1 00:00:07,475 --> 00:00:08,542 CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. I 2 00:00:08,542 --> 00:00:10,978 WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MEMBERS OF 3 00:00:10,978 --> 00:00:15,983 THE ADVISORY BOARD. EX OFFICIO 4 00:00:15,983 --> 00:00:18,319 MEMBER AND STAFF AND GUESTS. 5 00:00:18,319 --> 00:00:19,987 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHO MAY 6 00:00:19,987 --> 00:00:21,522 WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS 7 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:23,491 REGARDING ANY ITEMS DISCUSSED 8 00:00:23,491 --> 00:00:29,864 DURING THIS MEETING MAY DO SO BY 9 00:00:29,864 --> 00:00:32,199 WRITING TO THE DOCTOR WITHIN TEN 10 00:00:32,199 --> 00:00:33,200 DAYS FOLLOWING THE MEETING. ANY 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,169 WRITTEN STATEMENTS OR QUESTIONS 12 00:00:35,169 --> 00:00:36,871 SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF THE 13 00:00:36,871 --> 00:00:39,140 PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE CAREFUL 14 00:00:39,140 --> 00:00:41,075 CONSIDERATION. AS BOARD 15 00:00:41,075 --> 00:00:42,209 MEMBERS, I WANT TO REMIND YOU 16 00:00:42,209 --> 00:00:44,946 THAT YOU MUST ABSENT YOURSELVES 17 00:00:44,946 --> 00:00:47,481 DURING SPECIFIC DISCUSSIONS 18 00:00:47,481 --> 00:00:48,916 WHENEVER YOUR PARTICIPATION, 19 00:00:48,916 --> 00:00:50,952 DELIBERATIONS ON A PARTICULAR 20 00:00:50,952 --> 00:00:51,886 PRODUCT, PROGRAM OR OTHER 21 00:00:51,886 --> 00:00:53,187 SPECIFIC MATTER WOULD CONSTITUTE 22 00:00:53,187 --> 00:00:56,357 A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR CREATE 23 00:00:56,357 --> 00:00:58,926 THE APPEARANCE OF ONE. IT IS 24 00:00:58,926 --> 00:01:00,695 INCUMBENT UPON OURSELVES TO 25 00:01:00,695 --> 00:01:03,230 ADVISE THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 26 00:01:03,230 --> 00:01:05,933 AND ABSTAIN FROM ANY DISCUSSIONS 27 00:01:05,933 --> 00:01:07,835 REGARDING THESE MATTERS: 28 00:01:07,835 --> 00:01:09,236 CONSIDERING THE CURRENT POLICIES 29 00:01:09,236 --> 00:01:11,072 GOVERNING CONFLICT OF INTEREST 30 00:01:11,072 --> 00:01:12,773 BASED ON FINANCIAL HOLDINGS OF 31 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:13,774 SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 32 00:01:13,774 --> 00:01:16,577 WHICH WE ALL ARE AS BOARD 33 00:01:16,577 --> 00:01:19,513 MEMBERS, WE MUST DEPEND UPON 34 00:01:19,513 --> 00:01:21,983 OURSELVES TO VOLLEY ABSENT 35 00:01:21,983 --> 00:01:24,385 OURSELVES DURING ANY AND ALL 36 00:01:24,385 --> 00:01:25,753 DISCUSSIONS OF MATTERS THAT 37 00:01:25,753 --> 00:01:27,254 COULD CONCEIVABLY IMPACT THE 38 00:01:27,254 --> 00:01:29,724 STATUS OF THESE HOLDINGS WE 39 00:01:29,724 --> 00:01:31,392 TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT IN THESE 40 00:01:31,392 --> 00:01:32,893 INSTANCE DURING ANY CLOSED 41 00:01:32,893 --> 00:01:36,364 SESSION, ANY MATERIALS OR 42 00:01:36,364 --> 00:01:36,964 DISCUSSIONS OF CONFIDENTIAL 43 00:01:36,964 --> 00:01:38,866 NATURE DELIBERATED ON TODAY ARE 44 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:40,267 PRIVILEGED INFORMATION AND ARE 45 00:01:40,267 --> 00:01:42,436 MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU ON A NEED 46 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:44,872 TO KNOW BASIS SUCH DELIBERATIONS 47 00:01:44,872 --> 00:01:49,610 ARE PRIVATE AND THEIR CONTENT 48 00:01:49,610 --> 00:01:52,747 AND NOT BE DIVULGED. QUORUM, 49 00:01:52,747 --> 00:01:53,948 REQUIRED FOR EACH INSTANCE IN 50 00:01:53,948 --> 00:01:55,516 WHICH A VOTE MAY OCCUR WHETHER 51 00:01:55,516 --> 00:01:56,884 IN OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION DURING 52 00:01:56,884 --> 00:01:59,487 THIS MEETING A MINIMUM OF TEN 53 00:01:59,487 --> 00:02:00,888 APPOINTED MEMBERS MUST BE 54 00:02:00,888 --> 00:02:02,857 PRESENT TO VOICE THEIR VOTES 55 00:02:02,857 --> 00:02:04,392 SINCE WE CAN'T PREDICT THE TIME 56 00:02:04,392 --> 00:02:07,261 OR OCCURRENCE OF ANY MOTION YOUR 57 00:02:07,261 --> 00:02:09,597 PRESENCE IN THE ROOM AND IN THE 58 00:02:09,597 --> 00:02:14,735 HYBRID ROOM FOR ALL SEGMENTS OF 59 00:02:14,735 --> 00:02:17,571 THE MEETING IS A MUST. DO WE 60 00:02:17,571 --> 00:02:20,841 HAVE QUORUM? FUTURE MEETINGS 61 00:02:20,841 --> 00:02:22,910 ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA AND 62 00:02:22,910 --> 00:02:27,248 LISTED ON CANCER.GOV WE NEED TO 63 00:02:27,248 --> 00:02:29,683 APPROVE THE JUNE THROUGH 64 00:02:29,683 --> 00:02:32,053 NOVEMBER HYBRID MEETING SUMMARY. 65 00:02:32,053 --> 00:02:36,057 IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 66 00:02:36,057 --> 00:02:38,826 SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 67 00:02:38,826 --> 00:02:44,598 SO LET'S VOTE. ARE THERE ANY 68 00:02:44,598 --> 00:02:45,533 MAYS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? IT'S 69 00:02:45,533 --> 00:02:52,873 UNANIMOUS. ALSO PHONES OR OTHER 70 00:02:52,873 --> 00:02:55,042 DEVISES SHOULD BE TURNED OFF OR 71 00:02:55,042 --> 00:02:57,144 SET TO VIBRATE. WHENEVER THESE 72 00:02:57,144 --> 00:02:58,412 INSTRUMENTS GO OFF THEY CAN 73 00:02:58,412 --> 00:03:00,448 DISRUPT THE MEETING. THIS APPLY 74 00:03:00,448 --> 00:03:02,616 TO STAFF MEMBERS AND OTHERS IN 75 00:03:02,616 --> 00:03:05,453 THE ROOM. AGAIN, TO ENSURE NO 76 00:03:05,453 --> 00:03:07,254 INTERRUPTIONS DURING TODAY'S 77 00:03:07,254 --> 00:03:08,889 MEETING MEMBERS PARTICULARLY 78 00:03:08,889 --> 00:03:15,496 VIRTUALLY SHOULD PUT MUTE 79 00:03:15,496 --> 00:03:19,033 YOURSE 80 00:03:19,033 --> 00:03:20,668 YOURSELVES. SO WE'LL NOW START 81 00:03:20,668 --> 00:03:25,072 TODAY'S AGENDA WITH THE NCI 82 00:03:25,072 --> 00:03:29,076 DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 83 00:03:29,076 --> 00:03:39,320 DR. RATHMELL. 84 00:03:52,933 --> 00:03:56,036 >> DR. RATHMELL: GOOD MORNING, 85 00:03:56,036 --> 00:03:57,571 WE HAVE THE SLIDES TOO? IT'S A 86 00:03:57,571 --> 00:03:58,906 PLEASURE TO BE UP HERE WITH YOU 87 00:03:58,906 --> 00:04:00,875 AND TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN A 88 00:04:00,875 --> 00:04:02,810 REALLY BUSY SUMMER SINCE WE WERE 89 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:03,744 TOGETHER LAST IN JUNE. LET ME 90 00:04:03,744 --> 00:04:10,251 JUST MOVE AHEAD. MAYBE, I'M 91 00:04:10,251 --> 00:04:12,419 HAVING SOME CHALLENGES. SO MANY 92 00:04:12,419 --> 00:04:13,420 THINGS TO PUSH SO TODAY WE'LL DO 93 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:16,423 SOME UPDATES SINCE THE LAST JUNE 94 00:04:16,423 --> 00:04:17,958 MEETING. I AM GOING TO TALK A 95 00:04:17,958 --> 00:04:20,895 LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUDGET BUT IN 96 00:04:20,895 --> 00:04:22,963 THE FORMAT OF THE PROFESSIONAL 97 00:04:22,963 --> 00:04:24,899 JUDGMENT BUDGET PROPOSAL THE 98 00:04:24,899 --> 00:04:27,334 HEAVY LIFTING WILL BE RIGHT 99 00:04:27,334 --> 00:04:30,437 AFTER ME BY DR. LOW WE AND 100 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:32,907 WESTON RICKS. WE WILL TALK 101 00:04:32,907 --> 00:04:35,042 ABOUT OUR RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT AND 102 00:04:35,042 --> 00:04:38,579 I WILL SET TIME AVAILABLE FOR 103 00:04:38,579 --> 00:04:40,047 QUESTIONS. SO DIVING JUMP RIGHT 104 00:04:40,047 --> 00:04:41,749 IN. IT HAS BEEN A REALLY BUSY 105 00:04:41,749 --> 00:04:42,016 SUMMER. 106 00:04:42,016 --> 00:04:43,117 TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME 107 00:04:43,117 --> 00:04:44,885 OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN 108 00:04:44,885 --> 00:04:47,354 DOING, FIRST, ONE OF MY 109 00:04:47,354 --> 00:04:48,055 INTENTIONAL ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN 110 00:04:48,055 --> 00:04:51,325 SPENDING SOME TIME GETTING TO 111 00:04:51,325 --> 00:04:53,160 KNOW OUR N CORP PROGRAMS. 112 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,029 YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT 113 00:04:55,029 --> 00:04:57,331 LATER TODAY FROM PHIL CASTLE AND 114 00:04:57,331 --> 00:05:00,434 JIM D. THE FIRST VISITS THAT I 115 00:05:00,434 --> 00:05:03,437 WENT TO WERE TO KANSAS. 116 00:05:03,437 --> 00:05:06,040 A FEDERATED SYSTEM GIVING ME 117 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,975 GREAT INSIGHTS INTO HOW YOU 118 00:05:07,975 --> 00:05:09,343 DELIVER CARE ACROSS A REALLY 119 00:05:09,343 --> 00:05:12,413 VAST REGION OF THE MIDWEST. 120 00:05:12,413 --> 00:05:13,113 SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE WORK 121 00:05:13,113 --> 00:05:16,884 THAT'S HAMMING THERE. I ALSO 122 00:05:16,884 --> 00:05:19,486 VISITED THE BRONX. 123 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:25,693 TO NCORP SITES THERE. VERY 124 00:05:25,693 --> 00:05:28,862 DIFFERENT OF COURSE. A SMALLER 125 00:05:28,862 --> 00:05:30,664 GEOGRAPHY BUT 27 DIFFERENT 126 00:05:30,664 --> 00:05:31,966 LANGUAGES COMMONLY SPOKEN BY 127 00:05:31,966 --> 00:05:34,868 THEIR PATIENTS. 32% IMMIGRANT 128 00:05:34,868 --> 00:05:36,870 POPULATION. 30% POVERTY AND IN 129 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:38,739 THAT SETTING, THEY HAVE HAD 130 00:05:38,739 --> 00:05:40,541 RECORD CLINICAL TRIAL 131 00:05:40,541 --> 00:05:42,643 ENROLLMENT. THEY WERE FIRST 132 00:05:42,643 --> 00:05:44,044 OPENING THE CLINICAL TRIALS 133 00:05:44,044 --> 00:05:45,279 OFFICE WHICH WE HIGHLIGHTED AT 134 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,114 ONE OF THE LAST SESSIONS AND 135 00:05:47,114 --> 00:05:48,983 HAVE REALLY FOCUSED ON 136 00:05:48,983 --> 00:05:49,984 STREAMLINING OPENING OF THEIR 137 00:05:49,984 --> 00:05:52,419 CLINICAL TRIALS SO REALLY A LOT 138 00:05:52,419 --> 00:05:53,721 WE CAN LEARN FROM THESE SITES 139 00:05:53,721 --> 00:05:55,389 AND THIS IS WHERE OUR PATIENTS 140 00:05:55,389 --> 00:05:56,890 RECEIVE THEIR CARE AND THIS IS A 141 00:05:56,890 --> 00:05:58,892 PART OF OUR TALENT POOL IS OUR 142 00:05:58,892 --> 00:06:01,962 COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY BASE. I ALSO 143 00:06:01,962 --> 00:06:03,697 SPENT SOME TIME GOING OUT TO 144 00:06:03,697 --> 00:06:07,701 PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT TRAINING. 145 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:10,738 SO THE M.D.-PH.D. PROGRAM DOES A 146 00:06:10,738 --> 00:06:11,872 NATIONAL MEETING AND WAS 147 00:06:11,872 --> 00:06:14,208 PRIVILEGED TO BE ONE OF THEIR 148 00:06:14,208 --> 00:06:15,209 KEYNOTES THAT WAS HELD IN 149 00:06:15,209 --> 00:06:15,476 COLORADO. 150 00:06:15,476 --> 00:06:18,412 THE PICTURE THERE SI THINK FROM 151 00:06:18,412 --> 00:06:19,980 SOME STUDENTS FROM INDIANA 152 00:06:19,980 --> 00:06:20,748 UNIVERSITY. 153 00:06:20,748 --> 00:06:22,816 SO INCREDIBLE ENERGY AMONG OUR 154 00:06:22,816 --> 00:06:24,818 FUTURE PHYSICIAN SCIENTISTS AND 155 00:06:24,818 --> 00:06:26,620 IT WAS A REAL HONOR THERE TO 156 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:28,322 TALK ABOUT WHY CANCER RESEARCH 157 00:06:28,322 --> 00:06:29,556 IS THE FIELD THEY SHOULD SPEND 158 00:06:29,556 --> 00:06:31,859 THEIR TIME DEVELOPING. I ALSO 159 00:06:31,859 --> 00:06:33,427 GOT TO VISIT THE UNIVERSITY OF 160 00:06:33,427 --> 00:06:35,596 CHICAGO. THIS WAS THEIR 50TH 161 00:06:35,596 --> 00:06:36,830 ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR CANCER 162 00:06:36,830 --> 00:06:38,732 CENTER BUT THEY USED THAT 50TH 163 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:41,769 ANNIVERSARY AND SPENT THE 164 00:06:41,769 --> 00:06:43,604 CELEBRATION ON A SYMPOSIUM FOR 165 00:06:43,604 --> 00:06:46,807 THEIR STUDENTS, AN ANNUAL 166 00:06:46,807 --> 00:06:51,512 SYMPOSIUM EVENT THAT THEY DO 167 00:06:51,512 --> 00:06:56,884 WHICH HIGHLIGHTED EVERYTHING. 168 00:06:56,884 --> 00:06:58,552 THEY ROW CENTLY REYOUED THEIR 169 00:06:58,552 --> 00:06:58,819 PROGRAM. 170 00:06:58,819 --> 00:07:02,122 YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT 171 00:07:02,122 --> 00:07:03,657 FROM DR. SONYA SPRING FIELD. 172 00:07:03,657 --> 00:07:05,426 THAT AND OTHER PROGRAMS BUT 173 00:07:05,426 --> 00:07:08,195 THEY'RE ALSO PILOTING REALLY 174 00:07:08,195 --> 00:07:09,263 EXCITING THINGS THAT I FOUND 175 00:07:09,263 --> 00:07:11,632 USEFUL TO BE REALLY THINKING 176 00:07:11,632 --> 00:07:13,100 ABOUT. LIKE, PILOTING PROGRAMS 177 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:15,336 THAT PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY 178 00:07:15,336 --> 00:07:17,705 COLLEGES IN THE AREA, THE 179 00:07:17,705 --> 00:07:18,605 MALCOLM X COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS 180 00:07:18,605 --> 00:07:19,340 ONE EXAMPLE WHERE THEY'RE 181 00:07:19,340 --> 00:07:22,710 LOOKING AT TAKING ASSOCIATE'S 182 00:07:22,710 --> 00:07:24,545 DEGREE STUDENTS AND EQUIPPING 183 00:07:24,545 --> 00:07:26,180 THEM WITH THE SKILLS TO BE PART 184 00:07:26,180 --> 00:07:28,382 OF THE CLINICAL TRIALS OFFICE. 185 00:07:28,382 --> 00:07:29,616 REALLY MEETING A NEED ON 186 00:07:29,616 --> 00:07:32,486 MULTIPLE AREAS. AND THEN 187 00:07:32,486 --> 00:07:33,554 BUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIPS 188 00:07:33,554 --> 00:07:35,489 GLOBALLY. THE WHO HAD A VISIT 189 00:07:35,489 --> 00:07:37,358 HERE. THEY HAVE A COLLABORATING 190 00:07:37,358 --> 00:07:39,593 CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH -- 191 00:07:39,593 --> 00:07:41,362 GLOBAL CANCER RESEARCH AND WE'RE 192 00:07:41,362 --> 00:07:43,530 HERE SPENDING A DAY WORKSHOPPING 193 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:44,798 AROUND A LOT OF WORK IN THAT 194 00:07:44,798 --> 00:07:46,800 AREA BUT I ALSO WANT TO 195 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,202 HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC 196 00:07:48,202 --> 00:07:50,270 FOCUS AREAS. AUSTRALIA IS ONE 197 00:07:50,270 --> 00:07:52,873 EXAMPLE. WE HOSTED THE 198 00:07:52,873 --> 00:07:55,175 AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRALIA, 199 00:07:55,175 --> 00:07:56,043 CAROLINE KENNEDY AND TALKED 200 00:07:56,043 --> 00:07:59,413 ABOUT WHAT THE EFFORTS ARE 201 00:07:59,413 --> 00:08:02,182 AROUND HPV VACCINATION AND 202 00:08:02,182 --> 00:08:04,385 CERVICAL CANCER. WE MET WITH A 203 00:08:04,385 --> 00:08:06,387 GROUP OF SENATORS FROM 204 00:08:06,387 --> 00:08:07,454 AUSTRALIA. I COULDN'T JOIN YOU 205 00:08:07,454 --> 00:08:10,691 LAST NIGHT FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEES 206 00:08:10,691 --> 00:08:12,893 BECAUSE I WAS WITH THE 207 00:08:12,893 --> 00:08:15,162 AMBASSADOR TO AUSTRALIA TALKING 208 00:08:15,162 --> 00:08:16,330 ABOUT WHERE LARGER SCALE 209 00:08:16,330 --> 00:08:17,831 COLLABORATIONS CAN HAPPEN ACROSS 210 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:20,567 OUR SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS. WE 211 00:08:20,567 --> 00:08:22,336 ALSO HAD TIME TO SPEND WITH OUR 212 00:08:22,336 --> 00:08:23,637 COLLEAGUES FROM JAPAN. THIS IS 213 00:08:23,637 --> 00:08:26,173 THE COALITION OF THE NATIONAL 214 00:08:26,173 --> 00:08:28,876 CANCER CENTER IN JAPAN. LATER 215 00:08:28,876 --> 00:08:33,180 NEXT WEEK THERE'LL BE A 216 00:08:33,180 --> 00:08:33,914 SYMPOS 217 00:08:33,914 --> 00:08:34,515 SYMPOS 218 00:08:34,515 --> 00:08:36,683 SYMPOSIUM ON THIS WHICH WE'LL BE 219 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:38,185 SPEAKING AT AGAIN TALKING ABOUT 220 00:08:38,185 --> 00:08:40,287 SOME OF OUR COLLABORATIONS. I 221 00:08:40,287 --> 00:08:43,257 DON'T HAVE A PICTURE HERE FROM 222 00:08:43,257 --> 00:08:44,892 THE FIRST U.S. INDIA DIALOGUE 223 00:08:44,892 --> 00:08:48,862 WHICH WAS ATTENDED IN-PERSON BY 224 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:50,898 THE DOCTOR. I ATTENDED 225 00:08:50,898 --> 00:08:52,199 VIRTUALLY. LOOKING FOR OUR 226 00:08:52,199 --> 00:08:53,834 COUNTRIES TO COLLABORATE WITH A 227 00:08:53,834 --> 00:08:55,936 LOT OF EMPHASIS ON IMMUNOLOGY 228 00:08:55,936 --> 00:08:58,472 BUT OTHER AREAS LIKE AI AND 229 00:08:58,472 --> 00:09:00,874 TECHNOLOGY AS WELL. I PICKED 230 00:09:00,874 --> 00:09:03,644 THESE ONES BECAUSE U.S., 231 00:09:03,644 --> 00:09:06,246 AUSTRALIA JAPAN AND INDIA FORM 232 00:09:06,246 --> 00:09:06,980 WHAT'S CALLED THE QUAD AND THIS 233 00:09:06,980 --> 00:09:08,248 IS BIGGER THAN CANCER. 234 00:09:08,248 --> 00:09:10,284 THIS IS A GROUP OF COUNTRIES 235 00:09:10,284 --> 00:09:11,985 THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER WITH A 236 00:09:11,985 --> 00:09:13,587 COMMITTED INITIATIVE TO TACKLE 237 00:09:13,587 --> 00:09:15,856 THE WORLD'S MOST COMPLICATED 238 00:09:15,856 --> 00:09:17,724 PROBLEMS. AND SO I WOULD ARGUE 239 00:09:17,724 --> 00:09:21,829 THAT CANCER FITS THAT VERY WELL 240 00:09:21,829 --> 00:09:23,230 AND SO BUILDING THOSE 241 00:09:23,230 --> 00:09:24,198 RELATIONSHIPS IS A PART OF HOW 242 00:09:24,198 --> 00:09:27,634 WE INVEST IN A LOT OF OUR 243 00:09:27,634 --> 00:09:30,804 FUTURE. WE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME 244 00:09:30,804 --> 00:09:31,405 WORKING WITH THE WHITE HOUSE 245 00:09:31,405 --> 00:09:33,474 WHICH WAS STILL BUSY IN THE 246 00:09:33,474 --> 00:09:35,742 CANCER ARENA THIS SUMMER. HERE, 247 00:09:35,742 --> 00:09:37,778 I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO 248 00:09:37,778 --> 00:09:40,514 THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND 249 00:09:40,514 --> 00:09:41,315 BUDGET. THE EXAMINERS CAME TO 250 00:09:41,315 --> 00:09:43,350 THE NIH AND REALLY WANTED TO 251 00:09:43,350 --> 00:09:44,585 HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN 252 00:09:44,585 --> 00:09:45,986 CANCER. WHAT WERE THE OUTCOMES 253 00:09:45,986 --> 00:09:47,721 OF THE MOON SHOT? HOW IS IT 254 00:09:47,721 --> 00:09:50,991 THAT THE INVESTMENTS ARE SPENT 255 00:09:50,991 --> 00:09:51,692 WISELY? THEY WERE SO INTERESTED 256 00:09:51,692 --> 00:09:54,094 IN WHAT WE WERE DOING IN THE 257 00:09:54,094 --> 00:09:56,463 FREDERICK NATIONAL LABS THAT WE 258 00:09:56,463 --> 00:09:57,664 BROUGHT THEM BACK AND DID A TOUR 259 00:09:57,664 --> 00:09:59,900 OF THE LABS. AND REALLY GOT TO 260 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:01,702 SHOW THEM WHAT THE CAPABILITIES 261 00:10:01,702 --> 00:10:03,737 ARE OF THE CANCER INSTITUTE. 262 00:10:03,737 --> 00:10:05,372 AND WHERE WE CAN MAKE A REAL 263 00:10:05,372 --> 00:10:07,975 DIFFERENCE. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN 264 00:10:07,975 --> 00:10:09,676 WORKING HHS WITH THE DEPUTY 265 00:10:09,676 --> 00:10:12,846 SECRETARY WITH MEETINGS. THAT, 266 00:10:12,846 --> 00:10:14,948 AGAIN, ALSO PIQUED THEIR 267 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:15,782 INTEREST IN WHAT IT IS THAT WE 268 00:10:15,782 --> 00:10:17,918 HAVE CAPABILITIES OF AND BROUGHT 269 00:10:17,918 --> 00:10:20,320 HER HERE TO CAMPUS TO DO A 270 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,588 VIRTUAL VISIT FOR THE FREDERICK 271 00:10:21,588 --> 00:10:24,191 NATIONAL LABS AND ALSO TO TALK 272 00:10:24,191 --> 00:10:25,526 ABOUT WORLDWIDE EFFORTS THAT WE 273 00:10:25,526 --> 00:10:27,661 CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, 274 00:10:27,661 --> 00:10:30,964 AGAIN, FOCUSING ON HPV. IN 275 00:10:30,964 --> 00:10:32,332 JUNE, I TOLD YOU THAT WE WERE 276 00:10:32,332 --> 00:10:33,734 HAVING A RETREAT SO ONE OF THE 277 00:10:33,734 --> 00:10:35,469 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SUMMER WAS A 278 00:10:35,469 --> 00:10:37,804 RETREAT THAT WE HELD THE FIRST 279 00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:39,740 OF ITS KIND WHICH WAS OUR 280 00:10:39,740 --> 00:10:42,075 LEADERSHIP PLUS THE BOARD 281 00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:43,176 LEADERS SO DR. CARP TEN JOINED 282 00:10:43,176 --> 00:10:45,746 US AND THE GOAL OF THIS RETREAT 283 00:10:45,746 --> 00:10:48,882 WAS TO SURVEY THE LANDSCAPE OF 284 00:10:48,882 --> 00:10:51,585 CANCER INITIATIVES TO DECIDE 285 00:10:51,585 --> 00:10:52,986 WHERE WE CAN PUT BIG FOCUS AREAS 286 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:55,188 THAT CAN MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE. 287 00:10:55,188 --> 00:10:58,525 NOT A SMALL TOPIC TO TAKE ON. 288 00:10:58,525 --> 00:11:00,894 BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY 289 00:11:00,894 --> 00:11:03,797 WRESTLED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT 290 00:11:03,797 --> 00:11:04,898 REAL ISSUES. PARTICULARLY 291 00:11:04,898 --> 00:11:06,700 SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AROUND 292 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:08,602 WHATEVER WE DO, HAS TO BUILD 293 00:11:08,602 --> 00:11:12,806 TRUST. HAS TO DEMONSTRATE OUR 294 00:11:12,806 --> 00:11:15,375 TRUSTWORTHINESS AND DEMONSTRATE 295 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:16,610 OUR COMMUNITIES AND A 296 00:11:16,610 --> 00:11:18,011 COMMUNICATION EFFORT ALONG WITH 297 00:11:18,011 --> 00:11:20,480 GOOD SCIENCE SO WE TALKED ABOUT 298 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,983 A LOT OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES, 299 00:11:22,983 --> 00:11:25,452 THE TANGIBLE OUTPUTS. I WILL BE 300 00:11:25,452 --> 00:11:28,589 ANNOUNCING A LITTLE BIT LATER 301 00:11:28,589 --> 00:11:33,760 HOPEFULLY IN THE FALL SO LOOK 302 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:35,462 FORWARD FROM MORE TO COME ON 303 00:11:35,462 --> 00:11:36,897 THIS BUT THIS WAS A GREAT 304 00:11:36,897 --> 00:11:38,165 OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD IDEAS AND 305 00:11:38,165 --> 00:11:39,299 BUILD MOMENTUM AROUND IMPORTANT 306 00:11:39,299 --> 00:11:44,271 AREAS FOR CANCER RESEARCH. 307 00:11:44,271 --> 00:11:46,707 OKAY. I ALSO LAST JUNE TOLD YOU 308 00:11:46,707 --> 00:11:48,742 THAT WE HAD COME TO SOME 309 00:11:48,742 --> 00:11:50,611 DECISIONS ABOUT SOME NEW 310 00:11:50,611 --> 00:11:51,244 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. BUT I 311 00:11:51,244 --> 00:11:54,014 COULDN'T TELL YOU WHO THEY WERE. 312 00:11:54,014 --> 00:11:55,949 SO -- BUT KNEW WE CAN. THEY 313 00:11:55,949 --> 00:11:57,718 WERE SWORN IN LAST WEEK. SO 314 00:11:57,718 --> 00:12:00,721 FIRST I WILL TELL YOU THAT PETER 315 00:12:00,721 --> 00:12:01,655 GARRET, IF YOU WANT TO LET 316 00:12:01,655 --> 00:12:07,694 EVERYONE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. SO 317 00:12:07,694 --> 00:12:10,664 PETER GARRET, BEFORE I TELL YOU 318 00:12:10,664 --> 00:12:12,366 ABOUT PETER. BOTH OF THESE 319 00:12:12,366 --> 00:12:13,033 INDIVIDUALS WERE BROUGHT THROUGH 320 00:12:13,033 --> 00:12:16,870 IN THE POSITIONS THROUGH 321 00:12:16,870 --> 00:12:21,808 NATIONAL SEARCHES. BOTH WERE 322 00:12:21,808 --> 00:12:26,213 INTERNAL HIRES. PETER HAS BEEN 323 00:12:26,213 --> 00:12:28,448 LEADING THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC 324 00:12:28,448 --> 00:12:29,516 LIAISON WHICH NOW WILL BE 325 00:12:29,516 --> 00:12:30,951 WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH, I 326 00:12:30,951 --> 00:12:32,619 ALWAYS FORGET THE NAMES OF ALL 327 00:12:32,619 --> 00:12:36,323 MY OFFICES THE OFFICE OF 328 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:36,923 GOVERNMENT AND CONGRESSIONAL 329 00:12:36,923 --> 00:12:39,793 RELATIONS. MK WHO YOU WILL HEAR 330 00:12:39,793 --> 00:12:43,830 FROM LATER. AND ALSO THE OFFICE 331 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:51,838 OF ADVOCACY RELATIONS. WHICH IS 332 00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:54,441 AMY WILLIAMS. THAT GROUP WILL 333 00:12:54,441 --> 00:12:56,009 BE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER. 334 00:12:56,009 --> 00:12:56,677 THIS WILL BE TACKLING WHAT WE 335 00:12:56,677 --> 00:12:58,679 TALKED ABOUT IN THE RETREAT. 336 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:00,881 HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE MOST 337 00:13:00,881 --> 00:13:01,515 EFFECTIVELY ACROSS THIS BROAD 338 00:13:01,515 --> 00:13:03,817 AREA AND BRING ALL OF THESE 339 00:13:03,817 --> 00:13:05,852 RESOURCES MOVING VERY MUCH 340 00:13:05,852 --> 00:13:09,289 FORWARD AND THEN AMBER LOWER RI. 341 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:13,460 AMBER HAS BEEN THE ACTING DEPUTY 342 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:15,028 DIRECTOR FOR MANAGEMENT. AND 343 00:13:15,028 --> 00:13:17,864 REALLY THE KEYS TO HOW THE WHOLE 344 00:13:17,864 --> 00:13:20,067 THING WORKS. WE'RE HAPPY TO 345 00:13:20,067 --> 00:13:21,401 TAKE ACTING AWAY AND SHE WILL 346 00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:23,904 TAKE US ON INTO THE FUTURE. I 347 00:13:23,904 --> 00:13:27,841 ALSO MENTIONED IN JUNE A NEW 348 00:13:27,841 --> 00:13:31,912 DEPUTY FOR DATA SCIENCE AND 349 00:13:31,912 --> 00:13:34,181 STRATEGY. DR. K. WHERE ARE YOU? 350 00:13:34,181 --> 00:13:37,417 NOT OFFICIAL YET. BUT NOW HE'S 351 00:13:37,417 --> 00:13:38,985 OFFICIAL. AND HAS BEEN HIT -- 352 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:41,488 HAS REALLY HIT THE GROUND 353 00:13:41,488 --> 00:13:44,257 RUNNING, HAS BEEN LEARNING A LOT 354 00:13:44,257 --> 00:13:45,459 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND 355 00:13:45,459 --> 00:13:47,160 HELPING US BE BETTER IN THE 356 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,097 AREAS OF DATA SCIENCE, AI, 357 00:13:50,097 --> 00:13:51,031 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM HIM 358 00:13:51,031 --> 00:13:52,399 AND A TEAM A LITTLE BIT LATER 359 00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:55,402 TODAY. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED 360 00:13:55,402 --> 00:13:58,405 ABOUT THAT SO THAT IS AT 1:10 361 00:13:58,405 --> 00:14:00,173 TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO PUT OUT A 362 00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:10,350 PLUG FOR A BIG PART OF THE WHAT 363 00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:12,152 WE HAVE AROUND OUR DATA CENTERS 364 00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:13,687 THAT PUTS TOGETHER A BLOG. IF 365 00:14:13,687 --> 00:14:14,654 YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT ARE WE 366 00:14:14,654 --> 00:14:16,523 DOING IN CANCER DATA SCIENCE 367 00:14:16,523 --> 00:14:18,492 THAT BLOG IS A REALLY GOOD ONE 368 00:14:18,492 --> 00:14:19,793 TO FOLLOW AND KEEP TRACK OF 369 00:14:19,793 --> 00:14:25,365 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS AREA. 370 00:14:25,365 --> 00:14:26,967 OKAY, BUDGET. SO, AGAIN, MY 371 00:14:26,967 --> 00:14:28,702 BUDGET WILL JUST BE TALKING 372 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:33,874 ABOUT WHAT WE PROPOSED FOR THE 373 00:14:33,874 --> 00:14:35,876 PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT BUDGET. 374 00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:39,212 NITTY-GRITTY COMING AFTER. THE 375 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:41,915 ANNUAL PLAN IS WHAT WE CALL THE 376 00:14:41,915 --> 00:14:42,516 PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT BUDGET 377 00:14:42,516 --> 00:14:45,652 PROPOSAL. IT'S A TOOL TO SHARE 378 00:14:45,652 --> 00:14:46,953 WITH CONGRESS WHAT WE'RE, AND 379 00:14:46,953 --> 00:14:48,588 WITH THE PRESIDENT, WHAT WE'RE 380 00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:51,358 DOING TO HELP TO BUILD 381 00:14:51,358 --> 00:14:53,393 UNDERSTANDING AND TO CONVEY HOW 382 00:14:53,393 --> 00:14:55,762 IMPORTANT IT IS THAT INVESTMENTS 383 00:14:55,762 --> 00:14:57,497 OCCUR IN CANCER RESEARCH. 384 00:14:57,497 --> 00:14:59,666 YOU'LL BE SEEING A SERIES OF 385 00:14:59,666 --> 00:15:00,867 E-MAILS YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN A 386 00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:02,836 PREVIEW OF THE E-MAILS THAT WILL 387 00:15:02,836 --> 00:15:05,438 GO OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS BUT 388 00:15:05,438 --> 00:15:08,575 SOCIAL MEDIA WE REALLY WANTED TO 389 00:15:08,575 --> 00:15:10,911 PLUG THIS DOCUMENT WHICH IS A 390 00:15:10,911 --> 00:15:12,112 COMBINATION OF TEXT AS WELL AS 391 00:15:12,112 --> 00:15:12,913 SOME SPREADSHEETS BECAUSE IT IS 392 00:15:12,913 --> 00:15:14,948 A BUDGET. WE TELL PART OF IT IN 393 00:15:14,948 --> 00:15:16,950 A STORY SO WE TELL THREE STORIES 394 00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:19,719 AND THE STORIES ARE LIKE ALL 395 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:21,955 STORIES, REALLY MEANT TO COVER 396 00:15:21,955 --> 00:15:23,723 MORE THAN ONE MORAL IN THOSE 397 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:25,625 STORIES. WE START WITH A 398 00:15:25,625 --> 00:15:26,893 PATIENT BECAUSE PATIENTS COME 399 00:15:26,893 --> 00:15:28,895 FIRST WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 400 00:15:28,895 --> 00:15:30,330 CANCER AND CANCER RESEARCH. WE 401 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:32,866 TELL THE STORY ABOUT A PATIENT 402 00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:35,969 NAMED JASON WHO HAS 403 00:15:35,969 --> 00:15:37,804 NON-HODGKIN'S LIMB POE IF A WHO 404 00:15:37,804 --> 00:15:41,441 CAME FOR AN INNOVATIVE CANCER 405 00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:44,211 CENTER AND IS NOW THREE YEARS 406 00:15:44,211 --> 00:15:45,412 OUT DISEASE-FREE. 407 00:15:45,412 --> 00:15:48,682 THAT STORY TELLS US WHY WE'RE 408 00:15:48,682 --> 00:15:49,549 HERE. WHAT IT IS THAT OUR 409 00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:52,452 MISSION IS THERE TO ACCOMPLISH. 410 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:56,756 THE BIOLOGY OF TUMORS CAN MAKE A 411 00:15:56,756 --> 00:15:59,359 DIFFERENCE AND WE CAN CURE 412 00:15:59,359 --> 00:16:00,894 PATIENTS AND DO SO WITH LESS 413 00:16:00,894 --> 00:16:02,762 TOXIC SIDE EFFECTS WE ALSO TELL 414 00:16:02,762 --> 00:16:05,232 A STORY ABOUT EARLY STAGE 415 00:16:05,232 --> 00:16:08,001 INVESTIGATOR. HER NAME IS LEAH 416 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:11,271 AND A MOON SHOT SCHOLAR AND A 417 00:16:11,271 --> 00:16:14,641 VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM TO BRING 418 00:16:14,641 --> 00:16:20,280 DIVERSITY INTO OUR WORKFORCE, TO 419 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,616 ENABLE PEOPLE TO BE 420 00:16:22,616 --> 00:16:23,183 INVESTIGATORS AND BRINGING 421 00:16:23,183 --> 00:16:25,118 CERVICAL CANCER RESEARCH TO 422 00:16:25,118 --> 00:16:26,920 LOWER AREAS. AGAIN TELLING 423 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:27,988 ABOUT INVESTMENT AND THE VALUE 424 00:16:27,988 --> 00:16:31,691 THAT WE PLACE ON TALENT 425 00:16:31,691 --> 00:16:33,026 DEVELOPMENT. THE IMPORTANCE OF 426 00:16:33,026 --> 00:16:35,161 OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW 427 00:16:35,161 --> 00:16:36,196 RESEARCHERS ENGAGE WITH THE 428 00:16:36,196 --> 00:16:40,033 COMMUNITY AND HOW WE ADDRESS 429 00:16:40,033 --> 00:16:41,334 SERIOUS ISSUES LIKE SOCIAL 430 00:16:41,334 --> 00:16:42,636 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND THEN 431 00:16:42,636 --> 00:16:45,305 WE TELL A STORY ABOUT OUR SBIR. 432 00:16:45,305 --> 00:16:48,308 OUR SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION 433 00:16:48,308 --> 00:16:49,442 RESEARCH PROGRAM AND A SMALL 434 00:16:49,442 --> 00:16:51,645 COMPANY THAT'S STARTING TO LOOK 435 00:16:51,645 --> 00:16:55,081 AT A MOLECULE THAT CAN DETECT 436 00:16:55,081 --> 00:16:57,651 CANCER CELLS IN THE OPERATIVE 437 00:16:57,651 --> 00:17:00,854 FIELD. THIS IS SHOWCASING WHERE 438 00:17:00,854 --> 00:17:02,956 REALLY TECHNOLOGY BLENDS WITH 439 00:17:02,956 --> 00:17:04,891 SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND 440 00:17:04,891 --> 00:17:07,627 MEDICINE. IT'S PART OF OUR 441 00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:09,462 ECONOMIC ENGINE. THIS IS A 442 00:17:09,462 --> 00:17:10,964 SMALL COMPANY THAT WILL CREATE A 443 00:17:10,964 --> 00:17:12,999 VALUE ADDED RESOURCE THAT WILL 444 00:17:12,999 --> 00:17:15,235 BE A PART OF THE OVERALL 445 00:17:15,235 --> 00:17:18,538 OPERATION AND ECONOMIC IMPACT IS 446 00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:25,345 VERY, VERY REAL. OKAY. WE TELL 447 00:17:25,345 --> 00:17:28,281 THE STORIES IN SPREADSHEETS TOO. 448 00:17:28,281 --> 00:17:31,184 OUR TOTAL ASK IS ROUGHLY 11.5 449 00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:32,886 BILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S THE 450 00:17:32,886 --> 00:17:34,054 NUMBER I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER. 451 00:17:34,054 --> 00:17:35,689 WHERE DO WE COME ONE A NUMBER 452 00:17:35,689 --> 00:17:37,324 LIKE THIS? THIS IS AN 453 00:17:37,324 --> 00:17:39,092 INVESTMENT IN CANCER RESEARCH 454 00:17:39,092 --> 00:17:40,093 THAT CAN CAPITALIZE ON WHAT WE 455 00:17:40,093 --> 00:17:41,728 HAVE AS OPPORTUNITIES TODAY. 456 00:17:41,728 --> 00:17:44,497 WHICH YOU ALL AT THIS TABLE KNOW 457 00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:46,166 ARE REALLY TREMENDOUS. IT ALSO 458 00:17:46,166 --> 00:17:48,201 TELLS US ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE 459 00:17:48,201 --> 00:17:50,837 RETURN THAT THERE IS ON 460 00:17:50,837 --> 00:17:52,772 INVESTMENT. THIS KIND OF 461 00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:54,307 INCREASE IN OUR CURRENT BASE 462 00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:56,309 COULD REALLY CHANGE WHAT WE CAN 463 00:17:56,309 --> 00:18:00,714 DO IN AREAS OF PREVENTION. IN 464 00:18:00,714 --> 00:18:02,749 TRAINING. IN DISCOVERY. I WILL 465 00:18:02,749 --> 00:18:04,150 TELL YOU THAT THIS NUMBER IS THE 466 00:18:04,150 --> 00:18:07,354 SAME NUMBER THAT WE PUT UP LAST 467 00:18:07,354 --> 00:18:08,621 YEAR. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME 468 00:18:08,621 --> 00:18:10,690 TRYING TO DECIDE WHERE WE WERE 469 00:18:10,690 --> 00:18:12,859 GOING TO LAND AND I WILL SHOW 470 00:18:12,859 --> 00:18:14,728 YOU WHERE OUR CURRENT 471 00:18:14,728 --> 00:18:15,829 APPROPRIATION IS IN COMPARISON 472 00:18:15,829 --> 00:18:17,864 TO THIS AND IT FELT LIKE GIVING 473 00:18:17,864 --> 00:18:20,100 AN EVEN BIGGER NUMBER REALLY 474 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,335 WASN'T WISE IN THIS CURRENT ERA. 475 00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:24,170 WE'RE TRYING TO SIGNAL THAT WE 476 00:18:24,170 --> 00:18:26,172 GET IT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT 477 00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:28,875 THERE'S A FINANCIAL REALITY. WE 478 00:18:28,875 --> 00:18:30,243 UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE REAL 479 00:18:30,243 --> 00:18:32,879 ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS FACING OUR 480 00:18:32,879 --> 00:18:36,683 COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. AND -- 481 00:18:36,683 --> 00:18:40,587 BUT OUR GAP JUST CAN'T KEEP 482 00:18:40,587 --> 00:18:42,288 WIDENING. AND SO WE REALLY WANT 483 00:18:42,288 --> 00:18:44,891 TO SHOW ALSO THAT WE NEED A REAL 484 00:18:44,891 --> 00:18:46,159 INFUSION TO DO THE WORK THAT 485 00:18:46,159 --> 00:18:47,994 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTING FROM US TO 486 00:18:47,994 --> 00:18:52,132 DO. THE RISK IF WE DON'T IS 487 00:18:52,132 --> 00:18:53,033 LOSING OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE. 488 00:18:53,033 --> 00:18:56,236 FALLING BEHIND COMPARED TO PEERS 489 00:18:56,236 --> 00:18:58,972 AND LOSING A GENERATION OF 490 00:18:58,972 --> 00:19:01,875 WORKFORCE AND WE JUST CAN'T 491 00:19:01,875 --> 00:19:03,510 AFFORD TO DO THAT. EVERYTHING'S 492 00:19:03,510 --> 00:19:06,713 NOT EXACTLY THE SAME. WE DID 493 00:19:06,713 --> 00:19:07,380 TINKER WITH WHERE WE WERE GOING 494 00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:09,115 TO MAKE SOME OF OUR INVESTMENTS 495 00:19:09,115 --> 00:19:10,984 AGAIN IN AREAS WE THINK ARE 496 00:19:10,984 --> 00:19:12,886 REALLY POOR LIKE PREVENTION, 497 00:19:12,886 --> 00:19:16,222 LIKE TRAINING. BUT EVERYTHING 498 00:19:16,222 --> 00:19:19,692 NEEDS A BOOST. WE ALSO IN THE 499 00:19:19,692 --> 00:19:20,794 ANNUAL PLAN GET THE OPPORTUNITY 500 00:19:20,794 --> 00:19:22,162 TO HIGHLIGHT SOME AREAS TA WE 501 00:19:22,162 --> 00:19:24,831 WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON. SO JUST 502 00:19:24,831 --> 00:19:28,168 SOME EXAMPLES, TACKLING THE 503 00:19:28,168 --> 00:19:32,605 EMERGENCE OF EARLY ONSET OF 504 00:19:32,605 --> 00:19:34,174 CANCERS, AN IMPORTANT AREA WHERE 505 00:19:34,174 --> 00:19:35,742 WE CAN LEARN ABOUT COMMON AND 506 00:19:35,742 --> 00:19:37,477 RARE CANCERS AND SO WE HIGHLIGHT 507 00:19:37,477 --> 00:19:38,878 THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE 508 00:19:38,878 --> 00:19:42,115 THINK IS DESERVING ADDITIONAL 509 00:19:42,115 --> 00:19:43,583 FOCUS. APPROACHING CANCER IS A 510 00:19:43,583 --> 00:19:44,884 DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE WHOLE 511 00:19:44,884 --> 00:19:47,720 BODY. A POINT TO LOOKING AT 512 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:48,788 SURVIVORSHIP ISSUES BUT ALSO 513 00:19:48,788 --> 00:19:52,125 THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE HOW 514 00:19:52,125 --> 00:19:53,793 THE H TAN PROGRAM, LOOKING AT 515 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:55,495 THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN CELLS 516 00:19:55,495 --> 00:19:58,231 IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS REALLY 517 00:19:58,231 --> 00:20:00,033 VITAL FOR US TO MAKE THE 518 00:20:00,033 --> 00:20:02,669 DIFFERENCES THAT WE WANT. 519 00:20:02,669 --> 00:20:05,038 ALLEVIATING FINANCIAL TOXICITY. 520 00:20:05,038 --> 00:20:06,773 LOOKING AT THE ROOT CAUSES AND 521 00:20:06,773 --> 00:20:09,342 HOW TO COMBAT THEM FOR PEOPLE TO 522 00:20:09,342 --> 00:20:10,577 GET THE THERAPY THAT THEY NEED 523 00:20:10,577 --> 00:20:12,912 AND HAVE THE HEALTH CARE THAT 524 00:20:12,912 --> 00:20:14,647 THEY DESERVE. AND EXPANDING ON 525 00:20:14,647 --> 00:20:16,983 THE UTILITY OF VACCINES. WE'VE 526 00:20:16,983 --> 00:20:19,752 SEEN THE PROMISE OF VACCINES 527 00:20:19,752 --> 00:20:21,454 DELIVER FOR PREVENTION BUT THEY 528 00:20:21,454 --> 00:20:22,655 CAN DELIVER AS WELL FOR 529 00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:24,157 TREATMENT AND THOSE ARE 530 00:20:24,157 --> 00:20:24,824 INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES SO THIS 531 00:20:24,824 --> 00:20:28,194 IS JUST THE REAL SPREADSHEET TO 532 00:20:28,194 --> 00:20:29,863 SHOW WHERE THINGS COMPARE TO 533 00:20:29,863 --> 00:20:30,630 PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT BUDGETS 534 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:32,465 OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND 535 00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:38,138 WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO IN '23 536 00:20:38,138 --> 00:20:39,639 OUR PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT BUDGET 537 00:20:39,639 --> 00:20:42,041 WAS FOR 7.4 BILLION. WE 538 00:20:42,041 --> 00:20:43,643 RECEIVED 7.3. THERE WAS A GAP 539 00:20:43,643 --> 00:20:46,312 BUT NOT ENORMOUS. IT REALLY 540 00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:49,582 STARTED TO RISE LAST YEAR FY24 541 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:50,416 WHEN THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT 542 00:20:50,416 --> 00:20:53,786 WAS 9.9 BUT WE HAD A DECREASE 543 00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:56,589 BECAUSE OF THE ENDING OF THE 544 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:58,525 CARES ACT BUT THE NET CHANGE WAS 545 00:20:58,525 --> 00:21:01,227 A 96 MILLION DOLLARS DECREASE. 546 00:21:01,227 --> 00:21:04,731 THE FY25 WAS THE 11.5 BILLION 547 00:21:04,731 --> 00:21:07,233 AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HOLDING 548 00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:10,637 FOR FY 26. SO WHERE WE 549 00:21:10,637 --> 00:21:11,638 INVESTING WITH THE DOLLARS THAT 550 00:21:11,638 --> 00:21:12,372 WE HAVE? 551 00:21:12,372 --> 00:21:13,673 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT 552 00:21:13,673 --> 00:21:16,242 YOU HEAR IS THAT WE ARE ALL IN 553 00:21:16,242 --> 00:21:19,345 ON TRAINING AND ON EARLY STAGE 554 00:21:19,345 --> 00:21:20,079 INVESTIGATOR TALENT AND 555 00:21:20,079 --> 00:21:21,648 DEVELOPMENT. I SHOWED YOU THIS 556 00:21:21,648 --> 00:21:23,216 SLIDE BEFORE I THINK. I HAVE 557 00:21:23,216 --> 00:21:25,018 SHOWN THIS SLIDE A FEW TIMES NOW 558 00:21:25,018 --> 00:21:28,254 SHOWING WHERE WE MAKE DECISIONS 559 00:21:28,254 --> 00:21:28,888 ABOUT PLANNING EARLY STAGE 560 00:21:28,888 --> 00:21:31,257 INVESTIGATORS ALTHOUGH OUR PAY 561 00:21:31,257 --> 00:21:33,493 LINE IS TEN, WE KEPT THE EARLY 562 00:21:33,493 --> 00:21:37,397 STAGE INVESTIGATOR PAY LINE AT 563 00:21:37,397 --> 00:21:39,132 17%. WE'RE REALLY STILL 564 00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:40,867 COMMITTED TO FUNDING AT LEAST AS 565 00:21:40,867 --> 00:21:42,602 MANY EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS 566 00:21:42,602 --> 00:21:46,406 THIS YEAR AS WE DID LAST YEAR. 567 00:21:46,406 --> 00:21:51,010 THAT'S MEANT REALLOCATING SOME 568 00:21:51,010 --> 00:21:52,612 RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 569 00:21:52,612 --> 00:21:54,747 FUNDING AT LEAST AS MANY AS 570 00:21:54,747 --> 00:21:58,284 BEFORE. REMEMBER, GRANTS GET 571 00:21:58,284 --> 00:22:00,253 BIG SOGER SO THAT MEANS MORE 572 00:22:00,253 --> 00:22:02,488 DOLLARS AND THE RATE IS STILL 573 00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:03,189 PROJECTED BECAUSE THERE'S A FEW 574 00:22:03,189 --> 00:22:06,059 MORE THAT IS 19%. SO FOR EARLY 575 00:22:06,059 --> 00:22:07,594 STAGE INVESTIGATORS THAT ARE OUT 576 00:22:07,594 --> 00:22:09,128 THERE, WE'RE INVESTING IN YOU 577 00:22:09,128 --> 00:22:10,396 AND WE REALLY WANT YOU TO BE 578 00:22:10,396 --> 00:22:12,899 PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SO 579 00:22:12,899 --> 00:22:17,570 THIS IS HOW WE SHOW THAT. SO, 580 00:22:17,570 --> 00:22:20,873 JUST A REMINDER, THE NATIONAL 581 00:22:20,873 --> 00:22:22,809 CANCER PLAN THIS IS OUR ROADMAP 582 00:22:22,809 --> 00:22:24,444 AND THIS HELPS US STAY ON TRACK. 583 00:22:24,444 --> 00:22:28,314 WE'RE FOCUSING RIGHT NOW ON 584 00:22:28,314 --> 00:22:31,384 OPTIMIZING THE WORKFORCE. WE'RE 585 00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:32,285 FOCUSING ON EVERYTHING BUT TODAY 586 00:22:32,285 --> 00:22:37,190 FOCUSING ON OOPT M OPTIMIZING T 587 00:22:37,190 --> 00:22:38,691 WORKFORCE. WE'RE HEARING ABOUT 588 00:22:38,691 --> 00:22:42,829 TRAINING BUT ALSO ABOUT NCORP 589 00:22:42,829 --> 00:22:44,631 AND THAT'S A HUGE PART OF OUR 590 00:22:44,631 --> 00:22:47,667 WORKFORCE AND THE FOCUS ON OUR 591 00:22:47,667 --> 00:22:48,735 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL BE ON 592 00:22:48,735 --> 00:22:49,402 OPTIMIZING THE WORKFORCE SO LOOK 593 00:22:49,402 --> 00:22:50,603 OUT FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, 594 00:22:50,603 --> 00:22:52,238 PLEASE JOIN US, I KNOW THAT THIS 595 00:22:52,238 --> 00:22:54,040 IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR 596 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,174 EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. JUST A 597 00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:56,876 FEW EXAMPLES OF HOW WE'RE 598 00:22:56,876 --> 00:23:00,013 PRIORITIZING OPTIMIZING THE 599 00:23:00,013 --> 00:23:02,582 WORKFORCE. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 600 00:23:02,582 --> 00:23:05,618 INTERESTING WAYS THAT WE SUPPORT 601 00:23:05,618 --> 00:23:08,354 TRAINING AND WORKFORCE R15 IS A 602 00:23:08,354 --> 00:23:10,290 PROGRAM THAT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO 603 00:23:10,290 --> 00:23:12,392 LOOK AT IN THE CANCER BLOG IT'S 604 00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:16,162 A PROGRAM LIKE AN RO 1 BUT FOR 605 00:23:16,162 --> 00:23:17,063 INSTITUTIONS THAT DON'T HAVE 606 00:23:17,063 --> 00:23:18,598 HIGH LEVELS OF FUNDING WHICH 607 00:23:18,598 --> 00:23:22,302 SUPPORTS INVESTIGATORS WITH A 608 00:23:22,302 --> 00:23:24,304 PROGRAM BUILT INTO IT TO DEVELOP 609 00:23:24,304 --> 00:23:26,239 TYPICALLY UNDERGRADUATE 610 00:23:26,239 --> 00:23:26,873 STUDENTS. VERY SUCCESSFUL AND 611 00:23:26,873 --> 00:23:29,742 VERY REWARDING TO LEARN ABOUT. 612 00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:32,045 WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WHERE WE 613 00:23:32,045 --> 00:23:34,314 CAN. IT'S AN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM 614 00:23:34,314 --> 00:23:36,816 FOR CANCER. SO THE CATALYST 615 00:23:36,816 --> 00:23:43,289 AWARD WAS JUST ANNOUNCED BY THE 616 00:23:43,289 --> 00:23:43,990 AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. THEY 617 00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:45,491 ARE WORKING WITH US TO HELP THEM 618 00:23:45,491 --> 00:23:47,827 GET FUNDED. SO WE WERE ABLE TO 619 00:23:47,827 --> 00:23:50,096 GET UP TO CLOSE TO 19. SO -- 620 00:23:50,096 --> 00:23:51,564 BUT THERE'S STILL GRANTS IN THAT 621 00:23:51,564 --> 00:23:53,866 SPACE. STILL WELL DESERVING 622 00:23:53,866 --> 00:23:55,501 AWARDS AND SO THEY'RE HELPING 623 00:23:55,501 --> 00:23:57,737 HOWEVER THOSE INDIVIDUALS GET 624 00:23:57,737 --> 00:23:58,705 FUNDED IS IMPORTANT. 625 00:23:58,705 --> 00:24:03,943 AND JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW 626 00:24:03,943 --> 00:24:07,747 OLIVER BOWING HER WHO PUT OUT A 627 00:24:07,747 --> 00:24:10,316 BLOG IN THE NCI BOTTOM LINE ON 628 00:24:10,316 --> 00:24:12,185 THE COMMITMENT TO CANCER 629 00:24:12,185 --> 00:24:13,519 TRAINING WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES 630 00:24:13,519 --> 00:24:15,888 INTERESTED IN THIS. THE 631 00:24:15,888 --> 00:24:17,924 PRESIDENT'S CANCER PANEL IS 632 00:24:17,924 --> 00:24:19,692 FOCUSING IN JUST A FEW WEEKS ON 633 00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:21,260 THEIR PROGRAM. ACTUALLY IT'S 634 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:22,328 NEXT WEEK ALREADY. IN 635 00:24:22,328 --> 00:24:24,063 DEVELOPING A RETAINING A ROBUST 636 00:24:24,063 --> 00:24:27,367 CANCER WORKFORCE. IT'S A TWO 637 00:24:27,367 --> 00:24:28,401 PART OPEN DIALOGUE AND REALLY 638 00:24:28,401 --> 00:24:29,802 ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH THAT AND 639 00:24:29,802 --> 00:24:34,107 BE A PART OF IT. AND THEN JUST 640 00:24:34,107 --> 00:24:36,642 TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS. 641 00:24:36,642 --> 00:24:38,544 THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE 642 00:24:38,544 --> 00:24:39,545 REALM OF CANCER RESEARCH. I 643 00:24:39,545 --> 00:24:41,314 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW 644 00:24:41,314 --> 00:24:43,416 THAT WE'RE NOT KEEPING -- LOSING 645 00:24:43,416 --> 00:24:45,485 OUR SIGHT ON THE BALL OF HOW WE 646 00:24:45,485 --> 00:24:49,922 MAKE REAL EXCITING ADVANCES. IN 647 00:24:49,922 --> 00:24:53,393 IMMUNOTHERAPY. WE SAW THE FIRST 648 00:24:53,393 --> 00:24:56,095 FDA APPROVAL FOR SARCOMA. WE 649 00:24:56,095 --> 00:25:01,501 SAW NEW FDA APPROVED THERAPY FOR 650 00:25:01,501 --> 00:25:02,668 ENDOMETRIAL CANCER ON TOP OF 651 00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:04,270 THAT CANCER WITH THE WOMEN'S 652 00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:07,140 HEALTH INITIATIVE WE TOOK A LOOK 653 00:25:07,140 --> 00:25:12,879 AT WHAT OUR PORTFOLIO WAS AND IT 654 00:25:12,879 --> 00:25:15,014 WAS POOR AND WE GOT AN 655 00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:16,349 OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FOR 656 00:25:16,349 --> 00:25:17,383 SUPPLEMENTS WE'RE TRYING TO 657 00:25:17,383 --> 00:25:19,819 BOOST THAT PIELINE VERY 658 00:25:19,819 --> 00:25:20,686 EFFECTIVELY. 659 00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:24,590 THE RAS INITIATIVE HAS REALLY 660 00:25:24,590 --> 00:25:26,192 BEGUN, WELL JUST BEGUN BUT IS 661 00:25:26,192 --> 00:25:28,895 SHOWING TREMENDOUS OUTPUTS. NOW 662 00:25:28,895 --> 00:25:30,630 WITH NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE 663 00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:34,367 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE 664 00:25:34,367 --> 00:25:38,971 KRAS 4 A VARIANT BUT ALSO THE 665 00:25:38,971 --> 00:25:42,108 DISCOVERY OF CRAS G12C. WE HAVE 666 00:25:42,108 --> 00:25:45,077 A NEW ANALYSIS THAT HAS GOTTEN A 667 00:25:45,077 --> 00:25:47,180 CLAIM IN THE PUBLIC PRESS THAT 668 00:25:47,180 --> 00:25:48,881 SHOWS THAT THE COST OF CANCER 669 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:50,983 SCREENING ALTHOUGH THAT'S A BIG 670 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:51,617 NUMBER 43 BILLION DOLLARS FOR 671 00:25:51,617 --> 00:25:52,819 THE U.S. ECONOMY. 672 00:25:52,819 --> 00:25:54,987 THE COST OF SCREENING IS LESS 673 00:25:54,987 --> 00:25:57,390 THAN THE COST OF TREATMENT. AND 674 00:25:57,390 --> 00:25:59,492 WE KNOW THAT NOT HAVING CANCER 675 00:25:59,492 --> 00:26:02,428 OR HAVING A CANCER THAT WE 676 00:26:02,428 --> 00:26:04,363 DETECT AND MANAGE MORE EARLIER 677 00:26:04,363 --> 00:26:07,533 IS BETTER THAN TREATING A MORE 678 00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:10,603 ADVANCED CANCER. SO WHAT DO I 679 00:26:10,603 --> 00:26:16,876 NEED FROM YOU TODAY? WELL WE 680 00:26:16,876 --> 00:26:19,779 HAVE A NEW CENTER TO FOCUS 681 00:26:19,779 --> 00:26:20,480 COMMUNICATION. WHERE WOULD YOU 682 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,281 LIKE TO SEE MORE EFFORTS IN THAT 683 00:26:22,281 --> 00:26:23,349 SPACE AS I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR 684 00:26:23,349 --> 00:26:25,685 NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. YOUR 685 00:26:25,685 --> 00:26:26,552 THOUGHTS OF MEETING THE NEEDS OF 686 00:26:26,552 --> 00:26:28,287 AND THIS IS THE TOPICS THAT WE 687 00:26:28,287 --> 00:26:29,455 WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY SO THIS 688 00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:31,290 CAN BE HERE BUT ALSO IN OUR 689 00:26:31,290 --> 00:26:33,459 SEGMENTS LATER, WORKFORCE, AI 690 00:26:33,459 --> 00:26:34,560 ADVANCES, COMMUNITY BASED 691 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:38,965 ONCOLOGY RESEARCH AND PEDIATRIC 692 00:26:38,965 --> 00:26:43,336 ONCOLOGY. AND THE THING WE TALK 693 00:26:43,336 --> 00:26:44,871 ABOUT MORE IS BUDGET. WE WOULD 694 00:26:44,871 --> 00:26:47,807 LIKE TO TRAIN MORE, CURE MORE 695 00:26:47,807 --> 00:26:51,377 CANCERS AND SO HOW DO WE BEST 696 00:26:51,377 --> 00:26:52,745 LEVERAGE THOSE RESOURCES, FORM 697 00:26:52,745 --> 00:26:53,579 NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND REALLY HAVE 698 00:26:53,579 --> 00:26:55,681 THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO 699 00:26:55,681 --> 00:26:57,383 WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND SO 700 00:26:57,383 --> 00:26:58,050 ALWAYS, I WILL TAKE SUGGESTIONS 701 00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:01,888 FOR HOW WE MOVE FORWARD FASTER. 702 00:27:01,888 --> 00:27:04,457 WITH THAT I WILL TAKE SOME 703 00:27:04,457 --> 00:27:05,625 QUESTIONS. 704 00:27:05,625 --> 00:27:08,861 >> GREAT, THANKS, KIM. FLOOR'S 705 00:27:08,861 --> 00:27:10,463 NOW OPEN FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE 706 00:27:10,463 --> 00:27:17,670 BOARD. SO I HAVE ONE, YOU POKE 707 00:27:17,670 --> 00:27:18,304 ABOUT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE I 708 00:27:18,304 --> 00:27:20,873 THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 709 00:27:20,873 --> 00:27:21,841 THAT DEFINITELY RESONATES WITH 710 00:27:21,841 --> 00:27:23,543 ME HAS THERE BEEN ANY TYPE OF 711 00:27:23,543 --> 00:27:24,877 ANALYSIS TO LOOK AT COMPARISONS 712 00:27:24,877 --> 00:27:28,047 IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT IN CANCER 713 00:27:28,047 --> 00:27:31,350 RESEARCH COMPARING AGAINST OTHER 714 00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:34,487 COUNTRIES WITH HIGH GDPS? 715 00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:39,659 EUROPE? UK? CHINA? HOW DO WE 716 00:27:39,659 --> 00:27:39,892 COMPARE? 717 00:27:39,892 --> 00:27:42,361 >> WE'RE STILL THE BIGGEST 718 00:27:42,361 --> 00:27:44,897 FUNDER OF CANCER RESEARCH 719 00:27:44,897 --> 00:27:46,499 WORLDWIDE BUT THAT'S ON A PER 720 00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:49,535 CAPITA BASIS AND ON HOW IT 721 00:27:49,535 --> 00:27:52,471 COMPARES TO PORTIONS OF THE 722 00:27:52,471 --> 00:27:53,940 BUDGET I WOULD NEED TO DIVE 723 00:27:53,940 --> 00:27:54,140 INTO. 724 00:27:54,140 --> 00:27:57,376 >> WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE 725 00:27:57,376 --> 00:27:57,777 THAT. 726 00:27:57,777 --> 00:27:59,178 >> IT'S BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE 727 00:27:59,178 --> 00:28:00,880 AND WHERE'S THE FUNDING COME 728 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:07,820 FROM, YEAH. 729 00:28:07,820 --> 00:28:12,058 >> I HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN -- 730 00:28:12,058 --> 00:28:13,259 THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT 731 00:28:13,259 --> 00:28:14,360 REPORT. WHEN YOU WERE VISITING 732 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:15,528 WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS 733 00:28:15,528 --> 00:28:18,264 YOU MENTIONED IN THE FIRST 734 00:28:18,264 --> 00:28:20,566 SLIDE. DID YOU SEE ANYMORE 735 00:28:20,566 --> 00:28:21,734 OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNICATION? 736 00:28:21,734 --> 00:28:23,736 DID THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WERE 737 00:28:23,736 --> 00:28:26,939 HEARING FROM THE NCI BECAUSE I 738 00:28:26,939 --> 00:28:30,176 AM NOT SURE THAT PEOPLE FEEL 739 00:28:30,176 --> 00:28:31,911 CONNECTED, YOU KNOW, AT THAT 740 00:28:31,911 --> 00:28:32,111 LEVEL. 741 00:28:32,111 --> 00:28:35,581 >> THAT CAME UP A FEW TIMES THAT 742 00:28:35,581 --> 00:28:38,250 THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR MORE 743 00:28:38,250 --> 00:28:40,252 AREAS OF HOW TO CONNECT. WE HAD 744 00:28:40,252 --> 00:28:42,188 THAT CONVERSATION SEVERAL TIMES. 745 00:28:42,188 --> 00:28:47,660 BOTH IN KANSAS AND IN NEW YORK. 746 00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:49,295 YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS ONE OF 747 00:28:49,295 --> 00:28:50,663 THE HARDEST THINGS THAT I THINK 748 00:28:50,663 --> 00:28:55,067 THAT WE DO IS HOW DO WE 749 00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:58,337 PENETRATE INTO THE INCREDIBLE 750 00:28:58,337 --> 00:28:59,338 AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT IS 751 00:28:59,338 --> 00:29:01,974 OUT THERE AND THAT'S BY HAVING 752 00:29:01,974 --> 00:29:03,209 GOOD TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION SO 753 00:29:03,209 --> 00:29:06,512 WE PRIORITIZE THAT BUT ALSO 754 00:29:06,512 --> 00:29:07,747 FINDING WAYS TO REACH PEOPLE 755 00:29:07,747 --> 00:29:10,516 WHERE THEY ARE. WHERE THEY'RE 756 00:29:10,516 --> 00:29:12,018 LOOKING FOR INFORMATION SO WE'RE 757 00:29:12,018 --> 00:29:13,853 SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO 758 00:29:13,853 --> 00:29:17,289 LEARN ABOUT HOW WE BEST REACH 759 00:29:17,289 --> 00:29:18,824 PEOPLE ESPECIALLY A BUSY 760 00:29:18,824 --> 00:29:21,093 COMMUNITY ONCOLOGIST WHO IS OUT 761 00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:23,262 IN THE WESTERN PART OF KANSAS, 762 00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:24,764 RIGHT, HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE? 763 00:29:24,764 --> 00:29:26,065 IT NEEDS TO BE THROUGH THE 764 00:29:26,065 --> 00:29:28,034 CANCER CENTER. I'M SO GLAD TO 765 00:29:28,034 --> 00:29:30,970 HEAR ABOUT THE NETWORK THAT THEY 766 00:29:30,970 --> 00:29:34,106 HAVE SO THAT IS ONE PART OF IT 767 00:29:34,106 --> 00:29:36,075 BUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THE 768 00:29:36,075 --> 00:29:37,843 MESSAGES DON'T GET LOST IN THAT 769 00:29:37,843 --> 00:29:39,011 CHAIN SO THEY GET ALL THE WAY TO 770 00:29:39,011 --> 00:29:40,546 THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM. 771 00:29:40,546 --> 00:29:44,250 >> I THINK AS FAR AS YOUR ASK OF 772 00:29:44,250 --> 00:29:46,018 US THAT MIGHT BE A PRIMARY 773 00:29:46,018 --> 00:29:46,285 PRIORITY. 774 00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:48,020 >> I WILL TAKE THAT ONE. 775 00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:50,089 >> ANN HAS A QUESTION FROM THE 776 00:29:50,089 --> 00:29:51,791 VIRTUAL ROOM. 777 00:29:51,791 --> 00:29:55,628 >> HI, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL 778 00:29:55,628 --> 00:29:57,596 INSPIRATIONAL, A LOT OF GREAT 779 00:29:57,596 --> 00:29:59,865 THINGS. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE 780 00:29:59,865 --> 00:30:00,900 PETER. HE'S DONE SUCH A GREAT 781 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:02,702 JOB ALL THESE YEARS BUT I WANTED 782 00:30:02,702 --> 00:30:08,874 TO JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION, KIM, 783 00:30:08,874 --> 00:30:11,143 THE -- IT IS INTERESTING WE HAVE 784 00:30:11,143 --> 00:30:12,545 A PROGRAM CALL THE SCIENTIST 785 00:30:12,545 --> 00:30:14,447 SURVIVE PROGRAM. WE STARTED 786 00:30:14,447 --> 00:30:15,981 SOME EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR 787 00:30:15,981 --> 00:30:20,886 ADVOCATES ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO 788 00:30:20,886 --> 00:30:26,192 AND WE'RE NOTICING A PROGRAM, WE 789 00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:29,595 HAD UP TO 30 COUNTRIES SIGN UP 790 00:30:29,595 --> 00:30:32,732 TO THESE SO THE WHOLE ADVOCACY 791 00:30:32,732 --> 00:30:35,167 MOVEMENT IS MOVING IN AN 792 00:30:35,167 --> 00:30:36,135 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTION AND AS 793 00:30:36,135 --> 00:30:38,838 YOU BUILD THESE ALLIANCE, IF, 794 00:30:38,838 --> 00:30:40,573 YOU KNOW, I THINK PETER 795 00:30:40,573 --> 00:30:41,974 ESPECIALLY AND A WHOLE GROUP 796 00:30:41,974 --> 00:30:44,243 THERE AT NCI SHOULD FOCUS ON HOW 797 00:30:44,243 --> 00:30:47,680 DO WE ACTUALLY SEND THAT INTO A 798 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:49,515 REAL INFLUENCE IN THESE VARIANCE 799 00:30:49,515 --> 00:30:50,282 COUNTRIES? I THINK IT'S A REAL 800 00:30:50,282 --> 00:30:56,222 UNTAPPED RESOURCE. 801 00:30:56,222 --> 00:30:57,389 >> YEAH THAT'S A REALLY GOOD 802 00:30:57,389 --> 00:30:58,591 POINT AND I WILL BUILD ON THAT 803 00:30:58,591 --> 00:31:00,292 AND BRING IT BACK TO MORE LOCAL 804 00:31:00,292 --> 00:31:03,596 IS ASK HOW VALUABLE IT IS TO 805 00:31:03,596 --> 00:31:05,331 HAVE ADVOCATES AT THE TABLE. AT 806 00:31:05,331 --> 00:31:07,700 THE RETREAT WE HAD THIS SUMMER 807 00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:10,202 WE HAD OUR CHAIR OF ADVOCACY 808 00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:12,304 COMMITTEE AND ALSO ANOTHER 809 00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:13,506 ADVOCATE BROUGHT IN BY A WORKING 810 00:31:13,506 --> 00:31:14,340 GROUP AND HAVING THEM IN THE 811 00:31:14,340 --> 00:31:20,880 ROOM WAS REALLY, REALLY 812 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,083 POWERFUL, THEY WERE FANTASTIC IN 813 00:31:24,083 --> 00:31:25,584 THE QUESTIONS THEY ASKED AND THE 814 00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:28,387 WAYS THEY PUSHED THE GROUP TO 815 00:31:28,387 --> 00:31:31,023 MAKE IT HARDER. I DON'T THINK 816 00:31:31,023 --> 00:31:32,224 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME 817 00:31:32,224 --> 00:31:34,126 MEETING WITHOUT THEIR VOICES 818 00:31:34,126 --> 00:31:34,326 THERE. 819 00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:38,297 >> SO WE HAVE MISS ANDERSON AND 820 00:31:38,297 --> 00:31:40,499 THEN KNOW LA. MAKE SURE YOU 821 00:31:40,499 --> 00:31:42,201 BRING THAT MIC REAL CLOSE. 822 00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:44,336 >> THANK YOU FOR THE 823 00:31:44,336 --> 00:31:45,471 PRESENTATION, SO MY QUESTION 824 00:31:45,471 --> 00:31:48,507 RELATE TO THE STUDY ON THE COST 825 00:31:48,507 --> 00:31:50,109 OF CANCER SCREENING BEING 826 00:31:50,109 --> 00:31:50,810 CHEEPER THAN THE TOTAL COST OF 827 00:31:50,810 --> 00:31:56,315 TREATMENT. DO YOU -- CAN YOU 828 00:31:56,315 --> 00:32:04,456 ELABORATE MORE ON HOW THEY 829 00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:06,325 RELATE BACK TO PROGRAMS AND 830 00:32:06,325 --> 00:32:07,393 DIFFERENT ADVOCACY EFFORTS. 831 00:32:07,393 --> 00:32:08,360 THAT'S A POWERFUL ONE AND I'VE 832 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:16,669 HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, MY 833 00:32:16,669 --> 00:32:17,503 HUSBAND WAS DIAGNOSED EARLY WITH 834 00:32:17,503 --> 00:32:23,442 A LUNGS CANCER CT SCREENING THAT 835 00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:25,010 HE HAD EARLIER WHICH HE WOULD 836 00:32:25,010 --> 00:32:26,378 HAVE NOTICED EARLIER IF HE WOULD 837 00:32:26,378 --> 00:32:29,148 HAVE LISTENED TO ME. THAT WAS 838 00:32:29,148 --> 00:32:32,151 ONE OF THOSE KEY EARLY SCREENING 839 00:32:32,151 --> 00:32:33,419 TOOLS THAT PHYSICIANS ARE NOT 840 00:32:33,419 --> 00:32:34,720 TALKING ABOUT ENOUGH AND I AM 841 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,823 SURE HIS TOTAL COST OF CANCER 842 00:32:37,823 --> 00:32:38,757 TREATMENT WILL BE MUCH HIGHER 843 00:32:38,757 --> 00:32:40,659 THAN IF HE HAD GOTTEN THE TEST 844 00:32:40,659 --> 00:32:42,962 TWO YEARS AGO. SO WHAT ARE 845 00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:44,663 YOUR -- THOUGHTS ON THAT. 846 00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:46,699 >> THIS IS WHY I'M SO GLAD IT 847 00:32:46,699 --> 00:32:50,502 WAS PICKED UP IN USA TODAY AND 848 00:32:50,502 --> 00:32:51,170 NEW YORK TIMES TO GET THE 849 00:32:51,170 --> 00:32:53,239 MESSAGE OUT NUMBER ONE. I 850 00:32:53,239 --> 00:32:55,708 THINK, THIS IS WHERE WE LEAN ON 851 00:32:55,708 --> 00:33:01,947 DIVISIONS LIKE DCCPS AND I'M NOT 852 00:33:01,947 --> 00:33:04,650 SURE WHERE DR. CASTLE IS TO HELP 853 00:33:04,650 --> 00:33:06,619 US KNOW WHAT IS THE NEXT STUDY 854 00:33:06,619 --> 00:33:07,686 THAT WE NEED TO DO TO REALLY 855 00:33:07,686 --> 00:33:10,923 BRING SOME OF THESE THINGS INTO 856 00:33:10,923 --> 00:33:13,259 PRACTICE TO PUT THIS IN THE 857 00:33:13,259 --> 00:33:14,660 PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS TO HELP, 858 00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:16,729 YOU KNOW, KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS 859 00:33:16,729 --> 00:33:19,398 PEOPLE ARE EVEN ASKING ABOUT 860 00:33:19,398 --> 00:33:21,467 THIS BEYOND -- IT'S ONE THING 861 00:33:21,467 --> 00:33:23,335 FOR US AS SCIENTIST TO KNOW 862 00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:24,870 THERE'S THIS REALLY BIG 863 00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:26,105 DIFFERENCE AND ECONOMICALLY 864 00:33:26,105 --> 00:33:28,007 THAT'S A BIG DEAL BUT WHEN IT 865 00:33:28,007 --> 00:33:29,775 COMES TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR 866 00:33:29,775 --> 00:33:30,809 POCKETBOOK AND THEY'RE TRYING TO 867 00:33:30,809 --> 00:33:33,479 DECIDE WHAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY 868 00:33:33,479 --> 00:33:35,581 EXPENSIVE SCREENING TEST AND IF 869 00:33:35,581 --> 00:33:36,615 THAT'S A THING THEY SHOULD DO 870 00:33:36,615 --> 00:33:40,085 TO -- IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO KNOW 871 00:33:40,085 --> 00:33:44,056 THAT THIS IS BENEFITTING AND SO 872 00:33:44,056 --> 00:33:45,991 HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT. SO 873 00:33:45,991 --> 00:33:50,062 THAT'S WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 874 00:33:50,062 --> 00:33:53,666 AND IF EITHER OF YOU HAVE 875 00:33:53,666 --> 00:33:54,900 COMMENTS, PLEASE. 876 00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:56,869 >> THAT'S GREAT AND THEY'RE 877 00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:59,538 CONSIDERATIONS AND WH YOU TALK 878 00:33:59,538 --> 00:34:01,273 ABOUT EARLY CANCERS AND 879 00:34:01,273 --> 00:34:01,941 SCREENING GUIDELINES THAT'LL BE 880 00:34:01,941 --> 00:34:04,343 ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT SO WE 881 00:34:04,343 --> 00:34:07,613 HAVE KNOW LOW AND I BELIEVE 882 00:34:07,613 --> 00:34:08,047 SUSAN. 883 00:34:08,047 --> 00:34:09,949 >> YEAH, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE 884 00:34:09,949 --> 00:34:10,716 EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING 885 00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:12,384 THIS SUMMER AND WHAT'S HAPPENING 886 00:34:12,384 --> 00:34:16,889 GOING FORWARD. YESTERDAY IN THE 887 00:34:16,889 --> 00:34:19,091 THERAPEUTIC COMMITTEE MEETING WE 888 00:34:19,091 --> 00:34:20,292 HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT PRIVATE 889 00:34:20,292 --> 00:34:21,627 PARTNERSHIPS AND I THINK TO YOUR 890 00:34:21,627 --> 00:34:22,661 QUESTION OF NUMBER ONE BUDGET 891 00:34:22,661 --> 00:34:25,831 AND THEN THE PARTNERSHIPS AS 892 00:34:25,831 --> 00:34:27,800 WELL. I REALLY THINK 893 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,435 CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF 894 00:34:29,435 --> 00:34:30,703 RESEARCH LED BY PRIVATE INDUSTRY 895 00:34:30,703 --> 00:34:32,972 RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS AN 896 00:34:32,972 --> 00:34:34,740 OPPORTUNITY WE'RE NOT GOING TO 897 00:34:34,740 --> 00:34:37,443 GET EVERYTHING FROM WHAT WE SAID 898 00:34:37,443 --> 00:34:39,044 IN THE NEXT YEARS OUR BUDGET 899 00:34:39,044 --> 00:34:40,713 WILL MATCH WHAT WE NEED AND IF 900 00:34:40,713 --> 00:34:43,682 WE CAN INFLUENCE SOME OF THOSE 901 00:34:43,682 --> 00:34:46,018 DOLLARS AND I THINK EVEN TO THE 902 00:34:46,018 --> 00:34:48,120 SCREENING QUESTION YOU MENTIONED 903 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:49,989 WE HAVE MULTIPLE HUGE COMPANIES 904 00:34:49,989 --> 00:34:51,657 THAT HAVE SPUN OUT AROUND NEW 905 00:34:51,657 --> 00:34:52,891 TECHNOLOGIES HOW CAN WE PARTNER 906 00:34:52,891 --> 00:34:54,026 WITH THEM AND THEN THAT WILL 907 00:34:54,026 --> 00:34:56,428 HELP FREE UP MORE MONEY THAT WE 908 00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:58,731 COULD THEN INVEST IN JUNIOR 909 00:34:58,731 --> 00:34:59,264 INVESTIGATORS BECAUSE WE 910 00:34:59,264 --> 00:35:00,366 WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO 911 00:35:00,366 --> 00:35:01,934 FUND EVERY PIECE OF THE OTHER 912 00:35:01,934 --> 00:35:06,171 RESEARCH THAT THE NCI FUNDS AND 913 00:35:06,171 --> 00:35:07,573 SO IT'S NOT A SMALL LIFT BECAUSE 914 00:35:07,573 --> 00:35:12,244 THERE ARE SO MANY CONFLICTS I 915 00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:15,247 THINK JULIE GRANT BROUGHT UP THE 916 00:35:15,247 --> 00:35:16,882 ISSUES OF FOR-PROFIT VERSUS 917 00:35:16,882 --> 00:35:18,250 NONPROFIT. THESE ARE NOT SMALL 918 00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:19,385 ISSUES AND WILL REQUIRE SMALL 919 00:35:19,385 --> 00:35:22,021 CHANGES IN THE WAY NCI DOES 920 00:35:22,021 --> 00:35:23,489 THINGS TO MOVE MORE QUICKLY 921 00:35:23,489 --> 00:35:24,857 WHICH IS WHAT THE INDUSTRY 922 00:35:24,857 --> 00:35:25,991 SIGNIFICANTLY CARES MORE ABOUT 923 00:35:25,991 --> 00:35:27,626 AND IF WE CAN DISRUPT THE WAY 924 00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:29,595 THINGS ARE GOING AND DO IT IN A 925 00:35:29,595 --> 00:35:31,063 NEW AND FASTER WAY I THINK THERE 926 00:35:31,063 --> 00:35:32,898 ARE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THERE 927 00:35:32,898 --> 00:35:36,835 THAT WE COULD LEVERAGE. 928 00:35:36,835 --> 00:35:38,670 >> I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN SAY 929 00:35:38,670 --> 00:35:40,039 IT BETTER THAN THAT. I 930 00:35:40,039 --> 00:35:43,008 COMPLETELY AGREE. BUT THIS IS 931 00:35:43,008 --> 00:35:45,344 NOT AN US AND THEM GAME. WE ARE 932 00:35:45,344 --> 00:35:48,814 ALL HERE FOR CANCER. AND THAT'S 933 00:35:48,814 --> 00:35:50,482 WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS WHATEVER 934 00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:53,552 LINES ARE NECESSARY. SO WE'RE 935 00:35:53,552 --> 00:35:58,190 ALL IN SAY SUSAN . 936 00:35:58,190 --> 00:35:59,158 >> SUSAN. 937 00:35:59,158 --> 00:36:01,927 >> I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE 938 00:36:01,927 --> 00:36:03,629 QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT THE 939 00:36:03,629 --> 00:36:05,664 UTILITY OF FINDINGS. AS SOON AS 940 00:36:05,664 --> 00:36:07,533 I SAW THOSE FINDINGS I THOUGHT 941 00:36:07,533 --> 00:36:09,468 ABOUT HOW THEY REVERBERATES IN 942 00:36:09,468 --> 00:36:11,170 OUR COMMUNITY. MANY TIMES 943 00:36:11,170 --> 00:36:14,807 STUDIES LIKE THIS GET PICKED UP 944 00:36:14,807 --> 00:36:19,878 EVEN IN LOCAL NEWS OR OUR LOCAL 945 00:36:19,878 --> 00:36:20,612 POLICYMA 946 00:36:20,612 --> 00:36:21,246 POLICYMAKERS. ET CETERA, IT'S 947 00:36:21,246 --> 00:36:22,681 REALLY A WAY THAT NCI HAS 948 00:36:22,681 --> 00:36:24,216 SUPPORTED GENERATING EVIDENCE 949 00:36:24,216 --> 00:36:28,787 THAT THEN INFORMS WHAT WE BRING 950 00:36:28,787 --> 00:36:30,122 AS COMPELLING EVIDENCE TO INVEST 951 00:36:30,122 --> 00:36:34,426 IN SCREENING OR TO CHANGE SORT 952 00:36:34,426 --> 00:36:38,897 OF THE SPEND OR TO ENCOURAGE 953 00:36:38,897 --> 00:36:39,531 INDIVIDUALS TO REALLY PRIORITIZE 954 00:36:39,531 --> 00:36:41,066 IN A WAY THAT SAYS SHOW ME THE 955 00:36:41,066 --> 00:36:44,870 DATA, SHOW ME THE NUMBERS AND 956 00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:47,873 THIS IS SUCH A GREAT TOOL FOR US 957 00:36:47,873 --> 00:36:48,974 AT CANCER CENTERS TO BE ABLE TO 958 00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:50,542 DO THAT TYPE OF WORK. I WANTED 959 00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:52,111 TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT FOR THAT. 960 00:36:52,111 --> 00:36:53,345 >> AND IT WAS INTERESTING IN 961 00:36:53,345 --> 00:36:56,782 LOOKING AT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 962 00:36:56,782 --> 00:36:57,883 PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING. CANCER 963 00:36:57,883 --> 00:37:00,986 CONTROL WAS ABOUT HALF FOR 964 00:37:00,986 --> 00:37:03,055 TREATMENT. AND THERAPEUTICS. I 965 00:37:03,055 --> 00:37:04,656 THINK THERE COULD BE SOME 966 00:37:04,656 --> 00:37:06,091 DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SORT OF 967 00:37:06,091 --> 00:37:08,494 SHIFTING THE BALANCE OF IT. I 968 00:37:08,494 --> 00:37:10,362 THINK WE HAVE ED HERE. 969 00:37:10,362 --> 00:37:11,864 >> YEAH, NEW MEMBER AND I WILL 970 00:37:11,864 --> 00:37:13,465 SAY THIS IS ME SITTING ON MY 971 00:37:13,465 --> 00:37:15,501 HANDS. IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME 972 00:37:15,501 --> 00:37:16,535 TO ASK THIS FIRST QUESTION. 973 00:37:16,535 --> 00:37:17,703 THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL 974 00:37:17,703 --> 00:37:18,370 PRESENTATION. IT'S INTERESTING 975 00:37:18,370 --> 00:37:20,472 I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE 976 00:37:20,472 --> 00:37:22,407 INCLUDING MYSELF REALLY LIT UP 977 00:37:22,407 --> 00:37:24,877 AT THAT SCREENING VERSUS 978 00:37:24,877 --> 00:37:25,911 TREATMENT SLIDE IN PART BECAUSE 979 00:37:25,911 --> 00:37:27,546 THERE WERE DOLLARS ATTACHED TO 980 00:37:27,546 --> 00:37:28,647 IT AS FAR AS A RETURN ON 981 00:37:28,647 --> 00:37:30,282 INVESTMENT IN THE SCREENING 982 00:37:30,282 --> 00:37:32,084 ACTUALLY SAVED THE COUNTRY MONEY 983 00:37:32,084 --> 00:37:33,585 AND THERE'S BEEN MANY QUESTIONS 984 00:37:33,585 --> 00:37:36,321 I THINK THAT HAVE BEEN STICKING 985 00:37:36,321 --> 00:37:38,257 WITH THAT BECAUSE I FEEL THAT 986 00:37:38,257 --> 00:37:40,959 ARGUMENT REVERBERATES A LOT AND 987 00:37:40,959 --> 00:37:43,162 I KNOW U E-MAILED YOU ABOUT THIS 988 00:37:43,162 --> 00:37:44,596 BUT I REMEMBER HAVING A 989 00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:45,964 CONVERSATION WITH A BUSINESS 990 00:37:45,964 --> 00:37:47,533 COLLEAGUE WITH MINE AND 991 00:37:47,533 --> 00:37:48,100 CONVINCING THEM THAT IT WAS 992 00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:51,069 IMPORTANT THAT THE GOVERNMENT 993 00:37:51,069 --> 00:37:52,304 INVEST IN SCIENCE BECAUSE 994 00:37:52,304 --> 00:37:54,006 INDUSTRY WON'T DO IT, 995 00:37:54,006 --> 00:37:55,574 PARTICULARLY FOR RARE CANCERS 996 00:37:55,574 --> 00:37:57,843 BUT ONCE THE INVESTMENT IS MADE 997 00:37:57,843 --> 00:37:59,411 IT MAKES WAY FOR INDUSTRY. I 998 00:37:59,411 --> 00:38:01,180 WANTED TO HEAR MORE AFTER YOUR 999 00:38:01,180 --> 00:38:02,514 THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE 1000 00:38:02,514 --> 00:38:03,982 TO GENERATE MORE DATA THAT COMES 1001 00:38:03,982 --> 00:38:05,484 INTO THESE PRESENTATIONS, THAT 1002 00:38:05,484 --> 00:38:08,887 TALKS TO THAT PARTICULAR ROI AND 1003 00:38:08,887 --> 00:38:12,724 IF YOU LOOK AT EARLY STAGE OF 1004 00:38:12,724 --> 00:38:13,992 INVESTIGATORS IS THERE A 1005 00:38:13,992 --> 00:38:16,094 DIFFERENT ROI THAT WE HAVEN'T 1006 00:38:16,094 --> 00:38:20,799 SEEN BEFORE THAN THOSE 1007 00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:21,433 ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATORS THAT 1008 00:38:21,433 --> 00:38:22,434 WE CONTINUE ON THAT ARGUMENT AND 1009 00:38:22,434 --> 00:38:25,904 DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT STRATEGY. 1010 00:38:25,904 --> 00:38:27,372 >> THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT AND I 1011 00:38:27,372 --> 00:38:28,106 WILL TAKE THAT IN A COUPLE 1012 00:38:28,106 --> 00:38:29,641 DIFFERENT WAYS. WHEN WE TALK 1013 00:38:29,641 --> 00:38:31,677 ABOUT WHAT THE RETURN ON 1014 00:38:31,677 --> 00:38:33,212 INVESTMENT IS I THINK THE PUBLIC 1015 00:38:33,212 --> 00:38:35,981 TENDS TO THINK ABOUT HEALTHY 1016 00:38:35,981 --> 00:38:36,582 AMERICANS BUT IT'S REALLY SO 1017 00:38:36,582 --> 00:38:38,617 MUCH MORE THE EFFECT ON THE 1018 00:38:38,617 --> 00:38:39,518 ECONOMY REALLY CAN BE BROKEN 1019 00:38:39,518 --> 00:38:40,819 DOWN IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS 1020 00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:42,955 THE WORKFORCE IS A HUGE ONE AND 1021 00:38:42,955 --> 00:38:44,790 HAVING A TALENTED SKILLED 1022 00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:45,891 WORKFORCE THAT'S DOING 1023 00:38:45,891 --> 00:38:46,792 DISCOVERIES AND MAKING 1024 00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:53,031 DISCOVERIES THAT WILL IMPACT 1025 00:38:53,031 --> 00:38:58,270 CANCER TODAY AND HEALTH 1026 00:38:58,270 --> 00:38:58,804 TOMORROW. THAT'S REALLY 1027 00:38:58,804 --> 00:38:59,972 IMPORTANT AND HOW WE STIMULATE 1028 00:38:59,972 --> 00:39:01,607 THE ECONOMY WITH NEW COMPANIES 1029 00:39:01,607 --> 00:39:04,109 AND A LOT OF WHAT WE TALK ABOUT 1030 00:39:04,109 --> 00:39:05,444 IS DE-RISKING. AND WORK THAT WE 1031 00:39:05,444 --> 00:39:12,017 CAN DO TO TAKE A GREAT IDEA AND 1032 00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:14,186 TAKE THE RISK AWAY TO BE TAKEN 1033 00:39:14,186 --> 00:39:15,988 ON INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 1034 00:39:15,988 --> 00:39:20,425 THAT'S A HUGE ASSET OF THE 1035 00:39:20,425 --> 00:39:21,727 FREDERICK WITH A LOT OF PROGRAMS 1036 00:39:21,727 --> 00:39:23,462 THAT WE HAVE. WE CAN LOOK AT 1037 00:39:23,462 --> 00:39:25,631 WAY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT A LITTLE 1038 00:39:25,631 --> 00:39:26,965 MORE EFFECTIVELY. 1039 00:39:26,965 --> 00:39:28,967 >> SO WE HAVE DOUG AND THEN 1040 00:39:28,967 --> 00:39:29,167 JULIE. 1041 00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:33,405 >> I SIMPLY WANTED TO POINT OUT 1042 00:39:33,405 --> 00:39:36,174 THAT THE SIS NET GROUP PUBLISHED 1043 00:39:36,174 --> 00:39:38,744 WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A VERY 1044 00:39:38,744 --> 00:39:40,846 INTERESTING PAPER AND KATRINA 1045 00:39:40,846 --> 00:39:47,286 GOD GODDARD IS THE HEAD OF THAT 1046 00:39:47,286 --> 00:39:47,552 DIVISION. 1047 00:39:47,552 --> 00:39:50,222 LOOKING AT HOW MANY LIVES COULD 1048 00:39:50,222 --> 00:39:52,858 BE SAVED BY 10% FOR SEVERAL 1049 00:39:52,858 --> 00:39:56,895 DIFFERENT CANCER TYPES IT'S 1050 00:39:56,895 --> 00:40:01,199 REALLY IMPRESSIVE. IT'S 1051 00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:03,435 SOMETHING I CAN SEND AROUND THE 1052 00:40:03,435 --> 00:40:06,471 REFERENCE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. 1053 00:40:06,471 --> 00:40:07,072 >> JULIE. 1054 00:40:07,072 --> 00:40:09,608 >> THANK YOU FOR AN INSPIRING 1055 00:40:09,608 --> 00:40:11,743 CLEAR COMMUNICATION ABOUT YOUR 1056 00:40:11,743 --> 00:40:12,611 PRIORITIES. I WAS STRUCK AS YOU 1057 00:40:12,611 --> 00:40:16,214 SPEAK ABOUT WORKFORCE 1058 00:40:16,214 --> 00:40:16,882 DEVELOPMENT. IN PARTICULAR, A 1059 00:40:16,882 --> 00:40:20,252 LOT OF THE EMPHASIS IS ON EARLY 1060 00:40:20,252 --> 00:40:20,819 STAGE INVESTIGATORS. I'M 1061 00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:23,488 CURIOUS IF THAT IS THE PRIORITY. 1062 00:40:23,488 --> 00:40:24,956 AND AS YOU THINK ABOUT OTHER 1063 00:40:24,956 --> 00:40:26,358 GAPS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR 1064 00:40:26,358 --> 00:40:27,359 NATIONAL CANCER WORKFORCE, 1065 00:40:27,359 --> 00:40:30,295 SHOULD WE BE PRIORITIZING THAT 1066 00:40:30,295 --> 00:40:32,397 BECAUSE OF OBSERVATIONS YOU'VE 1067 00:40:32,397 --> 00:40:34,032 MADE IN THE DATA THAT REALLY ARE 1068 00:40:34,032 --> 00:40:34,766 IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND 1069 00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:37,269 THAT THAT IS THE PRIORITY? I 1070 00:40:37,269 --> 00:40:38,537 WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND MORE SO 1071 00:40:38,537 --> 00:40:40,339 WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THOSE 1072 00:40:40,339 --> 00:40:40,806 GOALS. 1073 00:40:40,806 --> 00:40:42,207 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION 1074 00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:44,142 BECAUSE THAT IS A PRIORITY AND 1075 00:40:44,142 --> 00:40:45,644 IMPORTANT TO ME BUT NOT THE ONLY 1076 00:40:45,644 --> 00:40:47,813 PRIORITY. WHEN I TALK ABOUT 1077 00:40:47,813 --> 00:40:49,247 WORKFORCE I REALLY MEAN 1078 00:40:49,247 --> 00:40:51,483 DEVELOPING EVERYBODY. THAT'S 1079 00:40:51,483 --> 00:40:52,884 WHY I'VE BEEN SO HAPPY TO BE 1080 00:40:52,884 --> 00:40:55,187 WORKING WITH PROGRAMS THAT ARE 1081 00:40:55,187 --> 00:40:55,987 DEVELOPING HIGH SCHOOL AND 1082 00:40:55,987 --> 00:40:57,989 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT TO GET 1083 00:40:57,989 --> 00:40:59,558 THEM INTERESTED IN STEM CAREERS. 1084 00:40:59,558 --> 00:41:01,827 THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN TALKING -- 1085 00:41:01,827 --> 00:41:03,829 I AM REALLY INSPIRED BY THIS 1086 00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:04,463 COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM AND, 1087 00:41:04,463 --> 00:41:07,833 YOU KNOW, WAYS WE BOTH START 1088 00:41:07,833 --> 00:41:09,000 WORKFORCE AROUND CLINICAL TRIAL 1089 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,702 OPERAT 1090 00:41:10,702 --> 00:41:12,504 OPERATIONS, THAT'S A REAL JOB 1091 00:41:12,504 --> 00:41:16,274 FOR PEOPLE. BUT I ALSO SEE 1092 00:41:16,274 --> 00:41:21,446 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN WHO IS 1093 00:41:21,446 --> 00:41:22,881 REALLY DELIVERING CARE. I 1094 00:41:22,881 --> 00:41:24,349 MENTIONED ONCOLOGISTS AND 1095 00:41:24,349 --> 00:41:25,817 DEVELOPING THEIR CAPABILITIES TO 1096 00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:27,552 BE PART OF OUR RESEARCH ENGINE 1097 00:41:27,552 --> 00:41:28,887 BECAUSE THEY'RE A HUGE PART OF 1098 00:41:28,887 --> 00:41:30,989 OUR RESEARCH ENGINE BUT IT'S NOT 1099 00:41:30,989 --> 00:41:33,291 JUST ONCOLOGISTS, IT'S 1100 00:41:33,291 --> 00:41:34,326 NURSE-PRACTITIONERS IN THE REALM 1101 00:41:34,326 --> 00:41:36,461 OF PREVENTION THIS IS PRIMARY 1102 00:41:36,461 --> 00:41:38,530 CARE. I MEAN, DEVELOPING THAT 1103 00:41:38,530 --> 00:41:40,465 ASPECT OF OUR WORKFORCE ALSO 1104 00:41:40,465 --> 00:41:42,033 SUPER IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, I 1105 00:41:42,033 --> 00:41:44,202 HIGHLIGHT THE EARLY STAGE 1106 00:41:44,202 --> 00:41:45,170 INVESTIGATORS AND WE'LL TALK 1107 00:41:45,170 --> 00:41:46,905 LATER ABOUT POSTDOCS AND THOSE 1108 00:41:46,905 --> 00:41:49,474 BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO SORT OF A 1109 00:41:49,474 --> 00:41:51,877 CORE PART OF WHAT WE ARE AND 1110 00:41:51,877 --> 00:41:55,080 WHAT WE NEED AND WHEN I LOOK AT 1111 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:56,882 NEEDLES THAT WE NEED TO MOVE, 1112 00:41:56,882 --> 00:42:01,987 ONE IS THE AGE TO FIRST RO 1. 1113 00:42:01,987 --> 00:42:12,464 AT, YOU KNOW SH, WE GET THEM IN 1114 00:42:12,464 --> 00:42:14,900 THE FUNDING POOL EARLIER. 1115 00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:16,868 THAT'S ONE REASON TO FUND EARLY 1116 00:42:16,868 --> 00:42:18,537 STAGE INVESTIGATORS. SO TO ME 1117 00:42:18,537 --> 00:42:22,908 IT'S ABOUT KEEPING OUR PIPELINE 1118 00:42:22,908 --> 00:42:33,185 ROBUST. MAY I. 1119 00:42:37,355 --> 00:42:39,024 >> IF YOU WANT TO EXTEND WE HAVE 1120 00:42:39,024 --> 00:42:39,424 A FEW MINUTES. 1121 00:42:39,424 --> 00:42:42,794 >> I THINK WHAT YOU SAID IS 1122 00:42:42,794 --> 00:42:45,964 REALLY IMPORTANT. I WAS STRUCK 1123 00:42:45,964 --> 00:42:50,402 SUICIDE BY THE CANCER FUNDING 1124 00:42:50,402 --> 00:42:51,002 GAP. 1125 00:42:51,002 --> 00:42:53,405 I THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR 1126 00:42:53,405 --> 00:42:54,606 COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THE NCI 1127 00:42:54,606 --> 00:42:56,908 AND HOW WE CAN BRING OTHER TO 1128 00:42:56,908 --> 00:42:58,944 THE TABLE FOR THOSE SPECIFIC 1129 00:42:58,944 --> 00:43:00,779 OCCUPATIONAL ROLES THAT ARE 1130 00:43:00,779 --> 00:43:03,181 COMPLEMENTARY TO THEIR MISSION 1131 00:43:03,181 --> 00:43:04,883 WHAT, YOU JUST DESCRIBED SEEMS 1132 00:43:04,883 --> 00:43:06,418 REALLY COMPELLING TO ME. WHEN I 1133 00:43:06,418 --> 00:43:07,886 THINK ABOUT THE JOBS THAT ARE 1134 00:43:07,886 --> 00:43:09,621 TIED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 1135 00:43:09,621 --> 00:43:11,823 CANCER AND NURSES OR IN MY CASE, 1136 00:43:11,823 --> 00:43:16,061 AS I'M TIED TO THE BIOTECH 1137 00:43:16,061 --> 00:43:18,196 INDUSTRY, THE PHARMACEUTICAL 1138 00:43:18,196 --> 00:43:20,699 INDUSTRY IT'S CLINICAL TRIAL 1139 00:43:20,699 --> 00:43:22,934 COORDINATORS, MANAGERS, 1140 00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:27,172 INDIVIDUAL WHO IS -- INDIVIDUALS 1141 00:43:27,172 --> 00:43:28,473 WHO ARE TRAINED. 1142 00:43:28,473 --> 00:43:30,108 I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO CONTINUE 1143 00:43:30,108 --> 00:43:31,510 TO ENGAGE IN THE CONVERSATION. 1144 00:43:31,510 --> 00:43:34,479 HOW DO WE BRING OTHER TO HELP 1145 00:43:34,479 --> 00:43:36,014 SUPPLEMENT FUNDING WHERE WE SEE 1146 00:43:36,014 --> 00:43:38,450 GAPS IN OUR WORKFORCE AND HOW DO 1147 00:43:38,450 --> 00:43:40,185 WE BRING THEM TOGETHER AND THANK 1148 00:43:40,185 --> 00:43:41,353 YOU FOR OUTLINING THE ADDITIONAL 1149 00:43:41,353 --> 00:43:43,488 JOBS THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO 1150 00:43:43,488 --> 00:43:45,657 INVEST IN. IT'S VERY HELPFUL 1151 00:43:45,657 --> 00:43:46,024 FOR ME. 1152 00:43:46,024 --> 00:43:49,060 >> DR. CLARK, PLEASE. 1153 00:43:49,060 --> 00:43:50,896 >> HI, I'M DR. CLARK, ALSO NEW 1154 00:43:50,896 --> 00:43:53,064 TO THE BOARD SO THANK YOU SO 1155 00:43:53,064 --> 00:43:56,234 MUCH. I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE 1156 00:43:56,234 --> 00:43:58,970 THE EFFORTS ON DEVELOPING AND 1157 00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:02,173 MAINTAINING A WORKFORCE THAT'S 1158 00:44:02,173 --> 00:44:04,509 ROBUST AND DIVERSE. I THINK 1159 00:44:04,509 --> 00:44:05,877 THIS HAS BEEN UNDERRECOGNIZED 1160 00:44:05,877 --> 00:44:10,181 AND UNDERFOCUSED ON FOR A LONG 1161 00:44:10,181 --> 00:44:12,250 TIME. AS WE TALK ABOUT 1162 00:44:12,250 --> 00:44:13,685 PRODUCING INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS 1163 00:44:13,685 --> 00:44:15,520 FOR CANCER WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND 1164 00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:16,187 THAT THESE TREATMENTS OFTEN 1165 00:44:16,187 --> 00:44:18,657 WIDEN THE DISPARITIES FOR PEOPLE 1166 00:44:18,657 --> 00:44:20,892 WHO DON'T GET ACCESS TO THESE 1167 00:44:20,892 --> 00:44:23,595 TREATMENTS. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT 1168 00:44:23,595 --> 00:44:24,896 CONCORDANCE AND CARE RACIALLY 1169 00:44:24,896 --> 00:44:27,232 FROM GENDER STANDPOINT AND 1170 00:44:27,232 --> 00:44:28,767 ESPECIALLY FROM FIRST LANGUAGE 1171 00:44:28,767 --> 00:44:30,702 ACTUALLY IMPACTS A PATIENT'S 1172 00:44:30,702 --> 00:44:32,504 ABILITY TO EITHER GET THEIR 1173 00:44:32,504 --> 00:44:35,006 CANCER TREATMENT OR TO ACTUALLY 1174 00:44:35,006 --> 00:44:37,542 UNDERGO CANCER SCREENING SO 1175 00:44:37,542 --> 00:44:39,311 UNTIL WE FOCUS ON MAKING SURE WE 1176 00:44:39,311 --> 00:44:41,112 HAVE A WORKFORCE THAT REPRESENTS 1177 00:44:41,112 --> 00:44:43,548 OUR PATIENTS WE'LL CONSISTENTLY 1178 00:44:43,548 --> 00:44:45,116 BE CHASING OUR TAILS. SO I'M 1179 00:44:45,116 --> 00:44:47,218 REALLY EXCITED TO ACTUALLY SEE 1180 00:44:47,218 --> 00:44:48,587 THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL CANCER 1181 00:44:48,587 --> 00:44:50,922 PANEL WILL BE TALKING ABOUT 1182 00:44:50,922 --> 00:44:52,424 THIS, I'LL BE PARTICIPATING BUT 1183 00:44:52,424 --> 00:44:53,058 IT'LL BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR 1184 00:44:53,058 --> 00:44:55,060 EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM TO 1185 00:44:55,060 --> 00:44:56,261 UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHY THIS IS 1186 00:44:56,261 --> 00:44:59,030 SO CRITICAL AND FOR THE NCI TO 1187 00:44:59,030 --> 00:45:00,599 RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS AS 1188 00:45:00,599 --> 00:45:02,601 IMPORTANT AS A PILLAR AS A 1189 00:45:02,601 --> 00:45:04,436 DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE 1190 00:45:04,436 --> 00:45:04,703 TREATMENT. 1191 00:45:04,703 --> 00:45:08,873 >> AGREED. IT'S LONG-STANDING 1192 00:45:08,873 --> 00:45:14,813 ISSUE. I REMEMBER THE EARLY 1193 00:45:14,813 --> 00:45:16,881 PAPER ON LYMPHOMA SHOWING THE 1194 00:45:16,881 --> 00:45:18,483 HUGE DISPARITY BY RACE AND BY 1195 00:45:18,483 --> 00:45:19,551 INSURANCE STATUS AND THE LAST 1196 00:45:19,551 --> 00:45:22,387 QUESTION WILL GO TO FRED. 1197 00:45:22,387 --> 00:45:30,962 >> THANKS. 1198 00:45:30,962 --> 00:45:35,133 >> HI, IT'S VERY COMPELLING THE 1199 00:45:35,133 --> 00:45:37,235 NUMBER OF SCREENING VERSUS 1200 00:45:37,235 --> 00:45:40,238 TREATMENT. IN JUNE WE HAD AN 1201 00:45:40,238 --> 00:45:40,872 EXCELLENT PRESENTATION FROM 1202 00:45:40,872 --> 00:45:43,708 DR. CASTLE ON LIQUID BIOPSIES 1203 00:45:43,708 --> 00:45:45,744 AND WHAT INDUSTRIES ARE LOBBYING 1204 00:45:45,744 --> 00:45:47,212 AND MOVING MUCH FASTER THAN THE 1205 00:45:47,212 --> 00:45:49,848 SCIENCE AND I'M WONDERING, YOU 1206 00:45:49,848 --> 00:45:53,685 KNOW, HOW DO WE SQUARE THAT? 1207 00:45:53,685 --> 00:45:55,620 ESPECIALLY ON CLINICAL UTILITY 1208 00:45:55,620 --> 00:45:57,489 OF THOSE SCREENINGS. YOU KNOW, 1209 00:45:57,489 --> 00:45:59,724 HOW WE BALANCE THE OPTIMISM WITH 1210 00:45:59,724 --> 00:46:03,061 THE SCIENCE. HOW DOES NIH -- 1211 00:46:03,061 --> 00:46:05,063 NCI CATCH UP. ESPECIALLY WITH 1212 00:46:05,063 --> 00:46:05,363 THE SCIENCE. 1213 00:46:05,363 --> 00:46:09,000 >> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S -- IT'S 1214 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:16,541 A REALLY IMPORTANT AND THERE ARE 1215 00:46:16,541 --> 00:46:17,308 TIME WHEN IS THE CLINICAL 1216 00:46:17,308 --> 00:46:19,878 TESTING THE AHEAD OF THE 1217 00:46:19,878 --> 00:46:20,879 SCIENCE. THAT'S OUR JOB IS TO 1218 00:46:20,879 --> 00:46:22,547 BE ON TOP OF THOSE THINGS AND TO 1219 00:46:22,547 --> 00:46:24,883 BE DESIGNING STUDIES LIKE WE ARE 1220 00:46:24,883 --> 00:46:25,784 TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT WE 1221 00:46:25,784 --> 00:46:30,388 NEED TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS. 1222 00:46:30,388 --> 00:46:32,891 >> WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH, KIM, 1223 00:46:32,891 --> 00:46:36,494 FOR REALLY AMAZING DIRECTOR'S 1224 00:46:36,494 --> 00:46:37,862 REPORT. I THANK YOU ALSO SENT 1225 00:46:37,862 --> 00:46:39,597 US AWAY WITH SOME HOMEWORK. A 1226 00:46:39,597 --> 00:46:40,865 FEW QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO 1227 00:46:40,865 --> 00:46:43,068 GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD 1228 00:46:43,068 --> 00:46:44,335 ON IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD 1229 00:46:44,335 --> 00:46:45,437 SHARE THOSE. SOME KIND OF WAY 1230 00:46:45,437 --> 00:46:48,540 TO THE BOARD SO WE CAN ALL THINK 1231 00:46:48,540 --> 00:46:50,208 ABOUT THEM PERHAPS AND PROVIDE 1232 00:46:50,208 --> 00:46:51,276 SOME COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK TO 1233 00:46:51,276 --> 00:46:52,877 YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT, 1234 00:46:52,877 --> 00:46:56,881 SO NEXT IS THE BUDGET UPDATE 1235 00:46:56,881 --> 00:47:00,285 FROM DR. DOUGLAS LOW WE AND 1236 00:47:00,285 --> 00:47:07,058 MR. WESTON RICKS WHO IS THE NCI 1237 00:47:07,058 --> 00:47:08,893 BUDGET OFFICER. DOUG AND 1238 00:47:08,893 --> 00:47:09,127 WESTON. 1239 00:47:09,127 --> 00:47:11,062 >> THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO 1240 00:47:11,062 --> 00:47:12,797 COME AND VISIT. I'M GLAD TO BE 1241 00:47:12,797 --> 00:47:14,265 ABLE TO PRESENT WITH DOUG. A 1242 00:47:14,265 --> 00:47:15,567 LOT OF PEOPLE WORK TO HELP US 1243 00:47:15,567 --> 00:47:16,868 MOVE THE BUDGET FORWARD. 1244 00:47:16,868 --> 00:47:18,670 AND MAKE A LOT OF STRATEGIC 1245 00:47:18,670 --> 00:47:21,139 DECISIONS ACROSS THE INSTITUTE. 1246 00:47:21,139 --> 00:47:22,741 PARTICULARLY FOR THIS 1247 00:47:22,741 --> 00:47:24,909 PRESENTATION WE'D LIKE TO THANK 1248 00:47:24,909 --> 00:47:28,880 TENNILLE AND CHRISTINE WHO HAVE 1249 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:32,884 HELPED UPDATE SOME OF THESE 1250 00:47:32,884 --> 00:47:42,127 SLIDES. NOW ONE OF THE THINGS I 1251 00:47:42,127 --> 00:47:43,962 HOPE YOU WILL TAKE A WAY IS TO 1252 00:47:43,962 --> 00:47:46,798 HAVE A PERSPECTIVE OF THE BUDGET 1253 00:47:46,798 --> 00:47:53,404 OVER TIME. MY CHILDREN ARE 1254 00:47:53,404 --> 00:47:55,907 REALLY INTO BAKING. OVER THE 1255 00:47:55,907 --> 00:47:58,443 LAST YEAR ONE OF MY SONS DECIDED 1256 00:47:58,443 --> 00:47:59,844 HE WANTED TO MAKE COOKIES AND 1257 00:47:59,844 --> 00:48:01,679 SELL THEM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. 1258 00:48:01,679 --> 00:48:03,214 TWICE A WEEK HE WOULD STAY UP 1259 00:48:03,214 --> 00:48:04,883 LATE INTO THE NIGHT BEYOND MY 1260 00:48:04,883 --> 00:48:07,051 OWN BEDTIME AND I'D WAKE UP AND 1261 00:48:07,051 --> 00:48:08,887 HE'D HAVE A BACKPACK FULL OF 1262 00:48:08,887 --> 00:48:12,290 COOKIES AND WOULD GO AND SELL 1263 00:48:12,290 --> 00:48:14,826 THEM AND WHILE I REALLY 1264 00:48:14,826 --> 00:48:15,760 RESPECTED HIS ENTREPRENEURIAL 1265 00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:16,895 ENDEAVOR HE AND I HAD A 1266 00:48:16,895 --> 00:48:18,797 CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT COSTS 1267 00:48:18,797 --> 00:48:23,067 TO CREATE THOSE COOKIES AND WHAT 1268 00:48:23,067 --> 00:48:24,869 MY CONTRIBUTION WAS AND SO HE 1269 00:48:24,869 --> 00:48:26,337 EVENTUALLY GOT ENOUGH OF HIS OWN 1270 00:48:26,337 --> 00:48:28,873 MONEY THAT HE WAS TABLE REINVEST 1271 00:48:28,873 --> 00:48:31,276 INTO HIS ENDEAVOR AND BUY HIS 1272 00:48:31,276 --> 00:48:32,877 OWN INGREDIENTS AND HE HAD HIS 1273 00:48:32,877 --> 00:48:34,412 OWN GARBAGE LOOKING BOX OF 1274 00:48:34,412 --> 00:48:36,548 INGREDIENTS THAT SAT ON THE 1275 00:48:36,548 --> 00:48:38,283 COUNTER FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND 1276 00:48:38,283 --> 00:48:40,885 I REALLY APPRECIATED IT BECAUSE 1277 00:48:40,885 --> 00:48:43,054 I WOULD WATCH HIM, HE WOULD BUY 1278 00:48:43,054 --> 00:48:44,889 SOME OF HIS INGREDIENTS. EVERY 1279 00:48:44,889 --> 00:48:46,958 NOW AND THEN WOULD NEED SOME 1280 00:48:46,958 --> 00:48:48,893 CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND I WOULD GET 1281 00:48:48,893 --> 00:48:50,361 A CASH OUT PURCHASE FROM MYSELF 1282 00:48:50,361 --> 00:48:54,165 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE 1283 00:48:54,165 --> 00:48:56,000 DIDN'T ALWAYS... I DID NOT 1284 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,703 ADDRESS WITH HIM IS IT'S NOT 1285 00:48:58,703 --> 00:49:00,271 JUST ABOUT THE DOUGH THERE ARE A 1286 00:49:00,271 --> 00:49:02,307 LOT OF OTHER THINGS I WAS 1287 00:49:02,307 --> 00:49:04,342 PROVIDING TO HIM THAT HE MAYBE 1288 00:49:04,342 --> 00:49:06,144 DIDN'T APPRECIATE. IF YOU'RE 1289 00:49:06,144 --> 00:49:07,345 LOOKING AT THIS PIE RIGHT HERE 1290 00:49:07,345 --> 00:49:08,780 BECAUSE WE IN BUDGET LIKE TO 1291 00:49:08,780 --> 00:49:11,182 TALK ABOUT PIES A LOT WE'LL SHOW 1292 00:49:11,182 --> 00:49:13,718 YOU A PIE OR TWO ONE OF THE 1293 00:49:13,718 --> 00:49:16,187 THINGS IS YOU CAN SEE THIS PIE 1294 00:49:16,187 --> 00:49:19,791 IS IN A PIE BOWL OR A PIE PAN 1295 00:49:19,791 --> 00:49:20,892 AND IT'S ALSO SITTING ON THE 1296 00:49:20,892 --> 00:49:22,327 STOVE THAT HAPPENS TO BE FUELLED 1297 00:49:22,327 --> 00:49:25,196 BY GAS THAT I PAY FOR. I ALSO 1298 00:49:25,196 --> 00:49:28,299 BOUGHT THAT STOVE. AND IT 1299 00:49:28,299 --> 00:49:29,868 HAPPENS TO BE IN A HOUSE I MAKE 1300 00:49:29,868 --> 00:49:32,337 PAYMENTS ON ROUTINELY JUST TO 1301 00:49:32,337 --> 00:49:34,939 KEEP US IN THAT SORT OF 1302 00:49:34,939 --> 00:49:35,974 SITUATION. SO I WANT YOU TO 1303 00:49:35,974 --> 00:49:37,976 KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO 1304 00:49:37,976 --> 00:49:40,245 FORWARD. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT 1305 00:49:40,245 --> 00:49:41,813 THE DOUGH HERE BUT WHAT GOES 1306 00:49:41,813 --> 00:49:44,315 INTO THE NCI PIE? OVER THE LAST 1307 00:49:44,315 --> 00:49:46,117 SEVERAL YEARS AND I WILL BE 1308 00:49:46,117 --> 00:49:47,685 PUTTING THIS IN PERSPECTIVE OVER 1309 00:49:47,685 --> 00:49:48,786 THE LAST TWO DECADES 1310 00:49:48,786 --> 00:49:50,555 ESSENTIALLY. THERE ARE A LOT OF 1311 00:49:50,555 --> 00:49:53,157 THINGS THAT THE NATIONAL CANCER 1312 00:49:53,157 --> 00:49:56,694 INSTITUTE LEADERSHIP, OUR 1313 00:49:56,694 --> 00:49:59,130 COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, OUR 1314 00:49:59,130 --> 00:50:01,432 RESEARCH STAKEHOLDERS THINK 1315 00:50:01,432 --> 00:50:03,134 ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO PUT INTO 1316 00:50:03,134 --> 00:50:04,802 THE PIE AND THIS IS A SHORT LIST 1317 00:50:04,802 --> 00:50:06,771 OF THEM. THERE ARE PLENTY OF 1318 00:50:06,771 --> 00:50:07,772 OTHERS I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO 1319 00:50:07,772 --> 00:50:09,340 BORE YOU WITH THE SLIDES SHOWING 1320 00:50:09,340 --> 00:50:10,675 YOU EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE 1321 00:50:10,675 --> 00:50:13,578 HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN OR WE 1322 00:50:13,578 --> 00:50:14,979 SUPPORT OR THAT HELPS SUPPORT 1323 00:50:14,979 --> 00:50:17,548 THIS GOING FORWARD BUT YOU CAN 1324 00:50:17,548 --> 00:50:24,889 SEE HERE THERE'S A SCORE -- 1325 00:50:24,889 --> 00:50:28,159 SPORE PROGRAM. THERE'S THE 1326 00:50:28,159 --> 00:50:30,128 CLINICAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL IN MY 1327 00:50:30,128 --> 00:50:31,429 OPINION. WE SPEND A LOT OF 1328 00:50:31,429 --> 00:50:33,464 MONEY, AND ALSO THE SMALL 1329 00:50:33,464 --> 00:50:35,066 BUSINESS LINE RIGHT HERE. 1330 00:50:35,066 --> 00:50:38,069 BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF US AS A 1331 00:50:38,069 --> 00:50:40,371 FEDERAL AGENCY. WE'RE REQUIRED 1332 00:50:40,371 --> 00:50:42,273 TO FUND SOME ASPECTS OF OUR 1333 00:50:42,273 --> 00:50:43,875 BUDGET TOWARD SMALL BUSINESS, 1334 00:50:43,875 --> 00:50:46,244 THESE ARE THINGS THAT SOME OF 1335 00:50:46,244 --> 00:50:47,445 OUR INSIDER CONTROL, SOME OF 1336 00:50:47,445 --> 00:50:49,380 THEM ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL 1337 00:50:49,380 --> 00:50:50,581 BUT THEY ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE 1338 00:50:50,581 --> 00:50:51,282 RECIPE. 1339 00:50:51,282 --> 00:50:53,084 AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS 1340 00:50:53,084 --> 00:50:54,319 SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T 1341 00:50:54,319 --> 00:50:56,421 APPRECIATE ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE 1342 00:50:56,421 --> 00:50:58,890 CREATING A RECIPE IS THAT 1343 00:50:58,890 --> 00:51:00,892 DIFFERENT THINGS TAKE MORE TIME 1344 00:51:00,892 --> 00:51:02,460 THAN OTHERS AND SO DEPENDING ON 1345 00:51:02,460 --> 00:51:04,329 WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BAKE OUT 1346 00:51:04,329 --> 00:51:06,664 THAT TIME IS GOING TO TAKE 1347 00:51:06,664 --> 00:51:10,068 AWHILE. MY WIFE HAS LATELY BEEN 1348 00:51:10,068 --> 00:51:12,303 WORKING WITH SOUR DOUGH STARTS. 1349 00:51:12,303 --> 00:51:14,305 YOU HAVE TO GROW IT, PROOF IT, 1350 00:51:14,305 --> 00:51:15,406 COOK IT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO 1351 00:51:15,406 --> 00:51:17,909 ACTUALLY EAT IT WHICH DEPENDING 1352 00:51:17,909 --> 00:51:19,043 ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON SOUR 1353 00:51:19,043 --> 00:51:23,214 DOUGH MIGHT TAKE LONGER THAN SHE 1354 00:51:23,214 --> 00:51:31,856 EXPECTS. AS YOU'RE DOING THESE 1355 00:51:31,856 --> 00:51:34,592 THINGS THERE ARE ASPECTS OF LIFE 1356 00:51:34,592 --> 00:51:36,761 THAT NIBBLE AWAY AT YOUR DOUGH 1357 00:51:36,761 --> 00:51:38,196 AND I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE 1358 00:51:38,196 --> 00:51:40,898 HERE. THE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 1359 00:51:40,898 --> 00:51:42,567 AND DEVELOPMENT PRICE INDEX, 1360 00:51:42,567 --> 00:51:44,569 THIS -- WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 1361 00:51:44,569 --> 00:51:46,804 BEFORE BUT THIS IS ESSENTIALLY 1362 00:51:46,804 --> 00:51:48,673 AN INFLATIONARY PRICE INDEX 1363 00:51:48,673 --> 00:51:50,775 ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICAL 1364 00:51:50,775 --> 00:51:51,909 RESEARCH. IT IS ESTABLISHED BY 1365 00:51:51,909 --> 00:51:53,211 AND RUN BY THE NATIONAL 1366 00:51:53,211 --> 00:51:54,879 INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. THEY 1367 00:51:54,879 --> 00:51:56,581 RELEASE IT EVERY YEAR AND THEY 1368 00:51:56,581 --> 00:51:58,983 LET YOU KNOW WHAT THEY THINK THE 1369 00:51:58,983 --> 00:52:00,918 INFLATIONARY IMPACT OF THE COST 1370 00:52:00,918 --> 00:52:05,089 ASSOCIATED WITH BIOMEDICAL 1371 00:52:05,089 --> 00:52:06,124 RESEARCH EACH YEAR. 1372 00:52:06,124 --> 00:52:08,192 OVER TIME THAT CAN HAVE A 1373 00:52:08,192 --> 00:52:09,994 SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. YOU CAN SEE 1374 00:52:09,994 --> 00:52:13,998 IN 2003, THE BUYING POWER AND 1375 00:52:13,998 --> 00:52:16,501 THE BUDGET AND NOMINAL TERMS ARE 1376 00:52:16,501 --> 00:52:16,934 EXACTLY THE SAME. 1377 00:52:16,934 --> 00:52:20,204 BUT AS YOU GO FORWARD, DEPENDING 1378 00:52:20,204 --> 00:52:21,672 ON HOW MUCH MONEY IS ADDED TO 1379 00:52:21,672 --> 00:52:24,208 THE BUDGET AND THAT INFLATIONARY 1380 00:52:24,208 --> 00:52:27,478 PRICE INDEX, IT GETS OUT OF SYNC 1381 00:52:27,478 --> 00:52:29,213 AND IN 2013 YOU CAN SEE THERE'S 1382 00:52:29,213 --> 00:52:36,888 A MAJOR, MAJOR DIFFERENCE. AND 1383 00:52:36,888 --> 00:52:38,823 THEN YOU MOVE FORWARD AND YOU 1384 00:52:38,823 --> 00:52:39,924 SEE WE HAVE NOT REACHED PARITY 1385 00:52:39,924 --> 00:52:46,564 WITH WHERE WE WERE IN 2003. IN 1386 00:52:46,564 --> 00:52:50,802 FACT IN 2024 WE'RE 15% LESS 1387 00:52:50,802 --> 00:52:53,738 BUYER POWER. THOSE NUMBERS 1388 00:52:53,738 --> 00:52:56,541 BECOME VERY, VERY REAL YEAR OVER 1389 00:52:56,541 --> 00:52:57,642 YEAR. OKAY? ANOTHER ASPECT 1390 00:52:57,642 --> 00:53:00,478 THAT CHEWS AWAY AT OUR BUDGET 1391 00:53:00,478 --> 00:53:03,414 AND STICKS THE FINGER IN THE 1392 00:53:03,414 --> 00:53:04,582 DOUGH A LITTLE BIT IS THE 1393 00:53:04,582 --> 00:53:06,217 COMPETING NEEDS ACROSS THE 1394 00:53:06,217 --> 00:53:06,851 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. OVER THE 1395 00:53:06,851 --> 00:53:08,086 LAST TWO YEARS YOU PROBABLY HAD 1396 00:53:08,086 --> 00:53:09,287 A LOT OF INFORMATION CERTAINLY 1397 00:53:09,287 --> 00:53:11,089 READ IN THE NEWS AND I THINK MK 1398 00:53:11,089 --> 00:53:14,192 WILL TOUCH ON THIS A LOT MORE. 1399 00:53:14,192 --> 00:53:15,526 IS THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPETING 1400 00:53:15,526 --> 00:53:17,261 NEEDS ACROSS THE FEDERAL 1401 00:53:17,261 --> 00:53:20,865 GOVERNMENT. WE ARE NOT THE 1402 00:53:20,865 --> 00:53:21,399 UNITED STATES OF CANCER 1403 00:53:21,399 --> 00:53:24,869 RESEARCH. WE ARE THE UNITED 1404 00:53:24,869 --> 00:53:27,171 STATES OF AMERICA WITH A LOT OF 1405 00:53:27,171 --> 00:53:28,806 SECURITY NEEDS, INFRASTRUCTURE 1406 00:53:28,806 --> 00:53:31,409 NEEDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE EXPANSE 1407 00:53:31,409 --> 00:53:32,443 OF GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE 1408 00:53:32,443 --> 00:53:34,445 OF THAT A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT 1409 00:53:34,445 --> 00:53:37,582 GOES INTO WHAT MAKES OR IMPACTS 1410 00:53:37,582 --> 00:53:39,584 THE LEDGER OF THE NATIONAL 1411 00:53:39,584 --> 00:53:42,520 CANCER INSTITUTE ARE IMPACTED BY 1412 00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:44,889 THOSE DECISIONS THAT COMPLEMENTS 1413 00:53:44,889 --> 00:53:45,957 THOSE PRIORITIES. 1414 00:53:45,957 --> 00:53:48,826 HOW IS THAT IMPACTED US MOST 1415 00:53:48,826 --> 00:53:49,727 RECENTLY? YOU MAY HAVE SEEN 1416 00:53:49,727 --> 00:53:53,197 THIS BEFORE BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE 1417 00:53:53,197 --> 00:53:58,503 IN PURPLE IS OUR TOTAL. THERE'S 1418 00:53:58,503 --> 00:54:01,105 THE MOON SHOT AND THEN THERE'S 1419 00:54:01,105 --> 00:54:07,111 THE BASE BUDGET. AND FROM 1420 00:54:07,111 --> 00:54:09,714 2023-24, THE CANCER MOON SHOT 1421 00:54:09,714 --> 00:54:11,115 ENDED, THE ORIGINAL CANCER MOON 1422 00:54:11,115 --> 00:54:13,417 SHOT STOPPED GETTING NEW MONEY 1423 00:54:13,417 --> 00:54:14,385 AND OUR REGULAR BUDGET WAS 1424 00:54:14,385 --> 00:54:16,087 INCREASED A LITTLE BIT AND THIS 1425 00:54:16,087 --> 00:54:17,355 IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENED. 1426 00:54:17,355 --> 00:54:20,758 IS WE GOT 120 MILLION DOLLARS 1427 00:54:20,758 --> 00:54:21,659 ADDED TO OUR BASE BUDGET BUT WE 1428 00:54:21,659 --> 00:54:24,896 ENDED UP WITH A 96 MILLION 1429 00:54:24,896 --> 00:54:30,501 DOLLAR TOTAL DECREASE AND IF YOU 1430 00:54:30,501 --> 00:54:36,374 TAKE INTO ACCOUNT BIRD PIE THE 1431 00:54:36,374 --> 00:54:39,710 IS ABOUT 3.3%. 1432 00:54:39,710 --> 00:54:40,778 THAT'S OVER 2 MILLION DOLLARS. 1433 00:54:40,778 --> 00:54:42,980 WE'RE LOSING WHILE WE'RE TRYING 1434 00:54:42,980 --> 00:54:44,348 TO SAVE MONEY AND THE DOUGH IS 1435 00:54:44,348 --> 00:54:47,218 BEING IMPACTED. THE RECIPE, 1436 00:54:47,218 --> 00:54:49,587 THESE THINGS, THE UNDERLYING 1437 00:54:49,587 --> 00:54:51,322 ASPECTS OF THE NATIONAL CANCER 1438 00:54:51,322 --> 00:54:52,089 INSTITUTE WILL BE IMPACTED BY 1439 00:54:52,089 --> 00:54:54,292 THE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO 1440 00:54:54,292 --> 00:54:57,061 MAKE IN ORDER TO KEEP PROGRAMS 1441 00:54:57,061 --> 00:55:01,532 MOVING FORWARD. A LITTLE MORE, 1442 00:55:01,532 --> 00:55:04,502 WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE 1443 00:55:04,502 --> 00:55:07,572 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE STILL 1444 00:55:07,572 --> 00:55:08,039 PRIORITIZES EMERGING 1445 00:55:08,039 --> 00:55:08,839 OPPORTUNITIES EVEN WHEN THINGS 1446 00:55:08,839 --> 00:55:12,176 ARE TIGHTENING WE STILL SEE 1447 00:55:12,176 --> 00:55:13,978 IMPORTANT PRIORITIES THAT EMERGE 1448 00:55:13,978 --> 00:55:15,246 THAT NEED TO BE FUNDED, 1449 00:55:15,246 --> 00:55:17,248 OPPORTUNITIES THAT NEED TO BE 1450 00:55:17,248 --> 00:55:18,916 ACTED UPON. SOME EXAMPLES FROM 1451 00:55:18,916 --> 00:55:20,484 THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT HAVE GONE 1452 00:55:20,484 --> 00:55:23,788 INTO THE PIE ARE THESE. THERE'S 1453 00:55:23,788 --> 00:55:26,724 A LOT OF THEM, SOME OF THEM 1454 00:55:26,724 --> 00:55:27,892 CONTINUING, SOME OF THEM MAYBE 1455 00:55:27,892 --> 00:55:30,394 HAVE COME TO FRUITION. BUT WHEN 1456 00:55:30,394 --> 00:55:32,163 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT 1457 00:55:32,163 --> 00:55:33,531 HAVE TO BAKE OUT OVER TIME THIS 1458 00:55:33,531 --> 00:55:35,366 IS JUST A HANDFUL THAT WERE 1459 00:55:35,366 --> 00:55:38,436 PULLED THERE OUR OWN INTERNET SO 1460 00:55:38,436 --> 00:55:40,905 KUDOS TO PETER'S TEAM FOR THAT 1461 00:55:40,905 --> 00:55:43,975 BUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS, I 1462 00:55:43,975 --> 00:55:45,476 TOOK THE SAME TOUR WITH 1463 00:55:45,476 --> 00:55:47,912 DR. RATHMELL WITH THE OMB AND 1464 00:55:47,912 --> 00:55:51,182 THEY WERE REALLY IMPRESSED, THE 1465 00:55:51,182 --> 00:55:53,384 OMB PERSON WAS IMPREZZED WITH 1466 00:55:53,384 --> 00:55:55,453 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE 1467 00:55:55,453 --> 00:55:56,487 ABLE TO CREATE. 1468 00:55:56,487 --> 00:55:59,357 THE NCI, THE FREDERICK, THAT THE 1469 00:55:59,357 --> 00:56:00,391 RESEARCH CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 1470 00:56:00,391 --> 00:56:02,827 AND THOSE THINGS WE CONTINUE TO 1471 00:56:02,827 --> 00:56:04,228 BUILD UP WHILE AT THE SAME TIME 1472 00:56:04,228 --> 00:56:05,830 WE HAVE TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE 1473 00:56:05,830 --> 00:56:07,932 KEY COMPONENTS OF THE NATIONAL 1474 00:56:07,932 --> 00:56:09,700 CANCER INSTITUTE. WHAT DOES 1475 00:56:09,700 --> 00:56:11,402 THAT MEAN FOR US? THIS IS MY 1476 00:56:11,402 --> 00:56:15,539 FINAL IMAGE. OKAY? THIS IS 1477 00:56:15,539 --> 00:56:17,575 WHAT THE PIE LOOKS LIKE. 1478 00:56:17,575 --> 00:56:19,644 THERE'S A LITTLE PIECE TAKEN 1479 00:56:19,644 --> 00:56:24,015 OUT. ABOUT 15%. WHATEVER, FOR 1480 00:56:24,015 --> 00:56:25,149 A PERFECTLY INNOCENT REASON IS 1481 00:56:25,149 --> 00:56:27,918 MOVING AWAY AT THE BUDGET. WE 1482 00:56:27,918 --> 00:56:29,453 WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THINGS 1483 00:56:29,453 --> 00:56:32,323 FORWARD BUT THAT GIVES YOU THE 1484 00:56:32,323 --> 00:56:32,957 PERSPECTIVE AND GIVES YOU THE 1485 00:56:32,957 --> 00:56:34,125 NEXT CONVERSATION INTO THE 1486 00:56:34,125 --> 00:56:35,926 CONTEXT OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD 1487 00:56:35,926 --> 00:56:46,437 AS AN INSTITUTE. THANK YOU. 1488 00:56:50,908 --> 00:56:54,779 >> SO I'M GOING TO TALK FOR 1489 00:56:54,779 --> 00:56:56,280 ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT MINUTES AND 1490 00:56:56,280 --> 00:56:58,049 THERE SHOULD BE TIME FOR 1491 00:56:58,049 --> 00:56:59,183 QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS 1492 00:56:59,183 --> 00:57:00,484 AFTERWARDS FOR BOTH OF US. I 1493 00:57:00,484 --> 00:57:02,186 WILL TAKE ALL THE EASY QUESTIONS 1494 00:57:02,186 --> 00:57:04,422 AND WESTIN WILL TAKE THE 1495 00:57:04,422 --> 00:57:07,325 DIFFICULT ONES. BUT FIRST, I 1496 00:57:07,325 --> 00:57:09,393 WANT TO -- I'M GOING TO TALK FOR 1497 00:57:09,393 --> 00:57:13,831 A FEW MINUTES MAINLY ABOUT THE 1498 00:57:13,831 --> 00:57:16,267 RPG POOL AND WHAT IS SUPPORTED 1499 00:57:16,267 --> 00:57:18,102 THERE. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO 1500 00:57:18,102 --> 00:57:21,906 THAT, I HAVE ONE SLIDE WHICH 1501 00:57:21,906 --> 00:57:24,408 TELLS YOU ABOUT THE OTHER AREAS 1502 00:57:24,408 --> 00:57:26,544 WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT. NCI 1503 00:57:26,544 --> 00:57:29,447 SUPPORTS A LOT OF RESEARCH 1504 00:57:29,447 --> 00:57:35,920 OUTSIDE THE RPG POOL, SPORE 1505 00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:37,021 GRANTS, CANCER CENTER SUPPORT 1506 00:57:37,021 --> 00:57:38,789 GRANTS AND WE NEED TO SUPPORT 1507 00:57:38,789 --> 00:57:41,359 THESE IN ADDITION TO THE RPGS. 1508 00:57:41,359 --> 00:57:43,060 AND I HAVE FOUR SLIDES TO TELL 1509 00:57:43,060 --> 00:57:46,163 YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAS 1510 00:57:46,163 --> 00:57:50,334 HAPPENED OVER TIME WITH GRANT 1511 00:57:50,334 --> 00:57:53,437 APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS AWARDS. 1512 00:57:53,437 --> 00:57:56,307 THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THAT SINCE 1513 00:57:56,307 --> 00:57:57,541 2013, THERE HAS BEEN -- AN 1514 00:57:57,541 --> 00:57:59,744 INCREASE OF MORE THAN TWICE AS 1515 00:57:59,744 --> 00:58:01,912 MANY APPLICATIONS TO NCI 1516 00:58:01,912 --> 00:58:06,717 COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE NIH. 1517 00:58:06,717 --> 00:58:10,488 AND THIS IS REALLY BECAUSE THERE 1518 00:58:10,488 --> 00:58:12,890 ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AT NCI 1519 00:58:12,890 --> 00:58:16,293 IN TERMS OF RESEARCH IN CANCER. 1520 00:58:16,293 --> 00:58:18,896 REALLY WHAT WESTIN WAS TALKING 1521 00:58:18,896 --> 00:58:21,198 ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES AND SO A LOT 1522 00:58:21,198 --> 00:58:24,101 OF PEOPLE HAVE WANTED TO APPLY 1523 00:58:24,101 --> 00:58:24,869 FOR GRANTS AND IT'S MORE THAN WE 1524 00:58:24,869 --> 00:58:33,411 CAN ACTUALLY KEEP UP WITH. IN 1525 00:58:33,411 --> 00:58:34,712 ADDITION PEOPLE VOTE WITH THEIR 1526 00:58:34,712 --> 00:58:36,614 FEET. THERE ARE WHAT WE CALL 1527 00:58:36,614 --> 00:58:40,017 MODULAR AWARDS AND NON MODULAR 1528 00:58:40,017 --> 00:58:41,485 AWARDS. THE NON MODULAR AWARDS 1529 00:58:41,485 --> 00:58:43,954 HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 250,000 1530 00:58:43,954 --> 00:58:48,559 DOLLARS PER YEAR IN DIRECT 1531 00:58:48,559 --> 00:58:48,793 COSTS. 1532 00:58:48,793 --> 00:58:51,162 WHEREAS THE NON MODULAR ALMOST 1533 00:58:51,162 --> 00:58:54,331 ALWAYS ARE GOING ABOVE THAT. 1534 00:58:54,331 --> 00:58:56,767 AND THERE IS A TENTATIVE CEILING 1535 00:58:56,767 --> 00:58:59,737 OF 499,000 DOLLARS BUT IF YOU 1536 00:58:59,737 --> 00:59:01,906 APPLY TO THE DIVISION IN ADVANCE 1537 00:59:01,906 --> 00:59:04,975 YOU CAN GET AN APPROVAL TO APPLY 1538 00:59:04,975 --> 00:59:10,915 FOR A GRANT THAT IS HIGHER THAN 1539 00:59:10,915 --> 00:59:11,816 499,000. BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO 1540 00:59:11,816 --> 00:59:15,686 SEE FROM THIS SLIDE IS THAT IN 1541 00:59:15,686 --> 00:59:17,621 2012, THE MAJORITY OF THE AWARDS 1542 00:59:17,621 --> 00:59:22,626 WERE MODULAR. SO THEY WERE 1543 00:59:22,626 --> 00:59:24,595 250,000 DOLLARS OR LESS. FAST 1544 00:59:24,595 --> 00:59:28,866 FORWARD TO 2023. AND BASICALLY 1545 00:59:28,866 --> 00:59:31,569 ONLY ONE IN SEVEN OF THE AWARDS 1546 00:59:31,569 --> 00:59:33,270 WERE MODULAR AND SO IT MEANS 1547 00:59:33,270 --> 00:59:36,740 THAT THE OTHERS WERE NON MODULAR 1548 00:59:36,740 --> 00:59:38,909 AND THIS -- NOT JUST WITH 1549 00:59:38,909 --> 00:59:41,312 INFLATION BUT THIS ACCOUNTS FOR 1550 00:59:41,312 --> 00:59:44,415 THE INCREASED COST ALMOST EVERY 1551 00:59:44,415 --> 00:59:47,518 YEAR TOWARD THE AVERAGE GRANT 1552 00:59:47,518 --> 00:59:55,292 THAT WE MAKE. NEVERTHELESS, 1553 00:59:55,292 --> 00:59:58,028 THIS LOOKS AT THE PAY LINE 1554 00:59:58,028 --> 00:59:58,963 EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATORS THAT 1555 00:59:58,963 --> 01:00:00,431 IS IN BLUE. THAT'S THE BLUE 1556 01:00:00,431 --> 01:00:01,799 LINE AND THEN THE GREEN 1557 01:00:01,799 --> 01:00:03,467 REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF AWARDS 1558 01:00:03,467 --> 01:00:07,271 THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE OUT 1559 01:00:07,271 --> 01:00:10,007 EACH YEAR AND WHAT I HOPE YOU 1560 01:00:10,007 --> 01:00:12,910 CAN APPRECIATE IS THAT WE 1561 01:00:12,910 --> 01:00:18,949 REACHED NADIR IN 2019 OF 8%. 1562 01:00:18,949 --> 01:00:23,120 AND IT WAS -- YOU KNOW, BEYOND 1563 01:00:23,120 --> 01:00:25,422 NONSUSTAINABLE. AND WE HAVE 1564 01:00:25,422 --> 01:00:28,893 ESSENTIALLY PRIORITIZED THE RPG 1565 01:00:28,893 --> 01:00:31,128 POOL GIVING PROPORTIONALLY MORE 1566 01:00:31,128 --> 01:00:33,697 FUNDS TO THE RPG POOL EACH YEAR 1567 01:00:33,697 --> 01:00:35,499 WHICH IS RELATIVELY EASY TO DO 1568 01:00:35,499 --> 01:00:38,636 WHEN THERE ARE INCREASES TO THE 1569 01:00:38,636 --> 01:00:40,871 BUDGET. AND WHAT I HOPE YOU CAN 1570 01:00:40,871 --> 01:00:44,441 APPRECIATE IS THAT BY 2023, WE 1571 01:00:44,441 --> 01:00:47,545 HAD GONE FROM LITTLE UNDER 700 1572 01:00:47,545 --> 01:00:53,384 AWARDS IN 2019 TO JUST UNDER 1573 01:00:53,384 --> 01:00:55,252 900. THIS YEAR, BECAUSE WE HAD 1574 01:00:55,252 --> 01:00:58,188 TO GO DOWN TO THE 10TH 1575 01:00:58,188 --> 01:00:59,557 PERCENTILE THE NUMBER OF AWARDS 1576 01:00:59,557 --> 01:01:02,126 IS GOING TO DECREASE, WE WILL 1577 01:01:02,126 --> 01:01:06,030 STILL BE OVER 800 BUT WE WON'T 1578 01:01:06,030 --> 01:01:09,366 BE AT THE NUMBER OF 893 THAT WE 1579 01:01:09,366 --> 01:01:13,370 HAD LAST YEAR. THIS IS FOR ALL 1580 01:01:13,370 --> 01:01:15,806 INVESTIGATORS. WHAT IF WE DRILL 1581 01:01:15,806 --> 01:01:18,742 DOWN ON EARLY STAGE 1582 01:01:18,742 --> 01:01:19,810 INVESTIGATORS? THE TREND IN 1583 01:01:19,810 --> 01:01:23,180 TERMS OF THE PAYLINE HAS BEEN 1584 01:01:23,180 --> 01:01:28,886 CONSISTENTLY UPWARD FROM 2016 A 1585 01:01:28,886 --> 01:01:30,688 12 PERCENTILE PAY LINE GOING UP 1586 01:01:30,688 --> 01:01:33,290 PRETTY MUCH EACH YEAR SO THAT IN 1587 01:01:33,290 --> 01:01:38,495 2023, IT WAS IN THE 17TH 1588 01:01:38,495 --> 01:01:41,298 PERCENTILE AND WE KEPT IT FOR 1589 01:01:41,298 --> 01:01:44,868 2024 AT THE 7TH PERCENTILE FOR 1590 01:01:44,868 --> 01:01:47,838 EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS. 1591 01:01:47,838 --> 01:01:51,508 ALTHOUGH, THE THE PAY LINE FOR 1592 01:01:51,508 --> 01:01:53,911 THE EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATORS 1593 01:01:53,911 --> 01:01:56,413 WENT DOWN TO 10. WHAT I HOPE 1594 01:01:56,413 --> 01:01:58,649 YOU CAN APPRECIATE IS BACK IN 1595 01:01:58,649 --> 01:02:00,784 2016-17 WE WERE FUNDING FEWER 1596 01:02:00,784 --> 01:02:03,320 THAN 100 EARLY STAGE 1597 01:02:03,320 --> 01:02:06,390 INVESTIGATORS: AND STARTING WITH 1598 01:02:06,390 --> 01:02:09,827 2018, IT HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY 1599 01:02:09,827 --> 01:02:15,933 OVER 100. 2021-22 A LITTLE OVER 1600 01:02:15,933 --> 01:02:19,470 130 THIS PAST YEAR IT WAS 120. 1601 01:02:19,470 --> 01:02:21,438 MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE ON 1602 01:02:21,438 --> 01:02:26,810 TRACK TO BE OVER 120 FOR FY24 1603 01:02:26,810 --> 01:02:27,878 BUT PROBABLY NOT QUITE AS HIGH 1604 01:02:27,878 --> 01:02:33,150 AS IN THE HIGH YEARS OF '21 AND 1605 01:02:33,150 --> 01:02:36,320 '22. MY LAST TWO SLIDES ARE 1606 01:02:36,320 --> 01:02:41,592 REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHO WHAT 1607 01:02:41,592 --> 01:02:43,661 HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A 1608 01:02:43,661 --> 01:02:44,862 CONSTRAINED BUDGET. WESTIN 1609 01:02:44,862 --> 01:02:47,531 DIDN'T POINT OUT THAT OUR BUDGET 1610 01:02:47,531 --> 01:02:49,466 FOR FY24 WAS ACTUALLY 96 MILLION 1611 01:02:49,466 --> 01:02:51,835 DOLLARS LESS THAT IS IN ACTUAL 1612 01:02:51,835 --> 01:02:54,204 DOLLARS NOT INFLATED DOLLARS 1613 01:02:54,204 --> 01:02:59,309 THAN WE HAD IN FY 23 AND THIS IS 1614 01:02:59,309 --> 01:03:04,882 JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE WITH THESE 1615 01:03:04,882 --> 01:03:08,218 DIFFERENT BULLET POINTS OF AREAS 1616 01:03:08,218 --> 01:03:10,320 WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT 1617 01:03:10,320 --> 01:03:11,722 PRIORITIZATION. I WAS GOING TO 1618 01:03:11,722 --> 01:03:13,257 ADD MORE BUT DR. RATHMELL TOLD 1619 01:03:13,257 --> 01:03:15,993 ME WE WOULD NEED TO GIVE OUT 1620 01:03:15,993 --> 01:03:17,628 BINOCULARS IF I DID THAT SO JUST 1621 01:03:17,628 --> 01:03:19,830 TO GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY. 1622 01:03:19,830 --> 01:03:22,199 NEW STANDARD OF CARE VERSUS 1623 01:03:22,199 --> 01:03:24,068 RESEARCH TO INCREASE UPTAKE OF 1624 01:03:24,068 --> 01:03:26,804 CURRENT STANDARD OF CARE AND WE 1625 01:03:26,804 --> 01:03:27,438 ALREADY HEARD DURING ESPECIALLY 1626 01:03:27,438 --> 01:03:29,973 DURING THE QUESTION PERIOD ABOUT 1627 01:03:29,973 --> 01:03:31,475 THE IMPORTANCE OF INCREASING 1628 01:03:31,475 --> 01:03:33,877 UPTAKE OF CURRENT STANDARD OF 1629 01:03:33,877 --> 01:03:35,546 CARE. RPG POOL, I'LL COME BACK 1630 01:03:35,546 --> 01:03:40,718 TO THAT IN THE LAST SLIDE. 1631 01:03:40,718 --> 01:03:41,785 CANCER TRAINING, CANCER CENTER 1632 01:03:41,785 --> 01:03:44,388 TO THE SPORE GRANTS. SHOULD WE 1633 01:03:44,388 --> 01:03:47,357 CONTINUE TO GIVE INCREASES IN 1634 01:03:47,357 --> 01:03:49,693 THE FACE OF FLAT BUDGETS? 1635 01:03:49,693 --> 01:03:50,794 SHOULD WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE 1636 01:03:50,794 --> 01:03:53,630 THE NUMBER OF DESIGNATED CANCER 1637 01:03:53,630 --> 01:03:56,867 CENTERS WHICH ALSO INCREASE THE 1638 01:03:56,867 --> 01:04:01,739 COST OF -- FOR THE CANCER CENTER 1639 01:04:01,739 --> 01:04:04,708 LINE. SPORE GRANTS. VERY 1640 01:04:04,708 --> 01:04:07,044 IMPORTANT. CANCER DISPARITIES, 1641 01:04:07,044 --> 01:04:09,379 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. JUST A 1642 01:04:09,379 --> 01:04:11,648 SUBSET AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE 1643 01:04:11,648 --> 01:04:14,485 JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE 1644 01:04:14,485 --> 01:04:16,820 THOUGHT ABOUT IN TERMS OF 1645 01:04:16,820 --> 01:04:19,389 PRIORITIZATION. JUST FOR SOME 1646 01:04:19,389 --> 01:04:21,725 OF THESE AREAS AND NOT EVERYONE 1647 01:04:21,725 --> 01:04:27,030 IS GOING TO AGREE. FOR EXAMPLE, 1648 01:04:27,030 --> 01:04:28,298 TO PRIORITIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF 1649 01:04:28,298 --> 01:04:30,801 NEW STANDARDS OF CARE AND THE 1650 01:04:30,801 --> 01:04:32,136 DEVELOPMENT OF NEW STANDARDS OF 1651 01:04:32,136 --> 01:04:34,605 CARE AS WAS POINTED OUT DURING 1652 01:04:34,605 --> 01:04:39,443 THE QUESTION PERIOD OFTEN MAY 1653 01:04:39,443 --> 01:04:41,712 EXACERBATE GAPS AND INCREASE 1654 01:04:41,712 --> 01:04:43,313 CANCER DISPARITIES BUT 1655 01:04:43,313 --> 01:04:44,882 DR. RATHMELL ANNOUNCED AT THE 1656 01:04:44,882 --> 01:04:47,151 BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR DOWN AT 1657 01:04:47,151 --> 01:04:49,019 THE WHITE HOUSE THAT THERE IS A 1658 01:04:49,019 --> 01:04:51,455 CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING TRIAL 1659 01:04:51,455 --> 01:04:55,325 CALLED EITHER THE SHIP TRIAL OR 1660 01:04:55,325 --> 01:04:58,162 THE LAST MILE UNDER THE AEGIS OF 1661 01:04:58,162 --> 01:05:00,664 DR. PHIL CASTLE AND HIS 1662 01:05:00,664 --> 01:05:02,766 COLLEAGUES IN THE DIVISION OF 1663 01:05:02,766 --> 01:05:03,934 CANCER PREVENTION THAT IS TRYING 1664 01:05:03,934 --> 01:05:07,938 TO MAKE IT FDA APPROVABLE FOR 1665 01:05:07,938 --> 01:05:10,808 SELF-SAMPLING OF WOMEN THAT 1666 01:05:10,808 --> 01:05:12,910 ACTUALLY WE HOPE WILL DECREASE 1667 01:05:12,910 --> 01:05:17,514 THE GAP IN TERMS OF WHO IS BEING 1668 01:05:17,514 --> 01:05:20,818 UNDERSCREENED. I THINK FOR THE 1669 01:05:20,818 --> 01:05:22,486 RPG POOL TO PROTECT NEW 1670 01:05:22,486 --> 01:05:23,687 INITIATED AWARDS ESPECIALLY 1671 01:05:23,687 --> 01:05:26,089 EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS AND 1672 01:05:26,089 --> 01:05:29,693 REDUCING INVESTMENT IN THE RFAS. 1673 01:05:29,693 --> 01:05:32,863 THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT. AND AS 1674 01:05:32,863 --> 01:05:35,199 YOU HAVE HEARD EARLY CANCERS IS 1675 01:05:35,199 --> 01:05:37,467 GOING TO BE SORT OF A VERY 1676 01:05:37,467 --> 01:05:39,336 IMPORTANT AREA BUT WE ARE GOING 1677 01:05:39,336 --> 01:05:42,573 TO BE DOING FEWER RFAS SO THAT 1678 01:05:42,573 --> 01:05:46,443 WE CAN PROTECT INVESTIGATOR 1679 01:05:46,443 --> 01:05:48,879 INITIATED RESEARCH. AND ONE OF 1680 01:05:48,879 --> 01:05:52,216 THE PROBLEMS OF COURSE IS THAT 1681 01:05:52,216 --> 01:05:54,051 WE LOVE ALL THE TIME TO BE ABLE 1682 01:05:54,051 --> 01:05:59,656 TO GIVE IN THE OUT YEARS 100% OF 1683 01:05:59,656 --> 01:06:03,060 GRANTS BUT IN ORDER TO TRY TO 1684 01:06:03,060 --> 01:06:08,799 MAINTAIN THE NUMBER OF AWARDS IT 1685 01:06:08,799 --> 01:06:09,533 HAS BEEN NECESSARY TO GIVE LESS 1686 01:06:09,533 --> 01:06:12,002 THAN 100%. AND THEN CANCER 1687 01:06:12,002 --> 01:06:14,638 TRAINING. TRYING TO MAINTAIN 1688 01:06:14,638 --> 01:06:18,942 THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE ARE 1689 01:06:18,942 --> 01:06:22,846 TRAINING THROUGH OLIVER'S 1690 01:06:22,846 --> 01:06:23,747 TRAINING BRANCH AND ALSO WITH 1691 01:06:23,747 --> 01:06:26,683 WHAT USED TO BE THE CENTER 1692 01:06:26,683 --> 01:06:29,486 FOR -- TO REDUCE CANCER HEALTH 1693 01:06:29,486 --> 01:06:31,722 DISPARITIES AND NOW THE CANCER 1694 01:06:31,722 --> 01:06:36,894 CENTER FOR HEALTH EQUITY THAT 1695 01:06:36,894 --> 01:06:38,795 SONYA SPRINGFIELD RUNS. THIS 1696 01:06:38,795 --> 01:06:40,497 HAS KIND OF BEEN A QUICK 1697 01:06:40,497 --> 01:06:42,332 OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF 1698 01:06:42,332 --> 01:06:44,835 THE BUDGET AND WESTIN AND I ARE 1699 01:06:44,835 --> 01:06:47,104 HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER YOUR 1700 01:06:47,104 --> 01:06:48,839 QUESTIONS AND ALSO VERY 1701 01:06:48,839 --> 01:06:49,473 INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENTS. 1702 01:06:49,473 --> 01:06:54,578 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1703 01:06:54,578 --> 01:06:58,482 >> THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1704 01:06:58,482 --> 01:06:59,349 GREAT PRESENTATION. THE FLOOR 1705 01:06:59,349 --> 01:07:09,893 IS NOW OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. Z 1706 01:07:11,061 --> 01:07:14,564 SO I HAVE ONE, I WAS INTERESTED 1707 01:07:14,564 --> 01:07:17,467 IN THE HISTOGRAM THAT SHOWED THE 1708 01:07:17,467 --> 01:07:19,836 SINGLE POSITIONS. IS THAT 1709 01:07:19,836 --> 01:07:20,871 INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH AN 1710 01:07:20,871 --> 01:07:24,875 INCREASE IN TEAM SCIENCE OR MPI 1711 01:07:24,875 --> 01:07:25,108 GRANTS? 1712 01:07:25,108 --> 01:07:29,546 >> I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL THE 1713 01:07:29,546 --> 01:07:31,481 MULTI-PI APPLICATIONS ARE GOING 1714 01:07:31,481 --> 01:07:32,683 TO BE NON MODULAR IN ORDER TO BE 1715 01:07:32,683 --> 01:07:36,787 ABLE TO PAY FOR ENOUGH OF THEM. 1716 01:07:36,787 --> 01:07:37,754 DIANE CENTER FOR RESEARCH 1717 01:07:37,754 --> 01:07:39,056 STRATEGY IS HERE. DO YOU WANT 1718 01:07:39,056 --> 01:07:49,499 TO SAY MORE ABOUT THAT? . 1719 01:07:56,473 --> 01:07:58,642 >> SO THAT COULD POSSIBLY 1720 01:07:58,642 --> 01:08:02,079 EXPLAIN THE DECREASE. 1721 01:08:02,079 --> 01:08:03,447 >> I WAS CURIOUS THE FUNDING 1722 01:08:03,447 --> 01:08:04,881 LINE AND OTHER TRAINING GRANTS. 1723 01:08:04,881 --> 01:08:08,085 HOW HAS THAT BEEN OVER THE 1724 01:08:08,085 --> 01:08:08,318 LAST.... 1725 01:08:08,318 --> 01:08:11,588 >> WE ACTUALLY OVER THE LAST FEW 1726 01:08:11,588 --> 01:08:14,358 YEARS HAVE PRIORITIZED 1727 01:08:14,358 --> 01:08:17,627 INDIVIDUAL AWARDS OVER THE T32 1728 01:08:17,627 --> 01:08:19,363 GRANTS ON THE OTHER HAND WE 1729 01:08:19,363 --> 01:08:20,864 STILL HAVE GRANTS OLIVER BOG 1730 01:08:20,864 --> 01:08:22,499 HER, HEAD OF THE CENTER FOR 1731 01:08:22,499 --> 01:08:27,838 CANCER STRAINING IS -- TRAINING 1732 01:08:27,838 --> 01:08:31,408 IS HERE. WE WILL AANSWER ALL OF 1733 01:08:31,408 --> 01:08:36,880 YOUR QUESTIONS AND MORE. 1734 01:08:36,880 --> 01:08:40,684 >> YEAH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 1735 01:08:40,684 --> 01:08:44,354 CAN HEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS WE 1736 01:08:44,354 --> 01:08:49,893 HEAR IS ABOUT THE SCOPE PROGRAM. 1737 01:08:49,893 --> 01:08:51,561 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. SO 1738 01:08:51,561 --> 01:08:53,864 ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEAR ABOUT 1739 01:08:53,864 --> 01:08:56,933 OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THE SPORE 1740 01:08:56,933 --> 01:08:58,769 PROGRAM AND IS IT GOING TO 1741 01:08:58,769 --> 01:09:00,170 CONTINUE? IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE 1742 01:09:00,170 --> 01:09:03,006 IT'S A LITTLE BIT AT RISK 1743 01:09:03,006 --> 01:09:05,709 SOMEHOW. BECAUSE PREVIOUS NCI 1744 01:09:05,709 --> 01:09:07,911 DIRECTORS OR NIH DIRECTORS HAVE 1745 01:09:07,911 --> 01:09:09,479 MENTIONED THAT THIS -- IT MIGHT 1746 01:09:09,479 --> 01:09:10,914 NOT BE A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM. 1747 01:09:10,914 --> 01:09:12,949 WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN YOUR 1748 01:09:12,949 --> 01:09:15,052 BUDGET IS THIS SOMETHING THAT 1749 01:09:15,052 --> 01:09:16,820 YOU THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A 1750 01:09:16,820 --> 01:09:18,588 SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM? 1751 01:09:18,588 --> 01:09:21,658 >> YES. SO I... WE'RE VERY 1752 01:09:21,658 --> 01:09:24,327 FORTUNATE DR. TOBY IS HERE WHO 1753 01:09:24,327 --> 01:09:25,362 IS THE HEAD OF THE SPORE PROGRAM 1754 01:09:25,362 --> 01:09:27,798 MAY WANT TO SAY MORE BUT I THINK 1755 01:09:27,798 --> 01:09:29,733 OF THE SPORE PROGRAM A LITTLE 1756 01:09:29,733 --> 01:09:31,635 BIT LIKE WHAT MARK TWAIN SAID 1757 01:09:31,635 --> 01:09:35,939 ABOUT HIS DEATH. GREATLY 1758 01:09:35,939 --> 01:09:41,945 EXAGGERATED. THE SPORE PROGRAM 1759 01:09:41,945 --> 01:09:43,113 HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY DOING MORE 1760 01:09:43,113 --> 01:09:47,117 WITH LESS JUST LIKE MANY OTHER 1761 01:09:47,117 --> 01:09:50,687 AREAS. AND AS DR. RATHMELL 1762 01:09:50,687 --> 01:09:51,955 MENTIONED, WE NOW HAVE IN THE 1763 01:09:51,955 --> 01:09:55,692 SPORE PROGRAM HEALTH DIVERSITY 1764 01:09:55,692 --> 01:09:57,561 AS WELL AS THE INDIVIDUAL 1765 01:09:57,561 --> 01:10:00,430 CANCER -- THE INDIVIDUAL CANCER 1766 01:10:00,430 --> 01:10:02,766 TYPES. THIS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED 1767 01:10:02,766 --> 01:10:04,768 WITH A SMALL INCREASE TO THE 1768 01:10:04,768 --> 01:10:06,770 BUDGET FOR THE SPORE PROGRAM BUT 1769 01:10:06,770 --> 01:10:08,872 LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO, 1770 01:10:08,872 --> 01:10:10,907 GREATLY UNDERSTOOD FUNDED. 1771 01:10:10,907 --> 01:10:12,309 DR. HECK, DO YOU WANT TO SAY 1772 01:10:12,309 --> 01:10:18,849 SOMETHING? 1773 01:10:18,849 --> 01:10:29,526 >> NO. RIGHT THERE. SHE HAS TO 1774 01:10:29,526 --> 01:10:32,863 UNMUTE IT. YEAH, SHE HAS TO 1775 01:10:32,863 --> 01:10:35,265 UNMUTE IT. 1776 01:10:35,265 --> 01:10:42,706 >> OH, GOOD. I DON'T HAVE THAT 1777 01:10:42,706 --> 01:10:44,875 MUCH TO SAY EXCEPT THAT BACK IN 1778 01:10:44,875 --> 01:10:47,677 2015 THERE WAS AN EVALUATION OF 1779 01:10:47,677 --> 01:10:49,112 THE SPORE PROGRAM AND IT WAS 1780 01:10:49,112 --> 01:10:54,317 REALLY A DMRGLOWING EVALUATION. 1781 01:10:54,317 --> 01:10:56,019 THEY DID MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS 1782 01:10:56,019 --> 01:10:58,221 WHICH WE INCORPORATED BUT LIKE 1783 01:10:58,221 --> 01:11:00,857 EVERY PROGRAM IN THE LAST COUPLE 1784 01:11:00,857 --> 01:11:03,627 OF YEARS, WE HAVE HAD TO TAKE 1785 01:11:03,627 --> 01:11:06,663 CUTS AND SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY 1786 01:11:06,663 --> 01:11:11,501 LOST SEVEN SPORES THIS PAST YEAR 1787 01:11:11,501 --> 01:11:12,936 BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS. WE'RE 1788 01:11:12,936 --> 01:11:16,640 HOPING THAT THAT IS NOT GOING TO 1789 01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:18,975 BE FOREBODING FOR THE FUTURE BUT 1790 01:11:18,975 --> 01:11:20,911 WE'RE DOING VERY, VERY WELL AND 1791 01:11:20,911 --> 01:11:25,982 I SHOULD ADD THAT WE HAVE AN RFA 1792 01:11:25,982 --> 01:11:28,351 OUT NOW WHICH IS A COMPANION TO 1793 01:11:28,351 --> 01:11:30,820 THE SPORE PROGRAM WHICH IS IN 1794 01:11:30,820 --> 01:11:34,291 CANCER HEALTH DISPARITIES AND 1795 01:11:34,291 --> 01:11:38,528 THERE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS 1796 01:11:38,528 --> 01:11:40,230 INTEREST IN APPLYING FOR THIS, 1797 01:11:40,230 --> 01:11:42,032 THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE AT THE 1798 01:11:42,032 --> 01:11:44,868 END OF THIS MONTH. AND WE'RE 1799 01:11:44,868 --> 01:11:46,736 REALLY EXCITED. WE'VE ALREADY 1800 01:11:46,736 --> 01:11:51,374 DONE SOMETHING LIKE 25 1801 01:11:51,374 --> 01:11:52,342 PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATIONS 1802 01:11:52,342 --> 01:11:53,810 WITH GROUPS THAT ARE INTERESTED 1803 01:11:53,810 --> 01:11:55,579 IN THIS. AND WE'RE HOPING THAT 1804 01:11:55,579 --> 01:12:00,083 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY 1805 01:12:00,083 --> 01:12:02,686 ROBUST, YOU KNOW, APPLICATION 1806 01:12:02,686 --> 01:12:05,755 GROUP COMING IN. I WOULD SAY 1807 01:12:05,755 --> 01:12:08,959 THE SPORES ARE VERY HEALTHY. WE 1808 01:12:08,959 --> 01:12:11,061 COULD USE MORE MONEY OF COURSE. 1809 01:12:11,061 --> 01:12:16,199 BUT THE RESEARCH THAT IS COMING 1810 01:12:16,199 --> 01:12:20,237 OUT IS REALLY QUITE AMAZING. 1811 01:12:20,237 --> 01:12:23,840 WE'VE GOTTEN MANY COLLABORATIONS 1812 01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:26,076 BETWEEN SPORES IN INDUSTRY AND 1813 01:12:26,076 --> 01:12:30,180 HAVE ALLOWED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 1814 01:12:30,180 --> 01:12:31,281 NEW AGENTS THAT ARE IN THE 1815 01:12:31,281 --> 01:12:33,049 CLINIC NOW. SO THANK YOU VERY 1816 01:12:33,049 --> 01:12:37,721 MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. 1817 01:12:37,721 --> 01:12:40,890 >> THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. 1818 01:12:40,890 --> 01:12:43,693 >> ONE -- IT'S A LITTLE 1819 01:12:43,693 --> 01:12:45,495 CONTROVERSIAL AND PROVOCATIVE. 1820 01:12:45,495 --> 01:12:49,266 WESTIN, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 1821 01:12:49,266 --> 01:12:51,601 OVEN AND THE MORTGAGE COSTS THAT 1822 01:12:51,601 --> 01:12:56,006 GO INTO BAKING COOKIES AND PIES. 1823 01:12:56,006 --> 01:12:58,241 FOR US AN EXTRA MILE MEAL THAT 1824 01:12:58,241 --> 01:13:00,210 EQUATE TO INDIRECTS. 1825 01:13:00,210 --> 01:13:02,612 HOW DOES THAT PIE BREAK DOWN IN 1826 01:13:02,612 --> 01:13:04,114 TERMS OF THE OVERALL BUDGET AND 1827 01:13:04,114 --> 01:13:08,885 IS THAT SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT 1828 01:13:08,885 --> 01:13:10,654 IN DIRECT WAYS? 1829 01:13:10,654 --> 01:13:12,889 >> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIRECT 1830 01:13:12,889 --> 01:13:14,658 RATES INSIDE OF THE COMMITTEE. 1831 01:13:14,658 --> 01:13:16,893 >> YES, IN TERMS OF THE GRANTS. 1832 01:13:16,893 --> 01:13:19,195 >> SO THE INDIRECT RATE IS 1833 01:13:19,195 --> 01:13:20,897 OFTEN -- IS MANAGED BY AN 1834 01:13:20,897 --> 01:13:21,665 ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION 1835 01:13:21,665 --> 01:13:23,500 OUTSIDE OF NIH'S CONTROL. 1836 01:13:23,500 --> 01:13:24,868 >> SO WE'RE ONLY FUNDING THE 1837 01:13:24,868 --> 01:13:25,101 DIRECTS. 1838 01:13:25,101 --> 01:13:26,403 >> NO, WE FUND IT. 1839 01:13:26,403 --> 01:13:28,405 >> THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. 1840 01:13:28,405 --> 01:13:30,173 >> WHAT HAPPENS -- IT'S A 1841 01:13:30,173 --> 01:13:31,574 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. I CAN'T 1842 01:13:31,574 --> 01:13:35,745 TELL YOU THE EXACT PERCENTAGE. 1843 01:13:35,745 --> 01:13:37,380 >> IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW. 1844 01:13:37,380 --> 01:13:41,718 >> WITH RO 1 AWARDS, THE AWARDS 1845 01:13:41,718 --> 01:13:43,987 IS ABOUT 60% OF THE DIRECT IS 1846 01:13:43,987 --> 01:13:46,323 THEN PUT ON TOP OF THAT WITH 1847 01:13:46,323 --> 01:13:48,058 INDIRECT. OKAY? SO YOU CAN 1848 01:13:48,058 --> 01:13:49,292 THINK OF TWO-THIRDS ONE-THIRD. 1849 01:13:49,292 --> 01:13:58,268 SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 1850 01:13:58,268 --> 01:14:00,036 >> OKAY. I THINK WE'RE JUST 1851 01:14:00,036 --> 01:14:01,504 ABOUT RIGHT ON TIME UNLESS 1852 01:14:01,504 --> 01:14:03,473 THERE'S ANY. ONE MORE QUESTION. 1853 01:14:03,473 --> 01:14:05,775 >> SO ON THE SLIDE AROUND THINGS 1854 01:14:05,775 --> 01:14:07,711 THAT NIBBLE AWAY AND YOU TALKED 1855 01:14:07,711 --> 01:14:08,878 ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT 1856 01:14:08,878 --> 01:14:11,348 PROGRAMS. I KNOW THE TERM 1857 01:14:11,348 --> 01:14:14,651 UNFUNDING MANDATE CAN HAVE A 1858 01:14:14,651 --> 01:14:15,218 PEJORATIVE CONTEXT BECAUSE 1859 01:14:15,218 --> 01:14:19,289 THOSE -- THOSE PROGRAMS ARE 1860 01:14:19,289 --> 01:14:21,991 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT HOWEVER I 1861 01:14:21,991 --> 01:14:23,860 KNOW THAT YOU ARE LEGISLATIVELY 1862 01:14:23,860 --> 01:14:25,762 MANDATED TO DO THINGS AT TIMES 1863 01:14:25,762 --> 01:14:27,564 WITHOUT EXTRA FUNDS. I OFFER 1864 01:14:27,564 --> 01:14:29,399 THIS AS AN IDEA, WE IN A 1865 01:14:29,399 --> 01:14:31,501 COALITION FOR FDA CALLED THE 1866 01:14:31,501 --> 01:14:35,338 ALLIANCE FOR A STRONGER FDA, I 1867 01:14:35,338 --> 01:14:39,776 CHAIRED IT I WAS CHAIR FOR 1868 01:14:39,776 --> 01:14:41,578 YEARS. WE SAW THE MANDATES. 1869 01:14:41,578 --> 01:14:43,546 AND THAT IMPACTED STAFF WHEN 1870 01:14:43,546 --> 01:14:44,881 THEY UNDERSTOOD, HEY, YOU'RE 1871 01:14:44,881 --> 01:14:46,349 TELLING THEM TO DO ALL THESE 1872 01:14:46,349 --> 01:14:48,151 THINGS BUT YOU'RE ONLY GIVING 1873 01:14:48,151 --> 01:14:49,686 THEM THIS SO JUST AS YOU'RE 1874 01:14:49,686 --> 01:14:51,087 THINKING ABOUT, I KNOW YOU GUYS 1875 01:14:51,087 --> 01:14:52,522 DON'T ADVOCATE BUT AS YOU'RE 1876 01:14:52,522 --> 01:14:54,758 TELLING YOUR STORY AND THE 1877 01:14:54,758 --> 01:14:55,458 ADVOCATES ARE TELLING THEIR 1878 01:14:55,458 --> 01:14:56,593 STORY THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. 1879 01:14:56,593 --> 01:14:58,361 THAT NEW PROGRAMS ARE GREAT. 1880 01:14:58,361 --> 01:15:00,830 THE NEED IS GREAT. ESPECIALLY 1881 01:15:00,830 --> 01:15:02,232 FOR RARE CANCERS BUT IF YOU'RE 1882 01:15:02,232 --> 01:15:04,601 NOT GETTING EXTRA MONEY THAT 1883 01:15:04,601 --> 01:15:06,836 COMES AT A COST. SO -- 1884 01:15:06,836 --> 01:15:08,872 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1885 01:15:08,872 --> 01:15:12,375 >> THANKS FOR THAT COMMENT. 1886 01:15:12,375 --> 01:15:15,145 >> THANK YOU, DOUG AND WESTIN. 1887 01:15:15,145 --> 01:15:18,114 NEXT IS A PRESENTATION ON NCI 1888 01:15:18,114 --> 01:15:22,519 SUPPORT OF EARLY CAREER CANCER 1889 01:15:22,519 --> 01:15:24,287 INVESTIGATORS. WE HAVE DOCTORS 1890 01:15:24,287 --> 01:15:28,591 OLIVER BOWING HER. OH, OKAY. 1891 01:15:28,591 --> 01:15:31,194 WE -- OH, I'M SORRY, NEXT WE 1892 01:15:31,194 --> 01:15:32,896 HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT FROM 1893 01:15:32,896 --> 01:15:35,765 MK. SORRY ABOUT THAT MK. 1894 01:15:35,765 --> 01:15:36,599 >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 1895 01:15:36,599 --> 01:15:39,969 TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. IN 1896 01:15:39,969 --> 01:15:42,272 THE -- SO AFTER THAT 1897 01:15:42,272 --> 01:15:44,707 PRESENTATION, I THINK WHAT YOU 1898 01:15:44,707 --> 01:15:45,942 PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW FROM ME IS 1899 01:15:45,942 --> 01:15:47,744 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET FROM 1900 01:15:47,744 --> 01:15:51,047 OUR APPROPRIATION FY25 AND WHEN? 1901 01:15:51,047 --> 01:15:55,051 I CAN'T GIVE YOU AERT OF -- 1902 01:15:55,051 --> 01:15:56,019 EITHER OF THOSE ANSWERS BUT I 1903 01:15:56,019 --> 01:15:59,789 CAN PROVIDE CONTEXT ABOUT THE 1904 01:15:59,789 --> 01:16:00,890 POLITICAL REPORTING YOU'RE GOING 1905 01:16:00,890 --> 01:16:03,326 TO HEAR INCESSANTLY FOR THE NEXT 1906 01:16:03,326 --> 01:16:04,461 COUPLE OF MONTHS. THERE'S AN 1907 01:16:04,461 --> 01:16:06,429 UPDATE IN YOUR MATERIALS AS I 1908 01:16:06,429 --> 01:16:07,964 ALWAYS SAY. I WILL BE BRIEF 1909 01:16:07,964 --> 01:16:09,566 TODAY BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS 1910 01:16:09,566 --> 01:16:11,201 OR WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME 1911 01:16:11,201 --> 01:16:12,335 OR YOUR STAFF WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY 1912 01:16:12,335 --> 01:16:14,070 TO HEAR FROM YOU AND ENGAGE WITH 1913 01:16:14,070 --> 01:16:15,371 OUR BOARDS AND RESEARCH 1914 01:16:15,371 --> 01:16:19,042 INSTITUTIONS. NEXT SLIDE, 1915 01:16:19,042 --> 01:16:19,976 PLEASE. SO THESE ARE THINGS I'M 1916 01:16:19,976 --> 01:16:21,344 GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. I'M 1917 01:16:21,344 --> 01:16:25,248 GOING TO TOUCH ON FY25, THE 1918 01:16:25,248 --> 01:16:26,683 CONGRESSIONAL CALENDAR. 1919 01:16:26,683 --> 01:16:27,917 LEGISLATIVE ISSUES THAT CONGRESS 1920 01:16:27,917 --> 01:16:29,519 ALSO HAS TO DEAL WITH AND TOUCH 1921 01:16:29,519 --> 01:16:32,489 ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGEMENT, 1922 01:16:32,489 --> 01:16:36,025 ADVOCACY AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF 1923 01:16:36,025 --> 01:16:38,194 THE DETAILS THAT DR. RATHMELL 1924 01:16:38,194 --> 01:16:40,763 HAVE PARTICIPATED IN. THE 1925 01:16:40,763 --> 01:16:41,998 SPOILER ALERT IS THAT ANYONE OF 1926 01:16:41,998 --> 01:16:43,867 THESE ARE GOING TO BE EASY NO 1927 01:16:43,867 --> 01:16:44,834 MATTER WHAT THE ELECTION 1928 01:16:44,834 --> 01:16:46,936 OUTCOMES THE BUDGET IS GOING TO 1929 01:16:46,936 --> 01:16:48,505 BE QUITE DIFFICULT. NEXT SLIDE, 1930 01:16:48,505 --> 01:16:50,773 PLEASE. THERE'S A LOT OF 1931 01:16:50,773 --> 01:16:52,876 REASONS FOR THAT AND I'LL DO IT. 1932 01:16:52,876 --> 01:16:54,244 NEVER MIND. I'M SO USED TO 1933 01:16:54,244 --> 01:16:55,545 DOING NEXT SLIDE. PLEASE, 1934 01:16:55,545 --> 01:16:57,647 EXCUSE ME. I GOT VERY MUCH IN 1935 01:16:57,647 --> 01:17:00,350 THE REMOTE PRESENTATION MODE. 1936 01:17:00,350 --> 01:17:03,119 SO FY25 APPROPRIATIONS. THE 1937 01:17:03,119 --> 01:17:04,888 GOVERNMENT RUNS OUT OF FUNDING 1938 01:17:04,888 --> 01:17:15,064 IN 26 DAYS. FOR FY25, WHAT WE 1939 01:17:15,064 --> 01:17:18,301 EXPECT IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A 1940 01:17:18,301 --> 01:17:19,536 CR, A CONTINUING RESOLUTION 1941 01:17:19,536 --> 01:17:21,604 UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION. WE 1942 01:17:21,604 --> 01:17:23,139 DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'LL BE. 1943 01:17:23,139 --> 01:17:24,841 JUST BECAUSE IT'S INEVITABLE 1944 01:17:24,841 --> 01:17:26,142 DOESN'T MEAN IT'LL BE WITHOUT 1945 01:17:26,142 --> 01:17:27,577 DRAMA. JUST ON MONDAY, SPEAKER 1946 01:17:27,577 --> 01:17:30,213 MIKE JOHNSON ANNOUNCED THAT HE 1947 01:17:30,213 --> 01:17:31,781 WAS GOING TO ADVANCE SIX MONTHS 1948 01:17:31,781 --> 01:17:33,783 CR GOING INTO MARCH THAT WOULD 1949 01:17:33,783 --> 01:17:34,417 ALSO HAVE ATTACHED TO IT 1950 01:17:34,417 --> 01:17:37,287 SOMETHING CALLED THE SAVE ACT 1951 01:17:37,287 --> 01:17:39,155 WHICH IS SOMETHING ABOUT 1952 01:17:39,155 --> 01:17:41,190 SAFEGUARDING VOTING RIGHTS. IT 1953 01:17:41,190 --> 01:17:44,127 WOULD PROHIBIT NONCITIZENS FROM 1954 01:17:44,127 --> 01:17:45,595 VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS 1955 01:17:45,595 --> 01:17:46,863 WHICH YOU MAY GUESS IS ALREADY 1956 01:17:46,863 --> 01:17:49,432 ILLEGAL BUT THIS IS A MESSAGING 1957 01:17:49,432 --> 01:17:52,135 BILL, IT PASSED THE HOUSE IN THE 1958 01:17:52,135 --> 01:17:54,103 SUMMER. THERE IS A LOT OF 1959 01:17:54,103 --> 01:17:55,672 OPPOSITION TO THIS APPROACH FOR 1960 01:17:55,672 --> 01:17:59,042 MANY, MANY REASONS. PUNTING 1961 01:17:59,042 --> 01:18:00,443 APPROPRIATIONS INTO MARCH WOULD 1962 01:18:00,443 --> 01:18:03,780 HAVE THE 119TH CONGRESS DECIDE 1963 01:18:03,780 --> 01:18:05,448 APPROPRIATION. OBVIOUSLY THE 1964 01:18:05,448 --> 01:18:06,449 ELECTIONS, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING 1965 01:18:06,449 --> 01:18:08,551 TO HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT AND NEW 1966 01:18:08,551 --> 01:18:09,819 LEADERSHIP FOR SENATE 1967 01:18:09,819 --> 01:18:11,487 REPUBLICANS SO WE DON'T KNOW 1968 01:18:11,487 --> 01:18:12,889 WHETHER MAJORITIES WILL FLIP AND 1969 01:18:12,889 --> 01:18:14,357 THERE'LL BE OTHER CHANGES TO 1970 01:18:14,357 --> 01:18:16,826 LEADERSHIP WHEN MAJORITIES DO 1971 01:18:16,826 --> 01:18:19,629 CHANGE THE OUTGOING MAJORITY HAS 1972 01:18:19,629 --> 01:18:22,131 A REAL INTEREST IN GETTING WORK 1973 01:18:22,131 --> 01:18:24,300 DONE DURING THE LAME DUCK THAT'S 1974 01:18:24,300 --> 01:18:25,668 WHAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. 1975 01:18:25,668 --> 01:18:27,203 WILL THE LAME DUCK CONGRESS BE 1976 01:18:27,203 --> 01:18:28,471 ABLE TO COMPLETE THE BILLS? 1977 01:18:28,471 --> 01:18:31,774 WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO 1978 01:18:31,774 --> 01:18:33,376 THAT. I DON'T THINK WE WOULD -- 1979 01:18:33,376 --> 01:18:34,477 I WOULDN'T BET THE HOUSE ON IT 1980 01:18:34,477 --> 01:18:36,312 BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE 1981 01:18:36,312 --> 01:18:37,947 AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF 1982 01:18:37,947 --> 01:18:42,485 EFFORT TO DO THAT. SO HERE'S 1983 01:18:42,485 --> 01:18:44,153 WHERE THE APPROPRIATIONS 1984 01:18:44,153 --> 01:18:45,788 COMMITTEE ENDED UP WITH THEIR 1985 01:18:45,788 --> 01:18:48,491 MARKS ON NIH. FOR THE HOUSE THE 1986 01:18:48,491 --> 01:18:49,892 TOP LINE THAT THEY STARTED WITH 1987 01:18:49,892 --> 01:18:52,462 IS BELOW THE FY24 ENACTED LEVELS 1988 01:18:52,462 --> 01:18:54,097 WE'RE DEALING WITH YOU. YOU 1989 01:18:54,097 --> 01:18:55,298 PROBABLY REMEMBER THERE WAS A 1990 01:18:55,298 --> 01:18:56,599 LOT OF DRAMA WITH THE HOUSE 1991 01:18:56,599 --> 01:18:58,201 WANTING TO GO WITH NOT THE 1992 01:18:58,201 --> 01:19:00,136 FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT TOTALS 1993 01:19:00,136 --> 01:19:01,137 AND SIDE DEALS THAT WERE AGREED 1994 01:19:01,137 --> 01:19:04,741 TO IN JUNE OF 2023. . THEY 1995 01:19:04,741 --> 01:19:05,942 WANTED TO PROCEED WITH A LOWER 1996 01:19:05,942 --> 01:19:06,309 LEVEL. 1997 01:19:06,309 --> 01:19:08,878 THAT CREATED AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT 1998 01:19:08,878 --> 01:19:11,080 OF PROBLEMS FROM A BUDGET 1999 01:19:11,080 --> 01:19:12,482 PERSPECTIVE. WE ARE STILL UNDER 2000 01:19:12,482 --> 01:19:14,684 BUDGET CAPS FROM THE FISCAL 2001 01:19:14,684 --> 01:19:17,520 RESPONSIBILITY ACT. FY25 THE 2002 01:19:17,520 --> 01:19:19,789 TOPLINE IS 1% ABOVE WHAT 2003 01:19:19,789 --> 01:19:22,625 CONGRESS WAS ABLE TO SPEND IN 2004 01:19:22,625 --> 01:19:24,894 FY24 BUT THIS IS STILL A PRETTY 2005 01:19:24,894 --> 01:19:29,432 AUSTERE BUDGET PROPOSAL. THE 2006 01:19:29,432 --> 01:19:32,869 HOUSE PROPOSES FLAT FUNDING AND 2007 01:19:32,869 --> 01:19:36,506 DON'T GET EXCITED 261 MILLION 2008 01:19:36,506 --> 01:19:40,643 INCREASE. IT CUTS A BILLION 2009 01:19:40,643 --> 01:19:45,148 FROM ARPA-H AND THIS WAS VOTED 2010 01:19:45,148 --> 01:19:47,016 OUT. THE PROPOSED INCREASE IS 2011 01:19:47,016 --> 01:19:48,785 SO LARGE AND VERY NICE TO SEE 2012 01:19:48,785 --> 01:19:50,620 BUT IT -- THEY INCORPORATED WHAT 2013 01:19:50,620 --> 01:19:54,190 WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON LATER, 2014 01:19:54,190 --> 01:19:55,825 THE HOUSE IS RESTRUCTURING 2015 01:19:55,825 --> 01:19:58,261 REFORM OF NI H AND THAT 2016 01:19:58,261 --> 01:20:02,065 CONSOLIDATED MANY INSTITUTES 2017 01:20:02,065 --> 01:20:04,834 FROM 27 TO 15. 2018 01:20:04,834 --> 01:20:06,402 THERE WERE BUDGETARY 2019 01:20:06,402 --> 01:20:07,737 ADJUSTMENTS. THERE IS A LIST OF 2020 01:20:07,737 --> 01:20:08,871 ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE PRICE TAGS 2021 01:20:08,871 --> 01:20:11,741 ON THEM AS WELL IN THIS BILL BUT 2022 01:20:11,741 --> 01:20:12,909 IT STILL WOULD BE A SUBSTANTIAL 2023 01:20:12,909 --> 01:20:15,978 INCREASE BUT THAT IS NOT GOING 2024 01:20:15,978 --> 01:20:19,048 TO HAPPEN AS WRITTEN. SO KEEP 2025 01:20:19,048 --> 01:20:22,318 THAT IN MIND. THAT IS BASED ON 2026 01:20:22,318 --> 01:20:24,387 IMPORTANT MESSAGING FOR HOUSE 2027 01:20:24,387 --> 01:20:25,421 REPUBLICANS BUT NOT THEIR PLAN 2028 01:20:25,421 --> 01:20:28,191 TO MOVE FORWARD. THE SENATE 2029 01:20:28,191 --> 01:20:32,261 CAME IN WITH A TOP LINE WITHIN 2030 01:20:32,261 --> 01:20:34,397 THE BUDGET CAPS BUT ALSO WITH 2031 01:20:34,397 --> 01:20:37,834 THE SIDE DEALS THAT PROPOSED -- 2032 01:20:37,834 --> 01:20:38,601 SLIGHTLY OVER 2 BILLION DOLLAR 2033 01:20:38,601 --> 01:20:42,538 INCREASE FOR NIH AND FOR 266 2034 01:20:42,538 --> 01:20:44,874 INCREASE FOR NCI THAT RESTORES 2035 01:20:44,874 --> 01:20:47,343 THE MOON SHOT FUNDING GAP. IS 2036 01:20:47,343 --> 01:20:48,878 THAT AS THAT FUNDING STREAM 2037 01:20:48,878 --> 01:20:50,546 ENDED WE HAD THAT DEFICIT AND 2038 01:20:50,546 --> 01:20:52,148 ALSO GIVES US A 50 MILLION 2039 01:20:52,148 --> 01:20:55,084 DOLLAR INCREASE. A PROSED FLAT 2040 01:20:55,084 --> 01:20:59,922 FUNDING FOR ARPA-H THIS WAS A 2041 01:20:59,922 --> 01:21:03,726 BIPARTISAN BILL 25-3. THE MORE 2042 01:21:03,726 --> 01:21:04,894 BIPARTISAN THE BILL IS THE 2043 01:21:04,894 --> 01:21:06,262 BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING DONE. 2044 01:21:06,262 --> 01:21:16,806 I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 2045 01:21:19,709 --> 01:21:20,877 REMIND OURSELVES THAT THERE ARE 2046 01:21:20,877 --> 01:21:24,514 GROWING PAINS WITH ALL OF THIS. 2047 01:21:24,514 --> 01:21:25,081 WE HAVE STRONG BIPARTISAN 2048 01:21:25,081 --> 01:21:26,649 SUPPORT FOR CANCER RESEARCH. 2049 01:21:26,649 --> 01:21:28,017 THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS FOR 2050 01:21:28,017 --> 01:21:30,353 THIS. WE HAVE REALLY BENEFITTED 2051 01:21:30,353 --> 01:21:31,721 FROM TREMENDOUS ENGAGEMENT FROM 2052 01:21:31,721 --> 01:21:35,124 NOT ONLY THE NIH AND THE NCI BUT 2053 01:21:35,124 --> 01:21:36,626 ALSO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY, 2054 01:21:36,626 --> 01:21:40,863 PATIENT ADVOCATES, ASSOCIATIONS, 2055 01:21:40,863 --> 01:21:41,497 UNIVERSITIES, THESE ARE REALLY 2056 01:21:41,497 --> 01:21:44,801 IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES THESE 2057 01:21:44,801 --> 01:21:47,170 TWO SENIOR APPROPRIATORS ARE 2058 01:21:47,170 --> 01:21:48,604 JUST EXAMPLES. THEY ARE BY NO 2059 01:21:48,604 --> 01:21:50,706 MEANS ALONE. AND I THINK YOU 2060 01:21:50,706 --> 01:21:53,009 ALL KNOW THIS FROM YOUR OWN 2061 01:21:53,009 --> 01:21:56,145 CONGRESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT WORKING 2062 01:21:56,145 --> 01:21:57,413 WITH THE DELEGATIONS IN YOUR 2063 01:21:57,413 --> 01:21:59,015 STATES TELLING THE STORIES OF 2064 01:21:59,015 --> 01:22:00,583 RESEARCH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 2065 01:22:00,583 --> 01:22:01,684 AND THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE 2066 01:22:01,684 --> 01:22:04,921 REMEMBER. WHEN THEY WALK AWAY 2067 01:22:04,921 --> 01:22:10,493 IT. THE CONGRESSIONAL CALENDAR 2068 01:22:10,493 --> 01:22:13,062 IS GOING TO BE QUITE DIFFICULT. 2069 01:22:13,062 --> 01:22:19,535 CONGRESS HAS BEEN OUT FOR THE 2070 01:22:19,535 --> 01:22:22,205 AUGUST RECESS AND WILL BE BACK 2071 01:22:22,205 --> 01:22:24,373 NEXT WEEK. THEY HAVE THE VOTE 2072 01:22:24,373 --> 01:22:25,208 ON THE STOPGAP RESOLUTION. 2073 01:22:25,208 --> 01:22:27,043 THERE'S THE FARM BILL, FLOOD 2074 01:22:27,043 --> 01:22:28,845 INSURANCE, WE'LL SEE WHAT WILL 2075 01:22:28,845 --> 01:22:32,882 HAPPEN THERE. MAJORITY LEADER 2076 01:22:32,882 --> 01:22:36,252 CHUCK SHCHUMER IN THE SENATE IS 2077 01:22:36,252 --> 01:22:44,894 DETERMINED TO BRING UP AI. HE 2078 01:22:44,894 --> 01:22:47,063 WANTS TO MOVE SOMETHING ABOUT 2079 01:22:47,063 --> 01:22:48,397 DEEPFAKES THE MOST CONTINUING 2080 01:22:48,397 --> 01:22:50,132 THING THEY'LL DO IS THE 2081 01:22:50,132 --> 01:22:51,367 CONTINUING RESOLUTION. WE DON'T 2082 01:22:51,367 --> 01:22:52,869 KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO BE 2083 01:22:52,869 --> 01:22:54,871 FOR. NOT WITHOUT DRAMA. THEN 2084 01:22:54,871 --> 01:22:56,873 THEY LEAVE. THEN OCTOBER 1ST, 2085 01:22:56,873 --> 01:23:00,610 OUR FISCAL YEAR BEGINS I THINK 2086 01:23:00,610 --> 01:23:05,214 MOST THE TRADITIONAL PLAY WOULD 2087 01:23:05,214 --> 01:23:09,585 BE TO PUT A CR IN DECEMBER. 2088 01:23:09,585 --> 01:23:12,655 START THE LAME DUCK CONGRESS 2089 01:23:12,655 --> 01:23:15,358 SESSION WHICH BEGINS ON NOVEMBER 2090 01:23:15,358 --> 01:23:17,393 12TH AND THEN THEY HAVE TO BRING 2091 01:23:17,393 --> 01:23:20,863 IN A STOPGAP OR DECIDE ON 2092 01:23:20,863 --> 01:23:22,031 APPROPRIATIONS. THERE'S TWELVE 2093 01:23:22,031 --> 01:23:23,499 DIFFERENT BILLS THAT HAVE TO BE 2094 01:23:23,499 --> 01:23:24,834 DONE WHETHER THEY GET DONE IN 2095 01:23:24,834 --> 01:23:28,037 THE LAME DUCK WE'LL RETURN TO 2096 01:23:28,037 --> 01:23:30,306 THAT. SO ANOTHER THING THAT 2097 01:23:30,306 --> 01:23:32,074 HAPPENS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A 2098 01:23:32,074 --> 01:23:33,342 GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON FOR A LOT 2099 01:23:33,342 --> 01:23:35,444 OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFF THAT'S 2100 01:23:35,444 --> 01:23:39,482 FOR SURE. ON JANUARY 2ND THE 2101 01:23:39,482 --> 01:23:43,786 DEBT LIMIT EXTENSION EXPIRES, 2102 01:23:43,786 --> 01:23:44,887 THAT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT 2103 01:23:44,887 --> 01:23:47,290 SET BUDGET GAPS AND SET THE DEBT 2104 01:23:47,290 --> 01:23:49,992 LIMIT UNTIL AFTER THIS ELECTION. 2105 01:23:49,992 --> 01:23:53,496 SO DEBT LIMIT SUSPENSIONS, THEY 2106 01:23:53,496 --> 01:23:56,399 CAN EITHER BE SUSPENDED OR 2107 01:23:56,399 --> 01:23:59,335 RAISED. CONGRESS HAS DEFAULTED 2108 01:23:59,335 --> 01:24:01,003 TO SUSPENSION RECENTLY THAT 2109 01:24:01,003 --> 01:24:02,371 GIVES MORE ROOM BECAUSE THERE'S 2110 01:24:02,371 --> 01:24:05,474 FACTORS OF WHEN YOU WILL HIT A 2111 01:24:05,474 --> 01:24:08,544 DEBT LIMIT. THIS IS THE FIRST 2112 01:24:08,544 --> 01:24:10,012 THING THE LAME DUCK CONGRESS 2113 01:24:10,012 --> 01:24:11,647 WILL GRAPPLE WITH. THE TREASURY 2114 01:24:11,647 --> 01:24:15,451 WILL TAKE WHAT THEY CALL 2115 01:24:15,451 --> 01:24:16,886 EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES FROM THE 2116 01:24:16,886 --> 01:24:21,223 AS SOON AS THE DEBT LIMIT 2117 01:24:21,223 --> 01:24:24,260 EXSPIRES THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 2118 01:24:24,260 --> 01:24:28,864 TO THIS BE A PRIORITY. THEY'LL 2119 01:24:28,864 --> 01:24:32,335 HAVE TO HAVE SOME PLANS FOR THE 2120 01:24:32,335 --> 01:24:32,902 INAUGURATION OF THE NEXT 2121 01:24:32,902 --> 01:24:34,537 PRESIDENT THAT IS OFTEN A 2122 01:24:34,537 --> 01:24:37,440 TRIGGER FOR BUDGET DEALS. 2123 01:24:37,440 --> 01:24:39,208 THERE ARE ALSO A SERIES OF 2124 01:24:39,208 --> 01:24:40,476 PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE 2125 01:24:40,476 --> 01:24:42,712 TO BE DONE BY THE END OF 2126 01:24:42,712 --> 01:24:45,481 DECEMBER. THE NATIONAL DEFENSE 2127 01:24:45,481 --> 01:24:46,482 AUTHORIZATION ACT. THERE'S 2128 01:24:46,482 --> 01:24:48,284 EMERGENCY FUNDING PROVISIONS, 2129 01:24:48,284 --> 01:24:49,819 THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC 2130 01:24:49,819 --> 01:24:50,820 PRESSURES THAT WILL BE BROUGHT 2131 01:24:50,820 --> 01:24:51,954 TO BEAR IN DECEMBER SO THIS IS 2132 01:24:51,954 --> 01:24:54,724 GOING TO BE A TIME TO REALLY 2133 01:24:54,724 --> 01:24:56,659 WATCH AND THIS IS GOING TO BE 2134 01:24:56,659 --> 01:24:58,394 DOMINATING A LOT OF CONGRESS'S 2135 01:24:58,394 --> 01:24:59,762 ATTENTION AT THAT TIME. THE DAY 2136 01:24:59,762 --> 01:25:04,100 AFTER THE SUSPENSION, THE 119TH 2137 01:25:04,100 --> 01:25:05,401 CONGRESS CONVENES, THE NEW 2138 01:25:05,401 --> 01:25:08,871 MEMBERS WILL BE SWORN IN. NEXT 2139 01:25:08,871 --> 01:25:13,042 SLIDE, PLEASE. I HAD COFFEE 2140 01:25:13,042 --> 01:25:15,778 TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION I SWEAR. 2141 01:25:15,778 --> 01:25:16,812 2024 ELECTIONS. ALL I'M GOING 2142 01:25:16,812 --> 01:25:17,980 TO SAY ABOUT THIS IS WE KNOW 2143 01:25:17,980 --> 01:25:20,916 THERE'S A LOT OF TOSSUPS IN THE 2144 01:25:20,916 --> 01:25:23,753 AIR HERE. THE POLITICAL REPORT 2145 01:25:23,753 --> 01:25:26,689 IS AS GOOD A RESOURCE AS THERE 2146 01:25:26,689 --> 01:25:27,823 IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING 2147 01:25:27,823 --> 01:25:30,993 TO HAPPEN. NEITHER DO ANY OF US 2148 01:25:30,993 --> 01:25:33,496 BUT THEY'RE WRITING THE 2149 01:25:33,496 --> 01:25:36,265 ELECTORAL COLLEGE AS A TOSSUP IN 2150 01:25:36,265 --> 01:25:38,667 THE HOUSE. THEY'RE RATING 24 2151 01:25:38,667 --> 01:25:42,071 SEATS AS A TOSSUP. THAT GIVES 2152 01:25:42,071 --> 01:25:43,606 DEMOCRATS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FLIP 2153 01:25:43,606 --> 01:25:45,674 THAT CHAMBER AND ARE SOMETHING 2154 01:25:45,674 --> 01:25:47,643 THEY ARE HOPING TO DO. THE 2155 01:25:47,643 --> 01:25:51,047 SENATE THERE'S A MAJORITY AS 2156 01:25:51,047 --> 01:25:54,817 WELL. DEMS HAVE TO DEFEND A LOT 2157 01:25:54,817 --> 01:25:56,452 OF SWEETS. 2158 01:25:56,452 --> 01:25:58,154 23 OF THE 34 THAT ARE OPEN THIS 2159 01:25:58,154 --> 01:25:59,522 YEAR AND THE SENATE WORKS -- 2160 01:25:59,522 --> 01:26:00,923 THERE'S THREE CLASSES IN THE 2161 01:26:00,923 --> 01:26:02,625 SENATE AND THEY ARE STAGGERED 2162 01:26:02,625 --> 01:26:04,193 AND WHEN THEY'RE UP FOR 2163 01:26:04,193 --> 01:26:05,494 REELECTION WHEREAS THE HOUSE IS 2164 01:26:05,494 --> 01:26:06,796 ALL UP AT THE SAME TIME EVERY 2165 01:26:06,796 --> 01:26:07,763 TWO YEARS. YOU CAN REALLY WHEN 2166 01:26:07,763 --> 01:26:08,964 YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IT REALLY 2167 01:26:08,964 --> 01:26:10,633 DOES HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE 2168 01:26:10,633 --> 01:26:11,567 HUGELY DIFFERENT CULTURE OF THE 2169 01:26:11,567 --> 01:26:16,872 WAY THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE 2170 01:26:16,872 --> 01:26:19,809 OPERATE. BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE 2171 01:26:19,809 --> 01:26:21,377 SIX YEARS THAT'S A DIFFERENT WAY 2172 01:26:21,377 --> 01:26:23,079 TO APPROACH A LEADERSHIP 2173 01:26:23,079 --> 01:26:24,513 SITUATION AND A DIFFERENT 2174 01:26:24,513 --> 01:26:25,981 THRESHOLD FOR FUNDRAISING WHAT 2175 01:26:25,981 --> 01:26:28,084 WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE SENATE 2176 01:26:28,084 --> 01:26:32,121 IS DEMS DEFENDING WAY FOR SEATS 2177 01:26:32,121 --> 01:26:34,290 THAN REPUBLICANS. 3 SEATS IS A 2178 01:26:34,290 --> 01:26:34,557 TOSSUP. 2179 01:26:34,557 --> 01:26:37,693 SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY AND 2180 01:26:37,693 --> 01:26:39,395 THEY KNOW THAT SENATOR MANCHIN'S 2181 01:26:39,395 --> 01:26:40,863 WEST VIRGINIA SEAT IS GOING TO 2182 01:26:40,863 --> 01:26:42,798 BE REPUBLICAN VICTOR THERE. SO 2183 01:26:42,798 --> 01:26:48,804 THE REPUBLICANS ARE LOOKING AT 2184 01:26:48,804 --> 01:26:51,407 THEIR FLIP OF THE SENATE. THIS 2185 01:26:51,407 --> 01:26:56,879 WILL FLIP IN 2026. REPUBLICANS 2186 01:26:56,879 --> 01:27:00,049 WILL BE DEFENDING 13 SEATS. UP 2187 01:27:00,049 --> 01:27:04,453 IN 2026. SO THINGS CAN CHANGE 2188 01:27:04,453 --> 01:27:06,122 IN TERMS OF PEOPLE RESIGNING OR 2189 01:27:06,122 --> 01:27:08,891 LEAVING CONGRESS BUT THAT'S WHAT 2190 01:27:08,891 --> 01:27:11,093 IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. SO BACK, I 2191 01:27:11,093 --> 01:27:14,263 SAID WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE 2192 01:27:14,263 --> 01:27:15,598 LAME DUCK CONGRESS AND WHETHER 2193 01:27:15,598 --> 01:27:16,232 THEY WOULD GET THESE SPENDING 2194 01:27:16,232 --> 01:27:20,035 BILLS DONE. I JUST LOOKED HERE 2195 01:27:20,035 --> 01:27:21,137 FOR THE PAST FOUR LAME DUCK 2196 01:27:21,137 --> 01:27:23,339 CONGRESS'S TO SEE WHAT THEY'VE 2197 01:27:23,339 --> 01:27:24,039 DONE. STARTING WITH THE 2198 01:27:24,039 --> 01:27:26,942 NORTHEAST RECENT FIRST. THE 2199 01:27:26,942 --> 01:27:28,711 REPUBLICANS FLIP THE HOUSE. 2200 01:27:28,711 --> 01:27:30,846 THEY PUNTED ALL THE SPENDING 2201 01:27:30,846 --> 01:27:31,947 BILLS UNTIL THE NEXT CONGRESS 2202 01:27:31,947 --> 01:27:33,949 AND THEY WERE FINALLY ENACTED ON 2203 01:27:33,949 --> 01:27:35,918 MARCH 15TH. NOT THE LATEST 2204 01:27:35,918 --> 01:27:37,887 WE'VE GOTTEN OUR FUNDING BUT 2205 01:27:37,887 --> 01:27:39,155 FAIRLY DEEP INTO THE FISCAL 2206 01:27:39,155 --> 01:27:42,791 YEAR. IN 2020 DEMS SPLIT SPLIT 2207 01:27:42,791 --> 01:27:46,061 THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. 2208 01:27:46,061 --> 01:27:46,996 THE OMNIBUS PASSED IN DECEMBER. 2209 01:27:46,996 --> 01:27:52,701 IN 2018 THE DEMS FLIPPED THE THE 2210 01:27:52,701 --> 01:27:54,870 HOUSE. SOME BILLS WERE DONE ON 2211 01:27:54,870 --> 01:27:59,208 TIME INCLUDING OURS AND THAT WAS 2212 01:27:59,208 --> 01:28:00,876 A WONDERFUL YEAR. WE GOT OUR 2213 01:28:00,876 --> 01:28:02,244 APPROPRIATION ON TIME. THAT WAS 2214 01:28:02,244 --> 01:28:06,549 THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1996 THAT 2215 01:28:06,549 --> 01:28:07,917 IT HAPPENED. AND THEY WERE SHUT 2216 01:28:07,917 --> 01:28:13,389 DOWN FOR 39 DAYS. SEVEN 2217 01:28:13,389 --> 01:28:18,661 SPENDING BILLS WERE MOVED TO 2218 01:28:18,661 --> 01:28:23,265 FEBRUARY. THE LAME DUCK 2219 01:28:23,265 --> 01:28:24,867 CONGRESS PASSED THE FIRST CURES 2220 01:28:24,867 --> 01:28:26,936 BILL. AND THEN WE DIDN'T GET 2221 01:28:26,936 --> 01:28:28,871 APPROPRIATION UNTIL MAY 5TH. IT 2222 01:28:28,871 --> 01:28:32,374 IS POSSIBLE TO REALLY PREDICT 2223 01:28:32,374 --> 01:28:35,578 THE MAJORITY -- IF THERE ARE 2224 01:28:35,578 --> 01:28:37,780 MAJORITY CHANGES THAT WILL 2225 01:28:37,780 --> 01:28:48,324 AFFECT THE LAME DUCK CONGRESSE 2226 01:28:51,093 --> 01:28:52,895 CONVERSATIONS AND SO MEMBERS ARE 2227 01:28:52,895 --> 01:28:54,129 GOING TO HAVE TO, AND THE 2228 01:28:54,129 --> 01:28:59,034 LEADERSHIP IS GOING TO HAVE TO 2229 01:28:59,034 --> 01:28:59,668 AT SOME POINT MAKE STRATEGIC 2230 01:28:59,668 --> 01:29:01,604 DECISION IN HOW THEY'RE GOING TO 2231 01:29:01,604 --> 01:29:07,676 PUSH AND ROLL OVER INTO THE NEXT 2232 01:29:07,676 --> 01:29:08,444 CONGRESS. IT'S GOING IS TO BE A 2233 01:29:08,444 --> 01:29:11,981 BIG CHALLENGE FOR THEM. SOME OF 2234 01:29:11,981 --> 01:29:14,717 THE LATEST LEGISLATIVE THINGS TO 2235 01:29:14,717 --> 01:29:16,485 WATCH ARE THE CONTINUING 2236 01:29:16,485 --> 01:29:17,953 RESOLUTION, THE FARM BILL, FLOOD 2237 01:29:17,953 --> 01:29:20,889 INSURANCE, THERE'S ALSO A 2238 01:29:20,889 --> 01:29:22,891 MEDICAID HEALTH EXTENDERS BILL. 2239 01:29:22,891 --> 01:29:24,860 AND THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR 2240 01:29:24,860 --> 01:29:26,362 NEEDING FAMILIES BILL. ONE 2241 01:29:26,362 --> 01:29:27,830 THING ABOUT THE EXTENDERS BILL I 2242 01:29:27,830 --> 01:29:31,567 WANTED TO MENTION, HUMANLY 2243 01:29:31,567 --> 01:29:32,201 SUPPORTED, BIPARTISAN SUPPORT 2244 01:29:32,201 --> 01:29:36,605 THERE THAT IS CERTAIN LY GOING O 2245 01:29:36,605 --> 01:29:39,041 MOVE AND WHEN YOU HAVE ANYTHING 2246 01:29:39,041 --> 01:29:40,876 MOVING IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 2247 01:29:40,876 --> 01:29:42,911 MANY OTHER BILLS AND THESE ARE 2248 01:29:42,911 --> 01:29:43,712 TOPICS WHERE THERE'S LEGISLATION 2249 01:29:43,712 --> 01:29:45,614 THAT MAY PASS. THINGS LIKE A 2250 01:29:45,614 --> 01:29:48,050 VARIETY OF AI TYPES OF 2251 01:29:48,050 --> 01:29:49,752 PROVISIONS. TELEHEALTH 2252 01:29:49,752 --> 01:29:51,587 EXTENSIONS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT 2253 01:29:51,587 --> 01:29:52,254 OF INTEREST IN CONGRESS TO WORK 2254 01:29:52,254 --> 01:29:55,524 ON DRUG SHORTAGES, IMPROVING 2255 01:29:55,524 --> 01:29:58,294 CLINICAL TRIALS AND THEN THERE'S 2256 01:29:58,294 --> 01:30:03,866 I THINK THIS IS UNLIKELY TO PASS 2257 01:30:03,866 --> 01:30:05,868 THE NIH SPECIFIC LEGISLATION. 2258 01:30:05,868 --> 01:30:08,304 THE NIH REFORMATION ACT. THIS 2259 01:30:08,304 --> 01:30:10,172 WAS PUT OUT NOT AS A BILL BUT AS 2260 01:30:10,172 --> 01:30:12,941 A FRAMEWORK BY THE HOUSE OF 2261 01:30:12,941 --> 01:30:18,914 ENERGY AND XHOCOMMERCE COMMITTE 2262 01:30:18,914 --> 01:30:21,583 CATHY MCMORRIS ROGERS IS LEAVING 2263 01:30:21,583 --> 01:30:22,918 CONGRESS AFTER IS THIS SESSION. 2264 01:30:22,918 --> 01:30:24,920 SHE'S RETIRING. 2265 01:30:24,920 --> 01:30:27,323 AND SO THIS PLAN WOULD 2266 01:30:27,323 --> 01:30:30,426 CONSOLIDATE 27 INSTITUTES AND 2267 01:30:30,426 --> 01:30:32,361 CENTER TO 15. NCI WOULD NOT BE 2268 01:30:32,361 --> 01:30:34,530 PART OF THE CONSOLIDATION. 2269 01:30:34,530 --> 01:30:36,799 CALLS FOR A COMMISSION TO REVIEW 2270 01:30:36,799 --> 01:30:40,336 NIH. A LOT OF THIS IS DUE TO 2271 01:30:40,336 --> 01:30:42,338 SOME TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS, SOME 2272 01:30:42,338 --> 01:30:43,272 COMMUNICATIONS ISSUES AND A LOT 2273 01:30:43,272 --> 01:30:46,742 OF IT IS A POST-COVID ASSESSMENT 2274 01:30:46,742 --> 01:30:50,346 OF SOME CONGRESSIONAL 2275 01:30:50,346 --> 01:30:50,979 DISSATISFACTION TYPICALLY IN 2276 01:30:50,979 --> 01:30:52,915 HOUSE REPUBLICAN COMMUNITIES BUT 2277 01:30:52,915 --> 01:30:55,050 THERE ARE ALWAYS 2278 01:30:55,050 --> 01:30:56,885 REAUTHORIZATIONS AT AGENCIES 2279 01:30:56,885 --> 01:31:00,055 THAT ARE PERIODIC. SOMETIMES 2280 01:31:00,055 --> 01:31:02,257 BECAUSE IT EXPIRES. WE JUST 2281 01:31:02,257 --> 01:31:04,860 CONTINUE OUR WORK. THE LAST 2282 01:31:04,860 --> 01:31:08,864 MAJOR REAUTHORIZATION OF NIH WAS 2283 01:31:08,864 --> 01:31:14,169 IN 2006 SO THIS LEGISLATION IS 2284 01:31:14,169 --> 01:31:16,038 THROWING OUT A LOT OF IDEAS, IN 2285 01:31:16,038 --> 01:31:18,807 FACT, THEY DO CALL FOR 2286 01:31:18,807 --> 01:31:23,379 TRANSPARENCY REGARDING INDIRECT 2287 01:31:23,379 --> 01:31:24,279 COSTS. WHICH ARE TRANSPARENT 2288 01:31:24,279 --> 01:31:25,414 BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE WHAT ARE 2289 01:31:25,414 --> 01:31:28,350 DIRECT COSTS AND WHAT WHERE NOT 2290 01:31:28,350 --> 01:31:30,853 AND WE DO NOT DECIDE THOSE AND I 2291 01:31:30,853 --> 01:31:34,957 CAN TELL YOU WHEN THERE WAS AN 2292 01:31:34,957 --> 01:31:41,296 EFFORT TO REALLY SHRINK INDIRECT 2293 01:31:41,296 --> 01:31:43,098 COST THERE WAS LANGUAGE THAT 2294 01:31:43,098 --> 01:31:44,266 PROHIBITED CONSIDERATION OF 2295 01:31:44,266 --> 01:31:45,768 INDIRECT COSTS BY THE AGENCY. 2296 01:31:45,768 --> 01:31:48,871 SO THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A FIGHT 2297 01:31:48,871 --> 01:31:51,707 THAT'S GOING TO BE A 2298 01:31:51,707 --> 01:31:52,374 UNIVERSITIES AND CONGRESS FIGHT. 2299 01:31:52,374 --> 01:31:54,009 SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS 2300 01:31:54,009 --> 01:31:56,044 PROBABLY GOING TO GET MORE 2301 01:31:56,044 --> 01:31:57,880 DISCUSSION. THE -- BUT THIS IS 2302 01:31:57,880 --> 01:31:59,715 THE REASON WHY THE HOUSE NUMBERS 2303 01:31:59,715 --> 01:32:02,451 IN THEIR PROPOSED BILL ARE NOT 2304 01:32:02,451 --> 01:32:03,519 REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE THINK 2305 01:32:03,519 --> 01:32:06,054 MIGHT HAPPEN. JUST A WORD ABOUT 2306 01:32:06,054 --> 01:32:07,322 CONGRESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS 2307 01:32:07,322 --> 01:32:10,559 IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR MANY 2308 01:32:10,559 --> 01:32:12,895 REASONS. DR. RATHMELL HAS MET 2309 01:32:12,895 --> 01:32:14,797 WITH MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 2310 01:32:14,797 --> 01:32:20,202 AND WE HAVE MANY MORE FOR HER TO 2311 01:32:20,202 --> 01:32:25,040 MEET WITH. SHE WENT TO A 2312 01:32:25,040 --> 01:32:31,013 NATIONAL BRAIN TUMOR SOCIETY. A 2313 01:32:31,013 --> 01:32:32,848 SENATOR WHO WAS A TREMENDOUS 2314 01:32:32,848 --> 01:32:37,586 BEAST -- BOOSTER. AND WHEN SHE 2315 01:32:37,586 --> 01:32:40,355 WAS IN CHICAGO SHE HAD A CHANCE 2316 01:32:40,355 --> 01:32:45,527 TO MEET WITH ANOTHER SENATOR. 2317 01:32:45,527 --> 01:32:47,162 THESE ARE VERY, VERY MEANINGFUL 2318 01:32:47,162 --> 01:32:49,765 TO THE MEMBERS NOT ONLY THE 2319 01:32:49,765 --> 01:32:52,434 GEOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF HAVING 2320 01:32:52,434 --> 01:32:54,503 CANCER CENTERS AND SPORE 2321 01:32:54,503 --> 01:32:56,238 PROGRAMS. BUT ALSO THE ECONOMIC 2322 01:32:56,238 --> 01:32:58,807 IMPACT OF NCI INVESTMENTS AND 2323 01:32:58,807 --> 01:33:00,642 NIH FUNDING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO 2324 01:33:00,642 --> 01:33:03,111 THESE MEMBERS. BUT ALSO, YOU 2325 01:33:03,111 --> 01:33:04,413 KNOW, THIS IS PERSONAL. ONE IN 2326 01:33:04,413 --> 01:33:07,182 TWO MEN AND ONE IN THREE WOMEN 2327 01:33:07,182 --> 01:33:08,150 GETTING CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME 2328 01:33:08,150 --> 01:33:10,018 IS PERSONAL FOR ALL OF US IN 2329 01:33:10,018 --> 01:33:11,086 DIFFERENT POINTS OF OUR LIVES 2330 01:33:11,086 --> 01:33:12,721 AND SO THIS IS VERY MEANINGFUL 2331 01:33:12,721 --> 01:33:14,122 AND SHARING THE STORIES OF YOUR 2332 01:33:14,122 --> 01:33:15,090 OWN RESEARCH. SHARING THE 2333 01:33:15,090 --> 01:33:17,759 STORIES OF YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES, 2334 01:33:17,759 --> 01:33:19,061 THERE'S REALLY -- IT'S 2335 01:33:19,061 --> 01:33:21,029 IMPOSSIBLE TO OVERESTIMATE THE 2336 01:33:21,029 --> 01:33:22,130 IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND WE THANK 2337 01:33:22,130 --> 01:33:24,132 YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU DO IN 2338 01:33:24,132 --> 01:33:25,634 THAT REGARD AND TALKING ABOUT 2339 01:33:25,634 --> 01:33:29,838 YOUR SCIENCE AND JOINING US IN 2340 01:33:29,838 --> 01:33:31,340 ADVANCE THAT HIGHLIGHTS THOSE 2341 01:33:31,340 --> 01:33:32,174 EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES. THANK 2342 01:33:32,174 --> 01:33:33,475 YOU FOR YOUR TIME IF THERE'S ANY 2343 01:33:33,475 --> 01:33:40,649 TIME FOR QUESTIONS, DR. CART 2344 01:33:40,649 --> 01:33:40,816 PEN. 2345 01:33:40,816 --> 01:33:44,653 >> FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. 2346 01:33:44,653 --> 01:33:47,422 GIVEN THE GRAVITY OF THE 2347 01:33:47,422 --> 01:33:48,924 UPCOMING MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO 2348 01:33:48,924 --> 01:33:50,692 FOREGO QUESTIONS BUT IF ANYONE 2349 01:33:50,692 --> 01:33:54,196 HAS A QUESTION FOR MK PLEASE 2350 01:33:54,196 --> 01:33:58,467 SEND IT TO PAULETTE. THANKS, 2351 01:33:58,467 --> 01:34:09,011 AGAIN, FANTASTIC. NEXT WE HAVE 2352 01:34:16,285 --> 01:34:18,120 DR. RATHMELL. 2353 01:34:18,120 --> 01:34:20,923 >> WE HAVE ONE MEMBER IN 2354 01:34:20,923 --> 01:34:22,925 ATTENDANCE TODAY RETIRING. COME 2355 01:34:22,925 --> 01:34:24,927 ON UP HERE. THE MEMBERSHIP OF 2356 01:34:24,927 --> 01:34:27,396 THIS COUNCIL, THIS BOARD REALLY 2357 01:34:27,396 --> 01:34:29,431 IMPACTS EVERYTHING THAT WE DO 2358 01:34:29,431 --> 01:34:32,901 AND YOUR INSIGHTS ARE INCREDIBLY 2359 01:34:32,901 --> 01:34:35,804 VALUABLE. JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE 2360 01:34:35,804 --> 01:34:39,641 SUSAN WHO HAS BROUGHT SO MANY 2361 01:34:39,641 --> 01:34:41,877 INSIGHTS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2362 01:34:41,877 --> 01:34:44,313 AND EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC 2363 01:34:44,313 --> 01:34:47,182 HEALTH SO FROM THE CANCER CENTER 2364 01:34:47,182 --> 01:34:48,050 WE HAVE APPRECIATED EVERYTHING 2365 01:34:48,050 --> 01:34:50,052 YOU HAVE DONE AND SAID AND 2366 01:34:50,052 --> 01:34:52,921 PUSHED US ON AND THANK YOU VERY 2367 01:34:52,921 --> 01:34:54,523 MUCH. SO IN HONOR WE HAVE A 2368 01:34:54,523 --> 01:34:55,724 LOVELY PLAQUE FOR YOU. 2369 01:34:55,724 --> 01:35:06,001 >> (APPLAUSE). 2370 01:35:25,821 --> 01:35:27,990 >> ALL RIGHT, DR. BARKER, WE 2371 01:35:27,990 --> 01:35:30,158 HAVE TO THANK ANN BARKER WHO HAS 2372 01:35:30,158 --> 01:35:32,494 JOINED US FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF 2373 01:35:32,494 --> 01:35:34,429 CALIFORNIA. I WAS TRYING TO 2374 01:35:34,429 --> 01:35:36,898 THINK ABOUT WHAT TO SAY THAT 2375 01:35:36,898 --> 01:35:37,833 KIND OF ENCAPSULATES ALL THE 2376 01:35:37,833 --> 01:35:40,202 THINGS THAT SHE CONTRIBUTES TO 2377 01:35:40,202 --> 01:35:40,869 BUT IT'S LITERALLY EVERYTHING. 2378 01:35:40,869 --> 01:35:42,437 EVERYTHING THAT'S COMPLICATED. 2379 01:35:42,437 --> 01:35:43,672 EVERYTHING THAT IS PARTICULARLY 2380 01:35:43,672 --> 01:35:49,578 HARD I THINK OF AS DR. BARKER'S 2381 01:35:49,578 --> 01:35:50,178 SPECIALTY BUT GLOBAL TEAM 2382 01:35:50,178 --> 01:35:52,514 SCIENCE REALLY MAKING DATA 2383 01:35:52,514 --> 01:35:55,083 ACCESSIBLE ARE REAL STRENGTHS 2384 01:35:55,083 --> 01:35:56,785 AND, AGAIN, ALSO REAL COMMITMENT 2385 01:35:56,785 --> 01:35:58,954 TO THE NCI. SO WE HAVE A PLAQUE 2386 01:35:58,954 --> 01:36:00,322 FOR YOU AS WELL. IT'LL BE IN 2387 01:36:00,322 --> 01:36:01,990 THE MAIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2388 01:36:01,990 --> 01:36:08,463 >> AUDIENCE: (APPLAUSE). 2389 01:36:08,463 --> 01:36:12,067 >> AND THEN WE HAVE TWO OTHER 2390 01:36:12,067 --> 01:36:16,872 RETIRING MEMBERS. DR. N WAS ON 2391 01:36:16,872 --> 01:36:19,374 BUT I THINK HAD TO LEAVE. OKAY. 2392 01:36:19,374 --> 01:36:22,544 SO -- BUT AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE 2393 01:36:22,544 --> 01:36:24,880 OFFICER AND MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT 2394 01:36:24,880 --> 01:36:27,549 HEALTH CARE WITH FOCUS ON PAIN 2395 01:36:27,549 --> 01:36:29,551 AND HAD REAL SUPPORT FROM THEM 2396 01:36:29,551 --> 01:36:31,453 AND GLAD TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT. 2397 01:36:31,453 --> 01:36:32,921 WE'LL SEND THAT AS WELL AND ALSO 2398 01:36:32,921 --> 01:36:35,957 BUT NOT ABLE TO ATTEND 2399 01:36:35,957 --> 01:36:38,326 DR. HOWARD WHO BRINGS THE 2400 01:36:38,326 --> 01:36:41,897 PATIENT CARE TRANSLATIONAL 2401 01:36:41,897 --> 01:36:43,699 EXPERTISE FROM HIS ROLE AT 2402 01:36:43,699 --> 01:36:45,267 PHARMA AND SO REALLY GRATEFUL 2403 01:36:45,267 --> 01:36:52,107 FOR HIS SUPPORT AS WELL. SO 2404 01:36:52,107 --> 01:36:55,711 WITH FOUR RETIRING MEMBERS WE 2405 01:36:55,711 --> 01:37:01,717 HAVE FOUR NEW MEMBERS. WE HAVE 2406 01:37:01,717 --> 01:37:02,918 ONE ONLINE. AND WE HAVE THREE 2407 01:37:02,918 --> 01:37:05,287 WITH US. ALL PROVISIONAL RIGHT 2408 01:37:05,287 --> 01:37:08,457 NOW BUT FAR ALONG THE PROCESS TO 2409 01:37:08,457 --> 01:37:10,992 ATTEND SO THERE'S KAREN. VERY 2410 01:37:10,992 --> 01:37:15,764 GOOD. SO I WILL START WITH 2411 01:37:15,764 --> 01:37:18,600 DR. EDMUNDS IS A PROFESSOR AT 2412 01:37:18,600 --> 01:37:20,335 THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2413 01:37:20,335 --> 01:37:22,104 SHE HAS EXPERTISE IN CANCER 2414 01:37:22,104 --> 01:37:25,707 EQUITY AND IMPLEMENTATION 2415 01:37:25,707 --> 01:37:29,311 SCIENCE. THE DOCTOR WORK'S IS 2416 01:37:29,311 --> 01:37:34,149 FOCUSED ON CANCER PREVENTION IN 2417 01:37:34,149 --> 01:37:35,083 DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND SO 2418 01:37:35,083 --> 01:37:36,918 WE'RE VERY GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE 2419 01:37:36,918 --> 01:37:38,553 AND IN THE DISCUSSION. REALLY 2420 01:37:38,553 --> 01:37:42,657 IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE ON OUR 2421 01:37:42,657 --> 01:37:45,093 COMMITTEE. TAMEKA. I KNOW 2422 01:37:45,093 --> 01:37:47,262 YOU'RE HERE. THE CHIEF 2423 01:37:47,262 --> 01:37:48,563 VISIONARY OF SURVIVOR. SHE 2424 01:37:48,563 --> 01:37:51,066 FOUNDED THIS ORGANIZATION IN 2425 01:37:51,066 --> 01:37:53,034 2005 AFTER SURVIVING CERVICAL 2426 01:37:53,034 --> 01:37:57,506 CANCER IN HER MID-20S AS A 2427 01:37:57,506 --> 01:37:59,274 NONPROFIT SHE'S BEEN DISMANTLING 2428 01:37:59,274 --> 01:38:02,077 THE DISEASE STIGMA THROUGH THE 2429 01:38:02,077 --> 01:38:05,514 RENOWNED SURVIVOR SCHOOL SHE'S 2430 01:38:05,514 --> 01:38:08,917 ASKED PEOPLE TO SPEAK OUT. THIS 2431 01:38:08,917 --> 01:38:10,685 INCLUDES THE PRESIDENTIAL 2432 01:38:10,685 --> 01:38:14,322 RESEARCH AWARD AND FOR THE YOUNG 2433 01:38:14,322 --> 01:38:19,761 ADULT AWARD. ALL RIGHT ALICIA 2434 01:38:19,761 --> 01:38:21,496 CLARK. SO DR. CLARK IS THE 2435 01:38:21,496 --> 01:38:23,665 CHIEF OF THE DIVISION OF 2436 01:38:23,665 --> 01:38:25,934 CERVICAL ONCOLOGY AND IN THE 2437 01:38:25,934 --> 01:38:27,969 DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY AT THE 2438 01:38:27,969 --> 01:38:31,740 MEDICAL COLLEGE IN WISCONSIN AND 2439 01:38:31,740 --> 01:38:37,045 IN EPIGENETIC TUMORS AND 2440 01:38:37,045 --> 01:38:39,214 AMELIORATE CANCER DISPARITIES. 2441 01:38:39,214 --> 01:38:42,884 HER M.D. RESIDENCY IN THE 2442 01:38:42,884 --> 01:38:44,953 CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE 2443 01:38:44,953 --> 01:38:48,523 AND SHE'S ELECTED TO THE AOA 2444 01:38:48,523 --> 01:38:53,528 HONOR SOCIETY. AND LAST. THE 2445 01:38:53,528 --> 01:38:56,898 DANIEL LOUIS ENDOWED CHAIR AND 2446 01:38:56,898 --> 01:39:01,703 ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE EMERY 2447 01:39:01,703 --> 01:39:03,605 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND LEADS THE 2448 01:39:03,605 --> 01:39:08,443 BRAIN TUMORS INSTITUTE AND IS 2449 01:39:08,443 --> 01:39:11,313 RENOWNED AS NEUROSURGICAL AND WE 2450 01:39:11,313 --> 01:39:13,648 GOT TO MEET AT THE BRAIN TUMOR 2451 01:39:13,648 --> 01:39:15,250 FOUNDATION AND IS VERY ACTIVE IN 2452 01:39:15,250 --> 01:39:16,918 THAT COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU 2453 01:39:16,918 --> 01:39:17,519 VERY MUCH. SO THANK YOU. SO 2454 01:39:17,519 --> 01:39:27,963 WELCOME. AND ON WITH THE WORK. 2455 01:39:27,963 --> 01:39:31,933 >> GREAT, THANKS, KIM. SO NOW, 2456 01:39:31,933 --> 01:39:36,838 IT'S OUR PRESENTATION ON NCI 2457 01:39:36,838 --> 01:39:39,140 SUPPORTIVE EARLY CAREER CANCER 2458 01:39:39,140 --> 01:39:42,744 INVESTIGATORS BROUGHT TO US BY 2459 01:39:42,744 --> 01:39:46,581 DR. BOWING HER, DR. DA HAVE A 2460 01:39:46,581 --> 01:39:49,784 KNOW, WHO WORKS IN CANCER 2461 01:39:49,784 --> 01:39:50,619 TRAINING. A DEVELOP. BRANCH 2462 01:39:50,619 --> 01:39:52,921 WITHIN THE CENTER FOR CANCER 2463 01:39:52,921 --> 01:39:54,556 TRAINING AND JESSICA CALENDAR 2464 01:39:54,556 --> 01:39:58,793 ZOLA WHO IS A BRANCH DIRECTOR 2465 01:39:58,793 --> 01:40:02,397 FOR BRANCH PROGRAMS, CENTER 2466 01:40:02,397 --> 01:40:04,799 CANCER HEALTH EQUITIES. 2467 01:40:04,799 --> 01:40:05,567 >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 2468 01:40:05,567 --> 01:40:09,604 TO TALK ABOUT TRAINING. I WILL 2469 01:40:09,604 --> 01:40:15,610 GIVE YOU THE SLIDES AND THEN 2470 01:40:15,610 --> 01:40:17,712 HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES. 2471 01:40:17,712 --> 01:40:20,916 SO OF COURSE THE MISSION OF WHAT 2472 01:40:20,916 --> 01:40:24,986 WE DO BOTH IN OUR GROUPS IS 2473 01:40:24,986 --> 01:40:26,288 DERIVED FROM THE WORKFORCE GOAL 2474 01:40:26,288 --> 01:40:28,590 AND THE NCI GENERAL MISSION AND 2475 01:40:28,590 --> 01:40:30,458 MY CENTER FOR CANCER TRAINING 2476 01:40:30,458 --> 01:40:31,826 HAS THREE GROUPS. ONE OF WHICH 2477 01:40:31,826 --> 01:40:33,795 IS FOCUSED ON EXTRAMURAL WORK 2478 01:40:33,795 --> 01:40:38,300 AND THEN WE HAVE TWO GROUPS 2479 01:40:38,300 --> 01:40:39,234 FOCUSED ON INTRAMURAL WORK AND I 2480 01:40:39,234 --> 01:40:41,736 WILL MENTION ONE PIECE OF WORK 2481 01:40:41,736 --> 01:40:43,338 THAT COMES FROM OUR PROGRAM AS 2482 01:40:43,338 --> 01:40:46,708 WELL SO TOGETHER ACROSS THE NCI, 2483 01:40:46,708 --> 01:40:49,577 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CENTER 2484 01:40:49,577 --> 01:40:52,747 FOR CANCER WE OFFER A VARIETY OF 2485 01:40:52,747 --> 01:40:54,082 MECHANISMS ACROSS THE EARLY 2486 01:40:54,082 --> 01:40:55,383 STAGES OF THE CANCER-Y SIR 2487 01:40:55,383 --> 01:40:58,687 CAREERS AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. I 2488 01:40:58,687 --> 01:40:59,854 DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO ALL 2489 01:40:59,854 --> 01:41:01,523 OF THEM. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE 2490 01:41:01,523 --> 01:41:04,259 CHANGE WE MADE RECENTLY AND A 2491 01:41:04,259 --> 01:41:05,727 COUPLE OF THOSE MECHANISMS THAT 2492 01:41:05,727 --> 01:41:08,897 WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY TO 2493 01:41:08,897 --> 01:41:10,865 IMPROVE OUR EFFORTS AS WE WORK 2494 01:41:10,865 --> 01:41:14,769 WITH THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND 2495 01:41:14,769 --> 01:41:16,638 BEYOND. ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT 2496 01:41:16,638 --> 01:41:19,841 THE SNAPSHOT IS BY THE NUMBER OF 2497 01:41:19,841 --> 01:41:23,645 ACTIVE MECHANISMS AND THE DOLLAR 2498 01:41:23,645 --> 01:41:24,879 AMOUNT. I HOPE YOU HAVE THE 2499 01:41:24,879 --> 01:41:26,247 SLIDES IN YOUR FOLDERS. YOU CAN 2500 01:41:26,247 --> 01:41:29,050 LOOK AT THEM AT YOUR LEISURE. 2501 01:41:29,050 --> 01:41:29,918 THE KEY POINT I WANT TO MAKE 2502 01:41:29,918 --> 01:41:30,719 SURE IS WE HAVE A LOT OF 2503 01:41:30,719 --> 01:41:33,121 DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS. SOME OF 2504 01:41:33,121 --> 01:41:36,124 THESE ARE VERY NICHE. OUR 2505 01:41:36,124 --> 01:41:37,826 BIGGEST BUDGET ITEMS ARE THE KO 2506 01:41:37,826 --> 01:41:41,196 8 AND THE T32 THOSE ARE OUR 2507 01:41:41,196 --> 01:41:43,098 BIGGEST TRAINING MECHANISMS BY 2508 01:41:43,098 --> 01:41:46,167 BOTH THE DOLLARS AND THE PEOPLE 2509 01:41:46,167 --> 01:41:47,135 INVOLVED AND OF COURSE WE HAVE 2510 01:41:47,135 --> 01:41:49,137 SOME MARQUEE TRANSITION AWARDS 2511 01:41:49,137 --> 01:41:52,273 LIKE THE F99 AND I WILL TALK 2512 01:41:52,273 --> 01:41:55,176 ABOUT THE 91 BRIEFLY IN A 2513 01:41:55,176 --> 01:41:59,214 MOMENT. I NEED TO PIVOT NOW TO 2514 01:41:59,214 --> 01:42:03,785 THE CANCER TRAINING BRANCH SO 2515 01:42:03,785 --> 01:42:04,919 THIS IS REALLY THE MOST 2516 01:42:04,919 --> 01:42:06,654 IMPORTANT SLIDE IF YOU TAKE ONE 2517 01:42:06,654 --> 01:42:08,656 THING AWAY FROM MY PRESENTATION 2518 01:42:08,656 --> 01:42:10,358 IT IS THIS SLIDE WHICH REALLY 2519 01:42:10,358 --> 01:42:12,627 SHOWS YOU WHAT DR. RATHMELL SIDE 2520 01:42:12,627 --> 01:42:15,497 EARLIER IN HER PRESENTATION. 2521 01:42:15,497 --> 01:42:19,034 AND THIS CAN BE SEEN IN THE 2522 01:42:19,034 --> 01:42:21,036 DOLLARS AND CENTS. WE HAD A 5% 2523 01:42:21,036 --> 01:42:23,538 INCREASE IN FUNDING. WHICH 2524 01:42:23,538 --> 01:42:24,506 GIVEN THE CONTEXT AND THE 2525 01:42:24,506 --> 01:42:25,907 ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH WE'RE IN IS 2526 01:42:25,907 --> 01:42:27,976 A PHENOMENAL TESTAMENT TO 2527 01:42:27,976 --> 01:42:29,844 DR. RATHMELL'S STRONG SUPPORT 2528 01:42:29,844 --> 01:42:31,613 FOR EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATORS 2529 01:42:31,613 --> 01:42:33,481 AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR HER 2530 01:42:33,481 --> 01:42:35,817 AS IS THE COMMUNITY AND THE 2531 01:42:35,817 --> 01:42:36,918 TEAM. THAT'S REALLY GREAT NEWS. 2532 01:42:36,918 --> 01:42:39,220 WE HAD MORE MONEY, WE -- WE WERE 2533 01:42:39,220 --> 01:42:40,922 ANTICIPATING ABOUT 210 MILLION 2534 01:42:40,922 --> 01:42:43,024 OR SO IN THIS BUDGET WE DON'T 2535 01:42:43,024 --> 01:42:45,560 HAVE THE FINAL '24 NUMBERS YET. 2536 01:42:45,560 --> 01:42:51,366 WE'RE FINISHING OUT THE YEAR. 2537 01:42:51,366 --> 01:42:53,635 MOST OF THOSE FUNDS WENT TOWARDS 2538 01:42:53,635 --> 01:42:54,569 INFLATIONARY PRESSURES. SO IT'S 2539 01:42:54,569 --> 01:42:56,037 NOT GOING TO BE REFLECTED IN THE 2540 01:42:56,037 --> 01:42:58,073 AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE FOR NEW 2541 01:42:58,073 --> 01:43:00,909 AWARDS. NOW THE INFLATIONARY 2542 01:43:00,909 --> 01:43:02,977 PRESSURES, WHAT'S INSIDE THEM IS 2543 01:43:02,977 --> 01:43:06,147 VERY IMPORTANT STUFF IS THE 2544 01:43:06,147 --> 01:43:07,782 INCREASE IN STIPENDS AND SUPPORT 2545 01:43:07,782 --> 01:43:08,883 FOR OUR EARLY CAREER 2546 01:43:08,883 --> 01:43:10,118 INVESTIGATORS, I'M NOT SAYING 2547 01:43:10,118 --> 01:43:12,620 IT'S A BAD THING, IT'S JUST A 2548 01:43:12,620 --> 01:43:13,254 REALITY AND OF COURSE WE HAVE 2549 01:43:13,254 --> 01:43:15,323 THEREFORE INCREASED OUR FUNDING 2550 01:43:15,323 --> 01:43:16,925 FOR SOME OF THE MECHANISM BUT IT 2551 01:43:16,925 --> 01:43:17,992 ISN'T NECESSARILY REFLECTED IN 2552 01:43:17,992 --> 01:43:20,628 THE NUMBER OF NEW AWARDS THAT WE 2553 01:43:20,628 --> 01:43:21,930 WERE ABLE TO MEET THIS YEAR. 2554 01:43:21,930 --> 01:43:23,665 THAT'S REALLY THE HEADLINE I'M 2555 01:43:23,665 --> 01:43:25,633 GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT DEADLINE 2556 01:43:25,633 --> 01:43:28,503 FOR KOA. WE HAVE HAD A STEADY 2557 01:43:28,503 --> 01:43:29,704 INCREASE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL 2558 01:43:29,704 --> 01:43:31,172 YEARS IN THIS MECHANISM 2559 01:43:31,172 --> 01:43:32,540 REFLECTING A STRONG COMMITMENT 2560 01:43:32,540 --> 01:43:35,143 TO PHYSICIAN SCIENTISTS, WE 2561 01:43:35,143 --> 01:43:37,011 ANTICIPATE MAKING 43 COMPETITIVE 2562 01:43:37,011 --> 01:43:40,915 AWARDS IN FISCAL 24 THAT NUMBER 2563 01:43:40,915 --> 01:43:43,218 IS PERHAPS NOT FINAL WHICH IS ON 2564 01:43:43,218 --> 01:43:44,919 PAR WITH WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN 2565 01:43:44,919 --> 01:43:46,521 RECENT YEARS AND REFLECTS AN 2566 01:43:46,521 --> 01:43:48,022 INCREASE IN THE OVERALL 2567 01:43:48,022 --> 01:43:51,059 MECHANISM. THE T32S THE STORY 2568 01:43:51,059 --> 01:43:52,894 IS WHAT SIMILAR. WE'VE BEEN 2569 01:43:52,894 --> 01:43:54,996 FLATTER BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY 2570 01:43:54,996 --> 01:43:58,533 ANTICIPATING MAKING 32 ANY 2571 01:43:58,533 --> 01:44:00,468 COMPETITIVE NEW AWARDS. THEY'RE 2572 01:44:00,468 --> 01:44:03,271 NOT ALL NEW BUT A MAJORITY ARE 2573 01:44:03,271 --> 01:44:06,307 RENEWALS WHICH COMPARES 2574 01:44:06,307 --> 01:44:08,743 FAVORABLE. WE DID HAVE A BUMPER 2575 01:44:08,743 --> 01:44:11,746 YEAR FOR '22 AND '23 BUT WE'RE 2576 01:44:11,746 --> 01:44:12,881 ANTICIPATING MAKING A GOOD 2577 01:44:12,881 --> 01:44:14,516 NUMBER OF AWARDS HERE. WHAT 2578 01:44:14,516 --> 01:44:16,317 DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF 2579 01:44:16,317 --> 01:44:18,219 SUCCESS RATES? THEY'RE ACTUALLY 2580 01:44:18,219 --> 01:44:19,387 PRETTY GOOD. WE HAD A QUESTION 2581 01:44:19,387 --> 01:44:23,491 ABOUT WHAT IS THE SUCCESS RATE 2582 01:44:23,491 --> 01:44:27,162 FOR 32S. IT'S ABOUT 40%. WHICH 2583 01:44:27,162 --> 01:44:29,697 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE OTHER 2584 01:44:29,697 --> 01:44:31,799 COLLEAGUES I'M PRETTY HAPPY 2585 01:44:31,799 --> 01:44:33,334 ABOUT THAT. WE'VE HAD GOOD 2586 01:44:33,334 --> 01:44:35,703 NUMBERS ACROSS OUR MECHANISMS 2587 01:44:35,703 --> 01:44:38,706 INCLUDING K 08 WHERE WE HAVE A 2588 01:44:38,706 --> 01:44:40,508 25% SUCCESS RATE. WE HAVE BEEN 2589 01:44:40,508 --> 01:44:42,911 LOOKING A LITTLE BIT AT OUR 2590 01:44:42,911 --> 01:44:47,348 EARLY FELLOWSHIP PORTFOLIOS. 2591 01:44:47,348 --> 01:44:48,783 THE FUNDING RATE THERE IS NOT 2592 01:44:48,783 --> 01:44:50,618 NEARLY SO HIGH. I WANT TO ALSO 2593 01:44:50,618 --> 01:44:52,020 SHOW YOU THIS SLIDE BECAUSE THE 2594 01:44:52,020 --> 01:44:54,122 QUESTION I OFTEN GET ASKED IS 2595 01:44:54,122 --> 01:44:56,024 WELL WHAT DO YOU DO FOR 2596 01:44:56,024 --> 01:44:58,893 CLINICIAN INVESTIGATORS? THIS IS 2597 01:44:58,893 --> 01:45:00,929 ACTUALLY ALL THE DATA BUT WE DID 2598 01:45:00,929 --> 01:45:02,997 TAKE A SNAPSHOT AND WE DID 2599 01:45:02,997 --> 01:45:04,699 SOMETHING SIMPLE WE COUNTED THE 2600 01:45:04,699 --> 01:45:06,034 NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED WHO 2601 01:45:06,034 --> 01:45:08,036 HAVE A DEGREE RECOGNIZING THAT 2602 01:45:08,036 --> 01:45:09,837 WE'RE MISSING SOME OF THE OTHER 2603 01:45:09,837 --> 01:45:12,273 DEGREES AND SO ON AND AS YOU CAN 2604 01:45:12,273 --> 01:45:15,743 SEE, BY HEAD COUNT ACROSS OUR 2605 01:45:15,743 --> 01:45:19,547 PORTFOLIO, 45% OF THE PEOPLE WHO 2606 01:45:19,547 --> 01:45:23,117 WE WERE SUPPORTING HAVE AN M.D. 2607 01:45:23,117 --> 01:45:25,820 DEGREE. THE AWARDING TEND TO 2608 01:45:25,820 --> 01:45:28,223 HAVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER FUNDING 2609 01:45:28,223 --> 01:45:31,392 VALUE. YOU CAN SEE THE KOH AND 2610 01:45:31,392 --> 01:45:34,696 ABOUT HALF OF THE T32 SLOTS THAT 2611 01:45:34,696 --> 01:45:37,265 WE HAVE GO TO PEOPLE WITH M.D. 2612 01:45:37,265 --> 01:45:42,170 WE ARE FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING 2613 01:45:42,170 --> 01:45:44,305 THIS VITAL COMMUNITY AND OTHERS 2614 01:45:44,305 --> 01:45:46,274 I'M NOT ABLE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY 2615 01:45:46,274 --> 01:45:47,442 BUT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT 2616 01:45:47,442 --> 01:45:48,776 THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO LEARN 2617 01:45:48,776 --> 01:45:51,112 HOW WE CAN DO BETTER. LET ME 2618 01:45:51,112 --> 01:45:52,347 TELL YOU ABOUT A THREE CHANGES 2619 01:45:52,347 --> 01:45:54,482 THAT ARE COMING OR HAVE COME IN 2620 01:45:54,482 --> 01:45:56,251 RECENT MONTHS THAT I THINK ARE 2621 01:45:56,251 --> 01:45:57,819 REALLY SIGNIFICANT. THE FIRST 2622 01:45:57,819 --> 01:46:04,259 ONE IS A NEW KO 1. THIS IS A 2623 01:46:04,259 --> 01:46:06,027 SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT USE OF THE KO 2624 01:46:06,027 --> 01:46:08,062 1. THIS ONE IS FOCUSED ON THE 2625 01:46:08,062 --> 01:46:11,032 MISSION AREAS OF THE DIVISION OF 2626 01:46:11,032 --> 01:46:13,968 CANCER PREVENTION. AND TOGETHER 2627 01:46:13,968 --> 01:46:16,337 WITH PHIL AND KATRINA'S TEAMS WE 2628 01:46:16,337 --> 01:46:18,239 WORKED ON THIS NEW MECHANISM. 2629 01:46:18,239 --> 01:46:20,041 WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THE FIRST 2630 01:46:20,041 --> 01:46:21,509 NEW APPLICATIONS. WE HAVEN'T 2631 01:46:21,509 --> 01:46:23,678 HAD THAT MANY YET. WE'RE VERY 2632 01:46:23,678 --> 01:46:24,479 EXCITED ABOUT OFFERING THIS 2633 01:46:24,479 --> 01:46:26,080 PARTICULAR AWARD FOR THIS 2634 01:46:26,080 --> 01:46:28,016 CRITICAL COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE 2635 01:46:28,016 --> 01:46:29,751 HOPED TO HAVE ENHANCED THE 2636 01:46:29,751 --> 01:46:32,086 SUPPORT OF THE EARLY CAREER 2637 01:46:32,086 --> 01:46:36,057 PATHWAYINGS S IN THOSE TWO 2638 01:46:36,057 --> 01:46:37,692 MISSION AREAS. 2639 01:46:37,692 --> 01:46:40,762 WE ALSO TOOK A DEEP DIVE ON THE 2640 01:46:40,762 --> 01:46:49,037 R EDDED R 00. 2641 01:46:49,037 --> 01:46:51,973 I WILL NOT TELL YOU THE WHOLE 2642 01:46:51,973 --> 01:46:52,206 PAPER. 2643 01:46:52,206 --> 01:46:54,309 LET ME TELL YOU TWO PIECES OF 2644 01:46:54,309 --> 01:46:56,511 DATA. THE FIRST IS THAT THESE 2645 01:46:56,511 --> 01:46:57,912 AWARDEES DO TREMENDOUSLY WELL 2646 01:46:57,912 --> 01:46:59,013 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR 2647 01:46:59,013 --> 01:47:00,915 DOWNSTREAM FUNDING RECORD. AT 2648 01:47:00,915 --> 01:47:02,216 THE TOP OF THE GRAPH WHAT YOU'RE 2649 01:47:02,216 --> 01:47:04,118 LOOKING AT IS IN THE RED BAR IS 2650 01:47:04,118 --> 01:47:08,156 THE APPLICATIONS FOR R 01 2651 01:47:08,156 --> 01:47:10,391 EQUIVALENTS AND IN THE GRAY BARS 2652 01:47:10,391 --> 01:47:13,995 THE AWARDS AND K99 AND 00 ALUMS 2653 01:47:13,995 --> 01:47:18,599 ARE APPLYING AT 90% RATES AND 2654 01:47:18,599 --> 01:47:22,337 GETTING AWARDS AT THE 65% RATE. 2655 01:47:22,337 --> 01:47:25,173 IF YOU LOOK AT DISCUSSED BUT NOT 2656 01:47:25,173 --> 01:47:27,275 AWARDEDED. THOSE NUMBERS 2657 01:47:27,275 --> 01:47:28,676 DECLINE. ONE OF THE REASONS 2658 01:47:28,676 --> 01:47:31,546 WE'RE TAKING A GOOD LOOK AT OUR 2659 01:47:31,546 --> 01:47:31,846 PORTFOLIO. 2660 01:47:31,846 --> 01:47:33,214 THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS AND ALSO WE 2661 01:47:33,214 --> 01:47:35,249 KNOW FROM OUR DISCUSSION AND WE 2662 01:47:35,249 --> 01:47:38,152 DID SOME INTERVIEWS, 95% OF 2663 01:47:38,152 --> 01:47:39,287 THESE FOLKS TRANSITION TO 2664 01:47:39,287 --> 01:47:40,988 INDEPENDENCE AND MANY OF THOSE 2665 01:47:40,988 --> 01:47:44,158 WERE HELPFUL TO THEM IN THEIR 2666 01:47:44,158 --> 01:47:46,761 QUEST FOR AN INDEPENDENT. WHAT 2667 01:47:46,761 --> 01:47:50,164 WE DID SOT SEE IS ACCELERATION, 2668 01:47:50,164 --> 01:47:51,632 ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE 2669 01:47:51,632 --> 01:47:55,069 ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS TO CELEBRATE 2670 01:47:55,069 --> 01:47:56,070 INDEPENDENCE. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK 2671 01:47:56,070 --> 01:47:58,005 AT THE DESIGN AND THE EQUIVALENT 2672 01:47:58,005 --> 01:47:59,640 YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NO 2673 01:47:59,640 --> 01:48:02,176 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR K99 2674 01:48:02,176 --> 01:48:05,847 AWARDEES AND THE THREE DIFFERENT 2675 01:48:05,847 --> 01:48:07,448 GROUPS. I PERSONALLY THINK 2676 01:48:07,448 --> 01:48:09,417 THAT'S BECAUSE THE WINDOW IS THE 2677 01:48:09,417 --> 01:48:11,152 MAIN DETERMINANT. THE NUMBER IS 2678 01:48:11,152 --> 01:48:12,854 RIGHT AROUND TEN YEARS AND I 2679 01:48:12,854 --> 01:48:14,689 THINK PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE 2680 01:48:14,689 --> 01:48:16,090 THEIR FIRST APPLICATION AS LATE 2681 01:48:16,090 --> 01:48:18,693 AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE ESI 2682 01:48:18,693 --> 01:48:20,395 WINDOW. HAVING SEEN THAT, WE 2683 01:48:20,395 --> 01:48:21,028 DECIDED TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT 2684 01:48:21,028 --> 01:48:23,598 CHANGE IN OUR K99 WHICH THE 2685 01:48:23,598 --> 01:48:24,899 COMMUNITY'S BEEN URGING US TO DO 2686 01:48:24,899 --> 01:48:27,668 WHICH IS TO INCREASE THE 2687 01:48:27,668 --> 01:48:28,870 APPLICATION ELIGIBILITY WINDOW 2688 01:48:28,870 --> 01:48:30,772 FROM FOUR YEAR TO SIX YEARS THAT 2689 01:48:30,772 --> 01:48:33,307 MEANS THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE 2690 01:48:33,307 --> 01:48:34,275 FAMILIES DURING THEIR POSTDOC. 2691 01:48:34,275 --> 01:48:35,710 WHO MIGHT BE WORKING ON A TYPE 2692 01:48:35,710 --> 01:48:37,512 OF SCIENCE THAT REQUIRES A LONG 2693 01:48:37,512 --> 01:48:39,046 LEAD TIME OFTEN MINORITIES WHO 2694 01:48:39,046 --> 01:48:41,015 TAKE LONGER TO GET GOING THIS 2695 01:48:41,015 --> 01:48:43,151 THEIR RESEARCH WILL HAVE A MORE 2696 01:48:43,151 --> 01:48:43,785 OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE BE FOR 2697 01:48:43,785 --> 01:48:47,722 THIS AMAZING AWARD THAT HELPS 2698 01:48:47,722 --> 01:48:48,022 PEOPLE. 2699 01:48:48,022 --> 01:48:50,625 AND WE'RE WORKING ON A PROGRAM 2700 01:48:50,625 --> 01:48:52,193 ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE WILL SEE 2701 01:48:52,193 --> 01:48:54,195 SOON THAT WILL INCREASE THE 2702 01:48:54,195 --> 01:48:54,796 ELIGIBILITY FROM FOUR TO SIX 2703 01:48:54,796 --> 01:48:58,533 YEARS. AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE 2704 01:48:58,533 --> 01:49:00,902 ALSO DOING SUNSET RK 22. A LESS 2705 01:49:00,902 --> 01:49:03,204 GOOD VERSION OF THE K99. IT 2706 01:49:03,204 --> 01:49:05,706 GIVES YOU LESS MONEY, IT GIVES 2707 01:49:05,706 --> 01:49:07,074 YOU LESS ATTRACTIVENESS IN THE 2708 01:49:07,074 --> 01:49:08,910 MARKETPLACE IF YOU WILL AND IT 2709 01:49:08,910 --> 01:49:10,878 HAS AN EIGHT YEAR ELIGIBILITY 2710 01:49:10,878 --> 01:49:12,146 WINDOW. SO SINCE WE NOW HAVE A 2711 01:49:12,146 --> 01:49:13,881 SIX YEAR WITH THE K99 WE'RE 2712 01:49:13,881 --> 01:49:16,851 GOING TO SUNSET THE K22 AND MOVE 2713 01:49:16,851 --> 01:49:18,986 THAT BUDGET INTO THE K99. WE 2714 01:49:18,986 --> 01:49:21,122 EXPECT MORE AWARDS COMING FOR 2715 01:49:21,122 --> 01:49:23,925 THAT MECHANISM THE COMING YEARS. 2716 01:49:23,925 --> 01:49:28,896 ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WAS 2717 01:49:28,896 --> 01:49:36,537 SHARED. I WANT TO TAKE ONE 2718 01:49:36,537 --> 01:49:37,071 MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT THE 2719 01:49:37,071 --> 01:49:40,007 INTRAMURAL PROGRAM. OUR OFFICE 2720 01:49:40,007 --> 01:49:44,712 LED BY GINSBURG HAS THE MARQUIS 2721 01:49:44,712 --> 01:49:46,848 PROGRAMS. AND WE HAVE THE 2722 01:49:46,848 --> 01:49:49,584 FELLOWSHIP FOR SCIENTISTS AND 2723 01:49:49,584 --> 01:49:51,319 EDUCATION. WE CAN SHARE THE 2724 01:49:51,319 --> 01:49:52,920 LINKS BUT THIS PAPER SHOWS YOU 2725 01:49:52,920 --> 01:49:54,489 THAT THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING 2726 01:49:54,489 --> 01:49:59,026 PROGRAM FOR OUR IN-HOUSE WOMEN 2727 01:49:59,026 --> 01:49:59,727 POST-DOCTORAL SCIENTISTS IS 2728 01:49:59,727 --> 01:50:01,629 EXTREMELY IMPACTFUL ON THEIR 2729 01:50:01,629 --> 01:50:03,798 CAREERS, ON THEIR ABILITY TO GO 2730 01:50:03,798 --> 01:50:05,833 OUT AND GET GREAT JOBS AND WE'RE 2731 01:50:05,833 --> 01:50:07,768 SUPER PROUD OF THEM. I LIED, 2732 01:50:07,768 --> 01:50:11,138 THERE'S ONE MORE SLIDE. WE ALSO 2733 01:50:11,138 --> 01:50:12,340 THINK ABOUT PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF 2734 01:50:12,340 --> 01:50:15,576 OUR IMMEDIATE CONTACTS. OUTSIDE 2735 01:50:15,576 --> 01:50:17,445 OF THE INTRAMURAL RESEARCH 2736 01:50:17,445 --> 01:50:18,946 PROGRAMS. WE SUPPORT ABOUT A 2737 01:50:18,946 --> 01:50:19,814 THOUSAND PEOPLE AND TOUCH ABOUT 2738 01:50:19,814 --> 01:50:21,215 A THOUSAND PEOPLE THROUGH GRANTS 2739 01:50:21,215 --> 01:50:23,451 AND OTHER MECHANISMS. THESE ARE 2740 01:50:23,451 --> 01:50:25,386 THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE 2741 01:50:25,386 --> 01:50:27,188 LAUNCHED. WE HAVE INSIDE CANCER 2742 01:50:27,188 --> 01:50:28,923 CAREERS WHERE WE TRY TO 2743 01:50:28,923 --> 01:50:30,124 ILLUMINATE ALL THE DIFFERENT 2744 01:50:30,124 --> 01:50:31,225 CAREERS AND ALSO AN ATTEMPT TO 2745 01:50:31,225 --> 01:50:32,960 BRING PEOPLE EARLIER IN THEIR 2746 01:50:32,960 --> 01:50:34,962 LIFE, PEOPLE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND 2747 01:50:34,962 --> 01:50:37,365 UNDERGRADS INTO THIS WORLD. AND 2748 01:50:37,365 --> 01:50:38,332 WE ARE -- WE HAVE LAUNCHED AND 2749 01:50:38,332 --> 01:50:40,601 ARE NOW WORKING ON AN AI POWERED 2750 01:50:40,601 --> 01:50:43,738 APP THAT WILL -- THAT DOES HELP 2751 01:50:43,738 --> 01:50:44,906 EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS MANAGE 2752 01:50:44,906 --> 01:50:46,340 THE LITERATURE AND MAKE SOCIAL 2753 01:50:46,340 --> 01:50:48,442 CONNECTIONS AND I WILL NOW LIKE 2754 01:50:48,442 --> 01:50:50,344 TO HAND OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES IN 2755 01:50:50,344 --> 01:50:54,015 THE CENTER FOR CANCER HEALTH 2756 01:50:54,015 --> 01:51:04,492 EQUITY. DR. DA HAVE A KNOW. 2757 01:51:06,761 --> 01:51:08,162 >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, I 2758 01:51:08,162 --> 01:51:09,897 HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 2759 01:51:09,897 --> 01:51:10,531 ADVANCE THE SLIDES. THE KEY 2760 01:51:10,531 --> 01:51:12,934 BAR. THANKS SO MUCH. GOOD 2761 01:51:12,934 --> 01:51:15,670 MORNING, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS 2762 01:51:15,670 --> 01:51:17,805 DR. DA HAVE A KNOW AND TODAY IN 2763 01:51:17,805 --> 01:51:20,708 THE SECOND PART OF THIS SESSION 2764 01:51:20,708 --> 01:51:21,709 MY COLLEAGUE DR. CALENDAR ZOLA 2765 01:51:21,709 --> 01:51:24,412 AND I WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF 2766 01:51:24,412 --> 01:51:27,515 OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND 2767 01:51:27,515 --> 01:51:33,721 INITIATIVES IN THE TRAINING AS 2768 01:51:33,721 --> 01:51:41,329 SUPPORTED BY CCHES. ONE OF 2769 01:51:41,329 --> 01:51:47,068 IMPORTANT MISSIONS OF THE CCHES 2770 01:51:47,068 --> 01:51:53,941 IS TO ADVANCE I CANNOT SEE THE 2771 01:51:53,941 --> 01:51:55,076 SLIDES HERE. ONE OF OUR 2772 01:51:55,076 --> 01:51:56,811 MISSIONS IS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY 2773 01:51:56,811 --> 01:51:59,046 IN THE CANCER WORKFORCEADVANCE 2774 01:51:59,046 --> 01:51:59,680 HERE. ONE OF OUR MISSIONS IS TO 2775 01:51:59,680 --> 01:52:00,314 PROMOTE DIVERSITY IN THE CANCER 2776 01:52:00,314 --> 01:52:01,115 WORKFORCE. IT'S NOT WORKING 2777 01:52:01,115 --> 01:52:08,289 YET. THE SLIDES, SO, ANYWAY, 2778 01:52:08,289 --> 01:52:10,958 AND WE ACHIEVE THIS BY -- WE 2779 01:52:10,958 --> 01:52:12,760 ACHIEVE THIS BY ATTRACTING 2780 01:52:12,760 --> 01:52:14,462 TRAINING, NURTURING AND 2781 01:52:14,462 --> 01:52:17,064 RETAINING TALENTED INDIVIDUALS 2782 01:52:17,064 --> 01:52:18,499 FROM GROUPS UNDERREPRESENTED IN 2783 01:52:18,499 --> 01:52:21,969 THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE. OUR 2784 01:52:21,969 --> 01:52:24,305 EFFORTS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE 2785 01:52:24,305 --> 01:52:26,841 EMPOWERING ALL OF THE NATIONAL 2786 01:52:26,841 --> 01:52:28,643 CANCER PLANS, OPTIMIZING THE 2787 01:52:28,643 --> 01:52:32,013 WORKFORCE BY ENGAGING EVERY 2788 01:52:32,013 --> 01:52:33,014 PERSON AND ELIMINATING 2789 01:52:33,014 --> 01:52:43,057 INEQUALITYINGS -- INEQUALITIES. 2790 01:52:43,057 --> 01:52:45,960 OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM IS THE CURE 2791 01:52:45,960 --> 01:52:48,663 PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO SUPPORT A 2792 01:52:48,663 --> 01:52:52,266 CONTINUUM OF COMPETITIVE FUNDING 2793 01:52:52,266 --> 01:52:55,202 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS 2794 01:52:55,202 --> 01:52:57,972 FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH 2795 01:52:57,972 --> 01:52:58,339 INVESTIGATORS. 2796 01:52:58,339 --> 01:53:02,743 LAUNCHED AROUND 25 YEARS AGO, 2797 01:53:02,743 --> 01:53:05,212 CURE HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS 2798 01:53:05,212 --> 01:53:06,814 AND INCLUDES BOTH INSTITUTIONAL 2799 01:53:06,814 --> 01:53:08,449 AND INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS AS LISTED 2800 01:53:08,449 --> 01:53:13,921 IN THIS SLIDE. CURE IS THE 2801 01:53:13,921 --> 01:53:16,190 PROGRAM THAT GOES BEYOND THE 2802 01:53:16,190 --> 01:53:17,625 FUNDING MECHANISM. IT'S ABOUT 2803 01:53:17,625 --> 01:53:20,428 CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF 2804 01:53:20,428 --> 01:53:23,464 EXCELLENCE. CREATING A PATHWAY 2805 01:53:23,464 --> 01:53:26,534 FOR PROGRESS AND FOR A SENSE OF 2806 01:53:26,534 --> 01:53:28,669 BELONGING AND COMMUNITY AMONG 2807 01:53:28,669 --> 01:53:32,907 THE TRAINEES AND INVESTIGATORS. 2808 01:53:32,907 --> 01:53:36,243 A HOLISTIC APPROACH INCLUDES 2809 01:53:36,243 --> 01:53:37,044 ENHANCED PROFESSIONAL 2810 01:53:37,044 --> 01:53:37,978 DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES SUCH 2811 01:53:37,978 --> 01:53:41,649 AS MENTOR REVIEW, PROFESSIONAL 2812 01:53:41,649 --> 01:53:46,187 WORKSHOPS, PEER MENTORING AND 2813 01:53:46,187 --> 01:53:46,587 TRA 2814 01:53:46,587 --> 01:53:48,889 TRAINING NAVIGATIONS. IN THE 2815 01:53:48,889 --> 01:53:49,724 FOLLOWING SLIDESLY SHARE WITH 2816 01:53:49,724 --> 01:53:52,193 YOU THE PURPOSE OF EACH 2817 01:53:52,193 --> 01:53:54,328 MECHANISM WITHIN THE CURE 2818 01:53:54,328 --> 01:53:55,963 PATHWAY AND TRENDS THAT WE HAVE 2819 01:53:55,963 --> 01:54:04,505 SEEN IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. THE 2820 01:54:04,505 --> 01:54:06,807 FIRST PROGRAM WITHIN THE CURE IS 2821 01:54:06,807 --> 01:54:09,810 PROGRAM TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY. 2822 01:54:09,810 --> 01:54:13,280 THIS PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO 2823 01:54:13,280 --> 01:54:15,616 TRAIN AND DEVELOP THE CAREER 2824 01:54:15,616 --> 01:54:16,283 DEVELOPMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM 2825 01:54:16,283 --> 01:54:19,754 HIGH SCHOOL TO EARLIER STAGE 2826 01:54:19,754 --> 01:54:21,222 INVESTIGATOR LEVELS. THE 2827 01:54:21,222 --> 01:54:24,892 SUPPLEMENTS OFTEN SERVE AS THE 2828 01:54:24,892 --> 01:54:27,528 GATEWAY FOR INVESTIGATORS TO 2829 01:54:27,528 --> 01:54:31,599 ENTER THE NCI RESEARCH 2830 01:54:31,599 --> 01:54:32,266 COMMUNITY. WHEN LOOKING AT THIS 2831 01:54:32,266 --> 01:54:36,570 SLIDE AND A FEW SLIDES THAT ARE 2832 01:54:36,570 --> 01:54:38,339 COMING, NOTE THAT THE ACCESS ON 2833 01:54:38,339 --> 01:54:41,542 THE LEFT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF 2834 01:54:41,542 --> 01:54:45,746 INVOLVED AND THE AXIS ON THE 2835 01:54:45,746 --> 01:54:47,882 RIGHT IS THE BUDGET. THE BLACK 2836 01:54:47,882 --> 01:54:48,916 LINE INDICATES THE NUMBER OF 2837 01:54:48,916 --> 01:54:52,720 APPLICATIONS WE RECEIVED AND THE 2838 01:54:52,720 --> 01:54:54,622 RED LINE SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE 2839 01:54:54,622 --> 01:54:55,923 MADE. 2840 01:54:55,923 --> 01:54:59,126 AS SHOWN IN THIS SLIDE, IN THIS 2841 01:54:59,126 --> 01:55:00,895 GRAPH, THE INTEREST HAS GROWN 2842 01:55:00,895 --> 01:55:02,797 SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS YEAR, WE 2843 01:55:02,797 --> 01:55:09,069 RECEIVE 28ED 0 DIVERSE 2844 01:55:09,069 --> 01:55:09,637 SUPPLEMENTS. 2845 01:55:09,637 --> 01:55:13,774 THE NEXT PROGRAM WITHIN THE CURE 2846 01:55:13,774 --> 01:55:18,312 IS F31 DIVERSITY. IS A 2847 01:55:18,312 --> 01:55:19,413 FELLOWSHIP DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT 2848 01:55:19,413 --> 01:55:23,117 TRAINING LEADING TO A PH.D. OR A 2849 01:55:23,117 --> 01:55:25,986 DUAL DEGREE AS AN M.D./PH.D. WE 2850 01:55:25,986 --> 01:55:27,988 HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE 2851 01:55:27,988 --> 01:55:34,228 NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED 2852 01:55:34,228 --> 01:55:39,700 FROM 91 TO 103. THE GREEN LINE 2853 01:55:39,700 --> 01:55:41,702 HERE SHOWS THE APPLICATION 2854 01:55:41,702 --> 01:55:44,738 RECEIVED THE HIGH SCORE 10-30 AS 2855 01:55:44,738 --> 01:55:46,240 YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE NOT BEEN 2856 01:55:46,240 --> 01:55:49,844 ABLE TO SUPPORT ALL THE 2857 01:55:49,844 --> 01:55:54,248 APPLICATIONS DUE TO THE BUDGET, 2858 01:55:54,248 --> 01:55:57,484 THE FLAT BUDGETS. THE CAREER 2859 01:55:57,484 --> 01:56:00,654 DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO INCLUDES 2860 01:56:00,654 --> 01:56:04,458 THREE MECHANISMS. AGAIN, SINCE 2861 01:56:04,458 --> 01:56:05,826 2015, IT HAS BEEN NEARLY AN 2862 01:56:05,826 --> 01:56:10,698 INCREASE 21% IN THE NUMBER OF 2863 01:56:10,698 --> 01:56:14,134 APPLICATION RECEIVED. AND A 2864 01:56:14,134 --> 01:56:17,571 RECENT PORTFOLIO ANALYZERS OF 2865 01:56:17,571 --> 01:56:26,313 THIS PROGRAM SHOWS THAT 36% ARE 2866 01:56:26,313 --> 01:56:28,916 WON AFTER ENDED. MENTIONED THE 2867 01:56:28,916 --> 01:56:31,085 HIGHEST INCREASE FOR THE K 2868 01:56:31,085 --> 01:56:33,487 APPLICANT WAS THE K 08 WHICH IS 2869 01:56:33,487 --> 01:56:34,889 FOR CLINICIAN SCIENTIST THAT 2870 01:56:34,889 --> 01:56:37,491 SHOWS THE THE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH 2871 01:56:37,491 --> 01:56:40,561 IN THE PORTFOLIO. 2872 01:56:40,561 --> 01:56:44,598 AND IT HAS BEEN WORKED SINCE 2873 01:56:44,598 --> 01:56:46,934 2018. THE CENTER ALSO SUPPORTS 2874 01:56:46,934 --> 01:56:47,835 IN COLLABORATION WITH THE 2875 01:56:47,835 --> 01:56:49,703 ADDITIONAL CANCER BIOLOGIC. THE 2876 01:56:49,703 --> 01:56:57,778 PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO 2877 01:56:57,778 --> 01:56:59,747 ASSIST AND HELP NEW 2878 01:56:59,747 --> 01:57:00,814 INVESTIGATORS THAT MAY NEED 2879 01:57:00,814 --> 01:57:03,384 EXTRA TIME OR SUPPORT TO DEVELOP 2880 01:57:03,384 --> 01:57:05,552 A LARGER RESEARCH PROJECT GRANT 2881 01:57:05,552 --> 01:57:08,289 AS R 01. 2882 01:57:08,289 --> 01:57:11,325 WE HAVE DECREASED THE NUMBER OF 2883 01:57:11,325 --> 01:57:13,060 APPLICATIONS OVER THE YEARS AND 2884 01:57:13,060 --> 01:57:16,163 IT IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE 2885 01:57:16,163 --> 01:57:18,232 COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT AND 2886 01:57:18,232 --> 01:57:19,900 STRINGENT PAY LINE WHICH IS 2887 01:57:19,900 --> 01:57:22,236 AROUND 10 THIS YEAR OR LAST 2888 01:57:22,236 --> 01:57:24,838 YEAR. ANOTHER FLAGSHIP PROGRAM 2889 01:57:24,838 --> 01:57:30,477 THAT WE SUPPORT IS THE R 25 2890 01:57:30,477 --> 01:57:32,680 SCIENCE OR YES PROGRAM. THAT 2891 01:57:32,680 --> 01:57:35,215 WAS TALKED ABOUT IN A VISIT TO 2892 01:57:35,215 --> 01:57:36,717 CHICAGO. THIS PROGRAM 2893 01:57:36,717 --> 01:57:40,554 INITIATED -- STARTED IN 2017, 2894 01:57:40,554 --> 01:57:42,589 ENGAGES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH 2895 01:57:42,589 --> 01:57:43,757 SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE 2896 01:57:43,757 --> 01:57:47,695 STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS. 2897 01:57:47,695 --> 01:57:50,664 WITH RESEARCH EXPERIENCES. OUTD 2898 01:57:50,664 --> 01:57:52,800 REACH ACTIVITIES AND CURRICULUM 2899 01:57:52,800 --> 01:57:55,602 DEVELOPMENT. SINCE ITS 2900 01:57:55,602 --> 01:57:59,673 INCEPTION AROUND 2500 HAVE 2901 01:57:59,673 --> 01:58:02,676 PARTICIPATED IN THESE ACTIVITIES 2902 01:58:02,676 --> 01:58:04,478 CURRENTLY WE HAVE 24 ACTIVE OR 2903 01:58:04,478 --> 01:58:06,080 25 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CHICAGO 2904 01:58:06,080 --> 01:58:08,349 IS ONE OF THEM. 2905 01:58:08,349 --> 01:58:11,185 AND TWO OF THEM ARE SUPPORTED BY 2906 01:58:11,185 --> 01:58:16,757 OTHER ICS THAN NCI FOR FUNDING. 2907 01:58:16,757 --> 01:58:20,561 THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A GLIMPSE 2908 01:58:20,561 --> 01:58:22,763 INTO DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE CURE 2909 01:58:22,763 --> 01:58:24,431 PORTFOLIO. AS YOU CAN SEE ON 2910 01:58:24,431 --> 01:58:25,799 THE PIE CHART, AROUND THE PIE 2911 01:58:25,799 --> 01:58:30,404 CHARTS ON THE TOP, THE MAJORITY 2912 01:58:30,404 --> 01:58:33,841 OF THIS ARE AFRICAN AMERICANS, 2913 01:58:33,841 --> 01:58:35,709 34% AND LATINOS. BUT SOME OF 2914 01:58:35,709 --> 01:58:39,013 OUR PROGRAMS SUCH AS R 25 HAVE A 2915 01:58:39,013 --> 01:58:40,614 SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATION FROM 2916 01:58:40,614 --> 01:58:42,916 OTHER GROUPS INCLUDING AMERICAN 2917 01:58:42,916 --> 01:58:46,420 INDIAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE. 14% 2918 01:58:46,420 --> 01:58:53,127 FOR THE 25 YEARS AND THEN WE 2919 01:58:53,127 --> 01:58:56,830 HAVE THE RURAL AREAS. IN TERMS 2920 01:58:56,830 --> 01:59:00,768 OF RESEARCH A LARGE PORTION IS 2921 01:59:00,768 --> 01:59:02,803 BASIC CANCER, FOLLOWED BY SOCIAL 2922 01:59:02,803 --> 01:59:06,273 AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AT 18%. 2923 01:59:06,273 --> 01:59:08,809 AND TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL 2924 01:59:08,809 --> 01:59:12,913 AT 17 AND 6% RESPECTIVELY. LESS 2925 01:59:12,913 --> 01:59:18,685 THAN 20% OF THE CURE PORTFOLIO 2926 01:59:18,685 --> 01:59:21,321 IS FOCUSED ON CANCER HEALTH 2927 01:59:21,321 --> 01:59:24,158 DISPARITIES AND AS TRENDS SHOWS 2928 01:59:24,158 --> 01:59:26,360 CURE CONTINUE TO ATTRACT A 2929 01:59:26,360 --> 01:59:28,062 DIVERSE POOL OF COMPETITIVE 2930 01:59:28,062 --> 01:59:29,997 RESEARCHERS AND PHYSICIAN 2931 01:59:29,997 --> 01:59:32,232 SCIENTISTS. THIS COMPARES THE 2932 01:59:32,232 --> 01:59:33,367 APPLICATION RECEIVED AND ALL 2933 01:59:33,367 --> 01:59:37,004 THAT WE HAVE MADE IN 2023 AND 2934 01:59:37,004 --> 01:59:39,173 2024. THE LAST TWO YEARS. AS 2935 01:59:39,173 --> 01:59:43,210 YOU CAN SEE, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS 2936 01:59:43,210 --> 01:59:48,015 EXCEPT R 25, R 21 HAVE INCREASED 2937 01:59:48,015 --> 01:59:50,017 IN APPLICATION BUT WE HAVE NOT 2938 01:59:50,017 --> 01:59:51,685 BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT THE 2939 01:59:51,685 --> 01:59:52,786 APPLICATION. USUALLY THE BUDGET 2940 01:59:52,786 --> 01:59:55,355 SCENARIOS. AND WITH THAT, I 2941 01:59:55,355 --> 01:59:56,890 WILL HAND IT OVER TO THE 2942 01:59:56,890 --> 02:00:06,166 CO-COUNSEL LOR, THANK YOU. 2943 02:00:06,166 --> 02:00:07,234 >> GOOD MORNING, I WILL WRAP IT 2944 02:00:07,234 --> 02:00:13,574 UP WITH TWO SLIDES. IN 2018 THE 2945 02:00:13,574 --> 02:00:16,243 INTERMURAL WAS LAUNCHED THIS 2946 02:00:16,243 --> 02:00:17,644 PROGRAM SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS TO 2947 02:00:17,644 --> 02:00:19,313 COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS 2948 02:00:19,313 --> 02:00:22,049 TO COME TO THE NCI AND WORK WITH 2949 02:00:22,049 --> 02:00:23,383 INVESTIGATORS WITHIN THE NCI. 2950 02:00:23,383 --> 02:00:25,052 NOT ONLY DO WE FOCUS ON MATCHING 2951 02:00:25,052 --> 02:00:26,887 THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE RESEARCH 2952 02:00:26,887 --> 02:00:29,423 MENTORS WITHIN THE NCI RESEARCH 2953 02:00:29,423 --> 02:00:30,390 ENTERPRISE BUT ALSO SUPPORTING 2954 02:00:30,390 --> 02:00:31,525 THEM IN THEIR CAREER DEVELOPMENT 2955 02:00:31,525 --> 02:00:33,227 BY MATCHING THEM WITH MENTORS 2956 02:00:33,227 --> 02:00:34,461 OUTSIDE THEIR RESEARCH GROUPS 2957 02:00:34,461 --> 02:00:37,397 AND PEER MENTOR TO SUPPORT THEM 2958 02:00:37,397 --> 02:00:38,899 AS WELL. OVER THIS -- OVER 2959 02:00:38,899 --> 02:00:40,901 SEVEN COHORTS WE HAVE SUPPORTED 2960 02:00:40,901 --> 02:00:43,003 106 SCHOLARS, NOTABLY TEN OF 2961 02:00:43,003 --> 02:00:44,905 THEM ARE ONBOARDING THIS WEEK AS 2962 02:00:44,905 --> 02:00:50,911 WE SPEAK AND THIS INCLUDES 2963 02:00:50,911 --> 02:00:52,446 POSTDOCS. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY 2964 02:00:52,446 --> 02:00:54,181 AND PROUDLY INCREASED THE NUMBER 2965 02:00:54,181 --> 02:00:57,217 OF AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC 2966 02:00:57,217 --> 02:00:59,386 AS WELL AS NATIVE HAWAIIAN 2967 02:00:59,386 --> 02:01:02,222 FELLOWS WITHIN THE NCI PROGRAM 2968 02:01:02,222 --> 02:01:03,524 BASED OFF OF AN ANALYSIS 2969 02:01:03,524 --> 02:01:04,625 SPANNING FIVE YEARS SO WE'RE 2970 02:01:04,625 --> 02:01:05,792 VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM AND 2971 02:01:05,792 --> 02:01:12,833 THE SCHOLARS THAT WE SUPPORT. 2972 02:01:12,833 --> 02:01:15,202 NOW THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A STRAY 2973 02:01:15,202 --> 02:01:18,105 BUT THE FACULTY RECRUITMENT WERE 2974 02:01:18,105 --> 02:01:23,143 THE FIRST PROGRAM WAS AN NIH 2975 02:01:23,143 --> 02:01:24,578 PROGRAM. IT PARALLEL TO THE 2976 02:01:24,578 --> 02:01:26,146 CURE PROGRAM IT IS A HOLISTIC 2977 02:01:26,146 --> 02:01:28,615 PROGRAM. THAT THE NCI IS 2978 02:01:28,615 --> 02:01:30,217 RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING, 2979 02:01:30,217 --> 02:01:31,385 PARTICULARLY THE FACULTY COHORT 2980 02:01:31,385 --> 02:01:33,820 PROGRAM ASPECT OF THIS. WHICH 2981 02:01:33,820 --> 02:01:35,489 THE THREE GOALS OF THOSE 2982 02:01:35,489 --> 02:01:36,924 PROGRAMS ARE TO ADDRESS CULTURE 2983 02:01:36,924 --> 02:01:38,792 WITHIN THE INSTITUTIONS THAT 2984 02:01:38,792 --> 02:01:40,894 WERE FUNDED AND RECRUIT DIVERSE 2985 02:01:40,894 --> 02:01:42,963 COHORTS OF FUK AND PROVIDE 2986 02:01:42,963 --> 02:01:43,864 FACULTY WITH AN ENVIRONMENT OF 2987 02:01:43,864 --> 02:01:45,432 SUPPORT THAT ACCELERATES THEIR 2988 02:01:45,432 --> 02:01:47,534 CAREER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ESIS 2989 02:01:47,534 --> 02:01:50,304 IN WHICH THE INSTITUTIONS ARE 2990 02:01:50,304 --> 02:01:52,739 PROVIDING THEM WITH MENTORSHIP, 2991 02:01:52,739 --> 02:01:55,275 LOOKING AT POLICY TO CHANGE THE 2992 02:01:55,275 --> 02:01:56,710 OVERALL CULTURE AND CATALYZE 2993 02:01:56,710 --> 02:01:59,413 CHANGE IN THE LONG TERM FOR 2994 02:01:59,413 --> 02:02:00,581 SUPPORTING THE FACULTY NOT ONLY 2995 02:02:00,581 --> 02:02:02,316 THOSE RECRUITED IN THE PROGRAMS 2996 02:02:02,316 --> 02:02:04,985 BUT GOING FORWARD. OF THE 181 2997 02:02:04,985 --> 02:02:06,420 FACULTY THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE 2998 02:02:06,420 --> 02:02:07,688 ONBOARDED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS 2999 02:02:07,688 --> 02:02:09,990 25 OF THEM, A MINIMUM OF 25 WILL 3000 02:02:09,990 --> 02:02:12,226 BE CANCER AND TO DATE, 15 3001 02:02:12,226 --> 02:02:13,427 FACULTY HAVE BEEN RECRUITED THAT 3002 02:02:13,427 --> 02:02:14,995 HAVE A CANCER FOCUS IN THEIR 3003 02:02:14,995 --> 02:02:17,231 RESEARCH AND WE HOPE TO 3004 02:02:17,231 --> 02:02:19,066 COLLABORATE WITH THEM AND WORK 3005 02:02:19,066 --> 02:02:20,601 WITH THEM TO CONNECT THEM SO 3006 02:02:20,601 --> 02:02:22,035 THAT WE SEE THEM IN OUR LONG 3007 02:02:22,035 --> 02:02:24,905 POOL IN THE FUTURE. AND SO WITH 3008 02:02:24,905 --> 02:02:26,940 THAT, I WILL SAY THANK YOU ON 3009 02:02:26,940 --> 02:02:28,909 BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE FELLOW 3010 02:02:28,909 --> 02:02:37,618 SPEAKERS TODAY. WE APPRECIATE 3011 02:02:37,618 --> 02:02:38,452 YOUR THIE 3012 02:02:38,452 --> 02:02:39,119 TIME AND WE APPRECIATE WE GAVE 3013 02:02:39,119 --> 02:02:42,222 YOU A LOT OF CONTENT: THANK YOU. 3014 02:02:42,222 --> 02:02:42,856 >> THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU, 3015 02:02:42,856 --> 02:02:44,891 ALL, FOR THAT WONDERFUL 3016 02:02:44,891 --> 02:02:53,533 PRESENTATION. WE HAVE AMPLE 3017 02:02:53,533 --> 02:02:54,534 TIME FOR DISCUSSION. 3018 02:02:54,534 --> 02:02:56,203 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE 3019 02:02:56,203 --> 02:02:57,537 PRESENTATIONS. IT'S REALLY 3020 02:02:57,537 --> 02:03:00,707 WONDERFUL TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF 3021 02:03:00,707 --> 02:03:05,412 THE SUPPORT THAT'S GOING ONTO 3022 02:03:05,412 --> 02:03:09,349 BRING IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF 3023 02:03:09,349 --> 02:03:11,251 RESEARCHERS. I LOVE THE 3024 02:03:11,251 --> 02:03:12,085 PROGRAMS. SOMETIMES I WORRY 3025 02:03:12,085 --> 02:03:14,321 WHEN YOU SEPARATE A POOL OF 3026 02:03:14,321 --> 02:03:16,790 APPLICANTS IT ABSOLVES THE 3027 02:03:16,790 --> 02:03:18,625 GREATER GOOD OR THE LARGER 3028 02:03:18,625 --> 02:03:20,093 PROGRAMS FROM REALLY DISCUSSING 3029 02:03:20,093 --> 02:03:22,496 AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS BEING 3030 02:03:22,496 --> 02:03:25,966 DONE TO DIVERSIFY SO DR. BOWING 3031 02:03:25,966 --> 02:03:26,733 HER I DON'T RECALL YOU 3032 02:03:26,733 --> 02:03:28,302 MENTIONING AT ALL THE DIVERSITY 3033 02:03:28,302 --> 02:03:34,408 OF THE RECIPIENTS. AND ALSO 3034 02:03:34,408 --> 02:03:36,910 IT'D BE GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE 3035 02:03:36,910 --> 02:03:39,746 DIVERSITY OF THE APPLICANTS. IT 3036 02:03:39,746 --> 02:03:41,348 WOULD BE GREAT TO TALK ABOUT THE 3037 02:03:41,348 --> 02:03:45,452 DIVERSITY OF INSTITUTIONS. IF 3038 02:03:45,452 --> 02:03:47,187 YOU CAN PLEASE SPEAK TO THAT 3039 02:03:47,187 --> 02:03:48,388 THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 3040 02:03:48,388 --> 02:03:49,923 >> IT'S A CONCERN AND WE DO 3041 02:03:49,923 --> 02:03:50,991 SEPARATE THESE TWO THINGS BUT WE 3042 02:03:50,991 --> 02:03:52,592 ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO BRING 3043 02:03:52,592 --> 02:03:54,728 MORE OF THESE IDEAS INTO MY 3044 02:03:54,728 --> 02:03:57,731 PORTFOLIO AS COMPARED TO 3045 02:03:57,731 --> 02:03:58,865 MARISSA'S PORTFOLIO. THE -- SO 3046 02:03:58,865 --> 02:04:00,767 WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA. 3047 02:04:00,767 --> 02:04:02,469 THESE DATA ARE NOT AS EASY TO 3048 02:04:02,469 --> 02:04:04,137 GET AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE. WE 3049 02:04:04,137 --> 02:04:06,573 DID PUBLISH THE K99 DATA AND THE 3050 02:04:06,573 --> 02:04:08,675 NUMBERS ARE NOT ENCOURAGING THE 3051 02:04:08,675 --> 02:04:10,410 REPRESENTATION OF MY NOORTS IS 3052 02:04:10,410 --> 02:04:11,144 NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE. AND SO 3053 02:04:11,144 --> 02:04:12,579 ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT'S 3054 02:04:12,579 --> 02:04:14,281 HAPPENING AT THE MOMENT IS HOW 3055 02:04:14,281 --> 02:04:17,451 DO WE ADDRESS IT WITHIN THE NCI, 3056 02:04:17,451 --> 02:04:18,752 RIGHT? AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT 3057 02:04:18,752 --> 02:04:20,387 MORE OF WHAT THOSE MIGHT LOOK 3058 02:04:20,387 --> 02:04:21,988 LIKE. INSTITUTIONAL DIVERSITY 3059 02:04:21,988 --> 02:04:23,657 IS ALSO A CHALLENGE. WHEN YOU 3060 02:04:23,657 --> 02:04:28,895 LOOK AT THE DATA WE KNOW THAT 3061 02:04:28,895 --> 02:04:31,965 THE BIGGEST INSTITUTION CONSUME 3062 02:04:31,965 --> 02:04:34,434 THE MOST RESOURCES. WE HAVE A 3063 02:04:34,434 --> 02:04:35,402 HANDFUL OF INSTITUTIONS THAT 3064 02:04:35,402 --> 02:04:38,705 HAVE SIX OR MORE T32S FROM THE 3065 02:04:38,705 --> 02:04:39,973 NCI. THAT IS A CONCERN. I 3066 02:04:39,973 --> 02:04:43,176 THINK THAT'S A LOT. AND I THINK 3067 02:04:43,176 --> 02:04:44,010 THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 3068 02:04:44,010 --> 02:04:46,213 BROADENING THAT OUT. WE HAVE 3069 02:04:46,213 --> 02:04:47,781 ONE MECHANISM WHICH IS 3070 02:04:47,781 --> 02:04:49,983 INSTRUCTIVE IN THIS COON TEXT 3071 02:04:49,983 --> 02:04:52,452 WHICH IS OUR F99 MECHANISM 3072 02:04:52,452 --> 02:04:53,687 THAT'S OUR GRAD STUDENT AWARD 3073 02:04:53,687 --> 02:04:56,356 AND THAT AWARD REQUIRES AN 3074 02:04:56,356 --> 02:04:59,626 INSTITUTIONAL NOOM NATION 3075 02:04:59,626 --> 02:05:03,764 MEANING THAT ANY INSTITUTION CAN 3076 02:05:03,764 --> 02:05:05,265 ONLY SUBMIT ONE CANDIDATE AND 3077 02:05:05,265 --> 02:05:07,000 WITH THAT ONE -- WITH THAT AWARD 3078 02:05:07,000 --> 02:05:10,070 WE SEE A MUCH BROADER 3079 02:05:10,070 --> 02:05:10,771 INSTITUTION NALG PARTICIPATION 3080 02:05:10,771 --> 02:05:12,973 THAN WE SEE FLEX WITH THE K99 3081 02:05:12,973 --> 02:05:14,908 AWARD WHICH IS MUCH MORE 3082 02:05:14,908 --> 02:05:18,011 TRADITIONAL OPEN COMPOSITION. 3083 02:05:18,011 --> 02:05:22,215 SO THAT IS STRICT -- INSTRUCTIVE 3084 02:05:22,215 --> 02:05:23,517 TO US. 3085 02:05:23,517 --> 02:05:24,484 WHETHER WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT 3086 02:05:24,484 --> 02:05:26,753 CAPPING THE NUMBER OF GIVEN TYPE 3087 02:05:26,753 --> 02:05:29,122 OF AWARDS TO CERTAIN 3088 02:05:29,122 --> 02:05:30,323 INSTITUTIONS AND SO ON. 3089 02:05:30,323 --> 02:05:30,991 CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS ON 3090 02:05:30,991 --> 02:05:31,958 OUR MINDS. 3091 02:05:31,958 --> 02:05:33,160 >> YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 3092 02:05:33,160 --> 02:05:35,262 THAT RESPONSE AND I DO THINK 3093 02:05:35,262 --> 02:05:37,264 THERE PROBABLY ARE QUITE A FEW 3094 02:05:37,264 --> 02:05:39,065 LESSONS THAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM 3095 02:05:39,065 --> 02:05:40,367 THE WORK THAT THE TEAM IS DOING 3096 02:05:40,367 --> 02:05:42,235 AROUND SUPPORT. I THINK THAT'S 3097 02:05:42,235 --> 02:05:44,137 GREAT. BUT I THINK ALSO THAT -- 3098 02:05:44,137 --> 02:05:46,072 THAT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA TO 3099 02:05:46,072 --> 02:05:48,909 THINK ABOUT CAPPING THE NUMBER 3100 02:05:48,909 --> 02:05:51,812 OF AWARDS AT THESE LARGER 3101 02:05:51,812 --> 02:05:53,046 INSTITUTIONS BECAUSE WE HAD A 3102 02:05:53,046 --> 02:05:53,847 CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT THE 3103 02:05:53,847 --> 02:05:58,151 FACT THAT THE INDIRECTS ARE OUT 3104 02:05:58,151 --> 02:06:02,823 OF OUR CONTROL, RIGHT? 3105 02:06:02,823 --> 02:06:04,024 WHICH REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF 3106 02:06:04,024 --> 02:06:04,724 FUNDS THAT WE CAN DELIVER. YOU 3107 02:06:04,724 --> 02:06:06,293 LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF AWARDS 3108 02:06:06,293 --> 02:06:08,328 THAT ARE GIVEN TO THOSE 3109 02:06:08,328 --> 02:06:10,063 INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE VERY HIGH 3110 02:06:10,063 --> 02:06:11,364 ENDOWMENTS. THEY HAVE THE 3111 02:06:11,364 --> 02:06:12,666 INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY HAVE THE 3112 02:06:12,666 --> 02:06:13,633 HOUSE. THEY HAVE THE STOVE 3113 02:06:13,633 --> 02:06:15,836 ALREADY. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT 3114 02:06:15,836 --> 02:06:18,605 WE POTENTIALLY CAN START TO 3115 02:06:18,605 --> 02:06:19,840 DISSEMINATE BROADLY, MORE 3116 02:06:19,840 --> 02:06:21,608 BROADLY SO WE CAN START TO BUILD 3117 02:06:21,608 --> 02:06:23,210 AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO OTHER 3118 02:06:23,210 --> 02:06:24,244 INSTITUTIONS. 3119 02:06:24,244 --> 02:06:27,747 >> THE T32 IS ALSO -- HAS ITS -- 3120 02:06:27,747 --> 02:06:30,250 AN ASPECT TO IT THAT IS NOT THE 3121 02:06:30,250 --> 02:06:31,718 INTENTION WHICH IS PEOPLE FEEL 3122 02:06:31,718 --> 02:06:35,222 PARTICULARLY AS THEY TRY TO WORK 3123 02:06:35,222 --> 02:06:36,656 TOWARDS A CANCER CENTER IS 3124 02:06:36,656 --> 02:06:37,624 THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S 3125 02:06:37,624 --> 02:06:39,059 FORMALLY SAID. THAT'S SOMETHING 3126 02:06:39,059 --> 02:06:43,230 THE COMMUNITY REFLECTS SO YOU 3127 02:06:43,230 --> 02:06:44,698 COULD ARGUE IF YOU'VE BEEN IN A 3128 02:06:44,698 --> 02:06:48,134 CANCER CENTER FOR X NUMBER OF 3129 02:06:48,134 --> 02:06:49,870 DECADES MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED 3130 02:06:49,870 --> 02:06:51,438 THOSE AS MANY ANYMORE. I HEAR 3131 02:06:51,438 --> 02:06:56,343 YOU ON THAT. 3132 02:06:56,343 --> 02:06:58,778 >> THANKS. DR. HAYES. 3133 02:06:58,778 --> 02:07:01,648 >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE 3134 02:07:01,648 --> 02:07:03,583 K99 AWARDS. YOU SHOWED SOME 3135 02:07:03,583 --> 02:07:06,653 DATA ABOUT TRANSITIONING TO R 3136 02:07:06,653 --> 02:07:08,889 AWARDS FROM THE K99 AND SOME OF 3137 02:07:08,889 --> 02:07:11,191 THE APPLICANTS THAT, YOU KNOW, 3138 02:07:11,191 --> 02:07:12,926 IS A REDUCTION FROM THE NUMBER 3139 02:07:12,926 --> 02:07:16,596 WHO RECEIVED THE K99. DO WE 3140 02:07:16,596 --> 02:07:19,165 HAVE ANY DATA ON WHAT HAPPENS TO 3141 02:07:19,165 --> 02:07:23,603 THEM OTHERWISE? WHAT I MANE IS, 3142 02:07:23,603 --> 02:07:25,972 -- MEAN IS, THOSE FOLKS ARE 3143 02:07:25,972 --> 02:07:26,673 RECRUITABLE. 3144 02:07:26,673 --> 02:07:29,543 THAT'S THE ONES YOU WANT IN YOUR 3145 02:07:29,543 --> 02:07:31,244 INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE -- BEEN 3146 02:07:31,244 --> 02:07:33,647 GIVEN THE K99. AND NOT TO SAY 3147 02:07:33,647 --> 02:07:35,181 ANYTHING POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE 3148 02:07:35,181 --> 02:07:36,917 BUT SOME OF THOSE PERSONS ARE 3149 02:07:36,917 --> 02:07:40,921 GOING INTO INDUSTRY AND ARE NOT 3150 02:07:40,921 --> 02:07:42,589 TRANSITIONING TO R AWARDS 3151 02:07:42,589 --> 02:07:44,724 BECAUSE THEY'VE TAKE AN JOB THAT 3152 02:07:44,724 --> 02:07:45,425 DOESN'T REQUIRE GRANT SUPPORT. 3153 02:07:45,425 --> 02:07:48,895 IS THERE A WAY TO SEE HOW MANY 3154 02:07:48,895 --> 02:07:50,864 OVER TIME ARE TRANSITIONING TO 3155 02:07:50,864 --> 02:07:53,033 NON GRANT SUPPORTED POSITIONS AS 3156 02:07:53,033 --> 02:07:54,768 OPPOSED TO GRANT SUPPORTED 3157 02:07:54,768 --> 02:07:55,101 POSITIONS? 3158 02:07:55,101 --> 02:07:56,570 >> SO IN THE INITIAL TRANSITION 3159 02:07:56,570 --> 02:07:59,906 IS VERY EASY TO ANSWER THAT 3160 02:07:59,906 --> 02:08:02,042 BECAUSE WE OBSERVE IT AND THEY 3161 02:08:02,042 --> 02:08:03,810 DO TRANSITION TO ACADEMIC 3162 02:08:03,810 --> 02:08:04,911 POSITIONS AND THE PORTFOLIO 3163 02:08:04,911 --> 02:08:12,719 WHICH IS MANAGED BY OUR SISTER 3164 02:08:12,719 --> 02:08:14,654 GROUPS. IT'S PROBABLY LESS THAN 3165 02:08:14,654 --> 02:08:16,590 5%. WHEN WE LOOK FURTHER DOWN 3166 02:08:16,590 --> 02:08:17,691 THE LINE WE CAN ACTUALLY OBSERVE 3167 02:08:17,691 --> 02:08:19,526 A SUSTAINED FUNDING IN OUR 3168 02:08:19,526 --> 02:08:20,727 COHORT AND SOME OF THESE DATA 3169 02:08:20,727 --> 02:08:22,762 ARE IN THE PAPER BUT OF COURSE 3170 02:08:22,762 --> 02:08:24,864 THERE IS SOME ATTRITION AS IN 3171 02:08:24,864 --> 02:08:26,433 ANY OF THE, I DON'T WANT TO USE 3172 02:08:26,433 --> 02:08:28,868 THE PIPELINE WORD BUT IN ANY OF 3173 02:08:28,868 --> 02:08:31,204 OUR PATHWAYS. I THINK FOR THIS 3174 02:08:31,204 --> 02:08:32,806 PARTICULAR PATHWAY, THAT 3175 02:08:32,806 --> 02:08:34,407 ATTRITION LEVEL IS SIGNIFICANTLY 3176 02:08:34,407 --> 02:08:37,177 LOWER THAN, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR F32 3177 02:08:37,177 --> 02:08:38,645 PATHWAY OR OTHER PATHWAYS. 3178 02:08:38,645 --> 02:08:40,780 >> OKAY, GOOD, THAT'S MY NEXT 3179 02:08:40,780 --> 02:08:41,047 QUESTION. 3180 02:08:41,047 --> 02:08:43,149 >> WE REALLY SEE THIS AS THE 3181 02:08:43,149 --> 02:08:46,019 COHORT AS OUR PI REPLACEMENT OF 3182 02:08:46,019 --> 02:08:47,420 COHORT PATHWAY. 3183 02:08:47,420 --> 02:08:48,288 >> THANK YOU. 3184 02:08:48,288 --> 02:08:57,697 >> GREAT. ANN, I SEE YOUR HAND. 3185 02:08:57,697 --> 02:09:00,166 PLEASE UNMUTE. 3186 02:09:00,166 --> 02:09:01,468 >> THANK YOU, OLIVER, I DON'T 3187 02:09:01,468 --> 02:09:02,402 REMEMBER I DON'T RECALL OF BEING 3188 02:09:02,402 --> 02:09:04,437 IN THE POSITION THAT WE'VE BEEN 3189 02:09:04,437 --> 02:09:06,840 IN AT THE MOMENT AND WE'RE 3190 02:09:06,840 --> 02:09:08,775 ENTERING AN ERA WHERE WE NEED 3191 02:09:08,775 --> 02:09:11,311 MORE AND MORE YOUNG 3192 02:09:11,311 --> 02:09:12,078 INVESTIGATORS BECAUSE THEY ARE 3193 02:09:12,078 --> 02:09:13,380 MORE IN TUNE WITH THE SCIENCE 3194 02:09:13,380 --> 02:09:14,748 THAT WE HAVE TO DO GOING FORWARD 3195 02:09:14,748 --> 02:09:17,917 AND ESPECIALLY TODAY WE TALK A 3196 02:09:17,917 --> 02:09:19,386 LOT ABOUT THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF 3197 02:09:19,386 --> 02:09:21,588 WHAT IS AI GOING TO BRING TO 3198 02:09:21,588 --> 02:09:23,189 CANCER? UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T 3199 02:09:23,189 --> 02:09:25,258 HAVE THAT MANY TRAINED 3200 02:09:25,258 --> 02:09:27,827 INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY IN A 3201 02:09:27,827 --> 02:09:29,829 WORKFORCE IN THIS SPACE. IN 3202 02:09:29,829 --> 02:09:32,165 CANCER AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 3203 02:09:32,165 --> 02:09:32,932 TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND I 3204 02:09:32,932 --> 02:09:35,669 DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO IT. I 3205 02:09:35,669 --> 02:09:36,970 DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE LAUREN'S GOT 3206 02:09:36,970 --> 02:09:43,243 SOME IDEAS IN THIS REGARD BUT 3207 02:09:43,243 --> 02:09:47,347 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE 3208 02:09:47,347 --> 02:09:48,014 INVESTIGATORS TRULY UNDERSTAND 3209 02:09:48,014 --> 02:09:50,250 WITH VERY SOPHISTICATED 3210 02:09:50,250 --> 02:09:51,117 MATHEMATICS. I DON'T KNOW, WE 3211 02:09:51,117 --> 02:09:53,286 HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO THINK 3212 02:09:53,286 --> 02:09:54,521 ABOUT HERE BUT I THINK WE'RE 3213 02:09:54,521 --> 02:09:56,690 GOING TO NEED SOME REAL EMPHASIS 3214 02:09:56,690 --> 02:09:58,525 HERE ESPECIALLY IN THE NEXT FIVE 3215 02:09:58,525 --> 02:10:00,527 YEARS AND I WAS WONDERING ARE 3216 02:10:00,527 --> 02:10:04,264 WE -- DO WE HAVE A WAY TO PAY 3217 02:10:04,264 --> 02:10:07,434 ATTENTION TO THAT? 3218 02:10:07,434 --> 02:10:09,302 >> I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE A GOOD 3219 02:10:09,302 --> 02:10:11,104 WAY TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT IN 3220 02:10:11,104 --> 02:10:15,041 A HOLISTIC WAY. IT IS ON OUR 3221 02:10:15,041 --> 02:10:16,910 MINDS. THE PODCAST IS ONE OF 3222 02:10:16,910 --> 02:10:18,511 THEM. WE HAD A RECENT EPISODE 3223 02:10:18,511 --> 02:10:20,513 WITH AI AND CANCER RESEARCH. 3224 02:10:20,513 --> 02:10:22,082 WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOUNG PEOPLE 3225 02:10:22,082 --> 02:10:24,918 WHO HAVE MATHEMATICAL BRAINS TO 3226 02:10:24,918 --> 02:10:31,091 THINK OF THEMSELVES AS PEOPLE 3227 02:10:31,091 --> 02:10:34,360 WHO ARE CANCER RESEARCHERS. WE 3228 02:10:34,360 --> 02:10:40,667 WANT TO BRING PEOPLE WITH THOSE 3229 02:10:40,667 --> 02:10:43,103 DISCIPLINES INTO THOSE FIELDS 3230 02:10:43,103 --> 02:10:43,937 AND THOSE MID-CAREER BRINGING 3231 02:10:43,937 --> 02:10:44,904 THOSE PEOPLE INTO OUR FIELDS. 3232 02:10:44,904 --> 02:10:47,640 THERE ARE SOME IDEAS. IT'S NOT 3233 02:10:47,640 --> 02:10:51,010 A GREAT TIME TO LAUNCH NEW 3234 02:10:51,010 --> 02:10:51,978 PROGRAMS BUT CERTAINLY WE HAVE 3235 02:10:51,978 --> 02:10:53,947 THIS ON OUR RADAR AS A REALLY 3236 02:10:53,947 --> 02:10:58,451 IMPORTANT AREA OF INVESTMENT. I 3237 02:10:58,451 --> 02:10:59,452 AGREE, CANCER RESEARCH NEEDS TO 3238 02:10:59,452 --> 02:11:00,820 IMPROVE THE WAY IT COMPETES WITH 3239 02:11:00,820 --> 02:11:03,990 THAT TALENT. WE NEED TO SEE 3240 02:11:03,990 --> 02:11:07,761 OURSELVES MORE LIKE A SILICON 3241 02:11:07,761 --> 02:11:16,269 VALLEY COME -- COMPETING FOR 3242 02:11:16,269 --> 02:11:16,770 THAT TALENT. 3243 02:11:16,770 --> 02:11:19,973 >> THE GOOGLE AND THE MICROSOFTS 3244 02:11:19,973 --> 02:11:23,676 HAVE SIMILAR NEEDS WITH THEIR 3245 02:11:23,676 --> 02:11:25,044 HEALTH CARE AND I THINK WE HAVE 3246 02:11:25,044 --> 02:11:28,715 SUCH A STRONG PARTNER IN THIS 3247 02:11:28,715 --> 02:11:28,948 REGARD. 3248 02:11:28,948 --> 02:11:30,817 >> YES. AND WHAT WE ARE 3249 02:11:30,817 --> 02:11:31,985 DEVELOPING WITH GOOGLE. YES, 3250 02:11:31,985 --> 02:11:33,686 YOU CAN WORK WITH GOOGLE AND 3251 02:11:33,686 --> 02:11:35,622 WORK WITH NCI AT THE SAME TIME. 3252 02:11:35,622 --> 02:11:36,923 THAT IS POSSIBLE. OR WORK IN 3253 02:11:36,923 --> 02:11:39,159 ANY OF THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS 3254 02:11:39,159 --> 02:11:40,894 REPRESENTED BY OUR BOARD. WE 3255 02:11:40,894 --> 02:11:42,395 NEED TO GET THAT MESSAGE IN. 3256 02:11:42,395 --> 02:11:44,130 >> YES. THANK YOU. 3257 02:11:44,130 --> 02:11:45,331 >> AS OLIVER MENTIONED AND TO 3258 02:11:45,331 --> 02:11:47,867 THE QUESTION, I THINK SOMETHING 3259 02:11:47,867 --> 02:11:50,303 THAT WE HAVE TO NOT FORGET IS 3260 02:11:50,303 --> 02:11:52,939 NCI CANNOT DO EVERYTHING. WE 3261 02:11:52,939 --> 02:11:55,308 NEED MORE HELP AND ASSIST FROM 3262 02:11:55,308 --> 02:11:56,910 CANCER CENTERS. THEY HAVE TO 3263 02:11:56,910 --> 02:11:58,411 FOCUS MORE ON THESE PROGRAMS AND 3264 02:11:58,411 --> 02:12:00,480 ALSO FOCUS ON DIVERSIFYING THE 3265 02:12:00,480 --> 02:12:04,717 CANCER FOCUS AND WE ALSO TO 3266 02:12:04,717 --> 02:12:06,085 PARTNER WITH THE -- MAYBE THE 3267 02:12:06,085 --> 02:12:07,854 PRIVATE SECTOR TO FOCUS ON THESE 3268 02:12:07,854 --> 02:12:08,855 AREAS. WE CANNOT DO EVERYTHING 3269 02:12:08,855 --> 02:12:10,323 BY OURSELVES. 3270 02:12:10,323 --> 02:12:12,091 >> YEAH, I THINK A DIFFERENT WAY 3271 02:12:12,091 --> 02:12:13,927 OF THINKING ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF 3272 02:12:13,927 --> 02:12:16,896 SAYING NEW PROGRAMS, MAYBE IT'S 3273 02:12:16,896 --> 02:12:22,068 REBALANCING, RIGHT, THE 3274 02:12:22,068 --> 02:12:22,335 PORTFOLIO. 3275 02:12:22,335 --> 02:12:24,270 >> THANK YOU FOR THESE WONDERFUL 3276 02:12:24,270 --> 02:12:26,439 PRESENTATIONS. THIS IS AN AREA 3277 02:12:26,439 --> 02:12:30,276 NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. THE 3278 02:12:30,276 --> 02:12:31,144 CURRENT LANDSCAPE IS A LITTLE 3279 02:12:31,144 --> 02:12:32,645 BIT FRIGHTENING FOR DIVERSITY. 3280 02:12:32,645 --> 02:12:34,247 I WILL SAY THAT THE WORK THAT 3281 02:12:34,247 --> 02:12:36,082 YOU'RE DOING IS VERY HEARTENING 3282 02:12:36,082 --> 02:12:38,284 IN THAT WAY, SEE THAT THE NIH IS 3283 02:12:38,284 --> 02:12:42,222 INTERESTED IN THIS AREA. AND I 3284 02:12:42,222 --> 02:12:45,525 USED NIH'S INTEREST IN DIVERSITY 3285 02:12:45,525 --> 02:12:49,262 AS A FLAG I FLY IN A WAY THAT 3286 02:12:49,262 --> 02:12:52,866 YOU CAN SAY THAT DIVERSITY HAS A 3287 02:12:52,866 --> 02:12:53,733 SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE AND 3288 02:12:53,733 --> 02:12:55,735 IS IMPORTANT TO OUR NATION AND 3289 02:12:55,735 --> 02:12:57,303 SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE MUST 3290 02:12:57,303 --> 02:12:58,805 PURSUE IN ORDER TO BE 3291 02:12:58,805 --> 02:13:01,207 SUCCESSFUL. AND SO, AGAIN, VERY 3292 02:13:01,207 --> 02:13:02,175 HEARTENED BY THE COMMITMENT 3293 02:13:02,175 --> 02:13:04,210 THAT'S THERE. THAT SAID, I 3294 02:13:04,210 --> 02:13:05,345 GUESS I HAVE TO ISSUE THIS 3295 02:13:05,345 --> 02:13:07,080 CHALLENGE IN THE SENSE THAT I'M 3296 02:13:07,080 --> 02:13:08,915 AT INSTITUTIONS, WE ALL SEE 3297 02:13:08,915 --> 02:13:10,750 INSTITUTIONS NATIONALLY 3298 02:13:10,750 --> 02:13:11,417 INCLUDING OUR INDUSTRIAL 3299 02:13:11,417 --> 02:13:12,886 PARTNERS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 3300 02:13:12,886 --> 02:13:14,821 GOOGLES AND THE MICROSOFTS, ET 3301 02:13:14,821 --> 02:13:18,658 CETERA, WHO ARE MOVING AWAY VERY 3302 02:13:18,658 --> 02:13:23,363 QUICKLY AND VERY DISHEARTENING 3303 02:13:23,363 --> 02:13:24,898 THAT DIVERSITY IS VALUABLE AND 3304 02:13:24,898 --> 02:13:26,799 HAS A BUSINESS CASE AND IS 3305 02:13:26,799 --> 02:13:28,368 SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE PURSUING 3306 02:13:28,368 --> 02:13:29,669 NOT ONLY FOR THAT BUSINESS CASE 3307 02:13:29,669 --> 02:13:32,138 BUT ALSO THAT EQUITY. SO I 3308 02:13:32,138 --> 02:13:35,141 GUESS MOVING TO THE QUESTION, 3309 02:13:35,141 --> 02:13:36,542 KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT 3310 02:13:36,542 --> 02:13:37,810 DR. WING FIELD WAS, I THINK 3311 02:13:37,810 --> 02:13:39,779 THERE'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 3312 02:13:39,779 --> 02:13:43,683 THAT WE DO TRACK THESE DIVERSITY 3313 02:13:43,683 --> 02:13:44,284 STATIS 3314 02:13:44,284 --> 02:13:44,851 STATISTICS. I THINK IT'S 3315 02:13:44,851 --> 02:13:45,785 IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO 3316 02:13:45,785 --> 02:13:48,988 CARVE OUT WITH THE NIH'S AGAIN, 3317 02:13:48,988 --> 02:13:50,757 VERY SCIENTIFICALLY SUPPORTED 3318 02:13:50,757 --> 02:13:52,292 INTEREST AND DIVERSITY, MAKE 3319 02:13:52,292 --> 02:13:57,230 SURE OUR K99S DO HAVE DIVERSITY 3320 02:13:57,230 --> 02:13:58,765 STATISTICS AND SHOW WHAT THE 3321 02:13:58,765 --> 02:14:00,400 SUCCESSES OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS 3322 02:14:00,400 --> 02:14:03,069 ARE BECAUSE AS OUR COUNTRY 3323 02:14:03,069 --> 02:14:09,342 CONTINUES TO DIVERSIFY IF WE DO 3324 02:14:09,342 --> 02:14:12,946 NOT BRING EVERYBODY TO BRAER 3325 02:14:12,946 --> 02:14:15,348 BEAR WE WILL MISS SOME OF THE 3326 02:14:15,348 --> 02:14:17,183 BRILLIANT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE 3327 02:14:17,183 --> 02:14:18,551 GOING TO CREATE THE 3328 02:14:18,551 --> 02:14:19,786 BREAKTHROUGHS OF TOMORROW. 3329 02:14:19,786 --> 02:14:20,920 AGAIN, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE 3330 02:14:20,920 --> 02:14:23,823 THE COMMITMENT TO THAT AND THE 3331 02:14:23,823 --> 02:14:24,424 PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 3332 02:14:24,424 --> 02:14:26,292 THUS FAR. JI THINK WE REALLY 3333 02:14:26,292 --> 02:14:27,794 NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN. 3334 02:14:27,794 --> 02:14:29,762 ONE QUICK SUGGESTION IF I MAY ON 3335 02:14:29,762 --> 02:14:31,731 THE CURE PROGRAM AND SOME OF 3336 02:14:31,731 --> 02:14:32,899 THESE OTHERS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT 3337 02:14:32,899 --> 02:14:34,434 OF OTHER APPLICATIONS AND 3338 02:14:34,434 --> 02:14:35,535 OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T TAKE 3339 02:14:35,535 --> 02:14:36,903 EVERYBODY. WHEN I WEAR ONE OF 3340 02:14:36,903 --> 02:14:40,239 MY HATS I'M A NEUROSURGEON, 3341 02:14:40,239 --> 02:14:41,741 THERE IS THIS PROGRAM THEY HAVE 3342 02:14:41,741 --> 02:14:45,411 WITH NIDS THAT HAS BEEN 3343 02:14:45,411 --> 02:14:47,013 SUCCESSFUL IN TRAINING 3344 02:14:47,013 --> 02:14:48,915 NEUROSCIENTISTS. ONE OF THE 3345 02:14:48,915 --> 02:14:50,083 BIGGEST SUCCESSES IS MOST OF 3346 02:14:50,083 --> 02:14:52,018 THEM CANNOT BE AWARDED THE MONEY 3347 02:14:52,018 --> 02:14:54,721 BUT EVERYBODY THAT APPLIES GETS 3348 02:14:54,721 --> 02:14:56,756 PUT IN PART OF THIS COHORT OF 3349 02:14:56,756 --> 02:14:58,791 INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTINUES TO GET 3350 02:14:58,791 --> 02:15:01,394 TRAINING ON GRANT APPLICATIONS, 3351 02:15:01,394 --> 02:15:02,295 MENTORING ON SPECIFIC AIMS AND 3352 02:15:02,295 --> 02:15:03,496 THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHOE THAT 3353 02:15:03,496 --> 02:15:06,733 NOT ONLY AWARDEES HAVE BECOME 3354 02:15:06,733 --> 02:15:07,834 SUCCESSFUL AS NEUROSURGEON 3355 02:15:07,834 --> 02:15:09,369 SCIENTISTS BUT ALSO THE 3356 02:15:09,369 --> 02:15:11,938 APPLICANTS. I AM WONDERING IF 3357 02:15:11,938 --> 02:15:12,939 WE CAN CONTINUE, TRACK THOSE 3358 02:15:12,939 --> 02:15:14,941 PEOPLE THAT ARE APPLYING AND 3359 02:15:14,941 --> 02:15:16,175 MAKE THOSE PART OF A VIRTUAL 3360 02:15:16,175 --> 02:15:18,144 COHORT THAT WE CONTINUE TO 3361 02:15:18,144 --> 02:15:18,378 MENTOR. 3362 02:15:18,378 --> 02:15:19,412 >> SURE AND WE SEE THE SAME 3363 02:15:19,412 --> 02:15:24,917 THING IN OUR K99 DATA TO THE 3364 02:15:24,917 --> 02:15:31,324 POINT WHERE IT'S A JOKE. WE 3365 02:15:31,324 --> 02:15:32,692 HAVE THE EARLY SCIENTIST 3366 02:15:32,692 --> 02:15:34,494 PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR 3367 02:15:34,494 --> 02:15:36,896 AWARE OF THIS BUT IT INCLUDES 3368 02:15:36,896 --> 02:15:38,231 SOME NEURO SERVICE AS WELL AND 3369 02:15:38,231 --> 02:15:40,867 IT TAKES A LOT OF IDEAS AND 3370 02:15:40,867 --> 02:15:43,236 TRIES TO BUILD A COHORT. I 3371 02:15:43,236 --> 02:15:45,972 WANTED TO RETURN TO YOUR EARLIER 3372 02:15:45,972 --> 02:15:48,875 POINT. ONE THING WE HAVE 3373 02:15:48,875 --> 02:15:50,343 OBSERVED AND NOTED THE ANECDOTAL 3374 02:15:50,343 --> 02:15:53,279 EXPERIENCE IS GRANTS LIKE K99 3375 02:15:53,279 --> 02:15:54,447 FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S ALMOST THAT 3376 02:15:54,447 --> 02:15:56,482 YOU ARE IN A LAB WHERE PEOPLE 3377 02:15:56,482 --> 02:15:59,018 APPLIED AND GOT K99S BEFORE. 3378 02:15:59,018 --> 02:16:02,321 YOU'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR A K 99 3379 02:16:02,321 --> 02:16:05,058 IF YOUR MENTOR IS WELL-VERSED IN 3380 02:16:05,058 --> 02:16:07,126 THAT. THAT IS HARD TO 3381 02:16:07,126 --> 02:16:07,794 TRANSPLANT. THE REASON WE'RE 3382 02:16:07,794 --> 02:16:09,328 NOT GETTING A MORE DIVERSE POOL 3383 02:16:09,328 --> 02:16:11,931 OF APPLICANTS IS THAT THAT 3384 02:16:11,931 --> 02:16:13,166 TRADITION IF YOU WILL, DOES NOT 3385 02:16:13,166 --> 02:16:16,235 EXIST IN THOSE INSTITUTIONS AND 3386 02:16:16,235 --> 02:16:19,005 WE'RE WORK WITHIN THE PROGRAM TO 3387 02:16:19,005 --> 02:16:20,506 TRY TO HELP TRANSPLANT SOME OF 3388 02:16:20,506 --> 02:16:24,210 THOSE TRADITIONS BUT, YOU KNOW, 3389 02:16:24,210 --> 02:16:26,045 PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN ESTABLISHED 3390 02:16:26,045 --> 02:16:28,381 INSTITUTIONS LIKE YOUR OWN, 3391 02:16:28,381 --> 02:16:29,015 INSTITUTIONS THAT DO NOT HAVE 3392 02:16:29,015 --> 02:16:31,117 THAT HISTORY OF APPLYING FOR 3393 02:16:31,117 --> 02:16:32,018 THESE MECHANISMS WOULD BE 3394 02:16:32,018 --> 02:16:34,387 FABULOUS AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 3395 02:16:34,387 --> 02:16:36,355 THE CANCER CENTERS HELP THEIR 3396 02:16:36,355 --> 02:16:38,291 COMMUNITY PEERS APPLY FOR K99S. 3397 02:16:38,291 --> 02:16:40,460 THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. 3398 02:16:40,460 --> 02:16:43,663 >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY ONE 3399 02:16:43,663 --> 02:16:45,465 PIGGYBACK THING, I WAS GOING TO 3400 02:16:45,465 --> 02:16:51,604 SAY THIS IS A PHENOMENAL EXAMPLE 3401 02:16:51,604 --> 02:16:54,040 THAT DOESN'T COST A TON OF MONEY 3402 02:16:54,040 --> 02:16:55,408 BUT I WOULD RAISE A HAND IS ONE 3403 02:16:55,408 --> 02:16:58,444 OF THE PEOPLE IT BENEFITTED 3404 02:16:58,444 --> 02:16:58,678 GREATLY. 3405 02:16:58,678 --> 02:17:00,313 >> THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS 3406 02:17:00,313 --> 02:17:02,348 GOING TO SAY. WE ARE FAMILIAR 3407 02:17:02,348 --> 02:17:03,449 WITH THE EARLY ADVANCEMENT 3408 02:17:03,449 --> 02:17:05,751 PROGRAM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT 3409 02:17:05,751 --> 02:17:09,255 IS AN NCI-WIDE ACTIVITY. 3410 02:17:09,255 --> 02:17:12,658 MANAGED BY OUR CENTER. AND THE 3411 02:17:12,658 --> 02:17:16,863 GOAL IS THAT THE APPLICANT 3412 02:17:16,863 --> 02:17:19,432 SUBMIT AND PROVIDE MENTORSHIP 3413 02:17:19,432 --> 02:17:21,400 AND HELP THEM TO SUBMIT A 3414 02:17:21,400 --> 02:17:22,768 COMPETITIVE APPLICATION. MAYBE 3415 02:17:22,768 --> 02:17:24,070 WE CAN DEVELOP A SIMILAR 3416 02:17:24,070 --> 02:17:27,540 PROGRAMS FOR FELLOWSHIP AND 3417 02:17:27,540 --> 02:17:31,110 DEVELOPMENT AT NCI AND ALSO THE 3418 02:17:31,110 --> 02:17:41,554 MODEL THAT DR. RATHMELL 3419 02:17:42,221 --> 02:17:43,022 MENTIONED. MAYBE WE CAN PARTNER 3420 02:17:43,022 --> 02:17:46,159 WITH THE NCR AND THOSE THAT THAT 3421 02:17:46,159 --> 02:17:48,361 HAVE COMPETITIVE SCORES THAT WE 3422 02:17:48,361 --> 02:17:50,463 CANNOT FUND THEM, THAT THEY ARE 3423 02:17:50,463 --> 02:17:52,732 READY TO SUPPORT THEM. THIS CAN 3424 02:17:52,732 --> 02:18:00,473 BE A MODEL THAT WE CAN DISCUSS 3425 02:18:00,473 --> 02:18:03,142 >> I JUST WANTED TO COME BACK TO 3426 02:18:03,142 --> 02:18:04,911 THE INSTITUTIONS THAT MIGHT BE 3427 02:18:04,911 --> 02:18:05,645 MORE PREPARED ALREADY VERSUS 3428 02:18:05,645 --> 02:18:07,680 THOSE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT. I 3429 02:18:07,680 --> 02:18:10,183 THINK, YOU KNOW, A TON OF 3430 02:18:10,183 --> 02:18:11,384 INVESTMENT HAS BEEN MADE, YOU 3431 02:18:11,384 --> 02:18:13,953 KNOW, THE MINORITIES AND THE 3432 02:18:13,953 --> 02:18:14,453 INSTITUTIONS TO BUILD 3433 02:18:14,453 --> 02:18:15,555 INFRASTRUCTURE APPROPRIATELY. 3434 02:18:15,555 --> 02:18:17,456 WE STILL HAVE PATHWAYS TO GO, I 3435 02:18:17,456 --> 02:18:19,592 UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I THINK 3436 02:18:19,592 --> 02:18:20,059 THERE COULD BE SOME 3437 02:18:20,059 --> 02:18:21,694 OPPORTUNITIES TO RETHINK THE 3438 02:18:21,694 --> 02:18:23,162 PORTFOLIO AND THE TYPES OF 3439 02:18:23,162 --> 02:18:26,365 PROGRAMS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, 3440 02:18:26,365 --> 02:18:27,233 LAB-BASED RESEARCH TENDS TO BE 3441 02:18:27,233 --> 02:18:29,835 MORE EXPENSIVE THAN DIGITAL 3442 02:18:29,835 --> 02:18:31,137 RESEARCH. RIGHT? SO WHY CAN'T 3443 02:18:31,137 --> 02:18:32,905 WE THINK ABOUT FOCUSING PROGRAMS 3444 02:18:32,905 --> 02:18:34,240 SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE AREAS? 3445 02:18:34,240 --> 02:18:37,877 AND I DO AGREE, LEVERAGING THE 3446 02:18:37,877 --> 02:18:38,611 INFRASTRUCTURE, PARTICULARLY THE 3447 02:18:38,611 --> 02:18:39,579 ADMINISTRATIVE COMPONENTS OF 3448 02:18:39,579 --> 02:18:41,547 RUNNING THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, 3449 02:18:41,547 --> 02:18:44,483 AT THE CANCER CENTERS OR AT THE 3450 02:18:44,483 --> 02:18:45,351 LARGER INSTITUTIONS. WHERE I 3451 02:18:45,351 --> 02:18:48,487 THINK WE MAY HAVE TO THINK 3452 02:18:48,487 --> 02:18:54,260 OUTSIDE THE BOX BECAUSE I THINK 3453 02:18:54,260 --> 02:18:55,995 WE'RE ALL READY BUT WE HAVE TO 3454 02:18:55,995 --> 02:18:57,597 CONSIDER WHERE CAN WE GET THE 3455 02:18:57,597 --> 02:19:00,032 GREATEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT? 3456 02:19:00,032 --> 02:19:01,567 AND ALSO ARE WE THINKING ABOUT 3457 02:19:01,567 --> 02:19:02,835 THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE? RIGHT? 3458 02:19:02,835 --> 02:19:05,104 AND I AGREE WITH ANN WE ARE IN 3459 02:19:05,104 --> 02:19:07,340 THE AGE OF DATA AND SO I WOULD 3460 02:19:07,340 --> 02:19:11,377 REALLY LOVE TO SEE MORE PROGRAMS 3461 02:19:11,377 --> 02:19:13,412 THAT ARE REALLY BRINGING, RIGHT, 3462 02:19:13,412 --> 02:19:15,848 EVERYONE, RIGHT, UP TO SPEED. 3463 02:19:15,848 --> 02:19:17,783 AS TO WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF 3464 02:19:17,783 --> 02:19:21,520 DATA ANALYSIS, INFORMATICS AND 3465 02:19:21,520 --> 02:19:22,989 ADVANCED DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY SO 3466 02:19:22,989 --> 02:19:26,659 JUST A FEW COMMENTS. YEAH. 3467 02:19:26,659 --> 02:19:28,594 >> IT STRIKES ME THAT YOU HAVE A 3468 02:19:28,594 --> 02:19:32,898 LOT OF DATA TO SAY WHAT WERE THE 3469 02:19:32,898 --> 02:19:34,734 PARTICULARS OF SUCCESS. AND MY 3470 02:19:34,734 --> 02:19:37,203 ASSUMPTION IS IS THAT A LOT OF 3471 02:19:37,203 --> 02:19:40,906 THAT IS GOING TO BE BORN AT THE 3472 02:19:40,906 --> 02:19:44,610 HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVEL. 3473 02:19:44,610 --> 02:19:48,347 BECAUSE LEARNING, LET'S SAY, AI 3474 02:19:48,347 --> 02:19:51,617 OR NOVEL TECHNIQUES, WHEN YOU'RE 3475 02:19:51,617 --> 02:19:54,020 IN MEDICAL TRAINING OR IN YOUR 3476 02:19:54,020 --> 02:19:55,921 POSTDOC MAY BE TOO LATE AND YOU 3477 02:19:55,921 --> 02:19:59,659 MAY NEED FUNDAMENTALS THAT WERE 3478 02:19:59,659 --> 02:20:00,626 TAUGHT IN COLLEGE OR MAYBE AT 3479 02:20:00,626 --> 02:20:03,229 THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. I 3480 02:20:03,229 --> 02:20:06,098 REALLY ENCOURAGE TO LOOK AT THAT 3481 02:20:06,098 --> 02:20:08,734 DATA AND MAYBE BOLSTER TRAINING 3482 02:20:08,734 --> 02:20:10,069 EARLIER AND FUNDING TRAIN 3483 02:20:10,069 --> 02:20:11,570 EARLIER IN THE FUNDING PROCESS 3484 02:20:11,570 --> 02:20:14,540 BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL BEAR 3485 02:20:14,540 --> 02:20:16,242 FRUIT DOWN THE LINE. 3486 02:20:16,242 --> 02:20:17,410 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. 3487 02:20:17,410 --> 02:20:21,013 I DO WANT TO SAY I THINK A TREND 3488 02:20:21,013 --> 02:20:24,083 A COMMON ELEMENT WE SEE FOR 3489 02:20:24,083 --> 02:20:26,752 SUCCESS FOR FELLOWS IS 3490 02:20:26,752 --> 02:20:27,687 MENTORSHIP. THAT COMES FROM YOU 3491 02:20:27,687 --> 02:20:29,855 AND OTHERS. A MENTORSHIP AND 3492 02:20:29,855 --> 02:20:30,790 ENCOURAGING THAT IS SOMETHING 3493 02:20:30,790 --> 02:20:32,124 THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD THINK 3494 02:20:32,124 --> 02:20:34,827 ABOUT, YOU SHOULD DO IS A THEME 3495 02:20:34,827 --> 02:20:40,499 WE SEE WITHIN THE KCURE AND ALL 3496 02:20:40,499 --> 02:20:42,001 THE PROGRAMS. THAT'S A STRONG 3497 02:20:42,001 --> 02:20:43,336 COMMON ELEMENT OF SUCCESS. 3498 02:20:43,336 --> 02:20:45,604 >> AND I WILL ALSO MENTION AGAIN 3499 02:20:45,604 --> 02:20:48,441 THE R 25, YES. IT STARTS FROM 3500 02:20:48,441 --> 02:20:51,610 MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL AND 3501 02:20:51,610 --> 02:20:55,414 THE TEACHERS. WE HAVE A COUPLE 3502 02:20:55,414 --> 02:21:03,189 OF R 25S THAT WERE FOCUSED ON 3503 02:21:03,189 --> 02:21:04,890 THIS AND THIS IS WHY WE COULDN'T 3504 02:21:04,890 --> 02:21:06,759 SUPPORT THEM. SO HOPEFULLY WE 3505 02:21:06,759 --> 02:21:10,496 CAN MORE SUPPORT FROM THE R 25 3506 02:21:10,496 --> 02:21:12,932 PROGRAM AND SO WE CAN SUPPORT 3507 02:21:12,932 --> 02:21:14,834 MORE AND INVEST IN EARLY 3508 02:21:14,834 --> 02:21:15,201 INTERVENTIONS. 3509 02:21:15,201 --> 02:21:17,470 >> GREAT. WONDERFUL SET OF 3510 02:21:17,470 --> 02:21:20,906 PRESENTATIONS AND GREAT 3511 02:21:20,906 --> 02:21:21,640 DISCUSSIONS, THANK YOU, ALL. 3512 02:21:21,640 --> 02:21:24,910 >> (APPLAUSE). 3513 02:21:24,910 --> 02:21:27,546 >> SO WE'VE EATEN ABOUT TWO 3514 02:21:27,546 --> 02:21:29,915 MINUTES INTO OUR COFFEE BREAK. 3515 02:21:29,915 --> 02:21:32,718 I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO BE BACK 3516 02:21:32,718 --> 02:21:35,020 AROUND 11:33 IN YOUR SEATS IN SO 3517 02:21:35,020 --> 02:21:38,976 WE CAN START PROMPTLY AT 11:35. 3518 02:21:38,976 --> 02:21:42,880 GREAT 3519 02:21:42,880 --> 02:21:44,549 WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD TO THE 3520 02:21:44,549 --> 02:21:46,017 NEXT PRESENTATION WHICH IS 3521 02:21:46,017 --> 02:21:47,652 CHILDHOOD CANCER DATA 3522 02:21:47,652 --> 02:21:51,756 INITIATIVE. THIS NCI'S 3523 02:21:51,756 --> 02:22:02,300 DR. BRIDGET WIDEMAN AND ED, SARA 3524 02:22:04,569 --> 02:22:07,605 LAER RI, ATTENDING PHYSICIAN AND 3525 02:22:07,605 --> 02:22:10,608 MEDICAL DIRECTOR. PEDIATRIC 3526 02:22:10,608 --> 02:22:12,710 BRAIN TUMOR PROGRAM. UNIVERSITY 3527 02:22:12,710 --> 02:22:14,045 OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 3528 02:22:14,045 --> 02:22:17,648 IN SEATTLE AND DIANE THOMAS. 3529 02:22:17,648 --> 02:22:21,652 OPERATIONS DIRECTOR. 3530 02:22:21,652 --> 02:22:25,089 ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY, NATIONWIDE 3531 02:22:25,089 --> 02:22:26,556 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN COLUMBUS. 3532 02:22:26,556 --> 02:22:28,058 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 3533 02:22:28,058 --> 02:22:30,660 INVITATION TO PRESENT AN UPDATE 3534 02:22:30,660 --> 02:22:35,632 ON NCI'S DATA INITIATIVE. IT 3535 02:22:35,632 --> 02:22:38,301 STARTED IN 2020, AND I DON'T SEE 3536 02:22:38,301 --> 02:22:41,638 THE SLIDES ANYMORE, DO YOU SEE 3537 02:22:41,638 --> 02:22:43,673 THEM? LET ME SEE. I DON'T SEE 3538 02:22:43,673 --> 02:22:45,909 IT ON THE SCREEN HERE ANYMORE. 3539 02:22:45,909 --> 02:22:49,045 BUT IT STARTED IN 2020. AND 3540 02:22:49,045 --> 02:22:52,282 SINCE THEN A LOT OF PROGRESS HAS 3541 02:22:52,282 --> 02:22:54,884 BEEN MADE. AND DR. RATHMELL 3542 02:22:54,884 --> 02:22:56,653 SUGGESTED FOR TODAY SO PRESENT 3543 02:22:56,653 --> 02:22:59,623 YOU WITH SOME OF THE PROGRESS IN 3544 02:22:59,623 --> 02:23:05,128 HOW THE CCCDI HAS IMPACTED 3545 02:23:05,128 --> 02:23:08,198 RESEARCH THAT HAS IMPACTED 3546 02:23:08,198 --> 02:23:09,099 PEDIATRIC PATIENTS OF CANCER. 3547 02:23:09,099 --> 02:23:12,269 THIS IS A COMBINED PRESENTATION 3548 02:23:12,269 --> 02:23:15,038 OF MYSELF, ON BEHALF OF 3549 02:23:15,038 --> 02:23:20,277 DR. RAYMOND AND DR. DIANA THOMAS 3550 02:23:20,277 --> 02:23:27,017 AND SARA LEERY. I WILL GIVE AN 3551 02:23:27,017 --> 02:23:28,218 UPDATE AND THEN THE OTHER 3552 02:23:28,218 --> 02:23:30,954 DOCTORS WILL TALK ABOUT THE WORK 3553 02:23:30,954 --> 02:23:32,722 ON PEDIATRIC CENTRAL NERVOUS 3554 02:23:32,722 --> 02:23:35,158 SYSTEM TUMORS AND I WILL END THE 3555 02:23:35,158 --> 02:23:36,159 PRESENTATION WITH AN OVERVIEW 3556 02:23:36,159 --> 02:23:40,263 AND UPDATE ON THE RARE CANCER 3557 02:23:40,263 --> 02:23:41,665 INITIATIVE. I THINK THE CARTOON 3558 02:23:41,665 --> 02:23:44,100 ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE REALLY 3559 02:23:44,100 --> 02:23:47,437 MOST BEAUTIFULLY SHOWS WHAT THE 3560 02:23:47,437 --> 02:23:49,506 CCDI IS ABOUT. TO BUILD A 3561 02:23:49,506 --> 02:23:51,474 COMMUNITY AROUND RESEARCH DATA 3562 02:23:51,474 --> 02:23:54,010 WITH THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL TO 3563 02:23:54,010 --> 02:23:56,279 LEARN FROM EVERY PATIENT WITH 3564 02:23:56,279 --> 02:23:59,649 CANCER BUT ALSO TO BENEFIT EVERY 3565 02:23:59,649 --> 02:24:00,717 PATIENT ULTIMATELY. WE HOPE TO 3566 02:24:00,717 --> 02:24:02,686 DO SO BY GATHERING DATA FROM 3567 02:24:02,686 --> 02:24:06,222 EVERY CHILD, CREATING A NATIONAL 3568 02:24:06,222 --> 02:24:07,023 STRATEGY FROM DIAGNOSIS TO 3569 02:24:07,023 --> 02:24:08,858 TREATMENT AND DEVELOP A PLATFORM 3570 02:24:08,858 --> 02:24:11,361 AND TOOLS OF CLINICAL AND 3571 02:24:11,361 --> 02:24:12,395 RESEARCH DATA TO IMPROVE 3572 02:24:12,395 --> 02:24:15,298 TREATMENT QUALITY OF LIFE AND 3573 02:24:15,298 --> 02:24:15,899 SURVIVORSHIP AND VERY 3574 02:24:15,899 --> 02:24:18,868 IMPORTANTLY BY ENGAGING THE 3575 02:24:18,868 --> 02:24:20,270 ENTIRE CHILDHOOD CANCER CARE AND 3576 02:24:20,270 --> 02:24:26,443 RESEARCH COMMUNITY. THE CCDI 3577 02:24:26,443 --> 02:24:30,146 HUB IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT. 3578 02:24:30,146 --> 02:24:33,083 THIS PROVIDES A PORTAL FOR 3579 02:24:33,083 --> 02:24:33,850 RESEARCHERS BUT ANYONE 3580 02:24:33,850 --> 02:24:36,286 INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE 3581 02:24:36,286 --> 02:24:37,520 PEDIATRIC CANCER DATA THIS 3582 02:24:37,520 --> 02:24:39,689 INFORMATION AND YOU SEE THE 3583 02:24:39,689 --> 02:24:41,725 STATS HERE HAS VERY, VERY MANY 3584 02:24:41,725 --> 02:24:43,093 DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA THAT ARE 3585 02:24:43,093 --> 02:24:44,928 AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS TO 3586 02:24:44,928 --> 02:24:46,930 ANALYZE, TO PROVIDE A SOURCE FOR 3587 02:24:46,930 --> 02:24:49,399 NEW DISCOVERIES THAT MAY IMPACT 3588 02:24:49,399 --> 02:24:52,168 LIVES DOWN THE ROAD. THE 3589 02:24:52,168 --> 02:24:54,170 MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION 3590 02:24:54,170 --> 02:24:56,272 INITIATIVE IS AN EFFORT FOR 3591 02:24:56,272 --> 02:24:58,208 NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR 3592 02:24:58,208 --> 02:25:00,243 APPROPRIATE CLINICAL AND 3593 02:25:00,243 --> 02:25:01,644 MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION 3594 02:25:01,644 --> 02:25:04,214 IDEALLY FOR EVERY CHILD WITH 3595 02:25:04,214 --> 02:25:05,782 CANCER. THE CCDI PROVIDES STATE 3596 02:25:05,782 --> 02:25:08,284 OF THE ART MOLECULAR 3597 02:25:08,284 --> 02:25:09,586 CHARACTERIZATION FOR UP TO THREE 3598 02:25:09,586 --> 02:25:12,288 THOUSAND, THAT'S NOT ALL OF THE 3599 02:25:12,288 --> 02:25:15,058 CHILDHOOD CANCER PATIENTS. AND 3600 02:25:15,058 --> 02:25:16,893 IN ADDITION, THERE'S A CLINICAL 3601 02:25:16,893 --> 02:25:19,329 ANNOTATED BIOBANK FOR FUTURE 3602 02:25:19,329 --> 02:25:21,231 RESEARCH FOR THE REMAINING 3603 02:25:21,231 --> 02:25:24,267 TISSUE. THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE 3604 02:25:24,267 --> 02:25:29,572 EFFORT BETWEEN THE NCI, THE CCDI 3605 02:25:29,572 --> 02:25:31,474 AND THE ONCOLOGY PRODUCT.THERE'S 3606 02:25:31,474 --> 02:25:34,077 A GROUP CALLED PROJECT EVERY 3607 02:25:34,077 --> 02:25:35,145 CHILD. 3608 02:25:35,145 --> 02:25:37,247 AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE 3609 02:25:37,247 --> 02:25:39,215 CARTOON A CHILD WITH A NEWLY 3610 02:25:39,215 --> 02:25:41,818 DIAGNOSED CANCER CAN ENROLL ON 3611 02:25:41,818 --> 02:25:44,454 THE MOLECULAR PROTOCOL AND 3612 02:25:44,454 --> 02:25:46,156 UNDERGO STATE OF THE ART 3613 02:25:46,156 --> 02:25:48,491 SEQUENCING OF THE TUMOR, ALSO 3614 02:25:48,491 --> 02:25:50,126 GERMLINE TESTING, VERY 3615 02:25:50,126 --> 02:25:52,996 IMPORTANTLY THE RESULTS ARE 3616 02:25:52,996 --> 02:25:53,797 RETURNED WITHIN TWO TO THREE 3617 02:25:53,797 --> 02:25:55,632 WEEKS OF SUBMISSION OF THE 3618 02:25:55,632 --> 02:25:59,702 SAMPLE TO THE TREATING 3619 02:25:59,702 --> 02:26:01,070 PHYSICIAN. THIS IMPACTS 3620 02:26:01,070 --> 02:26:02,906 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AS YOU 3621 02:26:02,906 --> 02:26:03,940 WILL SEE FROM THE OTHER DOCTORS 3622 02:26:03,940 --> 02:26:05,942 IN A MOMENT. ALL OF THIS DATA 3623 02:26:05,942 --> 02:26:08,111 INCLUDING PATHOLOGY DATA AND 3624 02:26:08,111 --> 02:26:10,980 CLINICAL DATA THAT COG COLLECTS 3625 02:26:10,980 --> 02:26:15,585 GOES INTO THE DATA SYSTEM. THE 3626 02:26:15,585 --> 02:26:17,887 CCDI SYSTEM AND IS AVAILABLE FOR 3627 02:26:17,887 --> 02:26:20,890 ANALYSIS THE CCDI WAS INTRODUCED 3628 02:26:20,890 --> 02:26:25,462 IN 2022 AND SINCE THEN MORE THAN 3629 02:26:25,462 --> 02:26:27,464 3,000 PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMORS 3630 02:26:27,464 --> 02:26:31,701 HAVE ENROLLED. RARE TUMORS AND 3631 02:26:31,701 --> 02:26:34,270 YOU WILL SEE THE NEXT STEPS WILL 3632 02:26:34,270 --> 02:26:36,973 BE RELAPSE TUMORS AND THERE HAS 3633 02:26:36,973 --> 02:26:38,675 BEEN A LOT OF WORK GOING INTO 3634 02:26:38,675 --> 02:26:42,145 RELAPSE OF REMAINING SAMPLES. I 3635 02:26:42,145 --> 02:26:47,784 WILL NOW HAPPENED IT OVER TO 3636 02:26:47,784 --> 02:26:52,155 DOCTORS THOMAS AND LAER RI TO 3637 02:26:52,155 --> 02:26:55,225 DISCUSS THE TUMORS AND SARA AND 3638 02:26:55,225 --> 02:26:59,829 DIANA LET HE KNOW AS I SHOULD 3639 02:26:59,829 --> 02:27:06,002 ADVANCE YOUR SLIDES. 3640 02:27:06,002 --> 02:27:08,605 >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHOW 3641 02:27:08,605 --> 02:27:11,508 YOU THE INITIATIVES. WE HOPE TO 3642 02:27:11,508 --> 02:27:14,477 HIGHLIGHT HOW NCI HAS IMPACTED 3643 02:27:14,477 --> 02:27:18,548 THE ABLE TO APPROPRIATELY SDIEG 3644 02:27:18,548 --> 02:27:22,852 YOUNG PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AS WELL 3645 02:27:22,852 --> 02:27:24,921 AS GUIDE CLINICAL TRIAL DESIGN. 3646 02:27:24,921 --> 02:27:28,258 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONE BACK, 3647 02:27:28,258 --> 02:27:33,930 PLEASE. CAN YOU PLEASE REVERSE 3648 02:27:33,930 --> 02:27:35,398 ONE SLIDE? 3649 02:27:35,398 --> 02:27:35,832 >> SURE. 3650 02:27:35,832 --> 02:27:40,270 >> THANK YOU THE COG IS ONE OF 3651 02:27:40,270 --> 02:27:43,206 THE CLINICAL TRIAL NETWORKS 3652 02:27:43,206 --> 02:27:45,542 INCLUDING 200 HOSPITALS 3653 02:27:45,542 --> 02:27:46,709 INCLUDING CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND 3654 02:27:46,709 --> 02:27:54,117 AND THIS MAINTAINS A CHILDHOOD 3655 02:27:54,117 --> 02:27:57,387 CANCER REGISTRY. PATIENTS 3656 02:27:57,387 --> 02:27:58,555 CONSENT AND ENROLL FOR 3657 02:27:58,555 --> 02:28:00,223 PARTICIPATION IN THE NCI. NEXT 3658 02:28:00,223 --> 02:28:02,025 SLIDE, PLEASE. THE DATA WE ARE 3659 02:28:02,025 --> 02:28:05,828 GOING TO PRESENT TODAY INCLUDES 3660 02:28:05,828 --> 02:28:08,031 2,170 PARTICIPANTS WITH CNS 3661 02:28:08,031 --> 02:28:10,667 TUMORS THAT ENROLLED ON NCI 3662 02:28:10,667 --> 02:28:12,569 BETWEEN THE LAUNCH IN MARCH OF 3663 02:28:12,569 --> 02:28:15,038 2022 UNTIL THE COG CLINICAL DATA 3664 02:28:15,038 --> 02:28:21,010 FREEZE THAT OCCURRED IN DECEMBER 3665 02:28:21,010 --> 02:28:22,645 2023 OF THESE SUBJECTS THAT 3666 02:28:22,645 --> 02:28:24,113 ENROLLED ABOUT HALF OF THESE 3667 02:28:24,113 --> 02:28:27,116 PATIENTS WERE ENROLLED ON THE 3668 02:28:27,116 --> 02:28:29,085 RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THAT LARGER 3669 02:28:29,085 --> 02:28:30,720 INSTITUTIONS AND THE OTHER HALF 3670 02:28:30,720 --> 02:28:32,255 WERE INSTITUTIONS WITH MUCH 3671 02:28:32,255 --> 02:28:35,658 LOWER ENROLLMENTS AND THE CNS 3672 02:28:35,658 --> 02:28:37,594 COHORT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND 3673 02:28:37,594 --> 02:28:41,564 NOW INCLUDES OVER 3,000 3674 02:28:41,564 --> 02:28:43,499 PATIENTS. NEXT, PLEASE. 3675 02:28:43,499 --> 02:28:46,202 APPROXIMATELY 90% OF NCI 3676 02:28:46,202 --> 02:28:47,303 PARTICIPANTS LIVE IN THE UNITED 3677 02:28:47,303 --> 02:28:50,773 STATES. AND THIS MAP HIGHLIGHTS 3678 02:28:50,773 --> 02:28:51,574 THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF 3679 02:28:51,574 --> 02:28:53,810 U.S. PARTICIPANTS. EACH SMALL 3680 02:28:53,810 --> 02:28:55,311 WHITE DOT HERE IS AN INDIVIDUAL 3681 02:28:55,311 --> 02:28:56,713 PARTICIPANT AND THE LARGER 3682 02:28:56,713 --> 02:28:59,349 COLORED DOTS REPRESENT THE COG 3683 02:28:59,349 --> 02:29:01,184 AFFILIATED HOSPITALS THAT ENROLL 3684 02:29:01,184 --> 02:29:02,719 THE PATIENTS. AND IT'S 3685 02:29:02,719 --> 02:29:05,888 INTERESTING TO SEE THE PATTERNS 3686 02:29:05,888 --> 02:29:09,459 OF PARTICIPANTS IN MORE RURAL 3687 02:29:09,459 --> 02:29:10,159 AREAS TRAVELLING TO RECEIVE CARE 3688 02:29:10,159 --> 02:29:16,265 AND ENROLL IN NCI. NEXT, 3689 02:29:16,265 --> 02:29:19,636 PLEASE. THE CNS COHORT HAS A 3690 02:29:19,636 --> 02:29:22,772 MEDIAN AGE OF CLOSE TO 9 YEARS 3691 02:29:22,772 --> 02:29:24,540 WITH A SLIGHTLY MALE 3692 02:29:24,540 --> 02:29:26,609 PREDOMINANCE AND RACE AND 3693 02:29:26,609 --> 02:29:28,578 ETHNICITY ARE SUMMED UP ON THE 3694 02:29:28,578 --> 02:29:31,247 RIGHT FOR PARTICIPANT WHO IS 3695 02:29:31,247 --> 02:29:35,385 ENROLLED AT U.S. COG SITES AND 3696 02:29:35,385 --> 02:29:39,055 ARE REMARKLY SIMILAR TO CENSUS 3697 02:29:39,055 --> 02:29:41,391 RACE AND ETHNICITY DATA. 3698 02:29:41,391 --> 02:29:46,596 NEXT, PLEADSSE. THIS IS A 3699 02:29:46,596 --> 02:29:52,268 BREAKDOWN OF THE CATEGORIES WITH 3700 02:29:52,268 --> 02:29:56,072 THE THESE. AND THE CLINICAL 3701 02:29:56,072 --> 02:29:56,939 TRIALS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR 3702 02:29:56,939 --> 02:29:58,641 MANY OF THESE PATIENTS HOWEVER, 3703 02:29:58,641 --> 02:30:02,445 IN ADDITION, THERE ARE ALSO MANY 3704 02:30:02,445 --> 02:30:09,252 RARE TUMORS IN THE NCI COHORT. 3705 02:30:09,252 --> 02:30:11,454 NEXT, PLEASE. SO TO PRACTICE 3706 02:30:11,454 --> 02:30:17,660 PEDIATRIC PATHOLOGY IN 2024, WE 3707 02:30:17,660 --> 02:30:21,964 MAKE AN INTEGRATED DIAGNOSIS AND 3708 02:30:21,964 --> 02:30:24,934 THESE ARE ALL PERFORMED IN A 3709 02:30:24,934 --> 02:30:27,170 CERTIFIED SETTING AND INCLUDE 3710 02:30:27,170 --> 02:30:28,471 DNA METHYLATION, DNA SEQUENCING 3711 02:30:28,471 --> 02:30:32,475 AND FUSION PANEL. ALL OF THE 3712 02:30:32,475 --> 02:30:34,877 PATIENTS, THE CNS PATIENTS WHO 3713 02:30:34,877 --> 02:30:36,813 HAVE RECEIVED NCI TESTING TO 3714 02:30:36,813 --> 02:30:38,781 DATE HAVE RECEIVED CLINICAL 3715 02:30:38,781 --> 02:30:40,283 REPORTS WITH AT LEAST ONE 3716 02:30:40,283 --> 02:30:41,117 CLINICALLY MEANINGFUL RESULT 3717 02:30:41,117 --> 02:30:43,986 THAT I TRY TO SUMMARIZE INTO A 3718 02:30:43,986 --> 02:30:46,723 SINGLE SLIDE HERE BY THE MAIN 3719 02:30:46,723 --> 02:30:48,157 POINT IS THE BROAD 3720 02:30:48,157 --> 02:30:49,459 CHARACTERIZATION DONE THROUGH 3721 02:30:49,459 --> 02:30:53,629 NCI ALLOWS US TO NOT MISS RARE 3722 02:30:53,629 --> 02:30:54,197 DIAGNOSES THAT FOR EXAMPLE 3723 02:30:54,197 --> 02:30:55,698 REQUIRE METHYLATION PROFILING 3724 02:30:55,698 --> 02:30:58,367 FOR DEFINITIVE CLASSIFICATION. 3725 02:30:58,367 --> 02:31:00,269 WHILE ALSO FURTHER REFINING 3726 02:31:00,269 --> 02:31:03,639 DIAGNOSES FOR ACCURATE RISK 3727 02:31:03,639 --> 02:31:04,941 STRATIFICATION AND THERAPY 3728 02:31:04,941 --> 02:31:10,613 SELECTION. NEXT, PLEASE. APART 3729 02:31:10,613 --> 02:31:13,349 FROM THE SEMITIC DIAGNOSTIC 3730 02:31:13,349 --> 02:31:16,552 TESTING NCI INCLUDES GERMLINE 3731 02:31:16,552 --> 02:31:17,553 TESTING FOR ADDITIONAL SCREENING 3732 02:31:17,553 --> 02:31:20,223 FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 3733 02:31:20,223 --> 02:31:22,658 APPROXIMATELY 12% OF PATIENTS 3734 02:31:22,658 --> 02:31:24,260 TESTED SO FAR HAVE BEEN FOUND TO 3735 02:31:24,260 --> 02:31:29,265 HAVE GENETIC PREDISPOSITION 3736 02:31:29,265 --> 02:31:31,400 INVOLVING 49 DIFFERENT GENES AND 3737 02:31:31,400 --> 02:31:35,972 EVEN THE MOST COMMON GENES HAVE 3738 02:31:35,972 --> 02:31:37,340 GERMLINE MUTATIONS INDICATE 3739 02:31:37,340 --> 02:31:40,977 THING BROAD TESTING APPROACH IS 3740 02:31:40,977 --> 02:31:41,978 IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY MANY OF 3741 02:31:41,978 --> 02:31:44,280 THESE GENES AND MORE FOCUSSED 3742 02:31:44,280 --> 02:31:46,482 TESTING THROUGH IMMEW IN THIS 3743 02:31:46,482 --> 02:31:48,017 CASIC CHEMISTRY WOULD HAVE 3744 02:31:48,017 --> 02:31:52,255 MISSED THESE RESULTS. 3745 02:31:52,255 --> 02:31:58,094 NEXT, PLEASE. THE NCI CNS DATA 3746 02:31:58,094 --> 02:31:59,295 ALSO INCLUDES SITE FOLLOW UP ON 3747 02:31:59,295 --> 02:32:00,196 PARTICIPANTS. AND AS YOU CAN 3748 02:32:00,196 --> 02:32:03,833 SEE A LARGE PROPORTION OF SITES 3749 02:32:03,833 --> 02:32:07,970 HAVE CONFIRMED THAT NCI TESTING 3750 02:32:07,970 --> 02:32:09,005 HAS HELPED REFINE THEIR 3751 02:32:09,005 --> 02:32:09,672 DIAGNOSIS AND ON THE SEQUENCING 3752 02:32:09,672 --> 02:32:14,143 RESULTS. NCI RESULTS ARE ALSO 3753 02:32:14,143 --> 02:32:17,446 BEING USED FOR CLINICAL TRIAL 3754 02:32:17,446 --> 02:32:20,283 ENROLLMENT AND ABOUT 7% THESE 3755 02:32:20,283 --> 02:32:21,684 NUMBERS INDICATE IN PART THE 3756 02:32:21,684 --> 02:32:25,354 VERY LARGE COHORT OF CHILDREN 3757 02:32:25,354 --> 02:32:27,590 INCLUDED IN CNI WITH RARE 3758 02:32:27,590 --> 02:32:28,825 DIAGNOSIS FOR WHICH TRIALS ARE 3759 02:32:28,825 --> 02:32:30,693 NOT AVAILABLE AND AS WE KNOW 3760 02:32:30,693 --> 02:32:32,595 CURRENTLY WE ARE IN A PERIOD OF 3761 02:32:32,595 --> 02:32:34,063 TRANSITION IN WHICH MOLECULAR 3762 02:32:34,063 --> 02:32:36,032 INFORMATION IS BEING 3763 02:32:36,032 --> 02:32:38,167 INCORPORATED INTO TRIAL DESIGN. 3764 02:32:38,167 --> 02:32:40,002 AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT 3765 02:32:40,002 --> 02:32:44,207 OVER TO DR. LEARY TO DISCUSS THE 3766 02:32:44,207 --> 02:32:47,910 USE OF THESE DATA AND CURRENT 3767 02:32:47,910 --> 02:32:49,412 AND FUTURE CLINICAL TRIAL 3768 02:32:49,412 --> 02:32:49,645 DESIGN. 3769 02:32:49,645 --> 02:32:51,047 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 3770 02:32:51,047 --> 02:32:52,615 HAVING ME AND SO I'M GOING TO 3771 02:32:52,615 --> 02:32:54,050 SPEAK BOTH AS A CLINICAL 3772 02:32:54,050 --> 02:32:58,254 TRIALIST AND I WORK ON THE CNS 3773 02:32:58,254 --> 02:33:00,089 COMMITTEE IN ONCOLOGY TO DEVELOP 3774 02:33:00,089 --> 02:33:05,194 A COHORT OF TRIALS FOR TUMORS 3775 02:33:05,194 --> 02:33:07,964 AND ALSO AS A PRACTICING 3776 02:33:07,964 --> 02:33:12,134 CLINICIAN IN MY OWN BRAIN TUMOR 3777 02:33:12,134 --> 02:33:14,637 CLINIC AT SEATTLE'S CHILDREN. 3778 02:33:14,637 --> 02:33:17,506 MED YOU LOW BLASTOMA IS ONE OF 3779 02:33:17,506 --> 02:33:20,176 THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF TUMORS 3780 02:33:20,176 --> 02:33:21,911 AND THE MOST COMMON MALIGNANT 3781 02:33:21,911 --> 02:33:23,779 TUMOR IN CHILDREN AND A PERFECT 3782 02:33:23,779 --> 02:33:25,381 EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED THIS 3783 02:33:25,381 --> 02:33:26,983 TESTING FOR BOTH CLINICAL 3784 02:33:26,983 --> 02:33:29,085 DIAGNOSES AND CLINICAL TRIAL 3785 02:33:29,085 --> 02:33:29,318 DESIGN. 3786 02:33:29,318 --> 02:33:32,288 WE NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THIS 3787 02:33:32,288 --> 02:33:38,261 TUMOR IS FOR DISTINCT MOLECULAR 3788 02:33:38,261 --> 02:33:42,131 GROUPS WHICH REQUIRE TESTING TO 3789 02:33:42,131 --> 02:33:43,266 CHARACTERIZE AND BEYOND 3790 02:33:43,266 --> 02:33:45,067 DIAGNOSIS THE REGULAR TESTING IS 3791 02:33:45,067 --> 02:33:48,137 NEEDED FOR RISK STRATIFICATION. 3792 02:33:48,137 --> 02:33:50,573 MEANING SELECTING PATIENTS 3793 02:33:50,573 --> 02:33:52,909 THAT -- WHERE WE CAN SAFELY 3794 02:33:52,909 --> 02:33:56,279 REDUCE CYTOTOXIC THERAPY AND THE 3795 02:33:56,279 --> 02:33:59,248 LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS OF TOXIC 3796 02:33:59,248 --> 02:34:01,751 THERAPY AND SIDE EFFECTS AND 3797 02:34:01,751 --> 02:34:03,953 ALSO HIGH RISK GROUPS WHERE WE 3798 02:34:03,953 --> 02:34:06,122 NEED TO GIVE THE INTENSIVE 3799 02:34:06,122 --> 02:34:07,456 THERAPY TO ACHIEVE CURE AND SO 3800 02:34:07,456 --> 02:34:09,992 IF YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT 3801 02:34:09,992 --> 02:34:11,861 SLIDE I WILL SHOW THE EXAMPLE OF 3802 02:34:11,861 --> 02:34:14,630 WHAT WE DO WITH MED YOU LOW 3803 02:34:14,630 --> 02:34:16,799 BLASTOMA FOR RISK 3804 02:34:16,799 --> 02:34:18,701 STRATIFICATION. WE USE CLINICAL 3805 02:34:18,701 --> 02:34:19,702 RISK FACTORS AS WELL AS 3806 02:34:19,702 --> 02:34:24,140 MOLECULAR RISK FACTORS TO 3807 02:34:24,140 --> 02:34:28,277 PERFECTLY CATEGORIZE TUMORS FOR 3808 02:34:28,277 --> 02:34:33,115 BRAIN INTENSIVE THERAPY. FOR 3809 02:34:33,115 --> 02:34:34,617 THE GROUP, IF YOU CAN ADVANCE 3810 02:34:34,617 --> 02:34:39,689 THE SLIDES, PLEASE, THE DNA 3811 02:34:39,689 --> 02:34:40,289 METHYLATION TESTS IS THE TEST 3812 02:34:40,289 --> 02:34:43,426 THAT BEST DESCRIBES THE FOUR 3813 02:34:43,426 --> 02:34:52,268 GROUPS. SEQUENCING IS USED AND 3814 02:34:52,268 --> 02:34:54,170 ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS 3815 02:34:54,170 --> 02:34:59,342 REQUIRED TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS. 3816 02:34:59,342 --> 02:35:01,677 AND APPROPRIATELY RISK STRATIFY 3817 02:35:01,677 --> 02:35:04,280 PATIENTS FOR THERAPY OF MED YOU 3818 02:35:04,280 --> 02:35:07,383 LOW BLASTOMA WHETHER ON OR OFF 3819 02:35:07,383 --> 02:35:08,117 TRIAL. AND WE HAVE THE CURRENT 3820 02:35:08,117 --> 02:35:09,819 TRIALS THAT WE HAVE IN THE 3821 02:35:09,819 --> 02:35:11,554 CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP. WE 3822 02:35:11,554 --> 02:35:14,023 HAVE THE MED YOU LOW BLASTOMA 3823 02:35:14,023 --> 02:35:16,192 OPENED FOR LOW AND AT RISK. AND 3824 02:35:16,192 --> 02:35:19,628 THERE ARE TWO STUDIES FOR HIGH 3825 02:35:19,628 --> 02:35:22,331 RISK DISEASE. AND SO THIS IS 3826 02:35:22,331 --> 02:35:24,400 CERTAINLY THE MOST COMPLICATED 3827 02:35:24,400 --> 02:35:26,035 RISK STRATIFICATION AND WE HAVE 3828 02:35:26,035 --> 02:35:28,971 THEREFORE REQUIRED MOLECULAR 3829 02:35:28,971 --> 02:35:29,772 CHARACTERIZATION PARTICIPATION 3830 02:35:29,772 --> 02:35:32,708 BECAUSE IT REALLY IS THE ONLY 3831 02:35:32,708 --> 02:35:37,313 TEST TO GET CONSISTENT BROAD 3832 02:35:37,313 --> 02:35:38,948 INFORMATION THAT WE NEED FOR 3833 02:35:38,948 --> 02:35:40,750 DESIGN. WHAT I WILL POINT OUT 3834 02:35:40,750 --> 02:35:43,619 IS THAT THE CHILDREN THAT WE SEE 3835 02:35:43,619 --> 02:35:45,254 IN THE FIRST MONTHS DID NOT GO 3836 02:35:45,254 --> 02:35:47,256 ON TRIAL. THE TRIALS WEREN'T 3837 02:35:47,256 --> 02:35:49,925 YET OPEN WHEN WE OPENED THE NC I 3838 02:35:49,925 --> 02:35:51,861 BUT WE SEE BASED ON THOSE 3839 02:35:51,861 --> 02:35:54,296 NUMBERS THAT EVEN IN THE FIRST 3840 02:35:54,296 --> 02:35:55,564 YEAR MORE THAN HALF OF THE 3841 02:35:55,564 --> 02:35:57,867 CHILDREN ARE USING THE NCI FOR 3842 02:35:57,867 --> 02:35:59,635 THEIR CLINICAL TESTING AND THEY 3843 02:35:59,635 --> 02:36:01,270 WILL EXPAND AS MORE TRIALS ARE 3844 02:36:01,270 --> 02:36:03,305 AVAILABLE AND AS MORE SITES 3845 02:36:03,305 --> 02:36:04,740 REALIZE WHAT A VALUE IT IS TO 3846 02:36:04,740 --> 02:36:06,909 THEM. IN OTHER TRIALS THAT WE 3847 02:36:06,909 --> 02:36:10,212 HAVE OPEN, ARE LESS COMPLICATED 3848 02:36:10,212 --> 02:36:13,449 BUT NO LESS RELIANT ON THE LACK 3849 02:36:13,449 --> 02:36:14,917 OF CHARACTERIZATION AND BOTH 3850 02:36:14,917 --> 02:36:16,452 HIGH GRADE AND LOW GRADE WE HAVE 3851 02:36:16,452 --> 02:36:18,287 TRIALS OF KINASE INHIBITOR 3852 02:36:18,287 --> 02:36:20,056 THERAPY THAT ARE OPEN AND THESE 3853 02:36:20,056 --> 02:36:21,957 REQUIRE BOTH POSITIVE AND 3854 02:36:21,957 --> 02:36:23,192 NEGATIVE SELECTIONS OF THE 3855 02:36:23,192 --> 02:36:25,061 PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC 3856 02:36:25,061 --> 02:36:26,762 GENES WITHIN BOTH HIGH AND LOW 3857 02:36:26,762 --> 02:36:30,299 GRADE GLEE OWE MA. NEXT SLIDE, 3858 02:36:30,299 --> 02:36:30,866 PLEASE. 3859 02:36:30,866 --> 02:36:32,268 ANOTHER DISEASE THAT I WOULD 3860 02:36:32,268 --> 02:36:40,376 LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT UNLIKE MED 3861 02:36:40,376 --> 02:36:42,978 YOU LOW BLASTOMA. IN DIFFUSE, 3862 02:36:42,978 --> 02:36:46,215 THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST 3863 02:36:46,215 --> 02:36:48,117 REMAINING TRULY INCURABLE 3864 02:36:48,117 --> 02:36:49,885 CANCERS. WE KNOW IT'S DEFINED 3865 02:36:49,885 --> 02:36:52,121 BY A MUTATION IN THE HIS TOME 3866 02:36:52,121 --> 02:36:56,258 GENE, THAT INFORMATION CAME FROM 3867 02:36:56,258 --> 02:36:58,227 AUTOPSY STUDIES IN THE FAST BUT 3868 02:36:58,227 --> 02:36:59,595 ADVANCING SURGICAL TECHNIQUE 3869 02:36:59,595 --> 02:37:02,498 EVEN WITH THESE TUMORS THAT CAN 3870 02:37:02,498 --> 02:37:06,268 OFTEN BE DIAGNOSED NOW WITH 3871 02:37:06,268 --> 02:37:07,636 MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND 3872 02:37:07,636 --> 02:37:11,006 BIOPSY AT DIAGNOSIS. AND WE SEE 3873 02:37:11,006 --> 02:37:14,009 THROUGH THE NCI THAT WE 3874 02:37:14,009 --> 02:37:15,945 ACTUALLY, THIS IS THE MOST 3875 02:37:15,945 --> 02:37:18,047 COMMON HIGH GRADE GLIOMA THAT WE 3876 02:37:18,047 --> 02:37:22,618 SEE IN PEDIATRICS AS EXPECTED 3877 02:37:22,618 --> 02:37:23,652 AND THE -- WE ALSO UNFORTUNATELY 3878 02:37:23,652 --> 02:37:27,556 SEE AS WE START TO GET FOLLOW UP 3879 02:37:27,556 --> 02:37:29,191 DATA NOW THAT THE SURVIVAL IS 3880 02:37:29,191 --> 02:37:32,895 SMALL AS WE KNOW WITH OVER HALF 3881 02:37:32,895 --> 02:37:38,033 OF THE CHILDREN IN THE FIRST 3882 02:37:38,033 --> 02:37:48,577 YEAR OF DIAGNOSIS SUCCUMBING AND 3883 02:37:49,078 --> 02:37:51,213 THE REST IN YEAR THREE AND ALL 3884 02:37:51,213 --> 02:37:53,816 THE TUMORS HAVE ADDITIONAL 3885 02:37:53,816 --> 02:37:56,285 MUTATIONS AND THOSE MUTATIONS 3886 02:37:56,285 --> 02:38:00,089 ARE TARGETABLE WITH THERAPIES 3887 02:38:00,089 --> 02:38:01,123 THAT ALREADY EXIST FOR OTHER 3888 02:38:01,123 --> 02:38:03,592 DISEASES. THE CURRENT STUDIES 3889 02:38:03,592 --> 02:38:04,693 WE HAVE OPEN ARE ACTUALLY FOR 3890 02:38:04,693 --> 02:38:08,464 LESS THAN 5% OF THIS DIAGNOSIS. 3891 02:38:08,464 --> 02:38:14,036 WE HAVE THE TRIAL OPEN FOR V 600 3892 02:38:14,036 --> 02:38:16,272 THERAPY AND WE DO SEE THAT THE 3893 02:38:16,272 --> 02:38:20,276 MUTATIONS CO-OCCUR WITH THE 3894 02:38:20,276 --> 02:38:23,145 DIFFUSE GLIOMA BUT WE ALSO SEE 3895 02:38:23,145 --> 02:38:27,416 OTHER MULTIPLE MUTATIONS WITHIN 3896 02:38:27,416 --> 02:38:29,185 THE PATHWAY WHICH ARE 3897 02:38:29,185 --> 02:38:31,587 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS. IF YOU 3898 02:38:31,587 --> 02:38:32,988 ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS 3899 02:38:32,988 --> 02:38:35,524 IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE BUT MY OWN 3900 02:38:35,524 --> 02:38:38,594 INITIAL ANALYSIS AS WE LOOK AT 3901 02:38:38,594 --> 02:38:40,062 THE RESULTS FOR NCI BUT THERE 3902 02:38:40,062 --> 02:38:42,398 ARE MULTIPLE OTHER MUTATIONS 3903 02:38:42,398 --> 02:38:49,838 THAT OCCUR IN THE 5-10% RANGE 3904 02:38:49,838 --> 02:38:51,507 WHICH ALL HAVE THERAPEUTIC 3905 02:38:51,507 --> 02:38:52,575 IMPLICATIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS 3906 02:38:52,575 --> 02:38:54,210 THAT WAS PARTICULARLY 3907 02:38:54,210 --> 02:38:59,782 INTERESTING TO ME IS THAT WE SAW 3908 02:38:59,782 --> 02:39:03,052 EFFUSIONS IN 7-8 PATIENTS WHICH 3909 02:39:03,052 --> 02:39:05,254 ARE CLEAR IMPLICATIONS TO 3910 02:39:05,254 --> 02:39:07,856 THERAPEUTICS AND THAT'S 3911 02:39:07,856 --> 02:39:10,526 IMPORTANT TO ME AS A CLINICIAN 3912 02:39:10,526 --> 02:39:13,696 BECAUSE THAT'S NOT EVEN A TEST 3913 02:39:13,696 --> 02:39:16,599 WAS ROUTINELY RECOMMENDED IN 3914 02:39:16,599 --> 02:39:18,968 HIGH GRADE GLIOMA BUT WE DO 3915 02:39:18,968 --> 02:39:21,237 IDENTIFY THE OUTLIERS AND THESE 3916 02:39:21,237 --> 02:39:23,138 TEST RESULTS CERTAINLY MAY 3917 02:39:23,138 --> 02:39:24,940 MATTER TO THESE PATIENTS AND AS 3918 02:39:24,940 --> 02:39:28,711 DR. THOMAS MENTIONED, ACROSS 3919 02:39:28,711 --> 02:39:31,747 PEDIATRIC TUMORS WE SEE THE 3920 02:39:31,747 --> 02:39:32,381 APPLICATIONS FOR THE PATIENT AND 3921 02:39:32,381 --> 02:39:38,621 THEIR FAMILIES INCLUDING THE 3922 02:39:38,621 --> 02:39:40,289 PATIENTS WHICH HAVE CHECKPOINT 3923 02:39:40,289 --> 02:39:42,758 AND IMMUNOTHERAPY. SO THIS IS 3924 02:39:42,758 --> 02:39:44,260 REALLY MADE US THINK AND NEXT 3925 02:39:44,260 --> 02:39:49,932 SLIDE, PLEASE, ABOUT 3926 02:39:49,932 --> 02:39:52,968 IMPLICATIONS FOR HOW WE DIAGNOSE 3927 02:39:52,968 --> 02:39:54,770 AND TREAT CHILDREN AND HOW WE 3928 02:39:54,770 --> 02:39:56,538 DESIGN CLINICAL RESEARCH TO 3929 02:39:56,538 --> 02:39:58,607 ASSESS NOVEL THERAPEUTICS. 3930 02:39:58,607 --> 02:40:03,312 THERE ARE STUDIES BUILDING ON 3931 02:40:03,312 --> 02:40:04,847 THIS NOW TO LOOK AT THE 3932 02:40:04,847 --> 02:40:06,315 PREDISPOSITION AND THEIR 3933 02:40:06,315 --> 02:40:07,716 FAMILIES. WE'RE LOOKING TO 3934 02:40:07,716 --> 02:40:09,485 CONNECT TO OTHER ROBUST CLINICAL 3935 02:40:09,485 --> 02:40:11,620 DATA SOURCES. I CERTAINLY HOPE 3936 02:40:11,620 --> 02:40:14,757 THERE IS MORE GENOMIC DISCOVERY 3937 02:40:14,757 --> 02:40:16,692 TO COME AND IT DOES GIVE US AN 3938 02:40:16,692 --> 02:40:18,427 OPPORTUNITY TO THINK MORE ABOUT 3939 02:40:18,427 --> 02:40:21,130 CLINICAL RESEARCH IN ULTRA RARE 3940 02:40:21,130 --> 02:40:24,266 TUMOR POPULATIONS. WITH THAT, I 3941 02:40:24,266 --> 02:40:30,472 WILL PASS IT BACK OVER TO 3942 02:40:30,472 --> 02:40:33,642 DR. WIDEMAN TO TALK ABOUT THAT 3943 02:40:33,642 --> 02:40:35,711 AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE 3944 02:40:35,711 --> 02:40:36,278 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF 3945 02:40:36,278 --> 02:40:37,780 COLLABORATION. SORRY, ONE MORE 3946 02:40:37,780 --> 02:40:38,814 SLIDE AND HIGHLIGHTING A FEW OF 3947 02:40:38,814 --> 02:40:40,849 THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED 3948 02:40:40,849 --> 02:40:44,520 DR. THOMAS AND ME BOTH FROM THE 3949 02:40:44,520 --> 02:40:45,888 STATISTICIAN SIDE AND TO PUT 3950 02:40:45,888 --> 02:40:47,523 TOGETHER SOME OF THE FIGURES AND 3951 02:40:47,523 --> 02:40:52,261 THE DATA PRESENTED TODAY. THANK 3952 02:40:52,261 --> 02:40:53,929 YOU 3953 02:40:53,929 --> 02:40:54,096 YOU. 3954 02:40:54,096 --> 02:40:55,097 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH DIANA AND 3955 02:40:55,097 --> 02:40:58,667 SARA AND YOU MADE IT SO CLEAR 3956 02:40:58,667 --> 02:41:00,269 HOW COMPLICATED THE TREATMENT IS 3957 02:41:00,269 --> 02:41:04,273 AND HOW MUCH MOLECULAR CHARA 3958 02:41:04,273 --> 02:41:07,376 CHARACTERIZATION AND NEED AND IT 3959 02:41:07,376 --> 02:41:09,478 WAS SAID THAT EVERY TUMOR IS A 3960 02:41:09,478 --> 02:41:11,180 RARE TUMOR AND IS REALLY TRUE 3961 02:41:11,180 --> 02:41:13,549 AND DESERVES THIS TYPE OF 3962 02:41:13,549 --> 02:41:14,650 CHARACTERIZATION. I WOULD LIKE 3963 02:41:14,650 --> 02:41:16,285 TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE NOW 3964 02:41:16,285 --> 02:41:20,289 AND OUR CCDI COORDINATED 3965 02:41:20,289 --> 02:41:27,830 PEDIATRIC AND ADOLESCENT CARE 3966 02:41:27,830 --> 02:41:29,331 INITIATIVE. THIS IS BUILDING ON 3967 02:41:29,331 --> 02:41:32,267 WHAT SARA WAS ELUDING TO FOR 3968 02:41:32,267 --> 02:41:36,071 PATIENTS WHO HAVE ULTRA RARE 3969 02:41:36,071 --> 02:41:37,473 TUMORS. LESS THAN TWO MILLION A 3970 02:41:37,473 --> 02:41:39,375 YEAR AND PATIENTS WHERE THE 3971 02:41:39,375 --> 02:41:40,242 STANDARD OF CARE DOESN'T EXIST 3972 02:41:40,242 --> 02:41:43,679 WHERE CLINICAL TRIALS ARE NOT 3973 02:41:43,679 --> 02:41:45,214 FEASIBLE. AND WE KNOW MANY 3974 02:41:45,214 --> 02:41:46,715 INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS ARE ONGOING 3975 02:41:46,715 --> 02:41:48,951 BUT WE HAVE PROBABLY TWO OR 3976 02:41:48,951 --> 02:41:51,220 THREE HUNDRED ALREADY KNOWN RARE 3977 02:41:51,220 --> 02:41:53,255 PEDIATRIC TUMORS AND HOW DO WE 3978 02:41:53,255 --> 02:41:54,556 MAKE PROGRESS? SO WE ARE 3979 02:41:54,556 --> 02:41:57,926 DEVELOPING AS YOU NOW A CCDI 3980 02:41:57,926 --> 02:42:00,396 COORDINATED EFFORT THAT WILL 3981 02:42:00,396 --> 02:42:03,298 PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO 3982 02:42:03,298 --> 02:42:05,701 SIMULTANEOUSLY STUDY MULTIPLE 3983 02:42:05,701 --> 02:42:07,436 RARE TUMORS THIS WILL BE A 3984 02:42:07,436 --> 02:42:10,973 FEASIBILITY OF A NATIONAL 3985 02:42:10,973 --> 02:42:12,541 OBSERVATIONAL STUDY FOR CHILDREN 3986 02:42:12,541 --> 02:42:17,846 AND THOSE ADULTS WITH RARE 3987 02:42:17,846 --> 02:42:20,983 TUMORS LONGITUDINALLY. WHAT YOU 3988 02:42:20,983 --> 02:42:23,218 HEARD ABOUT THE CHARACTERIZATION 3989 02:42:23,218 --> 02:42:23,886 INITIATIVE. THESE PATIENT 3990 02:42:23,886 --> 02:42:26,488 CONSIST COME FROM INSTITUTIONS 3991 02:42:26,488 --> 02:42:27,790 BUT ANY INSTITUTION ANYWHERE IN 3992 02:42:27,790 --> 02:42:28,490 THE COUNTRY. 3993 02:42:28,490 --> 02:42:32,261 SO WE HOPE TO GET TO PATIENTS 3994 02:42:32,261 --> 02:42:33,095 WITH CANCERS THAT WOULD 3995 02:42:33,095 --> 02:42:34,463 OTHERWISE NOT HAVE ACCESS TO 3996 02:42:34,463 --> 02:42:41,170 THIS TESTING. WE WILL COLLECT 3997 02:42:41,170 --> 02:42:42,337 PROSPECTIVELY IMAGING AND 3998 02:42:42,337 --> 02:42:44,973 PATHOLOGY. THE MOLECULAR 3999 02:42:44,973 --> 02:42:45,874 CHARACTERIZATION WILL GO THROUGH 4000 02:42:45,874 --> 02:42:48,110 THE INITIATIVE THAT SARA AND 4001 02:42:48,110 --> 02:42:50,512 DIANA JUST PROTECTED TO YOU. 4002 02:42:50,512 --> 02:42:52,281 HOWEVER THERE'LL BE ALSO 4003 02:42:52,281 --> 02:42:54,349 RESEARCH MOLECULAR TESTING. WE 4004 02:42:54,349 --> 02:42:56,018 WORK A LOT ON IDENTIFYING WHAT 4005 02:42:56,018 --> 02:42:58,420 COMMON DATA ELEMENTS DO WE WANT 4006 02:42:58,420 --> 02:42:59,621 TO COLLECT ON EVERY PATIENT 4007 02:42:59,621 --> 02:43:02,491 ACROSS ALL OF THE COHORTS AND WE 4008 02:43:02,491 --> 02:43:05,994 WILL ALSO INCORPORATE PATIENT 4009 02:43:05,994 --> 02:43:07,396 REPORTED OUTCOMES. WE HOPE THAT 4010 02:43:07,396 --> 02:43:10,766 THE STATE OF THE ART CLINICAL 4011 02:43:10,766 --> 02:43:12,234 AND RESEARCH MOLECULAR 4012 02:43:12,234 --> 02:43:12,534 PROFILING. 4013 02:43:12,534 --> 02:43:14,336 WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE BETTER 4014 02:43:14,336 --> 02:43:16,772 TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND I 4015 02:43:16,772 --> 02:43:19,675 THINK SARA AND DIANA GAVE YOU AN 4016 02:43:19,675 --> 02:43:21,543 EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS WILL BE 4017 02:43:21,543 --> 02:43:22,211 REPRESENTED THROUGH THE 4018 02:43:22,211 --> 02:43:24,012 CHARACTERIZATION BUT ALSO 4019 02:43:24,012 --> 02:43:25,514 HOPEFULLY IDENTIFY NEW TARGETS, 4020 02:43:25,514 --> 02:43:26,982 INFORM NEW TREATMENT TRIALS, 4021 02:43:26,982 --> 02:43:29,852 WILL ALLOW FOR MEANINGFUL 4022 02:43:29,852 --> 02:43:32,020 COMPARISON ACROSS RARE CANCER 4023 02:43:32,020 --> 02:43:35,224 TYPES, POTENTIALLY BE A SOURCE 4024 02:43:35,224 --> 02:43:36,258 FOR EXTERNAL CONTROL FOR TRIALS 4025 02:43:36,258 --> 02:43:38,794 WHEN RANDOMIZATION IS NOT 4026 02:43:38,794 --> 02:43:41,063 FEASIBLE AND THE REGISTRY OF 4027 02:43:41,063 --> 02:43:41,930 STRUCTURED AND REAL WORLD DATA 4028 02:43:41,930 --> 02:43:44,766 WILL HOPEFULLY INFORM NEW TRIAL 4029 02:43:44,766 --> 02:43:48,570 DESIGNS. WE VERY RECENTLY HAD A 4030 02:43:48,570 --> 02:43:50,372 CCDI SUPPORTED WORKSHOP HERE AT 4031 02:43:50,372 --> 02:43:52,174 THE SAME PLACE WHERE WE ARE 4032 02:43:52,174 --> 02:43:54,510 TODAY. WE HAD MULTIDISCIPLINARY 4033 02:43:54,510 --> 02:43:55,978 PARTICIPATION FROM WITHIN AND 4034 02:43:55,978 --> 02:43:58,747 OUTSIDE OF THE COG DATA 4035 02:43:58,747 --> 02:44:00,382 SCIENTISTS AND CLINICIANS AND 4036 02:44:00,382 --> 02:44:03,252 HONED DOWN ON THESE DATA TYPES 4037 02:44:03,252 --> 02:44:05,354 AND I THINK CAME TO VERY GOOD 4038 02:44:05,354 --> 02:44:06,989 AGREEMENT OF THE DATA THAT WE 4039 02:44:06,989 --> 02:44:09,224 REALLY WANT FROM A DAILY EVERY 4040 02:44:09,224 --> 02:44:11,560 SINGLE PATIENT. WE CURRENTLY 4041 02:44:11,560 --> 02:44:13,595 FINALIZING THE COMMON DATA 4042 02:44:13,595 --> 02:44:15,531 ELEMENTS. ALSO THE PATIENT 4043 02:44:15,531 --> 02:44:16,665 REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURES AND 4044 02:44:16,665 --> 02:44:18,667 THE PROTOCOL AND HOPE TO BEGIN 4045 02:44:18,667 --> 02:44:22,104 ENROLLMENT ON THE STUDY IN 2025. 4046 02:44:22,104 --> 02:44:26,375 THE PATIENT HAS TO BE A CHILD OR 4047 02:44:26,375 --> 02:44:27,576 ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT 4048 02:44:27,576 --> 02:44:29,144 CURRENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE 4049 02:44:29,144 --> 02:44:30,546 SOLID TUMOR. I ALREADY 4050 02:44:30,546 --> 02:44:31,813 MENTIONED THESE PATIENTS WILL 4051 02:44:31,813 --> 02:44:37,019 HAVE ACCESS TO THE 4052 02:44:37,019 --> 02:44:38,554 AND WE HOPE ONCE WE ESTABLISH 4053 02:44:38,554 --> 02:44:40,255 FEASIBILITY THAT WE CAN EXPAND 4054 02:44:40,255 --> 02:44:42,457 THE STUDY TO RARE BLOOD CANCERS 4055 02:44:42,457 --> 02:44:43,358 IN THE FUTURE. 4056 02:44:43,358 --> 02:44:46,395 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 4057 02:44:46,395 --> 02:44:47,563 LISTENING, AND BE HAPPY, THE 4058 02:44:47,563 --> 02:44:49,565 THREE OF US, TO TAKE QUESTIONS. 4059 02:44:49,565 --> 02:44:52,634 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4060 02:44:52,634 --> 02:44:56,438 FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. 4061 02:44:56,438 --> 02:45:04,680 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AREA. 4062 02:45:04,680 --> 02:45:05,914 DR. HAYES DIXON? 4063 02:45:05,914 --> 02:45:08,850 >> THANK YOU, TEAM, FOR THAT 4064 02:45:08,850 --> 02:45:09,952 EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. 4065 02:45:09,952 --> 02:45:11,820 AS PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGIST I WAS 4066 02:45:11,820 --> 02:45:13,121 INVOLVED IN THE FIRST MEETING 4067 02:45:13,121 --> 02:45:15,624 BEFORE I STEPPED DOWN TO BE ON 4068 02:45:15,624 --> 02:45:17,159 THIS COMMITTEE, YOU GUYS HAVE 4069 02:45:17,159 --> 02:45:18,260 DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH WHAT 4070 02:45:18,260 --> 02:45:19,027 YOU HAVE. 4071 02:45:19,027 --> 02:45:21,563 I REMEMBER ALL THE ISSUES THAT 4072 02:45:21,563 --> 02:45:23,298 WE WERE TACKLING, YOU TACKLED 4073 02:45:23,298 --> 02:45:25,467 THEM VERY WELL. 4074 02:45:25,467 --> 02:45:30,539 THE TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE, NOW 4075 02:45:30,539 --> 02:45:31,940 THAT WE MOVED FORWARDOUT SIDE OF 4076 02:45:31,940 --> 02:45:37,980 THE COG WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO 4077 02:45:37,980 --> 02:45:39,715 FURTHER THE NUMBERS OTHER THAN 4078 02:45:39,715 --> 02:45:40,916 THE ONES YOU REPORTED. 4079 02:45:40,916 --> 02:45:44,419 HOW ARE MOLECULAR 4080 02:45:44,419 --> 02:45:45,854 CHARACTERIZATIONS GOING TO BE 4081 02:45:45,854 --> 02:45:46,521 COMMUNICATED TO INVESTIGATORS TO 4082 02:45:46,521 --> 02:45:48,190 GETTER INFORM THEM ON CLINICAL 4083 02:45:48,190 --> 02:45:49,358 TRIALS OUTSIDE OF THE COG? 4084 02:45:49,358 --> 02:45:52,628 HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE 4085 02:45:52,628 --> 02:45:52,961 COMMUNICATED? 4086 02:45:52,961 --> 02:45:55,364 >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 4087 02:45:55,364 --> 02:45:59,635 AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, 4088 02:45:59,635 --> 02:46:00,736 ENROLLMENT WILL BE -- WE'LL 4089 02:46:00,736 --> 02:46:02,170 ENSURE A PATIENT ENROLLED NEEDS 4090 02:46:02,170 --> 02:46:03,872 TO HAVE A DOCTOR, ONE KEY 4091 02:46:03,872 --> 02:46:04,573 REQUIREMENT, BECAUSE WE'LL NEED 4092 02:46:04,573 --> 02:46:08,744 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REPORT 4093 02:46:08,744 --> 02:46:09,478 THE RESULTS BACK. 4094 02:46:09,478 --> 02:46:11,880 FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE A DOCTOR 4095 02:46:11,880 --> 02:46:13,215 WHO DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE 4096 02:46:13,215 --> 02:46:15,817 DEALING WITH THE MOLECULAR 4097 02:46:15,817 --> 02:46:19,254 RESULTS, WE WILL OFFER THAT WE 4098 02:46:19,254 --> 02:46:21,623 CAN HELP THE PHYSICIAN OF THE 4099 02:46:21,623 --> 02:46:22,524 INDIVIDUAL PATIENT WITH 4100 02:46:22,524 --> 02:46:27,763 COMMUNICATION OF THE MOLECULAR 4101 02:46:27,763 --> 02:46:29,297 RESULTS, ONCOLOGY GROUP 4102 02:46:29,297 --> 02:46:31,466 PARTICIPANTS THAT WILL BE LESS 4103 02:46:31,466 --> 02:46:33,669 OF AN ISSUE BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE 4104 02:46:33,669 --> 02:46:35,303 THE SERVICE CAN BE PROVIDED TO A 4105 02:46:35,303 --> 02:46:37,272 PHYSICIAN IN A MORE RURAL AREA 4106 02:46:37,272 --> 02:46:38,040 AND CANNOT INTERPRET THE 4107 02:46:38,040 --> 02:46:46,014 FINDINGS AS WELL. 4108 02:46:46,014 --> 02:46:47,783 >> THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WHEN 4109 02:46:47,783 --> 02:46:51,720 WE STARTED THIS WE THOUGHT $250 4110 02:46:51,720 --> 02:46:53,689 MILLION WAS A LOT OF MONEY BUT 4111 02:46:53,689 --> 02:46:55,123 WHEN WE GOT INTO THE AMOUNT OF 4112 02:46:55,123 --> 02:46:56,425 EFFORT AND TIME TO COLLECT THIS 4113 02:46:56,425 --> 02:46:58,427 DATA, THIS IS A MASSIVE, MASSIVE 4114 02:46:58,427 --> 02:47:00,495 AMOUNT OF DATA THAT HAS TO BE 4115 02:47:00,495 --> 02:47:00,929 COLLECTED. 4116 02:47:00,929 --> 02:47:05,834 I APPRECIATE THAT. 4117 02:47:05,834 --> 02:47:07,469 DO YOU THINK THAT -- NEED THIS 4118 02:47:07,469 --> 02:47:10,305 GROUP TO HEAR IT -- THAT THE 4119 02:47:10,305 --> 02:47:11,440 REMAINING FUNDING IS SUFFICIENT 4120 02:47:11,440 --> 02:47:13,375 TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS YOU 4121 02:47:13,375 --> 02:47:13,775 OUTLINED? 4122 02:47:13,775 --> 02:47:14,309 >> THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT 4123 02:47:14,309 --> 02:47:14,576 QUESTION. 4124 02:47:14,576 --> 02:47:18,914 WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY 4125 02:47:18,914 --> 02:47:19,548 DIFFERENT OPINIONS. 4126 02:47:19,548 --> 02:47:21,616 THIS WAS GOING TO BE CO-LED FROM 4127 02:47:21,616 --> 02:47:26,621 THE INTRAMURAL SIDE, WE WOULD 4128 02:47:26,621 --> 02:47:28,824 LOVE TO SEE MANY ENROLLMENTS AND 4129 02:47:28,824 --> 02:47:30,525 HAVE THIS PROBLEM. 4130 02:47:30,525 --> 02:47:31,660 THE CANCER STUDY WILL BE QUITE 4131 02:47:31,660 --> 02:47:36,865 RARE, IF WE WERE ABLE TO, THAT 4132 02:47:36,865 --> 02:47:39,634 MIGHT BE A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE. 4133 02:47:39,634 --> 02:47:41,603 OTHERS HAVE SAID YOU'LL BE 4134 02:47:41,603 --> 02:47:42,637 SURPRISED, WE'LL BE ENROLLING 4135 02:47:42,637 --> 02:47:44,039 MORE PATIENTS, AND I THINK IT'S 4136 02:47:44,039 --> 02:47:45,674 SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO MONITOR 4137 02:47:45,674 --> 02:47:49,311 VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE, YOU'RE 4138 02:47:49,311 --> 02:47:50,145 RIGHT, THE DATA ABSTRACTION 4139 02:47:50,145 --> 02:47:51,580 WE'RE PLANNING FROM EVERY 4140 02:47:51,580 --> 02:47:52,347 PATIENT DOES TAKE TIME. 4141 02:47:52,347 --> 02:47:56,518 IF WE WERE TO GET EVERY PATIENT 4142 02:47:56,518 --> 02:47:58,386 WITH A RARE TUMOR IT COULD 4143 02:47:58,386 --> 02:48:00,655 BECOME A PROBLEM. 4144 02:48:00,655 --> 02:48:01,022 >> THANK YOU. 4145 02:48:01,022 --> 02:48:06,161 >> YOU SAID BRAIN TUMOR, I HAD 4146 02:48:06,161 --> 02:48:07,229 TO JUMP IN. 4147 02:48:07,229 --> 02:48:11,099 THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL TALK 4148 02:48:11,099 --> 02:48:13,068 THAT YOU GAVE ON GLIOMA. 4149 02:48:13,068 --> 02:48:15,370 IN THE ADULT WORLD WE'RE NOW 4150 02:48:15,370 --> 02:48:17,773 MOVING MORE AGGRESSIVELY WITH 4151 02:48:17,773 --> 02:48:18,974 TISSUE COLLECTION, AND AFTER 4152 02:48:18,974 --> 02:48:20,942 LOOKING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON 4153 02:48:20,942 --> 02:48:23,011 TALKING IN MEETINGS ABOUT TRYING 4154 02:48:23,011 --> 02:48:25,213 TO GET MULTIPLE BIOPSIES, 4155 02:48:25,213 --> 02:48:28,150 TREATMENT BIOPSIES, BRAIN 4156 02:48:28,150 --> 02:48:29,084 TUMORS, THERE'S NOW MULTIPLE 4157 02:48:29,084 --> 02:48:31,453 PHYSICIAN STATEMENTS IN THE 4158 02:48:31,453 --> 02:48:33,855 ADULT BRAIN TUMOR WORLD SAYING 4159 02:48:33,855 --> 02:48:37,459 THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE PROGRESS IS 4160 02:48:37,459 --> 02:48:38,660 INTERROGATING TISSUE AND 4161 02:48:38,660 --> 02:48:40,095 UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON. 4162 02:48:40,095 --> 02:48:42,597 THE DATA ABOUT CSF NOT 4163 02:48:42,597 --> 02:48:43,165 NECESSARILY REFLECTING TUMOR 4164 02:48:43,165 --> 02:48:44,332 GENOMICS, IN MOST OF THE CASES, 4165 02:48:44,332 --> 02:48:49,805 THOUGH US DID IT -- IT DOES INA 4166 02:48:49,805 --> 02:48:50,272 FEW. 4167 02:48:50,272 --> 02:48:51,373 THERE ARE HUGE ETHICAL 4168 02:48:51,373 --> 02:48:52,641 CHALLENGES IN CHILDREN WITH THIS 4169 02:48:52,641 --> 02:48:55,076 BUT TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE 4170 02:48:55,076 --> 02:48:57,813 ABLE TO IN SELECT COHORTS, IN 4171 02:48:57,813 --> 02:49:00,415 PARTICULAR, AREAS START LOOKING 4172 02:49:00,415 --> 02:49:01,883 AT ON-TREATMENT BIOPSIES, WINDOW 4173 02:49:01,883 --> 02:49:06,588 OF OPPORTUNITY STUDIES IN THE 4174 02:49:06,588 --> 02:49:08,957 PEDIATRIC WORLD AS WELL? 4175 02:49:08,957 --> 02:49:09,424 >> AWESOME QUESTION. 4176 02:49:09,424 --> 02:49:11,693 SARAH, DO YOU WANT TO 4177 02:49:11,693 --> 02:49:12,694 POTENTIALLY RESPOND? 4178 02:49:12,694 --> 02:49:13,895 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 4179 02:49:13,895 --> 02:49:15,864 ONE, I DO WANT TO MAKE THE POINT 4180 02:49:15,864 --> 02:49:19,568 FOR THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ALSO 4181 02:49:19,568 --> 02:49:21,236 THE RESULTS ARE RETURNED TO 4182 02:49:21,236 --> 02:49:22,537 TREATING PHYSICIANS, NOT JUST 4183 02:49:22,537 --> 02:49:25,040 FOR THE TEAM BEING USED NOW, 4184 02:49:25,040 --> 02:49:29,544 THEY CAN BE USED FOR ALL OUR 4185 02:49:29,544 --> 02:49:33,481 STUDIES OR CLINICAL PURPOSES. 4186 02:49:33,481 --> 02:49:34,149 SEQUENTIAL INFORMATION, WE 4187 02:49:34,149 --> 02:49:35,784 STRUGGLE WITH THAT AS WELL. 4188 02:49:35,784 --> 02:49:37,953 ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK UP AND 4189 02:49:37,953 --> 02:49:42,023 COMING, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW 4190 02:49:42,023 --> 02:49:42,991 PHYSICIAN -- AND PAPERS 4191 02:49:42,991 --> 02:49:45,060 PUBLISHED ON THIS, WHAT WE MIGHT 4192 02:49:45,060 --> 02:49:47,262 LEARN BY CSF IN BRAIN TUMORS. 4193 02:49:47,262 --> 02:49:49,464 SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY 4194 02:49:49,464 --> 02:49:51,967 IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE COLLECTING, 4195 02:49:51,967 --> 02:49:54,069 AND NEW TECHNIQUES INCLUDING 4196 02:49:54,069 --> 02:49:57,539 SOME OF THE SEQUENCING WITHIN 4197 02:49:57,539 --> 02:50:03,578 CSF WE DO ACTUALLY PICK UP 4198 02:50:03,578 --> 02:50:05,447 MUTATIONS SEQUENTIALLY AND EVEN 4199 02:50:05,447 --> 02:50:06,748 WITH BIOPSY YOU'RE PUTTING A 4200 02:50:06,748 --> 02:50:09,584 NEEDLE IN A DIFFICULT PLACE, 4201 02:50:09,584 --> 02:50:11,453 NONE OF THESE TUMORS -- ALMOST 4202 02:50:11,453 --> 02:50:13,521 NONE ARE COMPLETELY RECEPTIVE SO 4203 02:50:13,521 --> 02:50:14,522 WE'RE MISSING TUMOR BIOPSIES AND 4204 02:50:14,522 --> 02:50:18,460 HAVE FOUND IN SOME CASES WE CAN 4205 02:50:18,460 --> 02:50:19,661 DETECT MUTATIONS EVEN WITHOUT 4206 02:50:19,661 --> 02:50:24,866 CYTOLOGY POSITIVE IN THE CSF, 4207 02:50:24,866 --> 02:50:27,435 AND I HOPE MAKING AN INVESTMENT 4208 02:50:27,435 --> 02:50:28,536 IN THAT TECHNOLOGY, THINKING 4209 02:50:28,536 --> 02:50:31,573 ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT, LIKE WITH 4210 02:50:31,573 --> 02:50:33,475 NCI, WHERE IT CAN REACH ALL THE 4211 02:50:33,475 --> 02:50:34,743 POTENTIAL PATIENTS WHO MIGHT 4212 02:50:34,743 --> 02:50:36,077 NEED THAT KIND OF TESTING OR BE 4213 02:50:36,077 --> 02:50:37,512 ABLE TO USE IT. 4214 02:50:37,512 --> 02:50:39,481 >> YEAH, IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC 4215 02:50:39,481 --> 02:50:43,618 ALSO TO BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT 4216 02:50:43,618 --> 02:50:44,653 COLLECTING LIVING -- LIVE 4217 02:50:44,653 --> 02:50:45,987 TISSUE, WHEN AND WHERE YOU CAN 4218 02:50:45,987 --> 02:50:48,723 TO BUILD SORT OF A LIVING 4219 02:50:48,723 --> 02:50:49,891 BIOREPOSITORY TO STUDY THE 4220 02:50:49,891 --> 02:50:50,592 BIOLOGY OF THESE CANCERS. 4221 02:50:50,592 --> 02:50:52,994 I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT 4222 02:50:52,994 --> 02:50:54,629 OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS EXTENDING 4223 02:50:54,629 --> 02:50:59,434 TO SOME OF THE ADVANCED 4224 02:50:59,434 --> 02:51:09,945 TECHNOLOGY SINGLE CELL SPATIAL 4225 02:51:10,779 --> 02:51:12,247 FOR THE DATA. 4226 02:51:12,247 --> 02:51:13,448 BY RACE AND ETHNICITY, YOU KNOW, 4227 02:51:13,448 --> 02:51:16,484 DO YOU SEE DIFFERENCES IN STAGE 4228 02:51:16,484 --> 02:51:17,452 OF DIAGNOSIS. 4229 02:51:17,452 --> 02:51:19,220 IF YOU STRATIFY BY RACE AND 4230 02:51:19,220 --> 02:51:21,556 ETHNICITY OR OUTCOMES. 4231 02:51:21,556 --> 02:51:24,759 ALSO, YOU HAVE WHOLE EXOME 4232 02:51:24,759 --> 02:51:27,028 EXPENSING DATA ON ALMOST 2,000, 4233 02:51:27,028 --> 02:51:32,834 THINKING ABOUT GENETIC 4234 02:51:32,834 --> 02:51:33,601 SIMILARITY OR ANCESTRY ANALYSIS, 4235 02:51:33,601 --> 02:51:36,438 ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT? 4236 02:51:36,438 --> 02:51:37,138 >> GREAT COMMENT. 4237 02:51:37,138 --> 02:51:39,174 SARAH, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND? 4238 02:51:39,174 --> 02:51:41,042 OR DIANA, THE COHORT, LARGEST 4239 02:51:41,042 --> 02:51:42,143 FROM THE NCI? 4240 02:51:42,143 --> 02:51:44,779 >> OUR COHORT THAT WE'RE PUTTING 4241 02:51:44,779 --> 02:51:47,949 TOGETHER TO BE A RESOURCE FOR 4242 02:51:47,949 --> 02:51:51,553 OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY. 4243 02:51:51,553 --> 02:51:52,787 YEAH, SO CANCER PREDISPOSITION 4244 02:51:52,787 --> 02:51:55,724 PROJECT IS GOING TO LOOK MORE AT 4245 02:51:55,724 --> 02:51:56,891 THE CONSTITUTIONAL GENOMICS FOR 4246 02:51:56,891 --> 02:51:57,092 SURE. 4247 02:51:57,092 --> 02:51:58,426 THAT'S NOT MY PERSONAL AREA OF 4248 02:51:58,426 --> 02:52:03,498 RESEARCH BUT IT'S A PROJECT ALSO 4249 02:52:03,498 --> 02:52:04,699 WITH THIS DATA. 4250 02:52:04,699 --> 02:52:06,334 I THINK ALMOST THE SKY'S THE 4251 02:52:06,334 --> 02:52:07,769 LIMIT IF WE CAN PUT IT TOGETHER 4252 02:52:07,769 --> 02:52:10,605 FOR ALL TYPES OF RESEARCHERS, 4253 02:52:10,605 --> 02:52:12,474 BUT SOME OF THE WORK I DO AT MY 4254 02:52:12,474 --> 02:52:14,275 OWN INSTITUTION IN TERMS OF 4255 02:52:14,275 --> 02:52:15,543 TRIAL ENROLLMENT, TRYING TO BE 4256 02:52:15,543 --> 02:52:19,481 INCLUSIVE, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF 4257 02:52:19,481 --> 02:52:20,982 BEING AS INCLUSIVE AS ANYTHING 4258 02:52:20,982 --> 02:52:22,851 I'VE EVER SEEN IN TERMS OF 4259 02:52:22,851 --> 02:52:24,052 DEMOGRAPHICS REPRESENTED HERE, 4260 02:52:24,052 --> 02:52:27,255 BOTH RURAL AS WELL AS RACIAL. 4261 02:52:27,255 --> 02:52:28,656 AND ETHNIC IDENTITIES. 4262 02:52:28,656 --> 02:52:32,160 AND I THINK PART OF IT IS IS THE 4263 02:52:32,160 --> 02:52:33,461 ACCESSIBILITY THE CHILDREN THAT 4264 02:52:33,461 --> 02:52:34,329 TRAVEL FOR TREATMENT DON'T NEED 4265 02:52:34,329 --> 02:52:36,431 TO TRAVEL FOR THIS KIND OF 4266 02:52:36,431 --> 02:52:37,098 TESTING NECESSARILY. 4267 02:52:37,098 --> 02:52:39,834 YOU KNOW, THE TESTING CAN BE 4268 02:52:39,834 --> 02:52:41,136 CENTRAL, BUT THE CHILD CAN STAY 4269 02:52:41,136 --> 02:52:42,771 AT THEIR INSTITUTION. 4270 02:52:42,771 --> 02:52:46,074 I THINK WE NEED MORE OF THAT. 4271 02:52:46,074 --> 02:52:48,243 I THINK I'M GOING OFF ON A 4272 02:52:48,243 --> 02:52:51,079 TANGENT BUT COULD THIS BE USED, 4273 02:52:51,079 --> 02:52:51,379 ABSOLUTELY. 4274 02:52:51,379 --> 02:52:52,414 THIS IS GROWING RAPIDLY, EVEN 4275 02:52:52,414 --> 02:52:54,549 MORE RAPIDLY THAN THE FIRST 20 4276 02:52:54,549 --> 02:52:58,186 MONTHS, WE'RE OVER 3,000 CASES 4277 02:52:58,186 --> 02:52:58,520 NOW. 4278 02:52:58,520 --> 02:53:00,588 MOST RECENT SIX MONTHS OF DATA 4279 02:53:00,588 --> 02:53:03,224 ARE BEING SUBMIT AND UPLOADED 4280 02:53:03,224 --> 02:53:04,659 NOW FOR AVAILABILITY. 4281 02:53:04,659 --> 02:53:06,961 GENOMICS GO IN EVERY MONTH, AND 4282 02:53:06,961 --> 02:53:08,596 CLINICAL DATA FROM THE REGISTRY 4283 02:53:08,596 --> 02:53:10,932 GO IN EVERY SIX MONTHS. 4284 02:53:10,932 --> 02:53:14,269 AND I THINK THIS IS UNIQUE IN MY 4285 02:53:14,269 --> 02:53:16,271 CAREER, AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK 4286 02:53:16,271 --> 02:53:18,006 AT THIS NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH 4287 02:53:18,006 --> 02:53:19,874 DATA COLLECTED UNIFORMLY. 4288 02:53:19,874 --> 02:53:20,975 >> I TOTALLY AGREE. 4289 02:53:20,975 --> 02:53:22,243 KIM, IN TERMS OF THINGS WE CAN 4290 02:53:22,243 --> 02:53:23,812 DO AND IN TERMS OF 4291 02:53:23,812 --> 02:53:25,146 COMMUNICATION, YOU KNOW, ACCESS 4292 02:53:25,146 --> 02:53:28,316 TO THESE TYPES OF RESOURCES 4293 02:53:28,316 --> 02:53:31,486 ACROSS, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS 4294 02:53:31,486 --> 02:53:33,354 ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS. 4295 02:53:33,354 --> 02:53:33,755 JULIE? 4296 02:53:33,755 --> 02:53:38,393 >> IT'S A GREAT PIGGYBACK TO 4297 02:53:38,393 --> 02:53:39,727 WHAT I WAS THINKING. 4298 02:53:39,727 --> 02:53:41,629 WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS AMAZING. 4299 02:53:41,629 --> 02:53:42,630 IT REALLY MATTERS TO THESE 4300 02:53:42,630 --> 02:53:43,364 FAMILIES AND PATIENTS. 4301 02:53:43,364 --> 02:53:47,035 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR 4302 02:53:47,035 --> 02:53:47,702 WORK. 4303 02:53:47,702 --> 02:53:49,237 SLIDE 14 THAT YOU PRESENTED, THE 4304 02:53:49,237 --> 02:53:51,106 HEAT MAP FOR THE UNITED STATES, 4305 02:53:51,106 --> 02:53:52,640 THE NUMBER OF SUBJECTS BY ZIP 4306 02:53:52,640 --> 02:53:56,211 CODE, WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME IS 4307 02:53:56,211 --> 02:53:57,445 THAT BOSTON, SAN FRANCISCO, AND 4308 02:53:57,445 --> 02:53:59,414 SOME MAJOR METROS ARE NOT THE 4309 02:53:59,414 --> 02:54:00,949 LARGEST SOURCES OF PATIENT 4310 02:54:00,949 --> 02:54:01,216 SAMPLES. 4311 02:54:01,216 --> 02:54:02,150 PERHAPS YOU COULD HELP ME 4312 02:54:02,150 --> 02:54:03,351 UNDERSTAND IF YOU THINK THE 4313 02:54:03,351 --> 02:54:05,620 REASON FOR THE CENTERS OF 4314 02:54:05,620 --> 02:54:06,754 EXCELLENCE, OFTEN THOSE 4315 02:54:06,754 --> 02:54:07,856 PEDIATRIC PATIENTS ARE TREATED, 4316 02:54:07,856 --> 02:54:09,691 IS BECAUSE THE STATE IS JUST 4317 02:54:09,691 --> 02:54:10,692 WHERE THEY LIVE? 4318 02:54:10,692 --> 02:54:12,460 AND THE SECOND, ARE THESE PANELS 4319 02:54:12,460 --> 02:54:16,798 ACTUALLY A SUPPLEMENT TO THE 4320 02:54:16,798 --> 02:54:18,433 INSTITUTIONS THAT DO NOT DO 4321 02:54:18,433 --> 02:54:19,868 GENOMIC TESTING ON THEIR OWN. 4322 02:54:19,868 --> 02:54:21,302 INSTITUTIONS DO THIS IN HOUSE, 4323 02:54:21,302 --> 02:54:23,905 PROBABLY NOT IN ANY DATASET. 4324 02:54:23,905 --> 02:54:25,974 HOW DO YOU HARMONIZE THAT? 4325 02:54:25,974 --> 02:54:27,675 WHY I'M INTERESTED, AS A PERSON 4326 02:54:27,675 --> 02:54:28,843 FROM INDUSTRY, WE'RE TRYING TO 4327 02:54:28,843 --> 02:54:30,812 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TRIALS WE 4328 02:54:30,812 --> 02:54:32,280 PURSUE FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER. 4329 02:54:32,280 --> 02:54:34,983 SOME OF IT FROM OBLIGATIONS, 4330 02:54:34,983 --> 02:54:40,288 FROM BOTH FDA AND EUROPEAN 4331 02:54:40,288 --> 02:54:44,058 REGULATORS FROM PIPS AND PDARA. 4332 02:54:44,058 --> 02:54:46,461 WE LOOK AT CGA, PROTOCOLS, WHICH 4333 02:54:46,461 --> 02:54:47,462 PATIENT POPULATIONS WE SHOULD 4334 02:54:47,462 --> 02:54:48,096 PRIORITIZE FOR THOSE 4335 02:54:48,096 --> 02:54:50,064 APPLICATIONS IN THE STUDIES. 4336 02:54:50,064 --> 02:54:51,332 I'M CURIOUS, THE FINAL QUESTION, 4337 02:54:51,332 --> 02:54:54,569 IF THIS DATA WILL BE INTEGRATED 4338 02:54:54,569 --> 02:54:55,436 INTO TCGA WHICH INDUSTRY LEANS 4339 02:54:55,436 --> 02:54:59,707 ON AS THE SOURCE OF THINKING 4340 02:54:59,707 --> 02:55:05,480 ABOUT EPIDEMIOLOGY AND 4341 02:55:05,480 --> 02:55:06,281 UNDERLYING GENOMICS TO ENROLL? 4342 02:55:06,281 --> 02:55:07,782 >> SARAH, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT 4343 02:55:07,782 --> 02:55:09,751 ON THE POTENTIAL SOURCE OF 4344 02:55:09,751 --> 02:55:11,853 SAMPLES AND WHO PARTICIPATES IN 4345 02:55:11,853 --> 02:55:15,557 THE MCI AND WHO DOESN'T? 4346 02:55:15,557 --> 02:55:17,492 >> YEAH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING, DR. 4347 02:55:17,492 --> 02:55:20,595 THOMAS, WHAT THIS IS HELPING 4348 02:55:20,595 --> 02:55:21,996 LIKE YOU'VE SEEN THE SITES WITH 4349 02:55:21,996 --> 02:55:27,602 THEIR OWN TESTING, FROM A LARGE 4350 02:55:27,602 --> 02:55:29,237 SITE OURSELVES, WE'RE HIGH 4351 02:55:29,237 --> 02:55:31,206 ENROLLING, OUR PHILOSOPHY DOING 4352 02:55:31,206 --> 02:55:32,674 OUR OWN TESTING, CLINICAL 4353 02:55:32,674 --> 02:55:34,075 RESEARCH, OURS ARE LIKE THAT. 4354 02:55:34,075 --> 02:55:36,911 OTHER SITES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED 4355 02:55:36,911 --> 02:55:38,580 FOR CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OR DOING 4356 02:55:38,580 --> 02:55:40,448 THEIR OWN IN-HOUSE RESEARCH AND 4357 02:55:40,448 --> 02:55:42,850 PRIORITIZE THAT OVER 4358 02:55:42,850 --> 02:55:43,818 PARTICIPATION IN THE MCI. 4359 02:55:43,818 --> 02:55:46,120 I THINK WE TRIED TO SET IT UP TO 4360 02:55:46,120 --> 02:55:47,222 BE REASONABLE FOR SITES LIKE 4361 02:55:47,222 --> 02:55:55,430 THAT TO DO BOTH, WHICH IS GREAT. 4362 02:55:55,430 --> 02:55:59,234 THE MORE WE DO, THE MORE 4363 02:55:59,234 --> 02:56:04,105 RELEARN. -- WE LEARN. 4364 02:56:04,105 --> 02:56:06,274 IN TERMS OF INTEGRATING, TUMORS 4365 02:56:06,274 --> 02:56:08,476 THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED IN TCGA, 4366 02:56:08,476 --> 02:56:10,578 MY HOPE IS FOR PEDIATRICS THESE 4367 02:56:10,578 --> 02:56:11,646 PLATFORMS BECOME THE DATA SOURCE 4368 02:56:11,646 --> 02:56:13,314 WHERE EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE. 4369 02:56:13,314 --> 02:56:17,218 CRE PRESENTED THE CNS DATA, MY 4370 02:56:17,218 --> 02:56:22,056 OWN FOCUS IN DATA, THIS IS FOR 4371 02:56:22,056 --> 02:56:23,324 ALL. 4372 02:56:23,324 --> 02:56:24,559 GROWING IN TERMS OF BEING MORE 4373 02:56:24,559 --> 02:56:26,427 INCLUSIVE FOR LOTS AND LOTS OF 4374 02:56:26,427 --> 02:56:28,396 PEDIATRIC TUMORS. 4375 02:56:28,396 --> 02:56:29,230 SOME FROM INTRAMURAL -- 4376 02:56:29,230 --> 02:56:31,933 >> SO WE HAVE TWO MORE 4377 02:56:31,933 --> 02:56:33,434 QUESTIONS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO 4378 02:56:33,434 --> 02:56:34,502 EAT INTO OUR LUNCH HOUR. 4379 02:56:34,502 --> 02:56:35,937 BUT THEY ARE FROM TWO 4380 02:56:35,937 --> 02:56:36,971 INDIVIDUALS RETIRING FROM THE 4381 02:56:36,971 --> 02:56:39,674 BOARD SO I WANT TO OBLIGE THEM. 4382 02:56:39,674 --> 02:56:42,844 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SUSAN 4383 02:56:42,844 --> 02:56:44,579 AND GO TO ANN. 4384 02:56:44,579 --> 02:56:45,813 >> GREAT PRESENTATION, MAYBE MY 4385 02:56:45,813 --> 02:56:47,115 QUESTION IS EASY. 4386 02:56:47,115 --> 02:56:49,550 I NOTICED THERE WAS A SMALL 4387 02:56:49,550 --> 02:56:52,520 SUBSET OF FOLKS THAT HAD 4388 02:56:52,520 --> 02:56:53,021 GERMLINE INHERITED 4389 02:56:53,021 --> 02:56:55,990 PREDISPOSITION, SO I WAS 4390 02:56:55,990 --> 02:56:57,959 WONDERING HOW DOES THE GENETIC 4391 02:56:57,959 --> 02:56:59,394 COUNSELING ASPECT OF THAT WORK, 4392 02:56:59,394 --> 02:57:02,797 AND WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES 4393 02:57:02,797 --> 02:57:05,867 FOR CASCADE TESTING WITH 4394 02:57:05,867 --> 02:57:08,936 FAMILIES THAT MAY NOT OTHERWISE 4395 02:57:08,936 --> 02:57:09,704 HAVE ACCESS? 4396 02:57:09,704 --> 02:57:13,975 >> I BELIEVE FOR THE CHILDREN'S 4397 02:57:13,975 --> 02:57:14,742 ONCOLOGY GROUP PARTICIPANTS, 4398 02:57:14,742 --> 02:57:17,145 IT'S NOT THAT MUCH OF AN ISSUE 4399 02:57:17,145 --> 02:57:19,314 BUT WOULD LIKE SARAH OR DIANA TO 4400 02:57:19,314 --> 02:57:20,281 COMMENT. 4401 02:57:20,281 --> 02:57:21,949 I BELIEVE FOR YOUR PARTICIPANTS, 4402 02:57:21,949 --> 02:57:25,453 MOST OF THE SITES WOULD HAVE 4403 02:57:25,453 --> 02:57:27,422 ACCESS TO GENETIC COUNSELING; IS 4404 02:57:27,422 --> 02:57:27,755 THAT CORRECT? 4405 02:57:27,755 --> 02:57:37,365 >> YEAH, AND WE ACTUALLY SET UP, 4406 02:57:37,365 --> 02:57:38,366 THE AVAILABILITY THE SITES WOULD 4407 02:57:38,366 --> 02:57:43,171 HAVE, MOST OF US ARE FROM LARGER 4408 02:57:43,171 --> 02:57:44,272 INSTITUTION US BUT WAS SURPRISED 4409 02:57:44,272 --> 02:57:47,542 BY THE QUESTIONS WE'RE GETTING, 4410 02:57:47,542 --> 02:57:48,643 EXTREMELY HIGH LEVEL COMPLEX 4411 02:57:48,643 --> 02:57:49,844 QUESTIONS PERHAPS NONE OF US 4412 02:57:49,844 --> 02:57:51,813 KNOW THE ANSWER TO, AND NOT WHAT 4413 02:57:51,813 --> 02:57:53,915 DO I DO WITH THESE RESULTS, 4414 02:57:53,915 --> 02:57:56,851 SITES ARE ALREADY SEEKING OUT 4415 02:57:56,851 --> 02:58:00,254 THESE KINDS OF RESOURCES AND SO 4416 02:58:00,254 --> 02:58:02,390 MY IMPRESSION IS THAT THE 4417 02:58:02,390 --> 02:58:03,758 PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGISTS, YOU KNOW, 4418 02:58:03,758 --> 02:58:05,593 PRACTICING IN RURAL SITES 4419 02:58:05,593 --> 02:58:10,865 ALREADY HAVE BUILT A NETWORK, 4420 02:58:10,865 --> 02:58:12,500 SOME THROUGH TCOG, POTENTIALLY 4421 02:58:12,500 --> 02:58:15,903 OTHER RESOURCES TO REACH OUT. 4422 02:58:15,903 --> 02:58:18,339 THEY DIDN'T HAVE RAPID 4423 02:58:18,339 --> 02:58:20,375 TURNAROUND OF TESTING UNTIL THE 4424 02:58:20,375 --> 02:58:20,541 MCI. 4425 02:58:20,541 --> 02:58:22,043 QUESTIONS ARE MORE CUTTING EDGE 4426 02:58:22,043 --> 02:58:23,378 QUESTIONS, NOT THE BASIC WHAT DO 4427 02:58:23,378 --> 02:58:24,245 I NEED. 4428 02:58:24,245 --> 02:58:26,748 REMEMBER RESULTS ARE GOING BACK 4429 02:58:26,748 --> 02:58:32,253 TO CLINICIANS, SO THEY HAVE THAT 4430 02:58:32,253 --> 02:58:32,887 DOCTOR/PATIENT RELATIONSHIP, 4431 02:58:32,887 --> 02:58:35,390 FEWER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE 4432 02:58:35,390 --> 02:58:35,823 RESULTS MEAN. 4433 02:58:35,823 --> 02:58:37,358 >> YEAH, THERE COULD BE AN 4434 02:58:37,358 --> 02:58:39,894 OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE 4435 02:58:39,894 --> 02:58:41,963 PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AND CANCER 4436 02:58:41,963 --> 02:58:43,164 GENOME SEQUENCING INITIATIVE, 4437 02:58:43,164 --> 02:58:44,165 MOONSHOT INITIATIVE, BECAUSE I 4438 02:58:44,165 --> 02:58:45,900 KNOW THAT GROUP IS ALSO TACKLING 4439 02:58:45,900 --> 02:58:47,668 SOME OF THESE ASPECTS OF RETURN 4440 02:58:47,668 --> 02:58:49,637 OF RESULTS AND CASCADE TESTING. 4441 02:58:49,637 --> 02:58:51,906 ANN, YOU'RE STANDING BETWEEN US 4442 02:58:51,906 --> 02:58:53,040 AND LUNCH. 4443 02:58:53,040 --> 02:58:54,876 >> OH MY GOD, OKAY, VERY 4444 02:58:54,876 --> 02:58:55,209 QUICKLY. 4445 02:58:55,209 --> 02:58:58,946 FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON 4446 02:58:58,946 --> 02:59:00,014 FINALLY DEMOCRATIZING PEDIATRIC 4447 02:59:00,014 --> 02:59:00,248 DATA. 4448 02:59:00,248 --> 02:59:02,183 IT'S TAKEN US A LONG TIME TO GET 4449 02:59:02,183 --> 02:59:02,383 HERE. 4450 02:59:02,383 --> 02:59:04,519 I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 4451 02:59:04,519 --> 02:59:05,953 THE SECOND THING IN TERMS OF 4452 02:59:05,953 --> 02:59:10,091 RETURN OF RESULTS FOR THAT 12% 4453 02:59:10,091 --> 02:59:11,426 WHERE YOU'RE SEEING GERMLINE 4454 02:59:11,426 --> 02:59:15,897 MUTATIONS IS THAT BEING DONE 4455 02:59:15,897 --> 02:59:17,732 REGULARLY? 4456 02:59:17,732 --> 02:59:19,400 >> YES. 4457 02:59:19,400 --> 02:59:26,174 >> RETURN OF RESULTS, YES? 4458 02:59:26,174 --> 02:59:28,910 THAT'S INTERESTING. 4459 02:59:28,910 --> 02:59:29,477 . 4460 02:59:29,477 --> 02:59:30,745 YOU'RE USING GENETIC COUNSELORS. 4461 02:59:30,745 --> 02:59:32,146 >> IT GOES TO THE TREATING 4462 02:59:32,146 --> 02:59:32,413 PHYSICIAN. 4463 02:59:32,413 --> 02:59:36,250 >> THIS IS A TUMOR WHERE PEOPLE, 4464 02:59:36,250 --> 02:59:40,188 YOUNG ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE 4465 02:59:40,188 --> 02:59:41,923 LIVE, 72% OR SO SURVIVAL RATE. 4466 02:59:41,923 --> 02:59:45,226 WE SET UP A TRIAL A FEW YEARS 4467 02:59:45,226 --> 02:59:48,729 AGO, CDM AGILE, A PLATFORM 4468 02:59:48,729 --> 02:59:49,697 ADAPTIVE TRIAL. 4469 02:59:49,697 --> 02:59:51,799 IT'S DOING VERY WELL. 4470 02:59:51,799 --> 02:59:58,840 I'M WONDERING IF THIS MIGHT NOT 4471 02:59:58,840 --> 03:00:00,441 BE AN APPROPRIATE APPROACH [ 4472 03:00:00,441 --> 03:00:01,242 AUDIO DISTORTION ] PARTICULAR 4473 03:00:01,242 --> 03:00:03,344 TIME. 4474 03:00:03,344 --> 03:00:04,612 IT MAY BE WORTH LOOKING AT. 4475 03:00:04,612 --> 03:00:05,179 >> THANK YOU. 4476 03:00:05,179 --> 03:00:09,016 I WANT TO MENTION WE'RE VERY 4477 03:00:09,016 --> 03:00:13,521 INTERESTED IN THE CCDI TO FOLLOW 4478 03:00:13,521 --> 03:00:14,722 THESE PATIENTS, WE'RE WORKING 4479 03:00:14,722 --> 03:00:15,456 TOWARDS HAVING SPECIFIC COHORTS 4480 03:00:15,456 --> 03:00:16,891 FOR THESE PATIENTS. 4481 03:00:16,891 --> 03:00:19,527 I WANT TO BRIEFLY MENTION OUR 4482 03:00:19,527 --> 03:00:22,797 WORK IN ESTABLISHING NATIONAL OR 4483 03:00:22,797 --> 03:00:24,565 INTERNATIONAL TUMOR BOARDS FOR 4484 03:00:24,565 --> 03:00:25,766 CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR TUMOR 4485 03:00:25,766 --> 03:00:29,270 BOARDS FOR PATIENTS WHO MAY NOT 4486 03:00:29,270 --> 03:00:30,805 HAVE ACCESS TO SOMEBODY WHO 4487 03:00:30,805 --> 03:00:32,440 FEELS COMFORTABLE MAKING 4488 03:00:32,440 --> 03:00:34,208 TREATMENT DECISIONS AND 4489 03:00:34,208 --> 03:00:35,309 RECOMMENDATIONS, SO THAT'S 4490 03:00:35,309 --> 03:00:36,611 ANOTHER COMPLEMENTARY PART TO 4491 03:00:36,611 --> 03:00:38,679 THE RARE TUMORS INITIATIVE THAT 4492 03:00:38,679 --> 03:00:39,447 I JUST DESCRIBED. 4493 03:00:39,447 --> 03:00:41,315 WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MANY 4494 03:00:41,315 --> 03:00:42,416 EFFORTS ONGOING, REACHING OUT TO 4495 03:00:42,416 --> 03:00:47,121 MANY OF THE TEAMS THAT ARE CON 4496 03:00:47,121 --> 03:00:47,989 CONDUCTING THESE TUMOR BOARDS. 4497 03:00:47,989 --> 03:00:50,858 >> THANK YOU FOR THE FANTASTIC 4498 03:00:50,858 --> 03:00:52,159 PRESENTATION, HIGHLY IMPACTFUL. 4499 03:00:52,159 --> 03:00:56,063 WE'RE NOW GOING TO BREAK FOR 4500 03:00:56,063 --> 03:01:12,174 LUNCH. 4501 03:01:12,174 --> 03:01:15,877 WITH THE CCR ARTIFICIAL 4502 03:01:15,877 --> 03:01:18,013 INTELLIGENCE RESOURCE 4503 03:01:18,013 --> 03:01:20,182 OR AIR, SO YOU'LL GET A CHANCE 4504 03:01:20,182 --> 03:01:23,785 TO SEE HOW WE'RE COORDINATING 4505 03:01:23,785 --> 03:01:25,787 A.I. ACTIVITIES ACROSS NCI AS 4506 03:01:25,787 --> 03:01:28,290 WELL AS SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES CCR 4507 03:01:28,290 --> 03:01:31,226 IS DOING. 4508 03:01:31,226 --> 03:01:32,661 EXCUSE ME. 4509 03:01:32,661 --> 03:01:35,297 SO, YOU CAN SEE VISUALLY, THERE 4510 03:01:35,297 --> 03:01:38,033 WE ALL ARE. 4511 03:01:38,033 --> 03:01:42,070 AND YOU ALREADY HEARD FROM JOHN, 4512 03:01:42,070 --> 03:01:45,574 OUR BRIEF BIOS, I WANTED TO TALK 4513 03:01:45,574 --> 03:01:46,875 BRIEFLY ABOUT MY ROLE SINCE THIS 4514 03:01:46,875 --> 03:01:48,977 IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I WAS 4515 03:01:48,977 --> 03:01:51,046 APPOINTED THAT I'VE HAD A CHANCE 4516 03:01:51,046 --> 03:01:53,482 TO TALK WITH THE NCAB. 4517 03:01:53,482 --> 03:01:58,186 I AM, AS KIM MENTIONED, THE 4518 03:01:58,186 --> 03:02:01,556 FIRST DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR DATA 4519 03:02:01,556 --> 03:02:02,324 SCIENCE AND STRATEGY, STARTED AT 4520 03:02:02,324 --> 03:02:03,658 THE END OF JUNE. 4521 03:02:03,658 --> 03:02:06,595 AND PART OF MY ROLE IS REALLY TO 4522 03:02:06,595 --> 03:02:10,298 ADVISE NCI IN ALL THINGS DATA 4523 03:02:10,298 --> 03:02:11,299 SCIENCE AND UNDERSTAND 4524 03:02:11,299 --> 03:02:14,269 STEWARDSHIP, HOW WE THINK ABOUT 4525 03:02:14,269 --> 03:02:16,404 GOOD DATA SHARING PRACTICES, 4526 03:02:16,404 --> 03:02:18,540 PROVIDE SOME STRATEGIC DIRECTION 4527 03:02:18,540 --> 03:02:20,308 TO CBIIT, I FEEL PARTICULARLY 4528 03:02:20,308 --> 03:02:22,377 HONORED TO MOVE FROM BEING CBIIT 4529 03:02:22,377 --> 03:02:25,680 DIRECTOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO 4530 03:02:25,680 --> 03:02:27,983 TO NOW BEING AGE TO HELP PROVIDE 4531 03:02:27,983 --> 03:02:30,318 A LITTLE MORE STRATEGIC 4532 03:02:30,318 --> 03:02:31,386 DIRECTION FOR CBIIT. 4533 03:02:31,386 --> 03:02:35,323 THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO 4534 03:02:35,323 --> 03:02:38,927 INTEGRATE THE NIH PLANS AROUND 4535 03:02:38,927 --> 03:02:40,662 DATA SCIENCE INTO NCI. 4536 03:02:40,662 --> 03:02:41,763 SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY 4537 03:02:41,763 --> 03:02:44,599 IMPORTANT AS WE DO THAT, ALSO 4538 03:02:44,599 --> 03:02:46,134 INFORMING WHAT HHS PLANS TO DO 4539 03:02:46,134 --> 03:02:48,503 WITH DATA SCIENCE, WHAT HHS IS 4540 03:02:48,503 --> 03:02:54,242 PLANNING TO DO WITH A.I. 4541 03:02:54,242 --> 03:02:55,644 AND THEN PROVIDE COUNSEL ACROSS 4542 03:02:55,644 --> 03:02:58,280 NCI AND NIH AROUND SPECIFIC 4543 03:02:58,280 --> 03:02:58,580 ACTIVITIES. 4544 03:02:58,580 --> 03:03:00,649 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT 4545 03:03:00,649 --> 03:03:02,684 I'M DOING. 4546 03:03:02,684 --> 03:03:05,420 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF, AS I 4547 03:03:05,420 --> 03:03:08,023 JUST MENTIONED, I WAS THE CBIIT 4548 03:03:08,023 --> 03:03:11,226 DIRECTOR BACK IN 2013 UNTIL 4549 03:03:11,226 --> 03:03:11,426 2017. 4550 03:03:11,426 --> 03:03:15,931 THE LAST YEAR OF THAT TIME I WAS 4551 03:03:15,931 --> 03:03:18,300 ALSO PRIVILEGED TO BE ONE OF THE 4552 03:03:18,300 --> 03:03:22,070 ACTING DIRECTORS, PART OF THE 4553 03:03:22,070 --> 03:03:25,340 CANCER MOONSHOT WAS DOUG WAS 4554 03:03:25,340 --> 03:03:27,209 ACTING NCI DIRECTOR. 4555 03:03:27,209 --> 03:03:30,278 I LEFT NCI IN 2017 TO MOVE TO 4556 03:03:30,278 --> 03:03:32,147 DUKE, WHERE I WAS THE VICE CHAIR 4557 03:03:32,147 --> 03:03:34,983 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 4558 03:03:34,983 --> 03:03:35,550 BIOSTATISTICS AND 4559 03:03:35,550 --> 03:03:36,618 BIOINFORMATICS, ALSO THE CHIEF 4560 03:03:36,618 --> 03:03:38,587 DATA OFFICER FOR THE DUKE CANCER 4561 03:03:38,587 --> 03:03:39,421 INSTITUTE. 4562 03:03:39,421 --> 03:03:41,456 AND THEN AS YOU HEARD CAME BACK 4563 03:03:41,456 --> 03:03:44,859 HERE TO NCI ON JUNE 30, I'M VERY 4564 03:03:44,859 --> 03:03:50,765 EXCITED TO BE BACK. 4565 03:03:50,765 --> 03:03:51,967 SO THIS PRESENTATION IS ALL 4566 03:03:51,967 --> 03:03:52,601 ABOUT A.I. 4567 03:03:52,601 --> 03:03:54,469 I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO 4568 03:03:54,469 --> 03:03:55,904 GIVE YOU BACKGROUND WHERE A.I. 4569 03:03:55,904 --> 03:03:57,872 COMES FROM, WHERE AT LEAST FROM 4570 03:03:57,872 --> 03:03:59,274 MY PERSPECTIVE WHERE WE'RE 4571 03:03:59,274 --> 03:03:59,608 HEADED. 4572 03:03:59,608 --> 03:04:01,710 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 4573 03:04:01,710 --> 03:04:06,982 REALIZE THAT AS LONG AS HUMAN 4574 03:04:06,982 --> 03:04:09,251 BEINGS HAVE BEEN -- HAD 4575 03:04:09,251 --> 03:04:11,386 COGNITION AND THINKING THERE'S 4576 03:04:11,386 --> 03:04:12,053 BEEN DISCUSSIONS OF WHAT DO YOU 4577 03:04:12,053 --> 03:04:13,989 MEAN TO HAVE A MACHINE THAT 4578 03:04:13,989 --> 03:04:18,660 COULD REPRODUCE THE WAY WE 4579 03:04:18,660 --> 03:04:21,096 THINK, SO BACK IN THE 1800s A 4580 03:04:21,096 --> 03:04:22,764 NUMBER OF PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT 4581 03:04:22,764 --> 03:04:25,934 THIS FROM A MATHEMATICAL 4582 03:04:25,934 --> 03:04:26,434 STANDPOINT. 4583 03:04:26,434 --> 03:04:28,470 A LOT OF LOGIC MODELS CAME OUT 4584 03:04:28,470 --> 03:04:30,405 IN THAT POINT IN TIME. 4585 03:04:30,405 --> 03:04:32,374 MOVING THROUGH INTO THE 4586 03:04:32,374 --> 03:04:35,677 BEGINNING OF THE '60s WHEN I 4587 03:04:35,677 --> 03:04:38,380 WOULD SAY COMPUTERS AS WE THINK 4588 03:04:38,380 --> 03:04:39,948 OF TODAY WERE STARTING. 4589 03:04:39,948 --> 03:04:41,149 THERE WERE APPROACHES TO 4590 03:04:41,149 --> 03:04:43,118 THINKING ABOUT A.I. THEN, BUT OF 4591 03:04:43,118 --> 03:04:44,119 COURSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE 4592 03:04:44,119 --> 03:04:47,489 COMPUTE CAPABILITY TO MAKE ANY 4593 03:04:47,489 --> 03:04:49,891 OF IT REALLY FEEL AND ACT LIKE A 4594 03:04:49,891 --> 03:04:50,225 PERSON. 4595 03:04:50,225 --> 03:05:00,735 BACK IN THE '40s THERE WAS THE 4596 03:05:04,873 --> 03:05:06,241 TURING TEST, CAN YOU PREDICT IF 4597 03:05:06,241 --> 03:05:11,846 IT'S A REAL PERSON, AND 2018 4598 03:05:11,846 --> 03:05:13,815 FOLKS AT GOOGLE WITH TRANSFORMER 4599 03:05:13,815 --> 03:05:17,285 MODELS, BERT IN PARTICULAR. 4600 03:05:17,285 --> 03:05:21,256 NOW WE HAVE LARGE LANGUAGE 4601 03:05:21,256 --> 03:05:21,990 MODELS, ChatGPT, CHANGING WAIT 4602 03:05:21,990 --> 03:05:23,992 WE THINK ABOUT A.I. AND THINKING 4603 03:05:23,992 --> 03:05:27,595 ABOUT THEM BEING RELEVANT TO OUR 4604 03:05:27,595 --> 03:05:27,962 DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. 4605 03:05:27,962 --> 03:05:29,564 SO, THAT'S KIND OF THE HISTORY 4606 03:05:29,564 --> 03:05:33,001 AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE 4607 03:05:33,001 --> 03:05:33,735 WE'RE HEADING. 4608 03:05:33,735 --> 03:05:36,037 BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY 4609 03:05:36,037 --> 03:05:37,906 IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE'RE 4610 03:05:37,906 --> 03:05:39,674 THINKING ABOUT A.I., ONE IS 4611 03:05:39,674 --> 03:05:42,077 THERE'S THIS CONCEPT OF BEING 4612 03:05:42,077 --> 03:05:45,347 A.I. READY. 4613 03:05:45,347 --> 03:05:49,517 SO, ARE THE DATA -- IS IT 4614 03:05:49,517 --> 03:05:52,554 SOMETHING THAT WE CAN -- WE CAN 4615 03:05:52,554 --> 03:05:54,422 USE THESE MODELS FOR, RIGHT? 4616 03:05:54,422 --> 03:05:56,191 ARE THE DATA APPROPRIATE? 4617 03:05:56,191 --> 03:05:57,692 DO WE HAVE GOOD DATA? 4618 03:05:57,692 --> 03:06:00,562 AND CAN WE USE THAT TO FEED INTO 4619 03:06:00,562 --> 03:06:01,429 A.I. SYSTEMS? 4620 03:06:01,429 --> 03:06:04,399 I THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 4621 03:06:04,399 --> 03:06:06,668 THERE -- OOPS, APPARENTLY I 4622 03:06:06,668 --> 03:06:08,103 MOVED THE SLIDE FORWARD. 4623 03:06:08,103 --> 03:06:09,437 WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN 4624 03:06:09,437 --> 03:06:11,806 THINKING ABOUT A.I. READY IS THE 4625 03:06:11,806 --> 03:06:12,941 DATA QUALITY HAS TO BE THERE, 4626 03:06:12,941 --> 03:06:15,210 AND IT HAS TO BE VALUABLE FOR 4627 03:06:15,210 --> 03:06:18,713 MANY, MANY THINGS, NOT JUST A.I. 4628 03:06:18,713 --> 03:06:21,116 SO, THAT'S ONE OF THE 4629 03:06:21,116 --> 03:06:21,649 PRINCIPLES. 4630 03:06:21,649 --> 03:06:22,751 ANOTHER ONE IS THINKING ABOUT 4631 03:06:22,751 --> 03:06:25,820 HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IN FACT THE 4632 03:06:25,820 --> 03:06:27,889 SYSTEMS WE BUILD, THE KINDS OF 4633 03:06:27,889 --> 03:06:29,991 DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE, ARE 4634 03:06:29,991 --> 03:06:30,959 TRUSTWORTHY AND ETHICAL. 4635 03:06:30,959 --> 03:06:32,594 AND THAT'S REALLY A HUMAN 4636 03:06:32,594 --> 03:06:32,827 PROBLEM. 4637 03:06:32,827 --> 03:06:34,129 IT'S NOT AN A.I. PROBLEM. 4638 03:06:34,129 --> 03:06:38,266 IT'S HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE 4639 03:06:38,266 --> 03:06:39,434 REALLY PUTTING HUMAN BEINGS IN 4640 03:06:39,434 --> 03:06:43,638 THE LOOP IN DECISION MAKING. 4641 03:06:43,638 --> 03:06:45,407 DIVERSE WORKFORCE, WE'VE ALREADY 4642 03:06:45,407 --> 03:06:47,909 HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT THIS 4643 03:06:47,909 --> 03:06:48,410 MORNING. 4644 03:06:48,410 --> 03:06:49,778 IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND 4645 03:06:49,778 --> 03:06:52,180 BOTH AROUND WHO COMES UP WITH 4646 03:06:52,180 --> 03:06:54,749 THE NEXT SETS OF A.I. MODELS BUT 4647 03:06:54,749 --> 03:06:57,552 ALSO HOW DO WE PREPARE EXISTING 4648 03:06:57,552 --> 03:06:59,187 WORKFORCE SO IN FACT THEY KNOW 4649 03:06:59,187 --> 03:07:00,789 HOW TO USE THE TOOLS THAT ARE 4650 03:07:00,789 --> 03:07:05,326 COMING OUT. 4651 03:07:05,326 --> 03:07:06,861 SO, IT'S REALLY -- THE WORKFORCE 4652 03:07:06,861 --> 03:07:08,062 PART IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND 4653 03:07:08,062 --> 03:07:10,565 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LOVE 4654 03:07:10,565 --> 03:07:12,834 TO TALK MORE WITH YOU AT THE END 4655 03:07:12,834 --> 03:07:16,037 OF THE PRESENTATIONS. 4656 03:07:16,037 --> 03:07:20,208 SO, PREPARING FOR THE NEXT TWO 4657 03:07:20,208 --> 03:07:21,743 PRESENTATIONS, ONE IS THE 4658 03:07:21,743 --> 03:07:23,144 OPPORTUNITIES AROUND A.I. ARE, 4659 03:07:23,144 --> 03:07:25,346 ONE, HOW DO WE START TO 4660 03:07:25,346 --> 03:07:27,115 INTEGRATE GENERALIST A.I. MODELS 4661 03:07:27,115 --> 03:07:30,919 INTO EVERYTHING WE DO IN CANCER 4662 03:07:30,919 --> 03:07:31,252 RESEARCH? 4663 03:07:31,252 --> 03:07:34,289 SO, PART OF THAT, IN MY MIND, IS 4664 03:07:34,289 --> 03:07:35,857 THINKING ABOUT WHAT A LOT OF THE 4665 03:07:35,857 --> 03:07:36,825 BIG TECH COMPANIES ARE DOING 4666 03:07:36,825 --> 03:07:38,526 RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY ARE 4667 03:07:38,526 --> 03:07:42,664 GENERATING AND PUTTING A LOT OF 4668 03:07:42,664 --> 03:07:44,399 RESOURCES INTO NEW GENERATIVE 4669 03:07:44,399 --> 03:07:47,135 A.I. MODELS, NEW A.I. 4670 03:07:47,135 --> 03:07:47,469 ALGORITHMS. 4671 03:07:47,469 --> 03:07:50,872 HOW DO WE HELP THEM APPLY THAT 4672 03:07:50,872 --> 03:07:52,307 IN CANCER RESEARCH? 4673 03:07:52,307 --> 03:07:53,708 ANOTHER IS HOW DO WE JUST 4674 03:07:53,708 --> 03:07:55,143 COORDINATE ALL THE THINGS GOING 4675 03:07:55,143 --> 03:07:57,212 ON RIGHT NOW AND MAKE SURE THAT 4676 03:07:57,212 --> 03:07:59,514 WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT 4677 03:07:59,514 --> 03:08:01,516 AS AN ECOSYSTEM, THINKING ABOUT 4678 03:08:01,516 --> 03:08:04,686 ALL THE POSSIBILITIES TOGETHER. 4679 03:08:04,686 --> 03:08:07,422 AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR 4680 03:08:07,422 --> 03:08:09,958 EXAMPLES FROM JULIE, AND 4681 03:08:09,958 --> 03:08:11,125 EXAMPLES FROM BARIS HOW WE DO 4682 03:08:11,125 --> 03:08:11,459 THAT. 4683 03:08:11,459 --> 03:08:15,296 I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO 4684 03:08:15,296 --> 03:08:17,499 JULIE, AND LET HER TALK ABOUT 4685 03:08:17,499 --> 03:08:21,002 THE A.I. WORKING GROUP. 4686 03:08:21,002 --> 03:08:22,837 AND THIS DID SEEM TO WORK FOR 4687 03:08:22,837 --> 03:08:23,004 ME. 4688 03:08:23,004 --> 03:08:25,240 >> OKAY, GREAT. 4689 03:08:25,240 --> 03:08:26,007 THANK YOU, WARREN. 4690 03:08:26,007 --> 03:08:30,612 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY 4691 03:08:30,612 --> 03:08:32,547 REPRESENTING THE NCI ARTIFICIAL 4692 03:08:32,547 --> 03:08:34,682 INTELLIGENCE WORKING GROUP. 4693 03:08:34,682 --> 03:08:37,051 SO, WE USE THE TERM ARTIFICIAL 4694 03:08:37,051 --> 03:08:40,388 INTELLIGENCE REALLY TO DESCRIBE 4695 03:08:40,388 --> 03:08:41,756 A VERY BROAD COLLECTION OF 4696 03:08:41,756 --> 03:08:44,759 COMPUTER METHODS THAT CAN LEARN 4697 03:08:44,759 --> 03:08:47,362 PATTERNS IN DATA THAT MIMIC THE 4698 03:08:47,362 --> 03:08:48,796 HUMAN BRAIN. 4699 03:08:48,796 --> 03:08:51,299 AND THESE METHODS ARE 4700 03:08:51,299 --> 03:08:54,802 INCREASINGLY BEING APPLIED BY 4701 03:08:54,802 --> 03:08:55,270 CANCER RESEARCHERS AND 4702 03:08:55,270 --> 03:08:57,872 CLINICIANS ACROSS THE WHOLE 4703 03:08:57,872 --> 03:08:59,173 SPECTRUM OF CANCER RESEARCH, 4704 03:08:59,173 --> 03:09:02,577 INCLUDING CANCER SCREENING AND 4705 03:09:02,577 --> 03:09:04,913 DIAGNOSIS, DRUG DISCOVERY, 4706 03:09:04,913 --> 03:09:06,414 CANCER SURVEILLANCE, HEALTHCARE 4707 03:09:06,414 --> 03:09:12,987 DELIVERY, AS WELL AS TO DERIVE 4708 03:09:12,987 --> 03:09:13,855 MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS INTO 4709 03:09:13,855 --> 03:09:14,822 CANCER. 4710 03:09:14,822 --> 03:09:16,391 AT THE NIH ELEMENTS OF 4711 03:09:16,391 --> 03:09:17,692 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE 4712 03:09:17,692 --> 03:09:21,296 REALLY EMBEDDED ACROSS OUR WHOLE 4713 03:09:21,296 --> 03:09:22,931 PORTFOLIO OF GRANTS AND 4714 03:09:22,931 --> 03:09:25,667 CONTRACTS, AS CANCER RESEARCHERS 4715 03:09:25,667 --> 03:09:28,970 ARE INCREASINGLY USING THESE 4716 03:09:28,970 --> 03:09:33,875 METHODS IN THEIR RESEARCH 4717 03:09:33,875 --> 03:09:34,742 ACTIVITIES. 4718 03:09:34,742 --> 03:09:36,611 THIS GRAPH SHOWS ABOUT 300 4719 03:09:36,611 --> 03:09:39,113 GRANTS THAT RECEIVE FUNDING IN 4720 03:09:39,113 --> 03:09:42,183 FY 23 THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT 4721 03:09:42,183 --> 03:09:43,051 COMPONENTS OF ARTIFICIAL 4722 03:09:43,051 --> 03:09:44,385 INTELLIGENCE OR WE OFTEN REFER 4723 03:09:44,385 --> 03:09:47,388 TO IT AS MACHINE LEARNING. 4724 03:09:47,388 --> 03:09:49,857 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S BEING 4725 03:09:49,857 --> 03:09:52,360 APPLIED ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF 4726 03:09:52,360 --> 03:09:53,461 CANCER RESEARCH AT NCI. 4727 03:09:53,461 --> 03:09:56,431 TO GIVE A SENSE OF THE BREADTH 4728 03:09:56,431 --> 03:10:02,103 OF NCI'S SUPPORT TODAY. 4729 03:10:02,103 --> 03:10:07,141 SO, BACK IN 2020, NCI STARTED 4730 03:10:07,141 --> 03:10:08,242 THE TRANSNCI ARTIFICIAL 4731 03:10:08,242 --> 03:10:10,011 INTELLIGENCE WORKING GROUP WITH 4732 03:10:10,011 --> 03:10:11,412 THE REALIZATION WE NEEDED A 4733 03:10:11,412 --> 03:10:13,715 GROUP WHO COULD PROVIDE A HUB 4734 03:10:13,715 --> 03:10:14,215 FOR COMMUNICATION AND 4735 03:10:14,215 --> 03:10:17,452 COORDINATION OF A.I.-RELATED 4736 03:10:17,452 --> 03:10:19,721 SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS 4737 03:10:19,721 --> 03:10:20,054 ACROSS NCI. 4738 03:10:20,054 --> 03:10:24,759 AND WHO COULD WORK TO IDENTIFY 4739 03:10:24,759 --> 03:10:25,627 TRANSNCI CANCER RESEARCH 4740 03:10:25,627 --> 03:10:26,628 OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD MOST 4741 03:10:26,628 --> 03:10:28,162 BENEFIT FROM THE APPROPRIATE USE 4742 03:10:28,162 --> 03:10:30,264 OF A.I. 4743 03:10:30,264 --> 03:10:34,502 AND ALSO TO SERVE AS A HUB FOR 4744 03:10:34,502 --> 03:10:35,403 CONNECTION AND COORDINATION WITH 4745 03:10:35,403 --> 03:10:37,038 A.I. ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF THE 4746 03:10:37,038 --> 03:10:37,705 NCI. 4747 03:10:37,705 --> 03:10:41,509 AND TODAY THIS WORKING GROUP 4748 03:10:41,509 --> 03:10:43,044 CONSISTS OF ALMOST 30 MEMBERS 4749 03:10:43,044 --> 03:10:48,516 REPRESENTING NEARLY ALL OF NCI'S 4750 03:10:48,516 --> 03:10:50,485 DIVISIONS, OFFICES AND CENTERS. 4751 03:10:50,485 --> 03:10:53,221 SOME ACTIVITIES THIS WORKING 4752 03:10:53,221 --> 03:10:54,322 GROUP CONSIDERS INCLUDE THE 4753 03:10:54,322 --> 03:10:57,625 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES EMBEDDED IN 4754 03:10:57,625 --> 03:10:58,926 OUR EXTRAMURAL GRANT PROGRAMS, 4755 03:10:58,926 --> 03:11:01,562 AS WELL AS THE RESEARCH GOING ON 4756 03:11:01,562 --> 03:11:02,997 IN OUR INTRAMURAL RESEARCH GROUP 4757 03:11:02,997 --> 03:11:06,467 THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT FROM DR. 4758 03:11:06,467 --> 03:11:09,437 TURKBEY IN A FEW MINUTES. 4759 03:11:09,437 --> 03:11:11,172 ALSO, THE RESEARCH AND THE 4760 03:11:11,172 --> 03:11:13,174 RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING 4761 03:11:13,174 --> 03:11:15,343 GENERATED THROUGH OUR NOW 4762 03:11:15,343 --> 03:11:15,977 LONGSTANDING COLLABORATION WITH 4763 03:11:15,977 --> 03:11:18,312 THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, AS 4764 03:11:18,312 --> 03:11:20,081 WELL AS THE DATA SCIENCE 4765 03:11:20,081 --> 03:11:22,050 INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTED THROUGH 4766 03:11:22,050 --> 03:11:23,785 THE CANCER RESEARCH DATA 4767 03:11:23,785 --> 03:11:24,018 COMMONS. 4768 03:11:24,018 --> 03:11:26,554 THE WORKING GROUP ALSO 4769 03:11:26,554 --> 03:11:30,224 COORDINATES OUR PARTICIPATION IN 4770 03:11:30,224 --> 03:11:31,659 BROADER NIH ARTIFICIAL 4771 03:11:31,659 --> 03:11:32,994 INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES, 4772 03:11:32,994 --> 03:11:35,496 PARTICULARLY THOSE COORDINATED 4773 03:11:35,496 --> 03:11:36,264 OUT OF THE NIH OFFICE OF DATA 4774 03:11:36,264 --> 03:11:39,100 SCIENCE STRATEGY, AS WELL AS 4775 03:11:39,100 --> 03:11:40,401 COMMON FUND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS 4776 03:11:40,401 --> 03:11:43,271 THE BRIDGE TO A.I. PROGRAM. 4777 03:11:43,271 --> 03:11:45,239 THE WORKING GROUP ALSO SERVES AS 4778 03:11:45,239 --> 03:11:48,843 A RESOURCE TO THE NCI'S 4779 03:11:48,843 --> 03:11:49,944 COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE, 4780 03:11:49,944 --> 03:11:52,146 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS OFFICE, AND 4781 03:11:52,146 --> 03:11:56,284 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY RELATIONS TO 4782 03:11:56,284 --> 03:11:57,618 PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR 4783 03:11:57,618 --> 03:11:58,386 COMMUNICATIONS, CONGRESSIONAL 4784 03:11:58,386 --> 03:12:00,354 BRIEFINGS, AND OTHER 4785 03:12:00,354 --> 03:12:01,656 A.I.-RELATED INQUIRIES THAT COME 4786 03:12:01,656 --> 03:12:03,191 TO THE NCI. 4787 03:12:03,191 --> 03:12:07,562 AND FINALLY, AND MORE BROADLY, 4788 03:12:07,562 --> 03:12:10,331 WE PARTICIPATE IN BROADER 4789 03:12:10,331 --> 03:12:10,932 TRANS-GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES 4790 03:12:10,932 --> 03:12:12,400 INCLUDING THE A.I. COMPONENTS 4791 03:12:12,400 --> 03:12:15,903 THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THE CANCER 4792 03:12:15,903 --> 03:12:18,206 MOONSHOT AND ARPA-H, WE 4793 03:12:18,206 --> 03:12:23,444 PARTICIPATE IN NSF PROGRAMS, AS 4794 03:12:23,444 --> 03:12:24,779 WELL AS BROADER HHS PROGRAMS. 4795 03:12:24,779 --> 03:12:29,383 SINCE THE WORKING GROUP STARTED, 4796 03:12:29,383 --> 03:12:32,320 BACK IN 2020, THE LATTER 4797 03:12:32,320 --> 03:12:34,222 PROVIDED COORDINATION FOR MANY 4798 03:12:34,222 --> 03:12:35,523 TRANS-NCI EFFORTS RELATED TO USE 4799 03:12:35,523 --> 03:12:38,259 OF A.I. IN CANCER RESEARCH, AND 4800 03:12:38,259 --> 03:12:41,429 THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL SAND 4801 03:12:41,429 --> 03:12:43,498 PIT-STYLE OR DISCUSSION FORUMS 4802 03:12:43,498 --> 03:12:46,667 WHERE WE'VE ENGAGED THE CANCER 4803 03:12:46,667 --> 03:12:47,902 COMMUNITY IN INTERACTIVE 4804 03:12:47,902 --> 03:12:50,838 SESSIONS ON KEY TOPICS AND A.I., 4805 03:12:50,838 --> 03:12:52,440 SUCH AS DIGITAL TWINS, AND THE 4806 03:12:52,440 --> 03:12:56,244 USE OF ETHICAL A.I. 4807 03:12:56,244 --> 03:12:59,313 WE'VE ALSO HOSTED SEVERAL 4808 03:12:59,313 --> 03:13:02,917 WORKSHOPS ON EMERGING TOPICS IN 4809 03:13:02,917 --> 03:13:04,685 A.I. FOR CANCER RESEARCH, 4810 03:13:04,685 --> 03:13:08,055 INCLUDING ONE ON RADIATION 4811 03:13:08,055 --> 03:13:09,157 ONCOLOGY, HEALTHCARE DELIVERY, 4812 03:13:09,157 --> 03:13:11,659 AND MOST RECENTLY THROUGH THE 4813 03:13:11,659 --> 03:13:12,460 CANCER MOONSHOT WE HELD A 4814 03:13:12,460 --> 03:13:16,597 WORKSHOP ON USING A.I. TO TARGET 4815 03:13:16,597 --> 03:13:18,900 UNDRUGGABLE TARGETS, AND THIS 4816 03:13:18,900 --> 03:13:21,402 BROAD TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES 4817 03:13:21,402 --> 03:13:22,837 FROM INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA, AND THE 4818 03:13:22,837 --> 03:13:25,006 GOVERNMENT, TO DISCUSS HOW WE 4819 03:13:25,006 --> 03:13:29,177 COULD COLLABORATE IN THIS SPACE. 4820 03:13:29,177 --> 03:13:29,944 WE'VE ALSO COORDINATED 4821 03:13:29,944 --> 03:13:32,580 PARTICIPATION IN A.I.-RELATED 4822 03:13:32,580 --> 03:13:35,216 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING 4823 03:13:35,216 --> 03:13:36,083 THOSE COORDINATED BY THE OFFICE 4824 03:13:36,083 --> 03:13:38,920 OF DATA SCIENCE STRATEGY, ON 4825 03:13:38,920 --> 03:13:42,423 A.I. DATA READINESS, ETHICAL 4826 03:13:42,423 --> 03:13:44,158 A.I., AND ADVANCING MULTI-MODAL 4827 03:13:44,158 --> 03:13:44,592 A.I. 4828 03:13:44,592 --> 03:13:48,229 AND EARLIER THIS YEAR THE NCI 4829 03:13:48,229 --> 03:13:50,298 HOSTED A PRIZE CHALLENGE ON 4830 03:13:50,298 --> 03:13:52,400 EVALUATING THE DATA IN THE 4831 03:13:52,400 --> 03:13:54,602 CANCER RESEARCH DATA COMMONS FOR 4832 03:13:54,602 --> 03:13:57,638 A.I. DATA READINESS. 4833 03:13:57,638 --> 03:14:00,374 AND FINALLY, RECOGNIZING THE 4834 03:14:00,374 --> 03:14:01,375 NEED FOR INCREASED TRANSPARENCY 4835 03:14:01,375 --> 03:14:03,344 AND UNDERSTANDING OF THESE 4836 03:14:03,344 --> 03:14:05,613 MODELS, WE RECENTLY ADDED NEW 4837 03:14:05,613 --> 03:14:08,416 MODEL SHARING REQUIREMENTS TO 4838 03:14:08,416 --> 03:14:09,450 OUR INFORMATICS FUNDING 4839 03:14:09,450 --> 03:14:12,386 OPPORTUNITIES. 4840 03:14:12,386 --> 03:14:15,122 TO MEET THE INCREASING INTEREST 4841 03:14:15,122 --> 03:14:16,891 IN INFORMATION ABOUT HOW 4842 03:14:16,891 --> 03:14:17,758 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS 4843 03:14:17,758 --> 03:14:18,860 ADVANCING CANCER RESEARCH, WE 4844 03:14:18,860 --> 03:14:23,564 RECENTLY STOOD UP TWO NEW 4845 03:14:23,564 --> 03:14:26,534 WEBSITES ON NCI'S WEB PRESENCE 4846 03:14:26,534 --> 03:14:27,401 cancer.gov TO PROVIDE 4847 03:14:27,401 --> 03:14:29,604 INFORMATION ABOUT NCI'S 4848 03:14:29,604 --> 03:14:30,271 ACTIVITIES. 4849 03:14:30,271 --> 03:14:32,006 ONE SITE IS DIRECTED AT THE 4850 03:14:32,006 --> 03:14:33,875 PUBLIC TO DESCRIBE ONGOING 4851 03:14:33,875 --> 03:14:35,243 OPPORTUNITIES AND RESEARCH AND 4852 03:14:35,243 --> 03:14:36,477 SHOWING WAYS THAT ARTIFICIAL 4853 03:14:36,477 --> 03:14:39,113 INTELLIGENCE IS BEING APPLIED IN 4854 03:14:39,113 --> 03:14:40,748 VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CANCER 4855 03:14:40,748 --> 03:14:41,315 RESEARCH. 4856 03:14:41,315 --> 03:14:43,384 A SECOND PAGE DIRECTED AT 4857 03:14:43,384 --> 03:14:46,988 RESEARCHERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR 4858 03:14:46,988 --> 03:14:48,089 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, EVENTS, 4859 03:14:48,089 --> 03:14:50,791 RESOURCES TO ADVANCE THEIR USE 4860 03:14:50,791 --> 03:14:51,826 OF A.I. IN CANCER. 4861 03:14:51,826 --> 03:14:53,327 AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND 4862 03:14:53,327 --> 03:14:56,731 IT OVER TO DR. TURKBEY TO TALK 4863 03:14:56,731 --> 03:14:58,566 ABOUT RESEARCH GOING ON IN THE 4864 03:14:58,566 --> 03:15:04,605 CENTER FOR CANCER RESEARCH. 4865 03:15:04,605 --> 03:15:06,040 >> ALL RIGHT. 4866 03:15:06,040 --> 03:15:08,209 GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU 4867 03:15:08,209 --> 03:15:10,978 FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 4868 03:15:10,978 --> 03:15:16,884 COMMUNICATE OUR RESEARCH. 4869 03:15:16,884 --> 03:15:19,086 OUR MISSION IS TO DEVELOP 4870 03:15:19,086 --> 03:15:22,790 TRANSLATIONAL A.I. MODELS TO 4871 03:15:22,790 --> 03:15:25,092 ENHANCE IMAGING-BASED RESEARCH 4872 03:15:25,092 --> 03:15:29,797 OF RESEARCHERS WITHIN NIH AND 4873 03:15:29,797 --> 03:15:33,834 SOMETIMES OUTSIDE NIH. 4874 03:15:33,834 --> 03:15:36,070 OUR PORTFOLIO IS DIVERSE, 4875 03:15:36,070 --> 03:15:38,105 COVERING CLINICAL RESEARCH AND 4876 03:15:38,105 --> 03:15:43,344 WE'RE DOING THIS RESEARCH IS 4877 03:15:43,344 --> 03:15:44,879 ALSO DIVERSE, RADIOLOGY, DIGITAL 4878 03:15:44,879 --> 03:15:47,481 PATHOLOGY, AS YOU CAN SEE LIKE 4879 03:15:47,481 --> 03:15:50,351 SEVERAL DIFFERENT MODALITIES ARE 4880 03:15:50,351 --> 03:15:52,386 INCLUDED IN OUR RESEARCH. 4881 03:15:52,386 --> 03:15:54,288 IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES I WOULD 4882 03:15:54,288 --> 03:15:57,258 LIKE TO SHOW HOW WE CONDUCT 4883 03:15:57,258 --> 03:16:00,394 RESEARCH WITH ONE SINGLE 4884 03:16:00,394 --> 03:16:00,628 EXAMPLE. 4885 03:16:00,628 --> 03:16:02,496 FOR A SUCCESSFUL A.I. PROJECT 4886 03:16:02,496 --> 03:16:04,398 YOU NEED TO HAVE A GOOD RESEARCH 4887 03:16:04,398 --> 03:16:05,766 QUESTION OR A PROBLEM. 4888 03:16:05,766 --> 03:16:09,937 SO IN THIS CASE OUR PROBLEM IS 4889 03:16:09,937 --> 03:16:12,406 INCONSISTENT DIAGNOSIS FOR 4890 03:16:12,406 --> 03:16:13,641 PROSTATE MRI FOR DETECTING 4891 03:16:13,641 --> 03:16:15,376 PROSTATE CANCERS. 4892 03:16:15,376 --> 03:16:16,010 WE PUBLISHED THIS RESEARCH IN 4893 03:16:16,010 --> 03:16:20,214 2018 AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE 4894 03:16:20,214 --> 03:16:21,515 ARE SIX RADIOLOGISTS, THEY 4895 03:16:21,515 --> 03:16:22,817 OUTLINED DIFFERENT AREAS ON THE 4896 03:16:22,817 --> 03:16:27,321 SAME PATIENT IMAGES, A BIG 4897 03:16:27,321 --> 03:16:28,823 CONSISTENCY STILL GOING ON. 4898 03:16:28,823 --> 03:16:32,360 THE QUESTION FOR A.I. CAN A 4899 03:16:32,360 --> 03:16:35,396 FULLY AUTOMATED MODEL SOLVE THIS 4900 03:16:35,396 --> 03:16:35,763 PROBLEM? 4901 03:16:35,763 --> 03:16:37,698 WITH THIS MOTIVATION UTILIZE OUR 4902 03:16:37,698 --> 03:16:39,767 INTRAMURAL DATA PLUS WE GET DATA 4903 03:16:39,767 --> 03:16:41,869 FROM OUTSIDE NIH, AND WE BUILD 4904 03:16:41,869 --> 03:16:44,171 UP A CASCADED MODEL, FULLY 4905 03:16:44,171 --> 03:16:47,575 AUTOMATED MODEL WHICH HANDLES 4906 03:16:47,575 --> 03:16:50,311 THESE IMAGES ON ITS OWN. 4907 03:16:50,311 --> 03:16:54,782 WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAIL, THE 4908 03:16:54,782 --> 03:16:58,819 MODELS FINDING CANCER IS 63%, 4909 03:16:58,819 --> 03:17:00,388 AVERAGE ACADEMIC RADIOLOGIST IS 4910 03:17:00,388 --> 03:17:04,859 40%, IF THIS IS EXPECTED TO 4911 03:17:04,859 --> 03:17:08,562 INCREASE, THIS TOOL IS GIVING 4912 03:17:08,562 --> 03:17:10,197 ONE FALSE POSITIVE EVERY OTHER 4913 03:17:10,197 --> 03:17:11,866 PATIENT, WE WANT MODELS TO BE 4914 03:17:11,866 --> 03:17:13,167 TRANSLATIONAL, WE WANT THEM TO 4915 03:17:13,167 --> 03:17:14,935 BE ALIVE IN OUR CLINICAL AND 4916 03:17:14,935 --> 03:17:16,904 RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT SO WE 4917 03:17:16,904 --> 03:17:20,207 DEPLOY THIS MODEL INTO OUR 4918 03:17:20,207 --> 03:17:21,175 HOSPITAL, AND NIH CLINICAL 4919 03:17:21,175 --> 03:17:22,276 CENTERS ENVIRONMENT. 4920 03:17:22,276 --> 03:17:25,346 WHAT HAPPENS IS THE USER SELECTS 4921 03:17:25,346 --> 03:17:26,981 THESE THREE IMAGING SEQUENCES 4922 03:17:26,981 --> 03:17:29,050 AND PUSHES THIS BUTTON, AND THEN 4923 03:17:29,050 --> 03:17:32,887 THE MODEL STARTS TO WORK BEHIND 4924 03:17:32,887 --> 03:17:37,058 THE SCENES WE USE A PROCESS 4925 03:17:37,058 --> 03:17:41,762 CALLED MONI, DETECTING THE 4926 03:17:41,762 --> 03:17:43,931 SEQUENCES, FINES THE ORGAN, 4927 03:17:43,931 --> 03:17:45,900 MATCHES, OUTLINES THE CANCER 4928 03:17:45,900 --> 03:17:46,801 SUSPICIOUS AREAS. 4929 03:17:46,801 --> 03:17:48,135 WITHIN ONE MINUTE AND 20 SECONDS 4930 03:17:48,135 --> 03:17:50,538 THIS DATA IS PUSHED BACK INTO 4931 03:17:50,538 --> 03:17:52,139 THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, AND THIS IS 4932 03:17:52,139 --> 03:17:53,040 ONE OF THE EXAMPLES. 4933 03:17:53,040 --> 03:17:55,676 THE TOP ROW IS THE NAIVE IMAGES, 4934 03:17:55,676 --> 03:17:58,712 I READ THIS PATIENT AS NEGATIVE. 4935 03:17:58,712 --> 03:18:00,448 AND A.I. MODEL FOUND LESION IN 4936 03:18:00,448 --> 03:18:01,982 THE RIGHT PERIPHERAL ZONE OF 4937 03:18:01,982 --> 03:18:04,285 THIS PATIENT AND THIS WAS A 4938 03:18:04,285 --> 03:18:09,657 GLEASON GRADE 4. 4939 03:18:09,657 --> 03:18:16,897 GLEASON 4 PLUS CARS NO, -- CA. 4940 03:18:16,897 --> 03:18:19,066 WE DON'T CLAIM ANY OWNERSHIP SO 4941 03:18:19,066 --> 03:18:20,935 WE OPEN SOURCE OUR MODEL, 4942 03:18:20,935 --> 03:18:22,369 CURRENTLY THIS MODEL IS 4943 03:18:22,369 --> 03:18:23,471 PROSPECTIVELY USED IN GUIDING 4944 03:18:23,471 --> 03:18:25,106 BIOPSIES FOR THE LAST THREE 4945 03:18:25,106 --> 03:18:28,442 MONTHS, AND I JUST RECEIVED 4946 03:18:28,442 --> 03:18:29,910 RESULTS, DETECTION CAPABILITIES 4947 03:18:29,910 --> 03:18:32,313 80% IN OUR OWN PATIENT 4948 03:18:32,313 --> 03:18:33,080 POPULATION. 4949 03:18:33,080 --> 03:18:36,817 WE ALSO USED IT FOR RADIOTHERAPY 4950 03:18:36,817 --> 03:18:37,818 GUIDANCE AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 4951 03:18:37,818 --> 03:18:38,085 GUIDANCE. 4952 03:18:38,085 --> 03:18:39,887 MODELS AVAILABLE TO THE WORLD, 4953 03:18:39,887 --> 03:18:41,088 THESE ARE THE PLACES CURRENTLY 4954 03:18:41,088 --> 03:18:42,523 DOWNLOAD IT AND UTILIZE THE 4955 03:18:42,523 --> 03:18:44,158 MODEL FOR THEIR RESEARCH AND 4956 03:18:44,158 --> 03:18:45,359 CLINICAL PRACTICE. 4957 03:18:45,359 --> 03:18:47,862 AND WE WORK WITH EUROPEAN UNION 4958 03:18:47,862 --> 03:18:51,165 COLLEAGUES TO HAVE THIS MODEL AS 4959 03:18:51,165 --> 03:18:53,067 A BASE FOR FEDERATED LEARNING 4960 03:18:53,067 --> 03:18:55,202 PROJECT, THE HOPE TO TAKE A 4961 03:18:55,202 --> 03:19:01,442 MODEL TO AFRICA WHICH HAS A A 4962 03:19:01,442 --> 03:19:02,276 LOW-RESOURCE SETTING AS YOU 4963 03:19:02,276 --> 03:19:02,543 KNOW. 4964 03:19:02,543 --> 03:19:05,713 A.I. IN OUR WORLD IS VERY 4965 03:19:05,713 --> 03:19:07,681 DIVERSE. 4966 03:19:07,681 --> 03:19:10,951 OUR PROJECT IS NOT POSSIBLE, 4967 03:19:10,951 --> 03:19:12,620 THREE BASIC TEAMS, PRODUCTIVITY, 4968 03:19:12,620 --> 03:19:13,487 LIKE OBJECT DETECTION-BASED 4969 03:19:13,487 --> 03:19:16,090 PROJECTS. 4970 03:19:16,090 --> 03:19:19,393 AS YOU CAN SEE WE BUILD SOME 4971 03:19:19,393 --> 03:19:22,563 MODELS FOR RESEARCH TO CALCULATE 4972 03:19:22,563 --> 03:19:23,898 BASELINE AND TREATMENT FOLLOW-UP 4973 03:19:23,898 --> 03:19:25,065 TUMOR BURDEN. 4974 03:19:25,065 --> 03:19:26,600 SECOND TEAM IS DIAGNOSTIC 4975 03:19:26,600 --> 03:19:28,569 ASSISTANCE, WE BUILD UP THIS 4976 03:19:28,569 --> 03:19:34,041 MODEL TO FIND SOLID CYSTIC SOLID 4977 03:19:34,041 --> 03:19:35,376 AND NORMAL KIDNEY PARENCHYMA. 4978 03:19:35,376 --> 03:19:40,848 THE FINAL IS MORE CHALLENGING 4979 03:19:40,848 --> 03:19:42,483 THING, BIOMARKER DISCOVERY, A 4980 03:19:42,483 --> 03:19:44,652 COOPERATION, SO WE BUILD THE 4981 03:19:44,652 --> 03:19:47,521 MODEL WHICH CAN FIND ASSOCIATION 4982 03:19:47,521 --> 03:19:48,255 WITHIN HISTOPATHOLOGY IMAGES, 4983 03:19:48,255 --> 03:19:50,457 IMAGES WHICH TELLS US WHICH 4984 03:19:50,457 --> 03:19:52,993 AREAS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH 4985 03:19:52,993 --> 03:19:55,930 METASTASIS AND BIOCHEMICAL 4986 03:19:55,930 --> 03:19:56,463 RECURRENCE. 4987 03:19:56,463 --> 03:19:58,132 SO, OVERALL WE ARE VERY CAREFUL 4988 03:19:58,132 --> 03:19:59,333 ABOUT DEPLOYING OUR MODELS. 4989 03:19:59,333 --> 03:20:01,068 WE WANT MODELS TO BE ALIVE. 4990 03:20:01,068 --> 03:20:04,405 WE WANT THESE MODELS TO BE USED 4991 03:20:04,405 --> 03:20:06,340 IN CLINICAL AND RESEARCH 4992 03:20:06,340 --> 03:20:06,607 PURPOSES. 4993 03:20:06,607 --> 03:20:08,642 ALSO WE TRAIN OUR OWN FELLOWS 4994 03:20:08,642 --> 03:20:10,811 AND RESEARCHERS WHO APPLY TO US 4995 03:20:10,811 --> 03:20:13,881 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE GOOD 4996 03:20:13,881 --> 03:20:15,316 COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES FOR 4997 03:20:15,316 --> 03:20:16,250 THEIR FUTURE RESEARCH. 4998 03:20:16,250 --> 03:20:17,484 THIS IS MY TEAM. 4999 03:20:17,484 --> 03:20:18,919 ON BEHALF OF MY TEAM I WOULD 5000 03:20:18,919 --> 03:20:21,121 LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR 5001 03:20:21,121 --> 03:20:23,857 LETTING ME TO PRESENT SOME OF 5002 03:20:23,857 --> 03:20:25,059 OUR RESEARCH HERE, AND, AGAIN, 5003 03:20:25,059 --> 03:20:26,493 THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT 5004 03:20:26,493 --> 03:20:30,431 OPPORTUNITY FOR ME. 5005 03:20:30,431 --> 03:20:32,533 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5006 03:20:32,533 --> 03:20:38,839 [APPLAUSE] 5007 03:20:38,839 --> 03:20:40,074 >> FANTASTIC. 5008 03:20:40,074 --> 03:20:42,776 >> A CASE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 5009 03:20:42,776 --> 03:20:44,511 >> YEAH, I WAS FASCINATED, 5010 03:20:44,511 --> 03:20:46,814 WONDERFUL TO SEE -- WELL, GREAT 5011 03:20:46,814 --> 03:20:48,148 PRESENTATION, WONDERFUL TO SEE 5012 03:20:48,148 --> 03:20:48,916 THE PARTNERSHIPS. 5013 03:20:48,916 --> 03:20:50,651 I MAY HAVE MISSED BUT ONE I 5014 03:20:50,651 --> 03:20:53,187 DIDN'T SEE WAS NCI FREDERICK, OR 5015 03:20:53,187 --> 03:20:57,157 FREDERICK NATIONAL LABS. 5016 03:20:57,157 --> 03:20:58,025 ARE THERE ANY ACTIVITIES THERE, 5017 03:20:58,025 --> 03:21:01,462 IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THIS 5018 03:21:01,462 --> 03:21:03,264 ACTUALLY COULD BE MORE SERVICE 5019 03:21:03,264 --> 03:21:05,799 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS 5020 03:21:05,799 --> 03:21:07,434 OUTSIDE TO LEVERAGE AND I WONDER 5021 03:21:07,434 --> 03:21:08,535 IF THERE'S ANYTHING HAPPENING 5022 03:21:08,535 --> 03:21:11,405 THERE THAT YOU GUYS COULD TALK 5023 03:21:11,405 --> 03:21:11,772 ABOUT. 5024 03:21:11,772 --> 03:21:13,140 >> WELL, SO FIRST, ALMOST 5025 03:21:13,140 --> 03:21:17,411 EVERYTHING WE DO AT DOE, AT 5026 03:21:17,411 --> 03:21:18,479 LEAST TOUCHES FREDERICK AT SOME 5027 03:21:18,479 --> 03:21:18,679 LEVEL. 5028 03:21:18,679 --> 03:21:19,747 THEY ARE THE POINT OF 5029 03:21:19,747 --> 03:21:24,385 INTERACTION WITH A LOT OF DOE 5030 03:21:24,385 --> 03:21:25,486 FOLKS BETWEEN -- WITH NCI. 5031 03:21:25,486 --> 03:21:27,921 THANKING ABOUT THE RAS 5032 03:21:27,921 --> 03:21:28,656 INITIATIVE, THEY REALLY -- THEY 5033 03:21:28,656 --> 03:21:33,027 DO SO MUCH A.I. WORK OUT THERE 5034 03:21:33,027 --> 03:21:37,431 WITH THE RAS INITIATIVE. 5035 03:21:37,431 --> 03:21:39,400 BUT JULI, DO YOU WANT TO TALK 5036 03:21:39,400 --> 03:21:41,135 ABOUT TEAMS FOCUSED INTERNALLY 5037 03:21:41,135 --> 03:21:41,568 AT FREDERICK? 5038 03:21:41,568 --> 03:21:43,404 >> YEAH, SO MUCH GOING ON. 5039 03:21:43,404 --> 03:21:50,344 THE OTHER RESOURCE I WANTED TO 5040 03:21:50,344 --> 03:21:53,714 MENTION THAT WAS A NEW SITE I 5041 03:21:53,714 --> 03:21:54,615 THINK CALLED COMPUTATIONAL 5042 03:21:54,615 --> 03:21:55,816 RESOURCES, IT'S A PLACE WHERE 5043 03:21:55,816 --> 03:21:58,552 THEY ARE NOW SHARING THE MODELS 5044 03:21:58,552 --> 03:22:00,187 AND THE DATASETS THAT THOSE 5045 03:22:00,187 --> 03:22:01,922 MODELS WERE TRAINED ON PUBLICLY 5046 03:22:01,922 --> 03:22:03,223 THROUGH THIS RESOURCE WITH THE 5047 03:22:03,223 --> 03:22:05,426 GOAL IT CAN ULTIMATELY BE A 5048 03:22:05,426 --> 03:22:07,428 RESOURCE WHERE OTHERS CAN SHARE 5049 03:22:07,428 --> 03:22:09,830 THEIR MODELS AND MODEL TRAINING. 5050 03:22:09,830 --> 03:22:10,364 >> GREAT. 5051 03:22:10,364 --> 03:22:11,565 ONE MORE QUESTION. 5052 03:22:11,565 --> 03:22:14,835 FOR ME A.I. IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S 5053 03:22:14,835 --> 03:22:16,704 AKIN TO A CHILD, RIGHT? 5054 03:22:16,704 --> 03:22:18,572 YOU TRAIN IT, RIGHT? 5055 03:22:18,572 --> 03:22:20,941 AND IF YOU SIT A CHILD IN FRONT 5056 03:22:20,941 --> 03:22:24,044 OF A TV THAT PROJECTS ONE THING, 5057 03:22:24,044 --> 03:22:24,978 RIGHT, AND VALIDATE IT, THAT 5058 03:22:24,978 --> 03:22:26,413 CHILD IS GOING TO DO THOSE 5059 03:22:26,413 --> 03:22:26,914 THINGS LATER. 5060 03:22:26,914 --> 03:22:29,183 AND SO I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT 5061 03:22:29,183 --> 03:22:30,918 DATA QUALITY, ANOTHER PART IS 5062 03:22:30,918 --> 03:22:31,385 REPRESENTATION. 5063 03:22:31,385 --> 03:22:33,120 I THINK IF YOU'RE BUILDING 5064 03:22:33,120 --> 03:22:34,221 MODELS AROUND PROSTATE CANCER 5065 03:22:34,221 --> 03:22:36,824 YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, 5066 03:22:36,824 --> 03:22:38,359 RIGHT, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT 5067 03:22:38,359 --> 03:22:40,527 PROPORTION OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS 5068 03:22:40,527 --> 03:22:41,428 VARIOUS RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS 5069 03:22:41,428 --> 03:22:44,264 TO ENSURE THE MODEL WILL PERFORM 5070 03:22:44,264 --> 03:22:46,233 AS EFFECTIVELY, RIGHT, ACROSS 5071 03:22:46,233 --> 03:22:47,234 THESE POPULATIONS. 5072 03:22:47,234 --> 03:22:51,071 AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW 5073 03:22:51,071 --> 03:22:52,406 YOU'RE INCORPORATING THIS INTO 5074 03:22:52,406 --> 03:22:54,241 HOW YOU'RE BUILDING AND TESTING 5075 03:22:54,241 --> 03:22:57,311 THESE MODELS AND VALIDATING THE 5076 03:22:57,311 --> 03:23:01,014 >> SO, I'LL TAKE THAT A LITTLE 5077 03:23:01,014 --> 03:23:03,851 BIT AND THEN I'LL LET DR. KIBBE 5078 03:23:03,851 --> 03:23:06,720 TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DOES. 5079 03:23:06,720 --> 03:23:08,889 ONE, WE NEED REPRESENTATIVE 5080 03:23:08,889 --> 03:23:10,057 SAMPLES, THAT KIND OF 5081 03:23:10,057 --> 03:23:11,525 REPRESENTATION IS EASY TO COUNT. 5082 03:23:11,525 --> 03:23:14,695 WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT USING 5083 03:23:14,695 --> 03:23:17,431 A.I. TO START TO DO FEATURE 5084 03:23:17,431 --> 03:23:18,932 DETECTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH 5085 03:23:18,932 --> 03:23:21,702 OUTCOMES IS THAT REMOVES A WHOLE 5086 03:23:21,702 --> 03:23:23,003 LOT OF BIAS THAT WE CURRENTLY 5087 03:23:23,003 --> 03:23:25,539 HAVE IN THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT 5088 03:23:25,539 --> 03:23:26,640 TREATING PATIENTS BECAUSE WE'RE 5089 03:23:26,640 --> 03:23:28,442 FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES. 5090 03:23:28,442 --> 03:23:31,011 WE'RE NOT FOCUSED IN THE MIDDLE. 5091 03:23:31,011 --> 03:23:34,715 SO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. 5092 03:23:34,715 --> 03:23:38,118 SO, I'D LOVE TO HEAR IF YOU ALL 5093 03:23:38,118 --> 03:23:39,319 AGREE THAT'S GOOD. 5094 03:23:39,319 --> 03:23:43,290 >> IF THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN 5095 03:23:43,290 --> 03:23:44,825 OUTCOMES YOU BEGIN TO WONDER IF 5096 03:23:44,825 --> 03:23:48,529 YOU CAN USE THAT AS A SURROGATE. 5097 03:23:48,529 --> 03:23:50,264 >> WELL, TRUE. 5098 03:23:50,264 --> 03:23:52,032 BUT IF YOU SEE PATIENTS THAT ARE 5099 03:23:52,032 --> 03:23:55,436 DOING WELL AND DOING POORLY IN 5100 03:23:55,436 --> 03:23:56,737 ALL GROUPS, YOU START TO SEE WHY 5101 03:23:56,737 --> 03:23:58,405 THEY ARE ALL DOING BETTER, ALL 5102 03:23:58,405 --> 03:24:01,008 DOING WORSE, THEN I THINK THAT 5103 03:24:01,008 --> 03:24:02,943 BECOMES A GREAT PROGNOSIS THAT 5104 03:24:02,943 --> 03:24:04,511 WE MOVES BIASES. 5105 03:24:04,511 --> 03:24:06,180 >> CAN I PIGGYBACK? 5106 03:24:06,180 --> 03:24:07,815 >> MAYBE THAT'S TOO SIMPLISTIC. 5107 03:24:07,815 --> 03:24:12,753 >> WE HAVE KAREN AND ANDREA. 5108 03:24:12,753 --> 03:24:17,324 >> I BUTTED IN. 5109 03:24:17,324 --> 03:24:18,859 I'M SORRY. 5110 03:24:18,859 --> 03:24:20,160 >> COOPERATION, IT'S EQUAL 5111 03:24:20,160 --> 03:24:21,161 ACCESS PATIENT POPULATION. 5112 03:24:21,161 --> 03:24:25,199 PATIENTS WHO ARE REFERRED TO 5113 03:24:25,199 --> 03:24:26,300 WALTER REED, AND ALSO 5114 03:24:26,300 --> 03:24:29,236 PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL TRIAL FOR 5115 03:24:29,236 --> 03:24:30,904 PROSTATE CANCER SO WE DIAGNOSE 5116 03:24:30,904 --> 03:24:35,042 PATIENTS, THEY ARE REFERRED TO 5117 03:24:35,042 --> 03:24:38,212 US, WE'RE STUDYING THOSE 5118 03:24:38,212 --> 03:24:40,080 IMMEDIATE AND MEDIUM AND 5119 03:24:40,080 --> 03:24:48,188 LONG-TERM OUTCOMES UTILIZING 5120 03:24:48,188 --> 03:24:49,590 A.I. OUTCOMES. 5121 03:24:49,590 --> 03:24:50,357 >> COULD YOU TALK ABOUT 5122 03:24:50,357 --> 03:24:50,757 WORKFORCE? 5123 03:24:50,757 --> 03:24:53,327 WHICH IS GREAT, AND WE NEED TO 5124 03:24:53,327 --> 03:24:54,728 WELL A WORKFORCE BUT IT NEEDS TO 5125 03:24:54,728 --> 03:24:56,930 BE DIVERSE FOR MANY REASONS, BUT 5126 03:24:56,930 --> 03:24:58,999 I THINK THE MODEL, I'M GLAD YOU 5127 03:24:58,999 --> 03:25:00,434 CLARIFIED THE MODEL YOU'RE USING 5128 03:25:00,434 --> 03:25:01,969 PARTICULARLY PROSTATE CANCER BUT 5129 03:25:01,969 --> 03:25:03,270 ANY CANCER IS REPRESENTATIVE, DO 5130 03:25:03,270 --> 03:25:06,340 YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENT? 5131 03:25:06,340 --> 03:25:10,177 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 5132 03:25:10,177 --> 03:25:10,844 PROGNOSTICATION. 5133 03:25:10,844 --> 03:25:11,979 WE KNOW AFRICAN AMERICAN 5134 03:25:11,979 --> 03:25:14,014 PATIENTS DO WORSE, IS IT A 5135 03:25:14,014 --> 03:25:15,382 TREATMENT EFFECT, A BIOLOGIC? 5136 03:25:15,382 --> 03:25:17,851 WE WON'T KNOW. 5137 03:25:17,851 --> 03:25:28,362 CAN YOU SHARE PERCENTAGES OF 5138 03:25:29,830 --> 03:25:29,963 PRIMS. 5139 03:25:29,963 --> 03:25:31,632 >> 30 TO 35% IS THE PROPORTION, 5140 03:25:31,632 --> 03:25:36,436 AND COMPARED TO THE NCI COHORT 5141 03:25:36,436 --> 03:25:39,373 WHICH IS AROUND 15%, BIASED 5142 03:25:39,373 --> 03:25:41,775 POPULATION, WE BELIEVE THAT'S 5143 03:25:41,775 --> 03:25:42,009 CORRECT. 5144 03:25:42,009 --> 03:25:42,876 >> THAT'S GREAT. 5145 03:25:42,876 --> 03:25:44,111 >> CLOSER TO REFLECTING 5146 03:25:44,111 --> 03:25:44,578 REPRESENTATION. 5147 03:25:44,578 --> 03:25:48,582 >> THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S 5148 03:25:48,582 --> 03:25:48,949 OVERREPRESENTED. 5149 03:25:48,949 --> 03:25:50,784 ARE THERE WAYS YOU'RE THINKING 5150 03:25:50,784 --> 03:25:51,318 PROSPECTIVELY? 5151 03:25:51,318 --> 03:25:52,619 I JUST HAD A WONDERFUL TALK FROM 5152 03:25:52,619 --> 03:25:56,456 ONE OF OUR MEDICAL STUDENTS, 5153 03:25:56,456 --> 03:25:57,324 ACTUALLY AT VANDERBILT, WYATT 5154 03:25:57,324 --> 03:26:03,163 COLE TALKED ABOUT A.I. TO HELP 5155 03:26:03,163 --> 03:26:04,431 DEMOCRATIZE INFORMATION ON 5156 03:26:04,431 --> 03:26:06,300 PROSTATE CANCER TO EDUCATE 5157 03:26:06,300 --> 03:26:07,000 PATIENTS, MEN WITH PROSTATE 5158 03:26:07,000 --> 03:26:08,969 CANCER IN THE FAMILY BUT HE'S 5159 03:26:08,969 --> 03:26:12,773 MENTORED BY SOMEONE NOT IN THE 5160 03:26:12,773 --> 03:26:16,710 A.I. SPACE, A UROLOGIESIST BUT 5161 03:26:16,710 --> 03:26:17,811 MAY NOT THINGS ABOUT ISSUES 5162 03:26:17,811 --> 03:26:19,346 RELATED TO THE QUESTION. 5163 03:26:19,346 --> 03:26:22,816 THINK ABOUT TOOLS YOU'RE 5164 03:26:22,816 --> 03:26:28,655 THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPING SO AS 5165 03:26:28,655 --> 03:26:29,222 YOU ARE HELPING CREATE THE 5166 03:26:29,222 --> 03:26:32,192 LANDSCAPE THEY ARE NOT AN 5167 03:26:32,192 --> 03:26:32,960 AFTERTHOUGHT BUT PROSPECTIVELY 5168 03:26:32,960 --> 03:26:35,896 CONSIDERED THE WAY MODELS ARE 5169 03:26:35,896 --> 03:26:37,331 DEVELOPED, WHETHER MODELS ARE 5170 03:26:37,331 --> 03:26:41,635 RETRAINED, IT'S GOING TO BE 5171 03:26:41,635 --> 03:26:48,308 CRITICAL SO WE DON'T HAVE 5172 03:26:48,308 --> 03:26:49,610 GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT. 5173 03:26:49,610 --> 03:26:53,180 >> ONE OF THE PARTNERSHIPS IS 5174 03:26:53,180 --> 03:26:54,214 WITH THE NIH OFFICE OF DATA 5175 03:26:54,214 --> 03:26:55,315 SCIENCE STRATEGY COORDINATING AN 5176 03:26:55,315 --> 03:26:57,718 NIH EFFORT TO THINK ABOUT BIAS 5177 03:26:57,718 --> 03:26:58,285 INEQUITY IN A.I. 5178 03:26:58,285 --> 03:27:01,288 ONE OF THE RECENT FUNDING 5179 03:27:01,288 --> 03:27:04,324 OPPORTUNITIES FOR MULTI-MODAL 5180 03:27:04,324 --> 03:27:06,960 A.I. HAD A FORWARD GOAL OF 5181 03:27:06,960 --> 03:27:08,495 CO-DESIGN EFFORTS, AND ETHICAL 5182 03:27:08,495 --> 03:27:09,129 A.I. 5183 03:27:09,129 --> 03:27:11,331 WHAT WAS REALLY CRITICAL FOR 5184 03:27:11,331 --> 03:27:13,433 THIS PROGRAM WAS TO MAKE SURE 5185 03:27:13,433 --> 03:27:15,702 THAT THERE WAS A 5186 03:27:15,702 --> 03:27:16,803 MULTI-STAKEHOLDER GROUP AS PART 5187 03:27:16,803 --> 03:27:21,074 OF THE RESEARCH SO THAT THOSE 5188 03:27:21,074 --> 03:27:22,943 AFFECTED BY THE RESEARCH, 5189 03:27:22,943 --> 03:27:24,144 PHYSICIANS WHO ARE CONDUCTING -- 5190 03:27:24,144 --> 03:27:26,980 TREATING THE PATIENTS AS WELL AS 5191 03:27:26,980 --> 03:27:28,281 RESEARCH, WE'RE ALL INVOLVED UP 5192 03:27:28,281 --> 03:27:31,485 FRONT IN THE MODEL DESIGN, SO I 5193 03:27:31,485 --> 03:27:35,756 THINK THAT'S A SENSE OF STARTING 5194 03:27:35,756 --> 03:27:38,258 TO REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF 5195 03:27:38,258 --> 03:27:39,559 HAVING CO-DESIGN EFFORTS UPFRONT 5196 03:27:39,559 --> 03:27:41,094 AND IMPLEMENTING THAT IN A 5197 03:27:41,094 --> 03:27:41,328 PROGRAM. 5198 03:27:41,328 --> 03:27:44,364 ALSO DID WANT TO MENTION THIS 5199 03:27:44,364 --> 03:27:46,066 ALSO IS AN ODS-LED PROGRAM, AIM 5200 03:27:46,066 --> 03:27:47,234 AHEAD PROGRAM YOU MAY HAVE HEARD 5201 03:27:47,234 --> 03:27:49,970 OF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 5202 03:27:49,970 --> 03:27:51,705 DEVELOPING A WORKFORCE NOT JUST 5203 03:27:51,705 --> 03:27:54,474 AT THE BIG CANCER CENTERS AND 5204 03:27:54,474 --> 03:27:56,977 BIG ACADEMIC CENTERS BUT AT MORE 5205 03:27:56,977 --> 03:27:58,612 BROADLY ACROSS ALL ACADEMIC 5206 03:27:58,612 --> 03:28:00,247 CENTERS SO THOSE CAPABILITIES 5207 03:28:00,247 --> 03:28:01,448 AND THAT LEARNING CAN BE MORE 5208 03:28:01,448 --> 03:28:08,455 DISTRIBUTED. 5209 03:28:08,455 --> 03:28:10,957 >> ANDREA AND FRED. 5210 03:28:10,957 --> 03:28:12,693 >> ALONG THE SAME THEME, WHEN 5211 03:28:12,693 --> 03:28:13,727 AUTOMATIC HAND SANITIZERS CAME 5212 03:28:13,727 --> 03:28:15,796 OUT, HAD YOU TO PUT YOUR HAND 5213 03:28:15,796 --> 03:28:18,065 UNDERNEATH TO GET THE SANITIZER 5214 03:28:18,065 --> 03:28:20,267 TO COME OUT, THEY FORGOT TO 5215 03:28:20,267 --> 03:28:21,468 PROGRAM FOR BROWN SKIN. 5216 03:28:21,468 --> 03:28:23,236 WHEN I TURNED MY HAND OVER, IT 5217 03:28:23,236 --> 03:28:23,770 DIDN'T WORK. 5218 03:28:23,770 --> 03:28:25,072 THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN NOW BUT THIS 5219 03:28:25,072 --> 03:28:28,709 IS WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED TO 5220 03:28:28,709 --> 03:28:30,444 DEVELOP THEM. 5221 03:28:30,444 --> 03:28:32,412 ECHOING CONCERNS OF THE PREVIOUS 5222 03:28:32,412 --> 03:28:34,147 TWO QUESTIONS, WHEN IT COMES TO 5223 03:28:34,147 --> 03:28:35,816 SKIN CANCER, TALKING ABOUT 5224 03:28:35,816 --> 03:28:37,017 CANCER, HAVING THAT INFORMATION 5225 03:28:37,017 --> 03:28:39,653 IN THE DATABASE WHEN YOU'RE 5226 03:28:39,653 --> 03:28:41,054 DIAGNOSING SKIN CANCER AND 5227 03:28:41,054 --> 03:28:42,589 BENIGN DISEASE IS GOING TO BE 5228 03:28:42,589 --> 03:28:43,590 REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE 5229 03:28:43,590 --> 03:28:45,125 DIFFERENT SKIN COLORS IN THE 5230 03:28:45,125 --> 03:28:49,062 DATABASE OF A.I. OR ELSE IT 5231 03:28:49,062 --> 03:28:50,363 WON'T RECOGNIZE X SKIN COLOR, 5232 03:28:50,363 --> 03:28:52,132 WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THE 5233 03:28:52,132 --> 03:28:55,502 INFORMATION OUT FOR SOMETHING 5234 03:28:55,502 --> 03:28:57,037 LIKE MELANOMA. 5235 03:28:57,037 --> 03:29:00,741 THAT WOULD EXTEND TO OTHER 5236 03:29:00,741 --> 03:29:01,441 DISEASES NOT NECESSARILY 5237 03:29:01,441 --> 03:29:03,443 PREDOMINANT IN AFRICAN AMERICANS 5238 03:29:03,443 --> 03:29:06,680 OR LATINOS, ET CETERA, SO 5239 03:29:06,680 --> 03:29:08,648 JUST -- WE KEEP ASKING THE SAME 5240 03:29:08,648 --> 03:29:10,250 QUESTION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO 5241 03:29:10,250 --> 03:29:14,454 MAKE SURE AT THIS STAGE OF 5242 03:29:14,454 --> 03:29:18,258 THINGS WE'RE ACQUIRING DATA ON 5243 03:29:18,258 --> 03:29:20,227 ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF 5244 03:29:20,227 --> 03:29:22,295 ETHNICITIES SO WHEN THESE 5245 03:29:22,295 --> 03:29:23,897 A.I. -- WHEN IT IS DEPLOYED IT 5246 03:29:23,897 --> 03:29:29,870 WILL BE ACCURATE. 5247 03:29:29,870 --> 03:29:30,704 >> I AGREE. 5248 03:29:30,704 --> 03:29:33,473 WHAT I APPRECIATE IS YOU MAKING 5249 03:29:33,473 --> 03:29:40,347 SURE WE DO THAT. 5250 03:29:40,347 --> 03:29:42,749 SO, I THINK THAT'S REALLY -- I'M 5251 03:29:42,749 --> 03:29:44,751 NOT ALWAYS SURE HOW TO MAKE THAT 5252 03:29:44,751 --> 03:29:45,819 HAPPEN BUT HAVING YOU ASK THESE 5253 03:29:45,819 --> 03:29:47,888 QUESTIONS IS PART OF MAKING SURE 5254 03:29:47,888 --> 03:29:49,790 IT HAPPENS. 5255 03:29:49,790 --> 03:29:57,831 >> WE'D LOVE TO HELP. 5256 03:29:57,831 --> 03:29:58,532 >> THERE'S A CONCEPT, FEDERATED 5257 03:29:58,532 --> 03:30:01,368 LEARNING, THE MAIN ISSUE OR THE 5258 03:30:01,368 --> 03:30:05,205 CONCERN IS SHARING DATA, WITH 5259 03:30:05,205 --> 03:30:08,608 FEDERATED LEARNING YOU CAN MOVE 5260 03:30:08,608 --> 03:30:12,012 YOUR MODEL, YOUR DATA CAN STAY. 5261 03:30:12,012 --> 03:30:14,481 WITHOUT MOVING THE AMERICAN 5262 03:30:14,481 --> 03:30:16,249 DATA, WITH THE SLIDE I SHOWED, 5263 03:30:16,249 --> 03:30:18,351 WE WILL FURTHER TRAIN THE MODEL 5264 03:30:18,351 --> 03:30:20,453 IN EUROPE AND THEN WE HOPE TO 5265 03:30:20,453 --> 03:30:22,789 PUT MORE DIVERSITY IN IT. 5266 03:30:22,789 --> 03:30:25,492 WE'LL TAKE THE DATA TO AFRICA 5267 03:30:25,492 --> 03:30:36,002 AND FURTHER TRAIN, WE'LL HAVE 5268 03:30:41,074 --> 03:30:42,309 MOST IDEAL MODEL. 5269 03:30:42,309 --> 03:30:52,853 WE HAVE CAPABILITY OF DEVELOPING 5270 03:30:55,488 --> 03:30:59,159 DIVERSE MODELS. 5271 03:30:59,159 --> 03:31:00,160 >> QUICKLY, I WONDER, WARREN, 5272 03:31:00,160 --> 03:31:03,964 ONE AREA WE HAVE A GREAT NEED IS 5273 03:31:03,964 --> 03:31:06,499 MORE LONGITUDINAL DATA, AND I 5274 03:31:06,499 --> 03:31:08,702 WAS WONDERING, I MEAN, 5275 03:31:08,702 --> 03:31:11,304 ESSENTIALLY TO DEVELOP THESE 5276 03:31:11,304 --> 03:31:13,273 MODELS ALONG LONGITUDINAL LINES, 5277 03:31:13,273 --> 03:31:15,275 SO IS THERE -- DO YOU HAVE PLANS 5278 03:31:15,275 --> 03:31:17,878 FOR THAT IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE 5279 03:31:17,878 --> 03:31:20,413 MECHANISMS WE MIGHT USE AT NCI 5280 03:31:20,413 --> 03:31:25,118 OR CLINICAL CENTER TO ADDRESS 5281 03:31:25,118 --> 03:31:25,652 THIS? 5282 03:31:25,652 --> 03:31:25,919 >> SURE. 5283 03:31:25,919 --> 03:31:26,953 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 5284 03:31:26,953 --> 03:31:28,388 I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE HOPES 5285 03:31:28,388 --> 03:31:31,791 WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH CCDI 5286 03:31:31,791 --> 03:31:33,627 AS WE START TO BUILD THAT 5287 03:31:33,627 --> 03:31:34,961 LONGITUDINAL VIEW OF PATIENTS 5288 03:31:34,961 --> 03:31:36,363 AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO CAPTURE 5289 03:31:36,363 --> 03:31:39,099 DATA AND ANALYZE IT. 5290 03:31:39,099 --> 03:31:41,301 WE'RE STILL -- WE'RE NOT AS FAR 5291 03:31:41,301 --> 03:31:44,037 ALONG AS I WOULD LIKE WITH CCDI 5292 03:31:44,037 --> 03:31:45,238 BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE 5293 03:31:45,238 --> 03:31:45,572 OPPORTUNITIES. 5294 03:31:45,572 --> 03:31:46,873 IF WE CAN GET IT RIGHT FOR 5295 03:31:46,873 --> 03:31:48,842 CHILDREN, WE CAN GET IT RIGHT 5296 03:31:48,842 --> 03:31:51,578 FOR YOUNG ADULTS, THEN WE CAN 5297 03:31:51,578 --> 03:31:53,246 GET IT RIGHT FOR EVERYONE. 5298 03:31:53,246 --> 03:31:54,547 SO I AGREE, UNDERSTANDING THAT 5299 03:31:54,547 --> 03:31:59,019 TRAJECTORY OF DISEASE IS JUST SO 5300 03:31:59,019 --> 03:31:59,352 IMPORTANT. 5301 03:31:59,352 --> 03:32:03,189 >> SO, JULI, WAS YOUR HAND UP? 5302 03:32:03,189 --> 03:32:04,491 YOU AND THEN NELO. 5303 03:32:04,491 --> 03:32:06,793 >> I KNOW THAT AT LEAST IN THE 5304 03:32:06,793 --> 03:32:09,329 MOMENT IN OTHER SECTORS THE COST 5305 03:32:09,329 --> 03:32:10,964 OF BUYING CHIPS AND 5306 03:32:10,964 --> 03:32:11,698 COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES IS 5307 03:32:11,698 --> 03:32:12,599 SOMETHING THAT'S VERY TOP OF 5308 03:32:12,599 --> 03:32:12,832 MIND. 5309 03:32:12,832 --> 03:32:15,001 I KNOW AS WE LOOK AT THE 5310 03:32:15,001 --> 03:32:16,536 INFLATION ADJUSTED BUDGET THAT 5311 03:32:16,536 --> 03:32:17,537 WAS WELL PRESENTED EARLIER 5312 03:32:17,537 --> 03:32:19,606 TODAY, ONE OF THE AREAS I'M 5313 03:32:19,606 --> 03:32:22,342 WONDERING ABOUT IS HOW IS 5314 03:32:22,342 --> 03:32:24,978 INFRASTRUCTURE BEING PAID FOR 5315 03:32:24,978 --> 03:32:25,278 CURRENTLY? 5316 03:32:25,278 --> 03:32:26,346 IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO 5317 03:32:26,346 --> 03:32:29,215 THINK ABOUT IN THE NCI BUDGET? 5318 03:32:29,215 --> 03:32:31,084 IS THAT AN NIH BUDGET LINE OR 5319 03:32:31,084 --> 03:32:32,419 ARE ALL THE CENTERS POOLING IN 5320 03:32:32,419 --> 03:32:35,922 TO GIVE YOU RESOURCES TO ACQUIRE 5321 03:32:35,922 --> 03:32:38,058 CAPABILITIES THAT YOU NEED? 5322 03:32:38,058 --> 03:32:40,493 CURIOUS HOW WE SHOULD BE 5323 03:32:40,493 --> 03:32:41,428 THINKING ABOUT BUDGETING AS THE 5324 03:32:41,428 --> 03:32:45,732 RESULT OF THE NEED TO BUY CHIPS, 5325 03:32:45,732 --> 03:32:48,368 COMPUTE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 5326 03:32:48,368 --> 03:32:49,035 >> YOU'RE ASKING AN INSIGHTFUL 5327 03:32:49,035 --> 03:32:50,570 QUESTION BECAUSE YOU CAN SPEND 5328 03:32:50,570 --> 03:32:52,872 ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY IN BUILDING 5329 03:32:52,872 --> 03:32:53,540 A.I. INFRASTRUCTURE. 5330 03:32:53,540 --> 03:32:55,842 AGAIN, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 5331 03:32:55,842 --> 03:32:58,778 US TO REALLY PARTNER WITH 5332 03:32:58,778 --> 03:32:59,045 INDUSTRY. 5333 03:32:59,045 --> 03:33:03,249 WE HAVE I THINK A PRETTY BIG 5334 03:33:03,249 --> 03:33:04,351 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH, YOU 5335 03:33:04,351 --> 03:33:07,454 KNOW, NAME YOUR FAVORITE TECH 5336 03:33:07,454 --> 03:33:09,089 COMPANY, TO GET THEM EMBEDDED, 5337 03:33:09,089 --> 03:33:11,358 HAVE THEM WORK ON REALLY 5338 03:33:11,358 --> 03:33:13,560 IMPORTANT PROBLEMS FOR US. 5339 03:33:13,560 --> 03:33:15,428 BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, YOU KNOW, 5340 03:33:15,428 --> 03:33:16,963 WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH 5341 03:33:16,963 --> 03:33:20,367 INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DOING A.I. 5342 03:33:20,367 --> 03:33:22,869 LEARN ITSELF AND TRAINING AS WE 5343 03:33:22,869 --> 03:33:25,238 PROBABLY NEED BUT I THINK WE 5344 03:33:25,238 --> 03:33:28,408 HAVE ENOUGH. 5345 03:33:28,408 --> 03:33:28,675 >> YEAH. 5346 03:33:28,675 --> 03:33:32,345 SO WE HAVE VERY STRONG HPC 5347 03:33:32,345 --> 03:33:36,416 CLUSTER, BIOWULF, AT NIH, OPEN 5348 03:33:36,416 --> 03:33:38,385 TO ALMOST EVERY RESEARCHER WITH 5349 03:33:38,385 --> 03:33:39,352 SYMBOLIC COST, AND IN ADDITION 5350 03:33:39,352 --> 03:33:44,524 TO THAT THE LAB HAS THEIR OWN 5351 03:33:44,524 --> 03:33:45,825 HIGH POWERED COMPUTATIONAL 5352 03:33:45,825 --> 03:33:46,159 COMPUTERS. 5353 03:33:46,159 --> 03:33:47,360 TO DEVELOP MODELS, YES, YOU NEED 5354 03:33:47,360 --> 03:33:49,095 THAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE BUT 5355 03:33:49,095 --> 03:33:50,263 TO RUN THESE MODELS YOU WON'T 5356 03:33:50,263 --> 03:33:53,933 NEED THAT. 5357 03:33:53,933 --> 03:33:55,435 >> ONE LAST QUESTION FROM NELO 5358 03:33:55,435 --> 03:33:57,237 BECAUSE WE NEED TO MOVE ON. 5359 03:33:57,237 --> 03:33:58,538 >> I'LL BE QUICK. 5360 03:33:58,538 --> 03:34:00,073 I'M A CLINICAL RESEARCHERS. 5361 03:34:00,073 --> 03:34:01,941 MANY YEARS AGO I HAD THE 5362 03:34:01,941 --> 03:34:04,344 OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A 5363 03:34:04,344 --> 03:34:08,081 WORKSHOP THAT ASCO PUT ON, AT 5364 03:34:08,081 --> 03:34:15,422 VEIL, WE SPENT A WEEK, NETWORK, 5365 03:34:15,422 --> 03:34:17,390 LEARNED SKILLS, POPULATED FROM 5366 03:34:17,390 --> 03:34:18,491 THE IVORY TOWERS. 5367 03:34:18,491 --> 03:34:20,360 THIS YEAR THE SAME WORKSHOP IN 5368 03:34:20,360 --> 03:34:22,262 EUROPE WAS A VERY DIFFERENT 5369 03:34:22,262 --> 03:34:22,762 EXPERIENCE. 5370 03:34:22,762 --> 03:34:24,731 AND SO SATISFYING BECAUSE IT WAS 5371 03:34:24,731 --> 03:34:26,299 NOT JUST IVORY TOWERS IN EUROPE 5372 03:34:26,299 --> 03:34:32,972 BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, POLISH 5373 03:34:32,972 --> 03:34:34,040 INVESTIGATORS AND OTHERS FROM 5374 03:34:34,040 --> 03:34:35,141 EASTERN EUROPE, GAVE THEM THE 5375 03:34:35,141 --> 03:34:36,576 OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND 5376 03:34:36,576 --> 03:34:37,677 NETWORK. 5377 03:34:37,677 --> 03:34:39,813 THIS AREA WOULD BE VERY RIPE FOR 5378 03:34:39,813 --> 03:34:44,017 THAT KIND OF A WORKSHOP, YOU 5379 03:34:44,017 --> 03:34:45,351 COULD HAVE SENIOR LEADERS TEACH 5380 03:34:45,351 --> 03:34:46,553 WHERE PEOPLE COULD NETWORK AND 5381 03:34:46,553 --> 03:34:48,088 GO FOR A FEW DAYS AND REALLY 5382 03:34:48,088 --> 03:34:51,925 LEARN WHAT IS A.I. AND HOW CAN 5383 03:34:51,925 --> 03:34:53,359 WE APPLY IT. 5384 03:34:53,359 --> 03:34:54,794 >> GREAT COMMENT. 5385 03:34:54,794 --> 03:34:56,329 >> I'LL JUST SAY THAT'S PART OF 5386 03:34:56,329 --> 03:34:58,965 WHAT AIM HEAD IS DOING, 5387 03:34:58,965 --> 03:35:00,033 PARTNERING WITH AIM AHEAD, I 5388 03:35:00,033 --> 03:35:01,701 THINK WE CAN DO SOME OF THAT. 5389 03:35:01,701 --> 03:35:04,437 BUT WE NEED TO ALSO ADD MORE OF 5390 03:35:04,437 --> 03:35:07,640 A CANCER FLAVOR TO AIM AHEAD. 5391 03:35:07,640 --> 03:35:11,878 >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 5392 03:35:11,878 --> 03:35:12,412 FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. 5393 03:35:12,412 --> 03:35:15,682 [APPLAUSE] 5394 03:35:15,682 --> 03:35:17,117 >> FINAL PRESENTATION TODAY IS 5395 03:35:17,117 --> 03:35:21,287 AN UPDATE ON THE NCI COMMUNITY 5396 03:35:21,287 --> 03:35:22,422 ONCOLOGY RESEARCH PROGRAM, 5397 03:35:22,422 --> 03:35:26,326 NCORP, AND NATIONAL CLINICAL 5398 03:35:26,326 --> 03:35:27,193 TRIALS NETWORK, NCTN. 5399 03:35:27,193 --> 03:35:28,495 PRESENTATION WILL BE BROUGHT TO 5400 03:35:28,495 --> 03:35:30,830 YOUS BY DR. PHIL CASTLE, 5401 03:35:30,830 --> 03:35:32,665 DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF CANCER 5402 03:35:32,665 --> 03:35:34,601 PREVENTION AND JIM DOROSHOW, 5403 03:35:34,601 --> 03:35:35,568 DIRECTOR FOR DIVISION OF CANCER 5404 03:35:35,568 --> 03:35:40,974 TREATMENT DIAGNOSIS. 5405 03:35:40,974 --> 03:35:41,841 >> THANK YOU, JOHN. 5406 03:35:41,841 --> 03:35:44,611 ON BEHALF OF THE NCI AND 5407 03:35:44,611 --> 03:35:46,146 DIVISION OF CANCER PREVENTION, 5408 03:35:46,146 --> 03:35:48,014 I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THE 5409 03:35:48,014 --> 03:35:50,350 UPDATE ON NCI COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY 5410 03:35:50,350 --> 03:35:50,950 RESEARCH PROGRAM. 5411 03:35:50,950 --> 03:35:53,153 THIS IS REALLY A FLAGSHIP 5412 03:35:53,153 --> 03:35:54,587 PROGRAM FOR THE INSTITUTE AND 5413 03:35:54,587 --> 03:35:56,890 YOU'LL SEE WHY HERE, WHY IT'S SO 5414 03:35:56,890 --> 03:36:02,395 CRITICAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE 5415 03:36:02,395 --> 03:36:03,763 NCI. 5416 03:36:03,763 --> 03:36:05,198 SO, NCORP OVERVIEW, IT'S A 5417 03:36:05,198 --> 03:36:07,167 MERGING OF TWO COMMUNITY 5418 03:36:07,167 --> 03:36:09,669 PROGRAMS THAT EXISTED 5419 03:36:09,669 --> 03:36:10,670 PREVIOUSLY. 5420 03:36:10,670 --> 03:36:16,142 ONE IS C COP, STARTED IN 1983, 5421 03:36:16,142 --> 03:36:18,211 SOME OF MY STAFF WERE HERE TO 5422 03:36:18,211 --> 03:36:20,547 START THAT, AND THE NCI 5423 03:36:20,547 --> 03:36:22,182 COMMUNITY CANCERS CENTER GRANT 5424 03:36:22,182 --> 03:36:23,483 IN 2017, WE MERGED THOSE WITH 5425 03:36:23,483 --> 03:36:25,451 THE FOLLOWING GOALS. 5426 03:36:25,451 --> 03:36:28,254 ONE TO ENROLL PATIENTS IN 5427 03:36:28,254 --> 03:36:28,955 TREATMENT ADVANCED IMAGING 5428 03:36:28,955 --> 03:36:31,925 CLINICAL TRIALS THAT ARE 5429 03:36:31,925 --> 03:36:33,359 DEVELOPED THROUGH THE NCTN, BY 5430 03:36:33,359 --> 03:36:36,095 THE DIVISION OF CANCER TREATMENT 5431 03:36:36,095 --> 03:36:36,863 AND DIAGNOSIS. 5432 03:36:36,863 --> 03:36:39,599 AND THEN SUPPORT INCLUSION OF 5433 03:36:39,599 --> 03:36:42,635 HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE 5434 03:36:42,635 --> 03:36:44,370 CORRELATIVE STUDIES IN NCTN, 5435 03:36:44,370 --> 03:36:45,471 TREATMENT TRIALS, AND AGAIN I 5436 03:36:45,471 --> 03:36:47,807 WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHY THIS IS SO 5437 03:36:47,807 --> 03:36:50,210 IMPORTANT, IN 2022 WE HAD 18 5438 03:36:50,210 --> 03:36:51,311 MILLION CANCER SURVIVORS, WHICH 5439 03:36:51,311 --> 03:36:56,115 WAS MORE THAN 5% OF THE U.S. 5440 03:36:56,115 --> 03:36:56,549 POPULATION. 5441 03:36:56,549 --> 03:37:00,320 BY 2040 WE EXPECT THERE WILL BE 5442 03:37:00,320 --> 03:37:02,822 26 MILLION CANCER SURVIVORS, 7% 5443 03:37:02,822 --> 03:37:04,123 OF THE POPULATION. 5444 03:37:04,123 --> 03:37:05,792 1 IN 14 PEOPLE WILL BE WALKING 5445 03:37:05,792 --> 03:37:07,293 AROUND AS A CANCER SURVIVOR. 5446 03:37:07,293 --> 03:37:09,128 WE HAVE TO THINK MORE ABOUT NOT 5447 03:37:09,128 --> 03:37:10,496 JUST TAKING CARE OF THE TUMOR 5448 03:37:10,496 --> 03:37:14,300 BUT TAKING CARE OF THE WHOLE 5449 03:37:14,300 --> 03:37:14,534 PERSON. 5450 03:37:14,534 --> 03:37:16,169 ENGAGE IN LARGE AND DIVERSE 5451 03:37:16,169 --> 03:37:17,036 PATIENT POPULATIONS, RECEIVING 5452 03:37:17,036 --> 03:37:20,340 CARE IN A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY 5453 03:37:20,340 --> 03:37:22,275 ONCOLOGY SETTINGS, STUDIES ON 5454 03:37:22,275 --> 03:37:23,276 CANCER CONTROL, PREVENTION, CARE 5455 03:37:23,276 --> 03:37:23,643 DELIVERY. 5456 03:37:23,643 --> 03:37:25,578 AND TO GENERATE A BROADLY 5457 03:37:25,578 --> 03:37:27,213 APPLICABLE EVIDENCE BASE THAT 5458 03:37:27,213 --> 03:37:28,982 CONTRIBUTES TO IMPROVED PATIENT 5459 03:37:28,982 --> 03:37:32,385 OUTCOMES AND REDUCTION IN CANCER 5460 03:37:32,385 --> 03:37:32,685 DISPARITIES. 5461 03:37:32,685 --> 03:37:34,053 BEFORE I GET INTO THE MEAT OF 5462 03:37:34,053 --> 03:37:39,359 THIS I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT 5463 03:37:39,359 --> 03:37:47,567 HERE TO HONOR THE LATE WARDA 5464 03:37:47,567 --> 03:37:49,569 MCCASKILL-STEVENS WHO MADE 5465 03:37:49,569 --> 03:37:52,705 SEMINAL CONTRIBUTIONS, WE HOPE 5466 03:37:52,705 --> 03:37:55,875 HER LEGACY WILL GROW THROUGH THE 5467 03:37:55,875 --> 03:38:02,015 COMMUNITY SUPPORTED BY THE K12 5468 03:38:02,015 --> 03:38:04,751 PROGRAM NAMED AFTER HER, AN 5469 03:38:04,751 --> 03:38:05,685 EXCITING PROGRAM MONICA BROUGHT 5470 03:38:05,685 --> 03:38:07,153 IN A YEAR AGO. 5471 03:38:07,153 --> 03:38:12,058 FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 5472 03:38:12,058 --> 03:38:13,393 BRANDY HECKEN STODDARD, WHO 5473 03:38:13,393 --> 03:38:16,129 STEPPED IN TO THE NCORP AND HAS 5474 03:38:16,129 --> 03:38:21,601 DONE AN AMAZING JOB. 5475 03:38:21,601 --> 03:38:24,237 THE NCORP IS SEVEN RESEARCH 5476 03:38:24,237 --> 03:38:27,073 BASES INCLUDING FIVE COOPERATIVE 5477 03:38:27,073 --> 03:38:29,909 GROUPS, WHO CANCER CENTER-LED 5478 03:38:29,909 --> 03:38:32,011 RESEARCH BASES. 5479 03:38:32,011 --> 03:38:35,281 THERE'S 32 COMMUNITY SITES, 14 5480 03:38:35,281 --> 03:38:37,016 UNDERSERVED MINORITY SITES, AND 5481 03:38:37,016 --> 03:38:40,953 TOTAL, AND I'LL EXPLAIN IN THE 5482 03:38:40,953 --> 03:38:42,722 NEXT SLIDE, THERE ARE MORE THAN 5483 03:38:42,722 --> 03:38:45,992 A THOUSAND CLINICAL SITES IN 5484 03:38:45,992 --> 03:38:47,093 NCORP THROUGH AFFILIATES. 5485 03:38:47,093 --> 03:38:50,596 50% OF THESE HUBS SHOWN HERE IN 5486 03:38:50,596 --> 03:38:53,900 THE DOTS AND THE TRIANGLES HAVE 5487 03:38:53,900 --> 03:38:55,501 AFFILIATE SITES THAT ESSENTIALLY 5488 03:38:55,501 --> 03:39:00,039 CREATE A NATIONAL NETWORK. 5489 03:39:00,039 --> 03:39:01,574 HERE IT'S ILLUSTRATED, I HOPE 5490 03:39:01,574 --> 03:39:02,008 THIS WORKS. 5491 03:39:02,008 --> 03:39:02,875 YES, IT DOES. 5492 03:39:02,875 --> 03:39:05,712 YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF SITES 5493 03:39:05,712 --> 03:39:07,380 PER STATE GOING FROM ONE TO 5494 03:39:07,380 --> 03:39:09,782 NINE, TO 15 ABOVE, WE HAVE A FEW 5495 03:39:09,782 --> 03:39:11,851 HOLES HERE THAT WE NEED TO THINK 5496 03:39:11,851 --> 03:39:12,418 ABOUT FILLING. 5497 03:39:12,418 --> 03:39:15,254 AND SOME OF THESE STATES ARE 5498 03:39:15,254 --> 03:39:16,155 LESS REPRESENTED THAN OTHERS. 5499 03:39:16,155 --> 03:39:18,558 BUT THIS IS HOW WE GET TO THOSE 5500 03:39:18,558 --> 03:39:19,759 THOUSAND SITES. 5501 03:39:19,759 --> 03:39:21,694 LET'S TAKE THE MONTANA ONE HERE, 5502 03:39:21,694 --> 03:39:24,864 WHICH IS THE MONTANA NCORP, WITH 5503 03:39:24,864 --> 03:39:27,066 ALL THESE AFFILIATES IN A SPOKE 5504 03:39:27,066 --> 03:39:28,935 AND HUB, NOT PERFECT BUT YOU GET 5505 03:39:28,935 --> 03:39:29,702 THE IDEA. 5506 03:39:29,702 --> 03:39:32,872 AND THEN HERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 5507 03:39:32,872 --> 03:39:35,608 THIS IS BAPTIST HEALTH NCORP 5508 03:39:35,608 --> 03:39:36,709 MINORITY AND UNDERSERVED. 5509 03:39:36,709 --> 03:39:39,879 AND YOU CAN SEE HERE AGAIN THAT 5510 03:39:39,879 --> 03:39:41,180 IT'S A NETWORK OF CLINICAL 5511 03:39:41,180 --> 03:39:41,481 SITES. 5512 03:39:41,481 --> 03:39:43,950 THAT'S HOW WE GET TO OVER A 5513 03:39:43,950 --> 03:39:46,018 THOUSAND CLINICAL SITES ACROSS 5514 03:39:46,018 --> 03:39:47,653 THE U.S. 5515 03:39:47,653 --> 03:39:48,654 THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN. 5516 03:39:48,654 --> 03:39:50,623 I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH 5517 03:39:50,623 --> 03:39:50,957 ALL THIS. 5518 03:39:50,957 --> 03:39:55,762 WE HAVE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE 5519 03:39:55,762 --> 03:39:59,031 INVOLVED, ALMOST MORE THAN 4,000 5520 03:39:59,031 --> 03:40:00,466 PHYSICIAN-SCIENTISTS, ALMOST 5521 03:40:00,466 --> 03:40:05,705 5,000 RESEARCH STAFF, DIFFERENT 5522 03:40:05,705 --> 03:40:08,775 HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, STAND-ALONE 5523 03:40:08,775 --> 03:40:12,145 INSTITUTIONS, 383 COMMUNITY 5524 03:40:12,145 --> 03:40:12,712 AFFILIATES, 98 MINORITY 5525 03:40:12,712 --> 03:40:13,846 UNDERSERVED AFFILIATES, 441 5526 03:40:13,846 --> 03:40:15,348 COMMUNITY SUBAFFILIATES AND SO 5527 03:40:15,348 --> 03:40:17,617 FORTH, ALL SORTS OF CLINICAL 5528 03:40:17,617 --> 03:40:18,050 SITES. 5529 03:40:18,050 --> 03:40:19,585 YOU'LL HAVE ALL THIS 5530 03:40:19,585 --> 03:40:19,886 INFORMATION. 5531 03:40:19,886 --> 03:40:21,587 I DON'T WANT TO DWELL ON IT BUT 5532 03:40:21,587 --> 03:40:23,322 TO GIVE A FLAVOR OF THE 5533 03:40:23,322 --> 03:40:25,391 DIVERSITY NOT JUST OF THE PEOPLE 5534 03:40:25,391 --> 03:40:27,527 WE RECRUIT BUT PEOPLE INVOLVED 5535 03:40:27,527 --> 03:40:28,995 IN NCORP WITH BOOTS ON THE 5536 03:40:28,995 --> 03:40:29,562 GROUND. 5537 03:40:29,562 --> 03:40:30,863 NOT THE CRITICAL PIECE OF THE 5538 03:40:30,863 --> 03:40:33,266 NCORP, WHICH IS WE'RE WORKING 5539 03:40:33,266 --> 03:40:34,467 WITH COMMUNITY ONCOLOGISTS, SO 5540 03:40:34,467 --> 03:40:36,669 WHATEVER WE DO WITH THEM THEN 5541 03:40:36,669 --> 03:40:38,538 CAN GO INTO ROUTINE PRACTICE, 5542 03:40:38,538 --> 03:40:40,506 WE'RE NOT JUST TESTING HOW TO DO 5543 03:40:40,506 --> 03:40:44,010 BETTER CARE BUT THEN HOPEFULLY 5544 03:40:44,010 --> 03:40:47,947 IMPLEMENTING BETTER CARE THROUGH 5545 03:40:47,947 --> 03:40:49,449 THEIR ENGAGEMENT. 5546 03:40:49,449 --> 03:40:50,883 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT 5547 03:40:50,883 --> 03:40:52,418 RELATIONSHIP, JIM WILL TALK 5548 03:40:52,418 --> 03:40:56,255 ABOUT THIS A BIT MORE. 5549 03:40:56,255 --> 03:40:59,192 WE WORK CLOSELY WITH NCTN. 5550 03:40:59,192 --> 03:41:01,194 WE USE A LOT OF THEIR 5551 03:41:01,194 --> 03:41:07,667 INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THE CIRB AD 5552 03:41:07,667 --> 03:41:08,634 OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ESTABLISHED 5553 03:41:08,634 --> 03:41:11,337 BY MEGAN AND JIM. 5554 03:41:11,337 --> 03:41:13,005 WE SPLIT THIS UP, NCTN FOCUSES 5555 03:41:13,005 --> 03:41:15,508 ON LATE PHASE TREATMENT TRIALS, 5556 03:41:15,508 --> 03:41:17,043 PRIMARY ADVANCED IMAGING. 5557 03:41:17,043 --> 03:41:19,679 ON THE CANCER CONTROL QUALITY OF 5558 03:41:19,679 --> 03:41:20,680 LIFE PREVENTION SCREENING 5559 03:41:20,680 --> 03:41:21,647 TRIALS, CANCER CARE DELIVERY, WE 5560 03:41:21,647 --> 03:41:24,684 DO A LOT OF THIS WORK WITH OUR 5561 03:41:24,684 --> 03:41:26,452 GOOD COLLEAGUES IN DCCPS WHO 5562 03:41:26,452 --> 03:41:27,987 HEAD UP THE CANCER CARE 5563 03:41:27,987 --> 03:41:28,454 DELIVERY. 5564 03:41:28,454 --> 03:41:30,957 HERE IS THE OVERLAP HERE. 5565 03:41:30,957 --> 03:41:32,492 WE CONTRIBUTE ALMOST 30% AS 5566 03:41:32,492 --> 03:41:34,861 YOU'LL SEE IN THE FOLLOWING 5567 03:41:34,861 --> 03:41:37,530 SLIDE TO THE TREATMENT TRIALS AT 5568 03:41:37,530 --> 03:41:41,133 THE NCTN, OR THE NCORP, WE, THE 5569 03:41:41,133 --> 03:41:43,336 NCORP CONTRIBUTES ALMOST 30%. 5570 03:41:43,336 --> 03:41:45,404 AND HERE'S THE NUMBERS OVER THE 5571 03:41:45,404 --> 03:41:49,108 LAST FIVE YEARS. 5572 03:41:49,108 --> 03:41:51,410 THIS IS JUST TO DEMARC WHERE 5573 03:41:51,410 --> 03:41:53,980 COVID IS AND I PUT AN ASTERISK 5574 03:41:53,980 --> 03:41:55,882 HERE BECAUSE THIS IS NCORP 5575 03:41:55,882 --> 03:41:57,984 FISCAL YEARS, WHICH STARTS LATE 5576 03:41:57,984 --> 03:42:01,053 IN THE CALENDAR YEAR. 5577 03:42:01,053 --> 03:42:11,497 SO, OUR CALENDAR FOR NCORP 5578 03:42:13,232 --> 03:42:14,066 STARTS IN AUGUST, SO 2019 5579 03:42:14,066 --> 03:42:15,501 STARTED IN AUGUST. 5580 03:42:15,501 --> 03:42:18,204 I HOPE I'VE NOW CONFUSED YOU 5581 03:42:18,204 --> 03:42:19,739 COMPLETELY. 5582 03:42:19,739 --> 03:42:21,807 YOU CAN SEE NUMBERS FROM 2019 TO 5583 03:42:21,807 --> 03:42:24,410 2023, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT 5584 03:42:24,410 --> 03:42:26,412 CATEGORIES, CANCER PREVENTION 5585 03:42:26,412 --> 03:42:28,915 AND CONTROL FROM NON-NCORP 5586 03:42:28,915 --> 03:42:30,783 SITES, CPC CANCER PREVENTION AND 5587 03:42:30,783 --> 03:42:34,420 CONTROL FOR NCORP, TREATMENT 5588 03:42:34,420 --> 03:42:35,821 TRIALS HERE, AND MINORITY 5589 03:42:35,821 --> 03:42:37,356 CONTRIBUTIONS TO TREATMENT 5590 03:42:37,356 --> 03:42:37,590 TRIALS. 5591 03:42:37,590 --> 03:42:39,992 SO MORE THAN 3,000, ALMOST 35 -- 5592 03:42:39,992 --> 03:42:42,862 MORE THAN 3500 COME FROM 5593 03:42:42,862 --> 03:42:44,597 NCORP-RELATED GROUPS 5594 03:42:44,597 --> 03:42:48,968 CONTRIBUTING TO THE TREATMENT 5595 03:42:48,968 --> 03:42:49,402 TRIALS. 5596 03:42:49,402 --> 03:42:55,641 THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF 5597 03:42:55,641 --> 03:42:57,043 THE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THESE 5598 03:42:57,043 --> 03:42:58,044 DIFFERENT GROUPS. 5599 03:42:58,044 --> 03:42:59,679 AND THE NUMBER HIGHLIGHTED HERE 5600 03:42:59,679 --> 03:43:02,648 IN YELLOW IS QUALITY OF LIFE 5601 03:43:02,648 --> 03:43:06,452 NUMBERS SO WE CONTRIBUTE IN SOME 5602 03:43:06,452 --> 03:43:07,587 CASES MORE THAN 3,000 5603 03:43:07,587 --> 03:43:11,724 PARTICIPANTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE 5604 03:43:11,724 --> 03:43:12,458 MEASURES. 5605 03:43:12,458 --> 03:43:15,461 YOU HAVE TMIST IN RED, OTHER 5606 03:43:15,461 --> 03:43:16,662 CANCER PREVENTION CONTROL IN 5607 03:43:16,662 --> 03:43:18,831 GRAY, QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE 5608 03:43:18,831 --> 03:43:23,869 DARKER GRAY, TREATMENT TRIALS IN 5609 03:43:23,869 --> 03:43:25,738 BLUE. 5610 03:43:25,738 --> 03:43:27,273 PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART 5611 03:43:27,273 --> 03:43:33,179 OF THE NCORP IS OUR CONTRIBUTION 5612 03:43:33,179 --> 03:43:34,380 TO DIVERSITY AND 5613 03:43:34,380 --> 03:43:35,615 REPRESENTATIVENESS OF OUR 5614 03:43:35,615 --> 03:43:36,649 POPULATIONS. 5615 03:43:36,649 --> 03:43:38,985 YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT IN 5616 03:43:38,985 --> 03:43:41,053 TREATMENT TRIALS NCORP 5617 03:43:41,053 --> 03:43:41,721 CONTRIBUTES 25% OF MINORITIES, 5618 03:43:41,721 --> 03:43:44,223 AND OF COURSE AS YOU WOULD HOPE 5619 03:43:44,223 --> 03:43:48,494 AND EXPECT THE MINORITY BASES 5620 03:43:48,494 --> 03:43:49,929 CONTRIBUTE 43% OF MINORITIES IN 5621 03:43:49,929 --> 03:43:51,664 TERMS OF THEIR TOTAL 5622 03:43:51,664 --> 03:43:51,998 CONTRIBUTION. 5623 03:43:51,998 --> 03:43:53,432 AND LOOKING AT CANCER PREVENTION 5624 03:43:53,432 --> 03:43:54,634 AND CONTROL YOU SEE THE SAME 5625 03:43:54,634 --> 03:43:56,035 PATTERNS HERE. 5626 03:43:56,035 --> 03:43:59,772 THIS HIGH NUMBER OF 72 IS 5627 03:43:59,772 --> 03:44:01,741 RELATED TO HISPANIC POPULATIONS 5628 03:44:01,741 --> 03:44:04,076 BEING ENROLLED IN TMIST AND 5629 03:44:04,076 --> 03:44:07,647 INTERNATIONAL SITES. 5630 03:44:07,647 --> 03:44:10,383 SO, NCORP FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT 5631 03:44:10,383 --> 03:44:11,917 DEEPLY SORT OF EMBEDDED IN 5632 03:44:11,917 --> 03:44:14,987 NCORP, MAY BE A BIT OF MYSTERY, 5633 03:44:14,987 --> 03:44:18,491 HOW DO YOU GET A STUDY GOING IN 5634 03:44:18,491 --> 03:44:18,691 NCORP? 5635 03:44:18,691 --> 03:44:20,126 I ASKED BRANDI TO PUT THIS 5636 03:44:20,126 --> 03:44:21,093 TOGETHER BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT 5637 03:44:21,093 --> 03:44:22,194 WAS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND 5638 03:44:22,194 --> 03:44:23,295 THERE'S TWO PATHS. 5639 03:44:23,295 --> 03:44:27,366 ONE IS WITHIN THE NCORP, YOU 5640 03:44:27,366 --> 03:44:29,001 DEVELOP A PROPOSAL, BASES HAVE 5641 03:44:29,001 --> 03:44:30,002 BEEN FUNDING, YOU BRING 5642 03:44:30,002 --> 03:44:30,636 SOMETHING FORWARD. 5643 03:44:30,636 --> 03:44:33,939 IT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN 5644 03:44:33,939 --> 03:44:35,808 GET INTO NCORP. 5645 03:44:35,808 --> 03:44:37,276 SO, THE TRADITIONAL PATH THE 5646 03:44:37,276 --> 03:44:38,110 INVESTIGATORS WITHIN THE 5647 03:44:38,110 --> 03:44:39,745 RESEARCH BASE WORKING GROUPS 5648 03:44:39,745 --> 03:44:41,814 DEVELOP A CONCEPT THAT IS VETTED 5649 03:44:41,814 --> 03:44:44,250 WITH THE OTHER RESEARCHERS AND 5650 03:44:44,250 --> 03:44:44,650 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 5651 03:44:44,650 --> 03:44:46,986 THEN YOU HAVE TO GET THE 5652 03:44:46,986 --> 03:44:48,621 RESEARCH BASES TO APPROVE. 5653 03:44:48,621 --> 03:44:50,256 AND THEN IT'S SUBMITTED TO THE 5654 03:44:50,256 --> 03:44:52,224 NCI REVIEW, REVIEWED BY THE 5655 03:44:52,224 --> 03:44:58,030 STEERING COMMITTEE, AND MOVES TO 5656 03:44:58,030 --> 03:45:00,132 PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT. 5657 03:45:00,132 --> 03:45:02,401 YOUR OWN WAY IS TO BRING YOUR 5658 03:45:02,401 --> 03:45:07,006 OWN R01 FUNDING TO THE NCORP, 5659 03:45:07,006 --> 03:45:09,709 SAME PATHWAY BUT USE THE NCORP 5660 03:45:09,709 --> 03:45:10,710 INFRASTRUCTURE HOPEFULLY TO 5661 03:45:10,710 --> 03:45:13,979 REDUCE OVERALL COSTS OF DOING 5662 03:45:13,979 --> 03:45:15,748 THE STUDY. 5663 03:45:15,748 --> 03:45:20,653 THIS WAS A PRIORITY FROM 2015, 5664 03:45:20,653 --> 03:45:23,289 THIS CAME OUT OF A STRATEGIC 5665 03:45:23,289 --> 03:45:25,491 PLANNING PROCESS, REALLY LOOKING 5666 03:45:25,491 --> 03:45:27,126 AT SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT, QUALITY 5667 03:45:27,126 --> 03:45:28,127 OF LIFE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. 5668 03:45:28,127 --> 03:45:35,434 AS YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST TIER IS 5669 03:45:35,434 --> 03:45:35,901 COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, 5670 03:45:35,901 --> 03:45:36,869 NEUROTOXICITY, CARDIOVASCULAR 5671 03:45:36,869 --> 03:45:37,670 TOXICITY, FATIGUE IN 5672 03:45:37,670 --> 03:45:38,504 CANCER-SPECIFIC PAIN, THE SECOND 5673 03:45:38,504 --> 03:45:40,806 ORDER OF PRIORITIES IS SLEEP 5674 03:45:40,806 --> 03:45:45,077 DISORDERS, BONE AND HEALTH 5675 03:45:45,077 --> 03:45:47,680 TOXICITY, METABOLIC TOXICITY, 5676 03:45:47,680 --> 03:45:49,215 PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS. 5677 03:45:49,215 --> 03:45:50,349 THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. 5678 03:45:50,349 --> 03:45:52,184 I'M NOT GOING TO DRAG YOU 5679 03:45:52,184 --> 03:45:54,587 THROUGH ALL THIS, I'LL TRY TO 5680 03:45:54,587 --> 03:45:58,324 KEEP TO TIME. 5681 03:45:58,324 --> 03:46:00,092 WE HAVE ACTIVITIES ONGOING OR 5682 03:46:00,092 --> 03:46:02,361 COMPLETED TRIALS IN COGNITIVE 5683 03:46:02,361 --> 03:46:04,330 IMPAIRMENT, LIKE A RANDOMIZED 5684 03:46:04,330 --> 03:46:06,766 PHASE 3 TRIALS OF -- I CAN NEVER 5685 03:46:06,766 --> 03:46:11,971 GET THE NAME RIGHT, MOMANTIN AND 5686 03:46:11,971 --> 03:46:14,073 WHOLE BRAIN RADIOTHERAPY WITH 5687 03:46:14,073 --> 03:46:22,815 AND WITHOUT HIPPOCAMPAL VOIDANCE 5688 03:46:22,815 --> 03:46:24,784 IN PATIENTS, NRG, C COG TRIAL 5689 03:46:24,784 --> 03:46:25,851 LOOKING AT THIS DRUG. 5690 03:46:25,851 --> 03:46:29,388 THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY OF 5691 03:46:29,388 --> 03:46:32,391 ROCHESTER LOOKING AT WAYS TO 5692 03:46:32,391 --> 03:46:39,765 TREAT CIPN, ANOTHER ONE IN THE 5693 03:46:39,765 --> 03:46:44,703 ALLIANCE CIPN, AND 5694 03:46:44,703 --> 03:46:46,872 CARDIOTOXICITY FOR CHILDHOOD 5695 03:46:46,872 --> 03:46:47,706 CANCER SURVIVORS, TOXICITY. 5696 03:46:47,706 --> 03:46:49,175 THIS IS A SMALL LIST OF THINGS 5697 03:46:49,175 --> 03:46:51,944 THAT GO ON IN THE NCORP. 5698 03:46:51,944 --> 03:46:53,679 OBVIOUSLY THE NCORP HAS BEEN 5699 03:46:53,679 --> 03:46:55,548 ACTIVE IN SCREENING TRIALS. 5700 03:46:55,548 --> 03:46:57,616 YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH TMIST, 5701 03:46:57,616 --> 03:47:02,421 WHICH WE JUST HIT, CLOSE TO 5702 03:47:02,421 --> 03:47:04,156 HITTING OUR 108th ENROLLMENT 5703 03:47:04,156 --> 03:47:04,590 TARGET. 5704 03:47:04,590 --> 03:47:06,759 WE'RE AT 140 AS OF TWO WEEKS 5705 03:47:06,759 --> 03:47:09,962 AGO, OR A WEEK-AND-A-HALF AGO. 5706 03:47:09,962 --> 03:47:14,867 THIS IS BEING RUN BY ECOG-ACRIN, 5707 03:47:14,867 --> 03:47:22,007 AND THIS IS 2D VERSUS 3D 5708 03:47:22,007 --> 03:47:23,876 MAMMOGRAPHY FOR FOUR YEARS, AND 5709 03:47:23,876 --> 03:47:27,746 NRG LOOKING AT FIVE VERSUS 5710 03:47:27,746 --> 03:47:35,054 TEN-YEAR COLONOSCOPY FOR 1 OR 2 5711 03:47:35,054 --> 03:47:35,721 NON-GRADE ADENOMAS TO ESCALATE 5712 03:47:35,721 --> 03:47:35,955 FOLLOW. 5713 03:47:35,955 --> 03:47:38,591 THIS CAME OUT OF THE REVIEW OF 5714 03:47:38,591 --> 03:47:40,459 THE TMIST TRIAL, WE'VE 5715 03:47:40,459 --> 03:47:42,194 IMPLEMENTED ACROSS THE DIVISION 5716 03:47:42,194 --> 03:47:44,063 OF CANCER PREVENTION NOT JUST 5717 03:47:44,063 --> 03:47:48,300 WITHIN NCORP BUT ACROSS THE 5718 03:47:48,300 --> 03:47:53,372 DIVISION NEW SCREENING TRIAL 5719 03:47:53,372 --> 03:47:55,975 REQUIREMENTS, SAMPLE SIZED 5720 03:47:55,975 --> 03:47:56,742 APPROPRIATELY JUSTIFIED, 5721 03:47:56,742 --> 03:47:58,744 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA DEFINED. 5722 03:47:58,744 --> 03:47:59,612 RECRUITMENT PLANNING OVERALL 5723 03:47:59,612 --> 03:48:02,248 MINORITY RECRUITMENT PLANS HAVE 5724 03:48:02,248 --> 03:48:04,216 TO BE DETAILED. 5725 03:48:04,216 --> 03:48:05,084 NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS HAVE TO BE 5726 03:48:05,084 --> 03:48:05,517 INCLUDED. 5727 03:48:05,517 --> 03:48:07,720 WE HAVE TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS 5728 03:48:07,720 --> 03:48:08,721 FOR THAT, OBVIOUSLY. 5729 03:48:08,721 --> 03:48:10,956 AND PATIENT ADVISORY BOARDS FOR 5730 03:48:10,956 --> 03:48:12,091 ANY TRIALS OVER 10,000. 5731 03:48:12,091 --> 03:48:14,293 AND THEN WE SET UP MILESTONES 5732 03:48:14,293 --> 03:48:16,896 AND MONITORING AND WE'VE SHUT 5733 03:48:16,896 --> 03:48:21,533 DOWN ONE TRIAL OR PIVOTED FROM 5734 03:48:21,533 --> 03:48:31,477 SORT OF AN ACTIVE FOLLOW-UP TO A 5735 03:48:31,477 --> 03:48:34,346 PROSPECTIVE STUDY. 5736 03:48:34,346 --> 03:48:36,348 WE PUT STRINGENT CRITERIA, YOU 5737 03:48:36,348 --> 03:48:37,750 HAVE TO HIT THESE LOW LEVEL 5738 03:48:37,750 --> 03:48:39,018 BENCHMARKS BUT YOU HAVE TO HIT 5739 03:48:39,018 --> 03:48:41,353 THEM SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HIT 10% 5740 03:48:41,353 --> 03:48:43,122 OF YOUR ACCRUAL BY 25% OF THE 5741 03:48:43,122 --> 03:48:45,624 ACCRUAL TIME, YOU GET A YELLOW 5742 03:48:45,624 --> 03:48:45,858 FLAG. 5743 03:48:45,858 --> 03:48:47,693 YOU GET TWO YELLOW FLAGS, WE'LL 5744 03:48:47,693 --> 03:48:49,128 SHUT YOU DOWN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T 5745 03:48:49,128 --> 03:48:49,795 DO IT. 5746 03:48:49,795 --> 03:48:51,430 THAT'S THE POINT. 5747 03:48:51,430 --> 03:48:52,831 OTHERWISE THESE THINGS GO ON 5748 03:48:52,831 --> 03:48:55,267 FOREVER AND WE DON'T ACHIEVE OUR 5749 03:48:55,267 --> 03:48:56,669 GOALS, UNFAIR TO PARTICIPANTS 5750 03:48:56,669 --> 03:48:56,835 TOO. 5751 03:48:56,835 --> 03:49:01,707 SO WE HAD TO PUT IN SOME NEW 5752 03:49:01,707 --> 03:49:02,675 RULES. 5753 03:49:02,675 --> 03:49:06,645 WE ALSO -- NCORP SUPPORTS THE 5754 03:49:06,645 --> 03:49:09,081 CANCER CARE DELIVERY PORTFOLIO, 5755 03:49:09,081 --> 03:49:12,384 THERE ARE 30 PROTOCOLS, 12 OPEN, 5756 03:49:12,384 --> 03:49:13,619 9 CLOSED TO ACCRUAL, 9 5757 03:49:13,619 --> 03:49:14,954 COMPLETED, ADDRESSING A BROAD 5758 03:49:14,954 --> 03:49:20,993 RANGE OF CARE DELIVERY GAPS, 5759 03:49:20,993 --> 03:49:21,927 GUIDELINE ADHERENCE, 5760 03:49:21,927 --> 03:49:23,696 EXPENDITURES, ACCESSIBILITY, 5761 03:49:23,696 --> 03:49:25,164 DECISION MAKING, IMPLEMENTATION 5762 03:49:25,164 --> 03:49:27,900 SCIENCE, CASE MANAGEMENT, SO 5763 03:49:27,900 --> 03:49:28,467 FORTH. 5764 03:49:28,467 --> 03:49:33,472 AND THIS IS SORT OF A BREAKDOWN, 5765 03:49:33,472 --> 03:49:35,774 30 APPROVED PROTOCOLS, 18 5766 03:49:35,774 --> 03:49:39,111 RANDOMIZED, 13 PRACTICES 5767 03:49:39,111 --> 03:49:42,614 RANDOMIZATION, ACCRUALS 12,000 5768 03:49:42,614 --> 03:49:45,284 NON-PATIENTS, 2300 PRACTICES, 5769 03:49:45,284 --> 03:49:50,222 839 MINORITY PATIENT ACCRUAL, 5770 03:49:50,222 --> 03:49:50,522 23.4%. 5771 03:49:50,522 --> 03:49:52,858 JUST TO BRING THIS TO A CLOSE I 5772 03:49:52,858 --> 03:49:58,964 WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE NCORP IS A 5773 03:49:58,964 --> 03:49:59,832 COMMUNITY ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP 5774 03:49:59,832 --> 03:50:02,134 INCREASING DIVERSITY OF ACCRUAL 5775 03:50:02,134 --> 03:50:03,335 AND GENERALIZABILITY OF RESULTS. 5776 03:50:03,335 --> 03:50:06,739 AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE 5777 03:50:06,739 --> 03:50:07,740 COMMUNITY ONCOLOGISTS AND 5778 03:50:07,740 --> 03:50:11,777 COMMUNITY INVOLVED, IT REALLY WE 5779 03:50:11,777 --> 03:50:16,181 HOPE WILL LEAD TO FASTER 5780 03:50:16,181 --> 03:50:17,483 ADOPTION OF EVIDENCE GENERATED 5781 03:50:17,483 --> 03:50:20,386 BY NCORP BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING 5782 03:50:20,386 --> 03:50:21,887 TO PEOPLE DELIVERING CARE, 5783 03:50:21,887 --> 03:50:23,055 GRADING THE EVIDENCE WE WANT 5784 03:50:23,055 --> 03:50:26,325 THEM TO IMPLEMENT. 5785 03:50:26,325 --> 03:50:27,459 ADOPTION OF IMPROVED CLINICAL 5786 03:50:27,459 --> 03:50:28,761 PRACTICE AND CARE, FOCUS ON 5787 03:50:28,761 --> 03:50:30,195 IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY OF LIFE, 5788 03:50:30,195 --> 03:50:31,463 INCORPORATING PATIENT EXPERIENCE 5789 03:50:31,463 --> 03:50:34,033 AND DEVELOPING INTERVENTIONS TO 5790 03:50:34,033 --> 03:50:35,768 IMPROVE THE CANCER EXPERIENCE. 5791 03:50:35,768 --> 03:50:37,236 AND I AGAIN WILL SAY THIS ON A 5792 03:50:37,236 --> 03:50:40,072 PERSONAL NOTE, SO THIS IS THE 5793 03:50:40,072 --> 03:50:42,007 8-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY WIFE 5794 03:50:42,007 --> 03:50:43,776 PASSING, QUALITY OF LIFE IS A 5795 03:50:43,776 --> 03:50:44,576 REAL THING. 5796 03:50:44,576 --> 03:50:46,078 WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE 5797 03:50:46,078 --> 03:50:47,379 WHOLE PERSON, NOT JUST THE 5798 03:50:47,379 --> 03:50:49,381 CANCER, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED 5799 03:50:49,381 --> 03:50:52,117 TO MY WIFE A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE 5800 03:50:52,117 --> 03:50:53,752 CANCER, NOT ENOUGH FOCUS ON HER 5801 03:50:53,752 --> 03:50:56,822 QUALITY OF LIFE, AND I CAN'T -- 5802 03:50:56,822 --> 03:50:59,558 I WASN'T AS A CANCER RESEARCHER 5803 03:50:59,558 --> 03:51:00,559 WASN'T FULLY SENSITIZED UNTIL I 5804 03:51:00,559 --> 03:51:06,031 HAD TO WATCH IT UP CLOSE AND 5805 03:51:06,031 --> 03:51:06,298 PERSONAL. 5806 03:51:06,298 --> 03:51:10,736 FOCUS ON -- I'M SORRY, NCORP IS 5807 03:51:10,736 --> 03:51:15,007 TRANSNCI COLLABORATION, WE WORK 5808 03:51:15,007 --> 03:51:18,077 WITH DCTD, DCCPS, OPENING A 5809 03:51:18,077 --> 03:51:18,811 PROTOCOL WITH CCHE. 5810 03:51:18,811 --> 03:51:20,345 YOU'LL BE SEEING THIS IN THREE 5811 03:51:20,345 --> 03:51:24,516 MONTHS BECAUSE WE'RE COMING BACK 5812 03:51:24,516 --> 03:51:25,818 FOR RECOMPETITION, AND DECEMBER 5813 03:51:25,818 --> 03:51:27,986 BOARD MEETING, A WAY TO PRIME 5814 03:51:27,986 --> 03:51:29,321 YOU FOR THIS IS COMING. 5815 03:51:29,321 --> 03:51:32,724 I WILL SAY ONE OF OUR 5816 03:51:32,724 --> 03:51:35,094 ASPIRATIONS FOR THE NCORP IS 5817 03:51:35,094 --> 03:51:37,429 INCUBATOR PROGRAM TO HELP NEW 5818 03:51:37,429 --> 03:51:38,530 APPLICANTS COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY 5819 03:51:38,530 --> 03:51:39,631 TO JOIN NCORP. 5820 03:51:39,631 --> 03:51:41,467 IT'S VERY CHALLENGING TO BE ON 5821 03:51:41,467 --> 03:51:44,002 THE OUTSIDE AND TO COMPETE 5822 03:51:44,002 --> 03:51:44,436 SUCCESSFULLY. 5823 03:51:44,436 --> 03:51:46,839 WE'RE HOPING NOT ONLY THAT WE 5824 03:51:46,839 --> 03:51:48,373 GET MORE DIVERSE GROUP OF 5825 03:51:48,373 --> 03:51:52,644 CLINICAL SITES INVOLVED WITH 5826 03:51:52,644 --> 03:51:53,512 NCORP, WITH DIFFERENT 5827 03:51:53,512 --> 03:51:54,713 INVESTIGATORS, AND ALSO KIND OF 5828 03:51:54,713 --> 03:51:56,482 RAISE THE LEVEL OF COMPETITION, 5829 03:51:56,482 --> 03:51:58,750 SO WE HAVE GOOD PERFORMERS, NOT 5830 03:51:58,750 --> 03:52:00,719 SO GOOD PERFORMERS IN NCORP SO 5831 03:52:00,719 --> 03:52:03,455 WE'RE HOPING THIS RAISES THE BAR 5832 03:52:03,455 --> 03:52:04,990 AND TAKES NCORP TO ANOTHER 5833 03:52:04,990 --> 03:52:05,324 LEVEL. 5834 03:52:05,324 --> 03:52:06,959 WITH THAT I'LL SAY THANK YOU 5835 03:52:06,959 --> 03:52:07,726 VERY MUCH. 5836 03:52:07,726 --> 03:52:11,563 OH, WAIT, ONE MORE SLIDE. 5837 03:52:11,563 --> 03:52:15,267 I'M STEALING SOMEBODY ELSE'S 5838 03:52:15,267 --> 03:52:16,268 LINE FROM EARLIER, QUESTIONS TO 5839 03:52:16,268 --> 03:52:18,904 THINK ABOUT AS WE GO DOWN THE 5840 03:52:18,904 --> 03:52:19,104 ROAD. 5841 03:52:19,104 --> 03:52:20,839 HOW CAN WE EXPAND TO ENGAGE MORE 5842 03:52:20,839 --> 03:52:22,274 PEOPLE IN CLINICAL TRIALS WHERE 5843 03:52:22,274 --> 03:52:24,510 THEY LIVE? 5844 03:52:24,510 --> 03:52:26,612 BETTER ENGAGE THE LEAD ACADEMIC 5845 03:52:26,612 --> 03:52:27,779 PERFORMANCE SITES IN CANCER 5846 03:52:27,779 --> 03:52:29,414 CONTROL AND PREVENTION TRIALS? 5847 03:52:29,414 --> 03:52:32,484 HOW CAN WE BETTER COLLABORATE 5848 03:52:32,484 --> 03:52:33,352 INTERNATIONALLY CONDUCT CANCER 5849 03:52:33,352 --> 03:52:34,887 PREVENTION AND CONTROL TRIALS? 5850 03:52:34,887 --> 03:52:37,623 HOW CAN WE REDUCE WORKLOAD AT 5851 03:52:37,623 --> 03:52:39,925 SITES ENHANCING RESEARCH IMPACT 5852 03:52:39,925 --> 03:52:41,260 OF OUR TRIALS? 5853 03:52:41,260 --> 03:52:45,731 HOW CAN WE CONNECT DATA AND 5854 03:52:45,731 --> 03:52:47,032 BIOSPECIMENS FROM TRIALS AND 5855 03:52:47,032 --> 03:52:49,535 QUALITY OF LIFE TO CONTRIBUTE TO 5856 03:52:49,535 --> 03:52:51,737 RESEARCH AND HELP OUTSIDE 5857 03:52:51,737 --> 03:52:54,039 INVESTIGATORS WITH GREAT IDEAS 5858 03:52:54,039 --> 03:52:56,775 ENGAGE WITH THIS NETWORK. 5859 03:52:56,775 --> 03:52:58,577 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JIM AND 5860 03:52:58,577 --> 03:53:00,846 THEN WE'LL DO 15 MINUTES AFTER 5861 03:53:00,846 --> 03:53:05,350 THAT. 5862 03:53:05,350 --> 03:53:05,617 >> YES. 5863 03:53:05,617 --> 03:53:08,187 >> THANK YOU. 5864 03:53:08,187 --> 03:53:10,189 [APPLAUSE] 5865 03:53:10,189 --> 03:53:12,824 >> I BELIEVE JIM IS IN THE 5866 03:53:12,824 --> 03:53:15,661 VIRTUAL ROOM. 5867 03:53:15,661 --> 03:53:16,328 >> I'M HERE. 5868 03:53:16,328 --> 03:53:20,832 I'D LIKE TO THANK THE NCTN 5869 03:53:20,832 --> 03:53:22,367 PRESENTATION AND THANK THE NCAB 5870 03:53:22,367 --> 03:53:24,469 FOR MY ABILITY TO GIVE THIS 5871 03:53:24,469 --> 03:53:24,803 PRESENTATION. 5872 03:53:24,803 --> 03:53:29,374 BEFORE I START IT'S REALLY 5873 03:53:29,374 --> 03:53:31,877 IMPORTANT THAT I NOTE WITH GREAT 5874 03:53:31,877 --> 03:53:33,645 APPRECIATION THE HUNDREDS OF 5875 03:53:33,645 --> 03:53:36,181 THOUSANDS OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE 5876 03:53:36,181 --> 03:53:37,816 PARTICIPATED IN THE NCTN TRIALS 5877 03:53:37,816 --> 03:53:41,553 OVER MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR 5878 03:53:41,553 --> 03:53:41,954 DECADES. 5879 03:53:41,954 --> 03:53:42,754 WITHOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION 5880 03:53:42,754 --> 03:53:44,957 THERE WOULD BE NO PRESENTATION 5881 03:53:44,957 --> 03:53:46,158 TODAY, AND MAJOR ADVANCES WOULD 5882 03:53:46,158 --> 03:53:47,559 NOT HAVE OCCURRED. 5883 03:53:47,559 --> 03:53:49,661 I THINK IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT 5884 03:53:49,661 --> 03:53:53,932 TO SAY THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE AN 5885 03:53:53,932 --> 03:53:56,535 NCTN WITHOUT THE TENS OF 5886 03:53:56,535 --> 03:54:02,774 THOUSANDS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS, 5887 03:54:02,774 --> 03:54:03,976 RESEARCH NURSES, DATA MANAGERS, 5888 03:54:03,976 --> 03:54:05,210 ADVOCATES, AND PRINCIPAL 5889 03:54:05,210 --> 03:54:06,511 INVESTIGATORS AND OTHER 5890 03:54:06,511 --> 03:54:08,580 INVESTIGATORS WHO HAVE WORKED 5891 03:54:08,580 --> 03:54:10,882 TIRELESSLY TO MAKE THIS NETWORK 5892 03:54:10,882 --> 03:54:11,750 SOMETHING OF NATIONAL 5893 03:54:11,750 --> 03:54:12,050 IMPORTANCE. 5894 03:54:12,050 --> 03:54:17,122 I ALSO HAVE TO CALL OUT THE 5895 03:54:17,122 --> 03:54:18,223 OPERATIONS CENTERS, STAFF 5896 03:54:18,223 --> 03:54:19,291 CENTERS, ALL THE OTHER 5897 03:54:19,291 --> 03:54:20,726 COORDINATING CENTERS THAT ARE 5898 03:54:20,726 --> 03:54:22,361 THE GLUE FOR THIS NETWORK. 5899 03:54:22,361 --> 03:54:23,428 I'LL MENTION THEM BUT I THINK 5900 03:54:23,428 --> 03:54:25,530 THEY NEED TO BE CALLED OUT 5901 03:54:25,530 --> 03:54:26,031 SPECIFICALLY. 5902 03:54:26,031 --> 03:54:28,400 THEY DO A GREAT JOB. 5903 03:54:28,400 --> 03:54:30,302 AND THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS 5904 03:54:30,302 --> 03:54:31,870 YOU'LL SEE BECAUSE OF THE 5905 03:54:31,870 --> 03:54:33,872 PANDEMIC HAVE REALLY NOT BEEN 5906 03:54:33,872 --> 03:54:34,072 EASY. 5907 03:54:34,072 --> 03:54:42,014 COULD I HAVE MY NEXT SLIDE. 5908 03:54:42,014 --> 03:54:43,448 BEFORE WE START MUCH AS PHIL DID 5909 03:54:43,448 --> 03:54:45,484 I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE 5910 03:54:45,484 --> 03:54:47,219 TRANSFORMATION OF THE FORMER 5911 03:54:47,219 --> 03:54:51,723 COOPERATIVE GROUP PROGRAM INTO 5912 03:54:51,723 --> 03:54:53,025 THE NCTN AFTER EXTENSIVE 5913 03:54:53,025 --> 03:54:56,528 INTRAMURAL REVIEW AND INPUT IN 5914 03:54:56,528 --> 03:54:57,529 2014. 5915 03:54:57,529 --> 03:55:00,132 WITH THAT INPUT, WE CHANGED THE 5916 03:55:00,132 --> 03:55:02,567 PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE IN A 5917 03:55:02,567 --> 03:55:06,038 MAJOR WAY TO HELP HARMONIZE 5918 03:55:06,038 --> 03:55:07,673 VARIETY THROUGH REMOTE 5919 03:55:07,673 --> 03:55:09,441 COLLABORATIONS, TO FOCUS ON 5920 03:55:09,441 --> 03:55:11,510 QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT WELL 5921 03:55:11,510 --> 03:55:15,247 SUPPORTED IN THE COMMERCIAL 5922 03:55:15,247 --> 03:55:16,982 ENVIRONMENT, TO PRIORITIZE 5923 03:55:16,982 --> 03:55:17,716 TRIAL, INCORPORATE INNOVATIVE 5924 03:55:17,716 --> 03:55:20,252 SCIENCE IN CLINICAL TRIAL 5925 03:55:20,252 --> 03:55:24,523 DESIGN, AND PROVIDE LARGE SCALE 5926 03:55:24,523 --> 03:55:25,857 TESTING HE MOLECULARLY TARGET 5927 03:55:25,857 --> 03:55:28,593 AND DEFINED AND INCORPORATE INTO 5928 03:55:28,593 --> 03:55:32,864 THE NCTN PORTFOLIO, WITH GREATER 5929 03:55:32,864 --> 03:55:35,033 EMPHASIS ON TREATMENT OF RARE 5930 03:55:35,033 --> 03:55:35,267 TUMORS. 5931 03:55:35,267 --> 03:55:37,002 FINALLY, VERY IMPORTANTLY, TO 5932 03:55:37,002 --> 03:55:38,537 MAINTAIN COMMITMENT TO CONDUCT 5933 03:55:38,537 --> 03:55:43,575 TRIALS IN DIVERSE AND SPECIAL 5934 03:55:43,575 --> 03:55:43,875 POPULATIONS. 5935 03:55:43,875 --> 03:55:44,676 NEXT SLIDE. 5936 03:55:44,676 --> 03:55:48,380 THERE ARE SIX MAIN COMPONENTS TO 5937 03:55:48,380 --> 03:55:50,682 THE NCTN FUNDING PROGRAM. 5938 03:55:50,682 --> 03:55:54,619 THE U.S. COOPERATIVE GROUP 5939 03:55:54,619 --> 03:55:56,922 OPERATION CENTERS, GROUP STATS 5940 03:55:56,922 --> 03:56:00,192 AND DATA MANAGEMENT CENTERS, 5941 03:56:00,192 --> 03:56:00,959 CANADIAN COLLABORATING TRIALS 5942 03:56:00,959 --> 03:56:03,628 GROUP, ALL OF THE LEAD ACADEMIC 5943 03:56:03,628 --> 03:56:05,364 PARTICIPATING SITES, ALL OF 5944 03:56:05,364 --> 03:56:07,065 THEIR AFFILIATES WHICH COME IN 5945 03:56:07,065 --> 03:56:10,602 AT GREATER THAN 2,000 SITES 5946 03:56:10,602 --> 03:56:15,207 CONDUCTING TRIALS OF THE NCTN. 5947 03:56:15,207 --> 03:56:17,509 OUR IMAGING AND CORE SERVICE 5948 03:56:17,509 --> 03:56:19,244 CENTERS AND INTEGRATED 5949 03:56:19,244 --> 03:56:20,412 TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AWARDS FOR 5950 03:56:20,412 --> 03:56:21,213 PILOT PROJECTS. 5951 03:56:21,213 --> 03:56:23,749 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 5952 03:56:23,749 --> 03:56:25,384 UNDER A SEPARATE RFA WE ALSO 5953 03:56:25,384 --> 03:56:28,420 FUND TUMOR BANKS FOR EACH OF 5954 03:56:28,420 --> 03:56:30,922 THESE GROUPS SO CRITICAL 5955 03:56:30,922 --> 03:56:32,691 SPECIMENS, CORRELATIVE STUDIES, 5956 03:56:32,691 --> 03:56:34,893 SOME NEEDED FOR ELIGIBILITY, ARE 5957 03:56:34,893 --> 03:56:37,295 COLLECTED AND MAINTAINED AND 5958 03:56:37,295 --> 03:56:39,498 ORGANIZED FOR SEPARATE USE 5959 03:56:39,498 --> 03:56:41,833 DURING THE CONDUCT AND AFTER 5960 03:56:41,833 --> 03:56:44,703 COMPLETION OF THE TRIALS. 5961 03:56:44,703 --> 03:56:46,004 FINALLY I CANNOT EMPHASIZE 5962 03:56:46,004 --> 03:56:47,539 ENOUGH WHAT DR. CASTLE HAS JUST 5963 03:56:47,539 --> 03:56:50,509 PRESENTED TO YOU, THE CRITICAL 5964 03:56:50,509 --> 03:56:53,278 IMPORTANCE OF OUR NCORP SITES IN 5965 03:56:53,278 --> 03:56:56,214 THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR ACCRUAL 5966 03:56:56,214 --> 03:56:57,949 GOALS FOR TREATMENT TRIALS. 5967 03:56:57,949 --> 03:57:01,253 THEY ARE ESSENTIAL. 5968 03:57:01,253 --> 03:57:03,655 NEXT SLIDE. 5969 03:57:03,655 --> 03:57:06,491 SOMETHING THAT IS NOT AS WELL 5970 03:57:06,491 --> 03:57:08,026 UNDERSTOOD IN THE EXTRAMURAL 5971 03:57:08,026 --> 03:57:09,694 COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT 5972 03:57:09,694 --> 03:57:12,964 GRANTS FUNDED ARE SERIES OF 5973 03:57:12,964 --> 03:57:15,033 CONTRACTS, DIVISION OF CANCER 5974 03:57:15,033 --> 03:57:16,134 TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS 5975 03:57:16,134 --> 03:57:19,971 MAINTAINS NOT ONLY FOR OURSELVES 5976 03:57:19,971 --> 03:57:21,406 BUT OTHER CLINICAL TRIALS 5977 03:57:21,406 --> 03:57:24,242 NETWORKS ACROSS THE NCI. 5978 03:57:24,242 --> 03:57:26,311 AND THESE CONTRACTS SUPPORT 5979 03:57:26,311 --> 03:57:28,713 INFORMATION SECURITY, STUDY 5980 03:57:28,713 --> 03:57:29,915 ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS, 5981 03:57:29,915 --> 03:57:33,885 CLINICAL DATA CAPTURE AND 5982 03:57:33,885 --> 03:57:34,753 REPORTING. 5983 03:57:34,753 --> 03:57:36,721 IN FACT, ENROLLMENT AND CLINICAL 5984 03:57:36,721 --> 03:57:37,322 TRIAL DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 5985 03:57:37,322 --> 03:57:41,226 ARE AT THE HEART OF OUR DATA 5986 03:57:41,226 --> 03:57:41,526 MANAGEMENT. 5987 03:57:41,526 --> 03:57:43,195 PROVIDE REGULATORY MONITORING 5988 03:57:43,195 --> 03:57:45,597 AND REPORTING. 5989 03:57:45,597 --> 03:57:47,432 INCLUDING INVESTIGATOR 5990 03:57:47,432 --> 03:57:48,066 CREDENTIALING. 5991 03:57:48,066 --> 03:57:51,970 AND NCI, CIRB AND REGULATORY 5992 03:57:51,970 --> 03:57:52,771 SUPPORT INCLUDING MAINTAINING 5993 03:57:52,771 --> 03:57:54,806 UPDATED 1572 FORMS FOR ALL OF 5994 03:57:54,806 --> 03:57:56,408 THOSE INVESTIGATORS ACROSS ALL 5995 03:57:56,408 --> 03:57:57,209 THOSE SITES. 5996 03:57:57,209 --> 03:58:00,479 AS WELL AS SPONSORSHIP OF IND 5997 03:58:00,479 --> 03:58:02,481 ACTIVITIES ON SELECT NCTN 5998 03:58:02,481 --> 03:58:02,914 TRIALS. 5999 03:58:02,914 --> 03:58:06,651 WE ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE 6000 03:58:06,651 --> 03:58:07,619 IN TERMS OF AUDITING FUNCTION 6001 03:58:07,619 --> 03:58:10,388 FOR DATA QUALITY AND CONTROL, 6002 03:58:10,388 --> 03:58:12,791 AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF 6003 03:58:12,791 --> 03:58:16,928 CORRELATIVE SCIENCE STUDY DATA. 6004 03:58:16,928 --> 03:58:18,263 NEXT SLIDE. 6005 03:58:18,263 --> 03:58:21,766 I'D LIKE TO TAKE MY CHANCE NOW 6006 03:58:21,766 --> 03:58:24,102 TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME 6007 03:58:24,102 --> 03:58:25,403 PERSPECTIVE ON VARIETY OF 6008 03:58:25,403 --> 03:58:27,038 INVESTIGATIONAL STUDIES CARRIED 6009 03:58:27,038 --> 03:58:29,007 OUT BY THE NCTN. 6010 03:58:29,007 --> 03:58:31,643 YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE 6011 03:58:31,643 --> 03:58:33,912 CONCLUDED NCI MATCH, PEDIATRIC 6012 03:58:33,912 --> 03:58:35,347 MATCH STUDIES, WHICH WERE 6013 03:58:35,347 --> 03:58:36,982 ESSENTIAL AND PROVIDED AN 6014 03:58:36,982 --> 03:58:40,285 IMPORTANT INPUT INTO HOW TO 6015 03:58:40,285 --> 03:58:42,254 CONDUCT STUDIES NATIONALLY. 6016 03:58:42,254 --> 03:58:45,290 BUT WE HAVE RECENTLY OPENED AND 6017 03:58:45,290 --> 03:58:53,965 ARE CONDUCTING SUCCESSOR TRIALS 6018 03:58:53,965 --> 03:58:55,600 TO MATCH, INCLUDING 6019 03:58:55,600 --> 03:58:57,369 ComboMATCH, MYELOMATCH, 6020 03:58:57,369 --> 03:58:58,370 PATIENTS FROM DIAGNOSIS THROUGH 6021 03:58:58,370 --> 03:59:02,741 RECURRENCE FOR ALL STAGES OF 6022 03:59:02,741 --> 03:59:06,011 AML, MDS, PILOT PROGRAM CALLED 6023 03:59:06,011 --> 03:59:07,779 I-MATCH, ACCRUED WELL TO TRY TO 6024 03:59:07,779 --> 03:59:10,615 UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF 6025 03:59:10,615 --> 03:59:13,351 MOLECULAR PLATFORM WE NEED TO 6026 03:59:13,351 --> 03:59:14,152 ENHANCE I/O THERAPY GOING 6027 03:59:14,152 --> 03:59:14,553 FORWARD. 6028 03:59:14,553 --> 03:59:17,989 ALL OF THIS COULD NOT BE DONE 6029 03:59:17,989 --> 03:59:20,525 WITHOUT A CENTRAL MOLECULAR 6030 03:59:20,525 --> 03:59:21,793 CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY 6031 03:59:21,793 --> 03:59:24,796 SERIES THAT GOES ON AT THE 6032 03:59:24,796 --> 03:59:26,665 FREDERICK NATIONAL LAB, ALSO AT 6033 03:59:26,665 --> 03:59:29,301 MAJOR ACADEMIC SITES ACROSS THE 6034 03:59:29,301 --> 03:59:30,302 COUNTRY. 6035 03:59:30,302 --> 03:59:33,238 BUT THAT'S NOT AT ALL THE 6036 03:59:33,238 --> 03:59:35,440 COMPLETE SPECTRUM OF WHAT GOES 6037 03:59:35,440 --> 03:59:42,113 ON IN THE NCTN. 6038 03:59:42,113 --> 03:59:44,416 MULTI-MODALITY TRIALS NEVER 6039 03:59:44,416 --> 03:59:45,951 CONDUCTED BY INDUSTRY AND STUDY 6040 03:59:45,951 --> 03:59:47,385 OF ROLE OF WEIGHT LOSS IN 6041 03:59:47,385 --> 03:59:51,056 TREATMENT OF EARLY BREAST 6042 03:59:51,056 --> 03:59:52,290 CANCER, EVALUATION OF DOSE 6043 03:59:52,290 --> 03:59:54,693 ESCALATION THERAPY, PLUS OR 6044 03:59:54,693 --> 03:59:56,895 MINUS ADT IN INTERMEDIATE 6045 03:59:56,895 --> 04:00:02,033 PROSTATE CANCER, WE ALSO DO 6046 04:00:02,033 --> 04:00:05,103 COMBINATIONS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND 6047 04:00:05,103 --> 04:00:07,639 IMMUNOTHERAPY, FOR COLON CANCER, 6048 04:00:07,639 --> 04:00:08,440 AND STUDIES IN SPECIAL 6049 04:00:08,440 --> 04:00:11,476 POPULATIONS, SPECIAL 6050 04:00:11,476 --> 04:00:11,776 INITIATIVES. 6051 04:00:11,776 --> 04:00:13,678 AYA TRIALS HAVE BEEN A MAJOR 6052 04:00:13,678 --> 04:00:16,414 FOCUS AT THE LAST AND CURRENT 6053 04:00:16,414 --> 04:00:17,816 FUNDING PERIODS. 6054 04:00:17,816 --> 04:00:19,484 STUDIES TO BROADEN ELIGIBILITY 6055 04:00:19,484 --> 04:00:21,052 AND OUTREACH TO DIVERSE 6056 04:00:21,052 --> 04:00:23,321 POPULATIONS, I WANT TO CALL TO 6057 04:00:23,321 --> 04:00:24,522 YOUR ATTENTION AN EFFORT 6058 04:00:24,522 --> 04:00:27,258 CONDUCTED BY A WORKING GROUP OF 6059 04:00:27,258 --> 04:00:29,227 THE CLINICAL TRIALS ADVISORY 6060 04:00:29,227 --> 04:00:30,528 COMMITTEE THAT WILL LITERALLY 6061 04:00:30,528 --> 04:00:34,032 CHANGE THE ENTIRE DATA 6062 04:00:34,032 --> 04:00:37,002 MANAGEMENT PROFILE FOR STUDIES 6063 04:00:37,002 --> 04:00:38,870 NON-IND REQUIRING, AS YOU'LL SEE 6064 04:00:38,870 --> 04:00:42,807 ABOUT 40% OF OUR TRIALS IN WHICH 6065 04:00:42,807 --> 04:00:45,644 AS OF JANUARY 1, 2025, 6066 04:00:45,644 --> 04:00:46,311 REQUIREMENTS WERE WHAT WAS 6067 04:00:46,311 --> 04:00:50,348 DEEMED TO BE BY AN EXPERT PANEL 6068 04:00:50,348 --> 04:00:51,883 COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY DATA 6069 04:00:51,883 --> 04:00:54,619 ELEMENTS, NO LONGER WILL BE 6070 04:00:54,619 --> 04:00:56,688 SUBMITTED IN THESE TRIALS, AND 6071 04:00:56,688 --> 04:01:00,191 WE'LL EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT 6072 04:01:00,191 --> 04:01:01,426 THAT ENHANCES THE ABILITY FOR US 6073 04:01:01,426 --> 04:01:06,331 TO ACCRUE AND FOR US TO CONDUCT 6074 04:01:06,331 --> 04:01:06,798 STUDIES MORE RAPIDLY. 6075 04:01:06,798 --> 04:01:09,901 WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF EFFORTS TO 6076 04:01:09,901 --> 04:01:11,236 DECENTRALIZE OUR CLINICAL 6077 04:01:11,236 --> 04:01:11,469 TRIALS. 6078 04:01:11,469 --> 04:01:15,540 THERE ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 6079 04:01:15,540 --> 04:01:16,841 DATA SHARING ACTIVITIES, NCTN 6080 04:01:16,841 --> 04:01:20,211 AND NCORP, IN THE PROCESS WHICH 6081 04:01:20,211 --> 04:01:22,614 WE TRY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO OUR 6082 04:01:22,614 --> 04:01:24,282 BIOSPECIMENS AND AS I WILL TOUCH 6083 04:01:24,282 --> 04:01:27,452 ON AT THE END I COULD NOT GIVE 6084 04:01:27,452 --> 04:01:37,295 THIS PRESENTATION WITHOUT SAYING 6085 04:01:37,295 --> 04:01:38,630 SOMETHING ABOUT PRAGMATIC ALUM. 6086 04:01:38,630 --> 04:01:40,165 I COULD NOT PROVIDE THIS 6087 04:01:40,165 --> 04:01:40,899 PRESENTATION WITHOUT SAYING 6088 04:01:40,899 --> 04:01:44,636 SOMETHING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF 6089 04:01:44,636 --> 04:01:45,036 COVID-19. 6090 04:01:45,036 --> 04:01:47,539 YOU SEE WHERE I TERMED IN PRIOR 6091 04:01:47,539 --> 04:01:49,674 PRESENTATIONS, THE GRAND CANYON 6092 04:01:49,674 --> 04:01:50,408 OF ACCRUAL. 6093 04:01:50,408 --> 04:01:53,611 SO BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND 6094 04:01:53,611 --> 04:01:57,315 AND THIRD QUARTERS OF 2020, 6095 04:01:57,315 --> 04:02:02,020 ACCRUAL TO NCTN DROPPED 6096 04:02:02,020 --> 04:02:03,588 PRECIPITOUSLYA TESTAMENT TO 6097 04:02:03,588 --> 04:02:09,060 CHANGE IN NCTN AND NCORP ALLOWED 6098 04:02:09,060 --> 04:02:10,061 GREATER ENHANCEMENT AND ABILITY 6099 04:02:10,061 --> 04:02:13,965 FOR LOCAL SITES TO DO THEIR 6100 04:02:13,965 --> 04:02:16,167 TRIALS BY TELEMEDICINE FOR US TO 6101 04:02:16,167 --> 04:02:19,204 MAKE WITH THE FDA APPROVAL MAJOR 6102 04:02:19,204 --> 04:02:24,909 CHANGES IN STUDIES THAT ALLOWED 6103 04:02:24,909 --> 04:02:26,778 A MUCH MORE LENIENT PERSPECTIVE 6104 04:02:26,778 --> 04:02:31,249 ON LOW GRADE ADVERSE EVENT 6105 04:02:31,249 --> 04:02:31,683 REPORTING. 6106 04:02:31,683 --> 04:02:34,519 WE INITIATED REMOTE CONSENT AND 6107 04:02:34,519 --> 04:02:35,920 AUDITING TECHNIQUES, AND 6108 04:02:35,920 --> 04:02:37,689 IMPORTANTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME 6109 04:02:37,689 --> 04:02:39,224 BEGAN SHIPPING ORAL AGENTS 6110 04:02:39,224 --> 04:02:41,326 DIRECTLY TO PATIENTS FROM OUR 6111 04:02:41,326 --> 04:02:42,527 INVESTIGATIONAL SITES, THE 6112 04:02:42,527 --> 04:02:44,062 PATIENTS IN RULE SITES DID NOT 6113 04:02:44,062 --> 04:02:47,132 HAVE TO DRIVE IN SOME CASES 6114 04:02:47,132 --> 04:02:50,068 HUNDREDS OF MILES TO PICK UP 6115 04:02:50,068 --> 04:02:51,503 THEIR ORAL MEDICATIONS. 6116 04:02:51,503 --> 04:02:54,239 WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT THE ORANGE 6117 04:02:54,239 --> 04:02:58,476 BAR THAT YOU SEE WHICH IS OUR 6118 04:02:58,476 --> 04:03:01,112 ACCRUAL FOR 2024 AS OF VERY 6119 04:03:01,112 --> 04:03:03,414 RECENT DATE WILL ACTUALLY REACH 6120 04:03:03,414 --> 04:03:05,717 THE ACCRUAL RATE AND PERHAPS 6121 04:03:05,717 --> 04:03:07,986 EXCEED ACCRUAL RATE IN 2021 6122 04:03:07,986 --> 04:03:10,088 WHICH WILL GET US BACK TO 6123 04:03:10,088 --> 04:03:11,723 TRAJECTORY THAT IS MUCH MORE 6124 04:03:11,723 --> 04:03:13,158 CONSISTENT WITH OUR ACCRUAL 6125 04:03:13,158 --> 04:03:19,597 GOALS OVERALL FOR THE NETWORK. 6126 04:03:19,597 --> 04:03:21,232 NEXT SLIDE. 6127 04:03:21,232 --> 04:03:22,801 LET'S TALK ABOUT CHARACTERISTICS 6128 04:03:22,801 --> 04:03:26,070 OF THE COHORT BY A PHASE IND AND 6129 04:03:26,070 --> 04:03:28,239 CANCER TYPE. 6130 04:03:28,239 --> 04:03:31,976 NOT UNEXPECTEDLY, MAJORITY OF 6131 04:03:31,976 --> 04:03:36,214 THE ACCRUAL IN NCTN IS TO PHASE 6132 04:03:36,214 --> 04:03:40,819 3 AND PHASE 2/3 CLINICAL TRIALS 6133 04:03:40,819 --> 04:03:43,121 AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, IT'S 6134 04:03:43,121 --> 04:03:46,090 IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, PERHAPS 6135 04:03:46,090 --> 04:03:48,159 NOT SOMETHING EVERYBODY 6136 04:03:48,159 --> 04:03:49,694 UNDERSTANDS, 40% OF TRIALS ARE 6137 04:03:49,694 --> 04:03:53,198 IND EXEMPT WHICH DOES ALLOW US 6138 04:03:53,198 --> 04:03:55,800 THE ABILITY TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT 6139 04:03:55,800 --> 04:03:58,570 CHANGES IN CLINICAL TRIAL DESIGN 6140 04:03:58,570 --> 04:04:00,438 AND DATA ELEMENT REPORTING AND 6141 04:04:00,438 --> 04:04:06,744 OTHER ASPECTS OF TRIALS TO 6142 04:04:06,744 --> 04:04:07,946 SIMPLIFY, DECENTRALIZE, MAKE 6143 04:04:07,946 --> 04:04:09,614 ACCRUAL EASIER FOR 2,000 SITES 6144 04:04:09,614 --> 04:04:11,149 CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS. 6145 04:04:11,149 --> 04:04:14,118 ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GRAPH 6146 04:04:14,118 --> 04:04:15,854 YOU SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED WITH 6147 04:04:15,854 --> 04:04:18,523 THE FACT OVER 60% OF THE 6148 04:04:18,523 --> 04:04:20,358 PEDIATRIC ACCRUAL IS TO A.L.L., 6149 04:04:20,358 --> 04:04:21,793 WHERE MOST OF THE PATIENTS ARE. 6150 04:04:21,793 --> 04:04:23,761 IF YOU LOOK AT THE ADULT 6151 04:04:23,761 --> 04:04:27,065 CANCERS, WHAT YOU SEE IS AGAIN 6152 04:04:27,065 --> 04:04:31,769 NOT UNEXPECTED. 6153 04:04:31,769 --> 04:04:36,140 THE MAJOR DISEASES REST 6154 04:04:36,140 --> 04:04:37,909 GASTROINTESTINAL, GASTROURINARY, 6155 04:04:37,909 --> 04:04:39,978 INTESTINAL, MAJOR SITES FOR 6156 04:04:39,978 --> 04:04:40,311 ACCRUAL. 6157 04:04:40,311 --> 04:04:42,146 NEXT SLIDE. 6158 04:04:42,146 --> 04:04:44,415 WHAT ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW? 6159 04:04:44,415 --> 04:04:50,154 WELL, WE HAVE 68% WHITE RACE, 6160 04:04:50,154 --> 04:04:54,659 25% ARE NON-WHITE, AND/OR 6161 04:04:54,659 --> 04:04:55,560 HISPANIC/LATINO IN ETHNICITY. 6162 04:04:55,560 --> 04:05:00,265 I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT 6163 04:05:00,265 --> 04:05:04,102 AS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRAST WITH 6164 04:05:04,102 --> 04:05:06,070 OUR PHARMA COLLEAGUES OVER 36% 6165 04:05:06,070 --> 04:05:08,373 OF OUR PATIENTS ARE AGE 65 AND 6166 04:05:08,373 --> 04:05:09,240 OLDER, SOMETHING YOU WOULD NOT 6167 04:05:09,240 --> 04:05:13,611 EXPECT TO SEE IN A PHARMA TRIAL. 6168 04:05:13,611 --> 04:05:14,612 APPROXIMATELY 16% OF PATIENTS 6169 04:05:14,612 --> 04:05:19,083 ENROLLED ARE FROM RURAL AREAS. 6170 04:05:19,083 --> 04:05:19,751 NEXT SLIDE. 6171 04:05:19,751 --> 04:05:24,389 LET'S GET TO THE NITTY-GRITTY. 6172 04:05:24,389 --> 04:05:26,357 MIDDLE GRAPH, MIDDLE PORTION OF 6173 04:05:26,357 --> 04:05:29,560 THE TABLE, YOU SEE ABILITY 6174 04:05:29,560 --> 04:05:33,564 AVERAGE NUMBERS FOR 60 MONTHS OF 6175 04:05:33,564 --> 04:05:36,968 THE FIRST FIVE-YEAR STUDY PERIOD 6176 04:05:36,968 --> 04:05:41,205 OF THE NEW NCTN FROM MARCH OF 6177 04:05:41,205 --> 04:05:43,741 2014 TO FEBRUARY OF 2019. 6178 04:05:43,741 --> 04:05:47,011 COMPARE THAT TO THE 65 MONTHS OF 6179 04:05:47,011 --> 04:05:49,547 THE ONGOING ACCRUAL FOR SECOND 6180 04:05:49,547 --> 04:05:50,682 PERIOD OF ACCRUAL. 6181 04:05:50,682 --> 04:05:53,818 I THINK IN MY OPINION AT LEAST 6182 04:05:53,818 --> 04:05:56,454 THE MAINTENANCE OF THE NUMBER OF 6183 04:05:56,454 --> 04:05:59,424 CONCEPTS THAT WERE APPROVED AND 6184 04:05:59,424 --> 04:06:00,725 TRIALS ACTIVATED GIVEN THE 6185 04:06:00,725 --> 04:06:02,827 PANDEMIC IS REALLY QUITE 6186 04:06:02,827 --> 04:06:05,863 EXTRAORDINARY AND A TESTAMENT TO 6187 04:06:05,863 --> 04:06:07,298 ALL OF OUR INVESTIGATORS. 6188 04:06:07,298 --> 04:06:08,733 LOOK AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS. 6189 04:06:08,733 --> 04:06:13,004 I THINK A LARGE PART OF THE DROP 6190 04:06:13,004 --> 04:06:14,739 IN SCREENING PATIENTS WAS 6191 04:06:14,739 --> 04:06:16,708 BECAUSE OF THE CLOSURE OF THE 6192 04:06:16,708 --> 04:06:19,911 MATCH TRIAL AND PEDIATRIC MATCH 6193 04:06:19,911 --> 04:06:20,111 TRIAL. 6194 04:06:20,111 --> 04:06:23,614 WITH RESPECT TO ACTUAL 6195 04:06:23,614 --> 04:06:26,351 INTERVENTION ACCRUALS, ABOUT WE 6196 04:06:26,351 --> 04:06:29,287 ESTIMATE 10 TO 11% OF THAT DROP 6197 04:06:29,287 --> 04:06:30,922 WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE 6198 04:06:30,922 --> 04:06:33,558 COVID-19 PANDEMIC DATA WHICH I 6199 04:06:33,558 --> 04:06:33,958 SHOWED PREVIOUSLY. 6200 04:06:33,958 --> 04:06:36,227 NEXT SLIDE. 6201 04:06:36,227 --> 04:06:40,131 I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS CHANCE TO 6202 04:06:40,131 --> 04:06:42,533 BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT JUST TWO OF 6203 04:06:42,533 --> 04:06:45,269 THE QUITE REMARKABLE 6204 04:06:45,269 --> 04:06:47,472 ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NCTN. 6205 04:06:47,472 --> 04:06:51,209 AS OUTLINED IN THE NEW ENGLAND 6206 04:06:51,209 --> 04:06:54,679 JOURNAL, IN 2023, ENERGY GY 018 6207 04:06:54,679 --> 04:06:57,815 A RANDOMIZED TRIAL THAT WAS 6208 04:06:57,815 --> 04:06:58,616 PLACEBO CONTROLLED WHETHER OR 6209 04:06:58,616 --> 04:07:01,252 NOT THE ADDITION OF 6210 04:07:01,252 --> 04:07:11,095 PEMBROLIZUMAB STANDARD OF CARE 6211 04:07:11,095 --> 04:07:18,970 PACLOTAXOL, MADE A DIFFERENCE IN 6212 04:07:18,970 --> 04:07:19,670 PROGRESSION-FREE SURVIVAL. 6213 04:07:19,670 --> 04:07:21,272 REGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL, THE 6214 04:07:21,272 --> 04:07:25,443 DATA FROM THIS TRIAL WAS USED TO 6215 04:07:25,443 --> 04:07:27,211 OBTAIN FDA APPROVAL ON JUNE 17 6216 04:07:27,211 --> 04:07:30,948 OF THIS YEAR FOR THE USE OF 6217 04:07:30,948 --> 04:07:31,716 PEMBROLIZUMAB IN ENDOMETRIAL 6218 04:07:31,716 --> 04:07:33,684 CANCER, A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT FOR 6219 04:07:33,684 --> 04:07:37,321 THE NCTN. 6220 04:07:37,321 --> 04:07:38,089 NEXT SLIDE. 6221 04:07:38,089 --> 04:07:41,225 ALSO WITH RESPECT TO THE CONDUCT 6222 04:07:41,225 --> 04:07:43,528 OF COLLABORATIVE TRIALS IN 6223 04:07:43,528 --> 04:07:46,597 SPECIAL POPULATIONS, HATS OFF TO 6224 04:07:46,597 --> 04:07:48,466 THE SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY FOR 6225 04:07:48,466 --> 04:07:52,136 INITIATING A TRIAL THAT WAS 6226 04:07:52,136 --> 04:07:53,938 NCTN-WIDE TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR 6227 04:07:53,938 --> 04:08:01,279 NOT ADDITION OF IMMUNOTHERAPY IN 6228 04:08:01,279 --> 04:08:04,015 THIS CASE NIVULOMAB FOR 6229 04:08:04,015 --> 04:08:09,887 HODGKIN'S DISEASE INCLUDING A 6230 04:08:09,887 --> 04:08:11,556 COHORT AGE 12-17, 24% OF THE 6231 04:08:11,556 --> 04:08:13,057 PATIENT POPULATION, ALMOST A 6232 04:08:13,057 --> 04:08:14,592 THOUSAND PATIENTS. 6233 04:08:14,592 --> 04:08:17,462 WHAT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN 6234 04:08:17,462 --> 04:08:19,330 TREATMENT OF THIS CLASSICAL 6235 04:08:19,330 --> 04:08:21,933 DISEASE FOR WHICH ONLY MAJOR 6236 04:08:21,933 --> 04:08:25,002 CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE EFFECT OF 6237 04:08:25,002 --> 04:08:27,505 CHEMOTHERAPY CAN BE DISCERNED. 6238 04:08:27,505 --> 04:08:33,010 I'M DELIGHTED TO REMIND YOU THAT 6239 04:08:33,010 --> 04:08:38,883 THESE RESULTS WERE PRESENTED AT 6240 04:08:38,883 --> 04:08:43,788 2023 ASCO, THE SURVIVAL OF 6241 04:08:43,788 --> 04:08:46,557 NIVOLUMAB HAD MAJOR EFFECT, IN 6242 04:08:46,557 --> 04:08:48,526 THIS POPULATION FEW 6243 04:08:48,526 --> 04:08:52,029 IMMUNE-RELATED ADVERSE EVENTS 6244 04:08:52,029 --> 04:08:53,798 OCCURRED, PERHAPS EVEN MOST 6245 04:08:53,798 --> 04:08:56,100 IMPORTANT LESS THAN 1% OF 6246 04:08:56,100 --> 04:08:56,834 PATIENTS RECEIVED RADIATION 6247 04:08:56,834 --> 04:09:03,508 THERAPY I WHICH CAN HAVE LONG M 6248 04:09:03,508 --> 04:09:04,942 ADVERSE EVENTS OVER TIME. 6249 04:09:04,942 --> 04:09:07,912 WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE STUDY 6250 04:09:07,912 --> 04:09:10,848 THAT REPRESENTS A KEY STEP FOR 6251 04:09:10,848 --> 04:09:13,251 HARMONIZING PEDIATRIC AND ADULT 6252 04:09:13,251 --> 04:09:15,319 THERAPY, CLASSIC HODGKIN'S 6253 04:09:15,319 --> 04:09:18,189 DISEASE, AND WE THINK ADDITION 6254 04:09:18,189 --> 04:09:21,459 OF NIVOLUMAB IS POISED TO BE A 6255 04:09:21,459 --> 04:09:24,428 NEW STANDARD FOR TREATMENT OF 6256 04:09:24,428 --> 04:09:25,196 ADVANCED STAGE CLASSICAL 6257 04:09:25,196 --> 04:09:25,663 HODGKIN'S DISEASE. 6258 04:09:25,663 --> 04:09:29,133 NEXT SLIDE. 6259 04:09:29,133 --> 04:09:32,737 I COULD NOT MAKE THIS 6260 04:09:32,737 --> 04:09:33,938 PRESENTATION WITHOUT 6261 04:09:33,938 --> 04:09:35,806 HIGHLIGHTING THE INCREDIBLE 6262 04:09:35,806 --> 04:09:39,177 BROAD EFFORT ACROSS THE NCTN 6263 04:09:39,177 --> 04:09:42,246 GROUPS AND LEADERSHIP, NCI 6264 04:09:42,246 --> 04:09:47,285 LEADERSHIP, AND FDA TO MODERNIZE 6265 04:09:47,285 --> 04:09:51,022 TRIAL BASED ON PRELIMINARY STUDY 6266 04:09:51,022 --> 04:09:53,958 BY LUNG MAP GROUP, RANDOMIZED 6267 04:09:53,958 --> 04:10:00,231 SMALL RANDOMIZED PHASE 2 TRIAL 6268 04:10:00,231 --> 04:10:02,166 THAT SUGGESTED COMBINATION WAS 6269 04:10:02,166 --> 04:10:05,570 BETTER THAN INVESTIGATOR CHOICE 6270 04:10:05,570 --> 04:10:10,274 IN SECOND LINE NON-HODGKIN'S 6271 04:10:10,274 --> 04:10:11,709 LYMPHOMA, SECOND LINE THERAPY 6272 04:10:11,709 --> 04:10:13,444 FOR ENHANCED LUNG CANCER, EXCUSE 6273 04:10:13,444 --> 04:10:13,711 ME. 6274 04:10:13,711 --> 04:10:15,980 THIS IS AN AREA THAT NEEDS 6275 04:10:15,980 --> 04:10:17,281 IMPORTANT ADVANCES IN TREATMENT 6276 04:10:17,281 --> 04:10:20,551 SINCE THERE'S SO MANY PATIENTS. 6277 04:10:20,551 --> 04:10:23,187 GOAL WAS TO DEVELOP A STUDY LESS 6278 04:10:23,187 --> 04:10:26,891 BURDENSOME FOR PATIENTS AND 6279 04:10:26,891 --> 04:10:29,193 INVESTIGATORS THAT WOULD ALLOW 6280 04:10:29,193 --> 04:10:31,262 RAPID ACCRUAL AND WAS MUCH MORE 6281 04:10:31,262 --> 04:10:33,931 REPRESENTATIVE, A REAL WORLD 6282 04:10:33,931 --> 04:10:34,999 POPULATION. 6283 04:10:34,999 --> 04:10:37,435 AND PRIMARILY AND IMPORTANTLY, 6284 04:10:37,435 --> 04:10:41,372 TO SERVE AS MODEL FOR FUTURE 6285 04:10:41,372 --> 04:10:42,039 CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS. 6286 04:10:42,039 --> 04:10:45,042 THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR EVENT IN 6287 04:10:45,042 --> 04:10:47,979 MY DEVELOPMENT AS A CLINICAL 6288 04:10:47,979 --> 04:10:48,546 INVESTIGATOR, BECAUSE IT'S 6289 04:10:48,546 --> 04:10:50,248 REMARKABLE TO SEE ALL OF THESE 6290 04:10:50,248 --> 04:10:51,249 GROUPS CAME TOGETHER, TRIAL 6291 04:10:51,249 --> 04:10:59,991 COULD BE PUT TOGETHER IN LESS 6292 04:10:59,991 --> 04:11:02,760 THAN 200 DAYS, INITIALLY 700 6293 04:11:02,760 --> 04:11:12,837 PATIENTS, THE TRIAL WAS AMENDED 6294 04:11:12,837 --> 04:11:15,473 TO 800. 6295 04:11:15,473 --> 04:11:20,845 ENROLLMENT AS OF 8/3, 2024, WAS 6296 04:11:20,845 --> 04:11:25,549 87% OF THE SAMPLE SIZE 6297 04:11:25,549 --> 04:11:27,952 PROJECTION, LEADING TO IMPORTANT 6298 04:11:27,952 --> 04:11:31,889 OUTCOME WE'LL LEARN QUICKLY AND 6299 04:11:31,889 --> 04:11:35,426 MAY LEAD TO NDA FOR THIS LARGE 6300 04:11:35,426 --> 04:11:37,295 PATIENT POPULATION. 6301 04:11:37,295 --> 04:11:39,330 LASTLY I CANNOT CONCLUDE WITHOUT 6302 04:11:39,330 --> 04:11:41,198 POINTING OUT RESULTS OF THIS 6303 04:11:41,198 --> 04:11:46,470 LANDMARK PAPER BY JOE UNGER AND 6304 04:11:46,470 --> 04:11:48,306 COLLEAGUES, PUBLISHED LAST YEAR, 6305 04:11:48,306 --> 04:11:49,974 2023, IN THE GACO. 6306 04:11:49,974 --> 04:11:56,747 AND THIS STUDY WHICH EVALUATED 6307 04:11:56,747 --> 04:12:00,584 POSITIVE RANDOMIZED TRIALS, SOME 6308 04:12:00,584 --> 04:12:02,987 SINCE 1980, MOSTLY 1990, 6309 04:12:02,987 --> 04:12:06,057 ANALYZED OVER 100,000 PATIENTS, 6310 04:12:06,057 --> 04:12:07,892 DEMONSTRATED THAT THESE STUDIES 6311 04:12:07,892 --> 04:12:12,396 WERE HIGHLY CITED, AND WERE PART 6312 04:12:12,396 --> 04:12:16,767 OF THE CANCER CURE GUIDELINES 6313 04:12:16,767 --> 04:12:18,436 RECOMMENDED AS FAVORABLE 6314 04:12:18,436 --> 04:12:27,745 TREATMENT OVER 90% -- OVER 87% 6315 04:12:27,745 --> 04:12:29,747 OF THOSE STUDIES. 6316 04:12:29,747 --> 04:12:31,449 ESTIMATED TO HAVE AGAIN 6317 04:12:31,449 --> 04:12:33,351 GENERATED 14.2 MILLION LIFE 6318 04:12:33,351 --> 04:12:35,219 YEARS TO PATIENTS WITH CANCER 6319 04:12:35,219 --> 04:12:36,387 THROUGH 2020. 6320 04:12:36,387 --> 04:12:40,124 AT A FEDERAL INVESTMENT COST PER 6321 04:12:40,124 --> 04:12:44,095 LIFE YEAR GAINED THROUGH 2020 OF 6322 04:12:44,095 --> 04:12:44,595 $326. 6323 04:12:44,595 --> 04:12:49,967 I DON'T THINK ANYTHING BETTER 6324 04:12:49,967 --> 04:12:51,402 DEMONSTRATES RETURN ON 6325 04:12:51,402 --> 04:12:52,069 INVESTMENT THAN THESE DATA. 6326 04:12:52,069 --> 04:12:53,604 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CHANCE 6327 04:12:53,604 --> 04:12:57,508 TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION. 6328 04:12:57,508 --> 04:13:02,913 [APPLAUSE] 6329 04:13:02,913 --> 04:13:03,714 >> FANTASTIC! 6330 04:13:03,714 --> 04:13:08,386 THANK YOU SO MUCH, PHIL AND JIM. 6331 04:13:08,386 --> 04:13:10,254 AMAZING WORK ON THE CLINICAL 6332 04:13:10,254 --> 04:13:10,588 TRIALS SIDE. 6333 04:13:10,588 --> 04:13:13,090 WE WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR 6334 04:13:13,090 --> 04:13:19,997 QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. 6335 04:13:19,997 --> 04:13:20,498 KAREN? 6336 04:13:20,498 --> 04:13:21,265 >> SO AMAZING PRESENTATIONS. 6337 04:13:21,265 --> 04:13:25,136 THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. 6338 04:13:25,136 --> 04:13:28,639 AS A RADIATION ONCOLOGIST WHO 6339 04:13:28,639 --> 04:13:32,710 SPECIALIZES IN HEME, ARTIFACTS 6340 04:13:32,710 --> 04:13:36,180 RELATED TO RADIATION DATES BACK, 6341 04:13:36,180 --> 04:13:37,415 AND WE'VE REVOLUTIONIZED THE WAY 6342 04:13:37,415 --> 04:13:38,516 WE TREAT. 6343 04:13:38,516 --> 04:13:39,350 CAN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE ADDED 6344 04:13:39,350 --> 04:13:43,087 FROM GOING TO SECOND AND THIRD 6345 04:13:43,087 --> 04:13:44,288 LINE SYSTEMIC THERAPIES WHICH 6346 04:13:44,288 --> 04:13:48,692 ADD BURDEN TO PATIENTS IN COST 6347 04:13:48,692 --> 04:13:50,294 AND TOXICITY, I WANT TO POINT 6348 04:13:50,294 --> 04:13:51,095 THAT OUT. 6349 04:13:51,095 --> 04:13:53,464 I DID WANT TO -- 6350 04:13:53,464 --> 04:13:54,265 >> EXCEPTION NOTED. 6351 04:13:54,265 --> 04:13:55,366 >> YES, SIR. 6352 04:13:55,366 --> 04:13:55,566 OKAY. 6353 04:13:55,566 --> 04:13:56,667 THANK YOU. 6354 04:13:56,667 --> 04:13:58,869 THANK YOU, SIR. 6355 04:13:58,869 --> 04:14:02,473 SO, I LOVE THAT WE'RE 6356 04:14:02,473 --> 04:14:03,908 HIGHLIGHTING THE ABILITY TO 6357 04:14:03,908 --> 04:14:05,543 REALLY REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY 6358 04:14:05,543 --> 04:14:05,709 ARE. 6359 04:14:05,709 --> 04:14:06,877 THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 6360 04:14:06,877 --> 04:14:07,711 NCORP. 6361 04:14:07,711 --> 04:14:09,713 AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AS YOU 6362 04:14:09,713 --> 04:14:12,450 MAY KNOW, PHIL, I ACTUALLY AM ON 6363 04:14:12,450 --> 04:14:14,218 THE EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE 6364 04:14:14,218 --> 04:14:19,323 FOR WAKE FOREST BASED, 100% 6365 04:14:19,323 --> 04:14:20,558 SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT AND CCDR, 6366 04:14:20,558 --> 04:14:22,860 IT'S WHAT WE DO, BUT PART OF THE 6367 04:14:22,860 --> 04:14:24,161 CHALLENGES COMES FROM LENGTH OF 6368 04:14:24,161 --> 04:14:26,831 TIME TO GET A STUDY THROUGH. 6369 04:14:26,831 --> 04:14:27,998 I DIDN'T -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 6370 04:14:27,998 --> 04:14:29,400 TALKED ABOUT THAT. 6371 04:14:29,400 --> 04:14:31,702 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW LONG IT 6372 04:14:31,702 --> 04:14:34,638 TAKES FOR REVIEW PROCESS TO GET 6373 04:14:34,638 --> 04:14:38,576 A STUDY ACTIVATE AND THE OTHER 6374 04:14:38,576 --> 04:14:39,577 IS RESOURCES BECAUSE YOU 6375 04:14:39,577 --> 04:14:42,213 MENTIONED WANTING TO HAVE MORE 6376 04:14:42,213 --> 04:14:42,947 HISPANICS OR INDIVIDUALS NOT 6377 04:14:42,947 --> 04:14:44,515 ENGLISH SPEAKERS BUT THERE'S NOT 6378 04:14:44,515 --> 04:14:45,916 RESOURCES FOR TRANSLATION THAT I 6379 04:14:45,916 --> 04:14:47,585 KNOW OF, THAT'S BEEN A HUGE BEAR 6380 04:14:47,585 --> 04:14:48,886 ARE FOR OUR SITES, IF YOU CAN 6381 04:14:48,886 --> 04:14:50,521 SPEAK TO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. 6382 04:14:50,521 --> 04:14:55,793 >> SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE TIME 6383 04:14:55,793 --> 04:14:56,794 TO OPEN. 6384 04:14:56,794 --> 04:14:57,761 MAYBE JIM CAN. 6385 04:14:57,761 --> 04:15:01,499 I'LL ASK BRANDI TO SPEAK TO 6386 04:15:01,499 --> 04:15:02,032 THAT. 6387 04:15:02,032 --> 04:15:07,505 WE PAY MORE ATTENTION AND 6388 04:15:07,505 --> 04:15:09,907 INTENTION TO DIVERSE POPULATIONS 6389 04:15:09,907 --> 04:15:12,409 AND NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS. 6390 04:15:12,409 --> 04:15:15,479 IN TMIST EVERYTHING IS ENGLISH 6391 04:15:15,479 --> 04:15:15,779 AND SPANISH. 6392 04:15:15,779 --> 04:15:17,181 >> AND FRENCH BECAUSE OF THE 6393 04:15:17,181 --> 04:15:19,450 CANADIAN SITE. 6394 04:15:19,450 --> 04:15:20,651 >> OH, YES, OKAY. 6395 04:15:20,651 --> 04:15:30,494 SO IT'S -- I MEAN, THESE ARE 6396 04:15:30,494 --> 04:15:32,162 TOUGH THINGS. 6397 04:15:32,162 --> 04:15:32,329 JIM? 6398 04:15:32,329 --> 04:15:37,835 >> DR. DOROSHOW, DO YOU WANT TO 6399 04:15:37,835 --> 04:15:41,772 COMMENT ON ORWG GUIDELINES? 6400 04:15:41,772 --> 04:15:44,742 >> SOME OF YOU KNOW, NOT ALL, IN 6401 04:15:44,742 --> 04:15:46,477 THE CONTEXT OF THE 2014 CHANGES 6402 04:15:46,477 --> 04:15:48,879 THAT WE MADE TO THE DEVELOPMENT 6403 04:15:48,879 --> 04:15:53,817 OF THE NCTN WE HAD ANOTHER CTAC 6404 04:15:53,817 --> 04:15:55,786 WORKING GROUP ON OPERATIONAL 6405 04:15:55,786 --> 04:15:59,390 EFFICIENCY WHICH CUT OUR 6406 04:15:59,390 --> 04:16:01,926 TIMELINES AND ESTABLISHED 6407 04:16:01,926 --> 04:16:08,065 GUIDELINES FOR THE TIMELINES. 6408 04:16:08,065 --> 04:16:09,133 WE IMPROVED GUIDELINES DOWN TO 6409 04:16:09,133 --> 04:16:16,707 THE -- I WOULD SAY THEY ARE 6410 04:16:16,707 --> 04:16:18,976 BETTER BUT ARE UNACCEPTABLY 6411 04:16:18,976 --> 04:16:20,411 LONG, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO 6412 04:16:20,411 --> 04:16:20,778 INDUSTRY TRIALS. 6413 04:16:20,778 --> 04:16:24,014 THERE ARE MANY REASONS. 6414 04:16:24,014 --> 04:16:27,284 PERHAPS I'LL BE INVITED BACK TO 6415 04:16:27,284 --> 04:16:28,519 GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE, WE 6416 04:16:28,519 --> 04:16:29,687 TRACK -- ONE OF THE THINGS WE 6417 04:16:29,687 --> 04:16:33,290 DID THAT WAS VERY GOOD THAT VERY 6418 04:16:33,290 --> 04:16:37,361 FEW PEOPLE KNOW IN RESPONSE TO 6419 04:16:37,361 --> 04:16:42,600 THE CHANGES RECOMMENDED WE HAVE 6420 04:16:42,600 --> 04:16:45,669 AN ELECTRONIC GANTT CHART WHICH 6421 04:16:45,669 --> 04:16:50,174 CHARACTERIZEs FOR EVERY TRIAL 6422 04:16:50,174 --> 04:16:52,910 IN NCTN AND ECTN VARIOUS 6423 04:16:52,910 --> 04:16:57,214 COMPONENTS OF TIME, DOESN'T 6424 04:16:57,214 --> 04:16:58,415 START IN COOPERATIVE GROUPS, IT 6425 04:16:58,415 --> 04:17:00,417 STARTS WHEN LETTERS OF INTENT 6426 04:17:00,417 --> 04:17:02,686 ARE SUBMITTED TO NCI. 6427 04:17:02,686 --> 04:17:03,988 PREVIOUS TIMEFRAMES ARE ALSO TOO 6428 04:17:03,988 --> 04:17:05,756 LONG BUT WE DON'T TRACK THOSE. 6429 04:17:05,756 --> 04:17:11,562 WHAT WE DO TRACK I CAN TELL YOU 6430 04:17:11,562 --> 04:17:13,297 IS THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR 6431 04:17:13,297 --> 04:17:17,034 COMPONENTS THAT WE FOUND THAT 6432 04:17:17,034 --> 04:17:18,669 ACTUALLY -- TWO THINGS HAVE SET 6433 04:17:18,669 --> 04:17:19,336 IT BACK. 6434 04:17:19,336 --> 04:17:22,072 ONE CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. 6435 04:17:22,072 --> 04:17:25,576 TWO THINGS THAT SET US BACK WERE 6436 04:17:25,576 --> 04:17:26,977 OBVIOUSLY THE COVID ENVIRONMENT, 6437 04:17:26,977 --> 04:17:28,612 WHICH A LOT WHICH REALLY 6438 04:17:28,612 --> 04:17:30,948 MANDATED THAT WE MAKE EXCEPTIONS 6439 04:17:30,948 --> 04:17:33,250 TO THE TIMELINE, PEOPLE JUST 6440 04:17:33,250 --> 04:17:35,219 DIDN'T HAVE STAFF TO GET THESE 6441 04:17:35,219 --> 04:17:42,526 STUDIES OUT AND READY. 6442 04:17:42,526 --> 04:17:45,663 THE SECOND PART OF THAT OVER THE 6443 04:17:45,663 --> 04:17:47,798 LAST COUPLE YEARS THE TIMELINE 6444 04:17:47,798 --> 04:17:51,301 TO GET DRUG COMMITMENTS FROM 6445 04:17:51,301 --> 04:17:54,271 PHARMA IS JUST STRETCHED OUT 6446 04:17:54,271 --> 04:17:56,907 LONGER AND LONGER BECAUSE -- 6447 04:17:56,907 --> 04:18:02,913 WELL, I WOULD HAVE TO ONLY 6448 04:18:02,913 --> 04:18:08,752 SPECULATE WHY THAT'S TRUE BUT IT 6449 04:18:08,752 --> 04:18:09,887 IS TRUE. 6450 04:18:09,887 --> 04:18:11,822 >> WHAT ABOUT FOR NON-TREATMENT 6451 04:18:11,822 --> 04:18:12,056 TRIALS? 6452 04:18:12,056 --> 04:18:14,158 WE'RE SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT, STILL 6453 04:18:14,158 --> 04:18:17,761 TAKING OVER 300 DAYS. 6454 04:18:17,761 --> 04:18:20,698 >> YEAH, SO NCORP ADAPTED THE 6455 04:18:20,698 --> 04:18:23,233 OEWG GUIDELINES FOR NCORP TRIALS 6456 04:18:23,233 --> 04:18:25,402 IN 2018. 6457 04:18:25,402 --> 04:18:27,604 AND SIMILARLY WE'VE HAD A LOT OF 6458 04:18:27,604 --> 04:18:30,107 ISSUES BECAUSE OF COVID AND 6459 04:18:30,107 --> 04:18:30,374 EXTENSION. 6460 04:18:30,374 --> 04:18:34,478 I WILL SAY THAT RECENTLY 6461 04:18:34,478 --> 04:18:36,046 WE'VE -- WITH RECOMPETITIONS 6462 04:18:36,046 --> 04:18:37,648 COMING UP WE HAVE TAKEN A HARD 6463 04:18:37,648 --> 04:18:42,252 LOOK AT WHAT THOSE ORIGINAL 6464 04:18:42,252 --> 04:18:43,787 GUIDE LINES WERE AND SENT OUT 6465 04:18:43,787 --> 04:18:45,856 LETTERS TO FIGURE OUT WHY SOME 6466 04:18:45,856 --> 04:18:46,724 OF THESE STUDIES HAVE THAT HAVE 6467 04:18:46,724 --> 04:18:54,298 BEEN ON THE BOOKS A WHILE 6468 04:18:54,298 --> 04:18:55,766 HAVEN'T YET BEEN ACTIVATED. 6469 04:18:55,766 --> 04:18:57,901 A LOT HAS TO DO WITH 6470 04:18:57,901 --> 04:18:59,002 CONTRACTING, OR GETTING AGENTS 6471 04:18:59,002 --> 04:19:00,504 READY AND AVAILABLE, THE COMPANY 6472 04:19:00,504 --> 04:19:02,706 THAT WAS GOING TO SUPPLY ISN'T 6473 04:19:02,706 --> 04:19:04,908 GOING TO SUPPLY ANYMORE, OR THEY 6474 04:19:04,908 --> 04:19:06,310 DOUBLED THE PRICE AND NOW CAN'T 6475 04:19:06,310 --> 04:19:07,745 AFFORD THAT VERSION, THEY HAVE 6476 04:19:07,745 --> 04:19:09,813 TO GET A DIFFERENT. 6477 04:19:09,813 --> 04:19:12,783 SO EVERY CLINICAL TRIAL HAS A 6478 04:19:12,783 --> 04:19:12,983 STORY. 6479 04:19:12,983 --> 04:19:14,852 AND WE HAVE TO ADAPT TO MAKE IT 6480 04:19:14,852 --> 04:19:17,154 WORK BUT WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE A 6481 04:19:17,154 --> 04:19:18,789 HARD LOOK AND SHORTEN TIMELINES 6482 04:19:18,789 --> 04:19:19,723 WHERE POSSIBLE. 6483 04:19:19,723 --> 04:19:23,060 I WILL SAY ON THE GRANT SIDE OF 6484 04:19:23,060 --> 04:19:25,896 THINGS WHERE 25% OF NCORP TRIALS 6485 04:19:25,896 --> 04:19:27,998 ARE FUNDED, WE RECENTLY STARTED 6486 04:19:27,998 --> 04:19:30,734 HAVING KICKOFF MEETINGS WHEN WE 6487 04:19:30,734 --> 04:19:35,439 KNOW AN NCCOR GRANT IS GOING TO 6488 04:19:35,439 --> 04:19:36,940 GET FUNDED WITH ASSOCIATION WITH 6489 04:19:36,940 --> 04:19:39,543 R01, WITH THE PROGRAM OFFICER, 6490 04:19:39,543 --> 04:19:41,011 PROJECT SCIENTIST, WITH RESEARCH 6491 04:19:41,011 --> 04:19:42,546 BASE AND WITH THE STUDY P.I. TO 6492 04:19:42,546 --> 04:19:43,847 MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS ON THE 6493 04:19:43,847 --> 04:19:44,848 SAME PAGE, EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT 6494 04:19:44,848 --> 04:19:47,484 IS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. 6495 04:19:47,484 --> 04:19:47,785 >> GREAT. 6496 04:19:47,785 --> 04:19:51,021 >> THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DO 6497 04:19:51,021 --> 04:19:51,922 BETTER, KAREN. 6498 04:19:51,922 --> 04:19:53,390 I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD -- I 6499 04:19:53,390 --> 04:19:55,893 DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S A 6500 04:19:55,893 --> 04:19:57,528 WORKING GROUP BUT WE NEED TO 6501 04:19:57,528 --> 04:20:00,264 TAKE A DEEP DIVE AND LOOK AT 6502 04:20:00,264 --> 04:20:07,271 WHERE WE CAN CUT THE TIME 6503 04:20:07,271 --> 04:20:08,472 BECAUSE IT'S EVERYBODY. 6504 04:20:08,472 --> 04:20:11,108 HOW TO DO BETTER WILL TAKE A 6505 04:20:11,108 --> 04:20:11,975 COLLECTIVE TO SOLVE IT. 6506 04:20:11,975 --> 04:20:13,644 THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT 6507 04:20:13,644 --> 04:20:14,077 POINT. 6508 04:20:14,077 --> 04:20:15,579 >> WE HAVE TIME FOR TWO MORE 6509 04:20:15,579 --> 04:20:16,547 QUESTIONS. 6510 04:20:16,547 --> 04:20:24,388 I'M GOING TO GO WITH CHRIS AND 6511 04:20:24,388 --> 04:20:25,055 AJA. 6512 04:20:25,055 --> 04:20:25,355 >> THANKS. 6513 04:20:25,355 --> 04:20:29,893 SORRY I CAN'T BE WITH YOU IN 6514 04:20:29,893 --> 04:20:33,263 PERSON, BEST WISHES FROM ANN 6515 04:20:33,263 --> 04:20:33,797 ARBOR. 6516 04:20:33,797 --> 04:20:34,565 YOUR TEAMS, GRANTEES, 6517 04:20:34,565 --> 04:20:34,932 CONGRATULATIONS. 6518 04:20:34,932 --> 04:20:36,166 IT'S SUCH IMPORTANT WORK AND 6519 04:20:36,166 --> 04:20:38,202 GREAT TO SEE THE WORK. 6520 04:20:38,202 --> 04:20:40,838 I WANT TO DOVETAIL AND ECHO PHIL 6521 04:20:40,838 --> 04:20:43,207 AND KAREN'S DISCUSSION. 6522 04:20:43,207 --> 04:20:45,876 A WORKING GROUP HERE TO 6523 04:20:45,876 --> 04:20:47,945 ACCELERATE THE OPPORTUNITY FROM 6524 04:20:47,945 --> 04:20:51,448 CONCEPT TO RECEIPT OF TRIAL IN 6525 04:20:51,448 --> 04:20:53,951 COMMUNITY WOULD BE A GREAT WORK 6526 04:20:53,951 --> 04:20:55,586 GROUP TO THINK ABOUT. 6527 04:20:55,586 --> 04:20:57,988 A COMMENT AND QUESTION. 6528 04:20:57,988 --> 04:21:01,291 THE FIRST IS A COMMENT, I THINK 6529 04:21:01,291 --> 04:21:03,694 AS WE THINK ABOUT HISTORICALLY 6530 04:21:03,694 --> 04:21:09,066 WE HAD LABS AND NCORP, THAT MADE 6531 04:21:09,066 --> 04:21:13,871 SENSE FIVE OR TEN YEARS AGO. 6532 04:21:13,871 --> 04:21:14,805 NOW WITH CONSOLIDATIONS, 6533 04:21:14,805 --> 04:21:17,474 ACADEMIC STUDIES AND COMMUNITY 6534 04:21:17,474 --> 04:21:18,709 SITES HAVE BECOME BLURRIER, 6535 04:21:18,709 --> 04:21:21,311 RELATIONSHIPS ARE FAR MORE 6536 04:21:21,311 --> 04:21:22,846 FLEXIBLE AND I WONDER RIGHT NOW 6537 04:21:22,846 --> 04:21:23,981 WE HAVE SOME DISTINCTIONS IN 6538 04:21:23,981 --> 04:21:26,483 TERMS OF WHAT TRIALS CAN OPEN 6539 04:21:26,483 --> 04:21:28,118 WHERE, ET CETERA, THERE MIGHT BE 6540 04:21:28,118 --> 04:21:29,519 CONFUSION ABOUT THAT BUT I 6541 04:21:29,519 --> 04:21:33,690 WONDER IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY 6542 04:21:33,690 --> 04:21:36,526 TO MAKE IT -- MAKE MORE TRIALS 6543 04:21:36,526 --> 04:21:37,794 AVAILABLE ABE CROSS BOTH LABS 6544 04:21:37,794 --> 04:21:38,929 AND NCORP IN THE FUTURE. 6545 04:21:38,929 --> 04:21:40,464 THAT'S A COMMENT. 6546 04:21:40,464 --> 04:21:41,999 THE SECOND POINT, PHIL, YOU 6547 04:21:41,999 --> 04:21:44,201 THINK OF WE ISSUING NCORP, WE 6548 04:21:44,201 --> 04:21:46,703 OFTEN SEE THOSE NUMBERS OF SITES 6549 04:21:46,703 --> 04:21:47,905 IN THE PRESENTATIONS BUT I 6550 04:21:47,905 --> 04:21:51,074 WONDER HOW MANY OF THOSE SITES 6551 04:21:51,074 --> 04:21:52,542 PUT PARTICIPANTS ON A STUDY. 6552 04:21:52,542 --> 04:21:55,812 SO I THINK WE WANT TO GET TO THE 6553 04:21:55,812 --> 04:21:57,547 NEXT STEP NOT JUST COUNTING 6554 04:21:57,547 --> 04:21:58,882 PHYSICAL LOCATION WHERE IS 6555 04:21:58,882 --> 04:22:00,384 PATIENTS MAY RECEIVE CARE BUT 6556 04:22:00,384 --> 04:22:03,787 ACTUALLY HOW MANY SITES GO ON TO 6557 04:22:03,787 --> 04:22:05,422 ACTUALLY OPEN STUDY, ACCRUE 6558 04:22:05,422 --> 04:22:06,890 PATIENTS TO A STUDY, APPROACH 6559 04:22:06,890 --> 04:22:08,158 PATIENTS IN STUDY. 6560 04:22:08,158 --> 04:22:11,528 I HOPE THOSE METRICS CAN BE 6561 04:22:11,528 --> 04:22:13,964 BUILT INTO THE NEXT RFP. 6562 04:22:13,964 --> 04:22:15,499 THANKS VERY MUCH. 6563 04:22:15,499 --> 04:22:16,900 >> I'LL COMMENT THAT THE OPEN 6564 04:22:16,900 --> 04:22:18,869 BUT NOT ACCRUED IS A LITTLE MORE 6565 04:22:18,869 --> 04:22:22,806 CHALLENGING TO GET AT, AFTER MY 6566 04:22:22,806 --> 04:22:27,411 RECENT -- MY FIRST RPPR REVIEW 6567 04:22:27,411 --> 04:22:30,814 OF THE NCORP PROGRAM. 6568 04:22:30,814 --> 04:22:32,349 IN MEG MOONEY'S PRESENTATION TO 6569 04:22:32,349 --> 04:22:34,952 THE BOARD WITH NCTN 6570 04:22:34,952 --> 04:22:36,420 RECOMPETITION SHE HAD THE NUMBER 6571 04:22:36,420 --> 04:22:38,388 OF SITES THAT CONTRIBUTED 6572 04:22:38,388 --> 04:22:42,893 PARTICIPANTS FROM NCORP TO 6573 04:22:42,893 --> 04:22:46,396 TREATMENT TRIAL ACCRUAL, 623 6574 04:22:46,396 --> 04:22:47,164 SITES. 6575 04:22:47,164 --> 04:22:48,565 >> ONE LAST QUESTION. 6576 04:22:48,565 --> 04:22:49,766 >> REAL QUICK. 6577 04:22:49,766 --> 04:22:50,867 DR. CASTLE, I WANT TO THANK YOU 6578 04:22:50,867 --> 04:22:52,636 FOR PUTTING THE QUESTIONS FOR US 6579 04:22:52,636 --> 04:22:53,603 AT THE END. 6580 04:22:53,603 --> 04:22:55,372 WHEN WE SIT IN THE BOARD ROOM 6581 04:22:55,372 --> 04:22:56,440 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT 6582 04:22:56,440 --> 04:23:00,844 CAN'T TO HEAR BACK FROM US. 6583 04:23:00,844 --> 04:23:02,479 PART WAS HOW DO WE ENGAGE 6584 04:23:02,479 --> 04:23:02,713 PEOPLE. 6585 04:23:02,713 --> 04:23:04,815 I DIDN'T SEE IN THE PRESENTATION 6586 04:23:04,815 --> 04:23:08,185 WHO IS DOING THE NCORP STUDIES 6587 04:23:08,185 --> 04:23:09,486 FROM DEMOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT. 6588 04:23:09,486 --> 04:23:11,922 ONE WOULD ASSUME THAT NCORP 6589 04:23:11,922 --> 04:23:13,357 INVESTIGATORS MIGHT SKEW MORE 6590 04:23:13,357 --> 04:23:16,626 DIVERSE THAN, SAY, GENERAL NCI 6591 04:23:16,626 --> 04:23:17,627 OR MAYBE NCTN INVESTIGATORS BUT 6592 04:23:17,627 --> 04:23:19,262 I DIDN'T SEE THAT DATA. 6593 04:23:19,262 --> 04:23:21,565 I MAY HAVE MISSED IT. 6594 04:23:21,565 --> 04:23:23,767 I WONDERED IF THAT'S ONE OF THE 6595 04:23:23,767 --> 04:23:24,735 STATED GOALS OF NCORP, USING 6596 04:23:24,735 --> 04:23:27,604 THAT AS A WAY OF INCREASING 6597 04:23:27,604 --> 04:23:30,741 DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE BEING -- 6598 04:23:30,741 --> 04:23:31,508 PARTICIPATING IN NCTN, IF THAT 6599 04:23:31,508 --> 04:23:33,143 CAN BE TRACKED AND REPORTED IT 6600 04:23:33,143 --> 04:23:34,678 COULD BE FANTASTIC AND MAY 6601 04:23:34,678 --> 04:23:35,879 FURTHER DRIVE ENGAGEMENT IN 6602 04:23:35,879 --> 04:23:36,113 TRIALS. 6603 04:23:36,113 --> 04:23:39,282 >> YOU'RE SPOT ON. 6604 04:23:39,282 --> 04:23:41,051 WE HAVE 15 MINUTES, AND I WENT 6605 04:23:41,051 --> 04:23:42,786 OVER, BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT 6606 04:23:42,786 --> 04:23:44,221 THOSE DATA WE CAN PRODUCE THOSE. 6607 04:23:44,221 --> 04:23:46,723 I AGREE WITH YOU THAT THE 6608 04:23:46,723 --> 04:23:48,358 DIVERSITY SHOULDN'T JUST BE AT 6609 04:23:48,358 --> 04:23:50,761 THE PATIENT -- THEY GO HAND IN 6610 04:23:50,761 --> 04:23:52,763 HAND, ROUND AND ROUND. 6611 04:23:52,763 --> 04:23:55,032 AND AS KIM AND OTHERS HAVE SAID 6612 04:23:55,032 --> 04:23:57,768 THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE REALLY 6613 04:23:57,768 --> 04:24:00,504 WANT TO CREATE THIS NEW COHORT 6614 04:24:00,504 --> 04:24:01,405 OF INVESTIGATORS THAT REALLY 6615 04:24:01,405 --> 04:24:02,806 REPRESENT THE PEOPLE WE'RE 6616 04:24:02,806 --> 04:24:04,441 TRYING TO HELP. 6617 04:24:04,441 --> 04:24:06,510 AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE 6618 04:24:06,510 --> 04:24:08,678 RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD. 6619 04:24:08,678 --> 04:24:09,913 SO, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 6620 04:24:09,913 --> 04:24:10,647 ON YOU THAT. 6621 04:24:10,647 --> 04:24:12,849 WE'LL GET YOU SOME OF THAT DATA 6622 04:24:12,849 --> 04:24:15,385 AND YOU'RE SPOT ON, I AGREE WITH 6623 04:24:15,385 --> 04:24:16,920 YOU. 6624 04:24:16,920 --> 04:24:18,455 >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND 6625 04:24:18,455 --> 04:24:20,057 ULTIMATELY WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON. 6626 04:24:20,057 --> 04:24:21,091 THERE ARE ADDITIONAL THE 6627 04:24:21,091 --> 04:24:22,859 QUESTIONS, I CAN SEE PEOPLE 6628 04:24:22,859 --> 04:24:23,693 LOOKING AT ME. 6629 04:24:23,693 --> 04:24:26,663 WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON. 6630 04:24:26,663 --> 04:24:28,632 THIS WILL COME BACK AROUND, I'M 6631 04:24:28,632 --> 04:24:28,865 SURE. 6632 04:24:28,865 --> 04:24:31,134 >> YES, I WILL SEE YOU IN THREE 6633 04:24:31,134 --> 04:24:31,601 MONTHS. 6634 04:24:31,601 --> 04:24:34,304 >> INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TOPIC. 6635 04:24:34,304 --> 04:24:36,106 THANK YOU BOTH. 6636 04:24:36,106 --> 04:24:38,241 [APPLAUSE] 6637 04:24:38,241 --> 04:24:40,043 THE BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER 6638 04:24:40,043 --> 04:24:44,081 ONGOING AND NEW BUSINESS. 6639 04:24:44,081 --> 04:24:46,917 THERE WERE TWO SUBCOMMITTEE 6640 04:24:46,917 --> 04:24:52,823 MEETINGS LAST EVENING, CHAIRS 6641 04:24:52,823 --> 04:24:56,026 WILL GIVE REPORTS. 6642 04:24:56,026 --> 04:24:58,095 DR. RICHARD BOXER IS FIRST. 6643 04:24:58,095 --> 04:25:00,831 >> WE HAD A MEETING LAST NIGHT, 6644 04:25:00,831 --> 04:25:02,466 FOR AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES. 6645 04:25:02,466 --> 04:25:06,103 WE WERE ABLE TO EXTEND IT, AS 6646 04:25:06,103 --> 04:25:07,971 CONVERSATIONS AROUND HERE ALWAYS 6647 04:25:07,971 --> 04:25:08,505 DO. 6648 04:25:08,505 --> 04:25:11,241 AND THAT'S GOOD STUFF BECAUSE 6649 04:25:11,241 --> 04:25:15,278 THE -- WE HAD A ROBUST, 6650 04:25:15,278 --> 04:25:16,947 INCREDIBLY INTERESTING 6651 04:25:16,947 --> 04:25:20,550 CONVERSATION ENGAGING EVERYONE 6652 04:25:20,550 --> 04:25:22,385 WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE. 6653 04:25:22,385 --> 04:25:25,889 THE IDEA OF THE EXPERIMENTAL 6654 04:25:25,889 --> 04:25:29,392 THERAPEUTICS SUBCOMMITTEE WAS TO 6655 04:25:29,392 --> 04:25:31,294 CONSIDER HOW TO FOSTER 6656 04:25:31,294 --> 04:25:33,163 COLLABORATION AMONG ADVOCACY 6657 04:25:33,163 --> 04:25:34,464 GROUPS, ACADEMIA, PRIVATE 6658 04:25:34,464 --> 04:25:36,533 INDUSTRY, NCI, AND THE FDA. 6659 04:25:36,533 --> 04:25:39,936 WE WERE TRYING TO THINK OF ONE 6660 04:25:39,936 --> 04:25:41,004 DIFFERENT -- DIFFERENT WAYS TO 6661 04:25:41,004 --> 04:25:44,407 COLLABORATE AND TO BRING PEOPLE 6662 04:25:44,407 --> 04:25:46,943 TOGETHER IN ORDER TO FOSTER THE 6663 04:25:46,943 --> 04:25:49,112 KIND OF COLLABORATION AND 6664 04:25:49,112 --> 04:25:51,181 CONVERSATION THAT IS SO 6665 04:25:51,181 --> 04:25:55,452 IMPORTANT TO DO SEVERAL THINGS 6666 04:25:55,452 --> 04:25:58,522 THAT WE LISTED IN THE PREVIOUS 6667 04:25:58,522 --> 04:25:59,823 MEETINGS BUT INVOLVED AND 6668 04:25:59,823 --> 04:26:01,825 MATURED THEM IN THIS MEETING. 6669 04:26:01,825 --> 04:26:06,062 THE CONCEPT TO BRINGING TOGETHER 6670 04:26:06,062 --> 04:26:06,863 LEADERS WHO DISCOVERED, 6671 04:26:06,863 --> 04:26:08,165 DEVELOPED, FINANCED NEW 6672 04:26:08,165 --> 04:26:11,701 TREATMENTS OF CANCER WAS 6673 04:26:11,701 --> 04:26:12,969 FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT. 6674 04:26:12,969 --> 04:26:15,839 WITH THE NCI DEEP EXPERIENCE AND 6675 04:26:15,839 --> 04:26:20,944 EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES THAT CAN 6676 04:26:20,944 --> 04:26:21,711 ACCELERATE BRINGING NEW 6677 04:26:21,711 --> 04:26:24,247 EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS TO 6678 04:26:24,247 --> 04:26:28,418 PATIENTS WHY HAS INDUSTRY THAT 6679 04:26:28,418 --> 04:26:31,354 FUND INDUSTRY NOT REALLY -- NOT 6680 04:26:31,354 --> 04:26:32,522 HAVING GOOD CONVERSATIONS OR 6681 04:26:32,522 --> 04:26:34,424 GETTING INVOLVED IN THE 6682 04:26:34,424 --> 04:26:36,293 INNOVATION AT THE NCI? 6683 04:26:36,293 --> 04:26:39,362 AND FUNDAMENTALLY WE WANTED TO 6684 04:26:39,362 --> 04:26:42,065 TRY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS 6685 04:26:42,065 --> 04:26:44,167 BETWEEN INFLUENCE VCs WHO CAN 6686 04:26:44,167 --> 04:26:47,237 BUILD AND FINANCE NEW COMPANIES 6687 04:26:47,237 --> 04:26:48,972 TO DEMYSTIFY THE NCI SO 6688 04:26:48,972 --> 04:26:49,973 INNOVATION CAPITAL AND 6689 04:26:49,973 --> 04:26:53,910 ENTREPRENEURS CAN PARTNER WITH 6690 04:26:53,910 --> 04:26:59,783 THE NCI MORE OFTEN TO CREATE 6691 04:26:59,783 --> 04:27:01,117 DISCOVERY COLLABORATIONS WITH 6692 04:27:01,117 --> 04:27:02,219 INVESTIGATORS, WITH EXAMPLES 6693 04:27:02,219 --> 04:27:07,891 GIVEN, TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND 6694 04:27:07,891 --> 04:27:09,292 DEMOCRATIZE ACCESS TO DISCOVERY 6695 04:27:09,292 --> 04:27:12,262 TOOLS, TO LICENSE PROMISING 6696 04:27:12,262 --> 04:27:14,598 EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINES INTO NEW 6697 04:27:14,598 --> 04:27:17,200 COMPANIES THAT CAN DRIVE 6698 04:27:17,200 --> 04:27:19,169 PRODUCTS FORWARD TO THE 6699 04:27:19,169 --> 04:27:20,837 INTRAMURAL AND EXTRAMURAL 6700 04:27:20,837 --> 04:27:21,371 PROGRAMS. 6701 04:27:21,371 --> 04:27:23,540 IT BROUGHT -- ONE OF THE FIRST 6702 04:27:23,540 --> 04:27:26,176 THINGS WE LEARNED TODAY, THIS 6703 04:27:26,176 --> 04:27:29,579 MORNING, FROM KIM WAS HER FIRST 6704 04:27:29,579 --> 04:27:32,649 QUESTION, WHAT SHE SAYS SHE 6705 04:27:32,649 --> 04:27:34,718 NEEDS TO KNOW WITH THE NEW 6706 04:27:34,718 --> 04:27:36,686 CENTER FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND 6707 04:27:36,686 --> 04:27:37,787 A FOCUS ON COMMUNICATION. 6708 04:27:37,787 --> 04:27:40,290 WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE 6709 04:27:40,290 --> 04:27:40,523 MORE? 6710 04:27:40,523 --> 04:27:43,026 I THINK OUR COMMITTEE IS LOOKING 6711 04:27:43,026 --> 04:27:46,196 TO ANSWER THAT, AT LEAST 6712 04:27:46,196 --> 04:27:47,731 PARTIALLY ANSWER THAT, BY 6713 04:27:47,731 --> 04:27:50,033 INCREASING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN 6714 04:27:50,033 --> 04:27:52,969 ALL THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS 6715 04:27:52,969 --> 04:27:54,938 WHETHER ADVOCACY GROUPS OR 6716 04:27:54,938 --> 04:27:57,040 ACADEMIA AND NCI, BUT VERY 6717 04:27:57,040 --> 04:27:58,642 IMPORTANTLY TO INDUSTRY THAT IS 6718 04:27:58,642 --> 04:28:03,280 FUNDING A LOT OF THE NEW 6719 04:28:03,280 --> 04:28:04,581 EXPERIMENTS THAT BRING CARE AND 6720 04:28:04,581 --> 04:28:07,117 IMPROVED DIAGNOSTICS AS WELL AS 6721 04:28:07,117 --> 04:28:17,560 THERAPEUTICS TO THE CANCER 6722 04:28:19,629 --> 04:28:19,829 PATIENTS. 6723 04:28:19,829 --> 04:28:20,730 ROSE, OUR EXECUTIVE EXPECT, 6724 04:28:20,730 --> 04:28:22,032 POINTED OUT INTEREST IN NEW 6725 04:28:22,032 --> 04:28:24,200 THERAPIES IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, 6726 04:28:24,200 --> 04:28:26,303 INDUSTRY INVESTMENT CAN ENABLE 6727 04:28:26,303 --> 04:28:27,370 OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA. 6728 04:28:27,370 --> 04:28:30,440 NCI IS INTERESTED IN BETTER 6729 04:28:30,440 --> 04:28:31,441 UNDERSTANDING INTERESTS OF 6730 04:28:31,441 --> 04:28:32,942 INVESTORS AND ENCOURAGING THEM 6731 04:28:32,942 --> 04:28:36,680 TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT IN THIS 6732 04:28:36,680 --> 04:28:38,615 SPACE. 6733 04:28:38,615 --> 04:28:39,949 WE'RE FORTUNATE IN HAVING JULIE 6734 04:28:39,949 --> 04:28:42,052 GRANT AS A MEMBER OF THE GRANT 6735 04:28:42,052 --> 04:28:44,621 BECAUSE JULIE HAS AN ENORMOUS 6736 04:28:44,621 --> 04:28:46,623 AMOUNT OF CREDIBILITY WITHIN THE 6737 04:28:46,623 --> 04:28:48,391 VENTURE CAPITAL COMMUNITY BUT 6738 04:28:48,391 --> 04:28:52,529 ALSO IS EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN 6739 04:28:52,529 --> 04:28:57,033 HELPING THE NCI WITH, YOU KNOW, 6740 04:28:57,033 --> 04:29:01,404 EXTERNAL FUNDING AS WELL AS 6741 04:29:01,404 --> 04:29:03,173 EXPERIMENTS, AND SHE SAID IN THE 6742 04:29:03,173 --> 04:29:05,041 PRIVATE SECTOR WE OF THEY LOOK 6743 04:29:05,041 --> 04:29:07,877 AT THINGS IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL 6744 04:29:07,877 --> 04:29:09,612 THREE ZEROES AFTER THE AMOUNT OF 6745 04:29:09,612 --> 04:29:12,882 MONEY THAT IS OTHERWISE GIVEN BY 6746 04:29:12,882 --> 04:29:13,983 THE NCI. 6747 04:29:13,983 --> 04:29:18,355 SHE POINTED OUT FOR EXAMPLE ONE 6748 04:29:18,355 --> 04:29:19,089 PARTICULAR COMPANY HAS RAISED 6749 04:29:19,089 --> 04:29:23,727 $500 MILLION FOR ONE PRODUCT, AT 6750 04:29:23,727 --> 04:29:25,061 LEAST ESTABLISHING AN AREA 6751 04:29:25,061 --> 04:29:27,430 WITHIN WHAT THEY FOUND TO BE 6752 04:29:27,430 --> 04:29:30,400 PARTICULARLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR 6753 04:29:30,400 --> 04:29:34,237 THE PATIENT. 6754 04:29:34,237 --> 04:29:36,506 SO, WHAT WE WANTED TO DO AT THE 6755 04:29:36,506 --> 04:29:38,274 LEVEL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL 6756 04:29:38,274 --> 04:29:41,478 THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE TO FOSTER 6757 04:29:41,478 --> 04:29:44,748 AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TOGETHER 6758 04:29:44,748 --> 04:29:46,816 IN A SMALL WORKSHOP BUT LATER ON 6759 04:29:46,816 --> 04:29:49,052 A MUCH LARGER WORKSHOP BUT 6760 04:29:49,052 --> 04:29:51,221 INITIALLY SMALL WORKSHOP THAT 6761 04:29:51,221 --> 04:29:54,858 COULD ACT IN MANY RESPECTS AS A 6762 04:29:54,858 --> 04:29:58,228 PILOT FOR THE NCI IN GENERAL TO 6763 04:29:58,228 --> 04:30:01,197 BRING TOGETHER AND HAVE 6764 04:30:01,197 --> 04:30:04,601 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE 6765 04:30:04,601 --> 04:30:05,702 PRIVATE SECTOR, PARTICULARLY 6766 04:30:05,702 --> 04:30:07,137 VCs THAT FUND THE PRIVATE 6767 04:30:07,137 --> 04:30:09,105 SECTOR AND SENIOR LEVEL PEOPLE 6768 04:30:09,105 --> 04:30:11,274 IN THE NCI. 6769 04:30:11,274 --> 04:30:12,675 FOR EXAMPLE, JULIE MENTIONED 6770 04:30:12,675 --> 04:30:14,110 THAT IN THE CONVERSATION WITH 6771 04:30:14,110 --> 04:30:18,948 ONE SENIOR PERSON IN THE NCI HE 6772 04:30:18,948 --> 04:30:21,017 JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE 6773 04:30:21,017 --> 04:30:22,886 SMALL COMPANIES THAT WERE 6774 04:30:22,886 --> 04:30:24,854 LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS 6775 04:30:24,854 --> 04:30:27,891 THAT COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO 6776 04:30:27,891 --> 04:30:29,325 HOPEFULLY CARE FOR THE PATIENT 6777 04:30:29,325 --> 04:30:31,394 NEVER EVEN OPENED THEIR E-MAILS. 6778 04:30:31,394 --> 04:30:32,796 THEY NEVER EVEN KNEW WHAT WAS 6779 04:30:32,796 --> 04:30:34,264 GOING ON IN THE NCI AND DIDN'T 6780 04:30:34,264 --> 04:30:38,501 REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT 6781 04:30:38,501 --> 04:30:43,540 BECAUSE AS JULIE EXPLAINED, AND 6782 04:30:43,540 --> 04:30:44,741 OTHERS PIPED IN, THAT PEOPLE IN 6783 04:30:44,741 --> 04:30:45,842 THE PRIVATE SECTOR DON'T EVEN 6784 04:30:45,842 --> 04:30:48,578 WANT TO CALL THE GOVERNMENT. 6785 04:30:48,578 --> 04:30:52,415 THEY ARE TRAINED NOT TO TALK TO 6786 04:30:52,415 --> 04:30:53,383 THE GOVERNMENT. 6787 04:30:53,383 --> 04:30:56,453 SO THAT THE ACCESS OF 6788 04:30:56,453 --> 04:30:57,554 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION IS 6789 04:30:57,554 --> 04:31:02,125 IN DEEP TROUBLE. 6790 04:31:02,125 --> 04:31:04,227 AND THAT REALLY COULD AND DOES 6791 04:31:04,227 --> 04:31:09,899 INHIBIT NEW DISCOVERIES. 6792 04:31:09,899 --> 04:31:12,168 SO, FINALLY WE THOUGHT THAT BY 6793 04:31:12,168 --> 04:31:14,070 HELPING PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE NCI 6794 04:31:14,070 --> 04:31:16,139 FIND THE FRONT DOOR, BREAKING 6795 04:31:16,139 --> 04:31:19,108 THROUGH FOR DISCOVERY AND 6796 04:31:19,108 --> 04:31:21,411 BREAKING DOWN SILOS, AND FILLING 6797 04:31:21,411 --> 04:31:26,216 THE GAPS THAT VCs HAVE, AND 6798 04:31:26,216 --> 04:31:27,650 ALIGNING THE INCENTIVES OF 6799 04:31:27,650 --> 04:31:30,153 PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL AS 6800 04:31:30,153 --> 04:31:32,355 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, BUT 6801 04:31:32,355 --> 04:31:36,192 IN ADDITION TO NOT JUST PRIVATE 6802 04:31:36,192 --> 04:31:37,827 SECTOR BUT INVOLVING PRIVATE 6803 04:31:37,827 --> 04:31:42,432 SECTOR WITH THE FDA AND WITH 6804 04:31:42,432 --> 04:31:43,399 ACADEMIA, AND ADVOCACY GROUPS 6805 04:31:43,399 --> 04:31:45,902 COULD LEAD TO WHAT WE ALL WANT, 6806 04:31:45,902 --> 04:31:52,308 WHICH IS BETTER CARE FOR THE 6807 04:31:52,308 --> 04:31:52,675 CANCER PATIENTS. 6808 04:31:52,675 --> 04:31:53,176 >> THANKS, RICK. 6809 04:31:53,176 --> 04:31:56,212 WE CAN OPEN THE FLOOR FOR 6810 04:31:56,212 --> 04:32:03,119 QUESTIONS. 6811 04:32:03,119 --> 04:32:03,720 ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS FROM OTHER 6812 04:32:03,720 --> 04:32:06,523 MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE? 6813 04:32:06,523 --> 04:32:06,756 ANDREA? 6814 04:32:06,756 --> 04:32:07,857 >> YES, GREAT JOB SUMMARIZING 6815 04:32:07,857 --> 04:32:11,661 BUT AS FAR AS ACTION ITEMS, KEN, 6816 04:32:11,661 --> 04:32:13,296 WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE 6817 04:32:13,296 --> 04:32:15,365 WAS A WAY TO ESTABLISH QUARTERLY 6818 04:32:15,365 --> 04:32:18,134 SEMINAR OR SOME WAY TO HIGHLIGHT 6819 04:32:18,134 --> 04:32:20,003 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND 6820 04:32:20,003 --> 04:32:24,140 PRESENCE OF INDUSTRY AND SO THAT 6821 04:32:24,140 --> 04:32:26,876 THERE COULD BE A DIALOGUE OR NOT 6822 04:32:26,876 --> 04:32:28,711 NECESSARILY EVEN A DIALOGUE BUT 6823 04:32:28,711 --> 04:32:30,480 AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS AT 6824 04:32:30,480 --> 04:32:32,815 CUTTING EDGE NOW SCIENTIFICALLY 6825 04:32:32,815 --> 04:32:34,651 AND WHAT INDUSTRY IS INTERESTED 6826 04:32:34,651 --> 04:32:37,720 IN SUPPORTING, THAT THAT MIGHT 6827 04:32:37,720 --> 04:32:41,291 BE A WAY TO START THE 6828 04:32:41,291 --> 04:32:42,191 CONVERSATION. 6829 04:32:42,191 --> 04:32:43,059 >> I LIKE THAT. 6830 04:32:43,059 --> 04:32:46,763 I WAS STRUCK WHEN YOU SAID 6831 04:32:46,763 --> 04:32:48,197 PEOPLE IN INDUSTRY MIGHT BE, YOU 6832 04:32:48,197 --> 04:32:50,066 KNOW, NOT JUST LESS INTERESTED 6833 04:32:50,066 --> 04:32:56,205 IN TALKING TO US BUT DISSUADED 6834 04:32:56,205 --> 04:32:57,173 FROM TALKING TO GOVERNMENT. 6835 04:32:57,173 --> 04:32:58,541 WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO 6836 04:32:58,541 --> 04:33:00,043 BREAK THAT WALL DOWN I THINK 6837 04:33:00,043 --> 04:33:03,012 THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT. 6838 04:33:03,012 --> 04:33:05,848 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A 6839 04:33:05,848 --> 04:33:10,219 SYMPOSIUM THING OR ANOTHER WAY 6840 04:33:10,219 --> 04:33:13,489 OF CONVENING PEOPLE TO HAVE THE 6841 04:33:13,489 --> 04:33:13,756 DIALOGUE. 6842 04:33:13,756 --> 04:33:20,063 >> COULD JULI SPEAK TO THAT? 6843 04:33:20,063 --> 04:33:22,031 >> I'LL SAY PERHAPS IT'S 6844 04:33:22,031 --> 04:33:22,565 BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. 6845 04:33:22,565 --> 04:33:24,801 I THINK IN THE SAME WAY THERE'S 6846 04:33:24,801 --> 04:33:28,871 A LOT OF COMPLIANCE NECESSARY TO 6847 04:33:28,871 --> 04:33:35,211 MAINTAIN AUTONOMY 6848 04:33:35,211 --> 04:33:36,446 IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF CONFLICT 6849 04:33:36,446 --> 04:33:36,746 OF INTEREST. 6850 04:33:36,746 --> 04:33:42,218 A LOT OF US TRAINED IN 6851 04:33:42,218 --> 04:33:44,354 FOR-PROFIT CENTER STARTED IN 6852 04:33:44,354 --> 04:33:49,025 LABS OR INSTITUTIONS, A FLUED 6853 04:33:49,025 --> 04:33:51,861 SYSTEM BUILD THROUGH 6854 04:33:51,861 --> 04:33:52,428 RELATIONSHIPS. 6855 04:33:52,428 --> 04:33:53,162 MEDICINES APPROVED BY FDA, THEY 6856 04:33:53,162 --> 04:33:54,897 ARE THE SAME PEOPLE. 6857 04:33:54,897 --> 04:33:57,000 AND SO I THINK IT'S WHAT THE 6858 04:33:57,000 --> 04:33:58,201 COMMITTEE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW 6859 04:33:58,201 --> 04:34:02,038 DO WE FIND THE RIGHT NEXUS TO 6860 04:34:02,038 --> 04:34:04,207 BUILD RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE 6861 04:34:04,207 --> 04:34:06,609 APPROPRIATE, WITHIN THE CONFINES 6862 04:34:06,609 --> 04:34:08,244 OF GUIDANCE, ALSO ALLOW THE 6863 04:34:08,244 --> 04:34:09,145 REALLY EXCEPTIONAL KNOWLEDGE 6864 04:34:09,145 --> 04:34:10,980 WITHIN THE NCI TO PERMEATE OUT 6865 04:34:10,980 --> 04:34:14,050 INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND VICE 6866 04:34:14,050 --> 04:34:15,385 VERSA WHERE APPROPRIATE. 6867 04:34:15,385 --> 04:34:17,453 THAT CONVERSATION WAS PART OF 6868 04:34:17,453 --> 04:34:18,988 WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AT 6869 04:34:18,988 --> 04:34:20,990 THE COMMITTEE. 6870 04:34:20,990 --> 04:34:22,425 AND WE BELIEVE IT'S INCREDIBLY 6871 04:34:22,425 --> 04:34:26,796 IMPORTANT FOR THE NCI AND NCB TO 6872 04:34:26,796 --> 04:34:28,765 DO THIS APPROPRIATELY AND WE 6873 04:34:28,765 --> 04:34:30,867 ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO 6874 04:34:30,867 --> 04:34:32,769 REALLY FIND THE RIGHT SUBSTANCE 6875 04:34:32,769 --> 04:34:34,370 OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE 6876 04:34:34,370 --> 04:34:36,205 ABOUT ADVANCING THE SCIENCE AND 6877 04:34:36,205 --> 04:34:38,074 CLINICAL CARE AND NEW MEDICINES 6878 04:34:38,074 --> 04:34:39,909 UNDER THE COMMITTEE OF EMERGING 6879 04:34:39,909 --> 04:34:41,811 THERAPEUTICS WHICH COULD BE A 6880 04:34:41,811 --> 04:34:43,346 GREAT NEXUS OF THESE INVESTORS 6881 04:34:43,346 --> 04:34:46,516 THAT FUND NEW THERAPIES THROUGH 6882 04:34:46,516 --> 04:34:47,016 START-UPS. 6883 04:34:47,016 --> 04:34:48,051 AND THE INVESTIGATORS WHO HELP 6884 04:34:48,051 --> 04:34:50,687 DRIVE TRIALS THROUGH THE TRIAL 6885 04:34:50,687 --> 04:34:54,123 NETWORKS THAT WERE SO 6886 04:34:54,123 --> 04:34:54,824 ARTICULATELY DESCRIBED. 6887 04:34:54,824 --> 04:34:56,592 A LOT OF SUBSTRATE COULD BE 6888 04:34:56,592 --> 04:34:58,227 BUILT THROUGH THOSE 6889 04:34:58,227 --> 04:34:58,895 RELATIONSHIPS AND HOPEFULLY 6890 04:34:58,895 --> 04:35:00,196 BRING BETTER MEDICINES TO 6891 04:35:00,196 --> 04:35:03,032 PATIENTS FASTER. 6892 04:35:03,032 --> 04:35:04,267 SO, YEAH, IT'S BRINGING PEOPLE 6893 04:35:04,267 --> 04:35:05,568 TOGETHER TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS 6894 04:35:05,568 --> 04:35:07,637 >> ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS 6895 04:35:07,637 --> 04:35:10,740 SUGGESTED, AND THAT IS THAT 6896 04:35:10,740 --> 04:35:11,607 INVESTIGATORS DON'T HAVE A 6897 04:35:11,607 --> 04:35:14,877 FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO 6898 04:35:14,877 --> 04:35:16,979 BRING THEIR PRODUCT, THEIR 6899 04:35:16,979 --> 04:35:18,281 DISCOVERY, TO MARKET. 6900 04:35:18,281 --> 04:35:20,917 AND IT'S A CULTURAL CHANGE. 6901 04:35:20,917 --> 04:35:22,985 AND SO IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT 6902 04:35:22,985 --> 04:35:26,055 WOULDN'T IT BE A GOOD IDEA TO 6903 04:35:26,055 --> 04:35:28,458 HAVE AN OPEN FORUM OR 6904 04:35:28,458 --> 04:35:30,660 ROUNDTABLE, MAYBE EVEN ONE 6905 04:35:30,660 --> 04:35:32,662 PERSON, BUT HAVING PREVIOUS NCI 6906 04:35:32,662 --> 04:35:36,999 DIRECTOR, FOR EXAMPLE DR. 6907 04:35:36,999 --> 04:35:38,167 SHARPLESS, OR MAYBE RICK, WHO 6908 04:35:38,167 --> 04:35:40,336 HAS BEEN AWAY FOR A WHILE, BUT 6909 04:35:40,336 --> 04:35:42,371 IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, TO BE 6910 04:35:42,371 --> 04:35:45,508 ABLE TO TEACH INVESTIGATORS THE 6911 04:35:45,508 --> 04:35:46,075 INTRAMURAL, EXTRAMURAL, OR 6912 04:35:46,075 --> 04:35:48,911 OTHERS, PERHAPS, BUT IN ANY CASE 6913 04:35:48,911 --> 04:35:51,781 HOW TO DO IT, HOW TO GET FROM 6914 04:35:51,781 --> 04:35:55,451 POINT A, BRILLIANT DISCOVERY, TO 6915 04:35:55,451 --> 04:35:58,387 POINT B, INTO THE PATIENT. 6916 04:35:58,387 --> 04:36:00,156 >> MAY I ASK, I ALSO MAYBE JUST 6917 04:36:00,156 --> 04:36:01,557 TO RAISE ONE OTHER TOPIC THAT 6918 04:36:01,557 --> 04:36:03,960 WAS RAISED IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE, 6919 04:36:03,960 --> 04:36:06,062 I DO THINK TIES TO THE LAST 6920 04:36:06,062 --> 04:36:06,963 CONVERSATION ABOUT TRIALS. 6921 04:36:06,963 --> 04:36:08,264 I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF 6922 04:36:08,264 --> 04:36:11,534 OTHER IDEAS THAT CAME FROM THESE 6923 04:36:11,534 --> 04:36:15,571 EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS 6924 04:36:15,571 --> 04:36:18,407 COMMITTEE THAT RELATED TO 6925 04:36:18,407 --> 04:36:23,880 CENTERS AND PHARMACEUTICAL 6926 04:36:23,880 --> 04:36:24,647 DISCOVERY, AT VANDERBILT, FOR 6927 04:36:24,647 --> 04:36:26,749 EXAMPLE, IS THAT A WAY? 6928 04:36:26,749 --> 04:36:28,718 WE TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO 6929 04:36:28,718 --> 04:36:33,523 ACCELERATE CLINICAL TRIALS, IS 6930 04:36:33,523 --> 04:36:37,493 THERE DUPLICATIVE REVIEWS? 6931 04:36:37,493 --> 04:36:39,862 CAN WE USE SMALL PHARMA, VERY 6932 04:36:39,862 --> 04:36:41,397 SMALL ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN 6933 04:36:41,397 --> 04:36:44,934 DECIDE WHO TEN ENABLE SOME 6934 04:36:44,934 --> 04:36:46,235 EXPERIMENTATION RAPID PUSH 6935 04:36:46,235 --> 04:36:46,469 FORWARD. 6936 04:36:46,469 --> 04:36:49,071 IT WAS A VERY BROAD CONVERSATION 6937 04:36:49,071 --> 04:36:51,374 ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT 6938 04:36:51,374 --> 04:36:52,909 CONSTITUENTS WHICH MAKES ME 6939 04:36:52,909 --> 04:36:54,343 QUITE EXCITED WHAT COULD COME AT 6940 04:36:54,343 --> 04:36:56,746 THIS INTERSECTION OF THE 6941 04:36:56,746 --> 04:36:57,713 EXECUTION OF EXPERIMENTAL 6942 04:36:57,713 --> 04:36:58,815 THERAPEUTICS WITH ALL THESE 6943 04:36:58,815 --> 04:37:01,350 STAKEHOLDERS, IT WAS A GREAT 6944 04:37:01,350 --> 04:37:02,418 CONVERSATION, THANK YOU TO 6945 04:37:02,418 --> 04:37:09,192 EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING. 6946 04:37:09,192 --> 04:37:11,727 A VERY ROBUST DIALOGUE. 6947 04:37:11,727 --> 04:37:15,531 >> YOU HAD A GREAT IDEA, ABOUT 6948 04:37:15,531 --> 04:37:18,734 HOW -- FOR CLINICAL TRIALS 6949 04:37:18,734 --> 04:37:21,137 MERGING ACADEMIA AND NCI AS WELL 6950 04:37:21,137 --> 04:37:23,873 AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR BECAUSE OF 6951 04:37:23,873 --> 04:37:27,410 THE COST OR THE PAYMENT. 6952 04:37:27,410 --> 04:37:29,545 >> YEAH, SO THIS YEAR WE HAD A 6953 04:37:29,545 --> 04:37:30,546 SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING FOR 6954 04:37:30,546 --> 04:37:31,514 CLINICAL INVESTIGATION 6955 04:37:31,514 --> 04:37:32,849 SUBCOMMITTEE AND WE GOT FEEDBACK 6956 04:37:32,849 --> 04:37:35,151 FROM DR. MOONEY WHO SET OUT 6957 04:37:35,151 --> 04:37:39,288 QUESTIONNAIRES, NONE OF THIS WAS 6958 04:37:39,288 --> 04:37:39,589 SURPRISING. 6959 04:37:39,589 --> 04:37:42,058 WE AT THE CANCER CENTERS WERE 6960 04:37:42,058 --> 04:37:43,359 NOT BEING COMPENSATED THAT WOULD 6961 04:37:43,359 --> 04:37:45,127 MATCH WHAT INDUSTRY GIVES US TO 6962 04:37:45,127 --> 04:37:46,863 ENROLL CLINICAL TRIALS AND THIS 6963 04:37:46,863 --> 04:37:48,731 CREATES HUGE HURDLES ESPECIALLY 6964 04:37:48,731 --> 04:37:50,700 IN TODAY'S FUNDING ENVIRONMENT. 6965 04:37:50,700 --> 04:37:52,802 AND JOHN, TO WHAT YOU SAID, 6966 04:37:52,802 --> 04:37:53,569 CLINICAL REVENUE IS NOT 6967 04:37:53,569 --> 04:37:56,305 SUSTAINING US THE WAY IT WAS SO 6968 04:37:56,305 --> 04:38:00,409 THE QUESTION WAS COULD WE 6969 04:38:00,409 --> 04:38:04,413 LEVERAGE THE 20+ YEAR 6970 04:38:04,413 --> 04:38:06,616 INFRASTRUCTURE OF CLINICAL 6971 04:38:06,616 --> 04:38:09,118 TRIALS THROUGH THE ECTCN WITH 6972 04:38:09,118 --> 04:38:10,353 VENTURE CAPITAL AND NEW 6973 04:38:10,353 --> 04:38:11,120 COMPANIES AND BRING THAT 6974 04:38:11,120 --> 04:38:15,258 TOGETHER BEING ABLE TO USE IT AS 6975 04:38:15,258 --> 04:38:16,626 A HIGHWAY, THIS WHOLE STRUCTURE 6976 04:38:16,626 --> 04:38:20,429 THAT EXISTS AS WITH A WAY TO 6977 04:38:20,429 --> 04:38:21,831 SUPPLEMENT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY 6978 04:38:21,831 --> 04:38:23,332 INSTITUTIONS ARE GETTING. 6979 04:38:23,332 --> 04:38:24,500 WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE TIMELINE 6980 04:38:24,500 --> 04:38:25,801 QUESTION THAT WE JUST BROUGHT 6981 04:38:25,801 --> 04:38:28,070 UP, KAREN JUST BROUGHT UP, IS 6982 04:38:28,070 --> 04:38:30,706 GOING TO BE KEY BECAUSE 300 DAYS 6983 04:38:30,706 --> 04:38:35,511 OR 200 DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR 6984 04:38:35,511 --> 04:38:36,279 INDUSTRY. 6985 04:38:36,279 --> 04:38:36,879 SO IT REQUIRES RECONFIGURATION 6986 04:38:36,879 --> 04:38:39,348 BUT COULD BE A WAY TO LEVERAGE 6987 04:38:39,348 --> 04:38:42,084 ASSETS THAT ONLY THE NCI HAS 6988 04:38:42,084 --> 04:38:43,386 GENERATED OVER DECADES WITH THIS 6989 04:38:43,386 --> 04:38:45,488 NEW WAY OF DOING RESEARCH WHICH 6990 04:38:45,488 --> 04:38:46,923 IS REALLY THE WAY FORWARD 6991 04:38:46,923 --> 04:38:48,157 CONSIDERING HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN 6992 04:38:48,157 --> 04:38:54,163 THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY. 6993 04:38:54,163 --> 04:38:55,431 >> WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO 6994 04:38:55,431 --> 04:38:57,867 WORK IN BETWEEN NOW AND THE 6995 04:38:57,867 --> 04:39:00,836 DECEMBER MEETING AND BRING TO 6996 04:39:00,836 --> 04:39:04,640 THE NCAB FOR APPROVAL, WE HOPE, 6997 04:39:04,640 --> 04:39:07,810 THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME FORM OF 6998 04:39:07,810 --> 04:39:09,345 COMMUNICATION, WORKSHOP, SOME 6999 04:39:09,345 --> 04:39:12,381 KIND OF METHOD BY WHICH WE COULD 7000 04:39:12,381 --> 04:39:13,616 BRING TOGETHER THE GROUPS THAT 7001 04:39:13,616 --> 04:39:19,855 ARE SO ESSENTIAL TO ULTIMATELY 7002 04:39:19,855 --> 04:39:22,258 THE PATIENT. 7003 04:39:22,258 --> 04:39:22,925 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE A WORKSHOP, 7004 04:39:22,925 --> 04:39:25,428 FIRST OF ALL, TO GET THE RIGHT 7005 04:39:25,428 --> 04:39:27,063 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, A GOOD 7006 04:39:27,063 --> 04:39:29,031 SAMPLING OF THE RIGHT PEOPLE 7007 04:39:29,031 --> 04:39:30,232 TALKING TO EACH OTHER TO FIGURE 7008 04:39:30,232 --> 04:39:33,936 OUT HOW YOU DO THE KIND OF 7009 04:39:33,936 --> 04:39:34,837 MATCH-MAKING AND THINGS, YOU 7010 04:39:34,837 --> 04:39:42,044 KNOW, THAT PEOPLE ARE EXCITED 7011 04:39:42,044 --> 04:39:42,578 ABOUT. 7012 04:39:42,578 --> 04:39:44,246 >> GREAT DISCUSSION. 7013 04:39:44,246 --> 04:39:46,215 NOW THE NCAB MEMBERS HAVE TO 7014 04:39:46,215 --> 04:39:48,084 VOTE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT FROM 7015 04:39:48,084 --> 04:39:50,152 THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE ON 7016 04:39:50,152 --> 04:39:51,587 EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS THAT 7017 04:39:51,587 --> 04:39:53,556 WAS JUST PROVIDED BY RICK. 7018 04:39:53,556 --> 04:39:56,292 IS THERE A MOTION? 7019 04:39:56,292 --> 04:39:58,694 A SECOND? 7020 04:39:58,694 --> 04:39:59,895 FURTHER DISCUSSION? 7021 04:39:59,895 --> 04:40:06,268 BEING NONE LET'S VOTE. 7022 04:40:06,268 --> 04:40:10,039 ANY NAYS? 7023 04:40:10,039 --> 04:40:10,339 ABSTENTIONS? 7024 04:40:10,339 --> 04:40:11,707 IT'S UNANIMOUS. 7025 04:40:11,707 --> 04:40:12,041 OKAY. 7026 04:40:12,041 --> 04:40:14,977 WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT 7027 04:40:14,977 --> 04:40:17,813 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT, BROUGHT BY 7028 04:40:17,813 --> 04:40:20,116 DR. WINKFIELD, WHO CHAIRS AD HOC 7029 04:40:20,116 --> 04:40:22,084 SUBCOMMITTEE ON POPULATION 7030 04:40:22,084 --> 04:40:22,551 SCIENCE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, 7031 04:40:22,551 --> 04:40:23,285 DISPARITIES. 7032 04:40:23,285 --> 04:40:23,486 KAREN? 7033 04:40:23,486 --> 04:40:24,153 >> THANK YOU, JOHN. 7034 04:40:24,153 --> 04:40:26,022 I WANT TO THANK THE MANY FOLKS 7035 04:40:26,022 --> 04:40:26,355 WHO ATTENDED. 7036 04:40:26,355 --> 04:40:28,891 WE HAD A LOT OF THE 7037 04:40:28,891 --> 04:40:29,759 REPRESENTATION, NCI, THAT WAS 7038 04:40:29,759 --> 04:40:31,394 WONDERFUL TO HAVE THEM IN THE 7039 04:40:31,394 --> 04:40:31,727 AUDIENCE. 7040 04:40:31,727 --> 04:40:37,767 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TRY TO 7041 04:40:37,767 --> 04:40:38,834 DO IS TO REMIND FOLKS OF THE 7042 04:40:38,834 --> 04:40:40,503 PURPOSE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE 7043 04:40:40,503 --> 04:40:48,744 REALLY TO HELP ADVISE, ALSO TO 7044 04:40:48,744 --> 04:40:49,945 EVALUATE NEW POTENTIAL 7045 04:40:49,945 --> 04:40:51,247 APPROACHES, BARRIERS THERE MIGHT 7046 04:40:51,247 --> 04:40:51,414 BE. 7047 04:40:51,414 --> 04:40:54,183 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEW TYPES OF 7048 04:40:54,183 --> 04:40:54,683 RESEARCH. 7049 04:40:54,683 --> 04:40:57,386 WE WERE VERY EXCITED AND HONORED 7050 04:40:57,386 --> 04:41:00,423 TO HAVE DR. CHERYL BOYCE GIVE A 7051 04:41:00,423 --> 04:41:01,657 PRESENTATION ON THE ComPASS 7052 04:41:01,657 --> 04:41:03,292 PROGRAM, MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE 7053 04:41:03,292 --> 04:41:05,461 HEARD OF IT, COMMUNITY 7054 04:41:05,461 --> 04:41:09,532 PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE SCIENCE 7055 04:41:09,532 --> 04:41:10,866 FOR SOCIETY, ComPASS PROGRAM, 7056 04:41:10,866 --> 04:41:11,934 FUNDED THROUGH THE COMMON FUND 7057 04:41:11,934 --> 04:41:14,170 WHICH WE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER, 7058 04:41:14,170 --> 04:41:17,506 THE FIRST AWARDS COMING FROM THE 7059 04:41:17,506 --> 04:41:17,940 COMMON FUND. 7060 04:41:17,940 --> 04:41:21,310 YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO RETHINK 7061 04:41:21,310 --> 04:41:24,413 HOW WE DO RESEARCH IS AN 7062 04:41:24,413 --> 04:41:25,247 INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO 7063 04:41:25,247 --> 04:41:26,816 ADVANCE RESEARCH AROUND HEALTH 7064 04:41:26,816 --> 04:41:27,249 EQUITY. 7065 04:41:27,249 --> 04:41:29,318 I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME 7066 04:41:29,318 --> 04:41:33,355 ESTIMATES THAT IF WE INDEED WERE 7067 04:41:33,355 --> 04:41:34,557 TO REDUCE HEALTHCARE 7068 04:41:34,557 --> 04:41:35,224 DISPARITIES, CANCER DISPARITIES, 7069 04:41:35,224 --> 04:41:39,361 WE COULD MEET THE PRESIDENT'S 7070 04:41:39,361 --> 04:41:41,130 MOONSHOT GOAL OF REDUCTION OF 7071 04:41:41,130 --> 04:41:42,898 50% DECREASE IN CANCER DEATHS 7072 04:41:42,898 --> 04:41:45,067 WITHIN 25 YEARS, JUST BY 7073 04:41:45,067 --> 04:41:46,368 REDUCING THE DISPARITIES OR 7074 04:41:46,368 --> 04:41:48,003 ELIMINATING DISPARITIES. 7075 04:41:48,003 --> 04:41:50,005 PART OF THE CHALLENGE WE KNOW 7076 04:41:50,005 --> 04:41:51,540 THERE'S LOTS OF STRUCTURAL 7077 04:41:51,540 --> 04:41:53,175 BARRIERS. 7078 04:41:53,175 --> 04:41:54,143 IF WE HAD UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE 7079 04:41:54,143 --> 04:41:55,244 COVERAGE MAYBE THAT WOULD BE 7080 04:41:55,244 --> 04:41:56,011 SOMETHING BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT 7081 04:41:56,011 --> 04:41:57,213 THE NCI DOES. 7082 04:41:57,213 --> 04:41:58,180 WE DO RESEARCH. 7083 04:41:58,180 --> 04:41:59,715 PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS HOW DO 7084 04:41:59,715 --> 04:42:02,685 YOU DO RESEARCH ON STRUCTURAL 7085 04:42:02,685 --> 04:42:02,952 BARRIERS? 7086 04:42:02,952 --> 04:42:05,187 AND SO HAVING DR. BOYCE COME WAS 7087 04:42:05,187 --> 04:42:09,024 INCREDIBLE BECAUSE THE ComPASS 7088 04:42:09,024 --> 04:42:10,259 PROGRAM, JUST LAUNCHED ACTUALLY 7089 04:42:10,259 --> 04:42:12,995 TWO YEARS OLD NOW, IS A REAL 7090 04:42:12,995 --> 04:42:16,265 WONDERFUL IDEA TO THINK ABOUT 7091 04:42:16,265 --> 04:42:17,933 REENVISIONING HOW RESEARCH IS 7092 04:42:17,933 --> 04:42:18,167 DONE. 7093 04:42:18,167 --> 04:42:20,136 WHAT THEY DECIDED TO DO WAS 7094 04:42:20,136 --> 04:42:21,670 LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS 7095 04:42:21,670 --> 04:42:24,306 MULTIPLE SECTORS TO DEVELOP AND 7096 04:42:24,306 --> 04:42:28,244 EVALUATE COMMUNITY-LED HEALTH 7097 04:42:28,244 --> 04:42:28,878 EQUITY STRUCTURES INTERVENTIONS 7098 04:42:28,878 --> 04:42:31,947 TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND 7099 04:42:31,947 --> 04:42:35,251 DEVELOP MODELS FOR COMMUNITY-LED 7100 04:42:35,251 --> 04:42:36,318 AND CROSS-CUTTING STRUCTURAL 7101 04:42:36,318 --> 04:42:37,419 INTERVENTION RESEARCH ACROSS THE 7102 04:42:37,419 --> 04:42:39,488 NIH AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES. 7103 04:42:39,488 --> 04:42:41,790 SO, THIS IS REALLY ALMOST AN 7104 04:42:41,790 --> 04:42:42,892 ALL-OF-GOVERNMENT APPROACH, 7105 04:42:42,892 --> 04:42:43,359 RIGHT? 7106 04:42:43,359 --> 04:42:48,130 THEY DID LEVERAGE THE EXPERTISE, 7107 04:42:48,130 --> 04:42:51,200 COMMUNITY PARTNERS DEVISED FROM 7108 04:42:51,200 --> 04:42:52,601 LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING 7109 04:42:52,601 --> 04:42:55,271 USDA FOR EXAMPLE, TO SAY WHO ARE 7110 04:42:55,271 --> 04:42:57,239 THE PEOPLE WE NEED AT THE TABLE, 7111 04:42:57,239 --> 04:43:01,944 WHO DO WE NEED TO INVITE TO 7112 04:43:01,944 --> 04:43:03,512 CONSIDER THIS AWARD MECHANISM. 7113 04:43:03,512 --> 04:43:05,247 BEFORE THEY LAUNCHED THIS RFA 7114 04:43:05,247 --> 04:43:07,216 THEY SAID, WELL, LET'S GO TO THE 7115 04:43:07,216 --> 04:43:09,518 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MOST 7116 04:43:09,518 --> 04:43:10,619 DISENFRANCHISED AND ASK WHAT 7117 04:43:10,619 --> 04:43:12,454 THEY THINK IS NEEDED TO HELP 7118 04:43:12,454 --> 04:43:16,292 ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND RETHINK 7119 04:43:16,292 --> 04:43:17,193 AND REENVISION HOW RESEARCH IS 7120 04:43:17,193 --> 04:43:18,727 DONE IN THIS AREA. 7121 04:43:18,727 --> 04:43:20,696 NIH CONDUCTED EIGHT LISTENING 7122 04:43:20,696 --> 04:43:23,532 SESSIONS IN 2021 TO SOLICIT 7123 04:43:23,532 --> 04:43:24,200 INPUT. 7124 04:43:24,200 --> 04:43:26,168 THEY HAD TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, 7125 04:43:26,168 --> 04:43:26,936 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, 7126 04:43:26,936 --> 04:43:27,937 ADVOCACY GROUPS WERE THERE. 7127 04:43:27,937 --> 04:43:29,538 THEY REALLY SAID WHAT ARE THE 7128 04:43:29,538 --> 04:43:31,006 THINGS THAT YOU ALL THINK WE 7129 04:43:31,006 --> 04:43:34,476 NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY IN THIS 7130 04:43:34,476 --> 04:43:34,810 ARENA? 7131 04:43:34,810 --> 04:43:36,879 MANY OF THE DISCUSSION THEMES 7132 04:43:36,879 --> 04:43:38,847 WERE AROUND COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP. 7133 04:43:38,847 --> 04:43:42,151 WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 7134 04:43:42,151 --> 04:43:43,352 THE FACT OFTENTIMES RESEARCH IN 7135 04:43:43,352 --> 04:43:47,189 THE IVORY TOWER IS DONE FROM AN 7136 04:43:47,189 --> 04:43:48,157 IVORY TOWER MENTALITY, DONE TO 7137 04:43:48,157 --> 04:43:49,258 THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF HEARING 7138 04:43:49,258 --> 04:43:51,227 FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WAYS 7139 04:43:51,227 --> 04:43:53,729 THAT WE CAN ENVISION RESEARCH 7140 04:43:53,729 --> 04:43:55,931 THAT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE AN 7141 04:43:55,931 --> 04:43:57,299 IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES WE 7142 04:43:57,299 --> 04:43:57,666 SERVE. 7143 04:43:57,666 --> 04:44:00,402 THIS IS REALLY AN IDEA FLIPPING 7144 04:44:00,402 --> 04:44:03,272 THINGS ON ITS HEAD, WHERE YOU 7145 04:44:03,272 --> 04:44:05,107 REALLY PUT THE POWER IN THE 7146 04:44:05,107 --> 04:44:06,442 HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY, 7147 04:44:06,442 --> 04:44:07,309 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, IT 7148 04:44:07,309 --> 04:44:08,510 HELPS NOT ONLY WITH BUILDING 7149 04:44:08,510 --> 04:44:10,946 TRUST BECAUSE AS WE KNOW WE HAVE 7150 04:44:10,946 --> 04:44:12,147 INSTITUTIONS, WE KNOW HOW TO 7151 04:44:12,147 --> 04:44:13,449 WRITE GRANTS AND CAN SAY 7152 04:44:13,449 --> 04:44:14,550 WHATEVER, BUT THERE'S LACK OF 7153 04:44:14,550 --> 04:44:15,584 ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF 7154 04:44:15,584 --> 04:44:16,785 HOLDING PEOPLE'S FEET TO THE 7155 04:44:16,785 --> 04:44:19,121 FIRE SAYING ARE YOU ACTUALLY 7156 04:44:19,121 --> 04:44:19,788 PARTNERING WITH THIS PARTICULAR 7157 04:44:19,788 --> 04:44:21,523 ORGANIZATION, OR IS THIS 7158 04:44:21,523 --> 04:44:23,192 HELICOPTER RESEARCH, WHERE 7159 04:44:23,192 --> 04:44:24,393 YOU'RE JUMPING IN AND JUMPING 7160 04:44:24,393 --> 04:44:27,563 OUT WHEN THE PROJECT IS DONE 7161 04:44:27,563 --> 04:44:30,666 LEADING TO LACK OF 7162 04:44:30,666 --> 04:44:31,433 SUSTAINABILITY. 7163 04:44:31,433 --> 04:44:34,336 THIS BOOTS ON THE GROUND 7164 04:44:34,336 --> 04:44:37,306 APPROACH GAINING INSIGHT FROM 7165 04:44:37,306 --> 04:44:40,342 COMMUNITY FIRST LED TO THIS 7166 04:44:40,342 --> 04:44:42,344 OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DEVICE 7167 04:44:42,344 --> 04:44:43,212 THIS ComPASS PROGRAM, 7168 04:44:43,212 --> 04:44:45,047 INNOVATIVE APPROACH, THE MONEY 7169 04:44:45,047 --> 04:44:46,148 GOES TO THE COMMUNITY-BASED 7170 04:44:46,148 --> 04:44:48,050 ORGANIZATION, NOT TO THE 7171 04:44:48,050 --> 04:44:48,817 ACADEMIC INSTITUTION. 7172 04:44:48,817 --> 04:44:50,552 IT REALLY FLIPPED THINGS ON ITS 7173 04:44:50,552 --> 04:44:51,854 HEAD AND REALLY WHAT THEY WERE 7174 04:44:51,854 --> 04:44:58,761 ABLE TO DO IS FUND 25 DIFFERENT 7175 04:44:58,761 --> 04:44:59,962 PROGRAMS, ACTUALLY CALLING 7176 04:44:59,962 --> 04:45:02,064 CHESIs, COMMUNITY LED 7177 04:45:02,064 --> 04:45:03,699 INTERVENTION STRUCTURAL, CHESI 7178 04:45:03,699 --> 04:45:04,300 IS THE TERMINOLOGY USED, THERE 7179 04:45:04,300 --> 04:45:07,069 ARE 25 OF THESE. 7180 04:45:07,069 --> 04:45:08,704 IT REALLY IS SPECTACULAR. 7181 04:45:08,704 --> 04:45:10,773 IT WASN'T INTENDED TO DO THIS, 7182 04:45:10,773 --> 04:45:13,175 THEY WERE ABLE TO NOT ONLY BE 7183 04:45:13,175 --> 04:45:14,810 ALL OVER THE COUNTRY SO SHE 7184 04:45:14,810 --> 04:45:17,346 SHOWED A MAP OF WHERE ALL THESE 7185 04:45:17,346 --> 04:45:18,847 CHESIs ARE LOCATED, EVERYWHERE 7186 04:45:18,847 --> 04:45:20,416 IN THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY HAVE 7187 04:45:20,416 --> 04:45:23,218 FIVE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES THAT 7188 04:45:23,218 --> 04:45:24,219 WERE INCLUDED, WHICH WAS 7189 04:45:24,219 --> 04:45:26,188 SPECTACULAR, OFTENTIMES WE KNOW 7190 04:45:26,188 --> 04:45:27,723 OUR AMERICAN INDIAN AND 7191 04:45:27,723 --> 04:45:29,258 INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS GET LEFT 7192 04:45:29,258 --> 04:45:32,194 OUT OF RESEARCH OFTEN BUT FIVE 7193 04:45:32,194 --> 04:45:33,329 TRIBAL INSTITUTIONS APPLYING 7194 04:45:33,329 --> 04:45:34,496 BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT NECESSARILY 7195 04:45:34,496 --> 04:45:37,800 HAVE THE TRUCK TO DO R01-LED 7196 04:45:37,800 --> 04:45:39,101 RESEARCH, THIS WAS A WONDERFUL 7197 04:45:39,101 --> 04:45:40,836 WAY TO OPEN THE DOOR. 7198 04:45:40,836 --> 04:45:42,905 AND IN FACT EVEN THOUGH THEY 7199 04:45:42,905 --> 04:45:45,007 ONLY FUNDED 25 OF THESE, THERE 7200 04:45:45,007 --> 04:45:48,410 WAS LOTS OF INTEREST, THEY HAD 7201 04:45:48,410 --> 04:45:51,880 OVER 25 -- 2400 PEOPLE GET ONTO 7202 04:45:51,880 --> 04:45:55,050 CALLS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN 7203 04:45:55,050 --> 04:45:56,285 THIS PARTICULAR NEW MECHANISM, 7204 04:45:56,285 --> 04:45:58,454 IT SHOWS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY 7205 04:45:58,454 --> 04:45:59,922 TO REALLY RETHINK HOW RESEARCH 7206 04:45:59,922 --> 04:46:01,323 IS DONE. 7207 04:46:01,323 --> 04:46:03,392 AGAIN, THE RESEARCH PROJECT, THE 7208 04:46:03,392 --> 04:46:04,026 PROGRAM IS RELATIVELY NEW, ONE 7209 04:46:04,026 --> 04:46:10,165 OF THE THINGS THEY ARE GOING TO 7210 04:46:10,165 --> 04:46:11,633 IMPLEMENT ARE THESE PROGRAMS 7211 04:46:11,633 --> 04:46:13,268 HERAs, HEALTH EQUALITY 7212 04:46:13,268 --> 04:46:13,836 RESEARCH ASSEMBLIES, LARGER 7213 04:46:13,836 --> 04:46:19,842 GROUPS PULLING TOGETHER FOR EACH 7214 04:46:19,842 --> 04:46:20,642 OF THE REGIONS. 7215 04:46:20,642 --> 04:46:23,812 NCI IS GOING TO HELP LEAD, FROM 7216 04:46:23,812 --> 04:46:25,781 WHAT I UNDERSTAND. 7217 04:46:25,781 --> 04:46:26,982 AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON SEPTEMBER 10 7218 04:46:26,982 --> 04:46:29,485 WILL TALK ABOUT THAT BUT, AGAIN, 7219 04:46:29,485 --> 04:46:31,453 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE INPUT AND 7220 04:46:31,453 --> 04:46:33,422 EXPERTISE TO HELP WITH THE 7221 04:46:33,422 --> 04:46:37,259 PROGRAMMATIC FLOW, TO HELP WITH 7222 04:46:37,259 --> 04:46:37,860 PERHAPS METHODOLOGIC RESEARCH, 7223 04:46:37,860 --> 04:46:39,094 EXPERTISE, AND SO IT'S GOING TO 7224 04:46:39,094 --> 04:46:40,195 BE FASCINATING TO SEE HOW THIS 7225 04:46:40,195 --> 04:46:41,630 IS DONE. 7226 04:46:41,630 --> 04:46:43,165 THIS IS THE 10-YEAR PROGRAM 7227 04:46:43,165 --> 04:46:44,400 THOUGH, RIGHT? 7228 04:46:44,400 --> 04:46:48,003 TWO YEARS FOR PLANNING, WHICH IS 7229 04:46:48,003 --> 04:46:48,437 GREAT. 7230 04:46:48,437 --> 04:46:53,275 WE HEAR ABOUT UG3, UH3. 7231 04:46:53,275 --> 04:46:56,412 I LOVE MECHANISMS THAT PUT THAT 7232 04:46:56,412 --> 04:46:56,578 IN. 7233 04:46:56,578 --> 04:46:57,413 ComPASS PROGRAM IS ONE OF 7234 04:46:57,413 --> 04:46:57,646 THEM. 7235 04:46:57,646 --> 04:46:59,281 TWO YEARS OF PLANNING FOR THE 7236 04:46:59,281 --> 04:47:02,151 DEEP DIVE, THE NEEDS OF THE 7237 04:47:02,151 --> 04:47:04,653 COMMUNITY, MILESTONES, MORE 7238 04:47:04,653 --> 04:47:07,289 MILESTONES BASED, OTA MECHANISM, 7239 04:47:07,289 --> 04:47:11,560 FOLKS MIGHT REMEMBER THE CEAL 7240 04:47:11,560 --> 04:47:12,961 TEAMS, COMMUNITY ENGAGED 7241 04:47:12,961 --> 04:47:14,096 ALLIANCE AGAINST DISPARITIES 7242 04:47:14,096 --> 04:47:15,664 WHICH ALLOWS FLUIDITY. 7243 04:47:15,664 --> 04:47:17,366 AS THINGS ARISE, YOU DEAL WITH 7244 04:47:17,366 --> 04:47:18,400 COMMUNITY, THINGS MAY CHANGE, 7245 04:47:18,400 --> 04:47:20,402 YOU CAN PIVOT WITHOUT HAVING TO 7246 04:47:20,402 --> 04:47:22,204 GO THROUGH ENTIRE NEW GRANT 7247 04:47:22,204 --> 04:47:23,839 REVIEW PROCESS. 7248 04:47:23,839 --> 04:47:27,142 SO THIS IS A REALLY WONDERFUL 7249 04:47:27,142 --> 04:47:28,110 OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK RESEARCH. 7250 04:47:28,110 --> 04:47:31,947 ONE THING WE THOUGHT ABOUT AS A 7251 04:47:31,947 --> 04:47:33,615 COMMITTEE, IS THERE A WAY TO 7252 04:47:33,615 --> 04:47:38,520 LEVERAGE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE TO 7253 04:47:38,520 --> 04:47:39,621 ASK CANCER-RELATED QUESTIONS AND 7254 04:47:39,621 --> 04:47:40,823 TO PARTNERS WITH THEM THROUGH 7255 04:47:40,823 --> 04:47:42,124 SUPPLEMENTS OR OTHER WAYS WE 7256 04:47:42,124 --> 04:47:44,526 MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE 7257 04:47:44,526 --> 04:47:45,160 AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GOING 7258 04:47:45,160 --> 04:47:46,829 TO BE GOING INTO LOOKING AT 7259 04:47:46,829 --> 04:47:47,463 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, 7260 04:47:47,463 --> 04:47:49,231 WHICH WE ALSO KNOW IS AN 7261 04:47:49,231 --> 04:47:51,333 NIH-WIDE INITIATIVE, HOW DO YOU 7262 04:47:51,333 --> 04:47:52,868 ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, MEASURE 7263 04:47:52,868 --> 04:47:56,572 THOSE, RIGHT? 7264 04:47:56,572 --> 04:48:00,509 HOW DO WE DO THE DEEP DIVE AND 7265 04:48:00,509 --> 04:48:01,276 INFLUENCE POLICY? 7266 04:48:01,276 --> 04:48:02,478 THIS ComPASS PROGRAM, PLEASED 7267 04:48:02,478 --> 04:48:07,516 TO HAVE IT PRESENTED, GRATEFUL 7268 04:48:07,516 --> 04:48:09,485 FOR DR. BOYCE AND TEAMS. 7269 04:48:09,485 --> 04:48:11,553 ONE OF THE THINGS IT HELPED US 7270 04:48:11,553 --> 04:48:13,422 SAY, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN 7271 04:48:13,422 --> 04:48:15,090 LEVERAGE PREEXISTING OR WHAT'S 7272 04:48:15,090 --> 04:48:17,059 GOING TO BE EXISTING RESOURCE 7273 04:48:17,059 --> 04:48:17,893 POTENTIALLY TO REALLY REENVISION 7274 04:48:17,893 --> 04:48:20,128 WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CANCER 7275 04:48:20,128 --> 04:48:20,863 SPACE. 7276 04:48:20,863 --> 04:48:23,499 THERE WAS ONE OF THESE CHESIs 7277 04:48:23,499 --> 04:48:25,801 THAT IS CANCER SPECIFIC, 7278 04:48:25,801 --> 04:48:26,468 ARKANSAS CANCER CONSORTIUM I 7279 04:48:26,468 --> 04:48:28,403 BELIEVE IS THE NAME OF IT. 7280 04:48:28,403 --> 04:48:30,639 ONLY ONE PROJECT IS REALLY 7281 04:48:30,639 --> 04:48:31,974 FOCUSED ON CANCER SPECIFICALLY, 7282 04:48:31,974 --> 04:48:34,142 BUT THAT'S INTENTIONAL. 7283 04:48:34,142 --> 04:48:36,979 IT'S THINKING ABOUT BROAD 7284 04:48:36,979 --> 04:48:37,746 STRUCTURAL BARRIERS. 7285 04:48:37,746 --> 04:48:40,682 TRANSPORTATION IS THE NUMBER ONE 7286 04:48:40,682 --> 04:48:42,050 BARRIER TO CANCER CARE. 7287 04:48:42,050 --> 04:48:45,554 CAN WE LEVERAGE THAT? 7288 04:48:45,554 --> 04:48:47,155 THAT WAS THE BULK. 7289 04:48:47,155 --> 04:48:48,557 WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON NEXT 7290 04:48:48,557 --> 04:48:51,093 STEPS, THINGS TO BRING BACK TO 7291 04:48:51,093 --> 04:48:52,728 THE LARGER GROUP. 7292 04:48:52,728 --> 04:48:53,695 AGAIN, OUR HOMEWORK SIMILAR TO 7293 04:48:53,695 --> 04:48:54,763 THE HOMEWORK FROM THE LAST GROUP 7294 04:48:54,763 --> 04:48:56,431 OF IS REALLY OVER THE NEXT 7295 04:48:56,431 --> 04:48:58,433 COUPLE MONTHS WE'LL BE HAVING 7296 04:48:58,433 --> 04:48:59,601 SOME INTERIM MEETINGS TO REALLY 7297 04:48:59,601 --> 04:49:01,803 START TO DO A DEEP DIVE IN TERMS 7298 04:49:01,803 --> 04:49:03,338 OF THINKING OF WHAT ARE OTHER 7299 04:49:03,338 --> 04:49:05,507 ORGANIZATIONS WE NEED TO THINK 7300 04:49:05,507 --> 04:49:07,042 ABOUT PARTNERING WITH, LEARNING 7301 04:49:07,042 --> 04:49:09,912 FROM, AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE 7302 04:49:09,912 --> 04:49:12,648 WE'RE PULLING IN THE EXPERTISE 7303 04:49:12,648 --> 04:49:14,616 THAT'S NEEDED TO HELP TO START 7304 04:49:14,616 --> 04:49:16,385 TO THINK ABOUT POPULATION HEALTH 7305 04:49:16,385 --> 04:49:17,920 IN A VERY DIFFERENT WAY. 7306 04:49:17,920 --> 04:49:19,454 SO, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT 7307 04:49:19,454 --> 04:49:19,821 THAT. 7308 04:49:19,821 --> 04:49:21,723 I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE OTHER 7309 04:49:21,723 --> 04:49:22,925 COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR FOLKS OR 7310 04:49:22,925 --> 04:49:23,825 SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS OR FOLKS 7311 04:49:23,825 --> 04:49:27,095 THERE WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING TO 7312 04:49:27,095 --> 04:49:28,096 THAT. 7313 04:49:28,096 --> 04:49:31,600 >> ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS FROM THE 7314 04:49:31,600 --> 04:49:31,934 SUBCOMMITTEE? 7315 04:49:31,934 --> 04:49:37,973 QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? 7316 04:49:37,973 --> 04:49:45,180 PLEASE USE YOUR MIC. 7317 04:49:45,180 --> 04:49:45,948 >> VERY COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY, 7318 04:49:45,948 --> 04:49:50,552 NOTHING TO ADD TO THAT. 7319 04:49:50,552 --> 04:49:50,819 >> OKAY. 7320 04:49:50,819 --> 04:49:51,186 KIM? 7321 04:49:51,186 --> 04:49:53,055 >> I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION 7322 04:49:53,055 --> 04:49:56,558 ABOUT THIS ComPASS PROGRAM. 7323 04:49:56,558 --> 04:49:58,493 IT DOES SOUND LIKE IT'S EARLY, 7324 04:49:58,493 --> 04:50:00,028 FROM YOUR SENSE OF HEARING THIS, 7325 04:50:00,028 --> 04:50:02,664 I WASN'T THERE, I WILL LEARN 7326 04:50:02,664 --> 04:50:06,902 MORE SOON, THAT WAS JUST RAMBLE. 7327 04:50:06,902 --> 04:50:08,036 IS THIS THE PERFECT TIME TO 7328 04:50:08,036 --> 04:50:10,339 ALIGN WITH THEM OR IS IT TOO 7329 04:50:10,339 --> 04:50:10,539 EARLY? 7330 04:50:10,539 --> 04:50:11,673 DO THEY KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT 7331 04:50:11,673 --> 04:50:13,709 THEY ARE DOING FOR US TO 7332 04:50:13,709 --> 04:50:14,276 LEVERAGE EFFECTIVELY? 7333 04:50:14,276 --> 04:50:17,012 >> I DID GET THE SENSE THEY WERE 7334 04:50:17,012 --> 04:50:18,747 BUILDING THE PLANE AS THEY ARE 7335 04:50:18,747 --> 04:50:18,981 FLYING. 7336 04:50:18,981 --> 04:50:20,716 BUT I WAS INVOLVED WITH NIH CEAL 7337 04:50:20,716 --> 04:50:24,219 TEAMS EARLY ON, WE HAD TO MOVE 7338 04:50:24,219 --> 04:50:24,786 QUICKLY. 7339 04:50:24,786 --> 04:50:25,554 IF SOME WAYS THE CONVERSATION 7340 04:50:25,554 --> 04:50:27,623 WAS TO BE IN LINE WITH THE 7341 04:50:27,623 --> 04:50:30,025 SPIRIT OF THIS AWARD, MAYBE WE 7342 04:50:30,025 --> 04:50:33,962 GO TO THESE GROUPS, HERAs 7343 04:50:33,962 --> 04:50:35,163 FORMED, OR CONSORTIUMS, 7344 04:50:35,163 --> 04:50:37,165 INDIVIDUAL CHESIs, AS YOU'RE 7345 04:50:37,165 --> 04:50:38,233 THINKING ABOUT THE 7346 04:50:38,233 --> 04:50:40,235 INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE, IS THERE A 7347 04:50:40,235 --> 04:50:41,403 CANCER-RELATED QUESTION YOU CAN 7348 04:50:41,403 --> 04:50:42,604 ASK, RIGHT? 7349 04:50:42,604 --> 04:50:44,673 SOMETIMES PUTTING THE SEED IN 7350 04:50:44,673 --> 04:50:46,675 PEOPLE'S MINDS EARLY IS REALLY 7351 04:50:46,675 --> 04:50:47,009 IMPORTANT. 7352 04:50:47,009 --> 04:50:49,311 SO, YES, I THINK IT IS VERY 7353 04:50:49,311 --> 04:50:49,878 EARLY. 7354 04:50:49,878 --> 04:50:51,179 THERE'S NOT THE INFRASTRUCTURE 7355 04:50:51,179 --> 04:50:52,147 THAT'S BUILT. 7356 04:50:52,147 --> 04:50:54,016 IT'S STILL COMING TO FRUITION. 7357 04:50:54,016 --> 04:50:56,418 BUT I WOULD SAY WHY NOT PUT THAT 7358 04:50:56,418 --> 04:50:58,286 QUESTION IN PEOPLE'S MINDS NOW 7359 04:50:58,286 --> 04:50:59,921 BECAUSE THEY ARE CREATING A 7360 04:50:59,921 --> 04:51:01,423 COMMON DATA MODEL SO PERHAPS WE 7361 04:51:01,423 --> 04:51:03,759 CAN PUT IN A FEW THINGS WE'D 7362 04:51:03,759 --> 04:51:05,527 LIKE TO KNOW, THESE FEW THINGS, 7363 04:51:05,527 --> 04:51:06,928 MAYBE CANCER SCREENING, ET 7364 04:51:06,928 --> 04:51:09,665 CETERA, AND POTENTIALLY USE THIS 7365 04:51:09,665 --> 04:51:10,866 AS OPPORTUNITY TO DO EDUCATION, 7366 04:51:10,866 --> 04:51:14,670 MY THOUGHT. 7367 04:51:14,670 --> 04:51:15,437 WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I 7368 04:51:15,437 --> 04:51:17,105 THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED 7369 04:51:17,105 --> 04:51:20,942 ABOUT WHAT THEY DID IS USING 7370 04:51:20,942 --> 04:51:23,912 USDA, FOLKS DON'T THINK ABOUT 7371 04:51:23,912 --> 04:51:24,513 FOOD INSECURITY, THINGS WE'VE 7372 04:51:24,513 --> 04:51:27,716 DONE IN THE PAST TO LEVERAGE 7373 04:51:27,716 --> 04:51:29,885 NON-TRADITIONAL PARTNERS TO 7374 04:51:29,885 --> 04:51:32,654 RETHINK CANCER, CANCER RESEARCH, 7375 04:51:32,654 --> 04:51:34,189 CANCER EDUCATION, USING 7376 04:51:34,189 --> 04:51:35,157 PROGRAMS, REALTORS TO PUT 7377 04:51:35,157 --> 04:51:37,459 INFORMATION OUT. 7378 04:51:37,459 --> 04:51:39,628 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY EARLY ON TO 7379 04:51:39,628 --> 04:51:43,165 START TO KIND OF PUT SOME SEEDS 7380 04:51:43,165 --> 04:51:43,932 INTO THIS PROGRAMMATIC WORK, YOU 7381 04:51:43,932 --> 04:51:46,268 KNOW, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET 7382 04:51:46,268 --> 04:51:49,471 GOOD DATA OUT OF LONG TERM. 7383 04:51:49,471 --> 04:51:49,971 >> FANTASTIC. 7384 04:51:49,971 --> 04:51:51,139 YES, LUIS? 7385 04:51:51,139 --> 04:51:52,874 >> I LIKE THE COMMENT THAT WE 7386 04:51:52,874 --> 04:51:56,144 COULD CUT CANCER DEATHS BY 50% 7387 04:51:56,144 --> 04:51:57,045 MAYBE BY SCIENCE BUT 7388 04:51:57,045 --> 04:51:58,080 IMPLEMENTATION IN DISPARITIES 7389 04:51:58,080 --> 04:52:00,549 CAN DO THE SAME THING. 7390 04:52:00,549 --> 04:52:02,818 SO IT CUTS THROUGH EVERYTHING TO 7391 04:52:02,818 --> 04:52:04,352 THE PRACTICAL POINT. 7392 04:52:04,352 --> 04:52:05,921 AND DOING BOTH COULD REALLY GET 7393 04:52:05,921 --> 04:52:07,355 US TO THAT GOAL WHICH WOULD BE A 7394 04:52:07,355 --> 04:52:08,090 HUGE SUCCESS. 7395 04:52:08,090 --> 04:52:10,926 >> IT WILL BE HARD TO DO THE 7396 04:52:10,926 --> 04:52:12,227 FORMER WITHOUT THE LATTER. 7397 04:52:12,227 --> 04:52:16,231 >> WELL, IT'S WHERE YOU PUT YOUR 7398 04:52:16,231 --> 04:52:17,933 MONEY. 7399 04:52:17,933 --> 04:52:19,601 >> YEAH, YEAH. 7400 04:52:19,601 --> 04:52:20,168 FANTASTIC. 7401 04:52:20,168 --> 04:52:23,038 IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS 7402 04:52:23,038 --> 04:52:25,874 OR DISCUSSION, WE AGAIN NEED TO 7403 04:52:25,874 --> 04:52:28,143 VOTE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT THAT 7404 04:52:28,143 --> 04:52:33,882 WAS PROVIDED BY DR. WINKFIELD 7405 04:52:33,882 --> 04:52:35,317 FROM THE AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE. 7406 04:52:35,317 --> 04:52:36,518 IS THERE A MOTION? 7407 04:52:36,518 --> 04:52:38,920 >> MOTION TO ACCEPT. 7408 04:52:38,920 --> 04:52:40,455 >> SECOND. 7409 04:52:40,455 --> 04:52:40,989 >> SECOND. 7410 04:52:40,989 --> 04:52:42,290 MOVED AND SECONDED. 7411 04:52:42,290 --> 04:52:43,091 FURTHER DISCUSSION? 7412 04:52:43,091 --> 04:52:44,826 THERE BEING NONE WE NEED TO 7413 04:52:44,826 --> 04:52:47,662 VOTE. 7414 04:52:47,662 --> 04:52:52,501 ARE THERE ANY NAYs? 7415 04:52:52,501 --> 04:52:54,469 ANY ABSTENTIONS? 7416 04:52:54,469 --> 04:52:55,804 IT'S UNANIMOUS. 7417 04:52:55,804 --> 04:52:57,205 FANTASTIC. 7418 04:52:57,205 --> 04:52:59,307 SO, PRIOR TO ADJOURNING THE OPEN 7419 04:52:59,307 --> 04:53:01,910 SESSION, ARE THERE ANY OTHER 7420 04:53:01,910 --> 04:53:03,345 ISSUES THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS 7421 04:53:03,345 --> 04:53:06,181 WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? 7422 04:53:06,181 --> 04:53:07,149 RICHARD, RICK, YOU MENTIONED 7423 04:53:07,149 --> 04:53:08,049 SOMETHING EARLIER ABOUT 7424 04:53:08,049 --> 04:53:09,451 SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO BRING 7425 04:53:09,451 --> 04:53:09,618 UP. 7426 04:53:09,618 --> 04:53:12,187 >> I WASN'T SURE THIS WAS THE 7427 04:53:12,187 --> 04:53:12,754 APPROPRIATE TIME. 7428 04:53:12,754 --> 04:53:14,723 I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING WILL BE 7429 04:53:14,723 --> 04:53:15,690 THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 7430 04:53:15,690 --> 04:53:17,559 >> THIS IS OPEN SESSION, JUST 7431 04:53:17,559 --> 04:53:19,628 REMEMBER THAT. 7432 04:53:19,628 --> 04:53:20,061 >> OKAY. 7433 04:53:20,061 --> 04:53:23,799 WELL, THIS HAS TO DO WITH BOARD 7434 04:53:23,799 --> 04:53:24,299 MEETINGS. 7435 04:53:24,299 --> 04:53:25,433 IS THAT APPROPRIATE? 7436 04:53:25,433 --> 04:53:27,736 OKAY, GOOD. 7437 04:53:27,736 --> 04:53:28,737 ALL RIGHT. 7438 04:53:28,737 --> 04:53:31,473 SO, I'VE HAD PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE 7439 04:53:31,473 --> 04:53:33,875 IN THE NCAB, AND THINGS I 7440 04:53:33,875 --> 04:53:37,546 LEARNED IN THOSE 7 1/2 YEARS I'M 7441 04:53:37,546 --> 04:53:39,447 TRYING TO -- I'D LIKE TO BRING 7442 04:53:39,447 --> 04:53:40,582 TO THIS BOARD. 7443 04:53:40,582 --> 04:53:43,084 AND THAT IS THAT WHEN I LOOKED 7444 04:53:43,084 --> 04:53:46,588 AT THE BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC 7445 04:53:46,588 --> 04:53:48,890 ADVISORS CHARTER, THE BOARD OF 7446 04:53:48,890 --> 04:53:51,960 THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS 7447 04:53:51,960 --> 04:53:53,395 APPOINTED BY THE NCI DIRECTOR, 7448 04:53:53,395 --> 04:53:55,797 AND OF COURSE IS FOCUSED ON 7449 04:53:55,797 --> 04:53:57,966 RESEARCH PRIORITIES, BUT 7450 04:53:57,966 --> 04:53:59,100 SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT INCLUDE 7451 04:53:59,100 --> 04:54:02,704 DELIBERATION ON MATTERS OF 7452 04:54:02,704 --> 04:54:03,038 PUBLIC POLICY. 7453 04:54:03,038 --> 04:54:04,573 WHEREAS THE NCAB WHICH IS 7454 04:54:04,573 --> 04:54:08,276 APPOINTED OF COURSE BY THE 7455 04:54:08,276 --> 04:54:12,347 PRESIDENT, DOES IN FACT FOCUS ON 7456 04:54:12,347 --> 04:54:13,982 AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS 7457 04:54:13,982 --> 04:54:15,717 RESPECTING THE FUTURE DIRECTIONS 7458 04:54:15,717 --> 04:54:18,153 AND PROGRAM AND POLICY EMPHASIS 7459 04:54:18,153 --> 04:54:19,788 OF THE INSTITUTE. 7460 04:54:19,788 --> 04:54:22,090 WHAT I EXPERIENCE TODAY, THIS 7461 04:54:22,090 --> 04:54:25,694 MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON, WERE 7462 04:54:25,694 --> 04:54:26,995 REALLY OUTSTANDING CONVERSATIONS 7463 04:54:26,995 --> 04:54:30,632 BY VERY INVOLVED AND VERY WELL 7464 04:54:30,632 --> 04:54:33,034 REALLY SMART PEOPLE WHO HAVE A 7465 04:54:33,034 --> 04:54:36,304 LOT TO OFFER THE NCI DIRECTOR. 7466 04:54:36,304 --> 04:54:39,941 AND I THINK IN MY EXPERIENCE, 7467 04:54:39,941 --> 04:54:42,444 PAST EXPERIENCE ANYWAY, THERE 7468 04:54:42,444 --> 04:54:46,147 WAS NEVER A MEETING WITH THE BSA 7469 04:54:46,147 --> 04:54:50,886 AND NCAB WERE MEETING TOGETHER 7470 04:54:50,886 --> 04:54:54,389 BECAUSE THERE REALLY WASN'T 7471 04:54:54,389 --> 04:54:56,458 NECESSARILY A CROSSOVER OF THEIR 7472 04:54:56,458 --> 04:54:56,725 CHARTERS. 7473 04:54:56,725 --> 04:54:59,895 AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST 7474 04:54:59,895 --> 04:55:01,830 TWO THINGS. 7475 04:55:01,830 --> 04:55:04,900 ONE, THAT THE NCAB MEETS LIKE WE 7476 04:55:04,900 --> 04:55:07,435 DID TODAY, WITHOUT THE BSA SO WE 7477 04:55:07,435 --> 04:55:09,938 CAN FOCUS ON POLICY. 7478 04:55:09,938 --> 04:55:13,141 AND, TWO, I WOULD LIKE TO 7479 04:55:13,141 --> 04:55:16,845 SUGGEST THAT WE MEET IN PERSON 7480 04:55:16,845 --> 04:55:18,513 RATHER THAN OVER ZOOM. 7481 04:55:18,513 --> 04:55:20,015 PREVIOUSLY I WAS TOLD, WELL, 7482 04:55:20,015 --> 04:55:22,984 WEATHER IS LOUSY IN THE WINTER. 7483 04:55:22,984 --> 04:55:26,054 BUT QUITE FRANKLY, I'M NOT 7484 04:55:26,054 --> 04:55:28,957 SUGGESTING WE HIT THE IWO JIMA 7485 04:55:28,957 --> 04:55:30,525 BEACHES, WE JUST HAVE TO GET A 7486 04:55:30,525 --> 04:55:31,960 SWEATER ON. 7487 04:55:31,960 --> 04:55:36,197 I THINK THE BENEFIT OF THE 7488 04:55:36,197 --> 04:55:40,235 INTERACTION IN PERSON IS SO MUCH 7489 04:55:40,235 --> 04:55:40,502 STRONGER. 7490 04:55:40,502 --> 04:55:44,072 HERE COMES PAULETTE. 7491 04:55:44,072 --> 04:55:45,840 >> HERE SHE COMES. 7492 04:55:45,840 --> 04:55:47,342 >> IT'S SO MUCH STRONGER. 7493 04:55:47,342 --> 04:55:49,644 >> HERE SHE COMES. 7494 04:55:49,644 --> 04:55:50,845 >> WOULD YOU PLEASE DISCONNECT? 7495 04:55:50,845 --> 04:55:51,346 [LAUGHTER] 7496 04:55:51,346 --> 04:55:55,550 NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. 7497 04:55:55,550 --> 04:56:00,588 ANYWAY, I JUST THINK -- I HELPED 7498 04:56:00,588 --> 04:56:02,257 CREATE THE TELEMEDICINE 1 YEARS 7499 04:56:02,257 --> 04:56:06,294 AGO FOR TELEDOC, I'M A BIG 7500 04:56:06,294 --> 04:56:10,031 ADVOCATE -- 12 YEARS AGO, BUT 7501 04:56:10,031 --> 04:56:11,766 THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING IN 7502 04:56:11,766 --> 04:56:15,437 THE SAME ROOM, BEING ABLE TO 7503 04:56:15,437 --> 04:56:17,906 INTERACT AND HAVE IDEAS PASSED 7504 04:56:17,906 --> 04:56:20,208 BACK AND FORTH, AND HAVE ACTIVE 7505 04:56:20,208 --> 04:56:21,743 DISCUSSIONS, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED 7506 04:56:21,743 --> 04:56:24,245 TODAY, AS WELL AS LAST NIGHT OF 7507 04:56:24,245 --> 04:56:27,082 COURSE FOR OUR SUBCOMMITTEES. 7508 04:56:27,082 --> 04:56:30,352 THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. 7509 04:56:30,352 --> 04:56:34,055 AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES 7510 04:56:34,055 --> 04:56:36,524 PAULETTE GRAY. 7511 04:56:36,524 --> 04:56:41,563 >> RICK, I CAN APPRECIATE YOUR 7512 04:56:41,563 --> 04:56:42,864 THINKING. 7513 04:56:42,864 --> 04:56:45,500 BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MARCH -- 7514 04:56:45,500 --> 04:56:47,035 FEBRUARY AND MARCH. 7515 04:56:47,035 --> 04:56:53,708 THE WEATHER IN THIS AREA CAN BE 7516 04:56:53,708 --> 04:56:55,877 HORRIFIC. 7517 04:56:55,877 --> 04:56:58,713 I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER WHEN 7518 04:56:58,713 --> 04:57:03,618 RICKLAUSNER WAS HERE, WE HAD A 7519 04:57:03,618 --> 04:57:04,786 MEETING SCHEDULED IN FEBRUARY. 7520 04:57:04,786 --> 04:57:06,621 HE CALLED ME AT 4:00 THAT 7521 04:57:06,621 --> 04:57:08,390 MORNING, CALLED ME THAT MORNING, 7522 04:57:08,390 --> 04:57:11,426 LATE THAT NIGHT, EARLY THAT 7523 04:57:11,426 --> 04:57:14,929 MORNING, AND I SAID, YES, THE 7524 04:57:14,929 --> 04:57:16,664 MEETING WILL BE HELD. 7525 04:57:16,664 --> 04:57:18,033 IT'S 4:00. 7526 04:57:18,033 --> 04:57:22,470 I'M ON MY WAY TO THE MEETING 7527 04:57:22,470 --> 04:57:23,238 SITE. 7528 04:57:23,238 --> 04:57:25,206 WE HAD ANOTHER ONE, A FEW YEARS 7529 04:57:25,206 --> 04:57:27,075 LATER, WE HAD TO LITERALLY 7530 04:57:27,075 --> 04:57:28,510 CANCEL THE MEETING. 7531 04:57:28,510 --> 04:57:30,145 WE CANCELED MORE MEETINGS IN 7532 04:57:30,145 --> 04:57:36,051 FEBRUARY THAN WE HAVE ANY OTHER 7533 04:57:36,051 --> 04:57:36,484 TIME. 7534 04:57:36,484 --> 04:57:39,554 SO, THAT GIVES YOU THREE TIMES 7535 04:57:39,554 --> 04:57:48,530 TO MEET, FACE TO FACE, AND NCAB 7536 04:57:48,530 --> 04:57:50,498 WITHOUT BSA NUMBERS, THAT'S 7537 04:57:50,498 --> 04:57:54,202 DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, 7538 04:57:54,202 --> 04:57:58,907 SEPTEMBER, AND DECEMBER. 7539 04:57:58,907 --> 04:58:01,009 IF YOU CANNOT SURVIVE FEBRUARY 7540 04:58:01,009 --> 04:58:06,815 THEN SO BE IT. 7541 04:58:06,815 --> 04:58:09,517 >> THERE IS MARCH. 7542 04:58:09,517 --> 04:58:10,051 [LAUGHTER] 7543 04:58:10,051 --> 04:58:11,486 >> MARCH IS A STAND-ALONE BSA 7544 04:58:11,486 --> 04:58:11,820 MEETING. 7545 04:58:11,820 --> 04:58:15,890 SO YOU CAN'T ATTEND THAT ONE 7546 04:58:15,890 --> 04:58:18,359 UNLESS YOU COME AS A LOCAL 7547 04:58:18,359 --> 04:58:27,135 PERSON AND JUST WANT TO OBSERVE 7548 04:58:27,135 --> 04:58:28,336 >> YOU'RE OFFERING THREE. 7549 04:58:28,336 --> 04:58:30,872 >> THREE IN PERSON ALONE. 7550 04:58:30,872 --> 04:58:33,308 NO, NO, NO. 7551 04:58:33,308 --> 04:58:34,909 NOT ALONE. 7552 04:58:34,909 --> 04:58:42,484 IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ALL OF THE 7553 04:58:42,484 --> 04:58:45,520 NCAB MEMBERS BE ALONE THAT WOULD 7554 04:58:45,520 --> 04:58:48,490 BE FEBRUARY, JUNE, SEPTEMBER, 7555 04:58:48,490 --> 04:58:49,491 AND DECEMBER. 7556 04:58:49,491 --> 04:58:53,428 CURRENTLY, THE JUNE MEETING AND 7557 04:58:53,428 --> 04:59:03,972 THE DECEMBER MEETING IS A JOINT 7558 04:59:04,973 --> 04:59:05,874 MEETING. 7559 04:59:05,874 --> 04:59:10,845 >> WE HAVE TWO ANNUAL NCAB ONLY? 7560 04:59:10,845 --> 04:59:11,713 >> MEETINGS. 7561 04:59:11,713 --> 04:59:15,650 >> WELL, THAT'S BETTER THAN -- I 7562 04:59:15,650 --> 04:59:19,187 STILL BELIEVE, YOU HAVEN'T 7563 04:59:19,187 --> 04:59:22,590 CONVINCED ME THAT IN-PERSON 7564 04:59:22,590 --> 04:59:24,792 ALONE MEETINGS WHETHER WE HAVE 7565 04:59:24,792 --> 04:59:28,163 DEEP POLICY CONVERSATIONS LIKE 7566 04:59:28,163 --> 04:59:31,132 THIS IS NOT AS GOOD AS BEING 7567 04:59:31,132 --> 04:59:33,601 WITH BSA, WHICH IS LIKE 25 OR 50 7568 04:59:33,601 --> 04:59:35,403 MORE MEMBERS, WHATEVER IT IS, AT 7569 04:59:35,403 --> 04:59:36,337 THE TABLE. 7570 04:59:36,337 --> 04:59:37,138 >> I'M CONFUSED. 7571 04:59:37,138 --> 04:59:42,377 WHY CAN'T YOU HAVE DEEP POLICY 7572 04:59:42,377 --> 04:59:43,711 CONVERSATIONS OR DISCUSSIONS 7573 04:59:43,711 --> 04:59:45,013 DURING JOINT MEETINGS? 7574 04:59:45,013 --> 04:59:47,715 >> WELL, IT DIDN'T SEEM TO LEND 7575 04:59:47,715 --> 04:59:52,687 ITSELF WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY 7576 04:59:52,687 --> 04:59:54,756 INDIVIDUALS. 7577 04:59:54,756 --> 04:59:58,459 IT JUST SEEMS LIKE -- THAT MORE 7578 04:59:58,459 --> 05:00:05,366 IS DISCUSSED AND MORE PEOPLE WHO 7579 05:00:05,366 --> 05:00:07,769 ARE POLICY ORIENTED AS OPPOSED 7580 05:00:07,769 --> 05:00:09,137 TO RESEARCH ORIENTED ARE ABLE TO 7581 05:00:09,137 --> 05:00:10,705 HAVE THESE IDEAS PASS AMONG 7582 05:00:10,705 --> 05:00:10,905 THEM. 7583 05:00:10,905 --> 05:00:13,141 I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY 7584 05:00:13,141 --> 05:00:15,310 PERSON TALKING. 7585 05:00:15,310 --> 05:00:15,643 NILO? 7586 05:00:15,643 --> 05:00:20,381 >> THAT'S THE NCI DIRECTOR 7587 05:00:20,381 --> 05:00:21,783 DECISION. 7588 05:00:21,783 --> 05:00:24,752 IF DR. RATHMELL, KIM, 7589 05:00:24,752 --> 05:00:25,753 ASCERTAINED SHE NO LONGER 7590 05:00:25,753 --> 05:00:28,022 PREFERRED TO HAVE JOINT 7591 05:00:28,022 --> 05:00:31,226 MEETINGS, THEN THAT'S FINE. 7592 05:00:31,226 --> 05:00:34,295 THE ONLY THING THAT SHE WILL 7593 05:00:34,295 --> 05:00:39,901 NEED TO DO IN THAT REGARD IS TO 7594 05:00:39,901 --> 05:00:46,140 GIVE SEVEN DIRECTOR REPORTS A 7595 05:00:46,140 --> 05:00:50,078 YEAR AS OPPOSED TO FIVE. 7596 05:00:50,078 --> 05:00:50,378 >> KIM? 7597 05:00:50,378 --> 05:00:51,813 >> WELL, IT'S MORE THAN THAT. 7598 05:00:51,813 --> 05:00:54,549 IT'S A LOT OF DIRECTOR REPORTS. 7599 05:00:54,549 --> 05:00:56,317 I GUESS -- IT'S TWO THINGS THAT 7600 05:00:56,317 --> 05:00:59,787 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. 7601 05:00:59,787 --> 05:01:05,493 NUMBER ONE, I AGREE FACE TO FACE 7602 05:01:05,493 --> 05:01:05,827 IS DIFFERENT. 7603 05:01:05,827 --> 05:01:07,328 AND SO DR. GRAY AND I HAVE 7604 05:01:07,328 --> 05:01:09,197 TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT, HOW TO 7605 05:01:09,197 --> 05:01:10,498 TRY TO MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF 7606 05:01:10,498 --> 05:01:12,967 TIMES THAT WE'RE TOGETHER 7607 05:01:12,967 --> 05:01:14,669 WITHOUT HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, 7608 05:01:14,669 --> 05:01:15,670 IT'S ALSO A FISCAL 7609 05:01:15,670 --> 05:01:16,738 RESPONSIBILITY THING TO SAY, YOU 7610 05:01:16,738 --> 05:01:19,040 KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO CANCEL A 7611 05:01:19,040 --> 05:01:21,009 WHOLE MEETING WE LOSE A LOT OF 7612 05:01:21,009 --> 05:01:21,342 MONEY. 7613 05:01:21,342 --> 05:01:24,279 SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING UP 7614 05:01:24,279 --> 05:01:27,048 WITH HAVING FACE-TO-FACE DURING 7615 05:01:27,048 --> 05:01:29,651 GOOD WEATHER AND VIRTUAL, ALWAYS 7616 05:01:29,651 --> 05:01:30,852 VIRTUAL OPTION, DURING THE 7617 05:01:30,852 --> 05:01:33,154 TOUGHER WEATHER MONTHS. 7618 05:01:33,154 --> 05:01:34,489 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SHIFTING THE 7619 05:01:34,489 --> 05:01:34,756 CALENDAR. 7620 05:01:34,756 --> 05:01:36,391 AS YOU KNOW WE'RE PLANNED OUT 7621 05:01:36,391 --> 05:01:38,960 TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE SO IT'S A 7622 05:01:38,960 --> 05:01:41,162 LITTLE BIT HARD BUT NOT 7623 05:01:41,162 --> 05:01:41,829 IMPOSSIBLE. 7624 05:01:41,829 --> 05:01:44,032 IT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION ABOUT 7625 05:01:44,032 --> 05:01:44,432 SEPARATING. 7626 05:01:44,432 --> 05:01:45,533 WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE THAT 7627 05:01:45,533 --> 05:01:50,905 OFFLINE AND THINK ABOUT IT. 7628 05:01:50,905 --> 05:01:52,440 THAT'S IT'S FIRST IT'S BEEN 7629 05:01:52,440 --> 05:01:53,941 DISCUSSED, I DON'T KNOW THE 7630 05:01:53,941 --> 05:01:57,145 HISTORY IF THEY WERE APART AND 7631 05:01:57,145 --> 05:01:58,446 THEN BECAME TOGETHER. 7632 05:01:58,446 --> 05:01:59,647 BUT THERE ARE POTENTIALLY PROS 7633 05:01:59,647 --> 05:02:02,083 AND CONS TO BOTH. 7634 05:02:02,083 --> 05:02:05,820 >> I'VE BEEN SNOWED IN HERE IN 7635 05:02:05,820 --> 05:02:07,789 APRIL FOR STUDY SECTION, HERE 7636 05:02:07,789 --> 05:02:09,624 FOR FIVE DAYS, UNPLEASANT 7637 05:02:09,624 --> 05:02:10,558 BECAUSE I ONLY PACKED FOR A DAY 7638 05:02:10,558 --> 05:02:14,896 AND A HALF. 7639 05:02:14,896 --> 05:02:16,364 YEAH, GO AHEAD, KAREN. 7640 05:02:16,364 --> 05:02:18,199 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS HAS 7641 05:02:18,199 --> 05:02:21,803 BEEN -- I'VE BEEN ON THE NCAB 7642 05:02:21,803 --> 05:02:24,539 SINCE 2021, THIS IS MY FIRST 7643 05:02:24,539 --> 05:02:27,041 MEETING IN PERSON I'VE BEEN AT 7644 05:02:27,041 --> 05:02:28,910 JUST NCAB ALONE, A HUGE 7645 05:02:28,910 --> 05:02:29,210 DIFFERENCE. 7646 05:02:29,210 --> 05:02:31,412 A LOT OF RESEARCH IS PRESENTED, 7647 05:02:31,412 --> 05:02:31,646 RIGHT? 7648 05:02:31,646 --> 05:02:35,416 BACK TO BACK, WITH THE BSA, IT 7649 05:02:35,416 --> 05:02:36,884 BECOMES DIFFICULT, BUT FOR US TO 7650 05:02:36,884 --> 05:02:38,553 HAVE CONVERSATIONS WHAT DO WE 7651 05:02:38,553 --> 05:02:39,520 FUNDAMENTALLY NEED TO DO 7652 05:02:39,520 --> 05:02:41,689 DIFFERENTLY AT THE NCI, HOW DO 7653 05:02:41,689 --> 05:02:45,626 WE CHANGE PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS 7654 05:02:45,626 --> 05:02:46,961 OF THE ORGANIZATION, THIS HAS 7655 05:02:46,961 --> 05:02:47,729 BEEN A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, 7656 05:02:47,729 --> 05:02:48,830 I'LL SAY THAT. 7657 05:02:48,830 --> 05:02:50,565 I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 7658 05:02:50,565 --> 05:02:53,468 I'M FROM NEW YORK SO I KNOW 7659 05:02:53,468 --> 05:02:53,735 WEATHER. 7660 05:02:53,735 --> 05:02:55,169 EVEN THOUGH THINGS -- IT'S HARD 7661 05:02:55,169 --> 05:02:58,005 FOR STAFF, PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE 7662 05:02:58,005 --> 05:03:00,074 TO GET THEIR, PROBABLY EASIER 7663 05:03:00,074 --> 05:03:04,779 FOR FOLKS TRAVELING IN, 7664 05:03:04,779 --> 05:03:06,214 DEPENDING WHAT CITY, BUT I'M 7665 05:03:06,214 --> 05:03:07,315 GLAD YOU'RE LOOKING AT SHIFTING. 7666 05:03:07,315 --> 05:03:08,883 THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL 7667 05:03:08,883 --> 05:03:09,717 MEETING, AFTER THREE YEARS TO BE 7668 05:03:09,717 --> 05:03:11,686 IN THE ROOM AND HAVE THIS 7669 05:03:11,686 --> 05:03:13,554 CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GREAT. 7670 05:03:13,554 --> 05:03:15,423 >> LAST COMMENT, DR. CLARK? 7671 05:03:15,423 --> 05:03:16,724 OH, KIM. 7672 05:03:16,724 --> 05:03:17,725 PUSH YOUR BUTTON. 7673 05:03:17,725 --> 05:03:19,127 >> MORE OF A QUESTION AND 7674 05:03:19,127 --> 05:03:19,994 CLARIFICATION FOR THE NEW PEOPLE 7675 05:03:19,994 --> 05:03:22,864 IN THE ROOM WHO MAY NOT EXACTLY 7676 05:03:22,864 --> 05:03:25,466 FOLLOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 7677 05:03:25,466 --> 05:03:26,934 SO, IS THE ASSUMPTION I'M 7678 05:03:26,934 --> 05:03:28,870 LOOKING AT THE FUTURE MEETINGS, 7679 05:03:28,870 --> 05:03:31,606 SO IN DECEMBER WHEN WE SAY JOINT 7680 05:03:31,606 --> 05:03:33,307 THAT WOULD BE -- 7681 05:03:33,307 --> 05:03:34,809 >> NCAB, BSA. 7682 05:03:34,809 --> 05:03:35,476 >> IN PERSON? 7683 05:03:35,476 --> 05:03:35,877 >> UH-HUH. 7684 05:03:35,877 --> 05:03:36,310 >> OKAY. 7685 05:03:36,310 --> 05:03:39,614 AND IN FEBRUARY WE'RE LOOKING AT 7686 05:03:39,614 --> 05:03:41,048 JUST NCAB VIRTUAL? 7687 05:03:41,048 --> 05:03:43,751 AND THEN JUNE AGAIN JOINT IN 7688 05:03:43,751 --> 05:03:44,352 PERSON? 7689 05:03:44,352 --> 05:03:46,821 AND THEN SEPTEMBER NCAB IN 7690 05:03:46,821 --> 05:03:47,155 PERSON? 7691 05:03:47,155 --> 05:03:47,388 OKAY. 7692 05:03:47,388 --> 05:03:48,156 THANK YOU. 7693 05:03:48,156 --> 05:03:51,859 >> THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW. 7694 05:03:51,859 --> 05:03:53,861 >> A COMMENT I WAS GOING TO MAKE 7695 05:03:53,861 --> 05:03:56,564 IN TERMS OF HAVING FACE-TO-FACE 7696 05:03:56,564 --> 05:03:58,900 INTERACTION, THERE ARE OTHER 7697 05:03:58,900 --> 05:03:59,233 OPPORTUNITIES. 7698 05:03:59,233 --> 05:04:00,535 I THINK WORKSHOPS AND THINGS 7699 05:04:00,535 --> 05:04:02,103 LIKE THAT ALSO GIVE US 7700 05:04:02,103 --> 05:04:02,937 OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE 7701 05:04:02,937 --> 05:04:04,772 YEAR TO GET TOGETHER. 7702 05:04:04,772 --> 05:04:08,709 IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHERE WE CAN DO 7703 05:04:08,709 --> 05:04:10,578 REAL POLICY WORK BUT IT'S WHERE 7704 05:04:10,578 --> 05:04:12,213 WE CAN DEVELOP SOME 7705 05:04:12,213 --> 05:04:13,080 RELATIONSHIPS. 7706 05:04:13,080 --> 05:04:14,949 >> YEAH, TWO MORE COMMENTS, 7707 05:04:14,949 --> 05:04:16,384 SUCCINCT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE 7708 05:04:16,384 --> 05:04:21,522 SURE WE HAVE TIME FOR THE CLOSED 7709 05:04:21,522 --> 05:04:22,190 SESSION. 7710 05:04:22,190 --> 05:04:24,025 FRED AND NELO. 7711 05:04:24,025 --> 05:04:30,398 >> IN TERMS OF JOINT MEETINGS, 7712 05:04:30,398 --> 05:04:34,435 AT THE END OF THE DAY EACH BOARD 7713 05:04:34,435 --> 05:04:37,705 VOTING ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUES 7714 05:04:37,705 --> 05:04:40,408 THAT ARE DISCUSSED, SO IT SEEMS 7715 05:04:40,408 --> 05:04:43,778 LIKE TWO MEETINGS GOING ON IN 7716 05:04:43,778 --> 05:04:46,180 ONE LOCATION, AND, YOU KNOW, IN 7717 05:04:46,180 --> 05:04:48,516 TERMS OF PARTICIPATING IN THE 7718 05:04:48,516 --> 05:04:50,618 DISCUSSIONS FOR THE OTHER BOARD, 7719 05:04:50,618 --> 05:04:52,587 THAT MIGHT BE -- I'M NOT SURE 7720 05:04:52,587 --> 05:04:54,222 HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, 7721 05:04:54,222 --> 05:05:00,328 WHETHER WHAT I SAY CAN INFLUENCE 7722 05:05:00,328 --> 05:05:02,196 BSA MEMBERS' VOTING DECISION, 7723 05:05:02,196 --> 05:05:05,066 THINGS LIKE THAT. 7724 05:05:05,066 --> 05:05:06,400 US SITTING AROUND THE TABLE AND 7725 05:05:06,400 --> 05:05:10,104 HAVING THE DISCUSSION TO ME IS 7726 05:05:10,104 --> 05:05:14,909 MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN THE JOINT 7727 05:05:14,909 --> 05:05:15,643 MEETINGS. 7728 05:05:15,643 --> 05:05:20,615 >> LAST COMMENT, NELO? 7729 05:05:20,615 --> 05:05:24,218 >> I WANT TO ECHO WHAT KAREN 7730 05:05:24,218 --> 05:05:26,521 SAID, WE JOINED AT THE SAME 7731 05:05:26,521 --> 05:05:26,754 TIME. 7732 05:05:26,754 --> 05:05:34,428 JUST IN TERMS OF PLANNING. 7733 05:05:34,428 --> 05:05:35,229 >> WONDERFUL. 7734 05:05:35,229 --> 05:05:37,265 SO, I THINK THIS IS GREAT 7735 05:05:37,265 --> 05:05:38,699 DISCUSSION. 7736 05:05:38,699 --> 05:05:39,333 AND WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME 7737 05:05:39,333 --> 05:05:40,801 TO TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS, 7738 05:05:40,801 --> 05:05:43,404 MAYBE IN THE NEXT MEETING. 7739 05:05:43,404 --> 05:05:47,675 SO, THIS CONCLUDES THE OPEN 7740 05:05:47,675 --> 05:05:47,909 SESSION. 7741 05:05:47,909 --> 05:05:49,110 THERE'S NOW 13-MINUTE BREAK. 7742 05:05:49,110 --> 05:05:50,745 ONLY BOARD MEMBERS AND 7743 05:05:50,745 --> 05:05:51,746 DESIGNATED NCI STAFF SHOULD 7744 05:05:51,746 --> 05:05:52,280 RETURN. 7745 05:05:52,280 --> 05:05:54,148 MEMBERS WHO ARE ATTENDING 7746 05:05:54,148 --> 05:05:55,082 VIRTUALLY SHOULD SIGN OFF AND 7747 05:05:55,082 --> 05:05:57,885 SIGN BACK ON TO THE OTHER LINK 7748 05:05:57,885 --> 05:06:00,621 YOU RECEIVED, AROUND 3:27 OR SO. 7749 05:06:00,621 --> 05:06:03,124 USING YOUR NEW WEBEX LINKS. 7750 05:06:03,124 --> 05:06:13,234 THANK YOU