1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,240 >>I AM DR. PARKER. 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,240 CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,080 BOARD FOR BIOSECURITY AND I 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,160 WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS VIRTUAL 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,800 MEETING OF THE NSABB TO ORDER. 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,800 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,680 I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY 8 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,160 WELCOMING OTHER MEMBERS OF THE 9 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:25,360 NSABB, OUR FEDERAL COLLEAGUES, 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:26,080 AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO 11 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:29,440 ARE JOINING US ON THIS WEBCAST 12 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:29,840 TODAY. 13 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,080 BEFORE I MAKE ADDITIONAL 14 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,240 REMARKS, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN TO 15 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:35,440 DR. TUCKER, THE DESIGNATED 16 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,160 FEDERAL OFFICIAL OF THE NSABB TO 17 00:00:37,160 --> 00:00:39,560 REVIEW THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST 18 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,800 POLICY AND PROVIDE HOUSEKEEPING 19 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:44,080 REMINDERS. 20 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:44,440 DR. TUCKER? 21 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:45,080 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. 22 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,880 GOOD TO SEE YOU. 23 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,360 AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE, 24 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:50,640 YOU'RE A SPECIAL GOVERNMENT 25 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:51,520 EMPLOYEE AND THEREFORE SUBJECT 26 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,400 TO RULES OF CONDUCT THAT APPLY 27 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:54,680 TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. 28 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:56,400 THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE 29 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:57,720 EXPLAINED IN THE REPORT TITLED, 30 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,640 STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR 31 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:01,480 EMPLOYEES OF THE EXECUTIVE 32 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:01,960 BRANCH. 33 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:02,800 YOU EACH RECEIVED THE DOCUMENT 34 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:04,760 WHEN YOU WERE APPOINTED TO THE 35 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:05,360 COMMITTEE. 36 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,960 AT EVERY MEETING, IN ADDITION TO 37 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:08,720 REMINDING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 38 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,720 OF FOLLOWING ETHICS RULES, WE 39 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,080 REVIEW THE STEPS WE TAKE AND ASK 40 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,280 TO YOU TAKE, TO ENSURE THAT ANY 41 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:15,560 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ARE 42 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:15,920 ADDRESSED. 43 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,560 AS YOU KNOW, IT'S SCHEDULED 44 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:19,760 INTERVALS YOU PROVIDE US WITH 45 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,880 INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL, 46 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:22,560 PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL 47 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:23,360 INTERESTS. 48 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:24,760 WE USE THIS INFORMATION AS A 49 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,080 BASIS FOR ASSESSING WHETHER YOU 50 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,280 HAVE ANY REAL OR POTENTIAL OR 51 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:29,360 APPARENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 52 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:30,560 THAT COULD COMPROMISE YOUR 53 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,040 ABILITY TO BE OBJECTIVE AND BIAS 54 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,160 DURING COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 55 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:35,920 WHILE WE WAIVE CONFLICTS OF 56 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:36,880 INTEREST FOR GENERAL MATTERS 57 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:38,160 BECAUSE WE BELIEVE YOUR ABILITY 58 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,160 TO BE OBJECTIVE, WILL NOT BE 59 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:41,840 AFFECTED BY YOUR INTERESTS IN 60 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:42,280 SUCH MATTERS. 61 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,160 WE ALSO RELY TO A GREAT DEGREE 62 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:45,680 ON YOU TO BE ATTENTIVE DURING 63 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,400 OUR MEETINGS TO THE POSSIBILITY 64 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,520 THAT AN ISSUE COULD AFFECT OR 65 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:50,600 APPEAR TO AFFECT YOUR INTERESTS 66 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,000 IN A SPECIFIC WAY. 67 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,240 IF THIS HAPPENS, WE ASK YOU TO 68 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:54,840 RECUSE YOURSELF FROM THE 69 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,640 DISCUSSION AND LEAVE THE ZOOM 70 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:56,880 MEETING. 71 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,560 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT 72 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,880 RULES OF CONDUCT, OR CONFLICT OF 73 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:02,200 INTEREST, OUR COMMITTEE 74 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,720 MANAGEMENT OFFICER, LISA, WILL 75 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:08,520 BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM. 76 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:09,840 ADDITIONALLY, AS A REMINDER, 77 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:15,360 THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS BEING 78 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,120 VIDEOCAST BY -- I JUST GOT MY 79 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:18,760 NOTIFICATION OF RECORDING. 80 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,600 -- SO THIS MEETING IS BEING 81 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:22,800 RECORDED AND VIDEOCAST. 82 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:24,560 PLEASE KEEP YOUR MICROPHONES 83 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,320 MUTED WHEN NOT SPEAKING. 84 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,280 WE ASK YOU THAT PLEASE TURN YOUR 85 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:29,320 CAMERAS ON WHEN SPEAKING AND YOU 86 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,560 CAN FEEL FREE TO LEAVE YOUR 87 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,760 VIDEO ON OR OFF AT OTHER TIMES. 88 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:34,320 WE WILL BE USING THE HAND RAISE 89 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:35,640 FUNCTION IN ZOOM TO ASK 90 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:37,400 QUESTIONS OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS. 91 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,160 SO PLEASE USE THAT FUNCTION TO 92 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,400 INDICATE YOUR INTEREST IN 93 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,280 JOINING THE DISCUSSION. 94 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,040 DR. PARKER, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO 95 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,360 YOU. 96 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:45,960 >> DR. PARKER: THANK YOU VERY 97 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:46,160 MUCH. 98 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:47,760 AND FIRST I WANT TO SAY IT'S 99 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,560 NICE TO SEE COLLEAGUES THAT I 100 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:50,560 HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY I TO 101 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,160 WORK WITH OVER THE YEARS AND I'M 102 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,160 LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING NEW 103 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,760 COLLEAGUES AS WE BEGIN THIS 104 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:57,160 VENTURE. 105 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:58,360 I ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS 106 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:00,840 OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME 107 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:02,640 NSABB MEMBERS WHO COMPLETED 108 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:03,640 THEIR TERMS OF SEVERANCE SINCE 109 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:06,600 THE BOARD LAST MET. 110 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,480 -- SERVICE -- THAT INCLUDES 111 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,920 DR. CRAIG CAMERON, NANCY, MARIE 112 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:16,240 LOUIS, JAME LaDUKE, MARGIE 113 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,360 LEE, STEVEN MORRIS, AND GENE 114 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:19,640 PATTERSON. 115 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:22,240 ALL PROVIDED IN EVENTUALLY 116 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:22,720 VALUABLE EXPERTISE AND 117 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,200 EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE TO THE 118 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,960 NSABB AND WE ALL OWE THEM A DEBT 119 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:29,480 OF GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SERVICE 120 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,400 TO THIS IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. 121 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,200 AND NOW I'D LIKE TO EXTEND A 122 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,640 WARM WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS 123 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,280 OF THE BOARD. 124 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,800 Ms. SHANNON BENJAMIN, 125 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,720 DR. CHRISTINA EGAN, 126 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:43,840 DR. CARAMELLA HAINES, 127 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,160 Ms. RACHEL LEAVEN SON, 128 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,040 DR. ALEX LONDON, DR. SARAH, 129 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:54,680 DR. DENNIS METZGER, DR. ERIC 130 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,160 TOMLINSON, AND DR. NICHOLETTE. 131 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:57,480 THANK YOU ALL FOR AGREEING TO 132 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,680 LEND YOUR VALUABLE EXPERTISE AND 133 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:00,360 EXPERIENCE TO THE IMPORTANT WORK 134 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,200 OF THE NSABB. 135 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,000 I LOOK FORWARD TO AND HONORED TO 136 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:07,840 WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AS WE BEGIN 137 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,040 THIS JOURNEY AND JUST AS A HEADS 138 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,000 UP, I THINK WE COULD EXPECT TO 139 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,280 GET SOME FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE TIME 140 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,680 LINES AS WE BEGIN TO TAKE ON THE 141 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,920 WORK OF THIS NSABB COMMITTEE. 142 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,640 THE ROSTER FOR THE COMMITTEE, AS 143 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,360 WELL AS ADDITIONAL MEETING 144 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,080 MATERIALS CAN BE FOUND ON THE 145 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,000 NIH OFFICE OF POLICY WEBSITE. 146 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,760 OFFICE OF SCIENCE POLICY 147 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:29,440 WEBSITE. 148 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:31,600 AND BEFORE WE DIVE IN, I WANT TO 149 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,560 PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE 150 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:34,960 COMMITTEE FOR THOSE ATTENDING 151 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,680 THE MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME. 152 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,960 THE NSABB FEDERAL ADVISORY 153 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:42,920 COMMITTEE CHARTERED TO PROVIDE 154 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:43,360 ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND 155 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,280 RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING 156 00:04:45,280 --> 00:04:47,000 BIOSECURITY OVERSIGHT OF DUAL 157 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,080 USE RESEARCH. 158 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,600 THE MEMBERS PROVIDE EXPERT 159 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,080 PERSPECTIVES TO HELP ENSURE THE 160 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:53,720 U.S. GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT 161 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,680 FRAMEWORK IS KEEPING UP WITH THE 162 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:57,960 RAPID ADVANCES IN SCIENCES THAT 163 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,760 MAY RAISE BIOSECURITY CONCERNS. 164 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,120 BIOSECURITY POLICY 165 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:04,680 CONSIDERATIONS ARE IMPORTANT 166 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,320 COMPONENT OF ONGOING EFFORTS TO 167 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:09,560 BOLSTER U.S. DEFENSE AND 168 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,960 PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS BY HELPING 169 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:14,880 TO ENSURE BIOSECURITY FRAMEWORK 170 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:15,800 FRAMEWORKS STRIKE THE RIGHT 171 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,480 BALANCE OF ALLOWING THE BENEFITS 172 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:19,120 OF VIABLE RESEARCH TO CONTINUE 173 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:21,160 AT A RAPID PACE WHILE MANAGING 174 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:22,560 THE BIOSECURITY RISK. 175 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,200 THE BOARD HAS LONG BEEN A LEADER 176 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,240 IN DISCUSSIONS REGARDING 177 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:27,080 BIOSECURITY AND DUAL USE 178 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:27,560 RESEARCH CONCERNS. 179 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,320 AND THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS 180 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:31,480 HAVE A KEY INPUT IN DEVELOPMENT 181 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,080 OF CURRENT POLICIES AND WE'LL BE 182 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:34,800 DISCUSSING THOSE TODAY. 183 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,680 AT THE LAST MEETING IN JANUARY 184 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,400 2020, THE COMMITTEE WAS CHARGED 185 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,240 WITH PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS 186 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:42,680 ON BALANCE OF SECURITY AND 187 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,400 PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY WITH WHEN 188 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:45,960 SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT 189 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:49,440 RESEARCH WITH ENHANCED POTENTIAL 190 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:49,720 PATHOGENS. 191 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,000 THE BOARD WAS ALSO TASKED WITH 192 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,880 EVALUATING ANALYZING U.S. DUAL 193 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,200 USE RESEARCH CONCERN POLICIES. 194 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,080 AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST 195 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,000 MEETING OF THE BOARD SINCE 196 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,320 ACTIVITIES WERE NECESSARILY 197 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,200 PAUSED DUE TO RAPID ESCALATION 198 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,080 OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO ALLOW 199 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,720 MEMBERS ON TO PRIORITIZE 200 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,400 COVID-19 RESEARCH, RESPONSE 201 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:14,400 ACTIVITIES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE 202 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,400 DUTIES AT LOCAL STATE, NATIONAL 203 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,320 LEVELS AND THEIR UNIVERSITIES. 204 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,400 DR. TABAK AND DR. JURGENSEN WILL 205 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,960 BE PRESENTING AN AMENDED CHARGE 206 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:24,200 AND THEN THERE WILL BE 207 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,200 DISCUSSION OF NEXT STEPS. 208 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:28,320 ADDITIONALLY, THANK YOU TO THOSE 209 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,000 WHO PROVIDED WRITTEN COMMENTS. 210 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,600 THESE WRITTEN COMMENTS WERE 211 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,320 POSTED TO THE NIH OFFICE OF 212 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,160 SCIENCE AND POLICY WEBSITE PRIOR 213 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,840 TO THE MEETING AND SHARED WITH 214 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:39,160 THE COMMITTEE. 215 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,600 WE WILL NOW BE HEARING FROM 216 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:44,040 DR. ANDREW PEBLER AND DR. DANIEL 217 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,480 OF A BROADER U.S. GOVERNMENT 218 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:48,760 PERSPECTIVES. 219 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,080 DR. HEPLER IS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 220 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,520 AT THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 221 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:53,400 TECHNOLOGY POLICY. 222 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:54,960 AND THE DIRECTOR FOR BIODEFENSE 223 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:56,920 AND PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AT THE 224 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:58,440 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. 225 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,840 WE WILL THEN HEAR FROM DR. LARRY 226 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:03,880 TABAK, ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE 227 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,800 NIH AND DR. JURGENSEN, THE 228 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:08,440 ACTING ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR 229 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,280 SCIENCE POLICY AT THE NIH ABOUT 230 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,360 THE CHARGE TO THE NSABB. 231 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,680 FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO 232 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:17,480 DISCUSSION AND NEXT STEPS FOR 233 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:19,680 THE COMMITTEE. 234 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:20,680 DR. HEBLER, I WILL TURN IT OVER 235 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:22,800 TO YOU. 236 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:23,640 >> DR. HEBLER: THANK YOU VERY 237 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:24,560 MUCH, DR. PARKER. 238 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,280 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 239 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:26,960 >> YES, SIR. 240 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:27,240 >> GREAT. 241 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,160 I WILL TRY TO PROJECT SOME 242 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:30,000 SLIDES HERE. 243 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,960 DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. 244 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:40,080 WALK AND CHEW GUM AT THE SAME 245 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:45,920 TIME. 246 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,560 I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR 247 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,360 OPENING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR 248 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:52,200 BEING HERE TODAY. 249 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:53,840 WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE VITAL 250 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,360 SERVICE THAT ALL OF YOU PROVIDE 251 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:56,640 THROUGH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE 252 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:57,800 ADVISORY BOARD FOR BIOSECURITY 253 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,760 AND WE ARE PARTICULARLY EXCITED 254 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:02,760 TO RECONVENE THE NSABB AND 255 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,760 CONTINUE THE NSABB'S -- WHAT WE 256 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:06,560 KNOW WILL BE IMPORTANT 257 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:08,560 CONTRIBUTIONS IN THIS AREA. 258 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,240 WHENEVER WE THINK ABOUT THE 259 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,320 ISSUES, I THINK IT'S BEST TO 260 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:14,760 ALWAYS BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING 261 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:20,000 AND JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE 262 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:24,600 EXTRAORDINARY BENEFITS THAT LIFE 263 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:26,480 SCIENCES RESEARCH PROVIDES. 264 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,000 OBVIOUSLY LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH 265 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,960 UNDERPINS BIOMEDICAL AND PUBLIC 266 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:31,160 HEALTH ADVANCES OF WHICH WE HAVE 267 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,160 BEEN THE BENEFICIARY THROUGH THE 268 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:34,760 PRODUCTS PRODUCED TO HELP 269 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:38,760 CONTROL THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 270 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:39,400 BUT LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH ALSO 271 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,040 PROVIDES BENEFITS FAR BEYOND 272 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:42,360 HEALTH AND MEDICINE TO OTHER 273 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,080 SECTORS INCLUDING AGRICULTURE, 274 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,120 IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND QUALITY 275 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,600 OF THE FOOD SUPPLY AND 276 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:50,880 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND VITAL 277 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,920 FOR U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AND 278 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,640 ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. 279 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:56,760 HOWEVER, WE RECOGNIZE THAT 280 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,680 CERTAIN KINDS OF LIFE SCIENCES 281 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:00,960 RESEARCH CAN BE INHERENTLY RISKY 282 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:02,720 GIVEN THE POSSIBILITY FOR 283 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,600 BIOSAFETY LAPSES OR DELIBERATE 284 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,800 MISUSE AND RECENT OUTBREAKS NOT 285 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,560 JUST COVID-19 PANDEMIC, BUT ALSO 286 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:13,160 RECENTLY THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN 287 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,920 WEST AFRICA, ZIKA AND A RANGE OF 288 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,920 OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES HAVE 289 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:19,080 JUST UNDERSCORED HOW INFECTIOUS 290 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,360 DISEASES HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR 291 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,240 REALLY SUBSTANTIAL SOCIETAL 292 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:26,560 DISRUPTION. 293 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:28,080 I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT 294 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:31,480 HERE AT THE TOP AND JUST 295 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:32,920 HIGHLIGHT TWO OF THE SORT OF 296 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:33,960 CORE TERMS THAT ARE GOING TO 297 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,080 GUIDE A LOT OF YOUR DELIBERATION 298 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:37,680 OR THEY WILL BE CENTERED AROUND. 299 00:09:37,680 --> 00:09:39,960 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ADOPTED TWO 300 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:40,560 IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS TO GUIDE 301 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:41,800 THINKING ABOUT THESE KINDS OF 302 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,200 RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH LIFE 303 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:44,680 SCIENCES RESEARCH. 304 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:46,320 THESE INCLUDE DUAL USE RESEARCH 305 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,560 OF CONCERN AND PANDEMIC 306 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:50,840 POTENTIAL PATHOGENS. 307 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:51,680 VERY IMPORTANTLY, THESE 308 00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:54,240 DEFINITIONS HAVE BEEN REALLY 309 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:54,920 PRECISELY SCOPED AND FORMED IN 310 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:56,400 LARGE PART BY EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS 311 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:59,800 THAT YOU, THE NSABB, PERFORMED 312 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:01,360 AND INDICT LOG WITH THE BROADER 313 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:07,080 LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNITY. 314 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:08,200 A VERY SPECIALIZED SUBSET OF 315 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:09,360 LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH THAT HAS 316 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:10,840 THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR 317 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:11,640 GENERATING INFORMATION THAT 318 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,600 COULD BE READILY MISUSED TO 319 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:15,680 THREATEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND 320 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:16,360 NATIONAL SECURITY. 321 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:17,800 YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT SOME OF 322 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,080 THE DETAILS OF OUR FRAMEWORKS 323 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,320 WHEN YOU -- WHEN WE YIELD THE 324 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,000 FLOOR TO DR. TABAK BUT YOU'LL 325 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,240 SEE THAT DURC CAN INCLUDE 326 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,040 RESEARCH THAT INVOLVES ONE OF 15 327 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,920 DEFINED PATHOGENS OR TOXINS AND 328 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,760 SEVEN CATEGORIES OF EXPERIMENTS. 329 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:36,000 PANDEMIC POTENTIAL PATHOGENS 330 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,560 REFERS TO PATHOGENS THAT ARE 331 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:40,120 BOTH LIKELY HIGHLY TRANSMISCIBLE 332 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,600 AND CAPABLE OF WIDE AND 333 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:43,360 UNCONTROLLABLE SPREAD AMONG 334 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:48,000 HUMANS AND TWO, LIKELY HIGHLY 335 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:48,560 VIRCOMMENT LIKELY TO CAUSE 336 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:49,600 SIGNIFICANT MORBIDITY AND 337 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,960 MORTALITY IN HUMANS. 338 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,160 ENHANCED PANDEMIC POTENTIAL 339 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:56,400 PATHOGEN IS PPP, THAT RESULTS 340 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,920 FROM THE ENHANCEMENTS OF THE 341 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:02,320 TRANSMIGSABILITY AND/OR 342 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:03,640 VIRULENCE OF A PATHOGEN. 343 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:08,520 OVER THE LAST DECADE, THE POLICY 344 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:15,160 FRAMEWORKS GOVERNING DURC AND 345 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:17,920 PANDEMIC PATHOGEN -- PANDEMIC 346 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:19,960 POTENTIAL PATHOGEN OVERSIGHT -- 347 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:21,440 I STILL STUMBLE OVER THAT 348 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:21,680 PHRASE. 349 00:11:21,680 --> 00:11:23,080 I'LL GET IT EVENTUALLY. 350 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,480 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 351 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:26,360 GOVERNOR BY A POLICY THAT HAS 352 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:27,960 GROWN TO INCLUDE THESE FOUR 353 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:28,880 POLICIES OUTLINED ON THIS SLIDE. 354 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:32,200 TWO OF WHICH ARE FOCUSED ON DURC 355 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,360 WHICH ARE FOCUSED ON P3CO. 356 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:39,360 THE PRIOR NAME OF THE DURC 357 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,160 POLICIES IS TO PRESERVE THE LIFE 358 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:42,760 SCIENCES AND MINIMIZE RISKS THAT 359 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,320 THE TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCED COULD 360 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:46,840 BE MISAPPLIED TO CAUSE 361 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:48,040 SIGNIFICANT HARM. 362 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:49,960 TOGETHER THESE TWO DURC POLICIES 363 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:51,560 PROMOTE A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH 364 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:53,280 BETWEEN FEDERAL FUNDERS AND 365 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,440 RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS TO 366 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,640 IDENTIFY DURC AND MANAGE ANY 367 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:58,760 ASSOCIATED RISKS THROUGHOUT THE 368 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,160 RESEARCH CONTINUUM FROM PROJECT 369 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:03,480 CONCEPTION TO PUBLICATION AND 370 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:04,320 RESULTS AND FINDINGS. 371 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,520 IT WAS FOLLOWING THE SERIES OF 372 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:07,560 LABORATORY INCIDENTS AT USG 373 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:10,360 FACILITIES IN 2014 AND THE 374 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:11,480 SUBSEQUENT PAUSE ON CERTAIN 375 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,160 KINDS OF RESEARCH INVOLVING 376 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,360 PANDEMIC POTENTIAL PATHOGENS AT 377 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,400 MY OFFICE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, 378 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:20,920 INITIATED A PROCESS TO EVALUATE 379 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:22,960 THE RISKS AND POTENTIAL BENEFITS 380 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:23,360 OF THIS RESEARCH. 381 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:24,960 AND IT WAS FROM THOSE 382 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,120 DELIBERATIONS INCLUDING 383 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,360 DELIBERATIONS MADE BY THE NSABB 384 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:34,000 THAT THE P3C0 FRAMEWORKS SORT OF 385 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,800 GREW OUT OR WERE DEVELOPED. 386 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,960 THE P3CO POLICY WHILE DIFFERING 387 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,360 IN SCOPE ASK COMPLEMENTARY TO 388 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:43,560 MITIGATE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH 389 00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:45,320 CERTAIN SUBSET OF LIFE SCIENCES 390 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:47,000 RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN ASSESSED 391 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:49,480 AS POSING POTENTIAL RISKS THAT 392 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,720 WARRANT ADDITIONAL REVIEW OR 393 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:51,960 OVERSIGHT. 394 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:53,360 AND THE RESEARCH SUBJECT TO 395 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:55,000 THESE POLICIES IS CONDUCTED 396 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,280 UNDER RIGOROUS BIOSAFETY AND 397 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:58,360 BIOSECURITY CONDITIONS AND 398 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,240 OVERSIGHT AND WITH APPROPRIATE 399 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,480 RISK MITIGATION MEASURES IN 400 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,360 FLIES HELP US REALIZE THE 401 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:05,920 BENEFITS OF THE RESEARCH TO 402 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:07,160 PUBLIC HEALTH, AGRICULTURE AND 403 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,360 NATIONAL SECURITY. 404 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:12,680 AND SO, AS YOU EMBARK ON THESE 405 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:15,160 IMPORTANT DELIBERATIONS AND 406 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,680 ANALYSIS, AND OF COURSE 407 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:20,000 DR. TABAK WILL ISSUE YOUR 408 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,280 SPECIFIC CHARGE MOMENTARILY, WE 409 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,360 HOPE TO THAT WILL BE AN 410 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,080 OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER A RANGE 411 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,120 OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES 412 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,440 INCLUDING WHETHER THE DURC 413 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,320 POLICIES HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE -- 414 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,440 EFFECTIVE INCLUDING RELATED TO 415 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:37,760 EXPERIMENTATION TYPE 416 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:38,360 PUBLICATION, PUBLIC 417 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:39,240 COMMUNICATION, AND DISSEMINATION 418 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,960 OF DUAL USE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 419 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,720 AND RESULTS AS WELL AS OVERALL 420 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,520 IMPACT ON RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. 421 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:47,880 THIS WILL ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY 422 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,400 TO RE-EVALUATE THE DURC 423 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:52,400 DEFINITION ITSELF CONSIDERING 424 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:53,160 POTENTIAL LESSONS LEARNED FROM 425 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,320 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, RAPID 426 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,640 ADVANCES IN THE LIFE SCIENCES 427 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,160 AND OF COURSE THE CONVERGENCE OF 428 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,400 LIFE SCIENCES WITH OTHER 429 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:04,200 DISCIPLINES. 430 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,680 AND ALSO TO REALLY ASK, WHAT IS 431 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:08,000 THE RELATIVE VALUE OF DIFFERENT 432 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,640 TYPES OF EXPERIMENTS AND ARE 433 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:10,440 THERE SOME TYPES OF EXPERIMENTS 434 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,440 THAT MAY BE TOO RISKY AND/OR NOT 435 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:14,280 NEEDED TO BE DONE? 436 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,720 AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO 437 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,080 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR 438 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:18,320 SERVICE. 439 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,400 WE ARE REALLY EAGER TO HEAR YOUR 440 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,320 VIEWS AND I'D LIKE TO TURN THE 441 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:24,760 FLOOR TO MY COLLEAGUE, DANIELLE 442 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:26,800 FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY 443 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,600 COUNCIL FOR HIS PERSPECTIVE ON 444 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:35,480 THESE IMPORTANT DELIBERATIONS. 445 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:36,000 >> THANK YOU. 446 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,040 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 447 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:47,240 >> YES. 448 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:48,800 >> STILL TWEAKING THIS TWO YEARS 449 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,120 INTO THIS PANDEMIC. 450 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,840 THANK YOU, ANDREW AND THANK YOU 451 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:53,520 EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. 452 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,360 I AM JUST GOING TO SPEND ONE 453 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:56,720 MINUTE EMPHASIZING THE 454 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,600 IMPORTANCE WE PLACE ON THIS 455 00:14:59,600 --> 00:14:59,920 WORK. 456 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:01,520 WE BELIEVE THAT NOW IS A 457 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,320 CRITICAL TIME FOR THE U.S. 458 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,320 GOVERNMENT TO EVALUATE OUR 459 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,560 POLICIES ON BIOSAFETY, 460 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,520 BIOSECURITY AND LIFE SCIENCES 461 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:09,160 DUAL USE RESEARCH. 462 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,000 THE COVID PANDEMIC DEMONSTRATED 463 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,320 THE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF 464 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,040 THE GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL EVENT AND 465 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,000 IT IS A TOP PRIORITY OF THIS 466 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:19,640 ADMINISTRATION TO PREVENT, 467 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,360 DETECT, PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND 468 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:24,360 TO BIOLOGICAL INCIDENTS. 469 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,680 ON THE FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, THE 470 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:27,480 PRESIDENT TASKED THE U.S. 471 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,200 GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT REVIEW OF 472 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,800 ACTIONS TO MITIGATE EMERGING, 473 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,800 DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL BIOLOGICAL 474 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:34,160 RISKS. 475 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:35,920 CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THIS WORK 476 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,600 IS ENSURING WE HAVE RIGOROUS 477 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,240 POLICIES IN PLACE TO ENSURE 478 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,520 NATIONAL AND GLOBAL BIOSAFETY 479 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,720 AND BIOSECURITY INCLUDING DUAL 480 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,360 USE LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH AND 481 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,760 TO ADDRESS CRITICAL RISKS 482 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,120 ASSOCIATED WITH ADVANCES IN 483 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:50,760 BIOTECHNOLOGY. 484 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:52,560 WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS AND 485 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:53,360 AGENCIES ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT, 486 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,760 WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING OUR 487 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:56,760 POLICIES AND DEVELOPING OPTIONS 488 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,040 ON THESE ISSUES WHICH WILL BE 489 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,000 IMFORMED BY INPUT FROM EXTERNAL 490 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,680 STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE 491 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:03,880 NSABB. 492 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:05,760 PART OF THIS EFFORT WE ARE 493 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:06,440 ADDRESSING CHALLENGING QUESTIONS 494 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:08,440 INCLUDING BOTH REDUCING THE RISK 495 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,440 AND ENSURING POSITIVE BENEFITS 496 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,080 FROM LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH. 497 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,920 INCLUDING THE RELATIVE VALUE OF 498 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,080 DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPERIMENTS 499 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:17,600 FOR ACHIEVING SPECIFIC HEALTH 500 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:18,840 OBJECTIVES AND WHETHER THERE ARE 501 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,640 SOME EXPERIMENTS THAT SHOULD NOT 502 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,840 BE DONE BECAUSE OF THE RISKS 503 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:24,120 THEY POSE. 504 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,120 SULTRY, WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO 505 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:27,480 PROMOTE BIOSECURITY AND 506 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:28,960 BIOSAFETY INNOVATIONS AND 507 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,720 TECHNOLOGIES AS PART OF OUR 508 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:32,360 BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT SO WE 509 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:34,560 HAVE A MORE INTEGRATED APPROACH 510 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:35,760 TO THESE ISSUES. 511 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,160 WE ALL SEEN ENORMOUS BENEFITS 512 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,320 BROUGHT BY LIFE SCIENCES 513 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:41,680 RESEARCH AND THE COUNTLESS LIVES 514 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,120 THIS RESEARCH HAS SAVED DURING 515 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:44,920 OF THE COURSE OF THE COVID 516 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:45,160 PANDEMIC. 517 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,400 WE ALSO HAVE TO FACE THE 518 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:48,480 INCREASING RISKS THAT DUAL USE 519 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,600 AND ENHANCED POTENTIAL PANDEMIC 520 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,280 PATHOGEN RESEARCH CAN POSE IF 521 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:53,520 MISUSED. 522 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:54,560 WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO THANK 523 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,360 YOU ALL FOR THE TIME YOU ARE 524 00:16:58,360 --> 00:16:59,320 DEVOTING TO THOSE IMPORTANT 525 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:00,760 QUESTIONS AND WITH THAT, LET ME 526 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,480 PASS IT BACK. 527 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:02,960 >> VERY GOOD. 528 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,000 THANK YOU BOTH OF YOU. 529 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,160 IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT 530 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,280 WE HEAR FROM BOTH -- THAT WE 531 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:12,240 HEARD FROM BOTH LEADERSHIPS 532 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,000 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS 533 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:16,160 WORK THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE 534 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:17,600 UNDERTAKING TO REALLY TRY TO 535 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:19,560 FIND THAT RIGHT BALANCE OF 536 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,400 ENHANCING THE ABILITY OF THE 537 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,480 LIFE SCIENCES TO CONTINUE TO 538 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,560 MAKE RAPID AS ADVANCEMENTS BUT 539 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:27,200 ALSO MINIMIZING ANY POTENTIAL 540 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,880 RISKS THAT COMES WITH THAT. 541 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,400 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 542 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:33,880 COMMENTS. 543 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,000 AND IT HELPS US KNOWING THAT 544 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,880 THIS IS SUCH OF IMPORTANCE AT 545 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,000 THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF OUR 546 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:40,320 GOVERNMENT. 547 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,120 THANK YOU. 548 00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:44,240 I ALSO THANK THE NEW MEMBERS OF 549 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:44,560 THE BOARD. 550 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,720 I THINK YOU CAN TELL THAT THE 551 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:49,840 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS BOARD IN 552 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,080 YOUR VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE AND 553 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:52,800 EXPERTISE, HAVE BEEN HEARD IN 554 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:54,640 THE PAST AND THEY WILL BE HEARD 555 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:55,640 THIS TIME TOO. 556 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,600 BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF 557 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,040 THE PAST HAVE LED DIRECTLY INTO 558 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,040 AND FED AND HELPED SHAPE BOTH 559 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,960 THE DURC AND THE P3CO POLICIES. 560 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,600 WE HAVE IMPORTANT WORK WE WILL 561 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:09,440 BE UNDERTAKING. 562 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:10,640 NOW IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE 563 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,240 THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE NIH, 564 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:14,800 DR. LAWRENCE TABAK AND THE 565 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:16,360 ACTING ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR 566 00:18:16,360 --> 00:18:19,720 SCIENCE POLICY AT THE NIH, 567 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:20,600 DR. JURGENSEN, WHO WILL REVIEW 568 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:26,280 THE CHARGE TO THE NSABB. 569 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:26,560 DR. TABAK. 570 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,280 >> THANK YOU DR. PARKER. 571 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:32,960 AND THANK YOU TO ALL MEMBERS OF 572 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:33,960 THE COMMITTEE AND TO THOSE OF 573 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:37,920 YOU WHO ARE WATCHING THE WEBCAST 574 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:38,880 WEBCAST. 575 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,360 I'M LARRY TABAK, ACTING DIRECTOR 576 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:43,720 OF NIH, AND AS NOTED, I'M JOINED 577 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,360 BY DR. JURGENSEN, THE NIH ACTING 578 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:50,040 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR SCIENCE 579 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:50,440 POLICY. 580 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,240 AS DR. HEBLER NOTED, IT'S OUR 581 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,120 PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO 582 00:18:54,120 --> 00:18:56,680 CONTINUE TO ENGAGE NSABB MEMBERS 583 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,600 ON HIGH-PRIORITY BIOSECURITY 584 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,720 ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO THE 585 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:04,240 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. 586 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,360 NOW I RECOGNIZE THAT IT HAS BEEN 587 00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:09,720 TWO YEARS SINCE THE COMMITTEE 588 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:10,400 LAST MET. 589 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,080 AS WE NECESSARILY PAUSED THE 590 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:14,080 ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP DUE TO 591 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,400 THE RAPID ESCALATION AND THE 592 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,600 SEVERITY OF THE COVID-19 PUBLIC 593 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:20,960 HEALTH CRISIS. 594 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:24,040 NO DOUBT YOU ARE ALL DEEPLY 595 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,440 ENGAGED AT YOUR OWN INSTITUTIONS 596 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,000 THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. 597 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,160 AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL 598 00:19:30,160 --> 00:19:32,000 THAT THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY HAS 599 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,040 DONE TO WORK TOGETHER AND 600 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:36,800 COMBATING THIS DEVASTATING 601 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,680 GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. 602 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,640 I ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL WORK 603 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,120 WITH ALL MEMBERS TO MAKE CERTAIN 604 00:19:43,120 --> 00:19:45,320 THAT YOU'RE ALL UP TO SPEED AND 605 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,000 WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL OF 606 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,760 THE SUPPORT NEEDED AS YOU BEGIN 607 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,040 TO UNDERTAKE THIS IMPORTANT 608 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:54,240 WORK. 609 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:59,120 MAY I HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, 610 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:00,000 PLEASE. 611 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,280 NOW, AS YOU HAVE HEARD, NIH, HHS 612 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,600 AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT REMAIN 613 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,560 COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT 614 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:09,760 RESEARCH WITH INFECTIOUS AGENTS 615 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,520 IS CONDUCTED RESPONSIBLY IN A 616 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,840 MANNER THAT CONSIDERS THE 617 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,320 POTENTIAL BIOSECURITY AND SAFETY 618 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:18,520 RISKS. 619 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,200 THE U.S. HAS A COMPREHENSIVE 620 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,960 BIOSECURITY AND BIOSAFETY 621 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:24,360 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS 622 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:27,960 MADE UP OF COMPLEMENTARY 623 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,400 GUIDELINES, POLICIES AND 624 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,960 REGULATIONS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN 625 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,520 THE IDENTIFICATION AND 626 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:38,040 ASSESSMENT OF BOTH RISKS AND 627 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:42,360 BENEFITS AND EFFECTIVE 628 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:44,520 MITIGATION OF RISKS. 629 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,360 SOME OF THE SAME RESEARCH THAT 630 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:50,120 HAS SPECIFIC BIOSECURITY 631 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:53,160 CONCERNS IS ALSO ESSENTIAL FOR 632 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:53,680 PROTECTING GLOBAL HEALTH. 633 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,840 SO A KEY CHALLENGE IS, HOW TO 634 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,960 ENABLE RESEARCH WITH POTENTIALLY 635 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,000 SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO HUMAN 636 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,120 HEALTH WHILE ENSURING THAT 637 00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:05,520 SAFETY AND SECURITY RISKS ARE 638 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,360 IDENTIFIED AND APPROPRIATELY 639 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,760 MANAGED? 640 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:12,000 AS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES 641 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,680 ADVANCE, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT 642 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:17,040 REGULARLY REVIEWS AND AS NEEDED, 643 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,680 UPDATES ARE OVERSIGHT SYSTEM TO 644 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,040 HELP IDENTIFY NOVEL RISKS ENSURE 645 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,520 EFFECTIVE RISK MITIGATION AND 646 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,800 ENSURE THAT OUR PROCEDURES AND 647 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,120 APPLIED MITIGATION MEASURES ARE 648 00:21:30,120 --> 00:21:32,640 GROUNDED IN THOUGHTFUL RISK 649 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,120 ASSESSMENTS THAT CONSIDER THE 650 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:37,800 CURRENT STATE OF THE SCIENCE. 651 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,800 BY FACILITATING BROAD PUBLIC 652 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,040 DISCUSSION AND EXPERT INPUT TO 653 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:45,160 HELP INFORM UNITED STATES 654 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,880 GOVERNMENT POLICY ACTIVITY, THE 655 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,560 NSABB PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN 656 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,040 THIS PROCESS AND WE CERTAINLY 657 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,600 LOOK FORWARD TO THE BOARD'S 658 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:54,960 CONTINUED ADVICE AND 659 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,360 RECOMMENDATIONS ON OUR 660 00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:58,360 BIOSECURITY OVERSIGHT 661 00:21:58,360 --> 00:22:02,040 FRAMEWORKS. 662 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,360 YOU ALL MET LAST IN EARLY 2020 663 00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:07,520 TO CONSIDER HOW BIOSECURITY 664 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,200 POLICY CAN APPROPRIATELY BALANCE 665 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:12,760 SECURITY AND TRANSPARENCY WHEN 666 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,040 SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT 667 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,000 RESEARCH INVOLVING ENHANCED 668 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:20,960 POTENTIAL PANDEMIC PATHOGENS. 669 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,160 THE CHARGE ALSO INCLUDED A 670 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,160 REVIEW OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT 671 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:29,280 POLICIES ON DUAL USE RESEARCH OF 672 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:30,560 CONCERN. 673 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,440 WORKING WITH OUR U.S. GOVERNMENT 674 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,360 PARTNERS, WE'D LIKE TO EXPAND 675 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:39,640 THAT CHARGE TODAY TO ENABLE A 676 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:40,400 BROADER REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF 677 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:44,000 THE SCOPE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF 678 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,840 TWO MAJOR U.S. BIOSECURITY 679 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,360 POLICY FRAMEWORKS, WHICH GOVERN 680 00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:52,360 RESEARCH WITH ENHANCED POTENTIAL 681 00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:55,960 PANDEMIC PATHOGENS, AND DUAL USE 682 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:56,440 RESEARCH OF CONCERN. 683 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:57,640 IF I COULD HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, 684 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,400 PLEASE. 685 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:02,200 DR. HEBLER COVERED SOME OF THIS 686 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:07,200 AND I WOULD LIKE TO AMPLIFY 687 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:07,960 SEVERAL POINTS. 688 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,360 THERE ARE SEVERAL USGHHS 689 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:13,400 POLICIES COVERING DUAL USE 690 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,680 RESEARCH OF CONCERN, OR DURC, 691 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:19,360 AND RESEARCH INVOLVING ENHANCED 692 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:21,880 POTENTIAL PATHOGENIC PATHOGENS, 693 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,960 OR EPPPs, INCLUDING THE 694 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:27,960 FEDERAL DURC POLICY, THE 695 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,920 INSTITUTIONAL DURC POLICY, THE 696 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,160 OSTP POLICY GUIDANCE INVOLVING 697 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:37,840 EPPPs AND THE HHS FRAMEWORK 698 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,760 IMPLEMENTING THAT GUIDANCE. 699 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,240 THE DEFINITIONS OF THESE POLICY 700 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,120 FRAMEWORKS HAVE BEEN PRECISELY 701 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,160 SCOPED AND FORMED BY YOUR 702 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,840 EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS. 703 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:52,160 BEFORE I MOVE INTO OUR ASK OF 704 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,760 ALL OF YOU, I'LL JUST SAY A 705 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,080 COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT THESE 706 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,800 POLICIES AND THE RESEARCH THAT 707 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,000 COVER THEM. 708 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,080 RESEARCH INVOLVING AGENTS TO 709 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:04,360 OBJECT THIS OVERSIGHT HELPS US 710 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:06,680 UNDERSTAND THE FUNDAMENTAL 711 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,360 NATURE OF HUMAN PATHOGEN 712 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:10,760 INTERACTIONS, ASSESS THE 713 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,080 PANDEMIC POTENTIAL OF EMERGING 714 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,000 INFECTIOUS AGENTS SUCH AS 715 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,520 VIRUSES, AND INFORM PUBLIC 716 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,080 HEALTH AND PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS 717 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,160 INCLUDING SURVEILLANCE AND THE 718 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:26,400 DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES AND 719 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:27,360 OTHER MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES. 720 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:29,880 THE PRIMARY AIM OF THE DURC 721 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,560 POLICIES IS TO PRESERVE THE 722 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,280 BENEFITS OF LIFE SCIENCES, DURC, 723 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,920 WHILE MINIMIZING RISK THAT THE 724 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:38,680 KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION PRODUCTS 725 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,400 OR TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCED COULD 726 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,360 BE MISAPPLIED TO CAUSE 727 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:46,760 SIGNIFICANT HARM. 728 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,360 TOGETHER, THE DURC POLICIES 729 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:52,000 PROMOTE A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH 730 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,560 BETWEEN FEDERAL FUNDERS AND 731 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:55,800 RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS TO 732 00:24:55,800 --> 00:25:00,040 IDENTIFY DURC AND MANAGE ANY 733 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:01,720 ASSOCIATED RISKS THROUGHOUT THE 734 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,400 RESEARCH CONTINUUM FROM PROJECT 735 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:06,760 CONCEPTION TO ULTIMATELY 736 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,160 PUBLICATION OF RESULTS AND 737 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,040 FINDINGS. 738 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,000 ADDITIONALLY, U.S. 739 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:16,600 GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED EPPP 740 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,960 RESEARCH REQUIRES STRICT 741 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,320 EVERYSIGHT AND MAY ONLY BE 742 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:22,600 CONDUCTED WITH -- 743 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,040 OVERSIGHT - PROPER BIOSAFETY AND 744 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,120 BIOSECURITY MEASURES REQUIRED IN 745 00:25:26,120 --> 00:25:29,680 PART BY THE POTENTIAL PANDEMIC 746 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,240 PATHOGEN CARE AND OVERSIGHT, OR 747 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:36,800 THE P3CO FRAMEWORK. 748 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:44,680 THE P3CO POLICY IS COMPLEMENTARY 749 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,760 IN ITS AIM TO MITIGATE RISKS 750 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,560 ASSOCIATED WITH A CERTAIN SUBSET 751 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:51,560 OF LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH THAT 752 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,240 HAS BEEN ASSESSED AS POSING 753 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,440 POTENTIAL RISKS THAT WARRANT 754 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:02,040 ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND/OR 755 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:02,320 OVERSIGHT. 756 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:03,560 THE RESEARCH SUBJECT TO THESE 757 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,960 POLICIES IS CONDUCTED UNDER 758 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:07,760 RIGOROUS BIOSAFETY AND 759 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:09,720 BIOSECURITY CONDITIONS AND 760 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:10,840 OVERSIGHT AND WITH APPROPRIATE 761 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,080 RISK MITIGATION MEASURES IN 762 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,360 PLACE, TO HELP US REALIZE THE 763 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:17,920 BENEFITS OF THE RESEARCH THROUGH 764 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,360 PUBLIC HEALTH, AGRICULTURE AND 765 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:22,760 NATIONAL SECURITY. 766 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:27,760 IF I MAY HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, 767 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:28,360 PLEASE. 768 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:31,160 SO TO BEGIN WITH THE NSABB 769 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:35,960 CHARGE, THE FIRST PHASE 1, THE 770 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:40,360 P3CO POLICYEE VIEW AND 771 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:41,960 EVALUATION. 772 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:42,560 IT'S ALWAYS PRUDE TONIGHT 773 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,080 PERIODICALLY ASSESS THE EFFICACY 774 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,960 OF OUR POLICIES AND GIVEN THE 775 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:49,160 IMPORTANCE OF BIOSECURITY 776 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,360 ISSUES, NIH AND THE U.S. 777 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:52,560 GOVERNMENT CONTINUALLY SEEK WAYS 778 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,040 TO STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE OF 779 00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,440 MAXIMIZING BENEFITS WHILE 780 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,040 MITIGATING POTENTIAL RISKS. 781 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:02,920 THUS, WHILE WORKING WITH OUR 782 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,360 U.S. GOVERNMENT PARTNERS, WE 783 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:07,600 HAVE EXPANDED OUR ASK OF THE 784 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,960 NSABB FROM THE 2020 TIME PERIOD 785 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,240 TO ENABLE A BROADER REVIEW AND 786 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:21,360 EVALUATION OF BOTH THE DURC AND 787 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:21,680 P3CO POLICIES. 788 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,160 THIS TIMING IS PARTICULARLY 789 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,160 GERMANE GIVEN IT'S BEEN FIVE 790 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,880 YEARS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE 791 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,440 P3CO POLICY AND 10 YEARS AFTER 792 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,480 THE RELEASE OF THE FEDERAL DURC 793 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:34,720 POLICY. 794 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,680 THESE CONSIDERATIONS ARE 795 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,080 OCCURRING WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF 796 00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,800 BROADER EFFORTS TO BOLSTER OUR 797 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,600 READINESS FOR AND CAPABILITY TO 798 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,000 ADDRESS FUTURE THREATS SUCH AS 799 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,720 THOSE THAT WE FACE TODAY WITH 800 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,120 THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 801 00:27:53,120 --> 00:27:55,760 ACCORDINGLY, THE CHARGE TO THE 802 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,480 NSABB DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES. 803 00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,280 PHASE I OF THE CHARGE IS 804 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:06,960 CENTERED ON AN EVALUATION OF THE 805 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:07,440 P3CO POLICY. 806 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:11,600 WE ASK THE NSABB TO EVALUATE AND 807 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,240 PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE 808 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,440 EFFECTIVE THINKS OF THE CURRENT 809 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,160 OVERSIGHT FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH 810 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:24,000 INVOLVING ENHANCED PPPs, 811 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,160 INCLUDING CONSIDERATION OF THE 812 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,000 OSTP POLICY GUIDANCE AND THE 813 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,920 PROCESS ADOPTED BY THE 814 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:31,960 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 815 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,440 SERVICES FOR THE REVIEW AND 816 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:39,960 OVERSIGHT OF PROPOSED RESEARCH 817 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:40,400 INVOLVING EPPPs. 818 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,960 THIS TASK REFLECTS AN EXPANSION 819 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,080 FROM THE 2020 CHARGE IN THAT THE 820 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,160 REVIEW SHOULD EXAMINE, FIRST, 821 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,920 POLICY SCOPE IN TERMS OF 822 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,760 PRESERVING BENEFITS OF EPPP 823 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,520 RESEARCH WHILE MINIMIZING 824 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,480 POTENTIAL BIOSAFETY AND 825 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,720 BIOSECURITY RISKS, INCLUDING 826 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:03,040 WHETHER WILDTYPE PATHOGENS, 827 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,040 ANIMAL MODELS OF 828 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,640 TRANSMISSIBILITY, ET CETERA, 829 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:09,600 SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. 830 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,040 TWO, CONSIDERATIONS FOR 831 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,400 SUPPORTING EPPP RESEARCH 832 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:16,520 INTERNATIONALLY AND THIRD, 833 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,000 BALANCING SECURITY AND PUBLIC 834 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,960 TRANSPARENCY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN 835 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:27,720 SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT EPPP 836 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:28,000 RESEARCH. 837 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,960 THE REVIEW SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER 838 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,600 THE IMPACT THAT THE POLICY 839 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,480 GUIDANCE HAS HAD ON WORK 840 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,320 INVOLVING THE CREATION, TRANSFER 841 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:41,360 OR USE OF EPPPs RESEARCH 842 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,560 PROGRAMS AND INSTITUTIONS WHEN 843 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:48,480 DEVELOPING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS 844 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:49,560 RECOMMENDATIONS. 845 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:50,440 PREVIOUSLY, THIS PORTION OF THE 846 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,400 CHARGE WAS FOCUSED ON BALANCING 847 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,280 SECURITY AND PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY 848 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,680 CONSIDERATIONS WHEN SHARING 849 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,800 INFORMATION ABOUT EPPP RESEARCH. 850 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,760 THE REVIEW OF THE POLICY SCOPE, 851 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,680 CONSIDERATIONS FOR SUPPORTING 852 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,520 EPPP RESEARCH INTERNATIONALLY 853 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,720 AND IMPACT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO 854 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,080 ENSURE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE 855 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:18,320 REVIEW. 856 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,360 IF I MAY HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, 857 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:26,760 PLEASE. 858 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,280 PHASE II OF THE NSABB CHARGE, 859 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:30,440 WHICH IS THE CHANGE FROM THE 860 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,080 2020 CHARGE, MAY BE CONSIDERED 861 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:36,360 AS HAVING TWO COMPONENTS. 862 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,840 FIRST, IN PHASE II A, WE ASK THE 863 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:39,960 NSABB TO ANALYZE AND EVALUATE 864 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:44,040 THE 2012 AND 2014 U.S. 865 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,320 GOVERNMENT FEDERAL AND 866 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:47,840 INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES FOR THE 867 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,240 OVERSIGHT OF LIFE SCIENCES, 868 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,560 DURC, AND TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC 869 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,600 RECOMMENDATIONS TO INFORM FUTURE 870 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,600 U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY REVIEWS 871 00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:02,920 UNDERTAKEN BY OSTP AND NSC. 872 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,800 SPECIFICALLY, THE NSABB IS ASKED 873 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,520 TO FIRST, EVALUATE THE 874 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:08,800 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DURC 875 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,200 POLICIES IN ACHIEVING THEIR 876 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:11,960 INTENT. 877 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,320 SECOND, EVALUATE THE IMPACT ON 878 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:15,960 RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND THE 879 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,960 U.S. GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO 880 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,360 SUPPORT RESEARCH; THIRD, 881 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,960 IDENTIFY ANY CHALLENGES WITH THE 882 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,480 IMPLEMENTATION; FINALLY TO 883 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,760 EVALUATE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 884 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:30,680 DURC POLICIES REGARDING 885 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:31,960 PUBLICATION, PUBLIC 886 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:32,800 COMMUNICATION AND DISSEMINATION 887 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:37,400 OF DUAL-USE RESEARCH 888 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:38,520 METHODOLOGIES AND RESULTS. 889 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,760 NEXT, PLEASE. 890 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,360 WITH REGARD TO THE SCOPE OF THE 891 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,960 DURC POLICIES, THE NSABB SHOULD 892 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,120 ALSO RE-EVALUATE THE DURC 893 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:52,640 DEFINITION WHICH IS SHOWN ON 894 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,600 THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTED IN 895 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:55,840 YELLOW. 896 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:59,760 CONSIDERING THE ADVANCES AND 897 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:01,360 LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH AND 898 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:02,240 CONVERGENCE WITH OTHER 899 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,480 SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES AND 900 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,760 SECTORS, AND EVALUATE THE 901 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:11,840 EFFECTIVENESS OF DURC PATHOGEN 902 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,400 LIST AND EXPERIMENT TYPE 903 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:15,560 CONSTRUCT TO DETERMINE IF THE 904 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,120 APPROACH SUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSES 905 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,240 FUTURE POTENTIAL RISKS, 906 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,760 INCLUDING ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF 907 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,560 LIFE SCIENCES S CONDUCIVE TO 908 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:27,200 RESEARCH RISK-MITIGATION AND 909 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,760 WHETHER ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES 910 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:31,960 ARE WARRANTED FOR CONSIDERATION 911 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:34,200 BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. 912 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:38,360 IF I MAY HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, 913 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:38,760 PLEASE. 914 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,800 THE SECOND COMPONENT OF PHASE II 915 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:44,040 OF THE NSABB CHARGE, FOCUSES ON 916 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:50,320 THE 2017OSTP-P3CO POLICY 917 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:54,120 GUIDANCE, SPECIFICALLY SECTION 8 918 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:55,320 ENTITLED, FUTURE COMMITMENTS, 919 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,440 AND THE NSABB SHOULD PROVIDE 920 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:02,800 RECOMMENDATIONS ON POSSIBLE P3CO 921 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:03,760 POLICY GUIDANCE INCORPORATION 922 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:07,640 INTO THE POLICY FRAMEWORKS 923 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:09,440 ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECOMMENDED 924 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:15,360 REVISIONS OF THE DURC POLICIES. 925 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,920 THROUGHOUT PHASE II, THE NSABB 926 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,960 IS ASKED TO CONSIDER THE NEED 927 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,640 FOR FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTIVE 928 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,520 GOVERNANCE APPROACHES THAT WILL 929 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,240 KEEP PACE WITH SCIENTIFIC 930 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,760 ADVANCES AND ARE EVER EVOLVING 931 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,040 UNDERSTANDING OF RISKS AND 932 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:34,640 BENEFITS THAT CAN COALESCE AND 933 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,320 INTEGRATE EXISTING GOVERNMENT 934 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,960 GUIDANCE, OR POLICY, AND CAN BE 935 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,800 APPLIED TO MITIGATE RISKS NOT 936 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,600 ONLY FROM RESEARCH OF CONCERN 937 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:49,360 BUT OTHER BIOSECURITY AND 938 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,560 BIOSAFETY CONSIDERATIONS. 939 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:55,160 I'D NOW LIKE TO TURN TO 940 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:56,560 DR. JURGENSEN TO ADDRESS THE 941 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,920 ANTICIPATED TIMELINE FOR THE 942 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:00,240 NSABB'S WORK. 943 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:01,480 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LARRY. 944 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:02,880 AND THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE 945 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:03,960 COMMITTEE FOR THEIR SERVICE 946 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,680 TODAY AND FOR BEING WILLING TO 947 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,760 BE GONE YET ANOTHER IMPORTANCE 948 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,040 FOR THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE AND 949 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:10,280 FOR THE GREATER PUBLIC. 950 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:11,520 SO WE ANTICIPATE THE BOARD'S 951 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,760 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 952 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,160 WILL ULTIMATELY HELP INFORM 953 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:16,280 FUTURE U.S. GOVERNMENT EFFORTS 954 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,120 TO REVIEW AND AS NEEDED, UPDATE 955 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:20,440 OUR BIOSECURITY OVERSIGHT 956 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:20,760 FRAMEWORKS. 957 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:21,920 AND YOU HEARD THIS ALL FROM OUR 958 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:23,960 PREVIOUS SPEAKERS ABOUT HOW 959 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,560 THESE ARE ALL INTERSECTING 960 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:26,800 EFFORTS. 961 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:27,640 WE ALSO EXPECT THAT GIVEN THE 962 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:28,960 IMPORTANCE OF THIS TOPIC, WE 963 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,400 WILL ASK YOU TO WORK ON A 964 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:31,960 SLIGHTLY EXPEDITED TIMELINE 965 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:32,960 ULTIMATELY WITH HOPES OF 966 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:34,960 WRAPPING UP BY THE END OF THIS 967 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:35,480 CALENDAR YEAR. 968 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:38,880 YOU CAN SEE LAID OUT IN THIS 969 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:39,360 FLOWCHART BELOW. 970 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:40,760 WE ALSO EXPECT THAT YOU'LL NEED 971 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:42,200 TO FORM WORKING GROUPS TO 972 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:43,320 ADDRESS EACH PHASE OF THE CHARGE 973 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,400 AND THIS IS PROPOSED ON THE 974 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:47,520 TIMELINE FOR CONSIDERATION AND 975 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,560 FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE TODAY. 976 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,360 OVER THE COMING MONTHS, WE AS AN 977 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,600 AGENCY, PLAN TO WORK WITH OTHER 978 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,160 USG PARTNERS AND YOU TO ENGAGE 979 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,800 THE CLICK SMEs IN THIS 980 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:00,760 CONVERSATION AND HOLD LISTENING 981 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,160 SESSIONS AND HEAR FROM RELEVANT 982 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:04,000 STAKEHOLDERS, RESEARCHERS, 983 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,560 INSTITUTIONS AND FEDERAL FUNDING 984 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:06,560 AGENCIES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN 985 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,680 ON THE GROUND IMPLEMENTING THESE 986 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:09,760 POLICIES AS WELL AS HEAR FROM 987 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,760 OUR PUBLIC IN TERMS OF THEIR 988 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:13,600 PERSPECTIVES TO HELP INFORM 989 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:13,960 DELIBERATIONS. 990 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:15,840 OF COURSE OUR ULTIMATE AIM IS TO 991 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,920 UNDERTAKE A DELIBERATE AND 992 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:18,960 TRANSPARENT PROCESS WHICH THE 993 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:20,560 NSAB KNOWS HOW TO DO QUITE WELL. 994 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,640 IN TERMS OF REVIEWING SCOPE AND 995 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,000 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE U.S. 996 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,800 GOVERNMENT BIOSECURITIESY POLICY 997 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:27,120 FRAMEWORKS. 998 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,280 AS MENTIONED BY OUR WHITE HOUSE 999 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,200 COLLEAGUES, THIS OVERSIGHT OF 1000 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:32,160 RESEARCH IS OFTEN CONSIDERED 1001 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:33,640 VITAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH, NATIONAL 1002 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,680 SECURITY AND PANDEMIC 1003 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:36,840 PREPAREDNESS SO IT IS ESSENTIAL 1004 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,880 THAT ANY CONSIDERATIONS BE 1005 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:39,960 MEASURED THE RISK. 1006 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,280 WE RECOGNIZE THIS WILL BE A LIFT 1007 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:45,840 ON COMPETING WITH OTHER DEMANDS 1008 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,000 BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 1009 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:48,920 EXPERTISE ON THESE IMPORTANT 1010 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:49,160 ISSUES. 1011 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:50,600 I THINK WE'D LIKE TO TOURN 1012 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,120 DISCUSSION OF THIS TIMELINE AND 1013 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:53,840 THE EXPECTED NEXT STEPS. 1014 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:54,760 THE SO I WILL TURN THE 1015 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,560 PROCEEDINGS BACK OVER TO DR.S 1016 00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:01,160 PARKER AND TUCKER FOR MEMBER 1017 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,040 DISCUSSION REGARDING CHARGE AND 1018 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:03,160 TASK. 1019 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:07,160 >> I WANT TO THANK DR. TABAK AND 1020 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:07,480 DR. JURGENSEN. 1021 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,440 I THINK YOU ARE REALLY ASKING 1022 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,840 THE RIGHT QUESTIONS FOR THE 1023 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,160 NSABB TO START UNPACKING AND 1024 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:17,880 PROVIDE ADVICE THAT WILL BE 1025 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,400 NEEDED BY THE NIH AND THE OSTP. 1026 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:22,760 SO THESE ARE BIG QUESTIONS. 1027 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,600 AND IT'S ALSO AN AGGRESSIVE 1028 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,040 TIMELINE FOR THESE BIG 1029 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:27,920 QUESTIONS. 1030 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:31,440 NONETHELESS, THE NSABB HAS GOT 1031 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,360 INCREDIBLE BREATH OF EXPERIENCE 1032 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:34,560 AND EXPERTISE THAT IS ON THE 1033 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:36,120 BOARD NOW. 1034 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,160 AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT 1035 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:39,160 EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE CAN BE 1036 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:40,960 BROUGHT TO BEAR FAIRLY QUICKLY. 1037 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,240 SO I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT 1038 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:43,560 THE TIMELINE. 1039 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,360 I KNOW IT'S AGGRESSIVE BUT WITH 1040 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,280 OUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE AND 1041 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,480 COMMITMENT TO BOTH BIODEFENSE, 1042 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:52,120 PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND BEING 1043 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:53,800 ABLE TO DO THIS IN A WHAT I IS 1044 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,440 SAFE AND SECURE AND RESPONSIBLE 1045 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,400 SCIENCE AND ALSO ADDRESSING 1046 00:36:58,400 --> 00:36:59,400 INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS, I KNOW 1047 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,480 THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED 1048 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,360 TO DOING THAT AND BRINGING OUR 1049 00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:07,560 EXPERTISE TO BEAR ON THAT. 1050 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,080 SO, GIVEN THE TWO MAJOR THRUSTS 1051 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:12,440 WHICH ARE BOTH PRETTY BIG 1052 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,160 THRUSTS, WE HAVE GOT TO BEGIN 1053 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,920 WORK NOW LIKE IMMEDIATELY. 1054 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,160 AND I SEE THAT WE NEED TO SET UP 1055 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,960 SOME WORKING GROUPS THAT WOULD 1056 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,480 SUPPORT PHASE I AND WORKING 1057 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:28,320 GROUPS TO SUPPORT PHASE II. 1058 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,640 BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WITH THE 1059 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:31,640 AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE, WE WILL 1060 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,400 HAVE TO BEGIN IT THAT WORK 1061 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:35,240 REALLY FAST. 1062 00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:36,680 JESSICA, MAYBE I'LL TURN IT BACK 1063 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:40,680 TO YOU TO SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS 1064 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,720 ARE ON THE TWO WORKING GROUPS 1065 00:37:42,720 --> 00:37:45,120 AND HOW WE MIGHT PROCEED WITH 1066 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:47,600 THOSE TWO WORKING GROUPS 1067 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:52,040 INFORMING NEEDED TO SUPPORT 1068 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:52,680 THESE TASKS. 1069 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:53,400 >> SURE. 1070 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:54,000 THANK YOU DR. PARKER. 1071 00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,120 YES, I AGREE WITH THAT, WITH 1072 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,600 YOUR COMMENTS, I THINK. 1073 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,200 GETTING THE FIRST PHASE WORKING 1074 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,040 GROUP STARTED WORKING SOON WILL 1075 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:05,960 BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND I HOPE 1076 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,000 THE NSABB MEETING IN LATE 1077 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,400 SEPTEMBER F WE FOLLOW THIS 1078 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:11,320 TIMELINE, WOULD PROVIDE A GOOD 1079 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,600 OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS THE DRAFT 1080 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:14,640 FINDINGS FROM THE PHASE I 1081 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:17,000 WORKING GROUP, WHICH WILL LIKELY 1082 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,200 HAVE COMPLETED ITS CHARGE AT 1083 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,920 THAT POINT AND THEN THE PHASE II 1084 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:22,360 WORKING GROUP WILL LIKELY NOT 1085 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:23,800 HAVE FINISHED IT'S WORK BUT THAT 1086 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,840 SAME MEETING COULD SERVE AS AN 1087 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:27,240 OPPORTUNITY TO GET FURTHER 1088 00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:29,560 FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE. 1089 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,480 SO BACK TO YOU DR. PARKER. 1090 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,560 >> NOW I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO 1091 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,720 ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NSABB 1092 00:38:37,720 --> 00:38:40,560 TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS TO ME OR 1093 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:41,320 THE NIH STAFF. 1094 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,000 SOME OF THESE MAY BE MORE 1095 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,560 APPROPRIATE FOR THE NIH STAFF 1096 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:46,280 AND SOME OF THEM THAT I WILL BE 1097 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,120 ABLE TO ADDRESS AS THE CHAIR OF 1098 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:49,440 THE COMMITTEE. 1099 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,800 SO JESSICA AND NIH STAFF WILL 1100 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,720 HELP ME LOOK FOR THE RAISED HAND 1101 00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:57,000 IN THE ZOMBIEATURE SO WE CAN AT 1102 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,400 LEAST -- ZOOM FEATURE SO WE CAN 1103 00:38:58,400 --> 00:38:59,440 HAVE ORDER TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS. 1104 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,000 IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, WHICH I 1105 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,400 KNOW MANY OF YOU MUST HAVE SOME 1106 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:03,680 QUESTIONS. 1107 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:04,840 OR COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE, 1108 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:06,560 NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO -- 1109 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,760 IT'S YOUR TURN TO HEAR FROM YOU. 1110 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,560 SO PLEASE USE THE RAISED HAND 1111 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:14,280 FUNCTION IN ZOOM. 1112 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:18,160 I SEE THAT DR. MAINAR HAS A 1113 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:19,840 QUESTION OR COMMENT. 1114 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,200 >> I'M SURE YOU'RE NOT 1115 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:22,480 SURPRISED. 1116 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,600 YES, THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING 1117 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,000 AND I'M GLAD THAT THE OST. 1118 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:32,560 AND NSC ARE INVOLVED HERE 1119 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:33,960 BECAUSE MY BIG CONCERN IS THAT 1120 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:39,320 WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A FABULOUS 1121 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,200 INTERNALLY CONSISTENT AND OPEN 1122 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,040 AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR THE 1123 00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,120 UNITED STATES, BUT WE DON'T MAKE 1124 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:47,760 RULES FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. 1125 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:50,520 AND AS WE HAVE SEEN, CERTAINLY 1126 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,200 IN WU HAN AND OTHER PLACES, 1127 00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:56,800 THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL TECHNICAL 1128 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:57,960 CAPACITY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT 1129 00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:58,680 WE DO HERE. 1130 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,560 WE ARE NOT SPECIAL ANYMORE IN 1131 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:01,920 THAT REGARD. 1132 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,560 SO WITH THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF 1133 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:05,480 TECHNOLOGY, HOW DOES THIS GROUP 1134 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:09,760 SEE THE APPLICATION OF THIS TO 1135 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,880 THE INTERNATIONAL COMPONENTS? 1136 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,560 IE, IF YOU CAN'T DO IT HERE IN 1137 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:15,960 THE U.S. BECAUSE THE RULES ARE 1138 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,600 TOO STRICT, WE'LL JUST MOVE TO 1139 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:18,640 ANOTHER COUNTRY IT'S EASY. 1140 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:20,840 IS THERE A GOT THE FACILITIES 1141 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:21,920 AND THE PEOPLE. 1142 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,760 I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THAT WOULD 1143 00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:27,960 POSSIBLY FIT INTO THIS 1144 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,960 DISCUSSION. 1145 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:30,560 >> I MIGHT -- THANK YOU. 1146 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,520 I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD 1147 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:33,840 COMMENT AND QUESTION. 1148 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,160 AND I MIGHT FIRST MAYBE GO TO 1149 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,960 OUR NIH COLLEAGUES OR OSTP, NSC 1150 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:43,800 COLLEAGUES TO PROVIDE A U.S. 1151 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:45,040 GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE. 1152 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,680 I WAS GLAD TO SEE DR. TABAK'S 1153 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,160 SLIDE THAT ONE OF OUR CHARGES IN 1154 00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:54,560 FACT, IS TO TRY TO UNPACK AND 1155 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:55,120 UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE 1156 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:56,520 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON 1157 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,200 THIS AND HOW WE NEED TO BE 1158 00:40:58,200 --> 00:40:59,960 FORWARD -- WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT 1159 00:40:59,960 --> 00:41:02,360 FOR A LONG TIME, THE NEED FOR 1160 00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,560 INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORKS AS 1161 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:03,800 WELL. 1162 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:09,720 SO DR. TABAK OR ANYBODY WANT TO 1163 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:11,920 PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL 1164 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:13,640 PERSPECTIVES FROM THE U.S. 1165 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:13,960 GOVERNMENT? 1166 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,400 >> IT IS CERTAINLY A CRITICALLY 1167 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,640 IMPORTANT QUESTION AND ONE THAT 1168 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:26,320 WE DON'T WANT TO IGNORE. 1169 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:26,680 YOU'RE CORRECT. 1170 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:28,600 THERE ARE CERTAIN LEVERS WE HAVE 1171 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:29,680 AT OUR DISPOSAL AND THERE ARE 1172 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:34,360 OTHERS THAT WE OBVIOUSLY MAY NOT 1173 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:35,440 HAVE. 1174 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,960 CERTAINLY, IN ANYTHING RELATED 1175 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:41,480 TO -- WE ARE FUNDING BY THE 1176 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:44,960 AGENCY, THE EXPECTATION IS FOR 1177 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:51,320 PEOPLE TO ADHERE TO WHAT WE ARE 1178 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:52,000 PUTTING INTO PLACE. 1179 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:56,200 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD 1180 00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:57,720 ANYTHING TO THE COMMENT? 1181 00:41:57,720 --> 00:41:57,960 >> SURE. 1182 00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:59,320 THANK YOU, LARRY. 1183 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,040 AS YOU NOTICED AND IT STATES IN 1184 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,480 THE CHARGE THAT WE ARE ASKING 1185 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:04,800 YOU TO EVALUATE THE 1186 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:05,560 EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT 1187 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:06,920 OVERSIGHT FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH 1188 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:08,960 INVOLVING EPPs AND CONSIDERING 1189 00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,600 THAT RESEARCH INTERNATIONALLY. 1190 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,520 THIS WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE 1191 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,760 OSTPP3CO POLICY GUIDANCE AND OUR 1192 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:18,320 WHITE HOUSE COLLEAGUES CAN 1193 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:19,960 DISCUSS MORE OF INTEREST RIGHT 1194 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:20,160 NOW. 1195 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:23,840 BUT WE ARE ENCOURAGING PARDON ME 1196 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:24,360 NIDES COLLEAGUES TO SEEK 1197 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:25,760 GUIDANCE IN FOLLOW-UP TO THE 1198 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:26,400 RECOMMENDATIONS MADE PRIOR THAT 1199 00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,560 WE SHOULD BE ENGAGING AS A 1200 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:30,000 NATION THE INTERNATIONAL 1201 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,960 COMMUNITY IN A DIALOGUE ABOUT 1202 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,160 THE OVERSIGHT AND RESPONSIBLE 1203 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,080 CONDUCT OF THIS TYPE OF WORK. 1204 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:37,000 AS DR. TABAK MENTIONED, WE HAVE 1205 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,360 SISTER STRICT RULES AND WE 1206 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:39,360 CONSIDER THIS VERY IMPORTANT IN 1207 00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:41,320 TERMS OF WHAT WE FUND BUT THIS 1208 00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:41,920 INTERNATIONAL CONVERSATION IS 1209 00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:43,560 REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE EVEN 1210 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,160 FOR NATIONAL NORMS AND 1211 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:50,800 EXPECTATIONS. 1212 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:54,000 >> AND I'M HAPPY TO JUST ADD 1213 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:58,400 THAT I THINK WE AGREE THAT 1214 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,240 MITIGATING BIOLOGICAL RISKS 1215 00:43:00,240 --> 00:43:02,760 GLOBALLY IS A CRITICAL PRIORITY. 1216 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:04,240 AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE LOOKING 1217 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:06,960 AT BOTH DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL 1218 00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:07,400 SIDES. 1219 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:08,720 OUR TOOLS AND LEVERS MAY DIFFER 1220 00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:10,400 ON BOTH SIDES BUT WE ARE 1221 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,280 ABSOLUTELY LOOKING AT THE FULL 1222 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:18,640 SPECTRUM. 1223 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:19,440 >> I THINK, KEN BACK TO YOU AND 1224 00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:21,720 THE QUESTION. 1225 00:43:21,720 --> 00:43:23,800 I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE 1226 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,960 STRENGTHS OF THE NSABB THAT THIS 1227 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:27,960 WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 1228 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:31,760 WE DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE AND 1229 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:32,200 MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. 1230 00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,360 AND I KNOW JUST MY OWN PERSONAL 1231 00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:36,160 EXPERIENCE, I SUPPORTED AN 1232 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:37,400 OFFICE IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT 1233 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:39,440 OVER THE LAST YEAR IN SOME 1234 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:40,960 BIOSECURITY DIALOGUE MEETINGS 1235 00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,800 WITH THE G7 IN THE TOPIC HOW TO 1236 00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:45,360 HARMONIZE INTERNATIONAL 1237 00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:46,760 BIOMANAGEMENT RISKS AND 1238 00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:47,120 FRAMEWORKS? 1239 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,400 SO THAT IS KIND OF PART OF THE 1240 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:50,760 CONVERSATION. 1241 00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:52,440 BUT I THINK WE BRING A BREATH OF 1242 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,480 EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE THAT 1243 00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,320 CAN MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND 1244 00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,000 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE NIH AND 1245 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,840 OSTP AND NSE THAT THEY CAN 1246 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,160 CONSIDER IN THE POLICY 1247 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:07,960 DELIBERATIONS THAT WILL ENSUE. 1248 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:09,200 AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, 1249 00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:09,480 COMMENTS? 1250 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:11,160 ON THE SCREEN I'M NOT SEEING ANY 1251 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:14,120 HANDS BUT MAYBE I DON'T HAVE 1252 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:15,760 EVERYBODY. 1253 00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:16,760 SO NIH -- MARK? 1254 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:19,560 GO AHEAD I SEE YOUR HAND. 1255 00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:20,600 >> I COULDN'T FIND THE BUTTON. 1256 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,160 HI TO DO ANALOGUE. 1257 00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:24,640 THANK YOU. 1258 00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:25,760 A COUPLE OF THINGS. 1259 00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:27,720 THE VERY FIRST SLIDE TALKED 1260 00:44:27,720 --> 00:44:30,200 ABOUT INTENTIONAL MISUSE OR 1261 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:32,800 LAPSES OF BIOSAFETY, WHICH I 1262 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,160 GUESS GAVE A -- TO ME THE SLIDE 1263 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:39,720 WAS AN IMPLICATION THAT 1264 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:40,760 INVESTIGATORS WILL FAIL AND MAKE 1265 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:41,160 MISTAKES. 1266 00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:44,040 I POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I THINK 1267 00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,960 ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN. 1268 00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:49,760 LAPSES IS AN IMPLICATION OF 1269 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:50,000 FAILURE. 1270 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,760 AND I WANT TO REALLY MAKE A 1271 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:53,080 POINT AT THE VERY BEGINNING, I 1272 00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:55,160 THINK WAS PROBABLY THE LAST ONE 1273 00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:56,320 TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THE END OF 1274 00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:57,880 THE OTHER ONE, SAYING WHILE WE 1275 00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:58,920 ARE HERE DISCUSSING POTENTIAL, 1276 00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:00,240 WE ARE SEEING INCREASING NUMBER 1277 00:45:00,240 --> 00:45:02,040 OF CASES IN CHINA, WHICH LED US 1278 00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:03,760 TO SHUT DOWN -- I THINK MY 1279 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:05,360 COMMENTS ARE ON RECORD THERE. 1280 00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,720 I WANT TO -- BECAUSE AS WE HAVE 1281 00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:09,440 BEEN LOOKING AT THE PANDEMIC AND 1282 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,000 DOING RESEARCH FROM THAT AREA, 1283 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,120 ON COUNTERMEASURES, I HAVE 1284 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,920 ENCOUNTERED THE P3CO POLICY AS 1285 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:19,920 BEING INADEQUATE, FOR EXAMPLE IT 1286 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:20,760 EXCLUDES VACCINES AND 1287 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:24,520 SURVEILLANCE BUT IT DOESN'T TALK 1288 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:25,520 ABOUT OTHER MEASURES SUCH AS 1289 00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:25,800 ANTIVIRUS. 1290 00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:27,960 IMMUNE IMPLICATIONS FOR SELECT 1291 00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,520 AGENTS FOR ANY VIRULENCE 1292 00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:34,000 DETERMINANTS INTO SARS-COV-2 1293 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:35,680 FROM SARS CoV WITHOUT A 1294 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:36,800 DESCRIPTION WAS PUT IN PLACE 1295 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:37,960 WITHOUT A TIME FOR PUBLIC 1296 00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:39,080 COMMENT BECAUSE IT WAS SO 1297 00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:39,680 IMPORTANT. 1298 00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:42,760 BUT IT WASN'T DEFINED WHAT THAT 1299 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:42,960 MEANT. 1300 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:46,400 AND THERE WAS -- SO THERE IS A 1301 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:49,640 FEELING OF PRO SCRIPTIVE WITH A 1302 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:51,880 LITTLE CASE ABOUT MAINTAINING 1303 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:54,520 OUR CAPACITY FOR RESPONDING. 1304 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:56,480 SO I WANT TO BE REALLY SURE THAT 1305 00:45:56,480 --> 00:46:02,040 AS WE DO THIS, THAT THAT WE ARE 1306 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:03,160 REALLY EMPHASIZING THAT WE HAVE 1307 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:04,160 JUST COMING THROUGH A 1308 00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:05,360 DEVASTATING PANDEMIC AND WE 1309 00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:07,480 DON'T UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGY AND 1310 00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:09,280 THAT WE'RE REALLY TAKING TIME. 1311 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:10,160 THE ONLY THING I'M CONCERNED 1312 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:11,920 ABOUT, THIS IS MY COMMENT ABOUT 1313 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:12,240 THE TIMEFRAME. 1314 00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:14,160 THAT WE HAVE TIME FOR SCIENTISTS 1315 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:15,240 TO REALLY TALK ABOUT HOUR 1316 00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:16,480 SCIENCE IS PERFORMED AND HOW WE 1317 00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:18,440 REALLY WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT 1318 00:46:18,440 --> 00:46:21,200 WITHOUT PUTTING IN PLACE A PRO 1319 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:23,120 SCRIPTIVE OR PRE SCRIPTIVE ANINE 1320 00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:23,920 MAKES IT NOT POSSIBLE TO CARRY 1321 00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:27,120 FORWARD THE WORK IN A TIMELY 1322 00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:31,160 MANNER. 1323 00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:32,000 >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD COMMENT. 1324 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,080 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT 1325 00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:37,440 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE 1326 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:40,520 ABILITY TO MAKE THOUGHTFUL 1327 00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:42,200 CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE TASK AT 1328 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,360 HAND BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT 1329 00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:47,360 THERE IS SOME URGENCY TOO. 1330 00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,360 THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN 1331 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,120 PROVIDE THE RIGHT ADVICE TO THE 1332 00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:53,800 INNER AGENCY. 1333 00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:54,680 THEY WILL BE STARTED POLICY 1334 00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:55,560 DELIBERATIONS AND WE WANT TO 1335 00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:58,200 MAKE SURE OUR VOICE AND 1336 00:46:58,200 --> 00:46:59,760 EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCES CAN 1337 00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:02,440 CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE POLICY 1338 00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:03,760 DELIBERATIONS THAT WILL TAKE 1339 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:03,960 PLACE. 1340 00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:05,160 BUT IT IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT 1341 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:08,000 THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 1342 00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:09,520 HAVE THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATIONS 1343 00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:12,960 AND TAKE THE RIGHT TIME. 1344 00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:15,520 AND THERE IS A LOT OF LESSONS 1345 00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:17,160 OBSERVED FROM SARS-COV-2 AND 1346 00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:19,480 COVID-19 THAT WE HAVE GOT TO 1347 00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:21,120 INCORPORATE TO TURN INTO LESSONS 1348 00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:26,120 LEARNED IN THIS EXERCISE. 1349 00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:37,640 OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 1350 00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:39,840 YES, PAMELA? 1351 00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:40,400 >> THANK YOU. 1352 00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,960 YES, I THINK THIS IS REALLY 1353 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:44,520 TIMELY AND THANK YOU FOR 1354 00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:45,960 BRINGING UP THE INTERNATIONAL 1355 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:46,880 COMPONENT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT 1356 00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:51,280 THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN 1357 00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:55,280 HAVING SOME KIND OF AGREEMENTS 1358 00:47:55,280 --> 00:47:56,400 INTERNATIONAL. 1359 00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:58,920 I WANTED TO REVISIT SOMETHING I 1360 00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:02,840 REMEMBER FROM THE LAST MEETING, 1361 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:04,440 AND MAYBE IT WAS NOT SUPER 1362 00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:05,560 IMPORTANT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS 1363 00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:07,400 WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON AT 1364 00:48:07,400 --> 00:48:08,960 THAT MEETING, WHICH HAPPENED TO 1365 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:19,360 BE MY FIRST MEETING, WAS HOW THE 1366 00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:20,880 DUAL-USE GRANTS HAD BEEN OKAYED 1367 00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:23,600 FOR FUNDING AND THERE WAS SOME 1368 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:24,880 CONFUSION ABOUT THAT. 1369 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:27,120 AND I THINK THAT WAS PART OF OUR 1370 00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:30,000 ONE OF OUR CHARGES. 1371 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,000 AND I GUESS WE'RE -- GIVEN THAT 1372 00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,480 THINGS ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT, 1373 00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:36,400 WE ARE PUTTING THAT AWAY NOW. 1374 00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:38,160 I DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO PURSUE 1375 00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,800 IT BUT I'M MAKING SURE THAT THAT 1376 00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:44,080 IS OFF THE TABLE. 1377 00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:47,560 ANYONE REMEMBER THAT? 1378 00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:48,960 >> I'LL TURN TO OUR NIH 1379 00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:58,960 COLLEAGUES. 1380 00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:00,600 >> I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT. 1381 00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:04,000 SO THE JANUARY 2020 MEETING WAS 1382 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:08,000 FOCUSED ON THE BALANCE OF 1383 00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:08,960 TRANSPARENCY AND SECURITY WITH 1384 00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:10,880 REGARD TO SHARING INFORMATION 1385 00:49:10,880 --> 00:49:12,960 ABOUT RESEARCH INVOLVING 1386 00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:16,000 ENHANCED POTENTIAL PANDEMIC 1387 00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:16,280 PATHOGENS. 1388 00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:19,240 THAT IS STILL PART OF THE CHARGE 1389 00:49:19,240 --> 00:49:23,800 THAT IS GOING FORWARD FOR THIS 1390 00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,680 AMENDED CHARGE. 1391 00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:27,960 SO, THAT ASPECT THAT WE SPENT 1392 00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:31,360 TIME DISCUSSING IN JANUARY OF 1393 00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:34,480 2020 IS STILL PART OF THE CHARGE 1394 00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:35,560 MOVING FORWARD. 1395 00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:38,280 >> AND MAYBE IF I COULD -- 1396 00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:40,000 JESSICA, KICKED IN MY MEMORY 1397 00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:40,160 TOO. 1398 00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:41,680 SO THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT, I 1399 00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:44,720 THINK, IS RATHER THAN THINKING 1400 00:49:44,720 --> 00:49:45,400 ABOUT INDIVIDUAL DRAFTS, IT'S 1401 00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:47,680 REALLY REVIEWING THE POLICIES 1402 00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:50,840 AND THE LESSONS OBSERVED AT THE 1403 00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:52,440 BIGGER PICTURE, NOT AT 1404 00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:52,840 INDIVIDUAL GRANTS. 1405 00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,120 THE QUESTIONS ARE STILL THERE 1406 00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:57,040 AND THEY WERE THERE THEN ABOUT 1407 00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:01,120 SOME SPECIFIC GRANTS BUT IT'S 1408 00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:02,760 STRANGE HOW EFFECTIVE POLICIES 1409 00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,000 AND WHAT CHANGES COULD BE MADE. 1410 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:06,920 >> I THINK THIS IS A MUCH MORE 1411 00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:10,160 EFFECTIVE WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT. 1412 00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:13,560 BUT IT WILL STILL TRICKLE DOYNE 1413 00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:15,960 TO WHICH GLANCED GET FUNDED AND 1414 00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,040 WHICH DON'T, OR WHATEVER. 1415 00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:20,960 >> THAT'S WHY -- AS A FEDERAL 1416 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:22,320 ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OUR JOB IS 1417 00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,760 NOT TO GET DOWN INTO ACTUAL 1418 00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:26,920 GRANT MANAGEMENT, IS THE WAY I 1419 00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:28,480 UNDERSTAND IT, ANYWAY. 1420 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:33,280 BUT OUR JOB IS TO MAKE 1421 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:34,840 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COULD 1422 00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:37,560 ENABLE AND HELP THE NIH AND 1423 00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:38,800 OTHER DEPARTMENT AGENCIES HAVE 1424 00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:40,800 THE RIGHT FRAMEWORK TO ASSIST 1425 00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:48,000 THEM IN GRANT MANAGEMENT. 1426 00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:49,360 KEN, IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? 1427 00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:51,760 I SEE YOUR HAND UP AGAIN. 1428 00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:52,000 >> YES. 1429 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,680 JUST WANT TO SUPPORT MARK'S 1430 00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:55,120 COMMENTS HERE. 1431 00:50:55,120 --> 00:50:58,280 THERE IS A BIG ISSUE HERE THAT 1432 00:50:58,280 --> 00:50:59,840 PEOPLE TOUCH ON FREQUENTLY ON 1433 00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:05,800 THIS AND THAT IS, WE HAVE TO 1434 00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:09,240 MAKE SURE THE RULES THAT WE 1435 00:51:09,240 --> 00:51:14,280 RECOMMEND DON'T ACTUALLY INHIBIT 1436 00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:14,560 RESEARCH. 1437 00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:15,960 AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER, SUCH 1438 00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:17,240 THAT WE ARE THE ONLY PLACE WHERE 1439 00:51:17,240 --> 00:51:19,960 YOU DON'T WANT TO WORK ON AGENTS 1440 00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:22,400 THAT ACTUALLY ARE OF PUBLIC 1441 00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:22,800 HEALTH CONCERN. 1442 00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:26,040 AND I THINK THAT IS A REAL RISK. 1443 00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:30,440 ALTERNATIVELY AND AGAINST THAT 1444 00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:33,360 IS THE PUSHBACK THAT WE GOT FOR 1445 00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:34,400 YEARS ON CONTROLLING RESEARCH AT 1446 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:35,480 THE LOCAL LEVEL AND IT'S JUST 1447 00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:36,880 TOO HARD FOR US TO DO. 1448 00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:38,240 WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS 1449 00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:39,360 IMPORTANT AND WHAT ISN'T 1450 00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:41,400 IMPORTANT, WHAT IS DANGEROUS AND 1451 00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:43,760 WHAT ISN'T DANGEROUS. 1452 00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:45,280 AND IN SOME RESPECTS, 1453 00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,440 RESEARCHERS USE THAT AS A REASON 1454 00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,600 TO PUSH BACK ON ANY KIND OF 1455 00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:53,920 CONTROL OF RESEARCH FOR OBVIOUS 1456 00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:55,760 REASONS, IN THEIR INTEREST IN 1457 00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:57,560 THE RESEARCH ITSELF AND SELF 1458 00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:58,600 INTERESTS. 1459 00:51:58,600 --> 00:51:59,280 NONETHELESS, I CAN'T EMPHASIZE 1460 00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:01,640 TOO MUCH IN MY OPINION, HOW 1461 00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:03,920 IMPORTANT IT IS TO NOT BE THE 1462 00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:05,680 ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE 1463 00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:07,960 RESEARCH IS TOO HARD TO DO. 1464 00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:09,440 AND THERE IS TOO MANY RULES, TOO 1465 00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:13,120 MANY REGULATIONS AND GIVEN THE 1466 00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:14,560 FACT THAT U.S. GOVERNMENT ONLY 1467 00:52:14,560 --> 00:52:18,120 REALLY CAN CONTROL HOW IT FUNDS 1468 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:21,920 U.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDED RESEARCH, 1469 00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:23,640 MUCH OF THE RESEARCH AROUND THE 1470 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:24,920 WORLD IS DONE IN THE PRIVATE 1471 00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:26,400 SECTOR AND IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 1472 00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:28,160 WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 1473 00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:29,960 DON'T PUT OURSELVES AT A 1474 00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,760 COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE IN ALL 1475 00:52:32,760 --> 00:52:34,080 OF THIS. 1476 00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:35,600 AND I'M A NATIONAL SECURITY GUY. 1477 00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:37,200 I MEAN, I'M THE KIND OF GUY THAT 1478 00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:38,600 IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR HOW 1479 00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:39,520 SOMEBODY IS GOING TO USE 1480 00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:40,400 SOMETHING TO HURT US. 1481 00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:41,960 SO BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 1482 00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:44,680 THAT WE DON'T GET INTO AN ODD 1483 00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:46,520 SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO GO TO 1484 00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:50,720 ANOTHER COUNTRY IN ORDER TO FIND 1485 00:52:50,720 --> 00:52:53,240 OUT INFORMATION ABOUT PROBLEMS, 1486 00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:54,600 SECURITY ISSUES RELATED TO THE 1487 00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:55,240 UNITED STATES. 1488 00:52:55,240 --> 00:52:57,560 >> AND MAYBE CAN I JUMP IN HERE 1489 00:52:57,560 --> 00:53:00,920 REALLY QUICK, DR. PARKER? 1490 00:53:00,920 --> 00:53:03,240 SO, DR. BERNARD, YOU ASKED A 1491 00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:03,960 REALLY FANTASTIC QUESTION. 1492 00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:05,280 I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT FROM THE 1493 00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:06,760 MINUTE YOU ASKED AND IT AND I 1494 00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:07,880 DIDN'T WEIGH IN EARLIER. 1495 00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:10,760 BUT I THINK REALLY WHAT YOU'RE 1496 00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:12,080 GETTING AT IS WE THOUGHT ABOUT 1497 00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:13,560 BALANCING SCIENCE AND SECURITY. 1498 00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:15,680 WE HAVE APPROACHED THIS TOPIC IN 1499 00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:18,680 THE PAST BUT NOW A NEW LAYER OF 1500 00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:21,160 COMPETITIVENESS AND THINKING IN 1501 00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:21,800 A GLOBAL CONTEXT HOW TO BALANCE 1502 00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:24,400 SCIENCE AND SECURITY WHILE STILL 1503 00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:25,600 MAINTAINING COMPETITIVENESS. 1504 00:53:25,600 --> 00:53:26,280 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS. 1505 00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:29,520 I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION 1506 00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:31,360 BUT THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES 1507 00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:31,840 THAT MATED SERVICE AS 1508 00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:32,880 INSTRUCTIVE MODELS FOR HOW WE 1509 00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:34,760 THINK ABOUT IT HERE AND THE 1510 00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:35,360 MODEL THAT I'M IMMEDIATELY DRAWN 1511 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:37,600 TO IS JUST HOW WE APPROACHED 1512 00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:42,880 GLOBAL NORM SETTING FOR NEW 1513 00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:44,920 BIOTECHNOLOGIES LIKE CHRIS PER 1514 00:53:44,920 --> 00:53:45,320 GENOME EDITING. 1515 00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:46,960 -- CRISPR -- SO ANYTHING THE 1516 00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:48,320 U.S. GOVERNMENT DOES IN THIS 1517 00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:53,240 REALM MUST BE COMPLIMENTED BY A 1518 00:53:53,240 --> 00:53:56,040 GLOBAL PROCESS TO DEVELOP, 1519 00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:58,840 DISSEM FLATE, PROMULGATE, THE 1520 00:53:58,840 --> 00:53:59,320 NORMS THAT WILL ENSURE 1521 00:53:59,320 --> 00:53:59,880 APPROPRIATE CONDUCT. 1522 00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:01,600 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW 1523 00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:03,120 YOU ALL APPROACH THIS, THE IDEAS 1524 00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:04,800 THAT EMERGE FROM YOUR 1525 00:54:04,800 --> 00:54:06,400 DISCUSSIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO 1526 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,000 FINDING WAYS FOR THOSE TO INFORM 1527 00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:10,560 HOW WE ARE APPROACHING THIS BOTH 1528 00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:13,520 DOMESTICALLY AND 1529 00:54:13,520 --> 00:54:14,760 INTERNATIONALLY. 1530 00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:18,040 >> AND I'D LIKE TO JUST -- 1531 00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:19,800 >> FIRST TO DR.-- THIS IS WHY 1532 00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:20,960 SOME OF THIS, THE FIRST PHASE OF 1533 00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:22,360 THIS TASK IS SO IMPORTANT TO 1534 00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:23,960 THINK ABOUT THE SCOPE AND THE 1535 00:54:23,960 --> 00:54:24,960 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEFINITIONS 1536 00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:25,760 WE ARE USING. 1537 00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:27,320 AGAIN THESE ARE THE RULES THAT 1538 00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:30,280 HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY PRIOR 1539 00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:31,000 NSABB RECOMMENDATIONS AND BEFORE 1540 00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:32,160 WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO MOVE 1541 00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:34,160 FORWARD, LOOKING AT WHETHER OR 1542 00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:35,160 NOT THAT THE SCOPE IS THE 1543 00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:36,480 APPROPRIATE ONE TO CONTINUE 1544 00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:36,720 FORWARD. 1545 00:54:36,720 --> 00:54:38,400 AND THEN BUILDING PATHS AND 1546 00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:39,560 THINKING THROUGH THAT. 1547 00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:46,840 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1548 00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:48,280 >> AND I'D LIKE TO ADD TO ALL OF 1549 00:54:48,280 --> 00:54:48,480 THAT. 1550 00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:50,240 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE 1551 00:54:50,240 --> 00:54:52,560 TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESEARCH 1552 00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:54,360 ENTERPRISE IS DONE IN A SAFE, 1553 00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,440 SECURE RESPONSIBLE WAY BUT WE 1554 00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:58,080 ARE ALSO IN THE RACE FOR THE 1555 00:54:58,080 --> 00:54:58,360 BIOECONOMY. 1556 00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:01,480 THIS IS ALL A REAL DELICATE 1557 00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:04,560 BALANCE THAT WE HAVE GOT TO FIND 1558 00:55:04,560 --> 00:55:15,960 THE RIGHT WAY FORWARD. 1559 00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:16,720 RACHEL. 1560 00:55:16,720 --> 00:55:17,160 >> YES, HI. 1561 00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:17,400 THANK YOU. 1562 00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:18,480 AND JUST TO SAY, WELCOME TO THE 1563 00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:18,680 GROUP. 1564 00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,920 THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING. 1565 00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:23,920 AND IT COMES AS SUCH AN 1566 00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:24,520 OPPORTUNE TIME BECAUSE I THINK 1567 00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:27,080 THAT IN MANY WAYS THE 1568 00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:28,280 PANDEMIC -- I KEEP LOOKING FOR 1569 00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,400 SILVER LININGS IN THE PANDEMIC. 1570 00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:32,800 BUT OUR BASELINE THOUGHTS ABOUT 1571 00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:34,160 RISK, LEVEL OF RISK AND 1572 00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:35,720 PARTICULARLY RISK OF NOT DOING 1573 00:55:35,720 --> 00:55:38,280 RESEARCH OR IMPEDING RISK 1574 00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:41,600 RESEARCH THAT WE CAN SEE THE 1575 00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:43,200 VALUE OF NOW, AFFORDS US THE 1576 00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:45,080 OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS LOOK AT 1577 00:55:45,080 --> 00:55:46,440 THIS SET OF POLICIES IN A 1578 00:55:46,440 --> 00:55:47,880 DIFFERENT WAY OR A SLIGHTLY 1579 00:55:47,880 --> 00:55:49,480 DIFFERENT WAY WITH DIFFERENT 1580 00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:51,000 WEIGHTS THAN WE MAY HAVE DONE IN 1581 00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:51,400 THE PAST. 1582 00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:53,360 AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 1583 00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:54,120 INTERNATIONAL ELEMENTS OF THIS, 1584 00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:55,920 I THINK ARE REALLY CRITICAL. 1585 00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:57,920 WE HAVE SEEN EXAMPLES NOT JUST 1586 00:55:57,920 --> 00:55:59,560 OF RESEARCH WE VALUE WHEN WE 1587 00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:01,360 LOOK AT IN OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT 1588 00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:04,480 EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, THERE 1589 00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:06,640 WERE EXAMPLES OF DIFFICULTIES IN 1590 00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:08,040 GETTING PARTICULAR REAGENTS OR 1591 00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:09,640 TOXINS THAT YOU COULD NOT GET IN 1592 00:56:09,640 --> 00:56:10,560 THE UNITED STATES BUT YOU COULD 1593 00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:11,640 BUY THEM FROM OTHER COUNTRY. 1594 00:56:11,640 --> 00:56:14,680 AND STILL DO THE RESEARCH HERE 1595 00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:17,680 BUT THERE ARE THOSE ISSUES THAT 1596 00:56:17,680 --> 00:56:19,360 CAME UP AND EXAMPLES THAT WE SAW 1597 00:56:19,360 --> 00:56:20,200 OF PEOPLE WHO WERE WILLING TO 1598 00:56:20,200 --> 00:56:21,400 MOVE THEIR LAB TO ANOTHER 1599 00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:24,080 COUNTRY BECAUSE IT WAS JUST TOO 1600 00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:25,360 DIFFICULT. 1601 00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:27,920 OR THE HIDDEN IMPEDIMENTS OF 1602 00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:29,640 STUDENTS, GRAD STUDENTS, 1603 00:56:29,640 --> 00:56:31,040 POSTDOCS, WHO DON'T WANT TO BE 1604 00:56:31,040 --> 00:56:32,800 INTO AREAS OF RESEARCH THAT WE 1605 00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:33,880 FEEL WOULD BE VERY VALUABLE 1606 00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:35,080 BECAUSE IT'S TOO DIFFICULT AND 1607 00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:36,640 THEY WERE ADVISED AGAINST IT. 1608 00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:41,040 SO I THINK THAT THAT THERE ARE A 1609 00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:44,080 NUMBER OF CONCERNS THAT -- 1610 00:56:44,080 --> 00:56:44,280 SORRY. 1611 00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:49,760 THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION 1612 00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:49,960 TO. 1613 00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:52,440 AND I THINK I HAD SOME OTHER 1614 00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:54,080 ISSUES TOO BUT I THINK THAT IS 1615 00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:58,560 ENOUGH FOR MY FIRST COMMENT. 1616 00:56:58,560 --> 00:56:59,800 >> THANK YOU, RACHEL AND WELCOME 1617 00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:05,560 TO THE BOARD. 1618 00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:08,720 WELL, WE ARE BEGINNING TO -- 1619 00:57:08,720 --> 00:57:10,560 >> THERE IS A COMMENT BY 1620 00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:10,840 DR. HAINES. 1621 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:16,040 >> GO AHEAD. 1622 00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:17,120 >> HI, HELLO, EVERYONE AND JUST 1623 00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:17,760 QUICKLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 1624 00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:19,240 THE THIS OPPORTUNITY. 1625 00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:22,480 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO JOIN THE 1626 00:57:22,480 --> 00:57:22,680 BOARD. 1627 00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:25,360 I DID WANT TO MAYBE COMMENT OR 1628 00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:25,760 ASK. 1629 00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:28,560 I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S 1630 00:57:28,560 --> 00:57:33,920 WITHIN OUR SCOPE TO ALSO 1631 00:57:33,920 --> 00:57:34,880 CONSIDER RELATIONSHIPS WITH SORT 1632 00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:38,000 OF LIKE THE NON-PROFESSIONAL 1633 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:41,680 SCIENCE PUBLIC, WITH THE 1634 00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:44,160 COMMUNITY? 1635 00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:45,760 JUST THE TRUST BETWEEN THE 1636 00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,400 SCIENTISTS AND THE EXPERTS 1637 00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:50,720 ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TOPIC OF 1638 00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:51,080 COVID. 1639 00:57:51,080 --> 00:57:53,800 IT'S JUST REALLY -- IT'S BEEN 1640 00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:54,120 DISTURBING. 1641 00:57:54,120 --> 00:57:56,360 I THINK IT'S IMPEDED A LOT OF 1642 00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:57,040 THINGS. 1643 00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:00,680 I MEAN A LOT OF THE ROAD BLOCKS 1644 00:58:00,680 --> 00:58:03,040 AND SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING 1645 00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:05,640 PUBLIC POLICY AROUND TRYING TO 1646 00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:07,160 STOP THE SPREAD HAD BEEN BASED 1647 00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:09,320 ON A LACK OF TRUST. 1648 00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:11,760 THIS BROKEN TRUST BETWEEN THE 1649 00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:13,200 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND 1650 00:58:13,200 --> 00:58:15,120 EVERYONE WHO IS NOT NECESSARILY 1651 00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:16,160 PROFESSIONAL SCIENTISTS. 1652 00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:17,920 SO I GUESS I WANTED TO MAKE THAT 1653 00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:20,440 COMMENT AND I'M ALSO CURIOUS 1654 00:58:20,440 --> 00:58:22,160 ABOUT WHETHER THAT IS SORT OF 1655 00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:26,040 PART OF WHAT THIS BOARD WOULD 1656 00:58:26,040 --> 00:58:26,280 ADDRESS. 1657 00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:28,160 >> THANK YOU. 1658 00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:30,120 AND I'LL START AND I KNOW NIH 1659 00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:32,800 COLLEAGUES MAY WANT TO HAVE 1660 00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:33,080 COMMENTED. 1661 00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:34,640 I THINK THAT'S A REAL IMPORTANT 1662 00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:34,920 POINT. 1663 00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:37,360 WE HAVE TO -- OUR DELIBERATIONS 1664 00:58:37,360 --> 00:58:39,280 NEED TO BE INFORMED BY THE 1665 00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:42,360 PUBLIC AT LARGE AND THEY, THE 1666 00:58:42,360 --> 00:58:43,960 PUBLIC HAS A STAKE IN THE WORK 1667 00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:45,800 OF WHAT WE WILL BE DOING AND 1668 00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:46,960 WHAT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT 1669 00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:47,440 AGENCIES WILL BE DOING. 1670 00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:50,600 AND I KNOW THAT WE SAW IN THE 1671 00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:53,960 SLIDE TIMELINE THAT THE NIH WILL 1672 00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:56,440 SCHEDULE SOME LISTENING SESSIONS 1673 00:58:56,440 --> 00:58:59,240 AND THOSE LISTENING SESSIONS, I 1674 00:58:59,240 --> 00:58:59,960 BELIEVE, ARE DESIGNED 1675 00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:01,560 SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT 1676 00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:03,360 WE HAVE BROADER INPUT TO INCLUDE 1677 00:59:03,360 --> 00:59:05,720 THE PUBLIC AND TO MAKE SURE THE 1678 00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:07,360 PUBLIC CONCERNS ARE BUILT INTO 1679 00:59:07,360 --> 00:59:08,600 OUR DELIBERATIONS. 1680 00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:09,760 SO WE WILL HAVE TO PAY 1681 00:59:09,760 --> 00:59:10,000 ATTENTION. 1682 00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:14,160 THEY MAY NOT BE SPECIFIC BOARDS 1683 00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:15,760 BUT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO 1684 00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:17,360 THOSE LISTENING SESSIONS AND 1685 00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:20,120 TAKE THAT INPUT INTO OUR 1686 00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:20,480 DELIBERATIONS. 1687 00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:22,160 IT'S AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT, I 1688 00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:22,960 BELIEVE, OF OUR WORK. 1689 00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:25,200 SO I DON'T KNOW, JESSICA OR 1690 00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:26,480 ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE NIH STAFF 1691 00:59:26,480 --> 00:59:26,880 WANT TO COMMENT? 1692 00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:29,640 AND WE ARE REACHING TIME -- END 1693 00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:31,640 TIME SO WE WILL HAVE TO WRAP UP 1694 00:59:31,640 --> 00:59:36,160 PRETTY QUICK. 1695 00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:37,320 >> I WOULD. 1696 00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:38,160 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK 1697 00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:39,720 WHAT YOU SAID IS EXACTLY RIGHT. 1698 00:59:39,720 --> 00:59:41,560 OBVIOUSLY THAT IS CRITICALLY 1699 00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:43,400 IMPORTANT AND HOPEFULLY THE WAY 1700 00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:46,480 THAT THE CHARGE HAS BEEN 1701 00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:48,000 STRUCTURED WILL WOWASM 1702 00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:52,000 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT 1703 00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:53,800 WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS OUTSIDE OF 1704 00:59:53,800 --> 00:59:57,040 JUST THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY. 1705 00:59:57,040 --> 00:59:58,560 >> I SEE AT LEAST MAYBE TWO 1706 00:59:58,560 --> 00:59:59,600 OTHER QUESTIONS. 1707 00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:01,760 CAN WE AT LEAST GET COMMENTS OR 1708 01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:03,560 QUESTIONS IN EVEN THOUGH WE MAY 1709 01:00:03,560 --> 01:00:04,760 NOT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM. 1710 01:00:04,760 --> 01:00:07,000 >> I THINK THAT WILL BE FINE. 1711 01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:08,280 >> JACKLYN, I SEE YOUR HAND UP 1712 01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:10,760 AND I THOUGHT I SAW ALEX'S HAND 1713 01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:14,800 UP A MINUTE AGO. 1714 01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:15,160 >> THANK YOU. 1715 01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:18,120 I REMEMBER THAT IN OUR MEETING 1716 01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:22,160 TWO YEARS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT 1717 01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:23,440 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 1718 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,240 APPLICATION OF THESE POLICIES 1719 01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:30,280 AND PRINCIPLES TO ALL 1720 01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:31,520 BIOTHREATS, INCLUDING NOT JUST 1721 01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:35,080 THE HUMAN SIDE BUT THE ANIMAL, 1722 01:00:35,080 --> 01:00:39,240 THE AGRICULTURAL SIDE WITH 1723 01:00:39,240 --> 01:00:40,920 LIVESTOCK AND CROP ISSUES. 1724 01:00:40,920 --> 01:00:44,760 SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAD SUCH A 1725 01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:46,440 WHIPLASH OF ATTENTION GOING INTO 1726 01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:46,840 COVID. 1727 01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:49,280 AND RIGHTLY SO, OF COURSE. 1728 01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:52,360 I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE 1729 01:00:52,360 --> 01:00:54,680 PERCEPTION OF OUR CHARGE IS 1730 01:00:54,680 --> 01:00:56,200 SLIGHTLY ADJUSTED BASED ON THAT 1731 01:00:56,200 --> 01:01:00,000 AND IF WE STILL WANT THAT THE 1732 01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:02,600 TIME, TO INCLUDE THE 1733 01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:05,760 AGRICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON 1734 01:01:05,760 --> 01:01:05,960 THIS? 1735 01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:10,560 >> I DID -- IN THE 1736 01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:11,440 PRESENTATIONS, I DID IN 1737 01:01:11,440 --> 01:01:15,080 PARTICULAR WITH DURC, IT 1738 01:01:15,080 --> 01:01:16,560 INCLUDED HUMANS, AGRICULTURAL 1739 01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:19,680 AND ENVIRONMENTAL, AB MALL, 1740 01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:20,800 PLANTS -- ANIMAL -- MY 1741 01:01:20,800 --> 01:01:22,520 PERSPECTIVE IS YES, WE CAN GET 1742 01:01:22,520 --> 01:01:23,960 OTHER GUIDANCE FROM OUR NIH 1743 01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:25,800 COLLEAGUES ON THAT. 1744 01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:27,600 BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T 1745 01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:29,320 HAVE TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW. 1746 01:01:29,320 --> 01:01:35,320 BUT OUR DELIBERATIONS AND INPUT 1747 01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:37,040 ARE IN THAT. 1748 01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:37,240 ALEX? 1749 01:01:37,240 --> 01:01:37,640 >> THANK YOU. 1750 01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:39,200 THIS IS MY FIRST MEETING AND I 1751 01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:42,120 WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON THIS ISSUE 1752 01:01:42,120 --> 01:01:43,320 ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL 1753 01:01:43,320 --> 01:01:43,560 STANDARDS. 1754 01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:45,880 AND IN PARTICULAR, I THINK IT'S 1755 01:01:45,880 --> 01:01:46,720 VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE 1756 01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:50,280 SUCKSATIVE RULES THAT WE 1757 01:01:50,280 --> 01:01:52,800 ARTICULATE PROVIDE CREDIBLE 1758 01:01:52,800 --> 01:01:54,200 ASSURANCE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE 1759 01:01:54,200 --> 01:01:57,160 RESEARCH THAT WE DO PERMIT HAS 1760 01:01:57,160 --> 01:01:58,240 SUFFICIENT SOCIAL VALUE THAT THE 1761 01:01:58,240 --> 01:01:59,960 RISKS THAT ARE ENTAILED FROM IT 1762 01:01:59,960 --> 01:02:01,360 ARE WORTH TAKING. 1763 01:02:01,360 --> 01:02:03,840 AND THEN I THINK WE NEED TO RELY 1764 01:02:03,840 --> 01:02:04,920 ON OUR DIPLOMATIC AND POLICY 1765 01:02:04,920 --> 01:02:07,400 COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE THAT 1766 01:02:07,400 --> 01:02:08,800 THEIR INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS ARE 1767 01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:12,240 MADE TO ENSURE THAT FLOOR IS 1768 01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:13,760 UNDERNEATH THOSE POLICY 1769 01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:14,040 GUIDELINES. 1770 01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:16,760 AND WE WANT TO AVOID THE RISK TO 1771 01:02:16,760 --> 01:02:19,160 RACE TO THE BOTTOM BECAUSE OTHER 1772 01:02:19,160 --> 01:02:21,440 PEOPLE HAVE WEAKER POLICY 1773 01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:22,560 ENVIRONMENT WHERE RISKS CAN BE 1774 01:02:22,560 --> 01:02:25,920 TAKEN EVEN IF THEY DON'T 1775 01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:29,920 ADEQUATELY OFFSET THE 1776 01:02:29,920 --> 01:02:30,160 POTENTIAL -- THEY DON'T HAVE 1777 01:02:30,160 --> 01:02:31,640 ADEQUATE SOCIAL VALUE TO JUSTIFY 1778 01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:32,880 THEM. 1779 01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:37,360 >> VERY IMPORTANT COMMENT AND 1780 01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:42,360 ADVICE WE NEED TO ADHERE TO. 1781 01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:47,440 I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER HANDS 1782 01:02:47,440 --> 01:02:47,760 RAISED. 1783 01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:49,560 SO, IF THAT'S THE CASE, JESSICA, 1784 01:02:49,560 --> 01:02:50,920 I THINK IT'S PROBABLY TIME THAT 1785 01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:56,880 WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP. 1786 01:02:56,880 --> 01:02:57,120 CORRECT? 1787 01:02:57,120 --> 01:02:59,600 SO I WANT TO FIRST THANK 1788 01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:00,560 EVERYBODY FOR THE THOUGHTFUL 1789 01:03:00,560 --> 01:03:01,000 DISCUSSIONS. 1790 01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:03,960 FIRST I WANT TO THANK FOR THE 1791 01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:07,760 BRIEFINGS FROM THE NIH AND THE 1792 01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:09,480 OSTP AND NSE LEADERSHIP. 1793 01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:10,440 THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US 1794 01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:14,280 TO SEE THAT THESE ISSUES ARE 1795 01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:15,880 BEING TAKEN VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY 1796 01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:17,480 AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF OUR 1797 01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:18,920 GOVERNMENT AND THEY ARE ASKING 1798 01:03:18,920 --> 01:03:20,320 US SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT 1799 01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:22,120 QUESTIONS AND HAVE GIVEN US A 1800 01:03:22,120 --> 01:03:25,560 PRETTY SERIOUS CHARGE THAT WILL 1801 01:03:25,560 --> 01:03:26,000 ONE, NEED THOUGHTFUL 1802 01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:27,960 CONSIDERATION AND ALSO SOME 1803 01:03:27,960 --> 01:03:28,320 URGENT ACTION. 1804 01:03:28,320 --> 01:03:31,560 SO WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD AND 1805 01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:35,080 I'M HONORED TO WORK WITH 1806 01:03:35,080 --> 01:03:36,240 EVERYBODYO THIS COMMITTEE AND 1807 01:03:36,240 --> 01:03:38,080 YOUR EXPERTISE IS REALLY 1808 01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:40,240 UNBELIEVABLE AND EXTRAORDINARY. 1809 01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:41,080 I'M HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BE A 1810 01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:42,560 PART OF IT AND WORK WITH YOU AS 1811 01:03:42,560 --> 01:03:44,520 WE START THIS JOURNEY TO REALLY 1812 01:03:44,520 --> 01:03:45,760 KIND OF ADDRESS SOME VERY, VERY 1813 01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:47,000 CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR THE U.S. 1814 01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:49,360 GOVERNMENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL 1815 01:03:49,360 --> 01:03:49,640 COMMUNITY. 1816 01:03:49,640 --> 01:03:52,320 SO I THINK PROBABLY THE NEXT 1817 01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:55,560 STEPS IS THE NIH WILL BE 1818 01:03:55,560 --> 01:03:58,800 REACHING OUT. 1819 01:03:58,800 --> 01:04:01,040 ONE, TO WHICH WORKING GROUP YOU 1820 01:04:01,040 --> 01:04:03,600 WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF AND 1821 01:04:03,600 --> 01:04:04,760 IT'S OKAY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 1822 01:04:04,760 --> 01:04:06,920 BE ON BOTH WORKING GROUPS, 1823 01:04:06,920 --> 01:04:07,960 THAT'S OKAY TOO. 1824 01:04:07,960 --> 01:04:09,760 BUT I KNOW THE NIH IS GOING TO 1825 01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:12,160 NEED TO LOOK AND MAKE SURE THAT 1826 01:04:12,160 --> 01:04:15,160 WE HAVE BALANCE ACROSS THE 1827 01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:16,400 WORKING GROUPS. 1828 01:04:16,400 --> 01:04:18,400 WE NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST SOME 1829 01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:21,440 PRETTY BROAD AND EQUAL 1830 01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:23,120 REPRESENTATION ON THE WORKING 1831 01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:23,360 GROUPS. 1832 01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:26,040 JUST KNOWING THE EXPERIENCE AND 1833 01:04:26,040 --> 01:04:28,360 EXPERTISE OF THIS COMMITTEE, ALL 1834 01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:29,800 OF US CAN CONTRIBUTE TO 1835 01:04:29,800 --> 01:04:30,960 EITHER-OR BOTH. 1836 01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:32,360 SO I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT 1837 01:04:32,360 --> 01:04:32,560 THAT. 1838 01:04:32,560 --> 01:04:34,720 WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE NEEDING 1839 01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:36,960 TO ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS WHO MAY 1840 01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:41,880 WANT TO CHAIR OR CO-CHAIR THE 1841 01:04:41,880 --> 01:04:43,800 WORKING GROUP AND THAT WILL BE 1842 01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:45,840 SEEING WHOA WANTS TO PARTICIPATE 1843 01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:48,160 IN EACH WORKING GROUP OR BOTH, 1844 01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:50,440 BUT OF COURSE THEY WILL NEED TO 1845 01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:51,560 AGREE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BE 1846 01:04:51,560 --> 01:04:53,880 A CHAIR OR CO-CHAIR. 1847 01:04:53,880 --> 01:04:55,560 THERE WILL BE CONSIDERABLE TIME 1848 01:04:55,560 --> 01:04:58,080 COMMITMENT TO THIS. 1849 01:04:58,080 --> 01:04:58,920 INK THE ANTICIPATION IS THAT 1850 01:04:58,920 --> 01:05:02,440 WORKING GROUPS MAY BE MEETING 1851 01:05:02,440 --> 01:05:03,600 TWICE A MONTH. 1852 01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:08,160 ONE OR TWO HOURS EACH MEETING. 1853 01:05:08,160 --> 01:05:09,200 AND THERE WILL BE READING 1854 01:05:09,200 --> 01:05:10,720 MATERIAL AND PREP BEFORE THE 1855 01:05:10,720 --> 01:05:10,960 MEETINGS. 1856 01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:14,840 AT LEAST THAT'S THE WORKING 1857 01:05:14,840 --> 01:05:17,000 HYPOTHESIS AS WE MOVE INTO THE 1858 01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:17,680 ACTUAL WORK. 1859 01:05:17,680 --> 01:05:20,720 SO WITH THAT, JESSICA, AM I 1860 01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:22,560 FORGETTING SOMETHING AS FAR AS 1861 01:05:22,560 --> 01:05:24,360 SOME OF THE MECHANISMS OF HOW WE 1862 01:05:24,360 --> 01:05:27,120 MOVE FORWARD? 1863 01:05:27,120 --> 01:05:28,440 >> NO, THAT IS RIGHT. 1864 01:05:28,440 --> 01:05:30,280 ESSENTIALLY WE'LL REACH OUT TO 1865 01:05:30,280 --> 01:05:33,040 YOU TO SEEK VOLUNTEERS AND AS 1866 01:05:33,040 --> 01:05:35,720 DR. PARKER SAID, DEPENDING ON 1867 01:05:35,720 --> 01:05:38,600 HOW THAT GOES, WE'LL WORK WITH 1868 01:05:38,600 --> 01:05:41,120 YOU ALL TO IDENTIFY CHAIRS FOR 1869 01:05:41,120 --> 01:05:42,400 THE WORKING GROUPS. 1870 01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:44,720 SO THAT PROVIDES A GOOD OUTLINE 1871 01:05:44,720 --> 01:05:45,000 THE PROCESS. 1872 01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:45,560 SO THANK YOU. 1873 01:05:45,560 --> 01:05:48,120 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1874 01:05:48,120 --> 01:05:48,760 DR. PARKER. 1875 01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:50,000 >> BEFORE I ADJOURN, ONE OF THE 1876 01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:51,360 THINGS, PARTICULARLY FOR NEW 1877 01:05:51,360 --> 01:05:52,280 MEMBERS, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR 1878 01:05:52,280 --> 01:05:54,920 WITH THE HISTORY OF THE NSABB 1879 01:05:54,920 --> 01:05:56,560 AND ITS PRIOR RECOMMENDATIONS, 1880 01:05:56,560 --> 01:05:57,680 IT'S WORTHWHILE TO GO BACK AND 1881 01:05:57,680 --> 01:06:00,040 LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF WHY AND 1882 01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:03,160 HOW THE NSABB WAS FORMED AND THE 1883 01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:05,640 INITIAL CHARGE AND THE 1884 01:06:05,640 --> 01:06:08,040 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 1885 01:06:08,040 --> 01:06:09,040 MADE SINCE ITS BEGINNING. 1886 01:06:09,040 --> 01:06:10,080 THAT IS VERY HELPFUL TO 1887 01:06:10,080 --> 01:06:12,200 UNDERSTAND HOW THE POLICIES HAVE 1888 01:06:12,200 --> 01:06:13,800 EVOLVED REALLY SINCE THE 1889 01:06:13,800 --> 01:06:15,520 NATIONAL ACADEMY'S BIOTECHNOLOGY 1890 01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:17,760 AND AGE OF TERRORISM REPORT, 1891 01:06:17,760 --> 01:06:19,640 THAT KIND OF REALLY WAS THE 1892 01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:22,160 FIRST REAL CRITICAL THOUGHT OF 1893 01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:25,000 HOW WE NEED TO CONSIDER DOING 1894 01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:25,800 THIS RESEARCH AND 1895 01:06:25,800 --> 01:06:27,160 GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH. 1896 01:06:27,160 --> 01:06:28,360 SO IT'S VALUABLE TO GO BACK AND 1897 01:06:28,360 --> 01:06:29,680 LOOK THAT THE HISTORY AND 1898 01:06:29,680 --> 01:06:30,960 EVOLUTION AND THAT GIVES YOU 1899 01:06:30,960 --> 01:06:32,480 CONTEXT OF WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT 1900 01:06:32,480 --> 01:06:32,720 NOW. 1901 01:06:32,720 --> 01:06:34,600 AND THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO 1902 01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:35,840 GOING FORWARD. 1903 01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:37,080 SO WITH THAT, I WILL ADJOURN THE 1904 01:06:37,080 --> 01:06:38,320 MEETING. 1905 01:06:38,320 --> 01:08:06,040 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.