1 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:10,960 >>WE ARE READY. 2 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:13,120 >>THIS IS REAL EXCITING OUR 3 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:15,080 FIRST IN PERSON MEETING SINCE 4 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,120 THE PANDEMIC AND I WANT TO 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,720 WELCOME EVERYONE AND HOPEFULLY 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:22,640 EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO CHAT 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,560 WITH STAFF AND OTHER COUNCIL 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:24,880 MEMBERS. 9 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,160 AS ALWAYS WE HAVE A REAL 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:28,720 EXCITING COUNCIL FOR YOU. 11 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,600 LOTS OF INFORMATION AND LOOKING 12 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,120 FOR YOUR HARD THINKING AND GOOD 13 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:38,560 ADVICE AS WE GO FORWARD. 14 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,560 LIKE LAST ROUND WE HAVE FIVE AD 15 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,560 HOC MEMBERS THAT WE'RE STILL 16 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:49,320 WAITING FOR APPROVAL AND SO 17 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,400 HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAPPEN. 18 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,800 THOSE THINGS GO DOWNTOWN AND WE 19 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,320 HAVE NO CONTROL AND EVENTUALLY 20 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,240 ALL GETS TAKEN CARE OF. 21 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:04,720 THE AD HOCS TODAY ARE JANE AND 22 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:10,560 JIM AND YISHI AND EX-OFFICIO'S 23 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:11,360 DAVID BRODY. 24 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,040 WE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE WHO 25 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,720 COULDN'T MAKE IT AND 26 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,280 UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS ED'S LAST 27 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:24,720 COUNCIL MEETING AND HE'LL BE 28 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:30,040 VIRTUAL AND THE OTHER AD HOCS 29 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:34,560 ARE HANK PAULSON AND HANK 30 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:34,920 GREELEY. 31 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,840 >>DID YOU MENTION JANE? 32 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,760 >>I DID. 33 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,880 THE QUESTION IS DOES EVERYBODY 34 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,800 KNOW EACH OTHER OR SHOULD WE GO 35 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:48,040 AROUND? 36 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:48,760 >>I THINK WE'RE OKAY. 37 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:50,560 >>OKAY. 38 00:01:50,560 --> 00:02:00,720 ALL RIGHT. 39 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,120 >>CAN PEOPLE HEAR WHAT I'M 40 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:23,360 SAYING? 41 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,560 >>YEAH. 42 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:26,960 >>GOOD. 43 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:27,160 OKAY. 44 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:28,520 GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY. 45 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,240 IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS, SOMETHING 46 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,520 LIKE THREE YEARS FOR MOST OF 47 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:33,680 YOU. 48 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,040 AND BY THE WAY, THE AD HOC MEANS 49 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,000 YOU CAN FULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE 50 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:38,560 MEETING. 51 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,440 THE ONLY THING YOU CAN'T DO -- 52 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,080 GOD LOOK AT THAT. 53 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:43,200 IT'S THROWING ME. 54 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:44,440 THAT'S MY BAD SIDE TOO. 55 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,920 THE ONLY THING YOU CANNOT DO IS 56 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:49,440 VOTE -- FORMALLY VOTE. 57 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,120 BUT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN EVERY 58 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,280 POSSIBLE WAY. 59 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,600 GREAT, I NOW HEAR MYSELF OVER 60 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:06,720 THERE. 61 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:13,720 BY THE WAY, OUR HEARTFELT THANKS 62 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,080 TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS STAYING 63 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,320 ON IN EXTRA ROUND WHILE THE AD 64 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,200 HOC MEMBERS GET APPROVED AND AD 65 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,200 HOC PEOPLE DON'T TAKE IT 66 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:21,560 PERSONALLY. 67 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:22,120 THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. 68 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,760 IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU. 69 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:29,800 SO KEN IS STAYING ON, ALLEN AND 70 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:35,000 CLAUDIA AND CHRIS ARE STAYING ON 71 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:42,000 ONE LAST ROUND. 72 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,240 ALSO, IS ED ON AT THE MEETING? 73 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,560 IS HE ON ZOOM? 74 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:55,040 >>I'M HERE. 75 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,320 >>I'LL GET TO YOU IN A MINUTE. 76 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,560 THAT'S INTERESTING. 77 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:08,920 SO THIS IS ED'S LAST MEETING AND 78 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,760 I WAS GOING TO TOAST HIM 79 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,800 TONIGHT -- WOW, IT DISTRACTS ME 80 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,520 TO SEE MYSELF ALL AROUND BUT I 81 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,480 WANTED TO TOAST HIM TONIGHT AT 82 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,600 THE HAPPY HOUR BUT HOME SICK 83 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:29,560 WITH THE FLU. 84 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:30,720 YOU'VE BEEN A FANTASTIC COUNCIL 85 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:31,960 MEMBER AND PLEASURE TO WORK 86 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:32,440 WITH. 87 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,680 I WAS TALKING WITH A CROs 88 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,560 YESTERDAY AND MENTIONED ED FOR 89 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,120 SOME REASON AND HE SAID THAT GUY 90 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,120 IS INCREDIBLY SMART. 91 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:41,400 EVERYTHING HE SAYS IS RIGHT 92 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:43,320 EXACTLY ON POINT WHICH IS THE 93 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:43,840 IMPRESSION I'VE. 94 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:46,080 ON TOP OF THAT YOU'RE A REALLY 95 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:46,600 REMARKABLE GUY. 96 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,280 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW BUT 97 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:53,840 ED IS HEADING A 60-SITE CLINICAL 98 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:59,880 TRIAL IN NIGERIA FOR KIDS WITH 99 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:01,240 PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY COMPARING 100 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,800 STANDARD OF CARE IN THE TRIAL. 101 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,360 SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU'VE 102 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:06,760 BEEN A FANTASTIC COUNCIL MEMBER 103 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,880 AND WE'LL MISS YOU AND SORRY I 104 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:10,120 CAN'T TOAST YOU TONIGHT BUT TO 105 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:11,040 BE CLEAR YOU HAVE TO STAY HERE 106 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,400 FOR THE MEET. 107 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:13,880 -- MEETING. 108 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:14,600 OKAY. 109 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,040 SO THIS IS OUR FIRST HYBRID 110 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:17,440 MEETING. 111 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:18,480 THERE'S NOW SEVEN COUNCIL 112 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:20,360 MEMBERS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY. 113 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:26,960 MOST ARE ACTUALLY SICK. 114 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:28,880 AND SO EVERYONE SHOULD BE LOGGED 115 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:30,280 ON TO ZOOM AND THE REASON FOR 116 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:33,120 THAT IS THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE 117 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:34,400 IN THE CHAT BY THE WAY, THE MOST 118 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,840 IMPORTANT THING JUST HAPPENED 119 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:40,400 WHICH IS SOMEONE PLACED BE A 120 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:42,200 UBER ORDER FOR COFFEE JUST 121 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:42,560 ARRIVED. 122 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,800 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 123 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,440 IT'S NOT JUST MINE BUT THANKS A 124 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:49,640 LOT. 125 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:50,520 I'LL PAY YOU LATER. 126 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,760 SO WE'RE USING OF COURSE THE 127 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:54,560 MICS IN THE ROOM. 128 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:56,040 YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR SPEAKERS 129 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:56,360 OFF. 130 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,880 IF YOU WANT TO TALK -- I'D 131 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:01,800 APPRECIATE IT IF YOU RAISE YOUR 132 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,200 EMOJI HAND SO I CAN KEEP TRACK 133 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,280 OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND 134 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,520 OUTSIDE THE ROOM AND FOR EVERY 135 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,440 VOTE -- THIS IS TIM RESPONSIBLE 136 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,360 FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING 137 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,560 HERE AND DOING A FABULOUS JOB. 138 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:16,440 IN THE CHAT YOU'LL VOTE YES, NO 139 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,480 OR ABSTAIN AFTER HE ENTERS THE 140 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,000 MOTION IN THE CHAT. 141 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 BY THE WAY, BE CAREFUL ABOUT 142 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,400 SENDING COMMENTS TO EVERYONE YOU 143 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:28,200 MEAN TO JUST GO TO ONE PERSON. 144 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,960 PARTICULARLY THE REASON I'M 145 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,520 SAYING THIS IS DURING THE CLOSED 146 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,720 SESSION SOME PEOPLE WERE RECUSED 147 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:34,520 FROM DISCUSSION AND WILL SEE THE 148 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:40,120 COMMENTS. 149 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:41,760 ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THE 150 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:42,800 MECHANICS OF THE MEETING? 151 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:43,680 I NEED BLINDERS? 152 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:49,160 >>ONE THIN I WANT TO MENTION 153 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,800 IS -- WE DO WANT YOU TO MAKE 154 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,800 SURE THAT YOU DO IF IT'S A 155 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,720 GENERAL COMMENT TO REPLY TO 156 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,040 EVERYONE BECAUSE WE WANT 157 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,200 ATTENDEES TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO 158 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,200 READ CHAT AS WELL. 159 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:04,520 OKAY. 160 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:04,840 >>OKAY. 161 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:06,000 >>RIGHT. 162 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:06,680 ATTENDEES ARE PEOPLE NOT AT THE 163 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:13,440 TABLE. 164 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,160 I'LL GET STARTED. 165 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:16,720 THE FIRST THING WE NEED IS YOUR 166 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,160 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE 167 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:20,160 LAST MEETING WHICH ARE IN THE 168 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,400 ECB, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH AND UNLESS 169 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,320 SOMEBODY WANTS TO DISCUSS THE 170 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,040 MINUTES -- THIS IS PRACTICE FOR 171 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:26,800 DOING A MOTION FOR EVERYBODY IN 172 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:27,160 THE ROOM. 173 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,640 I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE OR 174 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,200 DISAPPROVE THE MINUTES. 175 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:33,640 APPROVE? 176 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:33,880 SECOND? 177 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,080 NOW TIM SHOULD HAVE ENTERED IN 178 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:45,600 THE CHAT SO VOTE IN THE CHAT. 179 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,280 ON THE AGENDA UNDER THE NINDS 180 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,040 GENERAL INFORMATION TAB IN THE 181 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,360 ECB, ALL THE COUNCIL DATES GOING 182 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,240 THROUGH 2025, I BELIEVE, ARE 183 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:54,480 LISTED. 184 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:56,280 SO CHECK TO SEE IF YOU CAN'T 185 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:57,800 MAKE ANY OF THEM AND DO LET US 186 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,080 KNOW IN ADVANCE. 187 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,360 WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK WHETHER 188 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,360 WE'LL HAVE A QUORUM, ETCETERA. 189 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,560 CHECK THOSE DATES WHEN YOU HAVE 190 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:07,040 A MINUTE. 191 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:08,640 NEXT I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE 192 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:09,280 EXPEDITED PROCESS. 193 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:14,880 THIS IS WHERE A SUBSET OF 194 00:08:14,880 --> 00:08:19,000 COUNCIL MEMBERS, THREE, APPROVE 195 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,800 THOSE IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING 196 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,760 TO ISSUE THE AWARDS EARLY IN 197 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:24,640 SOME CASES BEFORE COUNCIL MEETS 198 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:26,000 AND HAVE DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO 199 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:32,240 DO THAT AND THIS YEAR IT WAS 200 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:33,440 AKEMENI AND JOHN HANDLED THE 201 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,840 COUNCIL AND THE EXPEDITED 202 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,640 PROCESS USUALLY JUST FOCUSES ON 203 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:39,920 RO1s WITHIN THE PAY LINE THAT 204 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:41,800 HAVE NO ISSUES LIKE HUMAN 205 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,200 SUBJECT OR ANIMAL ISSUES AND 206 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,280 OTHER APPLICATION ARE ALSO HAVE 207 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,280 NOTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE 208 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:49,560 RESOLVED. 209 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:53,160 SO THERE WERE 124 APPLICATIONS 210 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:54,520 AVAILABLE TO BE EXPEDITED AND 211 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:55,920 WERE SCHEDULED TO BE ISSUED. 212 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:57,760 I SAY EVERY COUNCIL ROUND OUR 213 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,440 ABILITY TO DO THIS IS THE RESULT 214 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,360 OF GETTING THE AWARDS OUT 215 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,160 QUICKLY IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR 216 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:09,800 GRANTS BRANCHMENT -- MANAGEMENT 217 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:10,800 BRANCH AND THEY WORK HARD TO 218 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,360 MAKE SURE THE APPLICATIONS GO 219 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:13,680 OUT QUICKLY WHICH IS A LOT OF 220 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:13,880 WORK. 221 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:15,680 EVERY ROUND WE TELL YOU ABOUT 222 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:18,800 PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER JOINING OR 223 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:19,480 LEAVING NINDS. 224 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,200 WE'RE A LITTLE PRESSED FOR TIME 225 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:21,880 TODAY. 226 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:23,600 SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH 227 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,520 ALL THE INTRODUCTIONS 228 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:27,240 INDIVIDUALLY BUT THERE'S A 229 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:28,400 SLIDE -- IS SOMEBODY GOING TO 230 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:38,680 SHOW THE SLIDE? 231 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,440 THIS IS AN EYE TEST. 232 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,280 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE ARRIVING 233 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:51,600 AND I WOULD EN KOERJ YOU TO -- 234 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,160 ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE BIOS 235 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:54,520 IN THE ECB. 236 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:55,160 THEY'RE INTERESTING PEOPLE WHO 237 00:09:55,160 --> 00:10:05,080 COME TO WORK HERE. 238 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:06,960 THE OPEN SESSION IS GOING TO END 239 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,600 ROUGHLY AT 4:30 AND I'D LIKE TO 240 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,440 GET A HEAD START ON THE CLOSED 241 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:12,680 SESSION SO WE DON'T GO OVER 242 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:14,560 TOMORROW. 243 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:16,360 WE'LL PROBABLY GO TO MAYBE 6:00 244 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:17,720 AND THEN THE BUS WILL MEET YOU 245 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:22,560 OUTSIDE AND TAKE YOU TO THE 246 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:27,960 BEAUTIFUL EXOTIC HOTEL WHERE 247 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:35,200 WE'LL HAVE THE HAPPY HOUR ON THE 248 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:36,520 ROOFTOP OF THE CANOPY HOTEL AND 249 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,200 THE PLACE IS CALLED HELLO BETTY 250 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,720 AND YOU'LL LEARN WHY WHEN YOU 251 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:42,560 GET THERE. 252 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:44,000 SO AT THE END OF THE OPEN 253 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,560 SESSION WE'LL BREAK FOR FIVE 254 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:48,600 MINUTES TO TRANSFER FROM OPEN TO 255 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:48,840 CLOSED. 256 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:49,560 THAT'S IT FOR ME. 257 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:59,880 OVER TO YOU, WALTER. 258 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:10,800 >>TESTIMONY TO ALL THE WORK 259 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:11,880 DONE BY THE STAFF. 260 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:17,680 MANY OF WHICH ARE IN THE ROOM. 261 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:18,520 AND LET'S SEE. 262 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,480 SO I'VE DONE THIS TWICE AND WE 263 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,520 RECORDED IT BUT ALLEN CONVINCED 264 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:29,080 ME TO MAYBE DO IT IN PERSON. 265 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:34,560 I THINK THERE'S ONE BACK. 266 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:37,400 SO FIRST THING WANTED TO DO IS 267 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,240 MENTION WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT 268 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,240 PRESIDENT BIDEN PUTTING UP 269 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,200 DR. MONICA BERTAGNOLLI FOR THE 270 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:45,360 NIH DIRECTOR. 271 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:46,560 IT'S BEEN A LONG SEARCH. 272 00:11:46,560 --> 00:11:50,200 SHE'S CURRENTLY THE HEAD OF THE 273 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,960 NCI AND INCREDIBLY COLLEGIAL AND 274 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:56,600 I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT 275 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,400 NIH DIRECTOR AND WE HOPE THINGS 276 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:01,640 SAIL THROUGH SMOOTHLY WITH THE 277 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:03,000 SENATE CONFIRMATION. 278 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,800 I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 279 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:07,960 ABOUT THE BUDGET. 280 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,720 SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE TOP 281 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,160 ROW THE BASE BUDGET SO THIS IS 282 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,240 MONEY AVAILABLE FOR OUR REGULAR 283 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:18,040 MECHANISMS. 284 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,680 AND IN 2023 WE HAD $2.16 285 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:22,560 BILLION. 286 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:25,000 IN THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET FOR 287 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,760 2024, IT'S PRETTY MUCH FLAT, 288 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:29,480 ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT DOWN AND 289 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,280 ALSO YOU CAN SEE OTHER 290 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:33,840 APPROPRIATIONS WE SEE FOR THE 291 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,600 BRAIN INITIATIVE AND HEAL 292 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,480 INITIATIVE HELPING END ADDICTION 293 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,080 LONG-TERM AND FOR ALZHEIMER'S 294 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:42,720 AND ALZHEIMER'S-RELATED DEMENTIA 295 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:43,000 RESEARCH. 296 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,680 YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM ROW 297 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:47,120 LOOKING AT THE FUNDS AND 298 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:51,680 PRESIDENT'S BUDGET WE'RE FLAT 299 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:55,920 NEXT YEAR AND NEXT SLIDE AND AS 300 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:58,200 YOU READ IN THE PAPERS, I DON'T 301 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,120 THE IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TODAY 302 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,160 BUT THERE WAS A DEAL THEY'RE 303 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,840 TRYING TO MOVE THROUGH CONGRESS 304 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:13,280 WHICH SUSPEND THE BORROWING LIMB 305 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,080 BUT PUTS THE NON-DISCRETIONARY 306 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,360 BUDGET WHERE WE FALL FLAT FOR 307 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:19,880 2024 WITH A POTENTIAL FOR NO 308 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,400 MORE THAN 1% INCREASE IN 2025. 309 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:23,800 THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM 310 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,560 WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST 311 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:31,880 SINCE 2016. 312 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,320 IT'S MORE LIKE 2004 THROUGH 2016 313 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:38,120 WHERE THINGS WERE BASICALLY 314 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:38,640 FLAT. 315 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,560 WE'LL HAVE LESS MONEY TO WORK 316 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:45,080 WITH AND WE START GRANTS OUT AND 317 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,840 HAVE OUT YEAR COMMITMENTS. 318 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,720 CHRISTINE LAM THE BUDGET OFFICE 319 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,400 LOOKED AND MADE A PROJECTION IF 320 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,920 WE STUCK WITH WHAT WE HAVE 321 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:57,760 PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR WE'D BE 322 00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,120 $45 MILLION IN THE RED. 323 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,960 SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 324 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:03,360 BASICALLY DO REAL BELT 325 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:03,640 TIGHTENING. 326 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,680 OUR DIVISION DIRECTORS ARE ALL 327 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,760 WORKING TO GET IDEAS ON WHAT 328 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,040 PROGRAMS THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO 329 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,840 CHANGE IN ORDER FOR US TO STAY 330 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,480 IN THE BLACK IN 2024 AND THEN 331 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:23,280 LOOKS LIKE 2025'S GOING TO BE 332 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:23,840 SIMILAR. 333 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,920 IT'S A BAD TIME AND WE'VE HAD 334 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:26,880 GOOD TIMES WHERE THEY'VE DONE 335 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:32,600 GREAT WORK AND WE HAVE THE 336 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,360 STRATEGY PLAN WHICH DR. NINA 337 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,240 SHORE WAS THE MASTER MIND AND 338 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:38,280 PUT OUT A MAP OF WHERE WE WANT 339 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:39,600 TO GO IN THE FUTURE AND STILL 340 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,080 WANT TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION AND 341 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:42,200 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK 342 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,640 WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO IMPROVE 343 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:46,440 RIGOR AND TRANSPARENCY IN OUR 344 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,560 WORK LED BY THE OFFICE OF 345 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:51,080 RESEARCH QUALITY AND WE WANT TO 346 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,120 KEEP THE PAY LINE AT A LEX 347 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:58,920 THAT'S ACTUALLY CONDUCIVE TO 348 00:14:58,920 --> 00:14:59,840 INVESTIGATOR-INITIATED RESEARCH. 349 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:01,240 THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE BEST 350 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:02,440 SUCCESS IN TERMS OF DISCOVERY 351 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:02,680 SCIENCE. 352 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:06,000 WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE DIVERSITY 353 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,400 OF OUR WORKFORCE AND WE'RE 354 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:08,480 TRYING AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE 355 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:13,600 CLOSED SESSION OUR FIRST 356 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,080 ATTEMPTS AT GETTING INTO 357 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,200 PROMULGATING TEAM SCIENCE. 358 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:19,600 WE'VE SEEN WHAT THE BRAIN 359 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,160 INITIATIVE CAN DO WHEN IT GETS 360 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:22,440 BEHIND A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS 361 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:25,440 AROUND THE COUNTRY TO WORK OUT A 362 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:25,680 PROBLEM. 363 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,120 WE THINK WE HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS 364 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,440 THAT DON'T FIT IN THE BRAIN 365 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:31,720 SCIENCE SPACE WHERE TEAM SCIENCE 366 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,360 CAN LEAD TO BREAKS THROUGH. 367 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,120 THINGS THAT CAN'T BE DONE IN THE 368 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:38,720 INDIVIDUAL LAB AND WITH THE DATA 369 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,320 SHARING POLICY NOW THAT PEOPLE 370 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,280 HAVE TO POST THEY'RE DATA HOW DO 371 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:43,200 WE MAKE IT USEFUL? 372 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,200 WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE 373 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,080 COMMUNITY TO DO THAT. 374 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,120 WE'RE INTERESTED IN NEUROETHICS 375 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:51,000 RESEARCH IN THE BRAIN INITIATIVE 376 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,440 AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT 377 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,160 INTO OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR 378 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:58,440 PROGRAMS. 379 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,080 OTHER THINGS WE HAVE PLANNED FOR 380 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:02,440 AND WE WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH 381 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,760 THESE BUT CLEARLY WE WILL HAVE 382 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:06,520 TO MAKE TOUGH DECISION GOING 383 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:15,400 FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET. 384 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:25,960 ONE THING WAS WE STARTED WITH A 385 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,280 LOAN AND NIMHD WHICH IS WHERE WE 386 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:42,120 WERE BORN FROM WORKED WITH US 387 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:46,720 AND RECRUITED PEOPLE AND PUT IN 388 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:50,560 $1 MILLION WAY BACK IN 1950. 389 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,560 THE THING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING 390 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,080 SPECIAL FOR 2025, WE'D LIKE TO 391 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,200 CELEBRATE THE PAST BUT I THINK 392 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:57,440 WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THE 393 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,040 OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK FOR THE 394 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,320 FUTURE AND WHERE WE MIGHT BE 395 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,680 ABLE TO GO IN THE NEXT MAYBE 10 396 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:06,280 YEARS I DON'T KNOW IF I'D SAY 75 397 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:06,520 YEARS. 398 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:16,720 NEXT SLIDE. 399 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,560 IN TERMS OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO 400 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,600 THERE'S A NEW AGENCY ARPA-H 401 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:28,200 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROGRAM AGENCY 402 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,000 FOR HEALTH AND THIS IS FUNDED 403 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,920 IT'S PART OF NIH BUT THEY REPORT 404 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:37,920 DIRECTLY TO THE HHS SECRETARY 405 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,400 NOT TO THE NIH DIRECTOR. 406 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:41,360 WE'D LIKE GOOD NEUROSCIENCE 407 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:42,880 PROGRAMS TO COME INTO ARPA-H. 408 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:44,280 HOW'S THAT HAPPEN? 409 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:45,120 TWO WAYS. 410 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:46,760 ONE IS THEY HAVE A BROAD 411 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:48,440 ANNOUNCEMENT NOW FOR PROJECTS. 412 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:49,600 YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF PROJECTS 413 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,760 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND THESE 414 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,600 ARE LIKE TRANSFORMATIVE 415 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:56,880 PROJECTS. 416 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:02,120 THINGS THAT NIH WOULD NOT DO. 417 00:18:02,120 --> 00:18:04,360 WE CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING BUT 418 00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:06,080 SOME THINGS WE CAN'T MAYBE 419 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:07,840 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. 420 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:09,960 THE OTHER WAY PROJECTS HAPPEN IS 421 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,680 HIRE PEOPLE OPPOSED TO NIH HIRE 422 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:14,880 PEOPLE WHO COME IN WITH THE 423 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:16,120 PROJECT THEY WANT TO DO. 424 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:17,680 IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO THINK 425 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,960 ABOUT ARPA-H AS A PLACE TO WORK, 426 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,760 YOU COULD GET A LOT DONE AND 427 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,280 HAVE ACCESS TO A VERY WELL 428 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,320 RESOURCED RESEARCH PROGRAM. 429 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,920 I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT AS A 430 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,360 BOOK END TO THE PUTTING ISSUES 431 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:36,440 WE'LL BE HAVING. 432 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:41,720 WE'D LIKE TO GET NEUROSCIENCE IN 433 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,000 THE PROGRAM. 434 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:51,360 A COUPLE THINGS ON THE RECOVER 435 00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:55,120 INITIATIVE RUN BY NHLBI AND 436 00:18:55,120 --> 00:19:00,080 NINDS AND STUDY THE LONGER TERM 437 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,080 EFFECTS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC. 438 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,320 WE KNOW THIS IS A HUGE INSULT TO 439 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:06,040 OUR HEALTH. 440 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,480 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LONG-TERM 441 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,640 EFFECTS ARE. 442 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:13,560 WE NEED TO WORK UP TO THOSE AND 443 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:15,600 HAVE TO HAVE REAL RESPONSIBILITY 444 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,160 TO UNDERSTAND WHY CERTAIN PEOPLE 445 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:19,120 ARE NOT RECOVERING FROM COVID 446 00:19:19,120 --> 00:19:22,680 AND DEVELOP WHAT IS CALLED IN 447 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,720 THE LITERATURE LONG COVID AND 448 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,400 BASICALLY IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE 449 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,640 WE'VE SEEN BEFORE AND PEOPLE WHO 450 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,920 DEVELOP A POST INFECTIOUS 451 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:40,400 ILLNESS WHICH IS OFTEN BASICALLY 452 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:41,840 CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME AND 453 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:43,440 WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO UNDERSTAND 454 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:49,640 AND HAVE RUN INTO A BRICK WALL 455 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,160 AND FOR DECADES PEOPLE HAVE 456 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:55,200 TRIED TO UNDERSTAND AND FAILED 457 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,080 TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGY IS AND 458 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:58,040 SEEMS TO BE WHAT LONG COVID 459 00:19:58,040 --> 00:19:58,720 SEEMS TO BE. 460 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:00,440 THIS INITIATIVE WAS THE CHANCE 461 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,160 TO GET AT WHAT WE THINK IS 462 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,680 IMPORTANT UNDERLYING BIOLOGY TO 463 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,600 HELP PEOPLE IN THE POST COVID 464 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:14,560 AND MAYBE EVEN THE OTHER 465 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:15,920 INFECTIOUS ILLNESSES. 466 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:22,640 THE RECOVERY WAS SET UP BECAUSE 467 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,800 HERE WE KNEW IT WOULD PROBABLY 468 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,240 BE A HARD PROBLEM. 469 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,680 IF IT COULD BE EASILY FIGURED 470 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:30,640 OUT, SOMEBODY WILL FIGURE IT OUT 471 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,720 AND WE'LL BE DONE WITH IT. 472 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,480 I DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S 473 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:35,760 HAPPENING. 474 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,040 IT LOOKS TO BE A TOUGH PROBLEM 475 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:38,080 TO UNDERSTAND. 476 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,560 WE SET THIS UP BASICALLY NOT TO 477 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,600 LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED. 478 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,560 IT'S A LARGE PROJECT TO COLLECT 479 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,440 DATA AND GET TO THE UNDERLYING 480 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,160 BIOLOGY AND SET UP CLINICAL 481 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,320 TRIALS TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE 482 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:55,000 SHORT TERM. 483 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:00,520 IT HAS ENROLLED OVER 20,000 484 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,560 PEOPLE IN-PERSON VISITS AND 485 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:06,520 STUDIES IN 18 MONTHS WHICH IS 486 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,120 QUITE REMARKABLE. 487 00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:11,960 IT'S ALSO STUDIED 49,000 ADULTS 488 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,160 AND 12,000 CHILDREN AND SET UP 489 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:16,520 COHORT. 490 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,760 IT'S ANALYZED THE ELECTRONIC 491 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:19,280 HEALTH RECORDS OF OVER 60 492 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:24,400 MILLION PEOPLE. 493 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,400 IT HAS STARTED PUBLISHING 494 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:27,880 RESULTS. 495 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:29,440 I THINK THERE'S 15 REPORTS 496 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:30,560 PUBLISH AND 15 IN PREPARATION 497 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,840 AND THIS ONE RECENTLY CAME OUTS 498 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,640 AN UNBIASSED LOOK AT THE DATA 499 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:39,080 FROM THE COHORT STUDY TO 500 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,400 IDENTIFY THE SPECTRUM OF 501 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,320 CONDITIONS THAT GOES WITH LONG 502 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:42,920 COVID. 503 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,960 IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT WITH 504 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,000 ANYTHING ELSE. 505 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,280 THE KEY THING HERE IS THE 506 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,000 SYMPTOMS IN LONG COVID ARE VERY 507 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,040 COMMON IN THE POPULATION LIKE 508 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:55,800 FATIGUE OR PAIN BUT IT'S THESE 509 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,000 CLUSTERS OF SYMPTOMS WHICH 510 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,120 PEOPLE WITH LONG COVID HAVE THAT 511 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:01,600 DISTINGUISHES THEM FROM THE 512 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,240 GENERAL POPULATION. 513 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:08,640 WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED 40 STUDIES 514 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:10,480 TO UNDERSTAND THE LONG-TERM 515 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,840 EFFECTS OF COVID GRANTS GOING 516 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:14,520 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 517 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,040 THIS IS TOUCHING THE TIP OF 518 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:17,400 ICEBERG. 519 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,040 RECOVER HAVE NOT GOING TO BE 520 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:20,600 ABLE TO DELVE DEEPLY INTO ALL 521 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,680 THE ASPECTS OF THE POST ACUTE 522 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,480 SEQUELAE COVID AND WE HAVE A 523 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:33,040 NOES NOSI OUT TO STUDY THESE 524 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:34,960 THROUGH REGULAR MECHANISMS. 525 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:36,200 PEOPLE THOUGHT RECOVER WILL DEAL 526 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,280 WITH IT AND WE WON'T STUDY THIS 527 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:39,880 BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD 528 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:40,160 IDEA. 529 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:41,960 IT'S A PROBLEM THAT IS GOING TO 530 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,640 BE TOUGH AND WE NEED A LOT OF 531 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:55,040 PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS. 532 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,960 AND WE PUT TOGETHER MASTER PROTE 533 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:01,840 PROTOCOLS FOR DIFFERENT SUB SETS 534 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,400 OF THE CONDITIONS WHERE WE LOOK 535 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,440 AT SYMPTOMATIC THERAPY. 536 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,560 LIKE SLEEP, COGNITIVE TROUBLE, 537 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:11,840 EXERCISE INTOLERANCE AND HAVE 538 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,680 MASTER PROTOCOLS TO TEST ONE 539 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,280 THING AFTER ANOTHER FOR 540 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,000 SYMPTOMATIC BENEFIT AND MASTER 541 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,320 PROTOCOL WHICH IS LIKE TESTING 542 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:21,840 THINGS GETTING AT THE UNDERLYING 543 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:22,320 BIOLOGY OF THE DISEASE. 544 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,440 YOU MAY SEE PIECES OF ALL THOSE 545 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:29,320 OTHER AND DECREASED SLEEP AND 546 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:34,240 PAIN AND BETTER OUGHT KNOW 547 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:35,520 AUTONOMIC FUNCTION AND HOPE TO 548 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,760 LAUNCH A TRIAL FOR ANTITRIERL 549 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,120 AGENT PREDICATED ON THE REPORT 550 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:41,840 FROM THE NATIONAL CANCER 551 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,840 INSTITUTE WHERE THEY'RE CLAIMING 552 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:48,120 THEY'RE SEEING EVIDENCE OF 553 00:23:48,120 --> 00:23:50,120 PERSISTENT VIRUS OUT AND THE 554 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:53,920 LONGEST WAS 230 DAYS. 555 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:55,600 THIS IS A GUESS STILL. 556 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,160 WE STILL DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE 557 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,160 THERE'S PERSISTENT BIAS IN 558 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:00,160 PEOPLE AND THOUGHT WE'D GO AHEAD 559 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,040 WITH THAT AS WE SEE WHAT WE CAN 560 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,880 FIND IN TERMS OF BIOMARKERS TO 561 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:08,280 SAY YES OR NO. 562 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:09,480 ONE BIG PROBLEM IS MANY 563 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,200 DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON IN THE 564 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:11,800 COHORT OF PEOPLE NOT JUST ONE 565 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:21,880 THING. 566 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,240 RIGHT NOW THESE WILL BE TARGETED 567 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,880 AT VERY VARE GENETIC DISEASES 568 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:46,040 BUT ONE CAN THINK THAT GENOMIC 569 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:47,200 THERAPY CAN MOVE PAST THAT AT 570 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,440 ONE POINT AND BE TREATING A 571 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,360 WHOLE CADRE OF OTHER CONDITIONS 572 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:54,280 WHERE SAY SMALL MOLECULES ARE 573 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:59,040 THE OTHER BIOLOGICS CAN'T HIT 574 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:00,520 TARGET OR CAN'T HIT IT BUT THE 575 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,600 DOSE YOU HAVE TO GET CAN CAUSE 576 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:07,440 SO MANY SIDE EFFECTS IT'S NOT 577 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:08,560 GOING TO WORK FOR YOU. 578 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,560 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS. 579 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,480 THESE ARE THE TRANS-NIH 580 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:13,800 PROGRAMS. 581 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:17,080 COMMON FUND RAN THE UNDIAGNOSED 582 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:17,800 DISEASE NETWORK. 583 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,760 FOLKS WHERE A DIAGNOSIS COULD 584 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,560 NOT BE MADE. 585 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,800 90% OF THESE FOLKS HAD NEURO 586 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,720 LOGICAL SYMPTOMS AND WHEN THE 587 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,920 COMMON FUND ENDED THE LEADERSHIP 588 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:37,800 MOVED TO NANDS GOING FORWARD. 589 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,840 WE ARE WORKING IN THE 590 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,640 ACCELERATED MEDICINE PARTNERSHIP 591 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,600 WITH INDUSTRY, NIH AND THE FDA 592 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,560 TO DEVELOP A PLATFORM SYSTEM 593 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,880 USING THE AAV VIRUS VECTOR TO DO 594 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:51,880 GENE THERAPY AND DIFFERENT 595 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:52,800 GENETIC DISORDERS. 596 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,800 THEY'VE RECENTLY LAST WEEK 597 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:55,840 ANNOUNCED EIGHT DISORDERS 598 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,280 THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IN AS THE 599 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:04,480 FIRST EFFORT AND YOU CAN SEE 600 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,640 THERE'S FOUR NEUROLOGICAL 601 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,320 CONDITIONS AND THE ULTRA RARE 602 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,160 NEUROGENETIC DISORDERS. 603 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:14,560 YOU'LL SEE IN THE CLOSED SESSION 604 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:16,120 THE FIRST GRANTS COMING THROUGH 605 00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:20,400 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THAT 606 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,200 ASPECT BUT SIMILARLY ULTRA RARE 607 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,160 DISORDERS, NO TREATMENT, GENE 608 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,960 THERAPY LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE 609 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:27,720 POTENTIALLY BENEFICIAL. 610 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,760 WE'RE HOPING TO PARTNER WITH THE 611 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,880 BGTC AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 612 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,640 ON THE OTHER HAND THERE'S A 613 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:41,720 COMMON FUND PROJECT THE SOMATIC 614 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,040 GENE EDITING WITH NCATS. 615 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:44,640 THIS IS AGAIN TRYING TO MOVE 616 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,560 GENE EDITING FROM THE FIRST FIVE 617 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,640 YEARS OF THE COMMON FUND PROGRAM 618 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:51,680 WHICH WAS DEVELOPING THE TOOLS, 619 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:52,920 GETTING THE EVIDENCE THAT WOULD 620 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:54,560 NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO THE 621 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,000 CLINIC, UNDER THING WHAT THE 622 00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:58,960 OFF-TARGET EFFECTS ARE AND HOW 623 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,240 TO ASSESS THAT AND HOPING TO 624 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,080 LAUNCH CLINICAL PROJECTS IN 625 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,640 HUMAN BEINGS IN SOMATIC GENE 626 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:08,280 EDITING AND SOME WILL BE NERVOUS 627 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,240 SYMPTOM DISORDERS I THINK. 628 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,520 FINALLY THE OTHER PROJECT IS THE 629 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:21,160 SOMATIC MOSAICISM AND LOTS OF 630 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,440 GERM-LINE GENE MUTATIONS AND 631 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,160 INHERITED AND DE NOVO MUTATIONS 632 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,280 BUT IT'S BEEN FOUND THERE'S A 633 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,000 HOST OF DISORDERS IN DEVELOPMENT 634 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,160 DUE TO SOMATIC MUTATIONS. 635 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:42,520 AS THE CHILD IS DEVELOPING AND 636 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,640 THERE'S ECTOPIC NEURAL GROWTH 637 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:46,520 AND BAD SEIZURE DISORDERS. 638 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,520 THIS OCCURS WITH AGING IN THE 639 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:55,160 ANNIVERSARY SYSTEM AND SOD IDEAS 640 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:56,600 IT'S RELATED TO 641 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:57,440 NEURODEGENERATION AND EXCITING 642 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:58,720 PROJECTS ON THE GENOMIC FRONT 643 00:27:58,720 --> 00:27:59,680 WILL BE MORE EXCITING AS THE 644 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:09,880 YEARS PASS. 645 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:15,480 AND FUNDING RESEARCH PROJECTS 646 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,320 CALLED EXPANDED ACCESS THAT IS 647 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,920 PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR 648 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,320 CLINICAL TRIALS WILL GET ACCESS 649 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,440 TO INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS UNDER A 650 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:26,640 STUDY. 651 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,880 WE FUNDED ONE LAST YEAR YOU SAW 652 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,880 AND WE'LL BE BRINGING A NEW SET 653 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,640 OF GRANTS TO SEPTEMBER COUNCIL 654 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:38,120 FOR EXPANDED ACCESS AND IN 655 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,800 ADDITION THE ACT CALLS FOR 656 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,520 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 657 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,640 BETWEEN NIH, INDUSTRY, DISEASE 658 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,640 ORGANIZATIONS AND PATIENTS, 659 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,040 CAREGIVERS OF THOSE WITH ALS. 660 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:54,320 SO WE'RE WORKING HARD TO PUT 661 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,840 THIS TOGETHER AS WELL. 662 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,560 THERE WAS A LAUNCH LAST YEAR OF 663 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:02,560 A CRITICAL PATH INSTITUTE 664 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,920 PROGRAM WHICH TAKES IN CLINICAL 665 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,640 DATA PRIMARILY TO INFORM THE FDA 666 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,520 ON REGULATORY SCIENCE AND HOW TO 667 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:15,440 APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE DRUGS FOR 668 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:19,640 ALS AND OTHER RARE 669 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,520 NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES. 670 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:25,000 WE'RE WORKING ON THE ACCELERATED 671 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,560 MEDICINE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN 672 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,520 INDUSTRY AND NIH AND FDA AND 673 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,360 DISEASE ORGANIZATIONS TO COLLECT 674 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:36,440 DATA AND BRING IT IN INTO A 675 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,240 SINGLE ONE-STOP-SHOPPING SPOT 676 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:44,160 WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE 677 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:45,240 BUT ALSO THE GROUP DECIDES WHAT 678 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,640 DATA WE NEED TO GO OUT AND GET 679 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,600 AND WE'LL SET UP A CONSORTIUM 680 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,280 SEEING ALS PATIENTS COLLECTING 681 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,880 THE DATA AND SAMPLES AND MAKING 682 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,080 THEM AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS AS 683 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,840 DIRECTED BY THE PARTNERSHIP. 684 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:01,720 AND THAT GOAL IS THEN TO DEVELOP 685 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,720 EVIDENCE FOR BIOMARKERS AND NEW 686 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,560 TARGETS FOR ALS THERAPY 687 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:06,840 DEVELOPMENT. 688 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,120 REALLY EXCITING PROJECT, THREE 689 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:09,400 DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. 690 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,080 LOTS OF BALLS IN THE AIR STILL. 691 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:13,800 WE'RE HOPING EVERYTHING SETTLES 692 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,080 DOWN BY SEPTEMBER COUNCIL. 693 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:17,480 THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE MAY 694 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,160 HAVE TO COME TO YOU EARLIER IF 695 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,040 THE TIMING FOR THE FUNDS WHICH 696 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:25,160 HAVE TO BE SPENT BY THE END OF 697 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:30,440 SEPTEMBER CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 698 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:30,920 CENTER. 699 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,280 THE $75 MILLION HAS BEEN 700 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:33,880 APPROPRIATED TO NANDS FOR THE 701 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:44,000 PROGRAM. 702 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:47,160 >>WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR 703 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:54,840 TIGHTENING OUR BUDGET AND WORK 704 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,160 IN THE STUDENT SIPHON THROUGH 705 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:57,960 THAT. 706 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:02,560 >>THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. 707 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,280 THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS VYING 708 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,480 FOR FUNDING AND WE'LL HAVE TO 709 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,840 MAKE TOUGH DECISION. 710 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:12,360 $45 MILLION IS HARD TO COVER. 711 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,160 THERE'S A COUPLE OPTIONS PEOPLE 712 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:15,320 ARE THINKING ABOUT. 713 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,120 AMY WILL HAVE A FIT IF I MENTION 714 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:18,800 THEM BUT THE DIVISION DIRECTORS 715 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,040 ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT THEIR 716 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:20,680 PROGRAMS AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN 717 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:24,840 CUT. 718 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,120 IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION WE'LL 719 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:27,880 HAVE TO HAVE IN SEPTEMBER FOR 720 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,320 SURE BUT IT INVOLVES THE PAY 721 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,520 LINE AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CUTS 722 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,240 AND WHAT WE CAN GO FORWARD AND 723 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:38,520 NOT GOOD TIMING GIVEN WE HAVE SO 724 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:48,920 MANY GREAT THINGS TO DO. 725 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,520 >>THEY WERE PART OF A SEPARATE 726 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:06,840 ONE. 727 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:08,640 >>STILL, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE 728 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:19,080 PART OF THE CELEBRATION. 729 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:38,680 >>NEXT THING I WANTED TO 730 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,680 MENTION WAS THE NATIONAL ACADEMY 731 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,440 REPORT ON NON-HUMAN PRIMATE 732 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:44,680 MODELS IN RESEARCH. 733 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,240 AS WE MENTIONED IN THE PAST FOR 734 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:49,640 US TO UNDERSTAND THE WORKINGS OF 735 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,520 THE HUMAN BRAIN THERE'S NO REAL 736 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,680 SUBSTITUTE FOR NON-HUMAN PRIMATE 737 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:57,520 WORK IN CERTAIN SIEBS AREAS. 738 00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,120 THERE'S A BIG PROBLEM NOW AND 739 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,200 JOHN MAY BE ABLE TO TALK TO THIS 740 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:09,240 THE AVAILABILITY OF NON-HUMAN 741 00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:11,360 PRIMATE IN THE COURSE WENT OFF 742 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,600 THE ROOF AND THIS IS FROM THE 743 00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,480 NATIONAL ACADEMY POINTING OUT 744 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:17,640 WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CORRECT 745 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:18,480 THE PROBLEM. 746 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,040 I THINK IT'S ALL CORRECTIBLE BUT 747 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:28,360 AS GEEINA POINTED OUT THERE'S A 748 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,520 NUMBER OF NON-HUMAN PRIMATES 749 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:32,680 AVAILABLE AND WITH MO TRAINING 750 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,560 AND PEOPLE TO USE NON-HUMAN 751 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:40,640 PRIMATES APPROPRIATELY AND 752 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:48,120 HUSBANDRY FOR NON-HUMAN 753 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,880 NON-HUMAN PRIMATES AND THE OTHER 754 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:52,320 IS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, 755 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:53,000 INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY AND 756 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,160 INCLUSION IN S.T.E.M. 757 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:54,480 ORGANIZATIONS. 758 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,880 ASKING AGAIN FOR IMPLEMENTATION 759 00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:01,120 OF INCLUSIVE MULTI-FACETED PLAN 760 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:07,560 TO HELP PEOPLE FROM DESEDISADVA 761 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:08,200 GROUPS AND TRANSLATE THE 762 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:09,960 PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES VALUABLE 763 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:11,680 IN MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS 764 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,760 SO THEY CAN BE ADOPTED BY OTHER 765 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,400 UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY 766 00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,000 AND TO COLLECT DATA TO REALLY 767 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,920 KEEP PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR 768 00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:22,440 MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 769 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:26,560 WITH REGARD TO INCREASING THE 770 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,560 DIVERSITY OF OUR WORKFORCE. 771 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,080 I WANTED TO MENTION JUST 772 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:33,880 RECENTLY WE GOT APPROVAL FOR A 773 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,320 SENIOR POSITION HERE NINDS 774 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,560 WORKING WITH LEADERS IN THE 775 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,960 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR AND 776 00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:45,520 DIVISIONS OR SCIENCE DIVISION 777 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:51,920 AND INTRAMURAL DIVISION AND 778 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:52,560 SOCIETY DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAMS 779 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:56,680 AND IN NEUROSCIENCE AND A BIG 780 00:35:56,680 --> 00:36:00,880 COMPONENT OF THIS WILL BE 781 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:02,560 IMPROVING BRAIN DIVERSE 782 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:03,480 PERSPECTIVES TO OUR SCIENCE AND 783 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,040 PEOPLE HAVE WORKED A LONG TIME 784 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:08,680 TRYING TO GET THAT POSITION 785 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,040 APPROVED BY HHS. 786 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:18,080 I UNDERSTAND IT WAS JUST 787 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:18,480 APPROVED. 788 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:19,880 MANY KNOW ABOUT THE REAL 789 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:21,880 SHORTAGE OF POSTDOCS OCCURRING 790 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,200 IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE THERE'S 791 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:25,440 AN ADVISORY GROUP TO THE TO 792 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,360 EVALUATE THE EVIDENCE OF THE 793 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,680 SHORTAGE, ASSESS CONTRIBUTING 794 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,280 FACTORS, REVIEW AND COMPARE 795 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:32,840 APPROACHES TO MITIGATE FOR THIS 796 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,560 PROBLEM AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE 797 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,120 THEY ARE NOW. 798 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,920 THE INTERIM REPORT WILL BE DUE 799 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:42,640 NEXT MONTH. 800 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:43,680 THESE ARE THE KINDS OF 801 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:44,720 SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE COME FROM 802 00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:47,160 THE LISTENING SESSION FOR THIS 803 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:47,360 GROUP. 804 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,840 IT'S NOT THE REPORT ITSELF. 805 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:50,600 THEY'RE CALLING PEOPLE AND 806 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,040 THERE'S A NEED FOR INCREASED 807 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:54,840 FINANCIAL SUPPORT INCLUDING 808 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,400 SALARIES COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR 809 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,000 LEVEL OF EXPERTISE AND LOCAL 810 00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,960 COST OF LIVING AND BENEFITS 811 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:03,120 MATCHING THOSE FROM OTHER 812 00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,480 EMPLOYEES AND THE HIRING 813 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:07,800 INSTITUTION AS WELL AS IMPROVED 814 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:08,600 CHILDCARE SUPPORT. 815 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,160 WHEN FOLKS ARE AT THE POINT 816 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,320 WHERE THEY'RE HOPING AND 817 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,760 STARTING A FAMILY OFTEN TIMES 818 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:20,560 WHEN THEY GIVE UP ON AN ACADEMIC 819 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,440 CAREER BECAUSE CHILDCARE IS SO 820 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:26,160 EXPENSIVE OR HARD TO FIND AND 821 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,160 REFINING THE INFRASTRUCTURE 822 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,120 RELATED TO POSTDOC TRAINING AND 823 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:31,000 INCREASING THE ACCOUNTABILITY 824 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,800 AND OVERSIGHT. 825 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,360 QUESTION HERE GETS TO THE SPACE 826 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,480 BETWEEN THE POSTDOC BEING THE 827 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:42,520 WORKER BEE AND POSTDOC BEING THE 828 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,840 TRAINEE BUT CLEARLY THE P.I.'S 829 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:51,120 TO DEVELOP CAREERS AS POSTDOCS 830 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,360 AS A PRIMARY GOAL IN RUNNING 831 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,240 THEIR LABS. 832 00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:57,680 THERE'S A NEED TO EXPAND 833 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:00,960 OPPORTUNITIES IN SUPPORTING 834 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,880 NON-ACADEMIC TRANSITIONS. 835 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:05,400 CERTAINLY I WOULD SAY NINDS 836 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:05,920 EXTRAMURAL BENEFITTED 837 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,920 TREMENDOUSLY FROM PEOPLE COMING 838 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,760 FROM THE LABORATORIES. 839 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:14,680 THERE ARE FANTASTIC JOBS 840 00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:21,480 AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE. 841 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:22,720 AND THE PERMANENT AND 842 00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:26,320 NON-FACULTY POSITIONS TO RETAIN 843 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:27,240 INTERNATIONAL TALENT. 844 00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:28,480 A LARGE PROPORTION MAYBE A 845 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,240 MAJORITY IN THE POSTDOCS IN THE 846 00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:33,160 U.S. TRAINED OVERSEAS AND WANT 847 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:34,600 TO COME TO THE U.S. BECAUSE THEY 848 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:35,960 SEE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW 849 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:36,760 THEIR SCIENCE AND CONTRIBUTE AS 850 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,440 THEY CANNOT IN THEIR HOME 851 00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:43,440 COUNTRY AND WE HAVE TO BE 852 00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:46,560 WELCOMING AS A SOCIETY FOR THAT 853 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:57,240 AND SOMETIMES THE DECK IS STACK 854 00:38:57,240 --> 00:39:00,160 AND SOME ARE NOT CITIZENS OR 855 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:01,960 GREEN CARD HOLDERS AND LOTS OF 856 00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,400 WAYS TO HELP AND THAT WOULD HELP 857 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:13,040 US STRENGTHEN OUR SCIENCE. 858 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,120 I'VE GONE AROUND TO UNIVERSITIES 859 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,160 AND THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IF 860 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:22,280 ANYBODY'S FUNDED ON A T32 WE'RE 861 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:22,920 CONSIDERED A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE 862 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,560 AND CAN'T GET FUNDING FROM THE 863 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:26,880 UNIVERSITY. 864 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,160 THAT'S HIGHLY WRONG. 865 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:31,080 THEY CAN'T HAVE THEIR SALARY 866 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,000 SUPPLEMENTED BY FEDERAL FUNDS 867 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,360 THAT'S THE ONLY PROHIBITION BUT 868 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:40,360 CAN HAVE IT SUPPLEMENTED BY 869 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:41,640 NON-FEDERAL FUNDS AND RECEIVE 870 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:45,160 THE SAME BENEFITS AS ANY OTHER 871 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,040 EMPLOYER AND THIS IS PUT OUT BY 872 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,720 THE OFFICE OF EXTRAMURAL 873 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:51,840 RESEARCH AND MIKE LAUER'S OFFICE 874 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:53,840 TO CORRECT THE MISCONCEPTION. 875 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,680 THIS ONE I WANT TO BE THE 876 00:39:56,680 --> 00:40:07,000 MESSENGER FOR THIS. 877 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:13,320 THIS IS LOOKING AT THE TRAINING 878 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:17,800 FELLOWSHIPS NRSA FELLOWSHIPS AND 879 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:18,560 LOOKING AT THE MOST PROMISING 880 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:28,960 PROGRAMS OF THE FUTURE. 881 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:30,480 . 882 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,680 AND SO THEY FORMED A WORKING 883 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:39,400 GROUP. 884 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,520 AND THE MAJORITY OF THE 885 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,080 FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS WERE IN 886 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:45,360 REVIEW AND THOSE WITH THE MOST 887 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:46,600 SENIOR RESPONSES DO BETTER THAN 888 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:54,120 THAT. 889 00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,680 AND NIH IS LEAVING OUT HIGHLY 890 00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,400 PROMISING SCIENCES BECAUSE WE 891 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:01,200 HEAVILY FAVOR LEAD INSTITUTIONS, 892 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,680 SENIOR, WELL-KNOWN SPONSORS AND 893 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:05,000 NARROW EMPHASIS ON TRADITIONAL 894 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:15,480 MARKERS OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS. 895 00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:22,400 AND WANT TO REVISE CRITERIA AND 896 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:23,400 THE MODIFICATIONS THEY'RE 897 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:28,640 PROPOSING AND THERE'S A REQUEST 898 00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:33,680 FOR COMMENTS ON THIS AND THERE'S 899 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:34,920 THE POTENTIAL OF THE APPLICANT 900 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,400 TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SCIENCE 901 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:39,800 AND THREE THE QUALITY OF THE 902 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:44,240 TRAINING DATA. 903 00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:54,120 THEY WANTED TO AND THE BROADER 904 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,360 STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATIONS AND 905 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,920 WANT GREATER EMPHASIS ON THE 906 00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:02,240 SPONSORS MENTORSHIP APPROACH AND 907 00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:04,720 PLAN FOR THE STUDENT AT HAND NOT 908 00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:06,800 SIMPLY THE TRACK RECORD OF THE 909 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,560 MENTOR AND WANT 910 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:09,360 TRAINING-SPECIFIC QUESTION SO 911 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:14,680 THEY'RE RELATED PRIMARILY TO THE 912 00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:16,880 TRAIN 913 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,720 TRAINEE HOPE IT WILL REDUCE BIAS 914 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,720 AND REDUCE REDUCING 915 00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:23,360 INAPPROPRIATE CONSIDERATION OF 916 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:25,560 THE SPONSOR REPUTATION AND WANT 917 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,400 TO EVALUATE THE SPONSOR AND 918 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,600 REPUTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE 919 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,160 QUALITY OF THE SCIENCE AND 920 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:43,680 TRAINING PROGRAM AND HAVE AN RFI 921 00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:50,120 THROUGH JUNE 2023 AND IF FOLKS 922 00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:58,560 ARE INTERESTED REVIEW THE 923 00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:07,360 COMMENTS BY THE DATE. 924 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:09,240 THERE WAS A TEAM SCIENCE 925 00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:09,480 PROJECT. 926 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,200 JUST TO REMIND YOU AND YOU'LL 927 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:12,080 GET THIS IN THE CLOSED SESSION 928 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:17,880 THE IDEA HERE IS TO DEVELOP A 929 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:19,640 TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO 930 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:23,760 WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE A 931 00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:25,480 PROBLEM -- IMPORTANT PROBLEM IN 932 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,520 SCIENCE OPPOSED TO A BUNCH OF 933 00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:30,560 AIMS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE 934 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,720 COHESIVE, WELL DESIGNED AND 935 00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:34,560 SOLVING A SINGLE RESEARCH GOAL 936 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:37,680 AND EXPECTED TO ACHIEVE A REAL 937 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,000 IMPORTANT OUTCOME WITHIN SAY 938 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,480 FIVE YEARS OF THE GRANT. 939 00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,400 AND THE CHANCE FOR US TO GET 940 00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:50,560 INTO THE SPACE OF BUILDING TEAM 941 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,520 SCIENCE TO AND TO DEVELOP PEOPLE 942 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:55,200 THAT THEN BECOME GOOD AT DOING 943 00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:56,920 TEAM SCIENCE WHICH IS AN ART 944 00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:07,280 FORM IN AND OF ITSELF. 945 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:14,640 A 946 00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,640 AND PEOPLE TO ADOPT THE ICONS 947 00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:18,880 WHEN THEY GO TO A MEETING AND 948 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:20,000 PRESENT WITH THE SLIDE THE 949 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:24,640 RESULTS OR WHEN THEY GO TO A 950 00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:26,160 POSTER SESSION AND TO INDICATE 951 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,920 WITH THE ICONS THESE 952 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,320 CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSPARENT 953 00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:33,760 REPORTING, BLINDING, 954 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,400 RANDOMIZATION, YES OR NO, POWER 955 00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:38,520 CALCULATE IN ADVANCE, YES OR NO, 956 00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,280 WAS IT AN EXPLORATORY EXPERIMENT 957 00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:45,400 AND WE'LL CHECK AND SEE OR WAS 958 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:46,080 THIS THE FINAL THAT PEOPLE ARE 959 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,640 PUTTING OUT? 960 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:50,240 SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THIS WILL NOT 961 00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:51,360 ONLY GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT 962 00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:53,720 HOW THEY DO THEIR EXPERIMENTS 963 00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:58,840 AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF RIGOR 964 00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:02,000 BUT WHEN YOU USING THE ICONS 965 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,560 YOU'LL GET A SENSE HOW TO 966 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:06,560 INTERPRET THE AS WELL. 967 00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:09,760 AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE 968 00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:10,520 MISSION STATEMENT. 969 00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:12,360 SO WE ARE AND WE'LL TALK IN A 970 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:13,800 SECOND I'LL PUT OUT TO YOU THE 971 00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:14,760 IDEA OF CHANGING OUR MISSION 972 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:18,160 STATEMENT. 973 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:24,240 AND THIS STARTED A WHILE AGO 974 00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:29,480 WHEN THERE WAS AN ACD WORKING 975 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:31,080 GROUP AND THEY ASK NIH CHANGE 976 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:31,880 THE MISSION STATEMENT BECAUSE 977 00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:33,160 THE CURRENT MISSION STATEMENT 978 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:37,320 COULD BE INTERPRETED AS PER PESH 979 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:38,560 WAITING ABLISTS BELIEFS THAT 980 00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,400 DISABLED PEOPLE ARE FLAWED AND 981 00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,360 NEED TO BE FIXED. 982 00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,560 SO OUR DEPARTMENT MISSION 983 00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:46,560 STATEMENT DOESN'T TALK ABOUT 984 00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,760 DISABILITY ITSELF BUT DOES USE 985 00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,560 THE USE BURDEN OF NEUROLOGIC 986 00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:52,600 DISEASE FOR ALL PEOPLE. 987 00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:55,640 THAT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT UNTIL 988 00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:57,040 RECENTLY THAT COULD BE 989 00:45:57,040 --> 00:46:00,440 MISINTERPRETED AS THE BURDEN FOR 990 00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:01,920 THE ECONOMY OR BURDEN FOR THE 991 00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:02,560 HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. 992 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:07,160 IT WAS MEANT TO BE THE BURDEN OF 993 00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:08,720 SUFFERING FOR THE PERSON WITH 994 00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:13,120 THE DISORDER BUT COULD BE 995 00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:15,480 MISPERCEIVED AND THE MISSION IS 996 00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:16,400 TO SEEK FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE 997 00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:26,160 ABOUT THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND THE 998 00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:27,520 DISORDERS TO IMPROVE THE 999 00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:29,840 NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH OF ALL 1000 00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:30,080 PEOPLE. 1001 00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:30,760 IT TO UNDERSTAND NEUROSCIENCE 1002 00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:32,200 AND THE MECHANISM OF DISEASE AND 1003 00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,880 TO USE THAT KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE 1004 00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:36,920 NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH. 1005 00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:38,520 SO IT HAS THE SUCCINCT AND TO 1006 00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:41,640 THE POINT AND I THINK IT GETS 1007 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:44,320 RID OF THAT POTENTIAL 1008 00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:44,640 MISPERCEPTION. 1009 00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:46,560 BUT INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT 1010 00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:52,480 PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THAT. 1011 00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:56,720 A COUPLE SEARCHS ONGOING. 1012 00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:57,600 HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THEY JUST 1013 00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:03,320 LAUNCHED THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF 1014 00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:05,320 NINDS. 1015 00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,000 NINA SHORE HELD THE POSITION TWO 1016 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:08,880 YEARS AGO AND HAD TO ABBREVIATE 1017 00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:11,440 HER EFFORTS WHEN SHE BECAME THE 1018 00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:12,480 ACT BEING SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR OF 1019 00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:16,480 OUR INTERIM PROGRAM AND THEN 1020 00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:17,880 LAST OCTOBER SHE WAS MADE THE 1021 00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:18,360 DIRECTOR OF ALL INTERIM 1022 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:24,240 RESEARCH. 1023 00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:25,560 -- INTRAMURAL RESEARCH. 1024 00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:26,720 IT'S GOOD TIMES BUT PROBABLY A 1025 00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:28,640 LITTLE LATE TO GET A DEPUTY ON 1026 00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:29,600 BOARD. 1027 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:31,040 I WANTED TO SAY I WAS THE 1028 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:31,640 DEPUTY. 1029 00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:36,520 IT WAS THE MOST FUN JOB I EVER 1030 00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:36,840 HAD. 1031 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,880 DEFLECTED ALL THE SCUD MISSILES 1032 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:41,360 AND COULD JUST HAVE FUN WITH 1033 00:47:41,360 --> 00:47:43,480 INTERESTING PROJECTS, TALKING TO 1034 00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:45,240 PEOPLE AND I'LL DO THAT FOR THE 1035 00:47:45,240 --> 00:47:46,360 NEXT DEPUTY. 1036 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:47,520 SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY YOU 1037 00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:49,560 CAN SEE ALL THE PROJECTS I 1038 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:50,560 TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. 1039 00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:52,560 THAT'S JUST THE TIP OF THE 1040 00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:53,840 ICEBERG. 1041 00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:56,360 SO MANY THINGS THAT ONE COULD 1042 00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:57,960 GET INVOLVED WITH THAT HAVE REAL 1043 00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:00,400 IMPORTANCE FOR THE SCIENCE 1044 00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:02,600 MOVING FORWARD AND GET YOU OUT 1045 00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:03,920 OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND GET YOU 1046 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:08,680 THINKING IN A NEW WAY. 1047 00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:10,320 IT'S A BROADENING POSITION. 1048 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:12,240 I ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY 1049 00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:14,120 YOURSELVES OR DEFINITELY TELL 1050 00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:14,760 PEOPLE ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY 1051 00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:19,720 WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE. 1052 00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:22,560 WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR AN 1053 00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:23,640 INTRAMURAL TRAINING DIRECTOR AND 1054 00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:28,400 I WANT TO PUT EMPHASIS ON THE 1055 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,880 INTRAMURAL PROGRAM ON IMPROVING 1056 00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:36,280 THE WELFARE OF AND WE HAD GOOD 1057 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:37,120 CANDIDATES COMING IN AND 1058 00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:39,720 EVERYBODY WAS GIVING THEIR TALKS 1059 00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:42,560 AND WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGE OF 1060 00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:43,800 MAKING THE CHOICE. 1061 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:49,400 AND OPEN POSITIONS NINDS. 1062 00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:50,680 THERE'S OPENINGS FOR PROGRAM 1063 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:54,560 DIRECTORS AND THE BUDGET GOT UP 1064 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:59,800 TO 2. -- $2.8 BILLION. 1065 00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:00,960 IT'S ALMOST DOUBLE SO WE NEED 1066 00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:01,560 MORE PEOPLE TO MANAGE THE 1067 00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:08,640 FUNDING WE HAVE NOW. 1068 00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:09,800 AND THE INTRAMURAL PROGRAM IS IN 1069 00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:13,360 NEED OF NEUROLOGISTS TO COME IN. 1070 00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:15,120 AND WORK IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS 1071 00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:18,000 OF THE IMMUNOLOGY CLINIC RUNNING 1072 00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:21,280 THE CONSULT SERVICE AND EG AND 1073 00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,800 EPILEPSY SERVICE AND I THINK A 1074 00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:27,800 GROUP IS LOOKING FOR BIOLOGICS 1075 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:29,280 AND THERAPEUTIC DEVELOPMENT. 1076 00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,080 THOSE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT IF 1077 00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:34,360 YOU HEAR PEOPLE LOOKING TO MOVE 1078 00:49:34,360 --> 00:49:35,240 OUT OF THE LAB, THESE ARE GREAT 1079 00:49:35,240 --> 00:49:39,800 JOBS. 1080 00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:42,560 AND TO END UP WITH A COUPLE 1081 00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:43,800 INTERESTING MEETINGS THE BRAIN 1082 00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:45,600 INITIATIVE MEETING JOHN AND I 1083 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:46,840 WILL TALK IN A SECOND ABOUT THE 1084 00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:48,080 BRAIN INITIATIVE. 1085 00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:49,240 AN EXCITING MEETING. 1086 00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:49,920 1,000 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SIGNED 1087 00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:52,840 UP AND I THINK THE IN-PERSON 1088 00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:54,840 PART IS FULL. 1089 00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:57,360 HOEFULLY THERE'LL BE THOUSANDS 1090 00:49:57,360 --> 00:49:58,560 ON THE ZOOM AS WELL AND A 1091 00:49:58,560 --> 00:50:02,360 PROJECT WITH THE HEAL INITIATIVE 1092 00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:04,640 TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGY 1093 00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:06,280 UNDERLYING OF JOINT PAIN WHICH 1094 00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:08,600 IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS 1095 00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:09,720 COUNTRY AND HASN'T HAD THE 1096 00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:11,840 ATTENTION THAT IT NEEDS BUT 1097 00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:14,040 THERE'S A BUNCH OF I.C.s THAT 1098 00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:18,560 ARE INTERESTED IN THIS NOW AND A 1099 00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:25,560 WORKSHOP TO BE HELD. 1100 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:27,880 ANG WE'LL TALK ABOUT AN 1101 00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:30,240 INNOVATIVE PROGRAM TO DEVELOP 1102 00:50:30,240 --> 00:50:34,120 THE DEVICES FOR NEUROLOGIC HELP 1103 00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:36,520 AND RICHARD BENSON'S GOING TO 1104 00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:37,960 TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN 1105 00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:42,440 AND HEALTH REQUEST AND WE'LL 1106 00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,320 HAVE CHERYSE SANKAR AND HAVE 1107 00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:47,800 VISITORS AND MIKE LAUER OF THE 1108 00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:49,880 OFFICE OF EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH 1109 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:51,960 AND MARIE BERNARD OF THE 1110 00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:56,360 INSTITUTE OF HEALTH WORKFORCE 1111 00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:57,400 DIVERSITY CHIEF AND JOINED BY 1112 00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:01,120 MICHELLE JONES-LONDON WHO I 1113 00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:03,280 THINK IS ON ZOOM WHO ISN'T 1114 00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:05,280 FEELING WELL IN THE OFFICE OF 1115 00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:06,000 WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND THE 1116 00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:07,440 FOCUS ON LOOKING AT THE 1117 00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:08,520 DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE WE FUND 1118 00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:10,560 AND HOW TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY IN 1119 00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:12,360 OUR WORKFORCE. 1120 00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:22,600 AND I THINK THAT'S IT. 1121 00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:28,400 >>WE ALSO HAVE TO STAY ON TIME 1122 00:51:28,400 --> 00:51:30,560 BECAUSE WE HAVE VISITORS. 1123 00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:40,800 ANY QUESTIONS? 1124 00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:55,000 >>IT DOESN'T SAY NINDS IS 1125 00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:56,280 TRYING TO DEVELOP TREATMENT JUST 1126 00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:57,640 THAT WE'LL DO THE SCIENCE TO 1127 00:51:57,640 --> 00:51:58,240 FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEMS 1128 00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:06,040 ARE. 1129 00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:07,520 READ FROM THE BEGINNING. 1130 00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,840 IT DOESN'T SAY WE'LL BE INVOLVED 1131 00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:18,920 IN FUNDING OF CLINICAL TRIALS. 1132 00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:20,280 WE WANT TO PROMOTE HEALTH. 1133 00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:22,200 >>I GET THAT PART AND WHO READS 1134 00:52:22,200 --> 00:52:24,880 IT AND WHAT THEY READ INTO IT. 1135 00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:32,640 >>KEN. 1136 00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:34,440 >>I DID NOTE THE WORD DISORDERS 1137 00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:35,160 IN THERE. 1138 00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:45,680 BY EXTRAPOLATION I ASSUME IF I 1139 00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:49,760 FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE OF ALS WILL 1140 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:53,480 WE STOP OR FUND RESEARCH TO 1141 00:52:53,480 --> 00:53:01,080 DEVELOP A DRUG IN SILICO 1142 00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:01,360 SCREENING. 1143 00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:03,800 >>YOU DETERMINE THE TERM BUT 1144 00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:05,200 IT'S AN INTERESTING -- I WANT TO 1145 00:53:05,200 --> 00:53:06,560 KEEP THINGS MOVING. 1146 00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:08,920 TIM AND GINA AND THEN HANK 1147 00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:14,360 PAULSON. 1148 00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:17,280 >>RELATED TO HOW ONE DESCRIBES 1149 00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:17,480 BURDEN. 1150 00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:18,600 I'M CURIOUS, IS IT CORRECT TO 1151 00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:22,720 THINK ONE OF THE MISSION TO 1152 00:53:22,720 --> 00:53:25,520 PREVENT THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF 1153 00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:26,320 HEALTH DISPARITIES? 1154 00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:29,080 IF YOU THINK IN ALZHEIMER'S IT'S 1155 00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:32,040 ALWAYS BROUGHT UP AS THE COST OF 1156 00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:33,120 UNTREATABLE ALZHEIMER'S THERE'S 1157 00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:38,320 A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT. 1158 00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:43,560 I REALIZE YOU TAKEAWAY THE 1159 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:44,480 PERSONAL BURDEN BUT WHETHER IT'S 1160 00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:46,240 APPROPRIATE TO HAVE IT IN THE 1161 00:53:46,240 --> 00:53:46,640 LANGUAGE. 1162 00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:50,560 WE'RE DEALING WITH AN ECONOMIC 1163 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:54,560 BURDEN EVENTUALLY AS WELL. 1164 00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:58,320 >>THAT GETS TRICKY ON RARE 1165 00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:08,880 DISEASES DEPENDING ON THE COST. 1166 00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:13,240 IF YOU GET A BREAKTHROUGH THEY 1167 00:54:13,240 --> 00:54:23,040 GET CHEAPER ALL THE TIME. 1168 00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:25,560 THAT'S WHAT CONGRESS LOOKS AT. 1169 00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:29,280 KEN, WHAT DID YOU THINK? 1170 00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:30,840 SHOULD WE BE THINKING ABOUT 1171 00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:36,560 ECONOMIC COST AS WE GO FORWARD? 1172 00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:38,920 THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT IS THIS 1173 00:54:38,920 --> 00:54:42,600 IS ALWAYS PART OF THE 1174 00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:42,920 CONSIDERATION. 1175 00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:46,560 WHEN YOU THINK OF ALZHEIMER'S 1176 00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:49,800 DISEASE AND NEURO DEGENERATIVE 1177 00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:50,960 FROM THE GOVERNMENT THEY'RE 1178 00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,320 THINK OF THE BURDEN OF SOCIETY 1179 00:54:53,320 --> 00:55:03,840 INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC BURDEN. 1180 00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,320 >>LET'S QUICKLY COLLECT 1181 00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:15,840 FEEDBACK AND GINA IS NEXT. 1182 00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:17,120 >>I LOVE THE ANY MISSION 1183 00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:17,400 STATEMENT. 1184 00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:18,560 I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE 1185 00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:18,720 IT. 1186 00:55:18,720 --> 00:55:19,920 I THINK IT'S GREAT WHAT WE'VE 1187 00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:29,880 CHANGED IT TO. 1188 00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:31,760 I THINK AS WE TIGHTEN OUR BUDGET 1189 00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:34,560 BACK TO THE BUDGET FOR A MOMENT 1190 00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:38,440 I THINK WE SHOULD NOT INCLUDE 1191 00:55:38,440 --> 00:55:39,000 ADMINISTRATIVE TIGHTENINGS 1192 00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,600 BECAUSE I THINK ALREADY IT IS AS 1193 00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:44,200 TIGHT AS IT CAN BE BECAUSE THE 1194 00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:46,640 BUDGET HAS DOUBLED BUT THE STAFF 1195 00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:49,600 HAS NOT. 1196 00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:50,800 I THINK IT SHOULD BE SPARED AND 1197 00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:52,400 IF ANYTHING WE SHOULD PAY MORE. 1198 00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:56,640 I THINK IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT TO 1199 00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:58,640 HAVE ALL OF OUR GRANTS HANDLED 1200 00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:00,960 BY ENOUGH PEOPLE. 1201 00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:05,080 IF ANYTHING INCREASE THE BUDGET 1202 00:56:05,080 --> 00:56:10,560 FOR ADMINISTRATION AND SIMILARLY 1203 00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:11,680 I THINK I MENTIONED INCREASING 1204 00:56:11,680 --> 00:56:13,400 THE COST WE PAY FOR GRADUATE 1205 00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:14,040 STUDENTS. 1206 00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:16,400 MY OWN ADVISER WAS PAID AN 1207 00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:17,920 EQUIVALENT OF $90,000 TO BE A 1208 00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:18,560 Ph.D. STUDENT. 1209 00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:20,800 THAT WAS DURING THE COLD WAR 1210 00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:25,480 WHEN THE NATION WAS UP IN ARMS 1211 00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:28,720 AND WE FELT WE NEEDED MORE 1212 00:56:28,720 --> 00:56:33,880 Ph.D.s BUT I THINK IT'S A 1213 00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:36,600 TRAVESTY WE PAY THEM WHAT WE PAY 1214 00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:37,680 THEM AND A LOT OF GRADUATE 1215 00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:40,000 STUDENTS AT UCLA ARE ON FOOD 1216 00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,120 STAMPS AND POSTDOCS WHO IS 1217 00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:48,560 HANDLING THE TREATMENT OF 1218 00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:48,880 POSTDOCS? 1219 00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:52,240 BECAUSE THOUGH THERE'S AN 1220 00:56:52,240 --> 00:56:55,480 INSTITUTIONAL MISPERCEPTION YOU 1221 00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:57,320 CAN'T SUPPLEMENT THEIR SALARIES 1222 00:56:57,320 --> 00:57:01,560 WITH NON-NIH MONEY IN FACT EIGHT 1223 00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:02,280 OF INSTITUTIONS DON'T HAVE 1224 00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:05,080 ANYTHING BUT NIH MONEY TO PAY 1225 00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:06,240 POSTDOCS SO THEY CAN'T GIVE THEM 1226 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:08,920 SO I THINK WE SHOULD RAISE THE 1227 00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:10,880 CAP INSTITUTIONS CAN PAY EVEN IF 1228 00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:12,680 THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS DON'T 1229 00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:14,040 INCREASE THE AMOUNT. 1230 00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:15,600 I THINK THE NIH SHOULD CHANGE 1231 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:18,520 ITS POLICY AND ALLOW INDIRECT 1232 00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:20,520 CLASS RETURNS OR SOME OTHER 1233 00:57:20,520 --> 00:57:21,720 FEDERAL FUNDS TO GO AND 1234 00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:22,560 SUPPLEMENT ESPECIALLY THE PLACES 1235 00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:28,440 THAT ARE EXPENSIVE TO LIVE IN. 1236 00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:30,560 OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO SEE OUR 1237 00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:33,080 POSTDOCS EXIT AND NEVER SEE THEM 1238 00:57:33,080 --> 00:57:33,400 RETURN. 1239 00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:35,040 I HAVE MORE BUT THAT'S ENOUGH. 1240 00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:36,200 I'LL SUBMIT THAT. 1241 00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:39,480 >>IT MAY BE WORTH AT THE NEXT 1242 00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:40,880 COUNCIL HAVE A GENERAL 1243 00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:51,400 DISCUSSION ABOUT BUDGET CUTTING. 1244 00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:10,720 >>I MAY HAVE NOT BEEN CLEAR 1245 00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:13,680 ABOUT THE CUTS NOT CUTS TO THE 1246 00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:14,600 ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH BUT WHEN 1247 00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:19,320 WE GIVE YOU A GRANT, AN RO1 WE 1248 00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:27,840 CUT 71% OFF. 1249 00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:31,520 TO MAKE UP 45 MILLION WE HAVE TO 1250 00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:32,560 UP 19.5. 1251 00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:34,000 ANYONE WITH A GRANT WOULD HAVE 1252 00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:38,880 LESS MONEY. 1253 00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:49,400 THAT ALLOWS YOU I GUESS WE'RE 1254 00:58:57,480 --> 00:58:58,640 RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, RIGHT? 1255 00:58:58,640 --> 00:59:01,360 >>WE HAVE AN RMS BUDGET A 1256 00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:03,760 FRACTION OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET 1257 00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:06,560 WHICH IS WHAT PAYS THE SALARIES 1258 00:59:06,560 --> 00:59:13,400 OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND ANY 1259 00:59:13,400 --> 00:59:15,000 OTHER LAST QUESTIONS? 1260 00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:17,040 >>ANYTHING ON THE MISSION 1261 00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:17,760 STATEMENT OR ISSUES RAISED 1262 00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:18,920 PLEASE SEND AN E-MAIL. 1263 00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:20,720 HAPPY TO THINK ABOUT IT. 1264 00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:22,920 THE REASON WE PUT THE SLIDES 1265 00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:24,160 TOGETHER THESE ARE THINGS WE 1266 00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:24,840 THINK ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO GET 1267 00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:28,880 OUT ON THE TABLE. 1268 00:59:28,880 --> 00:59:31,200 >>I DIDN'T MEAN TO SHUT DOWN 1269 00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:32,280 THE MISSION STATEMENT 1270 00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:32,560 DISCUSSION. 1271 00:59:32,560 --> 00:59:33,320 SECOND COMMENTS TO ME, WALTER. 1272 00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:39,360 THAT'S IMPORTANT. 1273 00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:45,080 >>DO YOU WANT TO SEGUE TO 1274 00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:52,040 INTRODUCING JOHN NGAI. 1275 00:59:52,040 --> 00:59:56,720 >>HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF THE 1276 00:59:56,720 --> 00:59:58,160 BRAIN INITIATIVE AND IT'S BEEN 1277 00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:00,840 FANTASTIC HAVING HIM TAKE OVER 1278 01:00:00,840 --> 01:00:03,080 THE POSITION AND MOVING AN 1279 01:00:03,080 --> 01:00:05,720 EXCITING SCIENCE FORWARD AND AS 1280 01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:07,040 YOU'LL HEAR TODAY IT'S GETTING 1281 01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:07,480 BETTER EVERY YEAR. 1282 01:00:07,480 --> 01:00:09,400 JOHN, OFF TO YOU. 1283 01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:11,280 >>THANKS, WALTER. 1284 01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:12,840 GREAT SEEING YOU ALL HERE 1285 01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:13,280 VIRTUALLY. 1286 01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:16,440 I LAST GAVE AN UPDATE I BELIEVE 1287 01:00:16,440 --> 01:00:18,560 IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR SO A 1288 01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:19,400 LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A YEAR'S 1289 01:00:19,400 --> 01:00:22,080 GONE BY AND HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A 1290 01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:24,920 VERY BRIEF UPDATE TODAY AND 1291 01:00:24,920 --> 01:00:29,800 HOPEFULLY LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF 1292 01:00:29,800 --> 01:00:39,120 TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 1293 01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:41,040 >>FIRST AND FOREMOST MOST 1294 01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:42,560 IMPORTANT SLIDE OF MY ENTIRE 1295 01:00:42,560 --> 01:00:50,000 DECK IS TO THANK THE OVER 130 1296 01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:51,560 SOME ODD CONTRIBUTORS AND 1297 01:00:51,560 --> 01:00:53,120 THERE'S 10 I.C.s INVOLVED IN 1298 01:00:53,120 --> 01:00:55,200 BRAIN BUT WE PULLED FROM THE 1299 01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:57,640 TALENT FROM ACROSS ALL 10 TO 1300 01:00:57,640 --> 01:00:59,360 ORGANIZE NINE PROJECT TEAMS AND 1301 01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:00,160 HAVE OTHER FOLKS INVOLVED. 1302 01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:01,600 COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THEM. 1303 01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:03,680 IT TAKES A LARGE VILLAGE TO GET 1304 01:01:03,680 --> 01:01:04,360 THIS ALL DONE. 1305 01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:06,840 A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE GREAT 1306 01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:10,000 STAFF WHO MAKE BRAIN WHAT IT IS 1307 01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:10,520 TODAY. 1308 01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:11,920 JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW ABOUT OUR 1309 01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:13,280 BUDGET. 1310 01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:14,760 WALTER GAVE YOU SOME NEWS ABOUT 1311 01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:16,200 NEXT YEAR AND RIGHT NOW I'M 1312 01:01:16,200 --> 01:01:18,480 LIVING IN THE PRESENT. 1313 01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:19,960 THIS IS OUR BUDGET HISTORY SINCE 1314 01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:22,560 BRAINS INCEPTION IN 2014. 1315 01:01:22,560 --> 01:01:24,400 BRAIN STARTED WITH A MODEST 1316 01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:26,560 INVESTMENT FROM THE NIH SIDE OF 1317 01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:28,040 $46 MILLION. 1318 01:01:28,040 --> 01:01:30,640 I THINK THE INITIAL INVESTMENT 1319 01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:34,560 WAS AT $40 MILLION AND IT'S 1320 01:01:34,560 --> 01:01:35,680 GROWN SPECTACULARLY OVER THE 1321 01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:36,880 LAST 10 YEARS. 1322 01:01:36,880 --> 01:01:38,120 WE RECEIVE FUND FROM TWO SOURCES 1323 01:01:38,120 --> 01:01:38,600 FROM CONGRESS. 1324 01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:41,480 ONE IS THE BASE FUNDING. 1325 01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:44,280 THIS IS AN AMOUNT OF FUNDS GIVEN 1326 01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:47,520 TO EACH OF THE 10 I.C.s THE 1327 01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:48,560 NORMAL ALLOCATIONS. 1328 01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:53,360 ON TOP OF THAT SINCE 2017 WE'VE 1329 01:01:53,360 --> 01:01:55,000 BEEN RECEIVING FUNDS FROM THE 1330 01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:57,400 21st CENTURIES CURES ACT 1331 01:01:57,400 --> 01:01:59,560 VARIABLE YEAR TO YEAR. 1332 01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:01,560 IT'S ADDING TO A BUDGET RISING 1333 01:02:01,560 --> 01:02:04,680 TOGETHER WITH AN INCREASING BASE 1334 01:02:04,680 --> 01:02:04,920 BUDGET. 1335 01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:07,840 2023 WAS AN ODD YEAR BECAUSE OF 1336 01:02:07,840 --> 01:02:13,240 THE FUNDS ANTICIPATED IT WENT 1337 01:02:13,240 --> 01:02:15,160 FROM $100 MILLION AND GOT AN 1338 01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:18,320 INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR SO THE 1339 01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:21,200 BUDGET FROM 2022 TO 2023 1340 01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:23,760 INCREASED FROM $620 MILLION TO 1341 01:02:23,760 --> 01:02:25,640 $680 MILLION. 1342 01:02:25,640 --> 01:02:28,120 WE HAVE A ROBUST BUDGET THAT'S 1343 01:02:28,120 --> 01:02:30,200 ALLOWED US TO PURSUE PROJECTS 1344 01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:31,840 WE'VE GONE AFTER INCLUDING WHAT 1345 01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:34,240 WE CALL THE BRAIN 2.0 1346 01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:39,240 TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS I'LL 1347 01:02:39,240 --> 01:02:42,480 TOUCH ON. 1348 01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:43,880 AND WE'LL BE IN GOOD SHAPE 1349 01:02:43,880 --> 01:02:48,080 REGARDLESS. 1350 01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:49,320 SO BRAIN INITIATIVE FUNDED 1351 01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:50,560 INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN 1352 01:02:50,560 --> 01:02:52,360 PRODUCTIVE OVER THE LAST EIGHT 1353 01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:52,560 YEARS. 1354 01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:57,600 WE FUNDED AROUND 1200 P.I.s 1355 01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:00,000 SINCE THE INCEPTION ACROSS OVER 1356 01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:00,920 200 INSTITUTIONS. 1357 01:03:00,920 --> 01:03:04,040 WE FUNDED OVER 1,000 AWARDS. 1358 01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:05,080 THIS IS OUT OF DATE SINCE IT 1359 01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:09,160 ENDED IN 2022. 1360 01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:10,880 AND THEY'VE BEEN PRODUCTIVE IN 1361 01:03:10,880 --> 01:03:17,680 TERMS OF PUBLICATIONS WITH OVER 1362 01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:18,600 6,000 PUBLICATIONS REFLECTING 1363 01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:21,920 THE NATURE OF BRAIN TO BRING NEW 1364 01:03:21,920 --> 01:03:24,240 TECHNOLOGIES TO STUDY THE BRAIN 1365 01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:24,480 SYSTEM. 1366 01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:26,520 THE WORD CLOUD GIVES AN IDEA OF 1367 01:03:26,520 --> 01:03:29,520 THE THINGS STUDIED. 1368 01:03:29,520 --> 01:03:31,840 NEURONS IS HIGHLY REPRESENTED 1369 01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:34,360 AND OVER TIME WE'LL SEE GLIA 1370 01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:37,960 REPRESENTED MORE AND HUMAN MODEL 1371 01:03:37,960 --> 01:03:39,800 SYSTEMS AND AGAIN PRODUCTIVE 1372 01:03:39,800 --> 01:03:40,120 PUBLICATIONS. 1373 01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:42,880 THERE WAS A PEAK IN 2021 AND DIP 1374 01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:44,720 IN 2022 AND WE CAN SPECULATE 1375 01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:45,440 ABOUT THE CAUSES. 1376 01:03:45,440 --> 01:03:50,080 I THINK THERE WAS AN OVERALL-DIP 1377 01:03:50,080 --> 01:03:52,080 ACROSS NINDS IF NOT NIH AND OVER 1378 01:03:52,080 --> 01:03:54,560 ALL WE'VE SEEN HIGHLY IMPACTFUL 1379 01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:56,200 WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT 1380 01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:58,560 NUMBER OF STUDIES TO COME IN THE 1381 01:03:58,560 --> 01:04:06,840 NEXT FEW YEARS FOR SURE. 1382 01:04:06,840 --> 01:04:09,000 AND THIS WILL BE JUNE 12 THROUGH 1383 01:04:09,000 --> 01:04:10,280 JUNE 13. 1384 01:04:10,280 --> 01:04:13,760 WE'LL BE GATHERING A MEETING IN 1385 01:04:13,760 --> 01:04:14,560 PERSON SINCE THE PANDEMIC 1386 01:04:14,560 --> 01:04:16,760 STARTED SO WE'RE EXCITED. 1387 01:04:16,760 --> 01:04:22,360 SO FAR WE'VE CAPPED THE 1388 01:04:22,360 --> 01:04:24,360 IN-PERSON TREJ ADMINISTRATION AT 1389 01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:27,400 1,000 AND WE HAVE 1,000 1390 01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:28,160 VIRTUALLY. 1391 01:04:28,160 --> 01:04:29,320 WE HAVE PLENARY TALKS. 1392 01:04:29,320 --> 01:04:33,720 ONE FROM A FORMER NINDS COUNCIL 1393 01:04:33,720 --> 01:04:34,560 MEMBER TALKING ABOUT ISSUES 1394 01:04:34,560 --> 01:04:39,280 AROUND THE IMPLICATIONS OF BRAIN 1395 01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:41,600 RECORDING AND ACTUATING 1396 01:04:41,600 --> 01:04:41,880 TECHNOLOGY. 1397 01:04:41,880 --> 01:04:43,040 SHE HAS BEEN A LEADING FIGURE IN 1398 01:04:43,040 --> 01:04:44,080 THE AREA. 1399 01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:49,000 THE SECOND PLENARY TALK WILL BE 1400 01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:51,760 FROM DR. SHETH TALKING ABOUT NEW 1401 01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:53,320 APPROACHES FOR PERSONALIZED 1402 01:04:53,320 --> 01:04:55,960 THERAPIES FOR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC 1403 01:04:55,960 --> 01:04:57,960 AND OTHER CONDITIONS AND 1404 01:04:57,960 --> 01:04:59,880 DR. VITTEL WILL TALK ON HER WORK 1405 01:04:59,880 --> 01:05:05,320 ON STUDYING THE MODULATION OF 1406 01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:07,480 NEURAL CIRCUITS USING HER MODEL 1407 01:05:07,480 --> 01:05:07,840 SYSTEM. 1408 01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:10,680 WE HAVE SIX SYMPOSIA SET UP 1409 01:05:10,680 --> 01:05:13,280 ACROSS EXCITING TOPIC AREAS AND 1410 01:05:13,280 --> 01:05:14,560 HAVE TRAINING HIGHLIGHT AWARD 1411 01:05:14,560 --> 01:05:17,400 TALKS AND CONTEST WINNERS 1412 01:05:17,400 --> 01:05:20,000 FEATURED AND A PRECEDING MIGHT 1413 01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:21,360 FOR TRAINEES WHICH WE ENTITLE 1414 01:05:21,360 --> 01:05:22,560 BRAIN NEUROSCIENCE AND BEYOND 1415 01:05:22,560 --> 01:05:24,840 AND THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON 1416 01:05:24,840 --> 01:05:27,440 THE SUNDAY EVENING BEFORE. 1417 01:05:27,440 --> 01:05:31,680 SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO 1418 01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:31,920 ATTEND. 1419 01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:35,120 IF YOU HAVEN'T REGISTERED THIS 1420 01:05:35,120 --> 01:05:36,120 PROMISED TO BE AN EXCITING EVENT 1421 01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:39,440 AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 1422 01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:41,200 ESPECIALLY AFTER THE THREE LONG 1423 01:05:41,200 --> 01:05:43,160 HARD YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC. 1424 01:05:43,160 --> 01:05:44,280 WE HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP 1425 01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:45,720 SPONSORED AND ORGANIZED BY THE 1426 01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:46,560 BRAIN INITIATIVE. 1427 01:05:46,560 --> 01:05:49,240 WE CALL THIS THE NEW WORKSHOP 1428 01:05:49,240 --> 01:05:50,560 ORGANIZED WITH GREAT 1429 01:05:50,560 --> 01:05:52,000 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR 1430 01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:52,960 NEUROETHICS WORKING GROUP AND 1431 01:05:52,960 --> 01:05:57,600 LOOKING AT THE ETHICS OF SHARING 1432 01:05:57,600 --> 01:06:00,120 INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL HUMAN BRAIN 1433 01:06:00,120 --> 01:06:00,880 DATA COLLECTED IN BIOMEDICAL 1434 01:06:00,880 --> 01:06:03,920 RESEARCH AND WE WANT TO EXPLORE 1435 01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:05,800 THE WAYS WE CATEGORIZE HUMAN 1436 01:06:05,800 --> 01:06:07,320 BRAIN DATA AND WHAT THE RISKS 1437 01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:08,720 ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND TO 1438 01:06:08,720 --> 01:06:09,640 THINK ABOUT POINTS TO CONSIDER 1439 01:06:09,640 --> 01:06:12,320 FOR RESEARCHERS AS WE MOVE AHEAD 1440 01:06:12,320 --> 01:06:14,560 IN THIS EXCITING BUT ADMITTEDLY 1441 01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:17,200 NEW SPACE FOR US. 1442 01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:19,960 THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN 1443 01:06:19,960 --> 01:06:22,400 HYBRID FORMAT JULY 17 THROUGH 1444 01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:22,600 18. 1445 01:06:22,600 --> 01:06:23,600 REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION 1446 01:06:23,600 --> 01:06:24,160 COMING SHORTLY ON THE BRAIN 1447 01:06:24,160 --> 01:06:32,720 WEBSITE. 1448 01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:35,840 AWALTER MENTIONED THE GENE 1449 01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:37,520 EDITING PROGRAM CHALLENGE TO 1450 01:06:37,520 --> 01:06:39,720 IDENTIFY NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR 1451 01:06:39,720 --> 01:06:40,760 PROGRAMMABLE DELIVERY FOR GENE 1452 01:06:40,760 --> 01:06:46,560 EDITING REAGENTS AND FOR NEW 1453 01:06:46,560 --> 01:06:50,480 WAYS OF CROSSING THE BLOOD BRAIN 1454 01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:51,760 BARRIER AND BRAIN HAS SIGNED ON 1455 01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:56,240 TO THE PROGRAM AS WELL. 1456 01:06:56,240 --> 01:06:58,480 THIS TOGETHER WITH THE BESPOKE 1457 01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:01,480 THERAPY CONSORTIUM TO IDENTIFY 1458 01:07:01,480 --> 01:07:04,280 AND VALIDATE NEW USEFUL AND 1459 01:07:04,280 --> 01:07:06,320 SCALABLE WAYS OF ACCESSING THE 1460 01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:09,200 BRAIN FOR RARE DISEASES. 1461 01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:10,360 TOGETHER THE PROGRAMS PROMISE TO 1462 01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:17,160 CHANGE THE COURSE OF THERAPIES 1463 01:07:17,160 --> 01:07:19,680 HERE AND I'M HOPING BY 1464 01:07:19,680 --> 01:07:22,560 PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROGRAM 1465 01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:23,760 WITH THE PROGRAMS DEVELOPING 1466 01:07:23,760 --> 01:07:30,000 THROUGH CELL ACCESS THROUGH THE 1467 01:07:30,000 --> 01:07:34,200 ARMAM 1468 01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:34,720 ARMAM 1469 01:07:34,720 --> 01:07:35,280 ARMAMENTARIAN PROGRAMS AND 1470 01:07:35,280 --> 01:07:36,440 THEY'RE ALL PROGRAMS WE'RE 1471 01:07:36,440 --> 01:07:37,120 EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED IN. 1472 01:07:37,120 --> 01:07:40,600 I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF 1473 01:07:40,600 --> 01:07:41,440 SURVEY OF THE BRAIN 1474 01:07:41,440 --> 01:07:41,920 DEMOGRAPHICS. 1475 01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:44,480 YOU CAN SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT A 1476 01:07:44,480 --> 01:07:46,240 HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE 1477 01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:46,440 STAND. 1478 01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:49,880 I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY WE ARE 1479 01:07:49,880 --> 01:07:51,640 WOEFULLY UNDER REPRESENTED IN 1480 01:07:51,640 --> 01:07:54,560 WOMEN AND UNDER REPRESENTED 1481 01:07:54,560 --> 01:07:56,720 GROUPS YOU GET MY MEANING. 1482 01:07:56,720 --> 01:07:58,840 WE'RE WORK HARD TO ADDRESS THAT. 1483 01:07:58,840 --> 01:08:00,840 SO FAR WE SEE THAT ABOUT A THIRD 1484 01:08:00,840 --> 01:08:03,000 OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN 1485 01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:07,560 BRAIN CLAIM ENGINEERING AS AN 1486 01:08:07,560 --> 01:08:11,840 EXPERTISE AND I VIEW BRAIN AS AN 1487 01:08:11,840 --> 01:08:13,000 ENGINEERING INITIATIVE. 1488 01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:15,080 AND THE FUNDING RATES ARE 1489 01:08:15,080 --> 01:08:16,640 SIMILAR BETWEEN WOMEN AND MEN 1490 01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:21,480 WHICH WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT FROM 1491 01:08:21,480 --> 01:08:21,920 FY2022. 1492 01:08:21,920 --> 01:08:23,920 YOU CAN SEE THE EARLY, MID AND 1493 01:08:23,920 --> 01:08:25,520 LATE YEAR APPLICANTS HAVE 1494 01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:27,040 ROUGHLY SIMILAR FUNDING RATES 1495 01:08:27,040 --> 01:08:31,120 FOR THE PHYSICAL YEAR. 1496 01:08:31,120 --> 01:08:33,640 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION WE'RE 1497 01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:36,200 STILL FAVORING THE COAST 42 OUT 1498 01:08:36,200 --> 01:08:40,240 OF 50 STATES HOLD BRAIN GRANTS 1499 01:08:40,240 --> 01:08:41,800 AND THIS IS THE REALITY WHY WE 1500 01:08:41,800 --> 01:08:43,840 ARE RIGHT NOW. 1501 01:08:43,840 --> 01:08:45,280 NOW, WE'RE NOT SITTING AROUND 1502 01:08:45,280 --> 01:08:47,320 HOPING THINGS WILL CHANGE. 1503 01:08:47,320 --> 01:08:49,400 WE'VE TAKEN QUITE A FEW MEASURES 1504 01:08:49,400 --> 01:08:51,440 TO ADDRESS THE DIVERSITY OR 1505 01:08:51,440 --> 01:08:53,120 DIFFERS IF I OUR WORKFORCE WITH 1506 01:08:53,120 --> 01:09:00,120 THE IDEA THAT WE'RE LEAVING LOTS 1507 01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:01,720 TALENT ON THE TABLE AND HAVE A 1508 01:09:01,720 --> 01:09:03,600 VARIETY OF APPROACHES AND ONE IS 1509 01:09:03,600 --> 01:09:06,880 THE PLAN FOR ENHANCED DIVERSE 1510 01:09:06,880 --> 01:09:08,640 PERSPECTIVES WE LAUNCHED A 1511 01:09:08,640 --> 01:09:10,560 LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO AND 1512 01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:13,000 REQUIRING APPLICANTS TO 1513 01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:14,560 INCORPORATE INTO THE RESEARCH 1514 01:09:14,560 --> 01:09:17,240 STRATEGY A DISCUSSION OR AT 1515 01:09:17,240 --> 01:09:19,360 LEAST A CONCEPTION OF HOW 1516 01:09:19,360 --> 01:09:20,360 DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES WILL LEAD 1517 01:09:20,360 --> 01:09:25,200 TO BETTER SCIENCE. 1518 01:09:25,200 --> 01:09:26,600 A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL 1519 01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:28,000 PSYCHOLOGY STUDIES SHOW TEAMS 1520 01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:30,080 WITH DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES TEAM 1521 01:09:30,080 --> 01:09:34,360 TO OUT PERFORM HOMOGENOUS TEAMS 1522 01:09:34,360 --> 01:09:36,880 AND WE'VE TAKEN THAT TO HEART. 1523 01:09:36,880 --> 01:09:41,080 THE APPLICANTS ARE ALSO TO GIVE 1524 01:09:41,080 --> 01:09:42,560 ENHANCED DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES TO 1525 01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:44,120 DETAIL HOW IT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO 1526 01:09:44,120 --> 01:09:47,040 THEIR BETTERING OF THE SCIENCE 1527 01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:48,960 AND THIS IS PART OF THE SCORED 1528 01:09:48,960 --> 01:09:49,480 APPLICATION. 1529 01:09:49,480 --> 01:09:50,400 I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WALK 1530 01:09:50,400 --> 01:09:54,880 THROUGH THE NUMBERS WITH YOU. 1531 01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:57,480 AND WE'VE BEEN EVALUATING HOW 1532 01:09:57,480 --> 01:09:59,680 THINGS GO ALONG. 1533 01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:02,640 WE HAVE THE PDP IN THE NOTICE OF 1534 01:10:02,640 --> 01:10:07,160 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND WE'RE 1535 01:10:07,160 --> 01:10:10,560 STARTING TO SEE EARLY DATA THAT 1536 01:10:10,560 --> 01:10:14,560 SUGGESTS RFAs OR RFAs THAT HAVE 1537 01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:17,800 THE PDP SHOW THIS IN THEIR TEAM 1538 01:10:17,800 --> 01:10:19,760 AND EARLY DAYS BUT WE NEED TO 1539 01:10:19,760 --> 01:10:22,280 THINK OF TAKING HARD AND 1540 01:10:22,280 --> 01:10:23,480 INTENTIONAL MEASURES TO ADDRESS 1541 01:10:23,480 --> 01:10:24,440 THE REALITY WE'RE MISSING TALENT 1542 01:10:24,440 --> 01:10:26,240 IN OUR WORKFORCE AND IF WE WANT 1543 01:10:26,240 --> 01:10:32,200 TO SOLVE BIG PROBLEMS WE FACE IB 1544 01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:33,280 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND WE 1545 01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:34,720 NEED TO ADDRESS THEM. 1546 01:10:34,720 --> 01:10:37,080 HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THIS MORE 1547 01:10:37,080 --> 01:10:38,560 AND THIS IS COVERED IN OUR 1548 01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:41,280 RECENT MEETING AND ALL THIS 1549 01:10:41,280 --> 01:10:42,160 INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON 1550 01:10:42,160 --> 01:10:44,040 THE BRAIN WEBSITE. 1551 01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:46,440 I MENTIONED THE BRAIN 2.0 1552 01:10:46,440 --> 01:10:47,800 TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS. 1553 01:10:47,800 --> 01:10:48,800 INTERLOCKING PROJECTS WE THINK 1554 01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:52,440 WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE STUDY THE 1555 01:10:52,440 --> 01:10:53,320 COMPLEXITY OF THE MAMMALIAN 1556 01:10:53,320 --> 01:10:55,960 BRAIN OR BRAINS IN GENERAL. 1557 01:10:55,960 --> 01:11:00,040 THE THREE ARE THE BRAIN THE 1558 01:11:00,040 --> 01:11:02,280 CELL ATLAS NETWORK MOVING ON TO 1559 01:11:02,280 --> 01:11:05,520 DEVELOPING BRAIN CELL ATLASES 1560 01:11:05,520 --> 01:11:10,240 WITH THE EMPHASIS ON HUMAN BRAIN 1561 01:11:10,240 --> 01:11:13,680 AND THE CONNECTOME PROJECT. 1562 01:11:13,680 --> 01:11:15,360 YOU FOLKS HEARD OF THIS IN 1563 01:11:15,360 --> 01:11:15,920 CLOSED SESSION. 1564 01:11:15,920 --> 01:11:18,320 WE'RE ABOUT READY TO LAUNCH THE 1565 01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:20,960 FIRST AND I'LL TOUCH ON THAT IN 1566 01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:31,480 A MOMENT AND THE ARMAMENTARIAN 1567 01:11:31,960 --> 01:11:42,400 ACCESS TO AND I THINK IT WILL 1568 01:12:00,080 --> 01:12:01,560 HAVE 11 PROJECTS. 1569 01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:03,240 WE EXPECT THE AWARDS TO GO OUT 1570 01:12:03,240 --> 01:12:08,720 BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR 1571 01:12:08,720 --> 01:12:09,440 YEAR. 1572 01:12:09,440 --> 01:12:12,280 ARMAMENTARIUM PROJECT WE FUNDED 1573 01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:16,520 $34 MILLION ACROSS SIX PROJECTS 1574 01:12:16,520 --> 01:12:17,920 INCLUDING THOSE THAT INVOLVE 1575 01:12:17,920 --> 01:12:18,720 MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS 1576 01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:21,360 FOR GETTING THE REAGENTS OUT 1577 01:12:21,360 --> 01:12:25,440 DISTRIBUTED INTO THE FIELD. 1578 01:12:25,440 --> 01:12:29,440 WE'RE SCALING UP THE 1579 01:12:29,440 --> 01:12:30,360 ARMAMENTARIUM PROJECTS TO 1580 01:12:30,360 --> 01:12:32,720 CONSOLIDATE FOLKS WORKING ON 1581 01:12:32,720 --> 01:12:34,560 DELIVERY AS WELL AS PAY LOADS 1582 01:12:34,560 --> 01:12:42,520 AND OPTOGENETIC AND OTHER CE 1583 01:12:42,520 --> 01:12:43,960 SENSORS AND FUNDED INVESTIGATORS 1584 01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:46,840 CAN BENEFIT FROM EACH OTHER'S 1585 01:12:46,840 --> 01:12:49,920 KNOW-HOW IN THE PRECOMPETITIVE 1586 01:12:49,920 --> 01:12:50,120 SPACE. 1587 01:12:50,120 --> 01:12:51,520 AND THE BRAIN INITIATIVE, BRAIN 1588 01:12:51,520 --> 01:12:53,120 CONNECTS PROJECT. 1589 01:12:53,120 --> 01:12:54,560 FIRST AWARDS HERE ARE EXPECTED 1590 01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:57,360 THIS SUMMER AND THE SECOND 1591 01:12:57,360 --> 01:12:59,560 RECEIPT DATE IS NEXT MONTH AND 1592 01:12:59,560 --> 01:13:02,040 AGAIN WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS 1593 01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:04,400 PROJECT WHICH WILL LAY THE 1594 01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:07,200 FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPING WHOLE 1595 01:13:07,200 --> 01:13:10,480 BRAIN CONNECTIVELY MAPS AND 1596 01:13:10,480 --> 01:13:14,080 NON-HUMAN PRIMATES AND HUMAN 1597 01:13:14,080 --> 01:13:14,320 BRAINS. 1598 01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:17,680 THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL THE BRAIN 1599 01:13:17,680 --> 01:13:21,640 2.0 TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT. 1600 01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:24,240 WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO LAUNCH 1601 01:13:24,240 --> 01:13:27,280 THE PROJECTS AND GET THEM OFF TO 1602 01:13:27,280 --> 01:13:29,640 A GREAT START AND THE RESPONSE 1603 01:13:29,640 --> 01:13:30,800 FROM THE FIELD HAS BEEN 1604 01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:31,240 TERRIFIC. 1605 01:13:31,240 --> 01:13:33,480 WE PUT OUT A CALLED FOR BOLD AND 1606 01:13:33,480 --> 01:13:38,320 DYNAMIC AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND 1607 01:13:38,320 --> 01:13:39,800 GOT THESE IN BEYOND EXPECTATION. 1608 01:13:39,800 --> 01:13:41,880 THERE'S TONS OF GREAT STUFF TO 1609 01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:42,080 DO. 1610 01:13:42,080 --> 01:13:44,040 RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO MOVE 1611 01:13:44,040 --> 01:13:46,560 FORWARD WITH THESE AND AGAIN I 1612 01:13:46,560 --> 01:13:50,440 THINK THESE WILL TRANSFORM THE 1613 01:13:50,440 --> 01:13:51,840 WAY WE CONDUCT NEUROSCIENCE 1614 01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:53,400 RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING HOW 1615 01:13:53,400 --> 01:13:55,120 THE HUMAN BRAIN WORKS AND HOW IT 1616 01:13:55,120 --> 01:14:01,360 WORKS IN A DISEASE STATE. 1617 01:14:01,360 --> 01:14:07,800 WALK-OFF HAD ALSO LAUNCHED THE 1618 01:14:07,800 --> 01:14:09,800 BBQS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT 1619 01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:11,840 AND VALIDATION OF NEXT 1620 01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:13,200 GENERATION TOOLS AS WELL AS 1621 01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:16,040 ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO PRECISELY 1622 01:14:16,040 --> 01:14:17,880 QUANTIFY COMPLEX BEHAVIORS AND 1623 01:14:17,880 --> 01:14:19,760 SYNCHRONIZE OR THINK THOSE WITH 1624 01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:22,720 WHAT WE ALREADY SEE AS 1625 01:14:22,720 --> 01:14:32,800 HIGH-RESOLUTION, HIGH-TECH -- 1626 01:14:32,800 --> 01:14:43,160 HIGH-TECH HIGH-TECH 1627 01:14:51,840 --> 01:14:53,440 AND WE HAVE THE FIRST SET OF 1628 01:14:53,440 --> 01:14:54,680 AWARDS DUE OUT THIS FALL AND 1629 01:14:54,680 --> 01:14:57,000 IT'S SECOND RECEIPT DAY COMING 1630 01:14:57,000 --> 01:14:59,280 IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR AND 1631 01:14:59,280 --> 01:15:05,920 THEN FOR NON-HUMAN MODELS WE 1632 01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:07,640 JUST RECEIVED APPLICATIONS 1633 01:15:07,640 --> 01:15:09,600 THROUGH AN R34 MECHANISM AND 1634 01:15:09,600 --> 01:15:12,440 THEY'LL BE OUT LATER THIS YEAR 1635 01:15:12,440 --> 01:15:12,960 IN THE FALL. 1636 01:15:12,960 --> 01:15:15,200 SO HOEFULLY WE'LL SEE A GREAT 1637 01:15:15,200 --> 01:15:17,120 START TO THAT AND WE'LL SEE 1638 01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:18,400 OTHER PROGRAMS AND WE'VE ALSO 1639 01:15:18,400 --> 01:15:24,440 ISSUED AN RFA FOR THE DATA 1640 01:15:24,440 --> 01:15:25,440 COORDINATION AND WE'RE PLANNING 1641 01:15:25,440 --> 01:15:28,240 ON MANAGING THE BBQS PROGRAM AS 1642 01:15:28,240 --> 01:15:30,320 A CONSORTIUM AND IN ORDER TO 1643 01:15:30,320 --> 01:15:33,280 MANAGE THE CONSORTIUM WE NEED 1644 01:15:33,280 --> 01:15:34,560 FOLKS IN THE FIELD TO COORDINATE 1645 01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:36,960 AMONGST THEMSELVES AND 1646 01:15:36,960 --> 01:15:38,080 UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO 1647 01:15:38,080 --> 01:15:42,440 HANDLE THE DATA AND DISSEMINATE 1648 01:15:42,440 --> 01:15:45,280 IT AND YOU CAN APPRECIATE 1649 01:15:45,280 --> 01:15:48,560 MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL 1650 01:15:48,560 --> 01:15:51,800 INTELLIGENCE WILL AWAY HEAVILY 1651 01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:54,480 HOW THEY'RE INTEGRATED AND THE 1652 01:15:54,480 --> 01:15:58,880 FIRST WILL BE IN JULY OF THIS 1653 01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:00,440 YEAR AND ANYBODY INTERESTED 1654 01:16:00,440 --> 01:16:00,760 CONTACT US. 1655 01:16:00,760 --> 01:16:02,560 IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR 1656 01:16:02,560 --> 01:16:04,320 FOLKS TO GET IN THIS FIELD. 1657 01:16:04,320 --> 01:16:05,680 HERE'S A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE 1658 01:16:05,680 --> 01:16:06,680 NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WE 1659 01:16:06,680 --> 01:16:09,720 HAVE GOING ON AT BRAIN RIGHT 1660 01:16:09,720 --> 01:16:10,080 NOW. 1661 01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:14,560 I MENTIONED THESE UNDER GREEN. 1662 01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:17,560 THERE'S BEEN A RECENT REISSUE OF 1663 01:16:17,560 --> 01:16:22,560 THE NEW TOOLS PROJECTS AND RO1 1664 01:16:22,560 --> 01:16:27,840 PROJECTS RUN OUT OF NIMH AND 1665 01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:30,240 THE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THE FIRST 1666 01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:31,840 IS RELATED TO DIVERSITY AND 1667 01:16:31,840 --> 01:16:34,040 REWARD PROGRAM TO ENHANCE THE 1668 01:16:34,040 --> 01:16:35,080 BREADTH AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION 1669 01:16:35,080 --> 01:16:36,920 OF RESEARCH AND RESEARCH-RELATED 1670 01:16:36,920 --> 01:16:38,560 ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY NIH AND 1671 01:16:38,560 --> 01:16:41,760 BRAIN HAS SIGNED ON TO THIS AND 1672 01:16:41,760 --> 01:16:43,760 ALSO THE PROGRAM SHOWN HERE IN 1673 01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:45,920 THE BOTTOM THE R25 PROGRAM AND 1674 01:16:45,920 --> 01:16:48,160 THE GOAL IS IS TO SUPPORT 1675 01:16:48,160 --> 01:16:49,080 EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO 1676 01:16:49,080 --> 01:16:50,760 ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS FROM 1677 01:16:50,760 --> 01:16:52,800 DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS INCLUDING 1678 01:16:52,800 --> 01:16:55,280 THOSE UNDER REPRESENTED IN BIO 1679 01:16:55,280 --> 01:16:56,720 MEDICAL SCIENCES TO PURSUE 1680 01:16:56,720 --> 01:16:57,280 RESEARCH. 1681 01:16:57,280 --> 01:16:59,720 WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO 1682 01:16:59,720 --> 01:17:02,240 ESTABLISHING STRONGER PIPELINES 1683 01:17:02,240 --> 01:17:04,760 OF PATHWAYS FOR RESEARCH SUCCESS 1684 01:17:04,760 --> 01:17:06,560 THAT ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS THAT SO 1685 01:17:06,560 --> 01:17:08,480 FAR HAVE NOT BEEN WELL 1686 01:17:08,480 --> 01:17:11,400 REPRESENTED IN THIS ENDEAVOR. 1687 01:17:11,400 --> 01:17:15,520 SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF 1688 01:17:15,520 --> 01:17:16,480 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AT THE 1689 01:17:16,480 --> 01:17:17,320 BRAIN INITIATIVE. 1690 01:17:17,320 --> 01:17:22,320 THE FIRST ARE GENERAL TRAINING. 1691 01:17:22,320 --> 01:17:24,520 WE HAVE F32 MECHANISM AND BELOW 1692 01:17:24,520 --> 01:17:26,560 ARE THE THREE MECHANISM TO 1693 01:17:26,560 --> 01:17:28,800 ENHANCE THE RIVERS TI TO 1694 01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:30,560 STRENGTHEN OUR WORKFORCE AND 1695 01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:32,320 ENHANCING DIVERSITY WITHIN THE 1696 01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:32,640 WORKFORCE. 1697 01:17:32,640 --> 01:17:36,480 WE SIGNED ON WITH OUR SISTER 1698 01:17:36,480 --> 01:17:38,240 BLUEPRINT PROGRAM THE ENDURE 1699 01:17:38,240 --> 01:17:42,080 PROGRAM THE D SPAN PROGRAM AN 1700 01:17:42,080 --> 01:17:44,480 F99K00 PHASED AWARD. 1701 01:17:44,480 --> 01:17:46,080 THE IDEA IS TO FUND STUDENTS 1702 01:17:46,080 --> 01:17:48,520 FROM UNDER REPRESENTED GROUPS 1703 01:17:48,520 --> 01:17:51,120 FINISHING UP OR IN THEIR LAST 1704 01:17:51,120 --> 01:17:53,000 TWO YEARS OF THEIR Ph.D. 1705 01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:56,360 DISSERTATION RESEARCH ALLOWING 1706 01:17:56,360 --> 01:18:03,600 THEM TO TRANSITION TO THE 1707 01:18:03,600 --> 01:18:06,560 POSTDOCTORAL LAB AND THIS ALLOWS 1708 01:18:06,560 --> 01:18:08,360 THE STUDENT TO COME WITH THE 1709 01:18:08,360 --> 01:18:10,240 FUNDING AND ENHANCE THEIR 1710 01:18:10,240 --> 01:18:12,840 ABILITY TO FIND A GREAT LAB TO 1711 01:18:12,840 --> 01:18:14,240 PURSUE THEIR POST-DOCTORAL 1712 01:18:14,240 --> 01:18:14,480 STUDIES. 1713 01:18:14,480 --> 01:18:16,920 WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE 1714 01:18:16,920 --> 01:18:20,400 D SPAN PROGRAM AND HAVE A 1715 01:18:20,400 --> 01:18:22,800 K-99R00 PROGRAM TO DISTINGUISH 1716 01:18:22,800 --> 01:18:25,520 IT FROM THE PARENT K99 PATHWAY 1717 01:18:25,520 --> 01:18:29,000 TO INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM IS PAR 1718 01:18:29,000 --> 01:18:30,200 GET FOR PEOPLE FROM UNDER 1719 01:18:30,200 --> 01:18:31,680 REPRESENTED GROUPS. 1720 01:18:31,680 --> 01:18:34,560 IN THE CASE OF BRAIN, 1721 01:18:34,560 --> 01:18:36,880 UNFORTUNATELY WOMEN ARE HIGH 1722 01:18:36,880 --> 01:18:38,000 UNDER REPRESENTED SO WOMEN COUNT 1723 01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:40,040 AS BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THE REWARD 1724 01:18:40,040 --> 01:18:41,520 PROGRAM AND WE'RE QUITE PROUD OF 1725 01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:44,040 HOW WELL OUR TRAINEES HAVE DONE 1726 01:18:44,040 --> 01:18:47,440 AND AGAIN WE'RE TRYING OUR VERY 1727 01:18:47,440 --> 01:18:49,680 BEST TO STRENGTHEN OUR 1728 01:18:49,680 --> 01:18:52,480 INVESTIGATOR POOL THROUGH THESE 1729 01:18:52,480 --> 01:18:56,000 MECHANISMS AND FINALLY WE HAVE A 1730 01:18:56,000 --> 01:18:58,520 SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS 1731 01:18:58,520 --> 01:18:59,200 BRAIN-FUNDED INVESTIGATORS TO 1732 01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:01,360 BRING ON NEW FOLKS INTO THE LABS 1733 01:19:01,360 --> 01:19:03,760 WHETHER IT BE AT THE 1734 01:19:03,760 --> 01:19:04,960 UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL ALL THE WAY 1735 01:19:04,960 --> 01:19:05,800 THROUGH THE MORE SENIOR LEVELS 1736 01:19:05,800 --> 01:19:08,400 TO TRY TO GET THEM IN THE SYSTEM 1737 01:19:08,400 --> 01:19:10,680 AND HELP MAKE THEM COMPETITIVE 1738 01:19:10,680 --> 01:19:12,600 FOR THEIR OWN FUNDING TO BRING 1739 01:19:12,600 --> 01:19:14,560 MORE TALENT INTO THE GAME WHERE 1740 01:19:14,560 --> 01:19:17,240 IT'S SO DESPERATELY NEEDED. 1741 01:19:17,240 --> 01:19:19,160 IT'S A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE 1742 01:19:19,160 --> 01:19:20,920 PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE DIVERSITY 1743 01:19:20,920 --> 01:19:23,440 WITHIN OUR WORKFORCE. 1744 01:19:23,440 --> 01:19:25,440 LET ME TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES TO 1745 01:19:25,440 --> 01:19:26,520 HIGHLIGHT QUICKLY A FEW ADVANCES 1746 01:19:26,520 --> 01:19:27,840 THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED BY THE 1747 01:19:27,840 --> 01:19:28,560 BRAIN INITIATIVE. 1748 01:19:28,560 --> 01:19:30,720 I THINK THIS IS ALWAYS FOR ME A 1749 01:19:30,720 --> 01:19:37,000 FUND THING TO GO OVER. 1750 01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:42,240 THIS PAPER IN SCIENCE THAT JUST 1751 01:19:42,240 --> 01:19:47,000 CAME OUT THIS YEAR REPRESENTS 1752 01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:48,720 COLLABORATION WITH HOPKINS AND 1753 01:19:48,720 --> 01:19:49,960 OTHERS AND IT WAS INITIATED BY 1754 01:19:49,960 --> 01:19:53,480 THE WELCOME TRUST AND THE HOWARD 1755 01:19:53,480 --> 01:19:54,440 HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE AND 1756 01:19:54,440 --> 01:19:55,880 BRAIN HAS COME INTO FUNDING 1757 01:19:55,880 --> 01:19:58,160 PROJECT AS WELL AND WE SEE A CAP 1758 01:19:58,160 --> 01:20:02,000 STONE PUBLICATION OF THE PROJECT 1759 01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:04,560 WHICH HAS MAPPED OUT THE CELLS 1760 01:20:04,560 --> 01:20:07,000 AND CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE LARVA 1761 01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:07,960 FLY BRAIN. 1762 01:20:07,960 --> 01:20:10,160 THEY MAPPED OUT 3,000 NEURONS 1763 01:20:10,160 --> 01:20:14,560 WITH ROUGHLY HALF A MILLION 1764 01:20:14,560 --> 01:20:20,760 SYNAPTIC SITES AND WERE ABLE TO 1765 01:20:20,760 --> 01:20:24,480 ABLE TO CLUSTER THESE CELLS INTO 1766 01:20:24,480 --> 01:20:26,800 93 TYPES BASED ON CONNECTIVITY. 1767 01:20:26,800 --> 01:20:30,280 AND BY LOOKING AT THE PATTERNS 1768 01:20:30,280 --> 01:20:32,520 THEY FOUND 41% OF THE NEURONS 1769 01:20:32,520 --> 01:20:34,520 RECEIVE RECURRENT CONNECTIONS. 1770 01:20:34,520 --> 01:20:37,320 THEY TENDED TO BE LOCALIZED IN 1771 01:20:37,320 --> 01:20:39,880 AREAS KNOWN TO BE INVOLVED IN 1772 01:20:39,880 --> 01:20:40,640 LEARNING AND ACTION FOR EXAMPLE 1773 01:20:40,640 --> 01:20:42,560 IN THE MUSHROOM BODIES. 1774 01:20:42,560 --> 01:20:47,440 AS WE THINK OF NEW METHODS FOR 1775 01:20:47,440 --> 01:20:48,760 MACHINE LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL 1776 01:20:48,760 --> 01:20:50,720 INTELLIGENCE WE CAN TAKE MANY 1777 01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:53,120 GOOD LESSONS FROM EVOLUTION AS 1778 01:20:53,120 --> 01:20:54,560 OUR TEACHER TO SEE THE SOLUTIONS 1779 01:20:54,560 --> 01:20:57,640 THAT HAVE COME UP AND THE 1780 01:20:57,640 --> 01:20:59,040 RELATIVELY SIMPLE BRAIN 1781 01:20:59,040 --> 01:20:59,320 OPERATES. 1782 01:20:59,320 --> 01:21:01,840 AS WE LOOK AT MAMMALIAN BRAIN TO 1783 01:21:01,840 --> 01:21:08,720 SCALE UP FROM A LARVAL FRUIT FLY 1784 01:21:08,720 --> 01:21:11,520 BRAIN TO FULL BRAIN IS THREE 1785 01:21:11,520 --> 01:21:15,800 TIMES MAGNITUDE IT'S A LEAPABLE 1786 01:21:15,800 --> 01:21:17,200 GAP TO GO AND ANOTHER MAGNITUDE 1787 01:21:17,200 --> 01:21:19,760 FOR HUMANS AND WE'LL LEARN A LOT 1788 01:21:19,760 --> 01:21:22,200 FOR THE TECHNIQUES INVOLVED FROM 1789 01:21:22,200 --> 01:21:25,520 WORK GOING ON IN THE FLY BRAIN 1790 01:21:25,520 --> 01:21:26,880 AND WE'RE LEARNING QUITE A BIT 1791 01:21:26,880 --> 01:21:35,000 HOW THE CIRCUITS CAN PROCESS 1792 01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:36,680 BASED ON ANATOMY. 1793 01:21:36,680 --> 01:21:38,560 THE PROJECTS ARE ALREADY LEADING 1794 01:21:38,560 --> 01:21:40,280 TO ADVANCES IN PROJECTS THAT 1795 01:21:40,280 --> 01:21:45,600 ADDRESS ISSUES OF HUMAN HEALTH 1796 01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:51,120 AND DISEASE THIS SUMMARIZES THE 1797 01:21:51,120 --> 01:21:52,560 SEATTLE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 1798 01:21:52,560 --> 01:21:52,840 CONSORTIUM. 1799 01:21:52,840 --> 01:21:56,000 THEY RECENTLY RECEIVED A DATA 1800 01:21:56,000 --> 01:22:00,000 SET BASED ON TECHNOLOGIES 1801 01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:01,000 DEVELOPED IN THE BRAIN 1802 01:22:01,000 --> 01:22:03,800 INITIATIVE TO DESCRIBE OVER $1 1803 01:22:03,800 --> 01:22:05,840 MILLION NEURONS FROM 84 DONORS 1804 01:22:05,840 --> 01:22:10,040 AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF DISEASE 1805 01:22:10,040 --> 01:22:11,560 AFFLICTED BY ALZHEIMER'S. 1806 01:22:11,560 --> 01:22:15,640 AND THEY USE TECHNIQUES 1807 01:22:15,640 --> 01:22:16,520 DEVELOPED IN THE BRAIN 1808 01:22:16,520 --> 01:22:20,120 INITIATIVE TO BUILD UP THE ATLAS 1809 01:22:20,120 --> 01:22:23,000 OF DISEASED BRAINS AND SEEING 1810 01:22:23,000 --> 01:22:24,680 NEURONS SELECTIVELY AFFECTED AT 1811 01:22:24,680 --> 01:22:26,360 DIFFERENT STAGES. 1812 01:22:26,360 --> 01:22:29,160 ON THE LEFT YOU SEE SPECIFIC 1813 01:22:29,160 --> 01:22:30,560 INHIBITOR NEURON TYPES ARE LOST 1814 01:22:30,560 --> 01:22:35,720 AND THEY'RE ALSO SEEING AN OVER 1815 01:22:35,720 --> 01:22:38,760 REPRESENTATION OF SPECIFIC 1816 01:22:38,760 --> 01:22:39,960 NON-URNAL CELL TYPE AND THESE 1817 01:22:39,960 --> 01:22:41,720 KINDS OF DATA WILL BE CRITICAL 1818 01:22:41,720 --> 01:22:45,200 OF SIMILAR STUDIES APPLIED TO 1819 01:22:45,200 --> 01:22:47,240 PARKINSON'S DISEASE PATIENTS AND 1820 01:22:47,240 --> 01:22:49,560 AGAIN THIS IS THE DREAM ABOUT 1821 01:22:49,560 --> 01:22:50,560 THE BRAIN INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE 1822 01:22:50,560 --> 01:22:54,520 THE FUNDAMENTAL RESOURCE TO 1823 01:22:54,520 --> 01:22:56,920 ALLOW INVESTIGATORS TO PURSUE 1824 01:22:56,920 --> 01:22:57,840 DISEASE-RELATED RESEARCH. 1825 01:22:57,840 --> 01:23:03,120 YOU CAN FIND THE INFORMATION ON 1826 01:23:03,120 --> 01:23:07,240 THE WEBSITE AND WE'RE ALSO 1827 01:23:07,240 --> 01:23:10,560 EXCITED TO SEE BRAIN FUNDED 1828 01:23:10,560 --> 01:23:15,400 RESEARCH BEGINNING TO HAVE AN 1829 01:23:15,400 --> 01:23:17,280 IMPACT IN HUMANS AND THERE'S A 1830 01:23:17,280 --> 01:23:18,560 NUMBER OF STUDIES THAT CAN HAVE 1831 01:23:18,560 --> 01:23:20,160 COME OUT IN THE AREA OF DEEP 1832 01:23:20,160 --> 01:23:22,560 BRAIN STIMULATION AS APPLIED TO 1833 01:23:22,560 --> 01:23:23,400 VARIOUS CONDITIONS. 1834 01:23:23,400 --> 01:23:26,520 HERE'S AN EARLY STUDY FROM THE 1835 01:23:26,520 --> 01:23:33,880 GROUP AT UCSF WHERE THEY USED 1836 01:23:33,880 --> 01:23:35,240 CHRONIC INTRACRANIAL RECORDINGS 1837 01:23:35,240 --> 01:23:39,400 IN FOUR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM 1838 01:23:39,400 --> 01:23:42,120 CHRONIC PAIN TO IDENTIFY 1839 01:23:42,120 --> 01:23:42,760 BIOMARKERS FOR THE CHRONIC PAIN 1840 01:23:42,760 --> 01:23:51,440 STATE. 1841 01:23:51,440 --> 01:23:58,720 AND THERE'S ORBITAL FRONTAL 1842 01:23:58,720 --> 01:24:00,320 CORTEX AND QUANTIFYING 1843 01:24:00,320 --> 01:24:01,800 BEHAVIORAL PAIN STATES WERE ABLE 1844 01:24:01,800 --> 01:24:04,240 TO COME UP WITH AGE ALGORITHM 1845 01:24:04,240 --> 01:24:06,040 THAT IDENTIFIES POWER FEATURES 1846 01:24:06,040 --> 01:24:07,760 FROM THE DATA THAT CORRESPOND TO 1847 01:24:07,760 --> 01:24:09,880 HIGH VERSE US LOW-PAIN STATES 1848 01:24:09,880 --> 01:24:14,560 CHRONICALLY AND THE MODELS 1849 01:24:14,560 --> 01:24:17,640 REVEAL THAT IT'S A GOOD 1850 01:24:17,640 --> 01:24:19,440 BIOMARKER FOR THE PAIN STATE 1851 01:24:19,440 --> 01:24:24,080 ACROSS THE FOUR PATIENTS DESPITE 1852 01:24:24,080 --> 01:24:25,280 HIGH INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY IN 1853 01:24:25,280 --> 01:24:28,240 THREE OF FOUR THEY WERE ABLE TO 1854 01:24:28,240 --> 01:24:29,960 DISTINGUISH FROM ACUTE PAIN 1855 01:24:29,960 --> 01:24:30,520 STATES. 1856 01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:36,440 WE'RE SEEING THE GROWING 1857 01:24:36,440 --> 01:24:38,360 MOMENTUM TOWARDS NEURAL BIO 1858 01:24:38,360 --> 01:24:43,800 ACTIVITY MARKERS SUFFERING FROM 1859 01:24:43,800 --> 01:24:44,960 CHRONIC PAIN OR PSYCHIATRIC 1860 01:24:44,960 --> 01:24:49,080 CONDITIONS BEING USED TO INFORM 1861 01:24:49,080 --> 01:24:50,840 THERAPIES FOR THE CONDITIONS 1862 01:24:50,840 --> 01:24:54,560 ACROSS AND USING THESE KINDS OF 1863 01:24:54,560 --> 01:25:05,120 BIOMARKERS FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT. 1864 01:25:05,120 --> 01:25:10,240 SO THE TIDBIT I'LL LEAVE YOU 1865 01:25:10,240 --> 01:25:13,840 WITH IS USING SPINAL CORD 1866 01:25:13,840 --> 01:25:15,800 STIMULATION TO RECOVER MOTOR 1867 01:25:15,800 --> 01:25:18,560 FUNCTION FOR POST-STROKE UPPER 1868 01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:20,440 LIMB PARESIS. 1869 01:25:20,440 --> 01:25:21,720 THEY LOOKED AT TWO STROKE 1870 01:25:21,720 --> 01:25:26,440 PATIENTS AROUND IMPLANTED THEM 1871 01:25:26,440 --> 01:25:28,560 WITH EPIDURAL STIMULATERS FOR UP 1872 01:25:28,560 --> 01:25:31,480 TO FOUR WEEKS FROM OBJECTIVE 1873 01:25:31,480 --> 01:25:33,000 MEASURES STIMULATION PROTOCOLS 1874 01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:37,480 LED TO SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN 1875 01:25:37,480 --> 01:25:39,360 MUFFLE ACTIVATION AND THE 1876 01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:43,000 FASCINATING THING IS THAT THE 1877 01:25:43,000 --> 01:25:46,120 FINAL CORD STIMULATION RESULTED 1878 01:25:46,120 --> 01:25:46,880 IN IMMEDIATE FUNCTION AND 1879 01:25:46,880 --> 01:25:50,560 LOOKING AT THE EFFECTS OF 1880 01:25:50,560 --> 01:25:51,880 STIMULATION NOT TRAINING AND 1881 01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:53,600 LASTED FOUR WEEKS AFTER IT WAS 1882 01:25:53,600 --> 01:25:53,800 OVER. 1883 01:25:53,800 --> 01:25:56,760 THIS IS FASCINATING. 1884 01:25:56,760 --> 01:26:00,120 WHAT IT IMPLIES IS BY MODULATING 1885 01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:04,040 THE LOCAL SPINAL CORD CIRCUITS 1886 01:26:04,040 --> 01:26:07,840 THIS MAY BE SIGNIFICANT 1887 01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:10,520 IMPROVEMENTS IN MOTOR FUNCTION 1888 01:26:10,520 --> 01:26:13,440 IN STUDIES WITH A GROUP IN 1889 01:26:13,440 --> 01:26:14,760 SWITZERLAND USING SIMILAR KINDS 1890 01:26:14,760 --> 01:26:19,160 OF STIMULATION PARADIGMS FOR 1891 01:26:19,160 --> 01:26:20,960 RECOVERING LOWER LIMB FUNCTION 1892 01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:21,920 IN SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS 1893 01:26:21,920 --> 01:26:23,680 THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY 1894 01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:27,400 THE CIRCUITS INVOLVED TO 1895 01:26:27,400 --> 01:26:32,160 SPECIFIC CELL TYPES AND THE 1896 01:26:32,160 --> 01:26:38,000 CONNECTIVITY IN COLLABORATION 1897 01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:41,240 WITH FOLKS IN THE INTRAMURAL AND 1898 01:26:41,240 --> 01:26:43,520 WE'RE SEEING THIS WITH HUMAN AND 1899 01:26:43,520 --> 01:26:46,520 CELL ATLAS STUDIES. 1900 01:26:46,520 --> 01:26:54,760 THE BEST WAY TO YOU THE IS TO TO 1901 01:26:54,760 --> 01:26:57,680 THE A VIDEO OF PATIENT NUMBER 1902 01:26:57,680 --> 01:27:00,200 ONE AND SHE SUFFERED A THALAMIC 1903 01:27:00,200 --> 01:27:00,720 STROKE NINE YEARS AGO. 1904 01:27:00,720 --> 01:27:03,320 >> DOES IT MAKE 1905 01:27:03,320 --> 01:27:05,160 THOSE INSTITUTIONS MORE JUST 1906 01:27:05,160 --> 01:27:07,640 DIVERSITY PIPELINES OR DOES IT 1907 01:27:07,640 --> 01:27:09,160 MAKE THEM -- DOES IT STRENGTHEN 1908 01:27:09,160 --> 01:27:10,840 THEIR ABILITY TO DO SCIENCE? 1909 01:27:10,840 --> 01:27:11,480 >>HOPEFULLY BOTH. 1910 01:27:11,480 --> 01:27:13,000 GREAT QUESTION. 1911 01:27:13,000 --> 01:27:15,800 WE ARE INTERESTED IN BUILDING 1912 01:27:15,800 --> 01:27:17,240 CAPACITY BECAUSE BY BUILDING 1913 01:27:17,240 --> 01:27:18,800 CAPACITY IN THESE INSTITUTION 1914 01:27:18,800 --> 01:27:20,440 ARE SO FAR UNDER REPRESENTED IT 1915 01:27:20,440 --> 01:27:22,880 GIVES US A BROADER REACH INTO 1916 01:27:22,880 --> 01:27:24,480 ALL SECTORS OF THE COUNTRY. 1917 01:27:24,480 --> 01:27:35,040 WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT COMES IN. 1918 01:27:36,080 --> 01:27:36,960 AND IT'S NEVER IDEAL. 1919 01:27:36,960 --> 01:27:41,160 WE'RE SIGNING ON AND WE'LL HAVE 1920 01:27:41,160 --> 01:27:43,440 TO SEE GREAT APPLICATIONS WITHIN 1921 01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:45,680 THE BRAIN MISSION AND IF WE DO 1922 01:27:45,680 --> 01:27:48,680 WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO 1923 01:27:48,680 --> 01:27:49,160 SUPPORT THAT. 1924 01:27:49,160 --> 01:27:50,880 >>SO AS FAR AS APPLICATIONS GO 1925 01:27:50,880 --> 01:27:54,120 MAYBE ONE OF THE BARRIERS TO 1926 01:27:54,120 --> 01:27:55,520 THESE INSTITUTIONS IS THAT THEY 1927 01:27:55,520 --> 01:27:58,080 DON'T ALREADY HAVE A BIG STAFF 1928 01:27:58,080 --> 01:28:05,000 TO APPLY FOR GRANTS SO MAYBE THE 1929 01:28:05,000 --> 01:28:10,280 ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN OF THESE 1930 01:28:10,280 --> 01:28:12,400 ARE MAYBE TOO LARGE AND WE 1931 01:28:12,400 --> 01:28:13,720 SHOULD LOOK AT THE BURDEN. 1932 01:28:13,720 --> 01:28:15,680 I JUST APPLIED FOR A TRAINING 1933 01:28:15,680 --> 01:28:21,000 GRANT AND IT WAS 600 PAGES OF 1934 01:28:21,000 --> 01:28:21,280 APPLICATION. 1935 01:28:21,280 --> 01:28:25,000 THAT WAS KIND OF A LOT IF I 1936 01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:27,160 WEREN'T ALREADY AT AN RO1 1937 01:28:27,160 --> 01:28:28,480 UNIVERSITY I DON'T THINK WE 1938 01:28:28,480 --> 01:28:30,320 WOULDN'T HAVE DONE. 1939 01:28:30,320 --> 01:28:32,080 ANOTHER SUGGESTION IS TO MAYBE 1940 01:28:32,080 --> 01:28:34,280 GIVE EXAMPLES AND IF YOU WANT 1941 01:28:34,280 --> 01:28:36,800 NEW INSTITUTIONS TO APPLY FOR 1942 01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:38,840 THESE THINGS, GIVE PEOPLE 1943 01:28:38,840 --> 01:28:44,320 EXAMPLES OF GRANTS THAT HAVE 1944 01:28:44,320 --> 01:28:53,000 WORKED SO THEY KNOW AND LOOK AT 1945 01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:54,800 THE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE 1946 01:28:54,800 --> 01:28:56,280 WORKED AND REDUCE THE 1947 01:28:56,280 --> 01:28:56,840 ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN MIGHT 1948 01:28:56,840 --> 01:29:01,680 HELP. 1949 01:29:01,680 --> 01:29:05,000 >>THESE ARE RO1s AND IT'S AN 1950 01:29:05,000 --> 01:29:07,880 ONGOING CHALLENGE HOW TO BRING 1951 01:29:07,880 --> 01:29:10,760 IN FOLKS WOULD AREN'T ALREADY 1952 01:29:10,760 --> 01:29:14,800 DEEPLY IN THE GAME AND MIKE 1953 01:29:14,800 --> 01:29:15,520 LAUER WILL BE HERE IN A FEW 1954 01:29:15,520 --> 01:29:15,800 HOURS. 1955 01:29:15,800 --> 01:29:18,640 A DIRECT MESSAGE TO MIKE WOULD 1956 01:29:18,640 --> 01:29:20,080 PROBABLY BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE 1957 01:29:20,080 --> 01:29:20,520 WAY. 1958 01:29:20,520 --> 01:29:22,760 WE'RE TRYING TO OUR BEST AND 1959 01:29:22,760 --> 01:29:24,480 MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT 1960 01:29:24,480 --> 01:29:25,120 THEY'RE GETTING INTO AND BEING 1961 01:29:25,120 --> 01:29:34,800 COMPETITIVE. 1962 01:29:34,800 --> 01:29:37,720 >>HOW MUCH OF THE STUDY WAS 1963 01:29:37,720 --> 01:29:38,880 FUNDED BY THE BRAIN INITIATIVE 1964 01:29:38,880 --> 01:29:41,360 AND HOW DO YOU DECIDE TO 1965 01:29:41,360 --> 01:29:43,080 ALLOCATE FUNDS TO TRIALS WHICH 1966 01:29:43,080 --> 01:29:45,440 COULD SOAK UP A HUGE AMOUNT OF 1967 01:29:45,440 --> 01:29:49,520 MONEY QUICKLY WITH MORE BASIC 1968 01:29:49,520 --> 01:29:50,920 INVESTIGATIONS? 1969 01:29:50,920 --> 01:29:52,200 >>YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE 1970 01:29:52,200 --> 01:29:52,720 PITTSBURGH STUDY? 1971 01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:53,200 >>YEAH. 1972 01:29:53,200 --> 01:29:58,960 >>SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF AWARDS 1973 01:29:58,960 --> 01:30:01,720 IN OUR WHAT WE CALL OUR TEAM B 1974 01:30:01,720 --> 01:30:02,000 PORTFOLIO. 1975 01:30:02,000 --> 01:30:08,040 THESE ARE FIRST IN HUMAN TRIALS. 1976 01:30:08,040 --> 01:30:10,480 THEY'RE NOT -- AS FAR AS BRAIN 1977 01:30:10,480 --> 01:30:12,120 GRANTS GO WE'RE NOT OUTSIZED. 1978 01:30:12,120 --> 01:30:13,640 THEY'RE NOT FUNDING LARGER 1979 01:30:13,640 --> 01:30:15,680 TRIALS WE EXPECT THE I.C.s TO 1980 01:30:15,680 --> 01:30:16,880 PICK THEM UP. 1981 01:30:16,880 --> 01:30:18,480 I DON'T HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THE 1982 01:30:18,480 --> 01:30:23,200 PROPORTION OF FUNDING OF THE 1983 01:30:23,200 --> 01:30:23,880 CLINICALLY ORIENTED TRIALS IN 1984 01:30:23,880 --> 01:30:25,360 OUR PORTFOLIO OFF THE TOP OF MY 1985 01:30:25,360 --> 01:30:26,120 HEAD. 1986 01:30:26,120 --> 01:30:28,400 IT'S NOT SOAKING UP -- I CAN 1987 01:30:28,400 --> 01:30:34,800 TELL YOU IT'S NOT SOAKING UP THE 1988 01:30:34,800 --> 01:30:36,400 LION'S SHARE OF FUNDING. 1989 01:30:36,400 --> 01:30:37,800 WE'RE GETTING A HUGE BANG FOR 1990 01:30:37,800 --> 01:30:38,240 OUR BUCK. 1991 01:30:38,240 --> 01:30:40,320 THEY'RE FIRST IN HUMAN TRIALS 1992 01:30:40,320 --> 01:30:42,560 NOT HUGE BUDGETS BUT TO SHOW 1993 01:30:42,560 --> 01:30:50,280 PROOF OF PRINCIPLE, CAN IT WORK. 1994 01:30:50,280 --> 01:30:52,360 AND I WAS REFLECTING BACK OVER 1995 01:30:52,360 --> 01:30:53,560 THIS THIS WEEKEND AND WE'RE 1996 01:30:53,560 --> 01:30:56,560 SEEING A NUMBER OF STUDIES 1997 01:30:56,560 --> 01:30:57,720 PUBLISHED INCLUDING FROM OTHERS 1998 01:30:57,720 --> 01:31:02,040 HERE SEWING WHAT WAS A PIPE 1999 01:31:02,040 --> 01:31:03,920 DREAM 10 YEARS AGO OF INFORMING 2000 01:31:03,920 --> 01:31:05,360 DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR A 2001 01:31:05,360 --> 01:31:06,840 VARIETY OF CONDITIONS THEY'RE 2002 01:31:06,840 --> 01:31:09,800 STARTING TO GAIN TRACTION. 2003 01:31:09,800 --> 01:31:12,800 WE'RE SEEING IT IN MAJOR 2004 01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:14,280 DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, AND WE'RE 2005 01:31:14,280 --> 01:31:17,000 SEEING A STUDY ON DEALING WITH 2006 01:31:17,000 --> 01:31:19,120 SYMPTOMS OF PTSD, BINGE EATING 2007 01:31:19,120 --> 01:31:19,400 DISORDER. 2008 01:31:19,400 --> 01:31:21,640 IT'S QUITE EXCITING. 2009 01:31:21,640 --> 01:31:23,040 I THINK WE'RE SEEING THE FRUITS 2010 01:31:23,040 --> 01:31:24,920 OF THE LABOR COMING INTO FOCUS 2011 01:31:24,920 --> 01:31:27,520 RIGHT NOW AND AT THIS POINT TO 2012 01:31:27,520 --> 01:31:29,760 GET THEM OUT THERE INTO HUMANS 2013 01:31:29,760 --> 01:31:33,400 ON A BROADER SCALE IT'S GOING TO 2014 01:31:33,400 --> 01:31:35,200 REQUIRE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEYOND 2015 01:31:35,200 --> 01:31:38,200 BRAIN CAPABILITIES BUT COULD BE 2016 01:31:38,200 --> 01:31:39,840 TAKEN ON BY NINDS OR ARPA-H. 2017 01:31:39,840 --> 01:31:41,160 WE'RE QUITE EXCITED ABOUT THAT 2018 01:31:41,160 --> 01:31:43,400 BUT WE'RE MINDFUL OF NOT PUTTING 2019 01:31:43,400 --> 01:31:45,440 TOO MUCH RESOURCES IN ANY ONE 2020 01:31:45,440 --> 01:31:45,640 AREA. 2021 01:31:45,640 --> 01:31:46,600 WE HAVE TO MANAGE THOSE 2022 01:31:46,600 --> 01:31:48,920 RESOURCES ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO. 2023 01:31:48,920 --> 01:31:54,680 >>THANK YOU. 2024 01:31:54,680 --> 01:31:56,240 >>IF PEOPLE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS 2025 01:31:56,240 --> 01:31:58,040 FOR JOHN YOU CAN E-MAIL HIM 2026 01:31:58,040 --> 01:31:58,280 DIRECT. 2027 01:31:58,280 --> 01:32:00,400 >>I'LL HANG OUT. 2028 01:32:00,400 --> 01:32:01,720 ANY QUESTIONS I'LL TAKE IN THE 2029 01:32:01,720 --> 01:32:02,120 CHAT. 2030 01:32:02,120 --> 01:32:02,720 I'LL HANG OUT A LITTLE BIT. 2031 01:32:02,720 --> 01:32:06,000 >>THANK YOU. 2032 01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:09,320 >>WE HAVE ONE BRIEF TALK BEFORE 2033 01:32:09,320 --> 01:32:11,200 THE BREAK WHICH IS ABOUT MED 2034 01:32:11,200 --> 01:32:11,520 TECH. 2035 01:32:11,520 --> 01:32:18,720 MED TECH IS AN INITIATIVE OF THE 2036 01:32:18,720 --> 01:32:20,200 NIH NEUROSCIENCE BLUEPRINT 2037 01:32:20,200 --> 01:32:22,880 COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONCEPT FOR 2038 01:32:22,880 --> 01:32:24,240 SEVERAL COUNCILS AGO. 2039 01:32:24,240 --> 01:32:26,960 THE BLUEPRINT IS A COLLABORATION 2040 01:32:26,960 --> 01:32:29,200 OF NIH INSTITUTE FUND 2041 01:32:29,200 --> 01:32:30,080 NEUROSCIENCE OF WHICH THERE'S 2042 01:32:30,080 --> 01:32:31,440 QUITE A FEW. 2043 01:32:31,440 --> 01:32:32,600 IN THE CLOSED SESSION YOU'LL BE 2044 01:32:32,600 --> 01:32:35,040 SEEING SOME OF THE RESULTS OF 2045 01:32:35,040 --> 01:32:36,520 THE MED TECH INITIATIVE. 2046 01:32:36,520 --> 01:32:39,520 WE WANTED GIVE YOU A BRIEF 2047 01:32:39,520 --> 01:32:44,560 REMINDER, AN UPDATE. 2048 01:32:44,560 --> 01:32:55,080 SO NICK LANGHALS WILL GIVE A 2049 01:32:55,080 --> 01:32:57,640 BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT IT IS. 2050 01:32:57,640 --> 01:32:58,640 >>THANKS, BOB. 2051 01:32:58,640 --> 01:33:00,880 SO I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF 2052 01:33:00,880 --> 01:33:01,840 OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE'VE COME 2053 01:33:01,840 --> 01:33:05,000 OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN 2054 01:33:05,000 --> 01:33:07,760 THE BLUEPRINT MED TECH PROGRAM. 2055 01:33:07,760 --> 01:33:11,200 I'M HERE REPRESENTING AS 2056 01:33:11,200 --> 01:33:15,920 MENTIONED SEVERAL BLUE PRINT 2057 01:33:15,920 --> 01:33:19,600 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS AND MIKE 2058 01:33:19,600 --> 01:33:21,080 WILSON IS ON WITH ME TO ANSWER 2059 01:33:21,080 --> 01:33:23,040 ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT 2060 01:33:23,040 --> 01:33:23,960 MAY COME UP. 2061 01:33:23,960 --> 01:33:26,920 AS BACKGROUND THE MISSION OF THE 2062 01:33:26,920 --> 01:33:28,360 BLUEPRINT MED TECH PROGRAM IS TO 2063 01:33:28,360 --> 01:33:30,040 CATALYZE THE IDEA OF NOVEL 2064 01:33:30,040 --> 01:33:31,720 TECHNOLOGIES FROM THE EARLY 2065 01:33:31,720 --> 01:33:34,760 STAGE DEVELOPMENT TO THE FIRST 2066 01:33:34,760 --> 01:33:36,480 IN-HUMAN OR EARLIER FEASIBILITY 2067 01:33:36,480 --> 01:33:37,760 CLINICAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE 2068 01:33:37,760 --> 01:33:38,240 TECHNOLOGIES. 2069 01:33:38,240 --> 01:33:40,320 THE PROGRAM IS LAUNCHED IN 2022 2070 01:33:40,320 --> 01:33:44,960 AND FUNDED BY THE BASE FUNDING 2071 01:33:44,960 --> 01:33:48,960 PROVIDED BY THE BLUEPRINT 2072 01:33:48,960 --> 01:33:50,280 CONTRIBUTING CENTERS AND 2073 01:33:50,280 --> 01:33:55,560 INSTITUTES AND IT INCLUDES TWO 2074 01:33:55,560 --> 01:33:57,760 U-54 INCUBATOR HUB AND A JOINT 2075 01:33:57,760 --> 01:33:59,640 EFFORT TWIN JOHNS HOPKINS 2076 01:33:59,640 --> 01:34:01,920 UNIVERSITY AND HOWARD UNIVERSITY 2077 01:34:01,920 --> 01:34:03,600 WITH A SPECIFIC AND EXPLICIT 2078 01:34:03,600 --> 01:34:06,600 GOAL OF TRYING TO HELP ENHANCE 2079 01:34:06,600 --> 01:34:10,680 EQUITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE MED 2080 01:34:10,680 --> 01:34:13,920 TECH SPACE AND THE OTHER IS 2081 01:34:13,920 --> 01:34:20,000 CENTER FOR NEUROTECH ADVANCEMENT 2082 01:34:20,000 --> 01:34:23,800 WITH BOSTON, MASS GENERAL AND 2083 01:34:23,800 --> 01:34:29,200 HARVARD AND CINTA AND CONTRACTS. 2084 01:34:29,200 --> 01:34:31,040 THERE'S THREE BUCKETS OF 2085 01:34:31,040 --> 01:34:31,360 CATEGORIES. 2086 01:34:31,360 --> 01:34:33,400 ONE ARE SEEDLING PROJECTS ON THE 2087 01:34:33,400 --> 01:34:40,480 ORDER OF $100,000 OUR 6 TO 12 2088 01:34:40,480 --> 01:34:43,480 MONTH MAX WITH A GRANT TO HELP 2089 01:34:43,480 --> 01:34:45,000 INVESTIGATORS GET STARTED IN 2090 01:34:45,000 --> 01:34:46,680 THEIR DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY. 2091 01:34:46,680 --> 01:34:48,880 THE MID LEVEL PROJECTS ARE ON 2092 01:34:48,880 --> 01:34:52,760 THE LEVEL OF RO1 SCALE, $500,000 2093 01:34:52,760 --> 01:34:54,880 FROM ONE TO FOUR YEARS OF 2094 01:34:54,880 --> 01:34:57,760 DEVELOPMENT TIME TO GET THE 2095 01:34:57,760 --> 01:34:59,200 PROTOTYPE READY FOR THOSE FIRST 2096 01:34:59,200 --> 01:35:03,280 IN HUMAN DEMONSTRATION AND THE 2097 01:35:03,280 --> 01:35:06,360 PROGRAM THAT RUNS THROUGH A 2098 01:35:06,360 --> 01:35:08,160 TRADITIONAL NIH FUNDING 2099 01:35:08,160 --> 01:35:13,440 OPPORTUNITY THAT IS THE UG3 OR 2100 01:35:13,440 --> 01:35:16,960 ALPHABET SOUP OF ACRONYMS AND 2101 01:35:16,960 --> 01:35:20,680 THE FAST-TRACK PHASED AWARD BY 2102 01:35:20,680 --> 01:35:23,240 THE RELEVANT INSTITUTES AND 2103 01:35:23,240 --> 01:35:23,520 CENTERS. 2104 01:35:23,520 --> 01:35:24,720 THE GOVERNANCE IS SPREAD ACROSS 2105 01:35:24,720 --> 01:35:27,120 IN MULTIPLE LEVELS INCLUDING THE 2106 01:35:27,120 --> 01:35:28,200 DIFFERENT NIH PROGRAM STAFF FROM 2107 01:35:28,200 --> 01:35:31,600 THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND 2108 01:35:31,600 --> 01:35:35,160 CENTERS AND PROGRAMS AND THE 2109 01:35:35,160 --> 01:35:39,440 REPRESENTATIVE DIVISION 2110 01:35:39,440 --> 01:35:42,560 DIRECTORS AND THE NINDS SIDE AND 2111 01:35:42,560 --> 01:35:44,640 INSTITUTE DIRECTORS. 2112 01:35:44,640 --> 01:35:46,240 WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AN EXTERNAL 2113 01:35:46,240 --> 01:35:47,440 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PROVIDING 2114 01:35:47,440 --> 01:35:49,880 INPUT AND FEEDBACK ON THE OVER 2115 01:35:49,880 --> 01:35:50,880 ALL GOVERNANCE OF THE PROGRAM 2116 01:35:50,880 --> 01:35:54,920 AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION AT 2117 01:35:54,920 --> 01:35:55,840 VARIOUS STAGE OF LAUNCH AND 2118 01:35:55,840 --> 01:35:56,400 DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE 2119 01:35:56,400 --> 01:36:00,240 PROGRAM. 2120 01:36:00,240 --> 01:36:02,640 AFTER THE PROGRAM WAS INITIALLY 2121 01:36:02,640 --> 01:36:06,880 APPROVED BACK IN 2020 SO WE GOT 2122 01:36:06,880 --> 01:36:07,920 APPROVAL FROM THE INSTITUTE 2123 01:36:07,920 --> 01:36:09,840 DIRECTORS BEFORE WE SHUT DOWN 2124 01:36:09,840 --> 01:36:12,200 FOR THE COVID PANDEMIC AND FIRST 2125 01:36:12,200 --> 01:36:13,320 STARTED THE LAUNCHING PROCESS 2126 01:36:13,320 --> 01:36:17,000 AFTER THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND 2127 01:36:17,000 --> 01:36:19,840 DID DO A PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH 2128 01:36:19,840 --> 01:36:21,280 THE INCUBATOR HUB THAT WAS 2129 01:36:21,280 --> 01:36:25,840 FUNDED FOR ANOTHER EFFORT TO GO 2130 01:36:25,840 --> 01:36:27,320 THROUGH AND AND LOOKING AT 2131 01:36:27,320 --> 01:36:29,680 VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES AND 2132 01:36:29,680 --> 01:36:29,960 INDICATIONS. 2133 01:36:29,960 --> 01:36:32,200 I'M HIGHLIGHTING THE SEVEN 2134 01:36:32,200 --> 01:36:33,040 AWARDS FUNDED THROUGH THAT 2135 01:36:33,040 --> 01:36:35,640 EFFORT AND THESE AWARDS STARTED 2136 01:36:35,640 --> 01:36:37,280 ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO NOW 2137 01:36:37,280 --> 01:36:40,040 AND JUST WRAPPING UP WITH THE 2138 01:36:40,040 --> 01:36:41,280 ONE-YEAR I'M FRAME. 2139 01:36:41,280 --> 01:36:44,680 YOU CAN SEE IT COVERS DIVERSITY 2140 01:36:44,680 --> 01:36:46,040 OF DISORDERS INCLUDING 2141 01:36:46,040 --> 01:36:48,680 ACCOUNTING CONTROL FEEDBACK AND 2142 01:36:48,680 --> 01:36:52,200 PSYCHIATRIC POPULATIONS AND 2143 01:36:52,200 --> 01:36:55,400 DIAGNOSTIC AND LOW INTENSITY 2144 01:36:55,400 --> 01:36:59,080 ULTRASOUND FOR NEURO PATHIC PAIN 2145 01:36:59,080 --> 01:37:09,600 AND ENDOVAGINAL ULTRASOUND AND 2146 01:37:09,880 --> 01:37:11,200 PHOTO DEVICE FOR ASSESSING 2147 01:37:11,200 --> 01:37:16,040 VIABILITY OF AXONS AND ACTIVE 2148 01:37:16,040 --> 01:37:17,240 STIMULATION-BASED 2149 01:37:17,240 --> 01:37:20,080 NEUROPROSTHESIS TO IMPROVE 2150 01:37:20,080 --> 01:37:26,040 WALKING PROPULSION AND SLOWING 2151 01:37:26,040 --> 01:37:28,200 CEREBRAL DAMAGE IN ISCHEMIC 2152 01:37:28,200 --> 01:37:29,000 PATIENTS. 2153 01:37:29,000 --> 01:37:30,360 THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM 2154 01:37:30,360 --> 01:37:31,760 WHERE THE END POINT TO THE 2155 01:37:31,760 --> 01:37:33,520 PROGRAM IS SOMETHING ALREADY 2156 01:37:33,520 --> 01:37:34,920 DEMONSTRATED PROOF OF CONCEPT. 2157 01:37:34,920 --> 01:37:36,920 SO THE INNOVATION AND TARGET IS 2158 01:37:36,920 --> 01:37:40,680 LIKELY STILL HAPPENING IN THE 2159 01:37:40,680 --> 01:37:43,200 NORMAL RO1 SPACE OR WITH SIMILAR 2160 01:37:43,200 --> 01:37:46,080 FUNDING FROM NSF OR DOD OR OTHER 2161 01:37:46,080 --> 01:37:48,040 AGENCIES TO HELP IDENTIFY THE 2162 01:37:48,040 --> 01:37:50,320 TARGET AND DERISK THE 2163 01:37:50,320 --> 01:37:50,720 TECHNOLOGY. 2164 01:37:50,720 --> 01:37:52,320 SO WE'RE TRYING TO STEP IN AT 2165 01:37:52,320 --> 01:37:55,320 THE BEGINNING TO FOCUS ON THE 2166 01:37:55,320 --> 01:37:56,800 SCALING UP THE HUMAN DEVICE AND 2167 01:37:56,800 --> 01:37:58,600 THE DEVELOPMENT PART OF THE 2168 01:37:58,600 --> 01:38:00,520 PIPELINE AND THEN WHAT WE TERM 2169 01:38:00,520 --> 01:38:01,920 AS THE LATER STAGE EFFORT TO 2170 01:38:01,920 --> 01:38:05,040 FOCUS MORE ON THE TRANSLATION. 2171 01:38:05,040 --> 01:38:08,200 GET ALL YOUR NECESSARY STEPS IN 2172 01:38:08,200 --> 01:38:13,560 INLINE FOR REGULATORY APPROVALS 2173 01:38:13,560 --> 01:38:15,440 AND GETTING THE FIRST IN HUMAN 2174 01:38:15,440 --> 01:38:16,360 OR DEMONSTRATION OF THE 2175 01:38:16,360 --> 01:38:16,960 TECHNOLOGY. 2176 01:38:16,960 --> 01:38:19,120 WITH THE GOAL BEING TO THEN 2177 01:38:19,120 --> 01:38:20,680 DERISK IT SO EITHER THE 2178 01:38:20,680 --> 01:38:22,680 INSTITUTES CAN POTENTIALLY PICK 2179 01:38:22,680 --> 01:38:25,000 IT UP OR LOOKING FROM AN 2180 01:38:25,000 --> 01:38:27,320 INVESTMENT STANDPOINT THE 2181 01:38:27,320 --> 01:38:28,440 VENTURE CAPITAL COMMUNITY IS 2182 01:38:28,440 --> 01:38:29,080 HEAVILY LOOKED TOWARDS HAVING 2183 01:38:29,080 --> 01:38:31,200 SOME OF THE PROOF OF CONCEPT 2184 01:38:31,200 --> 01:38:33,880 ADAPT IN HUMANS TO MAKE A VIABLE 2185 01:38:33,880 --> 01:38:34,720 BUSINESS CASE FOR THE 2186 01:38:34,720 --> 01:38:36,800 TECHNOLOGIES TO MOVE FORWARD. 2187 01:38:36,800 --> 01:38:42,280 SO THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS MANAGED 2188 01:38:42,280 --> 01:38:43,920 IN THE TWO PARTS THE SEEDLING 2189 01:38:43,920 --> 01:38:45,240 AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ARE 2190 01:38:45,240 --> 01:38:46,880 MANAGED BY THE HUBS. 2191 01:38:46,880 --> 01:38:52,080 THE STRUCTURE OF THIS IS SIMILAR 2192 01:38:52,080 --> 01:38:53,760 TO THE REACH PROGRAM OR IS THE 2193 01:38:53,760 --> 01:38:57,360 PROGRAM MANAGED BY ABIB THE POP 2194 01:38:57,360 --> 01:38:59,280 TURN PROGRAM WAS UTILIZED AS A 2195 01:38:59,280 --> 01:39:02,520 TOOL OF RESOURCE AND NETWORK 2196 01:39:02,520 --> 01:39:04,960 FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF 2197 01:39:04,960 --> 01:39:06,040 COVID FOR POINT OF CARE TESTS 2198 01:39:06,040 --> 01:39:06,880 DURING THE PANDEMIC. 2199 01:39:06,880 --> 01:39:08,160 LOTS OF EFFORTS HAVE BEEN BASED 2200 01:39:08,160 --> 01:39:10,120 ON THE LESSONS LEARNED THERE AND 2201 01:39:10,120 --> 01:39:13,760 TRYING TO APPLY THE TECHNIQUES 2202 01:39:13,760 --> 01:39:17,160 FOR BETTER ADVANCING NEURO TECH 2203 01:39:17,160 --> 01:39:19,840 ACROSS THE SPECTRUM AND VARIOUS 2204 01:39:19,840 --> 01:39:24,960 CENTERS AND THE LATER STAGE 2205 01:39:24,960 --> 01:39:29,000 TRANSLATOR PROGRAM AND NO-FOs 2206 01:39:29,000 --> 01:39:30,360 AND THOSE WHAT ARE TRADITIONAL 2207 01:39:30,360 --> 01:39:31,680 APPLICATIONS AND THE 2208 01:39:31,680 --> 01:39:35,160 APPLICATIONS ARE ALL REVIEWED BY 2209 01:39:35,160 --> 01:39:39,040 AN NINDS-RUN STUDY SECTION AND 2210 01:39:39,040 --> 01:39:40,880 HANDLES THE REVIEW OF THE MED 2211 01:39:40,880 --> 01:39:44,080 TECH PROGRAMS AND OUR COMPANION 2212 01:39:44,080 --> 01:39:46,160 EFFORTS IN THE BRAIN INITIATIVE 2213 01:39:46,160 --> 01:39:48,240 AND NINDS TRANSLATION. 2214 01:39:48,240 --> 01:39:50,280 SO BEYOND THE OVER ALL STRUCTURE 2215 01:39:50,280 --> 01:39:51,640 PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE 2216 01:39:51,640 --> 01:39:53,240 INVESTIGATORS WE ALSO HAVE A 2217 01:39:53,240 --> 01:39:56,960 VARIETY OF RESOURCES THAT WE'RE 2218 01:39:56,960 --> 01:39:58,400 ESTABLISHING PROVIDED TO THE 2219 01:39:58,400 --> 01:39:59,200 INVESTIGATORS. 2220 01:39:59,200 --> 01:40:00,840 WE'RE HOPING TO FACILITATE THE 2221 01:40:00,840 --> 01:40:01,960 TRANSLATION OF THESE 2222 01:40:01,960 --> 01:40:03,960 TECHNOLOGIES AND AVOID 2223 01:40:03,960 --> 01:40:04,720 REINVENTING THE WHEEL FOR A LOT 2224 01:40:04,720 --> 01:40:06,760 OF THESE ASPECTS. 2225 01:40:06,760 --> 01:40:09,000 SO THERE ARE CONTRACTS AND 2226 01:40:09,000 --> 01:40:10,440 CONSULTING RESOURCES, PART OF 2227 01:40:10,440 --> 01:40:16,280 WHICH ARE PROVIDED BY THE 2228 01:40:16,280 --> 01:40:18,760 INCUBATOR HUBS FOR TRANSLATING 2229 01:40:18,760 --> 01:40:21,320 AND PART ARE PROVIDED BY NIH 2230 01:40:21,320 --> 01:40:26,440 THROUGH THE CONTRACTS WHERE WE 2231 01:40:26,440 --> 01:40:29,000 ISSUE INDIVIDUAL PASC ORDERS FOR 2232 01:40:29,000 --> 01:40:30,000 FACILITATING THE TRANSLATION. 2233 01:40:30,000 --> 01:40:32,200 WE SEE THE TYPES OF RESOURCES 2234 01:40:32,200 --> 01:40:34,520 PROVIDED INCLUDING ASPECTS OF 2235 01:40:34,520 --> 01:40:36,800 THE DESIGN PROTOTYPE AND BENCH 2236 01:40:36,800 --> 01:40:37,880 TESTING AND ASSISTANCE WITH 2237 01:40:37,880 --> 01:40:42,360 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND 2238 01:40:42,360 --> 01:40:44,040 CONSULTANTS AND SYMPTOMS WITH 2239 01:40:44,040 --> 01:40:45,480 REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE AND 2240 01:40:45,480 --> 01:40:48,000 ANIMAL AND CLINICAL STUDY 2241 01:40:48,000 --> 01:40:50,840 SUPPORT AND LASTLY THE EXTERNAL 2242 01:40:50,840 --> 01:40:52,880 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE 2243 01:40:52,880 --> 01:40:55,360 INPUT TO US AS WELL AS TO THE 2244 01:40:55,360 --> 01:40:56,960 INVESTIGATORS ON OVER ALL 2245 01:40:56,960 --> 01:40:59,160 PROGRESS AND DIRECTIONS. 2246 01:40:59,160 --> 01:41:01,400 SO FOR THE SEEDLING AND 2247 01:41:01,400 --> 01:41:03,680 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THAT 2248 01:41:03,680 --> 01:41:06,320 ASPECT AS I MENTIONED IT'S RUN 2249 01:41:06,320 --> 01:41:08,760 SIMILAR TO THE WAY THE WORK 2250 01:41:08,760 --> 01:41:10,520 ESTABLISHED THESE SO THE PROCESS 2251 01:41:10,520 --> 01:41:13,320 IS MANAGED BY THE HUBS FOR THE 2252 01:41:13,320 --> 01:41:15,560 OVER ALL SOLICITATION WHICH IS 2253 01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:17,240 AN OPEN SOLICITATION WHERE 2254 01:41:17,240 --> 01:41:18,640 GROUPS CAN APPLY. 2255 01:41:18,640 --> 01:41:20,840 THEY TRIED TO DECREASE THE 2256 01:41:20,840 --> 01:41:22,880 ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN LOOKING AT 2257 01:41:22,880 --> 01:41:25,760 THAT POINT ON THE INVESTIGATORS. 2258 01:41:25,760 --> 01:41:28,440 WE START WITH A SMALLER 2259 01:41:28,440 --> 01:41:30,760 PRE-APPLICATION BUT THEN IS 2260 01:41:30,760 --> 01:41:34,200 EVALUATED BY THE HUBS AND THEIR 2261 01:41:34,200 --> 01:41:36,000 TRIAGE PANEL AND PROVIDE A 2262 01:41:36,000 --> 01:41:38,600 REPORT BACK TO NIH AND AT EVERY 2263 01:41:38,600 --> 01:41:40,320 STEP WITH THE REVIEW PROCESS 2264 01:41:40,320 --> 01:41:42,560 THERE'S AN NIH REVIEW AND 2265 01:41:42,560 --> 01:41:45,000 SELECTION PROCESS WHERE WE 2266 01:41:45,000 --> 01:41:46,720 REVIEW WHICH PROJECTS ARE 2267 01:41:46,720 --> 01:41:49,280 TRIAGED AND PROVIDE THE DECISION 2268 01:41:49,280 --> 01:41:55,520 BACK TO THE HUBS FOR THE 2269 01:41:55,520 --> 01:42:05,800 PROJECTS NOT TRIAGE D AND THE 2270 01:42:05,800 --> 01:42:09,360 SUBSET ONES THAT COME IN ARE 2271 01:42:09,360 --> 01:42:11,440 TRIAGED AND THE DOWN SELECTED 2272 01:42:11,440 --> 01:42:16,240 GROUP WITHIN THE NIH SELECTION 2273 01:42:16,240 --> 01:42:18,200 HAVE FULL PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY 2274 01:42:18,200 --> 01:42:20,360 THE INVESTIGATORS AND EVALUATED 2275 01:42:20,360 --> 01:42:21,720 IN THE VIABILITY PANEL AND THE 2276 01:42:21,720 --> 01:42:24,640 REPORT IS PROVIDED BACK TO NIH 2277 01:42:24,640 --> 01:42:26,080 WHERE WE CAN EVALUATE AND MAKE 2278 01:42:26,080 --> 01:42:28,360 SELECTIONS AS TO THE NEXT STEPS 2279 01:42:28,360 --> 01:42:29,720 FOR THE PROJECTS. 2280 01:42:29,720 --> 01:42:32,520 SO THE VIABILITY PANEL LOOKING 2281 01:42:32,520 --> 01:42:37,000 AT ALL THE ASPECTS REGULATED TO 2282 01:42:37,000 --> 01:42:38,240 TO THE TRANSLATION AND 2283 01:42:38,240 --> 01:42:40,400 UNDERSTANDING THE REIMBURSEMENT 2284 01:42:40,400 --> 01:42:44,160 STRATEGY AND WHAT SORT OF 2285 01:42:44,160 --> 01:42:46,720 COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL AND THE 2286 01:42:46,720 --> 01:42:48,760 CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND UNMET 2287 01:42:48,760 --> 01:42:50,800 NEEDS FOR THE TECHNOLOGIES AND 2288 01:42:50,800 --> 01:42:53,640 LOOKING AT TO WHAT WAS 2289 01:42:53,640 --> 01:42:54,280 HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BRAIN 2290 01:42:54,280 --> 01:42:55,760 INITIATIVE AND ASK INVESTIGATORS 2291 01:42:55,760 --> 01:42:58,440 TO COMMENT ON ENHANCING DIVERSE 2292 01:42:58,440 --> 01:43:00,040 PERSPECTIVES AND HOW IT WILL 2293 01:43:00,040 --> 01:43:04,680 HELP ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY BOTH 2294 01:43:04,680 --> 01:43:05,360 WITHIN THEIR TEAM AS WELL AS THE 2295 01:43:05,360 --> 01:43:08,880 PATIENT PERSPECTIVE AND ALL THE 2296 01:43:08,880 --> 01:43:09,920 PROPOSALS SUBMITTED IN THE TOOL 2297 01:43:09,920 --> 01:43:11,920 BUCKET ARE CONSIDERED FOR THE 2298 01:43:11,920 --> 01:43:14,560 SEEDLING PROGRAM OR IN THE 2299 01:43:14,560 --> 01:43:17,240 SEEDLING PROGRAM ESSENTIALLY THE 2300 01:43:17,240 --> 01:43:18,520 VIABILITY PANEL MAY NOTICE 2301 01:43:18,520 --> 01:43:22,800 WEAKNESSES IN THE CATEGORIES 2302 01:43:22,800 --> 01:43:25,320 THEY CAN OR WE CAN DERISK. 2303 01:43:25,320 --> 01:43:27,240 MAYBE THERE'S REGULATORY 2304 01:43:27,240 --> 01:43:28,920 UNCERTAINTY AND THE SEEDLING CAN 2305 01:43:28,920 --> 01:43:31,960 HELP PARTNER THEM AND DO A 2306 01:43:31,960 --> 01:43:32,600 PRESUBMISSION MEETING WITH THE 2307 01:43:32,600 --> 01:43:34,880 FDA AND GIVE FEEDBACK BEFORE 2308 01:43:34,880 --> 01:43:35,440 COMING BACK. 2309 01:43:35,440 --> 01:43:39,240 THEN A SUBSET OF THOSE THAT HAVE 2310 01:43:39,240 --> 01:43:39,840 GONE THROUGH THAT VIABILITY 2311 01:43:39,840 --> 01:43:43,120 PANEL ARE INVITED INTO THE DEEP 2312 01:43:43,120 --> 01:43:45,000 DIVE PANEL REVIEW STAGE. 2313 01:43:45,000 --> 01:43:46,640 AS PART OF THAT EVALUATION IT'S 2314 01:43:46,640 --> 01:43:49,360 A TWO-WEEK INTERACTIVE PROCESS 2315 01:43:49,360 --> 01:43:52,240 BETWEEN A PROJECT MENTOR WHO IS 2316 01:43:52,240 --> 01:43:55,600 ASSIGNED BY THE INCUBATOR HUBS 2317 01:43:55,600 --> 01:43:57,760 WHO HAS EXPERIENCED SUCCESSFULLY 2318 01:43:57,760 --> 01:43:58,480 TRANSLATING MEDICAL DEVICES AS 2319 01:43:58,480 --> 01:43:59,800 WELL AS A FACILITATOR ON THE 2320 01:43:59,800 --> 01:44:01,040 PROJECT AS WELL. 2321 01:44:01,040 --> 01:44:04,240 AND THERE'S A BACK AND FORTH 2322 01:44:04,240 --> 01:44:05,040 INTERACTIVE PROCESS WHERE THEY 2323 01:44:05,040 --> 01:44:09,000 DIG INTO THE DETAILS AND MORE OF 2324 01:44:09,000 --> 01:44:12,120 THE SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS AND THE 2325 01:44:12,120 --> 01:44:13,000 COMMERCIALIZATION POTENTIAL OF 2326 01:44:13,000 --> 01:44:17,000 THESE AND BASED ON THAT PREPARE 2327 01:44:17,000 --> 01:44:19,920 THE CURRENT STATUS AND WHAT THE 2328 01:44:19,920 --> 01:44:21,000 PERSPECTIVE MILESTONES MAY LOOK 2329 01:44:21,000 --> 01:44:24,120 AT FOR NIH TO CONSIDER THESE AND 2330 01:44:24,120 --> 01:44:26,920 AS PART OF THOSE AND THE PACKAGE 2331 01:44:26,920 --> 01:44:29,160 IS SENT FORWARD AND THOSE WHO 2332 01:44:29,160 --> 01:44:32,000 ARE GONE THROUGH THE DEEP DIVE 2333 01:44:32,000 --> 01:44:33,480 PROCESS IS CONSIDER FOR THE 2334 01:44:33,480 --> 01:44:36,040 SEEDLING IF A POTENTIAL RISK IS 2335 01:44:36,040 --> 01:44:37,880 IDENTIFIED FOR THE RISK OR 2336 01:44:37,880 --> 01:44:39,240 MILESTONE PHOR THE LARGER 2337 01:44:39,240 --> 01:44:40,680 DEVELOPING PROCESS. 2338 01:44:40,680 --> 01:44:43,640 OVER ALL THE INTERACTIVE PROCESS 2339 01:44:43,640 --> 01:44:45,840 IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. 2340 01:44:45,840 --> 01:44:47,360 WE'RE BRINGING THAT TO YOU HERE 2341 01:44:47,360 --> 01:44:50,040 AS THE WAY WE'RE EVALUATING 2342 01:44:50,040 --> 01:44:50,920 THIS. 2343 01:44:50,920 --> 01:44:52,160 AS NOTED HERE WE'RE IN THE MIDST 2344 01:44:52,160 --> 01:44:54,440 OF OUR THIRD CYCLE OF THESE. 2345 01:44:54,440 --> 01:44:59,240 THERE'S BEEN OVERWHELMING 2346 01:44:59,240 --> 01:45:05,280 PROPOSAL INTEREST AND 340 2347 01:45:05,280 --> 01:45:06,240 PRE-PROPOSALS AND WE'RE EXCITE 2348 01:45:06,240 --> 01:45:07,840 ABOUT THE LAUNCH AND PROGRESS SO 2349 01:45:07,840 --> 01:45:08,040 FAR. 2350 01:45:08,040 --> 01:45:09,800 THE OVER ALL SUMMARY AS 2351 01:45:09,800 --> 01:45:12,120 MENTIONED WE FUNDED THE 2352 01:45:12,120 --> 01:45:15,320 INCUBATOR HUB AWARDS BACK IN 2353 01:45:15,320 --> 01:45:18,000 2022 AND THEY LAUNCHED THE ROUND 2354 01:45:18,000 --> 01:45:19,320 IN THE PROCESS LATE LAST SUMMER 2355 01:45:19,320 --> 01:45:21,920 FOR THE FIRST CYCLE OF PROJECTS 2356 01:45:21,920 --> 01:45:23,040 SUBMITTED LAST FALL. 2357 01:45:23,040 --> 01:45:25,320 A LARGE NUMBER OF PROPOSALS AND 2358 01:45:25,320 --> 01:45:25,760 INTEREST RECEIVED. 2359 01:45:25,760 --> 01:45:29,360 WE AWARDED THE SEVEN PILOT 2360 01:45:29,360 --> 01:45:33,000 PROJECTS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR 2361 01:45:33,000 --> 01:45:36,920 AGO THAT EXPAND THE INTEREST OF 2362 01:45:36,920 --> 01:45:38,920 NICHD AND NIMHD AND PART OF THE 2363 01:45:38,920 --> 01:45:39,600 TRANSLATOR PROGRAM. 2364 01:45:39,600 --> 01:45:44,440 WE AWARD THE FIRST PROJECT 2365 01:45:44,440 --> 01:45:46,880 DEVELOPING A COST-EFFECTIVE 2366 01:45:46,880 --> 01:45:50,320 TACTILE DEVICE TO IMPROVE THE 2367 01:45:50,320 --> 01:45:51,120 CLINICAL COURSE AND GIVING YOU 2368 01:45:51,120 --> 01:45:52,160 AN IDEA OF THAT. 2369 01:45:52,160 --> 01:45:54,480 THE FIRST CONTRACT WAS AWARDED 2370 01:45:54,480 --> 01:45:57,000 THE PPD TO SUPPORT THE 2371 01:45:57,000 --> 01:45:57,920 REGULATORY ACTIVITIES EARLIER 2372 01:45:57,920 --> 01:45:59,760 THIS YEAR AND ADDITIONAL 2373 01:45:59,760 --> 01:46:00,720 CONTRACTS SUPPORTING THE 2374 01:46:00,720 --> 01:46:03,120 PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL 2375 01:46:03,120 --> 01:46:04,800 ACTIVITIES WILL HOPEFULLY BE 2376 01:46:04,800 --> 01:46:05,840 AWARDED SOON. 2377 01:46:05,840 --> 01:46:07,640 SO THE SECOND ROUND OF SEEDLINGS 2378 01:46:07,640 --> 01:46:10,680 AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE 2379 01:46:10,680 --> 01:46:12,880 RECOMMENDED THROUGH MAY 2023 2380 01:46:12,880 --> 01:46:13,840 COUNCIL AND GIVING INTEREST TO 2381 01:46:13,840 --> 01:46:16,600 NINDS AND BRAIN AND THOSE ARE ON 2382 01:46:16,600 --> 01:46:17,120 THE DOCKET FOR DISCUSSION 2383 01:46:17,120 --> 01:46:20,080 TOMORROW IN THE CLOSED SESSION. 2384 01:46:20,080 --> 01:46:22,880 WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK 2385 01:46:22,880 --> 01:46:24,360 ALL THE VARIOUS WORK GROUP 2386 01:46:24,360 --> 01:46:26,120 MEMBERS ACROSS THE INSTITUTES 2387 01:46:26,120 --> 01:46:28,560 AND CENTERS AND RELEVANT TO THE 2388 01:46:28,560 --> 01:46:32,800 LAST TALK AND TAKING OFF MY 2389 01:46:32,800 --> 01:46:35,280 BLUEPRINT MED TECH TALK WE HAVE 2390 01:46:35,280 --> 01:46:37,600 THE HEAL INITIATIVE AND BRAIN 2391 01:46:37,600 --> 01:46:38,360 INITIATIVE SIGNING ON AND THOSE 2392 01:46:38,360 --> 01:46:40,800 SET ASIDE FOR MOVING THE PROGRAM 2393 01:46:40,800 --> 01:46:41,000 FORWARD. 2394 01:46:41,000 --> 01:46:43,480 HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND 2395 01:46:43,480 --> 01:46:44,400 MIKE WILSON MY COLLEAGUE IS 2396 01:46:44,400 --> 01:46:52,200 ONLINE AS WELL. 2397 01:46:52,200 --> 01:46:53,880 >>I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE 2398 01:46:53,880 --> 01:46:56,560 PROGRAM. 2399 01:46:56,560 --> 01:46:58,840 I HAVE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE 2400 01:46:58,840 --> 01:46:59,160 APPLICATION. 2401 01:46:59,160 --> 01:46:59,840 THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION 2402 01:46:59,840 --> 01:47:02,080 BECAUSE IT HELPED TO UNDERSTAND 2403 01:47:02,080 --> 01:47:04,560 BETTER -- 2404 01:47:04,560 --> 01:47:06,920 >>CAN WE TAKE THE SLIDES DOWN. 2405 01:47:06,920 --> 01:47:08,760 >>THE QUESTION I HAVE WAS 2406 01:47:08,760 --> 01:47:14,320 AROUND THE FIRST PART OF THE 2407 01:47:14,320 --> 01:47:14,880 TRIAGE. 2408 01:47:14,880 --> 01:47:17,000 THE QUESTION IS THE PEOPLE WHO 2409 01:47:17,000 --> 01:47:20,440 ARE LOOKING AT THE INITIAL 2410 01:47:20,440 --> 01:47:24,040 TRIAGE, DO THEY HAVE MEDICAL 2411 01:47:24,040 --> 01:47:29,000 DEVICE EXPERIENCE? 2412 01:47:29,000 --> 01:47:33,360 BECAUSE LIKE TRADITIONAL SMALL 2413 01:47:33,360 --> 01:47:35,240 MOLECULE OR BIOLOGIC R&D THE 2414 01:47:35,240 --> 01:47:38,800 MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT IS A 2415 01:47:38,800 --> 01:47:40,080 DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH. 2416 01:47:40,080 --> 01:47:42,920 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 2417 01:47:42,920 --> 01:47:46,720 RIGHT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE 2418 01:47:46,720 --> 01:47:50,400 INITIAL SET OF PROPOSALS BECAUSE 2419 01:47:50,400 --> 01:47:52,360 THEN THEY GET TRIAGED AND MAY 2420 01:47:52,360 --> 01:47:55,040 NEVER GET TO SEE THE LIGHT OF 2421 01:47:55,040 --> 01:47:55,200 DAY. 2422 01:47:55,200 --> 01:47:56,520 >>ABSOLUTELY. 2423 01:47:56,520 --> 01:47:58,000 AT EACH STEP ALONG THE WAY 2424 01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:00,080 WITHIN THE PERSONNEL OF THE 2425 01:48:00,080 --> 01:48:01,440 INCUBATOR HUBS COORDINATING THE 2426 01:48:01,440 --> 01:48:02,880 PROCESS THEY HAVE SOME STAFF ON 2427 01:48:02,880 --> 01:48:04,280 BOARD WITH EXPERIENCE IN THIS 2428 01:48:04,280 --> 01:48:07,760 SPACE AND ALSO HAVE A COHORT OF 2429 01:48:07,760 --> 01:48:08,840 CONSULTANTS AVAILABLE THAT ARE 2430 01:48:08,840 --> 01:48:12,000 ESSENTIALLY UNRETAINERED TO HELP 2431 01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:13,600 OUT ON THE VARIOUS STAGES OF 2432 01:48:13,600 --> 01:48:16,880 REVIEW AND LOOKING AT THE 2433 01:48:16,880 --> 01:48:18,360 PROPOSALS FROM THAT LIGHT TO 2434 01:48:18,360 --> 01:48:21,400 MAKE SURE THIS ISN'T AN ACADEMIC 2435 01:48:21,400 --> 01:48:24,000 EXERCISE AND THERE REALLY IS A 2436 01:48:24,000 --> 01:48:27,640 POTENTIAL FOR A NEW MEDICAL 2437 01:48:27,640 --> 01:48:30,240 DEVICE IN THE REHAB SPACE AND 2438 01:48:30,240 --> 01:48:32,040 SIMILARLY WITH EACH STAGE OF 2439 01:48:32,040 --> 01:48:34,480 THOSE INTERACTIVE REVIEWS THE 2440 01:48:34,480 --> 01:48:36,400 FURTHER YOU GO THE MORE 2441 01:48:36,400 --> 01:48:38,240 INVOLVEMENT THERE ARE FROM THE 2442 01:48:38,240 --> 01:48:38,760 EXTERNAL MENTORS. 2443 01:48:38,760 --> 01:48:42,640 >>TWO MORE QUICK QUESTIONS, 2444 01:48:42,640 --> 01:48:44,840 GINA AND BOB BROWN. 2445 01:48:44,840 --> 01:48:46,760 >>FIRST I WANT TO COMMEND YOU 2446 01:48:46,760 --> 01:48:48,240 AND THE TEAM FOR THIS WELL 2447 01:48:48,240 --> 01:48:53,000 THOUGHT OUT INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE 2448 01:48:53,000 --> 01:48:53,360 PROGRAM. 2449 01:48:53,360 --> 01:48:57,000 I'M IMPRESSED AND I JUST WANTED 2450 01:48:57,000 --> 01:48:59,840 TO ASK YOU -- FIRST, I ALSO WANT 2451 01:48:59,840 --> 01:49:03,720 TO SAY I REALLY ESPECIALLY LIKE 2452 01:49:03,720 --> 01:49:05,040 THE FACT ALL THESE FREE 2453 01:49:05,040 --> 01:49:08,560 RESOURCES FOR APPLICANTS, 2454 01:49:08,560 --> 01:49:09,520 CONSULTANTS ARE AMAZING AND WANT 2455 01:49:09,520 --> 01:49:13,200 TO USE THEM MYSELF. 2456 01:49:13,200 --> 01:49:17,360 I WANT TO ASK YOU IF THERE'S 2457 01:49:17,360 --> 01:49:18,840 ANYTHING YOU FEEL THE INITIATIVE 2458 01:49:18,840 --> 01:49:24,160 NEEDS TO BE EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE 2459 01:49:24,160 --> 01:49:25,680 THAN IT IS ALREADY. 2460 01:49:25,680 --> 01:49:28,880 >>I'D SAY IT'S A BIT EARLY TO 2461 01:49:28,880 --> 01:49:29,040 SAY. 2462 01:49:29,040 --> 01:49:31,000 WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE FIRST 2463 01:49:31,000 --> 01:49:32,520 COUPLE ROUNDS AND GOING THROUGH 2464 01:49:32,520 --> 01:49:37,040 A PROCESS OF CONTINUOUS 2465 01:49:37,040 --> 01:49:38,040 IMPROVEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING 2466 01:49:38,040 --> 01:49:39,240 THE RESOURCE NEEDS OF THE 2467 01:49:39,240 --> 01:49:40,120 INVESTIGATORS AND BALANCING THAT 2468 01:49:40,120 --> 01:49:42,600 AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE 2469 01:49:42,600 --> 01:49:43,760 BURDEN OF SOME OF THEE 2470 01:49:43,760 --> 01:49:44,080 EVALUATION. 2471 01:49:44,080 --> 01:49:46,880 THE BRINGING IN THE PEOPLE WITH 2472 01:49:46,880 --> 01:49:51,960 SUFFICIENT EXPERTISE AND 2473 01:49:51,960 --> 01:49:52,280 MENTORSHIP. 2474 01:49:52,280 --> 01:49:53,640 I THINK MORE MONEY CAN HELP 2475 01:49:53,640 --> 01:49:56,440 BRING IN SOME OF THAT AND 2476 01:49:56,440 --> 01:50:00,560 VOLUNTEERING IS ALWAYS A BIT 2477 01:50:00,560 --> 01:50:00,840 CHALLENGING. 2478 01:50:00,840 --> 01:50:02,760 HELPING RESOURCE THE INCUBATORS 2479 01:50:02,760 --> 01:50:04,600 AND HELPING TO SUFFICIENTLY 2480 01:50:04,600 --> 01:50:10,240 RESOURCE US AND THE NIH SIDE TO 2481 01:50:10,240 --> 01:50:10,560 MANAGE THESE. 2482 01:50:10,560 --> 01:50:14,320 IF THERE'S A LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM 2483 01:50:14,320 --> 01:50:16,320 FOR THE PROJECT WILL SCALE UP ON 2484 01:50:16,320 --> 01:50:19,840 THE EFFORT SIDE AND 2485 01:50:19,840 --> 01:50:21,000 EVERYBODY'S -- 2486 01:50:21,000 --> 01:50:26,880 >>ALLEN AND THEN BOB WILL BE 2487 01:50:26,880 --> 01:50:28,760 THE LAST QUESTION. 2488 01:50:28,760 --> 01:50:32,160 >>DO YOU EVER DISCUSS THE 2489 01:50:32,160 --> 01:50:36,080 QUESTION OF PLACEBO IN THESE 2490 01:50:36,080 --> 01:50:37,000 TRIALS? 2491 01:50:37,000 --> 01:50:38,600 IT'S SO DIFFERENT FROM DRUG 2492 01:50:38,600 --> 01:50:39,240 TRIALS. 2493 01:50:39,240 --> 01:50:42,720 SO WHAT IS THE APPROACH AND IS 2494 01:50:42,720 --> 01:50:48,080 THAT SOMETHING YOU WORK TO 2495 01:50:48,080 --> 01:50:49,000 IDENTIFY? 2496 01:50:49,000 --> 01:50:53,440 >>SO WE'RE FREQUENTLY AT 2497 01:50:53,440 --> 01:50:54,320 CONFERENCES AND VARIOUS MEETINGS 2498 01:50:54,320 --> 01:50:56,120 DISCUSSING THE STRATEGIES 2499 01:50:56,120 --> 01:50:59,280 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DEAL WITH 2500 01:50:59,280 --> 01:51:02,000 NEUROSURGICAL IMPLANT. 2501 01:51:02,000 --> 01:51:03,880 YOU'RE NOT GOING IN AND 2502 01:51:03,880 --> 01:51:05,040 IMPLANTING A SPINAL CORD 2503 01:51:05,040 --> 01:51:05,960 STIMULATOR AND NOT DOING 2504 01:51:05,960 --> 01:51:08,200 ANYTHING TO THE PATIENT BUT THE 2505 01:51:08,200 --> 01:51:09,920 BEST STRATEGY MOST END UP EM 2506 01:51:09,920 --> 01:51:11,840 EMPLOYING WE SUPPORTED SO FAR IN 2507 01:51:11,840 --> 01:51:13,520 THE BRAIN AND HEAL INITIATIVE 2508 01:51:13,520 --> 01:51:15,040 PROGRAMS ARE ATTEMPTS TO USE THE 2509 01:51:15,040 --> 01:51:17,960 PATIENTS AS THEIR OWN CONTROL. 2510 01:51:17,960 --> 01:51:19,760 BASICALLY INTERNAL CROSSOVERS 2511 01:51:19,760 --> 01:51:23,480 WHERE YOU HAVE ONE COHORT THIS 2512 01:51:23,480 --> 01:51:24,160 BASICALLY STARTS WITH THE 2513 01:51:24,160 --> 01:51:25,760 THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT AT THE 2514 01:51:25,760 --> 01:51:27,640 BEGINNING AND MAYBE YOU SWITCH 2515 01:51:27,640 --> 01:51:29,960 OVER AFTER THAT FOR THE 2516 01:51:29,960 --> 01:51:30,840 CROSSOVER DESIGN. 2517 01:51:30,840 --> 01:51:32,960 THE CHALLENGE YOU RUN INTO THOSE 2518 01:51:32,960 --> 01:51:35,680 IS KIND OF -- SO YOU CAN 2519 01:51:35,680 --> 01:51:37,600 MITIGATE THE PLACEBO BUT YOU MAY 2520 01:51:37,600 --> 01:51:41,600 END UP ADDING IN A POTENTIAL 2521 01:51:41,600 --> 01:51:44,240 WASHOUT AS SOME OF THESE WHEN 2522 01:51:44,240 --> 01:51:45,680 YOU ELECTRONICALLY STATEMENT LIT 2523 01:51:45,680 --> 01:51:49,480 THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORT THERE 2524 01:51:49,480 --> 01:51:52,120 MAY BE CARRY ONES IN THE STUDY 2525 01:51:52,120 --> 01:51:54,720 WEEKS AFTER THE DEVICE YOU 2526 01:51:54,720 --> 01:51:55,280 ACTUALLY ENHANCED THEIR 2527 01:51:55,280 --> 01:51:56,880 FUNCTION, HOW DO YOU FIGURE OUT 2528 01:51:56,880 --> 01:51:58,880 WHAT THAT WASH OUT IS AND CARRY 2529 01:51:58,880 --> 01:51:59,760 THAT ON? 2530 01:51:59,760 --> 01:52:02,120 AT THE BEGINNING BEING ABLE TO 2531 01:52:02,120 --> 01:52:04,920 DETERMINE A POSITIVE EFFECT FROM 2532 01:52:04,920 --> 01:52:05,840 THE ONSET OF USING THE 2533 01:52:05,840 --> 01:52:07,160 TECHNOLOGY SHOULD HELP. 2534 01:52:07,160 --> 01:52:09,600 AND THEN IN THE DIAGNOSTICS 2535 01:52:09,600 --> 01:52:11,800 SPACE MOST OF THE CASES TRYING 2536 01:52:11,800 --> 01:52:15,920 TO COMPARE WHATEVER IS CURRENTLY 2537 01:52:15,920 --> 01:52:20,840 AVAILABLE GRANTED WITH THE MED 2538 01:52:20,840 --> 01:52:21,640 TECH PROGRAM PUSHING TOWARDS 2539 01:52:21,640 --> 01:52:23,760 NOVEL DEVICES THERE MAY NOT BE 2540 01:52:23,760 --> 01:52:27,480 ONE YOU CAN READILY COMPARE TO. 2541 01:52:27,480 --> 01:52:30,680 LOOKING TO OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE 2542 01:52:30,680 --> 01:52:33,280 FDA AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH 2543 01:52:33,280 --> 01:52:35,720 THEM AND COUNTERPARTS FOR THESE 2544 01:52:35,720 --> 01:52:36,000 ACTIVITIES. 2545 01:52:36,000 --> 01:52:38,360 AND ACTUALLY THE PERSON WHO 2546 01:52:38,360 --> 01:52:44,480 NEEDS THE NEURO LOGICAL DEVICES 2547 01:52:44,480 --> 01:52:48,200 WAS A CO-LEAD FOR THE MED TECH 2548 01:52:48,200 --> 01:52:48,520 PROGRAM. 2549 01:52:48,520 --> 01:52:50,480 >>BOB BROWN, LAST QUESTION. 2550 01:52:50,480 --> 01:53:01,040 SORRY TO PUSH THINGS ALONG HERE. 2551 01:53:01,400 --> 01:53:02,200 >>IT'S TERRIFIC YOU STARTED TO 2552 01:53:02,200 --> 01:53:04,520 FUND THE APPLICATIONS. 2553 01:53:04,520 --> 01:53:06,560 MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE 2554 01:53:06,560 --> 01:53:07,320 STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM. 2555 01:53:07,320 --> 01:53:12,400 YOU CREATED HUBS WHICH COULD BE 2556 01:53:12,400 --> 01:53:15,440 ARGUED TO BE MAYBI NINDS AND 2557 01:53:15,440 --> 01:53:18,480 EXTERNAL SATELLITES THAT SOLICIT 2558 01:53:18,480 --> 01:53:20,200 GRANTS AND APPRAISE THEM AND 2559 01:53:20,200 --> 01:53:21,120 MOVE THEM ON. 2560 01:53:21,120 --> 01:53:22,520 WHY COULDN'T BE THAT BE DONE IN 2561 01:53:22,520 --> 01:53:25,000 THE COMMITTEE WITHIN THE NINDS? 2562 01:53:25,000 --> 01:53:26,200 IT SEEMS IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE 2563 01:53:26,200 --> 01:53:26,880 DUPLICATION? 2564 01:53:26,880 --> 01:53:28,720 DO THE HUBS HAVE PARTICULAR 2565 01:53:28,720 --> 01:53:29,640 EXPERTISE THAT IS APPROPRIATE 2566 01:53:29,640 --> 01:53:32,680 FOR THE KINDS OF APPLICATIONS 2567 01:53:32,680 --> 01:53:37,960 THEY'RE REQUESTING OR MAYBE YOU 2568 01:53:37,960 --> 01:53:39,720 CAN ANSWER THAT. 2569 01:53:39,720 --> 01:53:45,000 >>YES, THE EXPERTISE QUESTION. 2570 01:53:45,000 --> 01:53:51,320 FINDING THEM AND BRINGING IN THE 2571 01:53:51,320 --> 01:53:53,000 EXPERTISE FROM AN EVALUATION 2572 01:53:53,000 --> 01:54:03,560 STANDPOINT AND AND I AND REALLY 2573 01:54:10,280 --> 01:54:14,920 TRYING TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM A 2574 01:54:14,920 --> 01:54:16,120 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND 2575 01:54:16,120 --> 01:54:18,520 STREAMLINE AND MIRROR AT LEAST 2576 01:54:18,520 --> 01:54:21,000 THE SUCCESS WITH THE 2577 01:54:21,000 --> 01:54:22,640 COVID-RELATED DIAGNOSTICS 2578 01:54:22,640 --> 01:54:24,120 THROUGH THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT 2579 01:54:24,120 --> 01:54:24,520 FASTER. 2580 01:54:24,520 --> 01:54:28,720 I THINK THE OTHER PART BEING TO 2581 01:54:28,720 --> 01:54:31,200 ALMOST STRUCTURE THIS MORE LIKE 2582 01:54:31,200 --> 01:54:33,800 WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY HAPPEN IN A 2583 01:54:33,800 --> 01:54:35,360 VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT 2584 01:54:35,360 --> 01:54:35,880 PROCESS. 2585 01:54:35,880 --> 01:54:38,400 LOOKING AT THE OVER ALL PICTURE 2586 01:54:38,400 --> 01:54:39,360 OF THE POTENTIAL OF THE 2587 01:54:39,360 --> 01:54:42,920 TECHNOLOGY AND THERAPY AND NOT 2588 01:54:42,920 --> 01:54:45,560 NECESSARILY THE RESEARCH PLAN 2589 01:54:45,560 --> 01:54:47,000 AND TRADITIONAL REVIEW 2590 01:54:47,000 --> 01:54:47,320 ENVIRONMENT. 2591 01:54:47,320 --> 01:54:51,200 TO SOME EXTENT THAT DOES CREATE 2592 01:54:51,200 --> 01:54:55,720 DUPLICATION BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE 2593 01:54:55,720 --> 01:54:57,800 IT OFFLOADS SOME OF OUR STAFF 2594 01:54:57,800 --> 01:54:59,360 NEEDS AS WELL. 2595 01:54:59,360 --> 01:55:03,560 >>THANK YOU. 2596 01:55:03,560 --> 01:55:06,120 >>THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS 2597 01:55:06,120 --> 01:55:07,320 EXPLORATORY FOR US FOR SURE AND 2598 01:55:07,320 --> 01:55:15,240 MIKE WILSON IS ON THE LINE 2599 01:55:15,240 --> 01:55:19,040 THERE'S MORE IN THIS SPACE AND 2600 01:55:19,040 --> 01:55:19,840 THEY CONVINCED THE FOLKS THIS 2601 01:55:19,840 --> 01:55:24,320 WAS THE WAY TO GO FOR THIS 2602 01:55:24,320 --> 01:55:25,640 PARTICULAR PROJECT BECAUSE OF 2603 01:55:25,640 --> 01:55:27,960 THE HIGH VOLUME OF EARLY STAGE 2604 01:55:27,960 --> 01:55:30,200 THINGS. 2605 01:55:30,200 --> 01:55:32,680 MIKE, DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE 2606 01:55:32,680 --> 01:55:33,000 EXPERIENCE. 2607 01:55:33,000 --> 01:55:36,640 >>SURE, WALTER. 2608 01:55:36,640 --> 01:55:39,320 THE PROGRAM GOING ON IN ITS 16th 2609 01:55:39,320 --> 01:55:39,520 YEAR. 2610 01:55:39,520 --> 01:55:43,840 WE'VE WORKING ON WITH THE IN 2611 01:55:43,840 --> 01:55:47,080 VITRO DIAGNOSTIC FRONTS AND 2612 01:55:47,080 --> 01:55:49,160 DIAGNOSTIC DISEASE AND HIV AND 2613 01:55:49,160 --> 01:55:51,640 STIs AS WELL AS NEUROLOGICAL 2614 01:55:51,640 --> 01:55:53,000 DEVICES AND THE MODEL USING THE 2615 01:55:53,000 --> 01:55:55,160 HUBS TO SOLICIT AND REVIEW AND 2616 01:55:55,160 --> 01:55:56,560 MANAGE PROJECTS HAS BEEN GOING 2617 01:55:56,560 --> 01:55:59,120 ON IN OTHER INSTITUTES AND 2618 01:55:59,120 --> 01:56:02,080 CENTERS AND ALL COLLECTED 2619 01:56:02,080 --> 01:56:03,600 RECENTLY IN THE SEED OFFICE WITH 2620 01:56:03,600 --> 01:56:05,080 THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR AND 2621 01:56:05,080 --> 01:56:08,920 THE HUBS AND NCI THAT COVERS ALL 2622 01:56:08,920 --> 01:56:11,160 DISEASES, ALL INDICATIONS ACROSS 2623 01:56:11,160 --> 01:56:12,800 NIH'S SPECTRUM. 2624 01:56:12,800 --> 01:56:15,920 WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE HUB 2625 01:56:15,920 --> 01:56:18,640 MODEL OF ASSISTING AND REVIEWING 2626 01:56:18,640 --> 01:56:21,000 PROJECTS HEADING TOWARDS 2627 01:56:21,000 --> 01:56:21,400 COMMERCIALIZATION. 2628 01:56:21,400 --> 01:56:23,480 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE RESEARCH 2629 01:56:23,480 --> 01:56:26,760 AND UNDERSTANDING PHYSIOLOGY BUT 2630 01:56:26,760 --> 01:56:29,200 BETTING ON A PATH TO TRANSLATION 2631 01:56:29,200 --> 01:56:33,080 NOT JUST SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF 2632 01:56:33,080 --> 01:56:34,560 SPECIFIC CIRCUMSCRIBED PROBLEMS 2633 01:56:34,560 --> 01:56:35,840 TODAY BUT WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS 2634 01:56:35,840 --> 01:56:38,360 TO GET TO MARKET AND THE 2635 01:56:38,360 --> 01:56:40,360 COMMERCIALIZATION PLAN AND 2636 01:56:40,360 --> 01:56:40,960 REIMBURSEMENT STRATEGY AND 2637 01:56:40,960 --> 01:56:42,320 THINGS SEEN AS UNNECESSARY FOR 2638 01:56:42,320 --> 01:56:43,600 RESEARCH GRANT ARE INCLUDED IN 2639 01:56:43,600 --> 01:56:51,080 THE HUB-BASED PROJECTS. 2640 01:56:51,080 --> 01:56:52,960 >>DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR 2641 01:56:52,960 --> 01:56:53,240 QUESTION? 2642 01:56:53,240 --> 01:56:57,320 >>THAT'S A BIG STEP FORWARD. 2643 01:56:57,320 --> 01:56:58,880 THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 2644 01:56:58,880 --> 01:57:00,960 WE CAN DISCUSS OFFLINE. 2645 01:57:00,960 --> 01:57:02,320 >>THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT 2646 01:57:02,320 --> 01:57:06,200 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INITIATIVE 2647 01:57:06,200 --> 01:57:07,560 AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST 2648 01:57:07,560 --> 01:57:09,440 >>SO WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. 2649 01:57:09,440 --> 01:57:11,560 WE JUST USED UP OUR BREAK BUT 2650 01:57:11,560 --> 01:57:13,720 WHY DON'T WE TAKE A 10-MINUTE 2651 01:57:13,720 --> 01:57:18,520 BREAK AND COME BACK AT 20 OF. 2652 01:57:18,520 --> 01:57:20,840 THANK YOU, THAT WAS GREAT. 2653 01:57:20,840 --> 01:57:27,320 >>THANKS, AGAIN, EVERYBODY. 2654 01:57:27,320 --> 01:57:29,280 >>SO THE NINDS MISSION IS TO 2655 01:57:29,280 --> 01:57:30,760 REDUCE THE BURDEN OF 2656 01:57:30,760 --> 01:57:32,360 NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES FOR ALL 2657 01:57:32,360 --> 01:57:34,640 AND WE DO THAT BY THE VARIOUS 2658 01:57:34,640 --> 01:57:36,320 STRATEGIES LISTED HERO ON THIS 2659 01:57:36,320 --> 01:57:37,840 PARTICULAR SLIDE. 2660 01:57:37,840 --> 01:57:43,760 HOWEVER, WE KNOW HISTORICALLY 2661 01:57:43,760 --> 01:57:46,000 MARGINALIZED AND VULNERABLE 2662 01:57:46,000 --> 01:57:47,960 POPULATIONS EXPERIENCE MANY 2663 01:57:47,960 --> 01:57:54,560 NEUROLOGICAL DISPARITIES AND 2664 01:57:54,560 --> 01:57:58,600 INEQUITIES AND WE NEED 2665 01:57:58,600 --> 01:58:00,080 DELIBERATE APPROACHES AND HEALTH 2666 01:58:00,080 --> 01:58:02,920 EQUITY IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF 2667 01:58:02,920 --> 01:58:04,520 HEALTH FOR ALL PEOPLE REQUIRING 2668 01:58:04,520 --> 01:58:06,240 VALUING EVERYONE EQUALLY AND 2669 01:58:06,240 --> 01:58:10,120 ELIMINATING HEALTH DISPARITIES. 2670 01:58:10,120 --> 01:58:11,800 THIS DEMONSTRATES A ONE SIZE 2671 01:58:11,800 --> 01:58:16,480 FITS ALL STRATEGY DOES NOT WORK. 2672 01:58:16,480 --> 01:58:17,120 UNIQUE INHERENT DIFFERENCES MUST 2673 01:58:17,120 --> 01:58:18,080 BE CONSIDERED. 2674 01:58:18,080 --> 01:58:21,680 IN 2020 DR. WALTER KOROSHETZ 2675 01:58:21,680 --> 01:58:25,240 COMMISSIONED A WORK GROUP TO 2676 01:58:25,240 --> 01:58:27,600 ADDRESS NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH 2677 01:58:27,600 --> 01:58:32,680 INEQUITY TO ADVANCE HEALTH 2678 01:58:32,680 --> 01:58:33,640 NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH EQUITY 2679 01:58:33,640 --> 01:58:34,840 RECOMMENDATIONS USED TO GUIDE 2680 01:58:34,840 --> 01:58:35,880 THE INSTITUTE'S RESEARCH 2681 01:58:35,880 --> 01:58:38,640 INVESTMENTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE 2682 01:58:38,640 --> 01:58:41,320 TO 10 YEARS. 2683 01:58:41,320 --> 01:58:42,920 MULTIPLE COMPONENTS WENT TO THE 2684 01:58:42,920 --> 01:58:45,040 PLANNING PROCESS I HAVE 2685 01:58:45,040 --> 01:58:45,680 OUTLINED. 2686 01:58:45,680 --> 01:58:49,400 THE MAJOR OUTPUT IS A SERIES OF 2687 01:58:49,400 --> 01:58:50,440 10 MANUSCRIPTS THAT HAVE BEEN 2688 01:58:50,440 --> 01:58:52,120 PUBLISHED AND ALL SUBMITTED AND 2689 01:58:52,120 --> 01:58:54,240 ACCEPTED TO BE PUBLISHED ONLINE 2690 01:58:54,240 --> 01:58:58,640 OPEN ACCESS AS DEDICATED 2691 01:58:58,640 --> 01:59:00,440 SUPPLEMENT IN THE NEUROLOGY 2692 01:59:00,440 --> 01:59:01,680 JOURNAL IN MID AUGUST 2023. 2693 01:59:01,680 --> 01:59:05,080 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 2694 01:59:05,080 --> 01:59:08,000 THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE DEPICTS 2695 01:59:08,000 --> 01:59:11,720 THE HEALTH EQUITY WORK GROUP 2696 01:59:11,720 --> 01:59:13,840 MEMBERS. 2697 01:59:13,840 --> 01:59:15,320 MANY OR SEVERAL ARE STILL 2698 01:59:15,320 --> 01:59:17,120 CURRENT NANDS MEMBERS YOU CAN 2699 01:59:17,120 --> 01:59:26,000 SEE ON THE PARTICULAR SLIDE. 2700 01:59:26,000 --> 01:59:28,760 THE NANDS HEALTH EQUITY 2701 01:59:28,760 --> 01:59:30,640 MANUSCRIPTS COVERED COMMUNITY 2702 01:59:30,640 --> 01:59:31,920 ENGAGEMENT, TRAINING AND 2703 01:59:31,920 --> 01:59:32,720 EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION AND 2704 01:59:32,720 --> 01:59:34,200 HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH. 2705 01:59:34,200 --> 01:59:35,680 AND YOUR COUNCIL BACKGROUND 2706 01:59:35,680 --> 01:59:38,320 MATERIALS WE PROVIDED A LIST OF 2707 01:59:38,320 --> 01:59:39,400 CONSOLIDATED HIGH-LEVEL 2708 01:59:39,400 --> 01:59:41,000 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EACH SUB 2709 01:59:41,000 --> 01:59:42,520 GROUP OF THE LARGER NANDS HEALTH 2710 01:59:42,520 --> 01:59:44,640 EQUITY WORK GROUP AND THE TITLES 2711 01:59:44,640 --> 01:59:46,640 OF THE 10 MANUSCRIPTS. 2712 01:59:46,640 --> 01:59:48,640 THESE HIGH-LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS 2713 01:59:48,640 --> 01:59:53,800 WERE PRESENTED BY DOCTORS KAREN 2714 01:59:53,800 --> 01:59:58,240 JOHNSON IN THE 2022 MEETING IN 2715 01:59:58,240 --> 02:00:02,360 AN EFFORT TO SAVE TIME I WENT GO 2716 02:00:02,360 --> 02:00:05,680 THAT TO GET TO CHERYSE SANKAR'S 2717 02:00:05,680 --> 02:00:08,360 PRESENTATION AND WE ARE NOW 2718 02:00:08,360 --> 02:00:11,960 FOCUSSED ON STRATEGIC 2719 02:00:11,960 --> 02:00:14,160 IMPLEMENTATION OF FROM THE 2720 02:00:14,160 --> 02:00:17,120 MANUSCRIPT AND DR. CHERYSE 2721 02:00:17,120 --> 02:00:18,440 SANKAR WILL PRESENT THE FIRST 2722 02:00:18,440 --> 02:00:23,480 INITIATIVES IN DIRECT RESPONSE 2723 02:00:23,480 --> 02:00:34,200 TO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE 2724 02:00:37,360 --> 02:00:40,400 I HARD IT OVER TO HER I WANT TO 2725 02:00:40,400 --> 02:00:42,640 THANK OUR COLLEAGUES WHO 2726 02:00:42,640 --> 02:00:45,400 CONTRIBUTED ACROSS THE NINDS. 2727 02:00:45,400 --> 02:00:55,880 NOW OVER TO CHERYSE SANKAR. 2728 02:00:58,280 --> 02:01:00,040 >>THANK YOU, RICHARD. 2729 02:01:00,040 --> 02:01:05,440 THANKS EVERYONE AND HELLO. 2730 02:01:05,440 --> 02:01:15,760 HAPPY TO BE HERE. 2731 02:01:20,000 --> 02:01:23,200 I'LL START BY REITERATING OUR 2732 02:01:23,200 --> 02:01:24,440 OVER ARCHING LONG-TERM GOALS 2733 02:01:24,440 --> 02:01:25,400 WHICH INCLUDE UNDERSTANDING 2734 02:01:25,400 --> 02:01:27,080 SPECIFIC DRIVERS OF HEALTH 2735 02:01:27,080 --> 02:01:29,080 DISPARITIES AND BARRIERS TO 2736 02:01:29,080 --> 02:01:30,960 NEUROLOGICAL HEALTH EQUITY, 2737 02:01:30,960 --> 02:01:33,320 PREVENTING AND DECREASING 2738 02:01:33,320 --> 02:01:34,280 NEUROLOGICAL MORBIDITY AND 2739 02:01:34,280 --> 02:01:37,480 MORTALITY AND DEVELOPING 2740 02:01:37,480 --> 02:01:39,200 EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE 2741 02:01:39,200 --> 02:01:39,920 INTERVENTIONS FOR POPULATIONS 2742 02:01:39,920 --> 02:01:43,040 THAT EXPERIENCE HEALTH 2743 02:01:43,040 --> 02:01:43,360 DISPARITIES. 2744 02:01:43,360 --> 02:01:45,560 WHEN WE REFER TO THESE 2745 02:01:45,560 --> 02:01:47,160 POPULATIONS WE'RE REFERRING TO 2746 02:01:47,160 --> 02:01:50,880 NIH DESIGNATED POPULATIONS I MAY 2747 02:01:50,880 --> 02:01:52,800 REFER TO THEM AS HDPs LISTED 2748 02:01:52,800 --> 02:01:54,200 HERE FOR YOUR PREFERENCE. 2749 02:01:54,200 --> 02:01:57,440 SO IN LOOK AT THE 2750 02:01:57,440 --> 02:02:02,640 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2751 02:02:02,640 --> 02:02:03,280 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS 2752 02:02:03,280 --> 02:02:05,200 THERE'S GOALS WITH COMMUNITY 2753 02:02:05,200 --> 02:02:05,840 ENGAGEMENT, HEALTH EQUITY 2754 02:02:05,840 --> 02:02:08,560 RESEARCH AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY 2755 02:02:08,560 --> 02:02:09,480 RESEARCH TEAMS. 2756 02:02:09,480 --> 02:02:10,840 THERE'S AN OVERARCHING THEME OF 2757 02:02:10,840 --> 02:02:14,760 TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING. 2758 02:02:14,760 --> 02:02:16,760 COLLECTIVELY WE'RE CALLING THIS 2759 02:02:16,760 --> 02:02:22,600 CONCEPT COMMUNITY ENGAGED HEALTH 2760 02:02:22,600 --> 02:02:24,800 EQUITY RESEARCH IN NEUROSCIENCE. 2761 02:02:24,800 --> 02:02:28,000 THE FIRST, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2762 02:02:28,000 --> 02:02:31,200 I'M HIGHLIGHTING A COUPLE 2763 02:02:31,200 --> 02:02:32,520 RECOMMENDATIONS RICHARD COVERED 2764 02:02:32,520 --> 02:02:37,000 18 AND MANY COVER COMMUNITY 2765 02:02:37,000 --> 02:02:37,280 ENGAGEMENT. 2766 02:02:37,280 --> 02:02:41,200 SIX IS INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY 2767 02:02:41,200 --> 02:02:46,440 EARLY AND LOOKING AT 2768 02:02:46,440 --> 02:02:49,360 OPPORTUNITIES AND RECOMMENDATION 2769 02:02:49,360 --> 02:02:51,720 8 CALLED FOR INCREASING AND 2770 02:02:51,720 --> 02:02:52,480 IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES 2771 02:02:52,480 --> 02:02:53,840 TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY DISTRUST. 2772 02:02:53,840 --> 02:02:55,960 WHAT WE KNOW FROM OUR PORTFOLIO 2773 02:02:55,960 --> 02:02:58,720 ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE HEALTH 2774 02:02:58,720 --> 02:03:00,720 EQUITY STRATEGIC PLANNING 2775 02:03:00,720 --> 02:03:02,640 PROCESS IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE 2776 02:03:02,640 --> 02:03:04,440 INCLUDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS 2777 02:03:04,440 --> 02:03:07,880 A WHOLE OUR INSTITUTE IS IN THIS 2778 02:03:07,880 --> 02:03:09,440 RED-ORANGE STATE OF NO COMMUNITY 2779 02:03:09,440 --> 02:03:10,400 INVOLVEMENT OR LITTLE COMMUNITY 2780 02:03:10,400 --> 02:03:14,960 INVOLVEMENT AND THE GOAL AS PART 2781 02:03:14,960 --> 02:03:17,840 OF THIS IS TO MOVE WHERE MORE 2782 02:03:17,840 --> 02:03:18,480 COMMUNITY-DRIVEN RESEARCH IS 2783 02:03:18,480 --> 02:03:22,080 TAKING PLACE MORE OFTEN. 2784 02:03:22,080 --> 02:03:25,480 BRIEF EXAMPLES OF PRINCIPLES 2785 02:03:25,480 --> 02:03:27,760 INCLUDE DRESSING BARRIERS TO 2786 02:03:27,760 --> 02:03:29,200 RESEARCH PARTICIPATION. 2787 02:03:29,200 --> 02:03:33,400 ENSURING RESPECTFUL EQUITABLE 2788 02:03:33,400 --> 02:03:34,000 AND BI-DIRECTIONAL KNOWLEDGE 2789 02:03:34,000 --> 02:03:38,760 CONTROVERSY AND BUILDING TRUST. 2790 02:03:38,760 --> 02:03:47,280 WHILE THESE A -- ARE USEFUL 2791 02:03:47,280 --> 02:03:50,120 THEY'RE FOR WHO HAVE WARRANTED 2792 02:03:50,120 --> 02:03:51,520 MISTRUST IN RESEARCH AND THE 2793 02:03:51,520 --> 02:03:53,400 HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND THUS 2794 02:03:53,400 --> 02:03:55,720 COMMUNITY ENGAGED RESEARCH 2795 02:03:55,720 --> 02:03:59,240 IMPLEMENTS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2796 02:03:59,240 --> 02:04:02,680 PRINCIPLES AND MEANINGFULLY 2797 02:04:02,680 --> 02:04:05,240 INVOLVES THIS POPULATION WITHIN 2798 02:04:05,240 --> 02:04:06,600 THE RESEARCH PROCESS. 2799 02:04:06,600 --> 02:04:10,640 THE OTHER ELEMENT IS HEALTH 2800 02:04:10,640 --> 02:04:14,640 EQUITY RESEARCH AND HIGHLIGHTING 2801 02:04:14,640 --> 02:04:25,840 TWO AND INCREASE INCREASING DEL 2802 02:04:27,120 --> 02:04:29,760 DETERMINATES AND BIAS DRIVE 2803 02:04:29,760 --> 02:04:32,560 INEQUITY AND INCREASE 2804 02:04:32,560 --> 02:04:33,200 PARTICIPATION IN CLINICAL TRIALS 2805 02:04:33,200 --> 02:04:35,240 AND ADDRESSING SDOH RELATED 2806 02:04:35,240 --> 02:04:37,840 QUESTIONS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN 2807 02:04:37,840 --> 02:04:40,280 WITH DEVELOPING 2808 02:04:40,280 --> 02:04:43,240 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TARGETED 2809 02:04:43,240 --> 02:04:47,800 INTERVENTIONS AND SOCIAL 2810 02:04:47,800 --> 02:04:50,640 DETERMINATES OF HEALTH INCLUDE 2811 02:04:50,640 --> 02:04:54,920 EDUCATION AND FACTORS INCLUDE 2812 02:04:54,920 --> 02:04:58,640 ROLLS IN UNDERSTANDING HEALTH 2813 02:04:58,640 --> 02:05:02,640 DISPARITIES THROUGH SCREENING 2814 02:05:02,640 --> 02:05:10,640 AND MEASUREMENT AND AND THE 2815 02:05:10,640 --> 02:05:12,960 HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH SHOULD BE 2816 02:05:12,960 --> 02:05:14,720 CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND 2817 02:05:14,720 --> 02:05:16,280 INCLUSIVE GOING BACK TO 2818 02:05:16,280 --> 02:05:18,640 ENGAGEMENT WITH BUY-IN FROM 2819 02:05:18,640 --> 02:05:28,040 COMMUNITIES WE WISH TO SERVE. 2820 02:05:28,040 --> 02:05:30,640 AND PROMOTING HEALTH EQUITY 2821 02:05:30,640 --> 02:05:36,160 RESEARCH AIMED AT NON-MINORITY 2822 02:05:36,160 --> 02:05:38,960 INVESTIGATORS AND NON-URM 2823 02:05:38,960 --> 02:05:41,040 INVESTIGATORS AND FOR TRAINING 2824 02:05:41,040 --> 02:05:42,200 OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH 2825 02:05:42,200 --> 02:05:43,840 ACADEMIC CAREERS IN THIS FIELD. 2826 02:05:43,840 --> 02:05:45,840 WHEN WE THINK OF 2827 02:05:45,840 --> 02:05:48,880 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELD IN 2828 02:05:48,880 --> 02:05:50,520 NEUROSCIENCE WE HAVE MULTIPLE 2829 02:05:50,520 --> 02:05:52,480 GOALS INCLUDING 2830 02:05:52,480 --> 02:05:53,840 MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH 2831 02:05:53,840 --> 02:05:55,080 EXPERTISE AND TRAINING AND 2832 02:05:55,080 --> 02:05:56,840 EDUCATION IN CURRENT RELATED 2833 02:05:56,840 --> 02:05:58,640 TOPICS AND IMPORTANTLY THEY 2834 02:05:58,640 --> 02:05:59,880 SHOULD BE DIVERSE IN CAREER 2835 02:05:59,880 --> 02:06:01,120 STAGE SO EARLY 2836 02:06:01,120 --> 02:06:01,960 STAGE-INVESTIGATORS ARE 2837 02:06:01,960 --> 02:06:03,720 ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AND 2838 02:06:03,720 --> 02:06:05,240 SUPPORTED BY A STRONG TEAM AND 2839 02:06:05,240 --> 02:06:07,600 THE TEAM ITSELF SHOULD STRIVE TO 2840 02:06:07,600 --> 02:06:10,640 HAVE REPRESENTATION OF 2841 02:06:10,640 --> 02:06:15,480 POPULATIONS OF INTEREST. 2842 02:06:15,480 --> 02:06:17,920 AND WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY 2843 02:06:17,920 --> 02:06:20,720 ENGAGED HEALTH EQUITY RESEARCH 2844 02:06:20,720 --> 02:06:22,600 IN NEUROSCIENCE INITIATIVE. 2845 02:06:22,600 --> 02:06:24,360 AND WE THANK OUR COMMITTEE AND 2846 02:06:24,360 --> 02:06:25,560 HEALTH EQUITY WORK GROUP AND 2847 02:06:25,560 --> 02:06:27,240 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND 2848 02:06:27,240 --> 02:06:28,880 RESEARCH INCLUSION WORK GROUPS 2849 02:06:28,880 --> 02:06:33,560 WITHIN DCR FOR HELPING BUILD 2850 02:06:33,560 --> 02:06:34,280 THIS CONCEPT. 2851 02:06:34,280 --> 02:06:37,360 IT'S A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO 2852 02:06:37,360 --> 02:06:38,640 ENGAGE IN RESEARCH ACROSS 2853 02:06:38,640 --> 02:06:40,320 DISORDERS WITH POPULATIONS THAT 2854 02:06:40,320 --> 02:06:41,240 EXPERIENCE HEALTH DISPARITIES 2855 02:06:41,240 --> 02:06:43,280 AND SUPPORT COLLABORATIONS, 2856 02:06:43,280 --> 02:06:44,920 EDUCATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING 2857 02:06:44,920 --> 02:06:46,040 IN THIS FIELD. 2858 02:06:46,040 --> 02:06:47,640 FOR THIS COUNCIL ROUND WE'RE 2859 02:06:47,640 --> 02:06:50,000 PROPOSING THREE COMPLIMENTARY 2860 02:06:50,000 --> 02:06:52,440 BUT DISTINCT MECHANISMS AIMED AT 2861 02:06:52,440 --> 02:06:54,160 MEETING RESEARCHERS WHERE THEY 2862 02:06:54,160 --> 02:06:57,640 ARE THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF 2863 02:06:57,640 --> 02:06:58,640 NEURODEVELOPMENT HEALTH EQUITY 2864 02:06:58,640 --> 02:07:02,600 RESEARCH AND HAVE A REQUISITE 2865 02:07:02,600 --> 02:07:04,320 FOCUS ON POPULATIONS THAT 2866 02:07:04,320 --> 02:07:06,640 EXPERIENCE HEALTH DISPARITIES 2867 02:07:06,640 --> 02:07:09,120 THAT'S A GOAL TO ASSESS 2868 02:07:09,120 --> 02:07:17,200 FEASIBILITY AND DETERMINE BEST 2869 02:07:17,200 --> 02:07:23,680 PRACTICES AND AND INCLUDING AIMS 2870 02:07:23,680 --> 02:07:29,000 TO SUPPORT AND AND ENGAGEMENT 2871 02:07:29,000 --> 02:07:30,640 AND OR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY 2872 02:07:30,640 --> 02:07:37,480 RESEARCH TEAM EXPERTS. 2873 02:07:37,480 --> 02:07:40,600 AND RESEARCH WITH A MAJOR IMPACT 2874 02:07:40,600 --> 02:07:42,640 ON EVALUATING STRATEGIES TO 2875 02:07:42,640 --> 02:07:46,160 IMPROVE OUTCOMES RELATED TO 2876 02:07:46,160 --> 02:07:47,240 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. 2877 02:07:47,240 --> 02:07:48,960 WE KNOW BUILDING 2878 02:07:48,960 --> 02:07:49,600 COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS 2879 02:07:49,600 --> 02:07:51,800 TAKES TIME AND ENSURING RECRUIT 2880 02:07:51,800 --> 02:07:56,320 MANY AND ATTENTION IN THE 2881 02:07:56,320 --> 02:07:57,360 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IS AND 2882 02:07:57,360 --> 02:07:59,520 OFTEN THE TAILORED STRATEGIES 2883 02:07:59,520 --> 02:08:01,560 ARE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OR 2884 02:08:01,560 --> 02:08:02,640 BEGINNING OF A TRIAL. 2885 02:08:02,640 --> 02:08:06,480 THE RO1 SET THE STAGE TO 2886 02:08:06,480 --> 02:08:13,440 INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF 2887 02:08:13,440 --> 02:08:19,680 SUCCESS BY ENSURING AND 2888 02:08:19,680 --> 02:08:21,120 SUCCESSFULLY DESIGN TO REDUCE 2889 02:08:21,120 --> 02:08:22,840 DISPARITIES AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES 2890 02:08:22,840 --> 02:08:24,960 IN HDPs. 2891 02:08:24,960 --> 02:08:26,120 FINALLY THE ADMINISTRATIVE 2892 02:08:26,120 --> 02:08:29,080 SUPPLEMENT AIMS TO FILL SPECIFIC 2893 02:08:29,080 --> 02:08:31,400 GAP IN COMMUNITY RESEARCH WITHIN 2894 02:08:31,400 --> 02:08:33,240 OUR CURRENT NINDS PORTFOLIO. 2895 02:08:33,240 --> 02:08:35,240 APPLICANTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO 2896 02:08:35,240 --> 02:08:37,040 EMPLOY THE PRINCIPLES AND 2897 02:08:37,040 --> 02:08:39,440 APPROPRIATE EXPERTISE TO DEVELOP 2898 02:08:39,440 --> 02:08:41,120 OR ENHANCE HDP COMMUNITY 2899 02:08:41,120 --> 02:08:42,480 ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND EDUCATION 2900 02:08:42,480 --> 02:08:45,120 AND TRAINING OF RESEARCHERS AND 2901 02:08:45,120 --> 02:08:46,480 STAFF TO INCREASE RECRUITMENT 2902 02:08:46,480 --> 02:08:47,960 AND RETENTION IN CLINICAL 2903 02:08:47,960 --> 02:08:50,920 STUDIES AND IMPROVE 2904 02:08:50,920 --> 02:08:53,720 HEALTH-RELATED OUTCOMES IN HDPs. 2905 02:08:53,720 --> 02:08:56,560 I'LL PROVIDE BRIEF EXAMPLES OF 2906 02:08:56,560 --> 02:08:58,480 SOME OF THE RESEARCH WITHIN EACH 2907 02:08:58,480 --> 02:09:02,000 OF THESE MECHANISMS. 2908 02:09:02,000 --> 02:09:05,360 SO TAILORED APPROACHES FOR THE 2909 02:09:05,360 --> 02:09:07,720 R34 TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS AND 2910 02:09:07,720 --> 02:09:09,440 BUILD TRUST IN COMMUNITIES. 2911 02:09:09,440 --> 02:09:11,840 APPROACHES TO ELIMINATE 2912 02:09:11,840 --> 02:09:14,640 DISPARITIES THROUGH STIGMA, 2913 02:09:14,640 --> 02:09:18,520 BIAS, DISCRIMINATION AND 2914 02:09:18,520 --> 02:09:20,640 MULTIPLE LEVELS AND ADDRESSING 2915 02:09:20,640 --> 02:09:21,320 SOCIAL DETERMINATES OF HEALTH 2916 02:09:21,320 --> 02:09:22,640 THAT CONTRIBUTE TO DISPARITIES 2917 02:09:22,640 --> 02:09:26,120 IN NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. 2918 02:09:26,120 --> 02:09:28,920 IN THE RO1 ELUCIDATING 2919 02:09:28,920 --> 02:09:32,360 PSYCHOSOCIAL MECHANISMS 2920 02:09:32,360 --> 02:09:34,360 IMPACTING DISEASE AND EVALUATING 2921 02:09:34,360 --> 02:09:37,800 INSTRUMENT TO PROMOTE THE 2922 02:09:37,800 --> 02:09:42,200 ASSESSMENT OF MODIFIABLE SOCIAL 2923 02:09:42,200 --> 02:09:43,680 DETERMINATES OF HEALTH AND 2924 02:09:43,680 --> 02:09:46,000 CLINICAL TRIAL READINESS TAKING 2925 02:09:46,000 --> 02:09:50,520 UPTAKE IN SUSTAINABILITY 2926 02:09:50,520 --> 02:09:51,160 TAILORED TO THE POPULATIONS OF 2927 02:09:51,160 --> 02:09:53,920 INTEREST. 2928 02:09:53,920 --> 02:09:57,640 AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 2929 02:09:57,640 --> 02:10:00,920 RO1 EMPHASIZE THERE ARE MANY 2930 02:10:00,920 --> 02:10:03,480 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS KNOWN TO 2931 02:10:03,480 --> 02:10:05,880 HAVE HEALTH DISPARITIES AND 2932 02:10:05,880 --> 02:10:07,640 STUDIES FOCUSSED ON DISORDERS 2933 02:10:07,640 --> 02:10:08,280 WHERE THE EVIDENCE-BASED AND 2934 02:10:08,280 --> 02:10:09,360 RESEARCH FILLED AS A WHOLE IS 2935 02:10:09,360 --> 02:10:10,880 NOT YET AT THE STAGE OF 2936 02:10:10,880 --> 02:10:11,360 INTERVENTIONS WILL BE 2937 02:10:11,360 --> 02:10:15,920 PRIORITIZED. 2938 02:10:15,920 --> 02:10:17,760 SO SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDING 2939 02:10:17,760 --> 02:10:21,000 DEVELOPING TAILORED COMMUNITY 2940 02:10:21,000 --> 02:10:23,400 AND STRATEGY TO INCLUSION OF 2941 02:10:23,400 --> 02:10:24,320 HDPs. 2942 02:10:24,320 --> 02:10:26,680 ASSESSING COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE, 2943 02:10:26,680 --> 02:10:28,480 ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS AROUND 2944 02:10:28,480 --> 02:10:30,040 CARE OUTCOMES AND DEVELOPING 2945 02:10:30,040 --> 02:10:34,280 APPROPRIATE LINGUISTIC AND 2946 02:10:34,280 --> 02:10:34,920 CULTURAL COMPETENCE STRATEGIES 2947 02:10:34,920 --> 02:10:35,720 AND DEVELOPING EDUCATION AND 2948 02:10:35,720 --> 02:10:37,240 TRAINING FOR STAFF OR BRINGING 2949 02:10:37,240 --> 02:10:38,840 ON ADDITIONAL STAFF TO 2950 02:10:38,840 --> 02:10:41,640 INCORPORATE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2951 02:10:41,640 --> 02:10:43,200 PRINCIPLES INCLUDING CULTURAL 2952 02:10:43,200 --> 02:10:46,600 HUMILITY AND SENSITIVITY 2953 02:10:46,600 --> 02:10:48,480 TRAINING. 2954 02:10:48,480 --> 02:10:51,440 IN THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE 2955 02:10:51,440 --> 02:10:52,360 HIGHLIGHT THE PLANS WE'RE 2956 02:10:52,360 --> 02:10:54,640 PROPOSING TO INCORPORATE INTO 2957 02:10:54,640 --> 02:10:56,080 THESE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO 2958 02:10:56,080 --> 02:10:57,880 ENSURE BOTH THE APPLICANTS AND 2959 02:10:57,880 --> 02:11:00,080 REVIEWERS HAVE A CLEAR 2960 02:11:00,080 --> 02:11:01,000 DEFINITION AND DEFINITION OF 2961 02:11:01,000 --> 02:11:02,560 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, 2962 02:11:02,560 --> 02:11:05,360 RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND 2963 02:11:05,360 --> 02:11:06,240 WORKFORCE DIVERSITY THAT CENTER 2964 02:11:06,240 --> 02:11:07,520 ON THE COMMUNITIES THAT 2965 02:11:07,520 --> 02:11:08,840 EXPERIENCE HEALTH DISPARITIES. 2966 02:11:08,840 --> 02:11:10,640 THE FIRST PLAN IS CALLED THE 2967 02:11:10,640 --> 02:11:12,080 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND 2968 02:11:12,080 --> 02:11:15,960 RESEARCH INCLUSION OR CERI PLAN 2969 02:11:15,960 --> 02:11:18,600 TO INCLUDE A SUMMARY DESCRIBING 2970 02:11:18,600 --> 02:11:20,640 HOW PRINCIPLES WILL BE 2971 02:11:20,640 --> 02:11:26,040 INCORPORATED AND THE EXPERTISE 2972 02:11:26,040 --> 02:11:29,120 OF PWE WILL BE UTILIZED AND 2973 02:11:29,120 --> 02:11:31,120 INCORPORATED AT EACH STAGE OF 2974 02:11:31,120 --> 02:11:33,840 THE RESEARCH PROCESS. 2975 02:11:33,840 --> 02:11:36,000 WE'RE DEFINING PERSONS WITH 2976 02:11:36,000 --> 02:11:38,640 LIVED EXPERIENCE PWLE THOSE AT 2977 02:11:38,640 --> 02:11:41,360 RISK AT DEVELOPING NEUROLOGICAL 2978 02:11:41,360 --> 02:11:44,240 DISORDERS AS WELL AS THEIR 2979 02:11:44,240 --> 02:11:44,560 CAREGIVERS. 2980 02:11:44,560 --> 02:11:46,640 AND THE RECRUITMENT PLAN IS A 2981 02:11:46,640 --> 02:11:49,160 REQUIRED COMPONENT OF HUMAN 2982 02:11:49,160 --> 02:11:51,600 SUBJECT STUDIES. 2983 02:11:51,600 --> 02:11:52,560 WE'LL EVALUATE THE APPROPRIATE 2984 02:11:52,560 --> 02:11:54,240 REPRESENTATION OF HDP STUDY 2985 02:11:54,240 --> 02:11:55,920 PARTICIPANTS AND ENSURE THE 2986 02:11:55,920 --> 02:11:57,000 OUTREACH RECRUITMENT AND 2987 02:11:57,000 --> 02:11:58,040 RETENTION EFFORTS ARE INFORMED 2988 02:11:58,040 --> 02:11:59,080 BY THE PWLE AND COMMUNITY 2989 02:11:59,080 --> 02:12:01,040 PARTNERS. 2990 02:12:01,040 --> 02:12:04,680 FINALLY, THE PLAN FOR ENHANCING 2991 02:12:04,680 --> 02:12:06,600 DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES IS 2992 02:12:06,600 --> 02:12:07,080 DEVELOPED BY THE BRAIN 2993 02:12:07,080 --> 02:12:08,240 INITIATIVE WILL BE A REQUIRED 2994 02:12:08,240 --> 02:12:09,320 COMPONENT FOR APPLICANTS TO 2995 02:12:09,320 --> 02:12:17,000 HIGHLIGHT HOW THEY PLAN TO 2996 02:12:17,000 --> 02:12:18,960 ACHIEVE DIVERSE EXPERTISE AND 2997 02:12:18,960 --> 02:12:21,160 WHEN APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY-BASED 2998 02:12:21,160 --> 02:12:21,480 ORGANIZATIONS. 2999 02:12:21,480 --> 02:12:23,240 TRAINING OF THE STAFF AND HEALTH 3000 02:12:23,240 --> 02:12:26,080 EQUITY AND COMMUNITY-BASED 3001 02:12:26,080 --> 02:12:27,080 PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH WILL BE 3002 02:12:27,080 --> 02:12:28,640 ENCOURAGED AND REVIEWED. 3003 02:12:28,640 --> 02:12:30,080 TAKEN TOGETHER THE PLANS WILL 3004 02:12:30,080 --> 02:12:32,280 ENSURE REPORTING AND REVIEWING 3005 02:12:32,280 --> 02:12:34,400 OF STRATEGIES AND SUPPORT CAREER 3006 02:12:34,400 --> 02:12:35,000 DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH EQUITY 3007 02:12:35,000 --> 02:12:37,520 RESEARCHERS. 3008 02:12:37,520 --> 02:12:38,640 SO WITH THAT I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR 3009 02:12:38,640 --> 02:12:39,000 FOR DISCUSSION. 3010 02:12:39,000 --> 02:12:49,160 THANK YOU. 3011 02:12:50,720 --> 02:12:52,320 >>GREAT JOB. 3012 02:12:52,320 --> 02:12:54,920 YOU HEARD ABOUT THREE 3013 02:12:54,920 --> 02:12:56,400 INITIATIVES I'LL ASK ABOUT 3014 02:12:56,400 --> 02:12:57,600 CONCEPT CLEARANCE VOTES IN A 3015 02:12:57,600 --> 02:13:00,440 MINUTE BUT ARE THERE QUESTIONS 3016 02:13:00,440 --> 02:13:03,640 FOR RICHARD OR CLAUDIA -- 3017 02:13:03,640 --> 02:13:14,120 CLAUDIA AND THEN HANK PAULSON. 3018 02:13:22,560 --> 02:13:23,320 >>IN LIGHT OF RECENT BILLS 3019 02:13:23,320 --> 02:13:28,200 PASSED HOW DO WE ENSURE 3020 02:13:28,200 --> 02:13:30,160 INVESTIGATORS AREN'T HELD TO A 3021 02:13:30,160 --> 02:13:32,120 POTENTIALLY NOT OBTAINABLE 3022 02:13:32,120 --> 02:13:34,120 SITUATION AS IT RELATES SO 3023 02:13:34,120 --> 02:13:34,560 TRAINING. 3024 02:13:34,560 --> 02:13:36,880 RESEARCH AND TRAINING ARE NOT 3025 02:13:36,880 --> 02:13:40,240 BEING IMPACTED THAT I KNOW OF 3026 02:13:40,240 --> 02:13:40,760 BUT COMMENTS. 3027 02:13:40,760 --> 02:13:42,520 >>BY THE WAY, THAT QUESTION YOU 3028 02:13:42,520 --> 02:13:47,920 CAN ALSO ASK MIKE LAUER AND 3029 02:13:47,920 --> 02:13:49,200 MARIE BERNARD BUT DON'T TELL 3030 02:13:49,200 --> 02:13:50,720 THEM I SAID THAT. 3031 02:13:50,720 --> 02:13:51,920 >>EXCELLENT QUESTION. 3032 02:13:51,920 --> 02:13:52,960 VERY DIFFICULT. 3033 02:13:52,960 --> 02:13:54,320 WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS 3034 02:13:54,320 --> 02:13:56,600 INTERNALLY AT THE NINDS BECAUSE 3035 02:13:56,600 --> 02:14:02,200 IT'S AN ISSUE FOR INVESTIGATORS 3036 02:14:02,200 --> 02:14:08,080 FROM TEXAS AND FLORIDA THAT'S 3037 02:14:08,080 --> 02:14:10,640 ABOVE OUR PAY GRADE. 3038 02:14:10,640 --> 02:14:14,880 IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 3039 02:14:14,880 --> 02:14:17,440 >>THE NIH DIRECTOR HAS BEEN 3040 02:14:17,440 --> 02:14:20,840 COMMENTING. 3041 02:14:20,840 --> 02:14:31,320 IT'S A GET QUESTION FOR AND 3042 02:14:40,480 --> 02:14:42,640 >>THERE ARE SPECIFIC LAWS THAT 3043 02:14:42,640 --> 02:14:45,800 WILL LIMIT TRAINING OF ANY KIND 3044 02:14:45,800 --> 02:14:47,120 AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE 3045 02:14:47,120 --> 02:14:49,720 LOOK AT PRESSURE TESTING AND 3046 02:14:49,720 --> 02:14:50,640 FEDERAL POLICIES THAT STATES 3047 02:14:50,640 --> 02:14:52,480 AREN'T AND INVESTIGATORS FROM 3048 02:14:52,480 --> 02:14:54,640 THE STATES AREN'T INADVERTENTLY 3049 02:14:54,640 --> 02:14:56,640 NOT COMPETITIVE BECAUSE OF 3050 02:14:56,640 --> 02:14:58,640 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE 3051 02:14:58,640 --> 02:14:59,640 THEY THEMSELVES COULD NOT 3052 02:14:59,640 --> 02:15:00,880 RESPOND TO. 3053 02:15:00,880 --> 02:15:02,640 THERE'S A FEW AROUND TRAINING 3054 02:15:02,640 --> 02:15:04,320 SPECIFICALLY. 3055 02:15:04,320 --> 02:15:05,400 >>I THINK THE TRAINING COULD 3056 02:15:05,400 --> 02:15:14,600 BE -- SHOULD BE FOCUSSED ON 3057 02:15:14,600 --> 02:15:19,960 GETTING AND ONE PROBLEM YOU 3058 02:15:19,960 --> 02:15:23,960 COULD RUN INTO IS REVIEWERS AND 3059 02:15:23,960 --> 02:15:24,520 FUNDING -- 3060 02:15:24,520 --> 02:15:26,040 >>I THINK IN THE END IT'S A 3061 02:15:26,040 --> 02:15:31,480 MOVING TARGET SO WE'LL BE 3062 02:15:31,480 --> 02:15:35,360 LEARNING 3063 02:15:35,360 --> 02:15:38,440 >>AND THERE'S A GREAT POINT. 3064 02:15:38,440 --> 02:15:40,160 I THINK WE NEED TO USE THE 3065 02:15:40,160 --> 02:15:41,600 LANGUAGE WE USE IN OUR FUNDING 3066 02:15:41,600 --> 02:15:43,040 OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS AND 3067 02:15:43,040 --> 02:15:45,040 MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT IN 3068 02:15:45,040 --> 02:15:46,600 CONFLICT WITH SOME OF THE LAWS. 3069 02:15:46,600 --> 02:15:49,040 THERE'S DEFINITELY WAYS TO GET 3070 02:15:49,040 --> 02:15:52,360 TO THE END GOAL WHICH IS -- IT'S 3071 02:15:52,360 --> 02:15:56,960 NOT ESCAPED NIH'S ATTENTION. 3072 02:15:56,960 --> 02:15:58,600 >>CAN WE TAKE THE SLIDES DOWN 3073 02:15:58,600 --> 02:16:03,520 BY THE WAY. 3074 02:16:03,520 --> 02:16:10,640 >>THEY'RE DOWN 3075 02:16:10,640 --> 02:16:14,600 >>PAUL AND RUIZ. 3076 02:16:14,600 --> 02:16:18,040 >>OF THOSE THREE PHASES THE 3077 02:16:18,040 --> 02:16:18,920 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENTS CAN 3078 02:16:18,920 --> 02:16:20,000 HAVE TREMENDOUS IMPACT IF 3079 02:16:20,000 --> 02:16:21,960 THERE'S AN EXISTING PROGRAM BUT 3080 02:16:21,960 --> 02:16:23,440 I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR YOU, DO 3081 02:16:23,440 --> 02:16:26,200 YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY 3082 02:16:26,200 --> 02:16:28,080 SUCH EXISTING GRANTS WOULD BE 3083 02:16:28,080 --> 02:16:30,640 OUT THERE THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE 3084 02:16:30,640 --> 02:16:31,480 FOR THESE ADMINISTRATIVE 3085 02:16:31,480 --> 02:16:31,880 SUPPLEMENTS? 3086 02:16:31,880 --> 02:16:33,600 I THINK YOU LISTED YOU WOULD 3087 02:16:33,600 --> 02:16:35,440 LIKE TO FUND UP TO FIVE TO 3088 02:16:35,440 --> 02:16:35,640 SEVEN. 3089 02:16:35,640 --> 02:16:38,040 I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BANG 3090 02:16:38,040 --> 02:16:40,120 FOR THE BUCK IF DONE WELL. 3091 02:16:40,120 --> 02:16:41,680 WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE 3092 02:16:41,680 --> 02:16:43,760 PORTFOLIO GRANTS THAT MAY BE 3093 02:16:43,760 --> 02:16:50,000 ELIGIBLE FOR THIS? 3094 02:16:50,000 --> 02:16:51,960 >>WE KNOW WE WANT TO TRY TO 3095 02:16:51,960 --> 02:16:54,800 LIMIT THIS SPECIFICALLY TO HUMAN 3096 02:16:54,800 --> 02:16:56,840 SUBJECT STUDIES. 3097 02:16:56,840 --> 02:17:01,040 I'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S 3098 02:17:01,040 --> 02:17:04,080 SUFFICIENT TIME REMAINING IN THE 3099 02:17:04,080 --> 02:17:06,000 GRANT TO LIMIT WHAT IS AVAILABLE 3100 02:17:06,000 --> 02:17:08,200 AND SO YEAH THAT'S A QUESTION 3101 02:17:08,200 --> 02:17:09,800 THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO AND 3102 02:17:09,800 --> 02:17:11,880 REALLY IT WILL BE THE DETAILS OF 3103 02:17:11,880 --> 02:17:14,760 THE ADD MIN STUFF WE'LL TRY TO 3104 02:17:14,760 --> 02:17:17,480 GET AT WHAT THAT RANGE OF GRANTS 3105 02:17:17,480 --> 02:17:18,640 WOULD BE. 3106 02:17:18,640 --> 02:17:22,600 AND WHAT I'D SAY IS ONE OF THE 3107 02:17:22,600 --> 02:17:23,480 MANUSCRIPTS THAT WILL BE 3108 02:17:23,480 --> 02:17:27,320 PUBLISHED IN AUGUST DEALS WITH 3109 02:17:27,320 --> 02:17:28,360 OUR PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS AND SO 3110 02:17:28,360 --> 02:17:30,640 WHAT WE KNOW FROM THAT PORTFOLIO 3111 02:17:30,640 --> 02:17:34,160 ANALYSIS A SMALL NUMBER OF OUR 3112 02:17:34,160 --> 02:17:36,440 CLINICAL STUDIES THAT USE 3113 02:17:36,440 --> 02:17:37,280 COMMUNITY-ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES 3114 02:17:37,280 --> 02:17:38,680 AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION 3115 02:17:38,680 --> 02:17:41,680 LISTED AND DETAILED IN THAT 3116 02:17:41,680 --> 02:17:43,320 PARTICULAR PUBLICATION. 3117 02:17:43,320 --> 02:17:45,360 BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CLINICAL 3118 02:17:45,360 --> 02:17:47,040 STUDIES OUT THERE TO POTENTIALLY 3119 02:17:47,040 --> 02:17:48,960 FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY. 3120 02:17:48,960 --> 02:17:49,960 WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER 3121 02:17:49,960 --> 02:17:52,200 RIGHT NOW BUT WE DO KNOW THAT 3122 02:17:52,200 --> 02:17:55,000 VERY FEW OF OUR STUDIES NOW ARE 3123 02:17:55,000 --> 02:17:58,600 USING THESE TYPES OF 3124 02:17:58,600 --> 02:18:01,280 COMMUNITY-ENGAGED STRATEGIES. 3125 02:18:01,280 --> 02:18:03,040 >>THANK YOU. 3126 02:18:03,040 --> 02:18:13,080 >>LOUISE. 3127 02:18:13,080 --> 02:18:15,920 >>MAYBE THIS IS THROUGH THE 3128 02:18:15,920 --> 02:18:18,120 CTSAs THAT HAVE COMMUNITY 3129 02:18:18,120 --> 02:18:21,520 ENGAGEMENT WILL THESE JUST BE 3130 02:18:21,520 --> 02:18:23,520 ELIGIBLE SUPPLEMENTS FOR NINDS 3131 02:18:23,520 --> 02:18:27,360 AND MY SECOND POINT WAS TO ECHO 3132 02:18:27,360 --> 02:18:29,520 CLAUDIA'S CONCERN ABOUT THE 3133 02:18:29,520 --> 02:18:31,640 CRAZY STATE WE LIVE IN AND IF WE 3134 02:18:31,640 --> 02:18:32,880 FOCUS ON HEALTH DISPARITY 3135 02:18:32,880 --> 02:18:34,000 RESEARCH THAT'S PROBABLY A WORK 3136 02:18:34,000 --> 02:18:36,960 AROUND FOR US IN TEXAS BECAUSE 3137 02:18:36,960 --> 02:18:41,880 THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH HEALTH 3138 02:18:41,880 --> 02:18:42,640 DISPARITY RESEARCH IT'S 3139 02:18:42,640 --> 02:18:44,680 FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE DEI 3140 02:18:44,680 --> 02:18:46,920 PROGRAMS WHICH IS AWFUL BUT I 3141 02:18:46,920 --> 02:18:53,640 THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT 3142 02:18:53,640 --> 02:18:55,600 TO DISADVANTAGE PEOPLE. 3143 02:18:55,600 --> 02:18:57,440 IN HOUSTON IT'S THE MOST DIVERSE 3144 02:18:57,440 --> 02:18:58,480 CITY IN AMERICA. 3145 02:18:58,480 --> 02:19:00,120 WE NEED THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH 3146 02:19:00,120 --> 02:19:02,600 AND DISPARITY RESEARCH IN OUR 3147 02:19:02,600 --> 02:19:08,560 POPULATIONS. 3148 02:19:08,560 --> 02:19:10,160 >>TO ADDRESS YOUR FIRST POINT 3149 02:19:10,160 --> 02:19:16,560 ABOUT THE ADD -- ADMIN FOR 3150 02:19:16,560 --> 02:19:19,520 NINDS IT'S TO FOCUS ON ADMIN 3151 02:19:19,520 --> 02:19:22,120 WITHIN NINDS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE 3152 02:19:22,120 --> 02:19:23,600 HAVE SIGNIFICANT GAPS WITHIN OUR 3153 02:19:23,600 --> 02:19:24,920 PORTFOLIO FOR COMMUNITY 3154 02:19:24,920 --> 02:19:25,720 ENGAGEMENT AND YES, THERE ARE 3155 02:19:25,720 --> 02:19:27,360 OTHER INSTITUTES AND CENTERS AND 3156 02:19:27,360 --> 02:19:28,560 AREAS WORKING IN COMMUNITY 3157 02:19:28,560 --> 02:19:30,600 ENGAGEMENT AND NOT SPECIFICALLY 3158 02:19:30,600 --> 02:19:31,960 FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. 3159 02:19:31,960 --> 02:19:35,800 THAT'S WHY THE GAP IS AND WHAT 3160 02:19:35,800 --> 02:19:38,720 WE WANT TO FOCUS ON BE DIRECTLY 3161 02:19:38,720 --> 02:19:39,680 RESPONSIVE TO THE 3162 02:19:39,680 --> 02:19:44,440 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR 3163 02:19:44,440 --> 02:19:47,600 STRATEGIC PLAN. 3164 02:19:47,600 --> 02:19:49,480 >>TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. 3165 02:19:49,480 --> 02:19:52,080 WHEN DO YOU ENVISION THE PROGRAM 3166 02:19:52,080 --> 02:19:54,640 BEING ABLE TO COME ONLINE AND 3167 02:19:54,640 --> 02:19:57,440 ARE THE R43 AND R31 GRANTS 3168 02:19:57,440 --> 02:19:59,120 INTENDED TO BE FUNDED IN 3169 02:19:59,120 --> 02:20:09,600 PARALLEL OR SEQUENTIALLY? 3170 02:20:22,080 --> 02:20:26,160 >>IS THE PROGRAM READY TO GO? 3171 02:20:26,160 --> 02:20:28,280 >>IT DEPENDS ON THE RESULT FROM 3172 02:20:28,280 --> 02:20:29,320 THE COMMITTEE HERE WE'RE READY 3173 02:20:29,320 --> 02:20:39,760 TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY. 3174 02:20:44,680 --> 02:20:45,880 >>I'M IN FULL SUPPORT. 3175 02:20:45,880 --> 02:20:47,480 I HAVE A QUESTION AND I THINK 3176 02:20:47,480 --> 02:20:50,640 THE ACTIVITIES YOU'RE BUILDING 3177 02:20:50,640 --> 02:20:52,840 IN AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 3178 02:20:52,840 --> 02:20:53,440 AND PERSONS WITH LIVED 3179 02:20:53,440 --> 02:20:54,480 EXPERIENCE WILL HELP WITH THE 3180 02:20:54,480 --> 02:20:56,480 PROBLEM BUT WE KNOW IN TRIALS 3181 02:20:56,480 --> 02:20:58,640 EVEN WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO 3182 02:20:58,640 --> 02:20:59,400 ENROLL A DIVERSE POPULATION THEY 3183 02:20:59,400 --> 02:21:01,640 DON'T END UP DOING IT AT THE END 3184 02:21:01,640 --> 02:21:02,320 OF THE TRIAL. 3185 02:21:02,320 --> 02:21:06,640 WE GAVE IT OUR BEST SHOT BUT 3186 02:21:06,640 --> 02:21:09,360 WEREN'T QUITE SUCCESSFUL. 3187 02:21:09,360 --> 02:21:11,960 ARE YOU BUILDING IN INTERNAL 3188 02:21:11,960 --> 02:21:15,400 CONTROLS OR GO, NO-GO MILESTONES 3189 02:21:15,400 --> 02:21:16,840 TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE MONITORING 3190 02:21:16,840 --> 02:21:20,280 THE ACTIVITIES TO MAKE SURE 3191 02:21:20,280 --> 02:21:26,640 THEY'LL MEET THEIR DIVERSITY 3192 02:21:26,640 --> 02:21:28,040 RECRUITMENT GOALS? 3193 02:21:28,040 --> 02:21:29,120 >>IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE. 3194 02:21:29,120 --> 02:21:31,960 THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING 3195 02:21:31,960 --> 02:21:33,600 AT THIS STAGE IS CLINICAL TRIALS 3196 02:21:33,600 --> 02:21:36,760 BUT TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE 3197 02:21:36,760 --> 02:21:39,840 ISSUES YOU JUST RAISED IT'S 3198 02:21:39,840 --> 02:21:41,640 OFTEN UNKNOWN WHY THEY'RE UNABLE 3199 02:21:41,640 --> 02:21:44,160 TO RECRUIT FUMLY THE POPULATION 3200 02:21:44,160 --> 02:21:45,320 THAT'S THE GOAL. 3201 02:21:45,320 --> 02:21:46,360 -- FULLY THE POPULATION THAT'S 3202 02:21:46,360 --> 02:21:47,080 THE GOAL. 3203 02:21:47,080 --> 02:21:50,360 THIS IS TO SET THE STAGE TO 3204 02:21:50,360 --> 02:21:51,760 IDENTIFY THE BARRIERS AND 3205 02:21:51,760 --> 02:21:52,560 ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY SO 3206 02:21:52,560 --> 02:21:56,240 THEY KNOW THEY'LL HAVE 3207 02:21:56,240 --> 02:21:58,480 SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT. 3208 02:21:58,480 --> 02:22:01,520 YES, WHEN CLINICAL TRIALS COME 3209 02:22:01,520 --> 02:22:03,280 ON BOARD I THINK IT'S AN 3210 02:22:03,280 --> 02:22:04,160 IMPORTANT COMPONENT AND HEARING 3211 02:22:04,160 --> 02:22:06,760 HOW IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE 3212 02:22:06,760 --> 02:22:07,800 BOARD. 3213 02:22:07,800 --> 02:22:09,240 THOSE ARE INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS 3214 02:22:09,240 --> 02:22:10,320 AND HOW TO ENSURE THAT AT THE 3215 02:22:10,320 --> 02:22:16,560 STAGE OF THE TRIAL. 3216 02:22:16,560 --> 02:22:18,520 >>THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU AND THE 3217 02:22:18,520 --> 02:22:20,520 LAST THING WE NEED SO YOU 3218 02:22:20,520 --> 02:22:23,360 BASICALLY SEE A PACKAGE OF THREE 3219 02:22:23,360 --> 02:22:25,720 RELATED ISSUES THE R34, R01 AND 3220 02:22:25,720 --> 02:22:28,360 SUPPLEMENTS AND WE NEED A MOTION 3221 02:22:28,360 --> 02:22:29,840 FOR CONCEPT CLEARANCE. 3222 02:22:29,840 --> 02:22:31,320 I SEE ONE FROM ALLEN AND SECOND 3223 02:22:31,320 --> 02:22:34,640 FROM TIM AND YOU CAN VOTE IN THE 3224 02:22:34,640 --> 02:22:40,080 CHAT. 3225 02:22:40,080 --> 02:22:42,920 THE NEXT SEGMENT OF THE OPEN 3226 02:22:42,920 --> 02:22:45,680 SESSION WE'LL FOCUS ON EFFORTS 3227 02:22:45,680 --> 02:22:47,720 AT NIH. 3228 02:22:47,720 --> 02:22:50,600 THANKS A LOT, GUYS. 3229 02:22:50,600 --> 02:22:58,200 FOR PROMOTING DEIA, DIVERSITY, 3230 02:22:58,200 --> 02:22:58,680 EQUITY, INCLUSION AND 3231 02:22:58,680 --> 02:23:01,000 ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSIVITY 3232 02:23:01,000 --> 02:23:02,640 WITH RESEARCH FUNDING. 3233 02:23:02,640 --> 02:23:06,280 I WON'T GIVE AN INTRODUCTION 3234 02:23:06,280 --> 02:23:12,280 JUST TURNING IT OVER TO MICHELLE 3235 02:23:12,280 --> 02:23:13,480 JONES-LONDON WHICH I THINK IS 3236 02:23:13,480 --> 02:23:16,560 SICK BUT I THINK IS HERE. 3237 02:23:16,560 --> 02:23:22,640 SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT GOING 3238 02:23:22,640 --> 02:23:25,280 INTO COUGH FITS. 3239 02:23:25,280 --> 02:23:27,520 >>THANK YOU. 3240 02:23:27,520 --> 02:23:30,600 I DECIDED TO BE SELFISH WITH MY 3241 02:23:30,600 --> 02:23:32,560 GERMS HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WON'T BE 3242 02:23:32,560 --> 02:23:36,960 TOO OFFENDED. 3243 02:23:36,960 --> 02:23:40,840 BEFORE I INTRODUCE OUR NAMES YOU 3244 02:23:40,840 --> 02:23:42,080 HEARD THEIR NAMES SEVERAL TIMES 3245 02:23:42,080 --> 02:23:43,840 FROM OUR NIH LEADERSHIP AND I'LL 3246 02:23:43,840 --> 02:23:45,080 GIVE THEM A FORMAL INTRODUCTION 3247 02:23:45,080 --> 02:23:45,680 AT THE END. 3248 02:23:45,680 --> 02:23:49,760 I WANTED TO SORT OF SET THE 3249 02:23:49,760 --> 02:23:51,720 STAGE TO GIVE PERSPECTIVE ON 3250 02:23:51,720 --> 02:23:53,760 WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE NINDS SO 3251 02:23:53,760 --> 02:23:55,720 YOU'LL ALSO HAVE A CONTEXT WHEN 3252 02:23:55,720 --> 02:23:59,760 THEY SPEAK MORE BROADLY ABOUT 3253 02:23:59,760 --> 02:24:01,200 THE NIH-OD LEVEL. 3254 02:24:01,200 --> 02:24:02,520 THE SLIDE I'M SHOWING MANY ON 3255 02:24:02,520 --> 02:24:04,680 THE COUNCIL YOU'VE SEEN THIS SO 3256 02:24:04,680 --> 02:24:05,800 MANY TIMES. 3257 02:24:05,800 --> 02:24:12,240 IT REPRESENTS THE ECO SYSTEM OF 3258 02:24:12,240 --> 02:24:19,480 SUPPORT AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT 3259 02:24:19,480 --> 02:24:20,400 AND REPRESENTING PROGRAMS FROM 3260 02:24:20,400 --> 02:24:28,440 MY OFFICE WHICH WE CALL OPEN AND 3261 02:24:28,440 --> 02:24:30,960 THE GENERAL TRAINING PROGRAMS 3262 02:24:30,960 --> 02:24:36,400 AND HIGHLIGHT ON THE COMMISSION 3263 02:24:36,400 --> 02:24:37,040 SCIENTIST RESEARCHER PROGRAMS 3264 02:24:37,040 --> 02:24:40,360 IT'S COMPREHENSIVE AND IN THE 3265 02:24:40,360 --> 02:24:42,640 SPACE OF INCREASING WORKFORCE 3266 02:24:42,640 --> 02:24:42,880 DIVERSITY. 3267 02:24:42,880 --> 02:24:48,320 WE ACTIVELY MANAGE AND INVEST IN 3268 02:24:48,320 --> 02:24:52,640 PROGRAMMING TO CREATE 3269 02:24:52,640 --> 02:24:55,120 RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES AND FOR 3270 02:24:55,120 --> 02:24:58,680 THAT RETENTION ON THE FURTHER 3271 02:24:58,680 --> 02:25:03,360 END OF THE PATHWAY. 3272 02:25:03,360 --> 02:25:05,800 WHAT WOULD THINK ABOUT IN 3273 02:25:05,800 --> 02:25:10,000 HIGHLIGHTING RECRUITMENT 3274 02:25:10,000 --> 02:25:11,200 OPPORTUNITIES IS THE ENDURE 3275 02:25:11,200 --> 02:25:13,720 PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON BRINGING 3276 02:25:13,720 --> 02:25:15,480 IN UNDERGRADUATES AND HELPING TO 3277 02:25:15,480 --> 02:25:22,400 FOSTER A PATHWAY FOR THEM TO 3278 02:25:22,400 --> 02:25:23,680 COMPLETE NEUROSCIENCE Ph.D. 3279 02:25:23,680 --> 02:25:25,680 PROGRAMS WITH RESEARCH INTENSIVE 3280 02:25:25,680 --> 02:25:26,680 INSTITUTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS 3281 02:25:26,680 --> 02:25:28,520 THAT HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ENROLLMENT 3282 02:25:28,520 --> 02:25:31,640 OF NEUROSCIENCE MAJORS FROM 3283 02:25:31,640 --> 02:25:34,680 DIVERSE GROUPS INCLUDING SEVERAL 3284 02:25:34,680 --> 02:25:35,560 MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 3285 02:25:35,560 --> 02:25:36,320 THE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES EXIST 3286 02:25:36,320 --> 02:25:37,560 DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND 3287 02:25:37,560 --> 02:25:39,720 DURING THE SUMMER AND THESE 3288 02:25:39,720 --> 02:25:41,800 STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THIS FOR TWO 3289 02:25:41,800 --> 02:25:47,800 YEARS. 3290 02:25:47,800 --> 02:25:50,480 ENDURE IS A SOBERING NAME AND SO 3291 02:25:50,480 --> 02:25:53,840 FAR 65% OF OUR ENDURE TRAINEES 3292 02:25:53,840 --> 02:26:00,040 HAVE GONE ON TO GRADUATE SCHOOL 3293 02:26:00,040 --> 02:26:04,280 OR EVEN M.D./Ph.D. AND SEEING 3294 02:26:04,280 --> 02:26:05,800 NOW GOING ON TO THEIR POSTDOC. 3295 02:26:05,800 --> 02:26:07,680 SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THIS. 3296 02:26:07,680 --> 02:26:08,960 I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE 3297 02:26:08,960 --> 02:26:14,400 PROGRAM ALSO BECAUSE WE'RE 3298 02:26:14,400 --> 02:26:15,240 EXPERIENC 3299 02:26:15,240 --> 02:26:17,680 EXPERIENCING AND WE HAVE CALLS 3300 02:26:17,680 --> 02:26:18,760 FOR THE PROGRAM EVERY THREE 3301 02:26:18,760 --> 02:26:21,200 YEARS AND NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDST 3302 02:26:21,200 --> 02:26:23,600 OF THAT WITH CALLING FOR 3303 02:26:23,600 --> 02:26:25,880 APPLICATIONS FEBRUARY 12, 2024 3304 02:26:25,880 --> 02:26:27,840 AND THEN ANOTHER CALL FEBRUARY 3305 02:26:27,840 --> 02:26:29,080 10, 2015. 3306 02:26:29,080 --> 02:26:33,680 WE HAVE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO 3307 02:26:33,680 --> 02:26:36,280 PUBLIC CURRENTLY ON THIS IN 3308 02:26:36,280 --> 02:26:37,640 YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO 3309 02:26:37,640 --> 02:26:38,840 PARTNER IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM TO 3310 02:26:38,840 --> 02:26:43,520 ENGAGE IN. 3311 02:26:43,520 --> 02:26:45,520 AND ANOTHER THAT HAS A 3312 02:26:45,520 --> 02:26:48,240 RECRUITMENT ASPECT TO IT BUT 3313 02:26:48,240 --> 02:26:50,280 WITH A FUTURE FOCUS LONG-TERM 3314 02:26:50,280 --> 02:26:53,800 GOAL OF RETAINING DIVERSE 3315 02:26:53,800 --> 02:26:59,240 FACULTY IN ACADEMIA. 3316 02:26:59,240 --> 02:27:02,360 AND WE KNOW WE SEE PEOPLE AT THE 3317 02:27:02,360 --> 02:27:05,160 LATER CAREER STAGES IS THE D 3318 02:27:05,160 --> 02:27:08,520 SPAN PROGRAM AND DR. NGAI 3319 02:27:08,520 --> 02:27:11,800 DESCRIBED IT EARLIER AND 3320 02:27:11,800 --> 02:27:15,840 SUPPORTED BY THE NIH BLUE PRINT 3321 02:27:15,840 --> 02:27:17,600 AND THE BRAIN INITIATIVE AND THE 3322 02:27:17,600 --> 02:27:20,360 TRAINEE COMES IN ONE OR TWO 3323 02:27:20,360 --> 02:27:21,760 YEARS OF FINISHING UP THE 3324 02:27:21,760 --> 02:27:22,560 GRADUATE WORK AND IF THEY 3325 02:27:22,560 --> 02:27:27,400 RECEIVE THE AWARD HAVE THE K 00 3326 02:27:27,400 --> 02:27:29,080 ALMOST A GOLD TICKET TO PURSUE 3327 02:27:29,080 --> 02:27:32,000 THEIR POSTDOC WITH A MENTOR. 3328 02:27:32,000 --> 02:27:33,360 AND WHAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT WITH 3329 02:27:33,360 --> 02:27:35,760 DESIGNING THIS WAS REALLY 3330 02:27:35,760 --> 02:27:38,680 ENHANCING THE SELF-EFFICACY OF 3331 02:27:38,680 --> 02:27:40,840 DIVERSE TRAINEES TO NOT HAVE 3332 02:27:40,840 --> 02:27:43,120 THEM RECONSIDER ALONG EVERY PART 3333 02:27:43,120 --> 02:27:44,680 OF THE PATHWAY. 3334 02:27:44,680 --> 02:27:48,720 CAN I DO THIS BUT PROVIDING A 3335 02:27:48,720 --> 02:27:50,320 COHORT MENTORSHIP AND PUTTING 3336 02:27:50,320 --> 02:27:52,040 THEM IN THE POWER SEAT BY HAVING 3337 02:27:52,040 --> 02:27:54,000 FUNDING SO WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING 3338 02:27:54,000 --> 02:27:57,400 FOR THAT NEXT STEP FOR POSTDOC 3339 02:27:57,400 --> 02:27:57,960 THEY'RE NOT MAKING JUST 3340 02:27:57,960 --> 02:28:02,480 FINANCIAL DECISIONS. 3341 02:28:02,480 --> 02:28:04,040 THIS IS A REMINDER ALWAYS 3342 02:28:04,040 --> 02:28:05,480 INCLUDED HERE OUR FOCUS IS WE 3343 02:28:05,480 --> 02:28:07,240 CAN TALK ABOUT NUMBERS AND WE'LL 3344 02:28:07,240 --> 02:28:09,880 TALK A LOT ABOUT NUMBERS TODAY 3345 02:28:09,880 --> 02:28:11,480 BUT BEHIND ALL THE NUMBERS ARE 3346 02:28:11,480 --> 02:28:12,720 PEOPLE AND FACES. 3347 02:28:12,720 --> 02:28:15,160 AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT 3348 02:28:15,160 --> 02:28:22,000 TO BUILD IN TERMS OF HAVING 3349 02:28:22,000 --> 02:28:28,880 RESEARCHERS THAT REPRESENT THIS 3350 02:28:28,880 --> 02:28:29,720 INTERSECTIONALITY AND WE MADE 3351 02:28:29,720 --> 02:28:32,000 147 WARDS IN D SPAN AND WE MADE 3352 02:28:32,000 --> 02:28:38,400 ONLY THE FIRST AWARDS IN 3353 02:28:38,400 --> 02:28:44,040 SEPTEMBER 2017. 3354 02:28:44,040 --> 02:28:45,880 AND WE HAD SEARCHEN WHO HAVE 3355 02:28:45,880 --> 02:28:48,040 FACULTY POSITIONS OR OFFERS IN 3356 02:28:48,040 --> 02:28:48,480 HAND. 3357 02:28:48,480 --> 02:28:50,680 SO -- SEVEN WHO HAVE FACULTY 3358 02:28:50,680 --> 02:28:52,280 POSITIONS OR OFFERS IN HAND AND 3359 02:28:52,280 --> 02:28:53,840 THINK THE INVESTMENT AND CAREER 3360 02:28:53,840 --> 02:28:56,560 TRANSITIONS SEEMS TO BE WORKING. 3361 02:28:56,560 --> 02:28:58,440 SOME AREA WHERE WE HAVE TO DO 3362 02:28:58,440 --> 02:28:59,960 MORE WORK AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT 3363 02:28:59,960 --> 02:29:03,280 THAT MORE FROM BOTH OF OUR 3364 02:29:03,280 --> 02:29:05,440 SPEAKERS IS WE BUILD THIS BRIDGE 3365 02:29:05,440 --> 02:29:07,800 BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD A 3366 02:29:07,800 --> 02:29:08,800 BRIDGE TO AN END DESTINATION 3367 02:29:08,800 --> 02:29:12,160 THAT'S JUST A CLIFF. 3368 02:29:12,160 --> 02:29:15,080 THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING YOU THE 3369 02:29:15,080 --> 02:29:16,880 SELF-SUPPORTING NUMBERS FOR 3370 02:29:16,880 --> 02:29:19,840 NINDS FUNDED RO1 EQUIVALENT 3371 02:29:19,840 --> 02:29:24,440 CONTACT P.I.s BY RACE AND 3372 02:29:24,440 --> 02:29:25,240 ETHNICITY. 3373 02:29:25,240 --> 02:29:27,600 UNFORTUNATELY FOR AMERICAN 3374 02:29:27,600 --> 02:29:29,240 INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE OR 3375 02:29:29,240 --> 02:29:30,640 PACIFIC ISLANDERS GIVEN THE 3376 02:29:30,640 --> 02:29:32,960 SMALL NUMBERS, LESS THAN 12 3377 02:29:32,960 --> 02:29:36,200 WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SHOW THE 3378 02:29:36,200 --> 02:29:37,360 NUMBERS BUT YOU SEE THE RAW 3379 02:29:37,360 --> 02:29:41,720 NUMBERS IN TERMS OF ASIAN, 3380 02:29:41,720 --> 02:29:46,640 BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND 3381 02:29:46,640 --> 02:29:50,680 WHITE NON-HISPANIC WITH LOW 3382 02:29:50,680 --> 02:29:54,680 NUMBERS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND 3383 02:29:54,680 --> 02:29:56,240 HISPANIC. 3384 02:29:56,240 --> 02:29:58,320 MOST PEOPLE THINK IT'S A FOCUS 3385 02:29:58,320 --> 02:30:01,280 ON FUNDING OR SUCCESS RATES BUT 3386 02:30:01,280 --> 02:30:02,720 IT'S A QUESTION OF INCREASING 3387 02:30:02,720 --> 02:30:06,560 THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS COMING 3388 02:30:06,560 --> 02:30:11,000 INTO THE NINDS AS WELL NOT JUST 3389 02:30:11,000 --> 02:30:16,120 ALSO MAKING SURE THERE'S NOT A 3390 02:30:16,120 --> 02:30:22,200 DISPARITY IN THE AWARD AND NINDS 3391 02:30:22,200 --> 02:30:24,400 DEALT WITH SINCE THE PAPER AND 3392 02:30:24,400 --> 02:30:25,560 DURING THE TIME PERIOD OUR 3393 02:30:25,560 --> 02:30:27,320 INSTITUTE WAS ABLE TO BRING ON 3394 02:30:27,320 --> 02:30:29,400 SEVERAL OTHER INSTITUTES OVER 3395 02:30:29,400 --> 02:30:29,600 TIME. 3396 02:30:29,600 --> 02:30:32,600 IT'S GROWN TO ALMOST 10 NOW. 3397 02:30:32,600 --> 02:30:35,880 WE DESIGN A NEW AND AT-RISK 3398 02:30:35,880 --> 02:30:42,600 DIVERSITY RO1 TO PROMOTE 3399 02:30:42,600 --> 02:30:43,240 DIVERSITY, WORKFORCE DIVERSITY 3400 02:30:43,240 --> 02:30:44,920 RATHER TO ENCOURAGE A MORE 3401 02:30:44,920 --> 02:30:47,760 DIVERSE POOL OF P.I.s TO 3402 02:30:47,760 --> 02:30:49,760 CONTRIBUTE TO THE NIH RESEARCH 3403 02:30:49,760 --> 02:30:58,120 AREAS VIA RO1 APPLICATIONS. 3404 02:30:58,120 --> 02:30:59,680 IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE 21st 3405 02:30:59,680 --> 02:31:02,480 CENTURIES SECURITY ACT AND 3406 02:31:02,480 --> 02:31:05,160 THINKING OF WAYS TO INCLUDE NEW 3407 02:31:05,160 --> 02:31:07,360 INVESTIGATORS AND THESE EIGHT 3408 02:31:07,360 --> 02:31:11,000 RISK INVESTIGATORS INVESTED IN 3409 02:31:11,000 --> 02:31:13,720 PREVIOUSLY BUT MAYBE WERE STRUG 3410 02:31:13,720 --> 02:31:14,440 AG WITH SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH 3411 02:31:14,440 --> 02:31:17,920 SUPPORT LATER ON WITH THE EYE OF 3412 02:31:17,920 --> 02:31:20,600 INCLUDING MAKING SURE WE'RE 3413 02:31:20,600 --> 02:31:21,520 INCLUDING THE DIVERSE 3414 02:31:21,520 --> 02:31:21,840 PERSPECTIVES. 3415 02:31:21,840 --> 02:31:24,120 SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE 3416 02:31:24,120 --> 02:31:26,040 STRATEGIES THAT NINDS IS 3417 02:31:26,040 --> 02:31:28,120 FOCUSSING ON AND IS DOING BUT 3418 02:31:28,120 --> 02:31:31,480 ALSO PARTNERING WITH THE UNITE 3419 02:31:31,480 --> 02:31:32,800 EFFORT AND ACROSS THE NIH AS 3420 02:31:32,800 --> 02:31:33,000 WELL. 3421 02:31:33,000 --> 02:31:35,080 SO FOR SOME OF THOSE 3422 02:31:35,080 --> 02:31:36,920 CONVERSATIONS I'M GOING TO TURN 3423 02:31:36,920 --> 02:31:40,120 IT OVER TO TWO LEADERS AT THE 3424 02:31:40,120 --> 02:31:44,760 NIH WITH REGARDS TO TRAINING, 3425 02:31:44,760 --> 02:31:49,280 DIVERSITY AND EXTRAMURAL 3426 02:31:49,280 --> 02:31:49,560 PROGRAMS. 3427 02:31:49,560 --> 02:31:51,800 I THINK THEY BOTH SYMBOLIZE THE 3428 02:31:51,800 --> 02:31:53,560 NEW FOCUS NIH GLADLY HAS IN 3429 02:31:53,560 --> 02:31:56,600 TERMS OF BEING MORE TRANSPARENT 3430 02:31:56,600 --> 02:32:00,720 AND REALLY GIVING INFORMATION TO 3431 02:32:00,720 --> 02:32:02,440 THE COMMUNITY ABOUT NOT ONLY 3432 02:32:02,440 --> 02:32:05,680 EVALUATION AND DATA BUT WHAT IS 3433 02:32:05,680 --> 02:32:07,920 GOING ON WITH DIVERSITY AT NIH 3434 02:32:07,920 --> 02:32:10,240 AND OF THEM HAVE MADE THAT A 3435 02:32:10,240 --> 02:32:12,200 HALLMARK IN TERMS OF THE WORK 3436 02:32:12,200 --> 02:32:14,640 THEY DO. 3437 02:32:14,640 --> 02:32:16,920 DR. LAUER IS THE DIRECTOR OF 3438 02:32:16,920 --> 02:32:18,760 OFFICE OF EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH OR 3439 02:32:18,760 --> 02:32:22,240 OER AT NIH AND WHY MARIE BERNARD 3440 02:32:22,240 --> 02:32:24,520 IS THE CHIEF OFFICER FOR 3441 02:32:24,520 --> 02:32:25,800 SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE DIVERSITY 3442 02:32:25,800 --> 02:32:27,880 AT NIH. 3443 02:32:27,880 --> 02:32:35,680 YOU MAY HEAR IT REFERRED TO 3444 02:32:35,680 --> 02:32:35,880 COSWD. 3445 02:32:35,880 --> 02:32:36,640 WITH THAT DR. LAUER. 3446 02:32:36,640 --> 02:32:47,040 >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3447 02:33:01,640 --> 02:33:02,680 >>I'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE DATA 3448 02:33:02,680 --> 02:33:05,520 AND LET ME START BY GOING OVER 3449 02:33:05,520 --> 02:33:06,440 KEY TERMS HERE. 3450 02:33:06,440 --> 02:33:08,480 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPETING 3451 02:33:08,480 --> 02:33:10,400 OUTCOMES. 3452 02:33:10,400 --> 02:33:13,080 THESE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE 3453 02:33:13,080 --> 02:33:13,840 COMPETING. 3454 02:33:13,840 --> 02:33:15,280 AND THE TERMS THAT WE USE 3455 02:33:15,280 --> 02:33:17,320 SOMETIMES YOU HEAR THE TERM 3456 02:33:17,320 --> 02:33:18,520 AWARD RATE, SOMETIMES SUCCESS 3457 02:33:18,520 --> 02:33:20,320 RATE AND SOMETIMES FUNDING RATE. 3458 02:33:20,320 --> 02:33:21,480 AWARD RATES AND SUCCESS RATES 3459 02:33:21,480 --> 02:33:23,640 ARE FOCUSSED ON APPLICATIONS. 3460 02:33:23,640 --> 02:33:25,000 SO ESSENTIALLY THE DENOMINATOR 3461 02:33:25,000 --> 02:33:27,760 IS A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AND 3462 02:33:27,760 --> 02:33:29,920 THE NUMERATOR IS THE NUMBER OF 3463 02:33:29,920 --> 02:33:30,320 AWARDS. 3464 02:33:30,320 --> 02:33:32,240 OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE 3465 02:33:32,240 --> 02:33:34,320 PEOPLE ON AN APPLICATION. 3466 02:33:34,320 --> 02:33:40,040 A PERSON CAN SUBMIT MULTIPLE 3467 02:33:40,040 --> 02:33:41,080 APPLICATIONS. 3468 02:33:41,080 --> 02:33:43,080 SO APPLICATIONS AND PERSONS ARE 3469 02:33:43,080 --> 02:33:44,360 NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME. 3470 02:33:44,360 --> 02:33:48,920 A FUNDING RATE IS A PERSON-BASED 3471 02:33:48,920 --> 02:33:49,160 METRIC. 3472 02:33:49,160 --> 02:33:50,640 THE DENOMINATOR IS THE NUMBER OF 3473 02:33:50,640 --> 02:33:50,880 PERSONS. 3474 02:33:50,880 --> 02:33:54,280 THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE PEOPLE 3475 02:33:54,280 --> 02:33:57,720 DEFINED AS PRINCIPLE 3476 02:33:57,720 --> 02:33:58,880 INVESTIGATORS ON APPLICATIONS 3477 02:33:58,880 --> 02:34:08,480 AND THE PNEUM NUMERATOR ARE 3478 02:34:08,480 --> 02:34:10,640 THOSE THE FUNDING RATE AND 3479 02:34:10,640 --> 02:34:12,600 THAT'S PERSON-BASED. 3480 02:34:12,600 --> 02:34:15,840 WE'LL FOCUS ON TYPE 1, RPG AND 3481 02:34:15,840 --> 02:34:22,040 RO1 EQUIVALENT AND TYPE RPG IS 3482 02:34:22,040 --> 02:34:25,200 NOT COMPETING AND TYPE 2 OR 3483 02:34:25,200 --> 02:34:26,440 COMPETING ANY RENEWAL GRANTS 3484 02:34:26,440 --> 02:34:29,000 HAVE HIGHER RATES OF SUCCESS AND 3485 02:34:29,000 --> 02:34:30,640 THAT MUDDIES THE WATER. 3486 02:34:30,640 --> 02:34:35,400 TO MAKE IT A MORE FAIR 3487 02:34:35,400 --> 02:34:37,680 COMPARISON WE'RE FOCUSSING ON 3488 02:34:37,680 --> 02:34:40,280 TYPE 1 APPLICATION 70% TO 85% OF 3489 02:34:40,280 --> 02:34:46,080 THE APPLICATIONS WE GET. 3490 02:34:46,080 --> 02:34:48,440 AND THEN THE DISCUSSION IS ON 3491 02:34:48,440 --> 02:34:48,920 DEMOGRAPHICS. 3492 02:34:48,920 --> 02:34:50,560 IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE 3493 02:34:50,560 --> 02:34:52,040 PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT INFORMATION 3494 02:34:52,040 --> 02:34:55,080 ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON E.R.A. 3495 02:34:55,080 --> 02:34:56,880 COMMENTS BUT THAT'S VOLUNTARY 3496 02:34:56,880 --> 02:34:59,920 AND WE DO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT 3497 02:34:59,920 --> 02:35:00,880 RATES OF MISSING THAT IS 3498 02:35:00,880 --> 02:35:02,640 SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT 3499 02:35:02,640 --> 02:35:05,160 AND WE'LL BE FOCUSSING MAINLY ON 3500 02:35:05,160 --> 02:35:11,520 RAISE ETHNICITY. 3501 02:35:11,520 --> 02:35:13,840 AS BACKGROUND THIS SHOWS THE 3502 02:35:13,840 --> 02:35:15,320 NUMBER OF AWARDS AND PRINCIPLE 3503 02:35:15,320 --> 02:35:19,200 INVESTIGATORS OVER TIME. 3504 02:35:19,200 --> 02:35:23,920 ON THE LEFT WE HAVE 1998 GOING 3505 02:35:23,920 --> 02:35:26,160 TO 2022 ON THE Y AXIS IS THE 3506 02:35:26,160 --> 02:35:27,880 NUMBER IN THOUSANDS. 3507 02:35:27,880 --> 02:35:34,640 YOU'LL SEE DOTTED LINES AT 1998 3508 02:35:34,640 --> 02:35:37,320 AND 2003 THAT GOES WITH THE NIH 3509 02:35:37,320 --> 02:35:38,760 DOUBLING AND THERE'S ANOTHER 3510 02:35:38,760 --> 02:35:41,920 DOTTED LINE IN 2013 THE YEAR OF 3511 02:35:41,920 --> 02:35:42,720 BUDGET SEQUESTRATION. 3512 02:35:42,720 --> 02:35:47,200 SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LINE ON 3513 02:35:47,200 --> 02:35:53,960 THE TOP THE TEAL LINE WITH THE 3514 02:35:53,960 --> 02:36:00,240 TRY -- TRIANGLES WENT DOWN AND 3515 02:36:00,240 --> 02:36:02,680 REACHES IT HERE IN 2015 AND 3516 02:36:02,680 --> 02:36:03,800 SINCE 2015 WITH THE BUDGET 3517 02:36:03,800 --> 02:36:05,920 INCREASES WE'VE BEEN GRATEFUL TO 3518 02:36:05,920 --> 02:36:10,680 GET, WE HAVE A STEADY INCREASE 3519 02:36:10,680 --> 02:36:13,360 IN THE NUMBER OF RPG AWARDS AND 3520 02:36:13,360 --> 02:36:16,200 NOW FUNDING MORE THAN WE EVER 3521 02:36:16,200 --> 02:36:17,360 HAVE. 3522 02:36:17,360 --> 02:36:19,320 THE LINE ON THE BOTTOM IS THE 3523 02:36:19,320 --> 02:36:22,800 NUMBER OF UNIQUE PRINCIPLE 3524 02:36:22,800 --> 02:36:26,640 INVESTIGATORS AND WE REMAINED 3525 02:36:26,640 --> 02:36:28,040 STAGNANT FOR 15 YEARS THEREAFTER 3526 02:36:28,040 --> 02:36:29,960 AND SINCE THE MORE BUDGET 3527 02:36:29,960 --> 02:36:34,640 INCREASE WE HAVE MORE PRINCIPLE 3528 02:36:34,640 --> 02:36:36,000 INVESTIGATORS SUPPORTED TO 3529 02:36:36,000 --> 02:36:39,920 TRAVEL PROJECT GRANTS. 3530 02:36:39,920 --> 02:36:42,080 AND WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE WHO WANT 3531 02:36:42,080 --> 02:36:44,960 TO BE FUNDED ON AN NIH GRANT. 3532 02:36:44,960 --> 02:36:49,920 THOUGH WE'RE NOW FUNDING MORE 3533 02:36:49,920 --> 02:36:56,000 PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATORS, THE 3534 02:36:56,000 --> 02:36:56,440 COM 3535 02:36:56,440 --> 02:36:58,440 COMPETITION HAS WORSENED AND 3536 02:36:58,440 --> 02:36:59,360 BELIEVE IT'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW. 3537 02:36:59,360 --> 02:37:03,240 THE RED LINE WITH THE DOTS, THIS 3538 02:37:03,240 --> 02:37:04,680 IS THE DENOMINATOR. 3539 02:37:04,680 --> 02:37:07,640 IT'S THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE 3540 02:37:07,640 --> 02:37:10,200 APPLICANTS AND THAT IS INCREASED 3541 02:37:10,200 --> 02:37:18,000 FROM 20,000 BACK IN 1998 TO 3542 02:37:18,000 --> 02:37:21,440 ABOUT 55,000 NOW. 3543 02:37:21,440 --> 02:37:23,400 AND WITH THE UPS AND DOWNS OF 3544 02:37:23,400 --> 02:37:25,680 THE NIH BUDGET THE OVER ALL 3545 02:37:25,680 --> 02:37:26,640 PURCHASING POWER HAS NOT 3546 02:37:26,640 --> 02:37:35,760 CHANGED. 3547 02:37:35,760 --> 02:37:37,400 IS THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE PEOPLE 3548 02:37:37,400 --> 02:37:38,960 WHO RECEIVE AT LEAST ONE 3549 02:37:38,960 --> 02:37:40,960 COMPETING AWARD IN ANY GIVEN 3550 02:37:40,960 --> 02:37:43,040 YEAR AND THAT NUMBER HAS 3551 02:37:43,040 --> 02:37:43,880 INCREASED OVER TIME. 3552 02:37:43,880 --> 02:37:46,200 BUT IF YOU TAKE THE RATIO OF THE 3553 02:37:46,200 --> 02:37:48,080 NUMBER OF AWARDEES DIVIDED BY 3554 02:37:48,080 --> 02:37:50,640 THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS, THAT'S 3555 02:37:50,640 --> 02:37:53,360 THE FUNDING RATE, THAT'S THE 3556 02:37:53,360 --> 02:37:53,880 BLUE LINE. 3557 02:37:53,880 --> 02:37:56,480 BACK AT THE TIME OF THE DOUBLING 3558 02:37:56,480 --> 02:38:00,000 RUNNING AROUND 36%, 37% IT 3559 02:38:00,000 --> 02:38:02,320 DROPPED TO AS LOW AS A LITTLE 3560 02:38:02,320 --> 02:38:04,200 BIT ABOVE 20% AND NOW HAS 3561 02:38:04,200 --> 02:38:10,480 INCREASED TO 30% OR SO. 3562 02:38:10,480 --> 02:38:14,440 WE ARE IN AND CONTINUE TO BE IN 3563 02:38:14,440 --> 02:38:17,080 A HYPER COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT. 3564 02:38:17,080 --> 02:38:19,160 THERE'S DEMOGRAPHICS IN RECENT 3565 02:38:19,160 --> 02:38:20,320 YEARS FROM 2010. 3566 02:38:20,320 --> 02:38:23,320 THIS SHOWS IS THE NUMBER OF TYPE 3567 02:38:23,320 --> 02:38:27,160 1 RPG APPLICANTS ACCORDING TO 3568 02:38:27,160 --> 02:38:30,600 THEIR REPORTED RACE OR 3569 02:38:30,600 --> 02:38:30,880 ETHNICITY. 3570 02:38:30,880 --> 02:38:33,760 FOR HISPANICS IF THEY DECLARED 3571 02:38:33,760 --> 02:38:36,000 THEMSELVES HISPANIC AND WHITE WE 3572 02:38:36,000 --> 02:38:43,520 CALLED THEM HISPANIC. 3573 02:38:43,520 --> 02:38:45,840 AND THIS IS THE NUMBER OF WHITE 3574 02:38:45,840 --> 02:38:46,120 APPLICANTS. 3575 02:38:46,120 --> 02:38:47,880 THE RED LINE IS THE NUMBER OF 3576 02:38:47,880 --> 02:38:49,080 ASIAN APPLICANTS. 3577 02:38:49,080 --> 02:38:50,720 NOTICE THE BLUE LINE WHICH IS 3578 02:38:50,720 --> 02:39:01,080 THE NUMBER UNKNOWN. 3579 02:39:02,720 --> 02:39:05,560 AND THE ABSOLUTE NUMBER OF BLACK 3580 02:39:05,560 --> 02:39:08,360 AND HISPANIC APPLICANTS IS LOW 3581 02:39:08,360 --> 02:39:10,360 AND CONTINUES TO BE LOW. 3582 02:39:10,360 --> 02:39:12,200 NOW WE'LL FOCUS IN MORE DETAIL 3583 02:39:12,200 --> 02:39:13,760 IN A SECOND. 3584 02:39:13,760 --> 02:39:18,040 THIS SHOWS THE DATA FOR TYPE 1 3585 02:39:18,040 --> 02:39:18,680 RO1 APPLICANTS. 3586 02:39:18,680 --> 02:39:21,520 VERY SIMILAR THE NUMBER OF 3587 02:39:21,520 --> 02:39:22,640 WHITES HAS BEEN INCREASING. 3588 02:39:22,640 --> 02:39:27,000 THE NUMBER OF ASIANS HAS BEEN 3589 02:39:27,000 --> 02:39:28,520 INCREASING AND THE NUMBER OF 3590 02:39:28,520 --> 02:39:30,200 BLACKS AND HISPANIC APPLICANTS 3591 02:39:30,200 --> 02:39:32,440 HAS ALSO BEEN INCREASING THOUGH 3592 02:39:32,440 --> 02:39:34,160 YOU CAN'T SEE THAT HERE AND I'LL 3593 02:39:34,160 --> 02:39:36,440 SHOW THAT TO YOU IN A MOMENT THE 3594 02:39:36,440 --> 02:39:40,600 ABSOLUTE NUMBERS ARE QUITE LOW. 3595 02:39:40,600 --> 02:39:44,640 SO NOW THIS IS THE SAME DATA BUT 3596 02:39:44,640 --> 02:39:46,480 FOCUSSING SPECIFICALLY ON BLACK 3597 02:39:46,480 --> 02:39:47,280 APPLICANTS. 3598 02:39:47,280 --> 02:39:50,160 THIS IS TYPE 1 RO1 APPLICANTS. 3599 02:39:50,160 --> 02:39:52,840 IF WE LOOK AT RPGs WE SEE 3600 02:39:52,840 --> 02:39:54,040 SOMETHING SIMILAR. 3601 02:39:54,040 --> 02:39:55,920 AND THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED. 3602 02:39:55,920 --> 02:39:58,640 SO BACK IN 2010 IT WAS LESS THAN 3603 02:39:58,640 --> 02:40:00,440 400. 3604 02:40:00,440 --> 02:40:04,240 AND IN 2022 WAS ABOUT 850. 3605 02:40:04,240 --> 02:40:08,560 WHILE THE ABSOLUTE NUMBERS ARE 3606 02:40:08,560 --> 02:40:11,000 QUITE LOW, THE NUMBERS HAVE MORE 3607 02:40:11,000 --> 02:40:21,400 THAN DOUBLES OVER TIME. 3608 02:40:24,080 --> 02:40:29,120 AND THE ABSOLUTE NUMBERS ARE 3609 02:40:29,120 --> 02:40:32,240 QUITE LOW BUT THE PROPORTION IS 3610 02:40:32,240 --> 02:40:32,520 INCREASED. 3611 02:40:32,520 --> 02:40:35,640 SO IT'S NOW NEARLY DOUBLED OVER 3612 02:40:35,640 --> 02:40:38,640 THIS PERIOD OF TIME. 3613 02:40:38,640 --> 02:40:39,480 ALL RIGHT. 3614 02:40:39,480 --> 02:40:42,040 SO IF WE TAKE AGAIN AS WE CALL 3615 02:40:42,040 --> 02:40:43,680 THE FUNDING RATES IS THE RATIO 3616 02:40:43,680 --> 02:40:48,960 OF THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE WARDEES 3617 02:40:48,960 --> 02:40:50,000 THAT'S THE NUMBER RATER DIVIDED 3618 02:40:50,000 --> 02:40:52,200 BY THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE 3619 02:40:52,200 --> 02:40:54,440 APPLICANTS IS THE DENOMINATOR. 3620 02:40:54,440 --> 02:40:56,880 THIS SHOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH 3621 02:40:56,880 --> 02:40:57,720 FUNDING RATES OVER TIME. 3622 02:40:57,720 --> 02:40:59,880 THE PURPLE LINE AT THE TOP ARE 3623 02:40:59,880 --> 02:41:03,320 THE FUNDING RATE FOR WHITES 3624 02:41:03,320 --> 02:41:08,320 CONSISTENTLY THE HIGHEST ACROSS 3625 02:41:08,320 --> 02:41:11,600 THE BOARD AND THE FUNDING RATE 3626 02:41:11,600 --> 02:41:13,760 FOR ASIANS HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY 3627 02:41:13,760 --> 02:41:16,600 LOWER THAT BE FOR WHITES THOUGH 3628 02:41:16,600 --> 02:41:20,880 IN MORE RECENT YEARS THE GAP IS 3629 02:41:20,880 --> 02:41:21,160 INCREASED. 3630 02:41:21,160 --> 02:41:22,640 AND THE GREEN LINE IS FUNDING 3631 02:41:22,640 --> 02:41:24,200 FOR HISPANICS THAT NUMBER HAS 3632 02:41:24,200 --> 02:41:27,480 BEEN CONSISTENTLY LOWER THAN FOR 3633 02:41:27,480 --> 02:41:31,240 WHITES THOUGH IN 2022 THEY 3634 02:41:31,240 --> 02:41:34,640 ACTUALLY MATCHED AND YOU CAN SEE 3635 02:41:34,640 --> 02:41:37,000 THEY WERE GETTING CLOSER. 3636 02:41:37,000 --> 02:41:40,360 THE GOLD LINE ARE THE FUNDING 3637 02:41:40,360 --> 02:41:43,080 RATES FOR BLACKS AND MUCH LOWER 3638 02:41:43,080 --> 02:41:45,560 THAN FOR WHITES OVER TIME. 3639 02:41:45,560 --> 02:41:52,480 THE DIFFERENCE HAS NARROWED. 3640 02:41:52,480 --> 02:41:53,920 THOUGH THERE STILL IS A 3641 02:41:53,920 --> 02:41:55,800 PERSISTING GAP AND SOMETHING WE 3642 02:41:55,800 --> 02:41:59,720 CONSISTENTLY SEE WHICH IS THE 3643 02:41:59,720 --> 02:42:02,480 UNKNOWNS ARE ALSO SPECIALLY 3644 02:42:02,480 --> 02:42:03,080 LOWER. 3645 02:42:03,080 --> 02:42:04,520 AND THIS SHOWS WHAT I JUST 3646 02:42:04,520 --> 02:42:07,160 SHOWED YOU HERE THESE ARE DATA 3647 02:42:07,160 --> 02:42:10,360 FOR TYPE 1 RO1s. 3648 02:42:10,360 --> 02:42:12,680 DATA FOR TYPE 1 RPGs A DIFFERENT 3649 02:42:12,680 --> 02:42:14,200 CATEGORY BUT WE'RE SEEING 3650 02:42:14,200 --> 02:42:17,120 ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PATTERNS 3651 02:42:17,120 --> 02:42:17,320 HERE. 3652 02:42:17,320 --> 02:42:20,200 THE GAPS BETWEEN WHITE, HISPANIC 3653 02:42:20,200 --> 02:42:26,000 AND ASIANS HAVE NARROWED. 3654 02:42:26,000 --> 02:42:29,840 THE GAP AND LATINO AND WHITES 3655 02:42:29,840 --> 02:42:33,480 HAVE NARROWED BUT THERE'S STILL 3656 02:42:33,480 --> 02:42:38,040 CLEARLY A PERSISTENT GAP. 3657 02:42:38,040 --> 02:42:38,760 NOW IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THIS 3658 02:42:38,760 --> 02:42:41,000 ONE THING WE CAN DO IS LEVERAGE 3659 02:42:41,000 --> 02:42:46,320 OUR ADMINISTRATIVE DATA TO LOOK 3660 02:42:46,320 --> 02:42:50,480 AT SOME BASELINE AND APPLICATION 3661 02:42:50,480 --> 02:42:51,800 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE 3662 02:42:51,800 --> 02:42:53,000 DIFFERENT GROUPS P.I. APPLICANTS 3663 02:42:53,000 --> 02:42:55,600 SO WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU HERE ARE 3664 02:42:55,600 --> 02:42:59,080 DATA FOR FY22. 3665 02:42:59,080 --> 02:43:02,640 THESE SHOW CHARACTERISTICS OF 3666 02:43:02,640 --> 02:43:08,520 PEOPLE APPLYING FOR A TYPE 1 3667 02:43:08,520 --> 02:43:08,920 RPG. 3668 02:43:08,920 --> 02:43:13,840 SO 55% WERE WHITE AND 26% WERE 3669 02:43:13,840 --> 02:43:17,840 ASIAN AND% UNKNOWN AND 5% 3670 02:43:17,840 --> 02:43:20,520 HISPANIC AND 3% BLACK. 3671 02:43:20,520 --> 02:43:22,520 I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE 3672 02:43:22,520 --> 02:43:23,760 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHITES AND 3673 02:43:23,760 --> 02:43:26,640 BLACKS BUT YOU MAY WANT TO SPEND 3674 02:43:26,640 --> 02:43:27,760 TIME LOOKING AT THE SLIDE LATER 3675 02:43:27,760 --> 02:43:30,520 BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCES ARE 3676 02:43:30,520 --> 02:43:30,960 QUITE INTERESTING. 3677 02:43:30,960 --> 02:43:34,640 SO WHITES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 3678 02:43:34,640 --> 02:43:40,400 MEN, 60% COMPARED TO 51%. 3679 02:43:40,400 --> 02:43:45,880 THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE AN 3680 02:43:45,880 --> 02:43:56,400 MND AND LIKELY TO HAVE A Ph.D. 3681 02:43:57,840 --> 02:44:01,120 AND 60% OF WHITES SUBMITTED ONE 3682 02:44:01,120 --> 02:44:04,000 APPLICATION IN FY22 COMPARED TO 3683 02:44:04,000 --> 02:44:06,120 ABOUT 69% OF BLACKS. 3684 02:44:06,120 --> 02:44:12,760 A LITTLE BIT LOWER FOR BLACKS. 3685 02:44:12,760 --> 02:44:16,040 R21 OR R23 ARE SOMETIMES CALLED 3686 02:44:16,040 --> 02:44:17,400 LOW APPLICATIONS AND WE'VE SEEN 3687 02:44:17,400 --> 02:44:20,280 THIS CONSISTENTLY OVER THE 3688 02:44:20,280 --> 02:44:20,480 YEARS. 3689 02:44:20,480 --> 02:44:24,000 SO AMONG WHITE APPLICANTS 46% 3690 02:44:24,000 --> 02:44:26,480 SUBMITTED AT LEAST ONE 3691 02:44:26,480 --> 02:44:29,960 APPLICATION THAT INVOLVES ANIMAL 3692 02:44:29,960 --> 02:44:33,760 MODELS AS COMPARED TO 29% OF 3693 02:44:33,760 --> 02:44:33,960 BLACKS. 3694 02:44:33,960 --> 02:44:38,640 THEN IF WE LOOK AT APPLICATION 3695 02:44:38,640 --> 02:44:40,840 INVOLVE HUMAN PARTICIPANTS FOR 3696 02:44:40,840 --> 02:44:42,760 WHITES IT'S 52% AND FOR BLACKS A 3697 02:44:42,760 --> 02:44:49,480 LOT HIGHER ABOUT 70%. 3698 02:44:49,480 --> 02:44:51,640 90% OF WHITES EARLY STAGE 3699 02:44:51,640 --> 02:44:53,600 INVESTIGATORS AND A LARGER 3700 02:44:53,600 --> 02:44:54,280 PROPORTION OF BLACKS ARE EARLY 3701 02:44:54,280 --> 02:45:04,240 STAGE INVESTIGATORS. 3702 02:45:04,240 --> 02:45:04,840 THIS SHOWS MORE INFORMATION 3703 02:45:04,840 --> 02:45:12,040 ABOUT THEIR APPLICATIONS. 3704 02:45:12,040 --> 02:45:13,800 SINCE 2010 HOW APPLICATIONS HAS 3705 02:45:13,800 --> 02:45:22,520 A PERSON ACTUALLY SUBMITTED? 3706 02:45:22,520 --> 02:45:23,960 WHITES SUBMITTED ABOUT NINE AND 3707 02:45:23,960 --> 02:45:25,680 BLACKS ABOUT SIX APPLICATIONS. 3708 02:45:25,680 --> 02:45:29,280 HOW MANY PRIOR AWARDS HAVE THEY 3709 02:45:29,280 --> 02:45:30,040 RECEIVED? 3710 02:45:30,040 --> 02:45:33,600 WHITES ON AVERAGE RECEIVED 1.7 3711 02:45:33,600 --> 02:45:38,280 AWARDS AND BLACKS LESS THAN ONE 3712 02:45:38,280 --> 02:45:38,480 AWARD. 3713 02:45:38,480 --> 02:45:40,400 THIS GOES WITH EARLY STAGE 3714 02:45:40,400 --> 02:45:41,560 INVESTIGATORS AND HAVING A LOWER 3715 02:45:41,560 --> 02:45:49,960 FUNDING RATE OVER TIME. 3716 02:45:49,960 --> 02:45:54,040 SOMETIME WERE SUBMITTED IN FY22? 3717 02:45:54,040 --> 02:45:55,160 ABOUT 1.5. 3718 02:45:55,160 --> 02:45:56,880 NO MAJOR DIFFERENCES WHERE 3719 02:45:56,880 --> 02:45:58,080 THEY'RE SUBMITTING FROM AND IS 3720 02:45:58,080 --> 02:45:59,960 THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHETHER THEY 3721 02:45:59,960 --> 02:46:04,600 WERE FUNDED AS A PRINCIPLE 3722 02:46:04,600 --> 02:46:04,920 INVESTIGATOR. 3723 02:46:04,920 --> 02:46:06,640 THIS RATIO AND THIS GIVE THE 3724 02:46:06,640 --> 02:46:07,640 FUNDING RATE. 3725 02:46:07,640 --> 02:46:11,680 30% OF WHITES WERE FUNDED, TA% 3726 02:46:11,680 --> 02:46:15,680 OF BLACKS AND 29% OF HISPANICS 3727 02:46:15,680 --> 02:46:25,520 AND 28% OF ASIANS. 3728 02:46:25,520 --> 02:46:26,440 THERE'S DIFFERENCES IN THE 3729 02:46:26,440 --> 02:46:27,840 APPLICATION HISTORY AND THE TYPE 3730 02:46:27,840 --> 02:46:29,240 OF APPLICATIONS THEY'RE 3731 02:46:29,240 --> 02:46:30,880 SUBMITTING THE TYPE OF RESEARCH 3732 02:46:30,880 --> 02:46:33,280 THEY'RE LOOKING AT. 3733 02:46:33,280 --> 02:46:35,600 SOME OF THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS AND 3734 02:46:35,600 --> 02:46:38,600 WE THEN CONDUCTED A LOGISTIC 3735 02:46:38,600 --> 02:46:40,040 REGRESSION ANALYSIS AND I 3736 02:46:40,040 --> 02:46:41,400 BELIEVE IN THE APPENDIX SLIDES 3737 02:46:41,400 --> 02:46:43,320 THEY'RE REPRESENTED IN MORE 3738 02:46:43,320 --> 02:46:43,560 DETAIL. 3739 02:46:43,560 --> 02:46:47,680 THESE ARE THE FACTORS THAT WERE 3740 02:46:47,680 --> 02:46:50,640 ASSOCIATED EITHER POSITIVELY OR 3741 02:46:50,640 --> 02:46:55,000 NEGATIVELY WITH TYPE 1 RPG 3742 02:46:55,000 --> 02:46:56,400 FUNDING AFTER ADJUSTING FOR 3743 02:46:56,400 --> 02:46:56,800 EVERYTHING ELSE. 3744 02:46:56,800 --> 02:46:59,360 WOMEN WERE SLIGHTLY MORE LIKELY 3745 02:46:59,360 --> 02:47:00,400 TO BE FUNDED. 3746 02:47:00,400 --> 02:47:04,080 ASIANS WERE LESS LIKELY TO BE 3747 02:47:04,080 --> 02:47:04,280 FUNDED. 3748 02:47:04,280 --> 02:47:06,640 PEOPLE WITHOUT AN M.D. OR Ph.D. 3749 02:47:06,640 --> 02:47:08,440 OTHER DEGREE WERE LESS LIKELY TO 3750 02:47:08,440 --> 02:47:09,200 BE FUNDED. 3751 02:47:09,200 --> 02:47:10,520 EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS WERE 3752 02:47:10,520 --> 02:47:12,400 MORE LIKELY TO BE FUNDED AND 3753 02:47:12,400 --> 02:47:13,760 THAT IS BY POLICY. 3754 02:47:13,760 --> 02:47:16,280 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD 3755 02:47:16,280 --> 02:47:19,920 EXPECT TO FIND. 3756 02:47:19,920 --> 02:47:23,280 AND PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED SMALL 3757 02:47:23,280 --> 02:47:23,920 APPLICATIONS ARE LESS LIKELY TO 3758 02:47:23,920 --> 02:47:26,640 BE FUNDED. 3759 02:47:26,640 --> 02:47:28,200 ANIMAL RESEARCHERS LESS LIKELY 3760 02:47:28,200 --> 02:47:28,600 TO BE FUNDED. 3761 02:47:28,600 --> 02:47:30,640 NOT SURPRISINGLY PEOPLE WITH 3762 02:47:30,640 --> 02:47:32,800 MORE PRIOR AWARDS WERE MORE 3763 02:47:32,800 --> 02:47:34,480 LIKELY TO BE FUNDED, PRIOR 3764 02:47:34,480 --> 02:47:35,760 SUCCESS PREDICTED LATER SUCCESS 3765 02:47:35,760 --> 02:47:36,880 IN GETTING FUNDING. 3766 02:47:36,880 --> 02:47:38,400 ALSO NOT SURPRISINGLY IF YOU 3767 02:47:38,400 --> 02:47:42,640 SUBMITTED MORE APPLICATIONS IN 3768 02:47:42,640 --> 02:47:45,600 FY22 YOU WERE MORE LIKELY TO GET 3769 02:47:45,600 --> 02:47:48,040 FUNDING AND FIGURE THAT MORE 3770 02:47:48,040 --> 02:47:51,600 SHOTS ON GOAL AND PEOPLE WHO ARE 3771 02:47:51,600 --> 02:47:56,080 APPLYING FROM ACADEMIC 3772 02:47:56,080 --> 02:47:57,400 INDEPENDENT HOSPITALS WERE MORE 3773 02:47:57,400 --> 02:47:58,680 LIKELY TO GET FUNDED. 3774 02:47:58,680 --> 02:48:01,440 IN SUMMARY THE OVER ALL SUCCESS 3775 02:48:01,440 --> 02:48:03,680 AND FUNDING RATES ARE TIED TO 3776 02:48:03,680 --> 02:48:07,200 HISTORICAL EVENTS, THE NIH 3777 02:48:07,200 --> 02:48:09,720 DOUBLING AND THE PERIOD OF 3778 02:48:09,720 --> 02:48:10,720 BUDGETARY STAGNATION AND 3779 02:48:10,720 --> 02:48:11,880 BUDGETARY INCREASES. 3780 02:48:11,880 --> 02:48:16,040 THE ECO SYSTEM REMAINS HIGHLY 3781 02:48:16,040 --> 02:48:18,640 HYPER COMPETITIVE. 3782 02:48:18,640 --> 02:48:21,520 THE NUMBERS OF BLACK AND 3783 02:48:21,520 --> 02:48:23,760 HISPANIC RPG PRINCIPLE 3784 02:48:23,760 --> 02:48:24,360 INVESTIGATOR APPLICANTS THE 3785 02:48:24,360 --> 02:48:26,160 NUMBERS ARE INCREASING BUT THE 3786 02:48:26,160 --> 02:48:29,000 ABSOLUTE NUMBERS REMAIN LOW AND 3787 02:48:29,000 --> 02:48:31,800 THE FUNDING RATE GAPS ARE STILL 3788 02:48:31,800 --> 02:48:33,920 THERE BUT MAY BE NARROWING. 3789 02:48:33,920 --> 02:48:35,560 THOSE ARE THE DATA. 3790 02:48:35,560 --> 02:48:37,360 I HOPE YOU FIND INTERESTING AND 3791 02:48:37,360 --> 02:48:38,240 I'LL STOP THERE. 3792 02:48:38,240 --> 02:48:39,840 >>THANK YOU, DR. LAUER. 3793 02:48:39,840 --> 02:48:45,720 WE'LL TAKE A FEW QUESTIONS NOW. 3794 02:48:45,720 --> 02:48:56,240 MOSTLY ABOUT THE PRESENTATION. 3795 02:49:01,640 --> 02:49:03,880 >>LOOKS LIKE THE FUNDING RATES 3796 02:49:03,880 --> 02:49:06,720 WERE NOT AS BAD AS THE 3797 02:49:06,720 --> 02:49:09,000 APPLICATION RATES. 3798 02:49:09,000 --> 02:49:14,640 DO YOU KNOW WHY THEY WERE LOWER? 3799 02:49:14,640 --> 02:49:20,840 WAS IT BECAUSE OF DISCRIMINATION 3800 02:49:20,840 --> 02:49:24,240 AND WE SNOW THE CAUSE FOR THE 3801 02:49:24,240 --> 02:49:24,760 RACIAL GROUPS. 3802 02:49:24,760 --> 02:49:30,360 >>WHEN YOU SAID THE APPLICATION 3803 02:49:30,360 --> 02:49:34,280 RATES YOU MEAN THE ABSOLUTE 3804 02:49:34,280 --> 02:49:39,000 NUMBER OF APPLICANTS. 3805 02:49:39,000 --> 02:49:43,560 >>IT'S BEEN A LONG STANDING 3806 02:49:43,560 --> 02:49:46,640 ISSUE. 3807 02:49:46,640 --> 02:49:48,360 IT PARALLELS THE LOWER 3808 02:49:48,360 --> 02:49:50,680 PROPORTION OF FACULTY AS WELL. 3809 02:49:50,680 --> 02:49:53,440 MANY PATTERNS WE SEE WITH NIH 3810 02:49:53,440 --> 02:49:56,720 RUNS PARALLEL TO ACADEMIC 3811 02:49:56,720 --> 02:49:57,400 FACULTY AND THAT'S SOMETHING 3812 02:49:57,400 --> 02:49:59,200 THAT MARIE CAN PROBABLY ADDRESS 3813 02:49:59,200 --> 02:50:05,440 BETTER THAN I CAN. 3814 02:50:05,440 --> 02:50:06,880 >>IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO COMMENT I 3815 02:50:06,880 --> 02:50:10,680 CAN SAY WHAT WE SEE IS THERE ARE 3816 02:50:10,680 --> 02:50:12,000 BARRIERS TO PROGRESS AT EVERY 3817 02:50:12,000 --> 02:50:16,800 STEP OF THE WAY FOR THE 3818 02:50:16,800 --> 02:50:18,360 SCIENTISTS IN GROUPS THAT ARE 3819 02:50:18,360 --> 02:50:21,520 CURRENTLY UNDER REPRESENTS IN 3820 02:50:21,520 --> 02:50:24,880 SCIENCE AS WELL AS MIDDLE SCHOOL 3821 02:50:24,880 --> 02:50:29,600 ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO GETTING 3822 02:50:29,600 --> 02:50:33,120 THE Ph.D. AND POST DOCTORAL 3823 02:50:33,120 --> 02:50:33,360 TRAINING. 3824 02:50:33,360 --> 02:50:35,920 MANY BARRIERS ARE THE WAY THE 3825 02:50:35,920 --> 02:50:44,120 SYSTEM IS CONFIGURED. 3826 02:50:44,120 --> 02:50:46,200 AND THAT'S THE REASON WHEN I 3827 02:50:46,200 --> 02:50:47,200 MAKE MY PRESENTATION WE'LL TALK 3828 02:50:47,200 --> 02:50:49,600 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AT 3829 02:50:49,600 --> 02:50:50,280 MULTIPLE LEVELS TO REMOVE SOME 3830 02:50:50,280 --> 02:50:57,920 OF THE CHALLENGES. 3831 02:50:57,920 --> 02:51:06,280 >>LOOKS LIKE THE KWAP -- GAP IS 3832 02:51:06,280 --> 02:51:06,520 REDUCING. 3833 02:51:06,520 --> 02:51:10,640 >>MICHELLE I THINK WE CAN GO ON 3834 02:51:10,640 --> 02:51:12,280 TO MARIE'S TALK. 3835 02:51:12,280 --> 02:51:16,520 >>DR. BERNARD BRING UP YOUR 3836 02:51:16,520 --> 02:51:19,520 SLIDES AND PLEASE ANSWER 3837 02:51:19,520 --> 02:51:25,840 DR. RILEEY'S QUESTION IN THE 3838 02:51:25,840 --> 02:51:26,240 CHAT. 3839 02:51:26,240 --> 02:51:36,800 >>THE RESULTS ARE VERY SIMILAR. 3840 02:51:39,720 --> 02:51:42,160 >>I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE 3841 02:51:42,160 --> 02:51:43,680 OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AND I'LL 3842 02:51:43,680 --> 02:51:45,640 PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW TO ADDRESS 3843 02:51:45,640 --> 02:51:48,680 THE THINGS JUST ASKED AND THAT'S 3844 02:51:48,680 --> 02:51:50,080 WHAT WE ARE DOING NIH WIDE TO 3845 02:51:50,080 --> 02:51:53,000 TRY TO ENHANCE DIVERSITY, EQUITY 3846 02:51:53,000 --> 02:51:56,880 AND INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY. 3847 02:51:56,880 --> 02:52:00,760 I'LL TALK ABOUT THE DEI PLAN AND 3848 02:52:00,760 --> 02:52:02,600 TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEING DONE 3849 02:52:02,600 --> 02:52:06,480 THROUGH THE OFFICE AND ELABORATE 3850 02:52:06,480 --> 02:52:08,800 ON SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS 3851 02:52:08,800 --> 02:52:10,680 THROUGH THE NIH UNITE 3852 02:52:10,680 --> 02:52:10,960 INITIATIVE. 3853 02:52:10,960 --> 02:52:14,600 HOPEFULLY EVERYONE SAW MARCH 20 3854 02:52:14,600 --> 02:52:17,560 OF THIS YEAR NIH-WIDE STRATEGIC 3855 02:52:17,560 --> 02:52:19,040 PLAN FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, 3856 02:52:19,040 --> 02:52:19,960 INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY 3857 02:52:19,960 --> 02:52:20,240 RELEASED. 3858 02:52:20,240 --> 02:52:22,320 IT LAYS OUT A FRAMEWORK FOR 3859 02:52:22,320 --> 02:52:24,560 ACTIVITIES WE'LL LIKELY DO FROM 3860 02:52:24,560 --> 02:52:25,600 2023 TO 2027. 3861 02:52:25,600 --> 02:52:27,400 I SAY ACTIVITIES. 3862 02:52:27,400 --> 02:52:29,120 IT'S A FRAMEWORK AND ACTIVITIES 3863 02:52:29,120 --> 02:52:33,280 NEED TO FILL IT IN BUT IT WAS 3864 02:52:33,280 --> 02:52:34,440 VERY MUCH INFORMED BY WHAT WE 3865 02:52:34,440 --> 02:52:35,760 KNOW INSTITUTES AND CENTERS ARE 3866 02:52:35,760 --> 02:52:40,440 LEANING WARDS AND WHAT WE NEED 3867 02:52:40,440 --> 02:52:43,880 TO ASPIRE TOWARDS. 3868 02:52:43,880 --> 02:52:48,000 THERE WAS REPORT LANGUAGE IN THE 3869 02:52:48,000 --> 02:52:51,640 PHYSICAL YEAR 2021 NIH BUDGET 3870 02:52:51,640 --> 02:52:57,360 AND CALLED FOR A PLAN NIH TO 3871 02:52:57,360 --> 02:52:59,440 ADDRESSING RACIAL AND GENDER 3872 02:52:59,440 --> 02:53:05,680 DISPARITIES AT NIH AND LOOK INTO 3873 02:53:05,680 --> 02:53:06,640 BARRIERS TO THOSE RESEARCHING 3874 02:53:06,640 --> 02:53:10,040 HEALTH DISPARITIES AND THERE WAS 3875 02:53:10,040 --> 02:53:12,160 AN EXECUTIVE ORDER 14035 IN THE 3876 02:53:12,160 --> 02:53:13,600 BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT CALL 3877 02:53:13,600 --> 02:53:17,720 FOR EVERY FEDERAL ENTITY TO 3878 02:53:17,720 --> 02:53:20,080 DEVELOP A DIVERSITY, EQUITY, 3879 02:53:20,080 --> 02:53:20,720 INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY PLAN 3880 02:53:20,720 --> 02:53:22,680 FOR THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE. 3881 02:53:22,680 --> 02:53:24,760 WE DEFINED THOSE WITHIN THE 3882 02:53:24,760 --> 02:53:24,960 PLAN. 3883 02:53:24,960 --> 02:53:28,320 THE COMMISSION AS ARTICULATED IS 3884 02:53:28,320 --> 02:53:34,400 FOR NIH TO EMBRACE, INTEGRATE 3885 02:53:34,400 --> 02:53:37,240 AND STRENGTHEN DEI AND FOR NIH 3886 02:53:37,240 --> 02:53:41,240 TO BE A PEOPLE-CENTERED 3887 02:53:41,240 --> 02:53:42,480 ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVE OF 3888 02:53:42,480 --> 02:53:43,400 OUR NATION WHERE ALL PEOPLE FEEL 3889 02:53:43,400 --> 02:53:45,200 A SENSE OF BELONGING. 3890 02:53:45,200 --> 02:53:48,360 WE ANTICIPATE ACCOMPLISHING THIS 3891 02:53:48,360 --> 02:53:50,640 THROUGH THREE MAJOR OBJECTIVES. 3892 02:53:50,640 --> 02:53:52,880 FOR THOSE FAMILIAR WITH THE 3893 02:53:52,880 --> 02:53:56,720 STANDARD NIH STRATEGIC PLAN THIS 3894 02:53:56,720 --> 02:53:59,480 IS DIFFERENT FROM MOST. 3895 02:53:59,480 --> 02:54:01,640 WE THOUGHT THE PEOPLE-UNDER 3896 02:54:01,640 --> 02:54:06,120 THEED OBJECTIVES NEEDED TO BE 3897 02:54:06,120 --> 02:54:06,320 FIRST. 3898 02:54:06,320 --> 02:54:08,440 SUSTAINING THROUGH THE CULTURAL 3899 02:54:08,440 --> 02:54:10,640 CHANGE AND ORGANIZATIONAL 3900 02:54:10,640 --> 02:54:11,760 PRACTICES. 3901 02:54:11,760 --> 02:54:13,480 THIS IS AN UMBRELLA FOR 3902 02:54:13,480 --> 02:54:14,480 EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING 3903 02:54:14,480 --> 02:54:18,000 ACROSS NIH IN THIS AREA AND 3904 02:54:18,000 --> 02:54:19,440 HAPPENING AT NINDS AND 3905 02:54:19,440 --> 02:54:22,440 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS THROUGH 3906 02:54:22,440 --> 02:54:25,400 THE MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH 3907 02:54:25,400 --> 02:54:27,520 DISPARITIES STRATEGY PLAN AND 3908 02:54:27,520 --> 02:54:30,120 WOMEN'S HEALTH PLAN AND SEX AND 3909 02:54:30,120 --> 02:54:34,160 GENDER MINORITIES PLANS AND 3910 02:54:34,160 --> 02:54:35,160 PRESUMING YOU HAVEN'T HAD A 3911 02:54:35,160 --> 02:54:37,280 CHANCE TO FULLY PER USE IT AND 3912 02:54:37,280 --> 02:54:40,280 THE ACTIVITIES WITHIN IT ARE 3913 02:54:40,280 --> 02:54:42,360 THINGS LIKE THE NATIVE AMERICAN 3914 02:54:42,360 --> 02:54:46,040 CENTER FOR HEALTH AND THE 3915 02:54:46,040 --> 02:54:50,120 PROGRAM MEANT TO HELP AMERICAN 3916 02:54:50,120 --> 02:54:51,840 INDIAN AND ALASKAN NATIVES TO 3917 02:54:51,840 --> 02:54:55,240 MOVE FORWARD AND THE ALLIANCE 3918 02:54:55,240 --> 02:54:56,200 AGAINST COVID-19 DISPARITIES 3919 02:54:56,200 --> 02:54:58,040 THAT GOT LAUNCHED DURING THE 3920 02:54:58,040 --> 02:55:02,520 PANDEMIC TO ALLOW NIH TO PARTNER 3921 02:55:02,520 --> 02:55:06,640 WITH ESTABLISHED ENTITIES TO 3922 02:55:06,640 --> 02:55:08,480 DEVELOP EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTICS 3923 02:55:08,480 --> 02:55:09,600 AND VACCINES. 3924 02:55:09,600 --> 02:55:12,480 IT WAS VERY CLEAR HELICOPTERING 3925 02:55:12,480 --> 02:55:15,640 IN AND OUT IN THE WAY THAT HAS 3926 02:55:15,640 --> 02:55:19,160 BEEN THE CASE IN THE PAST WAS 3927 02:55:19,160 --> 02:55:22,040 NOT GOING TO BE A LONG-TERM 3928 02:55:22,040 --> 02:55:23,080 SUCCESSFUL STRATEGY SO THE GOAL 3929 02:55:23,080 --> 02:55:25,480 OF THE CEAL ALLIANCE IS TO 3930 02:55:25,480 --> 02:55:28,200 CONTINUE THOUGH WE'RE BEYOND THE 3931 02:55:28,200 --> 02:55:29,120 HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC 3932 02:55:29,120 --> 02:55:30,560 MAINTAINING THE RELATIONSHIPS 3933 02:55:30,560 --> 02:55:32,800 WITH COMMUNITY HUBS SO WHEN THE 3934 02:55:32,800 --> 02:55:34,720 NEXT PANDEMIC COMES ALONG WE 3935 02:55:34,720 --> 02:55:36,120 ALREADY HAVE THOSE ESTABLISHED 3936 02:55:36,120 --> 02:55:38,520 RELATIONSHIPS. 3937 02:55:38,520 --> 02:55:42,080 YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED THERE 3938 02:55:42,080 --> 02:55:42,640 SOMETHING CALLED DEIA 3939 02:55:42,640 --> 02:55:43,840 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND YOU 3940 02:55:43,840 --> 02:55:45,800 SEE THE ARTWORK YOU'LL SEE MORE 3941 02:55:45,800 --> 02:55:49,280 WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE NIH UNITE 3942 02:55:49,280 --> 02:55:50,640 INITIATIVE. 3943 02:55:50,640 --> 02:55:54,040 LAST PHYSICAL YEAR AS THE 3944 02:55:54,040 --> 02:55:58,360 INITIATIVE WAS BEING LAUNCHED IT 3945 02:55:58,360 --> 02:56:05,520 WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THERE BE 3946 02:56:05,520 --> 02:56:08,720 EXPECTATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR '22 3947 02:56:08,720 --> 02:56:11,560 FOR DEIA AND AN EXPECTATION 3948 02:56:11,560 --> 02:56:12,920 EVERY INSTITUTE AND CENTER 3949 02:56:12,920 --> 02:56:14,560 DEVELOP A RACIAL ETHNIC AND 3950 02:56:14,560 --> 02:56:16,160 EQUITY PLAN. 3951 02:56:16,160 --> 02:56:22,040 THAT START IN PHYSICAL 2022 AND 3952 02:56:22,040 --> 02:56:24,800 AND STEPPING BACK AND LOOKING 3953 02:56:24,800 --> 02:56:28,920 OBJECTIVE WITHIN RACIAL ETHNIC 3954 02:56:28,920 --> 02:56:30,440 AND EQUITY LENS AND WHERE 3955 02:56:30,440 --> 02:56:33,920 THERE'S DISPARITIES IN THE WAY 3956 02:56:33,920 --> 02:56:36,160 WE TREAT STAFF AND LOOKING AT 3957 02:56:36,160 --> 02:56:38,640 WAYS THEY'RE REMEDIED AND 3958 02:56:38,640 --> 02:56:40,120 RE-EVALUATING OVER THE COURSE OF 3959 02:56:40,120 --> 02:56:40,320 TIME. 3960 02:56:40,320 --> 02:56:42,640 AS PART OF THE UNITE INITIATIVE 3961 02:56:42,640 --> 02:56:45,000 WE ALSO STOOD BACK AND LOOKED AT 3962 02:56:45,000 --> 02:56:49,000 HOW WE HANDLED THINGS NIH WIDE 3963 02:56:49,000 --> 02:56:52,000 SUCH AS DIRECTOR'S AWARDS. 3964 02:56:52,000 --> 02:56:54,000 THE WAY THE NIH DIRECTOR'S 3965 02:56:54,000 --> 02:56:58,040 AWARDS WERE CONFIGURED THERE'S A 3966 02:56:58,040 --> 02:57:00,240 BIAS TOWARDS YOUR HIGHER-PAID 3967 02:57:00,240 --> 02:57:03,960 STAFF AND SCIENTISTS AND NOT 3968 02:57:03,960 --> 02:57:06,160 MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FULL 3969 02:57:06,160 --> 02:57:08,240 RANGE OF STAFF AT NIH TO BE 3970 02:57:08,240 --> 02:57:08,560 RECOGNIZED. 3971 02:57:08,560 --> 02:57:11,320 SO THE PROCESS HAS BEEN REVAMPED 3972 02:57:11,320 --> 02:57:15,720 AND MORE CATEGORIES HAVE BEEN 3973 02:57:15,720 --> 02:57:17,360 ADDED AND THEY ANTICIPATE WE'LL 3974 02:57:17,360 --> 02:57:18,680 HAVE A FULL RANGE OF TALENT 3975 02:57:18,680 --> 02:57:20,040 GOING FORWARD. 3976 02:57:20,040 --> 02:57:21,960 I'M TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE 3977 02:57:21,960 --> 02:57:26,080 OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 3978 02:57:26,080 --> 02:57:31,040 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE 3979 02:57:31,040 --> 02:57:32,840 COSWD TEAM BECAUSE YOU GAVE ME 3980 02:57:32,840 --> 02:57:35,640 THE PLATFORM AND WE ANTICIPATE 3981 02:57:35,640 --> 02:57:38,680 OUR ACTIVITIES TO 2026. 3982 02:57:38,680 --> 02:57:42,080 OUR VISION IS NO ENABLE NIH AND 3983 02:57:42,080 --> 02:57:42,680 NIH-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS TO 3984 02:57:42,680 --> 02:57:44,000 BENEFIT FROM THE NATION'S FULL 3985 02:57:44,000 --> 02:57:46,640 RANGE OF TALENT AND FOSTER 3986 02:57:46,640 --> 02:57:50,840 CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN 3987 02:57:50,840 --> 02:57:51,160 SCIENCE. 3988 02:57:51,160 --> 02:57:55,720 DATA ON THE DISTANT SLIDE AND IT 3989 02:57:55,720 --> 02:57:59,320 SHOWS THAT IF YOU HAVE DIVERSE 3990 02:57:59,320 --> 02:58:00,840 PERSPECTIVES WHETHER IT'S BASED 3991 02:58:00,840 --> 02:58:04,840 ON RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER OR 3992 02:58:04,840 --> 02:58:07,560 OTHER DISCIPLINES YOU HAVE 3993 02:58:07,560 --> 02:58:09,920 GREATER CREATIVITY AND IN 3994 02:58:09,920 --> 02:58:11,160 SCIENCE AND IT'S SO IT'S NOT 3995 02:58:11,160 --> 02:58:13,760 JUST FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE BUT TO 3996 02:58:13,760 --> 02:58:15,240 MAINTAIN OUR LEADERSHIP ROLE IN 3997 02:58:15,240 --> 02:58:16,480 SCIENCE IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO 3998 02:58:16,480 --> 02:58:16,720 DO. 3999 02:58:16,720 --> 02:58:18,840 THE MISSION OF OUR TEAM IS TO BE 4000 02:58:18,840 --> 02:58:26,640 THE NIH THOUGHT LEADER IN THE 4001 02:58:26,640 --> 02:58:30,040 WORKFORCE USING EVIDENCE-BASED 4002 02:58:30,040 --> 02:58:34,640 APPROACHES AND WE BUILD THE 4003 02:58:34,640 --> 02:58:36,160 EVIDENCE USING NIH AS THE TEST 4004 02:58:36,160 --> 02:58:38,640 BED AND DISSEMINATE THE 4005 02:58:38,640 --> 02:58:43,440 BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH ECO SYSTEM 4006 02:58:43,440 --> 02:58:46,800 AND SOME EXAMPLE A PROGRAM WE'RE 4007 02:58:46,800 --> 02:58:54,120 CALLING THE 21st CENTURY 4008 02:58:54,120 --> 02:59:04,480 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 4009 02:59:08,200 --> 02:59:14,160 THEY'RE FOCUSSING ON THE DATA 4010 02:59:14,160 --> 02:59:24,720 ABOUT DATA AND THERE SHOULD BE A 4011 02:59:36,040 --> 02:59:46,520 RIPPLE EFFECT THE SECOND COHORT 4012 02:59:52,720 --> 02:59:58,200 JUST LAUNCHED IN MARCH HALFWAY 4013 02:59:58,200 --> 03:00:08,760 THROUGH THE PROGRAM WE HAVE THE 4014 03:00:11,280 --> 03:00:13,040 SEMINAR SERIES AND HAVE AN 4015 03:00:13,040 --> 03:00:17,840 OFFERING HOW MENTORING IMPACTS 4016 03:00:17,840 --> 03:00:20,240 DIVERSITY IN THE BEHAVIORAL 4017 03:00:20,240 --> 03:00:20,600 WORKFORCE. 4018 03:00:20,600 --> 03:00:26,080 JOIN US IF YOU'RE ABLE. 4019 03:00:26,080 --> 03:00:36,640 WE'RE DOING IT WE HAVE REPORTING 4020 03:00:48,400 --> 03:00:51,200 AND MEETING PROCEEDINGS SO TAKE 4021 03:00:51,200 --> 03:00:56,960 A LOOK AT DIVERSITY.NIH.gov AND 4022 03:00:56,960 --> 03:01:00,160 WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES 4023 03:01:00,160 --> 03:01:01,080 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENTS TO 4024 03:01:01,080 --> 03:01:05,240 RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN DEIA 4025 03:01:05,240 --> 03:01:10,560 MENTORING AND THE AWARD NINDS 4026 03:01:10,560 --> 03:01:12,160 OFFERS. 4027 03:01:12,160 --> 03:01:15,640 THE NIH UNITE PERSPECTIVE WE 4028 03:01:15,640 --> 03:01:17,520 UNVEILED THIS WITH THE ADVISORY 4029 03:01:17,520 --> 03:01:19,840 COMMITTEE OF THE NIH DIRECTOR IN 4030 03:01:19,840 --> 03:01:23,800 FEBRUARY 26, 2021. 4031 03:01:23,800 --> 03:01:26,120 AND IT REPRESENTS FIVE 4032 03:01:26,120 --> 03:01:29,840 INTERACTING WORK GROUPS AND 4033 03:01:29,840 --> 03:01:31,360 DR. AMY ADAMS CO-LEADS THE YOUTH 4034 03:01:31,360 --> 03:01:34,000 GROUP AND THE FOCUS OF UNITE 4035 03:01:34,000 --> 03:01:36,480 CONTENT WISE IS REPRESENTED IN 4036 03:01:36,480 --> 03:01:37,640 THE VEN DIAGRAM. 4037 03:01:37,640 --> 03:01:41,280 IT'S A PEOPLE-FOCUSSED 4038 03:01:41,280 --> 03:01:42,200 DATA-DRIVEN INITIATIVE THAT 4039 03:01:42,200 --> 03:01:43,680 LOOKS AT HEALTH DISPARITY 4040 03:01:43,680 --> 03:01:46,080 RESEARCHES AND WHAT TO DO TO GET 4041 03:01:46,080 --> 03:01:47,480 OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER AND I 4042 03:01:47,480 --> 03:01:49,160 GAVE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF THINGS 4043 03:01:49,160 --> 03:01:54,200 BEING DONE ALONG THOSE LINES AND 4044 03:01:54,200 --> 03:01:56,080 ABSOLUTELY LOOKING EXTERNALLY 4045 03:01:56,080 --> 03:02:00,200 WITH NOFOS AND OTHER 4046 03:02:00,200 --> 03:02:01,560 OPPORTUNITIES. 4047 03:02:01,560 --> 03:02:03,840 CAN'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY OF 4048 03:02:03,840 --> 03:02:06,200 WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MINORITY 4049 03:02:06,200 --> 03:02:07,480 HEALTH RESEARCH. 4050 03:02:07,480 --> 03:02:10,680 THERE'S A BIG COMMON-FUND 4051 03:02:10,680 --> 03:02:14,280 INITIATIVE THAT WAS LAUNCHED 4052 03:02:14,280 --> 03:02:16,920 THIS YEAR CALLED CAMPUS, 4053 03:02:16,920 --> 03:02:18,160 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP TO ADVANCE 4054 03:02:18,160 --> 03:02:19,600 SCIENCE FOR SOCIETY. 4055 03:02:19,600 --> 03:02:21,160 THIS WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THERE'S 4056 03:02:21,160 --> 03:02:23,800 A COMMITMENT UP TO $4 MILLION 4057 03:02:23,800 --> 03:02:25,640 OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. 4058 03:02:25,640 --> 03:02:28,400 THE CONCEPT IS TO HAVE 4059 03:02:28,400 --> 03:02:29,240 COMMUNITY-LED HEALTH EQUITY 4060 03:02:29,240 --> 03:02:33,080 STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS SOME 25 4061 03:02:33,080 --> 03:02:34,640 COMMUNITIES WILL DICTATE WHAT 4062 03:02:34,640 --> 03:02:36,880 THEY SEE AS CHALLENGES IN HELP 4063 03:02:36,880 --> 03:02:40,000 IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WORK 4064 03:02:40,000 --> 03:02:42,000 WITH UP TO FIVE ACADEMIC 4065 03:02:42,000 --> 03:02:42,920 INSTITUTIONS TO ADDRESS THOSE. 4066 03:02:42,920 --> 03:02:44,920 THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE USUAL 4067 03:02:44,920 --> 03:02:45,720 WORK FOR NIH. 4068 03:02:45,720 --> 03:02:47,200 THESE ARE COMMUNITIES DICTATING 4069 03:02:47,200 --> 03:02:50,600 WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AND THERE'LL 4070 03:02:50,600 --> 03:02:53,080 BE A COORDINATING CENTER WITH 4071 03:02:53,080 --> 03:02:55,640 LARGE INITIATIVES LIKE THIS. 4072 03:02:55,640 --> 03:02:56,600 DIFFERENT IS THEY'LL HAVE 4073 03:02:56,600 --> 03:02:57,280 COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ACADEMICS 4074 03:02:57,280 --> 03:03:01,280 INVOLVED. 4075 03:03:01,280 --> 03:03:05,880 THIS IS THE IDEA THAT CAME FROM 4076 03:03:05,880 --> 03:03:09,040 UNITE WHEN UNITE WAS LAUNCHED 4077 03:03:09,040 --> 03:03:12,040 AND THERE WERE TRANSFORMATIVE 4078 03:03:12,040 --> 03:03:13,160 HEALTH DISPARITY RESEARCH 4079 03:03:13,160 --> 03:03:14,520 OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE COMMON 4080 03:03:14,520 --> 03:03:16,080 FUND ABOUT $58 MILLION COMMITTED 4081 03:03:16,080 --> 03:03:18,600 AT THE END OF '21 AND THE UNITE 4082 03:03:18,600 --> 03:03:22,120 MEMBERS WERE VERY CLEAR THAT WAS 4083 03:03:22,120 --> 03:03:25,160 NOT ENOUGH INVESTMENT AND THUS 4084 03:03:25,160 --> 03:03:26,360 THE INITIATIVE LED BY MULTIPLE 4085 03:03:26,360 --> 03:03:27,360 INSTITUTE AND CENTER DIRECTORS 4086 03:03:27,360 --> 03:03:30,160 AND MEMBERS OF UNITE HAS BEEN 4087 03:03:30,160 --> 03:03:30,440 LAUNCHED. 4088 03:03:30,440 --> 03:03:34,640 AND JUST TO GIVE A SENSE OF THE 4089 03:03:34,640 --> 03:03:36,200 ETHOS THAT'S BEEN BUILDING OVER 4090 03:03:36,200 --> 03:03:41,120 THE COUPLE YEARS, YOU SEE HERE 4091 03:03:41,120 --> 03:03:42,960 NOFOs RELATED TO HEALTH 4092 03:03:42,960 --> 03:03:45,080 DISPARITY RESEARCH FROM 2018 TO 4093 03:03:45,080 --> 03:03:49,040 2022 YOU CAN SEE STARTING 2020 4094 03:03:49,040 --> 03:03:50,640 THOSE NUMBERS -- WE CAN'T CLAIM 4095 03:03:50,640 --> 03:03:53,840 THIS IS THE RESULT OF UNITE. 4096 03:03:53,840 --> 03:03:55,720 THIS IS BECAUSE THERE'S A REAL 4097 03:03:55,720 --> 03:03:59,440 FOCUS ACROSS NIH IN THE AREA. 4098 03:03:59,440 --> 03:04:01,360 IN TERMS OF THE INTERNAL 4099 03:04:01,360 --> 03:04:03,680 WORKFORCE, ONE OTHER THING I 4100 03:04:03,680 --> 03:04:05,080 WANTED TO POINT OUT AND I KNOW 4101 03:04:05,080 --> 03:04:08,000 YOU'RE ON CAMPUS PER SE BUT IF 4102 03:04:08,000 --> 03:04:09,600 YOU ARE ON CAMPUS YOU'LL 4103 03:04:09,600 --> 03:04:13,360 PROBABLY SEE A DISPLAY LIKE THIS 4104 03:04:13,360 --> 03:04:15,640 THIS IS CALLED THE POWER OF 4105 03:04:15,640 --> 03:04:17,040 INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE RECOGNITION 4106 03:04:17,040 --> 03:04:17,400 PROJECT. 4107 03:04:17,400 --> 03:04:19,480 THAT IS A BRAIN CHILD OF 4108 03:04:19,480 --> 03:04:21,160 DR. JACKSON DEPICTED IN THE 4109 03:04:21,160 --> 03:04:24,200 BOTTOM ROW, SECOND FROM THE 4110 03:04:24,200 --> 03:04:24,400 LEFT. 4111 03:04:24,400 --> 03:04:28,960 SHE'S A TENURE TRACK SCIENTIST 4112 03:04:28,960 --> 03:04:30,520 THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW IT'S MEDE 4113 03:04:30,520 --> 03:04:37,800 HER FEEL WALKING THE HALLS OF 4114 03:04:37,800 --> 03:04:47,120 NIH AND NOT SEEING HER SELF 4115 03:04:47,120 --> 03:04:49,440 REPRESENTED AND WE HAVE A FEMALE 4116 03:04:49,440 --> 03:04:51,160 NOMINEE AT THIS POINT BUT NOT A 4117 03:04:51,160 --> 03:04:52,080 LOT OF DIVERSITY BEYOND THAT. 4118 03:04:52,080 --> 03:04:54,040 THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT IS TO 4119 03:04:54,040 --> 03:04:58,640 SHOW THE FULL DIVERSITY OF 4120 03:04:58,640 --> 03:05:02,640 INDIVIDUALS AT NIH WHO ARE KEY 4121 03:05:02,640 --> 03:05:12,800 TO THE SUCCESS OF THOSE LASKAR 4122 03:05:12,800 --> 03:05:14,640 SCHOLARS AND YOU SEE A VARIETY 4123 03:05:14,640 --> 03:05:16,520 OF COLORS AND PATTERNS TO 4124 03:05:16,520 --> 03:05:17,600 REPRESENT THAT RICHNESS OF 4125 03:05:17,600 --> 03:05:18,240 DIVERSITY AND HOW IMPORTANT IT 4126 03:05:18,240 --> 03:05:28,320 IS. 4127 03:05:32,520 --> 03:05:36,480 THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. 4128 03:05:36,480 --> 03:05:40,320 WE HAVE SOMETHING AND WE HAVE 4129 03:05:40,320 --> 03:05:41,840 SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN 4130 03:05:41,840 --> 03:05:44,600 TESTED CALLED THE DISTINGUISHED 4131 03:05:44,600 --> 03:05:45,040 SCHOLARS PROGRAM. 4132 03:05:45,040 --> 03:05:46,280 IT'S BUILT ON TWO PROGRAMS THAT 4133 03:05:46,280 --> 03:05:54,560 BRING IN GROUPS OF SIGN -- 4134 03:05:54,560 --> 03:05:55,520 SCIENTISTS AND GIVES THEM AN 4135 03:05:55,520 --> 03:05:57,160 OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THE 4136 03:05:57,160 --> 03:05:59,200 PROGRAM WHERE THEY GET EXTRA 4137 03:05:59,200 --> 03:06:02,080 MONEY THEIR INSTITUTE OR CENTER 4138 03:06:02,080 --> 03:06:03,680 GETS EXTRA MONEY FOR THEIR LAB 4139 03:06:03,680 --> 03:06:05,720 AND GET EXTRA MENTORING AND 4140 03:06:05,720 --> 03:06:07,440 THERE'S ATTENTION TO THE CLIMATE 4141 03:06:07,440 --> 03:06:09,120 AND ENVIRONMENT AT THEIR 4142 03:06:09,120 --> 03:06:10,400 INSTITUTION WITH THE GOAL OF 4143 03:06:10,400 --> 03:06:14,560 ALLOWING THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 4144 03:06:14,560 --> 03:06:18,200 SIMILAR TO THE CONCEPT THE 21st 4145 03:06:18,200 --> 03:06:19,920 CENTURY SCHOLARS PROGRAM IS 4146 03:06:19,920 --> 03:06:20,920 MODELLED AFTER. 4147 03:06:20,920 --> 03:06:24,040 THEY BECOME A SELF-REINFORCING 4148 03:06:24,040 --> 03:06:26,200 PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR. 4149 03:06:26,200 --> 03:06:28,040 THIS IS THE CONVENING LAST 4150 03:06:28,040 --> 03:06:29,760 SEPTEMBER WHEN WE WERE FIRST 4151 03:06:29,760 --> 03:06:32,480 BEGINNING TO TAKE OFF OUR MASKS 4152 03:06:32,480 --> 03:06:34,680 AS WE TENTATIVELY STOOD 4153 03:06:34,680 --> 03:06:34,960 TOGETHER. 4154 03:06:34,960 --> 03:06:37,240 IT'S BEEN IMPACTFUL. 4155 03:06:37,240 --> 03:06:39,400 WHAT'S BEEN SEEN WITHIN THE 4156 03:06:39,400 --> 03:06:42,640 PROGRAM IS FROM THE '90s ONWARD 4157 03:06:42,640 --> 03:06:44,680 THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN 4158 03:06:44,680 --> 03:06:49,600 MINORITY SCIENTISTS IN THE 4159 03:06:49,600 --> 03:06:52,360 INTRAMURAL TENURE TRACK PROGRAM 4160 03:06:52,360 --> 03:06:55,040 AND BROUGHT IN SCIENTISTS AND 4161 03:06:55,040 --> 03:06:55,560 THE DECREASE WAS BEING 4162 03:06:55,560 --> 03:07:00,160 CORRECTED. 4163 03:07:00,160 --> 03:07:04,760 AND THERE IS ACCELERATED 4164 03:07:04,760 --> 03:07:08,640 INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGES OF 4165 03:07:08,640 --> 03:07:11,440 MINORITIES IN THE TENURE TRACK 4166 03:07:11,440 --> 03:07:14,560 PROGRAM AND WITH THE FEMALE IT 4167 03:07:14,560 --> 03:07:15,960 HELPED INCREASE THE 4168 03:07:15,960 --> 03:07:16,600 DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR PROGRAM 4169 03:07:16,600 --> 03:07:19,360 AND ACCELERATED THE INCREASE. 4170 03:07:19,360 --> 03:07:23,440 BASED ON THAT NIH HAS PROVIDED 4171 03:07:23,440 --> 03:07:25,960 EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES TO 4172 03:07:25,960 --> 03:07:28,400 PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING CALLED 4173 03:07:28,400 --> 03:07:32,240 THE FACULTY RECRUITMENT FOR 4174 03:07:32,240 --> 03:07:34,320 SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION 4175 03:07:34,320 --> 03:07:36,200 INITIATIVE WITH UNITE THE FIRST 4176 03:07:36,200 --> 03:07:38,640 WAS ANNOUNCED BEFORE WE UNVEILED 4177 03:07:38,640 --> 03:07:45,920 UNITE. 4178 03:07:45,920 --> 03:07:49,720 WE HAD SIX COHORTS INVOLVED IN 4179 03:07:49,720 --> 03:07:51,520 SEVEN INSTITUTIONS TO 4180 03:07:51,520 --> 03:07:52,120 SUCCESSFULLY COMPETE FOR THE 4181 03:07:52,120 --> 03:07:55,160 FUNDS AND FOUND HIGH AND LOW 4182 03:07:55,160 --> 03:07:57,440 RESOURCED INSTITUTIONS AND 4183 03:07:57,440 --> 03:07:58,640 COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALABAMA 4184 03:07:58,640 --> 03:08:01,120 AND BIRMINGHAM AND TUSKEGEE 4185 03:08:01,120 --> 03:08:03,240 UNIVERSITY AND THE SECOND SET OF 4186 03:08:03,240 --> 03:08:07,720 COHORTS WERE FOR FISCAL YEAR '22 4187 03:08:07,720 --> 03:08:10,640 SHOWED HIGH AND LOW RESOURCED 4188 03:08:10,640 --> 03:08:12,200 INSTITUTIONS AND COLLABORATION 4189 03:08:12,200 --> 03:08:13,440 BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE 4190 03:08:13,440 --> 03:08:15,160 AND MARYLAND AND HAVE A 4191 03:08:15,160 --> 03:08:16,280 COORDINATING CENTER AT MOREHOUSE 4192 03:08:16,280 --> 03:08:18,440 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND SOME TIME 4193 03:08:18,440 --> 03:08:20,880 IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO WE'LL 4194 03:08:20,880 --> 03:08:22,640 HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE 4195 03:08:22,640 --> 03:08:24,560 FINAL ONSET OF COHORTS. 4196 03:08:24,560 --> 03:08:28,440 AT THE END WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST 4197 03:08:28,440 --> 03:08:32,440 15 DIFFERENT COHORT PROGRAMS 4198 03:08:32,440 --> 03:08:34,040 ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT 150 4199 03:08:34,040 --> 03:08:35,400 EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS 4200 03:08:35,400 --> 03:08:41,120 SUPPORTED THROUGH TENURE AND 4201 03:08:41,120 --> 03:08:43,600 HOPEFULLY BECOMING RO1 4202 03:08:43,600 --> 03:08:45,000 INVESTIGATORS HERE AT NIH. 4203 03:08:45,000 --> 03:08:46,160 WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE A 4204 03:08:46,160 --> 03:08:48,200 MIXTURE OF INDIVIDUALS AND THE 4205 03:08:48,200 --> 03:08:49,640 ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY 4206 03:08:49,640 --> 03:08:52,120 HAVE AN INTEREST IN AND A TRACK 4207 03:08:52,120 --> 03:08:54,200 RECORD IN DEIA SO THAT DOESN'T 4208 03:08:54,200 --> 03:08:56,760 MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO NECESSARILY 4209 03:08:56,760 --> 03:08:58,520 BE ABLE TO HAVE A PARTICULAR 4210 03:08:58,520 --> 03:09:00,160 DEMOGRAPHIC BUT GIVEN THE 4211 03:09:00,160 --> 03:09:02,760 TENDENCY FOR SCIENTISTS FROM 4212 03:09:02,760 --> 03:09:03,880 UNDER REPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS TO 4213 03:09:03,880 --> 03:09:06,840 WANT TO PAY IT FORWARD YOU'LL 4214 03:09:06,840 --> 03:09:09,040 FIND ENRICHED SCIENTISTS FROM 4215 03:09:09,040 --> 03:09:11,680 UNDER REPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS. 4216 03:09:11,680 --> 03:09:15,160 WE ALSO THROUGH THE NIH UNITE 4217 03:09:15,160 --> 03:09:15,880 INITIATIVE HAVE WORKING WITH 4218 03:09:15,880 --> 03:09:19,640 DR. LAUER AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN 4219 03:09:19,640 --> 03:09:22,080 ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THERE 4220 03:09:22,080 --> 03:09:26,440 IS A PORTAL FOR REPORTING SEXUAL 4221 03:09:26,440 --> 03:09:34,400 HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION, 4222 03:09:34,400 --> 03:09:35,040 SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND 4223 03:09:35,040 --> 03:09:37,840 DISCRIMINATION WHICH WE THINK IS 4224 03:09:37,840 --> 03:09:39,800 IMPORTANT AND UNITE WORKING WITH 4225 03:09:39,800 --> 03:09:42,120 DR. LAUER AND HIS COLLEAGUES 4226 03:09:42,120 --> 03:09:45,040 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE 4227 03:09:45,040 --> 03:09:51,440 FACT THAT NIH HAS AUTHORITY TO 4228 03:09:51,440 --> 03:09:53,040 NOT ONLY ASK NICELY FOR THE 4229 03:09:53,040 --> 03:09:54,520 REPORTING TO BE DONE BUT EXPECT 4230 03:09:54,520 --> 03:09:55,880 IT TO BE DONE AND NOTICE OF 4231 03:09:55,880 --> 03:09:58,640 GRANT AWARD GOING FORWARD WILL 4232 03:09:58,640 --> 03:10:02,080 HAVE LANGUAGE IN THEM THAT 4233 03:10:02,080 --> 03:10:04,320 INDICATE IT'S EXPECTED 4234 03:10:04,320 --> 03:10:06,160 INSTITUTIONS WILL HAVE A CIVIL 4235 03:10:06,160 --> 03:10:08,160 ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S FOUND 4236 03:10:08,160 --> 03:10:10,640 THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 4237 03:10:10,640 --> 03:10:14,160 THERE'S POTENTIAL RAMIFICATIONS 4238 03:10:14,160 --> 03:10:14,760 TO BE EXECUTE DR. LAUER AND 4239 03:10:14,760 --> 03:10:23,600 TEAM. 4240 03:10:23,600 --> 03:10:24,240 THERE'S SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES 4241 03:10:24,240 --> 03:10:26,440 FOR FUNDING AND MORE IN THE 4242 03:10:26,440 --> 03:10:26,680 FUTURE. 4243 03:10:26,680 --> 03:10:27,960 ONE IS EXPANDING THE SCIENCE 4244 03:10:27,960 --> 03:10:30,200 PARTNERSHIP AWARDS PROGRAM. 4245 03:10:30,200 --> 03:10:33,200 THIS HAS BEEN LED BY THE 4246 03:10:33,200 --> 03:10:34,640 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL 4247 03:10:34,640 --> 03:10:37,360 MEDICAL SCIENCES K-12 S.T.E.M. 4248 03:10:37,360 --> 03:10:39,760 TRAINING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING 4249 03:10:39,760 --> 03:10:41,480 THAT FOR MANY PEOPLE THE 4250 03:10:41,480 --> 03:10:46,160 DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE IDENTITY 4251 03:10:46,160 --> 03:10:52,440 IS AS EARLY AS AS MEDICAL -- 4252 03:10:52,440 --> 03:10:55,000 MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OTHER CENTERS 4253 03:10:55,000 --> 03:10:56,280 HAVE JOINED AND THINK IT WILL 4254 03:10:56,280 --> 03:10:58,640 HELP KEEP THE PATHWAY ROBUST 4255 03:10:58,640 --> 03:11:00,200 WITH FUTURE SCIENTISTS FROM 4256 03:11:00,200 --> 03:11:04,440 UNDER REPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS. 4257 03:11:04,440 --> 03:11:05,600 IN MARCH WAS RESEARCH WITH 4258 03:11:05,600 --> 03:11:12,680 ACTIVITY RELATED TO DIVERSITY 4259 03:11:12,680 --> 03:11:14,640 INITIATIVE. 4260 03:11:14,640 --> 03:11:17,080 THIS GIVES SCIENTISTS AN 4261 03:11:17,080 --> 03:11:18,760 OPPORTUNITY WHO DON'T HAVE AN 4262 03:11:18,760 --> 03:11:22,600 RO1 BASED ON THEIR EXCELLENCE IN 4263 03:11:22,600 --> 03:11:26,000 DEIA AND THE MONEY FOR ENHANCING 4264 03:11:26,000 --> 03:11:26,680 THEIR RESEARCH AND CONTINUES 4265 03:11:26,680 --> 03:11:32,640 WITH THE DEIA ACTIVITIES. 4266 03:11:32,640 --> 03:11:34,080 TO RECOGNIZE THE TAX ONE OFTEN 4267 03:11:34,080 --> 03:11:44,480 PAYS IN SUPPORTING DEIA. 4268 03:11:44,720 --> 03:11:45,200 THERE'S INSTRUMENTAL GRANT 4269 03:11:45,200 --> 03:11:48,800 PROGRAM IN GENERAL AND THIS IS 4270 03:11:48,800 --> 03:11:51,440 TARGETING INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS 4271 03:11:51,440 --> 03:11:52,920 HBCUs AND TRIBAL COLLEGES AND 4272 03:11:52,920 --> 03:11:56,120 UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE LIMITED 4273 03:11:56,120 --> 03:11:57,440 ABILITIES TO BUY INSTRUMENTS 4274 03:11:57,440 --> 03:12:00,360 THEY NEED TO ADVANCE THEIR 4275 03:12:00,360 --> 03:12:01,440 SCIENCE. 4276 03:12:01,440 --> 03:12:06,200 AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING 4277 03:12:06,200 --> 03:12:11,560 CALLED STRENGTHENING RESEARCH 4278 03:12:11,560 --> 03:12:13,920 AND STRUCTURED INSTITUTIONAL 4279 03:12:13,920 --> 03:12:15,480 NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND ACTION 4280 03:12:15,480 --> 03:12:18,240 PLAN, ACRONYM STRONG, TO ALLOW 4281 03:12:18,240 --> 03:12:24,120 THOSE TO SERVE POPULATIONS UNDER 4282 03:12:24,120 --> 03:12:27,560 REPRESENTED IN SCIENCES TO STEP 4283 03:12:27,560 --> 03:12:30,200 BACK AND DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE 4284 03:12:30,200 --> 03:12:31,840 NEEDED TO ENHANCE THEIR RESEARCH 4285 03:12:31,840 --> 03:12:33,040 CAPACITY AND TO DEVELOP A PLAN 4286 03:12:33,040 --> 03:12:36,880 TO ADDRESS IT. 4287 03:12:36,880 --> 03:12:40,520 DOLLAR ALSO CONCEPTS THAT HAVE 4288 03:12:40,520 --> 03:12:46,240 BEEN APPROVED AT THE NI GMS CPS 4289 03:12:46,240 --> 03:12:47,160 AND ACTION PLAN DEVELOPMENT 4290 03:12:47,160 --> 03:12:49,680 GRANT EQUIVALENT TO WHAT IS DONE 4291 03:12:49,680 --> 03:12:50,400 IN THE FIRST INITIATIVE BUT 4292 03:12:50,400 --> 03:13:00,960 WITHOUT THE FUNDING FOR COHORTS 4293 03:13:02,040 --> 03:13:09,440 THEY COULD GET PHILANTHROPIC 4294 03:13:09,440 --> 03:13:13,720 SUPPORT AND CAN ENHANCE 4295 03:13:13,720 --> 03:13:19,080 WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND THERE 4296 03:13:19,080 --> 03:13:22,280 ARE NO NOFOs AT THIS POINT BUT 4297 03:13:22,280 --> 03:13:27,800 OFTEN WHEN A CONCEPT IS APPROVED 4298 03:13:27,800 --> 03:13:34,160 IT BECOMES ONE AND THE NIMHD 4299 03:13:34,160 --> 03:13:35,320 COUNCIL A PROVED INSTITUTION 4300 03:13:35,320 --> 03:13:36,440 RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING 4301 03:13:36,440 --> 03:13:37,640 ASSESSMENT AND ACTION PLAN 4302 03:13:37,640 --> 03:13:38,360 DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. 4303 03:13:38,360 --> 03:13:42,640 THEY MAY BE COMING THROUGH IN 4304 03:13:42,640 --> 03:13:44,440 THE NEAR FUTURE AND COME THROUGH 4305 03:13:44,440 --> 03:13:49,880 THE SYSTEM OF REVIEW AT NIH AND 4306 03:13:49,880 --> 03:14:00,400 THERE'S AN EXCELLENCE AND THEY 4307 03:14:02,720 --> 03:14:06,200 ARE SUPPORTED BY THE INSTITUTES 4308 03:14:06,200 --> 03:14:09,200 AND CENTERS THAT AND YOU'LL GET 4309 03:14:09,200 --> 03:14:19,880 UP TO 10 AWARDS TO INSTITUTIOS 4310 03:14:20,240 --> 03:14:21,600 AND TO RECOGNIZE AND REWARD 4311 03:14:21,600 --> 03:14:23,480 INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE 4312 03:14:23,480 --> 03:14:25,280 IDENTIFIED GAPS IN DEIA AND 4313 03:14:25,280 --> 03:14:27,040 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT AND 4314 03:14:27,040 --> 03:14:30,200 EVALUATE INTERVENTIONS TO 4315 03:14:30,200 --> 03:14:34,640 ADDRESS THE GAPS. 4316 03:14:34,640 --> 03:14:38,200 TO IDENTIFY EFFECTIVE PRACTICES 4317 03:14:38,200 --> 03:14:40,040 AND FACULTY AND POSTDOCTORAL 4318 03:14:40,040 --> 03:14:46,560 FELLOWS THAT CAN BE DEM S DISEMD 4319 03:14:46,560 --> 03:14:49,760 ON DEGREE-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS 4320 03:14:49,760 --> 03:14:51,080 WITH ONE OR MORE OF THESE 4321 03:14:51,080 --> 03:14:51,720 LEVELS. 4322 03:14:51,720 --> 03:14:54,600 IT WAS LAUNCHED APRIL 4. 4323 03:14:54,600 --> 03:15:04,360 WE HAD A WEBINAR MAY 17. 4324 03:15:04,360 --> 03:15:06,480 WE ANTICIPATE ANNOUNCING AWARDS 4325 03:15:06,480 --> 03:15:07,440 IN DECEMBER. 4326 03:15:07,440 --> 03:15:10,640 IF YOU'RE INTERESTED PLEASE TAKE 4327 03:15:10,640 --> 03:15:12,200 A LOOK. 4328 03:15:12,200 --> 03:15:16,680 I'LL STOP AT THAT POINT AND BE 4329 03:15:16,680 --> 03:15:18,320 HAPPY TO JOIN IN ANSWERING 4330 03:15:18,320 --> 03:15:18,600 QUESTIONS. 4331 03:15:18,600 --> 03:15:22,440 >>THANK YOU, MARIE. 4332 03:15:22,440 --> 03:15:23,840 WE HAVE BUILDING ONE. 4333 03:15:23,840 --> 03:15:24,360 ALWAYS A GREAT TIME FOR 4334 03:15:24,360 --> 03:15:30,280 QUESTION. 4335 03:15:30,280 --> 03:15:32,360 DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? 4336 03:15:32,360 --> 03:15:36,200 RAISE YOUR HAND OR FEEL FREE TO 4337 03:15:36,200 --> 03:15:46,480 PUT IN THE CHAT. 4338 03:15:53,080 --> 03:15:54,160 >>SORRY ABOUT THAT. 4339 03:15:54,160 --> 03:15:56,240 I WAS IMPRESSED AND HAD A 4340 03:15:56,240 --> 03:16:00,680 QUESTION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE 4341 03:16:00,680 --> 03:16:02,640 DIRECTORS DSP SCHOLARS PROGRAM 4342 03:16:02,640 --> 03:16:03,760 AS CALLED. 4343 03:16:03,760 --> 03:16:05,320 IT SEEMED SO IMMEDIATE AND 4344 03:16:05,320 --> 03:16:07,200 IMPACTFUL RIGHT AWAY. 4345 03:16:07,200 --> 03:16:09,160 I WAS NOTICING THE LAST SLIDE 4346 03:16:09,160 --> 03:16:12,160 YOU SHOWED WAS PERCENTAGE OF 4347 03:16:12,160 --> 03:16:15,560 WOMEN IN TENURE TRACK WAS AT A 4348 03:16:15,560 --> 03:16:18,440 STEEP INCREASING SLOPE SORT OF 4349 03:16:18,440 --> 03:16:19,680 RIGHT AWAY. 4350 03:16:19,680 --> 03:16:21,320 EVERY FACULTY I KNOW ACROSS THE 4351 03:16:21,320 --> 03:16:25,040 COUNTRY ARE DEALING HOW TO 4352 03:16:25,040 --> 03:16:26,120 ADDRESS THE DISPARITIES. 4353 03:16:26,120 --> 03:16:27,640 I HEARD LOTS OF IDEAS. 4354 03:16:27,640 --> 03:16:29,600 IT'S OFTEN LIMITED IN HOW TO 4355 03:16:29,600 --> 03:16:30,160 IMPACT. 4356 03:16:30,160 --> 03:16:35,480 I WONDER WHAT LESSON YOU CAN 4357 03:16:35,480 --> 03:16:41,920 TAKE FROM THE INTRAMURAL SUCCESS 4358 03:16:41,920 --> 03:16:43,160 AND EVERY DEPARTMENT IS TRYING 4359 03:16:43,160 --> 03:16:46,640 TO DO THIS AND YOU CAME UP WITH 4360 03:16:46,640 --> 03:16:48,200 A FORMULA THAT WORKED SO QUICKLY 4361 03:16:48,200 --> 03:16:50,000 AND WELL. 4362 03:16:50,000 --> 03:16:51,480 IT BLOWS ME AWAY. 4363 03:16:51,480 --> 03:16:53,360 IT WAS AN OBVIOUS SOLUTION THAT 4364 03:16:53,360 --> 03:16:55,640 WORKED AND YOU FOUND IT AND IT 4365 03:16:55,640 --> 03:16:58,400 SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED TO THE 4366 03:16:58,400 --> 03:16:59,360 OUTSIDE WORLD QUICKLY BECAUSE 4367 03:16:59,360 --> 03:17:03,160 IT'S DATA AND THE DATA DOESN'T 4368 03:17:03,160 --> 03:17:03,480 LIE. 4369 03:17:03,480 --> 03:17:06,920 >>I THINK DR. HANNAH VALENTINE 4370 03:17:06,920 --> 03:17:09,840 IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT AND TALKS 4371 03:17:09,840 --> 03:17:12,240 ABOUT IT IN HER SCIENCE ARTICLES 4372 03:17:12,240 --> 03:17:14,880 THAT WAS ONE OF HER LAST THINGS 4373 03:17:14,880 --> 03:17:17,120 BEFORE SHE LEFT NIH IN AUGUST 4374 03:17:17,120 --> 03:17:18,200 2020. 4375 03:17:18,200 --> 03:17:19,960 I'LL SEE IF WE CAN FIND THAT 4376 03:17:19,960 --> 03:17:24,760 REFERENCE AND PROVIDE IT TOUT 4377 03:17:24,760 --> 03:17:26,200 -- IT TO YOU AND YOU BRING IN 4378 03:17:26,200 --> 03:17:27,960 GROUPS OF PEOPLE AND NETWORK 4379 03:17:27,960 --> 03:17:29,640 THEM AND HAVE THEM SUPPORTIVE TO 4380 03:17:29,640 --> 03:17:34,240 EACH OTHER SO SOME OF THE 4381 03:17:34,240 --> 03:17:36,680 MICROAGGRESSIONS AND CHALLENGES 4382 03:17:36,680 --> 03:17:38,480 THAT WOULD BE SEEN PEOPLE DEAL 4383 03:17:38,480 --> 03:17:40,080 WITH ON A SOLO BASIS THEY HAVE A 4384 03:17:40,080 --> 03:17:48,680 GROUP OF PEOPLE TO REFER TO TO 4385 03:17:48,680 --> 03:17:50,600 FIGURE THINGS OUT AND SOME 4386 03:17:50,600 --> 03:17:53,040 THINGS THAT ARE A NATURAL 4387 03:17:53,040 --> 03:17:56,640 NETWORK FOR THEM TO NEGOTIATE 4388 03:17:56,640 --> 03:17:58,840 THEY HAVE OTHERS AND PEER AS 4389 03:17:58,840 --> 03:18:01,520 WELL AS FORMAL MENTORS. 4390 03:18:01,520 --> 03:18:07,080 THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET ON A 4391 03:18:07,080 --> 03:18:08,760 MONTHLY BASIS WITH LEADING 4392 03:18:08,760 --> 03:18:09,880 SCIENTISTS WAS APPEALING TO 4393 03:18:09,880 --> 03:18:10,520 MANY. 4394 03:18:10,520 --> 03:18:11,800 THE OPPORTUNITY TO MORE FUNDING 4395 03:18:11,800 --> 03:18:14,520 THOUGH IN MANY CASES THE FUNDING 4396 03:18:14,520 --> 03:18:16,000 DOESN'T GO FULLY TO THE 4397 03:18:16,000 --> 03:18:18,200 SCIENTISTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY 4398 03:18:18,200 --> 03:18:22,040 FOR FUNDING WAS SOMETHING 4399 03:18:22,040 --> 03:18:29,120 APPEALING AND THE SMALL NUMBER 4400 03:18:29,120 --> 03:18:33,640 OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN ON AN 4401 03:18:33,640 --> 03:18:36,120 ANNUAL BASIS YOU CAN MAKE A 4402 03:18:36,120 --> 03:18:38,120 DIFFERENCE QUICKLY. 4403 03:18:38,120 --> 03:18:42,000 >>HOW BIG IS -- IN A GIVEN YEAR 4404 03:18:42,000 --> 03:18:43,840 HOW MANY SCHOLARS DID YOU BRING 4405 03:18:43,840 --> 03:18:44,000 UP? 4406 03:18:44,000 --> 03:18:46,120 TO SCALE IT TO AN ACADEMIC 4407 03:18:46,120 --> 03:18:47,600 DEPARTMENT WE'RE NOT THE SIZE OF 4408 03:18:47,600 --> 03:18:47,840 NIH. 4409 03:18:47,840 --> 03:18:49,880 IF I GO TO MY DEAN AND SAY WE 4410 03:18:49,880 --> 03:18:52,680 WANT TO BRING IN THIS MANY 4411 03:18:52,680 --> 03:18:54,080 PEOPLE AT ONCE, I'M CURIOUS WHAT 4412 03:18:54,080 --> 03:18:56,240 YOU WERE DEALING WITH IN TERMS 4413 03:18:56,240 --> 03:19:00,080 OF NUMBERS IN A GIVEN YEAR? 4414 03:19:00,080 --> 03:19:02,720 >>ON AVERAGE 12 TO 13 4415 03:19:02,720 --> 03:19:03,040 INDIVIDUALS. 4416 03:19:03,040 --> 03:19:06,200 IT'S NOT AN UNMANAGEABLE NUMBER 4417 03:19:06,200 --> 03:19:10,800 AT LEAST FOR US. 4418 03:19:10,800 --> 03:19:16,120 WHAT'S BEING ASKED IS THE TOTAL 4419 03:19:16,120 --> 03:19:26,680 OF 15 ON AVERAGE AND PART OF THE 4420 03:19:33,360 --> 03:19:35,760 PROGRAM IS THE CENTER FOR 4421 03:19:35,760 --> 03:19:37,760 EVALUATION AND THEY HAVE A CEC. 4422 03:19:37,760 --> 03:19:40,800 SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE 4423 03:19:40,800 --> 03:19:44,480 TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF 4424 03:19:44,480 --> 03:19:48,200 LESSONS LEARNED IS BUILT INTO 4425 03:19:48,200 --> 03:19:57,120 THE DISSEMINATION OF THE 4426 03:19:57,120 --> 03:19:58,520 EXTRAMURAL WORKFORCE. 4427 03:19:58,520 --> 03:20:00,080 WALTER, DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND 4428 03:20:00,080 --> 03:20:00,240 UP? 4429 03:20:00,240 --> 03:20:04,600 >>MARIE, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW 4430 03:20:04,600 --> 03:20:06,160 MANY PEOPLE OF THOSE NAMED 4431 03:20:06,160 --> 03:20:09,560 SCHOLARS WERE ALREADY HERE 4432 03:20:09,560 --> 03:20:10,840 OPPOSED TO BROUGHT IN FROM 4433 03:20:10,840 --> 03:20:11,080 OUTSIDE? 4434 03:20:11,080 --> 03:20:14,600 >>I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE 4435 03:20:14,600 --> 03:20:25,120 PROGRAM AND WHAT I SEE IS THE 4436 03:20:41,440 --> 03:20:42,360 PERCENTAGES AND I'M CURIOUS TO 4437 03:20:42,360 --> 03:20:48,200 KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGES ARE 4438 03:20:48,200 --> 03:20:56,240 ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND CORRELATE 4439 03:20:56,240 --> 03:20:58,560 WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF SUCCESSES 4440 03:20:58,560 --> 03:21:01,240 IN LET'S SAY THE CAUCASIAN 4441 03:21:01,240 --> 03:21:02,280 GROUPS AT A PARTICULAR 4442 03:21:02,280 --> 03:21:03,320 INSTITUTION OR A PARTICULAR 4443 03:21:03,320 --> 03:21:04,000 STATE. 4444 03:21:04,000 --> 03:21:05,280 IS THERE SOMETHING BEING DONE 4445 03:21:05,280 --> 03:21:08,640 CORRECTLY AT SOME PLACES OR IS 4446 03:21:08,640 --> 03:21:10,640 THE PROBLEM UNIVERSAL ACROSS THE 4447 03:21:10,640 --> 03:21:14,120 COUNTRY. 4448 03:21:14,120 --> 03:21:20,080 >>I CAN START WITH THAT. 4449 03:21:20,080 --> 03:21:22,320 SO THERE ARE DEFINITE PARALLELS 4450 03:21:22,320 --> 03:21:25,320 AGAIN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR 4451 03:21:25,320 --> 03:21:27,280 APPLICANTS AND FUNDED P.I.s AND 4452 03:21:27,280 --> 03:21:32,240 WHAT'S GOING ON IN ACADEMIA. 4453 03:21:32,240 --> 03:21:36,680 PERHAPS SOME OF THE BEST DATA 4454 03:21:36,680 --> 03:21:38,640 ARE FROM WA AND C FOCUSSING ON 4455 03:21:38,640 --> 03:21:39,760 MEDICAL SCHOOLS BUT WE'VE SEEN A 4456 03:21:39,760 --> 03:21:42,200 NUMBER OF PATTERNS THAT 4457 03:21:42,200 --> 03:21:44,320 ESSENTIALLY MIRROR OR REFLECT 4458 03:21:44,320 --> 03:21:46,400 WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE 4459 03:21:46,400 --> 03:21:46,960 MEDICAL SCHOOLS. 4460 03:21:46,960 --> 03:21:51,080 WE HAVE DONE INTERNALLY SOME 4461 03:21:51,080 --> 03:21:52,120 ANALYSES OF INSTITUTIONS. 4462 03:21:52,120 --> 03:21:55,240 YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THIS 4463 03:21:55,240 --> 03:21:58,360 BECAUSE IT CAN REALLY ONLY FOCUS 4464 03:21:58,360 --> 03:22:00,680 ON INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE 4465 03:22:00,680 --> 03:22:03,200 RELATIVELY LARGE NUMBERS OF 4466 03:22:03,200 --> 03:22:04,840 INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WHEN THE 4467 03:22:04,840 --> 03:22:07,480 NUMBERS GETTING SMALL THE 4468 03:22:07,480 --> 03:22:08,640 ESTIMATES ARE TOO UNSTABLE BUT 4469 03:22:08,640 --> 03:22:12,200 THERE'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENCES. 4470 03:22:12,200 --> 03:22:13,520 THERE ARE INSTITUTIONS THAT 4471 03:22:13,520 --> 03:22:18,640 CLEARLY HAVE MORE DIVERSE 4472 03:22:18,640 --> 03:22:22,280 POPULATIONS AND HIGHER SUCCESS 4473 03:22:22,280 --> 03:22:24,560 RATES FOR MORE DIVERSE 4474 03:22:24,560 --> 03:22:25,360 POPULATIONS THAN OTHERS. 4475 03:22:25,360 --> 03:22:29,600 AND I KNOW WHEN WE SHARED THEM 4476 03:22:29,600 --> 03:22:31,000 INTERNALLY MY HAVE SAID THINGS 4477 03:22:31,000 --> 03:22:34,600 LIKE OH, THAT MAKES A LOT OF 4478 03:22:34,600 --> 03:22:36,200 SENSE BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR 4479 03:22:36,200 --> 03:22:38,200 PROGRAM IS SOMETHING PUSHED 4480 03:22:38,200 --> 03:22:40,880 FORWARD FROM THE TOP DOWN. 4481 03:22:40,880 --> 03:22:41,680 CERTAIN PROGRAMS THEY THEMSELVES 4482 03:22:41,680 --> 03:22:43,920 HAVE IMPLEMENTED. 4483 03:22:43,920 --> 03:22:46,120 SO THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT 4484 03:22:46,120 --> 03:22:50,080 THERE IS INSTITUTIONAL 4485 03:22:50,080 --> 03:22:51,320 HETEROGENEITY AND SOME OF THAT 4486 03:22:51,320 --> 03:22:53,440 INSTITUTIONAL HETEROGENEITY IS 4487 03:22:53,440 --> 03:22:53,960 REAL. 4488 03:22:53,960 --> 03:22:56,360 I'M NOT ALL THAT SURE ABOUT 4489 03:22:56,360 --> 03:22:56,760 STATE-RELATED DATA. 4490 03:22:56,760 --> 03:22:58,240 THAT WE HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKED AT 4491 03:22:58,240 --> 03:23:04,960 IN ANY GREAT DETAIL. 4492 03:23:04,960 --> 03:23:09,040 >>KEN AND WALTER. 4493 03:23:09,040 --> 03:23:10,120 >>THANK YOU. 4494 03:23:10,120 --> 03:23:11,960 THANK YOU BERNARD I LISTEN TO 4495 03:23:11,960 --> 03:23:15,600 AND WATCH YOU PRESENT IT'S LIKE 4496 03:23:15,600 --> 03:23:16,480 THREE OR FOUR TIMES FOR THIS 4497 03:23:16,480 --> 03:23:18,200 YEAR AND I ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR 4498 03:23:18,200 --> 03:23:18,520 PRESENTATIONS. 4499 03:23:18,520 --> 03:23:20,040 I WANT TO ASK YOU MAYBE A LITTLE 4500 03:23:20,040 --> 03:23:25,480 BIT OF AN OBTUSE QUESTION AND 4501 03:23:25,480 --> 03:23:28,560 HOW DO YOU WORK YOURSELF OUT OF 4502 03:23:28,560 --> 03:23:29,560 YOUR JOB? 4503 03:23:29,560 --> 03:23:31,960 AND THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT 4504 03:23:31,960 --> 03:23:41,760 DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? 4505 03:23:41,760 --> 03:23:43,840 AND WHAT DOES HEALTH SCIENCE 4506 03:23:43,840 --> 03:23:46,600 DIVERSITY LOOK LIKE FOR YOU 4507 03:23:46,600 --> 03:23:53,800 WHERE YOU TAKE A STEP BACK AND 4508 03:23:53,800 --> 03:23:55,120 SAY WE'RE THERE AND I CAN RETIRE 4509 03:23:55,120 --> 03:23:55,600 NOW. 4510 03:23:55,600 --> 03:23:58,640 >>FIRST, I HOPE I'VE BEEN 4511 03:23:58,640 --> 03:23:59,720 CONSISTENT IN THE THREE FOR OUR 4512 03:23:59,720 --> 03:24:01,240 TIMES AND IN TERMS OF ME WORKING 4513 03:24:01,240 --> 03:24:03,280 MYSELF OUT OF A JOB, I THINK 4514 03:24:03,280 --> 03:24:07,160 WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WE 4515 03:24:07,160 --> 03:24:09,640 CAN'T PREDICT THE LIKELIHOOD OF 4516 03:24:09,640 --> 03:24:11,600 BEING SUCCESSFUL AND GETTING NIH 4517 03:24:11,600 --> 03:24:14,640 FUNDING BASED ON RACE OR 4518 03:24:14,640 --> 03:24:18,080 ETHNICITY OR WHERE ONE SITS IN 4519 03:24:18,080 --> 03:24:20,640 THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OR 4520 03:24:20,640 --> 03:24:23,320 HIERARCHY AT PLACES LIKE NIH 4521 03:24:23,320 --> 03:24:25,520 BASED UPON RACE, ETHNICITY OR 4522 03:24:25,520 --> 03:24:28,840 GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR 4523 03:24:28,840 --> 03:24:30,200 DISABILITY STATUS, MY JOB IS 4524 03:24:30,200 --> 03:24:30,400 DONE. 4525 03:24:30,400 --> 03:24:36,480 OUR JOB IS DONE. 4526 03:24:36,480 --> 03:24:39,000 AND PART OF WHAT I'M EXCITED 4527 03:24:39,000 --> 03:24:42,840 ABOUT HOWEVER, IS THERE ARE SO 4528 03:24:42,840 --> 03:24:46,440 MANY PEOPLE LEANING IN TO GET US 4529 03:24:46,440 --> 03:24:48,160 TO THAT POINT. 4530 03:24:48,160 --> 03:24:52,160 EVERY INSTITUTE AND CENTER AT 4531 03:24:52,160 --> 03:24:54,080 NIH NOW HAS A CHIEF DIVERSITY 4532 03:24:54,080 --> 03:24:55,880 OFFICER FOR EQUIVALENT AND MAY 4533 03:24:55,880 --> 03:24:59,080 BE A DEPUTY DIRECT OR EXECUTIVE 4534 03:24:59,080 --> 03:25:01,520 OFFICER OR COMMITTEE LOOKING AT 4535 03:25:01,520 --> 03:25:02,640 THESE SORTS OF ISSUES. 4536 03:25:02,640 --> 03:25:09,120 AS YOU SAW WE HAVE ALL THOSE 4537 03:25:09,120 --> 03:25:14,400 NOFOs IN THE HEALTH STANDPOINT. 4538 03:25:14,400 --> 03:25:15,560 I'M CURRENTLY DEALING WITH 4539 03:25:15,560 --> 03:25:22,360 REQUESTS, CAN I JOIN UNITE? 4540 03:25:22,360 --> 03:25:28,600 CAN I JOIN THE CATALYST OFFICE 4541 03:25:28,600 --> 03:25:31,040 SO EVERYONE'S ALIGNED AND 4542 03:25:31,040 --> 03:25:32,920 EVERYONE'S LEANING FORWARD. 4543 03:25:32,920 --> 03:25:34,640 I RECOGNIZE THERE'S EXTERNAL 4544 03:25:34,640 --> 03:25:35,800 FACTORS THAT MAY SLOW THE PACE 4545 03:25:35,800 --> 03:25:37,920 OF THINGS BUT WITH SO MANY 4546 03:25:37,920 --> 03:25:39,680 PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THIS BEING 4547 03:25:39,680 --> 03:25:42,560 THEIR FOCUS I THINK MOMENTUM 4548 03:25:42,560 --> 03:25:46,600 WILL BE MAINTAINED EVEN IF IT 4549 03:25:46,600 --> 03:25:49,200 GETS SLOWED DOWN SOMEWHAT. 4550 03:25:49,200 --> 03:25:51,800 >>I LIKE THAT ANSWER. 4551 03:25:51,800 --> 03:25:53,000 WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH 4552 03:25:53,000 --> 03:25:53,600 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WOMEN SO 4553 03:25:53,600 --> 03:26:00,640 THAT SHOULD AT CONTEXT. 4554 03:26:00,640 --> 03:26:09,720 ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WALTER GOES? 4555 03:26:09,720 --> 03:26:11,000 >>AMY AND THEN WALTER. 4556 03:26:11,000 --> 03:26:13,720 >>I WANTED TO JUST FIRST SAY I 4557 03:26:13,720 --> 03:26:14,680 APPRECIATE THE EARLIER COMMENTS 4558 03:26:14,680 --> 03:26:15,720 ABOUT DISSEMINATION BECAUSE I 4559 03:26:15,720 --> 03:26:21,160 THINK IF THIS IS GOING TO BE 4560 03:26:21,160 --> 03:26:22,520 SUCCESS 4561 03:26:22,520 --> 03:26:24,880 SUCCESSFUL THE TACTICS ARE 4562 03:26:24,880 --> 03:26:27,000 CRITICAL AND WANT TO MAKE A 4563 03:26:27,000 --> 03:26:28,200 COMMENT TO DR. BERNARD I 4564 03:26:28,200 --> 03:26:30,040 APPRECIATE IN YOUR PRESENTATION 4565 03:26:30,040 --> 03:26:31,000 YOU TALKED NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT 4566 03:26:31,000 --> 03:26:36,880 NIH IS DOING FOR THE LARGER 4567 03:26:36,880 --> 03:26:39,680 COMMUNITY BUT IN ITSELF WHAT 4568 03:26:39,680 --> 03:26:40,560 WE'RE DOING AND WE'RE TALKING 4569 03:26:40,560 --> 03:26:42,280 ABOUT A HUGE RESET FOR THE 4570 03:26:42,280 --> 03:26:43,520 COMMUNITY AND IF WE'RE GOING TO 4571 03:26:43,520 --> 03:26:45,280 DO THAT WE NEED LEADERS TO STAND 4572 03:26:45,280 --> 03:26:47,240 UP AND DO BOTH NOT JUST WHAT 4573 03:26:47,240 --> 03:26:48,160 THEY'RE DOING FOR THE LARGER 4574 03:26:48,160 --> 03:26:48,960 COMMUNITY BUT WHAT THEY'RE 4575 03:26:48,960 --> 03:26:51,160 WILLING TO CHANGE IN THEIR OWN 4576 03:26:51,160 --> 03:26:56,600 BEHAVIOR AND PRACTICES. 4577 03:26:56,600 --> 03:26:59,200 I APPRECIATE NIH BEING THAT 4578 03:26:59,200 --> 03:27:02,640 LEADER AND SHOW THAT INTERNAL 4579 03:27:02,640 --> 03:27:03,440 AND EXTERNAL PERSPECTIVE. 4580 03:27:03,440 --> 03:27:12,120 THANKS SO MUCH. 4581 03:27:12,120 --> 03:27:16,920 >>I WANT TO ECHO DR. BRIN'S 4582 03:27:16,920 --> 03:27:18,040 COMMENDATION AND THE DATA DON'T 4583 03:27:18,040 --> 03:27:23,880 LIE LIKE TIMOTHY SAID AND REALLY 4584 03:27:23,880 --> 03:27:27,120 COMMENT YOUR ABILITY TO GATHER 4585 03:27:27,120 --> 03:27:28,400 THE DATA IN SUCH A GREAT FASHION 4586 03:27:28,400 --> 03:27:32,240 TO WORK ON IT AND SEE HOW WE ARE 4587 03:27:32,240 --> 03:27:34,640 PROGRESSING. 4588 03:27:34,640 --> 03:27:36,760 THANK YOU. 4589 03:27:36,760 --> 03:27:38,840 >>WALTER, DID YOU STILL WANT TO 4590 03:27:38,840 --> 03:27:46,200 COMMENT? 4591 03:27:46,200 --> 03:27:49,520 >>I WANT TO TAKE THE DIRECTOR'S 4592 03:27:49,520 --> 03:27:50,480 PREROGATIVE BY THANKING EVERYONE 4593 03:27:50,480 --> 03:27:52,560 AND WORKING IN THIS SPACE. 4594 03:27:52,560 --> 03:27:54,560 I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING 4595 03:27:54,560 --> 03:27:55,760 THE ENVELOPE. 4596 03:27:55,760 --> 03:27:58,240 I GUESS ONE THING THAT CAME TO 4597 03:27:58,240 --> 03:27:59,520 MIND THAT I MIGHT WANT TO 4598 03:27:59,520 --> 03:28:04,360 COMMENT ON IS THE FACT THAT FOR 4599 03:28:04,360 --> 03:28:06,640 NINDS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 4600 03:28:06,640 --> 03:28:12,360 APPLYING IS HORRIBLY LOW. 4601 03:28:12,360 --> 03:28:15,400 SO I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT PEOPLE 4602 03:28:15,400 --> 03:28:18,040 ON NEUROSCIENCE REALLY EARLY. 4603 03:28:18,040 --> 03:28:19,080 I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY WOULD 4604 03:28:19,080 --> 03:28:22,640 ANYBODY WANT TO STUDY THE HEART? 4605 03:28:22,640 --> 03:28:29,240 I HAVE NO IDEA OR THE KIDNEYS. 4606 03:28:29,240 --> 03:28:30,080 WE SHOULD BE DOING SO MUCH 4607 03:28:30,080 --> 03:28:35,280 BETTER AND THE THINGS MICHELLE 4608 03:28:35,280 --> 03:28:36,200 HAS BEEN DOING AT THE COLLEGE 4609 03:28:36,200 --> 03:28:40,080 LEVEL IS ALSO SO IMPORTANT. 4610 03:28:40,080 --> 03:28:42,240 THE OTHER THING IF I RECALL 4611 03:28:42,240 --> 03:28:47,960 CORRECTLY, MIKE, YOU HAD SOME 4612 03:28:47,960 --> 03:28:49,720 DATA SHOWING THAT AFRICAN 4613 03:28:49,720 --> 03:28:52,080 AMERICANS APPLYING FOR THE TYPE 4614 03:28:52,080 --> 03:28:54,120 OF RESEARCH WHICH THERE'S NOT 4615 03:28:54,120 --> 03:28:57,160 MUCH FUNDING GOING INTO IT. 4616 03:28:57,160 --> 03:28:58,520 THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE HAVE 4617 03:28:58,520 --> 03:29:03,000 TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT 4618 03:29:03,000 --> 03:29:04,240 TO THESE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE 4619 03:29:04,240 --> 03:29:07,240 TRYING TO HELP? 4620 03:29:07,240 --> 03:29:13,320 I THINK CHERYSE AND RICHARD'S 4621 03:29:13,320 --> 03:29:15,040 PRESENTATIONS GOING INTO HEALTH 4622 03:29:15,040 --> 03:29:16,640 DISPARITIES I'M HOPING THAT WILL 4623 03:29:16,640 --> 03:29:18,320 BRING PEOPLE IN FROM THESE 4624 03:29:18,320 --> 03:29:20,120 COMMUNITIES TO WORK ON PROBLEMS 4625 03:29:20,120 --> 03:29:24,960 THAT ARE REALLY RELEVANT TO 4626 03:29:24,960 --> 03:29:26,640 THEM. 4627 03:29:26,640 --> 03:29:34,720 AND C. ELEGANS ARE INTERESTING 4628 03:29:34,720 --> 03:29:38,600 BUT THE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS 4629 03:29:38,600 --> 03:29:41,080 ARE HOPEFULLY ALSO EXPAND OUR 4630 03:29:41,080 --> 03:29:42,680 REACH THERE. 4631 03:29:42,680 --> 03:29:44,120 MICHAEL, DO YOU WANT TO SAY 4632 03:29:44,120 --> 03:29:45,560 ANYTHING ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC 4633 03:29:45,560 --> 03:29:46,640 QUESTION OF THE TYPES OF 4634 03:29:46,640 --> 03:29:50,040 RESEARCH PEOPLE ARE APPLYING 4635 03:29:50,040 --> 03:29:50,240 FOR? 4636 03:29:50,240 --> 03:29:51,360 HOW THAT INFLUENCES THE NUMBERS 4637 03:29:51,360 --> 03:29:52,080 >>SURE. 4638 03:29:52,080 --> 03:29:53,960 I'D BE HAPPY TO AND I'LL ALSO 4639 03:29:53,960 --> 03:29:56,680 PUT IN THE CHAT A PAPER THAT WE 4640 03:29:56,680 --> 03:29:58,000 PUBLISHED A COUPLE YEARS AGO 4641 03:29:58,000 --> 03:29:58,760 THAT GOES INTO THIS IN A LOT 4642 03:29:58,760 --> 03:30:02,520 MORE DETAIL. 4643 03:30:02,520 --> 03:30:04,880 SO IN THE DATA I JUST SHOWED 4644 03:30:04,880 --> 03:30:08,320 YOU, YOU CAN SEE BLACK 4645 03:30:08,320 --> 03:30:10,040 SCIENTISTS ARE APPLYING FOR 4646 03:30:10,040 --> 03:30:11,640 DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROJECTS. 4647 03:30:11,640 --> 03:30:15,080 THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO APPLY FOR 4648 03:30:15,080 --> 03:30:16,600 PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE HUMAN 4649 03:30:16,600 --> 03:30:18,600 PARTICIPANTS AND LESS LIKELY TO 4650 03:30:18,600 --> 03:30:21,360 APPLY FOR PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE 4651 03:30:21,360 --> 03:30:26,400 ANIMAL MODELS. 4652 03:30:26,400 --> 03:30:36,920 THIS IS TRUE THAT THERE ARE -- 4653 03:30:40,800 --> 03:30:43,480 AFRICAN SCIENTIST MORE LIKELY TO 4654 03:30:43,480 --> 03:30:44,600 APPLY IN SOME AREAS THAN OTHERS 4655 03:30:44,600 --> 03:30:46,960 AND THE PEER REVIEW OUTCOMES ARE 4656 03:30:46,960 --> 03:30:48,800 ABOUT THE SAME WITHIN THE TOPIC 4657 03:30:48,800 --> 03:30:50,200 AREAS BUT THE FUNDING OUTCOMES 4658 03:30:50,200 --> 03:30:50,680 ARE NOT. 4659 03:30:50,680 --> 03:30:54,240 THE FUNDING OUTCOMES ARE 4660 03:30:54,240 --> 03:30:57,040 DIFFERENT. 4661 03:30:57,040 --> 03:31:02,040 AND PART OF THE REASON IS THEY 4662 03:31:02,040 --> 03:31:04,040 ALSO DEPEND ON THE FUNDING 4663 03:31:04,040 --> 03:31:05,040 ECOLOGY OF THE INSTITUTE OR 4664 03:31:05,040 --> 03:31:06,200 CENTER THAT GETS THE 4665 03:31:06,200 --> 03:31:08,720 APPLICATION. 4666 03:31:08,720 --> 03:31:10,640 THERE ARE SOME INSTITUTES THAT 4667 03:31:10,640 --> 03:31:13,960 HAVE SUCCESS RATES THAT ARE 30%. 4668 03:31:13,960 --> 03:31:15,360 THERE ARE OTHER INSTITUTES THAT 4669 03:31:15,360 --> 03:31:17,000 HAVE SUCCESS RATES THAT ARE 4670 03:31:17,000 --> 03:31:17,360 LOWER. 4671 03:31:17,360 --> 03:31:22,600 IT'S RELATED TO HOW MUCH FUNDING 4672 03:31:22,600 --> 03:31:23,600 IS AVAILABLE HOW MANY APPLICANTS 4673 03:31:23,600 --> 03:31:25,200 THEY GET. 4674 03:31:25,200 --> 03:31:30,640 WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THOSE TOPIC 4675 03:31:30,640 --> 03:31:31,800 AREAS THAT ARE OF GREATER 4676 03:31:31,800 --> 03:31:34,400 INTEREST TO BLACK SCIENTISTS ARE 4677 03:31:34,400 --> 03:31:35,400 ALSO THE SAME GOING TO 4678 03:31:35,400 --> 03:31:37,080 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS THAT HAVE 4679 03:31:37,080 --> 03:31:42,320 LOWER SUCCESS RATES. 4680 03:31:42,320 --> 03:31:45,120 SO IT IS ESSENTIALLY AN INHERENT 4681 03:31:45,120 --> 03:31:46,240 BARRIER WITHIN THE NIH 4682 03:31:46,240 --> 03:31:46,560 STRUCTURE. 4683 03:31:46,560 --> 03:31:49,000 IT'S NOT A PEER-REVIEW PROBLEM. 4684 03:31:49,000 --> 03:31:49,840 THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. 4685 03:31:49,840 --> 03:31:52,560 THE PEER REVIEWERS ARE LOOKING 4686 03:31:52,560 --> 03:31:54,880 AT ALL THE TOPICS IN ROUGHLY THE 4687 03:31:54,880 --> 03:31:57,560 SAME WAY BUT IT'S A STRUCTURAL 4688 03:31:57,560 --> 03:31:59,200 ISSUE WITHIN NIH. 4689 03:31:59,200 --> 03:32:01,680 I'LL GO AHEAD AND I'LL POST 4690 03:32:01,680 --> 03:32:01,880 THAT. 4691 03:32:01,880 --> 03:32:03,480 IT'S VERY INTERESTING AND IT 4692 03:32:03,480 --> 03:32:04,680 DEFINITELY IS A REAL PROBLEM AND 4693 03:32:04,680 --> 03:32:06,120 I'LL GO AHEAD AND POST THAT IN 4694 03:32:06,120 --> 03:32:10,640 THE CHAT FOR THOSE WHO ARE MORE 4695 03:32:10,640 --> 03:32:19,640 INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE. 4696 03:32:19,640 --> 03:32:21,880 >>I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE 4697 03:32:21,880 --> 03:32:24,200 EARLIER QUESTION AND POSE IT TO 4698 03:32:24,200 --> 03:32:28,400 DR. LAUER IN TERMS OF THE STATE 4699 03:32:28,400 --> 03:32:31,680 LAW AND DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN SKA 4700 03:32:31,680 --> 03:32:32,320 SOMETHING IN TERMS OF GUIDANCE 4701 03:32:32,320 --> 03:32:34,080 AND HOW NIH WILL HANDLE THE 4702 03:32:34,080 --> 03:32:36,240 ISSUES OR WHAT'S THE BEST 4703 03:32:36,240 --> 03:32:36,600 RECOMMENDATION. 4704 03:32:36,600 --> 03:32:38,520 >>THIS IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION 4705 03:32:38,520 --> 03:32:39,160 WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS 4706 03:32:39,160 --> 03:32:42,200 ABOUT THIS. 4707 03:32:42,200 --> 03:32:46,400 WE CANNOT MAKE ANY KIND OF 4708 03:32:46,400 --> 03:32:47,760 GENERAL STATEMENT BECAUSE HOW 4709 03:32:47,760 --> 03:32:49,280 SOMETHING APPLIES TO A SPECIFIC 4710 03:32:49,280 --> 03:32:52,120 APPLICATION OR AWARD DEPENDS 4711 03:32:52,120 --> 03:32:53,760 LARGELY ON THE FACTS. 4712 03:32:53,760 --> 03:32:58,440 THE FACTS OF THE SPECIFIC LAWS, 4713 03:32:58,440 --> 03:33:01,840 WHAT DO THE LAWS STAY AND HOW 4714 03:33:01,840 --> 03:33:04,000 THE INSTITUTIONS APPLY THE LAWS 4715 03:33:04,000 --> 03:33:06,320 AND WHAT DO THEIR GENERAL 4716 03:33:06,320 --> 03:33:08,040 COUNCIL SAY HOW THE LAWS APPLY 4717 03:33:08,040 --> 03:33:10,040 TO A SPECIFIC PROVISION WITHIN A 4718 03:33:10,040 --> 03:33:12,640 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT 4719 03:33:12,640 --> 03:33:16,600 AND THEN HOW THAT RESPONSE 4720 03:33:16,600 --> 03:33:18,600 INTERN APPLIES TO THE 4721 03:33:18,600 --> 03:33:20,840 RESPONSIVENESS OF AN 4722 03:33:20,840 --> 03:33:21,120 APPLICATION. 4723 03:33:21,120 --> 03:33:22,320 WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS FEDERAL 4724 03:33:22,320 --> 03:33:23,880 EMPLOYEES WE CANNOT INTERPRET 4725 03:33:23,880 --> 03:33:26,600 STATE LAW OR LOCAL LAW THAT. 4726 03:33:26,600 --> 03:33:28,640 THAT IS NOT OUR ROLE. 4727 03:33:28,640 --> 03:33:30,200 WE ENCOURAGE INSTITUTIONS TO 4728 03:33:30,200 --> 03:33:31,840 WORK WITH THEIR GENERAL COUNCIL 4729 03:33:31,840 --> 03:33:35,600 TO FIGURE OUT HOW A SPECIFIC 4730 03:33:35,600 --> 03:33:37,440 STATE LAW INTERSECTS WITH 4731 03:33:37,440 --> 03:33:39,040 SPECIFIC FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 4732 03:33:39,040 --> 03:33:40,360 ANNOUNCEMENTS OR SPECIFIC 4733 03:33:40,360 --> 03:33:40,600 GRANTS. 4734 03:33:40,600 --> 03:33:43,040 THIS IS REALLY A SITUATION WHERE 4735 03:33:43,040 --> 03:33:45,680 THE FACTS MATTER A GREAT DEAL 4736 03:33:45,680 --> 03:33:48,480 AND IT'S THAT KIND OF IN DEPTH 4737 03:33:48,480 --> 03:33:49,680 ANALYSIS THAT'S NECESSARY TO 4738 03:33:49,680 --> 03:33:50,640 FIGURE OUT WHAT IF ANY THE 4739 03:33:50,640 --> 03:33:55,320 IMPACT WILL BE. 4740 03:33:55,320 --> 03:33:56,360 >>THANK YOU FOR THAT. 4741 03:33:56,360 --> 03:33:57,920 AND THANK YOU FOR BOTH OF YOU 4742 03:33:57,920 --> 03:33:58,520 FOR COMING TODAY. 4743 03:33:58,520 --> 03:33:59,640 I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT. 4744 03:33:59,640 --> 03:34:01,840 IT WAS A VOLUME OF INFORMATION. 4745 03:34:01,840 --> 03:34:03,760 I'M SURE IF IT'S OKAY WE'LL BE 4746 03:34:03,760 --> 03:34:06,040 SHARING YOUR SLIDE WITH COUNCIL 4747 03:34:06,040 --> 03:34:08,000 MEMBERS AND SHARING RELEVANT 4748 03:34:08,000 --> 03:34:09,800 LINKS WE TALKED ABOUT. 4749 03:34:09,800 --> 03:34:10,640 THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 4750 03:34:10,640 --> 03:34:12,200 BACK TO YOU, BOB. 4751 03:34:12,200 --> 03:34:16,240 >>THANKS, MIKE, THANKS, MARIE. 4752 03:34:16,240 --> 03:34:16,960 OKAY WE'LL TRANSITION. 4753 03:34:16,960 --> 03:34:19,280 MY GOAL IS FOR US TO GET OUT OF 4754 03:34:19,280 --> 03:34:20,680 HERE NO LATER THAN 6:00 AND THEN 4755 03:34:20,680 --> 03:34:22,320 GO OVER TO THE HOTEL SO YOU CAN 4756 03:34:22,320 --> 03:34:24,280 SEE THE END IN SIGHT. 4757 03:34:24,280 --> 03:34:26,080 I'M GOING BACK UP ON THE AGENDA 4758 03:34:26,080 --> 03:34:28,520 AND DO SOMETHING QUICKLY SO 4759 03:34:28,520 --> 03:34:29,440 THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF 4760 03:34:29,440 --> 03:34:31,120 INITIATIVE CONCEPTS WE TALKED 4761 03:34:31,120 --> 03:34:32,480 ABOUT LIKE THE HEALTH EQUITY 4762 03:34:32,480 --> 03:34:33,600 ONES YOU SAW BEFORE. 4763 03:34:33,600 --> 03:34:36,200 BUT WE ALSO HAVE A BUNCH. 4764 03:34:36,200 --> 03:34:37,640 THIS IS DISTRIBUTED ACROSS TWO 4765 03:34:37,640 --> 03:34:40,800 SLIDES THAT WE DON'T USUALLY 4766 03:34:40,800 --> 03:34:41,000 DISCUSS. 4767 03:34:41,000 --> 03:34:43,400 THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY ALL REISSUES 4768 03:34:43,400 --> 03:34:44,560 OF PAST INITIATIVES. 4769 03:34:44,560 --> 03:34:46,480 SO JUST QUICKLY LOOKING AT THIS 4770 03:34:46,480 --> 03:34:49,240 IS THE UNDIAGNOSED DISEASE 4771 03:34:49,240 --> 03:34:50,240 NETWORK YOU'VE SEEN TALK OF IN 4772 03:34:50,240 --> 03:34:51,480 THIS PARTICULAR COUNCIL. 4773 03:34:51,480 --> 03:34:58,120 THERE'S A REISSUE OF SOME NECFS 4774 03:34:58,120 --> 03:34:58,440 INITIATIVES. 4775 03:34:58,440 --> 03:35:02,720 A COURSE WE RUN THE DSPAN AND 4776 03:35:02,720 --> 03:35:06,200 WELL STONE CENTER FOR MUSCULAR 4777 03:35:06,200 --> 03:35:06,480 DYSTROPHY. 4778 03:35:06,480 --> 03:35:11,320 THEY'RE VIRTUALLY ALL REISSUES 4779 03:35:11,320 --> 03:35:14,560 EXCEPT FOR SOME ISSUES BY THE 4780 03:35:14,560 --> 03:35:16,000 NINDS AND INSTITUTE DISTRICTS. 4781 03:35:16,000 --> 03:35:18,960 I NEED A PROPOSAL UNLESS THERE'S 4782 03:35:18,960 --> 03:35:20,960 ANY ON THE LIST -- DO YOU WANT 4783 03:35:20,960 --> 03:35:25,080 TO SHARE THE SECOND SLIDE AS 4784 03:35:25,080 --> 03:35:25,280 WELL? 4785 03:35:25,280 --> 03:35:26,560 UNLESS YOU HAVE SPECIFIC 4786 03:35:26,560 --> 03:35:30,240 QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE, 4787 03:35:30,240 --> 03:35:31,680 AGAIN, THEY'RE ALMOST ALL 4788 03:35:31,680 --> 03:35:34,600 REISSUES THEN I NEED A MOTION TO 4789 03:35:34,600 --> 03:35:34,840 APPROVE. 4790 03:35:34,840 --> 03:35:36,240 I HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A 4791 03:35:36,240 --> 03:35:42,240 SECOND. 4792 03:35:42,240 --> 03:35:44,920 TIM WILL ENTER THE APPROVAL FOR 4793 03:35:44,920 --> 03:35:47,800 THE RE-ISSUES INTO THE CHAT SO 4794 03:35:47,800 --> 03:35:48,840 WE'RE DONE WITH THAT. 4795 03:35:48,840 --> 03:35:49,520 WE'RE NOW GOING TO TRANSITION 4796 03:35:49,520 --> 00:00:00,000 INTO CLOSED SESSION.