1 00:00:07,018 --> 00:00:09,620 THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH US AS 2 00:00:09,620 --> 00:00:11,489 WE WORKED OUT A FEW TECHNICAL 3 00:00:11,489 --> 00:00:12,457 ISSUES, WHICH I THINK HAVE NOW 4 00:00:12,457 --> 00:00:13,891 BEEN RESOLVED. 5 00:00:13,891 --> 00:00:17,161 AND I'M PLEASED TO TURN THE 6 00:00:17,161 --> 00:00:20,131 MEETING OVER TO OUR CHAIR, 7 00:00:20,131 --> 00:00:21,999 DR. ANDREA HAYES DIXON. 8 00:00:21,999 --> 00:00:24,502 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LARRY, AND 9 00:00:24,502 --> 00:00:25,703 THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR 10 00:00:25,703 --> 00:00:25,970 ATTENDING. 11 00:00:25,970 --> 00:00:27,438 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 12 00:00:27,438 --> 00:00:28,239 PARTICIPATING. 13 00:00:28,239 --> 00:00:29,841 I KNOW WE ALL HAVE COMPETING 14 00:00:29,841 --> 00:00:31,609 THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND I 15 00:00:31,609 --> 00:00:34,779 KNOW WE ALL HAVE AGREED THAT 16 00:00:34,779 --> 00:00:37,081 THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT, MAJOR AND 17 00:00:37,081 --> 00:00:38,216 CRITICAL COMMITMENT FOR ALL OF 18 00:00:38,216 --> 00:00:39,250 US. 19 00:00:39,250 --> 00:00:42,987 I WANT TO THANK AHEAD OF TIME 20 00:00:42,987 --> 00:00:44,856 DR. TABAK AND DR. BERTAGNOLLI. 21 00:00:44,856 --> 00:00:48,126 SINCE WE LAST MET, WE'VE HAD A 22 00:00:48,126 --> 00:00:49,760 CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION AND WE 23 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,163 KNOW THAT WE WILL BE EXPECTING A 24 00:00:52,163 --> 00:00:54,365 NEW ADMINISTRATION IN A WEEK OR 25 00:00:54,365 --> 00:00:54,699 SO. 26 00:00:54,699 --> 00:00:56,467 I WANT TO THANK DR. BERTAGNOLLI 27 00:00:56,467 --> 00:00:56,901 IN ADVANCE. 28 00:00:56,901 --> 00:00:58,836 I KNOW THAT THIS WILL BE HER 29 00:00:58,836 --> 00:01:01,806 LAST MEETING WITH US. 30 00:01:01,806 --> 00:01:04,108 I ALSO WANT TO JUST REMIND US OF 31 00:01:04,108 --> 00:01:08,479 A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT SORT OF 32 00:01:08,479 --> 00:01:09,547 SHOULD KEEP US TOGETHER. 33 00:01:09,547 --> 00:01:11,949 I THINK THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 34 00:01:11,949 --> 00:01:13,117 US AROUND THIS TABLE, AROUND 35 00:01:13,117 --> 00:01:15,453 THIS VIRTUAL TABLE IS A 36 00:01:15,453 --> 00:01:16,687 SCIENTIST, AND AS SCIENTISTS, I 37 00:01:16,687 --> 00:01:19,290 THINK THAT WE ARE VERY COMMITTED 38 00:01:19,290 --> 00:01:23,561 TO THREE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS: 39 00:01:23,561 --> 00:01:24,228 SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY, DISCOVERY, 40 00:01:24,228 --> 00:01:26,197 AND PROGRESS. 41 00:01:26,197 --> 00:01:29,901 AND THOSE THREE THINGS BIND US 42 00:01:29,901 --> 00:01:31,335 AND IS A COMMONALITY THAT WILL 43 00:01:31,335 --> 00:01:33,171 ALLOW US TO ACCOMPLISH THIS HUGE 44 00:01:33,171 --> 00:01:33,971 TASK SUCCESSFULLY. 45 00:01:33,971 --> 00:01:35,640 BUT I ALSO WANT TO IDENTIFY THAT 46 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,241 WE ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT 47 00:01:37,241 --> 00:01:38,543 PERSPECTIVE AS SCIENTISTS FROM 48 00:01:38,543 --> 00:01:43,581 DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF SCIENCE AND 49 00:01:43,581 --> 00:01:44,348 MEDICINE, AND THOSE ARE REALLY 50 00:01:44,348 --> 00:01:45,750 GOING TO STRENGTHEN US AND BE 51 00:01:45,750 --> 00:01:47,251 ABLE TO PROVIDE AN OUTSTANDING 52 00:01:47,251 --> 00:01:49,587 DOCUMENT AT THE END OF THIS TO 53 00:01:49,587 --> 00:01:51,355 ACCOMPLISH OUR TASK. 54 00:01:51,355 --> 00:01:52,990 SO I JUST WANTED TO START BY 55 00:01:52,990 --> 00:01:54,959 SAYING THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU 56 00:01:54,959 --> 00:01:56,694 FOR BEING HERE, AND I LOOK 57 00:01:56,694 --> 00:01:59,330 FORWARD TO ALL OF US CONTINUING 58 00:01:59,330 --> 00:02:01,199 TO WORK TOGETHER TO THIS REALLY 59 00:02:01,199 --> 00:02:11,509 SIGNIFICANT GOAL. 60 00:02:12,877 --> 00:02:17,148 >> BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT 61 00:02:17,148 --> 00:02:24,855 SLIDE, WE WERE GOING TO HEAR 62 00:02:24,855 --> 00:02:25,790 SOME COMMENTS FROM 63 00:02:25,790 --> 00:02:31,062 DR. BERTAGNOLLI. 64 00:02:31,062 --> 00:02:32,797 SO MONICA, WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE 65 00:02:32,797 --> 00:02:33,397 YOUR COMMENTS? 66 00:02:33,397 --> 00:02:33,864 >> OKAY. 67 00:02:33,864 --> 00:02:35,866 THANK YOU SO MUCH, LARRY. 68 00:02:35,866 --> 00:02:36,634 GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 69 00:02:36,634 --> 00:02:37,835 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING 70 00:02:37,835 --> 00:02:40,771 HERE. 71 00:02:40,771 --> 00:02:42,440 I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING 72 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:43,641 WE'RE ALSO ALL THINKING OF OUR 73 00:02:43,641 --> 00:02:44,842 FRIENDS IN LOS ANGELES AND 74 00:02:44,842 --> 00:02:46,911 HOPING FOR THE BEST IN THIS 75 00:02:46,911 --> 00:02:49,880 TERRIBLE TIME THAT THEY'RE 76 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:50,181 HAVING. 77 00:02:50,181 --> 00:02:53,050 AND WITH THAT, I'M SO GRATEFUL 78 00:02:53,050 --> 00:02:54,352 THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE TO HELP US 79 00:02:54,352 --> 00:02:57,188 WITH THIS VERY IMPORTANT 80 00:02:57,188 --> 00:02:58,055 COMMITTEE. 81 00:02:58,055 --> 00:03:01,225 WELCOME TO THE 29TH MEETING OF 82 00:03:01,225 --> 00:03:02,860 THE NIH SCIENTIFIC REVIEW BOARD. 83 00:03:02,860 --> 00:03:04,328 WE'RE MEETING JUST TWO MONTHS 84 00:03:04,328 --> 00:03:09,000 AFTER WE CONVENED THIS NEW 85 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,568 GROUP, WHERE WE RE-LAUNCHED THE 86 00:03:10,568 --> 00:03:11,869 BOARD WHICH WAS CREATED IN 87 00:03:11,869 --> 00:03:15,573 CONGRESS IN 2006 TO ADVISE NIH 88 00:03:15,573 --> 00:03:19,076 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 89 00:03:19,076 --> 00:03:19,977 HUMAN SERVICES ON THE 90 00:03:19,977 --> 00:03:22,346 ORGANIZATION OF NIH, ITS 91 00:03:22,346 --> 00:03:27,151 INSTITUTES AND IT ITS CENTERS AD 92 00:03:27,151 --> 00:03:28,152 ITS OFFICES WITHIN THE OFFICE OF 93 00:03:28,152 --> 00:03:29,020 THE DIRECTOR. 94 00:03:29,020 --> 00:03:32,290 YOUR MISSION IS TO RECOMMEND 95 00:03:32,290 --> 00:03:33,190 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES THAT 96 00:03:33,190 --> 00:03:36,027 COULD HELP NIH TO BETTER FULFILL 97 00:03:36,027 --> 00:03:37,528 ITS MISSION OF SEEKING 98 00:03:37,528 --> 00:03:38,629 FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE 99 00:03:38,629 --> 00:03:40,197 NATURE AND BEHAVIOR OF LIVING 100 00:03:40,197 --> 00:03:41,599 SYSTEMS AND APPLYING THAT 101 00:03:41,599 --> 00:03:45,870 KNOWLEDGE TO ENHANCE HEALTH, 102 00:03:45,870 --> 00:03:47,405 LENGTHEN LIFE AND REDUCE 103 00:03:47,405 --> 00:03:47,938 ILLNESS. 104 00:03:47,938 --> 00:03:51,542 NIH IS A UNIQUE INSTITUTION IN 105 00:03:51,542 --> 00:03:53,844 THE WORLD, GIVEN OUR SIZE AND 106 00:03:53,844 --> 00:03:55,846 OUR REACH, WE CAN DO THINGS THAT 107 00:03:55,846 --> 00:03:57,348 NO OTHER ENTITY CAN IN SUPPORT 108 00:03:57,348 --> 00:04:00,851 OF RESEARCH TO IMPROVE HEALTH. 109 00:04:00,851 --> 00:04:06,223 THIS INCREDIBLE AGENCY HAS A 110 00:04:06,223 --> 00:04:07,758 RICH 138-YEAR HISTORY OF 111 00:04:07,758 --> 00:04:10,361 SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. 112 00:04:10,361 --> 00:04:11,896 IN MY TIME AS DIRECTOR OF NIH 113 00:04:11,896 --> 00:04:13,631 AND THEN BEFORE AS THE HEAD OF 114 00:04:13,631 --> 00:04:16,600 NCI, I'VE SEEN THAT DESPITE THE 115 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,003 FACT THAT WE HAVE MORE THAN TWO 116 00:04:19,003 --> 00:04:20,771 DOZEN INSTITUTES AND CENTERS 117 00:04:20,771 --> 00:04:23,074 THAT FOCUS ON SPECIFIC HEALTH 118 00:04:23,074 --> 00:04:25,776 PROBLEMS OR SPECIFIC 119 00:04:25,776 --> 00:04:28,312 DISCIPLINES: POPULATION, BODY 120 00:04:28,312 --> 00:04:28,946 SYSTEMS. 121 00:04:28,946 --> 00:04:32,249 THE DIRECTORS ACROSS THE 122 00:04:32,249 --> 00:04:36,053 INSTITUTE WORK TOGETHER EVERY 123 00:04:36,053 --> 00:04:37,488 DAY, ALONG WITH THE NIH DIRECTOR 124 00:04:37,488 --> 00:04:40,358 AND THE OFFICE OF THE NIH 125 00:04:40,358 --> 00:04:42,193 DIRECTOR, WHOSE PRIMARY 126 00:04:42,193 --> 00:04:43,394 RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO MAKE 127 00:04:43,394 --> 00:04:46,230 SURE THAT WE ALL COLLABORATE AND 128 00:04:46,230 --> 00:04:48,866 ACT IN COORDINATION. 129 00:04:48,866 --> 00:04:50,634 BUT THERE'S ANOTHER -- SO WE'RE 130 00:04:50,634 --> 00:04:52,770 HERE, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE 131 00:04:52,770 --> 00:04:54,271 SCIENCE AND OUR INSTITUTES AND 132 00:04:54,271 --> 00:04:57,708 CENTERS DO THIS VERY POWERFULLY. 133 00:04:57,708 --> 00:05:00,878 BUT AS RECIPIENTS OF PUBLIC 134 00:05:00,878 --> 00:05:04,949 MONEY, AND THE PEOPLE WE SERVE 135 00:05:04,949 --> 00:05:05,483 ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 136 00:05:05,483 --> 00:05:07,451 WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO USE OUR 137 00:05:07,451 --> 00:05:08,886 FUNDING AS WISELY AS 138 00:05:08,886 --> 00:05:12,823 PRODUCTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. 139 00:05:12,823 --> 00:05:15,826 SO IF WE MAKE ANY CHANGES, WE 140 00:05:15,826 --> 00:05:17,862 NEED TO BE AWARE THAT ANY 141 00:05:17,862 --> 00:05:21,799 BENEFITS TO THESE CHANGES MAY 142 00:05:21,799 --> 00:05:22,666 ALSO HAVE CONSEQUENCES. 143 00:05:22,666 --> 00:05:26,604 I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC 144 00:05:26,604 --> 00:05:31,976 EXAMPLE THAT ILLUSTRATES A 145 00:05:31,976 --> 00:05:33,711 SPECIFIC CONCERN IF THE BOARD 146 00:05:33,711 --> 00:05:37,982 WERE TO RECOMMEND CHANGES IN THE 147 00:05:37,982 --> 00:05:42,686 OVERALL NUMBER OF INSTITUTES AND 148 00:05:42,686 --> 00:05:44,989 CENTERS OR HOW WE CLASSIFY OUR 149 00:05:44,989 --> 00:05:45,723 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 150 00:05:45,723 --> 00:05:47,057 AND THIS IS A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE 151 00:05:47,057 --> 00:05:49,693 THAT AROSE DURING MY TENURE AS 152 00:05:49,693 --> 00:05:53,297 NIH DIRECTOR. 153 00:05:53,297 --> 00:05:54,832 HERE IT IS. 154 00:05:54,832 --> 00:05:58,636 NIH HAS AN AMAZING HISTORY OF 155 00:05:58,636 --> 00:06:00,304 RESEARCH IN WOMEN'S HEALTH. 156 00:06:00,304 --> 00:06:03,107 WE HAVE AN OFFICE OF WOMEN'S 157 00:06:03,107 --> 00:06:03,641 HEALTH RESEARCH WITHIN THE 158 00:06:03,641 --> 00:06:06,010 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, AND 159 00:06:06,010 --> 00:06:08,846 LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 160 00:06:08,846 --> 00:06:12,516 THE 27 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS OF 161 00:06:12,516 --> 00:06:14,785 NIH CONDUCTS RESEARCH RELEVANT 162 00:06:14,785 --> 00:06:16,353 TO WOMEN AND RELEVANT TO WOMEN'S 163 00:06:16,353 --> 00:06:17,655 HEALTH. 164 00:06:17,655 --> 00:06:18,789 NOW, I DON'T WANT TO PRETEND 165 00:06:18,789 --> 00:06:20,724 THAT WE DO IT PERFECTLY. 166 00:06:20,724 --> 00:06:24,028 NOTHING WE DO, THERE'S ALWAYS 167 00:06:24,028 --> 00:06:27,865 TRADEOFFS AND BALANCES WE MADE 168 00:06:27,865 --> 00:06:29,066 AND I AM THRILLED WITH THE 169 00:06:29,066 --> 00:06:30,401 RECENT FOCUS OF THE BIDEN 170 00:06:30,401 --> 00:06:31,635 ADMINISTRATION AND THE OFFICE OF 171 00:06:31,635 --> 00:06:33,637 THE FIRST LADY ON HELPING US 172 00:06:33,637 --> 00:06:35,840 AUGMENT OUR WORK IN WOMEN'S 173 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:37,107 HEALTH, BY TAKING A LOOK AND 174 00:06:37,107 --> 00:06:38,909 FINDING OUT WHERE WE HAVE GAPS. 175 00:06:38,909 --> 00:06:42,713 BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THAT, 176 00:06:42,713 --> 00:06:48,085 FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE NO ONE 177 00:06:48,085 --> 00:06:50,054 INSTITUTE AND CENTER THAT HAS, 178 00:06:50,054 --> 00:06:54,658 AMONG ITS NAME, RESEARCH FOR 179 00:06:54,658 --> 00:06:59,029 WOMEN AND WOMEN'S HEALTH. 180 00:06:59,029 --> 00:07:01,999 THIS IS A WAY OF ILLUSTRATING 181 00:07:01,999 --> 00:07:07,137 WHAT I CONSIDER THE VALUE, AND I 182 00:07:07,137 --> 00:07:08,539 KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT OUR 183 00:07:08,539 --> 00:07:10,608 LAST MEETING, OF HAVING MANY 184 00:07:10,608 --> 00:07:12,042 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS, OR AT 185 00:07:12,042 --> 00:07:13,777 THE VERY MINIMUM, HAVING 186 00:07:13,777 --> 00:07:15,746 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS THAT ARE 187 00:07:15,746 --> 00:07:20,117 CLEARLY IDENTIFIED NOT ONLY TO 188 00:07:20,117 --> 00:07:21,552 US, WE GET IT, WE CAN 189 00:07:21,552 --> 00:07:23,787 COLLABORATE, BUT TO THE PEOPLE 190 00:07:23,787 --> 00:07:24,822 WE SERVE. 191 00:07:24,822 --> 00:07:28,759 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NIH ALSO 192 00:07:28,759 --> 00:07:30,628 IS, PROFOUNDLY, WE'RE NOT JUST 193 00:07:30,628 --> 00:07:32,496 HERE FOR THE SCIENTISTS. 194 00:07:32,496 --> 00:07:34,899 WE'RE NOT JUST HERE FOR THE 195 00:07:34,899 --> 00:07:35,466 RESEARCHERS. 196 00:07:35,466 --> 00:07:41,005 WE NEED TO BE A VISIBLE 197 00:07:41,005 --> 00:07:42,106 REPRESENTATIVE TO ALL THE PEOPLE 198 00:07:42,106 --> 00:07:45,075 WE SERVE AND WE NEED TO PARTNER 199 00:07:45,075 --> 00:07:48,779 WITH THE PEOPLE WE SERVE VERY 200 00:07:48,779 --> 00:07:49,246 EFFECTIVELY. 201 00:07:49,246 --> 00:07:51,949 TO PUT IT SIMPLY, IT WOULD HAVE 202 00:07:51,949 --> 00:07:56,220 BEEN USEFUL LAST YEAR HAD WE HAD 203 00:07:56,220 --> 00:07:59,189 AN INSTITUTE THAT HAD BEEN THE 204 00:07:59,189 --> 00:08:01,458 HOME OF WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH. 205 00:08:01,458 --> 00:08:02,893 NOT THAT THAT INSTITUTE WOULD 206 00:08:02,893 --> 00:08:04,194 HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE DOING 207 00:08:04,194 --> 00:08:06,597 THAT KIND OF WORK, BUT THAT 208 00:08:06,597 --> 00:08:09,900 INSTITUTE COULD HAVE BEEN A 209 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:12,403 VISIBLE FRONT DOOR FOR THE 210 00:08:12,403 --> 00:08:15,139 COMMUNITY THAT REALLY CARE ABOUT 211 00:08:15,139 --> 00:08:16,040 WOMEN'S HEALTH. 212 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,009 SO ONE THING I WILL TAKE MAYBE 213 00:08:19,009 --> 00:08:20,945 MY FINAL PRIVILEGE WITH YOU, I 214 00:08:20,945 --> 00:08:24,982 HOPE, AS AN OUTGOING DIRECTOR TO 215 00:08:24,982 --> 00:08:27,284 SAY THAT IF I WERE TO SERVE ON 216 00:08:27,284 --> 00:08:30,588 THIS COMMITTEE, I WOULD ASK YOU 217 00:08:30,588 --> 00:08:33,390 TO CONSIDER ONE THING FOR US AND 218 00:08:33,390 --> 00:08:35,059 THAT IS AT A MINIMUM TO THINK 219 00:08:35,059 --> 00:08:36,927 ABOUT ASKING CONGRESS, BECAUSE 220 00:08:36,927 --> 00:08:41,832 ONLY CONGRESS CAN DO THIS, TO 221 00:08:41,832 --> 00:08:44,868 RENAME OUR INSTITUTE FOR CHILD 222 00:08:44,868 --> 00:08:47,671 HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT THE 223 00:08:47,671 --> 00:08:48,839 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER INSTITUTE 224 00:08:48,839 --> 00:08:50,474 FOR CHILD HEALTH AND 225 00:08:50,474 --> 00:08:52,242 DEVELOPMENT, AND RENAME THAT 226 00:08:52,242 --> 00:08:54,745 GROUP SOMETHING CONSISTENT WITH 227 00:08:54,745 --> 00:08:59,883 THE AMAZING RESEARCH MISSION OF 228 00:08:59,883 --> 00:09:01,318 THE SHRIVER INSTITUTE AND RENAME 229 00:09:01,318 --> 00:09:05,489 IT INSTEAD "THE SHRIVER NATIONAL 230 00:09:05,489 --> 00:09:08,726 INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN, CHILDREN, 231 00:09:08,726 --> 00:09:10,928 AND DISABILITY RESEARCH." 232 00:09:10,928 --> 00:09:12,029 JUST A THOUGHT. 233 00:09:12,029 --> 00:09:13,230 BUT THE REASON I WANT TO GIVE 234 00:09:13,230 --> 00:09:15,966 YOU THIS THOUGHT IS, IT ALSO 235 00:09:15,966 --> 00:09:17,501 REPRESENTS SOMETHING THAT I 236 00:09:17,501 --> 00:09:20,037 THINK -- SOME WAY, I THINK 237 00:09:20,037 --> 00:09:21,772 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, MAYBE 238 00:09:21,772 --> 00:09:23,974 EVEN SIMPLE AS A NAME CHANGE, 239 00:09:23,974 --> 00:09:25,476 COULD REALLY HELP US MAKE SURE 240 00:09:25,476 --> 00:09:28,545 WE HAVE OPEN DOORS FOR ALL THE 241 00:09:28,545 --> 00:09:30,948 PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO LOOK TO NIH 242 00:09:30,948 --> 00:09:35,319 AND WANT TO KNOW WHERE THEIR 243 00:09:35,319 --> 00:09:38,922 INVOLVEMENT -- VERY QUICKLY AND 244 00:09:38,922 --> 00:09:40,124 VISIBLY, WHERE THEIR INVOLVEMENT 245 00:09:40,124 --> 00:09:41,125 CAN FIT IN. 246 00:09:41,125 --> 00:09:44,194 OKAY, SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, I 247 00:09:44,194 --> 00:09:47,698 URGE ALL OF YOU IN YOUR 248 00:09:47,698 --> 00:09:48,766 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT 249 00:09:48,766 --> 00:09:50,200 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE THAT YOU 250 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,238 REMEMBER THAT THE PUBLIC ARE 251 00:09:54,238 --> 00:09:59,076 PARTNERS IN OUR RESEARCH, AND WE 252 00:09:59,076 --> 00:10:00,377 GARNER THEIR INVOLVEMENT, THEIR 253 00:10:00,377 --> 00:10:01,578 INVESTMENT AND ABOVE ALL THEIR 254 00:10:01,578 --> 00:10:02,780 TRUST IS REALLY CRITICAL. 255 00:10:02,780 --> 00:10:04,615 SO WE WANT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS 256 00:10:04,615 --> 00:10:08,318 TO SERVE SCIENCE AND EFFICIENCY 257 00:10:08,318 --> 00:10:09,787 AND RESPONSIBILITY AND JUST -- 258 00:10:09,787 --> 00:10:12,823 WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 259 00:10:12,823 --> 00:10:14,258 YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS SERVE OUR 260 00:10:14,258 --> 00:10:16,026 PEOPLE. 261 00:10:16,026 --> 00:10:18,095 THE BOARD HAS MANY TOPICS TO 262 00:10:18,095 --> 00:10:19,830 CONSIDER AS YOU EVALUATE THE 263 00:10:19,830 --> 00:10:22,666 STRUCTURE AND PROPOSED NEW 264 00:10:22,666 --> 00:10:23,767 RECOMMENDATIONS, I'VE JUST 265 00:10:23,767 --> 00:10:24,768 ILLUSTRATED ONE OF THEM, 266 00:10:24,768 --> 00:10:28,372 INCLUDING REPORTS FROM OTHER 267 00:10:28,372 --> 00:10:29,907 PRIOR SMRB MEETINGS AND 268 00:10:29,907 --> 00:10:32,409 PROPOSALS FROM CONGRESS WHO 269 00:10:32,409 --> 00:10:33,944 REALLY DOES HAVE THE FINAL WORD 270 00:10:33,944 --> 00:10:35,479 IN WHAT YOU PROPOSE. 271 00:10:35,479 --> 00:10:37,581 IT REMAINS CRITICAL FOR NIH TO 272 00:10:37,581 --> 00:10:41,185 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A WIDE RANGE 273 00:10:41,185 --> 00:10:44,121 OF FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE, BUT ALSO 274 00:10:44,121 --> 00:10:46,523 TO WORK TO BETTER UNDERSTAND 275 00:10:46,523 --> 00:10:49,460 OTHER ASPECTS OF HEALTH SUCH AS 276 00:10:49,460 --> 00:10:52,096 HOW HEALTH DELIVERY AND SOCIAL 277 00:10:52,096 --> 00:10:54,231 AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECT 278 00:10:54,231 --> 00:10:56,166 HEALTH OUTCOMES. 279 00:10:56,166 --> 00:10:58,802 THIS NEEDS TO ALSO -- I BELIEVE 280 00:10:58,802 --> 00:11:00,070 IT IS TODAY BUT IT NEEDS TO 281 00:11:00,070 --> 00:11:02,639 CONTINUE TO BE BUILT INTO OUR 282 00:11:02,639 --> 00:11:03,040 DNA. 283 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,575 YOUR EFFORTS WILL BE SUPPORTED 284 00:11:04,575 --> 00:11:06,977 BY A TALENTED NIH WORKFORCE WITH 285 00:11:06,977 --> 00:11:09,046 A STRONG COMMITMENT TO HELPING 286 00:11:09,046 --> 00:11:10,914 THE NATION SOLVE THE COMPLEX 287 00:11:10,914 --> 00:11:12,349 SCIENTIFIC AND HEALTH CHALLENGES 288 00:11:12,349 --> 00:11:13,650 THAT WE FACE. 289 00:11:13,650 --> 00:11:16,820 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF 290 00:11:16,820 --> 00:11:18,689 YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO 291 00:11:18,689 --> 00:11:20,057 THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS, AND 292 00:11:20,057 --> 00:11:21,191 I THANK YOU AGAIN AND NOW CALL 293 00:11:21,191 --> 00:11:25,996 ON DR. TABAK TO REVIEW PAST SMRB 294 00:11:25,996 --> 00:11:26,363 RECOMMENDATIONS. 295 00:11:26,363 --> 00:11:28,065 THANK YOU. 296 00:11:28,065 --> 00:11:30,701 >> THANK YOU, MONICA. 297 00:11:30,701 --> 00:11:35,639 APPRECIATE THAT. 298 00:11:35,639 --> 00:11:38,375 AND JUST BEFORE I LAUNCH INTO 299 00:11:38,375 --> 00:11:40,444 THE PRESENTATIONS, WE'RE GOING 300 00:11:40,444 --> 00:11:41,845 TO KEEP FORMAL PRESENTATIONS AT 301 00:11:41,845 --> 00:11:43,180 A MINIMUM TODAY BECAUSE WE WANT 302 00:11:43,180 --> 00:11:45,249 TO HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR 303 00:11:45,249 --> 00:11:45,816 DISCUSSION. 304 00:11:45,816 --> 00:11:49,419 I DID WANT TO EXTEND A WARM 305 00:11:49,419 --> 00:11:57,394 WELCOME TO SMRB MEMBER DR. GILDA 306 00:11:57,394 --> 00:11:58,495 BARABINO WHO WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN 307 00:11:58,495 --> 00:12:00,664 US FOR THE NOVEMBER MEETING BUT 308 00:12:00,664 --> 00:12:01,765 IS ON TRAVEL TODAY AND HAS 309 00:12:01,765 --> 00:12:02,766 JOINED US VIRTUALLY. 310 00:12:02,766 --> 00:12:04,301 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW 311 00:12:04,301 --> 00:12:13,143 HER, DR. BEAR DR. BARABINO SERVE 312 00:12:13,143 --> 00:12:15,445 OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING IN 313 00:12:15,445 --> 00:12:21,151 NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS AND DR 314 00:12:21,151 --> 00:12:22,653 DR. REBECCA WONG HAS JOINED AS 315 00:12:22,653 --> 00:12:24,321 AN AD HOC MEMBER WHILE HER 316 00:12:24,321 --> 00:12:25,722 APPOINTMENT IS BEING FINALIZED, 317 00:12:25,722 --> 00:12:31,862 SO WELCOME TO HER AS WELL. 318 00:12:31,862 --> 00:12:35,699 SO WITH THAT, LET'S BEGIN WITH A 319 00:12:35,699 --> 00:12:40,070 VERY BRIEF REVIEW OF THE PRIOR 320 00:12:40,070 --> 00:12:42,606 RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN THE 321 00:12:42,606 --> 00:12:45,075 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AGAINST THOSE 322 00:12:45,075 --> 00:12:46,210 RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT YOU HAVE 323 00:12:46,210 --> 00:12:47,845 A SENSE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND 324 00:12:47,845 --> 00:12:54,051 WHAT WE'VE DONE. 325 00:12:54,051 --> 00:12:56,954 THE DELIVERY ORGANIZATIONAL 326 00:12:56,954 --> 00:12:58,121 CHANGE AND EFFECTIVENESS AS YOU 327 00:12:58,121 --> 00:12:59,756 KNOW WAS THE FIRST OF MANY 328 00:12:59,756 --> 00:13:05,863 REPORTS ISSUED BY THIS BOARD AND 329 00:13:05,863 --> 00:13:07,397 INDEED WE DID ESTABLISH THE 330 00:13:07,397 --> 00:13:08,932 DELIBERATIVE PROCESS AND GUIDING 331 00:13:08,932 --> 00:13:10,634 PRINCIPLES FOR SMRB ACTIONS AND 332 00:13:10,634 --> 00:13:14,605 ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE 333 00:13:14,605 --> 00:13:15,706 TABLE TODAY IS WHETHER OR NOT WE 334 00:13:15,706 --> 00:13:18,609 SHOULD CONTINUE USING THAT 335 00:13:18,609 --> 00:13:22,813 FRAMEWORK OR IF INDIVIDUALS HAVE 336 00:13:22,813 --> 00:13:23,413 ENHANCEMENTS/IMPROVEMENTS TO 337 00:13:23,413 --> 00:13:24,715 MAKE, AND WE WILL DISCUSS THAT A 338 00:13:24,715 --> 00:13:26,416 BIT LATER. 339 00:13:26,416 --> 00:13:28,485 AT LEAST ONE MEMBER SENT A NOTE 340 00:13:28,485 --> 00:13:30,220 TO THE GROUP LAST NIGHT 341 00:13:30,220 --> 00:13:31,655 INDICATING THAT THEY FELT THAT 342 00:13:31,655 --> 00:13:33,090 WE SHOULD JUST CONTINUE USING 343 00:13:33,090 --> 00:13:35,459 THAT FRAMEWORK, BUT WE SHOULD, 344 00:13:35,459 --> 00:13:36,360 OF COURSE, DISCUSS THAT 345 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,896 FORMALLY. 346 00:13:38,896 --> 00:13:41,064 THERE WAS A REPORT ON SUBSTANCE 347 00:13:41,064 --> 00:13:46,003 USE, ABUSE AND ADDICTION, IN 348 00:13:46,003 --> 00:13:47,638 WHICH THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO 349 00:13:47,638 --> 00:13:50,040 CREATE A NEW INSTITUTE SO THAT 350 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,009 ALL SUBSTANCE USE, ABUSE AND 351 00:13:52,009 --> 00:13:52,676 ADDICTION-RELATED RESEARCH WOULD 352 00:13:52,676 --> 00:13:55,445 BE IN ONE ORGANIZATION. 353 00:13:55,445 --> 00:13:56,914 THIS WAS FUNCTIONALLY 354 00:13:56,914 --> 00:13:59,316 IMPLEMENTED IN THE SENSE THAT 355 00:13:59,316 --> 00:14:02,886 NIDA AND NIAAA HAVE JOINT 356 00:14:02,886 --> 00:14:06,423 COUNCIL MEETINGS ONCE A YEAR, 357 00:14:06,423 --> 00:14:08,725 AND THERE ARE OTHER SYNERGIES 358 00:14:08,725 --> 00:14:11,461 THAT THEY HAVE CREATED AT THE 359 00:14:11,461 --> 00:14:15,065 STAFF LEVEL, BUT THE ACTUAL 360 00:14:15,065 --> 00:14:16,833 FORMAL COMBINATION INTO A SINGLE 361 00:14:16,833 --> 00:14:18,035 INSTITUTE WAS SOMETHING THAT DID 362 00:14:18,035 --> 00:14:21,104 NOT OCCUR. 363 00:14:21,104 --> 00:14:23,674 THERE WAS A REPORT ON THE 364 00:14:23,674 --> 00:14:24,808 CLINICAL CENTER, THERE HAS BEEN 365 00:14:24,808 --> 00:14:27,010 A LONG-STANDING DISCUSSION ABOUT 366 00:14:27,010 --> 00:14:31,381 HOW BEST TO FUND THE CLINICAL 367 00:14:31,381 --> 00:14:31,815 CENTER. 368 00:14:31,815 --> 00:14:33,550 ONE VIEW WAS TO HAVE THE 369 00:14:33,550 --> 00:14:35,319 CLINICAL CENTER RECEIVE ITS OWN 370 00:14:35,319 --> 00:14:37,721 LINE ITEM BUDGET. 371 00:14:37,721 --> 00:14:40,123 THAT WAS NOT IMPLEMENTED, AGAIN, 372 00:14:40,123 --> 00:14:42,526 FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS WHICH WE 373 00:14:42,526 --> 00:14:45,162 CAN DISCUSS IF PEOPLE ARE 374 00:14:45,162 --> 00:14:47,664 INTERESTED, AND -- BUT THE 375 00:14:47,664 --> 00:14:49,433 REMAINING RECOMMENDATIONS OF 376 00:14:49,433 --> 00:14:52,035 THAT REPORT WERE INDEED 377 00:14:52,035 --> 00:14:55,205 IMPLEMENTED OR ARE ONGOING, 378 00:14:55,205 --> 00:14:57,407 PARTICULARLY THE LATTER POINT OF 379 00:14:57,407 --> 00:14:58,508 PROVIDING STABLE, ADEQUATE 380 00:14:58,508 --> 00:15:00,344 BUDGET FOR FISCAL VIABILITY AND 381 00:15:00,344 --> 00:15:06,283 SUSTAINABILITY. 382 00:15:06,283 --> 00:15:09,553 THERE WAS A REPORT ON 383 00:15:09,553 --> 00:15:10,821 TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE AND 384 00:15:10,821 --> 00:15:11,755 THERAPEUTICS WHERE THE 385 00:15:11,755 --> 00:15:14,358 RECOMMENDATION WAS TO CREATE A 386 00:15:14,358 --> 00:15:16,226 NEW CENTER, AND INDEED THAT WAS 387 00:15:16,226 --> 00:15:17,194 ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE 388 00:15:17,194 --> 00:15:19,162 CREATION OF NCATS. 389 00:15:19,162 --> 00:15:23,033 ANOTHER REPORT ON THE SBIR 390 00:15:23,033 --> 00:15:27,804 PROGRAM SUGGESTED A VARIETY OF 391 00:15:27,804 --> 00:15:30,207 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE 392 00:15:30,207 --> 00:15:33,076 OUTLINED HERE, ALL OF WHICH WERE 393 00:15:33,076 --> 00:15:34,578 IMPLEMENTED. 394 00:15:34,578 --> 00:15:36,246 THERE WAS A REPORT ON APPROACHES 395 00:15:36,246 --> 00:15:39,182 TO ASSESSING THE VALUE OF 396 00:15:39,182 --> 00:15:40,617 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. 397 00:15:40,617 --> 00:15:44,321 AND THIS -- YOU KNOW, THIS IS A 398 00:15:44,321 --> 00:15:46,857 COMPLICATED THING, AND WE COULD 399 00:15:46,857 --> 00:15:48,492 ALWAYS CONTINUE TO DO BETTER AND 400 00:15:48,492 --> 00:15:51,561 BETTER AT IT. 401 00:15:51,561 --> 00:15:56,266 BUT INDEED, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO 402 00:15:56,266 --> 00:15:57,434 MEET THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIS 403 00:15:57,434 --> 00:15:58,668 REPORT BOTH IN TERMS OF OUR 404 00:15:58,668 --> 00:16:00,637 ABILITY TO CAPTURE AND 405 00:16:00,637 --> 00:16:02,873 COMMUNICATE NIH'S VALUE AND 406 00:16:02,873 --> 00:16:07,411 USING COORDINATED AND SYSTEMATIC 407 00:16:07,411 --> 00:16:08,612 APPROACHES IN SELECTING STUDY 408 00:16:08,612 --> 00:16:09,246 TOPICS. 409 00:16:09,246 --> 00:16:14,418 BUT AGAIN, BY DEFINITION, THAT'S 410 00:16:14,418 --> 00:16:16,153 HOW SCIENCE IS DONE SO IT'S AN 411 00:16:16,153 --> 00:16:20,190 ONGOING PROCESS. 412 00:16:20,190 --> 00:16:21,491 THEN THE FINAL TWO REPORTS FROM 413 00:16:21,491 --> 00:16:24,461 THE PREVIOUS ITERATION OF THIS 414 00:16:24,461 --> 00:16:26,096 BOARD WAS THE PRE-COLLEGE 415 00:16:26,096 --> 00:16:31,601 ENGAGEMENT IN BIOMEDICAL SCIE 416 00:16:31,601 --> 00:16:32,235 SCIENCES. 417 00:16:32,235 --> 00:16:34,004 NIH HAS HISTORICALLY NOT DONE A 418 00:16:34,004 --> 00:16:38,341 GREAT DEAL OF PRE-COLLEGE WORK. 419 00:16:38,341 --> 00:16:40,477 NIGMS HAS DONE THE YEOMAN'S 420 00:16:40,477 --> 00:16:42,412 SHARE OF THAT, ALTHOUGH OTHER 421 00:16:42,412 --> 00:16:43,713 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS HAVE 422 00:16:43,713 --> 00:16:47,150 PARTICIPATED A BIT, AND WE HAVE 423 00:16:47,150 --> 00:16:50,087 IMPLEMENTED THIS AND INDEED IN 424 00:16:50,087 --> 00:16:52,355 RECENT DAYS HAVE EXPANDED BEYOND 425 00:16:52,355 --> 00:16:55,192 JUST THE NIGMS SUPPORT, ALTHOUGH 426 00:16:55,192 --> 00:16:57,294 THEY DO CONTINUE TO BE THE 427 00:16:57,294 --> 00:17:01,865 LEADERS IN THIS EFFORT. 428 00:17:01,865 --> 00:17:03,200 AND THEN THE FINAL REPORT ISSUED 429 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,136 IN JULY OF 2015 ON GRANT REVIEW 430 00:17:06,136 --> 00:17:07,671 AWARD AND MANAGEMENT PROCESS, 431 00:17:07,671 --> 00:17:12,909 THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT 432 00:17:12,909 --> 00:17:14,711 WERE LISTED IN THAT REPORT HAVE 433 00:17:14,711 --> 00:17:18,515 BEEN IMPLEMENTED, BUT AGAIN, AN 434 00:17:18,515 --> 00:17:23,420 ONGOING EFFORT AS WE ARE ABLE TO 435 00:17:23,420 --> 00:17:26,223 USE MORE AND MORE TOOLS, SO FOR 436 00:17:26,223 --> 00:17:29,659 EXAMPLE, WE ARE NOW ABLE TO USE 437 00:17:29,659 --> 00:17:31,294 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO 438 00:17:31,294 --> 00:17:33,063 ENHANCE SOME OF THE 439 00:17:33,063 --> 00:17:36,099 ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES THAT WE DO 440 00:17:36,099 --> 00:17:39,503 AND, OF COURSE, BACK IN 2015, WE 441 00:17:39,503 --> 00:17:41,271 DIDN'T FORESHADOW THAT 442 00:17:41,271 --> 00:17:43,106 POSSIBILITY, GIVEN THE RAPIDITY 443 00:17:43,106 --> 00:17:44,508 WITH WHICH THOSE TOOLS HAVE COME 444 00:17:44,508 --> 00:17:46,076 ON THE SCENE. 445 00:17:46,076 --> 00:17:50,013 BUT WE DO CONTINUE TO ITERATE 446 00:17:50,013 --> 00:17:51,948 AND IMPROVE THESE PROCESSES. 447 00:17:51,948 --> 00:17:54,584 SO I'M GOING TO STOP THERE WITH 448 00:17:54,584 --> 00:17:58,221 THAT VERY HIGH LEVEL 449 00:17:58,221 --> 00:17:58,922 OVERVIEW/SUMMARY. 450 00:17:58,922 --> 00:18:03,026 I HOPE THAT AT LEAST THE GROUP 451 00:18:03,026 --> 00:18:06,863 HAD A CHANCE TO READ IN SOME 452 00:18:06,863 --> 00:18:09,065 DETAIL THE REPORT ON 453 00:18:09,065 --> 00:18:10,066 DELIBERATING ORGANIZATIONAL 454 00:18:10,066 --> 00:18:11,234 CHANGE AND EFFECTIVENESS, WHICH 455 00:18:11,234 --> 00:18:14,204 WAS THE FIRST REPORT, BUT 456 00:18:14,204 --> 00:18:16,239 OBVIOUSLY WE SHOULD OPEN THE 457 00:18:16,239 --> 00:18:18,808 FLOOR NOW FOR DISCUSSION ON ANY 458 00:18:18,808 --> 00:18:21,511 OF THE REPORTS OR ANY OTHER 459 00:18:21,511 --> 00:18:23,580 TOPICS THAT FOLKS WANT TO RAISE 460 00:18:23,580 --> 00:18:25,749 RELATED TO THIS PART OF THE 461 00:18:25,749 --> 00:18:28,919 MEETING. 462 00:18:28,919 --> 00:18:32,556 SO COULD WE HAVE BACK THE 463 00:18:32,556 --> 00:18:34,191 HOLLYWOOD SQUARES SO EVERYBODY 464 00:18:34,191 --> 00:18:40,664 CAN SEE EVERYBODY? 465 00:18:40,664 --> 00:18:43,066 >> THANK YOU, LARRY. 466 00:18:43,066 --> 00:18:44,267 WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR 467 00:18:44,267 --> 00:18:46,336 DISCUSSION AND REALLY WE WANT TO 468 00:18:46,336 --> 00:18:49,272 HEAR FROM MOST IF NOT ALL OF 469 00:18:49,272 --> 00:18:51,041 YOU, SO I'LL JUST ENCOURAGE 470 00:18:51,041 --> 00:18:53,777 ANYONE TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK UP. 471 00:18:53,777 --> 00:18:55,412 USE THE HAND RAISE FUNCTION SO 472 00:18:55,412 --> 00:19:05,956 WE CAN RECOGNIZE FOLKS IN ORDER. 473 00:19:16,266 --> 00:19:16,433 LINDSEY? 474 00:19:16,433 --> 00:19:18,401 >> YEAH, THANK YOU. 475 00:19:18,401 --> 00:19:19,803 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT 476 00:19:19,803 --> 00:19:20,203 SUMMARY. 477 00:19:20,203 --> 00:19:24,941 AND I GUESS IT WAS VERY USEFUL 478 00:19:24,941 --> 00:19:28,011 READING THE INITIAL REPORT ABOUT 479 00:19:28,011 --> 00:19:28,545 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, ET 480 00:19:28,545 --> 00:19:28,778 CETERA. 481 00:19:28,778 --> 00:19:30,747 WITH RESPECT TO THE MORE FOCUSED 482 00:19:30,747 --> 00:19:32,048 REPORTS, I WONDER WHETHER THERE 483 00:19:32,048 --> 00:19:36,319 WERE ANY LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH 484 00:19:36,319 --> 00:19:37,287 THAT PROCESS, PERHAPS 485 00:19:37,287 --> 00:19:38,488 PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO 486 00:19:38,488 --> 00:19:39,256 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE 487 00:19:39,256 --> 00:19:40,890 AND WERE NOT IMPLEMENTED OR NOT 488 00:19:40,890 --> 00:19:42,759 FULLY IMPLEMENTED, I WONDER 489 00:19:42,759 --> 00:19:46,596 WHETHER ANY LESSONS THAT WE CAN 490 00:19:46,596 --> 00:19:49,766 CONSIDER AS WE START TO 491 00:19:49,766 --> 00:19:53,703 DELIBERATE POTENTIAL CHANGES. 492 00:19:53,703 --> 00:19:54,804 AND I GUESS THIS WOULD BE FOR 493 00:19:54,804 --> 00:19:56,339 THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE INVOLVED 494 00:19:56,339 --> 00:19:58,475 PREVIOUSLY. 495 00:19:58,475 --> 00:20:02,078 >> YEAH, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 496 00:20:02,078 --> 00:20:05,181 ONE THAT WE DIDN'T IMPLEMENT WAS 497 00:20:05,181 --> 00:20:07,517 THE PROPOSED MERGER OF NIDA AND 498 00:20:07,517 --> 00:20:12,622 AAA. 499 00:20:12,622 --> 00:20:15,025 AND ULTIMATELY THE CONGRESS 500 00:20:15,025 --> 00:20:18,628 DIDN'T SUPPORT THAT MERGER. 501 00:20:18,628 --> 00:20:22,432 AND SO I THINK GOING FORWARD, 502 00:20:22,432 --> 00:20:27,504 WHEN CONTEMPLATING APPROACHES OF 503 00:20:27,504 --> 00:20:29,806 THAT NATURE, WE NEED TO DO -- WE 504 00:20:29,806 --> 00:20:31,207 WOULD NEED TO DO A MORE 505 00:20:31,207 --> 00:20:33,510 EFFECTIVE JOB IN COMMUNICATING 506 00:20:33,510 --> 00:20:35,145 WITH CONGRESS AND OF COURSE 507 00:20:35,145 --> 00:20:39,416 LISTEN TO THEIR FEEDBACK, 508 00:20:39,416 --> 00:20:40,684 BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, AS 509 00:20:40,684 --> 00:20:42,519 YOU ALL KNOW, FOR ORGANIZATIONAL 510 00:20:42,519 --> 00:20:45,322 CHANGES OF THAT MAGNITUDE, IT 511 00:20:45,322 --> 00:20:47,223 REQUIRES CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL. 512 00:20:47,223 --> 00:20:48,825 >> LARRY, WAS THERE ANYTHING 513 00:20:48,825 --> 00:20:52,162 ELSE THAT THEY REJECTED FROM THE 514 00:20:52,162 --> 00:20:54,331 2010 RECOMMENDATIONS? 515 00:20:54,331 --> 00:20:58,001 >> THAT WAS THE MAIN 516 00:20:58,001 --> 00:20:59,769 RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY -- THAT 517 00:20:59,769 --> 00:21:02,172 WAS THE MAIN RECOMMENDATION THAT 518 00:21:02,172 --> 00:21:03,840 WE MADE DURING THE FIRST 519 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,676 ITERATION THAT THEY DID NOT 520 00:21:06,676 --> 00:21:08,511 APPROVE. 521 00:21:08,511 --> 00:21:09,946 I DON'T RECALL OTHERS BUT THERE 522 00:21:09,946 --> 00:21:11,581 ARE OTHER MEMBERS ON THE 523 00:21:11,581 --> 00:21:14,417 COMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY GRIFF 524 00:21:14,417 --> 00:21:17,153 RODGERS, WHO MAY REMEMBER IF 525 00:21:17,153 --> 00:21:25,261 THERE WERE OTHER EXAMPLES. 526 00:21:25,261 --> 00:21:26,296 IS GRIFF WITH US THIS MORNING? 527 00:21:26,296 --> 00:21:29,099 >> I SAW HIM ON HERE, YES. 528 00:21:29,099 --> 00:21:30,433 I DO APPRECIATE LINDSEY'S 529 00:21:30,433 --> 00:21:31,267 QUESTION BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT 530 00:21:31,267 --> 00:21:32,902 TO MAKE THE SAME ERRORS THIS 531 00:21:32,902 --> 00:21:37,173 TIME IF THERE'S ANY LESSONS 532 00:21:37,173 --> 00:21:37,907 LEARNED. 533 00:21:37,907 --> 00:21:40,243 OR RESPONSES THAT THEY WERE, YOU 534 00:21:40,243 --> 00:21:41,644 KNOW, RECEIVED IN A NEGATIVE 535 00:21:41,644 --> 00:21:45,181 WAY, PERHAPS. 536 00:21:45,181 --> 00:21:46,282 >> GO AHEAD, GRIFF. 537 00:21:46,282 --> 00:21:48,118 >> JUST A WORD. 538 00:21:48,118 --> 00:21:51,388 I AGREE TOTALLY WITH DR. TABAK'S 539 00:21:51,388 --> 00:21:53,022 COMMENTS. 540 00:21:53,022 --> 00:21:55,992 I THINK IN ESSENCE, THEY WERE 541 00:21:55,992 --> 00:21:57,827 VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE WHOLE 542 00:21:57,827 --> 00:21:59,162 CONCEPT OF DELIBERATING AND SORT 543 00:21:59,162 --> 00:22:00,797 OF THINKING OF THE PROS AND CONS 544 00:22:00,797 --> 00:22:06,936 AND THE NEED TO EFFECT THESE 545 00:22:06,936 --> 00:22:07,904 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES. 546 00:22:07,904 --> 00:22:10,306 BUT ON THE ISSUE SPECIFICALLY 547 00:22:10,306 --> 00:22:13,710 ABOUT THE MERGER, IT WAS AN 548 00:22:13,710 --> 00:22:17,547 ISSUE THAT I THINK IN HINDSIGHT, 549 00:22:17,547 --> 00:22:21,351 SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE MEMBERS 550 00:22:21,351 --> 00:22:24,954 WHO GAVE US THE AUTHORITY TO 551 00:22:24,954 --> 00:22:26,823 MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND 552 00:22:26,823 --> 00:22:30,560 MOVE FORWARD, GETTING AN 553 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:31,961 APPRECIATION OF WHETHER THEY 554 00:22:31,961 --> 00:22:37,333 THOUGHT WE DID A THOROUGH SWOT 555 00:22:37,333 --> 00:22:38,768 ANALYSIS OF PARTICULARLY SOME OF 556 00:22:38,768 --> 00:22:40,703 THE DOWNSIDE ASSOCIATED WITH 557 00:22:40,703 --> 00:22:42,272 THIS, PARTICULARLY UNANTICIPATED 558 00:22:42,272 --> 00:22:46,509 EFFECTS OF THESE CHANGES, 559 00:22:46,509 --> 00:22:48,611 PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SERVED US 560 00:22:48,611 --> 00:22:50,146 BETTER RETROSPECTIVELY AND 561 00:22:50,146 --> 00:22:51,414 PROBABLY PROSPECTIVELY, IT WOULD 562 00:22:51,414 --> 00:22:54,684 BE GOOD TO GET SORT OF A 563 00:22:54,684 --> 00:22:56,052 SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, THE 564 00:22:56,052 --> 00:22:57,220 TEMPERATURE IN THE ROOM IN THAT 565 00:22:57,220 --> 00:22:58,021 REGARD. 566 00:22:58,021 --> 00:23:03,793 >> YEAH, I HAVE TO SAY, AS THE 567 00:23:03,793 --> 00:23:06,763 PERSON WHO LED THE EFFORT TO DO 568 00:23:06,763 --> 00:23:16,906 THIS ON BHOOF BEHALF OF NIH, I K 569 00:23:16,906 --> 00:23:20,009 WE CONSIDERED THE PROS AND CONS, 570 00:23:20,009 --> 00:23:22,078 AND THERE WERE MANY OF EACH. 571 00:23:22,078 --> 00:23:25,582 THERE WERE MANY OF EACH. 572 00:23:25,582 --> 00:23:29,519 ANY OF YOU WHO ARE AT ACADEMIC 573 00:23:29,519 --> 00:23:34,524 HEALTH CENTERS KNOW WHAT CHANGE 574 00:23:34,524 --> 00:23:38,795 BEGETS IN TERMS OF REQUIREMENTS 575 00:23:38,795 --> 00:23:41,764 TO WORK WITH STAFF AND SO FORTH, 576 00:23:41,764 --> 00:23:43,600 AND WHEN YOU THEN SUPERIMPOSE 577 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:44,701 SOME OF THE RULES THAT WE HAVE 578 00:23:44,701 --> 00:23:46,135 IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR FOR 579 00:23:46,135 --> 00:23:48,204 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AT STATE 580 00:23:48,204 --> 00:23:49,405 INSTITUTIONS, YOU PROBABLY HAVE 581 00:23:49,405 --> 00:23:52,041 A GOOD SAMPLING OF THIS AS WELL, 582 00:23:52,041 --> 00:23:57,180 AND I DO THINK THAT WE WERE ABLE 583 00:23:57,180 --> 00:23:58,381 TO ARTICULATE SOME OF THOSE 584 00:23:58,381 --> 00:23:59,048 CONCERNS. 585 00:23:59,048 --> 00:24:01,651 BUT ULTIMATELY, THE GROUP 586 00:24:01,651 --> 00:24:03,086 DECIDED, YOU KNOW, TO GO FORWARD 587 00:24:03,086 --> 00:24:05,922 WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO 588 00:24:05,922 --> 00:24:07,991 EFFECT THE MERGER. 589 00:24:07,991 --> 00:24:09,559 SO AGAIN, JUST TO UNDERSCORE 590 00:24:09,559 --> 00:24:12,061 WHAT DR. RODGERS SAID, ANYTHING 591 00:24:12,061 --> 00:24:13,930 OF THAT TYPE GOING FORWARD, WE 592 00:24:13,930 --> 00:24:16,199 WOULD HAVE TO DO AN EVEN BETTER 593 00:24:16,199 --> 00:24:17,934 JOB OF DOING A PRE-COMMUNICATION 594 00:24:17,934 --> 00:24:20,370 WITH THE CONGRESS, JUST TO TAKE 595 00:24:20,370 --> 00:24:22,839 THEIR TEMPERATURE AS IT WAS, AS 596 00:24:22,839 --> 00:24:24,774 WAS SAID. 597 00:24:24,774 --> 00:24:26,709 >> ALLISON AND THEN DEBORAH AND 598 00:24:26,709 --> 00:24:27,477 THEN MICHAEL. 599 00:24:27,477 --> 00:24:30,880 >> SO MY COMMENT WAS FOLLOWING 600 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,515 UP WHAT LARRY SAID AND SUCH. 601 00:24:32,515 --> 00:24:34,350 I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE 602 00:24:34,350 --> 00:24:36,786 AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAD GONE ON 603 00:24:36,786 --> 00:24:39,822 BACK WITH THE PRIOR BOARD, AND I 604 00:24:39,822 --> 00:24:43,560 THINK ONE WONDERS WHETHER THE 605 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:44,861 CURRENT ARTICLES THAT WE READ, 606 00:24:44,861 --> 00:24:46,262 WHETHER THEY HAD ANY KIND OF 607 00:24:46,262 --> 00:24:47,163 INSIGHTS INTO ALL THE WORK THAT 608 00:24:47,163 --> 00:24:51,901 WENT ON AND SO I WOULD JUST 609 00:24:51,901 --> 00:24:54,203 STRESS THE POINT ABOUT 610 00:24:54,203 --> 00:24:56,839 COMMUNICATION AND BUY-IN AS WE 611 00:24:56,839 --> 00:24:57,373 GO FORWARD. 612 00:24:57,373 --> 00:24:58,575 I THINK THAT'S CRITICALLY 613 00:24:58,575 --> 00:24:59,142 IMPORTANT. 614 00:24:59,142 --> 00:25:04,380 I ALSO REALLY ENDORSE THE GREEN 615 00:25:04,380 --> 00:25:06,583 PAPER, THE REPORT ON 616 00:25:06,583 --> 00:25:07,750 DELIBERATING ORGANIZATIONAL 617 00:25:07,750 --> 00:25:09,953 CHANGE AND EFFECTIVENESS, FROM 618 00:25:09,953 --> 00:25:12,155 AN ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS 619 00:25:12,155 --> 00:25:16,092 SPOT-ON, AND TALKED ABOUT HOW 620 00:25:16,092 --> 00:25:17,060 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THE 621 00:25:17,060 --> 00:25:17,560 COMMUNICATION PIECE IS. 622 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,163 SO THANKS. 623 00:25:20,163 --> 00:25:22,765 >> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT 624 00:25:22,765 --> 00:25:26,369 COMMENT. 625 00:25:26,369 --> 00:25:26,636 DEBARA? 626 00:25:26,636 --> 00:25:28,871 >> DEBARA, DEB, THANK YOU. 627 00:25:28,871 --> 00:25:30,740 SO IN THINKING ABOUT THE PRIOR 628 00:25:30,740 --> 00:25:33,042 REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, 629 00:25:33,042 --> 00:25:35,545 THIS IS A REAL WIDE RANGE OF 630 00:25:35,545 --> 00:25:38,848 DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOPICS, NOT 631 00:25:38,848 --> 00:25:41,784 ONLY DEALING WITH SORT OF 632 00:25:41,784 --> 00:25:43,653 HARDSCAPE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, 633 00:25:43,653 --> 00:25:46,723 BUT ALSO PROCESS CHANGE AND 634 00:25:46,723 --> 00:25:48,224 FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION AS WAS 635 00:25:48,224 --> 00:25:51,527 POINTED OUT IN THE GREEN REPORT. 636 00:25:51,527 --> 00:25:53,496 SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE US 637 00:25:53,496 --> 00:25:55,365 TO ALSO THINK ABOUT THAT AND 638 00:25:55,365 --> 00:25:57,967 THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE AT NIH 639 00:25:57,967 --> 00:26:00,703 CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE 640 00:26:00,703 --> 00:26:03,239 RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. 641 00:26:03,239 --> 00:26:05,508 HOW, PERHAPS, WE COULD 642 00:26:05,508 --> 00:26:05,975 COLLABORATE BETTER. 643 00:26:05,975 --> 00:26:07,477 WE THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY, 644 00:26:07,477 --> 00:26:09,345 MANY EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATION 645 00:26:09,345 --> 00:26:11,114 ACROSS OUR INSTITUTES, BUT COULD 646 00:26:11,114 --> 00:26:13,516 IT BE BETTER AND COULD OUR 647 00:26:13,516 --> 00:26:15,051 OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE 648 00:26:15,051 --> 00:26:18,554 WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES BE 649 00:26:18,554 --> 00:26:19,522 BETTER? 650 00:26:19,522 --> 00:26:20,623 I THINK THAT THAT IS AN 651 00:26:20,623 --> 00:26:22,692 IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS AS 652 00:26:22,692 --> 00:26:22,892 WELL. 653 00:26:22,892 --> 00:26:23,559 THANK YOU. 654 00:26:23,559 --> 00:26:25,862 >> YES, I AGREE, THAT 655 00:26:25,862 --> 00:26:28,831 COLLABORATION PIECE IS VERY 656 00:26:28,831 --> 00:26:30,900 IMPORTANT. 657 00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:32,168 MIKE, MICHAEL? 658 00:26:32,168 --> 00:26:34,303 >> ANDREA, THANKS. 659 00:26:34,303 --> 00:26:35,705 FIRST OF ALL, COMPLETELY AGREE 660 00:26:35,705 --> 00:26:39,208 WITH WHAT DEB JUST SAID ABOUT 661 00:26:39,208 --> 00:26:40,743 LOOKING FOR WAYS TO DO THINGS 662 00:26:40,743 --> 00:26:42,612 BETTER AND THINKING ABOUT 663 00:26:42,612 --> 00:26:45,014 COLLABORATION. 664 00:26:45,014 --> 00:26:46,749 I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SAY, I 665 00:26:46,749 --> 00:26:49,919 REALLY LIKED THE GREEN REPORT. 666 00:26:49,919 --> 00:26:53,089 IT WAS -- I THOUGHT, 667 00:26:53,089 --> 00:26:54,757 THOUGHTFULLY DONE AND REALLY 668 00:26:54,757 --> 00:26:56,826 PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE. 669 00:26:56,826 --> 00:27:00,530 I WOULD MAKE A PLUG TO INCLUDE 670 00:27:00,530 --> 00:27:02,832 SOME OF THE SPIRIT THAT MONICA 671 00:27:02,832 --> 00:27:04,901 MENTIONED AT THE VERY BEGINNING, 672 00:27:04,901 --> 00:27:07,804 THAT AS I REFLECT ON THIS, ONE 673 00:27:07,804 --> 00:27:09,505 THING THAT HAS REALLY STRUCK ME 674 00:27:09,505 --> 00:27:11,474 IN THE FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN 675 00:27:11,474 --> 00:27:12,575 HERE IS THE PURPOSE THAT WE 676 00:27:12,575 --> 00:27:14,777 EXIST IS TO SERVE THE AMERICAN 677 00:27:14,777 --> 00:27:17,046 PUBLIC, AND HOW WE CAN GET THAT 678 00:27:17,046 --> 00:27:19,882 SPIRIT IN THE REPORT THAT WE ARE 679 00:27:19,882 --> 00:27:21,551 THAT -- YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF 680 00:27:21,551 --> 00:27:22,952 WAYS, THAT ORGANIZATION THAT 681 00:27:22,952 --> 00:27:25,855 FACES THEM WHEN THEY HAVE, FOR 682 00:27:25,855 --> 00:27:27,857 EXAMPLE, HEALTH PROBLEMS, 683 00:27:27,857 --> 00:27:29,192 WHATEVER DIFFERENT TYPE, AND 684 00:27:29,192 --> 00:27:30,493 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE 685 00:27:30,493 --> 00:27:34,063 THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THEM. 686 00:27:34,063 --> 00:27:39,035 AS I LOOK AT HOW OUR 687 00:27:39,035 --> 00:27:39,902 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IS, 688 00:27:39,902 --> 00:27:42,338 SEVERAL OF US WHO ARE NIH 689 00:27:42,338 --> 00:27:45,041 DIRECTORS HAVE INSTITUTES THAT 690 00:27:45,041 --> 00:27:48,111 ARE DISEASE-FOCUSED AND OTHERS 691 00:27:48,111 --> 00:27:51,948 HAVE INSTITUTES THAT ARE MORE 692 00:27:51,948 --> 00:27:54,016 METHODOLOGY-FOCUSED, YOU KNOW, 693 00:27:54,016 --> 00:27:56,753 FOR EXAMPLE, DEB IS HEARING, AND 694 00:27:56,753 --> 00:28:00,323 I'M EYES, AND THERE'S A NATIONAL 695 00:28:00,323 --> 00:28:03,426 LIBRARY OF MEDICINE, GENOMICS 696 00:28:03,426 --> 00:28:06,496 RESEARCH, AND TO ME, 697 00:28:06,496 --> 00:28:08,998 COLLABORATIONS OFTEN OCCUR WHEN 698 00:28:08,998 --> 00:28:10,199 METHODOLOGIES INTERSECT WITH 699 00:28:10,199 --> 00:28:10,767 DISEASES. 700 00:28:10,767 --> 00:28:13,569 AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE 701 00:28:13,569 --> 00:28:16,773 REAL STRENGTHS THAT I LIKE ABOUT 702 00:28:16,773 --> 00:28:18,407 THIS, HOW OFTEN WE COLLABORATE 703 00:28:18,407 --> 00:28:20,276 FROM DISEASE TO METHODOLOGY. 704 00:28:20,276 --> 00:28:21,711 AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN MAKE A 705 00:28:21,711 --> 00:28:24,313 PLUG AS WE DELIBERATE MORE ABOUT 706 00:28:24,313 --> 00:28:29,352 HOW WE CAN LOOK AT OUR, PERHAPS, 707 00:28:29,352 --> 00:28:30,219 FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL 708 00:28:30,219 --> 00:28:32,188 STRUCTURE TO TRY TO FACILITATE 709 00:28:32,188 --> 00:28:33,623 THOSE METHODOLOGY DISEASE 710 00:28:33,623 --> 00:28:34,390 COLLABORATIONS. 711 00:28:34,390 --> 00:28:36,025 I THINK THERE'S A TON TO GAIN 712 00:28:36,025 --> 00:28:37,193 FROM THAT. 713 00:28:37,193 --> 00:28:39,762 SO THANKS. 714 00:28:39,762 --> 00:28:40,730 >> YES. 715 00:28:40,730 --> 00:28:41,497 GREAT COMMENTS. 716 00:28:41,497 --> 00:28:43,166 LISA? 717 00:28:43,166 --> 00:28:45,201 >> YEAH, I WAS PROBABLY THE ONE 718 00:28:45,201 --> 00:28:46,736 THAT LARRY WAS REFERRING TO 719 00:28:46,736 --> 00:28:49,906 MAYBE THAT ENDORSED THE 720 00:28:49,906 --> 00:28:52,108 DOCUMENT. 721 00:28:52,108 --> 00:28:58,848 I AGREE THAT THIS DOCUMENT WAS 722 00:28:58,848 --> 00:29:00,950 PRETTY WELL LAID OUT IN TERMS 723 00:29:00,950 --> 00:29:01,984 OF -- MADE A DIFFERENCE TO ME IN 724 00:29:01,984 --> 00:29:03,252 THE APPROACH TO THIS. 725 00:29:03,252 --> 00:29:06,322 BUT THEN I ALSO AGREE WITH THE 726 00:29:06,322 --> 00:29:07,523 POINT, WHY DIDN'T IT QUITE WORK 727 00:29:07,523 --> 00:29:11,961 WHEN IT WAS APPLIED TO THE ONE 728 00:29:11,961 --> 00:29:13,095 MERGER THAT WENT THROUGH THIS 729 00:29:13,095 --> 00:29:16,599 PROCESS AND THEN DIDN'T ACTUALLY 730 00:29:16,599 --> 00:29:18,668 END UP HAPPENING, SO I DO THINK 731 00:29:18,668 --> 00:29:20,236 MAYBE SOME TWEAKING AND TRYING 732 00:29:20,236 --> 00:29:22,171 TO FIGURE OUT MAYBE IT'S 733 00:29:22,171 --> 00:29:23,840 COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS OR 734 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,542 WHATEVER TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND 735 00:29:26,542 --> 00:29:28,511 THAT MORE IS VERY IMPORTANT. 736 00:29:28,511 --> 00:29:30,179 AND I GUESS I'LL MAKE THE 737 00:29:30,179 --> 00:29:31,380 COMMENT FOR MYSELF, I THOUGHT 738 00:29:31,380 --> 00:29:35,117 THE DOCUMENT ALSO DID A PRETTY 739 00:29:35,117 --> 00:29:36,285 GOOD JOB OF POINTING OUT THAT 740 00:29:36,285 --> 00:29:37,920 WHEN YOU MAKE THESE KINDS OF -- 741 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,991 IF THEY'RE VERY LARGE CHANGES, 742 00:29:41,991 --> 00:29:44,927 THEY CAN CREATE MORE HAVOC THAN 743 00:29:44,927 --> 00:29:47,830 YOU EVER INTENDED, AND SO REALLY 744 00:29:47,830 --> 00:29:53,803 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT ALSO 745 00:29:53,803 --> 00:29:55,771 UNDERSTANDING THE POST HOC 746 00:29:55,771 --> 00:29:58,174 ALMOST EFFECTS OF THAT CHANGE 747 00:29:58,174 --> 00:29:59,475 AND THE STAFF AND I THINK THAT'S 748 00:29:59,475 --> 00:30:01,010 BEEN BROUGHT UP AND THE MANY 749 00:30:01,010 --> 00:30:04,180 PEOPLE THAT IT WILL AFFECT. 750 00:30:04,180 --> 00:30:05,481 SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE 751 00:30:05,481 --> 00:30:08,017 TAKEN LIGHTLY, AND I THOUGHT THE 752 00:30:08,017 --> 00:30:11,621 REPORT DID A GOOD JOB OF FRAMING 753 00:30:11,621 --> 00:30:12,188 THAT. 754 00:30:12,188 --> 00:30:13,689 >> YES, YES, THANK YOU. 755 00:30:13,689 --> 00:30:14,891 I AGREE WITH THOSE COMMENTS AS 756 00:30:14,891 --> 00:30:16,325 WELL. 757 00:30:16,325 --> 00:30:19,061 ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? 758 00:30:19,061 --> 00:30:27,570 BEFORE DR. TABAK STARTS AGAIN? 759 00:30:27,570 --> 00:30:28,371 >> OKAY. 760 00:30:28,371 --> 00:30:29,906 WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE 761 00:30:29,906 --> 00:30:31,207 TRANSITIONED INTO -- OH, I'M 762 00:30:31,207 --> 00:30:34,744 SORRY, GILDA, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 763 00:30:34,744 --> 00:30:36,045 >> THANK YOU. 764 00:30:36,045 --> 00:30:38,114 IT JUST TOOK ME A MOMENT TO FIND 765 00:30:38,114 --> 00:30:40,850 MY RAISE HAND FUNCTION. 766 00:30:40,850 --> 00:30:42,385 I WOULD CONCUR WITH THE COMMENTS 767 00:30:42,385 --> 00:30:43,819 THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE 768 00:30:43,819 --> 00:30:45,421 ABOUT THE FRAMING AND PROCESS 769 00:30:45,421 --> 00:30:47,390 AND HOW GOOD IT WAS DONE IN THE 770 00:30:47,390 --> 00:30:47,757 REPORT. 771 00:30:47,757 --> 00:30:51,594 MY QUESTION IS ABOUT CULTURE, 772 00:30:51,594 --> 00:30:54,096 AND THE CULTURAL ASPECTS. 773 00:30:54,096 --> 00:30:56,365 AND WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 774 00:30:56,365 --> 00:30:58,467 ORGANIZATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL 775 00:30:58,467 --> 00:31:01,871 CHANGES, I THINK MANY TIMES WE 776 00:31:01,871 --> 00:31:03,406 FORGET ABOUT THE CULTURE AND HOW 777 00:31:03,406 --> 00:31:06,108 THE CULTURE INFORMS CHANGE, AND 778 00:31:06,108 --> 00:31:08,744 JUST CREATING STRUCTURES ALONE 779 00:31:08,744 --> 00:31:10,947 WILL START TO CREATE A CULTURE, 780 00:31:10,947 --> 00:31:12,782 BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME 781 00:31:12,782 --> 00:31:13,783 INTENTIONALITY AND SOME 782 00:31:13,783 --> 00:31:16,619 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CULTURE IS 783 00:31:16,619 --> 00:31:18,487 IMPACTING WHATEVER STRUCTURE YOU 784 00:31:18,487 --> 00:31:19,021 HAVE PRESENT. 785 00:31:19,021 --> 00:31:20,523 AND IT DID STAND OUT TO ME THAT 786 00:31:20,523 --> 00:31:22,291 THERE WAS SOME GUIDING 787 00:31:22,291 --> 00:31:24,593 PRINCIPLES THAT WERE LISTED FOR 788 00:31:24,593 --> 00:31:27,330 THE FRAMEWORK, AND SO I WOULD 789 00:31:27,330 --> 00:31:28,664 JUST LIKE TO GET A BETTER SENSE 790 00:31:28,664 --> 00:31:30,967 OF HOW THE NIH CULTURE FACTORS 791 00:31:30,967 --> 00:31:38,941 IN ON THAT. 792 00:31:38,941 --> 00:31:40,476 >> I THINK THAT CULTURE COMMENT 793 00:31:40,476 --> 00:31:41,444 IS IMPORTANT AND WE SHOULD 794 00:31:41,444 --> 00:31:44,180 INCLUDE THAT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS 795 00:31:44,180 --> 00:31:48,117 AS WE LOOK TOWARDS FORMING THIS 796 00:31:48,117 --> 00:31:49,085 DOCUMENT, TO MAKE SURE WE 797 00:31:49,085 --> 00:31:50,419 INCLUDE THAT CULTURE. 798 00:31:50,419 --> 00:31:51,754 AND THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY MEMBERS 799 00:31:51,754 --> 00:31:53,055 ON THE COMMITTEE WHO HAVE BEEN 800 00:31:53,055 --> 00:31:55,024 IN THAT NIH CULTURE FOR YEARS, 801 00:31:55,024 --> 00:31:56,659 AND SO THAT WOULD BE -- THEIR 802 00:31:56,659 --> 00:31:58,160 COMMENTS WILL BE HELPFUL IN THAT 803 00:31:58,160 --> 00:31:58,961 PART OF THE DISCUSSION, I 804 00:31:58,961 --> 00:32:01,130 BELIEVE. 805 00:32:01,130 --> 00:32:03,032 MARK? 806 00:32:03,032 --> 00:32:04,200 >> YES, THANK YOU. 807 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,470 I THINK THIS IS A VERY 808 00:32:07,470 --> 00:32:08,604 PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION. 809 00:32:08,604 --> 00:32:12,208 BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE LEAVING 810 00:32:12,208 --> 00:32:16,345 OUT AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT, SO I'M 811 00:32:16,345 --> 00:32:18,314 REMINDED OF THE RECENT ELECTION 812 00:32:18,314 --> 00:32:19,648 CYCLE WHERE MANY VOTERS FELT 813 00:32:19,648 --> 00:32:22,051 THAT THE ONLY TIME THEY WERE 814 00:32:22,051 --> 00:32:23,019 SPOKEN TO WAS DURING THE 815 00:32:23,019 --> 00:32:24,020 ELECTION CYCLE. 816 00:32:24,020 --> 00:32:25,621 AND THEN IN THE INTERVENING 817 00:32:25,621 --> 00:32:28,724 THREE YEARS, THEY WERE IGNORED. 818 00:32:28,724 --> 00:32:33,429 I THINK THAT BRINGING UP 819 00:32:33,429 --> 00:32:34,530 PROPOSALS TO CONGRESS AND TRYING 820 00:32:34,530 --> 00:32:40,102 TO GET THEM ON BOARD TO ENDORSE 821 00:32:40,102 --> 00:32:43,272 THAT SPECIFIC PROPOSAL LEAVES 822 00:32:43,272 --> 00:32:46,876 OUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO 823 00:32:46,876 --> 00:32:49,178 CONSTANTLY EDUCATE CONGRESS AND 824 00:32:49,178 --> 00:32:52,448 THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT NIH DOES, 825 00:32:52,448 --> 00:32:54,216 WHAT IT MIGHT DO, WHAT IT MIGHT 826 00:32:54,216 --> 00:33:00,990 DO BETTER, AND PAVE THE WAY FOR 827 00:33:00,990 --> 00:33:02,758 BETTER DIALOGUE, NOT ONLY 828 00:33:02,758 --> 00:33:04,427 BETWEEN CONGRESS AND NIH, BUT 829 00:33:04,427 --> 00:33:07,096 BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND NIH. 830 00:33:07,096 --> 00:33:09,065 AND YOU KNOW, IN THE BEST OF ALL 831 00:33:09,065 --> 00:33:11,801 POSSIBLE WORLDS, THE CONGRESS IS 832 00:33:11,801 --> 00:33:13,436 RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC. 833 00:33:13,436 --> 00:33:15,204 THE MORE THE PUBLIC KNOWS ABOUT 834 00:33:15,204 --> 00:33:17,406 WHAT NIH DOES, THE MORE LIKELY 835 00:33:17,406 --> 00:33:20,009 IT IS THAT NIH IS GOING TO BE 836 00:33:20,009 --> 00:33:23,612 SUPPORTED BY CONGRESS. 837 00:33:23,612 --> 00:33:25,381 SO I SEE THIS AS A POLITICAL 838 00:33:25,381 --> 00:33:25,614 REALITY. 839 00:33:25,614 --> 00:33:27,783 IT IS NOT TRADITIONALLY WHAT NIH 840 00:33:27,783 --> 00:33:30,419 DOES, AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT TO 841 00:33:30,419 --> 00:33:30,719 ME. 842 00:33:30,719 --> 00:33:32,388 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AN 843 00:33:32,388 --> 00:33:34,657 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. 844 00:33:34,657 --> 00:33:37,093 THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THERE'S 845 00:33:37,093 --> 00:33:40,696 AN OBLIGATION TO DISSEMINATE 846 00:33:40,696 --> 00:33:41,664 SCIENCE TO THE PUBLIC AND TO 847 00:33:41,664 --> 00:33:42,865 LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT 848 00:33:42,865 --> 00:33:43,966 THEIR CONCERNS ARE, WHAT THEIR 849 00:33:43,966 --> 00:33:45,401 NEEDS ARE, WHAT THEIR 850 00:33:45,401 --> 00:33:46,602 PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR HEALTHCARE 851 00:33:46,602 --> 00:33:47,803 NEEDS ARE THAT ARE NOT BEING 852 00:33:47,803 --> 00:33:48,571 MET. 853 00:33:48,571 --> 00:33:50,639 AND TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT. 854 00:33:50,639 --> 00:33:52,408 AND THIS DIALOGUE HAS TO BE 855 00:33:52,408 --> 00:33:55,144 ONGOING. 856 00:33:55,144 --> 00:33:56,645 SO SOMEHOW, I THINK WE NEED TO 857 00:33:56,645 --> 00:34:00,583 CONSIDER HOW WE WOULD BUILD THIS 858 00:34:00,583 --> 00:34:04,220 IN TO THE NIH FRAMEWORK, IF YOU 859 00:34:04,220 --> 00:34:07,590 WILL. 860 00:34:07,590 --> 00:34:12,728 BECAUSE I THINK THAT 861 00:34:12,728 --> 00:34:13,963 PARTICULARLY ANTICIPATING A MORE 862 00:34:13,963 --> 00:34:15,164 CHALLENGING POLITICAL CLIMATE 863 00:34:15,164 --> 00:34:16,265 OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, I 864 00:34:16,265 --> 00:34:18,100 THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY 865 00:34:18,100 --> 00:34:20,402 DIFFICULT TIME MAKING THE CASE 866 00:34:20,402 --> 00:34:24,006 FOR ANY LOGICAL CHANGES, THE 867 00:34:24,006 --> 00:34:26,108 CHANGES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON 868 00:34:26,108 --> 00:34:28,711 US MAY BE DISTASTEFUL AND 869 00:34:28,711 --> 00:34:31,680 DESTRUCTIVE. 870 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,315 >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS. 871 00:34:33,315 --> 00:34:36,719 I THINK THAT THAT CAME OUT IN 872 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,755 THE DOCUMENT FROM 2010, BUT I 873 00:34:39,755 --> 00:34:40,956 THINK THAT PROVIDING -- IT 874 00:34:40,956 --> 00:34:42,091 SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU WERE SAYING 875 00:34:42,091 --> 00:34:43,425 IS THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO 876 00:34:43,425 --> 00:34:45,327 FIGURE OUT SORT OF A -- I WON'T 877 00:34:45,327 --> 00:34:47,062 SAY STRUCTURE BUT AN INTENTIONAL 878 00:34:47,062 --> 00:34:50,366 WAY OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE 879 00:34:50,366 --> 00:34:51,267 PUBLIC. 880 00:34:51,267 --> 00:34:53,969 REMEMBERING ALSO -- WHAT THAT 881 00:34:53,969 --> 00:34:55,938 BRINGS TO MIND TO ME IS THE 882 00:34:55,938 --> 00:34:57,039 CONGRESSMEN, SENATORS WHO WROTE 883 00:34:57,039 --> 00:34:58,374 THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE REVIEWED 884 00:34:58,374 --> 00:35:00,309 LAST TIME ARE ALSO PART OF THE 885 00:35:00,309 --> 00:35:02,311 PUBLIC, AND WE WERE ALL VERY 886 00:35:02,311 --> 00:35:04,146 SURPRISED BY THE QUESTIONS THAT 887 00:35:04,146 --> 00:35:06,448 THEY POSED AND THE CONCERNS THAT 888 00:35:06,448 --> 00:35:07,082 THEY HAD. 889 00:35:07,082 --> 00:35:11,587 AND I THINK THAT REFLECTS THAT 890 00:35:11,587 --> 00:35:12,788 WE'RE NOT COMMUNICATING WELL 891 00:35:12,788 --> 00:35:14,123 WITH THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THE NIH 892 00:35:14,123 --> 00:35:16,959 IS DOING. 893 00:35:16,959 --> 00:35:18,694 SO I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY 894 00:35:18,694 --> 00:35:20,563 REQUIRED OF US TO BE ABLE TO 895 00:35:20,563 --> 00:35:22,865 PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT ON HOW THAT 896 00:35:22,865 --> 00:35:28,537 SHOULD LOOK. 897 00:35:28,537 --> 00:35:35,010 OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? 898 00:35:35,010 --> 00:35:35,644 OKAY. 899 00:35:35,644 --> 00:35:36,845 LARRY, YOU HAD A FEW MORE 900 00:35:36,845 --> 00:35:37,079 SLIDES? 901 00:35:37,079 --> 00:35:38,614 >> WELL, YES, I THINK THERE'S 902 00:35:38,614 --> 00:35:41,784 ACTUALLY ONLY ONE MORE, SO IF WE 903 00:35:41,784 --> 00:35:42,985 CAN GO TO THAT. 904 00:35:42,985 --> 00:35:48,891 YES, NEXT, PLEASE. 905 00:35:48,891 --> 00:35:50,326 SO I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY 906 00:35:50,326 --> 00:35:52,494 ALREADY HAD MUCH OF THIS 907 00:35:52,494 --> 00:35:53,596 DISCUSSION. 908 00:35:53,596 --> 00:35:56,232 THIS JUST OUTLINES THE FRAMEWORK 909 00:35:56,232 --> 00:35:59,668 FROM THAT ORIGINAL REPORT, AND 910 00:35:59,668 --> 00:36:02,004 SO REALLY THE QUESTION TO PUT ON 911 00:36:02,004 --> 00:36:04,740 THE TABLE IS DOES ANYBODY WANT 912 00:36:04,740 --> 00:36:07,276 TO SPEAK AGAINST USING THIS 913 00:36:07,276 --> 00:36:09,578 FRAMEWORK, CONTINUING TO USE IT, 914 00:36:09,578 --> 00:36:11,747 DOES ANYBODY WANT TO AMEND THE 915 00:36:11,747 --> 00:36:16,018 FRAMEWORK IN SOME WAY, OR ARE WE 916 00:36:16,018 --> 00:36:19,288 SATISFIED WITH THIS PARTICULAR 917 00:36:19,288 --> 00:36:22,157 FRAMEWORK, AND OF COURSE ALWAYS 918 00:36:22,157 --> 00:36:25,094 HAVE THE OPTION OF REVISITING 919 00:36:25,094 --> 00:36:26,395 AMENDMENT IF ALONG THE WAY 920 00:36:26,395 --> 00:36:28,264 DURING OUR DELIBERATIONS, WE 921 00:36:28,264 --> 00:36:29,798 REALIZE THAT SOMETHING IS 922 00:36:29,798 --> 00:36:30,566 LACKING. 923 00:36:30,566 --> 00:36:33,636 BUT AT THE MOMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE 924 00:36:33,636 --> 00:36:37,139 THE GROUP IS IN FAVOR OF 925 00:36:37,139 --> 00:36:39,208 CONTINUING WITH THIS FRAMEWORK. 926 00:36:39,208 --> 00:36:41,510 BUT THE GROUP NEEDS TO WEIGH IN 927 00:36:41,510 --> 00:36:42,411 NOW. 928 00:36:42,411 --> 00:36:44,580 SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE 929 00:36:44,580 --> 00:36:47,750 ONLY THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS. 930 00:36:47,750 --> 00:36:50,286 >> I THINK SO. 931 00:36:50,286 --> 00:36:52,121 AND SO YOU'VE OUTLINED HERE ON 932 00:36:52,121 --> 00:36:53,989 THIS SLIDE THE GUIDING 933 00:36:53,989 --> 00:36:55,391 PRINCIPLES AS WERE IN THE 934 00:36:55,391 --> 00:36:59,561 PREVIOUS DOCUMENT, THE STEPS AND 935 00:36:59,561 --> 00:37:00,929 CONSIDERATIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS 936 00:37:00,929 --> 00:37:02,831 DOCUMENT AND THE UNDERPINNING 937 00:37:02,831 --> 00:37:03,165 ATTRIBUTES. 938 00:37:03,165 --> 00:37:06,135 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GUIDING 939 00:37:06,135 --> 00:37:07,102 PRINCIPLES, STRENGTHEN ABILITY 940 00:37:07,102 --> 00:37:09,872 OF NIH TO CARRY OUT ITS MISSION, 941 00:37:09,872 --> 00:37:11,940 PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR 942 00:37:11,940 --> 00:37:13,676 COLLABORATION, COORDINATION AND 943 00:37:13,676 --> 00:37:16,211 INTERACTION, BRING TOGETHER 944 00:37:16,211 --> 00:37:17,513 SYNERGIES, ENHANCE PUBLIC 945 00:37:17,513 --> 00:37:18,947 UNDERSTANDING, CONFIDENCE AND 946 00:37:18,947 --> 00:37:20,582 SUPPORT, AND INCREASE 947 00:37:20,582 --> 00:37:22,651 OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, I THINK 948 00:37:22,651 --> 00:37:25,287 IN THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS, WE 949 00:37:25,287 --> 00:37:28,257 TOUCHED ON MANY OF THOSE. 950 00:37:28,257 --> 00:37:31,960 I THINK WHAT I HEARD WAS PEOPLE 951 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:33,162 AGREED WITH THEM BUT WHAT I 952 00:37:33,162 --> 00:37:35,030 WOULD LIKE THE GROUP TO ASK 953 00:37:35,030 --> 00:37:36,031 THEMSELVES IS, ARE THERE ANY 954 00:37:36,031 --> 00:37:37,866 THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ADD TO 955 00:37:37,866 --> 00:37:39,101 THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT 956 00:37:39,101 --> 00:37:42,371 YOU FEEL ARE MISSING THAT WE 957 00:37:42,371 --> 00:37:43,672 SHOULD ADDRESS ON THIS 958 00:37:43,672 --> 00:37:44,006 ITERATION? 959 00:37:44,006 --> 00:37:47,076 IS THERE ANYTHING -- I THINK WE 960 00:37:47,076 --> 00:37:49,244 ALL WOULD AGREE THAT 961 00:37:49,244 --> 00:37:50,679 TRANSPARENCY, KEUNCATION AND 962 00:37:50,679 --> 00:37:52,414 ACCOUNTABILITY ARE THE 963 00:37:52,414 --> 00:37:53,716 UNDERPINNINGS, BUT AGAIN, IS 964 00:37:53,716 --> 00:37:54,850 THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD TO 965 00:37:54,850 --> 00:37:56,218 THOSE UNDERPINNING ATTRIBUTES, 966 00:37:56,218 --> 00:37:57,453 IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD 967 00:37:57,453 --> 00:38:08,030 TO TH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES? 968 00:38:14,470 --> 00:38:16,338 ARE WE BACK ON THE HOLLYWOOD 969 00:38:16,338 --> 00:38:26,615 SQUARES VERSION? 970 00:38:27,549 --> 00:38:30,352 OKAY, MARK, AND THEN DEBARA. 971 00:38:30,352 --> 00:38:32,554 >> MARK, DEB AND ALLISON ARE 972 00:38:32,554 --> 00:38:33,422 CUED UP. 973 00:38:33,422 --> 00:38:35,057 >> THANK YOU. 974 00:38:35,057 --> 00:38:37,126 I THINK THAT THE GUIDING 975 00:38:37,126 --> 00:38:38,560 PRINCIPLES COULD BE SIMPLIFIED A 976 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:44,900 LITTLE BIT. 977 00:38:44,900 --> 00:38:46,435 YOU PULLED DOWN THE SLIDE BUT I 978 00:38:46,435 --> 00:38:48,771 THINK THE BULLET ABOUT SYNERGIES 979 00:38:48,771 --> 00:38:51,473 IS REALLY IMPLICIT IN THE 980 00:38:51,473 --> 00:38:53,675 PREVIOUS BULLET. 981 00:38:53,675 --> 00:38:56,178 ABOUT BRINGING INSTITUTES 982 00:38:56,178 --> 00:38:58,147 TOGETHER, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S 983 00:38:58,147 --> 00:39:00,015 NECESSARY TO HAVE A SEPARATE 984 00:39:00,015 --> 00:39:01,850 LINE ITEM FOR THAT. 985 00:39:01,850 --> 00:39:05,154 BUT I THINK WE SHOULD ADD 986 00:39:05,154 --> 00:39:06,655 SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNICATION 987 00:39:06,655 --> 00:39:08,357 PIECE. 988 00:39:08,357 --> 00:39:10,325 SO YES, NIH SHOULD PROVIDE 989 00:39:10,325 --> 00:39:11,727 INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, BUT I 990 00:39:11,727 --> 00:39:13,262 THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A FORMAL 991 00:39:13,262 --> 00:39:16,331 WAY TO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC. 992 00:39:16,331 --> 00:39:18,834 AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, OR 993 00:39:18,834 --> 00:39:20,369 I SUGGEST THAT WE TRY TO BUILD 994 00:39:20,369 --> 00:39:23,906 THAT IN IF PEOPLE AGREE. 995 00:39:23,906 --> 00:39:25,641 >> AND WHEN YOU SAY FORMAL WAY 996 00:39:25,641 --> 00:39:30,112 TO LISTEN, YOU MEAN A 997 00:39:30,112 --> 00:39:34,383 COMMUNICATION OUTLET THAT WOULD 998 00:39:34,383 --> 00:39:35,451 ALLOW COMMUNICATION -- 999 00:39:35,451 --> 00:39:36,018 >> RIGHT. 1000 00:39:36,018 --> 00:39:39,188 SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE NIH 1001 00:39:39,188 --> 00:39:40,489 SUPPORTED INVESTIGATORS IN EVERY 1002 00:39:40,489 --> 00:39:45,093 STATE OF THE UNION, AND IN EVERY 1003 00:39:45,093 --> 00:39:47,296 TERRITORY, AND PART OF THEIR 1004 00:39:47,296 --> 00:39:48,497 RESPONSIBILITY AS NIH 1005 00:39:48,497 --> 00:39:50,566 INVESTIGATORS MIGHT BE TO INVITE 1006 00:39:50,566 --> 00:39:55,804 THE PUBLIC IN FOR DISCUSSION. 1007 00:39:55,804 --> 00:39:57,473 AND THAT DISCUSSION, THE 1008 00:39:57,473 --> 00:39:58,674 PROCEEDINGS OF THAT DISCUSSION 1009 00:39:58,674 --> 00:40:01,610 SHOULD BE RECORDED, SHARED, 1010 00:40:01,610 --> 00:40:03,679 DISSECTED, UNDERSTOOD, SO THAT 1011 00:40:03,679 --> 00:40:06,682 WE GET A BETTER CHANCE TO 1012 00:40:06,682 --> 00:40:08,517 UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AT 1013 00:40:08,517 --> 00:40:11,820 STREET LEVEL. 1014 00:40:11,820 --> 00:40:13,288 >> RIGHT. 1015 00:40:13,288 --> 00:40:14,523 OKAY. 1016 00:40:14,523 --> 00:40:15,924 I UNDERSTAND. 1017 00:40:15,924 --> 00:40:18,193 DEBARA? 1018 00:40:18,193 --> 00:40:19,528 >> YES, THIS RELATES TO 1019 00:40:19,528 --> 00:40:20,896 SOMETHING THAT I MENTIONED 1020 00:40:20,896 --> 00:40:25,801 EARLIER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF 1021 00:40:25,801 --> 00:40:27,035 THIS RISES TO THE LEVEL OF BEING 1022 00:40:27,035 --> 00:40:30,539 A GAIDI GUIDING PRINCIPLE. 1023 00:40:30,539 --> 00:40:32,074 SO I THINK THAT THE FEDERAL 1024 00:40:32,074 --> 00:40:35,210 GOVERNMENT AND THE SORT OF 1025 00:40:35,210 --> 00:40:35,878 HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE THAT'S 1026 00:40:35,878 --> 00:40:37,746 RELATED TO HEALTH, THE FDA, THE 1027 00:40:37,746 --> 00:40:40,282 CDC, THE WHOLE GROUP OF AGENCIES 1028 00:40:40,282 --> 00:40:42,251 THAT ARE RELATED TO HEALTH COULD 1029 00:40:42,251 --> 00:40:44,520 BENEFIT FROM WORKING TOGETHER 1030 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,355 BETTER AND INTEGRATING WHAT 1031 00:40:46,355 --> 00:40:48,156 WE'RE DOING BETTER. 1032 00:40:48,156 --> 00:40:49,691 SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S PART 1033 00:40:49,691 --> 00:40:51,093 OF SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD 1034 00:40:51,093 --> 00:40:51,960 CONSIDER HERE. 1035 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,596 AND I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT FOR 1036 00:40:54,596 --> 00:40:55,497 COMMENT. 1037 00:40:55,497 --> 00:40:58,767 >> I THINK THAT IS IN ONE OF THE 1038 00:40:58,767 --> 00:41:00,402 GUIDING PRINCIPLES, THE 1039 00:41:00,402 --> 00:41:01,270 INTEGRATION -- LET ME GO BACK TO 1040 00:41:01,270 --> 00:41:03,238 THAT. 1041 00:41:03,238 --> 00:41:03,772 -- LIST. 1042 00:41:03,772 --> 00:41:06,742 BUT THAT IS PART OF THE -- I 1043 00:41:06,742 --> 00:41:07,743 CAN'T REMEMBER HOW IT'S WORDED 1044 00:41:07,743 --> 00:41:09,511 IN THERE, BUT THAT IS PART OF 1045 00:41:09,511 --> 00:41:10,679 THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 1046 00:41:10,679 --> 00:41:20,956 >> OKAY, GREAT. 1047 00:41:22,057 --> 00:41:22,824 >> OKAY. 1048 00:41:22,824 --> 00:41:25,727 LET'S SEE, WHO WAS NEXT? 1049 00:41:25,727 --> 00:41:30,499 >> ALLISON AND GRIFF NEXT. 1050 00:41:30,499 --> 00:41:32,167 >> I'LL FOLLOW UP ON WHAT MARK 1051 00:41:32,167 --> 00:41:33,769 SAID AND JUST SAY, INSERTING IN 1052 00:41:33,769 --> 00:41:36,738 THE FRAMEWORK, BIDIRECTIONAL 1053 00:41:36,738 --> 00:41:37,606 COMMUNICATION, SO WE PROVIDE 1054 00:41:37,606 --> 00:41:38,740 INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC BUT WE 1055 00:41:38,740 --> 00:41:39,708 HEAR BACK FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT 1056 00:41:39,708 --> 00:41:42,911 THEIR CONCERNS. 1057 00:41:42,911 --> 00:41:46,148 >> DEFINITELY CRITICAL, YES. 1058 00:41:46,148 --> 00:41:47,182 >> YES, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. 1059 00:41:47,182 --> 00:41:52,120 THANK YOU. 1060 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:55,624 >> GRIFF AND THEN JONI. 1061 00:41:55,624 --> 00:41:59,895 >> I THINK I'M UNMUTED. 1062 00:41:59,895 --> 00:42:07,102 AGAIN, I REALLY DO LIKE THE DOCI 1063 00:42:07,102 --> 00:42:08,003 REPORT AND ITS GUIDING 1064 00:42:08,003 --> 00:42:10,205 PRINCIPLES. 1065 00:42:10,205 --> 00:42:11,840 THE ONE THING -- AND PERHAPS I'M 1066 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:13,475 RIFFING OFF OF WHAT OTHERS HAVE 1067 00:42:13,475 --> 00:42:15,243 SAID, I'M JUST SAYING IT IN A 1068 00:42:15,243 --> 00:42:15,911 DIFFERENT WAY, IS THAT GIVING 1069 00:42:15,911 --> 00:42:18,313 THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF 1070 00:42:18,313 --> 00:42:20,282 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC 1071 00:42:20,282 --> 00:42:23,151 HEALTH CHALLENGES, IS OF COURSE 1072 00:42:23,151 --> 00:42:25,420 PRUDENT TO SORT OF REVISIT THE 1073 00:42:25,420 --> 00:42:27,522 REPORT TO ENSURE THE 1074 00:42:27,522 --> 00:42:29,257 RECOMMENDATIONS REMAIN RELEVANT 1075 00:42:29,257 --> 00:42:30,993 AND IMPACTFUL. 1076 00:42:30,993 --> 00:42:35,297 AND YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN BEING 1077 00:42:35,297 --> 00:42:37,165 REACTIVE TO THINGS THAT MAY BE 1078 00:42:37,165 --> 00:42:40,102 PUT FORWARD TO US TO CONSIDER, 1079 00:42:40,102 --> 00:42:43,071 BEING MAYBE A LITTLE MORE 1080 00:42:43,071 --> 00:42:44,373 PREEMPTIVE IN THAT REGARD. 1081 00:42:44,373 --> 00:42:48,110 AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, PROVIDING AN 1082 00:42:48,110 --> 00:42:50,846 ON-RAMP FOR AN IDEA THAT MONICA 1083 00:42:50,846 --> 00:42:54,549 MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, 1084 00:42:54,549 --> 00:42:57,386 HAVING A FOCUS ON WOMEN'S HEALTH 1085 00:42:57,386 --> 00:43:00,022 AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THIS GROUP 1086 00:43:00,022 --> 00:43:01,356 MIGHT BE THE GROUP TO SORT OF 1087 00:43:01,356 --> 00:43:02,457 CONSIDER THAT. 1088 00:43:02,457 --> 00:43:03,992 THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER, FOR 1089 00:43:03,992 --> 00:43:04,960 EXAMPLE, IS THAT SINCE THE 1090 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,829 REPORT CAME OUT, THERE'S BEEN A 1091 00:43:07,829 --> 00:43:10,365 LOT OF ADVANCEMENT IN 1092 00:43:10,365 --> 00:43:10,666 TECHNOLOGY. 1093 00:43:10,666 --> 00:43:14,369 THIS SORT OF ALIGNS WITH WHAT 1094 00:43:14,369 --> 00:43:16,471 DR. CHIANG SAID, ESPECIALLY IN 1095 00:43:16,471 --> 00:43:19,207 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, MACHINE 1096 00:43:19,207 --> 00:43:21,743 LEARNING, GENE EDITING FOR 1097 00:43:21,743 --> 00:43:22,044 EXAMPLE. 1098 00:43:22,044 --> 00:43:23,712 THESE OBVIOUSLY WILL 1099 00:43:23,712 --> 00:43:24,579 SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCE OUR 1100 00:43:24,579 --> 00:43:27,482 APPROACH TO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, 1101 00:43:27,482 --> 00:43:30,786 SO MAKING SURE THAT THE NIH CAN 1102 00:43:30,786 --> 00:43:32,688 SORT OF FUNCTIONALLY ADAPT TO 1103 00:43:32,688 --> 00:43:34,890 THESE SHARED AREAS OF INTEREST 1104 00:43:34,890 --> 00:43:37,192 MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE MIGHT 1105 00:43:37,192 --> 00:43:40,262 CONSIDER SORT OF PREEMPTIVELY 1106 00:43:40,262 --> 00:43:40,562 ADDRESSING. 1107 00:43:40,562 --> 00:43:41,697 NOW BEFORE I CLOSE, DO I WANT TO 1108 00:43:41,697 --> 00:43:43,165 MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT INVOLVED 1109 00:43:43,165 --> 00:43:45,400 IN AN AREA OF MISSION CREEP, AND 1110 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,803 I KNOW THAT THE DIRECTOR AND THE 1111 00:43:47,803 --> 00:43:50,138 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NIH HAS AN 1112 00:43:50,138 --> 00:43:51,640 ADVISORY COUNCIL TO THE DIRECTOR 1113 00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,843 AND A COUNCIL OF COUNCILS, SO I 1114 00:43:54,843 --> 00:43:56,044 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 1115 00:43:56,044 --> 00:43:57,946 WE'RE NOT -- THIS SUGGESTION 1116 00:43:57,946 --> 00:44:00,882 WOULDN'T BE ENCROACHING UPON 1117 00:44:00,882 --> 00:44:03,952 THEIR ADVISORY ROLE TO THE 1118 00:44:03,952 --> 00:44:05,087 DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY. 1119 00:44:05,087 --> 00:44:07,289 SO MAYBE I COULD ASK EITHER 1120 00:44:07,289 --> 00:44:09,357 MONICA OR LARRY TO COMMENT ON 1121 00:44:09,357 --> 00:44:14,196 THAT. 1122 00:44:14,196 --> 00:44:15,831 >> I CAN COMMENT QUICKLY, GRIFF. 1123 00:44:15,831 --> 00:44:17,265 I THINK IT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD 1124 00:44:17,265 --> 00:44:19,034 COMMENT FOR THIS GROUP, AND I 1125 00:44:19,034 --> 00:44:21,002 THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME 1126 00:44:21,002 --> 00:44:23,105 CROSSTALK BETWEEN THESE TWO 1127 00:44:23,105 --> 00:44:24,306 COMMITTEES ANYWAY AND THAT'S 1128 00:44:24,306 --> 00:44:28,243 VERY IMPORTANT. 1129 00:44:28,243 --> 00:44:32,380 THE SCIENTIFIC GOALS ARE MORE 1130 00:44:32,380 --> 00:44:35,283 THE PROVINCE OF THE ADVISORY 1131 00:44:35,283 --> 00:44:37,853 COMMITTEE TO THE DIRECTOR, BUT 1132 00:44:37,853 --> 00:44:41,923 ONCE THOSE ARE ARTICULATED, THE 1133 00:44:41,923 --> 00:44:47,062 EXECUTION CONCERNS ARE -- THERE 1134 00:44:47,062 --> 00:44:48,330 REALLY HAS TO BE CROSSTALK 1135 00:44:48,330 --> 00:44:51,233 BETWEEN THE TWO. 1136 00:44:51,233 --> 00:44:52,701 I THINK THIS IS A CRITICAL 1137 00:44:52,701 --> 00:44:52,901 POINT. 1138 00:44:52,901 --> 00:44:53,201 >> THANKS. 1139 00:44:53,201 --> 00:44:59,241 >> JONI? 1140 00:44:59,241 --> 00:45:01,877 >> DOUBLE DOWN OR MAYBE EVEN 1141 00:45:01,877 --> 00:45:03,278 TRIPLE DOWN ON SOME POINTS THAT 1142 00:45:03,278 --> 00:45:04,379 WERE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BUT I 1143 00:45:04,379 --> 00:45:05,814 WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THEM A BIT 1144 00:45:05,814 --> 00:45:08,650 MORE TOO, IN THIS IDEA THAT I 1145 00:45:08,650 --> 00:45:09,618 THINK THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES 1146 00:45:09,618 --> 00:45:10,919 MIGHT HELP WITH A LITTLE BIT 1147 00:45:10,919 --> 00:45:13,121 MORE FOCUS ON BEING 1148 00:45:13,121 --> 00:45:15,757 FORWARD-LOOKING, AND THINKING 1149 00:45:15,757 --> 00:45:18,927 ABOUT HOW IN TERMS OF A VERY 1150 00:45:18,927 --> 00:45:21,396 FAST-MOVING SET OF AREAS THAT 1151 00:45:21,396 --> 00:45:24,166 GRIFF JUST ARTICULATED, FOR 1152 00:45:24,166 --> 00:45:28,570 EXAMPLE, TO FOSTER ADAPTABILITY, 1153 00:45:28,570 --> 00:45:29,805 INNOVATION, AND ANTICIPATE AND 1154 00:45:29,805 --> 00:45:31,106 ADDRESSEE MERGING SCIENTIFIC 1155 00:45:31,106 --> 00:45:31,306 AREAS. 1156 00:45:31,306 --> 00:45:34,376 I THINK BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE 1157 00:45:34,376 --> 00:45:35,510 CONCRETE IN HOW WE CAN 1158 00:45:35,510 --> 00:45:37,145 STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF NIH TO 1159 00:45:37,145 --> 00:45:38,680 CARRY OUT ITS MISSION, FOR 1160 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:41,650 EXAMPLE, USING THAT KIND OF 1161 00:45:41,650 --> 00:45:45,687 FORWARD-LOOKING FRAMEWORK MIGHT 1162 00:45:45,687 --> 00:45:47,455 HELP KIND OF FOCUS THOSE GUIDING 1163 00:45:47,455 --> 00:45:47,856 PRINCIPLES. 1164 00:45:47,856 --> 00:45:49,724 I THINK THE ONLY OTHER -- MAYBE 1165 00:45:49,724 --> 00:45:51,593 NOT THE ONLY BUT ONE OTHER AREA 1166 00:45:51,593 --> 00:45:53,562 THAT I KIND OF SAW NOT QUITE 1167 00:45:53,562 --> 00:45:56,398 ADDRESSED IN THEM IS THE IDEA OF 1168 00:45:56,398 --> 00:46:02,337 HOW WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING THE 1169 00:46:02,337 --> 00:46:04,873 NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE ACTION AS 1170 00:46:04,873 --> 00:46:06,942 WELL, AND SO SORT OF ENSURING 1171 00:46:06,942 --> 00:46:09,477 THAT WE HAVE SUSTAINABLE 1172 00:46:09,477 --> 00:46:12,747 PRACTICES IN RESOURCE 1173 00:46:12,747 --> 00:46:13,515 ALLOCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND 1174 00:46:13,515 --> 00:46:15,684 RESEARCH TO SUPPORT LONG TERM 1175 00:46:15,684 --> 00:46:17,786 BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AND PUBLIC 1176 00:46:17,786 --> 00:46:20,088 HEALTH GOALS IN THIS WAY I THINK 1177 00:46:20,088 --> 00:46:21,389 COULD ALSO SORT OF BE A POINT 1178 00:46:21,389 --> 00:46:23,525 THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF 1179 00:46:23,525 --> 00:46:24,826 INCREASING THAT OPERATIONAL 1180 00:46:24,826 --> 00:46:25,827 EFFICIENCY. 1181 00:46:25,827 --> 00:46:27,562 IT HARD TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT 1182 00:46:27,562 --> 00:46:28,897 REALLY THAT MEANS, SO PUTTING A 1183 00:46:28,897 --> 00:46:31,099 LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT AROUND 1184 00:46:31,099 --> 00:46:34,069 THAT COULD BE HELPFUL IN 1185 00:46:34,069 --> 00:46:35,136 THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK 1186 00:46:35,136 --> 00:46:37,239 ABOUT SOME OF THESE AREAS FOR 1187 00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:38,106 GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO ENSURE 1188 00:46:38,106 --> 00:46:40,208 THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BEING 1189 00:46:40,208 --> 00:46:42,277 FORWARD-LOOKING BUT ALSO BEING 1190 00:46:42,277 --> 00:46:46,314 QUITE SUSTAINABLE IN HOW WE CAN 1191 00:46:46,314 --> 00:46:46,681 IMPLEMENT THEM. 1192 00:46:46,681 --> 00:46:49,951 THANK YOU. 1193 00:46:49,951 --> 00:46:51,786 >> YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 1194 00:46:51,786 --> 00:46:53,655 WE SHOULD ADD -- MAKE SURE THAT 1195 00:46:53,655 --> 00:46:54,356 THE FORWARD-THINKING AND 1196 00:46:54,356 --> 00:46:55,423 SUSTAINABILITY IS IN THERE. 1197 00:46:55,423 --> 00:46:57,292 I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 1198 00:46:57,292 --> 00:47:01,997 MICHAEL? 1199 00:47:01,997 --> 00:47:07,903 >> ANDREA, I WOULD DEFINITELY 1200 00:47:07,903 --> 00:47:09,437 SUGGEST VERSION TWO OF THE 1201 00:47:09,437 --> 00:47:10,538 GUIDING PRINCIPLES IF WE SAY 1202 00:47:10,538 --> 00:47:12,407 SOMETHING UP FRONT TO EMPHASIZE 1203 00:47:12,407 --> 00:47:14,743 HOW WE EXIST TO SERVE THE 1204 00:47:14,743 --> 00:47:15,911 AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT THE 1205 00:47:15,911 --> 00:47:17,545 RESEARCH AND HOW IT AFFECTS 1206 00:47:17,545 --> 00:47:19,514 THEM, JUST SORT OF THE POINT 1207 00:47:19,514 --> 00:47:22,050 THAT ALLISON MADE ABOUT 1208 00:47:22,050 --> 00:47:22,918 BIDIRECTIONALITY, I THINK IS 1209 00:47:22,918 --> 00:47:24,119 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND MAYBE 1210 00:47:24,119 --> 00:47:25,887 PUTTING THAT IN THE FIRST -- UP 1211 00:47:25,887 --> 00:47:30,158 NEAR THE FRONT SOMEWHERE. 1212 00:47:30,158 --> 00:47:32,661 I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT JONI 1213 00:47:32,661 --> 00:47:34,229 SAID ABOUT BEING FORWARD 1214 00:47:34,229 --> 00:47:35,096 THINKING, WHAT GRIFF SAID 1215 00:47:35,096 --> 00:47:35,764 BEFORE. 1216 00:47:35,764 --> 00:47:40,001 I THINK ONE THING THAT WE HEAR A 1217 00:47:40,001 --> 00:47:42,337 LOT MORE NOW THAT WE DIDN'T 1218 00:47:42,337 --> 00:47:44,940 NECESSARILY 10 IN 2010 WAS TEAM 1219 00:47:44,940 --> 00:47:46,274 SCIENCE, AND I THINK THAT MAY BE 1220 00:47:46,274 --> 00:47:47,342 WORTH GETTING SOME OF THAT 1221 00:47:47,342 --> 00:47:48,043 SPIRIT IN THERE. 1222 00:47:48,043 --> 00:47:51,746 AND JUST THAT OVERALL SENSE OF 1223 00:47:51,746 --> 00:47:54,049 LEADERSHIP AND THAT WE CAN HELP 1224 00:47:54,049 --> 00:47:58,119 DIRECT WHERE THE PUCK IS GOING. 1225 00:47:58,119 --> 00:47:59,854 AND JUST IN TERMS OF 1226 00:47:59,854 --> 00:48:01,389 COMMUNICATION, I REALLY 1227 00:48:01,389 --> 00:48:04,526 APPRECIATED LITION E LISTENING T 1228 00:48:04,526 --> 00:48:05,060 MARK SAID. 1229 00:48:05,060 --> 00:48:08,563 I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES TO 1230 00:48:08,563 --> 00:48:10,966 ME IN TERMS OF INTERFACING WITH 1231 00:48:10,966 --> 00:48:12,767 THE PUBLIC IS THAT ONE OF THE 1232 00:48:12,767 --> 00:48:16,271 GAPS IS THAT MOST OF THE 1233 00:48:16,271 --> 00:48:19,874 RESEARCH OCCURS IN UNIVERSITIES 1234 00:48:19,874 --> 00:48:22,010 AND IS DELIVERED BY CLINICIANS 1235 00:48:22,010 --> 00:48:23,345 FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY. 1236 00:48:23,345 --> 00:48:24,846 IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T DO MOST 1237 00:48:24,846 --> 00:48:26,581 OF THAT HERE IN BETHESDA. 1238 00:48:26,581 --> 00:48:28,149 THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP, 1239 00:48:28,149 --> 00:48:30,352 WELL, WHAT DOES NIH DO, AND I 1240 00:48:30,352 --> 00:48:32,087 THINK IT'S REALLY INCUMBENT UPON 1241 00:48:32,087 --> 00:48:33,989 US TO HELP COMMUNICATE THAT WITH 1242 00:48:33,989 --> 00:48:35,957 THE PUBLIC, THAT THOSE THINGS 1243 00:48:35,957 --> 00:48:36,958 CAN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT WHAT 1244 00:48:36,958 --> 00:48:39,127 HAPPENS IN BETHESDA, EVEN IF 1245 00:48:39,127 --> 00:48:40,695 IT'S NOT US WHO'S DELIVERING 1246 00:48:40,695 --> 00:48:43,531 THOSE TO THEM. 1247 00:48:43,531 --> 00:48:45,500 AND MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK A 1248 00:48:45,500 --> 00:48:48,003 LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- AT A COMPANY 1249 00:48:48,003 --> 00:48:51,206 LIKE NVIDIA, SAME THING, THAT 1250 00:48:51,206 --> 00:48:55,477 COMPUTING AND A.I. CAN'T EXIST 1251 00:48:55,477 --> 00:48:58,213 WITHOUT NVIDIA BUT THEY DON'T DO 1252 00:48:58,213 --> 00:48:59,981 MOST OF THAT, THEY PROVIDE THE 1253 00:48:59,981 --> 00:49:00,949 ENGINE THAT HELPS TO DO IT. 1254 00:49:00,949 --> 00:49:02,817 SO I THINK THAT MIGHT GIVE US A 1255 00:49:02,817 --> 00:49:04,052 LITTLE BIT OF LESSONS MAYBE 1256 00:49:04,052 --> 00:49:06,688 ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP BRIDGE 1257 00:49:06,688 --> 00:49:09,958 THAT GAP. 1258 00:49:09,958 --> 00:49:11,493 >> YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY 1259 00:49:11,493 --> 00:49:13,028 RIGHT ABOUT THAT, MICHAEL, 1260 00:49:13,028 --> 00:49:14,229 BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL WHEN WE 1261 00:49:14,229 --> 00:49:17,966 WERE REVIEWING THE COMMENTS FROM 1262 00:49:17,966 --> 00:49:20,268 THE CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS, 1263 00:49:20,268 --> 00:49:22,470 THAT ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS 1264 00:49:22,470 --> 00:49:23,872 ASKING WHY THERE'S SO MANY 1265 00:49:23,872 --> 00:49:24,873 DIFFERENT INSTITUTES WHEN 1266 00:49:24,873 --> 00:49:26,408 THERE'S SORT OF ONE HUMAN BODY 1267 00:49:26,408 --> 00:49:27,175 TYPE OF THING. 1268 00:49:27,175 --> 00:49:28,943 SO WE CLEARLY ARE NOT DOING A 1269 00:49:28,943 --> 00:49:33,748 GOOD JOB COMMUNICATING THAT TEAM 1270 00:49:33,748 --> 00:49:36,684 SISCIENCE IS CENTRAL TO WHAT WE 1271 00:49:36,684 --> 00:49:38,453 DO, AND THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE 1272 00:49:38,453 --> 00:49:39,988 ARE DIFFERENT INSTITUTES, THAT 1273 00:49:39,988 --> 00:49:41,756 THERE'S TEAM SCIENCE GOING ON 1274 00:49:41,756 --> 00:49:43,491 THAT HELPS BRIDGE THESE GAPS, I 1275 00:49:43,491 --> 00:49:45,460 THINK THAT'S A POINT THAT THEY 1276 00:49:45,460 --> 00:49:47,562 WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING BASED 1277 00:49:47,562 --> 00:49:51,733 ON THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE. 1278 00:49:51,733 --> 00:49:53,568 LINDSEY? 1279 00:49:53,568 --> 00:49:57,672 >> YES, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, 1280 00:49:57,672 --> 00:49:58,540 UNDERSTANDABLY WE'RE HEARING A 1281 00:49:58,540 --> 00:50:00,308 LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT 1282 00:50:00,308 --> 00:50:03,244 COMMUNICATION, AND I'M REMINDED 1283 00:50:03,244 --> 00:50:05,780 THAT THE NIH HAS DEVOTED A LOT 1284 00:50:05,780 --> 00:50:08,083 OF TIME AND EFFORT RECENTLY TO 1285 00:50:08,083 --> 00:50:10,185 DEVELOPING A NEW COMMUNICATION 1286 00:50:10,185 --> 00:50:10,718 PLAN. 1287 00:50:10,718 --> 00:50:14,389 I THINK IN PART MOTIVATED AND 1288 00:50:14,389 --> 00:50:15,457 INSPIRED BY THE PANDEMIC. 1289 00:50:15,457 --> 00:50:17,725 SO IN TERMS OF OUR PROCESS, 1290 00:50:17,725 --> 00:50:22,297 SINCE THIS I MERGING IS SUCH AN 1291 00:50:22,297 --> 00:50:23,531 IMPORTANT TOPIC, I HOPE WE'LL 1292 00:50:23,531 --> 00:50:24,399 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS 1293 00:50:24,399 --> 00:50:25,633 GROUP TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE PLANS, 1294 00:50:25,633 --> 00:50:28,703 AND IT WILL GIVE US AN 1295 00:50:28,703 --> 00:50:32,740 OPPORTUNITY TO REACT TO OR 1296 00:50:32,740 --> 00:50:35,577 RESPOND TO SUPPORT, ET CETERA, 1297 00:50:35,577 --> 00:50:37,245 AND THAT KIND OF RELATES TO THIS 1298 00:50:37,245 --> 00:50:38,780 ISSUE OF WHAT SORT OF 1299 00:50:38,780 --> 00:50:40,215 INFORMATION WE WOULD LIKE TO 1300 00:50:40,215 --> 00:50:40,748 REVIEW. 1301 00:50:40,748 --> 00:50:42,750 SO I HOPE THAT WE'LL HAVE AN 1302 00:50:42,750 --> 00:50:44,819 OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT THE 1303 00:50:44,819 --> 00:50:46,788 CURRENT PLANS ARE MOVING FORWARD 1304 00:50:46,788 --> 00:50:48,890 FOR NIH COMMUNICATIONS SINCE 1305 00:50:48,890 --> 00:50:50,658 THIS IS EMERGING AS SUCH AN 1306 00:50:50,658 --> 00:50:55,130 IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR US. 1307 00:50:55,130 --> 00:50:57,098 >> DR. TABAK, LARRY, WILL THAT 1308 00:50:57,098 --> 00:50:58,233 BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO HEAR ABOUT 1309 00:50:58,233 --> 00:50:59,234 THOSE THINGS THAT ARE -- 1310 00:50:59,234 --> 00:51:02,804 >> OH, YES, OF COURSE. 1311 00:51:02,804 --> 00:51:05,039 IT TRANSPIRES THAT OUR 1312 00:51:05,039 --> 00:51:06,574 COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR IS ON 1313 00:51:06,574 --> 00:51:08,309 LEAVE TODAY, BUT CERTAINLY FOR 1314 00:51:08,309 --> 00:51:10,512 THE NEXT MEETING, IF THAT SUITS 1315 00:51:10,512 --> 00:51:15,350 THE GROUP, WE CAN ARRANGE TO 1316 00:51:15,350 --> 00:51:18,520 HAVE RANONA MYLES SPEAK TO THE 1317 00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:20,288 GROUP AND HAVE A DIALOGUE, 1318 00:51:20,288 --> 00:51:20,588 ABSOLUTELY. 1319 00:51:20,588 --> 00:51:23,958 >> OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD. 1320 00:51:23,958 --> 00:51:25,894 ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE 1321 00:51:25,894 --> 00:51:27,228 GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND HOW WE 1322 00:51:27,228 --> 00:51:28,796 MIGHT MODIFY THEM IN THIS 1323 00:51:28,796 --> 00:51:33,968 ITERATION? 1324 00:51:33,968 --> 00:51:35,303 OKAY. 1325 00:51:35,303 --> 00:51:37,472 MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK TO THE 1326 00:51:37,472 --> 00:51:47,615 SLIDES. 1327 00:51:48,816 --> 00:51:50,585 SO I THINK WE'VE SORT OF GONE 1328 00:51:50,585 --> 00:51:55,356 THROUGH SOME OF THIS ALREADY, 1329 00:51:55,356 --> 00:51:56,658 BUT I THOUGHT OUR GOALS FOR 1330 00:51:56,658 --> 00:51:59,394 TODAY WERE TO ASK AND ANSWER ANY 1331 00:51:59,394 --> 00:52:01,196 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SMRB BEFORE, 1332 00:52:01,196 --> 00:52:02,630 WHICH WE'VE ALREADY DONE. 1333 00:52:02,630 --> 00:52:04,265 AGREE ON THE PRINCIPLES TO 1334 00:52:04,265 --> 00:52:05,333 FOLLOW, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY 1335 00:52:05,333 --> 00:52:06,701 DONE. 1336 00:52:06,701 --> 00:52:09,771 AND NEXT, AGREE ON WHAT DATA WE 1337 00:52:09,771 --> 00:52:12,073 NEED FROM DR. TABAK AND THE TEAM 1338 00:52:12,073 --> 00:52:15,109 IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. 1339 00:52:15,109 --> 00:52:17,245 AND THEN IN THAT DISCUSSION, 1340 00:52:17,245 --> 00:52:18,546 DEFINE THE SUBCOMMITTEES, HOW 1341 00:52:18,546 --> 00:52:20,114 MANY WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO 1342 00:52:20,114 --> 00:52:23,051 NEED, WHO WE'RE GOING TO LEAD, 1343 00:52:23,051 --> 00:52:24,619 ARE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS NEED, ET 1344 00:52:24,619 --> 00:52:25,320 CETERA. 1345 00:52:25,320 --> 00:52:26,688 SO THAT'S WHERE WE'LL SPEND THE 1346 00:52:26,688 --> 00:52:28,556 MAJORITY OF THE REMAINDER OF THE 1347 00:52:28,556 --> 00:52:32,093 TIME TRYING TO AGREE ON WHAT 1348 00:52:32,093 --> 00:52:33,461 DATA WE NEED AND WHAT QUESTIONS 1349 00:52:33,461 --> 00:52:35,597 WE NEED TO ASK SO WE CAN HAVE A 1350 00:52:35,597 --> 00:52:37,165 CONSISTENT PROCESS FOR THE 1351 00:52:37,165 --> 00:52:45,573 EVALUATION OF THE 27 CENTERS. 1352 00:52:45,573 --> 00:52:47,909 SO DR. TABAK OUTLINED IN THE 1353 00:52:47,909 --> 00:52:49,677 EMAIL, I JUST COPIED AND PASTED 1354 00:52:49,677 --> 00:52:52,180 THE THREE BULLETS AND TOPICS FOR 1355 00:52:52,180 --> 00:52:53,514 CONSIDERATION: THE OVERSIGHT 1356 00:52:53,514 --> 00:52:55,817 ISSUES, THE NIH STRUCTURE AND 1357 00:52:55,817 --> 00:52:57,352 LEADERSHIP, AND INNOVATION. 1358 00:52:57,352 --> 00:52:59,887 AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS 1359 00:52:59,887 --> 00:53:02,757 SOMEWHAT ALREADY, IMPROVING THE 1360 00:53:02,757 --> 00:53:06,494 OVERSIGHT OF THE ALLEGATIONS OF 1361 00:53:06,494 --> 00:53:10,798 MISCONDUCT AND PROTECTION OF 1362 00:53:10,798 --> 00:53:11,766 WHISTLEBLOWERS, UPDATING, 1363 00:53:11,766 --> 00:53:15,036 COMMUNICATING AND IMPLEMENTING 1364 00:53:15,036 --> 00:53:17,171 COI POLICIES, EXPLORE OPTIONS TO 1365 00:53:17,171 --> 00:53:18,239 BALANCE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN 1366 00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:19,907 WITH TRULY MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT 1367 00:53:19,907 --> 00:53:21,242 TOOLS, AND HAVING THE NIH 1368 00:53:21,242 --> 00:53:23,444 RESTORE THE PUBLIC TRUST IN THE 1369 00:53:23,444 --> 00:53:25,413 SCIENTIFIC PROCESS. 1370 00:53:25,413 --> 00:53:27,282 THE SECOND SORT OF BIG BUCKET OF 1371 00:53:27,282 --> 00:53:30,685 TOPICS IS THE NIH STRUCTURE AND 1372 00:53:30,685 --> 00:53:33,554 LEADERSHIP, FIGURING OUT HOW WE 1373 00:53:33,554 --> 00:53:36,624 MIGHT TO MINIMIZE A DEUBLCATION 1374 00:53:36,624 --> 00:53:40,061 AND REDUNDANT INFRASTRUCTURE 1375 00:53:40,061 --> 00:53:42,797 AMONG THE CENTERS. 1376 00:53:42,797 --> 00:53:43,998 TERM LIMITS MAY BE A TOPIC OF 1377 00:53:43,998 --> 00:53:45,199 DISCUSSION. 1378 00:53:45,199 --> 00:53:48,369 ELIMINATING SILOS BETWEEN THE 1379 00:53:48,369 --> 00:53:50,038 CENTERS AND REQUIRING ANY NIH 1380 00:53:50,038 --> 00:53:50,805 REPORTS. 1381 00:53:50,805 --> 00:53:52,674 UNDER INNOVATION, ANALYSIS OF 1382 00:53:52,674 --> 00:53:53,975 NIH INTERNAL DATA THAT COULD 1383 00:53:53,975 --> 00:53:56,110 HELP THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY, THE 1384 00:53:56,110 --> 00:53:58,746 POLICYMAKERS, THE STAKEHOLDERS 1385 00:53:58,746 --> 00:54:00,281 UNDERSTAND HOW TO BALANCE THESE 1386 00:54:00,281 --> 00:54:01,916 COMPETING INTERESTS WITH 1387 00:54:01,916 --> 00:54:03,685 TARGETED VERSUS INVESTIGATOR 1388 00:54:03,685 --> 00:54:04,786 INITIATED RESEARCH, AND I THINK 1389 00:54:04,786 --> 00:54:06,454 I WOULD ADD THERE THE 1390 00:54:06,454 --> 00:54:08,189 COMMUNICATION OF SUCH. 1391 00:54:08,189 --> 00:54:09,791 AND TO ENCOURAGE REPLICATION 1392 00:54:09,791 --> 00:54:12,960 STUDIES AND/OR ENCOURAGE THE 1393 00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:14,996 VOLUNTARY SHARING OF NEGATIVE 1394 00:54:14,996 --> 00:54:17,832 RESULTS. 1395 00:54:17,832 --> 00:54:20,435 SO WITH THESE TOPICS FOR 1396 00:54:20,435 --> 00:54:23,171 CONSIDERATION IN MIND, THESE ARE 1397 00:54:23,171 --> 00:54:25,640 LARRY'S SUMMARY BASED ON WHAT WE 1398 00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:26,808 HAD -- QUESTIONS WE RECEIVED 1399 00:54:26,808 --> 00:54:28,910 FROM THE CONGRESS AND SENATE, I 1400 00:54:28,910 --> 00:54:33,381 THINK WE SHOULD GO THROUGH AND 1401 00:54:33,381 --> 00:54:37,051 DISCUSS WHAT -- FIRST OF ALL -- 1402 00:54:37,051 --> 00:54:37,919 IS THERE A NEXT SLIDE? 1403 00:54:37,919 --> 00:54:39,320 I THINK THERE MIGHT BE ONE MORE 1404 00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:40,088 SLIDE. 1405 00:54:40,088 --> 00:54:41,656 IF NOT, WE'LL JUST GO TO THE 1406 00:54:41,656 --> 00:54:48,563 OTHER VIEW. 1407 00:54:48,563 --> 00:54:50,098 >> THAT WAS THE FINAL SLIDE. 1408 00:54:50,098 --> 00:54:50,732 >> OKAY. 1409 00:54:50,732 --> 00:54:51,866 SO WE'LL JUST GO TO THE OTHER 1410 00:54:51,866 --> 00:54:52,100 VIEW. 1411 00:54:52,100 --> 00:54:55,503 SO I THINK WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO 1412 00:54:55,503 --> 00:54:58,773 NOW IS REALLY HEAR FROM YOU 1413 00:54:58,773 --> 00:55:00,475 AGAIN ON WHAT DATA DO WE NEED TO 1414 00:55:00,475 --> 00:55:03,111 MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND PUT 1415 00:55:03,111 --> 00:55:05,413 THIS REPORT TOGETHER, BUT ONE OF 1416 00:55:05,413 --> 00:55:06,914 THE FIRST QUESTIONS, AND I THINK 1417 00:55:06,914 --> 00:55:09,917 WE'VE ALREADY AGREED THAT WE'RE 1418 00:55:09,917 --> 00:55:13,087 GOING TO -- WE'RE GOING TO LOOK 1419 00:55:13,087 --> 00:55:17,525 AT ALL 27 CENTERS, AND THEN THE 1420 00:55:17,525 --> 00:55:18,960 QUESTION IS, WHICH QUESTIONS DO 1421 00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:20,928 WE NEED TO ASK OF EACH CENTER. 1422 00:55:20,928 --> 00:55:22,764 AND LARRY MENTIONED THAT WE 1423 00:55:22,764 --> 00:55:24,565 MIGHT THINK OF GROUPING THE 1424 00:55:24,565 --> 00:55:26,534 CENTERS INTO LARGE, MEDIUM AND 1425 00:55:26,534 --> 00:55:28,369 SMALL AS FAR AS THE SIZE OF THE 1426 00:55:28,369 --> 00:55:29,504 CENTERS. 1427 00:55:29,504 --> 00:55:33,474 IN ORDER TO MAKE THE TASK A 1428 00:55:33,474 --> 00:55:35,910 LITTLE MORE TIME-EFFICIENT. 1429 00:55:35,910 --> 00:55:39,580 SO I WILL ASK IF WE COULD START 1430 00:55:39,580 --> 00:55:41,149 TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DATA WE NEED 1431 00:55:41,149 --> 00:55:42,350 AND WHAT QUESTIONS WE NEED TO 1432 00:55:42,350 --> 00:55:43,885 ASK SO WE CAN HAVE A LIST OF 1433 00:55:43,885 --> 00:55:46,554 QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN 1434 00:55:46,554 --> 00:55:47,321 CONSISTENTLY ASK FOR EACH CENTER 1435 00:55:47,321 --> 00:55:48,723 IN ORDER TO GET THE DATA WE NEED 1436 00:55:48,723 --> 00:55:51,793 TO MAKE THE DECISIONS BASED ON 1437 00:55:51,793 --> 00:55:53,027 THE REPORT THAT WE NEED TO 1438 00:55:53,027 --> 00:55:54,162 GENERATE. 1439 00:55:54,162 --> 00:55:56,831 >> IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT ONE 1440 00:55:56,831 --> 00:55:58,733 THING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO 1441 00:55:58,733 --> 00:56:00,968 DISCUSS YESTERDAY, FOR SOME OF 1442 00:56:00,968 --> 00:56:06,974 THESE TOPICS, THESE ARE 1443 00:56:06,974 --> 00:56:09,277 FUNCTIONS OR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE 1444 00:56:09,277 --> 00:56:13,614 NOT REALLY RUN AT THE CENTER OR 1445 00:56:13,614 --> 00:56:14,882 INSTITUTE LEVEL. 1446 00:56:14,882 --> 00:56:20,788 BUT REALLY ARE RUN ACROSS THE 1447 00:56:20,788 --> 00:56:21,456 AGENCY. 1448 00:56:21,456 --> 00:56:23,424 SO THINGS LIKE CONFLICT OF 1449 00:56:23,424 --> 00:56:25,993 INTEREST POLICIES, THINGS LIKE 1450 00:56:25,993 --> 00:56:28,162 DEALING WITH WHISTLEBLOWERS, YOU 1451 00:56:28,162 --> 00:56:31,065 KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 1452 00:56:31,065 --> 00:56:35,770 SO THERE, YOU WOULD WANT TO 1453 00:56:35,770 --> 00:56:39,073 INTERROGATE WHAT WE DO AT THE 1454 00:56:39,073 --> 00:56:40,475 AGENCY LEVEL. 1455 00:56:40,475 --> 00:56:41,676 THE INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTES AND 1456 00:56:41,676 --> 00:56:43,377 CENTERS MERELY FOLLOW THE 1457 00:56:43,377 --> 00:56:44,412 GUIDANCE THAT THE OFFICE OF THE 1458 00:56:44,412 --> 00:56:45,680 DIRECTOR PROVIDES. 1459 00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:50,184 FOR SOME OF THE OTHER TOPICS, 1460 00:56:50,184 --> 00:56:53,621 PARTICULARLY RELATED TO 1461 00:56:53,621 --> 00:56:55,656 INNOVATION, WHICH EVERYBODY 1462 00:56:55,656 --> 00:56:58,192 KNOWS IT WHEN THEY SEE IT, BUT 1463 00:56:58,192 --> 00:57:00,194 IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE UNTIL YOU 1464 00:57:00,194 --> 00:57:03,598 DO SEE IT. 1465 00:57:03,598 --> 00:57:05,233 THERE, OF COURSE, A MORE 1466 00:57:05,233 --> 00:57:06,567 INSTITUTE AND CENTER-CENTRIC 1467 00:57:06,567 --> 00:57:10,104 APPROACH MIGHT BE EXTREMELY 1468 00:57:10,104 --> 00:57:13,574 VALUABLE BECAUSE WE ARE 1469 00:57:13,574 --> 00:57:16,210 FORTUNATE, WE HAVE 27 1470 00:57:16,210 --> 00:57:18,513 EXPERIMENTS GOING ON 1471 00:57:18,513 --> 00:57:19,614 SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND WHILE THERE 1472 00:57:19,614 --> 00:57:23,684 IS SOME COMMONALITY IN PROCESS, 1473 00:57:23,684 --> 00:57:26,420 EACH INSTITUTE AND CENTER DOES 1474 00:57:26,420 --> 00:57:28,589 DO THINGS IN A UNIQUE WAY 1475 00:57:28,589 --> 00:57:31,058 TAILORED TO THE VARIOUS RESEARCH 1476 00:57:31,058 --> 00:57:32,994 COMMUNITIES, PATIENT COMMUNITIES 1477 00:57:32,994 --> 00:57:36,063 THAT THEY SERVE WITH. 1478 00:57:36,063 --> 00:57:38,933 AND THEN THAT IN BETWEEN 1479 00:57:38,933 --> 00:57:41,903 CATEGORY OF HOW CAN WE BEST 1480 00:57:41,903 --> 00:57:43,938 OPTIMIZE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ET 1481 00:57:43,938 --> 00:57:47,508 CETERA, THERE I THINK IT'S A 1482 00:57:47,508 --> 00:57:47,842 HYBRID. 1483 00:57:47,842 --> 00:57:49,343 SOME OF IT COMES ACROSS THE 1484 00:57:49,343 --> 00:57:51,045 AGENCY AND SOME OF IT IS VERY 1485 00:57:51,045 --> 00:57:52,346 CENTRIC TO THE INDIVIDUAL 1486 00:57:52,346 --> 00:57:54,882 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 1487 00:57:54,882 --> 00:57:58,085 SO I THINK AS YOU THINK OF THOSE 1488 00:57:58,085 --> 00:58:02,356 THREE BIG CATEGORIES OF 1489 00:58:02,356 --> 00:58:04,825 POSSIBILITIES, PLEASE KEEP IN 1490 00:58:04,825 --> 00:58:07,628 MIND SOME ARE OVERARCING THE 1491 00:58:07,628 --> 00:58:09,297 AGENCY, SOME ARE VERY CENTRIC TO 1492 00:58:09,297 --> 00:58:10,831 THE INSTITUTE AND CENTER, AND 1493 00:58:10,831 --> 00:58:11,832 SOME ARE HYBRID. 1494 00:58:11,832 --> 00:58:14,335 I HOPE THAT IS HELPFUL, 1495 00:58:14,335 --> 00:58:18,606 PARTICULARLY TO OUR EXTRAMURAL 1496 00:58:18,606 --> 00:58:21,075 COLLEAGUES. 1497 00:58:21,075 --> 00:58:22,910 >> YES, THAT'S VERY, VERY 1498 00:58:22,910 --> 00:58:25,846 HELPFUL, I THINK. 1499 00:58:25,846 --> 00:58:26,881 SO LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE 1500 00:58:26,881 --> 00:58:29,116 DISCUSSION. 1501 00:58:29,116 --> 00:58:32,486 SO WHICH QUESTIONS DO WE NEED, 1502 00:58:32,486 --> 00:58:34,355 WHAT DATA DO WE NEED SO THAT WE 1503 00:58:34,355 --> 00:58:36,591 CAN HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY, 1504 00:58:36,591 --> 00:58:38,326 KEEPING IN MIND WHAT LARRY JUST 1505 00:58:38,326 --> 00:58:40,294 SAID ABOUT HOW SOME THINGS ARE 1506 00:58:40,294 --> 00:58:43,864 CENTRAL AND SOME THINGS ARE NOT, 1507 00:58:43,864 --> 00:58:47,168 DO WE NEED THE BASIC METRICS FOR 1508 00:58:47,168 --> 00:58:51,305 THE CENTER ON FUNDING, 1509 00:58:51,305 --> 00:58:52,073 PUBLICATIONS, ET CETERA? 1510 00:58:52,073 --> 00:58:55,943 DO WE NEED MORE DETAILED 1511 00:58:55,943 --> 00:58:56,477 INFORMATION? 1512 00:58:56,477 --> 00:58:59,680 WHAT QUESTIONS AND DATA DO WE 1513 00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:00,748 NEED IN ORDER TO ANSWER OUR 1514 00:59:00,748 --> 00:59:06,354 QUESTIONS? 1515 00:59:06,354 --> 00:59:08,055 JONI? 1516 00:59:08,055 --> 00:59:08,789 >> HI. 1517 00:59:08,789 --> 00:59:10,458 THANK YOU. 1518 00:59:10,458 --> 00:59:11,659 I GUESS I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE 1519 00:59:11,659 --> 00:59:14,729 AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION HERE. 1520 00:59:14,729 --> 00:59:18,699 MAYBE MORE OF A QUESTION. 1521 00:59:18,699 --> 00:59:20,334 I GUESS SORT OF THINKING ABOUT 1522 00:59:20,334 --> 00:59:23,070 OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AND HOW 1523 00:59:23,070 --> 00:59:24,372 WE KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT THIS 1524 00:59:24,372 --> 00:59:26,407 IDEA OF BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE 1525 00:59:26,407 --> 00:59:27,608 FORWARD LOOKING, THESE AREAS 1526 00:59:27,608 --> 00:59:28,809 ALMOST FEEL LIKE THEY'RE 1527 00:59:28,809 --> 00:59:32,413 BACKWARD LOOKING. 1528 00:59:32,413 --> 00:59:35,416 AND SO I WANTED TO KIND OF GET A 1529 00:59:35,416 --> 00:59:36,951 SENSE OF WHAT ARE KINDS OF WAYS 1530 00:59:36,951 --> 00:59:39,820 THAT WE CAN HELP DRIVE US IN 1531 00:59:39,820 --> 00:59:42,256 AREAS THAT WILL HELP US BE MORE 1532 00:59:42,256 --> 00:59:42,857 FORWARD-LOOKING AND THINKING 1533 00:59:42,857 --> 00:59:44,425 ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT 1534 00:59:44,425 --> 00:59:46,761 WERE MENTIONED EARLIER LIKE 1535 00:59:46,761 --> 00:59:49,397 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, QUANTUM 1536 00:59:49,397 --> 00:59:50,931 SCIENCES, DATA SCIENCE WRIT 1537 00:59:50,931 --> 00:59:53,067 LARGE, PRECISION MEDICINE, GENE 1538 00:59:53,067 --> 00:59:55,803 THERAPY, GENE EDITING, CLINICAL 1539 00:59:55,803 --> 00:59:56,871 TRIALS SCIENCE. 1540 00:59:56,871 --> 00:59:59,407 THESE ARE QUITE BIG AREAS, I 1541 00:59:59,407 --> 01:00:02,943 THINK, THAT MANY OF US DO IN A 1542 01:00:02,943 --> 01:00:04,378 WAY, BUT PERHAPS WE MIGHT BE 1543 01:00:04,378 --> 01:00:06,347 ABLE TO USE THIS AS AN 1544 01:00:06,347 --> 01:00:10,117 OPPORTUNITY TO FIND BETTER WAYS 1545 01:00:10,117 --> 01:00:11,519 OF FINDING EFFICIENCIES TO 1546 01:00:11,519 --> 01:00:12,820 WORKING TOGETHER, NOT JUST 1547 01:00:12,820 --> 01:00:14,522 WITHIN NIH BUT ACROSS THE 1548 01:00:14,522 --> 01:00:16,490 BROADER ECOSYSTEM. 1549 01:00:16,490 --> 01:00:18,793 THESE AREAS ARE INCREDIBLY 1550 01:00:18,793 --> 01:00:20,661 DYNAMIC AND FAST-MOVING, SO HOW 1551 01:00:20,661 --> 01:00:23,431 CAN WE AS A GROUP KIND OF 1552 01:00:23,431 --> 01:00:24,298 RE-TOOL OURSELVES AND THINK 1553 01:00:24,298 --> 01:00:27,134 ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF THEM AND 1554 01:00:27,134 --> 01:00:30,271 DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR 1555 01:00:30,271 --> 01:00:31,906 RAPIDLY -- FOR THESE RAPIDLY 1556 01:00:31,906 --> 01:00:34,642 EVOLVING FIELDS INTO OUR 1557 01:00:34,642 --> 01:00:35,643 EXISTING COLLABORATIVE 1558 01:00:35,643 --> 01:00:37,812 FRAMEWORK, AND THEN DOING SO 1559 01:00:37,812 --> 01:00:41,716 ALSO IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T ADD 1560 01:00:41,716 --> 01:00:44,218 TO BUREAUCRACY BUT HELPS US 1561 01:00:44,218 --> 01:00:46,887 STREAMLINE OUR BUREAUCRACY, AND 1562 01:00:46,887 --> 01:00:52,693 EVEN REDUCES IT IN SOME AREAS. 1563 01:00:52,693 --> 01:00:55,329 THINKING BACK TO MONICA'S WORDS 1564 01:00:55,329 --> 01:00:56,430 EARLIER AND HER THOUGHTS ABOUT 1565 01:00:56,430 --> 01:00:57,498 MORE ACCURATELY REFLECTING THE 1566 01:00:57,498 --> 01:00:58,866 MISSION ON WOMEN, CHILDREN AND 1567 01:00:58,866 --> 01:00:59,633 DISABILITY RESEARCH, I THINK 1568 01:00:59,633 --> 01:01:00,901 THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE WAYS 1569 01:01:00,901 --> 01:01:03,304 IN WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO 1570 01:01:03,304 --> 01:01:05,306 ACTUALLY BE MORE FORWARD-LOOKING 1571 01:01:05,306 --> 01:01:07,942 AND APPROACHING THE WAYS WE DO 1572 01:01:07,942 --> 01:01:09,577 THINGS, BUT I THINK THESE OTHER 1573 01:01:09,577 --> 01:01:11,112 AREAS, THE LARGER AREAS ARE 1574 01:01:11,112 --> 01:01:12,346 AREAS WE'RE ALL WORKING IN THAT 1575 01:01:12,346 --> 01:01:16,383 WE COULD PERHAPS USE AS A -- 1576 01:01:16,383 --> 01:01:21,455 SORT OF HIGHLIGHTS OR GUIDING 1577 01:01:21,455 --> 01:01:22,757 LIGHTS, SOME DIRECTIONS FORWARD, 1578 01:01:22,757 --> 01:01:24,125 AND THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE 1579 01:01:24,125 --> 01:01:26,327 IN OUR ABILITY TO HAVE 1580 01:01:26,327 --> 01:01:28,395 LEADERSHIP IN THESE SPACES, AND 1581 01:01:28,395 --> 01:01:30,364 THINKING ABOUT JUST IN OUR 1582 01:01:30,364 --> 01:01:32,600 OWN -- WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR 1583 01:01:32,600 --> 01:01:34,368 OWN PUBLIC BENEFIT BUT ALSO IN 1584 01:01:34,368 --> 01:01:35,903 GLOBAL COMPETITION, ET CETERA. 1585 01:01:35,903 --> 01:01:39,240 SO I JUST -- I KIND OF WANT US 1586 01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:43,177 TO ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1587 01:01:43,177 --> 01:01:44,678 HAVE THIS REALLY AMAZING GROUP 1588 01:01:44,678 --> 01:01:45,713 OF PEOPLE TOGETHER TO HELP US 1589 01:01:45,713 --> 01:01:49,383 REALLY MOVE FORWARD AND 1590 01:01:49,383 --> 01:01:50,584 HIGHLIGHT AREAS THAT WE MIGHT BE 1591 01:01:50,584 --> 01:01:54,622 ABLE TO USE TO DRIVE THAT KIND 1592 01:01:54,622 --> 01:01:55,856 OF THINKING AND INTERACTION 1593 01:01:55,856 --> 01:01:56,123 HERE. 1594 01:01:56,123 --> 01:01:57,324 SO MORE OF A QUESTION ABOUT HOW 1595 01:01:57,324 --> 01:01:59,493 CAN WE KIND OF TAKE THESE TOPICS 1596 01:01:59,493 --> 01:02:00,928 FOR CONSIDERATION AND MAYBE 1597 01:02:00,928 --> 01:02:05,699 RETOOL THEM TO HAVE THAT 1598 01:02:05,699 --> 01:02:06,467 FORWARD-LOOKING BENT. 1599 01:02:06,467 --> 01:02:06,700 THANKS. 1600 01:02:06,700 --> 01:02:08,369 >> SO HAVING A FORWARD-LOOKING 1601 01:02:08,369 --> 01:02:10,037 BENT FOR ALL THE CENTERS INSTEAD 1602 01:02:10,037 --> 01:02:12,206 OF -- I MEAN, WE OBVIOUSLY NEED 1603 01:02:12,206 --> 01:02:13,541 TO HAVE SOME FOUNDATIONAL 1604 01:02:13,541 --> 01:02:16,877 KNOWLEDGE, BUT TO FOCUS ON WHAT 1605 01:02:16,877 --> 01:02:18,846 WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD WITHIN 1606 01:02:18,846 --> 01:02:19,246 THOSE INSTITUTES. 1607 01:02:19,246 --> 01:02:21,015 IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? 1608 01:02:21,015 --> 01:02:22,383 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I 1609 01:02:22,383 --> 01:02:23,284 CAPTURED WHAT YOU MEANT. 1610 01:02:23,284 --> 01:02:24,151 >> YES. 1611 01:02:24,151 --> 01:02:26,187 I THINK IN A NUTSHELL, THAT'S 1612 01:02:26,187 --> 01:02:26,787 PRIMARILY IT. 1613 01:02:26,787 --> 01:02:30,124 AND AS WE CAN THINK ABOUT THAT 1614 01:02:30,124 --> 01:02:31,992 FRAMEWORK, THAT CAN HELP US 1615 01:02:31,992 --> 01:02:34,161 DRIVE, YOU KNOW, IN THESE AREAS 1616 01:02:34,161 --> 01:02:36,297 THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER, 1617 01:02:36,297 --> 01:02:39,233 THAT ARE INCREDIBLY DYNAMIC. 1618 01:02:39,233 --> 01:02:40,901 WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO LOSE 1619 01:02:40,901 --> 01:02:41,235 GROUND. 1620 01:02:41,235 --> 01:02:43,904 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 1621 01:02:43,904 --> 01:02:45,005 SETTING OUR SIGHTS REALLY TO 1622 01:02:45,005 --> 01:02:47,608 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST IN 1623 01:02:47,608 --> 01:02:50,177 THESE AREAS BUT DRIVING THEM. 1624 01:02:50,177 --> 01:02:51,979 >> OKAY, GOT IT. 1625 01:02:51,979 --> 01:02:56,350 LINDSEY? 1626 01:02:56,350 --> 01:02:57,318 >> THANK YOU. 1627 01:02:57,318 --> 01:02:59,286 FOLLOWING IN PART ON LARRY'S 1628 01:02:59,286 --> 01:03:01,956 COMMENTS, AND I APPRECIATED 1629 01:03:01,956 --> 01:03:04,391 LARRY'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE MANY 1630 01:03:04,391 --> 01:03:06,126 ACTIVITIES AND PROCESSES THAT 1631 01:03:06,126 --> 01:03:07,761 ARE EITHER ALREADY CENTRALIZED 1632 01:03:07,761 --> 01:03:12,833 OR MOVING TOWARDS THAT, I THINK 1633 01:03:12,833 --> 01:03:14,935 A FOCUS ON CENTERS, FIRST OF 1634 01:03:14,935 --> 01:03:16,170 ALL, I AGREE WITH THE SUGGESTION 1635 01:03:16,170 --> 01:03:18,138 TO LUMP THEM BY SIZE. 1636 01:03:18,138 --> 01:03:19,673 I THINK THAT MIGHT BE MOST 1637 01:03:19,673 --> 01:03:21,742 USEFUL IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING 1638 01:03:21,742 --> 01:03:24,345 SOME COMMON CHALLENGES THAT THE 1639 01:03:24,345 --> 01:03:25,412 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS ARE 1640 01:03:25,412 --> 01:03:28,249 FACING THAT MIGHT BE INHIBITING 1641 01:03:28,249 --> 01:03:28,816 EFFICIENCY, ET CETERA. 1642 01:03:28,816 --> 01:03:31,185 SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE 1643 01:03:31,185 --> 01:03:32,152 GREATEST VALUE IN TERMS OF HOW 1644 01:03:32,152 --> 01:03:37,825 CAN WE IMPROVE NIH WELL BY 1645 01:03:37,825 --> 01:03:38,692 UNDERSTANDING CHALLENGES CENTERS 1646 01:03:38,692 --> 01:03:40,427 ARE HAVING, THE SMALL, MEDIUM 1647 01:03:40,427 --> 01:03:41,996 AND LARGE, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE 1648 01:03:41,996 --> 01:03:42,630 INFORMATIVE. 1649 01:03:42,630 --> 01:03:44,765 BUT AS A RELATIVE NEWCOMER TO 1650 01:03:44,765 --> 01:03:49,770 THE NIH, I HAVE SEEN MANY, MANY 1651 01:03:49,770 --> 01:03:52,806 DISCUSSIONS WITH A GOAL OF 1652 01:03:52,806 --> 01:03:57,177 CENTRALIZING IN AN EFFORT TO 1653 01:03:57,177 --> 01:03:58,479 INCREASE EFFICIENCIES AND TO 1654 01:03:58,479 --> 01:04:00,214 ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD MORE 1655 01:04:00,214 --> 01:04:00,514 EFFECTIVELY. 1656 01:04:00,514 --> 01:04:01,815 AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT I THINK 1657 01:04:01,815 --> 01:04:04,218 THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE WE 1658 01:04:04,218 --> 01:04:05,519 UNDERSTAND IS THIS -- I THINK 1659 01:04:05,519 --> 01:04:08,956 IT'S CALLED DIGITAL NIH. 1660 01:04:08,956 --> 01:04:12,593 THERE IS A VISION AND A PLAN 1661 01:04:12,593 --> 01:04:17,731 RELATED TO IT AND INNOVATION AND 1662 01:04:17,731 --> 01:04:20,067 COMPUTATION THAT IS HIGHLY 1663 01:04:20,067 --> 01:04:21,402 RELEVANT TO SOME OF THE ISSUES 1664 01:04:21,402 --> 01:04:22,703 WE'RE LIKELY TO TALK ABOUT, SO I 1665 01:04:22,703 --> 01:04:25,005 THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO BE 1666 01:04:25,005 --> 01:04:26,473 FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THE WORK 1667 01:04:26,473 --> 01:04:28,008 THAT WENT INTO DEVELOPING THAT 1668 01:04:28,008 --> 01:04:29,576 VIEW, AND ONCE AGAIN, WE MAY -- 1669 01:04:29,576 --> 01:04:31,478 IT WILL INFORM OUR THINKING, WE 1670 01:04:31,478 --> 01:04:33,147 MAY BE ABLE TO REACT TO IT, WE 1671 01:04:33,147 --> 01:04:35,950 MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME 1672 01:04:35,950 --> 01:04:37,051 IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO 1673 01:04:37,051 --> 01:04:38,319 FURTHER STRENGTHEN IT, BUT I 1674 01:04:38,319 --> 01:04:39,286 THINK IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF 1675 01:04:39,286 --> 01:04:41,155 SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING 1676 01:04:41,155 --> 01:04:44,124 ACROSS NIH AND NOT WITHIN 1677 01:04:44,124 --> 01:04:46,293 SPECIFIC INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 1678 01:04:46,293 --> 01:04:47,361 >> RIGHT, RIGHT. 1679 01:04:47,361 --> 01:04:47,995 OKAY. 1680 01:04:47,995 --> 01:04:49,129 YES. 1681 01:04:49,129 --> 01:04:54,001 UNDERSTOOD. 1682 01:04:54,001 --> 01:04:56,070 CERTAINLY NOW, 12 YEARS LATER, 1683 01:04:56,070 --> 01:04:57,738 14 YEARS LATER, THE DIGITAL 1684 01:04:57,738 --> 01:05:06,714 PORTION IS NEW. 1685 01:05:06,714 --> 01:05:11,051 MARK? 1686 01:05:11,051 --> 01:05:15,322 [SPEAKER MUTED] 1687 01:05:15,322 --> 01:05:16,724 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 1688 01:05:16,724 --> 01:05:17,124 >> YES. 1689 01:05:17,124 --> 01:05:18,592 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. 1690 01:05:18,592 --> 01:05:20,494 I THINK THIS IS A VERY, VERY 1691 01:05:20,494 --> 01:05:22,796 GOOD DISCUSSION. 1692 01:05:22,796 --> 01:05:24,898 I THINK WE NEED -- IF WE WANT TO 1693 01:05:24,898 --> 01:05:26,367 BE FORWARD-THINKING, THOUGH, I 1694 01:05:26,367 --> 01:05:28,102 THINK WE NEED TO SEPARATE OUT 1695 01:05:28,102 --> 01:05:34,241 FOR THE MOMENT TOOLS AND BIG 1696 01:05:34,241 --> 01:05:34,508 QUESTIONS. 1697 01:05:34,508 --> 01:05:37,811 SO IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN 1698 01:05:37,811 --> 01:05:41,949 TOOLS,, IT CAN'T BE FOR THE SAKE 1699 01:05:41,949 --> 01:05:44,852 OF DEVELOPING THE TOOL ITSELF, 1700 01:05:44,852 --> 01:05:45,452 EXCEPT MAYBE -- WELL, I DON'T 1701 01:05:45,452 --> 01:05:47,321 WANT TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION 1702 01:05:47,321 --> 01:05:48,689 HERE, BUT THE VALUE OF THE TOOLS 1703 01:05:48,689 --> 01:05:50,491 IS THAT THEY WILL ALLOW US TO 1704 01:05:50,491 --> 01:05:53,360 ASK BIG QUESTIONS LIKE, CAN WE 1705 01:05:53,360 --> 01:05:55,963 DO BETTER DIAGNOSTICS BY TAKING 1706 01:05:55,963 --> 01:05:58,165 ADVANTAGE OF A.I.? 1707 01:05:58,165 --> 01:06:01,535 CAN WE FORECAST DISEASE TRENDS 1708 01:06:01,535 --> 01:06:04,571 IN POPULATIONS BY USING BIG DATA 1709 01:06:04,571 --> 01:06:05,873 AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES? 1710 01:06:05,873 --> 01:06:07,241 WHAT ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS THAT 1711 01:06:07,241 --> 01:06:08,675 COME FROM EACH OF THE 1712 01:06:08,675 --> 01:06:10,210 INSTITUTES? 1713 01:06:10,210 --> 01:06:12,379 FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK THAT THE 1714 01:06:12,379 --> 01:06:13,947 SIZE OF THE INSTITUTE IS REALLY 1715 01:06:13,947 --> 01:06:15,849 THE IMPORTANT METRIC. 1716 01:06:15,849 --> 01:06:20,454 I THINK IT'S THE DEMOGRAPHICS, 1717 01:06:20,454 --> 01:06:21,655 IT'S THE PREVALENCE OF DISEASES 1718 01:06:21,655 --> 01:06:26,727 THAT EACH OF THE INSTITUTES 1719 01:06:26,727 --> 01:06:29,596 SERVES. 1720 01:06:29,596 --> 01:06:30,798 HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY 1721 01:06:30,798 --> 01:06:32,099 WHAT GOES ON IN THE INSTITUTES, 1722 01:06:32,099 --> 01:06:33,233 AND WHAT ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS 1723 01:06:33,233 --> 01:06:34,468 FROM THE INSTITUTES THAT CAN BE 1724 01:06:34,468 --> 01:06:38,272 ADDRESSED WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES? 1725 01:06:38,272 --> 01:06:39,907 FRANKLY I COULD SEE TECHNOLOGIES 1726 01:06:39,907 --> 01:06:45,913 BEING ONE OF THOSE CROSS-NIH 1727 01:06:45,913 --> 01:06:51,051 MISSIONS, JUST LIKE 1728 01:06:51,051 --> 01:06:52,119 TRANSPARENCY, JUST LIKE ETHICS. 1729 01:06:52,119 --> 01:06:54,188 IT CUTS ACROSS THE INSTITUTES. 1730 01:06:54,188 --> 01:06:56,223 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 1731 01:06:56,223 --> 01:06:57,224 TECHNOLOGY SERVES VIRTUALLY 1732 01:06:57,224 --> 01:06:58,759 EVERY INSTITUTE AND CENTER 1733 01:06:58,759 --> 01:07:01,695 BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SCIENTIFIC 1734 01:07:01,695 --> 01:07:04,865 MISSION. 1735 01:07:04,865 --> 01:07:06,166 SO WE WOULD LIKE DISCUSSION 1736 01:07:06,166 --> 01:07:07,134 BETWEEN TECHNOLOGIES AND 1737 01:07:07,134 --> 01:07:08,235 INSTITUTES TO THE EXTENT THAT WE 1738 01:07:08,235 --> 01:07:10,037 WANT TO IMPROVE TECHNOLOGY TO 1739 01:07:10,037 --> 01:07:11,472 ANSWER QUESTIONS. 1740 01:07:11,472 --> 01:07:14,441 BUT I THINK THE PUBLIC IS MOST 1741 01:07:14,441 --> 01:07:20,214 CAPTIVATED BY THE QUESTIONS. 1742 01:07:20,214 --> 01:07:21,782 SO THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION IN 1743 01:07:21,782 --> 01:07:23,884 THE MEDIA GIVEN TO A.I. 1744 01:07:23,884 --> 01:07:26,220 THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR MONGERING 1745 01:07:26,220 --> 01:07:27,955 ABOUT A.I. 1746 01:07:27,955 --> 01:07:29,156 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ARTICLES 1747 01:07:29,156 --> 01:07:30,424 THAT COME FROM SCIENTISTS ABOUT 1748 01:07:30,424 --> 01:07:32,059 HOW A.I. IS BEING USED TO 1749 01:07:32,059 --> 01:07:33,994 IMPROVE DIAGNOSTICS. 1750 01:07:33,994 --> 01:07:39,266 THOSE LATTER ONES GET LOST. 1751 01:07:39,266 --> 01:07:40,033 THE FEAR PREVAILS. 1752 01:07:40,033 --> 01:07:41,135 WE WANT TO OVERCOME THAT. 1753 01:07:41,135 --> 01:07:42,269 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT QUESTIONS 1754 01:07:42,269 --> 01:07:43,704 THAT ARE REALLY CAPTIVATING TO 1755 01:07:43,704 --> 01:07:46,306 THE PUBLIC. 1756 01:07:46,306 --> 01:07:48,008 AND I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND A 1757 01:07:48,008 --> 01:07:48,942 WAY TO DO THAT IF WE'RE REALLY 1758 01:07:48,942 --> 01:07:53,080 GOING TO BE FORWARD THINKING. 1759 01:07:53,080 --> 01:07:53,714 >> YES. 1760 01:07:53,714 --> 01:07:54,748 I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT 1761 01:07:54,748 --> 01:07:59,052 THE TECHNOLOGIES. 1762 01:07:59,052 --> 01:08:00,020 YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HOW MANY 1763 01:08:00,020 --> 01:08:01,321 PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY THE 1764 01:08:01,321 --> 01:08:01,588 INSTITUTE. 1765 01:08:01,588 --> 01:08:02,956 IS THAT A PIECE OF DATA YOU 1766 01:08:02,956 --> 01:08:07,961 THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US? 1767 01:08:07,961 --> 01:08:10,130 >> YES, I THINK THE PREVALENCE 1768 01:08:10,130 --> 01:08:11,665 OF DISEASE THAT FALSE UNDER THE 1769 01:08:11,665 --> 01:08:17,437 UMBRELLA OF EACH INSTITUTE CAN'T 1770 01:08:17,437 --> 01:08:18,105 BE LOST. 1771 01:08:18,105 --> 01:08:19,773 THE IMPACT OF THAT INSTITUTE MAY 1772 01:08:19,773 --> 01:08:21,708 APPEAR SMALL BECAUSE OF THE 1773 01:08:21,708 --> 01:08:24,611 BUDGETARY SIZE, BUT THE IMPACT 1774 01:08:24,611 --> 01:08:28,649 OTO THE PUBLIC MAY BE VERY LARGE 1775 01:08:28,649 --> 01:08:30,417 AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE MAY 1776 01:08:30,417 --> 01:08:31,485 NEED TO CRYSTALLIZE. 1777 01:08:31,485 --> 01:08:32,119 >> OKAY, YES. 1778 01:08:32,119 --> 01:08:38,625 THANK YOU. 1779 01:08:38,625 --> 01:08:42,095 MICHAEL? 1780 01:08:42,095 --> 01:08:46,700 >> ANDREA, REALLY, DEFINITELY 1781 01:08:46,700 --> 01:08:49,903 AGREE WITH WHAT MARK SAID ABOUT 1782 01:08:49,903 --> 01:08:53,640 THE IMPACT OF WHAT WE DO. 1783 01:08:53,640 --> 01:08:56,109 I WANT TO FOLLOW ON THIS COMMENT 1784 01:08:56,109 --> 01:08:57,411 OF BEING FORWARD-LOOKING. 1785 01:08:57,411 --> 01:09:01,014 I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY 1786 01:09:01,014 --> 01:09:02,616 IMPORTANT, SORT OF LOOKING 1787 01:09:02,616 --> 01:09:05,118 FORWARD, NOT LOOKING BACK. 1788 01:09:05,118 --> 01:09:08,422 I THINK ALL OF US -- MAYBE I'LL 1789 01:09:08,422 --> 01:09:11,792 JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF BECAUSE I 1790 01:09:11,792 --> 01:09:12,859 CAN'T -- NO RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR 1791 01:09:12,859 --> 01:09:14,228 ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I'M ALWAYS 1792 01:09:14,228 --> 01:09:15,696 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I CAN 1793 01:09:15,696 --> 01:09:17,297 DO MY JOB BETTER, YOU KNOW, HOW 1794 01:09:17,297 --> 01:09:19,399 WE CAN INNOVATE AND DRIVE THE 1795 01:09:19,399 --> 01:09:20,701 FIELD, AND JUST ADVANCE THE 1796 01:09:20,701 --> 01:09:21,902 FIELD BASICALLY. 1797 01:09:21,902 --> 01:09:24,705 I DO THINK THAT'S WHAT 1798 01:09:24,705 --> 01:09:26,139 EVERYBODY -- ALL OF US HERE ARE 1799 01:09:26,139 --> 01:09:27,874 DOING, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT 1800 01:09:27,874 --> 01:09:29,476 EVERYBODY IN ACADEMIA IS TRYING 1801 01:09:29,476 --> 01:09:30,811 TO DO. 1802 01:09:30,811 --> 01:09:34,114 AND I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS 1803 01:09:34,114 --> 01:09:36,283 THAT NIH IS A BIG PLACE, AND I 1804 01:09:36,283 --> 01:09:38,085 SPEND A LOT OF EFFORT TRYING TO 1805 01:09:38,085 --> 01:09:38,852 UNDERSTAND, KEEP TRACK OF 1806 01:09:38,852 --> 01:09:40,721 EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING 1807 01:09:40,721 --> 01:09:44,458 AROUND ALL THE OTHER PLACES 1808 01:09:44,458 --> 01:09:45,726 HERE, AND REALLY THE REASON FOR 1809 01:09:45,726 --> 01:09:47,894 THAT IS THAT THE BREADTH OF 1810 01:09:47,894 --> 01:09:50,664 SCIENCE AND MEDICINE ARE 1811 01:09:50,664 --> 01:09:52,833 ENORMOUS, AND IN AM DEEM YA, 1812 01:09:52,833 --> 01:09:58,171 EVEACADEMIA,EVERYBODY ELSE IS SE 1813 01:09:58,171 --> 01:09:59,339 UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING 1814 01:09:59,339 --> 01:09:59,973 AROUND THE UNIVERSITY. 1815 01:09:59,973 --> 01:10:02,509 I DIDN'T KNOW THIS FACULTY 1816 01:10:02,509 --> 01:10:03,710 MEMBER IS DOING SOMETHING THAT 1817 01:10:03,710 --> 01:10:05,279 RELATES TO WHAT I'M DOING. 1818 01:10:05,279 --> 01:10:06,079 SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 1819 01:10:06,079 --> 01:10:07,147 ONE THING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST 1820 01:10:07,147 --> 01:10:08,782 IS THAT WE MIGHT BE PRODUCTIVE 1821 01:10:08,782 --> 01:10:15,989 AS A GROUP BY TRYING TO ASK 1822 01:10:15,989 --> 01:10:18,292 PEOPLE WHAT WORKS WELL AND WHAT 1823 01:10:18,292 --> 01:10:19,593 CHALLENGES PEOPLE HAVE IN TERMS 1824 01:10:19,593 --> 01:10:21,028 OF HOW WE CAN CONTINUOUSLY DO 1825 01:10:21,028 --> 01:10:23,964 BETTER. 1826 01:10:23,964 --> 01:10:27,000 I WOULD ACTUALLY BE CURIOUS, WE 1827 01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:28,969 COULD DO THAT WITHIN NIH, AND I 1828 01:10:28,969 --> 01:10:31,171 WOULD BE CURIOUS FOR THOSE OF 1829 01:10:31,171 --> 01:10:33,540 YOU WHO ARE IN ACADEMIA, WHAT 1830 01:10:33,540 --> 01:10:39,446 LESSONS YOU HAVE ABOUT HOW TO DO 1831 01:10:39,446 --> 01:10:47,220 BETTER ACROSS THE INSTITUT INST. 1832 01:10:47,220 --> 01:10:48,355 I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT I'M 1833 01:10:48,355 --> 01:10:49,690 ALWAYS TRYING TO DO AND WHAT WE 1834 01:10:49,690 --> 01:10:50,857 WOULD ALL LEARN FROM DOING 1835 01:10:50,857 --> 01:10:52,959 BETTER. 1836 01:10:52,959 --> 01:10:55,195 >> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT 1837 01:10:55,195 --> 01:10:56,663 COMMENT. 1838 01:10:56,663 --> 01:10:59,166 LARRY, IS THERE A WAY TO -- LIKE 1839 01:10:59,166 --> 01:11:01,668 IN SOME SORT OF ANNUAL REPORT 1840 01:11:01,668 --> 01:11:04,204 FOR THE CENTERS, OR DO THEY DO A 1841 01:11:04,204 --> 01:11:05,105 SELF ASSESSMENT OF THEIR 1842 01:11:05,105 --> 01:11:06,006 CHALLENGES AND WHAT HAS BEEN 1843 01:11:06,006 --> 01:11:07,541 WORKING WELL, OR IS THERE A 1844 01:11:07,541 --> 01:11:09,042 CENTRAL DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING WE 1845 01:11:09,042 --> 01:11:10,043 COULD LOOK AT WITH THAT 1846 01:11:10,043 --> 01:11:11,745 INFORMATION? 1847 01:11:11,745 --> 01:11:17,351 >> IT IT VARIES AMONG THE 1848 01:11:17,351 --> 01:11:18,118 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 1849 01:11:18,118 --> 01:11:19,853 EACH HAS A STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT 1850 01:11:19,853 --> 01:11:22,789 THAT IS TYPICALLY DONE ON A FOUR 1851 01:11:22,789 --> 01:11:25,125 TO FIVE-YEAR BASIS, BUT MANY OF 1852 01:11:25,125 --> 01:11:26,693 THE INSTITUTES AND CENTERS DO 1853 01:11:26,693 --> 01:11:29,196 PUT TOGETHER ANNUAL REPORTS. 1854 01:11:29,196 --> 01:11:33,333 FOR EXAMPLE, NIDDK DOES ONE 1855 01:11:33,333 --> 01:11:34,434 EACH -- I BELIEVE IT'S EACH 1856 01:11:34,434 --> 01:11:36,636 YEAR, IS IT NOT, GRIFF? 1857 01:11:36,636 --> 01:11:37,371 >> YEAH. 1858 01:11:37,371 --> 01:11:39,873 >> AND SO WE COULD ROUND UP 1859 01:11:39,873 --> 01:11:42,175 EXAMPLES OF THOSE IF THE GROUP 1860 01:11:42,175 --> 01:11:44,010 WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT 1861 01:11:44,010 --> 01:11:44,211 THEM. 1862 01:11:44,211 --> 01:11:45,746 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHER 1863 01:11:45,746 --> 01:11:46,613 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS DO IT ON 1864 01:11:46,613 --> 01:11:50,350 A YEARLY BASIS, BUT I KNOW GRIFF 1865 01:11:50,350 --> 01:11:52,886 IS ONE OF THE -- NIDDK IS ONE OF 1866 01:11:52,886 --> 01:11:53,687 THE INSTITUTES THAT DOES THAT. 1867 01:11:53,687 --> 01:11:59,860 >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL 1868 01:11:59,860 --> 01:12:01,962 JUST TO SEE WHAT THE INSTITUTES 1869 01:12:01,962 --> 01:12:03,563 SEE THEMSELVES AS DOING WELL AND 1870 01:12:03,563 --> 01:12:05,632 WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS 1871 01:12:05,632 --> 01:12:11,972 OPPORTUNITY. 1872 01:12:11,972 --> 01:12:15,942 JEANNE? 1873 01:12:15,942 --> 01:12:17,744 >> SO THIS IS ALSO GOING TO 1874 01:12:17,744 --> 01:12:20,480 REFLECT MY RELATIVE NEWNESS, 1875 01:12:20,480 --> 01:12:24,317 LIKE LINDSEY MENTIONED, AND 1876 01:12:24,317 --> 01:12:25,852 RELATES TO BOTH JONI'S COMMENTS 1877 01:12:25,852 --> 01:12:28,755 AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS. 1878 01:12:28,755 --> 01:12:32,459 I THINK MY QUESTION REALLY IS, 1879 01:12:32,459 --> 01:12:34,161 ARE WE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FOR 1880 01:12:34,161 --> 01:12:35,195 THE PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT 1881 01:12:35,195 --> 01:12:39,232 WHETHER THE INSTITUTES ARE DOING 1882 01:12:39,232 --> 01:12:40,534 THEIR JOBS IN ORDER TO INFORM 1883 01:12:40,534 --> 01:12:44,704 HOW WE CHANGE THEM, OR ARE WE 1884 01:12:44,704 --> 01:12:45,639 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT GOING 1885 01:12:45,639 --> 01:12:47,073 FORWARD HOW COULD THEY DO A 1886 01:12:47,073 --> 01:12:52,212 GIVEN JOB BETTER, AND HENCE DO 1887 01:12:52,212 --> 01:12:53,580 THEY REQUIRE REFORM. 1888 01:12:53,580 --> 01:12:55,115 SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN REALLY 1889 01:12:55,115 --> 01:12:55,882 LOOK FORWARD WITHOUT LOOKING 1890 01:12:55,882 --> 01:12:57,350 BACK TO SOME DEGREE, AND I THINK 1891 01:12:57,350 --> 01:12:59,352 IF WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK TO 1892 01:12:59,352 --> 01:13:00,887 INFORM SIGNIFICANT CHANGE 1893 01:13:00,887 --> 01:13:02,522 RECOMMENDATIONS, WE HAVE TO 1894 01:13:02,522 --> 01:13:03,824 THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT THE KIND 1895 01:13:03,824 --> 01:13:04,891 OF DATA WE WANT. 1896 01:13:04,891 --> 01:13:06,593 SO A LOT OF THE DATA THAT HAS 1897 01:13:06,593 --> 01:13:08,295 BEEN REFERRED TO IS LIKE ON OUR 1898 01:13:08,295 --> 01:13:08,962 WEBSITES. 1899 01:13:08,962 --> 01:13:10,997 I MEAN, IT'S EASY TO FIND OUT 1900 01:13:10,997 --> 01:13:12,299 HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE, IT'S 1901 01:13:12,299 --> 01:13:13,700 EASY TO FIND OUT WHERE WE PUT 1902 01:13:13,700 --> 01:13:15,669 OUR MONEY, IT'S EASY TO FIND OUT 1903 01:13:15,669 --> 01:13:16,770 WHAT'S EARMARKED FROM CONGRESS 1904 01:13:16,770 --> 01:13:17,971 AND WHAT SOMETIMES IS VERY 1905 01:13:17,971 --> 01:13:18,605 LIMITING. 1906 01:13:18,605 --> 01:13:22,542 SO I GUESS I DO THINK, AND I'VE 1907 01:13:22,542 --> 01:13:24,044 HEARD IT A LITTLE BIT, I THINK 1908 01:13:24,044 --> 01:13:25,779 MICHAEL MIGHT HAVE JUST REALLY 1909 01:13:25,779 --> 01:13:27,747 ALSO GONE IN THIS DIRECTION. 1910 01:13:27,747 --> 01:13:30,517 YOU KNOW, HAVING PEOPLE 1911 01:13:30,517 --> 01:13:31,918 REGURGITATE SORT OF THE SAME 1912 01:13:31,918 --> 01:13:33,954 INFORMATION IN A DIFFERENT FORM 1913 01:13:33,954 --> 01:13:35,622 IN DIFFERENT WORDS IS I DON'T 1914 01:13:35,622 --> 01:13:36,523 THINK GOING TO HELP US VERY 1915 01:13:36,523 --> 01:13:39,326 MUCH. 1916 01:13:39,326 --> 01:13:40,327 SO REALLY I GUESS THE QUESTION 1917 01:13:40,327 --> 01:13:41,828 IS WHAT ARE WE BEING ASKED TO 1918 01:13:41,828 --> 01:13:42,362 DO. 1919 01:13:42,362 --> 01:13:43,263 I UNDERSTAND THE FOUNDATIONS 1920 01:13:43,263 --> 01:13:44,564 THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED AND THAT 1921 01:13:44,564 --> 01:13:48,335 MAKES SENSE, BUT IT WOULD HELP 1922 01:13:48,335 --> 01:13:49,469 ME A LITTLE BIT MORE TO BE 1923 01:13:49,469 --> 01:13:50,971 SOMEWHAT MORE EXPLICIT WHERE WE 1924 01:13:50,971 --> 01:13:56,142 WANT TO END UP HERE. 1925 01:13:56,142 --> 01:13:57,744 >> LARRY, I KNOW WE HAD 1926 01:13:57,744 --> 01:13:58,612 MENTIONED SOME OF THAT AT THE 1927 01:13:58,612 --> 01:13:59,145 PREVIOUS MEETING. 1928 01:13:59,145 --> 01:14:00,881 IF YOU WANT TO SORT OF HIGHLIGHT 1929 01:14:00,881 --> 01:14:06,052 THAT AGAIN FOR THE GROUP. 1930 01:14:06,052 --> 01:14:06,786 >> RIGHT. 1931 01:14:06,786 --> 01:14:07,988 MONICA, DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH 1932 01:14:07,988 --> 01:14:08,688 IN? 1933 01:14:08,688 --> 01:14:10,323 PLEASE, GO RIGHT AHEAD. 1934 01:14:10,323 --> 01:14:11,992 >> YOU CAN HANDLE IT, LARRY. 1935 01:14:11,992 --> 01:14:17,230 >> SO BASICALLY, CONGRESS, YOU 1936 01:14:17,230 --> 01:14:22,769 KNOW, HAS ISSUED REPORTS WHICH 1937 01:14:22,769 --> 01:14:25,071 HAVE CALLED OUT A NUMBER OF 1938 01:14:25,071 --> 01:14:26,506 ISSUES. 1939 01:14:26,506 --> 01:14:30,310 THEY TEND TO FOCUS ON WHAT THEY 1940 01:14:30,310 --> 01:14:34,114 PERCEIVE AS TOO MUCH SILOING 1941 01:14:34,114 --> 01:14:35,882 AMONGST THE INSTITUTES AND 1942 01:14:35,882 --> 01:14:37,384 CENTERS THAT THEY HAVE CREATED, 1943 01:14:37,384 --> 01:14:42,722 AND AS WE HAVE TRIED WITH ONLY 1944 01:14:42,722 --> 01:14:43,790 PARTIAL SUCCESS TO SHOW HOW WE 1945 01:14:43,790 --> 01:14:46,760 ARE TRYING TO BREAK THOSE SILOS 1946 01:14:46,760 --> 01:14:49,462 DOWN AND PROVIDED EXAMPLES, SO 1947 01:14:49,462 --> 01:14:52,966 THAT'S ONE THING. 1948 01:14:52,966 --> 01:14:59,739 THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW 1949 01:14:59,739 --> 01:15:02,475 THE AGENCY AS A WHOLE MANAGES 1950 01:15:02,475 --> 01:15:04,544 WHAT MIGHT BE PERCEIVED AS 1951 01:15:04,544 --> 01:15:09,115 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. 1952 01:15:09,115 --> 01:15:15,689 AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT IS MORE 1953 01:15:15,689 --> 01:15:19,492 A NEED TO BETTER ARTICULATE WHAT 1954 01:15:19,492 --> 01:15:21,561 OUR POLICIES ARE AND HOW THEY 1955 01:15:21,561 --> 01:15:23,630 COMPORT WITH THE LAW, BECAUSE 1956 01:15:23,630 --> 01:15:24,931 OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO BE GUIDED 1957 01:15:24,931 --> 01:15:28,101 BY THE LAW. 1958 01:15:28,101 --> 01:15:31,171 THERE IS CONCERN BY THE CONGRESS 1959 01:15:31,171 --> 01:15:39,012 THAT WE SOMEHOW HAVE NOT 1960 01:15:39,012 --> 01:15:41,281 MAXIMIZED THE EFFICIENCY OF THE 1961 01:15:41,281 --> 01:15:42,382 ORGANIZATION. 1962 01:15:42,382 --> 01:15:45,251 SO THEY SEE 27 INSTITUTES AND 1963 01:15:45,251 --> 01:15:46,686 CENTERS, 27 DIRECTORS OF 1964 01:15:46,686 --> 01:15:48,054 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS AND SO ON 1965 01:15:48,054 --> 01:15:52,892 AND SO FORTH, AND HAVE SORT OF 1966 01:15:52,892 --> 01:15:54,728 WONDERED OUT LOUD, COULD THERE 1967 01:15:54,728 --> 01:15:58,298 BE EFFICIENCIES GAINED BY 1968 01:15:58,298 --> 01:16:01,801 REALIGNING THAT ORGANIZATIONAL 1969 01:16:01,801 --> 01:16:02,235 STRUCTURE. 1970 01:16:02,235 --> 01:16:04,971 I THINK THOSE ARE THE MAJOR 1971 01:16:04,971 --> 01:16:10,877 THINGS THAT THEY HAVE ASKED US 1972 01:16:10,877 --> 01:16:16,016 ABOUT, AND I THINK IF WE WERE TO 1973 01:16:16,016 --> 01:16:21,254 TACKLE THE VERY TANGIBLE THINGS, 1974 01:16:21,254 --> 01:16:22,756 WHICH PERHAPS SOME WOULD NOT SEE 1975 01:16:22,756 --> 01:16:23,857 AS FORWARD LOOKING BUT I THINK 1976 01:16:23,857 --> 01:16:26,493 THESE ARE THE TANGIBLE THINGS 1977 01:16:26,493 --> 01:16:29,329 THAT AT LEAST THE CONGRESS HAS 1978 01:16:29,329 --> 01:16:32,265 CHALLENGED US TO THINK ABOUT AND 1979 01:16:32,265 --> 01:16:33,700 RESPOND TO, THAT WOULD THEN FORM 1980 01:16:33,700 --> 01:16:36,636 THE BASIS UPON WHICH WE COULD 1981 01:16:36,636 --> 01:16:37,904 THEN BE FORWARD LOOKING. 1982 01:16:37,904 --> 01:16:45,812 BUT UNTIL YOU'RE ABLE TO DISCUSS 1983 01:16:45,812 --> 01:16:51,051 AND ANSWER HOW WE'RE DOING 1984 01:16:51,051 --> 01:16:52,118 THINGS, EXPLORE WHAT MIGHT BE A 1985 01:16:52,118 --> 01:16:53,420 BETTER WAY OF DOING THINGS IN 1986 01:16:53,420 --> 01:16:58,458 THOSE DOMAINS, IT'S A LITTLE 1987 01:16:58,458 --> 01:16:59,993 HARD TO KNOW HOW FORWARD LOOKING 1988 01:16:59,993 --> 01:17:03,129 WE CAN BE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO 1989 01:17:03,129 --> 01:17:04,531 KNOW WHERE YOU'RE STARTING FROM. 1990 01:17:04,531 --> 01:17:05,965 AT LEAST THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT 1991 01:17:05,965 --> 01:17:10,236 IT. 1992 01:17:10,236 --> 01:17:16,342 SO AS ONE WAY FORWARD, MAYBE WE 1993 01:17:16,342 --> 01:17:19,279 PICK ONE OF THESE THINGS, AND 1994 01:17:19,279 --> 01:17:25,852 THEN AS A GROUP, WORK THROUGH IT 1995 01:17:25,852 --> 01:17:27,253 TOGETHER AS THE PRELUDE TO THEN 1996 01:17:27,253 --> 01:17:29,656 BREAKING UP INTO SUBGROUPS TO 1997 01:17:29,656 --> 01:17:30,857 TACKLE MULTIPLE THINGS 1998 01:17:30,857 --> 01:17:31,291 SIMULTANEOUSLY. 1999 01:17:31,291 --> 01:17:36,863 BUT I'M NOT SURE WITHOUT DOING A 2000 01:17:36,863 --> 01:17:38,398 GROUP THINK ON AT LEAST ONE JUST 2001 01:17:38,398 --> 01:17:41,768 SO THAT EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO 2002 01:17:41,768 --> 01:17:43,970 WEIGH IN ON HOW WE WOULD 2003 01:17:43,970 --> 01:17:47,674 APPROACH THIS AND COME UP WITH 2004 01:17:47,674 --> 01:17:48,942 THE TYPES OF INFORMATION THAT 2005 01:17:48,942 --> 01:17:53,546 ARE NEEDED, THE DATA THAT'S 2006 01:17:53,546 --> 01:17:54,647 NEEDED AND SO FORTH. 2007 01:17:54,647 --> 01:17:56,883 OTHERWISE I FEAR THAT THE 2008 01:17:56,883 --> 01:17:58,651 GROUPS, HOWEVER WELL INTENDED, 2009 01:17:58,651 --> 01:18:02,422 MAY FIND IT CHALLENGING TO FIND 2010 01:18:02,422 --> 01:18:04,224 FOCUS. 2011 01:18:04,224 --> 01:18:04,791 MONICA, PLEASE. 2012 01:18:04,791 --> 01:18:06,326 >> NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 2013 01:18:06,326 --> 01:18:06,626 LARRY. 2014 01:18:06,626 --> 01:18:08,394 I MEAN, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE 2015 01:18:08,394 --> 01:18:08,895 HEAD. 2016 01:18:08,895 --> 01:18:10,563 I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT IN A 2017 01:18:10,563 --> 01:18:16,569 VERY -- IN A MORE DIRECT WAY. 2018 01:18:16,569 --> 01:18:18,204 CONGRESS GOVERNS A LOT OF WHAT 2019 01:18:18,204 --> 01:18:19,405 WE DO. 2020 01:18:19,405 --> 01:18:20,907 THEY TELL US HOW MANY INSTITUTES 2021 01:18:20,907 --> 01:18:21,908 AND CENTERS, THEY TELL US WHAT 2022 01:18:21,908 --> 01:18:23,276 THE NAME IS, THEY TELL US HOW 2023 01:18:23,276 --> 01:18:24,744 WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY. 2024 01:18:24,744 --> 01:18:27,147 CONGRESS IS VERY DIRECTIVE WITH 2025 01:18:27,147 --> 01:18:27,480 US. 2026 01:18:27,480 --> 01:18:29,549 AND WE HAVE THESE TWO REPORTS 2027 01:18:29,549 --> 01:18:31,151 FROM CONGRESS THAT SAY, HEY, YOU 2028 01:18:31,151 --> 01:18:34,320 SHOULD DO THIS. 2029 01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:35,755 BUT -- GREAT, YOU KNOW, GOOD 2030 01:18:35,755 --> 01:18:36,523 FAITH. 2031 01:18:36,523 --> 01:18:38,024 WE -- AND I THINK WE HAVE -- 2032 01:18:38,024 --> 01:18:39,425 WE'VE HAD A REALLY TERRIFIC 2033 01:18:39,425 --> 01:18:40,760 RELATIONSHIP WITH CONGRESS, 2034 01:18:40,760 --> 01:18:41,394 FRANKLY. 2035 01:18:41,394 --> 01:18:43,897 I PERSONALLY HAVE FELT VERY 2036 01:18:43,897 --> 01:18:46,499 SUPPORTED BY BOTH SIDES OF THE 2037 01:18:46,499 --> 01:18:47,066 AISLE. 2038 01:18:47,066 --> 01:18:48,168 I'VE NEVER -- I THINK IT'S BEEN 2039 01:18:48,168 --> 01:18:49,903 GREAT. 2040 01:18:49,903 --> 01:18:51,070 HOWEVER, CONGRESS DOESN'T SIT 2041 01:18:51,070 --> 01:18:52,839 DOWN WITH US IN A ROOM AND GO 2042 01:18:52,839 --> 01:18:54,474 THROUGH A DEEP DIVE OF EVERY 2043 01:18:54,474 --> 01:18:54,808 LITTLE THING. 2044 01:18:54,808 --> 01:18:56,109 YOU KNOW, THEY THINK WHAT THEY 2045 01:18:56,109 --> 01:18:56,543 THINK. 2046 01:18:56,543 --> 01:19:01,114 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 2047 01:19:01,114 --> 01:19:03,750 RESPOND TO CONGRESS BY HAVING A 2048 01:19:03,750 --> 01:19:06,486 VERY CAREFUL THOUGHT PROCESS 2049 01:19:06,486 --> 01:19:09,289 WITH YOU ALL FROM THE EXTERNAL 2050 01:19:09,289 --> 01:19:09,556 COMMUNITY. 2051 01:19:09,556 --> 01:19:11,291 SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST ME WRITING 2052 01:19:11,291 --> 01:19:12,492 A LETTER BACK TO CONGRESS 2053 01:19:12,492 --> 01:19:13,860 SAYING, WELL, NO, I DON'T THINK 2054 01:19:13,860 --> 01:19:15,528 WHAT YOU ASKED US TO DO IS SUCH 2055 01:19:15,528 --> 01:19:16,196 A GOOD IDEA. 2056 01:19:16,196 --> 01:19:18,264 IT'S TO HAVE -- THAT'S WHY WE 2057 01:19:18,264 --> 01:19:19,132 HAVE SMRB. 2058 01:19:19,132 --> 01:19:22,302 IT'S FOR YOU TO BE INDEPENDENT 2059 01:19:22,302 --> 01:19:25,605 OF US IN MANY WAYS, WORK WITH 2060 01:19:25,605 --> 01:19:27,440 US, AND THEN COME BACK TO 2061 01:19:27,440 --> 01:19:28,608 CONGRESS AND SAY, WELL, THAT WAS 2062 01:19:28,608 --> 01:19:31,144 A VERY INTERESTING IDEA, BUT 2063 01:19:31,144 --> 01:19:33,546 HERE'S WHAT THIS GROUP THINKS. 2064 01:19:33,546 --> 01:19:35,181 SO THAT'S FRANKLY WHERE I THINK 2065 01:19:35,181 --> 01:19:36,950 WE MOST NEED YOUR HELP WITH. 2066 01:19:36,950 --> 01:19:38,685 AND WHAT I KIND OF HOPED GOING 2067 01:19:38,685 --> 01:19:40,253 INTO THIS IS THAT YOU'D LOOK AT 2068 01:19:40,253 --> 01:19:41,721 THE FRAME WORKS AND SAY YEAH, 2069 01:19:41,721 --> 01:19:43,256 THIS FRAMEWORK IS NOT TOO BAD OR 2070 01:19:43,256 --> 01:19:44,357 MAYBE TWEAK IT JUST A LITTLE 2071 01:19:44,357 --> 01:19:45,592 BIT, AND THEN LET'S GET TO 2072 01:19:45,592 --> 01:19:46,392 BUSINESS IN RESPONDING TO 2073 01:19:46,392 --> 01:19:47,927 CONGRESS ON THESE TWO THINGS 2074 01:19:47,927 --> 01:19:50,129 THEY'VE ASKED US TO DO WHERE 2075 01:19:50,129 --> 01:19:51,865 SOME OF IT, WE THINK IS GREAT 2076 01:19:51,865 --> 01:19:54,367 IDEAS AND SOME OF IT, WE THINK 2077 01:19:54,367 --> 01:19:55,802 WOULD BE FRANKLY NOT A VERY GOOD 2078 01:19:55,802 --> 01:19:56,502 IDEA. 2079 01:19:56,502 --> 01:19:57,003 SO THERE YOU GO. 2080 01:19:57,003 --> 01:19:58,538 THANK YOU. 2081 01:19:58,538 --> 01:20:00,807 >> AND I THINK WHAT YOU BOTH 2082 01:20:00,807 --> 01:20:02,141 HAVE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT, IF 2083 01:20:02,141 --> 01:20:03,576 WE COULD GO BACK TO THE -- I 2084 01:20:03,576 --> 01:20:04,811 THINK IT'S THE LAST SLIDE OR 2085 01:20:04,811 --> 01:20:06,512 SECOND TO LAST SLIDE, LARRY, YOU 2086 01:20:06,512 --> 01:20:08,882 HAD PUT IN THE EMAIL WHICH WAS 2087 01:20:08,882 --> 01:20:09,849 FOCUSING ON THE CONGRESSIONAL 2088 01:20:09,849 --> 01:20:10,950 QUESTIONS, HERE ARE THE BULLETS 2089 01:20:10,950 --> 01:20:13,553 AND THE THREE AREAS THAT WE NEED 2090 01:20:13,553 --> 01:20:16,289 TO FOCUS ON TO ANSWER, AND I 2091 01:20:16,289 --> 01:20:18,591 THINK THAT SHOULD BE OUR SORT OF 2092 01:20:18,591 --> 01:20:24,831 GUIDE, THOSE THREE BULLETS, AND 2093 01:20:24,831 --> 01:20:26,699 BECAUSE YOU'VE HERE DISTILLED 2094 01:20:26,699 --> 01:20:29,636 WHAT THEIR QUESTIONS WERE. 2095 01:20:29,636 --> 01:20:32,272 SO THEY HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT 2096 01:20:32,272 --> 01:20:33,773 MISCONDUCT AND PROTECTION, ALL 2097 01:20:33,773 --> 01:20:35,074 THESE BULLETS ARE IN RESPONSE OF 2098 01:20:35,074 --> 01:20:35,675 THOSE QUESTIONS. 2099 01:20:35,675 --> 01:20:36,843 IS THAT ACCURATE, LARRY? 2100 01:20:36,843 --> 01:20:37,477 >> YES. 2101 01:20:37,477 --> 01:20:40,980 THESE ALL REFLECT THE VARIOUS 2102 01:20:40,980 --> 01:20:42,181 QUESTIONS IN THOSE TWO REPORTS. 2103 01:20:42,181 --> 01:20:42,749 >> RIGHT. 2104 01:20:42,749 --> 01:20:45,251 AND SO THAT -- JUST TO REMIND 2105 01:20:45,251 --> 01:20:47,553 THE GROUP EVEN AGAIN, THIS IS 2106 01:20:47,553 --> 01:20:49,055 WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON 2107 01:20:49,055 --> 01:20:50,723 AS WE LOOK AT ALL THE 27 2108 01:20:50,723 --> 01:20:55,194 INSTITUTES. 2109 01:20:55,194 --> 01:20:55,762 ALLISON? 2110 01:20:55,762 --> 01:21:00,433 I'M SORRY, YOU WANTED TO MAKE A 2111 01:21:00,433 --> 01:21:00,667 COMMENT? 2112 01:21:00,667 --> 01:21:01,968 >> I WAS SITTING HERE LISTENING 2113 01:21:01,968 --> 01:21:02,802 TO THIS DISCUSSION AND IF YOU 2114 01:21:02,802 --> 01:21:03,970 COULD LEAVE THE SLIDE BACK UP, 2115 01:21:03,970 --> 01:21:04,871 THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 2116 01:21:04,871 --> 01:21:06,506 I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE KIND OF A 2117 01:21:06,506 --> 01:21:08,675 FRIENDLY AMENDMENT SO THAT I 2118 01:21:08,675 --> 01:21:09,676 ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH WHAT 2119 01:21:09,676 --> 01:21:13,713 MONICA SAID IS WE NEED TO DO THE 2120 01:21:13,713 --> 01:21:15,014 FIRST TWO BUCKETS, THE FIRST TWO 2121 01:21:15,014 --> 01:21:15,448 BULLETS. 2122 01:21:15,448 --> 01:21:17,717 SO IF YOU CHANGE THOSE TO 2123 01:21:17,717 --> 01:21:19,919 INTERNAL OPERATIONS, YOU COULD 2124 01:21:19,919 --> 01:21:23,523 GET THEM INTO A BULLET WHICH 2125 01:21:23,523 --> 01:21:25,158 WOULD TOTALLY MEET WHAT CONGRESS 2126 01:21:25,158 --> 01:21:27,493 WANTS US TO DO. 2127 01:21:27,493 --> 01:21:29,862 AND TO JONI'S POINT ABOUT BEING 2128 01:21:29,862 --> 01:21:30,830 INNOVATIVE AND FORWARD LOOKING, 2129 01:21:30,830 --> 01:21:32,799 IF WE DID INNOVATION AND IMPACT, 2130 01:21:32,799 --> 01:21:36,502 SO THAT'S THE FUTURE PIECE, THAT 2131 01:21:36,502 --> 01:21:37,503 WOULD LET US DO BOTH. 2132 01:21:37,503 --> 01:21:39,439 I THINK IF WE DON'T DO THE FIRST 2133 01:21:39,439 --> 01:21:43,076 TWO BULLETS, IT'S GOING TO -- 2134 01:21:43,076 --> 01:21:47,914 IT'S NOT GOING TO GET READ. 2135 01:21:47,914 --> 01:21:48,748 I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 2136 01:21:48,748 --> 01:21:49,882 SOMETHING BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO 2137 01:21:49,882 --> 01:21:51,918 LEAN IN, SO I'D LOVE TO BE 2138 01:21:51,918 --> 01:21:53,453 INNOVATION AND IMPACT ON HUMAN 2139 01:21:53,453 --> 01:21:58,524 HEALTH AND DISEASE BECAUSE I 2140 01:21:58,524 --> 01:21:59,726 THINK THAT'S WHAT MICHAEL HAS 2141 01:21:59,726 --> 01:22:01,761 BEEN SAYING ABOUT HUMAN HEALTH. 2142 01:22:01,761 --> 01:22:03,396 NIH DOESN'T JUST STUDY DISEASE. 2143 01:22:03,396 --> 01:22:05,131 THEY ACTUALLY STUDY DISEASE TO 2144 01:22:05,131 --> 01:22:07,133 PROMOTE HEALTH. 2145 01:22:07,133 --> 01:22:09,635 >> RIGHT. 2146 01:22:09,635 --> 01:22:13,139 SO DISTILLING THOSE, AND I THINK 2147 01:22:13,139 --> 01:22:16,409 TYRONE IS TAKING SOME NOTES. 2148 01:22:16,409 --> 01:22:17,410 DISTILLING THOSE TWO BULLETS 2149 01:22:17,410 --> 01:22:18,711 INTO INTERNAL OPERATIONS AND THE 2150 01:22:18,711 --> 01:22:20,880 LAST ONE, INNOVATION AND IMPACT 2151 01:22:20,880 --> 01:22:21,681 IN A FORWARD-LOOKING WAY. 2152 01:22:21,681 --> 01:22:22,448 IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT? 2153 01:22:22,448 --> 01:22:23,983 >> YEP, ON HUMAN HEALTH. 2154 01:22:23,983 --> 01:22:25,184 >> HUMAN HEALTH, RIGHT. 2155 01:22:25,184 --> 01:22:25,618 RIGHT. 2156 01:22:25,618 --> 01:22:26,285 BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE 2157 01:22:26,285 --> 01:22:28,087 WORDS THAT THEY USED IN THEIR 2158 01:22:28,087 --> 01:22:31,724 REPORT ACTUALLY. 2159 01:22:31,724 --> 01:22:32,358 OKAY. 2160 01:22:32,358 --> 01:22:33,926 I CAN'T SEE -- WHO'S THE NEXT 2161 01:22:33,926 --> 01:22:36,596 HAND THAT'S UP? 2162 01:22:36,596 --> 01:22:39,032 >> I BELIEVE LISA IS THE NEXT 2163 01:22:39,032 --> 01:22:39,399 ONE UP. 2164 01:22:39,399 --> 01:22:41,667 >> WELL, I THINK I'M JUST GOING 2165 01:22:41,667 --> 01:22:43,870 TO PUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF HOW 2166 01:22:43,870 --> 01:22:46,039 I'LL RESPOND TO REVIEWS OF MY 2167 01:22:46,039 --> 01:22:47,607 NIH GRANTS. 2168 01:22:47,607 --> 01:22:49,909 CAN WE JUST TAKE SOMETHING OF A 2169 01:22:49,909 --> 01:22:51,210 SIMILAR APPROACH, IT SOUNDS LIKE 2170 01:22:51,210 --> 01:22:53,813 WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THESE 2171 01:22:53,813 --> 01:22:59,185 OVERSIGHT ISSUES AND THOSE ARE 2172 01:22:59,185 --> 01:23:00,153 THINGS THAT I GUESS WE'RE JUST 2173 01:23:00,153 --> 01:23:01,487 GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN 2174 01:23:01,487 --> 01:23:02,922 RESPONDING TO EACH ONE OF THOSE. 2175 01:23:02,922 --> 01:23:05,091 THE MIDDLE PART, WHICH I THINK 2176 01:23:05,091 --> 01:23:07,060 WE JUST THOUGHT ABOUT 2177 01:23:07,060 --> 01:23:08,461 REORGANIZING WHICH THEY'VE ALSO 2178 01:23:08,461 --> 01:23:10,329 MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON, IF I 2179 01:23:10,329 --> 01:23:12,632 UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY, IS 2180 01:23:12,632 --> 01:23:15,368 THE BIGGER PIECE WHERE I THINK 2181 01:23:15,368 --> 01:23:18,571 IT WILL TAKE A LOT MORE 2182 01:23:18,571 --> 01:23:20,173 UNDERSTANDING. 2183 01:23:20,173 --> 01:23:21,507 I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE 2184 01:23:21,507 --> 01:23:22,708 INSTITUTE DIRECTORS THEMSELVES, 2185 01:23:22,708 --> 01:23:24,110 I THINK WE'VE HEARD THAT, WHAT 2186 01:23:24,110 --> 01:23:27,180 ARE YOUR MAJOR CHALLENGES, WHAT 2187 01:23:27,180 --> 01:23:29,582 IS WORKING WELL FOR YOU, WHAT 2188 01:23:29,582 --> 01:23:33,119 ARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON RESPONSE 2189 01:23:33,119 --> 01:23:35,154 TO THAT REPORT ON REORGANIZING 2190 01:23:35,154 --> 01:23:38,324 THESE INSTITUTES AND A MORE 2191 01:23:38,324 --> 01:23:41,294 FORWARD-LOOKING APPROACH TO TRY 2192 01:23:41,294 --> 01:23:43,162 TO INCORPORATE NEW STRATEGIES, 2193 01:23:43,162 --> 01:23:44,363 NEW EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND 2194 01:23:44,363 --> 01:23:45,998 NEW THINGS, I THINK FLEXIBILITY 2195 01:23:45,998 --> 01:23:50,036 IS GOING TO BE KEY IN EVEN THOSE 2196 01:23:50,036 --> 01:23:51,137 GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND AFFORDING 2197 01:23:51,137 --> 01:23:52,238 THAT, SO THAT THERE IS 2198 01:23:52,238 --> 01:23:53,973 FLEXIBILITY TO RESPOND TO ALL 2199 01:23:53,973 --> 01:23:54,841 THESE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO 2200 01:23:54,841 --> 01:23:55,274 DEAL WITH. 2201 01:23:55,274 --> 01:23:57,276 SO I GUESS MY SUGGESTION OR 2202 01:23:57,276 --> 01:23:59,112 THOUGHT IS, CAN WE SIMPLY JUST 2203 01:23:59,112 --> 01:24:00,546 DEAL WITH THIS AS RESPONDING 2204 01:24:00,546 --> 01:24:04,484 LIKE WE DO TO REVIEWERS. 2205 01:24:04,484 --> 01:24:05,785 CHECK THESE OFF OUR LIST SO WE 2206 01:24:05,785 --> 01:24:07,086 MAKE SURE WE'VE DEALT WITH THOSE 2207 01:24:07,086 --> 01:24:08,521 ON BEHALF OF THE NIH AND TO 2208 01:24:08,521 --> 01:24:12,024 CONGRESS, AND THEN SPEND MORE 2209 01:24:12,024 --> 01:24:13,559 TIME ON THE STRUCTURE, 2210 01:24:13,559 --> 01:24:16,329 INNOVATION ASPECTS TO TRY TO 2211 01:24:16,329 --> 01:24:18,698 INCORPORATE FLEXIBILITY AND NEW 2212 01:24:18,698 --> 01:24:19,198 TECHNOLOGY. 2213 01:24:19,198 --> 01:24:21,400 >> PERFECT. 2214 01:24:21,400 --> 01:24:22,235 >> ALL RIGHT. 2215 01:24:22,235 --> 01:24:23,102 SOUNDS GOOD. 2216 01:24:23,102 --> 01:24:25,404 GILDA? 2217 01:24:25,404 --> 01:24:27,273 >> I WANTED TO SPEAK TO 2218 01:24:27,273 --> 01:24:30,343 INNOVATION IN PARTICULAR. 2219 01:24:30,343 --> 01:24:32,845 INNOVATION, THE WORD IS SO 2220 01:24:32,845 --> 01:24:34,147 OVERUSED, AND IT MEANS SO MANY 2221 01:24:34,147 --> 01:24:36,482 DIFFERENT THINGS TO PEOPLE. 2222 01:24:36,482 --> 01:24:38,651 AND SO I'M CONCERNED SOMETIMES 2223 01:24:38,651 --> 01:24:40,620 WHEN FOLKS THINK THEY'RE 2224 01:24:40,620 --> 01:24:42,989 INNOVATIVE AND THEY'RE NOT, OR 2225 01:24:42,989 --> 01:24:44,223 YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR 2226 01:24:44,223 --> 01:24:46,959 CONCEPT OF INNOVATION REALLY IS. 2227 01:24:46,959 --> 01:24:50,997 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM 2228 01:24:50,997 --> 01:24:52,298 FOLKS IS, WHATEVER THEIR 2229 01:24:52,298 --> 01:24:54,934 DEFINITION OF INNOVATION IS. 2230 01:24:54,934 --> 01:24:56,669 WHAT GETS IN THE WAY OF 2231 01:24:56,669 --> 01:24:57,904 INNOVATION? 2232 01:24:57,904 --> 01:24:59,939 LIKE, WHAT IS GETTING IN THE WAY 2233 01:24:59,939 --> 01:25:04,243 OF THEIR ABILITY TO INNOVATE 2234 01:25:04,243 --> 01:25:06,646 ACROSS WHATEVER THEIR UNIT IS OR 2235 01:25:06,646 --> 01:25:08,481 ACROSS NIH AS A WHOLE AGENCY, 2236 01:25:08,481 --> 01:25:10,016 LIKE WHAT IS GETTING IN THE WAY 2237 01:25:10,016 --> 01:25:13,986 OF INNOVATION? 2238 01:25:13,986 --> 01:25:16,822 >> OKAY, SO YOU'RE SAYING TO ASK 2239 01:25:16,822 --> 01:25:18,457 FOR INFORMATION ON WHAT ARE THE 2240 01:25:18,457 --> 01:25:20,092 BARRIERS OF INNOVATION IN THE 2241 01:25:20,092 --> 01:25:20,960 VARIOUS INSTITUTES, IS THAT 2242 01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:21,227 RIGHT? 2243 01:25:21,227 --> 01:25:22,128 THAT'S THE PIECE OF INFORMATION 2244 01:25:22,128 --> 01:25:22,995 THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL? 2245 01:25:22,995 --> 01:25:26,165 >> YES, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY THINK 2246 01:25:26,165 --> 01:25:27,133 JUST HONING IN ON THE QUESTION, 2247 01:25:27,133 --> 01:25:28,501 WHAT GETS IN THE WAY OF 2248 01:25:28,501 --> 01:25:30,236 INNOVATION COULD BE INSIGHTFUL. 2249 01:25:30,236 --> 01:25:31,337 >> RIGHT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD 2250 01:25:31,337 --> 01:25:35,508 QUESTION FOR THE DIRECTORS, YES. 2251 01:25:35,508 --> 01:25:40,012 DEBARA? 2252 01:25:40,012 --> 01:25:40,780 >> YES. 2253 01:25:40,780 --> 01:25:42,615 A LOT OF WHAT WE HEAR FROM 2254 01:25:42,615 --> 01:25:44,083 CONGRESS AND FROM OTHER 2255 01:25:44,083 --> 01:25:46,552 SCIENTIFIC LEADERS AROUND THE 2256 01:25:46,552 --> 01:25:49,822 COUNTRY IS THAT NIH INSTITUTES 2257 01:25:49,822 --> 01:25:51,157 ARE SILOED, AND I THINK THAT 2258 01:25:51,157 --> 01:25:53,359 THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER OF THEIR 2259 01:25:53,359 --> 01:25:54,760 RECOMMENDATION, THAT WE 2260 01:25:54,760 --> 01:25:55,194 REORGANIZE. 2261 01:25:55,194 --> 01:25:57,396 SO AS PART OF THIS, I THINK IN 2262 01:25:57,396 --> 01:25:59,098 ADDITION TO GETTING INFORMATION 2263 01:25:59,098 --> 01:26:01,334 FROM THE INSTITUTES AND 2264 01:26:01,334 --> 01:26:02,635 INSTITUTE DIRECTORS, THAT IT 2265 01:26:02,635 --> 01:26:04,303 WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THIS GROUP 2266 01:26:04,303 --> 01:26:06,806 TO LOOK AT BIG TRANS-NIH 2267 01:26:06,806 --> 01:26:10,643 PROGRAMS AND HOW THOSE ARE 2268 01:26:10,643 --> 01:26:13,346 CARRIED OUT. 2269 01:26:13,346 --> 01:26:15,781 AND IF THEY ARE ORGANIZED 2270 01:26:15,781 --> 01:26:17,316 OPTIMALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S 2271 01:26:17,316 --> 01:26:19,919 A TRANS-NIH INITIATIVE ON A.I. 2272 01:26:19,919 --> 01:26:22,221 THERE ARE TRANS-NIH INITIATIVES 2273 01:26:22,221 --> 01:26:24,857 ON A NUMBER OF THINGS. 2274 01:26:24,857 --> 01:26:25,424 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, WOMEN'S 2275 01:26:25,424 --> 01:26:26,292 HEALTH. 2276 01:26:26,292 --> 01:26:30,663 SO HOW ARE THOSE ISSUES 2277 01:26:30,663 --> 01:26:34,600 ADDRESSED AT THE TRANS-NIH LEVEL 2278 01:26:34,600 --> 01:26:35,534 AND ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES TO 2279 01:26:35,534 --> 01:26:37,336 DO THAT BETTER. 2280 01:26:37,336 --> 01:26:38,437 BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO 2281 01:26:38,437 --> 01:26:43,776 ADDRESS THE SILOING ISSUE 2282 01:26:43,776 --> 01:26:44,777 DIRECTLY, AND SOMEWHAT 2283 01:26:44,777 --> 01:26:46,045 INDEPENDENTLY OF THE STRUCTURE 2284 01:26:46,045 --> 01:26:48,180 OF THE INSTITUTES AND CENTERS 2285 01:26:48,180 --> 01:26:50,249 BECAUSE THE PROGRAMS AREN'T 2286 01:26:50,249 --> 01:26:51,784 IMPLEMENTED ONLY THROUGH THE 2287 01:26:51,784 --> 01:26:52,551 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 2288 01:26:52,551 --> 01:26:56,922 AND THERE ARE SOME, IT'S BEEN 2289 01:26:56,922 --> 01:26:57,890 MENTIONED THAT SOME OF OUR 2290 01:26:57,890 --> 01:26:59,859 INSTITUTES ARE VERY 2291 01:26:59,859 --> 01:27:02,928 DISEASE-SPECIFIC, BUT WE USE 2292 01:27:02,928 --> 01:27:07,533 TRANS-NIH PROGRAMS TO ANSWER THE 2293 01:27:07,533 --> 01:27:09,435 QUESTIONS THAT ARE IN OUR 2294 01:27:09,435 --> 01:27:11,904 MISSION AREAS. 2295 01:27:11,904 --> 01:27:13,606 SO THERE'S SORT OF A DUAL WAY 2296 01:27:13,606 --> 01:27:17,643 THAT WE ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. 2297 01:27:17,643 --> 01:27:19,378 >> YES, AND I REMEMBER MONICA 2298 01:27:19,378 --> 01:27:20,246 MENTIONING SOME OF THOSE 2299 01:27:20,246 --> 01:27:22,315 PROGRAMS AT OUR LAST MEETING 2300 01:27:22,315 --> 01:27:24,183 THAT WERE TRANS-NIH PROGRAMS, 2301 01:27:24,183 --> 01:27:27,586 PERHAPS WE COULD GET A MORE 2302 01:27:27,586 --> 01:27:28,688 EXTENSIVE LIST YOU WERE THINKING 2303 01:27:28,688 --> 01:27:30,323 OR DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THOSE 2304 01:27:30,323 --> 01:27:31,957 TRANS-NIH PROGRAMS? 2305 01:27:31,957 --> 01:27:33,059 OKAY. 2306 01:27:33,059 --> 01:27:35,061 I SEE YOU NODDING. 2307 01:27:35,061 --> 01:27:39,765 MARK? 2308 01:27:39,765 --> 01:27:41,934 >> YES, THANK YOU. 2309 01:27:41,934 --> 01:27:44,036 I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. 2310 01:27:44,036 --> 01:27:47,306 ARE WE SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT'S 2311 01:27:47,306 --> 01:27:50,576 GOING ON IN BETHESDA ON THE NIH 2312 01:27:50,576 --> 01:27:53,546 CAMPUS, OR ARE WE SPEAKING ABOUT 2313 01:27:53,546 --> 01:27:55,848 SILOING BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE 2314 01:27:55,848 --> 01:27:59,118 OF INSTITUTES ACROSS THE ENTIRE 2315 01:27:59,118 --> 01:28:00,553 U.S. RESEARCH COMMUNITY THAT'S 2316 01:28:00,553 --> 01:28:02,188 SUPPORTED BY NIH? 2317 01:28:02,188 --> 01:28:04,623 AND I THINK THAT IDENTIFYING 2318 01:28:04,623 --> 01:28:05,758 PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS ARE 2319 01:28:05,758 --> 01:28:07,126 DIFFERENT FOR THE TWO. 2320 01:28:07,126 --> 01:28:08,794 AND I THINK WE HAVE TO SORT OF 2321 01:28:08,794 --> 01:28:12,264 KEEP THAT IN MIND. 2322 01:28:12,264 --> 01:28:13,699 >> I WILL PUT THAT QUESTION OVER 2323 01:28:13,699 --> 01:28:15,668 TO LARRY BUT I THINK IT'S BOTH. 2324 01:28:15,668 --> 01:28:19,071 >> WELL, I'LL CHIME IN HERE AND 2325 01:28:19,071 --> 01:28:22,975 SAY IF YOU'RE RESPONDING TO 2326 01:28:22,975 --> 01:28:24,276 CONGRESS, THEN YOU'RE RESPONDING 2327 01:28:24,276 --> 01:28:27,713 TO WHAT CONGRESS IS GOING TO 2328 01:28:27,713 --> 01:28:28,581 TELL THE NEW DIRECTOR 2329 01:28:28,581 --> 01:28:31,851 SPECIFICALLY TO DO. 2330 01:28:31,851 --> 01:28:33,919 SO I KNOW I DIDN'T ANSWER YOUR 2331 01:28:33,919 --> 01:28:36,222 QUESTION COMPLETELY, BUT I DO 2332 01:28:36,222 --> 01:28:37,456 THINK I'VE HELPED GEAR IT A 2333 01:28:37,456 --> 01:28:38,023 LITTLE BIT. 2334 01:28:38,023 --> 01:28:41,827 THIS ISN'T ABOUT TELLING, YOU 2335 01:28:41,827 --> 01:28:42,795 KNOW, UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS WHAT 2336 01:28:42,795 --> 01:28:44,397 THEY'RE GOING TO DO. 2337 01:28:44,397 --> 01:28:45,765 THIS IS ABOUT TELLING EXACTLY 2338 01:28:45,765 --> 01:28:47,299 WHAT THE DIRECTOR IS GOING TO 2339 01:28:47,299 --> 01:28:49,301 DO. 2340 01:28:49,301 --> 01:28:54,440 >> MARK, THERE'S THE RUB. 2341 01:28:54,440 --> 01:29:00,546 THE CONGRESS LOOKS AT NIH AND 2342 01:29:00,546 --> 01:29:02,181 MAKES THE OBSERVATION THAT THEY 2343 01:29:02,181 --> 01:29:06,585 FEEL WE ARE SO-CALLED SILOED. 2344 01:29:06,585 --> 01:29:09,688 BUT THEY DON'T LOOK TO THE 2345 01:29:09,688 --> 01:29:11,624 SECOND DERIVATIVE WHERE THE 2346 01:29:11,624 --> 01:29:13,692 ACTION IS IN THE EXTRAMURAL 2347 01:29:13,692 --> 01:29:14,460 COMMUNITY WHERE YOU WERE ALL 2348 01:29:14,460 --> 01:29:18,931 DOING YOUR SCIENCE AND WHERE IF 2349 01:29:18,931 --> 01:29:21,867 YOUR WORK IS FROM INSTITUTE A, 2350 01:29:21,867 --> 01:29:22,668 YOU'RE STILL GOING TO 2351 01:29:22,668 --> 01:29:24,303 COLLABORATE WITH SOMEBODY FROM 2352 01:29:24,303 --> 01:29:26,038 INSTITUTE B WITH FUNDING FROM 2353 01:29:26,038 --> 01:29:28,374 INSTITUTE B IF YOU HAVE COMMON 2354 01:29:28,374 --> 01:29:31,544 INTERESTS AND CAN SYNERGIZE. 2355 01:29:31,544 --> 01:29:34,613 UNFORTUNATELY, THAT SECOND AND 2356 01:29:34,613 --> 01:29:36,248 THIRD DERIVATIVE IS NEVER TAKEN 2357 01:29:36,248 --> 01:29:37,450 INTO ACCOUNT. 2358 01:29:37,450 --> 01:29:38,551 AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 2359 01:29:38,551 --> 01:29:41,520 WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB 2360 01:29:41,520 --> 01:29:44,690 EXPLAINING TO THE CONGRESS. 2361 01:29:44,690 --> 01:29:48,494 >> OKAY. 2362 01:29:48,494 --> 01:29:49,328 JON AND THEN JAMES? 2363 01:29:49,328 --> 01:29:50,830 >> I JUST WANT TO RAISE KIND OF 2364 01:29:50,830 --> 01:29:52,364 A PRACTICAL ISSUE. 2365 01:29:52,364 --> 01:29:53,699 I'M HEARING A LOT OF BOILING THE 2366 01:29:53,699 --> 01:29:54,800 OCEAN HERE. 2367 01:29:54,800 --> 01:29:56,202 I MEAN, THE THINGS THAT ARE 2368 01:29:56,202 --> 01:29:58,504 BEING TALKED ABOUT SOUND TO ME 2369 01:29:58,504 --> 01:30:00,706 LIKE VERY LONG TERM HIGH LEVEL 2370 01:30:00,706 --> 01:30:03,008 KINDS OF QUESTIONS. 2371 01:30:03,008 --> 01:30:04,143 AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS 2372 01:30:04,143 --> 01:30:06,078 GROUP IS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 2373 01:30:06,078 --> 01:30:09,114 FOCUSED ON MANAGEMENT AND 2374 01:30:09,114 --> 01:30:10,115 ADMINISTRATION ISSUES. 2375 01:30:10,115 --> 01:30:11,851 SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE FRIENDLY 2376 01:30:11,851 --> 01:30:13,519 SUGGESTION THAT AS A START, 2377 01:30:13,519 --> 01:30:14,987 SINCE WE'RE JUST GETTING OUR 2378 01:30:14,987 --> 01:30:18,991 FEET WET IN THIS, THAT WE PICK 2379 01:30:18,991 --> 01:30:21,727 ONE OR TWO OF THOSE FIRST THREE 2380 01:30:21,727 --> 01:30:23,062 SUBBULLETS UNDER OVERSIGHT 2381 01:30:23,062 --> 01:30:24,563 ISSUES AND TRY TO FOCUS ON THAT 2382 01:30:24,563 --> 01:30:26,866 AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT 2383 01:30:26,866 --> 01:30:29,168 BEFORE WE TRY TO TALK ABOUT HOW 2384 01:30:29,168 --> 01:30:31,704 WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE WHOLE 2385 01:30:31,704 --> 01:30:32,805 INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM. 2386 01:30:32,805 --> 01:30:35,941 WHICH IS A MUCH LONGER TERM MORE 2387 01:30:35,941 --> 01:30:39,712 COMPLEX TOPIC. 2388 01:30:39,712 --> 01:30:41,046 SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. 2389 01:30:41,046 --> 01:30:42,548 LET'S TRY TO APPROACH SOMETHING 2390 01:30:42,548 --> 01:30:43,983 THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DIG OUR 2391 01:30:43,983 --> 01:30:45,618 TEETH INTO, MAKE SOME 2392 01:30:45,618 --> 01:30:49,255 SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON, FIGURE 2393 01:30:49,255 --> 01:30:50,756 OUT HOW THE GROUP WORKS, AND 2394 01:30:50,756 --> 01:30:52,191 THOSE FIRST THREE SUBBELL ET 2395 01:30:52,191 --> 01:30:56,262 CSUBBULLETSSEEM TO ME LIKE THINE 2396 01:30:56,262 --> 01:30:57,696 CONGRESS HAS EXPRESSED A 2397 01:30:57,696 --> 01:30:59,231 PARTICULAR CONCERN AND WE COULD 2398 01:30:59,231 --> 01:30:59,865 DO SOMETHING. 2399 01:30:59,865 --> 01:31:02,535 >> YES, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE 2400 01:31:02,535 --> 01:31:03,702 SAYING, BUT I THINK EVENTUALLY 2401 01:31:03,702 --> 01:31:07,773 WE HAVE TO GET TO ALL OF THOSE 2402 01:31:07,773 --> 01:31:08,774 FIRST FOUR BULLETS, BECAUSE 2403 01:31:08,774 --> 01:31:10,943 THOSE ARE PART OF WHAT THEY 2404 01:31:10,943 --> 01:31:12,811 ASKED, WHAT CONGRESS ASKED US TO 2405 01:31:12,811 --> 01:31:13,145 ADDRESS. 2406 01:31:13,145 --> 01:31:15,114 SO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, WE 2407 01:31:15,114 --> 01:31:17,516 CAN'T DO IT ALL AT ONCE, BUT I 2408 01:31:17,516 --> 01:31:21,353 THINK ONE OF LARRY'S SUGGESTIONS 2409 01:31:21,353 --> 01:31:23,689 THAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER IS LET'S, 2410 01:31:23,689 --> 01:31:25,791 AS A COMMITTEE, TAKE ONE 2411 01:31:25,791 --> 01:31:29,361 INSTITUTE AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO 2412 01:31:29,361 --> 01:31:31,463 DO AND GET THESE QUESTIONS 2413 01:31:31,463 --> 01:31:34,366 ANSWERED, ET CETERA, TRAY TRY T 2414 01:31:34,366 --> 01:31:35,668 TOGETHER A SORT OF MINI SUMMARY, 2415 01:31:35,668 --> 01:31:37,269 IF YOU WILL, AND THEN BREAK OFF 2416 01:31:37,269 --> 01:31:40,806 INTO SUBGRAWPS T SUBGROUPS TO DE 2417 01:31:40,806 --> 01:31:42,341 REMAINDER OF THE 26 2418 01:31:42,341 --> 01:31:42,675 INSTITUTIONS. 2419 01:31:42,675 --> 01:31:44,743 >> SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT THOSE 2420 01:31:44,743 --> 01:31:45,945 FIRST THREE BULLETS, AS LARRY 2421 01:31:45,945 --> 01:31:47,613 SAID, ARE NOT 2422 01:31:47,613 --> 01:31:48,581 INSTITUTE-SPECIFIC. 2423 01:31:48,581 --> 01:31:49,148 THEY'RE NIH -- 2424 01:31:49,148 --> 01:31:50,115 >> RIGHT, EXACTLY. 2425 01:31:50,115 --> 01:31:51,150 SO I THINK -- 2426 01:31:51,150 --> 01:31:53,419 >> THAT IS A MUCH MORE 2427 01:31:53,419 --> 01:31:54,620 MEANINGFUL APPROACH FOR US TO 2428 01:31:54,620 --> 01:31:57,856 TAKE, SOMETHING THAT'S NIH-WIDE, 2429 01:31:57,856 --> 01:31:59,758 THAN TO TRY TO GO INSTITUTE BY 2430 01:31:59,758 --> 01:32:00,492 INSTITUTE AT THIS STAGE. 2431 01:32:00,492 --> 01:32:04,496 >> NO, NO BE -- I SEE WHAT YOUE 2432 01:32:04,496 --> 01:32:04,797 SAYING. 2433 01:32:04,797 --> 01:32:06,365 I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING 2434 01:32:06,365 --> 01:32:06,665 ULTIMATELY. 2435 01:32:06,665 --> 01:32:07,900 YOU MEANT RIGHT NOW. 2436 01:32:07,900 --> 01:32:09,201 I THOUGHT YOU MEANT IN OUR TOTAL 2437 01:32:09,201 --> 01:32:10,636 EFFORTS TO JUST FOCUS ON THOSE 2438 01:32:10,636 --> 01:32:11,403 THREE BULLETS. 2439 01:32:11,403 --> 01:32:13,472 YOU JUST MI MEAN INITIALLY. 2440 01:32:13,472 --> 01:32:14,607 >> I MEAN INITIALLY. 2441 01:32:14,607 --> 01:32:15,808 LET'S GET STARTED WITH SOMETHING 2442 01:32:15,808 --> 01:32:17,109 CONCRETE, THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY 2443 01:32:17,109 --> 01:32:18,611 DIG OUR TEETH INTO AND MAKE SOME 2444 01:32:18,611 --> 01:32:20,446 PROGRESS ON. 2445 01:32:20,446 --> 01:32:23,816 WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT 2446 01:32:23,816 --> 01:32:25,784 NIH DIRECTOR IS GOING TO HAVE AS 2447 01:32:25,784 --> 01:32:26,885 PRIORITIES, SO THESE ARE THINGS 2448 01:32:26,885 --> 01:32:28,354 THAT ARE BEFORE US FROM CONGRESS 2449 01:32:28,354 --> 01:32:30,856 SO LET'S GET STARTED. 2450 01:32:30,856 --> 01:32:34,860 >> UNDERSTOOD. 2451 01:32:34,860 --> 01:32:35,661 JAMES? 2452 01:32:35,661 --> 01:32:36,428 SORRY, MONICA, GO AHEAD. 2453 01:32:36,428 --> 01:32:37,196 >> SORRY. 2454 01:32:37,196 --> 01:32:38,597 I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER 2455 01:32:38,597 --> 01:32:39,365 LITTLE THING. 2456 01:32:39,365 --> 01:32:41,033 THIS IS WHY IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO 2457 01:32:41,033 --> 01:32:45,404 HAVE AN OUTSIDE GROUP, BECAUSE I 2458 01:32:45,404 --> 01:32:50,442 WOULD JUST ASK YOU, WITH YOUR 2459 01:32:50,442 --> 01:32:52,745 INDEPENDENT EYES HERE, TO NOT 2460 01:32:52,745 --> 01:32:54,413 JUST AUTOMATICALLY ASSUME WHAT'S 2461 01:32:54,413 --> 01:32:56,482 BEING SAID ABOUT US IS TRUE, 2462 01:32:56,482 --> 01:32:59,685 PLEASE. 2463 01:32:59,685 --> 01:33:00,753 NOW YOU DIVE IN AND TELL 2464 01:33:00,753 --> 01:33:02,488 EVERYBODY IF IT'S TRUE OR NOT, 2465 01:33:02,488 --> 01:33:05,357 BUT PLEASE DON'T JUST 2466 01:33:05,357 --> 01:33:09,828 AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPT THE PREMISE 2467 01:33:09,828 --> 01:33:12,431 OF THE RECOMMENDATION. 2468 01:33:12,431 --> 01:33:12,698 >> RIGHT. 2469 01:33:12,698 --> 01:33:13,666 >> THAT'S IT. 2470 01:33:13,666 --> 01:33:14,600 >> RIGHT. 2471 01:33:14,600 --> 01:33:17,102 EXACTLY. 2472 01:33:17,102 --> 01:33:22,341 JIM? 2473 01:33:22,341 --> 01:33:22,875 JAMES? 2474 01:33:22,875 --> 01:33:23,108 SORRY. 2475 01:33:23,108 --> 01:33:26,078 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. 2476 01:33:26,078 --> 01:33:27,613 FIRST I WANT TO AGREE WITH WHAT 2477 01:33:27,613 --> 01:33:29,281 THE DIRECTOR JUST SAID. 2478 01:33:29,281 --> 01:33:30,582 I THINK I POINTED THIS OUT LAST 2479 01:33:30,582 --> 01:33:32,317 TIME. 2480 01:33:32,317 --> 01:33:33,786 I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD 2481 01:33:33,786 --> 01:33:35,854 ASSUME THAT ALL THE ASSUMPTIONS 2482 01:33:35,854 --> 01:33:38,057 MADE BY CONGRESS AS TO THE 2483 01:33:38,057 --> 01:33:42,528 FAILINGS OF NIH ARE TRUE. 2484 01:33:42,528 --> 01:33:43,529 THERE ACTUALLY HAD BEEN AN 2485 01:33:43,529 --> 01:33:44,530 EFFORT MADE TO SET THE RECORD 2486 01:33:44,530 --> 01:33:44,797 STRAIGHT. 2487 01:33:44,797 --> 01:33:46,398 I ALSO WANT TO AGREE WITH WHAT 2488 01:33:46,398 --> 01:33:48,734 MARK SAID A FEW MOMENTS AGO 2489 01:33:48,734 --> 01:33:51,203 ABOUT THE PROFOUND INFLUENCE OF 2490 01:33:51,203 --> 01:33:52,371 NIH ON SETTING THE RESEARCH 2491 01:33:52,371 --> 01:33:54,273 AGENDA FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY. 2492 01:33:54,273 --> 01:33:55,474 THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT 2493 01:33:55,474 --> 01:33:57,209 HERE AND SHOULD NOT BE 2494 01:33:57,209 --> 01:34:00,079 OVERLOOKED. 2495 01:34:00,079 --> 01:34:01,714 WHEN THERE WAS AN -- MADE THAT 2496 01:34:01,714 --> 01:34:03,148 NIH BUDGET WAS GOING TO INCREASE 2497 01:34:03,148 --> 01:34:04,383 BY SOME AMOUNT, MANY 2498 01:34:04,383 --> 01:34:06,318 UNIVERSITIES AND PRESIDENTS OF 2499 01:34:06,318 --> 01:34:07,653 UNIVERSITIES INVESTED IN 2500 01:34:07,653 --> 01:34:09,621 INCREASING THEIR RESEARCH 2501 01:34:09,621 --> 01:34:10,389 CAPACITY, AND LOOK WHAT 2502 01:34:10,389 --> 01:34:11,490 HAPPENED. 2503 01:34:11,490 --> 01:34:13,992 SO I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT 2504 01:34:13,992 --> 01:34:17,429 ONE WAY THAT INNOVATION IS 2505 01:34:17,429 --> 01:34:19,732 STIFLED IS BY FUNDING THE SAME 2506 01:34:19,732 --> 01:34:21,467 INVESTIGATORS AND THE SAME 2507 01:34:21,467 --> 01:34:22,167 INSTITUTIONS OVER AND OVER 2508 01:34:22,167 --> 01:34:23,969 AGAIN. 2509 01:34:23,969 --> 01:34:25,604 WE MISS OUT ON A LOT OF 2510 01:34:25,604 --> 01:34:28,440 INNOVATION BY MISSING OUT ON THE 2511 01:34:28,440 --> 01:34:30,008 TALENTS OF MANY INVESTIGATORS 2512 01:34:30,008 --> 01:34:31,977 AND RESEARCHERS WHO HAPPEN NOT 2513 01:34:31,977 --> 01:34:36,248 TO BE VIEWED AS FAVORITES OF 2514 01:34:36,248 --> 01:34:38,650 CERTAIN FOLKS WHO AWARD THE 2515 01:34:38,650 --> 01:34:39,785 FUNDS FOR RESEARCH. 2516 01:34:39,785 --> 01:34:40,986 SO ONE BIT OF DATA I WOULD LIKE 2517 01:34:40,986 --> 01:34:43,589 TO SEE US GET FROM THE 2518 01:34:43,589 --> 01:34:45,357 INSTITUTES IS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF 2519 01:34:45,357 --> 01:34:48,527 THE FUNDS THEY GIVE EXTRAMURALLY 2520 01:34:48,527 --> 01:34:49,728 GOES TO THE SAME INVESTIGATORS 2521 01:34:49,728 --> 01:34:51,497 OR THE SAME INSTITUTES YEAR 2522 01:34:51,497 --> 01:34:52,564 AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. 2523 01:34:52,564 --> 01:34:54,366 IF THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT 2524 01:34:54,366 --> 01:34:56,001 THEY'RE HAVING A BROADENING OF 2525 01:34:56,001 --> 01:35:00,739 THEIR AT THE PRE TENT, THEN THAO 2526 01:35:00,739 --> 01:35:03,142 STIFLE INNOVATION FOR SURE 2527 01:35:03,142 --> 01:35:04,576 BECAUSE INNOVATION DOESN'T JUST 2528 01:35:04,576 --> 01:35:05,611 HAPPEN ON THE EAST COAST AND 2529 01:35:05,611 --> 01:35:06,011 WEST COAST. 2530 01:35:06,011 --> 01:35:07,412 IT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE 2531 01:35:07,412 --> 01:35:07,746 COUNTRY. 2532 01:35:07,746 --> 01:35:08,747 SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'D 2533 01:35:08,747 --> 01:35:09,848 LIKE TO SAY. 2534 01:35:09,848 --> 01:35:11,817 THE OTHER THING I'D MENTION LAST 2535 01:35:11,817 --> 01:35:13,352 TIME IS, AT SOME POINT 2536 01:35:13,352 --> 01:35:14,887 IMPLEMENTATION HAS TO BE A FOCUS 2537 01:35:14,887 --> 01:35:17,623 IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRUE 2538 01:35:17,623 --> 01:35:18,757 IMPACT IN THE HEALTH OF THE 2539 01:35:18,757 --> 01:35:22,628 AMERICAN PEOPLE. 2540 01:35:22,628 --> 01:35:24,429 AND -- MAY NOT BE WITHIN THE 2541 01:35:24,429 --> 01:35:25,964 PURVIEW OF NIH PER SE BUT I 2542 01:35:25,964 --> 01:35:27,399 THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT 2543 01:35:27,399 --> 01:35:30,135 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE TO REALLY 2544 01:35:30,135 --> 01:35:31,236 IMPROVE THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE 2545 01:35:31,236 --> 01:35:31,770 U.S. POPULATION. 2546 01:35:31,770 --> 01:35:33,772 SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. 2547 01:35:33,772 --> 01:35:34,072 THANK YOU. 2548 01:35:34,072 --> 01:35:34,973 >> THANK YOU, JAMES. 2549 01:35:34,973 --> 01:35:36,942 COULD YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT 2550 01:35:36,942 --> 01:35:38,610 ABOUT WHAT YOU MEAN BY -- I 2551 01:35:38,610 --> 01:35:39,978 MEAN, I KNOW WHAT IMPLEMENTATION 2552 01:35:39,978 --> 01:35:43,415 SCIENCE IS, BUT ARE YOU TALKING 2553 01:35:43,415 --> 01:35:44,316 ABOUT CLINICAL TRIALS, GETTING 2554 01:35:44,316 --> 01:35:45,951 DRUGS TO PATIENTS, OR WHAT 2555 01:35:45,951 --> 01:35:47,820 EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN BY 2556 01:35:47,820 --> 01:35:49,154 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE? 2557 01:35:49,154 --> 01:35:52,457 >> SO I THINK THERE ARE SOME 2558 01:35:52,457 --> 01:35:54,092 DISCOVERIES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE 2559 01:35:54,092 --> 01:35:56,395 THAT DON'T NECESSARILY INVOLVE 2560 01:35:56,395 --> 01:35:59,064 DRUGS OR DEVICES OR WHATEVER. 2561 01:35:59,064 --> 01:36:01,433 THAT CAN PROMOTE HEALTH AND 2562 01:36:01,433 --> 01:36:03,101 WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS. 2563 01:36:03,101 --> 01:36:07,673 THERE ARE SOME -- BY SOME 2564 01:36:07,673 --> 01:36:09,241 COMMUNITIES IN OUR COUNTRY WHERE 2565 01:36:09,241 --> 01:36:11,210 SLAWTIONS ARE KNOWN OR MAYBE 2566 01:36:11,210 --> 01:36:12,744 UNDERSTOOD BUT THE CAPACITY AND 2567 01:36:12,744 --> 01:36:15,180 THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO 2568 01:36:15,180 --> 01:36:18,350 IMPLEMENT THEM ARE NOT 2569 01:36:18,350 --> 01:36:18,784 AVAILABLE. 2570 01:36:18,784 --> 01:36:20,219 SO AGAIN, THIS MAY NOT BE WITHIN 2571 01:36:20,219 --> 01:36:22,187 THE PURVIEW OF NIH, PER SE, BUT 2572 01:36:22,187 --> 01:36:23,088 I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT 2573 01:36:23,088 --> 01:36:25,591 NEEDS TO BE PART OF OUR 2574 01:36:25,591 --> 01:36:30,062 CONVERSATIONS, HOW DO WE FOCUS 2575 01:36:30,062 --> 01:36:32,097 ON IMPLEMENTING THE 2576 01:36:32,097 --> 01:36:33,065 INTERVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES 2577 01:36:33,065 --> 01:36:35,267 THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, SOME OF 2578 01:36:35,267 --> 01:36:36,768 WHICH ARE TRULY REMARKABLE. 2579 01:36:36,768 --> 01:36:38,370 NOW WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF 2580 01:36:38,370 --> 01:36:39,338 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO HELP 2581 01:36:39,338 --> 01:36:40,973 US SHAPE WHAT THOSE ARE, I THINK 2582 01:36:40,973 --> 01:36:41,907 THERE'S SOME EXCITING 2583 01:36:41,907 --> 01:36:43,208 OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF US. 2584 01:36:43,208 --> 01:36:46,245 BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHENT 2585 01:36:46,245 --> 01:36:47,613 I SAID BEFORE. 2586 01:36:47,613 --> 01:36:49,781 INNOVATION IS CERTAINLY STIFLE 2587 01:36:49,781 --> 01:36:54,720 IEDIF THE SAME INDIVIDUALS AND E 2588 01:36:54,720 --> 01:36:55,888 INSTITUTIONS ARE DOMINATING THE 2589 01:36:55,888 --> 01:36:58,023 FUNDING THAT GOES OUT TO 2590 01:36:58,023 --> 01:36:59,992 RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD. 2591 01:36:59,992 --> 01:37:01,827 >> OKAY. 2592 01:37:01,827 --> 01:37:08,300 AND I THINK THAT LAST POINT IS 2593 01:37:08,300 --> 01:37:10,636 WHAT WE REQUESTED IN NEEDING 2594 01:37:10,636 --> 01:37:13,038 THAT DATA, I'M SURE THAT IS 2595 01:37:13,038 --> 01:37:15,007 AVAILABLE ON FUNDERS AND REPEAT 2596 01:37:15,007 --> 01:37:17,643 FUNDERS, ESSME, ET CETERA. 2597 01:37:17,643 --> 01:37:18,543 I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE. 2598 01:37:18,543 --> 01:37:20,078 >> SO I'M JUST GOING TO DO A 2599 01:37:20,078 --> 01:37:20,412 TIME CHECK. 2600 01:37:20,412 --> 01:37:22,915 WE HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR SO 2601 01:37:22,915 --> 01:37:25,851 REMAINING. 2602 01:37:25,851 --> 01:37:29,521 AND SO HOW BEST, ANDREA, DO YOU 2603 01:37:29,521 --> 01:37:32,791 THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED IN THE 2604 01:37:32,791 --> 01:37:34,760 REMAINING 15 MINUTES SO THAT THE 2605 01:37:34,760 --> 01:37:36,762 TEAM HAS A SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE 2606 01:37:36,762 --> 01:37:37,996 HEADING NEXT? 2607 01:37:37,996 --> 01:37:40,165 >> I THINK WE'VE SUMMARIZED WHAT 2608 01:37:40,165 --> 01:37:42,034 WE NEED AS FAR AS DATA. 2609 01:37:42,034 --> 01:37:43,802 THE ONLY THING THAT MAY OR MAY 2610 01:37:43,802 --> 01:37:45,337 NOT HAVE BEEN CLEAR IS, AS WE 2611 01:37:45,337 --> 01:37:47,739 LOOK AT THOSE THREE BULLETS, IS 2612 01:37:47,739 --> 01:37:52,911 THERE A WAY TO PUT TOGETHER THE 2613 01:37:52,911 --> 01:37:54,646 COI POLICIES THAT CURRENTLY 2614 01:37:54,646 --> 01:37:56,315 EXIST SO THE COMMITTEE CAN 2615 01:37:56,315 --> 01:37:57,516 REVIEW THOSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD 2616 01:37:57,516 --> 01:37:58,750 IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 2617 01:37:58,750 --> 01:38:00,152 BUT I THINK WHAT WE CAN USE THE 2618 01:38:00,152 --> 01:38:01,720 NEXT AMOUNT OF TIME FOR IS 2619 01:38:01,720 --> 01:38:04,022 DISCUSSING NEXT STEPS MOVING 2620 01:38:04,022 --> 01:38:05,223 FORWARD, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 2621 01:38:05,223 --> 01:38:06,858 DO AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND OUR 2622 01:38:06,858 --> 01:38:07,759 SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS. 2623 01:38:07,759 --> 01:38:09,528 I KNOW, LARRY, YOU HAD MENTIONED 2624 01:38:09,528 --> 01:38:12,264 HAVING A GROUP MEETING AROUND 2625 01:38:12,264 --> 01:38:14,366 ONE INSTITUTE, AND SEEING IF 2626 01:38:14,366 --> 01:38:17,769 FOLKS THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, 2627 01:38:17,769 --> 01:38:20,539 AND THEN OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, 2628 01:38:20,539 --> 01:38:22,240 KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE HAVE 2629 01:38:22,240 --> 01:38:25,210 EIGHT MORE MEETINGS OR SEVEN 2630 01:38:25,210 --> 01:38:26,345 MORE -- EIGHT MORE MEETINGS, 2631 01:38:26,345 --> 01:38:27,312 RIGHT? 2632 01:38:27,312 --> 01:38:29,214 SO -- AND MY EXPECTATION WAS 2633 01:38:29,214 --> 01:38:30,615 THAT THOSE MEETINGS WOULD BE 2634 01:38:30,615 --> 01:38:31,516 MUCH LONGER THAN THIS ONE AND 2635 01:38:31,516 --> 01:38:33,018 WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SOME GROUP 2636 01:38:33,018 --> 01:38:35,120 INPUT ON THAT, THAT WE WOULD 2637 01:38:35,120 --> 01:38:38,290 SPEND FIVE OR SIX HOURS ON THE 2638 01:38:38,290 --> 01:38:39,725 SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS GETTING ALL 2639 01:38:39,725 --> 01:38:40,926 THE ANSWERS THAT WE'VE TALKED 2640 01:38:40,926 --> 01:38:43,328 ABOUT GETTING. 2641 01:38:43,328 --> 01:38:44,596 SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME 2642 01:38:44,596 --> 01:38:55,140 FEEDBACK ON THAT FOR NEXT STEPS. 2643 01:38:55,474 --> 01:38:56,608 LINDSEY? 2644 01:38:56,608 --> 01:39:00,545 >> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A 2645 01:39:00,545 --> 01:39:01,313 POINT. 2646 01:39:01,313 --> 01:39:02,547 I'M HEARING A COUPLE OF 2647 01:39:02,547 --> 01:39:04,082 COMPETING NEXT STEPS. 2648 01:39:04,082 --> 01:39:06,952 ONE IDEA THAT -- WHERE I THOUGHT 2649 01:39:06,952 --> 01:39:10,522 WE WERE GOING WAS TO PICK ONE OF 2650 01:39:10,522 --> 01:39:14,259 THESE PARTICULAR STATEMENTS FROM 2651 01:39:14,259 --> 01:39:17,896 CONGRESS THAT REPRESENTS A 2652 01:39:17,896 --> 01:39:19,531 CONCERN AND TO DO A DEEP DIVE ON 2653 01:39:19,531 --> 01:39:23,902 THAT, AS OPPOSED TO IDENTIFYING 2654 01:39:23,902 --> 01:39:25,137 ONE INSTITUTE TO DO A DEEP DIVE 2655 01:39:25,137 --> 01:39:25,470 ON. 2656 01:39:25,470 --> 01:39:26,772 SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 2657 01:39:26,772 --> 01:39:28,140 WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT 2658 01:39:28,140 --> 01:39:29,241 THAT. 2659 01:39:29,241 --> 01:39:30,942 I THOUGHT THE FORMER WAS WHAT WE 2660 01:39:30,942 --> 01:39:33,045 TALKED ABOUT DOING. 2661 01:39:33,045 --> 01:39:34,246 PICK ONE OF THESE QUESTION 2662 01:39:34,246 --> 01:39:35,480 THAT'S ALREADY BEEN POSED TO US 2663 01:39:35,480 --> 01:39:37,082 TO SHOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING, 2664 01:39:37,082 --> 01:39:38,817 THAT WE'RE RESPONSIVE, TO FIGURE 2665 01:39:38,817 --> 01:39:40,318 OUT HOW WE CAN BEST WORK 2666 01:39:40,318 --> 01:39:42,821 TOGETHER TO TRY APPLYING THIS 2667 01:39:42,821 --> 01:39:44,356 FRAMEWORK, AND THEN TO SEE HOW 2668 01:39:44,356 --> 01:39:47,125 THAT WENT AND TO ADDRESS OTHER 2669 01:39:47,125 --> 01:39:47,359 TOPICS. 2670 01:39:47,359 --> 01:39:50,462 BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M 2671 01:39:50,462 --> 01:39:53,198 UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY. 2672 01:39:53,198 --> 01:39:54,232 >> IT'S BOTH. 2673 01:39:54,232 --> 01:39:55,333 IT BOTH. 2674 01:39:55,333 --> 01:39:57,569 BECAUSE THOSE FIRST THREE 2675 01:39:57,569 --> 01:39:59,404 BULLETS ARE OVERARCHING -- ARE 2676 01:39:59,404 --> 01:40:01,073 NOT INSTITUTE-SPECIFIC. 2677 01:40:01,073 --> 01:40:02,707 >> RIGHT. 2678 01:40:02,707 --> 01:40:05,577 >> SO WE NEED TO ANSWER THOSE 2679 01:40:05,577 --> 01:40:07,879 QUESTIONS, AND WE NEED TO 2680 01:40:07,879 --> 01:40:09,081 EVALUATE THE INSTITUTES. 2681 01:40:09,081 --> 01:40:10,749 GO AHEAD, LARRY. 2682 01:40:10,749 --> 01:40:11,850 SORRY IF I INTERRUPTED YOU. 2683 01:40:11,850 --> 01:40:14,252 >> NO, NO, NO, THANK YOU. 2684 01:40:14,252 --> 01:40:16,688 WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE FOR THE 2685 01:40:16,688 --> 01:40:19,758 NEXT MEETING, IF THE GROUP 2686 01:40:19,758 --> 01:40:20,959 AGREES, AND THE CHAIR AGREES 2687 01:40:20,959 --> 01:40:26,865 THAT WE SHOULD GO THROUGH ONE OF 2688 01:40:26,865 --> 01:40:30,202 THESE SO THAT WE CAN LEVEL-SET, 2689 01:40:30,202 --> 01:40:33,038 IS WE TAKE THE FIRST TWO BULLETS 2690 01:40:33,038 --> 01:40:34,005 UNDER OVERSIGHT. 2691 01:40:34,005 --> 01:40:36,108 OVERSIGHT OF ALLEGATIONS OF 2692 01:40:36,108 --> 01:40:37,642 MISCONDUCT, THE PROTECTION OF 2693 01:40:37,642 --> 01:40:38,643 WHISTLEBLOWER, AND THEN THINGS 2694 01:40:38,643 --> 01:40:40,745 RELATED TO OUR COI POLICIES. 2695 01:40:40,745 --> 01:40:44,116 AND WE TAKE THOSE TWO BULLETS, 2696 01:40:44,116 --> 01:40:47,519 WE PREPARE FOR THE GROUP A GREAT 2697 01:40:47,519 --> 01:40:51,089 DEAL OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION, 2698 01:40:51,089 --> 01:40:52,591 THE ONUS ON THIS IS IN THE 2699 01:40:52,591 --> 01:40:53,692 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, BECAUSE 2700 01:40:53,692 --> 01:40:57,329 THAT'S WHERE THOSE POLICIES ARE 2701 01:40:57,329 --> 01:41:02,033 MADE, OVERSEEN AND SO FORTH. 2702 01:41:02,033 --> 01:41:06,838 AND AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 2703 01:41:06,838 --> 01:41:08,707 THIS, I'M SURE YOU ALL 2704 01:41:08,707 --> 01:41:09,841 APPRECIATE, THERE'S A PART A AND 2705 01:41:09,841 --> 01:41:11,176 THERE'S A PART B. 2706 01:41:11,176 --> 01:41:13,678 PART A IS WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR 2707 01:41:13,678 --> 01:41:16,982 OWN STAFF, THE FEDERAL 2708 01:41:16,982 --> 01:41:18,116 EMPLOYEES, OR B, IS WHAT DO WE 2709 01:41:18,116 --> 01:41:22,587 DO WITH ALL OF YOUR STAFF AND 2710 01:41:22,587 --> 01:41:23,889 GRANTEE INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE 2711 01:41:23,889 --> 01:41:25,157 COUNTRY? 2712 01:41:25,157 --> 01:41:29,194 AND THE APPROACHES ARE TRUE, 2713 01:41:29,194 --> 01:41:31,029 TRUE BUT NOT NECESSARILY 2714 01:41:31,029 --> 01:41:33,565 RELATED, RIGHT? 2715 01:41:33,565 --> 01:41:36,001 SO THAT'S A FAIR AMOUNT TO 2716 01:41:36,001 --> 01:41:39,404 COVER, BUT I THINK TO SHOW -- I 2717 01:41:39,404 --> 01:41:40,839 THINK LINDSEY USED THE TERM GOOD 2718 01:41:40,839 --> 01:41:43,275 FAITH AS IT WERE, IF WE TOOK 2719 01:41:43,275 --> 01:41:45,677 THOSE TWO, THESE ARE NOT 2720 01:41:45,677 --> 01:41:46,344 INSTITUTE-SPECIFIC, THIS IS ALL 2721 01:41:46,344 --> 01:41:47,612 DONE AT THE LEVEL OF THE OFFICE 2722 01:41:47,612 --> 01:41:50,949 OF THE DIRECTOR, LET'S GET THE 2723 01:41:50,949 --> 01:41:52,817 BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE 2724 01:41:52,817 --> 01:41:56,154 GROUP, AND THEN IN AN EXTENDED 2725 01:41:56,154 --> 01:41:57,689 PERIOD OF TIME WHICH NO ONE HAS 2726 01:41:57,689 --> 01:42:00,325 WEIGHED IN ON YET BUT I 2727 01:42:00,325 --> 01:42:01,293 CERTAINLY SECOND THE CHAIR'S 2728 01:42:01,293 --> 01:42:02,727 SUGGESTION THAT WE HAVE A LONGER 2729 01:42:02,727 --> 01:42:05,764 MEETING GOING FORWARD, THAT WE 2730 01:42:05,764 --> 01:42:07,365 TRY AND WORK THROUGH AT LEAST 2731 01:42:07,365 --> 01:42:08,466 THESE TWO OR AT LEAST TRY TO 2732 01:42:08,466 --> 01:42:09,668 WORK THROUGH THE TWO. 2733 01:42:09,668 --> 01:42:10,702 WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST ONE 2734 01:42:10,702 --> 01:42:12,237 AND SEE HOW FAR WE GET. 2735 01:42:12,237 --> 01:42:15,540 SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING 2736 01:42:15,540 --> 01:42:16,741 TANGIBLE, AND THEN WE'LL GET A 2737 01:42:16,741 --> 01:42:18,710 BETTER SENSE OF HOW THE GROUP 2738 01:42:18,710 --> 01:42:22,914 WILL WANT TO WORK THROUGH 2739 01:42:22,914 --> 01:42:24,783 ADDITIONAL THINGS, AND THEN WE 2740 01:42:24,783 --> 01:42:26,084 CAN SPLIT UP INTO DIFFERENT 2741 01:42:26,084 --> 01:42:28,119 GROUPS SO THAT WE'RE AT LEAST 2742 01:42:28,119 --> 01:42:30,388 FOLLOWING SOMEWHAT SIMILAR 2743 01:42:30,388 --> 01:42:30,956 APPROACHES. 2744 01:42:30,956 --> 01:42:38,530 WOULD THAT BE OF VALUE TO FOLKS? 2745 01:42:38,530 --> 01:42:39,864 >> I SEE SOME NODS. 2746 01:42:39,864 --> 01:42:41,666 WE CAN GO BACK TO THE "HOLLYWOOD 2747 01:42:41,666 --> 01:42:44,903 SQUARES" VIEW. 2748 01:42:44,903 --> 01:42:46,338 I SEE SOME THUMBS UP AND SOME 2749 01:42:46,338 --> 01:42:46,771 NODS. 2750 01:42:46,771 --> 01:42:49,407 THAT'S GOOD. 2751 01:42:49,407 --> 01:42:50,842 ANY OPPOSITION OR ALTERNATIVE 2752 01:42:50,842 --> 01:42:53,678 SUGGESTIONS? 2753 01:42:53,678 --> 01:42:55,747 >> A COUPLE OF HANDS RAISED, 2754 01:42:55,747 --> 01:42:57,782 JONI AND MIKE CHIANG. 2755 01:42:57,782 --> 01:42:58,216 >> THANKS. 2756 01:42:58,216 --> 01:42:59,384 I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE 2757 01:42:59,384 --> 01:43:00,518 PLACE TO START GIVEN THE 2758 01:43:00,518 --> 01:43:01,119 DISCUSSION ABOUT -- 2759 01:43:01,119 --> 01:43:02,821 >> JONI, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT ABLE 2760 01:43:02,821 --> 01:43:03,955 TO HEAR YOU FOR SOME REASON. 2761 01:43:03,955 --> 01:43:04,956 >> SPEAK LOUDER. 2762 01:43:04,956 --> 01:43:05,790 >> OH. 2763 01:43:05,790 --> 01:43:06,891 IS THAT BETTER? 2764 01:43:06,891 --> 01:43:07,659 >> YES. 2765 01:43:07,659 --> 01:43:09,661 >> OKAY. 2766 01:43:09,661 --> 01:43:10,862 THANKS FOR THAT. 2767 01:43:10,862 --> 01:43:12,297 I THINK GIVEN THE CONVERSATION 2768 01:43:12,297 --> 01:43:16,534 WE'VE HAD ABOUT THE NEED TO SORT 2769 01:43:16,534 --> 01:43:19,537 OF GET -- SINK IN TO A COUPLE OF 2770 01:43:19,537 --> 01:43:20,538 THESE THINGS AND MOVE THEM 2771 01:43:20,538 --> 01:43:21,506 FORWARD, I THINK THAT'S 2772 01:43:21,506 --> 01:43:21,806 REASONABLE. 2773 01:43:21,806 --> 01:43:23,174 I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO SET A 2774 01:43:23,174 --> 01:43:25,043 TIME FRAME TO THAT SO THAT WE 2775 01:43:25,043 --> 01:43:26,444 DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT OF 2776 01:43:26,444 --> 01:43:29,848 HOW WE CAN BE MORE FORWARD 2777 01:43:29,848 --> 01:43:32,817 LOOKING IN SOME OF THE OTHER 2778 01:43:32,817 --> 01:43:34,352 ASPECTS WE'VE DISCUSSED AS WELL 2779 01:43:34,352 --> 01:43:37,088 AND SORT OF HAVE THAT AS A WAY 2780 01:43:37,088 --> 01:43:38,323 OF THE NEXT MAYBE COUPLE 2781 01:43:38,323 --> 01:43:39,758 MEETINGS TO FOCUS ON THAT BUT 2782 01:43:39,758 --> 01:43:40,725 THEN TRANSITION INTO OTHER AREAS 2783 01:43:40,725 --> 01:43:42,327 WHERE WE CAN REALLY HIGHLIGHT 2784 01:43:42,327 --> 01:43:45,063 THE WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD. 2785 01:43:45,063 --> 01:43:47,799 >> AND JUST AS A COMMENT, DEB 2786 01:43:47,799 --> 01:43:49,434 PUT IN THE CHAT THAT WE SHOULD 2787 01:43:49,434 --> 01:43:52,304 ALSO HEAR FROM RE NA DA NEXT 2788 01:43:52,304 --> 01:43:53,505 TIME ON THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN 2789 01:43:53,505 --> 01:43:55,140 AND I AGREE, WE SHOULD CARVE OUT 2790 01:43:55,140 --> 01:43:56,641 A LITTLE TIME FOR THAT AS WELL, 2791 01:43:56,641 --> 01:43:56,808 YES. 2792 01:43:56,808 --> 01:43:57,409 >> OKAY. 2793 01:43:57,409 --> 01:43:59,277 >> LARRY, CAN I THROW SOMETHING 2794 01:43:59,277 --> 01:44:00,178 IN HERE REALLY QUICKLY? 2795 01:44:00,178 --> 01:44:02,213 >> YEAH, YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR, 2796 01:44:02,213 --> 01:44:02,781 YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. 2797 01:44:02,781 --> 01:44:04,883 >> WELL, NO, THIS IS FOR LARRY 2798 01:44:04,883 --> 01:44:05,984 TOO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW 2799 01:44:05,984 --> 01:44:09,054 MORE THAN I DO ABOUT THIS. 2800 01:44:09,054 --> 01:44:10,355 THESE RECOMMENDATIONS CAME FROM 2801 01:44:10,355 --> 01:44:11,823 A DIFFERENT CONGRESS. 2802 01:44:11,823 --> 01:44:13,124 BY THE WAY. 2803 01:44:13,124 --> 01:44:14,326 UNDER A DIFFERENT 2804 01:44:14,326 --> 01:44:14,793 ADMINISTRATION. 2805 01:44:14,793 --> 01:44:16,294 NOW, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD 2806 01:44:16,294 --> 01:44:17,762 IGNORE THEM, FAR BE IT. 2807 01:44:17,762 --> 01:44:20,498 THERE ARE SO MANY MEMBERS OF THE 2808 01:44:20,498 --> 01:44:21,266 COMMITTEE THAT ARE GOING TO BE 2809 01:44:21,266 --> 01:44:22,267 THE SAME. 2810 01:44:22,267 --> 01:44:23,835 I'M JUST SAYING THAT WITH A 2811 01:44:23,835 --> 01:44:25,437 LITTLE BIT OF TIME OVER THE 2812 01:44:25,437 --> 01:44:27,105 COMING MONTHS, WE'RE ALSO GOING 2813 01:44:27,105 --> 01:44:32,377 TO HEAR FROM A NEW CHAIR OF THE 2814 01:44:32,377 --> 01:44:33,244 ENC COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE AND A 2815 01:44:33,244 --> 01:44:34,879 NEW CHAIR OF THE HEALTH 2816 01:44:34,879 --> 01:44:37,615 COMMITTEE IN THE SENATE, ET 2817 01:44:37,615 --> 01:44:39,451 CETERA. 2818 01:44:39,451 --> 01:44:41,086 AND SO WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO BE 2819 01:44:41,086 --> 01:44:42,153 RESPONSIVE TO THIS CONGRESS 2820 01:44:42,153 --> 01:44:45,457 BECAUSE, FRANKLY, IN 10 DAYS, 2821 01:44:45,457 --> 01:44:46,224 THAT CONGRESS, DONE. 2822 01:44:46,224 --> 01:44:46,858 THAT'S ALL. 2823 01:44:46,858 --> 01:44:50,161 AND LARRY, YOU KNOW, SO BEFORE 2824 01:44:50,161 --> 01:44:51,996 WE GO TOO CRAZY HERE, OBVIOUSLY 2825 01:44:51,996 --> 01:44:52,764 DO ANYTHING YOU THINK IS 2826 01:44:52,764 --> 01:44:53,932 IMPORTANT THAT WE OUGHT TO BE 2827 01:44:53,932 --> 01:44:56,434 LOOKING AT FOR SURE, BUT BEFORE 2828 01:44:56,434 --> 01:44:58,069 WE GO TOO CHAPTER AND VERSE 2829 01:44:58,069 --> 01:44:59,738 HERE, WE MIGHT WANT TO KNOW WHO 2830 01:44:59,738 --> 01:45:00,572 WE'RE REALLY RESPONDING TO. 2831 01:45:00,572 --> 01:45:04,376 >> AND AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS 2832 01:45:04,376 --> 01:45:06,978 WHY I HAVE SUGGESTED FOR 2833 01:45:06,978 --> 01:45:09,347 CONSIDERATION THAT THE BURDEN 2834 01:45:09,347 --> 01:45:11,316 INITIALLY BEING ON THE OFFICE OF 2835 01:45:11,316 --> 01:45:13,151 THE DIRECTOR RATHER THAN ALL THE 2836 01:45:13,151 --> 01:45:14,652 ICs, AS A STARTING POINT, SO 2837 01:45:14,652 --> 01:45:16,054 THAT WE CAN AT LEAST WORK 2838 01:45:16,054 --> 01:45:17,722 THROUGH IT AND USE THAT AS A 2839 01:45:17,722 --> 01:45:19,791 POTENTIAL MODEL GOING FORWARD, 2840 01:45:19,791 --> 01:45:21,493 AND YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT, ONCE THE 2841 01:45:21,493 --> 01:45:23,428 NEW CONGRESS IS IN PLACE, THEY 2842 01:45:23,428 --> 01:45:26,297 MAY ADD, SUBTRACT AND SO FORTH, 2843 01:45:26,297 --> 01:45:29,567 BUT THEN AT LEAST THE INITIAL 2844 01:45:29,567 --> 01:45:34,639 BURDEN HAS BEEN ON OUR TEAM HERE 2845 01:45:34,639 --> 01:45:37,375 AND THE GROUP CAN GET ITS 2846 01:45:37,375 --> 01:45:39,010 GROUNDING ON HOW TO HAVE IT 2847 01:45:39,010 --> 01:45:41,112 PROCEED GOING FORWARD. 2848 01:45:41,112 --> 01:45:43,314 >> MONICA, SHOULD WE LOOK AT A 2849 01:45:43,314 --> 01:45:48,153 PARTICULAR TIME FRAME TO HEAR 2850 01:45:48,153 --> 01:45:49,788 PERHAPS ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM 2851 01:45:49,788 --> 01:45:52,357 THE COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS, THE 2852 01:45:52,357 --> 01:45:53,658 NEW CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE? 2853 01:45:53,658 --> 01:45:56,594 IS THERE -- OR JUST KEEP 2854 01:45:56,594 --> 01:45:57,595 MARCHING ALONG AND WHEN WE HEAR 2855 01:45:57,595 --> 01:45:58,830 FROM THEM, WE HEAR FROM THEM? 2856 01:45:58,830 --> 01:46:00,165 >> SO THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW, 2857 01:46:00,165 --> 01:46:02,133 AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH LARRY. 2858 01:46:02,133 --> 01:46:03,268 FOCUS ON THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE 2859 01:46:03,268 --> 01:46:04,269 RIGHT NOW. 2860 01:46:04,269 --> 01:46:05,437 BECAUSE THEY'LL ALSO TELL YOU 2861 01:46:05,437 --> 01:46:09,274 THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE 2862 01:46:09,274 --> 01:46:12,510 CONCERN ABOUT SILO HERE, SILO 2863 01:46:12,510 --> 01:46:15,246 THERE, FRANKLY THAT'S THE 2864 01:46:15,246 --> 01:46:16,214 DIRECTOR'S JOB. 2865 01:46:16,214 --> 01:46:18,082 IN MY OPINION. 2866 01:46:18,082 --> 01:46:19,651 I HAVE TRIED TO REALLY OWN THAT, 2867 01:46:19,651 --> 01:46:21,753 THAT IT'S THE DIRECTOR'S JOB TO 2868 01:46:21,753 --> 01:46:24,889 MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THE 2869 01:46:24,889 --> 01:46:26,758 STRUCTURES AND ABILITY TO WORK 2870 01:46:26,758 --> 01:46:27,725 TOGETHER, GIVEN THE 2871 01:46:27,725 --> 01:46:29,761 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE 2872 01:46:29,761 --> 01:46:30,428 INHERITED FOR CONGRESS. 2873 01:46:30,428 --> 01:46:31,629 SO I THINK STARTING THERE WOULD 2874 01:46:31,629 --> 01:46:32,831 BE A GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME WHILE 2875 01:46:32,831 --> 01:46:33,865 YOU WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, 2876 01:46:33,865 --> 01:46:35,500 AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET 2877 01:46:35,500 --> 01:46:36,935 TO -- WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH 2878 01:46:36,935 --> 01:46:37,735 BUDGET SEASON AND THEN WE'RE 2879 01:46:37,735 --> 01:46:40,138 GOING TO GET TO THE SPRING, WHEN 2880 01:46:40,138 --> 01:46:41,439 WE START -- WHEN ALL OF US GET 2881 01:46:41,439 --> 01:46:43,141 CALLED IN FRONT OF CONGRESS AND 2882 01:46:43,141 --> 01:46:45,109 ASKED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT 2883 01:46:45,109 --> 01:46:47,645 AND WHAT WE THINK WE'RE DOING. 2884 01:46:47,645 --> 01:46:49,214 BUT IF YOU START WITH THE 2885 01:46:49,214 --> 01:46:49,881 DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, GET THROUGH 2886 01:46:49,881 --> 01:46:52,183 THE SPRING, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO 2887 01:46:52,183 --> 01:46:55,587 HOPEFULLY BE GETTING SOME 2888 01:46:55,587 --> 01:46:56,054 SIGNALS FROM CONGRESS. 2889 01:46:56,054 --> 01:46:58,456 >> TYPICALLY THE BUDGET HEARINGS 2890 01:46:58,456 --> 01:46:59,791 ARE MARCH, APRIL. 2891 01:46:59,791 --> 01:47:00,425 >> OKAY. 2892 01:47:00,425 --> 01:47:01,960 THANK YOU. 2893 01:47:01,960 --> 01:47:05,497 MIKE MIE CAL? 2894 01:47:05,497 --> 01:47:05,730 MICHAEL? 2895 01:47:05,730 --> 01:47:07,899 >> ANDREA, JUST TO COMMENT 2896 01:47:07,899 --> 01:47:08,800 ABOUT -- TOTALLY LOOK FORWARD TO 2897 01:47:08,800 --> 01:47:10,468 THE NEXT MEETING AND REVIEWING 2898 01:47:10,468 --> 01:47:13,204 THESE FIRST TWO BULLET POINTS 2899 01:47:13,204 --> 01:47:16,608 UNDER OVERSIGHT. 2900 01:47:16,608 --> 01:47:17,842 MY COMMENT IS JUST THAT I THINK 2901 01:47:17,842 --> 01:47:20,478 IT GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO MAKE 2902 01:47:20,478 --> 01:47:24,649 SURE THAT WE STRIKE THAT BALANCE 2903 01:47:24,649 --> 01:47:26,050 BETWEEN THIS COMMITTEE RECEIVING 2904 01:47:26,050 --> 01:47:27,652 INFORMATION AND LISTENING TO IT 2905 01:47:27,652 --> 01:47:29,387 AND DISSECTING IT VERSUS TALKING 2906 01:47:29,387 --> 01:47:32,657 AND MAKING DECISIONS AND SORT OF 2907 01:47:32,657 --> 01:47:33,691 NEXT STEPS ABOUT IT. 2908 01:47:33,691 --> 01:47:35,994 MAYBE THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE US 2909 01:47:35,994 --> 01:47:38,963 DOING THE HOMEWORK BEFOREHAND OF 2910 01:47:38,963 --> 01:47:40,765 THINKING ABOUT IT, I JUST THINK 2911 01:47:40,765 --> 01:47:42,066 IT'S GOING TO BE -- IT WOULD BE 2912 01:47:42,066 --> 01:47:45,470 TOO BAD IF WE HAD A SCENARIO 2913 01:47:45,470 --> 01:47:48,439 WHERE OUR NEXT MEETING WAS ABOUT 2914 01:47:48,439 --> 01:47:51,976 TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS, THEN 2915 01:47:51,976 --> 01:47:53,511 WE SPEND THREE MEETINGS TALKING 2916 01:47:53,511 --> 01:47:55,346 ABOUT THE FIRST TWO BULLET 2917 01:47:55,346 --> 01:47:56,714 POINTS, SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT 2918 01:47:56,714 --> 01:47:56,881 IN. 2919 01:47:56,881 --> 01:47:58,583 >> YEAH, I'M VERY -- THANK YOU 2920 01:47:58,583 --> 01:47:59,684 FOR MENTIONING THAT. 2921 01:47:59,684 --> 01:48:02,086 I'VE BEEN VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT 2922 01:48:02,086 --> 01:48:03,788 THE TIME AND LARRY AND I HAVE 2923 01:48:03,788 --> 01:48:07,191 DISCUSSED IT AND I THINK THAT'S 2924 01:48:07,191 --> 01:48:08,493 WHY WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE 2925 01:48:08,493 --> 01:48:10,495 HAVE LENGTHY MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, 2926 01:48:10,495 --> 01:48:13,898 FIVE, SIX-HOUR MEETINGS MOVING 2927 01:48:13,898 --> 01:48:15,333 FORWARD SO WE CAN ACCOMPLISH 2928 01:48:15,333 --> 01:48:16,467 THIS EUJ TASK. 2929 01:48:16,467 --> 01:48:18,970 BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, I DON'T 2930 01:48:18,970 --> 01:48:19,871 THINK WE WANT TO BE TALKING 2931 01:48:19,871 --> 01:48:21,172 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WE 2932 01:48:21,172 --> 01:48:24,909 WANT TO ACTUALLY GET IT DONE. 2933 01:48:24,909 --> 01:48:25,109 ALBA? 2934 01:48:25,109 --> 01:48:26,444 >> THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU JUST 2935 01:48:26,444 --> 01:48:27,111 SAID, LARRY. 2936 01:48:27,111 --> 01:48:28,112 I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE 2937 01:48:28,112 --> 01:48:29,681 WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS, AND 2938 01:48:29,681 --> 01:48:31,649 WHAT'S HAPPENED IS WE'RE MEETING 2939 01:48:31,649 --> 01:48:32,917 NOW BECAUSE CONGRESS HAS REALLY 2940 01:48:32,917 --> 01:48:33,318 REQUESTED IT. 2941 01:48:33,318 --> 01:48:37,155 BUT WE'RE REALLY SETTING THE 2942 01:48:37,155 --> 01:48:38,456 FOUNDATION FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO 2943 01:48:38,456 --> 01:48:41,693 MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS AND 2944 01:48:41,693 --> 01:48:44,429 CONTINUOUSLY REVIEW NIH. 2945 01:48:44,429 --> 01:48:46,164 SO I THINK IT -- I LIKE TO GO 2946 01:48:46,164 --> 01:48:46,931 BACK TO THAT. 2947 01:48:46,931 --> 01:48:48,866 SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS 2948 01:48:48,866 --> 01:48:50,835 THAT DR. BERTAGNOLLI HAS SAID, 2949 01:48:50,835 --> 01:48:52,770 BECAUSE WHILE WE ARE RESPONDING 2950 01:48:52,770 --> 01:48:55,073 TO THESE DOCUMENTS, WE HAVE A 2951 01:48:55,073 --> 01:48:57,208 BIGGER PICTURE, WHICH AS I SEE 2952 01:48:57,208 --> 01:48:58,643 IT IS REALLY TO ENSURE THE 2953 01:48:58,643 --> 01:49:01,045 PUBLIC TRUST THAT NIH HAS THEIR 2954 01:49:01,045 --> 01:49:02,513 INTERESTS AT HEART, AND THAT WE 2955 01:49:02,513 --> 01:49:04,148 ARE DOING OUR JOB BY ALL THE 2956 01:49:04,148 --> 01:49:05,350 WAYS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO 2957 01:49:05,350 --> 01:49:05,683 IT. 2958 01:49:05,683 --> 01:49:08,252 WHEN I READ THOSE REPORTS, I DID 2959 01:49:08,252 --> 01:49:10,221 READ THINGS THAT RESONATE WITH 2960 01:49:10,221 --> 01:49:11,956 WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS TO ME. 2961 01:49:11,956 --> 01:49:14,158 FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEED FOR MORE 2962 01:49:14,158 --> 01:49:16,494 YOUNG INVESTIGATORS, FUNDING 2963 01:49:16,494 --> 01:49:19,030 MORE PEOPLE AT ALL STAGES. 2964 01:49:19,030 --> 01:49:21,099 AND THE INNOVATION PIECE, I 2965 01:49:21,099 --> 01:49:22,166 REALLY APPRECIATED WHAT WAS SAID 2966 01:49:22,166 --> 01:49:24,435 ABOUT THAT, AND WE KNOW THAT 2967 01:49:24,435 --> 01:49:25,536 MORE PEOPLE GIVES YOU A BETTER 2968 01:49:25,536 --> 01:49:27,238 CHANCE AT INNOVATION. 2969 01:49:27,238 --> 01:49:29,307 SO I HOPE THAT AS WE MOVE 2970 01:49:29,307 --> 01:49:31,843 FORWARD, WE REMEMBER THAT WE 2971 01:49:31,843 --> 01:49:33,811 HAVE PRESSURE BECAUSE OF WHAT'S 2972 01:49:33,811 --> 01:49:35,847 HAPPENING, BUT WE'RE ALSO 2973 01:49:35,847 --> 01:49:37,582 SETTING THE TONE FOR THIS 2974 01:49:37,582 --> 01:49:39,584 REGULAR PROCESS. 2975 01:49:39,584 --> 01:49:42,520 >> RIGHT, EXACTLY. 2976 01:49:42,520 --> 01:49:47,091 THANK YOU. 2977 01:49:47,091 --> 01:49:48,993 ALL RIGHT. 2978 01:49:48,993 --> 01:49:51,629 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 2979 01:49:51,629 --> 01:49:54,032 IT'S TIME TO WRAP UP. 2980 01:49:54,032 --> 01:49:56,234 THE NEXT -- AS FAR AS THE NEXT 2981 01:49:56,234 --> 01:49:58,870 MEETING, I THINK TO TRY TO DO 2982 01:49:58,870 --> 01:50:00,238 SORT OF -- LET ME ASK PEOPLE. 2983 01:50:00,238 --> 01:50:02,507 TODAY IS FRIDAY. 2984 01:50:02,507 --> 01:50:04,976 IS FRIDAY AS A DAY OF THE WEEK 2985 01:50:04,976 --> 01:50:05,843 PREFERABLE FOR FOLKS IF WE'RE 2986 01:50:05,843 --> 01:50:07,078 PLANNING A MORE LENGTHY MEETING 2987 01:50:07,078 --> 01:50:10,014 OR IS THERE ANOTHER DAY OF THE 2988 01:50:10,014 --> 01:50:11,883 WEEK BEFORE OUR ASSISTANTS START 2989 01:50:11,883 --> 01:50:12,784 TRYING TO PUT OUR SCHEDULES 2990 01:50:12,784 --> 01:50:14,619 TOGETHER? 2991 01:50:14,619 --> 01:50:16,087 >> I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO 2992 01:50:16,087 --> 01:50:17,722 HAVE TO DO POLLS. 2993 01:50:17,722 --> 01:50:22,827 I UNFORTUNATELY -- THIS GROUP IS 2994 01:50:22,827 --> 01:50:25,997 SO BUSY AND SO HETEROGENEOUS SO 2995 01:50:25,997 --> 01:50:28,766 LET'S DO POLLS AND OUR TEAM 2996 01:50:28,766 --> 01:50:31,102 WILL -- WITH ALL OF YOUR 2997 01:50:31,102 --> 01:50:33,104 ASSISTANTS, WE'LL SOMEHOW FIGURE 2998 01:50:33,104 --> 01:50:35,707 OUT A WAY TO GET US ON THE BOOKS 2999 01:50:35,707 --> 01:50:38,276 FOR FIVE TO SIX HOURS, AND MY 3000 01:50:38,276 --> 01:50:39,577 HOPE IS THAT THE NEXT MEETING 3001 01:50:39,577 --> 01:50:41,979 WOULD BE IN PERSON. 3002 01:50:41,979 --> 01:50:43,614 WE WOULD HAVE A ZOOM OPTION 3003 01:50:43,614 --> 01:50:44,615 BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S 3004 01:50:44,615 --> 01:50:48,720 JUST NOT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO 3005 01:50:48,720 --> 01:50:49,787 TRAVEL. 3006 01:50:49,787 --> 01:50:52,323 SO I HOPE THE NEXT ONE CAN BE IN 3007 01:50:52,323 --> 01:50:55,393 PERSON. 3008 01:50:55,393 --> 01:50:58,596 WE ALL LOVE OR HATE ZOOM 3009 01:50:58,596 --> 01:51:00,031 DEPENDING UPON WHICH HOUR OF THE 3010 01:51:00,031 --> 01:51:02,433 ZOOM MEETING YOU'RE ON, BUT I DO 3011 01:51:02,433 --> 01:51:03,968 HOPE WE CAN DO THE NEXT ONE IN 3012 01:51:03,968 --> 01:51:05,236 PERSON. 3013 01:51:05,236 --> 01:51:05,870 >> YEAH. 3014 01:51:05,870 --> 01:51:06,971 I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED 3015 01:51:06,971 --> 01:51:12,810 ABOUT LAST TIME LAI EE, LARRY, 3016 01:51:12,810 --> 01:51:13,945 ALTERNATING, OUR NEXT MEETING 3017 01:51:13,945 --> 01:51:15,613 WILL BE IN PERSON, ET CETERA. 3018 01:51:15,613 --> 01:51:16,047 ALL RIGHT. 3019 01:51:16,047 --> 01:51:18,983 >> AND WE'VE CAPTURED THE MANY 3020 01:51:18,983 --> 01:51:19,617 REALLY IMPORTANT COMMENTS THAT 3021 01:51:19,617 --> 01:51:23,087 THE GROUP HAS MADE. 3022 01:51:23,087 --> 01:51:26,290 AND OBVIOUSLY INFORMED BY THOSE, 3023 01:51:26,290 --> 01:51:28,693 WE'LL BEGIN TO DRAFT ACTION 3024 01:51:28,693 --> 01:51:29,660 MATERIALS FOR THE CHAIR'S 3025 01:51:29,660 --> 01:51:30,428 CONSIDERATION AND THEN 3026 01:51:30,428 --> 01:51:32,897 ULTIMATELY FOR THE GROUP AS A 3027 01:51:32,897 --> 01:51:34,232 WHOLE. 3028 01:51:34,232 --> 01:51:35,399 >> ALL RIGHT. 3029 01:51:35,399 --> 01:51:36,601 WELL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 3030 01:51:36,601 --> 01:51:37,068 THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 3031 01:51:37,068 --> 01:51:38,469 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME 3032 01:51:38,469 --> 01:51:39,971 AND ALL YOUR VERY HELPFUL 3033 01:51:39,971 --> 01:51:42,473 COMMENTS, AND THANK YOU, MONICA. 3034 01:51:42,473 --> 01:51:43,608 WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU. 3035 01:51:43,608 --> 01:51:45,376 >> I'M SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF 3036 01:51:45,376 --> 01:51:47,779 YOU, AND LISTENING TODAY, I AM 3037 01:51:47,779 --> 01:51:50,782 SURE WE HAVE A FANTASTIC TEAM TO 3038 01:51:50,782 --> 01:51:53,084 REALLY HELP US DO WHAT WE CAN'T 3039 01:51:53,084 --> 01:51:55,153 DO OURSELF. 3040 01:51:55,153 --> 01:51:56,220 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3041 01:51:56,220 --> 01:51:57,088 >> ALL RIGHT. 3042 01:51:57,088 --> 01:51:58,289 EVERYBODY, HAVE A GREAT DAY. 3043 01:51:58,289 --> 01:52:07,832 >> BYE-BYE.