1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:10,400 WELCOME TO THE 59th MEETING OF 2 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,600 THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:17,000 FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:17,880 BIOENGINEERING. 5 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:18,960 I'M DAVID GEORGE, NIBIB 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:20,000 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE 7 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,440 SECRETARY OF THIS COMMITTEE. 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,440 THIS COUNCIL MEETING IS OPEN TO 9 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,000 THE PUBLIC, EXCEPT FOR THE 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,080 REVIEW OF PENDING GRANT 11 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:27,280 APPLICATIONS WHICH WILL TAKE 12 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,880 PLACE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. 13 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,320 THE OPEN SESSION OF THE COUNCIL 14 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:34,520 MEETING IS BEING LIVE BROADCAST 15 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,600 ON THE NIH VIDEOCAST NETWORK, 16 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,200 AND RECORDED FOR NIH ARCHIVES. 17 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,360 THE COMMITTEE AND PRESENTERS ARE 18 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:43,360 PARTICIPATING VIA VIDEO 19 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:43,800 CONFERENCE. 20 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,560 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR COUNCIL 21 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:48,200 MEMBERS, EX OFFICIOS, SPECIAL 22 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,160 GUESTS, THANK YOU TO ALL 23 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:52,680 WATCHING ON THE VIDEOCAST. 24 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,840 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH 25 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,280 TO EXPRESS VIEWS ON ANY ITEMS 26 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,240 DISCUSSED DURING THIS MEETING 27 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,760 MAY DO SO IN WRITING WITHIN THE 28 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:07,000 NEXT TEN DAYS, BY E-MAILING ME 29 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:17,400 AT INFO@NIBIB.NIH.GOV. 30 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:23,880 PLEASE PUT NIBIB COUNCIL IN THE 31 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,720 SUBJECT LINE OF AN E-MAIL. 32 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:27,920 FOR OUR ATTENDEES AND PRESENTERS 33 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,320 TODAY IN TERMS OF SOME BEST 34 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:32,200 PRACTICES FOR VIDEO 35 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,680 CONFERENCING, I'LL REMIND YOU TO 36 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,320 PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF WHEN NOT 37 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:39,640 SPEAKING. 38 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,280 WHEN YOU SPEAK, STATE YOUR NAME 39 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:43,320 ESPECIALLY IN HOLLYWOOD SQUARES 40 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:44,640 MODE. 41 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:46,000 PEOPLE ON THE VIDEOCAST CAN'T 42 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,760 TELL WHO IS SPEAKING SO IT HELPS 43 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,600 IF YOU MENTION YOUR NAME AND I 44 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,360 WITH BRUCE WILL CALL YOU OUT TO 45 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,720 MAKE THAT EASIER. 46 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:57,800 FOR COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS 47 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,120 PRESENTING, REMINDER TO PRESENT 48 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,480 FROM A FILE LOCATED ON YOUR 49 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,240 COMPUTER'S HARD DRIVE RATHER 50 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,240 THAN THROUGH A NETWORK DRIVE. 51 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,440 LOG OFF VPN WHILE YOU'RE 52 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:07,720 PRESENTING. 53 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:10,920 ALSO SHUT OFF ANY UNNEEDED 54 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:12,440 SOFTWARE TO MAXIMIZE RESOURCES 55 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:21,080 AND BAD WIDE -- BANDWIDTH. 56 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,600 THE CHAT IS FOR OUR COLLEAGUE 57 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:24,680 MANAGING THE VIDEO CONFERENCE, 58 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:26,440 YOU CAN CHAT IF YOU HAVE 59 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,280 TECHNICAL PROBLEMS. 60 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,480 YOU CAN LET HIM KNOW BY THAT. 61 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,880 ALSO, YOU CAN REACH RYAN BY 62 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:45,440 E-MAIL DURING THE MEETING, RYAN. 63 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,080 DAVA@NIH.GOV. 64 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:59,200 BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ANY QUICK 65 00:02:59,200 --> 00:02:59,800 QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? 66 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:04,080 IN TERMS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS WE 67 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,400 HAVE A QUORUM FOR TODAY'S 68 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,400 MEETING. I'D LIKE TO THANK PAM 69 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,160 GLICKMAN AND SPECIALIST ALICIA 70 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:14,960 HOPKINS FOR THEIR FANTASTIC WORK 71 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:16,360 IN ORGANIZING THE MEETING. 72 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:19,160 THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB THREE 73 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:19,920 TIMES A YEAR. 74 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:21,920 I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR I.T. 75 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:23,560 COLLEAGUES, ALL THE SPECIAL 76 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,320 ARRANGEMENTS THEY MAKE FOR THE 77 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:27,280 ZOOM, AND THE VIDEOCAST, THE 78 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,360 EXTRA WORK INVOLVED WITH THAT. 79 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:30,880 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 80 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:36,400 THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE GOVERNED 81 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:37,640 BY FACA, AND GOVERNMENT IN THE 82 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,520 SUNSHINE ACT. 83 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:42,600 CONSEQUENTLY THIS MEETING IS 84 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,760 ANNOUNCED TO THE PUBLIC IN THE 85 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:48,520 FEDERAL REGISTER AND LATER ON 86 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,560 THERE WILL BE A CLOSED SESSION 87 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,120 FOR DISCUSSION OF INDIVIDUAL 88 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:54,280 APPLICATIONS. 89 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,040 WE ANTICIPATE ADJOURNING THE 90 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:58,760 OPEN SESSION AT 2:45 P.M. 91 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,080 FUTURE COUNCIL DATES, THEY ARE 92 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,360 LISTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 93 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,360 AGENDA, FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS IT 94 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:06,680 WAS FOUND UNDER THE ELECTRONIC 95 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:13,120 COUNCIL BOOK IN THE CURRENT 96 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:13,840 COUNCIL TAB. 97 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,840 PLEASE REVIEW THE DATES AND MAKE 98 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,040 SURE IT DOESN'T CLASH WITH A 99 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,680 CONFERENCE THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY 100 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,400 COUNCIL MEMBERS. 101 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,720 NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 13, 102 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,680 2022, AGAIN HELD BY VIDEO 103 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:28,520 CONFERENCE. 104 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:29,440 I'D LIKE TO MOVE INTO 105 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,160 CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FROM 106 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:32,720 THE LAST MEETING AND COUNCIL 107 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:33,800 OPERATING PROCEDURES. 108 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,720 I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL MEMBERS 109 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:39,960 TO PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELVES IN 110 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,680 PREPARATION FOR A VOICE VOTE. 111 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:42,840 MINUTES ARE MADE AVAILABLE TWO 112 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:44,440 WEEKS AGO IN THE ELECTRONIC 113 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:45,320 COUNCIL BOOK. 114 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,440 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR 115 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,600 MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO 116 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:55,840 MAKE TO THE MINUTES? 117 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:57,600 HI, PAULA, AND WELCOME. 118 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,320 HEARING NONE I'LL ENTERTAIN A 119 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,120 MOTION TO APPROVE. 120 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:03,520 >> SO MOVED. 121 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,800 >> AND SECOND? 122 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:07,440 >> SECOND. 123 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:08,200 >> SECOND. 124 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:09,760 ALL IN FAVOR, AYE? 125 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:10,600 >> AYE. 126 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,160 >> AYE. 127 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,400 >> AYE. 128 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,320 >> ALL OPPOSED, NAY? 129 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:18,520 THANK YOU, MOVING TO 130 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,040 CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL 131 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,360 OPERATING PROCEDURES, AGAIN 132 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,000 THESE ARE MADE AVAILABLE A 133 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,600 COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN ECB. 134 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:26,880 AS I MENTIONED IN MY 135 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,360 COMMUNICATION WE DIDN'T CHANGE 136 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:30,120 THEM, JUST ADDED A PARENTHETICAL 137 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,120 PHRASE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING BUT 138 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:33,960 THE POLICY WASN'T CHANGED. 139 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,720 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR 140 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:36,320 MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU WOULD 141 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,200 LIKE TO MAKE TO THE OPERATING 142 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:45,560 PROCEDURES? 143 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,240 HEARING NONE I'LL ENTERTAIN A 144 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,600 MOTION TO APPROVE THEM. 145 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,680 >> SO MOVED. 146 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,120 >> I SECOND. 147 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,240 >> A SECOND, THANK YOU. 148 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:55,760 ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. 149 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:56,520 >> AYE. 150 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:57,400 >> AYE. 151 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,080 >> AYE. 152 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,880 >> AYE. 153 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:03,360 >> ALL OPPOSED, NAY. 154 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:03,720 OKAY. 155 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:05,520 VERY GOOD. 156 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:06,160 WITH THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE 157 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,120 MATTERS TAKEN CARE OF I'LL TURN 158 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,480 THE PROCEEDINGS OVER TO OUR 159 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,080 DIRECTOR, DR. BRUCE TROMBERG. 160 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:16,080 >> THANK YOU, DAVID. 161 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,680 AND I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE 162 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:20,880 THANK YOU TO PAM AND TO ALICIA 163 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,000 AND TO OUR I.T. COLLEAGUES FOR 164 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,400 GETTING US ALL TOGETHER AND 165 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:25,400 SETTING THIS UP. 166 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:27,080 SO, IF WE COULD TAKE YOUR SLIDE 167 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,520 DOWN WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME 168 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,200 SLIDE GYMNASTICS FOR A FEW 169 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,280 MINUTES. 170 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:39,720 MEMBER WE CAN DO OUR CUSTOMARY 171 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:39,920 HELLO. 172 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,320 GIVE A WARM WELCOME. 173 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,880 YOU TOO, SUSAN, WHERE WE ALL SAY 174 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:44,160 HI. 175 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:45,160 WE'RE EMULATING THE REAL ROOM, 176 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,040 SO IF YOU WERE IN A REAL ROOM 177 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,760 WITH US WE WOULD BE THANKING YOU 178 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,600 FOR COMING AND SAYING HI AND 179 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:53,600 RECONNECTING WITH MANY 180 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,720 COLLEAGUES WHOM YOU KNOW WELL. 181 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:58,520 SO THANK YOU SUSAN. 182 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:04,080 NOW I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN AND 183 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:10,120 BRIEFLY -- LET'S SEE. 184 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:10,480 OKAY. 185 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,640 NORMALLY YOU WOULD SEE A 186 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:15,560 DIRECTOR'S REPORT HERE BUT WE'RE 187 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:16,720 GOING TO INTERRUPT AT THE 188 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,080 BEGINNING BECAUSE WE HAVE THE 189 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,520 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE DR. SUSAN 190 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:21,960 MARGUILES. 191 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,600 I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS SUSAN AND 192 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,600 HER WORK ARE PIONEERING WORK, 193 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,040 SHE'S DIRECTOR OF THE 194 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,680 ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE AT THE 195 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:31,640 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, AND 196 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,680 PRETTY NEW TO THE GOVERNMENT. 197 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,240 ONLY SINCE JULY OF 2021. 198 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:37,480 WELCOME, SUSAN. 199 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,960 VERY EXCITING TIME TO JOIN THE 200 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:41,720 GOVERNMENT. 201 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,600 HER TALK WILL BE TRANSFORMING 202 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:44,920 THE WORLD THROUGH ENGINEERING 203 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:50,280 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP 204 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,040 WITH NIBIB. 205 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:53,240 WE HAVE EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIPS, 206 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,160 SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR FROM 207 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,680 HER, HER IDEAS. 208 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,000 SUSAN IS -- EVERYONE KNOWS, AN 209 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,000 SOLUTION VISIONARY AND WE'RE 210 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,320 FORTUNATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO 211 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,560 HAVE HER AS DIRECTOR OF THE 212 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,440 ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE AT NSF. 213 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,840 PRIOR TO JOINING NSF SUSAN WAS A 214 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:15,400 PROFESSOR AND CHAIR OF THE 215 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,320 COULTER DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL 216 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,240 ENGINEERING AT GEORGIA TECH AND 217 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,040 EMORY, PRIOR TO THAT FOR NEARLY 218 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,280 25 YEARS SHE WAS A PROFESSOR OF 219 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:24,920 BIOENGINEERING AND NEUROSURGERY 220 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,360 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 221 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,360 PENNSYLVANIA, SO SHE'S DONE WORK 222 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,560 REALLY IN DEPTH IN BOTH 223 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:34,200 BIOMECHANICS OF PEDIATRIC 224 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,840 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND LUNG 225 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:38,560 INJURY, ASSOCIATED WITH 226 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:39,520 MECHANICAL VENTILATORS AND 227 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,520 BIOLOGY IN MEDICINE OF THESE 228 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,600 PHENOMENA, AND HER WORK HAS BEEN 229 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,680 RECOGNIZED BY MANY, MANY AWARDS 230 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:54,680 INCLUDING BEING A FELLOW OF THE 231 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:56,760 NAE, NAM, AMBI, SMEE SMBS, 232 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,720 TRAINING IN MECHANICAL AND 233 00:08:58,720 --> 00:08:59,600 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING AS 234 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:00,960 UNDERGRADUATE AT PRINCETON, GRAD 235 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,560 OPPORTUNITY AT PENN, AND IN FACT 236 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:04,840 OVERLAPPED WITH OUR VERY OWN 237 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:06,000 DAVID GEORGE AS A GRAD 238 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,240 OPPORTUNITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 239 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:10,520 PENNSYLVANIA, SOME YEARS AGO. 240 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,800 I WON'T GO INTO EXACTLY WHEN 241 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:13,600 THAT WAS. 242 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,640 BUT WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE 243 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:17,840 SUSAN. 244 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,480 SUSAN, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO 245 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,320 YOU WHILE WE HAVE YOU HERE JUST 246 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,920 TO SHOW OFF A FEW OF OUR 247 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:28,560 COLLABORATIONS WITH NSF, WE HAVE 248 00:09:28,560 --> 00:09:31,760 AT LEAST NINE MEMBERS OF OUR 249 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:33,800 STAFF PROGRAM DIRECTORS AND 250 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,440 SCIENTIFIC REVIEW OFFICERS, 251 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,080 PROBABLY MORE, WHO ARE ENGAGED 252 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,720 IN THESE COLLABORATIONS IN 253 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:45,320 COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE, 254 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:46,280 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, NATIONAL 255 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:47,360 ROBOTICS, CYBER PHYSICAL 256 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:48,920 SYSTEMS, WORK IN SMART CONNECTED 257 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:50,800 HEALTH TOGETHER, BUT THAT'S NOT 258 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:50,960 ALL. 259 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,880 SHE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING 260 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,200 TOGETHER SINCE THE VERY 261 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,520 BEGINNING OF NIBIB ON THE 262 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,160 INTERAGENCY MODELING AND 263 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:01,680 ANALYSIS GROUP, MORE RECENTLY 264 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:04,880 THE BRIDGE TO A.I. WHICH IS A 265 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,080 COMMON FUND INITIATIVE THAT 266 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,720 SUPPORTS A.I.-BASED APPROACHES, 267 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,760 AND GETTING A.I., DIVERSE A.I. 268 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:12,000 DATASETS. 269 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,080 THE BRAIN INITIATIVE WHICH 270 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:14,840 EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT AND NEEDS 271 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,160 NO FURTHER INTRODUCTION. 272 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,520 AS WELL AS AN EMERGING EFFORT IN 273 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,080 MEDICAL IMAGING, THE PHANTOM 274 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:22,840 LIBRARY, COLLABORATION WITH 275 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:24,960 NIST, AND WORKING ON DEVELOPING 276 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,880 MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH NSF. 277 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:28,720 SO, I WILL STOP THERE. 278 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,520 AND HAND IT OVER TO SUSAN. 279 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,720 WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOU TO 280 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:34,320 COME HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 281 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:35,440 BUILDING ON THESE WONDERFUL 282 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,120 COLLABORATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD 283 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,360 TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS. 284 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:44,240 >> THANK YOU, BRUCE. 285 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,600 ATLANTIC YOU -- THANK YOU FOR 286 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,320 MAKING TIME IN THE SCHEDULE FOR 287 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:51,520 THIS CONVERSATION AND I LOOK 288 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:52,400 FORWARD TO IT. 289 00:10:52,400 --> 00:11:02,800 LET ME SHARE MY SLIDES. 290 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:05,560 HOW DOES THAT LOOK? 291 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:06,600 SOMEBODY NEEDS TO SAY SOMETHING 292 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:08,720 BECAUSE I TURNED OFF YOUR -- 293 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,880 >> LOOKS GOOD. 294 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:11,800 >> LOOKS GOOD. 295 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:12,160 >> WONDERFUL. 296 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,760 SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS 297 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,400 TO GIVE YOU A COMPRESSED 298 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:22,000 WHIRLWIND TOUR OF THE 299 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:22,680 ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE WITHIN 300 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:24,440 THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, 301 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,040 AND TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME 302 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:28,520 PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES, 303 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,120 SOLICITATIONS, WHERE I THINK OUR 304 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,200 INTERESTS COULD ALIGN. 305 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:33,160 MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WHILE 306 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:37,640 I'VE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF 307 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:38,440 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FROM 308 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:40,520 MY RESEARCH IN THE PAST, MY OWN 309 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:44,880 RESEARCH IN HEAD INJURY AND IN 310 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:45,640 VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED LUNG 311 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,520 INJURY WAS NOT ACTUALLY FUNDED 312 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,920 BY NIBIB AT NIH. 313 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,880 IT WAS FUNDED BY NHLBI AND 314 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:52,080 NINDS. 315 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,240 I'M FULLY AWARE THAT THE 316 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:56,800 POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS FOR 317 00:11:56,800 --> 00:11:59,440 ENGINEERS AT THE INTERFACE 318 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:00,760 BETWEEN MEDICINE AND ENGINEERING 319 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,480 COULD BE AT MANY DIFFERENT 320 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:04,280 PLACES WITHIN NIH. 321 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,000 BRUCE AND I HAVE FELT THAT THE 322 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,280 IMPORTANT CONVERSATION BEGINS 323 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:10,480 WITH NIBIB. 324 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:11,840 AS THE DIRECTORATES WITH 325 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:13,920 ENGINEERING IN OUR NAMES, IT'S 326 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,240 VERY IMPORTANT, AND I WANT TO 327 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:20,240 HIGHLIGHT THAT BRUCE IS NOW A 328 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,560 MEMBER OF THE ENGINEERING 329 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:22,200 DIRECTORATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 330 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,840 VERY MUCH LIKE YOUR COMMITTEE, 331 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,920 AND I THINK IT'S REALLY AN 332 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,520 IMPORTANT STEP TO ENSURING 333 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:30,200 GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE 334 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,040 MISSION OF EACH OF OUR AGENCIES, 335 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,440 AND OUR SPECIFIC DIRECTORATES OR 336 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,840 INSTITUTES IN NIH'S CASE, AND TO 337 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:40,680 REALLY IDENTIFY ENDURING WAYS 338 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:44,560 THAT WE CAN PARTNER ON ACHIEVING 339 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:46,520 OUR MISSIONS. 340 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:48,920 LET ME SEE IF I CAN MANAGE THE 341 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:49,760 SLIDES. 342 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:50,120 GREAT. 343 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:51,840 THE NSF MISSION, SOME PEOPLE 344 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:53,320 REALLY FEEL NSF DOESN'T FUND 345 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:54,560 THINGS THAT MIGHT RELATE TO 346 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:56,360 HEALTH AND DISEASE BUT I WANT TO 347 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,600 POINT OUT THAT IN THE NSF 348 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,400 MISSION STATEMENT YOU HAVE THE 349 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,400 WORD NATIONAL HEALTH. 350 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:07,840 SO WE DO INDEED ACROSS THE 351 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:08,680 AGENCY ENGAGE IN RESEARCH 352 00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:11,000 RELATED TO HEALTH AND DISEASE 353 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:11,320 AND MEDICINE. 354 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,520 I HAVE THIS SLIDE UP FROM FISCAL 355 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,480 21 TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE UPPER 356 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:19,000 LEFT-HAND CORNER THAT UNLIKE 357 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:23,360 NIH, WHICH HAS AN INTRAMURAL 358 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,120 PROGRAM, AT NSF THERE'S NO 359 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:26,680 INTRAMURAL RESEARCH SO 93% OF 360 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:29,160 THE BUDGET GOES OUT THE DOOR IN 361 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:30,480 TAX PLAYER DOLLARS FUNDING 362 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:34,640 RESEARCH EDUCATION AND RELATED 363 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:35,120 ACTIVITIES. 364 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,120 ACROSS NSF WE EMBRACE SCALE FROM 365 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,720 A SINGLE INVESTIGATOR TO 366 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,880 MID-SIZE AND LARGE CENTERS AND 367 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:41,600 NETWORKS. 368 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,080 THE BREADTH FROM A SINGLE 369 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:45,920 DISCIPLINE THROUGH CONVERGENT 370 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,120 RESEARCH, CAREER STAGE, WE TOUCH 371 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:49,680 ON UNDERGRADS AND AS YOU'LL SEE 372 00:13:49,680 --> 00:13:53,720 PROGRAMS THAT HIGHLIGHT HIGH 373 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:55,360 SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND EVEN 374 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:56,240 EARLIER, THROUGH GRADUATE 375 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:59,200 STUDENTS, POSTDOCS TO EARLY AND 376 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,680 EVEN LATE CAREER IS FUNDED. 377 00:14:02,680 --> 00:14:04,760 THE INNOVATION CYCLE BEGINS WITH 378 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,720 BASIC RESEARCH IN CUTTING EDGE 379 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:08,280 ENGINEERING AND THROUGH 380 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:09,680 TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH. 381 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:12,760 YOU'LL SEE IT SPANS QUITE A 382 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:13,440 RANGE. 383 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:14,840 THE NSF ORGANIZATION IS WITH NOW 384 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,880 AS OF LATE MARCH WE HAVE A NEW 385 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,440 DIRECTORATE, LOWER RIGHT-HAND 386 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:20,600 CORNER, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, 387 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,920 AND PART, OR TIP. 388 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,680 YOU CAN SEE OUTLINED IN RED ALL 389 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,400 THE DIRECTORATES IN DARK BLUE 390 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:29,960 THAT HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH 391 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:30,320 NIH. 392 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,800 AND EVEN ONE OF OUR PARTNERING 393 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,160 OFFICES, ONE OF THE OFFICES, 394 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,480 OFFICE OF DIRECTOR, 395 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:38,320 INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND 396 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:39,200 ENGINEERING. 397 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:41,920 YOU CAN SEE THAT NSF TAKES 398 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:42,920 DIVERSITY IN ITS LEADERSHIP 399 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,000 SERIOUSLY AND I HAVE NEVER BEEN 400 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,200 A PART OF A LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH 401 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,560 AS MANY WOMEN AND HISTORICALLY 402 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,000 UNDERREPRESENTED MEMBERS OF OUR 403 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:52,280 COMMUNITY. 404 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,160 AND IT'S A REALLY EMPOWERING 405 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,880 OPPORTUNITY. 406 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,720 I WOULD SAY THAT ALL THE OFFICES 407 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:01,800 IN THE UPPER RIGHT, MOST OF 408 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,640 WHICH LED BY WOMEN, BLACKS OR 409 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,080 HISPANICS. 410 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:08,560 WITHIN THE ENGINEERING 411 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:09,720 DIRECTORATE I WANT TO GIVE A 412 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,440 SENSE OF THE ENGINEERING 413 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:13,320 DISCIPLINES COVERED BUT ALSO HOW 414 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,040 THEY ARE EMBODIED IN CLUSTERS, 415 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:17,520 CLUSTERS OF PROGRAMS. 416 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,520 SO, WITHIN THE OFFERS OF THE 417 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,640 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WE HAVE THE 418 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:23,440 EMERGING FRONTIERS AND 419 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,360 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ACTIVITY. 420 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:31,360 AND THAT'S LED BY YOUR OWN 421 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:32,920 COUNCIL MEMBER, AND WITHIN THAT 422 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,960 WE HAVE THE EMERGING FRONTIERS 423 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,160 AND RESEARCH INNOVATION, THESE 424 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,240 ARE BASICALLY CROWD SOURCED 425 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:41,360 TOPICS THAT ARE SOLICITATIONS 426 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,640 THAT LAST FOR TWO YEARS, AND 427 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,400 THEN ARE EXPECTED AFTER BUILDING 428 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,600 A COMMUNITY IN THESE EMERGING 429 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,320 AREAS TO BE FUNDED BY CORE 430 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,200 WITHIN OUR DIRECTORATE. 431 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,120 ERVA IS BRAND NEW, IN ITS FIRST 432 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:59,320 YEAR, ENGINEERING RESEARCH 433 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,160 VISIONING ALLIANCE, SHINING NOT 434 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:06,320 LIKE EFRRI IN THE NEAR FUTURE 435 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,520 BUT 10, 15, PERHAPS FURTHER OUT 436 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:12,440 WHERE ENGINEERING SHOULD BE 437 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,760 HEADED. 438 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:16,840 CHRISTIAN THE CBET I HIGHLIGHT 439 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:18,520 CLUSTERS RELATED TO NIH INTEREST 440 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:20,400 IN HEALTH, MEDICINE, DESCRIES. 441 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:22,560 IN THE TWO CLUSTERS ENGINEERING, 442 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,240 BIOLOGY AND HEALTH AND 443 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:26,040 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND 444 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:26,560 SUSTAINABILITY. 445 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,880 IN CMMI YOU CAN SEE DISCIPLINES 446 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,080 OF ENGINEERING ARE EMBODIED 447 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:31,480 WITHIN CLUSTERS. 448 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,600 AGAIN, THREE CLUSTERS HERE 449 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,240 ASSOCIATED WITH FUNDING RESEARCH 450 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,800 AND HEALTH, MEDICINE, AND 451 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,120 DISEASE. 452 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:47,760 ECCS FOCUSES ON DEVICES, 453 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:48,600 ELECTRONICS, PHOTONICS, 454 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:49,160 MAGNETICS, COMMUNICATION IN 455 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:51,320 HEALTH AND DISEASE BENEFITS. 456 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:53,200 ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND 457 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,000 CENTERS DIVISION IS IMPORTANT, 458 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,440 WHEN WE WERE ESTABLISHED AS A 459 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,640 DIRECTORATE IN 1981, WE WERE 460 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,240 ESTABLISHED TO SERVE THE NATION 461 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,600 IN ENGINEERING RESEARCH, AS WELL 462 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,120 AS ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND 463 00:17:06,120 --> 00:17:07,720 WORKFORCE TRAINING. 464 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,840 SO ENGINEERING EDUCATION IS PART 465 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,320 OF OUR DNA, IF YOU WILL. 466 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:13,520 OUR ENGINEERING CENTERS WHICH 467 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,440 I'LL BE HIGHLIGHTING TODAY AS 468 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,080 POTENTIAL AREAS OF COLLABORATION 469 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:17,960 AND OUR ENGINEERING WORKFORCE 470 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,240 DEVELOPMENT ARE TWO OF THE AREAS 471 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,840 WHERE I THINK WE COULD BE 472 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,520 ENRICHING OUR COLLABORATIONS 473 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:26,080 EVEN FURTHER. 474 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:28,880 WHEN I SHOW BY THE NUMBERS THIS 475 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:30,600 IS WITHOUT THE HISTORIC 476 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,160 CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ENGINEERING 477 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:33,640 DIRECTORATE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE 478 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,440 NOW MOVED TO TIP. 479 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:36,800 OUR BUDGET WITH THOSE PROGRAMS 480 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,040 WERE IN EXCESS OF A BILLION 481 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,480 DOLLARS LAST YEAR. 482 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:41,280 FISCAL 21. 483 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,240 BUT WHEN YOU FOCUS ON THE 484 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:44,880 PROGRAMS THAT ARE STILL WITHIN 485 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,320 THE DIRECTORATE YOU CAN SEE THAT 486 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:49,560 IT NEARLY $800 MILLION. 487 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,560 WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON IS 20% 488 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:54,960 COMPETITIVE AWARD RATE WHICH IS 489 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,560 PRETTY MUCH LIKE NIBIB'S AWARD 490 00:17:57,560 --> 00:17:59,760 RATE RIGHT NOW. 491 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,800 AND IS ACTUALLY PRETTY HIGHLY 492 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,320 SELECTIVE IN TERMS OF NSF AND 493 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,000 WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE 494 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,400 COMPETITIVE FUNDING RATE FOR OUR 495 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:09,760 INVESTIGATORS. 496 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:16,080 WE FUND IN A TYPICAL YEAR AS YOU 497 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,640 CAN SEE OVER 20,000 PEOPLE 498 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:18,800 SUPPORTED, YOU CAN SEE ON THE 499 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:24,720 FAR RIGHT THESE PEOPLE RANGE IN 500 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:26,280 SENIOR RESEARCHERS, DOCTORAL, 501 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:27,120 GRADUATE, UNDERGRADUATE 502 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:27,520 STUDENTS. 503 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:34,800 IN MY FIRST YEAR WE FOCUSED ON 504 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,400 WHERE ENG CAN LEAD IN THE 505 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:37,960 AGENCY, CROSS-AGENCY 506 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,480 COLLABORATIONS, AND WITH OTHER 507 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:44,240 AGENCIES AS WELL AS IN THE 508 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:44,880 NATION. 509 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:45,880 OUR STRATEGIC PLANS IMPORTANTLY 510 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:47,800 BEGINS WITH A NEW MISSION 511 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,440 STATEMENT, AND THAT IS TO 512 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,960 TRANSFORM OUR WORLD FOR A BETTER 513 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:59,000 TOMORROW BY DRIVING DISCOVERY, 514 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,400 INSPIRING, ENRICHING EDUCATION 515 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,160 AND ACCELERATING ACCESS. 516 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:04,240 IT WAS DEVELOPED IN OUR LAST 517 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:10,800 STRATEGIC PLANNING STRATEGIC 518 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:12,600 PLANNING EPISODE IN 2010 AND OUR 519 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,720 GOALS ARE TO PROPEL U.S. 520 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:17,360 LEADERSHIP IN TRANSFORMATIONAL 521 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:18,480 APPROACHES TO PROBLEMS FOR 522 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,880 SOCIETAL IMPACT, TO EXPAND 523 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,640 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AND TO 524 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:23,640 CATALYZE PURPOSEFUL 525 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:24,080 PARTNERSHIPS. 526 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,280 THAT LAST GOAL IS WHAT BRINGS ME 527 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,920 HERE TODAY. 528 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,120 I LOOK FORWARD TO OPPORTUNITIES 529 00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:30,400 TO CATALYZE AND EXPAND OUR 530 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,480 PARTNERSHIPS WITH NIH AND 531 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:34,280 SPECIFICALLY NIBIB. 532 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,320 WE THEN REALLY TOOK A LOOK AT 533 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,080 WHERE ARE THE ENGINEERING 534 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:39,680 DIRECTORATES' STRENGTHS? 535 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,680 AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT 536 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:43,000 BECAUSE IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS 537 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,520 WAYS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, 538 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,880 SOMETIMES IN TANDEM WITH 539 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,280 RESEARCH BEGINNING AT NSF, AND 540 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:54,080 MOVING TO NIH FOR TRANSLATION TO 541 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:55,560 A SPECIFIC DISEASE, OR 542 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,280 APPLICATION IN MEDICINE. 543 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,080 AND SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY 544 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,920 CO-FUNDING BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH 545 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,680 INVESTED IN THESE AREAS OF 546 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,560 STRENGTH. 547 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,640 REALLY SPANNING FROM ENGINEERING 548 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,600 DISCOVERY, TRANSFORMATIONAL 549 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,560 RESEARCH THAT CREATES RADICAL 550 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:15,040 CHANGE OR NEW PARADIGMS, PROBLEM 551 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,240 OR QUESTION-DRIVEN RESEARCH, USE 552 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,000 INSPIRES AND SOLUTION ORIENTED 553 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,040 RESEARCH, INTEGRATIVE SYSTEMS, 554 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:23,800 ENGINEERING DESIGN AND 555 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,680 INNOVATION PROCESS AND CYCLE. 556 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:26,520 INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT WHICH WE DO 557 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,280 A LOT IN THE ENGINEERING 558 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,640 DIRECTORATE AND I WILL SHARE 559 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:31,640 THAT WITH YOU. 560 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,120 VERY EARLY STAGE RESEARCH. 561 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:35,200 RESEARCH TRANSLATION FROM 562 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,040 FOUNDATIONAL DISCOVERY AND 563 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,560 APPLICATIONS TO USE, AND 564 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,760 PROOF-OF-CONCEPT, PROOF OF 565 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,320 FEASIBILITY, AND PROTOTYPING, 566 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:45,520 AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND 567 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:47,000 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING WHERE I 568 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,200 THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 569 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,800 US TO PARTNER A GREAT DEAL, AND 570 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:52,280 TECHNOLOGY AND WORKFORCE 571 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:52,600 DEVELOPMENT. 572 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,400 AS A RESULT OF THIS STRATEGIC 573 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,240 PLANNING WE'VE IDENTIFIED FIVE 574 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,760 LARGE AREAS THAT CONNECT ACROSS 575 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,680 THE DIRECTORATES OF ENGINEERING. 576 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,320 CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AND 577 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,960 POWER SYSTEMS, CLIMATE CHANGE 578 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,160 ADAPTATION MITIGATION, 579 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:10,440 BIOECONOMY FRONTIERS, NEXT 580 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:11,200 GENERATION MICROELECTRONICS, 581 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,840 WIRELESS COMMUNITIES. 582 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,040 EACH OF THESE FIVE AREAS ALSO 583 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,320 HAVE FOUR THEMES INDICATED IN 584 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,200 THE VERTICALS THAT CONNECT TO 585 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:20,840 IMPORTANT INITIATIVES. 586 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:22,720 NOT ONLY WITHIN THE ENGINEERING 587 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,240 DIRECTORATE BUT WITHIN THE 588 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,760 AGENCY OF NSF. 589 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:27,840 BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN 590 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:29,840 ENGINEERING, WHEN WE IDENTIFY 591 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:30,920 SOLUTIONS AND APPROACHES, THEY 592 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:34,320 SHOULD BE WITH EQUITY, JUSTICE, 593 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:35,080 ATTENTION TO ACCESS. 594 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,840 THEY SHOULD BE SUSTAIN AND 595 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:39,680 RESILIENT SOLUTIONS, AND CREATE 596 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,120 PATHWAYS TO PARTNERS FOR 597 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:43,400 TRANSLATION, ANOTHER REASON I'M 598 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:44,520 HERE TODAY. 599 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,000 JUST TO HIGHLIGHT ABOUT TIP, THE 600 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:50,760 NEW HORIZONTAL DIRECTORATE FOR 601 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,600 TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, 602 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,640 PARTNERSHIPS. 603 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,720 IT'S A HORIZONTAL DIRECTORATE 604 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,720 THAT BRINGS RESEARCH TO SOCIETY. 605 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,960 I THINK ABOUT TIP'S PROGRAMS, 606 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:03,960 IT'S REALLY ADDRESSING THE 607 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,080 VALLEY OF DEATH, THE PUBLIC 608 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:09,240 FUNDS HERE ON THE LEFT WITH GOAL 609 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:10,520 WHAT THE DIRECTORATE FUNDS, YOU 610 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,240 CAN SEE THAT EMBODIED FROM THE 611 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,280 PREVIOUS SLIDE FROM FOUNDATIONAL 612 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,800 RESEARCH THROUGH PROTOTYPE 613 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:20,120 DEVELOPMENT. 614 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:21,680 TIP'S PROGRAMS OVERLAP WITH 615 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,320 ENGINEERING AT SOME LEFT-HAND 616 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,640 SIDE HERE, BUT REALLY GOING 617 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:27,480 BEYOND WHERE ENGINEERING 618 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:28,800 PROGRAMS ARE, EXPANDING THE 619 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,480 OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH 620 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:31,560 PRIVATE FUNDS AND LAUNCH. 621 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,840 WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF 622 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:35,880 LEADERSHIP AND TRANSFORMATIONAL 623 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,480 IMPACT IN MEDICINE, I'M GO TO 624 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,520 HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE HERE. 625 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,080 IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING YOU 626 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,040 CAN SEE INVESTMENTS AT NSF, EVEN 627 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,680 BEFORE THE ENGINEERING 628 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,800 DIRECTORATE WAS CREATED IN 1981 629 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,560 1981 ACROSS THE TOP, 630 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:54,000 APPLICATIONS ACROSS THE BOTTOM, 631 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,960 AS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER 632 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,520 MODELING AND MANY OTHER THINGS 633 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:59,680 ON THE TOP ARE CERTAINLY TRUE 634 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,120 AND DEAR TO MY HEART, ELEMENTS 635 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:04,200 I'VE USED IN MY OWN RESEARCH AS 636 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:07,600 IT INTERSECT WAS MEDICINE. 637 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,760 3D PRINTING FOR PPE ON BOTTOM 638 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:11,200 RIGHT. 639 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,360 NANOTECHNOLOGY AGAIN A LONG 640 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:17,280 TIMELINE OF INVESTMENT BY NSF, 641 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,760 CREATING PAYOFFS THAT CONTINUE 642 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,080 TO BENEFIT SOCIETY TODAY. 643 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,120 IN TERMS OF BUILDING 644 00:23:23,120 --> 00:23:24,440 BIOTECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION, YOU 645 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:26,720 CAN SEE EARLY INVESTMENTS OVER 646 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:31,520 20 YEARS AGO, IN THE ENGINEERING 647 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,040 RESEARCH CENTERS, ERCs, $50 648 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:35,400 MILLION INVESTMENTS BY NSF, 649 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,000 SPECIFICALLY IN THE ENGINEERING 650 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:44,360 DIRECTORATE THAT ARE EXPECTED TO 651 00:23:44,360 --> 00:23:45,480 INTEGRATE INNOVATE AND 652 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,080 TRANSLATION, EARLY ON SYNTHETIC 653 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,600 BIOLOGY ENGINEER RESEARCH CENTER 654 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,680 WORKED AND REALLY DEVELOPED 655 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:56,680 ORGANOIDS AND BIOINFORMATICS, 656 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:57,840 PROTEIN DESIGN, SCAFFOLDS, THAT 657 00:23:57,840 --> 00:23:59,600 LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR 658 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,360 ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTERS IN 659 00:24:01,360 --> 00:24:03,640 EXISTENCE TODAY. 660 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:04,520 BECAUSE OF THE GROUNDBREAKING 661 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,480 WORK THEY ARE DID OUR 662 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:07,160 COLLABORATION BETWEEN NSF AND 663 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,320 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR AGILE 664 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,960 BIOFROWNEDRY IS IMPORTANT IN 665 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,640 READYING LAB INNOVATIONS FOR 666 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:17,920 INDUSTRY. 667 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:18,640 LAUNCHING STARTUPS, VERY 668 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:26,080 IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE, 669 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:27,600 BIOMANUFACTURING AND GINKO 670 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:28,520 BIOWORKS WAS LAUNCHED. 671 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,120 WASTE WATER SURVEILLANCE, A DEEP 672 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:31,640 INVESTMENT FOR THE LAST 20 673 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:38,560 YEARS, LED US TO IMPACT EVEN IN 674 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:39,080 TODAY'S PANDEMIC. 675 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,600 I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF 676 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:43,800 THE MORE RECENT INVESTMENTS, 677 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,440 THESE ARE GRANTS THAT WERE 678 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,720 AWARDED FROM THE ENGINEERING 679 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,040 DIRECTORATE IN, SAY, 2018, 2019, 680 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:53,040 AND HAVE PRODUCED PUBLICATIONS 681 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:54,280 WITH THESE HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU 682 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:55,400 CAN SEE HERE. 683 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,040 SO, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH AND 684 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,000 HIGHLIGHT QUICKLY THE ONES WITH 685 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,960 THE EXTRA SYMBOL ON THE LEFT AS 686 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:02,720 A BULLET. 687 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,360 SO THE SCOPE OF THE ENGINEERING 688 00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:12,480 IMPACT IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 689 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:15,560 INCLUDES NEUROPROSTHESES, NEURAL 690 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:16,600 PACEMAKERS, LOCALLY 691 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,600 MANUFACTURED mRNA THERAPEUTICS 692 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,560 PRODUCED ON DEMAND, BIOHYBRID 693 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,040 FISH MADE WITH CARDIAC SWIM 694 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:25,920 CELLS, ELIMINATING BIOPSIES BY 695 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,000 USING OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR 696 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:29,760 NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSIS AND 697 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,240 PRE-SCREENING OF CANCER. 698 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:33,920 IMAGING THE GENOME WITH DNA 699 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:34,800 RESOLUTION. 700 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,800 REPROGRAMMING STEM CELLS TO 701 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,160 INHIBIT CANCER CELL PLASTICITY. 702 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,960 IF I THINK ABOUT THE RECENT 703 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,000 AWARDS THAT WE'VE MADE IN 2020 704 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,520 AND 2021, I HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE 705 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,800 FUNDING NOW THE NEXT AREAS OF 706 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:50,680 FRONTIERS, IF YOU WILL, WHERE WE 707 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,640 EXPECT PAYOFF IN THE NEXT FEW 708 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:54,080 YEARS. 709 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,440 ROBUST SCALABLE LOW COST 710 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,360 BIOMANUFACTURING OF THERAPEUTIC 711 00:25:57,360 --> 00:25:59,480 CELL THERAPIES, CELL CULTURE 712 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,880 MANUFACTURING FOR HEALTH CARE. 713 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:09,440 ON THE RIGHT, NON-INVASIVE 714 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,520 REMOTE NEUROTHERAPEUTIC DEVICES, 715 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,000 SENTINEL CELL SYSTEMS THAT 716 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,880 DETECT AND MITIGATE BIOLOGICAL 717 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:17,360 THREATS. 718 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:19,040 WHEN I THINK ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES 719 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:20,880 BETWEEN NIBIB AND THE 720 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,200 ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE I THINK 721 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,840 OF AN URGENT SETTING, WHAT COULD 722 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:25,400 WE COLLABORATE ON NOW AND HOW 723 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,160 COULD I HIGHLIGHT THESE FOR YOU? 724 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:28,960 ON THE LEFT I ORGANIZED WHAT I'M 725 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,640 GOING TO SHARE IN TERMS OF 726 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:31,880 THEMES. 727 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,720 THEN AT THE END WE'LL TALK ABOUT 728 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,480 THE MECHANISMS. 729 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,880 WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR YOUR IDEAS. 730 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,120 ALONG THE WAY AS I TALK ABOUT 731 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:44,240 THEMES, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 732 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:51,600 QUICKLY LIKE A WHIRLWIND COULD 733 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:52,520 -- CURRENT SOLICITATIONS, 734 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,200 OPPORTUNITIES TO CO-FUND IDEAS 735 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,480 OR START PLANNING FOR CO-FUNDING 736 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,040 OR COLLABORATING ON 737 00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,800 SOLICITATIONS THAT COME IN THE 738 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:00,120 NEAR FUTURE. 739 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:03,440 SO, IN THE AREA OF EMERGING 740 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,960 BIOTECHNOLOGIES, I WANTED TO 741 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:06,840 HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS OF 742 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,000 SOLICITATIONS IN THE AREAS OF 743 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,000 HARNESSING BIOLOGY FOR 744 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,160 ENGINEERING IMPACT, WHERE WE 745 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,120 FOCUS ON HARNESSING AND 746 00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:14,680 UNDERSTANDING BIOLOGICAL 747 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,520 PROCESSES TO ENABLE FUTURE 748 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,600 INNOVATIONS IN THERAPEUTICS AND 749 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:21,040 BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, 750 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,560 BIOCHEMISTRY, AS WELL AS 751 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,480 BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES. 752 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,360 I HIGHLIGHT TWO HERE CURRENT 753 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:29,920 SOLICITATIONS, IN FISCAL 22. 754 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,240 I HIGHLIGHT WE HAVE A 755 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:33,800 SOLICITATION THAT'S A TWO-YEAR 756 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:35,480 SOLICITATION, FIRST ONE FOR 757 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:36,920 PLANNING GRANTS, AND THOSE ARE 758 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,200 BEING SELECTED RIGHT NOW FOR 759 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:40,760 PREDICTIVE INTELLIGENCE FOR 760 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:41,480 PANDEMIC PREVENTION. 761 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,720 THAT INCLUDES AREAS OF 762 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:45,320 PREDICTION, MONITORING, 763 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:45,840 MITIGATION, PREVENTION. 764 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,080 RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE 765 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,600 IN THE THEMES OF THOSE FOR 766 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,520 THEMES AWARDS BEING SELECTED 767 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:53,560 RIGHT NOW. 768 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,360 WE ANTICIPATE PHASE 2 CENTER 769 00:27:56,360 --> 00:28:03,200 GRANT SOLICITATION GRANTS IF 770 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,240 THE FALL, FROM EFRI FOR 771 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:05,840 ENGINEERING LIVING SYSTEMS AND 772 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:07,520 AS YOU CAN SEE IN FOUR BULLETS 773 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,640 IN THE AREAS OF SUSTAINABLE AND 774 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:12,760 SAFE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, 775 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:13,840 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, 776 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,280 BIOMINING AND CRITICAL RECOVERY 777 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,360 FROM WASTES, AND FUNDAMENTAL 778 00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:20,720 INVESTIGATIONS, USING MICROBIAL 779 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:21,840 CONSORTIA. 780 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:22,000 WHY? 781 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,440 BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THIS 782 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:25,680 CONVERGENCE RESEARCH DESIGN AND 783 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,640 BUILD DEMONSTRATE HOW WE CAN USE 784 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,920 LIVING SYSTEMS THAT ARE 785 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,480 ENGINEERED TO DESIGN AND 786 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:33,240 FABRICATE AND MANUFACTURE 787 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,600 SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE USED BEYOND 788 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:38,480 THEIR BIOLOGICAL USE. 789 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:39,840 QUANTUM SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING 790 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,560 IS AN AREA WHERE BOTH 791 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:43,960 INTERESTED, ABOUT USING 792 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,720 DESIGNING DEVICES, APPLICATION, 793 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,040 TOOLS AND SYSTEMS WITH QUANTUMS 794 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:49,240 BASED ADVANTAGES OVER CLASSICAL 795 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:49,560 COUNTERPARTS. 796 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:54,360 YOU CAN SEE HERE THE QUANTUMS 797 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,520 LEAP CHALLENGE WE AWARDED TWO 798 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:57,880 INSTITUTES IN FISCAL 21 WITH 799 00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,200 HEALTH AND MEDICINE AREAS OF 800 00:28:59,200 --> 00:28:59,400 FOCUS. 801 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,360 ONE OF THEM IS INDICATED HERE ON 802 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:02,920 THE RIGHT, I HIGHLIGHT THE ONE 803 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,640 THAT'S LED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF 804 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:12,240 CHICAGO WHERE QUBBE IS ADVANCING 805 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,320 NOVEL QUANTUM SENSING 806 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:14,760 TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMAGING AND 807 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:15,920 SINCING FOR BIOLOGICAL AND 808 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,040 MEDICAL USE. 809 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,120 WE HAD AN AGENCY SCIENCE 810 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:21,000 APPLICATIONS MEETING IN THE 811 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,640 FALL, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE 812 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,280 TWO SOLICITATIONS THAT ARE 813 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,360 COMING DUE VERY SOON, EXPANDING 814 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,120 THE CAPACITY FOR QUANTUM 815 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,160 INFORMATION SCIENCE AND 816 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,800 ENGINEERING AND A DEAR COLLEAGUE 817 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:35,360 LETTER FOCUSING ATTENTION FOR 818 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,440 RAPID PROPOSALS AND USING EAGER, 819 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,960 THEY DON'T EVEN GO THROUGH MERIT 820 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:41,280 REVIEW. 821 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,240 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AN AREA 822 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:44,680 HIGHLIGHTED ALREADY IN BRUCE'S 823 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,760 PRESENTATION, AND THESE A.I. 824 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:48,200 RESEARCH INSTITUTES HAVE JUST 825 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,040 CLOSED ON THE LATEST 826 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:51,240 SOLICITATION. 827 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:52,320 AND THE SMART AND HEALTH AND 828 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,520 BIOMARKER RESEARCH IN THE AREA 829 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,480 OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND 830 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,400 ADVANCE THE DATA SCIENCE, THAT 831 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,480 SOLICITATION WILL COME THIS 832 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:01,240 FALL. 833 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:02,960 AN INSTITUTE ON THE RIGHT IS 834 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:08,400 OPENING DOORS FOR CARE FOR 835 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:13,640 ELDERLY MEMBERS. 836 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,520 MY CONDUCTORS ON THE INTERFACE 837 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,200 BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE 838 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,600 WE WITH WORKSHOPS IN EARLY 2021 839 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:20,840 AND IDENTIFIED THREE AREAS WHERE 840 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,200 WE NEED TO FOCUS. 841 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,480 WE ANNOUNCED RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 842 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:31,760 JUST CLOSED A SEMI CONDUCTOR 843 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:33,280 SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY FOR 844 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:34,680 INFORMATION STORAGE, FUTURE OF 845 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,320 SEMICONDUCTORS, A TEAMING AWARD 846 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:42,240 JUST RELEASED FOR APPLICATIONS 847 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,080 DUE IN JULY. 848 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:45,080 INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE 849 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,400 RESEARCH CENTERS IS ONE AREA 850 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:48,600 THAT REALLY LACKS NIH 851 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:49,000 ENGAGEMENT. 852 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:54,240 I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN THEM TO YOU. 853 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,920 THESE ARE IMPORTANT TYPES OF 854 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,200 MECHANISMS FOR GENERATING EARLY 855 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:01,080 STAGE RESEARCH IN COLLABORATION 856 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,400 WITH INDUSTRY. 857 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:04,040 IT'S ALL PRE-COMPETITIVE. 858 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,480 INDUSTRY SITS AT THE TABLE AS 859 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:07,920 INTERESTED PARTNERS, BECAUSE 860 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,600 THEY ACTUALLY PAY IN A 861 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,240 MEMBERSHIP FORMAT. 862 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,440 AND SO IN THIS PRE-COMPETITIVE 863 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,040 SETTING WHERE I.P. IS OWNED BY 864 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,440 THE UNIVERSITIES OF THE 865 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,760 INDUSTRY, EXCUSE ME, OF THE 866 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:22,840 UNIVERSITY PARTNERS, THESE 867 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,640 RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY AND 868 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,240 ACADEMIA DRIVE TECHNOLOGY 869 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:28,360 INNOVATION, AND DEVELOP DIVERSE 870 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:33,360 AND SKILLED SCIENCE AND 871 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,200 ENGINEERING WORKFORCE, ALLOWING 872 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:36,880 SUSTAINMENT BETWEEN ACADEMIA, 873 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,920 INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT. 874 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,560 WE HAVE 84 IUCRCs, PRIMARILY 875 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,640 IN THE ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE, 876 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,360 THEY ALREADY ENGAGE 110 877 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,120 UNIVERSITIES OVER 700 STUDENTS. 878 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,640 WE HAVE 750 INDUSTRY PARTNER 879 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:53,040 MEMBERS. 880 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,440 EACH PARTNER MEMBER PAYS IN 881 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,600 ABOUT $50,000 TO BE A PARTNER AT 882 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:01,200 THE TABLE OF A PARTICULAR IUCRC. 883 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,840 FEDERAL AGENCIES CAN ALSO BE 884 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:04,880 MEMBERS, AND THERE ARE OVER 20 885 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,640 FEDERAL AGENCIES, EVEN ENTER 886 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:07,480 NATIONAL AGENCIES. 887 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,440 NIH IS NOT A PARTNER IN ANY 888 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:10,480 SINGLE ONE OF THEM. 889 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:12,440 WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS HIGHLIGHT 890 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:13,520 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ONES THAT 891 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,720 MIGHT BE OF INTEREST RIGHT NOW. 892 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,680 THESE ARE FUNDED FOR FIVE YEARS 893 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:18,720 TYPICALLY RENEWED FOR ANOTHER 894 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,440 FIVE YEARS, IF THEY HAVE BEEN 895 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,320 SUCCESSFUL FOR A TOTAL OF 10 896 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:24,280 YEARS OF FUNDING, OCCASIONALLY 897 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,600 EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS 898 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,200 TO 15 YEARS OF FUNDING. 899 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:33,440 CURRENT IUCRCs ENCOMPASS 42 900 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,760 UNIQUE JURISDICTIONS, 16 ARE 901 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,880 EPSCoR STATES, 15 MINORITY 902 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,080 SERVING INSTITUTES. 903 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:41,120 I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FIVE THAT I 904 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,640 THINK WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR 905 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,720 PARTNERSHIPS WITH NIBIB OR OTHER 906 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:56,640 INSTITUTES AT NIH. 907 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:57,560 AMBIC FOR GENOME-BASED 908 00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,600 TECHNOLOGY TO FAST TRACK 909 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:00,160 ADVANCED BIOMANUFACTURING 910 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:00,400 PROCESSES. 911 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,720 ON THE LEFT YOU SEE THE 912 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:03,800 UNIVERSITY PARTNERS IN THIS 913 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,200 IUCRC, ON THE RIGHT ALL THE 914 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:08,640 AGENCY PARTNERS. 915 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,440 OFTENTIMES WHAT HAPPENS AGENCIES 916 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:12,680 PROVIDE -- INDUSTRY RATHER 917 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:13,680 PROVIDES AN INTERESTING 918 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,880 PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT IS THE 919 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,000 ENABLING EXPERIMENTS THAT NEED 920 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,120 TO BE DONE TO ENABLE THAT 921 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:21,840 FOLLOW-ON INDUSTRY FUNDING, 922 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:23,360 WHICH MIGHT BE CORPORATE 923 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,160 SPONSORED RESEARCH DIRECTLY TO 924 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,160 AGENCY AND P.I 925 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,360 IUCRC EXAMPLES THAT EXTEND TO 926 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:31,760 OTHER AREAS OF HEALTH AND 927 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,880 MEDICINE AND DISEASE ARE SHOWN 928 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,200 ON THIS SLIDE WHICH INCLUDE A 929 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,480 BRAIN CENTER, EFFICACY SAFETY 930 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:44,200 AND LONG-TERM RELIABILITY OF 931 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:45,360 PATIENT-CENTERED 932 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:45,720 NEUROTECHNOLOGY. 933 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,760 C2SHIP FOR IN HOME TECHNOLOGY, 934 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,640 ROBOTS AND SENSORS FOR HUMAN 935 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,040 WELL-BEING, CENTER FOR 936 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:52,800 PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT, 937 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,000 NOVEL APPROACHES FOR THE FINAL 938 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,520 THREE STAGES OF DRUG DEVELOPMENT 939 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,840 AND HOW CAN WE CREATE A PIPELINE 940 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,560 THAT ACTUALLY HELPS DE-RISK AND 941 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,040 DEMYSTIFY THOSE LAST THREE 942 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:06,400 STEPS. 943 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,640 OUR ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTERS 944 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:12,000 ARE THE $50 MILLION INVESTMENTS 945 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:18,360 I MENTIONED OVER TEN YEARS, THE 946 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,880 PROGRAM IN EXISTENCE SINCE THE 947 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:21,840 '80s, SUPPORTING BROAD 948 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:22,480 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY HIGH IMPACT, 949 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,960 HIGH RISK AND HIGH PAYOFF 950 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,120 ENGINEERING RESEARCH. 951 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,440 THEY ALSO HAVE INDUSTRY MEMBERS. 952 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,080 NOW IN THE FOURTH GENERATION, 953 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:35,000 THEY HAVE ADDED EMPHASIS ON 954 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,200 INTEGRATING CONVERGENT RESEARCH, 955 00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,600 MINDFUL OF INCORPORATING 956 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:39,160 ENGINEERING WORKFORCE 957 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,040 DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT, A 958 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,520 CULTURE OF DIVERSITY AND 959 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,000 INCLUSION, AND VALUE CREATION, 960 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,040 INNOVATION FOR SOCIETAL IMPACT. 961 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,240 SINCE THEY BEGAN, THERE HAVE 962 00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:51,440 BEEN 75 ENGINEERING RESEARCH 963 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:53,080 CENTERS, ERCs, THAT HAVE BEEN 964 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:53,280 FUNDED. 965 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,160 YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF 966 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:56,920 SPINOFFS, LICENSE, INVENTION 967 00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,000 DISCLOSURES AND PATENTS THAT ARE 968 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,520 TYPICAL OF OUR ENGINEERING 969 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,840 RESEARCH CENTER MAJOR INVESTMENT 970 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,560 IN TRANSLATIONAL INNOVATION AND 971 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:05,960 TRANSLATION. 972 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:07,200 AND NEARLY 15,000 STUDENTS THAT 973 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:08,760 HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED. 974 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,480 RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 14 ERCs, 975 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,240 THREE ARE SUNSETTING, WE HOPE TO 976 00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:15,640 FUND FOUR MORE. 977 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,400 OF THOSE 14 ERCs, THEY 978 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:19,600 INVOLVED 44 UNIQUE INSTITUTIONS, 979 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:20,640 SOME INSTITUTIONS ARE INVOLVED 980 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,480 IN MORE THAN ONE ERC. 981 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,200 AND 520 INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS 982 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,240 CURRENTLY IN THOSE 14 ERCs. 983 00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:31,480 AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE 984 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,280 STATISTICS, OF THE 14 CURRENTLY 985 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,280 FUNDED, THERE ARE FIVE CURRENT 986 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,160 ERCs THAT ARE IN THE HEALTH, 987 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:39,960 DISEASE, MEDICINE SPACE. 988 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:45,560 WE HAVE A CURRENT SOLICITATION 989 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:46,760 FOR ERCs, AND THERE'S AN 990 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,200 OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT 991 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,160 FUNDING WHERE THE AWARDS WOULD 992 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,240 BE MADE IN 2024, AND WE HOPE TO 993 00:35:52,240 --> 00:35:54,440 AWARD UP TO SIX. 994 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,920 SO MAYBE THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR 995 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:58,040 NIH CO-FUNDING. 996 00:35:58,040 --> 00:35:59,680 ALREADY, WE'RE IN CONVERSATION 997 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:00,720 WITH OTHER AGENCIES FOR THOSE 998 00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:03,520 AWARDS THAT WILL BE MADE IN 999 00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:03,960 2020. 1000 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,480 SO I BELIEVE THAT THE CO-AGENCY 1001 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,240 FUNDING IS A MODEL THAT WE'VE 1002 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,880 DEVELOPED AND USED FOR ERCs 1003 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,160 AND THAT BENEFIT BOTH NSF AND 1004 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:13,960 OTHER AGENCIES. 1005 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,560 JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF 1006 00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:17,400 THOSE ERCs THAT ARE IN 1007 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:24,000 EXISTENCE NOW THAT I MENTIONED, 1008 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,840 FOR CELLULAR META MATERIALS, 1009 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:28,800 CARDIAC PATCHES, FUNCTIONAL 1010 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,280 VASCULATURE PERFUSED IN CULTURE 1011 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:32,280 AND MAINTAIN STABLE FUNCTION. 1012 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,200 THERE ARE FOUR MORE ERCs IN 1013 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:35,280 THAT CURRENT LINEUP. 1014 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,720 I SAID THERE WERE FIVE IN THE 1015 00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:40,520 CURRENT LINEUP OF 14, THAT 1016 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,080 DEFINITELY HAVE APPLICATION IN 1017 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:43,080 HEALTH AND DISEASE. 1018 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,560 THESE ARE ALL NOT SUNSETTING, 1019 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:47,760 THEY ARE CURRENT. 1020 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,640 OPPORTUNITY TO CO-FUND IN 1021 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:51,160 EXISTING ERCs. 1022 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:55,120 WHEN I THINK ABOUT ADVANCEMENT, 1023 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,720 BIOMANUFACTURING, SECOND THEME 1024 00:36:58,720 --> 00:37:01,560 AREA, I HAVE ONE SLIDE, A FUTURE 1025 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:02,360 MANUFACTURING SOLICITATION, 1026 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:03,240 ABOUT AREAS OF MANUFACTURING 1027 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:04,960 THAT EITHER DO NOT EXIST TODAY 1028 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,080 OR EXIST ONLY AT SUCH A SMALL 1029 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:10,640 SCALE THEY ARE NOT VIABLE. 1030 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:12,320 WE NEED TO DEVELOP AREAS OF 1031 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,280 MANUFACTURING, ONE HIGHLIGHTED 1032 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,000 IN BOLD IS IN BIOMANUFACTURING. 1033 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,960 I'LL SHOW WHO CURRENT AWARDS 1034 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,720 FROM 2021, IN THIS SOLICITATION. 1035 00:37:21,720 --> 00:37:22,560 IT'S A TWO-YEAR SOLICITATION, 1036 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,320 WE'RE NOW IN OUR SECOND YEAR OF 1037 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:26,080 THAT SOLICITATION. 1038 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,600 THOSE THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT 1039 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:34,040 ARE DNA AND RNA DROPLETS FOR 1040 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:35,840 MANUFACTURE OF BIOMOLECULES, TO 1041 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:38,320 UCLA AND ONE TO STANFORD ON THE 1042 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,200 RIGHT-HAND SIDE, BELOW ON THE 1043 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,480 RIGHT-HAND SIDE, FOR GENETICALLY 1044 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,800 TARGETED CHEMICAL ASSEMBLY, A 1045 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:45,920 FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE IN LIVING 1046 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,960 CELLS IN ANIMALS AND TISSUES. 1047 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,120 HIGHLIGHT AGAIN THAT IMPORTANT 1048 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:54,440 CO-RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE. 1049 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:55,640 IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENT AND 1050 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,160 HUMAN HEALTH IT'S IMPORTANT TO 1051 00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,240 HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 1052 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:03,400 WHITE PAPERS AT NSF AND NIH, 1053 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,000 WHERE THE IMPORTANCE OF REALLY 1054 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,160 ADDRESSING HUMAN HEALTH AND 1055 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,280 ENVIRONMENT IN THIS ERA OF 1056 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:11,160 CLIMATE CHANGE, ENSURING 1057 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:12,400 EQUITABLE ACCESS TO EDUCATION 1058 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,600 AND HEALTH CARE, ENSURING THAT 1059 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:19,520 OUR SOLUTIONS ARE CRITICAL AND 1060 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,440 RESILIENT IN THEIR 1061 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:23,920 INFRASTRUCTURE. 1062 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:24,640 CIVIC INNOVATION CHALLENGE, 1063 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:25,600 UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NSF 1064 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:27,520 AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND 1065 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,920 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 1066 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:30,960 IN OUR CURRENT SOLICITATION, WE 1067 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,240 HAVE TWO BULLETS ON THE BOTTOM. 1068 00:38:34,240 --> 00:38:39,080 THIS IS ABOUT LIVING IN CLIMATE 1069 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:39,840 CHANGE, PRE-DISASTER ACTION, 1070 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,120 BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN 1071 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,360 ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, 1072 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:44,840 COMMUNITIES, AND SURFACES. 1073 00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,200 YOU SEE ENABLING DISASTER 1074 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:48,600 RESILIENCE IN AGING COMMUNITIES, 1075 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:49,640 SECURE DATA EXCHANGES. 1076 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,320 THE IMPORTANT THING OF THIS ONE 1077 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,520 IS IT'S ABOUT REALLY LAUNCHING 1078 00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,080 FROM RESEARCH TO ACTION, JUST 1079 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,920 ONE YEAR AWARDS, AFTER A PILOT 1080 00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:59,640 PERIOD, THEN IT'S EXPECTED THE 1081 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:00,880 COMMUNITY WILL CONTINUE FUNDING. 1082 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,760 SO THE COMMUNITIES ARE ACTUALLY 1083 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:08,200 CO-FUNDING ALONG WITH THE 1084 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:08,440 AGENCIES. 1085 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,200 THE SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH 1086 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,600 NETWORKS FOCUS ON REALLY 1087 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:17,400 INTERSECTING NOW IN THE CASE OF 1088 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,480 RURAL AND URBAN, AND INTERACTING 1089 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,640 ON MULTIPLE LEVELS TO INVEST IN 1090 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:23,680 UNDERSTANDING AND DESIGNING 1091 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,120 SOLUTIONS THAT ENHANCE THE 1092 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:27,520 SUSTAINABLE, EQUITY, RESILIENCE. 1093 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,320 TWO THAT I HIGHLIGHT HERE HAVE 1094 00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:33,800 TO DO WITH THE FOOD SUSTAINABLE 1095 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,000 FOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH NETWORK, 1096 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:36,960 WHICH TRYING TO ELIMINATE FOOD 1097 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,160 WASTE AND COLLABORATE ACROSS 1098 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,880 REGIONS THAT HAVE VERY DIFFERENT 1099 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,960 GROWING SEASONS, WHETHER 1100 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,200 CALIFORNIA OR MIDWEST, THE IDEA 1101 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:48,600 OF COLLABORATING ACROSS REGIONS 1102 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:54,800 BOTH FOR URBAN AS WELL AS RURAL 1103 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,240 SOLUTIONS, AND YOU SEE FOOD, 1104 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:57,440 ENERGY WATER SYSTEMS AT THE 1105 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:57,680 BOUGHT. 1106 00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:58,960 WHAT'S NOT FUNDED IS ONE IN 1107 00:39:58,960 --> 00:39:59,320 HEALTH. 1108 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:00,200 THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. 1109 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,000 WHEN I THINK ABOUT ENGINEERING 1110 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:02,760 EDUCATION AND EXPERIENTIAL 1111 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,400 LEARNING THERE'S A RICH AREA. 1112 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,360 WE ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT 1113 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,480 MEETING THE NEED. 1114 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:10,560 PROGRESS AND DIVERSITY IN 1115 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:12,520 ENGINEERING AND IN SCIENCE AND 1116 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:14,600 ENGINEERING IN GENERAL HAS BEEN 1117 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:15,240 LANGUISHING. 1118 00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:17,600 WE NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER 1119 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:18,880 OF WOMEN, HISPANIC, LATINO, 1120 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,040 BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN AS WELL 1121 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:23,120 AS AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA 1122 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:23,720 NATIVE. 1123 00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:25,120 ENGINEERING IS NO DIFFERENT. 1124 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:29,280 IF WE TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF 2019 IN 1125 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:33,520 GREEN ARE ENGINEERING AWARDS, IN 1126 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,080 PURPLE ENGINEERING OCCUPATIONS, 1127 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:37,120 AND U.S. ADULT POPULATION IN AGE 1128 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,640 18 AND OVER IN DARK BLUE. 1129 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:43,560 IN EACH AREA WE'RE NOT MEETING 1130 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,920 THE NEED OF ENGAGING ALL OF THE 1131 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,520 POTENTIAL OF OUR POPULATION. 1132 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,880 WE HAVE A FUNDED PROGRAM FOR 1133 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,000 ENGINEERING FOR US ALL. 1134 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,440 WHICH IS ABOUT DEMOCRATIZING 1135 00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:57,480 ENGINEERING, TEACHING 1136 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:58,840 ENGINEERING IN HIGH SCHOOLS, 1137 00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:00,160 ABOUT DESIGN BASICS, EXPERIENCE 1138 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:01,280 AFFORDING STUDENTS THE 1139 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:02,920 OPPORTUNITY TO EARN COLLEGE 1140 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:03,880 CREDIT, THIS IS UNDERSTANDING 1141 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,360 THAT YOU CAN TEACH ENGINEERING 1142 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:08,800 CONCEPTS EVEN BEFORE THEY HAVE 1143 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,440 HAD THE MATH AND SCIENCE COURSE 1144 00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:11,640 WORK. 1145 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:13,040 THE GOAL IS TO TRAIN THE 1146 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,600 TEACHERS AS WELL AS TRAIN THE 1147 00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:19,000 STUDENTS, AND IN ADDITION WE 1148 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,520 ALSO ARE FUNDING TEACHER 1149 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,400 ENGINEERING WHICH BANKS THOSE 1150 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:24,680 WONDERFUL CURRICULA THAT HAVE 1151 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:26,520 BEEN DEVELOPED, NOT JUST FOR 1152 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,440 ENGINEERING FOR US ALL BUT ALSO 1153 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,240 THE CURRICULA DEVELOPED IN OUR 1154 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:32,160 CAREER AWARDS, THOSE EARLY STAGE 1155 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,320 AWARDS THAT FUND OUTREACH AND 1156 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,240 EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES AS WELL 1157 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:40,480 AS RESEARCH AND EARLY STAGE OF 1158 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,520 FACULTY CAREERS. 1159 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,920 REVOLUTIONIZING ENGINEERING 1160 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:47,360 DEPARTMENTS IS REALLY ABOUT 1161 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:48,440 APPROACHING, CATALYZING CHANGES 1162 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,400 TO THE ENGINEERING IN HOW WE 1163 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,280 EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF 1164 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:52,680 ENGINEERS. 1165 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,360 I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'VE 1166 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:56,560 ADDED A NEW TRACK THIS YEAR FOR 1167 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:58,280 RADICALLY NEW APPROACHES TO 1168 00:41:58,280 --> 00:41:59,440 ENGAGE TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS 1169 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:01,920 WHICH INCLUDE NOT JUST COMMUNITY 1170 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:03,880 COLLEGES BUT ALSO COLLEGES, 1171 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:05,520 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR 1172 00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:06,080 TECHNICIANS. 1173 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,280 BROADENING PARTICIPATION AND 1174 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:12,360 ENGINEERING HAS TWO NEW TRACKS, 1175 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:13,240 INCLUSIVE MENTORING HUBS WHERE 1176 00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:16,600 ENWOULD HAVE -- EVERYONE NEEDS 1177 00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:22,520 TO COME ON BUILD TO BUILD HUBS, 1178 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:23,520 ENGAGING OF K-12 THROUGH 1179 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:28,200 INDUSTRY AS WELL AS SENIOR 1180 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,160 FACULTY, ENGAGING IN BUILDING 1181 00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:30,800 SCHOOLS FOR LEADERSHIP 1182 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,000 POSITIONS, ALL ALONG THE WAY. 1183 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,520 CENTERS FOR EQUITY IN 1184 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:36,840 ENGINEERING NEED TO BE HE LED BY 1185 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,400 DEANS, CREATING REAL CHANGE 1186 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,000 ACROSS ALL OF ENGINEERING MAJORS 1187 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:41,760 ON CAMPUS. 1188 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:42,680 INTERN PROGRAM WHERE THIS COULD 1189 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,600 BE AN INTERESTING ONE FOR US TO 1190 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,560 PARTNER IN, THIS IS PROVIDING 1191 00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:48,920 OPPORTUNITY FOR RESEARCH 1192 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,640 INTERNSHIPS FOR GRADUATE 1193 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:52,880 STUDENTS IN NON-ACADEMIC 1194 00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:55,080 SETTINGS, SO THE NON-ACADEMIC 1195 00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:56,760 SETTINGS INCLUDE GOVERNMENT 1196 00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:57,560 LABS, INDUSTRY, STARTUPS, I 1197 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:00,400 THINK THERE'S THE POTENTIAL TO 1198 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,240 PARTNER WITH NIBIB TO CREATE 1199 00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:05,760 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 1200 00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:06,320 EMERGING PROGRAM. 1201 00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:07,800 EARLY CAREER SUPPORT IS ANOTHER 1202 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:09,840 AREA WHERE WE MAY SHARE. 1203 00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:13,680 I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE MIDDLE 1204 00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:15,440 BULLET, THIS IS RECOGNIZING 1205 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,880 THOSE IN NON-R O 1 INSTITUTIONS 1206 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:19,520 MAY ACTUALLY NEED ADDITIONAL 1207 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:21,480 SUPPORT TO READY THEIR RESEARCH 1208 00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:23,520 PROGRAMS FOR THEIR FIRST 1209 00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,160 SUBMISSIONS TO NSF WHETHER IT IS 1210 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:27,160 THROUGH OUR TRADITIONAL PROGRAM 1211 00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:29,720 OR AS A CAREER AWARD. 1212 00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:31,640 OUR FACULTY EARLY CAREER 1213 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,040 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND CAREER, 1214 00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:37,200 WE'RE TARGETING THOSE 1215 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:37,800 INSTITUTIONS NOT TYPICALLY 1216 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:38,120 REPRESENTED. 1217 00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:40,640 ONE OF THE LAST SLIDES IN THIS 1218 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,280 EDUCATION IS REALLY ABOUT OUR 1219 00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:44,560 COLLABORATION TO DESIGN, BUILD, 1220 00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:44,920 TEST. 1221 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,920 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST 1222 00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:50,280 TO TRANSLATE RESEARCH FROM AN 1223 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,080 OPPORTUNITY TO GO FROM LAB TO 1224 00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:55,040 FAB, IF YOU WILL, BUT ALSO THE 1225 00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:58,320 WORKFORCE TO TRAIN IN THESE 1226 00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:00,600 SETTINGS IN INDUSTRY. 1227 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:02,720 I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROVIDES US 1228 00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:04,760 WITH A FRAMEWORK TO TALK ABOUT 1229 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:09,600 NEXT STEPS IN CATALYZING OUR 1230 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:10,360 PURPOSEFUL PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN 1231 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:12,400 NSF AND NIH. 1232 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,840 WE HAVE AN UMBRELLA MOU WE JUST 1233 00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,040 SIGNED WITH NIBIB ALLOWING US TO 1234 00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:18,640 BEGIN COLLABORATING IN MANY 1235 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,640 DIFFERENT WAYS. 1236 00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:21,600 BRUCE HIGHLIGHTED THE 1237 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:22,480 COLLABORATIONS ALREADY, WE HAVE 1238 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:23,480 A SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM 1239 00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:25,480 AT THE FDA WHICH COULD BE OF 1240 00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:26,320 INTEREST TO EXTEND TO NIH. 1241 00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:29,840 AS WELL AS ONE WITH THE 1242 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,520 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1243 00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:34,880 DATA FOR OUR COLLABORATION 1244 00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,280 DISCUSSION, IF WE JUST LOOK AT 1245 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:38,320 ANNUAL PUBLICATIONS OVER THE 1246 00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:41,360 LAST TEN YEARS ON THE LEFT, 1247 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:42,480 WHERE IN THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, 1248 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,720 THIS IS PubMed, IN THE 1249 00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:48,280 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IT MENTIONS BOTH 1250 00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:49,520 NSF ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE 1251 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:51,520 GRANT AND NIH FUNDING FROM ANY 1252 00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:53,200 INSTITUTE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 1253 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:56,920 THE DARK BLUE LINE ON THE LEFT. 1254 00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:58,280 IN FACT, IT'S EXPANDING. 1255 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,600 IF WE LOOK AT THE GOLD LINE, 1256 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:05,640 THAT LINGERS BELOW, THAT IS THE 1257 00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:06,320 NIBIB FUNDING. 1258 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:08,040 SO, THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY 1259 00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:09,160 FOR EXPANDING OUR PARTNERSHIP 1260 00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:13,840 FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE JOINTLY 1261 00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:16,680 FUNDED AND RESEARCH PROJECTS 1262 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:20,080 JOINTLY FUNDED BY NIH, 1263 00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,040 ENGINEERING, NIBIB, AND WITH THE 1264 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:23,360 NSF ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE. 1265 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:25,240 AT RIGHT YOU CAN SEE WHAT ARE 1266 00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:27,320 THE INSTITUTES THAT ARE 1267 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:28,480 REPRESENTED ON THE LEFT IN TERMS 1268 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,160 OF FUNDING? 1269 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:33,240 YOU CAN SEE THAT NIGMS IS 1270 00:45:33,240 --> 00:45:35,840 FUNDING MOST OF THOSE 1271 00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:37,520 COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS, AND YOU 1272 00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:39,040 CAN SEE ALL OF THE OTHER 1273 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:40,160 INSTITUTES COMING INTO PLAY 1274 00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:40,680 HERE. 1275 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:42,960 I THINK THIS SHOWS US THAT WE 1276 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,840 CAN GROW THE PARTNERSHIP, 1277 00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:48,120 OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST WITH NIBIB 1278 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:49,840 BUT WITH MANY INSTITUTES AT NIH. 1279 00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,600 IF WE THINK ABOUT THE 1280 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:53,640 MECHANISMS, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE 1281 00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:55,200 SOME IN THE PART ON THE RIGHT OF 1282 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:56,000 THIS SLIDE. 1283 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:59,280 THIS IS REALLY THE LAST SLIDE. 1284 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,080 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CENTER TO 1285 00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:03,320 CENTER COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN, 1286 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:10,200 FOR EXAMPLE, THE BIOENGINEERING 1287 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:10,880 RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS AND 1288 00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:12,960 ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTERS, 1289 00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:14,480 MAYBE CO-FUNDING OF ERCs 1290 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,440 BECAUSE THEY MEET BOTH AGENCY 1291 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:16,800 NEEDS. 1292 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:18,400 CO-FUNDING OF CORE AROUND 1293 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,280 SOLICITATION PROPOSALS LIKE THE 1294 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,240 ONES I'VE SHOWN EARLIER IN THIS 1295 00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:22,600 PRESENTATION. 1296 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:26,760 NIH BECOMING A MEMBER IN THOSE 1297 00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:27,920 INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE 1298 00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:29,200 RESEARCH CENTERS. 1299 00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,080 THINKING ABOUT INTERN AS 1300 00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,720 SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP 1301 00:46:34,720 --> 00:46:37,080 ENERGIZE THE INTERNAL WORKFORCE 1302 00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:40,080 IN THE BETA PROGRAM. 1303 00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:40,920 RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR 1304 00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:42,360 UNDERGRADUATES, MENTORS, 1305 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:43,360 TEACHERS, AS WELL AS 1306 00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:45,680 PARTICIPATING IN THE START 1307 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,280 PROGRAM WITH TECHNOLOGY TRAINING 1308 00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:52,560 FOR TECHNICIANS, AND BUILDING 1309 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:56,520 RAMPS BETWEEN NSF AND NIH AND 1310 00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:58,920 BETWEEN NIH AND NSF, CREATING 1311 00:46:58,920 --> 00:46:59,680 NEW CO-FUNDED SOLICITATIONS. 1312 00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:03,000 I THINK THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE 1313 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,080 RICH FOR EXPANDING OUR 1314 00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:05,600 COLLABORATIONS NOW. 1315 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:07,800 WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO STOP 1316 00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:09,600 SHARING AND COME BACK TO ALL OF 1317 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:11,880 YOU. 1318 00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:15,920 1319 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:17,120 >> THANK YOU, SUSAN. 1320 00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:26,360 THAT WAS A REALLY SPECTACULAR 1321 00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:32,120 SUMMARY, INSURE SEPARATIONAL FOR 1322 00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:35,280 ALL -- INSPIRATION FOR ALL OF 1323 00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:35,560 US. 1324 00:47:35,560 --> 00:47:38,120 I'M GOING TO SPEAK SLOWLY, AS I 1325 00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,880 WAIT TO SEE HANDS COMING UP. 1326 00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:41,480 THERE'S MARYELLEN. 1327 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:44,720 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK THE FIRST 1328 00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:45,920 QUESTION? 1329 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:47,840 >> YES, THANK YOU. 1330 00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:49,240 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GOING 1331 00:47:49,240 --> 00:47:51,200 THROUGH ALL THOSE BECAUSE I'M 1332 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:56,440 NOW MUCH MORE EDUCATED ON NSF 1333 00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:58,640 THAN BEFORE. 1334 00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:01,000 IT'S ACTUALLY AMAZING HOW MUCH 1335 00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,240 MORE NSF DOES THAT I DIDN'T KNOW 1336 00:48:04,240 --> 00:48:04,440 ABOUT. 1337 00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:06,000 I WAS INTRIGUED BY MULTIPLE 1338 00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,400 THINGS BUT I -- I'LL JUST DO ONE 1339 00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:11,240 QUESTION NOW. 1340 00:48:11,240 --> 00:48:12,400 YOUR ENGINEERING RESEARCH 1341 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:15,720 CENTERS, I SEE THAT IS SOMETHING 1342 00:48:15,720 --> 00:48:20,160 THAT REALLY CAN GROW WITH NIH, 1343 00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:20,560 NIBIB. 1344 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,960 ARE THOSE BRAND NEW CENTERS OR 1345 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:25,520 ARE THOSE EXTENSIONS OF CURRENT 1346 00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:25,760 CENTERS? 1347 00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:27,240 ARE THEY MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL? 1348 00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:29,760 IS THAT AN AREA WHERE WE COULD 1349 00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,600 HAVE THIS CROSS-LINK BETWEEN NSF 1350 00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:33,720 AND NIBIB? 1351 00:48:33,720 --> 00:48:34,000 >> YES. 1352 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,000 LET ME MAKE SURE I'M ANSWERING 1353 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:37,960 YOUR QUESTION. 1354 00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,520 ERCs HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1355 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:41,240 THE MID-'80s. 1356 00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:45,440 EACH CENTER PUTS IN A PROPOSAL 1357 00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:48,240 AND NOW WITH THE GEN 4 ASKING 1358 00:48:48,240 --> 00:48:48,680 FOR A 10-YEAR PLAN. 1359 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:50,120 WHEN YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR FIVE 1360 00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,000 YEARS WITH THE HOPE YOU'LL GO IN 1361 00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:53,960 AND RENEW, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT 1362 00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,240 MINDSET THAN HAVING A 10-YEAR 1363 00:48:56,240 --> 00:48:56,520 PLAN. 1364 00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:59,520 SO BEGINNING WITH THOSE THAT 1365 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:00,760 WERE FUNDED IN 2020 WE ASKED 1366 00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:02,560 THEM TO HAVE A 10-YEAR PLAN. 1367 00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:03,800 SO, WE'RE GOING TO BE FUNDING 1368 00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:04,920 MORE THIS YEAR. 1369 00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:07,200 I CAN'T SAY HOW MANY BECAUSE 1370 00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:08,960 THEY HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED YET, 1371 00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:11,720 WITHIN NSF, BUT THEY HAVE GONE 1372 00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:14,120 THROUGH ALL REVERSE SITE VISITS 1373 00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:15,520 AND ON-SITE VISITS. 1374 00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:22,200 FIVE I HIGHLIGHTED ARE FIFER 1375 00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:23,840 FIVE OF THE CURRENT ROSTER OF 1376 00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:25,680 14, OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN 1377 00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:26,920 THOSE, TO ENGAGE IN THOSE THAT 1378 00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:28,760 WILL BE FUNDED THIS YEAR THAT I 1379 00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:31,400 CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU ABOUT, IN 1380 00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:33,560 THEIR FIRST FIVE YEARS. 1381 00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:35,760 AND THE POTENTIAL TO SIT AT THE 1382 00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:37,320 TABLE WITH LOOKING AT THOSE 1383 00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:38,840 SOLICITATIONS THAT WE WILL BE 1384 00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,840 GETTING FROM THE LETTERS OF 1385 00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:46,320 INTENT THIS FALL, ON THROUGH THE 1386 00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:47,840 EVALUATION, AND SIT TOGETHER, 1387 00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:48,760 EVALUATING THE APPLICATIONS THAT 1388 00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:51,560 WE EXPECT TO BE GETTING THIS 1389 00:49:51,560 --> 00:49:53,760 FALL, FIRST LETTERS OF INTENT. 1390 00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:55,000 I SEE THAT THERE'S THOSE THAT 1391 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:57,160 ARE IN THEIR LAST FIVE YEARS, 1392 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,240 THAT ARE JUST BEGINNING THAT, 1393 00:49:59,240 --> 00:49:59,800 RIGHT? 1394 00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:01,520 THOSE THAT ARE JUST LAUNCHING, 1395 00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:02,320 RIGHT? 1396 00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:03,920 SINCE THEY ARE AWARDED EVERY 1397 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:07,440 FIVE YEARS WE HAVE THEM ALONG 1398 00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:08,200 QUITE A RANGE. 1399 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:09,840 AND THOSE THAT ARE YET TO BE, 1400 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:15,120 THAT HAVE NOT EVEN APPLIED YET. 1401 00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:15,640 >> THANK YOU. 1402 00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:18,480 >> IF I COULD JUMP IN FOR JUST A 1403 00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:19,920 LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION, WE 1404 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:23,400 DID START ON AN MOU WITH THE ERC 1405 00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:24,640 PROGRAM BEFORE SUSAN CAME,ENED I 1406 00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:26,680 GUESS WE WERE A LITTLE 1407 00:50:26,680 --> 00:50:29,520 INTERRUPTED BY THE COVID, BY THE 1408 00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:30,440 PANDEMIC, AND THAT SIDETRACKED 1409 00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:34,320 US A BIT BUT WE CERTAINLY WANT 1410 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:36,760 TO COME BACK BECAUSE ALL OF YOU 1411 00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:44,760 PROBABLY PERSONALLY HAD THEM, 1412 00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:46,160 I'VE HAD, SO -- 1413 00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:48,040 >> TYPICALLY NUMBER OF 1414 00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:51,360 INSTITUTIONS IS FROM FOUR TO 1415 00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:52,040 SIX. 1416 00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:53,240 ONE OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS AT 1417 00:50:53,240 --> 00:50:57,240 LEAST NEEDS TO BE ON MINORITY 1418 00:50:57,240 --> 00:50:57,760 SERVING INSTITUTION, 1419 00:50:57,760 --> 00:50:59,640 HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED. 1420 00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:01,440 THERE'S THAT EMPHASIS 1421 00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:03,040 THROUGHOUT. 1422 00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:04,160 AND WE'RE ACTUALLY IN DISCUSSION 1423 00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:07,080 ABOUT HOW WE COULD ACTUALLY 1424 00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:09,040 CREATE SOMETHING OTHER THAN A 1425 00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,960 PLANNING GRANT TO HELP HAVE AN 1426 00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:12,720 ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER 1427 00:51:12,720 --> 00:51:14,520 INITIATION GRANT BECAUSE A 1428 00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:15,280 PLANNING GRANT IMPLIES YOU'RE 1429 00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,320 READY TO GO AND YOU JUST NEED TO 1430 00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:19,400 BRING TOGETHER YOUR PARTNERS AND 1431 00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:20,040 GENERATE THAT PRELIMINARY 1432 00:51:20,040 --> 00:51:21,800 EVIDENCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE 1433 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:25,360 A GREAT CENTER IN THE FUTURE. 1434 00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:30,560 SOME PLACES ESPECIALLY NOT R 1 1435 00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:32,080 INSTITUTIONS MIGHT NEED HELP 1436 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:33,880 PUTTING TOGETHER A CENTER, WE'RE 1437 00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:35,640 TALKING ABOUT CREATING FUNDING 1438 00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:36,840 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGINEERING 1439 00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:37,680 RESEARCH CENTER INITIATION 1440 00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:39,000 GRANTS, THEY ARE NOT LIVE, BUT 1441 00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,640 WE HOPE TO CREATE SOMETHING LIKE 1442 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:45,080 THAT IF BUDGET ALLOWS. 1443 00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:45,360 >> PAULA? 1444 00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:48,720 >> YES, THANKS, SUSAN. 1445 00:51:48,720 --> 00:51:50,800 I'M ACTUALLY A BENEFICIARY OF 1446 00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:53,880 NSF AND NIH, RECENTLY THROUGH 1447 00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:56,800 EBICS AS AN SPC BUT THROUGHOUT 1448 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,240 MY CAREER. 1449 00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:01,440 I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE 1450 00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:02,080 BIOMANUFACTURING EFFORTS THAT 1451 00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:05,040 ARE COMING FROM THE ENGINEERING 1452 00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:05,320 DIRECTORATE. 1453 00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:07,040 THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN SOME PART OF 1454 00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:10,280 THE BUDGET THAT IS IN THAT AREA 1455 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:11,840 BUT I'M WONDERING IT SEEMS IT 1456 00:52:11,840 --> 00:52:13,120 MAY HAVE GROWN WHICH IS GOOD 1457 00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:16,640 BECAUSE IT'S A VERY BADLY NEEDED 1458 00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:17,520 AREA FOR RESEARCH. 1459 00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:23,200 SO I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THAT 1460 00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:30,880 AMOUNT DESIGNATED FOR 1461 00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:32,240 BIOINFORMATION INNOVATION AND IF 1462 00:52:32,240 --> 00:52:33,840 THERE'S COLLABORATION FOR AN ERC 1463 00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:38,000 IN THAT AREA THAT INVOLVES NIBIB 1464 00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:40,920 IN BIOPHARMA, IN PARTICULAR IN A 1465 00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:42,880 NUMBER OF THE MEDICINES COMING 1466 00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:46,400 OUT NOW THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO 1467 00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:46,720 SCALE. 1468 00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:49,040 I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS 1469 00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:50,120 ON THAT. 1470 00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:53,080 >> FIRST I DON'T RESTRICT TOPICS 1471 00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:53,960 FOR ERCs, AND APPARENTLY I 1472 00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:55,040 HAVE A CONFLICT WITH ONE OF THE 1473 00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:56,160 ONES THAT IS BEING EVALUATED 1474 00:52:56,160 --> 00:52:58,200 RIGHT NOW SO I KNOW NOTHING 1475 00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:00,200 ABOUT THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN 1476 00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:01,280 EVALUATED IN THIS CYCLE, THAT 1477 00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:04,200 ARE ABOUT TO BE AWARDED. 1478 00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:06,200 SO MANUFACTURING WOULD NOT BE 1479 00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:07,960 ELIMINATED AS A DOUBLE NEGATIVE, 1480 00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:08,400 RIGHT? 1481 00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:10,160 IN FACT WE'VE EVEN HAD 1482 00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:14,400 DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT 1483 00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:16,000 WE SHOULD HAVE DEAR COLLEAGUE 1484 00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:20,680 LETTERS, AS THEY ARE CALLED A 1485 00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:21,320 DCL AT NSF, ESPECIALLY 1486 00:53:21,320 --> 00:53:22,280 INTERESTED IN. 1487 00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:23,760 WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO THAT BUT 1488 00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:26,440 IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. 1489 00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:27,360 PAULA, YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED AN 1490 00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:29,080 AREA WHERE WE COULD PLACE AN 1491 00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:30,160 EMPHASIS AND, AGAIN, IF THAT 1492 00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:32,520 WERE SOMETHING THAT WERE JOINTLY 1493 00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:33,600 SPONSORED AND JOINTLY DETERMINED 1494 00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:38,400 TO BE AN AREA OF EMPHASIS I 1495 00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,040 COULD SEE THAT COULD BE ONE 1496 00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:42,240 MECHANISM TO ENSURE WE HAVE MORE 1497 00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:46,040 THAN THE TYPICAL NUMBER OF 1498 00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:48,840 APPLICATIONS IN THAT AREA. 1499 00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:50,560 >> THANK YOU. 1500 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:51,960 >> THANKS, PAULA. 1501 00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:53,440 RANU HAS A HAND UP NEXT. 1502 00:53:53,440 --> 00:53:54,800 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1503 00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:56,120 SUSAN, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR 1504 00:53:56,120 --> 00:54:01,280 YOU SPEAKING AS A DIRECTOR. 1505 00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:01,960 SO IT'S FANTASTIC. 1506 00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:02,560 LOTS TO LEARN. 1507 00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:06,320 I'VE BEEN A BENEFICIARY OF BOTH 1508 00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:08,040 NSF AND NIH FOR MANY YEARS. 1509 00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:11,840 MY QUESTION, WE'RE HEARING A LOT 1510 00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:14,960 ABOUT NSF ENGINES OUT OF THE TIP 1511 00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:16,600 PROGRAM, I WANTED TO GET AN IDEA 1512 00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:20,360 WHERE DO YOU SEE LINK THAT MIGHT 1513 00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:23,400 HAPPEN WITH MEDICAL DEVICE 1514 00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:24,280 TECHNOLOGIES OR HEALTH-RELATED 1515 00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:27,440 ASPECTS IN THE BROADER CONTEXT 1516 00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:28,200 OF NSF ENGINES. 1517 00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:31,600 >> THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. 1518 00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,120 SO, BROADER AGENCY SOLICITATION 1519 00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:38,280 JUST CAME OUT FOR THE REGIONAL 1520 00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:39,440 INNOVATION ENGINES, AND THEY 1521 00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:42,120 REALLY -- IT'S AN INTERESTING 1522 00:54:42,120 --> 00:54:42,360 MODEL. 1523 00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:43,960 THEY ARE INTENDED NOT TO BE A 1524 00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:45,480 LONG-TERM INVESTMENT, SO IT'S 1525 00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:47,120 VERY DIFFERENT FROM AN 1526 00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:48,120 INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, WHERE ONCE 1527 00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:49,560 YOU FUND IT YOU'RE EXPECTING 1528 00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:51,520 YOU'LL NEED TO MAINTAIN IT. 1529 00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:55,000 IT'S FULLY INTENDED THAT AFTER 1530 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:55,880 FIVE YEARS LOCAL STARTS PAYING 1531 00:54:55,880 --> 00:54:57,840 MORE AND MORE OF IT, AND THAT I 1532 00:54:57,840 --> 00:54:59,600 BELIEVE IT'S AFTER TEN YEARS 1533 00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:01,120 THAT IT LAUNCHES, IT'S 1534 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:02,240 INDEPENDENT, GRADUATED FROM THE 1535 00:55:02,240 --> 00:55:05,320 HOME, IF YOU WILL, IT'S NOW 1536 00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:06,480 INDEPENDENTLY. 1537 00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:10,880 THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AN 1538 00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:15,360 OPPORTUNITY FOR ON THE WAY TO 1539 00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:17,360 INDUSTRY, AND TO ALSO PROVIDE 1540 00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:18,840 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDUSTRY TO 1541 00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:19,200 PILOT. 1542 00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:22,480 IT'S SO HARD TO BE ABLE TO, AS A 1543 00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:24,360 FACULTY MEMBER, TO HAVE ACADEMIA 1544 00:55:24,360 --> 00:55:27,520 KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS READY FOR 1545 00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:29,480 ADOPTION IN INDUSTRY, AND IT IS 1546 00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:31,560 HARD FOR INDUSTRY TO PIVOT AND 1547 00:55:31,560 --> 00:55:33,720 TRY SOMETHING NOVEL. 1548 00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:35,480 SO, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE 1549 00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:38,280 ALL COMERS GET TO USE THESE 1550 00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:38,640 FACILITIES. 1551 00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:40,880 SPECIFICALLY, THE GOAL IS TO 1552 00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:42,160 ALSO CREATE WORKFORCE TRAINING, 1553 00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:44,560 SO THESE FACILITIES NOT JUST 1554 00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:47,120 BENEFIT RESEARCH TRANSLATION BUT 1555 00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:48,000 BENEFIT WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND 1556 00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:49,400 THAT THOSE THAT CAN COME THERE 1557 00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:52,360 ARE NOT JUST FROM THE REGION. 1558 00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:54,880 BUT ULTIMATELY, THESE REGIONAL 1559 00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:58,440 ENGINES ARE IN REGIONS, REALLY 1560 00:55:58,440 --> 00:56:00,760 BRINGING, IF YOU CAN -- 1561 00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:01,680 IMPROVING AND ENRICHING THE 1562 00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:03,000 GEOGRAPHY OF INNOVATION, TO NOT 1563 00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:06,160 JUST BE THOSE AREAS OF OUR 1564 00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:07,240 COUNTRY THAT ARE HISTORICALLY 1565 00:56:07,240 --> 00:56:08,320 WHERE INNOVATION HAPPENS. 1566 00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:12,320 SO THAT'S WHY THESE 1567 00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:18,320 F ACILITIES -- NOT FACILITIES, 1568 00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:19,360 REGIONAL INNOVATION ENGINES WILL 1569 00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:20,800 BE OPEN. 1570 00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:22,800 THE GOAL, WE'RE THINKING 1571 00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:24,200 DIFFERENTLY ABOUT WHERE THE 1572 00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:26,280 INNOVATION AND WHERE THE ENGINES 1573 00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:29,440 OF DISCOVERY ARE THAT TRANSLATE 1574 00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:30,640 TO INDUSTRY. 1575 00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:31,760 AND SO THE GOAL WOULD BE, THIS 1576 00:56:31,760 --> 00:56:33,880 IS OPEN TO EVERYONE TO 1577 00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:35,600 PARTICIPATE, IN THOSE ENGINES 1578 00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:38,320 WHEN THEY ARE ESTABLISHED, AND 1579 00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:41,360 THAT ALL INDUSTRY IS THEN -- HAS 1580 00:56:41,360 --> 00:56:44,360 EYES ON THIS IMPORTANT 1581 00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:46,200 GENERATION OF TRANSLATABLE 1582 00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:47,480 TECHNOLOGIES. 1583 00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:48,360 >> THANK YOU. 1584 00:56:48,360 --> 00:56:48,640 >> YEP. 1585 00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:49,720 >> THANKS, RANU. 1586 00:56:49,720 --> 00:56:53,640 I SEE JENNIFER WITH YOUR HAND 1587 00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:53,800 UP. 1588 00:56:53,800 --> 00:56:54,880 >> UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THANK 1589 00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:55,600 YOU FOR THAT TALK. 1590 00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:58,160 I HAVE A WHOLE SET OF NOTES OF 1591 00:56:58,160 --> 00:56:59,200 EXCITING THINGS. 1592 00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:01,000 ONE THING THAT PARTICULARLY 1593 00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:03,240 STOOD OUT WAS TRANSFORMING 1594 00:57:03,240 --> 00:57:04,560 ENGINEERING EDUCATION. 1595 00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:05,840 I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IF 1596 00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:06,640 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE 1597 00:57:06,640 --> 00:57:09,640 WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE THAT WE 1598 00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:09,840 NEED. 1599 00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:12,800 I GET THE IMPRESSION WITH A FAIR 1600 00:57:12,800 --> 00:57:15,960 AMOUNT OF OVERLAP THAT NSF 1601 00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:19,360 FOCUSES MORE ON EDUCATION, 1602 00:57:19,360 --> 00:57:20,240 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, PERHAPS 1603 00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:22,880 OUTREACH, AND NIH FOCUSES MORE 1604 00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:24,080 ON RESEARCH TRAINING. 1605 00:57:24,080 --> 00:57:28,240 I THINK THOSE TWO ARE SO 1606 00:57:28,240 --> 00:57:30,120 INCREDIBLY SYNERGISTIC, I'D LOVE 1607 00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:32,400 TO SEE MORE INTERACTION BETWEEN 1608 00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:35,120 THE REUs AND REMs YOU 1609 00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:36,360 MENTIONED, AND THE R25s OF NIH 1610 00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:39,840 TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER 1611 00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:41,920 AND CONVINCE MORE PEOPLE TO BE 1612 00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:48,520 FUND AMENTALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE 1613 00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:51,880 TEACH ENGINEERING SO THEY SEE 1614 00:57:51,880 --> 00:57:52,640 THE SPECTRUM OF HOW ENGINEERING 1615 00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:53,240 CAN BE APPLIED. 1616 00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:55,520 I WANTED TO POINT OUT I THINK 1617 00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:56,680 THAT'S A WONDERFUL AREA WHERE 1618 00:57:56,680 --> 00:58:00,760 I'D REALLY LOVE TO SEE MORE 1619 00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:01,960 INTERACTION. 1620 00:58:01,960 --> 00:58:02,960 GREAT IDEA. 1621 00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:04,240 >> THANKS. 1622 00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:05,320 >> THANKS, JENNIFER. 1623 00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:06,400 AND THERE'S MANU. 1624 00:58:06,400 --> 00:58:09,480 >> HELLO, ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE MY 1625 00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:11,920 FORMER FEARLESS LEADER, BEING 1626 00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:12,880 MORE FEARLESS LEADING OTHER 1627 00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:13,440 ORGANIZATIONS. 1628 00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:14,760 THANK YOU FOR THAT, SUSAN. 1629 00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:17,720 I WAS EXCITED ABOUT NEWER THINGS 1630 00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:19,480 I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. 1631 00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:21,640 ONE OF THE ONES POTENTIAL 1632 00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:23,080 PARTNERSHIP OF INTERNS, EVEN 1633 00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:24,800 WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND 1634 00:58:24,800 --> 00:58:26,960 NIH. 1635 00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:27,880 >> YES. 1636 00:58:27,880 --> 00:58:30,400 >> I'M A PART AT GEORGIA TECH, 1637 00:58:30,400 --> 00:58:31,960 FIRST INTERN, SO MANY OF THE 1638 00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:33,160 GRADUATE STUDENTS HAVE STARTED 1639 00:58:33,160 --> 00:58:36,080 TO JUMP ON THAT PROGRAM NOW. 1640 00:58:36,080 --> 00:58:37,080 PARTICULARLY IN THAT DEPARTMENT, 1641 00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:38,800 SO THERE'S REALLY EXCITEMENT 1642 00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:39,000 THERE. 1643 00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:42,640 WE WEREN'T FULLY AWARE OF THAT 1644 00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:44,840 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WERE ALSO A 1645 00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:46,480 GREAT SOURCE, A GREAT LANDING 1646 00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:46,680 SPACE. 1647 00:58:46,680 --> 00:58:48,000 I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 1648 00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:49,200 NOW WE'RE SHARING WITH THE WORLD 1649 00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:51,400 AND I'LL MAKE SURE WE TELL OUR 1650 00:58:51,400 --> 00:58:51,760 STUDENTS. 1651 00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:57,120 I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE 1652 00:58:57,120 --> 00:58:58,120 RESEARCH INITIATION FOR FACULTY 1653 00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:01,160 MEMBERS, THAT ARE NOT ATTENDING 1654 00:59:01,160 --> 00:59:02,200 R 1 UNIVERSITIES. 1655 00:59:02,200 --> 00:59:04,040 NUMBER ONE, EXCITING PROGRAM. 1656 00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:05,560 I'M CURIOUS HOW THAT WOULD LOOK 1657 00:59:05,560 --> 00:59:08,200 TO THE UNIVERSITY OR DOES THAT 1658 00:59:08,200 --> 00:59:11,240 LOOK LIKE A K99, WHERE THE 1659 00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:12,200 APPLICANT IS APPLYING SEPARATELY 1660 00:59:12,200 --> 00:59:14,840 AND THEY TAKE THAT WITH THEM TO 1661 00:59:14,840 --> 00:59:16,280 AN R2 OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF 1662 00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:17,400 UNIVERSITY? 1663 00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:18,720 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR THE 1664 00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:19,840 CANDIDATE OR INSTITUTION? 1665 00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:23,080 >> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION. 1666 00:59:23,080 --> 00:59:24,920 AND MONU, AS AN EXAMPLE, AIR 1667 00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:26,640 FORCE PROVIDES THE ENGINEERING 1668 00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:27,360 DIRECTORATE WITH A MILLION 1669 00:59:27,360 --> 00:59:28,720 DOLLARS A YEAR BECAUSE THEY 1670 00:59:28,720 --> 00:59:30,880 REALLY WANT TO RECRUIT TO THE 1671 00:59:30,880 --> 00:59:33,320 AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABS. 1672 00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:34,440 SO THERE'S A PARTICULAR DRAW 1673 00:59:34,440 --> 00:59:34,960 THERE. 1674 00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:37,600 AND THEY ARE SO PLEASED BECAUSE 1675 00:59:37,600 --> 00:59:39,160 OTHERWISE THE CURRENT Ph.D. 1676 00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:40,760 STUDENTS WOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHAT 1677 00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:43,080 THEIR CAREER PATH WOULD BE LIKE. 1678 00:59:43,080 --> 00:59:44,160 IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1679 00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:46,240 SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN THE 1680 00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:48,640 AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABS, AND 1681 00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:51,440 GIVES THE AIR FORCE RESEARCH 1682 00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:52,600 LABS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THEM 1683 00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:54,480 IN THEIR OWN LABS AND OFFER 1684 00:59:54,480 --> 00:59:54,880 POSITIONS. 1685 00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:56,400 WHEN I THINK ABOUT BETA, I THINK 1686 00:59:56,400 --> 01:00:02,200 ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE 1687 01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:03,520 AWARENESS OF EXISTENCE OF BETA 1688 01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:06,160 AND BETA AS A CAREER PATH, THERE 1689 01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:09,120 COULD BE INTRAMURAL NIH LABS 1690 01:00:09,120 --> 01:00:10,320 INTERESTED IN RECOGNIZING AND 1691 01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:11,760 CREATING MORE VISIBILITY FOR 1692 01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:20,320 WHAT THEY DO, ALSO GETTING THAT 1693 01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:24,480 FIRST LOOK AT STUDENTS. 1694 01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:25,160 RESEARCH INITIATION AWARDS, 1695 01:00:25,160 --> 01:00:28,680 IMAGINE I'M A FACULTY MEMBER, 1696 01:00:28,680 --> 01:00:30,080 LANDED AT INSTITUTION Y. 1697 01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:31,480 I'M THERE. 1698 01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:32,880 I ACTUALLY NEED MORE RESOURCES, 1699 01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:36,880 NEED RESOURCES FOR THE PEOPLE IN 1700 01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:42,760 MY LAB, FOR CRITICAL EQUIPMENT, 1701 01:00:42,760 --> 01:00:45,960 TO BUY TIME, SUPPLIES FOR A KEY 1702 01:00:45,960 --> 01:00:46,160 STUDY. 1703 01:00:46,160 --> 01:00:48,000 YOU NEED TO PROPOSE WHAT YOU'RE 1704 01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:50,000 GOING TO DO BUT LIKE SABBATICAL 1705 01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:51,400 NOT HELD EXACTLY TO THOSE PLANS, 1706 01:00:51,400 --> 01:00:54,640 THE GOAL IS THIS IS CRITICAL 1707 01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:57,560 EARLY STAGE FUNDING THAT ALLOWS 1708 01:00:57,560 --> 01:00:59,080 YOU TO PREPARE GREAT APPLICATION 1709 01:00:59,080 --> 01:01:00,920 WHETHER FOR STANDARD PROPOSAL OR 1710 01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:02,480 FOR A SOLICITATION OR EVEN FOR 1711 01:01:02,480 --> 01:01:03,240 CAREER AWARD. 1712 01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:05,880 SO, I WOULD SAY THAT THE 1713 01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:08,800 EXPECTATION IS THESE ARE GOING 1714 01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:10,480 TO BE EARLY STAGE, LIKE 1715 01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:19,320 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BUT NOT A 1716 01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:23,000 POSTDOC APPLYING. 1717 01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:24,240 >> AND I SEE TEJAL. 1718 01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:25,000 >> HI, SUSAN. 1719 01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:28,040 SO NICE TO SEE YOU. 1720 01:01:28,040 --> 01:01:28,280 THANK YOU. 1721 01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:28,960 A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION. 1722 01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:32,760 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS 1723 01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:37,200 CURIOUS ABOUT WAS YOU MENTIONED 1724 01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:38,680 THE ERCs AND IN PARTICULAR 1725 01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:40,760 THINKING ABOUT INSTITUTIONS THAT 1726 01:01:40,760 --> 01:01:45,000 MAY NOT BE READY FOR A CENTER 1727 01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:46,520 GRANT BUT PERHAPS PUTTING AN 1728 01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:46,960 INITIATION GRANT. 1729 01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:49,960 ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN 1730 01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:57,600 TALKING ABOUT HERE IN COUNCIL 1731 01:01:57,600 --> 01:01:58,800 ARE ALSO HBCUs OR COMMUNITY 1732 01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:00,640 COLLEGE THAT DON'T HAVE 1733 01:02:00,640 --> 01:02:03,920 ENGINEERING OR IN PARTICULAR 1734 01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:05,800 BIOENGINEERING, THIS DISCUSSION 1735 01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:09,200 LED BY GILDA AND ROD, AND HOW WE 1736 01:02:09,200 --> 01:02:11,680 MIGHT SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF 1737 01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:13,080 DEPARTMENTS OF BIOENGINEERING OR 1738 01:02:13,080 --> 01:02:14,240 ENGINEERING WITHIN OTHER 1739 01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:14,800 INSTITUTIONS. 1740 01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:18,440 AND SO I WONDERED IF THERE ARE 1741 01:02:18,440 --> 01:02:21,920 ANY THOUGHTS AROUND HOW PERHAPS 1742 01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:24,600 NSF COULD PARTNER WITH THE NIBIB 1743 01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:28,000 TO THINK ABOUT NEW APPROACHES. 1744 01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:30,760 WE SORT OF TALKED ABOUT HOW 1745 01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:32,960 WHITAKER REALLY BROUGHT TO BEAR 1746 01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:33,960 NEW BIOENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS 1747 01:02:33,960 --> 01:02:35,440 BUT THERE'S REALLY NO MECHANISM 1748 01:02:35,440 --> 01:02:38,440 ANYMORE, AND SO IT'S REALLY UP 1749 01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:41,120 TO AGENCIES SUCH AS NIH AND NSF 1750 01:02:41,120 --> 01:02:43,680 TO TRY TO BUILD THAT 1751 01:02:43,680 --> 01:02:44,080 INFRASTRUCTURE. 1752 01:02:44,080 --> 01:02:45,560 ANY COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS PERHAPS 1753 01:02:45,560 --> 01:02:48,160 AROUND THAT? 1754 01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:50,120 >> SO, ONE SORT OF THINKING 1755 01:02:50,120 --> 01:02:54,520 OUTSIDE THE BOX WAY TO TAKE ONE 1756 01:02:54,520 --> 01:02:56,240 OF OUR EXISTING MECHANISMS AND 1757 01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:58,560 USE IT FOR THIS PURPOSE WHILE 1758 01:02:58,560 --> 01:02:59,880 NOT CREATING A DEPARTMENT 1759 01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:02,280 SOMETIMES IT BEGINS WITH 1760 01:03:02,280 --> 01:03:02,960 COURSES. 1761 01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:04,040 SO I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH 1762 01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:08,000 A FACULTY MEMBER WHO CONTACTED 1763 01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:10,920 ME, AND I SUGGESTED THAT, YOU 1764 01:03:10,920 --> 01:03:13,440 KNOW, AN IUCRC COULD HAVE 1765 01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:17,720 INDUSTRY AT THE TABLE, AND 1766 01:03:17,720 --> 01:03:21,240 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, AND BE 1767 01:03:21,240 --> 01:03:22,840 FOCUSED ON CURRICULUM 1768 01:03:22,840 --> 01:03:23,360 DEVELOPMENT. 1769 01:03:23,360 --> 01:03:24,600 PILOTS, AND THEN INDUSTRIES AT 1770 01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:26,320 THE TABLE WITH SAYING THIS WOULD 1771 01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:28,880 BE MOST IMPACTFUL IN TERMS OF 1772 01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:30,080 TRAINING OUR WORKFORCE. 1773 01:03:30,080 --> 01:03:32,520 NOW IMAGINE IF THE INSTITUTIONS 1774 01:03:32,520 --> 01:03:37,080 AT THE TABLE ARE ACTUALLY 1775 01:03:37,080 --> 01:03:38,600 MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS, 1776 01:03:38,600 --> 01:03:39,920 OR TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, 1777 01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:41,560 AND YOU STILL HAVE INDUSTRY 1778 01:03:41,560 --> 01:03:46,040 PARTNERS AT THE TABLE, AND 1779 01:03:46,040 --> 01:03:47,880 YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW -- SO 1780 01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:50,520 I DO NOT LIMIT MYSELF TO 1781 01:03:50,520 --> 01:03:52,160 THINKING ABOUT CREATING BRIDGES 1782 01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:54,120 FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO 1783 01:03:54,120 --> 01:03:54,720 FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS. 1784 01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:57,960 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CREATE 1785 01:03:57,960 --> 01:03:59,160 BRIDGES FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES 1786 01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:01,240 TO WHATEVER YOUR NEXT IS. 1787 01:04:01,240 --> 01:04:03,080 AND IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE GOING 1788 01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:04,640 OUT INTO THE WORKFORCE. 1789 01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:06,320 I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR 1790 01:04:06,320 --> 01:04:09,440 US TO BE THINKING ABOUT 1791 01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:11,120 RETRAINING A WORKFORCE IN SKILL 1792 01:04:11,120 --> 01:04:13,000 SETS, AND THINK ABOUT THE IDEA 1793 01:04:13,000 --> 01:04:14,920 OF HAVING, USING THAT MECHANISM 1794 01:04:14,920 --> 01:04:17,320 OF THE IUCRC, WHERE INDUSTRIES 1795 01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:18,840 AT THE TABLE CAN SAY THESE ARE 1796 01:04:18,840 --> 01:04:23,640 THE MODULES WE NEED TO RETRAIN 1797 01:04:23,640 --> 01:04:24,640 THE WORKFORCE. 1798 01:04:24,640 --> 01:04:26,080 AND THE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS 1799 01:04:26,080 --> 01:04:28,800 THAT ARE AT THE TABLE COULD BE 1800 01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:30,960 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 1801 01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:33,560 INSTITUTIONS, RIGHT? 1802 01:04:33,560 --> 01:04:38,760 IT COULD ACTUALLY BE R1 1803 01:04:38,760 --> 01:04:42,400 INSTITUTIONS BUT WE USE AN IUCRC 1804 01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:45,400 AS MECHANISM FOR EARLY STAGE 1805 01:04:45,400 --> 01:04:48,800 RESEARCH, BUT EDUCATIONAL 1806 01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:51,440 RESEARCH AND CURRICULA 1807 01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:52,080 DEVELOPMENT IS PEDAGOGICAL 1808 01:04:52,080 --> 01:04:53,480 RESEARCH, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USED 1809 01:04:53,480 --> 01:04:54,480 THAT WAY HISTORICALLY. 1810 01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:57,040 WHEN I THINK ABOUT ESTABLISHMENT 1811 01:04:57,040 --> 01:05:01,400 OF NEW DEPARTMENTS, THE WHITAKER 1812 01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:02,920 FOUNDATION HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL 1813 01:05:02,920 --> 01:05:05,880 IN CREATING THAT BUT IT DID IT 1814 01:05:05,880 --> 01:05:09,760 IN A VERY DELIBERATE WAY WITH 1815 01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:10,560 CREATING PILOTS AND TEMPLATES, 1816 01:05:10,560 --> 01:05:13,080 SO I THINK THERE'S AN IMPORTANT 1817 01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:16,680 CONVERSATION THAT WE COULD HAVE 1818 01:05:16,680 --> 01:05:19,880 BETWEEN NSF AND NIH, 1819 01:05:19,880 --> 01:05:21,400 SPECIFICALLY NIBIB, WHERE WHAT 1820 01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:23,160 ARE THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL 1821 01:05:23,160 --> 01:05:24,680 DEPARTMENTS, AND WHAT ARE THE 1822 01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:26,240 CRITICAL ELEMENTS THAT NEED TO 1823 01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:27,880 BE THERE. 1824 01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:31,160 AS MANU WELL KNOWS, WHEN YOU'RE 1825 01:05:31,160 --> 01:05:33,880 A DEPARTMENT THAT SPANS TWO 1826 01:05:33,880 --> 01:05:34,360 INSTITUTIONS, LITERALLY 1827 01:05:34,360 --> 01:05:35,320 CONCEIVED FROM THE START AS 1828 01:05:35,320 --> 01:05:38,720 BEING PART OF A PUBLIC AND 1829 01:05:38,720 --> 01:05:40,200 PRIVATE INSTITUTION, ONE OF US 1830 01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:41,360 IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT 1831 01:05:41,360 --> 01:05:44,280 EMORY AND COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 1832 01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:46,720 AT GEORGIA TECH, SOME THOUGHT 1833 01:05:46,720 --> 01:05:49,120 WENT INTO WHAT DOES THAT 1834 01:05:49,120 --> 01:05:50,720 STRUCTURE LOOK LIKE, HOW WILL WE 1835 01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:52,000 ANTICIPATE SOME CHALLENGES? 1836 01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:53,360 SAME THING NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR 1837 01:05:53,360 --> 01:05:58,720 INSTITUTIONS THAT DO NOT YET 1838 01:05:58,720 --> 01:05:59,840 HAVE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING OR 1839 01:05:59,840 --> 01:06:01,040 BIOENGINEERING IN THE LINEUP. 1840 01:06:01,040 --> 01:06:04,080 I'D BE HAPPY FOR NSF TO 1841 01:06:04,080 --> 01:06:06,040 PARTICIPATE IN THIS IMPORTANT 1842 01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:06,600 CONVERSATION, WHAT CRITICAL 1843 01:06:06,600 --> 01:06:09,600 ELEMENTS NEED TO BE THERE TO BE 1844 01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:09,920 SUCCESSFUL. 1845 01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:11,840 >> THANK YOU, SUSAN. 1846 01:06:11,840 --> 01:06:14,160 LOTS OF WORK TO DO ON THAT ONE. 1847 01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:17,320 ZANE, I SEE YOUR HAND UP AS 1848 01:06:17,320 --> 01:06:17,880 WELL. 1849 01:06:17,880 --> 01:06:18,440 >> THANKS, BRUCE. 1850 01:06:18,440 --> 01:06:19,960 SUSAN, THANK YOU FOR THE TALK. 1851 01:06:19,960 --> 01:06:21,600 I'M JUST GOING TO PROVIDE SOME 1852 01:06:21,600 --> 01:06:24,000 SUPPORT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL 1853 01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:25,080 THESE INITIATIVES. 1854 01:06:25,080 --> 01:06:26,880 THE FDA, WE'RE INVOLVED WITH A 1855 01:06:26,880 --> 01:06:32,240 WHOLE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ERC, 1856 01:06:32,240 --> 01:06:34,480 IUCRCS, INTERN PROGRAM, SCHOLARS 1857 01:06:34,480 --> 01:06:37,040 IN RESIDENCE, PRIMARILY INVOLVED 1858 01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:38,680 WITH PASS UP RECENTLY, "CELL" 1859 01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:41,720 NET, STUDENTS COME IN, YOU 1860 01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:43,280 MENTIONED INDUSTRY AT THE TABLE, 1861 01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:45,320 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AT THE 1862 01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:47,120 TABLE, OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR 1863 01:06:47,120 --> 01:06:47,400 DIRECTIONS. 1864 01:06:47,400 --> 01:06:49,960 WE FOUND IT TO BE A VERY 1865 01:06:49,960 --> 01:06:51,360 VALUABLE PROGRAM, ALL THESE 1866 01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:53,200 PROGRAMS, TO BE VERY VALUABLE AT 1867 01:06:53,200 --> 01:06:55,000 THE FDA TO SET OUR DIRECTION AT 1868 01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:59,360 TIMES AND HELPING OUT THE DEVICE 1869 01:06:59,360 --> 01:07:00,000 DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SPACE 1870 01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:02,080 SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 1871 01:07:02,080 --> 01:07:03,720 BECAUSE WE'RE ACTIVE MEMBERS IN 1872 01:07:03,720 --> 01:07:06,240 THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER 1873 01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:07,880 ADVANCING THAT AND SEEING IT 1874 01:07:07,880 --> 01:07:09,720 GROW OVER TIME. 1875 01:07:09,720 --> 01:07:11,400 >> GREAT TO HEAR THE PERSPECTIVE 1876 01:07:11,400 --> 01:07:12,320 FROM AN AGENCY. 1877 01:07:12,320 --> 01:07:13,880 THANK YOU. 1878 01:07:13,880 --> 01:07:16,080 >> AN ZANE, YOU'RE BEING MODEST. 1879 01:07:16,080 --> 01:07:19,920 ZANE LED THE CHARGE FOR US TO 1880 01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:20,800 DEVELOP IUCRC IN COLLABORATION 1881 01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:21,360 WITH FDA. 1882 01:07:21,360 --> 01:07:24,080 WE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS BEFORE 1883 01:07:24,080 --> 01:07:24,840 THE PANDEMIC. 1884 01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:27,360 THE PANDEMIC KIND OF KNOCKED US 1885 01:07:27,360 --> 01:07:29,200 OFF PATH BUT IT ALSO REVEALED TO 1886 01:07:29,200 --> 01:07:31,280 US WHERE THE KEY OPPORTUNITIES 1887 01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:31,440 ARE. 1888 01:07:31,440 --> 01:07:33,800 I WOULD SAY MUCH OF OUR EFFORT 1889 01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:37,080 HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TRYING TO 1890 01:07:37,080 --> 01:07:39,520 UNDERSTAND REGULATORY SCIENCE, 1891 01:07:39,520 --> 01:07:40,960 AND LET'S JUST SAY COLLABORATE 1892 01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:43,480 WITH THE FDA AND POTENTIALLY 1893 01:07:43,480 --> 01:07:45,800 INSPIRE THEM TO CHANGE SOME 1894 01:07:45,800 --> 01:07:47,240 PRACTICES, TO BE MORE 1895 01:07:47,240 --> 01:07:48,840 ACCOMMODATING FOR THE RANGE OF 1896 01:07:48,840 --> 01:07:51,720 NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD BE 1897 01:07:51,720 --> 01:07:54,560 INTRODUCED TO ACHIEVE REGULATORY 1898 01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:54,880 AUTHORIZATION. 1899 01:07:54,880 --> 01:07:57,480 SO, THAT HAS BECOME AN 1900 01:07:57,480 --> 01:07:58,160 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR 1901 01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:00,760 ALL OF US, AND I PROBABLY 1902 01:08:00,760 --> 01:08:01,640 UNDERESTIMATED THAT, EVEN THOUGH 1903 01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:06,120 WE KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT AND 1904 01:08:06,120 --> 01:08:10,760 WANTED TO DO AN IUCRC IN THIS 1905 01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:12,080 AREA, IT'S ESSENTIAL. 1906 01:08:12,080 --> 01:08:14,280 >> AND I WOULD ADD THE INSURANCE 1907 01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:15,480 INDUSTRY AS WELL. 1908 01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:18,240 IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO DEVELOP A NEW 1909 01:08:18,240 --> 01:08:20,920 DEVICE, NEW THERAPY, NEW 1910 01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:23,600 DIAGNOSTIC, IF IT CAN'T BE 1911 01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:26,000 APPROVED AND CAN'T BE ORDERED 1912 01:08:26,000 --> 01:08:28,040 AND UTILIZED THEN WE'RE REALLY 1913 01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:31,560 NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THE 1914 01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:32,200 MISSION. 1915 01:08:32,200 --> 01:08:34,560 >> YES. 1916 01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:36,880 AS WE FOUND OUT. 1917 01:08:36,880 --> 01:08:42,720 SO RANU, IS IT OKAY IF I SKIP 1918 01:08:42,720 --> 01:08:44,560 YOU BECAUSE SAM HASN'T ASKED A 1919 01:08:44,560 --> 01:08:45,160 QUESTION? 1920 01:08:45,160 --> 01:08:49,840 >> I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO 1921 01:08:49,840 --> 01:08:51,280 THE NSF FOR LAUNCHING MY CAREER, 1922 01:08:51,280 --> 01:08:54,640 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GREAT. 1923 01:08:54,640 --> 01:08:57,080 YOU TOUCHED ON SEVERAL POINTS 1924 01:08:57,080 --> 01:09:00,120 THAT ARE VERY EXCITING, ONE IS 1925 01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:01,880 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THAT WE 1926 01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:04,520 BELIEVE IS CRITICAL FOR US, AS 1927 01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:07,000 WE DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION 1928 01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:09,200 OF ENGINEERS DOWN THE LINE. 1929 01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:11,600 I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR AND 1930 01:09:11,600 --> 01:09:14,240 LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS PLANNED 1931 01:09:14,240 --> 01:09:15,560 FOR NEW INSTITUTIONS TO 1932 01:09:15,560 --> 01:09:17,840 INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE THEIR 1933 01:09:17,840 --> 01:09:19,160 PROGRAM. 1934 01:09:19,160 --> 01:09:22,240 THE OTHER ASPECT IS THE BIG 1935 01:09:22,240 --> 01:09:25,200 COMPETITION RIGHT NOW THAT 1936 01:09:25,200 --> 01:09:26,280 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS HAVE 1937 01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:28,520 RELATIVE TO INDUSTRY, RECRUITING 1938 01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:31,840 ENGINEERS FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS. 1939 01:09:31,840 --> 01:09:34,360 THIS IS NATIONWIDE, VERY 1940 01:09:34,360 --> 01:09:35,920 EXPENSIVE, TO RECRUIT THESE 1941 01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:46,600 PEOPLE TO DO WORK, AS WELL AS 1942 01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:48,440 OUR POSTDOCS, PLANS THAT NIH AND 1943 01:09:48,440 --> 01:09:52,040 NSF COULD DO TO SUPPORT US IN 1944 01:09:52,040 --> 01:09:53,040 RETAINING AND TRAINING THESE NEW 1945 01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:56,000 GENERATION OF STUDENTS BEFORE 1946 01:09:56,000 --> 01:09:58,080 THEY LEAVE FOR INDUSTRY DOWN THE 1947 01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:00,920 LINE, SO IT'S A VERY GOOD THING 1948 01:10:00,920 --> 01:10:02,520 THAT WE'RE HAVING TO CREATE 1949 01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:04,320 OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR TRAINEES 1950 01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:07,560 TO GO TO INDUSTRY, WE ALSO NEED 1951 01:10:07,560 --> 01:10:09,360 THE WORKFORCE IN ACADEMIA TO 1952 01:10:09,360 --> 01:10:11,160 SUSTAIN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 1953 01:10:11,160 --> 01:10:14,240 DOWN THE LINE INTO THE FUTURE. 1954 01:10:14,240 --> 01:10:17,640 >> I THINK INCLUDING THOSE 1955 01:10:17,640 --> 01:10:20,480 INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN 1956 01:10:20,480 --> 01:10:25,200 ENGAGED IN RESEARCH EXPERIENCES 1957 01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:26,520 FOR UNDERGRADUATES IS SOMETHING 1958 01:10:26,520 --> 01:10:29,080 THAT -- THERE ARE TWO SIDES. 1959 01:10:29,080 --> 01:10:30,680 THERE ARE STUDENTS AT THOSE 1960 01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:31,680 INSTITUTIONS WHO YOU WOULD WANT 1961 01:10:31,680 --> 01:10:35,400 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW 1962 01:10:35,400 --> 01:10:36,640 WHAT'S AVAILABLE NATIONALLY, AS 1963 01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:38,360 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. 1964 01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:38,600 OKAY? 1965 01:10:38,600 --> 01:10:42,120 AND I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT 1966 01:10:42,120 --> 01:10:44,720 RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR 1967 01:10:44,720 --> 01:10:45,800 UNDERGRADS ARE MADE AVAILABLE 1968 01:10:45,800 --> 01:10:48,320 IS -- COULD BE IMPROVED TO 1969 01:10:48,320 --> 01:10:50,080 CREATE MORE TRANSPARENCY OF 1970 01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:51,720 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT 1971 01:10:51,720 --> 01:10:53,480 STUDENTS MAY BE INTERESTED IN 1972 01:10:53,480 --> 01:10:55,720 ENGAGING IN AND CREATE A HIGHER 1973 01:10:55,720 --> 01:10:56,160 VISIBILITY FOR THEM. 1974 01:10:56,160 --> 01:10:57,960 IT WOULD BE GREAT TO INCREASE 1975 01:10:57,960 --> 01:10:59,400 THE NUMBER. 1976 01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:00,920 THAT'S WHERE CO-FUNDING COULD 1977 01:11:00,920 --> 01:11:01,280 HAPPEN. 1978 01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:03,000 WE OFTEN USE THEM AS SUPPLEMENTS 1979 01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:05,640 ON TOP OF EXISTING AWARDS SO 1980 01:11:05,640 --> 01:11:07,480 IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1981 01:11:07,480 --> 01:11:08,320 SUPPLEMENT YOUR GRANT, 1982 01:11:08,320 --> 01:11:10,440 ESPECIALLY A LARGE CENTER WITH 1983 01:11:10,440 --> 01:11:12,920 MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS, LIKE AN 1984 01:11:12,920 --> 01:11:15,800 ERC, WITH RESEARCH EXPERIENCES 1985 01:11:15,800 --> 01:11:16,280 FOR UNDERGRADUATES. 1986 01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:18,440 SO RATHER THAN WAIT FOR THE 1987 01:11:18,440 --> 01:11:23,600 APPLICATIONS WE PUSH OUT 1988 01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:24,480 OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUPPLEMENTS. 1989 01:11:24,480 --> 01:11:28,280 THEY COULD COME WITH A A 1990 01:11:28,280 --> 01:11:29,760 MANDATE OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF 1991 01:11:29,760 --> 01:11:34,600 STUDENTS AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS 1992 01:11:34,600 --> 01:11:39,480 ARE ALSO FOCUSED ON CREATING 1993 01:11:39,480 --> 01:11:41,320 BROADER ACCESS TO THE LABS AND 1994 01:11:41,320 --> 01:11:42,760 RESEARCH PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE SO 1995 01:11:42,760 --> 01:11:46,160 IMPORTANT FOR INSPIRING THEM TO 1996 01:11:46,160 --> 01:11:48,040 PURSUE A CAREER IN -- NOT IN 1997 01:11:48,040 --> 01:11:49,480 INDUSTRY BUT ACTUALLY IN 1998 01:11:49,480 --> 01:11:50,320 RESEARCH, RIGHT? 1999 01:11:50,320 --> 01:11:50,840 AND ACADEMIA. 2000 01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:54,600 I KNOW AS AN UNDERGRAD MY FIRST 2001 01:11:54,600 --> 01:11:57,000 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE WAS NOT IN 2002 01:11:57,000 --> 01:11:58,280 HIGH SCHOOL, I SEWED CLOTHES AND 2003 01:11:58,280 --> 01:12:02,680 WORKED IN A BAKERY IN HIGH 2004 01:12:02,680 --> 01:12:02,920 SCHOOL. 2005 01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:03,920 AFTER MY FRESHMAN YEAR I WORKED 2006 01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:06,480 IN A LAB IN THE MAYO CLINIC I 2007 01:12:06,480 --> 01:12:16,960 SAW AND WAS TURNED ON TO A 2008 01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:18,520 CAREER IN RESEARCH. 2009 01:12:18,520 --> 01:12:20,240 INCREASING VISIBILITY AND NUMBER 2010 01:12:20,240 --> 01:12:22,920 OF THESE EXPERIENCES I THINK IS 2011 01:12:22,920 --> 01:12:25,360 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 2012 01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:27,400 WITH REGARD TO RETAINING OUR 2013 01:12:27,400 --> 01:12:31,160 GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS 2014 01:12:31,160 --> 01:12:32,160 IN ACADEMIA, I'M BEGINNING 2015 01:12:32,160 --> 01:12:34,120 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE IDEA OF 2016 01:12:34,120 --> 01:12:38,480 PERHAPS MAYBE THE MODEL MIGHT BE 2017 01:12:38,480 --> 01:12:40,400 CREATING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 2018 01:12:40,400 --> 01:12:43,640 HAVING PROFESSORS OF A PRACTICE 2019 01:12:43,640 --> 01:12:45,640 WHO ENGAGE IN -- ON CAMPUS BUT 2020 01:12:45,640 --> 01:12:47,240 ARE ALSO IN INDUSTRY. 2021 01:12:47,240 --> 01:12:51,160 AND SO THE IDEA OF ACTUALLY 2022 01:12:51,160 --> 01:12:52,440 CREATING AN IMPACTFUL ROUTE FOR 2023 01:12:52,440 --> 01:12:55,360 ENGAGING WITH STUDENTS ON A 2024 01:12:55,360 --> 01:12:58,280 CAMPUS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE 2025 01:12:58,280 --> 01:13:01,400 BOTH AN INDUSTRY POSITION AND A 2026 01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:02,240 PART-TIME ACADEMIC POSITION, 2027 01:13:02,240 --> 01:13:05,640 MIGHT NOT LEND ITSELF TO HAVING 2028 01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:07,720 RESEARCH LAB BUT WOULD LEND 2029 01:13:07,720 --> 01:13:09,640 ITSELF TO HAVING IMPACT IN THE 2030 01:13:09,640 --> 01:13:11,040 CLASSROOM AND INSTRUCTIONAL LABS 2031 01:13:11,040 --> 01:13:11,520 FOR STUDENTS. 2032 01:13:11,520 --> 01:13:12,840 THAT COULD BE USED AS A MODEL 2033 01:13:12,840 --> 01:13:14,800 THAT WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE WOULD 2034 01:13:14,800 --> 01:13:15,920 DEVELOP IT FURTHER, BUT I THINK 2035 01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:18,080 WE NEED TO OPEN OUR MINDS TO 2036 01:13:18,080 --> 01:13:20,080 WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE A 2037 01:13:20,080 --> 01:13:21,280 FACULTY MEMBER AND TO RECOGNIZE 2038 01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:23,880 THAT THERE MIGHT BE MULTIPLE 2039 01:13:23,880 --> 01:13:27,520 MODELS AND THAT RAISING NOT JUST 2040 01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:28,600 VISIBILITY BUT PRESTIGE OF 2041 01:13:28,600 --> 01:13:33,000 HAVING THAT TYPE OF MODEL 2042 01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:34,720 WHETHER WE BRING INDUSTRY, 2043 01:13:34,720 --> 01:13:35,720 ENGINEERS AND BIOMEDICAL 2044 01:13:35,720 --> 01:13:37,800 ENGINEERS INTO OUR ACADEMIC 2045 01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:40,360 SETTING THAT IS REWARDING FOR 2046 01:13:40,360 --> 01:13:43,160 EVERYONE. 2047 01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:48,000 >> RANU, I THINK YOU'RE THE LAST 2048 01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:48,280 QUESTION. 2049 01:13:48,280 --> 01:13:49,280 >> YES, SO SUSAN, EXACTLY WHAT 2050 01:13:49,280 --> 01:13:50,800 YOU SAID IN THE LAST PART IS 2051 01:13:50,800 --> 01:13:53,720 WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU 2052 01:13:53,720 --> 01:13:54,080 ABOUT. 2053 01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:56,840 BECAUSE EARLIER THERE WAS A 2054 01:13:56,840 --> 01:13:58,440 MENTION ABOUT SOME SO-CALLED 2055 01:13:58,440 --> 01:14:00,720 EARLY CAREER FACULTY OR NOT 2056 01:14:00,720 --> 01:14:03,320 POSTDOCS BUT OTHERS GOING 2057 01:14:03,320 --> 01:14:05,040 FORWARD, AND ABLE TO GET GRANTS. 2058 01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:09,520 I KNOW LIKE NSF CAREER AWARDS 2059 01:14:09,520 --> 01:14:11,680 WERE TIED TO BEING A TENURE 2060 01:14:11,680 --> 01:14:12,800 TRACK FACULTY MEMBER. 2061 01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:14,440 SO AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT 2062 01:14:14,440 --> 01:14:15,520 THESE NEW MODELS, THIS IS 2063 01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:17,840 EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING 2064 01:14:17,840 --> 01:14:19,360 ABOUT, PROFESSORS OF PRACTICING, 2065 01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:23,400 I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT 2066 01:14:23,400 --> 01:14:25,680 CAPABILITIES ARE GOING TO BE 2067 01:14:25,680 --> 01:14:27,360 AVAILABLE OR WHAT THE THOUGHT 2068 01:14:27,360 --> 01:14:29,560 PROCESSES ARE TO GROW THIS 2069 01:14:29,560 --> 01:14:33,920 ENTIRE NEW SECTOR OF FACULTY, 2070 01:14:33,920 --> 01:14:35,680 THAT STRADDLE INDUSTRY AND THE 2071 01:14:35,680 --> 01:14:39,520 UNIVERSITY BUT ALSO MAY BE 2072 01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:41,600 CLINICAL SPACE AND INDUSTRY, AND 2073 01:14:41,600 --> 01:14:42,920 EVEN RESEARCH TRACK FACULTY WHO 2074 01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:45,000 DO NOT THEN JUST JUMP OUT OF 2075 01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:46,520 THEIR RESEARCH TRACKS AND SAY, 2076 01:14:46,520 --> 01:14:49,360 OKAY, NOW I GOT NIH GRANT, NOW I 2077 01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:51,800 GOT NSF GRANT SO I'M GOING TO 2078 01:14:51,800 --> 01:14:54,600 BECOME A TENURE TRACK FACULTY SO 2079 01:14:54,600 --> 01:14:59,320 HOW CAN NSF, NIH, PROMOTE THAT 2080 01:14:59,320 --> 01:15:02,720 KIND OF AN EXPANSION OF THE 2081 01:15:02,720 --> 01:15:04,760 RESEARCH WORK FORCE AND THINK 2082 01:15:04,760 --> 01:15:07,720 TANKS NOT JUST TIED TO TENURE 2083 01:15:07,720 --> 01:15:08,640 TRACK ACADEMIC STRUCTURE? 2084 01:15:08,640 --> 01:15:09,480 >> CERTAINLY THESE -- THANK YOU 2085 01:15:09,480 --> 01:15:11,640 FOR THE QUESTION. 2086 01:15:11,640 --> 01:15:13,400 IT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION. 2087 01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:16,480 I WOULD SAY THAT THE ORIGIN OF 2088 01:15:16,480 --> 01:15:21,280 THIS IDEA OF HAVING MORE 2089 01:15:21,280 --> 01:15:24,640 INDUSTRY MEMBERS ENGAGING ON 2090 01:15:24,640 --> 01:15:30,680 CAMPUS AS CITIZENS, NOT JUST 2091 01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:31,520 GUEST LECTURERS, CAME FROM THREE 2092 01:15:31,520 --> 01:15:32,720 SETS OF PROBLEMS WHERE THIS 2093 01:15:32,720 --> 01:15:36,120 COULD BE AN INTERESTING 2094 01:15:36,120 --> 01:15:37,000 SOLUTION. 2095 01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:38,920 ONE WAS RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF 2096 01:15:38,920 --> 01:15:40,480 REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE THEY OFFER 2097 01:15:40,480 --> 01:15:42,760 TO THE CAMPUS, FOR THOSE ENGAGED 2098 01:15:42,760 --> 01:15:45,320 IN RESEARCH AS WELL AS FOR THOSE 2099 01:15:45,320 --> 01:15:48,000 WHO ARE -- FOR OUR STUDENTS. 2100 01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:50,560 THE SECOND IS THE PIPELINE AND 2101 01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:53,480 DIVERSITY OF OUR PIPELINE IS NOT 2102 01:15:53,480 --> 01:15:53,680 GOOD. 2103 01:15:53,680 --> 01:15:56,240 SO ONE WAY TO DIVERSIFY OUR 2104 01:15:56,240 --> 01:15:59,080 FACULTY AT MORE SENIOR LEVELS IS 2105 01:15:59,080 --> 01:16:00,600 ACTUALLY TO THINK OF OTHER 2106 01:16:00,600 --> 01:16:03,560 PATHWAYS TO GET TO THE SENIOR 2107 01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:04,560 FACULTY MEMBER, RIGHT? 2108 01:16:04,560 --> 01:16:08,040 SO IT COULD BE THAT THESE ARE 2109 01:16:08,040 --> 01:16:10,440 SENIOR MEMBERS OF INDUSTRY, NOT 2110 01:16:10,440 --> 01:16:13,640 JUST NEWLY MINTED POSTDOCS WHO 2111 01:16:13,640 --> 01:16:16,280 HAVE GONE TO INDUSTRY, THAT'S AN 2112 01:16:16,280 --> 01:16:19,760 IMPORTANT WAY THAT WE CAN 2113 01:16:19,760 --> 01:16:21,800 CIRCUMVENT THE TYPICAL PIPELINE 2114 01:16:21,800 --> 01:16:23,080 ROUTE FOR ENRICHING THE 2115 01:16:23,080 --> 01:16:25,720 DIVERSITY OF OUR SENIOR FACULTY. 2116 01:16:25,720 --> 01:16:27,840 AND THEN FINALLY IT CAME UP IN A 2117 01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:31,480 DISCUSSION THAT I HAD WITH A 2118 01:16:31,480 --> 01:16:34,080 DEAN WHO SAID IT'S SALARIES THAT 2119 01:16:34,080 --> 01:16:36,480 I NEED TO OFFER SOMEONE WHO 2120 01:16:36,480 --> 01:16:38,560 IS -- WHO COULD GO TO INDUSTRY 2121 01:16:38,560 --> 01:16:41,000 IS JUST -- I CANNOT BE 2122 01:16:41,000 --> 01:16:41,520 COMPETITIVE. 2123 01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:43,760 I'M LOSING THEM BASED ON THE 2124 01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:46,160 ECONOMIC DECISION OF THIS 2125 01:16:46,160 --> 01:16:50,080 POSTDOC OR GRADUATE STUDENT. 2126 01:16:50,080 --> 01:16:53,680 AND SO HOW DO WE MANAGE TO 2127 01:16:53,680 --> 01:16:55,440 PROVIDE A SALARY THAT LITERALLY 2128 01:16:55,440 --> 01:16:58,040 IS JUST A PORTION OF THEIR 2129 01:16:58,040 --> 01:17:01,440 SALARY AND NOT HAVING TO HAVE AN 2130 01:17:01,440 --> 01:17:02,640 ENTIRE -- FUND AN ENTIRE SALARY 2131 01:17:02,640 --> 01:17:05,040 AND THIS INDIVIDUAL IS SAYING I 2132 01:17:05,040 --> 01:17:06,920 COULD EASILY -- MORE EASILY SELL 2133 01:17:06,920 --> 01:17:09,240 A PART-TIME POSITION AT THIS 2134 01:17:09,240 --> 01:17:12,840 RATE TO MY PROVOST THAN A 2135 01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:13,480 FULL-TIME FACULTY POSITION 2136 01:17:13,480 --> 01:17:14,760 SALARY THAT'S AT A RATE THAT 2137 01:17:14,760 --> 01:17:16,280 WOULD THROW US OUT OF BALANCE IN 2138 01:17:16,280 --> 01:17:19,280 TERMS OF EQUITY ON THE CAMPUS. 2139 01:17:19,280 --> 01:17:21,120 I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. 2140 01:17:21,120 --> 01:17:24,320 SO WHAT WE CAN DO TO FUND THAT, 2141 01:17:24,320 --> 01:17:25,920 ENCOURAGE THAT, I'M NOT SURE BUT 2142 01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:27,280 I WELCOME THAT CONVERSATION. 2143 01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:27,720 >> THANK YOU. 2144 01:17:27,720 --> 01:17:29,480 I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY 2145 01:17:29,480 --> 01:17:32,320 IMPORTANT FOR OUR FUTURE. 2146 01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:34,280 >> I THINK WE'LL WRAP IT UP 2147 01:17:34,280 --> 01:17:34,520 THERE. 2148 01:17:34,520 --> 01:17:36,840 I BUILT IN MY HEAD A LITTLE BIT 2149 01:17:36,840 --> 01:17:38,000 OF A BUFFER TIME. 2150 01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:40,640 I KNEW WE WOULD HAVE LOTS OF 2151 01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:41,560 QUESTIONS. 2152 01:17:41,560 --> 01:17:43,040 SUSAN, JUST A BRILLIANT AND 2153 01:17:43,040 --> 01:17:43,880 VISIONARY PRESENTATION. 2154 01:17:43,880 --> 01:17:46,000 I TOOK TONS OF NOTES. 2155 01:17:46,000 --> 01:17:47,840 I KNOW EVERYONE LEARNED A LOT 2156 01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:48,960 FROM YOUR REMARKS. 2157 01:17:48,960 --> 01:17:50,680 AND FROM ANSWERS TO THE 2158 01:17:50,680 --> 01:17:52,640 QUESTIONS, LOTS FOR US TO DO. 2159 01:17:52,640 --> 01:17:58,000 IT'S KIND OF, AS YOU POINTED 2160 01:17:58,000 --> 01:18:05,200 OUT, A NON-TRADITIONAL 2161 01:18:05,200 --> 01:18:10,440 APPEARING, NIBIB AND NSF, PAIRED 2162 01:18:10,440 --> 01:18:18,600 WITH APPLICATION-ORIENTED INSURE 2163 01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:23,960 -- INSTITUTES, WE CAN DO IT. 2164 01:18:23,960 --> 01:18:26,600 LET'S ALL THANK SUSAN AGAIN, A 2165 01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:27,080 ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 2166 01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:28,240 >> THANK YOU. 2167 01:18:28,240 --> 01:18:30,560 I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE CAN DO 2168 01:18:30,560 --> 01:18:30,840 TOGETHER. 2169 01:18:30,840 --> 01:18:32,000 BYE-BYE. 2170 01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:32,360 >> ABSOLUTELY. 2171 01:18:32,360 --> 01:18:32,800 THANK YOU, SUSAN. 2172 01:18:32,800 --> 01:18:34,360 THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR 2173 01:18:34,360 --> 01:18:36,800 QUESTIONS. 2174 01:18:36,800 --> 01:18:39,440 2175 01:18:39,440 --> 01:18:41,840 WE'LL TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO 2176 01:18:41,840 --> 01:18:43,560 PERHAPS STRETCH, THIS IS YOUR 2177 01:18:43,560 --> 01:18:44,280 STRETCHING MOMENT. 2178 01:18:44,280 --> 01:18:49,400 AND I'M GOING TO SHARE MY 2179 01:18:49,400 --> 01:18:51,960 SLIDES. 2180 01:18:51,960 --> 01:18:54,320 2181 01:18:54,320 --> 01:18:55,320 WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE 2182 01:18:55,320 --> 01:18:56,640 DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 2183 01:18:56,640 --> 01:18:58,720 THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. 2184 01:18:58,720 --> 01:18:59,680 IT'S ALWAYS VERY DIFFICULT TO 2185 01:18:59,680 --> 01:19:01,760 SAY GOOD-BYE TO OUR FELLOW 2186 01:19:01,760 --> 01:19:02,760 COUNCIL MEMBERS. 2187 01:19:02,760 --> 01:19:07,760 YOU NEVER GO AWAY. 2188 01:19:07,760 --> 01:19:08,800 ACTUALLY WE HAVE COLLABORATORS 2189 01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:11,400 AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE 2190 01:19:11,400 --> 01:19:12,480 MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGHOUT 2191 01:19:12,480 --> 01:19:15,360 THEIR CAREERS OF COURSE AS HAVE 2192 01:19:15,360 --> 01:19:17,280 PAULA, MARYELLEN AND BRUCE. 2193 01:19:17,280 --> 01:19:19,440 THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE OF COURSE 2194 01:19:19,440 --> 01:19:20,800 BEFORE THEY JOINED COUNCIL. 2195 01:19:20,800 --> 01:19:22,240 WE'VE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE 2196 01:19:22,240 --> 01:19:25,840 THE THREE OF YOU AS MEMBERS OF 2197 01:19:25,840 --> 01:19:29,040 COUNCIL REPRESENTING THREE 2198 01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:32,600 UNIQUE, AT LEAST THREE UNIQUE 2199 01:19:32,600 --> 01:19:36,760 DIMENSIONS, GOING INTO HIGHER 2200 01:19:36,760 --> 01:19:39,600 ORDER MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACE, 2201 01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:41,360 PAULA IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 2202 01:19:41,360 --> 01:19:43,800 AND ENGINEERING DRUG DELIVERY 2203 01:19:43,800 --> 01:19:46,400 SYSTEMS USING POLYMERS AND 2204 01:19:46,400 --> 01:19:46,840 NANOPARTICLES. 2205 01:19:46,840 --> 01:19:49,920 MARYELLEN FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK 2206 01:19:49,920 --> 01:19:53,080 IN COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSTICS 2207 01:19:53,080 --> 01:19:54,080 AND COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING, GOING 2208 01:19:54,080 --> 01:19:56,280 BACK TO RADIOLOGY AND 2209 01:19:56,280 --> 01:19:57,080 RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2210 01:19:57,080 --> 01:19:59,040 WELL, YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE. 2211 01:19:59,040 --> 01:20:00,880 BUT NO LONGER ON COUNCIL, 2212 01:20:00,880 --> 01:20:02,080 ROTATING OFF. 2213 01:20:02,080 --> 01:20:04,720 AND BRUCE ALSO IN IMAGING AS 2214 01:20:04,720 --> 01:20:07,760 DIRECTOR OF THE MARTINEZ CENTER, 2215 01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:09,920 AND EXPERT IN MRI AND 2216 01:20:09,920 --> 01:20:10,480 NEUROSCIENCE, NEUROIMAGING. 2217 01:20:10,480 --> 01:20:13,080 THANK YOU TO THE THREE OF YOU 2218 01:20:13,080 --> 01:20:15,760 FOR YOUR AMAZING CONTRIBUTIONS. 2219 01:20:15,760 --> 01:20:18,520 YOU SET THE BAR FOR SPEAKING UP 2220 01:20:18,520 --> 01:20:19,480 AT COUNCIL, MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS 2221 01:20:19,480 --> 01:20:21,200 THAT ARE VERY GENEROUS AND 2222 01:20:21,200 --> 01:20:22,800 THOUGHTFUL AND ALWAYS UNIQUE. 2223 01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:24,840 SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 2224 01:20:24,840 --> 01:20:25,920 WORK AND SUPPORT. 2225 01:20:25,920 --> 01:20:27,640 AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING 2226 01:20:27,640 --> 01:20:30,440 TO WORK WITH YOU. 2227 01:20:30,440 --> 01:20:32,400 2228 01:20:32,400 --> 01:20:35,120 I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME NEW 2229 01:20:35,120 --> 01:20:37,640 STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE COME IN 2230 01:20:37,640 --> 01:20:39,280 TO NIBIB, AND IT REALLY GIVES ME 2231 01:20:39,280 --> 01:20:42,360 A LOT -- IT'S A SPECIAL PLEASURE 2232 01:20:42,360 --> 01:20:49,360 TO RECOGNIZE THE THREE AT THE 2233 01:20:49,360 --> 01:20:51,560 TOP AND TO OUR TEAM FOR DOING 2234 01:20:51,560 --> 01:20:56,560 SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB RECRUITING 2235 01:20:56,560 --> 01:21:01,240 THEM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK TO 2236 01:21:01,240 --> 01:21:08,120 BRING THESE SUPER-TALENTED 2237 01:21:08,120 --> 01:21:15,320 PEOPLE INTO THE NIBIB. 2238 01:21:15,320 --> 01:21:19,000 TINA HAS WORKED AT NHGRI, WORKED 2239 01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:21,160 IN ACADEMICS, AND INDUSTRY, AND 2240 01:21:21,160 --> 01:21:24,080 NOW JOINING THE DIVISION OF 2241 01:21:24,080 --> 01:21:25,840 INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING. 2242 01:21:25,840 --> 01:21:28,800 AND KARI IS A NEUROSCIENTIST AND 2243 01:21:28,800 --> 01:21:30,560 NEUROENGINEER, Ph.D. IN 2244 01:21:30,560 --> 01:21:31,320 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 2245 01:21:31,320 --> 01:21:32,400 EXPERIENCE IN THAT AREA, AND 2246 01:21:32,400 --> 01:21:36,960 ALSO IN THE BRAIN INITIATIVE, 2247 01:21:36,960 --> 01:21:38,280 UNDERGRAD IS MECHANICAL 2248 01:21:38,280 --> 01:21:39,920 ENGINEER. 2249 01:21:39,920 --> 01:21:46,200 WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE 2250 01:21:46,200 --> 01:21:48,160 KAREN OLSON AND TARIQ WHO HAVE 2251 01:21:48,160 --> 01:21:51,240 BEEN PROMOTED TO FEDERAL 2252 01:21:51,240 --> 01:21:52,000 POSITIONS, CONTRACTORS 2253 01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:52,440 PREVIOUSLY. 2254 01:21:52,440 --> 01:21:56,040 AND SPECIAL NOTE OF 2255 01:21:56,040 --> 01:21:57,040 CONGRATULATIONS TO TODD. 2256 01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:59,200 EVERYONE ON THE CALL KNOWS TODD, 2257 01:21:59,200 --> 01:22:02,960 NOW THE DIRECTOR OF OUR OFFICES 2258 01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:04,080 OF PROGRAM EVALUATION AND 2259 01:22:04,080 --> 01:22:06,080 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK 2260 01:22:06,080 --> 01:22:08,320 I GOT THAT ACRONYM CORRECT. 2261 01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:11,040 AND THIS IS A NEWLY CREATED AND 2262 01:22:11,040 --> 01:22:12,760 EXPANDED OFFICE THAT TODD HAS 2263 01:22:12,760 --> 01:22:13,120 DEFINED. 2264 01:22:13,120 --> 01:22:16,880 HE'S ONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING 2265 01:22:16,880 --> 01:22:21,040 IF NOT THE LONGEST SERVING 2266 01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:25,800 MEMBER OF NIBIB, ORIGINAL 2267 01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:27,040 EMPLOYEE, IT'S QUITE FITTING 2268 01:22:27,040 --> 01:22:30,280 THAT HE LEADS THAT OFFICE SO 2269 01:22:30,280 --> 01:22:31,200 CONGRATULATIONS, TODD. 2270 01:22:31,200 --> 01:22:32,320 THANK YOU. 2271 01:22:32,320 --> 01:22:34,400 A FEW OTHER CONGRATULATIONS IN 2272 01:22:34,400 --> 01:22:36,040 ORDER, IN OUR INTRAMURAL 2273 01:22:36,040 --> 01:22:39,400 PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT 2274 01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:41,720 THAT DR. KAITLIN SADTLER, CHIEF, 2275 01:22:41,720 --> 01:22:50,120 YOU'VE HEARD UPDATES, SHE'S 2276 01:22:50,120 --> 01:22:52,560 NAMED TO THE WORLD ECONOMIC 2277 01:22:52,560 --> 01:22:54,400 FORUM, 2022 CLASS OF YOUNG 2278 01:22:54,400 --> 01:23:00,480 GLOBAL LEADERS, THERE SHE IS I 2279 01:23:00,480 --> 01:23:03,720 THINK IN DUBAI, GIVING A 2280 01:23:03,720 --> 01:23:04,040 PRESENTATION. 2281 01:23:04,040 --> 01:23:07,120 BACKGROUND, THERE ARE 110 YOUNG 2282 01:23:07,120 --> 01:23:08,440 GLOBAL LEADERS LESS THAN 40 2283 01:23:08,440 --> 01:23:12,440 YEARS OLD SELECTED YECH EACH 2284 01:23:12,440 --> 01:23:12,920 YEAR. 2285 01:23:12,920 --> 01:23:16,280 THERE ARE EIGHT FROM ACADEMIA IN 2286 01:23:16,280 --> 01:23:19,600 THIS CLASS, A THINK TANK, THE 2287 01:23:19,600 --> 01:23:21,760 CATEGORY SHE WAS IN, ONE OF 2288 01:23:21,760 --> 01:23:25,880 EIGHT IN THIS UNIQUE CATEGORY, 2289 01:23:25,880 --> 01:23:27,520 PRETTY SPECTACULAR. 2290 01:23:27,520 --> 01:23:29,400 20 ARE FROM NORTH AMERICA BUT 2291 01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:30,960 SPAN DIFFERENT TOPIC AREAS. 2292 01:23:30,960 --> 01:23:33,200 JUST EIGHT, ALL AROUND THE WORLD 2293 01:23:33,200 --> 01:23:35,600 FROM THE ACADEMIC SETTING. 2294 01:23:35,600 --> 01:23:37,120 AND IT'S A THREE-YEAR LEADERSHIP 2295 01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:38,000 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 2296 01:23:38,000 --> 01:23:40,280 WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE 2297 01:23:40,280 --> 01:23:40,960 ABOUT THIS. 2298 01:23:40,960 --> 01:23:43,400 SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL KEEP US 2299 01:23:43,400 --> 01:23:46,280 POSTED ON PROGRESS AND 2300 01:23:46,280 --> 01:23:49,080 ACTIVITIES IN THIS AREA. 2301 01:23:49,080 --> 01:23:57,640 IN HER LAB WE WANT TO GREAT A 2302 01:23:57,640 --> 01:23:59,920 POST DOC FELLOW, COMPLETED FOR A 2303 01:23:59,920 --> 01:24:02,360 RESEARCH SCHOLAR PRINCIPAL 2304 01:24:02,360 --> 01:24:04,760 INVESTIGATOR APPOINTMENT, THESE 2305 01:24:04,760 --> 01:24:05,320 PARTICIPANTS HAVE MENTORED 2306 01:24:05,320 --> 01:24:10,000 POSITION, WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE 2307 01:24:10,000 --> 01:24:12,000 MENTORED FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND 2308 01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:12,600 DEVELOP DEDICATED DIVERSITY, 2309 01:24:12,600 --> 01:24:16,480 EQUITY, INCLUSION AND 2310 01:24:16,480 --> 01:24:18,560 ACCESSIBILITY PLAN THEY ARE 2311 01:24:18,560 --> 01:24:21,720 CONTRIBUTING TO, A COMPETITIVE 2312 01:24:21,720 --> 01:24:30,480 POSITION, AND IT MAKES THEM 2313 01:24:30,480 --> 01:24:31,320 COMPETITIVE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE 2314 01:24:31,320 --> 01:24:35,200 THE NIH AND WILL SET UP A UNIT 2315 01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:36,080 FOR NANOENGINEERING AND 2316 01:24:36,080 --> 01:24:36,600 MICROPHYSIOLOGIC SYSTEMS. 2317 01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:39,280 THIS IS FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF 2318 01:24:39,280 --> 01:24:42,440 THE DIRECTOR AT THE NIH AT A 2319 01:24:42,440 --> 01:24:43,320 LEVEL OF APPROXIMATELY $300,000 2320 01:24:43,320 --> 01:24:45,400 PER YEAR FOR THREE YEARS. 2321 01:24:45,400 --> 01:24:49,440 AND HER RESEARCH WILL BE IN 2322 01:24:49,440 --> 01:24:50,000 INTEGRATING BIOENGINEERING 2323 01:24:50,000 --> 01:24:51,840 APPROACHES WITH ASPECTS OF 2324 01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:52,760 MECHANISTIC BIOLOGY, AND SHE 2325 01:24:52,760 --> 01:24:55,920 WILL FOCUS A LOT ON DEVELOPING 2326 01:24:55,920 --> 01:24:59,520 THERAPIES FOR IMMUNE-RELATED 2327 01:24:59,520 --> 01:25:01,400 THYROID CONDITIONS. 2328 01:25:01,400 --> 01:25:04,560 SO THANK YOUS TO MEMBERS OF 2329 01:25:04,560 --> 01:25:06,440 NIBIB WHO LEFT BUT MUCH LIKE 2330 01:25:06,440 --> 01:25:08,800 COUNCIL MEMBERS THEY HAVE LEFT 2331 01:25:08,800 --> 01:25:09,960 AND HAVE REMAINED CONNECTED. 2332 01:25:09,960 --> 01:25:15,200 WE'VE ALL HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE 2333 01:25:15,200 --> 01:25:18,360 TO WORK WITH ILANA, JOAN AND 2334 01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:21,000 TONY, THREE PROGRAM DIRECTORS 2335 01:25:21,000 --> 01:25:24,240 WHO ARE NOW AT NHLBI, NCI AND 2336 01:25:24,240 --> 01:25:25,240 NIAMS, RESPECTIVELY. 2337 01:25:25,240 --> 01:25:26,360 THEY HAVE MADE ENORMOUS 2338 01:25:26,360 --> 01:25:27,320 CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR PROGRAMS 2339 01:25:27,320 --> 01:25:31,600 BUT WE STILL WORK TOGETHER WITH 2340 01:25:31,600 --> 01:25:36,000 THEM IN PROGRAMS FROM SMALL 2341 01:25:36,000 --> 01:25:36,960 BUSINESSES AND SMALL BUSINESS 2342 01:25:36,960 --> 01:25:39,280 SBIR GRANTS AND WORK AT THE 2343 01:25:39,280 --> 01:25:45,040 OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND WOMEN'S 2344 01:25:45,040 --> 01:25:47,160 HEALTH, RADx PROGRAMS, WE'VE 2345 01:25:47,160 --> 01:25:52,400 CREATED MANY LASTING AVENUES FOR 2346 01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:53,040 COLLABORATION, EXCITED TO 2347 01:25:53,040 --> 01:25:54,600 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL OF 2348 01:25:54,600 --> 01:25:54,800 THEM. 2349 01:25:54,800 --> 01:25:56,880 AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO TURN 2350 01:25:56,880 --> 01:26:05,880 IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE, DEPUTY 2351 01:26:05,880 --> 01:26:08,280 DIRECTY DIRECTOR HEEMSKERK FOR A 2352 01:26:08,280 --> 01:26:10,920 BUDGET UPDATE. 2353 01:26:10,920 --> 01:26:11,800 >> THANK YOU, BRUCE. 2354 01:26:11,800 --> 01:26:13,440 I'M GLAD I'M DOING THIS IN A 2355 01:26:13,440 --> 01:26:18,800 YEAR WHEN THE BUDGET NEWS IS 2356 01:26:18,800 --> 01:26:20,760 RELATIVELY GOOD. 2357 01:26:20,760 --> 01:26:26,720 OUR APPROPRIATION SUMMARY IS 2358 01:26:26,720 --> 01:26:28,840 HERE, NIH RECEIVED $45.2 BILLION 2359 01:26:28,840 --> 01:26:32,240 THIS YEAR, WHICH REPRESENTS 5% 2360 01:26:32,240 --> 01:26:34,240 INCREASE OVER FY 21. 2361 01:26:34,240 --> 01:26:37,840 AND SOME OF THAT 5% INCREASE IS 2362 01:26:37,840 --> 01:26:38,920 FOR SPECIAL EARMARKED PROGRAMS, 2363 01:26:38,920 --> 01:26:43,000 AND MOST OF THE I.C.s 2364 01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:45,840 INCLUDING NIBIB GOT A 3.4% 2365 01:26:45,840 --> 01:26:46,920 INCREASE. 2366 01:26:46,920 --> 01:26:49,960 AND FOR US, THAT REPRESENTS $425 2367 01:26:49,960 --> 01:26:52,520 MILLION IN TOTAL, WHICH IS 2368 01:26:52,520 --> 01:26:55,280 $13.8 MILLION ABOVE WHAT WE GOT 2369 01:26:55,280 --> 01:26:56,200 IN FY 21. 2370 01:26:56,200 --> 01:26:59,080 AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE A 2371 01:26:59,080 --> 01:27:03,440 PAYLINE THIS YEAR OF 19th 2372 01:27:03,440 --> 01:27:05,200 PERCENTILE FOR R01s, AND 2373 01:27:05,200 --> 01:27:08,160 BECAUSE NEW INVESTIGATORS GET A 2374 01:27:08,160 --> 01:27:11,560 A 5% BUMP UP, THAT REPRESENTS 2375 01:27:11,560 --> 01:27:13,840 24th PERCENTILE FOR NEW 2376 01:27:13,840 --> 01:27:14,360 INVESTIGATORS. 2377 01:27:14,360 --> 01:27:16,920 BRUCE, IF YOU ADVANCE TO THE 2378 01:27:16,920 --> 01:27:20,520 NEXT SLIDE. 2379 01:27:20,520 --> 01:27:24,480 I JUST WANT TO CALL EVERYONE'S 2380 01:27:24,480 --> 01:27:25,720 ATTENTION TO OUR EXTRAMURAL 2381 01:27:25,720 --> 01:27:26,560 BUDGET WORKING GROUP. 2382 01:27:26,560 --> 01:27:36,440 THIS IS A GROUP LED BY DEB KELLY 2383 01:27:36,440 --> 01:27:38,840 AND HER TEAM WHO DO ANALYSIS AND 2384 01:27:38,840 --> 01:27:40,360 TRACKING AND MODELING THAT WE 2385 01:27:40,360 --> 01:27:42,880 NEED TO COME UP WITH OUR 2386 01:27:42,880 --> 01:27:45,080 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN EACH 2387 01:27:45,080 --> 01:27:45,400 YEAR. 2388 01:27:45,400 --> 01:27:49,000 THERE ARE MANY UNCERTAINTIES 2389 01:27:49,000 --> 01:27:51,520 INCLUDING HOW MANY GRANTS WILL 2390 01:27:51,520 --> 01:27:54,120 BE ASSIGNED TO NIBIB, AND WHAT 2391 01:27:54,120 --> 01:27:55,440 THE INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS OF THOSE 2392 01:27:55,440 --> 01:27:56,960 GRANTS WILL BE. 2393 01:27:56,960 --> 01:28:01,560 THEY TEND TO INCREASE EVERY YEAR 2394 01:28:01,560 --> 01:28:02,680 RATHER RELIABLY AND SO 2395 01:28:02,680 --> 01:28:06,200 TRANSFORMING WHAT WE GET IN OUR 2396 01:28:06,200 --> 01:28:11,520 APPROPRIATION INTO A PAYLINE IS 2397 01:28:11,520 --> 01:28:13,040 AN ONGOING INTENSIVE EFFORTS 2398 01:28:13,040 --> 01:28:15,480 THAT INVOLVES DATA ANALYSIS AND 2399 01:28:15,480 --> 01:28:17,880 MODELING AND DISCUSSION WITH 2400 01:28:17,880 --> 01:28:19,960 LEADERSHIP OF THE INSTITUTE. 2401 01:28:19,960 --> 01:28:22,720 THE OUTPUTS ARE ON THE NEXT 2402 01:28:22,720 --> 01:28:23,280 SLIDE. 2403 01:28:23,280 --> 01:28:25,560 YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT LAST YEAR 2404 01:28:25,560 --> 01:28:33,160 IN FY 21 WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE 2405 01:28:33,160 --> 01:28:36,800 A 16th PERCENTILE PAYLINE, 2406 01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:38,520 ONE OF THE LOWEST WE'VE SEEN IN 2407 01:28:38,520 --> 01:28:39,720 THE PAST FEW YEARS. 2408 01:28:39,720 --> 01:28:43,760 AND IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS 2409 01:28:43,760 --> 01:28:45,040 LEVEL BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE 2410 01:28:45,040 --> 01:28:48,600 SORTS OF VARIABLES I MENTIONED, 2411 01:28:48,600 --> 01:28:53,080 WE NEEDED TO TURN A NUMBER OF 2412 01:28:53,080 --> 01:28:54,960 DIALS WITH BUDGET CUTS TO FREE 2413 01:28:54,960 --> 01:28:58,920 UP ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND AS MANY 2414 01:28:58,920 --> 01:28:59,520 INVESTIGATORS AS POSSIBLE. 2415 01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:03,480 AND SO IN ADDITION TO OUR 2416 01:29:03,480 --> 01:29:06,560 STANDARD EVERY YEAR CUTS TO 2417 01:29:06,560 --> 01:29:09,840 R01s AND U01s, WE ADDED WITH 2418 01:29:09,840 --> 01:29:12,040 SOME PAIN 10% CUT TO THE P41s 2419 01:29:12,040 --> 01:29:14,320 WHICH WE DON'T LIKE TO CUT 2420 01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:16,520 BECAUSE THEY HAVE TAPPED VERY 2421 01:29:16,520 --> 01:29:18,280 HEAVILY BURDENED BUDGETS. 2422 01:29:18,280 --> 01:29:20,320 AND WE SPECIALLY DON'T LIKE TO 2423 01:29:20,320 --> 01:29:21,440 CUT OUR NON-COMPETING GRANTS IN 2424 01:29:21,440 --> 01:29:23,640 THE OUT YEARS WHEN WE'VE MADE A 2425 01:29:23,640 --> 01:29:25,600 COMMITMENT TO FUND AT A 2426 01:29:25,600 --> 01:29:28,000 PARTICULAR LEVEL. 2427 01:29:28,000 --> 01:29:31,080 BUT LAST YEAR BEING DIFFICULT, 2428 01:29:31,080 --> 01:29:34,440 WE ENACTED A 2% CUT AND ACHIEVED 2429 01:29:34,440 --> 01:29:35,560 16th PERCENTILE PAYLINE. 2430 01:29:35,560 --> 01:29:38,760 YEAR WOULD BE BETTER, IN FACT IT 2431 01:29:38,760 --> 01:29:39,200 IS. 2432 01:29:39,200 --> 01:29:45,480 WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE THE P41 2433 01:29:45,480 --> 01:29:51,840 AND NON-COMPETING CUTS THIS YEAR 2434 01:29:51,840 --> 01:29:53,160 AND ACHIEVED 19th PERCENTILE 2435 01:29:53,160 --> 01:29:54,800 WITH ROUTINE CUTS. 2436 01:29:54,800 --> 01:30:00,080 THE NEXT SLIDE REMINDS YOU THAT 2437 01:30:00,080 --> 01:30:03,560 WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE COVID-19 2438 01:30:03,560 --> 01:30:04,880 SPECIFIC BUDGET. 2439 01:30:04,880 --> 01:30:06,280 THAT CONTINUES AGAIN THIS YEAR. 2440 01:30:06,280 --> 01:30:10,240 YOU SEE THE APPROPRIATED BUDGET 2441 01:30:10,240 --> 01:30:16,200 IN BLUE FOR EACH IN FISCAL 2442 01:30:16,200 --> 01:30:20,080 YEAR, COVID IN ORANGE. 2443 01:30:20,080 --> 01:30:23,720 THIS YEAR $682 MILLION EARMARKED 2444 01:30:23,720 --> 01:30:24,000 FOR COVID. 2445 01:30:24,000 --> 01:30:26,440 AND THAT'S ABOUT 1.5 TIMES WHAT 2446 01:30:26,440 --> 01:30:28,960 OUR APPROPRIATED BASE BUDGET IS. 2447 01:30:28,960 --> 01:30:31,840 SO WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN THE 2448 01:30:31,840 --> 01:30:36,120 LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS AS 2449 01:30:36,120 --> 01:30:39,040 ALMOST TWO INSTITUTES IN ONE. 2450 01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:44,760 IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, 2451 01:30:44,760 --> 01:30:52,080 BRUCE, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU 2452 01:30:52,080 --> 01:30:53,520 OF WHERE MOST OF THE MONEY IS 2453 01:30:53,520 --> 01:30:56,120 GOING BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KIND 2454 01:30:56,120 --> 01:31:01,480 OF UNPACK IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES 2455 01:31:01,480 --> 01:31:06,280 FOR YOU REALLY WHAT MAKES UP OUR 2456 01:31:06,280 --> 01:31:08,280 COVID-SPECIFIC BUDGET. 2457 01:31:08,280 --> 01:31:13,120 WE INITIALLY RECEIVED $500 IN FY 2458 01:31:13,120 --> 01:31:16,280 20 FROM CONGRESSIONAL SUPPLEMENT 2459 01:31:16,280 --> 01:31:21,560 TO EXPAND THE NIBIB POINT OF 2460 01:31:21,560 --> 01:31:22,840 CARE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 2461 01:31:22,840 --> 01:31:23,200 NETWORK. 2462 01:31:23,200 --> 01:31:27,600 THE ASK WAS THAT WE QUICKLY 2463 01:31:27,600 --> 01:31:30,320 DEVELOP TESTS FOR COVID-19. 2464 01:31:30,320 --> 01:31:32,680 AND WE RECEIVED THIS FUNDING 2465 01:31:32,680 --> 01:31:35,640 BECAUSE WE HAD THE POCTRN 2466 01:31:35,640 --> 01:31:37,720 NETWORK ON WHICH WE COULD BASE 2467 01:31:37,720 --> 01:31:40,320 TEST DEVELOPMENT EFFORT. 2468 01:31:40,320 --> 01:31:44,120 THE NETWORK HAS FOUR ACADEMIC 2469 01:31:44,120 --> 01:31:47,800 CENTERS AND IS OVERSEEN BY A 2470 01:31:47,800 --> 01:31:50,520 COORDINATING CENTER AT MGH, AND 2471 01:31:50,520 --> 01:31:53,520 WITH THIS $500 MILLION WE WERE 2472 01:31:53,520 --> 01:31:56,440 ABLE TO -- WHICH WE RECEIVED IN 2473 01:31:56,440 --> 01:32:00,720 APRIL OF 2020 WE WERE ABLE TO 2474 01:32:00,720 --> 01:32:02,600 EXPAND THE NETWORK BY 2475 01:32:02,600 --> 01:32:05,400 ESTABLISHING A VALIDATION CORE 2476 01:32:05,400 --> 01:32:08,000 AT EMORY, AND CLINICAL STUDIES 2477 01:32:08,000 --> 01:32:12,400 CORE AT UMass. 2478 01:32:12,400 --> 01:32:14,560 AND THEN OVERSEES A DEPLOYMENT 2479 01:32:14,560 --> 01:32:16,120 CORE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR 2480 01:32:16,120 --> 01:32:19,960 THINGS GENERALLY OUT OF SCOPE 2481 01:32:19,960 --> 01:32:22,560 FOR POCTRN AND NIH AS A WHOLE, 2482 01:32:22,560 --> 01:32:28,680 THINGS LIKE MANUFACTURING AND 2483 01:32:28,680 --> 01:32:29,080 COMMERCIALIZATION. 2484 01:32:29,080 --> 01:32:32,960 AND SO WE BUILT A NETWORK WITH 2485 01:32:32,960 --> 01:32:35,160 REALLY UNIQUE CAPABILITY IN THE 2486 01:32:35,160 --> 01:32:37,440 GOVERNMENT TO NOT ONLY SOLICIT 2487 01:32:37,440 --> 01:32:40,440 REVIEW AND FUND APPLICATIONS 2488 01:32:40,440 --> 01:32:44,520 VERY QUICKLY, BUT THE ABILITY TO 2489 01:32:44,520 --> 01:32:46,480 TEST AND VALIDATE TECHNOLOGIES 2490 01:32:46,480 --> 01:32:50,320 IN DEVELOPMENT AND DE-RISK THOSE 2491 01:32:50,320 --> 01:32:54,400 TECHNOLOGIES, AND TO GIVE EXPERT 2492 01:32:54,400 --> 01:32:55,800 GUIDANCE TO THE COMPANIES 2493 01:32:55,800 --> 01:32:57,440 DEVELOPING TASKS NOT ONLY ON 2494 01:32:57,440 --> 01:32:59,560 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND 2495 01:32:59,560 --> 01:33:04,400 CLINICAL STUDIES BUT FOR 2496 01:33:04,400 --> 01:33:05,680 REGULATORY AUTHORIZATION, 2497 01:33:05,680 --> 01:33:06,000 MANUFACTURING, 2498 01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:06,440 COMMERCIALIZATION. 2499 01:33:06,440 --> 01:33:08,400 AND THE NETWORK HAS GROWN NOW TO 2500 01:33:08,400 --> 01:33:14,320 THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE OVER 900 2501 01:33:14,320 --> 01:33:17,720 CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PROGRAM FROM 2502 01:33:17,720 --> 01:33:20,640 THE GOVERNMENT, ACADEMIA, 2503 01:33:20,640 --> 01:33:29,000 INDUSTRY, AND NON-PROFIT 2504 01:33:29,000 --> 01:33:29,240 SECTORS. 2505 01:33:29,240 --> 01:33:32,320 SO, THIS $500 MILLION OF INITIAL 2506 01:33:32,320 --> 01:33:36,080 FUNDING, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT 2507 01:33:36,080 --> 01:33:39,640 SLIDE, BRUCE, HAS GROWN IN TOTAL 2508 01:33:39,640 --> 01:33:44,440 TO $1.7 BILLION IN THE LAST 2509 01:33:44,440 --> 01:33:45,520 THREE FISCAL YEARS. 2510 01:33:45,520 --> 01:33:47,160 WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS UNPACK 2511 01:33:47,160 --> 01:33:50,680 THAT A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU. 2512 01:33:50,680 --> 01:33:53,480 IT'S SORT OF AN INTERESTING 2513 01:33:53,480 --> 01:33:56,040 STORY HOW THIS MONEY HAS COME TO 2514 01:33:56,040 --> 01:34:00,720 RADx BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE 2515 01:34:00,720 --> 01:34:01,080 CAPABILITIES. 2516 01:34:01,080 --> 01:34:05,600 SO, THE FIRST PART OF THE PIE 2517 01:34:05,600 --> 01:34:06,320 HERE WHICH REPRESENTS $950 2518 01:34:06,320 --> 01:34:15,200 MILLION IS THREE YEARS OF 2519 01:34:15,200 --> 01:34:18,320 FUNDING FOR RADx, FIRST $500 2520 01:34:18,320 --> 01:34:22,360 WE GOT AND THEN TO EXPAND, AND 2521 01:34:22,360 --> 01:34:27,880 $350 MILLION IN 22 TO FOCUS ON 2522 01:34:27,880 --> 01:34:29,320 NEXT GENERATION TEST 2523 01:34:29,320 --> 01:34:29,720 DEVELOPMENT. 2524 01:34:29,720 --> 01:34:32,480 THE NEXT CATEGORY OF FUNDING WE 2525 01:34:32,480 --> 01:34:36,320 RECEIVED, IF YOU ADVANCE ONE, 2526 01:34:36,320 --> 01:34:38,600 BRUCE, IS FUNDING THAT WE GOT 2527 01:34:38,600 --> 01:34:41,000 BECAUSE OTHER AGENCIES WERE ABLE 2528 01:34:41,000 --> 01:34:43,000 TO RELY ON THIS INFRASTRUCTURE 2529 01:34:43,000 --> 01:34:45,920 WE HAD ESTABLISHED, AND THE 2530 01:34:45,920 --> 01:34:47,600 EXPERTISE WE ATTRACTED, TO HELP 2531 01:34:47,600 --> 01:34:50,280 ACHIEVE THEIR MISSION. 2532 01:34:50,280 --> 01:34:52,640 SO YOU SEE RADx ATP, ANOTHER 2533 01:34:52,640 --> 01:34:56,240 ONE OF THE RADx COMPONENT 2534 01:34:56,240 --> 01:34:57,960 PROGRAMS, DESIGNED TO EXPAND 2535 01:34:57,960 --> 01:35:01,040 LABORATORY TESTING IN THE 2536 01:35:01,040 --> 01:35:01,280 COUNTRY. 2537 01:35:01,280 --> 01:35:06,160 THAT ALSO WAS STARTED IN EARLY 2538 01:35:06,160 --> 01:35:07,120 2020 WITH CONGRESSIONAL 2539 01:35:07,120 --> 01:35:09,720 SUPPLEMENT FUNDING TO THE NIH 2540 01:35:09,720 --> 01:35:13,400 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR. 2541 01:35:13,400 --> 01:35:16,440 AND HAVING ESTABLISHED RADx 2542 01:35:16,440 --> 01:35:18,760 TECH, WHAT OUR POCTRN BASED 2543 01:35:18,760 --> 01:35:20,280 PROGRAM IS CALLED, THE DECISION 2544 01:35:20,280 --> 01:35:24,360 WAS MADE THAT WE WOULD USE THAT 2545 01:35:24,360 --> 01:35:27,880 SAME INNOVATION FUNNEL APPROACH 2546 01:35:27,880 --> 01:35:29,920 TO IDENTIFY COMPANIES THAT COULD 2547 01:35:29,920 --> 01:35:31,320 EXPAND LABORATORY TESTING AT 2548 01:35:31,320 --> 01:35:35,920 HIGH CAPACITY AND FUND THOSE 2549 01:35:35,920 --> 01:35:36,800 COMPANIES. 2550 01:35:36,800 --> 01:35:38,440 SO, WE BASICALLY EXECUTED THAT 2551 01:35:38,440 --> 01:35:43,560 PROGRAM FOR THE OFFICE OF THE 2552 01:35:43,560 --> 01:35:43,920 DIRECTOR. 2553 01:35:43,920 --> 01:35:45,120 BARDA INITIALLY WAS ALSO GIVEN A 2554 01:35:45,120 --> 01:35:46,360 MILLION DOLLARS TO DEVELOP TESTS 2555 01:35:46,360 --> 01:35:52,560 FOR THE COUNTRY EARLY IN THE 2556 01:35:52,560 --> 01:35:53,200 PANDEMIC. 2557 01:35:53,200 --> 01:35:57,240 AND WHEN WE HAD ATTRACTED OUR 2558 01:35:57,240 --> 01:35:59,120 MANY, MANY PROMISING COMPANIES 2559 01:35:59,120 --> 01:36:03,280 TO THE RADx TECH PROGRAM, AND 2560 01:36:03,280 --> 01:36:04,680 IDENTIFIED THOSE THAT HAD STOOD 2561 01:36:04,680 --> 01:36:07,680 SOME VERY GOOD CHANCE OF 2562 01:36:07,680 --> 01:36:10,920 SUCCESS, BARDA SUPPLIED US WITH 2563 01:36:10,920 --> 01:36:13,240 $308 MILLION TO DEVELOP TESTS 2564 01:36:13,240 --> 01:36:14,520 THROUGH RADx COMPLEMENTARY TO 2565 01:36:14,520 --> 01:36:17,120 WHAT THEY WERE TESTING. 2566 01:36:17,120 --> 01:36:26,160 AND MORE RECENTLY, ASPR 2567 01:36:26,160 --> 01:36:27,160 IDENTIFIED RADx COMPANIES THAT 2568 01:36:27,160 --> 01:36:30,960 COULD HELP WITH THEIR MISSION OF 2569 01:36:30,960 --> 01:36:33,240 MAINTAINING PREPAREDNESS IN THE 2570 01:36:33,240 --> 01:36:35,440 COUNTRY, SO COMPANIES THAT COULD 2571 01:36:35,440 --> 01:36:37,200 MAINTAIN A WARM BASE DURING 2572 01:36:37,200 --> 01:36:42,120 TIMES WHEN CASES WERE LOW, AND 2573 01:36:42,120 --> 01:36:44,720 THEN QUICKLY SCALE UP WHEN 2574 01:36:44,720 --> 01:36:50,120 SURGES MIGHT EMERGE. 2575 01:36:50,120 --> 01:36:51,880 SO, RADx HAD THIS UNIQUE 2576 01:36:51,880 --> 01:36:54,160 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS ABLE TO 2577 01:36:54,160 --> 01:36:56,680 SUPPORT THE MISSIONS OF OTHER 2578 01:36:56,680 --> 01:37:01,160 AGENCIES AND INSTITUTES AT NIH. 2579 01:37:01,160 --> 01:37:05,440 THEN THERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES, I 2580 01:37:05,440 --> 01:37:10,160 WILL SHOW YOU, OF PARTICULAR 2581 01:37:10,160 --> 01:37:12,320 NEEDS THAT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY 2582 01:37:12,320 --> 01:37:15,480 PREDICT AT THE OUTSET OF THE 2583 01:37:15,480 --> 01:37:17,360 PANDEMIC BUT THINGS, PROBLEMS 2584 01:37:17,360 --> 01:37:18,440 EMERGED, PROBLEMS AROSE DURING 2585 01:37:18,440 --> 01:37:21,400 THE PANDEMIC AS WE ALL KNOW. 2586 01:37:21,400 --> 01:37:25,240 AND RADx WAS A UNIQUE 2587 01:37:25,240 --> 01:37:26,760 GOVERNMENT RESOURCE THAT COULD 2588 01:37:26,760 --> 01:37:29,600 TAKE ON THESE PROBLEMS VERY 2589 01:37:29,600 --> 01:37:31,680 QUICKLY AND ADDRESS THEM WITH A 2590 01:37:31,680 --> 01:37:35,840 LOT OF SORT OF NIMBLENESS AND 2591 01:37:35,840 --> 01:37:36,240 FLEXIBILITY. 2592 01:37:36,240 --> 01:37:38,880 SO THE VARIANT TASKS FORCE IS A 2593 01:37:38,880 --> 01:37:40,760 GREAT EXAMPLE. 2594 01:37:40,760 --> 01:37:43,280 AS VARIANTS BEGAN TO EMERGE, 2595 01:37:43,280 --> 01:37:46,600 FIRST DELTA AND THEN OMICRON, 2596 01:37:46,600 --> 01:37:48,200 EVERYBODY WAS WONDERING IN THE 2597 01:37:48,200 --> 01:37:50,520 FACE OF THESE NEW MUTATED 2598 01:37:50,520 --> 01:37:52,280 VIRUSES ARE THE TESTS STILL 2599 01:37:52,280 --> 01:37:55,040 GOING TO BE -- ARE THE TESTS 2600 01:37:55,040 --> 01:37:56,320 STILL GOING TO PERFORM? 2601 01:37:56,320 --> 01:38:02,320 AND SO THE VARIANT TASK FORCE 2602 01:38:02,320 --> 01:38:04,520 WAS FORMED AT EMORY, AND WITH 2603 01:38:04,520 --> 01:38:10,280 INPUT FROM THE COORDINATING 2604 01:38:10,280 --> 01:38:14,680 CENTER AT CIMIT TO SET UP A 2605 01:38:14,680 --> 01:38:16,320 BIOINFORMATICS PROGRAM TO ANNUAL 2606 01:38:16,320 --> 01:38:21,680 IDES MUTATIONS AND TEST PRIMERS 2607 01:38:21,680 --> 01:38:26,200 AND WET LAB TESTING OF ANTIGEN 2608 01:38:26,200 --> 01:38:28,040 TESTING WITH VARIANT SAMPLES TO 2609 01:38:28,040 --> 01:38:30,520 ENSURE THE TESTS REMAINED ABLE 2610 01:38:30,520 --> 01:38:37,080 TO DETECT VIRUS EVEN IN THE FACE 2611 01:38:37,080 --> 01:38:37,680 OF VARIANTS. 2612 01:38:37,680 --> 01:38:41,400 THE NEXT IS THE COVID TEST, A 2613 01:38:41,400 --> 01:38:45,120 PROGRAM RUN OUT OF THE OFFICE OF 2614 01:38:45,120 --> 01:38:46,800 THE DIRECTOR, LAUNCHED BASED ON 2615 01:38:46,800 --> 01:38:49,080 DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT RADx 2616 01:38:49,080 --> 01:38:51,920 TECH DEVELOPED THROUGH CARE EBO, 2617 01:38:51,920 --> 01:38:58,360 THIS WAS A TEST, FREE TEST 2618 01:38:58,360 --> 01:38:59,680 DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, THAT 2619 01:38:59,680 --> 01:39:05,360 OPERATIONALIZED SENDING TESTS TO 2620 01:39:05,360 --> 01:39:08,760 PEOPLE'S HOMES, AND IN SPECIFIC 2621 01:39:08,760 --> 01:39:13,680 COMMUNITIES, AND WAS -- REALLY 2622 01:39:13,680 --> 01:39:15,800 HELPED INFORMED THE 2623 01:39:15,800 --> 01:39:17,280 ADMINISTRATION'S $1,000, 1 -- 2624 01:39:17,280 --> 01:39:18,440 ONE BILLION DOLLAR TEST 2625 01:39:18,440 --> 01:39:22,680 DISTRIBUTION WE SEE NOW. 2626 01:39:22,680 --> 01:39:23,880 NEXT, ITAP, INDEPENDENT TEST 2627 01:39:23,880 --> 01:39:28,880 ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, A CLOSE 2628 01:39:28,880 --> 01:39:29,920 COLLABORATION WITH THE FDA, SET 2629 01:39:29,920 --> 01:39:34,360 UP TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM WE 2630 01:39:34,360 --> 01:39:37,120 JUST NEEDED MORE TESTS, WHEN 2631 01:39:37,120 --> 01:39:38,640 OMICRON WAS SURGING THERE WAS A 2632 01:39:38,640 --> 01:39:41,520 LOT OF FRUSTRATION THAT TESTS 2633 01:39:41,520 --> 01:39:44,240 WERE -- HOME TESTS IN PARTICULAR 2634 01:39:44,240 --> 01:39:45,320 WERE READILY AVAILABLE IN MANY 2635 01:39:45,320 --> 01:39:46,960 OTHER COUNTRIES BUT NOT THE U.S. 2636 01:39:46,960 --> 01:39:53,120 AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS SET UP A 2637 01:39:53,120 --> 01:39:54,640 COLLABORATION WITH THE FDA TO 2638 01:39:54,640 --> 01:39:58,040 ATTRACT HIGH VOLUME PRODUCERS 2639 01:39:58,040 --> 01:39:59,440 FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO SELL 2640 01:39:59,440 --> 01:40:05,720 TESTS IN THE U.S. BY HELPING 2641 01:40:05,720 --> 01:40:06,680 THEM GET EMERGENCY USE 2642 01:40:06,680 --> 01:40:08,520 AUTHORIZATION, WORKING WITH THE 2643 01:40:08,520 --> 01:40:09,400 FDA, COLLECTING INDEPENDENT 2644 01:40:09,400 --> 01:40:12,720 DATA, AND PROVIDING IT TO THE 2645 01:40:12,720 --> 01:40:16,640 FDA ON AGREED TEMPLATES SO THEY 2646 01:40:16,640 --> 01:40:19,800 COULD MAKE APPROVALS QUICKLY, 2647 01:40:19,800 --> 01:40:21,000 AUTHORIZATIONS QUICKLY. 2648 01:40:21,000 --> 01:40:26,200 IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR WE AS A 2649 01:40:26,200 --> 01:40:27,120 RESULT HAD 1.2 BILLION TESTS 2650 01:40:27,120 --> 01:40:30,480 SOLD IN THE COUNTRY. 2651 01:40:30,480 --> 01:40:33,720 THE LAST MOST RECENT FUNDING 2652 01:40:33,720 --> 01:40:36,680 RECEIVED IS FOR THE ACCESSIBLE 2653 01:40:36,680 --> 01:40:39,440 TESTING PROGRAM. 2654 01:40:39,440 --> 01:40:41,600 THE HOME TEST DISTRIBUTION 2655 01:40:41,600 --> 01:40:44,760 PROGRAM AT COVID.GOV REVEALED 2656 01:40:44,760 --> 01:40:46,760 THAT THERE REMAINED AN UNMET 2657 01:40:46,760 --> 01:40:48,720 NEED FOR TESTS THAT COULD BE 2658 01:40:48,720 --> 01:40:50,720 TAKEN INDEPENDENTLY BY PEOPLE 2659 01:40:50,720 --> 01:40:53,400 WITH LOW VISION AND MOTOR 2660 01:40:53,400 --> 01:40:57,040 DISABILITY AND COGNITIVE 2661 01:40:57,040 --> 01:40:57,440 DISABILITY. 2662 01:40:57,440 --> 01:40:59,640 AND SO RADx HAS TAKEN ON THE 2663 01:40:59,640 --> 01:41:00,440 CHARGE OF MODIFYING EXISTING 2664 01:41:00,440 --> 01:41:04,280 TESTS TO MAKE THEM MORE 2665 01:41:04,280 --> 01:41:07,320 ACCESSIBLE, AND WE HAVE PLANS TO 2666 01:41:07,320 --> 01:41:11,080 LAUNCH A NEW FUNNEL TO DEVELOP 2667 01:41:11,080 --> 01:41:13,480 TESTS WITH USER CENTRIC APPROACH 2668 01:41:13,480 --> 01:41:16,000 THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO 2669 01:41:16,000 --> 01:41:16,280 EVERYONE. 2670 01:41:16,280 --> 01:41:19,440 SO, I WILL STOP THERE AND TURN 2671 01:41:19,440 --> 01:41:21,040 IT BACK TO BRUCE. 2672 01:41:21,040 --> 01:41:22,880 THAT IS OUR BUDGET UPDATE. 2673 01:41:22,880 --> 01:41:24,440 THANK YOU, BRUCE. 2674 01:41:24,440 --> 01:41:28,680 >> THANK YOU, JILL, FOR THE VERY 2675 01:41:28,680 --> 01:41:29,600 COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE. 2676 01:41:29,600 --> 01:41:33,040 AND IT WILL I THINK GIVE SOME 2677 01:41:33,040 --> 01:41:34,040 FOUNDATIONER SOME ADDITIONAL 2678 01:41:34,040 --> 01:41:36,960 INFORMATION THAT I COMMUNICATED 2679 01:41:36,960 --> 01:41:38,720 IN THE REPORT HERE. 2680 01:41:38,720 --> 01:41:43,240 LET ME PICK UP WITH OUR DEBUT 2681 01:41:43,240 --> 01:41:44,920 AWARDS, DESIGN BY UNDERGRADUATE 2682 01:41:44,920 --> 01:41:45,320 TEAMS. 2683 01:41:45,320 --> 01:41:48,360 AND I KNOW I DON'T NEED ANY 2684 01:41:48,360 --> 01:41:50,800 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THIS AWARD 2685 01:41:50,800 --> 01:41:51,680 PROGRAM. 2686 01:41:51,680 --> 01:41:53,640 IT'S PROBABLY I THINK OUR IN 2687 01:41:53,640 --> 01:41:57,240 SOME WAYS OUR MOST IMPACTFUL AND 2688 01:41:57,240 --> 01:42:01,880 INSPIRATIONAL AWARD PROGRAM. 2689 01:42:01,880 --> 01:42:04,080 AND LED BY OUR TRAINING 2690 01:42:04,080 --> 01:42:05,360 DIVISION, THERE ARE $130,000 IN 2691 01:42:05,360 --> 01:42:08,240 PRIZES WITH SOME NEW AWARDS, 2692 01:42:08,240 --> 01:42:09,520 WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BUT I 2693 01:42:09,520 --> 01:42:10,920 WANTED TO DRAW EVERYBODY'S 2694 01:42:10,920 --> 01:42:12,000 ATTENTION TO THE SUBMISSION 2695 01:42:12,000 --> 01:42:20,120 DEADLINE WHICH IS AT THE END OF 2696 01:42:20,120 --> 01:42:20,920 MAY. 2697 01:42:20,920 --> 01:42:22,120 IF YOUR TEAMS AND COLLEAGUES 2698 01:42:22,120 --> 01:42:23,480 HAVE NOT STARTED THEIR 2699 01:42:23,480 --> 01:42:26,160 APPLICATIONS, GET THEM TO START. 2700 01:42:26,160 --> 01:42:29,560 PLEASE SEND IN APPLICATIONS BY 2701 01:42:29,560 --> 01:42:30,320 SUBMISSION DEADLINE. 2702 01:42:30,320 --> 01:42:32,000 WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE TO 2703 01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:33,480 EXPAND AND INCREASE THE NUMBER 2704 01:42:33,480 --> 01:42:35,880 OF AWARDS AND SIZE OF THE 2705 01:42:35,880 --> 01:42:36,360 AWARDS. 2706 01:42:36,360 --> 01:42:39,720 AND I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 2707 01:42:39,720 --> 01:42:42,840 THERE'S ALSO THE WINNERS, SOME 2708 01:42:42,840 --> 01:42:44,240 WINNERS, WILL RECEIVE 2709 01:42:44,240 --> 01:42:46,800 COMMERCIALIZATION TRAINING. 2710 01:42:46,800 --> 01:42:49,040 THAT IS GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY 2711 01:42:49,040 --> 01:42:50,920 SOME OF OUR COMMERCIALIZATION 2712 01:42:50,920 --> 01:42:51,160 PROGRAMS. 2713 01:42:51,160 --> 01:42:54,440 SO THOSE ARE TO THE ONES WHO 2714 01:42:54,440 --> 01:42:55,720 RECEIVED SOME NIH AWARDS. 2715 01:42:55,720 --> 01:42:57,040 THIS IS IN COLLABORATION WITH 2716 01:42:57,040 --> 01:42:58,240 VENTURE WELL. 2717 01:42:58,240 --> 01:43:00,080 SO IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND 2718 01:43:00,080 --> 01:43:03,240 JUST ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO 2719 01:43:03,240 --> 01:43:05,360 SPREAD THE WORD AND MAKE SURE WE 2720 01:43:05,360 --> 01:43:14,520 HAVE PLENTY OF APPLICATIONS FOR 2721 01:43:14,520 --> 01:43:15,240 THIS. 2722 01:43:15,240 --> 01:43:20,080 YOU'VE FOLLOWED OUR NIH 2723 01:43:20,080 --> 01:43:20,520 TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATOR 2724 01:43:20,520 --> 01:43:21,200 CHALLENGE. 2725 01:43:21,200 --> 01:43:24,320 THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH NIBIB 2726 01:43:24,320 --> 01:43:27,520 AND GATES FOUNDATION. 2727 01:43:27,520 --> 01:43:28,240 INTERESTING PROTOTYPE FOR 2728 01:43:28,240 --> 01:43:29,160 COLLABORATIVE TYPES OF EFFORTS 2729 01:43:29,160 --> 01:43:31,880 THAT COULD SERVE AS SOMETHING 2730 01:43:31,880 --> 01:43:34,320 FOUNDATIONAL FOR EXAMPLE WITH 2731 01:43:34,320 --> 01:43:34,880 THE NSF. 2732 01:43:34,880 --> 01:43:37,400 THE 2020 CHALLENGE FOR PLATFORM 2733 01:43:37,400 --> 01:43:40,600 CONCEPTS AND PROTOTYPES OF 2734 01:43:40,600 --> 01:43:41,400 NON-INVASIVE MULTIPLEX 2735 01:43:41,400 --> 01:43:44,720 DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR 2736 01:43:44,720 --> 01:43:52,840 SICKLE CELL, MALARIA, A TEAMA, 2737 01:43:52,840 --> 01:43:56,320 -- ANEMIA, AN AWARD TO BUCCAL 2738 01:43:56,320 --> 01:43:58,720 MUCOSA, CAPILLARY BLOOD CELLS 2739 01:43:58,720 --> 01:43:59,600 FOR CLASSIFICATION, MORPHOLOGY 2740 01:43:59,600 --> 01:44:02,240 COUNTING, THIS IS WORK LED BY 2741 01:44:02,240 --> 01:44:03,960 NICK DURR AT JOHNS HOPKINS AND 2742 01:44:03,960 --> 01:44:08,040 GREG MACKAY, AND THIS IS NOW 2743 01:44:08,040 --> 01:44:08,680 RECEIVED FOLLOW-UP FUNDING FROM 2744 01:44:08,680 --> 01:44:10,560 GATES SO IT'S REALLY MOVING 2745 01:44:10,560 --> 01:44:12,680 BEAUTIFULLY. 2746 01:44:12,680 --> 01:44:14,160 IT'S A TERRIFIC EXAMPLE OF THE 2747 01:44:14,160 --> 01:44:15,800 PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH 2748 01:44:15,800 --> 01:44:17,880 THE GATES FOUNDATION AND HOW 2749 01:44:17,880 --> 01:44:19,360 THEY CAN ACCELERATE 2750 01:44:19,360 --> 01:44:19,760 COMMERCIALIZATION, 2751 01:44:19,760 --> 01:44:21,720 MANUFACTURING, MARKETING, AND SO 2752 01:44:21,720 --> 01:44:23,680 FORTH OF TECHNOLOGIES. 2753 01:44:23,680 --> 01:44:25,920 OUR CURRENT ONE IS MATERNAL 2754 01:44:25,920 --> 01:44:29,360 HEALTH LAUNCHED IN 2021. 2755 01:44:29,360 --> 01:44:33,400 AND THESE ARE FOR POC MOLECULAR, 2756 01:44:33,400 --> 01:44:35,360 CELLULAR, METABOLIC SENSING, 2757 01:44:35,360 --> 01:44:37,760 DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES TO 2758 01:44:37,760 --> 01:44:39,640 REDUCE MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND 2759 01:44:39,640 --> 01:44:43,240 MORTALITY, FEATURING A 2760 01:44:43,240 --> 01:44:46,080 PARTNERSHIP WITH NICHD, AND WE 2761 01:44:46,080 --> 01:44:50,800 HAVE BOTH AN INTEREST IN HAVING 2762 01:44:50,800 --> 01:44:52,240 PLATFORM TECHNOLOGIES AND DESIGN 2763 01:44:52,240 --> 01:44:54,240 AS WELL AS ARTICULATING A 2764 01:44:54,240 --> 01:44:57,160 PATHWAY FOR TRANSLATION AND USE 2765 01:44:57,160 --> 01:44:58,800 IN GLOBAL HEALTH SETTINGS, AGAIN 2766 01:44:58,800 --> 01:45:02,200 OWING TO OUR STRONG 2767 01:45:02,200 --> 01:45:03,360 COLLABORATION WITH GATES, AND 2768 01:45:03,360 --> 01:45:05,920 THE FOUR MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST 2769 01:45:05,920 --> 01:45:12,480 ARE IN INFECTION, HYPERTENSIVE 2770 01:45:12,480 --> 01:45:13,160 DISEASE, PLACENTAL IMAGE, 2771 01:45:13,160 --> 01:45:14,760 HEMORRHAGE, APPLICATIONS ARE IN 2772 01:45:14,760 --> 01:45:18,840 NOW, AWARDS ANNOUNCED IN 2773 01:45:18,840 --> 01:45:19,280 MID-JULY. 2774 01:45:19,280 --> 01:45:20,920 WE MENTIONED IN OUR PREVIOUS 2775 01:45:20,920 --> 01:45:23,240 COUNCIL MEETING A CONCEPT 2776 01:45:23,240 --> 01:45:26,920 CLEARANCE FOR POCTRN, AND IN 2777 01:45:26,920 --> 01:45:34,160 RECORD SPEED WE HAVE A NOTICE OF 2778 01:45:34,160 --> 01:45:38,120 INTENT TO PUBLISH, THIS WHICH 2779 01:45:38,120 --> 01:45:39,840 WE'RE EXPECTING AROUND JULY, END 2780 01:45:39,840 --> 01:45:42,680 OF JULY THIS YEAR, BUT THIS 2781 01:45:42,680 --> 01:45:47,280 NOTICE IS NOW POSTED FOR POCTRN 2782 01:45:47,280 --> 01:45:49,040 SETTINGS, POCTRN CENTERS, AND I 2783 01:45:49,040 --> 01:45:51,000 THINK EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH 2784 01:45:51,000 --> 01:45:52,760 THE FOUNDATIONAL IMPORTANCE OF 2785 01:45:52,760 --> 01:45:56,560 POCTRN IN WHAT NIBIB DOES AND 2786 01:45:56,560 --> 01:45:57,800 INCREASINGLY ITS CONTRIBUTION TO 2787 01:45:57,800 --> 01:45:59,640 IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS AND POINT 2788 01:45:59,640 --> 01:46:00,960 OF CARE TECHNOLOGIES THROUGHOUT 2789 01:46:00,960 --> 01:46:02,040 THE WORLD. 2790 01:46:02,040 --> 01:46:03,600 SO WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE AND 2791 01:46:03,600 --> 01:46:06,280 EXPAND AND BUILD ON THIS, AND 2792 01:46:06,280 --> 01:46:09,520 KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR THIS 2793 01:46:09,520 --> 01:46:12,520 PUBLICATION DATE FOR THE FOA. 2794 01:46:12,520 --> 01:46:14,600 WE ALSO TALKED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT 2795 01:46:14,600 --> 01:46:20,560 HOW TO RETHINK WHAT WE'RE DOING 2796 01:46:20,560 --> 01:46:22,400 AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES WITH 2797 01:46:22,400 --> 01:46:24,240 DRPs, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS 2798 01:46:24,240 --> 01:46:25,600 PUBLISHED, APPLICATION DUE DATES 2799 01:46:25,600 --> 01:46:33,760 FOR WHAT IS A NEWLY RECONFIGURED 2800 01:46:33,760 --> 01:46:35,320 BPI, THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S 2801 01:46:35,320 --> 01:46:39,120 WITH INDUSTRY SO IT'S A KIND OF 2802 01:46:39,120 --> 01:46:41,680 CONTRACTION OF OUR PROGRAM 2803 01:46:41,680 --> 01:46:43,680 NAMES, SO IT'S BPI, 2804 01:46:43,680 --> 01:46:44,840 BIOENGINEERING PARTNERSHIPS WITH 2805 01:46:44,840 --> 01:46:45,400 INDUSTRY. 2806 01:46:45,400 --> 01:46:47,320 AND THE APPLICATION DUE DATES 2807 01:46:47,320 --> 01:46:50,600 HERE ARE MAY 26 AND SEPTEMBER 2808 01:46:50,600 --> 01:46:53,240 26, OF 2022, AND THIS SHOULD GO 2809 01:46:53,240 --> 01:46:55,000 THROUGH 2024, WE'RE HOPING FOR 2810 01:46:55,000 --> 01:46:56,120 REALLY OUTSTANDING RESPONSE TO 2811 01:46:56,120 --> 01:47:00,000 THIS. 2812 01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:01,560 AND JUST WANT TO NOTE AS 2813 01:47:01,560 --> 01:47:07,680 PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE NEI AND 2814 01:47:07,680 --> 01:47:10,000 NIA AND NCI ON BOARD. 2815 01:47:10,000 --> 01:47:17,240 A QUICK UPDATE ON D.E.I. 2816 01:47:17,240 --> 01:47:19,280 ACTIVITIES, LED BY ZANE ARAM, WE 2817 01:47:19,280 --> 01:47:23,160 HELD OUR MEETING ON THE NINTH OF 2818 01:47:23,160 --> 01:47:24,880 MAY, AND FIRST SOME UNITE 2819 01:47:24,880 --> 01:47:25,120 UPDATES. 2820 01:47:25,120 --> 01:47:28,760 THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF PROGRESS IN 2821 01:47:28,760 --> 01:47:30,960 THIS AREA, 15 DIFFERENT TEAMS 2822 01:47:30,960 --> 01:47:35,200 FORMED, AND THEY ARE PUSHING TO 2823 01:47:35,200 --> 01:47:37,840 BRING, TO ADVANCE IDEAS ALONG. 2824 01:47:37,840 --> 01:47:41,040 ONE OF THESE IDEAS IS 2825 01:47:41,040 --> 01:47:44,120 INSTITUTIONAL EXCELLENCE IN DEIA 2826 01:47:44,120 --> 01:47:45,480 PRIZE, AN RFA PUBLISHED. 2827 01:47:45,480 --> 01:47:49,520 YOU CAN ACCESS THAT URL BY GOING 2828 01:47:49,520 --> 01:47:51,160 TO OUR WEBSITE, AND PLEASE WE'RE 2829 01:47:51,160 --> 01:47:53,800 HOPING THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL 2830 01:47:53,800 --> 01:47:56,120 RESPOND TO THIS RFI, TO GIVE 2831 01:47:56,120 --> 01:47:59,080 COMMENTS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO OUR 2832 01:47:59,080 --> 01:48:01,480 COMMUNITY AND TUNED SO WE CAN 2833 01:48:01,480 --> 01:48:03,480 MAKE SURE, WE HOPE, WE'LL HAVE 2834 01:48:03,480 --> 01:48:05,320 PRIZEs THAT ARE ISSUED IN OUR 2835 01:48:05,320 --> 01:48:05,880 COMMUNITY. 2836 01:48:05,880 --> 01:48:10,360 THIS IS A KIND OF A TEST 2837 01:48:10,360 --> 01:48:12,360 EXAMPLE, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT 2838 01:48:12,360 --> 01:48:13,840 THERE WILL BE A RECURRING TYPE 2839 01:48:13,840 --> 01:48:15,320 OF PROGRAM BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL, 2840 01:48:15,320 --> 01:48:19,320 WE'D LIKE TO SEE A STRONG 2841 01:48:19,320 --> 01:48:20,760 RESPONSE FROM THE BIOENGINEERING 2842 01:48:20,760 --> 01:48:21,520 COMMUNITY. 2843 01:48:21,520 --> 01:48:22,960 ALL OF THE INSTITUTES, CENTERS 2844 01:48:22,960 --> 01:48:26,240 AND OFFICES ARE PARTICIPATING IN 2845 01:48:26,240 --> 01:48:27,240 RECRUITMENTS FOR DEIA SCIENTIFIC 2846 01:48:27,240 --> 01:48:29,200 PROGRAM OFFICERS, THESE ARE 2847 01:48:29,200 --> 01:48:31,520 ONGOING, AND WE'RE ALSO ENGAGED 2848 01:48:31,520 --> 01:48:33,280 IN THAT NOW. 2849 01:48:33,280 --> 01:48:36,640 AND JUST DRAWING ATTENTION TO 2850 01:48:36,640 --> 01:48:38,480 THE LINK ON UNITE, THERE ARE 2851 01:48:38,480 --> 01:48:39,720 UPDATES THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW 2852 01:48:39,720 --> 01:48:41,920 QUITE A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE 2853 01:48:41,920 --> 01:48:44,080 THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. 2854 01:48:44,080 --> 01:48:46,840 IN TERMS OF OUR SPECIAL 2855 01:48:46,840 --> 01:48:49,440 DIVERSITY FOCUSED FUNDING 2856 01:48:49,440 --> 01:48:51,080 OPPORTUNITIES, OUR TWO R01s, 2857 01:48:51,080 --> 01:48:52,920 BOTH FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 2858 01:48:52,920 --> 01:48:54,480 TO REDUCE HEALTH DISPARITIES, 2859 01:48:54,480 --> 01:48:57,920 AND NEW INVESTIGATORS TO PROMOTE 2860 01:48:57,920 --> 01:48:59,320 WORKFORCE DIVERSITY, SO THOSE 2861 01:48:59,320 --> 01:49:00,960 APPLICATION DATES HAVE CLOSED. 2862 01:49:00,960 --> 01:49:03,920 BUT AT THE SUGGESTION OF OUR 2863 01:49:03,920 --> 01:49:07,000 WORKING GROUP TO ADD ADDITIONAL 2864 01:49:07,000 --> 01:49:08,120 WORKING -- ADDITIONAL DUE DATES, 2865 01:49:08,120 --> 01:49:10,160 WE'RE IN PROCESS OF THAT 2866 01:49:10,160 --> 01:49:11,360 DISCUSSION, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL 2867 01:49:11,360 --> 01:49:13,000 BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 2868 01:49:13,000 --> 01:49:15,960 WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE 2869 01:49:15,960 --> 01:49:17,280 ANY CHANGES PRIOR TO THIS 2870 01:49:17,280 --> 01:49:23,480 COUNCIL MEET BUG -- MEETING BUT 2871 01:49:23,480 --> 01:49:24,920 WE'RE HOPEFUL TO INFORM YOU IN 2872 01:49:24,920 --> 01:49:26,480 THE COMING MONTHS. 2873 01:49:26,480 --> 01:49:28,520 WE HAVE OUR R21 MECHANISM, SMALL 2874 01:49:28,520 --> 01:49:30,960 GRANTS FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS TO 2875 01:49:30,960 --> 01:49:31,720 PROMOTE DIVERSITY. 2876 01:49:31,720 --> 01:49:33,880 AND JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR 2877 01:49:33,880 --> 01:49:35,760 ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THERE 2878 01:49:35,760 --> 01:49:37,400 ARE STILL ACTIVE DUE DATES, 2879 01:49:37,400 --> 01:49:40,160 THREE DUE DATES PER YEAR IN 2880 01:49:40,160 --> 01:49:43,080 THIS, SO UPCOMING IS JUNE 16, 2881 01:49:43,080 --> 01:49:44,400 OCTOBER 16, AND WE'RE VERY 2882 01:49:44,400 --> 01:49:46,720 HOPEFUL THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL 2883 01:49:46,720 --> 01:49:52,520 BE RESPONDING STRONGLY TO THIS 2884 01:49:52,520 --> 01:49:55,040 R21. 2885 01:49:55,040 --> 01:49:57,360 WE'VE HAD RECENT ACTIVITY, FOCUS 2886 01:49:57,360 --> 01:49:59,400 ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH THE 2887 01:49:59,400 --> 01:50:02,880 CIMIT CRASH COURSE, THE 2888 01:50:02,880 --> 01:50:06,960 COMMERCIALIZATION ACCELERATOR, 2889 01:50:06,960 --> 01:50:10,360 LED BY THE CIMIT POCTRN TEAM, 2890 01:50:10,360 --> 01:50:13,080 AND TIFFANI LASH LET THIS 2891 01:50:13,080 --> 01:50:13,360 EFFORT. 2892 01:50:13,360 --> 01:50:16,000 THERE WERE SEVEN TEAMS IN THIS 2893 01:50:16,000 --> 01:50:18,560 CRASH COURSE FOCUSED ON 2894 01:50:18,560 --> 01:50:20,600 DIVERSITY, AND AT LEAST ONE OF 2895 01:50:20,600 --> 01:50:22,960 ITS CORE MEMBERS CAME FROM AN 2896 01:50:22,960 --> 01:50:25,120 UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP. 2897 01:50:25,120 --> 01:50:28,760 THERE WERE DIVERSE MENTORS. 2898 01:50:28,760 --> 01:50:29,920 WE HAVE PARTICIPANT EVALUATION 2899 01:50:29,920 --> 01:50:32,160 WITH FEEDBACK FROM ALL 2900 01:50:32,160 --> 01:50:33,840 PARTICIPANTS, IN GENERAL THE 2901 01:50:33,840 --> 01:50:36,480 FEEDBACK HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE 2902 01:50:36,480 --> 01:50:38,120 AND THERE'S A CONSENSUS ON 2903 01:50:38,120 --> 01:50:40,960 PLANNING TO CONTINUE TO USE THE 2904 01:50:40,960 --> 01:50:41,960 TOOLS THAT WERE DEVELOPED, AND 2905 01:50:41,960 --> 01:50:44,280 BUILD ON THE PROGRESS THAT'S 2906 01:50:44,280 --> 01:50:46,560 BEEN MADE. 2907 01:50:46,560 --> 01:50:48,520 OUR NEXT STEPS ARE HOPEFULLY TO 2908 01:50:48,520 --> 01:50:51,800 BUILD ON THESE EXPERIENCES AND 2909 01:50:51,800 --> 01:50:57,280 FEEDBACK TO DESIGN AN ONGOING 2910 01:50:57,280 --> 01:50:57,840 CONTINUING DIVERSITY-FOCUSED 2911 01:50:57,840 --> 01:50:58,480 ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING 2912 01:50:58,480 --> 01:50:58,720 PROGRAM. 2913 01:50:58,720 --> 01:51:00,040 WE'VE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED WITH 2914 01:51:00,040 --> 01:51:02,800 THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH ON 2915 01:51:02,800 --> 01:51:04,960 WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND EXTENSIVELY 2916 01:51:04,960 --> 01:51:05,960 IN MANY ACTIVITIES, ONE I'D LIKE 2917 01:51:05,960 --> 01:51:08,040 TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO JUST 2918 01:51:08,040 --> 01:51:09,880 HAPPENED LAST WEEK. 2919 01:51:09,880 --> 01:51:11,560 A SYMPOSIUM ON REIMAGINING WOMEN 2920 01:51:11,560 --> 01:51:13,520 IN THE BIOENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 2921 01:51:13,520 --> 01:51:14,800 AND DATA SCIENCE ECOSYSTEM. 2922 01:51:14,800 --> 01:51:17,520 THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO REALLY 2923 01:51:17,520 --> 01:51:20,360 LEAD TO DESIGNING AND BUILDING A 2924 01:51:20,360 --> 01:51:21,920 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM 2925 01:51:21,920 --> 01:51:23,880 THAT MAXIMIZES OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2926 01:51:23,880 --> 01:51:26,080 WOMEN FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS 2927 01:51:26,080 --> 01:51:28,920 THROUGH ALL CAREER STAGES, AND 2928 01:51:28,920 --> 01:51:30,800 DEVELOPS AND SUSTAINS SCIENTIFIC 2929 01:51:30,800 --> 01:51:32,840 WORKFORCE, CAN ADAPT TO MANY 2930 01:51:32,840 --> 01:51:33,640 SECTORS. 2931 01:51:33,640 --> 01:51:35,600 AND FINALLY BUILDS TEAMS ACROSS 2932 01:51:35,600 --> 01:51:38,680 THESE SECTORS AND CREATES NEW 2933 01:51:38,680 --> 01:51:39,760 CROSS-SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2934 01:51:39,760 --> 01:51:42,280 MENTORSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP. 2935 01:51:42,280 --> 01:51:50,960 AND THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 2936 01:51:50,960 --> 01:51:55,520 INCLUDE JOAN GRIEVE AND TIFFANI 2937 01:51:55,520 --> 01:51:55,840 LASH. 2938 01:51:55,840 --> 01:52:01,480 OUR FEATURED SPEAKERS FOR THIS 2939 01:52:01,480 --> 01:52:03,400 INCLUDED DR. CLAYTON, OFFICE OF 2940 01:52:03,400 --> 01:52:05,480 RESEARCH IN WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND 2941 01:52:05,480 --> 01:52:08,640 DR. TABAK, ACTING DIRECTOR OF 2942 01:52:08,640 --> 01:52:09,000 NIH. 2943 01:52:09,000 --> 01:52:13,880 BUT ALSO OUR COUNCIL MEMBER AND 2944 01:52:13,880 --> 01:52:19,680 COLLEAGUE DR. GILDA BARABINO, 2945 01:52:19,680 --> 01:52:22,760 AND DR. CHRISTINE GRANT, NORTH 2946 01:52:22,760 --> 01:52:23,320 CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY. 2947 01:52:23,320 --> 01:52:26,160 DR. DAVID WILKES, WHO IS A 2948 01:52:26,160 --> 01:52:27,160 FORMER DEAN OF SCHOOL OF 2949 01:52:27,160 --> 01:52:29,320 MEDICINE AND DEAN EMERITUS AT 2950 01:52:29,320 --> 01:52:32,040 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, AND TWO 2951 01:52:32,040 --> 01:52:34,480 OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE 2952 01:52:34,480 --> 01:52:36,000 REALLY PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, NOLA 2953 01:52:36,000 --> 01:52:38,520 MASTERSON WHO LEADS AN ANGEL AND 2954 01:52:38,520 --> 01:52:40,720 VENTURE INVESTMENT FUND FOCUSED 2955 01:52:40,720 --> 01:52:49,120 ON WOMEN'S HEALTH, AND IS THE 2956 01:52:49,120 --> 01:52:54,280 LEAD FOR FEMTEC 1 AND 2 FUNDS, 2957 01:52:54,280 --> 01:53:03,680 AND WENDY CHUN-HOON. 2958 01:53:03,680 --> 01:53:06,440 I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MODERATING 2959 01:53:06,440 --> 01:53:07,960 INCREDIBLE SPEAKERS AND 2960 01:53:07,960 --> 01:53:08,920 INTERACTION AND DISCUSSION, 2961 01:53:08,920 --> 01:53:11,040 HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO 2962 01:53:11,040 --> 01:53:12,520 WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF OF 2963 01:53:12,520 --> 01:53:14,400 RESEARCH AND WOMEN'S HEALTH TO 2964 01:53:14,400 --> 01:53:17,520 CAPTURE THIS CONTENT AND 2965 01:53:17,520 --> 01:53:17,840 DISSEMINATE. 2966 01:53:17,840 --> 01:53:19,680 A LOT OF EXCITEMENT WAS 2967 01:53:19,680 --> 01:53:21,720 GENERATED OVER THESE TWO DAYS. 2968 01:53:21,720 --> 01:53:24,240 FINALLY, THE ONE LAST THING TO 2969 01:53:24,240 --> 01:53:28,080 MENTION HERE, WE DISCUSSED THIS 2970 01:53:28,080 --> 01:53:31,560 IN OUR WORKING GROUP, WE'VE 2971 01:53:31,560 --> 01:53:34,840 TARGETED THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 2972 01:53:34,840 --> 01:53:37,040 ESTABLISH BIOMEDICAL MEDICAL 2973 01:53:37,040 --> 01:53:39,360 ENGINEERS PROGRAMS AT HBCUs, 2974 01:53:39,360 --> 01:53:43,200 AN AMBITIOUS GOAL FOR THE ENTIRE 2975 01:53:43,200 --> 01:53:44,080 COMMUNITY. 2976 01:53:44,080 --> 01:53:44,880 JUST POINTING OUT REMARKABLE 2977 01:53:44,880 --> 01:53:46,040 GROWTH ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY 2978 01:53:46,040 --> 01:53:50,640 THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE THE 2979 01:53:50,640 --> 01:53:53,480 ESTABLISHMENT OF NIBIB IN 2000, 2980 01:53:53,480 --> 01:53:56,200 AND THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS TO 2981 01:53:56,200 --> 01:54:00,680 GET SIMILAR TYPE OF GROWTH OR TO 2982 01:54:00,680 --> 01:54:02,960 HELP STIMULATE GROWTH WITHIN 2983 01:54:02,960 --> 01:54:05,160 HBCUs AND OTHER COMMUNITIES, 2984 01:54:05,160 --> 01:54:06,920 COLLEGES, THAT HAVE NOT BEEN 2985 01:54:06,920 --> 01:54:09,080 ABLE TO ACCESS THIS KIND OF 2986 01:54:09,080 --> 01:54:12,080 ACADEMIC TRAINING OR GROW IT, 2987 01:54:12,080 --> 01:54:13,600 WITHIN THEIR COLLEGES AND 2988 01:54:13,600 --> 01:54:13,920 UNIVERSITIES. 2989 01:54:13,920 --> 01:54:17,640 SO, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE 2990 01:54:17,640 --> 01:54:19,680 SO FAR, WE'VE REALLY CREATED A 2991 01:54:19,680 --> 01:54:21,800 STRATEGY FOR THINKING ABOUT HOW 2992 01:54:21,800 --> 01:54:23,440 WE CAN DO FUNDRAISING IN 2993 01:54:23,440 --> 01:54:25,600 COLLABORATION WITH FOUNDATION 2994 01:54:25,600 --> 01:54:27,600 FOR NIH, WHICH FOCUSES ON 2995 01:54:27,600 --> 01:54:29,360 FORMING PUBLIC/PRIVATE 2996 01:54:29,360 --> 01:54:31,120 PARTNERSHIPS, HELPING LEAD THEM, 2997 01:54:31,120 --> 01:54:32,840 WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO 2998 01:54:32,840 --> 01:54:33,720 DO FOR THIS. 2999 01:54:33,720 --> 01:54:35,320 THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE AND READY TO 3000 01:54:35,320 --> 01:54:39,600 PARTNER IN OUR NEXT STEPS, AND 3001 01:54:39,600 --> 01:54:43,000 OUR NEXT ACTION IS FOR THE 3002 01:54:43,000 --> 01:54:45,760 CO-CHAIRS OF OUR DEIA COMMITTEE 3003 01:54:45,760 --> 01:54:47,720 TO CONVENE A ROUNDTABLE SO THAT 3004 01:54:47,720 --> 01:54:49,680 WE CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND A 3005 01:54:49,680 --> 01:54:50,880 LITTLE BIT BETTER THE UNIQUE 3006 01:54:50,880 --> 01:54:53,520 NEEDS AND PRIORITIES AND BUILD 3007 01:54:53,520 --> 01:54:57,040 MORE EXCITEMENT SO THAT THE FNIH 3008 01:54:57,040 --> 01:54:58,680 CAN BECOME A TARGET OF 3009 01:54:58,680 --> 01:55:00,440 FUNDRAISING FOR THIS TYPE OF 3010 01:55:00,440 --> 01:55:00,720 EFFORT. 3011 01:55:00,720 --> 01:55:03,800 NOW I'D LIKE TO TOUCH BRIEFLY ON 3012 01:55:03,800 --> 01:55:06,680 PROGRESS IN THE PANDEMIC 3013 01:55:06,680 --> 01:55:08,320 RESPONSE. 3014 01:55:08,320 --> 01:55:11,120 AND OUR TWO MAJOR AREAS, THREE 3015 01:55:11,120 --> 01:55:18,280 MAJOR AREAS OF INVERSE. 3016 01:55:18,280 --> 01:55:20,800 ININVESTMENT IN IMAGING AND IN 3017 01:55:20,800 --> 01:55:23,200 VITRO DIAGNOSTICS AND DIGITAL 3018 01:55:23,200 --> 01:55:24,400 HEALTH PLATFORMS. 3019 01:55:24,400 --> 01:55:25,600 OUR BIG STRUCTURE THAT WE'VE 3020 01:55:25,600 --> 01:55:27,560 HELPED CREATE IS THE MEDICAL 3021 01:55:27,560 --> 01:55:31,480 IMAGING AND DATA RESOURCE 3022 01:55:31,480 --> 01:55:33,800 CENTER, MIDRC, A LOT HAS 3023 01:55:33,800 --> 01:55:35,040 HAPPENED SINCE THE PREVIOUS 3024 01:55:35,040 --> 01:55:35,960 MEETING. 3025 01:55:35,960 --> 01:55:37,720 I'LL TOUCH ON A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. 3026 01:55:37,720 --> 01:55:39,160 FIRST, THERE'S BEEN A 3027 01:55:39,160 --> 01:55:42,920 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN NUMBER 3028 01:55:42,920 --> 01:55:47,520 OF IMAGES INGESTED, OVER 120,000 3029 01:55:47,520 --> 01:55:50,440 HAVE BEEN INGESTED IN MIDRC, 3030 01:55:50,440 --> 01:55:52,000 30,000 REPRESENTING ABOUT 11,000 3031 01:55:52,000 --> 01:55:53,320 PATIENTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED IN 3032 01:55:53,320 --> 01:55:55,240 THE OPEN COMMONS. 3033 01:55:55,240 --> 01:55:57,240 THAT'S ABOUT 2.5 TERABYTES OF 3034 01:55:57,240 --> 01:55:58,880 DATA, A REALLY BIG JUMP SINCE 3035 01:55:58,880 --> 01:56:02,480 THE PREVIOUS TIME WE DISCUSSED. 3036 01:56:02,480 --> 01:56:06,040 THERE ARE ABOUT 150 DATA USERS 3037 01:56:06,040 --> 01:56:08,440 FROM OVER 100 INSTITUTIONS, AND 3038 01:56:08,440 --> 01:56:09,640 13 PUBLICATIONS NOW. 3039 01:56:09,640 --> 01:56:12,520 THERE ARE 40 CONTRIBUTING SITES, 3040 01:56:12,520 --> 01:56:14,240 SPANNING ACROSS 23 STATES. 3041 01:56:14,240 --> 01:56:16,440 SO, THE GROWTH JUST IN THE LAST 3042 01:56:16,440 --> 01:56:19,600 FEW MONTHS HAS BEEN QUITE 3043 01:56:19,600 --> 01:56:20,600 ENORMOUS. 3044 01:56:20,600 --> 01:56:22,440 THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT 3045 01:56:22,440 --> 01:56:23,320 PROGRESS IN INTRAOPERABILITY, 3046 01:56:23,320 --> 01:56:26,200 SOMETHING WE HOPE FOR 3047 01:56:26,200 --> 01:56:27,400 CLOUD-BASED DATA STRUCTURES. 3048 01:56:27,400 --> 01:56:28,920 THERE'S SUCCESSFUL PILOT GOING 3049 01:56:28,920 --> 01:56:32,840 ON WITH THE BIODATA CATALYST 3050 01:56:32,840 --> 01:56:37,440 WHICH IS NHLBI DATA STRUCTURE, 3051 01:56:37,440 --> 01:56:39,640 ONGOING PILOT AT NCATS WHICH IS 3052 01:56:39,640 --> 01:56:42,480 PROBABLY THE BIGGEST COVID DATA 3053 01:56:42,480 --> 01:56:44,720 REPOSITORY THAT I'M AWARE OF, 3054 01:56:44,720 --> 01:56:47,000 WITH POTENTIAL FOR LINKING UP TO 3055 01:56:47,000 --> 01:56:53,800 MIDRC, AND THERE'S A FEDERATED 3056 01:56:53,800 --> 01:56:57,400 LEARNING PILOT WITH ARGONNE LAB. 3057 01:56:57,400 --> 01:56:59,560 THERE ARE 2500 PATIENTS 3058 01:56:59,560 --> 01:57:01,760 ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO 3059 01:57:01,760 --> 01:57:03,960 VALIDATE THE PERFORMANCE OF 3060 01:57:03,960 --> 01:57:05,480 ALGORITHMS AND ACCELERATE FDA 3061 01:57:05,480 --> 01:57:09,040 CLEARANCE AND ULTIMATELY TO 3062 01:57:09,040 --> 01:57:10,160 DEPLOY THESE ALGORITHMS 3063 01:57:10,160 --> 01:57:12,080 CLINICALLY, SO CONGRATULATIONS 3064 01:57:12,080 --> 01:57:15,440 TO THE MIDRC TEAM, MARYWELLEN IS 3065 01:57:15,440 --> 01:57:16,320 THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, 3066 01:57:16,320 --> 01:57:19,600 WORKING CLOSELY WITH ALL OF 3067 01:57:19,600 --> 01:57:20,200 THESE PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, 3068 01:57:20,200 --> 01:57:24,160 THIS HAS BEEN A TRUE SPECTACULAR 3069 01:57:24,160 --> 01:57:25,160 NETWORK THAT'S GROWN AND MADE 3070 01:57:25,160 --> 01:57:29,440 PROGRESS JUST IN THE LAST FEW 3071 01:57:29,440 --> 01:57:29,920 MONTHS. 3072 01:57:29,920 --> 01:57:32,840 IN TERMS RADx, HERE IS A SORT 3073 01:57:32,840 --> 01:57:34,200 OF BOTTOM LINE WHAT'S HAPPENED. 3074 01:57:34,200 --> 01:57:37,880 YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT IS A 3075 01:57:37,880 --> 01:57:40,280 PLOT OF THE CUMULATIVE 3076 01:57:40,280 --> 01:57:42,680 AUTHORIZED TESTS AND TEST 3077 01:57:42,680 --> 01:57:44,680 PRODUCTS, AND I HAVE AN ARROW 3078 01:57:44,680 --> 01:57:49,440 POINTING TO WHERE WE WERE AT 3079 01:57:49,440 --> 01:57:53,600 JANUARY COUNCIL, IN DECEMBER 3080 01:57:53,600 --> 01:57:53,800 2021. 3081 01:57:53,800 --> 01:57:55,320 THERE WERE 1.5 BILLION TESTS AND 3082 01:57:55,320 --> 01:57:56,680 TEST PRODUCTS WHICH WE THOUGHT 3083 01:57:56,680 --> 01:57:59,000 WAS SPECTACULAR AT THE TIME. 3084 01:57:59,000 --> 01:58:01,000 THIS HAS GROWN EVEN MORE. 3085 01:58:01,000 --> 01:58:05,160 IF WE LOOK THROUGH MARCH OF 3086 01:58:05,160 --> 01:58:06,240 2022, IT'S INCREASED TO 3087 01:58:06,240 --> 01:58:08,400 2.3 BILLION, DRIVEN IN PART BY 3088 01:58:08,400 --> 01:58:10,760 THE DRAMATIC EXPANSION OF THE 3089 01:58:10,760 --> 01:58:13,240 OMICRON VARIANT AROUND THAT 3090 01:58:13,240 --> 01:58:13,680 TIME. 3091 01:58:13,680 --> 01:58:16,080 SO, THIS REPRESENTS AS OF MARCH 3092 01:58:16,080 --> 01:58:18,640 ABOUT 260 MILLION TESTS AND TEST 3093 01:58:18,640 --> 01:58:25,080 PRODUCTS PER DAY THAT WE'RE 3094 01:58:25,080 --> 01:58:28,080 CONTRIBUTING TO, 44 EMERGENCY 3095 01:58:28,080 --> 01:58:29,200 USE AUTHORIZATIONS, NINE OVER 3096 01:58:29,200 --> 01:58:31,400 THE COUNTER, EIGHT OF THESE 3097 01:58:31,400 --> 01:58:36,560 ANTIGEN, ONE IS PCR AND RT LAMP 3098 01:58:36,560 --> 01:58:40,000 APPROACH. 3099 01:58:40,000 --> 01:58:42,200 THIS IS DRIVING A MAJOR PARADIGM 3100 01:58:42,200 --> 01:58:45,040 SHIFT, TECHNICALLY IN FEBRUARY, 3101 01:58:45,040 --> 01:58:47,200 ASTOUNDING, WHERE IF YOU GO BACK 3102 01:58:47,200 --> 01:58:49,040 TO WHEN THIS PROGRAM BEGAN IN 3103 01:58:49,040 --> 01:58:50,880 APRIL OF 2020 THE COUNTRY WAS 3104 01:58:50,880 --> 01:58:53,960 DOING LESS THAN 8 MILLION TESTS, 3105 01:58:53,960 --> 01:58:54,720 ALL LABORATORY TESTS. 3106 01:58:54,720 --> 01:58:58,120 AND IF YOU LOOK AT FEBRUARY OF 3107 01:58:58,120 --> 01:58:59,920 2022, THERE WERE OVER A BILLION 3108 01:58:59,920 --> 01:59:03,720 TESTS BEING DONE IN THE UNITED 3109 01:59:03,720 --> 01:59:07,520 STATES, AND ABOUT 1 BILLION OF 3110 01:59:07,520 --> 01:59:09,400 THEM WERE OVER THE COUNTER TESTS 3111 01:59:09,400 --> 01:59:10,480 THAT WERE PRIMARILY RAPID 3112 01:59:10,480 --> 01:59:11,720 ANTIGEN TESTS. 3113 01:59:11,720 --> 01:59:15,000 A FRACTION OF TESTS BEING DONE 3114 01:59:15,000 --> 01:59:18,000 IN LABORATORIES HAS STEADILY 3115 01:59:18,000 --> 01:59:18,440 DIMINISHED OVER TIME. 3116 01:59:18,440 --> 01:59:21,240 IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT, YOU 3117 01:59:21,240 --> 01:59:24,000 UPPER RIGHT IN THIS PLOT, THE 3118 01:59:24,000 --> 01:59:25,760 TESTS REPORTED ARE PRIMARILY THE 3119 01:59:25,760 --> 01:59:28,600 LABORATORY TESTS, AND THESE ARE 3120 01:59:28,600 --> 01:59:29,520 CONSISTENTLY LESS THAN ABOUT 100 3121 01:59:29,520 --> 01:59:32,440 MILLION PER MONTH IN THE 3122 01:59:32,440 --> 01:59:34,720 SNAPSHOT FROM NOVEMBER TO MARCH 3123 01:59:34,720 --> 01:59:36,800 OF THIS YEAR. 3124 01:59:36,800 --> 01:59:38,360 WHILE THERE'S BEEN ENORMOUS 3125 01:59:38,360 --> 01:59:40,000 GROWTH IN OVER THE COUNTER 3126 01:59:40,000 --> 01:59:42,960 TESTS, ON A MONTH BY MONTH 3127 01:59:42,960 --> 01:59:45,800 BASIS, AND THIS HUGE NUMBER IN 3128 01:59:45,800 --> 01:59:49,400 FEBRUARY WAS DRIVEN BY OF COURSE 3129 01:59:49,400 --> 01:59:51,120 THE CONCERN OVER THE OMICRON 3130 01:59:51,120 --> 01:59:53,240 SURGE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH OUR 3131 01:59:53,240 --> 01:59:59,040 EFFORTS AS JILL NOTED TO HELP 3132 01:59:59,040 --> 02:00:01,440 SUPPORT THE AUTHORIZATION OF 3133 02:00:01,440 --> 02:00:03,120 LARGE VOLUME MANUFACTURERS, MOST 3134 02:00:03,120 --> 02:00:07,120 OF WHICH FROM OUT OF THE UNITED 3135 02:00:07,120 --> 02:00:07,520 STATES. 3136 02:00:07,520 --> 02:00:10,200 AND THIS RAISES AN INTERESTING 3137 02:00:10,200 --> 02:00:11,800 QUESTION, BECAUSE IF A VERY 3138 02:00:11,800 --> 02:00:13,960 SMALL FRACTION OF TESTS ARE 3139 02:00:13,960 --> 02:00:16,080 ACTUALLY REPORTED, DO WE REALLY 3140 02:00:16,080 --> 02:00:17,520 HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE 3141 02:00:17,520 --> 02:00:20,000 THE PANDEMIC IS AND HOW FAST 3142 02:00:20,000 --> 02:00:21,560 IT'S MOVING? 3143 02:00:21,560 --> 02:00:29,000 SO LED BY ANDREW AND KRISHNA, 3144 02:00:29,000 --> 02:00:30,840 WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON DIGITAL 3145 02:00:30,840 --> 02:00:32,800 PLATFORMS FOR TWO YEARS BUT 3146 02:00:32,800 --> 02:00:34,240 THINGS ARE COMING TOGETHER 3147 02:00:34,240 --> 02:00:36,640 INCLUDING HAVING A SNAZZY 3148 02:00:36,640 --> 02:00:37,960 ACRONYM, MOBILE APPLICATION 3149 02:00:37,960 --> 02:00:39,720 RECORDING SYSTEM, MARS. 3150 02:00:39,720 --> 02:00:42,720 AND THE FIGURE ON THE BOTTOM 3151 02:00:42,720 --> 02:00:45,560 RIGHT GIVES YOU A PICTORIAL 3152 02:00:45,560 --> 02:00:48,840 REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THIS IDEA 3153 02:00:48,840 --> 02:00:51,920 IS, SO IT CAN TAKE ANY TEST 3154 02:00:51,920 --> 02:00:53,000 MANUFACTURER'S INFORMATION FROM 3155 02:00:53,000 --> 02:00:59,600 ANY APP , OR THIRD PARTY, APPLY 3156 02:00:59,600 --> 02:01:01,440 STANDARD DATA ELEMENTS, STANDARD 3157 02:01:01,440 --> 02:01:03,280 DATA STRUCTURE, AND THEN SEND IT 3158 02:01:03,280 --> 02:01:04,920 THROUGH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC 3159 02:01:04,920 --> 02:01:07,240 HEALTH LABORATORIES TO DATA 3160 02:01:07,240 --> 02:01:09,000 HUBS, WHICH CAN THEN TRANSMIT 3161 02:01:09,000 --> 02:01:11,080 THIS INFORMATION BOTH TO FEDERAL 3162 02:01:11,080 --> 02:01:12,920 HEALTH DATABASES, AS WELL AS 3163 02:01:12,920 --> 02:01:13,800 STATE HEALTH DATABASES. 3164 02:01:13,800 --> 02:01:16,720 SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT 3165 02:01:16,720 --> 02:01:17,320 ADVANCE. 3166 02:01:17,320 --> 02:01:19,280 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY 3167 02:01:19,280 --> 02:01:23,200 CLOSELY WITH ALL THE 3168 02:01:23,200 --> 02:01:25,600 MANUFACTURERS, AND IT'S 3169 02:01:25,600 --> 02:01:26,560 EXCITING, I-HEALTH ACCOUNTS FOR 3170 02:01:26,560 --> 02:01:27,800 300 MILLION TESTS IN THE UNITED 3171 02:01:27,800 --> 02:01:29,200 STATES ALONE A MONTH, AT LEAST 3172 02:01:29,200 --> 02:01:32,000 CERTAINLY IN THE MONTH OF THE 3173 02:01:32,000 --> 02:01:34,800 HIGHEST SURGE, IS THE FIRST ONE 3174 02:01:34,800 --> 02:01:37,480 ON BOARD, SO THEIR APP IS NOW 3175 02:01:37,480 --> 02:01:39,760 REPORTING IF YOU CHOOSE TO 3176 02:01:39,760 --> 02:01:40,720 SELECT THE REPORTING BUTTON, IT 3177 02:01:40,720 --> 02:01:43,680 WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS KIND OF 3178 02:01:43,680 --> 02:01:45,360 STRUCTURE, AND JUST IN THE FIRST 3179 02:01:45,360 --> 02:01:48,120 FEW DAYS WHICH THIS JUST 3180 02:01:48,120 --> 02:01:53,160 LAUNCHED LAST WEEK, WITH THE 3181 02:01:53,160 --> 02:01:54,200 I-HEALTH ACCESSIBILITY, ROUGHLY 3182 02:01:54,200 --> 02:01:56,080 30,000 TESTS THAT HAVE BEEN 3183 02:01:56,080 --> 02:01:57,920 REPORTED THROUGH THE I-HEALTH 3184 02:01:57,920 --> 02:01:58,680 APP. 3185 02:01:58,680 --> 02:02:01,560 WE WILL GO THROUGH ALL THE 3186 02:02:01,560 --> 02:02:03,040 MANUFACTURERS, AND NOT 3187 02:02:03,040 --> 02:02:03,920 SURPRISINGLY MANUFACTURERS ARE 3188 02:02:03,920 --> 02:02:06,240 EXCITED AND EAGER TO BE 3189 02:02:06,240 --> 02:02:08,320 PARTICIPANTS IN SOMETHING THAT 3190 02:02:08,320 --> 02:02:10,000 DOES FACILITATE A STANDARDIZED 3191 02:02:10,000 --> 02:02:13,280 FORMAT FOR COMMUNICATION OF TEST 3192 02:02:13,280 --> 02:02:13,720 RESULTS. 3193 02:02:13,720 --> 02:02:16,880 HAVING THAT MANY TESTS THAT ARE 3194 02:02:16,880 --> 02:02:18,520 BEING USED, AGAIN, ONE BILLION 3195 02:02:18,520 --> 02:02:21,080 TESTS DISTRIBUTED IN FEBRUARY IN 3196 02:02:21,080 --> 02:02:24,000 2022, CALLS INTO QUESTION LOTS 3197 02:02:24,000 --> 02:02:25,960 OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE TEST 3198 02:02:25,960 --> 02:02:27,280 PERFORMANCE, HOW DO RAPID 3199 02:02:27,280 --> 02:02:28,280 ANTIGEN TESTS WORKING WITH 3200 02:02:28,280 --> 02:02:29,160 DIFFERENT VARIANTS. 3201 02:02:29,160 --> 02:02:30,600 HOW DO THE DIFFERENT TESTS 3202 02:02:30,600 --> 02:02:33,320 COMPARE TO ONE ANOTHER. 3203 02:02:33,320 --> 02:02:36,000 AND WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING MORE 3204 02:02:36,000 --> 02:02:38,560 THAN 7,000 SUBJECT LONGITUDINAL 3205 02:02:38,560 --> 02:02:39,960 SERIAL ANTIGEN STUDY. 3206 02:02:39,960 --> 02:02:42,600 I'D LIKE TO SUMMARIZE A FEW OF 3207 02:02:42,600 --> 02:02:45,120 THE IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS FROM 3208 02:02:45,120 --> 02:02:45,320 THIS. 3209 02:02:45,320 --> 02:02:47,200 THIS IS CENTERED AS JILL POINTED 3210 02:02:47,200 --> 02:02:50,600 OUT IN CLINICAL STUDIES CORE AT 3211 02:02:50,600 --> 02:02:51,720 THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, 3212 02:02:51,720 --> 02:02:54,640 AND YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE TWO 3213 02:02:54,640 --> 02:02:56,360 PLOTS OF RECEIVER OPERATOR 3214 02:02:56,360 --> 02:02:59,120 CURVES ON THE Y-AXIS IS THE 3215 02:02:59,120 --> 02:03:02,840 PROBABILITY OF A POSITIVE OVER 3216 02:03:02,840 --> 02:03:06,000 THE COUNTER TEST, X-AXIS ARE FOR 3217 02:03:06,000 --> 02:03:09,640 CT VALUES OF THE COMPARATOR 3218 02:03:09,640 --> 02:03:13,240 TESTS, IN THIS CASE RT-PCR FROM 3219 02:03:13,240 --> 02:03:17,520 ROCHE, AND THE PLOT ON THE LEFT 3220 02:03:17,520 --> 02:03:19,080 SHOWS FUNDAMENTALLY THAT ANTIGEN 3221 02:03:19,080 --> 02:03:21,880 TESTS WORK EQUALLY WELL WITH 3222 02:03:21,880 --> 02:03:23,680 OMICRON AND DELTA, IF YOU RECALL 3223 02:03:23,680 --> 02:03:26,400 THAT WAS A POINT OF CONCERN IN 3224 02:03:26,400 --> 02:03:28,080 DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WHEN THE 3225 02:03:28,080 --> 02:03:33,720 FDA FIRST POSTED ON THE WEBSITE 3226 02:03:33,720 --> 02:03:38,080 THAT IT'S POSSIBLE RAPID ANT GEN 3227 02:03:38,080 --> 02:03:40,840 TESTS MAY HAVE REDUCED 3228 02:03:40,840 --> 02:03:41,600 SENSITIVITY TO OMICRON. 3229 02:03:41,600 --> 02:03:44,560 WE'VE SHOWN THIS IS NOT A 3230 02:03:44,560 --> 02:03:45,560 CLINICAL SIGNIFICANT 3231 02:03:45,560 --> 02:03:49,480 OBSERVATION, AS YOU LOOK ACROSS 3232 02:03:49,480 --> 02:03:52,520 USERS AND PLATFORMS THIS REALLY 3233 02:03:52,520 --> 02:03:55,080 SHOWS OMICRON AND DELTA ARE 3234 02:03:55,080 --> 02:03:57,920 DETECTED WITH COMPARABLE 3235 02:03:57,920 --> 02:04:00,080 SENSITIVITY. 3236 02:04:00,080 --> 02:04:04,560 ON THE RIGHT ANTIGEN PLATFORMS 3237 02:04:04,560 --> 02:04:05,280 ARE COMPARABLE PERFORMANCE, 3238 02:04:05,280 --> 02:04:11,160 COMPARING IN THE PLOT ON THE 3239 02:04:11,160 --> 02:04:17,640 RIGHT BINAX, BD AND THE 3240 02:04:17,640 --> 02:04:17,960 QLIKVIEW. 3241 02:04:17,960 --> 02:04:19,880 DIGGING DEEPER, WHY PEOPLE WERE 3242 02:04:19,880 --> 02:04:23,280 OFTEN SO CONFUSED ABOUT THEIR 3243 02:04:23,280 --> 02:04:25,480 USE AND THINK THAT MAYBE THEY 3244 02:04:25,480 --> 02:04:28,000 DON'T WORK THAT WELL IS THE FACT 3245 02:04:28,000 --> 02:04:31,000 THAT THIS ROC CURVE IS AS ALL OF 3246 02:04:31,000 --> 02:04:32,720 YOU KNOW HIGHLY NON-LINEAR. 3247 02:04:32,720 --> 02:04:35,440 SO, FOR HIGH VIRAL LOADS, FOR 3248 02:04:35,440 --> 02:04:37,960 EXAMPLE FOR CT COUNTS THAT ARE 3249 02:04:37,960 --> 02:04:39,600 LESS THAN 25 OR 26, THIS IS 3250 02:04:39,600 --> 02:04:43,120 ROUGHLY ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT A 3251 02:04:43,120 --> 02:04:44,520 MILLION COPIES PER MIL, RAPID 3252 02:04:44,520 --> 02:04:49,800 INTENT GENERAL TESTS WORK WELL 3253 02:04:49,800 --> 02:04:52,640 WITH WITH THOSE GREATER THAN 3254 02:04:52,640 --> 02:04:54,480 80%, THE BAR FOR EMERGENCY USE 3255 02:04:54,480 --> 02:04:54,840 AUTHORIZATION. 3256 02:04:54,840 --> 02:04:56,880 LARGE CHANGES IN CT YOU CAN TO 3257 02:04:56,880 --> 02:04:58,880 THE RATE FAIRLY LARGE CHANGES, 3258 02:04:58,880 --> 02:05:03,880 ONLY MODEST IN PTA AT THAT 3259 02:05:03,880 --> 02:05:05,120 POINT. 3260 02:05:05,120 --> 02:05:06,760 BUT FOR INTERMEDIATE VIRAL 3261 02:05:06,760 --> 02:05:17,280 LOADS, 20 20 TO 30, CAN VARY 3262 02:05:19,000 --> 02:05:20,880 FROM 30% TO 80%, SMALL CHANGES 3263 02:05:20,880 --> 02:05:24,120 IN CT CAN LEAD TO LARGE CHANGES. 3264 02:05:24,120 --> 02:05:30,760 FOR LOW VIRAL LOADS, QUITE POOR 3265 02:05:30,760 --> 02:05:35,360 ON THE ORDER OF 15% TO 40%, AND 3266 02:05:35,360 --> 02:05:38,640 SMALL CHANGES IN CT IN THIS VERY 3267 02:05:38,640 --> 02:05:40,600 LOW REGION ARE LEADING TO ONLY 3268 02:05:40,600 --> 02:05:42,120 MODEST CHANGES IN PPA SO YOU 3269 02:05:42,120 --> 02:05:44,680 DON'T GET THAT MUCH OF AN 3270 02:05:44,680 --> 02:05:46,320 IMPROVEMENT UNTIL YOU ARE AT 3271 02:05:46,320 --> 02:05:48,120 VERY, VERY HIGH VIRAL LOADS. 3272 02:05:48,120 --> 02:05:52,440 SO THIS IS WHY WE AND EXPERTS 3273 02:05:52,440 --> 02:05:54,400 RECOMMEND IN THE CASE OF WEAK 3274 02:05:54,400 --> 02:05:55,960 POSITIVES, TO DO SERIAL TESTING. 3275 02:05:55,960 --> 02:05:58,680 AND THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN AN 3276 02:05:58,680 --> 02:06:00,160 IMPORTANT OBSERVATION THAT HAS 3277 02:06:00,160 --> 02:06:02,320 INFORMED THE FDA IN THE WAY THAT 3278 02:06:02,320 --> 02:06:03,680 THEY DO THEIR AUTHORIZATIONS. 3279 02:06:03,680 --> 02:06:08,960 SO, THE POSSIBILITY OF ANTIGEN 3280 02:06:08,960 --> 02:06:12,320 TEST TURNING POSITIVE AFTER A 3281 02:06:12,320 --> 02:06:14,720 WEEK RT-PCR IS INCREASING OVER 3282 02:06:14,720 --> 02:06:21,560 TIME, WITHIN 24 HOURS OF WEAK 3283 02:06:21,560 --> 02:06:22,960 POSITIVE, 50% REGION, WITHIN 48 3284 02:06:22,960 --> 02:06:25,680 HOURS THEY MOVE TO BETTER THAN 3285 02:06:25,680 --> 02:06:26,000 90%. 3286 02:06:26,000 --> 02:06:27,800 THAT'S REGARDLESS OF WHETHER 3287 02:06:27,800 --> 02:06:29,280 IT'S OMICRON OR DELTA, IN FACT 3288 02:06:29,280 --> 02:06:31,400 IN OUR DATA LOOKS LIKE OMICRON 3289 02:06:31,400 --> 02:06:32,920 PERFORMED ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT 3290 02:06:32,920 --> 02:06:34,120 BETTER THAN DELTA. 3291 02:06:34,120 --> 02:06:37,880 SO THIS IS THE UNDERSCORED 3292 02:06:37,880 --> 02:06:39,920 IMPORTANCE OF SERIAL TESTING. 3293 02:06:39,920 --> 02:06:43,440 AND IF PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS 3294 02:06:43,440 --> 02:06:45,520 WONDERING THE FDA AUTHORIZATION, 3295 02:06:45,520 --> 02:06:48,920 HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE 3296 02:06:48,920 --> 02:06:51,640 PUBLISHED AUTHORIZATIONS OF 3297 02:06:51,640 --> 02:06:53,600 DIFFERENT RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS, 3298 02:06:53,600 --> 02:06:56,880 I'VE HIGHLIGHTED TWO EXTREMES 3299 02:06:56,880 --> 02:07:01,920 THAT WE HELPED GET AUTHORIZATION 3300 02:07:01,920 --> 02:07:07,440 THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, BOSUN HAS A 3301 02:07:07,440 --> 02:07:11,560 PA 82.7, ROACH PPP 95.3, ARE 3302 02:07:11,560 --> 02:07:14,080 THESE REALLY VERY DIFFERENT IN 3303 02:07:14,080 --> 02:07:14,360 PERFORMANCE? 3304 02:07:14,360 --> 02:07:15,720 AND THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. 3305 02:07:15,720 --> 02:07:21,320 ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE A PLOT 3306 02:07:21,320 --> 02:07:22,200 FROM THE BOWS UNAUTHORIZATION, 3307 02:07:22,200 --> 02:07:26,920 SHOWING PPA AS A FUNCTION OF 3308 02:07:26,920 --> 02:07:29,320 WEAK POSITIVE SUBJECTS, AND IF 3309 02:07:29,320 --> 02:07:31,520 YOU LOOK BETWEEN TEN AND TWENTY 3310 02:07:31,520 --> 02:07:33,880 OR TEN AND THIRTY PER CENT, DATA 3311 02:07:33,880 --> 02:07:36,840 THAT COMES FROM THE FDA'S 3312 02:07:36,840 --> 02:07:39,360 WEBSITE, INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, 3313 02:07:39,360 --> 02:07:42,840 SHOWS THAT THE PPA ACTUALLY 3314 02:07:42,840 --> 02:07:44,080 DECLINES WITH INCREASING 3315 02:07:44,080 --> 02:07:44,920 FRACTION OF WEAK POSITIVES, AND 3316 02:07:44,920 --> 02:07:47,080 OF COURSE THIS IS EXPECTED WHEN 3317 02:07:47,080 --> 02:07:50,520 YOU CONSIDER THE ROC CURVES 3318 02:07:50,520 --> 02:07:51,760 NON-LINEARITY, IF YOU MIX IN 3319 02:07:51,760 --> 02:07:53,880 MORE WEAK POSITIVES IN YOUR 3320 02:07:53,880 --> 02:07:55,440 TOTAL POPULATION, YOU'LL HAVE 3321 02:07:55,440 --> 02:07:57,640 POORER AND POORER CLINICAL STUDY 3322 02:07:57,640 --> 02:07:57,960 PERFORMANCE. 3323 02:07:57,960 --> 02:08:00,080 SO, I THINK THE BIG INNOVATION 3324 02:08:00,080 --> 02:08:01,200 AND BIG ACHIEVEMENT IS THROUGH 3325 02:08:01,200 --> 02:08:06,040 OUR WORK WITH THE FDA, THEY HAVE 3326 02:08:06,040 --> 02:08:07,440 ALLOWED CONSIDERATION OF ALL OF 3327 02:08:07,440 --> 02:08:10,880 THIS DATA AND THEY MAKE AN 3328 02:08:10,880 --> 02:08:12,280 AUTHORIZATION CALL BASED ON 10% 3329 02:08:12,280 --> 02:08:13,240 OF WEAK POSITIVES. 3330 02:08:13,240 --> 02:08:16,880 AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE 3331 02:08:16,880 --> 02:08:19,720 82.7 PPA BUT IF YOU DID A STUDY 3332 02:08:19,720 --> 02:08:21,480 WITH A 30% REPRESENTATION OF 3333 02:08:21,480 --> 02:08:23,880 WEAK POSITIVES THEN YOU WOULD 3334 02:08:23,880 --> 02:08:26,200 SEE LESS THAN 70% PPA AND YOU 3335 02:08:26,200 --> 02:08:28,600 WOULD ACTUALLY NEVER GET TESTS 3336 02:08:28,600 --> 02:08:30,120 AUTHORIZED IF YOU HAD HIGH 3337 02:08:30,120 --> 02:08:32,040 FRACTION OF WEAK POSITIVES IN 3338 02:08:32,040 --> 02:08:34,080 YOUR CLINICAL STUDY DATA. 3339 02:08:34,080 --> 02:08:36,360 HERE'S THE 80% AUTHORIZATION 3340 02:08:36,360 --> 02:08:36,560 BAR. 3341 02:08:36,560 --> 02:08:44,600 IF YOU EXTRAPOLATE TO 3342 02:08:44,600 --> 02:08:47,760 APPROACHING 0% WEAK POSITIVE, 3343 02:08:47,760 --> 02:08:49,240 YOU SEE STRONG PERFORMANCE, 90 3344 02:08:49,240 --> 02:08:52,440 TO 95% CHANGE SO THESE PPAs 3345 02:08:52,440 --> 02:08:54,200 ARE MORE A REFLECTION OF THE 3346 02:08:54,200 --> 02:08:55,520 POPULATION OF WEAK POSITIVES 3347 02:08:55,520 --> 02:08:57,680 THAT WERE IN THOSE CLINICAL 3348 02:08:57,680 --> 02:09:00,480 STUDIES THAN THEY ARE OF THE 3349 02:09:00,480 --> 02:09:02,080 ANALYTICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 3350 02:09:02,080 --> 02:09:03,960 THESE DIFFERENT TESTS. 3351 02:09:03,960 --> 02:09:07,440 SO, LET ME TRY TO SUMMARIZE WITH 3352 02:09:07,440 --> 02:09:09,880 SOME ONGOING CHALLENGES, WITH 3353 02:09:09,880 --> 02:09:10,560 THE DIGITAL HEALTH REPORTING 3354 02:09:10,560 --> 02:09:13,680 OVER THE COUNTER TESTS BEING 3355 02:09:13,680 --> 02:09:16,600 DISTRIBUTED AT SUCH SCALE, AND 3356 02:09:16,600 --> 02:09:18,320 TELEMED INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE 3357 02:09:18,320 --> 02:09:22,120 REALLY HOPING TO HAVE A KIND OF 3358 02:09:22,120 --> 02:09:22,640 DIAGNOSTIC-LED PRECISION 3359 02:09:22,640 --> 02:09:24,080 MEDICINE OCCUR AT HOME. 3360 02:09:24,080 --> 02:09:25,760 IT'S NOW POSSIBLE TO IMAGINE 3361 02:09:25,760 --> 02:09:27,920 TEST TO TREAT NETWORKS, WE KNOW 3362 02:09:27,920 --> 02:09:30,000 THESE ARE BEING BUILT FOR POINT 3363 02:09:30,000 --> 02:09:32,520 OF CARE TESTING AND TREATMENT, 3364 02:09:32,520 --> 02:09:35,040 IN BRICK AND MORTAR PHARMACIES, 3365 02:09:35,040 --> 02:09:37,240 BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE 3366 02:09:37,240 --> 02:09:39,760 SHOULD EXPECT AND HOPE TO BE 3367 02:09:39,760 --> 02:09:43,440 ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH FROM YOUR 3368 02:09:43,440 --> 02:09:43,640 HOME. 3369 02:09:43,640 --> 02:09:45,440 THE SECOND IS TO IMPROVE 3370 02:09:45,440 --> 02:09:46,520 PERFORMANCE AND INFORMATION 3371 02:09:46,520 --> 02:09:49,160 CONTENT OF THESE TESTS, AS JILL 3372 02:09:49,160 --> 02:09:53,440 MENTIONED, SOME OF OUR FUNDING 3373 02:09:53,440 --> 02:09:54,440 IS TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY, 3374 02:09:54,440 --> 02:09:57,040 IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO 3375 02:09:57,040 --> 02:09:58,680 THESE TESTS WITH IMPAIRMENT IN 3376 02:09:58,680 --> 02:10:01,080 VISION OR FINE MOTOR 3377 02:10:01,080 --> 02:10:02,280 COORDINATION OR COGNITIVE 3378 02:10:02,280 --> 02:10:03,480 IMPAIRMENTS, INSTRUCTIONS FOR 3379 02:10:03,480 --> 02:10:04,600 USE CAN BE COMPLICATED, THERE 3380 02:10:04,600 --> 02:10:06,920 ARE MANY STEPS TO FOLLOW. 3381 02:10:06,920 --> 02:10:08,520 AND THEY ARE SMALL HARD TO SEE 3382 02:10:08,520 --> 02:10:11,160 LINES FOR A LOT OF TESTS, 3383 02:10:11,160 --> 02:10:12,560 CERTAINLY ONES WITHOUT READERS. 3384 02:10:12,560 --> 02:10:16,080 AND WE CONTINUE TO HOPE TO 3385 02:10:16,080 --> 02:10:16,720 ADVANCE NEXT GENERATION 3386 02:10:16,720 --> 02:10:17,520 PERFORMANCE, SO THERE ARE A 3387 02:10:17,520 --> 02:10:19,040 NUMBER OF TESTS WE HAVE WITHIN 3388 02:10:19,040 --> 02:10:22,200 THE NETWORK THAT ARE STILL BEING 3389 02:10:22,200 --> 02:10:24,520 SUPPORTED, THAT WORK BETTER THAN 3390 02:10:24,520 --> 02:10:26,960 RAPID ANTIGEN TESTS, LATERAL 3391 02:10:26,960 --> 02:10:28,360 FLOW ASSAYS, BOTH FOR INDIVIDUAL 3392 02:10:28,360 --> 02:10:31,880 ANALYTES AS WELL AS MULTIPLEX 3393 02:10:31,880 --> 02:10:33,640 TESTS WITH EVEN VARIANT 3394 02:10:33,640 --> 02:10:34,600 CAPABILITIES, SO WE'RE 3395 02:10:34,600 --> 02:10:45,280 CONTINUING TO ADVANCE THIS AREA. 3396 02:10:45,280 --> 02:10:46,440 REGULATORY, WE'VE SEEN -- 3397 02:10:46,440 --> 02:10:47,200 [AUDIO DISTORTION] 3398 02:10:47,200 --> 02:10:49,280 LIMITED LIFE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 3399 02:10:49,280 --> 02:10:50,480 CHALLENGES OF GETTING 3400 02:10:50,480 --> 02:10:52,240 MANUFACTURERS TO CONVERT TO FULL 3401 02:10:52,240 --> 02:10:54,520 CLEARANCE USING VARIETY OF 3402 02:10:54,520 --> 02:10:56,720 DIFFERENT PATHWAYS TO HAVE 3403 02:10:56,720 --> 02:10:58,560 LONG-TERM IMPACT AND ULTIMATELY 3404 02:10:58,560 --> 02:11:00,640 WE'VE BEEN VERY ENGAGED AS HAVE 3405 02:11:00,640 --> 02:11:02,200 PARTNERS ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT 3406 02:11:02,200 --> 02:11:03,160 IN PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND 3407 02:11:03,160 --> 02:11:06,760 HAVE BEEN A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO 3408 02:11:06,760 --> 02:11:08,080 THIS PLANNING, BUT UNCERTAINTY 3409 02:11:08,080 --> 02:11:10,080 WITH RESPECT TO CONTINUING 3410 02:11:10,080 --> 02:11:11,720 FUNDING ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT, 3411 02:11:11,720 --> 02:11:13,880 THAT'S CLEARLY AT RISK, AND 3412 02:11:13,880 --> 02:11:16,320 NOBODY HAS DEFINITIVE ANSWER FOR 3413 02:11:16,320 --> 02:11:16,720 THAT YET. 3414 02:11:16,720 --> 02:11:20,680 SO I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE WITH 3415 02:11:20,680 --> 02:11:22,960 A BRIEF UPDATE ON ARPA-H. 3416 02:11:22,960 --> 02:11:24,640 WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS AT VARIOUS 3417 02:11:24,640 --> 02:11:27,440 TIMES IN COUNCIL. 3418 02:11:27,440 --> 02:11:31,640 HERE'S THE TIMELINE. 3419 02:11:31,640 --> 02:11:33,720 YOU'VE SEEN OSTP AND NIH 3420 02:11:33,720 --> 02:11:36,120 COMMENTARY IN "SCIENCE," YOU'VE 3421 02:11:36,120 --> 02:11:41,160 HEARD ABOUT CONGRESS PASSING IN 3422 02:11:41,160 --> 02:11:41,760 MARCH, THE OMNIBUS WITH 3423 02:11:41,760 --> 02:11:42,280 $1,000,000,000.000000000 3424 02:11:42,280 --> 02:11:46,080 AVAILABLE FOR THREE YEARS, 3425 02:11:46,080 --> 02:11:47,720 DIRECTOR TO BE APPOINTED BY 3426 02:11:47,720 --> 02:11:50,880 THEMENT. 3427 02:11:50,880 --> 02:11:51,560 BY THE PRESIDENT. 3428 02:11:51,560 --> 02:11:55,080 IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR ARPA-H WAS 3429 02:11:55,080 --> 02:11:57,360 TRANSFERRED TO NIH. 3430 02:11:57,360 --> 02:11:59,680 AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FROM THE 3431 02:11:59,680 --> 02:12:03,920 HHS DIRECTOR TO THE NIH, ARPA-H 3432 02:12:03,920 --> 02:12:05,360 DIRECTOR WILL REPORT TO HHS 3433 02:12:05,360 --> 02:12:06,880 SECRETARY WITH DOTTED LINE 3434 02:12:06,880 --> 02:12:11,040 REPORT, TO THE NIH DIRECTOR, AND 3435 02:12:11,040 --> 02:12:14,440 IN THE PRESIDENT'S FY23 BUDGET 3436 02:12:14,440 --> 02:12:15,440 REQUEST THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $5 3437 02:12:15,440 --> 02:12:18,080 BILLION THAT WOULD ADD TO THE $1 3438 02:12:18,080 --> 02:12:19,600 BILLION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO GET 3439 02:12:19,600 --> 02:12:21,280 IT LAUNCHED, AND THAT'S 3440 02:12:21,280 --> 02:12:22,320 AVAILABLE FOR THREE YEARS. 3441 02:12:22,320 --> 02:12:24,720 AND THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF WORK 3442 02:12:24,720 --> 02:12:28,560 WITHIN THE NIH BY LEADERSHIP TO 3443 02:12:28,560 --> 02:12:30,640 REALLY IDENTIFY KEY ELEMENTS OF 3444 02:12:30,640 --> 02:12:32,960 HOW IT WILL WORK, AND I'M 3445 02:12:32,960 --> 02:12:35,680 SHOWING THESE EIGHT MAJOR 3446 02:12:35,680 --> 02:12:36,320 ELEMENTS BECAUSE, WELL, BECAUSE 3447 02:12:36,320 --> 02:12:40,480 THEY ARE FANTASTIC. 3448 02:12:40,480 --> 02:12:44,000 AND ALSO OVERLAP WITH HOW WE RUN 3449 02:12:44,000 --> 02:12:45,760 OUR PROGRAM AT NIBIB, SO IT'S 3450 02:12:45,760 --> 02:12:48,920 GOING TO BE A PROGRAM MANAGER 3451 02:12:48,920 --> 02:12:51,320 CENTRIC TYPE OF ORGANIZATION, 3452 02:12:51,320 --> 02:12:52,920 LEAN AND NIMBLE, HIGH RISK, HIGH 3453 02:12:52,920 --> 02:12:55,600 REWARD, TIME BOUND AND URGENT. 3454 02:12:55,600 --> 02:12:59,560 SO STAFF WILL WORK IN THREE TO 3455 02:12:59,560 --> 02:13:01,160 FIVE-YEAR TERMS, INCLUDING 3456 02:13:01,160 --> 02:13:05,200 LEADERSHIP OF ARPA-H, MISSION 3457 02:13:05,200 --> 02:13:07,200 DRIVEN, INDEPENDENT, AUTONOMOUS, 3458 02:13:07,200 --> 02:13:09,800 ACTIVE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT WITH 3459 02:13:09,800 --> 02:13:12,800 QUANTITATIVE METRICS AND 3460 02:13:12,800 --> 02:13:13,440 ULTIMATELY ACCOUNTABILITY WITH 3461 02:13:13,440 --> 02:13:14,760 TECHNICAL GATE AND STAGE GATING 3462 02:13:14,760 --> 02:13:16,840 FOR THEIR PROJECTS. 3463 02:13:16,840 --> 02:13:19,480 HERE'S THE TIMELINE FOR FUTURE 3464 02:13:19,480 --> 02:13:19,880 ACTIVITIES. 3465 02:13:19,880 --> 02:13:22,720 SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS VERY 3466 02:13:22,720 --> 02:13:24,920 AMBITIOUS BECAUSE HERE IS WHERE 3467 02:13:24,920 --> 02:13:26,680 EVERYONE IS NOW, A SEARCH IS 3468 02:13:26,680 --> 02:13:28,640 GOING ON FOR AN INAUGURAL 3469 02:13:28,640 --> 02:13:29,040 DIRECTOR. 3470 02:13:29,040 --> 02:13:31,400 THERE MAY BE AN INTERIM DIRECTOR 3471 02:13:31,400 --> 02:13:32,480 WHO IS APPOINTED. 3472 02:13:32,480 --> 02:13:34,120 THIS SHOULD HAPPEN, KEEP YOUR 3473 02:13:34,120 --> 02:13:35,480 EYES OPEN FOR THIS IN THE NEXT 3474 02:13:35,480 --> 02:13:36,080 FEW MONTHS. 3475 02:13:36,080 --> 02:13:38,520 THERE WILL BE A SMALL NUMBER OF 3476 02:13:38,520 --> 02:13:40,400 PROGRAM MANAGERS WHO ARE ALSO 3477 02:13:40,400 --> 02:13:42,920 HIRED, AND OPERATIONAL TEAM WILL 3478 02:13:42,920 --> 02:13:45,720 BE BUILT. 3479 02:13:45,720 --> 02:13:46,920 OVERALL, WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT 100 3480 02:13:46,920 --> 02:13:47,800 FTEs WILL BE HIRED OVER THE 3481 02:13:47,800 --> 02:13:50,760 COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR. 3482 02:13:50,760 --> 02:13:53,280 THE FIRST AWARDS AT LEAST ON THE 3483 02:13:53,280 --> 02:13:54,680 TIMELINE TARGETED HERE COULD BE 3484 02:13:54,680 --> 02:13:59,480 MADE AS SOON AS A YEAR FROM NOW 3485 02:13:59,480 --> 02:14:01,360 IN MARCH OF 23. 3486 02:14:01,360 --> 02:14:04,520 I WILL STOP WITH THAT, AND SEE 3487 02:14:04,520 --> 02:14:14,040 IF WE HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 3488 02:14:14,040 --> 02:14:24,080 3489 02:14:26,800 --> 02:14:27,920 3490 02:14:27,920 --> 02:14:30,360 >> I SEE MANU WITH A HAND UP. 3491 02:14:30,360 --> 02:14:34,200 >> THANKS, BRUCE. 3492 02:14:34,200 --> 02:14:37,480 WHAT STUCK TO ME, RADx MARS 3493 02:14:37,480 --> 02:14:40,320 PROJECT, MUCH NEEDED, AS WE'RE 3494 02:14:40,320 --> 02:14:41,760 LOSING COUNTS ON THE 3495 02:14:41,760 --> 02:14:42,960 OVER-THE-COUNTER TESTS, NEW 3496 02:14:42,960 --> 02:14:45,200 HURDLE TO OVERCOME, I GUESS 3497 02:14:45,200 --> 02:14:49,000 MAYBE YOU MENTIONED THIS, ARE 3498 02:14:49,000 --> 02:14:51,640 THERE QUESTIONS ABOUT AUTOMATED 3499 02:14:51,640 --> 02:14:52,840 REPORTING, PRIVACY, RESISTANCE 3500 02:14:52,840 --> 02:14:55,040 TO A POSITIVE TEST, 3501 02:14:55,040 --> 02:14:56,440 DE-IDENTIFYING, IS ANY OF THAT 3502 02:14:56,440 --> 02:14:58,720 INCLUDED IN PLANS TO GET THE 3503 02:14:58,720 --> 02:15:01,000 MOST ROBUST DATA WITHOUT CLANS 3504 02:15:01,000 --> 02:15:04,400 FOR PEOPLE TO DECLINE? 3505 02:15:04,400 --> 02:15:04,920 >> YES, GREAT QUESTION. 3506 02:15:04,920 --> 02:15:07,040 THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF 3507 02:15:07,040 --> 02:15:08,720 CONVERSATION SINCE THE VERY 3508 02:15:08,720 --> 02:15:09,760 BEGINNING. 3509 02:15:09,760 --> 02:15:11,840 THE DATA IS FULLY -- IT'S 3510 02:15:11,840 --> 02:15:16,160 VOLUNTARY IN TERMS OF REPORTING. 3511 02:15:16,160 --> 02:15:18,120 IT'S FULLY ANONYMIZED. 3512 02:15:18,120 --> 02:15:19,200 AND IT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF A 3513 02:15:19,200 --> 02:15:21,480 BATTLE FOR THE HEARTS AND MINDS 3514 02:15:21,480 --> 02:15:24,560 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND 3515 02:15:24,560 --> 02:15:26,200 EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIVERSE TO SAY, 3516 02:15:26,200 --> 02:15:28,200 YEAH, HOME TESTING IS IMPORTANT. 3517 02:15:28,200 --> 02:15:30,680 IF YOU RECALL, THE GROWTH OF 3518 02:15:30,680 --> 02:15:31,760 HOME TESTING, EVEN IF YOU GO 3519 02:15:31,760 --> 02:15:33,120 BACK TO THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL 3520 02:15:33,120 --> 02:15:34,840 MEETING THERE WAS NOTHING QUITE 3521 02:15:34,840 --> 02:15:37,600 AS SPECTACULAR AS WHAT WE SAW IN 3522 02:15:37,600 --> 02:15:37,960 JANUARY. 3523 02:15:37,960 --> 02:15:40,440 THAT JOLTED A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO 3524 02:15:40,440 --> 02:15:42,280 REALIZATION AND NOW WE'VE SEEN A 3525 02:15:42,280 --> 02:15:43,720 NEWS REPORTS SAYING OH MY GOSH, 3526 02:15:43,720 --> 02:15:45,920 ALL THE TESTING IS BEING DONE AT 3527 02:15:45,920 --> 02:15:48,200 HOME, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT 3528 02:15:48,200 --> 02:15:49,880 THE CASES ARE. 3529 02:15:49,880 --> 02:15:52,360 SO, THAT'S HELPED STRENGTHEN OUR 3530 02:15:52,360 --> 02:15:53,120 ARGUMENTS. 3531 02:15:53,120 --> 02:15:54,680 WE'VE SEEN A CONVERSION 3532 02:15:54,680 --> 02:15:56,840 ESPECIALLY IN CDC, I WOULD SAY 3533 02:15:56,840 --> 02:15:57,920 LABORATORY AND COMMUNITY WAS 3534 02:15:57,920 --> 02:16:01,800 KNISH LIP OUT OF THE GATE REALLY 3535 02:16:01,800 --> 02:16:04,720 OPPOSED TO THE IDEA OF HOME AND 3536 02:16:04,720 --> 02:16:05,960 OVER THE COUNTER TESTING, THEY 3537 02:16:05,960 --> 02:16:08,240 SHOULD BE ORDERED BY PHYSICIANS 3538 02:16:08,240 --> 02:16:09,600 IN LABORATORIES WITH DATA 3539 02:16:09,600 --> 02:16:11,080 ELEMENTS WE ALL UNDERSTAND. 3540 02:16:11,080 --> 02:16:12,720 WE WENT TO THE SAME 3541 02:16:12,720 --> 02:16:15,280 ORGANIZATION, AMERICAN PUBLIC 3542 02:16:15,280 --> 02:16:20,520 HEALTH LABORATORIES, TO DO THE 3543 02:16:20,520 --> 02:16:23,360 ACTUAL MESSAGING A CONTRACT WITH 3544 02:16:23,360 --> 02:16:27,600 APHL HANDLING THE MESSAGING 3545 02:16:27,600 --> 02:16:29,160 ITSELF, SENT TRANSMITTING THE 3546 02:16:29,160 --> 02:16:30,600 DATA, WE'VE EXECUTED A CONTRACT 3547 02:16:30,600 --> 02:16:33,840 WITH THEM THAT HELP JUMP START 3548 02:16:33,840 --> 02:16:34,040 STUFF. 3549 02:16:34,040 --> 02:16:36,640 BUT THIS IS -- IT'S A 3550 02:16:36,640 --> 02:16:38,760 SPECTACULAR ACCOMPLISHMENT I 3551 02:16:38,760 --> 02:16:39,080 THINK. 3552 02:16:39,080 --> 02:16:40,520 AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BUILD ON 3553 02:16:40,520 --> 02:16:42,040 THIS AND GROW BECAUSE THESE 3554 02:16:42,040 --> 02:16:45,240 COMMON DATA ELEMENTS AND THIS 3555 02:16:45,240 --> 02:16:46,120 DATA STRUCTURE HL7 AND FHIR THIS 3556 02:16:46,120 --> 02:16:48,680 IS WHAT WE NEED FOR HOME 3557 02:16:48,680 --> 02:16:54,040 TESTING, PERIOD. 3558 02:16:54,040 --> 02:16:59,600 IT HASN'T EXISTED BEFORE. 3559 02:16:59,600 --> 02:17:00,680 >> SIMON AND THEN KATHY. 3560 02:17:00,680 --> 02:17:03,320 >> I WANT TO TAKE US BACK TO 3561 02:17:03,320 --> 02:17:05,800 JILL'S PRESENTATION ON THE 3562 02:17:05,800 --> 02:17:07,400 BUDGET TOWARDS THE BEGINNING. 3563 02:17:07,400 --> 02:17:12,080 IT'S GREAT THE PAYLINE IS UP AT 3564 02:17:12,080 --> 02:17:17,480 19% FOR R01s, MORALE BOOSTING, 3565 02:17:17,480 --> 02:17:19,440 CLOSE TO 10% IT'S A DEPRESSING 3566 02:17:19,440 --> 02:17:21,720 SITUATION SO I THINK THAT'S 3567 02:17:21,720 --> 02:17:22,680 REALLY WONDERFUL. 3568 02:17:22,680 --> 02:17:26,760 I DID WANT TO SORT OF RAISE A 3569 02:17:26,760 --> 02:17:30,800 LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 15% 3570 02:17:30,800 --> 02:17:32,120 CUT. 3571 02:17:32,120 --> 02:17:33,240 I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE BUT 3572 02:17:33,240 --> 02:17:35,200 GET THE SENSE FROM TALKING TO 3573 02:17:35,200 --> 02:17:38,680 FOLKS A COUPLE WAYS PEOPLE 3574 02:17:38,680 --> 02:17:39,040 APPROACH THIS. 3575 02:17:39,040 --> 02:17:40,440 THE SEASONED INVESTIGATORS, THIS 3576 02:17:40,440 --> 02:17:41,720 CUT IS PUBLISHED, RIGHT? 3577 02:17:41,720 --> 02:17:46,040 THEY KNOW IT'S COMING. 3578 02:17:46,040 --> 02:17:48,560 WHEN THEY WRITE PROPOSALS THEY 3579 02:17:48,560 --> 02:17:49,520 BUILD CONTINGENCIES TO ABSORB 3580 02:17:49,520 --> 02:17:51,840 THAT CUT, I SUSPECT IT LEADS TO 3581 02:17:51,840 --> 02:17:55,440 PEOPLE INFLATING BUDGETS A BIT. 3582 02:17:55,440 --> 02:17:59,280 CONCERN I HAVE THOUGH I THINK 3583 02:17:59,280 --> 02:18:00,800 THIS IS A DISADVANTAGE PERHAPS 3584 02:18:00,800 --> 02:18:03,000 FOR THE LESS SEASONED 3585 02:18:03,000 --> 02:18:03,760 INVESTIGATORS, JUNIOR FOLKS WHO 3586 02:18:03,760 --> 02:18:05,520 PERHAPS DON'T KNOW THIS AS WELL. 3587 02:18:05,520 --> 02:18:07,400 AND I'VE HAD EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE 3588 02:18:07,400 --> 02:18:10,200 COMING TO ME AND SAYING, YOU 3589 02:18:10,200 --> 02:18:12,200 KNOW, I CAN'T DO THE WORK NOW. 3590 02:18:12,200 --> 02:18:14,040 I PLANNED A VERY REALISTIC 3591 02:18:14,040 --> 02:18:15,640 BUDGET, EXPENSIVE PIECE OF 3592 02:18:15,640 --> 02:18:16,800 EQUIPMENT IN MY BUDGET, WHICH 3593 02:18:16,800 --> 02:18:19,200 NOW I DON'T THINK I CAN BUY, 3594 02:18:19,200 --> 02:18:24,000 THIS REALLY IS A MAJOR ISSUE. 3595 02:18:24,000 --> 02:18:25,320 AND SO, YEAH, I HAVE A CONCERN 3596 02:18:25,320 --> 02:18:26,880 PERHAPS NOT A LEVEL PLAYING 3597 02:18:26,880 --> 02:18:29,720 FIELD, PERHAPS BY DOING THIS 3598 02:18:29,720 --> 02:18:31,480 WE'RE DISADVANTAGING THE 3599 02:18:31,480 --> 02:18:33,200 YOUNGEST INVESTIGATORS WHO TRY 3600 02:18:33,200 --> 02:18:34,840 AND BUDGET VERY HONESTLY AND 3601 02:18:34,840 --> 02:18:38,920 DON'T KNOW THIS CUT IS COMING. 3602 02:18:38,920 --> 02:18:40,800 >> SO DIFFERENT INSTITUTES HAVE 3603 02:18:40,800 --> 02:18:43,600 DIFFERENT POLICIES WITH STANDARD 3604 02:18:43,600 --> 02:18:45,800 ADMINISTRATIVE CUTS, FOR NIBIB 3605 02:18:45,800 --> 02:18:53,080 THE 15% CUT TO LARGE R01s AND 3606 02:18:53,080 --> 02:18:54,000 U01s EXCLUDES EARLY-STAGE 3607 02:18:54,000 --> 02:18:54,720 INVESTIGATORS. 3608 02:18:54,720 --> 02:18:57,080 WE LEAVE THOSE BUDGETS ALONE AND 3609 02:18:57,080 --> 02:19:01,000 APPLY THEM ONLY TO ESTABLISHED 3610 02:19:01,000 --> 02:19:01,440 INVESTIGATORS. 3611 02:19:01,440 --> 02:19:04,160 >> VERY GOOD TO HEAR, I DIDN'T 3612 02:19:04,160 --> 02:19:04,520 KNOW THAT. 3613 02:19:04,520 --> 02:19:06,480 >> YOU KNOW, I WOULD ALSO 3614 02:19:06,480 --> 02:19:09,760 ENCOURAGE IF YOU ALL AS LEADERS 3615 02:19:09,760 --> 02:19:12,400 IN YOUR UNIVERSITIES AND FIELDS 3616 02:19:12,400 --> 02:19:15,240 ENCOUNTSER PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING 3617 02:19:15,240 --> 02:19:17,120 DILEMMAS, WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE 3618 02:19:17,120 --> 02:19:19,520 GROUP OF PROGRAM DIRECTORS, 3619 02:19:19,520 --> 02:19:22,160 PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM AND 3620 02:19:22,160 --> 02:19:24,160 BRING THESE ISSUES UP. 3621 02:19:24,160 --> 02:19:25,800 THEY MAY HAVE IDEAS. 3622 02:19:25,800 --> 02:19:29,760 THEY ALWAYS HAVE IDEAS. 3623 02:19:29,760 --> 02:19:32,560 THAT'S FOR SURE. 3624 02:19:32,560 --> 02:19:33,880 >> THANK YOU, SIMON. 3625 02:19:33,880 --> 02:19:36,440 AS WELL, JILL. 3626 02:19:36,440 --> 02:19:36,720 KATHY? 3627 02:19:36,720 --> 02:19:37,960 >> YES, THANK YOU. 3628 02:19:37,960 --> 02:19:40,320 I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 3629 02:19:40,320 --> 02:19:42,160 THEY ARE NOT RELATED. 3630 02:19:42,160 --> 02:19:43,600 AND, AGAIN, IT'S SO IMPRESSIVE 3631 02:19:43,600 --> 02:19:46,240 TO ME THE IMPACT THAT NIBIB HAS 3632 02:19:46,240 --> 02:19:49,160 HAD PARTICULARLY IN THE PANDEMIC 3633 02:19:49,160 --> 02:19:50,920 RESPONSE, VERY EXCITING. 3634 02:19:50,920 --> 02:19:53,800 MY TWO QUESTIONS, ONE FOLLOWS ON 3635 02:19:53,800 --> 02:19:56,000 MANU'S BUILDING ON WHAT MANU 3636 02:19:56,000 --> 02:19:59,280 SAID, I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S A 3637 02:19:59,280 --> 02:20:00,840 WAY TO SOMEHOW ADD INCENTIVE, 3638 02:20:00,840 --> 02:20:02,080 BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING FROM 3639 02:20:02,080 --> 02:20:04,840 WHAT YOU PRESENTED, PEOPLE HAVE 3640 02:20:04,840 --> 02:20:07,560 TO DOWNLOAD AN APP, UPLOAD 3641 02:20:07,560 --> 02:20:09,880 RESULTS VOLUNTARILY, AND I JUST 3642 02:20:09,880 --> 02:20:11,960 THINK THAT THERE'S -- IF THERE'S 3643 02:20:11,960 --> 02:20:15,720 A WAY TO INCENT PEOPLE, IF THERE 3644 02:20:15,720 --> 02:20:16,680 WERE SOME POSITIVE SOMETHING 3645 02:20:16,680 --> 02:20:19,520 PEOPLE GOT NOT JUST FROM SHARING 3646 02:20:19,520 --> 02:20:23,400 THEIR TEST RESULTS BUT MAYBE 3647 02:20:23,400 --> 02:20:24,800 BEING NOTIFIED AS SUMMARY PLOT 3648 02:20:24,800 --> 02:20:25,720 FROM THE AREA, INFORMATION IN 3649 02:20:25,720 --> 02:20:28,640 THE AREA, SOMETHING TO HELP 3650 02:20:28,640 --> 02:20:29,560 MOTIVATE THEIR PARTICIPATION, 3651 02:20:29,560 --> 02:20:30,840 I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT WOULD BE 3652 02:20:30,840 --> 02:20:33,160 BUT THAT MIGHT REALLY HELP 3653 02:20:33,160 --> 02:20:33,760 PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE THERE. 3654 02:20:33,760 --> 02:20:37,640 I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE 3655 02:20:37,640 --> 02:20:38,480 CONSIDERING INCENTIVIZING OR 3656 02:20:38,480 --> 02:20:38,800 NOT. 3657 02:20:38,800 --> 02:20:40,320 THAT WAS QUESTION ONE. 3658 02:20:40,320 --> 02:20:43,720 AND QUESTION TWO WAS FOLLOWING 3659 02:20:43,720 --> 02:20:45,360 ON YOUR EUA CONVERSION, NOT 3660 02:20:45,360 --> 02:20:46,360 RELATED, QUESTION TWO, IT'S 3661 02:20:46,360 --> 02:20:46,960 REALLY EXCITING YOU'VE WORKED 3662 02:20:46,960 --> 02:20:50,080 WITH THE FDA AND IMPACTED HOW 3663 02:20:50,080 --> 02:20:53,560 THEY ARE APPROVING THINGS. 3664 02:20:53,560 --> 02:20:54,720 THAT IS TERRIFIC. 3665 02:20:54,720 --> 02:20:58,600 BUT I'M WONDERING ON THE 3666 02:20:58,600 --> 02:20:59,680 CONVERTING EUAs TO PERMANENT 3667 02:20:59,680 --> 02:21:02,440 APPROVALS OF THE TESTS, YOU 3668 02:21:02,440 --> 02:21:04,600 LISTED SEVERAL, DE NOVO, PMA, 3669 02:21:04,600 --> 02:21:05,520 ALL THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES, 3670 02:21:05,520 --> 02:21:07,040 WONDERING IF THE PLAN TO GIVE 3671 02:21:07,040 --> 02:21:08,800 KIND OF A GUIDANCE OF THIS IS 3672 02:21:08,800 --> 02:21:11,240 THE BEST WAY TO CONVERT MOVING 3673 02:21:11,240 --> 02:21:11,800 FORWARD? 3674 02:21:11,800 --> 02:21:14,960 SO THAT IT BECOMES LESS COMPLEX 3675 02:21:14,960 --> 02:21:15,520 FOR COMPANIES? 3676 02:21:15,520 --> 02:21:17,120 I THINK THAT WOULD HELP 3677 02:21:17,120 --> 02:21:21,960 ACCELERATE THE PROCESS. 3678 02:21:21,960 --> 02:21:22,200 THANKS. 3679 02:21:22,200 --> 02:21:23,400 >> THANKS, KATHY. 3680 02:21:23,400 --> 02:21:23,800 YES. 3681 02:21:23,800 --> 02:21:26,400 YES, YES, YES TO ALL OF THESE. 3682 02:21:26,400 --> 02:21:29,480 FOR SURE INCENTIVES, WE DID 3683 02:21:29,480 --> 02:21:29,800 EXPERIMENT. 3684 02:21:29,800 --> 02:21:31,680 WE GAVE INCENTIVES WHEN WE 3685 02:21:31,680 --> 02:21:35,240 ROLLED OUT SAY YES COVID TEST 3686 02:21:35,240 --> 02:21:39,600 PROGRAM TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO 3687 02:21:39,600 --> 02:21:39,840 REPORT. 3688 02:21:39,840 --> 02:21:42,120 WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE'VE BEEN 3689 02:21:42,120 --> 02:21:43,880 WORKING ALL ANGLES AND AS MUCH 3690 02:21:43,880 --> 02:21:45,360 PRESSURE AS WE CAN PUT, I DON'T 3691 02:21:45,360 --> 02:21:48,320 KNOW IF YOU'VE GONE TO THE 3692 02:21:48,320 --> 02:21:48,880 COVID.GOV WEBSITE. 3693 02:21:48,880 --> 02:21:51,800 SO, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN GO FOR 3694 02:21:51,800 --> 02:21:54,360 YOUR FREE TEST DISTRIBUTION, 3695 02:21:54,360 --> 02:21:58,840 IT'S BEEN AN ENORMOUSLY POPULAR 3696 02:21:58,840 --> 02:22:02,440 AND HIGHLY TRAFFICKED WEBSITE. 3697 02:22:02,440 --> 02:22:04,400 I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A BUTTON 3698 02:22:04,400 --> 02:22:06,400 SINCE IT WAS LAUNCHED, SEEMS SO 3699 02:22:06,400 --> 02:22:08,040 LOGICAL BUT WELCOME TO 3700 02:22:08,040 --> 02:22:12,960 COMPLEXITY OF OWNERSHIP OF 3701 02:22:12,960 --> 02:22:13,680 WEBSITES. 3702 02:22:13,680 --> 02:22:15,680 AND SOME PERHAPS IRRATIONAL 3703 02:22:15,680 --> 02:22:18,560 FEARS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE 3704 02:22:18,560 --> 02:22:19,320 GOVERNMENT TAKING YOUR 3705 02:22:19,320 --> 02:22:21,400 INFORMATION AND THOSE SORTS OF 3706 02:22:21,400 --> 02:22:22,520 THINGS, SO WE'RE STILL WORKING 3707 02:22:22,520 --> 02:22:25,200 ON THAT AVENUE. 3708 02:22:25,200 --> 02:22:27,120 I BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE 3709 02:22:27,120 --> 02:22:27,760 ENORMOUS. 3710 02:22:27,760 --> 02:22:30,800 IT WOULD BE SO POWERFUL. 3711 02:22:30,800 --> 02:22:33,440 SOME OF THE APPS ARE INTEGRAL TO 3712 02:22:33,440 --> 02:22:34,680 THE REPORTING SYSTEM. 3713 02:22:34,680 --> 02:22:35,960 SO, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY USING 3714 02:22:35,960 --> 02:22:38,480 THEM WITH SOME OF THE 3715 02:22:38,480 --> 02:22:45,640 MANUFACTURERS, FOR EXAMPLE, IL 3716 02:22:45,640 --> 02:22:47,920 ILLUME, SYNCHRONIZES TO USUAL 3717 02:22:47,920 --> 02:22:48,320 SMARTPHONE. 3718 02:22:48,320 --> 02:22:51,880 WE'RE WORKING ON ALL ANGLES, 3719 02:22:51,880 --> 02:22:53,520 TRYING TO OVERCOME BIASES ABOUT 3720 02:22:53,520 --> 02:22:55,920 HOW ALL THIS WORKS, WE'VE COME 3721 02:22:55,920 --> 02:22:56,920 VERY FAR. 3722 02:22:56,920 --> 02:22:58,440 WHEN I FIRST STARTED TALKING 3723 02:22:58,440 --> 02:23:00,320 ABOUT PEOPLE JUST SAID WHY WOULD 3724 02:23:00,320 --> 02:23:02,720 ANYBODY WANT THEIR HOME TEST 3725 02:23:02,720 --> 02:23:02,960 REPORTED? 3726 02:23:02,960 --> 02:23:04,160 I SHOULD NOTE THERE'S SOME 3727 02:23:04,160 --> 02:23:06,440 REALLY INTERESTING THINGS THAT 3728 02:23:06,440 --> 02:23:07,720 HAPPENED IN THE COUNTRY, SOME OF 3729 02:23:07,720 --> 02:23:10,240 YOU MAY HAVE FOLLOWED WHAT 3730 02:23:10,240 --> 02:23:13,640 HAPPENED IN UTAH. 3731 02:23:13,640 --> 02:23:14,360 CMS INVESTIGATION, WHISTLEBLOWER 3732 02:23:14,360 --> 02:23:15,720 WHO SHOWED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 3733 02:23:15,720 --> 02:23:18,360 TESTS AT POINT OF CARE SETTINGS 3734 02:23:18,360 --> 02:23:20,600 BY THE COMPANY CONTRACTED FOR 3735 02:23:20,600 --> 02:23:23,080 THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH 3736 02:23:23,080 --> 02:23:24,600 AUTHORITIES THERE WERE 3737 02:23:24,600 --> 02:23:25,720 COMPLETELY WRONG. 3738 02:23:25,720 --> 02:23:27,440 IT WAS AN OPERATIONS AND 3739 02:23:27,440 --> 02:23:28,440 LOGISTICS NIGHTMARE. 3740 02:23:28,440 --> 02:23:33,160 THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WIDESPREAD 3741 02:23:33,160 --> 02:23:33,920 PUBLICITY BUT IT UNDERSCORES 3742 02:23:33,920 --> 02:23:35,640 DOING A TEST AT HOME RATHER THAN 3743 02:23:35,640 --> 02:23:39,400 GETTING IN A CAR LINE WHERE 3744 02:23:39,400 --> 02:23:40,480 PERHAPS YOU'RE UNDERSTAFFED AND 3745 02:23:40,480 --> 02:23:42,120 MAYBE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO 3746 02:23:42,120 --> 02:23:43,400 THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, YOU 3747 02:23:43,400 --> 02:23:45,480 HAVE MUCH MORE STAKE IN IT AT 3748 02:23:45,480 --> 02:23:46,240 HOME. 3749 02:23:46,240 --> 02:23:48,160 SO, THE HOME TESTS PEOPLE HAVE 3750 02:23:48,160 --> 02:23:50,240 SPOKEN, PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO 3751 02:23:50,240 --> 02:23:52,120 HAVE HOME TESTS, EVEN WITH ALL 3752 02:23:52,120 --> 02:23:54,280 OF THEIR COMPLEXITIES AND 3753 02:23:54,280 --> 02:23:54,640 DIFFICULTIES. 3754 02:23:54,640 --> 02:23:56,800 AND I WOULD TRUST THOSE MUCH 3755 02:23:56,800 --> 02:23:58,320 BETTER PERHAPS THAN IN SOME 3756 02:23:58,320 --> 02:24:00,120 POINT OF CARE SETTINGS, EXACTLY 3757 02:24:00,120 --> 02:24:02,720 THE SAME TEST. 3758 02:24:02,720 --> 02:24:07,960 FOR THE SECOND PART ON THE FDA 3759 02:24:07,960 --> 02:24:12,040 APPROVAL, SO TELL ME AGAIN THE 3760 02:24:12,040 --> 02:24:13,760 SPECIFIC CONCERN? 3761 02:24:13,760 --> 02:24:16,400 >> WELL, THERE ARE JUST MANY 3762 02:24:16,400 --> 02:24:19,680 DIFFERENT AVENUES, EACH WITH 3763 02:24:19,680 --> 02:24:24,080 DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. 3764 02:24:24,080 --> 02:24:24,920 YOU COULD NAVIGATE STREAMLINING 3765 02:24:24,920 --> 02:24:28,680 THAT TO SAY IF YOU HAVE EUA 3766 02:24:28,680 --> 02:24:29,760 APPROVAL FOR AT-HOME TEST YOU 3767 02:24:29,760 --> 02:24:32,600 SHOULD DO, YOU KNOW, THE DE 3768 02:24:32,600 --> 02:24:33,280 NOVO. 3769 02:24:33,280 --> 02:24:33,520 >> YES. 3770 02:24:33,520 --> 02:24:35,520 >> IF COULD YOU MAKE A PATHWAY 3771 02:24:35,520 --> 02:24:37,320 THAT EVERYONE COULD PURSUE AS 3772 02:24:37,320 --> 02:24:41,080 OPPOSED TO HAVING SO MANY 3773 02:24:41,080 --> 02:24:41,960 OPTIONS. 3774 02:24:41,960 --> 02:24:42,440 >> ABSOLUTELY. 3775 02:24:42,440 --> 02:24:44,160 SO, THAT IS OUR ABSOLUTE GOAL. 3776 02:24:44,160 --> 02:24:45,280 YOU'RE COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH 3777 02:24:45,280 --> 02:24:45,600 US. 3778 02:24:45,600 --> 02:24:47,920 WE WANT TO STREAMLINE STUFF. 3779 02:24:47,920 --> 02:24:48,680 FDA DOESN'T ALWAYS DO OUT OF THE 3780 02:24:48,680 --> 02:24:52,360 BOX WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO. 3781 02:24:52,360 --> 02:24:54,640 SO WE LEARNED THAT. 3782 02:24:54,640 --> 02:24:56,680 ZANE IS SMILING, KNOWINGLY. 3783 02:24:56,680 --> 02:25:00,400 I THINK ONCE WE GET THIS REALLY 3784 02:25:00,400 --> 02:25:01,400 FULLY SYNCHRONIZE AND LAUNCHED, 3785 02:25:01,400 --> 02:25:03,320 AND HAVE ACTIVE MEETINGS ON THIS 3786 02:25:03,320 --> 02:25:05,480 EVEN AS WE SPEAK, WE WILL BE 3787 02:25:05,480 --> 02:25:07,800 ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MOST 3788 02:25:07,800 --> 02:25:09,120 EFFICIENT PATHWAYS. 3789 02:25:09,120 --> 02:25:10,440 NOTHING WILL BE ABSOLUTELY 3790 02:25:10,440 --> 02:25:11,040 STREAMLINED. 3791 02:25:11,040 --> 02:25:12,640 I CAN TELL YOU THAT. 3792 02:25:12,640 --> 02:25:14,600 ONCE YOU GO TO FULL 3793 02:25:14,600 --> 02:25:18,120 AUTHORIZATION, THERE ARE HIGHER 3794 02:25:18,120 --> 02:25:19,760 LEVEL OF BARS. 3795 02:25:19,760 --> 02:25:21,400 AND THOSE ARE PARTICULARLY 3796 02:25:21,400 --> 02:25:23,800 CHALLENGING AS YOU SEE 3797 02:25:23,800 --> 02:25:25,440 PREVALENCE DROPPING. 3798 02:25:25,440 --> 02:25:27,280 AND CLINICAL STUDIES COULD 3799 02:25:27,280 --> 02:25:29,280 REALLY REQUIRE QUITE A LOT OF -- 3800 02:25:29,280 --> 02:25:30,680 THEY COULD BE VERY COSTLY SO 3801 02:25:30,680 --> 02:25:33,680 WE'LL BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN 3802 02:25:33,680 --> 02:25:36,160 TO WORK WITH MANUFACTURERS TO 3803 02:25:36,160 --> 02:25:37,800 DISSEMINATE METHODS AND 3804 02:25:37,800 --> 02:25:39,800 PRACTICES, TO REDUCE MYSTERY OF 3805 02:25:39,800 --> 02:25:40,120 IT. 3806 02:25:40,120 --> 02:25:42,800 I'M GUESSING THAT MUCH WILL TAKE 3807 02:25:42,800 --> 02:25:46,920 PLACE THROUGH THE 510(K) PROCESS 3808 02:25:46,920 --> 02:25:49,200 BUT IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS I'VE 3809 02:25:49,200 --> 02:25:50,720 HAD EXPERIENCE BEFORE AND DIDN'T 3810 02:25:50,720 --> 02:25:53,440 REALIZE THAT THEY ARE TREATED 3811 02:25:53,440 --> 02:25:55,640 DIFFERENTLY IN THEIR 510(K) 3812 02:25:55,640 --> 02:25:57,360 PROCESS THAN SORT OF TRADITIONAL 3813 02:25:57,360 --> 02:25:58,600 MEDICAL DEVICES THAT I KNOW YOU 3814 02:25:58,600 --> 02:26:01,560 AND I AND MANY OF YOU ON THE 3815 02:26:01,560 --> 02:26:04,520 CALL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN 3816 02:26:04,520 --> 02:26:06,080 THE SENSE OF PREDICATE, THE 3817 02:26:06,080 --> 02:26:07,800 PREDICATE COMPARATOR. 3818 02:26:07,800 --> 02:26:09,800 I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS. 3819 02:26:09,800 --> 02:26:11,120 WE CAN TALK OFFLINE. 3820 02:26:11,120 --> 02:26:12,520 I'VE LEARNED MORE THAN I WOULD 3821 02:26:12,520 --> 02:26:13,480 LIKE TO KNOW. 3822 02:26:13,480 --> 02:26:16,360 AND IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE 3823 02:26:16,360 --> 02:26:17,120 FOR SURE. 3824 02:26:17,120 --> 02:26:18,840 >> CAN I JUST ADD TO THAT, 3825 02:26:18,840 --> 02:26:20,360 BRUCE, YOU KNOW, THE FDA HAS 3826 02:26:20,360 --> 02:26:21,720 RESOURCES IN PLACE WHERE YOU CAN 3827 02:26:21,720 --> 02:26:23,760 GO AND FIND OUT ABOUT THE 3828 02:26:23,760 --> 02:26:25,520 VARIOUS MECHANISMS. 3829 02:26:25,520 --> 02:26:28,160 YOU CAN ALSO, I WOULD STRONGLY 3830 02:26:28,160 --> 02:26:31,000 SUGGEST, THAT COMPANIES START 3831 02:26:31,000 --> 02:26:33,640 ASKING AND COME IN EARLY AND 3832 02:26:33,640 --> 02:26:34,440 START ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS 3833 02:26:34,440 --> 02:26:35,280 ABOUT WHICH MECHANISM THEY ARE 3834 02:26:35,280 --> 02:26:37,880 GOING TO NEED TO USE. 3835 02:26:37,880 --> 02:26:40,560 THE EUAs, ALL OF THOSE DEVICES 3836 02:26:40,560 --> 02:26:42,480 CAME THROUGH WITH LESS 3837 02:26:42,480 --> 02:26:43,480 INFORMATION THAN WHAT WOULD 3838 02:26:43,480 --> 02:26:44,880 TRADITIONALLY BE REQUIRED. 3839 02:26:44,880 --> 02:26:46,120 THERE'S A SAFETY RISK, LONG TERM 3840 02:26:46,120 --> 02:26:47,720 USE, WE'VE GOT TO SHOW THAT 3841 02:26:47,720 --> 02:26:49,040 THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE 3842 02:26:49,040 --> 02:26:51,240 ADDRESSED THAT IN THE LONGER 3843 02:26:51,240 --> 02:26:52,240 TERM OF THIS. 3844 02:26:52,240 --> 02:26:54,320 SO THERE ARE MECHANISMS IN PLACE 3845 02:26:54,320 --> 02:26:56,400 BY WHICH YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS 3846 02:26:56,400 --> 02:26:59,000 RIGHT NOW, TODAY, AND START 3847 02:26:59,000 --> 02:27:01,880 DEVELOPING YOUR FRAMEWORK, AND 3848 02:27:01,880 --> 02:27:02,640 INFORMATION YOU NEED. 3849 02:27:02,640 --> 02:27:04,080 YOU'RE DEVELOPING AS YOU HAVE 3850 02:27:04,080 --> 02:27:07,360 YOUR DEVICE IN THE MARKET 3851 02:27:07,360 --> 02:27:07,680 ALREADY. 3852 02:27:07,680 --> 02:27:09,440 >> YEAH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 3853 02:27:09,440 --> 02:27:11,840 ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT TO 3854 02:27:11,840 --> 02:27:14,920 THAT THOUGH, ZANE, THE EUAs 3855 02:27:14,920 --> 02:27:16,560 ARE LIKE PRE-MARKET APPROVALS IN 3856 02:27:16,560 --> 02:27:19,760 A SENSE, AND SO WE'VE CONDUCTED 3857 02:27:19,760 --> 02:27:21,520 EXTENSIVE POST MARKET STUDIES. 3858 02:27:21,520 --> 02:27:24,720 I GIVE A SNAPSHOT FROM THE 3859 02:27:24,720 --> 02:27:30,560 UMass STUDY OVER 7,000 3860 02:27:30,560 --> 02:27:32,200 INDIVIDUALS BINAX, QLIKVIEW, BD, 3861 02:27:32,200 --> 02:27:34,720 ENORMOUS VAST AMOUNTS OF DATA 3862 02:27:34,720 --> 02:27:36,920 WITH COMPARATOR, SO YOU WOULD 3863 02:27:36,920 --> 02:27:38,640 THINK MAYBE THE FDA COULD ACCEPT 3864 02:27:38,640 --> 02:27:42,240 THAT AND THEN BRING THEM IN 3865 02:27:42,240 --> 02:27:43,600 THROUGH ESSENTIALLY A PMA WITH 3866 02:27:43,600 --> 02:27:44,640 THAT DATA. 3867 02:27:44,640 --> 02:27:45,880 SO WE'VE ASKED. 3868 02:27:45,880 --> 02:27:48,680 AND WE'RE NOT GIVING UP. 3869 02:27:48,680 --> 02:27:50,040 AND THEY WILL BE EVALUATING. 3870 02:27:50,040 --> 02:27:52,880 IF WE CAN GET THAT GOING AND GET 3871 02:27:52,880 --> 02:27:56,560 A DE NOVO WITH THOSE, THAT WOULD 3872 02:27:56,560 --> 02:28:05,560 REALLY HELP ADVANCE AND 3873 02:28:05,560 --> 02:28:07,640 ACCELERATE THINGS. 3874 02:28:07,640 --> 02:28:08,080 >> MARYELLEN? 3875 02:28:08,080 --> 02:28:11,600 >> YES, I WANT TO MAKE A NOTE ON 3876 02:28:11,600 --> 02:28:12,680 THE MIDRC, I'M ROTATING OFF, I 3877 02:28:12,680 --> 02:28:15,280 WANT TO GIVE A PUBLIC THANK YOU 3878 02:28:15,280 --> 02:28:17,920 TO NIBIB FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP 3879 02:28:17,920 --> 02:28:19,240 AND SUPPORT. 3880 02:28:19,240 --> 02:28:20,760 MIDRC COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED 3881 02:28:20,760 --> 02:28:21,880 WITHOUT THAT. 3882 02:28:21,880 --> 02:28:24,920 AND AS WE BUILT THE PLANE WHILE 3883 02:28:24,920 --> 02:28:26,080 FLYING IT, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A 3884 02:28:26,080 --> 02:28:29,200 LOT, WE HAVE A LOT MORE STILL TO 3885 02:28:29,200 --> 02:28:29,720 ACCOMPLISH. 3886 02:28:29,720 --> 02:28:31,160 I'M HAPPY TO REPORT ON THAT ON 3887 02:28:31,160 --> 02:28:33,160 THAT FINAL NUMBER OF CURRENT 3888 02:28:33,160 --> 02:28:35,000 IMAGING STUDIES, YOU CAN ADD 3889 02:28:35,000 --> 02:28:36,560 5,000 TO THAT NUMBER NOW. 3890 02:28:36,560 --> 02:28:39,960 WE JUST HAD A BIG PUSH. 3891 02:28:39,960 --> 02:28:41,920 AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE 3892 02:28:41,920 --> 02:28:44,040 ADVICE AND LEADERSHIP FROM NIBIB 3893 02:28:44,040 --> 02:28:45,680 ON IT. 3894 02:28:45,680 --> 02:28:46,720 THANK YOU. 3895 02:28:46,720 --> 02:28:47,440 >> THANK YOU. 3896 02:28:47,440 --> 02:28:49,240 IT'S THE PROGRESS JUST IN THE 3897 02:28:49,240 --> 02:28:52,720 LAST QUARTER HAS BEEN STUNNING. 3898 02:28:52,720 --> 02:28:54,280 IT'S JUST REALLY TAKEN OFF. 3899 02:28:54,280 --> 02:28:57,480 THE EFFORT OF EVERYONE IS COMING 3900 02:28:57,480 --> 02:28:57,880 THROUGH. 3901 02:28:57,880 --> 02:28:59,320 EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT. 3902 02:28:59,320 --> 02:29:02,520 SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. 3903 02:29:02,520 --> 02:29:04,400 YES, LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE 3904 02:29:04,400 --> 02:29:08,240 DISCUSSIONS. 3905 02:29:08,240 --> 02:29:11,920 >> THANK YOU, MARYELLEN. 3906 02:29:11,920 --> 02:29:12,240 RANU? 3907 02:29:12,240 --> 02:29:14,720 >> BRUCE, A LOT OF INFORMATION, 3908 02:29:14,720 --> 02:29:16,800 FANTASTIC INFORMATION, AND 3909 02:29:16,800 --> 02:29:18,480 DELIVERED VERY COHERENTLY AND 3910 02:29:18,480 --> 02:29:19,840 UNDERSTANDABLY TO ALL OF US. 3911 02:29:19,840 --> 02:29:21,640 QUESTION FOR YOU, AS I'M LOOKING 3912 02:29:21,640 --> 02:29:24,560 AT THE NEW ARPA STUFF COMING ON 3913 02:29:24,560 --> 02:29:28,680 HERE, ONE I KNOW THE STAGE GATED 3914 02:29:28,680 --> 02:29:31,480 APPROACH WHICH YOU'RE EXPERTS AT 3915 02:29:31,480 --> 02:29:34,880 BUT ARE WE LOOKING AT 3916 02:29:34,880 --> 02:29:38,400 PARTNERSHIPS HERE LIKE TALKING 3917 02:29:38,400 --> 02:29:40,480 WITH NSF AND THINGS HAPPENS, 3918 02:29:40,480 --> 02:29:41,880 MARCH 2023, THEY ARE SAYING 3919 02:29:41,880 --> 02:29:43,560 FIRST CALLS THAT ARE COMING OUT, 3920 02:29:43,560 --> 02:29:45,960 ARE WE LOOKING AT MAYBE EARLY 3921 02:29:45,960 --> 02:29:50,400 ENGAGEMENT FOR THIS ARPA-H MODEL 3922 02:29:50,400 --> 02:29:54,520 THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, CON 3923 02:29:54,520 --> 02:29:56,680 JOINTLY SUPPORTING PROGRAMS, FOR 3924 02:29:56,680 --> 02:29:58,240 EXAMPLE THE MED TECH PROGRAM 3925 02:29:58,240 --> 02:30:01,280 THAT HAS STAGE GATED AND MOVING 3926 02:30:01,280 --> 02:30:02,120 FORWARD? 3927 02:30:02,120 --> 02:30:03,680 >> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD 3928 02:30:03,680 --> 02:30:04,440 QUESTION, RANU. 3929 02:30:04,440 --> 02:30:08,640 I STILL -- I KIND OF FEEL 3930 02:30:08,640 --> 02:30:10,360 LIKE -- IT'S STILL TO BE 3931 02:30:10,360 --> 02:30:11,680 WRITTEN, THAT THE BIG 3932 02:30:11,680 --> 02:30:14,320 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARPA-H WILL BE 3933 02:30:14,320 --> 02:30:18,560 FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SO WE ARE 3934 02:30:18,560 --> 02:30:21,080 COMMUNITIES ENGAGED IN DESIGN 3935 02:30:21,080 --> 02:30:22,200 BUILD TEST PROJECT, ARPA WILL 3936 02:30:22,200 --> 02:30:22,520 SUPPORT THAT. 3937 02:30:22,520 --> 02:30:26,240 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WILL BE 3938 02:30:26,240 --> 02:30:29,280 THAT MUCH INTERMINGLING OR 3939 02:30:29,280 --> 02:30:31,360 INTERMIXING OF RESOURCES AND 3940 02:30:31,360 --> 02:30:31,640 MANAGEMENT. 3941 02:30:31,640 --> 02:30:34,440 I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF 3942 02:30:34,440 --> 02:30:35,960 ATTENTION BEING PAID TO -- 3943 02:30:35,960 --> 02:30:39,040 BECAUSE YOU HEAR A LOT OF VOCAL 3944 02:30:39,040 --> 02:30:40,880 CRITICISMS ABOUT ARPA-H, NEVER 3945 02:30:40,880 --> 02:30:43,840 AT THE NIH, AND SO I THINK THE 3946 02:30:43,840 --> 02:30:47,040 DESIGNERS OF THE ARPA-H PROGRAM 3947 02:30:47,040 --> 02:30:50,280 ARE REALLY BEING CAREFUL, NOT TO 3948 02:30:50,280 --> 02:30:52,160 HAVE IT APPEAR TO BE YET ANOTHER 3949 02:30:52,160 --> 02:30:52,640 NIH PROGRAM AS USUAL. 3950 02:30:52,640 --> 02:30:54,920 I THINK IT WILL BE STOOD UP WITH 3951 02:30:54,920 --> 02:30:58,440 ITS OWN SORT OF INDEPENDENT 3952 02:30:58,440 --> 02:30:59,040 IDENTITY. 3953 02:30:59,040 --> 02:31:01,200 THAT JUST HAPPENS TO NEED OUR 3954 02:31:01,200 --> 02:31:03,200 COMMUNITY TO RESPOND. 3955 02:31:03,200 --> 02:31:04,360 AND TO BE ACTIVE. 3956 02:31:04,360 --> 02:31:07,280 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WILL BE 3957 02:31:07,280 --> 02:31:12,520 TOO MANY INTERACTIONS OR 3958 02:31:12,520 --> 02:31:13,880 COLLABORATIONS WITH NIBIB PER SE 3959 02:31:13,880 --> 02:31:15,160 OTHER THAN STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS 3960 02:31:15,160 --> 02:31:17,640 OR SHARING OF EXPERTISE BUT 3961 02:31:17,640 --> 02:31:19,240 FUNDAMENTALLY IT'S OUR 3962 02:31:19,240 --> 02:31:20,640 COMMUNITY. 3963 02:31:20,640 --> 02:31:21,640 SUSAN'S COMMUNITY, ENGINEERING 3964 02:31:21,640 --> 02:31:23,600 DIRECTORATE AT NSF AND OUR 3965 02:31:23,600 --> 02:31:25,160 COMMUNITY, NIBIB COMMUNITY, I 3966 02:31:25,160 --> 02:31:26,800 HOPE WILL BENEFIT. 3967 02:31:26,800 --> 02:31:28,640 SO WHEREVER IT GOES, WHETHER 3968 02:31:28,640 --> 02:31:31,000 IT'S NIH OR WHO KNOWS IF 3969 02:31:31,000 --> 02:31:33,240 THERE'S -- THIS IS NOT WRITTEN 3970 02:31:33,240 --> 02:31:34,840 IN STONE YET. 3971 02:31:34,840 --> 02:31:37,200 IT'S STILL A POINT OF DISCUSSION 3972 02:31:37,200 --> 02:31:40,040 AND YOU'VE HEARD SOME VERY VOCAL 3973 02:31:40,040 --> 02:31:44,120 OPPONENTS IF OF IN CONGRESS TO 3974 02:31:44,120 --> 02:31:46,520 ULTIMATE ESTABLISHMENT AT NIH. 3975 02:31:46,520 --> 02:31:49,520 I THINK OTHER INSTITUTES THAT 3976 02:31:49,520 --> 02:31:52,080 HAVE NETWORKS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR 3977 02:31:52,080 --> 02:31:57,200 CLINICAL STUDIES IN PLACE MOST 3978 02:31:57,200 --> 02:32:00,120 NOTABLY NCI AND NCATS AND NIAID 3979 02:32:00,120 --> 02:32:08,640 AND NHLBI MAY BE MAY THE MORE 3980 02:32:08,640 --> 02:32:11,040 BENEFICIARIES, FAST TRACKED TO 3981 02:32:11,040 --> 02:32:15,840 ROLL OUT THERAPEUTIC OR 3982 02:32:15,840 --> 02:32:16,840 DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR 3983 02:32:16,840 --> 02:32:17,240 RAPID ASSESSMENT. 3984 02:32:17,240 --> 02:32:19,040 STILL TO BE DETERMINED. 3985 02:32:19,040 --> 02:32:20,320 BUT I THINK FUNDAMENTALLY IT'S 3986 02:32:20,320 --> 02:32:22,400 OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO 3987 02:32:22,400 --> 02:32:23,200 BENEFIT A LOT. 3988 02:32:23,200 --> 02:32:32,680 >> THANK YOU. 3989 02:32:32,680 --> 02:32:33,360 3990 02:32:33,360 --> 02:32:35,920 >> THAT'S ALL THE HANDS THAT ARE 3991 02:32:35,920 --> 02:32:36,280 RAISED. 3992 02:32:36,280 --> 02:32:39,000 SHALL WE TRANSITION TO OUR BRAIN 3993 02:32:39,000 --> 02:32:41,560 REPORT FROM BRUCE ROSEN? 3994 02:32:41,560 --> 02:32:43,720 >> ABSOLUTELY. 3995 02:32:43,720 --> 02:32:44,080 >> OKAY. 3996 02:32:44,080 --> 02:32:47,280 VERY GOOD. 3997 02:32:47,280 --> 02:32:50,520 WE'LL HAVE A BRAIN UPDATE FROM 3998 02:32:50,520 --> 02:32:52,720 BRUCE ROSEN, OUR REPRESENTATIVE 3999 02:32:52,720 --> 02:32:53,800 TO THE BRAIN. 4000 02:32:53,800 --> 02:32:55,880 THANK YOU, BRUCE. 4001 02:32:55,880 --> 02:32:57,200 >> THANKS VERY MUCH. 4002 02:32:57,200 --> 02:33:01,720 THIS REPORT IS A BOOK END TO MY 4003 02:33:01,720 --> 02:33:03,880 EXPERIENCES ON THE COUNCIL. 4004 02:33:03,880 --> 02:33:06,000 I ACTUALLY AT MY INTRODUCTION TO 4005 02:33:06,000 --> 02:33:08,240 THE COUNCIL BEFORE I WAS A 4006 02:33:08,240 --> 02:33:10,640 MEMBER BUT IN PROVIDING A BRAIN 4007 02:33:10,640 --> 02:33:13,640 UPDATE, AND OF COURSE THIS IS MY 4008 02:33:13,640 --> 02:33:14,920 LAST PRESENTATION SO I'M VERY 4009 02:33:14,920 --> 02:33:17,320 HAPPY TO DO THAT AND I'M SURE 4010 02:33:17,320 --> 02:33:19,680 YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME 4011 02:33:19,680 --> 02:33:21,840 FRESH BLOOD WITH THIS. 4012 02:33:21,840 --> 02:33:26,840 LET ME GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY 4013 02:33:26,840 --> 02:33:27,160 SLIDES. 4014 02:33:27,160 --> 02:33:29,080 AND PUT THAT INTO FULL SCREEN. 4015 02:33:29,080 --> 02:33:30,920 OUR TIME IS SHORT. 4016 02:33:30,920 --> 02:33:32,440 APOLOGIES UP FRONT. 4017 02:33:32,440 --> 02:33:38,160 I'LL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH RATHER 4018 02:33:38,160 --> 02:33:38,400 QUICKLY. 4019 02:33:38,400 --> 02:33:42,640 LET'S GO. 4020 02:33:42,640 --> 02:33:43,400 SORRY. 4021 02:33:43,400 --> 02:33:46,880 ONE THING I DID WANT TO JUST 4022 02:33:46,880 --> 02:33:50,080 MENTION, BRAIN IS AT THIS POINT 4023 02:33:50,080 --> 02:33:52,840 ALL OF YOU I KNOW, IS REALLY A 4024 02:33:52,840 --> 02:33:54,680 COLLABORATIVE ADVENTURE FROM A 4025 02:33:54,680 --> 02:33:56,240 LARGE NUMBER OF INSTITUTES, AND 4026 02:33:56,240 --> 02:34:01,280 YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF PROGRAM 4027 02:34:01,280 --> 02:34:05,440 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE 4028 02:34:05,440 --> 02:34:07,600 NEUROSCIENCE ORIENTED INSTITUTES 4029 02:34:07,600 --> 02:34:08,160 INVOLVED. 4030 02:34:08,160 --> 02:34:12,120 OF COURSE, NIBIB IS VERY WELL 4031 02:34:12,120 --> 02:34:14,840 REPRESENTED AMONGST THIS GROUP. 4032 02:34:14,840 --> 02:34:16,440 AND THESE PROGRAM OFFICERS ARE 4033 02:34:16,440 --> 02:34:20,200 ORGANIZED IN A NUMBER OF TEAMS, 4034 02:34:20,200 --> 02:34:22,160 EVERYTHING FROM INDIVIDUAL CELLS 4035 02:34:22,160 --> 02:34:23,480 AND CIRCUITS TO DATA, 4036 02:34:23,480 --> 02:34:27,520 INFORMATICS, AND NOW A NEW TEAM 4037 02:34:27,520 --> 02:34:32,720 FOCUSED ON THE NON-HUMAN PRIMATE 4038 02:34:32,720 --> 02:34:34,960 MARMOSET MODELS. 4039 02:34:34,960 --> 02:34:37,840 BUDGET-WISE THIS HAS BEEN A 4040 02:34:37,840 --> 02:34:39,680 SUCCESS STORY FROM BRAIN'S 4041 02:34:39,680 --> 02:34:40,280 PERSPECTIVE. 4042 02:34:40,280 --> 02:34:41,280 >> BRUCE? 4043 02:34:41,280 --> 02:34:41,920 >> YEAH? 4044 02:34:41,920 --> 02:34:42,440 >> DAVID GEORGE. 4045 02:34:42,440 --> 02:34:44,400 MAY I INTERRUPT? 4046 02:34:44,400 --> 02:34:45,640 I'M SEEING A ZOOMED IN VERSION. 4047 02:34:45,640 --> 02:34:48,800 I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS CAN 4048 02:34:48,800 --> 02:34:52,360 COMMENT, LIKE ABOUT THE TOP 50% 4049 02:34:52,360 --> 02:34:53,480 LEFT OF YOUR SLIDES. 4050 02:34:53,480 --> 02:34:54,880 PERHAPS YOU COULD SHARE AND 4051 02:34:54,880 --> 02:35:00,480 UNSHARE AND MAYBE IT WILL COME 4052 02:35:00,480 --> 02:35:00,680 IN. 4053 02:35:00,680 --> 02:35:09,680 >> ARE YOU IN PRESENTATION MODE? 4054 02:35:09,680 --> 02:35:10,840 >> THAT'S BETTER. 4055 02:35:10,840 --> 02:35:12,880 WE CAN SEE YOUR NOTES BUT WE CAN 4056 02:35:12,880 --> 02:35:15,040 SEE THE SLIDES. 4057 02:35:15,040 --> 02:35:16,920 >> LET'S LEAVE IT IT THAT WAY. 4058 02:35:16,920 --> 02:35:19,160 SORRY ABOUT THAT. 4059 02:35:19,160 --> 02:35:21,480 >> NO WORRIES. 4060 02:35:21,480 --> 02:35:22,320 >> SURE. 4061 02:35:22,320 --> 02:35:27,440 >> JUST TO NOTE WHEN "BRAIN" WAS 4062 02:35:27,440 --> 02:35:28,440 FIRST CONCEPTUALIZED, THE HOPE 4063 02:35:28,440 --> 02:35:30,200 WAS, AND REALLY JUST A HOPE, 4064 02:35:30,200 --> 02:35:33,480 THEY WOULD REACH SOMETHING CLOSE 4065 02:35:33,480 --> 02:35:36,080 TO $500 MILLION A YEAR. 4066 02:35:36,080 --> 02:35:39,760 AND REMARKABLY THEY HAVE MANAGED 4067 02:35:39,760 --> 02:35:42,240 TO HIT THAT TARGET. 4068 02:35:42,240 --> 02:35:45,520 AND AS YOU CAN SEE FUTURE YEARS, 4069 02:35:45,520 --> 02:35:47,160 THERE'S ESTIMATED TO BE A 4070 02:35:47,160 --> 02:35:48,960 SIGNIFICANT BUMP UP. 4071 02:35:48,960 --> 02:35:52,000 I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT LATER 4072 02:35:52,000 --> 02:35:55,720 ABOUT HOW THOSE RESOURCES WILL 4073 02:35:55,720 --> 02:35:57,440 BE USED, BUT IT'S BEEN 4074 02:35:57,440 --> 02:36:00,320 IMPRESSIVE THAT THE GROUP HAS 4075 02:36:00,320 --> 02:36:03,680 MANAGED TO GET THE MANDATE FROM 4076 02:36:03,680 --> 02:36:09,080 MANY SOURCES TO BE ABLE TO HIT 4077 02:36:09,080 --> 02:36:12,680 ITS ORIGINAL TARGET OF HALF A 4078 02:36:12,680 --> 02:36:14,080 BILLION A YEAR FUNDING. 4079 02:36:14,080 --> 02:36:16,600 THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF 4080 02:36:16,600 --> 02:36:19,280 WORKSHOPS THE "BRAIN" GROUP HAS 4081 02:36:19,280 --> 02:36:22,880 ORGANIZED OVER THE YEARS. 4082 02:36:22,880 --> 02:36:23,960 AND SOME ESPECIALLY RECENTLY, 4083 02:36:23,960 --> 02:36:25,480 SUSAN, WE MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT 4084 02:36:25,480 --> 02:36:29,000 IT THE LAST COUNCIL, I WON'T 4085 02:36:29,000 --> 02:36:32,480 REVIEW, IS SERIES OF WORKSHOPS 4086 02:36:32,480 --> 02:36:35,760 ON THE HUMAN CELL CENSUS, WE'LL 4087 02:36:35,760 --> 02:36:38,640 TALK ABOUT THAT, AND BRAIN 4088 02:36:38,640 --> 02:36:39,840 CONNECTIVITY, BOTH RELATE TO THE 4089 02:36:39,840 --> 02:36:43,440 GOALS THAT WILL COME UP LATER. 4090 02:36:43,440 --> 02:36:47,360 OF COURSE THERE WAS A SERIES 4091 02:36:47,360 --> 02:36:51,520 FOCUSED ON NON-INVASIVE IMAGING 4092 02:36:51,520 --> 02:36:54,000 TECHNOLOGIES LED BY NIBIB 4093 02:36:54,000 --> 02:36:56,200 PROGRAM CENTER, STAY TUNED TO 4094 02:36:56,200 --> 02:36:58,520 THIS, THERE MAY WELL BE A 4095 02:36:58,520 --> 02:36:59,840 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WILL 4096 02:36:59,840 --> 02:37:02,000 COME OUT FROM THIS WORK IN THE 4097 02:37:02,000 --> 02:37:05,080 FUTURE BUT THIS I THINK LAST ONE 4098 02:37:05,080 --> 02:37:14,480 WILL BE OF CERTAIN INTEREST TO 4099 02:37:14,480 --> 02:37:16,200 NIBIB COMMUNITY. 4100 02:37:16,200 --> 02:37:18,880 MORE RECENT WORKSHOPS, ONE ON 4101 02:37:18,880 --> 02:37:20,520 QUANTIFICATION OF MEASUREMENTS 4102 02:37:20,520 --> 02:37:23,520 OF BEHAVIOR, AND SECOND FOCUSED 4103 02:37:23,520 --> 02:37:25,480 ON IMAGING THE BRAIN ACROSS THE 4104 02:37:25,480 --> 02:37:26,440 LIFESPAN. 4105 02:37:26,440 --> 02:37:29,560 BOTH OF THESE WILL ALSO HAVE 4106 02:37:29,560 --> 02:37:33,600 RELEVANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 4107 02:37:33,600 --> 02:37:35,200 CERTAINLY IN THE BRAIN BEHAVIOR 4108 02:37:35,200 --> 02:37:38,080 LINKAGE, ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO 4109 02:37:38,080 --> 02:37:40,280 BE ABLE TO CAPTURE NEURAL 4110 02:37:40,280 --> 02:37:43,360 ACTIVITY AND BEHAVIORS IN REAL 4111 02:37:43,360 --> 02:37:45,840 TIME AND USE THIS TO DEVELOP 4112 02:37:45,840 --> 02:37:48,400 CLOSED LOOP MODELS. 4113 02:37:48,400 --> 02:37:50,000 THIS CERTAINLY IS DOMAIN WHERE 4114 02:37:50,000 --> 02:37:52,280 NOVEL TOOL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE 4115 02:37:52,280 --> 02:37:53,440 CRITICAL. 4116 02:37:53,440 --> 02:37:55,080 HERE'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME 4117 02:37:55,080 --> 02:37:58,000 OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING, 4118 02:37:58,000 --> 02:38:00,320 ONGOING HERE, AND YOU CAN SEE 4119 02:38:00,320 --> 02:38:02,600 THAT THEY VISUALIZE THIS VERY 4120 02:38:02,600 --> 02:38:05,280 MUCH FOCUSED ON TECHNOLOGICAL 4121 02:38:05,280 --> 02:38:07,320 NEEDS FOR MINIATURIZATION, 4122 02:38:07,320 --> 02:38:09,960 CLOSED LOOP, NOVEL SENSORS, DATA 4123 02:38:09,960 --> 02:38:12,840 SYNCHRONIZATION, AS WELL AS 4124 02:38:12,840 --> 02:38:14,800 COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK, NIBIB 4125 02:38:14,800 --> 02:38:16,440 PROGRAM OFFICER GRACE TANG HAS 4126 02:38:16,440 --> 02:38:18,720 BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS 4127 02:38:18,720 --> 02:38:21,560 WITH BOTH DATA INFRASTRUCTURE, 4128 02:38:21,560 --> 02:38:22,520 MACHINE LEARNING, A.I. 4129 02:38:22,520 --> 02:38:23,560 APPROACHES, ET CETERA. 4130 02:38:23,560 --> 02:38:25,160 OUR COMMUNITY HAS A LOT TO OFFER 4131 02:38:25,160 --> 02:38:26,120 THIS PROGRAM. 4132 02:38:26,120 --> 02:38:30,960 I JUST DID WANT TO SHOUT OUT FOR 4133 02:38:30,960 --> 02:38:34,800 BRUCE TROMBERG THE IMPORTANCE OF 4134 02:38:34,800 --> 02:38:35,920 OPTICAL TECHNIQUES, IN THESE 4135 02:38:35,920 --> 02:38:41,480 MEASUREMENTS, THIS IS A NICE 4136 02:38:41,480 --> 02:38:44,560 EXAMPLE RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN 4137 02:38:44,560 --> 02:38:47,920 NEURON, OPTICAL TOMB TO MEASURE 4138 02:38:47,920 --> 02:38:51,640 BOTH BEHAVIOR AND CIRCUIT 4139 02:38:51,640 --> 02:38:53,640 FUNCTION, WITH DIRECT RECORDING 4140 02:38:53,640 --> 02:38:57,160 OF NEURONAL BEHAVIOR, AS WELL AS 4141 02:38:57,160 --> 02:39:02,040 BEHAVIOR OF THE ANIMAL 4142 02:39:02,040 --> 02:39:06,200 MACROSCOPICALLY, ALL USING 4143 02:39:06,200 --> 02:39:07,760 OPTICAL SENSING TECHNIQUES. 4144 02:39:07,760 --> 02:39:10,040 ACROSS THE LIFESPAN IS ANOTHER 4145 02:39:10,040 --> 02:39:14,000 DOMAIN THAT BRAIN IS MOVING 4146 02:39:14,000 --> 02:39:14,200 TOWARDS. 4147 02:39:14,200 --> 02:39:15,960 I HIGHLIGHTED HERE THINGS AGAIN 4148 02:39:15,960 --> 02:39:19,320 OF INTEREST TO THIS COMMUNITY. 4149 02:39:19,320 --> 02:39:20,840 AGAIN, THEY ARE INTERESTED AT 4150 02:39:20,840 --> 02:39:23,800 TOOLS AND METHODS TO MEASURE 4151 02:39:23,800 --> 02:39:25,360 CHANGING CELL ACTIVITY, 4152 02:39:25,360 --> 02:39:27,480 CONNECTIVITY, AND ACTIVITY OVER 4153 02:39:27,480 --> 02:39:29,440 TIME LONGITUDINALLY, AND OF 4154 02:39:29,440 --> 02:39:31,480 COURSE TO TRANSLATE THIS INTO 4155 02:39:31,480 --> 02:39:35,120 HUMANS REQUIRES THE USE OF 4156 02:39:35,120 --> 02:39:35,600 NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUES. 4157 02:39:35,600 --> 02:39:39,160 FURTHER WANT TO EXTEND TO FETAL 4158 02:39:39,160 --> 02:39:42,160 AND NEONATAL IMAGING AGAIN, 4159 02:39:42,160 --> 02:39:44,560 DOMAINS THAT NIBIB HAS BEEN 4160 02:39:44,560 --> 02:39:45,200 SPONSORING TECHNOLOGY 4161 02:39:45,200 --> 02:39:46,600 DEVELOPMENT IN OVER THE YEARS. 4162 02:39:46,600 --> 02:39:49,640 AND I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING 4163 02:39:49,640 --> 02:39:51,400 THAT JOHN NGAI, THE MOST RECENT 4164 02:39:51,400 --> 02:39:53,760 MEETING ALSO, GAVE A SHOUT OUT 4165 02:39:53,760 --> 02:39:56,720 TO ULTRA LOW FIELD M.R.'S 4166 02:39:56,720 --> 02:39:58,040 POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGY, AND THIS 4167 02:39:58,040 --> 02:40:00,960 IS ANOTHER DOMAIN THAT'S BEEN 4168 02:40:00,960 --> 02:40:03,040 PIONEERED BY NIBIB AND ITS 4169 02:40:03,040 --> 02:40:03,360 INVESTIGATORS. 4170 02:40:03,360 --> 02:40:05,480 THIS SHOULD BE A WONDERFUL 4171 02:40:05,480 --> 02:40:09,200 APPLICATION OF THAT NOVEL 4172 02:40:09,200 --> 02:40:09,520 TECHNOLOGY. 4173 02:40:09,520 --> 02:40:12,560 BRAIN HAS BEEN WORKING ON A 4174 02:40:12,560 --> 02:40:16,080 NUMBER OF INFORMATICS RELATED 4175 02:40:16,080 --> 02:40:16,720 INITIATIVES. 4176 02:40:16,720 --> 02:40:18,760 ONE, SO CALLED BRAIN WORKS IS TO 4177 02:40:18,760 --> 02:40:21,120 TRY TO ORGANIZE ALL OF THIS DATA 4178 02:40:21,120 --> 02:40:23,200 AND I PULLED UP THIS PICTURE 4179 02:40:23,200 --> 02:40:27,560 THEY SHOWED TO POINT OUT THE 4180 02:40:27,560 --> 02:40:31,200 RELEVANCE, YOU NOTICE THE MOST 4181 02:40:31,200 --> 02:40:33,160 PROMINENT DOMAINS HERE, MAGNETIC 4182 02:40:33,160 --> 02:40:34,680 RESONANCE IMAGING BEING ONE, AND 4183 02:40:34,680 --> 02:40:39,720 THAT ALSO INCLUDES OTHER BRAIN 4184 02:40:39,720 --> 02:40:40,520 MAPPING METHODS LIKE 4185 02:40:40,520 --> 02:40:41,640 ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, TECHNIQUES 4186 02:40:41,640 --> 02:40:46,520 FOR BRAIN MAPPING, OPTICAL BASED 4187 02:40:46,520 --> 02:40:55,040 TEX TECHNIQUES AND 4188 02:40:55,040 --> 02:40:59,000 OPTOGENETICS, AND A SHOUT OUT TO 4189 02:40:59,000 --> 02:41:00,320 ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES, SIGNAL 4190 02:41:00,320 --> 02:41:01,840 TO NOISE MADE IT TO THE LIST, 4191 02:41:01,840 --> 02:41:05,520 SOMETHING OUR COMMUNITY OF 4192 02:41:05,520 --> 02:41:08,720 COURSE UNDERSTANDS QUITE WELL. 4193 02:41:08,720 --> 02:41:11,680 FINALLY THE FOCUS OF THE BRAIN 4194 02:41:11,680 --> 02:41:14,520 INITIATIVE ON TOOL BUILDING HAS 4195 02:41:14,520 --> 02:41:17,720 PUSHED THEM TO DEVELOP TOOLS TO 4196 02:41:17,720 --> 02:41:19,360 ALLOW EASY ACCESS TO THE WIDE 4197 02:41:19,360 --> 02:41:21,880 RANGE OF TOOLS THAT ARE BEING 4198 02:41:21,880 --> 02:41:29,080 DEVELOPED FROM "BRAIN," AND THIS 4199 02:41:29,080 --> 02:41:30,080 TOOL MAKERS'S RESOURCE IS BEING 4200 02:41:30,080 --> 02:41:33,040 STOOD UP TO BRING IN ONE PLACE A 4201 02:41:33,040 --> 02:41:37,040 VERY WIDE VARIETY OF 4202 02:41:37,040 --> 02:41:39,560 COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS. 4203 02:41:39,560 --> 02:41:41,480 ANOTHER REALLY INTERESTING AND 4204 02:41:41,480 --> 02:41:43,120 COMPLICATED FACET OF THE BRAIN 4205 02:41:43,120 --> 02:41:45,480 INITIATIVE IS THE ETHICAL 4206 02:41:45,480 --> 02:41:47,400 IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ABILITY TO 4207 02:41:47,400 --> 02:41:49,640 UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN BRAIN AND 4208 02:41:49,640 --> 02:41:51,480 ITS LINKS TO BEHAVIOR. 4209 02:41:51,480 --> 02:42:02,000 FROM THIS HAS COME DEVELOPMENT 4210 02:42:06,200 --> 02:42:10,080 OF NEUROET ETHICS WORKING GROUP, 4211 02:42:10,080 --> 02:42:12,840 ONE THAT'S ESPECIALLY 4212 02:42:12,840 --> 02:42:15,120 INTERESTING, THEY HAD A 4213 02:42:15,120 --> 02:42:18,920 COMPETITION TO ENCOURAGE HIGH 4214 02:42:18,920 --> 02:42:20,520 SCHOOL STUDENTS TO DESCRIBE IN 4215 02:42:20,520 --> 02:42:23,440 BRIEF ESSAYS OR VIDEOS ETHICAL 4216 02:42:23,440 --> 02:42:28,160 IMPLICATIONS OF EMERGING BRAIN 4217 02:42:28,160 --> 02:42:28,480 TECHNOLOGIES. 4218 02:42:28,480 --> 02:42:30,960 AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS AS YOU CAN 4219 02:42:30,960 --> 02:42:34,920 SEE THE DATE OF SUBMISSION IS 4220 02:42:34,920 --> 02:42:37,560 COMING ON, I THINK IT'S JUST ONE 4221 02:42:37,560 --> 02:42:40,480 WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE 4222 02:42:40,480 --> 02:42:42,000 THAT THE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 4223 02:42:42,000 --> 02:42:50,960 HAVE IN THE BRAIN INITIATIVE'S 4224 02:42:50,960 --> 02:42:56,240 WORK. 4225 02:42:56,240 --> 02:42:57,920 LIKE ALL NIH INSTITUTES, 4226 02:42:57,920 --> 02:43:02,800 IMPROVING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND 4227 02:43:02,800 --> 02:43:04,640 INCLUSION, BRAIN HAS A NUMBER OF 4228 02:43:04,640 --> 02:43:05,320 INITIATIVES, TARGETING TRAINING 4229 02:43:05,320 --> 02:43:08,480 OF NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTIFIC 4230 02:43:08,480 --> 02:43:10,880 LEADERS, BRINGING IN NEW 4231 02:43:10,880 --> 02:43:12,200 PARTNERSHIPS, FOSTERING A MORE 4232 02:43:12,200 --> 02:43:14,480 INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT, I'LL JUST 4233 02:43:14,480 --> 02:43:17,040 POINT OUT ONE INTERESTING FACT 4234 02:43:17,040 --> 02:43:20,200 WHEN I SAW THE SLIDES LOOKING 4235 02:43:20,200 --> 02:43:22,920 THROUGH THE DIVERSITY THAT 4236 02:43:22,920 --> 02:43:24,880 ENGINEERING EXPERTISE IS 4237 02:43:24,880 --> 02:43:27,400 CONSIDERED PART OF THE DESIRE 4238 02:43:27,400 --> 02:43:28,840 FOR INCREASING DIVERSITY WITHIN 4239 02:43:28,840 --> 02:43:31,480 THE BRAIN COMMUNITY, AND AT 33% 4240 02:43:31,480 --> 02:43:34,200 NOT DOING BADLY BUT GIVEN THE 4241 02:43:34,200 --> 02:43:35,520 FOCUS ON TOOL BUILDING FOR BRAIN 4242 02:43:35,520 --> 02:43:38,240 I THINK IT'S A DOMAIN WE COULD 4243 02:43:38,240 --> 02:43:39,680 PROBABLY IMPROVE UPON. 4244 02:43:39,680 --> 02:43:42,600 BUT I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE 4245 02:43:42,600 --> 02:43:45,360 INITIATIVE THAT I THOUGHT WAS 4246 02:43:45,360 --> 02:43:46,480 ESPECIALLY INTERESTING THAT 4247 02:43:46,480 --> 02:43:47,880 "BRAIN" HAS BEEN PUSHING, THIS 4248 02:43:47,880 --> 02:43:51,040 IS THIS PLAN FOR ENHANCING 4249 02:43:51,040 --> 02:43:52,000 DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES, NOW A 4250 02:43:52,000 --> 02:43:57,680 REQUIREMENT ON NINE OF THE 4251 02:43:57,680 --> 02:43:58,400 DIFFERENT BRAIN INITIATIVE 4252 02:43:58,400 --> 02:44:02,200 FELLOWS, AND YOU ALSO SEE THAT 4253 02:44:02,200 --> 02:44:03,560 SEVERAL OTHER INSTITUTES, BOTH 4254 02:44:03,560 --> 02:44:05,840 COMMON FUND AND NIBIB, ARE ALSO 4255 02:44:05,840 --> 02:44:09,000 NOW REQUIRING THIS PLAN FOR 4256 02:44:09,000 --> 02:44:10,320 ENHANCING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVE 4257 02:44:10,320 --> 02:44:13,280 REQUIREMENT IN THEIR GRANTS. 4258 02:44:13,280 --> 02:44:17,320 I CAN SAY THAT THIS IS A NEW 4259 02:44:17,320 --> 02:44:18,600 INITIATIVE, BUT THE PROGRAM 4260 02:44:18,600 --> 02:44:21,160 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING 4261 02:44:21,160 --> 02:44:23,440 ACTIVELY TO HELP GUIDE 4262 02:44:23,440 --> 02:44:26,200 INVESTIGATORS TOP COME UP WITH 4263 02:44:26,200 --> 02:44:28,080 CREATIVE IDEAS, TAKING THE 4264 02:44:28,080 --> 02:44:29,600 PLANS, INVESTIGATORS ARE TAKING 4265 02:44:29,600 --> 02:44:34,320 SERIOUSLY, WHEN IT COMES TO 4266 02:44:34,320 --> 02:44:34,760 DETERMINING PAYLINES. 4267 02:44:34,760 --> 02:44:36,240 CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS DEVELOPS 4268 02:44:36,240 --> 02:44:38,600 OVER TIME BUT A CREATIVE 4269 02:44:38,600 --> 02:44:44,480 INITIATIVE AND NICE TO SEE NIBIB 4270 02:44:44,480 --> 02:44:45,160 PARTICIPATING IN IT. 4271 02:44:45,160 --> 02:44:49,560 FINALLY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEW 4272 02:44:49,560 --> 02:44:53,960 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES BRAIN IS 4273 02:44:53,960 --> 02:44:55,120 FOCUSED ON, MANY YOU'VE SEEN 4274 02:44:55,120 --> 02:44:56,560 BEFORE, TWO OF SPECIAL INTEREST 4275 02:44:56,560 --> 02:45:00,760 TO OUR COMMUNITY, ONE IS 4276 02:45:00,760 --> 02:45:01,800 TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE 4277 02:45:01,800 --> 02:45:03,480 DISSEMINATION, MANY ADVANCED 4278 02:45:03,480 --> 02:45:05,280 TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED 4279 02:45:05,280 --> 02:45:10,480 IN BRAIN INVOLVE MECHANICS EVER 4280 02:45:10,480 --> 02:45:17,520 OUR OWN COMMUNITY, DESIGNED TO 4281 02:45:17,520 --> 02:45:21,160 PROMOTE WAYS TO DISSEMINATE TO A 4282 02:45:21,160 --> 02:45:22,840 BROADER COMMUNITY OF USERS, 4283 02:45:22,840 --> 02:45:23,880 IMPORTANT OF BRAIN'S DESIRE TO 4284 02:45:23,880 --> 02:45:25,200 PUSH THIS OUT TO AS BROAD A 4285 02:45:25,200 --> 02:45:26,160 COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE. 4286 02:45:26,160 --> 02:45:32,480 THE OTHER WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT 4287 02:45:32,480 --> 02:45:40,720 MORE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IS BRAIN 4288 02:45:40,720 --> 02:45:40,960 CONNECT. 4289 02:45:40,960 --> 02:45:42,120 BRAIN IS FOCUSING ON SUGGESTION 4290 02:45:42,120 --> 02:45:44,880 THAT CAME FROM THE BRAIN 2.0 4291 02:45:44,880 --> 02:45:47,160 REPORT, THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER 4292 02:45:47,160 --> 02:45:48,600 OF SO CALLED TRANSFORMATIVE 4293 02:45:48,600 --> 02:45:50,880 PROJECTS THAT THE BRAIN 4294 02:45:50,880 --> 02:45:52,760 INITIATIVE COULD INVEST IN, OVER 4295 02:45:52,760 --> 02:45:55,040 THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 4296 02:45:55,040 --> 02:45:56,800 AND THE PROGRAM PEOPLE INVOLVED 4297 02:45:56,800 --> 02:45:58,640 IN BRAIN TOOK THAT VERY 4298 02:45:58,640 --> 02:46:02,160 SERIOUSLY AND CAME UP WITH THREE 4299 02:46:02,160 --> 02:46:02,640 SO-CALLED TRANSFORMATIVE 4300 02:46:02,640 --> 02:46:04,880 PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE FOCUSING 4301 02:46:04,880 --> 02:46:05,680 ON. 4302 02:46:05,680 --> 02:46:10,480 ONE IS TO EXTEND THE BRAIN CELL 4303 02:46:10,480 --> 02:46:11,320 ATLASES TO HUMANS. 4304 02:46:11,320 --> 02:46:15,320 SECOND IS TO USE THAT MOLECULAR 4305 02:46:15,320 --> 02:46:16,920 INFORMATION TO IMPROVE OUR 4306 02:46:16,920 --> 02:46:18,120 PRECISION ACCESS TO THE CELL 4307 02:46:18,120 --> 02:46:19,560 TIMES WITHIN THE BRAIN. 4308 02:46:19,560 --> 02:46:23,960 AND THE THIRD IS TO MAP OUT 4309 02:46:23,960 --> 02:46:25,680 BRAIN CONNECTIVITY. 4310 02:46:25,680 --> 02:46:30,400 SO THE FIRST OF THESE SO-CALLED 4311 02:46:30,400 --> 02:46:34,120 BRAIN ATLAS I THINK IS PERHAPS 4312 02:46:34,120 --> 02:46:35,560 ONE OF THE GREATEST SUCCESS 4313 02:46:35,560 --> 02:46:38,440 STORIES OF THE BRAIN INITIATIVE. 4314 02:46:38,440 --> 02:46:43,520 THE PLAN IS TO BUILD ON THE 4315 02:46:43,520 --> 02:46:46,920 SUCCESS OF THE MOUSE BRAIN ATLAS 4316 02:46:46,920 --> 02:46:50,400 AND SHIFT EMPHASIS TO HUMANS. 4317 02:46:50,400 --> 02:46:53,040 YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ALREADY 4318 02:46:53,040 --> 02:46:54,200 BEEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF 4319 02:46:54,200 --> 02:46:57,120 RESOURCES PUT TO THE BRAIN CELL 4320 02:46:57,120 --> 02:47:03,600 ATLAS, AS WELL AS ITS COMPANION 4321 02:47:03,600 --> 02:47:06,400 CELL ACCESS, ACCELERATED LAUNCH. 4322 02:47:06,400 --> 02:47:10,520 THE CELL CENSUS IS NOW MOVING UP 4323 02:47:10,520 --> 02:47:14,880 SCALE FROM MICE TO NON-HUMAN 4324 02:47:14,880 --> 02:47:16,680 PRIMATES AND TO HUMANS. 4325 02:47:16,680 --> 02:47:19,680 THIS HAS BEEN REALLY A WONDERFUL 4326 02:47:19,680 --> 02:47:22,120 EXAMPLE OF TRUE TEAM SCIENCE. 4327 02:47:22,120 --> 02:47:26,200 YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THIS EXAMPLE 4328 02:47:26,200 --> 02:47:28,960 THERE ARE MORE THAN 250 4329 02:47:28,960 --> 02:47:31,320 INVESTIGATORS INVOLVED, ALMOST 4330 02:47:31,320 --> 02:47:35,280 90 DIFFERENT AFFILIATIONS ACROSS 4331 02:47:35,280 --> 02:47:37,800 ALMOST 50 INSTITUTIONS. 4332 02:47:37,800 --> 02:47:38,840 SCIENTISTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE 4333 02:47:38,840 --> 02:47:40,520 THE U.S. INVOLVED. 4334 02:47:40,520 --> 02:47:43,160 REALLY MAKING QUITE A REMARKABLE 4335 02:47:43,160 --> 02:47:43,440 PROGRESS. 4336 02:47:43,440 --> 02:47:45,120 I THINK THE REAL CHALLENGE FOR 4337 02:47:45,120 --> 02:47:49,200 THE GROUP AND THE FUTURE IS TO 4338 02:47:49,200 --> 02:47:54,680 SCALE UP FOR A MOUSE, TO HUMANS. 4339 02:47:54,680 --> 02:47:56,400 THE KEY, ONE KEY AREA WHERE OUR 4340 02:47:56,400 --> 02:47:58,600 COMMUNITY WILL MAKE AN IMPORTANT 4341 02:47:58,600 --> 02:48:00,120 CONTRIBUTION IS THAT WE'VE MADE 4342 02:48:00,120 --> 02:48:02,400 TREMENDOUS PROGRESS OVER THE 4343 02:48:02,400 --> 02:48:05,280 LAST FEW YEARS IN UNDERSTANDING 4344 02:48:05,280 --> 02:48:06,120 THE MACROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF THE 4345 02:48:06,120 --> 02:48:08,880 BRAIN, THE GOAL TO TRY TO PUT 4346 02:48:08,880 --> 02:48:10,160 THE CELLULAR SCALE INFORMATION 4347 02:48:10,160 --> 02:48:12,240 INTO THE CONTEXT OF THE 4348 02:48:12,240 --> 02:48:14,880 MACROSCOPIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE 4349 02:48:14,880 --> 02:48:15,200 BRAIN. 4350 02:48:15,200 --> 02:48:16,040 SOMEWHAT INTERESTINGLY, I'D SAY 4351 02:48:16,040 --> 02:48:17,840 THIS IS STILL A WORK IN 4352 02:48:17,840 --> 02:48:20,560 PROGRESS, IN TERMS OF HOW THEY 4353 02:48:20,560 --> 02:48:22,120 ARE CONCEPTUALIZING THE HUMAN 4354 02:48:22,120 --> 02:48:24,640 CELL ATLAS BUT IT'S A DOMAIN 4355 02:48:24,640 --> 02:48:26,080 THAT I KNOW NIBIB INVESTIGATORS 4356 02:48:26,080 --> 02:48:30,640 WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTRIBUTE 4357 02:48:30,640 --> 02:48:31,040 TO. 4358 02:48:31,040 --> 02:48:34,480 THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE FROM EARLIER 4359 02:48:34,480 --> 02:48:36,000 STUDIES PERFORMED UNDER THIS, 4360 02:48:36,000 --> 02:48:37,960 BASICALLY SHOWING THAT WE ALL 4361 02:48:37,960 --> 02:48:41,400 KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT 4362 02:48:41,400 --> 02:48:44,080 PARKINSON'S DISEASE IS 4363 02:48:44,080 --> 02:48:44,680 DEGENERATIVE PROCESS INVOLVING 4364 02:48:44,680 --> 02:48:52,440 DOPE DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS, 4365 02:48:52,440 --> 02:48:53,040 IDENTIFYING SUBPOPULATIONS THAT 4366 02:48:53,040 --> 02:48:54,960 SEEM TO BE DISEASE VULNERABLE 4367 02:48:54,960 --> 02:48:59,160 AND OTHERS SEEM TO BE CELL 4368 02:48:59,160 --> 02:48:59,480 PROTECTED. 4369 02:48:59,480 --> 02:49:01,920 SO THIS GIVES SIGNIFICANT HOPE 4370 02:49:01,920 --> 02:49:04,520 THAT BY UNDERSTANDING WE CAN 4371 02:49:04,520 --> 02:49:06,800 THEN UNDERSTAND WHICH NEURONS 4372 02:49:06,800 --> 02:49:09,120 MAY BE PROTECTED, WHAT MOLECULAR 4373 02:49:09,120 --> 02:49:10,640 PROPERTIES ARE, PERHAPS 4374 02:49:10,640 --> 02:49:13,040 SELECTIVELY TARGET THEM THROUGH 4375 02:49:13,040 --> 02:49:15,560 THE CELL ARMAMENTARIUM WORK TO 4376 02:49:15,560 --> 02:49:16,400 ENHANCE THEIR FUNCTION TO 4377 02:49:16,400 --> 02:49:19,200 REPLACE FUNCTION OF THOSE 4378 02:49:19,200 --> 02:49:22,120 NEURONS THAT ARE LOST. 4379 02:49:22,120 --> 02:49:25,040 THIS ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF 4380 02:49:25,040 --> 02:49:29,120 PRECISION ACCESS, ARMAMENTARIUM, 4381 02:49:29,120 --> 02:49:31,080 WITH THE DETAILED INFORMATION ON 4382 02:49:31,080 --> 02:49:33,440 BRAIN CELL SUBTYPES AND 4383 02:49:33,440 --> 02:49:34,800 MOLECULAR UNDERPINNINGS GIVES US 4384 02:49:34,800 --> 02:49:37,320 THE OPPORTUNITY TO TARGET THESE 4385 02:49:37,320 --> 02:49:38,520 CELLS, VERY SELECTIVELY. 4386 02:49:38,520 --> 02:49:40,320 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS 4387 02:49:40,320 --> 02:49:42,480 ON THIS FRONT, BEING ABLE TO 4388 02:49:42,480 --> 02:49:46,600 TARGET BOTH NEURONS AND 4389 02:49:46,600 --> 02:49:48,240 NON-NEURONAL CELLS WITHIN THE 4390 02:49:48,240 --> 02:49:53,400 BRAIN, AND FROM STANDPOINT OF 4391 02:49:53,400 --> 02:49:57,560 HUMAN THERAPEUTICS IT'S A 4392 02:49:57,560 --> 02:50:00,160 REMARKABLY IMPORTANT AND 4393 02:50:00,160 --> 02:50:01,280 POTENTIALLY VERY IMPACTFUL 4394 02:50:01,280 --> 02:50:02,800 DIRECTION THAT WILL COME FROM 4395 02:50:02,800 --> 02:50:04,320 THE BRAIN INITIATIVE. 4396 02:50:04,320 --> 02:50:06,640 AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY 4397 02:50:06,640 --> 02:50:07,840 TALK ABOUT THIS BRAIN CONNECT 4398 02:50:07,840 --> 02:50:09,160 PROJECT, AGAIN THIS IS ONE THAT 4399 02:50:09,160 --> 02:50:11,120 I THINK OUR COMMUNITY WILL HAVE 4400 02:50:11,120 --> 02:50:13,760 A LOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO. 4401 02:50:13,760 --> 02:50:15,840 IT'S REALLY ENVISIONED AS AT 4402 02:50:15,840 --> 02:50:17,040 LEAST A 10-YEAR PROJECT, THE 4403 02:50:17,040 --> 02:50:21,200 FIRST PHASE OF WHICH WILL BE TO 4404 02:50:21,200 --> 02:50:22,520 TRY TO DEVELOP FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS 4405 02:50:22,520 --> 02:50:26,360 TO ALLOW US TO SCALE UP THE 4406 02:50:26,360 --> 02:50:28,000 STUDIES THAT ARE BEING 4407 02:50:28,000 --> 02:50:28,560 PERFORMED. 4408 02:50:28,560 --> 02:50:29,840 AND THEN THE SECOND TEN YEARS 4409 02:50:29,840 --> 02:50:32,440 WILL BE TO ROLL THAT OUT IN 4410 02:50:32,440 --> 02:50:35,440 PRODUCTION, TO BE ABLE TO MAP 4411 02:50:35,440 --> 02:50:36,640 THE ENTIRE BRAIN. 4412 02:50:36,640 --> 02:50:38,240 THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY TWO SCALES 4413 02:50:38,240 --> 02:50:39,480 THAT ARE ENVISIONED. 4414 02:50:39,480 --> 02:50:42,600 ONE IS TO STUDY THE MOUSE AT A 4415 02:50:42,600 --> 02:50:46,040 SYNAPSE BY SYNAPSE LEVEL. 4416 02:50:46,040 --> 02:50:47,440 TYPICALLY WITH ELECTRON 4417 02:50:47,440 --> 02:50:48,360 MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES TO 4418 02:50:48,360 --> 02:50:50,840 LITERALLY MAP EVERY SYNAPSE IN 4419 02:50:50,840 --> 02:50:56,000 THE BRAIN AS CONNECTIVITY TO 4420 02:50:56,000 --> 02:50:57,200 EVERY OTHER, SHOULD BE POSSIBLE 4421 02:50:57,200 --> 02:50:59,440 IN THE NEXT DECADE IN THE MOUSE 4422 02:50:59,440 --> 02:51:04,320 BRAIN, A DAUNTING TASK. 4423 02:51:04,320 --> 02:51:11,240 IN LARGER BRAINS, PRIMATES OR 4424 02:51:11,240 --> 02:51:13,200 NON-HUMAN PRIMATE, AXON LEVEL 4425 02:51:13,200 --> 02:51:15,640 MAP OF CONNECTIVITY, VISION FOR 4426 02:51:15,640 --> 02:51:18,920 HOW BRAIN CONNECTS WILL WORK IN 4427 02:51:18,920 --> 02:51:20,640 THE FIRST FACE TO BUILD CENTERS 4428 02:51:20,640 --> 02:51:24,040 AROUND EACH OF THE TWO SCALES, 4429 02:51:24,040 --> 02:51:25,760 SO SEPARATE SET OF CENTERS ONE 4430 02:51:25,760 --> 02:51:28,120 FOCUSED ON MOUSE, ONE ON LARGER 4431 02:51:28,120 --> 02:51:31,960 BRAINS, AND IN ADDITION TO THESE 4432 02:51:31,960 --> 02:51:33,240 COMPREHENSIVE CENTERS HAVE 4433 02:51:33,240 --> 02:51:35,120 FUNDING FOR SINGLE COMPONENT 4434 02:51:35,120 --> 02:51:37,960 PROJECTS THAT ALLOW NEWER 4435 02:51:37,960 --> 02:51:40,720 TECHNOLOGIES TO BE EVALUATED, 4436 02:51:40,720 --> 02:51:41,920 AND POTENTIALLY RISKIER 4437 02:51:41,920 --> 02:51:45,760 APPROACHES TO BE EVALUATED AND 4438 02:51:45,760 --> 02:51:47,720 BROUGHT INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE 4439 02:51:47,720 --> 02:51:52,240 CENTERS AS THE TECHNOLOGY PROVES 4440 02:51:52,240 --> 02:51:52,520 OUT. 4441 02:51:52,520 --> 02:51:54,600 WHY MIGHT THIS BE IMPORTANT? 4442 02:51:54,600 --> 02:51:57,680 WELL, JOHN RECENTLY SHOWED THAT 4443 02:51:57,680 --> 02:51:59,880 TWO EXAMPLES FROM WORK ON 4444 02:51:59,880 --> 02:52:01,600 IMPROVING DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION 4445 02:52:01,600 --> 02:52:03,400 FOR DEPRESSION, BOTH OF WHICH 4446 02:52:03,400 --> 02:52:06,400 REALLY SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF 4447 02:52:06,400 --> 02:52:09,480 UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTIVITY 4448 02:52:09,480 --> 02:52:13,680 STRUCTURE OF THE BRAIN, ONE AS 4449 02:52:13,680 --> 02:52:17,840 SHOWN HERE BY SHETH ET AL., THE 4450 02:52:17,840 --> 02:52:18,840 SECOND LOOKING AT DEPENDENT 4451 02:52:18,840 --> 02:52:24,400 CHANGES BUT IN EACH CASE HAVING 4452 02:52:24,400 --> 02:52:26,280 PRECISION UNDERSTANDING OF THE 4453 02:52:26,280 --> 02:52:27,480 NETWORKS FOR TARGETING DEEP 4454 02:52:27,480 --> 02:52:30,400 BRAIN TREATMENT WHETHER FOR 4455 02:52:30,400 --> 02:52:31,080 DEPRESSION, NEUROPSYCHIATRIC 4456 02:52:31,080 --> 02:52:31,960 DISORDERS, WHETHER DEEP IN THE 4457 02:52:31,960 --> 02:52:34,920 BRAIN OR IN THE CORTICAL 4458 02:52:34,920 --> 02:52:36,000 SURFACE, THE FUNDAMENTAL WIRING 4459 02:52:36,000 --> 02:52:41,040 DIAGRAM OF THE BRAIN IS STILL 4460 02:52:41,040 --> 02:52:43,760 VERY POORLY UNDERSTOOD, AND IT 4461 02:52:43,760 --> 02:52:45,280 WILL BE QUITE IMPORTANT 4462 02:52:45,280 --> 02:52:46,800 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTRIBUTE 4463 02:52:46,800 --> 02:52:48,800 TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL ALLOW US 4464 02:52:48,800 --> 02:52:52,720 TO ULTIMATELY DEVELOP THESE MAPS 4465 02:52:52,720 --> 02:52:53,360 AND FROM THOSE MAPS IMPROVE. 4466 02:52:53,360 --> 02:52:55,200 WITH THAT I WILL SAY IF YOU'D 4467 02:52:55,200 --> 02:52:58,000 LIKE TO LEARN MORE, SORRY FOR 4468 02:52:58,000 --> 02:52:59,880 RUSHING THROUGH THIS TALK, BUT I 4469 02:52:59,880 --> 02:53:01,840 CONSIDER THESE BRAIN ANNUAL 4470 02:53:01,840 --> 02:53:03,960 MEETINGS TO BE AMONGST THE VERY 4471 02:53:03,960 --> 02:53:04,840 BEST SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS THAT I 4472 02:53:04,840 --> 02:53:06,120 GO TO. 4473 02:53:06,120 --> 02:53:07,440 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING 4474 02:53:07,440 --> 02:53:08,960 MORE ABOUT THAT THE BRAIN 4475 02:53:08,960 --> 02:53:11,680 INITIATIVE IS DOING, SEEING THE 4476 02:53:11,680 --> 02:53:12,920 TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING 4477 02:53:12,920 --> 02:53:15,040 DEVELOPED, I'M GETTING INVOLVED, 4478 02:53:15,040 --> 02:53:17,160 I I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO 4479 02:53:17,160 --> 02:53:19,560 CONSIDER THIS MEETING WHICH IS 4480 02:53:19,560 --> 02:53:24,080 COMING UP IN JUST A MONTH OR SO. 4481 02:53:24,080 --> 02:53:25,840 AND WITH THAT, I'LL STOP 4482 02:53:25,840 --> 02:53:28,000 SHARING, IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW 4483 02:53:28,000 --> 02:53:30,040 BEST TO DO THAT. 4484 02:53:30,040 --> 02:53:32,440 THERE WE GO. 4485 02:53:32,440 --> 02:53:33,840 VERY GOOD. 4486 02:53:33,840 --> 02:53:35,960 THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 4487 02:53:35,960 --> 02:53:36,240 ATTENTION. 4488 02:53:36,240 --> 02:53:38,320 >> THANK YOU, BRUCE. 4489 02:53:38,320 --> 02:53:41,160 >> THANKS, BRUCE. 4490 02:53:41,160 --> 02:53:42,320 PRETTY SPECTACULAR TOUR. 4491 02:53:42,320 --> 02:53:43,560 VERY IMPRESSIVE. 4492 02:53:43,560 --> 02:53:46,840 WE HAVE TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS. 4493 02:53:46,840 --> 02:53:50,600 I SEE A HAND UP. 4494 02:53:50,600 --> 02:53:52,320 >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR BRUCE 4495 02:53:52,320 --> 02:53:53,120 AND BRUCE. 4496 02:53:53,120 --> 02:53:57,600 CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? 4497 02:53:57,600 --> 02:54:02,000 I'VE GOT A PRETTY BAD COLD. 4498 02:54:02,000 --> 02:54:04,720 BRUCE ROSEN, THIS LAST SLIDE YOU 4499 02:54:04,720 --> 02:54:07,360 SHOWED WAS PRETTY INTRIGUING, 4500 02:54:07,360 --> 02:54:10,960 WITH A CLOSED LOOPED DBS. 4501 02:54:10,960 --> 02:54:19,400 CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT A BIT? 4502 02:54:19,400 --> 02:54:20,520 WHAT'S BEING DETECTED, 4503 02:54:20,520 --> 02:54:21,920 STIMULATION, WHAT SIGNAL 4504 02:54:21,920 --> 02:54:24,520 TRIGGERS THE STIMULATION? 4505 02:54:24,520 --> 02:54:25,200 >> WELL, SO, YOU KNOW, THE TRICK 4506 02:54:25,200 --> 02:54:31,120 OF COURSE IS TO BE ABLE TO 4507 02:54:31,120 --> 02:54:31,760 MEASURE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL 4508 02:54:31,760 --> 02:54:32,760 SIGNALS COMING FROM DEEP IN THE 4509 02:54:32,760 --> 02:54:36,640 BRAIN AS WELL AS TO GENERATE 4510 02:54:36,640 --> 02:54:40,080 SIGNALS TO STIMULATE THE BRAIN. 4511 02:54:40,080 --> 02:54:43,840 AND THE TRICK IS THAT YOU HAVE 4512 02:54:43,840 --> 02:54:45,600 TO LOOK FOR SIGNATURES WITHIN 4513 02:54:45,600 --> 02:54:48,880 THE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS COMING 4514 02:54:48,880 --> 02:54:53,520 FROM THERE CORRELATED TO THE 4515 02:54:53,520 --> 02:54:53,840 CHANGE -- 4516 02:54:53,840 --> 02:54:54,200 >> (INAUDIBLE). 4517 02:54:54,200 --> 02:54:54,920 >> EXACTLY. 4518 02:54:54,920 --> 02:54:59,280 AS USE THEM AS A WAY TO THEN USE 4519 02:54:59,280 --> 02:55:02,840 THAT TO THEN TRIGGER THE 4520 02:55:02,840 --> 02:55:03,160 STIMULATION. 4521 02:55:03,160 --> 02:55:05,520 THE INTERESTING CHALLENGE OF 4522 02:55:05,520 --> 02:55:06,920 COURSE IS FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE 4523 02:55:06,920 --> 02:55:10,960 OF WHAT THOSE NEURONAL SIGNALS 4524 02:55:10,960 --> 02:55:15,440 ARE TELLING US ABOUT IS REALLY 4525 02:55:15,440 --> 02:55:16,600 EMPIRICAL DETERMINATION. 4526 02:55:16,600 --> 02:55:17,240 LOTS, AGAIN, FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 4527 02:55:17,240 --> 02:55:18,480 TO DO. 4528 02:55:18,480 --> 02:55:20,840 LOTS OF APPLICATIONS FOR A.I. TO 4529 02:55:20,840 --> 02:55:23,000 BE ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH THE 4530 02:55:23,000 --> 02:55:24,640 COMPLEX DATA THAT'S COMING OUT 4531 02:55:24,640 --> 02:55:26,160 BUT I THINK INCREASINGLY THIS IS 4532 02:55:26,160 --> 02:55:27,720 HOW THESE DEEP BRAIN STIMULATORS 4533 02:55:27,720 --> 02:55:28,480 ARE BEING BUILT. 4534 02:55:28,480 --> 02:55:30,560 I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE AND MORE 4535 02:55:30,560 --> 02:55:33,120 OF THESE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS 4536 02:55:33,120 --> 02:55:33,960 COMING ONLINE. 4537 02:55:33,960 --> 02:55:34,480 >> OKAY. 4538 02:55:34,480 --> 02:55:35,720 THANK YOU. 4539 02:55:35,720 --> 02:55:39,560 A QUICK QUESTION FOR BRUCE T. 4540 02:55:39,560 --> 02:55:42,800 BRUCE, I JOINED A BIT LATE, AS 4541 02:55:42,800 --> 02:55:45,360 JILL WAS CONCLUDING HER REMARKS. 4542 02:55:45,360 --> 02:55:49,400 BUT I THINK YOU SAID THAT THE 4543 02:55:49,400 --> 02:55:53,680 EVENTUAL SITE OF ARPA-H IS NOT A 4544 02:55:53,680 --> 02:55:55,080 SETTLED ISSUE YET, DID I 4545 02:55:55,080 --> 02:55:56,600 UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? 4546 02:55:56,600 --> 02:55:59,480 >> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, ROD, 4547 02:55:59,480 --> 02:55:59,920 YES. 4548 02:55:59,920 --> 02:56:02,680 YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL 4549 02:56:02,680 --> 02:56:05,320 CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ONGOING 4550 02:56:05,320 --> 02:56:07,800 AND SOME HAVE EXPRESSED VOCALLY 4551 02:56:07,800 --> 02:56:09,560 THEIR CONCERN ABOUT HOUSING IT 4552 02:56:09,560 --> 02:56:10,000 AT THE NIH. 4553 02:56:10,000 --> 02:56:14,800 I THINK IT IS A PRESIDENTIAL 4554 02:56:14,800 --> 02:56:15,080 PRIORITY. 4555 02:56:15,080 --> 02:56:16,440 AND SO I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY 4556 02:56:16,440 --> 02:56:19,600 A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE IT WILL 4557 02:56:19,600 --> 02:56:20,520 EXIST SOMEPLACE. 4558 02:56:20,520 --> 02:56:22,560 THERE'S BEEN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF 4559 02:56:22,560 --> 02:56:24,960 WORK, PEOPLE HAVE WORKED ALL 4560 02:56:24,960 --> 02:56:27,400 ACROSS THE NIH TO DEMONSTRATE 4561 02:56:27,400 --> 02:56:30,320 THE VALUE FOR HOUSING IT AT NIH. 4562 02:56:30,320 --> 02:56:33,840 THERE ARE A LOT OF PRACTICAL 4563 02:56:33,840 --> 02:56:35,360 SYNERGIES, JUST IN TERMS OF 4564 02:56:35,360 --> 02:56:38,920 BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THE 4565 02:56:38,920 --> 02:56:41,080 BUREAUCRACY OF SUBMISSION OF 4566 02:56:41,080 --> 02:56:43,800 IDEAS AND AWARDS, AND AS YOU 4567 02:56:43,800 --> 02:56:46,400 KNOW VERY WELL ALL THOSE 4568 02:56:46,400 --> 02:56:47,520 SYNERGIES CAN BE IMMEDIATELY 4569 02:56:47,520 --> 02:56:50,480 UTILIZED TO GET A PROGRAM UP AND 4570 02:56:50,480 --> 02:56:51,000 RUNNING. 4571 02:56:51,000 --> 02:56:54,240 BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S 4572 02:56:54,240 --> 02:56:56,840 NOT A DONE DEAL. 4573 02:56:56,840 --> 02:56:57,640 >> I UNDERSTAND. 4574 02:56:57,640 --> 02:56:59,360 WELL, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH I 4575 02:56:59,360 --> 02:57:03,400 THINK IT WOULD BE A REAL MISSED 4576 02:57:03,400 --> 02:57:06,720 OPPORTUNITY IF IT WASN'T AT THE 4577 02:57:06,720 --> 02:57:07,000 NIH. 4578 02:57:07,000 --> 02:57:08,800 >> AND THAT'S -- YOU SHOULD ADD 4579 02:57:08,800 --> 02:57:14,680 YOUR VOICE TO THAT. 4580 02:57:14,680 --> 02:57:17,320 THAT'S CERTAINLY -- IT'S A TOPIC 4581 02:57:17,320 --> 02:57:20,720 THAT'S UNDER PRETTY INTENSIVE 4582 02:57:20,720 --> 02:57:21,120 DISCUSSION. 4583 02:57:21,120 --> 02:57:22,640 >> THANK YOU. 4584 02:57:22,640 --> 02:57:23,720 GREAT JOB, BRUCE. 4585 02:57:23,720 --> 02:57:26,280 >> THANKS. 4586 02:57:26,280 --> 02:57:31,200 4587 02:57:31,200 --> 02:57:32,480 >> THANK YOU. 4588 02:57:32,480 --> 02:57:35,560 SEEING NO MORE QUESTIONS OR 4589 02:57:35,560 --> 02:57:37,480 COMMENTS, BRUCE TROMBERG, BEFORE 4590 02:57:37,480 --> 02:57:40,320 WE ADJOURN WOULD YOU LIKE TO 4591 02:57:40,320 --> 02:57:41,480 MAKE ANY FINAL REMARKS? 4592 02:57:41,480 --> 02:57:43,120 BEFORE WE ADJOURN OPEN SESSION, 4593 02:57:43,120 --> 02:57:44,320 I SHOULD CLARIFY. 4594 02:57:44,320 --> 02:57:44,600 >> RIGHT. 4595 02:57:44,600 --> 02:57:46,760 YEAH, WE'RE DOING VERY WELL. 4596 02:57:46,760 --> 02:57:49,240 SO, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE 4597 02:57:49,240 --> 02:57:50,560 FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND 4598 02:57:50,560 --> 02:57:53,720 PARTICIPATION IN THIS OPEN 4599 02:57:53,720 --> 02:57:53,960 SESSION. 4600 02:57:53,960 --> 02:57:58,800 AND I GUESS THAT'S FORMAL NOTE 4601 02:57:58,800 --> 02:57:59,160 TO ADJOURN. 4602 02:57:59,160 --> 02:58:01,320 DAVID, DO YOU HAVE AP -- ARE WE 4603 02:58:01,320 --> 02:58:05,880 GOING TO USE OUR 15-MINUTE 4604 02:58:05,880 --> 02:58:06,480 BREAK? 4605 02:58:06,480 --> 02:58:09,440 >> YEAH, LET'S TAKE ABOUT A 4606 02:58:09,440 --> 02:58:14,120 10-MINUTE BREAK, SO BEFORE WE 4607 02:58:14,120 --> 02:58:17,120 ADJOURN LET ME REMIND EVERYONE, 4608 02:58:17,120 --> 02:58:18,720 COUNCIL AND MY COLLEAGUES IN THE 4609 02:58:18,720 --> 02:58:20,160 CLOSED SESSION, IT'S A SEPARATE 4610 02:58:20,160 --> 02:58:21,480 ZOOM MEETING ROOM. 4611 02:58:21,480 --> 02:58:24,160 WE'LL DROP OUT OF THIS AND SO 4612 02:58:24,160 --> 02:58:25,840 LET'S GO FOR 3:10. 4613 02:58:25,840 --> 02:58:27,520 NOW WE'LL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN THE 4614 02:58:27,520 --> 02:58:28,480 OPEN SESSION OF COUNCIL. 4615 02:58:28,480 --> 02:58:31,080 I WANT TO THANK OUR SPECIAL 4616 02:58:31,080 --> 02:58:32,280 GUESTS, BOTH IN THE VIDEO 4617 02:58:32,280 --> 02:58:34,840 CONFERENCE ROOM AND OUR VISITORS 4618 02:58:34,840 --> 02:58:41,840 ONLINE FOR ATTENDING THE 4619 02:58:41,840 --> 02:58:42,080 VIDEOCAST. 4620 02:58:42,080 --> 02:58:43,800 THE OPEN SESSION OF THE 59th 4621 02:58:43,800 --> 02:58:47,000 MEETING OF THE NIBIB NATIONAL 4622 02:58:47,000 --> 02:58:48,000 ADVISORY COUNCIL IS HEREBY 4623 02:58:48,000 --> 00:00:00,000 ADJOURNED.