1 00:00:06,512 --> 00:00:07,746 AREA, SO I'M REALLY, REALLY 2 00:00:07,746 --> 00:00:11,049 EXCITED TO HAVE HIM HERE TODAY. 3 00:00:11,049 --> 00:00:13,118 SO, AS NIBIB DIRECTOR, HE 4 00:00:13,118 --> 00:00:15,420 OVERSEES A PORTFOLIO OF RESEARCH 5 00:00:15,420 --> 00:00:20,559 PROGRAMS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON 6 00:00:20,559 --> 00:00:22,094 DEVELOPING, TRANSLATING, 7 00:00:22,094 --> 00:00:23,829 COMMERCIALIZING ENGINEERING, 8 00:00:23,829 --> 00:00:24,730 PHYSICAL SCIENCE, COMPUTATIONAL 9 00:00:24,730 --> 00:00:26,899 TECHNOLOGIES IN BIOLOGY AND 10 00:00:26,899 --> 00:00:27,332 MEDICINE. 11 00:00:27,332 --> 00:00:31,503 IN ADDITION, HE LEADS THE NIH'S 12 00:00:31,503 --> 00:00:35,774 RAPID ACCELERATION EVER 13 00:00:35,774 --> 00:00:36,341 DIAGNOSTICS TECHNOLOGY, 14 00:00:36,341 --> 00:00:38,510 RADX-TECH INITIATIVE, LAUNCHED 15 00:00:38,510 --> 00:00:41,146 DURING THE PANDEMIC TO INCREASE 16 00:00:41,146 --> 00:00:44,116 SARS-COV-2 TESTING CAPACITY AND 17 00:00:44,116 --> 00:00:46,418 PERFORMANCE, SO THAT'S A REALLY 18 00:00:46,418 --> 00:00:48,820 INTERESTING AND DYNAMIC PROGRAM 19 00:00:48,820 --> 00:00:52,224 THAT HAS SINCE BEEN I THINK 20 00:00:52,224 --> 00:00:53,425 REPURPOSED FOR OTHER 21 00:00:53,425 --> 00:00:54,726 INTERVENTIONS AS WELL. 22 00:00:54,726 --> 00:00:56,895 HE ALSO MAINTAINS AND ACTIVE 23 00:00:56,895 --> 00:00:57,796 RESEARCH LABORATORY THAT'S 24 00:00:57,796 --> 00:01:01,400 FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF 25 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,502 PORTABLE BEDSIDE NON-CONTACT AND 26 00:01:03,502 --> 00:01:05,470 WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 27 00:01:05,470 --> 00:01:07,339 BIOMEDICAL SENSING IMAGING AND 28 00:01:07,339 --> 00:01:07,639 THERAPY. 29 00:01:07,639 --> 00:01:09,174 SO, DR. TROMBERG WILL SPEAK TO 30 00:01:09,174 --> 00:01:09,474 US. 31 00:01:09,474 --> 00:01:11,043 WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR DISCUSSION. 32 00:01:11,043 --> 00:01:13,478 AND THEN THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED 33 00:01:13,478 --> 00:01:16,982 BY A PRESENTATION FROM DR. ROGER 34 00:01:16,982 --> 00:01:18,483 MILLER, OUR OWN NIDCD STAFF, HE 35 00:01:18,483 --> 00:01:19,818 WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT WHAT 36 00:01:19,818 --> 00:01:28,760 WE'RE DOING IN THIS SPACE. 37 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:29,528 WELCOME, BRUCE. 38 00:01:29,528 --> 00:01:31,530 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEB. 39 00:01:31,530 --> 00:01:33,198 AND I GUESS WE'LL GET THE SLIDES 40 00:01:33,198 --> 00:01:34,700 TO COME UP. 41 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:38,437 I CAN'T TALK WITHOUT SLIDES. 42 00:01:38,437 --> 00:01:41,273 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 43 00:01:41,273 --> 00:01:43,542 AS DEB FORESHADOWED MANY POINTS 44 00:01:43,542 --> 00:01:45,978 IN MY TALK, WE'RE THE 45 00:01:45,978 --> 00:01:46,945 ENGINEERING INSTITUTE AT NIH, 46 00:01:46,945 --> 00:01:48,814 BUT AS I'LL SHOW WITH SOME 47 00:01:48,814 --> 00:01:51,216 STATISTICS, YOU GUYS ARE THE 48 00:01:51,216 --> 00:01:54,052 ENGINEERING INSTITUTE AS WELL, 49 00:01:54,052 --> 00:01:55,587 AND SHOULD BE VERY PROUD TO 50 00:01:55,587 --> 00:01:56,888 CLAIM YOUR INVESTMENT IN THAT 51 00:01:56,888 --> 00:01:57,089 AREA. 52 00:01:57,089 --> 00:01:58,991 I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THOSE, AND 53 00:01:58,991 --> 00:02:01,059 I'M EXCITED ALSO TO MEET ROGER. 54 00:02:01,059 --> 00:02:02,894 I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT ROGER. 55 00:02:02,894 --> 00:02:04,563 I'M GOING TO HANG OUT FOR HIS 56 00:02:04,563 --> 00:02:08,934 TALK AFTERWARDS. 57 00:02:08,934 --> 00:02:12,871 SO MANY AREAS OF EXCITING 58 00:02:12,871 --> 00:02:13,205 COLLABORATION. 59 00:02:13,205 --> 00:02:14,973 THE TITLE, OUR GOAL, BRINGING 60 00:02:14,973 --> 00:02:15,507 ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE 61 00:02:15,507 --> 00:02:18,110 TOGETHER, THESE KINDS OF 62 00:02:18,110 --> 00:02:18,910 PARTNERSHIP, I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL 63 00:02:18,910 --> 00:02:20,646 ENGAGING IN THESE AND FAMILIAR. 64 00:02:20,646 --> 00:02:22,314 I'M GOING BACK A LITTLE BIT IN 65 00:02:22,314 --> 00:02:22,681 HISTORY. 66 00:02:22,681 --> 00:02:27,919 IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY. 67 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:29,855 WE HAVEN'T HAD NATIONALLY KIND 68 00:02:29,855 --> 00:02:30,756 OF DRIVE AND INCENTIVES FOR 69 00:02:30,756 --> 00:02:31,957 BUILDING THESE KINDS OF 70 00:02:31,957 --> 00:02:34,459 PARTNERSHIPS SO I'LL GO INTO THE 71 00:02:34,459 --> 00:02:36,028 ORIGINS OF THIS, TALK ABOUT OUR 72 00:02:36,028 --> 00:02:37,729 PORTFOLIOS, THINGS WE HAVE IN 73 00:02:37,729 --> 00:02:38,630 COMMON, OPPORTUNITIES FOR 74 00:02:38,630 --> 00:02:42,367 COLLABORATION, IN A SEMI RANDOM 75 00:02:42,367 --> 00:02:42,768 WAY. 76 00:02:42,768 --> 00:02:43,468 I HAVEN'T SYSTEMATICALLY GONE 77 00:02:43,468 --> 00:02:45,837 OVER THESE, AND HOPEFULLY THAT 78 00:02:45,837 --> 00:02:46,405 WILL STIMULATION DISCUSSION. 79 00:02:46,405 --> 00:02:48,707 FIRST, I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 80 00:02:48,707 --> 00:02:52,044 CREATION STORY OF NIBIB, IT WAS 81 00:02:52,044 --> 00:02:53,178 PRETTY IMPROBABLE. 82 00:02:53,178 --> 00:02:54,112 NOBODY REALLY WANTED THIS 83 00:02:54,112 --> 00:02:55,981 INSTITUTE TO FORM, THE NIH 84 00:02:55,981 --> 00:02:58,150 DIRECTOR AT THE TIME HAROLD 85 00:02:58,150 --> 00:03:00,619 VARMUS WAS TOTALLY OPPOSED AND 86 00:03:00,619 --> 00:03:02,721 USED STRONG LANGUAGE AT THE TIME 87 00:03:02,721 --> 00:03:07,292 TO SAY NO NEW INSTITUTES, NO 88 00:03:07,292 --> 00:03:08,627 NIBIB. 89 00:03:08,627 --> 00:03:09,828 BUT MIRACULOUSLY, DECEMBER 29, 90 00:03:09,828 --> 00:03:14,633 2000, PRESIDENT CLINTON SIGNED 91 00:03:14,633 --> 00:03:17,836 INTO LAW THIS HR-1795, WHICH 92 00:03:17,836 --> 00:03:21,973 SAID THAT CONGRESS REALLY -- THE 93 00:03:21,973 --> 00:03:23,975 LANGUAGE HERE IS PRESCIENT, IT'S 94 00:03:23,975 --> 00:03:24,843 SURPRISING FOR LANGUAGE WRITTEN 95 00:03:24,843 --> 00:03:31,316 IN THE LATE '90s, THE FIELD IS 96 00:03:31,316 --> 00:03:32,951 CRITICAL TO IMPROVING HEALTH 97 00:03:32,951 --> 00:03:35,253 CARE BUT FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT 98 00:03:35,253 --> 00:03:35,921 FROM RESEARCH IN MOLECULAR 99 00:03:35,921 --> 00:03:37,556 BIOLOGY, ON WHICH THE CURRENT 100 00:03:37,556 --> 00:03:39,191 NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES AT 101 00:03:39,191 --> 00:03:40,926 THE NIH ARE BASED. 102 00:03:40,926 --> 00:03:42,561 SO, THAT WAS CERTAINLY AN 103 00:03:42,561 --> 00:03:43,261 OBSERVATION OF TECHNOLOGY 104 00:03:43,261 --> 00:03:44,096 COMMUNITY. 105 00:03:44,096 --> 00:03:46,198 WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY ELSE 106 00:03:46,198 --> 00:03:47,733 FELT LIKE THAT. 107 00:03:47,733 --> 00:03:49,901 BUT FROM THE COMING TOGETHER OF 108 00:03:49,901 --> 00:03:53,305 THE ENGINEERING AND THE IMAGING 109 00:03:53,305 --> 00:03:55,140 COMMUNITIES, THIS REALLY 110 00:03:55,140 --> 00:03:56,041 PROVIDED THE KEY DRIVING FORCE 111 00:03:56,041 --> 00:03:57,476 TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 112 00:03:57,476 --> 00:03:59,778 SO, YOU KNOW, THIS GOES ON, TO 113 00:03:59,778 --> 00:04:01,947 ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW 114 00:04:01,947 --> 00:04:04,616 TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR 115 00:04:04,616 --> 00:04:06,351 THE 21ST CENTURY, THESE 116 00:04:06,351 --> 00:04:07,886 DISCIPLINES REQUIRE AN IDENTITY 117 00:04:07,886 --> 00:04:09,321 AND RESEARCH HOME AT THE NIH 118 00:04:09,321 --> 00:04:12,257 THAT'S INDEPENDENT OF THE 119 00:04:12,257 --> 00:04:13,091 EXISTING STRUCTURE. 120 00:04:13,091 --> 00:04:14,893 SO, THIS SEEMED LIKE, YOU KNOW, 121 00:04:14,893 --> 00:04:15,961 A POWERFUL STATEMENT AT THE 122 00:04:15,961 --> 00:04:16,161 TIME. 123 00:04:16,161 --> 00:04:17,829 NOBODY KNEW WHERE THIS WAS GOING 124 00:04:17,829 --> 00:04:18,830 TO GO. 125 00:04:18,830 --> 00:04:22,868 IN THE MIDDLE PLOT YOU SEE WHEN 126 00:04:22,868 --> 00:04:24,703 NIBIB WAS ESTABLISHED, AND WHAT 127 00:04:24,703 --> 00:04:26,338 WE'RE PLOTTING ON THE Y-AXIS IS 128 00:04:26,338 --> 00:04:27,939 THE CUMULATIVE GROWTH OF THE 129 00:04:27,939 --> 00:04:29,007 NUMBER OF BIOENGINEERING 130 00:04:29,007 --> 00:04:32,511 PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. 131 00:04:32,511 --> 00:04:35,647 WE NOW HAVE OVER 175 -- AROUND 132 00:04:35,647 --> 00:04:38,183 180, 18 5 WHAT WE CALL 133 00:04:38,183 --> 00:04:39,284 ACCREDITED ENGINEERING 134 00:04:39,284 --> 00:04:39,751 ACCREDITED BIOMEDICAL 135 00:04:39,751 --> 00:04:41,653 ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN THE 136 00:04:41,653 --> 00:04:43,555 COUNTRY, MORE THAN 200 GRADUATE 137 00:04:43,555 --> 00:04:44,022 PROGRAMS. 138 00:04:44,022 --> 00:04:46,825 I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH 139 00:04:46,825 --> 00:04:48,160 PROGRAMS AT YOUR INSTITUTIONS, 140 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,228 YOU'VE INTERACTED WITH THEM. 141 00:04:50,228 --> 00:04:54,599 THIS WAS REALLY SYNERGIZED BY A 142 00:04:54,599 --> 00:05:00,105 FOUNDATION CALLED THE WHITAKER 143 00:05:00,105 --> 00:05:01,072 FOUNDATION WHICH INVESTED $760 144 00:05:01,072 --> 00:05:03,675 MILLION IN A 20-YEAR PERIOD, THE 145 00:05:03,675 --> 00:05:05,977 GOAL TO CREATE DEPARTMENTS OF 146 00:05:05,977 --> 00:05:06,978 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. 147 00:05:06,978 --> 00:05:08,380 MAYBE SOME OF YOU WERE 148 00:05:08,380 --> 00:05:10,148 RECIPIENTS OR INVOLVED IN 149 00:05:10,148 --> 00:05:11,817 WHITAKER AWARDS, SUCH A POWERFUL 150 00:05:11,817 --> 00:05:13,985 TRANSFORMATION, BECAUSE THEY 151 00:05:13,985 --> 00:05:15,954 REALLY WANTED TO INTRODUCE THE 152 00:05:15,954 --> 00:05:17,155 DISCIPLINE, DEFINE THE 153 00:05:17,155 --> 00:05:18,790 DISCIPLINE, AND CREATE EXPANSION 154 00:05:18,790 --> 00:05:21,560 ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. 155 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,962 AND WHAT'S HAPPENED AS A RESULT 156 00:05:23,962 --> 00:05:25,664 OF ALL THIS, IF YOU WERE 157 00:05:25,664 --> 00:05:27,766 AFFILIATED WITH THE SCHOOL OF 158 00:05:27,766 --> 00:05:28,867 ENGINEERING IN THE '90s, NO 159 00:05:28,867 --> 00:05:31,469 ONE REALLY WAS WORKING ON HUMAN 160 00:05:31,469 --> 00:05:31,703 HEALTH. 161 00:05:31,703 --> 00:05:33,371 IT WASN'T PART OF STRATEGIC 162 00:05:33,371 --> 00:05:36,942 PLANS, IF YOU'RE NOT IN A 163 00:05:36,942 --> 00:05:38,476 STRATEGIC PLAN YOU DON'T EXIST. 164 00:05:38,476 --> 00:05:39,778 THIS HAS CHANGED COMPLETELY. 165 00:05:39,778 --> 00:05:41,446 HUMAN HEALTH HAS BECOME A TOP 166 00:05:41,446 --> 00:05:43,615 PRIORITY OF ENGINEERING, IF IT'S 167 00:05:43,615 --> 00:05:45,951 NOT ONE, TWO, OR THREE, YOU 168 00:05:45,951 --> 00:05:47,919 KNOW, IT'S NOT A SCHOOL OF 169 00:05:47,919 --> 00:05:49,654 ENGINEERING THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT 170 00:05:49,654 --> 00:05:49,888 IMPACT. 171 00:05:49,888 --> 00:05:51,189 I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY 172 00:05:51,189 --> 00:05:52,924 TREMENDOUS ENERGY AND FOCUS 173 00:05:52,924 --> 00:05:53,592 HERE. 174 00:05:53,592 --> 00:05:54,860 WE ALSO SEE, FINALLY, SCHOOLS OF 175 00:05:54,860 --> 00:05:56,661 MEDICINE ARE A LITTLE SLOW ON 176 00:05:56,661 --> 00:06:00,265 THE UPTAKE, BUT WE SEE SCHOOLS 177 00:06:00,265 --> 00:06:02,467 OF MEDICINE HIRING BIOENGINEERS, 178 00:06:02,467 --> 00:06:03,668 AND CREATING PARTNERSHIPS. 179 00:06:03,668 --> 00:06:08,173 WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE. 180 00:06:08,173 --> 00:06:12,043 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 181 00:06:12,043 --> 00:06:16,047 URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, AND TEXAS 182 00:06:16,047 --> 00:06:20,852 A & M LED BY ROD PETTIGREW. 183 00:06:20,852 --> 00:06:23,054 WE TEACH PHYSIOLOGY FROM A 184 00:06:23,054 --> 00:06:24,022 BIOENGINEER POINT OF VIEW. 185 00:06:24,022 --> 00:06:25,690 IN SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE THERE'S A 186 00:06:25,690 --> 00:06:26,992 SIMILAR APPROACH WHERE MEDICINE 187 00:06:26,992 --> 00:06:28,827 IS TAUGHT FROM AN ENGINEERING 188 00:06:28,827 --> 00:06:30,495 PERSPECTIVE IN THESE TWO 189 00:06:30,495 --> 00:06:32,364 SCHOOLS, AND IN AN EXPANDING 190 00:06:32,364 --> 00:06:33,465 NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND 191 00:06:33,465 --> 00:06:34,866 OPPORTUNITIES AROUND THE 192 00:06:34,866 --> 00:06:35,233 COUNTRY. 193 00:06:35,233 --> 00:06:37,202 ROD CALLS THESE PHYSICIAN YEARS, 194 00:06:37,202 --> 00:06:39,471 AND IT'S A CATCHY NAME. 195 00:06:39,471 --> 00:06:40,805 I THINK IT'S STICKING AT LEAST 196 00:06:40,805 --> 00:06:42,574 WITH THE ENGINEERING COMMUNITY. 197 00:06:42,574 --> 00:06:44,976 I HOPE WE CAN INSPIRE OTHERS TO 198 00:06:44,976 --> 00:06:47,379 THINK ABOUT THAT. 199 00:06:47,379 --> 00:06:51,850 WE ALSO NOT TO MINIMIZE, I MEAN, 200 00:06:51,850 --> 00:06:53,184 MANY, MANY ACADEMIC CENTERS HAVE 201 00:06:53,184 --> 00:06:53,919 CENTERS FOR BIOMEDICAL 202 00:06:53,919 --> 00:06:56,354 ENGINEERING WHICH ARE KIND OF 203 00:06:56,354 --> 00:06:59,090 MATRIX ORGANIZATIONS, SOMETIMES, 204 00:06:59,090 --> 00:07:00,926 EVEN PHYSICAL STRUCTURES THAT 205 00:07:00,926 --> 00:07:02,127 PURPOSEFULLY DESIGN TO BRING 206 00:07:02,127 --> 00:07:04,429 PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A 207 00:07:04,429 --> 00:07:05,196 COLLABORATIVE SENSE. 208 00:07:05,196 --> 00:07:06,197 AND HAVE JOINT APPOINTMENTS. 209 00:07:06,197 --> 00:07:08,466 SO THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY 210 00:07:08,466 --> 00:07:09,567 IMPORTANT THING. 211 00:07:09,567 --> 00:07:12,971 AND ALL OF THIS HAS DRIVEN 212 00:07:12,971 --> 00:07:14,172 INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 213 00:07:14,172 --> 00:07:15,807 AND IS SUBSTANTIALLY DIVERSIFIED 214 00:07:15,807 --> 00:07:17,876 SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERED, SO WE SEE 215 00:07:17,876 --> 00:07:21,613 GEORGIA TECH HAS OVER 50% WOMEN 216 00:07:21,613 --> 00:07:23,481 IN THEIR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 217 00:07:23,481 --> 00:07:24,249 PROGRAM. 218 00:07:24,249 --> 00:07:26,217 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE 219 00:07:26,217 --> 00:07:26,751 PROGRAMS. 220 00:07:26,751 --> 00:07:28,520 SOME CAMPUSES ARE SEEING THIS 221 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,288 EXTEND INTO OTHER ENGINEERING 222 00:07:30,288 --> 00:07:31,156 DEPARTMENTS. 223 00:07:31,156 --> 00:07:35,627 SO IT'S REALLY AFFECTED 224 00:07:35,627 --> 00:07:37,162 BIOENGINEERING, BUT IN 225 00:07:37,162 --> 00:07:38,730 TRADITIONAL AREAS, TOTALLY MALE 226 00:07:38,730 --> 00:07:42,334 DOMINATED, WE'RE SEEING A 227 00:07:42,334 --> 00:07:43,535 TRANSFORMATION, ELECTRICAL 228 00:07:43,535 --> 00:07:44,636 ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL 229 00:07:44,636 --> 00:07:45,270 ENGINEERING, SIGNIFICANT UPTAKE 230 00:07:45,270 --> 00:07:46,471 IN THE APPLICATION AREAS THAT 231 00:07:46,471 --> 00:07:47,672 WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN. 232 00:07:47,672 --> 00:07:50,642 SO NOT ONLY HAS IT DRIVEN 233 00:07:50,642 --> 00:07:51,743 BIOENGINEERING, IT'S CHANGED 234 00:07:51,743 --> 00:07:53,345 ENGINEERING, PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 235 00:07:53,345 --> 00:07:53,945 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, SO WE'RE 236 00:07:53,945 --> 00:07:55,347 PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT. 237 00:07:55,347 --> 00:07:58,083 I DON'T THINK DR. VARMUS 238 00:07:58,083 --> 00:07:59,284 ANTICIPATED THESE KINDS OF 239 00:07:59,284 --> 00:08:01,152 EFFECTS OR IMPACTS. 240 00:08:01,152 --> 00:08:04,956 NOW, WHAT HE DID HOPE FOR, HE 241 00:08:04,956 --> 00:08:06,291 WASN'T AGAINST BIOENGINEERING SO 242 00:08:06,291 --> 00:08:08,026 TO SPEAK, BUT HE THOUGHT IT 243 00:08:08,026 --> 00:08:11,763 COULD RESIDE IN ALL THE 244 00:08:11,763 --> 00:08:12,063 INSTITUTES. 245 00:08:12,063 --> 00:08:12,998 AND THAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENED 246 00:08:12,998 --> 00:08:13,298 TOO. 247 00:08:13,298 --> 00:08:15,834 SO IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE TWO 248 00:08:15,834 --> 00:08:18,770 THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AT 249 00:08:18,770 --> 00:08:19,437 FIRST CONTENTIOUS ACTUALLY 250 00:08:19,437 --> 00:08:21,840 COEXIST AT THE SAME TIME. 251 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,142 SO WE HAVE LESS THAN ROUGHLY A 252 00:08:24,142 --> 00:08:26,378 PERCENT OF THE NIH BUDGET BUT WE 253 00:08:26,378 --> 00:08:28,313 PARTNER AND COLLABORATE WITH AS 254 00:08:28,313 --> 00:08:30,048 MANY NIH INSTITUTES THAT WILL 255 00:08:30,048 --> 00:08:32,784 GIVE US TIME AND ATTENTION. 256 00:08:32,784 --> 00:08:36,021 EVERYBODY WANTS NEW 257 00:08:36,021 --> 00:08:36,421 TECHNOLOGIES. 258 00:08:36,421 --> 00:08:37,922 THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPERS ARE 259 00:08:37,922 --> 00:08:40,658 OFTEN AGNOSTIC ABOUT THEIR 260 00:08:40,658 --> 00:08:41,526 APPLICATIONS, AND HOPEFUL THAT 261 00:08:41,526 --> 00:08:44,496 THEY WILL BE ADOPTED FOR TRUE 262 00:08:44,496 --> 00:08:45,363 SOLUTIONS. 263 00:08:45,363 --> 00:08:48,033 AND SO THIS HAS CREATED A 264 00:08:48,033 --> 00:08:49,434 WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR 265 00:08:49,434 --> 00:08:50,301 PARTNERSHIPS ESPECIALLY WITHIN 266 00:08:50,301 --> 00:08:53,238 NIDCD AND SO MANY OTHER 267 00:08:53,238 --> 00:08:54,139 INSTITUTES, INCLUDING ARPA-H. 268 00:08:54,139 --> 00:08:56,408 I PUT THIS ON THE PLOT. 269 00:08:56,408 --> 00:08:59,477 IF YOU NOTICE, THEIR RECENT 270 00:08:59,477 --> 00:09:00,712 ANNOUNCEMENT, MAYBE YOU'RE NOT 271 00:09:00,712 --> 00:09:05,750 TRACKING BUT PRECISION SURGICAL 272 00:09:05,750 --> 00:09:06,317 INTERVENTIONS, $120 MILLION, 273 00:09:06,317 --> 00:09:08,920 $130 MILLION INVESTED IN THIS 274 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:09,554 GROUNDBREAKING POTENTIALLY 275 00:09:09,554 --> 00:09:11,423 TRANSFORMATIVE INITIATIVE. 276 00:09:11,423 --> 00:09:13,491 NINE AWARDS ANNOUNCED, ALL TO 277 00:09:13,491 --> 00:09:18,396 OUR BIOENGINEERING COMMUNITY, IN 278 00:09:18,396 --> 00:09:21,933 THE AREA OF BIOPHOTONICS AND 279 00:09:21,933 --> 00:09:22,934 OPTICS, WITHOUT THESE 280 00:09:22,934 --> 00:09:24,369 INVESTMENTS BY NIBIB OVER TIME 281 00:09:24,369 --> 00:09:27,505 AND OTHER INSTITUTES IN THESE 282 00:09:27,505 --> 00:09:29,374 TYPES OF TECHNOLOGIES, PSI, 283 00:09:29,374 --> 00:09:30,175 PRECISION SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS 284 00:09:30,175 --> 00:09:31,176 WOULD NEVER HAVE TAKEN OFF. 285 00:09:31,176 --> 00:09:33,878 IT'S THIS KIND OF SYNERGY WE 286 00:09:33,878 --> 00:09:36,514 HOPE TO ACHIEVE. 287 00:09:36,514 --> 00:09:39,050 AND ARPA-H ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR 288 00:09:39,050 --> 00:09:42,454 ABILITY TO MAKE DRAMATIC 289 00:09:42,454 --> 00:09:45,190 INVESTMENTS, SO THAT'S UNHEARD 290 00:09:45,190 --> 00:09:45,824 OF, $120 MILLION SUDDENLY 291 00:09:45,824 --> 00:09:46,825 OVERNIGHT, AND THERE ARE MANY 292 00:09:46,825 --> 00:09:48,159 OTHER PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN LOOK 293 00:09:48,159 --> 00:09:52,097 AT THAT THEY HAVE WITH REALLY 294 00:09:52,097 --> 00:09:53,832 POWERFUL AMBITIONS. 295 00:09:53,832 --> 00:09:54,532 SO QUITE SYNERGISTIC WITH US. 296 00:09:54,532 --> 00:09:55,166 ALL RIGHT. 297 00:09:55,166 --> 00:09:57,469 WHAT IS ALL THIS STUFF? 298 00:09:57,469 --> 00:09:58,770 EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE 299 00:09:58,770 --> 00:10:00,038 ICONOGRAPHY. 300 00:10:00,038 --> 00:10:02,941 THIS IS OUR ICONOGRAPHY FOR WHAT 301 00:10:02,941 --> 00:10:05,643 WE WORK ON, WHAT BOTH NIBIB 302 00:10:05,643 --> 00:10:08,713 SUPPORTS, SO IN TERMS OF FORWARD 303 00:10:08,713 --> 00:10:09,714 LOOKING, BUT ALSO IN REFLECTION. 304 00:10:09,714 --> 00:10:11,883 THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS 305 00:10:11,883 --> 00:10:12,183 DOING. 306 00:10:12,183 --> 00:10:15,286 SO, IN KIND OF THESE FUNDAMENTAL 307 00:10:15,286 --> 00:10:18,556 TECHNOLOGY AREAS, WE WORK ON AND 308 00:10:18,556 --> 00:10:19,190 SUPPORT ENGINEERED BIOLOGIC 309 00:10:19,190 --> 00:10:23,795 SYSTEMS, SO THIS CAN SPAN FROM 310 00:10:23,795 --> 00:10:27,732 MICROPHYSIOLOGIC SYSTEMS, SORT 311 00:10:27,732 --> 00:10:29,267 OF TISSUE CHIPS, SYNTHETIC 312 00:10:29,267 --> 00:10:31,669 BIOLOGY, A RAPIDLY MOVING FIELD, 313 00:10:31,669 --> 00:10:35,106 TO THINK OF CELLS AS INTEGRATED 314 00:10:35,106 --> 00:10:36,741 CIRCUITS, HAVE MATHEMATICAL 315 00:10:36,741 --> 00:10:38,143 MODELING TO FACILITATE 316 00:10:38,143 --> 00:10:39,244 REPROGRAMMING AND REMODELING 317 00:10:39,244 --> 00:10:42,213 BIOLOGIC SYSTEMS AND BIOLOGIC 318 00:10:42,213 --> 00:10:45,283 CELLS, MULTI-CELLULAR SYSTEMS. 319 00:10:45,283 --> 00:10:47,552 NEUROMORPHIC CHIPS, SO BRINGING 320 00:10:47,552 --> 00:10:53,024 COMPUTATIONAL POWER TO NEW 321 00:10:53,024 --> 00:10:53,992 SYSTEMS FUNDAMENTALLY BASED, 322 00:10:53,992 --> 00:10:57,195 ENGINEERED BIOLOGIC SYSTEMS. 323 00:10:57,195 --> 00:11:03,535 WE SUPPORT SENSORS IN POINT OF 324 00:11:03,535 --> 00:11:05,270 CARE DEVICE, BIOPHOTONNIC, 325 00:11:05,270 --> 00:11:05,937 BIOELECTRONIC, BIOACOUSTIC, 326 00:11:05,937 --> 00:11:08,339 WEARABLE, DELIVERED IN HOME 327 00:11:08,339 --> 00:11:09,641 SETTINGS, WEARABLES, WHICH WE'RE 328 00:11:09,641 --> 00:11:11,309 ALL FAMILIAR WITH, PROBABLY MANY 329 00:11:11,309 --> 00:11:15,480 OF US ARE WEARING, BUT ALSO 330 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:16,114 MINIATURIZED TECHNOLOGIES THAT, 331 00:11:16,114 --> 00:11:18,516 YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO HAD TO 332 00:11:18,516 --> 00:11:20,585 BE IN HOSPITALS OR TERTIARY CARE 333 00:11:20,585 --> 00:11:22,387 CENTERS, AND ARE NOW POTENTIALLY 334 00:11:22,387 --> 00:11:25,957 DELIVERABLE IN POINT OF CARE OR 335 00:11:25,957 --> 00:11:26,491 BEDSIDE. 336 00:11:26,491 --> 00:11:28,026 WE ALSO DEVELOPED SPEAKING OF 337 00:11:28,026 --> 00:11:30,662 BIG TECHNOLOGIES, I THINK OF 338 00:11:30,662 --> 00:11:32,030 THOSE AS LITTLE PHYSICS. 339 00:11:32,030 --> 00:11:33,831 WE SUPPORT BIG PHYSICS LIKE THE 340 00:11:33,831 --> 00:11:36,134 BIGGEST PHYSICS, IF YOU'RE 341 00:11:36,134 --> 00:11:38,436 FAMILIAR WITH WHOLE BODY PET 342 00:11:38,436 --> 00:11:39,537 SCANNING, IT LIKES LIKE A 343 00:11:39,537 --> 00:11:44,876 DETECTOR FROM THE LARGE HEDRON 344 00:11:44,876 --> 00:11:50,682 COLLIDER, THE GUTS IS ALMOST 345 00:11:50,682 --> 00:11:51,849 IDENTICAL TO LHC DETECTORS, IT 346 00:11:51,849 --> 00:11:56,020 CAN DO A FULL BODY PET SCAN WITH 347 00:11:56,020 --> 00:11:58,456 HALF A MILLION SIMULATORS IN ITS 348 00:11:58,456 --> 00:11:59,958 DEVICE IN SEVEN MINUTES, 349 00:11:59,958 --> 00:12:00,692 UPDATES, WHOLE BODY, EVERY 350 00:12:00,692 --> 00:12:00,925 SECOND. 351 00:12:00,925 --> 00:12:06,130 CAN YOU LOOK AT THE DYNAMICS OF 352 00:12:06,130 --> 00:12:06,764 CONTRAST AGENTS AND DIAGNOSIS, 353 00:12:06,764 --> 00:12:07,665 IT'S REALLY QUITE POWERFUL. 354 00:12:07,665 --> 00:12:10,602 AND OF COURSE BIG PHYSICS 355 00:12:10,602 --> 00:12:11,836 MRIs, AND OTHER PHYSICS 356 00:12:11,836 --> 00:12:13,571 IMAGING APPROACHES. 357 00:12:13,571 --> 00:12:14,939 WE SUPPORT THERAPEUTICS SYSTEMS, 358 00:12:14,939 --> 00:12:16,641 SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT 359 00:12:16,641 --> 00:12:17,942 AND INTEREST IN PUTTING ENERGY 360 00:12:17,942 --> 00:12:19,577 INTO THE BODY, NOT CUTTING 361 00:12:19,577 --> 00:12:19,877 THINGS OPEN. 362 00:12:19,877 --> 00:12:25,717 THAT CAN BE ULTRASOUND, RF, 363 00:12:25,717 --> 00:12:29,420 MICROWAVE, OPTICAL ENERGY, 364 00:12:29,420 --> 00:12:32,724 DELIVERED IN WAYS 365 00:12:32,724 --> 00:12:34,559 NON-INVASIVELY, MINIMALLY 366 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:35,360 INVASIVELY, IMPLANTABLE. 367 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,831 WE USE AND DEVELOP ROBOTIC 368 00:12:39,831 --> 00:12:40,365 DEVICES, CONTROL NOT ONLY 369 00:12:40,365 --> 00:12:41,266 ELECTROMAGNETIC OR ACOUSTIC 370 00:12:41,266 --> 00:12:44,202 ENERGY YOU ABOUT ALSO MECHANICAL 371 00:12:44,202 --> 00:12:45,970 FORCE, AND SUPPORT ALL OF THOSE 372 00:12:45,970 --> 00:12:46,304 THINGS. 373 00:12:46,304 --> 00:12:49,841 SO IT'S A PRETTY BIG -- LIKE 374 00:12:49,841 --> 00:12:51,309 WE'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. 375 00:12:51,309 --> 00:12:52,343 ONE THING THAT TIES IT TOGETHER 376 00:12:52,343 --> 00:12:55,513 IN THE CENTER IS DATA SCIENCE 377 00:12:55,513 --> 00:12:57,782 MODELING AND COMPUTATION, AND 378 00:12:57,782 --> 00:12:58,883 I'LL GET INTO THAT IN THE TALK. 379 00:12:58,883 --> 00:13:00,318 I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED WHEN I GOT 380 00:13:00,318 --> 00:13:01,753 HERE THAT EVERYBODY WAS SAYING, 381 00:13:01,753 --> 00:13:04,622 OH MY GOD, DATA SCIENCE, IT'S 382 00:13:04,622 --> 00:13:05,790 REALLY IMPORTANT, AND ARTIFICIAL 383 00:13:05,790 --> 00:13:06,557 INTELLIGENCE, AND, YOU KNOW, 384 00:13:06,557 --> 00:13:08,526 THIS IS KIND OF FOUNDATIONAL FOR 385 00:13:08,526 --> 00:13:11,162 ALL OF THE DEVICES AND 386 00:13:11,162 --> 00:13:13,131 TECHNOLOGIES, BOTH TO DO SORT OF 387 00:13:13,131 --> 00:13:15,199 DIGITAL TWINNING IN THEIR DESIGN 388 00:13:15,199 --> 00:13:16,301 AND THEN TO EXTRACT INFORMATION 389 00:13:16,301 --> 00:13:19,037 FROM ANY KINDS OF MEASUREMENTS 390 00:13:19,037 --> 00:13:21,439 OR SYSTEMS THAT THEY PROVIDE. 391 00:13:21,439 --> 00:13:24,609 SO, THIS IS THE WHOLE FIELD. 392 00:13:24,609 --> 00:13:27,445 AND WE DON'T NEED A BIOLOGIC 393 00:13:27,445 --> 00:13:29,614 HYPOTHESIS, SO IF YOU'RE AN 394 00:13:29,614 --> 00:13:31,616 INVESTIGATOR, YOU CAN COME TO 395 00:13:31,616 --> 00:13:33,351 NIBIB WITH CONCEPTS THAT WILL 396 00:13:33,351 --> 00:13:35,353 PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON THESE TYPES 397 00:13:35,353 --> 00:13:36,854 OF APPROACHES, BUT YOU DON'T 398 00:13:36,854 --> 00:13:38,589 HAVE TO TIE IT TO A BIOLOGIC 399 00:13:38,589 --> 00:13:38,890 IDEA. 400 00:13:38,890 --> 00:13:42,460 AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIG 401 00:13:42,460 --> 00:13:44,529 DISTINGUISHING FACTOR BETWEEN 402 00:13:44,529 --> 00:13:47,598 NIBIB AND OTHER INSTITUTES. 403 00:13:47,598 --> 00:13:49,467 SO, WHAT ABOUT THE TOTAL -- I 404 00:13:49,467 --> 00:13:52,103 ALLUDED TO THE IDEA THAT ALL 405 00:13:52,103 --> 00:13:53,071 INSTITUTES ARE INVESTING, AND I 406 00:13:53,071 --> 00:13:56,240 THINK I'M THE ONLY PERSON WHO 407 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:02,513 KEEPS SCORE ON THIS BUT HAPPY TO 408 00:14:02,513 --> 00:14:03,681 SHARE THESE DATA. 409 00:14:03,681 --> 00:14:08,019 IN 2023, IF YOU LOOK AT 410 00:14:08,019 --> 00:14:10,388 INVESTMENTS, WE HAVE RCDC CODES, 411 00:14:10,388 --> 00:14:11,356 COMPOSITES OF HUNDREDS OF 412 00:14:11,356 --> 00:14:14,859 INDIVIDUAL SORT OF WORDS AND 413 00:14:14,859 --> 00:14:15,159 PARAMETERS. 414 00:14:15,159 --> 00:14:17,495 BUT 15% OF THE TOTAL NIH BUDGET 415 00:14:17,495 --> 00:14:18,696 WAS SPENT ON BIOENGINEERING. 416 00:14:18,696 --> 00:14:21,833 THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER $7 417 00:14:21,833 --> 00:14:24,936 BILLION IN 2023. 418 00:14:24,936 --> 00:14:25,536 FIVE-YEAR TOTAL OVER $30 419 00:14:25,536 --> 00:14:26,137 BILLION. 420 00:14:26,137 --> 00:14:29,207 A LOT OF THE POPULAR CONCEPTION 421 00:14:29,207 --> 00:14:32,076 OF NIH IS THAT IT'S NOT THAT 422 00:14:32,076 --> 00:14:33,811 TECHNICAL OF AN AGENCY. 423 00:14:33,811 --> 00:14:36,647 YOU KNOW, BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 424 00:14:36,647 --> 00:14:39,050 OF COURSE, FOUNDATIONAL. 425 00:14:39,050 --> 00:14:39,550 BUT THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL 426 00:14:39,550 --> 00:14:42,653 INVESTMENT ALL ACROSS ALL 427 00:14:42,653 --> 00:14:43,421 INSTITUTES IN THESE 428 00:14:43,421 --> 00:14:44,956 TECHNOLOGIES, AND THIS IS 429 00:14:44,956 --> 00:14:45,523 INCREASING. 430 00:14:45,523 --> 00:14:47,392 YOU KNOW, THIS IS DOUBLE, OUR 431 00:14:47,392 --> 00:14:50,027 DOUBLING RATE IS ABOUT 10 YEARS. 432 00:14:50,027 --> 00:14:55,800 SO, I GUESS 30 YEARS OR SO 433 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:56,200 EVERYTHING WILL BE 434 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:56,901 BIOENGINEERING, I DON'T KNOW IF 435 00:14:56,901 --> 00:14:58,736 YOU'LL HOLD ME TO THAT. 436 00:14:58,736 --> 00:15:00,705 SO, THIS IS KIND OF AN 437 00:15:00,705 --> 00:15:02,707 INTERESTING WAY TO LOOK AT HOW 438 00:15:02,707 --> 00:15:04,442 ALL THE INSTITUTES ARE INVESTING 439 00:15:04,442 --> 00:15:06,411 IN IT LIKE BREAKING THAT $7 440 00:15:06,411 --> 00:15:11,682 BILLION DOWN, OR IN FACT THIS IS 441 00:15:11,682 --> 00:15:13,184 OVER 10-YEAR PERIOD, 2013 TO 442 00:15:13,184 --> 00:15:13,618 2023. 443 00:15:13,618 --> 00:15:15,486 THE BUBBLE SIZE IS THE SIZE OF 444 00:15:15,486 --> 00:15:17,989 THE I.C. APPROPRIATED BUDGET. 445 00:15:17,989 --> 00:15:20,858 YOU SEE NCI AND NIAID, BIG 446 00:15:20,858 --> 00:15:21,092 BUBBLES. 447 00:15:21,092 --> 00:15:22,693 WAY OUT THERE ON THE RIGHT. 448 00:15:22,693 --> 00:15:26,631 LITTLE BUBBLES ON THE LEFT, AND 449 00:15:26,631 --> 00:15:28,633 OF COURSE WE BY DEFINITION, 450 00:15:28,633 --> 00:15:30,268 NIBIB IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER, 451 00:15:30,268 --> 00:15:34,005 BARESICALLY -- BASICALLY ALL OR 452 00:15:34,005 --> 00:15:36,707 FUNDING GOES TO BIOENGINEERING. 453 00:15:36,707 --> 00:15:38,042 THERE'S SOME RCDC CODES, SOME 454 00:15:38,042 --> 00:15:40,011 AREAS OF IMAGING NOT FULLY 455 00:15:40,011 --> 00:15:46,584 CAPTURED IN THAT, SO IT'S NOT 456 00:15:46,584 --> 00:15:47,351 100%. 457 00:15:47,351 --> 00:15:50,188 NIDCD IS TECHNICALLY THE THIRD 458 00:15:50,188 --> 00:15:56,894 IN TERMS OF FRACTION TO 459 00:15:56,894 --> 00:15:57,628 BIOENGINEERING, BEHIND NLM, 20 460 00:15:57,628 --> 00:15:58,196 TO 30%. 461 00:15:58,196 --> 00:16:03,134 NLM IS IN A VERY FOCUSED AREA IN 462 00:16:03,134 --> 00:16:04,135 THEIR INVESTMENTS, INFORMATICS, 463 00:16:04,135 --> 00:16:06,971 ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT, AND SO 464 00:16:06,971 --> 00:16:07,238 FORTH. 465 00:16:07,238 --> 00:16:09,807 NIDCD, YOU CAN CLAIM FROM A 466 00:16:09,807 --> 00:16:11,642 BROAD BASED DEVICE AND 467 00:16:11,642 --> 00:16:13,211 COMPUTATION MODELING, AND ALL OF 468 00:16:13,211 --> 00:16:15,646 THOSE THINGS THAT WERE IN MY 469 00:16:15,646 --> 00:16:18,683 ICONOGRAPHY ABOUT WHAT IS 470 00:16:18,683 --> 00:16:21,419 BIOENGINEERING, NIDCD IS PULLING 471 00:16:21,419 --> 00:16:23,488 THEIR WEIGHT. 472 00:16:23,488 --> 00:16:25,356 ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AREAS 473 00:16:25,356 --> 00:16:27,959 OF COURSE IF YOU'RE LIKE DEB AND 474 00:16:27,959 --> 00:16:29,627 MYSELF, HARDLY A DAY GOES BY 475 00:16:29,627 --> 00:16:32,997 WITHOUT AT LEAST TEN 476 00:16:32,997 --> 00:16:34,665 CONVERSATIONS ON ARTIFICIAL 477 00:16:34,665 --> 00:16:35,533 INTELLIGENCE. 478 00:16:35,533 --> 00:16:38,269 SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT A.I. AND 479 00:16:38,269 --> 00:16:39,136 M.L. INVESTMENTS OVER TIME. 480 00:16:39,136 --> 00:16:44,041 OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND I 481 00:16:44,041 --> 00:16:45,810 NOTE THAT BEFORE 2019 THIS 482 00:16:45,810 --> 00:16:46,711 WASN'T AN RCDC CODE, YOU 483 00:16:46,711 --> 00:16:48,045 COULDN'T EVEN TRACK THIS. 484 00:16:48,045 --> 00:16:58,456 THIS HAS GROWN MORE THAN 485 00:17:00,625 --> 00:17:02,226 THREE-FOLD SINCE 2019,. 486 00:17:02,226 --> 00:17:04,262 $1.5 BILLION, AN AREA THAT'S 487 00:17:04,262 --> 00:17:06,297 QUITE SPECIAL, IT'S LIKE STEAK 488 00:17:06,297 --> 00:17:08,933 AND CABERNET, A GREAT PAIRING, 489 00:17:08,933 --> 00:17:11,435 A.I. AND IMAGING. 490 00:17:11,435 --> 00:17:13,971 THESE TWO ARE ALSO 491 00:17:13,971 --> 00:17:16,374 CO-INVESTMENTS GROWING RAPIDLY. 492 00:17:16,374 --> 00:17:21,646 SO NEARLY FOUR-FOLD, SMALLER 493 00:17:21,646 --> 00:17:22,413 INVESTMENTS, MORE SPECIALIZED 494 00:17:22,413 --> 00:17:23,147 SELECTION, BUT THEY ARE GROWING 495 00:17:23,147 --> 00:17:23,915 VERY FAST. 496 00:17:23,915 --> 00:17:26,350 I'LL DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT OF 497 00:17:26,350 --> 00:17:26,651 THAT. 498 00:17:26,651 --> 00:17:28,085 SO, AGAIN, WITH ALL THE 499 00:17:28,085 --> 00:17:29,620 DISCUSSION OVER A.I., YOU WOULD 500 00:17:29,620 --> 00:17:31,822 HAVE THOUGHT LIKE THIS IS A 501 00:17:31,822 --> 00:17:34,559 TOTALLY NEW THING, BUT THE FIRST 502 00:17:34,559 --> 00:17:38,162 CLEARANCE BY THE FDA FOR A.I. OR 503 00:17:38,162 --> 00:17:39,263 MACHINE LEARNING BASED SOFTWARE 504 00:17:39,263 --> 00:17:43,100 FOR A DEVICE WAS IN NOVEMBER OF 505 00:17:43,100 --> 00:17:43,301 1995. 506 00:17:43,301 --> 00:17:44,535 SO, THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN AROUND 507 00:17:44,535 --> 00:17:49,206 FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. 508 00:17:49,206 --> 00:17:51,509 882 TOTAL CLEARANCES BY FDA FOR 509 00:17:51,509 --> 00:17:54,812 A.I. AND M.L.-ENABLED SOFTWARE 510 00:17:54,812 --> 00:17:56,447 FOR DEVICES. 511 00:17:56,447 --> 00:17:58,316 NOW, WE SEE THE VAST MAJORITY 512 00:17:58,316 --> 00:17:59,717 HAVE BEEN IN RADIOLOGY. 513 00:17:59,717 --> 00:18:03,454 SO, IN THIS WINDOW, ABOUT 77% 514 00:18:03,454 --> 00:18:06,190 FROM 2014 TO 2024, OVER THAT 515 00:18:06,190 --> 00:18:08,492 10-YEAR PERIOD, HAVE BEEN IN 516 00:18:08,492 --> 00:18:08,926 RADIOLOGY. 517 00:18:08,926 --> 00:18:11,028 AND IT CONTINUES TO HAVE THE 518 00:18:11,028 --> 00:18:12,730 HIGHEST NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS 519 00:18:12,730 --> 00:18:15,032 AND THE STEADIEST GROWTH 520 00:18:15,032 --> 00:18:16,033 COMPARED TO OTHER SPECIALTIES. 521 00:18:16,033 --> 00:18:19,437 AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE ORIGIN 522 00:18:19,437 --> 00:18:19,670 OF THAT? 523 00:18:19,670 --> 00:18:21,939 SO, IF YOU'VE EVER MORE THAN 524 00:18:21,939 --> 00:18:25,343 JUST LOOKED AT AN IMAGE A, IF 525 00:18:25,343 --> 00:18:26,978 YOU'VE FORMED AN IMAGE, YOU KNOW 526 00:18:26,978 --> 00:18:28,879 YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT 527 00:18:28,879 --> 00:18:29,413 COMPUTATION. 528 00:18:29,413 --> 00:18:31,515 YOU TAKE SOME SORT OF SOURCE AND 529 00:18:31,515 --> 00:18:33,351 DETECTOR, AND YOU MAKE 530 00:18:33,351 --> 00:18:35,219 MEASUREMENTS, IN MULTIPLE 531 00:18:35,219 --> 00:18:36,320 LOCATIONS, OR THE DETECTOR HAS 532 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,723 BUILD INTO IT A MULTI-SPATIAL OR 533 00:18:38,723 --> 00:18:41,125 TEMPORAL DIMENSIONALITY. 534 00:18:41,125 --> 00:18:43,094 SO, IN ORDER TO MAKE, RENDER 535 00:18:43,094 --> 00:18:44,295 WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU 536 00:18:44,295 --> 00:18:45,296 HAVE TO DO MATH. 537 00:18:45,296 --> 00:18:48,132 AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF 538 00:18:48,132 --> 00:18:49,133 APPROACHES, DEPENDING ON 539 00:18:49,133 --> 00:18:49,367 IMAGING. 540 00:18:49,367 --> 00:18:53,504 YOU MAY HAVE SOME MODELS TO COME 541 00:18:53,504 --> 00:18:56,340 FROM PHYSICS TO HELP YOU 542 00:18:56,340 --> 00:18:57,541 UNDERSTAND INFORMATION CONTENT. 543 00:18:57,541 --> 00:19:01,145 THEY MAY BE STATISTICAL MODELS, 544 00:19:01,145 --> 00:19:02,346 DATA SCIENCE-BASED APPROACHES. 545 00:19:02,346 --> 00:19:04,882 A.I. IS A STATISTICAL METHOD. 546 00:19:04,882 --> 00:19:07,051 AND THE BIG POWER FOR OUR 547 00:19:07,051 --> 00:19:09,020 COMMUNITY FOR A.I. IS YOU CAN'T 548 00:19:09,020 --> 00:19:11,455 MAKE AN IMAGE IF YOU DON'T HAVE 549 00:19:11,455 --> 00:19:14,392 A SIGNAL THAT IS COMING OUT OF A 550 00:19:14,392 --> 00:19:14,692 BACKGROUND. 551 00:19:14,692 --> 00:19:17,662 AND IN A.I. YOU CAN HELP WITH 552 00:19:17,662 --> 00:19:19,864 THE INSTRUMENT, REDUCE THE 553 00:19:19,864 --> 00:19:22,833 BACKGROUND, DROP THE NOISE 554 00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:24,135 FLOORS, ENHANCE INFORMATION 555 00:19:24,135 --> 00:19:25,136 CONSENT AND QUALITY, ROBUSTNESS 556 00:19:25,136 --> 00:19:25,670 OF THE SIGNAL. 557 00:19:25,670 --> 00:19:28,072 AND SO THAT IN A VERY SIMPLE WAY 558 00:19:28,072 --> 00:19:31,375 IS THE KIND OF A.I. AND A.I. 559 00:19:31,375 --> 00:19:34,011 TOOLS THAT THE IMAGING COMMUNITY 560 00:19:34,011 --> 00:19:36,714 IS USING QUITE A LOT. 561 00:19:36,714 --> 00:19:38,716 IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE, BECAUSE 562 00:19:38,716 --> 00:19:40,351 THERE'S A DICOM STANDARD FOR 563 00:19:40,351 --> 00:19:43,054 IMAGING, TO GET LARGE DATASETS 564 00:19:43,054 --> 00:19:44,722 AND TRAIN MODELS WHICH IN A.I. 565 00:19:44,722 --> 00:19:47,224 THAT'S THE KEY, IF YOU'RE NOT 566 00:19:47,224 --> 00:19:50,294 REALLY ADEQUATELY TRAINING YOUR 567 00:19:50,294 --> 00:19:54,899 MODEL, WHEN YOU SOLVE THE 568 00:19:54,899 --> 00:19:57,101 INVERSE PROBLEM, YOU MAY END UP 569 00:19:57,101 --> 00:19:58,669 WITH A HALLUCINATION AS THEY SAY 570 00:19:58,669 --> 00:20:00,237 IN A.I. 571 00:20:00,237 --> 00:20:02,873 WE IN COMPUTATION SAY A FALSE 572 00:20:02,873 --> 00:20:04,442 MINIMUM, NOT A TRUE GLOBAL 573 00:20:04,442 --> 00:20:04,675 MINIMUM. 574 00:20:04,675 --> 00:20:07,611 MODELS WE SEE IN ALL OF THIS FDA 575 00:20:07,611 --> 00:20:09,580 STUFF ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, 576 00:20:09,580 --> 00:20:10,915 ASTOUNDING, THEY RANGE IN 577 00:20:10,915 --> 00:20:15,152 COMPLEXITY FROM SHALLOW MACHINE 578 00:20:15,152 --> 00:20:17,455 LEARNING TO MULTI-LAYERED DEEP 579 00:20:17,455 --> 00:20:18,322 LEARNING. 580 00:20:18,322 --> 00:20:20,224 A LOT IS HYBRID PHYSICS PLUS 581 00:20:20,224 --> 00:20:23,394 A.I. MECHANISTIC MODELS. 582 00:20:23,394 --> 00:20:24,361 EVERYONE WANTS EXPLAINABLE AND 583 00:20:24,361 --> 00:20:24,762 INTERPRETABLE A.I. 584 00:20:24,762 --> 00:20:28,733 THIS IS KIND OF OUR APPROACH FOR 585 00:20:28,733 --> 00:20:30,835 GETTING THAT EXPLAINABILITY 586 00:20:30,835 --> 00:20:31,235 INTERPRETABILITY. 587 00:20:31,235 --> 00:20:32,336 A SIMPLE EXAMPLE, IF YOU BUILD 588 00:20:32,336 --> 00:20:35,406 YOUR MODEL BASED ON KNOWN 589 00:20:35,406 --> 00:20:36,040 PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES, WAVEFORMS, 590 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:37,708 FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU KNOW EXIST 591 00:20:37,708 --> 00:20:40,244 IN YOUR SIGNAL, AND THEN YOU USE 592 00:20:40,244 --> 00:20:41,645 MACHINE LEARNING TO TRY TO 593 00:20:41,645 --> 00:20:42,947 UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP 594 00:20:42,947 --> 00:20:43,914 BETWEEN THOSE WAVEFORMS, AND 595 00:20:43,914 --> 00:20:45,716 SOME SORT OF AN OUTCOME, THAT'S 596 00:20:45,716 --> 00:20:47,852 A HYBRID MODEL. 597 00:20:47,852 --> 00:20:49,954 SO THOSE ARE REALLY QUITE 598 00:20:49,954 --> 00:20:52,256 POWERFUL AND HELPS FACILITATE 599 00:20:52,256 --> 00:20:54,358 SEGMENTATION AS WELL. 600 00:20:54,358 --> 00:20:57,962 AND SO WE ARGUE THAT THESE ARE 601 00:20:57,962 --> 00:21:00,998 REALLY MAJOR WAYS TO ACCELERATE 602 00:21:00,998 --> 00:21:02,566 PRECISION DIAGNOSTICS, SO THAT'S 603 00:21:02,566 --> 00:21:03,334 GOING TO LEAD ULTIMATELY TO 604 00:21:03,334 --> 00:21:04,535 PRECISION MEDICINE. 605 00:21:04,535 --> 00:21:08,339 YOU NEED THAT INFORMATION 606 00:21:08,339 --> 00:21:08,706 CONTENT. 607 00:21:08,706 --> 00:21:10,641 AND THERE'S ENORMOUS GROWTH. 608 00:21:10,641 --> 00:21:11,942 SO, ANYWHERE YOU LOOK, YOU KNOW, 609 00:21:11,942 --> 00:21:16,647 TRYING TO SEE WHERE THE GROWTH 610 00:21:16,647 --> 00:21:20,284 POTENTIAL IS, IT'S ANYWHERE FROM 611 00:21:20,284 --> 00:21:22,253 40 TO 50% COMPOUND ANNUAL 612 00:21:22,253 --> 00:21:22,486 GROWTH. 613 00:21:22,486 --> 00:21:24,321 HERE IS ONE RANDOM PLOT THAT I 614 00:21:24,321 --> 00:21:27,858 TOOK FROM THIS PARTICULAR SOURCE 615 00:21:27,858 --> 00:21:32,429 THAT THOSE BETWEEN 2024 AND 20 616 00:21:32,429 --> 00:21:32,730 2029 617 00:21:32,730 --> 00:21:35,299 WE'RE EXPECT OF EXPECTING A 618 00:21:35,299 --> 00:21:36,834 SEVEN-FOLD GROWTH IN A.I. AND 619 00:21:36,834 --> 00:21:38,135 HEALTH CARE. 620 00:21:38,135 --> 00:21:39,670 THE MARKET SHARE FOR IMAGE I 621 00:21:39,670 --> 00:21:41,205 DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CONT TO 622 00:21:41,205 --> 00:21:44,475 CONTINUE, THE LOW BARRIER TO AC 623 00:21:44,475 --> 00:21:44,909 ONE. 624 00:21:44,909 --> 00:21:45,676 GENERATIVE TECHNIQUES CAPTURED 625 00:21:45,676 --> 00:21:46,644 SO MANY PEOPLE'S ATTENTION. 626 00:21:46,644 --> 00:21:47,978 THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES 627 00:21:47,978 --> 00:21:55,219 AND PROBLEMS WITH THOSE, NOTABLY 628 00:21:55,219 --> 00:21:55,986 EXPLAINABILITY, 629 00:21:55,986 --> 00:21:56,620 INTERPRETABILITY, TRUE 630 00:21:56,620 --> 00:21:57,521 SOLUTIONS, ETHICALLY SOURCED 631 00:21:57,521 --> 00:21:58,923 COMPONENTS BUT TRYING TO 632 00:21:58,923 --> 00:21:59,824 TRANSFER ATTRIBUTES IN THE 633 00:21:59,824 --> 00:22:01,458 TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITIES TO OUR 634 00:22:01,458 --> 00:22:04,195 COLLEAGUES IN OTHER AREAS TO 635 00:22:04,195 --> 00:22:05,963 ENSURE ROBUSTNESS OF THOSE TYPES 636 00:22:05,963 --> 00:22:07,231 OF ALGORITHMS. 637 00:22:07,231 --> 00:22:10,334 BUT THE GROWTH AND SECTORS HERE 638 00:22:10,334 --> 00:22:11,735 REMAIN TO BE SEEN. 639 00:22:11,735 --> 00:22:15,573 TO HELP FACILITATE WE'VE 640 00:22:15,573 --> 00:22:18,342 INVESTED QUITE HEAVILY IN WHAT 641 00:22:18,342 --> 00:22:20,277 WE CALL MIDRC, THIS IS A PROGRAM 642 00:22:20,277 --> 00:22:22,913 THAT I WAS ABLE TO INVEST IN 643 00:22:22,913 --> 00:22:25,449 BECAUSE OF ITS FOCUS, OUR FOCUS 644 00:22:25,449 --> 00:22:29,820 INITIALLY ON COVID AND THORACIC 645 00:22:29,820 --> 00:22:31,622 IMAGING, CT AND X-RAY IMAGING OF 646 00:22:31,622 --> 00:22:32,656 THORACIC CAVITY. 647 00:22:32,656 --> 00:22:33,791 IF YOU GO BACK TO THE ORIGINALS 648 00:22:33,791 --> 00:22:42,299 INSURE OF -- ORIGINS OF COVID, 649 00:22:42,299 --> 00:22:47,004 FIGURESS WERE OVER OVERWHELMED. 650 00:22:47,004 --> 00:22:49,073 THIS WAS FOR ACUTE COVID 651 00:22:49,073 --> 00:22:49,406 INITIALLY. 652 00:22:49,406 --> 00:22:51,542 WHAT WE DID WAS BRING TOGETHER 653 00:22:51,542 --> 00:22:54,311 AND WE THINK THIS IS A REALLY 654 00:22:54,311 --> 00:22:55,846 GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR 655 00:22:55,846 --> 00:22:57,181 COLLEAGUES SHOULD THINK ABOUT 656 00:22:57,181 --> 00:22:58,482 FORMING DATABASES WHERE THEY 657 00:22:58,482 --> 00:23:00,551 HAVE HARD PROBLEMS IN GETTING 658 00:23:00,551 --> 00:23:01,986 VALIDATED A.I. ALGORITHMS. 659 00:23:01,986 --> 00:23:11,295 SO WE BROUGHT TOGETHER THE KEY 660 00:23:11,295 --> 00:23:13,464 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, AACR, 661 00:23:13,464 --> 00:23:16,267 RSNA, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF 662 00:23:16,267 --> 00:23:17,268 RADIOLOGY, AAPM, AMERICAN 663 00:23:17,268 --> 00:23:18,702 ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICISTS IN 664 00:23:18,702 --> 00:23:22,172 MEDICINE, ALL SUPPORTING IT, 665 00:23:22,172 --> 00:23:25,042 PROVIDING WORK FORCE AND IMAGES 666 00:23:25,042 --> 00:23:26,310 FROM THEIR DATABASES. 667 00:23:26,310 --> 00:23:28,545 AND THERE ARE 24 CORE 668 00:23:28,545 --> 00:23:30,714 INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY, 669 00:23:30,714 --> 00:23:31,715 PLUS MANY, MANY MORE IN 670 00:23:31,715 --> 00:23:34,685 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 671 00:23:34,685 --> 00:23:35,986 CONTRIBUTING IMAGES. 672 00:23:35,986 --> 00:23:38,923 SO, IT'S LED BY MARYELLEN GIGER, 673 00:23:38,923 --> 00:23:41,759 A PIONEER IN CONTRAST IN 674 00:23:41,759 --> 00:23:44,595 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED 675 00:23:44,595 --> 00:23:47,131 APPROACHES TO EXTRACT CONTRAST 676 00:23:47,131 --> 00:23:49,433 AND DO SEGMENTATION IN EXUDER 677 00:23:49,433 --> 00:23:49,967 AIDED DIAGNOSTICS. 678 00:23:49,967 --> 00:23:51,468 BUT A STELLAR GROUP, OF ALL THE 679 00:23:51,468 --> 00:23:53,037 KEY PEOPLE WORKING ON THESE 680 00:23:53,037 --> 00:23:56,206 ALGORITHMS, IT'S AN OPEN DATA 681 00:23:56,206 --> 00:23:58,676 DISCOVERY COMMONS. 682 00:23:58,676 --> 00:24:00,611 AN OPEN DISCOVERY DATA COMMONS, 683 00:24:00,611 --> 00:24:03,380 IN ADDITION TO BEING A MACHINE 684 00:24:03,380 --> 00:24:05,015 INTELLIGENCE AND COMPUTATIONAL 685 00:24:05,015 --> 00:24:06,550 CAPABILITY REPOSITORY, WHERE 686 00:24:06,550 --> 00:24:07,384 ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT IS 687 00:24:07,384 --> 00:24:09,720 ONGOING, INITIALLY IT WAS FOR 688 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,789 COVID IN ACUTE SENSE, EVOLVED 689 00:24:11,789 --> 00:24:13,324 OVER TIME TO LOOK AT LONG COVID 690 00:24:13,324 --> 00:24:14,091 AND OTHER DISEASES AND 691 00:24:14,091 --> 00:24:14,491 CONDITIONS. 692 00:24:14,491 --> 00:24:16,660 SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET 693 00:24:16,660 --> 00:24:18,262 FUNDING AND WORK IN STRONG 694 00:24:18,262 --> 00:24:19,430 COLLABORATION WITH THE NETWORK 695 00:24:19,430 --> 00:24:21,198 TO BE ABLE TO HAVE APPLICATIONS 696 00:24:21,198 --> 00:24:24,702 IN MANY OTHER AREAS, SO WE HOPE 697 00:24:24,702 --> 00:24:26,203 THAT CONTINUES TO GROW. 698 00:24:26,203 --> 00:24:28,872 IF YOU GO TO THE MIDRC WEBSITE 699 00:24:28,872 --> 00:24:30,507 THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF 700 00:24:30,507 --> 00:24:31,342 INFORMATION. 701 00:24:31,342 --> 00:24:35,212 AND THE VOLUME OF INFORMATION, 702 00:24:35,212 --> 00:24:36,413 VOLUME OF IMAGING INGESTED, 703 00:24:36,413 --> 00:24:38,048 567,000, I THINK I DOWNLOADED 704 00:24:38,048 --> 00:24:39,717 THIS LAST MONTH, SO IT CONTINUES 705 00:24:39,717 --> 00:24:41,986 TO GROW. 706 00:24:41,986 --> 00:24:43,187 THERE HAVE BEEN NEARLY 180,000 707 00:24:43,187 --> 00:24:45,723 IMAGING STUDIES RELEASED TO THE 708 00:24:45,723 --> 00:24:46,690 PUBLIC. 709 00:24:46,690 --> 00:24:49,560 TYPICALLY ABOUT THREE IMAGES PER 710 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,962 STUDY, SO PATIENT CASES ARE 711 00:24:51,962 --> 00:24:55,899 ROUGHLY HALF OR A THIRD OF THAT. 712 00:24:55,899 --> 00:24:58,002 MORE THAN 14 TERABYTES OF LIKE 713 00:24:58,002 --> 00:24:59,837 TOTAL DATA THAT'S BEEN RELEASED, 714 00:24:59,837 --> 00:25:02,373 SO YOU CAN GO ONTO THE WEBSITES, 715 00:25:02,373 --> 00:25:04,675 INTERACT WITH THESE IMAGES. 716 00:25:04,675 --> 00:25:06,477 THERE ARE OVER 600 COLLABORATING 717 00:25:06,477 --> 00:25:08,312 INSTITUTIONS, SO ONE OF THE KEY 718 00:25:08,312 --> 00:25:09,613 ETHICS ABOUT DATABASES, YOU 719 00:25:09,613 --> 00:25:10,948 KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUS BUT WE'VE 720 00:25:10,948 --> 00:25:12,216 REALLY KIND OF DISCOVERED THIS, 721 00:25:12,216 --> 00:25:13,684 THERE ARE A LOT OF DATABASES 722 00:25:13,684 --> 00:25:16,220 PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT. 723 00:25:16,220 --> 00:25:18,055 AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES NIH 724 00:25:18,055 --> 00:25:19,256 MANDATES YOU TO DEVELOP THESE. 725 00:25:19,256 --> 00:25:21,258 AND SO YOU GO, OKAY, NIH SAID WE 726 00:25:21,258 --> 00:25:22,259 HAVE TO DO IT. 727 00:25:22,259 --> 00:25:24,461 ONE OF THE TRICKS TO REALLY 728 00:25:24,461 --> 00:25:26,096 MAKING THEM USEFUL IS TO BUILD A 729 00:25:26,096 --> 00:25:27,398 COMMUNITY AROUND IT. 730 00:25:27,398 --> 00:25:29,033 SO WE THINK THIS IS KIND OF PART 731 00:25:29,033 --> 00:25:30,501 OF THE PLAYBOOK TO HELP INFORM 732 00:25:30,501 --> 00:25:32,669 AND INSPIRE THAT. 733 00:25:32,669 --> 00:25:33,871 LOTS OF INVESTIGATORS. 734 00:25:33,871 --> 00:25:35,172 AND LOTS OF DOWNLOADS. 735 00:25:35,172 --> 00:25:38,342 SO IT'S REALLY BUILT A STRONG 736 00:25:38,342 --> 00:25:40,978 COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S A STRONG 737 00:25:40,978 --> 00:25:42,613 PRESENCE IN THE PROFESSIONAL 738 00:25:42,613 --> 00:25:42,880 SOCIETIES. 739 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:53,424 THIS IS PART OF THE GEN3 FABRIC, 740 00:25:56,026 --> 00:25:57,694 OR DATA COMMONS, AND MIDRC IS 741 00:25:57,694 --> 00:25:59,430 PART OF THE ARPA-H BIOMEDICAL 742 00:25:59,430 --> 00:26:01,398 DATA FABRIC, A KEY FOUNDATIONAL 743 00:26:01,398 --> 00:26:03,167 MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL A.I. 744 00:26:03,167 --> 00:26:03,600 RESEARCH RESOURCE. 745 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,035 SO IF YOU'RE NOT INTO A.I. SO 746 00:26:05,035 --> 00:26:07,137 MUCH YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THAT 747 00:26:07,137 --> 00:26:09,106 S IT'S A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR 748 00:26:09,106 --> 00:26:14,044 INVESTMENT BY THE INVOLVED 749 00:26:14,044 --> 00:26:15,913 CENTERED AT NSS COMPUTER SCIENCE 750 00:26:15,913 --> 00:26:17,548 DIRECTORATE THAT SEEKS TO 751 00:26:17,548 --> 00:26:19,283 DEVELOP A.I. TOOLS FOR THE 752 00:26:19,283 --> 00:26:20,384 NATION AND DISTRIBUTE THEM SO 753 00:26:20,384 --> 00:26:21,819 EVERYBODY CAN USE THEM. 754 00:26:21,819 --> 00:26:23,587 SO MIDRC IS A FOUNDATIONAL 755 00:26:23,587 --> 00:26:25,622 MEMBER AND PARTNER IN THAT. 756 00:26:25,622 --> 00:26:29,259 BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE DATA 757 00:26:29,259 --> 00:26:32,529 COMMONS, IMAGING DATA COMMONS, 758 00:26:32,529 --> 00:26:37,668 AND GEN3 OVERALL ARCHITECTURE, 759 00:26:37,668 --> 00:26:40,337 THEN MIDRC HAS META INDEXES, 760 00:26:40,337 --> 00:26:44,908 THERE ARE MORE THAN 23 761 00:26:44,908 --> 00:26:46,710 REPOSITORIES IN GEN3, MOST ARE 762 00:26:46,710 --> 00:26:47,277 NIH SUPPORTED. 763 00:26:47,277 --> 00:26:49,947 SO, YOU CAN DO IN A SINGLE 764 00:26:49,947 --> 00:26:52,716 SIGN-ON, YOU CAN FIND, LET'S 765 00:26:52,716 --> 00:26:55,519 SAY, COMMON PATIENTS THAT MAY 766 00:26:55,519 --> 00:26:59,990 COME FROM NHLBI AND FROM THESE 767 00:26:59,990 --> 00:27:01,425 CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SITES THAT 768 00:27:01,425 --> 00:27:02,192 ARE CONTRIBUTING TO MIDRC DATA 769 00:27:02,192 --> 00:27:07,231 SO YOU CAN SEE IMAGING DATA, 770 00:27:07,231 --> 00:27:10,934 CLINICAL DATA, GENOMIC DATA, THE 771 00:27:10,934 --> 00:27:12,136 HOLY GRAIL OF INTEROPERABILITY. 772 00:27:12,136 --> 00:27:17,174 WE'VE SHOWN INTEROPERABILITY 773 00:27:17,174 --> 00:27:20,077 WITH NHLBI, CATALYST, N3C, NCATS 774 00:27:20,077 --> 00:27:21,578 DATA ON COVID AS WELL. 775 00:27:21,578 --> 00:27:24,314 THERE'S SOME OTHER VERY POWERFUL 776 00:27:24,314 --> 00:27:26,650 TOOLS LIKE A DIVERSITY 777 00:27:26,650 --> 00:27:28,352 CALCULATOR THAT ALLOWS YOU TO 778 00:27:28,352 --> 00:27:30,120 COMPARE YOUR DATASET WITH THE 779 00:27:30,120 --> 00:27:30,654 U.S. CENSUS. 780 00:27:30,654 --> 00:27:32,956 AND THIS IS A KEY PROBLEM IN 781 00:27:32,956 --> 00:27:34,291 BIAS IN DATA. 782 00:27:34,291 --> 00:27:35,359 SO EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE ACCESS 783 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,794 TO THAT, AND THAT'S NOW 784 00:27:37,794 --> 00:27:38,862 AVAILABLE THROUGH MIDRC AND 785 00:27:38,862 --> 00:27:43,467 THROUGH THE NATIONAL A.I. 786 00:27:43,467 --> 00:27:46,003 RESEARCH RESOURCE. 787 00:27:46,003 --> 00:27:48,305 SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET 788 00:27:48,305 --> 00:27:50,474 COLLABORATION BETWEEN 789 00:27:50,474 --> 00:27:51,375 UNIVERSITIES IN SUBMITTING DATA 790 00:27:51,375 --> 00:27:52,776 TO A COMMON REPOSITORY. 791 00:27:52,776 --> 00:27:53,877 AND PROBABLY ALL OF YOU HAVE 792 00:27:53,877 --> 00:27:56,413 TRIED TO DO THAT AND RUN INTO -- 793 00:27:56,413 --> 00:27:58,348 YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME 794 00:27:58,348 --> 00:28:00,217 UNIVERSITY LEADER WHO THINKS 795 00:28:00,217 --> 00:28:01,285 THAT IT'S ILLEGAL OR I'M GOING 796 00:28:01,285 --> 00:28:03,887 TO SELL IT TO A COMPANY AND I 797 00:28:03,887 --> 00:28:04,755 DON'T WANT IT -- YOU KNOW, THERE 798 00:28:04,755 --> 00:28:09,092 ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THAT. 799 00:28:09,092 --> 00:28:12,596 BUT WHAT THIS IS STRUCTURED TO 800 00:28:12,596 --> 00:28:15,766 DO IS ALSO FACILITATE SORT OF 801 00:28:15,766 --> 00:28:17,734 FEDERATED LEARNING, WITH 802 00:28:17,734 --> 00:28:18,936 BUILDING EDGE NODES, SO IN OTHER 803 00:28:18,936 --> 00:28:21,338 WORDS YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE 804 00:28:21,338 --> 00:28:24,741 TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR DATA TO THE 805 00:28:24,741 --> 00:28:25,175 REPOSITORY. 806 00:28:25,175 --> 00:28:28,345 YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE YOUR DATA 807 00:28:28,345 --> 00:28:31,415 AND GET THE ALGORITHMS, AND HELP 808 00:28:31,415 --> 00:28:32,282 THOSE ALGORITHMS OPTIMIZE AND 809 00:28:32,282 --> 00:28:33,617 TRAIN IN A MORE LOCAL SENSE. 810 00:28:33,617 --> 00:28:35,919 AND THEN STILL WORK WITH THE 811 00:28:35,919 --> 00:28:36,153 NETWORK. 812 00:28:36,153 --> 00:28:38,989 AND THEN THERE ARE ALL THESE 813 00:28:38,989 --> 00:28:39,623 IMAGE CLASSIFICATION BIAS 814 00:28:39,623 --> 00:28:40,524 AWARENESS TOOLS. 815 00:28:40,524 --> 00:28:43,260 SO THE FDA HAS ACTUALLY ADOPTED 816 00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:47,965 THE DECISION TREE FOR MEDICAL 817 00:28:47,965 --> 00:28:49,967 IMAGING, CLASSIFICATION METRICS, 818 00:28:49,967 --> 00:28:51,368 CLASSIFICATION, DETECTION, 819 00:28:51,368 --> 00:28:52,169 LOCALIZATION, SEGMENTATION. 820 00:28:52,169 --> 00:28:53,337 SO, THIS IS -- THESE ARE ALL 821 00:28:53,337 --> 00:29:00,777 TOOLS YOU WITH FIND ON THE MIDRC 822 00:29:00,777 --> 00:29:02,112 WEBSITE, NAIRR WEBSITE, 823 00:29:02,112 --> 00:29:03,213 BIOMEDICAL DATA FABRIC, 824 00:29:03,213 --> 00:29:04,081 REGULATORY TOOLS, A BIG INTENT 825 00:29:04,081 --> 00:29:07,150 IS NOT JUST TO HAVE A 826 00:29:07,150 --> 00:29:07,884 RESEARCH-ONLY DATABASE. 827 00:29:07,884 --> 00:29:10,754 WE WANT TO MOVE ALL OF THIS 828 00:29:10,754 --> 00:29:13,490 STUFF INTO THE CLINIC AND IF YOU 829 00:29:13,490 --> 00:29:14,157 DON'T ENGAGE FDA FROM THE 830 00:29:14,157 --> 00:29:17,628 BEGINNING YOU WON'T MAKE THAT 831 00:29:17,628 --> 00:29:17,928 SUCCESSFUL. 832 00:29:17,928 --> 00:29:22,132 FDA HAS BEEN WEIGHING IN, A 833 00:29:22,132 --> 00:29:24,001 PARTNER IN THIS, APPLIED TO A 834 00:29:24,001 --> 00:29:26,870 NUMBER OF FDA PRODUCT CODES WAY 835 00:29:26,870 --> 00:29:28,572 BEYOND COVID AND INFECTIOUS 836 00:29:28,572 --> 00:29:31,408 DISEASE AND EXTEND INTO CANCER 837 00:29:31,408 --> 00:29:34,478 AND NEUROVASCULAR AND SO FORTH. 838 00:29:34,478 --> 00:29:36,146 ANOTHER REALLY BIG PROBLEM THAT 839 00:29:36,146 --> 00:29:37,447 KEEPS THE TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE 840 00:29:37,447 --> 00:29:39,750 AWAKE AT NIGHT ARE THE MANY 841 00:29:39,750 --> 00:29:41,151 SOURCES OF BIAS. 842 00:29:41,151 --> 00:29:43,887 AND SO MIDRC HAS DONE A 843 00:29:43,887 --> 00:29:44,988 REMARKABLE JOB BREAKING DOWN, 844 00:29:44,988 --> 00:29:46,957 AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT 845 00:29:46,957 --> 00:29:49,793 THE BIAS ESTIMATOR, BIAS 846 00:29:49,793 --> 00:29:52,229 ESTIMATOR TOOL. 847 00:29:52,229 --> 00:29:54,731 DATA COLLECTION, PREPARATION, 848 00:29:54,731 --> 00:29:56,066 MODEL DEVELOPMENT, MODEL 849 00:29:56,066 --> 00:29:57,901 EVALUATION, ULTIMATELY THE 850 00:29:57,901 --> 00:30:01,338 DEPLOYMENT OF THE MODELS, EXCUSE 851 00:30:01,338 --> 00:30:01,705 ME. 852 00:30:01,705 --> 00:30:04,274 THERE ARE MANY SOURCES OF BIAS 853 00:30:04,274 --> 00:30:05,375 IN THESE. 854 00:30:05,375 --> 00:30:08,445 SO THIS REALLY BREAKS IT DOWN, 855 00:30:08,445 --> 00:30:10,180 AND GOES PROBABLY FURTHER THAN 856 00:30:10,180 --> 00:30:12,482 ANYONE, ALL OF YOU HAVE 857 00:30:12,482 --> 00:30:13,150 CONSIDERED, BECAUSE YOU REALLY 858 00:30:13,150 --> 00:30:14,685 NEED TO GET DEEPLY INTO THIS 859 00:30:14,685 --> 00:30:15,752 PROBLEM TO UNDERSTAND WHICH ONES 860 00:30:15,752 --> 00:30:17,721 YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT, 861 00:30:17,721 --> 00:30:19,356 IT'S REALLY GOING TO DEPEND ON 862 00:30:19,356 --> 00:30:20,257 YOUR DATASET. 863 00:30:20,257 --> 00:30:21,792 MOST POPULARLY PEOPLE ARE 864 00:30:21,792 --> 00:30:22,859 WORRIED ABOUT POPULATION BIAS. 865 00:30:22,859 --> 00:30:25,095 AND I THINK WE DO A NICE JOB 866 00:30:25,095 --> 00:30:25,962 ADDRESSING THAT. 867 00:30:25,962 --> 00:30:28,999 BUT IF I HAVE AN MRI IN ONE 868 00:30:28,999 --> 00:30:30,434 PLACE, MRI IN ANOTHER PLACE AS 869 00:30:30,434 --> 00:30:32,302 YOU KNOW THEY MAY NOT WORK THE 870 00:30:32,302 --> 00:30:32,936 SAME. 871 00:30:32,936 --> 00:30:33,837 DEVICES MAY HAVE THE SAME NAME 872 00:30:33,837 --> 00:30:35,238 BUT THE DATA COMING OFF OF THOSE 873 00:30:35,238 --> 00:30:37,974 THINGS COULD BE REALLY QUITE 874 00:30:37,974 --> 00:30:38,241 DIFFERENT. 875 00:30:38,241 --> 00:30:40,610 AND SO THIS REALLY HELPS ALERT 876 00:30:40,610 --> 00:30:41,478 PEOPLE TO THAT. 877 00:30:41,478 --> 00:30:43,480 ANOTHER A.I. INVESTMENT THAT WE 878 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,516 MAKE IS PART OF THE COMMON FUND 879 00:30:46,516 --> 00:30:48,819 BRIDGE TO A.I., AND I THINK THIS 880 00:30:48,819 --> 00:30:52,055 IS ALSO DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO 881 00:30:52,055 --> 00:30:52,422 NIDCD. 882 00:30:52,422 --> 00:30:54,157 IT'S THE VOICE PROJECT. 883 00:30:54,157 --> 00:30:58,695 THE GOAL HERE IS TO BUILD AN 884 00:30:58,695 --> 00:30:59,663 ETHICALLY SOURCED MULTI-MODAL 885 00:30:59,663 --> 00:31:03,066 DATABASE TO FUEL VOICE RESEARCH, 886 00:31:03,066 --> 00:31:03,934 A.I. VOICE RESEARCH. 887 00:31:03,934 --> 00:31:08,438 AND SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP, 50 888 00:31:08,438 --> 00:31:09,306 DIRECTORS, 15 ACADEMIC 889 00:31:09,306 --> 00:31:11,174 INSTITUTIONS, ONE INDUSTRY 890 00:31:11,174 --> 00:31:11,408 PARTER. 891 00:31:11,408 --> 00:31:14,244 AND THE FOCUS HERE IS ON FIVE 892 00:31:14,244 --> 00:31:16,246 DISEASE CATEGORIES. 893 00:31:16,246 --> 00:31:17,414 MOOD DISORDERS, CARDIO 894 00:31:17,414 --> 00:31:19,149 RESPIRATORY DISEASES, VOICE 895 00:31:19,149 --> 00:31:21,351 DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS, 896 00:31:21,351 --> 00:31:23,420 PEDIATRIC SPEECH DISORDERS. 897 00:31:23,420 --> 00:31:25,822 AND SO, THERE'S STANDARD 898 00:31:25,822 --> 00:31:26,323 PROTOCOLS FOR ACQUIRING 899 00:31:26,323 --> 00:31:29,226 INFORMATION IN EACH OF THESE 900 00:31:29,226 --> 00:31:30,861 AREAS. 901 00:31:30,861 --> 00:31:36,233 YOU GET RAW ACOUSTIC SOUND, 902 00:31:36,233 --> 00:31:39,870 SPECTROGRAMS, EXTRACTED, ACCUSE 903 00:31:39,870 --> 00:31:41,605 TIKE FEATURES, PHYSICS MODELS, 904 00:31:41,605 --> 00:31:46,309 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING, THE 905 00:31:46,309 --> 00:31:48,412 GOAL TO SYNTHESIZE BIOMARKERS. 906 00:31:48,412 --> 00:31:55,952 AND METADATA IS ALSO ACQUIRED 907 00:31:55,952 --> 00:31:59,456 BIOAACOUSTIC WITH CHALLENGES, 908 00:31:59,456 --> 00:32:00,557 TASKS, DEMOGRAPHICS, 909 00:32:00,557 --> 00:32:01,358 QUESTIONNAIRES, CONFOUNDERS, OR 910 00:32:01,358 --> 00:32:02,993 SMOKING, LIKE I HAVE NOW A COLD, 911 00:32:02,993 --> 00:32:08,198 IS YOUR VOICE RASPY. 912 00:32:08,198 --> 00:32:18,708 GENOMICS AND IMAGING A, MRICT 913 00:32:19,109 --> 00:32:20,010 AND LARYNGOSCOPY. 914 00:32:20,010 --> 00:32:21,344 YOU CAN REFINE THESE THOUGHTS 915 00:32:21,344 --> 00:32:23,880 BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT THERE'S 916 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,283 POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE PERSONAL 917 00:32:26,283 --> 00:32:27,651 SIZED HEARING EXPERIENCES, IN 918 00:32:27,651 --> 00:32:33,723 PARTNERSHIP WITH LIKE, YOU KNOW, 919 00:32:33,723 --> 00:32:36,560 I NOTICED PHONAK RELEASED A CHIP 920 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,562 FOR SOUND PROCESSING. 921 00:32:38,562 --> 00:32:41,832 I TALKED TO BIOMEDICAL 922 00:32:41,832 --> 00:32:42,599 ENGINEERS, INNOVATORS, 923 00:32:42,599 --> 00:32:44,034 ENTREPRENEUR, ALL THESE BUSINESS 924 00:32:44,034 --> 00:32:45,101 PLANS WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP 925 00:32:45,101 --> 00:32:46,436 A.I. THIS AND A.I. THAT. 926 00:32:46,436 --> 00:32:48,705 LIKE I WONDER HOW ARE THEY GOING 927 00:32:48,705 --> 00:32:50,807 TO GET ALL THE DATA AND THEY ALL 928 00:32:50,807 --> 00:32:53,109 SAY, SO, WE WANT UNSUPERVISED 929 00:32:53,109 --> 00:32:53,410 A.I. 930 00:32:53,410 --> 00:32:55,946 AND YOU GO, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO 931 00:32:55,946 --> 00:32:57,914 GET ALL THE DATA TO ENSURE THAT 932 00:32:57,914 --> 00:32:58,882 THAT ACTUALLY WORKS? 933 00:32:58,882 --> 00:33:01,084 ULTIMATELY THEY ARE GOING TO RUN 934 00:33:01,084 --> 00:33:02,953 INTO THE FDA BECAUSE THEY HAVE 935 00:33:02,953 --> 00:33:04,855 BEEN DOING THIS SINCE NOVEMBER 936 00:33:04,855 --> 00:33:08,058 199 5 SO THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND 937 00:33:08,058 --> 00:33:08,258 THIS. 938 00:33:08,258 --> 00:33:10,727 BUT THIS DATASET HAS ALL THESE 939 00:33:10,727 --> 00:33:12,095 COUGH AND BREATHING SOUNDS, 940 00:33:12,095 --> 00:33:13,864 VOICE AND CHEECH, FOUNDATIONAL 941 00:33:13,864 --> 00:33:18,001 MODELS COULD BE BUILT AND 942 00:33:18,001 --> 00:33:20,070 VALIDATED TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE 943 00:33:20,070 --> 00:33:21,805 ACCURACY, THE WAY INFORMATION IS 944 00:33:21,805 --> 00:33:22,105 TRANSMITTED. 945 00:33:22,105 --> 00:33:22,606 COMPANIES CAN PARTNER. 946 00:33:22,606 --> 00:33:27,844 SOME PEOPLE MAY BE WORKING WITH 947 00:33:27,844 --> 00:33:30,580 PHONAK IN THIS CONSORTIUM, COULD 948 00:33:30,580 --> 00:33:34,518 USE DATASETS TO RAIL DATE MODELS 949 00:33:34,518 --> 00:33:35,418 AND ASSESS PERFORMANCE 950 00:33:35,418 --> 00:33:39,890 RECOGNIZING DIFFERENT NOISES. 951 00:33:39,890 --> 00:33:41,258 BACKGROUND NOISE IS A PROBLEM, 952 00:33:41,258 --> 00:33:42,959 DEB AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT 953 00:33:42,959 --> 00:33:43,193 THAT. 954 00:33:43,193 --> 00:33:46,696 THE DATA COLLECTED RIGHT NOW IS 955 00:33:46,696 --> 00:33:48,331 PROBABLY INSUFFICIENT FOR 956 00:33:48,331 --> 00:33:49,165 BACKGROUND NOISE CHALLENGE BUT 957 00:33:49,165 --> 00:33:52,269 CERTAINLY I'VE TALKED TO THE 958 00:33:52,269 --> 00:33:53,169 INVESTIGATORS OF THIS PROGRAM, 959 00:33:53,169 --> 00:33:55,338 AND THEY ARE REALLY EXCITED 960 00:33:55,338 --> 00:33:57,307 ABOUT THAT PROBLEM AS WELL. 961 00:33:57,307 --> 00:34:00,710 I THINK, THEY HAVE A LOT OF 962 00:34:00,710 --> 00:34:02,345 VOICES, POTENTIALALLY 963 00:34:02,345 --> 00:34:03,880 COMPUTATIONAL SYNTHETIC DATA, 964 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:04,714 COULD SYNTHESIZE SOME BACKGROUND 965 00:34:04,714 --> 00:34:09,452 NOISE BUT EVEN THAT IS AN 966 00:34:09,452 --> 00:34:11,288 OUTSTANDING QUESTION ABOUT THE 967 00:34:11,288 --> 00:34:11,922 VALIDITY. 968 00:34:11,922 --> 00:34:13,123 YOU COULD LEARN FROM DIFFERENT 969 00:34:13,123 --> 00:34:15,258 TYPES OF SPEAKERS, SO YOU COULD 970 00:34:15,258 --> 00:34:18,428 THEN INTRODUCE IN YOUR DEVOICE 971 00:34:18,428 --> 00:34:20,730 KIND OF PERSONALIZED GAIN 972 00:34:20,730 --> 00:34:22,499 ADJUSTMENT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US 973 00:34:22,499 --> 00:34:24,034 DON'T HEAR OUR SPOUSES THEY WELL 974 00:34:24,034 --> 00:34:24,901 BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARING 975 00:34:24,901 --> 00:34:26,570 IMPAIRMENT, SO MAYBE IT WOULD 976 00:34:26,570 --> 00:34:28,738 RECOGNIZE THE PRESENCE OF YOUR 977 00:34:28,738 --> 00:34:30,740 SPOUSE AND, YOU KNOW, 978 00:34:30,740 --> 00:34:34,544 AUTOMATICALLY UP OTHER DOWN 979 00:34:34,544 --> 00:34:36,413 ADJUST THE GAIN. 980 00:34:36,413 --> 00:34:42,319 THEN THE COMBINATION WITH 981 00:34:42,319 --> 00:34:42,852 METADATA HERE INSANELY 982 00:34:42,852 --> 00:34:47,924 AMBITIOUS, YOU COULD COMBINE 983 00:34:47,924 --> 00:34:51,194 DEVICES AND DEVELOP MORE TYPES 984 00:34:51,194 --> 00:34:54,397 OF CLOSED LOOP NEUROMODULATORY 985 00:34:54,397 --> 00:34:55,665 SYSTEMS, I'M THINKING POTENTIAL 986 00:34:55,665 --> 00:35:04,207 TREATMENT FOR TINNITUS OR OTHER 987 00:35:04,207 --> 00:35:04,507 APPROACHES. 988 00:35:04,507 --> 00:35:07,711 THERE'S ENORMOUS POTENTIAL. 989 00:35:07,711 --> 00:35:09,245 DEB MENTIONED RADx, THIS TOOK 990 00:35:09,245 --> 00:35:11,414 OVER OUR LIFE AT NIBIB FOR 991 00:35:11,414 --> 00:35:16,186 SEVERAL YEARS DURING THE 992 00:35:16,186 --> 00:35:16,886 PANDEMIC. 993 00:35:16,886 --> 00:35:21,324 WE BUILT AROUND OUR POINT OF 994 00:35:21,324 --> 00:35:23,526 CARE TECHNOLOGY NETWORK, 995 00:35:23,526 --> 00:35:25,328 MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS, A U54, 996 00:35:25,328 --> 00:35:26,796 READY TO GO TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM 997 00:35:26,796 --> 00:35:27,564 OF COVID DIAGNOSTICS AND 998 00:35:27,564 --> 00:35:27,797 TESTING. 999 00:35:27,797 --> 00:35:30,834 YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF LIKE THE 1000 00:35:30,834 --> 00:35:31,935 SHARK TANK, INNOVATION FUNNEL. 1001 00:35:31,935 --> 00:35:34,104 THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED OUT WITH. 1002 00:35:34,104 --> 00:35:36,039 WE WANTED EVERYONE IN THE WORLD 1003 00:35:36,039 --> 00:35:38,608 TO SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS TO THE 1004 00:35:38,608 --> 00:35:40,243 INNOVATION FUNNEL, MAKE IT 1005 00:35:40,243 --> 00:35:42,512 SKETCHY IDEA, LOW BARRIER TO 1006 00:35:42,512 --> 00:35:43,113 ENTRY. 1007 00:35:43,113 --> 00:35:45,482 THE POINT OF CARE NETWORK WAS 1008 00:35:45,482 --> 00:35:46,416 ACTUALLY THE STRUCTURE THAT YOU 1009 00:35:46,416 --> 00:35:54,157 COULD SEND YOUR IDEAS INTO SO 1010 00:35:54,157 --> 00:35:57,227 CIMIT WAS THE PRIMARY CONDUIT 1011 00:35:57,227 --> 00:35:59,562 FOR WHICH ALL THE ORGANIZATION 1012 00:35:59,562 --> 00:36:00,296 TOOK PLACE. 1013 00:36:00,296 --> 00:36:01,731 IDEAS CAME IN. 1014 00:36:01,731 --> 00:36:04,801 THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS SERVED IN 1015 00:36:04,801 --> 00:36:07,637 VARIOUS CAPACITIES, CREATED A 1016 00:36:07,637 --> 00:36:08,538 VALIDATION CORE. 1017 00:36:08,538 --> 00:36:10,173 EVERYBODY SUBMITS WITH A 1018 00:36:10,173 --> 00:36:13,243 TECHNOLOGY THAT WORKS PERFECTLY, 1019 00:36:13,243 --> 00:36:15,645 LIKE 99% tPA, IT'S POSSIBLE 1020 00:36:15,645 --> 00:36:17,380 FOR THINGS TO BE BUT EVERY 1021 00:36:17,380 --> 00:36:19,015 DEVELOPER SAYS THEIR DEVICE IS 1022 00:36:19,015 --> 00:36:19,249 PERFECT. 1023 00:36:19,249 --> 00:36:20,984 WE HAD A VALIDATION CORE TO TEST 1024 00:36:20,984 --> 00:36:22,318 AND EVALUATE THAT. 1025 00:36:22,318 --> 00:36:25,355 A CLINICAL STUDIES CORE TO DO 1026 00:36:25,355 --> 00:36:26,556 DIGITAL TRIALS, STANDARD TRIAL 1027 00:36:26,556 --> 00:36:28,458 DESIGN, DEPLOYMENT CORE TO DEAL 1028 00:36:28,458 --> 00:36:29,726 WITH SUPPLY AND MANUFACTURING 1029 00:36:29,726 --> 00:36:30,326 AND SO FORTH. 1030 00:36:30,326 --> 00:36:31,728 I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A 1031 00:36:31,728 --> 00:36:32,929 TECHNICAL PROBLEM AT FIRST. 1032 00:36:32,929 --> 00:36:34,998 IT'S EASY, I KNOW ALL THESE 1033 00:36:34,998 --> 00:36:36,433 TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE, AND WE CAN 1034 00:36:36,433 --> 00:36:39,602 SOLVE THE PROBLEM, GET TESTING 1035 00:36:39,602 --> 00:36:40,704 TO PEOPLE'S HOMES, TO POINT OF 1036 00:36:40,704 --> 00:36:43,440 CARE, BUT IT TRULY WAS A 1037 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:44,641 CULTURAL PROBLEM CONVOLVED OF 1038 00:36:44,641 --> 00:36:45,542 COURSE WITH TECHNOLOGIES. 1039 00:36:45,542 --> 00:36:47,510 WE HAD TO INTRODUCE OTHER 1040 00:36:47,510 --> 00:36:48,712 PROGRAMS AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE 1041 00:36:48,712 --> 00:36:50,447 LEFT WHICH I WON'T GO THROUGH 1042 00:36:50,447 --> 00:36:52,082 BUT BUILT A DIGITAL HEALTH 1043 00:36:52,082 --> 00:36:55,251 PLATFORM AROUND THIS, DEALT WITH 1044 00:36:55,251 --> 00:36:55,685 VARIANTS. 1045 00:36:55,685 --> 00:36:58,755 WE SENT DIAGNOSTICS OUT INTO 1046 00:36:58,755 --> 00:36:59,856 PEOPLE'S HOMES, THE ENTIRE 1047 00:36:59,856 --> 00:37:01,057 COUNTRY WAS A CATCHMENT AREA TO 1048 00:37:01,057 --> 00:37:03,126 UNDERSTAND IF THEY LIKED OR USED 1049 00:37:03,126 --> 00:37:03,893 THEM. 1050 00:37:03,893 --> 00:37:04,527 WE THOUGHT NATURALLY LIKE 1051 00:37:04,527 --> 00:37:05,862 EVERYONE'S GOING TO WANT TO TEST 1052 00:37:05,862 --> 00:37:06,629 AT HOME. 1053 00:37:06,629 --> 00:37:07,731 BUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH PEOPLE 1054 00:37:07,731 --> 00:37:09,265 TOLD US WE DON'T TRUST PEOPLE 1055 00:37:09,265 --> 00:37:11,334 TESTING AT HOME. 1056 00:37:11,334 --> 00:37:13,203 YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD TEST IN THE 1057 00:37:13,203 --> 00:37:13,503 LABORATORY. 1058 00:37:13,503 --> 00:37:16,573 WE HAD TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 1059 00:37:16,573 --> 00:37:19,743 WE FORMED A STRONG PARTNERSHIP 1060 00:37:19,743 --> 00:37:20,510 WITH FDA. 1061 00:37:20,510 --> 00:37:23,813 WE CALLED INDEPENDENT TEST 1062 00:37:23,813 --> 00:37:27,217 ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TO FACILITATE 1063 00:37:27,217 --> 00:37:28,184 RAPID AUTHORIZATION, LAUNCH THE 1064 00:37:28,184 --> 00:37:30,386 TEST TO TREAT PROGRAM, WAYS TO 1065 00:37:30,386 --> 00:37:32,255 REPORT YOUR TESTS, BROUGHT IN 1066 00:37:32,255 --> 00:37:33,356 ACCESS COMMUNITY AND ACCESS 1067 00:37:33,356 --> 00:37:35,425 BOARD WHICH WORKED WITH US 1068 00:37:35,425 --> 00:37:36,860 CAREFULLY TO REDESIGN TESTS SO 1069 00:37:36,860 --> 00:37:38,828 PEOPLE WITH VISUAL AND DEXTERITY 1070 00:37:38,828 --> 00:37:39,596 IMPAIRMENTS COULD DO THEM 1071 00:37:39,596 --> 00:37:39,929 BETTER. 1072 00:37:39,929 --> 00:37:41,464 WE HAVE A NEW SERIES OF TESTS 1073 00:37:41,464 --> 00:37:43,633 THAT HAVE COME OUT AND ARE 1074 00:37:43,633 --> 00:37:45,401 COMING OUT, JUST FROM A RESULTS 1075 00:37:45,401 --> 00:37:47,370 POINT OF VIEW BETWEEN THE 1076 00:37:47,370 --> 00:37:49,105 INNOVATION FUNNEL AND FDA, 1077 00:37:49,105 --> 00:37:51,307 ACCELERATED AUTHORIZATION 1078 00:37:51,307 --> 00:37:58,515 PROGRAM, THAT LED TO 56 EUAs, 1079 00:37:58,515 --> 00:38:00,717 EMERGENCY USE AUTHORRATIONS, 8 1080 00:38:00,717 --> 00:38:02,886 BILLION TESTS IN A 3-YEAR 1081 00:38:02,886 --> 00:38:04,420 PERIOD, A PARADIGM SHIFT. 1082 00:38:04,420 --> 00:38:06,489 LAB TESTS WERE FIRST, THEN, 1083 00:38:06,489 --> 00:38:07,223 OKAY, NOW EVERYONE'S EXPECTING 1084 00:38:07,223 --> 00:38:10,093 TO BE ABLE TO DO TESTS OF 1085 00:38:10,093 --> 00:38:11,361 VIRTUALLY ANYTHING IN THEIR 1086 00:38:11,361 --> 00:38:12,862 HOME, SO OVER THE COUNTER AND 1087 00:38:12,862 --> 00:38:15,832 POINT OF CARE HAVE COMPLETELY 1088 00:38:15,832 --> 00:38:18,001 OVERWHELMED LABORATORY TESTING 1089 00:38:18,001 --> 00:38:19,435 FOR THESE KINDS OF INFECTIOUS 1090 00:38:19,435 --> 00:38:19,702 DISEASES. 1091 00:38:19,702 --> 00:38:22,172 MOST RECENTLY IN THE FIRST HALF 1092 00:38:22,172 --> 00:38:25,575 OF THIS YEAR WE'VE MOVED THROUGH 1093 00:38:25,575 --> 00:38:29,712 THE AUTHORIZATION PROCESS 15 1094 00:38:29,712 --> 00:38:30,713 DIFFERENT MULTIPLEX COVID-19 FLU 1095 00:38:30,713 --> 00:38:33,650 A AND B TESTS, SO THESE ARE 1096 00:38:33,650 --> 00:38:34,317 COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, RAMPING 1097 00:38:34,317 --> 00:38:38,054 UP FOR FLU SEASON. 1098 00:38:38,054 --> 00:38:41,724 ALL THE TESTS ON THE MARKET HAVE 1099 00:38:41,724 --> 00:38:44,060 GONE THROUGH THE RADx I.T. 1100 00:38:44,060 --> 00:38:45,261 PROGRAM. 1101 00:38:45,261 --> 00:38:49,065 AS DEB ALLUDED TO THE RADx 1102 00:38:49,065 --> 00:38:49,833 PROCESS IS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE 1103 00:38:49,833 --> 00:38:51,434 WAY WE THINK AND OUR COMMUNITY 1104 00:38:51,434 --> 00:38:53,870 THINKS SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 1105 00:38:53,870 --> 00:38:54,537 EXTEND TO CHRONIC DISEASE, AS 1106 00:38:54,537 --> 00:38:56,406 WELL AS INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 1107 00:38:56,406 --> 00:39:00,043 THESE ARE OUR CURRENT ONGOING 1108 00:39:00,043 --> 00:39:01,644 PROJECTS, BLUEPRINT MED TECH 1109 00:39:01,644 --> 00:39:07,684 PROGRAM IS REALLY BUILT AND 1110 00:39:07,684 --> 00:39:10,086 INSPIRED AROUND THE RADx, 1111 00:39:10,086 --> 00:39:10,687 RADx CONCEPT, MULTIPLE 1112 00:39:10,687 --> 00:39:12,088 PARTNERS, THE BLUEPRINT I THINK 1113 00:39:12,088 --> 00:39:13,089 THERE ARE 12 BLUEPRINT NIH 1114 00:39:13,089 --> 00:39:17,293 INSURE ENTHUSE -- INSTITUTES IN 1115 00:39:17,293 --> 00:39:17,660 THAT. 1116 00:39:17,660 --> 00:39:21,231 WE WORK CLOSELY WITH NICHD AND 1117 00:39:21,231 --> 00:39:23,633 OFFICE FOR RESEARCH AND WOMEN'S 1118 00:39:23,633 --> 00:39:24,601 HEALTH, LAUNCHING A RADx 1119 00:39:24,601 --> 00:39:26,035 CHALLENGE FOR MATERNAL HEALTH 1120 00:39:26,035 --> 00:39:27,604 TECHNOLOGIES, TEN TECHNOLOGIES 1121 00:39:27,604 --> 00:39:32,041 IN A SORT OF ROUND ROBIN 1122 00:39:32,041 --> 00:39:39,616 FINALIST STAGE BEING EVALUATED 1123 00:39:39,616 --> 00:39:41,718 IN VALIDATION CORE, HEMORRHAGE, 1124 00:39:41,718 --> 00:39:44,220 PREECLAMPSIA, POSTPARTUM 1125 00:39:44,220 --> 00:39:45,889 DEPRESSION, URINARY TRACT 1126 00:39:45,889 --> 00:39:46,556 INFECTIONS, PRACTICAL, WEARABLE, 1127 00:39:46,556 --> 00:39:48,291 HOME-BASED POINT OF CARE 1128 00:39:48,291 --> 00:39:50,994 TECHNOLOGIES. 1129 00:39:50,994 --> 00:39:52,762 WE LAUNCHED A RADx FETAL 1130 00:39:52,762 --> 00:39:54,964 MONITORING CHALLENGE AGAIN WITH 1131 00:39:54,964 --> 00:39:59,068 NICHD, AND HAVE JUST ANNOUNCED 1132 00:39:59,068 --> 00:40:01,537 AN ACT ENDOCHALLENGE TO HELP 1133 00:40:01,537 --> 00:40:04,040 ACCELERATE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF 1134 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:05,475 ENDOMETRIOSIS, A $3 MILLION 1135 00:40:05,475 --> 00:40:08,077 PRIZE, AGAIN WORKING WITH NICHD, 1136 00:40:08,077 --> 00:40:11,147 AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT 1137 00:40:11,147 --> 00:40:12,015 THIS. 1138 00:40:12,015 --> 00:40:13,683 WHAT'S DIFFERENT AS COMPARED TO 1139 00:40:13,683 --> 00:40:15,952 WRITING AN R01 IS THAT YOU DON'T 1140 00:40:15,952 --> 00:40:19,455 HAVE TO HAVE A PERFECTLY WRITTEN 1141 00:40:19,455 --> 00:40:19,856 PROPOSAL. 1142 00:40:19,856 --> 00:40:22,425 AND YOU COME IN TO OUR 1143 00:40:22,425 --> 00:40:23,760 COORDINATING CENTER WITH A 1144 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,862 RUBRIC, YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT, IF 1145 00:40:25,862 --> 00:40:27,563 IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD IDEA WE 1146 00:40:27,563 --> 00:40:31,935 WORK WITH YOU, WITH OUR TEAMS, 1147 00:40:31,935 --> 00:40:34,771 BOTH FROM OUR POINT OF CARE, 1148 00:40:34,771 --> 00:40:35,571 POCTRN NETWORK, CONSULTANTS WE 1149 00:40:35,571 --> 00:40:39,309 HIRE, TO FIND THE TRUTH, LIKE IS 1150 00:40:39,309 --> 00:40:41,244 THIS - DOES THIS REALLY HAVE 1151 00:40:41,244 --> 00:40:43,413 POTENTIAL AND CAN MOVE IT AND 1152 00:40:43,413 --> 00:40:45,815 PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL RESOURCES. 1153 00:40:45,815 --> 00:40:48,051 IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE, WE JUST 1154 00:40:48,051 --> 00:40:57,226 RECENTLY HAD A HEP-C NUCLEIC 1155 00:40:57,226 --> 00:40:58,628 ACID TEST, WITH A FINGER PRICK, 1156 00:40:58,628 --> 00:40:59,629 WE'RE PROUD OF THIS. 1157 00:40:59,629 --> 00:41:00,830 EVERYTHING ELSE WAS IN A 1158 00:41:00,830 --> 00:41:03,333 PANDEMIC, AND WENT THROUGH 1159 00:41:03,333 --> 00:41:03,933 EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION. 1160 00:41:03,933 --> 00:41:06,302 SO, THIS IS MORE REAL LIFE. 1161 00:41:06,302 --> 00:41:09,372 AND SO THIS IS JUST RELEASED, AT 1162 00:41:09,372 --> 00:41:10,773 THE END OF JUNE. 1163 00:41:10,773 --> 00:41:19,849 AND IT PAVES THE WAY FOR FUTURE 1164 00:41:19,849 --> 00:41:24,020 510(K)s IN VIREMIA TEST. 1165 00:41:24,020 --> 00:41:28,057 WE SUPPORTED THE FIRST Mpox 1166 00:41:28,057 --> 00:41:32,528 LESION-BASED DIAGNOSTIC AT POINT 1167 00:41:32,528 --> 00:41:35,098 OF CARE, SO SEFI HAS RELEASED 1168 00:41:35,098 --> 00:41:39,068 THAT AS Mpox CONTINUES TO 1169 00:41:39,068 --> 00:41:41,404 GROW, CLADE 1 AND DRC, WORKING 1170 00:41:41,404 --> 00:41:43,039 ON MULTI-LESION DIAGNOSTIC THAT 1171 00:41:43,039 --> 00:41:45,808 WILL HAVE MULTIPLE TARGETS AS 1172 00:41:45,808 --> 00:41:49,312 WELL AS SYPHILIS, AND ALSO WE'RE 1173 00:41:49,312 --> 00:41:50,613 DOING ONE IN HEP-B. 1174 00:41:50,613 --> 00:41:52,749 SO, KIND OF THIS LEADS TO THE 1175 00:41:52,749 --> 00:41:54,117 CORE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING 1176 00:41:54,117 --> 00:41:57,353 ABOUT, LIKE WHAT ARE WE AND 1177 00:41:57,353 --> 00:41:59,489 NIDCD DOING AND WHAT ARE 1178 00:41:59,489 --> 00:42:01,824 OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION? 1179 00:42:01,824 --> 00:42:06,729 WELL, WE LOOKED AT BY HAND 1180 00:42:06,729 --> 00:42:09,032 CURATED LOTS OF DCD PROJECTS AND 1181 00:42:09,032 --> 00:42:10,233 PROTECT THEM INTO KEY CONCEPT 1182 00:42:10,233 --> 00:42:11,534 GROUPS THAT FALL INTO OUR 1183 00:42:11,534 --> 00:42:12,602 RELEVANT CATEGORIES. 1184 00:42:12,602 --> 00:42:14,070 YOU SEE IMAGING IS REALLY 1185 00:42:14,070 --> 00:42:15,138 STRONGLY REPRESENTED THERE. 1186 00:42:15,138 --> 00:42:17,340 ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE OUR 1187 00:42:17,340 --> 00:42:27,884 PIECHART WHERE WE LOOK AT GRANTS 1188 00:42:28,117 --> 00:42:30,019 NIDCD PROBLEM DRIVEN, 1189 00:42:30,019 --> 00:42:35,725 OVERWHELMING NUMBER IN IMAGING. 1190 00:42:35,725 --> 00:42:37,360 I'LL TALK ABOUT INFORMATICS 1191 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:37,760 BASED APPROACHES. 1192 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:39,529 HOW MUCH TIME DO I HAVE? 1193 00:42:39,529 --> 00:42:39,929 >> TEN MINUTES. 1194 00:42:39,929 --> 00:42:40,863 >> I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER 1195 00:42:40,863 --> 00:42:44,033 TO SHOW YOU THE VIDEO. 1196 00:42:44,033 --> 00:42:46,002 IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN 1197 00:42:46,002 --> 00:42:46,502 UNDERGRADUATE BIOMEDICAL 1198 00:42:46,502 --> 00:42:47,136 ENGINEERING STUDENTS IN ACTION, 1199 00:42:47,136 --> 00:42:49,605 IT'S A REAL TREAT. 1200 00:42:49,605 --> 00:42:52,341 IT'S RELEVANT, YOU DON'T THINK 1201 00:42:52,341 --> 00:42:52,942 NECESSARILY THAT UNDERGRADUATE 1202 00:42:52,942 --> 00:42:53,876 BIOENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON 1203 00:42:53,876 --> 00:42:55,845 THINGS YOU CARE ABOUT, SO I JUST 1204 00:42:55,845 --> 00:42:58,781 WANT TO ADVERTISE THIS CHALLENGE 1205 00:42:58,781 --> 00:43:06,355 THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED BY UNDER 1206 00:43:06,355 --> 00:43:10,193 GRADUATE STUDENTS, YOU GET TO 1207 00:43:10,193 --> 00:43:11,160 BUILD MULTI-DISCIPLINARY GROUPS, 1208 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:12,995 YOU CAN GET ELECTRICAL AND 1209 00:43:12,995 --> 00:43:14,330 COMPUTER ENGINEERS, BIOMEDICAL 1210 00:43:14,330 --> 00:43:17,934 ENGINEERS, THEY COME TOGETHER. 1211 00:43:17,934 --> 00:43:19,569 IT'S ASTOUNDING WHAT THEY DO. 1212 00:43:19,569 --> 00:43:22,772 I'LL LET THE VIDEO SPEAK FOR 1213 00:43:22,772 --> 00:43:23,005 ITSELF. 1214 00:43:23,005 --> 00:43:26,375 WE GIVE $160,000 IN PRIZES 1215 00:43:26,375 --> 00:43:28,678 DIRECT LY TO STUDENTS AND SUPPOT 1216 00:43:28,678 --> 00:43:31,013 THEM IF THEY ARE PRIZE WINNERS 1217 00:43:31,013 --> 00:43:32,415 WITH OUR COMMERCIALIZATION AND 1218 00:43:32,415 --> 00:43:35,918 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 1219 00:43:35,918 --> 00:43:36,686 THROUGH THIS PROGRAM CALLED 1220 00:43:36,686 --> 00:43:37,019 C3i. 1221 00:43:37,019 --> 00:43:39,388 MAYBE YOU WANT TO ADD, YOU SEE 1222 00:43:39,388 --> 00:43:41,491 YOUR COLLEAGUES HERE, ALL OF 1223 00:43:41,491 --> 00:43:43,893 THESE FOLKS ARE CONTRIBUTING 1224 00:43:43,893 --> 00:43:45,628 $15,000 PRIZES, AND GET TO BE 1225 00:43:45,628 --> 00:43:47,830 PART OF THE EXCITEMENT OF SEEING 1226 00:43:47,830 --> 00:43:49,031 ALL THESE AMAZING APPLICATIONS 1227 00:43:49,031 --> 00:43:49,465 COMING IN. 1228 00:43:49,465 --> 00:43:50,800 A LOT OF APPLICATIONINGS FROM 1229 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:51,934 STUDENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 1230 00:43:51,934 --> 00:43:56,906 I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE SECOND 1231 00:43:56,906 --> 00:43:58,574 PLACE WINNER FOR NIBIB BECAUSE 1232 00:43:58,574 --> 00:44:01,277 THIS YEAR I JUST ANNOUNCED IT, 1233 00:44:01,277 --> 00:44:04,013 ON TUESDAY IN MY COUNCIL 1234 00:44:04,013 --> 00:44:07,550 MEETING, AND IT'S PRETTY 1235 00:44:07,550 --> 00:44:10,386 ASTOUNDING FOR YOU GUYS. 1236 00:44:10,386 --> 00:44:16,392 1237 00:44:16,392 --> 00:44:26,435 1238 00:44:28,838 --> 00:44:39,015 [ NO AUDIO ] 1239 00:44:54,430 --> 00:45:04,407 1240 00:47:10,433 --> 00:47:11,434 >> SO INCONCEIVABLE FIVE YEARS 1241 00:47:11,434 --> 00:47:11,734 AGO. 1242 00:47:11,734 --> 00:47:13,602 I WANT TO SHOW THAT AS A 1243 00:47:13,602 --> 00:47:14,503 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT POINT, 1244 00:47:14,503 --> 00:47:20,076 DEB AND I TALK A LOT ABOUT OCT, 1245 00:47:20,076 --> 00:47:23,679 AND UNDERGRADS AT UC RIVERSIDE 1246 00:47:23,679 --> 00:47:26,849 WORKING WITH KYLE PARK, A 1247 00:47:26,849 --> 00:47:28,250 PROFESSOR THERE IN BIOMEDICAL 1248 00:47:28,250 --> 00:47:29,685 ENGINEERING, PIONEER IN OCT, BUT 1249 00:47:29,685 --> 00:47:31,354 THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE THOSE 1250 00:47:31,354 --> 00:47:33,856 FOLKS IN DEPARTMENTS ALL AROUND 1251 00:47:33,856 --> 00:47:34,790 THE COUNTRY. 1252 00:47:34,790 --> 00:47:37,360 SO JUST A LITTLE MORE UPDATED 1253 00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:38,127 STATE-OF-THE-ART, WHAT IS STATE 1254 00:47:38,127 --> 00:47:42,131 OF THE ART IN OCT, SO THAT THING 1255 00:47:42,131 --> 00:47:43,032 WAS VERY COMPACT BECAUSE OF THE 1256 00:47:43,032 --> 00:47:44,800 TYPE OF LIGHT SOURCE THEY USE, 1257 00:47:44,800 --> 00:47:48,037 WHICH IS A KIND OF DIODE LIGHT 1258 00:47:48,037 --> 00:47:49,705 SOURCE, NOT EXACTLY A LASER. 1259 00:47:49,705 --> 00:47:54,210 ALTHOUGH THEY DO HAVE JUST A 1260 00:47:54,210 --> 00:47:56,078 SIMPLE SMALL LASER DIODE FOR 1261 00:47:56,078 --> 00:47:57,480 GUIDANCE AND POSITIONING. 1262 00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:01,617 SO THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN 1263 00:48:01,617 --> 00:48:02,752 LIGHT SOURCES, SWEPT SOURCE 1264 00:48:02,752 --> 00:48:06,789 LASERS, SO THIS IS FROM BRIAN 1265 00:48:06,789 --> 00:48:08,090 APPLEGATE AT USC, PROBABLY ABOUT 1266 00:48:08,090 --> 00:48:09,859 STATE OF THE ART IN TERMS OF 1267 00:48:09,859 --> 00:48:11,927 MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY AND 1268 00:48:11,927 --> 00:48:15,064 SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AND DESIGN. 1269 00:48:15,064 --> 00:48:22,104 AND OF COURSE HE'S INTEGRATED 1270 00:48:22,104 --> 00:48:22,872 STANDARD OTO SCOPE INTO A SINGLE 1271 00:48:22,872 --> 00:48:24,840 HAND PIECE, ON THE LEFT YOU SEE 1272 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:27,243 THE OPTICS AND THE MECHANICS OF 1273 00:48:27,243 --> 00:48:29,979 ALL OF THIS. 1274 00:48:29,979 --> 00:48:36,018 IT'S ABOUT 38-MICRON SPOT SIZE. 1275 00:48:36,018 --> 00:48:38,220 THAT DEFINES X RESOLUTION, A 1276 00:48:38,220 --> 00:48:41,724 7-MILLIMETER WORKING DISTANCE SO 1277 00:48:41,724 --> 00:48:43,359 THAT DEFINES APPROXIMATELY THE 1278 00:48:43,359 --> 00:48:45,561 REGION AND DEPTH OVER WHICH YOU 1279 00:48:45,561 --> 00:48:46,862 CAN SCAN AND GET ABOUT THE SAME 1280 00:48:46,862 --> 00:48:47,730 X RESOLUTION. 1281 00:48:47,730 --> 00:48:49,832 THAT X RESOLUTION IS A LITTLE 1282 00:48:49,832 --> 00:48:52,034 BIT DECEPTIVE BECAUSE WITH THESE 1283 00:48:52,034 --> 00:48:53,769 DEVICES WHICH ARE BROADBAND AND 1284 00:48:53,769 --> 00:48:56,038 CALLED FREQUENCY DOMAIN, YOU 1285 00:48:56,038 --> 00:49:00,109 MEASURE BOTH AMPLITUDE AND PHASE 1286 00:49:00,109 --> 00:49:02,178 OF THE SCATTERED BACK-SCATTERED 1287 00:49:02,178 --> 00:49:03,612 WAVE. 1288 00:49:03,612 --> 00:49:05,381 THIS IS A PHASE SENSITIVE 1289 00:49:05,381 --> 00:49:06,916 DEVICE, THE EARLY ONES WERE NOT 1290 00:49:06,916 --> 00:49:07,783 LIKE THAT. 1291 00:49:07,783 --> 00:49:10,519 WITH PHASE SENSITIVITY, YOU CAN 1292 00:49:10,519 --> 00:49:12,054 MEASURE -- IF YOU DON'T KNOW 1293 00:49:12,054 --> 00:49:14,890 THIS, YOU WON'T BELIEVE ME, BUT 1294 00:49:14,890 --> 00:49:16,559 YOU CAN MEASURE FRACTIONS OF 1295 00:49:16,559 --> 00:49:20,062 NANOMETERS IN TERMS OF 1296 00:49:20,062 --> 00:49:20,563 DISPLACEMENT, STRUCTURAL 1297 00:49:20,563 --> 00:49:24,066 DISPLACEMENT, LIKE A TENTH OF A 1298 00:49:24,066 --> 00:49:29,138 NANOMETER SO IT'S EXQUISITELY 1299 00:49:29,138 --> 00:49:29,538 SENSITIVE. 1300 00:49:29,538 --> 00:49:35,911 IN YOU CAN SEE IN A THE OTOSCOPE 1301 00:49:35,911 --> 00:49:37,146 AND OCT IMAGE, CORRESPONDING 1302 00:49:37,146 --> 00:49:38,747 LINE AND SCANS TO SEE 1303 00:49:38,747 --> 00:49:40,850 STRUCTURES, IN THOSE LINE SCANS, 1304 00:49:40,850 --> 00:49:44,119 C IS A FULL 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF 1305 00:49:44,119 --> 00:49:47,957 THE MIDDLE EAR, FROM TYMPANIC 1306 00:49:47,957 --> 00:49:50,259 MEMBRANE AND UMBO, YOU CAN NAME 1307 00:49:50,259 --> 00:49:51,227 ALL THE SINGLE LETTER NAMES 1308 00:49:51,227 --> 00:49:53,963 BETTER THAN I CAN. 1309 00:49:53,963 --> 00:49:56,699 IT'S SENSITIVE TO MOTION SO THE 1310 00:49:56,699 --> 00:49:59,768 PHASE SENSITIVITY ALLOWS YOU TO 1311 00:49:59,768 --> 00:50:00,436 MEASURE VIBRATIONAL PHASE, SOUND 1312 00:50:00,436 --> 00:50:05,674 IN THE B SCAN IN THE LOWER 1313 00:50:05,674 --> 00:50:07,109 RIGHT, RE-REPRESENTED IN A PHASE 1314 00:50:07,109 --> 00:50:08,310 PLOT SHOWING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1315 00:50:08,310 --> 00:50:09,512 AIR AND BONE CONDUCTION OF THE 1316 00:50:09,512 --> 00:50:09,712 SOUND. 1317 00:50:09,712 --> 00:50:11,280 SO THAT'S FROM A HUMAN. 1318 00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:14,350 AND IT'S CAPTURED IN SECONDS. 1319 00:50:14,350 --> 00:50:15,918 THE INNER EAR IS THE HOLY GRAIL. 1320 00:50:15,918 --> 00:50:19,855 WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK 1321 00:50:19,855 --> 00:50:21,557 ABOUT WHAT SORT OF TECHNOLOGIC 1322 00:50:21,557 --> 00:50:22,791 IMPROVEMENTS, BUT JUST IN SORT 1323 00:50:22,791 --> 00:50:24,226 OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 1324 00:50:24,226 --> 00:50:27,730 COMMUNITY AND TO SEE PROGRESS, I 1325 00:50:27,730 --> 00:50:30,032 MEAN, YOU'VE GOT UNDERGRADUATES 1326 00:50:30,032 --> 00:50:31,333 BUILDING HAND-HELD OCT DEVICES 1327 00:50:31,333 --> 00:50:33,202 THAT HAVE REALLY INCREDIBLE 1328 00:50:33,202 --> 00:50:33,402 POWER. 1329 00:50:33,402 --> 00:50:36,906 THERE'S GOT TO BE BOTH A DUAL -- 1330 00:50:36,906 --> 00:50:38,541 THERE'S THAT ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, 1331 00:50:38,541 --> 00:50:40,209 BUT DISSEMINATION OF MORE 1332 00:50:40,209 --> 00:50:41,310 ACCESSIBLE INSTRUMENTS THAT 1333 00:50:41,310 --> 00:50:44,480 COULD LOOK IN OTHER AREAS THAT 1334 00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:46,482 ARE SUITED TO OTHER TYPES OF 1335 00:50:46,482 --> 00:50:48,417 PROBLEMS AND DILEMMAS, YOU KNOW, 1336 00:50:48,417 --> 00:50:50,386 IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY. 1337 00:50:50,386 --> 00:50:50,819 OKAY. 1338 00:50:50,819 --> 00:50:56,825 SO THIS IS PROBABLY -- WE 1339 00:50:56,825 --> 00:50:57,927 SUPPORT BRETT BOUMA, NIBIB IS 1340 00:50:57,927 --> 00:50:59,795 THE ONLY INSTITUTES THAT SUPPORT 1341 00:50:59,795 --> 00:51:01,230 THESE CENTERS OF TECHNOLOGY 1342 00:51:01,230 --> 00:51:02,631 DEVELOPMENT. 1343 00:51:02,631 --> 00:51:04,633 I AM PROUD TO HAVE DIRECTED ONE 1344 00:51:04,633 --> 00:51:07,036 FOR 17 YEARS, IN LASERS AND 1345 00:51:07,036 --> 00:51:08,037 MICROBEAMS AND ACTUALLY WE 1346 00:51:08,037 --> 00:51:10,839 PIONEERED A LOT OF THESE 1347 00:51:10,839 --> 00:51:12,041 TECHNOLOGIES. 1348 00:51:12,041 --> 00:51:16,045 OH, LET ME GO BACK AND DO THAT 1349 00:51:16,045 --> 00:51:25,621 VIDEO AGAIN IN CASE WE DIDN'T -- 1350 00:51:25,621 --> 00:51:27,890 IF YOU DIDN'T CATCH IT, I MAY 1351 00:51:27,890 --> 00:51:30,960 NEED SOME TECHNICAL HELP IN 1352 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:31,293 RUNNING THAT. 1353 00:51:31,293 --> 00:51:39,101 DOESN'T SEEM TO BE LAUNCHING. 1354 00:51:39,101 --> 00:51:40,202 THERE YOU GO. 1355 00:51:40,202 --> 00:51:47,209 15 KILOHERTZ SOUND, YOU CAN SEE 1356 00:51:47,209 --> 00:51:48,844 THE MENIBRUM TORSIONAL STRAIN, 1357 00:51:48,844 --> 00:51:50,913 COMPARING 500 HERTZ, NOT THAT 1358 00:51:50,913 --> 00:51:57,820 TORSIONAL STRAIN, YOU CAN SEE 1359 00:51:57,820 --> 00:51:59,688 500 HERTZ VERSUS 15 KILOHERTZA 1360 00:51:59,688 --> 00:52:02,725 DIFFERENCE IN PHASE BETWEEN THE 1361 00:52:02,725 --> 00:52:09,098 MOVEMENT OF UMBO AND STAPES, 1362 00:52:09,098 --> 00:52:10,299 FROM BRETT'S P41 CENTER, IT'S 1363 00:52:10,299 --> 00:52:12,701 NOT FROM A HUMAN SO MAYBE YOU 1364 00:52:12,701 --> 00:52:14,436 CAN TELL ME WHAT ANIMAL MODEL. 1365 00:52:14,436 --> 00:52:16,505 I HADN'T HEARD OF THIS FOR AN 1366 00:52:16,505 --> 00:52:19,008 ANIMAL MODEL, IT'S A CHINCHILLA, 1367 00:52:19,008 --> 00:52:21,443 BUT IT'S AN EX VIVO ANIMAL 1368 00:52:21,443 --> 00:52:22,211 MODEL. 1369 00:52:22,211 --> 00:52:24,413 BUT, AGAIN, THIS IS QUITE 1370 00:52:24,413 --> 00:52:26,482 SPECTACULAR PHASE SENSITIVE OCT 1371 00:52:26,482 --> 00:52:27,783 WITH DYNAMIC RECONSTRUCTION. 1372 00:52:27,783 --> 00:52:29,785 ALL OF THESE RECONSTRUCTION 1373 00:52:29,785 --> 00:52:31,020 TECHNIQUES REALLY DEPEND ON 1374 00:52:31,020 --> 00:52:32,388 MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL 1375 00:52:32,388 --> 00:52:34,256 INTELLIGENCE TO REALLY OPTIMIZE 1376 00:52:34,256 --> 00:52:34,456 THEM. 1377 00:52:34,456 --> 00:52:36,992 BUT ULTIMATELY THEY ARE ABLE TO 1378 00:52:36,992 --> 00:52:39,728 PROVE GROUND TRUTH WITH PHYSICS 1379 00:52:39,728 --> 00:52:42,998 MODELS SO THIS GIVES AN IDEA 1380 00:52:42,998 --> 00:52:44,333 WHAT SOME POTENTIAL IS EMPLOYING 1381 00:52:44,333 --> 00:52:45,534 INFORMATION, AS MANY OF OF YOU 1382 00:52:45,534 --> 00:52:47,002 KNOW YOU CAN CHANGE FREQUENCIES 1383 00:52:47,002 --> 00:52:50,339 AND LOOK AT THE 1384 00:52:50,339 --> 00:52:50,906 FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT PHASE 1385 00:52:50,906 --> 00:52:52,975 INFORMATION AND BACK OUT LOTS OF 1386 00:52:52,975 --> 00:52:55,277 INFORMATION CONTENT AND 1387 00:52:55,277 --> 00:52:56,912 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, MODULUS, 1388 00:52:56,912 --> 00:52:58,814 STRESS AND STRAIN RELATIONSHIPS, 1389 00:52:58,814 --> 00:52:59,982 AND SO FORTH. 1390 00:52:59,982 --> 00:53:03,585 ANOTHER -- I MENTION THE LESS 1391 00:53:03,585 --> 00:53:04,987 THAN A NANOMETER RESOLUTION IN 1392 00:53:04,987 --> 00:53:09,191 THE PHASE. 1393 00:53:09,191 --> 00:53:10,826 AND SO STEPHEN BOPPART WHO 1394 00:53:10,826 --> 00:53:13,662 DIRECTS A TECHNOLOGY CENTER WE 1395 00:53:13,662 --> 00:53:15,397 SUPPORTS THAT USED THAT PHASE 1396 00:53:15,397 --> 00:53:16,532 SENSITIVITY WITH A DIFFERENT 1397 00:53:16,532 --> 00:53:20,302 TYPE OF LIGHT SOURCE, A VERY 1398 00:53:20,302 --> 00:53:22,304 BROADBAND LIGHT SOURCE NOT SWEPT 1399 00:53:22,304 --> 00:53:23,839 BUT THE SPECTRAL INFORMATION 1400 00:53:23,839 --> 00:53:26,241 CONTENT IS ANALYZED IN 1401 00:53:26,241 --> 00:53:28,310 SPECTROMETER TO LOOK AT THESE 1402 00:53:28,310 --> 00:53:29,945 EXTREMELY SMALL STRUCTURES, AS 1403 00:53:29,945 --> 00:53:34,650 IT TURNS OUT THIS IS QUITE 1404 00:53:34,650 --> 00:53:35,884 POWERFUL FOR TEXTURE-BASED 1405 00:53:35,884 --> 00:53:38,487 SPECIATION OF OTITIS MEDIA AND 1406 00:53:38,487 --> 00:53:39,254 BACTERIAL BIOFILMS. 1407 00:53:39,254 --> 00:53:41,323 THIS PAPER IS JUST COMING OUT, 1408 00:53:41,323 --> 00:53:42,558 STEPHEN HAS PUBLISHED A LITTLE 1409 00:53:42,558 --> 00:53:46,862 BIT IN GENERAL ON THIS TECHNIQUE 1410 00:53:46,862 --> 00:53:48,897 SO IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF 1411 00:53:48,897 --> 00:53:51,834 TECHNOLOGY TO GET THE IMPACT 1412 00:53:51,834 --> 00:53:56,238 BIOFILM BUT THERE'S RELENTLESS 1413 00:53:56,238 --> 00:53:58,741 PROGRESSION, USING AN EARLIER 1414 00:53:58,741 --> 00:54:01,210 MORE EXPENSIVE TYPE OF BROADBAND 1415 00:54:01,210 --> 00:54:02,478 SOURCE, AS THEY EVOLVE THEY WILL 1416 00:54:02,478 --> 00:54:04,780 BE MORE ACCESSIBLE. 1417 00:54:04,780 --> 00:54:07,182 I ASKED OUR TEAM TO HELP WITH 1418 00:54:07,182 --> 00:54:08,817 CT, I'M NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING 1419 00:54:08,817 --> 00:54:09,785 THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES WITH 1420 00:54:09,785 --> 00:54:10,452 CT. 1421 00:54:10,452 --> 00:54:12,221 THERE'S A LOT OF AMBITION TO 1422 00:54:12,221 --> 00:54:13,288 DEVELOP CT APPROACHES. 1423 00:54:13,288 --> 00:54:16,492 THIS IS ONE I THINK IS A BIT 1424 00:54:16,492 --> 00:54:16,892 PROMISING. 1425 00:54:16,892 --> 00:54:21,497 THIS ACTUALLY JUST TAKES A 1426 00:54:21,497 --> 00:54:22,831 CONVENTIONAL CLINICAL CT AND 1427 00:54:22,831 --> 00:54:24,333 IT'S FROM G.E. HEALTHCARE SO 1428 00:54:24,333 --> 00:54:26,001 TECHNOLOGY THAT WE SUPPORT WITH 1429 00:54:26,001 --> 00:54:30,806 THE G.E. HEALTHCARE INNOVATION 1430 00:54:30,806 --> 00:54:32,341 FOLKS, CALLED ZOOMED IN PARTIAL 1431 00:54:32,341 --> 00:54:33,976 SCANS, ZIPS, REGION OF INTEREST 1432 00:54:33,976 --> 00:54:35,410 IS PLACED OFF CENTER IN THE 1433 00:54:35,410 --> 00:54:39,214 SCANNER SO YOU CAN GET HIGHER 1434 00:54:39,214 --> 00:54:42,184 MAGNIFICATION AND UPCARE OF 1435 00:54:42,184 --> 00:54:43,385 COUPLED IMAGES TAKEN WITH 1436 00:54:43,385 --> 00:54:44,486 OFF-CENTERED VIEWS IN ADDITION 1437 00:54:44,486 --> 00:54:46,789 TO FULL CT. 1438 00:54:46,789 --> 00:54:49,291 AND THEN ALL THAT INFORMATION IS 1439 00:54:49,291 --> 00:54:50,726 MAGICALLY PUT IN A COMPUTATIONAL 1440 00:54:50,726 --> 00:54:54,429 BOX AND USING THESE KINDS OF 1441 00:54:54,429 --> 00:54:55,531 BACK-PROJECTION MATHEMATICAL 1442 00:54:55,531 --> 00:54:56,398 APPROACHES CAN DRAMATICALLY 1443 00:54:56,398 --> 00:54:57,733 IMPROVE THE RESOLUTION. 1444 00:54:57,733 --> 00:54:59,034 THESE ARROWS ARE POINTING TO 1445 00:54:59,034 --> 00:55:03,972 REGIONS WHERE THE RESOLUTION IS 1446 00:55:03,972 --> 00:55:07,576 IMPROVED, IN THIS CADAVERIC 1447 00:55:07,576 --> 00:55:09,311 TEMPORAL BONE SAMPLE. 1448 00:55:09,311 --> 00:55:14,783 THIS IS A REGULAR CLINICAL CT, 1449 00:55:14,783 --> 00:55:16,652 AND ENERGY OF THE SOURCE IS 1450 00:55:16,652 --> 00:55:17,085 HIGH. 1451 00:55:17,085 --> 00:55:19,822 I DON'T KNOW, I'M ASSUMING THAT 1452 00:55:19,822 --> 00:55:22,858 TO GET TO MIDDLE AND INNER EAR 1453 00:55:22,858 --> 00:55:24,293 STRUCTURES YOU WOULD HAVE TO 1454 00:55:24,293 --> 00:55:25,627 DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THAT ENERGY 1455 00:55:25,627 --> 00:55:28,030 TO IMPROVE THE CONTRAST. 1456 00:55:28,030 --> 00:55:29,231 SO, WE SORT OF ASKED THE 1457 00:55:29,231 --> 00:55:30,199 INVESTIGATOR CAN YOU DO THAT, HE 1458 00:55:30,199 --> 00:55:33,035 SAID OF COURSE WE CAN DO THAT. 1459 00:55:33,035 --> 00:55:34,369 ANYTIME NIH SAYS CAN YOU DO 1460 00:55:34,369 --> 00:55:37,773 SOMETHING LIKE THAT THEY ALWAYS 1461 00:55:37,773 --> 00:55:38,440 SAY YEAH. 1462 00:55:38,440 --> 00:55:43,579 BUT I THINK WITH JUST THIS, JUST 1463 00:55:43,579 --> 00:55:44,680 SHOWING 100-MICRON RESOLUTION, 1464 00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:54,056 AND A REALLY HUGE IMPROVEMENT IN 1465 00:55:54,056 --> 00:55:56,258 THE ALIASING AND RECONSTRUCTION. 1466 00:55:56,258 --> 00:55:58,894 I WAS LOST HERE. 1467 00:55:58,894 --> 00:56:00,762 THINK THIS IS THE AUDITORY 1468 00:56:00,762 --> 00:56:01,530 CANAL, RIGHT HERE. 1469 00:56:01,530 --> 00:56:04,032 I THINK THE POTENTIAL HERE IS 1470 00:56:04,032 --> 00:56:04,333 INTERESTING. 1471 00:56:04,333 --> 00:56:05,033 WE DO SUPPORT SEVERAL 1472 00:56:05,033 --> 00:56:05,367 APPLICATIONS. 1473 00:56:05,367 --> 00:56:10,873 THIS WOULD BE A GREAT ONE WHERE 1474 00:56:10,873 --> 00:56:12,507 DCC IN COLLABORATION COULD DRIVE 1475 00:56:12,507 --> 00:56:13,809 FORWARD PURPOSE-BUILT 1476 00:56:13,809 --> 00:56:14,877 TECHNOLOGY. 1477 00:56:14,877 --> 00:56:16,879 I'M JUST -- MAYBE I'LL GO VERY 1478 00:56:16,879 --> 00:56:19,181 FAST OVER THE NEXT FEW. 1479 00:56:19,181 --> 00:56:21,149 THEY ARE NOT JUST CLINICAL 1480 00:56:21,149 --> 00:56:21,483 TOOLS. 1481 00:56:21,483 --> 00:56:25,254 THERE ARE BEAUTIFUL RESEARCH 1482 00:56:25,254 --> 00:56:35,597 TOOLS, FRIS DISZ -- FRISZ. 1483 00:56:35,597 --> 00:56:37,900 THIS ONE IS SPECTACULAR. 1484 00:56:37,900 --> 00:56:41,603 IT IS LOCATED IN A TRANSMEMBRANE 1485 00:56:41,603 --> 00:56:43,138 DOMAIN, SO EXTRACELLULAR ZINC 1486 00:56:43,138 --> 00:56:46,008 BINDS TO IT. 1487 00:56:46,008 --> 00:56:48,510 IT ACTUALLY INCREASES THE 1488 00:56:48,510 --> 00:56:52,781 QUANTUM YIELD OF FLUOROPHORE, 1489 00:56:52,781 --> 00:56:56,818 FLUORESCENCE GOES UP. 1490 00:56:56,818 --> 00:56:57,586 SOUNDS ELICITS SYNAPTIC 1491 00:56:57,586 --> 00:56:58,387 SIGNALING, I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL I 1492 00:56:58,387 --> 00:57:00,022 LOOKED AT THE SLIDES. 1493 00:57:00,022 --> 00:57:02,658 THERE'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL 1494 00:57:02,658 --> 00:57:04,293 LINEAR RESPONSE THAT YOU CAN SEE 1495 00:57:04,293 --> 00:57:08,030 IN THIS PLOT OF RESPONSE VERSUS 1496 00:57:08,030 --> 00:57:10,198 SOUND INTENSITY. 1497 00:57:10,198 --> 00:57:11,934 THESE TWO LOWER PLOTS ARE 1498 00:57:11,934 --> 00:57:13,936 CONTROLS WITH OTHER DYES, SO YOU 1499 00:57:13,936 --> 00:57:16,004 SEE THIS REALLY BEAUTIFUL LINEAR 1500 00:57:16,004 --> 00:57:18,840 INCREASE AND THE RAW DATA HERE. 1501 00:57:18,840 --> 00:57:19,808 IMAGING IS PRETTY 1502 00:57:19,808 --> 00:57:23,779 STRAIGHTFORWARD, OR YOU CAN GET 1503 00:57:23,779 --> 00:57:26,181 SOPHISTICATED. 1504 00:57:26,181 --> 00:57:28,050 SO YOU JUST USE -- THIS IS IN A 1505 00:57:28,050 --> 00:57:28,684 MOUSE MODEL. 1506 00:57:28,684 --> 00:57:32,721 YOU DON'T HAVE TO THIN THE 1507 00:57:32,721 --> 00:57:36,158 SKULL. 1508 00:57:36,158 --> 00:57:39,194 SO 590 EXCITATION, LOOK AT READY 1509 00:57:39,194 --> 00:57:40,095 MISSION AT 650, TRANSMITS 1510 00:57:40,095 --> 00:57:40,696 BEAUTIFULLY. 1511 00:57:40,696 --> 00:57:43,932 YOU MIGHT HAVE TO REMOVE THE 1512 00:57:43,932 --> 00:57:49,204 SCALP BUT IN OTHER CASE US DONT 1513 00:57:49,204 --> 00:57:50,806 NEED TO DO THAT. 1514 00:57:50,806 --> 00:57:53,308 A LOT OF INTRINSIC SIGNAL OPT 1515 00:57:53,308 --> 00:57:56,044 CAM IMAGING IS EMERGED, IN SMALL 1516 00:57:56,044 --> 00:57:57,612 ANIMAL MODELS. 1517 00:57:57,612 --> 00:57:59,681 PEOPLE WOULD WIGGLE A WHISKER 1518 00:57:59,681 --> 00:58:03,518 AND LOOK AT REFLECTANCE, SIMPLE 1519 00:58:03,518 --> 00:58:09,424 OPTICAL CHANGES CORRESPONDING TO 1520 00:58:09,424 --> 00:58:10,192 OXYHEMOGLOBIN AND 1521 00:58:10,192 --> 00:58:12,828 DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN TO FIGURE OUT 1522 00:58:12,828 --> 00:58:15,664 THE fMRI BOLD SIGNAL, INITIAL 1523 00:58:15,664 --> 00:58:17,966 DIP, REPERFUSION, THAT CAN BE 1524 00:58:17,966 --> 00:58:20,268 ENCODED IN OPTICAL SIGNALS OF 1525 00:58:20,268 --> 00:58:20,569 HEMOGLOBIN. 1526 00:58:20,569 --> 00:58:24,039 THIS WHOLE FIELD HAS GOTTEN A 1527 00:58:24,039 --> 00:58:25,407 LOT MORE SOPHISTICATED WITH OCT 1528 00:58:25,407 --> 00:58:28,577 BECAUSE WITH THIS TYPE OF OCT 1529 00:58:28,577 --> 00:58:30,479 DEVICE, IN ADDITION I MENTIONED 1530 00:58:30,479 --> 00:58:33,982 OCT LOOKS AT THE SCATTERED 1531 00:58:33,982 --> 00:58:35,150 LIGHT, AMPLITUDE, LOOKS AT THE 1532 00:58:35,150 --> 00:58:37,552 PHASE OF SCATTERED LIGHT. 1533 00:58:37,552 --> 00:58:40,389 AND IF WE USE A SUFFICIENT 1534 00:58:40,389 --> 00:58:41,390 NUMBER OF WAVELENGTHS WE CAN 1535 00:58:41,390 --> 00:58:46,528 LOOK AT THE DOPPLER SHIFTED 1536 00:58:46,528 --> 00:58:48,497 COMPONENT OF THAT STACK 1537 00:58:48,497 --> 00:58:50,365 SCATTERED LIGHT, ENCODES 1538 00:58:50,365 --> 00:58:50,899 MOVEMENT, MOVEMENT OF 1539 00:58:50,899 --> 00:58:52,868 ERYTHROCYTES, SO YOU CAN 1540 00:58:52,868 --> 00:58:53,969 COMPLETELY FORM AND RECONSTRUCT 1541 00:58:53,969 --> 00:58:56,938 AN IMAGE OF THE STRUCTURES THAT 1542 00:58:56,938 --> 00:58:58,573 ARE HOLDING THE MOVING OBJECTS, 1543 00:58:58,573 --> 00:59:01,843 THOSE ARE BLOOD VESSELS. 1544 00:59:01,843 --> 00:59:06,548 SO THAT B IMAGE AND D, THOSE ARE 1545 00:59:06,548 --> 00:59:07,849 LABEL-FREE RECONSTRUCTIONS OF 3D 1546 00:59:07,849 --> 00:59:14,656 MICRO VASCULATURE, D IS A 1547 00:59:14,656 --> 00:59:15,290 PROJECTION IMAGE. 1548 00:59:15,290 --> 00:59:17,125 CAN YOU LOOK AT CELL COUPLING IN 1549 00:59:17,125 --> 00:59:19,694 CORTEX AND SMALL ANIMAL MODELS, 1550 00:59:19,694 --> 00:59:20,762 THIS INVESTIGATOR JONATHAN 1551 00:59:20,762 --> 00:59:22,631 FISCHER AT NEW YORK MEDICAL 1552 00:59:22,631 --> 00:59:25,801 CENTER, HE'S LOOKING AT NEURAL 1553 00:59:25,801 --> 00:59:28,036 AND VASCULAR NEUROVASCULAR 1554 00:59:28,036 --> 00:59:31,173 COUPLING WITH LOWER INTENSITY 1555 00:59:31,173 --> 00:59:34,776 FOCUSED ULTRASOUND, A RING 1556 00:59:34,776 --> 00:59:36,344 TRANSDUCER AROUND THE OPTICAL 1557 00:59:36,344 --> 00:59:38,080 RIG APPLYING LOW INTENSITY 1558 00:59:38,080 --> 00:59:39,214 FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TO AUDITORY 1559 00:59:39,214 --> 00:59:42,017 CORTEX, HOPEFULLY THIS COULD BE 1560 00:59:42,017 --> 00:59:44,186 AN APPLICATION IN TINNITUS. 1561 00:59:44,186 --> 00:59:45,954 SPEAKING OF THAT, HOW DO YOU 1562 00:59:45,954 --> 00:59:46,655 TRANSLATE FROM SMALL ANIMAL 1563 00:59:46,655 --> 00:59:47,856 MODELS? 1564 00:59:47,856 --> 00:59:53,428 THIS IS A SUPER HOT AREA. 1565 00:59:53,428 --> 00:59:58,800 THIS IS A GROUP THAT WE'RE 1566 00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:00,735 SUPPORTING BLUEPRINT-MED TECH, 1567 01:00:00,735 --> 01:00:01,503 INCLUDES LOW INTENSITY 1568 01:00:01,503 --> 01:00:08,310 TRANSDUCERS WITH OPTICAL 1569 01:00:08,310 --> 01:00:10,378 TRANSDUCERS, BUILT BY OPEN 1570 01:00:10,378 --> 01:00:10,579 WATER. 1571 01:00:10,579 --> 01:00:11,680 MARY LOU IS MAKING THIS OPEN 1572 01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:11,913 SOURCE. 1573 01:00:11,913 --> 01:00:14,749 CAN YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, YOU 1574 01:00:14,749 --> 01:00:17,919 GET FULL OPEN SOURCED DESIGN ON 1575 01:00:17,919 --> 01:00:19,121 THE HARDWARE, AND SOFTWARE, SO 1576 01:00:19,121 --> 01:00:21,423 THESE ARE -- IT'S AN EARLY STAGE 1577 01:00:21,423 --> 01:00:24,893 BUT THE IDEA OF LOW INTENSITY 1578 01:00:24,893 --> 01:00:25,594 FOCUSED ULTRASOUND 1579 01:00:25,594 --> 01:00:26,695 NEUROMODULATION IS CATCHING ON, 1580 01:00:26,695 --> 01:00:29,531 BOTH IN CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL 1581 01:00:29,531 --> 01:00:33,034 NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SEVERAL 1582 01:00:33,034 --> 01:00:33,768 PROJECTS IN BLUEPRINT-MEDTECH 1583 01:00:33,768 --> 01:00:35,237 ARE SUPPORTING THAT. 1584 01:00:35,237 --> 01:00:36,538 ONE UNIQUE FEATURE IT'S COMBINED 1585 01:00:36,538 --> 01:00:39,708 IN A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM WITH 1586 01:00:39,708 --> 01:00:40,275 FUNCTIONAL NEUROINFRARED 1587 01:00:40,275 --> 01:00:42,544 SPECTROSCOPY WHICH LIKE I WAS 1588 01:00:42,544 --> 01:00:43,979 EXPLAINING BEFORE WITH INTRINSIC 1589 01:00:43,979 --> 01:00:45,514 SIGNAL OPTICAL IMAGING IN SMALL 1590 01:00:45,514 --> 01:00:51,620 ANIMAL MODELS LOOKING AT OXY 1591 01:00:51,620 --> 01:00:57,425 HEMOGLOBIN AND DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN 1592 01:00:57,425 --> 01:00:57,692 DYNAMICS. 1593 01:00:57,692 --> 01:01:00,495 IT DOESN'T GO BENEATH THE CORTEX 1594 01:01:00,495 --> 01:01:01,463 BUT CORTEX CAN PROVIDE 1595 01:01:01,463 --> 01:01:05,200 INFORMATION, YOU CAN PUT YOUR 1596 01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:06,735 PROBES WHEREVER POTENTIALLY OVER 1597 01:01:06,735 --> 01:01:08,803 AUDITORY CORTEX. 1598 01:01:08,803 --> 01:01:11,640 THIS ONE IS FOR PREFRONTAL LOBE. 1599 01:01:11,640 --> 01:01:12,741 I'LL WRAP THIS UP. 1600 01:01:12,741 --> 01:01:13,842 HERE IS OUR ICON. 1601 01:01:13,842 --> 01:01:17,112 WE WORK ON A LOT OF THIS STUFF. 1602 01:01:17,112 --> 01:01:20,849 AND WE HAVE ACCELERATED 1603 01:01:20,849 --> 01:01:22,884 MECHANISMS FOR DEVELOPING, 1604 01:01:22,884 --> 01:01:27,622 VALIDATING, GETTING AUTHORIZED 1605 01:01:27,622 --> 01:01:29,391 LIKE CLEARANCE, OTC AND POC 1606 01:01:29,391 --> 01:01:31,126 TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH TOOLS, 1607 01:01:31,126 --> 01:01:35,197 OBVIOUS AREAS IMAGING SENSING 1608 01:01:35,197 --> 01:01:36,131 AND COMBO MODULATORY, DATA 1609 01:01:36,131 --> 01:01:38,600 REPOSITORY AND A.I. ALGORITHMS, 1610 01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:40,669 HAVE YOU TO BE VIGILANT IF WE 1611 01:01:40,669 --> 01:01:46,808 WANT TO GET TO TRUTHS. 1612 01:01:46,808 --> 01:01:50,645 AND ENGINEERED AND SYN 1613 01:01:50,645 --> 01:01:51,780 BIOPLATFORMS, THEY WORK LIKE THE 1614 01:01:51,780 --> 01:01:54,482 BRAIN DOES WHICH I DON'T THINK 1615 01:01:54,482 --> 01:01:55,550 ANYONE HAS QUITE FIGURED OUT AT 1616 01:01:55,550 --> 01:01:57,219 BUT A LOT OF THINGS IN PARALLEL 1617 01:01:57,219 --> 01:02:00,155 AND SPIKING SO THAT'S THE 1618 01:02:00,155 --> 01:02:01,356 UNDERSCORED AMBITION THERE. 1619 01:02:01,356 --> 01:02:02,557 THIS GREAT WORKSHOP WHICH I 1620 01:02:02,557 --> 01:02:05,560 DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT UNTIL I 1621 01:02:05,560 --> 01:02:06,595 STARTED TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES 1622 01:02:06,595 --> 01:02:14,035 TO HELP ME WITH SOME SLIDES WITH 1623 01:02:14,035 --> 01:02:15,470 MIRAB AND SHUMIN, IT'S INTERNAL 1624 01:02:15,470 --> 01:02:17,439 BUT I BELIEVE YOU'LL PUT THE 1625 01:02:17,439 --> 01:02:18,206 RESULTS UP. 1626 01:02:18,206 --> 01:02:20,942 SO THAT'S EXCITING. 1627 01:02:20,942 --> 01:02:26,881 THANKS VERY MUCH. 1628 01:02:26,881 --> 01:02:28,717 >> WOW, THAT WAS FANTASTIC. 1629 01:02:28,717 --> 01:02:30,352 I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT, YOU 1630 01:02:30,352 --> 01:02:32,020 KNOW, EFFORTS THAT YOU SUPPORT 1631 01:02:32,020 --> 01:02:33,655 THAT ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, SO 1632 01:02:33,655 --> 01:02:37,092 RELEVANT TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 1633 01:02:37,092 --> 01:02:38,460 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1634 01:02:38,460 --> 01:02:39,961 WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME BUT 1635 01:02:39,961 --> 01:02:42,964 HAPPY TO TAKE A COUPLE OF 1636 01:02:42,964 --> 01:02:47,235 QUESTIONS IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE. 1637 01:02:47,235 --> 01:02:47,435 YEAH. 1638 01:02:47,435 --> 01:02:49,304 >> AM I ON? 1639 01:02:49,304 --> 01:02:49,537 THANKS. 1640 01:02:49,537 --> 01:02:52,374 I GUESS I WANT TO THANK YOU TOO 1641 01:02:52,374 --> 01:02:54,576 FOR REALLY EXCITING OVERVIEW, 1642 01:02:54,576 --> 01:02:55,310 REALLY IMPRESSIVE. 1643 01:02:55,310 --> 01:02:57,746 I GUESS I'LL START BY SAYING I'M 1644 01:02:57,746 --> 01:02:59,581 PROUD TO SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN 1645 01:02:59,581 --> 01:03:03,084 FUNDED FOR MOST OF MY CAREER BY 1646 01:03:03,084 --> 01:03:04,085 THE NIDCD, NOT SURPRISING GIVEN 1647 01:03:04,085 --> 01:03:04,953 THIS GROUP. 1648 01:03:04,953 --> 01:03:06,621 BUT I'VE BEEN FUNDED BY THE 1649 01:03:06,621 --> 01:03:09,658 NIBIB AT ONE POINT IN TIME, ALSO 1650 01:03:09,658 --> 01:03:11,860 BY THE WHITAKER FOUNDATION, A 1651 01:03:11,860 --> 01:03:15,230 COUPLE AGENCIES YOU'RE WELL 1652 01:03:15,230 --> 01:03:15,997 FAMILIAR WITH. 1653 01:03:15,997 --> 01:03:17,866 NIBIB PROJECT IS A PROJECT I 1654 01:03:17,866 --> 01:03:21,036 THINK DOES SORT OF FALL IN THE 1655 01:03:21,036 --> 01:03:22,804 CRACK BETWEEN THE TWO 1656 01:03:22,804 --> 01:03:24,539 INSTITUTES, WHY I'LL SAY A FEW 1657 01:03:24,539 --> 01:03:27,309 WORDS BIT, A PROJECT WE WERE 1658 01:03:27,309 --> 01:03:29,244 LOOKING AT MOVING MRI. 1659 01:03:29,244 --> 01:03:30,345 AND FOR BACKGROUND YOU DON'T 1660 01:03:30,345 --> 01:03:34,282 KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME BUT I'M A 1661 01:03:34,282 --> 01:03:34,916 SIMILAR RESEARCHER, STUDY PART 1662 01:03:34,916 --> 01:03:36,918 OF THE INNER EAR THAT RECORDS 1663 01:03:36,918 --> 01:03:37,786 HEAD MOTION. 1664 01:03:37,786 --> 01:03:43,158 AND WE HAVE NO WAY TO, IN 1665 01:03:43,158 --> 01:03:46,428 HUMANS, DO BRAIN IMAGING IN 1666 01:03:46,428 --> 01:03:50,265 HUMANS DURING MOTION, PROVIDING 1667 01:03:50,265 --> 01:03:50,765 NATURAL STIMULATION OF 1668 01:03:50,765 --> 01:03:51,800 VESTIBULAR SYSTEM. 1669 01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:54,402 WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE PUT COLD 1670 01:03:54,402 --> 01:03:55,937 WATER IN THE AIR, MAKE SOME 1671 01:03:55,937 --> 01:03:58,473 MEASUREMENTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 1672 01:03:58,473 --> 01:04:00,542 SO THIS MOVING MRI PROJECT, THE 1673 01:04:00,542 --> 01:04:03,945 IDEA IS TO CREATE, TO PUT AN MRI 1674 01:04:03,945 --> 01:04:06,581 MAGNET AND A HUMAN ON A MOVING 1675 01:04:06,581 --> 01:04:08,983 DEVICE THAT MOVES TOGETHER SO 1676 01:04:08,983 --> 01:04:12,020 THAT WE CAN MEASURE WHOLE BRAIN 1677 01:04:12,020 --> 01:04:12,620 ACTIVITY, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 1678 01:04:12,620 --> 01:04:15,990 ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE OR YOUR 1679 01:04:15,990 --> 01:04:18,693 INSTITUTE HAS DONE ON FUNCTIONAL 1680 01:04:18,693 --> 01:04:21,229 IMAGING, FUNCTIONAL MRI, TO BE 1681 01:04:21,229 --> 01:04:22,664 SPECIFIC, AND BEING ABLE TO DO 1682 01:04:22,664 --> 01:04:25,033 THAT IMAGING IN A MOVING HUMAN 1683 01:04:25,033 --> 01:04:25,266 SUBJECT. 1684 01:04:25,266 --> 01:04:27,902 SO SOMETHING I THINK REALLY 1685 01:04:27,902 --> 01:04:29,771 FALLS IN BOTH OF YOUR MISSIONS, 1686 01:04:29,771 --> 01:04:31,072 IF YOU WILL. 1687 01:04:31,072 --> 01:04:33,141 NO QUESTION THERE, JUST A 1688 01:04:33,141 --> 01:04:33,408 STATEMENT. 1689 01:04:33,408 --> 01:04:34,676 >> WELL, THANK YOU. 1690 01:04:34,676 --> 01:04:35,744 THAT'S REALLY COOL. 1691 01:04:35,744 --> 01:04:37,979 AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR 1692 01:04:37,979 --> 01:04:39,848 NIBIB, NIH IS A LITTLE WEIRD, AS 1693 01:04:39,848 --> 01:04:45,720 I FOUND OUT, SINCE I CAME HERE. 1694 01:04:45,720 --> 01:04:46,721 AND EVERY INSTITUTE SORT OF THE 1695 01:04:46,721 --> 01:04:48,256 APPLICATION DRIVEN AND DISEASE 1696 01:04:48,256 --> 01:04:51,025 FOCUSED ONES WANT YOU TO HAVE A 1697 01:04:51,025 --> 01:04:51,993 PRETTY WELL VALIDATED TECHNOLOGY 1698 01:04:51,993 --> 01:04:55,930 BEFORE THEY WILL TAKE THE RISK. 1699 01:04:55,930 --> 01:05:00,034 AND THEN WE'RE WAY UPSTREAM OF 1700 01:05:00,034 --> 01:05:02,270 THAT, SO WE ARE -- THERE'S KIND 1701 01:05:02,270 --> 01:05:06,307 OF A BIAS AGAINST EVEN HAVING AN 1702 01:05:06,307 --> 01:05:06,741 APPLICATION. 1703 01:05:06,741 --> 01:05:09,377 SO WHAT FIRST COMES TO MIND I 1704 01:05:09,377 --> 01:05:11,346 WOULD THINK FOR VESTIBULAR 1705 01:05:11,346 --> 01:05:13,448 DISORDERS THAT'S AMAZING BUT IF 1706 01:05:13,448 --> 01:05:15,216 YOU SORT OF COME IN AND THERE 1707 01:05:15,216 --> 01:05:20,889 ARE JUST A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN 1708 01:05:20,889 --> 01:05:22,924 ASSESSING NEUROMUSCULAR 1709 01:05:22,924 --> 01:05:23,725 INTERACTIONS DURING MOVEMENT, 1710 01:05:23,725 --> 01:05:28,029 THAT ACTUALLY HAS STIMULATED THE 1711 01:05:28,029 --> 01:05:31,933 GROWTH OF FULL BRAIN 1712 01:05:31,933 --> 01:05:32,534 NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY 1713 01:05:32,534 --> 01:05:33,301 MOBILE MAPPING, SO THINKING 1714 01:05:33,301 --> 01:05:35,770 ABOUT BROADER APPLICATION, YOU 1715 01:05:35,770 --> 01:05:37,739 WANT YOUR CORE APPLICATION, BUT 1716 01:05:37,739 --> 01:05:39,140 IF I WERE ADVISING ON YOU NIBIB 1717 01:05:39,140 --> 01:05:43,411 PUT IN ALL THESE OTHER HARD 1718 01:05:43,411 --> 01:05:44,612 CHALLENGES, AND THEN PICK, YOU 1719 01:05:44,612 --> 01:05:46,948 KNOW, ONE THAT YOU MIGHT WORK ON 1720 01:05:46,948 --> 01:05:48,683 AND THEN COLLABORATE WITH DCD, 1721 01:05:48,683 --> 01:05:52,821 ALSO BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO GET 1722 01:05:52,821 --> 01:05:54,155 THESE THINGS VALIDATED FURTHER 1723 01:05:54,155 --> 01:05:55,256 BEFORE THE OTHER INSTITUTES ARE 1724 01:05:55,256 --> 01:05:57,225 EXCITED ABOUT THEM. 1725 01:05:57,225 --> 01:06:00,061 BUT I WOULD THINK MANY EXCITING 1726 01:06:00,061 --> 01:06:02,797 IMPORTANT APPLICATIONS BECAUSE 1727 01:06:02,797 --> 01:06:05,533 MOTION, LIKE WHEN WE STOP 1728 01:06:05,533 --> 01:06:07,168 MOVING, THAT'S IT. 1729 01:06:07,168 --> 01:06:07,735 YEAH. 1730 01:06:07,735 --> 01:06:10,705 THANK YOU. 1731 01:06:10,705 --> 01:06:14,742 >> I HAVE A QUESTION. 1732 01:06:14,742 --> 01:06:18,046 IT COMES FROM MY PROFESSIONAL 1733 01:06:18,046 --> 01:06:19,247 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND PASSION 1734 01:06:19,247 --> 01:06:20,114 IN AREA OF STUTTERING. 1735 01:06:20,114 --> 01:06:22,083 GOING BACK TO THE VOICE PROJECT, 1736 01:06:22,083 --> 01:06:25,487 I THOUGHT EVERYBODY GOING -- 1737 01:06:25,487 --> 01:06:27,021 EVERYTHING GOING ON THERE IS 1738 01:06:27,021 --> 01:06:27,322 INTERESTING. 1739 01:06:27,322 --> 01:06:30,291 HAS THERE BEEN CONSIDERATION OR 1740 01:06:30,291 --> 01:06:34,028 CONVERSATION ABOUT A.I. WITH 1741 01:06:34,028 --> 01:06:35,830 INDIVIDUALS WHO STUTTER, 1742 01:06:35,830 --> 01:06:38,733 PEDIATRIC SPEECH DISORDERS, 1743 01:06:38,733 --> 01:06:40,268 WITHIN THE STUTTERING COMMUNITY 1744 01:06:40,268 --> 01:06:43,338 DISCUSSION GOING ON WITH VOICE 1745 01:06:43,338 --> 01:06:44,739 RECOGNITION, A.I., BEING USEFUL 1746 01:06:44,739 --> 01:06:46,074 WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO STUTTER, 1747 01:06:46,074 --> 01:06:47,709 HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION 1748 01:06:47,709 --> 01:06:47,909 THERE? 1749 01:06:47,909 --> 01:06:51,346 >> I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS FOR 1750 01:06:51,346 --> 01:06:54,282 SURE, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE 1751 01:06:54,282 --> 01:06:54,983 INTERACTED WITH AT OUR MEETINGS 1752 01:06:54,983 --> 01:06:57,986 AND JUST SORT OF KEEPING UP WITH 1753 01:06:57,986 --> 01:07:00,088 THEM ARE INCREDIBLY TALENTED AND 1754 01:07:00,088 --> 01:07:01,122 CURIOUS, AND RELENTLESS. 1755 01:07:01,122 --> 01:07:04,559 I WOULD THINK, BUT I WILL GO 1756 01:07:04,559 --> 01:07:08,029 BACK AND ASK, OUR PROGRAM 1757 01:07:08,029 --> 01:07:09,931 DIRECTOR WHO LEADS THAT IS GRACE 1758 01:07:09,931 --> 01:07:11,266 PENG, I CAN HELP YOU CONNECT 1759 01:07:11,266 --> 01:07:12,667 WITH GRACE. 1760 01:07:12,667 --> 01:07:14,469 AND SHE HERSELF IS A PIONEER IN 1761 01:07:14,469 --> 01:07:18,706 THE DEVELOPMENT OF A.I. 1762 01:07:18,706 --> 01:07:19,674 APPROACHES MODEL-BASED 1763 01:07:19,674 --> 01:07:20,909 APPROACHES, AND BRINGS ALL OF 1764 01:07:20,909 --> 01:07:22,076 NIH TOGETHER AROUND THAT. 1765 01:07:22,076 --> 01:07:24,279 I'M SURE ROGER ALSO CAN HELP. 1766 01:07:24,279 --> 01:07:27,549 ROGER WORKS -- IS A CLOSE 1767 01:07:27,549 --> 01:07:28,449 COLLEAGUE OF GRACE'S, AND, YEAH, 1768 01:07:28,449 --> 01:07:30,818 I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A 1769 01:07:30,818 --> 01:07:33,021 HUGELY IMPORTANT AREA. 1770 01:07:33,021 --> 01:07:34,455 SO I IMAGINE THERE'S PROBABLY 1771 01:07:34,455 --> 01:07:38,593 SOMETHING GOING ON BUT I DON'T 1772 01:07:38,593 --> 01:07:38,927 KNOW FOR SURE. 1773 01:07:38,927 --> 01:07:40,328 >> I THINK LISA COUGH MAY BE 1774 01:07:40,328 --> 01:07:42,530 ABLE TO SPEAK CAN YOU ABOUT THAT 1775 01:07:42,530 --> 01:07:42,864 AS WELL. 1776 01:07:42,864 --> 01:07:44,299 BRUCE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1777 01:07:44,299 --> 01:07:46,401 APPRECIATE YOU STAYING FOR 1778 01:07:46,401 --> 01:07:49,337 ROGER'S TALK AND MAYBE WE'LL 1779 01:07:49,337 --> 01:07:53,508 HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AFTER THAT. 1780 01:07:53,508 --> 01:07:56,044 >> THANK YOU. 1781 01:07:56,044 --> 01:07:57,011 >> YEAH. 1782 01:07:57,011 --> 01:07:58,913 >> ALL RIGHT. 1783 01:07:58,913 --> 01:08:02,917 SO WE'LL WELCOME DR. ROGER 1784 01:08:02,917 --> 01:08:04,986 MILLER, NIDCD PROGRAM OFFICER 1785 01:08:04,986 --> 01:08:05,887 FOR NEURAL PROSTHESIS 1786 01:08:05,887 --> 01:08:07,288 DEVELOPING, GIVING AN UPDATE ON 1787 01:08:07,288 --> 01:08:08,623 THE PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN 1788 01:08:08,623 --> 01:08:11,025 ACTIVE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 1789 01:08:11,025 --> 01:08:13,328 TODAY HE WILL PROVIDE AN 1790 01:08:13,328 --> 01:08:16,264 OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT AND HOW 1791 01:08:16,264 --> 01:08:18,232 OUR SPONSORED RESEARCH 1792 01:08:18,232 --> 01:08:20,134 ENCOURAGES SYNERGIES THAT DRIVE 1793 01:08:20,134 --> 01:08:22,070 ADVANCES WITHIN OUR MISSION 1794 01:08:22,070 --> 01:08:22,270 AREAS. 1795 01:08:22,270 --> 01:08:23,938 SPECIFICALLY HE WILL TALK ABOUT 1796 01:08:23,938 --> 01:08:26,140 ADVANCES WITH RESPECT TO 1797 01:08:26,140 --> 01:08:28,876 DEVELOPMENT OF COCHLEAR 1798 01:08:28,876 --> 01:08:30,845 IMPLANTS, HEARING AIDS, AND 1799 01:08:30,845 --> 01:08:31,713 BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES THAT 1800 01:08:31,713 --> 01:08:32,513 SUPPORT COMMUNICATION. 1801 01:08:32,513 --> 01:08:34,215 I'VE TALKED LONG ENOUGH THAT YOU 1802 01:08:34,215 --> 01:08:35,316 NOW HAVE YOUR SLIDES OF. 1803 01:08:35,316 --> 01:08:37,185 >> THANK YOU FOR THE KIND 1804 01:08:37,185 --> 01:08:37,518 INTRODUCTION. 1805 01:08:37,518 --> 01:08:39,153 I'LL TRY AND KEEP TRACK OF MY 1806 01:08:39,153 --> 01:08:43,091 TIME UP HERE. 1807 01:08:43,091 --> 01:08:43,858 OH, SORRY. 1808 01:08:43,858 --> 01:08:46,928 SO, WHAT IS A NEURAL 1809 01:08:46,928 --> 01:08:48,930 PROSPECTIVELY TEASE -- 1810 01:08:48,930 --> 01:08:50,531 PROSTHESIS, A QUESTION I GET A 1811 01:08:50,531 --> 01:08:51,933 LOT. 1812 01:08:51,933 --> 01:08:54,469 IN THE CONTEXT OF NIDCD IT'S 1813 01:08:54,469 --> 01:08:56,037 SOMETHING, IT'S A PROSTHESIS, 1814 01:08:56,037 --> 01:08:59,941 SUPPORTS A LOSS, TRIES TO 1815 01:08:59,941 --> 01:09:01,242 RESTORE A LOST FUNCTION. 1816 01:09:01,242 --> 01:09:03,011 IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT GETTING 1817 01:09:03,011 --> 01:09:04,646 INFORMATION INTO AND OUT OF THE 1818 01:09:04,646 --> 01:09:05,747 NERVOUS SYSTEM. 1819 01:09:05,747 --> 01:09:08,383 SO, WE DON'T REALLY THINK OF A 1820 01:09:08,383 --> 01:09:13,187 HEARING AID AS A NEURAL PROCESS 1821 01:09:13,187 --> 01:09:17,792 IS BUT A GAP, LOSS OF FUNCTION, 1822 01:09:17,792 --> 01:09:18,326 LOSS OF AUDITABILITY. 1823 01:09:18,326 --> 01:09:22,697 THIS HAS BEEN A MAIN STAY OF 1824 01:09:22,697 --> 01:09:22,997 NIDCD. 1825 01:09:22,997 --> 01:09:26,501 MY Ph.D. IS IN BIOPHYSICS, 1826 01:09:26,501 --> 01:09:28,169 TRYING TO BUILD TOOLS TO BE USED 1827 01:09:28,169 --> 01:09:29,070 IN THE CLINIC. 1828 01:09:29,070 --> 01:09:30,905 ONCE THE TOOL HAS BEEN BUILT, 1829 01:09:30,905 --> 01:09:32,974 IT'S BEING USED IN TENS AND 1830 01:09:32,974 --> 01:09:34,809 TWENTIES OF PEOPLE I TURNED IT 1831 01:09:34,809 --> 01:09:37,478 OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE KELLY KING, 1832 01:09:37,478 --> 01:09:39,881 IT'S A CLINICAL STUDY IN HER 1833 01:09:39,881 --> 01:09:41,516 EXPERTISE TRYING TO LEVERAGE 1834 01:09:41,516 --> 01:09:43,051 SCIENCE AND CREATE A NEW WAY OF 1835 01:09:43,051 --> 01:09:44,485 GETTING INFORMATION IN OR OUT OF 1836 01:09:44,485 --> 01:09:45,386 NERVOUS SYSTEM. 1837 01:09:45,386 --> 01:09:46,554 I'M INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING 1838 01:09:46,554 --> 01:09:49,624 IN THAT, THAT EFFORT. 1839 01:09:49,624 --> 01:09:52,026 WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A 1840 01:09:52,026 --> 01:09:52,694 WELL-DEVELOPED INDUSTRY THAT WE 1841 01:09:52,694 --> 01:09:55,630 WORKED WITH AND COUNT ON TO 1842 01:09:55,630 --> 01:09:59,000 TRANSLATE OUR IDEAS INTO 1843 01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:00,768 WIDESPREAD SUES. 1844 01:10:00,768 --> 01:10:02,837 WHEN NIDCD STARTED LOOKING AT 1845 01:10:02,837 --> 01:10:04,172 THE HEARING AID INDUSTRY AND 1846 01:10:04,172 --> 01:10:05,707 WAYS TO INSPIRE INNOVATION WE 1847 01:10:05,707 --> 01:10:12,046 DID A WORKSHOP IN 2014, I CAME 1848 01:10:12,046 --> 01:10:19,787 ACROSS A WONDERFUL PAPER FROM 1849 01:10:19,787 --> 01:10:20,054 ONSEMI. 1850 01:10:20,054 --> 01:10:22,323 IF YOU USE A HEARING AID IN A 1851 01:10:22,323 --> 01:10:23,324 CLINICAL STUDY YOU'RE EXERCISING 1852 01:10:23,324 --> 01:10:25,760 THE CAPABILITY OF THAT CIRCUIT 1853 01:10:25,760 --> 01:10:28,563 AS WAS DESIGNED BY ENGINEERS. 1854 01:10:28,563 --> 01:10:33,067 IF YOU GET THEIR CHIP YOU CAN DO 1855 01:10:33,067 --> 01:10:40,041 SOMETHING MORE UNUSUAL, UNIQUE, 1856 01:10:40,041 --> 01:10:41,042 BUT STILL RESTRICTED TO WHAT 1857 01:10:41,042 --> 01:10:46,214 ABLE TO BUILD IN 2014, TEN YEARS 1858 01:10:46,214 --> 01:10:46,380 AGO. 1859 01:10:46,380 --> 01:10:47,648 ONSEMI DID A WONDERFUL JOB 1860 01:10:47,648 --> 01:10:49,183 TALKING ABOUT THREE PRIMARY 1861 01:10:49,183 --> 01:10:50,284 CHALLENGES, STILL TRUE TODAY, 1862 01:10:50,284 --> 01:10:51,352 THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE TEN 1863 01:10:51,352 --> 01:10:54,188 YEARS AGO, SO GOOD FOR THEM. 1864 01:10:54,188 --> 01:10:59,260 WE WANT A HEARING AID THAT'S 1865 01:10:59,260 --> 01:11:01,229 SMALL, INVISIBLE WOULD BE GREAT. 1866 01:11:01,229 --> 01:11:04,031 THEY ARE SMALL, THEY SIT POWER, 1867 01:11:04,031 --> 01:11:08,669 THAT LEAVES A SMALL AREA. 1868 01:11:08,669 --> 01:11:12,807 THEY CAN RESTORE AUDITABILITY, 1869 01:11:12,807 --> 01:11:17,645 HAVE AN AMPLIFIER, DIFFERENCE 1870 01:11:17,645 --> 01:11:19,747 BETWEEN BRONZE, GOLD, SILVER, 1871 01:11:19,747 --> 01:11:20,615 DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES IN 1872 01:11:20,615 --> 01:11:21,682 PERFORMANCE, DRIVE UP THE 1873 01:11:21,682 --> 01:11:23,017 SURPRISE HAPPENS, BUT THEY ARE 1874 01:11:23,017 --> 01:11:25,653 STUCK IN THIS AREA. 1875 01:11:25,653 --> 01:11:26,821 IN NIDCD SUPPORTED RESEARCH, 1876 01:11:26,821 --> 01:11:28,523 IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE 1877 01:11:28,523 --> 01:11:30,925 DRIVE THINGS FORWARD. 1878 01:11:30,925 --> 01:11:33,561 SO INSTEAD WE DECIDED TO 1879 01:11:33,561 --> 01:11:34,862 REJIGGER THAT COMPROMISED SET. 1880 01:11:34,862 --> 01:11:36,297 WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD 1881 01:11:36,297 --> 01:11:37,698 BE PORTABLE BUT DIDN'T HAVE TO 1882 01:11:37,698 --> 01:11:38,266 BE INVISIBLE. 1883 01:11:38,266 --> 01:11:39,934 WE UNDERSTOOD IT WAS GOING TO BE 1884 01:11:39,934 --> 01:11:40,134 UGLY. 1885 01:11:40,134 --> 01:11:41,769 THAT WAS OKAY. 1886 01:11:41,769 --> 01:11:43,871 WE WANTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE 1887 01:11:43,871 --> 01:11:46,073 THAT WAS RECONFIGURABLE, 1888 01:11:46,073 --> 01:11:46,507 REUSABLE. 1889 01:11:46,507 --> 01:11:47,842 I SAID RESEARCH GRADE, OPEN 1890 01:11:47,842 --> 01:11:49,143 SOURCE, I WAS TOLD THAT'S NOT A 1891 01:11:49,143 --> 01:11:52,013 GREAT WORD SO HELP ME COME UP 1892 01:11:52,013 --> 01:11:55,917 WITH A BETTER WORD. 1893 01:11:55,917 --> 01:11:57,351 WE WONT SOMETHING THAT 1894 01:11:57,351 --> 01:11:59,020 RESEARCHERS CAN USE, NOT A TOY. 1895 01:11:59,020 --> 01:12:01,088 THIS WAS THE BIG CIRCLE THAT WAS 1896 01:12:01,088 --> 01:12:01,422 EVERYTHING. 1897 01:12:01,422 --> 01:12:03,391 WE WANTED TO PROVIDE RAW 1898 01:12:03,391 --> 01:12:04,826 PROCESSING POWER TO THE RESEARCH 1899 01:12:04,826 --> 01:12:05,092 COMMUNITY. 1900 01:12:05,092 --> 01:12:06,360 AND THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO 1901 01:12:06,360 --> 01:12:08,863 FLIP OUT, TO LOOK AT ALGORITHMS 1902 01:12:08,863 --> 01:12:10,298 THAT WON'T BE REALLY PRACTICAL 1903 01:12:10,298 --> 01:12:11,599 FOR ANOTHER 10, 20 YEARS BUT 1904 01:12:11,599 --> 01:12:14,235 THEY CAN BUILD IT HERE WITH 1905 01:12:14,235 --> 01:12:15,803 SOMETHING THAT IS SOMEWHAT 1906 01:12:15,803 --> 01:12:17,505 PORTABLE, NOT A LAP TOP, 1907 01:12:17,505 --> 01:12:18,406 SOMETHING BETTER. 1908 01:12:18,406 --> 01:12:19,273 INDUSTRY CAN INCORPORATE IT 1909 01:12:19,273 --> 01:12:26,380 LATER AND WE'LL HAVE A 1910 01:12:26,380 --> 01:12:34,488 TRANSLATION. 1911 01:12:34,488 --> 01:12:36,657 SO, WE HAD A NUMBER OF AWARDS, 1912 01:12:36,657 --> 01:12:38,960 I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT TWO AND 1913 01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:40,361 SHOW HOW THEY LEVERAGES THAT 1914 01:12:40,361 --> 01:12:41,495 INITIAL CHARGE AND THEY ARE 1915 01:12:41,495 --> 01:12:47,501 STILL GOING STRONG TODAY. 1916 01:12:47,501 --> 01:12:54,075 ONE WAS THE TYMPANUM, INTISH, 1917 01:12:54,075 --> 01:12:54,408 SBIR, 1918 01:12:54,408 --> 01:12:57,044 STILL AVAILABLE, THEY USED OPEN 1919 01:12:57,044 --> 01:12:58,045 SOURCE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM, 1920 01:12:58,045 --> 01:13:00,548 TRACTABLE AND WELL UNDERSTOOD, 1921 01:13:00,548 --> 01:13:03,084 AND AS BRUCE SAID DON'T DISMISS 1922 01:13:03,084 --> 01:13:05,353 THE UNDERGRADUATES AND 1923 01:13:05,353 --> 01:13:05,953 Ph.D.-LEVEL ENGINEERING 1924 01:13:05,953 --> 01:13:06,220 STUDENTS. 1925 01:13:06,220 --> 01:13:07,521 IF THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON 1926 01:13:07,521 --> 01:13:08,756 SOMETHING, THEY CAN START TO 1927 01:13:08,756 --> 01:13:11,025 BUILD THINGS THAT YOU NEVER 1928 01:13:11,025 --> 01:13:12,727 BELIEVED WAS POSSIBLE. 1929 01:13:12,727 --> 01:13:13,995 SO VERY AVAILABLE. 1930 01:13:13,995 --> 01:13:14,962 EASY TO PROGRAM. 1931 01:13:14,962 --> 01:13:18,266 THE KEY WARD IT HAD TO OPERATE 1932 01:13:18,266 --> 01:13:21,002 IN REAL TIME. 1933 01:13:21,002 --> 01:13:22,837 THIS HAS ENOUGH POWER TO DO 1934 01:13:22,837 --> 01:13:23,037 THAT. 1935 01:13:23,037 --> 01:13:23,738 ANOTHER KEY CHALLENGE FOR 1936 01:13:23,738 --> 01:13:25,473 ANYBODY TO DO THIS, REMEMBER 1937 01:13:25,473 --> 01:13:26,974 THIS STARTED IN 2014, OPEN 1938 01:13:26,974 --> 01:13:27,775 SOURCE HEARING AID WAS NOT 1939 01:13:27,775 --> 01:13:30,845 SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD FIND ON 1940 01:13:30,845 --> 01:13:35,449 THE INTERNET. 1941 01:13:35,449 --> 01:13:38,386 YOU HAD TO BUILD, DO A HIGH 1942 01:13:38,386 --> 01:13:40,154 QUALITY RECORDING, PLAY IT BACK 1943 01:13:40,154 --> 01:13:41,689 TO AN EARPIECE. 1944 01:13:41,689 --> 01:13:44,325 THEY BUILT THAT IN THERE, USING 1945 01:13:44,325 --> 01:13:46,761 SYSTEMS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE 1946 01:13:46,761 --> 01:13:49,063 BUT NOT INTEGRATED ON TO ONE 1947 01:13:49,063 --> 01:13:49,630 BOARD. 1948 01:13:49,630 --> 01:13:51,365 PORTABLE, THEY BUILT A NICE 1949 01:13:51,365 --> 01:13:52,667 CASE, INTEGRATED WITH A 1950 01:13:52,667 --> 01:13:56,170 SMARTPHONE APP. 1951 01:13:56,170 --> 01:13:58,906 SO THIS WAS DONE AT LEAST FIVE 1952 01:13:58,906 --> 01:13:59,206 YEARS AGO. 1953 01:13:59,206 --> 01:14:01,008 IT WAS AVAILABLE. 1954 01:14:01,008 --> 01:14:02,710 AND THEN LET'S SEE WHAT THE 1955 01:14:02,710 --> 01:14:04,845 WORLD WAS ABLE TO DO WITH IT. 1956 01:14:04,845 --> 01:14:05,513 WELL, ANYTIME SOMEBODY BUILDS 1957 01:14:05,513 --> 01:14:06,380 SOMETHING IT'S GOING TO BE 1958 01:14:06,380 --> 01:14:07,882 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE IT. 1959 01:14:07,882 --> 01:14:09,650 YOU HAVE TO HAVE A USER FORUM. 1960 01:14:09,650 --> 01:14:12,053 WE SUPPORTED THAT UNDER A 1961 01:14:12,053 --> 01:14:13,921 FIVE-YEAR SBIR GRANT AWARD, THIS 1962 01:14:13,921 --> 01:14:15,556 FORUM IS STILL ACTIVE, PEOPLE 1963 01:14:15,556 --> 01:14:18,192 ASKING I NEED HELP, WANT TO USE 1964 01:14:18,192 --> 01:14:19,727 MICROPHONE OPTIONS, AND NOW 1965 01:14:19,727 --> 01:14:22,129 WE'RE SEEING A STEADY STREAM OF 1966 01:14:22,129 --> 01:14:24,231 PUBLICATIONS COMING OUT, HAD NO 1967 01:14:24,231 --> 01:14:25,766 IDEA WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD DO 1968 01:14:25,766 --> 01:14:29,937 IF THEY HAD THE TOOLS BUT THEY 1969 01:14:29,937 --> 01:14:31,472 CAN RECONFIGURE, REUSE, BASICS 1970 01:14:31,472 --> 01:14:32,773 ARE THERE, WHAT WILL THEY BUILD 1971 01:14:32,773 --> 01:14:36,277 ON TOP OF IT? 1972 01:14:36,277 --> 01:14:39,013 WE HAVE NIGHT BAYESIAN INFERENCE 1973 01:14:39,013 --> 01:14:41,315 TO DO SIGNAL AID PROCESSING THAN 1974 01:14:41,315 --> 01:14:42,049 PERHAPS AVAILABLE IN COMMERCIAL 1975 01:14:42,049 --> 01:14:44,819 HEARING AIDS BUT THIS IS OPEN 1976 01:14:44,819 --> 01:14:45,119 SOURCE. 1977 01:14:45,119 --> 01:14:46,787 THERE'S NO MYSTERY TO WHAT IT'S 1978 01:14:46,787 --> 01:14:47,555 ACTUALLY DOING. 1979 01:14:47,555 --> 01:14:52,059 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY, WELL, WE 1980 01:14:52,059 --> 01:14:55,029 GOT IT TO A CERTAIN POINT AND 1981 01:14:55,029 --> 01:14:56,030 SAW RESEARCH PROJECTS DEVOLVING, 1982 01:14:56,030 --> 01:14:59,033 WHAT'S THE HEARING AID DOING? 1983 01:14:59,033 --> 01:15:05,740 YOU KNOW IT'S OPEN SOURCE. 1984 01:15:05,740 --> 01:15:09,377 THIS BECAME THE HEART OF ANOTHER 1985 01:15:09,377 --> 01:15:12,179 PROJECT, A DISSIMEETER FOR A 1986 01:15:12,179 --> 01:15:14,248 NIOSH PROJECT. 1987 01:15:14,248 --> 01:15:15,916 INTEGRATING MULTIPLE 1988 01:15:15,916 --> 01:15:17,118 MICROPHONES, THAT'S PREDICTABLE 1989 01:15:17,118 --> 01:15:19,353 BUT IF SOMEBODY HAS EXPERTISE 1990 01:15:19,353 --> 01:15:24,025 THEY DON'T WANT TO DO BASE LEVEL 1991 01:15:24,025 --> 01:15:25,359 SIGNAL PROCESSING ALGORITHMS FOR 1992 01:15:25,359 --> 01:15:26,093 A HEARING AID ALREADY AVAILABLE 1993 01:15:26,093 --> 01:15:27,528 IN THE OPEN SOURCE PLATFORM. 1994 01:15:27,528 --> 01:15:29,397 THAT WAS THEN. 1995 01:15:29,397 --> 01:15:36,037 THE IDEA WE'VE CONTINUED TO 1996 01:15:36,037 --> 01:15:37,405 PROVIDE MIPS, I WAS DELIGHTED TO 1997 01:15:37,405 --> 01:15:39,907 SEE A PRESENTATION AT OUR MOST 1998 01:15:39,907 --> 01:15:41,208 RECENT INTERNATIONAL HEARING AID 1999 01:15:41,208 --> 01:15:43,277 CONFERENCE MEETING WHERE THEY 2000 01:15:43,277 --> 01:15:47,248 CREATED AN A.I. REALTIME SIGNAL 2001 01:15:47,248 --> 01:15:50,651 PROCESSING BOARD WHICH TAKES 2002 01:15:50,651 --> 01:15:53,788 ADVANTAGE OF SPARSEITY TO MAKE 2003 01:15:53,788 --> 01:15:55,523 IT TRACTABLE WITH LOW POWER, 2004 01:15:55,523 --> 01:15:57,124 WORK IN REAL TIME, A BEAUTIFUL 2005 01:15:57,124 --> 01:15:58,392 EVALUATION BOARD. 2006 01:15:58,392 --> 01:16:00,027 HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE THINK THEY 2007 01:16:00,027 --> 01:16:02,229 WOULD HAVE HOPE OF BUYING THAT 2008 01:16:02,229 --> 01:16:04,098 BOARD, HOOKING TO A MICROPHONE 2009 01:16:04,098 --> 01:16:04,865 AND DOING STUDIES? 2010 01:16:04,865 --> 01:16:06,067 IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. 2011 01:16:06,067 --> 01:16:09,537 LOOK WHAT THEY DID. 2012 01:16:09,537 --> 01:16:19,080 THEY FOUND THE TYMPANUM ON THEIR 2013 01:16:19,080 --> 01:16:20,948 OWN, THIS IS TRACTABLE TO OUR 2014 01:16:20,948 --> 01:16:21,816 RESEARCH COMMUNITY. 2015 01:16:21,816 --> 01:16:29,924 SO WELL DONE FOR THEM. 2016 01:16:29,924 --> 01:16:31,659 WE DIDN'T MAKE THIS ONE AWARD, 2017 01:16:31,659 --> 01:16:33,327 WE WANTED TO BUILD A COMMUNITY, 2018 01:16:33,327 --> 01:16:34,728 COME BACK, DISCUSS WHAT WORKED, 2019 01:16:34,728 --> 01:16:35,496 WHAT DIDN'T WORK. 2020 01:16:35,496 --> 01:16:37,131 ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES FOR 2021 01:16:37,131 --> 01:16:39,400 THIS OPEN SPEECH EFFORT WAS TO 2022 01:16:39,400 --> 01:16:41,535 BUILD OUT HIGH QUALITY 2023 01:16:41,535 --> 01:16:42,736 EARPHONES, MICROPHONE UP BY THE 2024 01:16:42,736 --> 01:16:44,939 EAR, A SPEAKER UP BY THE EAR, 2025 01:16:44,939 --> 01:16:46,640 NOT HAVE FEEDBACK, GET THE 2026 01:16:46,640 --> 01:16:48,776 SIGNAL BACK DOWN TO THE 2027 01:16:48,776 --> 01:16:50,077 PROCESSING STATION HERE. 2028 01:16:50,077 --> 01:16:55,983 SO THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE 2029 01:16:55,983 --> 01:17:00,921 EFFORT, AND THEY BUILT A NICE 2030 01:17:00,921 --> 01:17:03,757 OPEN FACE HEARING AID, THEY HAVE 2031 01:17:03,757 --> 01:17:05,693 EARPIECES AS WELL, CONTINUING TO 2032 01:17:05,693 --> 01:17:07,695 DEVELOP THEIR PLATFORM, A LITTLE 2033 01:17:07,695 --> 01:17:08,729 BIT DIFFERENT. 2034 01:17:08,729 --> 01:17:10,131 THIS TOOK AN OPEN MASTER HEARING 2035 01:17:10,131 --> 01:17:13,767 AID, WHICH RAN ON A LINUX 2036 01:17:13,767 --> 01:17:14,435 PLATFORM, COLLABORATED WITH 2037 01:17:14,435 --> 01:17:14,835 THAT. 2038 01:17:14,835 --> 01:17:17,371 GOT IT TO RUN IN A PORTABLE 2039 01:17:17,371 --> 01:17:18,906 PLATFORM, THEIR FORUM IS STILL 2040 01:17:18,906 --> 01:17:20,040 UP AND RUNNING. 2041 01:17:20,040 --> 01:17:25,045 YEARS LATER WE SEE DIFFERENT 2042 01:17:25,045 --> 01:17:25,813 ASPECTS OF AFFORDABLE ACCESSIBLE 2043 01:17:25,813 --> 01:17:26,580 HEARING HEALTH CARE ARE ENABLED 2044 01:17:26,580 --> 01:17:28,315 BY THIS AND THEY CAN DO THE 2045 01:17:28,315 --> 01:17:30,251 RESEARCH STUDIES, THERE'S NO 2046 01:17:30,251 --> 01:17:32,019 MYSTERY ABOUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY 2047 01:17:32,019 --> 01:17:32,686 HAPPENING. 2048 01:17:32,686 --> 01:17:35,856 IF THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE 2049 01:17:35,856 --> 01:17:36,457 CONNECTIVITY, THE WIRELESS 2050 01:17:36,457 --> 01:17:37,358 CONNECTIVITY, EVERYTHING ELSE IS 2051 01:17:37,358 --> 01:17:37,958 STILL WORKING. 2052 01:17:37,958 --> 01:17:39,994 THEY CAN ADD THAT FUNCTIONALITY. 2053 01:17:39,994 --> 01:17:42,329 IF THEY WANT TO DO A STUDY TO 2054 01:17:42,329 --> 01:17:45,633 SEE WHAT SORTS OF SYNERGIES THEY 2055 01:17:45,633 --> 01:17:48,135 CAN GET FROM RECORDING EEG 2056 01:17:48,135 --> 01:17:51,205 SIGNALS AT THE EAR, 2057 01:17:51,205 --> 01:17:51,872 SYNCHRONIZING WITH AUDIO STREAM, 2058 01:17:51,872 --> 01:17:56,243 THEY HAVE TO DO HALF THE 2059 01:17:56,243 --> 01:17:57,478 PROBLEM, IT'S RECONFIGURABLE. 2060 01:17:57,478 --> 01:18:00,047 SELF-FITTING PHASE CAN BE DONE, 2061 01:18:00,047 --> 01:18:00,814 UNLIKE USING A COMMERCIAL 2062 01:18:00,814 --> 01:18:03,117 HEARING AID THEY DON'T HAVE TO 2063 01:18:03,117 --> 01:18:05,119 SIGN AN NDA, THEY BUILT IT IN 2064 01:18:05,119 --> 01:18:06,954 AND CAN LEVERAGE WHAT'S BEEN 2065 01:18:06,954 --> 01:18:09,490 PUBLISHED, WHAT ARE THE 2066 01:18:09,490 --> 01:18:09,790 ALGORITHMS. 2067 01:18:09,790 --> 01:18:11,458 THIS DE-RISKS PROPOSALS SO THEY 2068 01:18:11,458 --> 01:18:12,660 CAN COME IN, BE PEER REVIEWED, 2069 01:18:12,660 --> 01:18:13,961 AND IF SOMEBODY SAID I'M GOING 2070 01:18:13,961 --> 01:18:18,465 TO BUILD THIS THEN MY SECOND AIM 2071 01:18:18,465 --> 01:18:20,801 IS GOING TO DO CONNECTED 2072 01:18:20,801 --> 01:18:23,437 HEARING, POWER I CAN GET FROM 2073 01:18:23,437 --> 01:18:24,471 COMPUTATIONAL PROCESS IN THE 2074 01:18:24,471 --> 01:18:25,472 CLOUD, THAT WOULD NEVER FLY. 2075 01:18:25,472 --> 01:18:27,775 WITH THIS TYPE OF 2076 01:18:27,775 --> 01:18:34,982 INFRASTRUCTURE, IT IS POSSIBLE. 2077 01:18:34,982 --> 01:18:37,384 SO, A CORE ASPECT OF NIDCD 2078 01:18:37,384 --> 01:18:39,486 ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE FIELD 2079 01:18:39,486 --> 01:18:40,054 ARE CONFERENCES THAT HAPPEN 2080 01:18:40,054 --> 01:18:41,021 EVERY TWO YEARS. 2081 01:18:41,021 --> 01:18:41,789 WE HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL 2082 01:18:41,789 --> 01:18:43,090 HEARING AID CONFERENCE, I JUST 2083 01:18:43,090 --> 01:18:45,159 WENT TO THAT THIS SUMMER, FOUND 2084 01:18:45,159 --> 01:18:48,462 OUT ABOUT THE A.I. CHIP, BUT 2085 01:18:48,462 --> 01:18:49,763 THESE CONFERENCES, I INCLUDE THE 2086 01:18:49,763 --> 01:18:52,499 NAME OF THE P.I. HERE AND 2087 01:18:52,499 --> 01:18:55,536 INSTITUTION BECAUSE IT'S A LABOR 2088 01:18:55,536 --> 01:18:57,504 OF LOVE TO FOSTER SCIENTIFIC 2089 01:18:57,504 --> 01:18:58,606 COORDINATING COMMITTEE, AND 2090 01:18:58,606 --> 01:19:00,140 REVIEWING ALL THE ABSTRACTS SO 2091 01:19:00,140 --> 01:19:03,010 EVERY TWO YEARS PEOPLE CAN GO TO 2092 01:19:03,010 --> 01:19:03,978 A RETREAT STYLE CONFERENCE AND 2093 01:19:03,978 --> 01:19:06,480 HEAR ABOUT THE LATEST 2094 01:19:06,480 --> 01:19:07,481 INNOVATIONS, HAVE OPEN 2095 01:19:07,481 --> 01:19:08,582 DISCUSSIONS, AT THE MICROPHONE, 2096 01:19:08,582 --> 01:19:11,752 OPEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 2097 01:19:11,752 --> 01:19:12,853 THAT CONTINUED ONGOING REVIEW OF 2098 01:19:12,853 --> 01:19:15,256 IDEAS IN THE FIELD IS REALLY 2099 01:19:15,256 --> 01:19:17,358 CRITICAL AND HELPS THE FIELD 2100 01:19:17,358 --> 01:19:18,092 DEFINE FOR ITSELF WHERE 2101 01:19:18,092 --> 01:19:19,293 OPPORTUNITIES ARE. 2102 01:19:19,293 --> 01:19:20,728 I WENT TO THIS MEETING, THERE 2103 01:19:20,728 --> 01:19:23,697 WAS THE A.I., MORE A.I. THAN I 2104 01:19:23,697 --> 01:19:23,998 EXPECTED. 2105 01:19:23,998 --> 01:19:25,866 AND THE COMMUNITY IS 2106 01:19:25,866 --> 01:19:29,069 SELF-GOVERNING AS IT SHOULD BE 2107 01:19:29,069 --> 01:19:30,471 AND CAN ACCELERATE, TAKE ON THE 2108 01:19:30,471 --> 01:19:32,673 MOST RECENT RESEARCH QUESTIONS 2109 01:19:32,673 --> 01:19:34,742 AT THEIR OWN PACE. 2110 01:19:34,742 --> 01:19:36,944 ANOTHER AREA I'LL TALK ABOUT 2111 01:19:36,944 --> 01:19:40,914 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS AND BCIs AND 2112 01:19:40,914 --> 01:19:42,750 I'LL BE DONE. 2113 01:19:42,750 --> 01:19:44,718 ANOTHER CORE TECHNOLOGY IS 2114 01:19:44,718 --> 01:19:46,920 COCHLEAR IMPLANT, VERY 2115 01:19:46,920 --> 01:19:47,788 SUCCESSFUL NEUROPROSTHESIS, MANY 2116 01:19:47,788 --> 01:19:49,456 OF US ARE AWARE OF BASIC DESIGN. 2117 01:19:49,456 --> 01:19:51,425 I'LL GO OVER IT FROM THE DIE 2118 01:19:51,425 --> 01:19:51,825 DRAM. 2119 01:19:51,825 --> 01:19:53,661 IT HAS AN EXTERNAL PROCESSOR, 2120 01:19:53,661 --> 01:19:54,161 FOR THE SPEECH. 2121 01:19:54,161 --> 01:19:57,097 THIS IS WHERE THE BATTERY GOES. 2122 01:19:57,097 --> 01:19:58,732 THIS IS WHERE THE CONTEMPORARY 2123 01:19:58,732 --> 01:20:00,567 ELECTRONICS GOES, THERE'S A 2124 01:20:00,567 --> 01:20:01,669 MICROPHONE BESIDE THE EAR TO 2125 01:20:01,669 --> 01:20:04,872 PICK IT UP. 2126 01:20:04,872 --> 01:20:06,040 SIGNAL SENT IN 2127 01:20:06,040 --> 01:20:06,607 ELECTROMAGNETICICALLY, THAT 2128 01:20:06,607 --> 01:20:09,009 POWERS THE DEVICE. 2129 01:20:09,009 --> 01:20:10,878 PEEL OFF THE PROCESSOR, IT'S A 2130 01:20:10,878 --> 01:20:15,015 GREAT DESIGN FEATURE, VERY 2131 01:20:15,015 --> 01:20:16,016 INSPIRED. 2132 01:20:16,016 --> 01:20:16,383 BECOMES INERT. 2133 01:20:16,383 --> 01:20:18,419 IT'S CONNECTED TO THE REAL 2134 01:20:18,419 --> 01:20:20,020 MAGIC, ELECTRICAL STIMULATION 2135 01:20:20,020 --> 01:20:22,690 FOR THE ELECTRODES GOING INSIDE 2136 01:20:22,690 --> 01:20:24,358 THE COCHLEA, A WONDERFUL REVIEW 2137 01:20:24,358 --> 01:20:26,427 PAPER BY ROB CARLIN SHOWING THE 2138 01:20:26,427 --> 01:20:27,027 DESIGN CHALLENGES. 2139 01:20:27,027 --> 01:20:29,163 THIS SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED TO BE 2140 01:20:29,163 --> 01:20:30,331 SAFE. 2141 01:20:30,331 --> 01:20:32,132 THIS WAS -- PEOPLE SAY IT HASN'T 2142 01:20:32,132 --> 01:20:35,069 EVOLVED MUCH IN 30 YEARS, THAT'S 2143 01:20:35,069 --> 01:20:37,438 BECAUSE SOME REALLY REMARKABLE 2144 01:20:37,438 --> 01:20:42,176 THINKING WENT INTO IT, SO LITTLE 2145 01:20:42,176 --> 01:20:42,376 -- 2146 01:20:42,376 --> 01:20:46,747 INTO THE OVERALL DESIGN FROM THE 2147 01:20:46,747 --> 01:20:46,980 OUTSELF. 2148 01:20:46,980 --> 01:20:48,615 PUTTING ELECTRODES HERE, YOU ARE 2149 01:20:48,615 --> 01:20:49,383 INSERTING ELECTRODES AT 2150 01:20:49,383 --> 01:20:51,251 DIFFERENT SITES WHICH CORRESPOND 2151 01:20:51,251 --> 01:20:53,120 TO DIFFERENT BEST FREQUENCIES 2152 01:20:53,120 --> 01:20:55,289 INSIDE THE COCHLEA BUT THERE'S A 2153 01:20:55,289 --> 01:20:57,358 COST TO THIS SAFE APPROACH. 2154 01:20:57,358 --> 01:20:59,460 AND THAT IS, THE ELECTRODE IS 2155 01:20:59,460 --> 01:21:01,261 SITTING IN THE SALIENT SOLUTION, 2156 01:21:01,261 --> 01:21:05,466 AND CURRENTS WANT TO GO UP AND 2157 01:21:05,466 --> 01:21:06,567 DOWN, THEY DON'T WANT TO CROSS 2158 01:21:06,567 --> 01:21:08,535 THE BARRIER AND GET WHERE THE 2159 01:21:08,535 --> 01:21:09,837 SURVIVING AUDITORY NEURON FIBERS 2160 01:21:09,837 --> 01:21:11,805 ARE, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT? 2161 01:21:11,805 --> 01:21:14,208 THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO MODIFY 2162 01:21:14,208 --> 01:21:17,144 ELECTRODE, GAMES TO PLAY THERE. 2163 01:21:17,144 --> 01:21:21,915 YOU COULD PUT 5 AMPS IN, TAKE 2164 01:21:21,915 --> 01:21:25,419 4.9 OUT, CREATE A BEAM FORMED 2165 01:21:25,419 --> 01:21:27,254 MICROPHONE TO STIMULATE NEURONS. 2166 01:21:27,254 --> 01:21:31,191 NIDCD HAS HAD TO PARTNER WITH 2167 01:21:31,191 --> 01:21:34,294 DOING BASIC RESEARCH OVER A 2168 01:21:34,294 --> 01:21:38,665 PERIOD OF DECADES, THAT BASIC 2169 01:21:38,665 --> 01:21:40,734 RESEARCH FED REGULATORY SCIENCE 2170 01:21:40,734 --> 01:21:41,268 TO SUPPORT DESIGNS, MAYBE 2171 01:21:41,268 --> 01:21:43,370 ELECTRODE NEEDS TO BE SHORTER TO 2172 01:21:43,370 --> 01:21:47,307 NOT DAMAGE THE COCHLEA, SUPPORTS 2173 01:21:47,307 --> 01:21:48,242 RESIDUAL HEARING. 2174 01:21:48,242 --> 01:21:49,943 ALL DESIGNS NEED TO BE DONE IN 2175 01:21:49,943 --> 01:21:51,345 COLLABORATION WITH HEARING AID 2176 01:21:51,345 --> 01:21:53,080 MANUFACTURER WHICH BUILDS A 2177 01:21:53,080 --> 01:21:54,181 SPECIAL DEVICE TO ENABLE 2178 01:21:54,181 --> 01:21:55,282 CLINICAL STUDIES, THAT HAPPENS 2179 01:21:55,282 --> 01:21:57,050 OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. 2180 01:21:57,050 --> 01:21:58,886 THEN THE REGULATORY SCIENCE THAT 2181 01:21:58,886 --> 01:22:00,120 WE'VE ESTABLISHED FROM THE R01 2182 01:22:00,120 --> 01:22:02,089 FEEDS FORWARD TO THE FDA SO THEY 2183 01:22:02,089 --> 01:22:03,724 ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE IDEA, 2184 01:22:03,724 --> 01:22:06,527 IT CAN GO FORWARD INTO CLINICAL 2185 01:22:06,527 --> 01:22:06,760 STUDIES. 2186 01:22:06,760 --> 01:22:08,262 THAT WAS REALLY HOW NIDCD WAS 2187 01:22:08,262 --> 01:22:12,032 ABLE TO PURSUE A NUMBER OF IDEAS 2188 01:22:12,032 --> 01:22:15,536 BASED ON MODIFICATIONS TO THE 2189 01:22:15,536 --> 01:22:17,204 COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODE. 2190 01:22:17,204 --> 01:22:19,273 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS WENT THROUGH 2191 01:22:19,273 --> 01:22:21,675 AN INSPIRED EARLY STAGE OF 2192 01:22:21,675 --> 01:22:23,977 DESIGN IN THE '70s AND DON 2193 01:22:23,977 --> 01:22:25,179 EDINGTON AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 2194 01:22:25,179 --> 01:22:26,847 UTAH, UTAH WILL COME UP A COUPLE 2195 01:22:26,847 --> 01:22:29,249 TIMES HERE FOR REASONS I DON'T 2196 01:22:29,249 --> 01:22:29,917 UNDERSTAND BUT IT WAS 2197 01:22:29,917 --> 01:22:30,884 INTERESTING WHEN I PREPARED THE 2198 01:22:30,884 --> 01:22:31,752 TALK TO NOTE THAT. 2199 01:22:31,752 --> 01:22:37,758 HE SAID WE DON'T KNOW IF WE PUT 2200 01:22:37,758 --> 01:22:38,325 ELECTRODES HERE, ELECTRODES 2201 01:22:38,325 --> 01:22:43,363 CIRCA 1970, 1980, WE KNOW HOW TO 2202 01:22:43,363 --> 01:22:44,665 MAKE THE ELECTRODES INSERT SO 2203 01:22:44,665 --> 01:22:45,432 THEY DON'T DISSOLVE. 2204 01:22:45,432 --> 01:22:49,369 WE KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE 2205 01:22:49,369 --> 01:22:50,571 ELECTRODE AT THE TIPS. 2206 01:22:50,571 --> 01:22:53,073 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO 2207 01:22:53,073 --> 01:22:54,741 PUT IN FOR ELECTRICALLY 2208 01:22:54,741 --> 01:22:56,410 STIMULATING THE AUDITORY SYSTEM. 2209 01:22:56,410 --> 01:22:59,079 WE CAN CREATE OPEN 2210 01:22:59,079 --> 01:22:59,880 RECONFIGURABLE REUSABLE DEVICE 2211 01:22:59,880 --> 01:23:01,215 TO PLAY ALL THE SORTS OF GAMES 2212 01:23:01,215 --> 01:23:03,817 WE NEED TO TO MAKE THIS DEVICE 2213 01:23:03,817 --> 01:23:04,618 WORK. 2214 01:23:04,618 --> 01:23:06,353 THAT WAS THE MAINSTAY OF THE 2215 01:23:06,353 --> 01:23:10,791 RESEARCH PROGRAM IN THE 90s TO 2216 01:23:10,791 --> 01:23:13,560 2005, MANY SUPPORTED BY A 2217 01:23:13,560 --> 01:23:13,827 CONTRACT. 2218 01:23:13,827 --> 01:23:16,730 HERE'S A PERSON WHO RECEIVED THE 2219 01:23:16,730 --> 01:23:17,831 IMPLANT, AND ALLOWED THEMSELVES 2220 01:23:17,831 --> 01:23:20,467 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RESEARCH, 2221 01:23:20,467 --> 01:23:23,303 DRIVE THE FIELD FORWARD. 2222 01:23:23,303 --> 01:23:25,305 THIS CONNECTOR PROVIDED MEANS 2223 01:23:25,305 --> 01:23:26,940 FOR INFINITE CYCLES OF R&D WITH 2224 01:23:26,940 --> 01:23:29,009 ALL SORTS OF STIMULATION 2225 01:23:29,009 --> 01:23:30,544 TECHNIQUES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT 2226 01:23:30,544 --> 01:23:32,613 WORKED BEST. 2227 01:23:32,613 --> 01:23:33,847 IT STOPPED IN 2005, I THINK DR. 2228 01:23:33,847 --> 01:23:35,082 TUCCI IS ONE OF THE LAST PEOPLE 2229 01:23:35,082 --> 01:23:36,884 TO PLACE ONE OF THESE DEVICES 2230 01:23:36,884 --> 01:23:40,020 INSIDE A PERSON AND DO THE 2231 01:23:40,020 --> 01:23:40,487 RESEARCH STUDIES. 2232 01:23:40,487 --> 01:23:42,022 SO, THIS IS ALL ABOUT 2233 01:23:42,022 --> 01:23:42,556 STIMULATION, RIGHT? 2234 01:23:42,556 --> 01:23:45,626 WELL, THIS IS A VERY FLEXIBLE 2235 01:23:45,626 --> 01:23:46,159 RESEARCH INTERFACE. 2236 01:23:46,159 --> 01:23:48,495 ALLOWS YOU TO DO ANYTHING. 2237 01:23:48,495 --> 01:23:53,634 AND TO GROUP IT AT -- A GROUP AT 2238 01:23:53,634 --> 01:23:57,704 RTI FIGURE HOW TO STIMULATE, 2239 01:23:57,704 --> 01:23:59,673 RECORD, EVOKE SIGNALS BACK, 2240 01:23:59,673 --> 01:24:07,648 DEVELOP WHAT WE CALL NEURAL 2241 01:24:07,648 --> 01:24:09,182 RESPONSE TELEMETRY, A FITTING 2242 01:24:09,182 --> 01:24:11,051 METHOD USED IN THE CLINIC TODAY. 2243 01:24:11,051 --> 01:24:12,252 THAT'S 2005. 2244 01:24:12,252 --> 01:24:15,856 THE NUMBER OF SUBJECTS THAT HAVE 2245 01:24:15,856 --> 01:24:18,091 A PERCUTANEOUS CONNECTOR WERE 2246 01:24:18,091 --> 01:24:20,861 DWINDLING, TO CONTINUE NIDCD HAD 2247 01:24:20,861 --> 01:24:23,096 TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PARTNER 2248 01:24:23,096 --> 01:24:25,365 WITH SCIENTISTS, WITH COLLEAGUES 2249 01:24:25,365 --> 01:24:29,202 AT FDA, AND CONTINUE TO DO SAFE 2250 01:24:29,202 --> 01:24:32,272 STUDIES WITH MODERN COCHLEAR 2251 01:24:32,272 --> 01:24:33,440 IMPLANT DESIGNS. 2252 01:24:33,440 --> 01:24:35,876 AND THROUGH A SERIES OF CONTRACT 2253 01:24:35,876 --> 01:24:38,812 FUNDS AND THEN ULTIMATELY GRANT 2254 01:24:38,812 --> 01:24:41,014 FUNDING, DEDICATED EFFORTS BY 2255 01:24:41,014 --> 01:24:43,317 RESEARCH TEAM HERE, THAT GAVE 2256 01:24:43,317 --> 01:24:45,352 RISE TO CCI MOBILE RESEARCH 2257 01:24:45,352 --> 01:24:46,353 PROCESSOR. 2258 01:24:46,353 --> 01:24:49,122 AND THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE 2259 01:24:49,122 --> 01:24:50,991 SUCCESS FOR NIDCD, IN THAT 2260 01:24:50,991 --> 01:24:52,492 COCHLEAR IMPLANT IS A CLASS 3 2261 01:24:52,492 --> 01:24:54,061 MEDICAL DEVICE, YOU DON'T TAKE 2262 01:24:54,061 --> 01:24:57,864 THEM APART AND DO WHAT YOU WANT 2263 01:24:57,864 --> 01:25:01,168 WITHOUT GETTING AN IDE WITH THE 2264 01:25:01,168 --> 01:25:03,870 FDA, WITH CAREFUL THOUGHT A PLAN 2265 01:25:03,870 --> 01:25:05,606 WAS DEVELOPED TO MAKE BASICALLY 2266 01:25:05,606 --> 01:25:09,343 A GATE KEEPER CHIP INSIDE THIS 2267 01:25:09,343 --> 01:25:10,711 PROCESSOR, OPEN SOFTWARE, OPEN 2268 01:25:10,711 --> 01:25:11,645 HARDWARE, WOULDN'T WANT TO BUILD 2269 01:25:11,645 --> 01:25:11,979 IT. 2270 01:25:11,979 --> 01:25:13,947 IT'S HARD TO GET THE COMPONENTS. 2271 01:25:13,947 --> 01:25:16,350 THERE'S A CHIP IN HERE WHICH YOU 2272 01:25:16,350 --> 01:25:17,884 CANNOT CHANGE, THAT CHIP LOOKS 2273 01:25:17,884 --> 01:25:19,953 AT WHAT YOU ASKED FOR, KNOWS 2274 01:25:19,953 --> 01:25:21,188 WHAT'S SAFE, AND GUARANTEES 2275 01:25:21,188 --> 01:25:21,922 SAFETY. 2276 01:25:21,922 --> 01:25:23,156 THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO WORK 2277 01:25:23,156 --> 01:25:24,458 WITH THE FDA, WHERE PEOPLE WOULD 2278 01:25:24,458 --> 01:25:26,693 BE ABLE TO DO LONG-TERM STUDIES, 2279 01:25:26,693 --> 01:25:29,830 WE CAN LEARN TO SEE HOW PEOPLE 2280 01:25:29,830 --> 01:25:32,032 ADAPT TO DIFFERENT COCHLEAR 2281 01:25:32,032 --> 01:25:33,033 IMPLANT STIMULATION REGIMES 2282 01:25:33,033 --> 01:25:34,668 OUTSIDE THE LABORATORY AND YOU 2283 01:25:34,668 --> 01:25:35,402 DON'T NEED AN IDE. 2284 01:25:35,402 --> 01:25:37,638 THIS IS A WAY TO PARTNER WITH 2285 01:25:37,638 --> 01:25:40,340 INDUSTRY, IF A P.I. CAN COME UP 2286 01:25:40,340 --> 01:25:42,843 WITH AN IDEA UNDER THEIR R01 2287 01:25:42,843 --> 01:25:44,711 THAT WORKS, IT CAN BE TRANSLATED 2288 01:25:44,711 --> 01:25:47,247 INTO USE OF THE COCHLEAR IMPLANT 2289 01:25:47,247 --> 01:25:52,285 COMPANY AND THE REGULATORY 2290 01:25:52,285 --> 01:25:54,454 PATHWAY HERE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. 2291 01:25:54,454 --> 01:25:56,123 HOWEVER, THE NEXT REALLY GREAT 2292 01:25:56,123 --> 01:25:57,724 IDEA IS TO STEP OVER THAT 2293 01:25:57,724 --> 01:26:00,460 BARRIER THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SO 2294 01:26:00,460 --> 01:26:04,197 MANY YEARS OF FOCUSING ON SAFETY 2295 01:26:04,197 --> 01:26:05,866 WITH ELECTRODES IN THE COCHLEA 2296 01:26:05,866 --> 01:26:12,572 AND MOVE -- THIS DOESN'T GO IN 2297 01:26:12,572 --> 01:26:14,641 THE COCHLEA, IT GOES IN THE 2298 01:26:14,641 --> 01:26:16,276 AUDITORY NERVE, BRIDGING THE 2299 01:26:16,276 --> 01:26:20,414 SAFETY GAP, REQUIRES AN IDE. 2300 01:26:20,414 --> 01:26:22,215 IT'S HAPPENING WITH BRAIN 2301 01:26:22,215 --> 01:26:24,384 FUNDING, NOW INSTEAD OF TRYING 2302 01:26:24,384 --> 01:26:32,025 TO INJECT CURRENTS INSIDE A 2303 01:26:32,025 --> 01:26:32,526 SALINE-FILLED AREA, THE 2304 01:26:32,526 --> 01:26:33,994 ELECTRODE IS GOING STRAIGHT INTO 2305 01:26:33,994 --> 01:26:34,428 THE NERVE. 2306 01:26:34,428 --> 01:26:37,164 THIS IS AN ARRAY OF FIVE BY 2307 01:26:37,164 --> 01:26:39,266 THREE, EACH SITE WILL STIMULATE 2308 01:26:39,266 --> 01:26:40,801 UNIQUE PORTION OF THE AUDITORY 2309 01:26:40,801 --> 01:26:43,270 NERVE AND WE'RE HOPING WE CAN 2310 01:26:43,270 --> 01:26:46,039 FINALLY GET OVER THE FUNDAMENTAL 2311 01:26:46,039 --> 01:26:48,008 GAP IN SAFETY CONSTRAINTS FOR 2312 01:26:48,008 --> 01:26:52,612 ELECTRODE INSIDE THE COCHLEA. 2313 01:26:52,612 --> 01:26:55,348 THE ONLY WAY TO GO FORWARD IS 2314 01:26:55,348 --> 01:26:57,951 TEST IN PEOPLE, HOPEFULLY WE'LL 2315 01:26:57,951 --> 01:27:00,387 HAVE RESULTS ALONG THOSE LINES 2316 01:27:00,387 --> 01:27:00,921 SOON. 2317 01:27:00,921 --> 01:27:03,123 ALL THESE IDEAS AGAIN COMMON 2318 01:27:03,123 --> 01:27:03,323 THEME. 2319 01:27:03,323 --> 01:27:09,029 WE HAVE TO HAVE CLINICIANS, 2320 01:27:09,029 --> 01:27:09,696 BASIC RESEARCHERS, REGULATORY 2321 01:27:09,696 --> 01:27:10,764 AND SCIENTISTS AND INDUSTRY AT 2322 01:27:10,764 --> 01:27:17,771 THE SAME MEETING AT MEESE 2323 01:27:17,771 --> 01:27:18,038 MEETINGS. 2324 01:27:18,038 --> 01:27:20,407 JAY RUBIN STEIN IS THE P.I., 2325 01:27:20,407 --> 01:27:27,080 IT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 1983. 2326 01:27:27,080 --> 01:27:30,283 NIDCD STARTED SUPPORTING IT, 2327 01:27:30,283 --> 01:27:31,818 BEFORE 2000, THIS MEETING'S BEEN 2328 01:27:31,818 --> 01:27:34,187 CRITICAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF A 2329 01:27:34,187 --> 01:27:34,788 NUMBER OF AUDITORY PROCESSES 2330 01:27:34,788 --> 01:27:36,857 BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FDA THERE, 2331 01:27:36,857 --> 01:27:39,159 WE CAN HAVE OPEN CONVERSATIONS 2332 01:27:39,159 --> 01:27:47,768 WHERE THEY CAN LISTEN, WE HAVE 2333 01:27:47,768 --> 01:27:49,069 ACADEMIC P.I.S. 2334 01:27:49,069 --> 01:27:50,737 THIS IS THE CRUCIBLE THAT KEEPS 2335 01:27:50,737 --> 01:27:53,807 THE IDEAS MIXING AND ALLOWS US 2336 01:27:53,807 --> 01:27:54,941 TO TRANSLATE THEM. 2337 01:27:54,941 --> 01:27:56,910 IT'S ONE OF THE CORES TO 2338 01:27:56,910 --> 01:27:57,477 SUCCESSES. 2339 01:27:57,477 --> 01:28:01,848 FINAL TECHNOLOGY I'LL TALK ABOUT 2340 01:28:01,848 --> 01:28:03,683 IS IMPLANTABLE BRAIN-COMPUTER 2341 01:28:03,683 --> 01:28:04,785 INTERFACE FOR COMMUNICATION. 2342 01:28:04,785 --> 01:28:07,254 THIS WAS SUCH AN EXCITING 2343 01:28:07,254 --> 01:28:10,924 ADVANCE BASED ON THE UTAH 2344 01:28:10,924 --> 01:28:12,225 ELECTRODE ARRAY AND PERCUTANEOUS 2345 01:28:12,225 --> 01:28:13,193 CONNECTOR. 2346 01:28:13,193 --> 01:28:15,996 SYSTEM WAS BROUGHT TOGETHER IN 2347 01:28:15,996 --> 01:28:20,133 2002, AND THE TERM BRAINGATE 2348 01:28:20,133 --> 01:28:23,103 1.0, WE'RE AT 2.0 NOW, AND THE 2349 01:28:23,103 --> 01:28:26,039 IDEA IS SIMPLE. 2350 01:28:26,039 --> 01:28:27,474 THIS SMALL BABY ASPIRIN-SIZED 2351 01:28:27,474 --> 01:28:30,410 DEVICE IS PLACED IN THE CORTEX 2352 01:28:30,410 --> 01:28:31,945 AND YOU CAN RECORD INDIVIDUAL, 2353 01:28:31,945 --> 01:28:34,047 YEAH, YOU CAN RECORD BRAIN 2354 01:28:34,047 --> 01:28:37,150 ACTIVITY, SINGLE UNIT RESPONSES, 2355 01:28:37,150 --> 01:28:42,088 ALONG EACH OF THESE 10 X 10 GRID 2356 01:28:42,088 --> 01:28:42,656 OF ELECTRODES, PERCUTANEOUS 2357 01:28:42,656 --> 01:28:43,957 CONNECTOR, CAN YOU DO SPIKE 2358 01:28:43,957 --> 01:28:44,191 SORTING. 2359 01:28:44,191 --> 01:28:51,498 NO WAY FORT TECHNOLOGY TO 2360 01:28:51,498 --> 01:28:52,699 WIRELESSLY SUPPORT THE 2361 01:28:52,699 --> 01:28:54,467 TELEMETRY, THIS ALLOWED TWO 2362 01:28:54,467 --> 01:28:56,036 DECADES OF RESEARCH, NOW WE'RE 2363 01:28:56,036 --> 01:28:56,670 GETTING CLOSE ENOUGH, I DON'T 2364 01:28:56,670 --> 01:28:59,172 KNOW THAT WE ARE, ALLOWED 2365 01:28:59,172 --> 01:29:02,542 RESEARCH TO ADVANCE FIRST 2366 01:29:02,542 --> 01:29:03,877 THROUGH THE BRAINGATE 1.0 IN 2367 01:29:03,877 --> 01:29:07,047 2002, 2004 WAS APPROVED BY THE 2368 01:29:07,047 --> 01:29:08,248 FDA FOR HUMAN USE, 2007 A 2369 01:29:08,248 --> 01:29:09,349 WORKSHOP, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT 2370 01:29:09,349 --> 01:29:12,085 IN A MOMENT. 2371 01:29:12,085 --> 01:29:15,121 NOW IN 2001 DIFFERENT DESIGN, 2372 01:29:15,121 --> 01:29:16,223 IT'S A BREAKTHROUGH DEVICE. 2373 01:29:16,223 --> 01:29:18,525 THIS IS THE BASIS, THIS BASIC 2374 01:29:18,525 --> 01:29:20,193 APPROACH IS THE BASIS OF 2375 01:29:20,193 --> 01:29:23,129 EXCITEMENT, WHAT CAN WE DO IF WE 2376 01:29:23,129 --> 01:29:26,299 CAN GET THE BRAIN SIGNALS OUT SO 2377 01:29:26,299 --> 01:29:28,068 THE USER CAN THINK OF SOMETHING 2378 01:29:28,068 --> 01:29:31,004 AND THEN WE CAN TAKE SOME ACTION 2379 01:29:31,004 --> 01:29:31,571 BASED ON THAT. 2380 01:29:31,571 --> 01:29:33,673 THIS IS A NICE REVIEW PAPER. 2381 01:29:33,673 --> 01:29:35,709 MEANWHILE, THERE WAS THE GRID OF 2382 01:29:35,709 --> 01:29:37,577 ELECTRODES PLACED EITHER ON TOP 2383 01:29:37,577 --> 01:29:39,246 OF THE DURA OR ON THE SURFACE OF 2384 01:29:39,246 --> 01:29:42,649 THE BRAIN, AND THESE STUDIES 2385 01:29:42,649 --> 01:29:44,017 WERE ONGOING, CONNECTOR'S NOT SO 2386 01:29:44,017 --> 01:29:44,384 IMPORTANT. 2387 01:29:44,384 --> 01:29:46,553 THIS IS A LATER VERSION OF THE 2388 01:29:46,553 --> 01:29:47,120 SYSTEM. 2389 01:29:47,120 --> 01:29:54,127 BUT THIS WAS GOING ON SAME 2390 01:29:54,127 --> 01:29:55,528 PERIOD HERE, AND HERE ACTIVITIES 2391 01:29:55,528 --> 01:29:56,029 ARE REPORT. 2392 01:29:56,029 --> 01:29:58,832 IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET THAT 2393 01:29:58,832 --> 01:30:00,133 SIGNAL BECAUSE PATIENTS WERE 2394 01:30:00,133 --> 01:30:06,506 ALREADY IN THE CLINIC FOR 2395 01:30:06,506 --> 01:30:07,741 TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY. 2396 01:30:07,741 --> 01:30:09,442 SOME BIT OF BRAIN TISSUE WOULD 2397 01:30:09,442 --> 01:30:10,677 BE RESECTED, BY HAVING THESE 2398 01:30:10,677 --> 01:30:15,815 SIGNALS THE SURGEON -- SURGICAL 2399 01:30:15,815 --> 01:30:17,918 TEAM COULD KNOW WHICH BRAIN 2400 01:30:17,918 --> 01:30:18,551 TISSUE TO AVOID DAMAGING, WHICH 2401 01:30:18,551 --> 01:30:20,887 BRAIN SETS OF AREAS THEY COULD 2402 01:30:20,887 --> 01:30:22,956 FOCUS SURGICAL RESECTION ON. 2403 01:30:22,956 --> 01:30:27,994 HUMAN STUDIES, TWO DIFFERENT 2404 01:30:27,994 --> 01:30:28,328 TECHNOLOGIES. 2405 01:30:28,328 --> 01:30:33,133 IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS JUST GOING 2406 01:30:33,133 --> 01:30:34,768 TO BE A ROBOTICALLY USE TO 2407 01:30:34,768 --> 01:30:36,403 COMMUNICATE, WHICH CERTAINLY WAS 2408 01:30:36,403 --> 01:30:37,637 A GREAT BENEFIT FOR SOMEBODY WHO 2409 01:30:37,637 --> 01:30:39,172 WOULD OTHERWISE BE LOCKED IN. 2410 01:30:39,172 --> 01:30:41,875 YOU SEE THE SYSTEM HERE. 2411 01:30:41,875 --> 01:30:44,511 THE CLASSIC TASK AT THAT TIME 2412 01:30:44,511 --> 01:30:46,279 WAS VECTOR SUM MOVEMENT WHERE 2413 01:30:46,279 --> 01:30:46,947 THE PERSON WOULD BE INSTRUCTED 2414 01:30:46,947 --> 01:30:49,883 TO LOOK AT A 2D CURSOR ON THE 2415 01:30:49,883 --> 01:30:51,318 COMPUTER SCREEN, ALL THESE 2416 01:30:51,318 --> 01:30:53,820 SIGNALS FED INTO A CONTROLLER, 2417 01:30:53,820 --> 01:30:55,755 AND I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO 2418 01:30:55,755 --> 01:30:57,357 DETAILS BUT A LOT OF HARD WORK 2419 01:30:57,357 --> 01:30:58,992 WENT INTO IT. 2420 01:30:58,992 --> 01:30:59,759 SOPHISTICATED MATHEMATICS. 2421 01:30:59,759 --> 01:31:01,728 THE PERSON WOULD IMAGINE 2422 01:31:01,728 --> 01:31:03,563 MOVENING SOMETHING AND THE 2423 01:31:03,563 --> 01:31:07,400 CURSOR, OKAY, MOVE THAT MORE, 2424 01:31:07,400 --> 01:31:11,004 BRING, HERE, NOW BRING IT BACK. 2425 01:31:11,004 --> 01:31:12,105 A CENTER-OUT TASK. 2426 01:31:12,105 --> 01:31:15,709 IN 2007 LANA AND I PARTNERED TO 2427 01:31:15,709 --> 01:31:18,244 ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO GO 2428 01:31:18,244 --> 01:31:21,214 BEYOND JUST THIS TYPE, THIS IS 2429 01:31:21,214 --> 01:31:23,717 2006, THIS IS A SUMMARY PAPER 2430 01:31:23,717 --> 01:31:23,917 LATER. 2431 01:31:23,917 --> 01:31:24,584 THAT WAS THE STATE OF THE ART IN 2432 01:31:24,584 --> 01:31:25,485 THE FIELD. 2433 01:31:25,485 --> 01:31:27,320 YOU COULD GO FURTHER, YOU COULD 2434 01:31:27,320 --> 01:31:30,190 SAY CAN YOU GO MOVE THE CURSOR 2435 01:31:30,190 --> 01:31:33,994 TO GREEN DOTS, AVOID RED DOTS, 2436 01:31:33,994 --> 01:31:35,161 YOU SEE THAT USER-CONTROLLED 2437 01:31:35,161 --> 01:31:36,963 CURSOR ACTIVITY HERE. 2438 01:31:36,963 --> 01:31:37,630 IT'S POSSIBLE. 2439 01:31:37,630 --> 01:31:39,132 IT'S SLOW. 2440 01:31:39,132 --> 01:31:41,134 IT LOOKED LIKE THE BEST WE WERE 2441 01:31:41,134 --> 01:31:45,472 GOING TO DO WAS CREATE A VIRTUAL 2442 01:31:45,472 --> 01:31:45,905 KEYBOARD INTERFACE. 2443 01:31:45,905 --> 01:31:47,707 BUT THIS TECHNOLOGY WAS SAFE, IT 2444 01:31:47,707 --> 01:31:48,475 WAS MOVING FORWARD. 2445 01:31:48,475 --> 01:31:52,412 AND THEN WE HAD A BREAKTHROUGH. 2446 01:31:52,412 --> 01:31:57,650 EDDIE CHANG'S LAB FOUND GOLD IN 2447 01:31:57,650 --> 01:32:00,787 SIGNALS WITH THE LESS DESIRABLE 2448 01:32:00,787 --> 01:32:01,821 BUT GRID ELECTRODES ON THE 2449 01:32:01,821 --> 01:32:05,125 SURFACE OF THE BRAIN, HE WOULD 2450 01:32:05,125 --> 01:32:07,527 RECORD THE SIGNALS, THEY HAD 2451 01:32:07,527 --> 01:32:08,194 WAVEFORMS THERE, HE COULD 2452 01:32:08,194 --> 01:32:09,763 DETERMINE WHEN SOMEONE WAS 2453 01:32:09,763 --> 01:32:11,698 TRYING TO SPEAK, IN OTHER WORDS 2454 01:32:11,698 --> 01:32:12,899 THIS EPOCH, AND WHEN THEY WERE 2455 01:32:12,899 --> 01:32:14,100 NOT TRYING TO SPEAK. 2456 01:32:14,100 --> 01:32:17,170 HE COULD TAKE THAT DATA IN THAT 2457 01:32:17,170 --> 01:32:21,674 AREA, AND DECODE IT TO WHAT 2458 01:32:21,674 --> 01:32:24,010 PHONING THEY WERE TRYING TO 2459 01:32:24,010 --> 01:32:26,880 SPEAK FROM A RESTRICTED 2460 01:32:26,880 --> 01:32:27,914 VOCABULARY OF 50 WORDS. 2461 01:32:27,914 --> 01:32:30,216 HERE IS THE TARGET. 2462 01:32:30,216 --> 01:32:33,586 YOU SEE THIS NICE CORRELATION OF 2463 01:32:33,586 --> 01:32:34,687 THE APP. 2464 01:32:34,687 --> 01:32:36,022 THIS CHANGED EVERYTHING. 2465 01:32:36,022 --> 01:32:38,725 HE WAS ABLE TO DO NEURAL SIGNAL 2466 01:32:38,725 --> 01:32:42,462 PROCESSING IN A WAY WHERE HE DID 2467 01:32:42,462 --> 01:32:43,997 NOT NEED TO CHANGE THE CODER 2468 01:32:43,997 --> 01:32:45,065 EVERY DAY. 2469 01:32:45,065 --> 01:32:46,699 WHEN THE PREVIOUS GRAPH WHERE WE 2470 01:32:46,699 --> 01:32:48,668 WERE LOOKING AT THE MOVEMENT, 2471 01:32:48,668 --> 01:32:53,139 THE PERSON WAS TOLD TO THINK 2472 01:32:53,139 --> 01:32:55,575 ABOUT MOVING A VIRTUAL KNOB, 2473 01:32:55,575 --> 01:32:58,078 SOFTWARE WOULD CREATE THE 2474 01:32:58,078 --> 01:32:58,978 VIRTUAL KNOB, REDONE EVERY DAY 2475 01:32:58,978 --> 01:33:01,047 IN THE MORNING. 2476 01:33:01,047 --> 01:33:02,315 THINK ABOUT THE DECODER 2477 01:33:02,315 --> 01:33:03,183 YESTERDAY IS NOT WORKING, OR IF 2478 01:33:03,183 --> 01:33:05,251 THE PERSON WOULD THINK ABOUT 2479 01:33:05,251 --> 01:33:08,021 MOVING THE SAME KNOB DECODER 2480 01:33:08,021 --> 01:33:08,755 WOULD START CHANGING AND THEY 2481 01:33:08,755 --> 01:33:09,989 COULD MOVE IT AGAIN. 2482 01:33:09,989 --> 01:33:11,724 IT WAS A TEDIOUS PROCESS. 2483 01:33:11,724 --> 01:33:14,694 EVERY DAY A COUPLE HOURS HAD TO 2484 01:33:14,694 --> 01:33:16,663 BE SPENT CALIBRATING DECODER, 2485 01:33:16,663 --> 01:33:20,366 THEN THE PERSON COULD MOVE. 2486 01:33:20,366 --> 01:33:21,768 THAT'S LIKE TRYING TO GRAB THE 2487 01:33:21,768 --> 01:33:24,304 STICK SHIFT ON YOUR CAR TO START 2488 01:33:24,304 --> 01:33:24,537 DRIVING. 2489 01:33:24,537 --> 01:33:26,072 YOU'RE GOING TO DRIVE A STICK 2490 01:33:26,072 --> 01:33:27,474 SHIFT, BUT TO DRIVE THE CAR YOU 2491 01:33:27,474 --> 01:33:32,946 HAVE TO PUT IT IN GEAR, LET OUT 2492 01:33:32,946 --> 01:33:38,618 THE GAS. 2493 01:33:38,618 --> 01:33:40,386 EDDIE FIGURED HOW WITH A SAFE 2494 01:33:40,386 --> 01:33:42,122 SIGNAL SOURCE, A HUGE 2495 01:33:42,122 --> 01:33:43,556 BREAKTHROUGH FOR THE FIELD. 2496 01:33:43,556 --> 01:33:45,525 THE WONDERS OF WORKING INSIDE A 2497 01:33:45,525 --> 01:33:46,826 COMMUNITY, ONE PERSON LEARNS 2498 01:33:46,826 --> 01:33:48,027 FROM THE OTHER. 2499 01:33:48,027 --> 01:33:50,463 ONCE EDDIE'S BREAKTHROUGH CAME 2500 01:33:50,463 --> 01:33:53,066 OUT, WE'RE BACK TO THE UTAH 2501 01:33:53,066 --> 01:33:53,867 ELECTRODE ARRAY. 2502 01:33:53,867 --> 01:33:55,702 THIS IS THE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 2503 01:33:55,702 --> 01:33:58,338 SMALLER SET BUT NOW EACH 2504 01:33:58,338 --> 01:33:59,105 PERCUTANEOUS CONNECTOR THERE'S 2505 01:33:59,105 --> 01:34:00,406 TWO OF THESE. 2506 01:34:00,406 --> 01:34:03,343 DETAILS NOT IMPORTANT BUT THE 2507 01:34:03,343 --> 01:34:08,715 SAME TINY IMPLANT, IMPLANTED 2508 01:34:08,715 --> 01:34:11,651 DOWN THE CENTRAL SULCUS, PICKING 2509 01:34:11,651 --> 01:34:15,155 UP SIGNALS, BEING DECODED. 2510 01:34:15,155 --> 01:34:17,257 GOING THROUGH NEURAL NETWORK 2511 01:34:17,257 --> 01:34:19,225 PROCESS, EVERY 80 MILLISECONDS A 2512 01:34:19,225 --> 01:34:21,528 BIT OF SPEECH IS GETTING KICKED 2513 01:34:21,528 --> 01:34:21,694 OUT. 2514 01:34:21,694 --> 01:34:24,164 AND THEN THAT GOES THROUGH A 2515 01:34:24,164 --> 01:34:25,565 LANGUAGE MODEL, TO SAY DOES THAT 2516 01:34:25,565 --> 01:34:28,201 MAKE SENSE OR DOES THAT NOT, AND 2517 01:34:28,201 --> 01:34:31,938 THEN THE WORD COMES OUT, FINALLY 2518 01:34:31,938 --> 01:34:34,007 THE SENTENCE, BASED ON OTHER 2519 01:34:34,007 --> 01:34:35,542 WORK SUPPORTED BY THE NIDCD WE 2520 01:34:35,542 --> 01:34:37,510 HAVE THIS TEXT CAN GO TO SPEECH, 2521 01:34:37,510 --> 01:34:40,046 SPEAK CAN MATCH THE USER'S 2522 01:34:40,046 --> 01:34:42,549 ORIGINAL VOICE IF IT'S BEEN 2523 01:34:42,549 --> 01:34:43,316 BANKED. 2524 01:34:43,316 --> 01:34:43,583 RECREATED. 2525 01:34:43,583 --> 01:34:45,618 NOW YOU HAVE SOMEBODY UNABLE TO 2526 01:34:45,618 --> 01:34:48,021 SPEAK FOR YEARS, ABLE TO SPEAK 2527 01:34:48,021 --> 01:34:49,422 AT A PRETTY GOOD RATE, FIRST 2528 01:34:49,422 --> 01:34:59,966 WITH A 50 WORD VOCABULARY, THEN 2529 01:35:00,667 --> 01:35:05,772 125 WORDS, DECORRODER -- DECODR 2530 01:35:05,772 --> 01:35:09,142 DOESN'T NEED TO BE CHANGED, HUGE 2531 01:35:09,142 --> 01:35:12,445 BREAK THROUGH. 2532 01:35:12,445 --> 01:35:15,315 WE SPONSORED THIS SINCE 1999, WE 2533 01:35:15,315 --> 01:35:16,282 BRING TOGETHER EXPERTS IN 2534 01:35:16,282 --> 01:35:17,684 BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE, THEY 2535 01:35:17,684 --> 01:35:20,053 ARE NOT ALL SUPPORTED BY NIDCD, 2536 01:35:20,053 --> 01:35:25,725 MOST OF THEM ARE VERY INTERESTED 2537 01:35:25,725 --> 01:35:28,661 IN THE LIMB PROSTHESIS, A GOOD 2538 01:35:28,661 --> 01:35:31,397 MIXING POINTS FOR IDEAS TO HELP 2539 01:35:31,397 --> 01:35:35,101 ADVANCE OUR BRAIN-COMPUTER 2540 01:35:35,101 --> 01:35:35,935 INTERFACE FOR COMMUNICATION. 2541 01:35:35,935 --> 01:35:37,036 SYNERGIES I THINK ARE VALUABLE 2542 01:35:37,036 --> 01:35:40,473 FOR ALL OF US TO REFLECT ON IS 2543 01:35:40,473 --> 01:35:42,342 HOW ARE THESE ADVANCES POSSIBLE? 2544 01:35:42,342 --> 01:35:45,979 CERTAINLY I DIDN'T DO THEM. 2545 01:35:45,979 --> 01:35:47,614 NIDCD'S FUNDING WAS ABSOLUTELY 2546 01:35:47,614 --> 01:35:48,815 HELPFUL BUT REALLY IT GOES TO 2547 01:35:48,815 --> 01:35:51,017 THE BACK OF THE R01 WHO REFUSES 2548 01:35:51,017 --> 01:35:52,118 TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. 2549 01:35:52,118 --> 01:35:53,052 THESE ARE HARD CHALLENGES. 2550 01:35:53,052 --> 01:35:55,221 THEY HAVE TO STICK WITH THE 2551 01:35:55,221 --> 01:35:57,156 PROBLEM FOR -- I'VE SEEN PEOPLE 2552 01:35:57,156 --> 01:35:59,192 STICK WITH THE PROBLEM FOR 20 2553 01:35:59,192 --> 01:36:01,194 YEARS BEFORE IT BEARS FRUIT. 2554 01:36:01,194 --> 01:36:03,930 WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 2555 01:36:03,930 --> 01:36:04,264 DEDICATION. 2556 01:36:04,264 --> 01:36:06,332 WE WANT THEM TO GET 2557 01:36:06,332 --> 01:36:09,068 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS. 2558 01:36:09,068 --> 01:36:11,170 IT'S THE CURRENCY OF ACADEMIC 2559 01:36:11,170 --> 01:36:11,571 CAREERS. 2560 01:36:11,571 --> 01:36:14,207 AND IT GETS THE INFORMATION OUT 2561 01:36:14,207 --> 01:36:15,642 IN WAYS THAT OTHER GROUPS CAN 2562 01:36:15,642 --> 01:36:19,579 UTILIZE IT TO MOVE THEIR 2563 01:36:19,579 --> 01:36:20,647 RESEARCH FORWARD. 2564 01:36:20,647 --> 01:36:24,284 BUT THERE ALSO HAS TO BE I THINK 2565 01:36:24,284 --> 01:36:25,351 REUSABLE RECONFIGURABLE OPEN 2566 01:36:25,351 --> 01:36:27,687 SOURCE TOOLS SO ONE PERSON 2567 01:36:27,687 --> 01:36:28,655 DOESN'T HAVE TO START FROM 2568 01:36:28,655 --> 01:36:31,991 SCRATCH TO WORK IN THE AREA. 2569 01:36:31,991 --> 01:36:33,493 THESE RETREAT-STYLE CONFERENCES 2570 01:36:33,493 --> 01:36:34,927 WITH NARROW FOCUS ARE INCREDIBLY 2571 01:36:34,927 --> 01:36:35,495 IMPORTANT. 2572 01:36:35,495 --> 01:36:37,030 P.I.s DON'T COME IN, GIVE 2573 01:36:37,030 --> 01:36:39,198 THEIR TALK, AND LEAVE. 2574 01:36:39,198 --> 01:36:41,734 THEY COME, THEY STAY, AVAILABLE 2575 01:36:41,734 --> 01:36:44,037 FOR CONVERSATIONS OVER LUNCH, 2576 01:36:44,037 --> 01:36:46,339 COLLABORATIONS ARE FORMED. 2577 01:36:46,339 --> 01:36:46,906 COMPREHENSIVE ONGOING PEER 2578 01:36:46,906 --> 01:36:48,941 REVIEW, I THINK, IS CRITICAL FOR 2579 01:36:48,941 --> 01:36:50,276 THESE FIELDS. 2580 01:36:50,276 --> 01:36:52,045 AND THESE OPEN DISCUSSIONS THAT 2581 01:36:52,045 --> 01:36:53,146 OCCUR AT THE MEETING, I THINK 2582 01:36:53,146 --> 01:36:58,151 THEY ARE UNIQUE TO NIDCD'S 2583 01:36:58,151 --> 01:36:58,818 RESEARCH COMMUNITY. 2584 01:36:58,818 --> 01:37:01,788 I CAME FROM A GROUP PEOPLE WOULD 2585 01:37:01,788 --> 01:37:03,289 COME IN, WOULD TALK, YOU WOULD 2586 01:37:03,289 --> 01:37:04,290 NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK 2587 01:37:04,290 --> 01:37:05,291 EXCEPT FOR FIVE MINUTES AFTER 2588 01:37:05,291 --> 01:37:07,126 THE TALK AND THEN THEY WOULD 2589 01:37:07,126 --> 01:37:07,994 LEAVE. 2590 01:37:07,994 --> 01:37:09,662 IT'S VERY HARD TO KNOW HOW TO 2591 01:37:09,662 --> 01:37:14,600 MOVE FORWARD IN A FIELD WITHOUT 2592 01:37:14,600 --> 01:37:17,403 SORT OF POSTER-STYLE DISCUSSIONS 2593 01:37:17,403 --> 01:37:18,404 NIDCD SPONSORS AT MEETINGS I'VE 2594 01:37:18,404 --> 01:37:19,405 BEEN PART OF. 2595 01:37:19,405 --> 01:37:23,009 REVIEW GROUPS HERE AT NIH HELP, 2596 01:37:23,009 --> 01:37:26,813 IT'S A PAINFUL PROCESS, BUT HELP 2597 01:37:26,813 --> 01:37:30,016 P.I.s REFINE AND ADVANCE THEIR 2598 01:37:30,016 --> 01:37:30,216 IDEAS. 2599 01:37:30,216 --> 01:37:32,652 AND IF REVIEWERS HAVE BEEN AT 2600 01:37:32,652 --> 01:37:34,187 THESE MEETINGS AND ARE AWARE OF 2601 01:37:34,187 --> 01:37:35,388 TECHNOLOGY THAT BECOMES PART OF 2602 01:37:35,388 --> 01:37:36,789 THE SAME DISCUSSION. 2603 01:37:36,789 --> 01:37:38,424 OCCASIONALLY WE NEED SPECIAL 2604 01:37:38,424 --> 01:37:41,194 REQUESTS FOR APPLICATION, 2605 01:37:41,194 --> 01:37:42,495 SPECIAL REVIEW, SPECIAL 2606 01:37:42,495 --> 01:37:44,464 PAYLINES, CLINICAL TRIALS ARE A 2607 01:37:44,464 --> 01:37:45,998 GOOD EXAMPLE, WE NEED THE HELP 2608 01:37:45,998 --> 01:37:49,936 OF OUR MEDICAL CENTERS TO MANAGE 2609 01:37:49,936 --> 01:37:51,104 RISK, TRANSLATIONAL RFA, 2610 01:37:51,104 --> 01:37:52,538 TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE READY TO 2611 01:37:52,538 --> 01:37:54,407 LEAVE THE BASIC RESEARCH AND TRY 2612 01:37:54,407 --> 01:37:56,809 AND GET OUT INTO CLINICAL USE. 2613 01:37:56,809 --> 01:37:58,945 AND OCCASIONALLY WE CAN DO A 2614 01:37:58,945 --> 01:38:00,413 DEDICATED RFA FOR THE HEARING 2615 01:38:00,413 --> 01:38:03,583 AID TECHNOLOGY WHICH I DESCRIBED 2616 01:38:03,583 --> 01:38:03,816 EARLIER. 2617 01:38:03,816 --> 01:38:05,451 AND THEN WE HAVE DIFFERENT 2618 01:38:05,451 --> 01:38:07,320 STRUCTURES OF AWARDS THAT THE 2619 01:38:07,320 --> 01:38:09,389 BASIC RESEARCH THAT COMES OUT OF 2620 01:38:09,389 --> 01:38:11,691 THE R01 IS KEY FOR DEFINING THE 2621 01:38:11,691 --> 01:38:13,960 REGULATORY SCIENCE FOR THE 2622 01:38:13,960 --> 01:38:14,193 FIELD. 2623 01:38:14,193 --> 01:38:15,094 PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY HAS 2624 01:38:15,094 --> 01:38:16,295 BEEN CRITICAL FOR US BECAUSE 2625 01:38:16,295 --> 01:38:19,432 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH 2626 01:38:19,432 --> 01:38:20,066 THEM. 2627 01:38:20,066 --> 01:38:23,069 LEVERAGE THE DECADES OF KNOW-HOW 2628 01:38:23,069 --> 01:38:25,071 FOR BUILDING HERMETICALLY SEALED 2629 01:38:25,071 --> 01:38:28,341 DEVICE, NOT TRIVIAL, AND MAKING 2630 01:38:28,341 --> 01:38:29,709 IT WORK, OVER ONE TO TWO YEARS 2631 01:38:29,709 --> 01:38:31,577 CAN GET THAT BUILD AND WILL GO 2632 01:38:31,577 --> 01:38:33,679 INTO A U01 STUDY OVER A 2633 01:38:33,679 --> 01:38:35,181 FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. 2634 01:38:35,181 --> 01:38:41,020 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. 2635 01:38:41,020 --> 01:38:42,422 >> THANK YOU, ROGER. 2636 01:38:42,422 --> 01:38:44,424 THAT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE 2637 01:38:44,424 --> 01:38:44,690 OVERVIEW. 2638 01:38:44,690 --> 01:38:49,429 I'LL ASK, BRUCE, DO YOU HAVE ANY 2639 01:38:49,429 --> 01:38:53,166 COMMENTS? 2640 01:38:53,166 --> 01:38:59,172 IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING 2641 01:38:59,172 --> 01:39:02,575 ABOUT -- 2642 01:39:02,575 --> 01:39:04,544 >> NO, ROGER, I THINK YOU 2643 01:39:04,544 --> 01:39:07,613 CAPTURED THE OPEN INNOVATION 2644 01:39:07,613 --> 01:39:10,950 SPIRIT AND THE ADVANCES IN 2645 01:39:10,950 --> 01:39:12,084 CHIP-BASED TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE 2646 01:39:12,084 --> 01:39:15,388 REALLY DRIVEN BY OTHER FIELDS 2647 01:39:15,388 --> 01:39:18,991 LIKE COMMUNICATION AND CONSUMER 2648 01:39:18,991 --> 01:39:21,294 ELECTRONICS AND YOUR ABILITY TO 2649 01:39:21,294 --> 01:39:22,328 CAPTURE THAT IS AMAZING. 2650 01:39:22,328 --> 01:39:25,765 SO WE HAVE TO REALLY STRONGLY 2651 01:39:25,765 --> 01:39:27,633 COUPLE INTO THOSE MOVEMENTS. 2652 01:39:27,633 --> 01:39:31,904 ALSO KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON 2653 01:39:31,904 --> 01:39:33,005 BASIC DESIGN, BECOMING MORE 2654 01:39:33,005 --> 01:39:35,174 UBIQUITOUS WITH BOUNDARIES ALL 2655 01:39:35,174 --> 01:39:36,042 OVER. 2656 01:39:36,042 --> 01:39:38,144 WHEN I WAS IN ACADEMIA, I 2657 01:39:38,144 --> 01:39:43,616 DECIDED, OKAY, I'VE GOT TO DO 2658 01:39:43,616 --> 01:39:44,183 ASICS NOW, APPLICATION 2659 01:39:44,183 --> 01:39:46,118 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, STUFF WE 2660 01:39:46,118 --> 01:39:48,754 WANT, INSTEAD OF WORK YOUR PHONE 2661 01:39:48,754 --> 01:39:49,789 BETTER. 2662 01:39:49,789 --> 01:39:51,724 I FOUND IT WAS INCREDIBLY HARD 2663 01:39:51,724 --> 01:39:53,559 JUST TO GET A WAFER. 2664 01:39:53,559 --> 01:39:55,328 ONCE YOU DO THAT, IT'S REALLY 2665 01:39:55,328 --> 01:39:57,964 DIFFICULT TO SORT OF GET IT INTO 2666 01:39:57,964 --> 01:39:59,031 YOUR CHIP. 2667 01:39:59,031 --> 01:40:02,335 SO, WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THESE 2668 01:40:02,335 --> 01:40:04,971 DEVICES I THINK IS INCREDIBLY 2669 01:40:04,971 --> 01:40:07,139 IMPORTANT, AND THEN THE NEXT 2670 01:40:07,139 --> 01:40:09,008 PHASE OF MAKING PURPOSE DRIVEN 2671 01:40:09,008 --> 01:40:10,877 DEVICES FOR YOUR APPLICATIONS IS 2672 01:40:10,877 --> 01:40:12,745 A BIG, BIG FRONTIER. 2673 01:40:12,745 --> 01:40:13,513 WITH THE EXPANSION AND 2674 01:40:13,513 --> 01:40:16,115 INVESTMENT IN THE CHIPS AND 2675 01:40:16,115 --> 01:40:18,217 SCIENCE ACT, THIS IS NOW A BIG 2676 01:40:18,217 --> 01:40:19,185 DRIVING FORCE. 2677 01:40:19,185 --> 01:40:21,587 THIS COMES AT EXACTLY THE RIGHT 2678 01:40:21,587 --> 01:40:24,824 TIME, AND I THINK PROMOTING THIS 2679 01:40:24,824 --> 01:40:26,626 KIND OF WORK I DON'T KNOW IF 2680 01:40:26,626 --> 01:40:27,426 EVERYONE FROM THE ENGINEERING 2681 01:40:27,426 --> 01:40:29,495 COMMUTER IS AWARE OF THESE 2682 01:40:29,495 --> 01:40:30,363 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, 2683 01:40:30,363 --> 01:40:34,634 AND I WAS ALSO SUPER EXCITED TO 2684 01:40:34,634 --> 01:40:38,471 SEE THE UNDERGRADS ENGAGED IN 2685 01:40:38,471 --> 01:40:38,704 TYMPAN. 2686 01:40:38,704 --> 01:40:41,173 YOU REALLY ARE ON THE PULSE OF 2687 01:40:41,173 --> 01:40:47,413 ALL THESE CHANGES, IT'S A BIG 2688 01:40:47,413 --> 01:40:48,514 WAVE THAT'S COMING. 2689 01:40:48,514 --> 01:40:49,949 >> THANKS FOR MENTIONING THE 2690 01:40:49,949 --> 01:40:51,918 CHIPS ACT. 2691 01:40:51,918 --> 01:40:53,185 THAT'S PROBABLY UNDERUTILIZED IN 2692 01:40:53,185 --> 01:40:54,854 OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL. 2693 01:40:54,854 --> 01:40:59,191 ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM 2694 01:40:59,191 --> 01:41:00,860 COUNCIL MEMBERS? 2695 01:41:00,860 --> 01:41:01,961 YEAH, MARIO. 2696 01:41:01,961 --> 01:41:02,395 >> THANKS, ROGER. 2697 01:41:02,395 --> 01:41:04,030 THAT WAS GREAT. 2698 01:41:04,030 --> 01:41:06,666 I'M INTRIGUED ABOUT -- I AGREE 2699 01:41:06,666 --> 01:41:08,200 WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING 2700 01:41:08,200 --> 01:41:09,635 DEVICES THAT ARE PORTABLE AND 2701 01:41:09,635 --> 01:41:11,270 FLEXIBLE, BOTH. 2702 01:41:11,270 --> 01:41:16,409 THE LANGUAGE YOU USED TO EXPLAIN 2703 01:41:16,409 --> 01:41:17,577 THE IMPORTANCE OF PORTABILITY 2704 01:41:17,577 --> 01:41:18,811 WAS TESTING OUTSIDE THE LAB. 2705 01:41:18,811 --> 01:41:20,012 IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT IF NOT 2706 01:41:20,012 --> 01:41:22,982 MORE TO BE ABLE TO USE THESE 2707 01:41:22,982 --> 01:41:25,918 DEVICES OUTSIDE OF THE LAB 2708 01:41:25,918 --> 01:41:27,787 BECAUSE WITH COCHLEAR IMPLANTS 2709 01:41:27,787 --> 01:41:29,522 IT'S NOT LIKE PRESCRIPTION 2710 01:41:29,522 --> 01:41:31,257 EYEGLASSES, IF THEY WORK, THEY 2711 01:41:31,257 --> 01:41:31,457 WORK. 2712 01:41:31,457 --> 01:41:35,328 YOU NEED TIME TO ADAPT TO THEM. 2713 01:41:35,328 --> 01:41:36,762 PERHAPS SEVERAL DAYS OR WEEKS OF 2714 01:41:36,762 --> 01:41:37,396 DAILY USE. 2715 01:41:37,396 --> 01:41:40,266 I WOULD MAKE THE CASE THAT BEING 2716 01:41:40,266 --> 01:41:42,902 ABLE TO USE THE DEVICE OUTSIDE 2717 01:41:42,902 --> 01:41:44,437 THE LAB IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN 2718 01:41:44,437 --> 01:41:46,172 BEING ABLE TO TEST OUTSIDE THE 2719 01:41:46,172 --> 01:41:50,343 LAB, WHICH YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO 2720 01:41:50,343 --> 01:41:51,310 WITH A NON-PORTABLE DEVICE LAP 2721 01:41:51,310 --> 01:41:53,079 TOP COMPUTER AND SO ON. 2722 01:41:53,079 --> 01:41:56,382 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT 2723 01:41:56,382 --> 01:41:57,683 THOSE TWO ASPECTS, TESTING 2724 01:41:57,683 --> 01:41:59,318 OUTSIDE THE LAB, USING OUTSIDE 2725 01:41:59,318 --> 01:42:00,286 THE LAB? 2726 01:42:00,286 --> 01:42:02,355 >> ORIGINALLY I WAS EXCITED 2727 01:42:02,355 --> 01:42:05,891 ABOUT HAVING AN OPEN SOURCE 2728 01:42:05,891 --> 01:42:06,759 PORTABLE COCHLEAR IMPLANT 2729 01:42:06,759 --> 01:42:07,960 INTERFACE BECAUSE THE BEST THE 2730 01:42:07,960 --> 01:42:10,463 FIELD COULD DO WOULD BE TO COME 2731 01:42:10,463 --> 01:42:12,431 UP WITH NOVEL PARADIGM, SAY WE 2732 01:42:12,431 --> 01:42:13,833 THINK THE SIGNAL IS CLEAR WHEN 2733 01:42:13,833 --> 01:42:16,502 WE LOOK AT THE SIMULATOR 2734 01:42:16,502 --> 01:42:16,802 PROCESSING. 2735 01:42:16,802 --> 01:42:19,872 WE TESTED WITH A PATIENT FOR AN 2736 01:42:19,872 --> 01:42:21,774 HOUR, AND THEY PERFORMED REALLY 2737 01:42:21,774 --> 01:42:23,576 NO WORSE THAN CLINICAL PROCESSOR 2738 01:42:23,576 --> 01:42:24,844 WHICH THEY HAVE YEARS OF 2739 01:42:24,844 --> 01:42:25,378 EXPERIENCE WITH. 2740 01:42:25,378 --> 01:42:27,580 WE THINK THIS IS PROMISING. 2741 01:42:27,580 --> 01:42:28,280 THAT'S JUST A TOUGH ARGUMENT FOR 2742 01:42:28,280 --> 01:42:29,348 A P.I. TO MAKE. 2743 01:42:29,348 --> 01:42:31,617 THEY NEED TO GIVE IT TO THE 2744 01:42:31,617 --> 01:42:33,452 PERSON, LET THEM GO HOME, USE 2745 01:42:33,452 --> 01:42:35,187 ANYTIME DAILY LIFE. 2746 01:42:35,187 --> 01:42:37,657 SAY I WASN'T SO GOOD BUT AT THE 2747 01:42:37,657 --> 01:42:38,691 BEGINNING BUT AFTER THREE MONTHS 2748 01:42:38,691 --> 01:42:40,993 OF USE I'M BETTER. 2749 01:42:40,993 --> 01:42:42,561 WE KNOW FROM SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY 2750 01:42:42,561 --> 01:42:47,533 STUDIES IT TAKES A PERIOD OF 2751 01:42:47,533 --> 01:42:47,767 MONTHS. 2752 01:42:47,767 --> 01:42:48,968 A PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR SAID YOU 2753 01:42:48,968 --> 01:42:51,604 CAN SEE THE WORLD VISUALLY BY 2754 01:42:51,604 --> 01:42:52,672 LOOKING AT NEGATIVES. 2755 01:42:52,672 --> 01:42:55,441 HE PUT ON A CAMERA AND LIVED 2756 01:42:55,441 --> 01:42:58,177 LOOKING AT THE WORLD IN NEGATIVE 2757 01:42:58,177 --> 01:42:59,378 FOR -- IT TOOK THREE MONTHS. 2758 01:42:59,378 --> 01:43:02,515 HE SAID NOW I CAN DO IT. 2759 01:43:02,515 --> 01:43:04,617 MY BRAIN ADAPTED. 2760 01:43:04,617 --> 01:43:06,352 WE KNOW PLASTICITY IS THERE BUT 2761 01:43:06,352 --> 01:43:07,353 IF WE DON'T GIVE PEOPLE THE 2762 01:43:07,353 --> 01:43:08,888 RESEARCH TOOLS THEY WON'T BE 2763 01:43:08,888 --> 01:43:10,423 ABLE TO BE INDEPENDENT 2764 01:43:10,423 --> 01:43:10,723 INNOVATORS. 2765 01:43:10,723 --> 01:43:12,525 THEY WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH A 2766 01:43:12,525 --> 01:43:13,392 COCHLEAR IMPLANT COMPANY. 2767 01:43:13,392 --> 01:43:19,065 YOU'RE RIGHT. 2768 01:43:19,065 --> 01:43:23,903 >> NOT A QUESTION BUT A COMMENT. 2769 01:43:23,903 --> 01:43:25,738 TO SEE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF 2770 01:43:25,738 --> 01:43:27,840 COLLABORATION BETWEEN CLINICIANS 2771 01:43:27,840 --> 01:43:29,041 AND ENGINEERS, IMPORTANT IN MY 2772 01:43:29,041 --> 01:43:30,776 OWN CAREER, IT'S SOMETHING THAT 2773 01:43:30,776 --> 01:43:31,544 CAME OUT BEAUTIFULLY THIS 2774 01:43:31,544 --> 01:43:31,977 MORNING. 2775 01:43:31,977 --> 01:43:34,180 I THINK THE MORE THAT WE CAN DO 2776 01:43:34,180 --> 01:43:37,583 TO PROMOTE THAT, WHETHER IT'S 2777 01:43:37,583 --> 01:43:40,119 UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL, 2778 01:43:40,119 --> 01:43:44,423 DURING ACTUALLY CLINICAL 2779 01:43:44,423 --> 01:43:45,091 TRAINING, RESIDENCY, AFTERWARDS 2780 01:43:45,091 --> 01:43:47,193 WOULD BE GREAT. 2781 01:43:47,193 --> 01:43:51,497 I THINK THERE'S TWO DISCIPLINES 2782 01:43:51,497 --> 01:43:53,232 THAT COMMUNICATE, SO 2783 01:43:53,232 --> 01:43:53,666 SYNERGISTIC. 2784 01:43:53,666 --> 01:43:55,968 ANYWAY, I CONGRATULATE BOTH OF 2785 01:43:55,968 --> 01:43:57,269 OUR SPEAKERS THIS MORNING 2786 01:43:57,269 --> 01:43:58,104 EMPHASIZING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS 2787 01:43:58,104 --> 01:44:01,974 AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR 2788 01:44:01,974 --> 01:44:06,045 PATIENT CARE AND THEIR 2789 01:44:06,045 --> 01:44:07,246 EXPERIENCES. 2790 01:44:07,246 --> 01:44:07,613 >> AMEN. 2791 01:44:07,613 --> 01:44:08,881 I AGREE COMPLETELY. 2792 01:44:08,881 --> 01:44:09,849 ALL RIGHT. 2793 01:44:09,849 --> 01:44:13,586 OH, YEAH, SORRY. 2794 01:44:13,586 --> 01:44:15,121 >> ONE QUESTION. 2795 01:44:15,121 --> 01:44:20,025 SO, THIS QUESTION COMES BY WAY 2796 01:44:20,025 --> 01:44:21,260 OF MY FATHER-IN-LAW, WHO 2797 01:44:21,260 --> 01:44:24,997 CONSTANTLY IS LOSING HIS HEARING 2798 01:44:24,997 --> 01:44:27,266 AIDS. 2799 01:44:27,266 --> 01:44:27,566 HE'S OLDER. 2800 01:44:27,566 --> 01:44:31,003 HE HAS A LITTLE BIT OF DEMENTIA. 2801 01:44:31,003 --> 01:44:36,575 BUT IT'S BEEN A REAL CHALLENGE 2802 01:44:36,575 --> 01:44:39,011 TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN 2803 01:44:39,011 --> 01:44:40,846 MAKE THIS WORK BETTER. 2804 01:44:40,846 --> 01:44:43,482 I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY NEW 2805 01:44:43,482 --> 01:44:46,752 IDEAS, EVEN AT THE END USER 2806 01:44:46,752 --> 01:44:56,262 POINT, IN TERMS OF NOT LOSING 2807 01:44:56,262 --> 01:45:01,767 YOUR -- YEAH. 2808 01:45:01,767 --> 01:45:06,138 >> THE IMPLANTABLE HEARING AIDS 2809 01:45:06,138 --> 01:45:12,444 [CROSSTALK] 2810 01:45:12,444 --> 01:45:12,578 2811 01:45:12,578 --> 01:45:13,879 >> LIKE 20% HERE HAD THIS. 2812 01:45:13,879 --> 01:45:15,414 >> ALL RIGHT. 2813 01:45:15,414 --> 01:45:19,151 WELL, THANK YOU TO ROGER AND TO 2814 01:45:19,151 --> 01:45:25,391 BRUCE. 2815 01:45:25,391 --> 01:45:25,891 ALL RIGHT. 2816 01:45:25,891 --> 01:45:28,227 I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LACK OF 2817 01:45:28,227 --> 01:45:31,864 BREAK BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO 2818 01:45:31,864 --> 01:45:33,732 MOVE AHEAD. 2819 01:45:33,732 --> 01:45:35,134 I'M GOING TO TRUNCATE MY REMARKS 2820 01:45:35,134 --> 01:45:37,336 A LITTLE BIT AND MOCH PART OF 2821 01:45:37,336 --> 01:45:39,605 WHAT I WAS GOING TO -- MOVE PART 2822 01:45:39,605 --> 01:45:42,341 OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TO 2823 01:45:42,341 --> 01:45:42,575 JANUARY. 2824 01:45:42,575 --> 01:45:44,543 I WILL JUST SUMMARIZE IN A 2825 01:45:44,543 --> 01:45:45,511 COUPLE MINUTES, I THINK, THE 2826 01:45:45,511 --> 01:45:46,612 POINT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO 2827 01:45:46,612 --> 01:45:47,279 TALK ABOUT. 2828 01:45:47,279 --> 01:45:50,482 COULD WE HAVE MY SLIDES UP 2829 01:45:50,482 --> 01:46:00,626 PLEASE. 2830 01:46:08,234 --> 01:46:09,602 ALL RIGHT. 2831 01:46:09,602 --> 01:46:11,003 NEXT SLIDE. 2832 01:46:11,003 --> 01:46:11,337 OKAY. 2833 01:46:11,337 --> 01:46:16,575 SO, NOW AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN 2834 01:46:16,575 --> 01:46:18,143 THE PAST FEW MEETINGS, I WOULD 2835 01:46:18,143 --> 01:46:20,512 LIKE TO GO AROUND AND JUST ASK 2836 01:46:20,512 --> 01:46:22,715 EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO 2837 01:46:22,715 --> 01:46:23,182 INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. 2838 01:46:23,182 --> 01:46:27,286 WE HAVE MANY, MANY NEW MEMBERS 2839 01:46:27,286 --> 01:46:28,187 HERE TODAY. 2840 01:46:28,187 --> 01:46:29,288 AND PLEASE JUST INTRODUCE 2841 01:46:29,288 --> 01:46:31,123 YOURSELF, SAY WHERE YOU'RE FROM, 2842 01:46:31,123 --> 01:46:34,860 JUST SAY A QUICK WORD ABOUT YOUR 2843 01:46:34,860 --> 01:46:38,597 AREA OF EXPERTISE OR INTEREST IN 2844 01:46:38,597 --> 01:46:40,499 NIDCD'S MISSION. 2845 01:46:40,499 --> 01:46:44,937 SO WE WILL START AS WE USUALLY 2846 01:46:44,937 --> 01:46:55,447 DO WITH MISS KATHERINE BOWTON. 2847 01:46:55,881 --> 01:46:57,016 >> YOU TOOK ME BY SURPRISE. 2848 01:46:57,016 --> 01:46:59,184 I LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY, I'M 2849 01:46:59,184 --> 01:47:00,719 HERE BECAUSE I HAVE HEARING 2850 01:47:00,719 --> 01:47:00,920 LOSS. 2851 01:47:00,920 --> 01:47:03,322 I HAVE A HEARING AID IN MY RIGHT 2852 01:47:03,322 --> 01:47:05,724 HERE, COCHLEAR IMPLANT IN MY 2853 01:47:05,724 --> 01:47:07,159 LEFT EAR. 2854 01:47:07,159 --> 01:47:08,260 AND BASICALLY NOW I WORK FOR A 2855 01:47:08,260 --> 01:47:10,529 LONG TIME AT THE "NEW YORK 2856 01:47:10,529 --> 01:47:12,498 TIMES," NOW I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR 2857 01:47:12,498 --> 01:47:17,102 PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS FOR 2858 01:47:17,102 --> 01:47:17,569 BETTER ACCESSIBILITY. 2859 01:47:17,569 --> 01:47:19,438 I LOVE BEING ON THIS PANEL 2860 01:47:19,438 --> 01:47:21,307 BECAUSE I HEAR SO MANY THINGS. 2861 01:47:21,307 --> 01:47:25,010 ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2862 01:47:25,010 --> 01:47:26,111 >> THANK YOU. 2863 01:47:26,111 --> 01:47:29,748 WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED IN 2864 01:47:29,748 --> 01:47:31,383 ALPHABETICAL ORDER WITH DR. 2865 01:47:31,383 --> 01:47:32,451 EMILY BUSS. 2866 01:47:32,451 --> 01:47:37,289 >> HI, I'M A PROFESSOR AT THE 2867 01:47:37,289 --> 01:47:40,025 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, AT 2868 01:47:40,025 --> 01:47:40,559 CHAPEL HILL. 2869 01:47:40,559 --> 01:47:42,761 WHERE I STUDY HUMAN HEARING WITH 2870 01:47:42,761 --> 01:47:45,831 A FOCUS ON AUDITORY DEVELOPMENT, 2871 01:47:45,831 --> 01:47:47,900 SPEECH PERCEPTION, SPATIAL 2872 01:47:47,900 --> 01:47:48,901 HEARING. 2873 01:47:48,901 --> 01:47:58,877 >> AND MISS VICKIE DEAL 2874 01:47:58,877 --> 01:47:59,378 WILLIAMS. 2875 01:47:59,378 --> 01:48:01,847 >> HELLO, I'M THE CEO AT THE 2876 01:48:01,847 --> 01:48:05,784 AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING 2877 01:48:05,784 --> 01:48:14,760 ASSOCIATION, I AM A SPEECH 2878 01:48:14,760 --> 01:48:16,061 LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST BY TRAINING 2879 01:48:16,061 --> 01:48:20,232 PARTICULARLY AS RELATES TO 2880 01:48:20,232 --> 01:48:21,734 MULTICULTURAL POPULATION. 2881 01:48:21,734 --> 01:48:23,202 >> DR. ANDY GROSS. 2882 01:48:23,202 --> 01:48:25,037 >> ANDY GROSS, BAYLOR COLLEGE OF 2883 01:48:25,037 --> 01:48:26,271 MEDICINE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. 2884 01:48:26,271 --> 01:48:30,642 MY LAB WORKS ON THE DEVELOPMENT, 2885 01:48:30,642 --> 01:48:33,612 REGENERATION, EVOLUTION OF THE 2886 01:48:33,612 --> 01:48:36,648 INNER EAR. 2887 01:48:36,648 --> 01:48:38,851 >> DR. NEIL LOWANI. 2888 01:48:38,851 --> 01:48:43,355 >> I'M AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2889 01:48:43,355 --> 01:48:45,591 MEDICAL CENTER, FOCUS RESEARCH 2890 01:48:45,591 --> 01:48:47,726 ON DESIGNING TECHNOLOGY MICRO 2891 01:48:47,726 --> 01:48:48,394 NEEDLES FOR DIAGNOSTIC 2892 01:48:48,394 --> 01:48:51,296 ASPIRATION AS WELL AS 2893 01:48:51,296 --> 01:48:51,997 THERAPEUTIC DELIVERY, IN THE 2894 01:48:51,997 --> 01:48:54,166 INNER EAR DIRECTLY WITHOUT 2895 01:48:54,166 --> 01:48:55,367 CAUSING HEARING LOSS, 2896 01:48:55,367 --> 01:48:58,103 INCREASINGLY FOCUSING ON MUSIC 2897 01:48:58,103 --> 01:48:59,204 ENJOYMENT, WITH COCHLEAR 2898 01:48:59,204 --> 01:49:01,840 IMPLANTS OR JUST HEARING LOSS 2899 01:49:01,840 --> 01:49:05,978 AND HEARING AIDS. 2900 01:49:05,978 --> 01:49:07,079 >> DR. DAN MARIFFEL. 2901 01:49:07,079 --> 01:49:09,081 >> I'M A FACULTY MEMBER 2902 01:49:09,081 --> 01:49:12,885 PROFESSOR AT OHIO STATE 2903 01:49:12,885 --> 01:49:13,752 UNIVERSITY, I STUDY VESTIBULAR 2904 01:49:13,752 --> 01:49:16,422 FUNCTION, HOW WE SENSE MOTION, 2905 01:49:16,422 --> 01:49:23,896 ALSO STUDY OUR SENSE OF BALANCE. 2906 01:49:23,896 --> 01:49:24,363 >> DR. SUSAN TEBOW. 2907 01:49:24,363 --> 01:49:27,399 >> I'M A PROFESSOR AT THE 2908 01:49:27,399 --> 01:49:28,801 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON, 2909 01:49:28,801 --> 01:49:31,236 EXPERTISE IN THE AREA OF VOICE, 2910 01:49:31,236 --> 01:49:36,041 SPECIFICALLY I STUDY THE BIOLOGY 2911 01:49:36,041 --> 01:49:39,878 OF VOCAL MUCOSA. 2912 01:49:39,878 --> 01:49:41,613 >> DR. MEG WALLHAGEN. 2913 01:49:41,613 --> 01:49:43,916 >> GOOD MORNING, PROFESSOR IN 2914 01:49:43,916 --> 01:49:45,784 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGIC 2915 01:49:45,784 --> 01:49:47,219 NURSING UC-SAN FRANCISCO, MY 2916 01:49:47,219 --> 01:49:49,388 AREA FOR DEALING WITH PERSONS 2917 01:49:49,388 --> 01:49:52,891 WITH HEARING LOSS, OLDER ADULTS, 2918 01:49:52,891 --> 01:49:53,725 ESPECIALLY WITH COMMUNICATION 2919 01:49:53,725 --> 01:49:55,427 ACCESS IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, 2920 01:49:55,427 --> 01:49:57,830 MAKING SURE COMMUNICATION IS 2921 01:49:57,830 --> 01:49:59,231 SAFE AND EFFECTIVE, 2922 01:49:59,231 --> 01:49:59,765 RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE 2923 01:49:59,765 --> 01:50:03,836 PARTNERS THEMSELVES, SO I DO A 2924 01:50:03,836 --> 01:50:05,404 LOT OF DYADIC RELATIONSHIP WORK. 2925 01:50:05,404 --> 01:50:06,905 >> THANK YOU. 2926 01:50:06,905 --> 01:50:08,040 NOW WE HAVE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS 2927 01:50:08,040 --> 01:50:10,976 WHO ARE GOING TO BE ROTATING 2928 01:50:10,976 --> 01:50:13,378 OFF, SO THIS IS THEIR LAST 2929 01:50:13,378 --> 01:50:14,680 MEETING, SADLY. 2930 01:50:14,680 --> 01:50:16,548 WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2931 01:50:16,548 --> 01:50:18,317 EACH MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AT THE 2932 01:50:18,317 --> 01:50:20,052 END OF THE MEETING, IF YOU WOULD 2933 01:50:20,052 --> 01:50:20,919 LIKE TO. 2934 01:50:20,919 --> 01:50:28,360 BUT THE FIRST IS DR. NIRUPA 2935 01:50:28,360 --> 01:50:28,827 CHOWDHURY. 2936 01:50:28,827 --> 01:50:32,030 >> YES, I'M A PROFESSOR AT THE 2937 01:50:32,030 --> 01:50:34,066 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF 2938 01:50:34,066 --> 01:50:37,569 MEDICINE, AND MY AREA OF 2939 01:50:37,569 --> 01:50:39,771 RESEARCH IS IN CHEMICAL SENSES, 2940 01:50:39,771 --> 01:50:43,175 WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE EAR AND 2941 01:50:43,175 --> 01:50:46,778 VESTIBULAR ORGANS, THESE ARE 2942 01:50:46,778 --> 01:50:48,046 ALSO COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 2943 01:50:48,046 --> 01:50:50,382 THAT AFFECT PEOPLE ACROSS THE 2944 01:50:50,382 --> 01:50:51,016 PLANET. 2945 01:50:51,016 --> 01:50:56,722 SO I STUDY TASTE IN PARTICULAR, 2946 01:50:56,722 --> 01:51:01,760 AND FROM MOLECULAR AND 2947 01:51:01,760 --> 01:51:02,628 PHYSIOLOGIC PERSPECTIVE, AND WE 2948 01:51:02,628 --> 01:51:04,163 CAN COME BACK. 2949 01:51:04,163 --> 01:51:08,033 >> YES, THANK YOU. 2950 01:51:08,033 --> 01:51:10,102 DR. CAROL ESPY-WILSON. 2951 01:51:10,102 --> 01:51:14,373 >> HELLO, I'M A PROFESSOR IN THE 2952 01:51:14,373 --> 01:51:19,845 ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER 2953 01:51:19,845 --> 01:51:20,312 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 2954 01:51:20,312 --> 01:51:24,550 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, SPEECH 2955 01:51:24,550 --> 01:51:26,852 PROCESSING IN PARTICULAR. 2956 01:51:26,852 --> 01:51:32,357 CURRENT AREAS LOOKING AT TAKING 2957 01:51:32,357 --> 01:51:35,294 ACOUSTIC SIGNAL TRANSLATING INTO 2958 01:51:35,294 --> 01:51:36,528 WHAT ARTICULATORS WITH DOING 2959 01:51:36,528 --> 01:51:37,930 WHEN YOU SPEAK, LOOKING IT'S A 2960 01:51:37,930 --> 01:51:39,231 SPEECH AS A BEHAVIOR OF SIGNAL 2961 01:51:39,231 --> 01:51:40,999 TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN 2962 01:51:40,999 --> 01:51:42,968 THE BRAIN FOR MENTAL HEALTH 2963 01:51:42,968 --> 01:51:43,268 ASSESSMENT. 2964 01:51:43,268 --> 01:51:45,370 AND THEN THE LAST I WOULD SAY 2965 01:51:45,370 --> 01:51:47,272 SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT HEARING 2966 01:51:47,272 --> 01:51:49,341 TODAY, I HAVE A COMPANY AND 2967 01:51:49,341 --> 01:51:50,842 WE'RE LOOKING AT REMOVING 2968 01:51:50,842 --> 01:51:52,277 BACKGROUND NOISE TO ENHANCE 2969 01:51:52,277 --> 01:51:53,278 SPEECH FOR HEARING AIDS. 2970 01:51:53,278 --> 01:51:58,951 THAT'S ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS. 2971 01:51:58,951 --> 01:52:01,253 >> DR. LISA KAUFFMAN. 2972 01:52:01,253 --> 01:52:03,021 >> HI, SENIOR SCIENTIST AT BOYS 2973 01:52:03,021 --> 01:52:05,424 TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL, 2974 01:52:05,424 --> 01:52:07,693 I STUDY LANGUAGE, SPEECH, AND 2975 01:52:07,693 --> 01:52:09,127 SPEECH MOTOR AND MANUAL 2976 01:52:09,127 --> 01:52:09,895 DEVELOPMENT AND DISORDERS, 2977 01:52:09,895 --> 01:52:12,397 ESPECIALLY IN YOUNG CHILDREN 2978 01:52:12,397 --> 01:52:13,065 WITH DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE 2979 01:52:13,065 --> 01:52:15,801 DISORDER AND THOSE WITH SPEECH 2980 01:52:15,801 --> 01:52:17,970 SOUND DISORDER. 2981 01:52:17,970 --> 01:52:19,071 >> THANKS. 2982 01:52:19,071 --> 01:52:23,775 DR. ARGYE HILLIS IS ONLINE. 2983 01:52:23,775 --> 01:52:24,009 >> HI. 2984 01:52:24,009 --> 01:52:26,845 I'M ARGYE HILLIS, I'M A 2985 01:52:26,845 --> 01:52:30,549 PROFESSOR OF NEUROLOGY AT JOHNS 2986 01:52:30,549 --> 01:52:31,216 HOPKINS. 2987 01:52:31,216 --> 01:52:34,720 AND I STUDY MECHANISMS OF 2988 01:52:34,720 --> 01:52:35,821 LANGUAGE RECOVERY AFTER STROKE, 2989 01:52:35,821 --> 01:52:40,826 AS WELL AS WAYS TO AUGMENT 2990 01:52:40,826 --> 01:52:42,261 APHAGIA RECOVER AFTER STROKE 2991 01:52:42,261 --> 01:52:48,834 PARTICULARLY IN THE FIRST YEAR 2992 01:52:48,834 --> 01:52:49,268 AFTER STROKE. 2993 01:52:49,268 --> 01:52:53,805 >> MISS LYNN MURPHY BREEN. 2994 01:52:53,805 --> 01:52:57,209 >> I'M AN ATTORNEY, ADVOCATE FOR 2995 01:52:57,209 --> 01:52:59,811 PEOPLE WITH USHER SYNDROME, 2996 01:52:59,811 --> 01:53:01,446 LEADING CAUSE OF DEAFNESS AND 2997 01:53:01,446 --> 01:53:06,818 BLINDNESS, AS WELL AS FOR 2998 01:53:06,818 --> 01:53:07,552 CHILDREN WITH PRE-LINGUAL 2999 01:53:07,552 --> 01:53:08,020 HEARING LOSS. 3000 01:53:08,020 --> 01:53:09,221 >> THANK YOU. 3001 01:53:09,221 --> 01:53:11,590 NOW WE HAVE NINE NEW MEMBERS. 3002 01:53:11,590 --> 01:53:13,592 SO I'LL CALL ON EACH OF YOU AND 3003 01:53:13,592 --> 01:53:17,296 ASK YOU TO INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. 3004 01:53:17,296 --> 01:53:19,698 STARTING WITH DR. LINDA BARLOW. 3005 01:53:19,698 --> 01:53:23,101 >> HI, NICE TO BE HERE. 3006 01:53:23,101 --> 01:53:25,804 I'M A PROFESSOR IN CELL AND 3007 01:53:25,804 --> 01:53:27,272 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, 3008 01:53:27,272 --> 01:53:28,373 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF 3009 01:53:28,373 --> 01:53:28,640 MEDICINE. 3010 01:53:28,640 --> 01:53:32,177 AND WE WORK ON THE SENSE OF 3011 01:53:32,177 --> 01:53:36,248 TASTE, IN PARTICULAR WE FOCUS ON 3012 01:53:36,248 --> 01:53:39,284 REGENERATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL 3013 01:53:39,284 --> 01:53:41,153 BIOLOGY AND IN A CLINICAL 3014 01:53:41,153 --> 01:53:44,222 CONTEXT WE'RE EXPLORING HOW 3015 01:53:44,222 --> 01:53:45,924 DIFFERENT CANCER THERAPIES 3016 01:53:45,924 --> 01:53:47,626 IMPACT TASTE, HOMEOSTASIS AT THE 3017 01:53:47,626 --> 01:53:49,695 CELL AND MOLECULAR LEVEL TO GAIN 3018 01:53:49,695 --> 01:53:53,098 INSIGHT INTO WHY A PATIENT 3019 01:53:53,098 --> 01:53:53,865 SUFFERS TASTE DYSFUNCTION. 3020 01:53:53,865 --> 01:53:59,104 >> THANK YOU. 3021 01:53:59,104 --> 01:53:59,771 DR. JAY GOTFRIED. 3022 01:53:59,771 --> 01:54:04,476 >> I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE, 3023 01:54:04,476 --> 01:54:07,746 AFTER SOME TIME ON THE AD HOC. 3024 01:54:07,746 --> 01:54:12,584 I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE, EXCITED 3025 01:54:12,584 --> 01:54:15,487 ABOUT THIS. 3026 01:54:15,487 --> 01:54:16,955 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 3027 01:54:16,955 --> 01:54:19,991 WHERE I AM PROFESSOR OF 3028 01:54:19,991 --> 01:54:21,526 NEUROLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY. 3029 01:54:21,526 --> 01:54:23,829 WHICH KIND OF DOUBLES ME UP MORE 3030 01:54:23,829 --> 01:54:28,100 THAN I PERHAPS WISH I COULD DO. 3031 01:54:28,100 --> 01:54:30,969 BUT ANYHOW, I STUDY THE HUMAN 3032 01:54:30,969 --> 01:54:33,572 SENSE OF SMELL IN ALL VARIOUS 3033 01:54:33,572 --> 01:54:36,308 SHAPES AND FORMS, AND YOU'LL 3034 01:54:36,308 --> 01:54:39,478 HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT LATER 3035 01:54:39,478 --> 01:54:39,678 TODAY. 3036 01:54:39,678 --> 01:54:44,983 >> THANK YOU. 3037 01:54:44,983 --> 01:54:45,851 DR. KIA JOHNSON. 3038 01:54:45,851 --> 01:54:48,587 >> HI, I'M A SPEECH LANGUAGE 3039 01:54:48,587 --> 01:54:51,656 PATHOLOGY IS, DIRECTOR OF THE 3040 01:54:51,656 --> 01:54:57,229 THAT 3041 01:54:57,229 --> 01:54:58,330 ARTHUR BLANK STUTTERING CENTER 3042 01:54:58,330 --> 01:55:01,833 AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN. 3043 01:55:01,833 --> 01:55:03,135 FOCUSED ON MITIGATING SOCIETAL 3044 01:55:03,135 --> 01:55:05,103 CONFORMITY TO FLUENCY IN 3045 01:55:05,103 --> 01:55:06,638 STUTTERING, AND TRAINING OF 3046 01:55:06,638 --> 01:55:07,939 SLPs AND STUDENTS INTERESTED 3047 01:55:07,939 --> 01:55:09,808 IN STUTTERING. 3048 01:55:09,808 --> 01:55:12,978 I'M ALSO VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT 3049 01:55:12,978 --> 01:55:14,179 DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, 3050 01:55:14,179 --> 01:55:17,749 IMPLICIT BIAS AS RELATES TO 3051 01:55:17,749 --> 01:55:20,385 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 3052 01:55:20,385 --> 01:55:24,222 CLINICAL OPPORTUNITIES AND 3053 01:55:24,222 --> 01:55:24,656 RESEARCH. 3054 01:55:24,656 --> 01:55:25,624 >> DR. SWATHI KERN? 3055 01:55:25,624 --> 01:55:28,059 >> HI, IT'S NICE TO BE HERE. 3056 01:55:28,059 --> 01:55:34,499 I'M A PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF 3057 01:55:34,499 --> 01:55:35,901 CENTER FOR BRAIN RECOVERY, 3058 01:55:35,901 --> 01:55:38,103 BOSTON UNIVERSITY, RESEARCH AREA 3059 01:55:38,103 --> 01:55:39,404 IS STROKE, REHABILITATIONAL 3060 01:55:39,404 --> 01:55:40,839 STROKE, NEURAL PLASTICITY. 3061 01:55:40,839 --> 01:55:43,575 I ALSO STUDY PEOPLE WITH 3062 01:55:43,575 --> 01:55:49,815 MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, WHEN THEY 3063 01:55:49,815 --> 01:55:53,418 HAVE APHASIA, INTERESTED IN 3064 01:55:53,418 --> 01:55:56,688 DEVELOP THERAPIES FOR THOSE 3065 01:55:56,688 --> 01:56:01,526 INDIVIDUALS. 3066 01:56:01,526 --> 01:56:02,394 >> DR. JAY PICARILLO, UNIVERSITY 3067 01:56:02,394 --> 01:56:03,929 OF WASHINGTON ST. LOUIS, HE WILL 3068 01:56:03,929 --> 01:56:12,571 BE WITH US NEXT TIME. 3069 01:56:12,571 --> 01:56:14,639 DR. ALYSSA RAMIREZ STAPLETON. 3070 01:56:14,639 --> 01:56:15,974 >> GOOD MORNING. 3071 01:56:15,974 --> 01:56:18,810 I'M A PROFESSOR AT CAL STATE 3072 01:56:18,810 --> 01:56:21,012 FULLERTON, EDUCATIONAL 3073 01:56:21,012 --> 01:56:21,313 LEADERSHIP. 3074 01:56:21,313 --> 01:56:23,849 I'M A BLACK DEAF STUDIES AND 3075 01:56:23,849 --> 01:56:25,917 HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLAR, LOOK 3076 01:56:25,917 --> 01:56:28,053 AT CULTURE, ACCESS, HISTORY OF 3077 01:56:28,053 --> 01:56:30,088 DEAF EDUCATION, ALSO ON THE 3078 01:56:30,088 --> 01:56:31,389 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BLACK 3079 01:56:31,389 --> 01:56:32,491 DEAF PROJECT WORKING WITH BLACK 3080 01:56:32,491 --> 01:56:34,025 FAMILIES WITH DEAF CHILDREN, TO 3081 01:56:34,025 --> 01:56:40,932 PROVIDE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT IN 3082 01:56:40,932 --> 01:56:44,069 TERMS OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, 3083 01:56:44,069 --> 01:56:47,138 WORKSHOPS, WORKING WITH 3084 01:56:47,138 --> 01:56:48,874 RESOURCES, ANTI-BLACK NECESSARY 3085 01:56:48,874 --> 01:56:49,541 EDUCATION. 3086 01:56:49,541 --> 01:56:50,742 >> DR. MARIO SPEERSKI. 3087 01:56:50,742 --> 01:56:52,477 >> PROFESSOR AT NEW YORK 3088 01:56:52,477 --> 01:56:53,478 UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 3089 01:56:53,478 --> 01:56:55,447 MY WORK HAS FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT 3090 01:56:55,447 --> 01:56:57,315 AREAS RELATED TO SPEECH AND 3091 01:56:57,315 --> 01:57:00,018 HEARING, WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON 3092 01:57:00,018 --> 01:57:00,585 COCHLEAR IMPLANTS. 3093 01:57:00,585 --> 01:57:02,554 AND WHAT'S MOST FUN FOR ME WHEN 3094 01:57:02,554 --> 01:57:06,925 I GET TO INTERACT WITH EITHER 3095 01:57:06,925 --> 01:57:08,493 CLINICIANS, BASIC 3096 01:57:08,493 --> 01:57:09,561 NEUROSCIENTISTS, IN A 3097 01:57:09,561 --> 01:57:10,562 SYNERGISTIC WAY DOING THINGS 3098 01:57:10,562 --> 01:57:12,864 NEITHER OF US COULD DO 3099 01:57:12,864 --> 01:57:13,598 INDEPENDENTLY. 3100 01:57:13,598 --> 01:57:17,235 >> THANK YOU. 3101 01:57:17,235 --> 01:57:20,171 AND DR. LARRY TRUSSELL. 3102 01:57:20,171 --> 01:57:21,373 >> I'M LARRY TRUSSELL, PROFESSOR 3103 01:57:21,373 --> 01:57:24,442 AT THE OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE 3104 01:57:24,442 --> 01:57:26,444 UNIVERSITY, IN PORTLAND, OREGON. 3105 01:57:26,444 --> 01:57:29,681 AND I'M INTERESTED IN THE 3106 01:57:29,681 --> 01:57:31,883 CELLULAR NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF 3107 01:57:31,883 --> 01:57:32,617 AUDITORY AND VESTIBULAR 3108 01:57:32,617 --> 01:57:33,752 PROCESSING IN THE BRAIN. 3109 01:57:33,752 --> 01:57:40,025 >> THANK YOU. 3110 01:57:40,025 --> 01:57:46,097 DR. NANCY YOUNG. 3111 01:57:46,097 --> 01:57:48,500 >> HELLO, I'M A SURGEON AND 3112 01:57:48,500 --> 01:57:49,434 PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN 3113 01:57:49,434 --> 01:57:51,469 UNIVERSITY, BASED AT THE 3114 01:57:51,469 --> 01:57:53,972 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, WHERE I RUN 3115 01:57:53,972 --> 01:57:54,973 A LARGE COCHLEAR IMPLANT PROGRAM 3116 01:57:54,973 --> 01:57:57,909 FOR CHILDREN, AND MY AREA OF 3117 01:57:57,909 --> 01:58:01,980 RESEARCH IS USING BRAIN IMAGING 3118 01:58:01,980 --> 01:58:03,949 AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO 3119 01:58:03,949 --> 01:58:05,350 PREDICT LANGUAGE OUTCOMES IN 3120 01:58:05,350 --> 01:58:07,218 CHILDREN WHO RECEIVE COCHLEAR 3121 01:58:07,218 --> 01:58:07,485 IMPLANTS. 3122 01:58:07,485 --> 01:58:08,219 >> GREAT, THANK YOU. 3123 01:58:08,219 --> 01:58:10,655 WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS. 3124 01:58:10,655 --> 01:58:14,593 AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME 3125 01:58:14,593 --> 01:58:17,729 TWO EX OFFICIO MEMBERS FROM THE 3126 01:58:17,729 --> 01:58:23,268 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND NIOSH, 3127 01:58:23,268 --> 01:58:26,171 THE FIRST DR. MAY SONN IS 3128 01:58:26,171 --> 01:58:27,505 ATTENDING FOR DR. JEREMY NELSON. 3129 01:58:27,505 --> 01:58:33,712 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY HELLO? 3130 01:58:33,712 --> 01:58:34,679 OKAY, ALL RIGHT. 3131 01:58:34,679 --> 01:58:40,018 MAY HAVE TROUBLE UNMUTING. 3132 01:58:40,018 --> 01:58:41,152 MISS CHRISTY THEMIAN. 3133 01:58:41,152 --> 01:58:42,454 >> HI, I'M FROM THE NATIONAL 3134 01:58:42,454 --> 01:58:44,656 INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL 3135 01:58:44,656 --> 01:58:47,158 SAFETY AND HEALTH, REPRESENTING 3136 01:58:47,158 --> 01:58:47,392 THE CDC. 3137 01:58:47,392 --> 01:58:52,931 I WORK PRIMARILY IN HEARING LOSS 3138 01:58:52,931 --> 01:58:54,032 PREVENTION AMONG WORKER 3139 01:58:54,032 --> 01:58:54,933 POPULATION, WORK ON EPIDEMIOLOGY 3140 01:58:54,933 --> 01:58:56,568 OF HEARING LOSS. 3141 01:58:56,568 --> 01:58:56,801 THANKS. 3142 01:58:56,801 --> 01:58:58,103 >> THANK YOU. 3143 01:58:58,103 --> 01:59:00,305 THANK YOU ALL FOR THE 3144 01:59:00,305 --> 01:59:00,639 INTRODUCTIONS. 3145 01:59:00,639 --> 01:59:02,240 WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE 3146 01:59:02,240 --> 01:59:02,807 YOU HERE. 3147 01:59:02,807 --> 01:59:03,675 ALL RIGHT. 3148 01:59:03,675 --> 01:59:06,945 NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL DO A LITTLE 3149 01:59:06,945 --> 01:59:08,480 BIT OF BUSINESS. 3150 01:59:08,480 --> 01:59:11,583 THE MINUTES WERE POSTED IN THE 3151 01:59:11,583 --> 01:59:12,550 ELECTRONIC COUNCIL BOOK, AND I 3152 01:59:12,550 --> 01:59:17,288 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYBODY 3153 01:59:17,288 --> 01:59:20,058 HAS ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS 3154 01:59:20,058 --> 01:59:21,926 TO THE MINUTES. 3155 01:59:21,926 --> 01:59:23,828 WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO APPROVE 3156 01:59:23,828 --> 01:59:29,267 THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN? 3157 01:59:29,267 --> 01:59:30,735 AND SECOND. 3158 01:59:30,735 --> 01:59:31,936 AND ANY DISSENT. 3159 01:59:31,936 --> 01:59:35,273 NO, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, MINUTES ARE 3160 01:59:35,273 --> 01:59:36,107 ACCEPTED. 3161 01:59:36,107 --> 01:59:39,044 AND NEXT SLIDE IS THE FUTURE 3162 01:59:39,044 --> 01:59:41,246 COUNCIL MEETINGS, SO AS ALWAYS 3163 01:59:41,246 --> 01:59:43,648 WE'LL HOLD THE JANUARY COUNCIL 3164 01:59:43,648 --> 01:59:45,183 MEETINGS VIRTUALLY. 3165 01:59:45,183 --> 01:59:47,252 AND THE MAY AND SEPTEMBER 3166 01:59:47,252 --> 01:59:48,586 MEETINGS IN PERSON. 3167 01:59:48,586 --> 01:59:50,221 THESE CAN EITHER BE ONE OR TWO 3168 01:59:50,221 --> 01:59:54,659 DAYS, SO PLEASE SET ASIDE THE 3169 01:59:54,659 --> 01:59:57,462 TWO DAY SESSION IN THE LIST HERE 3170 01:59:57,462 --> 02:00:00,532 AND LET US KNOW IF YOU KNOW OF 3171 02:00:00,532 --> 02:00:02,067 ANY CONFLICTS FOR ANY OF THESE 3172 02:00:02,067 --> 02:00:04,569 DATES. 3173 02:00:04,569 --> 02:00:06,404 AND THE NEXT SLIDE. 3174 02:00:06,404 --> 02:00:08,506 THIS IS TODAY'S AGENDA. 3175 02:00:08,506 --> 02:00:11,576 AND WE WILL BE HEARING FROM DR. 3176 02:00:11,576 --> 02:00:13,978 KELLY KING SHORTLY, WE'LL THEN 3177 02:00:13,978 --> 02:00:16,915 HAVE REPORTS FROM OUR SCIENTIFIC 3178 02:00:16,915 --> 02:00:19,017 DIRECTOR, - LISA CUNNINGHAM, 3179 02:00:19,017 --> 02:00:21,519 CLINICAL DIRECTOR, DR. JOSH 3180 02:00:21,519 --> 02:00:26,324 LEVY, A BUDGET REPORT FROM 3181 02:00:26,324 --> 02:00:27,325 MR. ERIC WILLIAMS, BUDGET 3182 02:00:27,325 --> 02:00:28,093 OFFICER. 3183 02:00:28,093 --> 02:00:32,130 WE'LL HEAR ABOUT SIMPLIFYING 3184 02:00:32,130 --> 02:00:34,866 REVIEW FRAMEWORK AND NEW REVIEW 3185 02:00:34,866 --> 02:00:37,502 FRAMEWORK THAT WILL BE 3186 02:00:37,502 --> 02:00:39,671 IMPLEMENTED BY NIH SHORTLY. 3187 02:00:39,671 --> 02:00:41,873 REPORT OF DIVISION OF SCIENTIFIC 3188 02:00:41,873 --> 02:00:44,709 PROGRAMS, AND WE'LL HAVE THREE 3189 02:00:44,709 --> 02:00:48,213 NEW COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS, AND 3190 02:00:48,213 --> 02:00:49,948 REMARKS FROM RETIRING MEMBERS. 3191 02:00:49,948 --> 02:00:53,685 NEXT SLIDE. 3192 02:00:53,685 --> 02:00:54,452 NEXT SLIDE. 3193 02:00:54,452 --> 02:00:56,020 SKIP THIS ONE. 3194 02:00:56,020 --> 02:01:04,496 PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT. 3195 02:01:04,496 --> 02:01:09,200 I I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR 3196 02:01:09,200 --> 02:01:10,502 NEW EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SINCE WE 3197 02:01:10,502 --> 02:01:13,138 MET LAST I TOLD YOU THAT WE HAD 3198 02:01:13,138 --> 02:01:15,974 EXTENDED AN OFFER TO A NEW 3199 02:01:15,974 --> 02:01:20,145 EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FOLLOWING THE 3200 02:01:20,145 --> 02:01:21,746 RETIREMENT OF TIM WILLIS, VERY 3201 02:01:21,746 --> 02:01:24,182 FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO RECRUIT 3202 02:01:24,182 --> 02:01:26,785 DR. MARK STEPHENS. 3203 02:01:26,785 --> 02:01:28,987 HE SERVES AS PRIMARY ADVISER TO 3204 02:01:28,987 --> 02:01:31,923 ALL THE SENIOR OFFICIALS AT 3205 02:01:31,923 --> 02:01:33,691 NIDCD, PROVIDING STRATEGIC 3206 02:01:33,691 --> 02:01:36,127 GUIDANCE ON THE INSTITUTES 3207 02:01:36,127 --> 02:01:37,095 ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL 3208 02:01:37,095 --> 02:01:39,297 MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS. 3209 02:01:39,297 --> 02:01:40,064 I'VE FOUND HIS HELP INVALUABLE 3210 02:01:40,064 --> 02:01:41,699 IN THE SHORT THREE MONTHS HE'S 3211 02:01:41,699 --> 02:01:43,668 BEEN WITH US, IT'S HARD TO 3212 02:01:43,668 --> 02:01:45,003 BELIEVE HE'S ONLY BEEN HERE FOR 3213 02:01:45,003 --> 02:01:48,373 THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 3214 02:01:48,373 --> 02:01:50,775 HE IS A HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED 3215 02:01:50,775 --> 02:01:51,743 ADMINISTRATOR AND LEADER WITH 3216 02:01:51,743 --> 02:01:54,045 MORE THAN A DECADE OF HANDS-ON 3217 02:01:54,045 --> 02:01:57,015 EXPERIENCE IN NIH POLICIES AND 3218 02:01:57,015 --> 02:01:58,449 PROCESSES, AND PRIOR TO JOINING 3219 02:01:58,449 --> 02:02:02,220 NIDCD HE WAS THE DEPUTY E.O. AT 3220 02:02:02,220 --> 02:02:03,688 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGIC 3221 02:02:03,688 --> 02:02:04,689 DISORDERS AND STROKE. 3222 02:02:04,689 --> 02:02:07,091 AND BEFORE THAT HE WAS THE LEAD 3223 02:02:07,091 --> 02:02:08,827 MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST 3224 02:02:08,827 --> 02:02:12,764 IN THE NIH IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF 3225 02:02:12,764 --> 02:02:14,732 MANAGEMENT. 3226 02:02:14,732 --> 02:02:18,469 SO WELCOME, MARK STEPHENS. 3227 02:02:18,469 --> 02:02:22,507 HE'S HERE. 3228 02:02:22,507 --> 02:02:23,942 ALL RIGHT. 3229 02:02:23,942 --> 02:02:26,344 I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A SHORT 3230 02:02:26,344 --> 02:02:29,948 REPORT ON GENDER DIVERSITY AND 3231 02:02:29,948 --> 02:02:30,682 OUR SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE, I'M 3232 02:02:30,682 --> 02:02:32,016 GOING TO PUT THIS OFF UNTIL 3233 02:02:32,016 --> 02:02:33,117 JANUARY SO I CAN TAKE A LITTLE 3234 02:02:33,117 --> 02:02:36,387 BIT MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH THE 3235 02:02:36,387 --> 02:02:36,621 SLIDES. 3236 02:02:36,621 --> 02:02:38,489 YOU DO HAVE THESE SLIDES. 3237 02:02:38,489 --> 02:02:40,425 I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IF I CAN 3238 02:02:40,425 --> 02:02:44,028 JUST GIVE THE BOTTOM LINE UP 3239 02:02:44,028 --> 02:02:46,764 FRONT IS THAT WE HAVE A FAIR 3240 02:02:46,764 --> 02:02:50,835 NUMBER ACTUALLY MORE THAN 50% IN 3241 02:02:50,835 --> 02:02:52,704 MOST CASES FUNDED FEMALE 3242 02:02:52,704 --> 02:02:54,539 SCIENTISTS IN OUR TRAINING 3243 02:02:54,539 --> 02:02:58,710 PIPELINE, IN OUR EARLY CAREER 3244 02:02:58,710 --> 02:03:00,445 AWARDS, IN OUR EARLY-STAGE 3245 02:03:00,445 --> 02:03:02,280 INVESTIGATOR POOL, BUT THEN 3246 02:03:02,280 --> 02:03:04,115 WOMEN DROP OUT TYPICALLY WHEN 3247 02:03:04,115 --> 02:03:07,752 YOU GET TO THE TOTAL R01-FUNDED 3248 02:03:07,752 --> 02:03:07,986 POOL. 3249 02:03:07,986 --> 02:03:09,754 AND SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS IN A 3250 02:03:09,754 --> 02:03:12,023 NUMBER OF WAYS, AND I CAN TALK 3251 02:03:12,023 --> 02:03:13,358 MORE ABOUT THIS NEXT TIME, BUT 3252 02:03:13,358 --> 02:03:15,994 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE INTEND 3253 02:03:15,994 --> 02:03:17,295 TO CONTINUE TO TRACK. 3254 02:03:17,295 --> 02:03:21,366 WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO THINK OF 3255 02:03:21,366 --> 02:03:26,504 WAYS TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE 3256 02:03:26,504 --> 02:03:27,272 OF FEMALE R01 RECIPIENTS AND 3257 02:03:27,272 --> 02:03:28,473 WE'LL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THIS 3258 02:03:28,473 --> 02:03:29,540 IN THE FUTURE. 3259 02:03:29,540 --> 02:03:30,875 SO I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING 3260 02:03:30,875 --> 02:03:33,845 THAT I HAD TO COVER. 3261 02:03:33,845 --> 02:03:35,680 AND SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME 3262 02:03:35,680 --> 02:03:38,116 AND BEING ABLE TO SPEND MORE 3263 02:03:38,116 --> 02:03:42,153 TIME ON THE REST OF THE PROGRAM, 3264 02:03:42,153 --> 02:03:44,122 I WILL NOW INTRODUCE DR. KELLY 3265 02:03:44,122 --> 02:03:46,958 KING WHO IS ALREADY COMING UP. 3266 02:03:46,958 --> 02:03:48,760 >> ALL RIGHT. 3267 02:03:48,760 --> 02:03:50,061 WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM DR. 3268 02:03:50,061 --> 02:03:53,698 KELLY KING ON TWO TOPICS. 3269 02:03:53,698 --> 02:03:55,867 KELLY IS AN AUDIOLOGIST AND 3270 02:03:55,867 --> 02:03:58,403 PROGRAM OFFICER WHO OVERSEES 3271 02:03:58,403 --> 02:04:01,673 GRANTS FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING 3272 02:04:01,673 --> 02:04:03,942 HEARING LOSS AND TREATMENTS FOR 3273 02:04:03,942 --> 02:04:04,442 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS. 3274 02:04:04,442 --> 02:04:06,210 TODAY SHE IS FIRST GOING TO 3275 02:04:06,210 --> 02:04:09,213 PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF A RECENT 3276 02:04:09,213 --> 02:04:10,281 WORKSHOP THAT WAS SPONSORED BY 3277 02:04:10,281 --> 02:04:14,485 NIDCD AND OCCURRED AT THE END OF 3278 02:04:14,485 --> 02:04:15,887 JUNE, AND IT INCLUDED NATIONAL 3279 02:04:15,887 --> 02:04:17,989 INSTITUTE ON AGING AND FDA, THIS 3280 02:04:17,989 --> 02:04:20,191 IS ON THE TOPIC OF HEARING 3281 02:04:20,191 --> 02:04:21,826 HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND 3282 02:04:21,826 --> 02:04:22,160 AFFORDABILITY. 3283 02:04:22,160 --> 02:04:25,330 AND THEN SECOND SHE WILL BE 3284 02:04:25,330 --> 02:04:27,832 PRESENTING A CONCEPT CLEARANCE 3285 02:04:27,832 --> 02:04:28,967 FOR COUNCIL REVIEW. 3286 02:04:28,967 --> 02:04:31,336 THANK YOU, KELLY. 3287 02:04:31,336 --> 02:04:31,636 >> GREAT. 3288 02:04:31,636 --> 02:04:33,104 THANK YOU, DR. TUCCI. 3289 02:04:33,104 --> 02:04:35,173 NOTHING LIKE RUNNING BEHIND 3290 02:04:35,173 --> 02:04:36,074 BEING BETWEEN YOU AND LUNCH. 3291 02:04:36,074 --> 02:04:37,675 HOPEFULLY THIS WILL KEEP YOU FOR 3292 02:04:37,675 --> 02:04:41,179 A FEW MORE MINUTES FOCUSED. 3293 02:04:41,179 --> 02:04:43,915 SO, I'M PLEASED TODAY TO GET TO 3294 02:04:43,915 --> 02:04:45,783 SHARE WITH YOU A SUMMARY OF A 3295 02:04:45,783 --> 02:04:47,552 MEETING WE HELD A COUPLE MONTHS 3296 02:04:47,552 --> 02:04:49,854 AGO IN THIS VERY ROOM, ON THE 3297 02:04:49,854 --> 02:04:50,989 TOPIC OF ACCESSIBLE AND 3298 02:04:50,989 --> 02:04:51,823 AFFORDABLE HEARING HEALTH CARE 3299 02:04:51,823 --> 02:04:54,892 WHICH MANY OF YOU KNOW HAS BEEN 3300 02:04:54,892 --> 02:04:56,694 A PRIORITY FOR THE INSTITUTE FOR 3301 02:04:56,694 --> 02:04:58,696 15 YEARS. 3302 02:04:58,696 --> 02:05:00,565 AND SO IT'S WORTH STARTING WITH 3303 02:05:00,565 --> 02:05:03,634 WHERE WE BEGAN AS AN INSTITUTE, 3304 02:05:03,634 --> 02:05:06,904 IN 2009, ON THIS TOPIC. 3305 02:05:06,904 --> 02:05:08,239 OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE DR. AMY 3306 02:05:08,239 --> 02:05:13,478 DONAHUE DECIDED TO HOLD A 3307 02:05:13,478 --> 02:05:14,679 MEETING IN BETHESDA, TACKLING 3308 02:05:14,679 --> 02:05:18,282 ISSUES OF ACCESS AND AFFORDABLE. 3309 02:05:18,282 --> 02:05:19,584 PARTNERED WITH JUDY DUBNO, AND 3310 02:05:19,584 --> 02:05:22,020 LU BECK FROM THE V.A. 3311 02:05:22,020 --> 02:05:23,521 THEY PULLED TOGETHER A GROUP OF 3312 02:05:23,521 --> 02:05:26,724 20 INDIVIDUALS FROM THE U.S. AND 3313 02:05:26,724 --> 02:05:27,792 INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES, WHO 3314 02:05:27,792 --> 02:05:31,295 BROUGHT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT 3315 02:05:31,295 --> 02:05:31,863 EXPERIENCES AND EXPERTISE, 3316 02:05:31,863 --> 02:05:33,064 INCLUDING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE 3317 02:05:33,064 --> 02:05:35,299 FDA AT THAT TIME, AND THE 3318 02:05:35,299 --> 02:05:37,568 PURPOSE WAS TO DEVELOP A 3319 02:05:37,568 --> 02:05:41,072 RESEARCH AGENDA TO INCREASE 3320 02:05:41,072 --> 02:05:41,706 ACCESSIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY 3321 02:05:41,706 --> 02:05:47,745 OF HEARING HEALTH CARE IN ADULS 3322 02:05:47,745 --> 02:05:49,313 WITH MILD TO MODERATE HEARING 3323 02:05:49,313 --> 02:05:50,481 LOSS, WITH FOCUS ON ACCESSIBLE 3324 02:05:50,481 --> 02:05:53,051 AND LOW COST HEARING AIDS. 3325 02:05:53,051 --> 02:05:54,552 THE OUTCOMES -- LET'S SEE. 3326 02:05:54,552 --> 02:05:57,422 THE OUTCOMES OF THAT MEETING 3327 02:05:57,422 --> 02:05:59,290 WERE A SET OF RESEARCH 3328 02:05:59,290 --> 02:06:00,792 PRIORITIES THAT CREATED A 3329 02:06:00,792 --> 02:06:02,460 BLUEPRINT FOR THE INSTITUTE AND 3330 02:06:02,460 --> 02:06:04,762 FOR THE FIELD AROUND HOW TO 3331 02:06:04,762 --> 02:06:10,768 ADVANCE THESE ISSUES ON ACCESS 3332 02:06:10,768 --> 02:06:12,937 AND AFFORD ABILITY, THIS 3333 02:06:12,937 --> 02:06:14,572 EDITORIAL CAPTURED THE PRIMARY 3334 02:06:14,572 --> 02:06:17,875 THEMES OF THE MEETING. 3335 02:06:17,875 --> 02:06:19,310 NIDCD ENGAGED IN A VARIETY OF AT 3336 02:06:19,310 --> 02:06:21,612 THIS TIMES ON THE HEELS OF THE 3337 02:06:21,612 --> 02:06:23,381 2009 WORKING GROUP, AND GIVEN 3338 02:06:23,381 --> 02:06:27,618 WHAT CAN BE A GLACIAL PACE OF 3339 02:06:27,618 --> 02:06:28,853 GOVERNMENT AND POLICY, I THINK 3340 02:06:28,853 --> 02:06:30,288 IT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A 3341 02:06:30,288 --> 02:06:31,255 FLURRY OF ACTIVITIES IN THE 3342 02:06:31,255 --> 02:06:32,156 YEARS THAT FOLLOWED. 3343 02:06:32,156 --> 02:06:34,959 THAT PUSHED THE FIELD FROM A 3344 02:06:34,959 --> 02:06:36,027 VARIETY OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS 3345 02:06:36,027 --> 02:06:37,695 TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 3346 02:06:37,695 --> 02:06:40,932 FIRST OF ITS KIND NEW CATEGORY 3347 02:06:40,932 --> 02:06:42,400 OF OVER-THE-COUNTER HEARING AIDS 3348 02:06:42,400 --> 02:06:45,036 WHICH BECAME LAW IN 2017, AND 3349 02:06:45,036 --> 02:06:46,003 THE FINAL REGULATION WAS 3350 02:06:46,003 --> 02:06:52,043 PUBLISHED JUST TWO YEARS AGO, IN 3351 02:06:52,043 --> 02:06:53,544 OCTOBER OF 2022. 3352 02:06:53,544 --> 02:06:57,515 BREAKING NEWS SINCE THIS MEETING 3353 02:06:57,515 --> 02:06:59,884 BEGAN FDA RELEASED A PRESS 3354 02:06:59,884 --> 02:07:01,652 RELEASE ANNOUNCING FIRST 3355 02:07:01,652 --> 02:07:05,256 APPROVAL OF AN OTC HEARING AID 3356 02:07:05,256 --> 02:07:07,325 SOFTWARE FROM APPLE, SO THIS IS 3357 02:07:07,325 --> 02:07:08,893 A MAJOR MILESTONE, WE CAN TALK 3358 02:07:08,893 --> 02:07:11,529 MORE ABOUT WHY THATS BUT WE'RE 3359 02:07:11,529 --> 02:07:12,396 CONTINUING TO MAKE ADVANCEMENTS 3360 02:07:12,396 --> 02:07:15,433 BEYOND WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS 3361 02:07:15,433 --> 02:07:16,334 SLIDE. 3362 02:07:16,334 --> 02:07:19,504 THERE'S NO DOUBT THE SEISMIC 3363 02:07:19,504 --> 02:07:22,206 SHIFT CAN TRACE ITS ROOTS BACK 3364 02:07:22,206 --> 02:07:24,108 TO THAT 2009 WORKING GROUP 3365 02:07:24,108 --> 02:07:25,409 MEETING, INDEED MUCH OF THE WORK 3366 02:07:25,409 --> 02:07:26,944 THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE 3367 02:07:26,944 --> 02:07:29,046 MIDDLE HAS BEEN DONE BY THE 3368 02:07:29,046 --> 02:07:30,381 SCIENTISTS WITHIN OUR FIELD WHO 3369 02:07:30,381 --> 02:07:32,450 HEARD THE CALL AND LAID THE 3370 02:07:32,450 --> 02:07:34,352 FOUNDATIONAL GROUND WORK TO 3371 02:07:34,352 --> 02:07:36,821 ESTABLISH OTC HEARING AIDS AS A 3372 02:07:36,821 --> 02:07:37,788 VIABLE SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL. 3373 02:07:37,788 --> 02:07:40,958 I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT WHILE 3374 02:07:40,958 --> 02:07:42,493 OTC HEARING AIDS HAVE RIGHTLY 3375 02:07:42,493 --> 02:07:44,262 RECEIVED A LOT OF ATTENTION AND 3376 02:07:44,262 --> 02:07:46,964 FOCUS THE INITIATIVE AROUND 3377 02:07:46,964 --> 02:07:49,167 MAKING HEARING AND HEALTH CARE 3378 02:07:49,167 --> 02:07:49,834 ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE IS 3379 02:07:49,834 --> 02:07:53,304 BROADER THAN A SINGLE ISSUE OF 3380 02:07:53,304 --> 02:07:54,438 OTC HEARING AIDS. 3381 02:07:54,438 --> 02:07:59,243 SINCE 2019 -- I'M SORRY, SINCE 3382 02:07:59,243 --> 02:08:01,345 2009 PUBLISHED 19 FUNDING 3383 02:08:01,345 --> 02:08:01,879 OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING 3384 02:08:01,879 --> 02:08:03,281 NUMEROUS RFAs, ONE OF OUR 3385 02:08:03,281 --> 02:08:05,816 STRONGEST SIGNALS TO THE 3386 02:08:05,816 --> 02:08:07,251 COMMUNITY TO INVITE INTEREST IN 3387 02:08:07,251 --> 02:08:09,086 A NEW AREA. 3388 02:08:09,086 --> 02:08:10,521 ONE NOTICE OF SPECIAL INTEREST, 3389 02:08:10,521 --> 02:08:12,890 FUNDED 59 COMPLETED PROJECTS TO 3390 02:08:12,890 --> 02:08:15,359 DATE, WITH 19 CURRENTLY ACTIVE 3391 02:08:15,359 --> 02:08:17,094 GRANTS, THAT FALL UNDER THIS 3392 02:08:17,094 --> 02:08:17,395 INITIATIVE. 3393 02:08:17,395 --> 02:08:18,963 THE RESEARCH TOPICS ARE BROAD. 3394 02:08:18,963 --> 02:08:21,799 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SEMINAL WORK 3395 02:08:21,799 --> 02:08:24,335 AROUND OTC HEARING AIDS, BUT 3396 02:08:24,335 --> 02:08:27,705 WE'VE ALSO FUNDED SCIENCE THAT'S 3397 02:08:27,705 --> 02:08:29,974 LOOKED AT MAKING DIAGNOSTIC 3398 02:08:29,974 --> 02:08:32,710 TOOLS MORE AFFORDABLE, LOW COST, 3399 02:08:32,710 --> 02:08:34,812 AND DEPLOYABLE IN LOW-RESOURCE 3400 02:08:34,812 --> 02:08:35,246 SETTINGS. 3401 02:08:35,246 --> 02:08:36,013 EXPLORING AND ADDRESSING 3402 02:08:36,013 --> 02:08:39,183 BEHAVIOR CHANGE AND BARRIERS AND 3403 02:08:39,183 --> 02:08:40,618 INCENTIVES FOR ADULTS SEEKING 3404 02:08:40,618 --> 02:08:42,253 HEALTH CARE, TESTING WAYS TO 3405 02:08:42,253 --> 02:08:44,021 PROMOTE HEARING HEALTH CARE AC 3406 02:08:44,021 --> 02:08:50,895 SEELINGS -- ACCESS, AND EMPHASS 3407 02:08:50,895 --> 02:08:55,366 ON REDUCING DISPARITIES IN 3408 02:08:55,366 --> 02:08:56,200 ACCESS. 3409 02:08:56,200 --> 02:08:59,637 IT'S BEEN A BUSY 15 YEARS. 3410 02:08:59,637 --> 02:09:02,807 15 YEARS LATER WE DECIDED IT WAS 3411 02:09:02,807 --> 02:09:04,141 APPROPRIATE TO REVISIT WHAT 3412 02:09:04,141 --> 02:09:05,209 WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT STILL 3413 02:09:05,209 --> 02:09:08,512 NEEDS TO BE DONE, WHAT NEW WORK 3414 02:09:08,512 --> 02:09:10,147 HAS EMERGED, GIVEN CHANGING 3415 02:09:10,147 --> 02:09:11,148 LANDSCAPE OF ADULT HEARING 3416 02:09:11,148 --> 02:09:13,084 HEALTH CARE OVER 15 YEARS. 3417 02:09:13,084 --> 02:09:15,286 THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 3418 02:09:15,286 --> 02:09:17,054 RECALIBRATE US, AND MAKE SURE WE 3419 02:09:17,054 --> 02:09:19,890 CONTINUED TO BE ON THE RIGHT 3420 02:09:19,890 --> 02:09:21,058 PATH ESPECIALLY AROUND 3421 02:09:21,058 --> 02:09:22,393 PRIORITIZING RESEARCH THAT NEEDS 3422 02:09:22,393 --> 02:09:23,261 TO BE DONE. 3423 02:09:23,261 --> 02:09:27,565 SO I WAS JOINED IN THIS EFFORT 3424 02:09:27,565 --> 02:09:31,902 BY TWO PHENOMENAL CO-CHAIRS, 3425 02:09:31,902 --> 02:09:36,641 SUMIT DHAR AND CARRIE NIEMAN 3426 02:09:36,641 --> 02:09:42,346 FROM JOHNS HOPKINS, WITH JACLIN 3427 02:09:42,346 --> 02:09:44,015 SCHURMAN, SPENT SEVEN MONTHS 3428 02:09:44,015 --> 02:09:44,849 PLANNING THE MEETING, A DAY AND 3429 02:09:44,849 --> 02:09:46,784 A HALF OF HARD WORK AND SOME 3430 02:09:46,784 --> 02:09:47,018 FUN. 3431 02:09:47,018 --> 02:09:47,918 THE WORK CONTINUES, I'LL TELL 3432 02:09:47,918 --> 02:09:50,288 YOU MORE ABOUT BUT OUR GOAL WAS 3433 02:09:50,288 --> 02:09:51,956 TO HEAR FROM SUBJECT MATTER 3434 02:09:51,956 --> 02:09:53,324 EXPERTS AND PARTNERS ABOUT THE 3435 02:09:53,324 --> 02:09:54,792 NEEDS THAT REMAIN ABOUT NEW WORK 3436 02:09:54,792 --> 02:09:56,961 THAT SHOULD BE DONE, IN THE 3437 02:09:56,961 --> 02:09:59,830 CONTEXT OF OTC HEARING AIDS BUT 3438 02:09:59,830 --> 02:10:01,465 MORE BROADLY CHANGING LANDSCAPE 3439 02:10:01,465 --> 02:10:01,799 OF HEALTH. 3440 02:10:01,799 --> 02:10:04,969 HEALTH CARE, THAT SHOULD SAY. 3441 02:10:04,969 --> 02:10:06,937 WE BROUGHT TOGETHER AN 3442 02:10:06,937 --> 02:10:09,874 INCREDIBLY DIVERSE SET OF 3443 02:10:09,874 --> 02:10:12,610 PANELISTS ALL FOCUSED ON 3444 02:10:12,610 --> 02:10:14,712 ADDRESSING THIS FROM DIFFERENT 3445 02:10:14,712 --> 02:10:19,317 AREAS, WE HAD VARIOUS CAREER 3446 02:10:19,317 --> 02:10:20,418 STAGES, DISCIPLINARY BACKGROUND, 3447 02:10:20,418 --> 02:10:21,919 TECHNOLOGISTS, REGULATORY FOLKS 3448 02:10:21,919 --> 02:10:24,455 REPRESENTED, WE HAD SCIENTISTS, 3449 02:10:24,455 --> 02:10:25,389 CLINICIANS. 3450 02:10:25,389 --> 02:10:26,891 THEY VARIED BY INSTITUTIONAL 3451 02:10:26,891 --> 02:10:28,959 AFFILIATION, WHETHER THEY WERE 3452 02:10:28,959 --> 02:10:29,593 IN RESEARCH OR PRACTICE 3453 02:10:29,593 --> 02:10:32,563 SETTINGS, WE ALSO HAD AN 3454 02:10:32,563 --> 02:10:33,331 AUDIENCE OF 50. 3455 02:10:33,331 --> 02:10:38,469 WE LIMITED THAT BECAUSE IT WAS 3456 02:10:38,469 --> 02:10:40,338 AN IN-PERSON EVENT BUT WE COULD 3457 02:10:40,338 --> 02:10:41,872 HAVE TRIPLED GIVEN THE INTEREST. 3458 02:10:41,872 --> 02:10:44,141 IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR FROM SO 3459 02:10:44,141 --> 02:10:45,343 MANY PEOPLE WHO WANTED SIMPLY TO 3460 02:10:45,343 --> 02:10:52,283 COME AND BEAR WITNESS TO THE 3461 02:10:52,283 --> 02:10:53,250 CONVERSATION. 3462 02:10:53,250 --> 02:10:54,452 WE STARTED WITH THREE KEYNOTE 3463 02:10:54,452 --> 02:10:55,653 ADDRESSES, FIRST ON THE 3464 02:10:55,653 --> 02:10:57,755 INTERSECTION OF HEALTHCARE 3465 02:10:57,755 --> 02:10:59,590 POLICY AND RESEARCH. 3466 02:10:59,590 --> 02:11:01,025 NEXT ON HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS. 3467 02:11:01,025 --> 02:11:03,994 AND THE THIRD WAS GIVEN BY THE 3468 02:11:03,994 --> 02:11:05,029 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL 3469 02:11:05,029 --> 02:11:07,398 INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND 3470 02:11:07,398 --> 02:11:09,700 HEALTH DISPARITIES, MONICA WEBB 3471 02:11:09,700 --> 02:11:11,569 HOOPER, WHICH FOCUSED ON NIMHD 3472 02:11:11,569 --> 02:11:13,537 RESEARCH FRAMEWORK AROUND HEALTH 3473 02:11:13,537 --> 02:11:14,572 DISPARITIES. 3474 02:11:14,572 --> 02:11:16,374 AND I WANT TO SAY WE DECIDED 3475 02:11:16,374 --> 02:11:18,542 FROM THE OUTSET THAT WE DIDN'T 3476 02:11:18,542 --> 02:11:20,044 WANT TO MAKE HEALTH DISPARITIES 3477 02:11:20,044 --> 02:11:21,946 AND INEQUITIES ITS OWN SORT OF 3478 02:11:21,946 --> 02:11:24,014 SLIVER OF THE CONVERSATION. 3479 02:11:24,014 --> 02:11:28,953 WE SET OUT, OUT OF THE GATE, TO 3480 02:11:28,953 --> 02:11:30,121 EMPHASIZE ALL AREAS TOUCHED ON 3481 02:11:30,121 --> 02:11:32,089 HEALTH DISPARITIES AND 3482 02:11:32,089 --> 02:11:32,990 INEQUITIES AND SOLUTIONS NEEDED 3483 02:11:32,990 --> 02:11:34,692 TO BAKE THAT IN COMPLETELY. 3484 02:11:34,692 --> 02:11:38,496 WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE A SINGLE 3485 02:11:38,496 --> 02:11:41,332 PIECE, WE WANTED IT TO PERMEATE 3486 02:11:41,332 --> 02:11:43,300 ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS. 3487 02:11:43,300 --> 02:11:45,803 WE WERE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE 3488 02:11:45,803 --> 02:11:47,104 FRAMED THE DAY. 3489 02:11:47,104 --> 02:11:49,039 BOTH THE WORK LEADING UP TO IT, 3490 02:11:49,039 --> 02:11:49,740 CONVERSATIONS DURING, ALSO THE 3491 02:11:49,740 --> 02:11:52,576 WORK THAT WE ASKED OF OUR 3492 02:11:52,576 --> 02:11:54,111 PANELISTS AFTERWARDS. 3493 02:11:54,111 --> 02:11:57,381 WE USED -- WE ADAPTED A 3494 02:11:57,381 --> 02:11:59,016 FRAMEWORK FROM LITERATURE AROUND 3495 02:11:59,016 --> 02:12:01,552 HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND BROKE OUR 3496 02:12:01,552 --> 02:12:06,590 DAY INTO FOUR SECTIONS, FIRST 3497 02:12:06,590 --> 02:12:09,760 BEING HEALTH CARE NEEDS, DESIRE 3498 02:12:09,760 --> 02:12:12,029 FOR CARE, SECOND REACHING AND 3499 02:12:12,029 --> 02:12:13,564 UTILIZATION, THIRD HEARING 3500 02:12:13,564 --> 02:12:15,466 HEALTH CARE CONSEQUENCES AND 3501 02:12:15,466 --> 02:12:18,102 OUTCOMES, AND UNDERLYING FINAL 3502 02:12:18,102 --> 02:12:21,038 DISCUSSION WE HELD TECHNOLOGY AS 3503 02:12:21,038 --> 02:12:24,008 ENABLER OF ACCESS WHICH TOUCHES 3504 02:12:24,008 --> 02:12:26,944 ON ALL THESE ISSUES. 3505 02:12:26,944 --> 02:12:30,781 OUR GOALS INCLUDED REVISITING 3506 02:12:30,781 --> 02:12:33,617 RESEARCH NEEDS THAT WERE SET AS 3507 02:12:33,617 --> 02:12:34,485 PRIORITIES 15 YEARS AGO, WE 3508 02:12:34,485 --> 02:12:37,121 SPENT TIME BEFORE THE MEETING 3509 02:12:37,121 --> 02:12:39,523 SORT OF GENERATING WHAT WE 3510 02:12:39,523 --> 02:12:42,960 RECALLED THE REPORT CARD OF WHAT 3511 02:12:42,960 --> 02:12:44,795 HAVE WE ACCOMPLISHED, WHAT STILL 3512 02:12:44,795 --> 02:12:45,763 NEEDS DOING, WHAT NEW WORK 3513 02:12:45,763 --> 02:12:48,966 SHOULD BE DONE. 3514 02:12:48,966 --> 02:12:50,067 WE WANTED TO CONTEXTUALIZE 3515 02:12:50,067 --> 02:12:53,003 CONVERSATION AROUND CURRENT 3516 02:12:53,003 --> 02:12:54,872 LANDS SCAPE AND FUTURE NEEDS IN 3517 02:12:54,872 --> 02:12:57,141 THE CONTEXT OF OTC HEARING AIDS 3518 02:12:57,141 --> 02:12:58,476 PARTICULARLY, WE WANTED TO 3519 02:12:58,476 --> 02:13:00,010 INITIATE THINKING ABOUT RESEARCH 3520 02:13:00,010 --> 02:13:01,412 FRAMEWORKS THAT COULD GUIDE THE 3521 02:13:01,412 --> 02:13:03,714 FIELD FOR THE NEXT PHASE, WE 3522 02:13:03,714 --> 02:13:06,884 REALLY SEE WHERE WE ARE IN THE 3523 02:13:06,884 --> 02:13:08,085 FIELD, SECOND GENERATION, WHERE 3524 02:13:08,085 --> 02:13:09,854 15 YEARS AGO WE WERE MUCH MORE 3525 02:13:09,854 --> 02:13:12,356 IN A FIRST GENERATION OF THE 3526 02:13:12,356 --> 02:13:12,690 CONVERSATION. 3527 02:13:12,690 --> 02:13:15,092 WE WANTED TO SPARK INDIVIDUAL 3528 02:13:15,092 --> 02:13:16,193 AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS TO 3529 02:13:16,193 --> 02:13:17,428 ADDRESS RESEARCH NEEDS. 3530 02:13:17,428 --> 02:13:18,696 WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO HOLD 3531 02:13:18,696 --> 02:13:20,064 THIS MEETING IN PERSON. 3532 02:13:20,064 --> 02:13:22,533 WE FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT. 3533 02:13:22,533 --> 02:13:24,735 WE'VE SEEN FRUITS OF THAT 3534 02:13:24,735 --> 02:13:26,136 ALREADY TO GET PEOPLE IN THE 3535 02:13:26,136 --> 02:13:30,741 SAME ROOM HAVING THESE 3536 02:13:30,741 --> 02:13:32,376 CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER MATTERS. 3537 02:13:32,376 --> 02:13:34,345 WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY RESEARCH 3538 02:13:34,345 --> 02:13:37,414 PRIORITIES TO HELP GUIDE 3539 02:13:37,414 --> 02:13:39,250 RESEARCHERS, FUNDING AGENCIES, 3540 02:13:39,250 --> 02:13:42,653 REGULATORY BODIES, PROFESSIONAL 3541 02:13:42,653 --> 02:13:44,522 SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS, AND 3542 02:13:44,522 --> 02:13:46,724 POLICYMAKERS. 3543 02:13:46,724 --> 02:13:47,892 WE WERE JOINED IN CO-SPONSORSHIP 3544 02:13:47,892 --> 02:13:48,959 BY THE FOOD AND DRUG 3545 02:13:48,959 --> 02:13:50,461 ADMINISTRATION AND NATIONAL 3546 02:13:50,461 --> 02:13:52,730 INSTITUTE ON AGING, THEIR 3547 02:13:52,730 --> 02:13:54,932 COLLABORATION MADE THIS 3548 02:13:54,932 --> 02:13:55,199 POSSIBLE. 3549 02:13:55,199 --> 02:13:59,203 FDA WAS INVOLVED 15 YEARS AGO AT 3550 02:13:59,203 --> 02:14:00,938 THE 2009 MEETING, MAJOR PLAYERS 3551 02:14:00,938 --> 02:14:01,839 IN MANY ADVANCES WE'VE SEEN, 3552 02:14:01,839 --> 02:14:03,140 THEY CONTINUE TO BE VERY 3553 02:14:03,140 --> 02:14:04,675 INVOLVED IN WANTING TO HEAR FROM 3554 02:14:04,675 --> 02:14:06,110 THE COMMUNITY AROUND WHAT NEEDS 3555 02:14:06,110 --> 02:14:07,077 ARE. 3556 02:14:07,077 --> 02:14:09,947 SO THESE WERE WONDERFUL PARTNERS 3557 02:14:09,947 --> 02:14:12,583 TO ENGAGE WITH. 3558 02:14:12,583 --> 02:14:14,518 WE HAD REPRESENTATION FROM A 3559 02:14:14,518 --> 02:14:16,954 NUMBER OF FEDERAL PARTNERS, 3560 02:14:16,954 --> 02:14:21,458 WHICH JUST GIVES A SENSE HOW 3561 02:14:21,458 --> 02:14:25,529 ISSUES AROUND ACCESS AND 3562 02:14:25,529 --> 02:14:26,397 AFFORDABILITY TOUCH MANY 3563 02:14:26,397 --> 02:14:27,798 AGENCIES ACROSS THE FEDERAL 3564 02:14:27,798 --> 02:14:28,065 LANDSCAPE. 3565 02:14:28,065 --> 02:14:29,800 THAT WAS A LOT OF INTEREST FROM 3566 02:14:29,800 --> 02:14:31,969 FOLKS IN WHAT WE WOULD BE 3567 02:14:31,969 --> 02:14:32,836 TALKING ABOUT. 3568 02:14:32,836 --> 02:14:37,441 WE HAD A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY 3569 02:14:37,441 --> 02:14:40,277 PARTNERS REPRESENTED, 3570 02:14:40,277 --> 02:14:41,111 PROFESSIONAL BODIES, ADVOCACY 3571 02:14:41,111 --> 02:14:41,812 ORGANIZATIONS, THE INDUSTRY, 3572 02:14:41,812 --> 02:14:43,147 HEARING AID INDUSTRY WAS 3573 02:14:43,147 --> 02:14:44,114 REPRESENTED. 3574 02:14:44,114 --> 02:14:48,018 WE HAD JOURNAL EDITORS PRESENT. 3575 02:14:48,018 --> 02:14:50,354 PCORI PROGRAM OFFICERS PRESENT, 3576 02:14:50,354 --> 02:14:50,888 PATIENT CENTERED RESEARCH 3577 02:14:50,888 --> 02:14:53,324 OUTCOMES INSTITUTE. 3578 02:14:53,324 --> 02:15:03,867 I WILL SAY IN 2009 THERE WAS -- 3579 02:15:05,336 --> 02:15:06,670 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GROWTH IN 3580 02:15:06,670 --> 02:15:08,005 THE FIELD OF TOPICS. 3581 02:15:08,005 --> 02:15:09,740 KNOWING WE COULD ONLY HEAR FROM 3582 02:15:09,740 --> 02:15:11,709 SO MANY PEOPLE DURING THE DAY 3583 02:15:11,709 --> 02:15:13,010 AND A HALF, AND THAT THERE WERE 3584 02:15:13,010 --> 02:15:14,144 GOING TO BE OTHER PEOPLE WHO 3585 02:15:14,144 --> 02:15:15,646 COULDN'T GET IN THE ROOM AND 3586 02:15:15,646 --> 02:15:18,949 MAKE IT, WE PUT OUT A REQUEST 3587 02:15:18,949 --> 02:15:22,086 FOR INFORMATION THIS SUMMER, 3588 02:15:22,086 --> 02:15:23,787 CALLING FOR INTERESTED PARTIES, 3589 02:15:23,787 --> 02:15:25,856 INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS, TO 3590 02:15:25,856 --> 02:15:28,926 COMMENT ON NIDCD FUTURE RESEARCH 3591 02:15:28,926 --> 02:15:32,563 DIRECTIONS TOWARD IMPROVING 3592 02:15:32,563 --> 02:15:34,398 ACCESSIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY, 3593 02:15:34,398 --> 02:15:36,700 AN OPEN CALL FOR 60 DAYS, AND WE 3594 02:15:36,700 --> 02:15:40,437 HAD A FAIRLY ROBUST RESPONSE. 3595 02:15:40,437 --> 02:15:43,374 IT'S CLOSED LAST MONTH. 3596 02:15:43,374 --> 02:15:43,907 WHAT'S NEXT? 3597 02:15:43,907 --> 02:15:46,877 THE WORK CONTINUES. 3598 02:15:46,877 --> 02:15:50,180 WE'RE RIGHT NOW COLLATING AND 3599 02:15:50,180 --> 02:15:51,482 REFINING THE RESEARCH PRIORITIES 3600 02:15:51,482 --> 02:15:52,883 GENERATED AT THE MEETING, THE 3601 02:15:52,883 --> 02:15:54,418 ONES WE IDENTIFIED STILL 3602 02:15:54,418 --> 02:15:55,753 REMAINING FROM PRIOR WORK, AND 3603 02:15:55,753 --> 02:15:57,955 ALSO THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE 3604 02:15:57,955 --> 02:15:58,255 RFI. 3605 02:15:58,255 --> 02:16:00,024 WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE 3606 02:16:00,024 --> 02:16:01,225 WORKING GROUP PANEL ONE MORE 3607 02:16:01,225 --> 02:16:04,495 TIME TO ASK THEM TO HELP US 3608 02:16:04,495 --> 02:16:05,162 PRIORITIZE THOSE. 3609 02:16:05,162 --> 02:16:08,332 BOTH IN AN AREA OF IDENTIFYING 3610 02:16:08,332 --> 02:16:11,969 WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT AND 3611 02:16:11,969 --> 02:16:13,137 IMMEDIATELY FEASIBLE, WE WILL 3612 02:16:13,137 --> 02:16:15,105 POST AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ALL 3613 02:16:15,105 --> 02:16:17,775 OF THIS ON THE NIDCD WEBSITE AND 3614 02:16:17,775 --> 02:16:20,077 WE'LL WORK THROUGH A VARIETY OF 3615 02:16:20,077 --> 02:16:21,712 CHANNELS TO DISSEMINATE THE 3616 02:16:21,712 --> 02:16:23,447 THEMES AND PRIORITY QUESTIONS 3617 02:16:23,447 --> 02:16:24,782 THAT EMERGE. 3618 02:16:24,782 --> 02:16:28,018 AND THERE'S ALSO BEEN 3619 02:16:28,018 --> 02:16:28,552 CONVERSATION ABOUT SEVERAL 3620 02:16:28,552 --> 02:16:29,186 POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS 3621 02:16:29,186 --> 02:16:31,121 THAT COULD COME OUT OF THIS 3622 02:16:31,121 --> 02:16:33,657 MEETING, ONE OF WHICH I'LL SAY 3623 02:16:33,657 --> 02:16:35,759 IS A COLLABORATION WITH NIMHD TO 3624 02:16:35,759 --> 02:16:38,562 ADAPT THEIR HEALTH DISPARITIES 3625 02:16:38,562 --> 02:16:39,563 AND INEQUITIES FRAMEWORK FOR 3626 02:16:39,563 --> 02:16:41,198 HEARING HEALTH CARE, AND WE'VE 3627 02:16:41,198 --> 02:16:42,132 HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND 3628 02:16:42,132 --> 02:16:44,601 SOME PARTNERS IN THE FIELD ABOUT 3629 02:16:44,601 --> 02:16:47,671 CARRYING THIS FORWARD, AND SO 3630 02:16:47,671 --> 02:16:50,174 WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THAT 3631 02:16:50,174 --> 02:16:50,941 GOES. 3632 02:16:50,941 --> 02:16:53,010 I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK 3633 02:16:53,010 --> 02:16:55,079 THE 29 MEMBERS OF OUR PANEL WHO 3634 02:16:55,079 --> 02:16:56,547 IT WOULD TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME 3635 02:16:56,547 --> 02:16:58,716 TO NAME BUT THEY WERE REALLY A 3636 02:16:58,716 --> 02:16:59,717 PHENOMENAL GROUP OF FOLKS TO 3637 02:16:59,717 --> 02:17:00,350 WORK WITH. 3638 02:17:00,350 --> 02:17:02,319 WE PUT THEM TO WORK BEFORE THE 3639 02:17:02,319 --> 02:17:04,054 MEETING, WORKED HARD DURING THE 3640 02:17:04,054 --> 02:17:07,691 MEETING, STILL HAVING OF THEM 3641 02:17:07,691 --> 02:17:08,692 AFTER THE MEETING -- STILL 3642 02:17:08,692 --> 02:17:10,427 ASKING OF THEM AFTER THE 3643 02:17:10,427 --> 02:17:10,861 MEETING. 3644 02:17:10,861 --> 02:17:11,962 MY GRATITUDE TO THEM. 3645 02:17:11,962 --> 02:17:12,963 HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU 3646 02:17:12,963 --> 02:17:14,832 MAY HAVE ABOUT HOW THAT WENT OR 3647 02:17:14,832 --> 02:17:20,037 WHERE YOU THINK THINGS MAY BE 3648 02:17:20,037 --> 02:17:25,676 GOING. 3649 02:17:25,676 --> 02:17:27,745 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 3650 02:17:27,745 --> 02:17:34,885 OF THIS EFFORT. 3651 02:17:34,885 --> 02:17:36,086 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 3652 02:17:36,086 --> 02:17:40,357 MAYBE WE CAN GO TO CONCEPT 3653 02:17:40,357 --> 02:17:42,459 CLEARANCE. 3654 02:17:42,459 --> 02:17:43,994 >> ABSOLUTELY. 3655 02:17:43,994 --> 02:17:45,429 NEXT WE BASICALLY WOULD LIKE TO 3656 02:17:45,429 --> 02:17:46,296 CONTINUE THIS WORK. 3657 02:17:46,296 --> 02:17:49,133 THERE'S A LOT STILL TO BE DONE. 3658 02:17:49,133 --> 02:17:51,201 AND THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT 3659 02:17:51,201 --> 02:17:53,303 CONCEPT CLEARANCE ESPECIALLY FOR 3660 02:17:53,303 --> 02:17:54,505 NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE COME 3661 02:17:54,505 --> 02:17:56,340 TO YOU WITH A PROPOSAL TO EITHER 3662 02:17:56,340 --> 02:17:58,008 START A NEW AREA OF WORK OR 3663 02:17:58,008 --> 02:17:59,409 CONTINUE AN AREA OF WORK. 3664 02:17:59,409 --> 02:18:01,712 WE SEEK YOUR COMMENTS AND 3665 02:18:01,712 --> 02:18:01,979 FEEDBACK. 3666 02:18:01,979 --> 02:18:04,014 WE BEGIN THAT CONVERSATION 3667 02:18:04,014 --> 02:18:05,349 TYPICALLY BY ASKING A COUPLE 3668 02:18:05,349 --> 02:18:07,184 COUNCIL MEMBERS TO COMMENT ON 3669 02:18:07,184 --> 02:18:07,918 IT. 3670 02:18:07,918 --> 02:18:10,354 WHAT I CAN SHARE ALREADY FROM 3671 02:18:10,354 --> 02:18:11,755 THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IS 3672 02:18:11,755 --> 02:18:14,057 WE'VE IDENTIFIED A VARIETY OF 3673 02:18:14,057 --> 02:18:15,259 DIFFERENT THEMES THAT HAVE 3674 02:18:15,259 --> 02:18:18,862 EMERGED FROM THE WORKING GROUP 3675 02:18:18,862 --> 02:18:21,398 AND RFI, THESE INCLUDE 3676 02:18:21,398 --> 02:18:22,232 CONSEQUENCES OF UNADDRESSED 3677 02:18:22,232 --> 02:18:26,336 HEARING LOSS, STIGMA, SCREENING 3678 02:18:26,336 --> 02:18:31,375 AND ASSESSMENT, CARE SEEKING, 3679 02:18:31,375 --> 02:18:32,876 NAVIGATION, OUTCOMES, OTC 3680 02:18:32,876 --> 02:18:34,845 HEARING AIDS, TECHNOLOGY, 3681 02:18:34,845 --> 02:18:35,546 ECONOMICS AND IMPLICATIONS, 3682 02:18:35,546 --> 02:18:39,016 WORKFORCE, DIVERSITY AND HEALTH 3683 02:18:39,016 --> 02:18:39,750 EQUITY. 3684 02:18:39,750 --> 02:18:43,720 SO WE'VE SEEN RESEARCH QUESTIONS 3685 02:18:43,720 --> 02:18:46,990 AND PRIORITIES EMERGE UNDER 3686 02:18:46,990 --> 02:18:47,391 THEMATIC BUCKETS. 3687 02:18:47,391 --> 02:18:50,394 I'D LIKE TO INVITE BOTH MEG AND 3688 02:18:50,394 --> 02:18:54,231 EMILY TO COMMENT ON THIS 3689 02:18:54,231 --> 02:18:54,531 INITIATIVE. 3690 02:18:54,531 --> 02:18:58,769 AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE 3691 02:18:58,769 --> 02:18:59,403 TO FOLLOW. 3692 02:18:59,403 --> 02:19:01,772 >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY 3693 02:19:01,772 --> 02:19:03,841 MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 3694 02:19:03,841 --> 02:19:05,509 COMMENT AND FOR THE 3695 02:19:05,509 --> 02:19:06,577 PRESENTATION. 3696 02:19:06,577 --> 02:19:07,578 I'M PLEASED TO SEE THIS 3697 02:19:07,578 --> 02:19:09,880 RECOMMENDATION TO CONTINUE THE 3698 02:19:09,880 --> 02:19:11,181 FOCUS ON ACCESSIBLE AND 3699 02:19:11,181 --> 02:19:13,483 AFFORDABLE HEARING HEALTHCARE. 3700 02:19:13,483 --> 02:19:15,786 AS NOTED, EMPHASIS OVER THE PAST 3701 02:19:15,786 --> 02:19:21,491 YEARS HAS RULED RESULTED IN 3702 02:19:21,491 --> 02:19:22,025 SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS 3703 02:19:22,025 --> 02:19:22,726 INCLUDING REALIZATION OF 3704 02:19:22,726 --> 02:19:23,794 OVER-THE-COUNTER HEARING AIDS, 3705 02:19:23,794 --> 02:19:25,429 AGREE ADDITIONAL ISSUES REMAIN 3706 02:19:25,429 --> 02:19:26,730 THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM 3707 02:19:26,730 --> 02:19:29,366 CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIS 3708 02:19:29,366 --> 02:19:30,367 PARTICULAR FOCUS. 3709 02:19:30,367 --> 02:19:32,436 THE THEMES NOTED WHILE VERY 3710 02:19:32,436 --> 02:19:34,304 GENERAL SUGGEST A RANGE OF 3711 02:19:34,304 --> 02:19:35,405 ISSUES THAT NEED FURTHER 3712 02:19:35,405 --> 02:19:35,739 RESEARCH. 3713 02:19:35,739 --> 02:19:38,008 GIVEN THESE AND IN CONSIDERATION 3714 02:19:38,008 --> 02:19:39,810 OF THE POSSIBLE SPECIFIC 3715 02:19:39,810 --> 02:19:41,945 TARGETS, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 3716 02:19:41,945 --> 02:19:45,082 THREE TOPICS THAT MAY BE 3717 02:19:45,082 --> 02:19:51,154 IMPORTANT TO MAKE HEARING AIDS 3718 02:19:51,154 --> 02:19:53,457 AND CARE ACCESSIBLE AND 3719 02:19:53,457 --> 02:19:53,957 AFFORDSABLE. 3720 02:19:53,957 --> 02:19:55,792 A BIAS FROM MY BACKGROUND AND 3721 02:19:55,792 --> 02:19:57,794 WORK, FALLS WITHIN THE THEME OF 3722 02:19:57,794 --> 02:19:58,695 SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT. 3723 02:19:58,695 --> 02:20:01,231 I DO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A LOT 3724 02:20:01,231 --> 02:20:03,867 GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO 3725 02:20:03,867 --> 02:20:04,534 INTEGRATE SCREENING INTO PRIMARY 3726 02:20:04,534 --> 02:20:06,703 CARE AND MAKE IT A ROUTINE 3727 02:20:06,703 --> 02:20:08,472 COMPONENT OF THE WORK FLOW. 3728 02:20:08,472 --> 02:20:10,874 OUR DATA AND THAT OF OTHERS 3729 02:20:10,874 --> 02:20:12,175 SUPPORT THE IMPORTANCE THE 3730 02:20:12,175 --> 02:20:14,778 IMPACT A PRACTITIONER CAN HAVE 3731 02:20:14,778 --> 02:20:16,446 ON AN INDIVIDUAL IF THEY SAY 3732 02:20:16,446 --> 02:20:19,950 SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR HEARING 3733 02:20:19,950 --> 02:20:20,150 LOSS. 3734 02:20:20,150 --> 02:20:22,586 IT'S A REALLY KEY AREA FOR 3735 02:20:22,586 --> 02:20:23,887 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS SETTINGS AND 3736 02:20:23,887 --> 02:20:25,322 IN VARYING FINANCIAL RESOURCES 3737 02:20:25,322 --> 02:20:26,957 TO GET INTO THE HEALTHCARE 3738 02:20:26,957 --> 02:20:28,158 SYSTEM AND COULD HELP IN 3739 02:20:28,158 --> 02:20:30,794 IDENTIFYING NEW MODELS OF CARE. 3740 02:20:30,794 --> 02:20:32,095 IN ATTEMPTING TO DO THIS 3741 02:20:32,095 --> 02:20:34,298 RESEARCH I THINK WE REALLY NEED 3742 02:20:34,298 --> 02:20:36,600 TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF 3743 02:20:36,600 --> 02:20:38,568 DOING CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS 3744 02:20:38,568 --> 02:20:41,638 RESEARCH IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN 3745 02:20:41,638 --> 02:20:43,073 SUBJECTS AND COST CONSTRAINTS. 3746 02:20:43,073 --> 02:20:46,109 IT'S NOT EASY WHEN YOU HAVE TO 3747 02:20:46,109 --> 02:20:47,010 DO THE ISSUES AROUND CONSENTING 3748 02:20:47,010 --> 02:20:48,545 AND SO FORTH. 3749 02:20:48,545 --> 02:20:51,848 WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE 3750 02:20:51,848 --> 02:20:52,783 WORKFLOW BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE 3751 02:20:52,783 --> 02:20:56,320 IN TERMS OF THE DEMANDS ON 3752 02:20:56,320 --> 02:20:57,487 HEARING HEALTHCARE OR ON WHAT 3753 02:20:57,487 --> 02:20:59,723 YOU'RE ASKED TO DO ALREADY TO 3754 02:20:59,723 --> 02:21:01,224 SCREEN AND SO FORTH. 3755 02:21:01,224 --> 02:21:03,760 SO WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT 3756 02:21:03,760 --> 02:21:04,027 THAT. 3757 02:21:04,027 --> 02:21:07,230 WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE IDEA 3758 02:21:07,230 --> 02:21:08,999 OF IF THEY ARE REFERRED WE DO 3759 02:21:08,999 --> 02:21:11,401 RUN INTO THE PROBLEM OF COST AND 3760 02:21:11,401 --> 02:21:13,704 THOSE GET INTO SOME OF THE OTHER 3761 02:21:13,704 --> 02:21:14,805 AREAS I MIGHT COVER. 3762 02:21:14,805 --> 02:21:16,440 RELATED TO THIS I THINK THE 3763 02:21:16,440 --> 02:21:19,509 SPECIFIC TOPIC IS A BROADER 3764 02:21:19,509 --> 02:21:20,077 INTEGRATION OF HEARING 3765 02:21:20,077 --> 02:21:21,611 ASSESSMENTS ACROSS THE 3766 02:21:21,611 --> 02:21:22,245 HEALTHCARE SETTING AND 3767 02:21:22,245 --> 02:21:24,581 ACCOMPLISH THIS IT MAY BE USEFUL 3768 02:21:24,581 --> 02:21:26,984 TO LEVERAGE OTHER INTEGRATIVE 3769 02:21:26,984 --> 02:21:28,618 MODELS SUCH AS AGE FRIENDLY 3770 02:21:28,618 --> 02:21:32,022 HEALTH SYSTEMS NOW BEING MORE 3771 02:21:32,022 --> 02:21:35,726 RECOGNIZED IN MANY HEALTHCARE 3772 02:21:35,726 --> 02:21:38,028 SYSTEMS, CMS CAME OUT WITH 3773 02:21:38,028 --> 02:21:39,329 MAKING IT AGE FRIENDLY. 3774 02:21:39,329 --> 02:21:42,065 TO PROMOTE EQUITY WE NEED TO 3775 02:21:42,065 --> 02:21:44,701 UNDERSTAND OR UNTANGLE AND 3776 02:21:44,701 --> 02:21:48,205 UNDERSTAND MORE CAREFULLY THESE 3777 02:21:48,205 --> 02:21:51,008 IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND 3778 02:21:51,008 --> 02:21:51,575 ACTUALIZATION. 3779 02:21:51,575 --> 02:21:52,909 THE SECOND AREA I'VE BEEN 3780 02:21:52,909 --> 02:21:54,978 INTERESTED IN RELATES TO WHAT I 3781 02:21:54,978 --> 02:21:57,681 WOULD CALL ISSUE OF 3782 02:21:57,681 --> 02:21:58,382 INTERSECTIONALITY, HOW THIS 3783 02:21:58,382 --> 02:21:59,683 IMPACTS ACCESS AND USE. 3784 02:21:59,683 --> 02:22:03,720 I HAVE A MODEL IN MY BRAIN ABOUT 3785 02:22:03,720 --> 02:22:06,156 WHAT THIS MEANS BUT HARD TO 3786 02:22:06,156 --> 02:22:09,760 ARTICULATE, LOOKING AT MULTIPLE 3787 02:22:09,760 --> 02:22:11,061 EXPERIENCES RECOLLECT NIGHTED TO 3788 02:22:11,061 --> 02:22:11,828 MAXIMIZE ACCESS TO HEARING 3789 02:22:11,828 --> 02:22:13,597 HEALTHCARE WITH THE GOAL OF 3790 02:22:13,597 --> 02:22:15,399 PROMOTING PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE 3791 02:22:15,399 --> 02:22:15,766 HEALTH. 3792 02:22:15,766 --> 02:22:18,368 FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S REALLY 3793 02:22:18,368 --> 02:22:19,002 MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONALITIES IN 3794 02:22:19,002 --> 02:22:20,370 TERMS OF EXPERIENCE OF STIGMA. 3795 02:22:20,370 --> 02:22:22,139 WE TEND TO THROW THAT TERM OUT, 3796 02:22:22,139 --> 02:22:24,541 AS IF WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT 3797 02:22:24,541 --> 02:22:30,247 I DON'T THINK STIGMA IS EQUAL TO 3798 02:22:30,247 --> 02:22:31,915 STIGMA IS EQUAL TO STIGMA, NOT 3799 02:22:31,915 --> 02:22:33,216 ONLY RELATED TO PERSONAL 3800 02:22:33,216 --> 02:22:34,217 INTENSITY BUT WHERE THE PERSON 3801 02:22:34,217 --> 02:22:35,986 IS IN THEIR LIFE TRAJECTORY AS 3802 02:22:35,986 --> 02:22:39,122 WELL A LITTLE THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL 3803 02:22:39,122 --> 02:22:40,991 SETTINGS, CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS, 3804 02:22:40,991 --> 02:22:43,026 VALUING OF HEARING, RESOURCE 3805 02:22:43,026 --> 02:22:44,027 ACCESSIBILITY AND COMORBIDITIES, 3806 02:22:44,027 --> 02:22:46,263 ALL OF THOSE FACTORS COME 3807 02:22:46,263 --> 02:22:48,565 TOGETHER THAT WILL INFLUENCE HOW 3808 02:22:48,565 --> 02:22:50,067 PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS. 3809 02:22:50,067 --> 02:22:52,069 I THINK TO PROMOTE HEALTH 3810 02:22:52,069 --> 02:22:54,704 EQUALITY MANY ISSUES NEED TO BE 3811 02:22:54,704 --> 02:22:56,239 UNTANGLED AND UNDERSTAND AS THEY 3812 02:22:56,239 --> 02:22:58,742 IMPACT DECISION MAKING, THIS 3813 02:22:58,742 --> 02:23:02,012 GETS TO THE FINAL AREA IN THE 3814 02:23:02,012 --> 02:23:03,647 INTEREST OF TIME ESPECIALLY BUT 3815 02:23:03,647 --> 02:23:06,083 SORT OF TAKING THE CONTRARY VIEW 3816 02:23:06,083 --> 02:23:11,455 OF THE TECHNOLOGY BEING AN 3817 02:23:11,455 --> 02:23:12,022 ENABLER. 3818 02:23:12,022 --> 02:23:13,557 SORT OF PROBLEMATIZING THAT, 3819 02:23:13,557 --> 02:23:15,058 WHERE WE HAVE UNINTENDED 3820 02:23:15,058 --> 02:23:17,160 CONSEQUENCES, IT MAY BE A 3821 02:23:17,160 --> 02:23:17,461 BARRIER. 3822 02:23:17,461 --> 02:23:21,198 FOR EXAMPLE, DURING COVID ACCESS 3823 02:23:21,198 --> 02:23:22,933 TO COMPUTERS, WEB LINKS, ET 3824 02:23:22,933 --> 02:23:24,134 CETERA, IMPACTED HOW INDIVIDUALS 3825 02:23:24,134 --> 02:23:26,002 COULD STAY ENGAGED, HOW CHILDREN 3826 02:23:26,002 --> 02:23:28,004 COULD PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL, AND 3827 02:23:28,004 --> 02:23:29,272 HOW OLDER ADULTS IN LONG-TERM 3828 02:23:29,272 --> 02:23:30,807 CARE SETTINGS COULD STAY 3829 02:23:30,807 --> 02:23:31,241 ENGAGED. 3830 02:23:31,241 --> 02:23:34,177 BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE 3831 02:23:34,177 --> 02:23:35,312 RESOURCES, YOU'RE AT A 3832 02:23:35,312 --> 02:23:35,645 DISADVANTAGE. 3833 02:23:35,645 --> 02:23:38,915 SO IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT 3834 02:23:38,915 --> 02:23:41,251 ACCESS TO HEARING HEALTHCARE 3835 02:23:41,251 --> 02:23:42,552 HIGH LEVEL HEARING AIDS PERSONAL 3836 02:23:42,552 --> 02:23:43,753 ASSISTIVE DEVICES TO USE WITH 3837 02:23:43,753 --> 02:23:46,056 HEARING AIDS ARE AT AN ADVANTAGE 3838 02:23:46,056 --> 02:23:48,692 VERSUS THOSE WHO DON'T IN TERMS 3839 02:23:48,692 --> 02:23:52,028 OF COMMUNICATION ACCESS, 3840 02:23:52,028 --> 02:23:52,596 EMPLOYMENT ENGAGEMENT, EVEN 3841 02:23:52,596 --> 02:23:53,263 CONSIDERING THE OVER-THE-COUNTER 3842 02:23:53,263 --> 02:23:54,531 HEARING AIDS IN TERMS OF PEOPLE 3843 02:23:54,531 --> 02:23:58,034 THAT I WORK WITH OR THINK ABOUT 3844 02:23:58,034 --> 02:24:00,871 RESOURCE, IT'S POSSIBLY LESS 3845 02:24:00,871 --> 02:24:01,705 EXPENSIVE THAN THOSE PRESCRIBED, 3846 02:24:01,705 --> 02:24:02,839 TWO TO THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, 3847 02:24:02,839 --> 02:24:04,341 EVEN LESS THAN THAT, IS NO SMALL 3848 02:24:04,341 --> 02:24:06,543 PIECE OF CHANGE IF YOU CAN'T PAY 3849 02:24:06,543 --> 02:24:06,776 RENT. 3850 02:24:06,776 --> 02:24:09,613 SO I DO THINK WE MAY NOT ALWAYS 3851 02:24:09,613 --> 02:24:11,381 BE REACHING THE PERSONS WE MOST 3852 02:24:11,381 --> 02:24:13,783 WISH TO REACH, UNLESS WE STILL 3853 02:24:13,783 --> 02:24:18,155 FOCUS TO THE POLICIES AROUND 3854 02:24:18,155 --> 02:24:19,322 INSURANCE COVERAGE, GOING 3855 02:24:19,322 --> 02:24:19,789 FORWARD. 3856 02:24:19,789 --> 02:24:21,525 I KNOW THAT SOME PRELIMINARY 3857 02:24:21,525 --> 02:24:23,727 DATA THAT I GOT, NOT A LOT AT 3858 02:24:23,727 --> 02:24:26,463 THIS POINT, BUT THE EXPECTATIONS 3859 02:24:26,463 --> 02:24:28,765 FOR WHAT ONE WOULD EXPECT IF 3860 02:24:28,765 --> 02:24:29,633 THEY DID PURCHASE IT OVER THE 3861 02:24:29,633 --> 02:24:30,734 COUNTER VARIES A LOT. 3862 02:24:30,734 --> 02:24:33,703 WE NEED A LOT MORE UNDERSTANDING 3863 02:24:33,703 --> 02:24:35,372 OF THAT UPTAKE AND SO FORTH. 3864 02:24:35,372 --> 02:24:38,074 SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE 3865 02:24:38,074 --> 02:24:40,043 OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. 3866 02:24:40,043 --> 02:24:45,515 I LOOK FORWARD TO COMMENTS OF 3867 02:24:45,515 --> 02:24:46,383 OTHERS. 3868 02:24:46,383 --> 02:24:46,816 . 3869 02:24:46,816 --> 02:24:47,117 >> THANKS. 3870 02:24:47,117 --> 02:24:49,119 IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. 3871 02:24:49,119 --> 02:24:51,655 AND ONE THAT I HAVE NOT THOUGHT 3872 02:24:51,655 --> 02:24:52,923 QUITE AS MUCH ABOUT. 3873 02:24:52,923 --> 02:24:54,257 BUT IT'S REALLY GREAT AND SOUNDS 3874 02:24:54,257 --> 02:24:56,092 LIKE THE PROCESS THAT YOU WENT 3875 02:24:56,092 --> 02:24:59,729 THROUGH HAS BEEN THOUGHTFUL AND 3876 02:24:59,729 --> 02:25:01,131 INCLUSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE. 3877 02:25:01,131 --> 02:25:03,200 REALLY WHERE I START WITH ON 3878 02:25:03,200 --> 02:25:07,938 THIS TOPIC IS THE IMPORTANCE OF 3879 02:25:07,938 --> 02:25:10,674 SOUND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ECONOMIC, 3880 02:25:10,674 --> 02:25:12,075 BASICALLY ENGAGEMENT WITH 3881 02:25:12,075 --> 02:25:12,609 SOCIETY. 3882 02:25:12,609 --> 02:25:15,045 SO THE ABILITY TO GET A HEARING 3883 02:25:15,045 --> 02:25:16,913 AID AND ENGAGE IN SOCIETY IS 3884 02:25:16,913 --> 02:25:20,750 ALMOST LIKE A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT. 3885 02:25:20,750 --> 02:25:23,587 AND THE VALUE AND IMPACT OF OUR 3886 02:25:23,587 --> 02:25:28,425 WORK AND OUR HEALTHCARE IN 3887 02:25:28,425 --> 02:25:30,527 GENERALLY DOESN'T COME TO 3888 02:25:30,527 --> 02:25:31,995 FRUITION UNLESS PEOPLE HAVE 3889 02:25:31,995 --> 02:25:35,398 ACCESS AND ABILITY TO AFFORD IT. 3890 02:25:35,398 --> 02:25:38,868 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 3891 02:25:38,868 --> 02:25:40,904 THANK YOU. 3892 02:25:40,904 --> 02:25:42,038 >> THANK YOU BOTH. 3893 02:25:42,038 --> 02:25:43,673 ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM OTHER 3894 02:25:43,673 --> 02:25:49,879 COUNCIL MEMBERS? 3895 02:25:49,879 --> 02:25:50,213 YES? 3896 02:25:50,213 --> 02:25:52,082 >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOMETHING 3897 02:25:52,082 --> 02:25:54,150 TO ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE 3898 02:25:54,150 --> 02:25:57,120 I HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN MY 3899 02:25:57,120 --> 02:25:58,888 FAMILY WITH HEARING LOSS, AND 3900 02:25:58,888 --> 02:26:02,726 YOU CAN -- EVEN IF YOU HAVE 3901 02:26:02,726 --> 02:26:03,927 ABILITY TO ACCESS A HEARING AID, 3902 02:26:03,927 --> 02:26:06,997 YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE HALF 3903 02:26:06,997 --> 02:26:07,330 OF IT. 3904 02:26:07,330 --> 02:26:07,998 IT'S VERY COMPLICATED. 3905 02:26:07,998 --> 02:26:09,099 I CAN'T EVEN FIGURE OUT THINGS 3906 02:26:09,099 --> 02:26:09,866 ON IT. 3907 02:26:09,866 --> 02:26:11,368 AND I GO ALL IN. 3908 02:26:11,368 --> 02:26:13,403 SO, I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO 3909 02:26:13,403 --> 02:26:14,571 GIVE ACCESS TO HEARING AIDS, YOU 3910 02:26:14,571 --> 02:26:16,740 WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE 3911 02:26:16,740 --> 02:26:18,174 ENGAGE, FOR EXAMPLE MY FATHER 3912 02:26:18,174 --> 02:26:20,243 HAD A HEARING AID, WOULD HAVE 3913 02:26:20,243 --> 02:26:21,911 BEEN GREAT IF HE COULD HAVE 3914 02:26:21,911 --> 02:26:23,346 FIGURED OUT HOW TO USE IT TO 3915 02:26:23,346 --> 02:26:25,415 STREAM THE TV, COULDN'T DO IT, 3916 02:26:25,415 --> 02:26:27,050 COULDN'T EXPLAIN IT TO HIM. 3917 02:26:27,050 --> 02:26:28,918 THAT TYPE OF THING OR TO USE IT 3918 02:26:28,918 --> 02:26:30,353 THROUGH HIS PHONE, IF HE WAS OUT 3919 02:26:30,353 --> 02:26:34,491 AT A RESTAURANT HE COULD USE 3920 02:26:34,491 --> 02:26:36,126 THAT NOISE CANCELLATION, OR EVEN 3921 02:26:36,126 --> 02:26:39,195 MY PRE-TEEN DAUGHTER WHO IS 3922 02:26:39,195 --> 02:26:41,364 BETTER AT THAN ME DOESN'T KNOW 3923 02:26:41,364 --> 02:26:43,033 ALL THE WAYS, SO MAYBE HAVING 3924 02:26:43,033 --> 02:26:45,201 SOME FOCUS ON WHEN YOU GET THE 3925 02:26:45,201 --> 02:26:46,403 PERSON A HEARING AID, REALLY 3926 02:26:46,403 --> 02:26:47,737 TEACHING THEM THE SCOPE OF WHAT 3927 02:26:47,737 --> 02:26:51,007 THEY CAN USE TO INCREASE THEIR 3928 02:26:51,007 --> 02:26:57,347 ACCESSIBILITY WOULD BE GREAT. 3929 02:26:57,347 --> 02:26:59,382 >> THANK YOU. 3930 02:26:59,382 --> 02:26:59,549 YES? 3931 02:26:59,549 --> 02:27:02,686 >> I HAVE MORE OF A QUESTION 3932 02:27:02,686 --> 02:27:03,787 ABOUT FOLKS INVOLVED. 3933 02:27:03,787 --> 02:27:05,989 I SAW LOTS OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES 3934 02:27:05,989 --> 02:27:10,360 AND INTERESTED PARTIES BUT I'M 3935 02:27:10,360 --> 02:27:11,127 CURIOUS ABOUT ADVOCACY 3936 02:27:11,127 --> 02:27:12,095 ORGANIZATIONS, FOLKS REALLY KIND 3937 02:27:12,095 --> 02:27:18,802 OF GRASS ROOTS ON THE GROUND AD 3938 02:27:18,802 --> 02:27:19,869 THEIR COMPLEXITY, THE DAY-TO-DAY 3939 02:27:19,869 --> 02:27:21,838 EXPERIENCES AND HOW THAT INFORMS 3940 02:27:21,838 --> 02:27:23,006 THE WORK YOU'RE GOING, ARE ANY 3941 02:27:23,006 --> 02:27:26,009 OF THOSE FOLKS AT THE TABLE, IN 3942 02:27:26,009 --> 02:27:27,677 THE ROOM, INFORMING WHAT IS 3943 02:27:27,677 --> 02:27:27,944 HAPPENING? 3944 02:27:27,944 --> 02:27:28,378 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 3945 02:27:28,378 --> 02:27:29,579 THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 3946 02:27:29,579 --> 02:27:34,150 WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE 3947 02:27:34,150 --> 02:27:35,051 WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE THERE 3948 02:27:35,051 --> 02:27:37,320 WHICH I THINK I GLOSSED OVER, 3949 02:27:37,320 --> 02:27:39,289 AND DIDN'T MENTION, BUT WE 3950 02:27:39,289 --> 02:27:40,690 ABSOLUTELY INCLUDED INDIVIDUALS 3951 02:27:40,690 --> 02:27:41,925 WITH HEARING LOSS, AS PART OF 3952 02:27:41,925 --> 02:27:43,226 THE PANEL TO HEAR FROM THEM. 3953 02:27:43,226 --> 02:27:45,528 THEY HAD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT ALL 3954 02:27:45,528 --> 02:27:47,364 OF THESE ISSUES. 3955 02:27:47,364 --> 02:27:49,099 THE HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION FOR 3956 02:27:49,099 --> 02:27:50,934 AMERICA IS THE LARGEST ADVOCACY 3957 02:27:50,934 --> 02:27:52,502 GROUP FOR ADULTS WITH HEARING 3958 02:27:52,502 --> 02:27:52,702 LOSS. 3959 02:27:52,702 --> 02:27:55,205 THEY HAVE BEEN A VERY ENGAGED 3960 02:27:55,205 --> 02:27:56,206 PARTNER FOR MANY YEARS. 3961 02:27:56,206 --> 02:28:02,746 THEY WERE ALSO IN THE ROOM, AARP 3962 02:28:02,746 --> 02:28:03,113 WAS REPRESENTED. 3963 02:28:03,113 --> 02:28:05,715 THEY HAVE RECENTLY IN THE LAST 3964 02:28:05,715 --> 02:28:08,017 YEARS BEEN INTERESTED BECAUSE IT 3965 02:28:08,017 --> 02:28:09,652 AFFECTS A HUGE NUMBER OF THEIR 3966 02:28:09,652 --> 02:28:12,055 MEMBERS AS WELL. 3967 02:28:12,055 --> 02:28:14,791 AND WE DISSEMINATED REQUEST FOR 3968 02:28:14,791 --> 02:28:15,892 INFORMATION WIDELY ACROSS, YOU 3969 02:28:15,892 --> 02:28:17,727 KNOW, NOT JUST OUR SCIENTIFIC 3970 02:28:17,727 --> 02:28:20,130 COMMUNITY BUT THE ADVOCACY 3971 02:28:20,130 --> 02:28:21,364 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE KNOW HAVE 3972 02:28:21,364 --> 02:28:22,966 AN INTEREST IN THIS SPACE TO 3973 02:28:22,966 --> 02:28:28,004 ENCOURAGE THEM TO RESPOND AS 3974 02:28:28,004 --> 02:28:28,204 WELL. 3975 02:28:28,204 --> 02:28:33,376 YEAH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. 3976 02:28:33,376 --> 02:28:33,643 KATHERINE? 3977 02:28:33,643 --> 02:28:35,545 >> I WANT TO GO BACK, ALL THESE 3978 02:28:35,545 --> 02:28:40,350 IDEAS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, 3979 02:28:40,350 --> 02:28:42,652 BUT MEG MENTIONED SCREENING BY 3980 02:28:42,652 --> 02:28:43,953 PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, AND I 3981 02:28:43,953 --> 02:28:47,357 THINK IF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS 3982 02:28:47,357 --> 02:28:48,658 DON'T DO THIS SCREENING, 3983 02:28:48,658 --> 02:28:50,760 GERIATRICIANS DON'T EVEN DO IT, 3984 02:28:50,760 --> 02:28:53,496 FOR THE MOST PART. 3985 02:28:53,496 --> 02:28:54,297 NOTHING HAPPENS. 3986 02:28:54,297 --> 02:28:56,332 SO IT'S VERY HARD TO RECOGNIZE 3987 02:28:56,332 --> 02:29:01,471 HEARING LOSS IN YOURSELF, IT 3988 02:29:01,471 --> 02:29:02,572 COMES ON GRADUALLY, YOU WILL 3989 02:29:02,572 --> 02:29:03,640 RESIST ANYBODY WHO TELLS YOU, 3990 02:29:03,640 --> 02:29:06,075 YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARING LOSS. 3991 02:29:06,075 --> 02:29:08,478 I REALLY THINK THIS HAS TO GO -- 3992 02:29:08,478 --> 02:29:10,246 REALLY IMPORTANT FOCUS ON MAKING 3993 02:29:10,246 --> 02:29:11,881 IT PART OF AN -- MAKING A 3994 02:29:11,881 --> 02:29:13,616 HEARING SCREENING PART OF AN 3995 02:29:13,616 --> 02:29:15,718 ANNUAL PHYSICAL, ESPECIALLY PART 3996 02:29:15,718 --> 02:29:19,656 OF AN ANNUAL MEDICARE PHYSICAL. 3997 02:29:19,656 --> 02:29:23,159 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, 3998 02:29:23,159 --> 02:29:23,593 KATHERINE. 3999 02:29:23,593 --> 02:29:24,694 THIS WAS A DEFINITE POINT OF 4000 02:29:24,694 --> 02:29:26,129 DISCUSSION AT THE MEETING, 4001 02:29:26,129 --> 02:29:28,731 ACTUALLY I HEAR THIS COME UP A 4002 02:29:28,731 --> 02:29:28,898 LOT. 4003 02:29:28,898 --> 02:29:30,500 THE REALITY IS THE PREVENTIVE 4004 02:29:30,500 --> 02:29:33,970 SERVICES TASK FORCE THAT MAKES 4005 02:29:33,970 --> 02:29:34,671 RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE INCLUSION 4006 02:29:34,671 --> 02:29:36,639 OF HEARING SCREENING AND OTHER 4007 02:29:36,639 --> 02:29:39,576 SCREENINGS INTO PRIMARY CARE 4008 02:29:39,576 --> 02:29:40,109 CONSISTENTLY SAYS THERE'S 4009 02:29:40,109 --> 02:29:41,010 INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO 4010 02:29:41,010 --> 02:29:41,778 DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT 4011 02:29:41,778 --> 02:29:43,847 SHOULD BE DONE, WHICH TO US 4012 02:29:43,847 --> 02:29:46,282 SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED MORE 4013 02:29:46,282 --> 02:29:46,683 RESEARCH. 4014 02:29:46,683 --> 02:29:48,551 IN FACT, THEY HAVE REALLY LAID 4015 02:29:48,551 --> 02:29:49,786 OUT A BLUEPRINT FOR WHAT 4016 02:29:49,786 --> 02:29:53,156 EVIDENCE THEY NEED IN ORDER TO 4017 02:29:53,156 --> 02:29:55,124 MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, SO WE 4018 02:29:55,124 --> 02:29:56,426 ENCOURAGE THE FIELD TO TAKE A 4019 02:29:56,426 --> 02:29:58,294 LOOK AT THAT AND BRING US THEIR 4020 02:29:58,294 --> 02:29:59,062 IDEAS AND PROPOSALS BECAUSE 4021 02:29:59,062 --> 02:30:00,697 THAT'S EXACTLY THE SORT OF 4022 02:30:00,697 --> 02:30:01,898 SCIENCE WE WOULD BE INTERESTED 4023 02:30:01,898 --> 02:30:08,471 IN SUPPORTING AND SEEING DONE. 4024 02:30:08,471 --> 02:30:10,173 4025 02:30:10,173 --> 02:30:11,741 >> AS A CLINICIAN, I'M SOMEWHAT 4026 02:30:11,741 --> 02:30:14,143 PERPLEXED HOW TO TELL MY 4027 02:30:14,143 --> 02:30:16,012 PATIENTS WHEN I THINK THEY 4028 02:30:16,012 --> 02:30:16,746 QUALIFY FOR AN OVER-THE-COUNTER 4029 02:30:16,746 --> 02:30:18,081 DEVICE, WHERE TO GO NEXT, WHAT'S 4030 02:30:18,081 --> 02:30:20,083 OUT THERE. 4031 02:30:20,083 --> 02:30:22,151 THERE'S A RELUCTANCE BY MY 4032 02:30:22,151 --> 02:30:27,390 AUDIOLOGY TEAM TO INCHEWED -- 4033 02:30:27,390 --> 02:30:27,690 INCLUDE IT. 4034 02:30:27,690 --> 02:30:29,058 A BARRIER TO IMPLEMENTATION IS A 4035 02:30:29,058 --> 02:30:31,127 GOOD SOURCE OF INFORMATION BOTH 4036 02:30:31,127 --> 02:30:33,530 FOR PRACTITIONERS BUT ALSO 4037 02:30:33,530 --> 02:30:34,297 CONSUMERS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF 4038 02:30:34,297 --> 02:30:38,234 WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT. 4039 02:30:38,234 --> 02:30:39,769 A RESOURCE FOR, OKAY, THESE ARE 4040 02:30:39,769 --> 02:30:41,204 THE DEVICES OUT THERE, YOU CAN 4041 02:30:41,204 --> 02:30:43,606 MAKE A CHOICE BASED ON FEATURES, 4042 02:30:43,606 --> 02:30:46,543 BUT RIGHT NOW I'M NOT SURE HOW 4043 02:30:46,543 --> 02:30:47,877 TO GIVE THAT ADVICE. 4044 02:30:47,877 --> 02:30:50,847 THAT PART, WE NEED TO OVERCOME 4045 02:30:50,847 --> 02:30:53,383 THAT BARRIER FOR ACCESSIBILITY 4046 02:30:53,383 --> 02:30:58,054 BY OUR PATIENTS AND 4047 02:30:58,054 --> 02:30:58,388 PRACTITIONERS. 4048 02:30:58,388 --> 02:30:59,689 >> TO ADD THOUGH IN TERMS OF THE 4049 02:30:59,689 --> 02:31:03,960 RESEARCH ONE OF THE PROBLEMS 4050 02:31:03,960 --> 02:31:04,961 WITH THE PREVENTIVE SERVICES 4051 02:31:04,961 --> 02:31:07,463 TASK FORCE THEY ONLY LOOK AT 4052 02:31:07,463 --> 02:31:08,898 RANDOMIZED CONTROL STUDIES, 4053 02:31:08,898 --> 02:31:10,433 THAT'S WHAT I MEANT ABOUT DOING 4054 02:31:10,433 --> 02:31:11,734 THAT RESEARCH, GETTING THE KIND 4055 02:31:11,734 --> 02:31:15,371 OF DATA THEY WANT, IS NOT VERY 4056 02:31:15,371 --> 02:31:16,005 EASY. 4057 02:31:16,005 --> 02:31:19,075 SO, I -- IT'S GOING TO TAKE A 4058 02:31:19,075 --> 02:31:21,044 FAIR AMOUNT OF SUPPORT TO GET 4059 02:31:21,044 --> 02:31:26,215 THAT KIND OF WORK DONE. 4060 02:31:26,215 --> 02:31:28,384 >> TWO OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES 4061 02:31:28,384 --> 02:31:31,220 HERE, CARE SEEKING AND CARE 4062 02:31:31,220 --> 02:31:33,756 SYSTEMS, AND NAVIGATION, I THINK 4063 02:31:33,756 --> 02:31:36,025 ARE CRITICAL AREAS AS WELL 4064 02:31:36,025 --> 02:31:39,429 BECAUSE EVEN WHEN YOU START 4065 02:31:39,429 --> 02:31:41,197 TALKING ABOUT ANNUAL PHYSICALS, 4066 02:31:41,197 --> 02:31:44,367 SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T GO GET AN 4067 02:31:44,367 --> 02:31:46,235 ANNUAL PHYSICAL. 4068 02:31:46,235 --> 02:31:47,870 SO I THINK THAT -- YOU'VE GOT TO 4069 02:31:47,870 --> 02:31:51,074 LOOK AT WHERE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING 4070 02:31:51,074 --> 02:31:54,444 CARE AND, YOU KNOW, THE CVS ON 4071 02:31:54,444 --> 02:31:58,047 THE CORNER AND MINUTE-CLINIC ARE 4072 02:31:58,047 --> 02:31:59,349 PLACES PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO 4073 02:31:59,349 --> 02:32:02,685 GET CARE AND HOW DO WE FIGURE 4074 02:32:02,685 --> 02:32:05,822 OUT HOW TO GET RESEARCH ON WHERE 4075 02:32:05,822 --> 02:32:08,891 PEOPLE ARE GETTING THAT CARE, 4076 02:32:08,891 --> 02:32:12,161 HOW TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT 4077 02:32:12,161 --> 02:32:14,163 WHERE TO GET THAT SCREENING 4078 02:32:14,163 --> 02:32:16,265 DONE, WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE 4079 02:32:16,265 --> 02:32:23,673 GOING, NOT WHERE WE THINK THEY 4080 02:32:23,673 --> 02:32:24,207 SHOULD. 4081 02:32:24,207 --> 02:32:25,541 >> I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT 4082 02:32:25,541 --> 02:32:26,209 ALL OF THIS. 4083 02:32:26,209 --> 02:32:28,378 I WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. 4084 02:32:28,378 --> 02:32:29,045 INCLUDING THAT THERE ARE A 4085 02:32:29,045 --> 02:32:31,547 NUMBER OF HEARING AIDS THAT HAVE 4086 02:32:31,547 --> 02:32:33,282 GPS LOCATORS ON THEM. 4087 02:32:33,282 --> 02:32:34,717 THOSE ARE PRESCRIPTION DEVICES, 4088 02:32:34,717 --> 02:32:36,252 I'M QUITE SURE APPLE'S MODEL 4089 02:32:36,252 --> 02:32:38,554 WILL ALSO HAVE A FIND MY HEARING 4090 02:32:38,554 --> 02:32:38,721 AID. 4091 02:32:38,721 --> 02:32:41,057 BUT I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF 4092 02:32:41,057 --> 02:32:42,892 TIME I'LL PASS BACK AND I'LL BE 4093 02:32:42,892 --> 02:32:49,832 AVAILABLE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR 4094 02:32:49,832 --> 02:32:51,000 YOUR COMMENTS. 4095 02:32:51,000 --> 02:32:51,901 >> KELLY, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A 4096 02:32:51,901 --> 02:32:52,602 LOT OF INTEREST. 4097 02:32:52,602 --> 02:32:54,303 I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO COME 4098 02:32:54,303 --> 02:32:57,907 BACK TO THIS AT A FUTURE COUNCIL 4099 02:32:57,907 --> 02:32:58,808 MEETING BECAUSE I THINK THIS 4100 02:32:58,808 --> 02:32:59,909 DISCUSSION COULD GO ON FOR A 4101 02:32:59,909 --> 02:33:00,410 LONG TIME. 4102 02:33:00,410 --> 02:33:03,746 THERE'S A LOT TO SAY. 4103 02:33:03,746 --> 02:33:04,013 >> YEAH. 4104 02:33:04,013 --> 02:33:06,382 >> I WILL SAY THAT OUR INSTITUTE 4105 02:33:06,382 --> 02:33:11,287 HAS BEEN A PIONEER AT NIH IN 4106 02:33:11,287 --> 02:33:12,722 PUBLIC HEALTH ACCESS, AND THAT 4107 02:33:12,722 --> 02:33:15,158 OTHER INSTITUTES COME TO US AND 4108 02:33:15,158 --> 02:33:18,428 ASK US HOW WE MANAGE TO GO 4109 02:33:18,428 --> 02:33:20,730 THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS FROM 4110 02:33:20,730 --> 02:33:22,165 2009 TO THE PRESENT. 4111 02:33:22,165 --> 02:33:25,768 THIS HAS BEEN VERY, VERY 4112 02:33:25,768 --> 02:33:28,071 EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN, IN ADDITION 4113 02:33:28,071 --> 02:33:28,504 TO RESEARCH. 4114 02:33:28,504 --> 02:33:31,207 SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR 4115 02:33:31,207 --> 02:33:31,507 LEADERSHIP. 4116 02:33:31,507 --> 02:33:33,776 AND NOW WE GET TO HAVE LUNCH. 4117 02:33:33,776 --> 02:33:38,247 SO LET BECKY TELL YOU ABOUT 4118 02:33:38,247 --> 02:33:38,448 THAT. 4119 02:33:38,448 --> 02:33:39,348 >> WE'LL BREAK FOR LUNCH. 4120 02:33:39,348 --> 02:33:40,883 WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP ON 4121 02:33:40,883 --> 02:33:43,553 SCHEDULE FOR THE AFTERNOON SO BE 4122 02:33:43,553 --> 02:33:44,687 BACK AT 1:15. 4123 02:33:44,687 --> 02:33:45,988 I KNOW IT'S A SHORT LUNCH. 4124 02:33:45,988 --> 02:33:47,957 LUNCH IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, 4125 02:33:47,957 --> 02:33:50,460 IF YOU ORDERED ONE, IN 1175. 4126 02:33:50,460 --> 02:34:48,740 SO JUST RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR. 4127 02:34:48,740 --> 02:34:50,375 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IN PLACE. 4128 02:34:50,375 --> 02:34:53,779 NIH MANAGEMENT AND UNITED AUTO 4129 02:34:53,779 --> 02:34:56,081 WORKERS FELLOWS BARGAINING TEAMS 4130 02:34:56,081 --> 02:35:00,886 ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN 4131 02:35:00,886 --> 02:35:01,220 NEGOTIATIONS. 4132 02:35:01,220 --> 02:35:02,421 THE NIH MANAGEMENT BARGAINING 4133 02:35:02,421 --> 02:35:05,824 TEAM CONSISTS OF 15 INDIVIDUALS 4134 02:35:05,824 --> 02:35:08,126 FROM ACROSS NIH, AND THE TEAM 4135 02:35:08,126 --> 02:35:11,930 INCLUDES OUR DEPUTY SCIENTIFIC 4136 02:35:11,930 --> 02:35:15,400 DIRECTOR, WHO SERVES AS OUR 4137 02:35:15,400 --> 02:35:16,768 TRAINING DIRECTOR. 4138 02:35:16,768 --> 02:35:19,805 I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON 4139 02:35:19,805 --> 02:35:20,472 OUR INTRAMURAL DIVERSITY 4140 02:35:20,472 --> 02:35:20,706 EFFORTS. 4141 02:35:20,706 --> 02:35:22,007 ONE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR 4142 02:35:22,007 --> 02:35:24,843 SEVERAL YEARS IS THAT WE HAVE A 4143 02:35:24,843 --> 02:35:27,279 COMMITTEE THAT GOES THROUGH THE 4144 02:35:27,279 --> 02:35:30,349 APPLICANT TO THE NIH POSTBAC 4145 02:35:30,349 --> 02:35:35,387 PROGRAM, AND I WAS A POOL OF 4146 02:35:35,387 --> 02:35:36,588 HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSONS TO THE 4147 02:35:36,588 --> 02:35:39,091 PROGRAM FOR CONSIDERATION, PART 4148 02:35:39,091 --> 02:35:43,795 OF AN EFFORT TO INCREASE 4149 02:35:43,795 --> 02:35:46,865 DIVERSITY IN OUR -- IN THE 4150 02:35:46,865 --> 02:35:48,934 TRAINEE POPULATION, CURRENTLY 4151 02:35:48,934 --> 02:35:49,601 EIGHT FELLOWS ARE SUPPORTED 4152 02:35:49,601 --> 02:35:52,671 CENTRALLY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE 4153 02:35:52,671 --> 02:35:54,406 SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR, IN 2024, 4154 02:35:54,406 --> 02:35:57,910 AND THAT IS 2/3 OF OUR CURRENT 4155 02:35:57,910 --> 02:35:59,278 POSTBAC FELLOWS. 4156 02:35:59,278 --> 02:36:02,080 THIS PROGRAM HAS DONE A NICE JOB 4157 02:36:02,080 --> 02:36:03,715 OF GROWING AND PROVIDING 4158 02:36:03,715 --> 02:36:08,420 ADDITIONAL DIVERSITY IN OUR 4159 02:36:08,420 --> 02:36:10,055 POSTBAC POPULATION. 4160 02:36:10,055 --> 02:36:11,256 ALL SUMMER INTERNS IN 2024 WERE 4161 02:36:11,256 --> 02:36:13,558 CENTRALLY FUNDED BY THE OFFICE 4162 02:36:13,558 --> 02:36:14,860 OF THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR. 4163 02:36:14,860 --> 02:36:16,962 THIS MEANT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO 4164 02:36:16,962 --> 02:36:18,463 HOST 15 SUMMER INTERNS THIS 4165 02:36:18,463 --> 02:36:20,232 SUMMER, THAT'S THE LARGEST 4166 02:36:20,232 --> 02:36:22,868 POPULATION OF SUMMER INTERNS IN 4167 02:36:22,868 --> 02:36:23,969 OVER 10 YEARS. 4168 02:36:23,969 --> 02:36:26,371 AND I REALLY FEEL THE SUMMER 4169 02:36:26,371 --> 02:36:28,774 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS A CRITICAL 4170 02:36:28,774 --> 02:36:30,642 PROGRAM FOR OUR FIELD, BECAUSE 4171 02:36:30,642 --> 02:36:34,146 IT ALLOWS US TO BRING IN EXCITED 4172 02:36:34,146 --> 02:36:35,781 ENGAGED YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN 4173 02:36:35,781 --> 02:36:37,182 INTEREST IN SCIENCE BUT HAVEN'T 4174 02:36:37,182 --> 02:36:38,717 YET PROGRESSED SO FAR IN THEIR 4175 02:36:38,717 --> 02:36:40,052 CAREER THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED 4176 02:36:40,052 --> 02:36:41,219 EXACTLY WHAT AREA OF SCIENCE 4177 02:36:41,219 --> 02:36:43,555 THEY WANT TO BE IN. 4178 02:36:43,555 --> 02:36:45,524 AND SO SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 4179 02:36:45,524 --> 02:36:47,793 ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO 4180 02:36:47,793 --> 02:36:50,128 EXPOSE THESE EXCITED ENGAGED 4181 02:36:50,128 --> 02:36:52,331 YOUNG PEOPLE TO OUR MISSION 4182 02:36:52,331 --> 02:36:52,631 AREAS. 4183 02:36:52,631 --> 02:36:54,066 SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT 4184 02:36:54,066 --> 02:36:56,368 PROGRAM AND WE HAVE A LOT OF 4185 02:36:56,368 --> 02:36:58,136 ENGAGEMENT IN THOSE SUMMER 4186 02:36:58,136 --> 02:36:58,537 INTERNS. 4187 02:36:58,537 --> 02:37:00,305 I ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE YOU AN 4188 02:37:00,305 --> 02:37:04,009 UPDATE ON THE ACTIVITIES OF OUR 4189 02:37:04,009 --> 02:37:05,143 INTRAMURAL SUBCOMMITTEE AND 4190 02:37:05,143 --> 02:37:06,645 NIDCD DIVERSITY WORKING GROUP, 4191 02:37:06,645 --> 02:37:08,947 ONE MAJOR ACTIVITY THIS YEAR THE 4192 02:37:08,947 --> 02:37:14,853 GROUP HAS COMPLETED IS THEY FINE 4193 02:37:14,853 --> 02:37:17,389 FINALIZED THE SPEAKERS BUREAU 4194 02:37:17,389 --> 02:37:19,658 ADVERTISING NIDCD SCIENTISTS AS 4195 02:37:19,658 --> 02:37:20,425 AVAILABLE SPEAKERS, SEVERAL 4196 02:37:20,425 --> 02:37:21,193 REQUESTS FROM COMMUNITY 4197 02:37:21,193 --> 02:37:25,664 ORGANIZATIONS ANDED A AND ADVOY 4198 02:37:25,664 --> 02:37:27,332 GROUPS TO SPEAK AT THEIR GROUP. 4199 02:37:27,332 --> 02:37:29,201 ANOTHER MAJOR EVENT I'LL SAY A 4200 02:37:29,201 --> 02:37:31,536 BIT MORE ABOUT IN A MOMENT IS 4201 02:37:31,536 --> 02:37:34,439 THIS GROUP WORKED HARD TO UPDATE 4202 02:37:34,439 --> 02:37:35,107 THE NIH-WIDE MENTORING 4203 02:37:35,107 --> 02:37:40,679 GUIDELINES FOR DEAF AND HARD OF 4204 02:37:40,679 --> 02:37:41,546 HEARING TRAINEES, HASN'T BEEN 4205 02:37:41,546 --> 02:37:45,484 UPDATED IN A DECADE AND THE 4206 02:37:45,484 --> 02:37:49,121 GROUP WORKED HARD TO UPDATE 4207 02:37:49,121 --> 02:37:49,421 GUIDELINES. 4208 02:37:49,421 --> 02:37:51,623 THE GROUP ADVISED ON THE 4209 02:37:51,623 --> 02:37:54,159 CREATION OF DIR TRAVEL 4210 02:37:54,159 --> 02:38:02,567 SUPPLEMENT AND DIR DIVERSITY 4211 02:38:02,567 --> 02:38:03,235 SUPPLEMENT, TRAVEL SUPPLEMENT IS 4212 02:38:03,235 --> 02:38:08,073 A POOL OF MONEY TO ATTEND 4213 02:38:08,073 --> 02:38:09,207 DIVERSITY-FOCUSED CONFERENCES 4214 02:38:09,207 --> 02:38:10,876 BECAUSE MOST OF OUR TRAINEES 4215 02:38:10,876 --> 02:38:12,210 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND 4216 02:38:12,210 --> 02:38:13,078 ONE CONFERENCE A YEAR AND WE 4217 02:38:13,078 --> 02:38:16,014 DIDN'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO 4218 02:38:16,014 --> 02:38:18,216 CHOOSE BETWEEN A MORE 4219 02:38:18,216 --> 02:38:20,952 SCIENTIFICALLY FOCUSED AREA 4220 02:38:20,952 --> 02:38:21,820 SPECIFIC CONFERENCE AND 4221 02:38:21,820 --> 02:38:26,324 CONFERENCE THAT IS MORE ABOUT 4222 02:38:26,324 --> 02:38:28,727 ENGAGING DIVERSE ARRANGEMENT OF 4223 02:38:28,727 --> 02:38:29,027 SCIENTISTS. 4224 02:38:29,027 --> 02:38:30,495 SO TRAINEES WHO WANT TO ATTEND 4225 02:38:30,495 --> 02:38:32,130 ONE OF THESE CONFERENCES CAN 4226 02:38:32,130 --> 02:38:33,432 APPLY TO THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR 4227 02:38:33,432 --> 02:38:38,270 FOR SUPPORT TO ATTEND THAT 4228 02:38:38,270 --> 02:38:40,439 ADDITIONAL CONFERENCE. 4229 02:38:40,439 --> 02:38:41,873 I MENTIONED WE HAD A GROUP THAT 4230 02:38:41,873 --> 02:38:44,209 WORKED ON THE NIH GUIDELINES FOR 4231 02:38:44,209 --> 02:38:45,377 MENTORING DEAF AND HARD OF 4232 02:38:45,377 --> 02:38:46,578 HEARING INDIVIDUALS, THIS WAS 4233 02:38:46,578 --> 02:38:49,114 LED BY THE INTRAMURAL 4234 02:38:49,114 --> 02:38:54,119 SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE NIDCD 4235 02:38:54,119 --> 02:38:55,220 WORKING GROUP. 4236 02:38:55,220 --> 02:38:58,290 THEY EXPANDED THE SCOPE BEYOND 4237 02:38:58,290 --> 02:39:00,492 TRAINEES, NOW IT IS GUIDANCE FOR 4238 02:39:00,492 --> 02:39:02,761 MENTORING AND WORKING WITH AND 4239 02:39:02,761 --> 02:39:04,096 SUPPORTING DEAF AND HARD OF 4240 02:39:04,096 --> 02:39:05,964 HEARING INDIVIDUALS AT NOT ONLY 4241 02:39:05,964 --> 02:39:09,367 TRAINEES BUT ALSO STAFF AT THE 4242 02:39:09,367 --> 02:39:09,534 NIH. 4243 02:39:09,534 --> 02:39:12,204 THEY SOURCED A LOT OF FEEDBACK, 4244 02:39:12,204 --> 02:39:14,606 AS THEY REDEVELOPED THIS GUIDE, 4245 02:39:14,606 --> 02:39:16,908 INCLUDING FROM THE NIH OFFICE OF 4246 02:39:16,908 --> 02:39:17,442 INTRAMURAL TRAINING AND 4247 02:39:17,442 --> 02:39:19,945 EDUCATION, OFFICE OF EQUITY, 4248 02:39:19,945 --> 02:39:21,079 DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION EQUITY, 4249 02:39:21,079 --> 02:39:23,949 THE NCI DEAF SCIENTIST TRAINING 4250 02:39:23,949 --> 02:39:24,716 PROGRAM, A PROGRAM WITH THE 4251 02:39:24,716 --> 02:39:25,517 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, AND 4252 02:39:25,517 --> 02:39:27,119 DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING 4253 02:39:27,119 --> 02:39:28,887 TRAINEES AT NIDCD AND DEAF AND 4254 02:39:28,887 --> 02:39:32,724 HARD OF HEARING ALUMNI OF OUR 4255 02:39:32,724 --> 02:39:33,024 PROGRAM. 4256 02:39:33,024 --> 02:39:36,194 THEY FINALIZED THIS SET OF 4257 02:39:36,194 --> 02:39:38,263 GUIDELINES, JUST RECENTLY, AND 4258 02:39:38,263 --> 02:39:39,631 REVISED SET OF GUIDELINES NOW 4259 02:39:39,631 --> 02:39:40,899 PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE 4260 02:39:40,899 --> 02:39:44,836 WEBSITE OF THE NIH OFFICE OF 4261 02:39:44,836 --> 02:39:45,604 INTRAMURAL RESEARCH. 4262 02:39:45,604 --> 02:39:48,874 I'M EXCITED TO TELL YOU ABOUT 4263 02:39:48,874 --> 02:39:50,208 OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NIH 4264 02:39:50,208 --> 02:39:52,611 INTRAMURAL CENTER FOR 4265 02:39:52,611 --> 02:39:53,745 ALZHEIMER'S AND RELATED 4266 02:39:53,745 --> 02:39:55,814 DEMENTIAS, ALSO CALLED CARD. 4267 02:39:55,814 --> 02:39:58,450 THIS PROGRAM HAS A PROGRAM WHERE 4268 02:39:58,450 --> 02:40:01,620 THEY BRING IN DATA SCIENCE 4269 02:40:01,620 --> 02:40:03,021 MASTER'S STUDENTS AND PAY FOR 4270 02:40:03,021 --> 02:40:04,456 THE DATA SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP 4271 02:40:04,456 --> 02:40:07,726 WHICH IS A TWO-YEAR MASTER'S 4272 02:40:07,726 --> 02:40:09,261 DEGREE PROGRAM. 4273 02:40:09,261 --> 02:40:12,364 WE HAVE FORMALIZED A PARTNERSHIP 4274 02:40:12,364 --> 02:40:14,432 TO ENSURE THAT NIDCD CAN BRING 4275 02:40:14,432 --> 02:40:15,433 IN DATA SCIENCE STUDENTS AND 4276 02:40:15,433 --> 02:40:17,169 HAVE THEM BE PART OF THE 4277 02:40:17,169 --> 02:40:18,069 INTRAMURAL TRAINING PROGRAM. 4278 02:40:18,069 --> 02:40:20,138 THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WE 4279 02:40:20,138 --> 02:40:20,739 CURRENTLY HAVE -- I'M SHOWING 4280 02:40:20,739 --> 02:40:22,774 THE FIRST CLASS OF TWO DATA 4281 02:40:22,774 --> 02:40:23,742 SCIENCE STUDENTS, WE ADDED TWO 4282 02:40:23,742 --> 02:40:25,076 MORE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE 4283 02:40:25,076 --> 02:40:26,578 TIME TO GET PHOTOS OF BECAUSE 4284 02:40:26,578 --> 02:40:27,579 THEY ARE VERY NEW. 4285 02:40:27,579 --> 02:40:29,347 WE'LL HAVE TWO OF THESE FELLOWS 4286 02:40:29,347 --> 02:40:31,383 A YEAR, SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A 4287 02:40:31,383 --> 02:40:33,818 COHORT OF FOUR, WE'LL HAVE FOUR 4288 02:40:33,818 --> 02:40:34,686 EVERY YEAR. 4289 02:40:34,686 --> 02:40:38,290 I THINK THIS IS REALLY AN 4290 02:40:38,290 --> 02:40:39,057 IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION THAT 4291 02:40:39,057 --> 02:40:40,158 DIVISION OF INTRAMURAL RESEARCH 4292 02:40:40,158 --> 02:40:42,127 CAN MAKE TO OUR MISSION AREAS 4293 02:40:42,127 --> 02:40:46,064 BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP 4294 02:40:46,064 --> 02:40:48,266 A PIPELINE OF DATA SCIENCE 4295 02:40:48,266 --> 02:40:49,768 STUDENTS WHO HAVE SOME 4296 02:40:49,768 --> 02:40:50,335 EXPERIENCE WITH OUR MISSION 4297 02:40:50,335 --> 02:40:54,406 AREAS, AND MY HOPE IS SOME OF 4298 02:40:54,406 --> 02:40:59,077 THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL REMAIN 4299 02:40:59,077 --> 02:41:01,813 ENGAGED, REMAIN IN OUR -- WORK, 4300 02:41:01,813 --> 02:41:03,481 IN NIDCD MISSION AREAS, 4301 02:41:03,481 --> 02:41:04,583 CURRENTLY CENTRALLY FUNDED IN 4302 02:41:04,583 --> 02:41:06,685 ORDER TO BUILT THIS DATA SCIENCE 4303 02:41:06,685 --> 02:41:10,055 PIPELINE IN OUR MISSION AREAS. 4304 02:41:10,055 --> 02:41:18,997 I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON 4305 02:41:18,997 --> 02:41:20,232 OUR EARS-SSENTIALS COURSE, 4306 02:41:20,232 --> 02:41:21,633 CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES OF 4307 02:41:21,633 --> 02:41:22,234 CONTEMPORARY HEARING RESEARCH, 4308 02:41:22,234 --> 02:41:24,135 FREE TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE 4309 02:41:24,135 --> 02:41:26,104 IT, LECTURES OPEN TO ANYONE WHO 4310 02:41:26,104 --> 02:41:27,205 REGISTERS, AND YOU CAN 4311 02:41:27,205 --> 02:41:27,973 PARTICIPATE ONLINE. 4312 02:41:27,973 --> 02:41:29,608 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL TO 4313 02:41:29,608 --> 02:41:36,314 NIDCD TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS 4314 02:41:36,314 --> 02:41:38,049 COURSE. 4315 02:41:38,049 --> 02:41:41,319 WE'RE WORKING HARD TO ADVERTISE 4316 02:41:41,319 --> 02:41:42,520 OUTSIDE OUR NORMAL ORGANIZATIONS 4317 02:41:42,520 --> 02:41:43,755 LIKES GROUPS ALREADY FOCUSED ON 4318 02:41:43,755 --> 02:41:47,359 HEARING RESEARCH TO MAKE SURE 4319 02:41:47,359 --> 02:41:49,227 THAT WE ARE REACHING INDIVIDUALS 4320 02:41:49,227 --> 02:41:51,730 WHO ARE NOT ALREADY ASSOCIATED 4321 02:41:51,730 --> 02:41:54,899 WITH OUR MISSION AREAS. 4322 02:41:54,899 --> 02:42:01,206 HERE I'M SHOWING AN IMAGE OF OUR 4323 02:42:01,206 --> 02:42:01,673 EARS-SSENTIALS COURSE 4324 02:42:01,673 --> 02:42:03,675 PARTICIPANTS, ON THE SCREEN CAN 4325 02:42:03,675 --> 02:42:04,442 YOU SEE VIRTUAL PARTICIPANTS OF 4326 02:42:04,442 --> 02:42:06,611 THE THIS YEAR THE FORMAT WAS 4327 02:42:06,611 --> 02:42:08,913 SPLIT OVER TWO WEEKS. 4328 02:42:08,913 --> 02:42:13,184 WE HAD -- HYBRID EVERY DAY. 4329 02:42:13,184 --> 02:42:14,419 WE HAD FACULTY PRESENT 20-MINUTE 4330 02:42:14,419 --> 02:42:15,520 MINI LECTURES IN THE MORNING, 4331 02:42:15,520 --> 02:42:18,323 AND EACH ONE OF THE MINI 4332 02:42:18,323 --> 02:42:20,392 LECTURES HAS AVAILABLE ONLINE AN 4333 02:42:20,392 --> 02:42:22,160 ARCHIVED FULL LENGTH LECTURE IF 4334 02:42:22,160 --> 02:42:23,461 THE PARTICIPANT IS INTERESTED IN 4335 02:42:23,461 --> 02:42:24,996 HAVING MORE INFORMATION ON THAT 4336 02:42:24,996 --> 02:42:26,631 PARTICULAR TOPIC. 4337 02:42:26,631 --> 02:42:28,700 WE HAD A SEPARATE WEEK THIS 4338 02:42:28,700 --> 02:42:30,568 YEAR, THE FIRST YOU'VE WE'VE 4339 02:42:30,568 --> 02:42:33,972 DONE TWO SEPARATE WEEKS, FOR 4340 02:42:33,972 --> 02:42:36,808 IN-PERSON LABS FOR TRAINEES, 4341 02:42:36,808 --> 02:42:39,678 INCLUDING SOME IMPORTANT 4342 02:42:39,678 --> 02:42:42,847 TECHNIQUES IN THE FIELD LIKE 4343 02:42:42,847 --> 02:42:50,922 DISSECTION OF MOUSE INNER EAR, 4344 02:42:50,922 --> 02:42:52,991 HYBRID MOUSE GENETICS LAB. 4345 02:42:52,991 --> 02:42:54,092 THIS YEAR WE ARE PARTICIPANTS 4346 02:42:54,092 --> 02:42:57,262 FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, THERE 4347 02:42:57,262 --> 02:42:58,697 ARE SEVERAL IMPORTANT COURSES IN 4348 02:42:58,697 --> 02:43:00,665 THE FIELD, MOST OF WHICH ARE IN 4349 02:43:00,665 --> 02:43:01,199 PERSON. 4350 02:43:01,199 --> 02:43:03,501 THIS COURSE IS FREE. 4351 02:43:03,501 --> 02:43:04,836 AND AVAILABLE ONLINE, SO THAT 4352 02:43:04,836 --> 02:43:08,673 ANYONE CAN TAKE IT, AND I THINK 4353 02:43:08,673 --> 02:43:09,441 IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION 4354 02:43:09,441 --> 02:43:10,408 THAT ALLOWS ANYONE WHO IS 4355 02:43:10,408 --> 02:43:11,643 INTERESTED IN OUR MISSION AREAS 4356 02:43:11,643 --> 02:43:17,515 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COURSE. 4357 02:43:17,515 --> 02:43:19,184 I MENTIONED THE SUMMER 4358 02:43:19,184 --> 02:43:21,353 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, SHOWING YOU 4359 02:43:21,353 --> 02:43:24,089 HERE PHOTOS OF OUR 15 SUMMER 4360 02:43:24,089 --> 02:43:26,057 INTERNS, THIS YEAR WE SUPPORTED 4361 02:43:26,057 --> 02:43:26,958 THESE INTERNS WITH REGULAR 4362 02:43:26,958 --> 02:43:31,596 MEETINGS, WITH OUR TRAINING 4363 02:43:31,596 --> 02:43:38,136 DIRECTOR, DR. MONTACK AND HER 4364 02:43:38,136 --> 02:43:41,206 DEPUTY, THEY RECEIVED SPORT FROM 4365 02:43:41,206 --> 02:43:42,540 THE -- SUPPORT FROM THE NIH 4366 02:43:42,540 --> 02:43:44,042 OFFICE OF INTRAMURAL EDUCATION. 4367 02:43:44,042 --> 02:43:52,250 A NEW PROGRAM WE ADDED THIS YEAR 4368 02:43:52,250 --> 02:43:57,989 IS THE BRAIN CHILD DOCTORS 4369 02:43:57,989 --> 02:43:59,924 HERTZANO AND DR. POLING, OUR 4370 02:43:59,924 --> 02:44:01,359 DIRECTOR OF AUDIOLOGY. 4371 02:44:01,359 --> 02:44:03,328 THEY WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP 4372 02:44:03,328 --> 02:44:04,863 AN AUDIOLOGY SUMMER PROGRAM THIS 4373 02:44:04,863 --> 02:44:06,731 YEAR TO HELP BRIDGE THE GAP FROM 4374 02:44:06,731 --> 02:44:09,200 BENCH TO BEDSIDE BY EXPOSING 4375 02:44:09,200 --> 02:44:10,468 TRAINEES TO CLINICAL ASSESSMENT 4376 02:44:10,468 --> 02:44:13,204 OF HEARING BALANCE FUNCTIONS AND 4377 02:44:13,204 --> 02:44:13,505 DISORDERS. 4378 02:44:13,505 --> 02:44:16,107 AND THE TRAINEES LOVED THIS. 4379 02:44:16,107 --> 02:44:18,410 IT WAS AN 8:00 IN THE MORNING, 4380 02:44:18,410 --> 02:44:20,845 DESPITE THAT ALL 15 OF OUR 4381 02:44:20,845 --> 02:44:22,380 SUMMER INTERNS FULLY 4382 02:44:22,380 --> 02:44:23,248 PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM. 4383 02:44:23,248 --> 02:44:26,317 AND REALLY ENJOYED IT AND GAVE 4384 02:44:26,317 --> 02:44:28,186 EXCEPTIONAL FEEDBACK. 4385 02:44:28,186 --> 02:44:30,488 SO, DR. POLLING AND DR. HERTZANO 4386 02:44:30,488 --> 02:44:32,023 ARE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING NEXT 4387 02:44:32,023 --> 02:44:33,691 YEAR TO MAKE ADDITIONAL 4388 02:44:33,691 --> 02:44:35,727 OFFERINGS AVAILABLE SO THAT 4389 02:44:35,727 --> 02:44:43,868 NIDCD TRAINEES HAVE MORE ACCESS 4390 02:44:43,868 --> 02:44:44,636 AND EXPERIENCE WITH CLINICAL -- 4391 02:44:44,636 --> 02:44:45,603 CLINICAL EXPERIENCE. 4392 02:44:45,603 --> 02:44:53,845 THAT'S ALL I HAVE, I'M HAPPY TO 4393 02:44:53,845 --> 02:44:55,713 TAKE QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, OR 4394 02:44:55,713 --> 02:44:56,481 DISCUSSIONS. 4395 02:44:56,481 --> 02:45:00,018 >> THANK YOU, LISA. 4396 02:45:00,018 --> 02:45:04,489 ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? 4397 02:45:04,489 --> 02:45:05,356 YEAH? 4398 02:45:05,356 --> 02:45:07,425 >> THE PROGRAMS ARE IMPRESSIVE. 4399 02:45:07,425 --> 02:45:10,295 WE DO SOMETHING SOMEWHAT SIMILAR 4400 02:45:10,295 --> 02:45:12,497 FOR I PRESUME THESE ARE YOUR 4401 02:45:12,497 --> 02:45:16,201 SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS 4402 02:45:16,201 --> 02:45:17,769 CURRENTLY IN COLLEGE? 4403 02:45:17,769 --> 02:45:18,937 >> SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 4404 02:45:18,937 --> 02:45:20,905 WILL TAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 4405 02:45:20,905 --> 02:45:23,641 BUT THE VAST MAJORITY ARE IN 4406 02:45:23,641 --> 02:45:23,875 COLLEGE. 4407 02:45:23,875 --> 02:45:24,409 >> IS THERE A STIPEND? 4408 02:45:24,409 --> 02:45:26,244 >> THERE IS. 4409 02:45:26,244 --> 02:45:27,445 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, DOESN'T 4410 02:45:27,445 --> 02:45:32,183 MAKE YOU RICH BUT THERE'S A 4411 02:45:32,183 --> 02:45:32,784 STIPEND ASSOCIATED. 4412 02:45:32,784 --> 02:45:34,252 >> WHERE DID THEY STAY? 4413 02:45:34,252 --> 02:45:36,654 I KNOW THAT LODGING IS ALWAYS A 4414 02:45:36,654 --> 02:45:39,924 HUGE CHALLENGE FOR THESE 4415 02:45:39,924 --> 02:45:40,191 PROGRAMS. 4416 02:45:40,191 --> 02:45:41,793 >> SO THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 4417 02:45:41,793 --> 02:45:42,660 DISCOVERING THEIR HOUSING, AND 4418 02:45:42,660 --> 02:45:45,396 IT HAS BEEN A BIG CHALLENGE. 4419 02:45:45,396 --> 02:45:45,964 IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 4420 02:45:45,964 --> 02:45:47,599 BUT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, 4421 02:45:47,599 --> 02:45:49,767 SEVERAL OF OUR INTERNS HAVE 4422 02:45:49,767 --> 02:45:51,536 STAYED IN -- ONE OF THE LOCAL 4423 02:45:51,536 --> 02:45:53,204 COLLEGES MAKES ITS DORMITORY 4424 02:45:53,204 --> 02:45:54,372 AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 4425 02:45:54,372 --> 02:45:56,875 THE D.C. AREA FOR THE SUMMER. 4426 02:45:56,875 --> 02:45:58,443 WE'VE HAD SEVERAL SUMMER INTERNS 4427 02:45:58,443 --> 02:45:59,711 STAY IN THOSE DORMITORIES AND 4428 02:45:59,711 --> 02:46:05,984 IT'S WORKED WELL FOR THEM. 4429 02:46:05,984 --> 02:46:08,152 >> I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE 4430 02:46:08,152 --> 02:46:09,020 RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. 4431 02:46:09,020 --> 02:46:11,222 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND ARE 4432 02:46:11,222 --> 02:46:12,290 THERE SPECIFIC INSTITUTIONS YOU 4433 02:46:12,290 --> 02:46:14,392 REACH OUT THERE AND ANY 4434 02:46:14,392 --> 02:46:16,794 RELATIONSHIP WITH HBCUs OR 4435 02:46:16,794 --> 02:46:17,662 OTHER INSTITUTIONS. 4436 02:46:17,662 --> 02:46:21,232 >> FOR THE TRAINING PROGRAMS? 4437 02:46:21,232 --> 02:46:23,134 >> REALLY ALL THE PROGRAMS YOU 4438 02:46:23,134 --> 02:46:24,102 MENTIONED, CURIOUS HOW STUDENTS 4439 02:46:24,102 --> 02:46:25,436 FIND OUT ABOUT THIS. 4440 02:46:25,436 --> 02:46:26,871 IS THERE A PIPELINE TO INCREASE 4441 02:46:26,871 --> 02:46:27,872 DIVERSITY IN THE PROGRAM? 4442 02:46:27,872 --> 02:46:31,676 LIKE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 4443 02:46:31,676 --> 02:46:32,744 >> SUPER. 4444 02:46:32,744 --> 02:46:39,450 SO, WE HAVE -- WE PULL FROM THE 4445 02:46:39,450 --> 02:46:41,185 NIH SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, 4446 02:46:41,185 --> 02:46:43,788 MORE APPLICANTS THAN NIH CAN 4447 02:46:43,788 --> 02:46:44,255 SUPPORT. 4448 02:46:44,255 --> 02:46:47,959 WE ALSO PRESENT EVERY YEAR AT 4449 02:46:47,959 --> 02:46:49,060 HOWARD ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS, AND 4450 02:46:49,060 --> 02:46:50,562 OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE 4451 02:46:50,562 --> 02:46:50,828 AVAILABLE. 4452 02:46:50,828 --> 02:46:52,030 ALSO, WHEN I OR OTHER MEMBERS OF 4453 02:46:52,030 --> 02:46:53,197 THE FACULTY GIVE A TALK ANY 4454 02:46:53,197 --> 02:46:55,099 WHERE WE GO THERE ARE SLIDES 4455 02:46:55,099 --> 02:46:57,502 ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE 4456 02:46:57,502 --> 02:46:59,804 AVAILABLE AT NIDCD. 4457 02:46:59,804 --> 02:47:02,407 WE REACH OUT TO -- DR. OWENS IN 4458 02:47:02,407 --> 02:47:03,308 OUR OFFICE OF INTRAMURAL 4459 02:47:03,308 --> 02:47:05,176 TRAINING, I'M SORRY, OFFICE OF 4460 02:47:05,176 --> 02:47:08,346 INTRAMURAL RESEARCH, HAS A 4461 02:47:08,346 --> 02:47:11,616 LISTSERV OF 900 PEOPLE THAT HE 4462 02:47:11,616 --> 02:47:13,685 SENDS INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION TO 4463 02:47:13,685 --> 02:47:15,453 ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. 4464 02:47:15,453 --> 02:47:18,189 AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO REACH 4465 02:47:18,189 --> 02:47:21,192 OUT AND ENGAGE AS BEST WE CAN, 4466 02:47:21,192 --> 02:47:22,527 BUT IF ANYONE HAS ADDITIONAL 4467 02:47:22,527 --> 02:47:24,662 SUGGESTIONS TO HOW WE CAN 4468 02:47:24,662 --> 02:47:26,397 INCREASE OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS I 4469 02:47:26,397 --> 02:47:31,536 WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THEM. 4470 02:47:31,536 --> 02:47:31,769 >> ANDY? 4471 02:47:31,769 --> 02:47:35,807 4472 02:47:35,807 --> 02:47:37,008 >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TRIED 4473 02:47:37,008 --> 02:47:38,843 WITH BIOLOGY AT THE INNER EAR 4474 02:47:38,843 --> 02:47:41,379 COURSE EVERY TWO YEARS ON THE 4475 02:47:41,379 --> 02:47:45,216 OFF YEAR TO INVITE SIX FACULTY 4476 02:47:45,216 --> 02:47:47,085 MEMBERS FROM INSTITUTIONS THAT 4477 02:47:47,085 --> 02:47:49,253 MIGHT NOT NORMALLY SEND STUDENTS 4478 02:47:49,253 --> 02:47:51,623 TO OUR COURSE, TO GET THEM TO 4479 02:47:51,623 --> 02:47:52,423 PARTICIPATE FOR FOUR OR FIVE 4480 02:47:52,423 --> 02:47:55,827 DAYS, TO SORT OF GET A FLAVOR OF 4481 02:47:55,827 --> 02:47:57,261 WHAT IS INVOLVED, BECAUSE I 4482 02:47:57,261 --> 02:47:59,998 THINK OFTEN THE OUTREACH, IF YOU 4483 02:47:59,998 --> 02:48:01,966 PUT TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON THE 4484 02:48:01,966 --> 02:48:03,735 STUDENTS THEMSELVES, HAVING A 4485 02:48:03,735 --> 02:48:05,770 MENTOR OR, YOU KNOW, A MORE 4486 02:48:05,770 --> 02:48:06,404 SENIOR FIGURE TO ENCOURAGE THEM 4487 02:48:06,404 --> 02:48:08,740 TO DO THIS AND GIVING THOSE 4488 02:48:08,740 --> 02:48:11,676 PEOPLE DIRECT EXPOSURE TO SOME 4489 02:48:11,676 --> 02:48:13,211 OF THESE AMAZING COURSES MIGHT 4490 02:48:13,211 --> 02:48:13,478 ALSO HELP. 4491 02:48:13,478 --> 02:48:15,413 YOU MAY ALREADY BE DOING IN A. 4492 02:48:15,413 --> 02:48:17,415 >> I'M NOT, AND I'M HAPPY TO 4493 02:48:17,415 --> 02:48:19,250 EXPLORE HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER 4494 02:48:19,250 --> 02:48:20,451 JOB. 4495 02:48:20,451 --> 02:48:26,691 THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, THANKS. 4496 02:48:26,691 --> 02:48:27,992 >> I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP 4497 02:48:27,992 --> 02:48:30,194 WITH WHERE YOU WERE HEADED WITH 4498 02:48:30,194 --> 02:48:32,130 YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE WE SAW 4499 02:48:32,130 --> 02:48:33,898 VERY LITTLE DIVERSITY I THINK 4500 02:48:33,898 --> 02:48:35,233 AMONGST THE STUDENTS. 4501 02:48:35,233 --> 02:48:37,869 I WOULD SAY THAT A LOT OF THE 4502 02:48:37,869 --> 02:48:40,371 STUDENTS AT HBCUs ARE ON 4503 02:48:40,371 --> 02:48:41,339 FINANCIAL AID, AND SO DEPENDING 4504 02:48:41,339 --> 02:48:42,640 UPON YOUR STIPEND THEY MAY NOT 4505 02:48:42,640 --> 02:48:46,310 BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO COME AND 4506 02:48:46,310 --> 02:48:47,912 PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM, 4507 02:48:47,912 --> 02:48:49,180 THAT'S OUT OF TOWN FOR THEM. 4508 02:48:49,180 --> 02:48:51,215 THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE YOU 4509 02:48:51,215 --> 02:48:53,084 MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER IF YOU 4510 02:48:53,084 --> 02:48:54,585 WANT TO HAVE MORE DIVERSITY IN 4511 02:48:54,585 --> 02:48:55,620 THE PROGRAM. 4512 02:48:55,620 --> 02:48:56,788 >> THANK YOU. 4513 02:48:56,788 --> 02:48:58,856 WE HAVE -- WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO 4514 02:48:58,856 --> 02:49:00,191 SUPPLEMENT THE STIPEND, AND I 4515 02:49:00,191 --> 02:49:02,794 AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE 4516 02:49:02,794 --> 02:49:03,027 PROBLEM. 4517 02:49:03,027 --> 02:49:05,863 ONE APPROACH WE HAVE BEEN ABLE 4518 02:49:05,863 --> 02:49:09,200 TO TAKE IS THAT WE HAVE 4519 02:49:09,200 --> 02:49:11,569 INSTITUTED MAKING SURE THAT 4520 02:49:11,569 --> 02:49:15,506 ANYONE WHO IS COMING TO NIDCD 4521 02:49:15,506 --> 02:49:17,942 RECEIVES A MOVING ALLOWANCE. 4522 02:49:17,942 --> 02:49:20,244 THAT WAS SORT OF UNEVENLY 4523 02:49:20,244 --> 02:49:20,478 APPLIED. 4524 02:49:20,478 --> 02:49:22,647 WE DECIDED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE 4525 02:49:22,647 --> 02:49:24,716 GETS THE MOVING ALLOWANCE TO TRY 4526 02:49:24,716 --> 02:49:26,718 TO REDUCE THE BARRIER OF MOVING 4527 02:49:26,718 --> 02:49:28,986 TO THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA AS 4528 02:49:28,986 --> 02:49:30,288 A BARRIER TO PARTICIPATION IN 4529 02:49:30,288 --> 02:49:31,155 OUR PROGRAMS. 4530 02:49:31,155 --> 02:49:34,659 BUT I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT'S A 4531 02:49:34,659 --> 02:49:36,060 CONCERN, YES. 4532 02:49:36,060 --> 02:49:38,796 >> JUST SOME THOUGHTS THAT I'M 4533 02:49:38,796 --> 02:49:41,199 HAVING IN FULL DISCLOSURE, PAST 4534 02:49:41,199 --> 02:49:43,801 CHAIR OF THE BLACK ASSOCIATION 4535 02:49:43,801 --> 02:49:44,936 FOR SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND 4536 02:49:44,936 --> 02:49:50,208 HEARING, THINKING OF MAKING SURE 4537 02:49:50,208 --> 02:49:51,509 THIS INFORMATION IS CIRCULATED 4538 02:49:51,509 --> 02:49:52,510 TO THEIR STUDENTS, OR OUR 4539 02:49:52,510 --> 02:49:53,111 STUDENTS. 4540 02:49:53,111 --> 02:49:55,646 WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP OF ABOUT 4541 02:49:55,646 --> 02:49:59,050 MAYBE 40%, CLOSE TO 40% OF OUR 4542 02:49:59,050 --> 02:50:00,918 ASSOCIATION MADE UP OF STUDENTS, 4543 02:50:00,918 --> 02:50:04,622 AND BECAUSE I'M ALREADY THINKING 4544 02:50:04,622 --> 02:50:06,491 ABOUT IDEAS, YES, YOU ALL DON'T 4545 02:50:06,491 --> 02:50:08,025 SUPPLEMENT BUT PERHAPS THERE ARE 4546 02:50:08,025 --> 02:50:09,327 MEMBERS WITHIN OUR ASSOCIATION 4547 02:50:09,327 --> 02:50:12,396 WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO OFFER, 4548 02:50:12,396 --> 02:50:14,265 JUST IDEAS, TO SUPPLEMENT A 4549 02:50:14,265 --> 02:50:15,032 STUDENT TO ATTEND. 4550 02:50:15,032 --> 02:50:19,103 THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER 4551 02:50:19,103 --> 02:50:19,670 MULTICULTURAL CONSTITUENCY 4552 02:50:19,670 --> 02:50:22,473 GROUPS IN THE AMERICAN SPEECH 4553 02:50:22,473 --> 02:50:24,208 AND LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION 4554 02:50:24,208 --> 02:50:26,244 TO REACH OUT TO THEIR STUDENTS 4555 02:50:26,244 --> 02:50:28,279 AND LEAVING IT UP TO THEIR GROUP 4556 02:50:28,279 --> 02:50:29,814 TO SUPPLEMENT IF THERE'S SOMEONE 4557 02:50:29,814 --> 02:50:30,882 INTERESTED AND CAN'T FINANCIALLY 4558 02:50:30,882 --> 02:50:32,984 ACHIEVE IT. 4559 02:50:32,984 --> 02:50:37,121 THE LAST POINT IS THE McNAIR 4560 02:50:37,121 --> 02:50:38,890 PROGRAMS, RONALD McNAIR IS A 4561 02:50:38,890 --> 02:50:42,026 GREAT WAY TO TAP INTO FIRST 4562 02:50:42,026 --> 02:50:42,593 GENERATION, LOW SES, 4563 02:50:42,593 --> 02:50:43,427 UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, JUST 4564 02:50:43,427 --> 02:50:46,998 SOME IDEAS. 4565 02:50:46,998 --> 02:50:50,334 AT LEAST FROM EMBASLA WOULD BE 4566 02:50:50,334 --> 02:50:51,335 WILLING TO CONNECT TO MAKE THAT 4567 02:50:51,335 --> 02:50:51,569 HAPPEN. 4568 02:50:51,569 --> 02:50:55,506 >> I WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE. 4569 02:50:55,506 --> 02:50:58,109 WE'VE PROVIDED INFORMATION BUT 4570 02:50:58,109 --> 02:50:58,843 MAY NOT HAVE PROVIDED TO THE 4571 02:50:58,843 --> 02:51:01,212 RIGHT PERSON OR IN THE RIGHT 4572 02:51:01,212 --> 02:51:02,280 WAY. 4573 02:51:02,280 --> 02:51:05,183 I WOULD APPRECIATE THE 4574 02:51:05,183 --> 02:51:10,154 ENGAGEMENT, THANK YOU. 4575 02:51:10,154 --> 02:51:10,621 >> THANK YOU, LISA. 4576 02:51:10,621 --> 02:51:18,930 THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE 4577 02:51:18,930 --> 02:51:19,931 EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS. 4578 02:51:19,931 --> 02:51:22,533 NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM DR. JOSH 4579 02:51:22,533 --> 02:51:27,905 LEVY, CLINICAL DIRECTOR. 4580 02:51:27,905 --> 02:51:30,675 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 4581 02:51:30,675 --> 02:51:40,718 4582 02:51:55,733 --> 02:51:56,934 >> FANTASTIC TO BE HERE. 4583 02:51:56,934 --> 02:51:59,237 AND I RECOGNIZE THIS IS MY FIRST 4584 02:51:59,237 --> 02:52:01,639 TIME TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 4585 02:52:01,639 --> 02:52:03,941 ADDRESS COUNCIL, AND I JUST 4586 02:52:03,941 --> 02:52:06,377 WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE 4587 02:52:06,377 --> 02:52:06,677 OPPORTUNITY. 4588 02:52:06,677 --> 02:52:09,647 THIS IS REALLY A MOMENT OF PRIDE 4589 02:52:09,647 --> 02:52:11,082 FOR ME. 4590 02:52:11,082 --> 02:52:12,350 SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST TIME 4591 02:52:12,350 --> 02:52:14,318 SPEAKING TO YOU I WANTED TO TAKE 4592 02:52:14,318 --> 02:52:17,421 A MINUTE OR TWO TO SHARE MY 4593 02:52:17,421 --> 02:52:22,660 BACKGROUND AND WHERE I'M COMING 4594 02:52:22,660 --> 02:52:22,860 FROM. 4595 02:52:22,860 --> 02:52:25,496 I JOINED NIDCD APRIL OF LAST 4596 02:52:25,496 --> 02:52:30,501 YEAR, AS CLINICAL DIRECTOR, 4597 02:52:30,501 --> 02:52:32,737 REPLACING DR. CARTER -- IS THAT 4598 02:52:32,737 --> 02:52:33,738 BETTER? 4599 02:52:33,738 --> 02:52:33,938 OKAY. 4600 02:52:33,938 --> 02:52:35,373 THANK YOU. 4601 02:52:35,373 --> 02:52:38,743 SO I REPLACED CARTER VAN WAES, 4602 02:52:38,743 --> 02:52:41,178 OUR CLINICAL DIRECTOR FOR 4603 02:52:41,178 --> 02:52:42,680 SEVERAL DECADES. 4604 02:52:42,680 --> 02:52:45,650 HE WAS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL AND 4605 02:52:45,650 --> 02:52:53,424 SUPPORTIVE OF THE NIDCD CLINICAL 4606 02:52:53,424 --> 02:52:58,896 PROGRAM, AS WE KNOWED TODAY. 4607 02:52:58,896 --> 02:52:59,997 I'M A TRAINED OTOLARYNGOLOGIST, 4608 02:52:59,997 --> 02:53:10,274 HAVE A SEPULVEDA -- WITH A SPE. 4609 02:53:10,274 --> 02:53:12,576 I CREDIT DR. TROMBERG AND THE 4610 02:53:12,576 --> 02:53:16,747 RADx PROGRAM GIVING ME THE 4611 02:53:16,747 --> 02:53:18,382 OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD MY CLINICAL 4612 02:53:18,382 --> 02:53:19,917 TRIALS CHOPS AND BEFORE JOINING 4613 02:53:19,917 --> 02:53:22,620 US HERE AT THE NIDCD, I SERVED 4614 02:53:22,620 --> 02:53:28,960 AS CLINICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE 4615 02:53:28,960 --> 02:53:30,194 RADx PROGRAM, TEST VALIDATION 4616 02:53:30,194 --> 02:53:32,697 CORE, HELPED GIVE TESTS AS WE 4617 02:53:32,697 --> 02:53:37,201 WERE SCREENING TO DETERMINE 4618 02:53:37,201 --> 02:53:37,468 EFFICACY. 4619 02:53:37,468 --> 02:53:39,403 THIS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF 4620 02:53:39,403 --> 02:53:41,772 FOCUS AREAS I'VE TAKEN ON SINCE 4621 02:53:41,772 --> 02:53:43,841 ARRIVING, BREAKS DOWN INTO OUR 4622 02:53:43,841 --> 02:53:44,742 CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT. 4623 02:53:44,742 --> 02:53:49,714 THIS IS TH ADMINISTRATIVE 4624 02:53:49,714 --> 02:53:52,750 SUPPORT TEAM WE UTILIZE TO 4625 02:53:52,750 --> 02:53:55,386 SUPPORT OUR INVESTIGATORS AND 4626 02:53:55,386 --> 02:53:58,122 PROTOCOLS, WHICH IS NIH 4627 02:53:58,122 --> 02:53:59,190 INTRAMURAL-SPEAK FOR CLINICAL 4628 02:53:59,190 --> 02:53:59,557 TRIALS. 4629 02:53:59,557 --> 02:54:03,694 WE RUN AN ACTIVE CLINIC, WITH 4630 02:54:03,694 --> 02:54:05,663 RESEARCH PATIENT VISITS AS WELL 4631 02:54:05,663 --> 02:54:08,499 AS CONSUL VACCINATIONS, THAT'S 4632 02:54:08,499 --> 02:54:14,505 BEEN AN ININCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 4633 02:54:14,505 --> 02:54:18,442 FOCUS TO ENSURE PATIENT CARE AT 4634 02:54:18,442 --> 02:54:19,643 THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVELS. 4635 02:54:19,643 --> 02:54:20,978 WE'VE ESTABLISHED A NATIONAL 4636 02:54:20,978 --> 02:54:22,380 SMELL AND TASTE CENTER, 4637 02:54:22,380 --> 02:54:24,248 SOMETHING I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD 4638 02:54:24,248 --> 02:54:26,217 OF, AND HAPPY TO SHARE SOME 4639 02:54:26,217 --> 02:54:28,285 ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON IN THE 4640 02:54:28,285 --> 02:54:29,920 FOLLOWING SLIDES. 4641 02:54:29,920 --> 02:54:33,791 AND WE'VE ALSO WITH THE 4642 02:54:33,791 --> 02:54:36,861 PARTNERSHIP OF RONA, LISA, AND 4643 02:54:36,861 --> 02:54:44,935 DR. TUCCI, HAVE REINVIGORATED 4644 02:54:44,935 --> 02:54:46,003 OUR PROGRAM, FOR CLINICIAN WHO 4645 02:54:46,003 --> 02:54:48,773 IS HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR 4646 02:54:48,773 --> 02:54:53,144 FURTHER TRAINING IN CLINICAL AND 4647 02:54:53,144 --> 02:54:55,413 TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH. 4648 02:54:55,413 --> 02:54:58,749 NONE OF THIS, NONE OF IT IS 4649 02:54:58,749 --> 02:55:00,584 POSSIBLE WITHOUT WHAT I CONSIDER 4650 02:55:00,584 --> 02:55:03,888 THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE NIH'S 4651 02:55:03,888 --> 02:55:06,424 INTRAMURAL CAMPUS, THIS IS THE 4652 02:55:06,424 --> 02:55:07,825 CLINICAL CENTER, BUILDING 10, ON 4653 02:55:07,825 --> 02:55:10,661 CAMPUS JUST DOWN THE STREET. 4654 02:55:10,661 --> 02:55:13,197 THIS IS THE LARGEST CLINICAL 4655 02:55:13,197 --> 02:55:17,902 RESEARCH CENTER IN THE WORLD. 4656 02:55:17,902 --> 02:55:18,402 PERIOD. 4657 02:55:18,402 --> 02:55:19,970 200-BED HOSPITAL, WITH ADJACENT 4658 02:55:19,970 --> 02:55:21,205 RESEARCH LABS. 4659 02:55:21,205 --> 02:55:24,442 NUMBER OF OUR INVESTIGATORS ARE 4660 02:55:24,442 --> 02:55:27,311 ABLE TO RUN BETWEEN FLOORS OF 4661 02:55:27,311 --> 02:55:29,180 CLINIC TO THE OPERATING ROOM, TO 4662 02:55:29,180 --> 02:55:31,916 THE LAB. 4663 02:55:31,916 --> 02:55:33,751 IT'S INCREDIBLY 4664 02:55:33,751 --> 02:55:35,853 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY, AND TRULY A 4665 02:55:35,853 --> 02:55:37,922 PLACE WHERE EVERY STAFF MEMBER 4666 02:55:37,922 --> 02:55:41,425 YOU INTERACT WITH IS ON THE SAME 4667 02:55:41,425 --> 02:55:43,928 FOCUSED MISSION, TO ADVANCE 4668 02:55:43,928 --> 02:55:49,200 PATIENT CARE BY ADVANCING OUR 4669 02:55:49,200 --> 02:55:49,433 SCIENCE. 4670 02:55:49,433 --> 02:55:51,068 THERE'S THREE BUILDINGS THAT 4671 02:55:51,068 --> 02:55:52,369 MAKE UP BUILDING 10. 4672 02:55:52,369 --> 02:55:54,672 IT'S VERY EASY TO GET LOST, AS 4673 02:55:54,672 --> 02:55:57,208 YOU'RE MOVING FROM AREA TO AREA. 4674 02:55:57,208 --> 02:55:59,577 AND WE HAVE A FOURTH MAJOR TOWER 4675 02:55:59,577 --> 02:56:04,949 UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WE SPEAK. 4676 02:56:04,949 --> 02:56:12,957 THE CLINICAL CENTER EMPLOYS 1200 4677 02:56:12,957 --> 02:56:13,524 PHYSICIANS, 1600 PROTOCOLS, 4678 02:56:13,524 --> 02:56:14,592 NIH-SPEAK FOR CLINICAL TRIALS, 4679 02:56:14,592 --> 02:56:19,463 AND WE SEE ALL INSTITUTES, ABOUT 4680 02:56:19,463 --> 02:56:20,764 10,000 PATIENTS EACH YEAR. 4681 02:56:20,764 --> 02:56:25,035 THIS IS A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT. 4682 02:56:25,035 --> 02:56:28,873 OF THE 27 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS 4683 02:56:28,873 --> 02:56:32,143 THAT MAKE UP THE NIH, 17 HAVE A 4684 02:56:32,143 --> 02:56:35,112 CLINICAL FOOTPRINT AT THE 4685 02:56:35,112 --> 02:56:35,980 CLINICAL CENTER. 4686 02:56:35,980 --> 02:56:37,848 NOW, WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THE 4687 02:56:37,848 --> 02:56:39,383 CLINICAL CENTER IS NOT THE LIST 4688 02:56:39,383 --> 02:56:41,785 OF DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU SEE. 4689 02:56:41,785 --> 02:56:43,287 BUT WHAT YOU DON'T. 4690 02:56:43,287 --> 02:56:46,157 SO THIS IS A FULLY FUNCTIONAL 4691 02:56:46,157 --> 02:56:48,259 HOSPITAL THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN 4692 02:56:48,259 --> 02:56:49,093 EMERGENCY ROOM. 4693 02:56:49,093 --> 02:56:52,696 IN FACT, IN ANY OF US WERE TO 4694 02:56:52,696 --> 02:56:54,165 TRIP AND NEED MEDICAL CARE, 4695 02:56:54,165 --> 02:56:57,101 THERE WOULD ACTUALLY BE AN 4696 02:56:57,101 --> 02:56:58,402 AMBULANCE COME ON CAMPUS, PICK 4697 02:56:58,402 --> 02:57:01,205 US UP FROM THE HOSPITAL, AND 4698 02:57:01,205 --> 02:57:04,008 DRIVE US ACROSS THE STREET. 4699 02:57:04,008 --> 02:57:06,510 IT'S A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT. 4700 02:57:06,510 --> 02:57:09,380 LIKEWISE, THERE IS NO INSURANCE. 4701 02:57:09,380 --> 02:57:11,649 THESE PATIENTS ARE NOT BILLED 4702 02:57:11,649 --> 02:57:14,752 FOR ANY OF THE PATIENT CARE 4703 02:57:14,752 --> 02:57:15,920 INTERACTIONS, RESEARCH 4704 02:57:15,920 --> 02:57:18,355 ACTIVITIES THAT THEY ENGAGE IN. 4705 02:57:18,355 --> 02:57:23,160 SO IT'S INCREDIBLY UNIQUE 4706 02:57:23,160 --> 02:57:23,928 RESOURCE. 4707 02:57:23,928 --> 02:57:26,030 AND, AGAIN, EVERYONE IS ON THE 4708 02:57:26,030 --> 02:57:30,334 SAME PAGE REGARDING OUR MISSION. 4709 02:57:30,334 --> 02:57:32,570 THIS IS -- IT CAN BE TAKEN FOR 4710 02:57:32,570 --> 02:57:34,171 GRANTED BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT 4711 02:57:34,171 --> 02:57:36,440 YOU FEEL DAY TO DAY. 4712 02:57:36,440 --> 02:57:38,509 WE'RE ALL THERE TO PROVIDE 4713 02:57:38,509 --> 02:57:43,647 EXCEPTIONAL CARE TO OUR 4714 02:57:43,647 --> 02:57:43,914 PATIENTS. 4715 02:57:43,914 --> 02:57:45,716 SO, WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH 4716 02:57:45,716 --> 02:57:46,483 PORTFOLIO LOOK LIKE? 4717 02:57:46,483 --> 02:57:49,220 AND I HAVE ONE SLIDE HERE, 4718 02:57:49,220 --> 02:57:50,955 SHARING PERCENTAGES FOR THE 4719 02:57:50,955 --> 02:57:52,156 ENTIRE CLINICAL CENTER. 4720 02:57:52,156 --> 02:57:54,358 AND THEN WE'LL DRILL DOWN TO 4721 02:57:54,358 --> 02:57:57,628 LOOK AT NIDCD AND OUR PATIENT 4722 02:57:57,628 --> 02:57:57,962 VISITS. 4723 02:57:57,962 --> 02:58:00,831 SO, ABOUT HALF OF THE STUDIES 4724 02:58:00,831 --> 02:58:04,201 ARE CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE 4725 02:58:04,201 --> 02:58:05,636 CLASSIC DEFINITION. 4726 02:58:05,636 --> 02:58:07,271 THESE ARE INTERVENTIONAL 4727 02:58:07,271 --> 02:58:07,805 STUDIES. 4728 02:58:07,805 --> 02:58:10,674 ANOTHER 50% OR SO ARE 4729 02:58:10,674 --> 02:58:11,008 OBSERVATIONAL. 4730 02:58:11,008 --> 02:58:15,579 MANY FALL INTO THE NATURAL 4731 02:58:15,579 --> 02:58:16,547 HISTORY CATEGORY, LONGITUDINAL 4732 02:58:16,547 --> 02:58:18,849 STUDIES, SEEING AS A DISEASE 4733 02:58:18,849 --> 02:58:19,950 PROCESS EVOLVES WHAT CHANGES ARE 4734 02:58:19,950 --> 02:58:24,088 THERE THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM. 4735 02:58:24,088 --> 02:58:25,623 THE MOTTO IS FIRST IN HUMAN. 4736 02:58:25,623 --> 02:58:28,158 IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CLINICAL 4737 02:58:28,158 --> 02:58:30,361 CENTER DOES EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. 4738 02:58:30,361 --> 02:58:32,630 AND IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING 4739 02:58:32,630 --> 02:58:34,398 THAT'S RECOGNIZED EXTERNALLY AS 4740 02:58:34,398 --> 02:58:34,632 WELL. 4741 02:58:34,632 --> 02:58:35,733 I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD HAVE THE 4742 02:58:35,733 --> 02:58:37,635 OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE 4743 02:58:37,635 --> 02:58:39,536 BIG BANG THEORY TO YOU ALL 4744 02:58:39,536 --> 02:58:39,770 TODAY. 4745 02:58:39,770 --> 02:58:42,273 BUT ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS 4746 02:58:42,273 --> 02:58:44,675 RICHARD PARSONS, ACTOR FROM THAT 4747 02:58:44,675 --> 02:58:46,010 TV SHOW. 4748 02:58:46,010 --> 02:58:48,746 HE SEVERAL YEARS AGO SPENT TWO 4749 02:58:48,746 --> 02:58:50,614 WEEKS AT THE CLINICAL CENTER 4750 02:58:50,614 --> 02:58:52,783 EMBEDDED IN THE PATIENT CARE 4751 02:58:52,783 --> 02:58:54,752 SETTINGS, EMBEDDED IN THE LABS, 4752 02:58:54,752 --> 02:58:58,255 AND THEY PRODUCED A THREE-PART 4753 02:58:58,255 --> 02:58:59,456 DOCUMENTARY FROM THAT 4754 02:58:59,456 --> 02:58:59,757 EXPERIENCE. 4755 02:58:59,757 --> 02:59:01,959 IT'S A HUGE POINT OF PRIDE FOR 4756 02:59:01,959 --> 02:59:03,494 ALL OF US. 4757 02:59:03,494 --> 02:59:05,129 AND I'M BIASED BUT I THINK IT'S 4758 02:59:05,129 --> 02:59:09,433 A REALLY INTERESTING WATCH. 4759 02:59:09,433 --> 02:59:12,269 IT'S WORTHWHILE TIME SPENT. 4760 02:59:12,269 --> 02:59:14,872 SO, SPECIFICALLY, WHAT DOES THE 4761 02:59:14,872 --> 02:59:18,575 NIDCD'S CLINIC LOOK LIKE? 4762 02:59:18,575 --> 02:59:21,779 WE'RE IN OP5, OUTPATIENT CLINIC, 4763 02:59:21,779 --> 02:59:23,414 IT'S OUR OTOLARYNGOLOGY AND 4764 02:59:23,414 --> 02:59:24,948 AUDIOLOGY SERVICE. 4765 02:59:24,948 --> 02:59:27,718 WE HAVE A CONSULTATION CLINIC. 4766 02:59:27,718 --> 02:59:28,952 WE ARE BUILDING, IT'S WHY YOU 4767 02:59:28,952 --> 02:59:32,823 SEE STARS NEXT TO THE NEXT TWO, 4768 02:59:32,823 --> 02:59:35,359 A SINUS AND ALLERGY CLINIC, IN 4769 02:59:35,359 --> 02:59:37,494 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INSTITUTE 4770 02:59:37,494 --> 02:59:39,496 ON ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 4771 02:59:39,496 --> 02:59:40,097 DISEASE. 4772 02:59:40,097 --> 02:59:43,500 AND A CLINIC TO SUPPORT PATIENTS 4773 02:59:43,500 --> 02:59:44,435 WITHIN THE NATIONAL SMELL AND 4774 02:59:44,435 --> 02:59:45,636 TASTE CENTER. 4775 02:59:45,636 --> 02:59:47,604 BOTH OF THESE WILL BE ACTIVE AND 4776 02:59:47,604 --> 02:59:48,605 WILL BE WELCOMING PATIENTS BY 4777 02:59:48,605 --> 02:59:52,076 THE END OF THIS YEAR. 4778 02:59:52,076 --> 02:59:53,744 WE'RE WELL STAFFED. 4779 02:59:53,744 --> 02:59:55,546 WE HAVE TWO ADVANCED PRACTICE 4780 02:59:55,546 --> 02:59:59,817 PROVIDERS, STAFF R.N.s, A 4781 02:59:59,817 --> 03:00:01,452 NUMBER OF ROOMS, VESTIBULAR 4782 03:00:01,452 --> 03:00:02,986 SUITE, AUDIOLOGY BOOTH, THAT 4783 03:00:02,986 --> 03:00:08,559 REALLY DOES SUPPORT OUR 4784 03:00:08,559 --> 03:00:08,859 ACTIVITIES. 4785 03:00:08,859 --> 03:00:10,761 LAST YEAR, WE HAD 10 NIDCD 4786 03:00:10,761 --> 03:00:13,497 TRIALS, AND I ADDED THE STAR TO 4787 03:00:13,497 --> 03:00:16,533 HIGHLIGHT THESE ARE NOT ALL 4788 03:00:16,533 --> 03:00:18,635 STUDIES WHERE NIDCD IS THE LEAD 4789 03:00:18,635 --> 03:00:19,103 INSTITUTE. 4790 03:00:19,103 --> 03:00:22,573 IN FACT, THERE ARE FIVE STUDIES 4791 03:00:22,573 --> 03:00:24,208 THAT ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING WHERE 4792 03:00:24,208 --> 03:00:26,176 NIDCD IS THE LEAD. 4793 03:00:26,176 --> 03:00:30,013 THE OTHER FIVE ARE COLLABORATIVE 4794 03:00:30,013 --> 03:00:32,316 STUDIES WITH OTHER INSTITUTES. 4795 03:00:32,316 --> 03:00:36,353 WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT TRAVEL FOR 4796 03:00:36,353 --> 03:00:38,956 ALL NORTH AMERICANS, EXCUSE ME, 4797 03:00:38,956 --> 03:00:39,623 U.S. PARTICIPANTS, SO THAT 4798 03:00:39,623 --> 03:00:43,026 LOCATION SHOULD NOT BE A BARRIER 4799 03:00:43,026 --> 03:00:47,064 TO PARTICIPATION IN ANY OF OUR 4800 03:00:47,064 --> 03:00:47,297 STUDIES. 4801 03:00:47,297 --> 03:00:48,599 THE TAKEHOME, HOWEVER, IS THAT 4802 03:00:48,599 --> 03:00:51,435 WE HAVE ROOM TO GROW. 4803 03:00:51,435 --> 03:00:53,871 I WILL SHARE IN THIS SLIDE 4804 03:00:53,871 --> 03:00:54,972 NUMBERS OF PATIENT ENCOUNTERS 4805 03:00:54,972 --> 03:00:56,373 OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. 4806 03:00:56,373 --> 03:00:59,676 BUT I WILL TELL YOU OUR BASELINE 4807 03:00:59,676 --> 03:01:02,179 BEFORE COVID WAS CLOSER TO 2,000 4808 03:01:02,179 --> 03:01:05,249 PATIENT VISITS A YEAR. 4809 03:01:05,249 --> 03:01:06,450 SO, WE'RE SEEING GROWTH AND A 4810 03:01:06,450 --> 03:01:08,752 RETURN TO WHAT I CONSIDER 4811 03:01:08,752 --> 03:01:08,986 NORMAL. 4812 03:01:08,986 --> 03:01:12,523 BUT I ALSO WANT TO CHALLENGE 4813 03:01:12,523 --> 03:01:13,757 MYSELF AND LET YOU KNOW THE NEXT 4814 03:01:13,757 --> 03:01:15,392 OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO UPDATE YOU 4815 03:01:15,392 --> 03:01:21,632 ALL, I EXPECT FOR US TO BE MUCH 4816 03:01:21,632 --> 03:01:21,865 BUSIER. 4817 03:01:21,865 --> 03:01:24,368 AND THEN LOOKING CLOSELY AT OUR 4818 03:01:24,368 --> 03:01:26,870 PATIENT VISITS, WE'RE ABLE TO 4819 03:01:26,870 --> 03:01:29,306 SEE A BREAKDOWN WHERE 15% OF OUR 4820 03:01:29,306 --> 03:01:31,108 VISITS ARE CONSULTS. 4821 03:01:31,108 --> 03:01:33,177 THESE ARE -- AND REMEMBER, 4822 03:01:33,177 --> 03:01:35,412 THERE'S NO EMERGENCY ROOM. 4823 03:01:35,412 --> 03:01:38,949 THESE ARE TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE 4824 03:01:38,949 --> 03:01:41,018 ENT AND AUDIOLOGIC CARE FOR A 4825 03:01:41,018 --> 03:01:43,420 PATIENT THAT DEVELOPS AN ISSUE 4826 03:01:43,420 --> 03:01:45,088 WHILE THEY ARE ON CAMPUS. 4827 03:01:45,088 --> 03:01:48,559 WHILE THEY ARE ENROLLED IN 4828 03:01:48,559 --> 03:01:49,760 ANOTHER TRIAL. 4829 03:01:49,760 --> 03:01:51,395 THESE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN 4830 03:01:51,395 --> 03:01:52,262 RELATIVELY CONSISTENT OVER THE 4831 03:01:52,262 --> 03:01:54,565 PAST FIVE YEARS. 4832 03:01:54,565 --> 03:01:55,699 NOW, WHAT HASN'T BEEN 4833 03:01:55,699 --> 03:01:59,269 CONSISTENT, AND I THINK IS A 4834 03:01:59,269 --> 03:02:00,704 FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR 4835 03:02:00,704 --> 03:02:03,207 INVESTIGATORS, IS THIS BOTTOM 4836 03:02:03,207 --> 03:02:05,742 LINE ON THE RIGHT, WHERE WE HAVE 4837 03:02:05,742 --> 03:02:09,580 YEAR AFTER YEAR SEEN A GROWTH OF 4838 03:02:09,580 --> 03:02:11,482 50 PEDIATRIC PATIENTS A YEAR, 4839 03:02:11,482 --> 03:02:13,283 EVERY YEAR. 4840 03:02:13,283 --> 03:02:16,119 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE 4841 03:02:16,119 --> 03:02:17,321 STRATEGICALLY THINKING THROUGH, 4842 03:02:17,321 --> 03:02:19,656 FURTHER SUPPORT FOR PEDIATRIC 4843 03:02:19,656 --> 03:02:21,024 PATIENTS, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE 4844 03:02:21,024 --> 03:02:23,427 SOMEONE DOWN TO A MINIMUM AGE OF 4845 03:02:23,427 --> 03:02:26,163 2 YEARS AT THE CLINICAL CENTER, 4846 03:02:26,163 --> 03:02:28,131 BUT WE HAVEN'T EXPANDED ALL OF 4847 03:02:28,131 --> 03:02:29,666 THE SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES TO 4848 03:02:29,666 --> 03:02:30,767 FACILITATE THESE VISITS. 4849 03:02:30,767 --> 03:02:39,309 THAT'S AN ACTIVE AREA OF 4850 03:02:39,309 --> 03:02:44,014 DISCUSSION AS THE NIH CONTINUES. 4851 03:02:44,014 --> 03:02:46,083 I'VE RECRUITED DR. VALERIE ASHER 4852 03:02:46,083 --> 03:02:51,555 TO THE RIGHT HERE, STANDING WITH 4853 03:02:51,555 --> 03:02:53,524 KATIE LADECKI ON RETURN FROM 4854 03:02:53,524 --> 03:02:54,892 OLYMPICS, A GENERAL ENT WHO 4855 03:02:54,892 --> 03:02:58,161 BRINGS OVER 25 YEARS OF 4856 03:02:58,161 --> 03:02:59,663 EXPERIENCE TREATING PATIENTS IN 4857 03:02:59,663 --> 03:03:01,198 THE BETHESDA AREA. 4858 03:03:01,198 --> 03:03:03,200 SHE'S COMING TO THE NIH FOR, IN 4859 03:03:03,200 --> 03:03:05,869 MY OPINION, THE RIGHT REASONS. 4860 03:03:05,869 --> 03:03:06,970 SHE'S NOT A SCIENTIST. 4861 03:03:06,970 --> 03:03:09,940 BUT LIKE MANY OF US, SHE'S 4862 03:03:09,940 --> 03:03:12,009 IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF CLINICAL 4863 03:03:12,009 --> 03:03:15,412 QUESTIONS THAT CAN ONLY BE 4864 03:03:15,412 --> 03:03:17,047 ANSWERED BY FURTHER STUDY IN 4865 03:03:17,047 --> 03:03:17,915 SCIENCE. 4866 03:03:17,915 --> 03:03:20,217 SHE VIEWS HERSELF AS THAT 4867 03:03:20,217 --> 03:03:21,752 SUPPORT SYSTEM TO FURTHER 4868 03:03:21,752 --> 03:03:24,288 INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT AND OUR 4869 03:03:24,288 --> 03:03:25,289 STUDY ACTIVITIES TO ULTIMATELY 4870 03:03:25,289 --> 03:03:28,091 HAVE A LARGE IMPACT ON OUR 4871 03:03:28,091 --> 03:03:29,192 COMMUNITIES. 4872 03:03:29,192 --> 03:03:33,497 THIS IS HER FOURTH DAY. 4873 03:03:33,497 --> 03:03:35,265 AND I WOULD BE VERY DISAPPOINTED 4874 03:03:35,265 --> 03:03:38,869 IF I DIDN'T TAKE A MOMENT TO 4875 03:03:38,869 --> 03:03:41,705 MENTION OUR INCREDIBLE AUDIOLOGY 4876 03:03:41,705 --> 03:03:45,175 TEAM. 4877 03:03:45,175 --> 03:03:46,410 I'VE HIGHLIGHTED DR. POLLING, 4878 03:03:46,410 --> 03:03:47,511 HERE, SHE IS APPROACHING HER 4879 03:03:47,511 --> 03:03:50,447 FIRST YEAR AS OUR CHIEF RESEARCH 4880 03:03:50,447 --> 03:03:51,315 AUDIOLOGIST. 4881 03:03:51,315 --> 03:03:55,018 AND SHE HAS HIT THE GROUND HARD. 4882 03:03:55,018 --> 03:04:00,624 SHE HAS RECRUITED A NUMBER OF 4883 03:04:00,624 --> 03:04:01,725 TRAINEES, AUDIOLOGY ASSISTANTS, 4884 03:04:01,725 --> 03:04:08,832 NEW STAFF, AND TRULY IS LEADING 4885 03:04:08,832 --> 03:04:12,102 AN INCREDIBLY VIBRANT GROUP, A 4886 03:04:12,102 --> 03:04:15,172 CROSS-SECTION OF THE NUMBER OF 4887 03:04:15,172 --> 03:04:18,475 PEOPLE ATTRACTED TO JOIN NIDCD 4888 03:04:18,475 --> 03:04:19,876 AUDIOLOGY IS LISTED HERE. 4889 03:04:19,876 --> 03:04:22,646 I MENTIONED OUR CLINICAL TRIALS 4890 03:04:22,646 --> 03:04:22,846 UNIT. 4891 03:04:22,846 --> 03:04:25,349 THIS IS OUR INTEGRATED TEAM OF 4892 03:04:25,349 --> 03:04:29,186 CLINICAL TRIALISTS AND SUPPORT 4893 03:04:29,186 --> 03:04:29,386 STAFF. 4894 03:04:29,386 --> 03:04:32,889 IT'S A QUITE LARGE TEAM. 4895 03:04:32,889 --> 03:04:34,658 NAVIGATING CLINICAL RESEARCH 4896 03:04:34,658 --> 03:04:37,828 WITHIN THE NIH ENVIRONMENT IS 4897 03:04:37,828 --> 03:04:41,198 DETAILED AND DOES REQUIRE A GOOD 4898 03:04:41,198 --> 03:04:42,633 AMOUNT OF EXPERTISE. 4899 03:04:42,633 --> 03:04:47,571 I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR 4900 03:04:47,571 --> 03:04:47,771 TEAM. 4901 03:04:47,771 --> 03:04:48,972 WE HAVE PICTURED HERE, AND VERY 4902 03:04:48,972 --> 03:04:52,142 EXCITED TO GROW WITH THEM. 4903 03:04:52,142 --> 03:04:54,444 WE'RE POSITIONED TO SUPPORT NOT 4904 03:04:54,444 --> 03:04:56,880 ONLY STUDIES WE'RE CURRENTLY 4905 03:04:56,880 --> 03:04:59,383 ENGAGED IN BUT MORE AS WE 4906 03:04:59,383 --> 03:05:00,484 CONTINUE TO GROW. 4907 03:05:00,484 --> 03:05:05,288 THEN I MENTIONED FIVE PROTOCOLS, 4908 03:05:05,288 --> 03:05:06,923 RESEARCH PROTOCOLS CURRENTLY 4909 03:05:06,923 --> 03:05:11,628 ACTIVE AND ENROLLING THROUGH OUR 4910 03:05:11,628 --> 03:05:11,862 CLINIC. 4911 03:05:11,862 --> 03:05:14,564 THE SCREEN PROTOCOL, THE FIRST 4912 03:05:14,564 --> 03:05:17,200 TWO I CONSIDER FOUNDATIONAL. 4913 03:05:17,200 --> 03:05:20,270 SO, TO COMMON TO THE NIH -- OR 4914 03:05:20,270 --> 03:05:22,105 THE NIH CAMPUS AS A PATIENT, YOU 4915 03:05:22,105 --> 03:05:24,408 HAVE TO BE ENROLLED IN A 4916 03:05:24,408 --> 03:05:25,175 PROTOCOL. 4917 03:05:25,175 --> 03:05:26,176 WHICH CAN BE A BARRIER. 4918 03:05:26,176 --> 03:05:33,050 HOW DO YOU GET IN FOR THE FIRST 4919 03:05:33,050 --> 03:05:33,250 TIME? 4920 03:05:33,250 --> 03:05:36,620 WE'VE ESTABLISHED A SCREENING 4921 03:05:36,620 --> 03:05:38,855 PROTOCOL WHICH BROADLY ALLOWS US 4922 03:05:38,855 --> 03:05:43,560 TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOLOGIC 4923 03:05:43,560 --> 03:05:44,995 AND OTOLARYNGOLOGYIC ENT EXAM ON 4924 03:05:44,995 --> 03:05:46,530 ALL THESE PATIENTS. 4925 03:05:46,530 --> 03:05:48,565 AT THIS TIME WE CAN SCREEN AND 4926 03:05:48,565 --> 03:05:49,700 IDENTIFY IF THEY ARE A CANDIDATE 4927 03:05:49,700 --> 03:05:58,308 FOR ONE OF THE OTHER PROTOCOLS. 4928 03:05:58,308 --> 03:05:59,242 INTERVENTIONAL OR OBSERVATIONAL. 4929 03:05:59,242 --> 03:06:01,111 WE HAVE A TISSUE BANK, MORE 4930 03:06:01,111 --> 03:06:06,683 EFFICIENT TO HAVE A CENTRALIZED 4931 03:06:06,683 --> 03:06:10,387 PROTOCOL TO BUILD BIOBANK AND 4932 03:06:10,387 --> 03:06:13,190 ASK FUTURE QUESTIONS. 4933 03:06:13,190 --> 03:06:14,858 WE HAVE A COMMON PROTOCOL ALL 4934 03:06:14,858 --> 03:06:16,226 INVESTIGATORS CAN UTILIZE. 4935 03:06:16,226 --> 03:06:19,529 THIS YEAR, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 4936 03:06:19,529 --> 03:06:21,231 DR. CUNNINGHAM. 4937 03:06:21,231 --> 03:06:22,933 WE'VE ACTIVATED COMPLETED THE 4938 03:06:22,933 --> 03:06:25,535 SITE ACTIVATION VISIT AT THE 4939 03:06:25,535 --> 03:06:27,471 NIH, FOR OUR FIRST 4940 03:06:27,471 --> 03:06:29,106 INTERVENTIONAL TRIAL. 4941 03:06:29,106 --> 03:06:31,174 DR. CUNNINGHAM IS THE P.I. IN 4942 03:06:31,174 --> 03:06:33,577 PARTNERSHIP WITH NIKKI SCHMIDT 4943 03:06:33,577 --> 03:06:35,645 AT EMORY, AND THIS IS ALSO FROM 4944 03:06:35,645 --> 03:06:38,949 MY UNDERSTANDING OUR FIRST 4945 03:06:38,949 --> 03:06:40,917 U01-SUPPORTED STUDY THAT 4946 03:06:40,917 --> 03:06:44,955 COMBINES EXTRAMURAL AND 4947 03:06:44,955 --> 03:06:45,622 INTRAMURAL INVESTIGATORS. 4948 03:06:45,622 --> 03:06:47,491 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 4949 03:06:47,491 --> 03:06:49,226 OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES. 4950 03:06:49,226 --> 03:06:52,629 BOTTOM IS A HEARING INSTABILITY 4951 03:06:52,629 --> 03:06:54,798 PHENOTYPING STUDY THAT MIKE HOA 4952 03:06:54,798 --> 03:06:57,234 HAS BEEN LEADING SINCE 2021, 4953 03:06:57,234 --> 03:07:02,472 HE'S ENROLLED COMING UP ON HIS 4954 03:07:02,472 --> 03:07:03,573 50th SUBJECT. 4955 03:07:03,573 --> 03:07:06,877 NEXT IS GENETIC ANALYSIS OF 4956 03:07:06,877 --> 03:07:09,179 NON-SYNDROMIC AND SYNDROMIC 4957 03:07:09,179 --> 03:07:10,680 DEAFNESS IN PAKISTAN. 4958 03:07:10,680 --> 03:07:14,851 THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE, AS YOU 4959 03:07:14,851 --> 03:07:16,386 CAN SEE, LONGSTANDING STUDY THAT 4960 03:07:16,386 --> 03:07:19,523 THOMAS FRIEDMAN BUILD HIS CAREER 4961 03:07:19,523 --> 03:07:24,694 ON, IDENTIFYING NEW LOCI OF 4962 03:07:24,694 --> 03:07:25,896 MUTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH 4963 03:07:25,896 --> 03:07:26,863 HEREDITARY DEAFNESS. 4964 03:07:26,863 --> 03:07:29,199 WE ALSO HAVE A NATURAL HISTORY 4965 03:07:29,199 --> 03:07:32,269 OF DOMINANT HEARING LOSS, THIS 4966 03:07:32,269 --> 03:07:37,174 IS A STUDY LED BY WEI CHEN. 4967 03:07:37,174 --> 03:07:41,578 SINCE 2020 HAS ENROLLED ALMOST 4968 03:07:41,578 --> 03:07:42,646 30 PARTICIPANTS. 4969 03:07:42,646 --> 03:07:45,816 SO ON THE RIGHT IS A PIECE OF 4970 03:07:45,816 --> 03:07:47,150 ARTWORK THAT WE DEVELOPED TO 4971 03:07:47,150 --> 03:07:49,286 SUPPORT OUR SMELL AND TASTE 4972 03:07:49,286 --> 03:07:49,786 CENTER. 4973 03:07:49,786 --> 03:07:51,855 AS PART OF THIS, WE'VE HAD TO DO 4974 03:07:51,855 --> 03:07:54,991 A LOT OF STRATEGIC THINKING, HOW 4975 03:07:54,991 --> 03:07:57,594 CAN WE CONTRIBUTE TO OUR FIELD 4976 03:07:57,594 --> 03:08:00,530 AND OUR PATIENTS? 4977 03:08:00,530 --> 03:08:07,370 THE FIRST ANSWER, AS A 4978 03:08:07,370 --> 03:08:09,573 RHONOLOGIST TO ESTABLISH A 4979 03:08:09,573 --> 03:08:10,774 CLINICAL SERVICE LINEA CONSULT 4980 03:08:10,774 --> 03:08:13,276 SERVICE FOR OUR OTHER INSTITUTES 4981 03:08:13,276 --> 03:08:14,711 TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS WITH A 4982 03:08:14,711 --> 03:08:18,215 SMELL AND TASTE DISORDER THAT WE 4983 03:08:18,215 --> 03:08:19,950 CAN CLINICALLY EVALUATE, AND 4984 03:08:19,950 --> 03:08:22,686 ALSO AN OPEN CLINIC FOR PATIENTS 4985 03:08:22,686 --> 03:08:24,554 EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES OF SMELL 4986 03:08:24,554 --> 03:08:28,491 AND TASTE FROM THROUGHOUT THE 4987 03:08:28,491 --> 03:08:28,725 COUNTRY. 4988 03:08:28,725 --> 03:08:32,395 ALSO, IN TAKING A LESSON THAT I 4989 03:08:32,395 --> 03:08:34,397 BRING FROM ACADEMIA, AND THE 4990 03:08:34,397 --> 03:08:37,133 IMPACT OF THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY 4991 03:08:37,133 --> 03:08:39,102 CLINIC ON A PARTICIPANT, A 4992 03:08:39,102 --> 03:08:41,171 PATIENT, WHO IS DEALING WITH 4993 03:08:41,171 --> 03:08:44,774 ISSUES THAT INVOLVE THEIR ENTIRE 4994 03:08:44,774 --> 03:08:46,977 AIRWAY, OUR TRAINING OFTENTIMES 4995 03:08:46,977 --> 03:08:49,546 IS TOO SPECIALIZED, TOO 4996 03:08:49,546 --> 03:08:51,281 SEGMENTED, AND BY PARTNERING 4997 03:08:51,281 --> 03:08:54,317 WITH IMMUNOLOGISTS AT NIDA I'M 4998 03:08:54,317 --> 03:08:58,588 PROUD AND EXCITED TO OFFER THIS 4999 03:08:58,588 --> 03:09:00,724 CLINIC FOR THESE PATIENTS. 5000 03:09:00,724 --> 03:09:04,394 SO AN OVERVIEW OF THE SMELL AND 5001 03:09:04,394 --> 03:09:08,331 TASTE CENTER IS THREE PILLARS, 5002 03:09:08,331 --> 03:09:10,300 SUPPORT AND LEAD INNOVATIVE 5003 03:09:10,300 --> 03:09:14,137 RESEARCH, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE 5004 03:09:14,137 --> 03:09:19,743 COMPREHENSIVE CARE, AND LEAD IN 5005 03:09:19,743 --> 03:09:21,144 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH THAT MAY 5006 03:09:21,144 --> 03:09:22,512 BE PERHAPS THE BIGGEST IMPACT WE 5007 03:09:22,512 --> 03:09:26,616 HAVE, IS TO TAKE A LESSON FROM 5008 03:09:26,616 --> 03:09:29,119 EARS-SSENTIALS, THE PROGRAM THAT 5009 03:09:29,119 --> 03:09:31,855 TRULY TRAININGS THE SCIENTISTS 5010 03:09:31,855 --> 03:09:37,127 AND CLINICIANS HOW TO ASK AND 5011 03:09:37,127 --> 03:09:39,195 ANSWER THESE IMPORTANT 5012 03:09:39,195 --> 03:09:39,596 QUESTIONS. 5013 03:09:39,596 --> 03:09:47,304 I'VE ASKED DR. JOSEPH FROM THE 5014 03:09:47,304 --> 03:09:48,505 NIAAA, THE ALCOHOL INSTITUTE, TO 5015 03:09:48,505 --> 03:09:51,341 CO-LEAD THE CENTER WITH ME. 5016 03:09:51,341 --> 03:09:53,343 PAULE IS WELL KNOWN IN THE FIELD 5017 03:09:53,343 --> 03:09:54,744 AND HAS LED SINGLE-HANDEDLY THE 5018 03:09:54,744 --> 03:09:56,546 SMELL AND TASTE STUDIES AT THE 5019 03:09:56,546 --> 03:09:59,449 NIH FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW. 5020 03:09:59,449 --> 03:10:02,852 SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER IN 5021 03:10:02,852 --> 03:10:04,821 THIS EFFORT. 5022 03:10:04,821 --> 03:10:08,792 ONE QUICK EXAMPLE OF OF THE 5023 03:10:08,792 --> 03:10:10,293 OPPORTUNITIES I SEE. 5024 03:10:10,293 --> 03:10:13,730 THIS IS A FIGURE OF THE BRAIN 5025 03:10:13,730 --> 03:10:15,465 THAT'S AFFECTED BY PARKINSON'S, 5026 03:10:15,465 --> 03:10:18,535 IT'S DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT THE 5027 03:10:18,535 --> 03:10:21,137 SPREAD OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN IN THE 5028 03:10:21,137 --> 03:10:23,540 BRAIN, AS DISEASE PROGRESSES. 5029 03:10:23,540 --> 03:10:27,077 THE DARKER THE COLOR, DARKER 5030 03:10:27,077 --> 03:10:28,478 BROWN, IS EARLIER PRESENTATION, 5031 03:10:28,478 --> 03:10:29,679 EARLIER SITES OF INVOLVEMENT. 5032 03:10:29,679 --> 03:10:34,284 AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE 5033 03:10:34,284 --> 03:10:35,885 OLFACTORY BULB RIGHT HERE IS 5034 03:10:35,885 --> 03:10:38,655 RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FIRST 5035 03:10:38,655 --> 03:10:43,259 SITES WHERE ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN WILL 5036 03:10:43,259 --> 03:10:45,195 ACCUMULATE. 5037 03:10:45,195 --> 03:10:46,229 THE CHALLENGE AND THE 5038 03:10:46,229 --> 03:10:47,764 LIMITATION, CLINICAL IMPACT OF 5039 03:10:47,764 --> 03:10:49,265 THIS UNDERSTANDING, IS HOW DO 5040 03:10:49,265 --> 03:10:50,934 YOU GET TO THE OLFACTORY BULB? 5041 03:10:50,934 --> 03:10:55,005 THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT BE 5042 03:10:55,005 --> 03:10:55,538 EASILY BIOPSIED. 5043 03:10:55,538 --> 03:10:59,142 ON THE RIGHT IS FINDINGS FROM A 5044 03:10:59,142 --> 03:11:02,312 PAPER IN 2020 THAT FOUND WE CAN 5045 03:11:02,312 --> 03:11:04,180 SWAB THE NOSE, VERY CAREFULLY, 5046 03:11:04,180 --> 03:11:06,349 BUT WE CAN USE A BRUSH AND 5047 03:11:06,349 --> 03:11:09,519 COLLECT CELLS FROM THE LINING OF 5048 03:11:09,519 --> 03:11:11,721 THE NOSE. 5049 03:11:11,721 --> 03:11:12,889 THESE CELLS CONTAIN OLFACTORY 5050 03:11:12,889 --> 03:11:17,527 NEURONS, AND NOT ONLY THAT, 5051 03:11:17,527 --> 03:11:21,231 BOTTOM CENTER, HOPE IT SHOWS UP, 5052 03:11:21,231 --> 03:11:22,665 WE CAN DETECT ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN. 5053 03:11:22,665 --> 03:11:26,803 THIS IS A POTENTIAL CLINICALLY 5054 03:11:26,803 --> 03:11:29,005 IMPACTFUL AND RELEVANT NEW 5055 03:11:29,005 --> 03:11:31,341 BIOMARKER THAT I'M VERY EXCITED 5056 03:11:31,341 --> 03:11:33,176 TO REPLICATE AND SEE TRULY IF 5057 03:11:33,176 --> 03:11:40,950 THIS CAN BE APPLIED AT THE POINT 5058 03:11:40,950 --> 03:11:41,951 OF CARE. 5059 03:11:41,951 --> 03:11:43,686 FIVE YEAR PLAN ESTABLISH THE 5060 03:11:43,686 --> 03:11:44,687 SMELL AND TASTE CLINIC AND 5061 03:11:44,687 --> 03:11:48,158 CONSULT IT WAS BY THE END OF THE 5062 03:11:48,158 --> 03:11:50,026 YEAR, INCREASE TRAINING 5063 03:11:50,026 --> 03:11:50,794 OPPORTUNITIES, EXPAND PATIENT 5064 03:11:50,794 --> 03:11:53,730 ACCESS, IN ADDITION TO THE 5065 03:11:53,730 --> 03:11:54,964 CLINICAL CENTER THE BALTIMORE 5066 03:11:54,964 --> 03:11:57,200 LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF AGING IN 5067 03:11:57,200 --> 03:11:58,234 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL 5068 03:11:58,234 --> 03:12:01,104 INSTITUTE OF AGING IS GOING TO 5069 03:12:01,104 --> 03:12:05,241 BE A SECONDARY SITE, AND WE'LL 5070 03:12:05,241 --> 03:12:07,010 BEGIN SEEING PATIENTS AS PART OF 5071 03:12:07,010 --> 03:12:09,179 OUR GROUP. 5072 03:12:09,179 --> 03:12:11,815 AND I'M EXCITED TO LAUNCH 5073 03:12:11,815 --> 03:12:13,450 INTERVENTIONAL PROTOCOLS AND I'M 5074 03:12:13,450 --> 03:12:15,518 ACTIVELY SEEKING PARTNERS, BOTH 5075 03:12:15,518 --> 03:12:18,488 FROM ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY, 5076 03:12:18,488 --> 03:12:21,124 WHERE WE CAN ADVANCE, UTILIZE 5077 03:12:21,124 --> 03:12:22,959 THE CLINICAL CENTER'S UNIQUE 5078 03:12:22,959 --> 03:12:25,361 RESOURCES TO IMPACT PATIENT 5079 03:12:25,361 --> 03:12:25,562 CARE. 5080 03:12:25,562 --> 03:12:27,464 ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GOING TO 5081 03:12:27,464 --> 03:12:29,866 IMPROVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF 5082 03:12:29,866 --> 03:12:31,568 CHEMOSENSORY DYSFUNCTION AND 5083 03:12:31,568 --> 03:12:33,903 NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE, TO 5084 03:12:33,903 --> 03:12:35,638 IMPACT PATIENT LIVES. 5085 03:12:35,638 --> 03:12:37,207 WE HAD AN INAUGURAL SEMINAR IN 5086 03:12:37,207 --> 03:12:38,708 JULY OF THIS YEAR. 5087 03:12:38,708 --> 03:12:41,478 WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH OUR 5088 03:12:41,478 --> 03:12:42,479 EXTERNAL ADVISORS, I'M VERY 5089 03:12:42,479 --> 03:12:46,649 PROUD OF THE ADVISORY BOARD THAT 5090 03:12:46,649 --> 03:12:48,852 WE'VE BUILT, CONTAINS PATIENTS, 5091 03:12:48,852 --> 03:12:50,386 EXPERTS, AND THOUGHT LEADERS 5092 03:12:50,386 --> 03:12:53,189 WITHIN SMELL AND TASTE 5093 03:12:53,189 --> 03:12:53,690 COMMUNITIES. 5094 03:12:53,690 --> 03:12:55,592 WE HAVE SEVERAL CONGRESSIONAL 5095 03:12:55,592 --> 03:12:55,825 REMARKS. 5096 03:12:55,825 --> 03:12:57,393 KEYNOTE WAS GIVEN BY PROFESSOR 5097 03:12:57,393 --> 03:12:59,796 THOMAS HUMMEL, WHO RUNS ONE OF 5098 03:12:59,796 --> 03:13:01,664 THE MOST ESTABLISHED SMELL AND 5099 03:13:01,664 --> 03:13:02,432 TASTE CENTERS. 5100 03:13:02,432 --> 03:13:05,502 AND WE HAVE THREE PANELS. 5101 03:13:05,502 --> 03:13:07,137 WE'VE DISCUSSED STANDING ON THE 5102 03:13:07,137 --> 03:13:09,239 SHOULDERS OF GIANTS, LEARNING 5103 03:13:09,239 --> 03:13:11,508 FROM OUR PAST, THE FUTURE OF 5104 03:13:11,508 --> 03:13:14,144 SMELL AND TASTE RESEARCH, AND 5105 03:13:14,144 --> 03:13:15,245 THE PATIENT PERSPECTIVE. 5106 03:13:15,245 --> 03:13:17,113 AS I MENTIONED, THE PATIENT 5107 03:13:17,113 --> 03:13:22,452 VOICE IS CRUCIAL TO THE FUTURE 5108 03:13:22,452 --> 03:13:22,752 OF OUR TEAM. 5109 03:13:22,752 --> 03:13:27,724 I WANTED TO END ON TRAINING 5110 03:13:27,724 --> 03:13:28,258 INITIATIVES. 5111 03:13:28,258 --> 03:13:29,492 CLINICAL ELECTIVES PROGRAM IS A 5112 03:13:29,492 --> 03:13:32,228 CLINICAL OPPORTUNITY FOR 5113 03:13:32,228 --> 03:13:33,329 INTERESTED MEDICAL STUDENTS, AND 5114 03:13:33,329 --> 03:13:35,165 THIS IS ROBERT, WHO SPENT THE 5115 03:13:35,165 --> 03:13:36,833 PAST MONTH WITH US. 5116 03:13:36,833 --> 03:13:40,870 AND IS A REALLY EXCITING 5117 03:13:40,870 --> 03:13:43,173 OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE NIH'S 5118 03:13:43,173 --> 03:13:46,543 RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE WITH 5119 03:13:46,543 --> 03:13:47,944 THESE TRAINEES. 5120 03:13:47,944 --> 03:13:51,247 ROBERT WAS PRESENTING A STORY OF 5121 03:13:51,247 --> 03:13:53,116 HIS FATHER'S CASE, REALLY QUITE 5122 03:13:53,116 --> 03:13:56,953 EMOTIONAL AND IMPACTFUL. 5123 03:13:56,953 --> 03:13:59,122 HE HAD A SINONASAL CANCER, 5124 03:13:59,122 --> 03:14:01,224 ULTIMATELY PASSED FROM IT, WHICH 5125 03:14:01,224 --> 03:14:01,991 WAS ROBERT'S MOTIVATION TO COME 5126 03:14:01,991 --> 03:14:09,966 TO THE NIH AND TO LEARN. 5127 03:14:09,966 --> 03:14:12,569 DR. CUNNINGHAM MENTIONED THE 5128 03:14:12,569 --> 03:14:14,470 SUMMER AUDIOLOGY COURSE, I 5129 03:14:14,470 --> 03:14:16,339 WANTED TO INCLUDE THESE TWO 5130 03:14:16,339 --> 03:14:18,208 SLIDES TO HIGHLIGHT HOW 5131 03:14:18,208 --> 03:14:19,309 IMPACTFUL THIS WAS AND 5132 03:14:19,309 --> 03:14:20,843 COMPLICATED THE OFFERING WAS. 5133 03:14:20,843 --> 03:14:23,780 THIS WAS NOT A ONE-DAY COURSE OR 5134 03:14:23,780 --> 03:14:25,548 A SINGLE SEMINAR. 5135 03:14:25,548 --> 03:14:31,554 IT'S ACTUALLY A STRUCTURED 5136 03:14:31,554 --> 03:14:32,088 FOUR-WEEK INITIATIVE WHERE 5137 03:14:32,088 --> 03:14:33,122 PATIENTS, PROVIDERS, YOU NAME 5138 03:14:33,122 --> 03:14:36,059 IT, WERE ALL THERE FOR THE 5139 03:14:36,059 --> 03:14:36,326 STUDENTS. 5140 03:14:36,326 --> 03:14:38,695 AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE ME 5141 03:14:38,695 --> 03:14:42,632 AGAINST THE BACK WALL THERE, AS 5142 03:14:42,632 --> 03:14:44,067 I'M PEPPERED WITH AUDIOLOGY 5143 03:14:44,067 --> 03:14:46,569 QUESTIONS FROM THE STUDENTS. 5144 03:14:46,569 --> 03:14:47,770 I WAS QUITE NERVOUS. 5145 03:14:47,770 --> 03:14:55,144 AND I THINK I DIDN'T LIE. 5146 03:14:55,144 --> 03:15:02,252 FINAL SLIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON 5147 03:15:02,252 --> 03:15:03,119 THE OHNS SURGEON-SCIENTIST 5148 03:15:03,119 --> 03:15:04,887 PROGRAM SHARED WITH COUNCIL IN 5149 03:15:04,887 --> 03:15:06,422 THE LAST YEAR, GREATLY 5150 03:15:06,422 --> 03:15:08,925 APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. 5151 03:15:08,925 --> 03:15:10,593 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REVITALIZE 5152 03:15:10,593 --> 03:15:14,430 THIS PROGRAM, AND ARE CURRENTLY 5153 03:15:14,430 --> 03:15:16,633 SEEKING INTERESTED CANDIDATES. 5154 03:15:16,633 --> 03:15:20,436 THESE ARE JUNIOR FACULTY, 5155 03:15:20,436 --> 03:15:21,771 RECENTLY GRADUATED CLINICIANS, 5156 03:15:21,771 --> 03:15:24,607 WHO WANT TO INCREASE THEIR 5157 03:15:24,607 --> 03:15:26,242 SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN 5158 03:15:26,242 --> 03:15:27,577 TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL 5159 03:15:27,577 --> 03:15:28,011 RESEARCH. 5160 03:15:28,011 --> 03:15:30,213 SO, VERY EXCITED BY THIS 5161 03:15:30,213 --> 03:15:33,483 PROGRAM, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO 5162 03:15:33,483 --> 03:15:36,753 SUPPORT THESE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST, 5163 03:15:36,753 --> 03:15:38,054 NOT TRAINEES, THROUGH THEIR 5164 03:15:38,054 --> 03:15:40,023 INTRAMURAL AND THEN FOLLOWING 5165 03:15:40,023 --> 03:15:41,357 COMPLETION OF THIS PROGRAM IN 5166 03:15:41,357 --> 03:15:48,164 THE EXTRAMURAL PHASE AS WELL. 5167 03:15:48,164 --> 03:15:49,666 FACILITIES ARE BEING UPDATED. 5168 03:15:49,666 --> 03:15:55,938 WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE BACK ON 5169 03:15:55,938 --> 03:15:56,172 CAMPUS. 5170 03:15:56,172 --> 03:15:57,273 >> HELLO TO EVERYONE AT THE 5171 03:15:57,273 --> 03:16:00,209 INAUGURAL SEMINAR AT THE NIH NEW 5172 03:16:00,209 --> 03:16:01,511 NATIONAL SMELL AND TASTE CENTER. 5173 03:16:01,511 --> 03:16:04,814 THANK YOU TO ALL THE 5174 03:16:04,814 --> 03:16:05,348 RESEARCHERS, CLINICIANS, 5175 03:16:05,348 --> 03:16:06,883 ADVOCATES GATHERED TODAY FOR ALL 5176 03:16:06,883 --> 03:16:09,385 YOU DO TO ADVANCE OUR 5177 03:16:09,385 --> 03:16:10,820 UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHEMICAL 5178 03:16:10,820 --> 03:16:11,688 SENSES. 5179 03:16:11,688 --> 03:16:13,122 ANYONE WHO WENT TO A FOURTH OF 5180 03:16:13,122 --> 03:16:15,625 JULY BARBECUE LAST WEEK KNOWS 5181 03:16:15,625 --> 03:16:17,060 OUR SENSES OF TASTE AND SMELL 5182 03:16:17,060 --> 03:16:18,027 MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER. 5183 03:16:18,027 --> 03:16:20,029 THINK ABOUT THE SMELL OF BURGERS 5184 03:16:20,029 --> 03:16:20,997 ON THE GRILL. 5185 03:16:20,997 --> 03:16:23,533 I AM RIGHT NOW. 5186 03:16:23,533 --> 03:16:25,601 FIRST, BITE OF CORN ON THE COB, 5187 03:16:25,601 --> 03:16:26,336 BIG DEAL IN MINNESOTA. 5188 03:16:26,336 --> 03:16:28,004 THE TASTE OF YOUR FAVORITE ICE 5189 03:16:28,004 --> 03:16:30,440 CREAM ON A HOT SUMMER DAY. 5190 03:16:30,440 --> 03:16:31,741 COOKIES AND CREAM. 5191 03:16:31,741 --> 03:16:33,609 WE TAKE THESE MOMENTS FOR 5192 03:16:33,609 --> 03:16:34,210 GRANTED. 5193 03:16:34,210 --> 03:16:36,012 WHICH IS WHY WHEN SOMEONE LOSES 5194 03:16:36,012 --> 03:16:38,414 THEIR SENSE OF TASTE OR SMELL, 5195 03:16:38,414 --> 03:16:39,649 IT CAN BE OVERWHELMING. 5196 03:16:39,649 --> 03:16:42,552 WE SAW THIS DURING THE PANDEMIC. 5197 03:16:42,552 --> 03:16:44,620 WHEN MORE THAN 60% OF COVID 5198 03:16:44,620 --> 03:16:46,689 PATIENTS REPORTED LOSING AT 5199 03:16:46,689 --> 03:16:47,757 LEAST ONE OF THESE SENSES, BUT 5200 03:16:47,757 --> 03:16:52,161 THIS ISSUE IS MUCH BROADER THAN 5201 03:16:52,161 --> 03:16:52,362 COVID. 5202 03:16:52,362 --> 03:16:54,263 25% OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 5203 03:16:54,263 --> 03:16:57,200 PATIENTS EXPERIENCE A DIMINISHED 5204 03:16:57,200 --> 03:16:59,502 SENSE OF TASTE BETWEEN 75 AND 5205 03:16:59,502 --> 03:17:00,803 90% OF PARKINSON'S PATIENTS 5206 03:17:00,803 --> 03:17:02,004 EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF SMELL. 5207 03:17:02,004 --> 03:17:05,208 AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR UP TO 5208 03:17:05,208 --> 03:17:06,509 90% OF ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS. 5209 03:17:06,509 --> 03:17:08,177 WE KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T JUST 5210 03:17:08,177 --> 03:17:09,212 ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS. 5211 03:17:09,212 --> 03:17:12,215 IT'S ABOUT OUR MOMS AND DADS, 5212 03:17:12,215 --> 03:17:14,717 GRANDMAS, GRANDPAS, FRIENDS AND 5213 03:17:14,717 --> 03:17:14,984 NEIGHBORS. 5214 03:17:14,984 --> 03:17:16,352 THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GATHERED 5215 03:17:16,352 --> 03:17:16,552 TODAY. 5216 03:17:16,552 --> 03:17:19,422 BY SHOWING UP AT TODAY'S SEMINAR 5217 03:17:19,422 --> 03:17:22,158 YOU'RE DOING YOUR PART TO BEGIN 5218 03:17:22,158 --> 03:17:23,693 THAT INCREDIBLE WORK AND THE 5219 03:17:23,693 --> 03:17:24,694 REJUVENATION OF THE WORK THAT 5220 03:17:24,694 --> 03:17:27,096 WE'RE DOING ON TASTE AND SMELL 5221 03:17:27,096 --> 03:17:27,463 RESEARCH. 5222 03:17:27,463 --> 03:17:29,298 NOW WE MUST DO OUR PART. 5223 03:17:29,298 --> 03:17:31,167 THAT'S WHY I'M FOCUSED ON 5224 03:17:31,167 --> 03:17:32,769 INCREASING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR 5225 03:17:32,769 --> 03:17:33,803 BASIC MEDICAL RESEARCH. 5226 03:17:33,803 --> 03:17:35,538 THIS YEAR MARKS THE 10th YEAR 5227 03:17:35,538 --> 03:17:38,274 IN A ROW THAT I WORK WITH MY 5228 03:17:38,274 --> 03:17:39,909 COLLEAGUES TO INCREASE NIH 5229 03:17:39,909 --> 03:17:41,577 FUNDING BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S 5230 03:17:41,577 --> 03:17:43,846 SEARCHING FOR A CURE FOR CANCER, 5231 03:17:43,846 --> 03:17:48,985 IMPROVING THE WAIT WE TREAT 5232 03:17:48,985 --> 03:17:53,723 MENTAL ILLNESS OR CARRYING OUT 5233 03:17:53,723 --> 03:17:55,458 TASTE AND SMELL RESEARCH BRINGS 5234 03:17:55,458 --> 03:18:00,263 US CLOSER TO A HEALTHIER FUTURE 5235 03:18:00,263 --> 03:18:03,466 EVERY FEDERAL DOLLAR WAVES THE 5236 03:18:03,466 --> 03:18:05,201 WAY FOR TREATMENT -- PAVES THE 5237 03:18:05,201 --> 03:18:08,137 WAY FOR TREATMENTS TOMORROW. 5238 03:18:08,137 --> 03:18:08,905 RESEARCHES, CLINICIANS AND 5239 03:18:08,905 --> 03:18:11,307 ADVOCATES, WE CAN BUILD A MORE 5240 03:18:11,307 --> 03:18:13,309 COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE 5241 03:18:13,309 --> 03:18:14,076 CHEMICAL SENSES. 5242 03:18:14,076 --> 03:18:15,711 I'LL END WITH THIS. 5243 03:18:15,711 --> 03:18:17,980 IF YOU VISIT MY OFFICE, YOU'LL 5244 03:18:17,980 --> 03:18:19,215 SEE A PICTURE HANGING ON THE 5245 03:18:19,215 --> 03:18:19,415 WALL. 5246 03:18:19,415 --> 03:18:24,887 IT'S A DRAWING OF A WOMAN, 5247 03:18:24,887 --> 03:18:25,988 HOLDING THE EARTH, BEING HANDED 5248 03:18:25,988 --> 03:18:27,623 TO HER BY AN ANGEL. 5249 03:18:27,623 --> 03:18:29,759 IN MY DREAM THE ANGEL SAID IF WE 5250 03:18:29,759 --> 03:18:32,328 FAIL THIS TIME, IT WILL BE A 5251 03:18:32,328 --> 03:18:33,529 FAILURE OF IMAGINATION. 5252 03:18:33,529 --> 03:18:35,298 AND THEN SHE PLACED THE WORLD 5253 03:18:35,298 --> 03:18:38,768 GENTLY IN THE PALM OF MY HAND. 5254 03:18:38,768 --> 03:18:40,937 THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH ON THE 5255 03:18:40,937 --> 03:18:42,738 CHEMICAL SENSES IS IN THE PALMS 5256 03:18:42,738 --> 03:18:44,040 OF OUR HANDS. 5257 03:18:44,040 --> 03:18:46,676 OF YOUR HANDS. 5258 03:18:46,676 --> 03:18:50,179 AND WHEN IT COMES TO DEDICATION, 5259 03:18:50,179 --> 03:18:51,147 IDEAS, PASSION OF EVERYONE 5260 03:18:51,147 --> 03:18:52,682 GATHERED TODAY WE WON'T FAIL 5261 03:18:52,682 --> 03:18:54,450 BECAUSE THERE IS NO LACK OF 5262 03:18:54,450 --> 03:18:57,620 TALENT OR AM BINGES IN THIS 5263 03:18:57,620 --> 03:18:57,987 ROOM. 5264 03:18:57,987 --> 03:18:59,255 AMBITION IN THE ROOM. 5265 03:18:59,255 --> 03:19:00,523 I KNOW YOU HAVE THE IMAGINATION 5266 03:19:00,523 --> 03:19:02,625 WE NEED RIGHT NOW IN OUR WORLD. 5267 03:19:02,625 --> 03:19:05,228 LET'S GET GOING ON THIS 5268 03:19:05,228 --> 03:19:06,562 GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH. 5269 03:19:06,562 --> 03:19:09,031 WE ALL CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE 5270 03:19:09,031 --> 03:19:11,167 WORK THAT COMES OUT OF IT. 5271 03:19:11,167 --> 03:19:11,467 THANKS. 5272 03:19:11,467 --> 03:19:13,236 IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SPEND A 5273 03:19:13,236 --> 03:19:15,404 FEW MOMENTS WITH YOU, EVEN IF IT 5274 03:19:15,404 --> 03:19:16,639 IS VIA VIDEO. 5275 03:19:16,639 --> 03:19:19,909 THANKS, EVERYONE. 5276 03:19:19,909 --> 03:19:30,253 >> THANK YOU ALL. 5277 03:19:31,687 --> 03:19:33,589 >> I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD SUCH 5278 03:19:33,589 --> 03:19:37,193 AN INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO BEFORE. 5279 03:19:37,193 --> 03:19:37,660 IT'S AMAZING. 5280 03:19:37,660 --> 03:19:43,900 WELL, THANK YOU, JOSH. 5281 03:19:43,900 --> 03:19:47,737 ANY DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS? 5282 03:19:47,737 --> 03:19:49,205 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 5283 03:19:49,205 --> 03:19:52,642 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK 5284 03:19:52,642 --> 03:19:55,044 EVERY TASTE AND SMELL RESEARCHER 5285 03:19:55,044 --> 03:19:57,880 OUT IN THE EXTRAMURAL COMMUNITY 5286 03:19:57,880 --> 03:19:59,882 HAS PROBABLY EXPERIENCED IS AN 5287 03:19:59,882 --> 03:20:02,919 E-MAIL, IT USED TO BE LETTERS, 5288 03:20:02,919 --> 03:20:06,422 FROM SOMEBODY WHO SAYS MY SON 5289 03:20:06,422 --> 03:20:08,724 HAS THIS THING THAT JUST 5290 03:20:08,724 --> 03:20:11,661 HAPPENED LAST WEEK, AND NOW THEY 5291 03:20:11,661 --> 03:20:15,765 CAN'T SMELL ANYTHING. 5292 03:20:15,765 --> 03:20:19,335 AND HE'S COMPLETELY DISTRAUGHT. 5293 03:20:19,335 --> 03:20:22,872 AND WE ALL SORT OF COME UP SHORT 5294 03:20:22,872 --> 03:20:26,576 WITH WHAT DO WE WRITE BACK. 5295 03:20:26,576 --> 03:20:28,444 IT'S ALWAYS LIKE OKAY, NOT JUST 5296 03:20:28,444 --> 03:20:34,483 BECAUSE I'M NOT A CLINICIAN, BUT 5297 03:20:34,483 --> 03:20:38,020 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A 5298 03:20:38,020 --> 03:20:43,659 PLACE TO GUIDE JUST THIS VERY 5299 03:20:43,659 --> 03:20:47,697 DISTRIBUTED PATIENT POPULATION 5300 03:20:47,697 --> 03:20:52,768 THAT DOESN'T HAVE A 5301 03:20:52,768 --> 03:20:54,203 WELL-IDENTIFIED TARGET FOR EVEN 5302 03:20:54,203 --> 03:20:57,607 SOME SORT OF CLINICAL RESPONSE, 5303 03:20:57,607 --> 03:20:58,274 YOU KNOW. 5304 03:20:58,274 --> 03:21:04,280 SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE 5305 03:21:04,280 --> 03:21:10,953 SOMETHING NOW, SAY, A VERY 5306 03:21:10,953 --> 03:21:11,587 FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL, TELEMEDICINE 5307 03:21:11,587 --> 03:21:14,557 INTAKE, THAT WOULD HELP JUST, 5308 03:21:14,557 --> 03:21:19,295 SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED 5309 03:21:19,295 --> 03:21:23,332 TO SAY TO YOUR LOCAL -- TO YOUR 5310 03:21:23,332 --> 03:21:25,868 PRIMARY CARE, OR IT COULD BE, 5311 03:21:25,868 --> 03:21:28,371 YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR 5312 03:21:28,371 --> 03:21:30,039 WAY TO THE CLOSEST MEDICAL 5313 03:21:30,039 --> 03:21:33,309 CENTER, AND LOOK FOR THUS AND 5314 03:21:33,309 --> 03:21:33,843 SUCH. 5315 03:21:33,843 --> 03:21:35,845 AND I MEANT PERHAPS DEPENDING ON 5316 03:21:35,845 --> 03:21:37,246 THE SEVERITY, I THINK SOMETHING 5317 03:21:37,246 --> 03:21:42,485 LIKE THAT, WHICH IS A NATIONAL 5318 03:21:42,485 --> 03:21:43,919 VIRTUAL RESOURCE, WOULD BE -- 5319 03:21:43,919 --> 03:21:45,021 SHOULD BE AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL 5320 03:21:45,021 --> 03:21:49,525 FOR US BECAUSE I THINK THAT 5321 03:21:49,525 --> 03:21:50,359 PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS DON'T 5322 03:21:50,359 --> 03:21:53,029 KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH A LOT OF 5323 03:21:53,029 --> 03:21:54,463 TASTE AND SMELL. 5324 03:21:54,463 --> 03:21:57,400 ANY KIND OF CHEMICAL SENSE 5325 03:21:57,400 --> 03:21:57,667 DISORDERS. 5326 03:21:57,667 --> 03:22:01,570 >> THANK YOU, NIRUPA. 5327 03:22:01,570 --> 03:22:04,206 I COULD NOT AGREE MORE. 5328 03:22:04,206 --> 03:22:05,374 I'VE ENTERED SMELL AND TASTE 5329 03:22:05,374 --> 03:22:06,809 RESEARCH FROM PERSPECTIVE OF A 5330 03:22:06,809 --> 03:22:11,180 SPECIALIST WHO STRUGGLED IN 5331 03:22:11,180 --> 03:22:12,615 TREATING IT. 5332 03:22:12,615 --> 03:22:14,116 IT'S TERRIBLY FRUSTRATING BUT I 5333 03:22:14,116 --> 03:22:16,018 DEVELOPED A LITTLE PITCH THAT I 5334 03:22:16,018 --> 03:22:17,420 WOULD TELL MY PATIENTS. 5335 03:22:17,420 --> 03:22:19,722 I KNOW YOU HAVE SINUS DISEASE, 5336 03:22:19,722 --> 03:22:21,357 AND I PROMISE OUR TREATMENTS, WE 5337 03:22:21,357 --> 03:22:25,094 CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THESE 5338 03:22:25,094 --> 03:22:25,695 SYMPTOMS. 5339 03:22:25,695 --> 03:22:28,497 BUT SMELL, WHICH IS A DEFINING 5340 03:22:28,497 --> 03:22:30,566 FACTOR OF SINUS DISEASE, I CAN'T 5341 03:22:30,566 --> 03:22:31,867 PROMISE YOU A THING. 5342 03:22:31,867 --> 03:22:35,271 I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL 5343 03:22:35,271 --> 03:22:37,339 RESOLVE, IF MY TREATMENTS WILL 5344 03:22:37,339 --> 03:22:38,340 HELP OR HURT. 5345 03:22:38,340 --> 03:22:48,818 THE NEED IS VERY WELL PUT. 5346 03:22:49,018 --> 03:22:49,618 >> ALL RIGHT. 5347 03:22:49,618 --> 03:22:58,127 THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOSH. 5348 03:22:58,127 --> 03:22:59,228 THAT WAS GREAT. 5349 03:22:59,228 --> 03:23:01,964 NOW WE HAVE MR. ERIC WILLIAMS, 5350 03:23:01,964 --> 03:23:07,703 BUDGET OFFICER, WILL PRESENT THE 5351 03:23:07,703 --> 03:23:17,847 BUDGET. 5352 03:23:26,789 --> 03:23:28,457 >> HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION 5353 03:23:28,457 --> 03:23:29,759 ON THE CURRENT BUDGET SITUATION. 5354 03:23:29,759 --> 03:23:31,827 AS I START ALL OF THEM WITH 5355 03:23:31,827 --> 03:23:33,796 OUR -- WE CALL IT OUR MECHANISM 5356 03:23:33,796 --> 03:23:36,098 TABLE, HOW WE LAY OUT BUDGETS, 5357 03:23:36,098 --> 03:23:38,400 ALL THE DATA YOU SEE IS 5358 03:23:38,400 --> 03:23:39,168 TYPICALLY DELAYED. 5359 03:23:39,168 --> 03:23:40,603 I JUST GOT MY E-MAIL TODAY THAT 5360 03:23:40,603 --> 03:23:43,439 I COULD SHOW YOU THE THIRD 5361 03:23:43,439 --> 03:23:44,974 QUARTER INFORMATION. 5362 03:23:44,974 --> 03:23:52,281 IT'S DELAYED UNTIL IT'S 5363 03:23:52,281 --> 03:23:54,383 TRANSMITTED TO CONGRESS. 5364 03:23:54,383 --> 03:23:56,118 I HIGHLIGHT WITH RED OR GREEN 5365 03:23:56,118 --> 03:23:58,854 NUMBERS GOING UP OR DOWN FROM 5366 03:23:58,854 --> 03:24:01,157 WHERE WE STAND. 5367 03:24:01,157 --> 03:24:02,892 SO, THIS MECHANISM TABLE IS 5368 03:24:02,892 --> 03:24:07,363 SHOWING WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID IN 5369 03:24:07,363 --> 03:24:11,133 FY 23, AND WHAT OUR PLAN AT THE 5370 03:24:11,133 --> 03:24:14,737 END OF JUNE WAS FOR FY 24. 5371 03:24:14,737 --> 03:24:17,139 OUR NUMBERS FOR NON-COMPETING 5372 03:24:17,139 --> 03:24:19,108 WILL BE GOING DOWN, SEVERAL 5373 03:24:19,108 --> 03:24:23,045 MILLION, AND IT WILL BE PROBABLY 5374 03:24:23,045 --> 03:24:27,349 A LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT WE DID 5375 03:24:27,349 --> 03:24:28,551 IN 23. 5376 03:24:28,551 --> 03:24:30,186 AND WHAT THIS ULTIMATELY HAS 5377 03:24:30,186 --> 03:24:33,022 DONE FOR US IS ALLOWED US TO 5378 03:24:33,022 --> 03:24:34,456 SPEND MORE FUNDS ON 5379 03:24:34,456 --> 03:24:36,091 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENTS AND 5380 03:24:36,091 --> 03:24:36,859 ON COMPETING RPGs. 5381 03:24:36,859 --> 03:24:42,464 THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE 5382 03:24:42,464 --> 03:24:44,200 INCREASING, LOOKING MORE LIKE FY 5383 03:24:44,200 --> 03:24:44,366 23. 5384 03:24:44,366 --> 03:24:49,038 WE'VE ALSO ADDED A LITTLE BIT 5385 03:24:49,038 --> 03:24:52,842 MORE FUNDING TO TRAINING, 5386 03:24:52,842 --> 03:24:53,709 INSTITUTIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL 5387 03:24:53,709 --> 03:24:55,377 TRAINING, Fs GOT A BOOST. 5388 03:24:55,377 --> 03:25:01,684 WE'VE ADDED A LITTLE BIT TO OUR 5389 03:25:01,684 --> 03:25:04,220 R&D CONTRACT PORTFOLIO TO COVER 5390 03:25:04,220 --> 03:25:05,654 LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM AND OTHER 5391 03:25:05,654 --> 03:25:05,988 THINGS. 5392 03:25:05,988 --> 03:25:07,156 IT WASN'T A BIG INCREASE. 5393 03:25:07,156 --> 03:25:10,125 WE ALSO HAD A LITTLE BIT OF 5394 03:25:10,125 --> 03:25:11,460 INCREASE TO OUR RESEARCH 5395 03:25:11,460 --> 03:25:12,895 MANAGEMENT SUPPORT. 5396 03:25:12,895 --> 03:25:16,165 JUST A SMALL INCREASE TO HELP 5397 03:25:16,165 --> 03:25:17,132 ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT PAY ITEMS 5398 03:25:17,132 --> 03:25:22,271 THAT WE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF. 5399 03:25:22,271 --> 03:25:26,675 THIS SLIDE IS JUST A BIGGER 5400 03:25:26,675 --> 03:25:28,110 CONVERSATION TO HAVE BECAUSE IT 5401 03:25:28,110 --> 03:25:32,915 REALLY TALKS ABOUT THE STRUGGLES 5402 03:25:32,915 --> 03:25:35,651 WE'RE HAVING WITH THE FEDERAL 5403 03:25:35,651 --> 03:25:38,721 BUDGET, SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR 5404 03:25:38,721 --> 03:25:39,154 PROGRAMS. 5405 03:25:39,154 --> 03:25:43,192 UP UNTIL 23, FY 23, WE HAD SEVEN 5406 03:25:43,192 --> 03:25:47,329 CONSECUTIVE YEARS OF GROWTH, NOT 5407 03:25:47,329 --> 03:25:50,065 ALWAYS CONSISTENT, SOME YEARS 5408 03:25:50,065 --> 03:25:52,134 1%, OTHER YEARS 3%. 5409 03:25:52,134 --> 03:25:53,235 GROWTH PRESENTS ITS OWN PROBLEMS 5410 03:25:53,235 --> 03:25:55,871 WHEN THEY ARE UNEVEN, AS YOU'RE 5411 03:25:55,871 --> 03:25:58,374 TRYING TO BALANCE A 5412 03:25:58,374 --> 03:26:00,576 NON-COMPETING BASE AGAINST A 5413 03:26:00,576 --> 03:26:03,512 BUNCH OF COMPETING GRANTS, AND 5414 03:26:03,512 --> 03:26:04,513 KEEPING A THRIVING COMPETING 5415 03:26:04,513 --> 03:26:09,218 PROGRAM, BUT NOTHING COMPARES TO 5416 03:26:09,218 --> 03:26:12,187 HAVING BACK-TO-BACK-TO BACK FLAT 5417 03:26:12,187 --> 03:26:12,955 BUDGETS. 5418 03:26:12,955 --> 03:26:15,124 AND IN FACT FOR FY 25 I DON'T 5419 03:26:15,124 --> 03:26:18,193 KNOW IF WE HAVE A FLAT BUDGET 5420 03:26:18,193 --> 03:26:19,395 YET OR NOT. 5421 03:26:19,395 --> 03:26:23,065 WHAT I DO KNOW IS WE'LL BE 5422 03:26:23,065 --> 03:26:27,970 STARTING FY 25 ON A CONTINUING 5423 03:26:27,970 --> 03:26:29,204 RESOLUTION, WHICH MEANS THAT 5424 03:26:29,204 --> 03:26:31,607 CONGRESS IS NOT GOING TO HAVE -- 5425 03:26:31,607 --> 03:26:32,908 AND THE PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING 5426 03:26:32,908 --> 03:26:34,777 TO HAVE A BUDGET ESTABLISHED ON 5427 03:26:34,777 --> 03:26:35,778 OCTOBER 1 5428 03:26:35,778 --> 03:26:37,947 THE PROPOSALS IN PLACE ARE TO 5429 03:26:37,947 --> 03:26:39,715 PUNT UNTIL EITHER THE END OF 5430 03:26:39,715 --> 03:26:43,452 DECEMBER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 5431 03:26:43,452 --> 03:26:44,486 SENATE'S BILL PROPOSAL OR TO THE 5432 03:26:44,486 --> 03:26:48,357 END OF MARCH IF YOU LOOK AT THE 5433 03:26:48,357 --> 03:26:49,358 HOUSE'S PROPOSAL. 5434 03:26:49,358 --> 03:26:51,760 SO, THERE COULD BE TWO 5435 03:26:51,760 --> 03:26:54,797 ADMINISTRATIONS, THERE COULD BE 5436 03:26:54,797 --> 03:26:55,564 TWO DIFFERENT CONGRESSES. 5437 03:26:55,564 --> 03:26:57,433 THERE'S A LOT THAT HAS TO BE 5438 03:26:57,433 --> 03:26:58,968 SORTED OUT IN THERE. 5439 03:26:58,968 --> 03:26:59,935 FOR PLANNING PURPOSES WE WERE 5440 03:26:59,935 --> 03:27:06,742 TOLD IT'S GOING TO BE FLAT. 5441 03:27:06,742 --> 03:27:08,610 THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET IS VERY 5442 03:27:08,610 --> 03:27:13,315 SLIGHT GROWTH, NOT QUITE 1%, A 5443 03:27:13,315 --> 03:27:15,617 TINY GROWTH, A FRACTION OF A 5444 03:27:15,617 --> 03:27:16,352 PERCENT ACTUALLY. 5445 03:27:16,352 --> 03:27:18,554 SO, WHAT IT DOES TO US IS IT'S A 5446 03:27:18,554 --> 03:27:20,756 LOT OF THINGS. 5447 03:27:20,756 --> 03:27:26,562 WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE MONEY TO 5448 03:27:26,562 --> 03:27:27,629 FUND THESE. 5449 03:27:27,629 --> 03:27:29,398 WE'VE ABSORBED SEVERAL PAY 5450 03:27:29,398 --> 03:27:31,300 RAISES THAT ARE MANDATORY, HAS 5451 03:27:31,300 --> 03:27:34,536 TO COME OUT OF THAT AMOUNT. 5452 03:27:34,536 --> 03:27:35,637 WE'VE ABSORBED INFLATION, COST 5453 03:27:35,637 --> 03:27:39,908 OF AN R01, NEW R01 COMING IN, 5454 03:27:39,908 --> 03:27:40,776 STEADILY INCREASING EVERY YEAR. 5455 03:27:40,776 --> 03:27:42,211 THESE ARE ALL MILLIONS AND 5456 03:27:42,211 --> 03:27:44,413 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE'RE 5457 03:27:44,413 --> 03:27:46,482 TALKING ABOUT. 5458 03:27:46,482 --> 03:27:49,318 THE COST OF RENEWING CONTRACTS, 5459 03:27:49,318 --> 03:27:50,853 WHETHER THAT BE PERSONNEL 5460 03:27:50,853 --> 03:27:55,124 SUPPORT CONTRACTS, I.T. 5461 03:27:55,124 --> 03:27:56,425 CONTRACTS, VARIETY OF I.T. 5462 03:27:56,425 --> 03:27:57,860 CONTRACTS, ANY KIND OF CONTRACT, 5463 03:27:57,860 --> 03:28:01,363 THOSE ARE ALL GOING UP. 5464 03:28:01,363 --> 03:28:03,899 THE COST OF NIH TO FUND SECURITY 5465 03:28:03,899 --> 03:28:07,503 FORCE, PAY FOR THE LIGHTS, PAY 5466 03:28:07,503 --> 03:28:09,071 FOR CENTRALIZED I.T. SERVICES, 5467 03:28:09,071 --> 03:28:11,106 CUTTING THE GRASS, EVERYTHING IS 5468 03:28:11,106 --> 03:28:14,643 INCREASED, AND WE PAY A PART OF 5469 03:28:14,643 --> 03:28:14,977 EVERYTHING. 5470 03:28:14,977 --> 03:28:17,246 WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING SOME 5471 03:28:17,246 --> 03:28:17,713 PRESIDENTAL TRANSITION 5472 03:28:17,713 --> 03:28:20,883 MATERIALS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS 5473 03:28:20,883 --> 03:28:24,253 IS IF THE CURRENT SERVICES WERE 5474 03:28:24,253 --> 03:28:26,655 CONTINUED, WHAT SHOULD YOUR 5475 03:28:26,655 --> 03:28:28,524 FUNDING BE NOW, OR WHAT IS THE 5476 03:28:28,524 --> 03:28:32,361 LEVEL OF DEMAND THAT YOU WOULD 5477 03:28:32,361 --> 03:28:36,598 NEED FUNDING FOR, AND IT'S BY 5478 03:28:36,598 --> 03:28:37,366 THOSE ESTIMATES WE'RE PROBABLY 5479 03:28:37,366 --> 03:28:38,700 14 OR $15 MILLION UNDERFUNDED, 5480 03:28:38,700 --> 03:28:42,838 IF YOU BELIEVE THAT OUR FUNDING 5481 03:28:42,838 --> 03:28:45,808 IN FY 23 WAS WHAT WE NEEDED. 5482 03:28:45,808 --> 03:28:49,945 SOMEWHERE IN A VERY FLAT BUDGET, 5483 03:28:49,945 --> 03:28:53,916 WE'VE TRIED TO SQUEEZE THE SAME 5484 03:28:53,916 --> 03:28:56,885 LEVEL OF RESEARCH AND SUPPORT IN 5485 03:28:56,885 --> 03:29:00,589 A BUDGET THAT IS, YOU KNOW, $10, 5486 03:29:00,589 --> 03:29:03,325 $15 MILLION SHORT OF WHAT IT 5487 03:29:03,325 --> 03:29:05,060 IDEALLY WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN THE 5488 03:29:05,060 --> 03:29:07,596 SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE. 5489 03:29:07,596 --> 03:29:08,464 SO WE'VE JUMPED THROUGH 5490 03:29:08,464 --> 03:29:12,067 DIFFERENT HOOPS. 5491 03:29:12,067 --> 03:29:13,368 WE'VE DONE DIFFERENT FUNDING 5492 03:29:13,368 --> 03:29:13,969 TRICKS. 5493 03:29:13,969 --> 03:29:16,338 WE'VE PRE-FUNDED WHERE WE COULD 5494 03:29:16,338 --> 03:29:16,905 PRE-FUND. 5495 03:29:16,905 --> 03:29:22,044 WE'VE DEFERRED WHERE WE COULD 5496 03:29:22,044 --> 03:29:23,011 DEFER. 5497 03:29:23,011 --> 03:29:25,447 WE'VE SCRAPED UNOBLIGATED 5498 03:29:25,447 --> 03:29:27,282 BALANCES WHERE WE COULD. 5499 03:29:27,282 --> 03:29:28,484 YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO 5500 03:29:28,484 --> 03:29:29,918 BEING TAPPED OUT ON THE PLACES 5501 03:29:29,918 --> 03:29:34,857 THAT WE CAN DO THINGS. 5502 03:29:34,857 --> 03:29:35,624 MEANWHILE, YOU KNOW, THE 5503 03:29:35,624 --> 03:29:37,860 INSTITUTE IS STRIVING FOR 5504 03:29:37,860 --> 03:29:38,494 GROWTH. 5505 03:29:38,494 --> 03:29:40,129 YOU SAW DR. LEVY'S FIVE-YEAR 5506 03:29:40,129 --> 03:29:47,002 PLAN, SOMEBODY HAS TO FUND THAT, 5507 03:29:47,002 --> 03:29:47,870 RIGHT? 5508 03:29:47,870 --> 03:29:49,738 WE HAVE -- OUR DIVISION OF 5509 03:29:49,738 --> 03:29:51,073 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS HAS WORKED 5510 03:29:51,073 --> 03:29:54,476 FOR YEARS TO DEVELOP NEW 5511 03:29:54,476 --> 03:29:56,812 PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE SENT OUT 5512 03:29:56,812 --> 03:29:57,880 ADVERTISEMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS, 5513 03:29:57,880 --> 03:29:59,948 AND THOSE ARE ROLLING IN. 5514 03:29:59,948 --> 03:30:02,050 AND WE'RE TRYING TO ABSORB AS 5515 03:30:02,050 --> 03:30:05,888 MUCH OF THAT IN THE SAME BUDGET. 5516 03:30:05,888 --> 03:30:07,990 SO, NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT IS A 5517 03:30:07,990 --> 03:30:11,460 CHALLENGE TO DO ALL OF THESE 5518 03:30:11,460 --> 03:30:13,562 THINGS. 5519 03:30:13,562 --> 03:30:17,199 AND GOING INTO FY 25, YOU KNOW, 5520 03:30:17,199 --> 03:30:22,404 WE'RE ALREADY IN -- WE HAVE A 5521 03:30:22,404 --> 03:30:23,705 SHORTFALL, SOMETHING WE HAVE TO 5522 03:30:23,705 --> 03:30:29,211 MANAGE AND FIND A WAY OF DOING, 5523 03:30:29,211 --> 03:30:30,279 NON-COMPETING ANNIVERSARY AWARDS 5524 03:30:30,279 --> 03:30:31,813 THAT ARE ALL 10% UNTIL WE 5525 03:30:31,813 --> 03:30:34,650 RECEIVE SOME LEVEL OF FUNDING, 5526 03:30:34,650 --> 03:30:36,185 THE INTENT IS TO RESTORE THAT 5527 03:30:36,185 --> 03:30:37,819 WHEN FUNDING IS RESTORED BUT WE 5528 03:30:37,819 --> 03:30:39,688 HAVE TO BE FRUGAL GOING INTO 5529 03:30:39,688 --> 03:30:42,424 NEXT YEAR, CONTINUE TO DO THE 5530 03:30:42,424 --> 03:30:47,563 THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING 5531 03:30:47,563 --> 03:30:52,601 TO SAVE HERE, SKIMP HERE, DEFER. 5532 03:30:52,601 --> 03:30:54,236 IN A WAY IT DOES DELAY SOME 5533 03:30:54,236 --> 03:30:57,639 THINGS, IN A WAY, YOU KNOW, IF 5534 03:30:57,639 --> 03:30:59,508 THE CONGRESS POPS UP AND SAYS 5535 03:30:59,508 --> 03:31:03,345 WE'RE HAVING 3% GROWTH NEXT YEAR 5536 03:31:03,345 --> 03:31:04,646 IT HELPS BUFFER INFLUX OF CASH 5537 03:31:04,646 --> 03:31:07,082 THAT'S ALSO HARD TO MANAGE. 5538 03:31:07,082 --> 03:31:08,717 SO WE'RE -- WE'VE DONE REALLY 5539 03:31:08,717 --> 03:31:11,887 WELL TO MANAGE SO FAR BUT WE'RE 5540 03:31:11,887 --> 03:31:15,824 AT A POINT NOW WHERE SOME OF OUR 5541 03:31:15,824 --> 03:31:18,227 OPTIONS WE'VE BEEN LEVERAGING 5542 03:31:18,227 --> 03:31:21,196 HAVE BEEN ABSORBED AND HAVE RUN 5543 03:31:21,196 --> 03:31:23,465 OUT, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR 5544 03:31:23,465 --> 03:31:28,503 BEST, TO SUPPORT ALL THESE 5545 03:31:28,503 --> 03:31:29,271 THINGS THAT WE CAN. 5546 03:31:29,271 --> 03:31:37,079 AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG TEAM 5547 03:31:37,079 --> 03:31:38,280 EFFORT. 5548 03:31:38,280 --> 03:31:39,815 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? 5549 03:31:39,815 --> 03:31:43,285 >> SO FIRSTLY, THANK YOU AND 5550 03:31:43,285 --> 03:31:45,821 YOUR TEAM, OPERATING IN A VERY 5551 03:31:45,821 --> 03:31:49,191 HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT AT THE 5552 03:31:49,191 --> 03:31:49,424 MOMENT. 5553 03:31:49,424 --> 03:31:51,260 I THINK HEARING THIS HELPS US, 5554 03:31:51,260 --> 03:31:54,997 YOU KNOW, GO BACK TO OUR 5555 03:31:54,997 --> 03:31:55,564 DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES AND 5556 03:31:55,564 --> 03:31:57,432 EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT'S 5557 03:31:57,432 --> 03:31:57,966 GOING ON. 5558 03:31:57,966 --> 03:32:00,469 MY QUESTION FOLLOWS FROM ALL THE 5559 03:32:00,469 --> 03:32:01,703 CONSTRAINTS THAT YOU JUST 5560 03:32:01,703 --> 03:32:05,941 DESCRIBED THAT YOU'RE OPERATING 5561 03:32:05,941 --> 03:32:06,141 UNDER. 5562 03:32:06,141 --> 03:32:09,244 THAT SPEAKS TO WE KNOW THE 5563 03:32:09,244 --> 03:32:12,180 PAYLINES, YOU KNOW, STANDARD R01 5564 03:32:12,180 --> 03:32:13,315 GRANTS IS DROPPING SIGNIFICANTLY 5565 03:32:13,315 --> 03:32:14,283 THIS ROUND. 5566 03:32:14,283 --> 03:32:17,986 IS THAT IN PART A SORT OF 5567 03:32:17,986 --> 03:32:19,855 ATTEMPT TO AT LEAST FOR A WHILE 5568 03:32:19,855 --> 03:32:23,058 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 5569 03:32:23,058 --> 03:32:24,092 NON-COMPETING AWARDS SO THAT 5570 03:32:24,092 --> 03:32:26,094 YOU'RE NOT SORT OF STORING UP 5571 03:32:26,094 --> 03:32:33,635 MORE TROUBLE DOWN THE LINE? 5572 03:32:33,635 --> 03:32:38,573 OR IS THAT OVERSIMPLIFICATION. 5573 03:32:38,573 --> 03:32:49,084 >> WE HAVEN'T HAD THE ROOM TO 5574 03:32:49,284 --> 03:32:49,384 -- 5575 03:32:49,384 --> 03:32:53,188 IT'S BEEN SOMEWHAT FLAT. 5576 03:32:53,188 --> 03:32:57,092 NIDCD APPLICATIONS SCORE WELL. 5577 03:32:57,092 --> 03:32:59,828 WITH PAYLINES 10%, IN MANY CASES 5578 03:32:59,828 --> 03:33:02,230 13 OR 14 OR 15% OF APPLICATIONS. 5579 03:33:02,230 --> 03:33:03,899 I DID AN ANALYSIS OF PRIOR TEN 5580 03:33:03,899 --> 03:33:06,968 YEARS WHEN I CAME IN, 15th 5581 03:33:06,968 --> 03:33:09,338 PERCENTILE, 15% OF OUR 5582 03:33:09,338 --> 03:33:10,372 APPLICATIONS. 5583 03:33:10,372 --> 03:33:11,440 AND SOME YEARS WE'VE HAD, IT 5584 03:33:11,440 --> 03:33:13,442 DOES LINE UP. 5585 03:33:13,442 --> 03:33:16,078 IN OTHER YEARS, WE'RE FUNDING A 5586 03:33:16,078 --> 03:33:17,813 MUCH HIGHER PERCENTILE OF 5587 03:33:17,813 --> 03:33:18,714 APPLICATIONS. 5588 03:33:18,714 --> 03:33:21,116 THE ACTUAL PERCENTILE IS BASED 5589 03:33:21,116 --> 03:33:22,284 ON NIH-WIDE DATA. 5590 03:33:22,284 --> 03:33:25,187 NOT NIDCD DATA. 5591 03:33:25,187 --> 03:33:27,456 SO OUR GRANT SCORE APPLICATIONS 5592 03:33:27,456 --> 03:33:30,192 SCORE WAY BETTER THAN THE 5593 03:33:30,192 --> 03:33:32,361 TYPICAL NIDCD -- NIH 5594 03:33:32,361 --> 03:33:33,428 APPLICATION. 5595 03:33:33,428 --> 03:33:35,664 THAT'S PART OF IT. 5596 03:33:35,664 --> 03:33:39,368 THE COST OF GRANTS, OF 5597 03:33:39,368 --> 03:33:40,469 APPLICATIONS, REQUEST TO COST, 5598 03:33:40,469 --> 03:33:43,638 THAT'S UPDATE AS WELL. 5599 03:33:43,638 --> 03:33:44,639 THAT'S JUMPED AS WELL. 5600 03:33:44,639 --> 03:33:47,209 WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AWARDING 5601 03:33:47,209 --> 03:33:49,978 SIMILAR NUMBER OF NEW R01s 5602 03:33:49,978 --> 03:33:50,979 EVERY YEAR. 5603 03:33:50,979 --> 03:33:54,049 WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB. 5604 03:33:54,049 --> 03:33:59,654 TYPICALLY ABOUT% THROUGH THE 5605 03:33:59,654 --> 03:34:09,398 PAYLINE, ANOTHER 20 THROUGH 5606 03:34:09,398 --> 03:34:10,932 HPPs BETWEEN 110 AND 120, HIGH 5607 03:34:10,932 --> 03:34:11,800 COMPARED AGAINST PRIOR YEARS, 5608 03:34:11,800 --> 03:34:16,972 EVEN THE PAST FEW COUNCILS, THE 5609 03:34:16,972 --> 03:34:18,707 COSTS HAVE JUMPED. 5610 03:34:18,707 --> 03:34:19,441 >> GOOD INFORMATION, SOMETHING 5611 03:34:19,441 --> 03:34:21,410 OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE TRENCHINGS 5612 03:34:21,410 --> 03:34:22,778 FOCUS ON THE PAYLINES, RATHER 5613 03:34:22,778 --> 03:34:24,846 THAN THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER OF 5614 03:34:24,846 --> 03:34:25,380 AWARDS. 5615 03:34:25,380 --> 03:34:27,282 >> WE ALWAYS -- YEAH, THERE'S 5616 03:34:27,282 --> 03:34:28,817 ABSOLUTE NUMBER, THERE'S THE 5617 03:34:28,817 --> 03:34:30,452 ACTUAL PERCENTILE OF NIDCD 5618 03:34:30,452 --> 03:34:30,786 APPLICATIONS. 5619 03:34:30,786 --> 03:34:33,188 ANOTHER THING THAT PLAYS INTO IT 5620 03:34:33,188 --> 03:34:37,559 IS YEARS AGO WE HAD A LOT OF -- 5621 03:34:37,559 --> 03:34:44,566 I MIGHT GET THE WRONG 5622 03:34:44,566 --> 03:34:45,200 COMPARTMENTED APPLICATIONS THAT 5623 03:34:45,200 --> 03:34:48,069 ARE CAPPED, AM I USING THE RIGHT 5624 03:34:48,069 --> 03:34:50,572 WORD? 5625 03:34:50,572 --> 03:34:53,742 MODULAR APPLICATIONS WOULD 5626 03:34:53,742 --> 03:34:53,975 OFFSET. 5627 03:34:53,975 --> 03:34:55,177 YOU HARDLY SEE MODULAR 5628 03:34:55,177 --> 03:34:55,944 APPLICATIONS SCORING WELL, EVEN 5629 03:34:55,944 --> 03:34:58,013 IN THE PAY LINE, THAT WOULD 5630 03:34:58,013 --> 03:34:58,613 OFFSET MORE EXPENSIVE 5631 03:34:58,613 --> 03:35:08,757 APPLICATIONS IT'S NOT DOING THAT 5632 03:35:08,757 --> 03:35:10,725 ANYMORE. 5633 03:35:10,725 --> 03:35:12,894 >> SO, THIS IS -- THANK YOU, 5634 03:35:12,894 --> 03:35:13,228 ERIC. 5635 03:35:13,228 --> 03:35:17,833 YOU'RE SO CLEAR ABOUT HOW YOU 5636 03:35:17,833 --> 03:35:19,267 PRESENT THESE MATERIALS, HELPING 5637 03:35:19,267 --> 03:35:24,172 US UNDERSTAND, THOSE OF US IN 5638 03:35:24,172 --> 03:35:28,443 THE TRENCHES. 5639 03:35:28,443 --> 03:35:29,711 SO, I'M JUST WONDERING DOES 5640 03:35:29,711 --> 03:35:33,515 ANYBODY AT THE LEVEL OF CONGRESS 5641 03:35:33,515 --> 03:35:35,517 OR SOMETHING HAVE A PLAN OF HOW 5642 03:35:35,517 --> 03:35:41,590 THIS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK LONG 5643 03:35:41,590 --> 03:35:42,591 TERM? 5644 03:35:42,591 --> 03:35:45,193 BECAUSE WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT 5645 03:35:45,193 --> 03:35:47,496 TRAINING NEW TRAINEES AND 5646 03:35:47,496 --> 03:35:50,165 BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE INTO 5647 03:35:50,165 --> 03:35:53,869 RESEARCH IN THESE KEY AREAS THAT 5648 03:35:53,869 --> 03:35:57,405 WE ALL AGREE ARE ESSENTIAL, AND 5649 03:35:57,405 --> 03:36:02,444 THEN WE SORT OF HAD A MENTION 5650 03:36:02,444 --> 03:36:04,312 ABOUT HOW STIPENDS AND SALARIES 5651 03:36:04,312 --> 03:36:06,715 FOR RESEARCHERS AT ALL THE 5652 03:36:06,715 --> 03:36:10,752 LEVELS GO UP, AND THEN WHEN WE 5653 03:36:10,752 --> 03:36:15,790 HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE $500 CAP, 5654 03:36:15,790 --> 03:36:17,559 $500,000 CAP, IT HAS BEEN THE 5655 03:36:17,559 --> 03:36:23,331 SAME ONE FOR MANY YEARS, THE 5656 03:36:23,331 --> 03:36:24,599 250,000 PER YEAR MODULAR BUDGET 5657 03:36:24,599 --> 03:36:26,768 CAP HAS BEEN THE SAME FOR MANY 5658 03:36:26,768 --> 03:36:28,603 YEARS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO 5659 03:36:28,603 --> 03:36:34,643 MAINTAIN THE NUMBER OF COMPETING 5660 03:36:34,643 --> 03:36:39,447 APPLICATIONS, AS THE NUMBER OF 5661 03:36:39,447 --> 03:36:40,749 P.I.s INCREASES. 5662 03:36:40,749 --> 03:36:41,750 SOMEWHERE THERE'S A DISCONNECT, 5663 03:36:41,750 --> 03:36:43,718 RIGHT? 5664 03:36:43,718 --> 03:36:46,555 AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHO IS 5665 03:36:46,555 --> 03:36:49,190 GOING TO IN THE LONGER TERM 5666 03:36:49,190 --> 03:36:49,824 RESOLVE THIS. 5667 03:36:49,824 --> 03:36:52,460 I DON'T EXPECT AN ANSWER FROM 5668 03:36:52,460 --> 03:36:54,462 YOU, OR FROM DEB OR ANYBODY 5669 03:36:54,462 --> 03:36:56,064 ELSE. 5670 03:36:56,064 --> 03:36:58,066 >> I'D SAY OUR APPLICATIONS HAVE 5671 03:36:58,066 --> 03:36:58,700 ACTUALLY -- THEY HAVEN'T GONE 5672 03:36:58,700 --> 03:36:59,901 THROUGH THE ROOF. 5673 03:36:59,901 --> 03:37:03,638 THEY ARE PRETTY STEADY. 5674 03:37:03,638 --> 03:37:05,407 IF ANYTHING, A SLIGHT TRICKLE UP 5675 03:37:05,407 --> 03:37:09,311 IN THE LONG TERM. 5676 03:37:09,311 --> 03:37:10,645 NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS HASN'T 5677 03:37:10,645 --> 03:37:11,947 BEEN DRIVING PAYLINE ISSUES I 5678 03:37:11,947 --> 03:37:12,213 WOULD SAY 5679 03:37:12,213 --> 03:37:15,216 >> I WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I 5680 03:37:15,216 --> 03:37:18,086 THINK THAT THAT REFLECTS TO SOME 5681 03:37:18,086 --> 03:37:21,022 EXTENT PEOPLE DROPPING OUT. 5682 03:37:21,022 --> 03:37:24,225 WE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE DROPPING 5683 03:37:24,225 --> 03:37:26,861 OUT OF THE RESEARCH, NOT 5684 03:37:26,861 --> 03:37:31,900 TRAINING PIPELINE, BUT AS DEB 5685 03:37:31,900 --> 03:37:34,502 MENTIONED EARLIER, THE ACTUAL 5686 03:37:34,502 --> 03:37:35,604 P.I. WORKING SCIENTIST GROUP, 5687 03:37:35,604 --> 03:37:40,208 AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS A 5688 03:37:40,208 --> 03:37:41,176 DISCOURAGEMENT. 5689 03:37:41,176 --> 03:37:43,578 SO I THINK THE APPLICATIONS 5690 03:37:43,578 --> 03:37:44,479 COMING IN HOLD STEADY BECAUSE 5691 03:37:44,479 --> 03:37:50,185 YOU SORT OF HAVE THIS IT'S 5692 03:37:50,185 --> 03:37:52,721 DISCOURAGEMENT FROM THE LEVEL OF 5693 03:37:52,721 --> 03:37:52,954 SUCCESS. 5694 03:37:52,954 --> 03:37:55,323 SO, I THINK THAT'S SORT OF 5695 03:37:55,323 --> 03:37:57,826 ALREADY BAKED INTO THAT CAKE. 5696 03:37:57,826 --> 03:37:58,927 >> YOU'RE RIGHT. 5697 03:37:58,927 --> 03:38:00,996 I THINK THAT THIS TENDS TO 5698 03:38:00,996 --> 03:38:01,663 CYCLE. 5699 03:38:01,663 --> 03:38:03,398 I MEAN, I THINK, JUDITH, YOU'VE 5700 03:38:03,398 --> 03:38:06,134 BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH THAT 5701 03:38:06,134 --> 03:38:07,469 YOU'VE SEEN REALLY TIMES WHEN 5702 03:38:07,469 --> 03:38:09,204 IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY DIFFICULT 5703 03:38:09,204 --> 03:38:10,772 TO GET FUNDING, AND THEN IT 5704 03:38:10,772 --> 03:38:12,140 TENDS TO LOOSEN UP. 5705 03:38:12,140 --> 03:38:15,243 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS 5706 03:38:15,243 --> 03:38:17,646 THAT DRIVE THAT. 5707 03:38:17,646 --> 03:38:20,849 SO, WE ADVOCATE AS BEST WE CAN 5708 03:38:20,849 --> 03:38:22,784 BUT BASICALLY CAN'T ADVOCATE TO 5709 03:38:22,784 --> 03:38:27,522 CONGRESS BUT SO MUCH SO WE RELY 5710 03:38:27,522 --> 03:38:29,190 ON OUR COMMUNITY TO DO THAT. 5711 03:38:29,190 --> 03:38:30,392 SOME YEARS IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE 5712 03:38:30,392 --> 03:38:31,693 THAN OTHERS BUT THERE'S A LOT WE 5713 03:38:31,693 --> 03:38:35,764 WANT TO DO AND WE NEED THE MONEY 5714 03:38:35,764 --> 03:38:37,732 TO DO IT. 5715 03:38:37,732 --> 03:38:41,136 IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE 5716 03:38:41,136 --> 03:38:43,638 ENJOYED A 3.4% INCREASE IN THE 5717 03:38:43,638 --> 03:38:45,507 BUDGET WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO 5718 03:38:45,507 --> 03:38:46,574 IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 5719 03:38:46,574 --> 03:38:49,210 EXAMPLE AND STILL KEEP THE 5720 03:38:49,210 --> 03:38:53,214 PAYLINE THE SAME. 5721 03:38:53,214 --> 03:38:54,249 WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS ONE- 5722 03:38:54,249 --> 03:38:55,917 TO TWO-YEAR BLIP, YOU KNOW. 5723 03:38:55,917 --> 03:38:57,419 WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL SO 5724 03:38:57,419 --> 03:38:59,521 WE CAN'T KNOW THAT. 5725 03:38:59,521 --> 03:39:02,624 WE HAVE TO BE WISE IN THE WAY WE 5726 03:39:02,624 --> 03:39:04,359 ALLOCATE FUNDS, TRYING AND KEEP 5727 03:39:04,359 --> 03:39:09,397 OUR PROGRAMS AS ROBUST AS WE CAN 5728 03:39:09,397 --> 03:39:10,165 POSSIBLY DO. 5729 03:39:10,165 --> 03:39:14,536 CAROL, DID YOU WANT TO SAY 5730 03:39:14,536 --> 03:39:15,737 SOMETHING? 5731 03:39:15,737 --> 03:39:17,172 >> YEAH, I JUST NOTICED THAT 5732 03:39:17,172 --> 03:39:18,807 MANY OF THE CONFERENCES THAT I 5733 03:39:18,807 --> 03:39:22,744 ATTEND, YOU JUST -- I JUST GOT 5734 03:39:22,744 --> 03:39:24,913 BACK FROM ONE, MORE OF AN 5735 03:39:24,913 --> 03:39:27,348 ENGINEERING CONFERENCE, LESS AND 5736 03:39:27,348 --> 03:39:29,417 LESS AMERICANS AT THESE 5737 03:39:29,417 --> 03:39:30,485 CONFERENCES THAT ARE 5738 03:39:30,485 --> 03:39:30,819 INTERNATIONAL. 5739 03:39:30,819 --> 03:39:31,720 SEEMS LIKE THE GOVERNMENTS OF 5740 03:39:31,720 --> 03:39:33,788 OTHER PLACES ARE PUTTING MORE 5741 03:39:33,788 --> 03:39:36,124 MONEY INTO RESEARCH, AND 5742 03:39:36,124 --> 03:39:36,758 SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES, 5743 03:39:36,758 --> 03:39:38,293 THAN WE'RE DOING HERE. 5744 03:39:38,293 --> 03:39:43,431 IT'S SCARY BECAUSE THE NUMBERS 5745 03:39:43,431 --> 03:39:44,866 ARE REALLY QUITE DIFFERENT NOW 5746 03:39:44,866 --> 03:39:53,074 THAN WHAT I'M USED TO. 5747 03:39:53,074 --> 03:39:53,842 >> WE HAVE A HAPPEN. 5748 03:39:53,842 --> 03:39:55,944 WE HAVE A FLOOR WE HAVE TO MEET 5749 03:39:55,944 --> 03:39:58,246 FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS AND WHAT 5750 03:39:58,246 --> 03:39:58,813 NOT. 5751 03:39:58,813 --> 03:39:59,447 >> RIGHT, YEAH. 5752 03:39:59,447 --> 03:39:59,647 LINDA? 5753 03:39:59,647 --> 03:40:01,282 >> I WAS GOING TO ASK A MORE 5754 03:40:01,282 --> 03:40:02,817 GENERAL QUESTION. 5755 03:40:02,817 --> 03:40:05,320 I KNOW YOU CAN'T ADVOCATE. 5756 03:40:05,320 --> 03:40:06,321 >> CLOSER TO THE MIC. 5757 03:40:06,321 --> 03:40:10,158 >> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK A 5758 03:40:10,158 --> 03:40:12,694 MORE GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT 5759 03:40:12,694 --> 03:40:14,329 TRAINEE FELLOWSHIPS, SO I 5760 03:40:14,329 --> 03:40:16,831 REALIZE THERE WAS A KIND OF 5761 03:40:16,831 --> 03:40:19,467 FORCED PAY RAISE FOR THE 5762 03:40:19,467 --> 03:40:21,669 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS BUT STUDENT 5763 03:40:21,669 --> 03:40:23,104 FELLOWSHIPS NOW ARE WAY UNDER 5764 03:40:23,104 --> 03:40:26,040 WATER COMPARED TO WHAT WE PAY 5765 03:40:26,040 --> 03:40:27,942 OUR -- STIPENDS WE PAY OUR 5766 03:40:27,942 --> 03:40:28,676 GRADUATE STUDENTS. 5767 03:40:28,676 --> 03:40:33,148 AND SO -- AND AS YOU'RE PROBABLY 5768 03:40:33,148 --> 03:40:36,451 AWARE, WE CAN'T USE TWO GRANTS 5769 03:40:36,451 --> 03:40:37,752 BECAUSE OF THIS HUNDRED PERCENT 5770 03:40:37,752 --> 03:40:38,119 EFFORT. 5771 03:40:38,119 --> 03:40:40,188 SO I THINK THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM 5772 03:40:40,188 --> 03:40:42,557 FOR THE NIH. 5773 03:40:42,557 --> 03:40:45,760 AND I THINK IT ALSO ADDRESSES 5774 03:40:45,760 --> 03:40:46,961 THESE DIVERSITY ISSUES FOR 5775 03:40:46,961 --> 03:40:49,230 PEOPLE THAT ARE CONSIDERING 5776 03:40:49,230 --> 03:40:51,900 GOING INTO RESEARCH, AS A 5777 03:40:51,900 --> 03:40:53,635 GRADUATE -- GETTING GRADUATE 5778 03:40:53,635 --> 03:40:55,370 TRAINING, JUST SIMPLY NOT 5779 03:40:55,370 --> 03:40:56,137 AFFORDABLE BECAUSE THE STIPENDS 5780 03:40:56,137 --> 03:40:58,907 ARE SO LOW. 5781 03:40:58,907 --> 03:41:01,910 SO, I DON'T KNOW WHOSE JOB IT IS 5782 03:41:01,910 --> 03:41:05,446 TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION 5783 03:41:05,446 --> 03:41:07,081 OF THE INSTITUTES OR TO 5784 03:41:07,081 --> 03:41:14,956 CONGRESS, OR HOW -- HOW CAN WE 5785 03:41:14,956 --> 03:41:16,057 ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS TO GET 5786 03:41:16,057 --> 03:41:18,159 THEM THE ATTENTION THE 5787 03:41:18,159 --> 03:41:19,494 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS HAVE 5788 03:41:19,494 --> 03:41:21,763 GOTTEN, TO SOME DEGREE IMPROVE 5789 03:41:21,763 --> 03:41:22,630 THEIR SITUATION? 5790 03:41:22,630 --> 03:41:24,732 >> YEAH, WE DO TALK ABOUT THAT. 5791 03:41:24,732 --> 03:41:26,901 SO AS PART OF THE POSTDOC SALARY 5792 03:41:26,901 --> 03:41:31,406 DISCUSSION WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 5793 03:41:31,406 --> 03:41:33,474 ALL TRAINEES AND, YOU KNOW, WE 5794 03:41:33,474 --> 03:41:34,576 ALL VERY MUCH RECOGNIZE THE 5795 03:41:34,576 --> 03:41:34,809 PROBLEM. 5796 03:41:34,809 --> 03:41:36,544 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THIS 5797 03:41:36,544 --> 03:41:37,212 COUNCIL BEFORE. 5798 03:41:37,212 --> 03:41:40,682 WE WOULD ALL LOVE TO BE ABLE TO 5799 03:41:40,682 --> 03:41:42,550 PAY MORE TO TRAINEES, BUT THE 5800 03:41:42,550 --> 03:41:44,752 SAME FOR TRAINEES AS FOR 5801 03:41:44,752 --> 03:41:47,388 POSTDOCS, IS THAT THERE'S A 5802 03:41:47,388 --> 03:41:51,092 FINITE POT OF MONEY, AND IF YOU 5803 03:41:51,092 --> 03:41:54,696 SPEND MORE MONEY IN SALARIES 5804 03:41:54,696 --> 03:41:56,364 THEN YOU HAVE FEWER TRAINEES IS 5805 03:41:56,364 --> 03:42:00,235 BASICALLY I THINK THE EQUATION. 5806 03:42:00,235 --> 03:42:02,170 IT'S A FIXED POT OF MONEY. 5807 03:42:02,170 --> 03:42:06,541 SO I THINK THESE ARE REALLY VERY 5808 03:42:06,541 --> 03:42:10,378 DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE, AND 5809 03:42:10,378 --> 03:42:12,814 THERE ARE -- THERE HAVE BEEN 5810 03:42:12,814 --> 03:42:15,984 EFFORTS TO SEEK COMMUNITY INPUT 5811 03:42:15,984 --> 03:42:18,152 ABOUT PRIORITY SETTING AND THIS 5812 03:42:18,152 --> 03:42:20,255 IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION, YOU 5813 03:42:20,255 --> 03:42:21,222 KNOW. 5814 03:42:21,222 --> 03:42:27,729 YEAH, THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT. 5815 03:42:27,729 --> 03:42:29,764 >> ERIC THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 5816 03:42:29,764 --> 03:42:34,903 THAT WAS CLEAR AND HELPFUL. 5817 03:42:34,903 --> 03:42:36,537 ALL RIGHT. 5818 03:42:36,537 --> 03:42:38,740 WE'RE ALMOST ON TIME, EXACTLY ON 5819 03:42:38,740 --> 03:42:38,940 TIME. 5820 03:42:38,940 --> 03:42:39,140 OKAY. 5821 03:42:39,140 --> 03:42:40,942 WE'LL TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND 5822 03:42:40,942 --> 03:42:43,778 WE'LL COME BACK AT 2:40 AND HEAR 5823 03:42:43,778 --> 03:42:44,779 ABOUT SIMPLIFYING THE REVIEW. 5824 03:42:44,779 --> 03:42:46,848 GREAT. 5825 03:42:46,848 --> 03:42:49,817 >> FOR THE FOLKS WHO WANT MORE 5826 03:42:49,817 --> 03:42:53,988 COFFEE, WE DO HAVE KURIG PODS IN 5827 03:42:53,988 --> 03:42:55,089 THE VENDING KITCHEN AREA, 5828 03:42:55,089 --> 03:42:56,190 THERE'S MACHINES IF YOU WANT 5829 03:42:56,190 --> 03:42:59,299 FRESH COFFEE THIS AFTERNOON. 5830 03:43:02,509 --> 03:43:06,880 >> NIH IS ALWAYS TRYING TO 5831 03:43:06,880 --> 03:43:09,616 IMPROVE THE REVIEW PROCESS, 5832 03:43:09,616 --> 03:43:13,153 FORTUNATE TO HAVE DR. SHIM AND 5833 03:43:13,153 --> 03:43:16,757 CYR HERE, SIMPLIFYING REVIEW 5834 03:43:16,757 --> 03:43:18,825 FRAMEWORK FOR NIH. 5835 03:43:18,825 --> 03:43:22,563 >> I'M JANET CYR, A PROGRAM 5836 03:43:22,563 --> 03:43:24,431 OFFICER, MY COLLEAGUE AND I ARE 5837 03:43:24,431 --> 03:43:27,401 GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW 5838 03:43:27,401 --> 03:43:30,003 SIMPLIFYING PEER REVIEW 5839 03:43:30,003 --> 03:43:30,470 INITIATIVE. 5840 03:43:30,470 --> 03:43:33,273 SO, KATHY IS A SCIENTIFIC REVIEW 5841 03:43:33,273 --> 03:43:34,741 OFFICER WITHIN NIDCD. 5842 03:43:34,741 --> 03:43:37,778 SO, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE 5843 03:43:37,778 --> 03:43:40,714 IMPACT OF THE NEW SIMPLIFYING 5844 03:43:40,714 --> 03:43:41,949 PEER REVIEW ON RESEARCH GRANTS, 5845 03:43:41,949 --> 03:43:44,518 AND KATHY WILL TALK ABOUT THE 5846 03:43:44,518 --> 03:43:45,552 FELLOWSHIPS AFTER ME AND WE'LL 5847 03:43:45,552 --> 03:43:47,521 TAKE QUESTIONS IF WE HAVE TIME 5848 03:43:47,521 --> 03:43:48,822 AT THE END. 5849 03:43:48,822 --> 03:43:52,893 SO, WHAT IS THE SIMPLIFYING PEER 5850 03:43:52,893 --> 03:43:53,860 REVIEW INITIATIVE? 5851 03:43:53,860 --> 03:43:55,596 HOPEFULLY NOT THE FIRST TIME 5852 03:43:55,596 --> 03:43:56,463 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS. 5853 03:43:56,463 --> 03:43:58,565 BUT IF IT IS, I'LL GIVE A LITTLE 5854 03:43:58,565 --> 03:43:59,833 BIT OF INFORMATION AND 5855 03:43:59,833 --> 03:44:02,603 BACKGROUND BECAUSE THIS IS GOING 5856 03:44:02,603 --> 03:44:05,739 TO IMPACT YOU, BOTH AS AN 5857 03:44:05,739 --> 03:44:07,007 APPLICANT AND REVIEWER, WHEN YOU 5858 03:44:07,007 --> 03:44:10,711 GET OFF OF COUNCIL, ALSO AS A 5859 03:44:10,711 --> 03:44:13,113 COUNCIL MEMBER. 5860 03:44:13,113 --> 03:44:15,916 SO, BACK IN 2019, THE CENTER FOR 5861 03:44:15,916 --> 03:44:17,618 SCIENTIFIC REVIEW STARTED TO 5862 03:44:17,618 --> 03:44:19,353 TAKE A DETAILED LOOK AT THE 5863 03:44:19,353 --> 03:44:20,887 FIRST LEVEL OF PEER REVIEW, AND 5864 03:44:20,887 --> 03:44:22,623 TO DETERMINE IF IT NEEDED TO 5865 03:44:22,623 --> 03:44:26,693 MAKE CHANGES IN THE PROCESS. 5866 03:44:26,693 --> 03:44:30,831 SO, WHAT THEY WERE HEARING FROM 5867 03:44:30,831 --> 03:44:33,367 REVIEWERS AND FROM NIH STAFF WAS 5868 03:44:33,367 --> 03:44:35,102 THAT THE PEER REVIEW PROCESS HAD 5869 03:44:35,102 --> 03:44:38,272 STARTED TO BECOME TOO COMPLEX. 5870 03:44:38,272 --> 03:44:39,906 THAT THEY WERE HEARING THIS 5871 03:44:39,906 --> 03:44:40,674 CONSISTENTLY FROM THE REVIEWERS 5872 03:44:40,674 --> 03:44:42,376 AND THEN ALSO THAT THE REVIEWERS 5873 03:44:42,376 --> 03:44:45,479 WERE HAVING TO LOOK AT AND 5874 03:44:45,479 --> 03:44:46,880 COMMENT ON TOO MANY ASPECT OF 5875 03:44:46,880 --> 03:44:48,348 THE APPLICATION HAVING TO DO 5876 03:44:48,348 --> 03:44:49,449 WITH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE 5877 03:44:49,449 --> 03:44:50,651 THINGS. 5878 03:44:50,651 --> 03:44:54,588 AND WHAT THAT WAS DOING WAS 5879 03:44:54,588 --> 03:44:56,023 DETRACTING ATTENTION AWAY FROM 5880 03:44:56,023 --> 03:44:57,524 CRITICAL PRIMARY ROLE OF 5881 03:44:57,524 --> 03:44:59,493 EVALUATING SCIENTIFIC MERIT OF 5882 03:44:59,493 --> 03:45:00,360 THE APPLICATION. 5883 03:45:00,360 --> 03:45:02,029 THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THAT. 5884 03:45:02,029 --> 03:45:04,564 THE OTHER THING THAT WAS 5885 03:45:04,564 --> 03:45:07,934 BECOMING APPARENT WAS THAT THERE 5886 03:45:07,934 --> 03:45:10,437 WAS THIS REPUTATIONAL BIAS THAT 5887 03:45:10,437 --> 03:45:11,438 WAS BEING SEEN. 5888 03:45:11,438 --> 03:45:15,142 AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE 5889 03:45:15,142 --> 03:45:18,312 REPUTATION OF EITHER THE 5890 03:45:18,312 --> 03:45:19,846 INVESTIGATOR OR OF THE 5891 03:45:19,846 --> 03:45:20,747 INSTITUTION WAS IMPACTING REVIEW 5892 03:45:20,747 --> 03:45:23,684 OF APPLICATION IN SOME 5893 03:45:23,684 --> 03:45:24,084 INSTANCES. 5894 03:45:24,084 --> 03:45:25,218 SO THAT INVESTIGATORS THAT WERE 5895 03:45:25,218 --> 03:45:29,289 MORE WELL KNOWN OR THAT WERE 5896 03:45:29,289 --> 03:45:31,491 FROM INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE A 5897 03:45:31,491 --> 03:45:32,592 VERY GREAT REPUTATION WERE 5898 03:45:32,592 --> 03:45:34,661 PERHAPS NOT GETTING QUITE AS 5899 03:45:34,661 --> 03:45:37,397 CLOSE A LOOK AS APPLICATIONS 5900 03:45:37,397 --> 03:45:38,198 THAT WERE COMING FROM 5901 03:45:38,198 --> 03:45:39,166 INVESTIGATORS THAT DIDN'T HAVE 5902 03:45:39,166 --> 03:45:42,235 THE SAME REPUTATION OR WERE NOT 5903 03:45:42,235 --> 03:45:45,772 FROM THE SAME LEVEL OF 5904 03:45:45,772 --> 03:45:46,073 INSTITUTION. 5905 03:45:46,073 --> 03:45:48,642 THAT WAS INFORMATION HEARD FROM 5906 03:45:48,642 --> 03:45:50,911 THE COMMUNITY, ALSO OBSERVATION 5907 03:45:50,911 --> 03:45:55,182 BY STAFF AND LEADERSHIP. 5908 03:45:55,182 --> 03:45:58,919 SO, STARTING IN 2019, THE 5909 03:45:58,919 --> 03:46:01,488 ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC 5910 03:46:01,488 --> 03:46:02,989 REVIEW, THE CSR, FORMED WORKING 5911 03:46:02,989 --> 03:46:05,592 GROUPS AND THEN OVER THE PAST 5912 03:46:05,592 --> 03:46:07,794 THREE TO FOUR YEARS THERE HAVE 5913 03:46:07,794 --> 03:46:10,430 BEEN A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT 5914 03:46:10,430 --> 03:46:11,498 NIH INCLUDING STAFF AT NIDCD 5915 03:46:11,498 --> 03:46:15,035 INVOLVED IN LOOKING AT THIS AND 5916 03:46:15,035 --> 03:46:21,274 LOOKING HOW CAN WE SIMPLIFY PEER 5917 03:46:21,274 --> 03:46:21,475 PEER 5918 03:46:21,475 --> 03:46:22,542 REVIEW AND LET THEM FOCUS TO 5919 03:46:22,542 --> 03:46:27,514 EVALUATE THE MERIT OF THE 5920 03:46:27,514 --> 03:46:28,181 APPLICATION. 5921 03:46:28,181 --> 03:46:31,585 SO THIS WILL TAKE IN EFFECT ON 5922 03:46:31,585 --> 03:46:33,587 APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SUBMITTED 5923 03:46:33,587 --> 03:46:35,822 ON JANUARY 25 OF NEXT YEAR AND 5924 03:46:35,822 --> 03:46:36,089 BEYOND. 5925 03:46:36,089 --> 03:46:39,426 SO REMEMBER I'M TALKING TO YOU 5926 03:46:39,426 --> 03:46:40,427 ABOUT RESEARCH GRANTS RIGHT NOW, 5927 03:46:40,427 --> 03:46:46,767 SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT R01s, 5928 03:46:46,767 --> 03:46:48,201 R21s, R15s AND CORRESPONDING 5929 03:46:48,201 --> 03:46:49,202 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR 5930 03:46:49,202 --> 03:46:49,636 THOSE. 5931 03:46:49,636 --> 03:46:52,038 AND THEN KATHY WILL TELL YOU HOW 5932 03:46:52,038 --> 03:46:54,007 THIS IMPACTS FELLOWSHIPS. 5933 03:46:54,007 --> 03:46:55,542 SO, CURRENTLY REVIEWERS ARE 5934 03:46:55,542 --> 03:47:02,115 ASKED TO GIVE SCORES, AND TO 5935 03:47:02,115 --> 03:47:03,216 EVALUATE FIVE CRITERIA, 5936 03:47:03,216 --> 03:47:03,884 SIGNIFICANCE, INVESTIGATORS, 5937 03:47:03,884 --> 03:47:04,584 INNOVATION, APPROACH, 5938 03:47:04,584 --> 03:47:07,354 ENVIRONMENT. 5939 03:47:07,354 --> 03:47:10,490 THESE WILL BE RECONTEXTUALIZED 5940 03:47:10,490 --> 03:47:12,826 INTO THREE FACTORS, THEY ARE 5941 03:47:12,826 --> 03:47:14,694 FACTOR 1, WHICH IS ASKED TO 5942 03:47:14,694 --> 03:47:16,396 COMMENT ON IMPORTANCE OF 5943 03:47:16,396 --> 03:47:18,064 RESEARCH, AND THAT WILL BE 5944 03:47:18,064 --> 03:47:18,298 SCORED. 5945 03:47:18,298 --> 03:47:21,435 THE SCORING SCALE WILL BE THE 5946 03:47:21,435 --> 03:47:24,971 SAME, 1-9 SCALE, 1 THE BEST, 9 5947 03:47:24,971 --> 03:47:26,173 IS THE WORST. 5948 03:47:26,173 --> 03:47:29,242 FACTOR 2 WILL BE RIGOR AND 5949 03:47:29,242 --> 03:47:30,777 FEASIBILITY, AND THEN FACTOR 3 5950 03:47:30,777 --> 03:47:33,079 WILL BE -- THAT WILL ALSO BE 5951 03:47:33,079 --> 03:47:33,814 SCORED. 5952 03:47:33,814 --> 03:47:35,916 FACTOR 3 IS ABOUT THE EXPERTISE 5953 03:47:35,916 --> 03:47:37,517 AND RESOURCES. 5954 03:47:37,517 --> 03:47:40,520 AND THIS WILL NOT RECEIVE A 5955 03:47:40,520 --> 03:47:42,689 SCORE BUT IT WILL BE CONSIDERED 5956 03:47:42,689 --> 03:47:46,993 WHEN THE REVIEWERS GIVE THEIR 5957 03:47:46,993 --> 03:47:48,929 OVERALL IMPACT SCORE AFTER THE 5958 03:47:48,929 --> 03:47:49,429 APPLICATION. 5959 03:47:49,429 --> 03:47:50,897 BUT IT WILL NOT RECEIVE AN 5960 03:47:50,897 --> 03:47:51,298 INDIVIDUAL SCORE. 5961 03:47:51,298 --> 03:47:53,200 SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS GO 5962 03:47:53,200 --> 03:47:55,469 THROUGH THESE THREE FACTORS AND 5963 03:47:55,469 --> 03:47:56,870 TALK ABOUT THEM A LITTLE BIT AND 5964 03:47:56,870 --> 03:47:58,405 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE 5965 03:47:58,405 --> 03:48:02,709 ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN THAT WILL 5966 03:48:02,709 --> 03:48:04,678 BE REMOVED FROM REVIEWERS. 5967 03:48:04,678 --> 03:48:07,848 FIRST IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 5968 03:48:07,848 --> 03:48:08,615 RESEARCH. 5969 03:48:08,615 --> 03:48:10,684 THIS IS ESSENTIALLY COMBINING 5970 03:48:10,684 --> 03:48:13,019 WHAT USED TO BE THE SIGNIFICANCE 5971 03:48:13,019 --> 03:48:14,521 AND INNOVATION CRITERIA. 5972 03:48:14,521 --> 03:48:16,456 SO, REVIEWERS WILL BE ASKED TO 5973 03:48:16,456 --> 03:48:20,227 EVALUATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 5974 03:48:20,227 --> 03:48:21,862 RESEARCH, CONTEXT OF THE 5975 03:48:21,862 --> 03:48:24,264 CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES. 5976 03:48:24,264 --> 03:48:25,899 AND ALSO RATIONALE AND CONTEXT 5977 03:48:25,899 --> 03:48:27,334 OF LITERATURE AND PRELIMINARY 5978 03:48:27,334 --> 03:48:30,403 DATA THEY PRESENT IN THEIR 5979 03:48:30,403 --> 03:48:30,937 APPLICATION. 5980 03:48:30,937 --> 03:48:32,272 FOR INNOVATION, THEY WILL BE 5981 03:48:32,272 --> 03:48:35,775 ASKED TO ASSESS WHETHER THE 5982 03:48:35,775 --> 03:48:38,078 PROPOSAL AND PROPOSED WORK 5983 03:48:38,078 --> 03:48:39,079 APPLIES NOVEL CONCEPTS, 5984 03:48:39,079 --> 03:48:41,281 APPROACHES, HOW THAT WILL IMPACT 5985 03:48:41,281 --> 03:48:42,782 THE RESULTS OF THE PROJECT. 5986 03:48:42,782 --> 03:48:47,153 AND AS I MENTIONED THIS WILL BE 5987 03:48:47,153 --> 03:48:47,487 SCORED. 5988 03:48:47,487 --> 03:48:50,223 FACTOR 2 IS TALKING ABOUT RIGOR 5989 03:48:50,223 --> 03:48:51,124 AND FEASIBILITY. 5990 03:48:51,124 --> 03:48:53,527 THIS ENCOMPASSES MUCH OF WHAT 5991 03:48:53,527 --> 03:48:55,695 WAS PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE 5992 03:48:55,695 --> 03:48:56,096 APPROACH CRITERIA. 5993 03:48:56,096 --> 03:48:57,964 SO THEY WILL BE ASKED TO LOOK AT 5994 03:48:57,964 --> 03:49:00,300 THE RIGOR OF THE APPLICATION, 5995 03:49:00,300 --> 03:49:01,701 AND TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL 5996 03:49:01,701 --> 03:49:05,438 FOR THE WORK TO PRODUCE 5997 03:49:05,438 --> 03:49:06,072 UNBIASED, ROBUST, REPRODUCIBLE 5998 03:49:06,072 --> 03:49:06,540 DATA. 5999 03:49:06,540 --> 03:49:07,607 AND THERE WILL BE THINGS THEY 6000 03:49:07,607 --> 03:49:11,778 WILL BE ASKED TO LOOK AT, ONE IS 6001 03:49:11,778 --> 03:49:12,812 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, AND THE 6002 03:49:12,812 --> 03:49:16,383 ANALYSIS THAT'S PRESENTED IN THE 6003 03:49:16,383 --> 03:49:16,650 PROPOSAL. 6004 03:49:16,650 --> 03:49:18,885 AND THEN IF HAS HUMAN SUBJECTS 6005 03:49:18,885 --> 03:49:21,021 THEY WILL LOOK AT INCLUSION OF 6006 03:49:21,021 --> 03:49:22,556 WOMEN, MINORITIES, SUBJECT, 6007 03:49:22,556 --> 03:49:23,323 ACROSS THE LIFESPAN. 6008 03:49:23,323 --> 03:49:27,093 IF IT'S A CLINICAL TRIAL THEY 6009 03:49:27,093 --> 03:49:29,829 WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE STUDY 6010 03:49:29,829 --> 03:49:31,464 TIMELINE. 6011 03:49:31,464 --> 03:49:32,198 FOR FEASIBILITY IT'S 6012 03:49:32,198 --> 03:49:33,099 SELF-EXPLANATORY BUT THEY WILL 6013 03:49:33,099 --> 03:49:34,868 ESSENTIALLY BE LOOKING AT 6014 03:49:34,868 --> 03:49:36,102 WHETHER THE STUDIES CAN BE 6015 03:49:36,102 --> 03:49:38,905 COMPLETED IN THE TIME FRAME THAT 6016 03:49:38,905 --> 03:49:39,239 THEY PROPOSED. 6017 03:49:39,239 --> 03:49:41,541 AND THEY WILL LOOK AT THE 6018 03:49:41,541 --> 03:49:43,743 CHALLENGES THAT THE WORK WILL 6019 03:49:43,743 --> 03:49:45,278 PRESENT, AND ANY ALTERNATIVE 6020 03:49:45,278 --> 03:49:47,981 APPROACHES, PRESENTED BY THE 6021 03:49:47,981 --> 03:49:48,248 APPLICANT. 6022 03:49:48,248 --> 03:49:51,851 AND THEN THE IMPACT IN LIGHT OF, 6023 03:49:51,851 --> 03:49:54,588 YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL -- IN LIGHT 6024 03:49:54,588 --> 03:49:57,057 OF POTENTIAL ADVANCES, SO 6025 03:49:57,057 --> 03:49:57,657 UNCERTAINTIES VERSUS ADVANCES 6026 03:49:57,657 --> 03:50:02,329 THAT COULD BE MADE BY THE WORK. 6027 03:50:02,329 --> 03:50:03,530 THIS WILL BE SCORED. 6028 03:50:03,530 --> 03:50:05,966 HERE WHAT WE'RE DOING ON FACTORS 6029 03:50:05,966 --> 03:50:11,871 3, WE'RE -- THE NIH IS 6030 03:50:11,871 --> 03:50:14,274 ADDRESSING THAT INSTITUTIONAL 6031 03:50:14,274 --> 03:50:15,809 AND REPUTATIONAL BIAS THAT HAS 6032 03:50:15,809 --> 03:50:17,210 BEEN OBSERVED. 6033 03:50:17,210 --> 03:50:19,412 SO THIS WILL NOW BE FACTOR THAT 6034 03:50:19,412 --> 03:50:22,916 WILL NOT RECEIVE AN INDIVIDUAL 6035 03:50:22,916 --> 03:50:25,218 SCORE, AND THE REVIEWERS WILL BE 6036 03:50:25,218 --> 03:50:28,154 LOOKING AT THE INVESTIGATOR, AT 6037 03:50:28,154 --> 03:50:30,557 THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, THEIR 6038 03:50:30,557 --> 03:50:32,192 BACKGROUND, THEIR EXPERTISE, 6039 03:50:32,192 --> 03:50:33,093 CAREER STAGE, TO DETERMINE 6040 03:50:33,093 --> 03:50:34,494 WHETHER THEY ARE APPROPRIATE TO 6041 03:50:34,494 --> 03:50:36,596 CONDUCT THE WORK THAT'S 6042 03:50:36,596 --> 03:50:38,131 PROPOSED, IF IT'S A MULTIPLE 6043 03:50:38,131 --> 03:50:39,332 P.I. GRANT THEN ALSO HOW THOSE 6044 03:50:39,332 --> 03:50:42,068 TWO P.I.s OR THREE P.I.s, 6045 03:50:42,068 --> 03:50:44,571 HOWEVER MANY, WILL INTERACT WITH 6046 03:50:44,571 --> 03:50:45,472 ONE ANOTHER, COORDINATE, 6047 03:50:45,472 --> 03:50:47,974 COLLABORATE FOR THE SUCCESS OF 6048 03:50:47,974 --> 03:50:49,175 THE PROJECT. 6049 03:50:49,175 --> 03:50:50,710 AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENT. 6050 03:50:50,710 --> 03:50:52,012 IS THE ENVIRONMENT THE RIGHT 6051 03:50:52,012 --> 03:50:55,081 PLACE TO BE DOING THE WORK? 6052 03:50:55,081 --> 03:50:57,817 ARE THE RESOURCES THERE? 6053 03:50:57,817 --> 03:50:58,918 AND IS THE ENVIRONMENT 6054 03:50:58,918 --> 03:51:00,887 APPROPRIATE TO ENSURE THE WORK 6055 03:51:00,887 --> 03:51:02,389 CAN BE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETED. 6056 03:51:02,389 --> 03:51:03,790 SO AS I MENTIONED, NO INDIVIDUAL 6057 03:51:03,790 --> 03:51:06,593 SCORE ON THIS, THIS WILL BE A 6058 03:51:06,593 --> 03:51:08,928 BINARY CHOICE BY THE REVIEWERS, 6059 03:51:08,928 --> 03:51:10,296 EITHER APPROPRIATE OR THERE ARE 6060 03:51:10,296 --> 03:51:10,497 GAPS. 6061 03:51:10,497 --> 03:51:13,333 IF THERE ARE GAPS, THEN THEY 6062 03:51:13,333 --> 03:51:15,635 WILL WRITE COMMENTS ABOUT THE 6063 03:51:15,635 --> 03:51:18,605 GAPS THEY SEE IN THE EXPERTISE 6064 03:51:18,605 --> 03:51:19,673 AND RESOURCES. 6065 03:51:19,673 --> 03:51:23,510 BUT THEY WILL CONSIDER THIS INTO 6066 03:51:23,510 --> 03:51:26,046 THEIR OVERALL IMPACT SCORE. 6067 03:51:26,046 --> 03:51:28,882 SO NOW TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE 6068 03:51:28,882 --> 03:51:29,983 ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT 6069 03:51:29,983 --> 03:51:31,518 REVIEWERS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO 6070 03:51:31,518 --> 03:51:34,921 LOOK AT IN THE PAST, THIS WILL 6071 03:51:34,921 --> 03:51:35,155 CHANGE. 6072 03:51:35,155 --> 03:51:37,090 SO CURRENTLY, THEY ARE ASKED TO 6073 03:51:37,090 --> 03:51:42,028 COMMENT ON AN APPLICATION FROM A 6074 03:51:42,028 --> 03:51:43,363 FOREIGN INSTITUTION, SELECT 6075 03:51:43,363 --> 03:51:44,864 AGENTS, RESOURCE SHARING PLANS, 6076 03:51:44,864 --> 03:51:47,834 ON THE AUTHENTICATION OF KEY 6077 03:51:47,834 --> 03:51:49,202 BIOLOGICALS AND CHEMICAL 6078 03:51:49,202 --> 03:51:50,437 RESOURCES, AND BUDGET AND PERIOD 6079 03:51:50,437 --> 03:51:50,904 OF SUPPORT. 6080 03:51:50,904 --> 03:51:52,439 IT'S NOT THAT THESE ITEMS ARE 6081 03:51:52,439 --> 03:51:52,972 NOT IMPORTANT. 6082 03:51:52,972 --> 03:51:55,608 BUT MANY OF THESE ARE GOING TO 6083 03:51:55,608 --> 03:51:57,343 BE MOVED TO THE NIH STAFF TO 6084 03:51:57,343 --> 03:52:01,948 LOOK AT INSTEAD OF THE 6085 03:52:01,948 --> 03:52:02,716 REVIEWERS. 6086 03:52:02,716 --> 03:52:05,118 SO, WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER -- 6087 03:52:05,118 --> 03:52:07,087 FOR APPLICATIONS COMING IN ON 6088 03:52:07,087 --> 03:52:08,621 JUNE 25 AND BEYOND IS THE 6089 03:52:08,621 --> 03:52:11,891 REVIEWERS WILL ONLY BE ASKED TO 6090 03:52:11,891 --> 03:52:13,860 LOOK AT AUTHENTICATION OF KEY 6091 03:52:13,860 --> 03:52:14,794 BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL 6092 03:52:14,794 --> 03:52:16,062 RESOURCES AND BUDGET AND PERIOD 6093 03:52:16,062 --> 03:52:19,132 OF SUPPORT. 6094 03:52:19,132 --> 03:52:20,433 OTHER ITEMS WILL BE EVALUATED 6095 03:52:20,433 --> 03:52:22,402 BUT BY STAFF. 6096 03:52:22,402 --> 03:52:23,269 THIS WILL HOPEFULLY RELIEVE SOME 6097 03:52:23,269 --> 03:52:25,371 OF THE BURDEN FROM REVIEWERS SO 6098 03:52:25,371 --> 03:52:28,775 THEY CAN SPEND TIME LOOKING AT 6099 03:52:28,775 --> 03:52:30,176 THE SCIENCE. 6100 03:52:30,176 --> 03:52:35,415 SO I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH KEY 6101 03:52:35,415 --> 03:52:36,616 TAKEAWAYS, THIS WILL IMPACT 6102 03:52:36,616 --> 03:52:37,917 ALMOST ALL RESEARCH GRANTS. 6103 03:52:37,917 --> 03:52:42,222 ALL OF THE NOTICES OF FUNDING 6104 03:52:42,222 --> 03:52:43,623 OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE 6105 03:52:43,623 --> 03:52:45,058 RE-RELEASED IN THE NEXT FEW 6106 03:52:45,058 --> 03:52:47,694 MONTHS WITH THE NEW REVIEW 6107 03:52:47,694 --> 03:52:48,294 LANGUAGE. 6108 03:52:48,294 --> 03:52:49,662 THE BURDEN ON REVIEWERS WILL BE 6109 03:52:49,662 --> 03:52:50,864 REDUCED, WE'RE HOPING. 6110 03:52:50,864 --> 03:52:52,499 AND ALL REVIEWERS WILL BE 6111 03:52:52,499 --> 03:52:56,703 TRAINED IN THIS NEW FRAMEWORK 6112 03:52:56,703 --> 03:52:58,404 BEFORE THE JUNE 2025 MEETING. 6113 03:52:58,404 --> 03:53:00,507 AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT, 6114 03:53:00,507 --> 03:53:02,375 THAT IF YOU'RE WRITING AN 6115 03:53:02,375 --> 03:53:06,646 APPLICATION, YOU'RE WRITING 6116 03:53:06,646 --> 03:53:08,381 DOESN'T NEED TO CHANGE BECAUSE 6117 03:53:08,381 --> 03:53:10,884 REVIEWERS, IT'S JUST THE WAY THE 6118 03:53:10,884 --> 03:53:11,885 REVIEWERS WILL BE LOOKING AT 6119 03:53:11,885 --> 03:53:12,852 INFORMATION THERE AND EVALUATING 6120 03:53:12,852 --> 03:53:13,186 IT. 6121 03:53:13,186 --> 03:53:15,722 SO IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS A HUGE 6122 03:53:15,722 --> 03:53:16,923 CHANGE IF YOU'RE WRITING AN 6123 03:53:16,923 --> 03:53:17,223 APPLICATION. 6124 03:53:17,223 --> 03:53:18,892 AND THEN OF COURSE THE SUMMARY 6125 03:53:18,892 --> 03:53:19,592 STATEMENTS WILL LOOK DIFFERENT 6126 03:53:19,592 --> 03:53:21,294 BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THE THREE 6127 03:53:21,294 --> 03:53:22,562 FACTORS THAT THEY WILL BE 6128 03:53:22,562 --> 03:53:23,696 LOOKING AT. 6129 03:53:23,696 --> 03:53:25,999 AND SO FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, 6130 03:53:25,999 --> 03:53:27,767 STARTING FOR THE OCTOBER 25 6131 03:53:27,767 --> 03:53:29,936 COUNCIL MEETING YOU'LL SEE 6132 03:53:29,936 --> 03:53:31,037 DIFFERENT SUMMARY STATEMENTS. 6133 03:53:31,037 --> 03:53:32,338 I'M GOING TO HAND OFF TO KATHY 6134 03:53:32,338 --> 03:53:37,277 AND SHE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT 6135 03:53:37,277 --> 03:53:38,511 FELLOWSHIPS. 6136 03:53:38,511 --> 03:53:40,613 >> ALL RIGHT. 6137 03:53:40,613 --> 03:53:44,751 GREAT, THANKS, JANET. 6138 03:53:44,751 --> 03:53:46,152 I'M KATHY SHIM, SCIENTIFIC 6139 03:53:46,152 --> 03:53:48,621 REVIEW OFFICER AT NIDCD, PICKING 6140 03:53:48,621 --> 03:53:53,259 UP ON THE THREAD JANET LAID OUT, 6141 03:53:53,259 --> 03:53:55,662 TELL BUT UPCOMING CHANGES TO 6142 03:53:55,662 --> 03:53:57,530 FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS AND 6143 03:53:57,530 --> 03:53:58,498 REVIEW. 6144 03:53:58,498 --> 03:54:00,934 SO, WHY THESE CHANGES? 6145 03:54:00,934 --> 03:54:05,205 SO, THERE HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND 6146 03:54:05,205 --> 03:54:09,676 CURRENT CONCERNS BY THE 6147 03:54:09,676 --> 03:54:11,311 COMMUNITY ABOUT FAIRNESS, 6148 03:54:11,311 --> 03:54:13,613 POTENTIAL FOR BIAS, LACK OF 6149 03:54:13,613 --> 03:54:16,249 OPENNESS, IN THE REVIEW OF 6150 03:54:16,249 --> 03:54:17,116 FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS. 6151 03:54:17,116 --> 03:54:21,487 SO IN RESPONSE TO THIS, BACK IN 6152 03:54:21,487 --> 03:54:23,456 THE FALL OF 2021, AN ADVISORY 6153 03:54:23,456 --> 03:54:24,757 COUNCIL WORKING GROUP WAS FORMED 6154 03:54:24,757 --> 03:54:27,627 IN THE CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC 6155 03:54:27,627 --> 03:54:28,094 REVIEW. 6156 03:54:28,094 --> 03:54:32,098 THIS CONSISTED OF NIH STAFF 6157 03:54:32,098 --> 03:54:35,134 MEMBERS, AS WELL AS DIVERSE 6158 03:54:35,134 --> 03:54:36,202 PANEL OF EXTRAMURAL SCIENTISTS 6159 03:54:36,202 --> 03:54:41,941 FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF 6160 03:54:41,941 --> 03:54:42,275 INSTITUTIONS. 6161 03:54:42,275 --> 03:54:46,312 THEY WERE CHARGED WITH 6162 03:54:46,312 --> 03:54:47,614 EVALUATING FELLOWSHIP REVIEW 6163 03:54:47,614 --> 03:54:48,281 PROCESS, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS 6164 03:54:48,281 --> 03:54:50,049 FOR IMPROVEMENT. 6165 03:54:50,049 --> 03:54:53,319 SO THE WORKING GROUP REQUESTED 6166 03:54:53,319 --> 03:54:56,589 DATA, AND FROM FELLOWSHIP 6167 03:54:56,589 --> 03:55:00,126 APPLICATIONS, FROM THE 2021 6168 03:55:00,126 --> 03:55:02,161 COUNCIL YEAR. 6169 03:55:02,161 --> 03:55:03,830 THESE DATA CONFIRMED THAT 6170 03:55:03,830 --> 03:55:04,831 APPLICATIONS ARE HIGHLY 6171 03:55:04,831 --> 03:55:07,000 CONCENTRATED FROM A VERY SMALL 6172 03:55:07,000 --> 03:55:09,402 NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS. 6173 03:55:09,402 --> 03:55:13,339 SO ABOUT 15 ELITE INSTITUTIONS 6174 03:55:13,339 --> 03:55:15,742 WERE SUBMITTING ABOUT 100 6175 03:55:15,742 --> 03:55:18,378 APPLICATIONS OR MORE PER 6176 03:55:18,378 --> 03:55:21,547 INSTITUTION IN THAT YEAR. 6177 03:55:21,547 --> 03:55:23,416 DATA ALSO SHOWED THAT 6178 03:55:23,416 --> 03:55:24,183 APPLICATIONS FROM THESE 6179 03:55:24,183 --> 03:55:27,887 INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS FROM 6180 03:55:27,887 --> 03:55:29,555 SENIOR MORE ESTABLISHED SPONSORS 6181 03:55:29,555 --> 03:55:31,391 DID BETTER IN REVIEW. 6182 03:55:31,391 --> 03:55:36,429 SO, THE WORKING GROUP CAME UP 6183 03:55:36,429 --> 03:55:37,730 WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, THESE 6184 03:55:37,730 --> 03:55:38,731 RECOMMENDATIONS WERE AVERAGE -- 6185 03:55:38,731 --> 03:55:41,901 WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY, 6186 03:55:41,901 --> 03:55:44,070 REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, AND THE 6187 03:55:44,070 --> 03:55:46,706 CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN FINALIZED 6188 03:55:46,706 --> 03:55:51,177 AND WORKED THROUGH ARE AIMED TO 6189 03:55:51,177 --> 03:55:53,713 ENCOURAGE APPLICATIONS FROM 6190 03:55:53,713 --> 03:55:55,581 CANDIDATES FROM BROADER ACADEMIC 6191 03:55:55,581 --> 03:55:56,983 INSTITUTIONAL AND RESEARCH 6192 03:55:56,983 --> 03:55:59,819 BACKGROUNDS AND ENCOURAGING 6193 03:55:59,819 --> 03:56:00,954 THESE CANDIDATES TO ALSO APPLY. 6194 03:56:00,954 --> 03:56:01,287 OKAY. 6195 03:56:01,287 --> 03:56:04,123 WHAT ARE THE SCOPE OF THE 6196 03:56:04,123 --> 03:56:06,859 CHANGES FOR FELLOWSHIPS? 6197 03:56:06,859 --> 03:56:08,962 THIS IS TWO-FOLD. 6198 03:56:08,962 --> 03:56:10,596 THE FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS WILL 6199 03:56:10,596 --> 03:56:10,930 ALSO CHANGE. 6200 03:56:10,930 --> 03:56:14,634 SO THERE WILL BE NEW REVIEW 6201 03:56:14,634 --> 03:56:15,735 INSTRUCTIONS FOR FELLOWSHIPS. 6202 03:56:15,735 --> 03:56:19,372 AND THERE WILL BE CHANGES TO THE 6203 03:56:19,372 --> 03:56:20,606 REVIEW CRITERIA. 6204 03:56:20,606 --> 03:56:22,008 LIKE THE RESEARCH PROJECT GRANTS 6205 03:56:22,008 --> 03:56:24,610 THAT JANET WAS TALKING ABOUT, 6206 03:56:24,610 --> 03:56:26,879 THIS WILL OCCUR FOR APPLICATIONS 6207 03:56:26,879 --> 03:56:31,317 SUBMITTED FOR DUE DATES ON OR 6208 03:56:31,317 --> 03:56:33,453 AFTER JANUARY 25, 2025. 6209 03:56:33,453 --> 03:56:35,455 SO FOR FELLOWSHIPS, THE FIRST 6210 03:56:35,455 --> 03:56:36,656 STANDARD DUE DATE AFTER JANUARY 6211 03:56:36,656 --> 03:56:41,794 25 IS GOING TO BE THE APRIL 8, 6212 03:56:41,794 --> 03:56:44,297 2025, DEADLINE FOR FELLOWSHIP 6213 03:56:44,297 --> 03:56:44,864 APPLICATIONS. 6214 03:56:44,864 --> 03:56:46,499 THOSE APPLICATIONS WILL BE 6215 03:56:46,499 --> 03:56:49,769 REVIEWED IN JUNE OR JULY OF 6216 03:56:49,769 --> 03:56:52,972 2025, AND WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE 6217 03:56:52,972 --> 03:56:55,308 ATTENTION OF COUNCIL IN 6218 03:56:55,308 --> 03:56:57,777 SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER 2025. 6219 03:56:57,777 --> 03:56:59,512 AND THERE'S A GUIDE NOTICE OVER 6220 03:56:59,512 --> 03:57:05,418 THERE, IF YOU WANT THE FULL TEXT 6221 03:57:05,418 --> 03:57:06,886 OF THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. 6222 03:57:06,886 --> 03:57:09,956 SO, WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC 6223 03:57:09,956 --> 03:57:12,992 CHANGES THAT ARE PROPOSED? 6224 03:57:12,992 --> 03:57:17,263 SO, FOR THE APPLICATION PART, 6225 03:57:17,263 --> 03:57:21,100 THE APPLICATIONS ARE INTENDED TO 6226 03:57:21,100 --> 03:57:27,206 BE SHORTER, SO INSTEAD OF TEN, 6227 03:57:27,206 --> 03:57:27,707 TEN ATTACHMENTS, TWELVE 6228 03:57:27,707 --> 03:57:28,875 ATTACHMENTS, WHICH IS THE 6229 03:57:28,875 --> 03:57:32,678 CURRENT, THERE WILL ONLY BE TEN, 6230 03:57:32,678 --> 03:57:34,347 AFTER JANUARY 25, 2025. 6231 03:57:34,347 --> 03:57:38,284 THE APPLICATION SHOULD BE MORE 6232 03:57:38,284 --> 03:57:40,686 STRUCTURED, AND BETTER ALIGNED 6233 03:57:40,686 --> 03:57:43,189 WITH REVISED REVIEW CRITERIA. 6234 03:57:43,189 --> 03:57:44,190 THERE'S -- THE APPLICATIONS WILL 6235 03:57:44,190 --> 03:57:47,427 HAVE LESS OF AN EMPHASIS ON THE 6236 03:57:47,427 --> 03:57:50,630 TRACK RECORD OF THE SPONSOR, AND 6237 03:57:50,630 --> 03:57:52,498 MORE EMPHASIS ON THE RESEARCH 6238 03:57:52,498 --> 03:57:55,802 TRAINING PLAN AND THE 6239 03:57:55,802 --> 03:57:57,303 PREPAREDNESS OF THE CANDIDATE. 6240 03:57:57,303 --> 03:57:59,405 THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE GOING TO 6241 03:57:59,405 --> 03:58:00,840 CLEARLY DEFINE WHO IS 6242 03:58:00,840 --> 03:58:02,675 RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH SECTION, 6243 03:58:02,675 --> 03:58:06,212 WHETHER IT'S THE CANDIDATE OR 6244 03:58:06,212 --> 03:58:07,380 ITS SPONSOR. 6245 03:58:07,380 --> 03:58:10,917 AND NEW FOR THESE APPLICATIONS 6246 03:58:10,917 --> 03:58:15,288 IS THAT GRADES WILL LONGER BE 6247 03:58:15,288 --> 03:58:17,256 ALLOWED IN THE CANDIDATE 6248 03:58:17,256 --> 03:58:18,024 BIOSKETCH. 6249 03:58:18,024 --> 03:58:19,559 FINALLY, THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR 6250 03:58:19,559 --> 03:58:24,630 REFERENCE LETTERS WILL ALSO BE 6251 03:58:24,630 --> 03:58:29,635 REVISED SO THAT REVIEWERS HAVE 6252 03:58:29,635 --> 03:58:31,704 INFORMATION PRESENTED TO THEM 6253 03:58:31,704 --> 03:58:35,975 THAT'S MORE EASY TO EXTRACT THE 6254 03:58:35,975 --> 03:58:37,210 QUALIFICATIONS OF THE CANDIDATE. 6255 03:58:37,210 --> 03:58:41,047 SO WHAT ABOUT CHANGES TO REVIEW 6256 03:58:41,047 --> 03:58:41,481 CRITERIA? 6257 03:58:41,481 --> 03:58:46,719 SO, CURRENTLY THERE ARE FIVE 6258 03:58:46,719 --> 03:58:47,620 REVIEW CRITERIA. 6259 03:58:47,620 --> 03:58:48,588 APPLICANTS, SPONSOR 6260 03:58:48,588 --> 03:58:49,989 COLLABORATORS, RESEARCH TRAINING 6261 03:58:49,989 --> 03:58:52,191 PLANS, TRAINING POTENTIAL, AND 6262 03:58:52,191 --> 03:58:53,292 THEN INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT, 6263 03:58:53,292 --> 03:58:54,026 COMMITMENT TO TRAINING. 6264 03:58:54,026 --> 03:58:56,729 THESE ARE GOING TO BE 6265 03:58:56,729 --> 03:59:00,133 RESTRUCTURED, SO THERE ARE ONLY 6266 03:59:00,133 --> 03:59:01,501 THREE REVIEW CRITERIA. 6267 03:59:01,501 --> 03:59:04,036 THEY ARE CALLED CANDIDATE 6268 03:59:04,036 --> 03:59:05,538 PREPAREDNESS AND POTENTIAL. 6269 03:59:05,538 --> 03:59:07,740 RESEARCH TRAINING PLANS, AND 6270 03:59:07,740 --> 03:59:08,841 COMMITMENT TO CANDIDATES. 6271 03:59:08,841 --> 03:59:10,943 ALL THREE OF THESE REVIEW 6272 03:59:10,943 --> 03:59:11,944 CRITERIA WILL BE SCORED. 6273 03:59:11,944 --> 03:59:14,213 AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE NO 6274 03:59:14,213 --> 03:59:16,616 CHANGES TO THE ADDITIONAL REVIEW 6275 03:59:16,616 --> 03:59:18,618 CRITERIA WHICH ARE PROTECTIONS 6276 03:59:18,618 --> 03:59:20,019 FOR HUMAN SUBJECTS, VERTEBRATE 6277 03:59:20,019 --> 03:59:23,156 ANIMALS, NO CHANGES TO 6278 03:59:23,156 --> 03:59:23,856 ADDITIONAL REVIEW 6279 03:59:23,856 --> 03:59:24,390 CONSIDERATIONS. 6280 03:59:24,390 --> 03:59:26,626 JUST TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT 6281 03:59:26,626 --> 03:59:30,129 MORE INTO THESE CHANGED REVIEW 6282 03:59:30,129 --> 03:59:31,430 CRITERIA,s FOR CANDIDATE 6283 03:59:31,430 --> 03:59:31,964 PREPAREDNESS AND POTENTIAL 6284 03:59:31,964 --> 03:59:34,500 THERE'S GOING TO BE A GREATER 6285 03:59:34,500 --> 03:59:37,136 EMPHASIS ON A WIDER RANGE OF 6286 03:59:37,136 --> 03:59:38,471 INDICATORS OF SCIENTIFIC 6287 03:59:38,471 --> 03:59:40,606 POTENTIAL, AND PREPAREDNESS OF 6288 03:59:40,606 --> 03:59:43,142 THE CANDIDATE, TO BETTER 6289 03:59:43,142 --> 03:59:44,544 IDENTIFY PROMISING SCIENTISTS. 6290 03:59:44,544 --> 03:59:46,112 THE RESEARCH TRAINING PLAN IS 6291 03:59:46,112 --> 03:59:49,615 GOING TO BE REFRAMED SO THE 6292 03:59:49,615 --> 03:59:52,351 RESEARCH PROJECT IS EVALUATED IN 6293 03:59:52,351 --> 03:59:54,453 TERMS OF ITS VALUE AS A TRAINING 6294 03:59:54,453 --> 03:59:56,522 VEHICLE, AS PART OF OVERALL 6295 03:59:56,522 --> 04:00:00,259 TRAINING OF THE CANDIDATE. 6296 04:00:00,259 --> 04:00:02,695 AND THE COMMITMENT TO CANDIDATE 6297 04:00:02,695 --> 04:00:04,764 IS GOING TO DE-EMPHASIZE THE 6298 04:00:04,764 --> 04:00:07,400 TRACK RECORD AND THE 6299 04:00:07,400 --> 04:00:07,934 ENVIRONMENT, INSTITUTIONAL 6300 04:00:07,934 --> 04:00:11,204 ENVIRONMENT, TRACK RECORD OF THE 6301 04:00:11,204 --> 04:00:14,941 SPONSOR, AND INSTITUTIONAL 6302 04:00:14,941 --> 04:00:16,242 ENVIRONMENT, INSTEAD EMPHASIZE 6303 04:00:16,242 --> 04:00:20,613 WHETHER THE SPONSOR HAS A STRONG 6304 04:00:20,613 --> 04:00:21,380 INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN THAT 6305 04:00:21,380 --> 04:00:23,683 ADDRESSES THE SPECIFIC NEEDS AND 6306 04:00:23,683 --> 04:00:25,351 GOALS OF THE PARTICULAR 6307 04:00:25,351 --> 04:00:26,886 CANDIDATE IN THE PARTICULAR 6308 04:00:26,886 --> 04:00:29,622 RESEARCH TRAINING PLAN THAT'S 6309 04:00:29,622 --> 04:00:31,357 BEING PROPOSED. 6310 04:00:31,357 --> 04:00:31,624 ALL RIGHT. 6311 04:00:31,624 --> 04:00:32,792 THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, A 6312 04:00:32,792 --> 04:00:35,394 LOT OF IT IS COMING OUT, LIKE 6313 04:00:35,394 --> 04:00:38,798 RIGHT NOW. 6314 04:00:38,798 --> 04:00:40,333 FOR EXAMPLE, THE APPLICATION 6315 04:00:40,333 --> 04:00:41,300 INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICANTS WILL 6316 04:00:41,300 --> 04:00:45,338 COME OUT LATER THIS FALL. 6317 04:00:45,338 --> 04:00:46,672 THERE'S A WEBSITE, IF YOU HAVE 6318 04:00:46,672 --> 04:00:48,641 STUDENTS WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT 6319 04:00:48,641 --> 04:00:50,276 APPLYING FOR A FELLOWSHIP OR YOU 6320 04:00:50,276 --> 04:00:51,911 KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS GETTING 6321 04:00:51,911 --> 04:00:54,413 READY TO APPLY FOR A FELLOWSHIP 6322 04:00:54,413 --> 04:00:55,982 APPLICATION, KEEP ABREAST OF THE 6323 04:00:55,982 --> 04:00:58,818 LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS 6324 04:00:58,818 --> 04:00:59,619 WEBSITE. 6325 04:00:59,619 --> 04:01:04,090 THERE'S APPLICANT GUIDANCE 6326 04:01:04,090 --> 04:01:05,291 THERE, REVIEWERS GUIDANCE, 6327 04:01:05,291 --> 04:01:06,726 TRAINING, THERE'S BLOGS, 6328 04:01:06,726 --> 04:01:08,461 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, AND 6329 04:01:08,461 --> 04:01:11,097 CONTACTS IF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 6330 04:01:11,097 --> 04:01:11,430 COME UP. 6331 04:01:11,430 --> 04:01:15,034 THERE'S A LINK ALSO ON THIS 6332 04:01:15,034 --> 04:01:17,103 WEBSITE TO REGISTER FOR A 6333 04:01:17,103 --> 04:01:18,004 WEBINAR. 6334 04:01:18,004 --> 04:01:21,140 WHICH WILL OCCUR NEXT WEEK, 6335 04:01:21,140 --> 04:01:23,676 SEPTEMBER 19, FROM 2 TO 3 P.M. 6336 04:01:23,676 --> 04:01:26,279 ON THE EAST COAST TIME. 6337 04:01:26,279 --> 04:01:30,449 THERE ARE EXPERTS INVOLVED IN 6338 04:01:30,449 --> 04:01:34,720 THIS WHOLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 6339 04:01:34,720 --> 04:01:36,022 FELLOWSHIP CHANGES PRESENTING, 6340 04:01:36,022 --> 04:01:38,557 WITH A LIVE QUESTION AND ANSWER, 6341 04:01:38,557 --> 04:01:39,659 SO PLEASE IF ANYONE IS 6342 04:01:39,659 --> 04:01:42,161 INTERESTED THERE'S A LINK THERE 6343 04:01:42,161 --> 04:01:46,565 TO REGISTER FOR THIS WEBINAR. 6344 04:01:46,565 --> 04:01:46,766 OKAY. 6345 04:01:46,766 --> 04:01:48,000 SO, TIMELINE FOR ALL OF THIS, 6346 04:01:48,000 --> 04:01:51,804 THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES 6347 04:01:51,804 --> 04:01:54,173 OCCURRING IN REVIEW. 6348 04:01:54,173 --> 04:01:56,075 OCTOBER 19, 2023, WAS WHEN THE 6349 04:01:56,075 --> 04:01:58,944 CHANGES TO THE SIMPLIFIED REVIEW 6350 04:01:58,944 --> 04:02:01,914 FRAMEWORK WERE FIRST ANNOUNCED. 6351 04:02:01,914 --> 04:02:03,316 THE CHANGES TO FELLOWSHIPS, THAT 6352 04:02:03,316 --> 04:02:06,452 WAS ANNOUNCED BACK IN APRIL OF 6353 04:02:06,452 --> 04:02:08,154 THIS YEAR. 6354 04:02:08,154 --> 04:02:14,727 AND SO AFTER JANUARY 25, 2025, 6355 04:02:14,727 --> 04:02:16,629 THE FIRST APPLICATIONS THAT WILL 6356 04:02:16,629 --> 04:02:18,864 BE SUBMITTED, YOU KNOW, IN 6357 04:02:18,864 --> 04:02:20,733 RESPONSE TO THESE CHANGES, THEY 6358 04:02:20,733 --> 04:02:23,269 WILL BE FEBRUARY/MARCH FOR 6359 04:02:23,269 --> 04:02:25,438 R01s, R21s, APRIL FOR 6360 04:02:25,438 --> 04:02:25,838 FELLOWSHIPS. 6361 04:02:25,838 --> 04:02:28,674 THEY WILL ALL BE REVIEWED IN THE 6362 04:02:28,674 --> 04:02:30,042 SUMMER, JUNE, JULY, 2025. 6363 04:02:30,042 --> 04:02:32,111 AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THEM AT 6364 04:02:32,111 --> 04:02:33,979 COUNCIL IN OCTOBER. 6365 04:02:33,979 --> 04:02:36,048 SO A YEAR FROM NOW. 6366 04:02:36,048 --> 04:02:38,784 SO, ALL OF US AT THE NIDCD HAVE 6367 04:02:38,784 --> 04:02:42,188 BEEN TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT 6368 04:02:42,188 --> 04:02:45,691 TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY ARE NOT 6369 04:02:45,691 --> 04:02:48,194 SURPRISED BY THESE CHANGES. 6370 04:02:48,194 --> 04:02:50,062 SO, WE'VE BEEN MENTIONING THIS 6371 04:02:50,062 --> 04:02:53,232 AT OUR PRESENTATIONS AT VARIOUS 6372 04:02:53,232 --> 04:02:55,000 CONFERENCES, ASSOCIATION FOR 6373 04:02:55,000 --> 04:02:59,271 RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY IN 6374 04:02:59,271 --> 04:03:03,542 FEBRUARYE THE ASSOCIATION FOR 6375 04:03:03,542 --> 04:03:06,379 CHEMO RECEPTION SCIENCE SOCIETY 6376 04:03:06,379 --> 04:03:07,580 BACK IN APRIL, ASHA, STAFF IS 6377 04:03:07,580 --> 04:03:10,549 GOING TO BE GOING TO THIS 6378 04:03:10,549 --> 04:03:11,751 SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE, 6379 04:03:11,751 --> 04:03:16,622 MENTIONING IT THERE. 6380 04:03:16,622 --> 04:03:17,356 THERE'S MANY MORE EFFORTS, PLANS 6381 04:03:17,356 --> 04:03:20,626 TO TALK BIT AT VARIOUS 6382 04:03:20,626 --> 04:03:21,827 SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES IN THE 6383 04:03:21,827 --> 04:03:32,037 COMING YEAR. 6384 04:03:34,173 --> 04:03:34,974 SIMPLIFIED FRAMEWORK WAS 6385 04:03:34,974 --> 04:03:38,377 MENTIONS, IT WAS MENTIONED IN 6386 04:03:38,377 --> 04:03:40,012 THE PRE-NIDCD FELLOWSHIP 6387 04:03:40,012 --> 04:03:42,181 PRE-APPLICATION WEBINAR, DR. 6388 04:03:42,181 --> 04:03:43,282 JACQUELINE SHERMAN, AND ANOTHER 6389 04:03:43,282 --> 04:03:47,887 WEBINAR PLANNED TO REALLY GET 6390 04:03:47,887 --> 04:03:49,288 APPLICANTS READY AND AWARE OF 6391 04:03:49,288 --> 04:03:51,490 THE CHANGES PRIOR TO THAT APRIL 6392 04:03:51,490 --> 04:03:55,661 8 DEADLINE IN THE COMING YEAR. 6393 04:03:55,661 --> 04:03:57,163 FOR THE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER REVIEW 6394 04:03:57,163 --> 04:03:59,532 PANELS, WHICH ARE COMING UP, ALL 6395 04:03:59,532 --> 04:04:03,669 OF THE SROs AT THE NIDCD WILL 6396 04:04:03,669 --> 04:04:05,204 PRESENT SLIDES WITH LINKS SO 6397 04:04:05,204 --> 04:04:10,309 REVIEWERS ARE AWARE OF THE 6398 04:04:10,309 --> 04:04:12,044 UPCOMING CHANGES. 6399 04:04:12,044 --> 04:04:12,678 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS REVIEW 6400 04:04:12,678 --> 04:04:13,879 COMMITTEE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE 6401 04:04:13,879 --> 04:04:16,916 COMMUNITY WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED 6402 04:04:16,916 --> 04:04:22,555 BACK IN OCTOBER, 2023. 6403 04:04:22,555 --> 04:04:25,024 AND SO IN EARLY 2025 WHEN THE 6404 04:04:25,024 --> 04:04:27,359 PANELS ARE ASSEMBLED, THEY WILL 6405 04:04:27,359 --> 04:04:28,027 ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THESE 6406 04:04:28,027 --> 04:04:29,995 CHANGES, THERE'S GOING TO BE 6407 04:04:29,995 --> 04:04:32,865 EXTENSIVE TRAINING OF ALL NIDCD 6408 04:04:32,865 --> 04:04:38,537 REVIEW PANELS DURING THAT TIME. 6409 04:04:38,537 --> 04:04:39,638 SO THAT IS ALL. 6410 04:04:39,638 --> 04:04:43,142 IF THERE ARE COMMENTS OR 6411 04:04:43,142 --> 04:04:53,652 QUESTIONS FROM ALL OF YOU? 6412 04:04:53,652 --> 04:04:54,320 >> LARRY? 6413 04:04:54,320 --> 04:04:57,356 >> THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW. 6414 04:04:57,356 --> 04:05:00,626 SO IN THE PAST, FELLOWSHIP 6415 04:05:00,626 --> 04:05:02,194 APPLICATIONS WERE OFTEN DINGED, 6416 04:05:02,194 --> 04:05:06,966 BECAUSE THE P.I. MENTOR WAS NEW. 6417 04:05:06,966 --> 04:05:08,601 AND AS A RESULT, IN THE 6418 04:05:08,601 --> 04:05:13,172 REVISION, IT COMES BACK WITH A 6419 04:05:13,172 --> 04:05:14,073 SENIOR CO-MENTOR. 6420 04:05:14,073 --> 04:05:18,244 AND SOMETIMES THAT'S HELPFUL, 6421 04:05:18,244 --> 04:05:19,545 SOMETIMES IT'S AN ARTIFICE TO 6422 04:05:19,545 --> 04:05:22,281 GET PAST THE REREVIEW. 6423 04:05:22,281 --> 04:05:25,017 ARE YOU SAYING THAT IS NO LONGER 6424 04:05:25,017 --> 04:05:26,318 A POINT OF CRITICISM AND IF 6425 04:05:26,318 --> 04:05:30,389 THAT'S TRUE HOW DOES THAT IMPACT 6426 04:05:30,389 --> 04:05:40,933 THE MODEL OF HAVING CO-MENTORS? 6427 04:05:41,534 --> 04:05:42,768 >> SO, WHAT I WOULD THINK, WE'LL 6428 04:05:42,768 --> 04:05:44,503 HAVE TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT 6429 04:05:44,503 --> 04:05:45,704 WITH THE REVIEW COMMITTEES, 6430 04:05:45,704 --> 04:05:45,938 RIGHT? 6431 04:05:45,938 --> 04:05:49,008 BUT WHAT I WOULD THINK IS THAT 6432 04:05:49,008 --> 04:05:51,710 EVEN THOUGH THE REPUTATION OF 6433 04:05:51,710 --> 04:05:55,247 THE MENTOR IS GOING TO BE 6434 04:05:55,247 --> 04:05:56,916 DE-EMPHASIZED THEY NEED TO HAVE 6435 04:05:56,916 --> 04:05:58,951 AN INDIVIDUAL TRAINING PLAN, 6436 04:05:58,951 --> 04:05:59,752 RIGHT, FOR THAT APPLICANT. 6437 04:05:59,752 --> 04:06:02,288 AND SO IF THE MENTOR DOESN'T 6438 04:06:02,288 --> 04:06:05,791 HAVE A LOT OF SORT OF EXPERTISE 6439 04:06:05,791 --> 04:06:07,226 AND TRAINING, IT COULD ALSO COME 6440 04:06:07,226 --> 04:06:10,496 UP THAT MAYBE THAT TRAINING PLAN 6441 04:06:10,496 --> 04:06:11,931 ISN'T AS INDIVIDUALIZED AS IT 6442 04:06:11,931 --> 04:06:12,698 SHOULD BE BECAUSE THE MENTOR 6443 04:06:12,698 --> 04:06:14,099 DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO 6444 04:06:14,099 --> 04:06:14,533 DO THAT. 6445 04:06:14,533 --> 04:06:15,968 I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT 6446 04:06:15,968 --> 04:06:18,270 PLAYS OUT BUT IT MIGHT BE THAT 6447 04:06:18,270 --> 04:06:20,472 STILL HAVING THAT MORE SENIOR 6448 04:06:20,472 --> 04:06:23,309 PERSON TO SORT OF BE PART OF THE 6449 04:06:23,309 --> 04:06:25,077 COMMITTEE OR BE PART OF A 6450 04:06:25,077 --> 04:06:26,378 COMMITTEE THAT HELPS WITH THE 6451 04:06:26,378 --> 04:06:28,480 TRAINING OF THE APPLICANT, OR OF 6452 04:06:28,480 --> 04:06:30,215 THE CANDIDATE, WOULD STILL BE 6453 04:06:30,215 --> 04:06:31,317 USEFUL. 6454 04:06:31,317 --> 04:06:34,954 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 6455 04:06:34,954 --> 04:06:36,355 YEAH, I KNOW. 6456 04:06:36,355 --> 04:06:38,223 >> WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT 6457 04:06:38,223 --> 04:06:39,625 PLAYS OUT. 6458 04:06:39,625 --> 04:06:42,595 I THINK THAT THE APPLICATIONS, 6459 04:06:42,595 --> 04:06:44,597 REVIEW CRITERIA ARE DESIGNED SO 6460 04:06:44,597 --> 04:06:48,500 THAT AN EARLY CAREER MENTOR 6461 04:06:48,500 --> 04:06:51,704 COULD SPONSOR AN APPLICANT. 6462 04:06:51,704 --> 04:06:54,006 AND SO AS THE SRO I DON'T THINK 6463 04:06:54,006 --> 04:06:57,943 IT WOULD BE A LEGITIMATE 6464 04:06:57,943 --> 04:06:58,844 CRITICISM, NECESSARILY, JUST 6465 04:06:58,844 --> 04:07:00,446 BASED UPON THE CAREER STATUS OF 6466 04:07:00,446 --> 04:07:00,980 THE SPONSOR. 6467 04:07:00,980 --> 04:07:06,151 THERE HAS TO BE SOME OTHER 6468 04:07:06,151 --> 04:07:07,553 REASON FOR -- YEAH. 6469 04:07:07,553 --> 04:07:12,057 >> YOU COULD IMAGINE THERE MIGHT 6470 04:07:12,057 --> 04:07:14,159 BE A MORE JUNIOR SPONSOR WHO HAS 6471 04:07:14,159 --> 04:07:15,761 HAD A LOT OF TRAINING 6472 04:07:15,761 --> 04:07:16,362 EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? 6473 04:07:16,362 --> 04:07:17,730 EITHER AS A POSTDOC THEY TRAINED 6474 04:07:17,730 --> 04:07:18,731 PEOPLE OR WHATEVER. 6475 04:07:18,731 --> 04:07:20,399 VERSUS ONE THAT DOESN'T. 6476 04:07:20,399 --> 04:07:25,738 SO I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE 6477 04:07:25,738 --> 04:07:26,839 MISUNDERSTOOD IT'S BECAUSE OF 6478 04:07:26,839 --> 04:07:27,773 THEIR CAREER STAGE OF THE 6479 04:07:27,773 --> 04:07:30,242 SPONSOR, WHERE REALLY IT IS 6480 04:07:30,242 --> 04:07:35,381 ABOUT DO THEY HAVE THE 6481 04:07:35,381 --> 04:07:36,482 EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING. 6482 04:07:36,482 --> 04:07:40,319 >> I THINK LINDA HAD A COMMENT. 6483 04:07:40,319 --> 04:07:41,654 >> JUST A QUICK ONE. 6484 04:07:41,654 --> 04:07:44,156 THERE IS A DEADLINE FOR 6485 04:07:44,156 --> 04:07:45,924 FELLOWSHIPS IN DECEMBER. 6486 04:07:45,924 --> 04:07:48,661 SO, HOW IS THIS -- IF STUDENTS 6487 04:07:48,661 --> 04:07:50,729 SUBMIT OR TRAINEES SUBMIT FOR 6488 04:07:50,729 --> 04:07:52,898 THIS DECEMBER DEADLINE, WILL 6489 04:07:52,898 --> 04:07:54,967 THEY THEN HAVE TO REVISE 6490 04:07:54,967 --> 04:07:56,735 ACCORDING TO THE NEW GUIDELINES 6491 04:07:56,735 --> 04:07:57,836 TO RESUBMIT? 6492 04:07:57,836 --> 04:08:01,440 AND HOW IS THAT IMAGINED? 6493 04:08:01,440 --> 04:08:05,177 >> YEAH, SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE A 6494 04:08:05,177 --> 04:08:11,316 HARD DEED LINE -- DEADLINE, IF A 6495 04:08:11,316 --> 04:08:13,385 STUDENT SUBMITS AND HAS TO 6496 04:08:13,385 --> 04:08:14,820 RESTRUCTURE THEY WILL HAVE TO 6497 04:08:14,820 --> 04:08:18,991 RESTRUCTURE, IT WILL BE REVIEWED 6498 04:08:18,991 --> 04:08:20,659 WITH THE NEW CRITERIA. 6499 04:08:20,659 --> 04:08:23,362 >> ANDY WAS NEXT. 6500 04:08:23,362 --> 04:08:27,933 >> SO, MAYBE JUST A HIGHER LEVEL 6501 04:08:27,933 --> 04:08:28,167 COMMENT. 6502 04:08:28,167 --> 04:08:30,569 I THINK THIS EFFORT TO INCREASE 6503 04:08:30,569 --> 04:08:32,337 THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF 6504 04:08:32,337 --> 04:08:36,141 FELLOWSHIPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 6505 04:08:36,141 --> 04:08:37,242 IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 6506 04:08:37,242 --> 04:08:39,778 AND, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE 6507 04:08:39,778 --> 04:08:40,846 REVIEW CRITERIA AND APPLICATION 6508 04:08:40,846 --> 04:08:42,281 PROCEDURE IS ALSO REALLY 6509 04:08:42,281 --> 04:08:43,148 IMPORTANT. 6510 04:08:43,148 --> 04:08:45,684 THINK SOMETHING WE'VE DISCUSSED 6511 04:08:45,684 --> 04:08:47,619 ON COUNCIL BEFORE AND ANOTHER 6512 04:08:47,619 --> 04:08:49,922 PART OF THE EQUATION IS REACHING 6513 04:08:49,922 --> 04:08:52,224 OUT TO INSTITUTIONS THAT DON'T 6514 04:08:52,224 --> 04:08:53,559 HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF 6515 04:08:53,559 --> 04:08:54,593 SUBMITTING THESE FELLOWSHIPS ALL 6516 04:08:54,593 --> 04:08:56,829 THE WAY FROM, YOU KNOW, THE 6517 04:08:56,829 --> 04:08:59,998 DEANS OF RESEARCH, DEANS OF THE 6518 04:08:59,998 --> 04:09:01,333 GRAD SCHOOL, HEADS OF 6519 04:09:01,333 --> 04:09:03,302 DEPARTMENTS, MENTORS, SORT OF 6520 04:09:03,302 --> 04:09:06,138 GIVING THEM THE TOOLS SO THAT 6521 04:09:06,138 --> 04:09:07,773 THEY CAN SUPPORT TRAINEES AT 6522 04:09:07,773 --> 04:09:11,276 THEIR INSTITUTIONS TO SUBMIT 6523 04:09:11,276 --> 04:09:11,710 THESE APPLICATIONS. 6524 04:09:11,710 --> 04:09:14,213 AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE 6525 04:09:14,213 --> 04:09:15,581 OVERINTERPRETTED BUT I THINK 6526 04:09:15,581 --> 04:09:16,381 SOMETIMES THERE'S TENDENCY TO 6527 04:09:16,381 --> 04:09:18,550 PUT THE BURDEN ON THE TRAINEE TO 6528 04:09:18,550 --> 04:09:21,920 PUT IN AN APPLICATION BUT IN 6529 04:09:21,920 --> 04:09:23,255 FACT THERE'S EVIDENCE SUGGESTING 6530 04:09:23,255 --> 04:09:25,457 FROM THESE ELITE INSTITUTIONS 6531 04:09:25,457 --> 04:09:28,827 HAVING AN INFRASTRUCTURE IN 6532 04:09:28,827 --> 04:09:30,696 PLACE WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS HOW 6533 04:09:30,696 --> 04:09:33,866 TO SUBMIT AN F31, THEY HAVE 6534 04:09:33,866 --> 04:09:34,633 CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, SUCCESSFUL 6535 04:09:34,633 --> 04:09:36,301 MODELS AND SO ON. 6536 04:09:36,301 --> 04:09:42,207 I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER BARRIER 6537 04:09:42,207 --> 04:09:44,409 TO A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION 6538 04:09:44,409 --> 04:09:45,644 OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS 6539 04:09:45,644 --> 04:09:46,378 THE COUNTRY. 6540 04:09:46,378 --> 04:09:48,280 I KNOW THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU 6541 04:09:48,280 --> 04:09:49,114 GUYS CONTROL. 6542 04:09:49,114 --> 04:09:54,052 >> IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN 6543 04:09:54,052 --> 04:09:58,757 SOLVE BUT JACQUELINE SHERMAN IS 6544 04:09:58,757 --> 04:10:00,959 CONTINUING TO SPEAK AT 6545 04:10:00,959 --> 04:10:04,663 CONFERENCES, THAT MIGHT BRING IN 6546 04:10:04,663 --> 04:10:05,264 INDIVIDUALS FROM PREDOMINANTLY 6547 04:10:05,264 --> 04:10:07,166 INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE NOT THE 6548 04:10:07,166 --> 04:10:07,966 TOP ELITE ONES. 6549 04:10:07,966 --> 04:10:09,935 SO, YOU KNOW, NOW ARE THE DEANS 6550 04:10:09,935 --> 04:10:10,469 THERE? 6551 04:10:10,469 --> 04:10:10,803 PROBABLY NOT. 6552 04:10:10,803 --> 04:10:13,639 BUT THE P.I.s ARE. 6553 04:10:13,639 --> 04:10:15,941 SO HOPEFULLY THE WORD CAN GET 6554 04:10:15,941 --> 04:10:16,108 OUT. 6555 04:10:16,108 --> 04:10:20,112 I AGREE 100%, IT'S VERY EASY 6556 04:10:20,112 --> 04:10:23,849 IF -- MUCH EASIER HAVE YOU HAVE 6557 04:10:23,849 --> 04:10:25,050 AN OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS 6558 04:10:25,050 --> 04:10:26,351 TO HANDLE IT VERSUS AN 6559 04:10:26,351 --> 04:10:27,586 INSTITUTION WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO 6560 04:10:27,586 --> 04:10:28,420 IT YOURSELF. 6561 04:10:28,420 --> 04:10:32,591 I THINK DAN I SAW BACK THERE. 6562 04:10:32,591 --> 04:10:34,893 >> I GUESS I'LL JUST SAY A 6563 04:10:34,893 --> 04:10:37,095 PERSONAL THING, I THINK THE IDEA 6564 04:10:37,095 --> 04:10:38,230 OF THE REDUCING THE 6565 04:10:38,230 --> 04:10:41,233 ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON 6566 04:10:41,233 --> 04:10:42,000 REVIEWERS IS IMPORTANT. 6567 04:10:42,000 --> 04:10:43,769 I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR OTHERS 6568 04:10:43,769 --> 04:10:45,404 AROUND THE TABLE BUT 6569 04:10:45,404 --> 04:10:47,506 EVERYBODY'S -- MANY HAVE BEEN A 6570 04:10:47,506 --> 04:10:48,240 REVIEWER, AND THAT'S A 6571 04:10:48,240 --> 04:10:49,007 SUBSTANTIAL BURDEN. 6572 04:10:49,007 --> 04:10:49,575 THAT'S GREAT. 6573 04:10:49,575 --> 04:10:51,410 BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT 6574 04:10:51,410 --> 04:10:52,611 RELATES TO THAT, THAT I GUESS I 6575 04:10:52,611 --> 04:10:54,713 WANT TO BE SURE I UNDERSTAND. 6576 04:10:54,713 --> 04:10:56,682 WHICH IS WHEN I'M LOOKING AT A 6577 04:10:56,682 --> 04:10:59,885 GRANT AS A REVIEWER I'M LOOKING 6578 04:10:59,885 --> 04:11:02,721 AT BOTH SCIENTIFIC QUALITY AND 6579 04:11:02,721 --> 04:11:03,155 FEASIBILITY. 6580 04:11:03,155 --> 04:11:06,091 YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE, BUT TO 6581 04:11:06,091 --> 04:11:06,859 PUT IT SIMPLY. 6582 04:11:06,859 --> 04:11:08,160 AND SEEING THE BUDGET AND 6583 04:11:08,160 --> 04:11:11,563 LOOKING AT THE BUDGET IS REALLY 6584 04:11:11,563 --> 04:11:12,898 A FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE FOR ME 6585 04:11:12,898 --> 04:11:14,199 WHEN TRYING TO ASSESS 6586 04:11:14,199 --> 04:11:14,499 FEASIBILITY. 6587 04:11:14,499 --> 04:11:17,603 I GUESS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 6588 04:11:17,603 --> 04:11:21,006 WHILE I CERTAINLY TRUST THE 6589 04:11:21,006 --> 04:11:22,541 STAFF TO GIVE SPECIFIC COMMENTS 6590 04:11:22,541 --> 04:11:24,476 ON THE BUDGET, THAT DEFINITELY 6591 04:11:24,476 --> 04:11:26,411 MAKES SENSE, SHOULDN'T BE A 6592 04:11:26,411 --> 04:11:27,846 REVIEWER TASK BUT REVIEWERS HAVE 6593 04:11:27,846 --> 04:11:28,647 THE BUDGETS. 6594 04:11:28,647 --> 04:11:29,047 >> OH, YES. 6595 04:11:29,047 --> 04:11:30,682 SO MAYBE I WASN'T CLEAR. 6596 04:11:30,682 --> 04:11:32,050 BUT THE REVIEWERS WILL STILL BE 6597 04:11:32,050 --> 04:11:33,752 TASKED TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND 6598 04:11:33,752 --> 04:11:37,522 DETERMINE WHETHER THE BUDGET IS 6599 04:11:37,522 --> 04:11:37,990 APPROPRIATE. 6600 04:11:37,990 --> 04:11:39,324 AS A STAFF MEMBER, IT'S BEEN A 6601 04:11:39,324 --> 04:11:40,626 LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN IN A 6602 04:11:40,626 --> 04:11:41,493 LAB. 6603 04:11:41,493 --> 04:11:45,130 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COSTS 6604 04:11:45,130 --> 04:11:45,964 ANYMORE, RIGHT? 6605 04:11:45,964 --> 04:11:47,633 YOU, AS A PEER REVIEWER, WOULD 6606 04:11:47,633 --> 04:11:49,268 KNOW BETTER AS TO WHETHER THOSE 6607 04:11:49,268 --> 04:11:59,645 COSTS ARE REASONABLE. 6608 04:12:03,048 --> 04:12:07,686 >> I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON 6609 04:12:07,686 --> 04:12:11,490 MAKING THIS STEP AND PROGRESSING 6610 04:12:11,490 --> 04:12:15,961 TOWARDS MAKING SOME CHANGES TO 6611 04:12:15,961 --> 04:12:17,629 THE SYSTEMS BEHIND THE REVIEW 6612 04:12:17,629 --> 04:12:18,096 PROCESS. 6613 04:12:18,096 --> 04:12:19,464 I KNOW I'VE SOUNDED LIKE A 6614 04:12:19,464 --> 04:12:22,100 BROKEN RECORD SINCE I GOT ON THE 6615 04:12:22,100 --> 04:12:23,835 COUNCIL ABOUT THE NEED TO LOOK 6616 04:12:23,835 --> 04:12:25,938 AT THE SYSTEMS AS OPPOSED TO 6617 04:12:25,938 --> 04:12:29,207 JUST LOOKING AT THE PEOPLE SO I 6618 04:12:29,207 --> 04:12:30,342 APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND I 6619 04:12:30,342 --> 04:12:33,478 GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 6620 04:12:33,478 --> 04:12:36,315 THAT THIS IS A FIRST STEP OR A 6621 04:12:36,315 --> 04:12:40,652 STEP, IT'S NOT EVEN A FIRST 6622 04:12:40,652 --> 04:12:42,888 STEP, BUT A STEP BECAUSE THERE'S 6623 04:12:42,888 --> 04:12:45,524 STILL -- THERE ARE STILL THINGS 6624 04:12:45,524 --> 04:12:48,160 THAT AT LEAST ON FIRST GLANCE 6625 04:12:48,160 --> 04:12:50,562 THAT I CAN SEE IN THE PROCESSES 6626 04:12:50,562 --> 04:12:54,333 THAT WILL STILL NEED TO BE 6627 04:12:54,333 --> 04:12:55,033 ADDRESSED. 6628 04:12:55,033 --> 04:12:56,568 THE LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION AS 6629 04:12:56,568 --> 04:12:58,003 AN EXAMPLE. 6630 04:12:58,003 --> 04:12:59,104 THERE'S SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH 6631 04:12:59,104 --> 04:13:02,174 ABOUT THE BIAS IN THOSE LETTERS. 6632 04:13:02,174 --> 04:13:05,644 AND HAVING A LETTER OF 6633 04:13:05,644 --> 04:13:07,846 RECOMMENDATION BY ITSELF IS 6634 04:13:07,846 --> 04:13:10,482 GOING TO INTRODUCE A ADDITIONAL 6635 04:13:10,482 --> 04:13:12,017 BIAS INTO THE PROCESS, SO THOSE 6636 04:13:12,017 --> 04:13:14,619 KINDS OF THINGS WILL NEED TO BE 6637 04:13:14,619 --> 04:13:17,689 INVESTIGATED AS PART OF THE 6638 04:13:17,689 --> 04:13:19,558 PROCESSES, AS THIS CONTINUES TO 6639 04:13:19,558 --> 04:13:22,094 MOVE FORWARD, SO I'M HOPEFUL 6640 04:13:22,094 --> 04:13:25,797 THAT THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING 6641 04:13:25,797 --> 04:13:27,666 PROCESS TO EVALUATE AS YOU 6642 04:13:27,666 --> 04:13:31,303 CONTINUE THIS JOURNEY TO IMPROVE 6643 04:13:31,303 --> 04:13:32,037 THIS PROCESS. 6644 04:13:32,037 --> 04:13:34,373 >> SO, I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF 6645 04:13:34,373 --> 04:13:38,310 OF THE NIH AS A WHOLE. 6646 04:13:38,310 --> 04:13:39,945 BUT I CAN TELL YOU IN ALL MY 6647 04:13:39,945 --> 04:13:40,946 YEARS THE NIH LOOKS AT THINGS 6648 04:13:40,946 --> 04:13:42,881 AND WAYS TO IMPROVE. 6649 04:13:42,881 --> 04:13:44,316 SOMETIMES THE GOVERNMENT, IT'S 6650 04:13:44,316 --> 04:13:45,517 LIKE PUSHING A BOULDER UP A 6651 04:13:45,517 --> 04:13:46,084 HILL, RIGHT? 6652 04:13:46,084 --> 04:13:47,819 IT TAKES TIME. 6653 04:13:47,819 --> 04:13:51,957 EVEN THIS PROCESS, IT STARTED IN 6654 04:13:51,957 --> 04:13:52,557 2019, AND IT'S IMPLEMENTED IN 6655 04:13:52,557 --> 04:13:53,959 2025 BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET 6656 04:13:53,959 --> 04:13:55,327 THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. 6657 04:13:55,327 --> 04:13:58,530 THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR AND 6658 04:13:58,530 --> 04:13:59,264 MAKE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS. 6659 04:13:59,264 --> 04:14:01,933 I TOO HOPE THIS IS THE FIRST 6660 04:14:01,933 --> 04:14:05,871 STEP BUT I'M SURE I KNOW THAT 6661 04:14:05,871 --> 04:14:06,872 NIH COLLEAGUES WE'RE ALWAYS 6662 04:14:06,872 --> 04:14:09,374 LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE THINGS 6663 04:14:09,374 --> 04:14:11,343 BETTER AND FAIRER AND TO 6664 04:14:11,343 --> 04:14:21,920 ALLEVIATE BIAS WHEN WE SEE BIAS 6665 04:14:24,790 --> 04:14:26,758 >> SORRY, THE LAST TIME REVIEW 6666 04:14:26,758 --> 04:14:28,193 CRITERIA AND FORMAT CHANGED, I 6667 04:14:28,193 --> 04:14:31,563 DON'T KNOW, SOME OF US OLD 6668 04:14:31,563 --> 04:14:36,735 ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT, IT TOOK 6669 04:14:36,735 --> 04:14:38,470 SEVERAL CYCLES OF REVIEW AND 6670 04:14:38,470 --> 04:14:41,540 RETRAINING REVIEWERS IS WHAT I'M 6671 04:14:41,540 --> 04:14:41,840 REMEMBERING. 6672 04:14:41,840 --> 04:14:44,142 SO, I THINK PART OF IT IS, IT'S 6673 04:14:44,142 --> 04:14:46,445 SO MUCH A PROCESS, YOU KNOW. 6674 04:14:46,445 --> 04:14:47,879 WE SORT OF ALL LEARNED TO SOME 6675 04:14:47,879 --> 04:14:51,616 EXTENT BY TRIAL AND ERROR, SO I 6676 04:14:51,616 --> 04:14:54,653 THINK THAT AS YOU ARE -- I'M 6677 04:14:54,653 --> 04:15:00,625 SURE THAT NIH SORT OF CENTRAL 6678 04:15:00,625 --> 04:15:02,761 EXPECTS FEEDBACK FROM PROGRAM 6679 04:15:02,761 --> 04:15:05,497 OFFICERS AND FROM THE SROs OF 6680 04:15:05,497 --> 04:15:08,834 THE TRAINING STUDY SECTIONS, 6681 04:15:08,834 --> 04:15:10,669 LIKE CDRC TO SAY HOW IS THIS 6682 04:15:10,669 --> 04:15:12,404 GOING AND WHERE ARE THINGS NOT 6683 04:15:12,404 --> 04:15:15,240 MEETING THE INTENT. 6684 04:15:15,240 --> 04:15:20,378 SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE 6685 04:15:20,378 --> 04:15:23,648 KIND OF IMPORTANT TO CONSOLIDATE 6686 04:15:23,648 --> 04:15:23,982 THAT FEEDBACK. 6687 04:15:23,982 --> 04:15:26,518 I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT 6688 04:15:26,518 --> 04:15:31,223 PERHAPS CAN BE DONE AT THE DCD 6689 04:15:31,223 --> 04:15:33,058 LEVEL IS JUST REALLY MORE 6690 04:15:33,058 --> 04:15:37,896 CONCRETE HELP. 6691 04:15:37,896 --> 04:15:39,331 I'M VERY MINDFUL OF DIFFERENCE 6692 04:15:39,331 --> 04:15:44,035 BETWEEN AN INSTITUTION THAT HAS 6693 04:15:44,035 --> 04:15:45,537 THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND 6694 04:15:45,537 --> 04:15:46,771 ENCOURAGES/REQUIRES TRAINEES TO 6695 04:15:46,771 --> 04:15:50,041 PUT IN THESE APPLICATIONS AS 6696 04:15:50,041 --> 04:15:51,042 OPPOSED TO SMALLER INSTITUTIONS 6697 04:15:51,042 --> 04:15:54,946 THAT MAY IN FACT HAVE VERY GOOD 6698 04:15:54,946 --> 04:15:56,381 TRAINEES WHO WOULD HAVE TO SORT 6699 04:15:56,381 --> 04:16:00,752 OF START FROM SCRATCH. 6700 04:16:00,752 --> 04:16:05,357 I THINK THAT PERHAPS JUST 6701 04:16:05,357 --> 04:16:06,558 WORKSHOPS AT, SAY, HBCUs, 6702 04:16:06,558 --> 04:16:10,629 THINGS LIKE THAT, TO, SAY, A, WE 6703 04:16:10,629 --> 04:16:12,264 WANT APPLICATIONS FROM THESE 6704 04:16:12,264 --> 04:16:14,099 INSTITUTIONS, BUT, B, HERE IS 6705 04:16:14,099 --> 04:16:18,036 HOW YOU DO IT. 6706 04:16:18,036 --> 04:16:21,239 AND TO JUST REALLY PUSH INTO 6707 04:16:21,239 --> 04:16:24,876 THOSE SPACES WHERE YOU WANT TO 6708 04:16:24,876 --> 04:16:26,144 SPREAD THE WORD. 6709 04:16:26,144 --> 04:16:29,447 I THINK THE DCD STAFF ARE 6710 04:16:29,447 --> 04:16:32,517 EXCELLENT ALREADY. 6711 04:16:32,517 --> 04:16:37,889 YOU'RE REACHING -- I KNOW I'VE 6712 04:16:37,889 --> 04:16:39,958 SEEN DCD STAFF AT CONFERENCES I 6713 04:16:39,958 --> 04:16:42,260 GO TO BUT PERHAPS GOING DIRECTLY 6714 04:16:42,260 --> 04:16:44,462 TO INSTITUTIONS IS AN ADDITIONAL 6715 04:16:44,462 --> 04:16:45,330 STRATEGY. 6716 04:16:45,330 --> 04:16:46,398 I KNOW EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY. 6717 04:16:46,398 --> 04:16:49,734 AND WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HOW 6718 04:16:49,734 --> 04:16:51,703 IT'S SHORT. 6719 04:16:51,703 --> 04:16:51,903 SO -- 6720 04:16:51,903 --> 04:16:53,638 >> JUST GOING TO SAY JACQUELINE 6721 04:16:53,638 --> 04:16:55,140 WILL TALK ABOUT THIS IN CLOSED 6722 04:16:55,140 --> 04:16:56,875 SESSION BUT SHE'S DOES A NUMBER 6723 04:16:56,875 --> 04:16:59,477 OF WEBINARS AND WE RECORD THEM. 6724 04:16:59,477 --> 04:17:00,145 THEY HAVEN'T UPDATED THEM NOW 6725 04:17:00,145 --> 04:17:01,446 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT COMING TO 6726 04:17:01,446 --> 04:17:03,748 CHANGE BUT SHE WILL DO WEBINARS, 6727 04:17:03,748 --> 04:17:05,517 PUT OUT THERE TO BE RECORDED, SO 6728 04:17:05,517 --> 04:17:08,887 ANYONE CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THEM 6729 04:17:08,887 --> 04:17:10,522 AND WATCH THOSE AND CONTACT HER 6730 04:17:10,522 --> 04:17:12,190 FOR MORE QUESTIONS. 6731 04:17:12,190 --> 04:17:15,360 SHE WILL BRIEF YOU DURING CLOSED 6732 04:17:15,360 --> 04:17:16,695 SESSION TOMORROW WHEN SHE DOES 6733 04:17:16,695 --> 04:17:17,295 HER FELLOWSHIP REPORT. 6734 04:17:17,295 --> 04:17:19,631 >> PART OF THE PROBLEM, WE CAN 6735 04:17:19,631 --> 04:17:20,999 GIVE ADVICE ABOUT HOW TO 6736 04:17:20,999 --> 04:17:25,170 STRUCTURE AN APPLICATION BUT THE 6737 04:17:25,170 --> 04:17:25,937 ACTUAL SUBMISSION VARIES FROM 6738 04:17:25,937 --> 04:17:27,906 ONE INSTITUTION TO ANOTHER. 6739 04:17:27,906 --> 04:17:29,407 SOME PEOPLE CAN SEND IT TO AN 6740 04:17:29,407 --> 04:17:30,308 OFFICE AND IT HAPPENS, OTHERS 6741 04:17:30,308 --> 04:17:35,247 HAVE TO DO IT THEMSELVES. 6742 04:17:35,247 --> 04:17:37,415 IT WOULD BE HARD TO DO THAT, 6743 04:17:37,415 --> 04:17:39,150 FROM ONE INSTITUTION TO ANOTHER, 6744 04:17:39,150 --> 04:17:40,919 AND THEN ALSO THERE'S ALWAYS THE 6745 04:17:40,919 --> 04:17:42,454 QUESTION OF FAIRNESS. 6746 04:17:42,454 --> 04:17:43,555 YOU GET TO THESE THREE 6747 04:17:43,555 --> 04:17:45,056 INSTITUTIONS BUT CAN'T GET TO 6748 04:17:45,056 --> 04:17:47,259 THOSE SEVEN, AND SO THAT'S WHY 6749 04:17:47,259 --> 04:17:49,461 THE WEBINARS ARE GOOD, THEY ARE 6750 04:17:49,461 --> 04:17:50,295 AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY. 6751 04:17:50,295 --> 04:17:52,063 >> LET'S HAVE THE LAST COMMENT 6752 04:17:52,063 --> 04:17:53,398 FROM KIA. 6753 04:17:53,398 --> 04:17:55,767 >> I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF 6754 04:17:55,767 --> 04:17:59,938 THE EFFORTS, ESPECIALLY RELATED 6755 04:17:59,938 --> 04:18:00,171 TO BIAS. 6756 04:18:00,171 --> 04:18:02,807 ESPECIALLY THINKING AS THE 6757 04:18:02,807 --> 04:18:04,109 EFFORTS BEING DONE HERE, NOT 6758 04:18:04,109 --> 04:18:05,310 NECESSARILY SEEN IN OTHER 6759 04:18:05,310 --> 04:18:05,944 AGENCIES. 6760 04:18:05,944 --> 04:18:08,613 SO I THINK THAT IS AWESOME. 6761 04:18:08,613 --> 04:18:10,582 BUT GETTING TO THE SYSTEM, I 6762 04:18:10,582 --> 04:18:13,218 ALSO LOVE THAT IT APPEARS 6763 04:18:13,218 --> 04:18:15,287 THERE'S A REQUIRED BIAS TRAINING 6764 04:18:15,287 --> 04:18:18,456 THAT REVIEWERS HAVE TO DO EVERY 6765 04:18:18,456 --> 04:18:19,557 THREE YEARS. 6766 04:18:19,557 --> 04:18:21,092 IT WOULD BE AWESOME, YOU MAY 6767 04:18:21,092 --> 04:18:23,061 HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, MAKING 6768 04:18:23,061 --> 04:18:26,731 SURE THAT THESE NEW POLICIES ARE 6769 04:18:26,731 --> 04:18:28,099 REFERENCED OR CONNECTED TO THE 6770 04:18:28,099 --> 04:18:29,834 TRAININGS THAT REVIEWERS ARE 6771 04:18:29,834 --> 04:18:31,369 HAVING TO DO. 6772 04:18:31,369 --> 04:18:35,006 AND CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT 6773 04:18:35,006 --> 04:18:38,243 UPDATING THOSE TRAININGS. 6774 04:18:38,243 --> 04:18:39,477 AND EMPOWERING REVIEWERS AROUND 6775 04:18:39,477 --> 04:18:41,246 THE TABLE, THE STAFF IN THE 6776 04:18:41,246 --> 04:18:42,981 ROOM, TO CALL STUFF OUT WHEN YOU 6777 04:18:42,981 --> 04:18:44,382 SEE IT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE 6778 04:18:44,382 --> 04:18:46,584 THING TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE BUT 6779 04:18:46,584 --> 04:18:49,321 IF NO ONE CALLS IT OUT WHEN IT 6780 04:18:49,321 --> 04:18:51,056 HAPPENS, THE SYSTEM WILL BE 6781 04:18:51,056 --> 04:18:54,893 THERE BUT THE SYSTEM WON'T 6782 04:18:54,893 --> 04:18:55,126 CHANGE. 6783 04:18:55,126 --> 04:18:56,861 >> THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE 6784 04:18:56,861 --> 04:18:58,296 TRAINING, YEAH. 6785 04:18:58,296 --> 04:19:00,031 STUDY SECTION CHAIRS GET 6786 04:19:00,031 --> 04:19:04,536 SPECIFIC TRAINING, RIGHT, FOR 6787 04:19:04,536 --> 04:19:06,271 EXACTLY THAT, RUTH, RIGHT? 6788 04:19:06,271 --> 04:19:08,573 >> I AGREE. 6789 04:19:08,573 --> 04:19:10,775 I'M ECHOING WHAT NIRUPA WAS 6790 04:19:10,775 --> 04:19:11,976 SAYING, ONGOING DISCUSSION, NOT 6791 04:19:11,976 --> 04:19:14,679 ONE AND DONE BEFORE JUNE REVIEWS 6792 04:19:14,679 --> 04:19:18,416 BUT CONTINUE TO INCORPORATE THE 6793 04:19:18,416 --> 04:19:19,417 CHANGES LIKE GOING FORWARD. 6794 04:19:19,417 --> 04:19:23,121 >> I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT BIAS 6795 04:19:23,121 --> 04:19:25,457 CSRs TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE 6796 04:19:25,457 --> 04:19:29,027 TO REPORT BIAS, AN APPLICANT CAN 6797 04:19:29,027 --> 04:19:30,695 REPORT THROUGH APPEAL, BUT 6798 04:19:30,695 --> 04:19:32,330 REVIEWERS THERE'S A CSR POINT OF 6799 04:19:32,330 --> 04:19:34,165 CONTACT TO REPORT BIAS OR TALK 6800 04:19:34,165 --> 04:19:35,834 TO THE SRO FOR YOUR REVIEW 6801 04:19:35,834 --> 04:19:37,202 MEETINGS YOU'RE IN SO THAN ON 6802 04:19:37,202 --> 04:19:38,870 NIH'S RADAR AND THEY ARE 6803 04:19:38,870 --> 04:19:41,506 ACTIVELY WORKING TO REDUCE BIAS. 6804 04:19:41,506 --> 04:19:42,507 >> ALL RIGHT. 6805 04:19:42,507 --> 04:19:44,042 THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. 6806 04:19:44,042 --> 04:19:46,644 >> THANK YOU. 6807 04:19:46,644 --> 04:19:49,047 6808 04:19:49,047 --> 04:19:52,117 >> ALL RIGHT. 6809 04:19:52,117 --> 04:19:53,852 DR. JUDITH COOPER WILL GIVE THE 6810 04:19:53,852 --> 04:20:04,295 REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF 6811 04:20:04,562 --> 04:20:14,139 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS. 6812 04:20:14,139 --> 04:20:24,182 6813 04:20:31,322 --> 04:20:32,090 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 6814 04:20:32,090 --> 04:20:35,360 I WANT TO SHARE BRIEFLY WITH YOU 6815 04:20:35,360 --> 04:20:37,796 THREE THINGS RELATED TO THE 6816 04:20:37,796 --> 04:20:39,097 DIVISION OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS. 6817 04:20:39,097 --> 04:20:45,437 FIRST, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE 6818 04:20:45,437 --> 04:20:46,438 WONDERFUL DSP STAFF. 6819 04:20:46,438 --> 04:20:50,275 TURN YOUR HEADS THAT WAY AND I 6820 04:20:50,275 --> 04:20:59,884 ASK MY STAFF TO STAND UP PLEASE. 6821 04:20:59,884 --> 04:21:01,085 THANK YOU. 6822 04:21:01,085 --> 04:21:02,387 I DIDN'T WARN THEM I WAS GOING 6823 04:21:02,387 --> 04:21:03,822 TO DO THAT. 6824 04:21:03,822 --> 04:21:06,324 SOME OF THEM -- OBVIOUSLY SOME 6825 04:21:06,324 --> 04:21:09,627 ARE HERE PHYSICALLY, OTHERS ARE 6826 04:21:09,627 --> 04:21:10,361 JOINING REMOTELY. 6827 04:21:10,361 --> 04:21:12,230 I HOPE YOU HAVE A CHANCE, EITHER 6828 04:21:12,230 --> 04:21:15,967 AT THIS MEETING OR IN MAY, WHEN 6829 04:21:15,967 --> 04:21:18,369 EVERYBODY WILL BE HERE, TO MEET 6830 04:21:18,369 --> 04:21:24,576 AND INTERACT WITH SOME OF OUR 6831 04:21:24,576 --> 04:21:26,778 POs, WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM, 6832 04:21:26,778 --> 04:21:28,646 SAME GOALS. 6833 04:21:28,646 --> 04:21:30,281 BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST 6834 04:21:30,281 --> 04:21:35,753 MEMBER LET ME ASK MARY AND SAMAN 6835 04:21:35,753 --> 04:21:37,388 TO STAND UP. 6836 04:21:37,388 --> 04:21:44,128 MARY IS OUR NEW DATA SCIENCE 6837 04:21:44,128 --> 04:21:45,964 PROGRAM OFFICER AND SAMA IS OUR 6838 04:21:45,964 --> 04:21:50,134 NEW MEDICAL CENTER. 6839 04:21:50,134 --> 04:21:52,637 THANK YOU BOTH. 6840 04:21:52,637 --> 04:21:54,072 ALL RIGHT. 6841 04:21:54,072 --> 04:21:56,474 SO NEXT I THINK, YEAH, I WANT TO 6842 04:21:56,474 --> 04:21:58,443 ALERT YOU AND INTRODUCE YOU TO 6843 04:21:58,443 --> 04:21:59,878 OUR NEWEST STAFF MEMBER, WHO 6844 04:21:59,878 --> 04:22:02,180 JOINED US IN JUNE, SO I HOPE 6845 04:22:02,180 --> 04:22:04,582 TROY, CAN YOU COME UP ON THE 6846 04:22:04,582 --> 04:22:08,953 SCREEN AND SHOW YOUR FACE? 6847 04:22:08,953 --> 04:22:11,456 AND IS THAT GOING TO BE 6848 04:22:11,456 --> 04:22:11,723 POSSIBLE? 6849 04:22:11,723 --> 04:22:13,124 YOU I.T. PERSON? 6850 04:22:13,124 --> 04:22:16,060 I HAVE NO IDEA. 6851 04:22:16,060 --> 04:22:16,494 OKAY. 6852 04:22:16,494 --> 04:22:17,462 I'M SURE HE'S LISTENING BUT I 6853 04:22:17,462 --> 04:22:21,165 DON'T KNOW HOW TO SHOW HIM. 6854 04:22:21,165 --> 04:22:25,036 >> IF HE SPEAKS HE SHOULD COME 6855 04:22:25,036 --> 04:22:28,239 UP ON THE SCREEN. 6856 04:22:28,239 --> 04:22:31,175 >> IS THAT RIGHT? 6857 04:22:31,175 --> 04:22:32,143 >> I CAN SPEAK. 6858 04:22:32,143 --> 04:22:32,911 >> THANK YOU, TROY. 6859 04:22:32,911 --> 04:22:34,345 I SEE YOU UP THERE. 6860 04:22:34,345 --> 04:22:35,780 >> ALL RIGHT THEN. 6861 04:22:35,780 --> 04:22:36,180 >> OKAY. 6862 04:22:36,180 --> 04:22:46,724 SO LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT TROY. 6863 04:22:49,494 --> 04:22:59,470 6864 04:23:01,205 --> 04:23:02,674 WELL, OKAY, I MUST HAVE SAVED 6865 04:23:02,674 --> 04:23:04,342 THE WRONG VERSION OF MY TALK. 6866 04:23:04,342 --> 04:23:09,013 LET ME WING IT AND TROY CAN 6867 04:23:09,013 --> 04:23:10,114 CONNECT ME. 6868 04:23:10,114 --> 04:23:15,587 TROY SPENT HIS CAREER DEALING 6869 04:23:15,587 --> 04:23:19,457 WITH COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND 6870 04:23:19,457 --> 04:23:19,724 DISORDERS. 6871 04:23:19,724 --> 04:23:23,394 HE RECEIVED A DEGREE IN 6872 04:23:23,394 --> 04:23:25,463 AUDIOLOGY AND THEN CAME TO 6873 04:23:25,463 --> 04:23:28,533 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY WHERE HE 6874 04:23:28,533 --> 04:23:30,068 ENTERED THE LAB THERE, AND TROY, 6875 04:23:30,068 --> 04:23:32,604 I'LL LET YOU SAY SO I WON'T 6876 04:23:32,604 --> 04:23:37,208 FORGET YOUR AREAS OF FOCUS WHEN 6877 04:23:37,208 --> 04:23:39,744 YOU WERE AT VANDERBILT INCLUDED. 6878 04:23:39,744 --> 04:23:40,311 >> SURE. 6879 04:23:40,311 --> 04:23:46,851 YEAH, SO I'VE DONE PRIMARILY 6880 04:23:46,851 --> 04:23:47,518 CENTRAL AUDITORY ANATOMY AND 6881 04:23:47,518 --> 04:23:49,887 TRANSCRIPTOMICS, DURING MY TIME 6882 04:23:49,887 --> 04:23:52,357 THERE, FOCUSED ON THE CENTRAL 6883 04:23:52,357 --> 04:23:54,392 AUDITORY PATHWAYS AND HOW THEY 6884 04:23:54,392 --> 04:23:56,628 ARE ALTERED BY EXPOSURE TO 6885 04:23:56,628 --> 04:24:01,733 NOISE, BY DEVELOPMENT, BY AGING. 6886 04:24:01,733 --> 04:24:04,636 AND LATER WORKED FOR THE PAST 6887 04:24:04,636 --> 04:24:08,373 SEVEN YEARS FOCUSED ON THE 6888 04:24:08,373 --> 04:24:09,907 TEMPORAL BONE IN MACAQUE MONKEYS 6889 04:24:09,907 --> 04:24:11,776 AND EFFECT OF NOISE AND NOISE 6890 04:24:11,776 --> 04:24:14,846 EXPOSURE ON THAT STRUCTURE. 6891 04:24:14,846 --> 04:24:15,480 YEAH. 6892 04:24:15,480 --> 04:24:16,147 >> THANK YOU, TROY. 6893 04:24:16,147 --> 04:24:20,018 HE HAS JOINED US AS OF JUNE TO 6894 04:24:20,018 --> 04:24:22,520 OVERSEE OUR TEMPORAL BONE 6895 04:24:22,520 --> 04:24:24,989 REGISTRY AND NETWORK OF TEMPORAL 6896 04:24:24,989 --> 04:24:25,690 BONE RESEARCH. 6897 04:24:25,690 --> 04:24:27,992 WE'RE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO 6898 04:24:27,992 --> 04:24:30,495 HAVE HIM. 6899 04:24:30,495 --> 04:24:31,596 AND BRINGING HIS EXPERTISE AND 6900 04:24:31,596 --> 04:24:33,798 HIS EXPERIENCE TO GUIDE US AS WE 6901 04:24:33,798 --> 04:24:35,566 GO INTO THESE NEW AREAS. 6902 04:24:35,566 --> 04:24:38,469 SO, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING 6903 04:24:38,469 --> 04:24:45,510 TROY TO NIDCD. 6904 04:24:45,510 --> 04:24:46,477 6905 04:24:46,477 --> 04:24:46,911 >> THANK YOU. 6906 04:24:46,911 --> 04:24:57,188 >> NEXT SLIDE. 6907 04:25:00,324 --> 04:25:09,267 6908 04:25:09,267 --> 04:25:09,467 OKAY. 6909 04:25:09,467 --> 04:25:12,136 THERE WE GO. 6910 04:25:12,136 --> 04:25:19,510 NOPE. 6911 04:25:19,510 --> 04:25:23,014 OKAY. 6912 04:25:23,014 --> 04:25:24,982 NIDCD HAS A NUMBER OF APPROACHES 6913 04:25:24,982 --> 04:25:27,051 THAT WE USE TO GET OUR MESSAGE 6914 04:25:27,051 --> 04:25:28,352 OUT TO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY. 6915 04:25:28,352 --> 04:25:30,555 WHAT DO I MEAN BY THE MESSAGE? 6916 04:25:30,555 --> 04:25:33,858 WELL, WHO WE ARE, BUT IN 6917 04:25:33,858 --> 04:25:34,959 PARTICULAR WHAT AREAS OF 6918 04:25:34,959 --> 04:25:38,663 RESEARCH ARE A PRIORITY FOR US. 6919 04:25:38,663 --> 04:25:41,933 I THINK THE -- FIRST THING I'LL 6920 04:25:41,933 --> 04:25:46,003 MENTION IS EXCELLENT JOB THAT 6921 04:25:46,003 --> 04:25:48,506 OUR INFORMATION OFFICE, OHCPO, 6922 04:25:48,506 --> 04:25:49,841 DOES TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION 6923 04:25:49,841 --> 04:25:53,644 WITH THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY. 6924 04:25:53,644 --> 04:25:57,582 THIS INCLUDES OUR WEBSITE, WHICH 6925 04:25:57,582 --> 04:25:58,683 FEATURES OUR STRATEGIC PLAN 6926 04:25:58,683 --> 04:26:00,685 WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE LISTED. 6927 04:26:00,685 --> 04:26:06,591 THE WEBSITE HAS A NUMBER OF 6928 04:26:06,591 --> 04:26:08,059 THINGS, INCLUDING A NEWSLETTER, 6929 04:26:08,059 --> 04:26:10,695 WHICH INVOLVES STATEMENT FROM 6930 04:26:10,695 --> 04:26:13,564 DR. TUCCI, AND HIGHLIGHTS 6931 04:26:13,564 --> 04:26:14,966 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. 6932 04:26:14,966 --> 04:26:16,968 THAT NEWSLETTER IS SENT OUT NOT 6933 04:26:16,968 --> 04:26:18,469 ONLY TO OUR CURRENT 6934 04:26:18,469 --> 04:26:20,004 INVESTIGATORS AND MOST OF YOU 6935 04:26:20,004 --> 04:26:21,272 SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT, BUT 6936 04:26:21,272 --> 04:26:27,979 ALSO TO A MUCH WIDER RESEARCH 6937 04:26:27,979 --> 04:26:28,412 COMMUNITY. 6938 04:26:28,412 --> 04:26:29,847 AND THEN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, 6939 04:26:29,847 --> 04:26:33,785 IF I CAN, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, 6940 04:26:33,785 --> 04:26:36,988 OKAY, THAT WAS SMOOTHER. 6941 04:26:36,988 --> 04:26:37,555 THANK YOU. 6942 04:26:37,555 --> 04:26:40,491 SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT 6943 04:26:40,491 --> 04:26:43,327 DOES DSP DO TO GET THAT MESSAGE 6944 04:26:43,327 --> 04:26:43,628 OUT? 6945 04:26:43,628 --> 04:26:47,598 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT WORKSHOPS AND 6946 04:26:47,598 --> 04:26:50,334 WEBINARS, WE'RE NOW POSTING 6947 04:26:50,334 --> 04:26:52,403 WEBINARS SO IT IS AVAILABLE, THE 6948 04:26:52,403 --> 04:26:54,372 INFORMATION THERE IS AVAILABLE 6949 04:26:54,372 --> 04:26:57,675 TO A MUCH BROADER RESEARCH 6950 04:26:57,675 --> 04:26:59,410 COMMUNITY. 6951 04:26:59,410 --> 04:27:02,814 YOU KNOW ABOUT FUNDING 6952 04:27:02,814 --> 04:27:03,214 OPPORTUNITY. 6953 04:27:03,214 --> 04:27:04,015 WE'RE SOMETIMES CO-SPONSORS WITH 6954 04:27:04,015 --> 04:27:06,617 OTHER I.C.s, WE MAKE 6955 04:27:06,617 --> 04:27:08,386 PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCE, DO 6956 04:27:08,386 --> 04:27:10,254 WHAT WE CALL TARGETED MASS 6957 04:27:10,254 --> 04:27:13,324 E-MAILS WHERE PERHAPS AN 6958 04:27:13,324 --> 04:27:14,425 INITIATIVE IS OF PARTICULAR 6959 04:27:14,425 --> 04:27:19,297 INTEREST TO A SUBGROUP OF OUR 6960 04:27:19,297 --> 04:27:20,431 RESEARCHERS AND GET IN TOUCH 6961 04:27:20,431 --> 04:27:21,966 WITH THEM. 6962 04:27:21,966 --> 04:27:26,237 YOU, THE COUNCIL, GET TO HEAR 6963 04:27:26,237 --> 04:27:27,772 WHAT DSP IS DOING, CONCEPT 6964 04:27:27,772 --> 04:27:28,506 CLEARANCE, COUNCIL APPROVAL 6965 04:27:28,506 --> 04:27:33,211 WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT TODAY FROM 6966 04:27:33,211 --> 04:27:33,511 KELLY. 6967 04:27:33,511 --> 04:27:37,615 OF COURSE AS A RESULT OF THE 6968 04:27:37,615 --> 04:27:40,718 CONCEPT APPROVAL THAT VERY OFTEN 6969 04:27:40,718 --> 04:27:42,320 LEADS TO A FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 6970 04:27:42,320 --> 04:27:43,621 ANNOUNCEMENT. 6971 04:27:43,621 --> 04:27:45,356 THEN YOU GET TO REVIEW AS A 6972 04:27:45,356 --> 04:27:47,358 RESULT OF YOUR INITIAL APPROVAL 6973 04:27:47,358 --> 04:27:48,793 OF THE CONCEPT THE APPLICATIONS 6974 04:27:48,793 --> 04:27:53,497 THAT COME IN THAT ARE SUBMITTED 6975 04:27:53,497 --> 04:27:54,699 IN RESPONSE TO SOME ACTIVITY 6976 04:27:54,699 --> 04:27:55,466 STAFF AS LED. 6977 04:27:55,466 --> 04:27:59,203 YOU GET TO HEAR AS YOU DID FROM 6978 04:27:59,203 --> 04:28:00,304 KELLY EARLIER ABOUT WORKSHOPS, 6979 04:28:00,304 --> 04:28:03,341 AND WHAT NEXT STEPS WE'RE 6980 04:28:03,341 --> 04:28:04,976 THINKING ABOUT. 6981 04:28:04,976 --> 04:28:06,310 THERE'S ONE OTHER APPROACH THAT 6982 04:28:06,310 --> 04:28:09,146 YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF. 6983 04:28:09,146 --> 04:28:12,216 IT'S TYPICALLY NOT MENTIONED AT 6984 04:28:12,216 --> 04:28:12,450 COUNCIL. 6985 04:28:12,450 --> 04:28:14,518 IT'S AN APPROACH THAT HIGHLIGHTS 6986 04:28:14,518 --> 04:28:17,455 A SPECIFIC AREA OF SCIENCE, 6987 04:28:17,455 --> 04:28:20,625 TYPICALLY IT'S REVIEWED BY THE 6988 04:28:20,625 --> 04:28:23,060 CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC REVIEW. 6989 04:28:23,060 --> 04:28:24,795 TYPICALLY THERE ARE NO DOLLARS 6990 04:28:24,795 --> 04:28:25,663 SET ASIDE. 6991 04:28:25,663 --> 04:28:28,833 IT'S A VEHICLE THAT WE USE TO 6992 04:28:28,833 --> 04:28:32,036 SAY THIS TOPIC IS IMPORTANT, 6993 04:28:32,036 --> 04:28:33,671 RESEARCHERS, LOOK HERE. 6994 04:28:33,671 --> 04:28:36,507 AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. 6995 04:28:36,507 --> 04:28:38,042 WHAT IS THIS? 6996 04:28:38,042 --> 04:28:39,577 IT'S CALLED A NOSI. 6997 04:28:39,577 --> 04:28:41,012 THESE ARE NOTICES OF SPECIAL 6998 04:28:41,012 --> 04:28:41,679 INTEREST. 6999 04:28:41,679 --> 04:28:43,314 I'M GOING TO OFFER JUST A FEW 7000 04:28:43,314 --> 04:28:45,483 EXAMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN LED BY 7001 04:28:45,483 --> 04:28:47,018 DSP STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED 7002 04:28:47,018 --> 04:28:51,055 OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO 7003 04:28:51,055 --> 04:28:51,555 INCREASE YOUR AWARENESS. 7004 04:28:51,555 --> 04:28:53,591 IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION AND 7005 04:28:53,591 --> 04:28:55,459 WANT TO KNOW WHICH PROGRAM 7006 04:28:55,459 --> 04:28:58,963 OFFICER LED THIS AND TO GET MORE 7007 04:28:58,963 --> 04:29:01,599 INFORMATION FROM THE CONTACT 7008 04:29:01,599 --> 04:29:02,466 E.O., CHECK OUT THE QR CODE. 7009 04:29:02,466 --> 04:29:02,900 OKAY. 7010 04:29:02,900 --> 04:29:05,770 SO THE FIRST TWO I WANT TO 7011 04:29:05,770 --> 04:29:16,314 MENTION ARE IMPACT OF POST-ACUTE 7012 04:29:16,981 --> 04:29:20,184 SEQUELAE, REGARDING LONG COVID. 7013 04:29:20,184 --> 04:29:22,820 IN RELATION TO OUR NIDCD MISSION 7014 04:29:22,820 --> 04:29:23,020 AREAS. 7015 04:29:23,020 --> 04:29:25,756 THEN THE NOSI ON TRAINING AND 7016 04:29:25,756 --> 04:29:27,391 CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND 7017 04:29:27,391 --> 04:29:28,726 DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION 7018 04:29:28,726 --> 04:29:30,561 SCIENCE, FOR RESEARCH IN 7019 04:29:30,561 --> 04:29:32,330 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS. 7020 04:29:32,330 --> 04:29:34,498 THIS NOSI ENCOURAGES TWO 7021 04:29:34,498 --> 04:29:36,133 DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, THOSE 7022 04:29:36,133 --> 04:29:39,303 WITH EXPERTISE IN COMMUNICATION 7023 04:29:39,303 --> 04:29:43,741 DISORDERS AND THOSE WITH 7024 04:29:43,741 --> 04:29:44,408 DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION 7025 04:29:44,408 --> 04:29:46,911 EXPERTISE TO PURSUE TRAINING IN 7026 04:29:46,911 --> 04:29:48,245 THE OPPOSITE AREA. 7027 04:29:48,245 --> 04:29:48,546 NEXT. 7028 04:29:48,546 --> 04:29:52,650 WE'VE GOT DEVELOPMENT OF IMAGING 7029 04:29:52,650 --> 04:29:53,751 TECHNIQUES FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION 7030 04:29:53,751 --> 04:29:57,655 AND FUNCTIONAL SCANNING IN IN 7031 04:29:57,655 --> 04:29:58,823 VIVO HUMAN SENSORY AND 7032 04:29:58,823 --> 04:30:00,858 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. 7033 04:30:00,858 --> 04:30:09,834 THIS IS FOCUSING RESEARCHERS ON 7034 04:30:09,834 --> 04:30:12,570 THE NEED FOR -- THE NEED TO 7035 04:30:12,570 --> 04:30:15,206 DEVELOP IMAGING TECHNIQUES TO 7036 04:30:15,206 --> 04:30:19,577 IMPROVE CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS IN 7037 04:30:19,577 --> 04:30:21,645 RESEARCH ENDEAVORS. 7038 04:30:21,645 --> 04:30:24,048 PROMOTING LANGUAGE AND 7039 04:30:24,048 --> 04:30:25,649 COMMUNICATION IN MINIMALLY 7040 04:30:25,649 --> 04:30:27,318 VERBAL NON-SPEAKING INDIVIDUALS 7041 04:30:27,318 --> 04:30:28,786 WITH AUTISM ENCOURAGES 7042 04:30:28,786 --> 04:30:31,288 RESEARCHERS TO DEVELOP OR 7043 04:30:31,288 --> 04:30:31,989 LEVERAGE INTERVENTIONS FOR 7044 04:30:31,989 --> 04:30:34,558 AUTISTIC PEOPLE WHO DO NOT USE 7045 04:30:34,558 --> 04:30:39,930 SPOKEN LANGUAGE AS THEIR PRIMARY 7046 04:30:39,930 --> 04:30:43,434 MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. 7047 04:30:43,434 --> 04:30:43,968 ENCOURAGING WOMEN'S HEALTH 7048 04:30:43,968 --> 04:30:45,302 RESEARCH WITHIN THE NIDCD 7049 04:30:45,302 --> 04:30:48,572 MISSION AREAS, THIS IS THE NOSI 7050 04:30:48,572 --> 04:30:50,541 THAT WANTS TO FOCUS RESEARCHERS 7051 04:30:50,541 --> 04:30:53,411 IN OUR MISSION AREAS, ON TOPICS 7052 04:30:53,411 --> 04:30:54,812 THAT WILL IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND 7053 04:30:54,812 --> 04:30:58,549 QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN ACROSS 7054 04:30:58,549 --> 04:30:59,784 THE LIFESPAN. 7055 04:30:59,784 --> 04:31:01,852 FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ON 7056 04:31:01,852 --> 04:31:03,687 THE NEURAL CIRCUITS UNDERLYING 7057 04:31:03,687 --> 04:31:05,890 SENSORY PROCESSING IS A NOSI 7058 04:31:05,890 --> 04:31:07,758 WHICH TARGETS TECHNOLOGIES AND 7059 04:31:07,758 --> 04:31:09,827 APPROACHES TO ADVANCE OUR 7060 04:31:09,827 --> 04:31:14,532 UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE NEURAL 7061 04:31:14,532 --> 04:31:14,799 CIRCUITS. 7062 04:31:14,799 --> 04:31:15,900 THEN WE HAVE TACKLING 7063 04:31:15,900 --> 04:31:17,701 ACQUISITION OF LANGUAGE IN KIDS, 7064 04:31:17,701 --> 04:31:20,671 A TALK INITIATIVE WHICH IS A 7065 04:31:20,671 --> 04:31:23,374 NOSI THAT'S ENCOURAGING RESEARCH 7066 04:31:23,374 --> 04:31:26,010 RELATED TO THE CONGRESSIONALLY 7067 04:31:26,010 --> 04:31:27,978 SUPPORTED ACTIVITY THAT FOCUSES 7068 04:31:27,978 --> 04:31:33,250 ON LATE-TACKING TACK -- TALKING 7069 04:31:33,250 --> 04:31:34,218 CHILDREN, HIGHLIGHTED IN 7070 04:31:34,218 --> 04:31:35,519 PREVIOUS MEETINGS. 7071 04:31:35,519 --> 04:31:40,624 AND SOMETIMES WE JOIN ANOTHER 7072 04:31:40,624 --> 04:31:41,992 INSTITUTE OR OFFICE, FOR 7073 04:31:41,992 --> 04:31:46,030 EXAMPLE, RESEARCH IN CAPACITY 7074 04:31:46,030 --> 04:31:46,864 BUILDING EFFORTS RELATED TO 7075 04:31:46,864 --> 04:31:48,232 BIOETHICAL ISSUES. 7076 04:31:48,232 --> 04:31:51,302 THIS IS A TRANS-NIH INITIATIVE 7077 04:31:51,302 --> 04:31:54,472 WHICH ENCOURAGES RESEARCH ON 7078 04:31:54,472 --> 04:31:55,773 BIOETHICAL ISSUES, AND CAPACITY 7079 04:31:55,773 --> 04:32:03,347 BUILDING, RELEVANT TO ALL OF OUR 7080 04:32:03,347 --> 04:32:04,348 MISSION AREAS. 7081 04:32:04,348 --> 04:32:06,383 THESE NOSIs THAT I'VE 7082 04:32:06,383 --> 04:32:07,718 MENTIONED SERVE AS EXAMPLES OF 7083 04:32:07,718 --> 04:32:10,654 ONE OF THE MANY WAYS THAT WE 7084 04:32:10,654 --> 04:32:12,423 FOSTER SUBMISSION OF RESEARCH 7085 04:32:12,423 --> 04:32:12,957 APPLICATIONS. 7086 04:32:12,957 --> 04:32:16,460 I SHOULD SAY THAT ALL OF THOSE 7087 04:32:16,460 --> 04:32:18,863 NOSIs ARE RELATED TO AREAS OF 7088 04:32:18,863 --> 04:32:21,932 PRIORITY, MENTIONED IN OUR 7089 04:32:21,932 --> 04:32:23,667 STRATEGIC PLAN. 7090 04:32:23,667 --> 04:32:25,436 PROGRAM OFFICERS IN DSP PLAY A 7091 04:32:25,436 --> 04:32:28,706 MAJOR ROLE IN REACHING OUT AND 7092 04:32:28,706 --> 04:32:30,908 ENCOURAGING AND INFORMING OUR 7093 04:32:30,908 --> 04:32:32,643 SCIENTISTS. 7094 04:32:32,643 --> 04:32:39,750 THE NEED FOR SUCH RESEARCH, THE 7095 04:32:39,750 --> 04:32:40,618 OPPORTUNITIES, AND INDEED 7096 04:32:40,618 --> 04:32:41,619 NIDCD'S INTEREST AND SUPPORT IN 7097 04:32:41,619 --> 04:32:42,553 THESE AREAS OF SCIENCE. 7098 04:32:42,553 --> 04:32:50,694 THANK YOU. 7099 04:32:50,694 --> 04:32:51,262 >> THANK YOU, JUDITH. 7100 04:32:51,262 --> 04:32:53,297 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM 7101 04:32:53,297 --> 04:32:53,531 COUNCIL? 7102 04:32:53,531 --> 04:32:56,934 ALL RIGHT. 7103 04:32:56,934 --> 04:32:58,035 VERY GOOD. 7104 04:32:58,035 --> 04:33:00,971 NOW WE GET TO MOVE ON AND HEAR 7105 04:33:00,971 --> 04:33:03,507 SOME PRESENTATIONS FROM THREE OF 7106 04:33:03,507 --> 04:33:05,376 OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. 7107 04:33:05,376 --> 04:33:07,545 WE TALKED -- I GUESS IT WAS A 7108 04:33:07,545 --> 04:33:09,413 YEAR AGO THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH 7109 04:33:09,413 --> 04:33:11,382 EXPERTISE ON OUR COUNCIL AND WE 7110 04:33:11,382 --> 04:33:13,017 OFTEN DON'T KNOW WHAT EACH 7111 04:33:13,017 --> 04:33:15,219 COUNCIL MEMBER DOES. 7112 04:33:15,219 --> 04:33:17,488 SO, GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO 7113 04:33:17,488 --> 04:33:20,124 TALK ABOUT YOUR SCIENCE FOR A 7114 04:33:20,124 --> 04:33:22,226 QUICK SYNOPSIS IS SOMETHING THAT 7115 04:33:22,226 --> 04:33:23,527 WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED SINCE WE 7116 04:33:23,527 --> 04:33:24,528 STARTED TO DO THIS. 7117 04:33:24,528 --> 04:33:28,199 AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 7118 04:33:28,199 --> 04:33:38,442 DR. TRUSSELL. 7119 04:34:23,420 --> 04:34:23,621 >> GREAT. 7120 04:34:23,621 --> 04:34:26,156 , YEAH THANKS FOR THE 7121 04:34:26,156 --> 04:34:27,658 OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. 7122 04:34:27,658 --> 04:34:29,860 ARE YOU HEARING ME THROUGH THIS 7123 04:34:29,860 --> 04:34:31,528 MIC OKAY? 7124 04:34:31,528 --> 04:34:34,231 SO, YEAH, I'M LARRY TRUSSELL. 7125 04:34:34,231 --> 04:34:37,134 I'M AT THE OREGON HEARING 7126 04:34:37,134 --> 04:34:39,403 RESEARCH CENTER, AND I'D LIKE TO 7127 04:34:39,403 --> 04:34:41,138 SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, 7128 04:34:41,138 --> 04:34:42,673 MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH 7129 04:34:42,673 --> 04:34:44,742 ABOUT THIS PLACE. 7130 04:34:44,742 --> 04:34:48,579 HEARING CENTER WAS INITIATED 7131 04:34:48,579 --> 04:34:50,447 SOME YEARS BACK, WITH FUNDING 7132 04:34:50,447 --> 04:34:54,918 THAT WAS STARTED BY SENATOR MARK 7133 04:34:54,918 --> 04:34:58,422 HATFIELD TO DEVELOP A CENTER IN 7134 04:34:58,422 --> 04:35:00,791 OREGON TO STUDY HEARING 7135 04:35:00,791 --> 04:35:01,058 DISORDERS. 7136 04:35:01,058 --> 04:35:05,129 AND CURES FOR HEARING DISORDERS. 7137 04:35:05,129 --> 04:35:10,167 AND WE'RE NOW A GROUP OF SOME 11 7138 04:35:10,167 --> 04:35:12,569 FACULTY, ALMOST HALF OF WHICH 7139 04:35:12,569 --> 04:35:15,306 ARE THEMSELVES HEARING IMPAIRED. 7140 04:35:15,306 --> 04:35:17,775 AND I FIND IT REALLY AS THE 7141 04:35:17,775 --> 04:35:19,243 INCOMING DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER, 7142 04:35:19,243 --> 04:35:23,280 I FIND IT VERY INSPIRING THAT 7143 04:35:23,280 --> 04:35:25,249 PEOPLE WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS 7144 04:35:25,249 --> 04:35:26,850 ARE -- THERE'S SIMPLY NO BARRIER 7145 04:35:26,850 --> 04:35:30,087 TO THEM BEING THE SAME KIND OF 7146 04:35:30,087 --> 04:35:33,057 SCIENTIST AS PEOPLE WITH NORMAL 7147 04:35:33,057 --> 04:35:33,557 HEARING. 7148 04:35:33,557 --> 04:35:36,193 IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AS 7149 04:35:36,193 --> 04:35:36,794 NORMAL HEARING. 7150 04:35:36,794 --> 04:35:40,364 AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE 7151 04:35:40,364 --> 04:35:44,201 VOLLUM INSTITUTE, WHICH IS A 7152 04:35:44,201 --> 04:35:45,269 CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH 7153 04:35:45,269 --> 04:35:48,672 CENTER, ALSO PART OF OHSU, THAT 7154 04:35:48,672 --> 04:35:53,711 WAS INITIATED SOME YEARS BACK 7155 04:35:53,711 --> 04:35:54,812 WITH ENDOWMENT FROM HOWARD 7156 04:35:54,812 --> 04:35:57,214 VOLLUM, HELD OF ELECTRONICS 7157 04:35:57,214 --> 04:35:57,715 CORPORATION. 7158 04:35:57,715 --> 04:36:01,352 AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT 7159 04:36:01,352 --> 04:36:03,454 IS INTRODUCE SOME OF THE THINGS 7160 04:36:03,454 --> 04:36:06,757 THAT MY LAB IS INTERESTED IN. 7161 04:36:06,757 --> 04:36:09,493 I'VE ADVANCED THE SLIDE BUT IT 7162 04:36:09,493 --> 04:36:12,329 DOESN'T ADVANCE ON THE SCREEN. 7163 04:36:12,329 --> 04:36:14,631 OH, MAYBE IT DIDN'T SWITCH? 7164 04:36:14,631 --> 04:36:15,833 >> IT SHOULD HAVE. 7165 04:36:15,833 --> 04:36:17,334 >> IT'S ADVANCING ON ZOOM BUT 7166 04:36:17,334 --> 04:36:18,235 NOT UP THERE. 7167 04:36:18,235 --> 04:36:20,137 >> OH, IS IT? 7168 04:36:20,137 --> 04:36:25,442 >> YEAH. 7169 04:36:25,442 --> 04:36:25,743 >> MAGIC. 7170 04:36:25,743 --> 04:36:27,411 >> THAT'S STRANGE. 7171 04:36:27,411 --> 04:36:29,780 SO IF YOU CAN SEE IT ON ZOOM -- 7172 04:36:29,780 --> 04:36:32,316 >> WE CAN LOOK AT OUR SCREENS 7173 04:36:32,316 --> 04:36:32,549 FOR NOW. 7174 04:36:32,549 --> 04:36:37,187 >> OR YOUR NEIGHBOR'S SCREEN. 7175 04:36:37,187 --> 04:36:39,022 SO, WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN IS 7176 04:36:39,022 --> 04:36:40,824 A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS. 7177 04:36:40,824 --> 04:36:45,229 SO THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THE 7178 04:36:45,229 --> 04:36:46,296 INFORMATION PROCESSING, AUDITORY 7179 04:36:46,296 --> 04:36:47,831 PROCESSING IN THE AUDITORY 7180 04:36:47,831 --> 04:36:48,165 BRAINSTEM. 7181 04:36:48,165 --> 04:36:51,101 IF YOU LOOK ON THE CARTOON ON 7182 04:36:51,101 --> 04:36:52,669 THE RIGHT, THIS BEAUTIFUL 7183 04:36:52,669 --> 04:36:55,739 DRAWING THAT WAS MADE DECADES 7184 04:36:55,739 --> 04:36:58,575 AGO BY OSEN, IT SHOWS THE 7185 04:36:58,575 --> 04:37:00,844 COCHLEA, AND THE PATTERN OF 7186 04:37:00,844 --> 04:37:03,180 NERVE FIBERS PROJECTING OUT OF 7187 04:37:03,180 --> 04:37:04,681 THE COCHLEA ALONG THE 8th 7188 04:37:04,681 --> 04:37:06,216 AUDITORY NERVE INTO THE 7189 04:37:06,216 --> 04:37:08,285 BRAINSTEM WHERE THEY END, 7190 04:37:08,285 --> 04:37:12,623 TERMINATE, IN THIS REGION CALLED 7191 04:37:12,623 --> 04:37:15,959 THE COCHLEAR NUCLEUS. 7192 04:37:15,959 --> 04:37:18,362 COCHLEAR NUCLEAR COMPLEX. 7193 04:37:18,362 --> 04:37:19,830 EACH FIBER REPRESENTS 7194 04:37:19,830 --> 04:37:22,332 INFORMATION ABOUT HIGH OR LOW 7195 04:37:22,332 --> 04:37:24,501 SOUND FREQUENCIES, WILL MAKE 7196 04:37:24,501 --> 04:37:27,337 CONTACT WITH DIFFERENT NEURONAL 7197 04:37:27,337 --> 04:37:28,005 CELL TIMES. 7198 04:37:28,005 --> 04:37:34,778 WE'RE HAVE INTERESTED IN THE TF 7199 04:37:34,778 --> 04:37:36,814 SIGNALS FROM THE AUDITORY NERVE. 7200 04:37:36,814 --> 04:37:38,081 WASN'T THAT DISCOVERED A HUNDRED 7201 04:37:38,081 --> 04:37:40,384 YEARS AGO? 7202 04:37:40,384 --> 04:37:42,486 AND, YES, THERE WERE ADVANCES A 7203 04:37:42,486 --> 04:37:44,421 HUNDRED YEARS AGO, BUT WE'VE 7204 04:37:44,421 --> 04:37:48,692 ALSO LEARNED THAT THE 7205 04:37:48,692 --> 04:37:51,662 METHODOLOGIES USED OVER -- IN 7206 04:37:51,662 --> 04:37:53,297 DECADES PAST CONSTRAINED OUR 7207 04:37:53,297 --> 04:37:54,698 ABILITY TO IDENTIFY PARTICULAR 7208 04:37:54,698 --> 04:37:57,768 CELL TYPES, CELLS THAT WERE 7209 04:37:57,768 --> 04:38:00,737 LARGE AND LOUD, FOR EXAMPLE, 7210 04:38:00,737 --> 04:38:03,140 WERE MOST PROMINENTLY IDENTIFIED 7211 04:38:03,140 --> 04:38:05,742 THROUGH VARIOUS ANATOMICAL OR 7212 04:38:05,742 --> 04:38:06,543 PHYSIOLOGICAL MEANS. 7213 04:38:06,543 --> 04:38:09,046 BUT IN FACT WE'VE MISSED 7214 04:38:09,046 --> 04:38:10,914 PROBABLY MANY OF THE DIFFERENT 7215 04:38:10,914 --> 04:38:12,749 TYPES OF NEURONS THAT ARE 7216 04:38:12,749 --> 04:38:13,650 ACTIVATED BY SOUND. 7217 04:38:13,650 --> 04:38:16,487 SO WE'RE INTERESTED IN USING 7218 04:38:16,487 --> 04:38:17,254 MORE MODERN METHODS TO 7219 04:38:17,254 --> 04:38:20,357 UNDERSTAND THE DIVERSITY OF CELL 7220 04:38:20,357 --> 04:38:20,557 TYPES. 7221 04:38:20,557 --> 04:38:22,960 WE'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN THE 7222 04:38:22,960 --> 04:38:25,562 MOLECULAR AND BIOPHYSICAL 7223 04:38:25,562 --> 04:38:28,732 FEATURES OF THOSE DIFFERENT 7224 04:38:28,732 --> 04:38:28,966 NEURONS. 7225 04:38:28,966 --> 04:38:30,767 NEURONS THAT PROCESS DIFFERENT 7226 04:38:30,767 --> 04:38:32,469 FEATURES OF SOUND HAVE VERY 7227 04:38:32,469 --> 04:38:36,640 DIFFERENT JOBS TO DO. 7228 04:38:36,640 --> 04:38:39,042 AND SO THEY HAVE MOLECULAR AND 7229 04:38:39,042 --> 04:38:40,010 PHYSIOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATIONS TO 7230 04:38:40,010 --> 04:38:42,412 DO THAT. 7231 04:38:42,412 --> 04:38:43,146 WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN 7232 04:38:43,146 --> 04:38:48,352 UNDERSTANDING AND UNPACKING WHAT 7233 04:38:48,352 --> 04:38:58,829 ARE THOSE SPECIALIZATIONS. 7234 04:39:11,308 --> 04:39:13,210 OKAY, GREAT. 7235 04:39:13,210 --> 04:39:15,913 THANK YOU. 7236 04:39:15,913 --> 04:39:19,683 SO, WHAT ARE THESE FINE LEVEL 7237 04:39:19,683 --> 04:39:20,984 FEATURES THAT SUBSERVE 7238 04:39:20,984 --> 04:39:22,219 PROCESSING OF ACOUSTIC SIGNALS? 7239 04:39:22,219 --> 04:39:24,922 AND FINALLY HOW DOES ALL THIS 7240 04:39:24,922 --> 04:39:30,827 CHANGE WITH HEARING LOSS, 7241 04:39:30,827 --> 04:39:32,396 WHETHER IT'S THROUGH GENETICS OR 7242 04:39:32,396 --> 04:39:35,432 INJURY, SUCH AS LOUD SOUND, HOW 7243 04:39:35,432 --> 04:39:39,136 DOES THIS AFFECT MOLECULAR AND 7244 04:39:39,136 --> 04:39:39,803 BIOLOGICAL FEATURES? FINALLY, I 7245 04:39:39,803 --> 04:39:41,338 WANT TO SHOW -- TELL YOU ABOUT 7246 04:39:41,338 --> 04:39:44,508 HOW WE GO ABOUT OUR STUDIES, AND 7247 04:39:44,508 --> 04:39:50,213 THE KINDS OF THINGS WE LEARN, 7248 04:39:50,213 --> 04:39:51,315 OUR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL AS I 7249 04:39:51,315 --> 04:39:53,150 SHOWED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE 7250 04:39:53,150 --> 04:39:56,119 THERE IS THE LABORATORY MOUSE. 7251 04:39:56,119 --> 04:40:03,026 AND WE USE A VARIETY OF CELL AND 7252 04:40:03,026 --> 04:40:08,632 MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL TOOLS. 7253 04:40:08,632 --> 04:40:10,867 FIRST WE USE PATCH CLAMP 7254 04:40:10,867 --> 04:40:12,869 ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY TO LOOK AT 7255 04:40:12,869 --> 04:40:17,874 INDIVIDUAL CELLS COMMUNICATE 7256 04:40:17,874 --> 04:40:18,976 WITH EACH OTHER SYNAPTICALLY, 7257 04:40:18,976 --> 04:40:22,379 AND THIS IS A TECHNIQUE THAT YOU 7258 04:40:22,379 --> 04:40:23,914 MIGHT IMAGINE IS PRETTY SLOW, 7259 04:40:23,914 --> 04:40:25,349 WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT ONE OR TWO 7260 04:40:25,349 --> 04:40:27,951 CELLS AT A TIME, THE BRAIN IS 7261 04:40:27,951 --> 04:40:30,921 FILLED WITH BILLIONS OF CELLS. 7262 04:40:30,921 --> 04:40:34,658 SO, IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG 7263 04:40:34,658 --> 04:40:34,958 PROCESS. 7264 04:40:34,958 --> 04:40:37,928 BUT ACTUALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT TWO 7265 04:40:37,928 --> 04:40:39,663 CELLS AS OPPOSED TO, SAY, ARRAY 7266 04:40:39,663 --> 04:40:41,531 OF HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF 7267 04:40:41,531 --> 04:40:44,635 CELLS WE CAN UNDERSTAND MUCH 7268 04:40:44,635 --> 04:40:46,470 BETTER THE VARIETY OF TYPES OF 7269 04:40:46,470 --> 04:40:49,640 SIGNALS ONE CELL CAN PASSAGE TO 7270 04:40:49,640 --> 04:40:49,873 ANOTHER. 7271 04:40:49,873 --> 04:40:53,777 BOTH IN TERMS OF POINT TO POINT 7272 04:40:53,777 --> 04:40:56,513 CONTACT AND NEUROMODULATORY 7273 04:40:56,513 --> 04:40:56,780 FEATURES. 7274 04:40:56,780 --> 04:40:58,382 WE ALSO USE MOUSE GENETIC 7275 04:40:58,382 --> 04:41:03,954 MODELS, MOUSE LINES THAT EXPRESS 7276 04:41:03,954 --> 04:41:06,056 CRE IN IDENTIFIED CELL TYPES TO 7277 04:41:06,056 --> 04:41:11,395 DRIVE EXPRESSION OF FLUOROPHORES 7278 04:41:11,395 --> 04:41:15,332 TO IDENTIFY BY EYE, GENETICALLY 7279 04:41:15,332 --> 04:41:16,633 ENCODED, AND ALSO OPTOGENETIC 7280 04:41:16,633 --> 04:41:17,734 PROBES TO ACTIVATE SPECIFIC 7281 04:41:17,734 --> 04:41:19,336 NEURAL PATHWAYS THAT WE WOULDN'T 7282 04:41:19,336 --> 04:41:22,105 OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE. 7283 04:41:22,105 --> 04:41:29,246 AND THAT WAY GET A NEW PICTURE 7284 04:41:29,246 --> 04:41:31,448 ABOUT THE DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT 7285 04:41:31,448 --> 04:41:33,750 AUDITORY SIGNALS EVOKE IN THE 7286 04:41:33,750 --> 04:41:34,084 BRAIN. 7287 04:41:34,084 --> 04:41:43,360 AND THEN FINALLY WE'RE USING 7288 04:41:43,360 --> 04:41:44,695 MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES, SPECIFIC 7289 04:41:44,695 --> 04:41:47,864 RNAseq TO GET A DIFFERENT 7290 04:41:47,864 --> 04:41:50,067 MOLECULAR PICTURES IN THE CELL 7291 04:41:50,067 --> 04:41:51,268 TIMES PARTICULARLY THE COCHLEAR 7292 04:41:51,268 --> 04:41:53,437 NUCLEUS WHERE THE CENTRAL 7293 04:41:53,437 --> 04:41:54,538 AUDITORY PROCESS BEGINS. 7294 04:41:54,538 --> 04:41:57,708 I'LL MENTION MY FUNDING COMES 7295 04:41:57,708 --> 04:41:59,676 FROM THE NIDCD AND THE NINDS, 7296 04:41:59,676 --> 04:42:00,977 WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR. 7297 04:42:00,977 --> 04:42:08,185 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 7298 04:42:08,185 --> 04:42:08,985 >> THANK YOU, LARRY. 7299 04:42:08,985 --> 04:42:16,526 AND NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM DR. 7300 04:42:16,526 --> 04:42:21,898 GOTTFRIED. 7301 04:42:21,898 --> 04:42:28,038 7302 04:42:28,038 --> 04:42:38,081 7303 04:44:22,886 --> 04:44:32,863 7304 04:45:07,063 --> 04:45:08,531 >> MARIO, CAN YOU -- NEVER MIND, 7305 04:45:08,531 --> 04:45:16,907 YOU'RE UP NOW. 7306 04:45:16,907 --> 04:45:22,312 7307 04:45:22,312 --> 04:45:24,614 >> THANKS FOR TOLERATING THE 7308 04:45:24,614 --> 04:45:26,349 DELAY HERE. 7309 04:45:26,349 --> 04:45:29,619 I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT SOME OF 7310 04:45:29,619 --> 04:45:30,420 OUR FINDINGS. 7311 04:45:30,420 --> 04:45:32,889 EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO 7312 04:45:32,889 --> 04:45:34,624 KNOW ABOUT THE HUMAN SENSE OF 7313 04:45:34,624 --> 04:45:42,532 SMELL BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK. 7314 04:45:42,532 --> 04:45:47,871 OVER THE YEARS, MY FOCUS HAS 7315 04:45:47,871 --> 04:45:55,445 VERY MUCH KIND OF COTTONED ONTO 7316 04:45:55,445 --> 04:46:02,252 THE IDEA THAT ECOLOGY CAMPS, 7317 04:46:02,252 --> 04:46:04,421 WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU HERE IS THE 7318 04:46:04,421 --> 04:46:06,156 SIZE OF THE EYEBALL ONE WOULD 7319 04:46:06,156 --> 04:46:10,427 NEED IF YOU USED A COMPOUND EYE. 7320 04:46:10,427 --> 04:46:13,063 NOW, THIS DOESN'T WORK TOO WELL 7321 04:46:13,063 --> 04:46:17,000 FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER KINDS OF 7322 04:46:17,000 --> 04:46:17,467 CREATURES. 7323 04:46:17,467 --> 04:46:22,238 BUT THE POINT HERE IS THE 7324 04:46:22,238 --> 04:46:24,741 STIMULUS SHAPES THE SYSTEM, AND 7325 04:46:24,741 --> 04:46:26,376 IN MY WORLD WE ASK QUESTIONS 7326 04:46:26,376 --> 04:46:31,848 ABOUT WHAT IS THE NATURAL FORM 7327 04:46:31,848 --> 04:46:33,917 OF SENSORY STIMULI, ENCOUNTERED 7328 04:46:33,917 --> 04:46:36,353 IN THE ENVIRONMENT, AND HOW 7329 04:46:36,353 --> 04:46:38,755 BRAINS ADAPT TO EXTRACT 7330 04:46:38,755 --> 04:46:39,422 BEHAVIORALLY RELEVANT 7331 04:46:39,422 --> 04:46:41,925 INFORMATION FROM SENSORY 7332 04:46:41,925 --> 04:46:42,158 STIMULI. 7333 04:46:42,158 --> 04:46:44,794 HERE IS A BIG BLUE SEA OF 7334 04:46:44,794 --> 04:46:47,297 BEHAVIOR, AND EVERYTHING FROM 7335 04:46:47,297 --> 04:46:50,033 MATERNAL BONDING, HUNTING, 7336 04:46:50,033 --> 04:46:52,635 FEEDING, TERRITORIAL MARKING, 7337 04:46:52,635 --> 04:46:53,303 KINSHIP, IDENTIFICATION, 7338 04:46:53,303 --> 04:46:54,204 ESCAPING PREDATORS, MATING 7339 04:46:54,204 --> 04:46:57,374 CHOICE ALL HAVE AT ITS ROOT 7340 04:46:57,374 --> 04:47:00,977 ODOR, THE GREAT UNIFIER, AS I 7341 04:47:00,977 --> 04:47:03,580 WOULD PUT IT. 7342 04:47:03,580 --> 04:47:06,649 NOW, RESEARCH IN OUR LAB USES A 7343 04:47:06,649 --> 04:47:11,187 VERY MULTI-MODAL SET OF 7344 04:47:11,187 --> 04:47:13,957 TECHNIQUES INCLUDING FUNCTIONAL 7345 04:47:13,957 --> 04:47:15,025 MRI, INTRACRANIAL EEG 7346 04:47:15,025 --> 04:47:23,433 RECORDINGS, AND CELLULAR AND 7347 04:47:23,433 --> 04:47:24,134 MOLECULAR LEVEL UNDERSTANDING. 7348 04:47:24,134 --> 04:47:27,804 SO, I LIKE TO POINT OUT HERE 7349 04:47:27,804 --> 04:47:33,309 THAT E. COLI, WHICH IS A SINGLE 7350 04:47:33,309 --> 04:47:34,544 CELLULAR ORGANISM, DOES 7351 04:47:34,544 --> 04:47:39,783 SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE, WHICH IS 7352 04:47:39,783 --> 04:47:42,819 TO CONCENTRATE ALL OF ITS UNITS 7353 04:47:42,819 --> 04:47:45,155 AT ONE SIDE OF THE ORGANISM 7354 04:47:45,155 --> 04:47:47,957 GIVING IT A POLARITY SO THAT CAN 7355 04:47:47,957 --> 04:47:54,097 ACTUALLY MAKE ITS WAY PURPOSES 7356 04:47:54,097 --> 04:47:55,765 MRI -- PURPOSEFULLY, SO TO 7357 04:47:55,765 --> 04:47:59,669 SPEAK, THROUGH THE POND SCUM. 7358 04:47:59,669 --> 04:48:00,970 NOW, THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF 7359 04:48:00,970 --> 04:48:03,873 RELEVANCE HERE IN TERMS OF HUMAN 7360 04:48:03,873 --> 04:48:04,240 BEHAVIOR. 7361 04:48:04,240 --> 04:48:06,609 AND I'LL SHOW YOU A COUPLE 7362 04:48:06,609 --> 04:48:08,344 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS. 7363 04:48:08,344 --> 04:48:13,049 SO OF COURSE THERE'S FOOD, 7364 04:48:13,049 --> 04:48:17,754 DANGER, AND SEX. 7365 04:48:17,754 --> 04:48:17,954 OKAY. 7366 04:48:17,954 --> 04:48:18,822 THERE WE GO. 7367 04:48:18,822 --> 04:48:22,459 WE GOT A COUPLE LAUGHS THERE. 7368 04:48:22,459 --> 04:48:27,263 SO THIS IS WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE 7369 04:48:27,263 --> 04:48:28,798 IS A CROSS-SECTION THROUGH 7370 04:48:28,798 --> 04:48:33,069 HEMIBRAIN, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING 7371 04:48:33,069 --> 04:48:36,339 HERE ARE THE MULTITUDE OF 7372 04:48:36,339 --> 04:48:38,274 ODOROUS MOLECULES THAT ARE 7373 04:48:38,274 --> 04:48:40,610 GETTING INTO THE UPPER AIRWAYS 7374 04:48:40,610 --> 04:48:49,452 OF THE NOSE, IN ORDER TO 7375 04:48:49,452 --> 04:48:50,220 TRANSMIT SIGNALS FURTHER 7376 04:48:50,220 --> 04:48:50,653 DOWNSTREAM. 7377 04:48:50,653 --> 04:48:54,057 SO IF WE ZOOM IN HERE, WHAT I'M 7378 04:48:54,057 --> 04:48:57,594 SHOWING YOU IS A VERY SIMPLE MAP 7379 04:48:57,594 --> 04:49:02,499 OR LAYOUT OF THE HUMAN OLFACTORY 7380 04:49:02,499 --> 04:49:03,032 SYSTEM. 7381 04:49:03,032 --> 04:49:07,203 IT BEGINS -- OOPS, SORRY. 7382 04:49:07,203 --> 04:49:13,743 IT BEGINS AT THE OLFACTORY BULB, 7383 04:49:13,743 --> 04:49:16,613 AND FROM THERE, THERE ARE 7384 04:49:16,613 --> 04:49:19,249 PROJECTIONS GOING OUT TO MANY 7385 04:49:19,249 --> 04:49:23,720 DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE HUMAN 7386 04:49:23,720 --> 04:49:31,594 OLFACTORY SYSTEM, INCLUDING 7387 04:49:31,594 --> 04:49:34,864 ORBIT CAL, AMYGDALA, BOUND WITH 7388 04:49:34,864 --> 04:49:38,201 IDENTITY, EMOTION, MEMORY, 7389 04:49:38,201 --> 04:49:41,037 HOLISTIC BEHAVIORS. 7390 04:49:41,037 --> 04:49:44,407 HERE IS A QUICK TEST I'D LIKE TO 7391 04:49:44,407 --> 04:49:45,808 ASK OF YOU HERE. 7392 04:49:45,808 --> 04:49:53,383 SO HERE IS A LARGE LIST OF 7393 04:49:53,383 --> 04:49:54,450 DIFFERENT ODOROUS MOLECULES. 7394 04:49:54,450 --> 04:49:59,489 DOES ANYONE WANT TO GET WHAT 7395 04:49:59,489 --> 04:50:01,357 THIS MOLECULE SMELLS LIKE? 7396 04:50:01,357 --> 04:50:04,627 ANYONE? 7397 04:50:04,627 --> 04:50:05,862 NO? 7398 04:50:05,862 --> 04:50:12,402 ALL RIGHT. 7399 04:50:12,402 --> 04:50:12,735 >> COFFEE. 7400 04:50:12,735 --> 04:50:13,403 >> COFFEE, THAT'S REALLY GREAT 7401 04:50:13,403 --> 04:50:15,905 CLOSE ANSWER. 7402 04:50:15,905 --> 04:50:18,208 7403 04:50:18,208 --> 04:50:21,678 SO HERE WE HAVE CHOCOLATE. 7404 04:50:21,678 --> 04:50:23,112 AND WHAT'S FASCINATING ABOUT 7405 04:50:23,112 --> 04:50:25,215 CHOCOLATE IS IT'S MADE UP OF 7406 04:50:25,215 --> 04:50:29,385 PROBABLY FIVE TO SIX HUNDRED 7407 04:50:29,385 --> 04:50:31,221 UNIQUE ODOROUS COMPONENTS. 7408 04:50:31,221 --> 04:50:34,757 AND WHILE ANY SINGLE COMPONENT 7409 04:50:34,757 --> 04:50:37,393 MIGHT HAVE LET'S SAY AN OFF NOTE 7410 04:50:37,393 --> 04:50:39,662 WHEN BOUND TOGETHER IT ALL MAKES 7411 04:50:39,662 --> 04:50:40,029 PERFECT SENSE. 7412 04:50:40,029 --> 04:50:42,298 SO THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE, 7413 04:50:42,298 --> 04:50:46,002 THE CHOCOLATE SMELL, ONCE AGAIN 7414 04:50:46,002 --> 04:50:47,670 KUDOS TO YOU. 7415 04:50:47,670 --> 04:50:50,173 NOW, ONE OTHER INTERESTING THING 7416 04:50:50,173 --> 04:50:53,910 ABOUT THE SYSTEM HERE, SOME OF 7417 04:50:53,910 --> 04:51:01,351 THESE MONO MOLECULAR ODORS SMELL 7418 04:51:01,351 --> 04:51:02,652 VERY NICE, BENZALDEHYDE SMELLS 7419 04:51:02,652 --> 04:51:12,295 LIKE YOU COULD SAY, I DON'T 7420 04:51:12,295 --> 04:51:15,765 KNOW, THIS SMELLS NUTTY, 7421 04:51:15,765 --> 04:51:18,167 FURFURYL SMELLS LIKE TOASTED 7422 04:51:18,167 --> 04:51:18,868 BREAD. 7423 04:51:18,868 --> 04:51:22,338 CIRCLED IN RED ARE PYRIDINE, 7424 04:51:22,338 --> 04:51:27,677 WHICH SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN FISH, 7425 04:51:27,677 --> 04:51:34,284 AND AS WELL AS THERE'S A 7426 04:51:34,284 --> 04:51:36,152 SULPHURY ONE THAT SMELLS ALSO 7427 04:51:36,152 --> 04:51:37,553 VERY QUITE STINKY. 7428 04:51:37,553 --> 04:51:40,089 BUT WHEN BOUND TOGETHER IT KIND 7429 04:51:40,089 --> 04:51:41,724 OF MAKES PERFECT SENSE. 7430 04:51:41,724 --> 04:51:45,862 NOW, I'M GOING TO PIVOT TO THE 7431 04:51:45,862 --> 04:51:49,932 LAST SECTION OF MY TALK, GIVEN 7432 04:51:49,932 --> 04:51:54,404 THE TIME CONSTRAINTS. 7433 04:51:54,404 --> 04:51:59,008 WE USE ODORS TO NAVIGATE. 7434 04:51:59,008 --> 04:52:02,812 THIS IS VERY COMMONLY 7435 04:52:02,812 --> 04:52:04,347 APPRECIATED IN THE RODENT WORLD, 7436 04:52:04,347 --> 04:52:07,183 BUT THERE'S MUCH LESS UNDERSTOOD 7437 04:52:07,183 --> 04:52:09,519 ABOUT THIS IN THE HUMAN SPACE, 7438 04:52:09,519 --> 04:52:10,620 SO TO SPEAK. 7439 04:52:10,620 --> 04:52:14,757 HERE WE HAVE FOR EXAMPLE A MAP 7440 04:52:14,757 --> 04:52:25,201 OF KRYPTON, WHICH HAS VERY 7441 04:52:27,537 --> 04:52:29,906 TELL-TALE SIGNATURES BUT IMAGINE 7442 04:52:29,906 --> 04:52:32,208 A WORLD WHERE EVERYTHING HAS 7443 04:52:32,208 --> 04:52:33,509 BEEN STRIPPED OLFACTORY-WISE. 7444 04:52:33,509 --> 04:52:36,245 CAN WE DESIGN A STIMULUS 7445 04:52:36,245 --> 04:52:38,981 LANDSCAPE IN THE LAB BASED ON 7446 04:52:38,981 --> 04:52:39,248 ODOR CUES? 7447 04:52:39,248 --> 04:52:41,818 DOGS CAN DO IT. 7448 04:52:41,818 --> 04:52:42,785 CAN WE? 7449 04:52:42,785 --> 04:52:44,787 SO, WHAT I'LL BE SHOWING YOU 7450 04:52:44,787 --> 04:52:47,957 HERE IS KIND OF PHYSICAL 7451 04:52:47,957 --> 04:52:52,528 NAVIGATION OF AN ODOROUS 7452 04:52:52,528 --> 04:52:54,397 LANDSCAPE. 7453 04:52:54,397 --> 04:52:58,334 WE SET UP THIS EXPERIMENT AS 7454 04:52:58,334 --> 04:52:58,735 FOLLOWS. 7455 04:52:58,735 --> 04:53:03,039 THE TASK HERE WAS FOR THE HUMAN 7456 04:53:03,039 --> 04:53:04,340 SUBJECTS TO FIND A PARTICULAR 7457 04:53:04,340 --> 04:53:06,075 SMELL, MAYBE IT WAS BANANA, 7458 04:53:06,075 --> 04:53:08,845 MAYBE IT WAS ROSE, ON A 7459 04:53:08,845 --> 04:53:12,215 DIFFERENT TRIALS IT WOULD CYCLE 7460 04:53:12,215 --> 04:53:13,082 THROUGH DIFFERENT TYPES OF 7461 04:53:13,082 --> 04:53:13,383 ODORS. 7462 04:53:13,383 --> 04:53:19,989 SO LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS 7463 04:53:19,989 --> 04:53:21,858 TO PLAY HERE. 7464 04:53:21,858 --> 04:53:22,291 ALL RIGHT. 7465 04:53:22,291 --> 04:53:25,795 SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE 7466 04:53:25,795 --> 04:53:27,864 SUBJECT WOULD BE SEEING. 7467 04:53:27,864 --> 04:53:29,932 SO, THEY ARE CRUISING AROUND 7468 04:53:29,932 --> 04:53:30,700 THIS TWO DIMENSIONAL 7469 04:53:30,700 --> 04:53:31,234 ENVIRONMENT. 7470 04:53:31,234 --> 04:53:34,637 AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND A 7471 04:53:34,637 --> 04:53:35,605 PARTICULAR ODOROUS CLOUD, LET'S 7472 04:53:35,605 --> 04:53:41,511 SAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CINNAMON 7473 04:53:41,511 --> 04:53:42,178 OR VANILLA. 7474 04:53:42,178 --> 04:53:48,618 AS THEY CONTINUE DOING THIS 7475 04:53:48,618 --> 04:53:50,520 PATH, YOU EVENTUALLY LEARN HOW 7476 04:53:50,520 --> 04:53:53,456 TO BRING ALL OF THOSE MOLECULES 7477 04:53:53,456 --> 04:53:58,661 TOGETHER TO HELP GUIDE BEHAVIOR. 7478 04:53:58,661 --> 04:54:02,965 SO, VERY REMARKABLY AT THE 7479 04:54:02,965 --> 04:54:04,734 BEHAVIORAL LEVEL, WE SEE THAT AS 7480 04:54:04,734 --> 04:54:05,902 THE SUBJECTS ARE TRYING TO 7481 04:54:05,902 --> 04:54:08,237 FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY ARE IN THE 7482 04:54:08,237 --> 04:54:10,440 SPACE, BECAUSE ALL THEY HAVE TO 7483 04:54:10,440 --> 04:54:12,442 RELY ON IS THE SENSE OF SMELL, 7484 04:54:12,442 --> 04:54:16,579 IT TAKES THEM A WHILE TO KIND OF 7485 04:54:16,579 --> 04:54:19,081 BUILD UP THE STRUCTURE, BUT FROM 7486 04:54:19,081 --> 04:54:27,723 THE FIRST TO SECOND SESSION THEY 7487 04:54:27,723 --> 04:54:32,762 BECOME MUCH MORE ABLE TO DO THIS 7488 04:54:32,762 --> 04:54:35,698 TASK QUICKLY AND GRACEFULLY. 7489 04:54:35,698 --> 04:54:39,001 AND HERE'S SOME DATA HERE WE 7490 04:54:39,001 --> 04:54:40,603 HAVE ACROSS 28 PARTICIPANTS, 7491 04:54:40,603 --> 04:54:45,208 WHERE FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT 7492 04:54:45,208 --> 04:54:46,876 THE SUBJECTS ARE REALLY LEARNING 7493 04:54:46,876 --> 04:54:52,248 BETTER HOW TO NAVIGATE IN THIS 7494 04:54:52,248 --> 04:54:52,448 SPACE. 7495 04:54:52,448 --> 04:54:56,185 SO, JUST TO WRAP UP WITH SOME 7496 04:54:56,185 --> 04:54:58,054 TAKEHOME MESSAGES, OLFACTORY 7497 04:54:58,054 --> 04:54:59,555 SYSTEM IS FUNDAMENTALLY A 7498 04:54:59,555 --> 04:55:00,990 PREDICTIVE SENSE, ALSO A 7499 04:55:00,990 --> 04:55:04,160 DISTANCE SENSE, BRINGING UNIQUE 7500 04:55:04,160 --> 04:55:05,361 FUNCTIONALITY TO SENSORY 7501 04:55:05,361 --> 04:55:06,896 PERCEPTION, AFFECT, AND 7502 04:55:06,896 --> 04:55:11,701 BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING HUMAN 7503 04:55:11,701 --> 04:55:13,135 OLFACTORY NAVIGATION. 7504 04:55:13,135 --> 04:55:16,873 PIRIFORM CORTEX IS A LINCHPIN OF 7505 04:55:16,873 --> 04:55:17,974 THE SYSTEM, ENCODING ODOR 7506 04:55:17,974 --> 04:55:20,243 OBJECTS AND CATEGORIES IN THE 7507 04:55:20,243 --> 04:55:21,811 FORM OF DISTRIBUTED fMRI 7508 04:55:21,811 --> 04:55:26,616 PATTERNS AND IN COMBINATION WITH 7509 04:55:26,616 --> 04:55:37,059 ORBITAL FRONTAL CORTEX CAN 7510 04:55:52,108 --> 04:55:54,043 IMMEDIATE MEDIATE. 7511 04:55:54,043 --> 04:56:04,387 >> AND DR. SVIRSKY? 7512 04:56:36,752 --> 04:56:37,954 >> I'M A BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER 7513 04:56:37,954 --> 04:56:39,855 WORKING IN SPEECH AND HEARING. 7514 04:56:39,855 --> 04:56:40,923 SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO SINCE I 7515 04:56:40,923 --> 04:56:48,030 WAS A CHILD. 7516 04:56:48,030 --> 04:56:50,099 THAT'S WHY I IMMIGRATED TO GET 7517 04:56:50,099 --> 04:56:51,100 THIS OPPORTUNITY. 7518 04:56:51,100 --> 04:56:53,402 MY FOCUS IS COCHLEAR IMPLANTS, 7519 04:56:53,402 --> 04:56:57,473 THIS IS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL 7520 04:56:57,473 --> 04:56:59,442 EXAMPLE OF NEURAL PROSTHESIS, 7521 04:56:59,442 --> 04:57:02,979 WHERE A HUMAN SENSE IS REPLACED 7522 04:57:02,979 --> 04:57:04,447 BY ELECTRONIC MEANS. 7523 04:57:04,447 --> 04:57:06,349 WHAT THE COCHLEAR IMPLANT DOES 7524 04:57:06,349 --> 04:57:09,852 IS TRY TO EMULATE WHAT HAPPENS 7525 04:57:09,852 --> 04:57:11,621 IN A NORMALCIES ITEM, IN 7526 04:57:11,621 --> 04:57:16,525 PARTICULAR ONE IMPORTANT THING 7527 04:57:16,525 --> 04:57:23,532 IS FREQUENCY ANALYSIS USING A 7528 04:57:23,532 --> 04:57:25,067 BANK OF FILTERS, OUTPUT 7529 04:57:25,067 --> 04:57:28,237 MODULATES A TRAIN OF ELECTRICAL 7530 04:57:28,237 --> 04:57:29,772 PULSES WITH EACH TRAIN SENSES A 7531 04:57:29,772 --> 04:57:34,477 DIFFERENT ELECTRODE IN THE YEA, 7532 04:57:34,477 --> 04:57:36,545 LOWER FREQUENCY ASSOCIATED WITH 7533 04:57:36,545 --> 04:57:37,680 ELECTRODES THAT ARE CLOSER TO 7534 04:57:37,680 --> 04:57:41,817 THE APEX OF THE COCHLEA, IN 7535 04:57:41,817 --> 04:57:43,786 HIGHER FREQUENCIES CLOSER TO THE 7536 04:57:43,786 --> 04:57:44,320 BASE. 7537 04:57:44,320 --> 04:57:45,521 THIS TRIES TO, AGAIN, SIMULATE 7538 04:57:45,521 --> 04:57:49,792 WHAT HAPPENS IN A NORMAL HEARING 7539 04:57:49,792 --> 04:57:50,026 SYSTEM. 7540 04:57:50,026 --> 04:57:51,861 THE STIMULATION PATTERNS ARE 7541 04:57:51,861 --> 04:57:55,464 REMARKABLY SIMILAR, AT THE TOP 7542 04:57:55,464 --> 04:57:57,333 WE'RE SEEING WHAT'S CALLED 7543 04:57:57,333 --> 04:57:59,535 SPECTRO GRAM, Y-AXIS IS 7544 04:57:59,535 --> 04:58:01,470 FREQUENCY, X-AXIS IS TIME. 7545 04:58:01,470 --> 04:58:02,238 COLOR ENCODES INTENSITY. 7546 04:58:02,238 --> 04:58:06,776 THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE WORD 7547 04:58:06,776 --> 04:58:14,784 "CHOIS," I'M SURE CAROLYN WILSON 7548 04:58:14,784 --> 04:58:16,385 CAN RECOGNIZE. 7549 04:58:16,385 --> 04:58:26,162 WE SEE AT THE BOTTOM 7550 04:58:26,162 --> 04:58:26,495 ELECTRODOGRAM. 7551 04:58:26,495 --> 04:58:27,263 Y-AXIS SHOWS ELECTRODES 7552 04:58:27,263 --> 04:58:29,665 STIMULATED INSIDE THE COCHLEA. 7553 04:58:29,665 --> 04:58:31,200 SO THE PATTERNS ARE SIMILAR, 7554 04:58:31,200 --> 04:58:33,502 THAT MAKES SENSE, THAT WOULD 7555 04:58:33,502 --> 04:58:37,206 FACILITATE SPEECH PERCEPTION. 7556 04:58:37,206 --> 04:58:42,144 HOWEVER, THERE'S A CATCH. 7557 04:58:42,144 --> 04:58:42,745 FREQUENCY MISMATCH. 7558 04:58:42,745 --> 04:58:48,951 THEY DON'T REACH TO THE COCHLEAR 7559 04:58:48,951 --> 04:58:49,385 APEX. 7560 04:58:49,385 --> 04:58:52,755 THE TYPICAL ELECTRODES 7561 04:58:52,755 --> 04:58:54,623 ASSOCIATED WITH LOWEST 7562 04:58:54,623 --> 04:58:55,925 FREQUENCIES RELEVANT FOR SPEECH 7563 04:58:55,925 --> 04:58:57,927 WHEN TURNED ON STIMULATE NEURONS 7564 04:58:57,927 --> 04:58:59,328 IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 7565 04:58:59,328 --> 04:59:01,530 IF THE PERSON HAS NORMAL HEARING 7566 04:59:01,530 --> 04:59:05,234 BEFORE, THIS WOULD BE A POST 7567 04:59:05,234 --> 04:59:07,303 LINGUALLY DEAF PERSON. 7568 04:59:07,303 --> 04:59:08,270 THEN THE NERVES STIMULATED ARE 7569 04:59:08,270 --> 04:59:10,606 HIGHER FREQUENCY THAN THE 7570 04:59:10,606 --> 04:59:10,973 INPUTS. 7571 04:59:10,973 --> 04:59:12,908 THAT CAN SOUND VERY FUNKY, I'LL 7572 04:59:12,908 --> 04:59:18,881 GIVE EXAMPLES IN A LITTLE BIT. 7573 04:59:18,881 --> 04:59:20,883 TWO IMPORTANT CONCEPTS, 7574 04:59:20,883 --> 04:59:23,853 ANATOMICAL FREQUENCY MISMATCH IS 7575 04:59:23,853 --> 04:59:26,255 THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN 7576 04:59:26,255 --> 04:59:27,323 ANATOMICAL NORMAL PHYSIOLOGIC 7577 04:59:27,323 --> 04:59:28,858 FREQUENCY FUNCTION IN THE 7578 04:59:28,858 --> 04:59:30,960 COCHLEA AND THE OTHER FREQUENCY 7579 04:59:30,960 --> 04:59:32,828 PLACED FUNCTION THAT'S IMPOSED 7580 04:59:32,828 --> 04:59:34,897 BY THE COCHLEAR IMPLANT. 7581 04:59:34,897 --> 04:59:38,000 THAT LEADS TO PERCEPTUAL 7582 04:59:38,000 --> 04:59:39,835 FREQUENCY MISMATCH, DISCREPANCY 7583 04:59:39,835 --> 04:59:40,469 BETWEEN PITCH PERCEPTION 7584 04:59:40,469 --> 04:59:42,671 ELICITED BY SAME SOUND IN A 7585 04:59:42,671 --> 04:59:46,842 NORMAL OR OR IN RESPONSE TO 7586 04:59:46,842 --> 04:59:47,176 STIMULATION. 7587 04:59:47,176 --> 04:59:52,681 SOME QUESTIONS, HOW FLEXIBLE IS 7588 04:59:52,681 --> 04:59:57,987 THE HUMAN AUDITORY BRAIN? 7589 04:59:57,987 --> 04:59:59,188 ARE WE PLASTIC ENOUGH TO ADAPT? 7590 04:59:59,188 --> 05:00:01,490 AND WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY 7591 05:00:01,490 --> 05:00:05,795 TO STUDY IN A PLATFORM KNOWN AS 7592 05:00:05,795 --> 05:00:07,696 SINGLE SIDED DEAF PATIENTS, 7593 05:00:07,696 --> 05:00:10,266 COCHLEAR IMPLANT IN ONE EAR, 7594 05:00:10,266 --> 05:00:11,367 NORMAL OR NEAR NORMAL HEARING IN 7595 05:00:11,367 --> 05:00:13,102 THE OTHER ONE. 7596 05:00:13,102 --> 05:00:15,971 THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO 7597 05:00:15,971 --> 05:00:18,040 STUDY A BIGGER QUESTION, JUST 7598 05:00:18,040 --> 05:00:21,877 HOW FLEXIBLE IS THE HUMAN BRAIN 7599 05:00:21,877 --> 05:00:23,412 WHEN FACED WITH LONG-TERM 7600 05:00:23,412 --> 05:00:27,516 MODIFICATION OF A PERIPHERAL 7601 05:00:27,516 --> 05:00:27,817 SENSORY MAP. 7602 05:00:27,817 --> 05:00:30,519 SO WE STUDY THAT WITH A PROTOCOL 7603 05:00:30,519 --> 05:00:32,588 LIKE THIS. 7604 05:00:32,588 --> 05:00:36,091 TO THE RIGHT YOU SEE WHAT A 7605 05:00:36,091 --> 05:00:37,626 PATIENT SEES, WE PRESENT A 7606 05:00:37,626 --> 05:00:42,097 SENTENCE, MEND THE COATS BEFORE 7607 05:00:42,097 --> 05:00:42,665 YOU GO OUT. 7608 05:00:42,665 --> 05:00:49,872 THE SAME SENTENCE IS PROCESSED 7609 05:00:49,872 --> 05:00:51,407 THROUGH AN ACOUSTIC MODEL. 7610 05:00:51,407 --> 05:00:53,242 THE PATIENT CAN ADJUST THIS 7611 05:00:53,242 --> 05:00:54,243 ACOUSTIC MODEL. 7612 05:00:54,243 --> 05:00:56,312 WE HAVE A COUPLE DIALS. 7613 05:00:56,312 --> 05:00:58,614 IT SOUNDS AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE 7614 05:00:58,614 --> 05:01:01,016 TO COCHLEAR IMPLANTS. 7615 05:01:01,016 --> 05:01:02,351 IF THEY -- DEPENDING WHERE THEY 7616 05:01:02,351 --> 05:01:04,320 CLICK ON THE GRID THEY HEAR A 7617 05:01:04,320 --> 05:01:05,654 DIFFERENT SOUND. 7618 05:01:05,654 --> 05:01:07,623 I WILL TRY TO GIVE YOU SOME 7619 05:01:07,623 --> 05:01:15,698 SOUNDS. 7620 05:01:15,698 --> 05:01:23,739 7621 05:01:23,739 --> 05:01:27,476 >> THE PLAYER LOST HIS SHOE. 7622 05:01:27,476 --> 05:01:28,277 >> THAT'S QUITE INTELLIGIBLE, 7623 05:01:28,277 --> 05:01:29,979 THE FIRST ONE NOT AT ALL. 7624 05:01:29,979 --> 05:01:31,947 SO WHAT THE PATIENT IS CHOOSING 7625 05:01:31,947 --> 05:01:34,250 HERE IS THE RANGE OF FREQUENCIES 7626 05:01:34,250 --> 05:01:35,451 OF THE OUTPUTS. 7627 05:01:35,451 --> 05:01:38,287 IF THEY MOVE LEFT TO RIGHT, WHAT 7628 05:01:38,287 --> 05:01:41,757 HAPPENS IS THAT THEY CHANGE THE 7629 05:01:41,757 --> 05:01:43,425 UPPER EDGE OF THE BANK OF NOISE 7630 05:01:43,425 --> 05:01:43,859 BANDS. 7631 05:01:43,859 --> 05:01:46,395 IF THEY MOVE UP AND DOWN THEY 7632 05:01:46,395 --> 05:01:47,796 CHANGE LOW FREQUENCY EDGE. 7633 05:01:47,796 --> 05:01:49,198 WHAT HAVE PATIENTS SELECTED IN 7634 05:01:49,198 --> 05:01:49,865 REAL EXPERIMENTS? 7635 05:01:49,865 --> 05:01:52,301 THIS IS A SUBSET OF DATA. 7636 05:01:52,301 --> 05:01:55,604 IN YELLOW WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS 7637 05:01:55,604 --> 05:02:00,943 THE ANALYSIS FILTERS FOR USERS 7638 05:02:00,943 --> 05:02:02,845 OF THE COCHLEAR IMPLANT. 7639 05:02:02,845 --> 05:02:04,446 180 HERTZ TO 8,000 HERTZ. 7640 05:02:04,446 --> 05:02:07,716 AND THE GRAY BARS ARE WHAT 7641 05:02:07,716 --> 05:02:08,484 PATIENTS SELECTED. 7642 05:02:08,484 --> 05:02:11,453 AS YOU CAN SEE MANY SELECTED 7643 05:02:11,453 --> 05:02:13,122 SOMETHING THAT WAS QUITE CLOSE 7644 05:02:13,122 --> 05:02:14,757 TO THE ANALYSIS FELTERS, THESE 7645 05:02:14,757 --> 05:02:16,825 ARE PEOPLE WHO ADAPT COMPLETELY 7646 05:02:16,825 --> 05:02:17,693 TO ANY FREQUENCY MISMATCH THERE 7647 05:02:17,693 --> 05:02:18,694 MIGHT HAVE BEEN. 7648 05:02:18,694 --> 05:02:21,664 YOU CAN SEE THE LOW FREQUENCY 7649 05:02:21,664 --> 05:02:22,998 EDGE ON AVERAGE IS DIFFERENT 7650 05:02:22,998 --> 05:02:25,801 FROM THE LOW FREQUENCY EDGE, 7651 05:02:25,801 --> 05:02:27,670 THAT LEADS TO DIFFERENT AMOUNTS 7652 05:02:27,670 --> 05:02:29,838 OF MISMATCH AND GIVES US A WAY 7653 05:02:29,838 --> 05:02:32,474 TO QUANTIFY IT. 7654 05:02:32,474 --> 05:02:34,643 SO, THIS PERSON RIGHT THERE AT 7655 05:02:34,643 --> 05:02:38,147 THE END, HE SELECTED NOISE BANDS 7656 05:02:38,147 --> 05:02:39,148 HIGHER THAN INPUT, DIFFERENCE 7657 05:02:39,148 --> 05:02:41,850 BETWEEN LOW FREQUENCY AND THE 7658 05:02:41,850 --> 05:02:43,752 FILTERS IS THAT 1600 HERTZ. 7659 05:02:43,752 --> 05:02:45,554 LET ME PLAY HOW THAT SOUNDS AND 7660 05:02:45,554 --> 05:02:48,023 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO 7661 05:02:48,023 --> 05:02:53,729 UNDERSTAND THIS. 7662 05:02:53,729 --> 05:02:55,698 YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND IT, RIGHT? 7663 05:02:55,698 --> 05:02:56,765 SO WITH AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 7664 05:02:56,765 --> 05:02:58,701 FREQUENCY MISMATCH IT'S LIKE 7665 05:02:58,701 --> 05:03:04,340 THIS. 7666 05:03:04,340 --> 05:03:06,842 TRY TO STAY FOCUSED. 7667 05:03:06,842 --> 05:03:08,610 IT'S REALLY CRAPPY, BUT SOME 7668 05:03:08,610 --> 05:03:09,144 UNDERSTOOD IT. 7669 05:03:09,144 --> 05:03:10,980 THIS IS WITHOUT FREQUENCY 7670 05:03:10,980 --> 05:03:11,747 MISMATCH. 7671 05:03:11,747 --> 05:03:13,082 >> TRY TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE 7672 05:03:13,082 --> 05:03:17,152 TASK AT HAND. 7673 05:03:17,152 --> 05:03:18,787 >> SO, IT'S NOT ABOUT QUALITY 7674 05:03:18,787 --> 05:03:19,121 ONLY. 7675 05:03:19,121 --> 05:03:21,523 WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS THAT 7676 05:03:21,523 --> 05:03:23,592 SPEECH PERCEPTION FOR THREE 7677 05:03:23,592 --> 05:03:26,095 GROUPS OF PATIENTS, THOSE WITH 7678 05:03:26,095 --> 05:03:28,630 HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW LEVELS OF 7679 05:03:28,630 --> 05:03:30,599 FREQUENCY MISMATCH HAVE VERY 7680 05:03:30,599 --> 05:03:31,800 DIFFERENT SPEECH PERCEPTION 7681 05:03:31,800 --> 05:03:33,002 SCORES, THERE'S A LOT OF 7682 05:03:33,002 --> 05:03:34,970 VARIABILITY BECAUSE MANY OTHER 7683 05:03:34,970 --> 05:03:39,208 THINGS INFLUENCE SPEECH 7684 05:03:39,208 --> 05:03:40,976 PERCEPTION, BUT THE MEDIAN IS 7685 05:03:40,976 --> 05:03:45,481 80%, 50%, IT'S A BIG DEAL. 7686 05:03:45,481 --> 05:03:50,285 LET'S SKIP OVER THE RAW DA TA IN 7687 05:03:50,285 --> 05:03:52,054 INTEREST OF TIME. 7688 05:03:52,054 --> 05:03:53,355 FREQUENCY MISMATCH IN SIX GROUPS 7689 05:03:53,355 --> 05:03:55,591 OF PATIENTS, EACH ONE WITH 7690 05:03:55,591 --> 05:03:56,458 DIFFERENT COLOR OF THE RAINBOW, 7691 05:03:56,458 --> 05:04:00,162 AS A FUNCTION OF TIME. 7692 05:04:00,162 --> 05:04:06,168 THE X-AXIS IS TIME. 7693 05:04:06,168 --> 05:04:07,369 LOGARITHMIC SCALE, THE COLORS 7694 05:04:07,369 --> 05:04:09,338 ENCODE HOW DEEP INTO THE COCHLEA 7695 05:04:09,338 --> 05:04:10,005 THE ELECTRODE GOES. 7696 05:04:10,005 --> 05:04:12,074 WE SEE THAT FOR THE DEEPER 7697 05:04:12,074 --> 05:04:13,175 INSERTIONS THERE'S MUCH LESS 7698 05:04:13,175 --> 05:04:14,576 FREQUENCY MISMATCH AS YOU WOULD 7699 05:04:14,576 --> 05:04:15,044 EXPECT. 7700 05:04:15,044 --> 05:04:16,678 AND NOT MUCH CHANGE OVER TIME 7701 05:04:16,678 --> 05:04:19,515 BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY THAT 7702 05:04:19,515 --> 05:04:21,650 NECESSARY ON AVERAGE. 7703 05:04:21,650 --> 05:04:24,553 INTERMEDIATE GROUP WITH 400 TO 7704 05:04:24,553 --> 05:04:25,154 450-DEGREE INSERTIONS WE START 7705 05:04:25,154 --> 05:04:28,290 WITH A LOT OF FREQUENCY 7706 05:04:28,290 --> 05:04:29,691 MISMATCH, THAT GOES DOWN 7707 05:04:29,691 --> 05:04:30,025 SIGNIFICANTLY. 7708 05:04:30,025 --> 05:04:32,227 THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ALL THE 7709 05:04:32,227 --> 05:04:32,461 GROUPS. 7710 05:04:32,461 --> 05:04:34,396 BOTTOM LINE OF ALL THIS PICTURE, 7711 05:04:34,396 --> 05:04:38,233 I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE TIME TO 7712 05:04:38,233 --> 05:04:41,837 SHOW RAW DATA, THAT FREQUENCY 7713 05:04:41,837 --> 05:04:42,438 MISMATCH PERCEPTUAL FREQUENCY 7714 05:04:42,438 --> 05:04:45,674 MISMATCH GETS LETTER -- BETTER 7715 05:04:45,674 --> 05:04:47,209 OVER TIME BUT NOT TRUE ALL 7716 05:04:47,209 --> 05:04:49,845 PATIENTS GET OVER IT COMPLETELY. 7717 05:04:49,845 --> 05:04:54,750 ONE BIG ELEMENT IS TRYING TO 7718 05:04:54,750 --> 05:04:56,085 TRANSLATE THAT RESULT TO ACTUAL 7719 05:04:56,085 --> 05:04:58,287 CLINICAL PRACTICE. 7720 05:04:58,287 --> 05:04:59,021 IF THE COCHLEAR IMPLANT 7721 05:04:59,021 --> 05:05:01,090 FREQUENCY PLACE MAP IS OFF THERE 7722 05:05:01,090 --> 05:05:02,624 ARE THREE THINGS WE CAN DO. 7723 05:05:02,624 --> 05:05:05,394 WE CAN FIX THE FREQUENCY, FIX 7724 05:05:05,394 --> 05:05:07,663 THE PLACE, HACK THE BRAIN. 7725 05:05:07,663 --> 05:05:09,264 I'LL SHOW BRIEF EXAMPLES OF EACH 7726 05:05:09,264 --> 05:05:11,667 ONE OF THESE. 7727 05:05:11,667 --> 05:05:14,203 SO, FIX THE FREQUENCY, WE 7728 05:05:14,203 --> 05:05:17,573 DEVELOPED AN iPHONE APP TO 7729 05:05:17,573 --> 05:05:19,108 ALLOW PATIENTS TO INDIVIDUALLY 7730 05:05:19,108 --> 05:05:21,844 SELECT THEIR PREFERRED FREQUENCY 7731 05:05:21,844 --> 05:05:32,387 MAP TO OPTIMIZE INTELIGIBILITY. 7732 05:05:33,088 --> 05:05:35,624 THIS IS THE GUI OF THE APP. 7733 05:05:35,624 --> 05:05:37,826 >> THIS IS THE SCREEN TO SELECT 7734 05:05:37,826 --> 05:05:41,763 FREQUENCY ALLOCATION TABLES. 7735 05:05:41,763 --> 05:05:42,331 EACH SQUARE REPRESENTS A 7736 05:05:42,331 --> 05:05:43,198 DIFFERENT FAD. 7737 05:05:43,198 --> 05:05:48,770 THIS IS THE SCREEN OUR -- SO I'M 7738 05:05:48,770 --> 05:05:51,173 USING THIS, AND I'M FOR THE 7739 05:05:51,173 --> 05:05:54,810 FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS HEARING 7740 05:05:54,810 --> 05:05:56,311 MY VOICE IN THE PROCESSOR SOUND 7741 05:05:56,311 --> 05:05:59,248 THE SAME AS IT DOES IN MY 7742 05:05:59,248 --> 05:05:59,848 NATURAL EAR. 7743 05:05:59,848 --> 05:06:03,218 FOR FIVE YEARS I HAVEN'T BEEN 7744 05:06:03,218 --> 05:06:04,419 ABLE TO DO THAT. 7745 05:06:04,419 --> 05:06:08,223 TODAY IS THE VERY FIRST DAY 7746 05:06:08,223 --> 05:06:10,959 WHERE I CAN HEAR MY VOICE AND 7747 05:06:10,959 --> 05:06:12,194 YOUR VOICE AND THE PHONE VOICE 7748 05:06:12,194 --> 05:06:14,296 THE WAY THEY SOUND IN MY 7749 05:06:14,296 --> 05:06:15,464 iPHONE EAR. 7750 05:06:15,464 --> 05:06:18,400 IT'S KIND OF BLOWING MY MIND, TO 7751 05:06:18,400 --> 05:06:19,668 BE HONEST. 7752 05:06:19,668 --> 05:06:22,804 >> THAT'S THE SCREEN USED TO 7753 05:06:22,804 --> 05:06:25,107 SELECT FREQUENCY ALLOCATION 7754 05:06:25,107 --> 05:06:27,209 TABLES, FATS. 7755 05:06:27,209 --> 05:06:29,178 >> IT TAKES A MINUTE. 7756 05:06:29,178 --> 05:06:31,079 NOW, YOU'RE HEARING THE ACTUAL 7757 05:06:31,079 --> 05:06:34,783 ACOUSTIC OUTPUT OF THE APP. 7758 05:06:34,783 --> 05:06:35,517 REMARKABLY, COCHLEAR IMPLANT 7759 05:06:35,517 --> 05:06:38,921 USERS CAN BARELY TELL THE 7760 05:06:38,921 --> 05:06:40,556 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS 7761 05:06:40,556 --> 05:06:43,659 PROCESSED SIGNAL. 7762 05:06:43,659 --> 05:06:43,926 >> OKAY. 7763 05:06:43,926 --> 05:06:47,129 I'LL PLAY THE NEXT ONE. 7764 05:06:47,129 --> 05:06:48,630 >> SO, I'M USING THIS, AND FOR 7765 05:06:48,630 --> 05:06:52,100 THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS I'M 7766 05:06:52,100 --> 05:06:54,236 HEARING MY VOICE IN THE 7767 05:06:54,236 --> 05:06:56,338 PROCESSOR, SOUND THE SAME AS IT 7768 05:06:56,338 --> 05:06:58,607 DOES IN MY NATURAL EAR. 7769 05:06:58,607 --> 05:07:00,576 FOR FIVE YEARS, I HAVEN'T BEEN 7770 05:07:00,576 --> 05:07:06,281 ABLE -- 7771 05:07:06,281 --> 05:07:07,783 >> AND AFTER THAT HE SAID HIS 7772 05:07:07,783 --> 05:07:09,017 MIND IS BLOWN, SO IS OURS. 7773 05:07:09,017 --> 05:07:11,853 THIS IS A PATIENT WITH 7774 05:07:11,853 --> 05:07:12,821 SINGLE-SIDED DEAFNESS, THAT'S 7775 05:07:12,821 --> 05:07:15,791 WHY HE TALKS WHAT HE CAN HEAR 7776 05:07:15,791 --> 05:07:18,427 WITH THE NORMAL EAR. 7777 05:07:18,427 --> 05:07:19,528 SPEECH PERCEPTION IS BETTER WITH 7778 05:07:19,528 --> 05:07:22,798 THE FAT HE SELECTED, WE MEASURED 7779 05:07:22,798 --> 05:07:23,899 THIS DOUBLE BLIND. 7780 05:07:23,899 --> 05:07:25,467 SO YOU CAN FIX THE FREQUENCY 7781 05:07:25,467 --> 05:07:28,270 TABLE, OR YOU CAN FIX THE PLACE. 7782 05:07:28,270 --> 05:07:33,208 IN ANOTHER STUDY LED BY MY 7783 05:07:33,208 --> 05:07:34,610 COLLEAGUES WE PLACE AN 7784 05:07:34,610 --> 05:07:36,612 ADDITIONAL ELECTRODE IN THE APEX 7785 05:07:36,612 --> 05:07:40,849 OF THE COCHLEA, LOWER FREQUENCY 7786 05:07:40,849 --> 05:07:43,819 PERSONS, DOING THAT WITH AN 7787 05:07:43,819 --> 05:07:44,686 IMPLANT WOULD TAKE TENS OF 7788 05:07:44,686 --> 05:07:45,554 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 7789 05:07:45,554 --> 05:07:49,825 INSTEAD WE DID AN INTERESTING 7790 05:07:49,825 --> 05:07:50,926 HACK TO REPURPOSE REDUNDANT 7791 05:07:50,926 --> 05:07:53,662 ELECTRODE THAT YOU SEE OVER 7792 05:07:53,662 --> 05:07:55,530 THERE, AND PLACE IT SURGICALLY 7793 05:07:55,530 --> 05:07:57,599 IN THE APEX, WE'VE SHOWN 7794 05:07:57,599 --> 05:07:59,801 FEASIBILITY, THIS WORKS AND 7795 05:07:59,801 --> 05:08:01,570 LEADS TO LOWER FREQUENCY 7796 05:08:01,570 --> 05:08:02,104 PERSONS. 7797 05:08:02,104 --> 05:08:04,172 WE'RE SEEING WHETHER THAT CAN 7798 05:08:04,172 --> 05:08:05,474 IMPROVE, LEAD TO IMPROVED SPEECH 7799 05:08:05,474 --> 05:08:09,978 PERCEPTION AS WELL. 7800 05:08:09,978 --> 05:08:14,483 LASTLY, IN AN EXPERIMENT 7801 05:08:14,483 --> 05:08:15,450 COLLABORATION, THE ANIMAL LAB, 7802 05:08:15,450 --> 05:08:18,620 WE HAVE RATS THAT HAVE BEEN 7803 05:08:18,620 --> 05:08:21,456 DEAFENED AND COCHLEAR IMPLANTED, 7804 05:08:21,456 --> 05:08:24,526 AND WE STIMULATED LOCUS 7805 05:08:24,526 --> 05:08:25,961 COERULEUS TO FACILITATE 7806 05:08:25,961 --> 05:08:28,030 BEHAVIOR, THEIR BEHAVIOR IN AN 7807 05:08:28,030 --> 05:08:28,363 EXPERIMENT. 7808 05:08:28,363 --> 05:08:29,898 THE EXPERIMENT, WHAT THE RATS 7809 05:08:29,898 --> 05:08:33,001 HAVE TO DO, IDENTIFY ONE 7810 05:08:33,001 --> 05:08:33,969 ELECTRODE IN THE COCHLEA, AND 7811 05:08:33,969 --> 05:08:36,605 DISTINGUISH IT FROM ALL THE 7812 05:08:36,605 --> 05:08:37,673 OTHERS. 7813 05:08:37,673 --> 05:08:40,008 I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU, LET'S 7814 05:08:40,008 --> 05:08:41,743 SKIP OVER THE RAW DATA. 7815 05:08:41,743 --> 05:08:44,479 THIS SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT 7816 05:08:44,479 --> 05:08:47,115 TOOK RATS IN THE EXPERIMENTAL 7817 05:08:47,115 --> 05:08:49,651 GROUP IN BLUE, IN CONTROL GROUP 7818 05:08:49,651 --> 05:08:53,355 IN BLACK, TO REACH CRITERION 7819 05:08:53,355 --> 05:08:55,457 PERFORMANCE, B PRIME OF ONE. 7820 05:08:55,457 --> 05:08:57,426 THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT IN THE 7821 05:08:57,426 --> 05:08:58,827 EXPERIMENTAL GROUP THESE RATS 7822 05:08:58,827 --> 05:09:01,897 WERE EXPOSED TO PAIRED 7823 05:09:01,897 --> 05:09:03,565 STIMULATION, WE STIMULATED 7824 05:09:03,565 --> 05:09:04,966 TARGET ELECTRODES TOGETHER WITH 7825 05:09:04,966 --> 05:09:06,201 STIMULATION OF LOCUS COERULEUS, 7826 05:09:06,201 --> 05:09:10,272 FOR A FEW MINUTES, EVERY DAY. 7827 05:09:10,272 --> 05:09:13,508 AND THAT WAS ENOUGH TO 7828 05:09:13,508 --> 05:09:14,009 SIGNIFICANTLY ACCELERATE 7829 05:09:14,009 --> 05:09:14,609 LEARNING PROCESS. 7830 05:09:14,609 --> 05:09:16,278 IT'S INTERESTING THAT THERE WAS 7831 05:09:16,278 --> 05:09:18,213 A LOT OF VARIABILITY IN THE 7832 05:09:18,213 --> 05:09:19,881 CONTROL GROUP, BUT WITH SOME 7833 05:09:19,881 --> 05:09:21,850 UNTREATED RATS DOING AS WELL AS 7834 05:09:21,850 --> 05:09:23,051 THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP BUT 7835 05:09:23,051 --> 05:09:24,252 OTHERS TOOK TWICE AS LONG OR 7836 05:09:24,252 --> 05:09:27,956 FIVE OR SEVEN TIMES AS LONG TO 7837 05:09:27,956 --> 05:09:28,724 REACH CRITERION. 7838 05:09:28,724 --> 05:09:32,327 NOW, I TALKED ABOUT TRANSLATION 7839 05:09:32,327 --> 05:09:33,428 AND YOU MIGHT SAY THAT THIS IS 7840 05:09:33,428 --> 05:09:35,731 NOT AN APPROACH THAT CAN BE USED 7841 05:09:35,731 --> 05:09:38,066 IN HUMANS. 7842 05:09:38,066 --> 05:09:43,372 BECAUSE WE USE OPT GENETICS TO 7843 05:09:43,372 --> 05:09:44,840 STIMULATE LOCUS COERULEUS, WE 7844 05:09:44,840 --> 05:09:47,576 CANNOT PUT A FIBEROPTIC THERE 7845 05:09:47,576 --> 05:09:48,944 BUT WE'RE EXPLORING POSSIBILITY 7846 05:09:48,944 --> 05:09:56,418 OF STIMULATING LOCUS COERULEUS 7847 05:09:56,418 --> 05:09:58,520 INDIRECTLY TO ACHIEVE 7848 05:09:58,520 --> 05:09:59,154 NEUROMODULATION BY STIMULATING 7849 05:09:59,154 --> 05:10:00,722 VAGUS NERVE, AND WE'RE FORTUNATE 7850 05:10:00,722 --> 05:10:04,626 THAT THERE'S A BRANCH OF THE 7851 05:10:04,626 --> 05:10:05,961 AFFIRMED VAGUS NERVE NEAR THE 7852 05:10:05,961 --> 05:10:11,099 EAR, SO OUR PLAN IS TO, AGAIN, 7853 05:10:11,099 --> 05:10:11,867 REPURPOSE THESE EXTRA GROUND 7854 05:10:11,867 --> 05:10:13,402 ELECTRODES TO ACHIEVE THAT 7855 05:10:13,402 --> 05:10:15,237 STIMULATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH 7856 05:10:15,237 --> 05:10:17,005 COCHLEAR IMPLANT STIMULATION. 7857 05:10:17,005 --> 05:10:19,608 AND MAYBE IN A FEW YEARS YOU'LL 7858 05:10:19,608 --> 05:10:20,609 HEAR THAT SOME COOL THINGS 7859 05:10:20,609 --> 05:10:23,645 HAPPEN WHEN WE DO THAT, MAYBE A 7860 05:10:23,645 --> 05:10:24,312 TOTAL FAILURE, WE STILL DON'T 7861 05:10:24,312 --> 05:10:24,679 KNOW. 7862 05:10:24,679 --> 05:10:31,987 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 7863 05:10:31,987 --> 05:10:32,854 >> THANK YOU, MARIO. 7864 05:10:32,854 --> 05:10:35,023 THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE 7865 05:10:35,023 --> 05:10:36,491 INTERESTING PRESENTATIONS. 7866 05:10:36,491 --> 05:10:39,428 AND SO NOW WE'RE AT THE END OF 7867 05:10:39,428 --> 05:10:40,529 OUR PROGRAM. 7868 05:10:40,529 --> 05:10:42,431 AND WE WILL HAVE OUR DEPARTING 7869 05:10:42,431 --> 05:10:44,132 COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH US FOR THE 7870 05:10:44,132 --> 05:10:46,101 CLOSED SESSION TOMORROW, BUT 7871 05:10:46,101 --> 05:10:48,403 THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO 7872 05:10:48,403 --> 05:10:51,573 PUBLICLY THANK YOU ALL SO VERY 7873 05:10:51,573 --> 05:10:53,108 MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. 7874 05:10:53,108 --> 05:10:54,643 YOU'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL ALMOST AS 7875 05:10:54,643 --> 05:10:58,780 LONG AS I'VE BEEN AT NIDCD SO 7876 05:10:58,780 --> 05:11:01,817 YOU'RE MY INAUGURAL GROUP OF 7877 05:11:01,817 --> 05:11:02,918 COUNCIL MEMBERS. 7878 05:11:02,918 --> 05:11:05,687 AND SO IT IS WITH A GREAT DEAL 7879 05:11:05,687 --> 05:11:07,189 OF APPRECIATION THAT WE SAY 7880 05:11:07,189 --> 05:11:10,625 GOOD-BYE TO ALL OF YOU. 7881 05:11:10,625 --> 05:11:13,261 SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE 7882 05:11:13,261 --> 05:11:15,430 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS IF 7883 05:11:15,430 --> 05:11:17,532 YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, VERY 7884 05:11:17,532 --> 05:11:19,034 BRIEF, AND AS YOU'RE DOING THAT 7885 05:11:19,034 --> 05:11:22,204 I WILL BRING AROUND TWO 7886 05:11:22,204 --> 05:11:23,538 CERTIFICATES, ONE SIGNED BY ME 7887 05:11:23,538 --> 05:11:26,274 AND BECKY, THE OTHER SIGNED BY 7888 05:11:26,274 --> 05:11:28,910 DR. LARRY TABAK, THE PRINCIPAL 7889 05:11:28,910 --> 05:11:35,650 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NIH. 7890 05:11:35,650 --> 05:11:45,961 SO, FIRST NIRUPA. 7891 05:11:45,961 --> 05:11:47,596 >> HELLO, I JUST WANT TO SAY 7892 05:11:47,596 --> 05:11:50,866 THAT IT'S JUST BEEN A REAL 7893 05:11:50,866 --> 05:11:56,304 PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ON THIS 7894 05:11:56,304 --> 05:12:02,277 COUNCIL. 7895 05:12:02,277 --> 05:12:08,483 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 7896 05:12:08,483 --> 05:12:09,384 THANK YOU. 7897 05:12:09,384 --> 05:12:11,786 SO, IN PARTICULAR, IN ADDITION 7898 05:12:11,786 --> 05:12:14,089 TO THESE THREE TIMES A YEAR 7899 05:12:14,089 --> 05:12:16,858 MEETINGS, WHERE WE GO THROUGH A 7900 05:12:16,858 --> 05:12:19,794 LOT OF DIFFERENT INSTITUTE 7901 05:12:19,794 --> 05:12:21,530 BUSINESS, I THINK ONE OF THE 7902 05:12:21,530 --> 05:12:25,300 THINGS THAT'S BEEN SO VERY 7903 05:12:25,300 --> 05:12:28,570 REWARDING TO ME IS 7904 05:12:28,570 --> 05:12:32,841 OPPORTUNITIESES TO WORK ON A 7905 05:12:32,841 --> 05:12:35,577 COUPLE MORE LIMITED TASK FORCES, 7906 05:12:35,577 --> 05:12:41,283 SO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING 7907 05:12:41,283 --> 05:12:47,956 WITH LISA AS WELL AS CAROL ON A 7908 05:12:47,956 --> 05:12:51,793 TASK FORCE FOR ENHANCING 7909 05:12:51,793 --> 05:12:56,598 DIVERSITY ACROSS THE WORKFORCE, 7910 05:12:56,598 --> 05:12:57,933 AND WE'VE BEEN GRATIFIED THAT 7911 05:12:57,933 --> 05:13:02,837 SOME OF OUR SUGGESTIONS HAVE 7912 05:13:02,837 --> 05:13:05,140 SORT OF SEEN MUTATED LIFE OF DAY 7913 05:13:05,140 --> 05:13:07,876 WITHIN THE INSTITUTE 7914 05:13:07,876 --> 05:13:08,543 INITIATIVES. 7915 05:13:08,543 --> 05:13:13,682 AND THEN ALSO I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH 7916 05:13:13,682 --> 05:13:23,525 TO BE ON -- COUNCIL LIAISON ONA 7917 05:13:23,525 --> 05:13:24,192 STRATEGIC PLANNING INITIATIVE, 7918 05:13:24,192 --> 05:13:27,228 REALLY EXCITING. 7919 05:13:27,228 --> 05:13:29,731 SO I THINK IT'S SUPER VALUABLE 7920 05:13:29,731 --> 05:13:31,499 FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I HOPE 7921 05:13:31,499 --> 05:13:33,568 IT'S USEFUL FOR THE INSTITUTE TO 7922 05:13:33,568 --> 05:13:38,173 HAVE THOSE OF US OUT IN THE 7923 05:13:38,173 --> 05:13:43,311 FIELD SORT OF HELP YOU KIND OF 7924 05:13:43,311 --> 05:13:44,079 DESIGN YOUR DIFFERENT 7925 05:13:44,079 --> 05:13:45,180 INITIATIVES AS YOU GO FORWARD. 7926 05:13:45,180 --> 05:13:47,382 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF 7927 05:13:47,382 --> 05:13:48,350 THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 7928 05:13:48,350 --> 05:13:53,855 AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BE OF 7929 05:13:53,855 --> 05:13:56,925 HELP IN THE FUTURE. 7930 05:13:56,925 --> 05:13:58,760 >> THANK YOU. 7931 05:13:58,760 --> 05:14:02,397 THANK YOU, NIRUPA. 7932 05:14:02,397 --> 05:14:09,404 NEXT DR. CAROL ESPY-WILSON. 7933 05:14:09,404 --> 05:14:10,739 >> I'VE REALLY ENJOYED 7934 05:14:10,739 --> 05:14:12,674 TREMENDOUSLY SERVING ON THE 7935 05:14:12,674 --> 05:14:13,041 COUNCIL. 7936 05:14:13,041 --> 05:14:15,076 I LEARNED THIS PAST YEAR, I 7937 05:14:15,076 --> 05:14:16,611 THINK THIS IS TRUE, THAT YOU'RE 7938 05:14:16,611 --> 05:14:21,516 THE REASON WHY WE DO THE HPP 7939 05:14:21,516 --> 05:14:22,617 NOMINATIONS, AND DISCUSS THE 7940 05:14:22,617 --> 05:14:24,486 STAFF, THE ONES DONE BY THE 7941 05:14:24,486 --> 05:14:24,719 STAFF. 7942 05:14:24,719 --> 05:14:27,656 I REALLY THINK THAT THAT IS -- 7943 05:14:27,656 --> 05:14:29,190 THAT HAS MADE THIS EXTRA 7944 05:14:29,190 --> 05:14:32,027 REWARDING BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING 7945 05:14:32,027 --> 05:14:32,927 AT THESE EARLY-STAGE 7946 05:14:32,927 --> 05:14:34,429 INVESTIGATORS, AND GIVING THEM A 7947 05:14:34,429 --> 05:14:35,864 CHANCE HOPEFULLY TO BE FUNDED 7948 05:14:35,864 --> 05:14:38,266 EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE 7949 05:14:38,266 --> 05:14:40,235 THE RIGHT PERCENTILE SCORE. 7950 05:14:40,235 --> 05:14:41,736 SO, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 7951 05:14:41,736 --> 05:14:41,970 PROGRAM. 7952 05:14:41,970 --> 05:14:45,373 THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, DR. 7953 05:14:45,373 --> 05:14:45,573 TUCCI. 7954 05:14:45,573 --> 05:14:47,242 ALSO, I WANT TO SAY IT'S CLEAR 7955 05:14:47,242 --> 05:14:50,178 THESE MEETINGS ARE VERY WELL 7956 05:14:50,178 --> 05:14:52,614 PLANNED, THERE'S OFTEN A THEME 7957 05:14:52,614 --> 05:14:53,915 THAT'S VERY OBVIOUS. 7958 05:14:53,915 --> 05:14:55,316 AND THERE ARE ALL THESE 7959 05:14:55,316 --> 05:14:59,688 TREMENDOUS TALKS THAT ARE GIVEN 7960 05:14:59,688 --> 05:15:00,889 BY P.I.s, EXTRAMURAL 7961 05:15:00,889 --> 05:15:01,990 RESEARCHERS, THAT WE LEARN SO 7962 05:15:01,990 --> 05:15:02,757 MUCH FROM. 7963 05:15:02,757 --> 05:15:05,160 SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE NEW 7964 05:15:05,160 --> 05:15:06,061 PEOPLE COMING ON BOARD YOU'RE 7965 05:15:06,061 --> 05:15:07,362 GOING TO LEARN SO MUCH FROM 7966 05:15:07,362 --> 05:15:10,432 BEING ON COUNCIL ABOUT SO MANY 7967 05:15:10,432 --> 05:15:10,665 AREAS. 7968 05:15:10,665 --> 05:15:12,967 I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THAT. 7969 05:15:12,967 --> 05:15:14,602 THEN AS NIRUPA SAID WE WERE ON 7970 05:15:14,602 --> 05:15:17,772 THIS WORK GROUP ON DIVERSITY AND 7971 05:15:17,772 --> 05:15:18,640 INCLUSIVENESS THAT YOU 7972 05:15:18,640 --> 05:15:20,709 INITIATED, AND IT FEELS GOOD TO 7973 05:15:20,709 --> 05:15:23,011 KNOW THAT THESE ISSUES ARE 7974 05:15:23,011 --> 05:15:24,646 IMPORTANT TO NIDCD, AND THAT 7975 05:15:24,646 --> 05:15:26,414 SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE 7976 05:15:26,414 --> 05:15:30,118 MADE WE CAN SEE THEM COMING TO 7977 05:15:30,118 --> 05:15:31,753 FRUITION SINCE THE TIME THAT WE 7978 05:15:31,753 --> 05:15:33,188 SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE, AND 7979 05:15:33,188 --> 05:15:35,590 THAT WAS EVIDENCED TODAY AS 7980 05:15:35,590 --> 05:15:36,024 WELL. 7981 05:15:36,024 --> 05:15:40,228 I FEEL LIKE WE HAD IMPACT. 7982 05:15:40,228 --> 05:15:43,264 REALLY, I'VE ENJOYED IT 7983 05:15:43,264 --> 05:15:45,667 TREMENDOUSLY, AND I HOPE YOU 7984 05:15:45,667 --> 05:15:52,674 CONTINUE TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT. 7985 05:15:52,674 --> 05:15:54,976 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 7986 05:15:54,976 --> 05:15:57,479 NEXT DR. LISA GOFFMAN. 7987 05:15:57,479 --> 05:15:57,879 >> OKAY. 7988 05:15:57,879 --> 05:16:01,883 I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS BRIEF. 7989 05:16:01,883 --> 05:16:03,384 BUT THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL 7990 05:16:03,384 --> 05:16:07,422 OPPORTUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE 7991 05:16:07,422 --> 05:16:08,656 THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS WHAT 7992 05:16:08,656 --> 05:16:10,158 AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE IT'S BEEN 7993 05:16:10,158 --> 05:16:12,894 TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE. 7994 05:16:12,894 --> 05:16:14,763 I WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR 7995 05:16:14,763 --> 05:16:16,965 A FEW HIGHLIGHTS, SOME HAVE BEEN 7996 05:16:16,965 --> 05:16:18,700 EXPRESSED ALREADY. 7997 05:16:18,700 --> 05:16:21,770 I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH, AND SO 7998 05:16:21,770 --> 05:16:22,971 ENJOYED INTERACTION WITH THE 7999 05:16:22,971 --> 05:16:24,506 SCIENTISTS ACROSS THE RESEARCH 8000 05:16:24,506 --> 05:16:27,909 DOMAINS COVERED BY OUR 8001 05:16:27,909 --> 05:16:28,343 INSTITUTE. 8002 05:16:28,343 --> 05:16:29,410 TASTE AND SMELL, HEARING, MY 8003 05:16:29,410 --> 05:16:31,179 HOMES OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE. 8004 05:16:31,179 --> 05:16:32,547 IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO INTERACT 8005 05:16:32,547 --> 05:16:34,682 AND LEARN ABOUT THESE NEW 8006 05:16:34,682 --> 05:16:36,951 INITIATIVES AND THESE AREAS, 8007 05:16:36,951 --> 05:16:38,820 STANDOUT STILL THE TALK ON TASTE 8008 05:16:38,820 --> 05:16:40,588 AND SMELL AFTER COVID, FOR 8009 05:16:40,588 --> 05:16:42,123 EXAMPLE, MANY HIGHLIGHTS AS I 8010 05:16:42,123 --> 05:16:45,960 THINK OVER MY TIME HERE. 8011 05:16:45,960 --> 05:16:46,594 INTERACTING WITH NON-SCIENTIFIC 8012 05:16:46,594 --> 05:16:47,829 PARTNERS HAS ALSO BEEN A GIFT 8013 05:16:47,829 --> 05:16:50,064 AND HAS BROUGHT SUCH A RICH AND 8014 05:16:50,064 --> 05:16:52,300 IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVE TO THE 8015 05:16:52,300 --> 05:16:54,068 WORK OF NIDCD. 8016 05:16:54,068 --> 05:16:56,471 I'VE ENJOYED CONVERSATIONS WITH 8017 05:16:56,471 --> 05:16:57,605 THE INCREDIBLE NON-SCIENTIST, 8018 05:16:57,605 --> 05:17:00,308 I'LL LOOK ACROSS THE ROW HERE, 8019 05:17:00,308 --> 05:17:03,912 WHO I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM 8020 05:17:03,912 --> 05:17:07,315 AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE INTEGRATING 8021 05:17:07,315 --> 05:17:08,716 THEIR VIEWS INTO OUR ENDEAVORS 8022 05:17:08,716 --> 05:17:10,251 IN THIS DISCIPLINE. 8023 05:17:10,251 --> 05:17:12,687 NOT SURPRISINGLY, IT'S BEEN 8024 05:17:12,687 --> 05:17:14,022 WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH ALL OF 8025 05:17:14,022 --> 05:17:16,724 THOSE WHO RUN OUR INSTITUTE FROM 8026 05:17:16,724 --> 05:17:23,865 THE INSIDE, MANY STAND OUT, DEB, 8027 05:17:23,865 --> 05:17:25,400 JUDITH, BECKY, HOLLY, 8028 05:17:25,400 --> 05:17:26,534 JACQUELINE, KELLY, I HAVE A 8029 05:17:26,534 --> 05:17:28,102 LONGER LIST BUT IN THE INTEREST 8030 05:17:28,102 --> 05:17:31,840 OF TIME ALL OF THE PROGRAM 8031 05:17:31,840 --> 05:17:32,874 OFFICERS, SROs, AND STAFF 8032 05:17:32,874 --> 05:17:34,843 WHOSE COMMITMENT MAKES OUR 8033 05:17:34,843 --> 05:17:39,314 INSTITUTE RUN. 8034 05:17:39,314 --> 05:17:41,082 A SHOUT OUT TO SHU SING WHO WE 8035 05:17:41,082 --> 05:17:44,118 GOT TO REMEMBER AT COUNCIL, ONE 8036 05:17:44,118 --> 05:17:46,654 OF MY EARLIEST SROs, AND HE 8037 05:17:46,654 --> 05:17:50,558 PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN 8038 05:17:50,558 --> 05:17:51,459 MENTORING ME, KINDNESS, 8039 05:17:51,459 --> 05:17:53,761 COMMITMENT, EARLY STAGE. 8040 05:17:53,761 --> 05:17:56,264 SO MY EXPERIENCE ON COUNCIL HAS 8041 05:17:56,264 --> 05:17:57,131 SOLIDIFIED BY LONGSTANDING 8042 05:17:57,131 --> 05:17:58,266 KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE 8043 05:17:58,266 --> 05:18:01,402 EXPERTISE, I I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 8044 05:18:01,402 --> 05:18:03,605 EXPERTISE THAT'S ESSENTIAL 8045 05:18:03,605 --> 05:18:04,472 ENGAGED IN A PASSIONATE 8046 05:18:04,472 --> 05:18:06,441 INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE READY TO 8047 05:18:06,441 --> 05:18:08,176 ENHANCE OUR SCIENTIFIC GROWTH, 8048 05:18:08,176 --> 05:18:10,278 EVEN IN DIFFICULT TIMES AS WE'VE 8049 05:18:10,278 --> 05:18:11,813 TALKED ABOUT TODAY. 8050 05:18:11,813 --> 05:18:13,581 FINALLY, IT'S BEEN A GIFT TO 8051 05:18:13,581 --> 05:18:14,883 PARTICIPATE IN THE SPECIAL 8052 05:18:14,883 --> 05:18:15,850 INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN 8053 05:18:15,850 --> 05:18:18,820 TALKED ABOUT. 8054 05:18:18,820 --> 05:18:23,524 THE TALK INITIATIVE, INTERFACES 8055 05:18:23,524 --> 05:18:24,392 WITH NIDCD, MENTORING AND 8056 05:18:24,392 --> 05:18:28,763 TRAINING, TO ME WORKING WITH 8057 05:18:28,763 --> 05:18:30,298 CAROL, NIRUPA AND OTHERS. 8058 05:18:30,298 --> 05:18:31,399 THANKS FOR INVITING ME. 8059 05:18:31,399 --> 05:18:35,370 I'M GOING TO MISS ALL OF YOU. 8060 05:18:35,370 --> 05:18:37,305 AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THESE 8061 05:18:37,305 --> 05:18:38,506 FIVE-PLUS YEARS I'VE BEEN ABLE 8062 05:18:38,506 --> 05:18:44,879 TO ENGAGE WITH THIS GROUP. 8063 05:18:44,879 --> 05:18:45,747 >> THANK YOU, LISA. 8064 05:18:45,747 --> 05:18:49,017 WE'RE GOING TO MISS ALL OF YOU 8065 05:18:49,017 --> 05:18:49,183 TOO. 8066 05:18:49,183 --> 05:18:51,653 SO ARGYE IS NOT WITH US IN THE 8067 05:18:51,653 --> 05:18:54,355 ROOM BUT WE WILL MAIL YOU YOUR 8068 05:18:54,355 --> 05:18:55,590 CERTIFICATES AND THANK YOU SO 8069 05:18:55,590 --> 05:18:57,325 MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE ON 8070 05:18:57,325 --> 05:18:59,127 COUNCIL. 8071 05:18:59,127 --> 05:19:00,061 >> WELL, THANK YOU. 8072 05:19:00,061 --> 05:19:02,697 IT'S REALLY BEEN AN HONOR TO 8073 05:19:02,697 --> 05:19:04,866 PARTICIPATE AND TO GET TO KNOW 8074 05:19:04,866 --> 05:19:06,868 ALL OF YOU. 8075 05:19:06,868 --> 05:19:08,803 I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH. 8076 05:19:08,803 --> 05:19:13,408 A LOT ABOUT HEARING, AND 8077 05:19:13,408 --> 05:19:17,412 BALANCE, AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THE 8078 05:19:17,412 --> 05:19:20,748 SCIENCE, ALL ASPECT OF THE NIDCD 8079 05:19:20,748 --> 05:19:20,982 MISSION. 8080 05:19:20,982 --> 05:19:23,051 AND I'VE ENJOYED ALL OF MY 8081 05:19:23,051 --> 05:19:24,485 INTERACTIONS WITH EACH OF YOU, 8082 05:19:24,485 --> 05:19:28,556 GETTING TO KNOW EACH OF YOU. 8083 05:19:28,556 --> 05:19:31,292 I JUST DON'T HAVE MORE TO SAY, 8084 05:19:31,292 --> 05:19:33,361 IT'S WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE 8085 05:19:33,361 --> 05:19:33,561 SAID. 8086 05:19:33,561 --> 05:19:38,766 I THINK THIS IS A FABULOUS 8087 05:19:38,766 --> 05:19:39,167 INSTITUTE. 8088 05:19:39,167 --> 05:19:40,201 I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE 8089 05:19:40,201 --> 05:19:44,339 FUNDING I'VE HAD OVER MY ENTIRE 8090 05:19:44,339 --> 05:19:46,174 CAREER FROM NIDCD AND I THINK 8091 05:19:46,174 --> 05:19:48,843 IT'S CLEAR THAT SO MUCH THOUGHT 8092 05:19:48,843 --> 05:19:54,515 GOES INTO TRYING TO MAKE THE 8093 05:19:54,515 --> 05:19:56,150 DECISIONS ABOUT WHO SHOULD -- 8094 05:19:56,150 --> 05:20:00,655 WHAT RESEARCH SHOULD BE FUNDED, 8095 05:20:00,655 --> 05:20:04,993 MAKING IT FAIR AND EQUITABLE, 8096 05:20:04,993 --> 05:20:07,895 AND STILL HAVE THE MOST RIGOROUS 8097 05:20:07,895 --> 05:20:09,297 RESEARCH IN THE FIELD. 8098 05:20:09,297 --> 05:20:10,832 AND THE ADVANCEMENTS THAT HAVE 8099 05:20:10,832 --> 05:20:12,133 BEEN MADE JUST OVER THE TIME 8100 05:20:12,133 --> 05:20:15,436 THAT I'VE BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER 8101 05:20:15,436 --> 05:20:16,938 ARE REALLY AMAZING, SOME OF THAT 8102 05:20:16,938 --> 05:20:17,138 TODAY. 8103 05:20:17,138 --> 05:20:25,146 SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 8104 05:20:25,146 --> 05:20:27,215 >> THANK YOU, ARGYE. 8105 05:20:27,215 --> 05:20:31,519 AND LAST WE HAVE MS. LYNN 8106 05:20:31,519 --> 05:20:34,022 MURPHY-BREEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 8107 05:20:34,022 --> 05:20:34,889 CONTRIBUTIONS. 8108 05:20:34,889 --> 05:20:36,758 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 8109 05:20:36,758 --> 05:20:39,694 I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ON THIS 8110 05:20:39,694 --> 05:20:40,962 COMMITTEE, FOR ALWAYS BEING SO 8111 05:20:40,962 --> 05:20:42,997 KIND TO ME, AS A PUBLIC MEMBER 8112 05:20:42,997 --> 05:20:45,400 WHO PROBABLY ASKED YOU WAY TOO 8113 05:20:45,400 --> 05:20:46,367 MANY QUESTIONS, TRYING TO 8114 05:20:46,367 --> 05:20:48,469 UNDERSTAND SCIENCE THAT I WOULD 8115 05:20:48,469 --> 05:20:51,939 NEVER STUDY, AS YOU COULD 8116 05:20:51,939 --> 05:20:52,507 PROBABLY TELL. 8117 05:20:52,507 --> 05:20:57,979 SPECIAL THANK YOU TO BECKY, DR. 8118 05:20:57,979 --> 05:20:59,614 TUCCI, DR. COOPER, APOLOGY FOR 8119 05:20:59,614 --> 05:21:02,683 ALWAYS HAVING TO RESET MY 8120 05:21:02,683 --> 05:21:03,017 PASSWORDS. 8121 05:21:03,017 --> 05:21:07,288 AND I REALLY WANTED TO JUST SAY 8122 05:21:07,288 --> 05:21:10,324 THAT RECENTLY I ATTENDED A 8123 05:21:10,324 --> 05:21:11,659 CONFERENCE, FOR USHER SYNDROME, 8124 05:21:11,659 --> 05:21:12,760 THERE WAS A LOT OF GENERATIONS 8125 05:21:12,760 --> 05:21:13,861 OF PEOPLE THERE. 8126 05:21:13,861 --> 05:21:16,164 WHAT IMPACTED ME WAS THINKING 8127 05:21:16,164 --> 05:21:18,933 ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE AND HOW 8128 05:21:18,933 --> 05:21:26,040 IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT NDCD, 8129 05:21:26,040 --> 05:21:28,843 YOU COULD SEE ALL THE WORK 8130 05:21:28,843 --> 05:21:31,179 YOU'VE DONE HAS CHANGED FOR 8131 05:21:31,179 --> 05:21:34,649 GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE 8132 05:21:34,649 --> 05:21:34,882 USHER'S. 8133 05:21:34,882 --> 05:21:35,950 OLDER GENERATIONS DID NOT HAVE 8134 05:21:35,950 --> 05:21:37,618 THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS SPEECH 8135 05:21:37,618 --> 05:21:39,787 LANGUAGE PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH 8136 05:21:39,787 --> 05:21:41,889 THEM, PROSTHETICS TO GIVE THEM 8137 05:21:41,889 --> 05:21:44,158 OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR, BALANCE 8138 05:21:44,158 --> 05:21:45,259 ADVANCEMENTS, THINGS THEY COULD 8139 05:21:45,259 --> 05:21:47,795 WORK, IN THE NEW GENERATION OF 8140 05:21:47,795 --> 05:21:49,931 CHILDREN GROWING UP, YOUNG 8141 05:21:49,931 --> 05:21:54,035 ADULTS WITH USHER'S, SO MANY 8142 05:21:54,035 --> 05:21:56,637 MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE 8143 05:21:56,637 --> 05:21:57,872 PARTICIPANTS IN THE WORLD 8144 05:21:57,872 --> 05:21:58,206 OUTSIDE. 8145 05:21:58,206 --> 05:22:02,376 YOU KNOW, WE SAY IT'S A 8146 05:22:02,376 --> 05:22:03,678 COMMUNICATION BUT IT ALSO 8147 05:22:03,678 --> 05:22:05,446 CREATES ISOLATION SOMETIMES TO 8148 05:22:05,446 --> 05:22:07,515 BE CUT OFF WITHOUT YOUR SCIENCE. 8149 05:22:07,515 --> 05:22:07,782 THANK YOU. 8150 05:22:07,782 --> 05:22:09,050 YOUR WORK REALLY DOES MEAN 8151 05:22:09,050 --> 05:22:10,218 SOMETHING, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN 8152 05:22:10,218 --> 05:22:10,918 THE WORLD. 8153 05:22:10,918 --> 05:22:18,359 I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. 8154 05:22:18,359 --> 05:22:19,794 >> THANK YOU. 8155 05:22:19,794 --> 05:22:20,995 THAT WAS INSPIRATIONAL. 8156 05:22:20,995 --> 05:22:22,630 ALL RIGHT. 8157 05:22:22,630 --> 05:22:25,032 WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR 8158 05:22:25,032 --> 05:22:27,235 YOUR ATTENTION OVER THIS REALLY 8159 05:22:27,235 --> 05:22:28,336 STIMULATING BUT LONG DAY. 8160 05:22:28,336 --> 05:22:29,737 WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AS 8161 05:22:29,737 --> 05:22:33,474 MANY OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO 8162 05:22:33,474 --> 05:22:34,976 COME TO THE RECEPTION AT HELLO 8163 05:22:34,976 --> 05:22:36,511 BETTY, IS THAT THE NAME? 8164 05:22:36,511 --> 05:22:40,014 AT THE CANOPY ON THE SECOND 8165 05:22:40,014 --> 05:22:42,316 FLOOR AT 5:30. 8166 05:22:42,316 --> 05:22:43,851 AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW 8167 05:22:43,851 --> 05:22:44,385 MORNING AS WELL. 8168 05:22:44,385 --> 05:22:44,719 THANKS A LOT. 8169 05:22:44,719 --> 05:22:47,555 [END OF PROGRAM] 8170 05:22:47,555 --> 05:22:53,561 8171 05:22:53,561 --> 05:23:03,604