WELCOME TO THE 62ND MEETING OF
THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND
ENGINEERING.
I AM DAVID GEORGE, THE ID
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AND
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
THIS COUNCIL MEETING IT OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC EXCEPT FOR THE
REVIEW OF PENDING GRANT
APPLICATIONS WHICH WILL OCCUR
THIS AFTERNOON AFTER LUNCH.
THIS SESSION IS BEING LIVE
BROADCAST ON THE NIH VIDEO
NETWORK AND ARCHIVED.
WE WOULD REMIND ANY SPEAKERS
IN THE ROOM TO USE YOUR
MICROPHONE PLEASE WHEN YOU
SPEAK.
ALSO AS A REMINDER FOR
EVERYONE IN THE ROOM TO MUTE
YOUR CELL PHONE AND SHUT OFF
ANY AUDIO YOU MIGHT HAVE ON
YOUR COMPUTERS OR ANYTHING YOU
HAVE LIST TO.
SO WE WELCOME OUR COUNCIL
MEMBERS, EX OFFICIO AND
SPECIAL GUESTS.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING AMY AND
BRUCE TO BE ON THE ZOOM.
WE DON'T HAVE THEM YET, THE
WORK GROUPS MEMBER --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
AND WE HAVE IN THE ROOM
COUNCIL MEMBER --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
ATTENDING SO THANK YOU.
WELCOME TO ALL IN THE
VIDEOCAST.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT
WISH TO DISCUSS VIEWS IN THIS
MEETING MAY DO SO IN THE NEXT
TEN DAYS BY E-MAILING ME AT
I NFO@NIBIB.NIH.GOV.
PLEASE PUT NIB COUNCIL IN THE
SUBJECT LINE OF THE E-MAIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION FOR
THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE A
QUORUM FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF VISITORS
IN THE AUDIENCE AND APPRECIATE
AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR
INTEREST AND SUPPORT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE MANAGER OFFICER PACK
GLICKMAN AND HOPKINS FOR
ANYTHING WE NEED TODAY.
I APPRECIATE AS WELL THE
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ALL
OUR VIDEO COLLEAGUES ON ZOOM,
WORKING HARD TO HELP US GET
THIS UP AND RUNNING AFTER
THREE YEARS OF NO IN-PERSON
MEETINGS.
I NEED TO POINT OUT THESE
MEETINGS A GOVERNED BY BECA
AND THE GOVERNMENT SUNSHINE
ACT WHICH MEANS THE MEETINGS
ARE ANNOUNCED IN THE REGISTER
AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EXCEPT
FOR THE CLOSED SESSIONS AND
ANTICIPATE TO TO ADJOURN THE
PUBLIC PORTION AT 12: 30 PER
THE AGENDA.
REVIEW THE DATES WHEN YOU HAVE
A CHANCE AND MAKE SURE THEY
ARE OKAY AND THAT WE DIDN'T
ACCIDENTALLY SCHEDULE A
COUNCIL MEETING MEETING FOR
OCCUPIED MEMBERS.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS PLANNED
FOR NOVEMBER 12, 2023.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IN
CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES
OF OUR LAST MEETING.
DRAFT MINUTES WERE MADE
AVAILABLE TO YOU TWO WEEKS AGO
AT THE BCB.
WE WOULD NOTE A CORRECTION FOR
THE CUT AND PASTE SECTION AT
THE BEGINNING FOR THAT IS
INACCURATE.
SO WITH THREE CORRECTIONS IN
MIND, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE?
HEARING NONE, I WILL ENTERTAIN
A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND?
ALL IN FAVOR AYE.
ALL OPPOSED, NAY.
OKAY, THAT PASSES, THANK YOU.
AND FINALLY A COUPLE OF
HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS.
FOR TRANSPORTATION TO THE
AIRPORT, IF YOU HAVE NOT MADE
YOUR OWN TRANSPORTATION
ARRANGEMENTS, LET TAMARA OR
ALICIA KNOW AND THEY WILL
ARRANGE FOR YOU A TAXI --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
AND THEN FOR LUNCH TODAY, I
WOULD REMIND EVERYONE THAT
MICHAEL WILL BE AVAILABLE IN
THE HOSTA BUILDING IN THE
CLASSROOM.
DURING THE MORNING OPEN
SESSION BREAK, IF YOU HAVE NOT
PURCHASED YOUR LUNCH, PLEASE
BUY THEM THEN.
IF YOU INTEND ON COMING TO
LUNCH, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY AT
THE BREAK TO PURCHASE THEM.
THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR
INTRODUCTORY OPENINGS AND NOW
WE CAN TURN THE PROCEEDINGS
OVER TO Dr. TROMBERG FOR HIS
DIRECTOR'SONG REPORT.
>>>ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
DAVID, THANK YOU EVERYONE.
THIS FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE A
WEDDING OR BARMITZPHA, GREAT
TO SEE EVERYONE BACK LIVE IN
PERSON AND HOPEFULLY CAN WORK
OUT THE KINKS, WE HOPEFULLY
WON'T HAVE A LOT OF KINKS BUT
HERE WE ARE, NOT SINCE 2019
WAS THE LAST LIVE COUNCIL
MEMBER SO THIS IS A MEMORABLE
AND HISTORIC EVENT.
DO WE HAVE CAMERAS?
ARE WE TAKING PICTURES?
OKAY, GOOD, THANK GOODNESS.
[LAUGHTER]
SO FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
OFF BY THANKING PAM AND ALICIA
AND WITH THIS LEVEL OF
DIFFICULTY -- WE KNEW THERE
WOULD BE A HIGH LEVEL OF
DIFFICULTY BUT DIDN'T KNOW
THERE WOULD BE SO MANY HURDLES
AND DIFFICULTIES TO COME AND
WE HAVEN'T MADE IT THROUGH THE
DAY YET.
[LAUGHTER]
BECAUSE AS EVERYONE KNOWS THE
BIG DRIVE FOR COMING HERE IS
THE DIRECTOR'S PENSION FOR --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
AND I HAVE A STACK OF THEM
OVER THERE.
THEY ARE REALLY GOOD OVER HERE
AS IS JUST THE GENERAL GRAZING
OPPORTUNITY IN THE KITCHEN
RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
SO THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT.
FOR ALL OF YOU WHO REMEMBER
FEDERAL MEETINGS, THAT JUST
DOESN'T HAPPEN SO THIS IS IT.
SADLY THIS MAY BE THE LAST
TIME WE GET TO GO TO BULGER
BUT DAVID CAN EXPLAIN THAT
MORE AS HE UNDERSTANDS ALL THE
DETAILS ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU TO PAM AND
ALICIA, THANK YOU TO THE SLIDE
TEAM.
WE ALWAYS GET TOGETHER IN THE
EXTRAMURAL PROGRAM AND REVIEW
SLIDES AND KALIL IS PART OF
THAT SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LAST TIME WE GOT TOGETHER, WE
HAD 30 SLIDES TO LOOK AT, AND
THEN AFTER THE SESSIONS, A FEW
HOURS OF DISCUSSIONS, I HAD
OVER 60 SLIDES SO I PROPERLY
GUISE IF YOU DIDN'T MAKE THE
CUT IN THE PRESENTATION.
I HAD TO NARROW THAT DOWN.
I STILL HAVE A LOT OF SLIDES
AND PROBABLY TOO MUCH CONTENT
BUT DEFINITELY SHOWS THE
ENTHUSIASM OUR ENTIRE TEAM HAS
FOR COMMUNICATING WITH
COUNCIL.
THIS IS A BIG DEAL.
AND THANKS ALSO TO OUR SENIOR
LEADERSHIP AND YOU NOTICE IF
YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION, I
ALWAYS SHOW SENIOR LEADERSHIP
PICTURES AND IF YOU ARE
FOLLOWING THOSE PICTURES,
THERE ARE A LOT MORE PICTURES
THAN IN THAT SQUARE SO I WILL
UPDATE YOU A LITTLE BIT ON
THOSE CHANGES BUT YOU CAN SEE
THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED AND I
WILL POINT THEM OUT IN A FEW
MINUTES.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE IN
PARTICULAR NEW STAFF WHO MIGHT
BE OUT WITH COUNCIL TALKING TO
YOU GUYS AND THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY.
THESE SIX I WILL TAKE A
SPECIAL MOMENT TO INTRODUCE.
THERE'S TUBA THE PROGRAM
DIRECTOR LEADING IN
BIOMANUFACTURING PRACTICES,
FEBEN, A SENIOR PROGRAM
ANALYST.
JONATHAN GRIFFIN, A WRITER WHO
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE AS PART OF
OUR TEAM.
YASMINE, ASSISTANT TO THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICER WHO HAS BEEN
A REAL REIMPORTANT POSITION TO
US IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION.
WHITNEY WATKINS WHO IS ALSO A
NEW TECHNICAL ASSISTANT WHILE
JACKIE IS SPENDING TIME WITH
BABY MILES WHO IS 4 DAYS OLD,
BRAND-NEW, BRAND-NEW MODEL --
[LAUGHTER]
AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE
WHITNEY AND SHE WILL BE
STAYING ON TO ASSIST THE
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR.
AND YOON WHO IS A MD PH.D. IN
THE SCIENTIFIC REVIEW OFFICE,
AN AMAZING TALENT AND WE'RE
GLAD TO HAVE HER AS WELL.
NOW, I DON'T HAVE MANY
PICTURES OF OUR STAFF SO HERE
IS THE SUPPORT CALF TO
REPRESENT THE IMAGE OF THE
STAFF BUT I REALLY WANTED TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND
THANK ALL THE STAFF WHO ARE
HERE ESPECIALLY -- SINCE WE'RE
INVOKING MEMORIES OF OLD
COUNCIL MEETINGS AND I DON'T
THINK MOST OF IF MAYBE NOT ALL
OF THE STAFF HERE HAVE EVER
BEEN TO A LIVE COUNCIL MEETING
SO IF YOU COULD ALL STAND UP
AND SOMEONE COULD GET A
PICTURE, I HOPE OR MAYBE I
HAVE TO GET MY CAMERA, AND
LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE OUR STAFF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
HOPEFULLY THIS IS POSITIVE
REINFORCEMENT TO COME TO A
LIVE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
[LAUGHTER]
SO JUST EXPLAINING THAT LITTLE
BOX ABOUT SENIOR LEADERSHIP,
DAVID IS NOW -- HAS NOW BEEN
SELECTED AS THE NIBIB
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR
EXTRAMURAL SCIENCE, ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR OF NIBIB FOR
EXTRAMURAL SCIENCE AND WE WANT
TO THANK OUR NATIONAL SEARCH
COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY Dr.
SUSAN GREGORY.
THIS COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH A
PROCESS IN WHICH DAVID WAS THE
TOP SELECTED AND HE HAS NOW
BEEN SELECTED.
A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON DAVID,
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW HE IS THE
VOICE OF COUNCIL AND WE'RE
APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
HIS BACKGROUND IN THAT, HE HAS
A PH.D. IN BIOENGINEERING AND
STARTED IN BIOENGINEERING IN
SURGERY WHICH IS WHAT I
STARTED IN.
SUMMER REIS VERY
ENTREPRENEURIAL AND LIKES TO
BRING IN THE BIOENGINEERS.
HE DIRECTED THE BIOENGINEERING
LAB AT CASE AND IN IT FROM THE
BEGINNING.
AND THE DIRECTOR OF NIBIB
OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC REVIEW,
SO SINCE THE BEGINNING.
IT WAS FOUNDED IN 2000 BUT HE
HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2002.
HE HAS BEEN THE ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR SINCE 2015 FOR
RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION AND IN
2018, THE ACTING CODIRECTOR
FOR EXTRAMURAL SCIENCE
PROGRAM.
I KNOW THIS IS LONG BUT STICK
WITH ME.
THIS IS THE LAST COUNCIL THAT
HE WILL BE LEADING BECAUSE WE
HAVE A NEW ACTING ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR FOR RESEARCH
ADMINISTRATION AND THAT IS
KATHY SALAYA.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE
KATHY JOIN US, HER BACKGROUND
IS IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE HAVE GONE OVER THIS OVER
AND OVER AGAIN AND I HAD A
SIDE SESSION WITH NAJAL THAT
WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER
BECAUSE THIS IS IN CRISIS AND
WE CAN USE HER EXPERIENCE.
SHE IS WITH THE HEALTH POLICY
AND MANAGEMENT AT JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE
PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT NI AAA
SINCE 2001, 2004, SCIENTIFIC
REVIEW AND SEVERAL OFFICER,
2013, CHIEF SCIENTIFIC REVIEW
BRANCH AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO
HAVE HER.
KATHY IS SITTING IN THE FRONT
ROW.
AND NEXT WE HAVE AN ACTING
EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
THIS IS INGA ANN GAWALT.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE KNOW ANN
SO WELL IS SHE WAS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
ACQUISITIONS AT NHLBI.
WHY DO WE KNOW NHLBI SO WELL?
NIBIB IS TOO SMALL TO HAVE ITS
OWN CONTRACTOR OF ACQUISITIONS
SO THIS WE STARTED, WE NEEDED
TO HAVE A NIMBLE OFFICE OF
ACQUISITIONS TO WORK WITH
BECAUSE SUDDENLY WE HAD
$1.7 BILLION AND NEEDED TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPEND IT AS
FAST AS POSSIBLE.
SO THAT IS WHAT ANN DID,
WORKING WITH MANY OF OUR
PROGRAM PEOPLE AT NHLBI AND
NIBIB AND MANY COLLEAGUES KNOW
ANN EXTREMELY WELL, ABLE TO
AWARD CONTRACTS IN REMARKABLY
SHORT PERIODS OF TIME AND
CONQUER INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
PROBLEMS AND WE ARE SHE IS
SUPER WITH THAT ABILITY.
SHE HAS LOTS OF EXPERIENCE.
OBVIOUSLY SHE DIDN'T JUST
ADOPT ALL THOSE CAPABILITIES
AND TECHNIQUES WITH RADAX, SHE
HAS 15 YEARS WITH THE FEDERAL
TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES AND
HAS WON A NUMBER OF AWARDS FOR
HER WORK SO LET'S WELCOME ANN.
[APPLAUSE]
OKAY, THIS IS THE BITTERSWEET
MOMENT AND IT COMES EVERY FEW
YEARS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
FOUR DEPARTING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
YOU NEVER REALLY LEAVE BECAUSE
YOU ARE ALWAYS GETTING BUGGED
OR ASKED QUESTIONS BY NIBIB
BUT WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE
RANU WHO IS ON THE LINE I
THINK AND AMY AND JENNIFER AND
SAM WHO TECHNICALLY WILL BE IN
THE NEXT COUNCIL SO WILL HOLD
OVER ONE MORE --
>>THEY HAVE KINDLY ACCEPTED
TO BE A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL
AS NEW MEMBERS --
>>SO WHAT HAPPENS IF THE
BUDGET SHUTS DOWN AND NOTHING
HAPPENS, ARE THEY IN AN
INFINITE LOOP?
180 DAYS -- HOW LONG CAN THEY
SPEND?
JUST KIDDING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> SO AT THIS POINT, WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO DO IS IF WE
COULD -- WE HAVE PLAQUES AND
WE HAVE SIGNED CERTIFICATES SO
LET ME GRAB THOSE.
>>SAM, IF YOU COULD COME UP?
JENNIFER?
RANU?
I AM GOING TO HAND YOU YOUR
PLAQUES AND YOUR LETTERS.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S THANK OUR
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR
SERVICE.
[APPLAUSE]
AND SOMEHOW I THINK AMY IS
ONLINE SO AMY -- OH, IT IS NOT
HERE BUT WE WILL BE MAILING IT
TO YOU SO THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE
THESE TO BE MAILED, WE CAN DO
THAT AS WELL.
SO THIS IS TIME FOR BUDGET
UPDATE AND I KNOW EVERYONE IS
FOLLOWING THIS VERY CLOSELY
FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO THIS IS THE BIG PICTURE IN
FY23.
THE OVERALL APPROPRIATIONS FOR
NIH WAS $47.5 BILLION, ABOUT A
5, 5.5 PERCENT INCREASE -- OR
MAYBE MORE THAN THAT,
ACTUALLY.
DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.
I KNOW THIS IS VIDEOCAST BUT
DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT.
THE APPROPRIATION FOR NIBIB IS
$441 MILLION AND OVER THE
COURSE OF THE LAST THREE YEARS
FROM 20 TO 23, WE HAVE HAD AN
ADDITIONAL $1.7 BILLION IN
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS, ALL FROM
COVID AND SPECIFICALLY EAR
MARKED FOR COVID AND YOU CAN
SEE HOW THIS HAS BEEN
DISTRIBUTED OVER OUR BASE
APPROPRIATION.
IN FY2022, THAT ENDED UP BEING
A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION
EXCEEDING OUR APPROPRIATION
BUT OUR PROGRAMS WILL BE
CONTINUING POSSIBLY THROUGH
2023 AND 2024 AND WILL COMMIT
THOSE RESOURCES THAT ARE
ONGOING SO WE CAN SPEND THEM
IN THE FINAL YEARS.
WE DON'T HAVE A NUMBER OF
EXPENDITURES RIGHT NOW BUT WE
WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE ARE IN AN UNUSUAL PERIOD OF
THE GOVERNMENT WHERE THERE IS
NO CARRY FORWARD AND THERE IS
NO INDICATION THERE WILL BE
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING OR A
CHANGE IN THE BASE
APPROPRIATIONS SO THAT IS A
CHALLENGE FOR US.
IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED AS
WE ANALYZE THE GRANT PORTFOLIO
IN FY22, THAT WAS
$425 MILLION.
WE HAD 1654 COMPETING
APPLICATIONS AND 386 COMPETING
AWARDS.
NONCOMPETING WERE 710 SO THAT
GIVES US A TOTAL OF 2364
APPLICATIONS AND ALMOST 1100
AWARDS.
OUR RO1 PAYLINE AT 18 PERCENT,
23 PERCENT FOR NEW
INVESTIGATORS AND WE'RE IN THE
PROCESS OF ASSESSING THE FULL
IMPACT.
THAT IS OVER 221 INSTITUTIONS,
OVER 3000 PRINCIPLE
INVESTIGATORS IN THIS AND WE
HAVEN'T WORKED OUT ALL OF THE
CONSEQUENCES OF ALL OF THOSE
PIS.
AS YOU KNOW IT IS TYPICALLY
SUPPORTING IN ADDITION TO THE
PIS, THREE, FOUR, FIVE 00
OTHER INDIVIDUALS SO THAT IS
6500 TRAINEES AND RESEARCHERS
THAT ARE APPROPRIATED AND
THANKS TO TODD FOR THOSE
STATISTICS AND HE IS WORKING
ON MORE SO WE CAN EXTRACT THAT
INFORMATION VERY QUICKLY.
LET ME GO OVER SOME FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THIS IS MAYBE MY FAVORITE
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
TIMES.
THANK YOU RANDY FOR
CHAMPIONING THIS.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS THIS
GIVES OUR COMMUNITY A CHANCE
TO GET GET SUPPLEMENTS TO
THEIR GRANTS AND YOU HAVE
HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS
BEFORE FOR AN AREA THEY MAY
NOT BE WORKING IN --
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE -- AND IS
PAID FOR BY ANOTHER INSTITUTE.
AND THE SUCCESS RATES ARE
INCREDIBLY HIGH.
SO IF YOU HAVE A NIBIB GRANT,
YOU CAN APPLY FOR THIS
SUPPLEMENT.
THE DUE DATES ARE OCTOBER 2ND
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
IT IS A ONE-YEAR SUPPLEMENT
AND CONTACT RANDY IF THIS IS
AN AREA OF YOUR INTEREST AND I
ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUES TO DO
THAT.
WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS
SELECTED TO BE INDIVIDUALS
FOLLOWING WHAT IS GOING ON,
THE PRESIDENT'S INITIATIVE,
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON BIOECONOMY
AND BIOMANUFACTURING SO A
MULTIAGENCY EFFORT AND A
REPORT HAS COME OUT IN MARCH,
LED BY OSTP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
SO THIS IS DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE, D.O.E., U.S. DA AND
NSF.
DAVID AND LUISA ARE THE KEY
LEADS AND THE THEMES ARE
ACCESSIBLE HEALTH MONITORING,
PRECISION MULTIOMIC MEDICINE,
BIOMANUFACTURING OF CELL BASED
THERAPIES, AI DRIVEN
BIOPRODUCTION OF THERAPEUTICS
AND ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN
GENE EDITING SO THIS IS THE
KEY TO GETTING THESE ITEMS IN
THE REPORT AND I ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE TO LOOK AT THIS
REPORT.
NOW THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER
OSTP REPORT.
DAVID LAUNCHED THIS CONSORTIUM
AND WE NOW HAVE TWO
INDIVIDUALS LEADING THIS
INITIATIVE.
WE HAVE EIGHT NIH INSTITUTES
THAT ARE SIGNED ON TO THIS AND
AWARDED A NUMBER OF AWARDS IN
THIS AREA.
I KNOW IT IS A LITTLE LATE IN
THAT THE SUBMISSION DATE IS
TODAY BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,
YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY SKILLED AT
PRESSING BUTTONS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE
WILL BE MORE SUBMISSION DATES
SO KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR
THIS.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
INITIATIVE WE'RE SEEING A LOT,
A LOT OF WONDERFUL
APPLICATIONS.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU
HEARD THE CONTRACTS CLEARED
FROM LUISA A FEW COUNCILS AGO
ON BIOENGINEERING NETWORK.
THIS DUE DATE IS NOW OUT, END
OF MAY SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
DEVELOPMENT IN THE U SERIES,
U24 AND THIS WOULD ACCELERATE
INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND
DISSEMINATION OF BY QUO
MATERIALS AND CREATE CONNECTED
RESOURCES TO OVERCOME BARRIERS
TO CLINICAL TRANSLATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HEART MATERIALS
AND HOPEFULLY BE SOME
COORDINATION OF MATERIALS IN
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING.
WE JUST RELEASED THIS IN A
PUBLIC NOTICE, SORT OF THE
JEWEL IN THE CROWN.
WE ARE THE ONLY INSTITUTE LEFT
THAT SUPPORTS THE P41
BIOMEDICAL IMAGING CENTERS
WHERE WE HAVE STATE-OF-THE-ART
TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY
IS BEAUTIFUL.
SO EVERYONE ELSE HAS FALLEN
BACK TO LET'S BUY TECHNOLOGY
AND WHY MAKE THEM AVAILABLE
WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD THE
GROUND OF HAVING TECHNOLOGY
CENTERS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVE TO
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE.
THIS IS THE LEAD FOR ALL THE
P41 KIND OF PROGRAMS.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIVERSITY
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES I JUST
WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION
TO.
THERE ARE FIRST AWARDS THAT
ARE CALLED IT'S A REWARD R01.
THIS IS DUE JUNE 5TH AND THESE
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES OF
INVESTIGATORS MAKING IMPACTFUL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEIA BUT ARE
NOT CURRENTLY A PI ON A NIH
REPORT PROJECT PLAN.
SO THAT IS A VERY UNIQUE
DISTINCTION.
ALL OF US HAVE SOME COLLEAGUES
DOING THIS BUT IT IS VERY
DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET
CREDIT AND TO CONTINUE THEIR
RESEARCH BECAUSE OF THEIR
SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS SO THAT
ADDRESSES THIS.
WE HAVE A INSTRUMENTATION
PROGRAM.
I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THE S-10 PROGRAM
AND WE HAVE SIGNED ON TO THAT
AS WELL.
THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES TO
PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR
INSTITUTIONS WITH LIMITED NIH
PROJECT GRANT FUNDING AND THIS
IS IMPORTANT FOR ACQUIRING
VERY EXTENSIVE INSTRUMENTS AND
THIS IS A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A NEW ONE THAT IS
INTERESTING AND YOU WON'T SEE
VERY OFTEN FROM THE NIH.
IT IS STEM EDUCATION PROJECTS
FROM PRE-K TO GRADE 12 VIA
PARTNERSHIPS WITH RESEARCHERS,
TEACHERS AND OTHER ED CAGES AL
ORGANIZATIONS.
IT IS REALLY INTERESTING TO
SEE THIS EMERGE.
IT IS A DEIA PRIZE.
THE IN ONE OF OUR DEIA WORKING
GROUPS, CRAIG WASHINGTON
SUGGESTED WE COME UP WITH A
PRIZE SO WE STARTED WORKING ON
A PRIZE AND AT THE SAME TIME,
NIH WAS WORKING ON A PRIZE AND
AS WE STARTED TO ROLL OURS OUT
WE SAW THAT NIH-WIDE, THERE
WOULD BE A DEIA PRIZE SO WE
SIGNED ON TO THAT SO WE
WOULDN'T DUPLICATE SO PLEASE
NOMINATE PEOPLE FROM OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE'RE HOPING OUR COMMUNITY
WILL BE REPRESENTED IN THESE
PRIZES.
IT IS A GREAT WAY TO BRING
THIS ABILITY TO THESE PRIZES
AND FOR ALL OF THESE WE HAVE
ALBERT AVILA AND TINA GATLIN
TO HELP WITH THAT SO DON'T
HESITATE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
THEM.
TRAINING FUND OPPORTUNITIES.
THESE ARE SPECIAL AND UNIQUE
AND YOU HAVE HEARD ME TALKING
ABOUT THE AWARDS.
I WAS JUST TALKING TO NADAL
ABOUT THIS, LIKE OKAY ARE YOU
SENDING APPLICATIONS IN, THE
DEADLINE IS THE END OF THE
MONTH SO I WOULD EXTEND THAT
TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES HERE,
MAKE SURE YOU ARE APPLYING FOR
THIS.
WE WANT TO KEEP THIS GOING UP.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW IT
IS FOR THE STUDENTS AT THE END
OF THE SEMESTER IN THEIR
GRADUATION YEARS TO GET THESE.
WE KNOW THIS AND ARE LOOKING
FOR OTHER POSSIBLE SITUATIONS,
BRAINSTORMING, MAYBE PUT THE
DEADLINE BACK A LITTLE BIT,
LET US KNOW WHAT THE
DIFFICULTIES ARE BECAUSE WE
WANT TO MAKE THIS AS EASY AS
POSSIBLE.
DAVE IS NOW THE CONTACT LEADER
AND HE RECENTLY HEALED A
WEBINAR ON THIS AND YOU CAN
ACCESS THE WEBINAR.
SO ACTUALLY THE PROBABILITY OF
WINNING IS PRETTY GOOD.
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE
ENCOURAGING PRIZE SUBMISSIONS
SAY THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO
WIN, IT WILL BE GOOD.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME JUST THE
EXERCISE OF GOING THROUGH THIS
AND IT REALLY BUILDS A
COMMUNITY WITH OUR STUDENTS
AND WE WOULD LIKE ULTIMATELY
TO SEE THIS GROW TO BE
SOMETHING ALL BIOENGINEER
COMMUNITY MEMBERS CONTRIBUTE
TO IN TERMS OF APPLICATIONS.
THIS IS REALLY ONE OF THE MOST
AMAZING TRAINING PROGRAMS I
THINK WE HAVE EVER STARTED.
AARON IS AHEAD OF THE THIS
PROGRAM, TINA GATLIN SUPPORTS
THE PROGRAM AND IT SUPPORTS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
UNDERGRADUATE FRESHMEN AND
SOPHOMORES FROM DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS SO PURSUE FURTHER
STUDIES AND CAREERS IN
BIOENGINEERING OR STEM FIELDS.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT HELPS
FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES AS
THEY COME INTO THE SYSTEM AND
IN THE SUMMER AFTER THEIR
FIRST YEAR.
IT HAS A NEW EMPHASIS ON
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
THESE ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
AND ANOTHER INNOVATION.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
AN INNOVATION BUT AT THE NIH
IT IS KIND OF A INNOVATION.
WE HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET
BUDGET INCREASES FOR STUDENTS
AND STAFF WITHIN THIS R25 SO
THAT IS A MAJOR, MAJOR
ADVANCE.
JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT ON THE
ESTEEMED PROGRAM, SINCE SINCE
IT STARTED IN 2018, WE HAVE
130 STUDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
SUPPORTED SO WE WILL BEGIN TO
SEE WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE, THE
IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM.
AND IF YOU LOOK, THERE ARE 14
CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS.
WE STARTED SLOW, ABLE TO GROW
THE PROGRAM AND YOU CAN SEE
HALF OF THOSE ARE LOW RESOURCE
INSTITUTIONS.
WE HAVE THREE HISPANIC
SERVICING INSTITUTIONS AND TWO
IN HBCU SO IT IS A NICE
PROGRAM PROVIDING SUPPORT TO
INSTITUTIONS NOT NORMALLY
SUPPORTED BY THE NIH.
AND CONTINUING ALONG THIS
THEME BUT FURTHER DOWN THE
CAREER TRAINING PATH IS THE
RADAX FELLOWSHIP.
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS
DOES, PROMOTING DIVERSITY IN
COMMUNITIES NOT NECESSARILY
HAVING ACCESS TO THOSE UNIQUE
TRAINING TOOLS OR WIDELY
ENGAGED.
SO WE NOW HAVE 17 FELLOWS
SELECTED FOR THE PROGRAM AND
THE TOPICS SPAN FROM BUSINESS
MODELS TO IP AND REGULATORY
WORK, REIMBURSEMENT, VERY -- [
INDISCERNIBLE ] THROUGH THE
PROGRAMS WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER,
THE RADX PROGRAM, SBIR AND
POCTRN CRAASH AND WE HAVE
TRAVEL STIPENDS AVAILABLE.
SO THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN
COMMITTED BUT OTHERS WILL
OCCUR SO THINK ABOUT THAT IF
YOU ARE TRYING TO ADOPT MODELS
OR IF YOU HAVE MODELS OF THIS
IN YOUR OWN INSTITUTIONS,
CONNECT WITH US AND MAYBE WE
CAN CREATE A CONNECTED IMPACT
IN THIS AREA.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A
FEW MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS.
THIS IS A MEETING SPEARHEADED
BY NCCIH AND YOU PROBABLY
DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT NCCIH,
COMPLIMENTARY AND INTEGRATED
HEALTH AND WE WORK VERY
CLOSELY WITH THEM AS THEY ARE
CONNECTED TO THE HEAL PROGRAM
WHICH YOU HAVE HEARD OF I AM
SURE.
AND PROBABLY THE SINGLE
IMPORTANT TAKEHOME WE HEAR
FROM NIH IS THEIR PERSPECTIVE
OF THE WHOLE PERSON HEALTH
POINT OF VIEW AND THAT EXTENDS
NOT ONLY TO YOU AS A WHOLE
PERSON BUT ALSO TO SPECIFIC
REGIONS OF THE BODY AND
DISEASES AND THIS MEETING IS
FOCUSED ENTIRELY ON JOINT
HEALTH AND PAIN MANAGEMENT.
SO THIS, OF COURSE, IS A
PROBLEM I THINK ALL OF US OF A
CERTAIN AGE ARE QUITE FAMILIAR
WITH AND, WELL, I THINK AT
EVERY AGE BECAUSE THEY ARE, IN
PARTICULAR, INJURIES CAN
HAPPEN ESPECIALLY -- WELL,
THEY ARE UNPREDICTABLE,
INJURIES, AND ARTICULAR CART
RIDGE IS A MYSTERIOUS -- IT IS
A CHALLENGE BY MEDICAL
ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS AND
HAS BEEN FOREVER.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN A
GREAT REPLACEMENT IN
CARTILAGE, INTERVENTIONS,
TECHS SNEAKS STEM CELLS.
THERE IS A LOT GOING ON AND I
THINK THIS BRINGS TOGETHER
MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES TO GIVE
PERSPECTIVES ON NIH HEAL.
GUOYINGLIU AND QI DUAN ARE
INSTRUMENTAL HERE AND YOU THIS
REALLY IS KEY IN HEALTH.
YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT TO
DO TILL YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT IT
IS.
SO THIS HOPEFULLY WILL GIVE US
INSIGHT INTO WHAT WORKS AND
WHAT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE
THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF STUFF
THAT DOESN'T WORK IN THIS
COMMUNITY AND I THINK A LOT OF
MONEY AND HOPES ARE WASTED ON
THIS.
THIS IS BACK, THE MULTISCALE
MODELING MEETING IMAX
CONSORTIUM.
AFTER A BRIEF HIATUS, IT IS
COMING BACK THE END OF JUNE.
WITH THE NATCHER CONFERENCE.
IT IS A GREAT GROWTH IN THE
FIELD LOOKING BACK 20 YEARS IN
TERMS OF LESSONS LEARNED BUT
THIS GROUP IS VERY
FORWARD-THINKING AND IT IS AN
AMAZING PARTNERSHIP THAT THE
COLLEAGUES HAVE BUILT SO
BASICALLY EVERYONE IS ENGAGED
AND CONCERNED ABOUT MODELING
SO I THINK IF YOU DO MODELING,
THIS IS A MUST-ATTEND MEETING.
IT IS REALLY AN AMAZING
MEETING.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS THAT ARE OF
INTEREST TO EVERYONE, DIGITAL
TWINS, THE WHOLE PERSON,
MENTAL HEALTH MODELS, LOOKING
AT NEW ME CHANISTIC METHODS.
IT IS SECOND NATURE IN OUR
FIELD TO COMBINE MACHINE MODEL
LEARNING.
AND THIS IS REALLY A
FOUNDATIONAL PIECE OF THIS.
ONE OF THE NEWER THINGS I HAVE
BEEN INTRODUCED TO IS THE
IMPACT OF OTHER FACTORS, SO
THE BEHAVIORAL SOCIAL
DETERMINANCE OF HEALTH MODELS,
THE EXPOSOME WHICH IS AN
INCREDIBLY DRIVER, GENETIC
CHANGES, HEALTHCARE OUTCOME
CHANGES SO ALL OF THESE THINGS
ARE INTEGRATED INTO MODELS IN
THIS COMMUNITY AND IT IS
REALLY FASCINATING TO SEE HOW
THEY ACTUALLY CAN PLAY A ROLE.
IF THAT IS NOT FAR ENOUGH IN
ONE DIRECTION, WE WILL SWING
IN THE OTHER DIRECTION SO
QUANTUM COMPUTING AND QUANTUM
SCIENCE ALSO FOR MODELING AND
THAT IS A TOPIC COVERED.
AS YOU KNOW IN THE TRUE SPIRIT
OF THE MODELING COMMUNITY,
EVERYTHING IS IN THE MODEL AND
EVERYTHING YOU CAN DREAM ABOUT
CAN BE PUT IN A MODEL SO
REALLY COOL IN THAT SENSE.
AND ALSO THE TRANSLATION OF
MODELS WHICH IS A CRITICAL
ASPECT OF OUR WORLD WITH
DEVICES AND INTERPRETIVE
INFORMATION FROM DEVICES WE
TAKE FROM PATIENTS AND THAT IS
ANOTHER KEY ACCESS.
SPEAKING OF MODELS, AND THIS
IS A MEETING THAT HAS OCCURRED
ONCE AGAIN WITH GRACE AS ONE
OF THE KEY CONTRIBUTORS, THERE
IS AN MEETING CALLED BRIDGE
2AI.
THERE ARE KEY DATA GENERATION
SITES ENRICHED WITH AI AND ONE
IS THE VOICE SITE, THE
COLEADER IN THE VOICE
GENERATION NETWORK.
WE HAD A FULL CONSORTIUM
FACE-TWO-FACE LEADERSHIP
MEETING IN APRIL AND YOU CAN
SEE ALL THE NIH DIRECTORS WHO
WERE PART OF THIS HERE.
IT IS REALLY QUITE UNUSUAL AND
AMAZING TO SEE ALL THE LEADERS
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
ALL THE NIH DIRECTORS AND
LEADERS COME AND WE HAD A
FANTASTIC PANEL DISCUSSION.
THE VOICE GENERATION FIELD IS
REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE
THERE ARE SO MANY MODELS AND
IT IS SATISFYING FROM OUR
POINT OF VIEW AND A WAY TO USE
THAT TO OPTIMIZE OR ENHANCE OR
PUSH THE ENVELOPE IN
HEALTHCARE AND DIAGNOSTICS.
SO THERE IS LOTS OF BURIED,
EMBEDDED INFORMATION CONTENT
THAT CAN EVEN ARE TRY ANGLE
LATE FROM LOCALIZED TO WHAT IS
OCCURRING IN DIFFERENT POINTS
OF THE ANATOMY, MENTAL HEALTH
AND THERE IS ENORMOUS ASPECTS
OF THIS.
YOU HAVE THEM ALL ON YOUR
PHONE.
COMPUTING IS GETTING BETTER
WITH CHIPS AND EDGE COMMUTING.
IT DOES REQUIRE A LOT OF
PROPHECY BUT IT IS EXCITING
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO
JOYCE ABOUT THIS AS THERE ARE
MANY, MANY OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
SO ANDREW WE ITZ THAT YOU
HEARD FROM IN OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND YOU WILL HEAR FROM
AGAIN IF I CAN GET THROUGH MY
SLIDES, SUPERIOR MEDIUMING HOW
TO GET OVER THE COUNTER TESTS
REPORTED.
WE HAVE PERSEVERED IN THE
CREATION OF THE HIGHWAY AND
NOW I THINK THERE IS MORE
WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF THIS.
OF COURSE SPACES HAVE GONE
DOWN BUT THEY WILL COME BACK
UP AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE
LED THIS PORTION OF THE HL7FH
IR CONNECTATHON, THESE GROUPS
THAT CAME TOGETHER IN MAY AND
FOCUSED ON MPODS WHICH BUILD
READERS FOR THESE TESTS AND
THEY STAYED UP FOR A FEW DAYS
TO DEMONSTRATE SOMETHING WORKS
AND WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO
DEMONSTRATE IS A FULL
END-TO-END REPORTING FROM THE
DEVICE THROUGH A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT STEPS TO GET THE
DATA AND STANDARDIZE IT,
TRANSMIT IT TO DIFFERENT NODES
AND SEND IT ALL THE WAY TO NHH
DATABASE AND CONNECTED BY THE
CDC REPORT STREAM AND HEALTH
SERVICES, GETTING EVERYONE
INVOLVED.
THIS IS QUITE A LANDMARK AND
GROUNDBREAKING AND HOPEFULLY
WE CAN CONTINUE ON THIS
PATHWAY.
IT IS NOT JUST FOR IN VITRO
DIAGNOSTICS.
VOICE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT, HOW ARE
YOU GOING TO STANDARDIZE DATA
ELEMENTS AND HAVE HIGH VALUE
TO THEM AND BE ABLE TO REPORT
THEM FOR PERSONAL HEALTH AS
WELL AS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, SO
THIS IS REALLY THE UNDERLYING
THEME.
OKAY I WOULD LIKE TO GET
THROUGH A FEW PROGRAM UPDATES.
YOU HAVE HAD HEARD OF RADX IN
MATERNAL HEALTH AND THE CRISIS
WE HAVE EXPERIENCING AS A
NATION.
SO HERE IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT ON
WHERE WE ARE LED BY TAYLOR,
KARI AND COLLEAGUE AT NICHD SO
IT IS FULLY IN FORCE.
YOU CAN SEE THE STAR THERE IN
THE ASSESSMENT PHASE AND WE
HAVE SELECTED 10 INNOVATORS IN
THAT PHASE WITH TECHNOLOGY.
THEY HAVE RECEIVED 75 AWARDS
AND THEY WILL BE IN THAT PHASE
FOR THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS OR
SO FROM APRIL THROUGH THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
IF THEY HIT CERTAIN MILESTONES
WITHIN THAT PHASE, THEY CAN
GET ADDITIONAL AWARDS, A
LITTLE OVER $300,000 WITHIN
THE MILESTONE AND GET PROMOTED
TO THE FINAL.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T SOUND
TERRIBLY DRAM AT THAT TIME
TICK BUT IT IS DRAMATIC AND I
THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD TV
SHOW.
YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF
EDITING BUT I CAN SEE IT.
SO THIS IS JUST SORT OF TO
WASH OVER YOU.
I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY
TECHNOLOGY BUT THESE ARE THE
TEN TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE IN
THE NEXT TECH EVALUATION STAGE
AND YOU CAN SEE FIRST OF ALL
MANY OF THEM ARE SMALL BUT
MANY ARE AT HOME, THEY ALL USE
DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND
INFRASTRUCTURE, COMBINED WITH
THAT SOME OF THEM USING
INVITRO DIAGNOSTICS.
THEY USE SIGNALS THAT CAN BE
EXTRACTED, CARDIOVASCULAR,
HEMORRHAGE, MENTAL HEALTH,
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, IT IS
ALL THERE SO WE'RE REALLY
EXCITED BY THESE AND EXCITED
TO SEE WHAT THE OUTCOMES WILL
BE.
DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE A
DRAMATIC STORYLINE.
ANOTHER PROGRAM IS FROM THE
RESOURCE CENTER AND YOU CAN
SEE ON THE BOTTOM LINE ALL THE
CHANGES SINCE THE PREVIOUS
COUNCIL MEETINGS.
SO GROUPS INTERESTED IN
BRINGING IN DATA, HARMONIZING
IT AND GETTING IT INTO THE NIH
DATABASES.
AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE BRAD
BOWER, OVER HERE, I LIKE TO
INTRODUCE BRAD SINCE HE IS
FROM THE OFFICE COMMUNITY, O C
T AND HE AND ANDREW HAVE BEEN
KEY LEADERS IN THIS AND THANKS
TO DARPA, THE SENIOR
LEADERSHIP FOR DRIVING THIS
PROGRAM.
THIS IS QUITE REMARKABLE AND A
COUPLE OF THINGS I WOULD LIKE
TO POINT OUT.
ONE IS THE EFFORT AND THE PI
OF THIS, VERY WELL-KNOWN, MARY
ANN GEIGER, FORMER COUNCIL
MEMBER AND SHE HAS PUSHED THE
ENVELOPE IN TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND AND THEN PROVIDE
IMPORTANT RESOURCES FOR DATA
AI.
SO THIS IS AN ACTIVE QR CODE
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT LINK
BECAUSE IT HAPPENS US
UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THE
IMAGING BUT THE DATA COLLECTED
IS IMPORTANT TO ANY AI SET AND
I DID SPEND TIME IN THAT
BRIDGE 2AI MEETING TO ADDRESS
TO THOSE FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THE PIONEERING WORK DONE IN
MIDRC.
WHAT IS UNIQUE IS IT INVOLVES
PHYSICAL ENGINEERING ALL THE
WAY TO MEDICINE AND INVOLVES
THE CONSORTIUM OF PEOPLE WHO
CARE ABOUT EVERY BIT OF
INFORMATION, ITS MEETING AND
WHERE IT CAME FROM TO THE
CLINICAL AND MEDICAL SIDES WHO
WANT TO APPLY THAT INFORMATION
TO UNDERSTANDING DISEASE AND
OTHER HEALTH IMPLICATIONS SO
IT IS IMPORTANT TO BRING ALL
THOSE FOLKS TOGETHER.
AND IT ALSO PROVIDES A UNIQUE
COMPETITION.
THIS IS THE NEXT ONE COMING UP.
THE MIDRC MRALE MASTERMIND
CHALLENGE, WE HAVE ONE ALREADY
AND HOPE TO EXPAND THERE ARE
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE LOOK AT
LONG COVID HAVING BETTER
PROGNOSTIC APPROACHES AND
VALIDATED ALGORITHMS AND YOU
CAN ALSO THINK OF THIS IN THE
SENSE OF PANDEMIC
PREPAREDNESS.
BECAUSE AS YOU DEVELOP THESE
ALGORITHMS FOR RESPIRATORY
VIRUSES, YOU CAN DISSEMINATE
THOSE ELECTRONS SO TO SPEAK
EXTREMELY FAST, MUCH MORE THAN
DIAGNOSTIC.
PEOPLE WILL GO INTO THE
EMERGENCY ROOMS AND NEED THESE
ALGORITHMS SO THIS IS A
STRUCTURE WE CAN DO THIS WITH
HIGH ACCURACY AND ABILITY.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
Dr. PLATT IS, THERE HE IS IN
THE FRONT ROW AND WE HAVE
NICOLE MORGAN.
Dr. PLATT IS ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR AT NIHRB, WORKING
WITH NICOLE TO LAUNCH A NUMBER
OF PROGRAMS AND FIRST I WANT
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADVERTISE
BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A COOL
SLIDE AND THE BEST NAME OF THE
LAB WE HAVE SEEN IN THE NIH,
THE MATRICES LAB.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON
OF LAB NAMES, MY LAB IS CALLED
DISSECTION ON BIOMEDICAL
OPTICS.
[LAUGHTER]
THERE IS NO HIDDEN MEANING,
YOU KNOW, IN CLEVERNESS TO
THAT.
THIS LAB, I THINK -- I MAY
HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING
BUT YOU KNOW IT IS REALLY
QUITE THE CHALLENGE AND AS YOU
CAN SEE, MANU IS DEEPLY
ENGAGED IN EVERYTHING FROM I
AM MAIMING, COMPUTATIONAL
MODELING, SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING, NETWORK, BIO
CHEMISTRY AND WE'RE SO GLAD TO
HAVE MANU, THE PERFECT PERSON
FOR LEADING THE DATACENTER AND
ALREADY AS I SAID MANU HAS
REALLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
THERE ARE A WHOLE SPECTRUM OF
ACTIVITIES GOING ON AT THE
DATACENTER.
THIS IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT AND I
WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS
BUT WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP
ALREADY ARE A SERIES OF
LISTENING SESSIONS WITH
COLLEAGUES ALL ACROSS THE NIH.
WE HAVE 40, 50, 60 PEOPLE
COMING.
THERE IS ENORMOUS INTEREST
ACROSS NIH IN THE INTRAMURAL
PROGRAM TO CONNECT
BIOENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
ALL ACROSS THE CAMPUS.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT SOME
NEW SPACE THAT WE WOULD LIKE
TO HAVE DEDICATED, SOME MAKER
SPACE AND THOSE OF YOU IN
BIOGENETICS, YOU ARE LIKE
YEAH, OKAY, MAKER SPACE FOR
BUT US IT IS A BIG DEAL AND IF
WE WANT TO BRING STUDENTS TO
NIH, WE HAVE TO BUILD IT.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A
SHOWCASE HOME WITHIN THE
CLINICAL CENTER, BUILDING 10,
WHICH IS THE BEATING HEART OF
THE NIH CAMPUS WHERE SO MUCH
VIBRANCY AND ACTIVITY IS GOING
ON.
WE HAVE ALREADY CONNECTED DATA
TO THE INTERN PROGRAM.
THIS HAS BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE
BY BOB LUTZ WHO STARTED THIS
PROGRAM AND THE 21ST YEAR OF
THIS PROGRAM.
IT IS REALLY A SPECTACULAR
PROGRAM.
YOU CAN SEE THE LAB PLACEMENTS
ARE IN INSTITUTES AND CENTERS
ALL ACROSS THE CAMPUS.
WHAT MANU AND NICOLE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO IS ADD SOME
DATACENTER VALUES TO THAT
PROGRAM AND BRING IN SIX
ADDITIONAL STUDENTS FROM
MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS,
FROM HBCS, HS IS, ALSO FROM
GALAUDET.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND THE COHORT
AND MATCH WITH MENTORS WITHIN
THE NIH STRUCTURE SO WE'RE
EXCITED TO HAVE THAT.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF
THIS PART OF MY TALK.
SO THANK YOU ALL AND I CAN
TAKE SOME QUESTIONS.
[APPLAUSE]
>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I REALLY ALWAYS ENJOY THESE
PRESENTATIONS AND THAT IS WHAT
I WILL MISS WHEN I AM NOT PART
OF THIS ANYMORE.
>>YOU CAN JOIN THE VIDEOCAST
THEN.
[LAUGHTER]
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>>A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE IS
THE UPPER PAGE, I THINK WE ARE
INTENTIONALLY MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THESE
KIND OF EXTRACTION PROGRAMS --
>>ABSOLUTELY, AM I ALLOWED TO
CALL ON MEMBERS OF THE
AUDIENCE?
WHERE IS MIKE WILSON?
>>HE IS NO THE BREAKOUT ROOM.
>>SORRY, WE CAN'T FULLY
IMPLEMENT ALL OF THE
ADVANTAGES OF BEING LIVE.
I CAN ASK HIM TO COME IN
HERE --
>>HE WILL HEAR IN IN 40, 45
SECONDS.
[LAUGHTER]
>>OKAY, I WILL SUMMARIZE AND
WHAT I WILL DO IS INTRODUCE
YOU TO A PERSONIFICATION OF
THAT.
MIKE WILSON HAS BEEN DOING A
DETAIL IN ROH AND WE ARE
CULTURALLY CEMENTED IN NIH --
THERE HE IS, IN RECORD TIME,
ALL RIGHT!
HELLO MIKE.
[LAUGHTER]
>>WE WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL
AND THAT IS WHY MIKE WHO IS A
VETERAN OF DARPA, THE NEW
INSTITUTE DIRECTOR --
>>I AM GOING TO TURN THE
MICROPHONE OVER TO MIKE IN
JUST A SECOND BUT I WANT TO
SAY FROM A BIG PICTURE
PHILOSOPHICAL POINT OF VIEW,
WE'RE COMMITTED TO SUCCESS,
THEY ARE PROVIDING FUNDING
WHICH WILL GO TO OUR COMMUNITY
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT
GETS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I WOULD NOTE, IF YOU GO TO OUR
WEBSITE, IT HAS GONE -- I
WOULD MAKE A NEW SLIDE, I
GRABBED IT, IMAGINE THE FUTURE
OF HEALTH AND OUR LOGO IS
ENGINEER THE FUTURE OF HELP.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE
IMAGINE AND THEN THE ENGINEER
SIDE TO BE FULLY PARTNERED SO
MIKE MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US
DETAILS.
>>SURE, THE SHORT VERSION IS
EVERYTHING DARPAH DOES IS SORT
OF THE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS SO
SOLVE A PROBLEM AND DO
SOMETHING NO ONE ELSE HAS
DONE, TO OVERCOME A LARGE
OBSTACLE SO WE HAVE FUNDEDDED
THE RESEARCH AND SOMETIMES
THERE ARE INCENTIVIZED
PROGRAMS BUT IT WORKS THE
OTHER WAY WITH PROGRAM LEADERS
AND --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
THE WAY THAT I SEE RADX AND
ARPA-H INTERACTING IS MORE
ALONG THE LINES OF WHEN THERE
ARE COMMON PROBLEMS TO SOLVE,
THEY WORK TOGETHER.
THERE IS A LOT OF GLUE BETWEEN
THE AGENCIES.
NOT JUST MYSELF BUT WE HAVE
SEVERAL PEOPLE PART-TIME OR
HEAVILY INVOLVED AND A SYSTEM
SET UP SO WHEN THERE ARE AR PA
PROGRAMS OR INTERESTS AT NIH
WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE
THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS IN THE
EXPERTISE AND VICE VERSA, WE
HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO ASK THEM
FOR IDEAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO
DO THAT IN THE FUTURE.
>>MIKE IS THE OFFICIAL
OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE FROM
NIH AND THEY ARE BUILDING
THESE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES
FROM ALL ENTITIES SO MAYBE A
WAY OF COORDINATION AND WAY OF
SAYING WHAT MIKE JUST SAID IS
YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT
YOUR STUDENTS, COLLEAGUES,
TRAINEES, FOCUSING ON PROGRAM
DIRECTORS.
THEY WILL DETERMINE THE AGENDA
AND IF WE HAVE PROGRAM
OFFICERS COMING FROM
MATERIALS, BIOMANUFACTURING,
IMAGING COMMUNITIES, WE WILL
HAVE A LOT OF REPRESENTATION
OF FUNDING WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITIES SO IT INTRODUCES A
LOT TO THAT.
>>AND IT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO
APPLY FOR JOBS AT ARPA-H.
THEY PLAN TO HIRE A NUMBER OF
PROGRAM MANAGERS OVER THE
YEARS BUT CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE
THREE.
SO GOOD PEOPLE, ESTABLISHED,
NOT FULL TENURE BUT LIKE
SOMEBODY WITH GREAT IDEAS THAT
HAS IDENTIFIED SOMETHING THAT
MORE THAN ONE PERSON IS NEEDED
TO SOLVE THE OVERALL BARRIER.
YOU LOOK AT DARPA AS A MODEL
FOR THE KIND OF PERSON THEY
ARE LOOKING FOR.
THE PERSON WHO HAD TO GIVE
SOMETHING UP IN THEIR CAREER
TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE
GOVERNMENT AND PAY IT FORWARD.
BUT ACTUALLY ACTIVELY REALLY
LOOKING FOR STRONG CANDIDATES
SO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO
US OR OUR WEBSITE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION
ON THE CANDIDATE RECRUITING
PROCESS, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR IN TERMS OF CANDIDATES.
>>DO THEY USE AI TO SELECT
CANDIDATES?
[LAUGHTER]
>> NO, THEY USE REAL I.
>>THANK GOODNESS!
>>HARD TO USE IA FOR THAT.
THE MOST CHALLENGE, THE
PROGRAM MONEY FOR THE
SITUATION, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS
THAT?
THIS IS USING ALMOST THE SAME
MODEL THE NATIONAL SCIENCE
FOUNDATION USES FOR ROW
TERRACE.
YOU ARE ON LOAN TO THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT BUT YOU RETAIN YOUR
TITLE, POSITION AND BENEFITS
AND THE GOVERNMENT REAM BURSTS
THE INSTITUTION WITH YOUR
SALARY, TRAVEL, EVERYTHING YOU
NEED IN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
INSTITUTION CAN TAKE THOSE
FUNDS TO HIRE AN ADJUNCT
PROFESSOR, WHATEVER THEY NEED
WITH THOSE NEED WHILE YOU ARE
WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS OVER A FIVE-YEAR
PERIOD SO A BIG PROBLEM.
>>THANK YOU MIKE, THAT IS A
GOOD WAY TO END.
IS THAT A QUARTER OF THE NIBIB
BUDGET?
[LAUGHTER]
[ OFF MIC ]
>>THANK YOU, MIKE.
>>AS USUAL, FANTASTIC
OVERVIEW AND SO MUCH PROGRESS
EVERY YEAR, EVERY FEW MONTHS.
KIND OF HARD TO SAY THAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT MANU
AND MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT,
WITH THE DATACENTER, HOW MUCH
OF THAT WOULD BE OUTREACH TO
UNIVERSITIES OR ACADEMIC
CENTERS BESIDES GROWING THE
UNDERGRADUATE ENGAGEMENT THAT
YOU ARE DOING WITHIN TO BRING
THESE IN?
>>THAT SPOT IS RESERVED FOR
YOU, MANU.
>>GREAT QUESTION.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE FOCUSED ON
BUILDING UP THE IRB PART
BECAUSE THAT IS THE IMMEDIATE
PART BUT WE ARE REACHING OUT
TO COMMUNITIES AND OTHER
INSTITUTIONS AND SCHOOLS TO
LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY CAN
COME TO NIH, I THINK THAT IS
SOMETHING BRUCE MENTIONED IN
THE OPENING BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T THINK IT IS A
PLACE FOR THEM.
BUT WORKING WITH ALVIN AVILA
WHO IS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OR
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR FOR NID --
>>SDO.
>>HE AND I ARE KIND OF
WORKING TOGETHER WHERE HE IS
BUILDING PROGRAMS EXTRAMURALLY
WITH ROIABLES AND WE WILL HAVE
TRAINING PROGRAMS TO RECRUIT
THEM SO THERE WILL BE SOME
PACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE DATA
CENTERS.
AND THEN WE WILL BRING IN
POST-BAC UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS TO THE NIH SO WE HAVE
TRAINING PROGRAMS TO COME IN
AND RECRUIT TO BRING THEM TO
OUR PROGRAM.
>>THIS IS KIND OF OUR -- YOU
KNOW WHEN WE LOOK AT NIBIB IN
PARTICULAR, IT IS ONE
COMMUNITY.
AND WE'RE LUCKY THAT WAY.
OTHER INSTITUTES THAT ARE
DISEASE-FOCUSED DON'T HAVE
THAT KIND OF COHESIVENESS WITH
TRAINING AND A LOT OF GROUPS
GET TOGETHER AND HAVE THIS
TRAINING IN COMPLIMENTARY
AREAS SO WE WANT TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY AS
MUCH AS WE CAN AND JUST THIS
IDEA OF HAVING AN INTRAMURAL
DATA AND EXTRAMURAL DATA, THAT
WAS THE CONCEPT FROM LAST
TIME, WE HOPE TO REALLY BUILD
ON.
SO NIH HAS NOT OBVIOUSLY DONE
A GREAT JOB OF BREAKING DOWN
THAT WALL BETWEEN INTRAMURAL
AND EXTRAMURAL FOR A VARIETY
OF REASONS BUT WE THINK OUR
COMMUNITY IS REALLY WELL
ADAPTED FOR IT.
FOR ONE THING, YOU GO TO A
MEDICAL CENTER, THEY NEED AN
ENTIRE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
TO SOLVE A PROBLEM.
UNLIKE ACADEMICS, THERE IS NO
CONCEPT OR EVEN THERE IS NO
DEFINITION OF RDU.
SO YOU HEAR THIS WITH YOUR
CLINICAL COLLABORATORS IN
SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE.
THE RBU IS THE DRIVER AND
MAYBE YOU WILL SEE THAT
CLINICAL COLLABORATOR BUT THEY
HAVE TO BE SORT OF BOUND TO
THE PERFORMANCE.
THAT DOESN'T EXIST HERE.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A BILLING
SYSTEM IN OUR CLINICAL CENTER
SO IT IS A REALLY DIFFERENT
ENVIRONMENT AND A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY I THINK FOR OUR
FIELD.
THANK THANK YOU, MANU.
>>SO THANKS AND WONDERFUL
PROGRESS.
ONE OF YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE
P41 CENTERS, THE FACT THAT
NIBIB IS THE ONLY INSTITUTE
THAT SUPPORTS THE GENOVO
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND I
GUESS I AM SORT OF THINKING TO
THE FUTURE, I MEAN IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT IS SUSTAINABLE
GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF
TECHNOLOGY, THE PROCESS, ALL
OF THESE DOMAINS AND HOW MIGHT
YOU THINK ABOUT THAT
INVOLVING.
YOU KNOW, IS THERE A POTENTIAL
TO DO AN INTRAMURAL PROGRAM
AND ARE THE DATA CENTERS
SOMEWHAT DOING THAT?
I AM CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR
THOUGHTS GIVEN THAT I FEEL
LIKE WE HAVE TO KEEP
INNOVATING ON THE TECHNOLOGY
SIDE.
>>WOW, YOU HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN
READING MY MIND AND DAVID'S
MIND, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
QUITE A LOT ABOUT THAT.
SO FIRST OF ALL, I AM BIASED
BECAUSE I DIRECTED A P41
CENTER FOR LIKE 15 YEARS SO
THERE IS SOME INTRINSIC BIAS
BUILT IN RIGHT THERE.
IT IS AN ENRANGES AL KIND OF
COMMITMENT IN THAT OVER TIME
THE BUDGETS HAVE REALLY BEEN
FIXED AND OF COURSE THE
AMBITIONS HAVE GROWN AND THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPACT HAVE
EXPANDED.
IRRAGSALITIES.
SO IT WILY WE'RE COMMITTED FOR
HAVING COOL MECHANISMS FOR
DRIVING COOL TECHNOLOGY AND AS
LONG AS THERE IS A NIARB THAT
IS EMBEDDED IN YOUR COMMUNITY
BUT HOW DO WE DO IT, DO WE ADD
TO THE NUMBER OF CENTERS OR
MAKE IT AMY MECHANIC CAN FIFTH
PARTICULARLY?
WE HAVE TO REFLECT THE FUTURE
OF WHERE IT IS GOING AND ARE
THINKING ABOUT THAT AND WILL
CALL ON COUNCIL TO HELP US AS
WE COME UP WITH IDEAS.
THE ONE QUESTION WE CAN ANSWER
WITHOUT ANY CONTEMPLATION IS
WE NEED TO REISSUE.
SO WE JUST DID THAT.
BUT ABSOLUTELY.
AND CERTAINLY THE P41
STRUCTURE AS YOU REFERRED TO
IS AN INSPIRATION FOR US IN
THE DATACENTER.
THE DATACENTER IS KIND OF LIKE
A GIANT P41 WITH LOTS OF
INVESTIGATORS DRIVING
TECHNOLOGY ON THE CUTTING EDGE
BUT ALSO PROVIDING CORE
RESOURCES AND FACILITIES FOR
PEOPLE TO ACCESS THOSE THINGS
AND IDAS ACROSS DISCIPLINES
AND BOUND TREES TO MAKE THESE
THINGS HAPPEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE AT
NIH IS LIKE UNIVERSITIES HAVE
THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY WITH
END PRESIDENT BUSH NEURALIZAT
ION AND -- -- ENTREPRENEURIAL
CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE THAT BUT IT IS MORE
DIFFICULT.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>>HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED AND
LOOKING AT THE CENTERS ALL
OVER THE WORLD AND --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>>YEAH, ABSOLUTELY AND WE
TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT.
>>SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON
THAT, STRATEGICALLY, WHAT ARE
THE BLOCKS THAT HAVE BEEN
RECOMMENDED?
THERE IS CLEARLY A INTENT,
COMMITMENT AND INTEREST.
ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN DO TO
HELP OR STRATEGIZE?
I MEAN I LOOK AT THE RADX
INNOVATION PIPELINE AND THAT
FEELS ALSO LIKE IT FITS WITH
SOME ASPECTS OF THE P41
ALTHOUGH IT IS ALSO A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT AND ARGUABLY
PULLING AWAY FROM THE
ESTABLISHED CENTERS.
SO IS THERE A WAY TO LINK SOME
OF THOSE TYPES OF INITIATIVES
TO GET MAYBE SOME OF THE
BUDGET OR GET SOME OF THE
SUPPORT?
>>YEAH, I THINK -- I GUESS
I -- I AM NOT GOING TO
SURRENDER BUT I THINK I
DEFINITELY HAVE COME TO THE
REALIZATION THAT CONGRESS
CARES ABOUT THE DISEASES AND
NAMES OF THE DISEASE AND NOT
SO MUCH THE TECHNOLOGIES
NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THEM,
ADVANCE THEM, FIX BROKEN
THINGS, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE
ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE SECOND
CHOICE OR THE THIRD CHOICE OF
WHERE THE BASE APPROPRIATIONS
GO.
THAT IS WHY WE PARTNER SO MUCH
WITH OTHER ICS.
PROBABLY A QUART OF OUR
EXPENDITURES, WE SHOWED YOU
THE APPROPRIATED BUDGET FOR
OUR MONEY TO EXTEND
PARTNERSHIPS.
JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU HAVE
PARTNERS ACROSS UNIVERSITIES,
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SO
FORTH, WE DO THE SAME THING.
NIH IS KIND OF LIKE THAT BIG
MED SCHOOL AND LOOKING TO
OTHER PARTNERS AND OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, THAT IS ONE THING
WE DO.
TO LOOK AT THE RADX MODEL
ITSELF, THAT IS IN FACT THAT
AND THAT MATERNAL HEALTH
PROGRAM I SHOWED YOU, THAT WAS
ALL PAID FOR IN THE
COMMITMENT, THE $12 MILLION
COMMITMENT FROM NICHD.
SO MAYBE TAYLOR COULD COME UP
AND TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE
PARTNERSHIPS.
TAYLOR LEADS WITHIN NIAIB AND
WE CAN'T WAIT TILL CONGRESS
DECIDES TO APPROPRIATE AND WE
ARE BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE ON
HOW TO DO THAT.
SO TAYLOR MAYBE YOU COULD TALK
A LITTLE ABOUT PRIZES AND
PARTNERSHIPS --
>>BE HAPPY TO, BRUCE.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO CREATE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES
THAT OTHER CENTERS CAN TAP
INTO FOR TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATION USING LOTS OF
TRADITIONAL MECHANISMS AT NIH
SUCH AS COMPETITION AUTHORITY,
EXPLORE OTHER TRANSACTIONAL
AUTHORITY, ACQUISITION
AUTHORITY, DOING THINGS MORE
HIM INABLY AND RAPIDLY THAN
PERHAPS THE TRADITIONAL MODEL.
WHILE IT PLAYS AN INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT ROLE, WE BELIEF SOME
OF THESE OTHER MECHANISMS CAN
BE LEVERAGED TO HELP OUR
BROTHERS AND ARE SISTERS
AROUND NIH TO REACH THEIR
GOALS.
AND THEY REACHED OUT TO US
WITH A NEW APPROPRIATION FROM
CONGRESS LATE IN THE YEAR AND
ASKED IF THEY COULD HELP US
WITH THE POST MATERNAL HEALTH
DIAGNOSTIC ABILITIES AND A
FANTASTIC EXAMPLE HOW WE CAN
TAKE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE
BUILT FOR COVID AND PIVOT IT
AT A DIFFERENT SCALE,
ADMITTEDLY, FROM $1.7 BILLION
TO 12 MILLION BUT A FANTASTIC
EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN DO THAT
WITH OTHER DISEASES AS WELL.
>>AND TO ADD ON TO THAT, LIKE
THE P41 PROGRAMS, WE SUPPORT
THE CORE RESOURCES BUT THE
OVERALL EXPENDITURE OF THE
NETWORK FAR EXCEEDS WHAT NIH
PUTS IN AND THAT IS A PRICK TO
TIFFANY LASCHE.
I DON'T KNOW IF TIFFANY IS
HERE --
>> IF SHE IS HERE SHE IS IN
THE BREAKOUT ROOM.
[LAUGHTER]
>>MAYBE WE COULD GET TIFFANY
TO COME IN.
WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE RADX
WITHOUT POCTURN AND YOU HAVE
HEARD THE NEXT ROUND OF
CLEARANCES AND SO FORTH BUT WE
WILL HAVE EVEN MORE OTHER
INSTITUTE SUPPORTED
APPLICATION BASED CENTERS.
SO ONE OF THE APPROACHES WE
ENVISION GOING FORWARD IS
NIBIP CAN SUPPORT SOME OF THE
CONNECTED TECHNOLOGY --
>>IF I MAY CAUTION, THE
RESEARCH WILL BE SUSPECTED IN
THE CLOSED SESSION SO WE'RE
NOT TALKING BRUCE --
>>I AM WAVING MY HANDS IN
GENERALITY.
>>THANK YOU.
>>SO TIFFANY WILL EXPLAIN THE
CONTEXT AROUND THIS OF HOW DO
WE BUILD THESE PARTNERSHIPS.
WE CAN SUPPORT CORE TECHNOLOGY
AND THEN GET OTHER INSTITUTION
CENTERS TO SUPPORT APPLICATION
BASE AREAS SO TIFFANY MAYBE
YOU COULD COMMENT ON THAT?
>>SO POCTURN IS AN EFFORT
WHERE IT IS COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS AND WE SUPPORT THE
CENTERS AND THE CENTERS
SUPPORT THE SOLICITATIONS
WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ALMOST
DOUBLE OUR ENHANCEMENT WITH
THE SUPPORT OF OTHER ICUS.
>>YEAH, SO LIKE ALL OF YOU,
WE'RE VERY ENTREPRENEURIAL
MINDED WITHIN THE NIBIB,
LOOKING FOR NEW MODELS AND I
THINK THE IDEA OF HOW TO PLACE
THE P41S IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL
THIS IS VERY POSTABLE.
THE P41 PROCESS IS NOT TOO
DIFFERENT FROM MY FIRST
APPLICATION WHICH WAS IN 1997
AND SO YOU KNOW WE WANT TO BE
SURE TO UPDATE THAT FOR A MORE
CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENT AND
THAT EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED
WITH THE PANDEMIC.
SO AS WE KNOW, YEAH, KEEP
GOING.
>>SORRY, I WILL ADDRESS THAT
IN A SECOND BUT I GUESS I AM
BRAINSTORMING A LITTLE BIT,
ONE STRATEGY WE USE IS SCHOOLS
OF MEDICINE WHO HAVE BUDGETS
THAT DON'T ROLL OVER AND YOU
USE IT OR LOSE IT AND AS SUCH
WE HAVE VAGUE SIMILARITIES IS
TO TRY TO DO SOMETIMES SOME
TYPE OF TEMPORARY TO PERM
ESPECIALLY IN THE MODEL SO YOU
GET SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS AS
A TRIAL INITIATIVE AND THEN
TRY TO ROLL IT INTO THE
BUDGET, INTO THE CONTINUING
BUDGET GOING FORWARD AND I
WONDER WHETHER P41S MIGHT BE
SORT OF A RECEPTACLE FOR SOME
OF THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
SUCCESSES TO SAY LOOK WHAT WE
WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH AND
NOW WE WILL BE ESTABLISHING
ONGOING CENTERS TO CONTINUE
THAT MODEL.
I AM SURE THIS IS SOMETHING
YOU THOUGHT ABOUT, DEBATED,
PROBABLY TRIED AND COULDN'T
GET WORKING BUT JUST UP WITH
MODEL --
>>NO, I THINK SPIRITUALLY
THAT IS WHAT WE DO ALTHOUGH
THERE'S THE OVERARCHING BUDGET
WHICH IS THE NIH BUDGET, EVEN
THOUGH EACH INSTITUTE HAS ITS
OWN APPROPRIATION PROCESS SO
THIS IS LIKE A GOVERNOR THAT
IS RESTRICTING THE VELOCITY
WITH WHICH WE CAN EXPAND THAT.
SO BUT FOR SURE I THINK THE
SPIRIT OF IT IS EXACTLY THAT.
RONU?
>>THE EDA JUST RECENTLY
ANNOUNCED TECH HUB AND.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
SO THE MENTION OF THE P41
THING --
>>THIS IS INSIDE BASEBALL.
>>DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY.
>>I KNOW BUT NOT EVERYONE
KNOWS.
IT IS A REALLY RARE -- AND
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THE EDA
OR U.S. DA AND SOME STATES
HAVE EDAS, THEY WILL POP UP
WITH SOME INITIATIVES AND YOU
HAVE ONE THAT WE'RE BUYING
THAT BUILT AN INCUBATOR IN THE
LATE 90s AND THEN
DISAPPEARED.
>>SO I AM CURIOUS HOW YOU ARE
THINKING ABOUT LEVERAGING THEM
OR RELATING THEM OR LOOKING AT
THE WHOLE MODEL BECAUSE THERE
ARE VERY SPECIFIC CALLS FOR
VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF FUNDING
THAT ARE COMING UP BUT THEY
ARE TALKING ABOUT SYNTHETIC
BIOLOGY, ABOUT AI, ABOUT
MEDTECH SO THERE IS A CLEAR
OVERLAP WITH MANY DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF WHAT NIBIB DOES
AND --
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>>YEAH, THAT IS A BIG ONE.
>> SO HOW YOU ARE THINKING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INTERVENING
OR NOT.
>>NO, WE ARE.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE ARE
TRYING TO MAKE AS MUCH NOISE
AS POSSIBLE.
IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE
CULTURALLY AT THE NIH, THERE
REALLY ISN'T A LOT OF
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE CHIPS IN
SCIENCE AND WHY SHOULD HHH BE
SO INVOLVED IN THAT AND OF
COURSE IT IS FOUNDATIONAL FOR
US AND AS I POINTED OUT IN A
RECENT DIRECTOR'S MEETING,
EVERYONE WAS ECSTATIC ABOUT
OVER THE COUNTER HEARING AIDS
AND SHOULD BE, IT IS A HUGE
PUBLIC POLICY SHIFT BUT YOU
DON'T HAVE THAT UNLESS UP
NICHD SO EVERYTHING ABOUT HOW
THIS WORKS IS ABOUT CHIPS AND
SCIENCE AND WILL BE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT FORCE YOU SO WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
VISIBILITY AND YOU KNOW
EARLIER ON I MENTIONED SEVERAL
INDIVIDUALS.
I THINK DAVID IS ALSO OUR LEAD
IN THE CHIPS IN SCIENCE
EFFORT --
>> HE IS NOT IN THE BREAKOUT
ROOM, HE IS HERE --
>>DAVID, ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT
TO COMMENT ON THAT?
>>AND LUISA IS HERE TOO --
>>THANK YOU.
WE WANT THE MOST.
WE WANT CHIPS IN THE
BIOECONOMY.
[LAUGHTER]
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS
ONE OF OUR FAVORITE TOPICS,
ANIMATE AND INANIMATE
COMBINED, INTERFACING.
>>CHIPS?
>>YEAH, YOUR CHOICE.
>>SO CHIPS IN SCIENCE IS
SOMETHING THAT I THINK YOU
MENTIONED IS NOT ENTIRELY
DRIVEN BY THE NIH.
>> THE UNDERSTATEMENT OF
THE --
>> YEAH, A FEW MAJOR FACTORS
ARE COMMERCE AND THEN D.O.E.
AT LARGE.
WE ARE WORKING TO INTEGRATE
OURSELVES INTO THESE
CONVERSATIONS.
IT IS PROBABLY A MULTI-YEAR
EFFORT TO DO SO.
BUT FOR SURE CHIP IS
DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR.
THE SCIENCE ACT ARE REALLY --
THEY HAVE BIFURCATED SO THERE
IS A SCIENCE ACT AND A CHIP
GROUP.
THE SCIENCE ACT IS REALLY
REALLY D.O.E., NIT AND DOSF SO
THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT
HAPPEN WITH SOME INFREQUENCY.
THERE MAY BE MORE TO REPORT ON
THAT IN FUTURE YEARS BUT NOT A
LOT TO BE SAID ABOUT IT RIGHT
NOW BUT IT IS ON THE RADAR.
>>WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE
GAME WITH THAT.
WE HAVE A STRATEGY BUT IT IS
EVOLVING.
>>YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT BIOA
UTONOMY?
>>OH, FOR SURE.
[LAUGHTER]
>>I THINK THAT EFFORT IS
REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS
EXCITING FOR US TO BE A PART
OF.
WE THINK OF OURSELVES AS BEING
THE BIOCENTER OF THE NIH AND
SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO
ENVISION SORT OF BROAD GOALS
IN THE FUTURE FROM A
TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE SO WE
TRY TO COVER THE ENTIRE SPACE
OF THE HEALTH CONTINUUM,
TRYING TO COVER ALL THE SPACES
IN THE SECTOR AND --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>>THANKS, LUISA, THANKS,
DAVE.
I THINK FROM A VERY BIG
PICTURE POINT OF VIEW WHAT OUR
PROCESS IS, A LOT OF THESE
INITIATIVES ARE DRIVEN BY THE
WHITE HOUSE IN AN EFFORT TO
LEAD MAYBE MULTIAGENCY REPORTS
OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND WE'RE
IN THE MIX WITH THE WHITE
HOUSE AND THAT IS REALLY A
CONSEQUENCE OF OUR ROLE IN THE
PANDEMIC WHERE WE ROSE FROM I
WOULD SAY YOU KNOW NOT MUCH
VISIBILITY TO A VERY HIGH
LEVEL OF VISIBILITY IN THAT
DOMAIN SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN A NUMBER OF
EVENTS AND ALL ACROSS THE NIH
NOW, OUR POLICY PROOFS AND
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR ARE IN
A VISUAL BOX IN A SENSE AND IF
THERE IS SOMETHING TECHNICAL,
THEY CALL ON US TO BE
REPRESENTATIVES.
IT IS HARD BECAUSE WE ARE NOT
THAT BIG OF AN INSTITUTE SO
THAT IS WHY DAVE IS LEADING
BOTH CHIPS AND SCIENCE AND
BIOECONOMY AND I THINK I
SIGNED YOU UP FOR SOMETHING
ELSE AS WELL --
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
[LAUGHTER]
>>YOU KNOW BUT IT IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT THERE
AND COMMUNICATE OUR MESSAGE
AND I THINK IT IS RESONATING
WITH HHS.
I THINK WE HAVE PERHAPS
SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT OF
PERCEPTION ABOUT HHS
DEPARTMENT-WISE.
WE HAVEN'T NORMALLY THOUGHT
ABOUT THE ASSETS OF TECHNOLOGY
WITHIN HHS IN A CREATIVE
ENTREPRENEURIAL AND ECONOMIC
WAY BUT IT IS IRONIC BECAUSE
WE IN SO MANY WAYS DEFINE THE
BY QUO ECONOMY.
THANKS, YOU GUYS.
>>SAM?
>>THERE WAS ONE OF THE SLIDES
YOU HAD ABOUT ADVANCING PIS IN
FUNDING WHICH IS AMAZING.
AND WE HAVE BEEN WELL-KNOWN
FOR ALL THESE PROGRAMS
INITIATED OVER THE YEARS AND
IN TERMS OF HOW THAT IS
TRANSLATED IN MAJOR FUNDING
POOLS, MUST BE WITH THE R0IS
BUT HOW HAS THAT SHIFTED, ARE
THEY COMING FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY OR IS IT AN EAST-WEST
COAST ALIGNS --
>>NO, THEY ARE, I THINK THERE
ARE 21 INSTITUTIONS.
I HAVE A LIST OF ALL THE
MEMBERS IN EVERY STATE BUT FOR
SURE THROUGHOUT THE NIH, YOU
KNOW, THE FUNDING FROM DIVERSE
INVESTIGATORS IS A CHALLENGE
AND THAT IS WHY YOU SEE ALL
THESE INITIATIVES.
WE HAVE NOW WELL OVER
100NIH-WIDE AND LAST I
COUNTED, IT WAS AROUND 120,
130.
IT SHOULD BE UP TO 150 NOW
THAT ARE REALLY FOCUSED OP
STEIN TO ENCOURAGE MORE
APPLICATIONS.
WE HAVE THE AWARDS BUT WE
ENCOURAGE 400 NEW GRANTS A
YEAR SO FOR US IT COULD BE A
REALLY BIG YEAR IF WE
ENCOURAGE THAT MANY.
I DON'T HAVE NUMBERS FOR YOU
BUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GRAB
TODD.
AT LAST CHECK, HE WAS PROBABLY
IN ONE OF THE BREAKOUT ROOMS
AND HE KIND OF KEEPS HIS
FINGER ON THE PULSE AND ALSO
TOM AND ALBERT ARE HERE --
THERE HE IS.
TOM.
>>AND ALBERT IS ON THE
VIDEO --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>>TOM, YOU ARE WAY BACK OVER
THERE.
>>I WILL COME TO THE
MICROPHONE.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO
DIVE INTO THESE SPECIFICS IN
THIS PART OF THE MEETING WITH
YOU I THINK AS BRUCE MENTIONED
OF OUR AWARDS THIS YEAR, WE
HAD --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
AND THE PROLIFERATION LARGELY
DUE TO THE PI OPTION AND
AWARDS TO PIS --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DIVE IN
MORE ON THAT TOGETHER.
>>THERE IS A OVERLAP TO SEE
HOW THESE PROGRAMS ARE HAVING
A IMPACT IN TERMS OF THE
MULTISELECTIVE AREAS, THE
TRADITIONAL R01, HAS THAT
MOVED TO THE LEFT COLUMN AND
ALONG THE SAME LINE, WE
NOTEDAI AND I DON'T THINK WE
CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT IT IN THE
FUTURE.
MAYBE FOR THESE SPECIALIZED
PROGRAMS, MASTER LEVELS,
BACHELOR'S LEVEL BUT THIS IS
AN AREA WHERE I THINK AGAIN WE
GET INTO THIS PROBLEM OF
DISPARITY ALONG THE LINE
BECAUSE IF HE DON'T HAVE THE
SKILLED WORKFORCE, YOU WON'T
BE ABLE TO --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
WILL NIBIB BE ABLE TO DEVELOP
A OUTSIDE PROGRAM OR MODEL FOR
AI AND PLACE ON VIDEO FOR
EVERYBODY TO HAVE A SAY PAUSE
I REALLY THINK IF WE DEFINE
THE FUTURE, WE NEED TOY FINE
HOW WE USE THESE TECHNOLOGIES
AND --
>>YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, GREAT
QUESTION AND THAT IS WHY I
HIGHLIGHTED IN PARTICULAR THE
MIDRC PROGRAM AND IS GRACE IN
THE ROOM OR IS SHE ON VIDEO?
>>THANKS, HAVING HEARD YOU,
IF YOU WILL TURN AROUND YOU
WILL SEE --
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>>OH, WE MISS YOU, AMY.
ALBERT, COULD YOU COMMENT
MAYBE A LITTLE ON THE BASE
PORTFOLIO?
BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO SORT OF
EMPHASIZE THAT THE NEW R01
MECHANISM, AND IT IS UP TO YOU
GUYS SINCE YOU ARE ARE THE
LEADERS AND HAVE DONE IT,
THERE JUST ARE NO R01S,
PERIOD.
SO WE'RE CREATING NEW
HIGHWAYS, MAKING COLLATERAL
EPISTLES, REACHING OUT IN
IMPORTANT WAYS AND HOPEFULLY
WILL BE ONGOING PERMANENT
PROCESSES THAT WE CAN CREATE
AND ALL OF YOU GET CREDIT IN
HIRING AND PROMOTION.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>>YES, WE CAN, THANKS,
ALBERT.
>>THE VERY LAST PROGRAM
SPOKEN ABOUT, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS CRITICAL
SPECIFICALLY TO NIA A AD,
WORKING ON THIS INITIATIVE AND
A DIRECT RESULT OF THAT --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
THE EDUS CAN'T BE COMPETITIVE
UNLESS THEY HAVE THE
EQUIPMENT, THE KNOWLEDGE, THE
COLLABORATION AND WITH
DIVERSITY ALL OF OUR R01ABLE S
FOR THE MOST PARTING THROUGH
THE STUDY SESSIONS.
WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING AT
THESE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS
AND THAT IS WHAT THIS EBETA
INITIATIVE IS GOING TO BE
COVERING, TO BUILD UP THAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND POINT MADE
EARLIER, WE DON'T HAVE THE
SPECIFIC DATA BUT WE CAN GET
THAT.
THE NUMBERS ARE REALLY LOW BUT
I WILL SAY ACROSS THE NIH, WE
MAY HAVE CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE
OF OUR EARLY STAGE
INVESTIGATOR.
WE HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC
INCREASE NOT JUST IN THE
NUMBER OF AWARDS PUT NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS COMING FROM
AFRICAN-AMERICAN BLACK AND
HISPANIC SERVICES.
SO SEEING THAT ON A REGULAR
BASIS IS COMPELLING THAT WE
ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND HOPING
WE CAN GET THE ENGINEERS IN
THAT SAME THING.
>>ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.
THANKS SO MUCH, ALBERT, THAT
WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
CYNTHIA?
>>REALLY EXCITED TO BE AT
THIS TABLE --
>>I THINK I MET YOU WHEN YOU
WERE THE LECTURER.
>>ONE OF THE THINGS --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
IS GETTING THIS MESSAGE OUT
AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON
THE DIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
EXTENDING ALL THE WAY DOWN
INTO THE SCHOOL AGED.
I GUESS I HAD NOT EXPECTED TO
SEE PRE-K THROUGH 12 ON THE
NIH GRANTS.
BUT BACK IN THE DAY, THERE WAS
NO GOOGLE, DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO
GET TO THAT AND AS MY PARENTS
WOULD NOTE, IT TOOK A WHILE TO
GET THOSE PATHWAYS AND NICE TO
SEE THOSE PATHWAYS AT THAT AGE
IN THEIR CAREER.
>>ALBERT, CAN WE USE YOU?
CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT?
BECAUSE IT IS A SHOCKER.
A SHOCKER FOR ME TO SEE THAT.
I HAD A READ THAT OVER SEVERAL
TIMES BECAUSE IT IS BEATEN
INTO US NIH SUPPORTS
PROFESSIONAL AND GRADUATE
EDUCATION.
>>THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN
AROUND AND ACTUALLY NIH USED
TO HAVE A LARGER PRESENCE IN
K-12 AND THEN IT CHANGED TO
NSF.
THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND
BUT THE LAST YEAR AND WITH MY
EFFORT AT NIH, THE MAJORITY OF
THE --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
SO WITH THIS AND INCREASED
BUDGET IN THIS PROGRAM LED
THROUGH THE ICM S, WE ARE
TRYING TO BE PARTNERS OF THIS
AND DEFINITELY ONBOARD WITH
APPLICATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING
AT THE EARLY -- JUST LIKE YOU
SAID, THESE EARLY EXPOSURE
PROGRAMS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR SCIENTISTS.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY ONBOARD
AND IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO
WANTS TO APPLY TO ANY
INSTITUTION, HAVE THEM REACH
OUT.
>>THANKS, ALBERT.
SHOULD WE GO BACK TO AI WITH
GRACE?
WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE GRACE AT
AS A LEADER IN THIS FIELD.
I MENTIONED IMAG AND SOMETHING
REALLY CLOSE TO SUCH A GREAT
DEPARTMENT.
>>THANKS, BRUCE, THANKS,
EVERYONE.
SO I WANTED TO COMMENT THAT
YOU MENTIONED THE DIVERSITY IN
TRAINING THROUGH COURSE
DEVELOPMENT AND CERTAINLY IMAG
AND THE MSM, WE WANT TO PUSH
DIVERSITY BUT IN THE BRIDGE
2AI PROGRAM THAT WAS
MENTIONED, WE TOOK ON THE
BRAIN INITIATIVE PLAN FOR
ENHANCING DIVERSE
PERSPECTIVES, CALLED IT THE
DPC PLAN AND WE ACTUALLY
REQUIRE IT FOR ALL THE
COMPONENTS.
AND YOU MENTIONED WE USE GRANT
CHALLENGES TO MOTIVATE THE
DESIGN OF ETHICALLY SOURCED AI
DATA SO EACH OF THE GRANT
CHALLENGES, GRAND CHALLENGE
BEING ONE OF THEM, WE USE THAT
TO UNDERSTAND THE LIVED
EXPERIENCES OF STAKEHOLDERS
INVOLVED FOR THOSE PROBLEMS.
AND EVERY MODULE IN THESE
PROJECTS HAS A SKILLED
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,
OUTREACH DEVELOPMENT TO, REACH
THOSE PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES
WHERE WE CUSTOMIZE IT TO THOSE
GEORGIA EXPERIENCES DEPENDING
ON WHETHER THEY ARE RURAL OR
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES OR EVEN
GOING TOWARDS PEDIATRIC
COHORTS, WE TRY TO TOOL THE
TRAINING OF UNDERSTANDING AI
TO THOSE POPULATIONS SO THAT
IS ONE OF THE MAIN EFFORTS OF
THE BRIDGE 2AI PROGRAM.
>>THANKS, GRACE AND I THINK
THERE IS A LOT WRITTEN ON --
IN THE SITES THAT ARE QUITE
USEFUL AND IN THE MIDRIC SITE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE
CREDIT TO CHRIS ON THIS
BECAUSE YOU REALLY LED THE
FIRST WORKSHOP THAT EXPOSED
MUCH OF THE PITFALLS AND FALLS
SEES OF AI AND HIGHLY BIASED
DATA SETS COMING TO VERY
NARROW CONCLUSIONS SO YEAH.
>> YEAH, WE HAD WORKSHOPS
PRE-COVID AND WENT THROUGH THE
FULL EVERY REASON WHY AI MAY
NOT WORK IN MEDICINE AND YOU
WILL FIND THE PUBLICATIONS IN
RADIOLOGY ON THE FOUNDATIONAL
ASPECT OF AI AND MEDICAL
IMAGING AND IN THE J.C. R ON
THE TRANSLATIONAL AS PICTURE
IS.
SHORT OF REPEATING ALL OF
THAT, WHAT WE DID WAS CATALOG
THE ISSUES THAT WE WOULD BE
RUNNING INTO, ESPECIALLY THE
KINDS OF ISSUES THAT COVID HAD
US RUNNING INTO, THE MACHINE
LEARNING, THEY CRITICIZED THEM
BECAUSE THE INACCURACY OF THE
DATA SO WE TOOK THAT AND
INCLUDING POPULATIONS THAT --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
BUT THE RESEARCHERS
THEMSELVES, THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT MIDRIC HAS BEEN SENSITIVE
ABOUT WITH THE RESEARCH, TO
HAVE DIVERSITY AND I KNOW MARY
ALLEN HAS A PASSION ABOUT IT.
BUT THE SLIDE THAT BRUCE
SHOWED, THE TWO ON THE BIASES
INTRODUCED IN AI MODELS, ALL
THE DIFFERENT REASONS AND YOU
CAN GO TO THE SITE AND IF YOU
HAVE A AI MODEL, YOU CAN
FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU ARE
DEFICIENT AND GET THE METRICS
DONE.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS WE
RECENTLY HAD DONE ON THE
VARIATIONS OF THE POPULATIONS
WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS SO YES, VERY
SENSITIVE ON POPULATIONS AND
THE RESEARCH ON AI.
>>SO I FEEL LIKE CERTAINLY
THERE IS A LOT OF ATTENTION
AND MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE
BIOMEDICAL COMMUNITY HAVE
CALLED FOR SOME SOLUTIONS AND
I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD
POSITION TO HELP DRIVE THOSE
SOLUTIONS, MAKE THE SOLUTIONS
AND DISSEMINATE THEM ON THE
BROADER COMMUNITY SO THAT IS
PART OF OUR WORK ALTHOUGH
WE'RE SMALL SO YOU GUYS MAY
HAVE TO AMPLIFY THAT.
>>I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
THESE PROGRAMS ON THE GRADUATE
TEAM.
THE PRESENTATION SOUNDED LIKE
YOU WERE SOLICITING FOR MORE
APPLICATIONS SO ARE YOU
STRUGGLING TO GET AS MANY
APPLICATIONS TO GO THAT
PROGRAM AS YOU WOULD LIKE AND
IF SO, HOW CAN WE HELP YOU AND
ALSO I WAS HEARING THE NUTS
AND BOLTS OF HOW THOSE WERE
REVIEWED, HOW QUICKLY THEY GET
REVIEWED AND WONDERING HOW
THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
>> I WILL CALL DAVE UP HERE,
A VETERAN OF BIO DESIGN AS A
PROFESSOR HIMSELF AND WE'RE
SUPER LUCKY TO HAVE HIM
JOINING IN NIBIB.
YOU HAVE JUST A YEAR NOW?
>>ALMOST TO THE DAY.
>>YEAH, WOW.
>>SO THANKS FOR THIS
QUESTION.
WE THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE HAD
THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TOTAL
APPLICATIONS AND HIGHEST
NUMBER OF STUDENT ASSISTANCE
SO WE ARE KIND OF AT THE HIGH
WATER MARK BUT TRYING TO
INCREASE EVEN MORE.
THAT IS DUE TO Dr.
AIRPLANE'S LEADERSHIP AND
DEBUT OVER THE YEARS, GETTING
MORE BANDWIDTH IN OUR TRAINING
DIVISION TO OVERSEE THIS AND
THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS
WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LINK UP
WITH OTHER MECHANISMS AND THE
MICROBIAL VIEW LOOKING AT THE
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
EVERY TIME I TALK TO AN
INVESTIGATOR WE'RE TRYING TO
LINK UP IF YOU HAVE A R25
DESIGN, ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO
APPLY.
SO WE'RE DOING WELL AND TRYING
TO INCREASE THAT EVEN MORE
BECAUSE IT IS SO FUNDAMENTAL
TO ALL OF THESE EFFORTS TO
BRING PEOPLE IN EARLY, TO
PARTNER WITH DEI EFFORTS,
BRING IN SMALL UNIVERSITIES
AND COLLEGES SO IT IS ONE OF
THOSE EARLY EFFORTS TO BRING
PEOPLE IN.
>>ARE YOU WILLING TO TELL US
HOW MANY APPLICATIONS YOU GET?
>>SO WE'RE IN THE MIDST --
THE DEADLINE FOR THIS CURRENT
CYCLE IS MAY 31ST.
I DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT KIND
OF PRESSURE ON IT BUT I KNOW
WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
THROUGH OUR PARTNERS AND
APPLICATIONS SO I AM HOPING WE
END UP WITH A NEW HIGH
WATERMARK FOR APPLICATIONS.
>>AND I THINK OUR REPORT ON
THAT IS TO COUNCIL, RIGHT?
>>YEAH.
>>SO YEAH WE DO HAVE, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S GOOD RESPONSE
BUT I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS
COMING FROM OUR ENTHUSIASM
FROM THE FIELD AND CERTAINLY
MY LIVED EXPERIENCES.
I GUESS I AM MORE PASSIONATE
ABOUT SEEING BIODESIGN WHEN I
DON'T HAVE TO LEAD DESIGN
TEAMS SO NOW THAT I HAVE
RECOVERED FROM THAT, I AM
MISSING IT.
AND ALSO AS ALL OF YOU ARE, I
MEAN, OUR STUDENTS ARE REALLY
QUITE REMARKABLE, REALLY
AMAZING.
AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN THESE
INTENSE ACTIVITIES THAT LAY
DOWN NEURAL NETWORKS THAT THEY
CAN'T GET RID OF THE REST OF
THEIR LIVES.
THEY ARE SELF-OBSESSING OVER
THE THINGS THAT WORKED OR
DIDN'T WORK OR THE OPPORTUNITY
SO WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO
ENHANCE THE MONEY AS WELL AS
THE SUPPORT.
AND DAVE YOU ALSO MIGHT WANT
TO MENTION WE PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL NETWORKS.
WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL IN MY LAB
YEAR WHO WENT ON TO GET A
PHASE 2SDIR AND I JUST SAW
THEM LIKE EIGHT MONTHS AGO,
THEY HAVE INCUBATOR SPACE AND
JUST COOKING SO --
>>SO FROM THE 2022 WINNER
CYCLE, IT IS THE FIRST TIME WE
HAVE AWARDED THE OPTION TO
PARTICIPATE IN I THINK IT WAS
THE --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
AND COMMERCIALIZATION IS ONE
OF THOSE THROUGH A GROUP THAT
DOES THOSE SORTS OF TRAININGS
THAT OTHER MECHANISMS HAVE
DONE OTHER VERSIONS OF C3I,
THEY PUT TOGETHER A SPECIFIC
VERSION WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT
THIS SUMMER FOR THE FIRST
PHASE OF THAT BUT THAT IS ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT HAS GIVEN
ANOTHER OUTCOME FOR STUDENTS
IN ADDITION TO THE MONEY WE
ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM.
>>AND CAN YOU TELL HOW TO GET
REVIEWS AS THE SECOND PART OF
MY QUESTION.
>>SO IT IS A 2-PHASE REVIEW.
THE FIRST PART, BECAUSE WE
HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS, WE HAD 73 I
THINK LAST YEAR AND WOULD BE
GREAT TO HIT THE TRIPLE DIGIT
MARK THIS YEAR.
BUT THE FIRST PHASE IS
COORDINATED BY OUR PARTNER
VENTUREWELL WHERE THEY HAVE
THAT COMPLETENESS AND
TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THAT, ALL
OF THE SORT OF TOP-TIER
COMPETITIVE APPLICATIONS ARE
THEN PUT BACK THROUGH A TEAM
OF NIH REVIEWERS SO WE HAVE
THE COURSE THROUGH NIBIB AND
THEN THIS YEAR WE HAVE 15
PRIZES EACH SPONSORED BY A
DIFFERENT INSTITUTE AND HAVE
THAT IN NIBIB AS WELL, A SORT
OF HORSE TRAITING TO FIGURE
OUT WHICH GOES INTO WHICH
CATEGORY --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>>AND ALSO A LITTLE-KNOWN
FACT, THE PRIZES, THE MONEY,
THE CASH, GOES DIRECTLY INTO
THE STUDENTS' BANK ACCOUNTS.
SO IT IS KIND OF A COOL THING.
THEY COME TO PRESENT AND LEAVE
NOT WITH A CHECK, LIKE AN
ELECTRONIC TRANSFER, IT JUST
GOES STRAIGHT THERE.
>> SO BRUCE WE'RE ABOUT 15
MINUTES OVER AND HAVING A
FANTASTIC DISCUSSION SO I AM
JUST ALERTING YOU ON TIME.
>>JENNIFER, YOU WANT TO TO A
QUICK -- THANK YOU DAVE.
>>JUST QUICKLY.
I KNOW WITH THE P32 YOU
CONTINUE WITH TRAINING
AFTERWARDS.
THIS WOULD BE AN ENORMOUS
AMOUNT OF WORK BUT WITH ALL
THESE TRAININGS THAT HAVE BEEN
TOUCHED AT LEAST FROM A UNDER
GRAD LEVEL, IT WOULD BE
ENORMOUS.
IT IS EXCITING AND CAN WE
FOLLOW THESE PEOPLE THROUGH TO
SEE IF THEY END UP IN ACADEMIC
POSITIONS, DO THEY END UP IN
INDUSTRY, HOW MANY PATENTS ARE
THEY DOING AND WE AT NIH ARE
INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW THEY
AFFECT THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
AND THE WORLD.
>>SO I THINK I HAVE PROBABLY
ASKED YOU THAT QUESTION AT ONE
POINT, I WANT TO COMMENT?
YOU HAVE SEEN IT FROM THE
BEGINNING.
SO ZENA IS THE MASTERMIND FOR
THE WHOLE PROGRAM.
>>YES, SO THE DEBUT, IT IS
REALLY HARD IN TERMS OF
KEEPING TRACK OF PEOPLE AND --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
SO WE DO TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF
LIKE WHO ACTUALLY GETS TO THE
MARK AND KEEPING TRACK OF THAT
-- [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
SO ANY TIME THEY ARE APPOINTED
TO A PROGRAM, THEY ARE ENTERED
INTO THE SYSTEM AND WE'RE ABLE
TO KEEP TRACK OF THEIR
PROGRESS FROM THE TIME OF
APPLICATION AND THESE
INSTITUTIONS ARE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THE TRACKING OF THESE
STUDENTS AND --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
PLAYED A DOMINANT ROLE SO WE
ARE KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THE
INFORMATION AND THIS IS A
NEW --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
-- TO BE ABLE TO DO MUCH
BETTER AT THAT.
>>THANK YOU.
>>JUST A QUICK POINT.
I THINK -PG GETTING
INFORMATION, IT WOULD BE GREAT
TO HAVE A MAP OF THE U.S. O TO
SAY HERE IS THE GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION OF ALL OF THEM,
PROBABLY DISSEMINATION AND AS
YOU ARE DOING IT, HAVE THIS
REALLY COOL MAP OF WHERE
THINGS ARE, I THINK IT WOULD
HELP A LOT IN GETTING REGIONS
OUTSIDE THE COAST TO SAY OKAY
WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND
THE DIFFERENT WAYS YOU MAY BE
ABLE TO.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
NORMALLY EVERY THREE YEARS AND
THE PROGRESS --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
>>THANK YOU, DANA AND AMY HAS
HER HAND UP.
>>GOOD MORNING, CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> YES.
>>EXCELLENT, GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE FROM CALIFORNIA.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE
COURSE OF PRAISE BEING OFFERED
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
I DID WANT TO MENTION THERE
ARE SOME UPSTREAM ELEMENTS
THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
COULD PLAY INTO THE TRACKING
SUGGESTION AS WELL.
SO MANY OF US ARE TRACKING AND
SOME OF US WOULD BE VERY EAGER
TO HELP.
BUT JUST TWO QUICK THINGS.
ONE, FOCUSING ON SORT OF THE
DOWNSTREAM TRANSLATION AND
CAREER TRAINING AS PART OF
THIS PROGRAM BUT ALL THROUGH
THE UPSTREAM, THE ABILITY TO
REALLY DRIVE ACCESS THROUGH
THESE TYPES OF CLINICAL
IMMERSION.
I NOTICE THAT RYAN HAS A VERY
LARGE PORTION OF PEL GRANT
RECIPIENTS AT THE
UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL AND IT WAS
JUST SO POWERFUL TO BE ABLE TO
WAIVE ALL OF THE COURSE FEES
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE MAKER
BASED PROJECTS AND OPEN UP
ACCESS TO STUDENTS TO HAVE
MORE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING I
WANT TO MENTION IS I HAVE
NOTICED THERE IS A PROFOUND
IMPACT ON INSTITUTIONS THAT
ARE ENGAGED SO WE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH
OVER 200 MEDICAL CENTERS AND
CLINICIANS FOR THOSE WHO DID
NOT HAVE THEIR OWN MEDICAL
CENTER AND THAT HAS FORGED
PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN OUR
INSTITUTION IN WAYS I COULD
NOT HAVE IMAGINED AND I WILL
LEAVE IT THERE.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>>THANKS, AMY.
AND YES, GREAT POINTS.
IN IRVINE, SUDDENLY IT WAS
COOL FOR CLINICIANS TO BE
DOING THEIR COURSES FOR
BIOENGINEERING.
SEEMS THEY WANT THE STUDENTS
TO COME INTO THEIR CLINICAL
ROUNDS AND ROTATIONS AND THAT
LED TO EVERYBODY WANTING
APPOINTMENTS SO IT IS A
SLIPPERY SLOPE.
THANKS, AMY.
>>OKAY SO I THINK THAT WRAPS
UP THIS PORTION OF THE SESSION
AND DAVID IS NEXT OR DO WE
TAKE A BREAK --
>>DAVID IS NEXT AND THEN A
BREAK.
>>WELL OKAY SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, LET ME INTRODUCE
ANDREW WEITZ, OUR PROGRAM
DIRECTOR, AN EXPERT AS YOU
HEARD FROM HIS LAST
PRESENTATION ON COUNCIL IN THE
CREATION OF THESE WAYS TO
REPORT RESULTS AS THE CREATION
OF THE WHOLE RADX STARRED SO
WE'RE HAPPY AND EXCITED TO
HAVE ANDREW PRESENTING THAT IN
CONTEXT HERE.
>>THANK YOU, BRUCE AND THIS
WILL NOT BE ABOUT RADX OR
TREATMENT AND I KNOW YOU ASKED
ABOUT A BREAK BECAUSE YOU WANT
MORE OF THOSE OATMEAL COOKIES
AND I WILL REPORT I HAVE JUST
SIX SLIDES HERE SO YOU SHOULD
BE FREED UP SOON.
THIS IS A CONCEPT CLEARANCE
FOR NITRC, NOT TO BE CONFUSED
WITH MIDRIC.
NITRC STANDS FOR THE
NEUROIMAGING TOOLS AND
RESOURCES COLLABORATE TORE.
BLUEPRINT IS A COLLABORATIVE
BRAIN WORK THAT EXISTS THE NIH
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR AND
12NIH ICUS THAT SUPPORT
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AND THEY
ARE LISTED HERE AT THE BOTTOM.
SO YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH
THEM THROUGH MEDRC LED BY MIKE
WILLS SOP IN STARTING THE
GENOME PROJECT AND MANY YEARS
THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING
NITRC.
SO THIS IS BEING A MULTILEVEL
COLLABORATION, NITRC WAS NOT
FUNDED ON ITS OWN BUT WITH
COLLABORATION, IT CREATED
OTHER FUNDS FOR IT.
IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THE
IC FOR THE NITRC AWARD.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS
CONCEPT WASN'T JUST DEVELOPED
WITH THE NIBIB ALONE BUT
IDENTIFIED AS A IC AND SUPPORT
FROM THE IC DIRECTOR.
DON'T THINK MY CLICKER IS
WORKING HERE.
THERE WE GO, THANKS.
SO WHAT IS NITRC?
IT HELPS DEVELOPERS SHARE AND
FIND NEUROIMAGING TOOLS AND
RESOURCES.
WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES?
COULD BE A SOFTWARE FOR
NEUROIMAGE ANALYSIS, COULD BE
ANY KIND OF DIGITAL RESOURCE.
SO THIS ENABLED RESEARCHERS TO
GO AND FIND ANY SECTION OF
RESOURCES THEY ARE LOOKING
FOR, SOFTWARE, FIND DATA AND
IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, THOSE
DATA AND BUFFER COULD BE
CONNECTED TO A CLOUD-BASED
COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCE TO DO
PROCESSING.
AS MENTIONED, IT IS SUPPORTED
BY BLUEPRINT SINCE INCEPTION
IN 2006.
THERE IS THE URL AT THE BOTTOM
AND ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOMAINS
OF RESOURCES THE SITE
CURRENTLY HOSTS AND THEN NEXT
TO EACH ITEM IN THE DOMAIN
LIST IS THE NUMBER OF
RESOURCES.
HERE IS A CAPTURE OF THE
MAINLANDING PAGE IF YOU WERE
TO GO TO NITRC.ORG, THERE IS
THE BROWSING TOOL TO LOOK FOR
SENATOR TYPES OF RESOURCES YOU
ARE INTERESTED IN OR IF YOU
ARE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC
SOFTWARE, GO TO THE SOFTWARE
CATEGORY ORGANIZATION IF YOU
ARE LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC DATA,
ET CETERA.
THERE IS A RESEARCH GROUP AND
THIS IS WHERE NITRC ALL
STARTED AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS
WHEN IT WAS YOUNG, IT REALLY
WAS JUST SERVING UP RESOURCES.
AS A MATURED, IT ALSO GAME A
IMAGE DATA REPOSITORY AND
SHORTLY AFTER THAT, ENABLED
THIS KPHRO*UD RESOURCE.
SO A RESOURCES REGISTRY AND
THEN HAS AN IMAGE REPOSITORY
WHICH HOSTS 15 TO 20 DATA SETS
THAT HAVE BEEN CURATED TO
REACH GLOBAL STANDARDS AND YOU
CAN SEE THEORY EASILY
DOWNLOADABLE OR YOU CAN USE ON
A PAY AS YOU GO BASIS AND
THERE IS FREE NEUROIMAGING
DATA SETS TOOLS MAKING IT EASY
FOR RESEARCHERS TO GET IN
THERE AND START CODING.
SO AS FAR AS THE NITR C
COMPONENTS, WE HAVE THE
RESOURCES REGISTRY.
IMAGER Y RESOURCES, WE HAVE
PREVIOUS OUTCOMES AND
INDICATORS OF SUCCESS, THE
GO-TO SITE FOR NEUROIMAGING
DATA AND SOFTWARE
DISSEMINATION, FEATURED IN THE
MAJORITY OF RESOURCE SHARING
PLANS OF CURRENT NEUROIMAGING
GRANT PROPOSALS.
WE HAVE RELATIVELY STRONG AND
CONTINUING TO GROW METRICS.
SINCE 2009, 2.3 MILLION USERS,
1300 SOFTWARE TOOLS AND
RESOURCES PROJECTS, 13.7
DOWNLOADS, 675,000 COMPUTE
HOURS ON NITRC-CE SINCE 2012
AND 10,900 CITATIONS OF
NITRC-IR DATA.
THAT SHOWS YOU HOW ACTIVE THE
SITE HAS BEEN.
THEN ON A MONTHLY BASIS, 65,
900 WEB SESSIONS, 153,000 PAGE
RE REVIEWS, 4900 COMPUTE HOURS
AND 200 CITATIONS OF
NITRC-ORG.
AWARDED FROM THE HHS SECRETARY
FOR THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE
BUCK AWARD AND THEN OVER TIME,
NITRC HAS BEEN DEFINED AS THE
SITE TO GO TO AND SO NOW WE'RE
LOOKING AT FUNDING THAT WOULD
BE IN COMPETITION TO BE
AWARDED TO THOSE THOSE IN THE
GRANT.
SO THERE'S FOUR AREAS OF SCOPE
WE'RE PROPOSING.
THE FIRST BEING USER
MAINTENANCE, TO MAINTAIN AND
UPKEEP THE THREE PORTIONS OF
THE SITE.
WHENEVER NEW RESOURCES ARE
SUBMITTED, THERE IS WORK THAT
GOES INTO CURATING THEM MAKING
SURE THE NECESSARY METADATA IS
CAPTURED, MAKING SURE THERE IS
DOCUMENTATION SO THE USER
UNDERSTANDS HOW TO USE ANY
TOOL IN THE SITE SO THERE IS
USER MAINTENANCE AND
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE
COMMUNITY USING DISCUSSION
BOARDS.
INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE,
ALL THE BACK-END NUTS AND
BOLTS THAT KEEP US RUNNING
SMOOTHLY AND SECURELY, ALSO
REQUIRED ARE COURT
APPEARANCES, MAKING SURE
EVERYTHING ON THE SITE IS
BACKED UP.
CONTENT EXPANSION, IDENTIFYING
AND CONSTANTLY BRINGING IN NEW
SOFTWARE, DATA AND OTHER
RESOURCES, TOOL COMPARISON
SERVICE, RESOURCES FROM LARGE
ANY 'TIS, THAT WOULD BE ON THE
NEXT SLIDE AND TOOLS OR
RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THE NEW
NIH POLICY FOR DATA MANAGEMENT
AND SHARING.
AND THEN OUTREACH
DOCUMENTATION TRAINING,
EDUCATION AND SUPPORT.
AND SOMETHING NEW FOR THIS
YEAR THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS
TO REALLY PUT IT ON THE
COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP
INTERACTIVE STEP BY STEP
TUTORIALS FOR TOOLING ON THE
NIDRC SITE.
SO THREE AREAS OF EXPANSION
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WOULD BE
THE FIRST IS A TOOL FROM A
FEATURE THAT WAS RECENTLY
RELEASED ON NITRC AND THIS IS
ADDRESSING AN ISSUE THAT HAS
CREPT UP ON NITRC OVER TIME.
IF A RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IS
LOOKING FOR A TOOL TO DO DATA
ANALYSIS AND WILL WHAT THEY
ARE FINDING IS THERE ARE 10,
20 TOOLS THAT CAN DO THAT AND
THAT LEAVES THEM WITH HOW DO I
PICK THE BEST TOOL FOR THE JOB
SO THERE IS OUTREACH TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE THE BEST TOOL FOR
THE JOB AND THEN ANALYZING AND
BENCHMARKING AND PROVIDING
THAT DATA TO THE NITRC USERS.
THE SECOND POINT ON HERE, THE
FUNCTIONALITY TO CATALOG
RESOURCES FROM LARGE
INITIATIVES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
BLUEPRINT HAS BEEN PUSHING
RECOGNIZING THERE ARE THESE
CONNECTIONS TO THE GENOME
PROJECT, A LOT OF SOFTWARE AND
WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF PEOPLE
COULD COME TO NITRC FOR
ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR THESE
INITIATIVES.
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS
TO DO THAT AND ONE OF THE
GOALS IS TO REACH OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY AND SAY HEY YOU WERE
FUNDED BY THE INITIATIVE,
WOULD YOU SUBMIT YOUR TOOL TO
US SO CATALOGING, TRYING TO
GET DATA SETS AND TOOLS ET
CETERA SUBMITTED BY
RESEARCHERS FUNDED BY THEM.
AND THEN LASTLY NOW THAT THERE
IS A NEW NIH DIRECTOR,
FOCUSING ON DATA SHARING
MANDATE TOOLS AND RESOURCES,
THE CONCEPT HERE TO LAY IN
TOOLING AND RESOURCES AND
METRICS TO BETTER ASSIST
INVESTIGATORS WITH POLICY AND
GET THOSE DATA SHARINGS IN THE
COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS IT AND HAPPY TO
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
>>I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
WITH THESE TYPE OF STEPS, ARE
WITH THE DATA SHARING TOOLS
AND RESOURCES, IS THERE AN
APPROACH TO USE WITH THESE
RESOURCES?
>>YES, THERE IS TWO TYPES OF
DATA REPOSITORYS OR KNOWLEDGE
BASES ON THE GENERALIST SIDE.
THERE WILL BE BIG SHARE WHERE
YOU CAN SHARE ANY SCIENTIFIC
DATA OR TOOL YOU WOULD LIKE
TO -- THIS WE CALL A DOMAIN
SPECIFIC REPOSITORY.
I SAID NEUROIMAGING BUT AS YOU
LOOK AT THE NIH CATEGORY OF
ALL THE RESOURCES YOU WILL SEE
OVER THE MANY DOMAINS THERE
ARE THESE RESOURCES.
MOST HAVE NOT EXISTED AS LONG
AS NITRC IN THAT COMMUNITY BUT
THEY ARE ALL TRYING TO DO
SIMILAR OUTCOMES.
>>WOW, I REAL APLOWED YOU.
THESE THINGS ARE A LOT OF
WORK -- APPLAUD YOU.
THESE THINGS ARE A LOT OF WORK
AND COST A LOT OF MONEY AND I
APPLAUD YOU BRINGING UP PRE-K
THROUGH 12.
ALL THESE RESOURCES ARE
GROWING EVERY YEAR SO IS THERE
A NIH WIDE IDEA OF
SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS TYPE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE?
>>THERE IS AND THAT IS A
GREAT QUESTION, A TOUGH
QUESTION TO ANSWER AND A
QUESTION WE HAVE TRIED TO PUT
ON TO THE NITRC TEAM AND OTHER
DATA REPOSITORY AUTHORITIES
ACROSS THE NIH.
I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT THE NITRC
TEAM HAS TRIED WHICH IS
GETTING BANNERS ON THE SITE OR
BRINGING IN SPONSORS AND THEY
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN A
FEW PAY PER YEAR BUT THAT IS
PEANUTS TO WHAT THEY NEED TO
KEEP THIS GOING.
SO NIH HAS REALLY RECOGNIZED
THAT IN REALITY, THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL KIND OF BUSY OR
FUNDING MODEL TO CONTINUE
THESE TYPES OF REPOSITORIES IS
CONTINUED NIH FUNDING.
THERE ARE SOME SUCCESS STORIES
OUTSIDE THAT SPACE BUT AT
LEAST AS ONE COMPONENT OF HOW
THE RESOURCES GET THE SAME NIH
INVESTMENT.
IN 2019 I THINK THE OFFICE OF
DATA STRATEGY DEVELOPED A
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ONE WAS
CALLED DATA REPOSITORIES, ONE
WAS CALLED KNOWLEDGE BASES AND
IT WAS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS
EXISTING AND ESTABLISHED
REPOSITORIES THAT NIH KNEW IT
WANTED TO CONTINUE SUPPORTIC.
I THINK THE SUPPORTING FUNDS
ARE NOT ENACTED RIGHT NOW BUT
I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING AT
THE FUTURE AND SO EVIDENCE
THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THESE
THINGS GOING AND THAT SAID,
THERE ARE COSTS TO MAKIC THESE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE
COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT
JUST PHASE FUNDING BY NIH.
>>I WANT TO ECHO THE APPLAUSE
FOR THE SUCCESSES OF THE
PROGRAM AND I THINK NOWADAYS
DATA TESTS AND OPEN SOURCE
TOOLS ARE EVER-MORE IMPORTANT.
I AM WONDERING WHETHER YOU
HAVE SEEN ANY NOTABLE UPTAKE
AMONG FOR EXAMPLE MACHINERY
SEARCHERS OUTSIDE NEUROIMAGING
BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS
ANOTHER ROLE THAT THEY CAN
PLAY AS AMBASSADOR TO
BIOENGINEERING TO THE HUGE AND
GROWING GROUP OF SCIENTISTS
FOR AI OUT THERE IN THE WORLD
AND ONCE THEY FIND IT, THEY
FLOCK TO IT AND PUBLISH LIKE
CRAZY ON IT AND GET SUCKED
INTO THESE PROBLEMS.
ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON
THAT?
>>ARE YOU SAYING IF AI AND
THE MACHINE LEARNING METRIC
HAS --
>> I AM MORE SAYING HAVE YOU
SEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, USE OF THE
TOOLS OF THE DATA BY
RESEARCHERS, AND I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU CAN TRACK THIS, WHO ARE
RESEARCHERS AND EXPERTS IN THE
COMMUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE MACHINE
LEARNING EXPERTS.
WE HAVE SEEN WITH OTHER DATA
SETS THAT AI PEOPLE HAVE
FLOCKED TO THEM AND KIND OF
GOT TEN DRAWN INTO INTERESTING
PROBLEMS OF IMAGING AND BIO
ENGINEERING.
>>YEAH, THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION.
I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR
YOU AND I GUESS I CAN'T SPEAK
TO THAT FROM THE NITRC
PERSPECTIVE ALTHOUGH I AM SURE
THE TEAM BEHIND THIS COULD.
AND AS FAR AS GREAT RESOURCES,
NITRIC IS ABOUT ESTABLISHING
ANNOTATED AND WELL DOCUMENTED
TRAINING SETS, SOMETHING THAT
AI IN GENERAL NEEDS TO AND
WILL FLOCK TO.
>>ANDREW IF I COULD MAKE A
QUICK COMMENT GETTING BACK TO
JENNIFER'S QUESTION, IT IS
REALLY A HUGE NIH-WIDE ISSUES
THAT I WOULD SAY THERE ARE
PROBABLY TWO TO THREE
COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON THAT
TOPIC PER WEEK, MAYBE PER DAY.
IT IS JUST A VERY FREQUENT
TOPIC AND ALSO THE OFFICE OF
SCIENCE AND LISA HAS BEEN
LEADING THIS ALONG WITH PATTY
BRENNAN, NEW DIRECTOR OF NLM
AND THERE IS A BASIS FOR DATA
AND DATA STRATEGY.
AND FOR INSPIRATION TO SOME
EXTENT SOME OF YOU IN
UNIVERSITIES TO SEE WHAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING,
TAKE A LOOK AT THE STRATEGIC
PLAN AND NEW REPORT.
WE GENERATE A LOT OF THOSE
THINGS.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE DON'T
HAVE SOLUTIONS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SOLUTIONS
THAT ARE TEMPORARY, VERY FEW
ARE PERMANENT.
THE LEADING EDGE DATABASE IS
PROBABLY THE SRA DATABASE,
ANDREW, WOULDN'T YOU AGREE,
THE CONVENIENCE IN OUR TIME,
BEEN AROUND SO LONG THAT IT
HAS THE SAME ACRONYM BUT USED
TO BE CALLED SOMETHING ELSE
BACK IN THE DAY, LIKE SHORT
TIME.
WE'RE AGREEING ON A NIH-WIDE
MULTIMODEL INSTITUTE FOR THAT
BUT MANY ICS TEND TO BE
SUPPORTED BY THAT.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN SO MUCH IN
THE KNOWLEDGE BASE DAYS TO
BASE OURSELVES BECAUSE WE
DON'T SUPPORT LARGE CLINICAL
TRIALS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE WITH MIDRC
THERE IS ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY
BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND -- AND I
THINK WE ARE ONE OF THE
COMMUNITIES WHO CARE ABOUT
WHERE THE DATA CAME IN THE
FIRST PLACE AND WITH THE
PERSPECTIVE OF AI ALGORITHMS
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY INVOLVED
WITH CONVERSATIONS GOING ON
ACROSS NIH AND FOR NEW
DATABASES CREATED, WE TRY TO
HOLD UP THE NIDRC MODEL THAT
HAS KEY INTEGRAL PARTS OF IT
AND OTHER STUDIES INCLUDED,
FUTURE PRESIDENT OF THE NIH,
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE
FUNDING FOR THIS AND IT IS A
WORK IN PROGRESS.
>>YOU MENTIONED NIH SUPPORT.
WHAT ABOUT PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS?
IS THERE A ROAD OR A PLACE
HERE FOR EVEN COMPANIES
THAT -- MAY HAVE THE TOOLS AND
THE INITIALIZATION OF --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
-- IS THERE A PLACE FOR THIS
BECOMING INTERNATIONAL?
>>YEAH, WE ASKED THAT
QUESTION OF THE NITRC TEAM THE
LAST TIME WE WERE GOING
THROUGH THIS EXERCISE AND THEY
HAD REACHED OUT TO KIND OF THE
MAJOR MEDICAL MANUFACTURERS
TRYING TO GET THOSE SORT OF
PARTNERSHIPS UNSUCCESSFULLY.
SO I DON'T KNOW -- YOU KNOW,
YOUR QUESTION APPLIES TO A
BROADER SPACE THAT
NEUROIMAGING.
I CERTAINLY THINK THERE IS A
POTENTIAL ROLE THERE BUT AT
LEAST FOR NITRC, THEY WERE NOT
ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GET THOSE
PARTNERSHIPS GOING.
>>YOU MIGHT TRY AMAZON AND
METAAND GOOGLE AND SO ON.
AMAZON GETS GRANTS FOR DATA ON
AWS AND TRACKS FREQUENTLY YOU
KNOW VISITED SITES AND SO ON.
THEY MIGHT BE MORE INTERESTED
THAN THE MORE PAROCHIAL
MEDICAL IMAGING COMPANIES.
>>THAT IS A GREAT SUGGESTION.
>> AND THEY ARE A KEY PART OF
OUR DATA STRATEGY, AWS,
GOOGLE, MICROSOFT.
YOU KNOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE A
PROGRAM CALLED STRIDES SO ALL
OF YOU CAN GET THAT DISCOUNT
THAT WE GET ACROSS THE NIH FOR
PUTTING DATA REPOSITORIES AND
ON-CLOUD PRESENTATIONS ON
STRIDES AND MANY OF OUR
DATABASES HAVE THAT.
>>INCLUDING NITRC.
>>TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT TO
THE INITIAL REQUEST ABOUT
SUSTAINABILITY FOR NITRC
SPECIFICALLY, IT IS A PRETTY
SMALL TEAM FROM WHAT I CAN SEE
ON THE WEBSITE.
THEY HAVE A PLAN AS ONE
ACADEMIC INSTITUTION AND
COMPANIES THAT ARE RUNNING
THIS AND YOU KNOW THIS IDEA OF
GETTING PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IS A GOOD
ONE AND PERHAPS OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE -- I JUST WORRY A
LITTLE BIT THAT IT IS A VERY
SMALL CRITICAL MASS AND WHAT
HAPPENS IF THE LEAD ACADEMIC
INSTITUTION, ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE RETIRES AND DO YOU HAVE
A PLAN TO KEEP ALL OF THIS
GOING?
>>YES, EVERYTHING
THEORETICALLY IS OPEN SOURCE.
IT IS A MEATY OPERATION, AS
YOU SAID, SO LED OUT OF UMASS
MEDICAL SCHOOL, THERE IS A
COMPANY SUPPORTING THAT BUT A
VERY SMALL COMPANY AND AS YOU
NOTICED FROM THE PROPOSED
SCOPE HERE MOST LIKELY WE'RE
NOT SUGGESTING THAT THE TEAM
DO ANYTHING BIG AND NEW AND
BOLD.
IT IS REALLY -- THEY HAVE
REALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO KEEP
THE SITE GOING.
THEY HAVE GOT ONE INDIVIDUAL
THAT IS NOT FULL-TIME BUT A
LARGE PART OF THE TIME IS
REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON
CURATING NEW RESOURCES.
SO I THINK WE TRANSITION THIS
OVER TO A NEW TEAM IN THE
FUTURE IF NECESSARY, SOMETHING
THAT WOULD BE SUPER DIFFICULT.
NOT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE BEHIND
IT BUT SOMEONE NEEDS TO KEEP
IT OPERATING.
AND SPEAKING TO THE BUDGET, I
THINK IT IS A 600 PAGES OF
COSTS RIGHT NOW AND IN THE
GRAND SCHEME OF NEUROIMAGING
FUNDS, IT IS A DROP IN THE
BUCKET.
>>THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
I AM HEARING SUPPORT FOR THE
CONCEPT AND THE CONCERN AS IT
IS INTERNAL TO NIH, THE
SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS AND
OTHER DATABASES.
>>THANK YOU.
>>AT THIS POINT, WE ARE READY
FOR A BRICK.
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN
RUNNING BETWEEN ROOMS SO IT IS
11:15 A.M. SO LET'S BREAK FOR
30 MINUTES AND RECONVENE AT
11:45 A.M. PLEASE.
AS WE RECONVENE, WE WILL BE
HAVING THE LOPEZ LECTURE AND
Dr. GEORGE WILL BE MAKING
THE INTRODUCTION.
>> WELCOME BACK.
ARE WE ON?
OKAY, THANK YOU.
AMAZING WE HAVE THE FULL --
[ MICROPHONE FEEDBACK ]
>>SO REALLY THIS IS THE BEST
PART OF THE MEETING.
I AM SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE
THIS LECTURE.
THE LOPEZ LECTURE IS NAMED IN
HONOR OF ONE OF OUR PROGRAM
DIRECTORS.
THEY PASSED AWAY IN 2014.
ACTUALLY HAD A VERY
DISTINGUISHED CAREER AT NIH
AND FDA THAT LASTED 4 YEARS.
HE JOINED NIBIB AS HE WAS
ESTABLISHED IN IMAGING TO GET
OUR IMAGING PROGRAM OFF THE
GROUND.
WE ESTABLISHED THIS LECTURE
AND PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR
EACH YEAR ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HAD
A BREAK.
WE HAVE A LOPEZ LECTURE EACH
YEAR BUT WE FINALLY -- OH, AND
Dr. PLATT, WE HAVE TWO
FORMER LECTURERS.
THE IDEA IS TO REALLY BRING IN
AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING LECTURE
HERE.
SO WE'RE SO PLEASED TO HAVE
Dr. THOMPSON HERE.
SHE IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
AND BIOENGINEERING AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, UDC.
SHE IS THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR
FOR THE BIOMET CALL
ENGINEERING AND FOUNDING
DIRECTOR OF THE ACCREDITED
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
PROGRAM.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF A SHORT
SENTENCE OF A COUPLE OF
AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH
YEARS OF EFFORT AND BLOOD,
SWEAT AND TEARS BEHIND THAT
AND YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR A
LITTLE OF THAT FROM Dr.
THOMPSON.
HER RESEARCH EXPERTISE.
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>>HER TRAINING IS MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING FROM UMASS, YOU
ARE A NAUTICAL AND
ASTRONOMICAL ENGINEERING
AND --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
IN JUST 2013.
LARA IS THE 2022 RECIPIENT OF
NSF ALAN KEYS WATERMAN AWARD,
THE NATION'S HIGHEST HONOR FOR
EARLY YEAR SCIENTISTS.
SHE IS ALSO THE CI OF AN
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT GRANT, A
C06 GRANT FROM THE NIH,
INCREDIT PLEA RARE, VERY,
VERYIVE AND HIVELY PRESTIGIOUS
AND A $1.9 MILLION TRAINING
GRANT FROM NIA.
SO LET'S WELCOME Dr.
THOMPSON AND WE'RE EXCITED
HERE TO HAVE YOU FOR THIS
LECTURE.
[APPLAUSE]
>>THANK YOU.
I THINK I THINK YOU CAN HEAR
ME, RIGHT?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
INTRODUCTION.
I AM VERY EXCITED AND HONORED
TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU Dr. TROMBERG FOR
PRESENTING ME AND TODAY I WILL
TALK ABOUT THE BIOMEDICAL
ENGINEERING RESEARCH ISSUES
THAT OCCUR IN BIO ENGINEERING
MEDS SIP.
I HAVE A BROAD BACKGROUND AS
MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION,
I AM CURRENTLY AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA AS FACULTY AND ALSO
DIRECTOR OF BIOMEDICAL
ENGINEERING PROGRAM AND CENTER
FOR BIOMECHANICALLY
HABILITATION ENGINEERING.
I AM A ALAN WATERMAN AWARD
WINNER, THE FIRST RECIPIENT
FROM A HISTORICALLY BLACK
UNIVERSITY AND FIRST FEMALE
COLLEGE RECIPIENT.
SO NOW I WILL ACTUALLY GET
INTO THE TALK.
I WILL FIRST START OFF BY
TALKING ABOUT BIOMEDICAL
RESEARCH USING AN ENGINEERING
SKPRAOFRB IN THE LATTER PART
OF THE TALK, USING BIOMEDICAL
ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE
WHICH IS SOMETHING I AM
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED ABOUT
AND SPEARHEADING AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
SO MY RESEARCH IN PARTICULAR,
LOOKING AT THE EFFECTS OF
INNER EAR VESTIBULAR
DYSFUNCTION, LOOKING AT THE
EFFECTS OR LOOKING AT FALL
RISKS, BALANCE IMPAIRMENT AND
INJURY IN AGING POPULATIONS.
I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN OTHER
IMPAIRED POPULATIONS AND
FURTHERMORE, I AM INTERESTED
IN PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE
DEFICITS, FOR EXAMPLE
ASTRONAUTS AS WELL AS ATHLETES
AND MY RESEARCH HAS BEEN SHOWN
IN YOU ARE A GNAT CALL HEALTH
AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS.
SO WE USE THE INNER EAR FOR
BALANCE, RESPONSIBLE FOR
EQUILIBRIUM, VET LOSSY AND
LINEAR HEAD EXPLORATION --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
-- OR INFORMATION YOU ARE
RECEIVING FROM THE GROUND AND
ALSO THE VISUAL SYSTEM, FOR
EXAMPLE, SEEING AROUND YOU,
YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
SO YOU USE ALL THIS
INFORMATION FOR A POSTURAL
RESPONSE AND MAINTAIN YOUR
BALANCE.
SO I AM GOING TO START OFF
TALKING ABOUT VESTIBULAR
FUNCTION AND IN PARTICULAR,
THE FUNCTION OF VESTIBULAR
PRESSES.
SO 90 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER
FROM VERTIGO, DIZZINESS OR
BALANCE PROBLEMS AND
70 MILLION OF THOSE
INDIVIDUALS SUFFER FROM THOSE
ISSUES DERIVED FROM SEVERE
VESTIBULAR DYSFUNCTION.
FOR SOMEONE WITH VESTIBULAR
LOSS, THEY ARE IMPAIRED
WALKING DOWN THE STREET.
THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK
LIKE FOR SOMEBODY THAT HAS
SEVERE VESTIBULAR LOSS.
THEY ALSO HAVE A MISPERCEPTION
OF UPRIGHT AND FURTHERMORE,
THEY HAVE BALANCE ISSUES FOR
THESE REASONS.
SO I AM GOING TO, IN
PARTICULAR, TALK ABOUT THE
BALANCE SIDE OF VESTIBULAR
DYSFUNCTION.
SO AT THE MASSACHUSETTS EYE
AND EARRING IN A PROJECT
DEVELOPED BY Dr. LEWIS IN
THE VESTIBULAR LAB, WE WERE
INTERESTED IN CREATING A
PROTOTYPE OF THE VESTIBULAR
SYSTEM AND THERE WERE SEVERAL
PROTOTYPES DEVELOPED BY Dr.
LEWIS.
ONE OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH EYE
MOVEMENT.
ALSO PERCEPTION OF UPRIGHT AND
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BALANCE.
AND THAT IS THE PART I AM
GOING TO DISCUSS.
SO MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE COCHLEAR IMPLANT IN
THAT IT PARTIALLY RESTORES
MISSING HEARING INFORMATION BY
HAVING ELECT CAN STIMULATION
PROVIDED TO EACH NERVE.
THE VESTIBULAR SYSTEM IS A
PART OF THAT PROVIDING
ELECTRICAL INFORMATION TO EACH
NERVE TO ENCODE ANGULAR HEAD
VELOCITY.
THE STUDIES I WILL DISCUSS
INVOLVE PRIMATES AND THIS IS
THE PROSTHESIS ELECTRONIC OR
HOUSING ON TOP OF THE ANIMALS'
HEADS.
SO ONE OF OUR MANY RESEARCH
QUESTIONS WAS HOW DOES ONE
COMPENSATE TO MAINTAIN BALANCE
FROM VARIOUS LEVELS OF
VESTIBULAR DYSFUNCTION?
SO HERE WE HAVE THE ANIMAL
TENET ON THE BALANCE PLATFORM.
THE ANIMAL IS STANDING ON
SOMETHING WE CALL A QUIET
STANCE.
SO THE SIMILAR PARADIGM IN
HUMANS, YOU CAN SEE THE ANIMAL
IS STANDING ON THE BALANCE
PLATFORM WHICH IS FOUR-FOOT
PLATES, TRI DIRECTIONAL
SUPPORT SYSTEM, YOU CAN AFFIX
TO A STRONG FOAM SURFACE --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
ALL PEOPLEMENTS SURROUND
PROVIDING VISUAL QUEUES AND
ALSO YOU CAN SEE WE MEASURE
THE HEAD WITH SENSORS SO WE
STUDY THE ANIMAL IN A FEW
VESTIBULAR STATES, NORMAL,
MILDLY SEVERED AND SEVERELY
IMPAIRED WITH FUNCTION.
THE OTHER THING WE USE IS THE
ANIMAL STANDING ON THE
ROTATING PLATFORM AND TESTIFY
ENTRANCE OF THE PLATFORM IS
SOMETHING WE CALL A PSEUDO
RANDOM ROAD TILT AND IT SOUNDS
LIKE A MOUTHFUL BUT WHAT IT IS
IS AFFIXED TO THE PLATFORM AND
PROVIDING SEVERAL FREQUENCIES
OF UNPREDICTABLE POWER TO THE
ANIMAL OR HUMAN AND SAVES
TIME.
THIS PREVIOUS TO THE STUDY IS
A CONDITION THAT ONLY BEEN
DONE IN LOOP.
SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE PSEUDO RANDOM ROAD
TILT INPUT.
SO WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED
THE TRANSFER FUNCTION IF YOU
WANT TO CHARACTERIZE A POSTURE
CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EXAMPLE
WITH THE MONKEY.
WE HAVE A NULL INPUT STIMULUS
TO MEASURE THE OUTPUT AND
THEREFORE WE CAN CHARACTERIZE
THE RHESUS MONKEY OUTPUT TRUNK
ROLL SYSTEM.
SO SAVE THAT THOUGHT FOR A
LITTLE LATER WHICH WILL HAPPEN
IN THE NEXT SLIDE WHERE I WILL
DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO I WANT TO DISCUSS THIS PLAT
RIGHT HERE.
YOU HAVE THE READING OF THE
BALANCE PLATFORM INPUT AND YOU
CAN SEE FROM THE NORMAL ANIMAL
OR HUMANS, A SATURATED
RESPONSE AND THAT REVENTS THE
ANIMAL OR THE HUMAN FROM
FALLING OFF THE PLATFORM.
FOR SEVERE LOSS IN HUMANS,
WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY CAN'T
HAVE THAT RESPONSE AND IN FACT
HAVE A LINEAR RESPONSE AND
EITHER CAN'T PERFORM OR FALL
OFF AS THE AMPLITUDE INCREASES
SO WITH NORMAL ANIMALS OR
HUMANS, WE CALL THIS --
[INDISCERNIBLE]
-- THAN THE NORMAL ANIMALS.
WE HAD A FEW QUESTIONS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS DOES
ANIMAL INPUT RELATE TO THE
HYPOTHESIS PRESENT IN THE
NORMAL ANIMAL.
THE OTHER THING WE WERE
INTERESTED IN IS
CHARACTERIZING THE DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF VESTIBULAR DAMAGE
WHICH YOU WILL SEE IN THE NEXT
SLIDE AND THE THIRD IDEA F
ITEM WE WANTED TO ADDRESS IS
CAN WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, USE
THESE MODELS TO CAPTURE WHAT
IS GOING ON IN ANIMALS OTHER
THAN HUMANS AND THIS IS IN
PARTICULAR IMPORTANT IN TERMS
OF PROSTHESIS AND TESTS DONE
ACROSS PROSTHESIS.
SO THIS IS THE FEEDBACK MODEL,
WE HAVE THE INPUT AND MEASURE
THE OUTPUT AND THE PARAMETERS.
THE MAIN PARAMETERS I WILL
TALK ABOUT ARE THE LEADING
SYSTEMS THAT ALLOW ANIMALS TO
ORIENT MORE TOWARDS EARTH
VERTICAL AND LESS SO TOWARDS
THE SUPPORT SURFACE AND THE
WAITING THAT ORIENTS THE
ANIMAL MORE TO THE TILTING
SUPPORT SYSTEM AND LESS TO THE
EARTH VERTICAL.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE HAD THE
MODEL DERIVED FUNCTION WHICH
WE COMPARE TO THE OUTPUT
FUNCTION BUT IN THE MODEL WE
ALLOWED SEVERAL ANIMALS TO
VARY IN FUNCTION.
SO AFTER MINIMIZING THE
NORMALIZING ERROR, WE WERE
ABLE TO GET THE MODEL
PARAMETERS AND THIS IS JUST AN
EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
FOR THE TRANSFER FUNCTION.
SO HERE YOU SEE THE MODEL
BASED GAIN AND ALSO PHASE IN
GREEN AND HERE YOU SEE THE
EXPERIMENTAL MODEL IN BLUE.
SO FAST FORWARDING A BIT TO
GET TO THE PUNCH LINE, HERE
YOU HAVE THE GRAD WADE SWAYING
AND THE REWEIGHTING AND YOU
SEE THE ANIMAL REWEIGHTING.
CONVERSELY, THE NORMAL ANIMAL
IS ABLE TO ORIENT MORE TOWARDS
EARTH VERTICAL AND LESS TO THE
SUPPORT SURFACE AND THIS IS
WHY WE'RE SEEING THIS.
SO THE OTHER QUESTION IS CAN
THIS CONTRIBUTE TO VESTIBULAR
LOSS.
SO IN NORMAL HUMANS AND
ANIMALS, YOU HAVE THE NORMAL
HEAD IN SPACE VESTIBULAR
QUEUES.
THEN YOU HAVE THE NECK
PROPRIOCEPTIVE CREWS FOR
HEAD-ON-TRUNK AND LEADING TO
THE TRUNK IN SPACE POSITION
ESTIMATE.
SO WITH SEVERE VESTIBULAR
LOSS, COULD YOU GET A BETTER
HEAD-ON-TRUNK PROPRIOCEPTIVE
QUEUE?
SO WITH SEVERE LOSS, YOU CAN
SEE THE ANIMAL MAKING RAPID
HEAD TURNS TO OFFSET TARGETS
SO HERE YOU WILL SEE THE
ANIMAL WILL TURN ITS HEAD TO
THE OFFSET TARGET AND THERE
WAS TWO REASONS FOR THIS.
ONE REASON WAS THAT IT WAS
MORE DIFFICULT THAN JUST
STANDING ON A STATION ITARY
PLATFORM.
AS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS
VIDEO FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE
SEVERE VESTIBULAR LOSS, IT IS
HARD FOR THEM TORE STABILIZE
WITH THE RETINA AND SO THAT
HEAD TURNING IN AN INDIVIDUAL
WOULD MAKE THEM LOSE THEIR
BALANCE.
BUT THE OTHER REASON FOR HEAD
TURNS WAS THE PROSTHESIS
TRIANGULATES ON HEAD VELOCITY.
SO TO FAST FORWARD A BIT TO
GET TO THE MAIN PART OF THE
STORY, IF YOU LOOK AT KEY
TRUNK DISPLACEMENT AND TRUNK
VELOCITY IN A SEVERE
VESTIBULAR LOSS AND SEVERE
VESTIBULAR LOSS WITH
PROSTHESIS, YOU CAN SEE THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE ANIMAL BEING
ABLE TO BALANCE.
SO NOW I WILL LOOK AT SOME OF
THE WORK I HAVE BEEN DOING IN
AGING INDIVIDUALS.
FALLING AGING INDIVIDUALS IS A
GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL
PROBLEM, THE SECOND-LEADING
CAUSE OF UNINTENTIONAL
INJURY-RELATED DEATHS
WORLDWIDE AND ABOUT A QUARTER
OF THE INDIVIDUALS 65 YEARS OF
AGE OR OLDER WILL SUFFER A
FALL AND OVER THE PAST DECADE,
THERE HAS BEEN A 59 PERCENT
INCREASE IN FALL-RELATED
INJURY AND BY THE YEAR 2030,
THERE IS AN ESTIMATE THERE
WILL BE SEVEN DEADLY FALLS PER
HOUR AND THE COST OF
INJURY-RELATED TYPES OF FALLS
IN THIS POPULATION IS
101 BILLION.
SO THERE ARE MANY REASONS OR
THINGS THAT WOULD INCREASE
FALL RISKS.
SO ONE OF THEM IS VISION.
THE LOSS OF VISION, THE OTHER
IS THE GENERAL DEGRADATION OF
THE SENSORY SYSTEM I DESCRIBED
EARLIER, NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES,
FOR EXAMPLE STROKES,
MEDICATIONS THAT AN OLDER
INDIVIDUAL HAS TO TAKE THAT
MAY CAUSE DIZZINESS OR
IMBALANCE AND ALSO FACTORS
WITHIN YOUR HOME.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, GETTING INTO
OR OUT OF A SHOWER, SLIPPERY
WET SURFACE, GRAB BARS, CHAIR
LISTS, DIM LIGHTING IN PARTS
OF YOUR HOME, EVEN SURFACES,
SUPPORT SER SRUSZ THAT DON'T
PROVIDE A LOT OF INFORMATION
TO YOUR FEET, THOSE CAN ALL
INCREASE FALL RISKS.
SURFACES.
SO OUR QUESTION WAS CAN
SENSORY TRAINING IMPROVE
BALANCE IN INDIVIDUALS.
SO HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF
SENSORY TRAINING AND
REHABILITATION ROBOTICS, A
DESIGN TO TRAIN INDIVIDUALS
AND DESIGNED BY THE UNIVERSITY
OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STUDY.
I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS
BUT BASICALLY YOU STAND ON A
FOAM SURFACE AND ALSO A FOAM
WALKWAY.
THE STUDY ADDRESSED, AS I
EXPLAIN THE DATA, I DON'T KNOW
HOW IT GOES BETWEEN THE TWO
AGENCIES BUT IT IS
INVESTIGATING A NEW BETWEEN
GENERATION OF ASSISTIVE
INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES OR
GAIT FOR BALANCE
REHABILITATION.
SO WE HAVE 605-80 YEARS OLD,
30 PARTICIPANTS, A CHRONIC
STROKE GROUP, EIGHT
PARTICIPANTS.
THEY WALKED TWO SESSIONS PER
WEEK FOR SIX WEEKS, WALKING,
FOAM EXERCISES AND WALKING
OVER OBSTACLES.
MANY WERE SCREENED FOR
DEMENTIA.
THE BALANCE SYSTEM USED TO
ASSESS BALANCE PERFORMANCE AND
ALSO SOMETHING CALLED BALANCE
CONFIDENCE, WE USED THE
BALANCE CONFIDENCE SCALE AND
OTHERS WERE FORESTPLATE,
MOTION CAPTURE AND SEMG.
SO HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT
WE WORKED WITH IN THE LAB.
STANDING ON A FOAM SURFACE,
VERY DIFFICULT WITH YOUR EYES
CLOSED.
HERE YOU SEE THE PARTICIPANT
WITH A HARNESS SO WE CAN DO
THE TRAINING AND THESE WERE
STUDENTS WE WORKED WITH IN THE
LAB.
SO NOW I AM GOING TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT BALANCE
PERFORMANCE FROM THE STUDY
TIED TO THE BALANCE SCORING
SYSTEM, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE
PERSON IS STANDING IN EITHER A
WISE STANCE, TANDEM STANCE OR
SINGLE STANCE ON EITHER A HARD
SURFACE OR FOAM SURFACE.
THE EYES WERE CLOSED AND THE
EXPERIMENTER WAS TIMING A
20-SECOND TRIAL WHERE THEY
COUNT THE CONDITIONS WHERE THE
PERSON OPENS THEIR EYES.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUNCTION
OF THE BEST CONDITIONS GETTING
MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT, YOU
CAN SEE THERE IS AN INCREASE
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
PRE VERSUS POST, THERE IS A
INCREASE IN THE AREAS BOTH IN
THE HEALTHY GROUP AND THE
STROKE GROUP.
SO THERE WAS AN IMPROVEMENT IN
BALANCE PERFORMANCE.
SO NOW I AM GOING TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT BALANCE
CONFIDENCE.
SO FROM THE TERM BALANCE
CONFIDENCE, CAN ANYONE GUESS
WHAT THAT MEANS?
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>>YEAH, CAN YOU BALANCE IN
CERTAIN POSITIONS.
SO ON THE SCALE I ASKED FOR IN
THE LAST SLIDE, IT ASKED
QUESTIONS HOW CONFIDENT ARE
YOU THAT YOU CAN MAINTAIN YOUR
BALANCE WALKING ON ICY
SIDEWALKS AND THE PERSON WOULD
SAY ZERO PERCENT CONFIDENT, I
FEEL LIKE I WOULD FALL AND NOT
GOING TO DO THAT OR A PERSON
WOULD SAY I AM HIGHLY
CONFIDENT AND IT WOULD GIVE
YOU THE SCALE IN BETWEEN.
AND IT IS TIED DIRECTLY WITH
THE FEAR OF FALLING BASICALLY.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE CONFIDENCE
AS A FUNCTION OF GROUPS, SO WE
HAVE THE STROKE GROUP AND THE
HEALTHY GROUP.
THERE WASN'T A DIFFERENCE
PRE OR POST TRAINING BUT AS
YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THE HEALTHY
GROUP HAD MORE CONFIDENCE THAN
THE STROKE GROUP.
WHAT YOU SEE IN THE HEALTHY
GROUP, THE NUMBER OF ERRORS
INCREASE AND AS THE NUMBERS
DECREASE, YOU CAN SEE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE BALANCE
CONFIDENCE AND THAT IS WHAT
YOU WOULD EXPECT, IF YOU HAVE
LESS BALANCE ABILITY, YOU HAVE
LESS CONFIDENCE.
AND WITH THE STROKE GROUP,
BASICALLY IF THE VECTOR
INCREASED OR DECREASED THERE
WASN'T A RELATIONSHIP IN HOW
CONFIDENT THEY WERE IN THEIR
BALANCE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS
FOR THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR
INTERPRETATION OF IT.
THERE SHOULD BE MAYBE ANOTHER
LAYER OF TRAINING FOR THIS
POPULATION TO IMPROVE THEIR
CONFIDENCE AS THEIR BALANCE
IMPROVES.
THE OTHER THING IS THEY WERE
ONLY MONITORED FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY SOME OF
THE CONDITIONS TIED TO THE
ACTIVITIES SPECIFIC BALANCE
QUESTIONNAIRE SO THEY COULDN'T
GAUGE WHETHER THEIR BALANCE
IMPROVED OR NOT.
SO THAT IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE
OTHER WORK WE HAVE DONE WHICH
IS A NICE TRANSITION INTO
TRAINING THE EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AT MY
HOME INSTITUTION.
SO ONE THAT I AM PARTICULARLY
EXCITED ABOUT, ONE ACTIVITY IS
THE UDC-WALTER REED
EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT, THIS WAS BROUGHT
ABOUT IN FALL OF 2022 AND IN
PARTICULAR, THE MEDICAL
APPLICATION CENTER AND Dr.S
IN THIS SYSTEM.
SO ONE THING WE LOOKED AT THIS
YEAR WAS THE IDEA OF THE IDEO
BRACE, IT IS AN ANKLE/LEG
BRACE AND MADE OF CARBON AND
HELPS PROPEL THE PERSON'S FOOT
FORWARD.
IT HAS IMPROVED THE LIVES OF
MANY VETERANS BUT THE WORK TO
PUT FORTH THE BRACE IS TIME
SENSITIVE AND UNUSUAL.
OUR STUDENTS AND ALSO MY
FACULTY COLLEAGUE, Dr. TEN,
CREATED A BRACE THAT WAS NOD
MADE OF CARBON AND ALSO WE
CHANGED THE DESIGN WORKFLOW TO
IMPROVE KIND OF HOW LONG IT
TAKES TO MAKE THIS IDEO BRACE.
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT I JUST
WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOT ON
IS SYNAPSE SIS.
YOU MAY ASK WHAT DOES THAT
HAVE TO DO WITH THIS?
-- NASA.
SO BASICALLY WHAT IT DOES IS
TRACK THE BALANCE AS THE
PERSON USES THE SPACE SUIT AND
YOU MAY ASK HOW DOES THIS
IMPACT THEIR PERFORMANCE.
THIS WAS SOMETHING LOOKED AT
BY MYSELF AND ALSO THE NASA
CENTER SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND
FACILITIES.
SO WE UTILIZED BASICALLY THIS
WEIGHTED VEST TO SHIFT THE
CENTER OF GRAVITY UPWARDS AND
THEN WE MONITORED OR ACQUIRED
DATE IT USING THAT TO TEST
BALANCE.
MY STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR USED
A HARD UPPER BODY TORSO THAT
NOT ONLY SHIFTS THE TORSO
UPWARD AND HOW THAT AFFECTS
BALANCE AND WE LOOKED AT THE
GAIT.
SO THIS WAS DONE IN THE CBRE
LAB BY THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS
HERE AND NASA SCIENTISTS FROM
NASA JOHNSON LAST SUMMER.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE
LOOKING AT IS CREATING NEW
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
INFRASTRUCTURE.
I GREW UP IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SO
NEVER WENT TO A HBCU BUT THEY
ARE 3 PERCENT OF THE NATION'S
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND
YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THE
HBCUS IN THE DARK PURPLE,
LOCATED IN THE SOUTH AND SOME
IN THE NORTHEAST UP RIGHT HERE
BUT THEY ARE CREATED TO GIVE
AFRICAN-AMERICANS A CHANCE FOR
EDUCATION AND CREATED AROUND
THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR, TO
GIVE YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE.
SO THEY COMPRISE 3 PERCENT OF
THE NATION'S COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES BUT HERE IS SOME
ASTONISHING NUMBERS.
THEY ENROLL 10 PERCENT OF THE
NATION'S AFRICAN AMERICAN OR
BLACK STUDENTS, THEY PRODUCE
20 PERCENT OF ALL PLAQUE
GRADUATES AND PRODUCE
24 PERCENT OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
STEMS.
NEARLY A THIRD OF BACHELOR
DEGREE HOLDERS FROM THIS
3 PERCENT AND GENERATE
APPROXIMATELY $15 BILLION IN
ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SO THIS IS ME AS A NEW
GRADUATE.
I JOINED THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AS A NEW
GRADUATE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
AND TECH LOGIC PROGRAM AND
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO START
A NEW BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
PROGRAM AND BIOMEDICAL
RESEARCH LABORATORY AND WHAT
IS UDC?
SO ADMITTEDLY WHEN I WAS IN
THE NORTHEAST, I DIDN'T KNOW
VERY MUCH ABOUT UDC.
UDC IS A HISTORICALLY BLACK
COLLEGE, ONLY INSTITUTION
URBAN PER CAPITA AND IN OUR
NATION.
SO I WAS GIVEN THIS GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO START THIS NEW
PROGRAM AND ALSO RESEARCH
FACILITY AT UDC WITH WHICH IS
STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN A
REASON BETWEEN MEDSTAR, U.S.S.
DA, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
HEALTH, SO THE RESOURCES ARE
VERY RICH.
SO THERE IS A PRESSING NEED
FOR BIO MEDICAL ENGINEERING
FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS AND
PARTICULARLY I AM INTERESTED
IN, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE
AGING POPULATION, PEOPLE THAT
REQUIRE PROSTHETICS, PEOPLE
THAT HAVE SUFFERED STROKES AND
FOR EXAMPLE VETERANS THAT HAVE
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES.
SO WE STARTED THIS LAB, THE
CENTER FOR BIOENGINEERING
ENGINEERINGLY HABILITATION
ENGINEERING AND THIS IS SOME
OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING TO
GET OVER THE HURDLES OF
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS I
MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU HAVE
THE EQUIPMENT ACQUIRED
PREDOMINANTLY THROUGH THE
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
AND OTHER FEDERAL
SPONSORSHIPS.
WHEN I JOINED UDC, I DIDN'T
HAVE A STARTUP PACKAGE SO I
HAD TO START WRITING GRANTS
AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE AT
THE END OF MY TALK, I WILL
TALK ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE,
BUT THIS IS BASICALLY THE LAB
AS YOU SEE IT NOW.
IT WAS OPENED IN 2015 AND WE
HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, DOING THE
SUBJECT RESEARCH EVER SINCE
THEN.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF MY
STUDENTS.
MANY OF THEM ARE FIRST
GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS.
MOST OF THEM ARE FEMALE AND
NEARLY ALL OF THEM ARE ETHNIC
MINORITIES.
AND SO WE INVOLVE THEM IN THE
RESEARCH.
I WANTED TO SAVE THE SURPRISE
FOR THIS SLIDE BECAUSE THE
AGING BALANCE STUDY WE DID,
THAT WAS DONE ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY EXCEPT FOR ONE
STUDENT WITH UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS.
NO POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS,
NO STAFF.
BASICALLY I HAD TO SCHEDULE
ALL THE SESSIONS WITH THE
STUDENTS TO TRAIN THEM HOW TO
USE ALL THE EQUIPMENT.
THEY WERE TRAINED HOW TO WORK
WITH THE PARTICIPANTS AND ALSO
THEY GOT A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY
BECAME INVOLVED IN PAPER
PUBLISHING, SPOKE AT
CONFERENCES SO THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT WE
SHARED WITH THE STUDENTS AND
THE STUDENTS ALSO SHARED WITH
ME AS WELL, THEIR IDEAS AND
THEIR THOUGHTS.
WE ARE THE FIRST ACCREDITED --
WELL, UDC HAS THE FIRST
ACCREDITED MASTERS PLAN IN
BIOENGINEERING AT HBCU.
THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE NOT
YET ACCREDITED, FLORIDA BEING
ONE.
ANOTHER THAT IS NOT YET
ACCREDITED BUT THE FOCUS IS
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND THIS IS
SOMETHING I AM VERY EXCITED
ABOUT.
IT IS JUST ONE SLIDE BUT THIS
ONE SLIDE IS YEARS OF
COLLECTING STUDENT WORK
THROUGH ALL SORTS OF
ASSESSMENTS, TABULATING DATA
AND THEN TO TOP IT ALL OFF,
THE 700-PAGE REPORT WE HAD TO
SUBMIT DURING THE PANDEMIC AND
THEN THE VISIT IN 2020 SO THIS
IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF GREAT
WORK WE CAN GIVE TO OUR
STUDENTS AND HAVE A GREAT
INSTITUTION.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE
TO TALK ABOUT IS THE
MODERNIZED TECHNICAL CENTER
FOR REHABILITATIVE RESEARCH.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME
ABOUT -- ACTUALLY, THE IDEA
CAME FROM THE SPRING IN 2018
BEFORE THE SOLICITATION OF THE
GRANT WAS EVEN OUT.
I WAS WORKING IN THE CBRE LAB,
VERY HAPPY WORKING IN THAT
SPACE AND DOING RESEARCH BUT
LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND
OTHER SPACES AND OTHER FACULTY
AND OTHER RESEARCH INTERESTS
AND HAD A FLOW CHART AND THEN
AT THAT TIME I SHOWED IT TO A
DEPARTMENT CHAIR AND DEAN AND
JUST KIND OF STORED IT IN THE
BACK POCKET BUT IN LATE 2019
THERE WAS A SOLICITATION OUT
FOR THE NIH ASSIST GRANT WHICH
WAS TO BUILD NEW BIOMEDICAL
AND RESEARCH FACILITIES AND SO
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SOUNDED
VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH
SOMETHING I WANTED TO PURSUE
SO FAST-FORWARD TO 2020, WE
DID END UP GETTING THE GRANT
IN FALL 2020 AND IT IS A
$3.35 MILLION GRANT TO BE USED
TOWARDS BIOMEDICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WITHIN THIS STAR CENTER, WE
WILL HAVE A SET OF TWO
BIOMECHANICS LABORATORIES, A
VIRTUAL REALITY LABORATORY AS
WELL AS ASSISTIVE
REHABILITATION AND STATISTICAL
LAB AND A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
CAN WORK TOGETHER, POST-DOCS,
FACULTY, STUDENTS.
SO THE LONG-TERM VISION OF THE
CENTER IS THAT IT EMERGES AS A
NATIONAL HUB FOR BIOMECHANIC
CALGARY CAN CALL ENGINEERING
AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH IN
WASHINGTON D.C. AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
SO THIS IS SORT OF LARGE SCALE
SOME OF THE PIECES OF
EQUIPMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON SINCE I JOINED THE
UNIVERSITY AT THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA AS A NEW GRADUATE.
KIND OF BRINGING TOGETHER SOME
OF THE RESOURCES, SO I DIDN'T
INCLUDE COLLEGES IN THIS AS
PART OF THE SCHEMATIC BUT
CREATING INTERACTIONS,
COLLABORATIONS AND ESPECIALLY
IN THE WORKING TO MAKE A RICH
ENVIRONMENT FOR BIOMEDICAL
ENGINEERING AND RESEARCHLY BE
A BILL TATIVE EDUCATION AT
UNIVERSITIES.
I KNOW WE STARTED A LITTLE
LATER, DO I HAVE TO STOP
AND --
>>NO, PLEASE CONTINUE.
THANK YOU.
>>SOERECTING KNEW RESEARCH
INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU SEE ALL THE NICE THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND THINGS
THAT ARE COMPRESSED INTO ONE
OR TWO SLIDES THAT TOOK YEARS
OF WORK TO GET TO KIND OF THE
PUNCH LINE OF WHAT I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT, BUT THE BIG THING
IS HOW TO GET STARTED AND I AM
NOT SURE WHO IS TUNING IN
REMOTELY BUT FACULTY AND
POST-DOCS MAY BE ASKING HOW DO
I GET STARTED AND I THINK THE
KEY IS MAYBE TO HAVE A
SHORT-TERM VISION AND GO THEN
A LONGER-TERM VISION, HAVE
SOME GOALS AND THEN HAVE LIKE
A FIVE OR TEN-YEAR PLAN AND IF
YOU ACCOMPLISH IT SOONER, THAT
IS GREAT.
SO WE HAD LIKE THE VO6 CENTER,
SOMETHING I THOUGHT ABOUT
MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE
THE SOLICITATION CAME OUT AND
THEN SEARCHING ONE NIGHT AND
UP AT 3:00 A.M. IN THE
MORNING, FOUND GRANTS.GOV AND
THOUGHT THIS IS PERFECT SO
THAT HAPPENS AND YOU JUST SORT
OF STORE THAT IN THE BACK OF
YOUR HEAD FOR LATER.
SO CAN ANYONE GUESS WHAT THIS
IS?
AND SOME PEOPLE SAY DON'T SHOW
THIS BUT I THINK IT IS GOOD TO
SHOW IT.
WHAT IS THIS PIECE HERE?
THAT IS THE CBRE LAB IN
DECEMBER OF 2014 AND THEN THIS
IS THE CBRE LAB AND THIS IS ME
IN JANUARY 2015 AND THAT IS I
THINK MAYBE MARCH 2015 AND
THEN THE LAB OPENED IN SUMMER
OF 2015.
SO WHEN THE LAB OPENED,
LUCKILY -- OR MAYBE NOT JUST
LUCK BUT ALSO THROUGH HARD
WORK, GOT THE NSF GRANT THAT
ALLOWED US TO GET SOME
EQUIPMENT SO THINGS HAPPENED
WITH THE RIGHT TIMING BUT THIS
WAS BASICALLY THE SPACE, VERY
SER RITUAL, NOTHING IN THERE
AND WE HAD TO GET THE
EQUIPMENT AND THINGS IN THERE.
PERSONALLY THIS IS SOMETHING I
STILL STRUGGLE WITH.
I STILL DON'T HAVE A TON OF
PERSONNEL THAT WORK WITH ME IN
THE LAB BUT THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT, STARTING OUT, YOU MAY
NOT HAVE A LOT OF PERSONNEL SO
YOU MAY END UP HAVING TO DO A
LOT OF THE WORK YOURSELF WHICH
IS A GOOD THING ACTUALLY
BECAUSE YOU CAN LEARN A LOT AS
WELL BUT PERSONNEL NEEDS
ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE STARTING
OUT.
AND THEN THIS MAY NOT APPLY
FOR IS LOT OF PEOPLE LISTENING
IN PUT IN MY CASE, I DO
EXPERIMENTAL WORK SO THIS IS
IMPORTANT.
HOW DO YOU GET STARTED WITH
THAT?
SELL YOU CAN INVITE PEOPLE FOR
MAYBE A DAY OR TWO AND ACQUIRE
DATA OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
SOMEONE WHO HAS MAYBE AN
ESTABLISHED LAB, ACQUIRE DATA
FOR IS SET AMOUNT OF TIME SO
YOU CAN GET THE DATA YOU NEED
TO WRITE PROPOSALS AND WRITE
PAPERS AND ALL THAT.
BUT IN OUR CASE, WHAT HAPPENED
WAS THE LAB WAS OPENED AROUND
THE SUMMERTIME THAT WE GOT THE
GRANT SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THE EQUIPMENT -- OR SOME OF
THE EQUIPMENT WE NEEDED.
AND I REMEMBER ACTUALLY --
HOPEFULLY I AM NOT DIE
DEPRESSING TOO MUCH BUT I
REMEMBER WHEN I STARTED AT EDC
AT THAT TIME, THE CHAIR
SIGNALED ONE THE ONE WEE PIECE
OF EQUIPMENT YOU NEED, CAN'T
BE OVER THIS AMOUNT BUT
SOMETHING TO GET YOU STARRED
AND THEN THE FORCEPLATE WAS
LIKE MAYBE 10K OR SOMETHING AT
THAT TIME AND THAT ALLOWED US
TO ACQUIRE DATA EVEN WITHOUT A
LAB, EVEN WITHOUT MONEY, YOU
CAN DO STUDENTS, ATHLETES, DO
A STUDY AND THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT WE DID.
I AM SPEAKING FOR MYSELF AND
NOT NECESSARILY FOR AN
INSTITUTION SO I THINK THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO SAY.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT TIME
MANAGEMENT, THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT AS A FACULTY INVOLVED,
TEACHING, RESEARCHING AND ALSO
SERVICE SO GREAT, YOU WANT TO
START A NEW BIO MEDICAL
ENGINEERING PROGRAM.
SO WHO IS GOING TO TEACH THE
COURSES, WHAT ARE THE SILL BY
OF THE COURSES GOING --
SYLLABI OF THE COURSES GOING
TO LOOK LIKE AND I HAVEN'T YET
SOLVED THIS WITH MY ACTIVITY
BUT WE ARE ALL VERY MUCH
TEACHERS.
RESEARCH IS SOMETHING THAT,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO DO
THE RESEARCH, THAT IS
SOMETHING YOU ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO PUT IN AT THE TIME.
YOU CAN'T EXPECT NECESSARILY
THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE
TEACHING AND NOT GOING TO BE
SERVING.
SO RESEARCH CAN BE SOMETHING
THAT YOU MAY HAVE TO WORK
EXTRA HOURS OR DO A LITTLE
EXTRA TO KEEP THAT BALL
ROLLING TO KEEP VIABLE.
SERVICE.
SERVICE IS A BIG ONE, AND IT
IS A BIG ONE BUT IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY -- IT IS ONE OF
THOSE LIKE UNSUNG THINGS WHERE
IT IS THERE AND YES, TO WORK
ON BUT NOT A LOT OF CREDIT
GOES TOWARDS THAT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, ACCREDITATION
FOR THE PROGRAM, WE NEED IT,
RIGHT?
THAT IS A SERVICE, THAT IS A
DUTY TO GET THAT ACCREDITATION
BECAUSE IT WILL ACTUALLY
IMPACT THE OTHER THINGS AS
WELL BUT IT IS SEVERAL HOURS
AND HOURS AND ARE DAYS AND
YEARS TO GET THAT.
I MENTIONED THIS I THINK IN A
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR
NSF THAT Dr. TROMBERG WAS ON
BUT ALSO SERVED AS AN IRB
CHAIR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS
BECAUSE PRIOR TO JOINING THE
INSTITUTION, THERE WAS
RESEARCH BUT NOT THE TYPE OF
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH I HAD BEEN
DOING.
SO I SHARED THAT COMMITTEE FOR
TWO YEARS AND IT WAS NOT JUST
A DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE BUT
FOR THE INSTITUTION BOTH AS A
FLAGSHIP FOR THE COLLEGE AND
KIND AS A SERVICE.
SO IT IS A FULL-TIME POSITION
BUT IT IS NOT BUT WHAT IS THE
BOTTOM LINE?
THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU TO
THESE THINGS BECAUSE YOU WANT
TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENT AND YOU
WANT TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENT IN
TERMS OF RESEARCH AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
PEOPLE GRANT FUNDS IS A BIG
ONE.
HOW DO YOU EVEN GET STARTED
WRITING A GRANT?
A LOT OF US LEAVE A PH.D.
KNOWING HOW TO WRITE BUT
WRITING A GRANT IS TOTALLY
DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE
OTHER TYPES OF WRITING WE DO.
IT HAS TO BE PICKY.
ACRONYMS ARE GREAT.
THE BUDGET NARRATIVE, I THINK
WHEN I WROTE MY FIRST GRANT,
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT TOOK
ME A WHILE AND AT TIMES THE
OFFICER OF THE PROGRAM CALLED
ME UP A FEW TIMES AND SAID NO,
THIS IS NOT HOW DO YOU IT.
BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST THE
SPECIFIC OR YOUR KNOWLEDGE BUT
THIS IS HOW YOU PUT THE TWO
TOGETHER.
SO HOW DO YOU WRITE A GRANT?
I WAS FORTUNATE TO GO TO A
GRANT WRITING COURSE THAT WAS
IN THE AREA FOR TIPS AND
POINTERS.
I HAD COLLEAGUES WRITING
GRANTS SO I GAVE THEM A DRAFT
OF MINE AND SAID THIS IS WHAT
I AM PROPOSING, HOW DO I SEE
IT, IS THIS NECESSARY, SHOULD
I EVEN MENTION THIS, SO THAT
WAS HELPFUL.
I THINK SERVING ON PANELS IS
VERY HELPFUL BUT THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT I THINK HAPPENS
A LITTLE LATER AS YOU ACTUALLY
GET GRANT REWARDS AND THEN YOU
SAY OH, YOU GOT THIS GRANT,
CAN YOU SIT ON A PANEL BUT HOW
TO GET THE NEWER FACULTY
INVOLVED SOONER SO THEY CAN
SEE WHAT GOES ON IN THOSE
DISCUSSIONS, THOSE ARE
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
BUT HOW I APPROACHED WRITING
GRANTS WAS JUST LEARNING BY
DOING IT.
SO AS I GOT TO THE UNIVERSITY,
I WROTE MY FIRST GRANT KNOWING
IT WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE
FUNDED BUT TO GET THE
EXPERIENCE OF THAT AND THEN
THE FEEDBACK AND EVENTUALLY IT
WORKED OUT BUT IT IS A BIT OF
A LEARNING CURVE TO GET
STARTED.
RESEARCH, THIS IS SOMETHING I
STILL STRUGGLE WITH BUT I AM
HOPING WITH THE WATERMAN AWARD
I CAN GET POST-DOCTORAL
RESEARCHER AND MAYBE SOME
OTHER STAFF AND MAYBE SOME
GRADUATE STUDENTS.
SO YOU END UP WEARING MANY
HATS AND MULTITASKING
SIMULTANEOUSLY AND IN MEAN
ENVIRONMENTS WHICH WE GET TO
IN THE NEXT ICON IN THE BOTTOM
SO HOW TO GET STARTED IN
RESEARCH WITH THE GRANTS IS A
BIG THING.
SO THERE IS WORK-LIFE BALANCE.
THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO
SEE IS SOME INITIATIVE TIED TO
PROVIDING, I DON'T KNOW THE
RIGHT WORD, LIKE SABBATICAL
ESPECIALLY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE
AT THAT AGE WHO MIGHT HAVE A
FAMILY OR WANT KIDS BUT ARE
VERY ACTIVE IN RESEARCH OR
THEIR JOB AND JUST ACROSS
THOSE AREAS COULD THEY HAVE
SOME TARGETED TIME SO THEY
DON'T FEEL THEY ARE FALLING
BEHIND OR OFF TRACK IN TERMS
OF THEIR TENURED TRACK SO THAT
IS SOMETHING TO THINK OF IN
TERMS OF CAREER WORK-LIFE
BALANCE INITIATIVES.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD.
I SPOKE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AS
A SINGLE FACULTY WITH THE
COLLEGE IN WASHINGTON D.C. BUT
THERE T-R A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
PRESIDENT BIDE TEN SUBMITTED
TO CONGRESS A BUDGET FOR NIH
WITH $51 BILLION AND CURRENTLY
LESS THAN 1 PERCENT IN SBACS
GET USED.
SO GOING BACK TO THE NUMBERS,
HB BCUS SEEING A THIRD OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN, BLACK AND
HISPANIC STUDENTS AND LESS
THAN 1 PERCENT GOING TO THOSE
HBCUS, MAYBE THERE IS MORE WE
CAN DO TO ENRICH THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES IN TERMS OF
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.
SO I WILL CLOSE BY
ACKNOWLEDGING NIH, NASA, ALSO
THE PREVIOUS RESEARCH DONE
WITH PRIMATES WITH Dr.
LEWIS, WANT NEW EPA AGREEMENT
WITH UDC AND I ALSO WANT TO
THANK Dr. TROMBERG ADVISORY
COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME HERE
TODAY.
HERE IS MY E-MAIL IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO SEND
ME OR I AM OPEN TO QUESTIONS
IN THIS TIME NOW AS WELL.
[APPLAUSE]
>>SO WHILE EVERYONE IS
THINKING ABOUT QUESTIONS, WE
HAVE AN AWARD FOR Dr.
THOMPSON -- SORRY -- AND WANT
TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PRESENT
HER WITH THIS.
ALL RIGHT, SO Dr. THOMPSON,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WONDERFUL INSPIRATIONAL TALK.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CRYSTAL
WITH YOUR NAME ON IT AND IF
YOU CAN PUT THAT PLEASE IN
YOUR OFFICE AND KIND OF THINK
ABOUT YOUR TRACTION TIME WITH
ALL OF US HERE AND JUST TO
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>>THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>>DOCTOR TROMBERG?
>>YES, I WOULD LIKE TO
PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
>>NOW WE'RE OPEN FOR
QUESTIONS.
SAM?
>>THANK YOU SO MUCH, THAT WAS
INSPIRATIONAL AS WELL.
I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS ON THIS
SCIENCE BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO
SHARE WITH US WHAT LED -- YOU
COULD HAVE GONE ANYWHERE TO DO
YOUR RESEARCH WORK BUT YOU
CHOSE UDC.
CAN YOU DISCUSS WHAT LED YOU
TO THAT DECISION, THE PROCESS?
>>YES, I WAS FINISHING MY
DOCTORATE AND VERY MUCH WANTED
TO BE FACULTY.
I KNEW THAT SOME OF MY
COMMITTEE ARE OR FACULTY
ADVISORS WERE SAYING
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH MAY BE
SOMETHING YOU WANT TO THINK
ABOUT BUT I VERY MUCH WANTED
TO GO INTO BEING FACULTY AND I
WAS BEING PURSUED BY SOME
INSTITUTIONS BUT THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA HAD A FEW COMPONENTS
THAT I THINK WERE KEY.
ONE IS THE LOCATION IN
WASHINGTON -- SEE.
AS I MENTIONED, YOU SAW THE
DIAGRAM WITH THE VARIOUS
INSTITUTES.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
THOSE INSTITUTES ARE NEARBY
PROVIDING A VERY RICH RESOURCE
IN THAT AREA OF THE COUNTRY.
THE OTHER THING, I WANT TO SAY
THE DEAN WAS A BIG COMPONENT
BECAUSE HE WAS INTERESTED AND
INVESTED IN SEEING THE
BIOENGINEERING PROGRAM SUCCEED
AS WAS THE INSTITUTION SO THEY
WERE PROACTIVELY CALLING ME AS
WELL AS OTHER FACULTY, CALLING
ME AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU
SHOULD THINK ABOUT COMING
HERE, THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO
GET STARTED.
ANOTHER PIECE WAS THAT MY
FATHER WHO IS AN ELECTRICAL
ENGINEER AND MY ADVISOR, Dr.
LEWIS, WHO IS AN MD HAD THE
SAME ADVICE, TWO TOTALLY
DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS FROM
DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS HAD THE
SAME ADVICE AND WHAT ADVICE
WAS THAT?
THEY WERE SAYING TO GO.
AND YOU MIGHT SAY OKAY Dr.
LEWIS IS AT HARVARD, MY FATHER
IS AT UMASS, WHY WOULD THEY
SAY YOU SHOULD GO DOWN TO
WASHINGTON D.C.
BECAUSE THE RESOURCES AND ALSO
THE SUPPORT OF THE
ADMINISTRATION TO GET THINGS
GOING AND THE CHANCE TO START
A NEW PROGRAM AND LABORATORY,
THEY SAID THAT WAS A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY BUT GIVEN THIS
THINKING, YOU SHOULD GO.
AND MY ADVISOR ALSO SAID YOU
KNOW IT MIGHT BE HARD AT FIRST
TO GET STARTED RATHER THAN
STAYING IN THE NORTH AND THE
NETWORK THERE, IT MIGHT BE
HARD TO GET STARTED BUT IF YOU
GET STARTED, THERE IS A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY THERE AND MY
FATHER SAID THE SAME THING.
SO I KIND OF -- I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE RIGHT PHRASE IS TO
USE BUT I JUST RIGHT AFTER I
FINISHED MY WORK, PACKED A
SUITCASE AND KNOWING I HAD TO
GET THE BALL ROLLING SO THERE
WAS NO BREAK BETWEEN MY PH.D.
AND WHEN I STARTED.
I REMEMBER TALKING TO THE
ASSOCIATE DEAN AT THE TIME AND
SAYING YOU KNOW, COULD I START
IN OCTOBER AND GET A LITTLE
BIT OF A BREAK AND HE WAS LIKE
OH NO, OUR CLASSES START IN
AUGUST, YOU HAVE TO BE DOWN
HERE NOW SO I STARTED
IMMEDIATELY AFTER AND THE REST
IS HISTORY AT UDC.
>>COLLECTIVELY I THINK THE
GROUP IS GOING WOW.
>>THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
STORY WITH US.
IT IS AN INSPIRATION BUT I
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU
SOME GUIDANCE.
SO YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD
EARLIER, TALKING ABOUT
SUPPORTING HBCUS BUT WHEN I
SEE THERE IS GOING TO BE
ONE -- IT IS GOING TO BE VERY
DIFFICULT TO HAVE MANY WHO CAN
COME IN, LOOK FOR EQUIPMENT,
LOOK FOR SPACE IN A BUILDING,
LOOK FOR PERSONNEL SO WHAT CAN
WE DO FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TIES AND NOT JUST FUNDING TO
SAY LOOKING AT HBCU AND ANY
OTHER PLACE THAT IS FULLY
UNDERRESOURCED AND HOW DO YOU
SET IT UP, WHAT DO WE DO, IT
IS MUCH MORE THAN GETTING A
GRANT BUT THINKING ABOUT
MULTIPLE GRANTS THAT ALLOW YOU
TO SUCCEED.
>>ANY TIME YOU DO SOMETHING,
THERE IS A RISK IT WON'T WORK.
SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN I FIRST
STARTED AS A NEW PH.D.
GRADUATE AND FACULTY, THE
ADMINISTRATION TOOK A RISK ON
ME IN TERMS OF OH NO, SHE MAY
JUST GET HERE AND NOT DO IT
AND I ALSO SAID YOU KNOW THEY
MAY NOT JUST GIVE ME THE LAB.
THEY COULD SAY OH, HE WILL
GIVE YOU A LAB BUT THEN ONCE I
ARRIVE SAY OH YOU ARE HERE NOW
SO YOU WON'T HAVE A LAB.
I ALSO THINK THERE IS A RISK
FOR THE INDIVIDUAL TO DO IT
AND PROVIDING DEFINES.
I THINK NOT JUST THE FUNDING
BUT THE GUIDANCE AFTERWARDS
THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE
ESPECIALLY FOR INSTITUTES THAT
ARE MAYBE UNDERRESOURCED, NOT
JUST GIVING THE MONEY BUT
HAVING SOME INTERACTION THERE
AS WELL.
SO I MENTIONED SOME OF THE
GRANT WORKSHOPS I WENT TO AS A
FACULTY, I THINK IT WAS 2EM
AND THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL IN
TERMS OF THE HEAD GUIDANCE
FROM THE FACULTY THAT WAS ON
THE TENURE TRACK, WHAT TO DO,
THEN QUESTIONING A MENTOR OR
ADVISOR THERE FROM YOUR HOME
INSTITUTION, SO THEY HAD A
VERY GUIDED WAY OF DOING IT
AND I HOPE I AM ANSWERING YOUR
QUESTION.
>>YOU ARE DOING FINE AND I
COULD JUMP IN AND HELP YOU A
LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY
AND WE HAVE A TRADITION AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR
COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO BE
SUCCESSFUL, NOT JUST TO THROW
THE MONEY AT THEM BUT THAT IS
KNOWING YOU WILL INITIATE SOME
OBSTACLES.
SO ON THAT NOTE, WITH YOUR
COMMUNITY AND LEADERS, FROM
SAM, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, YOU
KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS HERE TO
HELP SO FOR THE QUICK
INTRODUCTION TO LARA --
[LAUGHTER]
>>WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
BRUCE WANTS ME TO SAY BUT
BECAUSE THIS IS VERY
INSPIRATIONAL, I ADD THAT YOU
COULD HAVE DONE IT DIFFERENTLY
BUT YOU CHOSE TO MAKE IT GREAT
AND HAVE THAT IMPACT.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
OFF MIC ]
>>SO I USED TO BE IN
WASHINGTON BUT MOVED AWAY FOR
SOME 20 YEARS AND THEN I
WORKED IN THE COMMUNITY, MOVED
TO UT SOUTHWESTE RN TO LAUNCH
A WHOLE NEW DEPARTMENT OF
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND
GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE SAME
THINGS THAT YOU HAVE ALTHOUGH
A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT I THINK
THERE ARE LESSONS LEARNED THAT
WE CAN SHARE AND BE ABLE TO
PARTNER WITH YOU AS YOU MOVE
ALONG.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR US WORKING HERE.
THAT IS WHY I WAS WONDERING
WHO ARE YOU PARTNERING WITH,
WHO ARE YOU WORKING TODAY
BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY --
>>THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE
WHEN I STARTED OFF AT UDC AND
JUST EVEN MORE RECENTLY I
STARTED TO BRANCH OUT, IT WAS
VERY SELF SUSTAINING.
SO TO BUILD THE INSTITUTION, I
HAD THIS IDEA AND PEOPLE HAVE
DIFFERENT DREAMS BUT I FELT I
HAD THE INSTITUTION AND
BASICALLY JUST NEEDED TO DIG
IN TO THE INSTITUTION AND BE
THERE, NOT HAVE ALL THESE
COLLABORATIONS YET.