1 00:00:04,777 --> 00:00:08,147 PICTURE THIS, AND YES, I DID 2 00:00:08,147 --> 00:00:10,416 JUST START DAY 2 OF EDI FORUM IN 3 00:00:10,416 --> 00:00:12,852 THIS SESSION FROM A QUOTE FROM 4 00:00:12,852 --> 00:00:14,520 ESTELLE GETTY FROM THE GOLDEN 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,155 GIRLS AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO 6 00:00:16,155 --> 00:00:16,655 APOLOGIZE FOR IT. 7 00:00:16,655 --> 00:00:17,957 YOU'RE SITTING IN A GRAND 8 00:00:17,957 --> 00:00:19,291 CONCERT CALL, MUSICIANS ARE 9 00:00:19,291 --> 00:00:20,826 WARMING UP, CREATING A BLEND OF 10 00:00:20,826 --> 00:00:21,060 SOUNDS. 11 00:00:21,060 --> 00:00:23,796 THEN THE CONDUCTOR STEPS ON TO 12 00:00:23,796 --> 00:00:25,097 THE PLATFORM AND EVERYTHING 13 00:00:25,097 --> 00:00:25,331 CHANGES. 14 00:00:25,331 --> 00:00:27,299 WITH A SINGLE MOVEMENT, THE 15 00:00:27,299 --> 00:00:29,468 ORCHESTRA TRANSFORMS FROM 16 00:00:29,468 --> 00:00:31,103 INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENTS PLAYING 17 00:00:31,103 --> 00:00:33,639 SEPARATE NOTES INTO A 18 00:00:33,639 --> 00:00:34,773 BEAUTIFULLY COORDINATED 19 00:00:34,773 --> 00:00:35,207 SYMPHONY. 20 00:00:35,207 --> 00:00:36,609 EACH MUSICIAN CONTRIBUTING TO 21 00:00:36,609 --> 00:00:37,910 SOMETHING GREATER THAN 22 00:00:37,910 --> 00:00:39,278 THEMSELVES. 23 00:00:39,278 --> 00:00:41,213 THE MUSIC SWELLS, FILLING THE 24 00:00:41,213 --> 00:00:42,581 HALL WITH UNIFIED SOUND THAT 25 00:00:42,581 --> 00:00:45,417 MOVES THE AUDIENCE. 26 00:00:45,417 --> 00:00:47,119 THIS IS WHAT A STRATEGIC PLAN 27 00:00:47,119 --> 00:00:49,154 DOES FOR AN ORGANIZATION. 28 00:00:49,154 --> 00:00:51,757 IT'S LIKE HAVING A SKILLED 29 00:00:51,757 --> 00:00:54,393 CONDUCTOR GUIDING, ALIGNING AND 30 00:00:54,393 --> 00:00:55,861 BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN 31 00:00:55,861 --> 00:00:57,229 EVERYONE. 32 00:00:57,229 --> 00:01:01,133 THE NIH-WIDE DEIA STRATEGIC PLAN 33 00:01:01,133 --> 00:01:02,368 ENSURES THAT EACH OF US, NO 34 00:01:02,368 --> 00:01:03,802 MATTER OUR ROLE, IS PLAYING FROM 35 00:01:03,802 --> 00:01:08,007 THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC. 36 00:01:08,007 --> 00:01:09,608 WORKING IN HARMONY TO CREATE A 37 00:01:09,608 --> 00:01:11,710 MORE DIVERSE, EQUITABLE, 38 00:01:11,710 --> 00:01:12,444 INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE 39 00:01:12,444 --> 00:01:14,413 COMMUNITY. 40 00:01:14,413 --> 00:01:15,714 URBAN INTO WITH IT, WE'RE NOT 41 00:01:15,714 --> 00:01:17,683 JUST MAKING NOISE, BUT WE'RE 42 00:01:17,683 --> 00:01:19,985 MAKING AND CREATING A MOVEMENT. 43 00:01:19,985 --> 00:01:21,086 SO GOOD MORNING. 44 00:01:21,086 --> 00:01:23,389 MY NAME IS CHARLES LU AND I 45 00:01:23,389 --> 00:01:25,190 SERVE PROUDLY AS THE BRANCH 46 00:01:25,190 --> 00:01:27,459 DIRECTOR FOR STRATEGIC DIVERSITY 47 00:01:27,459 --> 00:01:28,360 AND INCLUSION WITHIN THE OFFICE 48 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,030 OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND 49 00:01:31,030 --> 00:01:32,898 INCLUSION OR EDI HERE AT THE 50 00:01:32,898 --> 00:01:33,399 NIH. 51 00:01:33,399 --> 00:01:35,801 TODAY I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT 52 00:01:35,801 --> 00:01:38,003 MILESTONES IN MOTION, A MID 53 00:01:38,003 --> 00:01:41,540 CYCLE PROGRESS REPORT, ON THE 54 00:01:41,540 --> 00:01:43,475 NIH-WIDE DEIA STRATEGIC PLAN. 55 00:01:43,475 --> 00:01:45,110 I'M DELIGHTED TO BE JOINED BY 56 00:01:45,110 --> 00:01:46,011 SEVERAL COLLEAGUES WHO WILL 57 00:01:46,011 --> 00:01:47,246 INTRODUCE THEMSELVES DURING 58 00:01:47,246 --> 00:01:47,947 TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 59 00:01:47,947 --> 00:01:52,818 AS FOR ME, I'M EXCITED 60 00:01:52,818 --> 00:01:53,452 PARTICULARLY THIS WEEK BECAUSE 61 00:01:53,452 --> 00:01:56,355 I'M CELEBRATING MY SIXTH MONTH 62 00:01:56,355 --> 00:01:58,624 NIH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEK. 63 00:01:58,624 --> 00:02:00,292 WHILE I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO THE 64 00:02:00,292 --> 00:02:01,160 AGENCY AND TO FEDERAL 65 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:02,995 GOVERNMENT, I'VE BEEN WORKING IN 66 00:02:02,995 --> 00:02:04,263 DEIA FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. 67 00:02:04,263 --> 00:02:07,166 BEFORE JOINING THE NIH, I HELD 68 00:02:07,166 --> 00:02:08,867 LEADERSHIP ROLES AND SERVED AS A 69 00:02:08,867 --> 00:02:10,903 CLINICAL FACULTY MEMBER AT JOHNS 70 00:02:10,903 --> 00:02:11,403 HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE 71 00:02:11,403 --> 00:02:12,037 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 72 00:02:12,037 --> 00:02:13,339 SAN DIEGO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF 73 00:02:13,339 --> 00:02:15,374 TEXAS AT AUSTIN. 74 00:02:15,374 --> 00:02:17,109 BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON WITH THE 75 00:02:17,109 --> 00:02:19,545 PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO 76 00:02:19,545 --> 00:02:23,782 PROVIDE THREE CLARIFYING POINTS. 77 00:02:23,782 --> 00:02:25,384 FIRST, FOR SIMPLICITY, WE WILL 78 00:02:25,384 --> 00:02:29,355 REFER TO THE NIH-WIDE DEIA 79 00:02:29,355 --> 00:02:31,223 STRATEGIC PLAN AS "THE PLAN," 80 00:02:31,223 --> 00:02:32,891 BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A LOT TO SAY 81 00:02:32,891 --> 00:02:33,292 REPEATEDLY. 82 00:02:33,292 --> 00:02:36,028 SO ANY TIME YOU HEAR "THE PLAN," 83 00:02:36,028 --> 00:02:39,798 IT REFERS TO THE NIH-WIDE DEIA 84 00:02:39,798 --> 00:02:40,666 STRATEGIC PLAN. 85 00:02:40,666 --> 00:02:43,168 VERY SIMILAR TO IF YOU'RE OLD 86 00:02:43,168 --> 00:02:44,003 ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THIS, 87 00:02:44,003 --> 00:02:46,605 REMEMBER HOW THE FACEBOOK JUST 88 00:02:46,605 --> 00:02:51,043 BECAME "FACEBOOK," AND THEN MARK 89 00:02:51,043 --> 00:02:52,678 ZUCKERBERG TRIED TO MAKE IT META 90 00:02:52,678 --> 00:02:54,847 BUT EVERYONE STILL CALLS IT 91 00:02:54,847 --> 00:02:56,315 FACEBOOK, SO FOR PURPOSES OF 92 00:02:56,315 --> 00:02:57,549 TODAY IT WILL JUST BE CALLED THE 93 00:02:57,549 --> 00:02:58,050 PLAN. 94 00:02:58,050 --> 00:02:59,151 SO NUMBER TWO, SOME OF YOU MAY 95 00:02:59,151 --> 00:03:01,153 HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CREATING 96 00:03:01,153 --> 00:03:01,987 THE PLAN AND ARE ALREADY 97 00:03:01,987 --> 00:03:03,622 FAMILIAR WITH IT, WHILE OTHERS 98 00:03:03,622 --> 00:03:06,692 MAY BE NEWER AND LESS FAMILIAR. 99 00:03:06,692 --> 00:03:08,360 SO WE'LL START WITH A 100 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:09,328 FOUNDATIONAL OVERVIEW TO ENSURE 101 00:03:09,328 --> 00:03:10,663 THAT EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME 102 00:03:10,663 --> 00:03:11,997 PAGE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS 103 00:03:11,997 --> 00:03:14,767 PRESENTATION. 104 00:03:14,767 --> 00:03:16,001 THIRD, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 105 00:03:16,001 --> 00:03:18,637 PLAN WAS TRANSITIONED TO EDI6 106 00:03:18,637 --> 00:03:19,905 MONTHS AGO, WHEN I FIRST 107 00:03:19,905 --> 00:03:20,205 STARTED. 108 00:03:20,205 --> 00:03:22,574 WHILE WE ARE THE ONES PRESENTING 109 00:03:22,574 --> 00:03:24,443 TODAY AND ON STAGE, WE WANT TO 110 00:03:24,443 --> 00:03:26,478 ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUBSTANTIAL 111 00:03:26,478 --> 00:03:28,747 CONTRIBUTIONS MADE ACROSS THE 112 00:03:28,747 --> 00:03:29,882 NIH COMMUNITY, WHOSE EFFORTS 113 00:03:29,882 --> 00:03:34,353 HAVE BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT. 114 00:03:34,353 --> 00:03:36,722 THERE'S A LOT OF INCREDIBLE DEIA 115 00:03:36,722 --> 00:03:38,457 WORK HAPPENING ACROSS THE 116 00:03:38,457 --> 00:03:39,692 AGENCY, AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION 117 00:03:39,692 --> 00:03:40,759 WILL ONLY HIGHLIGHT AND TOUCH ON 118 00:03:40,759 --> 00:03:42,227 A FEW OF THOSE POINTS. 119 00:03:42,227 --> 00:03:43,762 PLEASE KNOW THAT YOUR 120 00:03:43,762 --> 00:03:45,864 CONTRIBUTIONS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT 121 00:03:45,864 --> 00:03:47,032 HIGHLIGHTED TODAY, ARE CRITICAL 122 00:03:47,032 --> 00:03:49,468 TO ADVANCING DEIA WITHIN OUR 123 00:03:49,468 --> 00:03:50,402 AGENCY. 124 00:03:50,402 --> 00:03:53,005 SO LET'S GO AND GET STARTED. 125 00:03:53,005 --> 00:03:54,940 BUT A LITTLE BIT OF A FAKE OUT 126 00:03:54,940 --> 00:03:56,375 BECAUSE BEFORE WE OFFICIALLY 127 00:03:56,375 --> 00:03:57,209 BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO START WITH A 128 00:03:57,209 --> 00:03:58,243 LITTLE BIT OF A POLL. 129 00:03:58,243 --> 00:03:59,144 SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR PHONE, 130 00:03:59,144 --> 00:04:01,080 PLEASE GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT OUT. 131 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,015 AND I HAVE THE QUESTION, WHAT IS 132 00:04:03,015 --> 00:04:05,517 A WORD THAT YOU ASSOCIATE WITH 133 00:04:05,517 --> 00:04:07,186 THE PLAN? 134 00:04:07,186 --> 00:04:08,754 PLEASE GO AND SCAN THE QR CODE 135 00:04:08,754 --> 00:04:09,121 ON THE SCREEN. 136 00:04:09,121 --> 00:04:10,556 IT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO OUR 137 00:04:10,556 --> 00:04:12,491 POLLING PAGE. 138 00:04:12,491 --> 00:04:14,727 ONCE YOU GET THERE, YOU'RE GOING 139 00:04:14,727 --> 00:04:15,627 TO SEE TWO TABS. 140 00:04:15,627 --> 00:04:17,763 PLEASE CLICK ON THE "OPENING 141 00:04:17,763 --> 00:04:19,398 QUESTION" TAB, AND INSERT YOUR 142 00:04:19,398 --> 00:04:23,402 WORD INTO THE POLL. 143 00:04:23,402 --> 00:04:24,703 SO I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE OR SO 144 00:04:24,703 --> 00:04:26,071 TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT IF 145 00:04:26,071 --> 00:04:30,142 YOU'LL SO INDULGE ME, AND WE'LL 146 00:04:30,142 --> 00:04:30,976 SEE THE RESULTS START TO 147 00:04:30,976 --> 00:04:41,487 POPULATE INTO THIS WORD CLOUD. 148 00:05:08,046 --> 00:05:09,448 SO AS THINGS ARE POPULATING, 149 00:05:09,448 --> 00:05:11,550 LET'S TAKE A LOOK FOR THOSE OF 150 00:05:11,550 --> 00:05:13,051 YOU JOINING US VIRTUALLY TODAY, 151 00:05:13,051 --> 00:05:14,686 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 152 00:05:14,686 --> 00:05:22,461 SO IT'S A ROAD MAP, COMPLICATED, 153 00:05:22,461 --> 00:05:24,763 COMPREHENSIVE, DIVERSITY, 154 00:05:24,763 --> 00:05:25,831 INNOVATION. 155 00:05:25,831 --> 00:05:28,000 OOO, LOVE! 156 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,170 GOT TO LOVE THAT. 157 00:05:31,170 --> 00:05:32,304 GOTTA LOVE LOVE. 158 00:05:32,304 --> 00:05:34,940 EQUITY FOR ALL, GROUNDBREAKING, 159 00:05:34,940 --> 00:05:39,278 UNKNOWN, COMPLEX, IS HUGE. 160 00:05:39,278 --> 00:05:40,779 THE PLAN, THANK YOU FOR 161 00:05:40,779 --> 00:05:42,347 INDULGING ME IN THAT. 162 00:05:42,347 --> 00:05:42,848 [LAUGHTER] 163 00:05:42,848 --> 00:05:44,616 DISJOINTED. 164 00:05:44,616 --> 00:05:51,256 YEAH, LET'S KEEP THAT REAL. 165 00:05:51,256 --> 00:05:52,491 UNSURE, VISIBILITY, MISSION, 166 00:05:52,491 --> 00:05:54,960 WHOLE, UNITY, AMBITIOUS, EQUITY 167 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:58,197 FOR ALL. 168 00:05:58,197 --> 00:06:01,233 OKAY. 169 00:06:01,233 --> 00:06:03,302 SO AS WE SEE THESE WORDS 170 00:06:03,302 --> 00:06:05,003 POPULATE, THESE ARE ALL GREAT 171 00:06:05,003 --> 00:06:06,605 RESPONSES, BY THE WAY, AND FOR 172 00:06:06,605 --> 00:06:08,574 THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY HAVE 173 00:06:08,574 --> 00:06:09,641 FORGOTTEN OR MAY NOT BE AS 174 00:06:09,641 --> 00:06:11,310 FAMILIAR WITH THE PLAN, TODAY 175 00:06:11,310 --> 00:06:13,011 WE'LL GIVE YOU A REFRESHER ON 176 00:06:13,011 --> 00:06:14,513 THE INTENT AND GOALS, WHAT WE 177 00:06:14,513 --> 00:06:16,081 HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SINCE ITS 178 00:06:16,081 --> 00:06:17,082 RELEASE, AND WHAT YOU CAN LOOK 179 00:06:17,082 --> 00:06:19,151 FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE. 180 00:06:19,151 --> 00:06:21,153 SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO BACK 181 00:06:21,153 --> 00:06:22,554 TO THE SLIDES, WE'LL GO AHEAD 182 00:06:22,554 --> 00:06:23,455 AND CONTINUE MOVING ON. 183 00:06:23,455 --> 00:06:27,459 THANK YOU. 184 00:06:27,459 --> 00:06:29,328 ALL RIGHT. 185 00:06:29,328 --> 00:06:30,395 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE 186 00:06:30,395 --> 00:06:31,396 DISCUSSING AND WHAT DO WE HOPE 187 00:06:31,396 --> 00:06:32,397 TO GET OUT OF TODAY? 188 00:06:32,397 --> 00:06:33,866 THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT I 189 00:06:33,866 --> 00:06:35,300 ALWAYS ASK WHENEVER I GO INTO A 190 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:36,268 PRESENTATION. 191 00:06:36,268 --> 00:06:37,970 FIRST, WE'LL START BY PROVIDING 192 00:06:37,970 --> 00:06:40,472 AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN. 193 00:06:40,472 --> 00:06:42,007 I'LL SHARE SOME BACKGROUND ON 194 00:06:42,007 --> 00:06:43,976 HOW THE PLAN WAS DEVELOPED AND 195 00:06:43,976 --> 00:06:45,410 THE KEY OBJECTIVES THAT ARE 196 00:06:45,410 --> 00:06:46,812 GUIDING OUR EFFORTS. 197 00:06:46,812 --> 00:06:49,181 THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE CURRENT 198 00:06:49,181 --> 00:06:49,581 LANDSCAPE. 199 00:06:49,581 --> 00:06:50,782 WE'LL REVIEW SOME DATA AND 200 00:06:50,782 --> 00:06:52,718 FINDINGS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE 201 00:06:52,718 --> 00:06:54,253 CURRENT STATE OF DEIA ACROSS THE 202 00:06:54,253 --> 00:06:55,587 NIH, WHICH WILL HELP SET THE 203 00:06:55,587 --> 00:06:58,891 CONTEXT FOR OUR CONVERSATION. 204 00:06:58,891 --> 00:07:00,225 NEXT, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF 205 00:07:00,225 --> 00:07:01,860 THE DEIA ACTIVITIES ALREADY 206 00:07:01,860 --> 00:07:03,495 HAPPENING ACROSS THE AGENCY. 207 00:07:03,495 --> 00:07:05,297 LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S GREAT 208 00:07:05,297 --> 00:07:06,465 WORK BEING DONE. 209 00:07:06,465 --> 00:07:07,900 SO WE'LL SHARE SOME RECENT 210 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:09,201 INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT 211 00:07:09,201 --> 00:07:11,003 HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO SUPPORT 212 00:07:11,003 --> 00:07:14,840 OUR GOALS. 213 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:16,008 FINALLY, WE'LL OUTLINE NEXT 214 00:07:16,008 --> 00:07:17,476 STEPS AND AS TIME PERMIT, WE'LL 215 00:07:17,476 --> 00:07:18,543 OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS AND 216 00:07:18,543 --> 00:07:20,312 ANSWERS TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS 217 00:07:20,312 --> 00:07:21,647 OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT 218 00:07:21,647 --> 00:07:25,384 HAVE. 219 00:07:25,384 --> 00:07:26,885 OUR OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO 220 00:07:26,885 --> 00:07:27,619 PROVIDE CLARITY ON THE DIRECTION 221 00:07:27,619 --> 00:07:29,321 AND IMPACT OF THIS INITIATIVE, 222 00:07:29,321 --> 00:07:30,756 AND ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL 223 00:07:30,756 --> 00:07:32,224 DIALOGUE ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE 224 00:07:32,224 --> 00:07:33,492 ADVANCING OUR MISSION OF 225 00:07:33,492 --> 00:07:34,860 EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY WITHIN THE 226 00:07:34,860 --> 00:07:37,763 NIH COMMUNITY. 227 00:07:37,763 --> 00:07:39,131 SO LET'S START WITH PROVIDING 228 00:07:39,131 --> 00:07:41,133 SOME BACKGROUND ON THE PLAN. 229 00:07:41,133 --> 00:07:42,401 DURING THIS PART OF THE 230 00:07:42,401 --> 00:07:44,169 PRESENTATION, JUST LIKE ANY GOOD 231 00:07:44,169 --> 00:07:45,604 STORY, WE'LL BE ANSWERING THE 232 00:07:45,604 --> 00:07:47,239 WHY, THE HOW AND WHAT OF THE 233 00:07:47,239 --> 00:07:47,806 PLAN. 234 00:07:47,806 --> 00:07:50,208 SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH 235 00:07:50,208 --> 00:07:52,678 TALKING ABOUT THE WHY. 236 00:07:52,678 --> 00:07:54,813 AS AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL 237 00:07:54,813 --> 00:07:55,747 GOVERNMENT, EVERYTHING RELATED 238 00:07:55,747 --> 00:07:58,050 TO THE PLAN IS GROUNDED IN 239 00:07:58,050 --> 00:08:01,186 POLICY AND GROUNDED IN LAW. 240 00:08:01,186 --> 00:08:03,188 THE PLAN WAS SIGNIFICANTLY 241 00:08:03,188 --> 00:08:04,423 SHAPED BY DIRECTIVES FROM 242 00:08:04,423 --> 00:08:06,358 CONGRESS INCLUDING THE 2021 243 00:08:06,358 --> 00:08:09,828 CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVE REPORT 244 00:08:09,828 --> 00:08:12,164 116-450 ON HR7614. 245 00:08:12,164 --> 00:08:13,165 THIS REPORT CALLED FOR THE 246 00:08:13,165 --> 00:08:14,866 DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGIC PLAN 247 00:08:14,866 --> 00:08:17,102 WITH LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM 248 00:08:17,102 --> 00:08:18,437 GOALS INTO IDENTIFYING AND 249 00:08:18,437 --> 00:08:20,505 ADDRESSING THE RACIAL, ETHNIC 250 00:08:20,505 --> 00:08:21,840 AND GENDER DISPARITIES ACROSS 251 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:23,976 NIH. 252 00:08:23,976 --> 00:08:26,745 IT ALSO EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO 253 00:08:26,745 --> 00:08:27,946 ELIMINATE BARRIERS THAT LIMIT 254 00:08:27,946 --> 00:08:29,915 ACCESS TO NIH FUNDING FOR 255 00:08:29,915 --> 00:08:31,550 INVESTIGATORS WORKING ON HEALTH 256 00:08:31,550 --> 00:08:34,319 DISPARITIES RESEARCH. 257 00:08:34,319 --> 00:08:35,954 THE PLAN ALSO RESPONDS TO 258 00:08:35,954 --> 00:08:38,156 MULTIPLE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, 259 00:08:38,156 --> 00:08:39,891 ISSUED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. 260 00:08:39,891 --> 00:08:43,862 OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE IS EO 261 00:08:43,862 --> 00:08:45,297 14035, WHICH IF YOU ARE HERE 262 00:08:45,297 --> 00:08:46,298 YESTERDAY AT OUR OPENING 263 00:08:46,298 --> 00:08:47,466 SESSION, OUR OPENING SPEAKER 264 00:08:47,466 --> 00:08:48,867 SPOKE ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR 265 00:08:48,867 --> 00:08:49,601 EXECUTIVE ORDER. 266 00:08:49,601 --> 00:08:51,636 SO THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOCUSES 267 00:08:51,636 --> 00:08:53,538 ON ADVANCING DEIA WITHIN THE 268 00:08:53,538 --> 00:08:55,240 FEDERAL WORKFORCE. 269 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:56,408 AND IT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN 270 00:08:56,408 --> 00:08:58,744 GUIDING NIH'S EFFORTS TO FOSTER 271 00:08:58,744 --> 00:09:00,445 MORE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE 272 00:09:00,445 --> 00:09:03,582 WORKPLACE AND RESEARCH 273 00:09:03,582 --> 00:09:05,317 ENVIRONMENT. 274 00:09:05,317 --> 00:09:06,551 SO BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION 275 00:09:06,551 --> 00:09:10,689 LAID OUT BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 276 00:09:10,689 --> 00:09:11,656 14035, THE ADMINISTRATION 277 00:09:11,656 --> 00:09:12,858 RELEASED THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE 278 00:09:12,858 --> 00:09:14,993 STRATEGIC PLAN TO ADVANCE DEIA 279 00:09:14,993 --> 00:09:16,061 IN THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE IN 280 00:09:16,061 --> 00:09:17,429 NOVEMBER OF 2021. 281 00:09:17,429 --> 00:09:18,530 THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER EMPHASIZED 282 00:09:18,530 --> 00:09:20,532 THE IMPORTANCE OF A DIVERSE AND 283 00:09:20,532 --> 00:09:22,367 INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE AND CALLED 284 00:09:22,367 --> 00:09:24,069 ON AGENCIES TO TAKE BOLD ACTION 285 00:09:24,069 --> 00:09:25,237 TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO EQUAL 286 00:09:25,237 --> 00:09:28,540 OPPORTUNITY. 287 00:09:28,540 --> 00:09:29,007 OKAY. 288 00:09:29,007 --> 00:09:31,376 SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE WHY. 289 00:09:31,376 --> 00:09:31,543 OF 290 00:09:31,543 --> 00:09:31,910 THE PLAN. 291 00:09:31,910 --> 00:09:34,413 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HOW. 292 00:09:34,413 --> 00:09:36,915 THE NIH TOOK A COLLABORATIVE AND 293 00:09:36,915 --> 00:09:38,817 INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO DEVELOPING 294 00:09:38,817 --> 00:09:39,584 THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 295 00:09:39,584 --> 00:09:40,986 MANY OF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN 296 00:09:40,986 --> 00:09:41,987 THIS PROCESS WHO ARE SITTING 297 00:09:41,987 --> 00:09:43,455 WITH US TODAY. 298 00:09:43,455 --> 00:09:45,057 WORKING GROUPS WERE FORMED WITH 299 00:09:45,057 --> 00:09:47,259 REPRESENTATION FROM NEARLY EVERY 300 00:09:47,259 --> 00:09:48,760 INSTITUTE AND CENTER AND WE 301 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:49,861 GATHERED INPUT AND FEEDBACK 302 00:09:49,861 --> 00:09:51,263 THROUGH DATA CALLS AND WEBINARS 303 00:09:51,263 --> 00:09:52,964 TO ENSURE THE PLAN REFLECTED THE 304 00:09:52,964 --> 00:09:54,633 VOICES AND PRIORITIES OF THE 305 00:09:54,633 --> 00:09:56,768 ENTIRE NIH COMMUNITY. 306 00:09:56,768 --> 00:09:58,236 DEVELOPING THE PLAN REQUIRED 307 00:09:58,236 --> 00:10:00,038 PARTICIPATION FROM ALL 27 308 00:10:00,038 --> 00:10:01,606 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS AS WELL 309 00:10:01,606 --> 00:10:03,108 AS NUMEROUS OFFICES WITHIN THE 310 00:10:03,108 --> 00:10:06,344 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR. 311 00:10:06,344 --> 00:10:07,879 IN ADDITION, VARIOUS WORKING 312 00:10:07,879 --> 00:10:09,614 GROUPS, STAFF COMMITTEES, 313 00:10:09,614 --> 00:10:11,616 ADVISORY GROUPS, AND EMPLOYEE 314 00:10:11,616 --> 00:10:13,652 GROUPS FROM ACROSS THE NIH, 315 00:10:13,652 --> 00:10:16,188 PROVIDED INVALUABLE GUIDANCE AND 316 00:10:16,188 --> 00:10:18,190 SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 317 00:10:18,190 --> 00:10:20,125 ALL THESE ENTITIES PLAYED A 318 00:10:20,125 --> 00:10:21,893 CRITICAL ROLE IN ADVISING THE 319 00:10:21,893 --> 00:10:23,595 NIH DIRECTOR ON DECISIONS 320 00:10:23,595 --> 00:10:25,464 REGARDING HOW BEST TO ADVANCE 321 00:10:25,464 --> 00:10:28,733 DEIA ACROSS THE AGENCY. 322 00:10:28,733 --> 00:10:31,169 THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE NIH 323 00:10:31,169 --> 00:10:32,771 IDENTIFIED A COMMUNITY OF ALMOST 324 00:10:32,771 --> 00:10:35,740 100 OFFICES, COMMITTEES AND 325 00:10:35,740 --> 00:10:38,276 GROUPS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE 326 00:10:38,276 --> 00:10:40,745 NIH-WIDE DEIA ECOSYSTEM. 327 00:10:40,745 --> 00:10:42,481 WITH THIS INPUT AND THE DATA 328 00:10:42,481 --> 00:10:43,515 COLLECTED, WE WERE ABLE TO 329 00:10:43,515 --> 00:10:45,984 DEVELOP A PLAN THAT IS 330 00:10:45,984 --> 00:10:47,219 SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO HOW THE 331 00:10:47,219 --> 00:10:48,320 NIH OPERATES. 332 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,722 WITH TARGETED STRATEGIES TO 333 00:10:50,722 --> 00:10:52,524 PROMOTE AND INCORPORATE DEIA 334 00:10:52,524 --> 00:10:53,525 PRINCIPLES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE 335 00:10:53,525 --> 00:10:57,429 ORGANIZATION. 336 00:10:57,429 --> 00:10:58,029 ALL RIGHT. 337 00:10:58,029 --> 00:11:00,832 LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS CHART. 338 00:11:00,832 --> 00:11:03,101 YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS CHART IN 339 00:11:03,101 --> 00:11:05,604 SEVERAL FLYERS, PUBLICATIONS AND 340 00:11:05,604 --> 00:11:06,972 MARKETING MATERIALS ACROSS THE 341 00:11:06,972 --> 00:11:08,507 NIH AND WONDER WHAT IT IS. 342 00:11:08,507 --> 00:11:10,075 I KNOW WHEN I APLAYED FOR A JOB 343 00:11:10,075 --> 00:11:12,444 HERE, I SAW THIS EVERYWHERE ON 344 00:11:12,444 --> 00:11:13,845 ALL DIFFERENT WEBSITES, AND I 345 00:11:13,845 --> 00:11:15,013 WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING, 346 00:11:15,013 --> 00:11:18,116 LIKE, WHAT IS THIS, RIGHT? 347 00:11:18,116 --> 00:11:19,985 SO IT IS THE FRAMEWORK THAT SETS 348 00:11:19,985 --> 00:11:21,419 THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PLAN. 349 00:11:21,419 --> 00:11:23,688 THIS FRAMEWORK IS BUILT UPON A 350 00:11:23,688 --> 00:11:25,323 PEOPLE-CENTERED APPROACH TO DEIA 351 00:11:25,323 --> 00:11:26,525 AT NIH. 352 00:11:26,525 --> 00:11:28,693 WE USE OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER 353 00:11:28,693 --> 00:11:30,562 WITH THREE KEY OBJECTIVES: 354 00:11:30,562 --> 00:11:31,963 OPERATIONS, WORKFORCE, AND 355 00:11:31,963 --> 00:11:32,364 RESEARCH. 356 00:11:32,364 --> 00:11:33,431 KEEP THOSE IN MIND BECAUSE WE'LL 357 00:11:33,431 --> 00:11:35,800 COME BACK TO THOSE LATER ON. 358 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:37,469 EACH OBJECTIVE ALIGNS WITH THE 359 00:11:37,469 --> 00:11:40,672 OVERALL MISSION AND VISION OF 360 00:11:40,672 --> 00:11:42,374 NIH AND THE FRAMEWORK IS GUIDED 361 00:11:42,374 --> 00:11:47,512 BY THREE CROSS-CUTTING THEMES. 362 00:11:47,512 --> 00:11:48,480 PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, 363 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,681 COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT. 364 00:11:49,681 --> 00:11:50,815 TWO, HARNESS DATA. 365 00:11:50,815 --> 00:11:52,017 AND THREE, FOSTER SUSTAINABLE 366 00:11:52,017 --> 00:11:53,518 CHANGE. 367 00:11:53,518 --> 00:11:55,153 TOGETHER, THESE ELEMENTS SUPPORT 368 00:11:55,153 --> 00:11:57,355 NIH'S GOAL OF BUILDING AN 369 00:11:57,355 --> 00:11:58,490 INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL 370 00:11:58,490 --> 00:12:03,128 FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING. 371 00:12:03,128 --> 00:12:04,229 ALL RIGHT. 372 00:12:04,229 --> 00:12:05,830 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE WHY. 373 00:12:05,830 --> 00:12:07,532 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE HOW. 374 00:12:07,532 --> 00:12:10,635 LET'S GET TO THE WHAT. 375 00:12:10,635 --> 00:12:12,237 MOVING FORWARD WITH THE 376 00:12:12,237 --> 00:12:14,105 DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN, AND IN 377 00:12:14,105 --> 00:12:15,173 ALIGNMENT WITH THE FRAMEWORK 378 00:12:15,173 --> 00:12:16,975 THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH, WE'VE 379 00:12:16,975 --> 00:12:19,177 ORGANIZED OUR DEIA PRIORITIES 380 00:12:19,177 --> 00:12:20,512 AROUND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NEEDS, 381 00:12:20,512 --> 00:12:22,881 OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES 382 00:12:22,881 --> 00:12:25,884 WITHIN THREE KEY OBJECTIVES: 383 00:12:25,884 --> 00:12:26,918 OPERATIONS, WORKFORCE, AND 384 00:12:26,918 --> 00:12:27,352 RESEARCH. 385 00:12:27,352 --> 00:12:28,553 I TOLD YOU WE WOULD COME BACK TO 386 00:12:28,553 --> 00:12:30,388 THESE. 387 00:12:30,388 --> 00:12:33,124 EACH OF THESE OBJECTIVES 388 00:12:33,124 --> 00:12:34,993 INCLUDES UNDERLYING 389 00:12:34,993 --> 00:12:35,327 SUBOBJECTIVES. 390 00:12:35,327 --> 00:12:36,628 THERE'S EIGHT OF THEM. 391 00:12:36,628 --> 00:12:39,497 FOR EACH SUBOBJECTIVE, THERE ARE 392 00:12:39,497 --> 00:12:40,365 SPECIFIC GOALS. 393 00:12:40,365 --> 00:12:42,734 THERE'S 19 OF THOSE. 394 00:12:42,734 --> 00:12:44,636 AND STRATEGIES, THERE'S 37 OF 395 00:12:44,636 --> 00:12:46,304 THOSE. 396 00:12:46,304 --> 00:12:47,806 THAT OUTLINE HOW WE PLAN TO 397 00:12:47,806 --> 00:12:49,841 ACHIEVE THESE AIMS. 398 00:12:49,841 --> 00:12:52,043 SEE, THIS IS WHY SOMEONE 399 00:12:52,043 --> 00:12:53,812 WROTE -- ACTUALLY MANY OF YOU 400 00:12:53,812 --> 00:12:55,280 WROTE ON THERE ON THE WORD 401 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:57,682 CLOUD, COMPLEX AND COMPLICATED, 402 00:12:57,682 --> 00:12:57,983 RIGHT? 403 00:12:57,983 --> 00:12:58,583 THERE'S A LOT. 404 00:12:58,583 --> 00:12:59,951 FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY'S 405 00:12:59,951 --> 00:13:00,518 PRESENTATION, THOUGH, WE'RE 406 00:13:00,518 --> 00:13:01,920 GOING TO KEEP A HIGH LEVEL AND 407 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,256 FOCUS ON THE THREE OBJECTIVES 408 00:13:04,256 --> 00:13:10,228 AND EIGHT SUBOBJECTIVES. 409 00:13:10,228 --> 00:13:11,296 ALL RIGHT, SO CONFESSION TIME. 410 00:13:11,296 --> 00:13:15,033 WHEN I FIRST REVIEWED THIS PLAN, 411 00:13:15,033 --> 00:13:16,534 I HAD TO TAKE SOME TIME TO 412 00:13:16,534 --> 00:13:19,738 UNDERSTAND HOW AND WHY IT WAS 413 00:13:19,738 --> 00:13:21,773 STRUCTURED IN THIS WAY. 414 00:13:21,773 --> 00:13:22,741 FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE 415 00:13:22,741 --> 00:13:23,675 LOOKED AT THE PLAN AND GONE 416 00:13:23,675 --> 00:13:24,909 THROUGH THAT DOCUMENT, YOU MAY 417 00:13:24,909 --> 00:13:28,246 HAVE WONDERED THE SAME THING. 418 00:13:28,246 --> 00:13:29,981 AS I DUG DEEPER, I STARTED TO 419 00:13:29,981 --> 00:13:31,116 APPRECIATE THE DESIGN MORE AND 420 00:13:31,116 --> 00:13:31,983 MORE. 421 00:13:31,983 --> 00:13:36,388 SO FUN FACT ABOUT ME, ONE OF MY 422 00:13:36,388 --> 00:13:38,089 FAVORITE TV CHANNELS IS HG TV. 423 00:13:38,089 --> 00:13:39,958 I KNOW I WORK AT THE NIH AND I 424 00:13:39,958 --> 00:13:41,059 SHOULD PROBABLY LIKE SOMETHING A 425 00:13:41,059 --> 00:13:43,795 LITTLE MORE SCIENCEY BUT THAT'S 426 00:13:43,795 --> 00:13:47,532 ONE OF MY FAVORITE TV CHANNELS. 427 00:13:47,532 --> 00:13:50,468 I REALLY ENJOY WATCHING HOUSES 428 00:13:50,468 --> 00:13:51,836 BEING BUILT, RENOVATED AND 429 00:13:51,836 --> 00:13:52,937 SEEING THE IMPACT THEY HAVE ON 430 00:13:52,937 --> 00:13:58,643 THE LIVES OF THOSE ON THE SHOW. 431 00:13:58,643 --> 00:14:00,211 THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT IS I 432 00:14:00,211 --> 00:14:01,513 THINK OF OUR PLAN IN A VERY 433 00:14:01,513 --> 00:14:02,714 SIMILAR WAY. 434 00:14:02,714 --> 00:14:03,782 THESE THREE OBJECTIVES ARE 435 00:14:03,782 --> 00:14:05,183 INTERCONNECTED AND BUILT OFF ONE 436 00:14:05,183 --> 00:14:08,753 ANOTHER MUCH LIKE CONSTRUCTING A 437 00:14:08,753 --> 00:14:09,821 HOUSE. 438 00:14:09,821 --> 00:14:11,089 OPERATIONS SERVES AS THE LAND 439 00:14:11,089 --> 00:14:13,024 THAT WE'RE BUILDING ON, LAYING 440 00:14:13,024 --> 00:14:14,826 THE GROUNDWORK THROUGH IMPROVED 441 00:14:14,826 --> 00:14:18,229 POLICIES, PROCESSES AND 442 00:14:18,229 --> 00:14:19,431 PRACTICES THAT REMOVE BARRIERS 443 00:14:19,431 --> 00:14:21,833 AND PROMOTE EQUITY ACROSS NIH. 444 00:14:21,833 --> 00:14:23,568 OUR OPERATIONS ENSURES THAT WE 445 00:14:23,568 --> 00:14:25,837 HAVE A SOLID FOUNDATION TO 446 00:14:25,837 --> 00:14:29,207 SUPPORT OUR FUTURE PROGRESS. 447 00:14:29,207 --> 00:14:31,176 NEXT AND THEN ONLY NEXT IS OUR 448 00:14:31,176 --> 00:14:32,077 WORKFORCE. 449 00:14:32,077 --> 00:14:34,913 AND OUR WORKFORCE SERVES AS THE 450 00:14:34,913 --> 00:14:37,148 FOUNDATION OF THE HOUSE. 451 00:14:37,148 --> 00:14:39,250 A STRONG AND DIVERSE WORKFORCE 452 00:14:39,250 --> 00:14:40,652 IS ESSENTIAL FOR HOLDING UP THE 453 00:14:40,652 --> 00:14:41,686 STRUCTURE AND ENSURING 454 00:14:41,686 --> 00:14:43,421 STABILITY. 455 00:14:43,421 --> 00:14:44,322 IT INVOLVES RECRUITING, 456 00:14:44,322 --> 00:14:46,257 RETAINING AND SUPPORTING A 457 00:14:46,257 --> 00:14:48,993 WORKFORCE THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF 458 00:14:48,993 --> 00:14:49,694 SOCIETY'S DIVERSITY AND 459 00:14:49,694 --> 00:14:51,629 COMMITTED TO ADVANCING DEIA 460 00:14:51,629 --> 00:14:54,499 PRINCIPLES. 461 00:14:54,499 --> 00:14:56,134 FINALLY, RESEARCH REPRESENTS THE 462 00:14:56,134 --> 00:14:57,535 ACTUAL STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE. 463 00:14:57,535 --> 00:14:59,304 THE TANGIBLE OUTPUT AND IMPACT 464 00:14:59,304 --> 00:15:02,107 OF OUR EFFORTS. 465 00:15:02,107 --> 00:15:04,376 BY EMBEDDING DEIA INTO 466 00:15:04,376 --> 00:15:05,710 NIH-FUNDED RESEARCH INITIATIVES, 467 00:15:05,710 --> 00:15:07,846 WE ENSURE THAT OUR SCIENTIFIC 468 00:15:07,846 --> 00:15:09,748 ENDEAVORS ARE INCLUSIVE, EQUITY 469 00:15:09,748 --> 00:15:10,548 AND IMPACTFUL. 470 00:15:10,548 --> 00:15:12,517 THIS APPROACH BROADENS 471 00:15:12,517 --> 00:15:14,719 PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH, 472 00:15:14,719 --> 00:15:15,587 ADDRESSES HEALTH DISPARITIES AND 473 00:15:15,587 --> 00:15:17,288 MAKES CERTAIN THAT OUR WORK IS 474 00:15:17,288 --> 00:15:19,591 RELEVANT AND BENEFICIAL FOR ALL 475 00:15:19,591 --> 00:15:20,792 COMMUNITIES. 476 00:15:20,792 --> 00:15:22,026 AND WITH THAT, I WILL NOW PASS 477 00:15:22,026 --> 00:15:24,696 IT ON TO MY COLLEAGUE, LARISSA, 478 00:15:24,696 --> 00:15:25,830 WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE 479 00:15:25,830 --> 00:15:31,803 LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS. 480 00:15:31,803 --> 00:15:32,837 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND 481 00:15:32,837 --> 00:15:33,905 THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO 482 00:15:33,905 --> 00:15:34,939 BE HERE TODAY. 483 00:15:34,939 --> 00:15:36,975 I'M LARISSA SMITH, I'M A 484 00:15:36,975 --> 00:15:38,910 STRATEGIST ON DR. LU'S TEAM, AND 485 00:15:38,910 --> 00:15:40,812 MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE AND HER. 486 00:15:40,812 --> 00:15:44,249 I'M WEARING A TAN BLAZER WITH A 487 00:15:44,249 --> 00:15:46,084 BLACK DRESS THAT HAS WHITE 488 00:15:46,084 --> 00:15:48,753 STRIPES AND I'M A MEDIUM BUILD 489 00:15:48,753 --> 00:15:50,021 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN WITH 490 00:15:50,021 --> 00:15:50,321 LOCKS. 491 00:15:50,321 --> 00:15:51,122 AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 492 00:15:51,122 --> 00:15:54,192 PLAN IN 2023, NIH CONDUCTED A 493 00:15:54,192 --> 00:15:55,794 LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS TO FIND AND 494 00:15:55,794 --> 00:15:57,429 COLLECT THE DEIA ACTIVITIES 495 00:15:57,429 --> 00:15:59,798 TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE AGENCY, 496 00:15:59,798 --> 00:16:00,899 AND ASSESS HOW THEY CORRESPOND 497 00:16:00,899 --> 00:16:03,168 TO THE PRIORITIES IN THE PLAN. 498 00:16:03,168 --> 00:16:05,970 THIS INCLUDED LOOKING AT NIH'S 499 00:16:05,970 --> 00:16:08,506 DEIA ACTIVITIES PROFILE TO 500 00:16:08,506 --> 00:16:09,707 DETERMINE WHAT SPECIFIC 501 00:16:09,707 --> 00:16:11,042 OBJECTIVES AND SUBOBJECTIVES OF 502 00:16:11,042 --> 00:16:11,876 THE PLAN THE ACTIVITIES 503 00:16:11,876 --> 00:16:13,144 CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED 504 00:16:13,144 --> 00:16:14,446 SUPPORTED. 505 00:16:14,446 --> 00:16:17,115 AS A RESULT, WE WERE ABLE TO 506 00:16:17,115 --> 00:16:18,650 IDENTIFY AND MAP ACTIVITIES TO 507 00:16:18,650 --> 00:16:20,418 THE PLAN'S OBJECTIVES, AS WELL 508 00:16:20,418 --> 00:16:22,320 AS IDENTIFY EXISTING GAPS AND 509 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:26,691 AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT. 510 00:16:26,691 --> 00:16:28,993 IN TERMS OF WORKFLOW, THERE ARE 511 00:16:28,993 --> 00:16:30,161 THREE PRIMARY INPUTS USED TO 512 00:16:30,161 --> 00:16:33,097 CREATE THE LANDSCAPE AND GAP 513 00:16:33,097 --> 00:16:33,465 ANALYSIS. 514 00:16:33,465 --> 00:16:36,534 THIS INCLUDES A SELF-REPORT DEIA 515 00:16:36,534 --> 00:16:39,003 ACTIVITIES INVENTORY AT THE ICO 516 00:16:39,003 --> 00:16:39,370 LEVEL. 517 00:16:39,370 --> 00:16:41,439 MANY OF YOU MAY RECALL THAT DATA 518 00:16:41,439 --> 00:16:44,409 CALLS WENT OUT IN 2021 AND 2022, 519 00:16:44,409 --> 00:16:47,078 ASKING FOLKS TO ENTER THE DEIA 520 00:16:47,078 --> 00:16:48,379 ACTIVITY BEING CONDUCTED ACROSS 521 00:16:48,379 --> 00:16:51,916 THEIR VARIOUS ICOs IN THE 522 00:16:51,916 --> 00:16:53,651 SYSTEM. 523 00:16:53,651 --> 00:16:54,452 ADDITIONALLY, INFORMATION FROM 524 00:16:54,452 --> 00:16:57,989 THE UNITE INVENTORY WHICH WAS 525 00:16:57,989 --> 00:17:00,558 DETAILED, ALL OF NIH'S DEIA 526 00:17:00,558 --> 00:17:01,192 ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION FROM 527 00:17:01,192 --> 00:17:03,194 THE NIH'S DEIA WORKING GROUP'S 528 00:17:03,194 --> 00:17:04,429 MISSION AND VALUE STATEMENT 529 00:17:04,429 --> 00:17:06,030 SERVED AS INPUTS TO HELP INFORM 530 00:17:06,030 --> 00:17:08,466 THE LANDSCAPE AND GAP ANALYSIS. 531 00:17:08,466 --> 00:17:10,969 IN TERMS OF METHODOLOGY, 532 00:17:10,969 --> 00:17:11,936 IDENTIFIED ACTIVITIES WERE THEN 533 00:17:11,936 --> 00:17:14,339 MAPPED TO THE PLAN AND 534 00:17:14,339 --> 00:17:16,007 CROSS-REFERENCED AT THE ICO 535 00:17:16,007 --> 00:17:18,009 STRATEGIC PLAN LEVEL, SUPPORTING 536 00:17:18,009 --> 00:17:19,477 DEIA EFFORTS. 537 00:17:19,477 --> 00:17:23,314 THE RESULTS WERE INFORMED -- 538 00:17:23,314 --> 00:17:25,083 INFORMED THE GAP ANALYSIS. 539 00:17:25,083 --> 00:17:27,519 ULTIMATELY ALL THESE EFFORTS 540 00:17:27,519 --> 00:17:28,520 CULMINATED INTO THE CREATION OF 541 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:29,787 TWO SEMINAL PRODUCTS, THE FIRST 542 00:17:29,787 --> 00:17:32,624 BEING THE NIH DEIA ACTIVITY 543 00:17:32,624 --> 00:17:34,526 SPREADSHEET, AND THE SECOND, THE 544 00:17:34,526 --> 00:17:36,461 DEIA STRATEGIC PLAN 545 00:17:36,461 --> 00:17:38,296 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AREAS OF 546 00:17:38,296 --> 00:17:39,731 IMPROVEMENT. 547 00:17:39,731 --> 00:17:41,266 THESE ANALYTIC EFFORTS HELP US 548 00:17:41,266 --> 00:17:43,034 TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE STAND AS 549 00:17:43,034 --> 00:17:45,270 AN AGENCY AND RECOGNIZE OUR 550 00:17:45,270 --> 00:17:46,504 STRENGTHS AND AREAS WHERE WE CAN 551 00:17:46,504 --> 00:17:51,509 IMPROVE. 552 00:17:51,509 --> 00:17:54,445 LASTLY, THE OUTPUTS THAT 553 00:17:54,445 --> 00:17:59,851 RESULTED IN THIS WORK CAN BE 554 00:17:59,851 --> 00:18:02,153 FOUND AND SHARED ON OUR 555 00:18:02,153 --> 00:18:04,255 DEVELOPED WEBSITE WHICH WILL BE 556 00:18:04,255 --> 00:18:05,390 DISSEMINATED POST-PRESENTATION. 557 00:18:05,390 --> 00:18:08,259 SO WHA WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN 558 00:18:08,259 --> 00:18:08,560 PRACTICALLY? 559 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,162 OUT OF 2,749 RECORDS THAT WERE 560 00:18:11,162 --> 00:18:13,064 REVIEWED, WE WERE ABLE TO 561 00:18:13,064 --> 00:18:15,466 SUCCESSFULLY MAP 2,236 UNIQUE 562 00:18:15,466 --> 00:18:17,435 ACTIVITY TO ONE OR MORE OF THE 563 00:18:17,435 --> 00:18:20,538 STRATEGIC PLAN'S OBJECTIVES AND 564 00:18:20,538 --> 00:18:21,272 SUBOBJECTIVES. 565 00:18:21,272 --> 00:18:22,674 334 ACTIVITIES WERE NOT INCLUDED 566 00:18:22,674 --> 00:18:24,475 IN MAPPING EFFORTS, AS THEY WERE 567 00:18:24,475 --> 00:18:26,210 NOT COMPLETED BY THE END OF 568 00:18:26,210 --> 00:18:27,612 2021, WHICH WAS PART OF THE 569 00:18:27,612 --> 00:18:29,814 INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR MAPPING, 570 00:18:29,814 --> 00:18:31,783 AND 33 ACTIVITIES WERE NOT 571 00:18:31,783 --> 00:18:32,650 INCLUDED AS THEY DID NOT ALIGN 572 00:18:32,650 --> 00:18:35,587 WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 573 00:18:35,587 --> 00:18:37,422 THESE THEMATIC CATEGORIZATION 574 00:18:37,422 --> 00:18:38,356 EFFORTS GAVE WAY TO THE CREATION 575 00:18:38,356 --> 00:18:41,759 OF A DATABASE THAT HAS ALL OF 576 00:18:41,759 --> 00:18:43,595 THE DEIA ACTIVITIES BEING 577 00:18:43,595 --> 00:18:48,333 CONDUCTED ACROSS THE AGENCY. 578 00:18:48,333 --> 00:18:50,034 SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A GRASP ON 579 00:18:50,034 --> 00:18:54,639 THE ANALYTICS, HOW DO THESE DEIA 580 00:18:54,639 --> 00:18:55,740 ACTIVITIES DRIVE THE WORK WE DO 581 00:18:55,740 --> 00:18:56,741 ACROSS THE AGENCY? 582 00:18:56,741 --> 00:18:57,709 LET'S LOOK AT SOME EXAMPLES OF 583 00:18:57,709 --> 00:18:58,977 HOW THIS WORK HAS BEEN 584 00:18:58,977 --> 00:19:00,144 IMPLEMENTED AND WHERE WE CAN MAP 585 00:19:00,144 --> 00:19:01,145 THEM BACK PRACTICALLY TO THE 586 00:19:01,145 --> 00:19:05,016 PLAN. 587 00:19:05,016 --> 00:19:06,484 BEGINNING WITH OBJECTIVE ONE, 588 00:19:06,484 --> 00:19:09,187 WHICH FOCUSES ON GROWING AND 589 00:19:09,187 --> 00:19:10,355 SUSTAINING DEIA THROUGH 590 00:19:10,355 --> 00:19:12,490 STRUCTURAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE, 591 00:19:12,490 --> 00:19:13,992 THESE SUBOBJECTIVES SUPPORT THAT 592 00:19:13,992 --> 00:19:18,429 ULTIMATE GOAL. 593 00:19:18,429 --> 00:19:19,998 SUBOBJECTIVE 1.1, OPTIMIZING 594 00:19:19,998 --> 00:19:22,634 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 595 00:19:22,634 --> 00:19:23,935 COMMUNICATES THE INTEGRATION OF 596 00:19:23,935 --> 00:19:26,270 DEIA PRINCIPLES INTO ALL ASPECTS 597 00:19:26,270 --> 00:19:28,640 OF NIH'S OPERATIONAL PROCESSES. 598 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:32,610 THE GOAL IS TO MAXIMIZE THE 599 00:19:32,610 --> 00:19:34,979 ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, 600 00:19:34,979 --> 00:19:36,881 ENSURING THAT EQUALITY AND 601 00:19:36,881 --> 00:19:38,116 PROGRAMMATIC INTEGRITY ARE 602 00:19:38,116 --> 00:19:41,452 MAXIMIZED. 603 00:19:41,452 --> 00:19:42,220 SUBOBJECTIVE 1.2, FOSTERING A 604 00:19:42,220 --> 00:19:43,955 CULTURE OF GOOD SCIENTIFIC 605 00:19:43,955 --> 00:19:45,123 STEWARDSHIP, FOCUSES ON THE 606 00:19:45,123 --> 00:19:47,225 POLICIES AND PRACTICES TO ENSURE 607 00:19:47,225 --> 00:19:49,527 THAT EFFECTIVE USE OF FUNDING 608 00:19:49,527 --> 00:19:52,263 APPROACHES THAT ADVANCE DEIA IS 609 00:19:52,263 --> 00:19:56,434 MAPPED APPROPRIATELY. 610 00:19:56,434 --> 00:19:57,635 SUBOBJECTIVE 1.3 ENSURES 611 00:19:57,635 --> 00:19:59,170 ACCOUNTABILITY AND FOSTERING 612 00:19:59,170 --> 00:20:02,040 CONFIDENCE, AND OBJECTIVE 1.4 613 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,641 FOCUSES ON LEVERAGING EXTERNAL 614 00:20:03,641 --> 00:20:04,642 PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY 615 00:20:04,642 --> 00:20:08,680 ENGAGEMENT. 616 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,015 NIH UNITE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF 617 00:20:11,015 --> 00:20:13,051 HOW OBJECTIVE 1.1, OPTIMIZING 618 00:20:13,051 --> 00:20:14,385 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION, 619 00:20:14,385 --> 00:20:16,354 HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 620 00:20:16,354 --> 00:20:17,989 UNITE ACTS AS A THINK TANK TO 621 00:20:17,989 --> 00:20:20,358 PROMOTE EQUALITY, GENERATE BOLD 622 00:20:20,358 --> 00:20:22,360 IDEAS AND CATALYZE NEW ACTIONS. 623 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:25,229 IT IDENTIFIES AND ADDRESSES 624 00:20:25,229 --> 00:20:25,897 STRUCTURAL RACISM WITHIN NIH AND 625 00:20:25,897 --> 00:20:28,633 THE BROADER BIOMEDICAL AND 626 00:20:28,633 --> 00:20:29,967 BIOBEHAVIORAL WORKFORCE. 627 00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:31,803 AND SEEKS TO IDENTIFY 628 00:20:31,803 --> 00:20:33,504 OPPORTUNITIES AND MAKE 629 00:20:33,504 --> 00:20:34,072 RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS 630 00:20:34,072 --> 00:20:36,607 DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES 631 00:20:36,607 --> 00:20:39,677 TO ADVANCE DEIA EFFORTS. 632 00:20:39,677 --> 00:20:41,779 THE FACULTY INSTITUTIONAL 633 00:20:41,779 --> 00:20:43,781 RECRUITMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY 634 00:20:43,781 --> 00:20:46,484 TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM, OR FIRST 635 00:20:46,484 --> 00:20:47,418 FOR SHORT, IS A PROGRAM THAT'S 636 00:20:47,418 --> 00:20:49,687 MEANT TO DRAMATICALLY AFFECT 637 00:20:49,687 --> 00:20:51,022 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH BY ACHIEVING 638 00:20:51,022 --> 00:20:52,223 A SET OF HIGH IMPACT GOALS 639 00:20:52,223 --> 00:20:54,358 WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME. 640 00:20:54,358 --> 00:20:55,626 TYPICALLY THAT TIME FRAME IS NOT 641 00:20:55,626 --> 00:20:58,429 TO EXCEED 10 YEARS. 642 00:20:58,429 --> 00:21:00,865 THE COMMON FUND ALSO SUPPORTS 643 00:21:00,865 --> 00:21:02,333 NOVEL APPROACHES FOR TESTING NEW 644 00:21:02,333 --> 00:21:04,736 WAYS OF SUPPORTING THE ENTIRE 645 00:21:04,736 --> 00:21:06,104 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH WORKFORCE BY 646 00:21:06,104 --> 00:21:08,106 FOCUSING ON BOTH RECRUITMENT AND 647 00:21:08,106 --> 00:21:09,140 INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR 648 00:21:09,140 --> 00:21:10,274 FACULTY. 649 00:21:10,274 --> 00:21:12,076 THE GOAL OF THE FIRST PROGRAM IS 650 00:21:12,076 --> 00:21:14,479 TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BACKED 651 00:21:14,479 --> 00:21:16,214 STRATEGIES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY 652 00:21:16,214 --> 00:21:19,784 IMPACT AN INCLUSIVE -- AND 653 00:21:19,784 --> 00:21:21,052 EXCELLENCE WITHIN RESEARCH AND 654 00:21:21,052 --> 00:21:22,687 ULTIMATELY LOOK TO DIVERSIFY THE 655 00:21:22,687 --> 00:21:26,124 RESEARCH PORTFOLIO. 656 00:21:26,124 --> 00:21:28,826 WHEN TAKING A LOOK AT 657 00:21:28,826 --> 00:21:30,728 SUBOBJECTIVE 1.2, THE MAXIMIZING 658 00:21:30,728 --> 00:21:32,730 OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENTIFIC AND 659 00:21:32,730 --> 00:21:34,232 ACADEMIC INDEPENDENCE CAREERS, 660 00:21:34,232 --> 00:21:36,300 OR THE MOSAIC PROGRAM, IS A 661 00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:37,468 GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS HAS 662 00:21:37,468 --> 00:21:39,270 BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 663 00:21:39,270 --> 00:21:41,739 THE MOSAIC PROGRAM SUPPORTS 664 00:21:41,739 --> 00:21:43,941 NIH'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE A 665 00:21:43,941 --> 00:21:44,809 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH WORKFORCE 666 00:21:44,809 --> 00:21:45,610 THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THE FULL 667 00:21:45,610 --> 00:21:47,311 RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES, 668 00:21:47,311 --> 00:21:48,379 EXPERIENCES, AND BACKGROUNDS 669 00:21:48,379 --> 00:21:51,549 NEEDED TO ACHIEVE DISCOVERY. 670 00:21:51,549 --> 00:21:52,650 ULTIMATELY THE MOSAIC PROGRAM 671 00:21:52,650 --> 00:21:55,086 SEEKS TO FACILITATE A TIMELY 672 00:21:55,086 --> 00:21:57,021 TRANSITION OF PROMISING 673 00:21:57,021 --> 00:21:58,389 POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS FROM 674 00:21:58,389 --> 00:22:00,424 DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS FROM THEIR 675 00:22:00,424 --> 00:22:02,794 MENTORED, POSTDOCTORAL 676 00:22:02,794 --> 00:22:05,630 POSITIONS, TO FULL FACULTY 677 00:22:05,630 --> 00:22:07,965 TENURE TRACK OR EQUIVALENT 678 00:22:07,965 --> 00:22:09,267 POSITIONS FOCUSED ON RESEARCH. 679 00:22:09,267 --> 00:22:10,902 THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO 680 00:22:10,902 --> 00:22:12,170 SUPPORT POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS 681 00:22:12,170 --> 00:22:16,707 WHO HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED 682 00:22:16,707 --> 00:22:19,277 MEANINGFUL SUPPORT FOR DEIA 683 00:22:19,277 --> 00:22:25,750 ACTIVITIES IN THE BOY OWE -- INE 684 00:22:25,750 --> 00:22:30,021 BIOMEDICAL SPACE. 685 00:22:30,021 --> 00:22:33,291 A K99/R0 AWARD, AND THE 686 00:22:33,291 --> 00:22:34,158 ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH 687 00:22:34,158 --> 00:22:35,459 EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE 688 00:22:35,459 --> 00:22:37,562 AGREEMENT, WHICH IS A U55. 689 00:22:37,562 --> 00:22:38,729 THE THING THAT'S VERY 690 00:22:38,729 --> 00:22:39,730 INTERESTING AND NOTABLE ABOUT 691 00:22:39,730 --> 00:22:41,132 THIS PROGRAM IS SINCE ITS 692 00:22:41,132 --> 00:22:44,802 INCEPTION IN 2021, OVER 90% OF 693 00:22:44,802 --> 00:22:46,437 THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE 694 00:22:46,437 --> 00:22:47,772 SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED TO 695 00:22:47,772 --> 00:22:51,175 ACADEMIC POSITIONS, MEETING THE 696 00:22:51,175 --> 00:22:51,709 GOAL OF THE PROGRAM. 697 00:22:51,709 --> 00:22:53,511 THE OTHER REMAINING 10% ARE 698 00:22:53,511 --> 00:22:54,579 STILL CYCLING THROUGH THE 699 00:22:54,579 --> 00:22:55,913 PROGRAM, SO WE CAN SEE THIS IS A 700 00:22:55,913 --> 00:23:00,618 VERY EFFECTIVE WAY THAT 701 00:23:00,618 --> 00:23:01,385 SUBOBJECTIVE 1.2 HAS BEEN 702 00:23:01,385 --> 00:23:04,555 IMPLEMENTED. 703 00:23:04,555 --> 00:23:06,858 NEXT WHEN LOOKING AT 704 00:23:06,858 --> 00:23:07,625 SUBOBJECTIVE 1.3, A GREAT 705 00:23:07,625 --> 00:23:09,994 EXAMPLE IS THE STATE OF THE I.C. 706 00:23:09,994 --> 00:23:11,562 BRIEFINGS WHICH FOCUS ON 707 00:23:11,562 --> 00:23:13,030 ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY AND 708 00:23:13,030 --> 00:23:15,399 FOSTERING CONFIDENCE. 709 00:23:15,399 --> 00:23:17,401 EACH I.C. RECEIVES A CUSTOMIZED 710 00:23:17,401 --> 00:23:20,271 BRIEFING FROM EDI BASED ON A 711 00:23:20,271 --> 00:23:23,241 SELF-ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST, AND 712 00:23:23,241 --> 00:23:23,875 I.C.-SPECIFIC EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 713 00:23:23,875 --> 00:23:24,675 OPPORTUNITY ASSESSMENTS, WHICH 714 00:23:24,675 --> 00:23:28,646 ARE TIED TO A FEDERALLY MANDATED 715 00:23:28,646 --> 00:23:30,815 DIRECTIVE, MD715. 716 00:23:30,815 --> 00:23:35,620 ALSO, THIS POLICY GUIDELINE SETS 717 00:23:35,620 --> 00:23:36,787 STANDARDS FOR ESTABLISHING AND 718 00:23:36,787 --> 00:23:38,422 MAIN TA TAINING EFFECTIVE 719 00:23:38,422 --> 00:23:39,957 AFFIRMATIVE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS 720 00:23:39,957 --> 00:23:41,125 AND REQUIRES AGENCIES TO TAKE 721 00:23:41,125 --> 00:23:43,294 APPROPRIATE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT 722 00:23:43,294 --> 00:23:44,495 POLICY, PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES 723 00:23:44,495 --> 00:23:47,098 ARE CONDUCTED IN A 724 00:23:47,098 --> 00:23:48,132 DISCRIMINATION-FREE MANNER FOR 725 00:23:48,132 --> 00:23:48,766 ALL EMPLOYEES. 726 00:23:48,766 --> 00:23:50,701 BEFORE THE BRIEFING, EACH I.C. 727 00:23:50,701 --> 00:23:52,136 IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO 728 00:23:52,136 --> 00:23:54,605 COMPLETE AN I.C. SELF-ASSESSMENT 729 00:23:54,605 --> 00:23:56,807 CHECKLIST, WHICH SERVES AS THE 730 00:23:56,807 --> 00:23:58,376 FOUNDATION FOR THE I.C.'S 731 00:23:58,376 --> 00:24:00,077 CUSTOMIZED BRIEFING. 732 00:24:00,077 --> 00:24:01,545 ADDITIONALLY, EACH I.C. IS 733 00:24:01,545 --> 00:24:03,514 PROVIDED AN I.C.-SPECIFIC 734 00:24:03,514 --> 00:24:05,716 ASSESSMENT BASED ON EEO 735 00:24:05,716 --> 00:24:07,351 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ANALYSIS 736 00:24:07,351 --> 00:24:10,821 THAT PROVIDES AND IDENTIFIES 737 00:24:10,821 --> 00:24:15,226 BARRIERS TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 738 00:24:15,226 --> 00:24:17,161 AS WELL AS DEVELOP ACTION PLANS 739 00:24:17,161 --> 00:24:18,462 AND ENHANCES THE UNDERSTANDING 740 00:24:18,462 --> 00:24:21,299 OF EEO PRINCIPLES FOR THE 741 00:24:21,299 --> 00:24:22,199 I.C.s THAT RECEIVE THE 742 00:24:22,199 --> 00:24:23,901 BRIEFING. 743 00:24:23,901 --> 00:24:27,271 ANOTHER ACTIVITY THAT HIGHLIGHTS 744 00:24:27,271 --> 00:24:28,773 SUBOBJECTIVE 1.3 IS THE 745 00:24:28,773 --> 00:24:30,875 MANDATORY EEO TRAINING FOR ALL 746 00:24:30,875 --> 00:24:31,642 SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS WHICH 747 00:24:31,642 --> 00:24:32,977 IS OFFERED CONTINUOUSLY 748 00:24:32,977 --> 00:24:35,012 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN VARIOUS 749 00:24:35,012 --> 00:24:37,548 FORMATS. 750 00:24:37,548 --> 00:24:38,950 THE TRAINING COVERS A WIDE ARRAY 751 00:24:38,950 --> 00:24:41,752 OF TOPICS INCLUDING EEO 752 00:24:41,752 --> 00:24:42,687 REGULATIONS, DISPUTE 753 00:24:42,687 --> 00:24:43,788 RESOLUTIONS, SPECIAL EMPHASIS 754 00:24:43,788 --> 00:24:45,456 PROGRAM, AND THE ROLES AND 755 00:24:45,456 --> 00:24:46,557 RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUPERVISORS 756 00:24:46,557 --> 00:24:48,893 AND MANAGERS SUPPORTING EEO. 757 00:24:48,893 --> 00:24:50,795 THIS WILL HELP SUPERVISORS AND 758 00:24:50,795 --> 00:24:52,296 MANAGERS BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE 759 00:24:52,296 --> 00:24:53,898 THEIR ROLES AN RESPONSIBILITIES 760 00:24:53,898 --> 00:24:55,399 ARE WITH REGARD TO EEO 761 00:24:55,399 --> 00:24:58,002 REQUIREMENTS. 762 00:24:58,002 --> 00:25:00,271 AND LASTLY BUT CERTAINLY NOT 763 00:25:00,271 --> 00:25:02,673 LEAST, AN EXAMPLE OF HOW 764 00:25:02,673 --> 00:25:03,774 SUBOBJECTIVE 1.4 OF LEVERAGING 765 00:25:03,774 --> 00:25:06,043 EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS AND 766 00:25:06,043 --> 00:25:06,944 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN 767 00:25:06,944 --> 00:25:08,713 IMPLEMENTED CAN BE SEEN WHEN 768 00:25:08,713 --> 00:25:11,749 LOOKING AT THE COMPASS PROGRAM. 769 00:25:11,749 --> 00:25:13,284 THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP TO 770 00:25:13,284 --> 00:25:15,186 ADVANCE SCIENCE IN SOCIETY, ALSO 771 00:25:15,186 --> 00:25:16,787 KNOWN AS THE COMPASS PROGRAM, 772 00:25:16,787 --> 00:25:20,624 AIMS TO CATALYZE, DEPLOY, AND 773 00:25:20,624 --> 00:25:22,326 EVALUATE COMMUNITY-LED HEALTH 774 00:25:22,326 --> 00:25:24,795 EQUITY STRUCTURES BY INTERVENING 775 00:25:24,795 --> 00:25:26,430 AND PARTNERING WITH MULTIPLE 776 00:25:26,430 --> 00:25:28,599 SECTORS TO REDUCE HEALTH 777 00:25:28,599 --> 00:25:29,700 DISPARITIES. 778 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:32,370 THE PLAN BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY 779 00:25:32,370 --> 00:25:33,504 $200 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE 780 00:25:33,504 --> 00:25:36,273 YEARS, WHICH WILL FUND 25 781 00:25:36,273 --> 00:25:36,907 COMMUNITY-LED STRUCTURAL 782 00:25:36,907 --> 00:25:38,242 INTERVENTIONS. 783 00:25:38,242 --> 00:25:40,277 IT WILL ALSO FUND ONE AWARD FOR 784 00:25:40,277 --> 00:25:41,846 THE COMPASS COORDINATION CENTER 785 00:25:41,846 --> 00:25:44,248 AND UP TO FIVE HEALTH EQUITY 786 00:25:44,248 --> 00:25:45,016 RESEARCH HUBS. 787 00:25:45,016 --> 00:25:47,184 IN TERMS OF KEY ACHIEVEMENTS, 788 00:25:47,184 --> 00:25:48,953 COMPASS WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTING 789 00:25:48,953 --> 00:25:51,489 A LISTENING SESSION WITH OVER 790 00:25:51,489 --> 00:25:52,790 500 PARTICIPANTS TO HELP GUIDE 791 00:25:52,790 --> 00:25:55,860 THIS WORK, SO BOTH INTERNAL AND 792 00:25:55,860 --> 00:25:57,528 EXTERNAL FEEDBACK WILL BE 793 00:25:57,528 --> 00:25:57,795 GARNERED. 794 00:25:57,795 --> 00:25:59,363 AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER 795 00:25:59,363 --> 00:26:05,102 TO MY COLLEAGUE. 796 00:26:05,102 --> 00:26:06,670 >> ALL RIGHT. 797 00:26:06,670 --> 00:26:08,172 LET TURN OUR ATTENTION TO 798 00:26:08,172 --> 00:26:09,774 OBJECTIVE 2, WHICH AS YOU MIGHT 799 00:26:09,774 --> 00:26:14,078 REMEMBER FOCUSES ON WORKFORCE. 800 00:26:14,078 --> 00:26:15,880 SUBOBJECTIVE 2.1, CULTIVATING 801 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,248 DEIA WITHIN THE WORKFORCE AT 802 00:26:17,248 --> 00:26:18,582 NIH, DEMONSTRATES OUR COMMITMENT 803 00:26:18,582 --> 00:26:20,284 TO BUILDING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE 804 00:26:20,284 --> 00:26:22,219 EVERYONE AT NIH FEELS RESPECTED, 805 00:26:22,219 --> 00:26:24,722 VALUED AND EMPOWERED TO GROW. 806 00:26:24,722 --> 00:26:26,190 THIS SUBOBJECTIVE COVERS EFFORTS 807 00:26:26,190 --> 00:26:27,691 TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT, 808 00:26:27,691 --> 00:26:28,993 RETENTION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT 809 00:26:28,993 --> 00:26:31,962 FOR UNDERREPRESENTED AND 810 00:26:31,962 --> 00:26:32,396 UNDERSERVED GROUPS. 811 00:26:32,396 --> 00:26:33,898 WHETHER IT'S CREATING MORE 812 00:26:33,898 --> 00:26:36,167 INCLUSIVE HIRE PRACTICES OR 813 00:26:36,167 --> 00:26:36,867 PROVIDING MENTORSHIP 814 00:26:36,867 --> 00:26:37,668 OPPORTUNITIES WEE WORKING TO 815 00:26:37,668 --> 00:26:39,503 ENSURE THAT DIVERSE TALENT CAN 816 00:26:39,503 --> 00:26:42,640 THRIVE AT NIH. 817 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,308 SUBOBJECTIVE 2.2, STRENGTHENING 818 00:26:44,308 --> 00:26:47,178 DEIA WITHIN THE WORKFORCE AT 819 00:26:47,178 --> 00:26:47,912 NIH-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS, 820 00:26:47,912 --> 00:26:51,449 SHIFTS THE FOCUS TO OUR EXTERNAL 821 00:26:51,449 --> 00:26:51,715 PARTNERS. 822 00:26:51,715 --> 00:26:53,117 NIH IS NOT JUST LOOKING INWARD, 823 00:26:53,117 --> 00:26:54,118 BUT WE'RE ALSO LEADING BY 824 00:26:54,118 --> 00:26:55,886 EXAMPLE IN SUPPORTING THE 825 00:26:55,886 --> 00:26:57,188 BROADER BIOMEDICAL AND 826 00:26:57,188 --> 00:26:58,522 BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY. 827 00:26:58,522 --> 00:27:00,391 WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH 828 00:27:00,391 --> 00:27:01,092 NIH-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS TO 829 00:27:01,092 --> 00:27:02,560 HELP THEM BUILD THEIR OWN 830 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:07,131 DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKFORCEY 831 00:27:07,131 --> 00:27:07,998 IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES THAT 832 00:27:07,998 --> 00:27:09,300 ALIGN WITH OUR DEIA VISION. 833 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:10,668 NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME 834 00:27:10,668 --> 00:27:11,635 PROJECT INITIATIVES THAT ALIGN 835 00:27:11,635 --> 00:27:13,003 WITH THIS PARTICULAR OBJECTIVE 836 00:27:13,003 --> 00:27:14,004 AND HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT THAT 837 00:27:14,004 --> 00:27:17,842 WE'RE MAKING. 838 00:27:17,842 --> 00:27:20,644 FOR SUBOBJECTIVE 2.1 FOCUSING ON 839 00:27:20,644 --> 00:27:22,079 CULTIVATING DEIA WITHIN THE NIH 840 00:27:22,079 --> 00:27:23,614 WORKFORCE, LET'S DIVE INTO THE 841 00:27:23,614 --> 00:27:25,950 EMERGING TALENT PROGRAM, OR ETP. 842 00:27:25,950 --> 00:27:28,452 THE ETP IS DESIGNED TO CREATE 843 00:27:28,452 --> 00:27:29,286 OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES TO 844 00:27:29,286 --> 00:27:31,455 ENHANCE THEIR SKILLS, PURSUE 845 00:27:31,455 --> 00:27:32,890 PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, AND BUILD 846 00:27:32,890 --> 00:27:34,992 CONNECTIONS ACROSS NIH. 847 00:27:34,992 --> 00:27:38,095 DESIGNED FOR NIH GS5 THROUGH 848 00:27:38,095 --> 00:27:39,763 GS11 EMPLOYEES AND EQUIVALENTS, 849 00:27:39,763 --> 00:27:41,031 THIS PROGRAM GOES BEYOND JUST 850 00:27:41,031 --> 00:27:41,465 TRAINING. 851 00:27:41,465 --> 00:27:43,300 IT'S ABOUT FOSTERING 852 00:27:43,300 --> 00:27:44,168 COLLABORATION, INNOVATION AND 853 00:27:44,168 --> 00:27:45,636 CAREER DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE 854 00:27:45,636 --> 00:27:48,472 AGENCY. 855 00:27:48,472 --> 00:27:49,707 FOR 2024, THE NIH TRAINING 856 00:27:49,707 --> 00:27:52,042 CENTER INVITED I.C. EXECUTIVE 857 00:27:52,042 --> 00:27:53,210 OFFICERS TO NOMINATE 858 00:27:53,210 --> 00:27:55,179 PARTICIPANTS FOR TWO PILOT 859 00:27:55,179 --> 00:27:55,412 GROUPS. 860 00:27:55,412 --> 00:27:58,482 EACH CONSISTING OF 30 EMPLOYEES. 861 00:27:58,482 --> 00:27:59,950 THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE'RE 862 00:27:59,950 --> 00:28:01,252 CREATING A PATHWAY FOR 863 00:28:01,252 --> 00:28:02,920 PARTICIPANTS NOT ONLY TO DEVELOP 864 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,322 NEW SKILLS, BUT ALSO ACTIVELY 865 00:28:05,322 --> 00:28:07,458 ENGAGE IN CROSS-NIH PROJECTS AND 866 00:28:07,458 --> 00:28:10,027 INITIATIVES. 867 00:28:10,027 --> 00:28:12,029 BY PRIORITIZING A CONTINUOUS 868 00:28:12,029 --> 00:28:14,632 LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, THE 869 00:28:14,632 --> 00:28:16,267 ETP IS HELPING NIH EMPLOYEES 870 00:28:16,267 --> 00:28:19,203 GROW THEIR CAREERS WHILE ALSO 871 00:28:19,203 --> 00:28:20,371 CONTRIBUTING MORE EFFECTIVELY TO 872 00:28:20,371 --> 00:28:22,940 THE AGENCY'S MISSION. 873 00:28:22,940 --> 00:28:24,341 HISTORICALLY, CAREER DEVELOPMENT 874 00:28:24,341 --> 00:28:25,476 OPPORTUNITIES WERE MORE 875 00:28:25,476 --> 00:28:28,412 ACCESSIBLE TO GS12 TO 15 LEVELS, 876 00:28:28,412 --> 00:28:30,748 LEAVING A GAP IN SUPPORT FOR 877 00:28:30,748 --> 00:28:32,583 THOSE AT GRADES 5 THROUGH 11. 878 00:28:32,583 --> 00:28:35,853 SO THE ETP ADDRESSES THIS 879 00:28:35,853 --> 00:28:37,521 DISPARITY BY CENTERING EQUITY 880 00:28:37,521 --> 00:28:38,889 AND INCLUSION, PROVIDING ACCESS 881 00:28:38,889 --> 00:28:40,658 TO GROWTH AND EXPANDING THE 882 00:28:40,658 --> 00:28:41,759 NETWORK FOR VARIOUS 883 00:28:41,759 --> 00:28:42,726 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE 884 00:28:42,726 --> 00:28:47,064 PREVIOUSLY OUT OF REACH. 885 00:28:47,064 --> 00:28:49,099 AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF 886 00:28:49,099 --> 00:28:50,634 SUBOBJECTIVE 2.2, STRENGTHENING 887 00:28:50,634 --> 00:28:52,903 DEIA WITHIN THE WORKFORCE AT 888 00:28:52,903 --> 00:28:53,938 NIH-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS, IS 889 00:28:53,938 --> 00:28:56,607 THE ENHANCING AND ADVANCING 890 00:28:56,607 --> 00:29:00,811 RESEARCH WORKFORCE DIVERSITY OR 891 00:29:00,811 --> 00:29:05,482 EARA PROGRAM. 892 00:29:05,482 --> 00:29:07,218 THE PROGRAM AIMS TO PROMOTE 893 00:29:07,218 --> 00:29:08,552 INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE 894 00:29:08,552 --> 00:29:10,454 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH WORKFORCE BY 895 00:29:10,454 --> 00:29:12,923 ENHANCING RESEARCH CAPACITY AT 896 00:29:12,923 --> 00:29:14,391 RESEARCH-ACTIVE INSTITUTIONS OR 897 00:29:14,391 --> 00:29:16,760 RAIs, INCLUDING THOSE IN 898 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:18,395 UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. 899 00:29:18,395 --> 00:29:19,396 IT PROVIDES EVIDENCE-BASED 900 00:29:19,396 --> 00:29:20,698 TOOLS, RESOURCES AND 901 00:29:20,698 --> 00:29:22,566 INTERVENTIONS TO CREATE 902 00:29:22,566 --> 00:29:23,300 EQUITABLE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENTS 903 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:24,401 AND FOSTER DIVERSE RESEARCH 904 00:29:24,401 --> 00:29:26,136 TEAMS. 905 00:29:26,136 --> 00:29:28,205 THIS PROGRAM WORKS WITH AROUND 906 00:29:28,205 --> 00:29:31,041 50 RAIs, SUCH AS HISTORICALLY 907 00:29:31,041 --> 00:29:32,710 BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 908 00:29:32,710 --> 00:29:36,914 OR HBCUs, TRIBAL COLLEGES OR 909 00:29:36,914 --> 00:29:38,882 TCUs AND MINORITY SERVING 910 00:29:38,882 --> 00:29:40,284 INSTITUTIONS OR MSIs TO 911 00:29:40,284 --> 00:29:42,186 INCREASE AWARENESS IN 912 00:29:42,186 --> 00:29:43,587 UTILIZATION OF NIH RESOURCES, 913 00:29:43,587 --> 00:29:46,824 BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND EXPAND 914 00:29:46,824 --> 00:29:48,826 RAI OUTCOMES. 915 00:29:48,826 --> 00:29:52,196 AS WELL AS SUPPORTING RAIs IN 916 00:29:52,196 --> 00:29:54,098 URND SERVED COMMUNITIES AND 917 00:29:54,098 --> 00:29:56,100 TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO 918 00:29:56,100 --> 00:29:57,234 CULTURALLY COMPETENT HEALTH 919 00:29:57,234 --> 00:29:59,937 IMPROVEMENTS. 920 00:29:59,937 --> 00:30:02,039 IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMITTEE, 921 00:30:02,039 --> 00:30:03,907 THE PROGRAM TACKLES 922 00:30:03,907 --> 00:30:05,676 INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENTS FOR 923 00:30:05,676 --> 00:30:05,976 RAIs. 924 00:30:05,976 --> 00:30:08,512 AND I'LL GO AND PASS IT ON TO MY 925 00:30:08,512 --> 00:30:10,080 COLLEAGUE, CAITLYN, WHO WILL GO 926 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:19,256 THROUGH OBJECTIVE 3. 927 00:30:19,256 --> 00:30:20,024 >> GOOD MORNING. 928 00:30:20,024 --> 00:30:21,525 MY NAME IS CAITLYN. 929 00:30:21,525 --> 00:30:24,061 I'M STARTING WEEK 5 ON THE SDI 930 00:30:24,061 --> 00:30:26,230 TEAM AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 931 00:30:26,230 --> 00:30:28,165 OBJECTIVE 3. 932 00:30:28,165 --> 00:30:29,667 SO LET'S EXPLORE THE 933 00:30:29,667 --> 00:30:31,502 SUBOBJECTIVES, FOCUS ON 934 00:30:31,502 --> 00:30:34,204 PROMOTING WORKFORCE RESEARCH AND 935 00:30:34,204 --> 00:30:39,943 ENHANCING RESEARCH WITHIN THE 936 00:30:39,943 --> 00:30:41,478 3.1, PROMOTING WORKFORCE 937 00:30:41,478 --> 00:30:42,846 RESEARCH, SHOWS THAT NIH IS 938 00:30:42,846 --> 00:30:44,548 COMMITTING TO SUPPORTING 939 00:30:44,548 --> 00:30:46,050 VIGOROUS RESEARCH AIMED AT 940 00:30:46,050 --> 00:30:47,551 DETERMINING THE MOST EFFECTIVE 941 00:30:47,551 --> 00:30:49,119 POLICIES, PRACTICES AND 942 00:30:49,119 --> 00:30:50,120 PROCEDURES FOR ENHANCING DEIA 943 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,456 WITHIN THE WORKFORCE AT NIH AND 944 00:30:52,456 --> 00:30:54,291 NIH-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS. 945 00:30:54,291 --> 00:30:55,959 THIS SUBOBJECTIVE EMPHASIZES THE 946 00:30:55,959 --> 00:30:59,263 IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING HOW 947 00:30:59,263 --> 00:31:00,631 DEIA IN THE WORKFORCE CAN 948 00:31:00,631 --> 00:31:05,669 FURTHER ADVANCE THE NIH MISSION. 949 00:31:05,669 --> 00:31:06,970 SUBOBJECTIVE 3.2, ENHANCING 950 00:31:06,970 --> 00:31:08,972 HEALTH RESEARCH, DESCRIBES THAT 951 00:31:08,972 --> 00:31:10,874 NIH WILL BUILD ON ITS ROBUST 952 00:31:10,874 --> 00:31:13,477 PORTFOLIO OF RESEARCH, MINORITY 953 00:31:13,477 --> 00:31:14,778 HEALTH AND HET DISPARITIES AS A 954 00:31:14,778 --> 00:31:16,413 CRITICAL COMPONENT OF DEIA. 955 00:31:16,413 --> 00:31:18,315 THIS SUBOBJECTIVE FOCUSES ON 956 00:31:18,315 --> 00:31:19,350 HEALTH RESEARCH THAT IS 957 00:31:19,350 --> 00:31:22,720 INCLUSIVE AND RECOGNIZES THE 958 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,221 INTERSECTIONALITY OF DEFINING 959 00:31:24,221 --> 00:31:25,122 CHARACTERISTICS AND LIVED 960 00:31:25,122 --> 00:31:26,423 EXPERIENCES. 961 00:31:26,423 --> 00:31:27,958 THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE 962 00:31:27,958 --> 00:31:29,460 SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF 963 00:31:29,460 --> 00:31:30,694 HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR ALL 964 00:31:30,694 --> 00:31:32,429 POPULATIONS. 965 00:31:32,429 --> 00:31:33,964 BY ACKNOWLEDGING AND ADDRESSING 966 00:31:33,964 --> 00:31:35,866 THE COMPLEX INTERPLAY OF FACTORS 967 00:31:35,866 --> 00:31:37,568 THAT INFLUENCE HEALTH OUTCOMES, 968 00:31:37,568 --> 00:31:39,269 NIH AIMS TO PRODUCE RESEARCH 969 00:31:39,269 --> 00:31:41,605 THAT IS MORE REPRESENTATIVE AND 970 00:31:41,605 --> 00:31:47,378 RELEVANT TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. 971 00:31:47,378 --> 00:31:49,713 FOR SUBOBJECTIVE 3.1, WHICH 972 00:31:49,713 --> 00:31:52,416 FOCUSES ON ADVANCING WORKFORCE 973 00:31:52,416 --> 00:31:54,418 RESEARCH, WE'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT 974 00:31:54,418 --> 00:31:55,419 THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG 975 00:31:55,419 --> 00:31:57,354 ABUSE, NIDA, DIVERSITY SCHOLARS 976 00:31:57,354 --> 00:31:59,857 NETWORK. 977 00:31:59,857 --> 00:32:01,525 THE NIDA DIVERSITY SCHOLARS 978 00:32:01,525 --> 00:32:03,360 NETWORK IS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE 979 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:04,528 THE FUNDING SUCCESS OF EARLY 980 00:32:04,528 --> 00:32:06,029 CAREER INVESTIGATORS FROM 981 00:32:06,029 --> 00:32:07,364 DIVERSE AND UNDERREPRESENTED 982 00:32:07,364 --> 00:32:07,965 BACKGROUNDS. 983 00:32:07,965 --> 00:32:09,199 THROUGH A SERIES OF THREE 984 00:32:09,199 --> 00:32:09,900 TARGETED WORKSHOPS AND 985 00:32:09,900 --> 00:32:11,869 INDIVIDUAL COACHING SESSIONS, 986 00:32:11,869 --> 00:32:13,103 PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE 987 00:32:13,103 --> 00:32:14,405 COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO DEVELOP 988 00:32:14,405 --> 00:32:16,607 A COMPLETE RESEARCH OR CAREER 989 00:32:16,607 --> 00:32:17,474 DEVELOPMENT AWARD APPLICATION 990 00:32:17,474 --> 00:32:20,411 FOR NIDA FUNDING CONSIDERATION. 991 00:32:20,411 --> 00:32:22,112 THE WORKSHOPS COVER CENTRAL 992 00:32:22,112 --> 00:32:24,915 TOPICS SUCH AS DMES TI GUYING 993 00:32:24,915 --> 00:32:26,784 THE NIH GRANTS PROCESS, 994 00:32:26,784 --> 00:32:28,752 MASTERING GRANT-WRITING 995 00:32:28,752 --> 00:32:29,620 FUNDAMENTALS, ENGAGING WITH 996 00:32:29,620 --> 00:32:31,288 PROGRAM OFFICERS, AND 997 00:32:31,288 --> 00:32:32,322 PARTICIPATING IN A MOCKERY VIEW 998 00:32:32,322 --> 00:32:35,426 OF THE GRANT APPLICATION. 999 00:32:35,426 --> 00:32:36,894 THE PROGRAM'S IMPACT HAS BEEN 1000 00:32:36,894 --> 00:32:37,995 SUBSTANTIAL. 1001 00:32:37,995 --> 00:32:40,464 FROM 2016 TO 2021, 53% OF 1002 00:32:40,464 --> 00:32:41,365 PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED FUNDING 1003 00:32:41,365 --> 00:32:44,468 WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS. 1004 00:32:44,468 --> 00:32:46,670 THE SUCCESS RATE INCREASED TO 1005 00:32:46,670 --> 00:32:47,838 69% WITHIN FOUR YEARS, 1006 00:32:47,838 --> 00:32:49,173 COMPLETING THE PROGRAM. 1007 00:32:49,173 --> 00:32:50,674 BY PROVIDING TARGETED GUIDANCE 1008 00:32:50,674 --> 00:32:52,910 AND RESOURCES, THE NIDA 1009 00:32:52,910 --> 00:32:54,478 DIVERSITY SCHOLARS NETWORK IS 1010 00:32:54,478 --> 00:32:55,979 FOSTERING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND 1011 00:32:55,979 --> 00:32:56,647 DIVERSE RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND 1012 00:32:56,647 --> 00:32:58,715 IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE 1013 00:32:58,715 --> 00:33:01,985 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC 1014 00:33:01,985 --> 00:33:04,888 ADVANCEMENT AND HEALTH EQUITY. 1015 00:33:04,888 --> 00:33:07,558 NEXT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THE 1016 00:33:07,558 --> 00:33:08,192 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY 1017 00:33:08,192 --> 00:33:12,062 HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES, 1018 00:33:12,062 --> 00:33:13,263 NIMHD, HEALTH DISPARITIES 1019 00:33:13,263 --> 00:33:15,165 RESEARCH INSTITUTE, HDRI, WHICH 1020 00:33:15,165 --> 00:33:17,768 ALIGNS WITH SUBOBJECTIVE 3.2, 1021 00:33:17,768 --> 00:33:19,236 FOCUSING ON ENHANCING HEALTH 1022 00:33:19,236 --> 00:33:21,305 RESEARCH. 1023 00:33:21,305 --> 00:33:23,307 THE HGRI IS DEDICATED TO 1024 00:33:23,307 --> 00:33:24,341 CULTIVATING THE NEXT GENERATION 1025 00:33:24,341 --> 00:33:26,376 OF MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH 1026 00:33:26,376 --> 00:33:27,110 DISPARITIES RESEARCHERS. 1027 00:33:27,110 --> 00:33:30,047 THE PROGRAM FEATURES LECTURES ON 1028 00:33:30,047 --> 00:33:31,548 MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH 1029 00:33:31,548 --> 00:33:32,516 DISPARITIES RESEARCH, SMALL 1030 00:33:32,516 --> 00:33:35,185 GROUP DISCUSSION, MOCK GRANT 1031 00:33:35,185 --> 00:33:37,221 REVIEWS AND SEMINARS ON CRITICAL 1032 00:33:37,221 --> 00:33:38,989 TOPICS, SUCH AS THE ETIOLOGY OF 1033 00:33:38,989 --> 00:33:40,290 HEALTH DISPARITIES, RESEARCH 1034 00:33:40,290 --> 00:33:42,593 DESIGN, METHODS AND MEASUREMENT, 1035 00:33:42,593 --> 00:33:43,794 AND INTERVENTION AND 1036 00:33:43,794 --> 00:33:45,896 IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH. 1037 00:33:45,896 --> 00:33:49,666 SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2016, 1038 00:33:49,666 --> 00:33:51,735 HGRI HAS SUPPORTED OVER 500 1039 00:33:51,735 --> 00:33:53,070 SCHOLARS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 1040 00:33:53,070 --> 00:33:55,172 25 STATES, PUERTO RICO, GUAM, 1041 00:33:55,172 --> 00:33:57,274 AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 1042 00:33:57,274 --> 00:33:59,142 BY EQUIPPING THESE EMERGING 1043 00:33:59,142 --> 00:34:00,410 RESEARCHERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE 1044 00:34:00,410 --> 00:34:02,713 AND SKILLS TO ADDRESS COMPLEX 1045 00:34:02,713 --> 00:34:04,381 HEALTH DISPARITIES, THE HDRI IS 1046 00:34:04,381 --> 00:34:06,817 MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON 1047 00:34:06,817 --> 00:34:08,318 ENHANCING HEALTH RESEARCH AND 1048 00:34:08,318 --> 00:34:09,253 ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY. 1049 00:34:09,253 --> 00:34:11,622 I'D LIKE TO CALL UP DR. LU TO 1050 00:34:11,622 --> 00:34:15,692 GIVE OUR CLOSING REMARKS. 1051 00:34:15,692 --> 00:34:16,226 >> ALL RIGHT. 1052 00:34:16,226 --> 00:34:17,494 SO WE DISCUSSED A LOT TODAY AND 1053 00:34:17,494 --> 00:34:18,762 WE HOPE THAT THIS HAS BEEN 1054 00:34:18,762 --> 00:34:20,330 HELPFUL FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND 1055 00:34:20,330 --> 00:34:23,233 THE NIH-WIDE DEIA STRATEGIC 1056 00:34:23,233 --> 00:34:23,901 PLAN. 1057 00:34:23,901 --> 00:34:24,635 SO GIVEN THE INFORMATION THAT 1058 00:34:24,635 --> 00:34:26,136 YOU HAVE NOW, PLEASE GO AND TAKE 1059 00:34:26,136 --> 00:34:27,838 OUT YOUR PHONES, USE THIS QR 1060 00:34:27,838 --> 00:34:30,574 CODE AGAIN, AND LET US KNOW, AND 1061 00:34:30,574 --> 00:34:32,009 THIS TIME YOU'RE GOING TO CLICK 1062 00:34:32,009 --> 00:34:33,544 ON THE "CLOSING QUESTION," WHAT 1063 00:34:33,544 --> 00:34:34,478 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE COME OUT 1064 00:34:34,478 --> 00:34:36,213 OF THE PLAN FOR THE REMAINDER OF 1065 00:34:36,213 --> 00:34:40,651 THE CYCLE? 1066 00:34:40,651 --> 00:34:42,986 AND I THINK FOR THE PURPOSES OF 1067 00:34:42,986 --> 00:34:44,254 TIME, WE WON'T GENERATE THE WORD 1068 00:34:44,254 --> 00:34:45,756 CLOUD, BUT WE WOULD STILL LIKE 1069 00:34:45,756 --> 00:34:47,424 TO COLLECT THIS FEEDBACK FOR US 1070 00:34:47,424 --> 00:34:47,991 IN THE FUTURE. 1071 00:34:47,991 --> 00:34:49,126 SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE LET US 1072 00:34:49,126 --> 00:34:59,670 KNOW THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 1073 00:35:14,985 --> 00:35:16,353 SO WHAT'S NEXT ON OUR END FOR 1074 00:35:16,353 --> 00:35:17,921 THE DEIA STRATEGIC PLAN? 1075 00:35:17,921 --> 00:35:19,756 WITH AN EDI, WE ARE PREPARING 1076 00:35:19,756 --> 00:35:20,891 FOR SEVERAL ACTION STEPS TO 1077 00:35:20,891 --> 00:35:22,292 ENSURE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THE 1078 00:35:22,292 --> 00:35:23,360 MOMENTUM OF THE WORK THAT IS 1079 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:24,928 BEING DONE ACROSS THE AGENCY. 1080 00:35:24,928 --> 00:35:25,996 SO THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS 1081 00:35:25,996 --> 00:35:27,431 THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON. 1082 00:35:27,431 --> 00:35:30,767 THE FIRST ONE IS DATA ORIENTED 1083 00:35:30,767 --> 00:35:31,735 EFFORTS. 1084 00:35:31,735 --> 00:35:32,769 UTILIZING DATA TO INFORM OUR 1085 00:35:32,769 --> 00:35:34,137 EFFORTS IS KEY TO IMPLEMENTING 1086 00:35:34,137 --> 00:35:36,340 THE DEIA STRATEGIC PLAN. 1087 00:35:36,340 --> 00:35:37,674 BY ANALYZING TRENDS AND METRICS, 1088 00:35:37,674 --> 00:35:40,077 WE CAN IDENTIFY AREAS OF 1089 00:35:40,077 --> 00:35:40,677 OPPORTUNITY, MEASURE PROGRESS 1090 00:35:40,677 --> 00:35:41,945 AND MAKE DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS 1091 00:35:41,945 --> 00:35:43,814 THAT ENSURE OUR INITIATIVES ARE 1092 00:35:43,814 --> 00:35:47,884 BOTH IMPACTFUL AND MEASURABLE. 1093 00:35:47,884 --> 00:35:49,186 NUMBER TWO, EDUCATIONAL 1094 00:35:49,186 --> 00:35:50,253 ENGAGEMENTS. 1095 00:35:50,253 --> 00:35:51,755 TO FOSTER A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING 1096 00:35:51,755 --> 00:35:53,690 OF THE PLAN, WE'LL BE OFFERING 1097 00:35:53,690 --> 00:35:54,458 EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS AND 1098 00:35:54,458 --> 00:35:55,325 PRESENTATIONS TAILORED TO 1099 00:35:55,325 --> 00:35:58,061 VARIOUS GROUPS IN INSTITUTES AND 1100 00:35:58,061 --> 00:35:58,595 CENTERS. 1101 00:35:58,595 --> 00:35:59,596 SO IF YOU'D LIKE A 1102 00:35:59,596 --> 00:36:00,697 REPRESENTATIVE FROM EDI TO 1103 00:36:00,697 --> 00:36:03,500 PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEI 1104 00:36:03,500 --> 00:36:04,468 STRATEGIC TEAM, PLEASE REACH OUT 1105 00:36:04,468 --> 00:36:04,968 TO US. 1106 00:36:04,968 --> 00:36:06,069 WE'RE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING 1107 00:36:06,069 --> 00:36:07,771 OUR STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH THESE 1108 00:36:07,771 --> 00:36:08,939 LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO 1109 00:36:08,939 --> 00:36:10,407 ENHANCE DEIA INTEGRATION ACROSS 1110 00:36:10,407 --> 00:36:13,243 THE AGENCY. 1111 00:36:13,243 --> 00:36:15,012 NUMBER THREE, POLICY DEVELOPMENT 1112 00:36:15,012 --> 00:36:16,113 AND ALIGNMENT. 1113 00:36:16,113 --> 00:36:18,048 CENTRAL TO OUR EFFORTS IS THE 1114 00:36:18,048 --> 00:36:19,449 DEVELOPMENT AND ALIGNMENT OF 1115 00:36:19,449 --> 00:36:20,984 DEIA POLICIES. 1116 00:36:20,984 --> 00:36:22,719 WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH NIH 1117 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:23,854 STAKEHOLDERS TO CREATE LEGALLY 1118 00:36:23,854 --> 00:36:27,124 SOUND AND IMPACTFUL POLICIES IN 1119 00:36:27,124 --> 00:36:28,325 CIVIL RIGHTS AND DIVERSITY AND 1120 00:36:28,325 --> 00:36:28,592 INCLUSION. 1121 00:36:28,592 --> 00:36:30,527 OUR GOAL IS TO ALIGN THE PLAN 1122 00:36:30,527 --> 00:36:34,197 WITH EXISTING NIH POLICIES, EEOC 1123 00:36:34,197 --> 00:36:36,700 MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVES SUCH AS 1124 00:36:36,700 --> 00:36:38,535 THE ND715 AND RELEVANT 1125 00:36:38,535 --> 00:36:39,302 PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS. 1126 00:36:39,302 --> 00:36:42,673 BY DOING SO, WE ENSURE COHESIVE 1127 00:36:42,673 --> 00:36:44,041 POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS 1128 00:36:44,041 --> 00:36:46,376 DEIA OBJECTIVES. 1129 00:36:46,376 --> 00:36:48,412 THE FOURTH, STRATEGIC PLANNING 1130 00:36:48,412 --> 00:36:48,945 SUPPORT. 1131 00:36:48,945 --> 00:36:51,114 WE VALUE OUR ROLES AS STRATEGIC 1132 00:36:51,114 --> 00:36:52,249 PARTNERS IN HELPING YOUR 1133 00:36:52,249 --> 00:36:53,917 RELEVANT ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP 1134 00:36:53,917 --> 00:36:56,286 AND IMPLEMENT DEIA STRATEGIES. 1135 00:36:56,286 --> 00:36:57,487 OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO 1136 00:36:57,487 --> 00:36:59,456 PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND COLLABORATE 1137 00:36:59,456 --> 00:37:01,558 ON STRATEGY ALIGNED ACTIVITIES 1138 00:37:01,558 --> 00:37:02,993 TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES. 1139 00:37:02,993 --> 00:37:04,661 WE LOOK FORWARD TO STRENGTHENING 1140 00:37:04,661 --> 00:37:06,129 THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPANDING 1141 00:37:06,129 --> 00:37:07,497 OUR SUPPORT TO ALIGN WITH YOUR 1142 00:37:07,497 --> 00:37:09,499 EVOLVING NEEDS. 1143 00:37:09,499 --> 00:37:11,134 AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST 1144 00:37:11,134 --> 00:37:12,569 IS OUR WEBSITE AND RESOURCE 1145 00:37:12,569 --> 00:37:13,537 UPDATES. 1146 00:37:13,537 --> 00:37:14,905 WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING 1147 00:37:14,905 --> 00:37:17,774 OUR WEBSITE TO INCLUDE NEW 1148 00:37:17,774 --> 00:37:19,976 RESOURCES AND DETAILED 1149 00:37:19,976 --> 00:37:21,611 INFORMATION ON THE DEIA 1150 00:37:21,611 --> 00:37:22,379 STRATEGIC PLAN. 1151 00:37:22,379 --> 00:37:23,613 THIS ENHANCED PLATFORM WILL 1152 00:37:23,613 --> 00:37:25,615 SERVE AS A HUB FOR DEIA-RELATED 1153 00:37:25,615 --> 00:37:26,750 CONTENT AND SUPPORT TOOLS, 1154 00:37:26,750 --> 00:37:28,185 MAKING IT EASIER FOR YOU TO 1155 00:37:28,185 --> 00:37:30,153 ACCESS THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO 1156 00:37:30,153 --> 00:37:31,521 INFORM AND ADVANCE YOUR DEIA 1157 00:37:31,521 --> 00:37:33,457 EFFORTS. 1158 00:37:33,457 --> 00:37:34,925 SO WITH THAT, WE WANT TO THANK 1159 00:37:34,925 --> 00:37:36,960 YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY 1160 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:38,028 REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING AND 1161 00:37:38,028 --> 00:37:39,329 ENGAGING IN OUR SESSION ON THE 1162 00:37:39,329 --> 00:37:40,697 PLAN. 1163 00:37:40,697 --> 00:37:41,598 AT THE BEGINNING, WE TALKED 1164 00:37:41,598 --> 00:37:44,201 ABOUT HOW THE PLAN IS LIKE A 1165 00:37:44,201 --> 00:37:44,768 SYMPHONY, BRINGING TOGETHER 1166 00:37:44,768 --> 00:37:45,669 DIFFERENT VOICES AND TALENTS 1167 00:37:45,669 --> 00:37:47,204 ACROSS THE NIH TO CREATE A 1168 00:37:47,204 --> 00:37:48,672 UNIFIED SOUND. 1169 00:37:48,672 --> 00:37:49,639 TODAY'S DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTED 1170 00:37:49,639 --> 00:37:51,308 THE MANY WAYS THAT OUR 1171 00:37:51,308 --> 00:37:52,375 COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ARE 1172 00:37:52,375 --> 00:37:54,244 HARMONIZING TO BUILD A MORE 1173 00:37:54,244 --> 00:37:55,779 DIVERSE, EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE 1174 00:37:55,779 --> 00:37:57,547 AND ACCESSIBLE RESEARCH 1175 00:37:57,547 --> 00:37:58,782 ENVIRONMENT. 1176 00:37:58,782 --> 00:38:01,017 EACH INITIATIVE, EACH 1177 00:38:01,017 --> 00:38:02,119 CONVERSATION, AND EACH 1178 00:38:02,119 --> 00:38:03,453 INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION IS A 1179 00:38:03,453 --> 00:38:05,555 NOTE THAT ENRICHES THE OVERALL 1180 00:38:05,555 --> 00:38:05,956 MELODY. 1181 00:38:05,956 --> 00:38:07,290 TODAY WE ARE NOT JUST PLAYING 1182 00:38:07,290 --> 00:38:08,792 SEPARATE PIECES, WE'RE 1183 00:38:08,792 --> 00:38:09,559 ORCHESTRATING A TRANSFORMATIVE 1184 00:38:09,559 --> 00:38:10,460 MOVEMENT THAT RESONATES 1185 00:38:10,460 --> 00:38:11,628 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AGENCY. 1186 00:38:11,628 --> 00:38:13,130 SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, AND 1187 00:38:13,130 --> 00:38:15,031 WE'LL GO AND OPEN IT UP FOR 1188 00:38:15,031 --> 00:38:17,901 QUESTIONS AND ANY THOUGHTS. 1189 00:38:17,901 --> 00:38:24,841 [APPLAUSE] 1190 00:38:24,841 --> 00:38:26,843 >> GOOD MORNING, DR. LU. 1191 00:38:26,843 --> 00:38:28,612 A COUPLE OF PEOPLE PULLED ME TO 1192 00:38:28,612 --> 00:38:30,714 THE SIDE AND HAD A QUESTION FOR 1193 00:38:30,714 --> 00:38:31,214 YOU. 1194 00:38:31,214 --> 00:38:33,150 IT'S REGARDING THE LANGUAGE AND 1195 00:38:33,150 --> 00:38:35,418 THE CONCEPTS USED IN THE DEIA 1196 00:38:35,418 --> 00:38:35,886 STRATEGIC PLAN. 1197 00:38:35,886 --> 00:38:38,455 IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S 1198 00:38:38,455 --> 00:38:41,658 SOMEWHAT -- IT'S A LITTLE BIT 1199 00:38:41,658 --> 00:38:42,926 REPETITIVE, AND SO I GUESS THE 1200 00:38:42,926 --> 00:38:45,796 QUESTION IS, WAS THIS 1201 00:38:45,796 --> 00:38:47,497 INTENTIONAL, WAS IT AN 1202 00:38:47,497 --> 00:38:48,598 OVERSIGHT, OR BOTH? 1203 00:38:48,598 --> 00:38:50,767 AND COULD YOU PROVIDE US SOME 1204 00:38:50,767 --> 00:38:52,235 CONTEXT FOR THAT? 1205 00:38:52,235 --> 00:38:52,669 >> SURE. 1206 00:38:52,669 --> 00:38:54,171 SO I'LL ADDRESS TWO SEPARATE 1207 00:38:54,171 --> 00:38:54,404 PARTS. 1208 00:38:54,404 --> 00:38:55,705 FIRST OFF, THAT'S A GREAT 1209 00:38:55,705 --> 00:38:56,206 QUESTION. 1210 00:38:56,206 --> 00:38:59,209 I'LL ADDRESS TWO PARTS OF THE 1211 00:38:59,209 --> 00:38:59,709 QUESTION. 1212 00:38:59,709 --> 00:39:01,011 THE FIRST ONE IS KIND OF 1213 00:39:01,011 --> 00:39:01,978 CONSISTENCY OF LANGUAGE. 1214 00:39:01,978 --> 00:39:03,680 SO IF YOU GO TO THE STRATEGIC 1215 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,749 PLAN, THERE'S ACTUALLY A PLACE 1216 00:39:05,749 --> 00:39:07,751 WHERE THEY SPECIFICALLY HAVE 1217 00:39:07,751 --> 00:39:11,154 WORDS, KEYWORDS, AND OFFICIAL 1218 00:39:11,154 --> 00:39:11,955 DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE OF THE WAY 1219 00:39:11,955 --> 00:39:13,857 THAT THE NIH DEFINES THOSE 1220 00:39:13,857 --> 00:39:14,124 KEYWORDS. 1221 00:39:14,124 --> 00:39:15,692 SO I WOULD HIGHLY ENCOURAGE FOR 1222 00:39:15,692 --> 00:39:17,027 FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK THROUGH 1223 00:39:17,027 --> 00:39:18,895 THAT BECAUSE THAT DEFINES THAT 1224 00:39:18,895 --> 00:39:20,897 THROUGHOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 1225 00:39:20,897 --> 00:39:22,799 THE SECOND ONE HAS TO DO WITH 1226 00:39:22,799 --> 00:39:25,936 THE REPETITIVENESS CERTAIN 1227 00:39:25,936 --> 00:39:27,370 STRATEGIES, AND TO BE HONEST, 1228 00:39:27,370 --> 00:39:28,805 WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT I 1229 00:39:28,805 --> 00:39:30,106 HAD THE SAME QUESTION AS WELL. 1230 00:39:30,106 --> 00:39:32,843 SO FOR EXAMPLE, A GOOD SPECIFIC 1231 00:39:32,843 --> 00:39:34,878 EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THAT 1232 00:39:34,878 --> 00:39:35,612 SURROUNDING DISABILITIES. 1233 00:39:35,612 --> 00:39:37,447 IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAN, 1234 00:39:37,447 --> 00:39:39,182 THERE'S THREE SPECIFIC 1235 00:39:39,182 --> 00:39:42,519 STRATEGIES THAT ARE TARGETED ON 1236 00:39:42,519 --> 00:39:44,921 DISABILITIES WITHIN NIH. 1237 00:39:44,921 --> 00:39:45,856 BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE 1238 00:39:45,856 --> 00:39:48,058 THEY SIT, THEY ACTUALLY SIT IN 1239 00:39:48,058 --> 00:39:49,159 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE 1240 00:39:49,159 --> 00:39:49,860 OBJECTIVES. 1241 00:39:49,860 --> 00:39:52,762 SO FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THEM IS 1242 00:39:52,762 --> 00:39:54,564 AN OBJECTIVE 1 THAT TALKS MORE 1243 00:39:54,564 --> 00:39:56,666 ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL PIECES, SO 1244 00:39:56,666 --> 00:39:58,835 THINGS LIKE FACILITIES, 1245 00:39:58,835 --> 00:40:00,604 OPERATIONS, THAT SITS WITHIN 1246 00:40:00,604 --> 00:40:00,937 OBJECTIVE 1. 1247 00:40:00,937 --> 00:40:03,039 THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT TALKS 1248 00:40:03,039 --> 00:40:04,975 MORE ABOUT SUPPORTING FOLKS WITH 1249 00:40:04,975 --> 00:40:06,076 DISABILITIES WITHIN THE 1250 00:40:06,076 --> 00:40:07,177 WORKFORCE. 1251 00:40:07,177 --> 00:40:09,012 SO THAT SITS WITHIN OBJECTIVE 2. 1252 00:40:09,012 --> 00:40:10,480 SO AS YOU CAN SEE, EVEN THOUGH 1253 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:12,249 THERE MIGHT BE SOME REPETITION 1254 00:40:12,249 --> 00:40:15,585 IN TERMS OF WHO OR, YOU KNOW, 1255 00:40:15,585 --> 00:40:18,355 THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT THE PLAN 1256 00:40:18,355 --> 00:40:20,056 IS SUPPORTING, IT REALLY DEPENDS 1257 00:40:20,056 --> 00:40:21,758 ON WHERE IT IS THE MOST ALIGNED 1258 00:40:21,758 --> 00:40:22,792 WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 1259 00:40:22,792 --> 00:40:23,827 SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR 1260 00:40:23,827 --> 00:40:24,094 QUESTION. 1261 00:40:24,094 --> 00:40:30,166 THANK YOU. 1262 00:40:30,166 --> 00:40:32,168 >> HI, DR. LU. 1263 00:40:32,168 --> 00:40:33,370 I HAD A QUESTION. 1264 00:40:33,370 --> 00:40:37,040 I NOTICED THAT THE PLAN ENDS IN 1265 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:38,241 2025. 1266 00:40:38,241 --> 00:40:40,277 SO I WANTED TO ASK WHAT YOUR 1267 00:40:40,277 --> 00:40:41,745 VISION IS, AS WE LOOK AT THIS 1268 00:40:41,745 --> 00:40:43,079 PLAN MOVING FORWARD. 1269 00:40:43,079 --> 00:40:45,582 DO YOU SEE US MAKING ANY 1270 00:40:45,582 --> 00:40:47,717 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OR ARE WE 1271 00:40:47,717 --> 00:40:48,852 PLANNING TO CONTINUE THE PLAN 1272 00:40:48,852 --> 00:40:50,287 THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT FORTH AS 1273 00:40:50,287 --> 00:40:51,588 WE LOOK PAST 2025? 1274 00:40:51,588 --> 00:40:53,623 >> THANK YOU. 1275 00:40:53,623 --> 00:40:54,391 THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1276 00:40:54,391 --> 00:40:58,261 SO THE PLAN ENDS IN 2027. 1277 00:40:58,261 --> 00:41:02,499 SO WE'RE MID-CYCLE ROUGHLY OR 1278 00:41:02,499 --> 00:41:04,367 SO, WHICH IS WHY THE TITLE OF 1279 00:41:04,367 --> 00:41:06,069 THIS PRESENTATION IS A MID CYCLE 1280 00:41:06,069 --> 00:41:06,703 PROGRESS REPORT. 1281 00:41:06,703 --> 00:41:08,038 SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, A BIG PART 1282 00:41:08,038 --> 00:41:09,873 OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY 1283 00:41:09,873 --> 00:41:11,474 AMPLIFYING AND CONNECTING A LOT 1284 00:41:11,474 --> 00:41:13,176 OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING 1285 00:41:13,176 --> 00:41:14,177 DONE ACROSS THE AGENCY. 1286 00:41:14,177 --> 00:41:16,046 AS WE ALL KNOW, NIH IS HUGE. 1287 00:41:16,046 --> 00:41:17,347 I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR SIX 1288 00:41:17,347 --> 00:41:17,881 MONTHS. 1289 00:41:17,881 --> 00:41:19,783 EVERY SINGLE WEEK, EVERY SINGLE 1290 00:41:19,783 --> 00:41:20,984 DAY I LEARN SOMETHING NEW ABOUT 1291 00:41:20,984 --> 00:41:22,152 THE AGENCY, AND REALLY GREAT 1292 00:41:22,152 --> 00:41:23,687 WORK THAT'S BEING DONE. 1293 00:41:23,687 --> 00:41:25,588 SO WHAT OUR TEAM IS REALLY DOING 1294 00:41:25,588 --> 00:41:27,891 IS ALIGNING AND AMPLIFYING THE 1295 00:41:27,891 --> 00:41:30,460 WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO THE 1296 00:41:30,460 --> 00:41:30,994 STRATEGIC PLAN. 1297 00:41:30,994 --> 00:41:34,297 AS FAR AS THE NEXT CYCLE GOES, 1298 00:41:34,297 --> 00:41:35,298 SO WITHOUT SPEAKING TOO MUCH 1299 00:41:35,298 --> 00:41:36,933 ABOUT IT, BUT I KNOW THAT JUST 1300 00:41:36,933 --> 00:41:39,502 AS PART OF STRATEGIC PLANNING 1301 00:41:39,502 --> 00:41:40,503 PROCESSES USUALLY PLAN OUT A 1302 00:41:40,503 --> 00:41:41,771 YEAR FROM THAT, SO I BELIEVE FOR 1303 00:41:41,771 --> 00:41:43,840 THE NEXT CYCLE, WE WOULD START 1304 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:45,408 HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITHIN 1305 00:41:45,408 --> 00:41:47,711 THE NEXT TWO YEARS OR SO. 1306 00:41:47,711 --> 00:41:50,080 THANK YOU. 1307 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,983 >> YES, DR. LU, THANK YOU SO 1308 00:41:52,983 --> 00:41:54,084 MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION ALONG 1309 00:41:54,084 --> 00:41:54,617 WITH YOUR TEAM. 1310 00:41:54,617 --> 00:41:56,086 IT WAS OUTSTANDING. 1311 00:41:56,086 --> 00:42:01,391 AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT 1312 00:42:01,391 --> 00:42:02,792 THAT THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX 1313 00:42:02,792 --> 00:42:03,994 ENDEAVOR TO PULL ALL THE PIECES 1314 00:42:03,994 --> 00:42:07,497 OF THE PUZZLE TOGETHER. 1315 00:42:07,497 --> 00:42:11,001 NIH HAS HAD A PLETHORA, RUNS OF 1316 00:42:11,001 --> 00:42:17,307 DEIA INITIATIVES OVER THE YEARS, 1317 00:42:17,307 --> 00:42:17,707 OR THOUSANDS. 1318 00:42:17,707 --> 00:42:20,210 TO PULL THEM ALL TOGETHER INTO 1319 00:42:20,210 --> 00:42:22,345 ONE STRATEGIC PLAN IS NO EASY 1320 00:42:22,345 --> 00:42:23,713 FEAT, SO I APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR 1321 00:42:23,713 --> 00:42:26,416 TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, 1322 00:42:26,416 --> 00:42:30,653 IN A USER-FRIENDLY, 1323 00:42:30,653 --> 00:42:31,888 UNDERSTANDABLE WAY SO THAT THE 1324 00:42:31,888 --> 00:42:34,791 ENTIRE NIH CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S 1325 00:42:34,791 --> 00:42:36,826 HAPPENING, AND TRACKING AND 1326 00:42:36,826 --> 00:42:38,695 ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE 1327 00:42:38,695 --> 00:42:40,030 ACTIVITIES ARE CAPTURED 1328 00:42:40,030 --> 00:42:40,296 PROPERLY. 1329 00:42:40,296 --> 00:42:42,799 SO KUDOS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. 1330 00:42:42,799 --> 00:42:44,501 >> THANK YOU. 1331 00:42:44,501 --> 00:42:44,701 AND -- 1332 00:42:44,701 --> 00:42:46,169 [APPLAUSE] 1333 00:42:46,169 --> 00:42:47,904 LIKE I MENTIONED, I WOULD BE 1334 00:42:47,904 --> 00:42:49,406 REMISS IF WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT 1335 00:42:49,406 --> 00:42:50,774 ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WAS 1336 00:42:50,774 --> 00:42:52,575 REALLY DONE ACROSS THE AGENCY TO 1337 00:42:52,575 --> 00:42:53,576 GET US TO THIS POINT TODAY. 1338 00:42:53,576 --> 00:42:56,146 THANK YOU. 1339 00:42:56,146 --> 00:42:58,915 >> I HAD A SIMILAR COMMENT, 1340 00:42:58,915 --> 00:43:00,450 DR. LIU, IN THAT YOUR 1341 00:43:00,450 --> 00:43:02,085 PRESENTATION REALLY IS A 1342 00:43:02,085 --> 00:43:03,153 SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE GOOD WORK 1343 00:43:03,153 --> 00:43:05,688 THAT'S OCCURRING. 1344 00:43:05,688 --> 00:43:07,023 AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE 1345 00:43:07,023 --> 00:43:10,527 YEARS AND NEVER SAW -- THERE WAS 1346 00:43:10,527 --> 00:43:12,062 NEVER AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT 1347 00:43:12,062 --> 00:43:12,462 WIDESPREAD. 1348 00:43:12,462 --> 00:43:14,197 SO I'M OFTEN ASKED OUTSIDE OF 1349 00:43:14,197 --> 00:43:15,965 EDI KIND OF WHAT ARE YOU ALL 1350 00:43:15,965 --> 00:43:18,401 DOING, WHAT IS NIH DOING FOR 1351 00:43:18,401 --> 00:43:21,938 DEIA AND I CAN ALWAYS POINT TO 1352 00:43:21,938 --> 00:43:23,139 TWO OR THREE THINGS, BUT YOUR 1353 00:43:23,139 --> 00:43:25,208 LEADING THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND 1354 00:43:25,208 --> 00:43:26,443 THIS PRESENTATION SPECIFICALLY, 1355 00:43:26,443 --> 00:43:28,678 I KNOW I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER 1356 00:43:28,678 --> 00:43:30,013 FOR REAP, WE'LL BE HAVING YOU 1357 00:43:30,013 --> 00:43:32,248 COME TALK TO THAT COMMUNITY, 1358 00:43:32,248 --> 00:43:33,950 BECAUSE I THINK AS WE BECOME 1359 00:43:33,950 --> 00:43:35,385 EDUCATED OF ALL THE GOOD WORK, 1360 00:43:35,385 --> 00:43:36,953 IT INSPIRES KIND OF THE WORK 1361 00:43:36,953 --> 00:43:42,125 THAT WE DO IN EVERY ASPECT AND 1362 00:43:42,125 --> 00:43:43,560 EVERY I.C. SPECIFICALLY AT EDI 1363 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:45,261 WHEN WE DO OUR WORK TO KNOW THAT 1364 00:43:45,261 --> 00:43:46,396 THIS GOOD WORK IS HAPPENING 1365 00:43:46,396 --> 00:43:47,764 ACROSS THE CAMPUS, WE KNOW IT'S 1366 00:43:47,764 --> 00:43:48,832 HAPPENING BUT YOU'VE ACTUALLY 1367 00:43:48,832 --> 00:43:50,300 PLACED IT INTO A PRESENTATION, 1368 00:43:50,300 --> 00:43:51,067 AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1369 00:43:51,067 --> 00:43:54,604 >> THANK YOU. 1370 00:43:54,604 --> 00:43:55,805 LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S SO 1371 00:43:55,805 --> 00:43:57,006 MUCH GREAT WORK GOING ACROSS THE 1372 00:43:57,006 --> 00:43:58,141 AGENCY. 1373 00:43:58,141 --> 00:43:59,542 I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY 1374 00:43:59,542 --> 00:44:01,711 ABOUT JUST REALLY GREAT WORK 1375 00:44:01,711 --> 00:44:06,382 THAT'S GOING ON TO ADVANCE DEIA. 1376 00:44:06,382 --> 00:44:09,018 SO I WILL CONTINUE TO BE THAT 1377 00:44:09,018 --> 00:44:10,186 ANNOYING PERSON IN THE ROOM, DID 1378 00:44:10,186 --> 00:44:11,554 YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING EYE 1379 00:44:11,554 --> 00:44:13,389 LINE WITH 2.1. # OR WHATEVER 1380 00:44:13,389 --> 00:44:15,291 WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, SO 1381 00:44:15,291 --> 00:44:16,960 HAPPY TO BE THAT ANNOYING PERSON 1382 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:17,293 IN THE ROOM. 1383 00:44:17,293 --> 00:44:19,295 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. LIU, 1384 00:44:19,295 --> 00:44:21,698 AND I THINK THAT WAS QUITE 1385 00:44:21,698 --> 00:44:22,665 PRECISE. 1386 00:44:22,665 --> 00:44:25,869 AND IT KIND OF BRINGS TOGETHER 1387 00:44:25,869 --> 00:44:30,006 ALL THE ASPECTS OF WHAT DEIA IS 1388 00:44:30,006 --> 00:44:32,308 WORKING ON AND WHAT THEY CAN 1389 00:44:32,308 --> 00:44:36,312 CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ACHIEVING IT. 1390 00:44:36,312 --> 00:44:39,983 PROBABLY WHAT'S -- YOU COULD 1391 00:44:39,983 --> 00:44:41,851 MAKE MORE CLEAR IS IN TERMS OF 1392 00:44:41,851 --> 00:44:43,686 THE METRICS FOR EVALUATION IN 1393 00:44:43,686 --> 00:44:46,723 EACH AND EVERY STEP SO THAT IT 1394 00:44:46,723 --> 00:44:50,193 CAN CLEARLY BE SEEN THAT THIS IS 1395 00:44:50,193 --> 00:44:51,694 THE ROAD MAP, THIS IS WHERE WE 1396 00:44:51,694 --> 00:44:52,862 ARE IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, 1397 00:44:52,862 --> 00:44:55,198 THESE ARE THE CHANGES THAT CAN 1398 00:44:55,198 --> 00:44:59,969 BE MADE BEFORE THE DEADLINE OF 1399 00:44:59,969 --> 00:45:01,604 2025, BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS VERY 1400 00:45:01,604 --> 00:45:04,240 CLEAR AND VERY PRECISE AND KIND 1401 00:45:04,240 --> 00:45:05,542 OF GIVE REALLY OVERVIEW OF WHERE 1402 00:45:05,542 --> 00:45:06,309 WE ARE HEADING TO. 1403 00:45:06,309 --> 00:45:07,644 THANK YOU. 1404 00:45:07,644 --> 00:45:09,779 >> THANK YOU. 1405 00:45:09,779 --> 00:45:10,747 SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1406 00:45:10,747 --> 00:45:12,148 THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT DATA AND 1407 00:45:12,148 --> 00:45:13,516 METRICS, RIGHT, AND HOW WE'RE 1408 00:45:13,516 --> 00:45:14,617 TRACKING PROGRESS THROUGH THE 1409 00:45:14,617 --> 00:45:15,018 STRATEGIC PLAN. 1410 00:45:15,018 --> 00:45:16,553 I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT 1411 00:45:16,553 --> 00:45:18,321 QUESTION THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE 1412 00:45:18,321 --> 00:45:23,393 TAKEN A LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT 1413 00:45:23,393 --> 00:45:24,093 MORE IN DEPTH. 1414 00:45:24,093 --> 00:45:25,828 SO AS WE'RE CONTINUING THE WORK, 1415 00:45:25,828 --> 00:45:26,796 AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ONE OF THE 1416 00:45:26,796 --> 00:45:28,064 SLIDES IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, 1417 00:45:28,064 --> 00:45:30,466 THE VERY FIRST THEME WAS ABOUT 1418 00:45:30,466 --> 00:45:31,334 DATA ORIENTED EFFORTS. 1419 00:45:31,334 --> 00:45:32,502 SO THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'LL 1420 00:45:32,502 --> 00:45:35,838 BE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE, 1421 00:45:35,838 --> 00:45:39,042 WE'RE GOING TO BE BREAKING DOWN 1422 00:45:39,042 --> 00:45:40,243 THOSE OBJECTIVES, SUBOBJECTIVES 1423 00:45:40,243 --> 00:45:42,278 INTO ITEMS THAT CAN BE 1424 00:45:42,278 --> 00:45:43,546 ACTIONABLE AND MEASURABLE. 1425 00:45:43,546 --> 00:45:46,015 ALSO A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR 1426 00:45:46,015 --> 00:45:47,984 TEAM WITHIN EDI. 1427 00:45:47,984 --> 00:45:50,286 WE HAVE SEVERAL TOOLS THROUGHOUT 1428 00:45:50,286 --> 00:45:52,589 EDI THAT IS HELPING TO TRACK 1429 00:45:52,589 --> 00:45:53,089 THIS DATA. 1430 00:45:53,089 --> 00:45:54,290 WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL SESSIONS 1431 00:45:54,290 --> 00:45:55,558 THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF TODAY 1432 00:45:55,558 --> 00:45:56,726 THAT GETS INTO THAT DATA A 1433 00:45:56,726 --> 00:45:59,162 LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY. 1434 00:45:59,162 --> 00:46:00,163 SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS 1435 00:46:00,163 --> 00:46:01,664 ABOUT DATA AND METRICS, PLEASE 1436 00:46:01,664 --> 00:46:02,999 MAKE SURE YOU COME OUT TO ONE OF 1437 00:46:02,999 --> 00:46:03,433 THE SESSIONS. 1438 00:46:03,433 --> 00:46:04,934 WE ALSO HAVE A DATA TABLE OUT 1439 00:46:04,934 --> 00:46:06,336 THERE WITH REALLY COOL MONITORS 1440 00:46:06,336 --> 00:46:08,271 WHERE YOU CAN PLAY AROUND AND 1441 00:46:08,271 --> 00:46:09,505 INTERACT, SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND 1442 00:46:09,505 --> 00:46:11,841 FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE T TO DO THT 1443 00:46:11,841 --> 00:46:17,647 AS WELL. 1444 00:46:17,647 --> 00:46:20,783 >> GOOD MORNING, DR. LU. 1445 00:46:20,783 --> 00:46:21,351 EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. 1446 00:46:21,351 --> 00:46:22,652 QUICK QUESTION. 1447 00:46:22,652 --> 00:46:29,259 IF YOU COULD TAKE US OFLINE A O- 1448 00:46:29,259 --> 00:46:30,560 OFFLINE A BIT AND TAKE US INTO 1449 00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:34,063 YOUR WORK SESSIONS, WHAT KEEPS 1450 00:46:34,063 --> 00:46:36,266 SDI UP AT NIGHT WITH REGARD TO 1451 00:46:36,266 --> 00:46:38,334 THE IMPLEMENTATION WORK? 1452 00:46:38,334 --> 00:46:39,335 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1453 00:46:39,335 --> 00:46:39,936 THANK YOU. 1454 00:46:39,936 --> 00:46:41,871 SO I THINK WHAT REALLY KEEPS US 1455 00:46:41,871 --> 00:46:45,875 IN THE GAME IS, WE HAVE JUST A 1456 00:46:45,875 --> 00:46:47,810 FULLY DEDICATED TEAM. 1457 00:46:47,810 --> 00:46:49,779 WHAT EXCITES ME ABOUT OUR WORK 1458 00:46:49,779 --> 00:46:55,285 IS THAT THIS PLAN HAS REALLY 1459 00:46:55,285 --> 00:46:56,519 BEEN HARD WORK, WHICH IS GREAT 1460 00:46:56,519 --> 00:46:57,320 ACROSS THE AGENCY. 1461 00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,155 SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S 1462 00:46:59,155 --> 00:47:02,792 BEEN A LOT OF FOLKS, YOU KNOW, 1463 00:47:02,792 --> 00:47:04,994 TEARS, HARD WORK, BLOOD, SWEAT, 1464 00:47:04,994 --> 00:47:06,562 YOU KNOW, ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD 1465 00:47:06,562 --> 00:47:08,564 STUFF, BUT HAS REALLY BEEN DONE 1466 00:47:08,564 --> 00:47:11,868 ON MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, 1467 00:47:11,868 --> 00:47:13,303 VOLUNTARY WORK AS NEEDED, YOU 1468 00:47:13,303 --> 00:47:14,804 KNOW, AS KIND OF ADDED ON TYPE 1469 00:47:14,804 --> 00:47:15,672 OF ASPECT. 1470 00:47:15,672 --> 00:47:16,973 AND SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, ONE 1471 00:47:16,973 --> 00:47:18,007 OF THE REALLY NEAT THINGS IS 1472 00:47:18,007 --> 00:47:21,477 THAT WE HAVE A FULLY DEDICATED 1473 00:47:21,477 --> 00:47:23,613 TEAM THAT'S FOCUSED ON THE PLAN. 1474 00:47:23,613 --> 00:47:26,582 AND I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF 1475 00:47:26,582 --> 00:47:28,318 KUDOS TO LEADERSHIP TO BE ABLE 1476 00:47:28,318 --> 00:47:31,054 TO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP AND 1477 00:47:31,054 --> 00:47:32,822 ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO 1478 00:47:32,822 --> 00:47:34,157 HAVE THOSE THAT ARE FOCUSING 1479 00:47:34,157 --> 00:47:35,291 SPECIFICALLY ON THIS PLAN. 1480 00:47:35,291 --> 00:47:36,326 SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 1481 00:47:36,326 --> 00:47:38,461 IS REALLY UNIQUE. 1482 00:47:38,461 --> 00:47:40,263 IN MY EXPERIENCE, WORKING ACROSS 1483 00:47:40,263 --> 00:47:42,098 OTHER INSTITUTIONS, A LOT OF 1484 00:47:42,098 --> 00:47:44,767 TIMES YOU DON'T GET THAT AT 1485 00:47:44,767 --> 00:47:46,502 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, IT'S 1486 00:47:46,502 --> 00:47:47,970 OFTENTIMES AN ADD-ON TO OTHER 1487 00:47:47,970 --> 00:47:49,238 PEOPLE'S WORK AND VERY RARELY DO 1488 00:47:49,238 --> 00:47:51,674 YOU HAVE FOLKS OR TEAMS THAT ARE 1489 00:47:51,674 --> 00:47:52,809 SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON THE 1490 00:47:52,809 --> 00:47:53,443 PLAN. 1491 00:47:53,443 --> 00:47:55,778 SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 1492 00:47:55,778 --> 00:47:57,213 REALLY KEEPS ME INVOLVED IN THE 1493 00:47:57,213 --> 00:47:58,948 WORK AND DEDICATED TO THE WORK, 1494 00:47:58,948 --> 00:48:00,616 AND I THINK IS REALLY UNIQUE 1495 00:48:00,616 --> 00:48:01,484 HERE TO THE NIH. 1496 00:48:01,484 --> 00:48:08,057 THANK YOU. 1497 00:48:08,057 --> 00:48:09,158 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. 1498 00:48:09,158 --> 00:48:10,793 THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 1499 00:48:10,793 --> 00:48:12,028 IT KIND OF MOVES INTO MY 1500 00:48:12,028 --> 00:48:15,631 QUESTION, COULD YOU ADDRESS HOW 1501 00:48:15,631 --> 00:48:17,633 YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE THE PLAN 1502 00:48:17,633 --> 00:48:18,835 INTEGRATED OR MAYBE IT ALREADY 1503 00:48:18,835 --> 00:48:22,438 IS, INTO IC'S STRATEGIC PLANNING 1504 00:48:22,438 --> 00:48:22,839 PROCESSES? 1505 00:48:22,839 --> 00:48:28,077 THEIR OWN STRATEGIC PLANS FOR 1506 00:48:28,077 --> 00:48:29,946 THEIR INSTITUTE, HOW DO YOU SEE 1507 00:48:29,946 --> 00:48:31,881 THEM CONNECTED? 1508 00:48:31,881 --> 00:48:34,016 SO IT DOESN'T BECOME PARALLEL 1509 00:48:34,016 --> 00:48:34,250 EFFORTS. 1510 00:48:34,250 --> 00:48:36,052 >> THAT'S SUCH A GREAT QUESTION. 1511 00:48:36,052 --> 00:48:39,222 THERE'S SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE 1512 00:48:39,222 --> 00:48:40,223 IN THIS AREA, AND THAT'S PART OF 1513 00:48:40,223 --> 00:48:41,391 THE REASON WHY WHEN I STARTED 1514 00:48:41,391 --> 00:48:42,525 THE PRESENTATION, I TALKED ABOUT 1515 00:48:42,525 --> 00:48:44,093 HOW THERE'S SO MUCH GREAT WORK 1516 00:48:44,093 --> 00:48:46,929 BEING DONE ACROSS THE AGENCY, 1517 00:48:46,929 --> 00:48:48,498 SPECIFICALLY AT THE IC LEVEL, AS 1518 00:48:48,498 --> 00:48:51,968 MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, EACH IC 1519 00:48:51,968 --> 00:48:54,871 HAS A VERY TARGETED STRATEGIC 1520 00:48:54,871 --> 00:48:59,375 PLAN OR A PLAN THAT'S TACKLING 1521 00:48:59,375 --> 00:49:00,476 DEIA SPECIFIC TO THE ICs. 1522 00:49:00,476 --> 00:49:01,778 SO I REALLY SEE THEM WORKING 1523 00:49:01,778 --> 00:49:02,979 TOGETHER. 1524 00:49:02,979 --> 00:49:05,014 I THINK WHAT WILL TAKE US TO 1525 00:49:05,014 --> 00:49:06,215 THAT NEXT LEVEL IS TO ENSURE 1526 00:49:06,215 --> 00:49:07,583 THAT WE'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER 1527 00:49:07,583 --> 00:49:09,852 AND COMMUNICATING, AND THAT 1528 00:49:09,852 --> 00:49:10,820 WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT EACH 1529 00:49:10,820 --> 00:49:11,721 OTHER'S WORK. 1530 00:49:11,721 --> 00:49:13,156 AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, A BIG 1531 00:49:13,156 --> 00:49:14,624 PART OF WHAT OUR TEAM IS DOING 1532 00:49:14,624 --> 00:49:18,094 IS REALLY AMPLIFYING THE WORK 1533 00:49:18,094 --> 00:49:19,328 THAT'S -- THE GREAT WORK THAT'S 1534 00:49:19,328 --> 00:49:20,062 ALREADY BEING DONE. 1535 00:49:20,062 --> 00:49:21,764 SO I THINK IT WILL REQUIRE FOR 1536 00:49:21,764 --> 00:49:23,766 US TO COMMUNICATE, FOR US TO SIT 1537 00:49:23,766 --> 00:49:25,735 DOWN, FOR US TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT 1538 00:49:25,735 --> 00:49:27,503 THE WORK IS AT THE GROUND LEVEL 1539 00:49:27,503 --> 00:49:29,505 THAT'S BEING DONE, AND FOR US TO 1540 00:49:29,505 --> 00:49:31,407 ALIGN AND INCLUDE THAT INTO THE 1541 00:49:31,407 --> 00:49:31,774 STRATEGIC PLAN. 1542 00:49:31,774 --> 00:49:36,112 THANK YOU. 1543 00:49:36,112 --> 00:49:38,281 >> I HAVE A SIMILAR QUESTION, 1544 00:49:38,281 --> 00:49:42,118 BUT MAYBE I WILL EXPAND ON THAT. 1545 00:49:42,118 --> 00:49:43,653 IF YOU ADD THE EXTRAMURAL WORLD 1546 00:49:43,653 --> 00:49:45,455 OF NIH, DO YOU NAVIGATE THE 1547 00:49:45,455 --> 00:49:48,057 STRATEGIC PLANS FOR THE 1548 00:49:48,057 --> 00:49:49,025 INTRAMURAL PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT 1549 00:49:49,025 --> 00:49:51,394 DIFFERENT FROM THOSE FROM 1550 00:49:51,394 --> 00:49:52,628 EXTRAMURAL, THEN ON TOP OF THAT, 1551 00:49:52,628 --> 00:49:54,397 THEY MAY HAVE THEIR OWN 1552 00:49:54,397 --> 00:49:56,098 INSTITUTION STRATEGIC PLANS. 1553 00:49:56,098 --> 00:49:57,066 >> SO THAT'S A REALLY GREAT 1554 00:49:57,066 --> 00:49:58,901 QUESTION AND I THINK IT'S A 1555 00:49:58,901 --> 00:50:03,606 SIMILAR TYPE OF RESPONSE. 1556 00:50:03,606 --> 00:50:04,807 THE NIH IS HUGE, RIGHT? 1557 00:50:04,807 --> 00:50:05,908 I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT. 1558 00:50:05,908 --> 00:50:09,412 AT THE BEGINNING, WHEN WE HAD 1559 00:50:09,412 --> 00:50:10,847 GOTTEN THE WORD CLOUD, THE FIRST 1560 00:50:10,847 --> 00:50:13,916 WORD THAT POPPED UP WAS 1561 00:50:13,916 --> 00:50:15,952 "COMPLEX," AND" COMPLICATED." 1562 00:50:15,952 --> 00:50:20,756 SO I THINK THAT THE NIH-WIDE AND 1563 00:50:20,756 --> 00:50:23,559 AGENCY-WIDE PLAN IS REALLY BROAD 1564 00:50:23,559 --> 00:50:26,796 PURPOSEFULLY, SO THAT IT CAN 1565 00:50:26,796 --> 00:50:28,264 COVER AND WE CAN ALIGN THINGS 1566 00:50:28,264 --> 00:50:30,967 WITHIN OER AND WITHIN OIR TO 1567 00:50:30,967 --> 00:50:31,767 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PLAN. 1568 00:50:31,767 --> 00:50:34,003 SO I THINK IN THE FUTURE, AS WE 1569 00:50:34,003 --> 00:50:35,771 CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE 1570 00:50:35,771 --> 00:50:36,472 IMPLEMENTATION, THOSE ARE 1571 00:50:36,472 --> 00:50:37,406 CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'LL NEED TO 1572 00:50:37,406 --> 00:50:45,982 CONTINUE TO HAVE TOGETHER. 1573 00:50:45,982 --> 00:50:47,683 SO BY MY WATCH, WE ARE ALREADY 1574 00:50:47,683 --> 00:50:48,384 OVER. 1575 00:50:48,384 --> 00:50:50,887 AND WE HAVE A SESSION COMING UP. 1576 00:50:50,887 --> 00:50:52,922 SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR 1577 00:50:52,922 --> 00:50:53,990 JOINING OUR SESSION EARLY. 1578 00:50:53,990 --> 00:50:55,291 I APPRECIATE YOU ALL, AND HAVE A 1579 00:50:55,291 --> 00:50:55,958 GOOD REST OF YOUR DAY. 1580 00:50:55,958 --> 00:50:56,893 THANK YOU. 1581 00:50:56,893 --> 00:51:07,069 [APPLAUSE]