1 00:00:24,098 --> 00:00:27,068 >> A WARM WELCOME TO DR. DOUG 2 00:00:27,068 --> 00:00:28,035 LOWY. 3 00:00:28,035 --> 00:00:30,605 IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU AT THE 4 00:00:30,605 --> 00:00:31,706 TOP OF THE HELM AND LOOKING 5 00:00:31,706 --> 00:00:35,476 FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTARY TOD 6 00:00:35,476 --> 00:00:35,676 TODAY. 7 00:00:35,676 --> 00:00:37,478 AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO 8 00:00:37,478 --> 00:00:38,713 EVERYONE. 9 00:00:38,713 --> 00:00:40,148 KEITH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A 10 00:00:40,148 --> 00:00:41,315 FEW OPENING REMARKS? 11 00:00:41,315 --> 00:00:44,051 >> I'D LIKE TO ECHO YOUR WARM 12 00:00:44,051 --> 00:00:45,520 WELCOME AND ESPECIALLY TO DOUG. 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,321 THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN MY 14 00:00:47,321 --> 00:00:50,792 TENURE THAT YOU HAVE STEPPED IN 15 00:00:50,792 --> 00:00:52,193 TO GUIDE US THROUGH A TRANSITION 16 00:00:52,193 --> 00:00:53,694 PERIOD. 17 00:00:53,694 --> 00:00:56,164 SO, THANK YOU AGAIN AS ALWAYS 18 00:00:56,164 --> 00:00:57,432 FOR YOUR STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO 19 00:00:57,432 --> 00:01:00,034 KEEPING THIS ORGANIZATION 20 00:01:00,034 --> 00:01:00,635 MOVING. 21 00:01:00,635 --> 00:01:03,404 AND THIS IS MY LAST MEETING. 22 00:01:03,404 --> 00:01:05,273 I'M SAD TO SAY. 23 00:01:05,273 --> 00:01:09,577 AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO 24 00:01:09,577 --> 00:01:12,046 PARTICULARLY ACKNOWLEDGE 25 00:01:12,046 --> 00:01:12,413 DR. PAULA GRAY. 26 00:01:12,413 --> 00:01:14,816 I THINK YOU HAVE ALL HAD AN 27 00:01:14,816 --> 00:01:18,920 OPPORTUNITY TO ADMIRE HER WORK 28 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,455 IN SUPPORT OF THESE BOARDS, BOTH 29 00:01:20,455 --> 00:01:21,189 OF THEM. 30 00:01:21,189 --> 00:01:23,224 OBVIOUSLY MY PERSPECTIVE WITHIN 31 00:01:23,224 --> 00:01:26,127 THE BSA EXTENDS BACK INTO THE 32 00:01:26,127 --> 00:01:27,628 BEGINNING OF MY TERM AND 33 00:01:27,628 --> 00:01:30,665 PARTICULARLY THESE PAST TWO 34 00:01:30,665 --> 00:01:33,201 YEARS WHERE I AND JOHN HAVE 35 00:01:33,201 --> 00:01:35,102 GOTTEN TO WITNESS HOW IT IS THAT 36 00:01:35,102 --> 00:01:38,005 PAULA WORKS BEHIND-THE-SCENES TO 37 00:01:38,005 --> 00:01:41,509 REALLY MAKE THESE BOARDS WORK IN 38 00:01:41,509 --> 00:01:44,412 THEIR INTEND PURPOSE. 39 00:01:44,412 --> 00:01:45,546 PAULET YOU'RE THE CONSTANT 40 00:01:45,546 --> 00:01:45,880 PROFESSIONAL. 41 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,049 I HAVE NEVER HAD THE HONOR OF 42 00:01:48,049 --> 00:01:49,917 WORKING WITH SOMEONE WHO YOU IS 43 00:01:49,917 --> 00:01:52,453 SO COMMITTED AND SO EXCELLENT IN 44 00:01:52,453 --> 00:01:53,154 THEIR JOB. 45 00:01:53,154 --> 00:01:55,289 YOU ARE THE INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY 46 00:01:55,289 --> 00:01:57,558 AND KNOWLEDGE OF THIS 47 00:01:57,558 --> 00:01:57,892 ORGANIZATION. 48 00:01:57,892 --> 00:02:00,294 I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW THIS BOARD 49 00:02:00,294 --> 00:02:00,862 WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT YOU. 50 00:02:00,862 --> 00:02:03,030 BUT I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR 51 00:02:03,030 --> 00:02:04,966 YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT IN THIS 52 00:02:04,966 --> 00:02:06,133 TIME. 53 00:02:06,133 --> 00:02:09,637 LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO PASS THE 54 00:02:09,637 --> 00:02:11,172 MICROPHONE TO KEN TO PROVIDE US 55 00:02:11,172 --> 00:02:12,306 WITH A FEW THOUGHTS BEFORE WE 56 00:02:12,306 --> 00:02:17,778 KICK OFF THE MEETING. 57 00:02:17,778 --> 00:02:18,613 >> THANK YOU. 58 00:02:18,613 --> 00:02:20,681 I WANTED TO SAY I'M GLAD TO BE 59 00:02:20,681 --> 00:02:20,882 HERE. 60 00:02:20,882 --> 00:02:23,451 I'M HERE AS A BSA MEMBER. 61 00:02:23,451 --> 00:02:26,187 THIS THE IS MY LAST DAY AS CHAIR 62 00:02:26,187 --> 00:02:28,990 AND TOMORROW I'LL BE A CANCER 63 00:02:28,990 --> 00:02:31,759 BIOLOGY FACULTY MEMBER BEFORE I 64 00:02:31,759 --> 00:02:32,093 MOVE UP HERE. 65 00:02:32,093 --> 00:02:33,961 I'M GLAD TO BE LEARNING FROM 66 00:02:33,961 --> 00:02:36,430 DOUG LOWY AND EVERYONE ELSE AND 67 00:02:36,430 --> 00:02:38,933 I WILL BE VERY QUIET DURING THIS 68 00:02:38,933 --> 00:02:39,166 MEETING. 69 00:02:39,166 --> 00:02:44,005 I'M HERE TO SOAK IT IN TODAY. 70 00:02:44,005 --> 00:02:44,639 SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT 71 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:45,973 EVERYONE DOES. 72 00:02:45,973 --> 00:02:46,707 >> THAT'S GREAT. 73 00:02:46,707 --> 00:02:51,712 I CONCUR WITH ALL OF KEITH'S 74 00:02:51,712 --> 00:02:54,615 COMMENTS. 75 00:02:54,615 --> 00:02:55,950 SO, REQUIRED ANNOUNCEMENTS. 76 00:02:55,950 --> 00:02:56,751 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MAY 77 00:02:56,751 --> 00:02:59,954 WISH TO EXPRESS VIEWS REGARDING 78 00:02:59,954 --> 00:03:03,724 ANY ITEMS DISCUSSED DURING THE 79 00:03:03,724 --> 00:03:04,358 MEETINGS MAY DO SO BY WRITING TO 80 00:03:04,358 --> 00:03:04,892 DR. PAULA GRAY WHO IS THE 81 00:03:04,892 --> 00:03:06,661 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE 82 00:03:06,661 --> 00:03:08,729 BOARD, WITHIN 10 DAYS FOLLOWING 83 00:03:08,729 --> 00:03:10,064 THIS MEETING B WRITTEN 84 00:03:10,064 --> 00:03:12,166 STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS 85 00:03:12,166 --> 00:03:13,868 OF THE PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE 86 00:03:13,868 --> 00:03:15,102 CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. 87 00:03:15,102 --> 00:03:17,405 AS BOARD MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO 88 00:03:17,405 --> 00:03:20,975 REMIND YOU ALL THAT WE HAVE TO 89 00:03:20,975 --> 00:03:21,976 ABSTAIN OURSELVES VIRTUALLY 90 00:03:21,976 --> 00:03:23,678 DURING SPECIFIC DISCUSSIONS 91 00:03:23,678 --> 00:03:25,813 WITHIN OUR PARTICIPATION AND 92 00:03:25,813 --> 00:03:28,449 DELIBERATIONS ON A PARTICULAR 93 00:03:28,449 --> 00:03:30,117 PRODUCT OR PROGRAM WOULD 94 00:03:30,117 --> 00:03:31,419 CONSTITUTE A CONFLICT OF 95 00:03:31,419 --> 00:03:31,886 INTEREST OR CREATE THE 96 00:03:31,886 --> 00:03:34,021 APPEARANCE OR PERCEPTION OF ONE. 97 00:03:34,021 --> 00:03:36,657 IT IS INCUMBENT UPON OURSELVES 98 00:03:36,657 --> 00:03:40,061 TO ADVISE THE EXECUTIVE 99 00:03:40,061 --> 00:03:41,128 SECRETARY AND ABSTAIN FROM 100 00:03:41,128 --> 00:03:42,096 PARTICIPATION OR DISCUSSION OR 101 00:03:42,096 --> 00:03:45,499 ACTION REGARDING THAT MATTER. 102 00:03:45,499 --> 00:03:46,734 IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT POLICIES 103 00:03:46,734 --> 00:03:48,169 GOVERNING CONFLICT OF INTEREST 104 00:03:48,169 --> 00:03:50,972 BASED ON FINANCIAL HOLDINGS OF 105 00:03:50,972 --> 00:03:51,739 SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND 106 00:03:51,739 --> 00:03:55,810 AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE TO 107 00:03:55,810 --> 00:03:58,379 DEPEND ON US TO VOLUNTARILY 108 00:03:58,379 --> 00:03:59,814 ABSTAIN DURING ANY AND ALL 109 00:03:59,814 --> 00:04:01,282 DISCUSSIONS OF MATTERS THAT 110 00:04:01,282 --> 00:04:03,351 COULD CONCEIVABLY IMPACT THE 111 00:04:03,351 --> 00:04:05,219 STATUS OF ANY OF THE HOLDINGS 112 00:04:05,219 --> 00:04:05,486 DISCUSSED. 113 00:04:05,486 --> 00:04:09,624 SO WE HAVE TO TRUST OUR JUDGMENT 114 00:04:09,624 --> 00:04:11,292 IN THESE INSTANCES OF THE DURING 115 00:04:11,292 --> 00:04:12,793 ANY CLOSED SESSION ANY MATERIALS 116 00:04:12,793 --> 00:04:16,831 OR DISCUSSIONS OF A CONFIDENTIAL 117 00:04:16,831 --> 00:04:18,532 NATURE ARE PRIVILEGED 118 00:04:18,532 --> 00:04:20,201 INFORMATION AND ARE MADE 119 00:04:20,201 --> 00:04:21,235 AVAILABLE ON A NEED TO KNOW 120 00:04:21,235 --> 00:04:22,403 BASE, SUCH DELIBERATIONS ARE 121 00:04:22,403 --> 00:04:25,039 PRIVATE AND THEIR CONTENT SHOULD 122 00:04:25,039 --> 00:04:27,041 NOT BE DIVULGED. 123 00:04:27,041 --> 00:04:29,043 SO FUTURE MEETING DATES ARE 124 00:04:29,043 --> 00:04:32,413 LISTED ON THE AGENDA ANDOR THE 125 00:04:32,413 --> 00:04:33,214 CANCER.GOV WEBSITE. 126 00:04:33,214 --> 00:04:37,652 BY LAW, A QUORUM OF BOARD 127 00:04:37,652 --> 00:04:39,787 MEMBERS IS REQUIRED WHETHER IN 128 00:04:39,787 --> 00:04:41,322 OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION. 129 00:04:41,322 --> 00:04:45,326 DURING THIS MEETING A MEMBER OF 130 00:04:45,326 --> 00:04:50,164 24 APPOINTED MEMBERS MUST BE 131 00:04:50,164 --> 00:04:51,465 PRESENT FOR THEIR VOTES. 132 00:04:51,465 --> 00:04:53,534 OUR PRESENCE IN THE VIRTUAL ROOM 133 00:04:53,534 --> 00:04:55,970 FOR ALL SEGMENTS OF THE MEETING 134 00:04:55,970 --> 00:04:57,004 IS A MUST AND REQUIRED. 135 00:04:57,004 --> 00:05:00,074 IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WHEN WE 136 00:05:00,074 --> 00:05:02,710 DO THE CONCEPTS LATER TODAY, 137 00:05:02,710 --> 00:05:04,245 WHILE BOTH BOARDS CAN 138 00:05:04,245 --> 00:05:05,913 PARTICIPATE, ONLY BSA MEMBERS 139 00:05:05,913 --> 00:05:08,115 WILL BE COUNTED IN THE VOTE. 140 00:05:08,115 --> 00:05:11,552 THE QUORUM WILL BE 15 MEMBERS 141 00:05:11,552 --> 00:05:11,886 FOR THE BSA. 142 00:05:11,886 --> 00:05:13,154 ADDITIONALLY, FOLLOWING THE 143 00:05:13,154 --> 00:05:17,024 SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS, ONLY NCATS 144 00:05:17,024 --> 00:05:18,459 MEMBERS WILL BE COUNTED IN THE 145 00:05:18,459 --> 00:05:18,859 VOTE. 146 00:05:18,859 --> 00:05:21,195 ALL BOARD MEMBERS CAN 147 00:05:21,195 --> 00:05:22,730 PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION. 148 00:05:22,730 --> 00:05:24,198 AND THE QUORUM WILL BE 10. 149 00:05:24,198 --> 00:05:26,333 DO WE HAVE QUORUM? 150 00:05:26,333 --> 00:05:27,001 >> YES WE DO. 151 00:05:27,001 --> 00:05:30,971 >> SO NEXT WE NEED TO APPROVE 152 00:05:30,971 --> 00:05:33,174 THE SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 NCATS 153 00:05:33,174 --> 00:05:36,744 VIRTUAL MEETING SUMMARY MINUTES. 154 00:05:36,744 --> 00:05:39,980 SO, WE NEED TO VOTE TO ACCEPT 155 00:05:39,980 --> 00:05:41,115 THOSE MINUTES. 156 00:05:41,115 --> 00:05:44,218 SO IS THERE A MOTION? 157 00:05:44,218 --> 00:05:46,554 >> SO MOVED. 158 00:05:46,554 --> 00:05:50,224 >> SECOND? 159 00:05:50,224 --> 00:05:51,625 >> SECOND. 160 00:05:51,625 --> 00:05:52,259 >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 161 00:05:52,259 --> 00:05:54,061 IF NOT, WE CAN VOTE. 162 00:05:54,061 --> 00:06:02,470 I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY 163 00:06:02,470 --> 00:06:03,604 NEIGHS, ANY ABSTENTIONS? 164 00:06:03,604 --> 00:06:04,905 -- ANY NAYs -- IF NOT T SEEMS 165 00:06:04,905 --> 00:06:07,975 WE HAVE UNANIMOUS VOTE. 166 00:06:07,975 --> 00:06:10,611 >> GREAT, YES. 167 00:06:10,611 --> 00:06:11,879 >> SO TO BE SURE THERE ARE NO 168 00:06:11,879 --> 00:06:14,115 INTERRUPTIONS, PLEASE ENSURE YOU 169 00:06:14,115 --> 00:06:18,152 MUTE YOUR MICS UNTIL RECOGNIZED 170 00:06:18,152 --> 00:06:19,220 BY EITHER ME OR PAULET OR THE 171 00:06:19,220 --> 00:06:23,224 ACTING NCI DIRECTOR OR THE 172 00:06:23,224 --> 00:06:25,526 SPEAKER WHO MAY BE ANSWERING 173 00:06:25,526 --> 00:06:27,061 YOUR QUESTIONS. 174 00:06:27,061 --> 00:06:30,064 SO WE'LL NOW BEGIN TODAY'S,A 175 00:06:30,064 --> 00:06:30,765 AGENDA WITH THE DIRECTOR'S 176 00:06:30,765 --> 00:06:33,601 REPORT BROUGHT TO US BY DR. LOWY 177 00:06:33,601 --> 00:06:36,670 WHO IS SERVING AS ACTING AT NCI 178 00:06:36,670 --> 00:06:37,638 DIRECTOR. 179 00:06:37,638 --> 00:06:37,838 DOUG. 180 00:06:37,838 --> 00:06:38,506 >> GOOD MORNING KEITH AND 181 00:06:38,506 --> 00:06:39,273 EVERYONE ELSE. 182 00:06:39,273 --> 00:06:43,177 GOOD MORNING TO THOSE OF YOU ON 183 00:06:43,177 --> 00:06:44,545 MOUNTAIN AND PACIFIC TIME AND 184 00:06:44,545 --> 00:06:46,147 GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE OTHERS WHO 185 00:06:46,147 --> 00:06:47,748 ARE CENTRAL AND EAST. 186 00:06:47,748 --> 00:06:55,389 IT'S ONCE AGAIN MY HONOR TO BE 187 00:06:55,389 --> 00:06:55,956 ACTING NCI DIRECTOR AS MANY 188 00:06:55,956 --> 00:07:01,162 OTHERS KNOW, IT'S A TERRIFIC 189 00:07:01,162 --> 00:07:02,029 POSITION IF I COULD HAVE THE 190 00:07:02,029 --> 00:07:02,596 NEXT SLIDE. 191 00:07:02,596 --> 00:07:07,401 I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH 192 00:07:07,401 --> 00:07:09,670 MY PRESENTATION IN 30 MINUTES OR 193 00:07:09,670 --> 00:07:13,674 SO, SO WE HAVE AT LEAST 10 194 00:07:13,674 --> 00:07:15,943 MINUTES FOR DISCUSSION 195 00:07:15,943 --> 00:07:16,577 AFTERWARDS. 196 00:07:16,577 --> 00:07:20,748 AND I'M DIVIDING THE 197 00:07:20,748 --> 00:07:22,449 PRESENTATION INTO FOUR PARTS. 198 00:07:22,449 --> 00:07:24,652 FIRST RECENT NEWS AND UPDATES. 199 00:07:24,652 --> 00:07:28,355 SECOND, SOME RESEARCH AND 200 00:07:28,355 --> 00:07:28,989 PROGRAMMATIC HIGHLIGHTS. 201 00:07:28,989 --> 00:07:33,194 THIRD, THE NCI BUDGET OUTLOOK 202 00:07:33,194 --> 00:07:36,430 AND FOURTHS, THE TIME FOR 203 00:07:36,430 --> 00:07:36,931 DISCUSSION. 204 00:07:36,931 --> 00:07:41,836 SO LET'S GO TO THE RECENT NEWS 205 00:07:41,836 --> 00:07:43,437 AND UPDATES. 206 00:07:43,437 --> 00:07:47,608 GO TWO SLIDES AHEAD, PLEASE. 207 00:07:47,608 --> 00:07:50,077 THIS, AS I HOPE YOU CAN SEE, IS 208 00:07:50,077 --> 00:07:54,682 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE THIRD 209 00:07:54,682 --> 00:08:00,287 TRANSITION SINCE 2017 WITH A NEW 210 00:08:00,287 --> 00:08:03,891 NCI DIRECTOR. 211 00:08:03,891 --> 00:08:06,794 AND DR. RATH MEL IS GOING TO 212 00:08:06,794 --> 00:08:08,195 BECOME THE NEXT NCI DIRECTOR IN 213 00:08:08,195 --> 00:08:12,066 THE NEAR FUTURE. 214 00:08:12,066 --> 00:08:13,500 VIRTUALLY ALL OF YOU KNOW HER. 215 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:15,970 NOT JUST BECAUSE OF HER 216 00:08:15,970 --> 00:08:17,605 LEADERSHIP POSITION AT 217 00:08:17,605 --> 00:08:19,139 VANDERBILT, BUT ALSO SHE HAS 218 00:08:19,139 --> 00:08:23,811 BEEN ON THE BSA AND IMPORTANT 219 00:08:23,811 --> 00:08:25,779 COP CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE 220 00:08:25,779 --> 00:08:29,583 BSA SINCE SHE JOINED IT. 221 00:08:29,583 --> 00:08:32,052 MONICA, I WON'T SEA SHE IS ON TO 222 00:08:32,052 --> 00:08:34,255 A BETTER PLACE, BUT SHE HAS 223 00:08:34,255 --> 00:08:37,124 MOVED ACROSS THE PARKING LOT TO 224 00:08:37,124 --> 00:08:41,295 BUILDING 1 AS THE NIH DIRECTOR. 225 00:08:41,295 --> 00:08:47,301 SHE WAS SWORN IN A COUPLE OF 226 00:08:47,301 --> 00:08:48,402 WEEKS AGO. 227 00:08:48,402 --> 00:08:51,772 AND IT REALLY IS GOING TO BE A 228 00:08:51,772 --> 00:08:56,477 VERY UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR NCI 229 00:08:56,477 --> 00:09:00,781 TO HAVE THE CURRENT NIH DIRECTOR 230 00:09:00,781 --> 00:09:05,252 TO HAVE JUST BEEN THE NCI 231 00:09:05,252 --> 00:09:05,519 DIRECTOR. 232 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:10,124 IF I COULD HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE. 233 00:09:10,124 --> 00:09:13,494 THIS IS SOME BAD NEWS. 234 00:09:13,494 --> 00:09:20,134 ALMOST ALL OF YOU KNOW -- 235 00:09:20,134 --> 00:09:22,469 UNFORTUNATELY, WORTA DIED TWO 236 00:09:22,469 --> 00:09:22,836 WEEKS AGO. 237 00:09:22,836 --> 00:09:25,773 SHE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE 238 00:09:25,773 --> 00:09:28,008 COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY RESEARCH 239 00:09:28,008 --> 00:09:30,945 PROGRAM, WHICH REALLY IS A 240 00:09:30,945 --> 00:09:35,616 LANDMARK VISIONARY PROGRAM THAT 241 00:09:35,616 --> 00:09:46,360 HAS BEEN A GEM FOR NC DEVELOPMER 242 00:09:56,770 --> 00:09:59,406 COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY AND THIS 243 00:09:59,406 --> 00:10:00,307 HAPPENED. 244 00:10:00,307 --> 00:10:03,610 WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING 245 00:10:03,610 --> 00:10:05,813 FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS 246 00:10:05,813 --> 00:10:07,214 CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD IN THE 247 00:10:07,214 --> 00:10:17,324 NEAR. 248 00:10:18,692 --> 00:10:20,794 MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS 249 00:10:20,794 --> 00:10:23,263 SLIDE, BUT THE CANCER MOONSHOT, 250 00:10:23,263 --> 00:10:27,501 PARTICULARLY THE REIGNITED 251 00:10:27,501 --> 00:10:31,605 VERSION, IS A GUIDING LIGHT FOR 252 00:10:31,605 --> 00:10:33,407 US BECAUSE OF THE THREE 253 00:10:33,407 --> 00:10:34,808 PRINCIPLE GOALS. 254 00:10:34,808 --> 00:10:36,510 REDUCING THE DEATH RATE BY AT 255 00:10:36,510 --> 00:10:39,146 LEAST 50% IN THE NEXT 25 256 00:10:39,146 --> 00:10:40,814 YEARS -- AND I PUT IN 257 00:10:40,814 --> 00:10:43,550 PARENTHESES, THIS IS HARD TO DO. 258 00:10:43,550 --> 00:10:44,985 OVERCOMING CANCER DISPARITIES IS 259 00:10:44,985 --> 00:10:45,819 EVEN HARDER. 260 00:10:45,819 --> 00:10:48,322 AND THEN ENDING CANCER AS WE 261 00:10:48,322 --> 00:10:53,327 KNOW IT FOR ALL IS ACTUALLY THE 262 00:10:53,327 --> 00:10:53,827 HARDEST. 263 00:10:53,827 --> 00:10:57,064 AND WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN 264 00:10:57,064 --> 00:11:00,334 EACH OF THESE AREAS. 265 00:11:00,334 --> 00:11:03,370 AND MONICA TALKED TO ME ABOUT 266 00:11:03,370 --> 00:11:05,572 THE REIGNITED CANCER MOONSHOT 267 00:11:05,572 --> 00:11:07,441 WITH FUNDS FROM THE INITIAL 268 00:11:07,441 --> 00:11:07,941 MOONSHOT. 269 00:11:07,941 --> 00:11:11,311 AND THEN, TO ENSURE --EUR JOB IS 270 00:11:11,311 --> 00:11:14,448 TO ENSURE THAT THE AS 271 00:11:14,448 --> 00:11:15,883 OPERATIONAL GOALS OF THE 272 00:11:15,883 --> 00:11:19,820 REIGNITED MOONSHOT BECOME 273 00:11:19,820 --> 00:11:20,087 FEASIBLE. 274 00:11:20,087 --> 00:11:25,893 NEXT SLIDE. 275 00:11:25,893 --> 00:11:27,795 IN SHOWS YOU ONE OF THE 276 00:11:27,795 --> 00:11:31,899 ACTIVITIES, THE BIDEN 277 00:11:31,899 --> 00:11:34,301 ADMINISTRATION CREATED THE 278 00:11:34,301 --> 00:11:36,703 CANCER CABINET TO ADVANCE THE 279 00:11:36,703 --> 00:11:38,772 GOALS OF THE CANCER MOONSHOT AND 280 00:11:38,772 --> 00:11:40,541 THE MOST RECENT MEETING OF THE 281 00:11:40,541 --> 00:11:44,178 CANCER CABINET WAS IN SEPTEMBER. 282 00:11:44,178 --> 00:11:48,315 YOU CAN BARELY SEE PRESIDENT 283 00:11:48,315 --> 00:11:52,319 BIDEN AND THE FIRST LADY ON THE 284 00:11:52,319 --> 00:11:54,855 FAR SIDE. 285 00:11:54,855 --> 00:11:59,359 DR. BIDEN IS IN THE RED DRESS 286 00:11:59,359 --> 00:12:00,360 AND PRESIDENT BIDE EP IS NEXT TO 287 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:00,527 HER. 288 00:12:00,527 --> 00:12:03,864 I WAS PRIVILEGED TO BE THERE AS 289 00:12:03,864 --> 00:12:08,202 THE LOWEST-RANKING MEMBER AT THE 290 00:12:08,202 --> 00:12:08,402 TABLE. 291 00:12:08,402 --> 00:12:17,010 AND THEY TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF 292 00:12:17,010 --> 00:12:27,287 NEW INITIATIVES. 293 00:12:28,388 --> 00:12:31,825 AND THE BIOMEDICAL DATA FABRIC 294 00:12:31,825 --> 00:12:32,893 DUEL BOX FOR CANCER IS ONE OF 295 00:12:32,893 --> 00:12:35,262 THE ACTIVITY WE ARE DOING WITH 296 00:12:35,262 --> 00:12:36,563 ARPA-H THAT WAS ANNOUNCED. 297 00:12:36,563 --> 00:12:41,001 THE VETERANS FOR TOBACCO 298 00:12:41,001 --> 00:12:42,202 CESSATION PROGRAMS JOINTLY WITH 299 00:12:42,202 --> 00:12:43,570 THE V.A. AND NCI. 300 00:12:43,570 --> 00:12:46,073 TWO-WAY DATA EXCHAINS BETWEEN 301 00:12:46,073 --> 00:12:49,743 THE NCI SEAR PROGRAM AND THE 302 00:12:49,743 --> 00:12:51,712 V.A. CANCER REGISTRY TO LEARN 303 00:12:51,712 --> 00:12:52,713 MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CANCER 304 00:12:52,713 --> 00:12:53,447 ON VETERANS. 305 00:12:53,447 --> 00:12:58,318 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PRESS 306 00:12:58,318 --> 00:13:02,556 RELEASE AT THE WEBSITE. 307 00:13:02,556 --> 00:13:04,458 THE NEXT SLIDE IS WHAT MADE IT 308 00:13:04,458 --> 00:13:07,761 SO EASY FOR ME TO BE HERE 309 00:13:07,761 --> 00:13:10,364 BECAUSE ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE 310 00:13:10,364 --> 00:13:13,700 CABINET MEMBERS AGENCY HEADS 311 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:14,301 ET CETERA, WHO WERE TALKING AT 312 00:13:14,301 --> 00:13:16,503 THE CANCER CABINET, WERE 313 00:13:16,503 --> 00:13:18,405 DISCUSSING COLLABORATIONS THAT 314 00:13:18,405 --> 00:13:20,107 THEY HAVE WITH NCI. 315 00:13:20,107 --> 00:13:22,042 SO IN TERMS OF THE DEPARTMENTS, 316 00:13:22,042 --> 00:13:25,312 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND 317 00:13:25,312 --> 00:13:27,381 ENERGY AND COMMERCE AND WITHIN 318 00:13:27,381 --> 00:13:36,023 THE DHHS, FDA, CDC, HRSA AND 319 00:13:36,023 --> 00:13:38,192 ARPA-H AND OF COURSE MANY OTHER 320 00:13:38,192 --> 00:13:44,031 COMPONENTS WITHIN HHS AND NIH. 321 00:13:44,031 --> 00:13:45,933 NEXT SLIDE. 322 00:13:45,933 --> 00:13:51,605 AND I ALSO REPRESENTED THE NCI 323 00:13:51,605 --> 00:13:53,740 DOWN IN THE FORT LAUDERDALE AREA 324 00:13:53,740 --> 00:13:56,443 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW 325 00:13:56,443 --> 00:14:00,480 WHERE IT IS, IT IS LIKE A SUBURB 326 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,317 OF FORT LATER DADE IN DAVEY. 327 00:14:03,317 --> 00:14:05,385 AND CONGRESSWOMAN, DEBI 328 00:14:05,385 --> 00:14:06,353 WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, A BREAST 329 00:14:06,353 --> 00:14:08,956 CANCER SURVIVOR, ORGANIZED THIS 330 00:14:08,956 --> 00:14:11,325 CANCER SURVIVORSHIP SUMMIT AND 331 00:14:11,325 --> 00:14:13,660 THE KEYNOTE SPEECH WAS GIVEN BY 332 00:14:13,660 --> 00:14:14,761 DR. JOE BIDEN. 333 00:14:14,761 --> 00:14:19,766 AND I TALKED ABOUT SURVIVORSHIP 334 00:14:19,766 --> 00:14:22,369 AND ITS IMPORTANCE AT THE 335 00:14:22,369 --> 00:14:23,270 MEETING. 336 00:14:23,270 --> 00:14:25,439 AND THREE OF THE FLORIDA CANCER 337 00:14:25,439 --> 00:14:28,942 CENTERS, NCI-DESIGNATED CANCER 338 00:14:28,942 --> 00:14:31,578 CENTERS, THE HEADS, WERE THERE 339 00:14:31,578 --> 00:14:36,917 AS WELL AND HAD A VERY 340 00:14:36,917 --> 00:14:37,484 INTERESTING PANEL DISCUSSION 341 00:14:37,484 --> 00:14:38,218 AMONG THEM. 342 00:14:38,218 --> 00:14:39,019 NEXT SLIDE. 343 00:14:39,019 --> 00:14:41,188 SO I WANT TO GO ON AND TALK 344 00:14:41,188 --> 00:14:43,624 ABOUT RESEARCH AND PROGRAMMATIC 345 00:14:43,624 --> 00:14:44,057 HIGHLIGHTS. 346 00:14:44,057 --> 00:14:45,792 THIS IS NOT EVERYTHING WE ARE 347 00:14:45,792 --> 00:14:46,059 DOING. 348 00:14:46,059 --> 00:14:47,961 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EVEN THE 349 00:14:47,961 --> 00:14:49,463 MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. 350 00:14:49,463 --> 00:14:52,432 BUT I THINK THAT THEY LARGELY 351 00:14:52,432 --> 00:14:55,836 RELATE TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF 352 00:14:55,836 --> 00:14:58,905 THE MOONSHOT EITHER DIRECTLY OR 353 00:14:58,905 --> 00:14:59,206 INDIRECTLY. 354 00:14:59,206 --> 00:15:04,344 NEXT SLIDE. 355 00:15:04,344 --> 00:15:14,554 THIS IS A VERY RECENT PAPER 356 00:15:14,554 --> 00:15:17,524 ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 357 00:15:17,524 --> 00:15:18,091 CANCER-SPECIFIC DEATHS THAT 358 00:15:18,091 --> 00:15:21,395 COULD BE AVERTED PER 100,000 359 00:15:21,395 --> 00:15:23,030 ELIGIBLE FOR SCREENING. 360 00:15:23,030 --> 00:15:25,432 WHAT THE NUMBERS SHOW IS PER 361 00:15:25,432 --> 00:15:27,234 100,000, THE NUMBER OF DEATHS 362 00:15:27,234 --> 00:15:29,603 THAT COULD BE AVERTED IF THERE 363 00:15:29,603 --> 00:15:34,174 WERE A 10% INCREASE IN THE 364 00:15:34,174 --> 00:15:36,443 SCREENING FOR LUNG CANCER, 365 00:15:36,443 --> 00:15:39,613 COLORECTAL, BREAST AND CERVICAL 366 00:15:39,613 --> 00:15:44,284 CANCER. 367 00:15:44,284 --> 00:15:47,354 YOU CAN SEE THAT LUNG CANCER HAS 368 00:15:47,354 --> 00:15:47,554 A LOT. 369 00:15:47,554 --> 00:15:49,389 IF YOU ADDED SMOKING CESSATION, 370 00:15:49,389 --> 00:15:52,459 LET'S SAY YOU HAD A 15% SUCCESS 371 00:15:52,459 --> 00:15:56,396 RATE, IT COULD INCREASE THE 372 00:15:56,396 --> 00:15:57,931 NUMBER OF DEATHS PREVENTED FROM 373 00:15:57,931 --> 00:15:58,465 LUNG CANCER. 374 00:15:58,465 --> 00:16:01,735 WHAT'S NOT SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE 375 00:16:01,735 --> 00:16:03,704 IS THAT THERE ALSO WOULD BE MANY 376 00:16:03,704 --> 00:16:07,341 DEATHS PREVENTED IF THERE WAS 377 00:16:07,341 --> 00:16:08,108 SMOKING CESSATION FROM A 378 00:16:08,108 --> 00:16:12,546 DECREASE IN CARDIOVASCULAR AND 379 00:16:12,546 --> 00:16:12,979 PULMONARY DISEASE. 380 00:16:12,979 --> 00:16:17,284 COLORECTAL CANCER IS ALSO HIGH. 381 00:16:17,284 --> 00:16:18,585 BREAST CANCER AND CERVICAL 382 00:16:18,585 --> 00:16:20,854 CANCER CERTAINLY WOULD PREVENT 383 00:16:20,854 --> 00:16:23,824 SOME BUT NOT AS MANY AS LUNG 384 00:16:23,824 --> 00:16:25,926 CANCERS AND COLORECTAL CANCER 385 00:16:25,926 --> 00:16:26,193 SCREENING. 386 00:16:26,193 --> 00:16:29,463 AND I WANT TO ALSO EMPHASIZE 387 00:16:29,463 --> 00:16:32,799 THAT LUNG CANCER SCREENING 388 00:16:32,799 --> 00:16:35,869 ACTUALLY IS FOR UNDER 389 00:16:35,869 --> 00:16:38,405 REPRESENTED MINORITIES AND FOR 390 00:16:38,405 --> 00:16:41,742 WOMEN THAT THEY ARE -- THEY TEND 391 00:16:41,742 --> 00:16:43,744 TO BE UNDERREPRESENTED WITH 392 00:16:43,744 --> 00:16:45,479 CURRENT LUNG CANCER SCREENING 393 00:16:45,479 --> 00:16:45,912 GUIDELINES. 394 00:16:45,912 --> 00:16:47,547 SO THIS -- IF THERE WAS AN 395 00:16:47,547 --> 00:16:50,050 INCREASE IN SCREENING OF 396 00:16:50,050 --> 00:16:52,552 ELIGIBLE PEOPLE, IT COULD HELP 397 00:16:52,552 --> 00:16:56,123 TO NARROW DISPARITIES. 398 00:16:56,123 --> 00:16:58,458 NEXT SLIDE. 399 00:16:58,458 --> 00:17:00,961 AND THE PAPER THAT I WAS JUST 400 00:17:00,961 --> 00:17:03,296 SHOWING WAS REALLY THE SENIOR 401 00:17:03,296 --> 00:17:07,000 AUTHOR IS ROCKY FEUER, WHO IS 402 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,269 GOING TO BE RETIRING NEXT MONTH. 403 00:17:09,269 --> 00:17:14,775 AND ROCKY REALLY IMVENTED SIS 404 00:17:14,775 --> 00:17:16,610 NET, AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ON 405 00:17:16,610 --> 00:17:20,647 THE BSA ESPECIALLY, REMEMBER THE 406 00:17:20,647 --> 00:17:22,315 RE-ISSUANCE OF CISNET. 407 00:17:22,315 --> 00:17:25,619 BUT IT IS A MODELING NETWORK 408 00:17:25,619 --> 00:17:28,288 THAT HAS HAD ENORMOUS IMPACT, 409 00:17:28,288 --> 00:17:30,490 NOT JUST AT THE LEVEL OF NCI AND 410 00:17:30,490 --> 00:17:32,125 CANCER RESEARCH, BUT WITH THE 411 00:17:32,125 --> 00:17:34,461 PREVENTION SERVICES TASK FORCE 412 00:17:34,461 --> 00:17:37,864 FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. 413 00:17:37,864 --> 00:17:39,733 HE ALSO DEVELOPED THE JOINT 414 00:17:39,733 --> 00:17:41,468 POINT AND NOW SOFTWARE IS 415 00:17:41,468 --> 00:17:43,136 AVAILABLE FOR MEASURING THAT, 416 00:17:43,136 --> 00:17:46,606 WHICH IS THE STANDARD WAY OF 417 00:17:46,606 --> 00:17:49,743 MEASURING CANCER TRENDS IN SEER 418 00:17:49,743 --> 00:17:52,579 AND INCIDENTS-BASED MORTALITY. 419 00:17:52,579 --> 00:17:54,014 FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS LOOKING 420 00:17:54,014 --> 00:17:56,149 BACK AT WHAT WAS THE PRIMARY 421 00:17:56,149 --> 00:18:00,153 CANCER AND THEN THE METASTASES. 422 00:18:00,153 --> 00:18:01,521 IN THE PAPER THAT ROCKY WAS 423 00:18:01,521 --> 00:18:04,191 INVOLVED WITH BACK IN 2020, 424 00:18:04,191 --> 00:18:05,992 LOOKING AT ADVANCES IN LUNG 425 00:18:05,992 --> 00:18:08,528 CANCER TREATMENT, A SUBSET OF 426 00:18:08,528 --> 00:18:11,698 THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE PUT DOWN 427 00:18:11,698 --> 00:18:13,934 AS HAVING DIED FROM LUNG CANCER, 428 00:18:13,934 --> 00:18:16,336 THEIR PRIMARY CANCER WAS 429 00:18:16,336 --> 00:18:16,937 ELSEWHERE AND THEY WERE DYING 430 00:18:16,937 --> 00:18:20,841 FROM METASTATIC CANCER TO THE 431 00:18:20,841 --> 00:18:23,677 LUNG BUT IT WAS NOT PRIMARY LUNG 432 00:18:23,677 --> 00:18:23,910 CANCER. 433 00:18:23,910 --> 00:18:29,316 AND THIS WAS USING THIS ASSAY OF 434 00:18:29,316 --> 00:18:31,685 INCIDENCE-BASED MORTALITY AND 435 00:18:31,685 --> 00:18:35,455 DR. FEUER AS BEEN NOMINATED FOR 436 00:18:35,455 --> 00:18:37,657 A SAMMIES AWARD. 437 00:18:37,657 --> 00:18:41,261 HE HAD AN ENORMOUS IMPACT AND 438 00:18:41,261 --> 00:18:43,930 WE'LL BE -- WILL BE MISSED. 439 00:18:43,930 --> 00:18:46,500 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. 440 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:47,767 VERY IMPORTANT FOR MANY 441 00:18:47,767 --> 00:18:50,303 DIFFERENT ASPECTS BUT THIS 442 00:18:50,303 --> 00:18:52,339 PAPER, ONE OF THE THINGS IT 443 00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:56,142 EMPHASIZED IS CANCER SCREENING 444 00:18:56,142 --> 00:18:56,610 INTERVENTIONS. 445 00:18:56,610 --> 00:18:58,011 AND BASICALLY SOCIAL 446 00:18:58,011 --> 00:18:59,713 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH WHETHER 447 00:18:59,713 --> 00:19:01,248 YOU'RE ON A LOWER END OR UPPER 448 00:19:01,248 --> 00:19:05,118 END, ACTUALLY HAS A SUBSTANTIAL 449 00:19:05,118 --> 00:19:06,553 ASSOCIATION WITH WHETHER YOU'RE 450 00:19:06,553 --> 00:19:08,388 GOING TO BE SCREENED OR NOT. 451 00:19:08,388 --> 00:19:12,092 THIS IS NOT SURPRISING BUT THIS 452 00:19:12,092 --> 00:19:14,361 IS EVIDENCE THAT THE IMPORTANCE 453 00:19:14,361 --> 00:19:16,863 OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH 454 00:19:16,863 --> 00:19:21,735 IS CRITICAL PARAMETER. 455 00:19:21,735 --> 00:19:22,602 NEXT SLIDE. 456 00:19:22,602 --> 00:19:25,305 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE 457 00:19:25,305 --> 00:19:30,977 TRYING TO DO IS TO THE EXTENT 458 00:19:30,977 --> 00:19:32,245 POSSIBLE, BRING CANCER CARE, 459 00:19:32,245 --> 00:19:35,515 CANCER SCREENING AND CANCER 460 00:19:35,515 --> 00:19:36,650 PREVENTION TO THE PATIENT RATHER 461 00:19:36,650 --> 00:19:42,989 THAN BRINGING THE CANCER CONTROL 462 00:19:42,989 --> 00:19:44,858 AND TREATMENT OF THE PATIENT TO 463 00:19:44,858 --> 00:19:48,828 THOSE INTERVENTIONS. 464 00:19:48,828 --> 00:19:55,135 SO, CERVICAL CANCER IS AN 465 00:19:55,135 --> 00:19:55,735 INTERESTING SITUATION BECAUSE 466 00:19:55,735 --> 00:19:56,369 EVERYTHING THAT'S FDA APPROVED 467 00:19:56,369 --> 00:19:58,371 IS APPROVED WITH HEALTH CARE 468 00:19:58,371 --> 00:20:05,712 WORKERS DOING THE SAMPLING. 469 00:20:05,712 --> 00:20:06,346 BUT MANY COUNTRIES ACTUALLY HAVE 470 00:20:06,346 --> 00:20:09,182 SELF SAMPLING AND IT'S A WAY OF 471 00:20:09,182 --> 00:20:10,483 BRINGING SCREENING TO THE 472 00:20:10,483 --> 00:20:13,186 PATIENT INSTEAD OF BRINGING THE 473 00:20:13,186 --> 00:20:16,856 PATIENT TO THE SCREENING, AT 474 00:20:16,856 --> 00:20:18,592 LEAST INITIALLY. 475 00:20:18,592 --> 00:20:19,426 AND WE KNOW THAT ABOUT HALF OF 476 00:20:19,426 --> 00:20:22,062 THE PATIENTS WHO ARE 477 00:20:22,062 --> 00:20:22,796 UNDERSCREENED, THAT'S WHERE HALF 478 00:20:22,796 --> 00:20:24,831 OF THE PEOPLE WHO GET CERVICAL 479 00:20:24,831 --> 00:20:27,133 CANCER IN THE U.S. COME FROM. 480 00:20:27,133 --> 00:20:31,137 AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE 481 00:20:31,137 --> 00:20:33,707 UNDERSCREENED PATIENTS ARE 482 00:20:33,707 --> 00:20:34,140 UNDER-INSURED. 483 00:20:34,140 --> 00:20:38,011 AND MANY OF THEM ARE HISPANIC. 484 00:20:38,011 --> 00:20:39,579 THIS COULD BE YET AUTHOR WAY OF 485 00:20:39,579 --> 00:20:43,316 TRYING TO HELP ADDRESS 486 00:20:43,316 --> 00:20:44,317 PARTIALLY, OVERCOME A HEALTH 487 00:20:44,317 --> 00:20:44,618 DISPARITY. 488 00:20:44,618 --> 00:20:47,020 WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FDA 489 00:20:47,020 --> 00:20:49,823 COMPANIES TO DO THIS LAST MILE 490 00:20:49,823 --> 00:20:52,092 INITIATIVE OF RANDOMIZED CONTROL 491 00:20:52,092 --> 00:20:55,061 TRIAL TO TRY TO PROVIDE 492 00:20:55,061 --> 00:20:56,830 SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR THE FDA 493 00:20:56,830 --> 00:21:01,601 TO WORK THROUGH SELF SAMPLING. 494 00:21:01,601 --> 00:21:03,203 NEXT SLIDE. 495 00:21:03,203 --> 00:21:05,639 AND YOU HAVE ALL HEARD, BECAUSE 496 00:21:05,639 --> 00:21:10,510 YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THE INITIAL 497 00:21:10,510 --> 00:21:11,645 PRESENTATIONS OF THE VANGUARD 498 00:21:11,645 --> 00:21:14,981 STUDY FOR THE MULTI-CANCER 499 00:21:14,981 --> 00:21:15,348 DETECTION TEST. 500 00:21:15,348 --> 00:21:18,685 AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD AT THE 501 00:21:18,685 --> 00:21:19,653 BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO BE ABLE 502 00:21:19,653 --> 00:21:22,389 TO FUND MULTIPLE CANCERS THAT 503 00:21:22,389 --> 00:21:25,892 WILL BE STARTING, THE INITIAL 504 00:21:25,892 --> 00:21:27,927 SCREENING STUDY THAT IS REFERRED 505 00:21:27,927 --> 00:21:32,732 TO AS THE VANGUARD STUDY. 506 00:21:32,732 --> 00:21:35,568 NEXT SLIDE. 507 00:21:35,568 --> 00:21:37,070 SO THIS SLIDE REALLY IS GOING 508 00:21:37,070 --> 00:21:39,372 FROM THE SCREENING ISSUE TO 509 00:21:39,372 --> 00:21:42,909 LOOKING AT MORTALITY RATES. 510 00:21:42,909 --> 00:21:46,446 AND IT'S FROM A PAPER THAT WAS 511 00:21:46,446 --> 00:21:48,848 PUBLISHED LAST YEAR, PRIMARILY 512 00:21:48,848 --> 00:21:54,287 FROM INVESTIGATORS IN DCCPS AND 513 00:21:54,287 --> 00:21:57,457 BOB COIL WAS THE LAST AUTHOR OF 514 00:21:57,457 --> 00:21:57,991 THE PAPER. 515 00:21:57,991 --> 00:22:00,360 IT'S REALLY DIVIDED, IF YOU 516 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:02,395 WILL, INTO THREE PARTS. 517 00:22:02,395 --> 00:22:04,831 CANCER MORTALITY RATES AND ALL 518 00:22:04,831 --> 00:22:06,933 SITES, LUNG AND BRONCH US IN THE 519 00:22:06,933 --> 00:22:12,739 MIDDLE AND COLORECTAL ON THE 520 00:22:12,739 --> 00:22:15,175 RIGHT. 521 00:22:15,175 --> 00:22:25,685 AND THE WADE -- AND THE WHITE 522 00:22:31,524 --> 00:22:34,794 BARS ARE NON-POSTIE COUNTS, AND 523 00:22:34,794 --> 00:22:37,931 THE BLACK BARS ARE THE 524 00:22:37,931 --> 00:22:39,265 PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTERRIES. 525 00:22:39,265 --> 00:22:41,367 WHAT I THINK YOU CAN SEE IF YOU 526 00:22:41,367 --> 00:22:46,172 LOOK AT ALL SITES, IS THAT THERE 527 00:22:46,172 --> 00:22:50,710 IS A HIGHER MORTALITY RATE FOR 528 00:22:50,710 --> 00:22:51,611 BLACKS COMPARED TO WHITES. 529 00:22:51,611 --> 00:22:53,947 THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A MAJOR 530 00:22:53,947 --> 00:22:59,686 DIFFERENT FOR THE URBAN PEOPLE 531 00:22:59,686 --> 00:23:02,188 WHETHER THEY ARE UNTIL POOR 532 00:23:02,188 --> 00:23:03,590 COUNTIES OR NOT. 533 00:23:03,590 --> 00:23:07,694 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RURAL 534 00:23:07,694 --> 00:23:11,030 COUNTIES UTHAT'S WITH THE RED 535 00:23:11,030 --> 00:23:14,234 OVAL, THEIR MORTALITY RATES ARE 536 00:23:14,234 --> 00:23:16,903 A BIT HIGHER BOTH FOR BLACKS AND 537 00:23:16,903 --> 00:23:18,671 WHITES COMPARED TO THE 538 00:23:18,671 --> 00:23:20,340 COMPARABLE URBAN POPULATION. 539 00:23:20,340 --> 00:23:24,377 BUT IF YOU NOW TURN TO LUNG AND 540 00:23:24,377 --> 00:23:26,913 BRONCHUS IN THE MIDDLE, WHAT I 541 00:23:26,913 --> 00:23:29,282 HOPE YOU CAN APPRECIATE IS THAT 542 00:23:29,282 --> 00:23:33,386 THE RURAL MORTALITY RATES FOR 543 00:23:33,386 --> 00:23:34,387 BOTH BLACK PATIENTS AND WHITE 544 00:23:34,387 --> 00:23:36,055 PATIENTS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY 545 00:23:36,055 --> 00:23:38,925 HIGHER THAN THE MORTALITY RATES 546 00:23:38,925 --> 00:23:41,594 FOR BLACK AND WHITE PATIENTS WHO 547 00:23:41,594 --> 00:23:43,129 ARE URBAN PATIENTS. 548 00:23:43,129 --> 00:23:46,766 AND THIS IS PROBABLY A 549 00:23:46,766 --> 00:23:48,735 COMBINATION OF MORE SMOKING IN 550 00:23:48,735 --> 00:23:53,439 RURAL AREAS AND PROBABLY IN 551 00:23:53,439 --> 00:23:56,476 ADDITION, LESS ACCESS TO THE 552 00:23:56,476 --> 00:23:59,813 ADVANCES IN CANCER -- LUNG 553 00:23:59,813 --> 00:24:00,947 CANCER TREATMENT. 554 00:24:00,947 --> 00:24:03,550 AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU SEE, 555 00:24:03,550 --> 00:24:05,919 ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL 556 00:24:05,919 --> 00:24:08,121 POPULATIONS WITH THE PERSISTENT 557 00:24:08,121 --> 00:24:11,157 POVERTY VERSUS THE NON-POVERTY 558 00:24:11,157 --> 00:24:12,859 GROUPS, ARE SUBSTANTIAL WITH 559 00:24:12,859 --> 00:24:14,227 LUNG AND BRONCHUS AND YOU CAN 560 00:24:14,227 --> 00:24:16,930 SEE THAT IF YOU LOOK OVER AT 561 00:24:16,930 --> 00:24:19,299 COLORECTAL, AGAIN IN THE RURAL 562 00:24:19,299 --> 00:24:22,602 AREA, PERSISTENT POVERTY IS VERY 563 00:24:22,602 --> 00:24:25,205 IMPORTANT BOTH FOR BLACK RURAL 564 00:24:25,205 --> 00:24:28,975 PATIENTS AND WHITE RURAL 565 00:24:28,975 --> 00:24:29,242 PATIENTS. 566 00:24:29,242 --> 00:24:31,277 NEXT SLIDE. 567 00:24:31,277 --> 00:24:34,848 SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU WHAT HAS 568 00:24:34,848 --> 00:24:38,818 HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF 569 00:24:38,818 --> 00:24:40,753 DECADES WITH REGARD TO INCIDENCE 570 00:24:40,753 --> 00:24:44,257 OF LUNG CANCER AND MORTALITY 571 00:24:44,257 --> 00:24:46,593 RATES FOR LUNG CANCER. 572 00:24:46,593 --> 00:24:50,096 IF YOU LOOK FIRST AT THE TOP 573 00:24:50,096 --> 00:24:52,866 TABLE OR THE TOP PART OF THE 574 00:24:52,866 --> 00:24:54,367 GRAPH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS 575 00:24:54,367 --> 00:24:56,970 A PROGRESSIVE DECREASE IN THE 576 00:24:56,970 --> 00:24:58,438 INCIDENCE OF LUNG CANCER. 577 00:24:58,438 --> 00:25:02,842 THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY BECAUSE OF 578 00:25:02,842 --> 00:25:03,343 SMOKING CESSATION. 579 00:25:03,343 --> 00:25:05,311 IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLES, 580 00:25:05,311 --> 00:25:07,013 YOU'LL SEE THAT THE RATE OF DOE 581 00:25:07,013 --> 00:25:14,254 CREASE IS ABOUT 2% PER YEAR IN 582 00:25:14,254 --> 00:25:14,520 INCIDENTS. 583 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,055 BUT IF YOU NOW TURP TO YOUR 584 00:25:16,055 --> 00:25:18,391 ATTENTION TO THE MORTALITY 585 00:25:18,391 --> 00:25:20,059 RATES, WHAT I HOPE YOU CAN 586 00:25:20,059 --> 00:25:21,895 APPRECIATE, ESPECIALLY IN THE 587 00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:22,929 TABLE, IF YOU LOOK ALL THE WAY 588 00:25:22,929 --> 00:25:27,267 ON THE RIGHT, THE ANNUAL 589 00:25:27,267 --> 00:25:28,935 PERCENTAGE CHANGED IN EACH OF 590 00:25:28,935 --> 00:25:32,171 THE LAST SIX YEARS IS OVER 4 591 00:25:32,171 --> 00:25:35,642 1/2%, 4.7% ANNUAL CHANGE. 592 00:25:35,642 --> 00:25:37,644 SO IT'S MORE THAN TWICE THE 593 00:25:37,644 --> 00:25:40,580 MORTALITY RATES ARE GOING DOWN 594 00:25:40,580 --> 00:25:43,716 BY MORE THAN TWICE AS FAST FOR 595 00:25:43,716 --> 00:25:47,020 LUNG CANCER AS FOR THE INCIDENCE 596 00:25:47,020 --> 00:25:47,420 RATES. 597 00:25:47,420 --> 00:25:50,790 AND THIS, WE THINK, IS LARGELY 598 00:25:50,790 --> 00:25:54,027 ATTRIBUTABLE TO ADVANCES IN 599 00:25:54,027 --> 00:25:54,727 CANCER TREATMENT. 600 00:25:54,727 --> 00:26:00,466 SHOWING THE NEXT SLIDE, IT SHOWS 601 00:26:00,466 --> 00:26:03,403 THIS ADVANCE IS LARGELY WHAT 602 00:26:03,403 --> 00:26:04,804 HAPPENED WITH LUNG 603 00:26:04,804 --> 00:26:05,171 ADENOCARCINOMA. 604 00:26:05,171 --> 00:26:11,611 YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THESE 605 00:26:11,611 --> 00:26:14,047 DIFFERENT DRUG APPROVALS JUST IN 606 00:26:14,047 --> 00:26:18,851 THE LAST TWO YEARS FOR LUNG 607 00:26:18,851 --> 00:26:19,085 CANCER. 608 00:26:19,085 --> 00:26:21,921 AND I JUST WANT TO LARK EN BACK 609 00:26:21,921 --> 00:26:25,258 TO WHAT YOU SAW -- HARKEN 610 00:26:25,258 --> 00:26:26,359 BACK -- WITH THE RURAL VERSUS 611 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:27,393 URBAN PATIENTS. 612 00:26:27,393 --> 00:26:31,965 WE SUSPECT IN TRYING TO DO 613 00:26:31,965 --> 00:26:32,765 NANCYS TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT 614 00:26:32,765 --> 00:26:34,767 THE PEOPLE IN RURAL AREAS JUST 615 00:26:34,767 --> 00:26:38,438 DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ACCESS TO 616 00:26:38,438 --> 00:26:41,941 THESE NEW DRUGS THE WAY THAT 617 00:26:41,941 --> 00:26:44,844 PEOPLE IN URBAN AREAS HAVE. 618 00:26:44,844 --> 00:26:46,479 NEXT SLIDE. 619 00:26:46,479 --> 00:26:52,285 AND FOR THOSE ON THE NCAB, 620 00:26:52,285 --> 00:26:54,620 CARLENE RILEY IN SEPTEMBER, DID 621 00:26:54,620 --> 00:26:57,056 A REALLY TERRIFIC PRESENTATION 622 00:26:57,056 --> 00:26:59,625 ABOUT MY PART, WHICH IS THE 623 00:26:59,625 --> 00:27:04,464 ACRONYM FOR HIGH TIDE AT RICK 624 00:27:04,464 --> 00:27:08,368 AND ADULT RARE TUMOR NETWORK. 625 00:27:08,368 --> 00:27:11,270 THIS IS A MOONSHOT ACTIVITY FROM 626 00:27:11,270 --> 00:27:14,207 MOONSHOT 1.0. 627 00:27:14,207 --> 00:27:16,876 IS IT FOCUSED ON THE CLINICAL 628 00:27:16,876 --> 00:27:21,581 CENTER BUT IT IS NOT JUST AN 629 00:27:21,581 --> 00:27:22,048 EXTRAMURAL-INTRAMURAL 630 00:27:22,048 --> 00:27:24,484 COLLABORATION BUT IT IS ALSO AN 631 00:27:24,484 --> 00:27:25,885 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION. 632 00:27:25,885 --> 00:27:28,321 MORE THAN 25 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 633 00:27:28,321 --> 00:27:30,656 HAVE CONTRIBUTED PATIENTS. 634 00:27:30,656 --> 00:27:36,062 THEY ENROLLED MORE THAN 500 635 00:27:36,062 --> 00:27:37,296 PATIENTS IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 636 00:27:37,296 --> 00:27:41,034 AND FOR THOSE OF OFF WHO ARE NOT 637 00:27:41,034 --> 00:27:44,537 ON THE NCAB, I REALLY URGE YOU 638 00:27:44,537 --> 00:27:46,973 TO GO TO THE NCAB WEBSITE AND 639 00:27:46,973 --> 00:27:49,108 LOOK AT THE SLIDES THAT DR. WEED 640 00:27:49,108 --> 00:27:51,911 MAP AND DR. RILEY PRESENTED 641 00:27:51,911 --> 00:27:54,347 BECAUSE IT'S A VERY EXCITING AND 642 00:27:54,347 --> 00:27:54,914 IMPORTANT AREA. 643 00:27:54,914 --> 00:27:57,650 AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T 644 00:27:57,650 --> 00:28:00,653 KNOW WHILE RARE CANCERS ARE BY 645 00:28:00,653 --> 00:28:03,489 DEFINITION, RARE, THEY REPRESENT 646 00:28:03,489 --> 00:28:05,892 ABOUT 27% OF THE CANCER IN THE 647 00:28:05,892 --> 00:28:07,760 UNITED STATES. 648 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,762 SO, IT'S MORE THAN A HALF 649 00:28:09,762 --> 00:28:11,898 MILLION CANCERS PER YEAR IN THE 650 00:28:11,898 --> 00:28:14,000 UNITED STATES ARE RARE TUMORS. 651 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,736 AND THEY REPRESENT ABOUT 25% OF 652 00:28:16,736 --> 00:28:18,604 THE CANCER DEATHS. 653 00:28:18,604 --> 00:28:20,840 SO THAT THE RARE CANCERS ACCOUNT 654 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:25,445 FOR ABOUT 150,000 PEOPLE DYING 655 00:28:25,445 --> 00:28:27,246 EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES. 656 00:28:27,246 --> 00:28:30,750 SO THIS INITIATIVE REALLY IS 657 00:28:30,750 --> 00:28:32,819 HOPING TO BE ABLE TO CATALOG 658 00:28:32,819 --> 00:28:36,489 THESE PATIENTS BETTER AND ALSO 659 00:28:36,489 --> 00:28:39,525 IN ITS NEW FORM TO BE ABLE TO 660 00:28:39,525 --> 00:28:41,027 DEVELOP INTERVENTIONS WHERE IT 661 00:28:41,027 --> 00:28:44,564 LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE CANDIDATES 662 00:28:44,564 --> 00:28:48,868 THAT COULD BE USEFUL FOR NEW 663 00:28:48,868 --> 00:28:49,502 INTERVENTIONS. 664 00:28:49,502 --> 00:28:50,636 NEXT SLIDE. 665 00:28:50,636 --> 00:28:53,873 AND THIS IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT 666 00:28:53,873 --> 00:29:03,049 ADVANCE ON THE TREATMENT SIDE. 667 00:29:03,049 --> 00:29:07,687 THE PD-L1 IMMUNE CHECKPOINT 668 00:29:07,687 --> 00:29:07,954 INHIBITOR. 669 00:29:07,954 --> 00:29:10,256 THIS WAS LED BY THE INTRAPURELY 670 00:29:10,256 --> 00:29:12,225 PROGRAM, ABOUT 40% OF THE 671 00:29:12,225 --> 00:29:13,926 PATIENTS WERE TREATED 672 00:29:13,926 --> 00:29:16,095 INTRAMURALLY BUT THIS REALLY IS 673 00:29:16,095 --> 00:29:17,897 THE FIRST TIME THAT IS THIS A 674 00:29:17,897 --> 00:29:20,533 RARE CANCER THAT EFFECTS MOSTLY 675 00:29:20,533 --> 00:29:23,336 ADOLESCENCE AND YOUNG ADULTS AND 676 00:29:23,336 --> 00:29:25,238 IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS 677 00:29:25,238 --> 00:29:27,140 IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR HAS 678 00:29:27,140 --> 00:29:31,511 BEEN APPROVED FOR CHILDREN IN 679 00:29:31,511 --> 00:29:32,345 THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF 680 00:29:32,345 --> 00:29:34,547 MEDICINE ARTICLE A COUPLE OF 681 00:29:34,547 --> 00:29:37,283 MONTHS AGO REPORTING THIS 682 00:29:37,283 --> 00:29:37,817 ADVANCE. 683 00:29:37,817 --> 00:29:38,417 NEXT SLIDE. 684 00:29:38,417 --> 00:29:41,187 NOW THE BUDGET OUTLOOK. 685 00:29:41,187 --> 00:29:43,022 I JUST, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I 686 00:29:43,022 --> 00:29:46,726 WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVE DONE MY 687 00:29:46,726 --> 00:29:49,362 PART BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO FIND 688 00:29:49,362 --> 00:29:50,563 MY BUSINESS CARDS FROM THE LAST 689 00:29:50,563 --> 00:29:54,200 TIME THAT I WAS ACTIVE DIRECTOR. 690 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,169 AND USING THEM, IT TURNS OUT 691 00:29:56,169 --> 00:29:58,638 THAT ALTHOUGH I HAVE SAVED THE 692 00:29:58,638 --> 00:30:00,606 NCI A LOT OF MONEY, IT'S NOT 693 00:30:00,606 --> 00:30:01,140 ENOUGH. 694 00:30:01,140 --> 00:30:02,608 SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE 695 00:30:02,608 --> 00:30:07,713 BUDGET SITUATION. 696 00:30:07,713 --> 00:30:11,751 NEXT SLIDE. 697 00:30:11,751 --> 00:30:14,353 AT FIRST LET'S LOOK AT THE TOP 698 00:30:14,353 --> 00:30:14,620 PART. 699 00:30:14,620 --> 00:30:17,323 WE'VE HAD A BIG INCREASE. 700 00:30:17,323 --> 00:30:21,260 IF YOU LOOK AT FY17, COMPARED TO 701 00:30:21,260 --> 00:30:22,762 FY23, WE WENT FROM ABOUT 5.5 702 00:30:22,762 --> 00:30:26,966 BILLION DOLLARS TO OVER 7 703 00:30:26,966 --> 00:30:27,600 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE TOTAL 704 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:28,901 APPROPRIATION. 705 00:30:28,901 --> 00:30:30,937 THE MOONSHOT FUNDS REPRESENTED 706 00:30:30,937 --> 00:30:34,640 AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THOSE 707 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:35,374 APPROPRIATIONS. 708 00:30:35,374 --> 00:30:41,714 300 MILLION IN' 17 AND 216 IN 709 00:30:41,714 --> 00:30:41,914 23. 710 00:30:41,914 --> 00:30:44,116 IN 24, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS 711 00:30:44,116 --> 00:30:45,251 GOING TO HAPPEN. 712 00:30:45,251 --> 00:30:49,522 NOW JUST FOCUS ON THE BOTTOM 713 00:30:49,522 --> 00:30:51,857 PART WHERE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE 714 00:30:51,857 --> 00:30:57,597 PAY LINES BETWEEN 2017 AND 2023. 715 00:30:57,597 --> 00:31:03,603 THE TOP PART OF THAT TABLE SHOWS 716 00:31:03,603 --> 00:31:05,238 THE EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATORS, 717 00:31:05,238 --> 00:31:09,408 THEIR PAY LINE. 718 00:31:09,408 --> 00:31:11,143 AND IT HAS BEEN VERY LOW. 719 00:31:11,143 --> 00:31:12,979 WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO INCREASE 720 00:31:12,979 --> 00:31:15,948 THE PAY LINE EACH YEAR AND HAVE 721 00:31:15,948 --> 00:31:18,351 SUCCEEDED TO SOME DEGROW BUT WE 722 00:31:18,351 --> 00:31:22,054 HAD TO GO DOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 723 00:31:22,054 --> 00:31:24,390 2019, TO THE 8th PERCENTILE, 724 00:31:24,390 --> 00:31:27,994 WHICH IS JUST -- GOING DOWN INTO 725 00:31:27,994 --> 00:31:30,129 SINGLE-DIGITS IS TERRIBLE AND 726 00:31:30,129 --> 00:31:31,030 THAT'S WHERE WE ARE FOR THE 727 00:31:31,030 --> 00:31:32,298 CONTINUED RESOLUTION, AS I'M 728 00:31:32,298 --> 00:31:36,068 SURE YOU KNOW AND I'LL SHOW YOU 729 00:31:36,068 --> 00:31:37,470 IN SUBSEQUENT SLIDE. 730 00:31:37,470 --> 00:31:43,609 STARTING IN FY18, WE ALSO GAVE A 731 00:31:43,609 --> 00:31:44,377 BOOST TO THE EARLY-STAGE 732 00:31:44,377 --> 00:31:47,079 INVESTIGATORS FOR THEIR RO1 OP 733 00:31:47,079 --> 00:31:48,648 INDICATION OF 5 POINTS. 734 00:31:48,648 --> 00:31:50,916 AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT 735 00:31:50,916 --> 00:31:54,320 THAT IN 200019, WHEN WE WENT 736 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,456 DOWN TO THE 8th PERCENTILE, 737 00:31:57,456 --> 00:32:00,459 WE KEPT THE BOOST AT 14. 738 00:32:00,459 --> 00:32:03,329 IT WAS A 6 PERCENTILE 739 00:32:03,329 --> 00:32:03,629 DIFFERENCE. 740 00:32:03,629 --> 00:32:05,598 AND TRY AS WE MIGHT, WE 741 00:32:05,598 --> 00:32:07,600 INCREASED THE PERCENTAGE OF THE 742 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:10,569 NCI BUDGET OVER THE LAST FOUR 743 00:32:10,569 --> 00:32:13,339 YEARS FROM 41% IN THE RPG POOL 744 00:32:13,339 --> 00:32:16,842 TO 44%. 745 00:32:16,842 --> 00:32:18,044 BUT IT UNIVERSITY DOESN'T KEEP 746 00:32:18,044 --> 00:32:20,479 PACE WITH EVERYTHING THAT 747 00:32:20,479 --> 00:32:24,550 WE'RE -- IT DOESN'T KEEP PACE -- 748 00:32:24,550 --> 00:32:27,186 NEXT SLIDE. 749 00:32:27,186 --> 00:32:28,287 AND EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED 750 00:32:28,287 --> 00:32:29,955 WITH THE NCI BUDGET. 751 00:32:29,955 --> 00:32:32,625 IF YOU LOOK ON THE TOP RIGHT, 752 00:32:32,625 --> 00:32:35,895 THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS IMPROVED 753 00:32:35,895 --> 00:32:37,396 HEALTH OUTCOMES. 754 00:32:37,396 --> 00:32:39,965 BUT GOING AROUND THE GEARS, WE 755 00:32:39,965 --> 00:32:41,634 NEED TO HAVE THE RESEARCH 756 00:32:41,634 --> 00:32:44,770 FUNDING, TRAINING AND WORKFORCE 757 00:32:44,770 --> 00:32:46,772 DEVELOPMENT, RESOURCES FOR 758 00:32:46,772 --> 00:32:48,808 RESEARCHERS, OPERATING EXPENSES, 759 00:32:48,808 --> 00:32:53,446 CLINICAL CENTERS AND CLINICAL 760 00:32:53,446 --> 00:32:53,679 TRIALS. 761 00:32:53,679 --> 00:32:55,014 JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE 762 00:32:55,014 --> 00:32:56,282 IMPORTANT COMPONENTS. 763 00:32:56,282 --> 00:33:00,519 THE NEXT SLIDE TELLS YOU THAT 764 00:33:00,519 --> 00:33:03,122 THE NCI BUDGET IS NOT DEVELOPED 765 00:33:03,122 --> 00:33:04,357 IN A VACUUM. 766 00:33:04,357 --> 00:33:05,558 AND IT'S NOT JUST DEVELOPED 767 00:33:05,558 --> 00:33:07,727 WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF NIH. 768 00:33:07,727 --> 00:33:09,695 BUT IT'S REALLY DETERMINED 769 00:33:09,695 --> 00:33:13,299 WITHIN THE FEDERAL BUDGET 770 00:33:13,299 --> 00:33:15,835 ECOSYSTEM ALONG WITH MANY OTHER 771 00:33:15,835 --> 00:33:19,372 NATIONAL PRIORITIES AS DEFINED 772 00:33:19,372 --> 00:33:22,375 BY CONGRESS. 773 00:33:22,375 --> 00:33:28,514 AND SO THAT NEEDS TO -- FOR 774 00:33:28,514 --> 00:33:31,117 FY24, ALTHOUGH WE ARE -- TODAY 775 00:33:31,117 --> 00:33:34,253 IS THE LAST DAY OF THE SECOND 776 00:33:34,253 --> 00:33:37,923 MONTH OF FY24. 777 00:33:37,923 --> 00:33:38,224 NEXT SLIDE. 778 00:33:38,224 --> 00:33:40,025 WHERE ARE WE? 779 00:33:40,025 --> 00:33:46,132 THE POTENTIAL LAPSES IN 780 00:33:46,132 --> 00:33:46,999 APPROPRIATION AVERTED WERE 781 00:33:46,999 --> 00:33:48,300 SEPTEMBER 30 AND NOVEMBER 17. 782 00:33:48,300 --> 00:33:50,903 THAT'S WHEN WE HAD CONTINUING 783 00:33:50,903 --> 00:33:51,203 RESOLUTIONS. 784 00:33:51,203 --> 00:33:55,207 THE FIRST ONE WAS SIGNED 785 00:33:55,207 --> 00:33:55,541 SEPTEMBER 30. 786 00:33:55,541 --> 00:34:00,146 THE LAST ONE WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. 787 00:34:00,146 --> 00:34:03,349 AND THAT CURRENT CONTINUING 788 00:34:03,349 --> 00:34:05,951 RESOLUTION EXPIRES ON FEBRUARY 789 00:34:05,951 --> 00:34:08,487 2, WHICH NOT ONLY IS GROUNDHOG 790 00:34:08,487 --> 00:34:10,256 DAY AND WE ARE HOPING IT WON'T 791 00:34:10,256 --> 00:34:11,524 REPRESENT THE FILM WITH BILL 792 00:34:11,524 --> 00:34:13,058 MURRAY WITH THE SAME THING 793 00:34:13,058 --> 00:34:15,161 HAPPENING AGAIN AND AGAIN, BUT 794 00:34:15,161 --> 00:34:18,564 1/3 OF THE FISCAL YEAR WILL HAVE 795 00:34:18,564 --> 00:34:21,467 PASSED AT THAT POINT. 796 00:34:21,467 --> 00:34:24,770 AND NK HOLOHAN, WAS GOING TO BE 797 00:34:24,770 --> 00:34:27,740 TALKING ABOUT MORE ABOUT THE 798 00:34:27,740 --> 00:34:28,040 KNOWLEDGEET. 799 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,443 INTERIM PAY LINES HAVE BEEN SET. 800 00:34:30,443 --> 00:34:33,078 THEY WON'T BE SET UNTIL THE NCI 801 00:34:33,078 --> 00:34:35,915 RECEIVES A FULL YEAR 802 00:34:35,915 --> 00:34:36,849 APPROPRIATION. 803 00:34:36,849 --> 00:34:40,653 SO THIS IS THE SAD POSITION THAT 804 00:34:40,653 --> 00:34:41,854 WE FIND OURSELVES WITH THE 805 00:34:41,854 --> 00:34:43,989 FUNDING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE 806 00:34:43,989 --> 00:34:46,926 FOR THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION. 807 00:34:46,926 --> 00:34:51,497 IT'S VERY SIMILAR NIH-WIDE WITH 808 00:34:51,497 --> 00:34:52,865 9th PERCENTILE WITH 809 00:34:52,865 --> 00:34:53,899 ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATORS. 810 00:34:53,899 --> 00:34:57,169 AND 14th FOR EARLY STAGE 811 00:34:57,169 --> 00:34:59,605 INVESTIGATION AND R21 ALSO 812 00:34:59,605 --> 00:35:00,806 9th. 813 00:35:00,806 --> 00:35:02,308 NONCOMPETING GRANTS BEING FUNDED 814 00:35:02,308 --> 00:35:04,043 AT 90%. 815 00:35:04,043 --> 00:35:08,614 THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY NIH. 816 00:35:08,614 --> 00:35:10,316 NEXT SLIDE. 817 00:35:10,316 --> 00:35:12,485 SO THE BUDGET OUTLOOK FOR THE 818 00:35:12,485 --> 00:35:15,287 NEXT TWO YEARS. 819 00:35:15,287 --> 00:35:19,091 WE PUT OUT THE PROFESSIONAL 820 00:35:19,091 --> 00:35:23,195 JUDGMENT BUDGET, DIANE AND HER 821 00:35:23,195 --> 00:35:25,130 COLLEAGUES HAVE LED THAT EFFORT. 822 00:35:25,130 --> 00:35:27,032 AND THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT 823 00:35:27,032 --> 00:35:30,135 BUDGET FOR FY24 WHICH WE PUT OUT 824 00:35:30,135 --> 00:35:34,673 LAST YEAR, WAS ESSENTIALLY FOR 825 00:35:34,673 --> 00:35:35,107 10 BILLION DOLLARS. 826 00:35:35,107 --> 00:35:37,109 THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL 827 00:35:37,109 --> 00:35:42,314 FOR NCI FOR FY24 WAS 7.8. 828 00:35:42,314 --> 00:35:44,850 IT REPRESENTED ABOUT A 700 829 00:35:44,850 --> 00:35:48,120 MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE OVER 830 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:50,656 FY23 FOR THE BASE BUDGET BUT IT 831 00:35:50,656 --> 00:35:55,327 WAS REALLY 500 MILLION ABOVE 832 00:35:55,327 --> 00:35:57,329 FY23 AND CONTINUING THE 216 833 00:35:57,329 --> 00:36:01,967 MILLION WE GOT IN FY23 FOR THE 834 00:36:01,967 --> 00:36:05,371 CANCER MOONSHOT. 835 00:36:05,371 --> 00:36:06,272 AND BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE 836 00:36:06,272 --> 00:36:11,677 PUT OUT THE BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 837 00:36:11,677 --> 00:36:15,414 FY25, WE PROPOSED CLOSE TO 11.5 838 00:36:15,414 --> 00:36:16,649 BILLION DOLLARS. 839 00:36:16,649 --> 00:36:20,719 AND JUST FOR YOU TO SEE THE 840 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:21,320 EXCLA POLICE STATION PINTS AT 841 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,322 THE BOTTOM, JUST TO MAINTAIN THE 842 00:36:23,322 --> 00:36:25,925 FY23 PAY LINE -- EXCLAMATION 843 00:36:25,925 --> 00:36:27,760 POINTS -- AND TO FUND THE 844 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,629 CONTINUING GRANTS, THE 845 00:36:30,629 --> 00:36:32,131 NONCOMPETING GRANTS, WE WOULD 846 00:36:32,131 --> 00:36:34,800 NEED TO ADD 250 MILLION DOLLARS 847 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,572 JUST IN FQ24 TO THE RPG POOL. 848 00:36:39,572 --> 00:36:41,807 AND WE IN ADDITION, INCURRED 849 00:36:41,807 --> 00:36:44,076 BETWEEN 75 AND 100 MILLION 850 00:36:44,076 --> 00:36:45,544 DOLLARS EACH YEAR INCREASE 851 00:36:45,544 --> 00:36:48,847 MANDATORY EXPENSES, PHYSICAL 852 00:36:48,847 --> 00:36:49,882 SECURITIESY, CYBERSECURITY, 853 00:36:49,882 --> 00:36:51,684 UTILITIES, CENTERS FOR 854 00:36:51,684 --> 00:36:53,786 SCIENTIFIC REVIEW ET CETERA. 855 00:36:53,786 --> 00:36:56,255 PLANE OF THEM. 856 00:36:56,255 --> 00:36:56,555 NEXT SLIDE. 857 00:36:56,555 --> 00:36:56,956 -- MANY OF THEM. 858 00:36:56,956 --> 00:37:02,227 THIS IS A SLIDE THAT SOME OF YOU 859 00:37:02,227 --> 00:37:05,064 HAVE SEEN BEFORE, WE TALKED BACK 860 00:37:05,064 --> 00:37:08,968 IN JUNE AND WHAT I WANT TO 861 00:37:08,968 --> 00:37:11,337 EMPHASIZE HERE IS THE 10-YEAR 862 00:37:11,337 --> 00:37:15,174 INTERVAL BETWEEN 2003 AND 2014. 863 00:37:15,174 --> 00:37:17,977 AND THE 10-YEAR INTERVAL BETWEEN 864 00:37:17,977 --> 00:37:21,313 2013 AND 2023. 865 00:37:21,313 --> 00:37:25,084 THERE WERE VERY FEW INCREASES IN 866 00:37:25,084 --> 00:37:27,886 THE NIH BUDGET BETWEEN 2003, THE 867 00:37:27,886 --> 00:37:30,656 END OF THE DOUBLING AND 2000 868 00:37:30,656 --> 00:37:30,923 THIRTEEN. 869 00:37:30,923 --> 00:37:33,359 AND OUR PURCHASING POWER WENT 870 00:37:33,359 --> 00:37:36,929 DOWN BY ESSENTIALLY A QUARTER, 871 00:37:36,929 --> 00:37:37,796 24% LESS. 872 00:37:37,796 --> 00:37:44,870 FAST FORWARD TO 2013-2023, AND 873 00:37:44,870 --> 00:37:47,740 WE HAVE GOTTEN INCREASES EACH OF 874 00:37:47,740 --> 00:37:52,444 THE YEARS BETWEEN 2015 AND 2023. 875 00:37:52,444 --> 00:37:56,515 SO NINE OF THOSE 10 YEARS. 876 00:37:56,515 --> 00:38:00,419 WE ARE STILL 13% UNDER WHERE WE 877 00:38:00,419 --> 00:38:02,287 WERE IN 2003. 878 00:38:02,287 --> 00:38:06,058 SO THE DEFICIT AFTER NINE 879 00:38:06,058 --> 00:38:07,393 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF INCREASED 880 00:38:07,393 --> 00:38:10,796 FUNDING, WAS SIMPLY CUT IN HALF. 881 00:38:10,796 --> 00:38:12,865 AND WHAT DOES THAT REPRESENT IN 882 00:38:12,865 --> 00:38:13,432 TERMS OF PURCHASING POWER OR 883 00:38:13,432 --> 00:38:19,705 BUYING POWER IN FY23 FUNDS? 884 00:38:19,705 --> 00:38:23,142 1.1 BILLION DOLLARS LESS THAN 20 885 00:38:23,142 --> 00:38:23,509 YEARS AGO. 886 00:38:23,509 --> 00:38:27,112 SO THIS IS -- THIS IS PART OF 887 00:38:27,112 --> 00:38:29,948 THE REASON THAT WE'RE TRYING TO 888 00:38:29,948 --> 00:38:31,984 REALLY DO MORE WITH LESS. 889 00:38:31,984 --> 00:38:34,186 AND THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE JUST 890 00:38:34,186 --> 00:38:36,155 EXTRAORDINARY. 891 00:38:36,155 --> 00:38:39,324 NEXT SLIDE. 892 00:38:39,324 --> 00:38:41,694 AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THAT A 893 00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:48,000 FLAT BUDGET IS NOT TRULY FLAT, 894 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:48,600 AS WELT IN AND I SAID BACK IN 895 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:48,867 JUNE. 896 00:38:48,867 --> 00:38:50,836 -- WEST IN: RESEARCH COST 897 00:38:50,836 --> 00:38:52,104 CONTINUED TO INCREASE. 898 00:38:52,104 --> 00:38:54,339 THE CURIOUS FUNDING OVER THE 899 00:38:54,339 --> 00:39:00,145 LAST YEAR WAS FY23 AND AUTO NON 900 00:39:00,145 --> 00:39:00,446 NEGOTIABLE. 901 00:39:00,446 --> 00:39:02,981 AND THEY REQUIRE NCI CUTS ACROSS 902 00:39:02,981 --> 00:39:07,686 VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND THIS GIVES 903 00:39:07,686 --> 00:39:08,287 YOU THE VARIOUS EXAMPLES WHERE 904 00:39:08,287 --> 00:39:11,390 YOU CAN HAVE THESE CONSULT. 905 00:39:11,390 --> 00:39:12,858 NEXT SLIDE. 906 00:39:12,858 --> 00:39:14,493 -- CUTS. 907 00:39:14,493 --> 00:39:16,195 AND THIS IS JUST SORT OF A 908 00:39:16,195 --> 00:39:17,996 SUMMARY SLIDE. 909 00:39:17,996 --> 00:39:19,198 WE HAVE WRITTEN QUITE A ABOUT 910 00:39:19,198 --> 00:39:23,068 ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THE THIS 911 00:39:23,068 --> 00:39:25,604 GIVES YOU THE LINKS TO THESE 912 00:39:25,604 --> 00:39:28,874 VARIOUS KINDS OF ASPECTS AND MK 913 00:39:28,874 --> 00:39:31,443 HOLOHAN WILL BE DISCUSSING IT. 914 00:39:31,443 --> 00:39:34,313 SO I THINK THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE. 915 00:39:34,313 --> 00:39:35,981 CAN WE GO TO THE LAST ONE? 916 00:39:35,981 --> 00:39:39,952 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 917 00:39:39,952 --> 00:39:40,619 ATTENTION. 918 00:39:40,619 --> 00:39:42,988 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR 919 00:39:42,988 --> 00:39:45,190 QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. 920 00:39:45,190 --> 00:39:46,992 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY EASY 921 00:39:46,992 --> 00:39:48,594 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET. 922 00:39:48,594 --> 00:39:50,629 IF YOU ASK ME ANY DIFFICULT 923 00:39:50,629 --> 00:39:52,564 ONES, I'LL TELL YOU THAT MK IS 924 00:39:52,564 --> 00:39:56,135 GOING TO COVER THEM. 925 00:39:56,135 --> 00:39:57,736 >> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU VERY 926 00:39:57,736 --> 00:40:00,305 MUCH FOR THAT FANTASTIC 927 00:40:00,305 --> 00:40:00,572 OVERVIEW. 928 00:40:00,572 --> 00:40:03,609 AND SO WE CAN NOW OPEN UP THE 929 00:40:03,609 --> 00:40:04,543 FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS. 930 00:40:04,543 --> 00:40:07,312 I SEE KARIN'S HAND. 931 00:40:07,312 --> 00:40:08,147 KARIN? 932 00:40:08,147 --> 00:40:10,282 >> KARIN: THANK YOU FOR THE 933 00:40:10,282 --> 00:40:11,784 LEADERSHIP AND OTHER FOR THE 934 00:40:11,784 --> 00:40:12,951 INCREDIBLE UPDATE. 935 00:40:12,951 --> 00:40:14,119 VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. 936 00:40:14,119 --> 00:40:16,221 I WAS STRUCK BY THE BEAUTIFUL 937 00:40:16,221 --> 00:40:17,856 GRAPHIC FROM THE DATA THAT YOU 938 00:40:17,856 --> 00:40:19,291 REPORTED LOOKING AT THE 939 00:40:19,291 --> 00:40:21,360 POTENTIAL IMPACT OF WHAT IT 940 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,096 WOULD MEAN FOR CAPSER PATIENTS 941 00:40:24,096 --> 00:40:25,464 AND OUTCOMES IF MORE SCREENING 942 00:40:25,464 --> 00:40:26,865 COULD BE HAD. 943 00:40:26,865 --> 00:40:30,803 ONE OF THE ONES YOU FOCUSED ON 944 00:40:30,803 --> 00:40:31,170 WAS LUNG CANCER. 945 00:40:31,170 --> 00:40:33,705 AND AFTER A MULTI-YEAR STUDY WE 946 00:40:33,705 --> 00:40:36,308 RELEASED NEW AT THE AMERICAN 947 00:40:36,308 --> 00:40:37,976 CANCER SOCIETY, A LUNG CANCER 948 00:40:37,976 --> 00:40:39,878 SCREENING GUIDELINES WHICH 949 00:40:39,878 --> 00:40:41,947 SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED 950 00:40:41,947 --> 00:40:43,949 ELIGIBILITY FOR LUNG CANCER 951 00:40:43,949 --> 00:40:44,216 SCREENING. 952 00:40:44,216 --> 00:40:46,218 NOW WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 953 00:40:46,218 --> 00:40:49,788 TRADITIONALLY U.S. PREVENTION 954 00:40:49,788 --> 00:40:52,090 TASK SEVERANCES FOLLOWS US. 955 00:40:52,090 --> 00:40:53,659 BUT I THINK THESE KINDS OF DATA 956 00:40:53,659 --> 00:40:56,829 CAN BE USED TO CHANGE HEARTS AND 957 00:40:56,829 --> 00:40:58,130 MINDS AND SERVE AS A CALL TO 958 00:40:58,130 --> 00:41:00,966 ACTION FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO 959 00:41:00,966 --> 00:41:01,233 SCREENING. 960 00:41:01,233 --> 00:41:03,035 I'D LOVE FOR US HO TO THINK 961 00:41:03,035 --> 00:41:05,037 ABOUT HOW TO TAP INTO RESOURCES 962 00:41:05,037 --> 00:41:08,540 SO WHEN THERE IS A NEW GUIDELINE 963 00:41:08,540 --> 00:41:09,641 DROPPED, WE COULD HAVE AN 964 00:41:09,641 --> 00:41:11,643 OPPORTUNITY TO DO THOSE MODELS 965 00:41:11,643 --> 00:41:13,779 AND SAY ACCORDING TO THESE 966 00:41:13,779 --> 00:41:15,614 GUIDELINES, THIS NUMBER OF 967 00:41:15,614 --> 00:41:16,181 PEOPLE MAY BENEFIT AND THIS 968 00:41:16,181 --> 00:41:18,250 COULD BE THE POTENTIAL OUTPUT. 969 00:41:18,250 --> 00:41:20,018 JUST, A THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE 970 00:41:20,018 --> 00:41:21,920 TAKE THAT, NOT JUST WHOLE OF 971 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,156 GOVERNMENT BUT WHOLE OF CANCER 972 00:41:24,156 --> 00:41:25,290 COMMUNITY APPROACH TO CREATE 973 00:41:25,290 --> 00:41:28,427 CALLS TO ACTION FOR SCREENING. 974 00:41:28,427 --> 00:41:30,796 >> KARIN, THANKS TO ACS FOR YOUR 975 00:41:30,796 --> 00:41:31,096 LEADERSHIP. 976 00:41:31,096 --> 00:41:32,631 AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, 977 00:41:32,631 --> 00:41:35,868 THAT THE ACS GUIDELINES ARE 978 00:41:35,868 --> 00:41:39,004 SIMILAR TO BUT NOT IDENTICAL TO 979 00:41:39,004 --> 00:41:40,472 THOSE OF THE PREVENTION SERVICES 980 00:41:40,472 --> 00:41:43,542 TASK FORCE WHEN THEY EXPANDED 981 00:41:43,542 --> 00:41:46,445 THE CRITERIA IN 2021. 982 00:41:46,445 --> 00:41:49,248 WHAT ACS IS SAYING IS, IF YOU 983 00:41:49,248 --> 00:41:53,986 ARE A FORMER SMOKER AND YOU WERE 984 00:41:53,986 --> 00:41:55,220 ELIGIBLE, BECAUSE YOU HAD A 985 00:41:55,220 --> 00:41:57,656 20-BACK YEAR OR MORE, YOU 986 00:41:57,656 --> 00:41:59,558 CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOREVER 987 00:41:59,558 --> 00:42:02,494 WHETHER IT'S 15 YEARS OR MORE 988 00:42:02,494 --> 00:42:06,899 THAN 15 YEARS SINCE YOU STOPPED. 989 00:42:06,899 --> 00:42:08,767 BUT I WANT TO THE REPEAT 990 00:42:08,767 --> 00:42:11,703 SOMETHING I SAID, WHICH IS THAT 991 00:42:11,703 --> 00:42:14,406 THAT THIS IS A HEALTH DISPARITY. 992 00:42:14,406 --> 00:42:17,242 AND TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE 993 00:42:17,242 --> 00:42:19,177 WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE LUNG 994 00:42:19,177 --> 00:42:22,080 CANCER SCREENING, COULD BE -- 995 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,516 IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF 996 00:42:24,516 --> 00:42:26,018 ALL THE DISPARITIES BUT IT'S A 997 00:42:26,018 --> 00:42:29,488 WAY OF TRYING TO OVERCOME THEM. 998 00:42:29,488 --> 00:42:30,188 KARIN, THANKS. 999 00:42:30,188 --> 00:42:34,159 >> WE ARE GOING TO GO TO CHEEK 1000 00:42:34,159 --> 00:42:38,096 AND THEN NEILY AND THENOTIS. 1001 00:42:38,096 --> 00:42:40,799 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 1002 00:42:40,799 --> 00:42:41,099 LEADERSHIP. 1003 00:42:41,099 --> 00:42:43,468 IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE 1004 00:42:43,468 --> 00:42:45,704 WORK AND THE PAIN THAT WE HAVE 1005 00:42:45,704 --> 00:42:52,644 BEEN THROUGH AND ALL OF US FEEL 1006 00:42:52,644 --> 00:42:54,846 WELL PAIN. 1007 00:42:54,846 --> 00:42:55,914 I WANTED TO ALSO CHANNEL BACK TO 1008 00:42:55,914 --> 00:42:58,784 THE POINT YOU MADE ABOUT THE 1009 00:42:58,784 --> 00:43:00,752 MOONSHOT INITIATIVES AND THE 1010 00:43:00,752 --> 00:43:02,554 OBJECTIVES ASPIRATIONS GOING 1011 00:43:02,554 --> 00:43:05,257 FROM THE HARD, HARDER TO 1012 00:43:05,257 --> 00:43:06,425 HARDEST. 1013 00:43:06,425 --> 00:43:09,027 I GUESS IT WILL BE HELPFUL OR 1014 00:43:09,027 --> 00:43:10,095 USEFUL TO HEAR FROM YOU AND 1015 00:43:10,095 --> 00:43:13,699 OTHERS IN TERMS OF WHAT IS NCI 1016 00:43:13,699 --> 00:43:15,500 DOING TO TURN THE HARDER TO 1017 00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:17,502 SOMETHING THAT IS SOLVABLE. 1018 00:43:17,502 --> 00:43:18,670 FOR INSTANCE, DISPARITIES ARE 1019 00:43:18,670 --> 00:43:20,439 HARDER TO SOLVE BUT I DON'T 1020 00:43:20,439 --> 00:43:22,341 THINK THEY ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO 1021 00:43:22,341 --> 00:43:22,541 SOLVE. 1022 00:43:22,541 --> 00:43:25,944 AND I DO THINK THAT SOME 1023 00:43:25,944 --> 00:43:29,014 COORDINATED LONG-TERM STRATEGY 1024 00:43:29,014 --> 00:43:30,248 COULD MAYBE CHANGE THAT THINKING 1025 00:43:30,248 --> 00:43:33,785 AROUND AND HELP US ADDRESS IT. 1026 00:43:33,785 --> 00:43:36,288 ACROSS THE TALENT POOLS, I THINK 1027 00:43:36,288 --> 00:43:37,923 WE HAVE ABILITY AND CAPACITY TO 1028 00:43:37,923 --> 00:43:38,890 DO IT. 1029 00:43:38,890 --> 00:43:40,892 I KNOW NCI IS DOING A LOT OF 1030 00:43:40,892 --> 00:43:42,494 WORK IN THIS AREA AND I'M 1031 00:43:42,494 --> 00:43:45,397 INTERESTED TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS 1032 00:43:45,397 --> 00:43:45,998 AROUND THAT. 1033 00:43:45,998 --> 00:43:49,267 >> I WOULD SAY THAT FOR EXAMPLE, 1034 00:43:49,267 --> 00:43:52,938 I PRESENTED A COUPLE OF THINGS 1035 00:43:52,938 --> 00:43:54,606 WHICH COULD BE DONE. 1036 00:43:54,606 --> 00:43:59,544 TO ME, TRYING TO MORE EQUITABLY 1037 00:43:59,544 --> 00:44:00,779 DISTRIBUTE CURRENT STANDARD OF 1038 00:44:00,779 --> 00:44:03,782 CARE IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART. 1039 00:44:03,782 --> 00:44:06,118 I THINK THAT IT'S NOT JUST A 1040 00:44:06,118 --> 00:44:06,985 QUESTION OF RESEARCH. 1041 00:44:06,985 --> 00:44:11,823 IT ALSO IS A QUESTION OF POLICY. 1042 00:44:11,823 --> 00:44:17,896 AND I LIKE THE IDEA OF NCI NOT 1043 00:44:17,896 --> 00:44:19,765 DETERMINING THE POLICY BUT BEING 1044 00:44:19,765 --> 00:44:24,369 AT THE TABLE TO HELP DISCUSS 1045 00:44:24,369 --> 00:44:27,706 POLICY AND HOW POLICY CHANGES 1046 00:44:27,706 --> 00:44:32,244 COULD REALLY IMPROVE THE 1047 00:44:32,244 --> 00:44:33,645 SITUATION, BECAUSE FROM MY 1048 00:44:33,645 --> 00:44:34,946 PERSPECTIVE, YOU NEED TO DO 1049 00:44:34,946 --> 00:44:36,348 THINGS AT SCALE IN ORDER TO 1050 00:44:36,348 --> 00:44:38,383 REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT. 1051 00:44:38,383 --> 00:44:40,819 WE COULD SPEND A LONG TIME ON 1052 00:44:40,819 --> 00:44:40,986 IT. 1053 00:44:40,986 --> 00:44:43,522 I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MORE THAN 1054 00:44:43,522 --> 00:44:43,722 THAT. 1055 00:44:43,722 --> 00:44:44,723 I APOLOGIZE. 1056 00:44:44,723 --> 00:44:46,591 JOHN, IS THAT OKAY? 1057 00:44:46,591 --> 00:44:47,259 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1058 00:44:47,259 --> 00:44:48,326 AND I AGREE. 1059 00:44:48,326 --> 00:44:50,662 THE QUESTION IS ABOUT STRATEGY, 1060 00:44:50,662 --> 00:44:50,862 RIGHT? 1061 00:44:50,862 --> 00:44:52,364 AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BIG 1062 00:44:52,364 --> 00:44:54,499 PICTURES, HOW DO WE MOST 1063 00:44:54,499 --> 00:44:55,567 STRATEGICALLY -- WHERE ARE THE 1064 00:44:55,567 --> 00:44:56,835 BIG HITS, RIGHT? 1065 00:44:56,835 --> 00:44:59,905 THAT CAN REALLY MOVE THAT 1066 00:44:59,905 --> 00:45:02,074 MORTALITY RATE DOWNWARD, RIGHT? 1067 00:45:02,074 --> 00:45:04,476 SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION 1068 00:45:04,476 --> 00:45:07,179 AND THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTARY. 1069 00:45:07,179 --> 00:45:10,348 NEILY AND THENOTIS. 1070 00:45:10,348 --> 00:45:12,851 >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR DOUG FOR 1071 00:45:12,851 --> 00:45:15,120 STEPPING UP AND ALWAYS 1072 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:15,654 THOUGHTFUL PRESENTATIONS. 1073 00:45:15,654 --> 00:45:17,856 I WAS STRUCK BY THE DATA THAT 1074 00:45:17,856 --> 00:45:19,825 YOU SHOWED ON THE HOW WE HAVE 1075 00:45:19,825 --> 00:45:23,595 NOT ONLY RACIAL DISPARITIES BUT 1076 00:45:23,595 --> 00:45:25,931 HOW WE HAVE ALSO MORALITY OR 1077 00:45:25,931 --> 00:45:27,833 DISTANCE AS A DISPARITY PLAYING 1078 00:45:27,833 --> 00:45:29,000 A MAJOR ROLE. 1079 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,336 SO THIS WAS ONE SPECIFIC 1080 00:45:31,336 --> 00:45:33,105 ANALYSIS WHICH MAY GIVE US SOME 1081 00:45:33,105 --> 00:45:35,373 ROOM FOR INTERVENTIONS AND THINK 1082 00:45:35,373 --> 00:45:36,575 CAREFULLY ABOUT IT. 1083 00:45:36,575 --> 00:45:38,810 YOU MENTIONED THERE ARE OTHER 1084 00:45:38,810 --> 00:45:39,211 ANALYSIS UNDERWAY. 1085 00:45:39,211 --> 00:45:41,213 COULD THIS BE DONE MORE BROADLY 1086 00:45:41,213 --> 00:45:45,917 TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE HAVE 1087 00:45:45,917 --> 00:45:47,018 POSSIBILITIES TO INTERVENE AND 1088 00:45:47,018 --> 00:45:49,754 THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT HOW TO 1089 00:45:49,754 --> 00:45:53,625 ADDRESS DISPARITIES ACROSS THE 1090 00:45:53,625 --> 00:45:54,426 SPECTRUM? 1091 00:45:54,426 --> 00:45:54,693 >> YES. 1092 00:45:54,693 --> 00:45:56,928 WE ARE DOING TWO DIFFERENT KINDS 1093 00:45:56,928 --> 00:45:59,464 OF ANALYSIS, ONE FOCUSED ON LUNG 1094 00:45:59,464 --> 00:46:04,202 CANCER AND THE OTHER ON CANCER 1095 00:46:04,202 --> 00:46:05,036 TOTALITY. 1096 00:46:05,036 --> 00:46:10,775 BUT IN THAT ONE, WE ARE LEADING 1097 00:46:10,775 --> 00:46:15,347 THAT EFFORT AND LOOKING AT 1098 00:46:15,347 --> 00:46:17,215 SURVIVAL RATES FOR DIFFERENT 1099 00:46:17,215 --> 00:46:18,083 GROUPS. 1100 00:46:18,083 --> 00:46:20,785 SO I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE 1101 00:46:20,785 --> 00:46:23,188 QUITE -- THAT WILL BE QUITE 1102 00:46:23,188 --> 00:46:23,855 INTERESTING. 1103 00:46:23,855 --> 00:46:27,225 AND WHEN I TALK WITH NEILY, 1104 00:46:27,225 --> 00:46:29,494 ONE-ON-ONE, SHE ALWAYS TELLS ME, 1105 00:46:29,494 --> 00:46:31,363 WE'RE NOT RURAL, WE'RE FRONTIER, 1106 00:46:31,363 --> 00:46:36,067 AS THOUGH THAT IS -- AND EVEN 1107 00:46:36,067 --> 00:46:39,371 MORE DISBURSED POPULATION. 1108 00:46:39,371 --> 00:46:40,238 >> EVEN ASPECTS RELATED TO 1109 00:46:40,238 --> 00:46:43,074 AMERICAN INDIANS AND 1110 00:46:43,074 --> 00:46:45,911 RESERVATIONS WHERE THEY ARE VERY 1111 00:46:45,911 --> 00:46:46,411 COMPLICATED. 1112 00:46:46,411 --> 00:46:46,611 OTIS? 1113 00:46:46,611 --> 00:46:48,013 >> THANK YOU, DOUG FOR ALL THAT 1114 00:46:48,013 --> 00:46:49,447 YOU HAVE DONE. 1115 00:46:49,447 --> 00:46:53,718 I WANT TO ASK -- YOU HAVE GIVEN 1116 00:46:53,718 --> 00:46:54,653 A TREMENDOUS ARGUMENT THAT LUNG 1117 00:46:54,653 --> 00:46:57,455 CANCER SCREENING IS VERY, VERY 1118 00:46:57,455 --> 00:46:57,722 EFFECTIVE. 1119 00:46:57,722 --> 00:47:00,091 BUT I WOULD ASK THAT IN OUR 1120 00:47:00,091 --> 00:47:01,092 RHETORIC WE TALK ABOUT THE 1121 00:47:01,092 --> 00:47:01,960 POLICY NEEDS. 1122 00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:06,398 I WAS CHIEF OF ONCOLOGY AT A 1123 00:47:06,398 --> 00:47:08,300 MAJOR CANCER HOSPITAL, GRADY, 1124 00:47:08,300 --> 00:47:11,636 WHERE WE HAD FOUR CT SCANNERS. 1125 00:47:11,636 --> 00:47:13,972 IF I HAD STARTED A LUNG CANCER 1126 00:47:13,972 --> 00:47:15,273 SCREENING PROGRAM, I WOULD HAVE 1127 00:47:15,273 --> 00:47:18,643 USED ONE OF THOSE CT SCANNERS, 1128 00:47:18,643 --> 00:47:20,779 MADE THE LINE FOR CT SCANNERS 1129 00:47:20,779 --> 00:47:25,016 EVEN LONGER AND INCREASED 1130 00:47:25,016 --> 00:47:26,218 DISPARITIES IN OTHER THAN LUNG 1131 00:47:26,218 --> 00:47:28,853 CANCER JUST BY DOING THAT 1132 00:47:28,853 --> 00:47:30,322 SCREENING PROGRAM, NOT TO 1133 00:47:30,322 --> 00:47:32,090 MENTION I'D ALSO HAVE TO SPEND 1134 00:47:32,090 --> 00:47:34,459 SOME MONEY TO BRING IN PEOPLE 1135 00:47:34,459 --> 00:47:36,061 WHO COULD DO A GOOD JOB OF 1136 00:47:36,061 --> 00:47:40,131 READING THE CTs AND TREATING 1137 00:47:40,131 --> 00:47:40,432 THE PATIENT. 1138 00:47:40,432 --> 00:47:41,099 AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS WHY 1139 00:47:41,099 --> 00:47:43,802 WE SHOULD NOT SCREEN FOR LUNG 1140 00:47:43,802 --> 00:47:44,035 CANCER. 1141 00:47:44,035 --> 00:47:45,637 I'M SAYING WE NEED TO TALK TO 1142 00:47:45,637 --> 00:47:49,741 THE POLICYMAKERS ABOUT GETTING 1143 00:47:49,741 --> 00:47:51,876 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INTO THESE 1144 00:47:51,876 --> 00:47:57,082 HOSPITALS SO THAT THIS CAN BE 1145 00:47:57,082 --> 00:47:57,282 DONE. 1146 00:47:57,282 --> 00:47:57,949 TO JUST SAY IT WORKS AND COME UP 1147 00:47:57,949 --> 00:48:00,118 WITH A GUIDELINE, IS NOT GOING 1148 00:48:00,118 --> 00:48:02,387 TO SAVE LIVES. 1149 00:48:02,387 --> 00:48:06,024 THAT'S HALF THE WAY. 1150 00:48:06,024 --> 00:48:06,491 THANK YOU. 1151 00:48:06,491 --> 00:48:07,025 >> AGREED. 1152 00:48:07,025 --> 00:48:08,960 AND IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY 1153 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,296 AS WELL. 1154 00:48:11,296 --> 00:48:12,330 SO THANKS. 1155 00:48:12,330 --> 00:48:14,432 MARK AND THEN KARIN. 1156 00:48:14,432 --> 00:48:18,470 >> HI, THANKS AGAIN DOUG FOR THE 1157 00:48:18,470 --> 00:48:18,670 TALK. 1158 00:48:18,670 --> 00:48:20,171 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ISSUES. 1159 00:48:20,171 --> 00:48:21,539 AND THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT 1160 00:48:21,539 --> 00:48:23,308 OF -- MAYBE IT'S CRAZY 1161 00:48:23,308 --> 00:48:25,443 SUGGESTION BUT MAYBE NOT. 1162 00:48:25,443 --> 00:48:28,580 YOU MENTION THE CANCER SCREENING 1163 00:48:28,580 --> 00:48:30,315 NETWORK, AND THE DETECTION 1164 00:48:30,315 --> 00:48:30,548 ASSAYS. 1165 00:48:30,548 --> 00:48:31,316 WAT VE EVIDENCE-BASED SCREENING 1166 00:48:31,316 --> 00:48:32,617 OF LUNG CANCER WE HAVE BEEN 1167 00:48:32,617 --> 00:48:33,752 TALKING ABOUT. 1168 00:48:33,752 --> 00:48:35,553 YOU SUGGESTED THAT IT'S A POLICY 1169 00:48:35,553 --> 00:48:35,820 ISSUE. 1170 00:48:35,820 --> 00:48:37,922 WHICH IS TRUE BUT IT ALSO 1171 00:48:37,922 --> 00:48:40,492 SUGGESTS THE NEED -- THERE IS 1172 00:48:40,492 --> 00:48:43,128 NEW CANCER SCREENING RESEARCH 1173 00:48:43,128 --> 00:48:43,795 NETWORK. 1174 00:48:43,795 --> 00:48:45,096 THERE MAY NEED TO BE SOMETHING 1175 00:48:45,096 --> 00:48:47,565 ALONG THE LINES OF 1176 00:48:47,565 --> 00:48:48,199 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE NETWORK. 1177 00:48:48,199 --> 00:48:48,933 THROUGH MOONSHOT WE DID SOME OF 1178 00:48:48,933 --> 00:48:50,769 THIS WITH COLORECTAL CANCER 1179 00:48:50,769 --> 00:48:52,370 SCREEN ACROSS SITES BUT IT 1180 00:48:52,370 --> 00:48:54,339 WASN'T THE SAME METHODOLOGY. 1181 00:48:54,339 --> 00:48:56,207 BUT A NATIONAL COORDINATED 1182 00:48:56,207 --> 00:48:57,642 RESEARCH NETWORK AROUND GETTING 1183 00:48:57,642 --> 00:48:59,911 SOME OF THESE THINGS INTO 1184 00:48:59,911 --> 00:49:03,682 HEIGHTENED AREAS LIKE REMOTE 1185 00:49:03,682 --> 00:49:04,015 RURAL AREAS. 1186 00:49:04,015 --> 00:49:05,050 THERE COULD BE NARRATIVE IN 1187 00:49:05,050 --> 00:49:05,250 THAT. 1188 00:49:05,250 --> 00:49:06,484 SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FOR 1189 00:49:06,484 --> 00:49:08,920 THE FUTURE. 1190 00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:09,354 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1191 00:49:09,354 --> 00:49:10,455 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1192 00:49:10,455 --> 00:49:13,491 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1193 00:49:13,491 --> 00:49:15,760 KARIN AND THEN ISABEL. 1194 00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:18,563 >> VERY NICE PRESENTATION, DOUG, 1195 00:49:18,563 --> 00:49:19,197 AS ALWAYS. 1196 00:49:19,197 --> 00:49:24,669 I'M GOING TO BRING MY QUESTION 1197 00:49:24,669 --> 00:49:29,074 BACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE FUNDING 1198 00:49:29,074 --> 00:49:31,376 STREAM AND THE ABILITY FOR US TO 1199 00:49:31,376 --> 00:49:35,246 TRAIN AND RECRUIT AND RETAIN OUR 1200 00:49:35,246 --> 00:49:39,317 JUNIOR AND SORT OF RISING 1201 00:49:39,317 --> 00:49:40,952 MID-CAREER INVESTIGATORS WITH P 1202 00:49:40,952 --> 00:49:43,388 LINES WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW 1203 00:49:43,388 --> 00:49:45,557 WITH PAY LINES LIKE THAT, THEY 1204 00:49:45,557 --> 00:49:46,658 ARE ABSOLUTELY COMPETING AGAINST 1205 00:49:46,658 --> 00:49:51,730 ALL OF US FOR THOSE RO1s. 1206 00:49:51,730 --> 00:49:53,465 AND I THINK IN THE SPIRIT OF THE 1207 00:49:53,465 --> 00:49:57,268 FACT THAT NCI ENCOURAGES TEAM 1208 00:49:57,268 --> 00:49:59,971 SCIENCE, IN MANY WAYS THEY GET 1209 00:49:59,971 --> 00:50:01,673 PENALIZED FOR WANTING TO BECOME 1210 00:50:01,673 --> 00:50:05,944 AN NPI WITH A MID-CAREER OR A 1211 00:50:05,944 --> 00:50:07,178 SENIOR INVESTIGATOR AS ONE OF 1212 00:50:07,178 --> 00:50:09,180 THEIR FIRST BIG RO1 GRANTS. 1213 00:50:09,180 --> 00:50:11,616 WE BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE LAST 1214 00:50:11,616 --> 00:50:12,450 MEETING WHEN WE DID THE 1215 00:50:12,450 --> 00:50:16,621 SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WITH NCAB 1216 00:50:16,621 --> 00:50:18,323 ON THE TRAINING. 1217 00:50:18,323 --> 00:50:20,558 AND I KIND OF WANT TO BRING IT 1218 00:50:20,558 --> 00:50:21,726 BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE 1219 00:50:21,726 --> 00:50:23,828 WE TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPING A 1220 00:50:23,828 --> 00:50:24,896 SUBCOMMITTEE AND REVISITING SOME 1221 00:50:24,896 --> 00:50:27,298 OF THE TRAINING PIPELINE AND 1222 00:50:27,298 --> 00:50:28,767 OVERALLING IT. 1223 00:50:28,767 --> 00:50:31,269 I'M NOT SURE IF AUTO GOING TO 1224 00:50:31,269 --> 00:50:31,569 HAPPEN. 1225 00:50:31,569 --> 00:50:33,705 BUT I DO THINK IN THE FACE OF 1226 00:50:33,705 --> 00:50:35,240 THIS, IT'S REALLY CRITICAL 1227 00:50:35,240 --> 00:50:37,041 BECAUSE AUTO NOT JUST ABOUT 1228 00:50:37,041 --> 00:50:38,943 RETAINING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 1229 00:50:38,943 --> 00:50:40,512 COMING OFF TRAINING GRANTS AND 1230 00:50:40,512 --> 00:50:42,547 THE TRYING TO GET K AWARDS BUT 1231 00:50:42,547 --> 00:50:43,982 IT'S ABOUT RETAINING PEOPLE 1232 00:50:43,982 --> 00:50:46,951 GETTING THE FIRST AND SECOND 1233 00:50:46,951 --> 00:50:47,452 RO1s. 1234 00:50:47,452 --> 00:50:51,156 YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR 1235 00:50:51,156 --> 00:50:51,790 MID-CAREER ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS 1236 00:50:51,790 --> 00:50:52,690 TO CLINICS. 1237 00:50:52,690 --> 00:50:54,325 IT HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME 1238 00:50:54,325 --> 00:50:57,195 WITH THE MDs THAT I'M, WORKING 1239 00:50:57,195 --> 00:50:57,395 WITH. 1240 00:50:57,395 --> 00:50:59,097 BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GET 1241 00:50:59,097 --> 00:51:01,366 THAT FIRST OR SECOND RO1 WITH 1242 00:51:01,366 --> 00:51:03,168 THESE TYPES OF PAY LINES, 1243 00:51:03,168 --> 00:51:04,035 ESPECIALLY THE SECOND. 1244 00:51:04,035 --> 00:51:07,005 AND THEY END UP BACK IN CLINIC. 1245 00:51:07,005 --> 00:51:08,540 AND, WHO ARE NOT GOING INTO 1246 00:51:08,540 --> 00:51:14,012 CLINIC ARE GOING INTO INDUSTRY 1247 00:51:14,012 --> 00:51:15,647 FASTER THAN I CAN SHAKE THEIR 1248 00:51:15,647 --> 00:51:17,882 HAND ON THE WAY OUT OF THE DOOR. 1249 00:51:17,882 --> 00:51:21,286 I THINK WE NEED TO SORT OF 1250 00:51:21,286 --> 00:51:23,021 REVISIT THAT AND THAT I'M NOT 1251 00:51:23,021 --> 00:51:24,322 SEEING ANYTHING ANY TIME SOON 1252 00:51:24,322 --> 00:51:26,424 THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DENT ON THE 1253 00:51:26,424 --> 00:51:26,991 P LINES. 1254 00:51:26,991 --> 00:51:29,227 SO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WAYS 1255 00:51:29,227 --> 00:51:31,029 IN THE CITIZEN TO DO THINGS 1256 00:51:31,029 --> 00:51:32,197 DIFFERENTLY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN 1257 00:51:32,197 --> 00:51:35,767 STILL WORK TOGETHER IN TEAM 1258 00:51:35,767 --> 00:51:37,902 SCIENCE, NOT GET PENALIZED IN 1259 00:51:37,902 --> 00:51:39,504 CAREERS AND DO SOME GOOD WORK. 1260 00:51:39,504 --> 00:51:44,275 WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? 1261 00:51:44,275 --> 00:51:47,212 >> YOU'RE MUTED, I BELIEVE, 1262 00:51:47,212 --> 00:51:47,412 DOUG. 1263 00:51:47,412 --> 00:51:48,213 >> TWO RESPONSES. 1264 00:51:48,213 --> 00:51:50,181 SO KARIN, YOU'RE RAISING A VERY 1265 00:51:50,181 --> 00:51:52,784 IMPORTANT QUESTION. 1266 00:51:52,784 --> 00:51:55,820 FIRST, THAT WAS ONE 69 REASONS 1267 00:51:55,820 --> 00:52:02,827 THAT WE INCREASED THE RO1s FOR 1268 00:52:02,827 --> 00:52:03,928 EARLY-STAGE INVESTIGATORS WHO 1269 00:52:03,928 --> 00:52:08,867 WERE GIVEN AWARDS BY PAY LINE TO 1270 00:52:08,867 --> 00:52:11,736 BECOME R37s. 1271 00:52:11,736 --> 00:52:14,072 AND THIS NOW IS A 7-YEAR AWARD 1272 00:52:14,072 --> 00:52:17,575 RATHER THAN A 5-YEAR AWARD. 1273 00:52:17,575 --> 00:52:24,616 AND THE NCAB LOOKS CAREFULLY IN 1274 00:52:24,616 --> 00:52:28,186 CLOSED SESSION IN YEAR 4 OF THE 1275 00:52:28,186 --> 00:52:28,987 EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS. 1276 00:52:28,987 --> 00:52:32,857 AND BELL 90 -- ABOUT 90% OR SO 1277 00:52:32,857 --> 00:52:33,725 OF THE EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS 1278 00:52:33,725 --> 00:52:37,195 ARE DOING VERY WELL AND THE NCAB 1279 00:52:37,195 --> 00:52:40,865 THEN RECOMMENDS THAT THEY GET AN 1280 00:52:40,865 --> 00:52:42,567 ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS SO THEY ARE 1281 00:52:42,567 --> 00:52:48,773 CONVERTED TO AN R37 AWARD. 1282 00:52:48,773 --> 00:52:49,641 WE RECOGNIZED EXACTLY WHAT 1283 00:52:49,641 --> 00:52:52,577 YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT MPI AWARDS. 1284 00:52:52,577 --> 00:52:57,015 AND I TALKED WITH MIKED LAUER 1285 00:52:57,015 --> 00:52:58,816 SEVERAL YEARS AGO ABOUT NOT 1286 00:52:58,816 --> 00:53:00,852 HAVING THE SAME CREDIT, IF YOU 1287 00:53:00,852 --> 00:53:04,556 WILL, FOR AN MPI AWARD COMPARED 1288 00:53:04,556 --> 00:53:07,458 WITH A INDIVIDUAL AWARD. 1289 00:53:07,458 --> 00:53:10,461 AND HE REFUSED TO DO IT. 1290 00:53:10,461 --> 00:53:13,731 THIS IS AN NIH-WIDE THING. 1291 00:53:13,731 --> 00:53:15,400 AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE 1292 00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:16,000 CONTROL OVER IT. 1293 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,404 ON THE OTHER HAND, IF THE NEXT 1294 00:53:19,404 --> 00:53:23,141 NCI DIRECTOR IS INTERESTED, AND 1295 00:53:23,141 --> 00:53:25,276 WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT ME, I 1296 00:53:25,276 --> 00:53:27,612 WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO GO AND 1297 00:53:27,612 --> 00:53:31,816 LOOK AND DISCUSS THIS AGAIN WITH 1298 00:53:31,816 --> 00:53:32,617 MIKE. 1299 00:53:32,617 --> 00:53:33,585 OKAY? 1300 00:53:33,585 --> 00:53:34,519 >> THANKS. 1301 00:53:34,519 --> 00:53:37,555 ISABEL IF YOU COULD BE SUCCINCT 1302 00:53:37,555 --> 00:53:38,723 THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO MOVE ON 1303 00:53:38,723 --> 00:53:40,725 TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. 1304 00:53:40,725 --> 00:53:43,595 >> I'LL GO TO PART B, DOUG, AND 1305 00:53:43,595 --> 00:53:45,196 THAT I THINK THAT RESOLVING THE 1306 00:53:45,196 --> 00:53:47,031 ISSUE OR GETTING CLOSER TO THE 1307 00:53:47,031 --> 00:53:51,069 ISSUE OF DIMINISHING AND GETTING 1308 00:53:51,069 --> 00:53:52,337 PEOPLE INTO SCREENING EARLIER IN 1309 00:53:52,337 --> 00:53:55,273 ORDER TO DIMINISH MORTALITY 1310 00:53:55,273 --> 00:53:56,307 RATES IN UNDERSERVED 1311 00:53:56,307 --> 00:53:57,842 COMMUNITIES, YOU NEED TO DEPLOY 1312 00:53:57,842 --> 00:54:00,078 BOOTS ON THE GROUND AS THEY DID 1313 00:54:00,078 --> 00:54:01,245 IN COVID WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH 1314 00:54:01,245 --> 00:54:04,849 WORKERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED 1315 00:54:04,849 --> 00:54:06,618 ORGANIZATIONS WHO WHEN TASKED 1316 00:54:06,618 --> 00:54:08,419 WITH PUBLIC HEALTH WERE ABLE TO 1317 00:54:08,419 --> 00:54:10,989 REALLY INCREASE BOAST TETHING 1318 00:54:10,989 --> 00:54:11,322 AND SCREENING. 1319 00:54:11,322 --> 00:54:13,224 AND I THINK THAT -- AND I KNOW 1320 00:54:13,224 --> 00:54:16,761 THAT THERE IS SO MUCH THAT GOES 1321 00:54:16,761 --> 00:54:18,429 INTO THE RESEARCH BUT IT'S TIME 1322 00:54:18,429 --> 00:54:21,099 TO INVEST IN COMMUNITIED BASED 1323 00:54:21,099 --> 00:54:22,700 ORGANIZATIONS TO GET RESULTS OF 1324 00:54:22,700 --> 00:54:23,468 MOVING PEOPLE FROM COMMUNITY 1325 00:54:23,468 --> 00:54:25,003 INTO THE SCREENINGS. 1326 00:54:25,003 --> 00:54:26,070 AT MULTIPLE LEVELS. 1327 00:54:26,070 --> 00:54:28,439 I THINK IT'S A VERY STRONG 1328 00:54:28,439 --> 00:54:29,340 PARTNERSHIP THAT REALLY COULD BE 1329 00:54:29,340 --> 00:54:31,643 VERY HELPFUL WITH NOT ONLY 1330 00:54:31,643 --> 00:54:33,511 COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTERS BUT 1331 00:54:33,511 --> 00:54:34,445 PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLINICS. 1332 00:54:34,445 --> 00:54:37,248 BUT WE NEED INVESTMENT. 1333 00:54:37,248 --> 00:54:39,150 WE CAN TRAIN AND DEPLOY AND 1334 00:54:39,150 --> 00:54:41,285 REALLY GET SOME RESULTS BUT WE 1335 00:54:41,285 --> 00:54:43,021 NEED THE INVESTMENT. 1336 00:54:43,021 --> 00:54:44,455 >> YES, THANK YOU. 1337 00:54:44,455 --> 00:54:44,856 >> GREAT POINT. 1338 00:54:44,856 --> 00:54:46,624 THANK YOU. 1339 00:54:46,624 --> 00:54:49,027 SO IN THE INTEREST ATIME WE'LL 1340 00:54:49,027 --> 00:54:50,728 MOVE ON TO THE LEGISLATIVE 1341 00:54:50,728 --> 00:54:51,796 REPORT THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO 1342 00:54:51,796 --> 00:54:55,767 US BY MK HOLOHAN. 1343 00:54:55,767 --> 00:55:00,138 ISABEL, CAN YOU LOWER YOUR HAND, 1344 00:55:00,138 --> 00:55:00,872 PLEASE. 1345 00:55:00,872 --> 00:55:02,040 >> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR 1346 00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:03,341 THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU 1347 00:55:03,341 --> 00:55:03,708 TODAY. 1348 00:55:03,708 --> 00:55:07,612 I'M GOING TO PROBABLY SKIP A FEW 1349 00:55:07,612 --> 00:55:08,246 SLIDES IN THE INTEREST OF TIME 1350 00:55:08,246 --> 00:55:10,682 SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK 1351 00:55:10,682 --> 00:55:11,015 QUESTIONS. 1352 00:55:11,015 --> 00:55:11,849 NEXT SLIDE. 1353 00:55:11,849 --> 00:55:14,218 I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT I'M 1354 00:55:14,218 --> 00:55:16,054 ALWAYS HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU OR 1355 00:55:16,054 --> 00:55:19,057 STAFF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 1356 00:55:19,057 --> 00:55:20,358 I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON THESE 1357 00:55:20,358 --> 00:55:22,994 TOPICS, FY24 APPROPRIATIONS 1358 00:55:22,994 --> 00:55:26,431 PROCESS, SOME OVERALL 1359 00:55:26,431 --> 00:55:27,365 CONGRESSIONALAL UPDATES. 1360 00:55:27,365 --> 00:55:28,800 I'LL PROBABLY SKIP THE RECENT 1361 00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:31,169 HEARINGS AND VISIT SECTIONS TO 1362 00:55:31,169 --> 00:55:33,204 SAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 1363 00:55:33,204 --> 00:55:35,373 SO, FINALIZING SPENDING BILLS IS 1364 00:55:35,373 --> 00:55:37,341 ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. 1365 00:55:37,341 --> 00:55:38,843 THIS YEAR HAS BEEN MUCH WORSE 1366 00:55:38,843 --> 00:55:39,944 THAN USUAL. 1367 00:55:39,944 --> 00:55:42,013 WHEN THERE ARE PERIODIC DEBT 1368 00:55:42,013 --> 00:55:45,717 LIMIT INCREASES NEEDED, THAT 1369 00:55:45,717 --> 00:55:47,018 USUALLY IS PAIRED WITH SOME SORT 1370 00:55:47,018 --> 00:55:48,853 OF BUDGET DEAL. 1371 00:55:48,853 --> 00:55:50,088 NO EXCEPTION THIS YEAR. 1372 00:55:50,088 --> 00:55:54,058 IT'S ALSO DONE AT THE VERY LAST 1373 00:55:54,058 --> 00:55:54,292 MINUTE. 1374 00:55:54,292 --> 00:55:55,693 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. 1375 00:55:55,693 --> 00:55:56,461 I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER IN THE 1376 00:55:56,461 --> 00:55:58,496 BEGINNING OF JUNE AFTER THE 1377 00:55:58,496 --> 00:56:00,598 TREASURY SECRETARY WAS TALKING 1378 00:56:00,598 --> 00:56:02,133 ABOUT THE FULFILL AND CREDIT OF 1379 00:56:02,133 --> 00:56:04,368 THE UNITED STATES AND TAKING 1380 00:56:04,368 --> 00:56:05,103 EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES AND 1381 00:56:05,103 --> 00:56:05,903 CONGRESS DID COME TOGETHER WITH 1382 00:56:05,903 --> 00:56:09,073 A BUDGET DEAL CALLED THE FISCAL 1383 00:56:09,073 --> 00:56:09,507 RESPONSIBILITY ACT. 1384 00:56:09,507 --> 00:56:12,877 SO THIS IS THE DEBT LIMIT UNTIL 1385 00:56:12,877 --> 00:56:16,380 JANUARY 2025. 1386 00:56:16,380 --> 00:56:17,281 IT CAPPED FISCAL YEAR 24 1387 00:56:17,281 --> 00:56:20,451 SPENDING AT FY23 LEVELS AND 1388 00:56:20,451 --> 00:56:24,322 LIMITED FY25 SPENDING TO 1% 1389 00:56:24,322 --> 00:56:27,191 INCREASE. 1390 00:56:27,191 --> 00:56:28,893 SO THIS IS SOMETHING FOR 1391 00:56:28,893 --> 00:56:29,160 EVERYONE. 1392 00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:30,928 IT ALLOWED DEFENSE TO BE 1393 00:56:30,928 --> 00:56:32,663 INCREASED BY 3%, WHICH IS THE 1394 00:56:32,663 --> 00:56:36,667 AMOUNT THAT WAS REQUESTED IN THE 1395 00:56:36,667 --> 00:56:36,968 BUILT'S BID. 1396 00:56:36,968 --> 00:56:38,903 IT ALSO -- THERE WAS SIDE DEALS 1397 00:56:38,903 --> 00:56:41,539 THAT WERE NOT IN THE LEGISLATION 1398 00:56:41,539 --> 00:56:43,174 AND ALLOWED THIS TO RETURN TO 1399 00:56:43,174 --> 00:56:44,709 THAT ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S BECOME A 1400 00:56:44,709 --> 00:56:49,347 BIG POINT OF CONTENTION AS OF 1401 00:56:49,347 --> 00:56:49,547 TODAY. 1402 00:56:49,547 --> 00:56:51,215 THEY INCLUDE WHAD IS SORT OF 1403 00:56:51,215 --> 00:56:54,619 UNUSUAL, A STICK THAT WOULD 1404 00:56:54,619 --> 00:57:00,658 AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER A CUT, A 1405 00:57:00,658 --> 00:57:00,925 SEQUESTER. 1406 00:57:00,925 --> 00:57:03,361 IF CONGRESS DOESN'T PASS ALL 12 1407 00:57:03,361 --> 00:57:05,563 SPENDING BILLS BY JANUARY 1, 1408 00:57:05,563 --> 00:57:08,266 THERE WILL BE TRIGGERED A 1% 1409 00:57:08,266 --> 00:57:09,000 SEQUESTER. 1410 00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:09,400 ACROSS-THE-BOARD. 1411 00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:10,835 AND THE THAT INCLUDES DEFENSE. 1412 00:57:10,835 --> 00:57:12,804 TO THE DOESN'T EXEMPT DEFENSE AS 1413 00:57:12,804 --> 00:57:16,207 SOMETIMES IS THE CASE WITH THESE 1414 00:57:16,207 --> 00:57:17,575 SORTS OF BUDGET DEALS. 1415 00:57:17,575 --> 00:57:19,210 IF THE 12 BILLS ARE NOT 1416 00:57:19,210 --> 00:57:21,412 COMPLETED BY APRIL 30, THEN THAT 1417 00:57:21,412 --> 00:57:23,614 SEQUESTER, THAT 1% CUT BECOMES 1418 00:57:23,614 --> 00:57:26,050 PERMANENT FOR THE REST OF THE 1419 00:57:26,050 --> 00:57:26,717 FISCAL YEAR. 1420 00:57:26,717 --> 00:57:30,221 SO, THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL. 1421 00:57:30,221 --> 00:57:31,956 DEFENSE WOULD LOSE A LOT OF 1422 00:57:31,956 --> 00:57:34,091 MONEY IF THEY WERE HIT WITH A 1% 1423 00:57:34,091 --> 00:57:34,759 CUT FOR THE YEAR. 1424 00:57:34,759 --> 00:57:35,993 ONE THING THAT IS REALLY 1425 00:57:35,993 --> 00:57:39,063 INTERESTING HERE, IS THAT IT IS 1426 00:57:39,063 --> 00:57:41,899 UNKNOWN TERRITORY. 1427 00:57:41,899 --> 00:57:44,335 WE HAVEN'T HAD EXACTLY THIS 1428 00:57:44,335 --> 00:57:44,936 SITUATION AS FAR AS I KNOW IN 1429 00:57:44,936 --> 00:57:46,070 THE REPORTING. 1430 00:57:46,070 --> 00:57:50,174 I READ IT IS CONFIRMED. 1431 00:57:50,174 --> 00:57:52,677 IF THE RESOLUTION OF FY24 WAS A 1432 00:57:52,677 --> 00:57:56,280 FULL YEAR CONTINUING RESOLUTION 1433 00:57:56,280 --> 00:57:57,415 HELD KEEP ALL AGENCIES IN THAT 1434 00:57:57,415 --> 00:58:02,119 FULL YEAR-CR FE FY23 FUNDING 1435 00:58:02,119 --> 00:58:02,753 LEVEL, WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED 1436 00:58:02,753 --> 00:58:05,990 COMPLETING THE APPROPRIATIONS 1437 00:58:05,990 --> 00:58:08,492 AND THEN NOT HAVE THOSE CUTS 1438 00:58:08,492 --> 00:58:08,793 TRIGGERED? 1439 00:58:08,793 --> 00:58:09,927 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE 1440 00:58:09,927 --> 00:58:11,996 SEEING A LOT OF WRITING ABOUT 1441 00:58:11,996 --> 00:58:13,264 NOW. 1442 00:58:13,264 --> 00:58:14,765 UNFORTUNATELY, ONE THING THAT 1443 00:58:14,765 --> 00:58:15,800 HAPPENED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY 1444 00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:17,602 THERE WAS A SHORT-LIVED 1445 00:58:17,602 --> 00:58:19,270 CELEBRATION BY SPEAKER 1446 00:58:19,270 --> 00:58:21,105 McCARTHY AND OTHER LEADERS 1447 00:58:21,105 --> 00:58:22,406 WITHIN THE HOUSE AND SENATE, 1448 00:58:22,406 --> 00:58:24,408 ABOUT THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY 1449 00:58:24,408 --> 00:58:25,843 ACT BEING COMPLETED. 1450 00:58:25,843 --> 00:58:27,745 WITHIN A NUMBER OF DAYS OR 1451 00:58:27,745 --> 00:58:30,581 PROBABLY OVERNIGHT, WE STARTED 1452 00:58:30,581 --> 00:58:31,983 HEARING A GREAT OBJECTIONS FROM 1453 00:58:31,983 --> 00:58:34,986 THE HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS, 1454 00:58:34,986 --> 00:58:36,087 ULTRACONSERVATIVE FASHION OF THE 1455 00:58:36,087 --> 00:58:38,789 HOUSE GOP CAUCUS, AND THEY 1456 00:58:38,789 --> 00:58:41,692 REALLY WERE VERY UPSET ABOUT THE 1457 00:58:41,692 --> 00:58:43,027 FUNDING LEVEL FOR 24 AND NOT 1458 00:58:43,027 --> 00:58:44,262 BEING LOW ENOUGH. 1459 00:58:44,262 --> 00:58:46,464 THEY WANTED TO RETURN TO FY22 1460 00:58:46,464 --> 00:58:47,298 LEVELS. 1461 00:58:47,298 --> 00:58:50,401 AND SO, WE THEN SAW A DIFFERENT 1462 00:58:50,401 --> 00:58:52,503 APPROACH FROM HOUSE REPUBLICAN 1463 00:58:52,503 --> 00:58:52,803 LEADERSHIP. 1464 00:58:52,803 --> 00:58:55,406 THEY BEGAN TALKING ABOUT THE 1465 00:58:55,406 --> 00:58:57,675 FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY LEADERSHIP 1466 00:58:57,675 --> 00:58:59,577 FOR FY24 SETTING A SEALING, NOT 1467 00:58:59,577 --> 00:59:00,611 A FLOOR. 1468 00:59:00,611 --> 00:59:02,313 SO THEY FELT THEY WERE FREE TO 1469 00:59:02,313 --> 00:59:04,415 WRITE THEIR BILLS TO MUCH LOWER 1470 00:59:04,415 --> 00:59:05,349 LEVELS. 1471 00:59:05,349 --> 00:59:07,518 DEMOCRATS DID NOT VIEW IT THAT 1472 00:59:07,518 --> 00:59:09,320 WAY NEITHER DID SENATE 1473 00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:09,787 REPUBLICANS. 1474 00:59:09,787 --> 00:59:11,222 IT'S JUST BEEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS 1475 00:59:11,222 --> 00:59:13,557 THAT HAD THIS APPROACH AND THERE 1476 00:59:13,557 --> 00:59:16,494 WAS SORT OF A MUTINY ABOUT IT. 1477 00:59:16,494 --> 00:59:17,662 THERE WAS NO BUSINESS BEING ABLE 1478 00:59:17,662 --> 00:59:22,366 TO GET DONE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR. 1479 00:59:22,366 --> 00:59:23,367 THERE WAS THIS SIDE AGREEMENTS 1480 00:59:23,367 --> 00:59:26,170 THAT I REFERENCED THAT WOULD ADD 1481 00:59:26,170 --> 00:59:27,872 ABOUT -- ONE OF THE WAYS THEY 1482 00:59:27,872 --> 00:59:29,240 GOT TO YES WITH SOME OF THE 1483 00:59:29,240 --> 00:59:31,809 DEMOCRAT, ALLOWING THE 3% 1484 00:59:31,809 --> 00:59:34,478 INCREASE IN DEFENSE, THEY HAD TO 1485 00:59:34,478 --> 00:59:37,415 ALLOW FOR SIDE DEALS AND THERE 1486 00:59:37,415 --> 00:59:38,582 WAS ABOUT 54 MILLION DOLLARS OF 1487 00:59:38,582 --> 00:59:41,218 THE WHITE HOUSE REFERRED TO AS 1488 00:59:41,218 --> 00:59:42,320 AGREED UPON ADJUSTMENTS. 1489 00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:44,388 THAT'S NOT WRITTEN IN THE LAW, 1490 00:59:44,388 --> 00:59:46,223 IN THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY 1491 00:59:46,223 --> 00:59:46,757 ACT. 1492 00:59:46,757 --> 00:59:49,460 RANKING NUMBER DELORE OH, THE 1493 00:59:49,460 --> 00:59:49,894 TOP GEM CRACK IN THE 1494 00:59:49,894 --> 00:59:51,896 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, WAS 1495 00:59:51,896 --> 00:59:53,831 VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT THIS AND 1496 00:59:53,831 --> 00:59:56,167 DIDN'T WANT THIS TO BE SORT OF A 1497 00:59:56,167 --> 00:59:57,802 SIDE DEAL AS IT PLAYED OUT. 1498 00:59:57,802 --> 01:00:00,438 SO WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO 1499 01:00:00,438 --> 01:00:01,906 THIS AND SEE HOW THIS GOES. 1500 01:00:01,906 --> 01:00:05,209 THERE WAS SOME GOOD NEWS THIS 1501 01:00:05,209 --> 01:00:08,245 MORNING THAT HOUSE FREEDOM 1502 01:00:08,245 --> 01:00:11,349 CAUCUS HAD STUCK WITH THEIR 1503 01:00:11,349 --> 01:00:12,883 LEVEL WHICH WAS FAR LOWER THAN 1504 01:00:12,883 --> 01:00:14,785 WHAT THE SENATE IS WRITING TO. 1505 01:00:14,785 --> 01:00:17,488 AND AS OF TODAY, THEY SEEM TO -- 1506 01:00:17,488 --> 01:00:20,191 AT LEAST SOME OF OF THEM 1507 01:00:20,191 --> 01:00:21,258 ACKEISED TO THAT IS WHAT IS IN 1508 01:00:21,258 --> 01:00:22,927 THE LAW AND WHERE WE ARE GOING 1509 01:00:22,927 --> 01:00:24,862 TO END UP BUT THE FOCUSES IS NOW 1510 01:00:24,862 --> 01:00:25,963 ON THE SIDE DEALS. 1511 01:00:25,963 --> 01:00:28,499 IN ACCIDENT SLIDE, PLEASE. 1512 01:00:28,499 --> 01:00:30,401 SO I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE. 1513 01:00:30,401 --> 01:00:34,205 WE HAVE A NEW SPEAKER OF THE 1514 01:00:34,205 --> 01:00:35,339 HOUSE. 1515 01:00:35,339 --> 01:00:38,175 SO THIS WAS -- HE WAS FOURTH 1516 01:00:38,175 --> 01:00:43,514 NOMINEE TO TRY TO GET THE VOTES 1517 01:00:43,514 --> 01:00:43,814 NECESSARY. 1518 01:00:43,814 --> 01:00:45,316 NOT SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN 1519 01:00:45,316 --> 01:00:46,851 CONGRESS FOR A LONG TIME. 1520 01:00:46,851 --> 01:00:48,552 I THINK A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE 1521 01:00:48,552 --> 01:00:50,187 FOR JUST OVER SIX YEARS. 1522 01:00:50,187 --> 01:00:52,990 AND THE SO HE HAS A LOT OF 1523 01:00:52,990 --> 01:00:54,425 REALLY DIFFICULT JOBS AHEAD OF 1524 01:00:54,425 --> 01:00:54,592 HIM. 1525 01:00:54,592 --> 01:00:58,396 RIGHT NOW, WE ARE FUNDED UNDER A 1526 01:00:58,396 --> 01:01:00,464 STOP GAP FUNDING BILL, 1527 01:01:00,464 --> 01:01:04,402 CONTINUING RESOLUTION, A CR, 1528 01:01:04,402 --> 01:01:07,605 AUTO AN ODD HYBRID. 1529 01:01:07,605 --> 01:01:09,540 IT'S BEING DESCRIBED AS A 1530 01:01:09,540 --> 01:01:11,842 LADDERED CR. 1531 01:01:11,842 --> 01:01:12,877 IT HAS TWO RUNGS. 1532 01:01:12,877 --> 01:01:14,745 SO THEY DIVIDED THE 12 BILLS 1533 01:01:14,745 --> 01:01:21,786 INTO A GROUP OF FOUR, WHICH ARE 1534 01:01:21,786 --> 01:01:23,687 FUNDED THROUGH JANUARY 19. 1535 01:01:23,687 --> 01:01:25,556 SO WE HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH 1536 01:01:25,556 --> 01:01:26,290 ONE CR. 1537 01:01:26,290 --> 01:01:26,891 THAT'S FINE. 1538 01:01:26,891 --> 01:01:28,826 NUMBER 17 WE MADE IT THROUGH 1539 01:01:28,826 --> 01:01:29,193 THAT. 1540 01:01:29,193 --> 01:01:31,695 THE SECOND ONE IS THIS ODD 1541 01:01:31,695 --> 01:01:33,564 LADDERED HYBRID. 1542 01:01:33,564 --> 01:01:38,302 SO THE FIRST FOUR ARE MILITARY 1543 01:01:38,302 --> 01:01:41,072 CONSTRUCTION, V.A., AGRICULTURE 1544 01:01:41,072 --> 01:01:41,672 AND TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING 1545 01:01:41,672 --> 01:01:44,475 AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 1546 01:01:44,475 --> 01:01:45,242 SO THESE ARE FUNDED THROUGH 1547 01:01:45,242 --> 01:01:46,110 JANUARY 19. 1548 01:01:46,110 --> 01:01:48,179 ALL OF THE REST OF THE BILLS 1549 01:01:48,179 --> 01:01:50,881 INCLUDING LABOR HHS WHERE NIH 1550 01:01:50,881 --> 01:01:53,684 GETS ITS FUNDING AND THE DEFENSE 1551 01:01:53,684 --> 01:01:56,954 BILL, A VERY POPULAR BILL, ARE 1552 01:01:56,954 --> 01:01:57,421 IN THE SECOND TRENCH. 1553 01:01:57,421 --> 01:02:00,057 THOSE ARE FUNDED THROUGH 1554 01:02:00,057 --> 01:02:00,424 FEBRUARY 2. 1555 01:02:00,424 --> 01:02:02,493 WHAT IS NOT ADDRESSED ARE ANY OF 1556 01:02:02,493 --> 01:02:04,395 THE ISSUES FOR FOREIGN AID, AID 1557 01:02:04,395 --> 01:02:06,430 FOR ISRAEL, UKRAINE. 1558 01:02:06,430 --> 01:02:08,966 THERE IS A BIG PUSH AS I'M SURE 1559 01:02:08,966 --> 01:02:10,668 YOU HAVE READ IN ALL REPORTING 1560 01:02:10,668 --> 01:02:11,836 ABOUT THIS, THERE IS A BIG PUSH 1561 01:02:11,836 --> 01:02:13,571 FOR BORDER SECURITY PROVISIONS 1562 01:02:13,571 --> 01:02:16,674 TO BE ADDED TO THE AID FOR 1563 01:02:16,674 --> 01:02:16,907 UKRAINE. 1564 01:02:16,907 --> 01:02:18,242 THERE IS SOME SUGGESTION IN THE 1565 01:02:18,242 --> 01:02:19,343 HOUSE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME 1566 01:02:19,343 --> 01:02:21,645 SORT OF IRS PROVISIONS ADDED TO 1567 01:02:21,645 --> 01:02:23,881 AID FOR ISRAEL. 1568 01:02:23,881 --> 01:02:25,249 I DON'T WHEREIN THIS IS GOING TO 1569 01:02:25,249 --> 01:02:26,951 END EXCEPT BORDER SECURITY IS A 1570 01:02:26,951 --> 01:02:30,087 VERY BIG ISSUE AND IT'S REALLY 1571 01:02:30,087 --> 01:02:31,188 COMPLICATED AND IMMIGRATION 1572 01:02:31,188 --> 01:02:31,956 NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON 1573 01:02:31,956 --> 01:02:34,758 FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND REALLY 1574 01:02:34,758 --> 01:02:37,061 NOD BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A LOT OF 1575 01:02:37,061 --> 01:02:37,862 MEANING. 1576 01:02:37,862 --> 01:02:38,596 COMPROMISE AND MOVE THAT 1577 01:02:38,596 --> 01:02:38,829 FORWARD. 1578 01:02:38,829 --> 01:02:41,532 THIS IS CREATING A BIG PROBLEM 1579 01:02:41,532 --> 01:02:43,901 FOR THE NEW SPEAKER AND THE 1580 01:02:43,901 --> 01:02:45,603 LEADERSHIP OF THE SENATE. 1581 01:02:45,603 --> 01:02:48,072 SPEAKER JOHNSON MET WITH 1582 01:02:48,072 --> 01:02:49,840 MINORITY LEADER, MITCH 1583 01:02:49,840 --> 01:02:50,975 McCONNELL YESTERDAY AND IT WAS 1584 01:02:50,975 --> 01:02:52,943 A LARGE PART WHAT HAVE THEY WERE 1585 01:02:52,943 --> 01:02:53,244 DISCUSSING. 1586 01:02:53,244 --> 01:02:56,747 ALSO THE CR THAT WAS DONE THIS 1587 01:02:56,747 --> 01:02:59,016 LADDERED CR, IS A CLEAN CR. 1588 01:02:59,016 --> 01:03:00,851 AND THAT MEANS IS NO POLICY 1589 01:03:00,851 --> 01:03:02,887 RIDERS THAT WOULD BE VERY 1590 01:03:02,887 --> 01:03:06,724 PARTISAN AND THOSE CAN BE REALLY 1591 01:03:06,724 --> 01:03:08,392 KILLED AT THE CHANCE OF A CR 1592 01:03:08,392 --> 01:03:09,793 BECOMING ENACTED. 1593 01:03:09,793 --> 01:03:13,597 AND A LOT OF THE SPEAKER'S 1594 01:03:13,597 --> 01:03:14,965 CONSERVATIVE COLLEAGUES WERE 1595 01:03:14,965 --> 01:03:16,700 CONCERNED THERE WEREN'T POLICY 1596 01:03:16,700 --> 01:03:18,602 WRITERS AND CONTINUING THE 1597 01:03:18,602 --> 01:03:19,270 CURRENT FUNDING LEVEL. 1598 01:03:19,270 --> 01:03:20,971 THAT'S WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO GET 1599 01:03:20,971 --> 01:03:24,308 PASSED AND THE PLAY HE NEEDED TO 1600 01:03:24,308 --> 01:03:25,075 MAKE. 1601 01:03:25,075 --> 01:03:27,611 SO THE REASON I WANTED TO SHOW 1602 01:03:27,611 --> 01:03:29,847 THU TABLE IS TO SHOW YOU AS 1603 01:03:29,847 --> 01:03:32,116 DR. LOWY ALLUDED TO, WE ARE A 1604 01:03:32,116 --> 01:03:34,852 PART OF A LARGER SYSTEM. 1605 01:03:34,852 --> 01:03:40,958 THIS IS REFLECTING DISCRETIONARY 1606 01:03:40,958 --> 01:03:42,126 FUNDING. 1607 01:03:42,126 --> 01:03:44,361 HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS LIKE 1608 01:03:44,361 --> 01:03:46,263 MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, SOCIAL 1609 01:03:46,263 --> 01:03:47,598 SECURITY, CHIP, DOESN'T REFLECT 1610 01:03:47,598 --> 01:03:48,465 ANY OF THIS. 1611 01:03:48,465 --> 01:03:50,434 THIS IS JUST DISCRETIONARY 1612 01:03:50,434 --> 01:03:50,968 FUNDING THAT THE HOUSE AND 1613 01:03:50,968 --> 01:03:52,603 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES 1614 01:03:52,603 --> 01:03:52,836 CONTROL. 1615 01:03:52,836 --> 01:03:56,140 SO WE ARE IN THIS CATEGORY 1616 01:03:56,140 --> 01:03:59,510 HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THE LABOR 1617 01:03:59,510 --> 01:04:00,811 HHS FUNDING BILL. 1618 01:04:00,811 --> 01:04:03,714 SO THIS IS THE FY23 FINAL LEVEL. 1619 01:04:03,714 --> 01:04:06,317 THESE ARE DOLLARS IN MILLIONS. 1620 01:04:06,317 --> 01:04:09,386 THEN THE HOUSE LEVEL, THE SENATE 1621 01:04:09,386 --> 01:04:12,556 LEVEL AND THE DIFFERENCE. 1622 01:04:12,556 --> 01:04:14,158 SO HERE YOU'RE SEEING HOW THE 1623 01:04:14,158 --> 01:04:15,693 SENATE WROTE TO THE FISCAL 1624 01:04:15,693 --> 01:04:16,961 RESPONSIBILITY ACT LEVELS, THE 1625 01:04:16,961 --> 01:04:18,062 HOUSE CHOSE NOT TO. 1626 01:04:18,062 --> 01:04:19,563 AND IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT 1627 01:04:19,563 --> 01:04:20,464 DIFFERENCE FOR OUR BILL. 1628 01:04:20,464 --> 01:04:23,167 YOU GO DOWN TO THE POLT, YOU CAN 1629 01:04:23,167 --> 01:04:24,835 SEE THE DIFFERENCE 1630 01:04:24,835 --> 01:04:25,236 ACROSS-THE-BOARD. 1631 01:04:25,236 --> 01:04:27,871 ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO 1632 01:04:27,871 --> 01:04:29,907 POINT OUT HERE, THESE DON'T 1633 01:04:29,907 --> 01:04:32,209 REFLECT THE SIDE DOLES THAT I 1634 01:04:32,209 --> 01:04:32,776 ALLUDED TO. 1635 01:04:32,776 --> 01:04:35,813 THESE ARE TOP-LINE NUMBERS. 1636 01:04:35,813 --> 01:04:38,048 SO THE CUTS THAT WERE AGREED TO 1637 01:04:38,048 --> 01:04:42,386 AND THE FLAT FUNDING FOR 24 AND 1638 01:04:42,386 --> 01:04:45,189 THE 1% ALLOWED INCREASE FOR '25, 1639 01:04:45,189 --> 01:04:47,224 THOSE ARE TOP LINE T DOESN'T 1640 01:04:47,224 --> 01:04:48,592 MEAN THAT EVERY PROGRAM HAS TO 1641 01:04:48,592 --> 01:04:51,562 BE CUT BY THAT SAME AMOUNT. 1642 01:04:51,562 --> 01:04:54,164 SO, APPROPRIATORS WILL USE THEIR 1643 01:04:54,164 --> 01:04:54,465 DISCRETION. 1644 01:04:54,465 --> 01:04:56,700 WHAT THIS REFLECTS HERE ARE THE 1645 01:04:56,700 --> 01:04:57,701 SUBCOMMITTEE ALLOCATION THAT IS 1646 01:04:57,701 --> 01:05:00,037 THE LEADERSHIP OF THE 1647 01:05:00,037 --> 01:05:01,105 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES MAKE. 1648 01:05:01,105 --> 01:05:03,340 AND THE HOUSE AND SENATE DO NOT 1649 01:05:03,340 --> 01:05:06,477 MAKE THE SAME ALLOCATIONS. 1650 01:05:06,477 --> 01:05:07,111 THIS THE IS THE PROCESS OF THEM 1651 01:05:07,111 --> 01:05:11,382 WORKING OUT THE BILLS, DOLLARS, 1652 01:05:11,382 --> 01:05:12,650 DIRECTIVES, BUT THE JOB WAS MADE 1653 01:05:12,650 --> 01:05:15,319 A LOT HARDER THIS YEAR BU THE 1654 01:05:15,319 --> 01:05:17,521 WALKING AWAY FROM THE FISCAL 1655 01:05:17,521 --> 01:05:19,823 RESPONSIBILITY ACT AGREEMENTS. 1656 01:05:19,823 --> 01:05:23,827 SO, IT'S NOT AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD 1657 01:05:23,827 --> 01:05:24,028 CUT. 1658 01:05:24,028 --> 01:05:25,996 WE CAN'T BE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE 1659 01:05:25,996 --> 01:05:28,565 BUDGET FOR FY24 BECAUSE WE 1660 01:05:28,565 --> 01:05:30,100 UNDERSTAND THE MATH THAT 1661 01:05:30,100 --> 01:05:31,468 CONGRESS IS FACING AND THE 1662 01:05:31,468 --> 01:05:32,703 ALLOCATIONS THAT THE 1663 01:05:32,703 --> 01:05:35,806 APPROPRIATORS HAVE TO WORK WITH. 1664 01:05:35,806 --> 01:05:37,408 HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE A 1665 01:05:37,408 --> 01:05:39,476 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BIPARTISAN 1666 01:05:39,476 --> 01:05:41,011 SUPPORT FOR CANCER RESEARCH. 1667 01:05:41,011 --> 01:05:43,280 WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT 1668 01:05:43,280 --> 01:05:46,183 AND WE CONTINUED TO BE AS 1669 01:05:46,183 --> 01:05:47,685 OPTIMISTIC THAT OUR SUPPORTERS 1670 01:05:47,685 --> 01:05:49,520 WILL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE SOME 1671 01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:50,888 OF THESE PROGRAMS AS THEY HAVE 1672 01:05:50,888 --> 01:05:51,722 IN THE PAST. 1673 01:05:51,722 --> 01:05:55,559 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 1674 01:05:55,559 --> 01:05:58,395 SO THIS, I'M TRYING TO SHOW 1675 01:05:58,395 --> 01:05:59,763 HERE, THE SPECIFICS WITHIN THE 1676 01:05:59,763 --> 01:06:01,598 LABOR HHS BILL. 1677 01:06:01,598 --> 01:06:04,501 THESE ARE THE NIH, NCI AND 1678 01:06:04,501 --> 01:06:06,136 ARPA-H NUMBERS FOR CONTRAST. 1679 01:06:06,136 --> 01:06:09,406 SO THE FIRST COLUMN IS MA WE HAD 1680 01:06:09,406 --> 01:06:11,742 LAST FISCAL YEAR, WHAT WAS 1681 01:06:11,742 --> 01:06:12,076 ENACTED. 1682 01:06:12,076 --> 01:06:13,477 THE SECOND IS THE PRESIDENT'S 1683 01:06:13,477 --> 01:06:16,980 BUDGET REQUEST FOR FY24 AND THEN 1684 01:06:16,980 --> 01:06:19,249 THE HOUSE AND SENATE NUMBERS. 1685 01:06:19,249 --> 01:06:20,718 THESE ARE ONLY NOT ENACTED INTO 1686 01:06:20,718 --> 01:06:22,319 LAW SO THEY ARE IN GRAY BECAUSE 1687 01:06:22,319 --> 01:06:24,021 THEY ARE IN DEVELOPMENT. 1688 01:06:24,021 --> 01:06:28,058 BUT YOU CAN SEE JUST FOCUSING ON 1689 01:06:28,058 --> 01:06:31,128 2346789CI, THE HOUSE 1690 01:06:31,128 --> 01:06:33,397 SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE A 1691 01:06:33,397 --> 01:06:34,164 REDUCTION OF TWO16 MILLION 1692 01:06:34,164 --> 01:06:36,300 DOLLARS FOR NCI. 1693 01:06:36,300 --> 01:06:38,969 THIS IS NOTAISE CUT TO OUR BASE 1694 01:06:38,969 --> 01:06:39,203 BUDGET. 1695 01:06:39,203 --> 01:06:44,241 THIS IS THE -- THIS REFLECTS THE 1696 01:06:44,241 --> 01:06:44,842 FACT THAT THE MOONSHOT FUNDING 1697 01:06:44,842 --> 01:06:46,643 FROM THE CURES LEGISLATION, THAT 1698 01:06:46,643 --> 01:06:49,847 FUNDING LAST YEAR WAS FY23. 1699 01:06:49,847 --> 01:06:52,416 SO, IT LOOKS LIKE A CUT. 1700 01:06:52,416 --> 01:06:55,185 IT FEELS LIKE A CUT BUT FROM THE 1701 01:06:55,185 --> 01:06:55,853 APPROPRIATOR'S PERSPECTIVE, THEY 1702 01:06:55,853 --> 01:06:57,488 KEPT US FLAT. 1703 01:06:57,488 --> 01:06:59,223 THEY DID NOT FIND A WAY TO 1704 01:06:59,223 --> 01:07:00,657 BACKSTOP THAT MONEY THAT CAME 1705 01:07:00,657 --> 01:07:02,259 FROM A MANDATORY STREAM. 1706 01:07:02,259 --> 01:07:05,295 IN CONTRAST, THE SENATE DID 1707 01:07:05,295 --> 01:07:06,730 ALLOW FOR THAT. 1708 01:07:06,730 --> 01:07:08,632 AND THEY DID ACCOMMODATE PUTTING 1709 01:07:08,632 --> 01:07:11,735 IN THE 216 MILLION DOLLAR 1710 01:07:11,735 --> 01:07:12,836 INCREASE TO FILL THAT HOLE. 1711 01:07:12,836 --> 01:07:14,838 THEY ALSO PROPOSED A 60 MILLION 1712 01:07:14,838 --> 01:07:17,508 DOLLAR INCREASE ON TOP OF THAT 1713 01:07:17,508 --> 01:07:19,343 TO OUR BASE BUDGET. 1714 01:07:19,343 --> 01:07:20,310 NEXT SLIDE. 1715 01:07:20,310 --> 01:07:22,880 SO WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IS 1716 01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:27,584 THE FLUXATIONS IN OUR BASE 1717 01:07:27,584 --> 01:07:27,818 BUDGET. 1718 01:07:27,818 --> 01:07:28,485 DR. LOWY SHOWED YOU DETAIL ABOUT 1719 01:07:28,485 --> 01:07:29,753 THE FUNDING STREAMS AND WE HAVE 1720 01:07:29,753 --> 01:07:31,455 MONEY FOR THE CANCER MOONSHOT 1721 01:07:31,455 --> 01:07:34,925 AND WE HAD MONEY FOR CCDI FOR 1722 01:07:34,925 --> 01:07:36,927 THESE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. 1723 01:07:36,927 --> 01:07:39,363 THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE BASE 1724 01:07:39,363 --> 01:07:43,634 BUDGET AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IS 1725 01:07:43,634 --> 01:07:44,234 SIGNIFICANT VARIATIONS IN THE 1726 01:07:44,234 --> 01:07:45,169 AMOUNT OF INCREASES WE RECEIVED. 1727 01:07:45,169 --> 01:07:48,305 AND YOU IS CAN SIGH IN FY19 IT 1728 01:07:48,305 --> 01:07:49,873 WAS A 79 MILLION DOLLAR 1729 01:07:49,873 --> 01:07:50,140 INCREASE. 1730 01:07:50,140 --> 01:07:52,409 CONTRASTING THAT FY20 WITH A 1731 01:07:52,409 --> 01:07:53,944 VERY LARGE INCREASE AND WE 1732 01:07:53,944 --> 01:07:56,246 WANTED TO POINT OUT THIS IS WHEN 1733 01:07:56,246 --> 01:07:58,382 THERE WAS THE FIRST CLIP FOR 1734 01:07:58,382 --> 01:08:00,517 CANCER MOONSHOT FUNDING. 1735 01:08:00,517 --> 01:08:02,686 IT DROPPED FROM 400 MILLION THE 1736 01:08:02,686 --> 01:08:07,391 YEAR PRIOR TO 195 MILLION IN 1737 01:08:07,391 --> 01:08:07,658 FY20. 1738 01:08:07,658 --> 01:08:10,093 SO THE APPROPRIATOR FOUND A WAY 1739 01:08:10,093 --> 01:08:13,197 TO RESCUE US FROM THE FUNDING 1740 01:08:13,197 --> 01:08:13,530 CLIFF. 1741 01:08:13,530 --> 01:08:15,065 SO THAT WAS VERY GOOD NEWS FOR 1742 01:08:15,065 --> 01:08:15,532 US. 1743 01:08:15,532 --> 01:08:16,400 OBVIOUSLY THESE WERE GREAT 1744 01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:18,936 PROGRAMS AND WE WANTED TO 1745 01:08:18,936 --> 01:08:19,203 CONTINUE. 1746 01:08:19,203 --> 01:08:21,438 BUT, HAVING DIFFERENT FUNDING 1747 01:08:21,438 --> 01:08:25,442 STREAMS MAKES IT COMPLICATED. 1748 01:08:25,442 --> 01:08:28,378 SO WE WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT 1749 01:08:28,378 --> 01:08:28,579 HERE. 1750 01:08:28,579 --> 01:08:31,915 SO WHAT HAPPENS HERE? 1751 01:08:31,915 --> 01:08:32,115 NEXT? 1752 01:08:32,115 --> 01:08:33,550 FOR THE FIRST TIME WE DO NOT 1753 01:08:33,550 --> 01:08:35,185 HAVE A FUNDING CRISIS LOOMING 1754 01:08:35,185 --> 01:08:37,488 RIGHT BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS 1755 01:08:37,488 --> 01:08:37,888 HOLIDAY. 1756 01:08:37,888 --> 01:08:40,090 AND THAT'S GREAT FOR ALL THE 1757 01:08:40,090 --> 01:08:41,758 REPORTERS THAT COVER CONGRESS 1758 01:08:41,758 --> 01:08:43,227 FOR THE MEMBERS THEMSELVES. 1759 01:08:43,227 --> 01:08:46,129 BUT ALL IT REALLY DOES IS PUNT 1760 01:08:46,129 --> 01:08:47,498 IT TO THE NEXT MONTH. 1761 01:08:47,498 --> 01:08:49,366 AND THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME 1762 01:08:49,366 --> 01:08:50,534 LEFT. 1763 01:08:50,534 --> 01:08:52,336 SPEAKER JOHNSON WILL NOT VIEW 1764 01:08:52,336 --> 01:08:53,804 ANOTHER PLEA FUNDING BILL. 1765 01:08:53,804 --> 01:08:56,673 SO IF WE STICKS TO THAT, THAT 1766 01:08:56,673 --> 01:08:58,942 REALLY LIMITS HIS OPTIONS. 1767 01:08:58,942 --> 01:09:01,879 IT'S EITHER GET THESE BILLS DONE 1768 01:09:01,879 --> 01:09:05,182 FOR REAL AND FINALIZED OR DO EYE 1769 01:09:05,182 --> 01:09:06,016 FULL-YEAR CR. 1770 01:09:06,016 --> 01:09:08,318 WE'LL SEE. 1771 01:09:08,318 --> 01:09:09,152 THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO 1772 01:09:09,152 --> 01:09:10,487 RECONCILE THESE BILLS AND AS YOU 1773 01:09:10,487 --> 01:09:11,755 SEEK FROM THE TABLE WITH ALL OF 1774 01:09:11,755 --> 01:09:15,692 THE REALLY CONTRASTING TOP LINE 1775 01:09:15,692 --> 01:09:16,860 NUMBERS, THEY HAVEN'T CERTAINLY 1776 01:09:16,860 --> 01:09:19,930 BEGUN TO COME TO AGREEMENT ON 1777 01:09:19,930 --> 01:09:20,964 THESE BILLS. 1778 01:09:20,964 --> 01:09:23,967 THE LATTER HYBRID CR WE HAVE HAS 1779 01:09:23,967 --> 01:09:26,703 TWO DATES FOR POSSIBLE 1780 01:09:26,703 --> 01:09:27,604 SHUTDOWNS. 1781 01:09:27,604 --> 01:09:28,105 WE COULD HAVE A PARTIAL 1782 01:09:28,105 --> 01:09:28,839 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ON JANUARY 1783 01:09:28,839 --> 01:09:31,208 19 AND THEN WE COULD HAVE 1784 01:09:31,208 --> 01:09:32,409 ANOTHER PARTIAL GOVERNMENT 1785 01:09:32,409 --> 01:09:35,445 SHUTDOWN ON FEBRUARY 2 BECAUSE 1786 01:09:35,445 --> 01:09:37,981 THERE ARE THESE DIFFERENT 1787 01:09:37,981 --> 01:09:38,549 TIMEFRAMES FOR WHICH FEDERAL 1788 01:09:38,549 --> 01:09:42,486 PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED. 1789 01:09:42,486 --> 01:09:44,988 THE CHASM BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND 1790 01:09:44,988 --> 01:09:46,557 SENATE CEALING, NOT A FLOOR 1791 01:09:46,557 --> 01:09:46,757 ISSUE. 1792 01:09:46,757 --> 01:09:48,458 MAYBE THAT'S COMING CLOSER TO 1793 01:09:48,458 --> 01:09:49,059 RESOLUTION. 1794 01:09:49,059 --> 01:09:51,628 WE DID SEE SOME POSITIVE NEWS ON 1795 01:09:51,628 --> 01:09:51,929 THAT TODAY. 1796 01:09:51,929 --> 01:09:53,730 BUT THEN THERE IS THE SIDE DEAL 1797 01:09:53,730 --> 01:09:53,964 ISSUES. 1798 01:09:53,964 --> 01:09:56,934 AND SO THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A 1799 01:09:56,934 --> 01:09:57,167 PROBLEM. 1800 01:09:57,167 --> 01:10:00,137 HOWEVER, THAT PLAYS OUT. 1801 01:10:00,137 --> 01:10:00,771 OTHER BIG PROBLEMS THAT CONGRESS 1802 01:10:00,771 --> 01:10:03,373 HAS TO DEAL WITH ARE FOREIGN AID 1803 01:10:03,373 --> 01:10:03,840 ISSUES. 1804 01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:07,411 PARTICULARLY THE BORDER SECURITY 1805 01:10:07,411 --> 01:10:08,278 DEMANDS ARE GOING TO BE VERY 1806 01:10:08,278 --> 01:10:08,545 DIFFICULT. 1807 01:10:08,545 --> 01:10:10,781 HOUSE AND SENATE REPUBLICANS DO 1808 01:10:10,781 --> 01:10:12,916 SEEM TO BE UNITED ON INSISTING 1809 01:10:12,916 --> 01:10:15,185 THAT THEY WANT BORDER SECURITY 1810 01:10:15,185 --> 01:10:16,420 PROVISIONS TO BE PART OF ANY 1811 01:10:16,420 --> 01:10:19,723 DEAL FOR UKRAINE. 1812 01:10:19,723 --> 01:10:21,091 AND THERE ARE OTHER MACHINES WHO 1813 01:10:21,091 --> 01:10:22,793 ARE DETERMINED THAT AID TO 1814 01:10:22,793 --> 01:10:24,061 UKRAINE WILL BE CONDITIONED ON 1815 01:10:24,061 --> 01:10:26,029 GETTING AID TO ISRAEL FIRST. 1816 01:10:26,029 --> 01:10:28,231 SO, AS I'M SURE YOU KNOW FROM 1817 01:10:28,231 --> 01:10:29,333 ALL OF THE REPORTING ABOUT THOSE 1818 01:10:29,333 --> 01:10:33,704 TWO ISSUES, THIS IS CAUSING A 1819 01:10:33,704 --> 01:10:35,539 LOT OF FASHIONS FOR BOTH SIDES 1820 01:10:35,539 --> 01:10:37,441 SO IT WILL NOT BE RESOLVED 1821 01:10:37,441 --> 01:10:38,775 QUICKLY OR EASILY. 1822 01:10:38,775 --> 01:10:41,078 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 1823 01:10:41,078 --> 01:10:43,914 I WANTED TO POINT OUT, YRs ARE 1824 01:10:43,914 --> 01:10:44,748 VERY COMMON. 1825 01:10:44,748 --> 01:10:46,750 AN AVERAGE OF 5 PER YEAR. 1826 01:10:46,750 --> 01:10:47,584 I LIKE THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT 1827 01:10:47,584 --> 01:10:49,353 SHOWS THE DURATION OF HOW LONG 1828 01:10:49,353 --> 01:10:52,789 THE CRs ARE AND I WANT TO 1829 01:10:52,789 --> 01:10:55,559 POINT OUT THE 365 DAYS, THAT 1830 01:10:55,559 --> 01:10:59,363 INDICATES THAT THERE WERE AT 1831 01:10:59,363 --> 01:11:00,097 LEAST SOME GOVERNMENT BILLS 1832 01:11:00,097 --> 01:11:02,833 FUNDED IN A FULL-YEAR CR. 1833 01:11:02,833 --> 01:11:03,967 NOT ALL OF THEM. 1834 01:11:03,967 --> 01:11:05,802 DEFENSE HAS ALWAYS FOUND A WAY 1835 01:11:05,802 --> 01:11:08,505 TO BE FUNDED BY A SUBSEQUENT 1836 01:11:08,505 --> 01:11:08,872 APPROPRIATION. 1837 01:11:08,872 --> 01:11:10,707 THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE WAYS FOR 1838 01:11:10,707 --> 01:11:13,043 ALL OF THE SUB COMMITTEE 1839 01:11:13,043 --> 01:11:14,111 ALLOCATIONS OR BILLS. 1840 01:11:14,111 --> 01:11:16,813 AND THIS DOESN'T SHOW YOU 2023. 1841 01:11:16,813 --> 01:11:19,983 THERE WERE THREE CRs THAT WENT 1842 01:11:19,983 --> 01:11:22,319 90 DAYS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. 1843 01:11:22,319 --> 01:11:24,421 ALL OF YOU KNOW VERY WELL, THE 1844 01:11:24,421 --> 01:11:25,822 LONGER INTO THE FISCAL YEAR WE 1845 01:11:25,822 --> 01:11:27,557 HAVE UNCERTAINTY ABOUT OUR 1846 01:11:27,557 --> 01:11:29,226 FUNDING LEVELS, THE MORE 1847 01:11:29,226 --> 01:11:31,461 DIFFICULT IT IS TO PLAN BOTH FOR 1848 01:11:31,461 --> 01:11:34,364 NCI AND FOR THE GRANTEES AND SO 1849 01:11:34,364 --> 01:11:35,966 THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD 1850 01:11:35,966 --> 01:11:37,834 REALLY HOPE DOESN'T EXTEND 1851 01:11:37,834 --> 01:11:38,368 TERRIBLY LONG. 1852 01:11:38,368 --> 01:11:41,471 SINCE WE ARE FUNDED THROUGH A CR 1853 01:11:41,471 --> 01:11:43,373 UNTIL FEBRUARY 2, THAT WOULD BE 1854 01:11:43,373 --> 01:11:45,776 THE EARLIEST WE WOULD POSSIBLY 1855 01:11:45,776 --> 01:11:47,944 GET OUR 24 APPROPRIATION 1856 01:11:47,944 --> 01:11:48,211 SETTLEED. 1857 01:11:48,211 --> 01:11:50,547 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ODDS 1858 01:11:50,547 --> 01:11:53,216 ARE THAT WILL BE THE FINAL 1859 01:11:53,216 --> 01:11:55,185 RESOLUTION. 1860 01:11:55,185 --> 01:11:57,421 NEXT SLIDE. 1861 01:11:57,421 --> 01:11:59,690 YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF NEWS 1862 01:11:59,690 --> 01:12:00,991 ABOUT RETIREMENTS. 1863 01:12:00,991 --> 01:12:01,858 THE NUMBER OF THE ACCUMULATIVE 1864 01:12:01,858 --> 01:12:04,695 NUMBERS ARE NOT ALL THAT OUT OF 1865 01:12:04,695 --> 01:12:06,229 THE ORDINARY. 1866 01:12:06,229 --> 01:12:09,399 THERE IS A LOT OF FLUX. 1867 01:12:09,399 --> 01:12:10,167 ONE THING THAT IS OUT OF THE 1868 01:12:10,167 --> 01:12:12,169 ORDINARY IS THE LEVEL OF 1869 01:12:12,169 --> 01:12:15,038 INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT IS 1870 01:12:15,038 --> 01:12:16,640 LEAVING, THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT 1871 01:12:16,640 --> 01:12:17,174 ARE LEAVING. 1872 01:12:17,174 --> 01:12:21,778 I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW 1873 01:12:21,778 --> 01:12:22,112 MEMBERS HERE. 1874 01:12:22,112 --> 01:12:25,949 ON THE TOP RIGHT IS 1875 01:12:25,949 --> 01:12:28,852 CONGRESSWOMANNA OF CALIFORNIA. 1876 01:12:28,852 --> 01:12:30,487 SHE IS A FIERCE CHAMPION OF 1877 01:12:30,487 --> 01:12:31,421 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. 1878 01:12:31,421 --> 01:12:34,357 AND THEN THE NEXT TWO 1879 01:12:34,357 --> 01:12:34,758 PHOTOGRAPHS GOING 1880 01:12:34,758 --> 01:12:37,127 COUNTERCLOCKWISE ARE CONGRESSMAN 1881 01:12:37,127 --> 01:12:39,429 BRIAN HIGGINS OF NEW YORK AND 1882 01:12:39,429 --> 01:12:40,063 REPRESENTATIVE DERRICK KILMER OF 1883 01:12:40,063 --> 01:12:43,300 WASHINGTON STATE STANDING WITH 1884 01:12:43,300 --> 01:12:44,401 DR.-- THEY BOTH WERE CHAIRS OF 1885 01:12:44,401 --> 01:12:47,971 THE HOUSE CANCER CAUCUS AND VERY 1886 01:12:47,971 --> 01:12:49,873 SUPPORTIVE OF CANCER RESEARCH 1887 01:12:49,873 --> 01:12:51,208 AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH NCI AND 1888 01:12:51,208 --> 01:12:57,247 LOTS OF THE CANCER GROUPS LIKE 1889 01:12:57,247 --> 01:12:57,748 ACS HAD HAD REALLY GOOD 1890 01:12:57,748 --> 01:12:58,415 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM AS WELL. 1891 01:12:58,415 --> 01:13:03,587 IT'S JUST A LOSS FOR US. 1892 01:13:03,587 --> 01:13:04,755 THEN CONGRESSWOMAN KATE 1893 01:13:04,755 --> 01:13:05,322 GRAINGER, CHAIR OF THE FULL 1894 01:13:05,322 --> 01:13:06,056 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE IN THE 1895 01:13:06,056 --> 01:13:09,826 HOUSE IS RETIRING. 1896 01:13:09,826 --> 01:13:12,062 AND SENATOR JOE MANSION 1897 01:13:12,062 --> 01:13:14,798 ANNOUNCED HIS SEAT WILL FLIP 1898 01:13:14,798 --> 01:13:15,732 FROM BLUE TO RED. 1899 01:13:15,732 --> 01:13:17,534 THAT THE IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE 1900 01:13:17,534 --> 01:13:19,703 FOR SENATE DEMOCRATS. 1901 01:13:19,703 --> 01:13:22,405 SOME OF THE ASSESSMENTS HAVE 1902 01:13:22,405 --> 01:13:32,949 LOOKED AT OVER TIME IN CONGRESS 1903 01:13:33,150 --> 01:13:36,953 HAD BEEN IN OFFICE FOR LESS THAN 1904 01:13:36,953 --> 01:13:37,988 5 YEARS. 1905 01:13:37,988 --> 01:13:39,422 BY WENT TOY BETWEEN, ALMOST 47% 1906 01:13:39,422 --> 01:13:43,460 OF HOUSE MEMBERS WERE THERE LESS 1907 01:13:43,460 --> 01:13:44,227 THAN 5 YEARS. 1908 01:13:44,227 --> 01:13:46,363 NANCY PELOSI SERVED FOR 20 1909 01:13:46,363 --> 01:13:47,631 BEFORE SHE BECAME SPEAKER. 1910 01:13:47,631 --> 01:13:50,300 PAUL RYAN FOR 17. 1911 01:13:50,300 --> 01:13:51,168 McCARTHY FOR 17. 1912 01:13:51,168 --> 01:13:52,869 IT'S JUST A LOT. 1913 01:13:52,869 --> 01:13:55,372 I GUESS THE HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE 1914 01:13:55,372 --> 01:13:56,873 WHO HAD MORE EXPERIENCE AND ABLE 1915 01:13:56,873 --> 01:14:00,277 TO DO MORE BIPARTISAN WORKING 1916 01:14:00,277 --> 01:14:02,979 KEEP DOING THAT AND KEEP 1917 01:14:02,979 --> 01:14:12,956 AVOIDING SOME OF THE EMERGEN 1918 01:14:12,956 --> 01:14:14,057 EMERGENCIES. 1919 01:14:14,057 --> 01:14:14,391 NEXT SLIGHTED. 1920 01:14:14,391 --> 01:14:16,326 WE TRY VERY HARD TO POST MEMBERS 1921 01:14:16,326 --> 01:14:18,228 OF CONGRESS TO VISIT AND THEIR 1922 01:14:18,228 --> 01:14:20,864 STAFF TO VISIT NCI TO WORK WITH 1923 01:14:20,864 --> 01:14:23,633 SITES TO HAVE, IF WE COULD BE 1924 01:14:23,633 --> 01:14:26,503 HELPFUL UPONFUL TO HAVE SOLICITS 1925 01:14:26,503 --> 01:14:27,804 TO NCI-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS AND 1926 01:14:27,804 --> 01:14:28,305 THAT'S WHAT THESE SLIDES 1927 01:14:28,305 --> 01:14:28,972 REPRESENT. 1928 01:14:28,972 --> 01:14:32,843 I'M GOING TO LEAVE THESE FOR 1929 01:14:32,843 --> 01:14:33,009 YOU. 1930 01:14:33,009 --> 01:14:35,679 THIS WAS A TERRIFIC BRIEFING 1931 01:14:35,679 --> 01:14:37,948 THAT OUR COLLEAGUES AGAINST 1932 01:14:37,948 --> 01:14:39,950 CANCER, GROUP ORGANIZED THROUGH 1933 01:14:39,950 --> 01:14:41,885 ACS CAN AND THEY PUT TOGETHER A 1934 01:14:41,885 --> 01:14:43,220 TERRIFIC BRIEFING ON CAPITOL 1935 01:14:43,220 --> 01:14:46,489 HILL THAT WAS REALLY WELL 1936 01:14:46,489 --> 01:14:47,757 INTENDED BY CONGRESSIONAL STAFF. 1937 01:14:47,757 --> 01:14:48,191 LAST SLIDE. 1938 01:14:48,191 --> 01:14:52,229 AND IF WE HAVE ANY TIME FOR 1939 01:14:52,229 --> 01:14:54,664 QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO 1940 01:14:54,664 --> 01:14:57,634 THANK ALL OF YOU WHO WORKED TO 1941 01:14:57,634 --> 01:14:59,002 ENGAGE AND INFORM MEMBERS OF 1942 01:14:59,002 --> 01:15:00,770 CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF AT YOUR 1943 01:15:00,770 --> 01:15:02,572 OWN INSTITUTIONS AND WHEN YOU'RE 1944 01:15:02,572 --> 01:15:06,810 DOING VISITS ON CAPITOL HILL, 1945 01:15:06,810 --> 01:15:08,178 BECAUSE IT IS -- IT REALLY 1946 01:15:08,178 --> 01:15:08,411 MATTERS. 1947 01:15:08,411 --> 01:15:11,648 IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR THAT 1948 01:15:11,648 --> 01:15:13,016 CONTEXT FOR MEMBERS TO HAVE THAT 1949 01:15:13,016 --> 01:15:14,384 AND THEIR STAFF TO LEARN ABOUT 1950 01:15:14,384 --> 01:15:16,620 THE KIND OF WORK THAT NCI IS 1951 01:15:16,620 --> 01:15:18,622 SUPPORTING AND THE KIND OF WORK 1952 01:15:18,622 --> 01:15:20,924 THAT IS HAPPENING. 1953 01:15:20,924 --> 01:15:21,324 THANK YOU. 1954 01:15:21,324 --> 01:15:22,626 HAPPY TO HEAR FROM ANY OF YOU 1955 01:15:22,626 --> 01:15:24,361 HERE OR WHEN YOU HAVE TIME AFTER 1956 01:15:24,361 --> 01:15:27,898 THE MEETING. 1957 01:15:27,898 --> 01:15:29,132 >> ARE THERE GO BURNING 1958 01:15:29,132 --> 01:15:30,667 QUESTIONS FOR MK? 1959 01:15:30,667 --> 01:15:32,369 FOR ME THE QUESTION WOULD BE, AS 1960 01:15:32,369 --> 01:15:37,240 YOU LOOK BACK ON THOSE FULL 365 1961 01:15:37,240 --> 01:15:41,311 DAY CRs HOW HAS HHS TYPICALLY 1962 01:15:41,311 --> 01:15:41,544 FAIRED? 1963 01:15:41,544 --> 01:15:44,781 WE TALK ABOUT THE VARIOUS BILLS, 1964 01:15:44,781 --> 01:15:47,250 DOD, DEFENSE ALWAYS, BUT HOW 1965 01:15:47,250 --> 01:15:48,618 HAS -- 1966 01:15:48,618 --> 01:15:49,719 >> NOT LABOR HHS. 1967 01:15:49,719 --> 01:15:51,788 OUR BILL IS ALWAYS ONE OF THE 1968 01:15:51,788 --> 01:15:52,589 LAST TO GET DONE. 1969 01:15:52,589 --> 01:15:56,192 IT IS THE BIGGEST DISCRETIONARY, 1970 01:15:56,192 --> 01:15:58,295 NON-DEFENSE DISCRETIONARY BILL. 1971 01:15:58,295 --> 01:16:01,698 AND IT IS FULL OF POLICY RIDERS 1972 01:16:01,698 --> 01:16:04,167 THAT ARE CONTROVERSIAL. 1973 01:16:04,167 --> 01:16:05,402 AND THIS YEAR THERE IS LOTS OF 1974 01:16:05,402 --> 01:16:08,571 BILLS THAT HAVE CONTROVERSIAL 1975 01:16:08,571 --> 01:16:09,406 RIDERS, AGRICULTURE BILL IS 1976 01:16:09,406 --> 01:16:10,507 REALLY PROBLEMATIC. 1977 01:16:10,507 --> 01:16:12,509 AND THAT IS THE IN THE FIRST 1978 01:16:12,509 --> 01:16:15,345 TRAUNCH INTENDED TO BE AN EASIER 1979 01:16:15,345 --> 01:16:17,247 GROUP TO GET THROUGH. 1980 01:16:17,247 --> 01:16:23,386 THERE IS RESTRICTIONS ABOUT 1981 01:16:23,386 --> 01:16:28,158 ACCESS TO THE -- I CAN NEVER 1982 01:16:28,158 --> 01:16:30,293 PRONOUNCE THE NAME. 1983 01:16:30,293 --> 01:16:32,963 SO THERE WAS RETAIL RESTRICTIONS 1984 01:16:32,963 --> 01:16:34,064 ABOUT THAT AND SOME MODERATE 1985 01:16:34,064 --> 01:16:35,899 REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST IT AND 1986 01:16:35,899 --> 01:16:37,634 SAID THEY WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT 1987 01:16:37,634 --> 01:16:39,336 AG APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND THAT 1988 01:16:39,336 --> 01:16:42,372 IS HOLDING UP FDA'S 1989 01:16:42,372 --> 01:16:42,939 APPROPRIATION. 1990 01:16:42,939 --> 01:16:46,576 SO, WE ARE NEVER GOING TO BE THE 1991 01:16:46,576 --> 01:16:49,179 FIRST OR EXEMPTED FROM A FULL CR 1992 01:16:49,179 --> 01:16:50,246 BECAUSE OUR BILL IS TOO 1993 01:16:50,246 --> 01:16:52,782 DIFFICULT TO GET DONE 1994 01:16:52,782 --> 01:16:53,083 POLITICALLY. 1995 01:16:53,083 --> 01:16:56,953 >> AND I'LL ALLOW WONG QUESTION. 1996 01:16:56,953 --> 01:16:57,120 RAY? 1997 01:16:57,120 --> 01:16:59,422 >> SO THANKS FOR THIS BRIEFING. 1998 01:16:59,422 --> 01:17:02,058 IT'S ALMOST LIKE A SKY IS 1999 01:17:02,058 --> 01:17:03,693 FALLING BRIEFING ALL OVER AGAIN. 2000 01:17:03,693 --> 01:17:04,928 >> THERE WAS SOME GOOD NEWS 2001 01:17:04,928 --> 01:17:05,195 TODAY. 2002 01:17:05,195 --> 01:17:07,731 NOT A LOT BUT -- 2003 01:17:07,731 --> 01:17:11,234 >> SO, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS 2004 01:17:11,234 --> 01:17:12,002 THE DOOMSDAY SCENARIO? 2005 01:17:12,002 --> 01:17:18,308 HOW REALISTIC IS IS IT? 2006 01:17:18,308 --> 01:17:20,243 AND OTHER THAN DOING THE ONE 2007 01:17:20,243 --> 01:17:21,745 VOICE AGAINST CANCER ON CAPITOL 2008 01:17:21,745 --> 01:17:23,646 HILL EVENTS, WHICH PRETTY MUCH 2009 01:17:23,646 --> 01:17:27,684 MOST OF US DO, WHAT CAN WE BE 2010 01:17:27,684 --> 01:17:30,820 DOING TO HELP FOSTER 2011 01:17:30,820 --> 01:17:31,154 UNDERSTANDING? 2012 01:17:31,154 --> 01:17:32,155 MAYBE MOVE DIALOGUE? 2013 01:17:32,155 --> 01:17:34,424 IS THERE ANYTHING OR ARE WE 2014 01:17:34,424 --> 01:17:35,892 TOTALLY HELPLESS WAITING FOR THE 2015 01:17:35,892 --> 01:17:40,030 SKY TO FALL? 2016 01:17:40,030 --> 01:17:44,100 >> SO THE LAST QUESTION FIRST. 2017 01:17:44,100 --> 01:17:46,503 I THINK THERE ARE GROUPS WHO CAN 2018 01:17:46,503 --> 01:17:48,638 DO WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY LOBBYING, 2019 01:17:48,638 --> 01:17:50,173 THAT IS NOT SOMETHING FEDERAL 2020 01:17:50,173 --> 01:17:53,076 AGENCIES CAN DO BUT WHAT WE -- 2021 01:17:53,076 --> 01:17:55,879 WHAT I SEE THE MOST VALUE IN, MY 2022 01:17:55,879 --> 01:17:57,714 PERSONAL OPINION, IS REALLY JUST 2023 01:17:57,714 --> 01:17:58,548 THE ENGAGEMENT. 2024 01:17:58,548 --> 01:18:02,085 WHEN I SEE THE OVAC EVENT, 2025 01:18:02,085 --> 01:18:02,886 DR. LOWY WAS THERE. 2026 01:18:02,886 --> 01:18:05,455 A RESEARCHER FROM NORTHWESTERN 2027 01:18:05,455 --> 01:18:12,262 CANCER CENTER, DR. ADAM, HE 2028 01:18:12,262 --> 01:18:14,130 SHOWED A VIDEO OF THIS REALLY 2029 01:18:14,130 --> 01:18:14,931 INTERESTING RESEARCH HE'S DONE 2030 01:18:14,931 --> 01:18:18,001 ABOUT GETTING THROUGH THE BLOOD 2031 01:18:18,001 --> 01:18:21,171 BRAIN BABIER FOR NEURO-ONCOLOGY 2032 01:18:21,171 --> 01:18:22,672 CASES, PEOPLE -- NON-SCIENTISTS 2033 01:18:22,672 --> 01:18:24,374 IN THE AUDIENCE WERE AMAZED. 2034 01:18:24,374 --> 01:18:26,543 AND THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF THING 2035 01:18:26,543 --> 01:18:28,078 YOU CAN BRING PEOPLE TO THE 2036 01:18:28,078 --> 01:18:29,712 CLINIC TO SHOW THEM. 2037 01:18:29,712 --> 01:18:31,514 THEY HAD A TERRIFIC VIDEO. 2038 01:18:31,514 --> 01:18:34,184 DOING THAT SORT OF -- SAME 2039 01:18:34,184 --> 01:18:36,186 THINGS THAT ARE REAL AND THINGS 2040 01:18:36,186 --> 01:18:37,520 THAT ARE TAVERN AND I BELIEVE 2041 01:18:37,520 --> 01:18:39,489 CONNECTED TO PATIENTS, HAS A LOT 2042 01:18:39,489 --> 01:18:40,390 OF RESONANCE WITH STAFF AND 2043 01:18:40,390 --> 01:18:43,259 MEMBERS FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN 2044 01:18:43,259 --> 01:18:45,161 OVER THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN 2045 01:18:45,161 --> 01:18:46,796 WORKING AT NCI. 2046 01:18:46,796 --> 01:18:50,934 I DON'T THINK THERE IS A -- I'M 2047 01:18:50,934 --> 01:18:53,236 NOT GOING TO GIVE A DOOMSDAY, A 2048 01:18:53,236 --> 01:18:55,705 FULL-YEAR CR OR STAYING FLAT, 2049 01:18:55,705 --> 01:18:58,775 FLAT IS NOT FLAT. 2050 01:18:58,775 --> 01:19:00,910 EXPENSES CONTINUE AND SO IT IS A 2051 01:19:00,910 --> 01:19:03,813 DECREASE IN RESOURCES. 2052 01:19:03,813 --> 01:19:06,249 BUT I THINK IN SOME WAYS, HAVING 2053 01:19:06,249 --> 01:19:10,753 A SENSE OF THE LONG GAME, CANCER 2054 01:19:10,753 --> 01:19:13,423 RESEARCH TAKES TIME AND WE MAY 2055 01:19:13,423 --> 01:19:15,625 HAVE A YEAR THAT DOESN'T HAVE AS 2056 01:19:15,625 --> 01:19:18,394 MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW 2057 01:19:18,394 --> 01:19:20,463 STARTS BUT I THINK ONE OF THE 2058 01:19:20,463 --> 01:19:24,334 MOST POWERFUL MESSAGES I HEARD 2059 01:19:24,334 --> 01:19:26,035 SCIENTISTS AND PEOPLE THAT WORK 2060 01:19:26,035 --> 01:19:29,806 IN THEIR LABS AND PATIENTS ON 2061 01:19:29,806 --> 01:19:31,074 CLINICAL TRIALS AND CONGRESS, IS 2062 01:19:31,074 --> 01:19:32,976 AN IDEA THAT STARTS IN THE LAB 2063 01:19:32,976 --> 01:19:36,212 THAT IS DOING VERY BASIC WORK. 2064 01:19:36,212 --> 01:19:39,549 CAN END UP BEING TRANSFORMATIVE 2065 01:19:39,549 --> 01:19:41,518 FOR PATIENTS IN SHORTER AND 2066 01:19:41,518 --> 01:19:46,556 SHORTER INTERVALS AND SOME OF 2067 01:19:46,556 --> 01:19:56,266 THAT IS SO POWERFUL. 2068 01:19:56,266 --> 01:19:57,901 AND THOSE ARE VERY POWERFUL 2069 01:19:57,901 --> 01:19:59,969 EVENTS EACH FOR A JADED CAPITOL 2070 01:19:59,969 --> 01:20:01,671 HILL AUDIENCE, I THINK PEOPLE 2071 01:20:01,671 --> 01:20:03,373 FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT 2072 01:20:03,373 --> 01:20:04,641 SUPPORTING CANCER RESEARCH WHEN 2073 01:20:04,641 --> 01:20:09,512 THEY CAN SEE THAT IMPACT. 2074 01:20:09,512 --> 01:20:10,413 >> THANK YOU. 2075 01:20:10,413 --> 01:20:11,948 IT'S ALWAYS SO INFORMATIVE AND 2076 01:20:11,948 --> 01:20:14,817 SO HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND 2077 01:20:14,817 --> 01:20:17,153 ABOUT THE PERSPECTIVE AROUND THE 2078 01:20:17,153 --> 01:20:17,687 BUDGET. 2079 01:20:17,687 --> 01:20:20,089 SO, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 2080 01:20:20,089 --> 01:20:21,291 AGENDA ITEMS ITEM, RECOGNITION 2081 01:20:21,291 --> 01:20:25,962 OF RETIRING BOARD MEMBERS. 2082 01:20:25,962 --> 01:20:27,497 THAT WILL BE LED BY DOUG. 2083 01:20:27,497 --> 01:20:29,399 >> THANK YOU, JOHN. 2084 01:20:29,399 --> 01:20:38,141 WE ARE REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE 2085 01:20:38,141 --> 01:20:39,943 AMAZING MEMBERS OF BOTH BOARDS. 2086 01:20:39,943 --> 01:20:41,544 IT'S A BITTER SWEET MOMENT 2087 01:20:41,544 --> 01:20:43,446 BECAUSE YOU CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH 2088 01:20:43,446 --> 01:20:48,117 TO WHAT WE DO. 2089 01:20:48,117 --> 01:20:52,522 BUT OBVIOUSLY DR. FLAHERTY HAS 2090 01:20:52,522 --> 01:20:54,591 BEEN THE LEDDER OF THE BSA AND 2091 01:20:54,591 --> 01:20:57,193 THE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH 2092 01:20:57,193 --> 01:21:00,697 THAT POSITION. 2093 01:21:00,697 --> 01:21:02,699 DR. BRAWLEY, TELLING US HIS 2094 01:21:02,699 --> 01:21:04,300 EXPERIENCES, BECAUSE HE HAS SO 2095 01:21:04,300 --> 01:21:07,303 MUCH DIFFERENT KIND OF 2096 01:21:07,303 --> 01:21:09,739 EXPERIENCE. 2097 01:21:09,739 --> 01:21:11,341 DR. KNUDSEN, FIRST AS LEADER OF 2098 01:21:11,341 --> 01:21:14,310 THE JEFFERSON CANCER CENTER AND 2099 01:21:14,310 --> 01:21:20,416 NOW AT ACS AGAIN, WEALTH OF 2100 01:21:20,416 --> 01:21:20,984 EXPERIENCE AND DR. SIDRANSKY 2101 01:21:20,984 --> 01:21:23,019 WITH HIS SPECIAL EXPERTISE IN 2102 01:21:23,019 --> 01:21:28,758 HEAD AND NECK AND OTHER CANCERS. 2103 01:21:28,758 --> 01:21:31,728 DR. SIDRANSKY IS NOT HERE TODAY 2104 01:21:31,728 --> 01:21:34,897 BUT DR. FLAHERTY, BRAWLY AND 2105 01:21:34,897 --> 01:21:37,867 KNUDSEN, ALL WHO HAVE SPOKEN AND 2106 01:21:37,867 --> 01:21:40,169 HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TODAY AND AT 2107 01:21:40,169 --> 01:21:41,671 OTHER TIMES. 2108 01:21:41,671 --> 01:21:43,573 WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT 2109 01:21:43,573 --> 01:21:48,778 YOU HAVE DONE FOR US AND I'M 2110 01:21:48,778 --> 01:21:50,647 ONLY REGRET THAT THIS HAS TO BE 2111 01:21:50,647 --> 01:21:53,016 A VIRTUAL MEETING RATHER THAN IN 2112 01:21:53,016 --> 01:21:53,249 PERSON. 2113 01:21:53,249 --> 01:21:56,019 THANK YOU. 2114 01:21:56,019 --> 01:21:56,586 >> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR 2115 01:21:56,586 --> 01:21:58,121 SERVICE, FOR SURE. 2116 01:21:58,121 --> 01:22:00,990 AND I'M SURE YOU'LL ALL REMAIN 2117 01:22:00,990 --> 01:22:02,792 HIGHLY ENGAGED IN CANCER 2118 01:22:02,792 --> 01:22:03,626 RESEARCH. 2119 01:22:03,626 --> 01:22:07,263 SO THANKS, DOUG. 2120 01:22:07,263 --> 01:22:10,333 SO THE LAST AGENDA ITEM DURING 2121 01:22:10,333 --> 01:22:11,200 THIS SECTION OF THE MEETING WILL 2122 01:22:11,200 --> 01:22:15,071 BE A PRESENTATION, INVESTIGATOR 2123 01:22:15,071 --> 01:22:19,842 ROLE CDK4/6 ACTIVITY DURING CELL 2124 01:22:19,842 --> 01:22:22,645 CYCLE LIVE-CELL IMAGING BY 2125 01:22:22,645 --> 01:22:25,748 STEPHEN CAPPEL WHO IS AN NIH 2126 01:22:25,748 --> 01:22:26,349 INVESTIGATOR WITHIN THE CENTER 2127 01:22:26,349 --> 01:22:32,188 FOR CANCER RESEARCH AT NCI. 2128 01:22:32,188 --> 01:22:33,856 >> THANK YOU FOR THE 2129 01:22:33,856 --> 01:22:34,190 INTRODUCTION. 2130 01:22:34,190 --> 01:22:44,000 I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN. 2131 01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:44,634 SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 2132 01:22:44,634 --> 01:22:47,337 TO PRESENT MY LAB'S WORK ON 2133 01:22:47,337 --> 01:22:49,372 UNDERSTANDING THE PRINCIPLES OF 2134 01:22:49,372 --> 01:22:52,942 CELL CYCLE REGULATION. 2135 01:22:52,942 --> 01:22:55,945 IT'S IT'S NEEDED TO REPAIR 2136 01:22:55,945 --> 01:22:58,514 WOUNDS, AND TO MOUND AN 2137 01:22:58,514 --> 01:22:59,716 EFFECTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE. 2138 01:22:59,716 --> 01:23:01,117 WHEN THIS PROCESS GETS BROKEN IT 2139 01:23:01,117 --> 01:23:03,186 CAN LEAD TO CANCER OR 2140 01:23:03,186 --> 01:23:03,820 DEGENERATIVE DISEASES. 2141 01:23:03,820 --> 01:23:06,055 THE GOALS OF MY LAB AT THE NCI 2142 01:23:06,055 --> 01:23:08,324 ARE TO INVESTIGATE THE 2143 01:23:08,324 --> 01:23:09,625 FUNDAMENTAL MOLECULAR MECHANISM 2144 01:23:09,625 --> 01:23:11,627 THAT REGULAR CELL CYCLE ENTRY 2145 01:23:11,627 --> 01:23:13,296 AND EXIT, TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY 2146 01:23:13,296 --> 01:23:15,698 GET BROKEN AND CONTRIBUTE TO 2147 01:23:15,698 --> 01:23:18,935 HUMAN DISEASE AND TO HOPEFULLY 2148 01:23:18,935 --> 01:23:20,203 TRANSLATE OUR FINDINGS TO 2149 01:23:20,203 --> 01:23:22,839 DEVELOP NEW OR IMPROVED 2150 01:23:22,839 --> 01:23:32,882 CHEMOTHERAPIES FOR CANCER 2151 01:23:32,882 --> 01:23:34,617 PATIENTS. 2152 01:23:34,617 --> 01:23:35,885 THE CELL CYCLE IS WIDELY KNOWN 2153 01:23:35,885 --> 01:23:37,587 THAT PROPER PROGRESSION IS 2154 01:23:37,587 --> 01:23:39,522 REGULATED BY A SERIES OF 2155 01:23:39,522 --> 01:23:40,823 CHECKPOINTS THAT CONTROL 2156 01:23:40,823 --> 01:23:41,891 PROGRESSION FROM EACH STAGE OF 2157 01:23:41,891 --> 01:23:43,826 THE CELL CYCLE TO THE NEXT. 2158 01:23:43,826 --> 01:23:46,496 THE LAST 20-30 YEARS, A LOT OF 2159 01:23:46,496 --> 01:23:49,365 BIOCHEMICAL AND GENETIC 2160 01:23:49,365 --> 01:23:50,967 APPROACHES HAVE BEEN USED TO 2161 01:23:50,967 --> 01:23:52,402 ELUCIDATE 340 ELECULAR MECHANISM 2162 01:23:52,402 --> 01:23:55,371 THAT APPEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR A LOT 2163 01:23:55,371 --> 01:23:56,572 OF THESE ACCOUNTS. 2164 01:23:56,572 --> 01:23:58,307 NOT SURPRISING THAT MOST OF THE 2165 01:23:58,307 --> 01:24:03,146 CHEMO THERAPEUTIC AND TARGETED 2166 01:24:03,146 --> 01:24:03,746 AGENCY THAT ARE USED IN CANCER 2167 01:24:03,746 --> 01:24:06,582 TREATMENT ARE TARGETING THESE 2168 01:24:06,582 --> 01:24:07,283 CHECKPOINTS. 2169 01:24:07,283 --> 01:24:09,719 BUT ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS IN 2170 01:24:09,719 --> 01:24:12,522 THE CLINIC IS THAT MANY OF THESE 2171 01:24:12,522 --> 01:24:13,456 CHEMOTHERAPEUTICS DESPITE BEING 2172 01:24:13,456 --> 01:24:15,558 VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLINIC, 2173 01:24:15,558 --> 01:24:17,894 OFTEN DON'T WORK EXACTLY AS WE 2174 01:24:17,894 --> 01:24:19,862 PREDICTED BASED ON THESE MODELS. 2175 01:24:19,862 --> 01:24:21,564 FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS 2176 01:24:21,564 --> 01:24:23,065 HETEROGENOUS RESPONSEES FROM 2177 01:24:23,065 --> 01:24:25,568 CELLS IN THE TUMOR WHERE YOU CAN 2178 01:24:25,568 --> 01:24:26,636 ONLY GET FRACTIONAL KILLING THAT 2179 01:24:26,636 --> 01:24:28,704 CAN LEAD TO REOCCURRENCE OF THE 2180 01:24:28,704 --> 01:24:28,971 TUMOR. 2181 01:24:28,971 --> 01:24:31,774 YOU ALSO GET UNEXPECTED 2182 01:24:31,774 --> 01:24:33,176 COMPENSATORY MECHANISMS THAT CAN 2183 01:24:33,176 --> 01:24:35,311 LEAD TO RESISTANCE. 2184 01:24:35,311 --> 01:24:38,147 AND SO THIS PROBLEM HIGHLIGHTS 2185 01:24:38,147 --> 01:24:41,584 THAT MAYBE THESE MOLECULAR 2186 01:24:41,584 --> 01:24:43,186 MECHANISMS ENSHRINED IN 2187 01:24:43,186 --> 01:24:44,587 TEXTBOOKS AREN'T REALLY GIVING 2188 01:24:44,587 --> 01:24:46,856 US THE PICTURE FOR UNDERSTANDING 2189 01:24:46,856 --> 01:24:48,758 HOW THE CELL CYCLE WORKS. 2190 01:24:48,758 --> 01:24:50,426 ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS 2191 01:24:50,426 --> 01:24:51,661 LIMITING OUR FULL UNDERSTANDING 2192 01:24:51,661 --> 01:24:54,697 OF THESE PROCESSES IS A LOT OF 2193 01:24:54,697 --> 01:24:56,432 THESE MECHANISMS WERE ELUCIDATED 2194 01:24:56,432 --> 01:24:58,167 USING BIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES AND 2195 01:24:58,167 --> 01:25:00,536 THESE CHECKPOINTS ARE STUDIED AT 2196 01:25:00,536 --> 01:25:02,038 THE LEVEL OF CELL BIOLOGY. 2197 01:25:02,038 --> 01:25:03,372 ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES IN 2198 01:25:03,372 --> 01:25:05,775 THE REACH IS HOW TO LINK THESE 2199 01:25:05,775 --> 01:25:07,577 MECHANISMS TO THE CELL 2200 01:25:07,577 --> 01:25:08,945 BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES INVOLVED IN 2201 01:25:08,945 --> 01:25:09,879 THE CELL CYCLE? 2202 01:25:09,879 --> 01:25:12,748 AND SO MY LAB AT THE NCI TRIES 2203 01:25:12,748 --> 01:25:16,619 TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES BY 2204 01:25:16,619 --> 01:25:18,821 ENGINEERING NEW AND USING 2205 01:25:18,821 --> 01:25:22,091 CURRENT FLUORESCENT BIOSENSORS 2206 01:25:22,091 --> 01:25:23,426 FOR THESE ENZYMES IN THE 2207 01:25:23,426 --> 01:25:24,327 PATHWAYS THAT CONTROL 2208 01:25:24,327 --> 01:25:26,028 PROGRESSION THROUGH THE CELL 2209 01:25:26,028 --> 01:25:26,829 CYCLE. 2210 01:25:26,829 --> 01:25:29,332 USING THESE BIOSENSORS, WE CAN 2211 01:25:29,332 --> 01:25:31,801 MONITOR THE ACTIVITY OF THESE 2212 01:25:31,801 --> 01:25:34,337 PATHWAYS IN LIVE SINGLE-CELLS AS 2213 01:25:34,337 --> 01:25:36,472 THEY DYNAMICALLY PROGRESS FROM 2214 01:25:36,472 --> 01:25:37,773 EACH STAGE OF THE CELL CYCLE TO 2215 01:25:37,773 --> 01:25:38,374 THE NEXT. 2216 01:25:38,374 --> 01:25:41,477 AND SO THIS APPROACH ALLOWS US 2217 01:25:41,477 --> 01:25:44,280 TO MEASURE IN THOUSANDS OF CELLS 2218 01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:46,349 AT THE SAME TIME THE ENZYME 2219 01:25:46,349 --> 01:25:48,384 ACTIVITIES THAT ARE KEY FOR CELL 2220 01:25:48,384 --> 01:25:49,685 CYCLE CONTROL. 2221 01:25:49,685 --> 01:25:51,587 THEN WE TREAT THESE CELLS WITH 2222 01:25:51,587 --> 01:25:55,024 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OR 2223 01:25:55,024 --> 01:25:56,526 THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND TRY TO 2224 01:25:56,526 --> 01:25:58,060 UNDERSTAND HOW THESE ENZYME 2225 01:25:58,060 --> 01:25:59,962 ACTIVITIES ARE CHANGING 2226 01:25:59,962 --> 01:26:02,899 DYNAMICALLY AND IN REALTIME. 2227 01:26:02,899 --> 01:26:05,768 WE COMBINE WITH AUTOMATED TIME 2228 01:26:05,768 --> 01:26:06,836 LAPSE IMAGING ANALYSIS PIPELINE 2229 01:26:06,836 --> 01:26:09,939 THAT ALLOWS US TO CONVERT THESE 2230 01:26:09,939 --> 01:26:12,341 RAW IMAGES FROM THE MICROSCOPE 2231 01:26:12,341 --> 01:26:14,243 INTO SINGLE CELL TIME SERIES 2232 01:26:14,243 --> 01:26:14,544 DATA. 2233 01:26:14,544 --> 01:26:16,812 THIS GIVES US A QUANTITATIVE AND 2234 01:26:16,812 --> 01:26:18,948 DYNAMIC READ OUT OF THESE 2235 01:26:18,948 --> 01:26:22,752 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS IN CELLS. 2236 01:26:22,752 --> 01:26:24,887 TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THESE 2237 01:26:24,887 --> 01:26:26,155 BIOSENSORS WORK, I CAN EXPLAIN 2238 01:26:26,155 --> 01:26:29,125 HOW ONE OF OUR MAIN BIOSENSORS 2239 01:26:29,125 --> 01:26:29,458 WORK. 2240 01:26:29,458 --> 01:26:33,229 THIS IS FOR PROTEIN CYCLIN 2241 01:26:33,229 --> 01:26:35,398 DEPENDENT KINASE 2, A MAIN 2242 01:26:35,398 --> 01:26:38,467 REGULATOR OF CELL CYCLE 2243 01:26:38,467 --> 01:26:38,834 PROGRESSION. 2244 01:26:38,834 --> 01:26:41,137 CDK2 IS A KINASE AND ONE OF THE 2245 01:26:41,137 --> 01:26:44,774 NO ONE SUBSTRATES OF CDK2 IS DNA 2246 01:26:44,774 --> 01:26:45,741 HELICASE B. 2247 01:26:45,741 --> 01:26:48,277 WE FUSED THE C TERMINIS OF DNA 2248 01:26:48,277 --> 01:26:50,713 HEEL CASE B TO A FLUORESCENT 2249 01:26:50,713 --> 01:26:51,614 PROTEIN. 2250 01:26:51,614 --> 01:26:54,917 AND IN THE C TERMINIS IT HAS 2251 01:26:54,917 --> 01:26:56,619 FOUR POTENTIAL PHOSPHORYLATION 2252 01:26:56,619 --> 01:26:58,354 SITES AS WELL AS NUCLEAR 2253 01:26:58,354 --> 01:27:00,456 LOCALIZATION SEE EXPENSE IS AND 2254 01:27:00,456 --> 01:27:02,124 NUCLEAR EXPORT SEQUENCE. 2255 01:27:02,124 --> 01:27:03,025 IT TURNS OBJECT WHEN THIS 2256 01:27:03,025 --> 01:27:04,527 PEPTIDE IS NOT PHOSPHORYLATED, 2257 01:27:04,527 --> 01:27:07,463 THE NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION 2258 01:27:07,463 --> 01:27:08,264 SEQUENCE DOMINATES AND 2259 01:27:08,264 --> 01:27:10,733 BIOSENSORY SIDES IN THE NUCLEUS. 2260 01:27:10,733 --> 01:27:14,203 WHEN THE KINASE TURNS ON AND 2261 01:27:14,203 --> 01:27:16,205 PHOSPHORYLATES, THE NEGATIVE 2262 01:27:16,205 --> 01:27:18,074 CHARGES TIP THE BALANCE AND THE 2263 01:27:18,074 --> 01:27:21,077 BIOSENSORY GETS EXPORTED INTO 2264 01:27:21,077 --> 01:27:22,979 THE CYTOPLASM. 2265 01:27:22,979 --> 01:27:24,380 SO WE CAN LOOK AT THE 2266 01:27:24,380 --> 01:27:26,782 LOCALIZATION OF THE BEEO SENSOR 2267 01:27:26,782 --> 01:27:27,817 AS IT MOVES FROM THE NUCLEUS 2268 01:27:27,817 --> 01:27:30,286 INTO THE CYTOPLASM AS A READ OUT 2269 01:27:30,286 --> 01:27:32,121 FOR CDK2 ACTIVITY. 2270 01:27:32,121 --> 01:27:36,859 WE CAN QUANTIFY THIS USING IMAGE 2271 01:27:36,859 --> 01:27:37,860 ANALYSIS PINE LINE BY MEASURING 2272 01:27:37,860 --> 01:27:40,930 FLUORESCENCE IN THE CYTOPLASM BY 2273 01:27:40,930 --> 01:27:43,933 TAKING THE RATIO OF THE VALUES 2274 01:27:43,933 --> 01:27:48,838 TO GIVE US A READ OUT OF CDK2 2275 01:27:48,838 --> 01:27:51,440 ACTIVITY. 2276 01:27:51,440 --> 01:27:54,343 I'M SHOW A MOVIE HERE. 2277 01:27:54,343 --> 01:27:56,479 THIS CELL WILL START OUT WITH 2278 01:27:56,479 --> 01:27:57,647 HIGH CDK2 ACTIVITY T WILL GO 2279 01:27:57,647 --> 01:27:59,649 THROUGH MITOSIS WHEN THE 2280 01:27:59,649 --> 01:28:01,250 ACTIVITY RAPIDLY DROPS AND THEN 2281 01:28:01,250 --> 01:28:04,286 CDK2 ACTIVITY WILL SLOWLY RAMP 2282 01:28:04,286 --> 01:28:06,022 UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE CELL 2283 01:28:06,022 --> 01:28:07,657 CYCLE AND THEN REACHES ANOTHER 2284 01:28:07,657 --> 01:28:09,492 MITOSIS AND FALLS AGAIN 2285 01:28:09,492 --> 01:28:12,261 REPEATING THE CYCLE. 2286 01:28:12,261 --> 01:28:14,497 YOU'LL SEE THIS STEREOTYPICAL 2287 01:28:14,497 --> 01:28:15,231 SAW TOOTH PATTERN NORMAL FOR 2288 01:28:15,231 --> 01:28:17,033 PROTEINS THAT ARE REGULATED 2289 01:28:17,033 --> 01:28:18,868 THROUGHOUT THE CELL CYCLE. 2290 01:28:18,868 --> 01:28:20,202 I CAN SHOW YOU THAT CELL AGAIN. 2291 01:28:20,202 --> 01:28:23,005 IT WILL DROP IN MITOSIS. 2292 01:28:23,005 --> 01:28:23,172 WHY. 2293 01:28:23,172 --> 01:28:24,674 DK2 TERPS ON AND WILL RAMP UP 2294 01:28:24,674 --> 01:28:27,243 THROUGHOUT THE CELL CYCLE. 2295 01:28:27,243 --> 01:28:29,045 WE MEASURE MANY CELLS 2296 01:28:29,045 --> 01:28:30,279 SIMULTANEOUSLY AS THEY ARE GOING 2297 01:28:30,279 --> 01:28:31,981 THROUGH THE CELL CYCLE. 2298 01:28:31,981 --> 01:28:34,183 HERE ARE 10 THAT ARE 2299 01:28:34,183 --> 01:28:35,685 HETEROGENOUSLY PROGRESSING 2300 01:28:35,685 --> 01:28:36,419 THROUGH THE CELL CYCLE AT THE 2301 01:28:36,419 --> 01:28:38,120 SAME TIME. 2302 01:28:38,120 --> 01:28:39,922 I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE HOW A 2303 01:28:39,922 --> 01:28:41,023 COMPLICATED MESS LOOKING AT ALL 2304 01:28:41,023 --> 01:28:43,459 10 OF THESE CELLS IS AT A TIME. 2305 01:28:43,459 --> 01:28:44,727 IT'S WORSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT 100 2306 01:28:44,727 --> 01:28:46,128 CELLS. 2307 01:28:46,128 --> 01:28:49,198 YOU SEE THIS HUGE HAIR BALL OF 2308 01:28:49,198 --> 01:28:49,532 HETEROGENEITY. 2309 01:28:49,532 --> 01:28:51,400 WE CAN MAKE SENSE OF THIS 2310 01:28:51,400 --> 01:28:53,302 HETEROGENEITY BY IN SILICO 2311 01:28:53,302 --> 01:28:54,970 SYNCHRONIZING THESE CELLS TO 2312 01:28:54,970 --> 01:28:55,204 MITOSIS. 2313 01:28:55,204 --> 01:28:58,174 WHEN YOU DO THIS, WHAT EMERGES 2314 01:28:58,174 --> 01:29:03,879 FROM THAT HEALTH GENIUS DATA IS 2315 01:29:03,879 --> 01:29:04,513 TWO SUBPOPULATIONS OF CELLS THAT 2316 01:29:04,513 --> 01:29:05,948 BEHAVE QUITE DIFFERENTLY. 2317 01:29:05,948 --> 01:29:08,551 SOME CELLS WILL IMMEDIATELY EXIT 2318 01:29:08,551 --> 01:29:10,753 MITOSIS AND TURN CDK2 ON 2319 01:29:10,753 --> 01:29:12,188 INDICATING THAT I HAVE ENTERED 2320 01:29:12,188 --> 01:29:14,557 THE CELL CYCLE. 2321 01:29:14,557 --> 01:29:23,032 AND SOME SELLS LEAD TURN CDK2 2322 01:29:23,032 --> 01:29:23,199 OFF. 2323 01:29:23,199 --> 01:29:25,434 AND SO THESE BIOSENSOR ARE COOL. 2324 01:29:25,434 --> 01:29:27,236 THEY ALLOW US TO MAKE SENSE OF 2325 01:29:27,236 --> 01:29:29,872 THIS HETEROGENOUS BEHAVIOR AND 2326 01:29:29,872 --> 01:29:32,241 IDENTIFY THE SUB POPULATIONS AND 2327 01:29:32,241 --> 01:29:34,510 ALLOW US TO VISUALIZE WHEN CELLS 2328 01:29:34,510 --> 01:29:36,579 ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS AND 2329 01:29:36,579 --> 01:29:36,879 TRAPSITIONS. 2330 01:29:36,879 --> 01:29:38,681 YOU CAN SEE AT THE POINT WHEN 2331 01:29:38,681 --> 01:29:40,116 THESE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS 2332 01:29:40,116 --> 01:29:41,984 DIVERGE, THAT'S WHEN THESE CELLS 2333 01:29:41,984 --> 01:29:43,786 WERE MAKING THIS DECISION. 2334 01:29:43,786 --> 01:29:47,490 SO OPENING MY LAB IN 2018, WE 2335 01:29:47,490 --> 01:29:51,227 USED THIS APPROACH TO STUDY 2336 01:29:51,227 --> 01:29:52,695 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF CELL 2337 01:29:52,695 --> 01:29:54,497 CYCLE REGULATION. 2338 01:29:54,497 --> 01:29:59,802 THE G1S CHECKPOINT, CELLS DON'T 2339 01:29:59,802 --> 01:30:03,005 JUST ARREST IN RESPONSE TO DNA 2340 01:30:03,005 --> 01:30:05,708 DAMAGE BUT IN FACT CELLS TAKE 2341 01:30:05,708 --> 01:30:07,143 DIVERGENT PACKS AFTER DNA 2342 01:30:07,143 --> 01:30:07,877 DAMAGE. 2343 01:30:07,877 --> 01:30:08,477 SOME CELLS WILL GO BACKWARDS 2344 01:30:08,477 --> 01:30:09,512 THROUGH THE CELL CYCLE AND 2345 01:30:09,512 --> 01:30:12,281 RETURN TO QUIESCENCE SO THEY CAN 2346 01:30:12,281 --> 01:30:13,649 REPAIR THE DAMAGE. 2347 01:30:13,649 --> 01:30:15,217 OTHER CELLS MOVE FORWARD THROUGH 2348 01:30:15,217 --> 01:30:16,919 THE CYCLE AND ENTER INTO S 2349 01:30:16,919 --> 01:30:17,119 PHASE. 2350 01:30:17,119 --> 01:30:20,389 AND WE THINK THIS IDEA THAT 2351 01:30:20,389 --> 01:30:21,824 CELLS ALL ARRESTED AT THE 2352 01:30:21,824 --> 01:30:24,126 TRANSITION REALLY JUST AN 2353 01:30:24,126 --> 01:30:24,927 ARTIFACT OF BULK CELL ANALYSIS 2354 01:30:24,927 --> 01:30:26,962 WHERE YOU COMBINE THE CELLS WITH 2355 01:30:26,962 --> 01:30:28,531 OPPOSITE PHASE INTO ONE SAMPLE. 2356 01:30:28,531 --> 01:30:30,900 SO LOOKING AT THESE WITH SINGLE 2357 01:30:30,900 --> 01:30:33,869 CELL RESOLUTION IS KEY FOR 2358 01:30:33,869 --> 01:30:34,503 UNDERSTANDING THESE MECHANISMS. 2359 01:30:34,503 --> 01:30:40,109 WE LOOK AT A FORM OF 2360 01:30:40,109 --> 01:30:42,178 IRREVERSIBLE, SINESENCE. 2361 01:30:42,178 --> 01:30:44,914 WE USED A DRUG COMBINATION SHOWN 2362 01:30:44,914 --> 01:30:55,291 TO INDUCE SENESCENCE. 2363 01:31:05,668 --> 01:31:07,837 WE IDENTIFIED A MECHANISM WHERE 2364 01:31:07,837 --> 01:31:10,840 mTOR REGULATES A LIGASE 2365 01:31:10,840 --> 01:31:12,875 CONTROLLING THE CELL CYCLE WHICH 2366 01:31:12,875 --> 01:31:15,878 IN TURN REGULATES GLYCOLYSIS. 2367 01:31:15,878 --> 01:31:16,745 THIS GIVES CELLS A BOOST THEY 2368 01:31:16,745 --> 01:31:18,814 NEED TO GET THROUGH THE FIRST 2369 01:31:18,814 --> 01:31:19,915 CELL CYCLE. 2370 01:31:19,915 --> 01:31:21,784 IN ADDITION TO THESE 2371 01:31:21,784 --> 01:31:23,219 QUESTION-BASED PROJECTS, WE ALSO 2372 01:31:23,219 --> 01:31:24,653 ARE INTERESTED IN TOOL 2373 01:31:24,653 --> 01:31:25,921 DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN BE USED BY 2374 01:31:25,921 --> 01:31:27,623 THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. 2375 01:31:27,623 --> 01:31:31,126 WE DEVELOPED A NEW BIOSENTENCOR 2376 01:31:31,126 --> 01:31:33,329 FOR THE LIGASE BETA TRCP 2377 01:31:33,329 --> 01:31:34,830 UPREGULATED IN MANY CANCERS AND 2378 01:31:34,830 --> 01:31:36,265 CONSIDERED AN ONCOGENE. 2379 01:31:36,265 --> 01:31:38,801 WE USED THIS BIOSENSOR IN 2380 01:31:38,801 --> 01:31:41,303 COLLABORATION WITH NCATS TO DO 2381 01:31:41,303 --> 01:31:41,937 HIGH-THROUGHPUT SMALL MOLECULE 2382 01:31:41,937 --> 01:31:45,007 SCREENS TO SEE IF WE CAN 2383 01:31:45,007 --> 01:31:46,809 IDENTIFY INHIBITORS THAT COULD 2384 01:31:46,809 --> 01:31:57,186 BE USED IN THE CLINIC. 2385 01:32:00,890 --> 01:32:04,727 SO IN THE 70s AND 80s, IT 2386 01:32:04,727 --> 01:32:06,262 WAS DESCRIBED THE POINT WHEN 2387 01:32:06,262 --> 01:32:07,596 CELLS APPEARED TO BE 2388 01:32:07,596 --> 01:32:09,064 IRREVERSIBLE COMMITTED TO THE 2389 01:32:09,064 --> 01:32:10,099 CELL CYCLE. 2390 01:32:10,099 --> 01:32:11,967 THIS IS THE RESTRICTION POINT. 2391 01:32:11,967 --> 01:32:13,302 THIS MEANS IF A CELL IS BEFORE 2392 01:32:13,302 --> 01:32:15,104 THE RESTRICTION POINT WHEN MIGHT 2393 01:32:15,104 --> 01:32:16,672 JEN SIGNALING IS LOST, THE CELL 2394 01:32:16,672 --> 01:32:19,174 WILL GO QUIESCENT. 2395 01:32:19,174 --> 01:32:20,876 IF A CELL IS AFTER THE 2396 01:32:20,876 --> 01:32:22,044 RESTRICTION POINT WHEN THE 2397 01:32:22,044 --> 01:32:24,179 SIGNALS IS LOST, IT'S THOUGHT TO 2398 01:32:24,179 --> 01:32:27,516 BE IRREVERSIBLY COMMITTED TO THE 2399 01:32:27,516 --> 01:32:29,451 CELL CYCLE AND WILL COMPLETE THE 2400 01:32:29,451 --> 01:32:30,319 CYCLE AND DIVIDE INTO DAUGHTER 2401 01:32:30,319 --> 01:32:31,353 CELLS AND IT'S THE DAUGHTER 2402 01:32:31,353 --> 01:32:34,256 CELLS THAT WILL GO QUIESCENT. 2403 01:32:34,256 --> 01:32:36,091 THE MOLECULAR MECHANISM THOUGHT 2404 01:32:36,091 --> 01:32:37,626 TO UNDERLIE THIS PROCESS HAS 2405 01:32:37,626 --> 01:32:38,928 BEEN WELL CHARACTERIZED OVER THE 2406 01:32:38,928 --> 01:32:40,663 LAST 20-30 YEARS. 2407 01:32:40,663 --> 01:32:44,600 IT INVOLVES A FEED BACK LOOP 2408 01:32:44,600 --> 01:32:46,568 WITH THE TUMOR SUPPRESSOR 2409 01:32:46,568 --> 01:32:47,836 PROTEIN, A FAMILY OF 2410 01:32:47,836 --> 01:32:51,340 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS AND THE 2411 01:32:51,340 --> 01:32:52,441 AFOREMENTIONED CDK2. 2412 01:32:52,441 --> 01:32:54,677 AND HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS IS 2413 01:32:54,677 --> 01:32:58,213 THAT CDK4 AND 6 ARE REVERSIBLY 2414 01:32:58,213 --> 01:33:01,383 ACTIVATED BY UPSTREAM MAP KINASE 2415 01:33:01,383 --> 01:33:02,217 SIGNALING. 2416 01:33:02,217 --> 01:33:05,387 ONCE CDK4/6 IS ACTIVE IT 2417 01:33:05,387 --> 01:33:07,523 INHIBITS THE RB AND LEADS TO 2418 01:33:07,523 --> 01:33:09,258 TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROGRAM THAT 2419 01:33:09,258 --> 01:33:11,293 ACTIVATES CDK2. 2420 01:33:11,293 --> 01:33:14,029 AND CDK2 ITSELF CAN 2421 01:33:14,029 --> 01:33:15,464 PHOSPHORYLATE THUS COMPLETING 2422 01:33:15,464 --> 01:33:17,032 THE FEEDBACK LOOP. 2423 01:33:17,032 --> 01:33:19,101 ONCE THIS FEEDBACK LOOP IS 2424 01:33:19,101 --> 01:33:21,603 ACTIVE, IT SELF SUSTAINING AND 2425 01:33:21,603 --> 01:33:21,837 ACTIVE. 2426 01:33:21,837 --> 01:33:24,073 THAT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN BLOCK 2427 01:33:24,073 --> 01:33:26,342 UPSTREAM CDK4/6 OR MIGHT JEN 2428 01:33:26,342 --> 01:33:28,777 SIGNALING AND THIS PATHWAY SILL 2429 01:33:28,777 --> 01:33:29,611 REMAINS ACTIVE. 2430 01:33:29,611 --> 01:33:31,380 IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 2431 01:33:31,380 --> 01:33:34,016 THIS MOLECULAR MECHANISM IS THE 2432 01:33:34,016 --> 01:33:36,952 CLINICAL RATIONAL FOR A WIDE 2433 01:33:36,952 --> 01:33:37,586 VARIETY OF TARGETED AGENTS THAT 2434 01:33:37,586 --> 01:33:40,689 ARE USED IN THE CLINIC INCLUDING 2435 01:33:40,689 --> 01:33:44,059 CDK4/6 INHIBITORS, MEK 2436 01:33:44,059 --> 01:33:49,398 INHIBITORS AND TYROSINE KINASE 2437 01:33:49,398 --> 01:33:49,698 INHIBITORS. 2438 01:33:49,698 --> 01:33:51,333 THE POSTDOC IN THE LAB FOUND 2439 01:33:51,333 --> 01:33:54,937 THAT THIS PATHWAY IS NOT IR 2440 01:33:54,937 --> 01:33:55,237 REVERSE IB. 2441 01:33:55,237 --> 01:33:56,171 WE CAN FULLY REVERSE IT AND 2442 01:33:56,171 --> 01:33:59,842 THAT'S BECAUSE CDK4/6 AND MIGHT 2443 01:33:59,842 --> 01:34:00,743 JEN SIGNALING PATHWAYS ARE 2444 01:34:00,743 --> 01:34:02,344 REQUIRED FOR THE ENTIRE CELL 2445 01:34:02,344 --> 01:34:03,178 CYCLE. 2446 01:34:03,178 --> 01:34:05,014 AND BY TREATING WITH INHIBITORS, 2447 01:34:05,014 --> 01:34:06,782 WE CAN FORCE CELLS INTO 2448 01:34:06,782 --> 01:34:08,751 QUIESCENCE FROM ANY POINT IN THE 2449 01:34:08,751 --> 01:34:10,953 CELL CYCLE. 2450 01:34:10,953 --> 01:34:15,090 THIS OBSERVATION WAS USED USING 2451 01:34:15,090 --> 01:34:16,859 LIVE-CELL IMAGING PLATFORM. 2452 01:34:16,859 --> 01:34:19,528 TWO EXAMPLES OF CELLS THAT 2453 01:34:19,528 --> 01:34:20,829 BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY. 2454 01:34:20,829 --> 01:34:23,332 THESE CELLS ARE EXPRESSING CDK 2455 01:34:23,332 --> 01:34:25,534 BIOSENSOR AND APC BIOSENTENCOR 2456 01:34:25,534 --> 01:34:27,503 THAT ALLOWS US TO MONITOR THE 2457 01:34:27,503 --> 01:34:28,971 STATUS OF THIS FEEDBACK LOOP 2458 01:34:28,971 --> 01:34:31,106 THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE 2459 01:34:31,106 --> 01:34:32,875 UNDERLYING RESTRICTION POINT 2460 01:34:32,875 --> 01:34:33,175 PHENOMENON. 2461 01:34:33,175 --> 01:34:34,410 HERE IS THE CELL T WILL START 2462 01:34:34,410 --> 01:34:38,047 OFF IN G2 PHASE AND GO THROUGH 2463 01:34:38,047 --> 01:34:39,882 MITOSIS AND THANSITION AND THEN 2464 01:34:39,882 --> 01:34:42,785 HITS WITH A CDK4/6 INHIBITOR. 2465 01:34:42,785 --> 01:34:45,687 THIS CELL WILL MAKE IT TO 2466 01:34:45,687 --> 01:34:46,755 MYOSETOSIS AND DIVIDE INTO TWO 2467 01:34:46,755 --> 01:34:48,157 DAUGHTER CELLS AND IT'S THE 2468 01:34:48,157 --> 01:34:49,792 DAUGHTER CELLS THAT HAVE ENTERED 2469 01:34:49,792 --> 01:34:50,959 INTO QUIESCENCE. 2470 01:34:50,959 --> 01:34:53,429 WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE 2471 01:34:53,429 --> 01:34:58,067 BIOMARKERS FOR QUIESCENCE. 2472 01:34:58,067 --> 01:35:01,470 SO THIS CELL BEHAVED AS YOU 2473 01:35:01,470 --> 01:35:03,138 WOULD PREDICT FROM THE MODEL. 2474 01:35:03,138 --> 01:35:05,641 BUT WE ALSO SEE MANY CELLS THAT 2475 01:35:05,641 --> 01:35:07,776 TAKE A DIFFERENT AND UNEXPECTED 2476 01:35:07,776 --> 01:35:08,777 TRAJECTORY THROUGH THE CELL 2477 01:35:08,777 --> 01:35:08,977 CYCLE. 2478 01:35:08,977 --> 01:35:12,448 SO THIS CELL WILL START OFF VERY 2479 01:35:12,448 --> 01:35:13,082 SIMILAR TO THE OTHER CELL IN G2 2480 01:35:13,082 --> 01:35:15,417 PHASE AND GO THROUGH MITOSIS AND 2481 01:35:15,417 --> 01:35:17,186 THE TRANSITION AND THEN IT WILL 2482 01:35:17,186 --> 01:35:20,022 GET HIT WITH THE CDK64 2483 01:35:20,022 --> 01:35:20,289 INHIBITOR. 2484 01:35:20,289 --> 01:35:22,057 OF THIS CELL DOES SOMETHING 2485 01:35:22,057 --> 01:35:22,324 DIFFERENT. 2486 01:35:22,324 --> 01:35:24,593 RATHER THAN REACH MITOSIS, IT 2487 01:35:24,593 --> 01:35:26,128 SPONTANNUOUSLY LOST THE CDK TWO 2488 01:35:26,128 --> 01:35:28,664 ACTIVITY AND RE-ACTIVATED. 2489 01:35:28,664 --> 01:35:28,831 APC. 2490 01:35:28,831 --> 01:35:33,502 THIS CELL ENTERED A G0 LIKE 2491 01:35:33,502 --> 01:35:33,702 STATE. 2492 01:35:33,702 --> 01:35:35,070 IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE END OF 2493 01:35:35,070 --> 01:35:37,206 THE MOVIE, BIOCHEMICALLY IT'S 2494 01:35:37,206 --> 01:35:39,108 VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER TWO 2495 01:35:39,108 --> 01:35:39,308 CELLS. 2496 01:35:39,308 --> 01:35:43,045 HIGH APC ACTIVITY AND LOW CDK2 2497 01:35:43,045 --> 01:35:43,312 ACTIVITY. 2498 01:35:43,312 --> 01:35:44,480 AND IF WE FIX AND STAIN THESE 2499 01:35:44,480 --> 01:35:47,483 CELLS FOR A THIRD MARKER OF 2500 01:35:47,483 --> 01:35:49,451 QUIESCENCE, WE SEE THAT BOTH 2501 01:35:49,451 --> 01:35:52,421 TRAJECTORIES RESULT IN LOW 2502 01:35:52,421 --> 01:35:52,721 PHOSPHOR B. 2503 01:35:52,721 --> 01:35:56,258 THE CELL THAT TOOK THE WEIRD 2504 01:35:56,258 --> 01:35:56,825 TRAJECTORY THROUGH THE CELL 2505 01:35:56,825 --> 01:35:57,826 CYCLE ENDED UP WEAPON A EXTRA 2506 01:35:57,826 --> 01:36:00,829 COPY OF DNA CONTENT. 2507 01:36:00,829 --> 01:36:02,598 AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT SKIPPED 2508 01:36:02,598 --> 01:36:03,031 MITOSIS. 2509 01:36:03,031 --> 01:36:06,135 AND SO WE WONDERED WHAT SETS THE 2510 01:36:06,135 --> 01:36:08,203 SMALL 10% OF CELLS APART FROM 2511 01:36:08,203 --> 01:36:09,037 THE OTHER CELLS? 2512 01:36:09,037 --> 01:36:11,406 WHY DO THEY TAKE THIS DIFFERENT 2513 01:36:11,406 --> 01:36:12,941 TRAJECTORY AND WHY DIDN'T THEY 2514 01:36:12,941 --> 01:36:16,111 BEHAVE AS EXPECTED BY THE 2515 01:36:16,111 --> 01:36:17,379 RESTRICTION POINT MODEL? 2516 01:36:17,379 --> 01:36:19,114 AND ONE CLUE THAT LED US TO THE 2517 01:36:19,114 --> 01:36:20,048 ANSWER THO THIS QUESTION WAS 2518 01:36:20,048 --> 01:36:22,017 JUST LOOKING AT THE RELATIVE 2519 01:36:22,017 --> 01:36:23,886 TIMING IT TAKES CELLS TO EITHER 2520 01:36:23,886 --> 01:36:27,222 REACH MITOSIS OR EXIT THE CELL 2521 01:36:27,222 --> 01:36:27,589 CYCLE. 2522 01:36:27,589 --> 01:36:30,159 WE DID LIVE-CELL IMAGING 2523 01:36:30,159 --> 01:36:32,361 EXPERIMENTS WHERE WE MEASURED 2524 01:36:32,361 --> 01:36:33,729 CDK2 ACTIVITY AND MEASURED THE 2525 01:36:33,729 --> 01:36:34,963 TIME IT TAKES CELLS TO GO FROM S 2526 01:36:34,963 --> 01:36:36,899 PHASE TO REACH THE NEXT MITOSIS. 2527 01:36:36,899 --> 01:36:39,835 YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MITOSIS 2528 01:36:39,835 --> 01:36:43,071 WHEN YOU SEE THE RAPID DROP IN 2529 01:36:43,071 --> 01:36:44,072 CDK2 ACTIVITY WE COVERED WITH A 2530 01:36:44,072 --> 01:36:44,706 BLACK DOT. 2531 01:36:44,706 --> 01:36:46,241 WE FOUND ON AVERAGE IT TAKES 2532 01:36:46,241 --> 01:36:49,211 CELLS ABOUT 12 HOURS TO REACH 2533 01:36:49,211 --> 01:36:49,444 MITOSIS. 2534 01:36:49,444 --> 01:36:51,747 AND THEN WE TREATED CELLS WITH 2535 01:36:51,747 --> 01:36:54,116 THE CDK4/6 INHIBITOR AND ASKED 2536 01:36:54,116 --> 01:36:55,784 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THESE PINK 2537 01:36:55,784 --> 01:36:59,321 CELLS TO LOSE CDK2 ACTIVITY AND 2538 01:36:59,321 --> 01:37:04,426 EXIT THE CELL CYCLE. 2539 01:37:04,426 --> 01:37:06,595 THE TIME OVERLAPPED WITH THE 2540 01:37:06,595 --> 01:37:08,597 TIME IT TOOK THE OTHER CELLS TO 2541 01:37:08,597 --> 01:37:11,400 REACH MITOSIS. 2542 01:37:11,400 --> 01:37:12,201 WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM 2543 01:37:12,201 --> 01:37:14,136 AND REALIZED THAT THESE TWO 2544 01:37:14,136 --> 01:37:16,838 FATES WE OBSERVED ARE MUTUALLY 2545 01:37:16,838 --> 01:37:17,105 EXCLUSIVE. 2546 01:37:17,105 --> 01:37:19,775 IF YOU EXIT THE CELL CYCLE THEN 2547 01:37:19,775 --> 01:37:21,777 YOU CAN'T BY DEFINITION GO 2548 01:37:21,777 --> 01:37:23,879 THROUGH MITOSIS AND VICE VERSA. 2549 01:37:23,879 --> 01:37:25,647 BECAUSE THESE TWO FATES ARE 2550 01:37:25,647 --> 01:37:27,616 HAPPENING ON VERY SIMILAR TIME 2551 01:37:27,616 --> 01:37:29,751 SCALES, THEY ARE IN COMPETITION 2552 01:37:29,751 --> 01:37:30,252 WITH EACH OTHER. 2553 01:37:30,252 --> 01:37:33,088 SO WE HYPOTHESIZED THAT PERHAPS 2554 01:37:33,088 --> 01:37:34,556 IF WE WERE ABLE TO BLOCK THE 2555 01:37:34,556 --> 01:37:37,960 CELLS FROM UNDERGOING MITOSIS, 2556 01:37:37,960 --> 01:37:40,629 MAYBE WE WOULD OBSERVE ALL CELLS 2557 01:37:40,629 --> 01:37:42,197 EXISTING INTO THIS STATE AND NOT 2558 01:37:42,197 --> 01:37:45,100 JUST THESE FEW OUTLIER CELLS. 2559 01:37:45,100 --> 01:37:46,868 SO TO BLOCK MITOSIS, WE TREATED 2560 01:37:46,868 --> 01:37:49,171 WITH A CDK1 INHIBITOR AND 2561 01:37:49,171 --> 01:37:51,773 COMBINED WITH THE CDK4/6 2562 01:37:51,773 --> 01:37:54,876 INHIBITOR AND NOW ALL CELLS CAN 2563 01:37:54,876 --> 01:37:58,647 EXPECT THE CELL CYCLE INTO THIS 2564 01:37:58,647 --> 01:38:00,449 G0-LIKE STATE AND TAKE THIS 2565 01:38:00,449 --> 01:38:00,816 ALTERNATE PATH. 2566 01:38:00,816 --> 01:38:01,550 IT'S NOT THAT THERE WAS 2567 01:38:01,550 --> 01:38:03,785 SOMETHING BIOCHEMICAL OR 2568 01:38:03,785 --> 01:38:05,621 GENETICALLY DIFFERENT ABOUT 2569 01:38:05,621 --> 01:38:06,822 THESE FEW OUTLIER CELLS, THE 2570 01:38:06,822 --> 01:38:08,490 RELATIVE TIMING BETWEEN EITHER 2571 01:38:08,490 --> 01:38:11,159 EXITING THE CELL CYCLE OR 2572 01:38:11,159 --> 01:38:12,761 MITOSIS THAT DICTATES THE FATE 2573 01:38:12,761 --> 01:38:16,098 OF THESE CELLS. 2574 01:38:16,098 --> 01:38:16,732 MECHANISTICALLY, THE REASON WHY 2575 01:38:16,732 --> 01:38:18,333 THIS ALL IMPORTANT FEEDBACK LOOP 2576 01:38:18,333 --> 01:38:21,503 IS REVERSIBLE IS BECAUSE WE 2577 01:38:21,503 --> 01:38:22,904 FOUND THAT CYCLIN A mRNA IS 2578 01:38:22,904 --> 01:38:26,241 THE UNIQUELY REGULATED BY CDK4/6 2579 01:38:26,241 --> 01:38:28,043 IN THE ENTIRE CELL CYCLE. 2580 01:38:28,043 --> 01:38:30,979 IF YOU TREAT CELLS WITH THE 2581 01:38:30,979 --> 01:38:33,882 CDK4/6 INHIBITOR AND MEASURE 2582 01:38:33,882 --> 01:38:36,551 COMPONENTS, CYCLIN A mRNA WAS 2583 01:38:36,551 --> 01:38:39,955 LOST UPON TREATMENT WITH THE 2584 01:38:39,955 --> 01:38:40,155 DRUG. 2585 01:38:40,155 --> 01:38:41,123 WHILE THE REST OF THE COMPONENTS 2586 01:38:41,123 --> 01:38:42,090 APPEARED TO BE SUSTAINED FOR 2587 01:38:42,090 --> 01:38:44,393 MANY HOURS. 2588 01:38:44,393 --> 01:38:45,961 WE FOUND THAT THIS IS BECAUSE OF 2589 01:38:45,961 --> 01:38:47,095 A NEW SIGNALING COMPONENT TO 2590 01:38:47,095 --> 01:38:49,064 THIS PATHWAY. 2591 01:38:49,064 --> 01:38:51,867 CDK4/6 REGULATES CYCLIN A mRNA 2592 01:38:51,867 --> 01:38:56,438 THROUGH TWO RB-LIKE PROTEINS AND 2593 01:38:56,438 --> 01:39:00,976 A FAMILY OF REPRESS TORY E2Fs. 2594 01:39:00,976 --> 01:39:02,144 AND THIS MEANS THAT WHEN YOU 2595 01:39:02,144 --> 01:39:06,181 TREAT CELLS WITH THE CDK4/6 2596 01:39:06,181 --> 01:39:10,719 INHIBITOR ICYCLIN A mRNA IS 2597 01:39:10,719 --> 01:39:11,953 RAPIDLY LOST AND THESE PROTEINS 2598 01:39:11,953 --> 01:39:13,221 CAN BE MAINTAINED AS LONG AS 2599 01:39:13,221 --> 01:39:14,389 THOSE PROTEINS ARE AROUND 2600 01:39:14,389 --> 01:39:15,590 BECAUSE THEY CAN BE STABLE. 2601 01:39:15,590 --> 01:39:17,759 AND THAT MEANS THAT CDK2 WILL 2602 01:39:17,759 --> 01:39:20,529 STAY ACTIVE AS LONG AS THERE IS 2603 01:39:20,529 --> 01:39:21,496 CYCLIN A PROTEIN AROUND. 2604 01:39:21,496 --> 01:39:22,831 WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS BY 2605 01:39:22,831 --> 01:39:25,467 SHOWING A STRONG CORRELATION 2606 01:39:25,467 --> 01:39:27,002 BETWEEN THE HALF-LIFE OF CYCLIN 2607 01:39:27,002 --> 01:39:29,338 A PROTEIN ACROSS DIFFERENT CELL 2608 01:39:29,338 --> 01:39:30,539 LINES AND THE TIME IT TAKES 2609 01:39:30,539 --> 01:39:33,508 CELLS TO EXIT THE CELL CYCLE. 2610 01:39:33,508 --> 01:39:36,011 WE CAN MANIPULATE THIS BY FUSING 2611 01:39:36,011 --> 01:39:40,882 CYCLIN A TO IN -- DESTABILIZE 2612 01:39:40,882 --> 01:39:41,249 IT. 2613 01:39:41,249 --> 01:39:43,318 NOW CELLS EXIT THE CELL CYCLE 2614 01:39:43,318 --> 01:39:45,354 FASTER UPON TREATMENT WITH THE 2615 01:39:45,354 --> 01:39:47,255 CDK4/6 INHIBITOR. 2616 01:39:47,255 --> 01:39:49,725 SO THAT MEANS THAT INSTEAD OF 2617 01:39:49,725 --> 01:39:51,827 THIS RESTRICTION POINT 2618 01:39:51,827 --> 01:39:53,762 PHENOMENON BEING REGULATED BY 2619 01:39:53,762 --> 01:39:55,864 SELF SUSTAINING FEEDBACK LOOK, 2620 01:39:55,864 --> 01:39:57,866 WHAT WE HAVE SHOWN IS THAT THE 2621 01:39:57,866 --> 01:39:59,735 RESTRICTION POINT PHENOMENON IS 2622 01:39:59,735 --> 01:40:01,036 EXPLAINED BY TEMPORAL 2623 01:40:01,036 --> 01:40:04,539 COMPETITION BETWEEN THESE TWO 2624 01:40:04,539 --> 01:40:05,107 MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE FATES OF 2625 01:40:05,107 --> 01:40:08,076 MITOSIS OR CELL CYCLE EXIT. 2626 01:40:08,076 --> 01:40:09,644 THAT'S BECAUSE CDK4/6 AND 2627 01:40:09,644 --> 01:40:11,747 UPSTREAM SIGNALING IS NEEDED FOR 2628 01:40:11,747 --> 01:40:14,449 THE ENTIRE CELL CYCLE. 2629 01:40:14,449 --> 01:40:17,586 AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ARE 2630 01:40:17,586 --> 01:40:21,523 THAT INHIBITING CDK ACTIVITY CAN 2631 01:40:21,523 --> 01:40:25,160 SEND CELLS TO THIS G0-LIKE 2632 01:40:25,160 --> 01:40:25,794 STAYED WHERE THEY HAVE AN EXTRA 2633 01:40:25,794 --> 01:40:26,895 COPY OF DNA. 2634 01:40:26,895 --> 01:40:29,131 WE THINK THAT THIS STUDY REALLY 2635 01:40:29,131 --> 01:40:31,466 ANSWERS A LONG-STANDING 2636 01:40:31,466 --> 01:40:32,834 DECADES-OLD PROBLEM OF THE 2637 01:40:32,834 --> 01:40:34,503 RESTRICTION POINT PHENOMENON BUT 2638 01:40:34,503 --> 01:40:36,204 I THINK THESE FINDINGS GO BEYOND 2639 01:40:36,204 --> 01:40:38,673 JUST OUR BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF 2640 01:40:38,673 --> 01:40:40,275 CELL BIOLOGY. 2641 01:40:40,275 --> 01:40:44,212 GIVEN THE CLINICAL USE OF CDK 2642 01:40:44,212 --> 01:40:46,047 INHIBITORS IN THE CLINICAL 2643 01:40:46,047 --> 01:40:47,783 TRIALS, WE THINK THAT THIS STUDY 2644 01:40:47,783 --> 01:40:49,317 HAS BROAD IMPLICATIONS. 2645 01:40:49,317 --> 01:40:50,485 THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TAKING THIS 2646 01:40:50,485 --> 01:40:51,486 NOW IN THE FUTURE. 2647 01:40:51,486 --> 01:40:54,289 WE ARE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND 2648 01:40:54,289 --> 01:40:56,258 HOW THESE -- HOW NEW MECHANISM 2649 01:40:56,258 --> 01:40:59,795 MIGHT BE WORKING IN ALL ANIMALS 2650 01:40:59,795 --> 01:41:00,862 AND IN THE CLINIC. 2651 01:41:00,862 --> 01:41:03,698 SO FOR EXAMPLE, CDK4/6 2652 01:41:03,698 --> 01:41:05,000 INHIBITORS ARE USED IN THE 2653 01:41:05,000 --> 01:41:06,368 CLINIC BECAUSE THEY ARE THE 2654 01:41:06,368 --> 01:41:09,371 FRONT-LINE THERAPY FOR HORMONE 2655 01:41:09,371 --> 01:41:11,006 RECEPTIVE POSITIVE BREAST CANCER 2656 01:41:11,006 --> 01:41:13,508 AND CLINICAL TRIALS FOR OTHER 2657 01:41:13,508 --> 01:41:15,744 CANCER TYPES, OF. 2658 01:41:15,744 --> 01:41:18,313 IN ADDITION CDK TWO INHIBITORS 2659 01:41:18,313 --> 01:41:19,548 ARE IN DEVELOPMENT BY A NUMBER 2660 01:41:19,548 --> 01:41:21,116 OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TO 2661 01:41:21,116 --> 01:41:23,051 BEIDES ALONE OR IN COMBINATION 2662 01:41:23,051 --> 01:41:25,887 WITH CDK4/6 INHIBITORS. 2663 01:41:25,887 --> 01:41:30,292 BECAUSE WE HAVE SHOWN DRUGS CAN 2664 01:41:30,292 --> 01:41:33,562 INDUCE THIS PATH, IT'S CRITICAL 2665 01:41:33,562 --> 01:41:34,996 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LONG-TERM 2666 01:41:34,996 --> 01:41:37,265 CONSEQUENCES OF CELLS IN THIS 2667 01:41:37,265 --> 01:41:38,300 STATE ARE. 2668 01:41:38,300 --> 01:41:39,968 FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 2669 01:41:39,968 --> 01:41:41,036 YOU PUTTER THESE CELLS IN DRUG 2670 01:41:41,036 --> 01:41:41,303 HOLIDAYS? 2671 01:41:41,303 --> 01:41:45,173 YOU STOP GIVING THEM THE DRUGS. 2672 01:41:45,173 --> 01:41:45,540 WILL THEISMS RE. 2673 01:41:45,540 --> 01:41:46,842 THE CELL CYCLE? 2674 01:41:46,842 --> 01:41:50,879 IF THEY DO, WHAT PATH WILL THEY 2675 01:41:50,879 --> 01:41:51,313 TAKE? 2676 01:41:51,313 --> 01:41:52,981 WILL THEISMS THAT EXITED FROM G2 2677 01:41:52,981 --> 01:41:53,815 REMEMBER THAT'S WHERE THEY USED 2678 01:41:53,815 --> 01:41:55,984 TO BE IN THE CELL CYCLE AND 2679 01:41:55,984 --> 01:41:57,552 REENTER THE CELL CYCLE FROM G2 2680 01:41:57,552 --> 01:41:58,119 PHASE? 2681 01:41:58,119 --> 01:41:59,754 OR WILL THESE CELLS THINK THEY 2682 01:41:59,754 --> 01:42:02,491 ARE REALLY A G0 CELL AND REENTER 2683 01:42:02,491 --> 01:42:04,693 THE CELL CYCLE IN G1 PHASE? 2684 01:42:04,693 --> 01:42:06,294 WE ARE DOING PRELIMINARY STUDIES 2685 01:42:06,294 --> 01:42:08,730 WITH THIS BY TREATING WITH CDK 2686 01:42:08,730 --> 01:42:10,866 INHIBITORS AND WASHING THEM OFF. 2687 01:42:10,866 --> 01:42:14,636 OUR PRELIMINARY RESULTS GIVE US 2688 01:42:14,636 --> 01:42:16,905 A QUITE CLEAR ANSWER TO THIS 2689 01:42:16,905 --> 01:42:17,172 QUESTION. 2690 01:42:17,172 --> 01:42:18,173 WHEN YOU TREAT WITH THE DRUGS 2691 01:42:18,173 --> 01:42:20,775 THEY GO INTO A G0-LIKE STATE. 2692 01:42:20,775 --> 01:42:23,278 WHEN YOU WASH THEM OFF, THE 2693 01:42:23,278 --> 01:42:25,247 CELLS REENTER THE CELL CYCLE IN 2694 01:42:25,247 --> 01:42:26,481 G1 PHASE AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH 2695 01:42:26,481 --> 01:42:28,917 ANOTHER ROUND OF DNA SYNTHESIS 2696 01:42:28,917 --> 01:42:32,821 AND THEY END UP WITH 8 END DNA 2697 01:42:32,821 --> 01:42:34,656 CONTENT, THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH 2698 01:42:34,656 --> 01:42:36,558 A WHOLE GENOME DUPLICATION. 2699 01:42:36,558 --> 01:42:38,426 THEY WILL UNDERGO ANOTHER 2700 01:42:38,426 --> 01:42:40,929 MITOSIS AND IF WE WATCH THEM, 2701 01:42:40,929 --> 01:42:43,665 THEY'LL DIVIDE INTO FOUR 2702 01:42:43,665 --> 01:42:44,032 DAUGHTER CELLS. 2703 01:42:44,032 --> 01:42:45,734 AND IF WE GROW THEISMS FOR LONG 2704 01:42:45,734 --> 01:42:48,069 PERIOD OF TIME, WE SEE A 2705 01:42:48,069 --> 01:42:50,171 TREATMENT PLUS WASHING OFF THE 2706 01:42:50,171 --> 01:42:54,042 DRUGS INDUCES A HUGE VARIETY OF 2707 01:42:54,042 --> 01:42:55,076 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANEUPLOIDY 2708 01:42:55,076 --> 01:42:56,545 WHICH COULD HAVE DRASTIC 2709 01:42:56,545 --> 01:42:57,979 CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CANCER 2710 01:42:57,979 --> 01:43:00,282 CELLS BEING TREATED AND 2711 01:43:00,282 --> 01:43:01,550 POTENTIALLY FOR NORMAL 2712 01:43:01,550 --> 01:43:02,684 PROLIFERATIVE CELLS AND 2713 01:43:02,684 --> 01:43:03,885 DIFFERENT TISSUES IN THE BODY. 2714 01:43:03,885 --> 01:43:06,121 SO OUR FUTURE STUDIES WILL BE TO 2715 01:43:06,121 --> 01:43:07,722 INVESTIGATE THIS FURTHER. 2716 01:43:07,722 --> 01:43:09,991 I THINK IT'S DEMONSTRATE HOW 2717 01:43:09,991 --> 01:43:13,161 REALLY A BASIC BIOLOGICAL 2718 01:43:13,161 --> 01:43:15,330 QUESTION CAN TRANSLATE AND HAVE 2719 01:43:15,330 --> 01:43:18,166 IMPORTANT CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS. 2720 01:43:18,166 --> 01:43:20,368 WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY 2721 01:43:20,368 --> 01:43:21,970 TEAM HERE AT THE NCI. 2722 01:43:21,970 --> 01:43:24,839 WE ARE RELATIVELY SMALL TEAM BUT 2723 01:43:24,839 --> 01:43:27,409 THROUGH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION 2724 01:43:27,409 --> 01:43:27,976 THEY HAVE BEEN PRODUCTIVE. 2725 01:43:27,976 --> 01:43:30,145 AND ALSO WE HAD A NUMBER OF 2726 01:43:30,145 --> 01:43:32,681 COLLABORATIONS BOTH WITHIN THE 2727 01:43:32,681 --> 01:43:34,749 NIH AND OUTSIDE OF THE NIH. 2728 01:43:34,749 --> 01:43:37,252 AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2729 01:43:37,252 --> 01:43:37,886 ATTENTION AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE 2730 01:43:37,886 --> 01:43:41,122 ANY QUESTIONS. 2731 01:43:41,122 --> 01:43:44,626 >> BEAUTIFUL WORK, STEPHEN. 2732 01:43:44,626 --> 01:43:47,963 I THINK YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. 2733 01:43:47,963 --> 01:43:52,167 >> I'M LOOKING FOR THE THE HAND. 2734 01:43:52,167 --> 01:43:52,834 THANK YOU. 2735 01:43:52,834 --> 01:43:55,170 STEPHEN, GREAT TALK. 2736 01:43:55,170 --> 01:43:57,238 I WONDER IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON 2737 01:43:57,238 --> 01:43:59,808 IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 2738 01:43:59,808 --> 01:44:01,776 PAL BOW RESISTANCE? 2739 01:44:01,776 --> 01:44:03,678 IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE THERE COULD 2740 01:44:03,678 --> 01:44:06,715 NOW BE ANOTHER PATHWAY IN 2741 01:44:06,715 --> 01:44:08,516 CHUCKED DEVELOP RESISTANT 2742 01:44:08,516 --> 01:44:11,486 MUTATIONS THAT'S NOT, RB RELATED 2743 01:44:11,486 --> 01:44:12,554 OR MYC RELATED. 2744 01:44:12,554 --> 01:44:17,325 BUT IT'S A G2 RELATED, SG2 2745 01:44:17,325 --> 01:44:20,128 RELATED PATHWAY -- 2746 01:44:20,128 --> 01:44:21,029 >> FOR SURE. 2747 01:44:21,029 --> 01:44:22,097 THAT'S WHAT WE ARE THINKING 2748 01:44:22,097 --> 01:44:23,098 ABOUT NOW. 2749 01:44:23,098 --> 01:44:24,332 WITH THESE DRUG WASH OFF 2750 01:44:24,332 --> 01:44:24,633 EXPERIMENT. 2751 01:44:24,633 --> 01:44:30,005 BECAUSE IT INDUCES ANDYPLOYEDY. 2752 01:44:30,005 --> 01:44:30,605 YOU'RE SHUFFLING OFF THE GENES 2753 01:44:30,605 --> 01:44:33,508 OF THESE CELLS AND MAYBE THAT 2754 01:44:33,508 --> 01:44:36,144 COULD LEAD TO SOME SMALL 2755 01:44:36,144 --> 01:44:38,647 POPULATION WHERE EVEN MYC IS UP 2756 01:44:38,647 --> 01:44:38,913 REGULATED. 2757 01:44:38,913 --> 01:44:40,515 THAT COULD BE THE GENETIC 2758 01:44:40,515 --> 01:44:43,685 PERTBAITION THAT LEADS TO THESE 2759 01:44:43,685 --> 01:44:47,989 RESISTANCE MECHANISMS T. 2760 01:44:47,989 --> 01:44:48,289 >> KARIN? 2761 01:44:48,289 --> 01:44:49,724 >> I HAD A VERY SIMILAR QUESTION 2762 01:44:49,724 --> 01:45:00,435 BUT I ALSO WONDER IF YOU MIGHT E 2763 01:45:22,757 --> 01:45:26,594 BEAUTIFUL BUT A COLLABORATION 2764 01:45:26,594 --> 01:45:27,128 WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO 2765 01:45:27,128 --> 01:45:28,963 FURTHER UNDERSTAND HOW THESE 2766 01:45:28,963 --> 01:45:31,299 PATHWAYS ARE BEING TWEAKED IN 2767 01:45:31,299 --> 01:45:32,867 THE RESISTANCE MODELS THAT 2768 01:45:32,867 --> 01:45:34,135 ALREADY DEVELOPED, COULD BE 2769 01:45:34,135 --> 01:45:34,436 INTERESTING. 2770 01:45:34,436 --> 01:45:36,604 >> WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT TO 2771 01:45:36,604 --> 01:45:39,441 FIND CLINICAL SAMPLES OR LAB 2772 01:45:39,441 --> 01:45:42,110 THAT IS HAVE PATIENT DATA TO SEE 2773 01:45:42,110 --> 01:45:43,378 IF SOME OF THE STUFF THEY ARE 2774 01:45:43,378 --> 01:45:47,916 SEEISEEING IS MATCH WHAT WE ARE 2775 01:45:47,916 --> 01:45:50,118 SEEING AS WELL. 2776 01:45:50,118 --> 01:45:51,786 >> SO WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS 2777 01:45:51,786 --> 01:45:55,190 TO MY TO THETIC CATASTROPHE AND 2778 01:45:55,190 --> 01:45:56,991 STANDARD CHEMO TREATMENT? 2779 01:45:56,991 --> 01:45:59,994 IS THIS A POTENTIAL MECHANISM OF 2780 01:45:59,994 --> 01:46:03,031 RESISTANCE FOR CHEMO? 2781 01:46:03,031 --> 01:46:04,265 ESPECIALLY DNA DAMAGING AGENTS? 2782 01:46:04,265 --> 01:46:06,401 >> WE PLAYED AROUND A LOT WITH 2783 01:46:06,401 --> 01:46:08,636 DNA DAMAGE AND THAT'S HOW THIS 2784 01:46:08,636 --> 01:46:09,003 PROJECT STARTED. 2785 01:46:09,003 --> 01:46:11,840 WE WERE INDUCING DNA DAMAGE AND 2786 01:46:11,840 --> 01:46:13,808 SEEN THIS EXACT SAME TRAJECTORY. 2787 01:46:13,808 --> 01:46:15,210 AND WE THOUGHT IT HAD SOMETHING 2788 01:46:15,210 --> 01:46:17,245 TO DO WITH DNA DAMAGE. 2789 01:46:17,245 --> 01:46:18,546 WE STARTED INVESTIGATING ALL 2790 01:46:18,546 --> 01:46:19,748 THESE PATHWAYS. 2791 01:46:19,748 --> 01:46:22,083 AND THEN WE REALIZED THAT WHAT 2792 01:46:22,083 --> 01:46:23,918 DNA DAMAGE WAS DOING WAS 2793 01:46:23,918 --> 01:46:26,488 TRIGGERING THE G2M CHECKPOINT 2794 01:46:26,488 --> 01:46:28,223 AND IT WAS DELAYING THE TIME TO 2795 01:46:28,223 --> 01:46:29,991 REACH MITOSIS. 2796 01:46:29,991 --> 01:46:31,493 AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED 2797 01:46:31,493 --> 01:46:33,428 SAYING, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN 2798 01:46:33,428 --> 01:46:34,829 WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPEAT THE 2799 01:46:34,829 --> 01:46:36,865 PHENOTYPE WITH THE CDK1 2800 01:46:36,865 --> 01:46:39,868 INHIBITOR WHEN WE COMBINED WITH THE CDK4/6 INHIBITOR. 2801 01:46:39,868 --> 01:46:42,971 COMBINING DNA DAMAGE AND THE CDK4/6 INHIBITOR COULD BE 2802 01:46:42,971 --> 01:46:45,907 INDUCING THIS ALTERNATE TRAJECTORY THROUGH THE CELL 2803 01:46:45,907 --> 01:46:46,964 CYCLE QUITE A BIT. 2804 01:46:46,964 --> 01:46:48,299 THERE IS SOME INTERESTING 2805 01:46:48,299 --> 01:46:51,802 FINDINGS IN OUR SINGLE-CELL 2806 01:46:51,802 --> 01:46:52,803 WHOLE GENOME OVARIAN CANCER WORK 2807 01:46:52,803 --> 01:46:53,871 THAT TIES INTO THIS. 2808 01:46:53,871 --> 01:46:56,507 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS COME 2809 01:46:56,507 --> 01:47:00,344 OUT IN THE LITERATURE. 2810 01:47:00,344 --> 01:47:03,214 GOOD WORK. 2811 01:47:03,214 --> 01:47:07,718 ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR 2812 01:47:07,718 --> 01:47:12,456 STEPHEN BEFORE WE BREAK? 2813 01:47:12,456 --> 01:47:15,326 IF NOT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY 2814 01:47:15,326 --> 01:47:15,860 MUCH. 2815 01:47:15,860 --> 01:47:16,494 CONGRATULATIONS, BEAUTIFUL WORK 2816 01:47:16,494 --> 01:47:18,796 AND AGAIN WE LOOK FORWARD TO 2817 01:47:18,796 --> 01:47:24,702 SEEING ADVANCES IN THIS AREA. 2818 01:47:24,702 --> 01:47:26,003 THANKS. 2819 01:47:26,003 --> 01:47:28,939 OKAY, SO, WE MADE UP A COUPLE OF 2820 01:47:28,939 --> 01:47:30,107 MINUTES HERE. 2821 01:47:30,107 --> 01:47:32,777 SO WE'LL NOW TAKE A BREAK. 2822 01:47:32,777 --> 01:47:35,446 DO NOT DISCONNECT. 2823 01:47:35,446 --> 01:47:37,014 CLOSE YOUR VIDEOS AND MUTE YOUR 2824 01:47:37,014 --> 01:47:38,883 MICS IF YOU WOULD LIKE. 2825 01:47:38,883 --> 01:47:41,385 THE FOLKS IN THE VIRTUAL TABLE, 2826 01:47:41,385 --> 01:47:44,255 DOUG, DEAN AND JIM AND THE BOARD 2827 01:47:44,255 --> 01:47:47,191 MEMBERS, TAKE AN EIGHT MINUTE 2828 01:47:47,191 --> 01:47:48,292 BREAK AND RETURN IN 10 MINUTES 2829 01:47:48,292 --> 01:47:50,394 AFTER THE HOUR. 2830 01:47:50,394 --> 01:47:53,431 TURN YOUR VIDEO CAMERAS BACK ON. 2831 01:47:53,431 --> 01:47:54,198 ALL OTHERS SHOULD RETURNED AT 2832 01:47:54,198 --> 01:47:58,836 ROUGHLY 20 MINUTES AFTER SO WE 2833 01:47:58,836 --> 01:48:00,971 CAN -- SO THAT KEITH CAN BEGIN 2834 01:48:00,971 --> 01:48:02,339 PROMPTLY AT 25 AFTER THE HOUR. 2835 01:48:02,339 --> 01:48:04,742 SO VIRTUAL TABLE, DOUG, DEANA 2836 01:48:04,742 --> 01:48:06,510 AND JIM AND THE BOARD MEMBERS 2837 01:48:06,510 --> 01:48:07,845 TAKE ABOUT A 7-MINUTE BREAK AND 2838 01:48:07,845 --> 01:49:11,609 RETURN AT 10 MINUTES AFTER THE HOUR. 2839 01:49:11,609 --> 01:49:12,910 >> I'LL BE ASKING YOU TO RAISE 2840 01:49:12,910 --> 01:49:17,348 YOUR HAND OR STRAIGHT YOUR NAME 2841 01:49:17,348 --> 01:49:19,884 TO INDICATE DISAPPROVAL OR NON 2842 01:49:19,884 --> 01:49:21,719 CONCURRENCE SO PAULET CAN COUNT 2843 01:49:21,719 --> 01:49:26,724 AND RECORD THE VOTE. 2844 01:49:26,724 --> 01:49:31,496 WE HAVE A NEW RFP. 2845 01:49:31,496 --> 01:49:33,464 DR. DAN WILL BE THE PRESENTER. 2846 01:49:33,464 --> 01:49:35,800 THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IS CHAIRED BY 2847 01:49:35,800 --> 01:49:39,070 NELSON AND SUPPORTED BY NELLY 2848 01:49:39,070 --> 01:49:39,704 AND RICH ZELLER. 2849 01:49:39,704 --> 01:49:43,541 SO WITH THAT, DR. ZI, TAKE IT 2850 01:49:43,541 --> 01:49:43,741 AWAY. 2851 01:49:43,741 --> 01:49:48,312 >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 2852 01:49:48,312 --> 01:49:50,314 TO PRESENT THIS NEW DON 2853 01:49:50,314 --> 01:49:51,015 SEPTEMBER. 2854 01:49:51,015 --> 01:49:54,352 MICROBIOME TARGETED INTERVENTION 2855 01:49:54,352 --> 01:49:58,656 TO CANCER NETWORK. 2856 01:49:58,656 --> 01:50:01,292 ON BEHALF OF THE WORKING GROUP. 2857 01:50:01,292 --> 01:50:07,331 THIS CONCEPT IS SPONSORED BY THE 2858 01:50:07,331 --> 01:50:08,065 DCTD. 2859 01:50:08,065 --> 01:50:10,568 NEXT SLIDE. 2860 01:50:10,568 --> 01:50:12,036 THE RESEARCH AND HUMAN STUDIES 2861 01:50:12,036 --> 01:50:16,240 SHOW THE MICROBIOME CAN MODULATE 2862 01:50:16,240 --> 01:50:17,475 THE CANCER CELL. 2863 01:50:17,475 --> 01:50:19,277 SO THIS CONCEPT WILL BE FOCUSING 2864 01:50:19,277 --> 01:50:28,953 ON THE CLINICAL RESEARCH OF THE 2865 01:50:28,953 --> 01:50:32,423 FECAL MICROBIOTA WITH 2866 01:50:32,423 --> 01:50:32,890 IMMUNOTHERAPY. 2867 01:50:32,890 --> 01:50:34,692 THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE CHALLENGES, 2868 01:50:34,692 --> 01:50:38,796 PHASE I AND PHASE II CLINICAL 2869 01:50:38,796 --> 01:50:41,199 TRIAL UNDERWAY IN THE U.S. AND 2870 01:50:41,199 --> 01:50:42,967 INTERNATIONALLY WITH THE VARIOUS 2871 01:50:42,967 --> 01:50:43,267 DESIGN. 2872 01:50:43,267 --> 01:50:46,571 BUT LACK OF THE COORDINATION. 2873 01:50:46,571 --> 01:50:51,175 FOR THE FMT, LONG TERM SAFETY 2874 01:50:51,175 --> 01:50:53,945 AND THE PATIENT STRATIFICATION. 2875 01:50:53,945 --> 01:51:01,586 FOR THE MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM, 2876 01:51:01,586 --> 01:51:03,688 FOR SELECTIONS, BENEFICIAL 2877 01:51:03,688 --> 01:51:09,994 BACTERIA SPECIES CULMINATE WITH 2878 01:51:09,994 --> 01:51:10,595 THERAPEUTIC OUTCOME DIFFERENT 2879 01:51:10,595 --> 01:51:11,329 AMONG THE LABS AND COHORTS. 2880 01:51:11,329 --> 01:51:13,197 THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CLINICAL 2881 01:51:13,197 --> 01:51:17,568 AND PILOT FMT TILES SHOWED THE 2882 01:51:17,568 --> 01:51:20,771 RESULT OF THE SAFETY AND 2883 01:51:20,771 --> 01:51:26,444 IMPROVED IMMUNOTHERAPY RESPONSE 2884 01:51:26,444 --> 01:51:31,048 AND TOXICITY. 2885 01:51:31,048 --> 01:51:35,119 CLINICAL TRIAL NEED TO BUILD 2886 01:51:35,119 --> 01:51:39,657 FECAL MICROBIOME FOR THERAPY AND 2887 01:51:39,657 --> 01:51:43,895 THE REGISTRY IS LONG TERM SAFETY 2888 01:51:43,895 --> 01:51:46,130 NEEDED FOR THE RESEARCH FOR 2889 01:51:46,130 --> 01:51:48,032 VARIABLES. 2890 01:51:48,032 --> 01:51:57,742 NEXT SLIDE. 2891 01:51:57,742 --> 01:52:02,446 SO THESE ARE THE ONLY CANCER 2892 01:52:02,446 --> 01:52:05,249 THERAPEUTIC CLINICAL TRIALS. 2893 01:52:05,249 --> 01:52:07,685 THEY PUBLISHED ENCOURAGING 2894 01:52:07,685 --> 01:52:12,523 RESULT IN THE 2021 OF THE FIRST 2895 01:52:12,523 --> 01:52:19,897 IN-HUMAN PILOT TRIAL TO IMPROVE 2896 01:52:19,897 --> 01:52:20,831 RESPONSE. 2897 01:52:20,831 --> 01:52:23,034 SO THE GAP AND THE NEED. 2898 01:52:23,034 --> 01:52:25,903 THE LACK OF THE CLINICAL TRIAL, 2899 01:52:25,903 --> 01:52:29,106 THE ASSAY AND MICROBIOME'S 2900 01:52:29,106 --> 01:52:34,545 MEASUREMENT AND DATA ANALYSIS. 2901 01:52:34,545 --> 01:52:44,722 AND THE MOST CORRELATIVE 2902 01:52:44,722 --> 01:52:50,561 ANALYSIS T TESTING IN THE MICE 2903 01:52:50,561 --> 01:52:52,797 AND FMT. 2904 01:52:52,797 --> 01:52:54,865 THE LIMITATION OF THE 2905 01:52:54,865 --> 01:52:58,436 PRE-CLINICAL MODELS AND CLINICAL 2906 01:52:58,436 --> 01:52:58,669 CENTER. 2907 01:52:58,669 --> 01:53:04,008 FOR THE NCI, NEEDS TO STIMULATE, 2908 01:53:04,008 --> 01:53:06,677 COORDINATE THE CLINICAL TESTING 2909 01:53:06,677 --> 01:53:10,915 OF CAUSAL EFFECT OF MICROBIOME 2910 01:53:10,915 --> 01:53:14,385 ON CANCER THERAPY AND STUDYING 2911 01:53:14,385 --> 01:53:17,788 RELEVANT MECHANISMS. 2912 01:53:17,788 --> 01:53:19,490 ENSURE PROPER DIVERSITY IN THE 2913 01:53:19,490 --> 01:53:23,694 HUMAN MICROBIOME RESEARCH. 2914 01:53:23,694 --> 01:53:24,295 COORDINATE THE STANDARDIZATION 2915 01:53:24,295 --> 01:53:28,299 AND STUDY VARIABLES. 2916 01:53:28,299 --> 01:53:32,770 NEXT SLIDE. 2917 01:53:32,770 --> 01:53:34,939 THE PURCHASE OF THIS RFA AND 2918 01:53:34,939 --> 01:53:38,743 RFP -- PURPOSE -- TO TIMELY 2919 01:53:38,743 --> 01:53:42,813 EARLY STAGE CLINICAL TESTING OF 2920 01:53:42,813 --> 01:53:45,483 MICROBIOME TARGET CANCER 2921 01:53:45,483 --> 01:53:47,985 INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE 2922 01:53:47,985 --> 01:53:51,756 IMMUNOTHERAPY IN MICROBIOME 2923 01:53:51,756 --> 01:54:02,299 INTERVENTION CANCER NETWORK AND 2924 01:54:03,167 --> 01:54:08,773 THE CLINICAL CENTER AND CLINICAL 2925 01:54:08,773 --> 01:54:10,207 NETWORK CENTER. 2926 01:54:10,207 --> 01:54:13,444 SO OVERALL GOALS. 2927 01:54:13,444 --> 01:54:16,147 U19 TO DEVELOP OPTIMAL FMT OR 2928 01:54:16,147 --> 01:54:18,349 DEFINE MICROBIAL CONSORTIA FOR 2929 01:54:18,349 --> 01:54:20,451 EARLY PHASE OF CLINICAL TRIAL OF 2930 01:54:20,451 --> 01:54:24,121 SAFETY AND EFFICACY TO OVERCOME 2931 01:54:24,121 --> 01:54:27,725 IMMUNOTHERAPY RESISTANCES AND 2932 01:54:27,725 --> 01:54:32,029 REDUCE ADVERSE EVENTS. 2933 01:54:32,029 --> 01:54:34,565 CONDUCT BIDIRECTIONAL HUMAN 2934 01:54:34,565 --> 01:54:40,104 RELEVANT MECHANISTIC STUDIES. 2935 01:54:40,104 --> 01:54:43,340 N01, SUPPORT TWO CORES. 2936 01:54:43,340 --> 01:54:47,645 ADMINISTRATION CORE COORDINATE 2937 01:54:47,645 --> 01:54:50,748 ACROSS THE CENTERS AND ALSO THE 2938 01:54:50,748 --> 01:54:51,348 MICROBIOME CORE, HARMONIZE AND 2939 01:54:51,348 --> 01:54:52,883 STANDARDIZE THE FMT AND DEFINE 2940 01:54:52,883 --> 01:54:55,486 THE MICROBIAL CONSORTIA AND 2941 01:54:55,486 --> 01:54:56,754 CLINICAL TRIAL. 2942 01:54:56,754 --> 01:54:58,823 AND ALSO COORDINATE AND 2943 01:54:58,823 --> 01:55:00,591 STANDARDIZE THE BIOINFORMATIC 2944 01:55:00,591 --> 01:55:04,795 AND DATA FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND 2945 01:55:04,795 --> 01:55:07,731 ESTABLISH ONE HUMAN CANCER 2946 01:55:07,731 --> 01:55:12,503 IMMUNOTHERAPY IN MICROBIOTA 2947 01:55:12,503 --> 01:55:16,140 ATLAS AND FMT REGISTRY. 2948 01:55:16,140 --> 01:55:23,414 AND ALSO TO DEVELOP ONE FECAL 2949 01:55:23,414 --> 01:55:24,548 RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY. 2950 01:55:24,548 --> 01:55:30,588 THE PRIORITY OF INTERVENTION IS 2951 01:55:30,588 --> 01:55:33,691 FMT OR DEFINE MICROBIAL 2952 01:55:33,691 --> 01:55:34,191 CONASSERTIA WITH IMMUNE 2953 01:55:34,191 --> 01:55:37,995 CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR OF THE CART 2954 01:55:37,995 --> 01:55:39,597 T THERAPIES. 2955 01:55:39,597 --> 01:55:41,966 NEXT SLIDE. 2956 01:55:41,966 --> 01:55:45,436 SO THIS SLIDE OUTLINES STRUCTURE 2957 01:55:45,436 --> 01:55:47,138 OF NETWORK. 2958 01:55:47,138 --> 01:55:50,141 HUMAN STUDY AND AT LEAST TWO 2959 01:55:50,141 --> 01:55:54,478 WILL DO THE CLINICAL TRIAL. 2960 01:55:54,478 --> 01:55:57,181 SO U19 NEEDS COPERCEIVE PI. 2961 01:55:57,181 --> 01:55:59,984 ONE FOR PRE-CLINICAL AND ONE FOR 2962 01:55:59,984 --> 01:56:01,919 CLINICAL. 2963 01:56:01,919 --> 01:56:03,521 NEXT SLIDE. 2964 01:56:03,521 --> 01:56:06,957 SO THE EXAMPLE OF THE PROJECT, 2965 01:56:06,957 --> 01:56:10,394 ALL U19s MUCH DEVELOP 2966 01:56:10,394 --> 01:56:11,862 INTERVENTION AND OBTAIN R&D AND 2967 01:56:11,862 --> 01:56:16,167 ALL CONDUCT CLINICAL TRIAL. 2968 01:56:16,167 --> 01:56:20,437 AND MICROBIAL COMPOSITION AND 2969 01:56:20,437 --> 01:56:25,576 FUNCTIONS THROUGH MULTI-OAKICS, 2970 01:56:25,576 --> 01:56:27,945 MEASURE BIOMARKERS AND SHOW WITH 2971 01:56:27,945 --> 01:56:33,284 THERAPY OUTCOMES AND INVESTIGATE 2972 01:56:33,284 --> 01:56:33,651 THE VARIABLES. 2973 01:56:33,651 --> 01:56:40,157 PRE AND PROBIOTIC PROJECT IS 2974 01:56:40,157 --> 01:56:46,564 ENCOURAGED AND HUMAN RELEVANT -- 2975 01:56:46,564 --> 01:56:48,699 STUDIES. 2976 01:56:48,699 --> 01:56:49,433 SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR THE HUMAN 2977 01:56:49,433 --> 01:56:54,038 CORE STUDY, WE ARE TO REQUIRE 2978 01:56:54,038 --> 01:56:58,142 TWO RACES AND REQUIRE TWO 2979 01:56:58,142 --> 01:56:58,442 LOCATIONS -- 2980 01:56:58,442 --> 01:57:08,786 [ BACKGROUND NOISE ] 2981 01:57:10,654 --> 01:57:14,592 >> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 2982 01:57:14,592 --> 01:57:20,497 SO JUSTIFICATION OF RFA AND RFP, 2983 01:57:20,497 --> 01:57:23,334 SCIENTIFIC NEEDS FOR OPTIMIZED 2984 01:57:23,334 --> 01:57:28,072 APPROACH OF CONCEPT OF CLINICAL 2985 01:57:28,072 --> 01:57:30,274 TRIAL. 2986 01:57:30,274 --> 01:57:32,610 AND ALSO MULTIDISCIPLINED TEAMS 2987 01:57:32,610 --> 01:57:34,311 TO THE COLLABORATIVE NETWORK 2988 01:57:34,311 --> 01:57:38,449 WITH A SINGLE RECIPIENT DATE AND 2989 01:57:38,449 --> 01:57:39,617 SPECIFIC REVIEW CRITERIA. 2990 01:57:39,617 --> 01:57:40,684 THE R IF. 2991 01:57:40,684 --> 01:57:42,820 P WOULD BETTER SERVE THE NETWORK 2992 01:57:42,820 --> 01:57:45,322 AND COMMUNITY IN THE LONG RUN. 2993 01:57:45,322 --> 01:57:49,827 FOR THE U MECHANISM, THE NETWORK 2994 01:57:49,827 --> 01:57:50,427 AND SYNERGY. 2995 01:57:50,427 --> 01:57:52,129 THE NCI APPROVAL STAFF 2996 01:57:52,129 --> 01:57:54,365 INVOLVEMENT IN THE STEERING 2997 01:57:54,365 --> 01:57:56,667 COMMITTEE TIMELY PROVIDE 2998 01:57:56,667 --> 01:58:00,137 PROGRAMMATIC FOR THE INPUT AND 2999 01:58:00,137 --> 01:58:03,073 ALSO OTHER RESOURCES AND 3000 01:58:03,073 --> 01:58:03,507 INFORMATION. 3001 01:58:03,507 --> 01:58:06,510 THE COLLABORATION CAN BE FURTHER 3002 01:58:06,510 --> 01:58:09,179 ESTABLISHED FOR THE POST AWARD. 3003 01:58:09,179 --> 01:58:13,684 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 3004 01:58:13,684 --> 01:58:18,389 THE BUDGET IS 7.5 TOTAL COST PER 3005 01:58:18,389 --> 01:58:21,558 YEAR AND 37.5 FURTHER COST FOR 3006 01:58:21,558 --> 01:58:24,461 FIVE YEARS. 3007 01:58:24,461 --> 01:58:26,497 NEXT SLIDE. 3008 01:58:26,497 --> 01:58:30,634 THE EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE 3009 01:58:30,634 --> 01:58:33,304 U19, TO CONDUCT CLINICAL TRIAL 3010 01:58:33,304 --> 01:58:37,508 OR DEVELOP THE INTERVENTION R&D. 3011 01:58:37,508 --> 01:58:40,611 PROCEDURE FOR CLINICAL TRIAL AND 3012 01:58:40,611 --> 01:58:42,813 INTERVENTIONS AND ALSO ADVANCE 3013 01:58:42,813 --> 01:58:44,682 THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE 3014 01:58:44,682 --> 01:58:47,851 VARIABLES AND THE MECHANISMS AND 3015 01:58:47,851 --> 01:58:51,455 ALSO TO TRANSFORM THE GUT 3016 01:58:51,455 --> 01:58:55,492 MICROBIOME AND IMPACT ON THE 3017 01:58:55,492 --> 01:58:56,627 IMMUNOTHERAPY. 3018 01:58:56,627 --> 01:59:00,698 THE RESULTS INFORM THE TRIAL AND 3019 01:59:00,698 --> 01:59:02,700 TEAM TO CONDUCT CLINICAL TRIAL. 3020 01:59:02,700 --> 01:59:05,169 AND ALSO TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH 3021 01:59:05,169 --> 01:59:08,439 DISPARITY IN THE CANCER 3022 01:59:08,439 --> 01:59:10,274 MICROBIOME RESEARCH. 3023 01:59:10,274 --> 01:59:15,746 FOR THE N01, THE CANCER 3024 01:59:15,746 --> 01:59:19,650 IMMUNOTHERAPY AND MICROBIOME 3025 01:59:19,650 --> 01:59:20,284 RESEARCH FOR THE COMMUNITY TO 3026 01:59:20,284 --> 01:59:22,653 ENSURE DATABASE AND FECAL 3027 01:59:22,653 --> 01:59:22,920 RESOURCE. 3028 01:59:22,920 --> 01:59:24,988 ALSO TO STANDARDIZE THE 3029 01:59:24,988 --> 01:59:28,859 MEASUREMENT AND ALSO ADVANCE THE 3030 01:59:28,859 --> 01:59:31,729 COMPUTATION BIOLOGY. 3031 01:59:31,729 --> 01:59:33,564 NEXT SLIDE IS THE LAST SLIDE. 3032 01:59:33,564 --> 01:59:37,901 I HAVE INCORPORATED ALL THE BSA 3033 01:59:37,901 --> 01:59:41,338 REVIEW COMMENTS ON THIS SLIDE. 3034 01:59:41,338 --> 01:59:47,644 THE REVIEWERS ARE -- 3035 01:59:47,644 --> 01:59:49,480 [ READING ] 3036 01:59:49,480 --> 01:59:51,548 ALL THANK YOU FOR YOUR VALUABLE 3037 01:59:51,548 --> 01:59:51,849 SUGGESTIONS. 3038 01:59:51,849 --> 01:59:57,121 MOST ARE REALLY INCLUDED IN THE 3039 01:59:57,121 --> 01:59:57,921 SLIDES HERE. 3040 01:59:57,921 --> 02:00:03,360 I JUST WANT TO HAVE ADDITIONAL 3041 02:00:03,360 --> 02:00:05,162 MENTIONS HERE. 3042 02:00:05,162 --> 02:00:07,297 INCLUDING EPIDEMIOLOGIST ALSO 3043 02:00:07,297 --> 02:00:11,969 WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO GIVE 3044 02:00:11,969 --> 02:00:15,172 EXPANSIVE CLINICAL TRIALS AND 3045 02:00:15,172 --> 02:00:18,342 PROVIDE MEASUREMENT FOR SRNA AND 3046 02:00:18,342 --> 02:00:21,945 OMICS UP TO CERTAIN AMOUNT, FOR 3047 02:00:21,945 --> 02:00:24,348 EXAMPLE 300 SAMPLES PER YEAR FOR 3048 02:00:24,348 --> 02:00:29,119 CLINICAL TRIALS U19 WITH NCI 3049 02:00:29,119 --> 02:00:29,553 PRE-APPROVAL. 3050 02:00:29,553 --> 02:00:32,122 THE PRO OMICS IS NOT REQUIRED 3051 02:00:32,122 --> 02:00:36,059 BUT NCI WORKING GROUP WILL MAKE 3052 02:00:36,059 --> 02:00:39,296 THE PLAN WITH INPUT FROM THE 3053 02:00:39,296 --> 02:00:44,134 STEERING COMMITTEE TO USE THAT. 3054 02:00:44,134 --> 02:00:48,272 IN TIME FOR THE DISPARITY AND 3055 02:00:48,272 --> 02:00:52,309 DIVERSITY REQUIREMENT ON 3056 02:00:52,309 --> 02:00:53,710 SCIENTIFIC BASIS WITH TRIAL WITH 3057 02:00:53,710 --> 02:00:58,415 MORE THAN ONE STATISTICAL 3058 02:00:58,415 --> 02:00:59,950 POWERED RACE WILL BE CONSIDERED 3059 02:00:59,950 --> 02:01:01,952 PRIORITY FOR FUNDING BUT NO 3060 02:01:01,952 --> 02:01:03,454 REQUIREMENT FOR MORE THAN ONE 3061 02:01:03,454 --> 02:01:04,221 SITE. 3062 02:01:04,221 --> 02:01:06,723 I STOP HERE. 3063 02:01:06,723 --> 02:01:07,925 OPEN WITH QUESTION AND LOOK FOR 3064 02:01:07,925 --> 02:01:10,227 YOUR INPUT. 3065 02:01:10,227 --> 02:01:11,462 THANK YOU. 3066 02:01:11,462 --> 02:01:12,329 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3067 02:01:12,329 --> 02:01:13,630 NELSON WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET US 3068 02:01:13,630 --> 02:01:17,701 STARTED IN DISCUSSION? 3069 02:01:17,701 --> 02:01:19,102 >> THANK YOU. 3070 02:01:19,102 --> 02:01:19,736 I THINK WE HAD A PRETTY ROBUST 3071 02:01:19,736 --> 02:01:20,938 DISCUSSION AROUND THIS. 3072 02:01:20,938 --> 02:01:22,239 I THINK THIS IS A PRETTY TIMELY 3073 02:01:22,239 --> 02:01:22,439 ISSUE. 3074 02:01:22,439 --> 02:01:23,974 I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF WORK 3075 02:01:23,974 --> 02:01:32,349 GOING ON IN THIS AREA AND I 3076 02:01:32,349 --> 02:01:34,318 THINK WHAT WAS SHOWED WITH JUST 3077 02:01:34,318 --> 02:01:37,588 TWO GRANTS, THE PORTFOLIO IS A 3078 02:01:37,588 --> 02:01:38,589 LITTLE LOW. 3079 02:01:38,589 --> 02:01:40,724 WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION 3080 02:01:40,724 --> 02:01:43,060 AROUND HOW TO OPTIMIZE THIS AND 3081 02:01:43,060 --> 02:01:46,163 I THINK AT THE LAST SLIDE THAT 3082 02:01:46,163 --> 02:01:48,499 WAS SHOWN, I THINK A LOT OF OUR 3083 02:01:48,499 --> 02:01:54,071 COMMENTS WERE TAKEN INTO THE 3084 02:01:54,071 --> 02:01:54,605 PROPOSAL. 3085 02:01:54,605 --> 02:01:57,841 SO THE COMMITTEE WAS PRETTY 3086 02:01:57,841 --> 02:02:06,750 ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS WORK. 3087 02:02:06,750 --> 02:02:07,885 >> IT WAS EXPRESSED WELL. 3088 02:02:07,885 --> 02:02:08,986 THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION 3089 02:02:08,986 --> 02:02:14,358 ABOUT HOW TO MAKE A VERY COMPLEX 3090 02:02:14,358 --> 02:02:17,728 AND IMPORTANT PROPOSAL BECAUSE 3091 02:02:17,728 --> 02:02:19,396 THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES 3092 02:02:19,396 --> 02:02:20,631 TO DO IMPORTANT RESEARCH HERE. 3093 02:02:20,631 --> 02:02:23,233 SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR 3094 02:02:23,233 --> 02:02:28,338 COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION. 3095 02:02:28,338 --> 02:02:31,675 >> I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO ADD TO 3096 02:02:31,675 --> 02:02:34,378 WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID. 3097 02:02:34,378 --> 02:02:38,248 MY ONLY MINOR, MINOR, MINOR 3098 02:02:38,248 --> 02:02:40,684 CONCERN WAS THAT THERE WAS SUCH 3099 02:02:40,684 --> 02:02:43,287 AN EMPHASIS ON DOING THE 3100 02:02:43,287 --> 02:02:46,523 CLINICAL TRIAL AND A LITTLE LESS 3101 02:02:46,523 --> 02:02:49,326 EMPHASIS ON PRE-CLINICAL WORK TO 3102 02:02:49,326 --> 02:02:51,662 GO ALONG WITH IT. 3103 02:02:51,662 --> 02:02:53,730 BUT I THINK DR. ZI ADDRESSED 3104 02:02:53,730 --> 02:02:56,700 SOME OF THAT. 3105 02:02:56,700 --> 02:03:04,741 >> OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. 3106 02:03:04,741 --> 02:03:04,975 TRENT. 3107 02:03:04,975 --> 02:03:07,177 >> THANK YOU, KEITH. 3108 02:03:07,177 --> 02:03:10,881 I'M WONDERING IF ANYONE WHO JUST 3109 02:03:10,881 --> 02:03:12,449 SPOKE CAN COMMENT ON THE 3110 02:03:12,449 --> 02:03:12,983 RELEVANCE. 3111 02:03:12,983 --> 02:03:14,985 IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE 3112 02:03:14,985 --> 02:03:18,021 SOME ON THIS CONTROVERSY THAT 3113 02:03:18,021 --> 02:03:20,591 HAS BEEN GOING ON OVER WHETHER 3114 02:03:20,591 --> 02:03:23,927 AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE 3115 02:03:23,927 --> 02:03:26,597 MICROBIOME IS A CANCER AT ALL 3116 02:03:26,597 --> 02:03:28,465 AND IF YOU HAVEN'T FOLLOWED 3117 02:03:28,465 --> 02:03:33,337 THIS, YOU CAN GOOGLE STEPHEN 3118 02:03:33,337 --> 02:03:35,672 STALLED BERG AND MICROBIOME AND 3119 02:03:35,672 --> 02:03:37,107 CANCER. 3120 02:03:37,107 --> 02:03:40,544 AND NOT GO DRAMA HERE BUT IT 3121 02:03:40,544 --> 02:03:43,480 SEEMS LIKE THAT -- IT'S TWO VERY 3122 02:03:43,480 --> 02:03:45,015 WELL RESPECTED GROUPS WHO SIMPLY 3123 02:03:45,015 --> 02:03:46,750 HAVE A SCIENTIFIC DISAGREEMENT 3124 02:03:46,750 --> 02:03:49,853 ABOUT ACCURACY OF WHETHER OR NOT 3125 02:03:49,853 --> 02:03:52,089 A COUPLE OF PROMINENT PAPERS 3126 02:03:52,089 --> 02:03:54,758 THAT CLAIM TO FIND MICROBIOME 3127 02:03:54,758 --> 02:03:56,994 ASSOCIATIONS IN TUMORS WEREN'T 3128 02:03:56,994 --> 02:03:58,996 ACTUALLY MISTAKENLY FINDING 3129 02:03:58,996 --> 02:04:03,033 HUMAN DNA THAT WERE MISLABELED 3130 02:04:03,033 --> 02:04:04,668 IN DATABASES. 3131 02:04:04,668 --> 02:04:06,103 IT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION. 3132 02:04:06,103 --> 02:04:07,871 MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE HAS MORE 3133 02:04:07,871 --> 02:04:09,206 CURRENT KNOWLEDGE THAN ME AS TO 3134 02:04:09,206 --> 02:04:12,109 WHETHER IT'S BEEN RESOLVED BUT 3135 02:04:12,109 --> 02:04:13,443 IT SEEMS IMPORTANT, AT LEAST TO 3136 02:04:13,443 --> 02:04:14,811 THE PARTS OF WHAT ARE BEING 3137 02:04:14,811 --> 02:04:19,883 DISCUSSED WITH THIS RFA. 3138 02:04:19,883 --> 02:04:27,858 >> I CAN RESPOND, BUT I'D LIKE A 3139 02:04:27,858 --> 02:04:30,394 BSA MEMBER. 3140 02:04:30,394 --> 02:04:32,295 >> I JUST WANT TO RAISE IT. 3141 02:04:32,295 --> 02:04:33,797 I MEAN -- 3142 02:04:33,797 --> 02:04:34,264 >> OKAY. 3143 02:04:34,264 --> 02:04:35,866 I CAN SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. 3144 02:04:35,866 --> 02:04:39,102 ONE THING IS IN THE CONCEPT WE 3145 02:04:39,102 --> 02:04:42,172 DO MENTION WHENEVER THE TISSUE 3146 02:04:42,172 --> 02:04:44,508 IS AVAILABLE WE ALSO ENCOURAGE 3147 02:04:44,508 --> 02:04:46,977 TO DO THE MICROBIOME MEASUREMENT 3148 02:04:46,977 --> 02:04:51,548 WITH THE TISSUE. 3149 02:04:51,548 --> 02:04:53,350 SO -- I THINK I READ THAT PAPER 3150 02:04:53,350 --> 02:04:57,788 AND A LOT OF WHAT YOU 3151 02:04:57,788 --> 02:04:58,822 DISCUSSED -- I THINK FURTHERMORE 3152 02:04:58,822 --> 02:05:02,693 MAINLY A TERM FOR AI, THE 3153 02:05:02,693 --> 02:05:03,860 COMPUTATION FOR THE METHOD. 3154 02:05:03,860 --> 02:05:07,164 SO ACTUALLY THE FIELD IN THE 3155 02:05:07,164 --> 02:05:12,169 MICROBIOME HOW TO DO THE 3156 02:05:12,169 --> 02:05:14,604 COMPUTATION, CORRECTION, IS NOT 3157 02:05:14,604 --> 02:05:16,373 VERY STANDARDIZED. 3158 02:05:16,373 --> 02:05:19,009 SO THIS IS LARGE AREA WE ALSO 3159 02:05:19,009 --> 02:05:19,976 CAN INCLUDE. 3160 02:05:19,976 --> 02:05:23,847 I ALSO MENTIONED ON THE SLIDE 3161 02:05:23,847 --> 02:05:26,116 AND IF YOU NOTICE FOR THE 3162 02:05:26,116 --> 02:05:28,118 EXAMPLE, THE AI IS ENCOURAGED. 3163 02:05:28,118 --> 02:05:37,461 SO AI RIGHT NOW STILL IS NOT 3164 02:05:37,461 --> 02:05:38,428 STANDARDIZATION -- BEST 3165 02:05:38,428 --> 02:05:41,565 CORRECTION SO THAT IS 3166 02:05:41,565 --> 02:05:41,865 COMPUTATION. 3167 02:05:41,865 --> 02:05:43,567 >> MY IMPRESSION WAS IT WAS MORE 3168 02:05:43,567 --> 02:05:45,235 THAN THE COMPUTATION. 3169 02:05:45,235 --> 02:05:45,869 IT WAS REALLY ABOUT ANNOTATION 3170 02:05:45,869 --> 02:05:47,738 OF SEQUENCES IN DATABASES. 3171 02:05:47,738 --> 02:05:51,208 YES, THERE IS SOME, OF COURSE, 3172 02:05:51,208 --> 02:05:53,810 SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT METHODOLOGY 3173 02:05:53,810 --> 02:05:54,678 BEHIND THAT. 3174 02:05:54,678 --> 02:05:56,880 I KNOW AI IS A POPULAR WORD 3175 02:05:56,880 --> 02:05:58,849 THESE DAYS BUT I DON'T THINK 3176 02:05:58,849 --> 02:06:02,819 THIS IS LIKE CHAT GBT LEVEL AI. 3177 02:06:02,819 --> 02:06:05,589 I THINK THIS IS A CLASSICAL --ED 3178 02:06:05,589 --> 02:06:06,957 IF THEY ARE RIGHT, IT'S A 3179 02:06:06,957 --> 02:06:08,658 CLASSICAL DATABASE ISSUE AND THE 3180 02:06:08,658 --> 02:06:11,595 DATABASE IS JUST MISS ANITATED. 3181 02:06:11,595 --> 02:06:14,731 AND AGAIN, IT'S TWO VERY 3182 02:06:14,731 --> 02:06:16,099 WELL-RESPECTED GROUPS. 3183 02:06:16,099 --> 02:06:18,435 THERE IS NO DISHONESTY GOING ON 3184 02:06:18,435 --> 02:06:18,635 HERE. 3185 02:06:18,635 --> 02:06:23,440 IT'S SIMPLY WHO IS RIGHT. 3186 02:06:23,440 --> 02:06:24,374 ANYWAY, SOMETHING TO BE AWARE 3187 02:06:24,374 --> 02:06:26,877 OF. 3188 02:06:26,877 --> 02:06:30,247 >> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3189 02:06:30,247 --> 02:06:31,648 FOCUS ON WHETHER CONTAMINATION 3190 02:06:31,648 --> 02:06:33,283 OF THE HUMAN SEQUENCE -- 3191 02:06:33,283 --> 02:06:38,555 >> IT'S A CONTAMINATION. 3192 02:06:38,555 --> 02:06:40,657 IT'S A COUPLE OF VERY LARGE 3193 02:06:40,657 --> 02:06:42,993 PAPERS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE 3194 02:06:42,993 --> 02:06:45,796 RETRACTED THAT HAVE REALLY 3195 02:06:45,796 --> 02:06:46,196 DRIVEN THIS FIELD. 3196 02:06:46,196 --> 02:06:47,964 THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE RED 3197 02:06:47,964 --> 02:06:50,734 FLAG, I THINK. 3198 02:06:50,734 --> 02:06:55,005 >> KARIN AND THEN SHELLY. 3199 02:06:55,005 --> 02:06:55,305 >> THANKS. 3200 02:06:55,305 --> 02:06:59,543 A REALLY INTERESTING CONCEPT. 3201 02:06:59,543 --> 02:07:00,443 I MISSED IN YOUR LAST SLIDE -- 3202 02:07:00,443 --> 02:07:03,113 SO THERE IS A BIG EMPHASIS ON 3203 02:07:03,113 --> 02:07:04,247 FMS AND INTERVENTION. 3204 02:07:04,247 --> 02:07:05,382 ON THE LAST SLIDE IN YOUR 3205 02:07:05,382 --> 02:07:08,518 RESPONSES YOU CLARIFIED THAT 3206 02:07:08,518 --> 02:07:12,055 PRETTY AND PROBIOTICS COULD ALSO 3207 02:07:12,055 --> 02:07:12,689 BE INTERVENTIONS. 3208 02:07:12,689 --> 02:07:19,396 DOES THAT INCLUDE DIETARY 3209 02:07:19,396 --> 02:07:19,729 INTERVENTIONS? 3210 02:07:19,729 --> 02:07:19,996 >> YES. 3211 02:07:19,996 --> 02:07:20,263 >> OKAY. 3212 02:07:20,263 --> 02:07:22,232 VERY INTERESTING, THANK YOU. 3213 02:07:22,232 --> 02:07:23,500 >> SHELLY? 3214 02:07:23,500 --> 02:07:26,536 >> I THINK THIS IS REALLY 3215 02:07:26,536 --> 02:07:29,206 IMPORTANT FOR THE REASON THAT 3216 02:07:29,206 --> 02:07:29,639 TRAY RAISED. 3217 02:07:29,639 --> 02:07:30,774 AND THERE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH 3218 02:07:30,774 --> 02:07:33,276 MONEY IN IT TO REALLY RESOLVE 3219 02:07:33,276 --> 02:07:35,145 THIS BUT FROM THE BEGINNING OF 3220 02:07:35,145 --> 02:07:37,147 THE THREE PAPERS IT ALL SHOWED 3221 02:07:37,147 --> 02:07:39,616 THIS REALLY INTERESTING EFFECT 3222 02:07:39,616 --> 02:07:41,151 BUT ALL HAD DIFFERENT BUGS 3223 02:07:41,151 --> 02:07:43,553 DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE. 3224 02:07:43,553 --> 02:07:46,456 THIS IS NOW BECOME A COTTAGE 3225 02:07:46,456 --> 02:07:47,357 INDUSTRY. 3226 02:07:47,357 --> 02:07:49,359 YOU SEE THIS ADVERTISED. 3227 02:07:49,359 --> 02:07:50,093 I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 3228 02:07:50,093 --> 02:07:53,230 REALLY HAS GOTTEN INTO THE 3229 02:07:53,230 --> 02:07:55,332 PUBLIC'S EYE AND IT NEEDS TO GET 3230 02:07:55,332 --> 02:07:55,599 RESOLVED. 3231 02:07:55,599 --> 02:07:58,969 AND I THINK THAT THIS IS 3232 02:07:58,969 --> 02:08:02,105 PROBABLY A GOOD WAY TO START. 3233 02:08:02,105 --> 02:08:03,340 WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL IS 3234 02:08:03,340 --> 02:08:05,542 THAT ALL OF THE DATA AND FRANKLY 3235 02:08:05,542 --> 02:08:07,711 BIOLOGIC SAMPLES THAT COME OUT 3236 02:08:07,711 --> 02:08:12,182 OF THIS BE SHAREABLE. 3237 02:08:12,182 --> 02:08:13,316 BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO NEED A 3238 02:08:13,316 --> 02:08:15,619 NUMBER OF PEOPLE, SEQUENCING AND 3239 02:08:15,619 --> 02:08:16,152 CRUNCHING NUMBERS. 3240 02:08:16,152 --> 02:08:19,823 SO IT REALLY SETS UP A 3241 02:08:19,823 --> 02:08:21,424 REPOSITORY WHERE A NUMBER OF 3242 02:08:21,424 --> 02:08:23,727 PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THIS IN 3243 02:08:23,727 --> 02:08:24,294 DIFFERENT WAYS. 3244 02:08:24,294 --> 02:08:27,364 I THINK IT'S VERY WORTHWHILE IN 3245 02:08:27,364 --> 02:08:31,301 DOING SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS A BIG 3246 02:08:31,301 --> 02:08:36,773 CONTROVERSY. 3247 02:08:36,773 --> 02:08:37,707 >> GOOD DISCUSSION. 3248 02:08:37,707 --> 02:08:40,844 I DON'T SEE ANY REMAINING HANDS. 3249 02:08:40,844 --> 02:08:47,317 >> I HAVE MY HAND UP. 3250 02:08:47,317 --> 02:08:50,654 >> YOU'RE ON THE BACK SCREEN. 3251 02:08:50,654 --> 02:08:53,323 FRED, I THINK -- 3252 02:08:53,323 --> 02:08:54,491 >> IZ JUST RAISED MY HAND UP 3253 02:08:54,491 --> 02:08:54,658 NOW. 3254 02:08:54,658 --> 02:08:57,594 I THINK ANDY'S HAND HAS BEEN UP 3255 02:08:57,594 --> 02:08:58,261 FOR QUITE A WHILE. 3256 02:08:58,261 --> 02:09:00,964 I WILL LET ANDY GO. 3257 02:09:00,964 --> 02:09:01,264 >> THANKS. 3258 02:09:01,264 --> 02:09:01,564 >> THANKS. 3259 02:09:01,564 --> 02:09:02,399 I THINK THIS IS VERY INTERESTING 3260 02:09:02,399 --> 02:09:05,135 AND I AGREE WITH WHAT SHELLY 3261 02:09:05,135 --> 02:09:05,335 SAID. 3262 02:09:05,335 --> 02:09:07,070 I THINK PART OF THE REASON TO 3263 02:09:07,070 --> 02:09:08,171 REALLY SUPPORT THIS IS TO KIND 3264 02:09:08,171 --> 02:09:10,407 OF RESOLVE SOME OF THESE 3265 02:09:10,407 --> 02:09:11,241 QUESTIONS IN THE FIELD WITH 3266 02:09:11,241 --> 02:09:12,709 TRIAL DATA. 3267 02:09:12,709 --> 02:09:13,777 I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I 3268 02:09:13,777 --> 02:09:15,312 WAS WONDERING ABOUT IS THE 3269 02:09:15,312 --> 02:09:17,380 REQUIREMENT ABOUT THE FDA 3270 02:09:17,380 --> 02:09:19,149 APPROVAL. 3271 02:09:19,149 --> 02:09:19,749 SPECIFICALLY WITH FMT, I THINK 3272 02:09:19,749 --> 02:09:21,985 THERE IS A HISTORY OF THE FDA 3273 02:09:21,985 --> 02:09:23,720 HAVING SHIFTING STANDARDS IN 3274 02:09:23,720 --> 02:09:25,221 TERMS OF HOW THEY HAVE PROVED 3275 02:09:25,221 --> 02:09:28,158 FMT AND HOW THEY CONSIDER FMT AS 3276 02:09:28,158 --> 02:09:28,858 A THERAPY. 3277 02:09:28,858 --> 02:09:30,760 I CAN IMAGINE A LOT OF PROPOSALS 3278 02:09:30,760 --> 02:09:34,197 MIGHT GET HUNG UP WITH THAT 3279 02:09:34,197 --> 02:09:34,497 REQUIREMENT. 3280 02:09:34,497 --> 02:09:35,198 IS THERE ANY EFFORT TO 3281 02:09:35,198 --> 02:09:37,934 COORDINATE WITH FDA WHEN THESE 3282 02:09:37,934 --> 02:09:40,503 PROPOSALS GET EVENTUALLY 3283 02:09:40,503 --> 02:09:41,705 SUPPORTED? 3284 02:09:41,705 --> 02:09:44,741 >> VERY GOOD QUESTION. 3285 02:09:44,741 --> 02:09:47,110 ACTUALLY, NCI LEAD THE 3286 02:09:47,110 --> 02:09:51,114 CONFERENCE OF WORKSHOP 2019 3287 02:09:51,114 --> 02:09:53,249 RIGHT AFTER I SEE THE PAPER 3288 02:09:53,249 --> 02:09:58,822 PUBLISHED IN 2018. 3289 02:09:58,822 --> 02:10:01,591 SO ALSO -- TO INCLUDE FDA. 3290 02:10:01,591 --> 02:10:04,294 THEY ARE PART OF THE PLAN. 3291 02:10:04,294 --> 02:10:07,964 AND OF THE MEETINGS AND 3292 02:10:07,964 --> 02:10:09,799 PUBLISHING THE WEBSITE. 3293 02:10:09,799 --> 02:10:12,235 THEY ARE HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE. 3294 02:10:12,235 --> 02:10:16,139 BEFORE WE SEE THE POSITIVE 3295 02:10:16,139 --> 02:10:23,046 RESULTS IN THE -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 3296 02:10:23,046 --> 02:10:26,883 SO WE HAVE COMMUNICATION 3297 02:10:26,883 --> 02:10:30,720 CONSTANTLY. 3298 02:10:30,720 --> 02:10:31,721 >> THANKS. 3299 02:10:31,721 --> 02:10:33,690 REALLY GREAT PROPOSAL AND VERY 3300 02:10:33,690 --> 02:10:35,191 MUCH APPRECIATE THE PERSPECTIVE 3301 02:10:35,191 --> 02:10:38,094 OF BRINGING IN THESE MULTIPLE 3302 02:10:38,094 --> 02:10:40,997 ASPECTS OF DIVERSITY. 3303 02:10:40,997 --> 02:10:43,333 AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY THE 3304 02:10:43,333 --> 02:10:45,301 MICROBIOME IS SO DEPENDENT ON 3305 02:10:45,301 --> 02:10:47,070 WHAT WE EAT. 3306 02:10:47,070 --> 02:10:47,937 AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT 3307 02:10:47,937 --> 02:10:50,607 TO LOOK AT BUT TO JUST BE SURE 3308 02:10:50,607 --> 02:10:53,743 AS I THINK SOME FOLKS WERE 3309 02:10:53,743 --> 02:11:01,351 ALLUDING TO THAT ACCESS TO FOOD, 3310 02:11:01,351 --> 02:11:02,485 GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, PROCESSING 3311 02:11:02,485 --> 02:11:06,623 OF FOOD CAN DIFFER AS WE AGE. 3312 02:11:06,623 --> 02:11:10,260 AND SO ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS 3313 02:11:10,260 --> 02:11:13,363 MAY ALSO BE IMPORTANT TO ENHANCE 3314 02:11:13,363 --> 02:11:15,732 OUR UNDERSTANDING. 3315 02:11:15,732 --> 02:11:18,635 THANK YOU. 3316 02:11:18,635 --> 02:11:29,312 >> YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3317 02:11:29,312 --> 02:11:31,081 >> THERE IS ISSUE OF DIFFERENCES 3318 02:11:31,081 --> 02:11:33,049 IN ANNOTATION AND I THINK THIS 3319 02:11:33,049 --> 02:11:34,984 IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT ISSUE 3320 02:11:34,984 --> 02:11:38,955 THAT WE CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 3321 02:11:38,955 --> 02:11:40,590 RESULTS, MICROBIOME RESULTS WITH 3322 02:11:40,590 --> 02:11:44,427 THESE DIFFERENT LINES AND HAVE 3323 02:11:44,427 --> 02:11:48,331 KNOWN AGREEMENT ON WHICH ONE IS 3324 02:11:48,331 --> 02:11:48,932 ACCURATE. 3325 02:11:48,932 --> 02:11:51,601 I DOUBT HOW USEFUL OR 3326 02:11:51,601 --> 02:11:52,569 TRANSLATABLE THE FINDINGS ARE 3327 02:11:52,569 --> 02:11:56,773 GOING TO BE. 3328 02:11:56,773 --> 02:11:59,509 SO, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE NCI 3329 02:11:59,509 --> 02:12:02,312 CAN TAKE LEADERSHIP ROLE AND 3330 02:12:02,312 --> 02:12:03,713 BRING THE EXPERTS TOGETHER TO 3331 02:12:03,713 --> 02:12:06,449 TRY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE OF 3332 02:12:06,449 --> 02:12:08,051 ANNOTATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT 3333 02:12:08,051 --> 02:12:16,159 COMES TO TISSUE-LEVEL MICROBIOME 3334 02:12:16,159 --> 02:12:19,629 WHERE THE BOOKS ARE GOING TO BE 3335 02:12:19,629 --> 02:12:21,331 DOMINATED BY HUMAN IMMUNE CELLS. 3336 02:12:21,331 --> 02:12:23,066 I HAVE A COLLEAGUE I COLLABORATE 3337 02:12:23,066 --> 02:12:28,037 WITH MICROBIOME PROJECTS THAT -- 3338 02:12:28,037 --> 02:12:29,305 USING SECONDARY DATA FROM 3339 02:12:29,305 --> 02:12:32,542 ANOTHER LAB, WE HAVE TO REQUEST 3340 02:12:32,542 --> 02:12:36,045 THE ORIGINAL READS AND REALIGN 3341 02:12:36,045 --> 02:12:39,349 WITH THE PIPELINE THAT HE TRUSTS 3342 02:12:39,349 --> 02:12:40,650 TO TRY TO GET OUR OWN 3343 02:12:40,650 --> 02:12:41,284 ANNOTATION. 3344 02:12:41,284 --> 02:12:42,051 SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY 3345 02:12:42,051 --> 02:12:45,388 IMPORTANT TO TRY TO RESOLVE SO 3346 02:12:45,388 --> 02:12:49,859 WE CAN GET SOME LEVEL OF 3347 02:12:49,859 --> 02:12:51,094 HOMOGENEITY. 3348 02:12:51,094 --> 02:12:57,800 >> I THINK THIS IS VERY TIMELY, 3349 02:12:57,800 --> 02:12:59,702 AND CONFERENCE IN MARCH. 3350 02:12:59,702 --> 02:13:02,005 I PROBABLY CAN ALSO BRING TO 3351 02:13:02,005 --> 02:13:04,474 THIS GROUP TOGETHER AND ALSO 3352 02:13:04,474 --> 02:13:09,512 INVITE THEM TO BE PART OF THIS 3353 02:13:09,512 --> 02:13:19,189 CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP. 3354 02:13:19,189 --> 02:13:20,290 >> JOELING ACROSS THREE PAGES OF 3355 02:13:20,290 --> 02:13:22,458 GRID VIEW, I DON'T SEE ANY MORE 3356 02:13:22,458 --> 02:13:22,792 HANDS. 3357 02:13:22,792 --> 02:13:26,596 I THINK WE CAN MOVE TO VOTING. 3358 02:13:26,596 --> 02:13:28,464 SO NELSON T SOUNDS LIKE THE 3359 02:13:28,464 --> 02:13:30,333 COMMITTEE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS 3360 02:13:30,333 --> 02:13:30,800 PROPOSAL. 3361 02:13:30,800 --> 02:13:33,503 I WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A 3362 02:13:33,503 --> 02:13:35,038 MOTION. 3363 02:13:35,038 --> 02:13:36,105 >> MOVE TO APPROVE. 3364 02:13:36,105 --> 02:13:36,906 WHAT'S THE MOTION? 3365 02:13:36,906 --> 02:13:37,774 >> THAT'S IT. 3366 02:13:37,774 --> 02:13:40,276 YOU GOT IT. 3367 02:13:40,276 --> 02:13:43,546 CAN I GET A SECOND? 3368 02:13:43,546 --> 02:13:43,846 >> SECOND. 3369 02:13:43,846 --> 02:13:45,048 >> THANK YOU. 3370 02:13:45,048 --> 02:13:55,458 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 3371 02:13:58,194 --> 02:14:01,898 I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY FOR 3372 02:14:01,898 --> 02:14:05,068 VOLTS OF DISAPPROVAL BY RAISE OF 3373 02:14:05,068 --> 02:14:15,378 HANDS OR VERBALLY. 3374 02:14:16,179 --> 02:14:18,681 PAULET? 3375 02:14:18,681 --> 02:14:20,149 NO PRE RECORDED ABSTENTIONS BUT 3376 02:14:20,149 --> 02:14:29,092 ANY LAST-MINUTE ONES? 3377 02:14:29,092 --> 02:14:29,525 >> NO. 3378 02:14:29,525 --> 02:14:33,363 SO IT'S UNANIMOUS APPROVAL. 3379 02:14:33,363 --> 02:14:33,630 >> OKAY. 3380 02:14:33,630 --> 02:14:36,099 THANK YOU, ALL. 3381 02:14:36,099 --> 02:14:43,940 THE NEXT CONCEPT IS REISSUE RFP, 3382 02:14:43,940 --> 02:14:48,478 NCISBIR INNOVATIVE CONCEPT FOR 3383 02:14:48,478 --> 02:14:50,747 PROGRAM. 3384 02:14:50,747 --> 02:14:52,915 DR. BOASA WILL BE THE PRESENTER. 3385 02:14:52,915 --> 02:14:54,951 THE SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEWED THIS 3386 02:14:54,951 --> 02:14:56,653 RE-ISSUANCE AND RECOMMENDED 3387 02:14:56,653 --> 02:15:00,623 DISCUSSION OR PRESENTATION, I 3388 02:15:00,623 --> 02:15:06,829 SHOULD SAY. 3389 02:15:06,829 --> 02:15:07,897 RAY IS THE CHAIR OF THIS 3390 02:15:07,897 --> 02:15:08,865 COMMITTEE, JENNIFER, WHO I 3391 02:15:08,865 --> 02:15:11,401 BELIEVE IS UNABLE TO JOIN US 3392 02:15:11,401 --> 02:15:14,504 THIS AFTERNOON, WAS ALSO ON THE 3393 02:15:14,504 --> 02:15:15,805 COMMITTEE AND CHANDRA. 3394 02:15:15,805 --> 02:15:20,376 SO THE TWO OF YOU HOPEFULLY CAN 3395 02:15:20,376 --> 02:15:21,644 DRIVE THE DISCUSSION. 3396 02:15:21,644 --> 02:15:25,114 SO WITH THAT SAID, DR. BOASA 3397 02:15:25,114 --> 02:15:27,550 TAKE IT AWAY WITH THE 3398 02:15:27,550 --> 02:15:30,687 PRESENTATION. 3399 02:15:30,687 --> 02:15:32,755 >> THANK YOU. 3400 02:15:32,755 --> 02:15:35,358 I'M PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT SBIR 3401 02:15:35,358 --> 02:15:35,792 DEVELOPMENT CENTER. 3402 02:15:35,792 --> 02:15:37,393 I'M EXCITED TO GO OVER THE 3403 02:15:37,393 --> 02:15:39,962 CONCEPT AWARD AND OUR PROPOSED 3404 02:15:39,962 --> 02:15:42,999 RE-ISSUANCE OF THIS REQUEST FOR 3405 02:15:42,999 --> 02:15:43,266 PROPOSAL. 3406 02:15:43,266 --> 02:15:46,202 THE SBIR STANDS FOR SMALL 3407 02:15:46,202 --> 02:15:47,370 BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH. 3408 02:15:47,370 --> 02:15:50,373 IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST SOURCES 3409 02:15:50,373 --> 02:15:53,509 OF NON-DILUTED SEED FUNDING. 3410 02:15:53,509 --> 02:15:54,077 SO CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED 3411 02:15:54,077 --> 02:15:55,545 PROGRAM SO IT DOESN'T TAP INTO 3412 02:15:55,545 --> 02:15:56,779 THE RPG. 3413 02:15:56,779 --> 02:15:59,515 SO WE HAVE GUARANTEED SET ASIDES 3414 02:15:59,515 --> 02:16:01,851 EACH FISCAL YEAR FOR FY2023. 3415 02:16:01,851 --> 02:16:04,487 WE HAD 1.3 BILLION AT NIH AND 3416 02:16:04,487 --> 02:16:07,256 OVER 200 MILLION AT NCI. 3417 02:16:07,256 --> 02:16:09,525 SO LARGE SIZEABLE PROGRAM THAT 3418 02:16:09,525 --> 02:16:10,960 SMALL BUSINESS CAN TAKE 3419 02:16:10,960 --> 02:16:11,728 ADVANTAGE OF. 3420 02:16:11,728 --> 02:16:13,329 SO THE CONCEPT AWARD WAS 3421 02:16:13,329 --> 02:16:15,264 DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO AN 3422 02:16:15,264 --> 02:16:16,532 EXTERNAL WORKING GROUP THAT WAS 3423 02:16:16,532 --> 02:16:18,501 CONVENED BY THE NCAB. 3424 02:16:18,501 --> 02:16:21,270 IT WAS TO EVALUATE THE SBIR 3425 02:16:21,270 --> 02:16:22,271 PROGRAM AS A LOCAL. 3426 02:16:22,271 --> 02:16:23,840 ONE OF THEIR TOP RECOMMENDATIONS 3427 02:16:23,840 --> 02:16:25,875 WAS TO DEVELOP A HIGH RISK, 3428 02:16:25,875 --> 02:16:27,443 HIGH-REWARD CONCEPT PROGRAM TO 3429 02:16:27,443 --> 02:16:29,645 HELP PROMOTE PARADIGM SHIFTING 3430 02:16:29,645 --> 02:16:29,946 INNOVATION. 3431 02:16:29,946 --> 02:16:32,048 SO WITH THIS, WE PILOTED THE 3432 02:16:32,048 --> 02:16:35,752 PROGRAM AS A 3-YEAR PROGRAM IN 3433 02:16:35,752 --> 02:16:36,419 2021. 3434 02:16:36,419 --> 02:16:38,087 AND THE BIG PICTURE GOAL IS TO 3435 02:16:38,087 --> 02:16:39,822 FIND HIGH RISK, HIGH-REWARD 3436 02:16:39,822 --> 02:16:41,691 PROJECTS AT AN EARLY STAGE. 3437 02:16:41,691 --> 02:16:45,228 A HIGH BAR ON INNOVATION AND THE 3438 02:16:45,228 --> 02:16:46,662 PEER-REVIEWED SCORING HAS BEEN 3439 02:16:46,662 --> 02:16:48,097 ADJUSTED WITH THE 50% WEIGHT 3440 02:16:48,097 --> 02:16:50,166 FOCUSED ON INNOVATION AND THE 3441 02:16:50,166 --> 02:16:52,335 SECOND COMPONENT IS WHERE 3442 02:16:52,335 --> 02:16:53,202 FOCUSING ON THIS SPECIFICALLY 3443 02:16:53,202 --> 02:16:55,405 FOR RARE AND PEDIATRIC CANCER 3444 02:16:55,405 --> 02:16:55,738 TECHNOLOGIES. 3445 02:16:55,738 --> 02:16:57,740 WE THINK THERE IS A NICE NATURAL 3446 02:16:57,740 --> 02:16:59,041 FIT WITH FEDERAL FUNDING AND 3447 02:16:59,041 --> 02:17:01,043 STIMULATION OF EARLY STAGE 3448 02:17:01,043 --> 02:17:02,812 INNOVATION AND SOME OF THESE LOW 3449 02:17:02,812 --> 02:17:04,080 POPULATION CANCER INDICATIONS 3450 02:17:04,080 --> 02:17:06,616 WHERE IT IS QUITE CHALLENGING 3451 02:17:06,616 --> 02:17:08,484 AND DIFFICULT FOR COMPANIES TO 3452 02:17:08,484 --> 02:17:09,318 COMMERCIALIZE TECHNOLOGIES IN 3453 02:17:09,318 --> 02:17:10,987 THE SPACE AND TRYING TO LOWER 3454 02:17:10,987 --> 02:17:11,821 THE BAR A BIT. 3455 02:17:11,821 --> 02:17:14,524 SO THE CONCEPT AWARDS IS 300,000 3456 02:17:14,524 --> 02:17:15,958 CONTRACT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR 3457 02:17:15,958 --> 02:17:18,060 ONE YEAR PROJECTS. 3458 02:17:18,060 --> 02:17:18,694 THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF THIS IS 3459 02:17:18,694 --> 02:17:19,996 NO PRELIMINARY DATA IS REQUIRED 3460 02:17:19,996 --> 02:17:21,898 SO WE ARE AND HAVE BEEN 3461 02:17:21,898 --> 02:17:23,366 SUCCESSFUL IN FUNDING PROJECTS 3462 02:17:23,366 --> 02:17:24,867 THAT HAVE LIMITED AND IN SOME 3463 02:17:24,867 --> 02:17:26,602 CASES NO PRELIMINARY DATA. 3464 02:17:26,602 --> 02:17:28,037 THIS IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE 3465 02:17:28,037 --> 02:17:29,205 REST OF OUR FUNDING 3466 02:17:29,205 --> 02:17:31,607 OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE SBIR 3467 02:17:31,607 --> 02:17:31,841 PROGRAM. 3468 02:17:31,841 --> 02:17:34,510 AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET THIS 3469 02:17:34,510 --> 02:17:36,379 FEDERAL FUNDING TO COMPANIES TO 3470 02:17:36,379 --> 02:17:38,448 PERFORM THE EXPERIMENTS AND TO 3471 02:17:38,448 --> 02:17:40,249 OBTAIN THIS INITIAL DERISKING. 3472 02:17:40,249 --> 02:17:41,584 I'LL USE THAT LANGUAGE A FEW 3473 02:17:41,584 --> 02:17:44,353 TIMES IN THE PRESENTATION. 3474 02:17:44,353 --> 02:17:46,255 THAT MEANS THE COMPANIES 3475 02:17:46,255 --> 02:17:47,790 GENERATING SOME OF THIS 3476 02:17:47,790 --> 02:17:49,625 FEASIBILITY PROOF-OF-CONCEPT 3477 02:17:49,625 --> 02:17:51,127 DATA THAT DERISKSING TECHNOLOGY 3478 02:17:51,127 --> 02:17:53,830 TOW MAKE IT MOREAL ATABLE FOR 3479 02:17:53,830 --> 02:17:55,531 FUTURE FUNDING CONSIDERATIONS 3480 02:17:55,531 --> 02:17:57,667 WHETHER THE PROGRAM OR OTHER 3481 02:17:57,667 --> 02:17:58,334 FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OR 3482 02:17:58,334 --> 02:18:03,739 OUTSIDE OF FEDERAL FUNDING. 3483 02:18:03,739 --> 02:18:07,910 THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN A 3-PHASE 3484 02:18:07,910 --> 02:18:08,144 PROGRAM. 3485 02:18:08,144 --> 02:18:08,744 THESE ARE SBIR PHASES NOT 3486 02:18:08,744 --> 02:18:09,345 CLINICAL. 3487 02:18:09,345 --> 02:18:11,280 SINCE THAT, WE DEVELOPED A 3488 02:18:11,280 --> 02:18:12,815 CONCEPT AND WE VIEW IT AS 3489 02:18:12,815 --> 02:18:14,083 SITTING AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR 3490 02:18:14,083 --> 02:18:14,350 PIPELINE. 3491 02:18:14,350 --> 02:18:17,220 SO IT ALLOWS US TO FUND HIGH 3492 02:18:17,220 --> 02:18:18,654 RISK, HIGH-REWARD PROJECTS AND 3493 02:18:18,654 --> 02:18:21,257 SERVES AS A PIPELINE OF UP 3494 02:18:21,257 --> 02:18:23,226 OVATION TO MAKE SURE OUR 3495 02:18:23,226 --> 02:18:24,427 PORTFOLIO KEEPS THESE EARLY 3496 02:18:24,427 --> 02:18:26,896 STAGE PROJECTS COMING IN. 3497 02:18:26,896 --> 02:18:28,598 SO THERE IS FOUR MAJOR PURPOSE 3498 02:18:28,598 --> 02:18:30,566 AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CONCEPT 3499 02:18:30,566 --> 02:18:31,868 AWARD I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR 3500 02:18:31,868 --> 02:18:33,202 YOU ALL. 3501 02:18:33,202 --> 02:18:34,537 THE FIRST IS PORTFOLIO 3502 02:18:34,537 --> 02:18:34,837 INNOVATION. 3503 02:18:34,837 --> 02:18:36,272 SO WE TOUCHED ON THIS AND 3504 02:18:36,272 --> 02:18:38,674 LOOKING TO FUND EARLY STAGE 3505 02:18:38,674 --> 02:18:39,308 HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD PROJECTS 3506 02:18:39,308 --> 02:18:41,344 THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE 3507 02:18:41,344 --> 02:18:41,711 TRANSFORMATIVE. 3508 02:18:41,711 --> 02:18:42,979 THE SECOND WE WANT TO UTILIZE 3509 02:18:42,979 --> 02:18:45,648 THIS MECHANISM TO ADDRESS 3510 02:18:45,648 --> 02:18:47,183 CURRENT PORTFOLIO GAPS WE HAVE 3511 02:18:47,183 --> 02:18:48,284 SPECIFICALLY FOR RARE AND 3512 02:18:48,284 --> 02:18:50,553 PEDIATRIC CANCERS AND BECAUSE 3513 02:18:50,553 --> 02:18:51,387 THESE ARE OFTEN QUITE 3514 02:18:51,387 --> 02:18:53,456 CHALLENGING TO COMMERCIALIZE WE 3515 02:18:53,456 --> 02:18:55,725 RECEIVE FEWER OF THESE 3516 02:18:55,725 --> 02:18:56,225 APPLICATIONS. 3517 02:18:56,225 --> 02:18:57,393 SO BY FOCUSING THROUGH THE 3518 02:18:57,393 --> 02:18:59,562 CONCEPT AWARD WE ARE HOPING TO 3519 02:18:59,562 --> 02:19:01,697 ADDRESS THESE PORTFOLIO GAPS. 3520 02:19:01,697 --> 02:19:03,432 THE THIRD IS, WE THINK IT IS 3521 02:19:03,432 --> 02:19:05,034 CRITICAL TO HAVE HIGH RESPONSE 3522 02:19:05,034 --> 02:19:06,869 RATES AND TAP INTO NEW 3523 02:19:06,869 --> 02:19:07,203 STAKEHOLDERS. 3524 02:19:07,203 --> 02:19:08,304 LOOKING FOR THE MOST INNOVATIVE 3525 02:19:08,304 --> 02:19:11,007 IDEAS, WE NEED TO SEE A LARGE 3526 02:19:11,007 --> 02:19:12,842 NUMBERS OF PROPOSALS TO SELECT 3527 02:19:12,842 --> 02:19:15,177 THE MOST INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND 3528 02:19:15,177 --> 02:19:16,579 TAP INTO THE STAKEHOLDERS AT 3529 02:19:16,579 --> 02:19:19,215 THIS EARLY STAGE INNOVATION 3530 02:19:19,215 --> 02:19:21,784 STATION WHO HAVE BEEN RELUCTANT 3531 02:19:21,784 --> 02:19:22,752 TO APPLY BECAUSE OF LIMITED 3532 02:19:22,752 --> 02:19:25,021 PRELIMINARY DATA OR PREVIOUSLY 3533 02:19:25,021 --> 02:19:26,355 APPLIED BUT HAVE BEEN 3534 02:19:26,355 --> 02:19:28,624 UNSUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING AN 3535 02:19:28,624 --> 02:19:28,824 AWARD. 3536 02:19:28,824 --> 02:19:31,527 AND THE LAST IS THIS PROJECT 3537 02:19:31,527 --> 02:19:34,664 DE-RISKING THIS TECHNOLOGY, 3538 02:19:34,664 --> 02:19:36,032 FINDING OUT IF WHATEVER IS BEING 3539 02:19:36,032 --> 02:19:37,433 PROPOSED WORKS OR NOT AND MOVING 3540 02:19:37,433 --> 02:19:38,534 IT FORWARD. 3541 02:19:38,534 --> 02:19:41,270 AND THE BIG PICTURE IMPACT IS WE 3542 02:19:41,270 --> 02:19:42,505 ARE TRYING TO ACCELERATE 3543 02:19:42,505 --> 02:19:43,406 OUT-OF-THE-BOX HIGH PATIENT 3544 02:19:43,406 --> 02:19:47,176 NEEDS FOR RARE AND PEDE 8 RICK 3545 02:19:47,176 --> 02:19:48,210 TECHNOLOGIES FROM CONCEPT TO 3546 02:19:48,210 --> 02:19:48,544 CLINIC. 3547 02:19:48,544 --> 02:19:50,112 HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR 3548 02:19:50,112 --> 02:19:51,013 AWARDS TO DATE. 3549 02:19:51,013 --> 02:19:54,917 THIS IS THROUGH TWO FUNDING 3550 02:19:54,917 --> 02:19:58,020 ROUTE, THE THIRD IS IN THE LAST 3551 02:19:58,020 --> 02:19:59,288 R IT WILL HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY OF 3552 02:19:59,288 --> 02:20:00,022 NEXT YEAR. 3553 02:20:00,022 --> 02:20:02,291 BUT THROUGH THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS 3554 02:20:02,291 --> 02:20:03,793 WE MADE 13 AWARDS TO DATE JUST 3555 02:20:03,793 --> 02:20:07,430 UNDER 4 MILLION IN NCI FUNDING. 3556 02:20:07,430 --> 02:20:08,831 THE NEXT METRIC WE DISCOVERED IS 3557 02:20:08,831 --> 02:20:11,601 38% OF AWARDS WERE MADE TO WOMEN 3558 02:20:11,601 --> 02:20:13,202 AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES 3559 02:20:13,202 --> 02:20:16,272 SO THAT MEANS THE SMALL BUSINESS 3560 02:20:16,272 --> 02:20:17,807 CONCERNS -- THESE DEMOGRAPHICS 3561 02:20:17,807 --> 02:20:19,175 AND THEIR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. 3562 02:20:19,175 --> 02:20:22,578 AND IN TERMS OF PROJECT TYPES, 3563 02:20:22,578 --> 02:20:23,813 WE FUNDED A GOOD CHUNK OF 3564 02:20:23,813 --> 02:20:25,414 THERAPEUTICS AND ALSO SUCCESSFUL 3565 02:20:25,414 --> 02:20:27,650 IN FUNDING DIAGNOSTIC AND 3566 02:20:27,650 --> 02:20:28,651 LABORATORY TESTS. 3567 02:20:28,651 --> 02:20:32,555 IN TERMS OF INDICATIONS, WE ARE 3568 02:20:32,555 --> 02:20:33,823 FUNDING PEDIATRIC INDICATIONS 3569 02:20:33,823 --> 02:20:34,624 AND RARE INDICATIONS. 3570 02:20:34,624 --> 02:20:37,193 WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE 3571 02:20:37,193 --> 02:20:38,527 ULTRARARE AND THINGS THAT ARE 3572 02:20:38,527 --> 02:20:40,363 LESS RAY RARE. 3573 02:20:40,363 --> 02:20:42,565 SO OUR DEFINITION IS BROAD 3574 02:20:42,565 --> 02:20:44,900 BECAUSE THE FOCUS IS ON 3575 02:20:44,900 --> 02:20:45,534 INNOVATION. 3576 02:20:45,534 --> 02:20:47,536 SO PANCREATIC CANCER IS LESS 3577 02:20:47,536 --> 02:20:49,538 RARE BUT STILL HAVE EXTREMELY 3578 02:20:49,538 --> 02:20:51,474 LOW SURVIVAL RATES, REALLY ARE 3579 02:20:51,474 --> 02:20:54,110 IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS OF 3580 02:20:54,110 --> 02:20:56,278 STANDARD OF CARE. 3581 02:20:56,278 --> 02:20:58,881 SO AN EXTERNAL EVALUATION 3582 02:20:58,881 --> 02:21:00,716 COMMITTEE WAS BROUGHT INTO 3583 02:21:00,716 --> 02:21:02,685 EVALUATE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE 3584 02:21:02,685 --> 02:21:04,620 CONCEPT AWARD PROGRAM. 3585 02:21:04,620 --> 02:21:08,257 IT'S CHAIRED BY DR. MEL 3586 02:21:08,257 --> 02:21:12,061 BILLINGSLY, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF 3587 02:21:12,061 --> 02:21:13,029 A LIFE SCIENCESES AND GREENHOUSE 3588 02:21:13,029 --> 02:21:13,996 IN PENNSYLVANIA. 3589 02:21:13,996 --> 02:21:16,832 HE CHAIRED THE ORIGINAL WORKING 3590 02:21:16,832 --> 02:21:18,668 GROUP WHO IS CONVENED AND 3591 02:21:18,668 --> 02:21:20,002 DEVELOPED THE IDEA FOR THE 3592 02:21:20,002 --> 02:21:20,670 CONCEPT AWARD. 3593 02:21:20,670 --> 02:21:22,071 WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO 3594 02:21:22,071 --> 02:21:24,573 BRING HIM BACK FOR THIS 3595 02:21:24,573 --> 02:21:24,874 EVALUATION. 3596 02:21:24,874 --> 02:21:25,741 NEXT COUPLE SLIDES ARE SOME OF 3597 02:21:25,741 --> 02:21:28,577 THE KEY DATA WE PRESENTED TO THE 3598 02:21:28,577 --> 02:21:30,479 EXTERM WORKING GROUP AND WANTED 3599 02:21:30,479 --> 02:21:31,547 TO HIGHLIGHT FOR BSA. 3600 02:21:31,547 --> 02:21:33,416 THIS IS TO ILLUSTRATE WE ARE 3601 02:21:33,416 --> 02:21:34,350 DEFINITELY RECEIVING HIGH 3602 02:21:34,350 --> 02:21:35,584 RESPONSE RATES AND ARE TAPPING 3603 02:21:35,584 --> 02:21:36,986 INTO NEW STAKEHOLDERS. 3604 02:21:36,986 --> 02:21:39,055 SO THE CONCEPT AWARD UTILIZING A 3605 02:21:39,055 --> 02:21:40,256 WHITE PAPER PROCESS. 3606 02:21:40,256 --> 02:21:42,158 THE WHITE PAPER IS A SHORT 2-3 3607 02:21:42,158 --> 02:21:44,293 PAGE SUMMARY OF THE TECHNOLOGY 3608 02:21:44,293 --> 02:21:46,128 THAT OFFERS TO SUBMIT AND GET 3609 02:21:46,128 --> 02:21:48,831 QUICK FEEDBACK FROM NCI ON WHAT 3610 02:21:48,831 --> 02:21:50,299 IS BEING PROPOSED IS WITHIN 3611 02:21:50,299 --> 02:21:52,134 SCOPE OF THINGS WE WANT TO FUND 3612 02:21:52,134 --> 02:21:52,535 FOR THIS. 3613 02:21:52,535 --> 02:21:54,336 AND YOU CAN SEE FOR THE PAST 3614 02:21:54,336 --> 02:21:56,472 THREE FISCAL YEARS, WE RECEIVED 3615 02:21:56,472 --> 02:21:58,374 ANYWHERE BETWEEN 70-100 WHITE 3616 02:21:58,374 --> 02:21:58,607 PAPERS. 3617 02:21:58,607 --> 02:22:00,409 THIS LEADS TO A GOOD NUMBER OF 3618 02:22:00,409 --> 02:22:01,877 FULL PROPOSALS AND AWARDS THAT 3619 02:22:01,877 --> 02:22:03,079 ARE ABLE TO BE MADE. 3620 02:22:03,079 --> 02:22:05,715 THE OTHER COMPONENT IS 80% OF 3621 02:22:05,715 --> 02:22:08,551 WHITE PAPERS AND JUST UNDER 70% 3622 02:22:08,551 --> 02:22:11,087 OF AWARDS REPRESENT COMPANIES 3623 02:22:11,087 --> 02:22:12,388 NEW TO THESE FUNDS. 3624 02:22:12,388 --> 02:22:14,623 LIKELY THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THIS 3625 02:22:14,623 --> 02:22:16,225 EARLY SPACE AND THIS MECHANISM 3626 02:22:16,225 --> 02:22:19,729 THEY ARE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO 3627 02:22:19,729 --> 02:22:20,296 THE PROGRAM. 3628 02:22:20,296 --> 02:22:23,132 THIS SLIDE TO TO ILLUSTRATE THE 3629 02:22:23,132 --> 02:22:24,967 AWARDS ADDRESS OUR PORTFOLIO 3630 02:22:24,967 --> 02:22:28,104 GAPS FOR RARE AND PEDIATRIC 3631 02:22:28,104 --> 02:22:28,337 CANCER. 3632 02:22:28,337 --> 02:22:30,439 THE TECHNOLOGY CLASS AND THEN 3633 02:22:30,439 --> 02:22:32,341 THE SPECIFIC INDICATION FOR EACH 3634 02:22:32,341 --> 02:22:34,143 AWARD AND THE FAR COLUMN ON THE 3635 02:22:34,143 --> 02:22:35,845 RIGHT INDICATES OUR VIEW POINTED 3636 02:22:35,845 --> 02:22:37,546 OF WHETHER THAT IS CURRENTLY 3637 02:22:37,546 --> 02:22:39,014 UNDER REPRESENTED IN OUR 3638 02:22:39,014 --> 02:22:40,349 PORTFOLIO. 3639 02:22:40,349 --> 02:22:41,317 SO THE CHECKMARK ILLUSTRATES 3640 02:22:41,317 --> 02:22:42,051 THAT AND EVEN FURTHER TO THE 3641 02:22:42,051 --> 02:22:43,652 RIGHT IT GIVES A NUMBER OF 3642 02:22:43,652 --> 02:22:43,886 AWARDS. 3643 02:22:43,886 --> 02:22:46,188 SO THESE ARE BASE PROJECTS AND 3644 02:22:46,188 --> 02:22:48,858 THIS INDICATES SPACE FOR OUR 3645 02:22:48,858 --> 02:22:50,459 FUNDING HISTORY. 3646 02:22:50,459 --> 02:22:53,863 IN SOME CASES, THESE INDICATIONS 3647 02:22:53,863 --> 02:22:54,330 ONLY HAVE ONE AWARD. 3648 02:22:54,330 --> 02:22:57,333 SO DEFINITELY ADDRESSING THESE 3649 02:22:57,333 --> 02:22:58,300 PORTFOLIO GAPS. 3650 02:22:58,300 --> 02:23:02,338 85% OF AWARDS WERE MADE ON THE 3651 02:23:02,338 --> 02:23:02,805 INDICATION SPACE. 3652 02:23:02,805 --> 02:23:05,040 IN TERMS OF PORTFOLIO 3653 02:23:05,040 --> 02:23:06,776 INNOVATION, WE ARE GETTING 3654 02:23:06,776 --> 02:23:08,210 REALLY INNOVATIVE PROJECTS, 3655 02:23:08,210 --> 02:23:11,247 NOVEL TECHNOLOGY CLASSES SUCH AS 3656 02:23:11,247 --> 02:23:13,916 NEXT GENERATION CAR T 3657 02:23:13,916 --> 02:23:14,984 TECHNOLOGIES. 3658 02:23:14,984 --> 02:23:17,453 FIRST-IN-CLASS THERAPEUTIC 3659 02:23:17,453 --> 02:23:19,722 TARGETS, NOVEL DRUG DELIVERY 3660 02:23:19,722 --> 02:23:20,022 METHODS. 3661 02:23:20,022 --> 02:23:23,292 DIAGNOSTIC AND DEVICES AS WELL. 3662 02:23:23,292 --> 02:23:24,660 IN TERMS OF PROJECT DE-RISKING, 3663 02:23:24,660 --> 02:23:27,630 WE HAVE ABOUT SIX COMPANIES THAT 3664 02:23:27,630 --> 02:23:28,497 ARE FULLY VALUABLE AT THIS STAGE 3665 02:23:28,497 --> 02:23:30,166 GIVEN ENOUGH TIME POST AWARD. 3666 02:23:30,166 --> 02:23:32,268 OF THESE SIX TWO HAVE BEEN 3667 02:23:32,268 --> 02:23:33,302 EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AND 3668 02:23:33,302 --> 02:23:36,672 SHOWCASING ONE HERE, A COMPANY 3669 02:23:36,672 --> 02:23:37,273 COORDINATION PHARMACEUTICALS. 3670 02:23:37,273 --> 02:23:39,508 SO THEY ARE DEVELOPING AN 3671 02:23:39,508 --> 02:23:40,810 ACTIVATABLE CANCER VACCINE FOR 3672 02:23:40,810 --> 02:23:42,144 TREATMENT OF ORAL CANCER. 3673 02:23:42,144 --> 02:23:44,146 AND THROUGH THE CONCEPT AWARD 3674 02:23:44,146 --> 02:23:45,347 THEY WERE GIVEN FUNDS TO 3675 02:23:45,347 --> 02:23:46,415 ESTABLISH THEIR FEASIBILITY. 3676 02:23:46,415 --> 02:23:48,984 THEY GENERATED A NUMBER OF 3677 02:23:48,984 --> 02:23:51,554 ROBUST IN-VIVO EFFICACY DATASETS 3678 02:23:51,554 --> 02:23:53,522 FOR RARE CANCER MODELS. 3679 02:23:53,522 --> 02:23:55,558 AND SINCE THEN THE COMPANY HAS 3680 02:23:55,558 --> 02:23:57,493 BEEN SUCCESSFUL, ABOUT 18 MONTHS 3681 02:23:57,493 --> 02:23:59,461 POST AWARD USING THEIR COMPANY 3682 02:23:59,461 --> 02:24:02,164 MONEY THEY COMPLETED THEIR IND 3683 02:24:02,164 --> 02:24:04,133 AND FILED WITH FDA. 3684 02:24:04,133 --> 02:24:07,303 AND SCHEDULED TO START 3685 02:24:07,303 --> 02:24:09,772 FIRST-IN-HUMAN STUDIES IN 2024. 3686 02:24:09,772 --> 02:24:12,007 THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLES HOW THIS 3687 02:24:12,007 --> 02:24:13,108 CAN BE LEVERAGED TO DERISK 3688 02:24:13,108 --> 02:24:14,710 TECHNOLOGY AND ACCELERATE 3689 02:24:14,710 --> 02:24:21,317 TOWARDS THE NEXT INFLECTION 3690 02:24:21,317 --> 02:24:21,617 POINT. 3691 02:24:21,617 --> 02:24:23,385 THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINDINGS 3692 02:24:23,385 --> 02:24:26,155 FROM THE EXTERNAL EVALUATION 3693 02:24:26,155 --> 02:24:26,722 COMMITTEE AND COMMENTED THE 3694 02:24:26,722 --> 02:24:27,857 CONCEPT AWARD HAS SUCCESSFULLY 3695 02:24:27,857 --> 02:24:29,925 MET ALL ORIGINAL EVALUATION 3696 02:24:29,925 --> 02:24:31,093 METRICS PROPOSED AT THE INITIAL 3697 02:24:31,093 --> 02:24:34,063 DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT. 3698 02:24:34,063 --> 02:24:36,866 INDEED DISRUPTED INNOVATIVE 3699 02:24:36,866 --> 02:24:38,033 APPROACHES BEING DEVELOPED FOR 3700 02:24:38,033 --> 02:24:39,335 PEDIATRIC AND RARE CANCERS. 3701 02:24:39,335 --> 02:24:42,104 THERE ARE HIGH RESPONSE RATES 3702 02:24:42,104 --> 02:24:42,771 AND THAT WE TAPPED INTO A NEW 3703 02:24:42,771 --> 02:24:45,841 POOL OF SMALL BUSINESSES FOR NEW 3704 02:24:45,841 --> 02:24:47,076 SBIR FUNDING. 3705 02:24:47,076 --> 02:24:49,879 THEY ALSO COMMENTED ABOUT THERE 3706 02:24:49,879 --> 02:24:52,014 IS PROMISING INDICATORS OF 3707 02:24:52,014 --> 02:24:53,449 FOLLOW ON FUNDING TIEING INTO 3708 02:24:53,449 --> 02:24:54,683 THE PROJECT DE-RISKING WE HAVE 3709 02:24:54,683 --> 02:24:55,651 BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT. 3710 02:24:55,651 --> 02:24:56,886 AND THEY FELT THE WHITE PAPER 3711 02:24:56,886 --> 02:24:58,888 REVIEW WAS A KEY FEATURE OF THE 3712 02:24:58,888 --> 02:25:00,890 PROGRAM AND THE WHITE PAPER 3713 02:25:00,890 --> 02:25:02,958 PROCESS ITSELF IS A NICE WIN FOR 3714 02:25:02,958 --> 02:25:03,726 NIH. 3715 02:25:03,726 --> 02:25:06,195 EACH YEAR WE ARE ABLE TO RECRUIT 3716 02:25:06,195 --> 02:25:07,196 70 DIFFERENT WHITE PAPER 3717 02:25:07,196 --> 02:25:10,532 REVIEWERS INTERNAL TO NIH TO 3718 02:25:10,532 --> 02:25:11,600 REVIEW WHAT THE PAPERS AND SPAN 3719 02:25:11,600 --> 02:25:12,301 MULTIPLE INSTITUTES. 3720 02:25:12,301 --> 02:25:14,503 MANY FROM NCI AND FOLKS FROM 3721 02:25:14,503 --> 02:25:17,640 NCATS AND IGMS AND NINDS AND 3722 02:25:17,640 --> 02:25:20,142 THIS WHITE PAPER PROCESS HELPS 3723 02:25:20,142 --> 02:25:21,076 US TO TRIAGE AND SELECT THE 3724 02:25:21,076 --> 02:25:22,745 INNOVATIVE PROJECTS TO MOVE 3725 02:25:22,745 --> 02:25:24,079 FORWARD FOR FULL PROPOSAL 3726 02:25:24,079 --> 02:25:25,314 SUBMISSION AND HELPS US TO MEET 3727 02:25:25,314 --> 02:25:27,082 ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL CONCEPT 3728 02:25:27,082 --> 02:25:28,083 EVALUATION METRICS WHICH WAS TO 3729 02:25:28,083 --> 02:25:30,019 MAKE AWARDS RAPIDLY WITHIN SIX 3730 02:25:30,019 --> 02:25:30,953 MONTHS. 3731 02:25:30,953 --> 02:25:32,454 SO WE THINK IT IS CRITICAL IF 3732 02:25:32,454 --> 02:25:34,456 YOU HAVE AN INNOVATIVE IDEA BUT 3733 02:25:34,456 --> 02:25:36,258 MAYBE NOT MUCH PRELIMINARY 3734 02:25:36,258 --> 02:25:37,693 DATAUX YOU WANT THE REVIEW AND 3735 02:25:37,693 --> 02:25:40,195 AWARD PROCESS TO BE AS QUICK AS 3736 02:25:40,195 --> 02:25:40,462 POSSIBLE. 3737 02:25:40,462 --> 02:25:44,800 SO FOR NIH 6 MONTHS IT'S QUITE 3738 02:25:44,800 --> 02:25:45,000 FAST. 3739 02:25:45,000 --> 02:25:46,602 TWO MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY 3740 02:25:46,602 --> 02:25:49,138 THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE. 3741 02:25:49,138 --> 02:25:51,740 FIRST, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED 3742 02:25:51,740 --> 02:25:54,343 THE PROGRAM CONTINUE AND TWO 3743 02:25:54,343 --> 02:25:56,879 POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS WERE TO 3744 02:25:56,879 --> 02:25:58,514 DEVELOP ADDITIONAL FEDERAL 3745 02:25:58,514 --> 02:26:02,017 FUNDING TO SUPPORT SOME OF 3746 02:26:02,017 --> 02:26:02,217 THESE. 3747 02:26:02,217 --> 02:26:04,119 AND THE SECOND IS TO DEVELOP A 3748 02:26:04,119 --> 02:26:06,088 PITCH DAY EVENT WHERE AGAIN TO 3749 02:26:06,088 --> 02:26:08,190 HELP COMMERCIAL TRANSLATION OF 3750 02:26:08,190 --> 02:26:08,624 THESE TECHNOLOGIES. 3751 02:26:08,624 --> 02:26:11,160 SO HAVING CONCEPT AWARDS PITCH 3752 02:26:11,160 --> 02:26:15,464 THEIR TECHNOLOGY TO DIFFERENT 3753 02:26:15,464 --> 02:26:16,732 INVESTORS, FOLKS FROM NONPROFIT 3754 02:26:16,732 --> 02:26:19,201 DISEASE FOUNDATIONS, ANYONE THAT 3755 02:26:19,201 --> 02:26:23,172 HAS THE ABILITY TO HELP 3756 02:26:23,172 --> 02:26:23,939 COMMERCIALIZATION AND 3757 02:26:23,939 --> 02:26:24,306 TRANSLATION. 3758 02:26:24,306 --> 02:26:25,774 SO BASED OFF OF THAT, HERE IS 3759 02:26:25,774 --> 02:26:27,876 OUR PROPOSED RE-ISSUANCE REQUEST 3760 02:26:27,876 --> 02:26:29,578 AND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. 3761 02:26:29,578 --> 02:26:31,647 SO REQUESTING 5-YEAR APPROVAL. 3762 02:26:31,647 --> 02:26:33,282 WE THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO 3763 02:26:33,282 --> 02:26:34,550 MAINTAIN THE CURRENT CONCEPT 3764 02:26:34,550 --> 02:26:38,587 AWARD SIZE AT 300,000 FOR PHASE 3765 02:26:38,587 --> 02:26:38,821 I. 3766 02:26:38,821 --> 02:26:40,656 NOW PROPOSING TO DEVELOP FOLLOW 3767 02:26:40,656 --> 02:26:43,559 ON FEES, NOTICES OF FUNDING 3768 02:26:43,559 --> 02:26:43,926 OPPORTUNITIES. 3769 02:26:43,926 --> 02:26:45,694 AND THIS CAN BE A PHASE II OR 3770 02:26:45,694 --> 02:26:48,263 FAST TRACK OF 3 MILLION TO 3.5 3771 02:26:48,263 --> 02:26:48,497 MILLION. 3772 02:26:48,497 --> 02:26:50,499 AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS, WE 3773 02:26:50,499 --> 02:26:53,569 THINK ONCE THESE HAVE 3774 02:26:53,569 --> 02:26:54,203 OUT-OF-THE-BOX IDEAS, THESE 3775 02:26:54,203 --> 02:26:55,904 PROJECTS ARE DERISKED, IT'S 3776 02:26:55,904 --> 02:26:58,240 CRITICAL TO CREATE A STREAMLINED 3777 02:26:58,240 --> 02:27:00,142 PHASE II FUNDING PATH WHERE THEY 3778 02:27:00,142 --> 02:27:01,577 CAN MOVE THESE TECHNOLOGIES 3779 02:27:01,577 --> 02:27:05,514 FORWARD TO THE NEXT INFLECTION 3780 02:27:05,514 --> 02:27:05,714 POINT. 3781 02:27:05,714 --> 02:27:06,348 ANOTHER NICE THING WITH THESE 3782 02:27:06,348 --> 02:27:07,983 PHASE IIs IS WE HAD A LOT OF 3783 02:27:07,983 --> 02:27:10,486 MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH 3784 02:27:10,486 --> 02:27:14,590 ANNUALA H SO THEY ARE 3785 02:27:14,590 --> 02:27:15,057 INTERESTED -- ARPA-H. 3786 02:27:15,057 --> 02:27:16,325 AND WE DO HAVE PREVIOUS 3787 02:27:16,325 --> 02:27:20,029 COFUNDING HISTORY WITH ARPA-H 3788 02:27:20,029 --> 02:27:23,599 LAST YEAR AND WE COFUNDED 5.7 3789 02:27:23,599 --> 02:27:26,001 MILLION IN SBIR PROJECTS. 3790 02:27:26,001 --> 02:27:27,202 THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE. 3791 02:27:27,202 --> 02:27:29,338 I WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE THAT THE 3792 02:27:29,338 --> 02:27:30,439 RFP PROCESS IS DEFINITELY 3793 02:27:30,439 --> 02:27:33,208 CRITICAL FOR CONCEPT AWARD AND 3794 02:27:33,208 --> 02:27:34,710 ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP THE SPECIAL 3795 02:27:34,710 --> 02:27:36,912 REVIEW CRITERIA WITH THIS 3796 02:27:36,912 --> 02:27:38,814 ENHANCED SCORE ON INNOVATION AND 3797 02:27:38,814 --> 02:27:41,250 ALLOWS US TO GENERATE THIS PANEL 3798 02:27:41,250 --> 02:27:44,053 WITH REVIEWERS WITH EXPERTISE IN 3799 02:27:44,053 --> 02:27:45,354 EVALUATING EARLY STAGE 3800 02:27:45,354 --> 02:27:45,721 INNOVATION. 3801 02:27:45,721 --> 02:27:48,690 IT ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP A 3802 02:27:48,690 --> 02:27:50,492 STREAMLINED PROPOSAL PROCESS. 3803 02:27:50,492 --> 02:27:52,161 THE WHITE PAPER PROCESS AND ALSO 3804 02:27:52,161 --> 02:27:53,962 GENERATED A FILLABLE FULL 3805 02:27:53,962 --> 02:27:56,465 PROPOSAL TEMPLATE QUITE NEW AND 3806 02:27:56,465 --> 02:27:59,101 IT ALLOWS TO ENTER STREAMLINED 3807 02:27:59,101 --> 02:28:00,235 INFORMATION IN A SIMPLIFIED 3808 02:28:00,235 --> 02:28:02,771 MANNER AND ALLOWS FOR PEER 3809 02:28:02,771 --> 02:28:05,607 REVIEW AND IT ALLOWS US TO GET 3810 02:28:05,607 --> 02:28:07,743 THAT CONCEPT METRIC OF MAKING 3811 02:28:07,743 --> 02:28:11,080 AWARDS RAPIDLY WITHIN SIX 3812 02:28:11,080 --> 02:28:11,313 MONTHS. 3813 02:28:11,313 --> 02:28:12,014 SO I'LL STOP HERE. 3814 02:28:12,014 --> 02:28:13,248 THANK YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO 3815 02:28:13,248 --> 02:28:19,521 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 3816 02:28:19,521 --> 02:28:19,888 >> THANK YOU. 3817 02:28:19,888 --> 02:28:21,290 WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET THE 3818 02:28:21,290 --> 02:28:24,960 CONVERSATION GOING? 3819 02:28:24,960 --> 02:28:25,494 >> THANKS. 3820 02:28:25,494 --> 02:28:26,662 WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 3821 02:28:26,662 --> 02:28:30,866 GET-TOGETHER A FEW WEEKS AGO. 3822 02:28:30,866 --> 02:28:33,368 I THINK DR. CHANDRA AND OTHERS, 3823 02:28:33,368 --> 02:28:36,972 WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DISCUSSION. 3824 02:28:36,972 --> 02:28:39,741 ESSENTIALLY HE PRESENTED TO US 3825 02:28:39,741 --> 02:28:40,709 MOSTLY WHAT YOU HEARD. 3826 02:28:40,709 --> 02:28:44,379 WE ALL CAME AWAY VERY 3827 02:28:44,379 --> 02:28:44,713 ENTHUSIASTIC. 3828 02:28:44,713 --> 02:28:46,615 WE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT 3829 02:28:46,615 --> 02:28:50,552 PROGRAM AND THAT THEY HAD 3830 02:28:50,552 --> 02:28:52,187 ACHIEVED EVERYTHING THEY SET OUT 3831 02:28:52,187 --> 02:28:55,924 AS THE OBJECTIVES AND THAT THE 3832 02:28:55,924 --> 02:29:00,896 RESPONSE HAD BEEN VERY ENCOUR 3833 02:29:00,896 --> 02:29:02,598 ENCOURAGING THERE WERE SOME 3834 02:29:02,598 --> 02:29:04,933 QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY IS PAN 3835 02:29:04,933 --> 02:29:06,835 COUNTRY ATTIC CANCER A RARE 3836 02:29:06,835 --> 02:29:07,369 CANCER? 3837 02:29:07,369 --> 02:29:08,804 BUT YOU HEARD THE ANSWER THAT 3838 02:29:08,804 --> 02:29:10,973 WAS GIVEN. 3839 02:29:10,973 --> 02:29:13,342 IT SEEMED QUITEERABLY. 3840 02:29:13,342 --> 02:29:15,310 AND THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS 3841 02:29:15,310 --> 02:29:16,411 ABOUT -- QUITE REASONABLE -- 3842 02:29:16,411 --> 02:29:17,813 RAISE CAN AWARENESS OF THIS 3843 02:29:17,813 --> 02:29:19,348 PROGRAM AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 3844 02:29:19,348 --> 02:29:24,286 LIKELY TO BE INTERESTED IN IT. 3845 02:29:24,286 --> 02:29:25,587 I THINK THERE WERE 3846 02:29:25,587 --> 02:29:27,122 RECOMMENDATIONS COME YOU ALREADY 3847 02:29:27,122 --> 02:29:27,322 HEARD. 3848 02:29:27,322 --> 02:29:29,725 SO HOWEVER ALL, WE FEEL LIKE 3849 02:29:29,725 --> 02:29:33,328 THIS IS A TH TH THIS IS A PROPAT 3850 02:29:33,328 --> 02:29:33,996 SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. 3851 02:29:33,996 --> 02:29:36,298 WE WERE UNANIMOUS ON THAT. 3852 02:29:36,298 --> 02:29:37,799 DR. ARI, DO YOU HAVE ANY 3853 02:29:37,799 --> 02:29:39,401 COMMENTS? 3854 02:29:39,401 --> 02:29:40,068 >> SURE. 3855 02:29:40,068 --> 02:29:40,869 I CAN DIME IN. 3856 02:29:40,869 --> 02:29:43,772 AND AGAIN -- CHIME IN. 3857 02:29:43,772 --> 02:29:47,643 I RECALL WHAT WAS JUST MENTIONED 3858 02:29:47,643 --> 02:29:48,510 AND DR. BOSSA, CONGRATULATIONS. 3859 02:29:48,510 --> 02:29:50,846 WE ENJOYED YOUR TALK THEN AND 3860 02:29:50,846 --> 02:29:51,680 NOW AS WELL. 3861 02:29:51,680 --> 02:29:53,048 AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 3862 02:29:53,048 --> 02:29:57,786 AND I SPEAK FROM PERSONAL 3863 02:29:57,786 --> 02:29:59,788 EXPERIENCE BECAUSE SOME OF THESE 3864 02:29:59,788 --> 02:30:01,356 OUT-OF-THE-BOX IDEAS, THERE IS A 3865 02:30:01,356 --> 02:30:02,991 VALLEY OF DEBT. 3866 02:30:02,991 --> 02:30:05,327 YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA. 3867 02:30:05,327 --> 02:30:07,196 TO GET DATA YOU NEED FUNDING BUT 3868 02:30:07,196 --> 02:30:08,597 YOU DON'T HAVE FUNDING TO 3869 02:30:08,597 --> 02:30:10,132 GENERATE THAT DATA. 3870 02:30:10,132 --> 02:30:13,802 SO A GOOD NUMBER OF NEW 3871 02:30:13,802 --> 02:30:14,603 INVENTIONS START IN THAT VALLEY 3872 02:30:14,603 --> 02:30:15,704 OF DEBT. 3873 02:30:15,704 --> 02:30:18,006 I THINK THIS IS QUITE -- AND 3874 02:30:18,006 --> 02:30:20,242 THERE IS A FEW THINGS LIKE WE 3875 02:30:20,242 --> 02:30:21,443 DISCUSSED, ONE IS HOW TO 3876 02:30:21,443 --> 02:30:21,743 ADVERTISE. 3877 02:30:21,743 --> 02:30:26,215 AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT 3878 02:30:26,215 --> 02:30:28,250 ONE-PAGE PAMPHLET OR BROCHURE. 3879 02:30:28,250 --> 02:30:29,751 BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO GO TO 3880 02:30:29,751 --> 02:30:32,254 ACR, WE COULD TAKE THAT TO ASCO, 3881 02:30:32,254 --> 02:30:36,124 SOCIETY OF ONCOLOGY, ASTRO AND 3882 02:30:36,124 --> 02:30:40,696 ALL THE OTHER CANCER SOCIETIES. 3883 02:30:40,696 --> 02:30:42,965 THEN ONE OR TWO OTHER COMMENTS, 3884 02:30:42,965 --> 02:30:45,434 IT IS IMPRESSIVE THAT THE 3885 02:30:45,434 --> 02:30:47,736 TURN-AROUND TIME REMAINS AT SIX 3886 02:30:47,736 --> 02:30:50,472 MONTHS AND TWO, AS A SURGEON, I 3887 02:30:50,472 --> 02:30:51,873 HAVE TO SAY THIS, WHILE DEVICES 3888 02:30:51,873 --> 02:30:54,209 ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 15%, IT WOULD 3889 02:30:54,209 --> 02:30:57,079 BE NICE TO SEE MORE DEVICES 3890 02:30:57,079 --> 02:31:00,415 BEING INCLUDED IN THIS BECAUSE 3891 02:31:00,415 --> 02:31:02,951 IT CONSISTENTLY SEEMS TO BE THE 3892 02:31:02,951 --> 02:31:05,587 STEPCHILD OF FUNDING. 3893 02:31:05,587 --> 02:31:06,922 BUT OTHERWISE, I THINK IT'S A 3894 02:31:06,922 --> 02:31:09,157 GREAT CONCEPT THAT'S BEING GONE 3895 02:31:09,157 --> 02:31:10,158 ON. 3896 02:31:10,158 --> 02:31:11,727 WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT. 3897 02:31:11,727 --> 02:31:12,661 >> THANK YOU. 3898 02:31:12,661 --> 02:31:16,531 HOWARD AND THEN JULIE? 3899 02:31:16,531 --> 02:31:16,832 >> SURE. 3900 02:31:16,832 --> 02:31:19,368 I ALSO SUPPORT AND SHARE WITH 3901 02:31:19,368 --> 02:31:19,601 OTHERS. 3902 02:31:19,601 --> 02:31:23,505 BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT THE 3903 02:31:23,505 --> 02:31:25,440 FOLLOW-UP AND YOUR EVALUATION 3904 02:31:25,440 --> 02:31:27,409 METRICS GOING FORWARD. 3905 02:31:27,409 --> 02:31:29,511 YOU MENTIONED GETTING INTO AN 3906 02:31:29,511 --> 02:31:34,049 IND BUT CAN THERE BE ANY KIND OF 3907 02:31:34,049 --> 02:31:37,486 HISTORY OF SUCCESSFUL SUSTAINED 3908 02:31:37,486 --> 02:31:38,487 COMMERCIAL ACCESS? 3909 02:31:38,487 --> 02:31:41,023 THERE IS A LOT OF FAILURES THAT 3910 02:31:41,023 --> 02:31:45,060 END IN IND OR PHASE I AND NEVER 3911 02:31:45,060 --> 02:31:46,128 GET A PARTNERSHIP GOING FORWARD. 3912 02:31:46,128 --> 02:31:48,597 BECAUSE I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT 3913 02:31:48,597 --> 02:31:51,333 THERE IS VALUE IN UNDERSTANDING 3914 02:31:51,333 --> 02:31:53,235 THAT PROCESS AND MAYBE FINDING 3915 02:31:53,235 --> 02:31:55,270 WAYS TO SUPPORT IT GOING 3916 02:31:55,270 --> 02:31:55,637 FORWARD. 3917 02:31:55,637 --> 02:31:58,073 SO THERE IS COMMERCIAL ACCESS. 3918 02:31:58,073 --> 02:32:01,076 AND ANOTHER METRIC FOR 3919 02:32:01,076 --> 02:32:04,579 EVALUATION WILL BE THE NUMBER OF 3920 02:32:04,579 --> 02:32:05,814 PATIENTS IN THE UNITED STATES 3921 02:32:05,814 --> 02:32:09,384 THAT GET TO EXPERIENCE THE FINAL 3922 02:32:09,384 --> 02:32:11,086 PLAN OR THE GOAL OF WHAT THE 3923 02:32:11,086 --> 02:32:16,892 PROGRAM AND THE PROTOCOL IS 3924 02:32:16,892 --> 02:32:17,092 ABOUT. 3925 02:32:17,092 --> 02:32:19,494 AND ANYWAY, JUST COMMENTS GOING 3926 02:32:19,494 --> 02:32:20,929 FORWARD AND MAYBE YOU COULD 3927 02:32:20,929 --> 02:32:22,597 COMMENT ON JUST PLANS GOING 3928 02:32:22,597 --> 02:32:24,132 FORWARD THAT WE MIGHT GET MORE 3929 02:32:24,132 --> 02:32:27,736 LARGER FEEDBACK AND LEARN FROM 3930 02:32:27,736 --> 02:32:29,905 AS THIS PROCEEDS. 3931 02:32:29,905 --> 02:32:30,706 >> THANK YOU. 3932 02:32:30,706 --> 02:32:31,006 ABSOLUTELY. 3933 02:32:31,006 --> 02:32:34,276 THOSE ARE METRICS THAT WE 3934 02:32:34,276 --> 02:32:36,945 UTILIZE TO EVALUATE THAT PROGRAM 3935 02:32:36,945 --> 02:32:37,846 AS A WHOLE. 3936 02:32:37,846 --> 02:32:38,480 OBVIOUSLY COMMERCIALIZATION IS 3937 02:32:38,480 --> 02:32:41,516 THE NUMBER 1 THICK WE WANT TO 3938 02:32:41,516 --> 02:32:41,817 SEE HAPPEN. 3939 02:32:41,817 --> 02:32:43,719 I THINK IT'S CRITICAL. 3940 02:32:43,719 --> 02:32:45,287 SO IT'S BEEN PILOTED SO FAR FOR 3941 02:32:45,287 --> 02:32:47,289 THREE YEARS EXTENDING IT FURTHER 3942 02:32:47,289 --> 02:32:48,156 FOR FIVE YEARS. 3943 02:32:48,156 --> 02:32:49,958 IT'S GOING TO GET US TO A POINT 3944 02:32:49,958 --> 02:32:51,493 WHERE WE CAN START TO SEE 3945 02:32:51,493 --> 02:32:52,894 WHETHER THESE METRICS ARE BEING 3946 02:32:52,894 --> 02:32:53,562 MET. 3947 02:32:53,562 --> 02:32:57,766 SO EARLY SIGNS ARE POSITIVE. 3948 02:32:57,766 --> 02:32:59,234 IND IS NOT -- A COUPLE OF YEARS 3949 02:32:59,234 --> 02:33:02,504 TO GO BEFORE YOU GET TO BLA OR 3950 02:33:02,504 --> 02:33:04,406 GET TO COMMERCIALIZATION. 3951 02:33:04,406 --> 02:33:06,475 BUT WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER 3952 02:33:06,475 --> 02:33:06,708 EXAMPLE. 3953 02:33:06,708 --> 02:33:07,442 IT'S A DEVICE COMPANY. 3954 02:33:07,442 --> 02:33:08,677 THEY HAVE COMMERCIAL SALES 3955 02:33:08,677 --> 02:33:11,146 ALREADY WHICH WAS QUITE 3956 02:33:11,146 --> 02:33:11,446 IMPRESSIVE. 3957 02:33:11,446 --> 02:33:13,682 THEY HAVE 7 MILLION IN DEVICE 3958 02:33:13,682 --> 02:33:16,752 SALES WITHIN THE 18 MONTHS 3959 02:33:16,752 --> 02:33:18,286 POST-AWARD PROCESS. 3960 02:33:18,286 --> 02:33:19,721 SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ON 3961 02:33:19,721 --> 02:33:24,493 OUR RADAR AND PLAN TOO CONTINUE 3962 02:33:24,493 --> 02:33:27,195 MONITORING. 3963 02:33:27,195 --> 02:33:30,365 >> I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOU. 3964 02:33:30,365 --> 02:33:32,701 I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE 3965 02:33:32,701 --> 02:33:35,704 EXAMPLE OF THE NCI'S AGILITY. 3966 02:33:35,704 --> 02:33:39,374 I WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT 3967 02:33:39,374 --> 02:33:42,744 WROTE THE CONCEPT GOALS. 3968 02:33:42,744 --> 02:33:45,514 AND THAT CAME FROM AN NCAB 3969 02:33:45,514 --> 02:33:48,350 REVIEW FOR SBIR SPONSORED BY NED 3970 02:33:48,350 --> 02:33:51,386 SHARPLESS AND IT WAS THE -- 3971 02:33:51,386 --> 02:33:52,320 JAFFEE WAS THE CHAIR OF THAT 3972 02:33:52,320 --> 02:33:52,521 GROUP. 3973 02:33:52,521 --> 02:33:54,322 I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A 3974 02:33:54,322 --> 02:33:57,592 FULL CIRCUIT OF THE SBIR PROGRAM 3975 02:33:57,592 --> 02:34:01,463 REVIEW AND THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO 3976 02:34:01,463 --> 02:34:02,264 BRING IN MORE DIVERSE 3977 02:34:02,264 --> 02:34:04,299 APPLICATIONS NOT ONLY FRESMALL 3978 02:34:04,299 --> 02:34:06,468 COMPANIES BUT ALSO TO AREAS THAT 3979 02:34:06,468 --> 02:34:07,636 WERE NOT COVERED THROUGH OTHER 3980 02:34:07,636 --> 02:34:10,272 GRANTING MECHANISMS AND TO 3981 02:34:10,272 --> 02:34:10,972 PROVIDE FAST TURN AROUND. 3982 02:34:10,972 --> 02:34:12,674 I WOULD LOVE TO APPLAUD YOU ON 3983 02:34:12,674 --> 02:34:14,242 SEEING THE RESULTS OF THESE 3984 02:34:14,242 --> 02:34:16,144 ACTIONS IN FULL CIRCLE IN LESS 3985 02:34:16,144 --> 02:34:17,612 THAN FIVE YEARS AND SEE THREE 3986 02:34:17,612 --> 02:34:19,581 YEARS OF RESULTS. 3987 02:34:19,581 --> 02:34:21,983 THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY. 3988 02:34:21,983 --> 02:34:23,552 AND I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY 3989 02:34:23,552 --> 02:34:25,120 IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 3990 02:34:25,120 --> 02:34:27,055 AGILITY WITHIN THE NCI. 3991 02:34:27,055 --> 02:34:30,759 I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THE 3992 02:34:30,759 --> 02:34:31,359 SIX MONTH TURN AROUND AND THE 3993 02:34:31,359 --> 02:34:32,360 SPEED OF THAT QUALITY REVIEW IS 3994 02:34:32,360 --> 02:34:34,329 ESSENTIAL FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 3995 02:34:34,329 --> 02:34:35,997 IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY 3996 02:34:35,997 --> 02:34:38,433 PEOPLE HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT 3997 02:34:38,433 --> 02:34:40,068 APPLIED FOR SBIRs AND SO I 3998 02:34:40,068 --> 02:34:42,237 WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO 3999 02:34:42,237 --> 02:34:44,639 ENCOURAGE THE NCI TO LEVERAGE 4000 02:34:44,639 --> 02:34:46,875 ITS ABILITY TO BE AGILE IN ORDER 4001 02:34:46,875 --> 02:34:50,111 TO MEET THOSE GAPS AND I WONDER 4002 02:34:50,111 --> 02:34:51,279 IF MORE CONCEPT AWARDS CAN 4003 02:34:51,279 --> 02:34:53,849 ENABLE THE NCI TO DO THAT AT 4004 02:34:53,849 --> 02:34:55,851 BROADER SCALE. 4005 02:34:55,851 --> 02:34:56,885 >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE 4006 02:34:56,885 --> 02:34:57,152 WORDS. 4007 02:34:57,152 --> 02:34:59,020 THAT'S SOMETHING WE CONTINUALLY 4008 02:34:59,020 --> 02:35:01,556 FIGHT AND MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT 4009 02:35:01,556 --> 02:35:02,891 INVOLVES MULTIPLE OFFICE EFFORT 4010 02:35:02,891 --> 02:35:04,392 WITHIN NCI TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 4011 02:35:04,392 --> 02:35:07,295 IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS ON OUR 4012 02:35:07,295 --> 02:35:07,829 RADAR AND WE WORK HARD TO 4013 02:35:07,829 --> 02:35:08,563 ACHIEVE THOSE NUMBERS. 4014 02:35:08,563 --> 02:35:10,265 SO SOMETHING WE PLAN TO KEEP 4015 02:35:10,265 --> 02:35:14,102 DOING, FOR SURE. 4016 02:35:14,102 --> 02:35:15,737 >> GREAT JOB. 4017 02:35:15,737 --> 02:35:17,873 >> HI, AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A 4018 02:35:17,873 --> 02:35:20,442 GREAT ECHOING JULIE'S COMMENTS. 4019 02:35:20,442 --> 02:35:23,512 WHAT I WONDERED, IF THERE MIGHT 4020 02:35:23,512 --> 02:35:31,386 BE OPPORTUNITY TO LIST AS AN 4021 02:35:31,386 --> 02:35:33,522 AREA OF INTEREST THE 4022 02:35:33,522 --> 02:35:34,189 ENVIRONMENT. 4023 02:35:34,189 --> 02:35:36,024 THAT'S AN AREA THAT I THINK WE 4024 02:35:36,024 --> 02:35:39,094 DO NOT -- THERE IS SO MUCH WE 4025 02:35:39,094 --> 02:35:41,897 COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT. 4026 02:35:41,897 --> 02:35:47,002 AND ITS IMPACT ON CANCER. 4027 02:35:47,002 --> 02:35:50,605 SO, AND COMPANIES MAY HAVE 4028 02:35:50,605 --> 02:35:52,574 INTEREST AND THAT MAY BE A WAY 4029 02:35:52,574 --> 02:35:54,142 TO ACCELERATE KNOWLEDGE IN THIS 4030 02:35:54,142 --> 02:35:54,876 AREA. 4031 02:35:54,876 --> 02:35:56,811 BUT I THINK THE ENVIRONMENT IS 4032 02:35:56,811 --> 02:35:58,847 SOMETHING THAT IS VERY UNDER 4033 02:35:58,847 --> 02:35:59,080 STUDIED. 4034 02:35:59,080 --> 02:36:03,552 SO IT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY. 4035 02:36:03,552 --> 02:36:03,885 THANK YOU. 4036 02:36:03,885 --> 02:36:08,089 >> THANK YOU DR. LOPEZ. 4037 02:36:08,089 --> 02:36:10,592 >> I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE 4038 02:36:10,592 --> 02:36:13,194 COMMENTS THAT WE DO NEED TO GO 4039 02:36:13,194 --> 02:36:16,531 AFTER ANY OPPORTUNITY, INCLUDING 4040 02:36:16,531 --> 02:36:17,933 ANY STANDING ON THIS ONE, FOR 4041 02:36:17,933 --> 02:36:21,770 MORE FUNDING TO SUPPORT SURGICAL 4042 02:36:21,770 --> 02:36:24,039 INNOVATION. 4043 02:36:24,039 --> 02:36:24,406 >> ABSOLUTELY. 4044 02:36:24,406 --> 02:36:26,474 WE HAVE DONE SOME EFFORTS ON OUR 4045 02:36:26,474 --> 02:36:28,543 RADAR SO WE SEPARATED THE PEER 4046 02:36:28,543 --> 02:36:30,812 REVIEW TO HAVE ONE FOCUSED ON 4047 02:36:30,812 --> 02:36:32,480 THERAPEUTICS AND ANOTHER FOR 4048 02:36:32,480 --> 02:36:35,317 TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVICES, 4049 02:36:35,317 --> 02:36:36,217 DIAGNOSTICS, EVERYTHING NON 4050 02:36:36,217 --> 02:36:37,352 THERAPEUTICS TO MAKE SURE THAT 4051 02:36:37,352 --> 02:36:39,955 EVERYONE IS GETTING AN EQUAL AND 4052 02:36:39,955 --> 02:36:40,722 FAIR SHOT. 4053 02:36:40,722 --> 02:36:42,791 AND WE ALSO HAVE BEEN INCREASING 4054 02:36:42,791 --> 02:36:45,627 OUR OUTREACH AT CONFERENCES 4055 02:36:45,627 --> 02:36:46,761 OUTSIDE OF THE THERAPEUTIC SPACE 4056 02:36:46,761 --> 02:36:50,098 AND THAT IS TRANSLATING WELL. 4057 02:36:50,098 --> 02:36:52,534 I CAN'T SPEAK TOO MUCH BUT THE 4058 02:36:52,534 --> 02:36:55,637 CURRENT OOH AWARDS FOR FY24 SEEM 4059 02:36:55,637 --> 02:36:56,771 QUITE PROMISING FOR THE NON 4060 02:36:56,771 --> 02:37:03,912 THERAPEUTIC TECHNOLOGIES AS WE 4061 02:37:03,912 --> 02:37:04,112 WELL. 4062 02:37:04,112 --> 02:37:04,412 >> THANKS. 4063 02:37:04,412 --> 02:37:06,247 >> I SEE NOW FURTHER HANDS. 4064 02:37:06,247 --> 02:37:09,751 SO, I THINK WE'LL MOVE TO 4065 02:37:09,751 --> 02:37:10,452 VOTING. 4066 02:37:10,452 --> 02:37:13,054 SO IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM THE 4067 02:37:13,054 --> 02:37:13,989 SUBCOMMITTEE'S PRIOR 4068 02:37:13,989 --> 02:37:15,724 DELIBERATIONS THAT THEY CAME 4069 02:37:15,724 --> 02:37:19,728 INTO THE MEETING WITH ENTHUSIASM 4070 02:37:19,728 --> 02:37:20,362 FOR CONCURRENCE. 4071 02:37:20,362 --> 02:37:22,130 RAY WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A 4072 02:37:22,130 --> 02:37:23,031 MOTION? 4073 02:37:23,031 --> 02:37:26,768 >> I MOVE WE VOTE IN FAVOR. 4074 02:37:26,768 --> 02:37:30,005 >> CAN I GET A SECOND? 4075 02:37:30,005 --> 02:37:30,739 >> SECOND. 4076 02:37:30,739 --> 02:37:31,272 >> THANK YOU. 4077 02:37:31,272 --> 02:37:41,449 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 4078 02:37:41,449 --> 02:37:44,919 HEARING NONE, THE MOTION IS FOR 4079 02:37:44,919 --> 02:37:45,954 CONCURRENCE. 4080 02:37:45,954 --> 02:37:50,225 SEEKING ANY NEW VOTES OF NON 4081 02:37:50,225 --> 02:37:50,525 CONCURRENCE? 4082 02:37:50,525 --> 02:37:59,668 VERBALLY OR BY RAISING YOUR 4083 02:37:59,668 --> 02:38:02,671 HANDS. 4084 02:38:02,671 --> 02:38:04,639 >> UNANIMOUS CONCURRENCE. 4085 02:38:04,639 --> 02:38:06,374 >> THANK YOU. 4086 02:38:06,374 --> 02:38:07,642 >> THANK YOU ALL. 4087 02:38:07,642 --> 02:38:10,445 SO NOW THE FINAL CONCEPT IS ALSO 4088 02:38:10,445 --> 02:38:12,514 A REISSUE RFA. 4089 02:38:12,514 --> 02:38:15,450 SMALL BUSINESS TRANSITION GRANT 4090 02:38:15,450 --> 02:38:18,653 FOR EARLY-STAGE INVESTIGATORS. 4091 02:38:18,653 --> 02:38:21,189 THIS WAS REVIEWED BY 4092 02:38:21,189 --> 02:38:23,058 SUBCOMMITTEE AND CHAIRED BY EARL 4093 02:38:23,058 --> 02:38:24,492 ROBERTSON WHO UNFORTUNATELY 4094 02:38:24,492 --> 02:38:25,894 COULDN'T JOIN US TODAY BECAUSE 4095 02:38:25,894 --> 02:38:30,065 OF A PERSONAL MATTER. 4096 02:38:30,065 --> 02:38:31,666 HOWEVER, ARE WITH US TODAY AND 4097 02:38:31,666 --> 02:38:32,967 WE'LL ASK THEM TO LEAD THE 4098 02:38:32,967 --> 02:38:35,036 DISCUSSION WHEN WE GET TO THAT 4099 02:38:35,036 --> 02:38:35,270 POINT. 4100 02:38:35,270 --> 02:38:37,305 THEY ALSO RECOMMEND THE 4101 02:38:37,305 --> 02:38:37,639 PRESENTATION. 4102 02:38:37,639 --> 02:38:43,712 WITH THAT, PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. 4103 02:38:43,712 --> 02:38:45,480 >> SO PRESENTING THE SMALL 4104 02:38:45,480 --> 02:38:46,715 BUSINESS TRANSITION GRANT 4105 02:38:46,715 --> 02:38:49,984 RENEWAL INITIALLY LAUNCHED IN 4106 02:38:49,984 --> 02:38:50,185 2021. 4107 02:38:50,185 --> 02:38:57,092 FOR THREE-YEAR PILOT PHASE. 4108 02:38:57,092 --> 02:38:59,561 SO I WILL HIGHLIGHT TWO THINGS. 4109 02:38:59,561 --> 02:39:00,795 SO SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM COMES 4110 02:39:00,795 --> 02:39:03,932 IN TWO FLAVORS, SBI ARE AND TTR. 4111 02:39:03,932 --> 02:39:05,900 AND SOME OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES 4112 02:39:05,900 --> 02:39:09,237 ARE THAT WITH SBIR MECHANISM THE 4113 02:39:09,237 --> 02:39:10,872 PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR NEEDS TO 4114 02:39:10,872 --> 02:39:12,440 BE MAJORITY EMPLOYED AT THE 4115 02:39:12,440 --> 02:39:14,242 COMPANY AND WHILE IT DOES ALLOW 4116 02:39:14,242 --> 02:39:17,445 FOR COMPANIES TO PARTNER WITH 4117 02:39:17,445 --> 02:39:19,147 UNIVERSITIES, THAT IS NOT A 4118 02:39:19,147 --> 02:39:19,447 REQUIREMENT. 4119 02:39:19,447 --> 02:39:21,516 IN CONTRAST, STTR MECHANISM 4120 02:39:21,516 --> 02:39:23,818 ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY WHERE THE PI 4121 02:39:23,818 --> 02:39:26,154 IS EMPLOYED, MAYBE EITHER AT 4122 02:39:26,154 --> 02:39:26,955 UNIVERSITY OR BUSINESS. 4123 02:39:26,955 --> 02:39:30,058 BUT IT DOES REQUIRE THAT THE 4124 02:39:30,058 --> 02:39:31,526 BUSINESS PARTNERS WITH A 4125 02:39:31,526 --> 02:39:34,329 UNIVERSITY OR NONPROFIT RESEARCH 4126 02:39:34,329 --> 02:39:34,629 INSTITUTION. 4127 02:39:34,629 --> 02:39:36,464 SO THE GOAL OF THE STTR PROGRAM 4128 02:39:36,464 --> 02:39:39,334 IS TO HELP ASSIST THAT 4129 02:39:39,334 --> 02:39:42,437 TECHNOLOGY FROM ACADEMIA TO 4130 02:39:42,437 --> 02:39:42,737 INDUSTRY. 4131 02:39:42,737 --> 02:39:47,175 AND JUST ALSO REITERATE THAT 4132 02:39:47,175 --> 02:39:49,077 BOTH PROGRAMS USE A 4133 02:39:49,077 --> 02:39:50,345 CONGRESSIONAL SET ASIDE SO IT 4134 02:39:50,345 --> 02:39:52,547 DOESN'T IMPACT RPG FUNDING. 4135 02:39:52,547 --> 02:39:55,116 SO THE MOTIVATION FOR THE SMALL 4136 02:39:55,116 --> 02:39:56,217 BUSINESS TRANSITION GRANT CAME 4137 02:39:56,217 --> 02:40:00,088 FROM A WORKSHOP THAT WE HELD 4138 02:40:00,088 --> 02:40:02,023 WITH CANCER CENTER TECH TRANSFER 4139 02:40:02,023 --> 02:40:05,160 AND INNOVATION OFFICES. 4140 02:40:05,160 --> 02:40:07,362 ONE OF THE KEY FINDINGS WAS THAT 4141 02:40:07,362 --> 02:40:10,698 IN MANY CASES, POSTDOCS AND 4142 02:40:10,698 --> 02:40:11,733 OTHER EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS 4143 02:40:11,733 --> 02:40:13,234 ARE KEY TO HELP SPIN OUT 4144 02:40:13,234 --> 02:40:14,936 UNIVERSITTI TEKNOLOGI BECAUSE 4145 02:40:14,936 --> 02:40:15,737 THEY OFTEN MOVE WITH THE 4146 02:40:15,737 --> 02:40:19,407 TECHNOLOGY TO A SMALL SUBS TO 4147 02:40:19,407 --> 02:40:20,175 HELP FURTHER THE 4148 02:40:20,175 --> 02:40:21,075 COMMERCIALIZATION. 4149 02:40:21,075 --> 02:40:21,843 -- SMALL BUSINESS. 4150 02:40:21,843 --> 02:40:25,814 IN MANY CASES EARLY CAREER 4151 02:40:25,814 --> 02:40:28,216 SCIENTISTS LACK BUSINESS 4152 02:40:28,216 --> 02:40:29,250 EXPERIENCE AND THIS IS ALSO 4153 02:40:29,250 --> 02:40:30,985 REFLECTED IN THE SUCCESS RATES 4154 02:40:30,985 --> 02:40:33,955 WHEN YOU COMPARE EARLY-STAGE 4155 02:40:33,955 --> 02:40:34,989 INVESTIGATORS WITH MORE 4156 02:40:34,989 --> 02:40:36,257 EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATORS. 4157 02:40:36,257 --> 02:40:38,793 THEY TEND TO HAVE A LOWER 4158 02:40:38,793 --> 02:40:44,465 SUCCESS RATE FOR SBIR FUNDING 4159 02:40:44,465 --> 02:40:44,766 MECHANISMS. 4160 02:40:44,766 --> 02:40:47,535 SO, WE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO 4161 02:40:47,535 --> 02:40:49,404 SEE HOW WE COULD BETTER ADDRESS 4162 02:40:49,404 --> 02:40:51,573 THIS NEED BY CREATING A GRANT 4163 02:40:51,573 --> 02:40:55,176 MECHANISM THAT FOCUSED ON 4164 02:40:55,176 --> 02:40:55,710 EARLY-STAGE INVESTIGATORS. 4165 02:40:55,710 --> 02:40:58,246 SO THE PROGRAM WE CAME UP WITH 4166 02:40:58,246 --> 02:41:01,049 REQUIRED MENTORING FROM BOTH THE 4167 02:41:01,049 --> 02:41:02,116 RESEARCH SIDE AS WELL AS 4168 02:41:02,116 --> 02:41:04,953 BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL 4169 02:41:04,953 --> 02:41:05,186 SIDE. 4170 02:41:05,186 --> 02:41:07,222 AND ALSO PROVIDES 4171 02:41:07,222 --> 02:41:08,623 ENTREPRENEURIAL STRAINING IN THE 4172 02:41:08,623 --> 02:41:10,425 FORM OF THE ICORE PROGRAM THAT 4173 02:41:10,425 --> 02:41:11,726 COMPANIES NEED TO TAKE PART IN. 4174 02:41:11,726 --> 02:41:14,195 AND THROUGH THE FUNDING PROVIDES 4175 02:41:14,195 --> 02:41:16,431 THEM WITH THE RESOURCES TO SPIN 4176 02:41:16,431 --> 02:41:19,133 OUT THE TECHNOLOGY AND WE ALSO 4177 02:41:19,133 --> 02:41:20,101 DEVELOPED A MECHANISM THAT 4178 02:41:20,101 --> 02:41:22,537 ALLOWS THEM TO USE STTR IN THE 4179 02:41:22,537 --> 02:41:24,706 FIRST YEAR SO THEY HAVE THE 4180 02:41:24,706 --> 02:41:27,442 FLEXIBILITY TO REMAIN AT THE 4181 02:41:27,442 --> 02:41:28,076 UNIVERSITY WHILE THE PROJECT AND 4182 02:41:28,076 --> 02:41:30,712 COMPANY GETS UP AND RUNNING. 4183 02:41:30,712 --> 02:41:33,948 SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS AN SO FAR 4184 02:41:33,948 --> 02:41:35,717 VIEW OF THE PROGRAM. 4185 02:41:35,717 --> 02:41:36,451 SBIR PROGRAM. 4186 02:41:36,451 --> 02:41:37,085 -- OVERVIEW. 4187 02:41:37,085 --> 02:41:41,189 GRANTS COME FIRST AS A PHASE I, 4188 02:41:41,189 --> 02:41:44,525 WHICH PROVIDES FUNDING FOR 4189 02:41:44,525 --> 02:41:45,460 PROOF-OF-CONCEPT WORK. 4190 02:41:45,460 --> 02:41:47,962 AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, PHASE 4191 02:41:47,962 --> 02:41:50,665 II FUNDING IS FOR FURTHER 4192 02:41:50,665 --> 02:41:51,199 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 4193 02:41:51,199 --> 02:41:54,936 THE SBTT PROGRAM USES A FAST 4194 02:41:54,936 --> 02:41:56,471 TRACK MECHANISM WHERE THE 4195 02:41:56,471 --> 02:41:57,438 APPLICANTS APPLY AT THE SAME 4196 02:41:57,438 --> 02:41:59,874 TIME FOR BOTH PHASE I AND PHASE 4197 02:41:59,874 --> 02:42:01,976 II FUNDING AND THEN IF THEY ARE 4198 02:42:01,976 --> 02:42:03,311 SUCCESSFUL, THEY WILL RECEIVE 4199 02:42:03,311 --> 02:42:06,915 PHASE I AWARD AND THEN ON 4200 02:42:06,915 --> 02:42:07,982 MEETING THE MILESTONES, 4201 02:42:07,982 --> 02:42:08,616 TRANSITION TO THE PHASE II 4202 02:42:08,616 --> 02:42:10,685 PROJECT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO 4203 02:42:10,685 --> 02:42:11,286 THROUGH REVIEW AGAIN. 4204 02:42:11,286 --> 02:42:13,488 SO IT'S A MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS 4205 02:42:13,488 --> 02:42:14,689 FOR MORE CONSISTENT LONG TERM 4206 02:42:14,689 --> 02:42:17,091 FUNDING OF A PROJECT, WHICH IS 4207 02:42:17,091 --> 02:42:19,727 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR HELPING 4208 02:42:19,727 --> 02:42:20,762 EARLY-STAGE INVESTIGATORS GET 4209 02:42:20,762 --> 02:42:26,534 THEIR TECHNOLOGY UP AND RUNNING. 4210 02:42:26,534 --> 02:42:29,570 SO THE ROOM IS MODELED ON THE 4211 02:42:29,570 --> 02:42:32,206 K99R00 PROGRAM WHICH IS DESIGNED 4212 02:42:32,206 --> 02:42:35,944 TO HELP RESEARCHERS GO DOWN THE 4213 02:42:35,944 --> 02:42:38,846 ACADEMIC INVESTIGATOR PATH. 4214 02:42:38,846 --> 02:42:41,516 SO IT'S DESIGNED TO HELP THE 4215 02:42:41,516 --> 02:42:42,917 INVESTIGATORS TAKE THE PATH OF 4216 02:42:42,917 --> 02:42:44,886 AN ENTREPRENEUR AND 4217 02:42:44,886 --> 02:42:45,920 COMMERCIALIZE THEIR 4218 02:42:45,920 --> 02:42:46,321 TECHNOLOGIES. 4219 02:42:46,321 --> 02:42:51,225 SO THE WAY IT WORKS, IT USES 4220 02:42:51,225 --> 02:42:52,527 FAST TRACK MECHANISM. 4221 02:42:52,527 --> 02:42:54,162 OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE THE 4222 02:42:54,162 --> 02:42:56,764 DEFINITION OF EARLY STAGE 4223 02:42:56,764 --> 02:42:58,700 INVESTIGATOR IS THE PI IS WITHIN 4224 02:42:58,700 --> 02:43:01,135 10 YEARS OF THEIR PH.D. OR MD 4225 02:43:01,135 --> 02:43:01,369 DEGREE. 4226 02:43:01,369 --> 02:43:04,238 AND THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE TWO 4227 02:43:04,238 --> 02:43:04,906 MENTORS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO 4228 02:43:04,906 --> 02:43:07,575 THEIR PROJECT BOTH TECHNICAL AND 4229 02:43:07,575 --> 02:43:08,209 BUSINESSMEN TOR. 4230 02:43:08,209 --> 02:43:12,013 AND THE PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED 4231 02:43:12,013 --> 02:43:14,449 THAT THEIR PIs ARE PERMANENT 4232 02:43:14,449 --> 02:43:15,717 RESIDENTS OR U.S. CITIZENS. 4233 02:43:15,717 --> 02:43:21,556 IN THE PHASE I COMPONENT, THE PI 4234 02:43:21,556 --> 02:43:23,658 TYPICALLY APOSTDOC WOULD LEAD 4235 02:43:23,658 --> 02:43:30,098 THE PROJECT AND THEY NEED TO 4236 02:43:30,098 --> 02:43:33,267 MEET THEIR COMMERCIAL -- PROJECT 4237 02:43:33,267 --> 02:43:34,702 MILESTONES IN ORDER TO 4238 02:43:34,702 --> 02:43:35,303 TRANSITION. 4239 02:43:35,303 --> 02:43:36,471 IN ADDITION TO THE RESEARCH 4240 02:43:36,471 --> 02:43:38,973 WORK, THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THE 4241 02:43:38,973 --> 02:43:41,075 NIH ICORE PROGRAM, 4242 02:43:41,075 --> 02:43:42,844 ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING PROGRAM 4243 02:43:42,844 --> 02:43:43,311 THAT I MENTIONED. 4244 02:43:43,311 --> 02:43:46,214 AND WE ALSO ALLOW FOR THE PHASE 4245 02:43:46,214 --> 02:43:50,251 I TO BE EXTENDED FOR THE SBTT 4246 02:43:50,251 --> 02:43:51,619 PROGRAM GIVEN THE EARLY-STAGE 4247 02:43:51,619 --> 02:43:53,021 INVESTIGATORS AND THEY NEED TO 4248 02:43:53,021 --> 02:43:54,756 TAKE PART IN THE ICORE. 4249 02:43:54,756 --> 02:43:56,524 WE ALLOW FOR THE PHASE I TO BE 4250 02:43:56,524 --> 02:43:58,226 ABLE TO TWO YEARS. 4251 02:43:58,226 --> 02:43:59,494 TYPICALLY PHASE I GRANTS ARE 4252 02:43:59,494 --> 02:44:02,296 JUST ONE YEAR. 4253 02:44:02,296 --> 02:44:03,464 FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE 4254 02:44:03,464 --> 02:44:06,367 PHASE I PROJECT, THEY NEED TO 4255 02:44:06,367 --> 02:44:07,402 TRANSITION FROM THE UNIVERSITY 4256 02:44:07,402 --> 02:44:08,603 TO THE BUSINESS IF THEY HAVE NOT 4257 02:44:08,603 --> 02:44:10,838 ALREADY DONE SO. 4258 02:44:10,838 --> 02:44:12,206 SO PHASE II NEEDS TO BE EMPLOYED 4259 02:44:12,206 --> 02:44:14,108 BY THE COMPANY, WHICH IS -- AND 4260 02:44:14,108 --> 02:44:17,011 THE PHASE II IS AN SBIR WHICH 4261 02:44:17,011 --> 02:44:18,679 ALLOWS US TO TAP INTO THE LARGER 4262 02:44:18,679 --> 02:44:22,650 SET ASIDE POOL. 4263 02:44:22,650 --> 02:44:26,654 THE PI CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED SO 4264 02:44:26,654 --> 02:44:30,758 THE GRANT FOLLOWS THE PI AND WE 4265 02:44:30,758 --> 02:44:38,933 DO ALLOW FOR SOME SMALL 4266 02:44:38,933 --> 02:44:39,500 BUSINESS -- SOME CHANGES IN 4267 02:44:39,500 --> 02:44:40,234 SCOPE WHERE NEEDED IF THEY ARE 4268 02:44:40,234 --> 02:44:41,769 JUSTIFIED BASED ON THE ICORE 4269 02:44:41,769 --> 02:44:43,671 RESEARCH AND PHASE I RESULTS. 4270 02:44:43,671 --> 02:44:46,107 SO THE PHASE I PROJECT BUDGET 4271 02:44:46,107 --> 02:44:47,942 AND THE CAP OF $400,000 AND THE 4272 02:44:47,942 --> 02:44:50,511 PHASE II OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS 4273 02:44:50,511 --> 02:44:54,749 OVER TWO YEARS. 4274 02:44:54,749 --> 02:44:58,419 WE FOUND ICORE PROGRAM TO BE A 4275 02:44:58,419 --> 02:45:01,155 REALLY GREAT PROGRAM IN HELPING 4276 02:45:01,155 --> 02:45:02,590 TO PROVIDE TRAINING. 4277 02:45:02,590 --> 02:45:06,861 THIS IS A SURVEY OF PARTICIPANTS 4278 02:45:06,861 --> 02:45:07,261 BEFORE AND AFTER. 4279 02:45:07,261 --> 02:45:10,031 SO YOU CAN SEE PRIOR TO STARTING 4280 02:45:10,031 --> 02:45:11,699 THE PROGRAM THEY HAD LACK OF 4281 02:45:11,699 --> 02:45:14,368 KNOWLEDGE IN SOME KEY 4282 02:45:14,368 --> 02:45:15,169 COMMERCIALIZATION KNOWLEDGE SUCH 4283 02:45:15,169 --> 02:45:19,006 AS REIMBURSEMENT AND REGULATORY 4284 02:45:19,006 --> 02:45:21,642 STRATEGY, PRE CLINICAL 4285 02:45:21,642 --> 02:45:24,645 DEVELOPMENT AND CLINICAL TRIALS. 4286 02:45:24,645 --> 02:45:26,647 AND ENTREPRENEUR TRAINING HELPED 4287 02:45:26,647 --> 02:45:29,317 TO ENHANCE AND ADDRESS THE 4288 02:45:29,317 --> 02:45:32,687 KNOWLEDGE GAPS. 4289 02:45:32,687 --> 02:45:35,923 THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED IN 2021 4290 02:45:35,923 --> 02:45:38,392 AND IT HAD RELATIVELY STRONG 4291 02:45:38,392 --> 02:45:38,759 INTEREST. 4292 02:45:38,759 --> 02:45:41,429 A LOT OF INTEREST IN TERMS OF 4293 02:45:41,429 --> 02:45:42,797 POTENTIAL APPLICANTS. 4294 02:45:42,797 --> 02:45:45,700 WE RECEIVED BASED ON 4295 02:45:45,700 --> 02:45:47,702 CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS AT 4296 02:45:47,702 --> 02:45:50,638 CONFERENCES AND DISCUSSIONS WITH 4297 02:45:50,638 --> 02:45:52,607 ACADEMICS AND CANCER CENTERS AND 4298 02:45:52,607 --> 02:45:54,008 A LOT OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK FROM 4299 02:45:54,008 --> 02:45:55,877 BOTH ACADEMICS AT CANCER CENTERS 4300 02:45:55,877 --> 02:45:58,446 AND SMALL BUSINESSES. 4301 02:45:58,446 --> 02:46:00,982 LOOKING AT THE FIGURES, YOU CAN 4302 02:46:00,982 --> 02:46:05,186 SEE PRIOR TO THE SBTT PROGRAM WE 4303 02:46:05,186 --> 02:46:08,589 TYPICALLY RECEIVED ABOUT BETWEEN 4304 02:46:08,589 --> 02:46:11,626 30-40 PHASE II -- FAST TRACK 4305 02:46:11,626 --> 02:46:15,696 STTR APPLICATIONS PER YEAR. 4306 02:46:15,696 --> 02:46:17,798 AND ADDING THE PROGRAM HAS 4307 02:46:17,798 --> 02:46:18,799 HELPED BUMP UP THOSE NUMBERS 4308 02:46:18,799 --> 02:46:22,103 WITHOUT CANNIBALIZING THE 4309 02:46:22,103 --> 02:46:25,573 CURRENT LEVEL OF PHASE II 4310 02:46:25,573 --> 02:46:26,274 APPLICATIONS. 4311 02:46:26,274 --> 02:46:28,142 IN THE FIRST ROUND OF FUNDING 4312 02:46:28,142 --> 02:46:31,479 THERE WERE 15 PROPOSALS AND FOUR 4313 02:46:31,479 --> 02:46:32,547 AWARDS WERE MADE. 4314 02:46:32,547 --> 02:46:34,815 THE FOLLOWING YEAR 11 4315 02:46:34,815 --> 02:46:35,783 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. 4316 02:46:35,783 --> 02:46:37,652 ONLY ONE WAS ABLE TO BE FUNDED 4317 02:46:37,652 --> 02:46:39,220 AT THE END. 4318 02:46:39,220 --> 02:46:42,723 AND THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 15 4319 02:46:42,723 --> 02:46:43,658 APPLICATIONS. 4320 02:46:43,658 --> 02:46:47,595 THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE STILL 4321 02:46:47,595 --> 02:46:48,963 UNDER REVIEW. 4322 02:46:48,963 --> 02:46:50,865 SO I'LLIVE TWO EXAMPLES OF 4323 02:46:50,865 --> 02:46:53,801 PROJECTS FROM THE FIRST COHORT. 4324 02:46:53,801 --> 02:46:56,337 THE FIRST IS TO A COMPANY CALLED 4325 02:46:56,337 --> 02:46:59,507 COVINA, THE PI WAS A POSTDOC IN 4326 02:46:59,507 --> 02:47:03,411 THE LAB OF ELLIOT AND THE 4327 02:47:03,411 --> 02:47:05,079 TECHNOLOGY WAS DEVELOPING A 4328 02:47:05,079 --> 02:47:09,951 SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITOR OF 4329 02:47:09,951 --> 02:47:12,420 HPV-16E6 ONCOPROTEIN. 4330 02:47:12,420 --> 02:47:14,021 THE GOAL OF BEING ABLE TO STOP 4331 02:47:14,021 --> 02:47:15,790 HPV INFECTIONS BEFORE CANCER 4332 02:47:15,790 --> 02:47:19,794 DEVELOPS AND TO TREAT 4333 02:47:19,794 --> 02:47:20,328 HPV-RELATED CANCERS AFTER 4334 02:47:20,328 --> 02:47:20,795 DETECTION. 4335 02:47:20,795 --> 02:47:22,330 THE PROJECT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN 4336 02:47:22,330 --> 02:47:23,664 PHASE I AND MOVED TO PHASE II. 4337 02:47:23,664 --> 02:47:28,236 AND IN THE SUMMER OF 20 -- OF 4338 02:47:28,236 --> 02:47:30,004 THIS YEAR. 4339 02:47:30,004 --> 02:47:33,074 AND THE PHASE II PROJECT WILL BE 4340 02:47:33,074 --> 02:47:34,208 FURTHER ENABLE STUDIES AND THE 4341 02:47:34,208 --> 02:47:35,910 COMPANY RECENTLY WAS ABLE TO 4342 02:47:35,910 --> 02:47:39,747 CLOSE A SEED ROUND AND IS 4343 02:47:39,747 --> 02:47:42,149 RAISING SERIES A FUNDING. 4344 02:47:42,149 --> 02:47:44,318 SECOND EXAMPLE IS A COMPANY 4345 02:47:44,318 --> 02:47:50,658 WHICH IS A SPIN OUT OF NATHAN'S 4346 02:47:50,658 --> 02:47:52,393 LAB FROM THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 4347 02:47:52,393 --> 02:47:53,094 OF SOUTH CAROLINA DEVELOPING A 4348 02:47:53,094 --> 02:47:56,664 CANCER VACCINE AND A MUTATED 4349 02:47:56,664 --> 02:48:04,639 FORM OF A PROTEIN FUSED TO AGR2, 4350 02:48:04,639 --> 02:48:07,208 NORMALLY ER-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 4351 02:48:07,208 --> 02:48:09,010 BUT IS EXPRESSED ON THE CELL 4352 02:48:09,010 --> 02:48:11,178 SURFACE IN SOME TYPES OF CANCER. 4353 02:48:11,178 --> 02:48:13,347 THE PHASE I PROJECT WAS 4354 02:48:13,347 --> 02:48:17,251 SUCCESSFUL AND SHOWED IN-VIVO 4355 02:48:17,251 --> 02:48:18,953 EFFICACY OF THEIR MOUSE MODEL. 4356 02:48:18,953 --> 02:48:20,721 THE PROJECT TRANSITIONED TO 4357 02:48:20,721 --> 02:48:24,558 PHASE II THIS SUMMER AND PHASE 4358 02:48:24,558 --> 02:48:25,626 II PROJECT WILL DO FURTHER 4359 02:48:25,626 --> 02:48:28,396 EFFICACY STUDIES ON ALSO LOOK AT 4360 02:48:28,396 --> 02:48:30,197 COMBINATION WITH CHECKPOINT 4361 02:48:30,197 --> 02:48:32,566 INHIBITORS AND OTHER 4362 02:48:32,566 --> 02:48:35,303 IND-ENABLING STUDIES. 4363 02:48:35,303 --> 02:48:38,039 SO AS WITH THE AWARD, THIS 4364 02:48:38,039 --> 02:48:40,708 PROGRAM ALSO WAS EVALUATED WITH 4365 02:48:40,708 --> 02:48:41,542 EXTERNAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE 4366 02:48:41,542 --> 02:48:44,178 WITH MEMBERS FROM ACADEMIA, 4367 02:48:44,178 --> 02:48:46,380 INDUSTRY AND ALSO UNIVERSITY 4368 02:48:46,380 --> 02:48:49,417 TECH TRANSFER OFFICES. 4369 02:48:49,417 --> 02:48:51,252 THE COMMITTEE HAD STRONG 4370 02:48:51,252 --> 02:48:52,887 ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PROGRAM BUT 4371 02:48:52,887 --> 02:48:56,457 RECOMMENDED SOME CHANGES, WHICH 4372 02:48:56,457 --> 02:48:59,327 I'LL OUTLINE, PARTICULARLY 4373 02:48:59,327 --> 02:49:00,027 RELATED HOW TO BOOST APPLICATION 4374 02:49:00,027 --> 02:49:06,467 NUMBERS AND ELIGIBILITY. 4375 02:49:06,467 --> 02:49:07,735 ONE OF THE FIRST POINTS THAT 4376 02:49:07,735 --> 02:49:11,238 CAME UP WAS THAT BY RESTRICTING 4377 02:49:11,238 --> 02:49:13,507 APPLICANTS TO THE JUST PERMANENT 4378 02:49:13,507 --> 02:49:15,209 RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS, THAT 4379 02:49:15,209 --> 02:49:16,777 EXCLUDES A LOT OF THE 4380 02:49:16,777 --> 02:49:19,013 POSTDOCTORAL POPULATION WHICH 4381 02:49:19,013 --> 02:49:20,648 HAS A LOT OF FOREIGN TRAINEES. 4382 02:49:20,648 --> 02:49:24,085 SO THE PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE 4383 02:49:24,085 --> 02:49:25,653 RECOMMENDING IS TO EXPAND THE 4384 02:49:25,653 --> 02:49:26,754 ELIGIBILITY TO BE ALIGNED WITH 4385 02:49:26,754 --> 02:49:30,591 CURRENT SBIR AND STTR GRANTS 4386 02:49:30,591 --> 02:49:32,593 WHICH REQUIRED JUST THAT PI HAS 4387 02:49:32,593 --> 02:49:35,329 THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE U.S. 4388 02:49:35,329 --> 02:49:37,631 AND THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF 4389 02:49:37,631 --> 02:49:39,433 PIs THAT WANTED TO APPLY BUT 4390 02:49:39,433 --> 02:49:41,936 STILL WAITING FOR THAT GREEN 4391 02:49:41,936 --> 02:49:43,637 CARD AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 4392 02:49:43,637 --> 02:49:45,539 THIS WILL BE ONE WAY TO ADDRESS 4393 02:49:45,539 --> 02:49:48,342 THIS ISSUE. 4394 02:49:48,342 --> 02:49:48,976 ANOTHER CHALLENGE IDENTIFIED WAS 4395 02:49:48,976 --> 02:49:52,213 THAT A LOT OF INTERESTED 4396 02:49:52,213 --> 02:49:53,814 APPLICANTS HAD EXCITING 4397 02:49:53,814 --> 02:49:54,515 TECHNOLOGIES BUT PERHAPS WERE 4398 02:49:54,515 --> 02:49:57,651 NOT QUITE READY FOR A FAST TRACK 4399 02:49:57,651 --> 02:50:01,055 APPLICATION WHICH THE PILOT 4400 02:50:01,055 --> 02:50:01,322 REQUIRED. 4401 02:50:01,322 --> 02:50:02,757 SO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE 4402 02:50:02,757 --> 02:50:05,593 EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS TO 4403 02:50:05,593 --> 02:50:14,835 ALLOW FOR ALSO JUST PHASE IN ADO 4404 02:50:14,835 --> 02:50:16,270 APPLICANTS TO THE GET THEIR FOOT 4405 02:50:16,270 --> 02:50:17,772 IN THE DOOR WITH A PHASE I 4406 02:50:17,772 --> 02:50:20,040 PROGRAM AND ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE 4407 02:50:20,040 --> 02:50:25,146 OF OTHER NCISBIR RESOURCES SUCH 4408 02:50:25,146 --> 02:50:27,748 AS ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO 4409 02:50:27,748 --> 02:50:31,519 ENTREPRENEURS AND RESIDENTS TO 4410 02:50:31,519 --> 02:50:33,988 MENTORING PROGRAMS AND OTHER 4411 02:50:33,988 --> 02:50:35,289 NETWORKING PROGRAMS THAT WILL 4412 02:50:35,289 --> 02:50:37,825 HELP THEM FURTHER ADVANCE THEIR 4413 02:50:37,825 --> 02:50:39,760 STUDIES AND ALSO RAISE AWARENESS 4414 02:50:39,760 --> 02:50:44,365 OF POTENTIALLY FUNDRAISING. 4415 02:50:44,365 --> 02:50:46,901 AND THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION 4416 02:50:46,901 --> 02:50:52,706 WHICH ALSO WE DISCUSSED WITH THE 4417 02:50:52,706 --> 02:50:55,009 BSA EVALUATORS ON THE RFA WAS 4418 02:50:55,009 --> 02:50:57,344 HOW TO REACH OR IMPROVE OUTREACH 4419 02:50:57,344 --> 02:50:59,680 OF THE PROGRAM. 4420 02:50:59,680 --> 02:51:02,616 AND THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING 4421 02:51:02,616 --> 02:51:04,051 GOING FORWARD IS TO INCREASE OUR 4422 02:51:04,051 --> 02:51:08,756 OUTREACH TO PIs AT CONFERENCES 4423 02:51:08,756 --> 02:51:10,157 AND CANCER CENTERS AND 4424 02:51:10,157 --> 02:51:13,394 UNIVERSITIES, MEETINGS WITH 4425 02:51:13,394 --> 02:51:16,230 TRAINEES AND OTHER POSTDOC 4426 02:51:16,230 --> 02:51:17,765 GROUPS WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION 4427 02:51:17,765 --> 02:51:21,569 FROM THE REVIEWERS. 4428 02:51:21,569 --> 02:51:24,472 TOW ALSO TARGET POTENTIAL 4429 02:51:24,472 --> 02:51:26,073 MENTORS WHO, THROUGH THINGS LIKE 4430 02:51:26,073 --> 02:51:30,711 THE TECH TRANSFER OFFICES AND 4431 02:51:30,711 --> 02:51:33,747 THE STRUCTURES AND INVESTORS AND 4432 02:51:33,747 --> 02:51:35,983 UTILIZE THE NETWORK OF THE STATE 4433 02:51:35,983 --> 02:51:37,985 ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER INDUSTRY 4434 02:51:37,985 --> 02:51:38,252 GROUPS. 4435 02:51:38,252 --> 02:51:42,022 AND WE HAVE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS 4436 02:51:42,022 --> 02:51:45,092 IN THAT RECENTLY. 4437 02:51:45,092 --> 02:51:51,465 SO I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE 4438 02:51:51,465 --> 02:51:53,300 STTR PROGRAM IS REALLY JUST PART 4439 02:51:53,300 --> 02:51:57,071 OF OUR LARGER STRATEGY TO HELP 4440 02:51:57,071 --> 02:51:57,838 IMPROVE DIVERSITY AND ACCESS TO 4441 02:51:57,838 --> 02:51:59,740 THE SBIR FUNDING. 4442 02:51:59,740 --> 02:52:02,209 THE GOAL IS ABOUT HOW WE CAN 4443 02:52:02,209 --> 02:52:05,379 FOSTER AN ECOSYSTEM THAT 4444 02:52:05,379 --> 02:52:09,750 ENCOURAGES COMMERCIALIZATION AND 4445 02:52:09,750 --> 02:52:11,018 SO THIS IS PART OF OUR STRATEGY. 4446 02:52:11,018 --> 02:52:13,554 SOME OTHER THINGS WE ARE DOING 4447 02:52:13,554 --> 02:52:16,257 TO HELP BUILD THIS PIPELINE AND 4448 02:52:16,257 --> 02:52:19,093 IMPROVE THE ECOSYSTEM IS WORK 4449 02:52:19,093 --> 02:52:20,628 THAT WE HAVE UNDER DEVELOPMENT 4450 02:52:20,628 --> 02:52:24,965 SO WE RECENTLY RELEASED WITH THE 4451 02:52:24,965 --> 02:52:27,034 CANCER TRAINING A NOTICE OF 4452 02:52:27,034 --> 02:52:28,769 SPECIAL INTEREST TO DEVELOP 4453 02:52:28,769 --> 02:52:30,905 TRAINING PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON 4454 02:52:30,905 --> 02:52:31,739 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE GOAL IS 4455 02:52:31,739 --> 02:52:35,276 TO HELP IMPROVE EDUCATION AND 4456 02:52:35,276 --> 02:52:36,744 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO 4457 02:52:36,744 --> 02:52:38,178 COMMERCIALIZE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 4458 02:52:38,178 --> 02:52:40,481 EARLY STAGE TRAINEES. 4459 02:52:40,481 --> 02:52:46,820 WE ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE 4460 02:52:46,820 --> 02:52:49,890 OFFICE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO 4461 02:52:49,890 --> 02:52:51,058 TARGET ENTREPRENEURS PRIOR TO 4462 02:52:51,058 --> 02:52:53,193 HAVING AN SBIR GRANT AND THAT IS 4463 02:52:53,193 --> 02:52:54,762 SOMETHING WE THINK WILL REALLY 4464 02:52:54,762 --> 02:52:57,631 HELP IMPROVE AWARENESS AND THE 4465 02:52:57,631 --> 02:53:02,136 PIPELINE OF ENTREPRENEUR-MINDED 4466 02:53:02,136 --> 02:53:02,469 INVESTIGATORS. 4467 02:53:02,469 --> 02:53:04,238 WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS TO 4468 02:53:04,238 --> 02:53:08,008 PROVIDE FURTHER APPLICATION 4469 02:53:08,008 --> 02:53:08,842 ASSISTANCE. 4470 02:53:08,842 --> 02:53:13,013 SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ENHANCING 4471 02:53:13,013 --> 02:53:14,515 THE APPLICATION ASSISTANCE 4472 02:53:14,515 --> 02:53:20,421 PROGRAM WHICH WE HAVE RUN OVER 4473 02:53:20,421 --> 02:53:22,222 THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS AND 4474 02:53:22,222 --> 02:53:24,491 LOOKING TO ADD TO THAT 4475 02:53:24,491 --> 02:53:27,428 ASSISTANCE IN HELPING THE 4476 02:53:27,428 --> 02:53:28,495 APPLICANTS WORK AND DISCOVERY 4477 02:53:28,495 --> 02:53:29,330 IMPROVING GRANT WRITING AND 4478 02:53:29,330 --> 02:53:31,165 NAVIGATING THE POST AWARD 4479 02:53:31,165 --> 02:53:34,702 PROCESS SUCH AS RESUBMISSION AND 4480 02:53:34,702 --> 02:53:35,169 THE INTRODUCTION PAGE. 4481 02:53:35,169 --> 02:53:38,205 AND ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN 4482 02:53:38,205 --> 02:53:40,407 HELP INVESTIGATORS THINK ABOUT 4483 02:53:40,407 --> 02:53:41,875 CREATION AND IP EVALUATION, A 4484 02:53:41,875 --> 02:53:44,545 LOT OF THE OTHERY STEPS THAT GO 4485 02:53:44,545 --> 02:53:48,649 INTO DEVELOPING A COMPANY EXCUSE 4486 02:53:48,649 --> 02:53:51,752 ME TAKING THAT TECHNOLOGY OUT TO 4487 02:53:51,752 --> 02:53:53,320 HELP UNIVERSITY-BASED 4488 02:53:53,320 --> 02:53:54,822 RESEARCHERS WITH THIS. 4489 02:53:54,822 --> 02:54:00,227 SO THE REQUEST IS FOR A 5-YEAR 4490 02:54:00,227 --> 02:54:01,795 REISSUE OF THE PROGRAM WITH THE 4491 02:54:01,795 --> 02:54:04,565 CHANGES I OUTLINED ALLOWING 4492 02:54:04,565 --> 02:54:06,467 PHASE I AND EXPANDING 4493 02:54:06,467 --> 02:54:07,801 ELIGIBILITY TO FOREIGN TRAINEES 4494 02:54:07,801 --> 02:54:09,603 THAT HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN 4495 02:54:09,603 --> 02:54:11,772 THE U.S. 4496 02:54:11,772 --> 02:54:12,973 SO SOME OF THE REASONS TO 4497 02:54:12,973 --> 02:54:13,474 REISSUE THE PROGRAM. 4498 02:54:13,474 --> 02:54:15,609 WE THINK THIS IS REALLY AN 4499 02:54:15,609 --> 02:54:17,411 EFFECTIVE WAY OF HELPING AND 4500 02:54:17,411 --> 02:54:20,881 ENHANCING THE SPIN OUT OF 4501 02:54:20,881 --> 02:54:24,351 TECHNOLOGIES FROM NCI-FUNDED 4502 02:54:24,351 --> 02:54:30,190 PROJECTS. 4503 02:54:30,190 --> 02:54:33,127 IT NICELY ALLIANCE WITH NATIONAL 4504 02:54:33,127 --> 02:54:35,562 CANCER PLAN GOALS, 3, 6 AND 8, 4505 02:54:35,562 --> 02:54:37,531 TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE TREATMENT 4506 02:54:37,531 --> 02:54:40,234 AND ENGAGE EVERY PERSON AND OPT 4507 02:54:40,234 --> 02:54:41,268 MICE THE WORKFORCE. 4508 02:54:41,268 --> 02:54:43,070 PROVIDES A UNIQUE PROGRAM THAT 4509 02:54:43,070 --> 02:54:45,606 ALLOWS FOR TRAINING AND 4510 02:54:45,606 --> 02:54:48,008 MENTORSHIP THAT IS ABSENT 4511 02:54:48,008 --> 02:54:52,613 THROUGH THE REGULAR SBIR FUND 4512 02:54:52,613 --> 02:54:52,846 FUNDING. 4513 02:54:52,846 --> 02:54:55,082 AND IT USES THE SET ASIDE FUNDS 4514 02:54:55,082 --> 02:54:58,018 SO IT DOESN'T IMPACT RPG. 4515 02:54:58,018 --> 02:55:00,187 WE RECOMMEND THE RFA MECHANISM 4516 02:55:00,187 --> 02:55:04,792 BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR NCI TO 4517 02:55:04,792 --> 02:55:07,261 HAVE FURTHER OVERSIGHT OF THE 4518 02:55:07,261 --> 02:55:07,828 PEER REVIEW PROCESS WHICH IS 4519 02:55:07,828 --> 02:55:09,229 IMPORTANT IN HELPING TO MAKE 4520 02:55:09,229 --> 02:55:16,704 SURE WE GET REVIEWERS THAT ARE 4521 02:55:16,704 --> 02:55:18,005 FAMILIAR WITH BOTH 4522 02:55:18,005 --> 02:55:20,007 COMMERCIALIZATION AND ALSO 4523 02:55:20,007 --> 02:55:20,574 CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. 4524 02:55:20,574 --> 02:55:24,778 AND THE SET ASIDE IS THE 4525 02:55:24,778 --> 02:55:25,312 COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM. 4526 02:55:25,312 --> 02:55:26,580 I'LL END MY PRESENTATION THERE 4527 02:55:26,580 --> 02:55:35,856 AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 4528 02:55:35,856 --> 02:55:37,224 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4529 02:55:37,224 --> 02:55:41,095 SO, PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE THE 4530 02:55:41,095 --> 02:55:44,832 COMMITTEE MEMBERS START THE 4531 02:55:44,832 --> 02:55:45,265 DISCUSSION. 4532 02:55:45,265 --> 02:55:46,233 >> OTIS, DO YOU WANT TO START OR 4533 02:55:46,233 --> 02:55:47,634 DO YOU WANT ME TO? 4534 02:55:47,634 --> 02:55:50,003 >> I WAS GOING TO SAY WE HAD A 4535 02:55:50,003 --> 02:55:58,645 WONDERFUL, GOOD CONVERSATION 4536 02:55:58,645 --> 02:55:59,847 SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES AND OUR 4537 02:55:59,847 --> 02:56:02,583 GREATEST CONCERN IS THIS IS A 4538 02:56:02,583 --> 02:56:03,617 PROGRAM THAT IS WORTHWHILE AND 4539 02:56:03,617 --> 02:56:06,954 IS NOT BEING USED. 4540 02:56:06,954 --> 02:56:09,256 AND THEY RESPONDED TO ALL OF MY 4541 02:56:09,256 --> 02:56:09,590 CONCERNS. 4542 02:56:09,590 --> 02:56:11,592 I THINK ALL OF THE CONCERNS OF 4543 02:56:11,592 --> 02:56:15,062 THE SUB COMMITTEE. 4544 02:56:15,062 --> 02:56:18,132 AM I CORRECT? 4545 02:56:18,132 --> 02:56:18,766 >> YES. 4546 02:56:18,766 --> 02:56:20,968 IT'S EXCITING. 4547 02:56:20,968 --> 02:56:25,205 ANDRE SPOKE MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT 4548 02:56:25,205 --> 02:56:30,444 IT, OF GETTING THEM INTO THE 4549 02:56:30,444 --> 02:56:30,711 PIPELINE. 4550 02:56:30,711 --> 02:56:32,012 I THINK WHAT I WASN'T AWARE OF 4551 02:56:32,012 --> 02:56:33,580 IS THE INTENSITY OF THE 4552 02:56:33,580 --> 02:56:35,215 MENTORSHIP IN THIS PROGRAM, 4553 02:56:35,215 --> 02:56:37,718 WHICH IS QUITE APPRAISING. 4554 02:56:37,718 --> 02:56:41,455 THESE APPLICANTS DO 100 4555 02:56:41,455 --> 02:56:44,191 INTERVIEWS AS PART OF THEIR 4556 02:56:44,191 --> 02:56:44,458 TRAINING. 4557 02:56:44,458 --> 02:56:46,660 IT IS RIGOROUS IN TERMS OF THE 4558 02:56:46,660 --> 02:56:47,027 MENTORSHIP. 4559 02:56:47,027 --> 02:56:48,462 THEY HAVE A BUSINESS MACHINE 4560 02:56:48,462 --> 02:56:48,996 TOR. 4561 02:56:48,996 --> 02:56:51,665 THE EXTENSIONS -- MENTOR -- THE 4562 02:56:51,665 --> 02:56:54,601 EXTENSION IS TWO YEARS IS 4563 02:56:54,601 --> 02:56:55,569 CRUCIAL BECAUSE THEY SPEND SO 4564 02:56:55,569 --> 02:56:57,371 MUCH TIME IN MENTORSHIP. 4565 02:56:57,371 --> 02:56:59,773 AND I THINK THE PHASE I ONLY IS 4566 02:56:59,773 --> 02:57:02,910 A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE IT CREATES 4567 02:57:02,910 --> 02:57:09,316 AN OPPORTUNITY. 4568 02:57:09,316 --> 02:57:12,619 I WOULD ADD WOON THING I JUST 4569 02:57:12,619 --> 02:57:12,953 LEARNED ABOUT. 4570 02:57:12,953 --> 02:57:14,054 WE HAD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOW 4571 02:57:14,054 --> 02:57:15,222 TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF 4572 02:57:15,222 --> 02:57:16,690 THE PROGRAM. 4573 02:57:16,690 --> 02:57:18,725 AND I THINK IN AN INTERESTING 4574 02:57:18,725 --> 02:57:20,894 WAY, THE WHITE PAPER PROGRAM 4575 02:57:20,894 --> 02:57:22,663 WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO 4576 02:57:22,663 --> 02:57:24,398 UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE 4577 02:57:24,398 --> 02:57:28,969 HAVE TO WRITE -- WRITING TWO OR 4578 02:57:28,969 --> 02:57:31,772 THREE00 PAGES IS KIND OF FUN AND 4579 02:57:31,772 --> 02:57:32,973 I THINK YOU WOULD GET MORE 4580 02:57:32,973 --> 02:57:34,041 PEOPLE INTERESTED AND IT WOULD 4581 02:57:34,041 --> 02:57:38,111 BE MORE WORK BUT I THINK THAT IS 4582 02:57:38,111 --> 02:57:38,645 SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD 4583 02:57:38,645 --> 02:57:39,246 POTENTIALLY ADD TO THE PROGRAM 4584 02:57:39,246 --> 02:57:39,746 THAT WOULD HELP IT. 4585 02:57:39,746 --> 02:57:43,016 AND THE LAST THING WE DID TALK 4586 02:57:43,016 --> 02:57:45,519 ABOUT, MAKING SURE WE WERE 4587 02:57:45,519 --> 02:57:48,322 TRYING TO TAP INTO MINORITY 4588 02:57:48,322 --> 02:57:49,089 INVESTIGATORS. 4589 02:57:49,089 --> 02:57:51,525 AND I THINK ONE OF THE SPECIFIC 4590 02:57:51,525 --> 02:57:53,794 COMMENTS WAS THAT WHEN WE TALKED 4591 02:57:53,794 --> 02:57:55,462 ABOUT THE CANCER CENTERS AND 4592 02:57:55,462 --> 02:57:58,932 ALSO USE THE U54 NETWORK WHICH 4593 02:57:58,932 --> 02:58:04,538 IS ONE IN WHICH YOU HAVE 4594 02:58:04,538 --> 02:58:05,138 MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 4595 02:58:05,138 --> 02:58:05,539 AND PARTNERSHIPS. 4596 02:58:05,539 --> 02:58:07,341 THOSE ARE ALREADY DONE AND WOULD 4597 02:58:07,341 --> 02:58:10,844 BE A GOOD WAY OF DELIVERING 4598 02:58:10,844 --> 02:58:12,179 MINORITY INSTITUTIONS. 4599 02:58:12,179 --> 02:58:13,714 >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT 4600 02:58:13,714 --> 02:58:13,947 UP. 4601 02:58:13,947 --> 02:58:15,916 I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT. 4602 02:58:15,916 --> 02:58:18,085 GREAT SUGGESTIONS AND WE'LL 4603 02:58:18,085 --> 02:58:19,887 DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO HEART 4604 02:58:19,887 --> 02:58:20,821 AND ALSO THE SUGGESTION ABOUT 4605 02:58:20,821 --> 02:58:23,624 WORKING WITH THE TRAINING 4606 02:58:23,624 --> 02:58:28,295 OFFICE, CO-BRANDING K99R00 WITH 4607 02:58:28,295 --> 02:58:30,530 SBTT PROGRAM TO HELP ENHANCE 4608 02:58:30,530 --> 02:58:32,299 AWARENESS. 4609 02:58:32,299 --> 02:58:34,001 REGARDING THE IDEA OF WHITE 4610 02:58:34,001 --> 02:58:35,202 PAPERS, WITH THE CONCEPT WE HAVE 4611 02:58:35,202 --> 02:58:39,306 IS FORMAL WHITE PAPER PROCESS 4612 02:58:39,306 --> 02:58:40,540 BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL LAW 4613 02:58:40,540 --> 02:58:43,977 CONTRACTS HAVE A LOT OF STRICTER 4614 02:58:43,977 --> 02:58:45,412 RULES ABOUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE 4615 02:58:45,412 --> 02:58:46,880 WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED 4616 02:58:46,880 --> 02:58:48,615 IN APPLYING. 4617 02:58:48,615 --> 02:58:52,653 BECAUSE THE SBTT USES A GRANT 4618 02:58:52,653 --> 02:58:54,755 MECHANISM WE ENCOURAGE ALL THE 4619 02:58:54,755 --> 02:58:55,622 APPLICANTS TO CONTACT USES AND 4620 02:58:55,622 --> 02:58:56,890 SHOW SPECIFIC AIMS AND WE DO 4621 02:58:56,890 --> 02:59:00,127 HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM, AND 4622 02:59:00,127 --> 02:59:02,329 GIVE THEM ADVICE HOW TO 4623 02:59:02,329 --> 02:59:04,231 STREAMLINE THEIR PROPOSALS PRIOR 4624 02:59:04,231 --> 02:59:05,132 TO THEM APPLYING. 4625 02:59:05,132 --> 02:59:07,067 WE DO MAKE THEM WORK. 4626 02:59:07,067 --> 02:59:14,775 IT IS A GOOD IDEA. 4627 02:59:14,775 --> 02:59:18,111 >> SO AGAIN, THE SPECIFIC AIMS 4628 02:59:18,111 --> 02:59:22,849 YOU MENTIONED, AGAIN, I WANT TO 4629 02:59:22,849 --> 02:59:24,017 ASK A SIMILAR QUESTION. 4630 02:59:24,017 --> 02:59:25,385 THE FOLLOW-UP OF HOW THE FUNDS 4631 02:59:25,385 --> 02:59:33,894 ARE SPENT OR WHERE THE PROGRAM 4632 02:59:33,894 --> 02:59:35,062 GOES INCORPORATE JUSTIFICATION 4633 02:59:35,062 --> 02:59:37,564 GIVEN BECAUSE OF SPECIFIC AIMS. 4634 02:59:37,564 --> 02:59:40,267 I MEAN THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES 4635 02:59:40,267 --> 02:59:41,868 WHERE THESE GRANTS ARE TAKEN AND 4636 02:59:41,868 --> 02:59:43,837 THEN THE COMPANY GOES IN A 4637 02:59:43,837 --> 02:59:46,340 DIFFERENT DIRECTION OR SELLS 4638 02:59:46,340 --> 02:59:47,207 ITSELF. 4639 02:59:47,207 --> 02:59:48,108 THINGS THAT ARE UNRELATED TO 4640 02:59:48,108 --> 02:59:48,442 SPECIFIC AIMS. 4641 02:59:48,442 --> 02:59:51,611 AND I THINK FOR US TOO, TO 4642 02:59:51,611 --> 02:59:56,917 UNDERSTAND THE -- WHAT THE 4643 02:59:56,917 --> 03:00:05,592 SCIENTIFIC BASIS WAS THE 4644 03:00:05,592 --> 03:00:08,362 TRAINING, CORE TRAINING -- IN 4645 03:00:08,362 --> 03:00:10,263 PAST PRESENTATIONS, THEY 4646 03:00:10,263 --> 03:00:13,033 MENTIONED THE GARLAND VENDOR AND 4647 03:00:13,033 --> 03:00:18,105 THEIR TEXTBOOK THAT WAS WRITTEN 4648 03:00:18,105 --> 03:00:19,806 BEFORE 1998. 4649 03:00:19,806 --> 03:00:26,079 -- I'M SORRY, BEFORE 2018, LIKE 4650 03:00:26,079 --> 03:00:26,279 2016. 4651 03:00:26,279 --> 03:00:29,616 I THINK YOU KNOW THE REGULATORY 4652 03:00:29,616 --> 03:00:35,088 SCIENCE FIELD HAS REALLY JUMPS A 4653 03:00:35,088 --> 03:00:35,655 LOT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IN 4654 03:00:35,655 --> 03:00:37,124 TERMS OF WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED 4655 03:00:37,124 --> 03:00:41,595 AND HOW TO MAKE TRIALS MORE 4656 03:00:41,595 --> 03:00:42,629 EFFICIENT WITH NEW GUIDANCES 4657 03:00:42,629 --> 03:00:46,066 ABOUT EVERY FEW MONTHS. 4658 03:00:46,066 --> 03:00:48,568 CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND? 4659 03:00:48,568 --> 03:00:50,570 IS THE CORE TRAINING THAT IS 4660 03:00:50,570 --> 03:00:52,539 PROVIDED AND ORGANIZED, DOES IT 4661 03:00:52,539 --> 03:00:55,008 ALSO ALIGN WITH SOME OF THESE 4662 03:00:55,008 --> 03:00:59,613 MORE MODERN UPDATED 2023, 24 4663 03:00:59,613 --> 03:01:01,214 GUIDANCES? 4664 03:01:01,214 --> 03:01:02,315 >> SO THE ICORE TRAINING PROGRAM 4665 03:01:02,315 --> 03:01:07,687 HAS BEEN RUNNING AT NIH FOR -- 4666 03:01:07,687 --> 03:01:09,823 LIKE A LIVING PROCESS AND IT IS 4667 03:01:09,823 --> 03:01:10,724 CONSTANTLY UPDATED. 4668 03:01:10,724 --> 03:01:14,861 AND THE GOAL OF THE TRAINING IS 4669 03:01:14,861 --> 03:01:16,296 NOT SPOON FEEDING THE 4670 03:01:16,296 --> 03:01:17,297 PARTICIPANTS ANSWERS. 4671 03:01:17,297 --> 03:01:20,667 IT'S TRAINING THEM TO DO THESE 4672 03:01:20,667 --> 03:01:22,969 INTERVIEWS AND COVER WHERE THE 4673 03:01:22,969 --> 03:01:24,638 ANSWERS ARE AND HELP THEM TO GO 4674 03:01:24,638 --> 03:01:29,076 IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS. 4675 03:01:29,076 --> 03:01:34,114 I THINK THEY ARE GETTING UPDATED 4676 03:01:34,114 --> 03:01:35,082 INFORMATION BUT IT DOESN'T AIM 4677 03:01:35,082 --> 03:01:36,750 TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ALL THE 4678 03:01:36,750 --> 03:01:37,050 ANSWERS. 4679 03:01:37,050 --> 03:01:38,251 WE HELP THEM GO IN THE RIGHT 4680 03:01:38,251 --> 03:01:41,755 DIRECTION AND THEN YOUR EARLIER 4681 03:01:41,755 --> 03:01:42,856 COMMENT ABOUT CONCERN ABOUT 4682 03:01:42,856 --> 03:01:44,591 COMPANIES RECEIVING FUNDING AND 4683 03:01:44,591 --> 03:01:52,299 GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS -- 4684 03:01:52,299 --> 03:01:53,133 WITH THE FAST TRACK, IN ORDER TO 4685 03:01:53,133 --> 03:01:54,267 TRANSITION TO THE PHASE II 4686 03:01:54,267 --> 03:01:57,003 PROJECT TO GET THAT LARGER TWO 4687 03:01:57,003 --> 03:01:57,671 MILLION DOLLAR LEVEL OF FUNDING, 4688 03:01:57,671 --> 03:01:59,239 THEY NEED TO SHOW THEY MET THE 4689 03:01:59,239 --> 03:02:00,140 ORIGINAL GOALS. 4690 03:02:00,140 --> 03:02:02,742 ANY CHANGES IN SCOPE TO THE 4691 03:02:02,742 --> 03:02:06,680 PHASE I NEED TO BE AGREED IN 4692 03:02:06,680 --> 03:02:10,984 WRITING PRIOR TO THEM EXECUTING 4693 03:02:10,984 --> 03:02:13,286 ON THAT AND THEN IN ORDER -- 4694 03:02:13,286 --> 03:02:14,754 THEY JUST RECEIVED PHASE I, AND 4695 03:02:14,754 --> 03:02:16,656 IN ORDER TO RECEIVE PHASE II 4696 03:02:16,656 --> 03:02:17,757 FUNDING, THEY NEED TO 4697 03:02:17,757 --> 03:02:19,326 DEMONSTRATE THEY HAD 4698 03:02:19,326 --> 03:02:23,196 ACCOMPLISHED THE PHASE I PROJECT 4699 03:02:23,196 --> 03:02:30,904 SUCCESSFULLY. 4700 03:02:30,904 --> 03:02:32,272 >> I JUST HAD A SUGGESTION ABOUT 4701 03:02:32,272 --> 03:02:35,208 THE TRAINING PART. 4702 03:02:35,208 --> 03:02:36,476 THERE ARE SEVERAL UNIVERSITIES 4703 03:02:36,476 --> 03:02:38,812 THAT HAVE VERY ROBUST TRAINING 4704 03:02:38,812 --> 03:02:41,548 FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND 4705 03:02:41,548 --> 03:02:43,750 INNOVATION LIKE STANFORD AND 4706 03:02:43,750 --> 03:02:44,484 MICHIGAN. 4707 03:02:44,484 --> 03:02:45,118 HAVE YOU PARTNERED WITH ANY OF 4708 03:02:45,118 --> 03:02:47,954 THOSE INSTITUTIONS FOR THEIR 4709 03:02:47,954 --> 03:02:50,123 EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION AND 4710 03:02:50,123 --> 03:02:52,592 GETTING YOUR PRODUCT? 4711 03:02:52,592 --> 03:02:57,797 IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO DO -- 4712 03:02:57,797 --> 03:02:58,698 >> WE DO HAVE CONTACTS WITH A 4713 03:02:58,698 --> 03:02:59,232 NUMBER OF THOSE PROGRAMS. 4714 03:02:59,232 --> 03:03:00,634 WITH THE SBTT WE'RE NOT PUSHING 4715 03:03:00,634 --> 03:03:01,835 ANY ONE MODEL. 4716 03:03:01,835 --> 03:03:03,270 WE PROVIDE THE ICORE TRAINING 4717 03:03:03,270 --> 03:03:06,139 BUT WE ARE LOOKING AS PART OF 4718 03:03:06,139 --> 03:03:07,207 THE APPLICATION, WE NEED TO 4719 03:03:07,207 --> 03:03:09,976 PROVIDE A ROBUST TRAINING ON TOP 4720 03:03:09,976 --> 03:03:12,946 OF THE MENTORING AND IT WILL 4721 03:03:12,946 --> 03:03:14,214 EXPLAIN WHAT OTHER RESOURCES 4722 03:03:14,214 --> 03:03:16,416 THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCESS. 4723 03:03:16,416 --> 03:03:17,250 SO -- 4724 03:03:17,250 --> 03:03:18,451 >> BECAUSE THOSE PLACES HAVE 4725 03:03:18,451 --> 03:03:20,120 REALLY ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAMS 4726 03:03:20,120 --> 03:03:21,855 THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO 4727 03:03:21,855 --> 03:03:23,557 CONNECT WITH JUST AS A COMMENT. 4728 03:03:23,557 --> 03:03:30,897 >> THAT IS GREAT. 4729 03:03:30,897 --> 03:03:31,498 THANK YOU. 4730 03:03:31,498 --> 03:03:32,499 >> I DON'T SEE ANY FURTHER 4731 03:03:32,499 --> 03:03:32,732 HANDS. 4732 03:03:32,732 --> 03:03:36,503 I THINK WE CAN MOVE. 4733 03:03:36,503 --> 03:03:38,538 >> CAN I MAKE A MOTION? 4734 03:03:38,538 --> 03:03:41,341 >> YES, PLEASE DO. 4735 03:03:41,341 --> 03:03:41,641 >> SECOND. 4736 03:03:41,641 --> 03:03:43,710 >> AND THE MOTION WAS FOR 4737 03:03:43,710 --> 03:03:45,145 CONCURRENCE TO BE CLEAR. 4738 03:03:45,145 --> 03:03:45,512 >> YES. 4739 03:03:45,512 --> 03:03:45,779 >> OKAY. 4740 03:03:45,779 --> 03:03:55,188 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 4741 03:03:55,188 --> 03:04:01,461 LOOKING FOR ANY VOTES OF NON 4742 03:04:01,461 --> 03:04:01,828 CONCURRENCE. 4743 03:04:01,828 --> 03:04:06,466 >> IT APPEARS TO BE UNANIMOUS. 4744 03:04:06,466 --> 03:04:07,934 >> THANK YOU ALL AND THAT WRAPS 4745 03:04:07,934 --> 03:04:09,736 UP OUR BSA BUSINESS. 4746 03:04:09,736 --> 03:04:12,872 JOHN, BACK OVER TO YOU. 4747 03:04:12,872 --> 03:04:14,841 >> THE BOARD WILL NOW CONSIDER 4748 03:04:14,841 --> 03:04:18,378 ONGOING NEW BUSINESS. 4749 03:04:18,378 --> 03:04:20,747 THERE WERE TWO NATURAL CANCER 4750 03:04:20,747 --> 03:04:22,983 ADVISORY BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE 4751 03:04:22,983 --> 03:04:24,584 MEETINGS YESTERDAY. 4752 03:04:24,584 --> 03:04:27,721 THE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS WILL 4753 03:04:27,721 --> 03:04:28,989 GIVE THEIR REPORTS. 4754 03:04:28,989 --> 03:04:32,959 FIRST REPORT WILL BE GIVEN BY 4755 03:04:32,959 --> 03:04:34,361 DR. SUZANNE WHO IS CHAIR OF THE 4756 03:04:34,361 --> 03:04:39,833 SUB COMMITTEE ON CANCER CENTERS. 4757 03:04:39,833 --> 03:04:40,033 SUSAN? 4758 03:04:40,033 --> 03:04:40,967 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4759 03:04:40,967 --> 03:04:44,137 WE MET YESTERDAY FROM 1-2 P.M. 4760 03:04:44,137 --> 03:04:46,239 EASTERN STANDARD TIME BASED ON 4761 03:04:46,239 --> 03:04:47,073 THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD AT THE 4762 03:04:47,073 --> 03:04:52,345 LAST MEETING, WE HAD OTHERS 4763 03:04:52,345 --> 03:04:53,747 ADDRESS SEVERAL OF THE ISSUES 4764 03:04:53,747 --> 03:04:54,914 THAT I THINK WERE RAISED. 4765 03:04:54,914 --> 03:04:57,584 HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB. 4766 03:04:57,584 --> 03:04:59,286 THE ATTENDANCE WAS GREAT AND 4767 03:04:59,286 --> 03:05:01,154 GAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS. 4768 03:05:01,154 --> 03:05:04,691 ONE WAS AN UPDATE ON THE CANCER 4769 03:05:04,691 --> 03:05:05,258 CENTER PROGRAM SO TAKING US 4770 03:05:05,258 --> 03:05:09,529 THROUGH THE HISTORY OF SORT OF 4771 03:05:09,529 --> 03:05:12,565 HOW HE HELPED TO IMPLEMENT A 4772 03:05:12,565 --> 03:05:17,304 FUNDING STRATEGY THAT WOULD HELP 4773 03:05:17,304 --> 03:05:18,438 SUPPORT EQUITABLE REVIEW BASED 4774 03:05:18,438 --> 03:05:20,273 ON MERIT AND SLIDES OF CANCER 4775 03:05:20,273 --> 03:05:21,708 CENTER ON 3 PHASES THAT STARTED 4776 03:05:21,708 --> 03:05:25,111 IN 2016 AND BROUGHT US ALL THE 4777 03:05:25,111 --> 03:05:27,380 WAY UP TO TODAY WHERE HE'S NOW 4778 03:05:27,380 --> 03:05:33,153 FOCUSED OR WE ARE FOCUSED ON 4779 03:05:33,153 --> 03:05:35,355 THOSE NEW AREAS AND HISTORICALLY 4780 03:05:35,355 --> 03:05:39,192 BEEN UNDER FUNDED. 4781 03:05:39,192 --> 03:05:41,394 HE ALSO COVERED ANOTHER OFFICE 4782 03:05:41,394 --> 03:05:43,630 OF CANCER CENTER PRIORITY, WHICH 4783 03:05:43,630 --> 03:05:45,298 IS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF NEW 4784 03:05:45,298 --> 03:05:46,266 CANCER CENTERS. 4785 03:05:46,266 --> 03:05:50,603 THERE WAS REALLY A ROBUST 4786 03:05:50,603 --> 03:05:51,438 DISCUSSION BUT EQUALITY AND 4787 03:05:51,438 --> 03:05:53,173 QUANTITY AND MAKING SURE WE 4788 03:05:53,173 --> 03:05:55,709 PRESERVED THAT TO REFLECT THE 4789 03:05:55,709 --> 03:05:58,378 HIGH QUALITY OF WHAT GOES ON AT 4790 03:05:58,378 --> 03:06:04,984 NCI CENTERS AND REAFFIRMED THAT 4791 03:06:04,984 --> 03:06:05,285 COMMITMENT. 4792 03:06:05,285 --> 03:06:07,587 AND TALKED ABOUT THE REVIEW 4793 03:06:07,587 --> 03:06:08,221 PROCESS AND WHAT THE TRADEOFF IS 4794 03:06:08,221 --> 03:06:09,956 FOR THE INTENSITY OF THE REVIEW 4795 03:06:09,956 --> 03:06:13,193 PROCESS VERSUS MAKING SURE THAT 4796 03:06:13,193 --> 03:06:15,128 CANCER CENTERS GET TO SHOW THEIR 4797 03:06:15,128 --> 03:06:17,297 CANCER CENTER NATURE, ET CETERA 4798 03:06:17,297 --> 03:06:20,500 AND WHY WE'RE KIND OF USING 4799 03:06:20,500 --> 03:06:23,036 REVIEW PROCESS WE CURRENTLY 4800 03:06:23,036 --> 03:06:24,637 HAVE. 4801 03:06:24,637 --> 03:06:25,839 AND THEN WE TOUCHED ON 4802 03:06:25,839 --> 03:06:28,441 SUPPLEMENT AND THE VALUE THAT 4803 03:06:28,441 --> 03:06:30,744 THIS RELATIVELY LOW COST 4804 03:06:30,744 --> 03:06:32,479 INVESTMENT HAS HAD IN TERMS OF 4805 03:06:32,479 --> 03:06:34,647 BEING ABLE TO SHIFT CANCER 4806 03:06:34,647 --> 03:06:36,916 CENTERS TO ALSO ALIGN WITH NCI'S 4807 03:06:36,916 --> 03:06:37,550 PRIORITIES. 4808 03:06:37,550 --> 03:06:40,754 THAT'S TYPICALLY DONE IN 4809 03:06:40,754 --> 03:06:41,855 COLLABORATION WITH SOME OF THE 4810 03:06:41,855 --> 03:06:43,823 DIVISIONS OFFICES AND CENTERS AT 4811 03:06:43,823 --> 03:06:45,425 NCI AND HE WOULD LOVE TO SEE 4812 03:06:45,425 --> 03:06:48,228 THAT CONTINUE, BUT ALSO 4813 03:06:48,228 --> 03:06:50,029 POTENTIALLY TO HAVE THE OFFICE 4814 03:06:50,029 --> 03:06:51,564 OF CANS CENTERS HAVE A POOL OF 4815 03:06:51,564 --> 03:06:54,801 FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE 4816 03:06:54,801 --> 03:06:55,568 SUPPLEMENTS ON THEIR OWN. 4817 03:06:55,568 --> 03:06:57,604 SO THAT WAS THE FIRST 4818 03:06:57,604 --> 03:06:57,937 PRESENTATION. 4819 03:06:57,937 --> 03:07:01,741 THE SECOND PRESENTATION WE 4820 03:07:01,741 --> 03:07:02,642 TALKED ABOUT, REVISION OF THE 4821 03:07:02,642 --> 03:07:04,611 UPCOMING CCSG GUIDELINES AND 4822 03:07:04,611 --> 03:07:07,313 FOCUS ON A FEW KEY AREAS. 4823 03:07:07,313 --> 03:07:10,283 ONE IS PED, THE NEWEST AREA. 4824 03:07:10,283 --> 03:07:13,086 HE REVIEWED HOW THE FIRST 20 4825 03:07:13,086 --> 03:07:16,055 HAVE GONE AND SOME OF THE 4826 03:07:16,055 --> 03:07:17,857 LESSONS LEARNED AND BASED ON THE 4827 03:07:17,857 --> 03:07:18,992 FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION WE HAD 4828 03:07:18,992 --> 03:07:22,962 IN HIS OWN THINKING, HE TALKED 4829 03:07:22,962 --> 03:07:25,698 ABOUT AREAS WHERE HE IS GOING 4830 03:07:25,698 --> 03:07:28,234 TO -- WHERE THE GUIDELINES WILL 4831 03:07:28,234 --> 03:07:29,636 CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE SOME 4832 03:07:29,636 --> 03:07:31,104 OF THE EXPECTATIONS, INCLUDING 4833 03:07:31,104 --> 03:07:34,607 BASELINE DIVERSITY OF DATA FOR 4834 03:07:34,607 --> 03:07:38,044 CANCER CENTERS AND TALKING ABOUT 4835 03:07:38,044 --> 03:07:40,547 THE INTERSECTION OF [ INAUDIBLE 4836 03:07:40,547 --> 03:07:42,081 AND HOW WE ARE INVOLVING STAFF 4837 03:07:42,081 --> 03:07:45,785 IN THE DIVERSITY ASSESSMENT OF 4838 03:07:45,785 --> 03:07:46,352 THE CENTER. 4839 03:07:46,352 --> 03:07:50,323 AND INCORPORATE PED INITIATIVES 4840 03:07:50,323 --> 03:07:51,758 INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 4841 03:07:51,758 --> 03:07:54,627 AND TALKED ABOUT CLARIFYING 4842 03:07:54,627 --> 03:07:58,865 TERMINOLOGY, BOTH FOR CANCER 4843 03:07:58,865 --> 03:08:00,333 CENTERS AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE 4844 03:08:00,333 --> 03:08:02,402 TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT DIFFERENT 4845 03:08:02,402 --> 03:08:04,270 AREAS WITHIN CCSG APPLICATIONS 4846 03:08:04,270 --> 03:08:06,739 THAT MAY SOUND SIMILAR LIKE PED 4847 03:08:06,739 --> 03:08:09,509 AND COE. 4848 03:08:09,509 --> 03:08:10,810 FOR ANSWER TECH THERE WAS A 4849 03:08:10,810 --> 03:08:12,645 DISCUSSION ABOUT ARE WE READ TOW 4850 03:08:12,645 --> 03:08:18,017 EXPAND TO A 12-PAGE SECTION? 4851 03:08:18,017 --> 03:08:20,520 THERE WAS NOW THE GENERAL 4852 03:08:20,520 --> 03:08:20,787 CONSENSUS. 4853 03:08:20,787 --> 03:08:23,289 OUR GROUP WAS NO, WE HAVE ENOUGH 4854 03:08:23,289 --> 03:08:23,656 PAGES. 4855 03:08:23,656 --> 03:08:26,493 SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE LEFT 4856 03:08:26,493 --> 03:08:26,693 THAT. 4857 03:08:26,693 --> 03:08:28,228 THERE WAS DISCUSSION REGARDING 4858 03:08:28,228 --> 03:08:31,231 COE AND REALLY ACKNOWLEDGING 4859 03:08:31,231 --> 03:08:33,366 THAT A CURRENT STATE IS UNDER 4860 03:08:33,366 --> 03:08:37,704 FUNDED AND HOW WE CAN SORT OF 4861 03:08:37,704 --> 03:08:39,506 BETTER SUPPORT WHAT IS REALLY A 4862 03:08:39,506 --> 03:08:40,340 CROSSCUTTING INITIATIVE ACROSS 4863 03:08:40,340 --> 03:08:42,642 ALL THE CANCER CENTERS. 4864 03:08:42,642 --> 03:08:45,778 WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF -- WE HAD 4865 03:08:45,778 --> 03:08:47,780 A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT CANCER 4866 03:08:47,780 --> 03:08:48,948 CENTERS AND THE ISSUES THAT CAME 4867 03:08:48,948 --> 03:08:54,053 UP LAST TIME IN OUR MEETING 4868 03:08:54,053 --> 03:08:55,121 ACCEPTING MEDICAID AND IT WAS 4869 03:08:55,121 --> 03:08:57,891 NICE TO HAVE PEOPLE'S INPUT FROM 4870 03:08:57,891 --> 03:09:00,860 ALL DIRECTIONS, WHICH IS OF 4871 03:09:00,860 --> 03:09:02,295 COURSE WE WANT TO SERVE THE 4872 03:09:02,295 --> 03:09:04,397 UNDERSERVED BUT ALSO HAVE TO 4873 03:09:04,397 --> 03:09:08,801 THINK ABOUT THAT THE CCSC ASK A 4874 03:09:08,801 --> 03:09:09,802 RESEARCH-FOCUSED GRANT WHICH MAY 4875 03:09:09,802 --> 03:09:12,972 LIMIT WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO 4876 03:09:12,972 --> 03:09:14,841 MANDATE PLUS THE CONSIDERATIONS 4877 03:09:14,841 --> 03:09:16,476 THAT SEVERAL CENTER DIRECTORS 4878 03:09:16,476 --> 03:09:18,077 BROUGHT UP OF UNIQUE 4879 03:09:18,077 --> 03:09:19,212 CIRCUMSTANCES IN THEIR STATE. 4880 03:09:19,212 --> 03:09:20,813 AND ONE PLACE WHERE WE LANDED 4881 03:09:20,813 --> 03:09:25,285 THAT WE THOUGHT WAS KIND OF A 4882 03:09:25,285 --> 03:09:27,954 GOOD INTERSECTION WAS CLINICAL 4883 03:09:27,954 --> 03:09:31,824 TRIALS AND HOW DO WE SUPPORT 4884 03:09:31,824 --> 03:09:33,826 PATIENTS WHO ARE INSURED BY 4885 03:09:33,826 --> 03:09:37,063 MEDICAID WITHIN CLINICAL TRIALS 4886 03:09:37,063 --> 03:09:38,331 WHICH FELT A LITTLE MORE IN 4887 03:09:38,331 --> 03:09:42,936 SCOPE OF CCSC GIVEN OUR FOCUS ON 4888 03:09:42,936 --> 03:09:44,938 RESEARCH THAT IS THERAPEUTIC 4889 03:09:44,938 --> 03:09:45,705 CLINICAL TRIALS. 4890 03:09:45,705 --> 03:09:50,643 AND THEN, JUST TO CONCLUDE, THE 4891 03:09:50,643 --> 03:09:51,277 NCAB OFFERED SUPPORT IN WHATEVER 4892 03:09:51,277 --> 03:09:53,179 WAY IS HELPFUL AND ALLOWABLE. 4893 03:09:53,179 --> 03:09:55,949 WE ALL HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT THE 4894 03:09:55,949 --> 03:09:58,751 UPDATES FOR THE GUIDELINES AND 4895 03:09:58,751 --> 03:09:59,586 WORKING WITHIN WHATEVER 4896 03:09:59,586 --> 03:09:59,919 PARAMETERS. 4897 03:09:59,919 --> 03:10:01,387 THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE 4898 03:10:01,387 --> 03:10:03,089 TO CONTINUE TO DO AND THEN THERE 4899 03:10:03,089 --> 03:10:06,059 WAS ALSO A GOOD SUGGESTION WHICH 4900 03:10:06,059 --> 03:10:07,427 HENRY SAID HE WOULD LOOK INTO, 4901 03:10:07,427 --> 03:10:10,396 WHICH IS POTENTIALLY, COULD WE 4902 03:10:10,396 --> 03:10:12,966 GET FURTHER COMMENTS LIKE PUBLIC 4903 03:10:12,966 --> 03:10:14,634 COMMENT ISN'T THE RIGHT WORD BUT 4904 03:10:14,634 --> 03:10:16,135 A PROCESS WHERE SOME OF THE NEW 4905 03:10:16,135 --> 03:10:18,938 CONCEPTS ARE VETTED IN A BROADER 4906 03:10:18,938 --> 03:10:20,707 SETTING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 4907 03:10:20,707 --> 03:10:21,040 STAKEHOLDERS. 4908 03:10:21,040 --> 03:10:26,646 AND THAT WAS IT. 4909 03:10:26,646 --> 03:10:30,416 >> THANK YOU, SUSAN. 4910 03:10:30,416 --> 03:10:40,426 IT WAS A GREAT MEETING. 4911 03:10:40,426 --> 03:10:41,894 SO NOW THE MEMBERS WILL NOW VOTE 4912 03:10:41,894 --> 03:10:43,396 TO ACCEPT SUSAN'S REPORT. 4913 03:10:43,396 --> 03:10:44,797 IS THERE A MOTION? 4914 03:10:44,797 --> 03:10:45,431 >> SO MOVED. 4915 03:10:45,431 --> 03:10:47,767 >> SO MOVED. 4916 03:10:47,767 --> 03:10:49,469 >> SECOND. 4917 03:10:49,469 --> 03:10:50,503 >> SECOND. 4918 03:10:50,503 --> 03:10:50,803 >> GREAT. 4919 03:10:50,803 --> 03:10:53,906 SHOULD WE NOW NEED A VOTE? 4920 03:10:53,906 --> 03:10:56,309 I'LL FIRST ASK ARE THERE ANY 4921 03:10:56,309 --> 03:10:56,676 NAYs? 4922 03:10:56,676 --> 03:10:59,545 OR ABSTENTIONS? 4923 03:10:59,545 --> 03:11:02,949 THERE BEING NONE, I THINK IT'S 4924 03:11:02,949 --> 03:11:04,951 UNANIMOUS. 4925 03:11:04,951 --> 03:11:05,952 >> UNANIMOUS. 4926 03:11:05,952 --> 03:11:07,120 >> SO THE NEXT SUBCOMMITTEE 4927 03:11:07,120 --> 03:11:09,322 REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY 4928 03:11:09,322 --> 03:11:11,691 THE CHAIR OF THE AD-HOC SUB 4929 03:11:11,691 --> 03:11:13,960 COMMITTEE ON EXPERIMENTAL 4930 03:11:13,960 --> 03:11:17,830 THERAPEUTICS. 4931 03:11:17,830 --> 03:11:19,198 RICHARD? 4932 03:11:19,198 --> 03:11:20,033 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4933 03:11:20,033 --> 03:11:21,501 THIS AD-HOC SUBCOMMITTEE WAS 4934 03:11:21,501 --> 03:11:25,204 ESTABLISHED IN 2006 WITH A 4935 03:11:25,204 --> 03:11:28,107 SPECIFIC MISSION AND WITH A 4936 03:11:28,107 --> 03:11:29,609 PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND THEN 4937 03:11:29,609 --> 03:11:31,778 DIDN'T MEET FOR YEARS, FOR NINE 4938 03:11:31,778 --> 03:11:32,045 YEARS. 4939 03:11:32,045 --> 03:11:34,213 BUT RECENTLY OVER THE LAST FEW 4940 03:11:34,213 --> 03:11:37,650 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT MORE 4941 03:11:37,650 --> 03:11:39,118 INTEREST IN EXPERIMENTAL 4942 03:11:39,118 --> 03:11:42,021 THERAPEUTICS AND WHAT I DID IN 4943 03:11:42,021 --> 03:11:43,923 ORDER TO EVALUATE WHAT HAS 4944 03:11:43,923 --> 03:11:45,425 HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND WHAT 4945 03:11:45,425 --> 03:11:48,528 HAS BEEN GOING ON, WE READ THE 4946 03:11:48,528 --> 03:11:53,366 FOUR YEARS OF NOTES AND MINUTES 4947 03:11:53,366 --> 03:11:56,803 AND THEN ASKED THE DOCTOR TO 4948 03:11:56,803 --> 03:11:57,670 RESPOND TO THE DIFFERENT 4949 03:11:57,670 --> 03:11:59,706 REQUESTS THE COMMITTEE HAD MADE. 4950 03:11:59,706 --> 03:12:03,176 NOW THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE 4951 03:12:03,176 --> 03:12:07,580 YESTERDAY HAD 100% PARTICIPATION 4952 03:12:07,580 --> 03:12:08,948 OF THE MEMBERS WHICH 4953 03:12:08,948 --> 03:12:09,582 DEMONSTRATED THEIR COMMITMENT 4954 03:12:09,582 --> 03:12:11,751 AND ALSO INTEREST AND I THINK 4955 03:12:11,751 --> 03:12:15,254 THIS WILL GO VERY VALUABLE AS WE 4956 03:12:15,254 --> 03:12:16,589 GO FORWARD. 4957 03:12:16,589 --> 03:12:18,291 SO THEN THE DOCTOR GAVE A VERY 4958 03:12:18,291 --> 03:12:19,926 ROBUST REVIEW OF THE 4959 03:12:19,926 --> 03:12:22,528 DEVELOPMENTAL OF THERAPEUTICS 4960 03:12:22,528 --> 03:12:23,162 PROGRAM. 4961 03:12:23,162 --> 03:12:24,764 OUTLINING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF 4962 03:12:24,764 --> 03:12:27,333 THE ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM THAT 4963 03:12:27,333 --> 03:12:28,568 ANSWERED SPECIFICALLY THE 4964 03:12:28,568 --> 03:12:29,535 QUESTIONS OVER THE LAST FOUR 4965 03:12:29,535 --> 03:12:32,171 YEARS AND PARTICULARLY LAST 4966 03:12:32,171 --> 03:12:34,040 COUPLE OF YEARS THAT THE MEMBERS 4967 03:12:34,040 --> 03:12:36,042 REQUESTED AND SO THEREFORE THE 4968 03:12:36,042 --> 03:12:39,378 NCAB MEMBERS ON THIS COMMITTEE 4969 03:12:39,378 --> 03:12:42,615 ARE HAVING IMPACT AND INPUT BOTH 4970 03:12:42,615 --> 03:12:49,722 OF WHICH WERE GREATLY 4971 03:12:49,722 --> 03:12:50,022 APPRECIATED. 4972 03:12:50,022 --> 03:12:54,026 AND SPECIFICALLY THE DOCTOR 4973 03:12:54,026 --> 03:12:56,262 HIGHLIGHTED COMPLIMENTS 4974 03:12:56,262 --> 03:12:58,264 ACROSS -- IT WAS INTERESTED BY 4975 03:12:58,264 --> 03:12:59,298 THE SUBCOMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY 4976 03:12:59,298 --> 03:13:02,101 CELL THERAPY, CONDUCTING SMALL 4977 03:13:02,101 --> 03:13:03,836 TRIALS AND RATIONAL DRUG 4978 03:13:03,836 --> 03:13:06,606 DISCOVERY AS WELL AS SUPPORTING 4979 03:13:06,606 --> 03:13:09,208 TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING. 4980 03:13:09,208 --> 03:13:12,678 AND SO THE SUBCOMMITTEE WAS VERY 4981 03:13:12,678 --> 03:13:23,156 APPRECIATIVE OF THE EFFORTS. 4982 03:13:23,156 --> 03:13:26,325 OTHER DOCTORS GAVE SOME VERY 4983 03:13:26,325 --> 03:13:26,959 IMPORTANT DISCUSSION POINTS AND 4984 03:13:26,959 --> 03:13:31,030 THESE WERE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND 4985 03:13:31,030 --> 03:13:31,898 WE'LL REPORT BACK. 4986 03:13:31,898 --> 03:13:34,901 I THINK THE MAIN THING THAT -- 4987 03:13:34,901 --> 03:13:45,378 ONE OTHER THING IS THAT EYE 4988 03:13:50,082 --> 03:13:50,650 CHEAP CAME ACROSS OF INTERACTION 4989 03:13:50,650 --> 03:13:54,086 WITH THE FDA AND THEN DR. DORE 4990 03:13:54,086 --> 03:13:58,925 SHAW, JIM GAVE A DESCRIPTION -- 4991 03:13:58,925 --> 03:13:59,625 DOROSHOW -- OF THE FACT THAT 4992 03:13:59,625 --> 03:14:03,529 THIS GOES ON COMMONLY SO IT GAVE 4993 03:14:03,529 --> 03:14:05,364 THE COMMITTEE THE FEELING THAT 4994 03:14:05,364 --> 03:14:07,767 ONCE AGAIN THEIR THOUGHTS AND 4995 03:14:07,767 --> 03:14:13,339 THEIR IDEAS WERE BEING ACTED 4996 03:14:13,339 --> 03:14:13,840 UPON AND HAVING IMPACT. 4997 03:14:13,840 --> 03:14:20,546 AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WE 4998 03:14:20,546 --> 03:14:22,348 DECIDED WE THOUGHT THE MISSION 4999 03:14:22,348 --> 03:14:24,617 NEEDED UPGRADING THROUGH 2023. 5000 03:14:24,617 --> 03:14:32,158 WE DECIDED TO DO, WITH THE HELP 5001 03:14:32,158 --> 03:14:35,995 OF THE NCI STAFF, CREATE A NEW 5002 03:14:35,995 --> 03:14:37,530 MISSION FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND 5003 03:14:37,530 --> 03:14:40,900 THEN AFTER WORKING ON IT OVER 5004 03:14:40,900 --> 03:14:42,501 THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, PRESENT IT 5005 03:14:42,501 --> 03:14:47,673 TO THE COMMITTEE, TO THE NCAB 5006 03:14:47,673 --> 03:14:50,910 FOR APPROVAL. 5007 03:14:50,910 --> 03:14:53,145 SO I THINK THE INTEREST AND 5008 03:14:53,145 --> 03:14:59,986 ENTHUSIASM FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE 5009 03:14:59,986 --> 03:15:01,487 IS IN VIG RATED AND WORKING WITH 5010 03:15:01,487 --> 03:15:04,257 THE NCI STAFF CAREFULLY AND 5011 03:15:04,257 --> 03:15:04,924 CLOSELY. 5012 03:15:04,924 --> 03:15:08,594 SO THANK YOU. 5013 03:15:08,594 --> 03:15:10,263 >> THANK YOU. 5014 03:15:10,263 --> 03:15:13,065 CAN THE N CAT MEMBERS NEED TO 5015 03:15:13,065 --> 03:15:14,767 VOTE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT. 5016 03:15:14,767 --> 03:15:20,039 IS THERE A MOTION? 5017 03:15:20,039 --> 03:15:23,109 >> I MOVE APPROVAL. 5018 03:15:23,109 --> 03:15:26,212 >> SECOND? 5019 03:15:26,212 --> 03:15:26,913 >> SECOND. 5020 03:15:26,913 --> 03:15:29,181 >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 5021 03:15:29,181 --> 03:15:30,750 IF NOT WE SHOULD VOTE. 5022 03:15:30,750 --> 03:15:36,088 I WILL ASK, ARE THERE ANY NAY 5023 03:15:36,088 --> 03:15:37,323 NAYs? 5024 03:15:37,323 --> 03:15:37,690 ABSTENTIONS? 5025 03:15:37,690 --> 03:15:40,660 >> IT'S UNANIMOUS. 5026 03:15:40,660 --> 03:15:41,527 >> THANK YOU. 5027 03:15:41,527 --> 03:15:44,363 WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OTHER 5028 03:15:44,363 --> 03:15:44,797 BUSINESS. 5029 03:15:44,797 --> 03:15:46,232 A FEW BULLET POINTS HERE. 5030 03:15:46,232 --> 03:15:49,402 THE ANNUAL BSA CONCEPT REVIEW 5031 03:15:49,402 --> 03:15:50,836 REPORT IS POSTED ON THE MEMBERS 5032 03:15:50,836 --> 03:15:52,104 ONLY WEBSITE. 5033 03:15:52,104 --> 03:15:54,106 AND AS REQUESTED PRIOR YEARS OF 5034 03:15:54,106 --> 03:15:56,108 THE REPORT, HAVE BEEN ARCHIVED 5035 03:15:56,108 --> 03:15:59,378 SO YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE 5036 03:15:59,378 --> 03:16:00,613 AS WELL. 5037 03:16:00,613 --> 03:16:01,847 I'LL NOW ASK THE BOARDS, ARE 5038 03:16:01,847 --> 03:16:03,950 THERE OTHER THOUGHTS, ISSUES, 5039 03:16:03,950 --> 03:16:05,484 CONCERNS, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT 5040 03:16:05,484 --> 03:16:09,355 ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE TODAY 5041 03:16:09,355 --> 03:16:12,491 WITH THE BOARDS OR WITH THE NCI 5042 03:16:12,491 --> 03:16:18,698 THAT MIGHT CONSIDER FURTHER 5043 03:16:18,698 --> 03:16:19,966 DISCUSSION? 5044 03:16:19,966 --> 03:16:20,633 RICHARD IS YOUR HAND UP? 5045 03:16:20,633 --> 03:16:22,001 >> YES, IT IS. 5046 03:16:22,001 --> 03:16:22,301 THANK YOU. 5047 03:16:22,301 --> 03:16:25,137 >> THIS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE BUT 5048 03:16:25,137 --> 03:16:26,605 THIS ECHOS ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES 5049 03:16:26,605 --> 03:16:28,074 WHOA MENTIONED IT EARLIER WHICH 5050 03:16:28,074 --> 03:16:31,978 IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING IS VERY 5051 03:16:31,978 --> 03:16:35,348 VALUABLE, I THINK, IN CREATING 5052 03:16:35,348 --> 03:16:37,383 INTERACTION AND DISCUSSION, 5053 03:16:37,383 --> 03:16:37,984 CAMARADERIE. 5054 03:16:37,984 --> 03:16:40,486 AND I KNOW THAT WE OBVIOUSLY 5055 03:16:40,486 --> 03:16:41,687 THIS IS VIRTUAL. 5056 03:16:41,687 --> 03:16:43,522 IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN-PERSON. 5057 03:16:43,522 --> 03:16:45,958 THE NEXT IN-PERSON IS IN JUNE. 5058 03:16:45,958 --> 03:16:48,761 AND I WAS WONDERING IF IT IS 5059 03:16:48,761 --> 03:16:51,163 POSSIBLE THAT MAYBE THE FEBRUARY 5060 03:16:51,163 --> 03:16:52,965 MEETING WOULD BE IN-PERSON SO WE 5061 03:16:52,965 --> 03:16:57,036 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF 5062 03:16:57,036 --> 03:16:58,104 INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER IN 5063 03:16:58,104 --> 03:17:04,844 THE SAME ROOM? 5064 03:17:04,844 --> 03:17:05,578 >> I PRESUME THAT QUESTION IS 5065 03:17:05,578 --> 03:17:15,855 DIRECTED TO ME. 5066 03:17:16,188 --> 03:17:18,257 THE WEATHER MAY NOT -- IT 5067 03:17:18,257 --> 03:17:22,395 PROBABLY WILL NOT BE CONDUCIVE. 5068 03:17:22,395 --> 03:17:29,201 SO, WITH COVID BECAME AN ISSUE, 5069 03:17:29,201 --> 03:17:30,603 IT WASN'T DIFFICULT FOR NCI TO 5070 03:17:30,603 --> 03:17:32,038 TRANSITION SINCE WE HAVE BEEN 5071 03:17:32,038 --> 03:17:36,509 DOING VIRTUALLY FOR YEARS. 5072 03:17:36,509 --> 03:17:40,179 SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL SAY NO, 5073 03:17:40,179 --> 03:17:43,282 THERE WILL NOT BE A FACE-TO-FACE 5074 03:17:43,282 --> 03:17:43,849 MEETING. 5075 03:17:43,849 --> 03:17:45,117 >> THANKS, PAULET. 5076 03:17:45,117 --> 03:17:49,388 I WOULD SAY MY OWN EXPERIENCE IS 5077 03:17:49,388 --> 03:17:53,826 TO NOT GO EAST BETWEEN JANUARY 5078 03:17:53,826 --> 03:17:59,565 AND MAY. 5079 03:17:59,565 --> 03:18:02,334 SO I WOULD AGREE BUT I ALSO 5080 03:18:02,334 --> 03:18:04,103 AGREE WITH RICHARD THAT 5081 03:18:04,103 --> 03:18:05,805 FACE-TO-FACE IN-PERSON MEETINGS, 5082 03:18:05,805 --> 03:18:07,306 THERE IS IT A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC 5083 03:18:07,306 --> 03:18:09,008 AND A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF 5084 03:18:09,008 --> 03:18:10,376 EFFECTIVENESS SOMETIMES. 5085 03:18:10,376 --> 03:18:10,676 SO I AGREE. 5086 03:18:10,676 --> 03:18:14,213 I THINK WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND 5087 03:18:14,213 --> 03:18:14,413 CLEAR. 5088 03:18:14,413 --> 03:18:20,286 >> AND I AGREE WITH RICHARD 5089 03:18:20,286 --> 03:18:20,786 ALSO. 5090 03:18:20,786 --> 03:18:21,454 JUST NOT IN FEBRUARY. 5091 03:18:21,454 --> 03:18:24,123 >> WE CAN AGREE WITH EACH OTHER 5092 03:18:24,123 --> 03:18:26,392 BUT FLOTIN THE SAME ZIP CODE. 5093 03:18:26,392 --> 03:18:29,061 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 5094 03:18:29,061 --> 03:18:31,263 >> I APOLOGIZE. 5095 03:18:31,263 --> 03:18:33,132 MY HAND RAISE DOESN'T WORK VERY 5096 03:18:33,132 --> 03:18:33,666 WELL. 5097 03:18:33,666 --> 03:18:36,936 I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST, TO THE 5098 03:18:36,936 --> 03:18:40,406 NCAB THAT WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT 5099 03:18:40,406 --> 03:18:42,708 INVITING -- TO GIVE A TALK FOR 5100 03:18:42,708 --> 03:18:44,410 US BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OVER THE 5101 03:18:44,410 --> 03:18:45,878 YEARS, AND JIM SPOKE TO IT AT 5102 03:18:45,878 --> 03:18:49,849 OUR MEETING, AS RICHARD POINTED 5103 03:18:49,849 --> 03:18:51,750 OUT, WE HAVE A CLOSE WORKING 5104 03:18:51,750 --> 03:18:54,620 RELATIONSHIP WITH FDA AND HE 5105 03:18:54,620 --> 03:18:56,388 USED TO COME TO THIS BOARD 5106 03:18:56,388 --> 03:18:57,389 MEETING ALL THE TIME BECAUSE HE 5107 03:18:57,389 --> 03:19:00,626 IS AN AD-HOC MEMBER. 5108 03:19:00,626 --> 03:19:02,061 I SUSPECT PAULET, I DON'T KNOW 5109 03:19:02,061 --> 03:19:04,630 IF HE IS STILL AN AD-HOC MEMBER. 5110 03:19:04,630 --> 03:19:05,898 >> HE IS. 5111 03:19:05,898 --> 03:19:10,302 >> -- TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE 5112 03:19:10,302 --> 03:19:12,271 ARE WE IN THE CANCER 5113 03:19:12,271 --> 03:19:13,072 THERAPEUTICS SPACE. 5114 03:19:13,072 --> 03:19:15,708 I THINK HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO 5115 03:19:15,708 --> 03:19:15,875 IT. 5116 03:19:15,875 --> 03:19:17,977 I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING 5117 03:19:17,977 --> 03:19:19,345 TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT 5118 03:19:19,345 --> 03:19:22,214 WHERE HE SEES THE FIELD GOING 5119 03:19:22,214 --> 03:19:23,682 AND HE'S GOT HIS HANDS FULL AT 5120 03:19:23,682 --> 03:19:25,317 THE MOMENT BUT I THINK HE WOULD 5121 03:19:25,317 --> 03:19:27,720 BE VERY HAPPY TO DO IT. 5122 03:19:27,720 --> 03:19:31,524 >> I HAVE THAT ON MY -- 5123 03:19:31,524 --> 03:19:33,592 >> YOU DEFINITELY JUMPED FORWARD 5124 03:19:33,592 --> 03:19:37,930 AND A GOOD SEGUE TO FUTURE 5125 03:19:37,930 --> 03:19:39,331 AGENDA ITEMS. 5126 03:19:39,331 --> 03:19:41,567 ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ANYONE 5127 03:19:41,567 --> 03:19:43,369 WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDRESSEDDED? 5128 03:19:43,369 --> 03:19:43,969 >> ABOUT A YEAR AGO WE WERE 5129 03:19:43,969 --> 03:19:46,071 TALKING ABOUT THE CLINICAL 5130 03:19:46,071 --> 03:19:50,476 TRIALS ACCELERATOR AND IT WOULD 5131 03:19:50,476 --> 03:19:51,076 BE GREAT TO HEAR AN UPDATE IF 5132 03:19:51,076 --> 03:19:52,278 THAT GOT STARTED AND WHAT IS 5133 03:19:52,278 --> 03:19:58,450 HAPPENING WITH THAT. 5134 03:19:58,450 --> 03:20:04,557 JUST AN IDEA. 5135 03:20:04,557 --> 03:20:07,326 >> FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, GIVEN 5136 03:20:07,326 --> 03:20:11,030 THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT -- I DO 5137 03:20:11,030 --> 03:20:12,831 REMEMBER WE HAD A CONVERSATION 5138 03:20:12,831 --> 03:20:17,903 ABOUT WHAT COULD WE DO AS A 5139 03:20:17,903 --> 03:20:21,207 BOARD REPORTS TO ASSIST ON THE 5140 03:20:21,207 --> 03:20:22,341 NCI? 5141 03:20:22,341 --> 03:20:23,042 BEYOND THE MEETINGS. 5142 03:20:23,042 --> 03:20:25,544 AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO BE VERY 5143 03:20:25,544 --> 03:20:25,778 CAREFUL. 5144 03:20:25,778 --> 03:20:27,513 WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH PAUL 5145 03:20:27,513 --> 03:20:34,620 THE TO MAKE SURE WE VET WHATEVER 5146 03:20:34,620 --> 03:20:34,954 THAT MIGHT BE. 5147 03:20:34,954 --> 03:20:35,654 I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE 5148 03:20:35,654 --> 03:20:38,057 HAVE TO FOLLOW-UP ON AND I'LL 5149 03:20:38,057 --> 03:20:40,025 TAKE IT UPON MYSELF TO ENGAGE 5150 03:20:40,025 --> 03:20:41,760 WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS JUST TO 5151 03:20:41,760 --> 03:20:47,166 SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN 5152 03:20:47,166 --> 03:20:50,069 DO. 5153 03:20:50,069 --> 03:20:50,936 HOWARD? 5154 03:20:50,936 --> 03:20:52,171 >> I THINK TWO THINGS WOULD HELP 5155 03:20:52,171 --> 03:20:56,508 THE COMMUNITY WORKING IN 5156 03:20:56,508 --> 03:20:59,011 ONCOLOGY AND CELL THERAPIES. 5157 03:20:59,011 --> 03:21:01,080 ONE IS ANY EXPERIENCES THAT CAN 5158 03:21:01,080 --> 03:21:05,517 BE SHARED FROM THE ORGANOID WORK 5159 03:21:05,517 --> 03:21:06,852 THAT IS ONGOING. 5160 03:21:06,852 --> 03:21:09,188 I HEARD OF SOME SPONSORS BEING 5161 03:21:09,188 --> 03:21:11,023 ABLE TO DO ORGANOID STUDIES AND 5162 03:21:11,023 --> 03:21:13,325 BY PASS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY OF 5163 03:21:13,325 --> 03:21:19,531 USING IRRELEVANT MOUSE MODELS. 5164 03:21:19,531 --> 03:21:23,369 AS A WAY TO HELP JUSTIFY A 5165 03:21:23,369 --> 03:21:26,338 SUCCESSFUL IND. 5166 03:21:26,338 --> 03:21:27,373 SO, HAVING US LEARN MORE ABOUT 5167 03:21:27,373 --> 03:21:28,407 THAT WOULD BE USEFUL. 5168 03:21:28,407 --> 03:21:30,409 THE OTHER IS, ANY PROGRESS THAT 5169 03:21:30,409 --> 03:21:36,515 IS SIMILARLY FROM THE MOONSHOT 5170 03:21:36,515 --> 03:21:42,221 PROGRAM ON BIOMARKERS THAT GARY 5171 03:21:42,221 --> 03:21:43,122 KELLOGG HAS BEEN RUNNING. 5172 03:21:43,122 --> 03:21:45,124 I SUGGESTED SPECIFIC TO IMMUNE 5173 03:21:45,124 --> 03:21:46,158 ONCOLOGY. 5174 03:21:46,158 --> 03:21:46,992 THEY ARE JUST STARTING THE 5175 03:21:46,992 --> 03:21:48,027 PUBLISHED WORK. 5176 03:21:48,027 --> 03:21:51,764 WE HAVE HAD ONE TALK FROM HELEN 5177 03:21:51,764 --> 03:21:53,732 CHEN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO BUT 5178 03:21:53,732 --> 03:21:55,434 THERE HAS BEEN 3 PUBLICATIONS 5179 03:21:55,434 --> 03:22:01,440 SINCE THEN THAT HAVE COME OUT 5180 03:22:01,440 --> 03:22:03,742 MORE COMING AND OTHERS MAY BE 5181 03:22:03,742 --> 03:22:08,647 AWARE OF. 5182 03:22:08,647 --> 03:22:11,417 I'M INTERESTED WORK ON MDSCs 5183 03:22:11,417 --> 03:22:15,587 THAT CAN BE MONITORED FOR RESIST 5184 03:22:15,587 --> 03:22:16,255 EBBS USING TECHNOLOGIES. 5185 03:22:16,255 --> 03:22:19,058 THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. 5186 03:22:19,058 --> 03:22:19,692 THERE WERE MANY AT THE MEETING 5187 03:22:19,692 --> 03:22:23,395 JUST A MONTH AGO. 5188 03:22:23,395 --> 03:22:25,531 AND I THINK MAYBE THEY WOULD BE 5189 03:22:25,531 --> 03:22:26,265 REALLY HELPFUL. 5190 03:22:26,265 --> 03:22:34,807 >> OKAY, WE HAVE IT. 5191 03:22:34,807 --> 03:22:35,574 >> THANK YOU. 5192 03:22:35,574 --> 03:22:38,010 >> I'M SORRY. 5193 03:22:38,010 --> 03:22:39,445 >> I THINK I HAD MY HAND UP 5194 03:22:39,445 --> 03:22:42,614 FIRST BUT GO AHEAD. 5195 03:22:42,614 --> 03:22:43,082 >> YOU GO FIRST. 5196 03:22:43,082 --> 03:22:43,349 >> OKAY. 5197 03:22:43,349 --> 03:22:45,684 I'LL TRY TO KEEP MINE QUICK. 5198 03:22:45,684 --> 03:22:47,653 SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 5199 03:22:47,653 --> 03:22:49,822 NOTICED IS THAT CANCER CENTERS 5200 03:22:49,822 --> 03:22:50,756 SEEM TO BE MORE AND MORE 5201 03:22:50,756 --> 03:22:51,623 ENCOURAGED TO INFLUENCE POLICY 5202 03:22:51,623 --> 03:22:53,025 AND I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION 5203 03:22:53,025 --> 03:22:55,160 IN THIS GROUP EARLIER TODAY 5204 03:22:55,160 --> 03:22:58,564 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF POLICY 5205 03:22:58,564 --> 03:23:00,699 AROUND ACCESS TO LUNG CANCER 5206 03:23:00,699 --> 03:23:01,700 SCREENING AND I THINK IT WOULD 5207 03:23:01,700 --> 03:23:03,001 BE GREAT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND 5208 03:23:03,001 --> 03:23:05,170 WHAT HAS BEEN THE SUCCESSFUL 5209 03:23:05,170 --> 03:23:06,505 POLICY INITIATIVESES AND WHAT 5210 03:23:06,505 --> 03:23:09,007 MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO 5211 03:23:09,007 --> 03:23:11,143 MOVE POLICY FORWARD AND HOW TO 5212 03:23:11,143 --> 03:23:21,387 BEST DO THAT. 5213 03:23:22,221 --> 03:23:23,956 >> THIS IS PERHAPS SOMEWHAT 5214 03:23:23,956 --> 03:23:26,825 WEIGHTY TOPIC WHICH WE TOUCHED 5215 03:23:26,825 --> 03:23:27,659 ON YESTERDAY. 5216 03:23:27,659 --> 03:23:28,861 IN ONE OF THE SESSIONS. 5217 03:23:28,861 --> 03:23:33,065 AND THE ISSUES ABOUT DIVERSITY 5218 03:23:33,065 --> 03:23:34,133 IN THE WORKFORCE AND HOW THE 5219 03:23:34,133 --> 03:23:38,170 STRATEGIES WE NEED TO ADOPT TO 5220 03:23:38,170 --> 03:23:42,007 USE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND ALSO BE 5221 03:23:42,007 --> 03:23:43,709 ATTENTIVE TO SOME OF THE AREAS 5222 03:23:43,709 --> 03:23:44,977 OF -- CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS 5223 03:23:44,977 --> 03:23:46,245 THAT HAVE A REASON. 5224 03:23:46,245 --> 03:23:48,480 SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE MIGHT 5225 03:23:48,480 --> 03:23:52,818 BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 5226 03:23:52,818 --> 03:23:53,385 COLLECT DUPLICATES AND WHAT 5227 03:23:53,385 --> 03:23:54,086 STRATEGY THERE MIGHT BE TO 5228 03:23:54,086 --> 03:23:55,454 ADDRESS ISSUES OF DIVERSITY 5229 03:23:55,454 --> 03:24:00,259 WITHIN THE CANCER PROGRAMS AND 5230 03:24:00,259 --> 03:24:07,699 WE SAID IT YESTERDAY. 5231 03:24:07,699 --> 03:24:09,067 I DON'T THINK PLANS WILL WORK AS 5232 03:24:09,067 --> 03:24:11,103 WE THINK -- SO WHAT I'M HOPING 5233 03:24:11,103 --> 03:24:14,706 IS WE FIND SOME AVENUE A WAY FOR 5234 03:24:14,706 --> 03:24:17,543 US TO CREATE A CONCENTRATED 5235 03:24:17,543 --> 03:24:19,278 DISCUSSION AROUND ISSUES OF 5236 03:24:19,278 --> 03:24:27,019 ADVANCED DIVERSITY AND CANCER 5237 03:24:27,019 --> 03:24:27,486 PROGRAMS. 5238 03:24:27,486 --> 03:24:28,687 >> I HAVE FOUR HANDS AND WE'LL 5239 03:24:28,687 --> 03:24:29,588 GO IN THIS ORDER. 5240 03:24:29,588 --> 03:24:35,327 WE HAVE RAY, SYLVIA, MICHELLE 5241 03:24:35,327 --> 03:24:36,762 AND KARIN. 5242 03:24:36,762 --> 03:24:38,597 >> THANKS, JOHN. 5243 03:24:38,597 --> 03:24:40,999 SO, IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO 5244 03:24:40,999 --> 03:24:46,538 CLINICAL TRIALS AND SO ON, 5245 03:24:46,538 --> 03:24:50,075 OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS 5246 03:24:50,075 --> 03:24:51,710 ABOUT A THIRD OF THE REASON WHY 5247 03:24:51,710 --> 03:24:55,547 PEOPLE DON'T GET INTO CLINICAL 5248 03:24:55,547 --> 03:24:57,583 TRIALS IS THE ELIGIBILITY 5249 03:24:57,583 --> 03:24:59,952 CRITERIA ARE TOO STRINGENT. 5250 03:24:59,952 --> 03:25:02,087 SO SEVER YEARS AGO, FRIENDS OF 5251 03:25:02,087 --> 03:25:04,923 CANCER RESEARCH, NCI,FDI, GOT 5252 03:25:04,923 --> 03:25:06,225 TOGETHER AND IN TWO CYCLES WE 5253 03:25:06,225 --> 03:25:09,461 DID WORK TO MAKE PROPOSALS TO 5254 03:25:09,461 --> 03:25:10,696 SIMPLIFY CLINICAL TRIALS 5255 03:25:10,696 --> 03:25:14,199 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. 5256 03:25:14,199 --> 03:25:17,769 AND THE IDEA OF INVITING OR 5257 03:25:17,769 --> 03:25:18,904 JOGGING MY MEMORY ABOUT THIS 5258 03:25:18,904 --> 03:25:21,073 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS 5259 03:25:21,073 --> 03:25:22,841 NOW AND AS CHAIR OF ASCO'S 5260 03:25:22,841 --> 03:25:25,944 RESEARCH COMMITTEE, I ASK THAT 5261 03:25:25,944 --> 03:25:31,350 WE GO BACK AND SEE WHAT IS THE 5262 03:25:31,350 --> 03:25:33,151 IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE 5263 03:25:33,151 --> 03:25:33,852 PROPOSALS HAS BEEN LIKE AND THE 5264 03:25:33,852 --> 03:25:36,622 EARLY FEEDBACK WE ARE GETTING IS 5265 03:25:36,622 --> 03:25:41,026 THAT THERE IS RESISTANCE AT 5266 03:25:41,026 --> 03:25:41,660 VARIOUS LEVELS INCLUDING WITHIN 5267 03:25:41,660 --> 03:25:42,594 THE FDA. 5268 03:25:42,594 --> 03:25:44,830 I WONDER SINCE THE NCI WAS PART 5269 03:25:44,830 --> 03:25:46,999 OF THAT EFFORT AND THE NCI 5270 03:25:46,999 --> 03:25:49,434 ACTUALLY TOOK THE PROPOSALS AND 5271 03:25:49,434 --> 03:25:54,540 MADE SOME EFFORT TO STREAMLINE 5272 03:25:54,540 --> 03:25:55,274 THINGS, WHETHER THE BOARD 5273 03:25:55,274 --> 03:25:56,608 COULDN'T HAVE A SESSION TO TAKE 5274 03:25:56,608 --> 03:25:58,510 A LOOK AT THIS. 5275 03:25:58,510 --> 03:26:01,680 WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF 5276 03:26:01,680 --> 03:26:03,382 IMPLEMENTING THESE 5277 03:26:03,382 --> 03:26:03,749 RECOMMENDATIONS? 5278 03:26:03,749 --> 03:26:06,952 WHERE ARE THE BARRIERS AND SO 5279 03:26:06,952 --> 03:26:07,119 ON? 5280 03:26:07,119 --> 03:26:12,190 >> THAT COULD POSSIBLY TIE INTO 5281 03:26:12,190 --> 03:26:16,962 A DISCUSSION WITH RICK. 5282 03:26:16,962 --> 03:26:17,229 THANKS. 5283 03:26:17,229 --> 03:26:17,529 SYLVIA? 5284 03:26:17,529 --> 03:26:18,997 >> THANK YOU. 5285 03:26:18,997 --> 03:26:19,965 I'D LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE 5286 03:26:19,965 --> 03:26:23,302 DISCUSSIONS OF THE NCI'S AI AND 5287 03:26:23,302 --> 03:26:25,070 DATA SCIENCE STRATEGY AROUND 5288 03:26:25,070 --> 03:26:28,106 BASIC TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL 5289 03:26:28,106 --> 03:26:28,840 RESEARCH. 5290 03:26:28,840 --> 03:26:31,944 DISCUSSIONS THAT FUTURE BSA AND 5291 03:26:31,944 --> 03:26:33,512 CAB MEETINGS. 5292 03:26:33,512 --> 03:26:35,113 I THINK WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF 5293 03:26:35,113 --> 03:26:35,948 HEADS NODDING. 5294 03:26:35,948 --> 03:26:37,783 WE ARE LIVING THROUGH 5295 03:26:37,783 --> 03:26:39,518 UNPRECEDENTED TIMES ESPECIALLY 5296 03:26:39,518 --> 03:26:41,553 WITH THE REGENERATIVE AI AND IT 5297 03:26:41,553 --> 03:26:44,957 IS GREAT TO SEE WE PARTICIPATED 5298 03:26:44,957 --> 03:26:50,996 WITH ARPA-H IN THE RECENT 5299 03:26:50,996 --> 03:26:52,397 BIODATA MEDICAL FRAMEWORK 5300 03:26:52,397 --> 03:26:53,031 INITIATIVE. 5301 03:26:53,031 --> 03:26:54,499 I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A 5302 03:26:54,499 --> 03:26:55,734 PRESENTATION ON THE JOINT 5303 03:26:55,734 --> 03:26:58,537 INITIATIVE BETWEEN NCI AND 5304 03:26:58,537 --> 03:27:00,906 ARPA-H AT A FUTURE BSA MEETING 5305 03:27:00,906 --> 03:27:06,812 AND ANY OTHER NCI INITIATIVES 5306 03:27:06,812 --> 03:27:08,480 AND EFFORTS AROUND AI AND DATA 5307 03:27:08,480 --> 03:27:08,714 SCIENCE. 5308 03:27:08,714 --> 03:27:10,148 >> I AGREE. 5309 03:27:10,148 --> 03:27:12,584 THAT'S A GREAT TOPIC FOR A 5310 03:27:12,584 --> 03:27:13,452 FUTURE MEETING. 5311 03:27:13,452 --> 03:27:13,885 MICHELLE. 5312 03:27:13,885 --> 03:27:16,188 >> THANK YOU, JOHN. 5313 03:27:16,188 --> 03:27:17,122 AN AREA THAT IS OF GREAT 5314 03:27:17,122 --> 03:27:21,360 INTEREST TO NCI AND NCI IS 5315 03:27:21,360 --> 03:27:24,496 PLANNING SOME VERY IMPACTFUL 5316 03:27:24,496 --> 03:27:26,164 STUDIES, AS WELL AS OF INTEREST 5317 03:27:26,164 --> 03:27:28,233 TO INDUSTRY, ACK DEEM QUAAND 5318 03:27:28,233 --> 03:27:30,502 OTHER GROUPS IS MULTICANCER 5319 03:27:30,502 --> 03:27:31,703 DETECTION TESTS. 5320 03:27:31,703 --> 03:27:33,772 AND FDA IS NOW LAUNCHING ITS 5321 03:27:33,772 --> 03:27:40,178 EVALUATION OF THESE TESTS AND 5322 03:27:40,178 --> 03:27:41,113 SEEKING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 5323 03:27:41,113 --> 03:27:44,783 SO THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME FOR 5324 03:27:44,783 --> 03:27:55,127 US TO WEIGH IN ON THESE TOPICS. 5325 03:27:55,127 --> 03:27:57,229 >> THANK YOU, MICHELLE. 5326 03:27:57,229 --> 03:27:57,696 KARIN. 5327 03:27:57,696 --> 03:27:59,231 >> I JUST WANT TO WEAR TWO HATS 5328 03:27:59,231 --> 03:27:59,564 FOR A SECOND. 5329 03:27:59,564 --> 03:28:02,067 SO ONE IS AS A FORMER CANCER 5330 03:28:02,067 --> 03:28:02,567 CENTER DIRECTOR. 5331 03:28:02,567 --> 03:28:05,237 IT CAN SOMETIMES BE VERY 5332 03:28:05,237 --> 03:28:06,838 DIFFICULT FOR THE 501(C)3s 5333 03:28:06,838 --> 03:28:08,740 ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE A STATE 5334 03:28:08,740 --> 03:28:10,075 INSTITUTION, TO ENGAGE IN 5335 03:28:10,075 --> 03:28:11,710 POLICY, ESPECIALLY STATE-RELATED 5336 03:28:11,710 --> 03:28:12,611 POLICY CHANGE. 5337 03:28:12,611 --> 03:28:13,912 THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ARE 5338 03:28:13,912 --> 03:28:16,081 NOT -- THAT SOME OF THESE 5339 03:28:16,081 --> 03:28:16,581 CENTERS ARE NOT HAVING 5340 03:28:16,581 --> 03:28:18,417 INCREDIBLE IMPACT AT THE STATE 5341 03:28:18,417 --> 03:28:19,317 AND NATIONAL LEVEL ON 5342 03:28:19,317 --> 03:28:21,086 CANCER-RELATED POLICY OR FROM 5343 03:28:21,086 --> 03:28:22,688 SCREENING TO EARLY DETECTION. 5344 03:28:22,688 --> 03:28:23,588 I'M NOT TELLING YOU SOMETHING 5345 03:28:23,588 --> 03:28:24,556 YOU DIDN'T KNOW. 5346 03:28:24,556 --> 03:28:29,461 BUT, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE DO 5347 03:28:29,461 --> 03:28:31,663 COLLABORATE QUITE A LOT WITH THE 5348 03:28:31,663 --> 03:28:33,932 CANCER CENTERS AND CAN TAKE THE 5349 03:28:33,932 --> 03:28:36,601 STORIES AND SCIENCE AND PUSH IT 5350 03:28:36,601 --> 03:28:38,303 FORWARD INTO A POLICY CHANGE 5351 03:28:38,303 --> 03:28:39,805 THAT THEN WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE 5352 03:28:39,805 --> 03:28:41,306 THE CANCER CENTERS TO INCLUDE IN 5353 03:28:41,306 --> 03:28:43,075 THEIR CCSG. 5354 03:28:43,075 --> 03:28:44,042 THE OFFER IS, IF THIS IS 5355 03:28:44,042 --> 03:28:46,578 HELPFUL, BECAUSE WE DO PROFILE 5356 03:28:46,578 --> 03:28:48,680 THIS OURSELVES, WHAT PROGRESS WE 5357 03:28:48,680 --> 03:28:50,282 HAVE MADE. 5358 03:28:50,282 --> 03:28:51,583 IS IF YOU EVER WANT, HAVE A 5359 03:28:51,583 --> 03:28:54,352 REPORT FROM ACS CAN TO PRESENT 5360 03:28:54,352 --> 03:28:58,757 TO THE NCA OR BSA OF HERE IS 5361 03:28:58,757 --> 03:29:01,860 FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL, THE 5362 03:29:01,860 --> 03:29:07,099 POLICIES THAT -- POLICY CHANGES 5363 03:29:07,099 --> 03:29:07,666 ENABLED BY SCIENCE THAT CAME 5364 03:29:07,666 --> 03:29:08,500 FROM THE CANCER CENTERS. 5365 03:29:08,500 --> 03:29:10,402 SO JUST AN OFFER. 5366 03:29:10,402 --> 03:29:11,903 >> THANKS, KARIN. 5367 03:29:11,903 --> 03:29:13,105 >> THAT WOULD BE AMAZING. 5368 03:29:13,105 --> 03:29:13,872 >> THANKS. 5369 03:29:13,872 --> 03:29:16,308 SO I BELIEVE PAULET HAS BEEN 5370 03:29:16,308 --> 03:29:17,476 CAPTURING ALL THESE GREAT IDEAS. 5371 03:29:17,476 --> 03:29:20,345 AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER IDEAS 5372 03:29:20,345 --> 03:29:24,116 FOR FUTURE TOPICS, JUST SEND 5373 03:29:24,116 --> 03:29:28,820 THOSE SUGGESTIONS ON TO PALEATE. 5374 03:29:28,820 --> 03:29:29,688 INDIVIDUAL BOARD SUGGESTIONS 5375 03:29:29,688 --> 03:29:31,690 SHOULD BE SENT TO THE RESPECTIVE 5376 03:29:31,690 --> 03:29:34,693 BOARD CHAIR OR PAULET AS WELL. 5377 03:29:34,693 --> 03:29:36,161 SO THERE BEING NO FURTHER 5378 03:29:36,161 --> 03:29:38,063 BUSINESS, THE MEETING IS NOW 5379 03:29:38,063 --> 03:29:38,630 ADJOURNED. 5380 03:29:38,630 --> 03:29:40,832 I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A 5381 03:29:40,832 --> 03:29:45,871 WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND I 5382 03:29:45,871 --> 03:29:48,140 WILL SEE YOU VIRTUALLY IN 5383 03:29:48,140 --> 03:29:51,209 FEBRUARY. 5384 03:29:51,209 --> 03:30:01,553 THANK YOU, EVERYONE.