1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,240 WELCOME TO THIS BSC SESSION. 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,840 I THINK PAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE WE 3 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:13,920 CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AND 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:18,560 I WILL ASK THE AV PERSON TO ITES 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,000 SLIDES. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,360 PERFECT. 7 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:24,520 THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH, 8 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:30,200 WELCOME TO THIS BSC MEETING 9 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:30,760 TODAY. 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,680 I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE BSC 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,480 MEMBERS THAT WE ARE IN A SESSION 12 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:38,200 FOR DR. LOWY'S TALK AND IT IS 13 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:39,880 BEING VIDEOCAST LIVE AS WELL AS 14 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,480 BEING RECORDED FOR FUTURE 15 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:43,920 VIEWING FOR THE PUBLIC. 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,680 AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON FROM 17 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,160 THE PUBLIC, I WOULD LIKE TO WISH 18 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:51,320 WHO MAY WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR 19 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:52,680 VIEWS REGARDING ANY OF THE ITEMS 20 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,760 THAT ARE DISCUSSED DURING 21 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:59,240 DR. LOWY'S TALK, YOU MAY DO SO 22 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:04,120 BY WRITING DR. MEHRDAD TONDRAVI, 23 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:05,520 THE SECRETARY WITHIN 10 DAYS OF 24 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:12,320 THE MEETING AND ANY WRITTEN 25 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:14,200 STATEMENTS YOU SUBMIT WILL 26 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:15,160 RECEIVE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION 27 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,720 AND WILL BE RESPONDED TO IN A 28 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:17,720 TIMELY FASHION AND WITH THAT I 29 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,760 WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR. DOUG 30 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:23,360 LOWY THIS MORNING, THE ACTING 31 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:24,880 NCI DIRECTOR WHO WILL BE OPENING 32 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,720 OUR SESSION. 33 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:29,400 DR. LOWY. 34 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,760 >> THANKS VERY MUCH PAT. 35 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:31,720 WELL, GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. 36 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:42,280 IF I COULD HAVE THE FIRST SLIDE 37 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,840 I WANT TO FIRST, FOR THOSE OF 38 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:48,840 YOU WHETHER YOU KNOW ME OR NOT, 39 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,760 MY LAB HAS BEEN IN CCR FOR MANY 40 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:55,600 YEARS AND I CONTINUE TO HAVE A 41 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:56,080 LAB THERE. 42 00:01:56,080 --> 00:02:05,440 I ALSO AM AN ADJUNCT 43 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:06,600 INVESTIGATOR IN DCEG, AND 44 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,400 INTERACT WITH QUITE A FEW 45 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:09,400 INVESTIGATORS IN DCEG AS WELL 46 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,640 AND MY LAB WILL BE UNDERGOING 47 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:14,880 SITE VISIT IN 4 MONTHS IN 48 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,360 NOVEMBER, SO IN MANY WAYS, YOU 49 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:22,240 KNOW I AM VERY MUCH A PART OF 50 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,240 WHAT THE BSC IS INVOLVED IN 51 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,160 REVIEWING, ET CETERA AND I 52 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:29,600 REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT ALL OF 53 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:29,960 YOU ARE DOING. 54 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,920 IF I COULD HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE. 55 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:38,200 I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON 4 56 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,600 DIFFERENT TOPICS AND WILL PLAN 57 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,760 TO BE TALKING FOR NO MORE THAN 58 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,040 20 MINUTES SO THAT THERE'S AMPLE 59 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,920 TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS 60 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:47,200 FROM YOU. 61 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,280 I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT 62 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:51,880 CONTINUITY OF NCI LEADERSHIP, 63 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,040 SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M 64 00:02:55,040 --> 00:03:00,440 TALKING WITH YOU AS ACTING 65 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:00,880 DIRECTOR THIS TIME. 66 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,640 THEN SOME NEAR TERM INITIATIVES, 67 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:06,000 OF SOMETHING ABOUT THE RPG POOL 68 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,120 AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE FY23 69 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:10,400 NCI BUDGET. 70 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:15,120 THAT IS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. 71 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:16,640 AND THEN THE CANCER MOONSHOT 72 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:21,480 ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH 73 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:22,440 THE CURRENT ASPECT OF THE MOON 74 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,280 SHOT AND TRYING TO THINK FORWARD 75 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:25,480 FOR THE NEW PARTS. 76 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,920 IF I COULD HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE. 77 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,000 THIS BASICALLY SHOWS YOU WHAT 78 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,400 HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 12 79 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:42,400 YEARS WITH NCI DIRECTORS HAROLD 80 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,920 VARMIS, NED SHARPLESS AND ME. 81 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:47,440 THIS IS MY THIRD ONCE IN A 82 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,920 LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE 83 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,680 ACTING DIRECTOR OF NCI AND I 84 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:56,360 WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'VE 85 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:57,440 BEEN THE PRINCIPAL DEPUTY 86 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,120 DIRECTOR FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS. 87 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:05,760 SO THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN A LOT 88 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:06,600 OF CONTINUITY. 89 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:11,360 I DO NOT VIEW MY ROLE AS MAINLY 90 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:11,800 BEING ACTING. 91 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,640 I THINK THAT I MAKE AS MANY 92 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,680 DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE 93 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,160 AS HAROLD AND NED DID BECAUSE 94 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,440 THERE ARE SO MANY IMPORTANT 95 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,440 QUESTIONS THAT ARISE FOR NCI, 96 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,800 CANCER RESEARCH AND THE CANCER 97 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,960 COMMUNITY BUT I DON'T DO THIS IN 98 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:32,560 A VACUUM. 99 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,840 THE NEXT SLIDE, SHOWS YOU THAT 100 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:39,440 WE HAVE REALLY A TERRIFIC GROUP 101 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:40,760 WITH THE NCI LEADERSHIP TEAM AND 102 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,360 THEY HAD BEEN IN PLACE FOR QUITE 103 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:48,560 A WHILE, MOST OF THEM. 104 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,440 THE NEXT SLIDE, NOW, TURNS THE 105 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:57,880 ISSUE OF SOME CURRENT AND NEAR 106 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:58,360 FUTURE NCI ACTIVITIES. 107 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,560 I'M GOING TO SAY A LITTLE BIT 108 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:01,760 MORE ABOUT THE CANCER MOONSHOT 109 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,120 IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT WE REALLY 110 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,480 WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO 111 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,640 FUND THE MOST PROMISING 112 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,400 INITIATIVES OF THE INITIAL 113 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,040 CANCER MOONSHOT WHICH IS GOING 114 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,200 ON, THE GOAL OF HAVING A SOFT 115 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,200 LANDING AND WE ALSO HAVE A YEAR 116 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,640 NOW OF PLANNING FOR THE PHASE. 117 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,720 THE CANCER CENTERS, WE ARE IN 118 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,120 THE PROCESS OF FINISHING PHASES 119 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,880 1 AND 2 FOR THE CANCER CENTER 120 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,200 SUPPORT GRANTS AND SO WE'RE 121 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,160 CLOSE TO TRYING TO MAKE 122 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,480 DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO GOING 123 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,920 FORWARD FOR PHASE 3 WITH THE 124 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:43,680 RENEWALS FOR THE SUPPORT GRANTS 125 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:45,800 OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 126 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,160 AND THEN FOR THE FREDERICK 127 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,920 NATIONAL LAB, WE WANT TO SELECT 128 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,840 AT LEAST 1 NEW SIGNATURE PROJECT 129 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:59,440 AT THE FREDERICK NATIONAL LAB TO 130 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,040 GO ALONG WITH THE GRANTS 131 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:09,880 INITIATIVE AND THEN AS WELL, THE 132 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:14,240 X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY THAT IS 133 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,960 GOING ON THERE. 134 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:17,960 NEXT SLIDE. 135 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:23,440 ON MY 12th DAY AS THE ACTING 136 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:24,160 DIRECTOR, I PARTICIPATED IN A 137 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:29,880 HEARING OF THE HOUSE 138 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:30,800 APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE AND 139 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:31,560 CANCER RESEARCH COMMENTS WERE 140 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,360 MADE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE 141 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:41,840 THAT WERE VERY COMPLIMENTARY AND 142 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:43,280 CHAIR DELAURO, AND RANKING 143 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:44,800 MEMBER COLE CAME TO TALK WITH ME 144 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,480 AFTER THE MEETING WAS OVER AND 145 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,680 THAT'S SHOWNOT BOTTOM LEFT SIDE 146 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,040 BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN BOTH OF THEM 147 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:54,240 AS A RESULT OF HAVING BEEN 148 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:55,960 DIRECTOR PREVIOUSLY. 149 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,480 THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU WHAT 150 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:03,440 HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW 151 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:03,640 YEARS. 152 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,640 IN ORANGE HAS BEEN THE 153 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,800 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET AND IN THE 154 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,320 TALE BLUE IS THE ENACTED BUDGET 155 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,240 FOR THAT GIVEN YEAR AND FOR EACH 156 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:18,160 YEAR IN THE LAST 5 YEARS, NOTE 157 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,240 THAT THE ACTUAL APPROPRIATED 158 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:26,280 BUDGET HAS BEEN HIGHER THAN THAT 159 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,240 OF THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET. 160 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,880 AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THE 161 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,840 FY23 BUDGET, ACTUALLY FOR THE 162 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,840 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET IS ACTUALLY 163 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:44,880 $200 MILLION LOWER THAN OUR FY22 164 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,240 ENACTED BUDGET. 165 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,680 MY EXPECTATION IS--MY 166 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,880 EXPECTATION IS THAT IT WILL BE 167 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,560 HIGHER BUT HOW MUCH HIGHER 168 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,800 REALLY REMAINS TO BE DETERMINED. 169 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,400 THERE'S STRONG BI PARTISAN 170 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,840 SUPPORT FOR CANCER RESEARCH AND 171 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,040 ALSO CONGRESS HAS DECLINED TO 172 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:10,040 CUT FUNDING EVEN IN CHALLENGING 173 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,000 BUDGET CYCLES. 174 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,480 LAST MONTH THE HOUSE 175 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:17,760 APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE 176 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,920 PROPOSED A BILL OF 7.4 BILLION 177 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,360 DOLLARS FOR NCI, THAT INCLUDES 178 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:25,440 $216 MILLION FOR THE CANCER 179 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,880 MOONSHOT WHICH IS WHAT WAS 180 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:33,120 PROPOSED SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR 181 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:33,320 FY23. 182 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:39,400 AND THIS, IF IF WERE ENACKED, 183 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:39,960 WOULD REPRESENT A 184 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:42,640 466 MILLION-DOLLAR INCREASE FOR 185 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:47,000 NCI OVER THE APPROPRIATED AMOUNT 186 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,080 FOR FY22. 187 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:52,320 I'M MENTIONING THIS IN PART 188 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:54,080 BECAUSE WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE 189 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,480 THE FUNDING OF THE RPG POOL AS 190 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:01,560 WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST 191 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:02,320 FEW YEARS. 192 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:07,200 THIS YEAR IN FY22, IT WAS 193 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:09,200 NECESSARY FOR US FOR EXPERIENCED 194 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,560 INVESTIGATORS TO STAY AT THE 195 00:09:13,560 --> 00:09:16,200 11th PERCENTILE FOR THE PAY 196 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:22,400 LINE BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT IF IN 197 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,240 FY23, IF THERE WERE 198 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,160 APPROXIMATELY 400 MILLION-DOLLAR 199 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:30,080 INCREASE, WE COULD GO TO THE 200 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,120 12th PERCENTILE AND IF THERE 201 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:33,960 WERE A 500 MILLION-DOLLAR 202 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,520 INCREASE, WE THINK WE COULD GO 203 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,240 TO THE 13th PERCENTILE. 204 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:40,200 OBVIOUSLY THIS DEPENDS IN PART 205 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:44,360 ON THE NUMBER OF GRANT 206 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,760 APPLICATIONS AND SOME OTHER 207 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:49,600 FACTORS, BUT THIS WILL ONLY 208 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,120 HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THE CANCER 209 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:54,400 ADVOCACY COMMUNITY, THE CANCER 210 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:59,840 RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND MANY 211 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:01,440 OTHERS IN THE CANCER COMMUNITY, 212 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:02,520 POINTING OUT HOW IMPORTANT 213 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,280 CANCER RESEARCH IS FOR MAKING 214 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:09,520 PROGRESS IN THIS AREA. 215 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:09,840 NEXT SLIDE. 216 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:11,920 I JUST WANT TO YOU TO SEE WHAT 217 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,760 WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST FEW 218 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:20,680 YEARS IN PRIORITIZING THE RPG 219 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:20,960 POOL. 220 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,800 AS SHOWN ON THE LEFT, THE TOTAL 221 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:29,400 BUDGET FOR THE RPG POOL, THE 222 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,520 PORTION WENT FROM 41 TO 44% AND 223 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:36,200 THAT'S BECAUSE THE RPGs, WE 224 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,880 HAVE TAKEN ABOUT 53% OF THE 225 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,880 BUDGET INCREASE AND PUT IT INTO 226 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,800 THE RPG POOL WITH ONLY 47% OF 227 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:46,120 THE REMAINDER. 228 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:50,000 THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU WHAT 229 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,160 THE FUNDING HAS BEEN FROM THE 230 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:57,400 RPG POOL, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ON 231 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:58,840 THE RIGHT EARLY STAGE 232 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:03,240 INVESTIGATORS WERE GIVEN A 233 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:04,160 5-POINT ADDITIONAL LEVEL FOR 234 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:08,640 THEIR PAY LINE AND WE'VE GONE 235 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:15,280 FROM 84 AWARDS IN 2016 TO 134 IN 236 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,040 2021, WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS 237 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,040 YET OF COURSE FOR FY22 BECAUSE 238 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,000 IT'S STILL GOING ON. 239 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,960 AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT, 240 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,640 THIS IS FOR TOTAL R01 AND R37 241 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,440 AWARDS, WE MADE 650 AWARDS IN 242 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:42,240 2016 AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE 811 243 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,160 AWARDS IN 2020-2021. 244 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,400 NEXT SLIDE. 245 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,160 AND THIS IS 1 SLIDE ABOUTLET 246 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:54,120 IMPORTANCE OF CANCER HEALTH 247 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:55,760 DISPARITIES AND JUST AS RELATED 248 00:11:55,760 --> 00:12:00,560 TO RESEARCH AND TRAINING. 249 00:12:00,560 --> 00:12:02,880 AND THIS SHOWS YOU THE ACTUAL 250 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,240 DOLLAR AMOUNTS AS WELL AS THE 251 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,720 PERCENTAGE OF THE NCI BUDGET 252 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,600 THAT HAS GONE FOR HEALTH 253 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:10,280 DISPARITIES RESEARCH AND 254 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,440 TRAINING AND I HOPE YOU CAN 255 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,560 APPRECIATE THAT OVER THE LAST 20 256 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:17,320 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A 257 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,680 SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE AND OF 258 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:25,640 COURSE, WE AND OTHERS HAVE AN 259 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:30,160 EVEN GREATER FOCUS ON 260 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,960 DISPARITIES RELATED RESEARCH AND 261 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:42,720 INCLUSION AND INCLUSION OF 262 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:43,480 GROUPS. 263 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:43,800 NEXT SLIDE. 264 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:45,600 MY LAST TOPIC IS TO TALK ABOUT 265 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,840 THE CANCER MOONSHOT AND I HAVE A 266 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:56,200 FEW SLIDES HERE. 267 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:59,040 FIRST, 1 SLIDE ABOUT CURRENT 268 00:12:59,040 --> 00:12:59,720 ACTIVITIES OF THE CANCER 269 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:00,000 MOONSHOT. 270 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,120 THERE HAVE BEEN IN THE FIRST 2 271 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:04,000 YEARS MORE THAN 2000 272 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:04,600 PUBLICATIONS JUST UNDER 50 273 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:09,280 CLINICAL TRIALS AND MORE THAN 30 274 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:09,640 PATENT FILINGS. 275 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:13,240 ON THE RIGHT IT SHOWS THAT NEXT 276 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:19,440 YEAR, FY23 IS THE LAST YEAR FOR 277 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:21,360 FUNDING OF THIS ASPECT OR THIS 278 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:22,520 PHASE OF THE CANCER MOONSHOT AND 279 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:28,400 AS I SAID EARLIER WE SHOULD TRY 280 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,640 TO SUPPORT THE MOST PROMISING 281 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:32,720 INITIATIVES FROM THE CANCER 282 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:33,920 MOONSHOT WHILE DEVELOPING 283 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:35,720 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES TO MEET 284 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,160 CHALLENGING NEW GOALS. 285 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:45,480 THE NEXT SLIDE, IS ACTUALLY 1 OF 286 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,200 THOSE ACTIVITIES. 287 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,560 MEGAN CLARK AND NICO 288 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:51,400 [INDISCERNIBLE] AND THEIR 289 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,960 COLLEAGUES FROM DCEG PUBLISHED A 290 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:55,840 HIGH PROFILE PAPER 2 MONTHS AGO 291 00:13:55,840 --> 00:14:01,160 ABOUT RACIAL AND ETHNIC DRVESES 292 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,160 IN HYSTERECTOMY CORRECTED 293 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:09,080 UTERINE CORPUS MORTALITY AND 294 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:10,160 HISTOLOGIC SUBTYPE AND THIS HAS 295 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,360 GOTTEN A LOT OF PUBLICITY AS 296 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,720 WELL AS MEETINGS INVOLVING GUIN 297 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,640 OICOLOGGIC ONCOLOGISTS. 298 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,040 BUT WHAT THE TAKE HOME MESSAGE 299 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,360 IS THAT UTERINE DEATH RATES HAVE 300 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:23,920 BEEN RISING IN CONTRAST TO MOST 301 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:26,960 OTHER AREAS OF CANCER MORTALITY. 302 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,640 AND THEIR HIGHEST AMONG BLACK 303 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:31,600 WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES. 304 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,960 BLACK WOMEN ARE 2 TIMES AS 305 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:42,120 LIKELY TO DIE OF UTERINE CANCER 306 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:43,360 AND THEREFORE IT 307 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:44,360 DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS BLACK 308 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,400 WOMEN BUT ALSO NOW HISPANIC 309 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:48,320 WOMEN. 310 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,120 BETWEEN 2010 AND 2017, THERE WAS 311 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,720 A 3.5% INCREASE IN MORTALITY FOR 312 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:57,640 BLACK WOMEN AND A 6.7% FOR 313 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:58,080 HISPANIC WOMEN. 314 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,720 AND SHOWN ON THE RIGHT, AN 315 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:02,960 URGENT NEED FOR NEW RESEARCH IN 316 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:03,640 THE AFFECTED POPULATIONS. 317 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:09,280 I AM TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE 318 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,320 CONTEXT OF THE CANCER MOONSHOT 319 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:13,720 BECAUSE NCI RECOGNIZED ALREADY 320 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,720 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CANCER 321 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,880 MOONSHOT THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUS 322 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,200 DISPARITY AND SO 1 MOON SHOT 323 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:27,080 ACTIVITY IS ACTUALLY TO DO 324 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:31,480 RESEARCH FOCUS ESPECIALLY ON 325 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,640 BLACK WOMEN WHO DEVELOP UTERINE 326 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:34,880 CANCER. 327 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:38,480 AND WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING 328 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:39,760 MEETINGS, THE FIRST 1 IS 329 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,680 TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE 330 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:44,680 THE RESEARCH GAPS HERE AND HOW 331 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,920 CAN WE TRY TO NARROW THOSE GAPS 332 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,440 SO THAT SEVERAL YEARS FROM NOW, 333 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,880 WE WILL HOPEFULLY BE DOING A 334 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:58,960 BETTER JOB IN UNDERSTANDING AND 335 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,640 APPROACHING THIS CANCER. 336 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,400 NEXT SLIDE. 337 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:09,400 SO IN FEBRUARY PRESIDENT BIDEN 338 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,800 TALKED ABOUT THE CANCER MOONSHOT 339 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,120 IN ITS NEXT PHASE. 340 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,880 AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THERE 341 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,080 REALLY ARE 3 MAIN ACTIVITIES, 1 342 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,920 IS TO CUT THE CANCER DEATH RATE 343 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:26,080 AT LEAST IN HALF WITHIN 25 344 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:26,360 YEARS. 345 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:28,360 TWO, TO TRANSFORM THE MEANING OF 346 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,840 CANCER, AND 3 TO ADDRESS CANCER 347 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:32,320 ASSOCIATED INIQUITIES. 348 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,200 LET ME TALK ABOUT EACH OF THEM 349 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:36,840 BRIEFLY. 350 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,160 I HAVE ASKED A GROUP OF 351 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:43,320 INVESTIGATORS IN DCEG AND CCR TO 352 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,760 LOOK AT THE PROJECTIONS FOR 353 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:51,400 VARIOUS CANCERS, THE 1S WITH THE 354 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:55,320 HIGHEST MORTALITY RATES AND TO 355 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,920 LOOK 25 YEARS FORWARD, HOW DO 356 00:16:57,920 --> 00:16:59,040 THINGS LOOK? 357 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:00,960 HOW REALISTIC IS IT? 358 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:02,880 WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER 359 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,640 TO CUT THE CANCER DEATH RATE IN 360 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,840 HALF AND I'M HOPING THAT WITHIN 361 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,200 A COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT THEY 362 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,680 WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A PEER 363 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,120 REVIEW PUBLICATION ABOUT THIS 364 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:14,640 AREA. 365 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:17,880 TRANSFORM THE MEANING OF CANCER. 366 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,200 TO ME, EVEN IF WE CAN CUT THE 367 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,080 CANCER DEATH RATE BY MORE THAN 368 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:26,960 HALF WITHIN 25 YEARS, IF THERE 369 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,600 REMAIN MANY CANCERS WHERE WE 370 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:30,760 CAN'T CHANGE THE OUTLOOK FOR 371 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,760 PATIENT WHO IS DEVELOP THOSE 372 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,680 CANCERS, WE WILL NOT HAVE 373 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,760 TRANSFORMED THE MEANING OF 374 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:40,600 CANCER. 375 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,400 AND THEN ADDRESSING CANCER 376 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:44,480 ASSOCIATED INIQUITIES, IF WE 377 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,880 STILL HAVE MAJOR GAPS BETWEEN 378 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,000 DIFFERENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC 379 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,920 GROUPS, AND THEIR MORTALITY 380 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:53,800 RATES IN CANCER, WE ALSO WILL 381 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,760 NOT HAVE ACHIEVED THE GOAL OF 382 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:59,880 THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CANCER 383 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:00,120 MOONSHOT. 384 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:05,280 SO MY LAST SLIDE IS REALLY 385 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:06,200 TALKING--NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE IS 386 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,280 REALLY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE 387 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:09,480 ENVISION FOR TRYING TO 388 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:15,080 ACCOMPLISH THE NEW GOALS OF THE 389 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:15,640 CANCER MOONSHOT. 390 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,400 FIRST WE NEED TO INVEST IN THE 391 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,280 PIPELINE OF NEW DRUGS FOR CANCER 392 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,960 PREVENTION, INTERCEPTION AND 393 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:23,280 TREATMENT. 394 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,800 SECOND, WE NEED TO GREATLY 395 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:29,080 EXPAND CLINICAL TRIALS TO SPEED 396 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:30,720 THE EVALUATION OF CANDIDATE 397 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:35,280 INTERVENTIONS IN DIVERSE 398 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:37,240 POPULATIONS, RACIAL EETHNIC, 399 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:38,880 GEOGRAPHIC FOR EXAMPLE. 400 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,040 THIRD, WE NODE TO INSURE 401 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:42,320 EQUITABLE HEALTHCARE DELIVERY OF 402 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:46,080 CURRENT AND NEW STANDARDS OF 403 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:46,600 CARE. 404 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:51,440 AND THIS WILL REQUIRE A LOT OF 405 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:52,040 IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH AND 406 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,200 FOURTH, WE NEED TO INCREASE THE 407 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,640 DIVERSITY OF CANCER RESEARCH AND 408 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,960 THE CANCER CARE WORKFORCE TO 409 00:18:59,960 --> 00:19:02,080 MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLE THE 410 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:07,240 COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. 411 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,200 SO THIS IS REALLY A HIGH LEVEL 412 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:10,840 OVERVIEW, IF I COULD HAVE THE 413 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:17,600 LAST SLIDE OF WHAT I ENVISION 414 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,440 FOR NCI OVER THE NEXT PERIOD. 415 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,000 THIS NEEDLESS TO SAY IS JUST THE 416 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,920 TIP OF THE ICEBERG. 417 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,640 BUT I WANTED TO LEAVE ENOUGH 418 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:31,560 TIME FOR YOU ON THE BSC TO ASK 419 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:36,200 ME QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS 420 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:36,960 ABOUT THIS. 421 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:37,520 THANKS VERY MUCH. 422 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:41,400 >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH 423 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,280 DR. LOWY. 424 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:43,840 SO, THE FLOOR IS OPEN TO THE BSC 425 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:48,240 MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS. 426 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:53,000 >> I SEE STEVE LABOUDY AND 427 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,000 BARBARA AND STEVE, HOW ABOUT IN 428 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:55,800 THAT ORDER? 429 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:56,000 NDOUG. 430 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:01,040 THANK YOU THAT WAS A GREAT 431 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:02,880 OVERVIEW AND CONGRATULATIONS AND 432 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,000 I GUESS SOME CONDOLENCES ON ONCE 433 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,280 AGAIN HAVING TO OCCUPY THIS 434 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,080 POSITION ALTHOUGH I CAN TELL YOU 435 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:09,520 FROM-- 436 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,120 >> IT IS A GREAT--IT IS A GREAT 437 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:14,480 JOB AND A GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE 438 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:15,800 TO LEAD THE NCI. 439 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:18,040 >> WELL, I KNOW THAT AND-- 440 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:22,200 >> DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR ME. 441 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:22,880 >> I NEVER DO. 442 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:24,480 AND YOU HAVE TREMENDOUS ENERGY 443 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,160 AND COMPASSION AND FOCUS AND I 444 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,760 KNOW FROM MY OTHER CANCER CENTER 445 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,000 DIRECTOR COLLEAGUES WE'RE VERY, 446 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:33,800 VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE AT THE 447 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:34,640 HELM DURING THIS PERIOD. 448 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,680 SO MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT GIVEN 449 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,880 THE CHALLENGES THAT WE AWNCH 450 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,640 FACE EACH YEAR WITH RESPECT TO 451 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,320 PAY LINES ISSUES SUPPORTING 452 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:46,920 INITIATIVES LIKE THE MOON SHOT, 453 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:48,760 ALL OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE 454 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,160 WITH THE NEW MOON SHOT IN TERMS 455 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,600 OF THE IMPACT WE WOULD LIKE TO 456 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:57,160 MAKE, AND THE FACT THAT NOW, ARP 457 00:20:57,160 --> 00:20:59,760 A-H HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BUT HAS 458 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,440 BEEN RESOURCED WITH A--I THINK 459 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:05,720 IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY A 460 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:07,000 2.7 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET AND 461 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,040 THAT FURTHER IT IS NOT WITHIN 462 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,920 NIH BUT IS A SEPARATITY WITHIN 463 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:14,080 HHS. 464 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,760 ONE, ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE 465 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,520 RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT AND HOW THAT 466 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,600 MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT THE NCI'S 467 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:24,480 MISSION AND 2, ARE THEIR 468 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,360 MECHANISMS THAT WILL BE IN PLACE 469 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:29,760 TO F A SOME ACCORD NATION 470 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:33,520 AT LEAST WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF 471 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:35,200 RESOURCES, I RECOGNIZE THAT ARP 472 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:36,800 A-H IS MORE THAN JUST CANCER BUT 473 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,320 I KNOW THAT CANCER IS 1 OF THE 474 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,240 TOP 3 INITIATIVES THAT THE 475 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,880 ADMINISTRATION HAS IDENTIFIED IN 476 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:49,920 ITSELF JUSTIFICATION FOR 477 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,240 LAUNCHING A NEW ENTERPRISE. 478 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,600 SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON 479 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:55,600 THAT? 480 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,040 >> STEVE, THANKS VERY MUCH. 481 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,520 LET ME FIRST CLARIFY THAT WHAT 482 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:04,600 WAS APPROPRIATED IN FY22 WAS 1 483 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:05,000 BILLION DOLLAR. 484 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:10,240 THE 2.7 BILLION IS WHAT THE 485 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,760 HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE HAD IN THEIR 486 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,000 MARK UP. 487 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,280 BUT THAT'S FOR FY23, IT'S 488 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:19,480 UNCLEAR WHAT WILL HAPPEN. 489 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:23,280 LET ME FIRST TELL YOU THAT BOTH 490 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,280 CHAIR [INDISCERNIBLE] AS WELL AS 491 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,400 RANKING MEMBER COLE IN THEIR 492 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,440 OPENING REMARKS AT THE HEARING 493 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:31,840 WHERE I PARTICIPATED SAID ON THE 494 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:36,000 1 HAND THAT THEY WERE 495 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,080 ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ARP A-H BUT 496 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,360 ON THE OTHER HAND THEY WERE 497 00:22:40,360 --> 00:22:43,840 WORRIED THAT ARP A-H'S FUNDING 498 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,440 MIGHT COMPETE WITH THE FUNDING 499 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:47,760 OF NIH. 500 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:52,480 SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT 501 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:53,760 THEY SAID. 502 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,480 ARP A H IS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION 503 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,160 IN A COUPLE OF RESPECTS. 504 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,320 THE FIRST IS THAT ALTHOUGH 505 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:03,920 THERE'S AN APPROPRIATION THERE 506 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,320 ISN'T AN AUTHORIZATION YET AND 507 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,480 SOME OF THE SKIRMISHES THAT YOU 508 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:13,440 WERE TALKING ABOUT, STEVE ARE 509 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:14,600 UNRESOLVED ISSUES THAT 510 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,480 PRESUMABLY WILL BE RESOLVED WHEN 511 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:22,400 ARP A H IS AUTHORIZED. 512 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,640 IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT ARP A H IS 513 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,000 GOING TO DO EXACTLY WHARKS 514 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,920 PROPORTION OF ITS RESEARCH WOULD 515 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,680 BE ORIENTED TOWARDS CANCER AND 516 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:35,320 WHAT KINDS OF CANCER RESEARCH IT 517 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:36,960 MIGHT WANT TO DO. 518 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:42,320 WE WOULD BE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT 519 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:47,680 WORKING TOGETHER WITH ARP A H IN 520 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:48,880 AREAS OF CANCER RESEARCH AND WE 521 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,440 ASSUME THAT THERE WILL BE 522 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:52,720 REASONABLE ACCORD NATION BETWEEN 523 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,760 THE 2 BUT THERE'S NO 524 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:57,480 INFRASTRUCTURE THERE, ET CETERA. 525 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:04,000 I CAN'T GIVE YOU MORE 526 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:04,880 SPECIFICITY THAN THAT. 527 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:06,080 >> THANK YOU DOUG. 528 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,760 >> I THINK NANCY DAVIDSON. 529 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:08,720 >> YES. 530 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,320 >> DOUG, I DID. 531 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:12,800 WELCOME BACK AND STEVE ASKED ME 532 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:13,960 QUESTION, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 533 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,640 ANSWER, I APPRECIATE IT. 534 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:18,560 >> OKAY, BARBARA? 535 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,280 >> WELL, WELCOME BACK AND OF 536 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,880 COURSE THE HPV WORLD WELCOMES 537 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,240 YOU A SUPER AMOUNT BUT MAB I 538 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:31,600 MISSED THIS BUT GIVEN THE 539 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:32,520 APPROPRIATION, I DIDN'T REALLY 540 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:33,640 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE 541 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,480 WAS BETWEEN INTERNAL AND 542 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:36,240 EXTERNAL FUNDING BECAUSE 543 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,200 CERTAINLY THAT PAY LINE I THINK 544 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,200 AMONG OUR INVESTIGATORS HAS 545 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,360 BECOME REALLY FRUSTRATING IN 546 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:44,920 THAT WE DON'T REALLY SEE A 547 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,760 CHANGE DRAMATICALLY SO I'M JUST 548 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,760 WONDERING AGAIN, GIVEN WHAT 549 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,440 NCI'S APPROPRIATED BUT IS THE 550 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:52,680 ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN 551 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,400 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FUNDING? 552 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,600 >> ABOUT 85% OF OUR FUND SUGGEST 553 00:24:58,600 --> 00:24:59,080 EXTRAMURAL. 554 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:06,480 OKAY AND ABOUT 15% IS 555 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:07,880 INTRAMURAL. 556 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:08,720 >> AND THAT'S BEEN PRETTY 557 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:09,000 STEADY. 558 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,720 >> I WOULD SAY IT'S GONE DOWN A 559 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:13,320 BIT, OKAY? 560 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,680 IN OTHER WORDS, THE INTRAMURAL 561 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:16,840 PERCENTAGE HAS GONE DOWN A BIT 562 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:22,760 BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO 563 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,880 PRIORITIZE THE RPG POOL AND OF 564 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,200 COURSE, THERE'S--YOU KNOW 1 OF 565 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:34,760 THE REASONS THAT WE NEED TO FUND 566 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,000 MANY OTHER AREAS OF THE NCI 567 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,920 BUDGET IS BECAUSE THEY ALSO 568 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,120 SUPPORT TRAINING, RESEARCH, ET 569 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:48,320 CETERA, THEY'RE ALSO VERY 570 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:48,720 IMPORTANT. 571 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,200 SO, I THINK IT WOULD BE HARMFUL 572 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,960 FOR THE WHOLE ENTERPRISE IF WE 573 00:25:53,960 --> 00:26:00,440 WERE TO DRAMATICALLY IF YOU WILL 574 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:01,400 CHANGE THE DISTRIBUTION. 575 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:02,200 SO INSTEAD WHAT WE HAVE BEEN 576 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:06,640 DOING IS EACH YEAR, TRYING TO 577 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:10,600 PUT A BIT MORE OF THE FUNDING 578 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,480 INTO THE RPG POOL. 579 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,360 I REALIZE THAT THAT MAY NOT 580 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:15,480 TOTALLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 581 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,920 >> NO, IT DOES, IT DOES, THANK 582 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:19,080 YOU. 583 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:22,680 >> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS, 584 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:23,680 DOUG, ARE THERE ANY OTHER 585 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:25,680 QUESTIONS FROM THE BSC MEMBERS? 586 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,080 >> SO LET ME JUST CLARIFY THAT 587 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,400 WHEN I SAID X-RAY 588 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,520 CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, I SHOULD HAVE 589 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,960 SAID CRYOEM WHICH THE CRYOEM 590 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:38,520 FACILITY AT FREDERICK WHICH IS 591 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,640 EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE USE OF THE 592 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:46,160 EXTRAMURAL COMMUNITY HAS BEEN 593 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:46,880 EXTREMELY--VERY SUCCESSFUL AND I 594 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,800 HOPE THAT AT LEAST SOME OF YOU 595 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:56,720 ON THE BSC HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE 596 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:57,480 OF IT. 597 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,000 >> THANK YOU. 598 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,160 WELL IF THERE ARE NO MORE 599 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,960 QUESTIONS, THE ON BEHALF OF THE 600 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,960 BSC MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO VERY 601 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:05,840 MUCH DOUG FOR PRESENTING TO US 602 00:27:05,840 --> 00:00:00,000 TODAY.