1 00:00:06,361 --> 00:00:09,063 >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD DAY, 2 00:00:09,063 --> 00:00:13,067 EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE 3 00:00:13,067 --> 00:00:15,603 NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 4 00:00:15,603 --> 00:00:16,871 AGING. MY NAME IS KEN SAN TORAH 5 00:00:16,871 --> 00:00:21,542 I'M THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR 6 00:00:21,542 --> 00:00:23,211 NACA I WANT TO THANK AND WELCOME 7 00:00:23,211 --> 00:00:25,513 EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TODAY. 8 00:00:25,513 --> 00:00:26,481 BEFORE WE GET STARTED AND I TURN 9 00:00:26,481 --> 00:00:28,983 IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR 10 00:00:28,983 --> 00:00:30,752 DR. RICHARD HOE DUHS I WOULD 11 00:00:30,752 --> 00:00:32,520 LIKE TO TAKE A QUICK ROLL CALL 12 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,123 FOR OUR COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE 13 00:00:35,123 --> 00:00:36,424 HERE TODAY IF YOU, WHEN I CALL 14 00:00:36,424 --> 00:00:38,526 YOUR NAME, IF YOU COULD GIVE 15 00:00:38,526 --> 00:00:40,995 YOUR NAME AND YOUR INSTITUTION. 16 00:00:40,995 --> 00:00:51,539 SO WE'LL START OFF WITH SANJAY 17 00:00:54,575 --> 00:00:57,478 >> SANJAY: YES, UNIVERSITY OF 18 00:00:57,478 --> 00:00:59,213 WISCONSIN, MADISON, SCHOOL OF 19 00:00:59,213 --> 00:01:01,049 MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 20 00:01:01,049 --> 00:01:04,786 >> THANK YOU, DR. BAKER. 21 00:01:04,786 --> 00:01:09,357 >> DR. BAKER, MAYO CLINIC. 22 00:01:09,357 --> 00:01:12,560 >> HI, I AM A FAMILY 23 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,763 REPRESENTATIVE AND ADVOCATE FOR 24 00:01:15,763 --> 00:01:18,232 RESEARCH AND CAREGIVERS OF 25 00:01:18,232 --> 00:01:23,071 FAMILIES WITH ALZHEIMER'S 26 00:01:23,071 --> 00:01:23,638 DISEASE. 27 00:01:23,638 --> 00:01:29,310 >> THANK YOU. DR. KRIMS. OKAY, 28 00:01:29,310 --> 00:01:31,379 DR. GREENSPAN 29 00:01:31,379 --> 00:01:35,383 >> HI, SUSAN GREEN SPAN, 30 00:01:35,383 --> 00:01:39,120 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH. 31 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:49,597 >> DR. HUANG? ARE YOU ON? 32 00:01:51,666 --> 00:01:57,605 OKAY. REVEREND DR. H.H. 33 00:01:57,605 --> 00:02:00,908 >> HELLO, THIS IS DR. SYLVIA, 34 00:02:00,908 --> 00:02:03,344 I'VE BEEN IN THE STUDY SINCE 35 00:02:03,344 --> 00:02:04,745 2010 BOTH MY MOTHER AND HER 36 00:02:04,745 --> 00:02:06,614 BROTHER DIED WITH ALZHEIMER'S. 37 00:02:06,614 --> 00:02:08,649 I REPRESENT THOSE LIVING WITH 38 00:02:08,649 --> 00:02:10,017 ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER RELATED 39 00:02:10,017 --> 00:02:10,284 DEMENTIAS. 40 00:02:10,284 --> 00:02:15,590 >> THANK YOU. DR. A. 41 00:02:15,590 --> 00:02:19,393 >> HELLO, I'M SHARON, AT HARVARD 42 00:02:19,393 --> 00:02:22,730 MEDICAL SCHOOL IN HEBREW SENIOR 43 00:02:22,730 --> 00:02:24,332 LIFE 44 00:02:24,332 --> 00:02:34,842 >> AND DR. KHAN? OKAY, I'LL 45 00:02:38,913 --> 00:02:42,216 MOVE ON, DR. LONGO. 46 00:02:42,216 --> 00:02:45,186 >> I'M FRANK LONGO, STANFORD 47 00:02:45,186 --> 00:02:48,256 UNIVERSITY, DRPT OF NEUROLOGY. 48 00:02:48,256 --> 00:02:50,458 >> AND NANCY LUN DEN BERG 49 00:02:50,458 --> 00:02:53,861 >> HELLO, I'M NANCY FROM THE 50 00:02:53,861 --> 00:02:55,196 AMERICAN GERIATRIC TRICK SOCIETY 51 00:02:55,196 --> 00:02:57,598 >> AND DR. RUE WIN? 52 00:02:57,598 --> 00:03:00,535 >> HI DAVID RUBEN, DAVID GEFFEN 53 00:03:00,535 --> 00:03:03,638 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA. 54 00:03:03,638 --> 00:03:13,614 >> AND DR. SCHNEIDER? OKAY AND 55 00:03:13,614 --> 00:03:20,188 DR. VAN E. OKAY. 56 00:03:20,188 --> 00:03:24,225 LIND 57 00:03:24,225 --> 00:03:24,425 LINDA? 58 00:03:24,425 --> 00:03:27,028 >> LINDA: HI, I'M LINDA, I'M 59 00:03:27,028 --> 00:03:30,031 FROM THE CENTER OF THE AGING AND 60 00:03:30,031 --> 00:03:31,532 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CENTER AT 61 00:03:31,532 --> 00:03:32,667 THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. 62 00:03:32,667 --> 00:03:33,834 >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY 63 00:03:33,834 --> 00:03:34,869 MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING 64 00:03:34,869 --> 00:03:36,904 AND NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO 65 00:03:36,904 --> 00:03:41,642 OUR DIRECTOR, DR. RICHARD HOE US 66 00:03:41,642 --> 00:03:45,379 THE. RICHARD? 67 00:03:45,379 --> 00:03:48,416 >> RICHARD: WELCOME TO THE 68 00:03:48,416 --> 00:03:51,652 154TH, WE'RE VIRTUAL SO NO ONE 69 00:03:51,652 --> 00:03:54,455 HAS THE PLEASURE OF SLAMMING THE 70 00:03:54,455 --> 00:03:55,823 GAVEL AND I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE 71 00:03:55,823 --> 00:03:58,526 YOU ON THE EVENTS SINCE LAST WE 72 00:03:58,526 --> 00:04:00,561 MET AND REMIND YOU THIS IS THE 73 00:04:00,561 --> 00:04:04,198 OPENING SESSION OF OUR CASTLE. 74 00:04:04,198 --> 00:04:10,838 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FIRST, 75 00:04:10,838 --> 00:04:13,975 COMMEMORATING A COUPLE OF 76 00:04:13,975 --> 00:04:16,177 LOSSES. VICTOR MOLL LYNN 77 00:04:16,177 --> 00:04:17,778 FAMILIAR REE WAS A DIRECTOR OF 78 00:04:17,778 --> 00:04:22,516 THE COUNCIL FROM 2009-12. HIS 79 00:04:22,516 --> 00:04:24,619 PREVIOUS ROLES WERE WITH THE 80 00:04:24,619 --> 00:04:26,921 DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND 81 00:04:26,921 --> 00:04:27,655 VETERANS. CONTRIBUTED 82 00:04:27,655 --> 00:04:28,856 SUBSTANTIALLY TO OUR COUNCIL 83 00:04:28,856 --> 00:04:31,158 DURING HIS YEARS. WE WANT TO 84 00:04:31,158 --> 00:04:34,528 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THAT LOSS 85 00:04:34,528 --> 00:04:39,200 AND THE NEXT SLIDE. GEORGE 86 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:41,702 MARTIN NOT A MEMBER OF COUNCIL 87 00:04:41,702 --> 00:04:44,772 BUT THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF 88 00:04:44,772 --> 00:04:49,210 NIA FROM 1989-1994. A WAS A LAB 89 00:04:49,210 --> 00:04:53,581 CHIEF AND SCIENTIST EMERITUS IN 90 00:04:53,581 --> 00:04:55,616 NICDR, THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 91 00:04:55,616 --> 00:04:58,219 AND IMPORTANT LEADER OF OUR 92 00:04:58,219 --> 00:04:58,986 INTRAMURAL PROGRAM IN ITS 93 00:04:58,986 --> 00:05:03,224 RELATIVELY EARLY DAYS. NEXT, 94 00:05:03,224 --> 00:05:06,127 PLEASE. IN TERMS OF LEGISLATIVE 95 00:05:06,127 --> 00:05:07,728 UPDATES I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW 96 00:05:07,728 --> 00:05:09,630 WE ARE UNDER A FULL YEAR OF 97 00:05:09,630 --> 00:05:11,232 CONTINUING RESOLUTION. ABOUT 98 00:05:11,232 --> 00:05:12,366 HALFWAY THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR. 99 00:05:12,366 --> 00:05:14,535 OTHER LEGISLATIVE EVENTS IN 100 00:05:14,535 --> 00:05:17,538 OCTOBER THE NAPA REAUTHORIZATION 101 00:05:17,538 --> 00:05:19,507 ACT OCCURRED AND THE ALTZ ALZ 102 00:05:19,507 --> 00:05:21,542 ACCOUNTABILITY AND INVESTMENT 103 00:05:21,542 --> 00:05:24,812 ACT AND THE PROJECT ACT THROUGH 104 00:05:24,812 --> 00:05:26,480 2035. MADE ADDITIONAL CHANGES 105 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:28,649 TO THE NAPA LEGISLATION 106 00:05:28,649 --> 00:05:29,917 AFFECTING THE SIZE OF THE 107 00:05:29,917 --> 00:05:30,818 ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND EXTENDED 108 00:05:30,818 --> 00:05:32,920 THE REQUIREMENT FOR NIH ON 109 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,991 BEHALF OF THE NIH DIRECTOR TO 110 00:05:36,991 --> 00:05:38,092 SUBMIT A PROFESSIONAL BUDGET 111 00:05:38,092 --> 00:05:42,029 EACH YEAR AGAIN THROUGH 2035. 112 00:05:42,029 --> 00:05:45,766 NEXT, PLEASE. SO SOME NEW 113 00:05:45,766 --> 00:05:49,737 LEADERSHIP AT NIH AND HHS. 114 00:05:49,737 --> 00:05:52,340 ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. WAS 115 00:05:52,340 --> 00:05:54,508 CONFIRMED AS THE SECRETARY OF 116 00:05:54,508 --> 00:05:55,976 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN 117 00:05:55,976 --> 00:05:58,112 FEBRUARY. AND LATER IN THE 118 00:05:58,112 --> 00:06:00,748 MONTH DR. JAY JOINED US. HE'S A 119 00:06:00,748 --> 00:06:02,516 TRAINED PHYSICIAN, RESEARCHER, 120 00:06:02,516 --> 00:06:05,486 HEALTH ECONOMIST WHO JOINS US 121 00:06:05,486 --> 00:06:07,154 FROM THE MEDICAL SCHOOL OF 122 00:06:07,154 --> 00:06:08,956 STANFORD AND HIS RESEARCH 123 00:06:08,956 --> 00:06:11,492 FOCUSED ON CHRONIC DISEASE WAS 124 00:06:11,492 --> 00:06:13,894 AN NIH LONG-TERM GRANTEE MOST 125 00:06:13,894 --> 00:06:15,596 SPECIFICALLY BY NIA FOR SOME 20 126 00:06:15,596 --> 00:06:16,764 YEARS OR SO AND SO FAMILIAR WITH 127 00:06:16,764 --> 00:06:19,066 THE INSTITUTE AND WE WITH HIM 128 00:06:19,066 --> 00:06:21,235 AND SOME OF HIS WORK. AND LOOK 129 00:06:21,235 --> 00:06:24,071 FORWARD NOW TO LOOKING TO PURSUE 130 00:06:24,071 --> 00:06:26,107 NIA PRIORITIES AS A PART OF THE 131 00:06:26,107 --> 00:06:29,877 DIRECTION OF NIH UNDER HIS 132 00:06:29,877 --> 00:06:34,515 LEADERSHIP. NEXT, PLEASE. AT 133 00:06:34,515 --> 00:06:38,386 NIA WE'RE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME 134 00:06:38,386 --> 00:06:42,523 THE NEW DIRECTOR OF AGING 135 00:06:42,523 --> 00:06:44,625 BIOLOGY. VIVIANA PEREZ. SHE 136 00:06:44,625 --> 00:06:47,061 WAS REJOINING US AFTER SPENDING 137 00:06:47,061 --> 00:06:51,632 TIME IN THE DIVISION OF AGING 138 00:06:51,632 --> 00:06:55,102 BIOLOGY IN THE CELL BIOLOGY 139 00:06:55,102 --> 00:06:56,537 BRANCH AND PLAYED AN 140 00:06:56,537 --> 00:06:58,439 INSTRUMENTAL PART IN A NUMBER OF 141 00:06:58,439 --> 00:07:01,075 ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE 142 00:07:01,075 --> 00:07:02,843 FOUNDING AND FUNDING OF THE 143 00:07:02,843 --> 00:07:04,545 NETWORK. SHE SPENT TIME AS ONE 144 00:07:04,545 --> 00:07:07,748 OF THE FOUNDING LEADERSHIP AT 145 00:07:07,748 --> 00:07:08,416 EVOLUTION WHERE SHE WAS THE VICE 146 00:07:08,416 --> 00:07:11,585 PRESIDENT OF JER ROW SCIENCE. 147 00:07:11,585 --> 00:07:13,087 GAINING THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL 148 00:07:13,087 --> 00:07:16,190 AS A BRANCH CHIEF AT NIA WE WERE 149 00:07:16,190 --> 00:07:19,427 FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ENTICE HER 150 00:07:19,427 --> 00:07:21,095 TO COME BACK AS A VISION 151 00:07:21,095 --> 00:07:21,796 DIRECTOR. WELCOME, AND NEXT, 152 00:07:21,796 --> 00:07:29,336 PLEASE. SOME OTHER CHANGES IN 153 00:07:29,336 --> 00:07:32,706 LEADERSHIP. THE NIA ACTING 154 00:07:32,706 --> 00:07:35,142 DEPUTY DIRECTOR, KEN SAN TORAH 155 00:07:35,142 --> 00:07:39,013 AFTER AMY KELLEY'S DEPARTURE. 156 00:07:39,013 --> 00:07:42,049 ACTING EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MISS 157 00:07:42,049 --> 00:07:44,251 LISA PORT NOW, I MAY HAVE HER 158 00:07:44,251 --> 00:07:46,287 TURN ON HER CAMERA AND AT LEAST 159 00:07:46,287 --> 00:07:46,754 SAY HELLO. 160 00:07:46,754 --> 00:07:48,689 SHE'S REPLACING PATRICK WHO 161 00:07:48,689 --> 00:07:51,258 RETIRED EARLIER THIS MONTH. IF 162 00:07:51,258 --> 00:07:53,928 LISA'S ABLE TO JOIN US. ACTING 163 00:07:53,928 --> 00:07:56,130 DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF 164 00:07:56,130 --> 00:07:58,265 NEUROSCIENCE, THAT WAS A 165 00:07:58,265 --> 00:08:01,268 POSITION HELD BY AMY UNTIL HER 166 00:08:01,268 --> 00:08:04,472 DEPARTURE AND NOW HAPPY TO SAY 167 00:08:04,472 --> 00:08:06,474 JENNY LARKIN WHO HAS BEEN DEPUTY 168 00:08:06,474 --> 00:08:07,975 DIRECTOR OF THAT DIVISION IS NOW 169 00:08:07,975 --> 00:08:09,543 THE ACTING DIRECTOR. 170 00:08:09,543 --> 00:08:11,212 IN THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE 171 00:08:11,212 --> 00:08:13,614 OFFICER ROLE FOR THE INTRAMURAL 172 00:08:13,614 --> 00:08:16,684 PROGRAM, MIKE O'DONNELL, LONG 173 00:08:16,684 --> 00:08:20,187 TIME IN THAT ROLE HAS RETIRED IN 174 00:08:20,187 --> 00:08:26,527 A WISH TO PLAY MORE GOLF AND MS. 175 00:08:26,527 --> 00:08:28,128 TARYN MAYBE HAS BEEN AN 176 00:08:28,128 --> 00:08:29,830 IMPORTANT PART TO WORK IN THE 177 00:08:29,830 --> 00:08:32,233 WHOLE OF N IA WORKING 178 00:08:32,233 --> 00:08:33,334 COLLABORATIVELY. 179 00:08:33,334 --> 00:08:35,936 ACTING CENTER DIRECTOR FOR 180 00:08:35,936 --> 00:08:37,738 ALZHEIMER'S AND RELATED 181 00:08:37,738 --> 00:08:40,007 DEMENTIAS IS MARK COOK SON WHO 182 00:08:40,007 --> 00:08:42,209 REPLACED ANDY SINGLETON WHO 183 00:08:42,209 --> 00:08:43,043 RETIRED LAST MONTH. 184 00:08:43,043 --> 00:08:44,645 AND THE ACTING OFFICE OF 185 00:08:44,645 --> 00:08:46,180 PLANNING, ANALYSIS AND 186 00:08:46,180 --> 00:08:48,949 EVALUATION, OPAE IS KATE NAY GUY 187 00:08:48,949 --> 00:08:50,751 IS THE ACTING DIRECTOR THERE. 188 00:08:50,751 --> 00:08:53,721 SO SOME NEW FACES, MOSTLY FACES 189 00:08:53,721 --> 00:08:55,489 WELL-KNOWN TO US AND ROLES TO 190 00:08:55,489 --> 00:08:57,057 WHICH THEY HAVE NOW GRADUATED 191 00:08:57,057 --> 00:08:58,325 AND PART OF THE STRONG 192 00:08:58,325 --> 00:09:01,662 INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE INSTITUTE. 193 00:09:01,662 --> 00:09:05,132 NEXT, PLEASE. I THANK YOU WITH 194 00:09:05,132 --> 00:09:06,534 THAT BRIEF SUMMARY OF SOME OF 195 00:09:06,534 --> 00:09:10,538 THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT HAVE 196 00:09:10,538 --> 00:09:11,338 OCCURRED AND NOW OPEN THIS OPEN 197 00:09:11,338 --> 00:09:13,073 SESSION TO ENGAGE YOU IN ANY 198 00:09:13,073 --> 00:09:14,542 QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO 199 00:09:14,542 --> 00:09:20,881 DISCUSS. 200 00:09:20,881 --> 00:09:23,684 >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, 201 00:09:23,684 --> 00:09:24,952 DR. HODES, I THINK YOU CAN TAKE 202 00:09:24,952 --> 00:09:27,454 THE SLIDE DOWN AT THIS POINT AND 203 00:09:27,454 --> 00:09:29,490 I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS 204 00:09:29,490 --> 00:09:36,530 FOR DR. HODES. FRANK. SNANG 205 00:09:36,530 --> 00:09:43,704 YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT REVIEW. 206 00:09:43,704 --> 00:09:46,941 IN TERMS OF THE STUDY SECTION 207 00:09:46,941 --> 00:09:48,809 MOVING OTHER AND OUT OF THE 208 00:09:48,809 --> 00:09:49,810 INSTITUTES. I'M JUST THINKING 209 00:09:49,810 --> 00:09:50,911 IT'LL BE IMPORTANT FOR THE 210 00:09:50,911 --> 00:09:54,048 COUNCILS TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT 211 00:09:54,048 --> 00:09:57,217 THE QUALITY OF REVIEW YOU KNOW 212 00:09:57,217 --> 00:10:00,054 IS THERE POTENTIALLY LESS 213 00:10:00,054 --> 00:10:00,621 FOCUSED EXPERTISE WITH THIS 214 00:10:00,621 --> 00:10:02,423 CHANGE? I'M SURE THAT'S BEEN 215 00:10:02,423 --> 00:10:04,158 DISCUSSED AND THOUGHT ABOUT. 216 00:10:04,158 --> 00:10:07,628 YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO FOCUS 217 00:10:07,628 --> 00:10:08,862 EXPERTISE AND MATCH EXPERTISE 218 00:10:08,862 --> 00:10:12,099 WITH APPLICATIONS. AND, YOU 219 00:10:12,099 --> 00:10:14,068 KNOW, THE QUALITY OF THE 220 00:10:14,068 --> 00:10:15,669 REVIEWS, THE OUTCOMES OF THAT 221 00:10:15,669 --> 00:10:18,505 AND WHAT FINALLY GET TO THE 222 00:10:18,505 --> 00:10:20,808 COUNCIL THAT WE SEE? OPTIMALLY 223 00:10:20,808 --> 00:10:22,509 IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE SOME SENSE 224 00:10:22,509 --> 00:10:23,911 OF MONITORING THE QUALITY WITH 225 00:10:23,911 --> 00:10:26,580 THAT CHANGE. DO YOU HAVE ANY 226 00:10:26,580 --> 00:10:29,516 FURTHER THOUGHT ON THAT? 227 00:10:29,516 --> 00:10:30,784 >> FIRST OF ALL IT'S AN 228 00:10:30,784 --> 00:10:32,620 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT QUESTION. 229 00:10:32,620 --> 00:10:36,323 THE PROCESS WAS PART OF A 230 00:10:36,323 --> 00:10:36,991 REORGANIZATION CONSOLIDATION IN 231 00:10:36,991 --> 00:10:38,359 THE INTEREST OF ECONOMY AND 232 00:10:38,359 --> 00:10:39,693 EFFICIENCY AS YOU HEARD IN THE 233 00:10:39,693 --> 00:10:42,463 LAST SESSION, IT INVOLVES THE 234 00:10:42,463 --> 00:10:44,031 MOVE OF ALL SCIENTIFIC REVIEW 235 00:10:44,031 --> 00:10:48,102 INTO CSR. CSR HAS -- IN THE 236 00:10:48,102 --> 00:10:50,504 MIDST OF A CALCULATION OF A 237 00:10:50,504 --> 00:10:52,139 NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL REVIEW 238 00:10:52,139 --> 00:10:53,807 OFFICERS IT WILL NEED ABOVE AND 239 00:10:53,807 --> 00:10:56,276 BEYOND THOSE CURRENTLY AT CSR 240 00:10:56,276 --> 00:10:58,512 WHICH WILL COME FROM THE 241 00:10:58,512 --> 00:10:59,279 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS IN ORDER 242 00:10:59,279 --> 00:11:00,981 TO ALLOW THEM TO MEET THE NEEDS 243 00:11:00,981 --> 00:11:02,716 FOR REVIEW INCLUDING THE REVIEWS 244 00:11:02,716 --> 00:11:03,884 THAT HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT IN ALL 245 00:11:03,884 --> 00:11:07,054 THE INSTITUTES. SO WE'RE AT THE 246 00:11:07,054 --> 00:11:09,757 STAGE IN THE PROCESS IN WHICH 247 00:11:09,757 --> 00:11:10,524 THOSE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS WERE 248 00:11:10,524 --> 00:11:13,160 WITH THE INSTITUTES AND WANT TO 249 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,696 APPLY NOW FOR TRANSFER TO CSR 250 00:11:15,696 --> 00:11:18,399 HAVE DONE SO. THEY, WE 251 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:19,800 ANTICIPATE THAT A SUBSTANTIAL 252 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,468 NUMBER OF PROGRAM OFFICERS FROM 253 00:11:21,468 --> 00:11:24,004 NIA WILL END UP IN CSR THOUGH WE 254 00:11:24,004 --> 00:11:25,572 DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS. WE 255 00:11:25,572 --> 00:11:27,708 MAY KNOW THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH 256 00:11:27,708 --> 00:11:29,810 OR SO BUT IMPORTANTLY IT MEANS 257 00:11:29,810 --> 00:11:31,412 THAT TALENTS AND THE SPECIAL 258 00:11:31,412 --> 00:11:34,081 EXPERTISE OF FOLKS AT NIA REVIEW 259 00:11:34,081 --> 00:11:35,482 IN PARTICULAR WILL IN LARGE 260 00:11:35,482 --> 00:11:39,787 NUMBERS BECOME A PART OF CSR. 261 00:11:39,787 --> 00:11:42,523 CSR IS ALSO COMMITTED TO 262 00:11:42,523 --> 00:11:45,259 CARRYING OUT SECTS OR SPECIAL 263 00:11:45,259 --> 00:11:46,527 EMPHASIS PANELS. THEY HAVE 264 00:11:46,527 --> 00:11:48,796 EXPERIENCE WITH MECHANISMS 265 00:11:48,796 --> 00:11:49,863 INCLUDING SENDERS AND I'VE DONE 266 00:11:49,863 --> 00:11:51,699 THIS IN THE PAST BUT WE DO 267 00:11:51,699 --> 00:11:53,567 ANTICIPATE AS YOU ELUDED TO TO 268 00:11:53,567 --> 00:11:54,702 WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM TO MAKE 269 00:11:54,702 --> 00:11:57,604 SURE THAT THE ARE VIEWS AND 270 00:11:57,604 --> 00:11:59,106 OTHER QUALITY WITH REVIEW GROUPS 271 00:11:59,106 --> 00:12:01,108 THAT MATCH THE SUBJECT CONTENT 272 00:12:01,108 --> 00:12:02,843 OF APPLICATIONS. SO WE'LL ALL 273 00:12:02,843 --> 00:12:05,112 BE PAYING A CLOSE ATTENTION TO 274 00:12:05,112 --> 00:12:07,314 THAT. AND I THINK THERE'S EVERY 275 00:12:07,314 --> 00:12:08,282 GOODWILL AND EVERY COMMITMENT TO 276 00:12:08,282 --> 00:12:09,650 DO THIS AND IF WE HAVE MANY OF 277 00:12:09,650 --> 00:12:12,553 THE SAME PEOPLE WITH THE SAME 278 00:12:12,553 --> 00:12:13,854 TALENT, NOW ORGANIZE A DIFFERENT 279 00:12:13,854 --> 00:12:16,423 STRUCTURE WE'RE HOPEFUL WE CAN 280 00:12:16,423 --> 00:12:18,826 MAINTAIN THOSE STANDARDS. 281 00:12:18,826 --> 00:12:21,495 >> THANK YOU. 282 00:12:21,495 --> 00:12:24,665 >> KEN: MAYBE I CAN ADD A FEW 283 00:12:24,665 --> 00:12:28,736 MORE POINTS TOO, AGAIN, SEPTS 284 00:12:28,736 --> 00:12:29,336 WILL CONTINUE AND AT LEAST 285 00:12:29,336 --> 00:12:31,805 THROUGH THE SUMMER. THE ONES 286 00:12:31,805 --> 00:12:34,508 THAT ARE GOING TO BE SCHEDULED 287 00:12:34,508 --> 00:12:38,512 WILL BE CONTINUALLY RUN BY OUR 288 00:12:38,512 --> 00:12:42,015 REVIEW SROS AND THEN AFTER THAT, 289 00:12:42,015 --> 00:12:46,086 FOR OCTOBER COUNCIL, WE WILL BE, 290 00:12:46,086 --> 00:12:47,955 AGAIN, PAYING VERY CLOSE 291 00:12:47,955 --> 00:12:50,991 ATTENTION TO ALL THE DIFFERENT 292 00:12:50,991 --> 00:12:53,093 REVIEWS THAT ARE HAPPENING. ONE 293 00:12:53,093 --> 00:12:55,996 OF THE POINTS RICHARD ALSO 294 00:12:55,996 --> 00:12:58,499 MENTIONED WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 295 00:12:58,499 --> 00:13:04,104 GOING TO ABSORB MANY OF OUR SROS 296 00:13:04,104 --> 00:13:06,306 INTO CSR AND THAT'S THE CRITICAL 297 00:13:06,306 --> 00:13:07,708 POINT THING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING 298 00:13:07,708 --> 00:13:10,544 AT IS THE MECHANISMS IN WHICH 299 00:13:10,544 --> 00:13:13,580 THEY HAVE DONE, HEY, HAVE 300 00:13:13,580 --> 00:13:14,848 EXPERIENCE AND THE SCIENCE. SO 301 00:13:14,848 --> 00:13:17,751 THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS TOO. 302 00:13:17,751 --> 00:13:20,020 SO THINGS THAT CSR MAY NOT BE AS 303 00:13:20,020 --> 00:13:22,790 FAMILIAR WITH, THEY ARE, THEY 304 00:13:22,790 --> 00:13:25,692 HAVE DONE CENTERS GRANTS, OTHER 305 00:13:25,692 --> 00:13:27,795 TYPES OF GRANTS TOO BUT NOW WE 306 00:13:27,795 --> 00:13:31,298 HAVE THOSE FROM ALL OF THE 307 00:13:31,298 --> 00:13:33,400 INSTITUTES COMING N. VERY 308 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,335 DIFFERENT TYPES OF MECHANISMS 309 00:13:35,335 --> 00:13:37,437 THAT MAY NOT BE AS NORMAL AS 310 00:13:37,437 --> 00:13:39,339 WHAT THEY'VE USED TO HAVE BEEN 311 00:13:39,339 --> 00:13:39,973 SEEING AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE 312 00:13:39,973 --> 00:13:41,542 REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO NOW 313 00:13:41,542 --> 00:13:47,548 ALSO TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE 314 00:13:47,548 --> 00:13:50,284 COVERAGE AND EXPERIENCE IN ALL 315 00:13:50,284 --> 00:13:51,718 MECHANISMS FOR HERE AT, THAT YOU 316 00:13:51,718 --> 00:13:55,556 CAN APPLY TO AND HERE AT THE 317 00:13:55,556 --> 00:13:56,490 NIH. 318 00:13:56,490 --> 00:13:57,791 >> FRANK: I HAD A BRIEF FOLLOW 319 00:13:57,791 --> 00:13:59,526 UP QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR THAT, 320 00:13:59,526 --> 00:14:02,563 KEN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 321 00:14:02,563 --> 00:14:04,198 LATEST SCIENCE IS ON ASSESSING 322 00:14:04,198 --> 00:14:06,466 QUALITY OF REVIEWS, YOU KNOW, 323 00:14:06,466 --> 00:14:07,968 ONE CAN IMAGINE MANY LAYERS OF 324 00:14:07,968 --> 00:14:11,038 THAT. ALIGNMENTS OF EXPERTISE, 325 00:14:11,038 --> 00:14:12,673 DYNAMICS OF GIVEN STUDY 326 00:14:12,673 --> 00:14:13,640 SECTIONS, HOW THEY'RE RUN BY THE 327 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,977 CHAIR AND THE PROGRAM PERSON. 328 00:14:16,977 --> 00:14:18,979 AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU CAN 329 00:14:18,979 --> 00:14:20,080 IMAGINE MANY VARIABLES AND HOW 330 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,782 THE QUALITY IS DEFINED. BUT HOW 331 00:14:21,782 --> 00:14:24,384 IS IT, I MEAN, HOW DO WE GET 332 00:14:24,384 --> 00:14:28,589 SOME SENSE OF THE QUALITY. ARE 333 00:14:28,589 --> 00:14:30,524 THERE ANY MEASURES OR DATA? HOW 334 00:14:30,524 --> 00:14:35,262 CAN YOU DEAL WITH THAT? SNICH 335 00:14:35,262 --> 00:14:36,029 KEN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL 336 00:14:36,029 --> 00:14:39,766 OF US AT NIA AND OTHER 337 00:14:39,766 --> 00:14:40,367 INSTITUTES AND MAYBE MOST 338 00:14:40,367 --> 00:14:43,737 SPECIFICALLY AT CSR HAVE PAID A 339 00:14:43,737 --> 00:14:49,409 LOT OF ATTENTION TO AND THERE'S 340 00:14:49,409 --> 00:14:52,212 BEEN MANY ASSESSMENTS DONE. WE 341 00:14:52,212 --> 00:14:54,915 MAY PROVIDE A SPEAKER SOMEONE 342 00:14:54,915 --> 00:14:56,350 WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN 343 00:14:56,350 --> 00:14:57,784 EVALUATION OF THOSE QUESTIONS 344 00:14:57,784 --> 00:15:01,889 YOU ASKED, PARAMETERS OF THE 345 00:15:01,889 --> 00:15:02,456 QUALITY OF REVIEW. 346 00:15:02,456 --> 00:15:03,757 >> FRANK: THAT WOULD BE GREAT, 347 00:15:03,757 --> 00:15:05,192 RICHARD, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE 348 00:15:05,192 --> 00:15:07,594 OTHER MEMBERS, I WOULD ENJOY AN 349 00:15:07,594 --> 00:15:08,328 UPDATE BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY WHAT 350 00:15:08,328 --> 00:15:10,697 COMES UP TO US AS A COUNCIL IS A 351 00:15:10,697 --> 00:15:14,501 PI IS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW IT WAS 352 00:15:14,501 --> 00:15:15,502 REVIEWED, ET CETERA, SO IT MIGHT 353 00:15:15,502 --> 00:15:21,708 BE HELPFUL TO GET AN UPDATE ON 354 00:15:21,708 --> 00:15:21,942 THAT. 355 00:15:21,942 --> 00:15:24,344 >> RENU: ABSOLUTELY AND WE'LL 356 00:15:24,344 --> 00:15:26,213 ALSO PURSUE WITH NCR AND MEETING 357 00:15:26,213 --> 00:15:32,853 WITH THEM AS OFTEN AS WE CAN. 358 00:15:32,853 --> 00:15:35,422 SO THEY HAVE A SET EVALUATION 359 00:15:35,422 --> 00:15:36,924 PROCESS WHERE THEY TAKE A 360 00:15:36,924 --> 00:15:38,692 USUALLY RELATED SET OF STUDY 361 00:15:38,692 --> 00:15:39,793 SECTIONS AND THEY HAVE AN 362 00:15:39,793 --> 00:15:42,095 OUTSIDE COMMITTEE COME IN AND 363 00:15:42,095 --> 00:15:44,364 THEY EVALUATE THEM. AND THEY 364 00:15:44,364 --> 00:15:45,799 MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGES, 365 00:15:45,799 --> 00:15:48,035 ET CETERA, AND, YOU KNOW, AND 366 00:15:48,035 --> 00:15:51,171 THAT GOES ON TOO. HOWEVER, WITH 367 00:15:51,171 --> 00:15:52,539 THIS IS CHANGING EVERYTHING 368 00:15:52,539 --> 00:15:54,241 OBVIOUSLY. TOO. AND THEY WILL 369 00:15:54,241 --> 00:15:58,512 LIKELY NEED A NEW PROCESS THERE 370 00:15:58,512 --> 00:15:59,680 TOO. TO UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, IS 371 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,249 THIS EFFECTIVE THE WAY THEORY 372 00:16:02,249 --> 00:16:03,784 DOING, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL STUDY 373 00:16:03,784 --> 00:16:06,520 SECTIONS, CREATING NEW STUDY 374 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:10,457 SECTIONS, CREATING NEW STANDING 375 00:16:10,457 --> 00:16:11,491 SEPTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT 376 00:16:11,491 --> 00:16:13,393 TYPES OF PROCESSES THEY DO AND 377 00:16:13,393 --> 00:16:14,761 THE QUALITY OF COURSE TOO. I 378 00:16:14,761 --> 00:16:17,531 THINK THAT CAN BE MEASURED OVER 379 00:16:17,531 --> 00:16:21,535 TIME AND WILL NEED TO BE. SO, I 380 00:16:21,535 --> 00:16:25,906 THINK, INVITING SENIOR MEMBER OF 381 00:16:25,906 --> 00:16:28,408 CSR TO OUR COUNCIL IS A GREAT 382 00:16:28,408 --> 00:16:29,876 IDEA BUT I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD 383 00:16:29,876 --> 00:16:32,546 PROBABLY WAIT AT LEAST UNTIL 384 00:16:32,546 --> 00:16:33,947 JANUARY, MAYBE EVEN MAY COUNCIL 385 00:16:33,947 --> 00:16:36,149 TO GET THAT BECAUSE WHAT GIVES 386 00:16:36,149 --> 00:16:38,518 THEM SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY 387 00:16:38,518 --> 00:16:40,554 UNDERSTAND AND HAVE A FEW ROUNDS 388 00:16:40,554 --> 00:16:42,689 UNDER THEIR BELT, YOU KNOW WHAT 389 00:16:42,689 --> 00:16:44,958 I MEAN? AFTER THIS WHOLE 390 00:16:44,958 --> 00:16:45,625 TRANSITION HAS OCCURRED TOO. 391 00:16:45,625 --> 00:16:46,393 >> FRANK: RIGHT, SURE, THANK 392 00:16:46,393 --> 00:16:56,503 YOU. 393 00:16:56,837 --> 00:17:05,445 >> KENNETH: OTHER QUESTIONS? 394 00:17:05,445 --> 00:17:09,383 SNUB YES. WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER 395 00:17:09,383 --> 00:17:13,754 OF MEETINGS LOCALLY ABOUT THE 396 00:17:13,754 --> 00:17:19,559 NIH IN GENERAL. AND THE 397 00:17:19,559 --> 00:17:21,795 RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT. IT'S 398 00:17:21,795 --> 00:17:25,532 RELATIVELY SAFE TO SAY THE 399 00:17:25,532 --> 00:17:26,433 PREDOMINANT SENTIMENT IS FEAR 400 00:17:26,433 --> 00:17:28,869 AMONG THE RESEARCHERS. THEY ARE 401 00:17:28,869 --> 00:17:30,170 CONCERNED BECAUSE EITHER THEY OR 402 00:17:30,170 --> 00:17:33,640 THEIR COLLEAGUES HAVE RECEIVED 403 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,877 TERMINATION NOTICES. FOR THEIR 404 00:17:36,877 --> 00:17:38,345 STUDIES. INCLUDING TRIALS THAT 405 00:17:38,345 --> 00:17:45,786 HAVE SUBCONTRACTS, ET CETERA. 406 00:17:45,786 --> 00:17:46,887 THEY ARE CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE 407 00:17:46,887 --> 00:17:48,922 THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH 408 00:17:48,922 --> 00:17:52,492 AT FEDERAL AGENCIES IN THE NIH 409 00:17:52,492 --> 00:17:54,628 ARE SUDDENLY GONE AND THE THIRD 410 00:17:54,628 --> 00:17:57,297 IS THAT THERE'S FEAR THAT THE 411 00:17:57,297 --> 00:17:59,433 TYPE OF RESEARCH THEY ARE 412 00:17:59,433 --> 00:18:02,002 CONDUCTING ARE NOT CONSISTENT 413 00:18:02,002 --> 00:18:03,804 WITH PRIORITIES OF THE FEDERAL 414 00:18:03,804 --> 00:18:07,040 GOVERNMENT AT THIS POINT. THAT 415 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,009 TERM CONSISTENT WITH PRIORITIES 416 00:18:09,009 --> 00:18:12,345 KEEPS COMING UP. AND JUST, YOU 417 00:18:12,345 --> 00:18:13,880 KNOW, A QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW, 418 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:14,948 I KNOW YOU CAN SAY ONLY SO MUCH 419 00:18:14,948 --> 00:18:19,753 BUT IN FACT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS 420 00:18:19,753 --> 00:18:23,423 THE MESSAGE THAT NIA WOULD LIKE 421 00:18:23,423 --> 00:18:26,526 TO ASCEND TO PARTICULARLY TO 422 00:18:26,526 --> 00:18:27,828 EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS WHO 423 00:18:27,828 --> 00:18:29,796 ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR CAREERS 424 00:18:29,796 --> 00:18:38,205 BUT ALSO SENIOR INVESTIGATORS. 425 00:18:38,205 --> 00:18:38,772 >> RICHARD: THANKS FOR THE 426 00:18:38,772 --> 00:18:40,874 QUESTION AND THE SENSITIVITY. 427 00:18:40,874 --> 00:18:42,509 UNDERSTAND IN THESE TIMES OF 428 00:18:42,509 --> 00:18:45,879 CHANGE THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS 429 00:18:45,879 --> 00:18:48,315 AND ANXIETIES. WHEN I CAN SAY 430 00:18:48,315 --> 00:18:49,916 IS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MOST 431 00:18:49,916 --> 00:18:51,518 GENERALLY EXPRESSED PRIORITIES 432 00:18:51,518 --> 00:18:54,087 OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, THIS NEW 433 00:18:54,087 --> 00:18:56,823 NIH DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY FOR 434 00:18:56,823 --> 00:18:58,892 THAT MATTER, THAT OVERALL, 435 00:18:58,892 --> 00:19:00,227 POPULATION HEALTH, THE 436 00:19:00,227 --> 00:19:02,496 APPRECIATION OF THE IMPORTANCE 437 00:19:02,496 --> 00:19:04,131 OF PREVENTION, PREVENTING 438 00:19:04,131 --> 00:19:06,533 CHRONIC DISEASE, EXTENSION OF 439 00:19:06,533 --> 00:19:08,168 LIFE AND QUALITY OF LIFE ARE 440 00:19:08,168 --> 00:19:11,238 AREAS AND THEMES OF RESEARCH 441 00:19:11,238 --> 00:19:13,073 THAT RESONATE VERY WELL 442 00:19:13,073 --> 00:19:14,708 ESSENTIALLY WITH NIA AS WELL AS 443 00:19:14,708 --> 00:19:18,945 ACROSS THE REST OF NIH. I 444 00:19:18,945 --> 00:19:25,485 MENTION THE FACT THAT OUR NEW 445 00:19:25,485 --> 00:19:27,888 NIH DIRECTOR HAS LONG SUPPORT IN 446 00:19:27,888 --> 00:19:30,090 HIS CAREER BY NIA AND HEALTH 447 00:19:30,090 --> 00:19:32,459 ECONOMICS IN AREAS THAT INCLUDE 448 00:19:32,459 --> 00:19:33,727 POPULATION DIVERSITY AND 449 00:19:33,727 --> 00:19:36,096 HETEROGENEITY IN IMPORTANT AREAS 450 00:19:36,096 --> 00:19:37,197 LIKE INTEGRITY AND 451 00:19:37,197 --> 00:19:39,266 REPRODUCIBILITY OF SCIENCE. I 452 00:19:39,266 --> 00:19:41,301 THINK THESE ARE VALUES AS WE'RE 453 00:19:41,301 --> 00:19:42,536 HEARING THEM THAT WE CAN 454 00:19:42,536 --> 00:19:44,237 EMBRACE. I THINK MOST OF WHAT 455 00:19:44,237 --> 00:19:47,974 WE HEARD FROM THE FIRST COUPLE 456 00:19:47,974 --> 00:19:49,776 OF WEEKS FROM OUR NEW NIH 457 00:19:49,776 --> 00:19:50,977 DIRECTOR HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY 458 00:19:50,977 --> 00:19:51,878 REASSURING NOW WE WILL WAIT AND 459 00:19:51,878 --> 00:19:53,847 DO OUR BEST TO IMPLEMENT IN A 460 00:19:53,847 --> 00:19:56,483 WAY THAT PRESERVES THE ABILITY 461 00:19:56,483 --> 00:19:58,518 OF SCIENTISTS TO CARRY OUT THE 462 00:19:58,518 --> 00:19:59,486 VERY BEST SCIENCE THAT'S 463 00:19:59,486 --> 00:20:01,821 NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE 464 00:20:01,821 --> 00:20:03,890 GOALS OF NIA AND NIH. I DON'T 465 00:20:03,890 --> 00:20:04,958 WANT TO DOWN PLAY, UNDERSTAND 466 00:20:04,958 --> 00:20:07,794 THE ISSUES, I WOULD SAY THAT JAY 467 00:20:07,794 --> 00:20:10,130 4I78S REFLECTS VERY WELL THE 468 00:20:10,130 --> 00:20:14,201 IMPORTANCE OF TRYING TO ADDRESS 469 00:20:14,201 --> 00:20:15,869 THE ANXIETIES AND CONCERNS OF 470 00:20:15,869 --> 00:20:16,570 THE POPULATION. 471 00:20:16,570 --> 00:20:19,973 HE'S AWARE OF THEM AND THERE'LL 472 00:20:19,973 --> 00:20:21,508 BE ACTIONS IN ADDITION TO HIS 473 00:20:21,508 --> 00:20:24,578 APPROPRIATE WORDS SO FAR THAT 474 00:20:24,578 --> 00:20:26,746 ARE GOING TO BE IMPORTANT IN THE 475 00:20:26,746 --> 00:20:27,881 RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND THE 476 00:20:27,881 --> 00:20:38,158 GENERAL PUBLIC. 477 00:20:48,969 --> 00:20:50,136 >> I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR 478 00:20:50,136 --> 00:20:51,271 UNDERSTANDING THE SENSITIVITY OF 479 00:20:51,271 --> 00:20:54,641 THESE TIMES. I WANT TO SAY ALSO 480 00:20:54,641 --> 00:20:58,845 FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF 481 00:20:58,845 --> 00:21:01,781 PARTICIPANTS OF RESEARCH, I'VE 482 00:21:01,781 --> 00:21:03,116 BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN 483 00:21:03,116 --> 00:21:07,320 SEVERAL MEETINGS AND I ALSO CAN 484 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:08,688 SHARE WITH YOU THAT THERE'S A 485 00:21:08,688 --> 00:21:10,523 LOT OF FEAR AS WELL. I MEAN, 486 00:21:10,523 --> 00:21:13,560 PEOPLE WHO HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH 487 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,695 OF THEIR LIVES INTO 488 00:21:15,695 --> 00:21:18,198 PARTICIPATING IN SUCH CRITICAL 489 00:21:18,198 --> 00:21:21,368 RESEARCH AND PEOPLE WHO ARE 490 00:21:21,368 --> 00:21:23,336 TRUSTING AND HOPING FOR THE BEST 491 00:21:23,336 --> 00:21:27,407 OF OUTCOMES FOR NOT JUST 492 00:21:27,407 --> 00:21:29,276 THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES 493 00:21:29,276 --> 00:21:30,644 BUT REALLY FOR HUMANITY, FOR 494 00:21:30,644 --> 00:21:34,514 EVERYONE. AND ALL I CAN SAY IS 495 00:21:34,514 --> 00:21:35,915 I JUST SHARE WITH THEM SOME OF 496 00:21:35,915 --> 00:21:38,118 THE CONCERNS BUT I ALSO TELL 497 00:21:38,118 --> 00:21:40,587 THEM, YOU KNOW, BE MOVED BY FEAR 498 00:21:40,587 --> 00:21:42,522 IS NEVER A GOOD THING NO MATTER 499 00:21:42,522 --> 00:21:44,257 WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND US. I 500 00:21:44,257 --> 00:21:45,859 MEAN, MANY OF US, I AM A 501 00:21:45,859 --> 00:21:49,095 RESEARCH PARTICIPANT AS WELL. 502 00:21:49,095 --> 00:21:53,667 MANY OF US HAVE SEEN SO MUCH AND 503 00:21:53,667 --> 00:21:56,469 WE'VE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, BE 504 00:21:56,469 --> 00:21:57,871 STRONG AND COURAGEOUS SO I SAY, 505 00:21:57,871 --> 00:22:02,208 JUST DON'T BE MOVED BY FEAR. 506 00:22:02,208 --> 00:22:03,710 AND LET'S JUST WORK TOGETHER 507 00:22:03,710 --> 00:22:04,744 HERE AND SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE 508 00:22:04,744 --> 00:22:06,946 MOVING THINGS FORWARD SO I JUST 509 00:22:06,946 --> 00:22:08,148 WANT TO THANK EVERYONE BECAUSE 510 00:22:08,148 --> 00:22:10,550 EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE SAYING 511 00:22:10,550 --> 00:22:12,319 HERE IS ACTUALLY A GREAT 512 00:22:12,319 --> 00:22:15,355 ANTIDOTE TO FEAR AND I 513 00:22:15,355 --> 00:22:17,324 APPRECIATE YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT. 514 00:22:17,324 --> 00:22:18,525 THANK YOU AND ALL THE WORK THAT 515 00:22:18,525 --> 00:22:20,260 EVERYONE IS PUTTING INTO THIS. 516 00:22:20,260 --> 00:22:21,728 SO THANK YOU. AND NOT JUST FOR 517 00:22:21,728 --> 00:22:23,530 ME AND MY FAMILY BUT FROM THOSE 518 00:22:23,530 --> 00:22:26,566 WHO ARE IN THE SAME BOAT AS 519 00:22:26,566 --> 00:22:34,507 MYSELF AND MY FAMILY. 520 00:22:34,507 --> 00:22:37,310 >> KENNETH: THANK YOU MARIE TA, 521 00:22:37,310 --> 00:22:39,179 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS AND 522 00:22:39,179 --> 00:22:40,847 YOUR SUPPORT HERE FOR HERE AT 523 00:22:40,847 --> 00:22:50,924 NIH AND NIA ESPECIALLY. AND WE 524 00:22:50,924 --> 00:22:51,891 UNDERSTAND THIS AND APPRECIATE 525 00:22:51,891 --> 00:22:59,366 AGAIN ALL YOUR HELP. 526 00:22:59,366 --> 00:23:02,502 >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A 527 00:23:02,502 --> 00:23:09,609 COMMENT. THE WAY THE LEADERSHIP 528 00:23:09,609 --> 00:23:13,446 AT NIA HAVE NAVIGATED THROUGH 529 00:23:13,446 --> 00:23:15,949 THESE DIFFICULT TIMES WE TRULY 530 00:23:15,949 --> 00:23:18,084 APPRECIATE. AT LEAST I DO. I 531 00:23:18,084 --> 00:23:20,787 AM ALSO A HOPEFUL PERSON AND I 532 00:23:20,787 --> 00:23:21,921 THINK WE WILL EVENTUALLY DO THE 533 00:23:21,921 --> 00:23:22,889 RIGHT THING AFTER WE TRIED 534 00:23:22,889 --> 00:23:25,225 EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S A DIRECT 535 00:23:25,225 --> 00:23:26,359 QUOTE. NOT, I DIDN'T MAKE IT 536 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:30,096 BUT THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S HOW I 537 00:23:30,096 --> 00:23:34,134 FEEL THESE DAYS. 538 00:23:34,134 --> 00:23:37,804 >> KENNETH: YES, OF COURSE, 539 00:23:37,804 --> 00:23:38,304 THANK YOU. 540 00:23:38,304 --> 00:23:41,608 >> RICHARD: WE'LL TAKE THAT AS A 541 00:23:41,608 --> 00:23:42,108 POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE. 542 00:23:42,108 --> 00:23:44,144 >> KENNETH: EXACTLY. AND JUST 543 00:23:44,144 --> 00:23:47,647 TO ASSURE EVERYONE WE, EXACTLY 544 00:23:47,647 --> 00:23:49,716 RIGHT. WE ARE NAVIGATING ALL 545 00:23:49,716 --> 00:23:54,521 THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED. 546 00:23:54,521 --> 00:23:57,457 AND WE ARE AGAIN, CONTINUING TO 547 00:23:57,457 --> 00:24:01,628 ENSURE THAT THE MISSION OF THE 548 00:24:01,628 --> 00:24:04,697 INSTITUTE OF AGING IS 549 00:24:04,697 --> 00:24:05,698 ACCOMPLISHED BY THE SCIENCE AND 550 00:24:05,698 --> 00:24:08,701 BY MAKING AWARDS. I CAN ENSURE 551 00:24:08,701 --> 00:24:11,838 OUR GRANTS MANAGEMENT STAFF IS 552 00:24:11,838 --> 00:24:13,239 DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO GET 553 00:24:13,239 --> 00:24:15,074 THOSE AWARDS OUT, NAVIGATING NEW 554 00:24:15,074 --> 00:24:18,311 APPROVAL PROCESSES, ET CETERA BY 555 00:24:18,311 --> 00:24:20,580 WE ARE MAKING AWARDS AND WE ARE 556 00:24:20,580 --> 00:24:22,515 CONTINUALLY MAKING AWARDS. WE 557 00:24:22,515 --> 00:24:25,051 HAVE A BUDGET FINALLY THIS JUST 558 00:24:25,051 --> 00:24:27,287 RECENTLY TOO. SO WE WILL BE 559 00:24:27,287 --> 00:24:30,757 MOVING FORWARD WITH, AGAIN, 560 00:24:30,757 --> 00:24:34,294 AWARDS. AND THE THING I WANT TO 561 00:24:34,294 --> 00:24:37,997 APPRECIATE AND THANK EVERYONE IS 562 00:24:37,997 --> 00:24:39,632 FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND FOR ALL 563 00:24:39,632 --> 00:24:41,134 THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO GET PUT 564 00:24:41,134 --> 00:24:43,169 IN BY YOUR INSTITUTIONS, ET 565 00:24:43,169 --> 00:24:46,506 CETERA, TO ALSO NAVIGATE THIS 566 00:24:46,506 --> 00:24:47,707 TOO BECAUSE IT IS VERY COMPLEX 567 00:24:47,707 --> 00:24:49,709 ON OUR SIDE BUT I IMAGINE IT IS 568 00:24:49,709 --> 00:24:52,612 EVEN MORE COMPLEX ON YOUR SIDE 569 00:24:52,612 --> 00:24:55,715 TOO. AS THE AWARDEES AND THE 570 00:24:55,715 --> 00:24:57,217 INSTITUTIONS AND WHAT THEY HAVE 571 00:24:57,217 --> 00:25:00,320 TO NAVIGATE TOO AND WE DO 572 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:04,424 UNDERSTAND THAT TOO AND REALLY 573 00:25:04,424 --> 00:25:08,228 APPRECIATE ALL THE PATIENCE THAT 574 00:25:08,228 --> 00:25:09,929 YOU'VE EXERTED ON... FOR US 575 00:25:09,929 --> 00:25:12,031 ESPECIALLY TOO. BECAUSE WE'RE 576 00:25:12,031 --> 00:25:14,100 BOTH IN THE SAME TRANSITION 577 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:16,102 TIME. AND WE HAVE TO 578 00:25:16,102 --> 00:25:17,537 UNDERSTAND, WE HAVE TO GET CLEAR 579 00:25:17,537 --> 00:25:20,073 INFORMATION AND WE HAVE TO 580 00:25:20,073 --> 00:25:23,543 PROVIDE THAT TO YOU TOO AND WE 581 00:25:23,543 --> 00:25:29,315 DEFINITELY RECOGNIZE THAT. 582 00:25:29,315 --> 00:25:29,749 SANJAY. 583 00:25:29,749 --> 00:25:30,683 >> ANDREW: YEAH, THANK YOU, 584 00:25:30,683 --> 00:25:37,624 AGAIN, IF I FEEL FIRST OF ALL I 585 00:25:37,624 --> 00:25:38,525 WANT TO ECHO WHAT KAHN SAID. IT 586 00:25:38,525 --> 00:25:42,495 IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP 587 00:25:42,495 --> 00:25:50,503 ON GOING IN THESE TOUGH TIMES. 588 00:25:50,503 --> 00:25:53,339 WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE FNA 589 00:25:53,339 --> 00:25:54,841 COSTS AND THAT IS AN AREA WHICH 590 00:25:54,841 --> 00:25:57,343 IS UNCLEAR AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE 591 00:25:57,343 --> 00:25:59,212 COSTS PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE FOR 592 00:25:59,212 --> 00:26:02,348 INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT 593 00:26:02,348 --> 00:26:03,516 RESEARCHERS AND RELATED 594 00:26:03,516 --> 00:26:05,685 PROGRAMS. I WONDER, IF THERE'S 595 00:26:05,685 --> 00:26:07,987 ANYTHING YOU COULD TELL US, THE 596 00:26:07,987 --> 00:26:10,623 LATEST IN THAT AREA IN TERMS OF 597 00:26:10,623 --> 00:26:11,224 NEGOTIATIONS, AND WHERE IT IS 598 00:26:11,224 --> 00:26:16,930 MOVING. 599 00:26:16,930 --> 00:26:18,197 >> RICHARD: SANJAY, OF COURSE I 600 00:26:18,197 --> 00:26:20,300 UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE. I 601 00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:21,301 THINK THE STRONG STATEMENT I CAN 602 00:26:21,301 --> 00:26:24,404 MAKE IS THAT WE AT NIH HAVE 603 00:26:24,404 --> 00:26:26,506 PLAYED AND PLAY NO ROLE IN 604 00:26:26,506 --> 00:26:29,776 DETERMINATION OF THOSE LEVELS. 605 00:26:29,776 --> 00:26:31,411 WE CERTAINLY HAVE HEARD FROM THE 606 00:26:31,411 --> 00:26:32,745 COMMUNITY APPROPRIATELY. PUBLIC 607 00:26:32,745 --> 00:26:36,316 AND THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY 608 00:26:36,316 --> 00:26:38,017 FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT 609 00:26:38,017 --> 00:26:39,919 THESE INDIRECT COSTS HAVE BEEN 610 00:26:39,919 --> 00:26:41,721 IN PLACE, THEY'VE BY INTENTION 611 00:26:41,721 --> 00:26:43,823 BEEN BEYOND THE CONTROL OF NIH 612 00:26:43,823 --> 00:26:45,925 SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS 613 00:26:45,925 --> 00:26:49,896 WHERE WE CAN AND WILL ACT TO 614 00:26:49,896 --> 00:26:51,898 OPTIMIZE THE RESEARCH THAT WE 615 00:26:51,898 --> 00:26:53,499 SUPPORT, GIVEN THE DECISIONS 616 00:26:53,499 --> 00:26:55,468 THAT ARE MADE ABOUT INDIRECT 617 00:26:55,468 --> 00:26:57,937 COSTS BUT WILL HAVE NO DIRECT 618 00:26:57,937 --> 00:27:02,508 INPUT INTO THE DETERMINATION. 619 00:27:02,508 --> 00:27:09,949 >> SANJAY: YEAH, THANK YOU. 620 00:27:09,949 --> 00:27:15,254 >> KENNETH: NANCY. SNANS THERE 621 00:27:15,254 --> 00:27:19,926 IS JUST IF PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE, 622 00:27:19,926 --> 00:27:21,961 AAC AND OTHER GRIPES HAVE COME 623 00:27:21,961 --> 00:27:24,063 TOGETHER AS A GROUP TO TALK 624 00:27:24,063 --> 00:27:26,499 ABOUT INDIRECT COSTS FROM THE 625 00:27:26,499 --> 00:27:36,142 PERSPECTIVE OF GRANTEES. HOW 626 00:27:36,142 --> 00:27:37,844 THEY COULD BE SIMPLIFIED AND 627 00:27:37,844 --> 00:27:39,345 TIERED TO WHAT IS SUPPORTED AND 628 00:27:39,345 --> 00:27:40,747 NEEDED. SO IF SOMEONE'S DOING A 629 00:27:40,747 --> 00:27:42,515 GRANT WHERE THEY NEED A LIBRARY 630 00:27:42,515 --> 00:27:44,517 AND A COMPUTER THEY'RE NOT 631 00:27:44,517 --> 00:27:46,519 PUTTING IN DIRECT COST RATE ON 632 00:27:46,519 --> 00:27:47,787 IT THAT SUGGESTS THAT THEY HAVE 633 00:27:47,787 --> 00:27:54,093 A LAB AND ANIMALS. I, NIA HAS 634 00:27:54,093 --> 00:27:56,295 BEEN PARTICULARLY CAREFUL IN 635 00:27:56,295 --> 00:27:58,731 THAT IN THE INDIRECT COSTS 636 00:27:58,731 --> 00:28:01,567 ASSIGNED TO ITS PROPOSALS. I AM 637 00:28:01,567 --> 00:28:06,806 CURIOUS AND I KNOW IT'S A LEAKED 638 00:28:06,806 --> 00:28:09,742 OMB BUDGET AT THIS POINT IN 639 00:28:09,742 --> 00:28:11,978 TIME. THERE WAS BURIED 640 00:28:11,978 --> 00:28:15,214 SOMEWHERE DEEP WITHIN THAT 64 641 00:28:15,214 --> 00:28:17,417 PAGE DOCUMENT CODIFICATION OF 642 00:28:17,417 --> 00:28:22,321 THE 15% INDIRECT COST. AND I AM 643 00:28:22,321 --> 00:28:24,424 HOPEFUL THAT HHS IN ITS RESPONSE 644 00:28:24,424 --> 00:28:28,995 TO THAT I THINK IT'S A PASS FAST 645 00:28:28,995 --> 00:28:30,396 BUDGET WOULD AT THIS POINT IN 646 00:28:30,396 --> 00:28:35,101 TIME HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THE 647 00:28:35,101 --> 00:28:43,209 NEED FOR THERE TO BE A MORE 648 00:28:43,209 --> 00:28:44,844 THOUGHTFUL APPROACH IN CHANGING 649 00:28:44,844 --> 00:28:47,146 HOW MORE INDIRECT COSTS ARE 650 00:28:47,146 --> 00:28:49,315 FIGURED OUT. WE IN PRIOR 651 00:28:49,315 --> 00:28:53,086 COMMENTS TO, AS AGS TO ENERGY 652 00:28:53,086 --> 00:28:55,722 AND COMMERCE HAS COMMENTED THAT 653 00:28:55,722 --> 00:28:58,024 THIS STRUCK US AS SOMETHING THAT 654 00:28:58,024 --> 00:29:02,495 WOULD BE SUITABLE FOR AN NASM SO 655 00:29:02,495 --> 00:29:03,763 IS NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF 656 00:29:03,763 --> 00:29:05,898 SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND 657 00:29:05,898 --> 00:29:08,568 MEDICINE SORT OF A GOOD STRONG 658 00:29:08,568 --> 00:29:10,436 EXTERNAL BODY WITH INPUT BOTH 659 00:29:10,436 --> 00:29:12,472 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FROM 660 00:29:12,472 --> 00:29:12,972 EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. 661 00:29:12,972 --> 00:29:15,742 WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO MOVE 662 00:29:15,742 --> 00:29:21,214 FORWARD, AGAIN, RECOGNIZING THIS 663 00:29:21,214 --> 00:29:27,286 IS BEYOND NIA WHERE NIA OR NIH 664 00:29:27,286 --> 00:29:29,021 IS COMMENTING BUT I THINK HHS IS 665 00:29:29,021 --> 00:29:32,959 LOOKING AT THE OMB BUDGET FOR 666 00:29:32,959 --> 00:29:36,796 HHS. WHATEVER THAT TURNS OUT TO 667 00:29:36,796 --> 00:29:40,066 BE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE 668 00:29:40,066 --> 00:29:43,369 IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF AS, IF 669 00:29:43,369 --> 00:29:44,604 EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS SAW THAT 670 00:29:44,604 --> 00:29:47,740 SORT OF, VERY CAREFUL, WE'RE 671 00:29:47,740 --> 00:29:49,041 GOING TO PAY, WE'RE GOING TO 672 00:29:49,041 --> 00:29:52,078 TAKE A VERY CAREFUL APPROACH TO 673 00:29:52,078 --> 00:29:56,382 CHANGING IC RATES. 674 00:29:56,382 --> 00:29:58,251 >> KENNETH: THANK YOU FOR BEING 675 00:29:58,251 --> 00:30:07,093 A PART OF THAT IMPORTANT EFFORT. 676 00:30:07,093 --> 00:30:09,562 >> NANCY: WE TRY. 677 00:30:09,562 --> 00:30:12,131 >> FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS WE 678 00:30:12,131 --> 00:30:13,166 HAVE APPLIED FOR LARGE GRANT 679 00:30:13,166 --> 00:30:15,735 WHICH IS IS A NATIVE CENTER FOR 680 00:30:15,735 --> 00:30:17,804 HEALTH RESEARCH AND WE'RE PRETTY 681 00:30:17,804 --> 00:30:20,606 SUCCESSFUL AT IT SO OUR IDC IS 682 00:30:20,606 --> 00:30:22,441 GENERALLY VERY LOW. 683 00:30:22,441 --> 00:30:25,578 IT'S, ALASKA NATIVES HAVE A VERY 684 00:30:25,578 --> 00:30:29,749 HIGH IDC RATE BUT OURS 685 00:30:29,749 --> 00:30:32,084 FLUCTUATINGS BETWEEN 11-14%. 686 00:30:32,084 --> 00:30:35,755 IT'S 14.7 RIGHT NOW. 687 00:30:35,755 --> 00:30:39,158 AND WHEN WE, WE ALMOST ALWAYS 688 00:30:39,158 --> 00:30:41,527 WORK WITH RESEARCH INTENSIVE 689 00:30:41,527 --> 00:30:44,130 PARTNERS WHICH IS UNIVERSITIES. 690 00:30:44,130 --> 00:30:50,369 YOU KNOW, EMERY, THEIR DIRECT 691 00:30:50,369 --> 00:30:52,438 BECOMES PART OF THEIR 692 00:30:52,438 --> 00:30:54,507 SUBCONTRACT. THAT HAS NEVER 693 00:30:54,507 --> 00:30:57,276 BEEN QUESTIONED. SO NIH 694 00:30:57,276 --> 00:31:00,379 CONSIDERED, SO, FOR EXAMPLE, 695 00:31:00,379 --> 00:31:01,581 IT'S 100,000 DOLLAR GRANT 696 00:31:01,581 --> 00:31:04,050 THEY'LL GIVE US 14,000 DOLLARS 697 00:31:04,050 --> 00:31:09,989 AS INDIRECT. AND 50% OF THAT 698 00:31:09,989 --> 00:31:12,058 LET'S SUPPOSE IS A SUBCONTRACT 699 00:31:12,058 --> 00:31:14,560 WITH UHC. WHATEVER THEIR 700 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:18,531 INDIRECT IS, BECOMES A PART OF A 701 00:31:18,531 --> 00:31:21,367 SUBCONTRACT TO US SO IT DOESN'T 702 00:31:21,367 --> 00:31:24,303 AFFECT THEIR IDC RATE AT ALL AND 703 00:31:24,303 --> 00:31:26,505 I WAS JUST WONDERING, I MEAN 704 00:31:26,505 --> 00:31:29,175 THAT COULD BE A LITTLE TRICK. 705 00:31:29,175 --> 00:31:32,578 I'M JUST THINKING ALOUD HERE. 706 00:31:32,578 --> 00:31:33,713 THAT WORKING WITH THE NONPROFITS 707 00:31:33,713 --> 00:31:36,916 AND TRAVEL ASSOCIATIONS AND SO 708 00:31:36,916 --> 00:31:39,986 ON AND SO FORTH MAYBE, JUST 709 00:31:39,986 --> 00:31:41,087 MAYBE UNIVERSITIES CAN GET 710 00:31:41,087 --> 00:31:43,923 AROUND THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF 711 00:31:43,923 --> 00:31:47,293 THAT, I WAS JUST WONDERING YOUR 712 00:31:47,293 --> 00:31:51,764 THOUGHTS. 713 00:31:51,764 --> 00:31:52,565 >> KENNETH: WELL, I WOULD JUST 714 00:31:52,565 --> 00:31:56,602 SAY, IF I CAN START US OFF ON 715 00:31:56,602 --> 00:31:59,405 THAT ONE IS, THERE'S SPECIFIC, 716 00:31:59,405 --> 00:32:02,141 BASICALLY ALMOST ACCOUNTING 717 00:32:02,141 --> 00:32:03,709 REGULATIONS FOR THE, WHAT'S PART 718 00:32:03,709 --> 00:32:07,880 OF THE GPS WHICH IS THE GRANTS 719 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:11,250 POLICY STATEMENT, FOR HOW 720 00:32:11,250 --> 00:32:16,656 INDIRECT COSTS AND SUBAWARDS OR 721 00:32:16,656 --> 00:32:18,691 SUBCONTRACTS OR CONSORTIUM COSTS 722 00:32:18,691 --> 00:32:20,793 ARE ALL CALCULATED AND WHAT, HOW 723 00:32:20,793 --> 00:32:23,362 THAT IS THEN CALCULATED IN THE 724 00:32:23,362 --> 00:32:24,563 TOTAL BUDGET. SO THIS IS 725 00:32:24,563 --> 00:32:27,166 SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, IS WITHIN 726 00:32:27,166 --> 00:32:30,503 POLICY, YOU KNOW. AND IS VERY 727 00:32:30,503 --> 00:32:34,073 HIGHLY REGULATED. AND NOT 728 00:32:34,073 --> 00:32:35,708 SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN 729 00:32:35,708 --> 00:32:38,144 DISCUSSED IS ALL I CAN SAY AT 730 00:32:38,144 --> 00:32:39,378 THIS POINT REGARDING CHANGES IN 731 00:32:39,378 --> 00:32:41,580 THAT TOO. BESIDES THE OVERALL 732 00:32:41,580 --> 00:32:45,084 PROPOSAL OF PUTTING A 15% ACROSS 733 00:32:45,084 --> 00:32:48,421 THE BOARD INDIRECT COSTS FOR 734 00:32:48,421 --> 00:32:50,523 EVERYONE TOO. WHICH IS, AGAIN, 735 00:32:50,523 --> 00:32:52,892 AS RICHARD SAID IS OUT OF OUR 736 00:32:52,892 --> 00:32:54,226 CONTROL BECAUSE THAT WAS 737 00:32:54,226 --> 00:32:55,695 NEGOTIATED BY A DIFFERENT 738 00:32:55,695 --> 00:32:57,229 FEDERAL AGENCY. COMPLETELY 739 00:32:57,229 --> 00:33:07,073 OUTSIDE OF THE NIH'S PURVIEW. 740 00:33:07,073 --> 00:33:14,814 ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 741 00:33:14,814 --> 00:33:18,517 VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT 742 00:33:18,517 --> 00:33:20,820 DISCUSSION. THANK YOU DR. HODES 743 00:33:20,820 --> 00:33:24,790 FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR 744 00:33:24,790 --> 00:33:28,527 REPORT. TO FINISH OFF THIS 745 00:33:28,527 --> 00:33:30,296 SESSION, OUR OPEN SESSION TOO, I 746 00:33:30,296 --> 00:33:37,036 JUST WANTED TO FIRST, I NEED A 747 00:33:37,036 --> 00:33:37,770 CONCURRENCE OF WITHIN THE 748 00:33:37,770 --> 00:33:39,105 ELECTRONIC COUNCIL BOOK YOU WILL 749 00:33:39,105 --> 00:33:41,941 SEE THE DIRECTOR STATUS REPORT 750 00:33:41,941 --> 00:33:46,145 FROM LAST, OUR LAST MEETING. 751 00:33:46,145 --> 00:33:48,280 THOSE MEETING MINUTES ARE IN 752 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,517 THERE AND I JUST NEED A 753 00:33:51,517 --> 00:33:53,753 CONCURRENCE FROM COUNCILMEMBERS 754 00:33:53,753 --> 00:33:55,254 TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES. 755 00:33:55,254 --> 00:33:57,823 COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO 756 00:33:57,823 --> 00:33:58,157 APPROVE? 757 00:33:58,157 --> 00:33:59,125 >> SO MOVED. 758 00:33:59,125 --> 00:33:59,825 >> SO MOVED. 759 00:33:59,825 --> 00:34:00,226 >> SECOND. 760 00:34:00,226 --> 00:34:01,761 >> I SECOND THE MOTION. 761 00:34:01,761 --> 00:34:03,295 >> SECOND. 762 00:34:03,295 --> 00:34:04,263 >> ALL APPROVE? 763 00:34:04,263 --> 00:34:05,865 >> YES. 764 00:34:05,865 --> 00:34:06,098 >> YES. 765 00:34:06,098 --> 00:34:06,966 >> AYE. 766 00:34:06,966 --> 00:34:07,199 >> AYE. 767 00:34:07,199 --> 00:34:12,338 >> ANY OPPOSED? 768 00:34:12,338 --> 00:34:13,139 >> AYE. 769 00:34:13,139 --> 00:34:14,540 >> ALL RIGHT. NOT HEARING ANY 770 00:34:14,540 --> 00:34:18,511 OPPOSED WE HAVE A MOTION TO 771 00:34:18,511 --> 00:34:21,580 APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE 772 00:34:21,580 --> 00:34:23,349 LAST MEETING. REGARDING OUR 773 00:34:23,349 --> 00:34:24,984 FUTURE MEETINGS, JUST TO LET 774 00:34:24,984 --> 00:34:26,986 EVERYONE KNOW, OUR NEXT MEETING 775 00:34:26,986 --> 00:34:30,523 IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. SO 776 00:34:30,523 --> 00:34:34,293 STAY TUNED FOR YOUR NEXT 777 00:34:34,293 --> 00:34:35,194 ASSIGNMENTS. BUT TUESDAY AND 778 00:34:35,194 --> 00:34:37,797 WEDNESDAY MAY 13TH AND 14TH IS 779 00:34:37,797 --> 00:34:42,835 OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, OUR 780 00:34:42,835 --> 00:34:44,904 REGULARLY SCHEDULED COUNCIL 781 00:34:44,904 --> 00:34:45,971 MEETING. THIS WILL BE VIRTUAL 782 00:34:45,971 --> 00:34:47,606 THIS TIME. THE REASON FOR 783 00:34:47,606 --> 00:34:50,309 HAVING IT VIRTUAL IS BECAUSE OF 784 00:34:50,309 --> 00:34:53,579 THE CHANGES IN THE TRAVEL 785 00:34:53,579 --> 00:34:55,848 POLICIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED NOW 786 00:34:55,848 --> 00:34:56,916 OVER TIME TOO AND WE DIDN'T HAVE 787 00:34:56,916 --> 00:35:00,553 ENOUGH TIME THEN TO BOOK 788 00:35:00,553 --> 00:35:01,420 EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE TO 789 00:35:01,420 --> 00:35:03,789 ENSURE THAT WE WERE ABIDING BY 790 00:35:03,789 --> 00:35:04,857 ALL CURRENT REGULATIONS SO WE'RE 791 00:35:04,857 --> 00:35:07,560 GOING TO HAVE THIS ONE VIRTUAL 792 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:08,994 BUT OUR INTENT FOR OUR SEPTEMBER 793 00:35:08,994 --> 00:35:13,232 COUNCIL WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 17TH 794 00:35:13,232 --> 00:35:16,168 AND 18TH, WILL BE IN-PERSON AS 795 00:35:16,168 --> 00:35:19,839 NORMAL ON BUILDING 45 IN NATCHER 796 00:35:19,839 --> 00:35:23,209 IN 2026 WE HAVE OUR REGULAR 797 00:35:23,209 --> 00:35:24,443 SCHEDULED MEETINGS. JANUARY 798 00:35:24,443 --> 00:35:26,512 MEETING, JANUARY 27TH AND 28TH 799 00:35:26,512 --> 00:35:27,947 WHICH WILL BE NORMALLY SCHEDULED 800 00:35:27,947 --> 00:35:31,584 AS VIRTUAL FOR OUR WINTER 801 00:35:31,584 --> 00:35:34,620 SESSION. THEN A TUESDAY MAY 802 00:35:34,620 --> 00:35:38,524 12TH AND MAY 13TH WE'LL, IS OUR 803 00:35:38,524 --> 00:35:40,726 MAY COUNCIL IN-PERSON AND 804 00:35:40,726 --> 00:35:45,331 SEPTEMBER 15TH AND SEPTEMBER 805 00:35:45,331 --> 00:35:47,199 16TH ALSO ON CAMPUS HERE, 806 00:35:47,199 --> 00:35:48,534 IN-PERSON AND THOSE WILL BE THE 807 00:35:48,534 --> 00:35:51,770 DATES FOR 2026. SO, PLEASE MARK 808 00:35:51,770 --> 00:35:55,841 YOUR CALENDARS. AND WE WILL SEE 809 00:35:55,841 --> 00:35:58,811 YOU THEN. ALL RIGHT. AND I 810 00:35:58,811 --> 00:36:01,614 THINK THAT, OH, OKAY, SO THE 811 00:36:01,614 --> 00:36:06,018 LAST THING IS REGARDING OUR 812 00:36:06,018 --> 00:36:09,288 WORKING GROUP ON PROGRAM. WE 813 00:36:09,288 --> 00:36:14,393 DID DISCUSS A FEW TOPICS WITHIN 814 00:36:14,393 --> 00:36:18,497 THAT WORKING GROUP. AND IN THIS 815 00:36:18,497 --> 00:36:23,202 CASE, WE DID DISCUSS THE NIA'S 816 00:36:23,202 --> 00:36:25,237 TRIANNUAL CLINICAL RESEARCH 817 00:36:25,237 --> 00:36:27,706 REPORT AND THIS IS ONCE AGAIN, A 818 00:36:27,706 --> 00:36:30,109 REPORT THAT PROVIDES DATA AND 819 00:36:30,109 --> 00:36:34,146 FINDINGS FROM NIA'S INTRAMURAL 820 00:36:34,146 --> 00:36:37,249 AND EXTRAMURAL CLINICAL STUDIES 821 00:36:37,249 --> 00:36:40,719 CONDUCTED FROM FISCAL YEARS 822 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,822 2022-2024. SO THREE YEARS 823 00:36:43,822 --> 00:36:45,658 REPORT. THIS REPORT WILL BE 824 00:36:45,658 --> 00:36:50,496 MADE AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF NIH ON 825 00:36:50,496 --> 00:36:52,464 THE NIH'S WEBSITES ONCE REPORTS 826 00:36:52,464 --> 00:36:55,301 HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THEIR 827 00:36:55,301 --> 00:36:58,003 COUNCILS. THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS 828 00:36:58,003 --> 00:37:02,107 OF THIS REPORT WERE THAT NIA'S 829 00:37:02,107 --> 00:37:03,809 CLINICAL STUDIES INCLUDE PHASE 830 00:37:03,809 --> 00:37:06,178 THREE CLINICAL TRIALS. THESE 831 00:37:06,178 --> 00:37:08,914 HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN 832 00:37:08,914 --> 00:37:11,350 FEMALE POPULATIONS IN FY 2024. 833 00:37:11,350 --> 00:37:16,188 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEARS 2022 834 00:37:16,188 --> 00:37:20,693 AND 2023. THE ENROLLMENT BY 835 00:37:20,693 --> 00:37:24,363 RACE HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT 836 00:37:24,363 --> 00:37:26,498 INCREASE IN ASIAN AND AFRICAN 837 00:37:26,498 --> 00:37:27,866 AMERICAN POPULATIONS. IN PHASE 838 00:37:27,866 --> 00:37:29,935 THREE CLINICAL TRIALS IN FY 23 839 00:37:29,935 --> 00:37:32,571 AND 24 COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 840 00:37:32,571 --> 00:37:36,108 22. AND FINALLY THE ENROLLMENT 841 00:37:36,108 --> 00:37:39,645 BY ETHNICITY HAS BEEN DECREASING 842 00:37:39,645 --> 00:37:43,649 TREND IN HISPANIC POPULATIONS IN 843 00:37:43,649 --> 00:37:46,685 NIH'S CLINICAL STUDIES INCLUDING 844 00:37:46,685 --> 00:37:49,221 PHASE THREE CLINICAL TRIALS FROM 845 00:37:49,221 --> 00:37:51,423 FISCAL YEAR 22 TO 24. THIS 846 00:37:51,423 --> 00:37:55,995 REPORT WAS PROTECTED TO THIS 847 00:37:55,995 --> 00:37:59,965 COUNCIL. TO COMPLY WITH 848 00:37:59,965 --> 00:38:01,100 CONGRESSIONAL MANDATE ON THE ACT 849 00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:07,606 OF 1993 AND OCCURRED BY NIA'S 850 00:38:07,606 --> 00:38:08,674 NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON 851 00:38:08,674 --> 00:38:13,178 AGING MEMBERS DID CONCUR WITH 852 00:38:13,178 --> 00:38:14,513 THIS REPORT AND THAT IS OUR 853 00:38:14,513 --> 00:38:20,653 REPORT ON THE TRIANNUAL 854 00:38:20,653 --> 00:38:23,155 INCLUSIONS REPORT. SO WITH 855 00:38:23,155 --> 00:38:25,057 THAT, I THINK AT THIS POINT, WE 856 00:38:25,057 --> 00:38:28,093 ARE GOING TO CONCLUDE OUR OPEN 857 00:38:28,093 --> 00:38:30,496 SESSIONS UNLESS THERE'S ANY 858 00:38:30,496 --> 00:38:34,500 FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. 859 00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:38,170 OKAY. IF NOT, WE WILL CONCLUDE 860 00:38:38,170 --> 00:38:41,640 OUR OPEN SESSION. 861 00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,709 COUNCILMEMBERS, WE WILL 862 00:38:43,709 --> 00:38:49,848 RECONVENE IN TEN MINUTES AT 2:52 863 00:38:49,848 --> 00:38:54,086 P.M. SO PLEASE LOG ONTO THE, 864 00:38:54,086 --> 00:38:56,989 YOUR NEW TEAMS INVITE FOR THE 865 00:38:56,989 --> 00:38:58,490 CLOSED SESSION OF COUNCIL. SO 866 00:38:58,490 --> 00:39:01,660 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE. 867 00:39:01,660 --> 00:39:04,296 RICHARD, YOUR FINAL WORDS. 868 00:39:04,296 --> 00:39:06,098 >> RICHARD: THANK YOU FOR A 869 00:39:06,098 --> 00:39:07,933 PRODUCTIVE IN ABBREVIATED 870 00:39:07,933 --> 00:39:10,269 SESSION AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE 871 00:39:10,269 --> 00:39:11,337 CONVERSATION IN THE CLOSED 872 00:39:11,337 --> 00:39:13,339 SESSION TO FOLLOW. 873 00:39:13,339 --> 00:39:14,606 >> KENNETH: THANKS, EVERYONE, 874 00:39:14,606 --> 00:39:25,117 HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE DAY.