179 THEREFORE, THE REPORT RECOMMENDS 9523 05:24:16,179 --> 05:24:18,381 THAT RESEARCH IS NEEDED TO 9524 05:24:18,381 --> 05:24:19,115 ADDRESS INEQUITIES THAT CONTINUE 9525 05:24:19,115 --> 05:24:20,917 TO EXIST FOR WOMEN IN THE 9526 05:24:20,917 --> 05:24:24,087 HEALTHCARE SETTING. 9527 05:24:24,087 --> 05:24:25,855 SPECIFICALLY CONSIDERING THE 9528 05:24:25,855 --> 05:24:28,425 ACTION ITEMS LISTED BELOW. 9529 05:24:28,425 --> 05:24:32,195 AND THEN FINALLY, RECOMMENDATION 9530 05:24:32,195 --> 05:24:36,032 10. 9531 05:24:36,032 --> 05:24:37,133 INEQUITIES AND WOMEN CENTER 9532 05:24:37,133 --> 05:24:41,137 RESEARCH. 9533 05:24:41,137 --> 05:24:42,639 DESPITE PROGRESS REGARDING THE 9534 05:24:42,639 --> 05:24:43,740 INCLUSION AND REPRESENTATION OF 9535 05:24:43,740 --> 05:24:45,175 WOMEN IN VARIOUS FIELDS OF 9536 05:24:45,175 --> 05:24:47,510 RESEARCH, THE EVIDENCE ON 9537 05:24:47,510 --> 05:24:48,178 CHRONIC CONDITIONS POINTS TO A 9538 05:24:48,178 --> 05:24:50,146 LACK OF ACTIVE INCLUSION OF 9539 05:24:50,146 --> 05:24:53,049 WOMEN FROM DIFFERENT ANCESTRIES, 9540 05:24:53,049 --> 05:24:54,684 ETHNIC, GENDER, IDENTITY AND 9541 05:24:54,684 --> 05:24:58,088 SEXUAL ORIENTATION GROUPS OF 9542 05:24:58,088 --> 05:25:00,890 RESEARCH, THE REPORT CONCLUDED 9543 05:25:00,890 --> 05:25:02,726 THAT WOMEN CENTRIC AND COMMUNITY 9544 05:25:02,726 --> 05:25:03,927 INCLUSIVE RESEARCH STRATEGIES 9545 05:25:03,927 --> 05:25:06,629 CAN HELP ENSURE THAT RESEARCH 9546 05:25:06,629 --> 05:25:08,231 ACTIVITIES ADDRESS THE UNIQUE 9547 05:25:08,231 --> 05:25:09,766 HEALTH NEEDS OF WOMEN, LEADING 9548 05:25:09,766 --> 05:25:12,368 TO MORE EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE 9549 05:25:12,368 --> 05:25:15,772 HEALTH OUTCOMES. 9550 05:25:15,772 --> 05:25:20,744 AND SO WE MUST ACTUALLY SUPPORT 9551 05:25:20,744 --> 05:25:22,846 AND ADVOCATE FOR RESEARCH THAT 9552 05:25:22,846 --> 05:25:24,814 IS WOMEN-CENTRIC. 9553 05:25:24,814 --> 05:25:26,950 WE MUST RECRUIT WOMEN FROM 9554 05:25:26,950 --> 05:25:29,819 DIFFERENT ANCESTRAL ETHNIC 9555 05:25:29,819 --> 05:25:32,922 GENDER IDENTITY, AGE AND SEXUAL 9556 05:25:32,922 --> 05:25:33,690 ORIENTATION BACKGROUNDS, AND 9557 05:25:33,690 --> 05:25:35,558 UNDERSERVED RURAL POPULATIONS TO 9558 05:25:35,558 --> 05:25:38,995 BETTER DEFINE THE FULL SPECTRUM 9559 05:25:38,995 --> 05:25:40,663 OF PRE-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL 9560 05:25:40,663 --> 05:25:41,531 DISEASE PRESENTATION. 9561 05:25:41,531 --> 05:25:43,633 WE MUST INVOLVE WOMEN WITH 9562 05:25:43,633 --> 05:25:45,702 CHRONIC CONDITIONS, INCLUDING 9563 05:25:45,702 --> 05:25:48,371 THEIR COMMUNITIES, IN DESIGN, 9564 05:25:48,371 --> 05:25:50,340 IMPLEMENTATION AND DISSEMINATION 9565 05:25:50,340 --> 05:25:52,876 OF RESEARCH FINDINGS. 9566 05:25:52,876 --> 05:25:55,578 WE MUST USE NOVEL TECHNIQUES FOR 9567 05:25:55,578 --> 05:25:56,412 ENGAGING AND INCORPORATING WOMEN 9568 05:25:56,412 --> 05:26:00,350 WHO HAVE YET TO SEEK CARE DUE TO 9569 05:26:00,350 --> 05:26:02,619 OBSTACLES IN ACCESSING 9570 05:26:02,619 --> 05:26:03,486 HEALTHCARE SERVICES, OR BECAUSE 9571 05:26:03,486 --> 05:26:05,989 THEIR CONDITIONS ARE IN A 9572 05:26:05,989 --> 05:26:06,956 PRE-CLINICAL STAGE. 9573 05:26:06,956 --> 05:26:09,793 WE MUST USE COMMUNITY-BASED 9574 05:26:09,793 --> 05:26:11,861 RESEARCH APPROACHES, AND WE MUST 9575 05:26:11,861 --> 05:26:14,497 ACCOUNT FOR SEX AND GENDER IN 9576 05:26:14,497 --> 05:26:17,500 STUDIES WHERE APPROPRIATE AND 9577 05:26:17,500 --> 05:26:18,568 STANDARDIZED MEASURES FOR 9578 05:26:18,568 --> 05:26:19,803 CAPTURING THESE VARIABLES 9579 05:26:19,803 --> 05:26:21,871 ACCURATELY. 9580 05:26:21,871 --> 05:26:24,140 SO IN SUMMARY, MUCH OF WHAT I'VE 9581 05:26:24,140 --> 05:26:26,509 HEARD TODAY IS REALLY IN THIS 9582 05:26:26,509 --> 05:26:29,045 RESEARCH AGENDA. 9583 05:26:29,045 --> 05:26:33,449 WE JUST REALLY NEED TO PUT A 9584 05:26:33,449 --> 05:26:34,884 BRIGHTER SPOTLIGHT ON IT, AND 9585 05:26:34,884 --> 05:26:37,287 HOPEFULLY THIS REPORT WILL 9586 05:26:37,287 --> 05:26:39,689 CONTRIBUTE TO THAT PURPOSE, IF 9587 05:26:39,689 --> 05:26:42,525 YOU WILL, THAT CAUSE. 9588 05:26:42,525 --> 05:26:46,429 AND WE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO 9589 05:26:46,429 --> 05:26:49,799 IDENTIFY THE KEY RESEARCH GAPS 9590 05:26:49,799 --> 05:26:53,436 AND WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL HELP 9591 05:26:53,436 --> 05:26:56,873 TO BRIDGE THOSE GAPS WITH 9592 05:26:56,873 --> 05:26:58,608 GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW 9593 05:26:58,608 --> 05:27:01,878 BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS 9594 05:27:01,878 --> 05:27:04,714 CAN INFLUENCE THE TRAJECTORY OF 9595 05:27:04,714 --> 05:27:06,850 CHRONIC CONDITIONS DURING THE -- 9596 05:27:06,850 --> 05:27:09,485 OVER THE ENTIRE LIFECOURSE OF A 9597 05:27:09,485 --> 05:27:10,787 WOMAN. 9598 05:27:10,787 --> 05:27:13,256 ULTIMATELY, RESEARCH OUTCOMES 9599 05:27:13,256 --> 05:27:15,892 WOULD LEAD TO GREATER DIAGNOSTIC 9600 05:27:15,892 --> 05:27:17,527 RIGOR, BERT DATA ON THE IMPACT 9601 05:27:17,527 --> 05:27:20,330 OF THESE CONDITIONS, AND MORE 9602 05:27:20,330 --> 05:27:21,297 EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC 9603 05:27:21,297 --> 05:27:23,366 INTERVENTIONS. 9604 05:27:23,366 --> 05:27:26,436 AND WOMEN-CENTERED CARE. 9605 05:27:26,436 --> 05:27:30,073 SO THE REPORT YOU HAVE IN YOUR 9606 05:27:30,073 --> 05:27:34,577 POSSESSION, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE 9607 05:27:34,577 --> 05:27:35,678 DOWNLOADED AT THIS WEBSITE, 9608 05:27:35,678 --> 05:27:38,848 AND CERTAINLY I KNOW I'M AT 9609 05:27:38,848 --> 05:27:41,351 MINUS 3 MINUTES, BUT HAPPY TO 9610 05:27:41,351 --> 05:27:43,086 ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AND I 9611 05:27:43,086 --> 05:27:45,355 WOULD INVITE DR. ARNOLD AS WELL 9612 05:27:45,355 --> 05:27:47,357 TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS HE WOULD 9613 05:27:47,357 --> 05:27:49,859 LIKE TO MAKE AS WELL. 9614 05:27:49,859 --> 05:27:53,463 >> THANK YOU, DR. HIGGINBOTHAM. 9615 05:27:53,463 --> 05:27:55,598 AND BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, I WANT 9616 05:27:55,598 --> 05:27:57,000 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADERSHIP OF 9617 05:27:57,000 --> 05:27:59,202 DR. SARAH TEMKIN HERE, WHO'S THE 9618 05:27:59,202 --> 05:28:02,338 LEAD FOR THIS EFFORT AND 9619 05:28:02,338 --> 05:28:02,772 ENGAGEMENT AT ORWH. 9620 05:28:02,772 --> 05:28:03,439 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 9621 05:28:03,439 --> 05:28:07,377 [APPLAUSE] 9622 05:28:07,377 --> 05:28:08,478 SO ART AND EVE ARE AVAILABLE 9623 05:28:08,478 --> 05:28:10,647 FROM QUESTIONS FROM THE ADVISORY 9624 05:28:10,647 --> 05:28:11,047 COMMITTEE. 9625 05:28:11,047 --> 05:28:18,388 DR. HIGGINS. 9626 05:28:18,388 --> 05:28:21,424 >> SO WONDERFUL LECTURE, AND 9627 05:28:21,424 --> 05:28:22,725 WONDERFUL DOCUMENT. 9628 05:28:22,725 --> 05:28:26,095 AND I WAS JUST -- DID THE 9629 05:28:26,095 --> 05:28:28,398 COMMITTEE GIVE ANY THOUGHT TO 9630 05:28:28,398 --> 05:28:29,933 CLINICALLY HOW WE MANAGE 9631 05:28:29,933 --> 05:28:31,000 PATIENTS THAT HAVE THESE 9632 05:28:31,000 --> 05:28:32,702 MULTIPLE CONDITIONS? 9633 05:28:32,702 --> 05:28:35,939 I WAS ON A PANEL DISCUSSING THIS 9634 05:28:35,939 --> 05:28:38,441 AROUND -- THIS PAST WEEKEND 9635 05:28:38,441 --> 05:28:39,976 AROUND CIGARETTE SMOKING AND 9636 05:28:39,976 --> 05:28:45,415 POPULATION OF PTSD, HIV, AND -- 9637 05:28:45,415 --> 05:28:47,050 WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? 9638 05:28:47,050 --> 05:28:48,151 WELL, THAT'S ENOUGH. 9639 05:28:48,151 --> 05:28:50,887 AND WE WERE TRYING TO THINK ON 9640 05:28:50,887 --> 05:28:53,456 THE COMMITTEE, LIKE, TEAM 9641 05:28:53,456 --> 05:28:55,825 SCIENCE OR WHAT -- YEAH, SO -- 9642 05:28:55,825 --> 05:29:00,330 >> AND YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY FOCUS 9643 05:29:00,330 --> 05:29:05,401 ON CHAPTERS 8 AND 9, MULTIPLE 9644 05:29:05,401 --> 05:29:07,870 CHRONIC CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS 9645 05:29:07,870 --> 05:29:10,340 OUR CHAPTER WHERE WE REALLY 9646 05:29:10,340 --> 05:29:12,508 FOCUS ON THE CHALLENGES WITH 9647 05:29:12,508 --> 05:29:14,177 TRANSLATION INTO CLINICAL 9648 05:29:14,177 --> 05:29:14,944 PRACTICE. 9649 05:29:14,944 --> 05:29:17,580 AND WITHIN CHAPTER 9, WE TALK, 9650 05:29:17,580 --> 05:29:19,382 FOR INSTANCE, ABOUT THE LEARNING 9651 05:29:19,382 --> 05:29:20,817 HEALTH SYSTEM, AND THE 9652 05:29:20,817 --> 05:29:24,087 IMPORTANCE OF HAVING 9653 05:29:24,087 --> 05:29:26,055 INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGAGEMENT. 9654 05:29:26,055 --> 05:29:30,259 I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF REALLY 9655 05:29:30,259 --> 05:29:33,129 OPENING UP THE DOOR BETWEEN 9656 05:29:33,129 --> 05:29:34,330 SPECIALTIES, AND ONE OF THE 9657 05:29:34,330 --> 05:29:36,599 BOOKS I'LL JUST MENTION, I'VE 9658 05:29:36,599 --> 05:29:37,567 MENTIONED TO A COUPLE OF OTHER 9659 05:29:37,567 --> 05:29:45,942 PEOPLE, I'M READING ELDERHOOD BY 9660 05:29:45,942 --> 05:29:46,843 THE GERIATRICIAN FROM UCSF AND 9661 05:29:46,843 --> 05:29:48,478 SHE TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 9662 05:29:48,478 --> 05:29:52,648 OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGAGEMENT, 9663 05:29:52,648 --> 05:29:54,283 PARTICULARLY FOR OUR OLDER 9664 05:29:54,283 --> 05:29:54,984 PATIENTS. 9665 05:29:54,984 --> 05:29:56,452 AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 9666 05:29:56,452 --> 05:29:57,687 BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE THE 9667 05:29:57,687 --> 05:29:59,822 CULTURE OF A LEARNING HEALTH 9668 05:29:59,822 --> 05:30:02,558 SYSTEM AS A BASIC PLATFORM. 9669 05:30:02,558 --> 05:30:06,596 >> IN THE BILLING SYSTEM, YEAH, 9670 05:30:06,596 --> 05:30:06,929 THANK YOU. 9671 05:30:06,929 --> 05:30:08,731 >> SO THE BILLING SYSTEM -- 9672 05:30:08,731 --> 05:30:11,401 WELL, I MEAN, IN MANY STATES OR 9673 05:30:11,401 --> 05:30:13,669 AT LEAST -- I'M ON THE BOARD OF 9674 05:30:13,669 --> 05:30:15,905 MASS EYE AND EAR AND I KNOW AT 9675 05:30:15,905 --> 05:30:17,006 LEAST IN MASSACHUSETTS, MEDICAID 9676 05:30:17,006 --> 05:30:20,743 IS MOVING MORE TOWARDS 9677 05:30:20,743 --> 05:30:23,780 VALUE-BASED CARE, SO AS WE GET 9678 05:30:23,780 --> 05:30:25,214 INTO THAT CONVERSATION OF 9679 05:30:25,214 --> 05:30:27,483 VALUE-BASED CARE, WE'RE GOING TO 9680 05:30:27,483 --> 05:30:31,754 BE REIMBURSED FOR OUR OUTCOMES. 9681 05:30:31,754 --> 05:30:33,222 BUT IT'S NOT GOING AS QUICKLY AS 9682 05:30:33,222 --> 05:30:40,730 IT SHOULD. 9683 05:30:40,730 --> 05:30:41,631 >> DR. NOEL. 9684 05:30:41,631 --> 05:30:43,299 >> VERY NICE PRESENTATION. 9685 05:30:43,299 --> 05:30:43,833 A LOT OF WORK DEFINITELY. 9686 05:30:43,833 --> 05:30:46,069 I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE 9687 05:30:46,069 --> 05:30:48,237 WAS ANY THOUGHTS THAT WERE PUT 9688 05:30:48,237 --> 05:30:50,406 INTO HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE IN THE 9689 05:30:50,406 --> 05:30:52,608 SENSE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK, 9690 05:30:52,608 --> 05:30:53,576 THERE'S A LOT OF CHRONIC 9691 05:30:53,576 --> 05:30:55,611 CONDITIONS, DO WE LOOK AT 9692 05:30:55,611 --> 05:30:56,279 PREVALENCE, DO WE LOOK AT IMPACT 9693 05:30:56,279 --> 05:30:57,713 THAT IT COULD HAVE ON THE WOMAN, 9694 05:30:57,713 --> 05:31:00,650 DO WE LOOK AT MORTALITY, YOU 9695 05:31:00,650 --> 05:31:02,118 KNOW, WHICH DISEASE WOULD LEAD 9696 05:31:02,118 --> 05:31:04,253 MORE TO MORTALITY, SO BECAUSE 9697 05:31:04,253 --> 05:31:06,422 THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT 9698 05:31:06,422 --> 05:31:08,057 FACTORS AND DIFFERENT CONDITIONS 9699 05:31:08,057 --> 05:31:10,126 THAT GOES INTO THAT, AND 9700 05:31:10,126 --> 05:31:11,194 RESEARCH IS DEFINITELY NEEDED, 9701 05:31:11,194 --> 05:31:13,396 YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF 9702 05:31:13,396 --> 05:31:15,965 GAP, BUT HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE? 9703 05:31:15,965 --> 05:31:16,899 >> YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GREAT 9704 05:31:16,899 --> 05:31:18,968 QUESTION, AND I REALLY WOULD 9705 05:31:18,968 --> 05:31:23,506 LIKE, ART, IF YOU WOULD CHIME IN 9706 05:31:23,506 --> 05:31:24,240 HERE BECAUSE I DO THINK IT 9707 05:31:24,240 --> 05:31:27,510 STARTS IN THE BASIC SCIENCE. 9708 05:31:27,510 --> 05:31:29,579 WE COULD HAVE BIOMARKERS, THAT 9709 05:31:29,579 --> 05:31:32,081 WOULD HELP US WITH PREVENTION 9710 05:31:32,081 --> 05:31:35,418 AND DIAGNOSIS BUT ART, DO YOU 9711 05:31:35,418 --> 05:31:36,686 HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT 9712 05:31:36,686 --> 05:31:37,653 QUESTION? 9713 05:31:37,653 --> 05:31:40,423 >> SO I CAN'T ADDRESS ANYTHING 9714 05:31:40,423 --> 05:31:44,627 CLINICALLY BECAUSE I'M A BASIC 9715 05:31:44,627 --> 05:31:47,363 SCIENTIST, BUT I SAW IT -- JUST 9716 05:31:47,363 --> 05:31:49,499 MORE GENERALLY, I SAW THIS 9717 05:31:49,499 --> 05:31:51,601 REPORT AS KIND OF A FOLLOW-UP TO 9718 05:31:51,601 --> 05:31:54,103 THE -- WAS IT 2001 REPORT, DOES 9719 05:31:54,103 --> 05:31:56,272 SEX MATTER, OKAY? 9720 05:31:56,272 --> 05:31:56,839 AND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER 9721 05:31:56,839 --> 05:31:58,241 REPORTS, BUT IT WAS PART OF MY 9722 05:31:58,241 --> 05:31:59,976 OWN MOTIVATION TO SEE IT BECAUSE 9723 05:31:59,976 --> 05:32:01,644 I THOUGHT THAT 2001 REPORT WAS 9724 05:32:01,644 --> 05:32:03,146 REALLY A TURNING POINT, AND THIS 9725 05:32:03,146 --> 05:32:04,380 WAS A FOLLOW-UP. 9726 05:32:04,380 --> 05:32:05,982 AND THE SCIENCE -- THE BASIC 9727 05:32:05,982 --> 05:32:09,152 BIOLOGY HAS CHANGED IN THOSE 9728 05:32:09,152 --> 05:32:10,586 20-PLUS YEARS. 9729 05:32:10,586 --> 05:32:13,422 SO THAT THERE ARE NEW WAYS IN 9730 05:32:13,422 --> 05:32:15,291 WHICH WE IMAGINE HOW SEX 9731 05:32:15,291 --> 05:32:17,093 DIFFERENCES AND, THEREFORE, 9732 05:32:17,093 --> 05:32:18,961 DISEASES THAT AFFECT WOMEN MORE 9733 05:32:18,961 --> 05:32:23,666 THAN MEN, OCCUR AT THE BASIC -- 9734 05:32:23,666 --> 05:32:27,603 NEW FACTORS THAT ARE SEX BIASING 9735 05:32:27,603 --> 05:32:29,105 THAT BE WE DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND 9736 05:32:29,105 --> 05:32:32,275 IN ANIMAL RESEARCH YET, AND SO 9737 05:32:32,275 --> 05:32:35,077 THERE ARE REPORT COMING OUT 9738 05:32:35,077 --> 05:32:37,146 ABOUT A MOLECULE LIKE EXISTS 9739 05:32:37,146 --> 05:32:39,448 WHICH IS THOUGHT TO BALL PANS 9740 05:32:39,448 --> 05:32:40,983 MALES AND FEMALES BUT IT 9741 05:32:40,983 --> 05:32:43,586 ACTUALLY THEN HAS SPECIFIC 9742 05:32:43,586 --> 05:32:44,654 EFFECTS IN WOMEN. 9743 05:32:44,654 --> 05:32:48,491 AND THAT'S A NEW CONCEPT THAT A 9744 05:32:48,491 --> 05:32:50,026 BALANCING MOLECULE ON THE X 9745 05:32:50,026 --> 05:32:51,694 CHROMOSOME THAT MAKES WOMEN MORE 9746 05:32:51,694 --> 05:32:52,528 LIKE MEN ACTUALLY MAKES WOMEN 9747 05:32:52,528 --> 05:32:56,232 DIFFERENT FROM MEN AND CAUSES 9748 05:32:56,232 --> 05:33:00,403 DISEASES OR CONTRIBUTES TO 9749 05:33:00,403 --> 05:33:01,837 DISEASES MORE IN WOMEN. 9750 05:33:01,837 --> 05:33:02,705 SO I THINK THERE'S SOME BASIC 9751 05:33:02,705 --> 05:33:07,076 BIOLOGY THAT NEEDS TO DO SOME 9752 05:33:07,076 --> 05:33:10,580 CATCHUP NOW, AND I THINK THE 9753 05:33:10,580 --> 05:33:12,081 TOOLS ARE THERE AND THAT WILL 9754 05:33:12,081 --> 05:33:12,315 HAPPEN. 9755 05:33:12,315 --> 05:33:14,717 AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE 9756 05:33:14,717 --> 05:33:18,221 CLINICAL SIDE IS -- THIS IS A 9757 05:33:18,221 --> 05:33:21,624 VERY COMPLEX BOOK ACTUALLY, AND 9758 05:33:21,624 --> 05:33:22,992 I'VE LEARNED A WHOLE LOT. 9759 05:33:22,992 --> 05:33:26,495 I WAS REALLY DELIGHTED TO SERVE 9760 05:33:26,495 --> 05:33:27,930 WITH THE MEMBERS OF THIS 9761 05:33:27,930 --> 05:33:30,733 COMMITTEE WHO KNEW SO MANY 9762 05:33:30,733 --> 05:33:33,803 THINGS THAT I CERTAINLY DIDN'T. 9763 05:33:33,803 --> 05:33:35,438 SO IT WAS A HUMBLE AND 9764 05:33:35,438 --> 05:33:38,174 GRATIFYING EXPERIENCE. 9765 05:33:38,174 --> 05:33:40,476 BUT -- SO I REALLY CAN ONLY 9766 05:33:40,476 --> 05:33:41,811 COMMENT ABOUT THE BASIC BIOLOGY. 9767 05:33:41,811 --> 05:33:43,279 >> BUT I DO THINK THAT'S 9768 05:33:43,279 --> 05:33:45,848 IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO ON THE OTHER 9769 05:33:45,848 --> 05:33:46,949 END, CLINICAL GUIDELINES, YOU 9770 05:33:46,949 --> 05:33:50,786 KNOW, PRACTICE GUIDELINES THAT 9771 05:33:50,786 --> 05:33:51,687 AS LONG AS WE UNDERSTAND THEY'RE 9772 05:33:51,687 --> 05:33:54,323 GOING TO HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY 9773 05:33:54,323 --> 05:33:56,659 TESTED AND EVALUATED AS WE LEARN 9774 05:33:56,659 --> 05:33:58,761 MORE ABOUT THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 9775 05:33:58,761 --> 05:34:01,297 OF THESE DISEASES, SO WE CAN DO 9776 05:34:01,297 --> 05:34:03,933 A LOT BY STANDARDIZING THE WAY 9777 05:34:03,933 --> 05:34:06,269 WE CARE FOR THESE PATIENTS, BUT 9778 05:34:06,269 --> 05:34:09,639 ALSO MAKING IT EASIER FOR OUR 9779 05:34:09,639 --> 05:34:10,740 VARIOUS DISCIPLINES TO WORK 9780 05:34:10,740 --> 05:34:12,908 TOGETHER TO CARE FOR THE PATIENT 9781 05:34:12,908 --> 05:34:15,745 AND BE MORE PATIENT-CENTERED. 9782 05:34:15,745 --> 05:34:18,814 SO I COULD SEE BOTH OF THOSE 9783 05:34:18,814 --> 05:34:20,349 PILLARS BEING IMPORTANT. 9784 05:34:20,349 --> 05:34:22,118 BUT MY HOPE IS IN THE BASIC 9785 05:34:22,118 --> 05:34:26,255 SCIENCE REALM. 9786 05:34:26,255 --> 05:34:28,758 >> WE NEED TO MOVE ON BECAUSE 9787 05:34:28,758 --> 05:34:31,627 WE'RE REALLY LATE. 9788 05:34:31,627 --> 05:34:33,329 AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE 9789 05:34:33,329 --> 05:34:34,096 NEEDING TO MEET SOME OTHER 9790 05:34:34,096 --> 05:34:35,064 TRAVEL DEADLINES. 9791 05:34:35,064 --> 05:34:36,165 BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE 9792 05:34:36,165 --> 05:34:37,366 OTHER QUESTIONS, I WOULD 9793 05:34:37,366 --> 05:34:38,734 ENCOURAGE YOU TO EITHER REACH 9794 05:34:38,734 --> 05:34:40,603 OUT TO US OR DR. HIGGINBOTHAM 9795 05:34:40,603 --> 05:34:42,405 AND WE CAN ACTUALLY ADDRESS 9796 05:34:42,405 --> 05:34:42,838 THOSE. 9797 05:34:42,838 --> 05:34:44,874 WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO SO. 9798 05:34:44,874 --> 05:34:45,441 OKAY. 9799 05:34:45,441 --> 05:34:46,642 LET'S TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND 9800 05:34:46,642 --> 05:34:48,177 WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR 9801 05:34:48,177 --> 05:34:49,912 DIRECTION A LITTLE BIT AND NOW 9802 05:34:49,912 --> 05:34:52,081 TURN TO OUR CONCEPT CLEARANCES. 9803 05:34:52,081 --> 05:34:53,282 SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU TO 9804 05:34:53,282 --> 05:34:58,988 WORK. 9805 05:34:58,988 --> 05:35:01,624 SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO 9806 05:35:01,624 --> 05:35:03,526 NOW INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, 9807 05:35:03,526 --> 05:35:06,262 DR. SARAH TEMKIN, WHO IS THE 9808 05:35:06,262 --> 05:35:08,864 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR CLINICAL 9809 05:35:08,864 --> 05:35:09,865 RESEARCH AT ORWH, WHO WILL BE 9810 05:35:09,865 --> 05:35:10,966 PRESENTING A CONCEPT CLEARANCE 9811 05:35:10,966 --> 05:35:12,401 ON FEMALE-SPECIFIC CHRONIC 9812 05:35:12,401 --> 05:35:17,039 CONDITIONS. 9813 05:35:17,039 --> 05:35:17,606 DR. TEMKIN PROVIDES CLINICAL 9814 05:35:17,606 --> 05:35:18,474 EXPERIENCE ON ISSUES RELATED TO 9815 05:35:18,474 --> 05:35:20,109 THE HEALTH OF WOMEN. 9816 05:35:20,109 --> 05:35:22,044 HER CLINICAL RESEARCH TEAM 9817 05:35:22,044 --> 05:35:24,347 OVERSEES THE UNDERREPRESENTED, 9818 05:35:24,347 --> 05:35:29,685 UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPORTED OR 9819 05:35:29,685 --> 05:35:30,986 YOUTH-RESEARCH RELATED TO 9820 05:35:30,986 --> 05:35:32,755 CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND 9821 05:35:32,755 --> 05:35:35,257 MULTI-MORBIDITY AMONG WOMEN AND 9822 05:35:35,257 --> 05:35:36,125 RESEARCH ON THE MULTIPLE 9823 05:35:36,125 --> 05:35:37,626 BIOLOGIC, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL 9824 05:35:37,626 --> 05:35:39,061 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DISEASE 9825 05:35:39,061 --> 05:35:40,830 AND RISK AS WELL AS HEALTH 9826 05:35:40,830 --> 05:35:42,431 OUTCOMES OF WOMEN. 9827 05:35:42,431 --> 05:35:44,233 DR. TEMKIN IS A GYNECOLOGIC 9828 05:35:44,233 --> 05:35:46,969 ONCOLOGIST WHO EARNED HER 9829 05:35:46,969 --> 05:35:53,309 MEDICAL DEGREE FROM -- AND 9830 05:35:53,309 --> 05:35:55,511 COMPLETED A FELLOWSHIP IN 9831 05:35:55,511 --> 05:35:58,280 GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY AT THE SUNY 9832 05:35:58,280 --> 05:35:59,382 DOWN STATE MEDICAL CENTER. 9833 05:35:59,382 --> 05:36:01,150 SHE'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN 9834 05:36:01,150 --> 05:36:03,986 CLINICAL RESEARCH THROUGHOUT HER 9835 05:36:03,986 --> 05:36:05,354 CAREER, HAVING SERVED AS 9836 05:36:05,354 --> 05:36:06,255 INVESTIGATOR FOR CLINICAL TRAILS 9837 05:36:06,255 --> 05:36:08,858 FOR FEMALE-SPECIFIC 9838 05:36:08,858 --> 05:36:10,459 MALIGNANCIES, CANCER CONTROL, 9839 05:36:10,459 --> 05:36:11,894 AND SUPPORTIVE CARE FOR CANCER 9840 05:36:11,894 --> 05:36:12,161 PATIENTS. 9841 05:36:12,161 --> 05:36:14,730 IN ADDITION, DR. TEMKIN HAS BEEN 9842 05:36:14,730 --> 05:36:17,566 RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE IN 9843 05:36:17,566 --> 05:36:24,106 CLINICAL CARE AS WELL AS 9844 05:36:24,106 --> 05:36:25,441 EXPERTISE -- DR. TEMKIN HAS 9845 05:36:25,441 --> 05:36:26,942 SERVED AS THE NATIONAL CANCER 9846 05:36:26,942 --> 05:36:28,978 INSTITUTE AS A PROGRAM OFFICER 9847 05:36:28,978 --> 05:36:31,080 FOR THE COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY 9848 05:36:31,080 --> 05:36:32,047 RESEARCH PROGRAM AND IS A 9849 05:36:32,047 --> 05:36:33,416 SPECIAL VOLUNTEER FOR THE 9850 05:36:33,416 --> 05:36:35,651 DIVISION OF CANCER PREVENTION. 9851 05:36:35,651 --> 05:36:36,852 WELCOME, DR. TEMKIN. 9852 05:36:36,852 --> 05:36:40,122 >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. 9853 05:36:40,122 --> 05:36:42,491 I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS GOING TO 9854 05:36:42,491 --> 05:36:44,794 GET MY WHOLE BIO READ. 9855 05:36:44,794 --> 05:36:47,997 I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT 9856 05:36:47,997 --> 05:36:49,365 FEMALE CHRONIC CONDITIONS TODAY 9857 05:36:49,365 --> 05:36:50,766 FOR THIS CONCEPT CLEARANCE BY 9858 05:36:50,766 --> 05:36:52,401 THE SAME NAME, ADVANCING OUR 9859 05:36:52,401 --> 05:36:53,736 UNDERSTANDING OF FEMALE SPECIFIC 9860 05:36:53,736 --> 05:36:55,337 AND GYNECOLOGIC CHRONIC 9861 05:36:55,337 --> 05:36:55,638 CONDITIONS. 9862 05:36:55,638 --> 05:36:56,539 THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO 9863 05:36:56,539 --> 05:36:58,808 INVITE RESEARCH PROJECTS TO 9864 05:36:58,808 --> 05:36:59,809 IMPROVE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, 9865 05:36:59,809 --> 05:37:03,612 EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT 9866 05:37:03,612 --> 05:37:05,147 INTERVENTIONS FOR 9867 05:37:05,147 --> 05:37:06,315 FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND GYNECOLOGIC 9868 05:37:06,315 --> 05:37:10,052 CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 9869 05:37:10,052 --> 05:37:12,555 THE FUNDS AVAILABLE ARE 9870 05:37:12,555 --> 05:37:14,523 CONTINGENT UPON NIH 9871 05:37:14,523 --> 05:37:15,491 APPROPRIATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS 9872 05:37:15,491 --> 05:37:16,625 AWARDS. 9873 05:37:16,625 --> 05:37:20,196 WOUWE WOULD ANTICIPATE A FIVE-YR 9874 05:37:20,196 --> 05:37:21,397 PERIOD AND AT THE END OF THIS 9875 05:37:21,397 --> 05:37:22,264 PRESENTATION, WE WOULD ASK YOU 9876 05:37:22,264 --> 05:37:23,999 TO VOTE TO APPROVE THIS CONCEPT. 9877 05:37:23,999 --> 05:37:29,338 I'M GOING TO START BY GIVING A 9878 05:37:29,338 --> 05:37:32,274 SHORT -- THAT WE JUST HAD ON THE 9879 05:37:32,274 --> 05:37:33,676 NASEM ACTIVITY ON CHRONIC 9880 05:37:33,676 --> 05:37:33,976 CONDITIONS. 9881 05:37:33,976 --> 05:37:34,944 THE REASON THAT DEBILITATING WAS 9882 05:37:34,944 --> 05:37:38,280 IN THE TITLE IS BECAUSE THIS 9883 05:37:38,280 --> 05:37:40,883 ACTIVITY CAME OUT OF 9884 05:37:40,883 --> 05:37:44,153 CONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS IN FISCAL 9885 05:37:44,153 --> 05:37:46,322 YEAR 21 THAT THE NIH REVIEW ITS 9886 05:37:46,322 --> 05:37:50,326 PORTFOLIOS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH AND 9887 05:37:50,326 --> 05:37:51,093 SPECIFICALLY REVIEW THE 9888 05:37:51,093 --> 05:37:54,063 ACTIVITIES IN THE NIH SPECIFIC 9889 05:37:54,063 --> 05:37:58,968 TO MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND 9890 05:37:58,968 --> 05:38:02,238 MORTALITY, STAG NAT CERVICAL 9891 05:38:02,238 --> 05:38:05,140 CANCER SER VIEFL AND CHRONIC 9892 05:38:05,140 --> 05:38:05,708 DEBILITATING CONDITIONS IN 9893 05:38:05,708 --> 05:38:06,175 WOMEN. 9894 05:38:06,175 --> 05:38:07,843 SO THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY IN 9895 05:38:07,843 --> 05:38:09,211 ORWH FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND AS 9896 05:38:09,211 --> 05:38:10,412 LONG AS I'VE BEEN IN THE OFFICE. 9897 05:38:10,412 --> 05:38:12,414 WE DO KNOW THAT WOMEN HAVE 9898 05:38:12,414 --> 05:38:19,388 HIGHER RATES OF CHRONIC 9899 05:38:19,388 --> 05:38:20,589 CONDITIONS THAN MEN AND HIGHER 9900 05:38:20,589 --> 05:38:22,191 RATES OF MULTI-MORBIDITY. 9901 05:38:22,191 --> 05:38:25,327 SO AS PART OF THIS ACTIVITY, 9902 05:38:25,327 --> 05:38:26,795 MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM ARE 9903 05:38:26,795 --> 05:38:29,431 FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE CALLED THE 9904 05:38:29,431 --> 05:38:30,733 RAINBOW TABLE, BUT IN ORDER TO 9905 05:38:30,733 --> 05:38:35,738 TRY TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF 9906 05:38:35,738 --> 05:38:40,109 THE NIH CENTERS AND IN ORDER TO 9907 05:38:40,109 --> 05:38:40,743 GIVE EVERYBODY A SMALL PIECE OF 9908 05:38:40,743 --> 05:38:42,278 THIS AND MAKE EVERYONE FEEL AS 9909 05:38:42,278 --> 05:38:50,452 THIS IF THEY COULD CONTRIBUTE, E 9910 05:38:50,452 --> 05:38:51,820 DIVIDED THIS INTO FOUR CATEGORYS 9911 05:38:51,820 --> 05:38:53,255 THAT INCLUDED FEMALE-SPECIFIC, 9912 05:38:53,255 --> 05:38:54,823 THOSE CONDITIONS MORE COMMON IN 9913 05:38:54,823 --> 05:38:55,791 WOMEN, THOSE CONDITIONS THAT 9914 05:38:55,791 --> 05:38:57,760 OCCUR IN BOTH SEXES BUT ARE 9915 05:38:57,760 --> 05:38:59,628 POTENTIALLY UNDERSTUDIED IN 9916 05:38:59,628 --> 05:39:00,563 WOMEN, AND THEN LASTLY THOSE 9917 05:39:00,563 --> 05:39:02,665 CONDITIONS THAT HAVE HIGH 9918 05:39:02,665 --> 05:39:03,732 MORBIDITY FOR WOMEN. 9919 05:39:03,732 --> 05:39:06,669 AND JUST TO MAKE THIS VERY 9920 05:39:06,669 --> 05:39:09,204 COMPLICATED BUSY TABLE VERY 9921 05:39:09,204 --> 05:39:11,040 STRAIGHTFORWARD AS POSSIBLE, WE 9922 05:39:11,040 --> 05:39:14,510 COMPARED THE SPENDING IN FY 20 9923 05:39:14,510 --> 05:39:16,812 FROM THE NIH TO THE DISABILITY 9924 05:39:16,812 --> 05:39:18,213 ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS EXPERIENCED 9925 05:39:18,213 --> 05:39:23,686 BY WOMEN IN 2019, AND FROM THESE 9926 05:39:23,686 --> 05:39:27,923 FEW EXAMPLES, YOU CAN SEE THAT 9927 05:39:27,923 --> 05:39:29,558 THERE WAS A VERY WIDE RANGE, 9928 05:39:29,558 --> 05:39:31,427 THESE CONDITIONS, THE DISABILITY 9929 05:39:31,427 --> 05:39:35,030 ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS ARE HIGHER 9930 05:39:35,030 --> 05:39:35,998 ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN 9931 05:39:35,998 --> 05:39:37,766 AND GO DOWN AS YOU MOVE LEFT, 9932 05:39:37,766 --> 05:39:41,203 BUT THE RATIO OF SPENDING TO 9933 05:39:41,203 --> 05:39:41,870 DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS 9934 05:39:41,870 --> 05:39:44,740 WAS SORT OF ALL OVER THE MAP, 9935 05:39:44,740 --> 05:39:47,142 REALLY DEMONSTRATING THAT NIH 9936 05:39:47,142 --> 05:39:49,111 SPENDING IS NOT ALIGNED WELL 9937 05:39:49,111 --> 05:39:50,512 WITH THE BURDENS OF DISEASE 9938 05:39:50,512 --> 05:39:53,482 AMONGST WOMEN. 9939 05:39:53,482 --> 05:39:54,683 WE SUMMARIZE THESE ACTIVITY FOR 9940 05:39:54,683 --> 05:39:56,385 ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN GOING 9941 05:39:56,385 --> 05:40:00,723 BACK AND LOOKING AT THIS IN A 9942 05:40:00,723 --> 05:40:02,658 PUBLICATION IN 2023, WHERE WE 9943 05:40:02,658 --> 05:40:03,425 DEFINE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO 9944 05:40:03,425 --> 05:40:04,860 ALIGN THE NIH RESEARCH AGENDA 9945 05:40:04,860 --> 05:40:08,330 WITH THE HEALTH NEEDS OF WOMEN, 9946 05:40:08,330 --> 05:40:09,932 INCLUDING THE INTEGRATION OF SEX 9947 05:40:09,932 --> 05:40:12,134 AS A BIOLOGIC VARIABLE ACROSS 9948 05:40:12,134 --> 05:40:13,902 THE LIFECOURSE OF WOMEN, AND 9949 05:40:13,902 --> 05:40:16,238 IMPROVING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF 9950 05:40:16,238 --> 05:40:17,172 HOW SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF 9951 05:40:17,172 --> 05:40:19,041 HEALTH INFLUENCE THE HEALTH OF 9952 05:40:19,041 --> 05:40:21,543 WOMEN DIFFERENTLY THAN MEN. 9953 05:40:21,543 --> 05:40:25,214 ONE OF THE KEY OUTPUTS OF THIS 9954 05:40:25,214 --> 05:40:27,016 CONVENING WAS THE NATIONAL ACAD 9955 05:40:27,016 --> 05:40:29,585 PEES REPORT WHICH WE JUST HEARD 9956 05:40:29,585 --> 05:40:32,021 ABOUT WITH ITS MANY 9957 05:40:32,021 --> 05:40:34,056 RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I'M SO GLAD 9958 05:40:34,056 --> 05:40:35,958 I DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL 9959 05:40:35,958 --> 05:40:37,826 OF THOSE WITH YOU, BUT I DID 9960 05:40:37,826 --> 05:40:40,329 WANT TO POINT OUT SPECIFICALLY 9961 05:40:40,329 --> 05:40:42,197 HOW THIS FRAMEWORK WAS CHANGED 9962 05:40:42,197 --> 05:40:44,700 BY THE COMMITTEE OR WERE 9963 05:40:44,700 --> 05:40:46,769 MODIFIED OR THEIR FRAMEWORK IS 9964 05:40:46,769 --> 05:40:50,572 DIFFERENT THAN HOURS -- OURS, 9965 05:40:50,572 --> 05:40:51,573 WHICH ACTUALLY I WAS DELIGHTED 9966 05:40:51,573 --> 05:40:52,875 BY THAT, FEMALE-SPECIFIC 9967 05:40:52,875 --> 05:40:54,510 CONDITIONS WERE ONE OF THREE 9968 05:40:54,510 --> 05:40:57,479 BOXES AT THE TOP OF THIS 9969 05:40:57,479 --> 05:40:59,415 FRAMEWORK, WHERE YOU CAN SEE, 9970 05:40:59,415 --> 05:41:01,417 AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, 9971 05:41:01,417 --> 05:41:03,886 LIKE ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES WITH 9972 05:41:03,886 --> 05:41:04,887 THE UNDERSTUDYING AND OUR LACK 9973 05:41:04,887 --> 05:41:09,925 OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE BASIC 9974 05:41:09,925 --> 05:41:11,126 PHYSIOLOGY AND LACK OF 9975 05:41:11,126 --> 05:41:12,628 DIAGNOSTICS TREATMENT FOR 9976 05:41:12,628 --> 05:41:13,395 FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND GYNECOLOGIC 9977 05:41:13,395 --> 05:41:15,164 CONDITIONS IS HOW IT INFLUENCES 9978 05:41:15,164 --> 05:41:16,465 THE ACCUMULATION OF DISEASE 9979 05:41:16,465 --> 05:41:18,534 ACROSS THE LIFESPAN OF WOMEN, 9980 05:41:18,534 --> 05:41:21,370 AND HOW THAT LEADS TO 9981 05:41:21,370 --> 05:41:22,671 MULTI-MORBIDITY WHICH MAY BE 9982 05:41:22,671 --> 05:41:24,440 LESS WELL UNDERSTOOD THAN IN 9983 05:41:24,440 --> 05:41:27,810 MEN. 9984 05:41:27,810 --> 05:41:31,747 WE KNOW THAT FEMALE SPECIFIC AND 9985 05:41:31,747 --> 05:41:33,048 CHRONOLOGIC CONDITIONS ARE VERY 9986 05:41:33,048 --> 05:41:35,217 COMMON AND CAUSE SPECIFIC 9987 05:41:35,217 --> 05:41:35,984 MORBIDITY PARTICULARLY AMONGST 9988 05:41:35,984 --> 05:41:36,552 YOUNGER PATIENTS. 9989 05:41:36,552 --> 05:41:39,121 THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT 9990 05:41:39,121 --> 05:41:40,456 THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT STIGMA, 9991 05:41:40,456 --> 05:41:41,890 PATIENTS ARE OFTEN RELUCTANT AS 9992 05:41:41,890 --> 05:41:43,625 WE HEARD FROM MANY OF OUR 9993 05:41:43,625 --> 05:41:45,194 SPEAKERS TODAY TO DISCUSS THEIR 9994 05:41:45,194 --> 05:41:46,895 SYMPTOMS RELATED TO THE FEMALE 9995 05:41:46,895 --> 05:41:49,965 GENITAL TRACT, AND DELAYS IN 9996 05:41:49,965 --> 05:41:52,801 DIAGNOSIS ARE COMMON. 9997 05:41:52,801 --> 05:41:54,002 THE CONTRIBUTION OF THESE 9998 05:41:54,002 --> 05:41:56,538 DISORDERS TO MULTI-MORBIDITY IS 9999 05:41:56,538 --> 05:41:58,941 RARELY CONSIDERED MUCH LESS 10000 05:41:58,941 --> 05:42:00,509 MEASURED, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE 10001 05:42:00,509 --> 05:42:03,512 ARE SIGNIFICANT HEALTH 10002 05:42:03,512 --> 05:42:04,947 DISPARITIES IN MANY OF THESE 10003 05:42:04,947 --> 05:42:05,748 CONDITIONS. 10004 05:42:05,748 --> 05:42:07,549 WE ALSO KNOW THAT 10005 05:42:07,549 --> 05:42:10,486 MULTI-MORBIDITY IN WOMEN IS 10006 05:42:10,486 --> 05:42:11,253 COMPLICATED. 10007 05:42:11,253 --> 05:42:12,454 MULTI-MORBIDITY IS MORE LIKELY 10008 05:42:12,454 --> 05:42:14,757 TO CROSS ORGAN SYSTEMS THAN 10009 05:42:14,757 --> 05:42:18,460 NETWORKS OF MORBIDITY IN WOMEN 10010 05:42:18,460 --> 05:42:19,895 ARE ACROSS MORE ORGAN SYSTEMS 10011 05:42:19,895 --> 05:42:23,031 THAN THOSE IN MEN. 10012 05:42:23,031 --> 05:42:24,967 AND ALSO THAT WOMEN ARE MORE 10013 05:42:24,967 --> 05:42:27,169 LIKELY TO HAVE DISCORDANT 10014 05:42:27,169 --> 05:42:30,873 CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND 10015 05:42:30,873 --> 05:42:32,207 THOSE DISCORDANT CONDITIONS ARE 10016 05:42:32,207 --> 05:42:34,443 MORE LIKELY TO CROSS SOMATIC AS 10017 05:42:34,443 --> 05:42:37,212 WELL AS PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS. 10018 05:42:37,212 --> 05:42:39,515 WHEN YOU INCLUDE FACTORS THAT 10019 05:42:39,515 --> 05:42:46,889 ARE SOCIAL FACTORS SUCH AS FAITS 10020 05:42:46,889 --> 05:42:48,056 BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED. 10021 05:42:48,056 --> 05:42:48,824 THIS TABLE IS THE ONLY ONE WE'VE 10022 05:42:48,824 --> 05:42:50,459 BEEN ABLE TO FIND IN THE 10023 05:42:50,459 --> 05:42:51,960 LITERATURE THAT SHOWS WHAT THE 10024 05:42:51,960 --> 05:42:53,262 VARIABILITY IS OR HETEROGENEITY 10025 05:42:53,262 --> 05:42:56,431 IS OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF 10026 05:42:56,431 --> 05:42:58,367 MULTI-MORBIDITY ACROSS MEN AND 10027 05:42:58,367 --> 05:42:59,802 WOMEN OF DIFFERENT RACIAL AND 10028 05:42:59,802 --> 05:43:04,072 ETHNIC GROUPS. 10029 05:43:04,072 --> 05:43:05,474 AND SO THE SECOND OUTPUT FROM 10030 05:43:05,474 --> 05:43:07,142 THE ADVANCING RESEARCH ON 10031 05:43:07,142 --> 05:43:07,976 WOMEN'S HEALTH CONVENING THAT I 10032 05:43:07,976 --> 05:43:12,014 WANTED TO JUST TALK ABOUT TODAY 10033 05:43:12,014 --> 05:43:19,321 IN LEAD UP TO THE VOTE ON THE -- 10034 05:43:19,321 --> 05:43:21,623 I LOST THE WORD. 10035 05:43:21,623 --> 05:43:25,994 CONCEPT CLEARANCE. 10036 05:43:25,994 --> 05:43:26,695 IS TWO FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 10037 05:43:26,695 --> 05:43:28,730 THAT CAME OUT OF THE OFFICE. 10038 05:43:28,730 --> 05:43:35,904 THESE WERE RFA-OD-23-013 AND 10039 05:43:35,904 --> 05:43:38,106 014, UNDERSTANDING CHRONIC 10040 05:43:38,106 --> 05:43:39,775 CONDITIONING USING THE FRAMEWORK 10041 05:43:39,775 --> 05:43:41,143 WE HAD DEVELOPED IN THE 10042 05:43:41,143 --> 05:43:42,010 ADVANCING WOMEN'S HEALTH 10043 05:43:42,010 --> 05:43:45,647 CONFERENCE IN 2021. 10044 05:43:45,647 --> 05:43:47,916 WE HAD TWO RECEIPT DATES, BOTH 10045 05:43:47,916 --> 05:43:49,852 OF WHICH WERE PASSED. 10046 05:43:49,852 --> 05:43:51,053 THE FIRST ONE WAS AT THE END OF 10047 05:43:51,053 --> 05:43:51,820 TWEP 23. 10048 05:43:51,820 --> 05:43:53,589 WE HAD SEVERAL PARTNER ICOs 10049 05:43:53,589 --> 05:43:54,756 MENTIONED HERE AT THE BOTTOM, SO 10050 05:43:54,756 --> 05:43:58,193 I'M VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE 10051 05:43:58,193 --> 05:44:00,329 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND 21 10052 05:44:00,329 --> 05:44:03,899 AWARDS THROUGH THESE MECHANISMS 10053 05:44:03,899 --> 05:44:08,203 THAT CROSSED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT 10054 05:44:08,203 --> 05:44:15,811 ICs, SIX TO NHLBI, SIX TO 10055 05:44:15,811 --> 05:44:20,249 NICHD, ONE TO NIA, TWO TO NCI, 10056 05:44:20,249 --> 05:44:22,451 ONE TO NIAMS AND ONE TO NIDDK. 10057 05:44:22,451 --> 05:44:27,022 THEY WENT TO NICHD BUT ALSO TO 10058 05:44:27,022 --> 05:44:32,928 NHLBI, NIA AND THE NCI. 10059 05:44:32,928 --> 05:44:34,263 I JUST INCLUDED A FULL LIST 10060 05:44:34,263 --> 05:44:36,231 HERE, I KNOW IT'S TOO SMALL TO 10061 05:44:36,231 --> 05:44:36,932 READ, BUT TO SHOW YOU THE VERY 10062 05:44:36,932 --> 05:44:40,769 BROAD AND DIVERSE TOPICS THAT WE 10063 05:44:40,769 --> 05:44:42,204 WERE ABLE TO FUND THROUGH THIS 10064 05:44:42,204 --> 05:44:46,775 MECHANISM, BUT ALSO HERE 10065 05:44:46,775 --> 05:44:47,876 HIGHLIGHTED THE AWARDS THAT WERE 10066 05:44:47,876 --> 05:44:49,411 REALLY FOCUSED ON 10067 05:44:49,411 --> 05:44:50,646 FEMALE-SPECIFIC CONDITIONS SO 10068 05:44:50,646 --> 05:44:54,316 THAT YOU CAN SEE THE BREADTH OF 10069 05:44:54,316 --> 05:44:56,184 RESEARCH THAT THIS FUNDING 10070 05:44:56,184 --> 05:44:58,487 OPPORTUNITY BROUGHT IN. 10071 05:44:58,487 --> 05:45:00,589 THINGS LIKE MENOPAUSE, MEN TREUL 10072 05:45:00,589 --> 05:45:01,957 BLEEDING THAT ACTUALLY WENT TO 10073 05:45:01,957 --> 05:45:03,592 NHLBI BECAUSE OF THE ASSOCIATION 10074 05:45:03,592 --> 05:45:06,228 WITH ANEMIA, VAGINAL TOXICITY OF 10075 05:45:06,228 --> 05:45:08,397 RADIATION, POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN 10076 05:45:08,397 --> 05:45:10,666 SYNDROME, ENDOMETRIOSIS, 10077 05:45:10,666 --> 05:45:11,967 ADENOMYOSIS, CERVICAL DYSPLASIA, 10078 05:45:11,967 --> 05:45:13,502 AND PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS. 10079 05:45:13,502 --> 05:45:16,672 AND THESE WENT TO A VARIETY OF 10080 05:45:16,672 --> 05:45:17,172 INVESTIGATORS ACROSS THE 10081 05:45:17,172 --> 05:45:19,508 COUNTRY. 10082 05:45:19,508 --> 05:45:27,049 HAASLY, I JUSTLASTLY I JUST WANO 10083 05:45:27,049 --> 05:45:28,917 CONTEXT THE OVERALL SPENDING, I 10084 05:45:28,917 --> 05:45:30,452 THINK EVERYONE IN THE ROOM KNOWS 10085 05:45:30,452 --> 05:45:34,122 THAT WOMEN'S HEALTH SPENDING IS 10086 05:45:34,122 --> 05:45:36,558 APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE TOTAL 10087 05:45:36,558 --> 05:45:38,327 NIH BUDGET THAT'S BEEN PRETTY 10088 05:45:38,327 --> 05:45:43,432 CONSTANT FOR THE LAST NUMBER OF 10089 05:45:43,432 --> 05:45:43,632 YEARS. 10090 05:45:43,632 --> 05:45:45,067 SO IT'S HARD TO GET AN EXACT 10091 05:45:45,067 --> 05:45:46,702 NUMBER BUT I THINK 10092 05:45:46,702 --> 05:45:48,236 FEMALE-SPECIFIC CONDITIONS MAKE 10093 05:45:48,236 --> 05:45:52,140 UP ABOUT 12% OF THAT WHOLE 10094 05:45:52,140 --> 05:45:55,544 BUDGET OR ABOUT 1% EVIDENT WHOLE 10095 05:45:55,544 --> 05:45:57,212 NIH BUDGET SO I JUST PROVIDED A 10096 05:45:57,212 --> 05:46:00,349 FEW NUMBERS OF WHAT THE RCDC 10097 05:46:00,349 --> 05:46:03,085 PUBLIC SPENDING LOOKS LIKE FOR 10098 05:46:03,085 --> 05:46:03,852 SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS. 10099 05:46:03,852 --> 05:46:05,620 THE LARGEST AMOUNTS GO TO 10100 05:46:05,620 --> 05:46:06,822 OVARIAN AND CERVICAL CANCER. 10101 05:46:06,822 --> 05:46:08,023 LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE 10102 05:46:08,023 --> 05:46:13,895 HAD A MENOPAUSE RCDC CODE, WHICH 10103 05:46:13,895 --> 05:46:16,631 WAS $56 MILLION, THEN OTHER 10104 05:46:16,631 --> 05:46:17,833 CANCERS, THEN THESE BENIGN 10105 05:46:17,833 --> 05:46:19,468 DISEASES START TO FALL TOWARDS 10106 05:46:19,468 --> 05:46:23,739 THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. 10107 05:46:23,739 --> 05:46:27,476 SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE THIS WHOLE 10108 05:46:27,476 --> 05:46:29,778 CONCEPT, THE FEMALE-SPECIFIC 10109 05:46:29,778 --> 05:46:31,613 CHRONIC CONDITIONS ARE HIGHLY 10110 05:46:31,613 --> 05:46:32,914 PREVALENT, HAVE BEEN 10111 05:46:32,914 --> 05:46:37,185 HISTORICALLY UNDERSTUDIED ACROSS 10112 05:46:37,185 --> 05:46:38,820 MULTIPLE IC PRIORITIES, AND I 10113 05:46:38,820 --> 05:46:40,222 JUST SORT OF PUT THIS TOGETHER. 10114 05:46:40,222 --> 05:46:44,126 I DID NOT KNOW THAT NEXTGEN JANE 10115 05:46:44,126 --> 05:46:45,227 WAS GOING TO TALK AHEAD OF ME 10116 05:46:45,227 --> 05:46:47,429 AND PERFECTLY PREPARING ME FOR 10117 05:46:47,429 --> 05:46:48,196 THIS BUT SHE DID. 10118 05:46:48,196 --> 05:46:50,032 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 10119 05:46:50,032 --> 05:46:51,133 MENSTRUAL DISORDERS, IT DOESN'T 10120 05:46:51,133 --> 05:46:52,334 JUST FALL INTO THE PURVIEW OR 10121 05:46:52,334 --> 05:46:54,403 ALIGN WITH THE MISSION OF ONE 10122 05:46:54,403 --> 05:46:56,371 IC, BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE 10123 05:46:56,371 --> 05:46:57,139 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS WHERE 10124 05:46:57,139 --> 05:47:00,742 THIS IS POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT. 10125 05:47:00,742 --> 05:47:05,414 WE'VE MENTIONED NHLBI THAT 10126 05:47:05,414 --> 05:47:09,251 FUNDED AN R01 ON ANEMIA BUT ALSO 10127 05:47:09,251 --> 05:47:10,619 MENSTRUAL MIGRAINES ARE A 10128 05:47:10,619 --> 05:47:12,287 SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF MORBIDITY 10129 05:47:12,287 --> 05:47:14,689 AND ALIGNED WITH NINDS, OBESITY 10130 05:47:14,689 --> 05:47:16,892 CHANGES MENSTRUAL DISORDERS, THE 10131 05:47:16,892 --> 05:47:18,060 DIAGNOSIS AS WELL AS THE 10132 05:47:18,060 --> 05:47:21,296 TREATMENT FOR MANY WOMEN. 10133 05:47:21,296 --> 05:47:23,832 AND THAT IS ALIGNED WITH THE 10134 05:47:23,832 --> 05:47:24,466 NIDDK MISSION. 10135 05:47:24,466 --> 05:47:26,034 WE ALSO KNOW THERE ARE 10136 05:47:26,034 --> 05:47:27,836 SIGNIFICANT LET-RELATED 10137 05:47:27,836 --> 05:47:29,271 DISPARITIES FOR CONDITIONS LIKE 10138 05:47:29,271 --> 05:47:32,074 FIBROIDS AND ENDOMETRIOSIS, AND 10139 05:47:32,074 --> 05:47:34,376 WE KNOW THAT THESE INTERACTIONS 10140 05:47:34,376 --> 05:47:37,312 WITH OTHER CHRONIC DISEASES IS 10141 05:47:37,312 --> 05:47:37,646 UNKNOWN. 10142 05:47:37,646 --> 05:47:41,049 SO IN SUMMARY, I HOPE THAT I 10143 05:47:41,049 --> 05:47:44,319 HAVE CONVINCED YOU THAT THIS IS 10144 05:47:44,319 --> 05:47:49,024 A VALUABLE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 10145 05:47:49,024 --> 05:47:51,326 TO ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF 10146 05:47:51,326 --> 05:47:54,396 FEMALE-SPECIFIC CONDITIONS, AND 10147 05:47:54,396 --> 05:47:57,232 I WILL STOP THERE. 10148 05:47:57,232 --> 05:47:59,501 >> THANK YOU, DR. TIM KIN. 10149 05:47:59,501 --> 05:48:02,904 I'D LIKE NOW TO CALL ON THE TWO 10150 05:48:02,904 --> 05:48:08,243 DISCUSSANTS FOR THIS CONCEPT, WE 10151 05:48:08,243 --> 05:48:12,814 HAVE DR. MIELENZ AND DR. SHARPS. 10152 05:48:12,814 --> 05:48:14,516 I'LL HAVE DR. SHARPS GO FIRST. 10153 05:48:14,516 --> 05:48:14,950 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 10154 05:48:14,950 --> 05:48:16,017 I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY 10155 05:48:16,017 --> 05:48:18,420 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONCEPT, BUT 10156 05:48:18,420 --> 05:48:20,055 I DO HAVE JUST A FEW COMMENTS AS 10157 05:48:20,055 --> 05:48:21,256 WE THINK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD 10158 05:48:21,256 --> 05:48:25,861 WITH IT, WITH YOU I'M IN FAVOR. 10159 05:48:25,861 --> 05:48:28,797 AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, I THINK 10160 05:48:28,797 --> 05:48:30,765 THE RESEARCH, THIS FOCUS IS 10161 05:48:30,765 --> 05:48:35,036 HIGHLY RELEVANT AND TIMELY, AND 10162 05:48:35,036 --> 05:48:39,841 WE HAVE WOMEN WHO HAVE CHRONIC 10163 05:48:39,841 --> 05:48:42,210 CONDITIONS AND MULTIPLE CHRONIC 10164 05:48:42,210 --> 05:48:43,445 CONDITIONS CERTAINLY IN THE 10165 05:48:43,445 --> 05:48:44,746 POPULATIONS I'VE WORKED WITH 10166 05:48:44,746 --> 05:48:49,784 THAT ARE LIVING LONGER, AND WE 10167 05:48:49,784 --> 05:48:51,987 DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE 10168 05:48:51,987 --> 05:48:53,388 MECHANISMS OF JUST NATURALLY 10169 05:48:53,388 --> 05:48:56,525 OCCURRING BIOLOGY, AND I CALL 10170 05:48:56,525 --> 05:48:59,294 THEM THE HORMONE MILESTONES, 10171 05:48:59,294 --> 05:49:01,830 PREGNANCY, MENOPAUSE, AND WE 10172 05:49:01,830 --> 05:49:03,932 DON'T EVEN KNOW THE LONG-TERM 10173 05:49:03,932 --> 05:49:10,772 EFFECTS AS WOMEN MOVE INTO OLDER 10174 05:49:10,772 --> 05:49:12,507 ADULTS, AND IN FACT, PEOPLE WHO 10175 05:49:12,507 --> 05:49:14,609 STUDY OLDER AGE NOW HAVE THREE 10176 05:49:14,609 --> 05:49:15,677 DIVISIONS LIKE WE DO WITH 10177 05:49:15,677 --> 05:49:17,012 ADOLESCENTS, EARLY, MIDDLE AND 10178 05:49:17,012 --> 05:49:21,383 LATE, SO WE DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL 10179 05:49:21,383 --> 05:49:24,019 OF THOSE MECHANISMS AND WHAT 10180 05:49:24,019 --> 05:49:26,955 HAPPENS IF WOMEN MAY HAVE HAD 10181 05:49:26,955 --> 05:49:28,623 STABLE OR THAT THEIR DISEASE WAS 10182 05:49:28,623 --> 05:49:30,492 MANAGED FAIRLY WELL, BUT THEN WE 10183 05:49:30,492 --> 05:49:34,462 HAVE THESE SHIFTS IN HORMONES OR 10184 05:49:34,462 --> 05:49:35,630 THINGS BIOLOGICALLY THAT OCCUR 10185 05:49:35,630 --> 05:49:36,731 WITH THE DIFFERENT MILESTONES OF 10186 05:49:36,731 --> 05:49:40,502 LIFE. 10187 05:49:40,502 --> 05:49:42,137 CERTAINLY WE KNOW IN VULNERABLE 10188 05:49:42,137 --> 05:49:44,773 PATIENTS POPULATIONS OF WOMEN, 10189 05:49:44,773 --> 05:49:47,142 THERE ARE HEAVIER BURDENS FOR 10190 05:49:47,142 --> 05:49:50,378 THESE DISEASES, SOME BIOLOGIC 10191 05:49:50,378 --> 05:49:52,847 AND SOME WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND 10192 05:49:52,847 --> 05:49:55,050 OTHER CONDITIONS, AND SO I THINK 10193 05:49:55,050 --> 05:49:59,721 THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT 10194 05:49:59,721 --> 05:50:03,058 INTERACTION OF BOTH LIFESTYLE 10195 05:50:03,058 --> 05:50:05,794 AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, IT ALSO 10196 05:50:05,794 --> 05:50:08,430 GIVES US A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE 10197 05:50:08,430 --> 05:50:10,799 DIVERSITY OF WOMEN WHICH WE'VE 10198 05:50:10,799 --> 05:50:11,766 HEARD IN SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS, 10199 05:50:11,766 --> 05:50:14,669 WE ARE NOT A HOMOGENEOUS GROUP, 10200 05:50:14,669 --> 05:50:18,840 AND THERE ARE MANY CONDITIONS 10201 05:50:18,840 --> 05:50:25,180 THAT WOMEN -- AND I THINK ALSO, 10202 05:50:25,180 --> 05:50:26,514 JUST THINK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF 10203 05:50:26,514 --> 05:50:29,117 LIFE, I DID LIKE THAT 10204 05:50:29,117 --> 05:50:30,518 DR. HIGGINBOTHAM SAID THAT, THE 10205 05:50:30,518 --> 05:50:33,755 RATIONALE FOR LEAVING 10206 05:50:33,755 --> 05:50:34,522 DEBILITATING BECAUSE THERE ARE 10207 05:50:34,522 --> 05:50:38,226 WOMEN WHO DO COPE OR LEARN TO 10208 05:50:38,226 --> 05:50:41,329 COPE, AND THEY ARE -- THEIR 10209 05:50:41,329 --> 05:50:44,366 QUALITY OF LIFE, THEIR WORKING 10210 05:50:44,366 --> 05:50:46,434 CONDITIONS ARE ALL IMPACTED BY 10211 05:50:46,434 --> 05:50:50,372 THESE DISEASES THAT I THINK IT'S 10212 05:50:50,372 --> 05:50:52,474 IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE LIVED 10213 05:50:52,474 --> 05:50:53,708 EXPERIENCE, AND SO WE NEED A 10214 05:50:53,708 --> 05:50:57,646 VARIETY OF RESEARCH DESIGNS, 10215 05:50:57,646 --> 05:50:58,580 BOTH QUALITATIVE AND 10216 05:50:58,580 --> 05:51:00,582 QUANTITATIVE, AND TRUE MIXED 10217 05:51:00,582 --> 05:51:02,784 METHODS RESEARCH, I THINK WILL 10218 05:51:02,784 --> 05:51:04,419 BE REALLY IMPORTANT. 10219 05:51:04,419 --> 05:51:08,023 AS WELL AS AS THINK THAT MY 10220 05:51:08,023 --> 05:51:09,357 COLLEAGUE DR. NOEL WAS GETTING 10221 05:51:09,357 --> 05:51:11,293 AT, IS THERE IS -- PERHAPS SOME 10222 05:51:11,293 --> 05:51:14,229 OF THE RESEARCH WILL CARVE OUT 10223 05:51:14,229 --> 05:51:16,364 LOOKING -- HOW DO WE BRING 10224 05:51:16,364 --> 05:51:17,899 CLINICIANS ALONG WITH WHAT WE 10225 05:51:17,899 --> 05:51:20,335 KNOW BOTH NURSING MEDICINE 10226 05:51:20,335 --> 05:51:22,937 PUBLIC HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES, 10227 05:51:22,937 --> 05:51:24,906 TO HELP WOMEN AT LEAST -- YOU 10228 05:51:24,906 --> 05:51:27,075 KNOW, WE KNOW A LOT NOW, WE'RE 10229 05:51:27,075 --> 05:51:29,711 GOING TO KNOW MORE WHEN THIS 10230 05:51:29,711 --> 05:51:32,247 CONCEPT IS PASSED, BUT BRINGING 10231 05:51:32,247 --> 05:51:34,316 PEOPLE ALONG, THERE'S AN 10232 05:51:34,316 --> 05:51:36,718 OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION BOTH 10233 05:51:36,718 --> 05:51:38,320 OF CLINICIANS SO THAT WOMEN 10234 05:51:38,320 --> 05:51:39,888 DON'T COME IN TO CLINICAL 10235 05:51:39,888 --> 05:51:44,693 SETTINGS AND THEY GET IGNORED, 10236 05:51:44,693 --> 05:51:47,095 REAL LIFE DISEASES AND 10237 05:51:47,095 --> 05:51:47,395 CONDITIONS. 10238 05:51:47,395 --> 05:51:47,962 I'M GOING TO STOP TALKING. 10239 05:51:47,962 --> 05:51:49,331 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 10240 05:51:49,331 --> 05:51:51,299 DR. SHARPS. 10241 05:51:51,299 --> 05:51:51,599 DR. MIELENZ. 10242 05:51:51,599 --> 05:51:52,634 >> SURE. 10243 05:51:52,634 --> 05:51:54,269 THELMA MIELENZ. 10244 05:51:54,269 --> 05:51:55,403 I'LL BE QUICK WITH JUST ONE 10245 05:51:55,403 --> 05:51:55,804 QUESTION HERE. 10246 05:51:55,804 --> 05:51:57,605 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. TIM 10247 05:51:57,605 --> 05:51:59,007 KIN, FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION 10248 05:51:59,007 --> 05:52:00,475 OVERVIEW. 10249 05:52:00,475 --> 05:52:03,144 AND REALLY JUST HAD ONE 10250 05:52:03,144 --> 05:52:06,548 QUESTION, SO YOU HAD THE SLIDE 10251 05:52:06,548 --> 05:52:08,516 WITH THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS 10252 05:52:08,516 --> 05:52:11,152 FROM THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES 10253 05:52:11,152 --> 05:52:13,555 REPORT, SORT OF THE THREE 10254 05:52:13,555 --> 05:52:15,824 BUCKETS THAT DR. HIGGINBOTHAM 10255 05:52:15,824 --> 05:52:18,159 ALSO DISCUSSED. 10256 05:52:18,159 --> 05:52:20,261 AND THE FIRST BUCKET IS THE 10257 05:52:20,261 --> 05:52:22,097 FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND GYNECOLOGIC 10258 05:52:22,097 --> 05:52:23,732 CONDITIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE 10259 05:52:23,732 --> 05:52:26,701 MIDDLE BUCKET, CHRONIC 10260 05:52:26,701 --> 05:52:28,770 CONDITIONS, PREDOMINANTLY IMPACT 10261 05:52:28,770 --> 05:52:30,238 OR AFFECT WOMEN DIFFERENTLY AND 10262 05:52:30,238 --> 05:52:31,306 OUR LAST BUCKET, ACCUMULATION OF 10263 05:52:31,306 --> 05:52:32,040 MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 10264 05:52:32,040 --> 05:52:35,343 SO MY QUESTION IS THAT IF 10265 05:52:35,343 --> 05:52:39,280 SOMEONE -- YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU 10266 05:52:39,280 --> 05:52:41,583 THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WITH CHRONIC 10267 05:52:41,583 --> 05:52:42,784 LOW BACK PAIN WHEN YOU WERE 10268 05:52:42,784 --> 05:52:44,552 LOOKING AT THE RAINBOW CHART, 10269 05:52:44,552 --> 05:52:46,654 YOU KNOW, AND WE KNOW THAT 10270 05:52:46,654 --> 05:52:48,823 THERE'S ONLY $17 SPENT ON 10271 05:52:48,823 --> 05:52:53,094 CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN, SO IF 10272 05:52:53,094 --> 05:52:55,397 SOMEONE -- IT WOULD -- SOMEONE 10273 05:52:55,397 --> 05:52:58,333 COULD HAVE A CONDITION THAT A 10274 05:52:58,333 --> 05:52:59,567 FEMALE-SPECIFIC CONDITION AND 10275 05:52:59,567 --> 05:53:01,069 LOW BACK PAIN, BUT IT WOULDN'T 10276 05:53:01,069 --> 05:53:03,505 BE RESPONSIVE IF IT WAS JUST 10277 05:53:03,505 --> 05:53:05,106 FOCUSED ON LOW BACK PAIN AND 10278 05:53:05,106 --> 05:53:07,008 THEN MAYBE SOMETHING IN THE 10279 05:53:07,008 --> 05:53:07,342 THIRD BUCKET. 10280 05:53:07,342 --> 05:53:08,710 SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. 10281 05:53:08,710 --> 05:53:10,945 >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT 10282 05:53:10,945 --> 05:53:11,212 QUESTION. 10283 05:53:11,212 --> 05:53:14,482 SO I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS TO 10284 05:53:14,482 --> 05:53:15,884 FOCUS -- THERE'S TWO REAL 10285 05:53:15,884 --> 05:53:17,352 REASONS TO FOCUS ON 10286 05:53:17,352 --> 05:53:18,887 FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND GYNECOLOGIC 10287 05:53:18,887 --> 05:53:19,287 CONDITIONS. 10288 05:53:19,287 --> 05:53:20,522 ONE IS THAT THEY HAVE JUST BEEN 10289 05:53:20,522 --> 05:53:22,924 SO UNDERSTUDIED ACROSS THE 10290 05:53:22,924 --> 05:53:26,728 BOARD, BUT ALSO IN THE LAST YEAR 10291 05:53:26,728 --> 05:53:28,163 AND TWO YEARS, I CAN THINK THERE 10292 05:53:28,163 --> 05:53:33,101 ARE JUST SO MANY VALUABLE NEW 10293 05:53:33,101 --> 05:53:35,270 WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO BRING WOMEN'S 10294 05:53:35,270 --> 05:53:36,704 HEALTH RESEARCH INTO THE NIH. 10295 05:53:36,704 --> 05:53:38,039 DR. CLAYTON TALKED ABOUT THE NEW 10296 05:53:38,039 --> 05:53:39,541 FRONT DOOR, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, 10297 05:53:39,541 --> 05:53:42,710 AND I THINK THIS IS ONE AREA 10298 05:53:42,710 --> 05:53:46,815 THAT EVEN WITH THOSE NEW FUNDING 10299 05:53:46,815 --> 05:53:47,882 OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S SOMETIMES 10300 05:53:47,882 --> 05:53:50,518 LEFT BEHIND, AND SO THAT WAS 10301 05:53:50,518 --> 05:53:53,488 REALLY THE THINKING TO BE ABLE 10302 05:53:53,488 --> 05:53:56,491 TO STIMULATE THIS SPECIFIC 10303 05:53:56,491 --> 05:53:59,627 RESEARCH AGENDA. 10304 05:53:59,627 --> 05:54:00,728 >> GREAT. 10305 05:54:00,728 --> 05:54:05,867 THANK YOU, DR. MIELENZ AND 10306 05:54:05,867 --> 05:54:06,501 DR. SHARPS FOR YOUR INSIGHTFUL 10307 05:54:06,501 --> 05:54:07,302 COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. 10308 05:54:07,302 --> 05:54:08,937 WE'D NOW LIKE TO OPEN UP THE 10309 05:54:08,937 --> 05:54:10,772 FLOOR FOR THE REST OF THE 10310 05:54:10,772 --> 05:54:11,306 COMMITTEE FOR QUESTIONS OR 10311 05:54:11,306 --> 05:54:13,007 COMMENTS. 10312 05:54:13,007 --> 05:54:16,177 >> I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. 10313 05:54:16,177 --> 05:54:20,415 SO WHEN YOU SAY FEMALE-SPECIFIC 10314 05:54:20,415 --> 05:54:21,316 CONDITIONS, GYNECOLOGIC 10315 05:54:21,316 --> 05:54:22,851 CONDITIONS, DOES THAT INCLUDE 10316 05:54:22,851 --> 05:54:24,819 PREGNANCY-RELATED CONDITIONS AS 10317 05:54:24,819 --> 05:54:25,153 WELL OR NOT? 10318 05:54:25,153 --> 05:54:27,555 >> SO THIS WAS NOT REALLY 10319 05:54:27,555 --> 05:54:29,190 DESIGNED TO BE INCLUSIVE OF 10320 05:54:29,190 --> 05:54:31,659 PREGNANCY CONDITIONS. 10321 05:54:31,659 --> 05:54:32,760 AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE ARE THESE 10322 05:54:32,760 --> 05:54:35,363 NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO 10323 05:54:35,363 --> 05:54:36,898 SUBMIT PREGNANCY-RELATED 10324 05:54:36,898 --> 05:54:38,867 RESEARCH. 10325 05:54:38,867 --> 05:54:40,502 IN THE INITIAL DEFINING OF 10326 05:54:40,502 --> 05:54:43,705 CHRONIC CONDITIONS FROM HHS, 10327 05:54:43,705 --> 05:54:46,274 FROM OUR ACTIVITY, FROM THE 10328 05:54:46,274 --> 05:54:49,043 NATIONAL ACADEMIES' ACTIVITY ARE 10329 05:54:49,043 --> 05:54:51,579 ALL CONDITIONS THAT LAST FOR 10330 05:54:51,579 --> 05:54:53,114 OVER ONE YEAR, AFFECT ACTIVITIES 10331 05:54:53,114 --> 05:54:56,184 OF DAILY LIVING AND THEN I LIKE 10332 05:54:56,184 --> 05:54:57,519 WHAT THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES HAD 10333 05:54:57,519 --> 05:54:59,787 ADDED AT THE END THERE TOO, BUT 10334 05:54:59,787 --> 05:55:01,656 I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO 10335 05:55:01,656 --> 05:55:03,525 IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, 10336 05:55:03,525 --> 05:55:06,060 BUT -- SO I THINK TO ME, AT 10337 05:55:06,060 --> 05:55:09,464 LEAST, PREGNANCY DOESN'T FALL 10338 05:55:09,464 --> 05:55:09,931 INTO THAT DEFINITION. 10339 05:55:09,931 --> 05:55:11,332 >> I THINK FOR ME, JUST THE 10340 05:55:11,332 --> 05:55:17,572 CONCERN WAS IS THAT CLEAR OR NOT 10341 05:55:17,572 --> 05:55:19,240 IN THE -- 10342 05:55:19,240 --> 05:55:21,142 >> I WILL SAY THERE IS AT LEAST 10343 05:55:21,142 --> 05:55:22,176 ONE AWARD THAT WE MADE THAT'S 10344 05:55:22,176 --> 05:55:23,945 AROUND HOW PREGNANCY CHANGES THE 10345 05:55:23,945 --> 05:55:26,147 LIFECOURSE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR 10346 05:55:26,147 --> 05:55:30,952 DISEASE, AND SO THAT IS -- 10347 05:55:30,952 --> 05:55:31,753 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, TO ME 10348 05:55:31,753 --> 05:55:35,657 THERE IS THE CHRONIC CONDITION 10349 05:55:35,657 --> 05:55:41,162 AND PREGNANCY IS THE 10350 05:55:41,162 --> 05:55:41,829 FEMALE-SPECIFIC VARIABLE THAT'S 10351 05:55:41,829 --> 05:55:43,464 CHANGING THAT OUT COME. 10352 05:55:43,464 --> 05:55:45,767 SO THERE IS -- IT'S NOT LIKE WE 10353 05:55:45,767 --> 05:55:49,971 WOULD NOT BE OPEN TO HAVING 10354 05:55:49,971 --> 05:55:52,674 INCLUSION OF PREGNANCY IN ANY 10355 05:55:52,674 --> 05:55:53,575 GREAT APPLICATION, BUT I THINK 10356 05:55:53,575 --> 05:55:55,543 WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT THINGS 10357 05:55:55,543 --> 05:55:58,079 THAT AFFECT WOMEN'S LIVES ON A 10358 05:55:58,079 --> 05:55:59,747 LONGER TERM. 10359 05:55:59,747 --> 05:56:01,449 >> YES. 10360 05:56:01,449 --> 05:56:03,451 >> THANK YOU. 10361 05:56:03,451 --> 05:56:08,256 I JUST HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION. 10362 05:56:08,256 --> 05:56:11,225 FROM MY EXPERIENCE OF STUDYING 10363 05:56:11,225 --> 05:56:14,829 THESE ISSUES IS THAT SOME OF 10364 05:56:14,829 --> 05:56:16,698 THESE CHRONIC CONDITIONS DON'T 10365 05:56:16,698 --> 05:56:19,767 EXIST BY THEMSELVES, THERE'S 10366 05:56:19,767 --> 05:56:20,635 COOCCURRENCE OF CHRONIC 10367 05:56:20,635 --> 05:56:22,270 CONDITION. 10368 05:56:22,270 --> 05:56:25,239 AND SOMETIMES ONCE YOU HAVE ONE, 10369 05:56:25,239 --> 05:56:26,040 OVER TIME, YOU DEVELOP THE NEXT 10370 05:56:26,040 --> 05:56:28,109 AND YOU DEVELOP THE NEXT. 10371 05:56:28,109 --> 05:56:33,481 AND CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW THIS 10372 05:56:33,481 --> 05:56:37,318 CONCEPT WILL ADDRESS THE 10373 05:56:37,318 --> 05:56:40,488 OCCURRENCE OF MULTIPLE CHRONIC 10374 05:56:40,488 --> 05:56:45,627 CONDITIONS, GIVEN THE WAY NIH 10375 05:56:45,627 --> 05:56:46,728 SUPPORTS OR FUNDS DIFFERENT 10376 05:56:46,728 --> 05:56:48,563 CONDITIONS? 10377 05:56:48,563 --> 05:56:51,666 HOW DOES THIS CONCEPT REALLY 10378 05:56:51,666 --> 05:56:52,967 TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THIS 10379 05:56:52,967 --> 05:56:55,837 PHENOMENON OF CO-OCCURRENCE OF 10380 05:56:55,837 --> 05:56:56,137 CONDITIONS? 10381 05:56:56,137 --> 05:56:58,039 >> SO I MEAN, WE DON'T OBVIOUSLY 10382 05:56:58,039 --> 05:57:00,241 HAVE THE LANGUAGE EXACTLY YET, 10383 05:57:00,241 --> 05:57:03,411 BUT I WAS HOPEFUL TO BE 10384 05:57:03,411 --> 05:57:05,513 INCLUSIVE OF HAVING -- OF 10385 05:57:05,513 --> 05:57:11,519 INVITING APPLICATIONS THAT 10386 05:57:11,519 --> 05:57:12,153 ARE -- INTERAK WITH OTHER 10387 05:57:12,153 --> 05:57:14,288 CONDITIONS AS WELL, AND THAT 10388 05:57:14,288 --> 05:57:16,691 REALLY BROADENS I THINK HOW THIS 10389 05:57:16,691 --> 05:57:19,427 MAY FIT INTO DIFFERENT IC 10390 05:57:19,427 --> 05:57:19,727 PRIORITIES. 10391 05:57:19,727 --> 05:57:21,195 WHICH IS I THINK ONE OF THE 10392 05:57:21,195 --> 05:57:23,064 GOALS OF THIS. 10393 05:57:23,064 --> 05:57:26,534 FOR EXAMPLE, ENDOMETRIOSIS AND 10394 05:57:26,534 --> 05:57:29,570 AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE OFTEN 10395 05:57:29,570 --> 05:57:34,108 CO-OCCUR IN PATIENTS, AND SO 10396 05:57:34,108 --> 05:57:35,410 UNDERSTANDING HOW ENDOMETRIOSIS 10397 05:57:35,410 --> 05:57:37,412 AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES INTERACT 10398 05:57:37,412 --> 05:57:40,148 MAY BE OF INTEREST TO MULTIPLE 10399 05:57:40,148 --> 05:57:42,116 ICs, I THINK, AND I HOPE THAT 10400 05:57:42,116 --> 05:57:44,986 ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. 10401 05:57:44,986 --> 05:57:46,788 >> YES. 10402 05:57:46,788 --> 05:57:48,289 >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. 10403 05:57:48,289 --> 05:57:50,625 I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS 10404 05:57:50,625 --> 05:57:51,092 CONCEPT. 10405 05:57:51,092 --> 05:57:52,627 IS BEING IN THE CLINICAL 10406 05:57:52,627 --> 05:57:55,663 RESEARCH SECTOR, WILL THIS ALSO 10407 05:57:55,663 --> 05:57:56,764 SPAN THROUGH BASIC RESEARCH AS 10408 05:57:56,764 --> 05:57:57,765 WELL? 10409 05:57:57,765 --> 05:57:58,766 THIS OPPORTUNITY? 10410 05:57:58,766 --> 05:58:01,502 >> I CERTAINLY HOPE SO. 10411 05:58:01,502 --> 05:58:03,838 I DON'T THINK WE WOULD -- WE 10412 05:58:03,838 --> 05:58:04,572 WERE PLANNING TO PUT 10413 05:58:04,572 --> 05:58:07,308 RESTRICTIONS ON THAT. 10414 05:58:07,308 --> 05:58:08,276 >> OKAY. 10415 05:58:08,276 --> 05:58:17,585 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE? 10416 05:58:17,585 --> 05:58:20,221 OKAY, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 10417 05:58:20,221 --> 05:58:21,856 I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING, RIGHT? 10418 05:58:21,856 --> 05:58:22,090 OKAY. 10419 05:58:22,090 --> 05:58:24,659 THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 10420 05:58:24,659 --> 05:58:26,461 SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL VOTE TO 10421 05:58:26,461 --> 05:58:26,894 APPROVE THE FUNDING 10422 05:58:26,894 --> 05:58:28,329 OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH ON 10423 05:58:28,329 --> 05:58:31,199 CHRONIC FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND 10424 05:58:31,199 --> 05:58:33,501 GYNECOLOGIC CONDITIONS ON THE 10425 05:58:33,501 --> 05:58:34,602 CONCEPT CLEARANCE. 10426 05:58:34,602 --> 05:58:37,238 PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY FULL 10427 05:58:37,238 --> 05:58:38,940 MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY 10428 05:58:38,940 --> 05:58:39,574 COMMITTEE MAY VOTE, AND IF 10429 05:58:39,574 --> 05:58:41,409 YOU'RE AN AD HOC MEMBER OR 10430 05:58:41,409 --> 05:58:45,213 OTHERWISE NOT A MEMBER OF ACRWH, 10431 05:58:45,213 --> 05:58:47,281 PLEASE REFRAIN FROM VOTING. 10432 05:58:47,281 --> 05:58:48,850 SO IS THERE A MOTION ON THE 10433 05:58:48,850 --> 05:58:50,318 TABLE TO APPROVE THE FUNDING 10434 05:58:50,318 --> 05:58:52,019 OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT RESEARCH 10435 05:58:52,019 --> 05:58:58,359 ON CHRONIC FEMALE-SPECIFIC AND 10436 05:58:58,359 --> 05:58:59,694 GYNECOLOGIC -- 10437 05:58:59,694 --> 05:59:00,561 >> I WOULD MAKE A MOTION. 10438 05:59:00,561 --> 05:59:02,330 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 10439 05:59:02,330 --> 05:59:02,830 AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? 10440 05:59:02,830 --> 05:59:04,232 >> I SECOND THE EMOTION. 10441 05:59:04,232 --> 05:59:14,709 >> DR. OYEN HAS THE SECOND. 10442 05:59:17,178 --> 05:59:18,179 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, KEEP YOUR 10443 05:59:18,179 --> 05:59:20,281 HANDS UP SO THEY CAN BE CLEARLY 10444 05:59:20,281 --> 05:59:21,482 VOTED. 10445 05:59:21,482 --> 05:59:24,385 THANK YOU, DR. TEMPLETON. 10446 05:59:24,385 --> 05:59:26,320 OKAY. 10447 05:59:26,320 --> 05:59:30,458 AND THOSE -- DR. JAGSI, THANK 10448 05:59:30,458 --> 05:59:31,025 YOU VERY MUCH. 10449 05:59:31,025 --> 05:59:37,598 THOSE OF YOU -- ALL OF THOSE 10450 05:59:37,598 --> 05:59:38,199 OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, PLEASE 10451 05:59:38,199 --> 05:59:43,971 RAISE YOUR HAND NOW. 10452 05:59:43,971 --> 05:59:48,609 AND ALL THOSE AB STAIPING FROM M 10453 05:59:48,609 --> 05:59:49,577 THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 10454 05:59:49,577 --> 05:59:50,978 HANDS. 10455 05:59:50,978 --> 06:00:01,489 HAVE THE VOTES BEEN RECORDED? 10456 06:00:04,292 --> 06:00:05,593 IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HANDS 10457 06:00:05,593 --> 06:00:07,495 ONE MORE TIME FOR THOSE WHO ARE 10458 06:00:07,495 --> 06:00:10,698 IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE 10459 06:00:10,698 --> 06:00:12,900 CONCEPT CLEARANCE. 10460 06:00:12,900 --> 06:00:14,969 AND I BELIEVE WE HAD TWO WHO 10461 06:00:14,969 --> 06:00:23,077 WERE VIRTUAL AS WELL. 10462 06:00:23,077 --> 06:00:23,277 GREAT. 10463 06:00:23,277 --> 06:00:27,148 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THE 10464 06:00:27,148 --> 06:00:27,682 CONCEPT CLEARANCE HAS BEEN 10465 06:00:27,682 --> 06:00:28,249 ACCEPTED WITH 11 IN FAVOR. 10466 06:00:28,249 --> 06:00:33,487 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 10467 06:00:33,487 --> 06:00:35,323 OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT 10468 06:00:35,323 --> 06:00:36,624 CONCEPT CLEARANCE. 10469 06:00:36,624 --> 06:00:46,534 I WOULD LIKE NOW TO WELCOME OUR 10470 06:00:46,534 --> 06:00:53,307 NEXT SPEAKER. 10471 06:00:53,307 --> 06:00:55,276 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 10472 06:00:55,276 --> 06:00:58,112 I WOULD LIKE TO HAPPILY 10473 06:00:58,112 --> 06:01:00,448 INTRODUCE TO YOU DR. CAROLYN BON 10474 06:01:00,448 --> 06:01:00,882 DAR. 10475 06:01:00,882 --> 06:01:02,416 IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU 10476 06:01:02,416 --> 06:01:04,652 A NEW PROGRAM OFFICER OF THE 10477 06:01:04,652 --> 06:01:06,587 CAREER SECTION WHO JOINED US 10478 06:01:06,587 --> 06:01:09,557 EARLIER THIS YEAR AND LEADS THE 10479 06:01:09,557 --> 06:01:10,391 CONTINUITY AND RETENTION 10480 06:01:10,391 --> 06:01:11,726 SUPPLEMENT AS WELL AS THE 10481 06:01:11,726 --> 06:01:16,030 RE-ENTRY SUPPLEMENTS FOR OUR 10482 06:01:16,030 --> 06:01:16,264 SECTION. 10483 06:01:16,264 --> 06:01:18,232 IN ADDITION TO SERVING AS 10484 06:01:18,232 --> 06:01:19,433 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE NIH 10485 06:01:19,433 --> 06:01:21,269 WORKING GROUP ON WOMEN IN 10486 06:01:21,269 --> 06:01:22,737 BIOMEDICAL CAREERS. 10487 06:01:22,737 --> 06:01:24,038 DR. BONDAR IS A NEUROSCIENTIST 10488 06:01:24,038 --> 06:01:33,881 BY TRAINING, AND AFTERWARDS HER 10489 06:01:33,881 --> 06:01:38,486 POSTDOC TRAINING AT THE DUNCAN 10490 06:01:38,486 --> 06:01:39,453 NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 10491 06:01:39,453 --> 06:01:40,922 AT THE TEXAS CHILDREN'S 10492 06:01:40,922 --> 06:01:42,456 HOSPITAL. 10493 06:01:42,456 --> 06:01:45,426 SHE JOINS US FROM THE NATIONAL 10494 06:01:45,426 --> 06:01:46,694 INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL 10495 06:01:46,694 --> 06:01:48,229 DISORDERS AND STROKE, WHERE SHE 10496 06:01:48,229 --> 06:01:51,232 USED TO WORK, AND SHE IS GOING 10497 06:01:51,232 --> 06:01:52,967 TO PRESENT A CONCEPT WHICH WE 10498 06:01:52,967 --> 06:01:55,469 HOPE WILL BENEFIT AND STRENGTHEN 10499 06:01:55,469 --> 06:01:57,738 THE FEMALE BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE, 10500 06:01:57,738 --> 06:01:58,839 WHICH HAS BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL 10501 06:01:58,839 --> 06:02:00,474 TIMES TODAY. 10502 06:02:00,474 --> 06:02:02,877 SO PLEASE WELCOME DR. CAROLYN 10503 06:02:02,877 --> 06:02:11,619 BONDAR. 10504 06:02:11,619 --> 06:02:15,489 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL 10505 06:02:15,489 --> 06:02:19,527 YOUR SUPPORT LEADING UP TO 10506 06:02:19,527 --> 06:02:26,334 TODAY, AND ORWH LEADERSHIP AS 10507 06:02:26,334 --> 06:02:26,867 WELL. 10508 06:02:26,867 --> 06:02:29,704 SO THIS IS A NEW TITLE, NIH 10509 06:02:29,704 --> 06:02:32,206 EXCEPTIONAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST 10510 06:02:32,206 --> 06:02:32,406 AWARD. 10511 06:02:32,406 --> 06:02:33,040 THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ENCOURAGE 10512 06:02:33,040 --> 06:02:35,776 DEVELOPMENT OF STABLE RESEARCH 10513 06:02:35,776 --> 06:02:37,178 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR 10514 06:02:37,178 --> 06:02:39,180 EXCEPTIONAL NON-TENURED 10515 06:02:39,180 --> 06:02:41,048 SCIENTISTS POSITIONED TO MAKE 10516 06:02:41,048 --> 06:02:44,085 OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO NIH 10517 06:02:44,085 --> 06:02:45,853 FUNDED RESEARCH PROGRAMS. 10518 06:02:45,853 --> 06:02:48,289 THE NUMBER OF AWARDS IS 10519 06:02:48,289 --> 06:02:49,724 CONTINGENT UPON NIH 10520 06:02:49,724 --> 06:02:51,025 APPROPRIATIONS. 10521 06:02:51,025 --> 06:02:52,893 WE ENVISION A FIVE-YEAR PROJECT 10522 06:02:52,893 --> 06:02:55,096 PERIOD AT MOST AND WE'RE LOOKING 10523 06:02:55,096 --> 06:02:56,297 FOR VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THIS 10524 06:02:56,297 --> 06:02:59,033 CONCEPT. 10525 06:02:59,033 --> 06:03:01,002 SO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING AM 10526 06:03:01,002 --> 06:03:07,008 ADDRESSINGAMBITIOUS RESEARCH QUS 10527 06:03:07,008 --> 06:03:10,945 BECOME INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON 10528 06:03:10,945 --> 06:03:12,580 COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES THAT 10529 06:03:12,580 --> 06:03:13,381 LEVERAGE EXPERTISE AND 10530 06:03:13,381 --> 06:03:14,348 INNOVATION FROM MULTIPLE 10531 06:03:14,348 --> 06:03:15,349 DISCIPLINES AND TECHNOLOGIES, 10532 06:03:15,349 --> 06:03:17,351 AND I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY WE 10533 06:03:17,351 --> 06:03:18,886 SAW A LOT OF THAT DEMONSTRATED 10534 06:03:18,886 --> 06:03:22,490 TODAY. 10535 06:03:22,490 --> 06:03:23,924 TEAM SCIENCE IS GREAT. 10536 06:03:23,924 --> 06:03:26,227 IT HAS SEVERAL WELL DOCUMENTED 10537 06:03:26,227 --> 06:03:29,630 BENEFITS, INCLUDING INCREASED 10538 06:03:29,630 --> 06:03:31,832 IMPACT AND INNOVATION, OFTEN 10539 06:03:31,832 --> 06:03:34,402 EXTENDING APPLICABILITY TO 10540 06:03:34,402 --> 06:03:36,003 DIFFERENT FIELDS AND 10541 06:03:36,003 --> 06:03:37,304 DISCIPLINES. 10542 06:03:37,304 --> 06:03:38,839 INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY. 10543 06:03:38,839 --> 06:03:40,708 MORE PUBLICATIONS AND FASTER 10544 06:03:40,708 --> 06:03:43,144 PROGRESS. 10545 06:03:43,144 --> 06:03:45,746 IMPROVED PROBLEM SOLVING. 10546 06:03:45,746 --> 06:03:46,647 THE COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND 10547 06:03:46,647 --> 06:03:49,483 SKILLS OF A TEAM ENABLES THEM TO 10548 06:03:49,483 --> 06:03:52,987 TACKLE PROBLEMS THAT MATE BE TOO 10549 06:03:52,987 --> 06:03:54,955 CHALLENGING FOR YOU INDIVIDUAL 10550 06:03:54,955 --> 06:03:58,459 RESEARCHERS, BUT THE REALITY OF 10551 06:03:58,459 --> 06:04:00,227 TEAM SCIENCE IS THAT NOT 10552 06:04:00,227 --> 06:04:02,763 EVERYONE GET TO BE THE P.I. 10553 06:04:02,763 --> 06:04:05,066 AND INCREASING RELIANCE ON TEAM 10554 06:04:05,066 --> 06:04:07,802 SCIENCE, CORES AND OTHER 10555 06:04:07,802 --> 06:04:09,737 SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FACILITIES 10556 06:04:09,737 --> 06:04:12,173 HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY AN 10557 06:04:12,173 --> 06:04:14,909 UPTICK IN NON-TENURED RESEARCH 10558 06:04:14,909 --> 06:04:17,645 SCIENTIST POSITIONS. 10559 06:04:17,645 --> 06:04:19,647 DEMONSTRATING A GROWING NEED FOR 10560 06:04:19,647 --> 06:04:22,349 RESEARCH SCIENTISTS WITH 10561 06:04:22,349 --> 06:04:23,684 EXTENSIVE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 10562 06:04:23,684 --> 06:04:26,654 THAT CAN PROVIDE CONTINUITY, 10563 06:04:26,654 --> 06:04:29,390 STABILITY, AND DETAILED 10564 06:04:29,390 --> 06:04:30,291 SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BEYOND THAT 10565 06:04:30,291 --> 06:04:33,828 OF A TRAINEE OR A TECHNICIAN. 10566 06:04:33,828 --> 06:04:36,230 SUPPORT FOR NON-TENURED, 10567 06:04:36,230 --> 06:04:38,199 NON-TRADITIONAL PI ROLES IS 10568 06:04:38,199 --> 06:04:41,102 NEEDED TO BOTH ATTRACT AND 10569 06:04:41,102 --> 06:04:44,905 RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL RESEARCH 10570 06:04:44,905 --> 06:04:46,207 SCIENTISTS WHO ARE AN 10571 06:04:46,207 --> 06:04:47,308 INCREASINGLY VITAL PART OF THE 10572 06:04:47,308 --> 06:04:53,881 NIH RESEARCH ENTERPRISE. 10573 06:04:53,881 --> 06:04:56,717 THIS CONCEPT AIMS TO FOSTER 10574 06:04:56,717 --> 06:04:57,251 WOMEN'S SCIENTIFIC CAREER 10575 06:04:57,251 --> 06:04:59,887 DEVELOPMENT AND IS ALIGNED WITH 10576 06:04:59,887 --> 06:05:03,557 GOAL 3 OF THE NIH STRATEGIC PLAN 10577 06:05:03,557 --> 06:05:06,727 FOCUS ON TRAINING AND EDUCATION. 10578 06:05:06,727 --> 06:05:08,696 OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS PROGRAM 10579 06:05:08,696 --> 06:05:10,898 WILL HELP RECRUIT, SUPPORT, 10580 06:05:10,898 --> 06:05:12,633 RETAIN, AND ADVANCE WOMEN 10581 06:05:12,633 --> 06:05:15,669 RESEARCH SCIENTISTS FROM EARLY 10582 06:05:15,669 --> 06:05:17,271 CAREERS ON, AND THAT INCLUDES 10583 06:05:17,271 --> 06:05:21,075 MID CAREER SCIENTISTS. 10584 06:05:21,075 --> 06:05:23,277 BECAUSE WOMEN AND GROUPS 10585 06:05:23,277 --> 06:05:24,912 UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE U.S. 10586 06:05:24,912 --> 06:05:27,248 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ENTERPRISE 10587 06:05:27,248 --> 06:05:30,518 ARE OFTEN OVERREPRESENTED IN 10588 06:05:30,518 --> 06:05:32,720 NON-TENURE RESEARCH POSITIONS 10589 06:05:32,720 --> 06:05:35,089 SUPPORTING THIS CAREER PATH IS 10590 06:05:35,089 --> 06:05:37,091 INTEGRAL TO THE NIH STRATEGIC 10591 06:05:37,091 --> 06:05:40,494 GOAL OF SUPPORTING A DIVERSE 10592 06:05:40,494 --> 06:05:41,795 SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE, AS WELL AS 10593 06:05:41,795 --> 06:05:44,031 THE NIH STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 10594 06:05:44,031 --> 06:05:47,401 RESEARCH ON THE HEALTH OF WOMEN. 10595 06:05:47,401 --> 06:05:50,171 IT IS ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE NIH 10596 06:05:50,171 --> 06:05:51,438 ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE 10597 06:05:51,438 --> 06:05:54,241 DIRECTOR WORKING GROUP ON 10598 06:05:54,241 --> 06:05:56,110 REENVISIONING NIH SUPPORTED 10599 06:05:56,110 --> 06:05:58,379 POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING. 10600 06:05:58,379 --> 06:06:00,381 IT'S ALIGNED WITH RECOMMENDATION 10601 06:06:00,381 --> 06:06:02,349 3.1 IN THIS RECENT RAPPORT WHICH 10602 06:06:02,349 --> 06:06:04,952 CALLED FOR NIH-WIDE SUPPORT FOR 10603 06:06:04,952 --> 06:06:07,188 A RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL CAREER 10604 06:06:07,188 --> 06:06:07,821 TRACK. 10605 06:06:07,821 --> 06:06:09,490 THIS REPORT ARGUED THAT 10606 06:06:09,490 --> 06:06:12,226 FOSTERING A ROBUST RESEARCH 10607 06:06:12,226 --> 06:06:14,295 PROFESSIONAL CAREER TRACK WOULD 10608 06:06:14,295 --> 06:06:16,497 IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY AND 10609 06:06:16,497 --> 06:06:19,366 HEALTH OF THE BIOMEDICAL SYSTEM 10610 06:06:19,366 --> 06:06:24,205 BY EXPANDING THE ACADEMIC JOB 10611 06:06:24,205 --> 06:06:26,173 POOL, RETAINING TALENTED 10612 06:06:26,173 --> 06:06:28,475 SCIENTIST IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH, 10613 06:06:28,475 --> 06:06:30,110 MAINTAINING INSTITUTIONAL 10614 06:06:30,110 --> 06:06:32,112 KNOWLEDGE LONG TERM, AND IT 10615 06:06:32,112 --> 06:06:33,981 REDUCES BURDENS ON PIs BECAUSE 10616 06:06:33,981 --> 06:06:37,918 WE KNOW THESE ROLES ALSO PROVIDE 10617 06:06:37,918 --> 06:06:39,253 MENTORSHIP AND TRAINING. 10618 06:06:39,253 --> 06:06:41,989 AND IT ALSO HELPS WITH BUILDING 10619 06:06:41,989 --> 06:06:44,058 RESEARCH ENTERPRISES AND 10620 06:06:44,058 --> 06:06:44,725 CAPACITY. 10621 06:06:44,725 --> 06:06:48,896 BUT THIS REPORT ALSO POINTED OUT 10622 06:06:48,896 --> 06:06:49,697 THAT THESE POSITIONS DO NOT 10623 06:06:49,697 --> 06:06:54,702 CURRENTLY PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS 10624 06:06:54,702 --> 06:06:56,036 WITH EITHER THE RECOGNITION NOR 10625 06:06:56,036 --> 06:06:58,505 INDEPENDENT FUNDING NEEDED TO 10626 06:06:58,505 --> 06:06:59,073 ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST 10627 06:06:59,073 --> 06:07:02,109 SCIENTISTS. 10628 06:07:02,109 --> 06:07:03,944 THE PURPOSE OF THIS CONCEPT IS 10629 06:07:03,944 --> 06:07:07,381 TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY AND 10630 06:07:07,381 --> 06:07:10,317 HELP OF THE BIOMEDICAL SYSTEM BY 10631 06:07:10,317 --> 06:07:12,286 SUPPORTING EXCEPTIONAL 10632 06:07:12,286 --> 06:07:14,955 NON-TENURED, NON-TRADITIONAL 10633 06:07:14,955 --> 06:07:16,924 P.I. RESEARCH SCIENTISTS SUCH AS 10634 06:07:16,924 --> 06:07:18,993 LABORATORY SCIENTISTS, CORE 10635 06:07:18,993 --> 06:07:21,895 SCIENTISTS, AND/OR 10636 06:07:21,895 --> 06:07:22,563 CLINICIAN-SCIENTISTS. 10637 06:07:22,563 --> 06:07:25,165 THIS SUPPORT IS INTENDED TO 10638 06:07:25,165 --> 06:07:27,368 ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXCEPTIONAL 10639 06:07:27,368 --> 06:07:29,370 RESEARCH SCIENTISTS BY ENHANCING 10640 06:07:29,370 --> 06:07:33,307 THEIR PROFESSIONAL STANDING AND 10641 06:07:33,307 --> 06:07:34,408 RECOGNITION. 10642 06:07:34,408 --> 06:07:35,809 IMPORTANTLY, THIS WILL PROVIDE 10643 06:07:35,809 --> 06:07:39,013 INDIVIDUALS WITH SUFFICIENT 10644 06:07:39,013 --> 06:07:40,648 AUTONOMY SO THEY ARE NOT SOLELY 10645 06:07:40,648 --> 06:07:43,384 DEPENDENT ON FUNDING BY OTHERS 10646 06:07:43,384 --> 06:07:44,918 FOR THEIR CAREER CONTINUITY. 10647 06:07:44,918 --> 06:07:46,987 AND BY PROVIDING SALARY AND 10648 06:07:46,987 --> 06:07:49,256 TRAVEL SUPPORT, THE INDIVIDUAL 10649 06:07:49,256 --> 06:07:53,060 WILL HAVE PROTECTED TIME TO MAKE 10650 06:07:53,060 --> 06:07:55,329 A TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT IN 10651 06:07:55,329 --> 06:07:56,830 ADVANCING NIH FUNDED RESEARCH 10652 06:07:56,830 --> 06:08:00,668 PROGRAMS. 10653 06:08:00,668 --> 06:08:02,503 THIS APPLICATION WILL NOT 10654 06:08:02,503 --> 06:08:06,707 PROPOSE NEW RESEARCH, BUT WILL 10655 06:08:06,707 --> 06:08:07,241 INSTEAD DESCRIBE RESEARCH 10656 06:08:07,241 --> 06:08:10,277 PROGRAMS THAT THE APPLICANT 10657 06:08:10,277 --> 06:08:12,713 SUPPORT OR IS LIKELY TO SUPPORT 10658 06:08:12,713 --> 06:08:13,280 IN THE FUTURE AND HOW THEIR 10659 06:08:13,280 --> 06:08:15,249 PARTICIPATION WILL ENSURE 10660 06:08:15,249 --> 06:08:18,419 SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT. 10661 06:08:18,419 --> 06:08:20,154 APPLICANTS MUST DEMONSTRATE 10662 06:08:20,154 --> 06:08:23,257 RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC SKILLS, 10663 06:08:23,257 --> 06:08:24,992 EXPERTISE AND SUCCESS AS 10664 06:08:24,992 --> 06:08:27,194 MEASURED AND DOCUMENTED BY 10665 06:08:27,194 --> 06:08:30,164 RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS, 10666 06:08:30,164 --> 06:08:30,698 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND 10667 06:08:30,698 --> 06:08:32,833 AWARDS. 10668 06:08:32,833 --> 06:08:34,468 THE APPLICANT MUST BE A FULL 10669 06:08:34,468 --> 06:08:36,103 TIME NON-TENURED RESEARCH 10670 06:08:36,103 --> 06:08:40,307 SCIENTIST THAT IS NOT A 10671 06:08:40,307 --> 06:08:41,709 TRADITIONAL P.I., AND THE 10672 06:08:41,709 --> 06:08:42,609 APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE A 10673 06:08:42,609 --> 06:08:46,280 CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH AN 10674 06:08:46,280 --> 06:08:46,780 INSTITUTIONAL LETTER OF 10675 06:08:46,780 --> 06:08:48,082 COMMITMENT AND SUPPORTING 10676 06:08:48,082 --> 06:08:49,516 LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION THAT 10677 06:08:49,516 --> 06:08:52,486 DEMONSTRATE THE INDIVIDUALS' 10678 06:08:52,486 --> 06:08:53,053 LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD AND 10679 06:08:53,053 --> 06:08:55,689 COLLEGIALITY. 10680 06:08:55,689 --> 06:08:58,325 THERE ARE A FEW OTHER PROGRAMS 10681 06:08:58,325 --> 06:08:59,727 THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 10682 06:08:59,727 --> 06:09:01,929 EXIST FOR SUPPORTING THE 10683 06:09:01,929 --> 06:09:04,231 SPECIFIC CAREER TRACK, AND THESE 10684 06:09:04,231 --> 06:09:05,666 PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 10685 06:09:05,666 --> 06:09:08,035 WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM, WE CAN 10686 06:09:08,035 --> 06:09:09,303 BUILD ON THEM, AND WE CAN EXPAND 10687 06:09:09,303 --> 06:09:10,404 ON THEM. 10688 06:09:10,404 --> 06:09:13,574 SO THE FIRST IS THE NATIONAL 10689 06:09:13,574 --> 06:09:15,409 CANCER INSTITUTE RESEARCH 10690 06:09:15,409 --> 06:09:16,777 SPECIALIST AWARD, WHICH IS AN 10691 06:09:16,777 --> 06:09:17,644 R50. 10692 06:09:17,644 --> 06:09:21,582 THIS PROVIDES SALARY AND TRAVEL 10693 06:09:21,582 --> 06:09:24,885 SUPPORT FOR LABORATORY 10694 06:09:24,885 --> 06:09:26,053 SCIENTISTS AND CORE SCIENTISTS 10695 06:09:26,053 --> 06:09:28,055 WHICH WAS CREATED IN 2016, AND 10696 06:09:28,055 --> 06:09:31,825 THEN IN 2021, THEY ADDED 10697 06:09:31,825 --> 06:09:32,326 CLINICIAN-SCIENTISTS. 10698 06:09:32,326 --> 06:09:35,095 IT HAS A 19% AWARD RATE, WHICH 10699 06:09:35,095 --> 06:09:37,765 IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF YOUR 10700 06:09:37,765 --> 06:09:40,701 TYPICAL R01, AND THEY HAVE MADE 10701 06:09:40,701 --> 06:09:43,537 OVER 150 AWARDS. 10702 06:09:43,537 --> 06:09:46,407 ELIZABETH BARTMAN WAS A RESIP 10703 06:09:46,407 --> 06:09:47,241 YANT AT THIS AWARD AT 10704 06:09:47,241 --> 06:09:48,075 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND I 10705 06:09:48,075 --> 06:09:50,711 THINK SHE DEMONSTRATES THE 10706 06:09:50,711 --> 06:09:52,913 POTENTIAL SUCCESS OF A PROGRAM 10707 06:09:52,913 --> 06:09:55,983 LIKE THIS BETTER THAN I EVER 10708 06:09:55,983 --> 06:09:56,517 COULD. 10709 06:09:56,517 --> 06:09:57,851 SHE SAYS, FREQUENTLY RESEARCHERS 10710 06:09:57,851 --> 06:10:00,053 WANT TO QUICKLY GET THE ANSWER 10711 06:10:00,053 --> 06:10:02,856 TO A SPECIFIC QUESTION. 10712 06:10:02,856 --> 06:10:04,057 AND ARE LESS INTERESTED IN 10713 06:10:04,057 --> 06:10:05,058 INVESTING IN MORE GENERAL 10714 06:10:05,058 --> 06:10:08,529 SOLUTIONS. 10715 06:10:08,529 --> 06:10:10,664 HAVING THE R50 SPECIALIST AWARD 10716 06:10:10,664 --> 06:10:13,500 GAVE ME MORE INDEPENDENCE TO SAY 10717 06:10:13,500 --> 06:10:14,802 LET'S DESPOAT SOME TIME TO 10718 06:10:14,802 --> 06:10:18,205 SETTING UP A COMPUTATIONAL 10719 06:10:18,205 --> 06:10:19,239 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE CAN USE 10720 06:10:19,239 --> 06:10:21,742 TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION, NOT JUST 10721 06:10:21,742 --> 06:10:22,943 THE QUESTION YOU STARTED OUT 10722 06:10:22,943 --> 06:10:25,345 WITH. 10723 06:10:25,345 --> 06:10:27,481 THAT EMPOWERED ME TO CREATE A 10724 06:10:27,481 --> 06:10:31,285 CUE TAITIONAL SYSTEM THAT MANY 10725 06:10:31,285 --> 06:10:32,186 SCIENTISTS ACROSS MY UNIVERSITY 10726 06:10:32,186 --> 06:10:36,590 ARE NOW USING FOR THEIR STUDIES. 10727 06:10:36,590 --> 06:10:38,025 AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO 10728 06:10:38,025 --> 06:10:40,627 HIGHLIGHT THE MOST RECENT 10729 06:10:40,627 --> 06:10:42,863 RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEER 10730 06:10:42,863 --> 06:10:45,165 AWARD, WHICH IS ALSO AN R50 THAT 10731 06:10:45,165 --> 06:10:47,468 PROVIDES SALARY AND TRAVEL 10732 06:10:47,468 --> 06:10:48,802 SUPPORT, SPECIFICALLY FOR 10733 06:10:48,802 --> 06:10:50,804 RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, AND 10734 06:10:50,804 --> 06:10:53,106 VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE INSTITUTES 10735 06:10:53,106 --> 06:10:55,275 AND CENTERS HAVE SIGNED ON TO 10736 06:10:55,275 --> 06:10:56,977 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WAS 10737 06:10:56,977 --> 06:10:58,378 PUBLISHED BY THE OFFICE OF DATA 10738 06:10:58,378 --> 06:10:59,813 SCIENCE STRATEGY. 10739 06:10:59,813 --> 06:11:02,316 AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY 10740 06:11:02,316 --> 06:11:03,450 QUESTIONS. 10741 06:11:03,450 --> 06:11:03,951 THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR 10742 06:11:03,951 --> 06:11:07,221 ATTENTION. 10743 06:11:07,221 --> 06:11:09,256 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 10744 06:11:09,256 --> 06:11:09,556 DR. BONDAR. 10745 06:11:09,556 --> 06:11:12,025 I WOULD NOW LIKE TO CALL ON TWO 10746 06:11:12,025 --> 06:11:15,295 DISCUSSANTS TO DISCUSS THE 10747 06:11:15,295 --> 06:11:16,296 CONCEPT. 10748 06:11:16,296 --> 06:11:19,266 DRS. IRENE ANINYE AND 10749 06:11:19,266 --> 06:11:22,903 DR. KIMBERLY TEMPLETON. 10750 06:11:22,903 --> 06:11:23,937 DR. ANINYE, YOU CAN GO FIRST. 10751 06:11:23,937 --> 06:11:24,338 >> THANK YOU. 10752 06:11:24,338 --> 06:11:32,679 I THINK THIS PARTICULAR 10753 06:11:32,679 --> 06:11:33,247 CONCEPT -- I THINK SOMETIMES 10754 06:11:33,247 --> 06:11:34,648 THEY FEEL IS LIMITED WHEN 10755 06:11:34,648 --> 06:11:37,718 THEY'RE NOT A P.I. 10756 06:11:37,718 --> 06:11:41,722 AND THIS IS KIND OF A QUESTION, 10757 06:11:41,722 --> 06:11:42,389 KIND OF A COMMENT IF YOU CAN 10758 06:11:42,389 --> 06:11:42,923 SPEAK TO IT. 10759 06:11:42,923 --> 06:11:44,658 YOUR PLANS FOR OUTREACH TO 10760 06:11:44,658 --> 06:11:46,560 ENSURE THAT LIKE THE NON-PROFIT 10761 06:11:46,560 --> 06:11:51,498 OR THE SMALL BUSINESSES, AND FOR 10762 06:11:51,498 --> 06:11:53,600 PROFIT APPLICANTS ARE REACHED 10763 06:11:53,600 --> 06:11:55,569 BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS -- 10764 06:11:55,569 --> 06:11:56,236 THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE 10765 06:11:56,236 --> 06:11:58,672 FOR RE-ENTRY PARTICULARLY INTO 10766 06:11:58,672 --> 06:12:00,173 ACADEMIA AND BEING ABLE TO GROW 10767 06:12:00,173 --> 06:12:01,875 THEIR RESEARCH CAREER IN THAT 10768 06:12:01,875 --> 06:12:03,443 WAY. 10769 06:12:03,443 --> 06:12:05,279 >> WE BELIEVE IT'S A GREAT 10770 06:12:05,279 --> 06:12:06,813 OPPORTUNITY FOR RE-ENTRY AS 10771 06:12:06,813 --> 06:12:09,049 WELL, AND THE GREAT THING IS, 10772 06:12:09,049 --> 06:12:10,484 WE'RE DOING OUTREACH ON OUR 10773 06:12:10,484 --> 06:12:11,785 CONTINUITY AND RE-ENTRY 10774 06:12:11,785 --> 06:12:13,654 SUPPLEMENTS, AND I THINK WE CAN 10775 06:12:13,654 --> 06:12:16,223 DO MORE AND WE CAN INCLUDE THIS 10776 06:12:16,223 --> 06:12:18,525 IN THAT OUTREACH THAT WE -- AND 10777 06:12:18,525 --> 06:12:21,695 I AGREE WITH YOU, IT NEEDS TO 10778 06:12:21,695 --> 06:12:23,297 SPECIFICALLY TARGET NOT JUST THE 10779 06:12:23,297 --> 06:12:24,798 BIG UNIVERSITIES, WE NEED TO GO 10780 06:12:24,798 --> 06:12:28,769 OUT AND GET PEOPLE ON THE GROUND 10781 06:12:28,769 --> 06:12:30,871 FROM ALL -- THE GOAL WOULD BE 10782 06:12:30,871 --> 06:12:33,840 THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE 10783 06:12:33,840 --> 06:12:36,009 U.S. REPRESENTED IN THESE 10784 06:12:36,009 --> 06:12:37,210 AWARDS, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT 10785 06:12:37,210 --> 06:12:40,013 POINT, AND I AGREE, IT'S REALLY 10786 06:12:40,013 --> 06:12:50,390 AN IMPORTANT STRATEGY. 10787 06:12:52,793 --> 06:12:55,228 >> I WOULD AGREE, I THINK THIS 10788 06:12:55,228 --> 06:12:57,197 IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 10789 06:12:57,197 --> 06:12:58,999 PROJECT ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN 10790 06:12:58,999 --> 06:13:00,300 RESEARCHERS AS YOU MENTIONED 10791 06:13:00,300 --> 06:13:02,536 THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE 10792 06:13:02,536 --> 06:13:03,203 TENURED SO THIS IS A WAY TO HELP 10793 06:13:03,203 --> 06:13:03,870 SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR CAREERS. 10794 06:13:03,870 --> 06:13:05,572 JUST A QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED 10795 06:13:05,572 --> 06:13:07,174 IN THE APPLICATION THERE NEEDS 10796 06:13:07,174 --> 06:13:07,841 TO BE A CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN 10797 06:13:07,841 --> 06:13:09,409 AND THERE HAS TO BE A STATEMENT 10798 06:13:09,409 --> 06:13:12,112 OF SUPPORT FROM THE INSTITUTION 10799 06:13:12,112 --> 06:13:13,614 AND PROTECTED TIME. 10800 06:13:13,614 --> 06:13:16,750 WILL THERE BE A WAY TO HELP OR 10801 06:13:16,750 --> 06:13:17,351 MECHANISMS RECOMMENDED TO HELP 10802 06:13:17,351 --> 06:13:18,952 ENFORCE THAT OR KEEP TRACK OF 10803 06:13:18,952 --> 06:13:19,653 THAT? 10804 06:13:19,653 --> 06:13:22,389 AS WE KNOW WOMEN, ESPECIALLY 10805 06:13:22,389 --> 06:13:23,023 UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY WOMEN 10806 06:13:23,023 --> 06:13:24,358 ARE OFTEN SUBJECT TO A MINORITY 10807 06:13:24,358 --> 06:13:25,926 TAX IN WHICH WE'RE ASKED TO DO A 10808 06:13:25,926 --> 06:13:28,061 LOT OF OTHER TASKS THAT OTHERS 10809 06:13:28,061 --> 06:13:29,563 DON'T THAT DON'T REALLY HELP US 10810 06:13:29,563 --> 06:13:31,198 PROGRESS OUR CAREERS MORE FOR 10811 06:13:31,198 --> 06:13:33,333 THE GOOD OF THE TEAM OR THE GOOD 10812 06:13:33,333 --> 06:13:34,801 OF THE INSTITUTION, IT DOESN'T 10813 06:13:34,801 --> 06:13:35,869 NECESSARILY HELP US PLOA SEED IN 10814 06:13:35,869 --> 06:13:38,505 OUR CAREERS. 10815 06:13:38,505 --> 06:13:40,841 SO MAYBE SOMETHING SUCH AS A 10816 06:13:40,841 --> 06:13:41,375 LOCAL MENTOR THAT CAN HELP 10817 06:13:41,375 --> 06:13:43,043 SUPPORT THE SCIENTISTS AND HELP 10818 06:13:43,043 --> 06:13:45,112 MAYBE INTERVENE IF THEY'RE BEING 10819 06:13:45,112 --> 06:13:47,114 ASKED TO DO TOO MANY OTHER 10820 06:13:47,114 --> 06:13:48,882 UNRELATED TASKS AND HELP THEM 10821 06:13:48,882 --> 06:13:49,783 NAVIGATE THOSE SOMETIMES 10822 06:13:49,783 --> 06:13:53,654 CHALLENGING POLITICAL WATERS OR 10823 06:13:53,654 --> 06:13:54,187 EVEN SPECIFIC -- SOMETHING 10824 06:13:54,187 --> 06:13:54,988 SPECIFICALLY OUTLINED IN TERMS 10825 06:13:54,988 --> 06:13:56,723 OF WHAT THAT PROTECTED TIME 10826 06:13:56,723 --> 06:13:59,493 MEANS AND THE LIMITATIONS THAT 10827 06:13:59,493 --> 06:14:01,595 THEY HAVE ON TRYING TO CRAM 10828 06:14:01,595 --> 06:14:04,564 OTHER -- PUT OTHER TASKS INTO AN 10829 06:14:04,564 --> 06:14:05,098 ALREADY BUSY SCHEDULE. 10830 06:14:05,098 --> 06:14:06,266 THANK YOU. 10831 06:14:06,266 --> 06:14:07,801 >> I THINK THAT'S A REALLY 10832 06:14:07,801 --> 06:14:09,102 IMPORTANT POINT AND A RECENT 10833 06:14:09,102 --> 06:14:11,304 PAPER EVEN DEMONSTRATED THEY HAD 10834 06:14:11,304 --> 06:14:13,240 DATA THAT SHOWED WOMEN IN THESE 10835 06:14:13,240 --> 06:14:16,743 POSITIONS NOT ONLY ARE THEY 10836 06:14:16,743 --> 06:14:18,045 OVERREPRESENTED, BUT THEY TEND 10837 06:14:18,045 --> 06:14:21,782 TO MENTOR TWICE AS MANY 10838 06:14:21,782 --> 06:14:22,382 INDIVIDUALS AS MEN IN THESE 10839 06:14:22,382 --> 06:14:23,016 ROLES. 10840 06:14:23,016 --> 06:14:25,085 SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE 10841 06:14:25,085 --> 06:14:26,186 WILL DEFINITELY TAKE INTO 10842 06:14:26,186 --> 06:14:28,722 ACCOUNT WHEN WE'RE WRITING THIS, 10843 06:14:28,722 --> 06:14:29,322 AND THANK YOU FOR THAT REALLY 10844 06:14:29,322 --> 06:14:35,996 IMPORTANT POINT. 10845 06:14:35,996 --> 06:14:40,467 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 10846 06:14:40,467 --> 06:14:42,436 DR. ANINYE AND DR. TEMPLETON. 10847 06:14:42,436 --> 06:14:43,603 I'D NOW LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO 10848 06:14:43,603 --> 06:14:44,805 THE FLOOR TO THE REST OF THE 10849 06:14:44,805 --> 06:14:46,606 MEMBERS FOR OTHER QUESTIONS OR 10850 06:14:46,606 --> 06:14:46,873 COMMENTS. 10851 06:14:46,873 --> 06:14:47,174 DR. ARNOLD? 10852 06:14:47,174 --> 06:14:51,912 >> SO MAJOR INTENT HERE IS TO 10853 06:14:51,912 --> 06:14:52,979 DIVERSIFY THE WORKFORCE AND 10854 06:14:52,979 --> 06:14:55,015 INCLUDE MORE WOMEN. 10855 06:14:55,015 --> 06:14:59,286 ARE THERE ANY GENDER 10856 06:14:59,286 --> 06:15:01,054 QUALIFICATIONS HERE? 10857 06:15:01,054 --> 06:15:04,658 AND DO YOU HAVE DATA FROM THE 10858 06:15:04,658 --> 06:15:10,530 OTHER R50 AWARDING AGENCIES ON 10859 06:15:10,530 --> 06:15:11,932 WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE AWARDEES 10860 06:15:11,932 --> 06:15:15,335 ARE WOMEN AND MINORITIES? 10861 06:15:15,335 --> 06:15:17,838 >> I DON'T HAVE DATA FROM THE 10862 06:15:17,838 --> 06:15:19,005 OTHER R50s, BUT WE WILL NOT 10863 06:15:19,005 --> 06:15:20,307 RESTRICT THIS TO ONLY WOMEN. 10864 06:15:20,307 --> 06:15:22,476 IT'S JUST ALIGNED WITH OUR 10865 06:15:22,476 --> 06:15:24,511 STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE WE KNOW 10866 06:15:24,511 --> 06:15:30,550 THE DATA SUGGESTS THAT WOMEN 10867 06:15:30,550 --> 06:15:32,185 RRNT OVER REPRESENTED IN THESE 10868 06:15:32,185 --> 06:15:32,385 ROLES. 10869 06:15:32,385 --> 06:15:33,954 >> IS THERE ANY CORRECTIVE 10870 06:15:33,954 --> 06:15:35,122 MEASURE IF IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY 10871 06:15:35,122 --> 06:15:36,189 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN? 10872 06:15:36,189 --> 06:15:40,994 >> I THINK IT'S -- IT -- IT MORE 10873 06:15:40,994 --> 06:15:42,796 ABOUT SUPPORTING THEM IN THESE 10874 06:15:42,796 --> 06:15:46,733 ROLES THAN HAVING THEM -- THAT 10875 06:15:46,733 --> 06:15:48,368 THIS WOULD BE TARGETED DIRECTLY 10876 06:15:48,368 --> 06:15:51,204 TOWARD WOMEN. 10877 06:15:51,204 --> 06:15:52,572 >> WOULD IT BE RENEWABLE? 10878 06:15:52,572 --> 06:15:55,008 >> YES. 10879 06:15:55,008 --> 06:15:57,611 WE HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT, BUT THE 10880 06:15:57,611 --> 06:15:59,980 ONE FROM NCI IS RENEWABLE, AND 10881 06:15:59,980 --> 06:16:03,283 THEY ACTUALLY FIND THAT PEOPLE 10882 06:16:03,283 --> 06:16:04,918 STAY ON THESE AWARDS, THEY SEE 10883 06:16:04,918 --> 06:16:07,154 THAT THEY ARE PROGRESSING IN 10884 06:16:07,154 --> 06:16:08,388 THEIR CAREERS AND THEY EVEN SEE 10885 06:16:08,388 --> 06:16:10,323 AN INCREASE IN THEIR SALARY AS 10886 06:16:10,323 --> 06:16:13,627 THEY PROGRESS. 10887 06:16:13,627 --> 06:16:16,029 >> DR. JONES AND THEN DR. NOEL. 10888 06:16:16,029 --> 06:16:16,530 >> THANK YOU. 10889 06:16:16,530 --> 06:16:17,297 I LOVE THE CONCEPT. 10890 06:16:17,297 --> 06:16:18,165 I THINK IT GREAT. 10891 06:16:18,165 --> 06:16:20,734 I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 10892 06:16:20,734 --> 06:16:21,701 WHAT IS THE INSTITUTIONAL 10893 06:16:21,701 --> 06:16:23,336 COMMITMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE 10894 06:16:23,336 --> 06:16:24,304 REQUIRED, IF YOU COULD JUST 10895 06:16:24,304 --> 06:16:26,239 EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 10896 06:16:26,239 --> 06:16:26,840 WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT 10897 06:16:26,840 --> 06:16:29,342 THOSE FUNDING SOURCES NEED TO, 10898 06:16:29,342 --> 06:16:31,311 BECAUSE THAT HE COULD BE A 10899 06:16:31,311 --> 06:16:32,946 LIMITING FACTOR. 10900 06:16:32,946 --> 06:16:33,513 AND THEN WHAT'S THE PERCENT 10901 06:16:33,513 --> 06:16:34,514 EFFORT ALLOWED ON THE AWARD? 10902 06:16:34,514 --> 06:16:35,015 THANK YOU. 10903 06:16:35,015 --> 06:16:38,385 >> SO I THINK PART OF HAVING AN 10904 06:16:38,385 --> 06:16:41,354 INSTITUTIONAL LETTER OF 10905 06:16:41,354 --> 06:16:42,055 COMMITMENT JUST GOES HAND IN 10906 06:16:42,055 --> 06:16:43,657 HAPPENED WITH THE CAREER 10907 06:16:43,657 --> 06:16:45,692 DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WITH THE IDP 10908 06:16:45,692 --> 06:16:47,527 SAYING NOT ONLY DO I HAVE THIS 10909 06:16:47,527 --> 06:16:51,131 CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT MY 10910 06:16:51,131 --> 06:16:51,898 INSTITUTION KNOWS ABOUT IT AND 10911 06:16:51,898 --> 06:16:53,500 THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT ME IN 10912 06:16:53,500 --> 06:16:56,670 THIS PLAN, AND I THINK SOMETIMES 10913 06:16:56,670 --> 06:16:59,940 NON-TENURED SCIENTISTS GET LOST 10914 06:16:59,940 --> 06:17:01,942 IN THE INSTITUTION, AND THEIR 10915 06:17:01,942 --> 06:17:05,745 CAREER PATHS AND SUPPORT FOR 10916 06:17:05,745 --> 06:17:07,247 WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEIR CAREER 10917 06:17:07,247 --> 06:17:08,348 DEVELOPMENT PLAN LOOKS LIKE 10918 06:17:08,348 --> 06:17:10,851 ISN'T NECESSARILY A PRIORITY. 10919 06:17:10,851 --> 06:17:12,619 SO THIS IS ABOUT BRINGING THAT 10920 06:17:12,619 --> 06:17:14,454 AWARENESS TO THE INSTITUTION, 10921 06:17:14,454 --> 06:17:18,825 AND HAVING THEM SUPPORT. 10922 06:17:18,825 --> 06:17:19,459 >> SO IT'S A PLAN AND NOT LIKE 10923 06:17:19,459 --> 06:17:21,094 YOU HAVE TO HAVE 25% OF YOUR 10924 06:17:21,094 --> 06:17:23,430 SALARY COVERED FROM NON-FEDERAL 10925 06:17:23,430 --> 06:17:23,630 FUNDS? 10926 06:17:23,630 --> 06:17:23,997 >> RIGHT, RIGHT. 10927 06:17:23,997 --> 06:17:24,231 >> OKAY. 10928 06:17:24,231 --> 06:17:24,531 THANK YOU. 10929 06:17:24,531 --> 06:17:25,866 AND THEN COULD YOU TALK ABOUT 10930 06:17:25,866 --> 06:17:29,102 PERCENT EFFORT OF -- 10931 06:17:29,102 --> 06:17:29,803 >> SO LOOKING AT -- THAT'S 10932 06:17:29,803 --> 06:17:30,871 SOMETHING WE STILL NEED TO 10933 06:17:30,871 --> 06:17:34,674 DISCUSS, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE 10934 06:17:34,674 --> 06:17:37,210 NCI AWARD, I BELIEVE, REQUIRES 10935 06:17:37,210 --> 06:17:38,545 50% EFFORT. 10936 06:17:38,545 --> 06:17:39,412 SO IT'S QUITE A BIT. 10937 06:17:39,412 --> 06:17:42,349 AND A LOT OF TIMES -- IT DOESN'T 10938 06:17:42,349 --> 06:17:44,484 MEAN THAT THEIR EFFORT IS NOT ON 10939 06:17:44,484 --> 06:17:45,252 OTHER GRANTS. 10940 06:17:45,252 --> 06:17:48,221 IT JUST MEANS THAT THAT EFFORT, 10941 06:17:48,221 --> 06:17:50,724 THAT MAYBE THEY'RE COVERED FOR 10942 06:17:50,724 --> 06:17:53,660 ANOTHER GRANT CAN BE SHIFTED TO 10943 06:17:53,660 --> 06:17:56,263 THIS AWART, AND THAT THAT COULD 10944 06:17:56,263 --> 06:17:57,697 MAYBE BE THE MOVE TO COVER 10945 06:17:57,697 --> 06:17:59,566 SUPPLIES OR MATERIALS, BUT IT 10946 06:17:59,566 --> 06:18:05,205 SHOULDN'T BE USED TO -- FOR THAT 10947 06:18:05,205 --> 06:18:05,438 PERSON. 10948 06:18:05,438 --> 06:18:06,873 >> THANK YOU, DR. NOEL. 10949 06:18:06,873 --> 06:18:08,608 >> YES, GREAT CONCEPT. 10950 06:18:08,608 --> 06:18:09,442 I JUST HAD A FEW QUESTIONS. 10951 06:18:09,442 --> 06:18:11,177 WE KNOW THAT THE ACADEMIC WORLD 10952 06:18:11,177 --> 06:18:15,916 COULD BE COMPLEX SOMETIMES. 10953 06:18:15,916 --> 06:18:17,217 SINCE YOU'RE TARGETING 10954 06:18:17,217 --> 06:18:17,851 NON-TENURED SCIENTISTS, IN THE 10955 06:18:17,851 --> 06:18:20,620 CAREER PLAN TO FOLLOW UP, WOULD 10956 06:18:20,620 --> 06:18:22,889 THAT INCLUDE GOING TO TENURE 10957 06:18:22,889 --> 06:18:23,089 TRACK? 10958 06:18:23,089 --> 06:18:23,790 BECAUSE SOMETIMES SOME 10959 06:18:23,790 --> 06:18:25,525 INSTITUTIONS COULD GO FROM 10960 06:18:25,525 --> 06:18:26,626 NON-TENURE TO TENURE TRACK AND 10961 06:18:26,626 --> 06:18:29,396 ALSO WITH THE OTHER R50s, LIKE 10962 06:18:29,396 --> 06:18:32,165 YOU SHOWED WITH THE CANCER 10963 06:18:32,165 --> 06:18:33,366 AGENCY, HAS THERE BEEN SOME 10964 06:18:33,366 --> 06:18:35,769 CHANGES WHERE SOMEBODY WENT WITH 10965 06:18:35,769 --> 06:18:38,305 THAT AWARD FROM NON-TENURED TO, 10966 06:18:38,305 --> 06:18:39,806 FOR EXAMPLE, TENURED TRACK? 10967 06:18:39,806 --> 06:18:42,242 >> SO WE WANT TO PROHIBIT THEM 10968 06:18:42,242 --> 06:18:43,677 FROM DOING THAT, BUT IT ALSO 10969 06:18:43,677 --> 06:18:44,878 COULD BE A CAREER DEVELOPMENT 10970 06:18:44,878 --> 06:18:47,047 PLAN, LIKE I WANT TO BECOME THE 10971 06:18:47,047 --> 06:18:48,114 LEADER OF THE CORE FACILITY, I 10972 06:18:48,114 --> 06:18:50,216 WANT TO BE A SUPERVISOR, RIGHT? 10973 06:18:50,216 --> 06:18:54,020 BUT IF SOMEBODY DOES DECIDE TO 10974 06:18:54,020 --> 06:18:57,090 BECOME TENURE TRACK, THEN THEY 10975 06:18:57,090 --> 06:18:58,458 WOULD HAVE OTHER NIH RESOURCES 10976 06:18:58,458 --> 06:19:00,260 OPEN TO THEM, BECAUSE THIS, 10977 06:19:00,260 --> 06:19:01,628 THERE AREN'T A LOT. 10978 06:19:01,628 --> 06:19:03,697 THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR 10979 06:19:03,697 --> 06:19:07,000 RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS. 10980 06:19:07,000 --> 06:19:09,636 AND SO IF THEY DO MOVE TO THE 10981 06:19:09,636 --> 06:19:10,670 TENURE CAREER TRACK, THEN THEY 10982 06:19:10,670 --> 06:19:16,609 WOULD HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. 10983 06:19:16,609 --> 06:19:18,878 >> QUICK QUESTION ABOUT WOULD 10984 06:19:18,878 --> 06:19:24,684 THERE BE A LIMITATION TO CAREER 10985 06:19:24,684 --> 06:19:24,884 STAGE? 10986 06:19:24,884 --> 06:19:26,052 IS THAT JUST MEANT FOR EARLY 10987 06:19:26,052 --> 06:19:27,287 CAREER RESEARCH SCIENTISTS OR IS 10988 06:19:27,287 --> 06:19:31,925 IT OPEN TO ALL RESEARCH 10989 06:19:31,925 --> 06:19:32,525 SCIENTISTS, REGARDLESS OF HOW 10990 06:19:32,525 --> 06:19:33,226 LONG THEY HAVE BEEN IN THAT 10991 06:19:33,226 --> 06:19:36,096 POSITION? 10992 06:19:36,096 --> 06:19:38,665 >> I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T GET THE 10993 06:19:38,665 --> 06:19:38,932 QUESTION. 10994 06:19:38,932 --> 06:19:39,566 >> I WAS WONDERING IF THIS IS 10995 06:19:39,566 --> 06:19:44,304 GOING TO BE LIMITED TO RESEARCH 10996 06:19:44,304 --> 06:19:46,773 SANE TISES DURING THE EARLY 10997 06:19:46,773 --> 06:19:47,741 STAGE OF THEIR CAREER OR IT'S 10998 06:19:47,741 --> 06:19:48,942 OPEN TO EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF 10999 06:19:48,942 --> 06:19:50,810 HOW LONG THEY HAVE OCCUPIED THAT 11000 06:19:50,810 --> 06:19:51,911 POSITION. 11001 06:19:51,911 --> 06:19:53,813 >> EVERYBODY. 11002 06:19:53,813 --> 06:19:55,115 SO IT NOT GOING TO BE RESTRICTED 11003 06:19:55,115 --> 06:19:58,451 JUST TO EARLY STAGE. 11004 06:19:58,451 --> 06:19:58,752 >> GREAT. 11005 06:19:58,752 --> 06:19:59,285 THANK YOU. 11006 06:19:59,285 --> 06:20:04,624 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS -- 11007 06:20:04,624 --> 06:20:04,858 PLEASE. 11008 06:20:04,858 --> 06:20:06,793 >> IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, YOU 11009 06:20:06,793 --> 06:20:09,529 MENTIONED THAT IT CANNOT BE NEW 11010 06:20:09,529 --> 06:20:09,796 RESEARCH. 11011 06:20:09,796 --> 06:20:13,433 IT'S JUST EXISTING SUPPORT, OR 11012 06:20:13,433 --> 06:20:14,200 SUPPORTING SOMETHING IN THE 11013 06:20:14,200 --> 06:20:14,734 FUTURE. 11014 06:20:14,734 --> 06:20:18,004 HAVE YOU CONSIDERED, IN ORDER TO 11015 06:20:18,004 --> 06:20:20,507 STRENGTHEN THEIR BUFFER INTO 11016 06:20:20,507 --> 06:20:22,575 BECOMING -- FOR THAT CAREER 11017 06:20:22,575 --> 06:20:25,011 ADVANCEMENT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO 11018 06:20:25,011 --> 06:20:29,149 SUGGEST A NEW PROJECT EVEN -- 11019 06:20:29,149 --> 06:20:31,751 THIS SMALL ONE, BECAUSE SOMEBODY 11020 06:20:31,751 --> 06:20:34,888 IN THESE ROLE, THEY TONIGHT GET 11021 06:20:34,888 --> 06:20:37,223 OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN 11022 06:20:37,223 --> 06:20:38,425 IDEAS, THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO 11023 06:20:38,425 --> 06:20:40,360 MOVE TO THE NEXT POSITION. 11024 06:20:40,360 --> 06:20:41,561 >> THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT. 11025 06:20:41,561 --> 06:20:44,731 SO THEY DO DO THAT IN R35s 11026 06:20:44,731 --> 06:20:46,800 WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC 11027 06:20:46,800 --> 06:20:47,434 AIMS PAGE, BUT THEY CAN PROPOSE 11028 06:20:47,434 --> 06:20:48,868 NEW -- AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 11029 06:20:48,868 --> 06:20:50,703 WE CAN DISCUSS AND TAKE INTO 11030 06:20:50,703 --> 06:20:51,604 CONSIDERATION. 11031 06:20:51,604 --> 06:20:55,542 THANK YOU. 11032 06:20:55,542 --> 06:20:56,276 >> GREAT, THANK YOU. 11033 06:20:56,276 --> 06:20:57,911 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR 11034 06:20:57,911 --> 06:21:08,188 COMMENTS ONLINE? 11035 06:21:09,589 --> 06:21:11,458 BASED ON EVERYONE'S FEEDBACK, 11036 06:21:11,458 --> 06:21:11,825 LET'S CONTINUE. 11037 06:21:11,825 --> 06:21:12,358 SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 11038 06:21:12,358 --> 06:21:14,727 AT THIS TIME, WE'LL VOTE ON THE 11039 06:21:14,727 --> 06:21:17,597 APPROVAL OF THE NIH EXCEPTIONAL 11040 06:21:17,597 --> 06:21:19,165 RESEARCH SCIENTIST AWARD CONCEPT 11041 06:21:19,165 --> 06:21:20,467 CLEARANCE. 11042 06:21:20,467 --> 06:21:22,135 PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY FULL 11043 06:21:22,135 --> 06:21:24,037 MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY 11044 06:21:24,037 --> 06:21:25,238 COMMITTEE MAY VOTE. 11045 06:21:25,238 --> 06:21:27,107 AND IF YOU'RE AN AD HOC MEMBER, 11046 06:21:27,107 --> 06:21:30,477 OTHERWISE NOT A MEMBER OF ACRWH, 11047 06:21:30,477 --> 06:21:30,910 PLEASE DO NOT VOTE. 11048 06:21:30,910 --> 06:21:32,011 IS THERE A MOTION ON THE TABLE 11049 06:21:32,011 --> 06:21:35,281 TO APPROVE THE NIH EXCEPTIONAL 11050 06:21:35,281 --> 06:21:37,016 RESEARCH SCIENTIST AWARD CONCEPT 11051 06:21:37,016 --> 06:21:40,753 CLEARANCE? 11052 06:21:40,753 --> 06:21:41,988 >> MOTION TO APPROVE. 11053 06:21:41,988 --> 06:21:43,957 >> AND DO I HEAR A SECOND? 11054 06:21:43,957 --> 06:21:44,724 >> I SECOND. 11055 06:21:44,724 --> 06:21:47,160 >> THANK YOU. 11056 06:21:47,160 --> 06:21:48,128 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ACCEPTING 11057 06:21:48,128 --> 06:21:49,662 THE MOTION, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE 11058 06:21:49,662 --> 06:21:55,568 YOUR HANDS NOW AND LEAVE THEM UP 11059 06:21:55,568 --> 06:21:59,539 WHILE THEY'RE -- IS THAT LONG 11060 06:21:59,539 --> 06:22:00,039 ENOUGH OVER THERE? 11061 06:22:00,039 --> 06:22:00,240 OKAY. 11062 06:22:00,240 --> 06:22:01,674 THANK YOU. 11063 06:22:01,674 --> 06:22:05,512 ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE 11064 06:22:05,512 --> 06:22:09,182 MOTION -- ONLINE? 11065 06:22:09,182 --> 06:22:11,618 ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION, 11066 06:22:11,618 --> 06:22:16,623 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS NOW. 11067 06:22:16,623 --> 06:22:17,891 AND ALL THOSE ABSTAINING FROM 11068 06:22:17,891 --> 06:22:19,325 THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 11069 06:22:19,325 --> 06:22:24,664 HANDS NOW. 11070 06:22:24,664 --> 06:22:25,965 AND HAVE THE VOTES BEEN 11071 06:22:25,965 --> 06:22:32,205 RECORDED? 11072 06:22:32,205 --> 06:22:32,972 GREAT, THANK YOU. 11073 06:22:32,972 --> 06:22:34,974 THE NIH EXCEPTIONAL RESEARCH 11074 06:22:34,974 --> 06:22:35,775 SCIENTIST AWARD CONCEPT HAS BEEN 11075 06:22:35,775 --> 06:22:37,644 ACCEPTED WITH 11 VOTES IN FAVOR. 11076 06:22:37,644 --> 06:22:41,581 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 11077 06:22:41,581 --> 06:22:44,517 [APPLAUSE] 11078 06:22:44,517 --> 06:22:46,152 SO WE'VE NOW REACHED THE OPEN 11079 06:22:46,152 --> 06:22:47,453 DISCUSSION SECTION OF OUR 11080 06:22:47,453 --> 06:22:48,354 AFTERNOON. 11081 06:22:48,354 --> 06:22:51,157 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR 11082 06:22:51,157 --> 06:22:51,591 YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. 11083 06:22:51,591 --> 06:22:53,226 THEY'VE BEEN VERY -- THEY'VE 11084 06:22:53,226 --> 06:22:54,227 BEEN INVALUABLE. 11085 06:22:54,227 --> 06:22:57,197 IF ANY QUESTIONS -- AND IF 11086 06:22:57,197 --> 06:22:59,132 ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS THEY WOULD 11087 06:22:59,132 --> 06:23:01,267 LIKE TO DISCUSS, PLEASE LET US 11088 06:23:01,267 --> 06:23:09,042 KNOW BY RAISING YOUR HANDS. 11089 06:23:09,042 --> 06:23:09,209 YES. 11090 06:23:09,209 --> 06:23:12,178 >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A 11091 06:23:12,178 --> 06:23:13,580 COMMENT ABOUT THE AUTOIMMUNE -- 11092 06:23:13,580 --> 06:23:15,782 I'M SORRY, NOT THE AUTOIMMUNE. 11093 06:23:15,782 --> 06:23:18,251 THAT'S ALWAYS IN MY MIND. 11094 06:23:18,251 --> 06:23:21,020 THE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, AND I 11095 06:23:21,020 --> 06:23:25,391 THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT 11096 06:23:25,391 --> 06:23:26,793 OPPORTUNITY IN ADDRESSING THIS 11097 06:23:26,793 --> 06:23:29,295 FOR WOMEN LONG TERM. 11098 06:23:29,295 --> 06:23:30,496 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED 11099 06:23:30,496 --> 06:23:32,565 TO NOTE IS, OF COURSE, WE 11100 06:23:32,565 --> 06:23:34,767 RECOGNIZE THAT SOME CONDITIONS 11101 06:23:34,767 --> 06:23:36,502 CAN ELEVATE AND BE A LITTLE BIT 11102 06:23:36,502 --> 06:23:38,504 MORE POPULAR THAN OTHERS, BUT I 11103 06:23:38,504 --> 06:23:41,274 LIKE THE FACT THAT THE APPROACH 11104 06:23:41,274 --> 06:23:42,375 WAS VERY INCLUSIVE AND IT 11105 06:23:42,375 --> 06:23:44,344 COVERED A LOT OF AREAS, AND SO 11106 06:23:44,344 --> 06:23:47,947 JUST TO ENCOURAGE KEEPING THAT 11107 06:23:47,947 --> 06:23:50,383 DOOR OPEN SO THAT AS CERTAIN 11108 06:23:50,383 --> 06:23:55,688 CONDITIONS MAY RISE TO THE 11109 06:23:55,688 --> 06:23:57,023 FOREFRONT, THERE'S -- TO ADDRESS 11110 06:23:57,023 --> 06:23:59,092 OTHER CONDITIONS AND MAKE SURE 11111 06:23:59,092 --> 06:23:59,659 THEY STILL GET THE ATTENTION 11112 06:23:59,659 --> 06:24:01,027 THEY NEED WHEN IT COMES TO 11113 06:24:01,027 --> 06:24:03,429 RESEARCH CONDITIONS YOU AND 11114 06:24:03,429 --> 06:24:04,230 FUNDING SUPPORT. 11115 06:24:04,230 --> 06:24:05,565 >> GREAT, THANK YOU. 11116 06:24:05,565 --> 06:24:09,636 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 11117 06:24:09,636 --> 06:24:10,136 YES, DR. NOEL. 11118 06:24:10,136 --> 06:24:11,404 >> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION 11119 06:24:11,404 --> 06:24:13,673 REGARDING TO DR. CLAYTON'S 11120 06:24:13,673 --> 06:24:14,207 PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. 11121 06:24:14,207 --> 06:24:15,642 I THINK IT WAS GREAT YOU 11122 06:24:15,642 --> 06:24:17,143 MENTIONED THAT FOR CLINICAL 11123 06:24:17,143 --> 06:24:20,647 TRIALS, THERE IS NOW 11124 06:24:20,647 --> 06:24:22,315 DISAGGREGATION OF DATA BY SEX 11125 06:24:22,315 --> 06:24:24,917 AND IT HAS TO BE PRESENTED AND 11126 06:24:24,917 --> 06:24:26,219 BOTH ANALYZED. 11127 06:24:26,219 --> 06:24:28,454 MY QUESTION WOULD BE, CAN 11128 06:24:28,454 --> 06:24:29,255 SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS BE 11129 06:24:29,255 --> 06:24:31,257 IMPLEMENTED WHEN IT COMES TO 11130 06:24:31,257 --> 06:24:34,093 PRE-CLINICAL MODELS AND RESEARCH 11131 06:24:34,093 --> 06:24:38,765 FUNDING BY NIH THROUGH, FOR 11132 06:24:38,765 --> 06:24:39,832 EXAMPLE, THE DATA MANAGEMENT AND 11133 06:24:39,832 --> 06:24:40,600 SHARING PLAN THAT THE 11134 06:24:40,600 --> 06:24:41,501 INVESTIGATORS HAVE TO SUBMIT AT 11135 06:24:41,501 --> 06:24:46,939 THE TIME OF SUBMISSION, IF THAT 11136 06:24:46,939 --> 06:24:51,778 COULD BE A REQUIREMENT, THEY 11137 06:24:51,778 --> 06:24:53,446 PRESENT THE DATA AS DEAGO DATED. 11138 06:24:53,446 --> 06:24:55,982 >> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION AND 11139 06:24:55,982 --> 06:25:02,588 COMMENT, ALEXANDRA. 11140 06:25:02,588 --> 06:25:05,091 SO AM CAL PHASE THREE TRIALS, 11141 06:25:05,091 --> 06:25:07,026 THE 21ST CENTURY CURES ACT 11142 06:25:07,026 --> 06:25:08,127 REQUIRES THAT THE RESULTS BE 11143 06:25:08,127 --> 06:25:09,996 DISAGGREGATED BY SEX, GENDER, 11144 06:25:09,996 --> 06:25:12,899 RACE -- SEX OR GENDER, RACE AND 11145 06:25:12,899 --> 06:25:14,434 ETHNICITY, PUT INTO 11146 06:25:14,434 --> 06:25:17,270 CLINICALTRIALS.GOV. 11147 06:25:17,270 --> 06:25:18,604 FOR PRE-CLINICAL RESEARCH, THE 11148 06:25:18,604 --> 06:25:20,640 SEX AS A BIOLOGICAL VARIABLE 11149 06:25:20,640 --> 06:25:21,541 POLICY APPLIES FOR BOTH 11150 06:25:21,541 --> 06:25:23,176 PRE-CLINICAL AND CLINICAL 11151 06:25:23,176 --> 06:25:24,377 RESEARCH, AND OUR CURRENT 11152 06:25:24,377 --> 06:25:26,479 REQUIREMENT IS THAT SEX BE 11153 06:25:26,479 --> 06:25:28,748 ACCOUNTED FOR AS A BIOLOGICAL 11154 06:25:28,748 --> 06:25:30,817 VARIABLE IN THE RESEARCH DESIGN, 11155 06:25:30,817 --> 06:25:35,955 ANALYSIS AND REPORTING. 11156 06:25:35,955 --> 06:25:37,590 SO DISAGGREGATING RESULTS BY SEX 11157 06:25:37,590 --> 06:25:39,792 IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN 11158 06:25:39,792 --> 06:25:41,527 IN THE PROGRESS REPORTS BUT 11159 06:25:41,527 --> 06:25:43,596 YOU'RE ALSO ASKING ABOUT THE 11160 06:25:43,596 --> 06:25:45,198 DATA MANAGEMENT AND SHARING 11161 06:25:45,198 --> 06:25:48,234 PLANS AS ANOTHER PATHWAY TO 11162 06:25:48,234 --> 06:25:49,969 POTENTIALLY INCLUDE 11163 06:25:49,969 --> 06:25:50,837 DISAGGREGATION OF RESULTS 11164 06:25:50,837 --> 06:25:53,005 SPECIFICALLY FOR PRE-CLINICAL 11165 06:25:53,005 --> 06:25:54,340 STUDIES, AND YOU'RE ASKING 11166 06:25:54,340 --> 06:25:55,108 WHETHER THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY 11167 06:25:55,108 --> 06:25:57,176 TO MAKE THAT A REQUIREMENT. 11168 06:25:57,176 --> 06:25:59,512 SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M HAPPY TO 11169 06:25:59,512 --> 06:26:01,414 TAKE BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES AT 11170 06:26:01,414 --> 06:26:03,716 NIH AND DISCUSS FURTHER. 11171 06:26:03,716 --> 06:26:05,251 JUST TO MAKE SURE I 11172 06:26:05,251 --> 06:26:12,258 UNDERSTOOD -- THANK YOU. 11173 06:26:12,258 --> 06:26:14,293 SO WE GOT A LITTLE OVERSCHEDULED 11174 06:26:14,293 --> 06:26:17,063 TODAY, BUT SOMEHOW WE GOT BACK 11175 06:26:17,063 --> 06:26:18,464 ALMOST ON TRACK, BUT I KNOW THAT 11176 06:26:18,464 --> 06:26:20,166 THERE ARE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS 11177 06:26:20,166 --> 06:26:20,967 THAT EVERYONE NEEDS, SO I JUST 11178 06:26:20,967 --> 06:26:22,068 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S 11179 06:26:22,068 --> 06:26:23,369 AN OPPORTUNITY IF THERE'S 11180 06:26:23,369 --> 06:26:25,171 ANYTHING ELSE, ANY BURNING 11181 06:26:25,171 --> 06:26:27,607 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ANYONE 11182 06:26:27,607 --> 06:26:28,274 HAS, ON 11183 06:26:28,274 --> 06:26:30,143 , IN THE ROOM? 11184 06:26:30,143 --> 06:26:31,811 WE USUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT 11185 06:26:31,811 --> 06:26:32,445 MORE TIME TO TALK AND I USUALLY 11186 06:26:32,445 --> 06:26:35,448 GET TO ASK YOU ALL QUESTIONS. 11187 06:26:35,448 --> 06:26:38,384 DR. JAGSI PUT HER CAMERA ON. 11188 06:26:38,384 --> 06:26:39,118 >> THANK YOU. 11189 06:26:39,118 --> 06:26:40,853 >> JUST WANT TO SAY HI? 11190 06:26:40,853 --> 06:26:44,824 >> GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS, THANK 11191 06:26:44,824 --> 06:26:44,991 YOU. 11192 06:26:44,991 --> 06:26:46,659 >> THANK YOU, RESHMA AND THANK 11193 06:26:46,659 --> 06:26:47,860 YOU, KIM, FOR PUTTING YOUR 11194 06:26:47,860 --> 06:26:50,430 CAMERA ON AS WELLMENT I DO WANT 11195 06:26:50,430 --> 06:26:50,930 TO JUST THANK ALL OF THE 11196 06:26:50,930 --> 06:26:51,230 PRESENTERS. 11197 06:26:51,230 --> 06:26:52,465 THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLE MEETING. 11198 06:26:52,465 --> 06:26:55,435 I WANT TO ECK PRESS MY 11199 06:26:55,435 --> 06:26:56,269 APPRECIATION FOR EVERYONE'S 11200 06:26:56,269 --> 06:26:56,702 PRESENTATIONS. 11201 06:26:56,702 --> 06:26:58,337 I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY 11202 06:26:58,337 --> 06:27:00,540 APPRECIATION TO THE ADVISORY 11203 06:27:00,540 --> 06:27:00,940 COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 11204 06:27:00,940 --> 06:27:01,707 WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE WORK 11205 06:27:01,707 --> 06:27:02,809 THAT UM DO. 11206 06:27:02,809 --> 06:27:06,479 YOU DO.IT DOES COME SPORADICALLD 11207 06:27:06,479 --> 06:27:08,181 THERE WILL BE WORK COMING, AND I 11208 06:27:08,181 --> 06:27:10,450 WANT TO THANK THOSE MEMBERS WHO 11209 06:27:10,450 --> 06:27:10,883 ARE ROTATING OFF. 11210 06:27:10,883 --> 06:27:11,451 WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 11211 06:27:11,451 --> 06:27:12,018 SERVICE. 11212 06:27:12,018 --> 06:27:13,619 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HEAR YOUR 11213 06:27:13,619 --> 06:27:14,320 PERSPECTIVES. 11214 06:27:14,320 --> 06:27:16,923 AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE 11215 06:27:16,923 --> 06:27:20,293 THE STAFF OF ORWH AND OUR 11216 06:27:20,293 --> 06:27:20,960 CONTRACT SUPPORT AND 11217 06:27:20,960 --> 06:27:21,861 COMMUNICATIONS COLLEAGUES, 11218 06:27:21,861 --> 06:27:23,596 BECAUSE THEY MAKE THE MEETING 11219 06:27:23,596 --> 06:27:23,863 POSSIBLE. 11220 06:27:23,863 --> 06:27:25,298 THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCHMENT 11221 06:27:25,298 --> 06:27:27,800 AND SO ON BEHALF OF ORWH, THANK 11222 06:27:27,800 --> 06:27:29,869 YOU, EVERYONE, AND WE LOOK 11223 06:27:29,869 --> 06:27:32,405 FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE 11224 06:27:32,405 --> 06:27:35,575 62ND MEETING OF THE ADVISORY 11225 06:27:35,575 --> 06:27:36,876 COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH ON WOMEN'S 11226 06:27:36,876 --> 06:27:39,479 HEALTH ON APRIL 8TH, 2025, WHICH 11227 06:27:39,479 --> 06:27:41,247 WILL BE A HYBRID MEETING. 11228 06:27:41,247 --> 06:27:42,448 SAFE TRAVELS TO EVERYONE HOME. 11229 06:27:42,448 --> 06:27:44,617 OUR MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. 11230 06:27:44,617 --> 06:27:54,927 THANKS, EVERYONE.