1 00:00:04,910 --> 00:00:07,613 GOOD MORNING 2 00:00:07,613 --> 00:00:08,013 EVERYONE. 3 00:00:08,013 --> 00:00:11,483 AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH 4 00:00:11,483 --> 00:00:14,920 FOR BEING HERE ESPECIALLY OUR 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,623 VISITORS FROM -- VISITORS -- OUR 6 00:00:17,623 --> 00:00:22,060 PARTNERS FROM OUTSIDE NIH AND 7 00:00:22,060 --> 00:00:23,962 FOR TAKING YOUR TIME. 8 00:00:23,962 --> 00:00:25,164 WE KNOW HOW PRECIOUS YOUR TIME 9 00:00:25,164 --> 00:00:28,333 IS, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 10 00:00:28,333 --> 00:00:29,601 PARTICIPATION IN THIS VERY 11 00:00:29,601 --> 00:00:32,704 IMPORTANT COMMITTEE FOR US AT 12 00:00:32,704 --> 00:00:33,272 NIH. 13 00:00:33,272 --> 00:00:35,440 WELCOME TO THIS CONVENING OF THE 14 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,277 SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW 15 00:00:38,277 --> 00:00:38,477 BOARD. 16 00:00:38,477 --> 00:00:39,211 CONGRESS AUTHORIZED THE CREATION 17 00:00:39,211 --> 00:00:42,581 OF THIS BOARD IN 2006 WITH THE 18 00:00:42,581 --> 00:00:43,382 NIH REFORM ACT. 19 00:00:43,382 --> 00:00:47,052 WITH THE GOAL OF ADVISING BOTH 20 00:00:47,052 --> 00:00:48,921 NIH, AND HEALTH AND HUMAN 21 00:00:48,921 --> 00:00:50,856 SERVICES OFFICIALS ON THE 22 00:00:50,856 --> 00:00:52,291 ORGANIZATION OF OUR INSTITUTES 23 00:00:52,291 --> 00:00:54,393 AND CENTERS AND OFFICES WITHIN 24 00:00:54,393 --> 00:00:57,296 THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR. 25 00:00:57,296 --> 00:01:03,702 SO TODAY, NEXT SLIDE. 26 00:01:03,702 --> 00:01:04,736 GOT THEM UP? 27 00:01:04,736 --> 00:01:05,070 OKAY. 28 00:01:05,070 --> 00:01:11,476 WE CAN JUST GO TO THE SECOND 1. 29 00:01:11,476 --> 00:01:15,013 OKAY, SO TODAY I WILL SET THE 30 00:01:15,013 --> 00:01:16,615 STAGE BY GIVING A BIG PICTURE 31 00:01:16,615 --> 00:01:17,916 DESCRIPTION OF THE NIERK H 32 00:01:17,916 --> 00:01:19,918 MISSION, HOW WE ARE CURRENTLY 33 00:01:19,918 --> 00:01:21,053 ORGANIZED AND WHAT WE DO. 34 00:01:21,053 --> 00:01:23,155 I WILL ADDRESS THE CONTEXT IN 35 00:01:23,155 --> 00:01:24,823 WHICH WE'RE WORKING AND THE NEW 36 00:01:24,823 --> 00:01:27,292 INITIATIVES THAT I THINK WE NEED 37 00:01:27,292 --> 00:01:29,061 TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THE 38 00:01:29,061 --> 00:01:31,029 NATION AND I'LL CONCLUDE BY 39 00:01:31,029 --> 00:01:34,166 PRESENTING THE CHARGE TO THIS 40 00:01:34,166 --> 00:01:34,366 BOARD. 41 00:01:34,366 --> 00:01:35,601 NEXT SLIDE. 42 00:01:35,601 --> 00:01:38,570 AT NIH, WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE 43 00:01:38,570 --> 00:01:39,104 AMERICAN PEOPLE. 44 00:01:39,104 --> 00:01:41,273 OUR MISSION IS TO SEEK 45 00:01:41,273 --> 00:01:42,641 FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT 46 00:01:42,641 --> 00:01:45,277 LIVING SYSTEMS AND TO APPLY THAT 47 00:01:45,277 --> 00:01:47,813 KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE HEALTH FOR 48 00:01:47,813 --> 00:01:48,313 EVERYONE. 49 00:01:48,313 --> 00:01:49,448 WE FULFILL OUR MISSION BY 50 00:01:49,448 --> 00:01:52,050 SUPPORTING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF 51 00:01:52,050 --> 00:01:54,453 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FROM THE 52 00:01:54,453 --> 00:01:56,955 MOST FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL TO BETTER 53 00:01:56,955 --> 00:01:59,124 UNDERSTAND HOW MOLECULES AND 54 00:01:59,124 --> 00:02:01,426 CELLS WORK, TO CLINICAL TESTING 55 00:02:01,426 --> 00:02:03,362 OF DRUGS AND TECHNOLOGY, AND WE 56 00:02:03,362 --> 00:02:04,863 ALSO SUPPORT RESEARCH BY 57 00:02:04,863 --> 00:02:07,499 TRAINING AND FUNDING A CREATIVE 58 00:02:07,499 --> 00:02:09,101 AND DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC 59 00:02:09,101 --> 00:02:10,035 WORKFORCE. 60 00:02:10,035 --> 00:02:13,605 THE BASIS OF OUR PROGRESS IS 61 00:02:13,605 --> 00:02:14,640 CURIOSITY-DRIVEN SCIENCE AND WE 62 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:16,308 KNOW THIS FROM LOOKING AT THE 63 00:02:16,308 --> 00:02:19,444 HISTORY OF HOW NEWLY APPROVED 64 00:02:19,444 --> 00:02:20,412 DRUGS WERE DEVELOPED. 65 00:02:20,412 --> 00:02:24,950 IT CAN BE MANY YEARS BEFORE A 66 00:02:24,950 --> 00:02:26,218 STRAND OF FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE 67 00:02:26,218 --> 00:02:27,386 WHICH MIGHT AT FIRST BE OF 68 00:02:27,386 --> 00:02:30,789 INTEREST TO ONLY A VERY SMALL 69 00:02:30,789 --> 00:02:32,391 NUMBER OF EXPERTS BECOMES 70 00:02:32,391 --> 00:02:33,892 CRITICAL FOR DEVELOPING A NEW 71 00:02:33,892 --> 00:02:36,328 DRUG OR OTHER TREATMENT THAT IS 72 00:02:36,328 --> 00:02:39,698 INCREDIBLY VALUABLE TO THE 73 00:02:39,698 --> 00:02:40,599 PEOPLE WE SERVE. 74 00:02:40,599 --> 00:02:43,568 ONE THING WE KNOW, WE'VE TRIED, 75 00:02:43,568 --> 00:02:47,906 IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT 76 00:02:47,906 --> 00:02:48,940 ACCURATELY, WHICH DISCOVERIES 77 00:02:48,940 --> 00:02:53,145 WILL BE THE REALLY IMPORTANT 1S. 78 00:02:53,145 --> 00:02:57,082 SO, SUPPORTING A VERY BROAD 79 00:02:57,082 --> 00:02:59,251 SCIENTIFIC PORTFOLIO WITH THE 80 00:02:59,251 --> 00:03:00,852 CREATIVITY OF OUR ENTIRE NATION 81 00:03:00,852 --> 00:03:02,120 AND INCREASINGLY THE WORLD IS 82 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,357 WHAT WE MUST DO TO MAXIMIZE THE 83 00:03:05,357 --> 00:03:07,292 CHANCES FOR THE BREAKTHROUGHS 84 00:03:07,292 --> 00:03:11,830 THAT WE NEED. 85 00:03:11,830 --> 00:03:12,331 NEXT SLIDE. 86 00:03:12,331 --> 00:03:14,966 PROBABLY I THINK MY HIGHEST 87 00:03:14,966 --> 00:03:15,901 GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS THAT OUR 88 00:03:15,901 --> 00:03:18,337 WORK IS NOT FINISHED WHEN WE 89 00:03:18,337 --> 00:03:19,004 DELIVER SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES, 90 00:03:19,004 --> 00:03:22,341 WE MUST HAVE THE VIEW THAT OUR 91 00:03:22,341 --> 00:03:23,642 WORK IS FINISHED ONLY WHEN ALL 92 00:03:23,642 --> 00:03:26,211 PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONG AND 93 00:03:26,211 --> 00:03:30,949 HEALTHY LIVES. 94 00:03:30,949 --> 00:03:35,487 NIH MUST SUPPORT SERVICES THAT 95 00:03:35,487 --> 00:03:36,421 SUPPORT LABORATORY AND CLINIC 96 00:03:36,421 --> 00:03:37,823 BUT WE KNOW THAT HEALTH IS NOT 97 00:03:37,823 --> 00:03:41,159 JUST THE GENES WE INHERIT, NOT 98 00:03:41,159 --> 00:03:46,998 JUST THE BIOLOGY WE ARE BORN 99 00:03:46,998 --> 00:03:48,800 WITH. 100 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,769 IT INVOLVES DEEP -- IT GOES 101 00:03:50,769 --> 00:03:51,737 DEEPLY INTO THE COMMUNITIES 102 00:03:51,737 --> 00:03:53,138 WHERE WE LIVE, WHERE WE LIVE, 103 00:03:53,138 --> 00:03:56,108 WHAT OUR ENVIRONMENT IS LIKE, 104 00:03:56,108 --> 00:03:58,310 WHAT WE EAT, WHAT OUR 105 00:03:58,310 --> 00:03:59,144 EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, SO MANY 106 00:03:59,144 --> 00:04:03,115 THINGS THAT ARE REALLY ABOUT OUR 107 00:04:03,115 --> 00:04:04,383 COMMUNITIES AND THEREFORE, IT IS 108 00:04:04,383 --> 00:04:06,118 VERY IMPORTANT THAT NIH RESEARCH 109 00:04:06,118 --> 00:04:09,321 DOES NOT STOP AT THE DOOR TO THE 110 00:04:09,321 --> 00:04:11,156 CLINIC BUT EXTENDS DEEPLY INTO 111 00:04:11,156 --> 00:04:13,558 THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. 112 00:04:13,558 --> 00:04:14,059 NEXT SLIDE. 113 00:04:14,059 --> 00:04:16,828 NIH IS THE LARGEST FUNDER OF THE 114 00:04:16,828 --> 00:04:17,996 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN THE WORLD 115 00:04:17,996 --> 00:04:20,432 WITH A TOTAL BUDGET OF 47.4 116 00:04:20,432 --> 00:04:23,268 BILLION DOLLARS IN FISCAL YEAR 117 00:04:23,268 --> 00:04:23,468 2024. 118 00:04:23,468 --> 00:04:25,337 THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR 119 00:04:25,337 --> 00:04:27,973 RESEARCH, OF OUR BUDGETS 120 00:04:27,973 --> 00:04:29,875 SUPPORTS RESEARCH CONDUCTED 121 00:04:29,875 --> 00:04:33,345 AROUND THE COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF 122 00:04:33,345 --> 00:04:36,181 NIH, IN UNIVERSITIES, MEDICAL 123 00:04:36,181 --> 00:04:38,817 SCHOOLS, RESEARCH CENTERS, SMALL 124 00:04:38,817 --> 00:04:40,385 BUSINESSES, AND ALSO SUPPORTS 125 00:04:40,385 --> 00:04:44,389 TRAINING OF THE NEXT GENERATION 126 00:04:44,389 --> 00:04:45,557 OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS. 127 00:04:45,557 --> 00:04:47,459 APPROXIMATELY 1 FIFTH OF THE 128 00:04:47,459 --> 00:04:50,362 OVERALL BUDGET GOES TO SPENDING 129 00:04:50,362 --> 00:04:53,198 AT NIH WITH ABOUT 11% GOING TO 130 00:04:53,198 --> 00:04:57,803 SUPPORT RESEARCH BY NIH 131 00:04:57,803 --> 00:05:00,439 INTRAMURAL SCIENTISTS. 132 00:05:00,439 --> 00:05:02,374 NIH CONSISTS OF 27 CONGRESSALLY 133 00:05:02,374 --> 00:05:05,343 MANDATED INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 134 00:05:05,343 --> 00:05:09,414 EACH HAS ITS OWN MISSION, 135 00:05:09,414 --> 00:05:11,316 BUDGET, PRIORITIES, LEADERSHIP, 136 00:05:11,316 --> 00:05:12,083 AND FUNDING STRATEGY. 137 00:05:12,083 --> 00:05:14,486 HERE THEY'RE SHOWN AS CIRCLES, 138 00:05:14,486 --> 00:05:17,022 SIZED IN PROPORTION TO THEIR 139 00:05:17,022 --> 00:05:17,255 BUDGETS. 140 00:05:17,255 --> 00:05:19,891 MOST INSTITUTES AND CENTERS 141 00:05:19,891 --> 00:05:20,692 SUPPORT BOTH EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH 142 00:05:20,692 --> 00:05:22,794 AND THEIR OWN RESEARCH 143 00:05:22,794 --> 00:05:27,432 LABORATORIES ON NIH CAMPUSES. 144 00:05:27,432 --> 00:05:32,103 NIH RESEARCH RANGES FROM THE 145 00:05:32,103 --> 00:05:33,738 HIGHLY TECHNICAL, FOR EXAMPLE, 146 00:05:33,738 --> 00:05:39,211 EXCITING NEW METHODS USING 147 00:05:39,211 --> 00:05:41,446 CRYOELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY TO LOOK 148 00:05:41,446 --> 00:05:48,086 AT COMPLETE INTACT TISSUES AT A 149 00:05:48,086 --> 00:05:51,490 NANO GRAM LEVEL AND ALSO LOOK, 150 00:05:51,490 --> 00:05:55,927 ALLOW, OBSERVATION OF PROTEIN 151 00:05:55,927 --> 00:05:56,928 DYNAMICS IN REALTIME. 152 00:05:56,928 --> 00:05:58,964 TOO, ON THE OTHER END OF THE 153 00:05:58,964 --> 00:06:00,332 SPECTRUM, WE'RE CONDUCKED WITH 154 00:06:00,332 --> 00:06:02,234 NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES 155 00:06:02,234 --> 00:06:03,268 COMBINING TRADITIONAL HEALING 156 00:06:03,268 --> 00:06:05,036 CEREMONIES WITH DRUG THERAPIES 157 00:06:05,036 --> 00:06:07,572 AND COUNSELING FOR DEPRESSION, 158 00:06:07,572 --> 00:06:09,508 CHRONIC PAIN, AND SUBSTANCE USE 159 00:06:09,508 --> 00:06:09,774 DISORDER. 160 00:06:09,774 --> 00:06:13,044 WE HAVE A VERY, VERY LARGE JOB 161 00:06:13,044 --> 00:06:16,147 TO COVER THAT ENTIRE SPECTRUM. 162 00:06:16,147 --> 00:06:16,448 NEXT SLIDE. 163 00:06:16,448 --> 00:06:18,016 THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR IS 164 00:06:18,016 --> 00:06:20,085 THE CENTRAL OFFICE AT NIH 165 00:06:20,085 --> 00:06:21,953 RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING POLICY 166 00:06:21,953 --> 00:06:25,323 FOR NIH AND FOR PLANNING, 167 00:06:25,323 --> 00:06:26,358 MANAGING AND COORDINATING THE 168 00:06:26,358 --> 00:06:28,860 PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF ALL 169 00:06:28,860 --> 00:06:29,794 THE NIH COMPONENTS. 170 00:06:29,794 --> 00:06:31,429 THIS INCLUDES THE OFFICE OF 171 00:06:31,429 --> 00:06:32,597 EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH WHICH 172 00:06:32,597 --> 00:06:34,566 PROVIDES THE CORPORATE FRAMEWORK 173 00:06:34,566 --> 00:06:36,635 FOR NIH EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH 174 00:06:36,635 --> 00:06:38,503 ADMINISTRATION, THE OFFICE OF 175 00:06:38,503 --> 00:06:40,138 INTRAMURAL RESEARCH WHICH SERVES 176 00:06:40,138 --> 00:06:43,308 A SIMILAR ROLE OF OVERSIGHT AND 177 00:06:43,308 --> 00:06:45,343 POLICY DEVELOPMENT FOR 178 00:06:45,343 --> 00:06:46,044 INTRAMURAL RESEARCH. 179 00:06:46,044 --> 00:06:49,915 PART OF MY ROLE AS NIH DIRECTOR 180 00:06:49,915 --> 00:06:52,584 IS TO PREVENT SILOS AND TO 181 00:06:52,584 --> 00:06:54,986 INSURE EFFECTIVE CROSS AGENCY 182 00:06:54,986 --> 00:06:57,489 COLLABORATIONS TO ACHIEVE COMMON 183 00:06:57,489 --> 00:06:58,290 GOALS. 184 00:06:58,290 --> 00:06:59,891 AND IMPORTANTLY, TO ACHIEVE 185 00:06:59,891 --> 00:07:04,429 GOALS THAT CANNOT OTHERWISE BE 186 00:07:04,429 --> 00:07:05,664 ACHIEVED WITHOUT COORDINATION 187 00:07:05,664 --> 00:07:06,631 ACROSS THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE. 188 00:07:06,631 --> 00:07:08,366 SOME OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT 189 00:07:08,366 --> 00:07:09,834 ACCOMPLISHMENTS COME FROM 190 00:07:09,834 --> 00:07:12,237 EFFORTS THAT SPAN MANY DIFFERENT 191 00:07:12,237 --> 00:07:15,840 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS BUT ALSO 192 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,610 INCREASINGLY, OTHER U.S. 193 00:07:18,610 --> 00:07:19,778 AGENCIES AND ACROSS DISCIPLINES, 194 00:07:19,778 --> 00:07:21,746 EFFORTS LIKE PUBLIC PRIVATE 195 00:07:21,746 --> 00:07:23,448 PARTNERSHIPS, AND EFFORTS THAT 196 00:07:23,448 --> 00:07:26,518 BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN BENCH AND 197 00:07:26,518 --> 00:07:26,851 COMMUNITY. 198 00:07:26,851 --> 00:07:28,219 ONE OF OUR KEY OFFICES IN THE 199 00:07:28,219 --> 00:07:30,388 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR IS THE 200 00:07:30,388 --> 00:07:31,856 DIVISION OF PROGRAM 201 00:07:31,856 --> 00:07:34,859 COORDINATION, PLANNING AND 202 00:07:34,859 --> 00:07:39,531 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, OTHERWISE 203 00:07:39,531 --> 00:07:41,366 KNOWN AS DPC PSI, NEXT SLIDE. 204 00:07:41,366 --> 00:07:44,102 THIS OFFICE OF HELPED TO 205 00:07:44,102 --> 00:07:46,171 IMPLEMENT THE RENIH REFORM ACT 206 00:07:46,171 --> 00:07:50,141 OF 2006 ALONG WITH THIS BOARD 207 00:07:50,141 --> 00:07:54,045 THE SMRB, THE DPC PSI PLANS, 208 00:07:54,045 --> 00:07:54,813 COORDINATES TRANSNIH INITTIAIVE 209 00:07:54,813 --> 00:07:56,481 ITS AND RESEARCH SUPPORTED BY 210 00:07:56,481 --> 00:07:59,584 THE NIH COMMON FUND AND DEVELOPS 211 00:07:59,584 --> 00:08:02,354 RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT OUR 212 00:08:02,354 --> 00:08:03,154 CRITICAL PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS. 213 00:08:03,154 --> 00:08:06,057 IT ALSO HAS THE ROLE OF 214 00:08:06,057 --> 00:08:08,193 IDENTIFYING EMERGING SCIENTIFIC 215 00:08:08,193 --> 00:08:09,561 OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLIC HEALTH 216 00:08:09,561 --> 00:08:12,097 CHALLENGES AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS 217 00:08:12,097 --> 00:08:13,932 THAT WARRANT FURTHER RESEARCH. 218 00:08:13,932 --> 00:08:15,300 THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC 219 00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:16,901 COORDINATION SHOWN HERE IN THE 220 00:08:16,901 --> 00:08:20,472 BOTTOM ROW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 221 00:08:20,472 --> 00:08:21,906 MANAGING THE CRITICAL COMMON 222 00:08:21,906 --> 00:08:24,342 FUND PROGRAMS. 223 00:08:24,342 --> 00:08:25,110 NEXT SLIDE. 224 00:08:25,110 --> 00:08:26,711 SO NOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 225 00:08:26,711 --> 00:08:28,613 COMMON FUND. 226 00:08:28,613 --> 00:08:30,582 THIS ESTABLISHED IN 2006 227 00:08:30,582 --> 00:08:31,750 PROMOTES INTERDISCIPLINARY 228 00:08:31,750 --> 00:08:35,020 RESEARCH WITH A FOCUS ON 229 00:08:35,020 --> 00:08:35,720 BUILDING SCIENTIFIC 230 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:36,087 INFRASTRUCTURE. 231 00:08:36,087 --> 00:08:38,456 IT ALLOWS THE NIH DIRECTOR TO 232 00:08:38,456 --> 00:08:39,557 DIRECT FUNDING TO IMPORTANT 233 00:08:39,557 --> 00:08:42,360 MATTERS THAT HAVE NOT OTHERWISE 234 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:43,395 RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT FUNDING AND 235 00:08:43,395 --> 00:08:45,797 TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY ON RESEARCH 236 00:08:45,797 --> 00:08:48,166 OPPORTUNITIES OF HIGH PRIORITY. 237 00:08:48,166 --> 00:08:50,702 TO LAWRCH A COMMON FUND PROGRAM, 238 00:08:50,702 --> 00:08:53,271 THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC 239 00:08:53,271 --> 00:08:54,606 COORDINATION IDENTIFIES A HIGH 240 00:08:54,606 --> 00:08:55,540 PRIORITY CHALLENGE FOR THE 241 00:08:55,540 --> 00:08:56,741 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND THEN 242 00:08:56,741 --> 00:09:00,645 MULTIPLE INSTITUTES AND CENTERS 243 00:09:00,645 --> 00:09:01,479 MUST COME TOGETHER TO 244 00:09:01,479 --> 00:09:03,515 COLLABORATE ON THE ISSUE. 245 00:09:03,515 --> 00:09:04,716 SOME EXAMPLES OF COMMON FUND 246 00:09:04,716 --> 00:09:08,019 PROJECTS ALONG WITH THE 247 00:09:08,019 --> 00:09:09,621 INSTITUTES PARTICIPATING ARE 248 00:09:09,621 --> 00:09:10,221 LISTED HERE. 249 00:09:10,221 --> 00:09:11,923 THE FOCUS FOR THIS WORK IS 250 00:09:11,923 --> 00:09:13,658 DEVELOPING TOOLS AND APPROACHES 251 00:09:13,658 --> 00:09:15,493 THAT WE THEN MAKE WIDELY 252 00:09:15,493 --> 00:09:17,996 AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE 253 00:09:17,996 --> 00:09:18,463 SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. 254 00:09:18,463 --> 00:09:21,166 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 255 00:09:21,166 --> 00:09:22,000 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COMMON 256 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,870 FUND, I HAVE TO SAY, NOW BEING 257 00:09:25,870 --> 00:09:29,207 PRESENT FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS HAS 258 00:09:29,207 --> 00:09:31,943 BEEN TO PROMOTE A CULTURE OF 259 00:09:31,943 --> 00:09:33,578 COLLABORATION ACROSS ALL THE 260 00:09:33,578 --> 00:09:35,180 DIFFERENT NIH INSTITUTES AND 261 00:09:35,180 --> 00:09:39,751 CENTERS AND I AM VERY PROUD TO 262 00:09:39,751 --> 00:09:41,386 SAY THAT THIS CROSS CENTER 263 00:09:41,386 --> 00:09:45,123 COLLABORATION AND CULTURE IS NOW 264 00:09:45,123 --> 00:09:45,724 COMMON PRACTICE. 265 00:09:45,724 --> 00:09:46,791 NEXT SLIDE. 266 00:09:46,791 --> 00:09:47,759 MANY COLLABORATIONS ACROSS 267 00:09:47,759 --> 00:09:50,662 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS ARE NOT 268 00:09:50,662 --> 00:09:52,630 LED BY ACTUALLY, 2 MY POINT, NOT 269 00:09:52,630 --> 00:09:54,799 LED BY THE OFFICE OF THE 270 00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:56,101 DIRECTOR BUT HAVE COME FROM THE 271 00:09:56,101 --> 00:09:57,702 DIFFERENT INSTITUTES AND CENTERS 272 00:09:57,702 --> 00:10:01,372 WHO HAVE DECIDED TO WORK 273 00:10:01,372 --> 00:10:02,073 TOGETHER ON MULTIFACTORIAL 274 00:10:02,073 --> 00:10:06,811 PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE OPIOID 275 00:10:06,811 --> 00:10:07,145 CRISIS. 276 00:10:07,145 --> 00:10:09,914 THE NIH HEAL INITIATIVE IS IN 277 00:10:09,914 --> 00:10:10,815 COLLABORATION ACROSS 18 278 00:10:10,815 --> 00:10:12,584 DIFFERENT NIH INSTITUTES AND 279 00:10:12,584 --> 00:10:12,984 CENTERS. 280 00:10:12,984 --> 00:10:20,058 IT IS SUPPORTED MORE THAN 1800 281 00:10:20,058 --> 00:10:21,826 PRONG ECTOMYOSINS IN ALL 50 282 00:10:21,826 --> 00:10:23,728 STATES INCLUDING MORE THAN 300 283 00:10:23,728 --> 00:10:25,930 CLINICAL TRIALS TO TEST 284 00:10:25,930 --> 00:10:27,332 INTERVENTIONS FOR OPIOID USE 285 00:10:27,332 --> 00:10:29,067 DISORDER AND OVERDOSE AND ALSO 286 00:10:29,067 --> 00:10:30,568 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO TACKLE 287 00:10:30,568 --> 00:10:33,004 THE ROUTE CAUSES OF OPIOID USE 288 00:10:33,004 --> 00:10:37,675 DISORDER WHICH IS CHRONIC PAIN 289 00:10:37,675 --> 00:10:40,645 AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. 290 00:10:40,645 --> 00:10:42,213 NEXT SLIDE. 291 00:10:42,213 --> 00:10:44,082 ANOTHER 1 WAS LAUNCHED WITH 292 00:10:44,082 --> 00:10:47,152 CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT IN 2018, 293 00:10:47,152 --> 00:10:49,487 THE INCLUDE PROJECT WHICH STANDS 294 00:10:49,487 --> 00:10:52,223 FOR INVESTIGATING CO OCCURRING 295 00:10:52,223 --> 00:10:53,925 CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN 296 00:10:53,925 --> 00:10:56,194 TO UNDERSTAND DOWNS SYNDROME. 297 00:10:56,194 --> 00:10:59,164 THIS IS AN OFTEN OVERLOOKED 298 00:10:59,164 --> 00:10:59,631 POPULATION. 299 00:10:59,631 --> 00:11:03,868 PEOPLE WITH DOWNS SYNDROME, THE 300 00:11:03,868 --> 00:11:05,036 PROJECT INVOLVES 14 DIFFERENT 301 00:11:05,036 --> 00:11:10,475 NIH INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 302 00:11:10,475 --> 00:11:12,277 DOWN SYNDROME CONCISIONS TO MANY 303 00:11:12,277 --> 00:11:15,380 CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN 304 00:11:15,380 --> 00:11:19,818 AND ACROSS ICs, INCLUDING 305 00:11:19,818 --> 00:11:22,320 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, DISEEP 306 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,055 DEFICITS, HEARING DEFICITS AND 307 00:11:24,055 --> 00:11:24,889 SLEEP APNEA, SO IT'S IMPORTANT 308 00:11:24,889 --> 00:11:26,791 TO BRING ALL THESE INSTITUTE 309 00:11:26,791 --> 00:11:29,961 TOGETHER THAT FOCUS ON ALL THESE 310 00:11:29,961 --> 00:11:30,528 DISPARATE CONDITIONS. 311 00:11:30,528 --> 00:11:32,430 ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS 312 00:11:32,430 --> 00:11:33,665 THAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED FOR 313 00:11:33,665 --> 00:11:35,600 PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME IS 314 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,002 THAT THEIR LIFE SPAN HAS 315 00:11:38,002 --> 00:11:39,404 INCREASED DRAMATICALLY AND ALSO 316 00:11:39,404 --> 00:11:40,605 NOW, THOUGH, WE ARE ALSO 317 00:11:40,605 --> 00:11:42,307 UNCOVERING A NEED TO CONQUER 318 00:11:42,307 --> 00:11:46,945 SOME OF THE OTHER EFFECTS WHICH 319 00:11:46,945 --> 00:11:49,480 SHOW SOME ACCELERATION IN PEOPLE 320 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,649 WITH DOWNS SYNDROME. 321 00:11:51,649 --> 00:11:53,451 NEXT SLIDE. 322 00:11:53,451 --> 00:11:55,253 SO THE EXTRAMURAL PROGRAM, JUST 323 00:11:55,253 --> 00:11:57,121 A BRIEF SNAPSHOT HERE, 80% OF 324 00:11:57,121 --> 00:12:03,228 THE NIH BUDGET GOES TO FUNDING 325 00:12:03,228 --> 00:12:03,995 EXTRAMURAL PROJECTS. 326 00:12:03,995 --> 00:12:05,630 GRANTS AND PROJECTS IN ALL 50 327 00:12:05,630 --> 00:12:09,100 STATES AS WELL AS WASHINGTON D. 328 00:12:09,100 --> 00:12:10,401 C. 329 00:12:10,401 --> 00:12:11,970 EVERY YEAR APPROXIMATELY 80,000 330 00:12:11,970 --> 00:12:15,607 APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED BY 331 00:12:15,607 --> 00:12:18,977 29,000 REVIEWERS AND 332 00:12:18,977 --> 00:12:20,345 APPROXIMATELY 350,000 333 00:12:20,345 --> 00:12:23,815 INVESTIGATORS ARE FUNDED ACROSS 334 00:12:23,815 --> 00:12:26,651 MORE THAN 2700 DISTINCT 335 00:12:26,651 --> 00:12:27,051 INSTITUTIONS. 336 00:12:27,051 --> 00:12:29,254 THESE ARE RESEARCH PROJECT 337 00:12:29,254 --> 00:12:31,222 GRANTS, SMALL BUSINESS 338 00:12:31,222 --> 00:12:34,092 APPLICATIONS, AND TRAINEE 339 00:12:34,092 --> 00:12:34,525 AWARDS, NEXT SLIDE. 340 00:12:34,525 --> 00:12:36,327 SO HOW DO WE KEEP TRACK, HOW DO 341 00:12:36,327 --> 00:12:43,501 WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE FUNDING IN 342 00:12:43,501 --> 00:12:45,303 THIS GINORMOUS ENTERPRISE. 343 00:12:45,303 --> 00:12:46,871 WELL, MONITORING THE NIH 344 00:12:46,871 --> 00:12:48,473 PORTFOLIO OVERALL AND WITHIN AN 345 00:12:48,473 --> 00:12:49,674 INSTITUTE OR CENTER, OR THE 346 00:12:49,674 --> 00:12:50,842 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OVERALL 347 00:12:50,842 --> 00:12:53,211 IS A VERY IMPORTANT ACTIVITY. 348 00:12:53,211 --> 00:12:55,413 SO THIS IS HOW THIS FIGURE WAS 349 00:12:55,413 --> 00:12:56,114 DEVELOPED. 350 00:12:56,114 --> 00:12:59,150 IT WAS CREATED USING WORD 351 00:12:59,150 --> 00:13:01,786 EMBEDDING DESCRIPTIONIVE AI THAT 352 00:13:01,786 --> 00:13:03,721 CAN EXTRACT SEMANTIC MEANING 353 00:13:03,721 --> 00:13:07,225 FROM WHAT, WENT INTO THIS, THE 354 00:13:07,225 --> 00:13:09,727 GRANT TITLES, THE GRANT 355 00:13:09,727 --> 00:13:12,797 ABSTRACTS, BUT EVEN MORE 356 00:13:12,797 --> 00:13:15,300 IMPORTANT, ALL THE PUBLICATION 357 00:13:15,300 --> 00:13:18,403 TITLES AND PUBLICATION ABSTRACTS 358 00:13:18,403 --> 00:13:20,672 THAT RESULTED FROM THOSE AWARDS. 359 00:13:20,672 --> 00:13:23,541 SO BOTH THE FUNDING AND THE 360 00:13:23,541 --> 00:13:25,276 PRODUCTIVITY THAT CAME OUT OF 361 00:13:25,276 --> 00:13:25,977 THE FUNDING. 362 00:13:25,977 --> 00:13:28,146 THE SIZES OF THE NOTES OR THE 363 00:13:28,146 --> 00:13:29,447 CIRCLES SHOW THE RELATIVE 364 00:13:29,447 --> 00:13:31,749 PERCENTAGE OF ALL NIH FUNDED 365 00:13:31,749 --> 00:13:36,321 RESEARCH THAT WENT TO THESE 366 00:13:36,321 --> 00:13:37,689 SELECTED AREAS. 367 00:13:37,689 --> 00:13:38,990 THERE'S 28 TOPICS SHOWN HERE. 368 00:13:38,990 --> 00:13:40,892 OBVIOUSLY THIS CAN BE EXPANDED 369 00:13:40,892 --> 00:13:42,360 AND CONTRACTED IN MANY WAYS. 370 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,228 THIS IS I THINK 1 OF THE BEST 371 00:13:44,228 --> 00:13:46,297 GLOBAL VIEWS OF EVERYTHING WE 372 00:13:46,297 --> 00:13:46,698 DO. 373 00:13:46,698 --> 00:13:50,168 THE LINES BETWEEN THE NODES ARE 374 00:13:50,168 --> 00:13:51,803 ALSO REALLY VALUABLE, THEY 375 00:13:51,803 --> 00:13:52,603 REPRESENT THE CONNECTIONS 376 00:13:52,603 --> 00:13:54,906 BETWEEN THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS, 377 00:13:54,906 --> 00:13:57,642 AGAIN, ILLUSTRATED BY LOOKING AT 378 00:13:57,642 --> 00:14:00,011 THE REAL FUNDED PROJECT AND 379 00:14:00,011 --> 00:14:02,747 THEIR PRODUCTIVITY. 380 00:14:02,747 --> 00:14:04,282 THICKER LINES INDICATE GREATER 381 00:14:04,282 --> 00:14:05,883 CONTENT SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE 382 00:14:05,883 --> 00:14:10,888 TOPICS AND THEN, THIS WAS ME 383 00:14:10,888 --> 00:14:12,857 TAKING A SHOT AT BEING ABLE TO 384 00:14:12,857 --> 00:14:15,994 HAVE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION. 385 00:14:15,994 --> 00:14:19,297 THE BLUE ROUGHLY CORRESPONDS TO 386 00:14:19,297 --> 00:14:21,032 MORE BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH. 387 00:14:21,032 --> 00:14:23,835 THE YELLOW MORE TRANSLATIONAL 388 00:14:23,835 --> 00:14:27,205 RESEARCH AND THE GREEN MORE 389 00:14:27,205 --> 00:14:28,673 CLINICAL RESEARCH ALTHOUGH 390 00:14:28,673 --> 00:14:30,608 THAT'S A VERY, VERY LOOSE 391 00:14:30,608 --> 00:14:31,976 DISTINCTION BUT IT DOES KIND OF 392 00:14:31,976 --> 00:14:35,747 GIVE YOU AN EYE ABOUT 50% IN THE 393 00:14:35,747 --> 00:14:38,649 BLUE AND THE REST SPREAD AMONG 394 00:14:38,649 --> 00:14:42,253 TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL. 395 00:14:42,253 --> 00:14:43,788 NEXT SLIDE. 396 00:14:43,788 --> 00:14:45,189 SO NIH'S CLINICAL CENTER HERE ON 397 00:14:45,189 --> 00:14:46,724 THE MAIN CAMPUS IN BETHESDA 398 00:14:46,724 --> 00:14:48,760 MARYLAND IS THE LARGEST CLINICAL 399 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,663 RESEARCH CENTER IN THE WORLD, 400 00:14:52,663 --> 00:14:55,433 THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY 401 00:14:55,433 --> 00:14:59,704 DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO BIOMEDICAL 402 00:14:59,704 --> 00:14:59,971 RESEARCH. 403 00:14:59,971 --> 00:15:01,005 HERE INTRAMURAL CLINICIAN 404 00:15:01,005 --> 00:15:03,775 SCIENTISTS PARTNER WITH PATIENTS 405 00:15:03,775 --> 00:15:05,143 AND HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS TO STUDY 406 00:15:05,143 --> 00:15:08,413 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DECS AND 407 00:15:08,413 --> 00:15:09,580 TO EVALUATE NOVEL INTERVENTIONS 408 00:15:09,580 --> 00:15:11,549 AND CLINICAL TRIALS AND THE GOAL 409 00:15:11,549 --> 00:15:15,153 OF THE CLINICAL CENTER IS TO DO 410 00:15:15,153 --> 00:15:16,754 THE WORK THAT EITHER CANNOT BE 411 00:15:16,754 --> 00:15:20,058 DONE BY ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE IT 412 00:15:20,058 --> 00:15:22,894 REQUIRES TRULY UNIQUE RESOURCES 413 00:15:22,894 --> 00:15:27,565 AT NIH, OR NEEDS TO HAVE A FOCUS 414 00:15:27,565 --> 00:15:30,201 THAT THE NIH INTRAMURAL GROUP 415 00:15:30,201 --> 00:15:32,036 CAN BEST PROVIDE, BUT STILL IS 416 00:15:32,036 --> 00:15:34,038 DONE IN THE COLLABORATION WITH 417 00:15:34,038 --> 00:15:38,709 EXTRAMURAL PARTNERS, AND I WILL 418 00:15:38,709 --> 00:15:42,814 SAY, MANY, MANY PEOPLE WITH RARE 419 00:15:42,814 --> 00:15:44,682 DISEASES RECEIVE THEIR CARE AT 420 00:15:44,682 --> 00:15:46,250 THE CLINICAL CENTER. 421 00:15:46,250 --> 00:15:47,718 NEXT SLIDE. 422 00:15:47,718 --> 00:15:49,353 THE INTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM 423 00:15:49,353 --> 00:15:50,188 ALSO SUPPORTS LABORATORIES LED 424 00:15:50,188 --> 00:15:52,223 BY MORE THAN A THOUSAND 425 00:15:52,223 --> 00:15:52,924 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS THAT 426 00:15:52,924 --> 00:15:55,326 CONDITION DUCT MORE THAN 3000 427 00:15:55,326 --> 00:15:57,995 PROJECTS AND ALSO SERVES IN A 428 00:15:57,995 --> 00:15:59,697 CRITICAL ROLE TRAINING MORE THAN 429 00:15:59,697 --> 00:16:02,667 2000 POST DOCS AND MORE THAN 430 00:16:02,667 --> 00:16:05,837 2000 PREDOCS AND POST BACKS IN 431 00:16:05,837 --> 00:16:06,270 ANY GIVEN YEAR. 432 00:16:06,270 --> 00:16:11,409 I THINK THIS IS REALLY AN 433 00:16:11,409 --> 00:16:12,877 UNDERAPPRECIATED, AND INCREDIBLE 434 00:16:12,877 --> 00:16:14,879 CONTRIBUTION TO THE BIOMEDICAL 435 00:16:14,879 --> 00:16:19,383 RESEARCH WORKFORCE WHEN YOU 436 00:16:19,383 --> 00:16:23,254 THINK THAT THIS IS THE LARGEST 437 00:16:23,254 --> 00:16:25,656 AGENCY DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO 438 00:16:25,656 --> 00:16:26,124 RESEARCH. 439 00:16:26,124 --> 00:16:29,560 SO THINK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE 440 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,163 THAT THESE TRAINEES GET 441 00:16:32,163 --> 00:16:33,898 PARTICULARLY THOSE I WILL CALL 442 00:16:33,898 --> 00:16:37,068 OUT WHO ARE CLINICIAN-SCIENTISTS 443 00:16:37,068 --> 00:16:41,372 WHICH AS WE KNOW IS GETTING 444 00:16:41,372 --> 00:16:42,073 INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT DESPITE 445 00:16:42,073 --> 00:16:49,213 OUR BEST EFFORTS TO SUPPORT. 446 00:16:49,213 --> 00:16:50,848 OKAY, SOME THINGS I THINK ARE 447 00:16:50,848 --> 00:16:52,817 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE 448 00:16:52,817 --> 00:16:55,453 NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO AT NIH. 449 00:16:55,453 --> 00:16:56,988 WE KNOW OUR PURPOSE WITH ALL 450 00:16:56,988 --> 00:16:58,289 THIS RESEARCH IS 1 THING, ALL 451 00:16:58,289 --> 00:16:59,790 PEOPLE LIVING LONG AND HEALTHY 452 00:16:59,790 --> 00:17:02,927 LIVES BUT I AM TRULY CONCERNED 453 00:17:02,927 --> 00:17:04,729 THAT WE'RE LOSING GROUND. 454 00:17:04,729 --> 00:17:06,097 THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE U.S. 455 00:17:06,097 --> 00:17:08,733 POPULATION IS NOT WHERE IT 456 00:17:08,733 --> 00:17:09,767 SHOULD BE. 457 00:17:09,767 --> 00:17:12,003 OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, UNDER 458 00:17:12,003 --> 00:17:15,072 PERFORMS THOSE OF OTHER RICH 459 00:17:15,072 --> 00:17:15,306 NATIONS. 460 00:17:15,306 --> 00:17:16,974 COMMONWEALTH REPORT THIS YEAR, 461 00:17:16,974 --> 00:17:23,514 WE WERE 10 OUT OF 10 AND WE GOT 462 00:17:23,514 --> 00:17:26,717 A 10 IN ALL THE SUBCATEGORIES, 463 00:17:26,717 --> 00:17:29,687 WE GOT A 10, LAST PLACE IN 464 00:17:29,687 --> 00:17:32,623 HEALTH OUTCOMES DESPITE THE FACT 465 00:17:32,623 --> 00:17:37,695 THAT WE SPEND SIGNIFICANTLY MORE 466 00:17:37,695 --> 00:17:43,134 MONEY THAN THE OTHER COMPARITTOR 467 00:17:43,134 --> 00:17:43,534 COUNTRIES. 468 00:17:43,534 --> 00:17:45,136 NEXT SLIDE, AND THIS SLIDE IS 469 00:17:45,136 --> 00:17:45,636 ALSO DEEPLY TROUBLING. 470 00:17:45,636 --> 00:17:48,139 YOU CAN SEE A FEW GREEN POCKETS 471 00:17:48,139 --> 00:17:50,374 WHICH IS HIGH LIFE EXPECTANCY 472 00:17:50,374 --> 00:17:51,175 AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE 473 00:17:51,175 --> 00:17:52,610 DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE 474 00:17:52,610 --> 00:17:55,980 DOING FAIRLY WELL, BUT FOR SOME 475 00:17:55,980 --> 00:17:57,582 DEMOGRAPHICS, PARTICULARLY, 476 00:17:57,582 --> 00:17:59,784 BLACK AMERICANS, NATIVE 477 00:17:59,784 --> 00:18:01,152 AMERICANS, AMERICAN INDIANS AND 478 00:18:01,152 --> 00:18:03,654 ALASKA NATIVES, PEOPLE WHO LIVE 479 00:18:03,654 --> 00:18:08,192 IN RURAL AREAS, LIFE EXPECTANCY 480 00:18:08,192 --> 00:18:11,929 IS PARTICULARLY LOW AND WE AT 481 00:18:11,929 --> 00:18:14,098 NIH TAKE THIS CREDIBLY SERIOUSLY 482 00:18:14,098 --> 00:18:16,934 AND REALLY NEED TO DIRECT 483 00:18:16,934 --> 00:18:20,438 PROGRAMS TO OVERCOMING IN ISSUE. 484 00:18:20,438 --> 00:18:21,138 NEXT SLIDE. 485 00:18:21,138 --> 00:18:23,307 WHAT CAN WE DO? 486 00:18:23,307 --> 00:18:25,343 WELL, HERE'S THE FIRST LARGE 487 00:18:25,343 --> 00:18:27,645 LANDMARK PROGRAM TO ATTACK THIS 488 00:18:27,645 --> 00:18:27,912 DIRECTLY. 489 00:18:27,912 --> 00:18:31,983 WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF 490 00:18:31,983 --> 00:18:32,917 CONNECTING THE LABORATORY, AND 491 00:18:32,917 --> 00:18:35,419 THE COMMUNITY CAN TO THIS END WE 492 00:18:35,419 --> 00:18:36,587 RECENTLY LAUNCHED A NEW COMMON 493 00:18:36,587 --> 00:18:38,022 FUND BECAUSE WE COULD GET IT UP 494 00:18:38,022 --> 00:18:39,657 AND RUNNING VERY QUICKLY, 495 00:18:39,657 --> 00:18:41,492 RESPONDING TO THIS WITH URGENCY, 496 00:18:41,492 --> 00:18:43,361 A COMMON FUND PROGRAM CALLED 497 00:18:43,361 --> 00:18:44,061 CARE FOR HEALTH. 498 00:18:44,061 --> 00:18:46,931 IN SEPTEMBER WE ANNOUNCED THE 499 00:18:46,931 --> 00:18:49,133 FIRST 3 PILOT AWARDS FOR WHAT IS 500 00:18:49,133 --> 00:18:51,469 A NEW PRIMARY CARE CLINICAL 501 00:18:51,469 --> 00:18:52,937 RESEARCH NETWORK, PRIMARY CARE 502 00:18:52,937 --> 00:18:55,539 BECAUSE IT'S THOSE ON THE FRONT 503 00:18:55,539 --> 00:18:57,608 LINES OF HEALTH THAT WE NEED TO 504 00:18:57,608 --> 00:19:00,111 ENGAGE IN RESEARCH TO TACKLE 505 00:19:00,111 --> 00:19:03,180 THOSE PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE SO 506 00:19:03,180 --> 00:19:04,582 PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED IN 507 00:19:04,582 --> 00:19:05,716 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE 508 00:19:05,716 --> 00:19:09,153 TRADITIONALLY BEEN LEFT OUT OF 509 00:19:09,153 --> 00:19:10,488 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. 510 00:19:10,488 --> 00:19:11,055 WE'RE STARTING SMALL. 511 00:19:11,055 --> 00:19:16,227 OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD -- IS TO 512 00:19:16,227 --> 00:19:18,729 LEARN HOW TO BRING SUSTAINABLE 513 00:19:18,729 --> 00:19:23,768 HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH TO THESE 514 00:19:23,768 --> 00:19:24,702 CHALLENGING COMMUNITIES AND 515 00:19:24,702 --> 00:19:26,203 TRULY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITIES 516 00:19:26,203 --> 00:19:27,538 THEMSELVES IN THE CLINICAL 517 00:19:27,538 --> 00:19:27,805 RESEARCH. 518 00:19:27,805 --> 00:19:29,907 I THINK THAT THIS IS ALSO A 519 00:19:29,907 --> 00:19:33,711 CRITICAL PROGRAM FOR US TO 520 00:19:33,711 --> 00:19:35,513 ENGENDER TRUST IN SCIENCE BY 521 00:19:35,513 --> 00:19:37,248 BEING DEEPLY INVOLVED IN 522 00:19:37,248 --> 00:19:38,716 COMMUNITIES, ADDRESSING RESEARCH 523 00:19:38,716 --> 00:19:40,885 QUESTIONS, THAT MATTER TO THEM. 524 00:19:40,885 --> 00:19:43,487 NOT ONLY WILL WE BE COLLECTING 525 00:19:43,487 --> 00:19:45,189 INFORMATION FOR RESEARCH, THIS 526 00:19:45,189 --> 00:19:48,959 NEW NETWORK, AS WE KNOW FROM 527 00:19:48,959 --> 00:19:49,860 RESEARCH SUCCESSES ELSEWHERE, 528 00:19:49,860 --> 00:19:52,496 WILL BE HELPING TO DELIVER 529 00:19:52,496 --> 00:19:55,132 EVIDENCE BASED CARE TO 530 00:19:55,132 --> 00:19:55,466 PARTICIPANTS. 531 00:19:55,466 --> 00:19:57,435 THE INITIATIVE WAS INSPIRED BY 532 00:19:57,435 --> 00:19:59,704 MY OWN EXPERIENCE BEFORE I CAME 533 00:19:59,704 --> 00:20:02,206 TO NIH. 534 00:20:02,206 --> 00:20:04,709 I PARTICIPATED IN NCI SPONSORED 535 00:20:04,709 --> 00:20:06,811 RESEARCH ON THE PINE RIDGE 536 00:20:06,811 --> 00:20:07,645 INDIAN RESERVATION. 537 00:20:07,645 --> 00:20:10,247 A PLACE WITH THE LOWEST LIFE 538 00:20:10,247 --> 00:20:14,652 EXPECTANCY OF ANY PLACE IN THE 539 00:20:14,652 --> 00:20:16,420 UNITED STATES, ONLY 49 YEARS FOR 540 00:20:16,420 --> 00:20:20,191 MEN AND 31 YEARS FOR WOMEN. 541 00:20:20,191 --> 00:20:24,061 WE WERE ABLE TO -- AND WHEN NCI 542 00:20:24,061 --> 00:20:26,397 INCREASED RATES OF FUNDING 543 00:20:26,397 --> 00:20:27,965 SCREENINGS, REDUCE TOBACCO 544 00:20:27,965 --> 00:20:31,268 RESEARCH AND USE OF RESEARCH 545 00:20:31,268 --> 00:20:33,504 DOLLARS DEFINITELY DELIVERED 546 00:20:33,504 --> 00:20:35,072 CARE TO PIN RIDGE, HOWEVER, 547 00:20:35,072 --> 00:20:37,007 THERE WERE 2 BIG PROBLEMS WITH 548 00:20:37,007 --> 00:20:37,575 THIS PROGRAM. 549 00:20:37,575 --> 00:20:39,877 FIRST, WE HAD ONLY FUNDING TO 550 00:20:39,877 --> 00:20:43,147 STUDY CANCER AND YOU CANNOT GO 551 00:20:43,147 --> 00:20:45,416 INTO AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE PINE 552 00:20:45,416 --> 00:20:47,151 RIDGE OR SO MANY OF THESE OTHER 553 00:20:47,151 --> 00:20:48,719 PLACES WE NEED TO SERVE AND SAY, 554 00:20:48,719 --> 00:20:50,755 HEY, I'M ONLY HERE FOR CANCER. 555 00:20:50,755 --> 00:20:54,825 WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF 556 00:20:54,825 --> 00:20:56,927 THEIR HEALTH RESEARCH ISSUES. 557 00:20:56,927 --> 00:20:59,096 AND THEN SECOND, WHEN THE GRANT 558 00:20:59,096 --> 00:21:04,568 WAS ENDED, WE WERE GONE. 559 00:21:04,568 --> 00:21:07,238 WE NEED SUSTAINABILITY IN THESE 560 00:21:07,238 --> 00:21:08,239 COMMUNITIES, THAT'S CRITICAL. 561 00:21:08,239 --> 00:21:10,841 SO CARE FOR HEALTH IS AN 562 00:21:10,841 --> 00:21:12,042 NIH-WIDE PROGRAM, THE RESEARCH 563 00:21:12,042 --> 00:21:13,077 COVERED WITH THE PARTICIPATION 564 00:21:13,077 --> 00:21:15,579 OF WITH ALL OF OUR INSTITUTES 565 00:21:15,579 --> 00:21:17,681 AND CENTERS WILL ENCOMPASS THE 566 00:21:17,681 --> 00:21:20,117 RANGE OF URGENT HEALTH ISSUES, 567 00:21:20,117 --> 00:21:21,952 DIABETES, OBESITY, MATERNAL 568 00:21:21,952 --> 00:21:25,389 HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, CANCER 569 00:21:25,389 --> 00:21:26,223 SCREENING, MENTAL HEALTH, 570 00:21:26,223 --> 00:21:28,826 DEMENTIAS AND SO ON AND ALSO 571 00:21:28,826 --> 00:21:31,662 WILL BE DONE BY GIVING 572 00:21:31,662 --> 00:21:34,064 COMMUNITIES WHAT THEY NEED 573 00:21:34,064 --> 00:21:35,199 RATHER THAN ASSUMING THAT 1 574 00:21:35,199 --> 00:21:37,234 RESEARCH PROGRAM IS GOING TO FIT 575 00:21:37,234 --> 00:21:38,536 ALL BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW 576 00:21:38,536 --> 00:21:42,273 THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. 577 00:21:42,273 --> 00:21:43,774 NEXT SLIDE. 578 00:21:43,774 --> 00:21:45,476 MY SECOND PRIORITY AS DIRECTOR 579 00:21:45,476 --> 00:21:47,912 IS TO HARNESS RESEARCH AND 580 00:21:47,912 --> 00:21:48,212 HEALTH DATA. 581 00:21:48,212 --> 00:21:49,680 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OPENING 582 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:50,981 UP ACCESS TO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 583 00:21:50,981 --> 00:21:53,217 DATA FUNDED BY NIH FOR DECADES. 584 00:21:53,217 --> 00:21:54,618 TWO YEARS AGO, THIS JANUARY, WE 585 00:21:54,618 --> 00:21:57,221 MADE IT A REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY 586 00:21:57,221 --> 00:21:59,824 GRANTEE, EVERY NEW GRANTEE TO 587 00:21:59,824 --> 00:22:03,327 MAKE THEIR DATA AVAILABLE FOR 588 00:22:03,327 --> 00:22:03,561 SHARING. 589 00:22:03,561 --> 00:22:07,832 BUT WHAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IS MADE 590 00:22:07,832 --> 00:22:10,668 IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE DATA 591 00:22:10,668 --> 00:22:14,038 ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE WHO CAN 592 00:22:14,038 --> 00:22:16,273 -- EVERY RESEARCHER WHO NEEDS IT 593 00:22:16,273 --> 00:22:18,776 TO DO THEIR WORK. 594 00:22:18,776 --> 00:22:20,044 WE NEED TO DRAMATICALLY EXPAND 595 00:22:20,044 --> 00:22:23,547 OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE AND USE 596 00:22:23,547 --> 00:22:24,815 DATA FOR HEALTH RESEARCH. 597 00:22:24,815 --> 00:22:27,151 I THINK WE -- I WOULD LIKE US TO 598 00:22:27,151 --> 00:22:30,721 REIMAGINE THE ROLE OF NLM, BUILD 599 00:22:30,721 --> 00:22:33,190 AN OPEN SCALABLE FEDERATED 600 00:22:33,190 --> 00:22:34,859 DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM FOR ACCESS TO 601 00:22:34,859 --> 00:22:37,027 BIOMEDICAL DATA AND ANALYTICS. 602 00:22:37,027 --> 00:22:39,663 WE NEED AN NLM THAT CAN 603 00:22:39,663 --> 00:22:41,265 INTEGRATE DAT FROM ACROSS THE 604 00:22:41,265 --> 00:22:43,234 FULL SPECTRUM OF WHAT NIH DOES 605 00:22:43,234 --> 00:22:45,603 FROM BASIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE 606 00:22:45,603 --> 00:22:48,105 RESEARCH PUBLIC HEALTH AND 607 00:22:48,105 --> 00:22:50,274 CLINICAL CARE AND SERVE AS AN 608 00:22:50,274 --> 00:22:54,111 EPICENTER FOR THE ANALYSIS OF 609 00:22:54,111 --> 00:22:57,681 THESE DATA, A FOCUS WITHIN NIH 610 00:22:57,681 --> 00:22:58,449 FOR DATA SCIENCE. 611 00:22:58,449 --> 00:23:01,318 NIH CAN ALSO BE A FRONT DOOR 612 00:23:01,318 --> 00:23:03,521 WHERE BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL 613 00:23:03,521 --> 00:23:05,723 RESEARCH, DOMAIN EXPERTS, 614 00:23:05,723 --> 00:23:06,457 TRAINEES, PATIENTS, ADVOCATES 615 00:23:06,457 --> 00:23:08,692 AND ANYONE ELSE SEEKING ANSWERS 616 00:23:08,692 --> 00:23:10,327 TO RESEARCH CAN GET ACCESS TO 617 00:23:10,327 --> 00:23:12,296 THE DATA AND ANALYTIC TOOLS AND 618 00:23:12,296 --> 00:23:14,398 TO ALSO SUPPORT EDUCATION ASK 619 00:23:14,398 --> 00:23:15,199 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF 620 00:23:15,199 --> 00:23:15,966 THIS EFFORT. 621 00:23:15,966 --> 00:23:20,204 I WILL TELL YOU MY VISION, WE 622 00:23:20,204 --> 00:23:22,506 WOULD LIKE THE NOBEL LAUREATE 623 00:23:22,506 --> 00:23:28,712 WHO WANTS TO STUDY SOME EXCITING 624 00:23:28,712 --> 00:23:32,650 FANTASTIC QUESTION AND REQUIRES 625 00:23:32,650 --> 00:23:32,917 REQUIRES 626 00:23:32,917 --> 00:23:34,285 DATA FROM EVERYTHING THAT NIH 627 00:23:34,285 --> 00:23:35,986 HAS GENERATED TO BE ABLE TO GO 628 00:23:35,986 --> 00:23:37,888 TO NLM AND BE OFFERED 629 00:23:37,888 --> 00:23:39,523 INTRODUCTION TO AND ACCESS TO 630 00:23:39,523 --> 00:23:42,793 THOSE DATA AND I ALSO WANT A 631 00:23:42,793 --> 00:23:45,696 HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR STUDENT 632 00:23:45,696 --> 00:23:47,932 TO BE ABLE TO COME TO NLM AND 633 00:23:47,932 --> 00:23:51,001 SAY, I'M INTERESTED IN SOME 634 00:23:51,001 --> 00:23:52,236 SCIENCE QUESTION THAT'S 635 00:23:52,236 --> 00:23:53,504 INTERESTING TO ME AND IT'S ALSO 636 00:23:53,504 --> 00:23:55,573 TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM USE THE 637 00:23:55,573 --> 00:23:58,776 DATA THAT WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC 638 00:23:58,776 --> 00:23:58,943 USE. 639 00:23:58,943 --> 00:24:00,544 SO, THAT'S HOW SERIOUSLY WE ARE 640 00:24:00,544 --> 00:24:03,047 TAKING THE SCOPE OF WHAT NLM WE 641 00:24:03,047 --> 00:24:06,216 BELIEVE NEEDS TO DELIVER FOR THE 642 00:24:06,216 --> 00:24:06,850 WORLD. 643 00:24:06,850 --> 00:24:08,652 WE'RE CURRENTLY RECRUITING A NEW 644 00:24:08,652 --> 00:24:10,988 DIRECTOR FOR NLM WHO WILL JOIN 645 00:24:10,988 --> 00:24:14,291 OUR ESTABLISHED LEADERS IN DATA 646 00:24:14,291 --> 00:24:15,893 TECHNOLOGY, DATA SENTENCE AND 647 00:24:15,893 --> 00:24:16,827 PUBLIC POLICY. 648 00:24:16,827 --> 00:24:18,662 OKAY, NOW TO END. 649 00:24:18,662 --> 00:24:23,133 NEXT SLIDE. 650 00:24:23,133 --> 00:24:25,302 THE MSMRB RESTART, NIH CAN DO 651 00:24:25,302 --> 00:24:27,605 WHAT NO OTHER ENTITY CAN 652 00:24:27,605 --> 00:24:28,305 FRANKLY, PROVIDE CONSIST AND 653 00:24:28,305 --> 00:24:30,908 THEN THE WIDE RANGING SUPPORT 654 00:24:30,908 --> 00:24:32,309 FROM THE SPECTRUM FROM 655 00:24:32,309 --> 00:24:34,411 FUNDMENTAL RESEARCH TO BRINGING 656 00:24:34,411 --> 00:24:35,446 A PROBLEM-SOLVING RESEARCH 657 00:24:35,446 --> 00:24:38,182 APPROACH TO ADDRESSING HEALTH 658 00:24:38,182 --> 00:24:39,917 DISPARITIES, TO PARTNERING WITH 659 00:24:39,917 --> 00:24:42,653 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS TO TRAIN 660 00:24:42,653 --> 00:24:45,823 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS, AND TO 661 00:24:45,823 --> 00:24:47,291 MAKE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH DATA 662 00:24:47,291 --> 00:24:50,160 FROM EVERYWHERE AS WELL AS THE 663 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:50,861 ANALYTIC TOOLS REQUIRED 664 00:24:50,861 --> 00:24:53,797 AVAILABLE TO THE BROADEST 665 00:24:53,797 --> 00:24:54,798 POSSIBLE RESEARCH COMMUNITY. 666 00:24:54,798 --> 00:24:58,836 SO YOUR CHARGE, AS THE SMRB IS 667 00:24:58,836 --> 00:25:02,172 TO HELP US EVALUATE THE CURRENT 668 00:25:02,172 --> 00:25:02,740 STRUCTURE OF NIH. 669 00:25:02,740 --> 00:25:04,408 LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN CHANGE 670 00:25:04,408 --> 00:25:05,809 OUR ORGANIZATION TO HELP US 671 00:25:05,809 --> 00:25:08,178 BETTER FULFILL OUR MISSION, 672 00:25:08,178 --> 00:25:09,747 CHANGE IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT. 673 00:25:09,747 --> 00:25:12,282 WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER. 674 00:25:12,282 --> 00:25:16,253 WE'RE ASKING YOU TO REEXAMINE 675 00:25:16,253 --> 00:25:18,656 THE 2010 SMRB REPORT 676 00:25:18,656 --> 00:25:19,590 DELIBERATING ORGANIZATIONAL 677 00:25:19,590 --> 00:25:20,791 CHANGE AND EFFECTIVENESS, SHOULD 678 00:25:20,791 --> 00:25:23,861 WE UPDATE THE CRITERIA FOR 679 00:25:23,861 --> 00:25:25,229 DETERMINING WHEN ORGANIZATIONAL 680 00:25:25,229 --> 00:25:25,929 CHANGE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, 681 00:25:25,929 --> 00:25:28,032 WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER 682 00:25:28,032 --> 00:25:29,867 RECENT PROPOSALS FROM CONGRESS 683 00:25:29,867 --> 00:25:32,503 FOR REORGANIZING NIH, AND TO RE, 684 00:25:32,503 --> 00:25:36,206 VALENTINEDUATE THE EXISTING 685 00:25:36,206 --> 00:25:38,442 GUIDANCE FOR DELIBERATING 686 00:25:38,442 --> 00:25:40,044 PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES. 687 00:25:40,044 --> 00:25:42,012 ULTIMATELY, BASED UPON UPDATED 688 00:25:42,012 --> 00:25:43,313 CRITERIA AND PRINCIPLES, WE 689 00:25:43,313 --> 00:25:45,249 WOULD LIKE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS 690 00:25:45,249 --> 00:25:47,051 FOR ANY CHANGES THAT WILL 691 00:25:47,051 --> 00:25:50,187 ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF OUR 692 00:25:50,187 --> 00:25:52,623 AGENCY TO FULFILL ITS 693 00:25:52,623 --> 00:25:53,891 EXCEEDINGLY IMPORTANT MISSION. 694 00:25:53,891 --> 00:25:54,425 SO NEXT SLIDE. 695 00:25:54,425 --> 00:25:56,894 THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR 696 00:25:56,894 --> 00:25:58,228 BEING HERE TO DELIBERATE YOUR 697 00:25:58,228 --> 00:25:58,829 EXPERT HELP. 698 00:25:58,829 --> 00:26:00,364 WE NEED YOU AND I WOULD BE HAPPY 699 00:26:00,364 --> 00:26:04,868 TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 700 00:26:04,868 --> 00:26:05,269 >> OKAY, MONICA. 701 00:26:05,269 --> 00:26:06,303 THANK YOU. 702 00:26:06,303 --> 00:26:08,806 WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR 703 00:26:08,806 --> 00:26:10,841 QUESTIONS WHILE WE HAVE MONICA 704 00:26:10,841 --> 00:26:17,614 HERE, SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE 705 00:26:17,614 --> 00:26:18,615 TO START? 706 00:26:18,615 --> 00:26:19,349 PLEASE, JOSH. 707 00:26:19,349 --> 00:26:19,750 >> THANK YOU. 708 00:26:19,750 --> 00:26:21,051 JOHN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT 709 00:26:21,051 --> 00:26:24,788 THIS A LITTLE BIT, SO, ON A 710 00:26:24,788 --> 00:26:27,825 BROADER SCALE IMIVEN -- GIVEN 711 00:26:27,825 --> 00:26:30,194 THE LACK OF TRUST IN MANY 712 00:26:30,194 --> 00:26:30,794 COMMUNITIES IN SCIENCE, 713 00:26:30,794 --> 00:26:32,062 SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND SO FORTH, 714 00:26:32,062 --> 00:26:36,166 WHAT DO YOU THINK THE NIH CAN DO 715 00:26:36,166 --> 00:26:41,572 OR SHOULD DO TO TRY TO BETTER 716 00:26:41,572 --> 00:26:44,475 EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, 717 00:26:44,475 --> 00:26:47,544 CONGRESS AND SO FORTH? 718 00:26:47,544 --> 00:26:48,746 THIS ISN'T A POLITICAL QUESTION, 719 00:26:48,746 --> 00:26:54,651 THIS IS A QUESTION RELATED TO 720 00:26:54,651 --> 00:26:56,320 TRUST AND I JUST WONDERED WHAT 721 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,589 YOUR THOUGHTS ARE MADAM 722 00:26:58,589 --> 00:26:58,856 DIRECTOR. 723 00:26:58,856 --> 00:27:00,057 >> TRUST HAS TO BE EARNED AND IT 724 00:27:00,057 --> 00:27:02,226 HAS TO BE EARNED EVERY SINGLE 725 00:27:02,226 --> 00:27:05,395 DAY, YOU KNOW ANYTHING CAN 726 00:27:05,395 --> 00:27:06,563 DAMAGE TRUST AND SO IT'S 727 00:27:06,563 --> 00:27:10,634 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PAY 728 00:27:10,634 --> 00:27:11,168 ATTENTION TO ALWAYS. 729 00:27:11,168 --> 00:27:13,904 AND THE WAYS YOU ENTRUST ARE 730 00:27:13,904 --> 00:27:18,275 FIRST AND FOREMOST DELIVERING 731 00:27:18,275 --> 00:27:20,144 WHAT PEOPLE NEED, PRODUCING, 732 00:27:20,144 --> 00:27:22,646 REALLY, MOVING THE NEEDLE ON THE 733 00:27:22,646 --> 00:27:24,114 HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT ARE 734 00:27:24,114 --> 00:27:25,983 PLAGUING PEOPLE AND MAKING IT 735 00:27:25,983 --> 00:27:28,552 VERY CLEAR AND BEING VERY CLEAR 736 00:27:28,552 --> 00:27:34,658 AND TRANSPARENT AS TO WHY AND 737 00:27:34,658 --> 00:27:36,093 HOW THE -- ALL OF THE RESULTS 738 00:27:36,093 --> 00:27:38,862 THAT COME OUT OF NIH HELP TO 739 00:27:38,862 --> 00:27:39,196 ACHIEVE THAT. 740 00:27:39,196 --> 00:27:40,697 THE OTHER 1 THOUGH, AND YOU CAN 741 00:27:40,697 --> 00:27:42,733 SEE IN THE DESIGN FOR CARE FOR 742 00:27:42,733 --> 00:27:45,936 HEALTH, I THINK THIS IS ALSO 743 00:27:45,936 --> 00:27:49,406 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IS TO BRING 744 00:27:49,406 --> 00:27:51,575 OUR RESEARCH TO COMMUNITIES THAT 745 00:27:51,575 --> 00:27:53,744 ARE EXPERIENCING THE HIGHEST 746 00:27:53,744 --> 00:27:55,112 LEVEL OF DISTRUST AND NOT TO 747 00:27:55,112 --> 00:27:56,814 WALK IN THERE AND SAY, HEY, 748 00:27:56,814 --> 00:27:58,916 WE'RE IN THE NIH, WE KNOW WHAT 749 00:27:58,916 --> 00:28:00,517 YOU NEED, WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU 750 00:28:00,517 --> 00:28:01,919 WHAT TO DO, BUT TO WALK IN AND 751 00:28:01,919 --> 00:28:03,453 SAY WHAT DO YOU NEED? 752 00:28:03,453 --> 00:28:06,890 WHAT ARE YOUR MOST CONCERNING 753 00:28:06,890 --> 00:28:09,226 QUESTIONS IN AND THEN DELIVER 754 00:28:09,226 --> 00:28:11,228 FOR THEM WHAT THEY'RE ASKING, SO 755 00:28:11,228 --> 00:28:14,498 THAT'S -- THAT'S THE PLAN, AND 756 00:28:14,498 --> 00:28:17,267 I'M REALLY -- IT WILL ALSO SAY 757 00:28:17,267 --> 00:28:18,535 THAT MY INTERACTIONS WITH 758 00:28:18,535 --> 00:28:21,538 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE BEEN 759 00:28:21,538 --> 00:28:24,608 VERY FAVORABLE IN THIS REGARD 760 00:28:24,608 --> 00:28:29,479 BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A 761 00:28:29,479 --> 00:28:31,215 POLITICAL ISSUE, BUT WE'RE 762 00:28:31,215 --> 00:28:32,950 REALLY ALLOT SAME PAGE IN TRYING 763 00:28:32,950 --> 00:28:34,451 TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 764 00:28:34,451 --> 00:28:37,521 >> OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? 765 00:28:37,521 --> 00:28:39,156 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT EXCELLENT 766 00:28:39,156 --> 00:28:41,425 OVERVIEW, I THINK WE'RE ALL FROM 767 00:28:41,425 --> 00:28:42,359 DIFFERENT VERY DIVERSE 768 00:28:42,359 --> 00:28:43,327 SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUNDS AND THE 769 00:28:43,327 --> 00:28:46,697 PROGRAMS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED 770 00:28:46,697 --> 00:28:47,965 ARE OUTSTANDING BUT WE ALSO KNOW 771 00:28:47,965 --> 00:28:52,502 THAT WE LIVE IN A CONSTRAINED 772 00:28:52,502 --> 00:28:53,303 MONETARY ENVIRONMENT AND 773 00:28:53,303 --> 00:28:54,605 ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT OUR JOB ON 774 00:28:54,605 --> 00:28:56,373 THIS COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT THE 775 00:28:56,373 --> 00:28:58,408 FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF IT, IT 776 00:28:58,408 --> 00:28:59,576 WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HEAR YOUR 777 00:28:59,576 --> 00:29:01,511 OPINION AS TO HOW THE DECISION'S 778 00:29:01,511 --> 00:29:03,413 MADE TO GET TO THESE OUTSTANDING 779 00:29:03,413 --> 00:29:05,515 PROGRAMS CAN BE AFFECTED BY THE 780 00:29:05,515 --> 00:29:07,117 FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN 781 00:29:07,117 --> 00:29:09,353 INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR 782 00:29:09,353 --> 00:29:09,686 CONVERSATIONS. 783 00:29:09,686 --> 00:29:12,923 >> YEAH, SO REALLY CRITICAL 784 00:29:12,923 --> 00:29:13,323 QUESTION. 785 00:29:13,323 --> 00:29:16,360 SO A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THESE 786 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:22,699 NEW, THESE LARGE PROGRAMS. 787 00:29:22,699 --> 00:29:24,201 I'M SURE IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT, 788 00:29:24,201 --> 00:29:27,371 I MEAN I THINK THESE ARE 789 00:29:27,371 --> 00:29:28,071 CRITICALLY, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT 790 00:29:28,071 --> 00:29:33,377 PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP 791 00:29:33,377 --> 00:29:34,745 LEVERAGE AND AMPLIFY ALL THE 792 00:29:34,745 --> 00:29:38,916 WORK THAT'S DONE ACROSS NIH 793 00:29:38,916 --> 00:29:39,383 ALREADY. 794 00:29:39,383 --> 00:29:47,424 SO THE VALUE ADDED TO A DOLLAR 795 00:29:47,424 --> 00:29:51,061 SPENT ON A BASE -- THESE BASE 796 00:29:51,061 --> 00:29:52,229 FUNDAMENTAL PROJECT PROGRAMS FOR 797 00:29:52,229 --> 00:29:54,264 WHICH EVERY INSTITUTE AND CENTER 798 00:29:54,264 --> 00:29:56,800 CAN THEN DOCK-IN AND USE IS 799 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:57,167 TREMENDOUS. 800 00:29:57,167 --> 00:29:59,536 SO IN TERMS OF I THINK OF WISE 801 00:29:59,536 --> 00:30:00,938 USE OF THE DOLLARS TO GET THE 802 00:30:00,938 --> 00:30:04,708 VERY MOST WE CAN OUT OF THOSE 803 00:30:04,708 --> 00:30:07,778 INVESTMENTS TO DRIVE SCIENCE 804 00:30:07,778 --> 00:30:11,148 FORWARD IS WHY THESE PARTICULAR 805 00:30:11,148 --> 00:30:12,349 PROJECTS -- BESIDES THAT THEY 806 00:30:12,349 --> 00:30:13,750 ARE RELATED TO CRITICAL NEED 807 00:30:13,750 --> 00:30:16,019 SYSTEM WHY I THINK THESE 808 00:30:16,019 --> 00:30:16,720 PARTICULAR PROJECTS ARE THE 809 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,355 RIGHT WAY TO GO. 810 00:30:18,355 --> 00:30:20,791 NOW, THE OTHER THING IS THAT OUR 811 00:30:20,791 --> 00:30:22,192 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS NEED TO 812 00:30:22,192 --> 00:30:23,994 MAKE VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS 813 00:30:23,994 --> 00:30:26,830 ALL THE TIME BUT IT IS EASIER TO 814 00:30:26,830 --> 00:30:30,000 MAKE SOME OF THOSE DIFFICULT 815 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,636 DECISIONS IF THERE'S A 816 00:30:32,636 --> 00:30:35,505 COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT AND 817 00:30:35,505 --> 00:30:36,640 AGAIN, LEVERAGING TRADE-OFFS, 818 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,608 WORKING TOGETHER, REALLY GOES A 819 00:30:38,608 --> 00:30:42,579 LONG WAY WHEN YOU GET TO DOLLAR 820 00:30:42,579 --> 00:30:42,946 CONSTRAINTS. 821 00:30:42,946 --> 00:30:47,050 THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS 822 00:30:47,050 --> 00:30:49,553 THAT, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT 823 00:30:49,553 --> 00:30:51,855 THERE'S A VERY LARGE BIOMEDICAL 824 00:30:51,855 --> 00:30:53,557 RESEARCH COMMUNITY IN OUR 825 00:30:53,557 --> 00:30:54,524 EXTERNAL COMMUNITY THAT REALLY 826 00:30:54,524 --> 00:30:59,696 COUNTS ON THE FUNDING THAT COMES 827 00:30:59,696 --> 00:31:03,233 FROM NIH, AND MAXIMIZING OUR 828 00:31:03,233 --> 00:31:04,735 INVESTMENT IN INVESTIGATOR 829 00:31:04,735 --> 00:31:06,536 INITIATIVE SCIENCE IS ALSO A 830 00:31:06,536 --> 00:31:11,274 CORE FEATURE OF EVERYTHING WE 831 00:31:11,274 --> 00:31:11,441 DO. 832 00:31:11,441 --> 00:31:11,842 >> THANK YOU. 833 00:31:11,842 --> 00:31:15,245 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 834 00:31:15,245 --> 00:31:15,679 >> OTHER COMMENTS? 835 00:31:15,679 --> 00:31:17,681 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 836 00:31:17,681 --> 00:31:18,615 VERY EXCITING. 837 00:31:18,615 --> 00:31:20,884 AI IS CHANGING EVERYTHING WE DO 838 00:31:20,884 --> 00:31:24,454 AND HOW IS THE NIH GOING TO 839 00:31:24,454 --> 00:31:27,657 INCORPORATE THIS RAPIDLY 840 00:31:27,657 --> 00:31:28,725 EXPLODING TECHNOLOGY AND ALSO 841 00:31:28,725 --> 00:31:34,431 PLAN FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF 842 00:31:34,431 --> 00:31:34,765 INVESTIGATORS? 843 00:31:34,765 --> 00:31:36,833 >> SO, NOW MACHINE LEARNING 844 00:31:36,833 --> 00:31:38,568 METHODS ARE EVERYWHERE NOW BUT 845 00:31:38,568 --> 00:31:40,103 THEY'RE NOT NEW TO NIH. 846 00:31:40,103 --> 00:31:42,205 AS YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN USING 847 00:31:42,205 --> 00:31:43,807 THESE METHODS FOR DECADES 848 00:31:43,807 --> 00:31:46,977 FRANKLY, RIGHT NOW, SO THEY'RE 849 00:31:46,977 --> 00:31:50,847 NOT UNFAMILIAR TO US. 850 00:31:50,847 --> 00:31:51,748 THEY ARE UNFAMILIAR TO EVERYONE 851 00:31:51,748 --> 00:31:53,550 ELSE OUT THERE AND THERE IS ALSO 852 00:31:53,550 --> 00:31:54,317 AN EXPLOSION OF USE. 853 00:31:54,317 --> 00:31:56,953 SO WE HAVE A COUPLE CRITICAL 854 00:31:56,953 --> 00:32:00,690 THINGS THAT ARE CORE TO OUR 855 00:32:00,690 --> 00:32:02,025 STRATEGY ABOUT NEW MACHINE 856 00:32:02,025 --> 00:32:03,360 LEARNING METHODS, NUMBER 1, 857 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,329 PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THE 858 00:32:06,329 --> 00:32:08,598 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY 859 00:32:08,598 --> 00:32:11,468 FOR EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE 860 00:32:11,468 --> 00:32:14,371 SUPPORT OF THESE NEW 861 00:32:14,371 --> 00:32:15,505 TECHNOLOGIES, WHAT THEY MEAN, 862 00:32:15,505 --> 00:32:18,141 WHEN THEY SHOULD BE USED AND 863 00:32:18,141 --> 00:32:20,610 THAT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT HAND 864 00:32:20,610 --> 00:32:24,448 IN HAND WITH REALLY SOUND 865 00:32:24,448 --> 00:32:24,848 ETHICAL POLICY. 866 00:32:24,848 --> 00:32:27,451 SO, YOU KNOW THIS IS A GREAT 867 00:32:27,451 --> 00:32:28,618 EXAMPLE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE 868 00:32:28,618 --> 00:32:31,388 PROGRAMS WE HAVE HERE AT NIH, 869 00:32:31,388 --> 00:32:31,855 RIGHT? 870 00:32:31,855 --> 00:32:32,889 BECAUSE WE HAVE WITHIN THE 871 00:32:32,889 --> 00:32:34,858 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR AN 872 00:32:34,858 --> 00:32:35,959 OUTSTANDING, ALL THE PARTS AND 873 00:32:35,959 --> 00:32:37,327 PIECES WE NEED TO MAKE THAT 874 00:32:37,327 --> 00:32:37,627 HAPPEN. 875 00:32:37,627 --> 00:32:40,664 SO THAT'S THE WORKFORCE. 876 00:32:40,664 --> 00:32:42,365 NUMBER 2, THE DATA. 877 00:32:42,365 --> 00:32:44,167 THESE METHODS DON'T HAPPEN 878 00:32:44,167 --> 00:32:46,570 WITHOUT DATA TO TRAIN THEM AND 879 00:32:46,570 --> 00:32:48,205 INFORM THEM AND THAT DATA ISN'T 880 00:32:48,205 --> 00:32:54,244 1 AND DONE,, IT'S A CONTINUAL 881 00:32:54,244 --> 00:32:55,479 STREAM OF REALLY IMPORTANT, 882 00:32:55,479 --> 00:32:57,881 DIVERSE DATA THAT NEEDS TO 883 00:32:57,881 --> 00:32:59,850 INFORM THESE METHODS. 884 00:32:59,850 --> 00:33:02,085 THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I 885 00:33:02,085 --> 00:33:04,521 BELIEVE WE NEED A TREMENDOUS 886 00:33:04,521 --> 00:33:07,390 UPGRADE OF OUR ACTIVITIES IN THE 887 00:33:07,390 --> 00:33:08,558 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE FOR 888 00:33:08,558 --> 00:33:11,761 DATA SHARING AND ALSO TO BE ABLE 889 00:33:11,761 --> 00:33:14,464 TO ACQUIRE DATA FROM PEOPLE 890 00:33:14,464 --> 00:33:17,100 ACROSS THE FULL SPECTRUM OF 891 00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:19,469 THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE UNITED 892 00:33:19,469 --> 00:33:21,938 STATES AND THOSE ARE -- THOSE 893 00:33:21,938 --> 00:33:25,575 ARE BIG EFFORTS THAT WE'LL TAKE 894 00:33:25,575 --> 00:33:28,278 -- THAT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT 895 00:33:28,278 --> 00:33:35,418 LIFT, BUT THOSE ARE OUR HIGHEST 896 00:33:35,418 --> 00:33:35,986 PRIORITIES AS WELL. 897 00:33:35,986 --> 00:33:37,587 >> THAT WAS A GREAT 898 00:33:37,587 --> 00:33:39,089 PRESENTATION, SOMETHING TO HEAR, 899 00:33:39,089 --> 00:33:41,124 I GUESS MY QUESTION KIND OF 900 00:33:41,124 --> 00:33:43,593 RELATES TO SOME OF THE POTENTIAL 901 00:33:43,593 --> 00:33:44,628 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES AND 902 00:33:44,628 --> 00:33:47,564 THINGS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD 903 00:33:47,564 --> 00:33:52,636 WORK ON, WHERE IT'S OBVIOUSLY SO 904 00:33:52,636 --> 00:33:54,271 LABOR INTENSIVE TO IMPLEMENT 905 00:33:54,271 --> 00:33:55,205 THOSE CHANGES, BUT MY QUESTION 906 00:33:55,205 --> 00:33:57,274 IS MORE ARK ASSESSESMENT OF HOW 907 00:33:57,274 --> 00:33:59,576 THOSE CHANGES WILL IMPACT THOSE 908 00:33:59,576 --> 00:34:01,311 OUTCOMES THAT YOU SO ELOQUENTLY 909 00:34:01,311 --> 00:34:04,014 SPOKE TO WHICH IS ALSO JUST AS 910 00:34:04,014 --> 00:34:07,117 IMPORTANT I THINK, DOWN THE ROAD 911 00:34:07,117 --> 00:34:09,386 FOR THOSE CHANGES. 912 00:34:09,386 --> 00:34:11,087 YEAH, AND TO REALLY ANSWER YOUR 913 00:34:11,087 --> 00:34:12,122 QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD 914 00:34:12,122 --> 00:34:15,192 HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SPECIFICS, 915 00:34:15,192 --> 00:34:17,027 RIGHT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ANY 916 00:34:17,027 --> 00:34:19,329 CHANGE CAN CREATE BENEFIT AND 917 00:34:19,329 --> 00:34:20,397 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND I 918 00:34:20,397 --> 00:34:22,332 THINK THE SPECIFICS REALLY, 919 00:34:22,332 --> 00:34:24,234 REALLY MATTER. 920 00:34:24,234 --> 00:34:27,070 I CAN SAY THAT AGAIN, IN THIS 921 00:34:27,070 --> 00:34:31,041 TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO BE -- WE 922 00:34:31,041 --> 00:34:32,442 HAVE TO USE EVERY DOLLAR WE GET 923 00:34:32,442 --> 00:34:34,778 FROM THE PUBLIC IN THE VERY BEST 924 00:34:34,778 --> 00:34:37,147 POSSIBLE WAY TO PRODUCE THE VERY 925 00:34:37,147 --> 00:34:38,949 BEST POSSIBLE RESEARCH. 926 00:34:38,949 --> 00:34:41,251 AND THERE ARE ALWAYS DISCUSSIONS 927 00:34:41,251 --> 00:34:43,220 OUT THERE AS TO WHAT THE 928 00:34:43,220 --> 00:34:47,724 STRATEGIES AND THE APPROACHES TO 929 00:34:47,724 --> 00:34:49,059 ACHIEVE THAT. 930 00:34:49,059 --> 00:34:50,126 SO, REALLY ANYTHING CAN BE ON 931 00:34:50,126 --> 00:34:53,196 THE TABLE WHEN IT COMES TO HOW 932 00:34:53,196 --> 00:34:55,398 WE CAN DELIVER BETTER RESEARCH 933 00:34:55,398 --> 00:34:57,667 RESULTS AND RESEARCH RESULTS 934 00:34:57,667 --> 00:35:02,572 THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED. 935 00:35:02,572 --> 00:35:03,773 SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS 936 00:35:03,773 --> 00:35:05,442 THAT WE NEED TO BE ABSOLUTELY 937 00:35:05,442 --> 00:35:07,611 OPEN TO THINKING ABOUT WHAT CAN 938 00:35:07,611 --> 00:35:10,614 MOVE US FORWARD BUT ALSO VERY 939 00:35:10,614 --> 00:35:13,483 MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT WHAT 940 00:35:13,483 --> 00:35:15,218 WE'RE DOING IS WITH PRECIOUS 941 00:35:15,218 --> 00:35:16,987 DOLLARS AND WE CAN'T JUST, YOU 942 00:35:16,987 --> 00:35:19,589 KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL 943 00:35:19,589 --> 00:35:20,924 IN MAKING ANY CHANGES TO MAKE 944 00:35:20,924 --> 00:35:23,793 SURE THAT WE DON'T DO MORE HARM 945 00:35:23,793 --> 00:35:24,327 THAN GOOD, FRANKLY. 946 00:35:24,327 --> 00:35:25,662 I GUESS THE LAST THING I WILL 947 00:35:25,662 --> 00:35:29,499 SAY VERY QUICKLY IS THAT WE HAVE 948 00:35:29,499 --> 00:35:30,900 HEARD A CALL FOR, YOU KNOW 949 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:33,970 COLLAPSE THE INSTITUTES AND 950 00:35:33,970 --> 00:35:36,273 CENTERS, YOU KNOW, HAVE FEWER -- 951 00:35:36,273 --> 00:35:40,577 I WILL JUST GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL 952 00:35:40,577 --> 00:35:41,144 IMPRESSION OF THAT. 953 00:35:41,144 --> 00:35:45,548 BEFORE I CAME TO NIH, I KIND OF 954 00:35:45,548 --> 00:35:47,117 BOUGHT INTO OH IT'S A WHOLE 955 00:35:47,117 --> 00:35:51,521 BUNCH OF SILOS AND NOBODY'S 956 00:35:51,521 --> 00:35:52,756 WORKING TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW 957 00:35:52,756 --> 00:35:54,391 WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF YOU 958 00:35:54,391 --> 00:35:56,893 ROLLED A FEW MORE TOGETHER 959 00:35:56,893 --> 00:35:58,194 BECAUSE OF COLLABORATION, 960 00:35:58,194 --> 00:35:58,762 ABSOLUTELY THE OPPOSITE. 961 00:35:58,762 --> 00:36:01,197 AND I THINK WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO 962 00:36:01,197 --> 00:36:02,866 DIVE, I GAVE YOU 2 EXAMPLES BUT 963 00:36:02,866 --> 00:36:04,267 THERE ARE SO MANY AND LOOK AT 964 00:36:04,267 --> 00:36:05,335 THE CULTURE HERE, YOU WILL SEE 965 00:36:05,335 --> 00:36:07,771 THAT THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE, SO 966 00:36:07,771 --> 00:36:10,273 THAT'S NOT A REASON FOR 967 00:36:10,273 --> 00:36:10,740 CONSOLIDATING. 968 00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:11,841 OTHER REASONS MIGHT BE CAN YOU 969 00:36:11,841 --> 00:36:13,343 SAVE MORE RESOURCES WITH 970 00:36:13,343 --> 00:36:14,377 ADMINISTRATION, THIS KIND OF 971 00:36:14,377 --> 00:36:15,211 THING, YOU WILL DELIBERATE THAT 972 00:36:15,211 --> 00:36:17,080 AND LOOK AT THAT WITH THE PROPER 973 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:18,248 DATA GIVEN TO YOU. 974 00:36:18,248 --> 00:36:19,649 THAT WILL BE 1 OF THE THINGS YOU 975 00:36:19,649 --> 00:36:25,622 WILL DO BUT THEN LAST OF ALL, I 976 00:36:25,622 --> 00:36:27,457 DO SUPPORT OUR CURRENT 977 00:36:27,457 --> 00:36:28,658 STRUCTURE, OUR CURRENT STRUCTURE 978 00:36:28,658 --> 00:36:31,428 OF INSTITUTES AND CENTERS 979 00:36:31,428 --> 00:36:34,731 BECAUSE WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE 980 00:36:34,731 --> 00:36:36,900 PEOPLE IN OUR -- PEOPLE IN THE 981 00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:38,635 COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE WE SERVE BE 982 00:36:38,635 --> 00:36:39,936 OUR PARTNERS IN THIS RESEARCH. 983 00:36:39,936 --> 00:36:41,971 WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. 984 00:36:41,971 --> 00:36:47,243 AND I JUST THINK IT REALLY DOES 985 00:36:47,243 --> 00:36:49,112 HELP FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE CANCER 986 00:36:49,112 --> 00:36:51,514 TO HAVE A CANCER INSTITUTE OR 987 00:36:51,514 --> 00:36:53,850 PEOPLE WHO WORRY ABOUT KIDNEY 988 00:36:53,850 --> 00:36:54,317 DISEASE HAVE NIDDK. 989 00:36:54,317 --> 00:36:55,819 YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN AND WE 990 00:36:55,819 --> 00:36:57,320 ALREADY KIND OF SEE THIS BECAUSE 991 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,523 I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, 992 00:37:00,523 --> 00:37:02,992 INCLUDE IS THE EXAMPLE OF A 993 00:37:02,992 --> 00:37:04,994 PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WITH DOWNS 994 00:37:04,994 --> 00:37:06,563 SYNDROME THAT NEEDS, YOU KNOW 995 00:37:06,563 --> 00:37:09,065 THE HEART INSTITUTE, IT NEEDS 996 00:37:09,065 --> 00:37:11,401 NIDDK, IT NEEDS OUR INSTITUTE OF 997 00:37:11,401 --> 00:37:12,802 DEAFNESS AND COMMUNICATIVE 998 00:37:12,802 --> 00:37:15,839 DISORDERS, IT NEEDS ALL THOSE 999 00:37:15,839 --> 00:37:19,042 DIFFERENT ICs BUT THEIR FOCUS 1000 00:37:19,042 --> 00:37:26,015 IS THE EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER 1001 00:37:26,015 --> 00:37:28,651 INSTITUTE FOR CHILDHOOD 1002 00:37:28,651 --> 00:37:30,286 DEVELOPMENTAL -- SORRY, MY 1003 00:37:30,286 --> 00:37:33,923 APOLOGIES FOR FLUBBING THAT, 1004 00:37:33,923 --> 00:37:35,158 IT'S NICHD, BUT THAT'S THEIR 1005 00:37:35,158 --> 00:37:37,026 CENTER AND HOME AND THAT 1006 00:37:37,026 --> 00:37:38,328 INSTITUTE TAKES THAT VERY 1007 00:37:38,328 --> 00:37:39,629 SIRESLY AND HELPS DO ALL THE 1008 00:37:39,629 --> 00:37:40,830 COORDINATION, DO YOU SEE WHAT I 1009 00:37:40,830 --> 00:37:41,030 MEAN? 1010 00:37:41,030 --> 00:37:43,900 SO IF WE WERE TO COLLAPSE, WE 1011 00:37:43,900 --> 00:37:44,834 WOULD DEFINITELY LOSE SOMETHING 1012 00:37:44,834 --> 00:37:46,403 IN TERMS OF OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH 1013 00:37:46,403 --> 00:37:51,941 THE PUBLIC AND I THINK THAT'S 1014 00:37:51,941 --> 00:37:52,308 REALLY CRITICAL. 1015 00:37:52,308 --> 00:37:53,343 >> ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU IS, 1016 00:37:53,343 --> 00:37:57,614 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THROUGHOUT ALL 1017 00:37:57,614 --> 00:38:00,483 THE 26 CENTERS THAT DOING 1018 00:38:00,483 --> 00:38:04,721 INCREDIBLE THINGS, HOW IMPORTANT 1019 00:38:04,721 --> 00:38:07,390 OR HOW PREVALENT IS THEIR FOCUS 1020 00:38:07,390 --> 00:38:08,525 ON HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES OR IS 1021 00:38:08,525 --> 00:38:10,393 THAT SOMETHING YOU'VE HEARD IN 1022 00:38:10,393 --> 00:38:12,228 YOUR TENURE HERE AND HOW SHOULD 1023 00:38:12,228 --> 00:38:12,829 WE CONSIDER THAT? 1024 00:38:12,829 --> 00:38:16,699 >> SO I THINK I CAN HONESTLY 1025 00:38:16,699 --> 00:38:18,668 SAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED FOR 2 1026 00:38:18,668 --> 00:38:20,970 HOURS EVERY SINGLE WEEK, ALL THE 1027 00:38:20,970 --> 00:38:23,907 DIRECTORS OF ALL THE INSTITUTES 1028 00:38:23,907 --> 00:38:26,142 AND CENTERS, AND I THINK I CAN 1029 00:38:26,142 --> 00:38:27,343 HONESTLY SAY I DON'T THINK 1030 00:38:27,343 --> 00:38:29,112 THERE'S BEEN A SINGLE MEETING 1031 00:38:29,112 --> 00:38:31,514 WHEN 2 THINGS, 2 TOPICS DON'T 1032 00:38:31,514 --> 00:38:34,484 COME UP, OUR YOUNG TRAINEES, THE 1033 00:38:34,484 --> 00:38:36,419 YOUNG GENERATION, WHO'S COMING 1034 00:38:36,419 --> 00:38:39,722 NEXT AND HEALTH DISPARITIES. 1035 00:38:39,722 --> 00:38:42,692 I MEAN IT IS JUST SO -- EVERYONE 1036 00:38:42,692 --> 00:38:43,827 UNDERSTANDS THE DEPTH OF THIS 1037 00:38:43,827 --> 00:38:48,465 ISSUE AND HOW CRITICAL NIH IS TO 1038 00:38:48,465 --> 00:38:50,433 SOLVING IT AND THOSE 2 ISSUES 1039 00:38:50,433 --> 00:39:00,844 ARE ALWAYS TOP OF MIND. 1040 00:39:02,245 --> 00:39:03,079 >> MARK? 1041 00:39:03,079 --> 00:39:04,481 >> THANKS FOR A VERY INTERESTING 1042 00:39:04,481 --> 00:39:05,048 PRESENTATION AND I'M VERY 1043 00:39:05,048 --> 00:39:07,116 INTERESTED IN THE TARGETED 1044 00:39:07,116 --> 00:39:09,385 OUTREACH PARTICULARLY FOR 1045 00:39:09,385 --> 00:39:10,487 CLINICALLY RELEVANT GROUPS THAT 1046 00:39:10,487 --> 00:39:14,057 DEVELOP, BUT FOLLOWING UP ON 1047 00:39:14,057 --> 00:39:15,458 DR. WIN'S COMMENT ABOUT TRUST, 1048 00:39:15,458 --> 00:39:18,962 I'M WONDERING WHAT WE CAN DO 1049 00:39:18,962 --> 00:39:25,001 THAT WOULD IMPROVE TRUST ACROSS 1050 00:39:25,001 --> 00:39:26,069 THE POPULATION? 1051 00:39:26,069 --> 00:39:28,338 IF THE TAX HOLDER VIEWS 1052 00:39:28,338 --> 00:39:29,739 THEMSELVES AS SHAREHOLDERS IN 1053 00:39:29,739 --> 00:39:30,640 THEIR ORGANIZATION BECAUSE 1054 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:33,343 THEY'RE FUNDING IT, WHAT DO WE 1055 00:39:33,343 --> 00:39:35,345 GIVE THEM IN RETURN, THE AVERAGE 1056 00:39:35,345 --> 00:39:37,480 PERSON WHO THINKS THEY'RE GOING 1057 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:39,983 TO LIVE FOREVER, THEY DON'T NEED 1058 00:39:39,983 --> 00:39:42,685 VACCINES, THEY DON'T NEED 1059 00:39:42,685 --> 00:39:47,524 FLUORIDE, HOW DO WE EDUCATE 1060 00:39:47,524 --> 00:39:47,724 THEM? 1061 00:39:47,724 --> 00:39:48,825 CONVINCE THEM OF THE WOW OF THE 1062 00:39:48,825 --> 00:39:52,462 SCIENCE THAT'S DONE AT THE 1063 00:39:52,462 --> 00:39:55,899 INSTITUTE AND MAKE THEM MORE 1064 00:39:55,899 --> 00:39:56,900 SCIENCE LITERATE SO THAT THEY 1065 00:39:56,900 --> 00:39:58,234 WERE APPRECIATE THE MISSION OF 1066 00:39:58,234 --> 00:39:58,768 NIH. 1067 00:39:58,768 --> 00:40:01,971 YOU KNOW WHERE I SIT IN THE 1068 00:40:01,971 --> 00:40:05,275 HINTA LANDS AND WE'RE RELATIVELY 1069 00:40:05,275 --> 00:40:06,910 [INDISCERNIBLE] BUT NOT COMHOO 1070 00:40:06,910 --> 00:40:10,713 PLETELY, I DON'T THINK THIS IS 1071 00:40:10,713 --> 00:40:13,116 AN ISSUE, I DON'T THINK ANY OF 1072 00:40:13,116 --> 00:40:13,883 MY NEIGHBORS UNDERSTAND WHAT 1073 00:40:13,883 --> 00:40:16,052 GOES ON AT THE NIH BUT THEY MAY 1074 00:40:16,052 --> 00:40:17,687 KNOW THAT THEIR TAX DOLLARS COME 1075 00:40:17,687 --> 00:40:19,455 HERE, SO HOW DO WE BRIDGE THAT 1076 00:40:19,455 --> 00:40:20,423 GAP AND IMPROVE TRUST THROUGH 1077 00:40:20,423 --> 00:40:23,927 EDUCATION AND THE WOW OF SCIENCE 1078 00:40:23,927 --> 00:40:34,370 WHICH HAS TO ACCOMPANY IT? 1079 00:40:35,905 --> 00:40:38,308 >> SO I THINK -- I DO THINK WE 1080 00:40:38,308 --> 00:40:41,611 COULD DO MORE TO MAKE THE 1081 00:40:41,611 --> 00:40:46,816 AMERICAN PEOPLE AWARE OF THE 1082 00:40:46,816 --> 00:40:49,352 FACT THAT NOT ONLY DOES 11% OF 1083 00:40:49,352 --> 00:40:50,753 OUR PORTFOLIO FUND THE AMAZING 1084 00:40:50,753 --> 00:40:53,523 WORK DONE HERE ON THIS CAMPUS AT 1085 00:40:53,523 --> 00:40:54,691 NIH THAT'S TAKING CARE OF THE 1086 00:40:54,691 --> 00:40:58,328 RAREST OF THE RARE, REALLY 1087 00:40:58,328 --> 00:41:00,063 THINGS THAT CANNOT DO ANY PLACE 1088 00:41:00,063 --> 00:41:01,998 ELSE THAT ALSO OUR WORK FUNDS 1089 00:41:01,998 --> 00:41:03,600 RESEARCH THAT'S DONE ACROSS THE 1090 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:04,901 ENTIRE UNITED STATES, ALL 50 1091 00:41:04,901 --> 00:41:08,938 STATES IN AND THE DISTRICT OF 1092 00:41:08,938 --> 00:41:09,806 COLUMBIA AND THAT THAT 1093 00:41:09,806 --> 00:41:11,274 UNIVERSITY THAT USUALLY PEOPLE 1094 00:41:11,274 --> 00:41:13,109 ARE VERY PROUD OF, IN THEIR 1095 00:41:13,109 --> 00:41:16,412 STATE OR THEIR HOME TOWN IS 1096 00:41:16,412 --> 00:41:20,450 FUNDED BY THE NIH TO DO A VAST 1097 00:41:20,450 --> 00:41:22,085 AMOUNT OF ITS RESEARCH. 1098 00:41:22,085 --> 00:41:23,586 I WON'T SAY MAJORITY BECAUSE 1099 00:41:23,586 --> 00:41:25,021 ALSO THERE'S -- THERE ARE MANY 1100 00:41:25,021 --> 00:41:28,891 FACTORS THAT GO INTO OUR COMPLEX 1101 00:41:28,891 --> 00:41:30,493 ECOSYSTEM BUT THAT'S 1 THING, 1102 00:41:30,493 --> 00:41:35,665 MAYBE WE COULD DO BETTER. 1103 00:41:35,665 --> 00:41:37,934 AND IS TO TIE THIS -- I COME 1104 00:41:37,934 --> 00:41:39,369 BACK TO TIE TO WHAT MATTERS TO 1105 00:41:39,369 --> 00:41:41,738 THEM AND WHAT MATTERS TO THEM IS 1106 00:41:41,738 --> 00:41:45,241 LOCAL, MORE THAN IT IS NATIONAL. 1107 00:41:45,241 --> 00:41:48,411 AND SO THE LOCAL UNIVERSITIES, 1108 00:41:48,411 --> 00:41:50,079 THE LOCAL THINGS LIKE HEALTH 1109 00:41:50,079 --> 00:41:51,481 NETWORK, THINGS LIKE MANY 1110 00:41:51,481 --> 00:41:52,749 OUTREACH PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, 1111 00:41:52,749 --> 00:41:54,651 THAT'S NOT THE ONLY 1, YOU KNOW 1112 00:41:54,651 --> 00:41:55,718 THE HEAL INITIATIVE, MANY OF 1113 00:41:55,718 --> 00:41:57,587 THESE THINGS ARE OUT IN VERY 1114 00:41:57,587 --> 00:41:59,322 DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, MAKE IT 1115 00:41:59,322 --> 00:42:00,556 VERY CLEAR, THAT'S TAXPAYER 1116 00:42:00,556 --> 00:42:03,059 DOLLARS THAT ARE BRINGING THAT 1117 00:42:03,059 --> 00:42:03,993 WORK TO THEM. 1118 00:42:03,993 --> 00:42:04,560 IT'S ANOTHER THOUGHT. 1119 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,297 AND I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY -- 1120 00:42:08,297 --> 00:42:10,299 VERY, VERY OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. 1121 00:42:10,299 --> 00:42:13,503 I WOULD SAY THAT WE ALSO TAKE 1122 00:42:13,503 --> 00:42:16,105 VERY SERIOUSLY OUR MANDATE TO BE 1123 00:42:16,105 --> 00:42:17,940 VERY ACCOUNTABLE AND VERY 1124 00:42:17,940 --> 00:42:19,542 TRANSPARENT IN WHAT WE DO AS 1125 00:42:19,542 --> 00:42:21,377 WELL AND I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER 1126 00:42:21,377 --> 00:42:27,316 IMPORTANT PART OF TRUST. 1127 00:42:27,316 --> 00:42:28,384 >> SO MONICA, MAYBE YOU CAN 1128 00:42:28,384 --> 00:42:30,420 SHARE WITH THE GROUP YOUR RECENT 1129 00:42:30,420 --> 00:42:33,923 EXPERIENCE TALKING TO A HIGH 1130 00:42:33,923 --> 00:42:34,757 SCHOOL? 1131 00:42:34,757 --> 00:42:37,860 >> YES, I DID. 1132 00:42:37,860 --> 00:42:42,932 I WAS VISITING ARKANSAS, 1133 00:42:42,932 --> 00:42:44,767 NORTHWEST ARKANSAS WITH CONGRESS 1134 00:42:44,767 --> 00:42:46,569 WOMACK AND SENATOR BOZMAN A 1135 00:42:46,569 --> 00:42:48,738 COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND I HAD AN 1136 00:42:48,738 --> 00:42:50,740 OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO A BIG 1137 00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:54,143 ASSEMBLY WITH 3 DIFFERENT HIGH 1138 00:42:54,143 --> 00:42:55,545 SCHOOLS AND GOT TO TAKE 1139 00:42:55,545 --> 00:42:55,878 QUESTIONS. 1140 00:42:55,878 --> 00:42:58,247 IT WAS VERY BRIEF LITTLE 2 1141 00:42:58,247 --> 00:43:00,750 MINUTE TALK ABOUT MOSTLY ABOUT 1142 00:43:00,750 --> 00:43:04,020 CAN I ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? 1143 00:43:04,020 --> 00:43:11,761 AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY THRILLING. 1144 00:43:11,761 --> 00:43:13,463 I DON'T KNOW -- ANYTIME YOU GET 1145 00:43:13,463 --> 00:43:15,231 DOWN ABOUT ANYTHING IN OUR WORLD 1146 00:43:15,231 --> 00:43:17,500 IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND 1147 00:43:17,500 --> 00:43:19,268 SCIENCE, AND HEALTHCARE, JUST 1148 00:43:19,268 --> 00:43:20,503 SPENDING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME 1149 00:43:20,503 --> 00:43:21,704 WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE 1150 00:43:21,704 --> 00:43:25,675 REALLY GOING TO BE THE UP AND 1151 00:43:25,675 --> 00:43:27,910 COMING, IS JUST ABSOLUTELY 1152 00:43:27,910 --> 00:43:28,711 REJUVENATING AND THRILLING. 1153 00:43:28,711 --> 00:43:30,780 I MEAN THEY ASK ME BETTER 1154 00:43:30,780 --> 00:43:32,415 QUESTIONS THAT I'VE GOTTEN OUT 1155 00:43:32,415 --> 00:43:34,517 OF ANY AUDIENCE, THEY WERE 1156 00:43:34,517 --> 00:43:39,388 INCREDIBLY WELL INFORMED AND 1157 00:43:39,388 --> 00:43:41,257 THEY NEW EXACTLY WHAT THE 1158 00:43:41,257 --> 00:43:42,925 IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH AND 1159 00:43:42,925 --> 00:43:44,293 CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT WE 1160 00:43:44,293 --> 00:43:46,729 DO AT NIH AND IT WAS JUST 1161 00:43:46,729 --> 00:43:47,029 DELIGHTFUL. 1162 00:43:47,029 --> 00:43:50,133 SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT 1163 00:43:50,133 --> 00:43:50,867 UP LARRY. 1164 00:43:50,867 --> 00:43:52,668 IT WAS DEFINITELY THE HIGHLIGHT 1165 00:43:52,668 --> 00:43:55,037 OF PROBABLY EVERYTHING I'VE DONE 1166 00:43:55,037 --> 00:43:56,639 LAST YEAR SITTING DOWN, BEING 1167 00:43:56,639 --> 00:44:00,777 ABLE TO HAVE THAT TIME WITH 1168 00:44:00,777 --> 00:44:03,780 THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE. 1169 00:44:03,780 --> 00:44:04,247 >> NORA? 1170 00:44:04,247 --> 00:44:05,815 >> HI, MONICA THANKS A LOT, YOU 1171 00:44:05,815 --> 00:44:07,650 STARTED THE PRESENTATION SHOWING 1172 00:44:07,650 --> 00:44:09,318 US A SLIDE WHICH INDICATES THAT 1173 00:44:09,318 --> 00:44:12,255 THE UNITED STATES ACTUAL LOW HAS 1174 00:44:12,255 --> 00:44:14,323 SOME OF THE HIGHEST INVESTMENTS 1175 00:44:14,323 --> 00:44:15,925 ON HEALTHCARE, AND WE KNOW THAT 1176 00:44:15,925 --> 00:44:20,596 AND YET WE'RE RANKING # 10, 1177 00:44:20,596 --> 00:44:22,064 WE'RE ALSO 1 OF THE COUNTRIES 1178 00:44:22,064 --> 00:44:23,366 THAT INVESTS THE MOST MONEY IN 1179 00:44:23,366 --> 00:44:25,501 SCIENCE AND HEALTH AND WE ARE 1180 00:44:25,501 --> 00:44:26,669 SEEING A DISCONNECT IN WHY WE 1181 00:44:26,669 --> 00:44:27,136 SEE IT. 1182 00:44:27,136 --> 00:44:28,704 THAT IS A MAJOR GAP, AND AS 1183 00:44:28,704 --> 00:44:29,872 WE'RE DISCUSSING THE WHOLE ISSUE 1184 00:44:29,872 --> 00:44:32,041 OF TRUST, IT ACTUALLY LED ME 1185 00:44:32,041 --> 00:44:33,676 INTO THE SCIENTIFIC QUESTION OF 1186 00:44:33,676 --> 00:44:35,678 ALSO AS NIH, AND AS SORT OF 1187 00:44:35,678 --> 00:44:37,280 DIRECTORS OF VARIOUS INSTITUTES, 1188 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,216 HOW SHOULD WE BE TACKLING 1189 00:44:40,216 --> 00:44:43,085 SCIENCE TO ADDRESS WHAT APPEARS 1190 00:44:43,085 --> 00:44:46,289 TO BE THAT DISCREPANCIES IN OUR 1191 00:44:46,289 --> 00:44:48,057 ADVANCES AND OUR ABILITY OF WHAT 1192 00:44:48,057 --> 00:44:50,226 YOU SAID AT THE END HERE WHICH 1193 00:44:50,226 --> 00:44:50,893 IS THE COMMUNITY? 1194 00:44:50,893 --> 00:44:53,529 >> YEAH, THIS IS WHY I DO KNOW 1195 00:44:53,529 --> 00:44:55,798 THAT IT IS CRITICAL FOR US TO 1196 00:44:55,798 --> 00:44:58,100 CONTINUE OUR VERY, VERY SOLID 1197 00:44:58,100 --> 00:44:58,968 CERTAINTY OF FUNDAMENTAL 1198 00:44:58,968 --> 00:44:59,202 SCIENCE. 1199 00:44:59,202 --> 00:45:01,904 THERE'S NO QUESTION. 1200 00:45:01,904 --> 00:45:03,406 THAT'S WHERE THE NEW MIRACLE -- 1201 00:45:03,406 --> 00:45:05,408 TRULY AND SOME OF THEM TRULY 1202 00:45:05,408 --> 00:45:06,042 MIRACULOUS. 1203 00:45:06,042 --> 00:45:08,144 YOU KNOW WE'VE SEEN EVEN 1204 00:45:08,144 --> 00:45:09,745 RECENTLY, SOME BREAKTHROUGHS IN 1205 00:45:09,745 --> 00:45:12,582 TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DEC, IN 1206 00:45:12,582 --> 00:45:14,450 TREATMENT OF ALS, IN TREATMENT 1207 00:45:14,450 --> 00:45:16,052 OF DIABETES, I MEAN I COULD GO 1208 00:45:16,052 --> 00:45:18,554 ON AND ON, THAT COMES FROM 1209 00:45:18,554 --> 00:45:19,589 FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE SO WE CANNOT 1210 00:45:19,589 --> 00:45:22,225 LET UP ON THAT, BUT WHAT I'M 1211 00:45:22,225 --> 00:45:23,426 TRYING TO EMPHASIZE, BY SHOWING 1212 00:45:23,426 --> 00:45:25,828 THAT SLIDE AND ALSO BY PUTTING 1213 00:45:25,828 --> 00:45:27,330 OUT PROGRAMS LIKE CARE FOR 1214 00:45:27,330 --> 00:45:31,367 HEALTH AND LIKE HEAL AND LIKE 1215 00:45:31,367 --> 00:45:33,669 SEAL, SOME OF OUR OTHER OUTREACH 1216 00:45:33,669 --> 00:45:38,741 PROGRAMS IS THAT WE CANNOT 1217 00:45:38,741 --> 00:45:39,442 IGNORE HEALTH DELIVERY EITHER. 1218 00:45:39,442 --> 00:45:42,011 AND THAT IS AN AREA OF RESEARCH, 1219 00:45:42,011 --> 00:45:45,781 WE'RE FOCUS ON THE HEALTHCARE 1220 00:45:45,781 --> 00:45:48,384 DELIVERY SYSTEM, BUT WE NEED TO 1221 00:45:48,384 --> 00:45:53,522 UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE'S HEALTH 1222 00:45:53,522 --> 00:45:54,991 IS WORSE. 1223 00:45:54,991 --> 00:45:57,960 THE COMPONENTS OF IT I BELIEVE 1224 00:45:57,960 --> 00:45:59,362 ARE DELIVERY SYSTEM, TO A 1225 00:45:59,362 --> 00:46:00,296 CERTAIN DEGREE ACCESS TO CARE. 1226 00:46:00,296 --> 00:46:02,865 I GREW UP IN A RURAL LOCATION, I 1227 00:46:02,865 --> 00:46:04,367 GREW UP 98-MILES FROM THE 1228 00:46:04,367 --> 00:46:05,301 DOCTORS OFFICE. 1229 00:46:05,301 --> 00:46:07,603 I KNOW HOW CHALLENGING IT IS FOR 1230 00:46:07,603 --> 00:46:08,571 RURAL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE ACCESS 1231 00:46:08,571 --> 00:46:12,808 TO CARE AND I KNOW THAT HURTS 1232 00:46:12,808 --> 00:46:13,643 THEIR HEALTH OUTCOMES. 1233 00:46:13,643 --> 00:46:17,713 SO IT'S ACCESS TO CARE, BUT IT'S 1234 00:46:17,713 --> 00:46:19,081 ALSO, ALL SO MANY SOCIAL AND 1235 00:46:19,081 --> 00:46:20,349 ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS THAT ARE 1236 00:46:20,349 --> 00:46:21,918 DIFFERENT IN EVERY COMMUNITY, 1237 00:46:21,918 --> 00:46:24,587 YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DIET IS, WHAT 1238 00:46:24,587 --> 00:46:26,656 THE -- YOU KNOW EFFECTS OF 1239 00:46:26,656 --> 00:46:27,256 CLIMATE CHANGE. 1240 00:46:27,256 --> 00:46:29,659 YOU CAN THINK OF MANY OTHER 1241 00:46:29,659 --> 00:46:31,594 SOCIETAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS AND 1242 00:46:31,594 --> 00:46:33,429 THAT'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING WE 1243 00:46:33,429 --> 00:46:39,035 PAY ATTENTION TO AND THAT MEANS 1244 00:46:39,035 --> 00:46:39,669 AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 1245 00:46:39,669 --> 00:46:44,473 RESEARCH IN THOSE AREAS. 1246 00:46:44,473 --> 00:46:47,376 ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR 1247 00:46:47,376 --> 00:46:48,244 QUESTION? 1248 00:46:48,244 --> 00:46:50,613 MIKE? 1249 00:46:50,613 --> 00:46:51,547 >> MONICA, THANK YOU. 1250 00:46:51,547 --> 00:46:52,715 I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD 1251 00:46:52,715 --> 00:46:57,820 SPEAK TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE 1252 00:46:57,820 --> 00:46:58,688 SMRB REPORT. 1253 00:46:58,688 --> 00:46:59,722 LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I'M REALLY 1254 00:46:59,722 --> 00:47:01,157 WONDERING WHO THE AUDIENCE FOR 1255 00:47:01,157 --> 00:47:03,292 THE REPORT WILL BE AND HOW WILL 1256 00:47:03,292 --> 00:47:04,593 THE REPORT TIE INTO EVERYTHING 1257 00:47:04,593 --> 00:47:07,930 ELSE THAT WE'RE HEARING IN THE 1258 00:47:07,930 --> 00:47:09,131 NEWS ABOUT? 1259 00:47:09,131 --> 00:47:12,601 >> SO THIS IS OUR -- THIS IS A 1260 00:47:12,601 --> 00:47:13,102 FACA COMMITTEE, CORRECT? 1261 00:47:13,102 --> 00:47:19,208 THIS IS A FACA COMMITTEE WHICH 1262 00:47:19,208 --> 00:47:21,043 IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE THIS -- THE 1263 00:47:21,043 --> 00:47:22,211 PRODUCTIVITY OF THIS COMMITTEE 1264 00:47:22,211 --> 00:47:24,714 WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, 1265 00:47:24,714 --> 00:47:26,582 IT WILL BE TRANSPARENT, IT WILL 1266 00:47:26,582 --> 00:47:29,752 BE -- AS WELL AS OUR 1267 00:47:29,752 --> 00:47:33,122 DELIBERATIONS AND RESPONSES AND 1268 00:47:33,122 --> 00:47:34,290 SO, I PERSONALLY VIEW EVERY 1269 00:47:34,290 --> 00:47:37,259 SINGLE 1 OF THESE COMMITTEES AS 1270 00:47:37,259 --> 00:47:41,831 OUR OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ENGAGE 1271 00:47:41,831 --> 00:47:42,498 THOUGHTFULLY, WITH 1272 00:47:42,498 --> 00:47:45,768 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE 1273 00:47:45,768 --> 00:47:47,570 SERVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW 1274 00:47:47,570 --> 00:47:50,673 WE GET THE VERY BEST ADVICE THAT 1275 00:47:50,673 --> 00:47:53,109 WE CAN HAVE TO DO OUR WORK 1276 00:47:53,109 --> 00:47:53,442 BETTER. 1277 00:47:53,442 --> 00:47:56,645 SO I THINK THESE -- THAT'S WHY 1278 00:47:56,645 --> 00:47:59,181 THIS IS CRITICAL AND YOU ALL, 1279 00:47:59,181 --> 00:48:00,449 AGAIN, I THANK YOU SO MUCH 1280 00:48:00,449 --> 00:48:02,418 BECAUSE YOU ARE OUR 1281 00:48:02,418 --> 00:48:07,023 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE WE 1282 00:48:07,023 --> 00:48:07,223 SERVE. 1283 00:48:07,223 --> 00:48:12,728 NOKAY, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? 1284 00:48:12,728 --> 00:48:13,396 YES, PLEASE? 1285 00:48:13,396 --> 00:48:15,398 >> SO THAT REPORT THAT YOU 1286 00:48:15,398 --> 00:48:17,666 QUOTED, AND SHOWED US, WAS NOT 1287 00:48:17,666 --> 00:48:23,005 THE FIRST ITERATION OF IT I 1288 00:48:23,005 --> 00:48:24,206 REMEMBER IT WAS 5 PRIOR OR 1289 00:48:24,206 --> 00:48:25,941 SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THINGS 1290 00:48:25,941 --> 00:48:26,976 HAVEN'T CHANGED. 1291 00:48:26,976 --> 00:48:27,743 >> THEY'VE GOTTEN WORSE. 1292 00:48:27,743 --> 00:48:28,044 >> YEAH. 1293 00:48:28,044 --> 00:48:32,615 SO WHATEVER WE'RE DOING DOESN'T 1294 00:48:32,615 --> 00:48:33,616 -- WE COLLECTIVELY DOESN'T SEEM 1295 00:48:33,616 --> 00:48:35,351 TO BE GETTING THE DESIRED 1296 00:48:35,351 --> 00:48:37,319 OUTCOME, HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT? 1297 00:48:37,319 --> 00:48:38,687 >> WELL, SO I THINK CARE FOR 1298 00:48:38,687 --> 00:48:40,823 HEGHT IS A BIG PART OF IT. 1299 00:48:40,823 --> 00:48:42,625 WE NEED TO BRING IN THESE 1300 00:48:42,625 --> 00:48:43,059 COMMUNITIES. 1301 00:48:43,059 --> 00:48:44,293 WE NEED TO BRING RESEARCH, IT 1302 00:48:44,293 --> 00:48:46,996 WILL IMPROVE THEIR CARE AND WE 1303 00:48:46,996 --> 00:48:49,732 WILL START TO ADDRESS SOME OF 1304 00:48:49,732 --> 00:48:51,133 THE CORE PROBLEMS BEHIND THIS 1305 00:48:51,133 --> 00:48:51,467 ISSUE. 1306 00:48:51,467 --> 00:48:53,069 I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER 1 THEY 1307 00:48:53,069 --> 00:48:55,805 REALLY CARE ABOUT A LOT, OUR 1308 00:48:55,805 --> 00:48:57,306 DATA AREN'T AS GOOD AS THEY NEED 1309 00:48:57,306 --> 00:48:57,907 TO BE. 1310 00:48:57,907 --> 00:49:00,543 AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE 1311 00:49:00,543 --> 00:49:02,011 DATA FROM THE CLINICAL CARE 1312 00:49:02,011 --> 00:49:02,311 ENVIRONMENT. 1313 00:49:02,311 --> 00:49:06,982 ONE OF THE THINGS I DEARLY WANT 1314 00:49:06,982 --> 00:49:11,720 TO FIX IS A CHALLENGE WITH DATA 1315 00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:12,488 FROM THESE ENVIRONMENTS. 1316 00:49:12,488 --> 00:49:15,791 OKAY, SO I WILL GIVE YOU A VERY 1317 00:49:15,791 --> 00:49:16,759 CONCRETE EXAMPLE. 1318 00:49:16,759 --> 00:49:18,828 THE SEER REGISTRY, THE RECARD WE 1319 00:49:18,828 --> 00:49:22,198 GET EVERY YEAR ABOUT HOW ARE WE 1320 00:49:22,198 --> 00:49:24,300 DOING FOR OUTCOMES IN CANCER, 1321 00:49:24,300 --> 00:49:27,269 BECAUSE OF THE DATA SYSTEMS WE 1322 00:49:27,269 --> 00:49:29,238 HAVE TO RELY ON RIGHT NOW, THAT 1323 00:49:29,238 --> 00:49:31,240 DAT IS 3 YEARS OLD BEFORE WE 1324 00:49:31,240 --> 00:49:33,142 EVER EACH GET TO SEE IT. 1325 00:49:33,142 --> 00:49:35,778 NOW I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME 1326 00:49:35,778 --> 00:49:37,913 THINGS, I THINK DR. VOLKOW CAN 1327 00:49:37,913 --> 00:49:40,516 GIVE YOU EXAMPLES LATER ABOUT 1328 00:49:40,516 --> 00:49:42,685 HOW WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE 1329 00:49:42,685 --> 00:49:44,487 THINGS SEEM TO BE -- WE SEEM TO 1330 00:49:44,487 --> 00:49:47,890 BE MAKING SOME HEAD WAY IN SOME 1331 00:49:47,890 --> 00:49:50,559 AREAS BUT WE DO HAVE THIS REALLY 1332 00:49:50,559 --> 00:49:51,827 LONG DATA LAG, AND IT WOULD BE 1333 00:49:51,827 --> 00:49:53,362 REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO 1334 00:49:53,362 --> 00:49:55,898 RESPOND TO THINGS IN A MORE 1335 00:49:55,898 --> 00:50:00,069 TIMELY MANNER, THAT'S GOING TO 1336 00:50:00,069 --> 00:50:03,539 TAKE A REALLY BROAD ALL OF 1337 00:50:03,539 --> 00:50:04,607 GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO BEING 1338 00:50:04,607 --> 00:50:07,543 ABLE TO ACHIEVE BETTER 1339 00:50:07,543 --> 00:50:08,244 UNDERSTANDING JUST OF WHAT'S 1340 00:50:08,244 --> 00:50:12,114 GOING OUT THERE IN MORE 1341 00:50:12,114 --> 00:50:12,715 REALTIME. 1342 00:50:12,715 --> 00:50:13,916 >> GREAT. 1343 00:50:13,916 --> 00:50:15,784 JUST MAKING SURE THAT ALBERT, 1344 00:50:15,784 --> 00:50:18,387 JAMES OR LINDE DON'T HAVE ANY 1345 00:50:18,387 --> 00:50:19,121 COMMENTS BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN 1346 00:50:19,121 --> 00:50:22,324 THEY'RE NOT IN THE ROOM -- YES, 1347 00:50:22,324 --> 00:50:22,992 JAMES, PLEASE. 1348 00:50:22,992 --> 00:50:27,129 NSO THANK YOU LARRY AND THANK 1349 00:50:27,129 --> 00:50:28,564 YOU DR. BERTAGNOLLI FOR A GREAT 1350 00:50:28,564 --> 00:50:29,298 PRESENTATION EMPLOY I JUST WANT 1351 00:50:29,298 --> 00:50:30,099 TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF EXAMS 1352 00:50:30,099 --> 00:50:32,801 OUT THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1353 00:50:32,801 --> 00:50:34,803 HEALTH, ONLY ABOUT 10-15% OF 1'S 1354 00:50:34,803 --> 00:50:36,505 HEALTH IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO ACCESS 1355 00:50:36,505 --> 00:50:39,842 TO HEALTHCARE WHICH TRANSLATES 1356 00:50:39,842 --> 00:50:40,876 TO ACCESS TO DRUGS. 1357 00:50:40,876 --> 00:50:42,711 THE REST OF IT IS SOCIAL 1358 00:50:42,711 --> 00:50:45,514 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH WHICH 1359 00:50:45,514 --> 00:50:46,148 MONICA'S ALREADY MENTIONED AND 1360 00:50:46,148 --> 00:50:48,784 IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING OF 1361 00:50:48,784 --> 00:50:50,452 THE INSTITUTES AND CENTERS AT 1362 00:50:50,452 --> 00:50:52,321 THE NIH, THOSE THAT ARE FOCUSED 1363 00:50:52,321 --> 00:50:53,789 ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH 1364 00:50:53,789 --> 00:50:55,191 ARE THE SMALLEST BUBBLES OR 1365 00:50:55,191 --> 00:50:56,492 LEAST AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND 1366 00:50:56,492 --> 00:50:58,894 THOSE DOING THE FUNDAMENTAL 1367 00:50:58,894 --> 00:51:01,463 RESEARCH AT LEAST TO DRUGS GET 1368 00:51:01,463 --> 00:51:04,033 MOST OF THE FUNDING SO IF YOU'RE 1369 00:51:04,033 --> 00:51:08,304 GOING TO ADDRESS HEALTH AS AN 1370 00:51:08,304 --> 00:51:09,004 INSTITUTION, THE FUNDING 1371 00:51:09,004 --> 00:51:10,739 DISTRIBUTION TO THOSE CENTERS, 1372 00:51:10,739 --> 00:51:11,907 FOCUS ON SERM DETERMINANTS OF 1373 00:51:11,907 --> 00:51:13,776 HEALTH SHOULD BE A LOT MORE THAN 1374 00:51:13,776 --> 00:51:14,109 IT IS NOW. 1375 00:51:14,109 --> 00:51:15,411 LET ME ALSO POINT OUT THAT OUR 1376 00:51:15,411 --> 00:51:17,613 HELT CARE SYSTEM IS A SICK CARE 1377 00:51:17,613 --> 00:51:18,280 SYSTEM. 1378 00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,049 WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO 1379 00:51:20,049 --> 00:51:20,716 PROMOTE HEALTH, WE'RE JUST 1380 00:51:20,716 --> 00:51:22,384 TREATING PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK AND 1381 00:51:22,384 --> 00:51:24,720 THOSE ARE 2 VERY DIFFERENT 1382 00:51:24,720 --> 00:51:28,257 THINGS AND MY SERVICE ON 1383 00:51:28,257 --> 00:51:29,358 PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HEALTH EQUITY 1384 00:51:29,358 --> 00:51:30,759 TASK FORCE TAUGHT ME THAT WE'RE 1385 00:51:30,759 --> 00:51:32,294 THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT SPENDS 1386 00:51:32,294 --> 00:51:34,563 TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON HELT 1387 00:51:34,563 --> 00:51:35,965 CARE WHERE PUBLIC HEALTH AND 1388 00:51:35,965 --> 00:51:37,733 HEALTHCARE ARE THOUGHT OF AS 2 1389 00:51:37,733 --> 00:51:38,434 SEPARATE THINGS. 1390 00:51:38,434 --> 00:51:39,935 IN ORDER TO FOR US TO ACHIEVE 1391 00:51:39,935 --> 00:51:41,503 THE BEST HEALTH OF ALL OF OUR 1392 00:51:41,503 --> 00:51:43,105 CITIZEN, THOSE 2 THINGS HAVE TO 1393 00:51:43,105 --> 00:51:44,206 BE BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER AND 1394 00:51:44,206 --> 00:51:45,207 MAYBE THAT'S 1 THING WE CAN 1395 00:51:45,207 --> 00:51:49,178 THINK ABOUT AS WE TALK THROUGH 1396 00:51:49,178 --> 00:51:50,746 THESE ISSUES SURROUNDING NIH AND 1397 00:51:50,746 --> 00:51:51,880 FUNDING FOR HEALTH. 1398 00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:53,616 THANK YOU, LARRY NSO, THANK YOU. 1399 00:51:53,616 --> 00:51:54,550 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 1400 00:51:54,550 --> 00:51:55,517 COMMENTS ISSUES THE ONLY THING I 1401 00:51:55,517 --> 00:51:58,787 WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER, AND I 1402 00:51:58,787 --> 00:52:02,725 BELIEVE YOU WILL PROBABLY GET 1403 00:52:02,725 --> 00:52:04,026 BETTER INFORMATION ON THIS AS 1404 00:52:04,026 --> 00:52:08,163 THIS BOARD GOES ON IS THAT IT IS 1405 00:52:08,163 --> 00:52:10,332 NOT THE CASE THAT ALL OF THE 1406 00:52:10,332 --> 00:52:12,868 FUNDING THAT GOES TO ADDRESSING 1407 00:52:12,868 --> 00:52:14,870 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IS 1408 00:52:14,870 --> 00:52:18,040 JUST IN THOSE INSTITUTES AND 1409 00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:20,876 CENTERS SEEM TO HAVE IT ON THEIR 1410 00:52:20,876 --> 00:52:25,481 MAST HEAD, YOU KNOW, FAR FROM 1411 00:52:25,481 --> 00:52:28,417 IT. 1412 00:52:28,417 --> 00:52:29,718 I, YOU KNOW PARTICULARLY -- AND 1413 00:52:29,718 --> 00:52:36,925 THAT'S NOT JUST IN TERMS OF THE 1414 00:52:36,925 --> 00:52:38,494 CLINICAL SCIENCES AND 1415 00:52:38,494 --> 00:52:42,498 TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES, IT ALSO 1416 00:52:42,498 --> 00:52:43,499 IMPACTS OUR FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 1417 00:52:43,499 --> 00:52:44,466 AS WELL. 1418 00:52:44,466 --> 00:52:46,235 HAVING FUNDAMENTAL DATA SETS 1419 00:52:46,235 --> 00:52:48,370 INSURING IF WE HAVE A GENOMIC 1420 00:52:48,370 --> 00:52:49,305 CATASET AND UNDERSTANDING THE 1421 00:52:49,305 --> 00:52:52,007 AMERICAN PEOPLE, IT HAS TO 1422 00:52:52,007 --> 00:52:53,876 INCLUDE ALL THE PEOPLE, WHO FOR 1423 00:52:53,876 --> 00:52:54,710 RECENTS OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS 1424 00:52:54,710 --> 00:52:56,478 OF HEALTH HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT. 1425 00:52:56,478 --> 00:52:57,413 IT'S AN ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTION OF 1426 00:52:57,413 --> 00:52:59,014 THE ALL OF US PROGRAM THAT IS 1427 00:52:59,014 --> 00:53:01,750 BEING BUILT ON BY OTHER THINGS 1428 00:53:01,750 --> 00:53:04,820 -- BUILT ON TODAY. 1429 00:53:04,820 --> 00:53:06,255 BUT THE OTHER 1 EVERY SINGLE 1430 00:53:06,255 --> 00:53:08,524 INSTITUTE AND CENTER IN SOME WAY 1431 00:53:08,524 --> 00:53:10,993 CONTRIBUTES IN THEIR CLINICAL 1432 00:53:10,993 --> 00:53:14,596 ACTIVITY TO ADDRESSING ISSUES OF 1433 00:53:14,596 --> 00:53:19,435 NOT JUST ACCESS, ALSO, THE TYPE 1434 00:53:19,435 --> 00:53:22,338 OF CARE, BUT ALSO ALL OF THE 1435 00:53:22,338 --> 00:53:23,272 SOCIETAL FACTORS, SOCIAL 1436 00:53:23,272 --> 00:53:24,740 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT ARE 1437 00:53:24,740 --> 00:53:26,575 SOABT WIDE POOR OUTCOMES, SO 1438 00:53:26,575 --> 00:53:28,544 IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE, DON'T LOOK 1439 00:53:28,544 --> 00:53:31,046 AT THESE PLACES AS SILOS BECAUSE 1440 00:53:31,046 --> 00:53:32,781 WHEN YOU START DRILLING DOWN AND 1441 00:53:32,781 --> 00:53:35,084 LOOK WHAT THEY'RE REALLY DOING, 1442 00:53:35,084 --> 00:53:37,052 THEY ARE MOST CERTAINLY NOT. 1443 00:53:37,052 --> 00:53:39,021 >> WELL, I RESPECT WHAT YOU'RE 1444 00:53:39,021 --> 00:53:41,457 SAYING, MONICA BUT THE 1445 00:53:41,457 --> 00:53:42,958 FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH IS THAT WHEN 1446 00:53:42,958 --> 00:53:47,796 YOU LOOK AT THE SPENDING OR 1447 00:53:47,796 --> 00:53:50,933 FUNDING OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS 1448 00:53:50,933 --> 00:53:52,701 OF HEALTH AT NIH, IT IS NOT WHAT 1449 00:53:52,701 --> 00:53:54,737 IT NEEDS TO BE. 1450 00:53:54,737 --> 00:53:56,472 AND 1 THING WE WERE LEARN ABOUT 1451 00:53:56,472 --> 00:53:58,774 TRUST, 1 LESSON WE LEARNED IN 1452 00:53:58,774 --> 00:53:59,575 THE PANDEMIC, IF YOU DON'T HAVE 1453 00:53:59,575 --> 00:54:00,409 PEOPLE WHO COME FROM THE 1454 00:54:00,409 --> 00:54:01,710 COMMUNITIES YOU WANT TO HELP, 1455 00:54:01,710 --> 00:54:03,746 THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISTRUSTING 1456 00:54:03,746 --> 00:54:08,250 BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW FOR SURE 1457 00:54:08,250 --> 00:54:10,152 THAT WHEN PHYSICIANS WHO TAKE 1458 00:54:10,152 --> 00:54:12,221 CARE OF COMMUNITIES ARE 1459 00:54:12,221 --> 00:54:13,288 CULTURALLY, RACIALLY AND 1460 00:54:13,288 --> 00:54:14,456 OTHERWISE CONNECTED TO THOSE 1461 00:54:14,456 --> 00:54:16,425 COMMUNITIES, OUTCOMES ARE BETTER 1462 00:54:16,425 --> 00:54:17,926 AND WE DID NOT TURN THINGS 1463 00:54:17,926 --> 00:54:21,063 AROUND IN THE PANDEMIC IN TERMS 1464 00:54:21,063 --> 00:54:22,865 OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES UNTIL 1465 00:54:22,865 --> 00:54:27,936 MINORITY INVESTIGATORS, MINORITY 1466 00:54:27,936 --> 00:54:28,937 LEADERS GOT INVOLVED. 1467 00:54:28,937 --> 00:54:30,839 SO TRUST HAS TO BE EARNED OR IT 1468 00:54:30,839 --> 00:54:32,408 CAN BE CHANNELED THROUGH THOSE 1469 00:54:32,408 --> 00:54:33,675 WHO CAN BE TRUSTED, THE LAST 1470 00:54:33,675 --> 00:54:35,144 THINK THIS I WILL SAY AND THEN I 1471 00:54:35,144 --> 00:54:37,112 WILL SHUT UP, THE ORGANIZATIONS 1472 00:54:37,112 --> 00:54:39,014 WHO GET FUNDING TO DO THE SOCIAL 1473 00:54:39,014 --> 00:54:40,582 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ARE THE 1474 00:54:40,582 --> 00:54:41,450 USUAL PLAYER WHO IS QUITE 1475 00:54:41,450 --> 00:54:44,586 HONESTLY IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR 1476 00:54:44,586 --> 00:54:45,521 RECORD OF DIVERSITY AND WHAT 1477 00:54:45,521 --> 00:54:46,655 THEY DO IN COMMUNITIES IS NOT 1478 00:54:46,655 --> 00:54:47,723 VERY GOOD. 1479 00:54:47,723 --> 00:54:49,625 SO 1 THAT CAN BE DONE WOULD BE 1480 00:54:49,625 --> 00:54:50,993 TO FUND THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BEST 1481 00:54:50,993 --> 00:54:52,494 ABLE TO DO THE WORK BECAUSE 1482 00:54:52,494 --> 00:54:53,462 THEY'RE A PART OF THOSE 1483 00:54:53,462 --> 00:54:54,530 COMMUNITIES AND YOU KNOW THAT'S 1484 00:54:54,530 --> 00:54:57,299 JUST A FACT WE HAVE TO DEAL 1485 00:54:57,299 --> 00:54:57,499 WITH. 1486 00:54:57,499 --> 00:54:58,367 >> WELL, THE LAST THINK THIS I 1487 00:54:58,367 --> 00:54:59,868 WILL SAY TO ADDRESS YOUR 1488 00:54:59,868 --> 00:55:01,737 CONCERNS IS, I URGE YOU TO TAKE 1489 00:55:01,737 --> 00:55:05,374 A REALLY DEEP LOOK INTO THE CARE 1490 00:55:05,374 --> 00:55:06,408 FOR HEALTH INITIATIVE AND GIVE 1491 00:55:06,408 --> 00:55:08,610 US YOUR OPINION ON THE -- YOU 1492 00:55:08,610 --> 00:55:11,480 KNOW I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO 1493 00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:13,015 REALLY GO INTO THE VERY DEEP 1494 00:55:13,015 --> 00:55:14,516 DETAILS OF THAT AND I URGE YOU 1495 00:55:14,516 --> 00:55:18,387 TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT 1496 00:55:18,387 --> 00:55:19,488 INITIATIVE AND GIVE US FEEDBACK 1497 00:55:19,488 --> 00:55:20,589 ON WHETHER YOU THINK THAT MIGHT 1498 00:55:20,589 --> 00:55:23,859 HIT IN OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE 1499 00:55:23,859 --> 00:55:24,660 BROUGHT UP HERE. 1500 00:55:24,660 --> 00:55:27,229 >> OKAY, WE O WILL HAVE DEBAND 1501 00:55:27,229 --> 00:55:28,564 THEN ELBA, WE WILL LET YOU HAVE 1502 00:55:28,564 --> 00:55:32,234 THE LAST WORD ON THIS TOPIC. 1503 00:55:32,234 --> 00:55:32,801 SO DEB? 1504 00:55:32,801 --> 00:55:34,203 >> THANK YOU, YOU MAY BE GETTING 1505 00:55:34,203 --> 00:55:37,840 INTO THIS LATE BUTIME JUST 1506 00:55:37,840 --> 00:55:39,007 WONDERING PROCEDURALLY, HOW THIS 1507 00:55:39,007 --> 00:55:40,943 BOARD WILL DECIDE WHAT QUESTIONS 1508 00:55:40,943 --> 00:55:42,377 TO ADDRESS BECAUSE A HUGE NUMBER 1509 00:55:42,377 --> 00:55:44,480 OF QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED 1510 00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:48,750 THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT AND TO 1511 00:55:48,750 --> 00:55:50,719 WHAT EXTENT WILL WE BE 1512 00:55:50,719 --> 00:55:52,087 SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING FOR 1513 00:55:52,087 --> 00:55:52,688 EXAMPLE, THE CONGRESSIONAL 1514 00:55:52,688 --> 00:55:53,789 RECOMMENDATIONS AND I THINK THIS 1515 00:55:53,789 --> 00:55:55,724 PLAYS INTO MIKE'S QUESTION ABOUT 1516 00:55:55,724 --> 00:55:58,560 WHO THE AUDIENCE IS? 1517 00:55:58,560 --> 00:56:00,462 >> I THINK IF WE COULD PUT A PIN 1518 00:56:00,462 --> 00:56:02,731 ON THAT AND REVISIT THAT TOWARDS 1519 00:56:02,731 --> 00:56:04,066 THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE 1520 00:56:04,066 --> 00:56:06,168 ARE GOING TO SPEND ALET TIME 1521 00:56:06,168 --> 00:56:07,569 TALKING ABOUT THOSE ELEMENTS 1522 00:56:07,569 --> 00:56:09,705 ISSUES OBVIOUSLY VERY CRITICAL. 1523 00:56:09,705 --> 00:56:12,207 OKAY, ELBA, LAST WORD? 1524 00:56:12,207 --> 00:56:13,542 >> MY COMMENT IS RELATED TO THE 1525 00:56:13,542 --> 00:56:14,676 PREVIOUS 1 AND FIRST OF ALL 1526 00:56:14,676 --> 00:56:16,245 THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION, 1527 00:56:16,245 --> 00:56:21,083 IT'S VERY EXCITING AND 1528 00:56:21,083 --> 00:56:21,483 INFORMATIVE. 1529 00:56:21,483 --> 00:56:22,284 I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS 1530 00:56:22,284 --> 00:56:24,653 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PORTFOLIO 1531 00:56:24,653 --> 00:56:27,289 OF NIH EXTRAMURAL FUNDING, IS IT 1532 00:56:27,289 --> 00:56:28,657 AS REPRESENTATIVE AND DIVERSE AS 1533 00:56:28,657 --> 00:56:32,127 IT COULD BE WITH REGARD NOT JUST 1534 00:56:32,127 --> 00:56:32,861 TO REGIONAL REPRESENTATION, BUT 1535 00:56:32,861 --> 00:56:39,001 ALSO TO THE TYPES OF ENTITIES, 1536 00:56:39,001 --> 00:56:40,135 NOT FOR PROVEIS, PRIVATE SECTOR 1537 00:56:40,135 --> 00:56:42,271 AND SO ON, WHEN THE MAP OF WHERE 1538 00:56:42,271 --> 00:56:46,341 WE SEE THE SHORTER LIFE SPAN IS 1539 00:56:46,341 --> 00:56:47,342 POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY CORRELATED 1540 00:56:47,342 --> 00:56:53,682 WITH THE PRESENCE OF NIH FUNDING 1541 00:56:53,682 --> 00:56:55,551 AND PROJECTS GOING DIRECTLY TO 1542 00:56:55,551 --> 00:56:56,451 THOSE COMMUNITIES. 1543 00:56:56,451 --> 00:56:59,855 CURIOUS YOUR HOW THES ON THAT. 1544 00:56:59,855 --> 00:57:01,290 >> NO, WE'RE NOT WHERE WE WANT 1545 00:57:01,290 --> 00:57:05,027 TO BE, THAT BEING SAID, THERE 1546 00:57:05,027 --> 00:57:08,230 ARE DEDICATED EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE 1547 00:57:08,230 --> 00:57:08,564 THAT. 1548 00:57:08,564 --> 00:57:11,833 I CAN -- THE IDEA STATES 1549 00:57:11,833 --> 00:57:14,836 PROGRAM, FOR 1, EXPANDING 1550 00:57:14,836 --> 00:57:18,674 NETWORK OUTREACHES OF THE 1551 00:57:18,674 --> 00:57:24,846 CTSAs, LET'S SEE I CAN KEEP 1552 00:57:24,846 --> 00:57:25,180 GOING. 1553 00:57:25,180 --> 00:57:26,715 THROUGHOUT ALL OF NIH, THERE ARE 1554 00:57:26,715 --> 00:57:28,216 QUITE -- A LARGE NUMBER OF 1555 00:57:28,216 --> 00:57:29,518 PROJECTS THAT SEEK TO DO EXACTLY 1556 00:57:29,518 --> 00:57:32,588 THAT EMPLOY ARE WE MAKING 1557 00:57:32,588 --> 00:57:32,955 PROGRESS? 1558 00:57:32,955 --> 00:57:33,121 YES. 1559 00:57:33,121 --> 00:57:35,591 IS IT TOO SLOW? 1560 00:57:35,591 --> 00:57:38,393 YES. 1561 00:57:38,393 --> 00:57:40,128 BUT SOME OF THAT AN 1562 00:57:40,128 --> 00:57:41,964 INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE IS SOME OF 1563 00:57:41,964 --> 00:57:43,765 IT FRANKLY IS A FUNDING ISSUE AS 1564 00:57:43,765 --> 00:57:43,966 WELL. 1565 00:57:43,966 --> 00:57:46,001 WE'VE BEEN IN A PRETTY TIGHT 1566 00:57:46,001 --> 00:57:48,570 FUNDING ENVIRONMENT OVER THE 1567 00:57:48,570 --> 00:57:50,806 LAST YEAR AND HAVE -- I HAVE TO 1568 00:57:50,806 --> 00:57:52,741 HONESTLY SAY MADE A LITTLE BIT 1569 00:57:52,741 --> 00:57:53,709 LESS PROGRESS THAN WE HAVE LIKED 1570 00:57:53,709 --> 00:57:57,679 TO ON SOME OF OUR NEW OUTREACH 1571 00:57:57,679 --> 00:57:57,913 EFFORTS. 1572 00:57:57,913 --> 00:57:59,648 >> OKAY ACCIDENT BEFORE YOU GIVE 1573 00:57:59,648 --> 00:58:05,287 YOUR -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1574 00:58:05,287 --> 00:58:07,022 >> FEEL FREE TO GIVE YOUR 1575 00:58:07,022 --> 00:58:08,991 REMARKS, I'VE BEEN TAKING NOTES 1576 00:58:08,991 --> 00:58:09,591 AND THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, 1577 00:58:09,591 --> 00:58:13,629 WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THE 1578 00:58:13,629 --> 00:58:15,030 DAY, AS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, 1579 00:58:15,030 --> 00:58:16,164 WHAT KIND OF SUBCOMMITTEES WE 1580 00:58:16,164 --> 00:58:17,666 WANT AND WE WANT TO ADDRESS HOW 1581 00:58:17,666 --> 00:58:19,234 MANY MEETINGS WE WANT TO HAVE, 1582 00:58:19,234 --> 00:58:21,703 THE LENGTH OF THE MEETINGS, ET 1583 00:58:21,703 --> 00:58:23,105 CETERA, SO, AND HOPEFULLY I WILL 1584 00:58:23,105 --> 00:58:25,407 BE ABLE TO SUMMARIZE AT THE END 1585 00:58:25,407 --> 00:58:27,275 TO REMIND YOU WHAT WE TALKED 1586 00:58:27,275 --> 00:58:31,146 ABOUT AT 12:00 WHEN WE GET TO 4 1587 00:58:31,146 --> 00:58:41,289 OR 5:00. 1588 00:58:44,593 --> 00:58:51,199 >> OKAY, SO IF WE CAN PULL UP MY 1589 00:58:51,199 --> 00:58:51,600 -- THANKS. 1590 00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:53,135 IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, 1591 00:58:53,135 --> 00:58:53,402 PLEASE. 1592 00:58:53,402 --> 00:58:55,604 SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS 1593 00:58:55,604 --> 00:58:57,873 JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 1594 00:58:57,873 --> 00:59:01,410 RESTART, WHAT LED TO IT, GO 1595 00:59:01,410 --> 00:59:04,446 THROUGH THE CHARTER IN SOME 1596 00:59:04,446 --> 00:59:05,480 DETAIL BECAUSE WITHIN THAT ARE 1597 00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:07,449 SOME OF THE ANSWERS TO SOME OF 1598 00:59:07,449 --> 00:59:08,950 THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE 1599 00:59:08,950 --> 00:59:11,787 RAISED, AT LEAST THE FRAMEWORK 1600 00:59:11,787 --> 00:59:13,889 TO HELP GUIDE US, TALK A LITTLE 1601 00:59:13,889 --> 00:59:16,692 BIT ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEES AND THEN 1602 00:59:16,692 --> 00:59:18,493 THE REPORTS. 1603 00:59:18,493 --> 00:59:21,830 SO IN 2024 WE RECEIVED 1604 00:59:21,830 --> 00:59:23,131 APPROPRIATIONS REPORT LANGUAGE 1605 00:59:23,131 --> 00:59:25,500 DIRECTING NIH TO RECONVENE THIS 1606 00:59:25,500 --> 00:59:30,272 BODY WITHIN 1 YEAR OF ENACTMENT. 1607 00:59:30,272 --> 00:59:32,641 AND WE HAVE DONE THAT. 1608 00:59:32,641 --> 00:59:35,510 WE HAVE MET THAT DEDICATED TO 1609 00:59:35,510 --> 00:59:37,979 LINE AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK 1610 00:59:37,979 --> 00:59:40,315 ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR 1611 00:59:40,315 --> 00:59:41,717 AGREEING SO QUICKLY TO 1612 00:59:41,717 --> 00:59:43,118 PARTICIPATE AND FOR FILLING OUT 1613 00:59:43,118 --> 00:59:44,286 ALL THE RELEVANT PAPERWORK SO 1614 00:59:44,286 --> 00:59:48,890 THAT WE COULD ENGAGE WITH YOU AS 1615 00:59:48,890 --> 00:59:54,596 FULL MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD. 1616 00:59:54,596 --> 00:59:56,698 AS YOU KNOW SEE BEFORE YOU, THIS 1617 00:59:56,698 --> 01:00:01,236 IS A GROUP COMPOSED ATYPICALLY 1618 01:00:01,236 --> 01:00:04,339 OF NIH STAFF, DIRECTORS OF NIH 1619 01:00:04,339 --> 01:00:07,042 INSTITUTE ANDS CENTERS AS WELL 1620 01:00:07,042 --> 01:00:10,712 AS THOSE OF YOU, ARE PARTNERS 1621 01:00:10,712 --> 01:00:15,650 FROM OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS, AND 1622 01:00:15,650 --> 01:00:18,487 THIS BOARD WILL PROVIDE ITS 1623 01:00:18,487 --> 01:00:19,421 ADVISE AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO 1624 01:00:19,421 --> 01:00:21,123 THE REPORTS TO THE NIH DIRECTOR 1625 01:00:21,123 --> 01:00:22,758 WHO IN TURN WILL PROVIDE THAT TO 1626 01:00:22,758 --> 01:00:25,594 THE SECRETARY OF HHS, BUT 1627 01:00:25,594 --> 01:00:27,629 EVERYBODY'S WATCHING AND SO, 1628 01:00:27,629 --> 01:00:30,465 THIS INFORMATION NO DOUBT WILL 1629 01:00:30,465 --> 01:00:33,935 ALSO FIND ITS WAY OUT TO THE 1630 01:00:33,935 --> 01:00:37,072 GENERAL PUBLIC, LEGISLATORS AND 1631 01:00:37,072 --> 01:00:38,874 SO FORTH FELT SO WHAT YOU DO AND 1632 01:00:38,874 --> 01:00:41,877 SAY WILL BE WIDELY AND BROADLY 1633 01:00:41,877 --> 01:00:43,512 DISSEMINATED, AND THAT WAS THE 1634 01:00:43,512 --> 01:00:46,515 WHOLE POINT, THAT'S WHAT FACA'S 1635 01:00:46,515 --> 01:00:47,916 ALL ABOUT QUITE FRANKLY. 1636 01:00:47,916 --> 01:00:48,950 THE AUTHORITY IS LISTED HERE AND 1637 01:00:48,950 --> 01:00:51,286 AS YOU HEARD THIS MORNING DURING 1638 01:00:51,286 --> 01:00:55,123 OUR SORT OF ORIENTATION SESSION, 1639 01:00:55,123 --> 01:00:58,994 THIS IS GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL 1640 01:00:58,994 --> 01:01:00,028 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT. 1641 01:01:00,028 --> 01:01:03,331 SO, AGAIN, JUST A FOCUS IN ON 1642 01:01:03,331 --> 01:01:06,535 WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE 1643 01:01:06,535 --> 01:01:09,938 LOOKING AT, THE USE OF AGENCY 1644 01:01:09,938 --> 01:01:11,873 ORGANIZATIONAL AUTHORITIES TO 1645 01:01:11,873 --> 01:01:13,942 ESTABLISH OR ABOLISH INSTITUTES 1646 01:01:13,942 --> 01:01:15,143 AND CENTERS, THE REORGANIZATION 1647 01:01:15,143 --> 01:01:17,913 OF OFFICES WITHIN THE OFFICE OF 1648 01:01:17,913 --> 01:01:19,848 THE DIRECTOR, AND MONICA, YOU 1649 01:01:19,848 --> 01:01:22,517 KNOW SHOWED YOU A SERIES OF 1650 01:01:22,517 --> 01:01:24,686 SLIDES DISPLAYING THAT, AND THEN 1651 01:01:24,686 --> 01:01:25,854 FINALLY TO REORGANIZE WITHIN AND 1652 01:01:25,854 --> 01:01:31,626 ACROSS INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 1653 01:01:31,626 --> 01:01:33,395 IT'S A VERY BROAD MANDATE AND 1654 01:01:33,395 --> 01:01:34,329 OBVIOUSLY WOULD REQUIRE MANY, 1655 01:01:34,329 --> 01:01:38,667 MANY YEARS TO DO ALL, EACH AND 1656 01:01:38,667 --> 01:01:40,035 ALL OF THESE JUSTICE BUT THAT 1657 01:01:40,035 --> 01:01:42,237 WILL BE THE ART OF THIS IS TO 1658 01:01:42,237 --> 01:01:49,010 FOCUS IN ON THE SEMINOLE 1659 01:01:49,010 --> 01:01:49,611 QUESTIONS. 1660 01:01:49,611 --> 01:01:53,648 SO WE HAVE SPECIFIC DUTIES, 1661 01:01:53,648 --> 01:01:54,816 CONVEYED THROUGH REPORTS OUR 1662 01:01:54,816 --> 01:01:56,785 ADVICE WILL BE MADE TO THE NIH 1663 01:01:56,785 --> 01:01:58,720 DIRECTOR AND THE HHS SECRETARY 1664 01:01:58,720 --> 01:02:00,589 AND NOT LESS THAN ONCE EVERY 7 1665 01:02:00,589 --> 01:02:02,090 YEARS THE BOARD WILL ISSUE A 1666 01:02:02,090 --> 01:02:06,328 REPORT TO THE NIH DIRECTOR 1667 01:02:06,328 --> 01:02:08,597 ET AL, TO DETERMINE WHETHER AND 1668 01:02:08,597 --> 01:02:09,898 TO WHAT EXTENT ORGANIZATIONAL 1669 01:02:09,898 --> 01:02:15,070 AUTHORITY SHOULD BE USED AND 1670 01:02:15,070 --> 01:02:16,738 PROVIDE REGARDING USE OF THOSE 1671 01:02:16,738 --> 01:02:18,073 ORGANIZATIONAL AUTHORITIES AND 1672 01:02:18,073 --> 01:02:19,774 THEN THE RATIONAL BEHIND 1673 01:02:19,774 --> 01:02:20,408 WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS ARE 1674 01:02:20,408 --> 01:02:23,011 MADE BY THIS GROUP. 1675 01:02:23,011 --> 01:02:24,412 THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BOARD WITH 1676 01:02:24,412 --> 01:02:27,115 RESPECT TO A SPECIFIC REPORT 1677 01:02:27,115 --> 01:02:29,985 WILL REQUIRE A REVIEW OF THE 1678 01:02:29,985 --> 01:02:32,220 RESEARCH PORTFOLIO OF THE NIH 1679 01:02:32,220 --> 01:02:33,154 DETERMINE THE PROGRESS AND 1680 01:02:33,154 --> 01:02:34,689 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VALUE OF 1681 01:02:34,689 --> 01:02:36,791 THE PORTFOLIO AND THE ALLOCATION 1682 01:02:36,791 --> 01:02:37,959 AMONG THE PORTFOLIO ACTIVITIES 1683 01:02:37,959 --> 01:02:41,696 OF THE RESOURCES OF NIH. 1684 01:02:41,696 --> 01:02:42,998 SO THE PRECEDING DISCUSSION THAT 1685 01:02:42,998 --> 01:02:45,200 YOU HAD WITH MONICA WAS SPOT ON. 1686 01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:47,469 IT'S EXACTLY THIS SORT OF THING 1687 01:02:47,469 --> 01:02:52,173 THAT WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD YOU TO 1688 01:02:52,173 --> 01:02:53,541 THAT PARTICULAR EFFORT YOU KNOW 1689 01:02:53,541 --> 01:02:56,177 LOOKING AT THAT PORTFOLIO, 1690 01:02:56,177 --> 01:02:57,212 DEEPLY, UNDERSTANDING HOW AND 1691 01:02:57,212 --> 01:03:01,182 WHERE IT IS SUPPORTED AND 1692 01:03:01,182 --> 01:03:02,617 ORGANIZATIONALLY ARE THERE WAYS 1693 01:03:02,617 --> 01:03:03,852 OF SUPPORTING IT BETTER. 1694 01:03:03,852 --> 01:03:06,054 SO THIS IS NOT ABOUT MORE MONEY, 1695 01:03:06,054 --> 01:03:08,456 IT'S ABOUT HOW DO YOU MOVE THE 1696 01:03:08,456 --> 01:03:11,593 RESOURCES AROUND IN THE MOST 1697 01:03:11,593 --> 01:03:12,661 EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE. 1698 01:03:12,661 --> 01:03:14,429 AND THEN FINALLY TO DETERMINE 1699 01:03:14,429 --> 01:03:15,630 THE PENDING SCIENTIFIC 1700 01:03:15,630 --> 01:03:19,467 OPPORTUNITIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH 1701 01:03:19,467 --> 01:03:22,304 NEEDS, SO, THIS ALL ANTICIPATED 1702 01:03:22,304 --> 01:03:24,940 THIS MARRIAGE THAT SEVERAL 1703 01:03:24,940 --> 01:03:27,208 SPEAKERS REFERRED TO, YOU KNOW, 1704 01:03:27,208 --> 01:03:29,744 SCIENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS, 1705 01:03:29,744 --> 01:03:30,745 MARRYING THOSE TOGETHER PERHAPS, 1706 01:03:30,745 --> 01:03:33,682 YOU KNOW A BIT MORE STRONGLY 1707 01:03:33,682 --> 01:03:37,218 THAN IS TYPICALLY THOUGHT OF. 1708 01:03:37,218 --> 01:03:38,687 AND AGAIN, CONTINUING ON WHAT 1709 01:03:38,687 --> 01:03:41,690 NEEDS TO BE WITH THESE SPECIFIC 1710 01:03:41,690 --> 01:03:44,426 REPORTS FOR ANY PROPOSAL FOR 1711 01:03:44,426 --> 01:03:46,695 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES TO WHICH 1712 01:03:46,695 --> 01:03:47,862 THE BOARD GIVES SIGNIFICANT 1713 01:03:47,862 --> 01:03:49,297 CONSIDERATION, THE BOARD HAS TO 1714 01:03:49,297 --> 01:03:50,832 ANALYZE THE BUDGETAR EXPE 1715 01:03:50,832 --> 01:03:54,836 OPERATIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE 1716 01:03:54,836 --> 01:03:55,503 PROPOSED CHANGE. 1717 01:03:55,503 --> 01:03:58,006 NOT NECESSARILY FOR THIS MOMENT 1718 01:03:58,006 --> 01:03:59,774 BUT WE DO HAVE HISTORY WHERE WE 1719 01:03:59,774 --> 01:04:02,844 HAVE ATTEMPTED TO MERGE 1720 01:04:02,844 --> 01:04:03,144 INSTITUTES. 1721 01:04:03,144 --> 01:04:05,146 ONE OF US SPENT A LOT OF TIME 1722 01:04:05,146 --> 01:04:09,317 TRYING TO MANAGE THAT EFFORT AND 1723 01:04:09,317 --> 01:04:11,886 IT IS -- FOR THOSE OF YOU IN 1724 01:04:11,886 --> 01:04:13,154 ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTERS, THINK 1725 01:04:13,154 --> 01:04:16,224 ABOUT A MERGER OF 2 OF YOUR 1726 01:04:16,224 --> 01:04:17,625 HOSPITALS, GOES VERY WELL, VERY 1727 01:04:17,625 --> 01:04:20,195 QUICKLY AND THEN THAT'S SORT OF 1728 01:04:20,195 --> 01:04:21,963 THE SCALE OF THE SORTS OF THING 1729 01:04:21,963 --> 01:04:23,264 THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE BUT 1730 01:04:23,264 --> 01:04:27,502 IT CAN BE DONE IF IT'S 1731 01:04:27,502 --> 01:04:27,869 APPROPRIATE. 1732 01:04:27,869 --> 01:04:30,338 RIGHT SO YOU SHOULD BE DISSUADED 1733 01:04:30,338 --> 01:04:31,840 BY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EFFORT 1734 01:04:31,840 --> 01:04:32,874 THAT'S REQUIRED BECAUSE AT THE 1735 01:04:32,874 --> 01:04:35,010 END YOU MAY COME UP WITH 1736 01:04:35,010 --> 01:04:35,643 SOMETHING THAT'S BETTER. 1737 01:04:35,643 --> 01:04:38,113 AND THEN OF COURSE, TO TAKE INTO 1738 01:04:38,113 --> 01:04:40,949 ACCOUNT THE HISTORICAL FUNDING 1739 01:04:40,949 --> 01:04:43,618 AND SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCH 1740 01:04:43,618 --> 01:04:44,552 ACTIVITIES, THE SLIDE THAT 1741 01:04:44,552 --> 01:04:47,055 MONICA SHOWED YOU WITH THE 1742 01:04:47,055 --> 01:04:49,257 BUBBLES, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW IN 1743 01:04:49,257 --> 01:04:51,226 ADDITION TO SHOWING YOU THE 1744 01:04:51,226 --> 01:04:52,694 AMOUNT OF FUNDING, IT ALSO 1745 01:04:52,694 --> 01:04:53,795 SHOWED YOU WHEN EACH INSTITUTE 1746 01:04:53,795 --> 01:04:55,063 AND CENTER WAS CREATED. 1747 01:04:55,063 --> 01:04:57,165 SO FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT, 1748 01:04:57,165 --> 01:04:58,233 YOU KNOW NCI WAS THE FIRST AND 1749 01:04:58,233 --> 01:05:00,902 THEN IF YOU GO INTO THE INNER 1750 01:05:00,902 --> 01:05:01,836 CIRCLE, NCATS WAS THE LAST 1751 01:05:01,836 --> 01:05:04,672 CREATED AND SO IT DOES GIVE YOU 1752 01:05:04,672 --> 01:05:07,542 A SENSE OF WHAT DOES THE VALUE 1753 01:05:07,542 --> 01:05:09,878 OF TIME HAVE VIS A VIS THE 1754 01:05:09,878 --> 01:05:10,678 ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES. 1755 01:05:10,678 --> 01:05:11,880 YOU HAVE TO ESTIMATE THE LEVEL 1756 01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:13,982 OF RESOURCES THAT WILL BE NEEDED 1757 01:05:13,982 --> 01:05:15,850 TO LIMP EMENT THE PROPOSED 1758 01:05:15,850 --> 01:05:17,252 CHANGES AND WE HAVE DATA NOW 1759 01:05:17,252 --> 01:05:18,853 THAT WE CAN DRAW UPON BECAUSE WE 1760 01:05:18,853 --> 01:05:21,890 HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS EXERCISE 1761 01:05:21,890 --> 01:05:23,658 BEFORE YOU HAVE ASSUME THE 1762 01:05:23,658 --> 01:05:24,993 PROPOSED CHANGES WILL BE MADE 1763 01:05:24,993 --> 01:05:26,628 AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR 1764 01:05:26,628 --> 01:05:28,329 THE ALLOCATION OF THE RESOURCES 1765 01:05:28,329 --> 01:05:30,065 GOING FORWARD AND THEN ANALYZE 1766 01:05:30,065 --> 01:05:30,965 THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE 1767 01:05:30,965 --> 01:05:33,068 PROGRESS OF RESEARCH IN THE 1768 01:05:33,068 --> 01:05:35,303 AREAS AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED 1769 01:05:35,303 --> 01:05:37,172 CHANGES AND THOSE CONSEQUENCES 1770 01:05:37,172 --> 01:05:40,642 CAN BE FAVORABLE OR THEY CAN BE 1771 01:05:40,642 --> 01:05:41,342 DISFAVORRABLE AND AGAIN THE 1772 01:05:41,342 --> 01:05:43,611 BOARD WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER 1773 01:05:43,611 --> 01:05:47,048 WHICH, AND THE LIKELY ANSWER IS 1774 01:05:47,048 --> 01:05:47,615 BOTH. 1775 01:05:47,615 --> 01:05:49,451 BECAUSE IT'S RARELY ALL OR NONE. 1776 01:05:49,451 --> 01:05:51,186 THE LIKELY ANSWER IS BOTH AND 1777 01:05:51,186 --> 01:05:53,455 THEN IT'S A BALANCE TO WHICH 1778 01:05:53,455 --> 01:05:54,856 MAKES THE MOST SENSE. 1779 01:05:54,856 --> 01:05:57,092 WHEN YOU'RE ISSUING A REPORT 1780 01:05:57,092 --> 01:06:00,061 WITH 1 OR MORE CONTEMPLATED 1781 01:06:00,061 --> 01:06:00,862 ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES, WE NEED 1782 01:06:00,862 --> 01:06:02,197 TO CONSULT WITH INSTITUTE AND 1783 01:06:02,197 --> 01:06:03,998 CENTER DIRECTORS WHO ARE NOT 1784 01:06:03,998 --> 01:06:06,401 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, OTHER 1785 01:06:06,401 --> 01:06:08,703 SCIENTIFIC LEADERS, WHO ARE AT 1786 01:06:08,703 --> 01:06:10,138 NIH AND ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE 1787 01:06:10,138 --> 01:06:10,672 BOARD. 1788 01:06:10,672 --> 01:06:13,808 WE HAVE TO CONSULT WITH ALL THE 1789 01:06:13,808 --> 01:06:14,943 ADVISORY COUNCILS OF THE 1790 01:06:14,943 --> 01:06:17,812 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS, WE HAVE 1791 01:06:17,812 --> 01:06:19,881 TO CONSULT WITH ORGANIZATIONS 1792 01:06:19,881 --> 01:06:20,582 REPRESENTING THE SCIENTIFIC 1793 01:06:20,582 --> 01:06:21,516 COMMUNITY AND THEN FINALLY WE 1794 01:06:21,516 --> 01:06:23,685 HAVE TO CONSULT WITH 1795 01:06:23,685 --> 01:06:24,219 ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING 1796 01:06:24,219 --> 01:06:24,486 PATIENTS. 1797 01:06:24,486 --> 01:06:26,588 SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE'S 1798 01:06:26,588 --> 01:06:29,224 GOING TO BE BROAD OUTREACH AND A 1799 01:06:29,224 --> 01:06:31,626 VERY DEEP AND THOROUGH ANALYSIS 1800 01:06:31,626 --> 01:06:33,695 OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE 1801 01:06:33,695 --> 01:06:35,597 FROM ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT 1802 01:06:35,597 --> 01:06:36,464 STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. 1803 01:06:36,464 --> 01:06:38,867 BUT THAT WILL TAKE TIME AND 1804 01:06:38,867 --> 01:06:40,869 ENERGY, HENS THE BRIEF 1805 01:06:40,869 --> 01:06:42,370 CONVERSATION QUEE HAD ABOUT 1806 01:06:42,370 --> 01:06:45,206 WORKING GROUPS BECAUSE IF WE 1807 01:06:45,206 --> 01:06:46,508 ENABLED AND INSISTED THAT ALL OF 1808 01:06:46,508 --> 01:06:48,910 THIS WORK BE JUST DONE BY THIS 1809 01:06:48,910 --> 01:06:50,411 GROUP, IT WILL BE A VERY LONG 1810 01:06:50,411 --> 01:06:52,447 TIME BEFORE WE ARE ABLE TO COME 1811 01:06:52,447 --> 01:06:55,350 UP WITH FINAL ANYTHING IN THE 1812 01:06:55,350 --> 01:06:58,920 WAY OF RECOMMENDATIONS BUT IF 1813 01:06:58,920 --> 01:07:00,889 WE'RE ABLE TO JUDICIOUSLY 1814 01:07:00,889 --> 01:07:03,158 EMPOWER CERTAIN WORKING GROUPS, 1815 01:07:03,158 --> 01:07:06,694 ET CETERA, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO 1816 01:07:06,694 --> 01:07:07,996 LEVERAGE THE EXPERTISE OF THIS 1817 01:07:07,996 --> 01:07:10,565 GROUP WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO 1818 01:07:10,565 --> 01:07:12,700 CAN AT LEAST HELP AS LONG AS IT 1819 01:07:12,700 --> 01:07:15,603 IS BROUGHT BACK TO THIS GROUP 1820 01:07:15,603 --> 01:07:17,005 AND DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN AWE 1821 01:07:17,005 --> 01:07:18,540 PUBLIC SESSION, SO THAT THE 1822 01:07:18,540 --> 01:07:20,942 PUBLIC CAN HEAR WHAT WE HAVE 1823 01:07:20,942 --> 01:07:25,113 LEARNED AND WHAT WE ARE THINKING 1824 01:07:25,113 --> 01:07:25,446 ABOUT. 1825 01:07:25,446 --> 01:07:29,417 YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 1826 01:07:29,417 --> 01:07:29,884 VOTING MEMBERS. 1827 01:07:29,884 --> 01:07:31,553 WE STILL HAVE A FEW MEMBERS TO 1828 01:07:31,553 --> 01:07:32,353 GO. 1829 01:07:32,353 --> 01:07:33,855 WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY AT FULL 1830 01:07:33,855 --> 01:07:36,824 NUMBER YET ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE A 1831 01:07:36,824 --> 01:07:41,062 QUORUM AND THE MEMBERS OF COURSE 1832 01:07:41,062 --> 01:07:43,264 ARE SELECTED, RECOMMENDED BY THE 1833 01:07:43,264 --> 01:07:46,801 DIRECTOR OF NIH, AND ULTIMATELY, 1834 01:07:46,801 --> 01:07:48,536 YOU KNOW THE SECRETARY OF HHS 1835 01:07:48,536 --> 01:07:49,871 HAS FINAL SAY. 1836 01:07:49,871 --> 01:07:52,173 SO HERE IS THE VOTING MEMBERSHIP 1837 01:07:52,173 --> 01:07:55,009 RULES AND SO FORTH. 1838 01:07:55,009 --> 01:07:58,313 THE IC DIRECTORS WERE PICKED IN 1839 01:07:58,313 --> 01:08:02,183 ORDER TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS 1840 01:08:02,183 --> 01:08:04,285 THAT ARE LISTED HERE. 1841 01:08:04,285 --> 01:08:05,753 IT'S PRETTY PRESCRIPTIVE. 1842 01:08:05,753 --> 01:08:07,388 SO BUDGETS ARE SUBSTANTIAL 1843 01:08:07,388 --> 01:08:11,960 RELATIVE TO A MAJORITY OF THE 1844 01:08:11,960 --> 01:08:12,894 OTHER INSTITUTES, INSTITUTES 1845 01:08:12,894 --> 01:08:14,429 WHO'S BUDGETS ARE SMALL, 1846 01:08:14,429 --> 01:08:17,732 RELATIVE AND SO FORTH, AND YOU 1847 01:08:17,732 --> 01:08:19,000 ALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WE 1848 01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:28,409 DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT, 1849 01:08:28,409 --> 01:08:31,379 THOSE INTUITIES THAT HAVE BEEN 1850 01:08:31,379 --> 01:08:34,415 AROUND FOR A WHILE CAN WITHOUT 1851 01:08:34,415 --> 01:08:36,517 SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE AND FOR MORE, 1852 01:08:36,517 --> 01:08:37,785 AND THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU 1853 01:08:37,785 --> 01:08:39,454 WERE SELECTED IN CASE YOU WERE 1854 01:08:39,454 --> 01:08:39,721 WONDERING. 1855 01:08:39,721 --> 01:08:40,855 IT WASN'T THAT YOU DID SOMETHING 1856 01:08:40,855 --> 01:08:43,591 WE DIDN'T LIKE AND YOU KNOW WE 1857 01:08:43,591 --> 01:08:46,027 PUT YOU HERE, IT WAS TO FILL THE 1858 01:08:46,027 --> 01:08:50,898 NEEDS THAT ARE OUTLINED HERE. 1859 01:08:50,898 --> 01:08:51,766 AND THEN THE NONFEDERAL MEMBERS 1860 01:08:51,766 --> 01:08:53,368 OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW WHY YOU 1861 01:08:53,368 --> 01:08:55,903 ARE HERE, YOU'RE ALL SGEs, 1862 01:08:55,903 --> 01:08:59,207 WE'VE APPOINTED YOU TO SERVE, 1863 01:08:59,207 --> 01:09:01,676 OVERLAPPING TERMS SO THAT WE 1864 01:09:01,676 --> 01:09:05,613 DON'T LOSE THE CONTINUITY BUT 1865 01:09:05,613 --> 01:09:07,682 DON'T SENTENCE YOU FOREVER AND 1866 01:09:07,682 --> 01:09:12,186 AS YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE 1867 01:09:12,186 --> 01:09:13,621 A QUORUM BEFORE WE CAN PUT 1868 01:09:13,621 --> 01:09:16,324 ANYTHING TO A VOTE ALTHOUGH MUCH 1869 01:09:16,324 --> 01:09:18,660 OF OUR WORK WILL LIKELY BE WITH 1870 01:09:18,660 --> 01:09:19,727 THE SENSE OF THE BUT THERE WILL 1871 01:09:19,727 --> 01:09:20,995 BE CERTAIN THINGS THAT I'M SURE 1872 01:09:20,995 --> 01:09:23,798 THE CHAIR WILL WANT A SPECIFIC 1873 01:09:23,798 --> 01:09:25,033 VOTE ON. 1874 01:09:25,033 --> 01:09:27,335 AS POINTED OUT EARLIER, WE CAN 1875 01:09:27,335 --> 01:09:28,803 USE SUBCOMMITTEE, THESE CAN BE 1876 01:09:28,803 --> 01:09:29,404 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 1877 01:09:29,404 --> 01:09:31,739 THIS IS HOW WE CAN REACH OUT TO 1878 01:09:31,739 --> 01:09:34,108 VERY, VERY BUSY PEOPLE IN 1879 01:09:34,108 --> 01:09:35,009 INDUSTRY, WHO PROBABLY WOULDN'T 1880 01:09:35,009 --> 01:09:36,911 WANT TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE AS 1881 01:09:36,911 --> 01:09:41,716 DEDICATED AS ALL OF YOU ARE 1882 01:09:41,716 --> 01:09:46,854 BECAUSE OF THEIR OTHER 1883 01:09:46,854 --> 01:09:48,389 COMMITMENTS WHICH IS AND WHERE 1884 01:09:48,389 --> 01:09:54,829 WE CAN GET THAT EXPERTISE, THOSE 1885 01:09:54,829 --> 01:09:56,030 FROM THE NOT FOR PROVEIS SECTOR 1886 01:09:56,030 --> 01:09:58,166 AND AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS OF 1887 01:09:58,166 --> 01:10:01,402 EXPERTISE AND MANAGEMENT 1888 01:10:01,402 --> 01:10:01,936 ORGANIZATIONAL SPECIALIST, 1889 01:10:01,936 --> 01:10:02,870 ECONOMICS, FOLKS AND SO FORTH, 1890 01:10:02,870 --> 01:10:04,138 ALL OF THIS IS FAIR GAME AND WE 1891 01:10:04,138 --> 01:10:06,808 WILL BE ABLE TO DRAW UPON ANY 1892 01:10:06,808 --> 01:10:07,942 AND ALL OF THESE FOLKS IN 1893 01:10:07,942 --> 01:10:11,913 PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE USE OF 1894 01:10:11,913 --> 01:10:12,747 SUBCOMMITTEES ANYTHING THAT'S 1895 01:10:12,747 --> 01:10:13,881 DONE TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE COMES 1896 01:10:13,881 --> 01:10:15,583 BA BEING TO THE COMMITTEE AS A 1897 01:10:15,583 --> 01:10:26,060 WHOLE, FULL PRESENTATION AND 1898 01:10:31,332 --> 01:10:33,334 DISCUSSIONS, COMMITTEE ON THE 1899 01:10:33,334 --> 01:10:35,636 ENERGY AND COMMERCE AND 1900 01:10:35,636 --> 01:10:36,371 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS OF 1901 01:10:36,371 --> 01:10:37,972 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1902 01:10:37,972 --> 01:10:39,941 AND COMMITTEE OF HEALTH, 1903 01:10:39,941 --> 01:10:41,309 EDUCATION, LABOR, PENS PENSIONS 1904 01:10:41,309 --> 01:10:43,611 AND COMMITTEE ON PROARPGS OF THE 1905 01:10:43,611 --> 01:10:45,246 SENATE, THE SECRETARY, AND 1906 01:10:45,246 --> 01:10:47,315 OFFICIALS WITH ORGANIZATIONAL 1907 01:10:47,315 --> 01:10:48,583 AUTHENTICS OTHER THAN ANY 1908 01:10:48,583 --> 01:10:50,985 OFFICIAL ON THE BOARD. 1909 01:10:50,985 --> 01:10:52,620 AGAIN, OKAY, SO I THINK I MADE 1910 01:10:52,620 --> 01:10:54,455 BACK THE TIME. 1911 01:10:54,455 --> 01:10:57,992 I WANTED YOU ALL TO HAVE 1912 01:10:57,992 --> 01:10:59,093 COMPLETE AVAILABILITY FOR MONICA 1913 01:10:59,093 --> 01:11:02,063 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS BUT AT 1914 01:11:02,063 --> 01:11:04,165 THAT -- LET'S OPEN THIS 1 UP IF 1915 01:11:04,165 --> 01:11:05,800 THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS 1916 01:11:05,800 --> 01:11:07,068 TOPIC. 1917 01:11:07,068 --> 01:11:07,769 >> THANK YOU LARRY. 1918 01:11:07,769 --> 01:11:09,370 BEFORE WE TART INTO THE 1919 01:11:09,370 --> 01:11:10,538 QUESTIONS, THESE SLIDES WILL BE 1920 01:11:10,538 --> 01:11:12,640 MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF US? 1921 01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:12,974 >> YES. 1922 01:11:12,974 --> 01:11:18,079 THE SLIDES SHOULD BE ON THE 1923 01:11:18,079 --> 01:11:20,882 WEBSITE, POSTED AFTER THE 1924 01:11:20,882 --> 01:11:23,718 MEETING AND WE CAN ALSO SEND 1925 01:11:23,718 --> 01:11:25,019 THEM TYRONE, DIRECTLY TO ALL THE 1926 01:11:25,019 --> 01:11:26,554 MEMBERS SO THAT THEY HAVE THEM. 1927 01:11:26,554 --> 01:11:27,955 >> YES, BECAUSE I THINK WE WILL 1928 01:11:27,955 --> 01:11:29,457 NEED TO REFER TO THEM FROM TIME 1929 01:11:29,457 --> 01:11:35,096 TO TIME. 1930 01:11:35,096 --> 01:11:35,763 >> YES OF COURSE. 1931 01:11:35,763 --> 01:11:36,964 ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. 1932 01:11:36,964 --> 01:11:38,833 I KNOW I'M THE ONLY THING 1933 01:11:38,833 --> 01:11:44,038 STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND LUNCH. 1934 01:11:44,038 --> 01:11:47,575 YEAH, JOANY GO AHEAD. 1935 01:11:47,575 --> 01:11:49,944 >> THERE'S' QUESTION ONLINE! 1936 01:11:49,944 --> 01:11:51,412 >> LINDE IS IT? 1937 01:11:51,412 --> 01:11:52,213 >> YES, THANK YOU. 1938 01:11:52,213 --> 01:11:54,882 THANK YOU MONICA AND LARRY, THAT 1939 01:11:54,882 --> 01:11:56,017 WAS SUPER HELPFUL. 1940 01:11:56,017 --> 01:11:57,418 I AM WONDERING IF YOU CAN 1941 01:11:57,418 --> 01:12:00,087 CLARIFY A BIT MORE ABOUT THE 1942 01:12:00,087 --> 01:12:00,455 REPORTS. 1943 01:12:00,455 --> 01:12:02,190 I HEARD FOR EXAMPLE THAT THIS 1944 01:12:02,190 --> 01:12:04,292 BODY HAS TO PRODUCE A REPORT AT 1945 01:12:04,292 --> 01:12:05,793 LEAST EVERY, I THINK IT'S 7 YEAR 1946 01:12:05,793 --> 01:12:08,429 ANDS THAT THERE HAS TO BE 5 1947 01:12:08,429 --> 01:12:11,499 MEETINGS IN RELATION TO ANY 1948 01:12:11,499 --> 01:12:14,202 REPORT BUT SINCE THERE'S BEEN 1949 01:12:14,202 --> 01:12:16,404 SOME GAP IN TERMS OF WHEN THIS 1950 01:12:16,404 --> 01:12:17,772 GROUP HAS WEIGHED IN ON SOME OF 1951 01:12:17,772 --> 01:12:21,342 THESE ISSUES AND WE HAVE AT 1952 01:12:21,342 --> 01:12:31,686 LEAST 2 REPORTS WITH 1953 01:12:33,521 --> 01:12:34,222 CONGRESSIONAL BODIES TO TAKE A 1954 01:12:34,222 --> 01:12:35,790 LOOK AT. 1955 01:12:35,790 --> 01:12:37,225 WHEN ARE YOU FIRST REPAIRING TO 1956 01:12:37,225 --> 01:12:39,393 DO THE FIRST REPORT? 1957 01:12:39,393 --> 01:12:40,761 >> WELL, AGAIN, THIS WILL DEPEND 1958 01:12:40,761 --> 01:12:43,764 PART ON THE CADENCE OF MEETINGS 1959 01:12:43,764 --> 01:12:47,401 THAT THIS GROUP AGREES TO AND WE 1960 01:12:47,401 --> 01:12:50,037 HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A BIT AND 1961 01:12:50,037 --> 01:12:53,374 WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MEET 1962 01:12:53,374 --> 01:12:55,977 A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES THIS YEAR, 1963 01:12:55,977 --> 01:13:00,748 BUT THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE 1964 01:13:00,748 --> 01:13:02,216 THAT -- 1965 01:13:02,216 --> 01:13:03,484 >> NEXT CALENDAR -- 1966 01:13:03,484 --> 01:13:05,419 >> NEXT CALENDAR -- NI DIDN'T 1967 01:13:05,419 --> 01:13:06,988 WANT TO SCARE ANYBODY SINCE 1968 01:13:06,988 --> 01:13:10,725 WE'RE NEAR DECEMBER NWE THINK IN 1969 01:13:10,725 --> 01:13:13,261 TERMS OF FEDERAL CALENDAR, BUT 1970 01:13:13,261 --> 01:13:15,563 YEAH, 25 CALENDAR YEAR, BUT, WE 1971 01:13:15,563 --> 01:13:18,533 WOULD NOT HAVE ALL OF THESE 1972 01:13:18,533 --> 01:13:20,668 MEETINGS IN PERSON. 1973 01:13:20,668 --> 01:13:22,436 WE WOULD LIKELY HAVE EITHER 2 OR 1974 01:13:22,436 --> 01:13:25,873 3 MEETINGS IN PERSON AND THE 1975 01:13:25,873 --> 01:13:29,176 REST WOULD BE VIRTUAL. 1976 01:13:29,176 --> 01:13:32,680 AND THAT WILL BE OF COURSE 1977 01:13:32,680 --> 01:13:39,287 SUPPLEMENTED BY WORKING GROUPS, 1978 01:13:39,287 --> 01:13:40,688 SO HOPEFULLY BY THIS TIME NEXT 1979 01:13:40,688 --> 01:13:46,294 YEAR, THE GROUP WOULD BE ABLE TO 1980 01:13:46,294 --> 01:13:47,695 PRODUCE ITS -- IF NOT FIRST 1981 01:13:47,695 --> 01:13:49,597 REPORT, AT LEAST A GOOD WORKING 1982 01:13:49,597 --> 01:13:51,399 DRAFT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN 1983 01:13:51,399 --> 01:13:53,768 UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COMING. 1984 01:13:53,768 --> 01:13:55,436 THE ACTUAL WRITING SOMETIMES 1985 01:13:55,436 --> 01:13:58,906 TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO POLISH. 1986 01:13:58,906 --> 01:14:00,541 >> YEAH, SEXER SENTIA WILY A 1987 01:14:00,541 --> 01:14:03,077 YEAR AND -- YEAH, ESSENTIALLY A 1988 01:14:03,077 --> 01:14:05,680 YEAR AND BEEN THE T MEETINGS WE 1989 01:14:05,680 --> 01:14:06,981 SHOULD ANTICIPATE A SIGNIFICANT 1990 01:14:06,981 --> 01:14:08,649 AMOUNT OF HOME WORK SO TO SPEAK. 1991 01:14:08,649 --> 01:14:10,785 THERE WILL BE A LOT OF 1992 01:14:10,785 --> 01:14:12,653 ASSIMILATING INFORMATION WE'VE 1993 01:14:12,653 --> 01:14:14,555 SEEN, ASSIMILATING DATA, COMING 1994 01:14:14,555 --> 01:14:16,257 UP WITH PROPOSALS SO THAT WHEN 1995 01:14:16,257 --> 01:14:17,892 WE UTILIZE THE TIME WE HAVE AT 1996 01:14:17,892 --> 01:14:19,860 THE MEETINGS IN A WAY THAT IS 1997 01:14:19,860 --> 01:14:23,297 VERY, VERY PRODUCTIVE AND WE CAN 1998 01:14:23,297 --> 01:14:24,665 HEAR EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS SO EVEN 1999 01:14:24,665 --> 01:14:27,335 THOUGH IT'S ONLY 5 MEETINGS IN A 2000 01:14:27,335 --> 01:14:28,402 CALENDAR YEAR, BY NOVEMBER OF 2001 01:14:28,402 --> 01:14:31,238 NEXT YEAR, WE HOPE TO HAVE A 2002 01:14:31,238 --> 01:14:33,541 PRODUCT THAT WE CAN AT LEAST A 2003 01:14:33,541 --> 01:14:36,477 DRAFT OF THE PRODUCT THAT WE CAN 2004 01:14:36,477 --> 01:14:37,144 BE EXCITED ABOUT. 2005 01:14:37,144 --> 01:14:43,851 >> I'VE GOT NORA AND THEN JA, 2006 01:14:43,851 --> 01:14:44,518 NNE. 2007 01:14:44,518 --> 01:14:45,319 >> YEAH, LARRY, THANKS, MY 2008 01:14:45,319 --> 01:14:46,787 QUESTION TO YOU IS BECAUSE WE 2009 01:14:46,787 --> 01:14:48,556 BOTH WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS 2010 01:14:48,556 --> 01:14:49,991 OF THE REORGANIZATION, THAT WHEN 2011 01:14:49,991 --> 01:14:52,293 THE MSRB CAME UP WITH THE 2012 01:14:52,293 --> 01:14:54,695 RECOMMENDATION THAT NIDPRKSA AND 2013 01:14:54,695 --> 01:14:57,098 THE NDAA, SHOULD BE BROUGHT 2014 01:14:57,098 --> 01:15:00,167 TOGETHER BECAUSE SIGNIFICANTLY 2015 01:15:00,167 --> 01:15:03,738 BOTH ORGANIZATIONS ARE 2016 01:15:03,738 --> 01:15:06,607 ADDRESSING SCIENCE, BECAUSE WE 2017 01:15:06,607 --> 01:15:07,775 -- SO THE QUESTION IS IF YOU 2018 01:15:07,775 --> 01:15:09,577 WERE TO LOOK AT IT 2019 01:15:09,577 --> 01:15:11,145 RETROSPECTIVELY, HOW ARE THINGS 2020 01:15:11,145 --> 01:15:12,780 DIFFERENT NOW THAN THEY WERE 14 2021 01:15:12,780 --> 01:15:16,217 YEARS AGO WHERE WE ARE NOW AGAIN 2022 01:15:16,217 --> 01:15:17,485 RECONSIDERING ARE THERE 2023 01:15:17,485 --> 01:15:19,520 REORGANIZATION OF THE INSTITUTES 2024 01:15:19,520 --> 01:15:22,089 AND HOW DO WE INSURE, WHAT ARE 2025 01:15:22,089 --> 01:15:24,358 THE OUTLOOKS TO OUR 2026 01:15:24,358 --> 01:15:25,926 RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL BE 2027 01:15:25,926 --> 01:15:27,895 HAVING AN IMPACT AS OPPOSED TO 2028 01:15:27,895 --> 01:15:31,532 ENDING AT JUST LIKE A 2029 01:15:31,532 --> 01:15:32,033 RECOMMENDATION? 2030 01:15:32,033 --> 01:15:34,168 >> WELL, I THINK WITH THE 2031 01:15:34,168 --> 01:15:38,339 BENEFIT OF THAT EXPERIENCE, WE 2032 01:15:38,339 --> 01:15:45,813 WILL HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB IN 2033 01:15:45,813 --> 01:15:46,647 DESCRIBING THE RATIONAL BEHIND 2034 01:15:46,647 --> 01:15:48,849 WHAT IT IS THAT THE GROUP 2035 01:15:48,849 --> 01:15:51,719 ULTIMATELY PROPOSES AND WILL 2036 01:15:51,719 --> 01:15:53,788 HAVE TO PAY A BIT MORE ATTENTION 2037 01:15:53,788 --> 01:15:57,992 TO SOME OF THE REALITIES BY 2038 01:15:57,992 --> 01:16:00,161 CONSULTING WITH A BROADER RANGE 2039 01:16:00,161 --> 01:16:03,064 OF GROUPS TO INSURE THAT 2040 01:16:03,064 --> 01:16:07,668 WHATEVER IT IS THAT THE GROUP 2041 01:16:07,668 --> 01:16:11,205 COMES UP WITH, DOESN'T FAIL 2042 01:16:11,205 --> 01:16:13,474 BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT WE 2043 01:16:13,474 --> 01:16:16,410 TALKED ABOUT, BUT PERHAPS DIDN'T 2044 01:16:16,410 --> 01:16:17,912 CONSIDER AS CAREFULLY AS WE 2045 01:16:17,912 --> 01:16:20,748 SHOULD HAVE THE LAST TIME. 2046 01:16:20,748 --> 01:16:23,117 AND SO I THINK IT MEANS A BIT 2047 01:16:23,117 --> 01:16:28,889 MORE OUTREACH TO DIFFERENT 2048 01:16:28,889 --> 01:16:39,300 STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND I 2049 01:16:43,137 --> 01:16:44,805 CERTAINLY, WE DON'T WANT TO FAIL 2050 01:16:44,805 --> 01:16:46,474 OPPORTUNITY OR EFFORT DEPENDING 2051 01:16:46,474 --> 01:16:49,210 ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT BUT WE 2052 01:16:49,210 --> 01:16:50,945 SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF ENGAGING 2053 01:16:50,945 --> 01:16:52,913 MORE BROADLY WITH THE DIFFERENT 2054 01:16:52,913 --> 01:16:54,949 STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, SO THAT AT 2055 01:16:54,949 --> 01:16:58,486 THE END BEFORE WE MAKE THAT 2056 01:16:58,486 --> 01:17:02,790 FINAL DECISION, FOR THE CHAIR 2057 01:17:02,790 --> 01:17:04,391 SIGNS HER NAME ON THE REPORT, WE 2058 01:17:04,391 --> 01:17:07,194 HAVE A MORE REALISTIC ASSESSMENT 2059 01:17:07,194 --> 01:17:09,497 OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT, YOU 2060 01:17:09,497 --> 01:17:16,303 KNOW BEING SUSTAINED OR NOT. 2061 01:17:16,303 --> 01:17:18,072 >> I AGREE LARRY BECAUSE WHEN 2062 01:17:18,072 --> 01:17:20,474 THE SMRB WAS RECOMMENDING THIS 2063 01:17:20,474 --> 01:17:22,143 IN 2010, OF COURSE EVERYBODY WAS 2064 01:17:22,143 --> 01:17:23,878 COMING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, IT 2065 01:17:23,878 --> 01:17:25,212 MAKES SCIENTIFIC SCIENCE IS NOW 2066 01:17:25,212 --> 01:17:26,647 WE'RE IN 2024 AND WE FIND 2067 01:17:26,647 --> 01:17:28,382 OURSELVES IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND 2068 01:17:28,382 --> 01:17:30,351 YET THE ALLOT OF VERY POSITIVE 2069 01:17:30,351 --> 01:17:32,353 THINGS HAVE HAPPENED BY KEEPING 2070 01:17:32,353 --> 01:17:34,522 THE INNSITUTES SEPARATED SO, 2071 01:17:34,522 --> 01:17:35,356 UNDERSTANDING THE LESSONS 2072 01:17:35,356 --> 01:17:38,359 LEARNED FROM IT IS ALSO 2073 01:17:38,359 --> 01:17:39,593 VALUABLE, SO, A PRIORITY WOULD 2074 01:17:39,593 --> 01:17:42,897 HAVE SAID IT MAKES A LOT OF 2075 01:17:42,897 --> 01:17:45,099 SCIENCE, BUT GENERATE AND MODEL 2076 01:17:45,099 --> 01:17:50,938 ORGANIZATION MAKE ITS VISIBLE 2077 01:17:50,938 --> 01:17:53,107 WHAT THE GOAL WAS. 2078 01:17:53,107 --> 01:17:56,443 >> AND AGAIN, AND WE'VE DONE AN 2079 01:17:56,443 --> 01:17:59,146 EXPERIMENT AND WE MAKE THE 2080 01:17:59,146 --> 01:18:00,181 OBSERVATIONS FROM THAT 2081 01:18:00,181 --> 01:18:03,217 EXPERIENCE AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE 2082 01:18:03,217 --> 01:18:04,718 TAKE PROS AND CONS BASED UPON 2083 01:18:04,718 --> 01:18:10,224 THE OBSERVATIONS THAT YOU MAKE. 2084 01:18:10,224 --> 01:18:14,695 AND THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME 2085 01:18:14,695 --> 01:18:15,863 ADDITIONAL THOUGHT AND NOT THAT 2086 01:18:15,863 --> 01:18:17,498 ANYBODY'S ON THIS COMMITTEE WILL 2087 01:18:17,498 --> 01:18:18,766 BE BASHFUL BUT EVERYBODY'S GOING 2088 01:18:18,766 --> 01:18:20,267 TO HAVE TO SPEAK THEIR MIND 2089 01:18:20,267 --> 01:18:22,803 EMPLOY THE GROUPS WE ENGAGE 2090 01:18:22,803 --> 01:18:24,205 WITH, AS PART OF WORKING GROUPS 2091 01:18:24,205 --> 01:18:27,074 THEY WILL HAVE TO SPEAK THEIR 2092 01:18:27,074 --> 01:18:30,344 MINDS AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE, 2093 01:18:30,344 --> 01:18:31,846 I'VE NEVER SEEN AN ORGANIZATION 2094 01:18:31,846 --> 01:18:33,514 THAT CAN'T BE ENHANCED SOMEHOW, 2095 01:18:33,514 --> 01:18:35,015 BUT OF COURSE, THE QUESTION IS, 2096 01:18:35,015 --> 01:18:38,118 YOU KNOW HOW BEST TO DO IT, 2097 01:18:38,118 --> 01:18:40,788 OKAY, LET'S GO TO JEANNE AND 2098 01:18:40,788 --> 01:18:41,822 THEN MIKE. 2099 01:18:41,822 --> 01:18:43,791 >> THANKS LARRY AND MONICA FOR 2100 01:18:43,791 --> 01:18:44,525 THOSE HELPFUL PRESENTATIONS, 2101 01:18:44,525 --> 01:18:45,993 JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE 2102 01:18:45,993 --> 01:18:47,728 FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITIES, 2103 01:18:47,728 --> 01:18:50,431 SO THE LAST 2 BULLETS YOU HAVE, 2104 01:18:50,431 --> 01:18:51,465 ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THE 2105 01:18:51,465 --> 01:18:53,133 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE AND 2106 01:18:53,133 --> 01:18:53,701 ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING 2107 01:18:53,701 --> 01:18:57,338 PATIENTS, THERE ARE SO MANY. 2108 01:18:57,338 --> 01:18:58,739 SO IS THERE ANY GUIDANCE ABOUT 2109 01:18:58,739 --> 01:19:01,609 HOW WE DO ENGAGE WITH THE GROUPS 2110 01:19:01,609 --> 01:19:11,018 THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOST 2111 01:19:11,018 --> 01:19:11,585 IMPORTANT? 2112 01:19:11,585 --> 01:19:14,321 >> FORTUNATELY WE ARE NOW MORE 2113 01:19:14,321 --> 01:19:15,522 COMFORTABLE FOR THINGS LIKE 2114 01:19:15,522 --> 01:19:17,791 WEBINARS WHICH ALLOW FOR VERY, 2115 01:19:17,791 --> 01:19:19,426 VERY BROAD ENGAGEMENT AND YOU 2116 01:19:19,426 --> 01:19:20,828 PUT A FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE 2117 01:19:20,828 --> 01:19:23,230 OUT, WE WILL HOLD THE WEBINAR ON 2118 01:19:23,230 --> 01:19:26,100 SUCH AND SUCH ABOUT THUS AND 2119 01:19:26,100 --> 01:19:28,168 THUS AND AS YOU ALL KNOW BECAUSE 2120 01:19:28,168 --> 01:19:29,770 EVERY INSTITUTE AND CENTER HAS 2121 01:19:29,770 --> 01:19:33,307 DONE THIS, YOU GET INCREDIBLY 2122 01:19:33,307 --> 01:19:35,376 BROAD PARTICIPATION AND ROBUST 2123 01:19:35,376 --> 01:19:36,143 PARTICIPATION. 2124 01:19:36,143 --> 01:19:38,379 SO I DON'T ENVISION US GOING TO 2125 01:19:38,379 --> 01:19:40,748 EACH AND EVERY OFFICE OF EACH 2126 01:19:40,748 --> 01:19:44,885 AND EVERY, YOU KNOW SOCIETY ET 2127 01:19:44,885 --> 01:19:49,223 CETERA BUT I CAN ENVISION A 2128 01:19:49,223 --> 01:19:51,825 NUMBER OF WEBINARS, WHERE YOU 2129 01:19:51,825 --> 01:19:55,763 CAN REACH, YOU KNOW LITERALLY 2130 01:19:55,763 --> 01:19:56,964 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND WE'VE 2131 01:19:56,964 --> 01:19:58,666 DONE IT, WE'VE ALL HAD THAT 2132 01:19:58,666 --> 01:20:00,834 EXPERIENCE, I THINK THAT WILL 2133 01:20:00,834 --> 01:20:03,237 BEENTIOUS FICIENT, AND I THINK 2134 01:20:03,237 --> 01:20:04,305 -- WILL BE EFFICIENT AND I THINK 2135 01:20:04,305 --> 01:20:07,975 WE WILL LEARN A GREAT DEAL IN 2136 01:20:07,975 --> 01:20:11,412 THAT WAY. 2137 01:20:11,412 --> 01:20:11,745 MIKE? 2138 01:20:11,745 --> 01:20:12,746 >> LARRY, I JUST HAVE 2 2139 01:20:12,746 --> 01:20:14,515 QUESTIONS THAT ARE RELATED. 2140 01:20:14,515 --> 01:20:17,551 THE FIRST 1 IS THAT EVERY DAY I 2141 01:20:17,551 --> 01:20:18,719 FEEL LIKE WE'RE HEARING REPORTS 2142 01:20:18,719 --> 01:20:20,587 ABOUT YOU KNOW WANTING TO REFORM 2143 01:20:20,587 --> 01:20:23,691 THE HEALTHCARE AND THE RESEARCH 2144 01:20:23,691 --> 01:20:24,291 ECOSYSTEM, AND I'M JUST 2145 01:20:24,291 --> 01:20:25,726 WONDERING WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE 2146 01:20:25,726 --> 01:20:28,095 ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS REPORT 2147 01:20:28,095 --> 01:20:30,831 ALONG THOSE LINES OF, I THINK 2148 01:20:30,831 --> 01:20:32,933 IT'LL BE GOOD TO NOT SUBMIT A 2149 01:20:32,933 --> 01:20:35,502 REPORT THAT'S TOO LATE TO HAVE 2150 01:20:35,502 --> 01:20:36,236 IMPACT, AND THE SECOND QUESTION 2151 01:20:36,236 --> 01:20:40,541 IS THAT IF YOU HAVE ADVICE ABOUT 2152 01:20:40,541 --> 01:20:42,142 STRATEGIZING ABOUT THIS REPORT, 2153 01:20:42,142 --> 01:20:44,111 ARE WE BETTER OFF ORGANIZING IT 2154 01:20:44,111 --> 01:20:47,881 IN RESPONSE TO THESE 2 2155 01:20:47,881 --> 01:20:48,682 CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS VERSUS 2156 01:20:48,682 --> 01:20:50,985 ANYTHING BACK TO FIRST 2157 01:20:50,985 --> 01:20:52,252 PRINCIPLES AND STARTING FROM 2158 01:20:52,252 --> 01:20:57,925 GOALS AND SO, IF YOU COULD JUST 2159 01:20:57,925 --> 01:21:04,798 ADVISE ABOUT THAT? 2160 01:21:04,798 --> 01:21:06,200 >> MY OPINION, OKAY, IS THAT WE 2161 01:21:06,200 --> 01:21:07,234 SHOULD AT LEAST TAKE SOME TIME 2162 01:21:07,234 --> 01:21:11,038 TO LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS REPORTS 2163 01:21:11,038 --> 01:21:12,539 BECAUSE IT COULD VERY WELL BE 2164 01:21:12,539 --> 01:21:15,542 THAT SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT 2165 01:21:15,542 --> 01:21:17,144 ARE ARTICULATED STILL HOLD TRUE. 2166 01:21:17,144 --> 01:21:19,580 I THINK THAT IT WILL BE EASIER 2167 01:21:19,580 --> 01:21:23,217 AND MORE EFFICIENT TO REVISE AND 2168 01:21:23,217 --> 01:21:27,788 IN PARTICULAR THE REPORT THAT 2169 01:21:27,788 --> 01:21:29,723 I'LL DESCRIBE THIS AFTERNOON, 2170 01:21:29,723 --> 01:21:34,361 THEN TARTING DE NOVO. 2171 01:21:34,361 --> 01:21:38,599 THE TIMING, YOU HAVE TO MEET 5 2172 01:21:38,599 --> 01:21:42,936 TIMES, EMPLOY THAT'S -- TIMES. 2173 01:21:42,936 --> 01:21:44,171 THAT'S WILL RULES THAT GOVERN 2174 01:21:44,171 --> 01:21:45,005 THIS COMMITTEE BUT THE 2175 01:21:45,005 --> 01:21:48,409 DELIBERATIONS ARE ALL PUBLIC. 2176 01:21:48,409 --> 01:21:50,144 AND SO WHILST THIS MEETING IS IN 2177 01:21:50,144 --> 01:21:51,912 PART SORT OF GETTING TO KNOW YOU 2178 01:21:51,912 --> 01:21:54,515 AND SETTING THE LANDSCAPE, 2179 01:21:54,515 --> 01:21:57,718 EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID IS 2180 01:21:57,718 --> 01:22:00,754 PUBLIC AND PRESUMABLY, THE 2181 01:22:00,754 --> 01:22:02,356 DISCUSSION EVEN DURING ITS 2182 01:22:02,356 --> 01:22:08,062 INTERIM OR ITERATIVE FORM, CAN 2183 01:22:08,062 --> 01:22:09,463 BE HOPEFULLY BENEFICIAL TO 2184 01:22:09,463 --> 01:22:10,764 WHOMEVER IS INTERESTED IN THESE 2185 01:22:10,764 --> 01:22:13,167 ISSUES, SO, THE FACT THAT THE 2186 01:22:13,167 --> 01:22:14,802 FINAL REPORT, YOU KNOW MAY NOT 2187 01:22:14,802 --> 01:22:18,439 BE DONE BECAUSE OF ALL THE 2188 01:22:18,439 --> 01:22:19,339 FRANKLY CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE 2189 01:22:19,339 --> 01:22:21,241 AND BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF 2190 01:22:21,241 --> 01:22:23,310 THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE DEALING 2191 01:22:23,310 --> 01:22:25,546 WITH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL 2192 01:22:25,546 --> 01:22:28,749 OF THE INTERIM EFFORT WILL GO 2193 01:22:28,749 --> 01:22:31,452 UNNOTICED AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE 2194 01:22:31,452 --> 01:22:33,520 WILL HAVE VERY SUBSTANTIVE 2195 01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:36,290 DISCUSSIONS INFORMED BY DATA AND 2196 01:22:36,290 --> 01:22:39,226 ANALYSIS, AND THAT THAT WILL 2197 01:22:39,226 --> 01:22:41,829 HELP DURING THIS INTERIM TIME 2198 01:22:41,829 --> 01:22:45,599 BEFORE A REPORT EVEN IN DRAFT IS 2199 01:22:45,599 --> 01:22:46,033 AVAILABLE. 2200 01:22:46,033 --> 01:22:47,968 >> I AND THINK ALSO, MIKE, WE'RE 2201 01:22:47,968 --> 01:22:50,504 ALL GOING TO READ THE PREVIOUS 2202 01:22:50,504 --> 01:22:50,737 REPORT. 2203 01:22:50,737 --> 01:22:52,606 THAT WAS 1 THING I WAS GOING TO 2204 01:22:52,606 --> 01:22:53,974 REMIND US BEFORE THE END OF THE 2205 01:22:53,974 --> 01:22:55,943 MEETING IS THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE 2206 01:22:55,943 --> 01:22:56,944 FAMILIAR WITH THE PREVIOUS 2207 01:22:56,944 --> 01:22:58,545 REPORT NOT JUST THE CONTENT BUT 2208 01:22:58,545 --> 01:23:01,648 THE STRUCTURE AND HOW THEY HAVE 2209 01:23:01,648 --> 01:23:02,449 UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES AND THEN 2210 01:23:02,449 --> 01:23:04,651 THEY HAVE BUILT ON THAT, OKAY, 2211 01:23:04,651 --> 01:23:06,186 EVERYTHING HAS TO BE IN LINE 2212 01:23:06,186 --> 01:23:08,122 WITH THE MISSION, ET CETERA, ET 2213 01:23:08,122 --> 01:23:09,756 CETERA SO MAYBE NOT SO MUCH FOR 2214 01:23:09,756 --> 01:23:11,492 THE CONTENT BECAUSE YOU DON'T -- 2215 01:23:11,492 --> 01:23:13,260 WE MAY NOT WANT TO REPEAT THE 2216 01:23:13,260 --> 01:23:14,795 CONTENT, OR WE MAY, IF WE SEE 2217 01:23:14,795 --> 01:23:16,630 SOMETHING IN THERE THAT IS STILL 2218 01:23:16,630 --> 01:23:18,732 AN ISSUE BUT THE STRUCTURE 2219 01:23:18,732 --> 01:23:22,136 WILLIVE US A GUIDE AS TO HOW TO 2220 01:23:22,136 --> 01:23:24,471 GET THAT FORMED IN AN EFFICIENT 2221 01:23:24,471 --> 01:23:24,805 WAY. 2222 01:23:24,805 --> 01:23:28,108 >> OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR 2223 01:23:28,108 --> 01:23:29,643 CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, THAT PEOPLE 2224 01:23:29,643 --> 01:23:29,910 HAVE? 2225 01:23:29,910 --> 01:23:32,045 I KNOW THE BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS 2226 01:23:32,045 --> 01:23:33,680 ARE DROPPING, BUT IT'S -- BUT 2227 01:23:33,680 --> 01:23:37,417 IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. 2228 01:23:37,417 --> 01:23:37,751 YEAH. 2229 01:23:37,751 --> 01:23:39,920 OKAY, SO I THINK WE'VE LANDED 2230 01:23:39,920 --> 01:23:42,956 THE PLANE ON TIME SO BACK TO THE 2231 01:23:42,956 --> 01:23:43,624 CHAIR. 2232 01:23:43,624 --> 01:23:45,592 >> OKAY, SO WE HAVE A BREAK NOW, 2233 01:23:45,592 --> 01:23:49,029 WE HAVE LUNCH NOW, AT 12:45. 2234 01:23:49,029 --> 01:23:54,790 WE SHOULD BE BACK HERE BY ABOUT 1:40. 2235 01:23:54,790 --> 01:23:57,993 SO MY NAME'S NEAL SHAPIRO, I'VE 2236 01:23:57,993 --> 01:24:00,596 BEEN THE BUDGET DIRECTOR HERE AT 2237 01:24:00,596 --> 01:24:03,832 NIH SINCE 2010 AND I WILL GIVE A 2238 01:24:03,832 --> 01:24:05,667 CAVEAT THAT THIS OVERVIEW WILL 2239 01:24:05,667 --> 01:24:08,437 NOAOF THELY BE DIRECTED TOWARDS 2240 01:24:08,437 --> 01:24:11,139 THE NONNIH MEMBERS OF THE SMRB, 2241 01:24:11,139 --> 01:24:12,741 BUT PERHAPS WE WILL SEE MAYBE 2242 01:24:12,741 --> 01:24:14,509 THERE WILL BE SOMETHING OF 2243 01:24:14,509 --> 01:24:20,048 INTEREST TO OUR DIRECTORS AS 2244 01:24:20,048 --> 01:24:21,350 WELL. 2245 01:24:21,350 --> 01:24:21,617 NEXT. 2246 01:24:21,617 --> 01:24:25,120 SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS SORT OF THE 2247 01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:27,756 VISUAL DEPICTION OF THE NIH 2248 01:24:27,756 --> 01:24:31,159 BUDGET BY INSTITUTE AND CENTER, 2249 01:24:31,159 --> 01:24:33,862 SO, THE LARGER CIRCLES HAVE 2250 01:24:33,862 --> 01:24:36,598 LARGER BUDGETS AND YOU CAN SEE 2251 01:24:36,598 --> 01:24:39,935 THE LARGEST OF THESE IS NCI. 2252 01:24:39,935 --> 01:24:41,236 ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE AGING 2253 01:24:41,236 --> 01:24:43,171 INSTITUTE HAS BEEN GROWING 2254 01:24:43,171 --> 01:24:45,374 RAPIDLY IN RECENT YEARS, THAT'S 2255 01:24:45,374 --> 01:24:48,443 NOW 1 OF THE LARGEST AS WELL, 2256 01:24:48,443 --> 01:24:51,413 AND WE HAVE QUITE A RANGE OF 2257 01:24:51,413 --> 01:24:53,382 SIZES AND THEN IN THE LIGHTER 2258 01:24:53,382 --> 01:24:56,084 BLUE RIGHT BELOW THE OFFICE OF 2259 01:24:56,084 --> 01:24:57,185 THE DIRECTOR, WE HAVE THE 2260 01:24:57,185 --> 01:24:59,688 CENTERS THAT DON'T HAVE DIRECT 2261 01:24:59,688 --> 01:25:01,723 APPROPRIATIONS, THEY RECEIVE 2262 01:25:01,723 --> 01:25:03,058 THEIR FUNDING THE INSTITUTE ANDS 2263 01:25:03,058 --> 01:25:07,429 CENTERS THAT DO HAVE DIRECT 2264 01:25:07,429 --> 01:25:07,996 APPROPRIATIONS. 2265 01:25:07,996 --> 01:25:10,098 SO, YOUR INTEGRATED POLICIES AND 2266 01:25:10,098 --> 01:25:11,033 INFRASTRUCTURE, SO WE'RE 2267 01:25:11,033 --> 01:25:12,434 INTEGRATED IN THAT FINANCIAL 2268 01:25:12,434 --> 01:25:14,736 SENSE THAT THOSE SENATORS ARE 2269 01:25:14,736 --> 01:25:16,805 FUNDED INTERNALLY AND WE ALSO 2270 01:25:16,805 --> 01:25:18,407 HAVE CENTRAL SERVICES THAT ARE 2271 01:25:18,407 --> 01:25:20,375 PROVIDED LARGELY BY THE OFFICE 2272 01:25:20,375 --> 01:25:22,878 OF THE DIRECTOR THAT ALSO GET 2273 01:25:22,878 --> 01:25:24,179 FUNDED COOPERATIVELY, SO SORT OF 2274 01:25:24,179 --> 01:25:27,783 THE SERVICES THAT ARE BEING 2275 01:25:27,783 --> 01:25:29,418 PROVIDED TO THE INSTITUTES AND 2276 01:25:29,418 --> 01:25:31,286 CENTERS CAN BE FUNDED FROM THEM, 2277 01:25:31,286 --> 01:25:34,956 THROUGH A CENTRAL SERVICES 2278 01:25:34,956 --> 01:25:36,725 PROCESS, WHICH DR. ROGERS CO 2279 01:25:36,725 --> 01:25:40,462 CHAIRS AND THAT'S ALSO PART OF 2280 01:25:40,462 --> 01:25:44,866 HOW WE IMPLEMENT OUR 2281 01:25:44,866 --> 01:25:45,233 APPROPRIATIONS. 2282 01:25:45,233 --> 01:25:46,835 THE 47.4 BILLION FIGURE, THAT'S 2283 01:25:46,835 --> 01:25:48,603 A TOTAL AND I WILL SHOW IN A 2284 01:25:48,603 --> 01:25:52,574 MOMENT HOW WE ADD UP TO THAT 2285 01:25:52,574 --> 01:25:54,976 THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ARP A-H 2286 01:25:54,976 --> 01:25:57,446 WHICH IS PART OF NIH BUT 2287 01:25:57,446 --> 01:25:58,213 INDEPENDENT AND REPORTING 2288 01:25:58,213 --> 01:25:59,281 DIRECTLY TO THE SECRETARY SO 2289 01:25:59,281 --> 01:26:01,249 THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BUDGET AS 2290 01:26:01,249 --> 01:26:01,483 WELL. 2291 01:26:01,483 --> 01:26:04,753 GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 2292 01:26:04,753 --> 01:26:08,056 SO THIS IS SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL 2293 01:26:08,056 --> 01:26:09,758 LOOK AT WHAT COMPOSES THE NIH 2294 01:26:09,758 --> 01:26:11,593 BUDGET, IT AM CANS FROM A COUPLE 2295 01:26:11,593 --> 01:26:13,395 DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT ADD UP TO 2296 01:26:13,395 --> 01:26:14,896 THAT TOTAL. 2297 01:26:14,896 --> 01:26:18,900 THE LARGEST 1 HERE IN THE FIRST 2298 01:26:18,900 --> 01:26:19,935 LINE LABOR/HHS BUDGET AUTHORITY, 2299 01:26:19,935 --> 01:26:23,105 THAT IS THE FUNDING FROM OUR 2300 01:26:23,105 --> 01:26:25,140 APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE, SO 2301 01:26:25,140 --> 01:26:26,608 THERE'S MULTIPLE SUBCOMMITTEES 2302 01:26:26,608 --> 01:26:28,110 THAT HANDLE CONGRESSIONAL 2303 01:26:28,110 --> 01:26:29,177 APPROPRIATIONS, WE'RE PART OF A 2304 01:26:29,177 --> 01:26:31,179 GROUP THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE 2305 01:26:31,179 --> 01:26:33,515 LABOR DEPARTMENT, THE EDUCATION 2306 01:26:33,515 --> 01:26:36,418 DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS HHS AND 2307 01:26:36,418 --> 01:26:37,986 OTHER INDEPENDENT SMALLER 2308 01:26:37,986 --> 01:26:39,421 AGENCIES AS WELL, SO THAT'S HOW 2309 01:26:39,421 --> 01:26:41,923 WE GET THE BULK OF OUR FUNDING 2310 01:26:41,923 --> 01:26:43,992 THROUGH THE ANNUAL 2311 01:26:43,992 --> 01:26:45,160 APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS, THAT IS 2312 01:26:45,160 --> 01:26:47,996 CALLED ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU 2313 01:26:47,996 --> 01:26:49,264 SEE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING WHICH 2314 01:26:49,264 --> 01:26:51,666 MEANS, IT'S IN AN APPROPRIATIONS 2315 01:26:51,666 --> 01:26:53,769 BILL AS OPPOSE TO AN 2316 01:26:53,769 --> 01:26:55,237 AUTHORIZATION BILL, DIFFERENT 2317 01:26:55,237 --> 01:26:57,639 KIND OF BILL, DIFFERENT 2318 01:26:57,639 --> 01:27:00,709 COMMITTEE THAT ORIGINATES THAT 2319 01:27:00,709 --> 01:27:03,345 LEGISLATION AND SO IN SOME 2320 01:27:03,345 --> 01:27:04,246 CASES, WHICH SUBCOMMITTEE THE 2321 01:27:04,246 --> 01:27:06,314 AGENCY IS IN CAN HAVE AN IMPACT 2322 01:27:06,314 --> 01:27:11,319 IN TERMS OF HOW FUNDS ARE 2323 01:27:11,319 --> 01:27:11,920 DIVIDED BY CONGRESS. 2324 01:27:11,920 --> 01:27:13,789 SO IF THE APPROPRIATIONS 2325 01:27:13,789 --> 01:27:15,590 COMMITTEE ALLOCATES A CERTAIN 2326 01:27:15,590 --> 01:27:17,826 AMOUNT TO EACH SUBCOMMITTEE, AND 2327 01:27:17,826 --> 01:27:18,994 THEN OUR PARTICULAR SUBCOMMITTEE 2328 01:27:18,994 --> 01:27:21,997 IN THIS CASE WOULD BE DIVIDING 2329 01:27:21,997 --> 01:27:24,065 FUNDS BETWEEN HHS, LABOR 2330 01:27:24,065 --> 01:27:24,633 DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION 2331 01:27:24,633 --> 01:27:28,203 DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WITHIN HHS, 2332 01:27:28,203 --> 01:27:30,372 SO, SOMETIMES WHICH SUBCOMMITTEE 2333 01:27:30,372 --> 01:27:31,873 IS HANDLING YOUR BUDGET CAN HAVE 2334 01:27:31,873 --> 01:27:34,876 AN IMPACT IN TERMS OF SOME 2335 01:27:34,876 --> 01:27:37,312 COMPETITION AMONGST AGENCIES FOR 2336 01:27:37,312 --> 01:27:38,947 FUNDING, TYPICALLY, YOU SEE MORE 2337 01:27:38,947 --> 01:27:41,116 MOVEMENT WITHIN A SUBCOMMITTEE 2338 01:27:41,116 --> 01:27:42,517 THAN ACROSS SUBCOMMITTEES WHEN 2339 01:27:42,517 --> 01:27:44,519 CONGRESS MAKES ITS ALLOCATIONS, 2340 01:27:44,519 --> 01:27:46,087 BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE 2341 01:27:46,087 --> 01:27:47,689 SPECIFICS OF ANY INDIVIDUAL 2342 01:27:47,689 --> 01:27:48,723 YEAR. 2343 01:27:48,723 --> 01:27:50,792 THE SECOND LINE THERE INTERIOR 2344 01:27:50,792 --> 01:27:52,093 BUDGET AUTHORITY, SO THAT IS 2345 01:27:52,093 --> 01:27:54,362 COMING FROM A DIFFERENT 2346 01:27:54,362 --> 01:27:56,231 SUBCOMMITTEE, THE INTERIOR 2347 01:27:56,231 --> 01:27:56,832 SUBCOMMITTEE. 2348 01:27:56,832 --> 01:28:00,335 IT ONLY INCLUDES THE NIEHS 2349 01:28:00,335 --> 01:28:01,136 SUPERFUND PROGRAM. 2350 01:28:01,136 --> 01:28:03,405 THE REASON IT'S COMING FROM THE 2351 01:28:03,405 --> 01:28:05,307 INTERIOR SUBCOMMITTEE IS THAT 2352 01:28:05,307 --> 01:28:07,375 THEY HANDLE THE EPA BUDGET, 2353 01:28:07,375 --> 01:28:11,813 THAT'S PART OF THE INTERIOR BILL 2354 01:28:11,813 --> 01:28:15,517 AND THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AT 2355 01:28:15,517 --> 01:28:16,818 NIEHS ORIGINATED IN SUPERFUND 2356 01:28:16,818 --> 01:28:17,719 LEGISLATION, WHICH IS BROADLY 2357 01:28:17,719 --> 01:28:20,021 MOST OF IT MANAGED BY EPA, SO 2358 01:28:20,021 --> 01:28:21,189 THE FUNDING FOR THAT COMES FROM 2359 01:28:21,189 --> 01:28:24,759 THE SAME BILL THAT DOES THE EPA 2360 01:28:24,759 --> 01:28:25,794 BUDGET. 2361 01:28:25,794 --> 01:28:29,297 SO SMALL AMOUNT, BUT IT REQUIRES 2362 01:28:29,297 --> 01:28:30,966 THAT WE TRACK THAT BILL AS WELL 2363 01:28:30,966 --> 01:28:33,368 AS THE LABOR HHS BILL. 2364 01:28:33,368 --> 01:28:36,238 THEN THE NEXT ITEM, TIME 1 2365 01:28:36,238 --> 01:28:36,972 DIABETES, THIS IS MANDATORY 2366 01:28:36,972 --> 01:28:39,040 FUNDING SO IT'S CONSIDERED 2367 01:28:39,040 --> 01:28:39,875 AUGUST RISING LEGISLATION, NOT 2368 01:28:39,875 --> 01:28:42,677 PART OF THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION 2369 01:28:42,677 --> 01:28:45,981 BILL, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES THE 2 2370 01:28:45,981 --> 01:28:47,883 CAN GET COMBINED IN SOME 2371 01:28:47,883 --> 01:28:53,688 RESPECTS BUT WHEN THEY DO GET 2372 01:28:53,688 --> 01:28:55,390 COMBINED, THIS FUNDING WOULD BE 2373 01:28:55,390 --> 01:28:58,927 IN A SET PROVISION OR AN 2374 01:28:58,927 --> 01:28:59,728 AUTHORIZATION, AN AMENDMENT TO 2375 01:28:59,728 --> 01:29:01,296 THE BILL TO EXTEND THE FUNDING. 2376 01:29:01,296 --> 01:29:02,597 THIS WAS INCREASED IN THE PAST 2377 01:29:02,597 --> 01:29:04,332 YEAR, IT HAD BEEN AT 150 MILLION 2378 01:29:04,332 --> 01:29:06,468 FOR A LONG TIME. 2379 01:29:06,468 --> 01:29:09,337 IT WAS BUMPED UP THIS PAST YEAR 2380 01:29:09,337 --> 01:29:12,340 TO 195, PART OF THAT WAS 2381 01:29:12,340 --> 01:29:14,142 INTENDED TO COVER THE BEGINNING 2382 01:29:14,142 --> 01:29:16,811 OF 2025, SO IT'S MORE LIKE 2383 01:29:16,811 --> 01:29:18,680 160 MILLION SORT OF ON 2384 01:29:18,680 --> 01:29:20,982 ANNUALIZED BASIS BUT THAT IS 2385 01:29:20,982 --> 01:29:24,753 COMING FROM THIS DIFFERENT POT 2386 01:29:24,753 --> 01:29:27,255 CONSIDERED MANDATORY SEPARATE 2387 01:29:27,255 --> 01:29:29,090 FROM DIGS CRETIONARY FUNDING -- 2388 01:29:29,090 --> 01:29:29,958 DISCRETIONARY FUNDING AND 2389 01:29:29,958 --> 01:29:30,759 SOMETIMES BECAUSE IT'S SEPARATE 2390 01:29:30,759 --> 01:29:34,129 IT CAN BE SUBJECT TO SEQUESTER. 2391 01:29:34,129 --> 01:29:35,730 THERE ARE PROVISIONS, THE MOST 2392 01:29:35,730 --> 01:29:38,433 COMMON SEQUESTER YOU MAY HAVE 2393 01:29:38,433 --> 01:29:40,802 HEARD OF HAPPENED UNDER FORMER 2394 01:29:40,802 --> 01:29:42,971 DISCRETIONARY CAPS, THOSE NO 2395 01:29:42,971 --> 01:29:45,240 LONGER HANDLE SEQUESTRATION, BUT 2396 01:29:45,240 --> 01:29:46,808 ON THE MANDATORY SIDE WHICH 2397 01:29:46,808 --> 01:29:49,144 SOMETIMES INCLUDES THIS TYPE 1 2398 01:29:49,144 --> 01:29:51,012 DIABETES FUNDS, THERE CAN STILL 2399 01:29:51,012 --> 01:29:52,514 BE A SEQUESTER SO IN SOME YEARS 2400 01:29:52,514 --> 01:29:55,016 WE'VE HAD TO GIVE UP A SMALL 2401 01:29:55,016 --> 01:29:58,553 PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS AND IT 2402 01:29:58,553 --> 01:30:00,488 USUALLY DEPENDS ON THE TIMING OF 2403 01:30:00,488 --> 01:30:01,556 WHEN THE LEGISLATION PASSES AS 2404 01:30:01,556 --> 01:30:04,192 TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAPPENS. 2405 01:30:04,192 --> 01:30:07,095 THEN THE NEXT ITEM, PROGRAM 2406 01:30:07,095 --> 01:30:09,030 EVALUATION FINANCING, THIS IS 2407 01:30:09,030 --> 01:30:11,099 GOING ENTIRELY TO NIGMS, JUST AS 2408 01:30:11,099 --> 01:30:15,470 THE TYPE 1 DIABETES IS ALL IN 2409 01:30:15,470 --> 01:30:18,974 NIDDK, AND THESE FUNDS ARE 2410 01:30:18,974 --> 01:30:20,308 COMING FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT 2411 01:30:20,308 --> 01:30:23,745 PARTS OF HHS THAT ARE UNDER THE 2412 01:30:23,745 --> 01:30:25,113 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. 2413 01:30:25,113 --> 01:30:26,081 CONGRESS PASSES A PROVISION 2414 01:30:26,081 --> 01:30:27,882 TYPICALLY THAT WILL ESTABLISH A 2415 01:30:27,882 --> 01:30:30,218 PERCENTAGE OF THE AMOUNTS TAKEN 2416 01:30:30,218 --> 01:30:31,353 FROM THOSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2417 01:30:31,353 --> 01:30:33,188 THIS PURPOSE IN RECENT YEARS, 2418 01:30:33,188 --> 01:30:35,623 IT'S BEEN 2 AND HALF%, AND SO 2419 01:30:35,623 --> 01:30:38,126 THAT GETS SPREAD ACROSS THE 2420 01:30:38,126 --> 01:30:40,395 BOARD THROUGHOUT HHS FOR THOSE 2421 01:30:40,395 --> 01:30:42,063 PARTICULAR AGENCIES. 2422 01:30:42,063 --> 01:30:43,698 AND THEN, INCLUDING NIH AND THEN 2423 01:30:43,698 --> 01:30:46,801 IT GOES TO NIGMS. 2424 01:30:46,801 --> 01:30:48,770 SO OF THAT 1.4 BILLION DOLLARS, 2425 01:30:48,770 --> 01:30:51,539 THE MAIORITY OF THAT IS COMING 2426 01:30:51,539 --> 01:30:58,179 FROM WITHIN NIH, SO OTHER 2427 01:30:58,179 --> 01:30:59,481 INSTITUTES INCLUDING NIGMS, ARE 2428 01:30:59,481 --> 01:31:00,215 CONTRIBUTING TO THAT AMOUNT BUT 2429 01:31:00,215 --> 01:31:03,084 A PORTION OF THAT IS ALSO COMING 2430 01:31:03,084 --> 01:31:06,821 INTO NIH FROM OTHER PARTS OF 2431 01:31:06,821 --> 01:31:10,125 HHS, SO, IT'S A WAY THAT 2432 01:31:10,125 --> 01:31:13,962 CONGRESS CAN DECIDE TO SORT OF 2433 01:31:13,962 --> 01:31:15,830 REALLOCATE FUNDS WITHIN THEIR 2434 01:31:15,830 --> 01:31:16,031 BILL. 2435 01:31:16,031 --> 01:31:18,199 TYPICALLY THE AMOUNT THAT IS 2436 01:31:18,199 --> 01:31:20,135 GOING INTO AN AGENCY LIKE NIGMS, 2437 01:31:20,135 --> 01:31:23,938 WHICH IS THE LARGEST RECIPIENT, 2438 01:31:23,938 --> 01:31:25,173 IS DETERMINED BY CONGRESS, WHERE 2439 01:31:25,173 --> 01:31:27,242 THE FUNDS COME FROM, TYPICALLY 2440 01:31:27,242 --> 01:31:29,077 HAS TO BE CALCULATED THROUGHOUT 2441 01:31:29,077 --> 01:31:31,746 HHS IN EACH YEAR AND UNDER A C. 2442 01:31:31,746 --> 01:31:34,315 R. TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH IS 2443 01:31:34,315 --> 01:31:36,418 GOING AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME. 2444 01:31:36,418 --> 01:31:38,720 SO THAT'S A MORE COMPLICATED 2445 01:31:38,720 --> 01:31:40,922 FORM OF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AND 2446 01:31:40,922 --> 01:31:46,294 THOSE LINES ADD UP TO WHAT WE 2447 01:31:46,294 --> 01:31:48,396 CALL THE PROGRAM LEVEL WHICH 2448 01:31:48,396 --> 01:31:49,964 INCLUDES ALL THE VARIOUS 2449 01:31:49,964 --> 01:31:50,965 MANDATORY AND FUNDING MECHANISMS 2450 01:31:50,965 --> 01:31:56,237 AND THEN AS I MENTIONED, HERE IS 2451 01:31:56,237 --> 01:31:57,439 ARP A-H HAS 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS. 2452 01:31:57,439 --> 01:31:58,740 WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE 2453 01:31:58,740 --> 01:32:00,475 EMPLOY I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THE 2454 01:32:00,475 --> 01:32:00,875 OPERATING PLAN. 2455 01:32:00,875 --> 01:32:02,310 THIS IS SOMETHING CONGRESS 2456 01:32:02,310 --> 01:32:03,278 REQUIRES WE PROVIDE TO THEM 2457 01:32:03,278 --> 01:32:05,780 EVERY YEAR AND WE UPDATE DURING 2458 01:32:05,780 --> 01:32:07,315 THE YEAR AS NECESSARY AND IT 2459 01:32:07,315 --> 01:32:11,086 BREAKS DOWN THE BUDGET BY 2460 01:32:11,086 --> 01:32:12,554 INDIVIDUAL APPROPRIATIONS AS 2461 01:32:12,554 --> 01:32:15,457 WELL AS PROGRAM PROJECT OR 2462 01:32:15,457 --> 01:32:19,794 ACTIVITY OFTEN CALLED PPA AS THE 2463 01:32:19,794 --> 01:32:20,228 ABBREVIATION. 2464 01:32:20,228 --> 01:32:23,131 AND AT NIH, A LOT OF THE 2465 01:32:23,131 --> 01:32:23,865 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS HAVE A 2466 01:32:23,865 --> 01:32:26,434 SINGLE LINE IN THE OPERATING 2467 01:32:26,434 --> 01:32:28,069 PLAN OF THE INSTITUTES AND 2468 01:32:28,069 --> 01:32:30,205 CENTERS, NONE HAVE MORE THAN 5 2469 01:32:30,205 --> 01:32:31,106 LINES, THE OFFICE OF THE 2470 01:32:31,106 --> 01:32:34,976 DIRECTOR HAS A LOT MORE BECAUSE 2471 01:32:34,976 --> 01:32:35,977 OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND OTHER 2472 01:32:35,977 --> 01:32:37,412 THINGS THAT CONGRESS WANTS TO 2473 01:32:37,412 --> 01:32:38,813 SPECIFY, SO THE OPERATING PLAN 2474 01:32:38,813 --> 01:32:41,182 IS BASICALLY THE WAY THAT 2475 01:32:41,182 --> 01:32:43,451 CONGRESS CAN LAY OUT THEIR 2476 01:32:43,451 --> 01:32:44,719 INTENTIONS FOR THE 2477 01:32:44,719 --> 01:32:46,988 APPROPRIATIONS AT A HIGHER LEVEL 2478 01:32:46,988 --> 01:32:51,226 OF DETAIL THAN JUST THE 2479 01:32:51,226 --> 01:32:52,160 APPROPRIATION BY APPROPRIATION. 2480 01:32:52,160 --> 01:32:53,495 THEY'RE DETERMINED IN BOTH BILL 2481 01:32:53,495 --> 01:32:55,797 AND REPORT LANGUAGE, THEY APPLY 2482 01:32:55,797 --> 01:32:58,500 TO SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, SO I GAVE 2483 01:32:58,500 --> 01:33:03,738 AN EXAMPLE HERE FOR NCI, THIS IS 2484 01:33:03,738 --> 01:33:05,807 1 WHERE THERE ARE 3 SPECIFIC 2485 01:33:05,807 --> 01:33:07,976 LINES AND THEN AN ALL OTHER 2486 01:33:07,976 --> 01:33:10,078 WHICH IS A REMINDER OF THE NCI 2487 01:33:10,078 --> 01:33:10,478 TOTAL. 2488 01:33:10,478 --> 01:33:15,350 I CHOSE THIS 1 BECAUSE THE LAST 2489 01:33:15,350 --> 01:33:16,217 LINE REPAIRS IMPROVEMENT AND 2490 01:33:16,217 --> 01:33:17,785 THAT COMES FROM BILLING AND THE 2491 01:33:17,785 --> 01:33:20,788 OTHER 2 LINES ABOVE IT THE 2492 01:33:20,788 --> 01:33:21,623 CHILDHOOD CANCER DATA INITIATIVE 2493 01:33:21,623 --> 01:33:25,593 AND THE STAR ACT, THOSE ARE BOTH 2494 01:33:25,593 --> 01:33:26,494 IN REPORT LANGUAGE. 2495 01:33:26,494 --> 01:33:30,398 SO ALL OF THOSE BOTH THE BILL 2496 01:33:30,398 --> 01:33:32,400 AND REPORT LANGUAGE PP As GET 2497 01:33:32,400 --> 01:33:34,402 INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL OPERATING 2498 01:33:34,402 --> 01:33:36,371 PLAN, NOW THE MEETING OF ALL 2499 01:33:36,371 --> 01:33:38,606 THIS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 2500 01:33:38,606 --> 01:33:39,541 THINGS THAT IT CAN DETERMINE. 2501 01:33:39,541 --> 01:33:42,744 ONE THING YOU CAN SEE, THE ALL 2502 01:33:42,744 --> 01:33:45,480 OTHER NCI LINE IS OVER 7 BILLION 2503 01:33:45,480 --> 01:33:45,847 DOLLARS. 2504 01:33:45,847 --> 01:33:50,818 SO IN THAT RESPECT NIH HAS A 2505 01:33:50,818 --> 01:33:51,986 GREAT DOLE OF FLEXIBILITY IN 2506 01:33:51,986 --> 01:33:53,922 TERMS OF HOW WE SPEND THE ANNUAL 2507 01:33:53,922 --> 01:33:54,589 BUDGET. 2508 01:33:54,589 --> 01:33:56,791 IN MANY AGENCIES, YOU WON'T SEE 2509 01:33:56,791 --> 01:33:58,526 LINES THAT LARGE, 7 BILLION 2510 01:33:58,526 --> 01:33:59,994 DOLLARS, IS BIGGER THAN WHOLE 2511 01:33:59,994 --> 01:34:02,463 AGENCIES IN MANY CASES. 2512 01:34:02,463 --> 01:34:04,666 SO HAVING LARGE LINES LIKE THAT 2513 01:34:04,666 --> 01:34:07,669 GIVE US A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY, OF 2514 01:34:07,669 --> 01:34:10,205 COURSE IN RETURN, WE HAVE A LOT 2515 01:34:10,205 --> 01:34:11,506 OF TRANSPARENCY IN TERMS OF HOW 2516 01:34:11,506 --> 01:34:14,375 WE SPEND THAT MONEY, SO WE'RE 2517 01:34:14,375 --> 01:34:17,412 REPORTING AT VERY DETAILED 2518 01:34:17,412 --> 01:34:19,047 LEVELS ON INDIVIDUAL GRANTS, ALL 2519 01:34:19,047 --> 01:34:20,582 SORTS OF THINGS WE MAKE PUBLIC, 2520 01:34:20,582 --> 01:34:22,684 WE POST ON OUR WEBSITE, SO WE'RE 2521 01:34:22,684 --> 01:34:23,785 VERY TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF 2522 01:34:23,785 --> 01:34:25,553 WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING, BUT WE 2523 01:34:25,553 --> 01:34:28,556 DO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SOME OF 2524 01:34:28,556 --> 01:34:30,291 THESE LARGE LINES THAT GIVE US 2525 01:34:30,291 --> 01:34:32,460 SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF HOW 2526 01:34:32,460 --> 01:34:34,829 WE SPEND THOSE FUNDS IN THE 2527 01:34:34,829 --> 01:34:37,398 SENSE THAT CONGRESS IS NOT 2528 01:34:37,398 --> 01:34:38,967 EXPLICITLY TELLING US WHAT TO DO 2529 01:34:38,967 --> 01:34:42,270 WITHIN THOSE INDIVIDUAL LINES. 2530 01:34:42,270 --> 01:34:43,805 NOW THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY 2531 01:34:43,805 --> 01:34:45,506 BETWEEN LINES IN SOME CASES AND 2532 01:34:45,506 --> 01:34:46,908 THAT CAN DEPEND ON WHETHER 2533 01:34:46,908 --> 01:34:49,644 THEY'RE IN REPORT LANGUAGE OR 2534 01:34:49,644 --> 01:34:51,112 BILL LANGUAGE. 2535 01:34:51,112 --> 01:34:52,480 IN REPORT LANGUAGE, IF FOR 2536 01:34:52,480 --> 01:34:55,683 EXAMPLE, WE WERE TRYING TO 2537 01:34:55,683 --> 01:34:57,285 REALLOCATE FUNDS BETWEEN SOME OF 2538 01:34:57,285 --> 01:34:59,687 THESE LINES, WE WOULD NEED TO 2539 01:34:59,687 --> 01:35:04,359 HAVE THE SUPPORT OF HHS, AND 2540 01:35:04,359 --> 01:35:06,894 OMB, WE WOULD NEED TO REPORT TO 2541 01:35:06,894 --> 01:35:08,429 THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE IN 2542 01:35:08,429 --> 01:35:09,130 ADVANCE BEFORE WE MAKE CHANGES 2543 01:35:09,130 --> 01:35:13,167 LAKE THAT AND THAT CAN HAPPEN ON 2544 01:35:13,167 --> 01:35:13,601 OCCASION. 2545 01:35:13,601 --> 01:35:14,569 TYPICALLY BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S 2546 01:35:14,569 --> 01:35:16,237 COMING FROM REPORT LANGUAGE, 2547 01:35:16,237 --> 01:35:18,072 NIH'S GOAL IS ALWAYS TO 2548 01:35:18,072 --> 01:35:18,640 IMPLEMENT THE CONGRESSIONAL 2549 01:35:18,640 --> 01:35:20,875 INTENT TO THE GREATEST EXTENT 2550 01:35:20,875 --> 01:35:22,443 POSSIBLE, BUT SOMETIMES IT MIGHT 2551 01:35:22,443 --> 01:35:26,247 NOT BE POSSIBLE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF 2552 01:35:26,247 --> 01:35:27,982 CONGRESS TOLD US TO START A NEW 2553 01:35:27,982 --> 01:35:29,017 PROGRAM AND WE FOUND OUT ABOUT 2554 01:35:29,017 --> 01:35:31,719 THAT LATE IN THE YEAR AND THERE 2555 01:35:31,719 --> 01:35:34,222 WASN'T ENOUGH TIME TO SPEND ALL 2556 01:35:34,222 --> 01:35:35,490 THE FUNDS CONGRESS INTENDED THAT 2557 01:35:35,490 --> 01:35:36,758 PARTICULAR YEAR, WE WOULD BE 2558 01:35:36,758 --> 01:35:39,527 ABLE TO REPORT TO THEM, IN TERMS 2559 01:35:39,527 --> 01:35:41,362 OF WHAT ADJUSTMENTS WE MIGHT 2560 01:35:41,362 --> 01:35:43,331 NEED TO MAKE THAT YEAR IN ORDER 2561 01:35:43,331 --> 01:35:45,566 TO DEAL WITH THE TIMING ISSUES. 2562 01:35:45,566 --> 01:35:48,970 SO THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN THE 2563 01:35:48,970 --> 01:35:49,937 STATUTE WHICH GIVE US 2564 01:35:49,937 --> 01:35:55,176 FLEXIBILITY IN TAKEN--THEY 2565 01:35:55,176 --> 01:35:56,577 RESPECT WHETHER IT'S BETWEEN 2566 01:35:56,577 --> 01:35:58,446 REPORT LANGUAGE LINES OR BETWEEN 2567 01:35:58,446 --> 01:35:59,681 BILL LANGUAGE LINES OR BETWEEN 2568 01:35:59,681 --> 01:36:01,482 PROARPGS, THERE IS A MUCH MORE 2569 01:36:01,482 --> 01:36:03,651 LIMITED ABILITY IF WE ACTUALLY 2570 01:36:03,651 --> 01:36:06,754 HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES 2571 01:36:06,754 --> 01:36:08,323 BETWEEN APPROPRIATION LINES, THE 2572 01:36:08,323 --> 01:36:11,926 BILL LANGUAGE, BUT IT'S MUCH 2573 01:36:11,926 --> 01:36:13,461 MORE LIMITED THAN IF IT'S NOT, 2574 01:36:13,461 --> 01:36:15,363 IF IT'S ONLY IN REPORT LANGUAGE. 2575 01:36:15,363 --> 01:36:17,932 NOW AS I SAID, WE WOULD STILL 2576 01:36:17,932 --> 01:36:20,635 TRY TO IMPLEMENT IT TO THE 2577 01:36:20,635 --> 01:36:21,235 GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. 2578 01:36:21,235 --> 01:36:22,904 AND THE NEXT SLIDE. 2579 01:36:22,904 --> 01:36:27,575 SO, AT THE RISK OF GETTING A 2580 01:36:27,575 --> 01:36:28,843 LITTLE CONFUSING, THIS IS 2581 01:36:28,843 --> 01:36:32,980 ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THE 2582 01:36:32,980 --> 01:36:34,549 OVERALL NIH BUNLET, AGAIN THAT 2583 01:36:34,549 --> 01:36:35,817 WE CALCULATE, REPORT PUBLICLY 2584 01:36:35,817 --> 01:36:36,784 AND UPDATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, 2585 01:36:36,784 --> 01:36:39,253 THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE BUDGET 2586 01:36:39,253 --> 01:36:42,357 MECHANISMS, AND THIS IS LOOKING 2587 01:36:42,357 --> 01:36:46,194 AT THAT SAME 47 BILLION DOLLARS 2588 01:36:46,194 --> 01:36:48,096 BUT IN TERMS OF BROADLY 2589 01:36:48,096 --> 01:36:49,764 SPEAKING, WHERE THE MONEY IS 2590 01:36:49,764 --> 01:36:51,566 GOING. 2591 01:36:51,566 --> 01:36:53,968 SO THESE LINES, THE FIRST 2592 01:36:53,968 --> 01:36:57,038 SEVERAL LINES, ARE EXTRAMURAL 2593 01:36:57,038 --> 01:36:58,673 SPENDING, STARTING WITH THE 2594 01:36:58,673 --> 01:37:01,175 LARGEST CATEGORY, THE RESEARCH 2595 01:37:01,175 --> 01:37:04,579 PROJECTS, RESEARCH PROJECT 2596 01:37:04,579 --> 01:37:06,981 GRANTS, THEN SBIR/STTR, SMALL 2597 01:37:06,981 --> 01:37:08,383 BUSINESS, THESE ARE AGAIN 2598 01:37:08,383 --> 01:37:10,218 RESEARCH GRANTS, RESEARCH 2599 01:37:10,218 --> 01:37:12,520 CENTERS, TYPICALLY LARGER GRANTS 2600 01:37:12,520 --> 01:37:17,992 TO INDIVIDUAL CENTERS THAT SOME 2601 01:37:17,992 --> 01:37:19,961 INSTITUTES HAVE, OTHER EFFORTS 2602 01:37:19,961 --> 01:37:22,130 FOR ADDITIONAL EXTRAMURAL AWARDS 2603 01:37:22,130 --> 01:37:25,967 AND THE TRAINING GRANTS THAT WE 2604 01:37:25,967 --> 01:37:28,703 MAKE TO OTHER OR INSTITUTIONAL 2605 01:37:28,703 --> 01:37:30,738 AWARDS FOR TRAINING SCIENTISTS, 2606 01:37:30,738 --> 01:37:31,606 RESEARCH SCIENTISTS. 2607 01:37:31,606 --> 01:37:35,009 THEN THE NEXT LINE, THE R&D 2608 01:37:35,009 --> 01:37:36,844 CONTRACTS STILL EXTRAMURAL BUT 2609 01:37:36,844 --> 01:37:41,048 THESE ARE CONTRACTS AS OPPOSED 2610 01:37:41,048 --> 01:37:41,582 TO GRANTS. 2611 01:37:41,582 --> 01:37:44,252 OUR OWN RESEARCH PROGRAM, OUR 2612 01:37:44,252 --> 01:37:45,052 OWN CLINICAL LABORATORIES, ET 2613 01:37:45,052 --> 01:37:46,487 CETERA, ET CETERA AND FINALLY 2614 01:37:46,487 --> 01:37:47,555 THE RESEARCH MANAGEMENT AND 2615 01:37:47,555 --> 01:37:50,625 SUPPORT WHICH COVERS BOTH 2616 01:37:50,625 --> 01:37:54,829 LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATIVE 2617 01:37:54,829 --> 01:37:55,963 TYPICALLY FOR THE EXTRAMURAL 2618 01:37:55,963 --> 01:37:58,499 PROGRAM BUT AT HIGH LEVELS 2619 01:37:58,499 --> 01:37:59,500 COVERS SOME INTRAMURAL AS L. NOW 2620 01:37:59,500 --> 01:38:02,570 IF YOU ARE DOING MATH, YOU WOULD 2621 01:38:02,570 --> 01:38:04,839 SEE THESE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP 2622 01:38:04,839 --> 01:38:06,140 TO THE WHOLE 47 BILLION AND THE 2623 01:38:06,140 --> 01:38:08,009 REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE HAVE 2624 01:38:08,009 --> 01:38:10,578 THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 2625 01:38:10,578 --> 01:38:13,614 BUDGET AS WELL AS THE BUILDINGS 2626 01:38:13,614 --> 01:38:14,549 AND FACILITIES BUDGET. 2627 01:38:14,549 --> 01:38:16,083 FOR THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 2628 01:38:16,083 --> 01:38:17,452 THERE ARE SOME PORTIONS OF THE 2629 01:38:17,452 --> 01:38:20,755 OFFICE THAT WE DO SPREAD OUT 2630 01:38:20,755 --> 01:38:22,590 AMONG THESE MECHANISMS, BECAUSE 2631 01:38:22,590 --> 01:38:24,425 THEY RESEMBLE THE INSTITUTE AND 2632 01:38:24,425 --> 01:38:26,294 CENTER SPENDING MORE, THE COMMON 2633 01:38:26,294 --> 01:38:28,362 FUND FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WOULD BE 2634 01:38:28,362 --> 01:38:30,765 BROKEN OUT AND INCLUDED IN THESE 2635 01:38:30,765 --> 01:38:32,834 MECHANISM LINES. 2636 01:38:32,834 --> 01:38:34,602 THE OFFICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE 2637 01:38:34,602 --> 01:38:35,470 RESEARCH PROGRAMS IS THE RPGHT 1 2638 01:38:35,470 --> 01:38:38,673 BUT THEN FOR THE MOST LEADERSHIP 2639 01:38:38,673 --> 01:38:39,640 AND OTHER PROGRAMS WITHIN THE 2640 01:38:39,640 --> 01:38:41,275 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR THAT 2641 01:38:41,275 --> 01:38:43,311 DON'T LEND THEMSELVES AS WELL TO 2642 01:38:43,311 --> 01:38:45,213 BREAK OUT INTO THESE MECHANISMS, 2643 01:38:45,213 --> 01:38:47,215 THOSE ARE SEPARATE THERE. 2644 01:38:47,215 --> 01:38:49,750 SO CAN YOU SEE AGAIN, THE RPGs 2645 01:38:49,750 --> 01:38:52,320 BY FAR THE LARGEST CATEGORY 2646 01:38:52,320 --> 01:38:55,289 REFLECTING WITH THE OTHER LINES 2647 01:38:55,289 --> 01:38:57,825 THAT EXTRAMURAL SPENDING IS THE 2648 01:38:57,825 --> 01:39:01,128 BULK TYPICALLY, 80% OR MORE OF 2649 01:39:01,128 --> 01:39:03,865 NIH SPENDING, AND THEN THE 2650 01:39:03,865 --> 01:39:05,500 REMAINING FUNDS, I'VE GIVEN THE 2651 01:39:05,500 --> 01:39:06,934 PERCENTAGES AS WELL, SO YOU CAN 2652 01:39:06,934 --> 01:39:09,871 SORT OF SEE, THE BREAK OUT THERE 2653 01:39:09,871 --> 01:39:12,306 IN TERMS OF HOW THE FUNDS ARE 2654 01:39:12,306 --> 01:39:13,508 ALLOCATED SORT OF MORE IN TERMS 2655 01:39:13,508 --> 01:39:15,009 OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING, AS 2656 01:39:15,009 --> 01:39:17,678 OPPOSE TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM 2657 01:39:17,678 --> 01:39:23,351 AND IN A PRIOR SLIDE . 2658 01:39:23,351 --> 01:39:24,719 THE REPORTING WE MENTIONED 2659 01:39:24,719 --> 01:39:26,387 TYPICALLY WE DO THAT ON A 2660 01:39:26,387 --> 01:39:27,889 QUARTERLY BASIS, SO WE WILL TELL 2661 01:39:27,889 --> 01:39:29,156 CONGRESS, EARLY IN THE YEAR, 2662 01:39:29,156 --> 01:39:31,792 USUALLY IN THE PRESIDENT'S 2663 01:39:31,792 --> 01:39:35,129 BUDGET, SUPPOSED TO COMING OUT 2664 01:39:35,129 --> 01:39:36,831 BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, NOT EVERY 2665 01:39:36,831 --> 01:39:40,001 YEAR BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT 2666 01:39:40,001 --> 01:39:41,502 TYPICALLY IS THE FIRST ESTIMATE 2667 01:39:41,502 --> 01:39:43,137 OF HOW WE ALLOCATE FUNDS BY 2668 01:39:43,137 --> 01:39:45,072 THESE MECHANISMS AND IT'S BROKEN 2669 01:39:45,072 --> 01:39:46,240 OUT AGAIN BY INDIVIDUAL 2670 01:39:46,240 --> 01:39:50,211 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS, THIS 2671 01:39:50,211 --> 01:39:52,280 SHOWS NIH AS A WHOLE BUT WE 2672 01:39:52,280 --> 01:39:54,015 REPORT THIS ON AN INSTITUTE BY 2673 01:39:54,015 --> 01:39:55,583 INSTITUTE BASIS AND THEN WOE 2674 01:39:55,583 --> 01:39:57,151 UPDATE THAT QUARTERLY, SO AFTER 2675 01:39:57,151 --> 01:39:58,386 THE SECOND, THIRD QUARTER, AND 2676 01:39:58,386 --> 01:40:01,255 THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE 2677 01:40:01,255 --> 01:40:01,856 PROVIDE, THE ACTUAL RESULTS, 2678 01:40:01,856 --> 01:40:04,025 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PRIOR YEAR, 2679 01:40:04,025 --> 01:40:08,996 SO THESE ARE CONTINUOUSLY 2680 01:40:08,996 --> 01:40:11,032 UPDATED BUT UNTIL THE EPPED OF 2681 01:40:11,032 --> 01:40:13,267 THE YEAR, THESE ARE ESTIMATES, 2682 01:40:13,267 --> 01:40:15,836 BUT TEND TO VARY, YOU DON'T 2683 01:40:15,836 --> 01:40:16,671 NECESSARILY KNOW EARLY IN THE 2684 01:40:16,671 --> 01:40:18,906 YEAR HOW MUCH YOU WOULD SPEND ON 2685 01:40:18,906 --> 01:40:21,776 AN INDIVIDUAL MECHANISM, IT ALL 2686 01:40:21,776 --> 01:40:23,177 DEPENDS ESPECIALLY WITH THE 2687 01:40:23,177 --> 01:40:24,345 EXTRAMURAL PROGRAM, DEPENDS ON 2688 01:40:24,345 --> 01:40:27,248 WHAT KIND OF APPLICATIONS COME 2689 01:40:27,248 --> 01:40:27,915 IN, WHAT DECISIONS ARE MADE 2690 01:40:27,915 --> 01:40:29,250 THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, 2691 01:40:29,250 --> 01:40:30,318 THROUGH THE GRANT DECISION 2692 01:40:30,318 --> 01:40:34,055 MAKING PROCESS AND SO AS A 2693 01:40:34,055 --> 01:40:35,122 RESULT, THIS MECHANISMS WE 2694 01:40:35,122 --> 01:40:41,162 PROVIDE TO CONGRESS, THE PUBLIC 2695 01:40:41,162 --> 01:40:43,230 QUARTERLY ON OUR WEBSITE, 2696 01:40:43,230 --> 01:40:44,765 THEY'RE ALL POST UNTIL WE REACH 2697 01:40:44,765 --> 01:40:46,233 THE END OF THE YEAR. 2698 01:40:46,233 --> 01:40:49,870 NOW I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 2699 01:40:49,870 --> 01:40:53,374 ABOUT HOW THE EXTRAMURAL BUDGET 2700 01:40:53,374 --> 01:40:55,276 WORKS TO GIVE AIAN SENSE, THIS 2701 01:40:55,276 --> 01:40:56,644 IS OBVIOUSLY THE GREAT BULK OF 2702 01:40:56,644 --> 01:40:57,712 THE BUDGET AND MOST OF THE 2703 01:40:57,712 --> 01:41:00,247 GRANTS WE MAKE ARE AWARDED FOR A 2704 01:41:00,247 --> 01:41:02,350 MULTIPLE YEAR PERIOD BUT FUNDED 2705 01:41:02,350 --> 01:41:02,817 INCREMENTALLY. 2706 01:41:02,817 --> 01:41:04,418 SO THERE WOULD BE AN AWARD AND 2707 01:41:04,418 --> 01:41:06,954 AN EXPECTATION, THIS IS FOR 4 2708 01:41:06,954 --> 01:41:09,457 YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND YOU 2709 01:41:09,457 --> 01:41:11,325 WOULD RECEIVE X-DOLLARS EACH 2710 01:41:11,325 --> 01:41:13,694 YEAR FOR THOSE 4 YEARS. 2711 01:41:13,694 --> 01:41:16,897 AND THE WAY THAT WE KIND OF 2712 01:41:16,897 --> 01:41:17,698 SEPARATE THE DESCRIPTION OF 2713 01:41:17,698 --> 01:41:19,600 WHETHER IT'S A NEW AWARD OR 1 2714 01:41:19,600 --> 01:41:21,335 THAT IS COMPETED AT THE 2715 01:41:21,335 --> 01:41:23,871 BEGINNING OF THAT PERIOD, VERSUS 2716 01:41:23,871 --> 01:41:25,506 NOT, IS COMPETING OR 2717 01:41:25,506 --> 01:41:28,175 NONCOMPETING, AND SO THOSE ARE 2718 01:41:28,175 --> 01:41:30,144 SORTING SIGNALS OF THE LARGEST 2719 01:41:30,144 --> 01:41:35,349 KIND OF SCALE DESCRIPTIONS OF 2720 01:41:35,349 --> 01:41:37,585 THE EXTRAMURAL AWARDS. 2721 01:41:37,585 --> 01:41:38,853 AS YOU COULD EXPECT BECAUSE OF 2722 01:41:38,853 --> 01:41:40,921 THE WAY WE MAKE THESE AWARDS, 2723 01:41:40,921 --> 01:41:44,058 THEY'RE ABOUT 3 TIMES AS MANY 2724 01:41:44,058 --> 01:41:46,594 NONCOMPETING GRANTS AS COMPETING 2725 01:41:46,594 --> 01:41:46,827 GRANTS. 2726 01:41:46,827 --> 01:41:48,863 SO NOT EVERY GRANT IS A 4 YEAR 2727 01:41:48,863 --> 01:41:51,399 GRANT, SOME ARE SHORTER, SOME 2728 01:41:51,399 --> 01:41:53,501 ARE LONGER, BUT ON AVERAGE, 2729 01:41:53,501 --> 01:41:54,869 THAT'S ABOUT HOW IT WORKS AND 2730 01:41:54,869 --> 01:41:56,871 BECAUSE OF THAT, A GREAT DEAL OF 2731 01:41:56,871 --> 01:42:00,741 THE NIH BUDGET, IS GOING TO 2732 01:42:00,741 --> 01:42:02,109 THESE NONCOMPETING AWARDS TO 2733 01:42:02,109 --> 01:42:05,413 CONTINUE THE 1S MADE IN PRIOR 2734 01:42:05,413 --> 01:42:06,781 YEARS, SO, I SOMETIMES DESCRIBE 2735 01:42:06,781 --> 01:42:08,816 IT AS SORT OF AS MAKING CHANGES 2736 01:42:08,816 --> 01:42:11,919 TO THE NIH BUDGET IS LIKE 2737 01:42:11,919 --> 01:42:12,586 TURNING THE BATTLESHIP, YOU HAVE 2738 01:42:12,586 --> 01:42:14,955 TO DO IT RATHER SLOWLY BECAUSE 2739 01:42:14,955 --> 01:42:19,193 SO MUCH OF WHAT WE SPEND EACH 2740 01:42:19,193 --> 01:42:20,761 YEAR, IS PREDETERMINED AND IT'S 2741 01:42:20,761 --> 01:42:21,595 REALLY THE COMPETING AWARDS 2742 01:42:21,595 --> 01:42:23,864 WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO 2743 01:42:23,864 --> 01:42:27,168 MAKE DECISIONS IN TERMS OF HOW 2744 01:42:27,168 --> 01:42:29,370 TO DIRECT NEW FUNDS OR REDIRECT 2745 01:42:29,370 --> 01:42:30,971 NEW FUNDS THAT ARE COMING UP 2746 01:42:30,971 --> 01:42:32,406 FROM,A WARDS THAT HAVE ENDED, 2747 01:42:32,406 --> 01:42:36,043 BUT WE HAVE AS A SAID, THE BULK 2748 01:42:36,043 --> 01:42:38,679 IN THIS, THE NONCOMPETING BRANCH 2749 01:42:38,679 --> 01:42:42,283 WHERE WHAT WE CAN DO IF WE HAVE 2750 01:42:42,283 --> 01:42:44,852 A FLAT BUDGET OR A SMALLER 2751 01:42:44,852 --> 01:42:47,655 BUDGET IS LIMITED BY THE NATURE 2752 01:42:47,655 --> 01:42:51,859 OF THOSE AWARDS. 2753 01:42:51,859 --> 01:42:54,628 AND FINALLY HERE, THE NUMBER OF 2754 01:42:54,628 --> 01:42:56,397 COMPETING RPGs, IS A VERY 2755 01:42:56,397 --> 01:43:00,134 COMMONLY USED METRIC FOR THE NIH 2756 01:43:00,134 --> 01:43:00,367 BUDGET. 2757 01:43:00,367 --> 01:43:03,237 SO COMPETING ARE TYPICALLY EVEN 2758 01:43:03,237 --> 01:43:06,907 THE NEW AWARDS OR COMPETITIVE 2759 01:43:06,907 --> 01:43:08,476 AWARDS, AND EACH YEAR WE REPORT 2760 01:43:08,476 --> 01:43:10,745 NOT ONLY HOW MANY DOLLARS WE 2761 01:43:10,745 --> 01:43:11,946 SPEND ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT 2762 01:43:11,946 --> 01:43:12,680 CATEGORIES BUT THE NUMBER THAT 2763 01:43:12,680 --> 01:43:17,251 WOE MAKE AND SO, THE NUMBER OF 2764 01:43:17,251 --> 01:43:18,919 THESE COMPETING RPGs IS 2765 01:43:18,919 --> 01:43:19,553 COMMONLY CITED. 2766 01:43:19,553 --> 01:43:22,056 YOU MAY HAVE HEARD DISCUSSION OF 2767 01:43:22,056 --> 01:43:23,357 A SUCCESS RATE, THAT SUCCESS 2768 01:43:23,357 --> 01:43:26,961 RATE WOULD BE THE NUMBER OF 2769 01:43:26,961 --> 01:43:28,162 COMPETING RPGs DIVIDED BY THE 2770 01:43:28,162 --> 01:43:29,029 NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, THAT'S 2771 01:43:29,029 --> 01:43:29,964 ALSO A MEASURE THAT THE PEOPLE 2772 01:43:29,964 --> 01:43:32,600 LOOK AT TO SORT OF SEE WHAT'S 2773 01:43:32,600 --> 01:43:37,471 GOING ON WITH THE NIH BUDGET AD 2774 01:43:37,471 --> 01:43:38,773 THE WHOLE GRANT ECOSYSTEM. 2775 01:43:38,773 --> 01:43:41,242 SO THAT'S COMMONLY TRACKED AND 2776 01:43:41,242 --> 01:43:42,409 SOMETHING THAT WE TRY TO 2777 01:43:42,409 --> 01:43:44,845 INCREASE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 2778 01:43:44,845 --> 01:43:48,616 SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 2779 01:43:48,616 --> 01:43:51,418 SO THIS KIND OF ILLUSTRATES WHAT 2780 01:43:51,418 --> 01:43:52,686 HAPPENS WITH THE GRANTS WHEN 2781 01:43:52,686 --> 01:43:54,789 THEY'RE MADE FOR A MULTIYEAR 2782 01:43:54,789 --> 01:43:58,025 PERIOD AND HOW THAT IMPACTS OUR 2783 01:43:58,025 --> 01:43:58,959 BUDGET, AND THE FIRST BULLET 2784 01:43:58,959 --> 01:44:00,427 HERE OVER THE LONG-TERM, IT 2785 01:44:00,427 --> 01:44:03,264 TAKES A MULTIPLE OF THE INITIAL 2786 01:44:03,264 --> 01:44:07,234 COST TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF 2787 01:44:07,234 --> 01:44:08,402 COMPETING RPGs. 2788 01:44:08,402 --> 01:44:10,171 IT DEPENDS ON THE LENGTH OF THE 2789 01:44:10,171 --> 01:44:11,605 AWARD, THIS EXAMPLE IS A 4 YEAR 2790 01:44:11,605 --> 01:44:13,541 AWARD, AND YOU CAN SEE BY THE 2791 01:44:13,541 --> 01:44:19,113 COLOR COATING THAT IF YOU HAD A 2792 01:44:19,113 --> 01:44:22,116 NEW AWARD, IF YOUR BUDGET IS IN 2793 01:44:22,116 --> 01:44:23,651 A VERY, ITEM BY ITEM SENSE, IF 2794 01:44:23,651 --> 01:44:25,085 YOUR BUDGET WENT UP BY HALF A 2795 01:44:25,085 --> 01:44:26,620 MILLION DOLLARS, AND YOU WERE 2796 01:44:26,620 --> 01:44:28,155 ABLE TO MAKE 1 NEW AWARD, IN THE 2797 01:44:28,155 --> 01:44:30,858 FIRST YEAR, COME THE SECOND 2798 01:44:30,858 --> 01:44:32,293 YEAR, THE THIRD YEAR, THE FOURTH 2799 01:44:32,293 --> 01:44:34,128 YEAR, YOU WOULD NEED THAT HALF 2800 01:44:34,128 --> 01:44:36,230 MILLION DOLLARS AGAIN TO HANDLE 2801 01:44:36,230 --> 01:44:38,065 THE CONTINUATION, SO IN TERMS OF 2802 01:44:38,065 --> 01:44:41,068 THE COUNT, THE NUMBER OF 2803 01:44:41,068 --> 01:44:42,069 COMPETING AWARDS, YOU WOULD GO 2804 01:44:42,069 --> 01:44:44,872 UP BY 1 AND GO BACK DOWN TO NONE 2805 01:44:44,872 --> 01:44:46,373 IN THE NEXT 3 YEARS UNTIL THE 2806 01:44:46,373 --> 01:44:48,242 FIFTH YEAR, THOSE FUNDS WOULD 2807 01:44:48,242 --> 01:44:50,010 FREE UP AND YOU GO BACK UP TO 1 2808 01:44:50,010 --> 01:44:50,211 AGAIN. 2809 01:44:50,211 --> 01:44:51,712 SO IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE THE 2810 01:44:51,712 --> 01:44:53,514 NUMBER OR SUSTAIN IT OR MAKE IT 2811 01:44:53,514 --> 01:44:56,250 LARGER, YOU ACTUALLY NEED A 2812 01:44:56,250 --> 01:44:59,620 MULTIPLE OF THAT NEW FUNDING IN 2813 01:44:59,620 --> 01:45:00,688 ORDER TO CONTINUE THAT. 2814 01:45:00,688 --> 01:45:02,590 SO IN THE SECOND YEAR, YOU WOULD 2815 01:45:02,590 --> 01:45:04,859 NEED 2 OF THE HALF MILLION 2816 01:45:04,859 --> 01:45:07,294 AMOUNT OR 1 MILLION IN ORDER TO 2817 01:45:07,294 --> 01:45:09,697 MAINTAIN THAT NUMBER AT THE 2818 01:45:09,697 --> 01:45:11,866 COMPETING RPG LEVEL AND SO ON 2819 01:45:11,866 --> 01:45:15,202 UNTIL IT RECYCLES AFTER THE 4 2820 01:45:15,202 --> 01:45:15,870 YEAR PERIOD. 2821 01:45:15,870 --> 01:45:17,838 AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WHAT WE 2822 01:45:17,838 --> 01:45:20,341 SEE WHEN THE BUDGET IS FLAT, OR 2823 01:45:20,341 --> 01:45:24,011 IF IT GOES DOWN, IT -- EVEN A 2824 01:45:24,011 --> 01:45:26,947 FLAT BUDGET CAN SORT OF LOOK 2825 01:45:26,947 --> 01:45:28,349 LOOK A DECREASE BECAUSE OF THIS 2826 01:45:28,349 --> 01:45:31,285 WAY THAT THE GRANTS ARE MADE, 2827 01:45:31,285 --> 01:45:34,622 YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO 2828 01:45:34,622 --> 01:45:35,956 THE ADDITIONAL COMPETING AWARDS, 2829 01:45:35,956 --> 01:45:39,026 THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SO, YOU GET 2830 01:45:39,026 --> 01:45:42,229 IN SOME CASES, IF YOU DON'T HAVE 2831 01:45:42,229 --> 01:45:44,431 SORT OF A CONSISTENT BUDGET TO 2832 01:45:44,431 --> 01:45:46,800 INCREASE THAT COMPETING LEVEL OR 2833 01:45:46,800 --> 01:45:49,703 TO KEEP IT FLAT, EVEN, YOU WOULD 2834 01:45:49,703 --> 01:45:52,373 WANT TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IN 2835 01:45:52,373 --> 01:45:52,606 BUDGET. 2836 01:45:52,606 --> 01:45:53,908 IF YOU DON'T GET THAT WHAT CAN 2837 01:45:53,908 --> 01:45:55,342 HAPPEN IS SOMETIMES WHAT WE CALL 2838 01:45:55,342 --> 01:45:57,745 A ROLLER COASTER WHERE YOU'RE 2839 01:45:57,745 --> 01:45:59,213 COMPETING GRANTS WILL GO UP AND 2840 01:45:59,213 --> 01:46:01,181 DOWN AND UP AND DOWN, AND WE DO 2841 01:46:01,181 --> 01:46:03,417 WHAT WE CAN TO TRY TO SMOOTH 2842 01:46:03,417 --> 01:46:05,786 THAT OUT SO WE DON'T HAVE BIG 2843 01:46:05,786 --> 01:46:08,455 CHANGES OR, YOU KNOW WE TRY TO 2844 01:46:08,455 --> 01:46:09,623 MINIMIZE SOME OF THOSE CHANGES 2845 01:46:09,623 --> 01:46:14,361 BUT THAT CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE TO 2846 01:46:14,361 --> 01:46:16,463 SUSTAIN THE DEVELOPMENTS, THE 2847 01:46:16,463 --> 01:46:17,164 IMPROVEMENTS, INCREASES IN 2848 01:46:17,164 --> 01:46:19,934 GRANTS THAT WE HAVE FROM PRIOR 2849 01:46:19,934 --> 01:46:21,001 YEARS, IT REQUIRES THE FUNDING 2850 01:46:21,001 --> 01:46:23,370 TO CONTINUE THAT AS WELL AS TO 2851 01:46:23,370 --> 01:46:26,573 MAKE IT HAPPEN AGAIN. 2852 01:46:26,573 --> 01:46:30,744 SO, YOU SEE AS A RESULT, THAT 2853 01:46:30,744 --> 01:46:32,379 SOMETIMES AS I SAID, YOU'LL HEAR 2854 01:46:32,379 --> 01:46:36,450 THAT A FLAT BUDGET IS LIKE A 2855 01:46:36,450 --> 01:46:37,651 DECREASE IN THIS RESPECT, IT 2856 01:46:37,651 --> 01:46:40,688 DOESN'T CHANGE THE TOTAL NUMBER 2857 01:46:40,688 --> 01:46:42,222 OF GRANTS BUT IT CHANGES THE 2858 01:46:42,222 --> 01:46:44,358 NUMBER OF COMPETING AWARDS, SO 2859 01:46:44,358 --> 01:46:45,059 COMPETING AWARDS CAN'T BE 2860 01:46:45,059 --> 01:46:46,226 SUSTAINED IF YOU'RE IN THAT 2861 01:46:46,226 --> 01:46:47,494 SITUATION, AND YOU'RE HAVING TO 2862 01:46:47,494 --> 01:46:51,031 USE THE SAME FUNDS FOR MORE 2863 01:46:51,031 --> 01:46:53,400 NONCOMPETING AWARDS THAT WERE 2864 01:46:53,400 --> 01:46:57,571 MADE IN PRIOR YEARS. 2865 01:46:57,571 --> 01:46:57,905 NEXT SLIDE. 2866 01:46:57,905 --> 01:47:00,240 SO SOME OF THE WAYS WE DEAL WITH 2867 01:47:00,240 --> 01:47:02,409 THAT ARE INDICATED HERE, THE 2868 01:47:02,409 --> 01:47:03,444 COMMITMENT BASE, THAT'S WHAT WE 2869 01:47:03,444 --> 01:47:09,616 CALL THE GROUP OF NONCOMPETING 2870 01:47:09,616 --> 01:47:10,851 AWARDS, WE'RE CAREFUL UNDER A CR 2871 01:47:10,851 --> 01:47:13,487 LIKE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT. 2872 01:47:13,487 --> 01:47:16,857 WE REDUCE THE FUNDING OF THOSE 2873 01:47:16,857 --> 01:47:18,726 TO 90% OF WHAT WAS PLANNED TO 2874 01:47:18,726 --> 01:47:20,461 GIVE US FLEXIBILITY UNTIL WE 2875 01:47:20,461 --> 01:47:22,763 KNOW WHAT THE FINAL PROARPGS 2876 01:47:22,763 --> 01:47:23,597 ARE, AT THAT POINT, WHERE 2877 01:47:23,597 --> 01:47:25,332 POSSIBLE, THOSE WILL BE 2878 01:47:25,332 --> 01:47:29,603 INCREASED FROM 90% TO A 100%. 2879 01:47:29,603 --> 01:47:31,105 IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, IT MIGHT 2880 01:47:31,105 --> 01:47:32,840 BE SOMEWHAT LESS THAN A 2881 01:47:32,840 --> 01:47:34,808 HUNDRED%, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE 2882 01:47:34,808 --> 01:47:35,843 PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE 2883 01:47:35,843 --> 01:47:37,244 YEAR AND SOMETIMES THE 2884 01:47:37,244 --> 01:47:39,279 CIRCUMSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL 2885 01:47:39,279 --> 01:47:40,047 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 2886 01:47:40,047 --> 01:47:42,349 IT CAN HAPPEN THAT SOME 2887 01:47:42,349 --> 01:47:45,019 INSTITUTES HAVE A DIFFERENT 2888 01:47:45,019 --> 01:47:46,620 LOOKING GRANT CYCLE THAN OTHERS, 2889 01:47:46,620 --> 01:47:49,256 SO IT'S NOT UNIFORM ACROSS NIH, 2890 01:47:49,256 --> 01:47:50,557 SOMETIMES IF NECESSARY, WE WILL 2891 01:47:50,557 --> 01:47:52,326 HAVE AN NIH WIDE POLICY ON HOW 2892 01:47:52,326 --> 01:47:54,561 TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT MORE 2893 01:47:54,561 --> 01:47:57,664 FREQUENTLY INDIVIDUAL 2894 01:47:57,664 --> 01:47:57,965 INSTITUTES 2895 01:47:57,965 --> 01:47:59,500 AND CENTERS CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF 2896 01:47:59,500 --> 01:48:00,601 ABILITY THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE 2897 01:48:00,601 --> 01:48:02,636 THEIR COMMITMENT BASE AT THE 2898 01:48:02,636 --> 01:48:05,506 EXPECTED LEVEL OR NOT. 2899 01:48:05,506 --> 01:48:07,007 SO THAT'S THE SECOND BULLET IN 2900 01:48:07,007 --> 01:48:09,309 TERMS OF HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT, 2901 01:48:09,309 --> 01:48:13,047 TIMES IT'S A POLICY BASIS, 2902 01:48:13,047 --> 01:48:14,048 SOMETIMES INDIVIDUAL, BUT THERE 2903 01:48:14,048 --> 01:48:15,449 ARE LIMITS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE 2904 01:48:15,449 --> 01:48:19,319 CAN DO IN THAT RESPECT. 2905 01:48:19,319 --> 01:48:21,288 IF THE FUNDING FOR A 2906 01:48:21,288 --> 01:48:22,456 NONCOMPETING GRANT IS DECLINING 2907 01:48:22,456 --> 01:48:24,224 BY MORE THAN A CERTAIN AMOUNT, 2908 01:48:24,224 --> 01:48:26,293 IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR A 2909 01:48:26,293 --> 01:48:28,562 GRANTEE TO MEET THE INITIAL AIMS 2910 01:48:28,562 --> 01:48:30,197 OF THAT RESEARCH GRANT IN WHICH 2911 01:48:30,197 --> 01:48:33,367 CASE IT WOULD REQUIRE 2912 01:48:33,367 --> 01:48:35,269 RENEGOTIATION AND WEEZ HAVE 10S 2913 01:48:35,269 --> 01:48:38,739 OF THOUSANDS OF GRANTS SO THAT'S 2914 01:48:38,739 --> 01:48:39,840 NOT REALLY A POSSIBILITY. 2915 01:48:39,840 --> 01:48:41,041 AS A RESULT, WE HAVE TO BE 2916 01:48:41,041 --> 01:48:45,245 CAREFUL THAT IF WE ARE TRYING TO 2917 01:48:45,245 --> 01:48:47,514 ADJUST THE NONCOMPETING AWARDS, 2918 01:48:47,514 --> 01:48:49,850 THAT WE NOT DO IT TO AN EXTENT 2919 01:48:49,850 --> 01:48:51,151 WHERE IT'S GOING TO HAVE THAT 2920 01:48:51,151 --> 01:48:51,985 KIND OF IMPACT. 2921 01:48:51,985 --> 01:48:53,387 SO THERE'S A LIMIT TO WHAT YOU 2922 01:48:53,387 --> 01:48:57,257 CAN DO THERE, AND AS A RESULT, 2923 01:48:57,257 --> 01:48:59,760 WE HAVE TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE AS WE 2924 01:48:59,760 --> 01:49:02,496 CAN THE NEW AWARDS, SPERKLY 2925 01:49:02,496 --> 01:49:04,131 BECAUSE THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT 2926 01:49:04,131 --> 01:49:06,667 ON EARLY STAGE INVESTIGATORS, 2927 01:49:06,667 --> 01:49:08,402 OTHER PRIORITIES FOR NIH, BUT WE 2928 01:49:08,402 --> 01:49:11,271 DO HAVE THE TOOL THAT WE CAN 2929 01:49:11,271 --> 01:49:12,739 MAKE LIMITED ADJUSTMENTS 2930 01:49:12,739 --> 01:49:14,274 SOMETIMES TO THAT COMMITMENT 2931 01:49:14,274 --> 01:49:15,442 BASE OF NONCOMPETING AWARDS. 2932 01:49:15,442 --> 01:49:17,044 AND THEN SOME OTHER TECHNIQUES 2933 01:49:17,044 --> 01:49:18,011 THAT ARE OCCASIONALLY USED 2934 01:49:18,011 --> 01:49:24,184 ISSUES THE LAST BULLET, UP FRONT 2935 01:49:24,184 --> 01:49:24,585 FUNDING. 2936 01:49:24,585 --> 01:49:25,919 SO IN THAT CASE IF YOU WERE 2937 01:49:25,919 --> 01:49:27,921 MAKING A 4 YEAR AWARD, YOU COULD 2938 01:49:27,921 --> 01:49:29,356 IN SOME SITUATIONS PROVIDE THE 2939 01:49:29,356 --> 01:49:31,625 ENTIRE AMOUNT TO THE GRANTEE UP 2940 01:49:31,625 --> 01:49:31,859 FRONT. 2941 01:49:31,859 --> 01:49:33,026 OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING TO COST 2942 01:49:33,026 --> 01:49:36,797 YOU 4 TIMES AS MUCH IN THE 2943 01:49:36,797 --> 01:49:39,399 INITIAL YEAR BUT IT HAS AN 2944 01:49:39,399 --> 01:49:40,701 ADVANTAGE THAT THE FOLLOWING 2945 01:49:40,701 --> 01:49:42,903 YEAR, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE 2946 01:49:42,903 --> 01:49:43,804 THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE. 2947 01:49:43,804 --> 01:49:46,039 AGAIN, THEY WON'T BE GOING TO A 2948 01:49:46,039 --> 01:49:47,541 NONCOMPETING AWARD, SO SOMETIMES 2949 01:49:47,541 --> 01:49:49,977 THAT'S USED IN ORDER TO HANDLE 2950 01:49:49,977 --> 01:49:54,848 SOME OF THE DYNAMICS OF THE 2951 01:49:54,848 --> 01:49:55,983 GRANT FUNDING, ADMINISTRATIVE 2952 01:49:55,983 --> 01:49:56,950 SUPPLEMENTS IS ANOTHER TOOL THAT 2953 01:49:56,950 --> 01:50:00,254 CAN BE USED AT TIMES THAT IS A 1 2954 01:50:00,254 --> 01:50:03,090 YEAR ADDITION TO AN EXISTING 2955 01:50:03,090 --> 01:50:03,524 GRANT. 2956 01:50:03,524 --> 01:50:05,726 SO IF YOU HAD FUNDS AVAILABLE, 2957 01:50:05,726 --> 01:50:10,230 YOU DIDN'T WANT TO COMMIT TO 2958 01:50:10,230 --> 01:50:10,931 CONTINUING GRANT WITH THOSE 2959 01:50:10,931 --> 01:50:14,001 FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND 2960 01:50:14,001 --> 01:50:14,635 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT WOULD 2961 01:50:14,635 --> 01:50:17,204 ALLOW YOU TO GET MORE RESEARCH 2962 01:50:17,204 --> 01:50:18,705 FROM AN EXISTING GRANT WITHOUT 2963 01:50:18,705 --> 01:50:20,741 MAKING THAT COMMITMENT FOR THE 2964 01:50:20,741 --> 01:50:23,177 NEXT YEAR. 2965 01:50:23,177 --> 01:50:23,844 THE NEXT SLIDE. 2966 01:50:23,844 --> 01:50:26,113 SO JUST A LIST HERE OF SOME OF 2967 01:50:26,113 --> 01:50:27,781 THE COMMON TYPES OF GRANTS THAT 2968 01:50:27,781 --> 01:50:30,050 WE MAKE, THE RO-1. 2969 01:50:30,050 --> 01:50:34,922 THAT IS THE MOST COMMON. 2970 01:50:34,922 --> 01:50:37,691 R21, AGAIN SHORTER, R03, LARGER 2971 01:50:37,691 --> 01:50:40,961 GRANTS HERE, THE Us, THE Ps, 2972 01:50:40,961 --> 01:50:45,365 AND T AND F GRANTS, TRAINING AND 2973 01:50:45,365 --> 01:50:47,467 FELLOWSHIP, Ks, SBIR AND OTHER 2974 01:50:47,467 --> 01:50:48,402 MECHANISMS, OTHER TRANSACTION, I 2975 01:50:48,402 --> 01:50:51,238 WILL MENTION THAT IS AN 2976 01:50:51,238 --> 01:50:52,105 AUTHORITY, STATUTORY AUTHORITY 2977 01:50:52,105 --> 01:50:55,375 THAT NIH HAS TO MAKE AWARDS THAT 2978 01:50:55,375 --> 01:50:59,880 ARE NOT GRANTS OR CONTRACTS 2979 01:50:59,880 --> 01:51:01,048 WELL'S MORE FLEXIBILITY THERE IN 2980 01:51:01,048 --> 01:51:03,283 TERMS OF WE CAN DESIGN THE 2981 01:51:03,283 --> 01:51:06,753 PROVISIONS THAT APPLY TO THOSE 2982 01:51:06,753 --> 01:51:06,987 AWARDS. 2983 01:51:06,987 --> 01:51:08,155 IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN 2984 01:51:08,155 --> 01:51:10,557 VERY HELPFUL FOR EXAMPLE, WITH 2985 01:51:10,557 --> 01:51:11,124 OUR COVID RESEARCH. 2986 01:51:11,124 --> 01:51:13,961 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE OTHER 2987 01:51:13,961 --> 01:51:16,196 TRANSACTIONAL AUTHORITY FOR 2988 01:51:16,196 --> 01:51:18,899 THAT, TO A GOOD EXTENT AND I 2989 01:51:18,899 --> 01:51:22,236 WILL MENTION JUST AS I PROBABLY 2990 01:51:22,236 --> 01:51:23,270 SHOULD HAVE EARLIER, THIS BUDGET 2991 01:51:23,270 --> 01:51:25,706 THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS 2992 01:51:25,706 --> 01:51:27,441 THE ANNUAL NIH BUDGET. 2993 01:51:27,441 --> 01:51:30,277 IT DOESN'T INCLUDE SUPLEMMAL 2994 01:51:30,277 --> 01:51:33,447 FUNDING THAT WE HAVE SPEBT IN 2995 01:51:33,447 --> 01:51:35,148 RECENT YEARS FOR COVID-19 2996 01:51:35,148 --> 01:51:36,883 RESEARCH FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IS 2997 01:51:36,883 --> 01:51:39,519 ALL, THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THIS, 2998 01:51:39,519 --> 01:51:40,587 SOMETIMES, THOSE KIND OF 2999 01:51:40,587 --> 01:51:43,357 PROVISIONS WILL GET ADD TO 3000 01:51:43,357 --> 01:51:45,392 ANNUAL BUDGET BUT THIS IS 3001 01:51:45,392 --> 01:51:48,662 FOCUSED ON HOW WE HANDLE OUR 3002 01:51:48,662 --> 01:51:59,172 ONGOING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS 3003 01:52:00,807 --> 01:52:01,074 AND BUDGET. 3004 01:52:01,074 --> 01:52:02,943 AND SO THE WAY WE KNOW WE LET 3005 01:52:02,943 --> 01:52:06,913 EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT THE FUNDING 3006 01:52:06,913 --> 01:52:08,982 ANNOUNCE WANTS BUT WE USE THEM 3007 01:52:08,982 --> 01:52:11,885 TO AMILLIOORITIZE THE GRANT 3008 01:52:11,885 --> 01:52:12,986 OPPORTUNITIES, WE HAVE SOME THAT 3009 01:52:12,986 --> 01:52:14,388 ARE ONGOING, LAST A LONG TIME, 3010 01:52:14,388 --> 01:52:17,424 SOME THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR 3011 01:52:17,424 --> 01:52:20,994 SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, HIGHLIGHT A 3012 01:52:20,994 --> 01:52:22,462 SPECIFIC FOCUS AREA, PRIORITY, 3013 01:52:22,462 --> 01:52:28,902 BASICALLY TO LET THE RESEARCH 3014 01:52:28,902 --> 01:52:30,971 COMMUNITY KNOW WHAT FUNDS ARE 3015 01:52:30,971 --> 01:52:33,740 AVAILABLE FOR WHAT, AND LATELY 3016 01:52:33,740 --> 01:52:35,609 WE'VE BEEN USING NOSIs TO 3017 01:52:35,609 --> 01:52:37,878 HIGHLIGHT THOSE AREAS AND TO 3018 01:52:37,878 --> 01:52:40,981 EXPLAIN AREAS TO EXISTING FOAs 3019 01:52:40,981 --> 01:52:45,686 FOR APPLICATIONS PLIRICATION -- 3020 01:52:45,686 --> 01:52:46,253 APPLICATIONS. 3021 01:52:46,253 --> 01:52:47,587 SO THIS IS JUST LETTING PEOPLE 3022 01:52:47,587 --> 01:52:49,856 KNOW HOW THE FUNDS ARE COVERED 3023 01:52:49,856 --> 01:52:50,691 FOR THE PARTICULAR RESEARCH 3024 01:52:50,691 --> 01:52:51,058 AREAS. 3025 01:52:51,058 --> 01:52:51,258 NEXT. 3026 01:52:51,258 --> 01:52:55,228 SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 3027 01:52:55,228 --> 01:52:58,165 ABOUT WHAT WE CALL RCDC, THIS IS 3028 01:52:58,165 --> 01:53:00,400 FUNDING ESTIMATES FOR RESEARCH 3029 01:53:00,400 --> 01:53:01,101 CONDITION DISEASE CATEGORIES. 3030 01:53:01,101 --> 01:53:04,671 YOU CAN SEE THEA THE BOTTOM A 3031 01:53:04,671 --> 01:53:06,907 COUPLE OF THE 1S BUT WE HAVE 3032 01:53:06,907 --> 01:53:07,874 HUNDREDS OF THESE AND 3033 01:53:07,874 --> 01:53:11,078 AUTOANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT 3034 01:53:11,078 --> 01:53:12,612 THE -- IT'S ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK 3035 01:53:12,612 --> 01:53:13,680 AT THE NIH BUDGET TO DEEMERGING 3036 01:53:13,680 --> 01:53:15,749 IT HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON 3037 01:53:15,749 --> 01:53:16,550 DIFFERENT RESEARCH AREAS, 3038 01:53:16,550 --> 01:53:19,453 THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN 3039 01:53:19,453 --> 01:53:20,487 THIS, PARTICULARLY NOT ONLY FROM 3040 01:53:20,487 --> 01:53:22,489 CONGRESS BUT FROM THE PUBLIC, IF 3041 01:53:22,489 --> 01:53:25,425 THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HOW MUCH 3042 01:53:25,425 --> 01:53:27,294 EFFORT IS NIH DEVOTING TO A 3043 01:53:27,294 --> 01:53:33,166 PARTICULAR CONDITION, A 3044 01:53:33,166 --> 01:53:34,901 PARTICULAR RESEARCH AREA, WE 3045 01:53:34,901 --> 01:53:36,169 HAVE A SOPHISTICATED WAY WE COME 3046 01:53:36,169 --> 01:53:38,605 UP WITH THESE NUMBERS, WE REPORT 3047 01:53:38,605 --> 01:53:40,841 BOTH THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS FOR 3048 01:53:40,841 --> 01:53:43,777 PRIOR YEARS, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 3049 01:53:43,777 --> 01:53:45,779 POSTED THROUGH 2023, AND THEN WE 3050 01:53:45,779 --> 01:53:49,015 ALSO ESTIMATE EITHER BASED ON 3051 01:53:49,015 --> 01:53:51,451 CURRENT APPROPRIATION THAT WE 3052 01:53:51,451 --> 01:53:54,187 RECENTLY RECEIVED OR PRESIDENT'S 3053 01:53:54,187 --> 01:53:55,622 BUDGET, ONCE IT'S RELEASED FOR 3054 01:53:55,622 --> 01:53:59,993 COMING YEARS, WHAT WE THINK IS 3055 01:53:59,993 --> 01:54:02,062 LIKELY AMOUNT FOR THESE VARIOUS 3056 01:54:02,062 --> 01:54:02,362 CATEGORIES. 3057 01:54:02,362 --> 01:54:03,697 IT DIFFERS A LITTLE BIT FROM THE 3058 01:54:03,697 --> 01:54:06,066 REST OF THE BUDGET IN THE SENSE 3059 01:54:06,066 --> 01:54:10,003 THAT FIRST, IT'S MEASURING 3060 01:54:10,003 --> 01:54:12,305 OBLIGATIONS SO IF WE RECEIVE 3061 01:54:12,305 --> 01:54:15,108 MONEY FOR EXAMPLE THAT IS 3062 01:54:15,108 --> 01:54:17,411 AVAILABLE FOR US TO OBLIGATE 3063 01:54:17,411 --> 01:54:19,112 OVER A MULTIYEAR PERIOD, AND 3064 01:54:19,112 --> 01:54:20,814 TAKEN--THEY CAN BE 2 YEAR MONEY, 3065 01:54:20,814 --> 01:54:23,450 3 YEAR, 4, 5, OR NO YEAR, 3066 01:54:23,450 --> 01:54:24,718 SOMETIMES, WHEN WE GET MONEY 3067 01:54:24,718 --> 01:54:28,021 FROM CONGRESS AND THOSE FORMS, 3068 01:54:28,021 --> 01:54:30,857 WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE A 3069 01:54:30,857 --> 01:54:31,625 GRANT FOR EXAMPLE, A CONTRACT 3070 01:54:31,625 --> 01:54:35,429 WHATEVER WITH IT IN THE FIRST 3071 01:54:35,429 --> 01:54:36,329 YEAR. 3072 01:54:36,329 --> 01:54:38,498 SO IN RCDC, WE'RE REPORTING WHAT 3073 01:54:38,498 --> 01:54:40,100 WE ACTUALLY OBLIGATED IN THE 3074 01:54:40,100 --> 01:54:41,935 CURRENT YEAR, IT DOESN'T 3075 01:54:41,935 --> 01:54:43,603 NECESSARILY COVER EVERYTHING 3076 01:54:43,603 --> 01:54:45,972 THAT CONGRESS GAVE US FOR THAT 3077 01:54:45,972 --> 01:54:49,342 DISEASE OR CATEGORY IN A 3078 01:54:49,342 --> 01:54:50,410 PARTICULAR YEAR IF IT'S FUNDS 3079 01:54:50,410 --> 01:54:51,578 THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR MORE THAN 3080 01:54:51,578 --> 01:54:53,213 1 YEAR, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT 3081 01:54:53,213 --> 01:54:54,214 DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER BUDGET 3082 01:54:54,214 --> 01:54:57,517 NUMBERS THAT I SHOWED YOU 3083 01:54:57,517 --> 01:54:57,851 BEFORE. 3084 01:54:57,851 --> 01:55:00,320 THE OTHER THING THAT'S A LITTLE 3085 01:55:00,320 --> 01:55:02,856 DIFFERENT IS THAT THESE 3086 01:55:02,856 --> 01:55:04,491 CATEGORIES ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE. 3087 01:55:04,491 --> 01:55:06,593 SO IF YOU HAVE A RESEARCH GRANT 3088 01:55:06,593 --> 01:55:09,563 THAT FALLS INTO MORE THAN 1 OF 3089 01:55:09,563 --> 01:55:11,198 THESE CATEGORIES, WE WOULD LIST 3090 01:55:11,198 --> 01:55:13,166 THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE GRANT FOR 3091 01:55:13,166 --> 01:55:14,868 EACH CATEGORIES, SO THERE IS 3092 01:55:14,868 --> 01:55:16,536 SOME OVERLAP BETWEEN RELATED 3093 01:55:16,536 --> 01:55:20,273 CATEGORIES IN SOME CASES, AND 3094 01:55:20,273 --> 01:55:22,676 WHEN REQUESTED, WE CAN -- WE 3095 01:55:22,676 --> 01:55:24,144 HAVE THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THE 3096 01:55:24,144 --> 01:55:26,112 DOUBLE COUNT TO SAY, OKAY, IF 3097 01:55:26,112 --> 01:55:28,548 YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH WAS 3098 01:55:28,548 --> 01:55:30,817 SPENT FOR THESE 2 CATEGORIES 3099 01:55:30,817 --> 01:55:33,019 THAT ARE SIMILAR, IT'S POSSIBLE 3100 01:55:33,019 --> 01:55:35,088 WE CAN CALCULATE WHAT THE TOTAL 3101 01:55:35,088 --> 01:55:37,824 AMOUNT WAS FOR THOSE WITHOUT ANY 3102 01:55:37,824 --> 01:55:39,125 DUPLICATION, BUT IN GENERAL, TO 3103 01:55:39,125 --> 01:55:40,293 GIVE A BETTER PICTURE OF 3104 01:55:40,293 --> 01:55:42,329 EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN 3105 01:55:42,329 --> 01:55:44,764 THESE DIFFERENT RESEARCH AREAS, 3106 01:55:44,764 --> 01:55:47,300 THE CATEGORY NUMBERS ARE NOT 3107 01:55:47,300 --> 01:55:47,567 EXCLUSIVE. 3108 01:55:47,567 --> 01:55:51,104 SO, IF YOU WERE TO ADD UP THE 3109 01:55:51,104 --> 01:55:53,406 ENTIRE RCDC TABLE, IT WOULD BE 3110 01:55:53,406 --> 01:55:55,408 MORE THAN THE TOTAL NIH BUDGET 3111 01:55:55,408 --> 01:55:58,478 OR MORE THAN TOTAL NIH 3112 01:55:58,478 --> 01:55:59,412 OBLIGATIONS IN THIS PARTICULAR 3113 01:55:59,412 --> 01:56:00,947 CASE BUT THAT'S HOW WE CALCULATE 3114 01:56:00,947 --> 01:56:04,484 IT SO THAT WE DON'T NEED TO SORT 3115 01:56:04,484 --> 01:56:05,519 OF FIGURE OUT, WELL, HOW MUCH OF 3116 01:56:05,519 --> 01:56:16,196 THIS GRANT IS FOR THIS 1 OR THAT 3117 01:56:16,196 --> 01:56:16,296 1. 3118 01:56:16,296 --> 01:56:18,598 WE'RE SIGHING TO SHOW OW MUCH IS 3119 01:56:18,598 --> 01:56:19,766 GENERATED IN THOSE AREAS. 3120 01:56:19,766 --> 01:56:21,801 SO WITH THAT LET ME PAUSE AND 3121 01:56:21,801 --> 01:56:22,602 TAKE QUESTIONS. 3122 01:56:22,602 --> 01:56:23,503 >> THANKS. 3123 01:56:23,503 --> 01:56:28,208 I'VE BEEN REMINDED TO ASK PEOPE 3124 01:56:28,208 --> 01:56:31,011 TO STAY CLOSE TO THE MICROPHONE. 3125 01:56:31,011 --> 01:56:32,045 PEOPLE HAVE HAD TROUBLE HEARING. 3126 01:56:32,045 --> 01:56:36,416 SO WHO HAS QUESTIONS FOR NEIL. 3127 01:56:36,416 --> 01:56:37,250 >> JOAN? 3128 01:56:37,250 --> 01:56:39,152 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 3129 01:56:39,152 --> 01:56:40,186 PRESENTATION, 1 THING WE TALKED 3130 01:56:40,186 --> 01:56:45,158 ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE COMMON 3131 01:56:45,158 --> 01:56:47,561 TYPES OF GRANTS IS THAT THEY GO 3132 01:56:47,561 --> 01:56:48,395 TO INSTITUTIONS AND 1 OF THE 3133 01:56:48,395 --> 01:56:49,896 THINGS WE TALK ABOUT TODAY IS 3134 01:56:49,896 --> 01:56:51,765 THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING 3135 01:56:51,765 --> 01:56:53,800 PATIENT ADVOCACY GROUPS AND 3136 01:56:53,800 --> 01:56:55,201 COMMUNITIES IN RESEARCH AND I 3137 01:56:55,201 --> 01:56:57,170 WONDERED IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO 3138 01:56:57,170 --> 01:56:59,706 ANY FLEXIBILITIES IN THE GRANT 3139 01:56:59,706 --> 01:57:02,676 MECHANISMS THAT MAY BE ABLE TO 3140 01:57:02,676 --> 01:57:04,778 BE BEST SUITED TO GO TO THOSE 3141 01:57:04,778 --> 01:57:06,079 TYPES OF COMMUNITIES, PATIENT 3142 01:57:06,079 --> 01:57:08,582 ADVOCACY OR COMMUNITIES IN THAT 3143 01:57:08,582 --> 01:57:08,949 REGARD. 3144 01:57:08,949 --> 01:57:09,883 >> RIGHT, WELL, AS I WAS SAYING 3145 01:57:09,883 --> 01:57:14,387 WE DO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY FOR 3146 01:57:14,387 --> 01:57:15,355 EXAMPLE IF WE DISCOVER DURING 3147 01:57:15,355 --> 01:57:17,524 THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, THAT 3148 01:57:17,524 --> 01:57:19,259 THERE'S A PARTICULAR MECHANISM 3149 01:57:19,259 --> 01:57:22,062 THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR 3150 01:57:22,062 --> 01:57:22,996 PARTICULAR TYPE OF RESEARCH THAN 3151 01:57:22,996 --> 01:57:24,931 ANOTHER, IF IT'S A SHIFT BETWEEN 3152 01:57:24,931 --> 01:57:27,968 SAY GRANTS AND R&D CONTRACTS IN 3153 01:57:27,968 --> 01:57:29,235 A PARTICULAR CASE, WE HAVE THE 3154 01:57:29,235 --> 01:57:31,671 FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT, BECAUSE 3155 01:57:31,671 --> 01:57:34,708 WHAT WE'RE REPORTING TO CONGRESS 3156 01:57:34,708 --> 01:57:36,776 ARE ESTIMATES WITH THE 3157 01:57:36,776 --> 01:57:38,211 UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE 3158 01:57:38,211 --> 01:57:40,046 ESTIMATES CAN VARY, SO THERE CAN 3159 01:57:40,046 --> 01:57:41,781 BE CHANGES BETWEEN MECHANISMS, 3160 01:57:41,781 --> 01:57:45,418 THOSE ARE NOT LIMITED IN THE 3161 01:57:45,418 --> 01:57:47,387 CONGRESSIONAL PROCESS BUT THEY 3162 01:57:47,387 --> 01:57:48,321 ARE MONITORED, SO, WE ALWAYS 3163 01:57:48,321 --> 01:57:52,626 WANT TO BE PREPARED AND IN MY 3164 01:57:52,626 --> 01:57:54,561 OFFICE WHEN WE'RE DOING THE 3165 01:57:54,561 --> 01:57:55,829 QUARTERLY ESTIMATES, IF WE SEE A 3166 01:57:55,829 --> 01:58:01,167 BIG SHIFT, AND WE HAVE ALL SORTS 3167 01:58:01,167 --> 01:58:02,936 OF PARAMETERS, SAY, WELL, WHAT'S 3168 01:58:02,936 --> 01:58:05,038 BIG, WHAT'S SMALL, IF WE SEE 3169 01:58:05,038 --> 01:58:06,439 SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE MAKE SURE 3170 01:58:06,439 --> 01:58:08,141 THE INSTITUTE OR CENTER HAS AN 3171 01:58:08,141 --> 01:58:09,309 EXPLANATION FOR THE REASON FOR 3172 01:58:09,309 --> 01:58:12,278 THAT, SO WE'RE PREPARED FOR 3173 01:58:12,278 --> 01:58:14,280 QUESTIONS FROM CONGRESSIONAL 3174 01:58:14,280 --> 01:58:17,083 STAFF, WHICH WE GET ON A DAILY 3175 01:58:17,083 --> 01:58:20,520 BASIS SOMETIMES SO THAT WE CAN 3176 01:58:20,520 --> 01:58:22,155 EXPLAIN USUALLY IF THERE'S 3177 01:58:22,155 --> 01:58:23,857 SOMETHING ON KIND OF A 3178 01:58:23,857 --> 01:58:26,693 MACROLEVEL, WE DON'T GET THAT SO 3179 01:58:26,693 --> 01:58:28,662 MUCH INSTITUTE BY INSTITUTE, BUT 3180 01:58:28,662 --> 01:58:30,830 IF THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT 3181 01:58:30,830 --> 01:58:32,799 OF NOTICEABLE SHIFT IN TERMS OF 3182 01:58:32,799 --> 01:58:36,002 HOW THE MECHANISMS ARE 3183 01:58:36,002 --> 01:58:37,070 DISTRIBUTED, THAT COMMONLY MIGHT 3184 01:58:37,070 --> 01:58:38,538 RESULT IN QUESTIONS FROM THE 3185 01:58:38,538 --> 01:58:44,711 HILL, OR FROM OTHER 3186 01:58:44,711 --> 01:58:45,045 STAKEHOLDERS. 3187 01:58:45,045 --> 01:58:49,115 >> OKAY, THANK YOU EMPLOY OTHER 3188 01:58:49,115 --> 01:58:50,083 COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? 3189 01:58:50,083 --> 01:58:51,017 OKAY, MARK, GO AHEAD. 3190 01:58:51,017 --> 01:58:54,788 >> THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD 3191 01:58:54,788 --> 01:58:56,122 PRESENTATION. 3192 01:58:56,122 --> 01:58:58,725 I'M WONDERING FOR MECHANISMS 3193 01:58:58,725 --> 01:59:00,226 WHERE THE DIRECT COSTS ARE 3194 01:59:00,226 --> 01:59:04,397 CAPPED LIKE AN R21, IS THERE ANY 3195 01:59:04,397 --> 01:59:07,834 EVIDENT THAT THE CAP IS 3196 01:59:07,834 --> 01:59:11,438 INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT CURRENT 3197 01:59:11,438 --> 01:59:14,641 COSTS FOR RESEARCH FOR A LIMITED 3198 01:59:14,641 --> 01:59:14,874 PROJECT? 3199 01:59:14,874 --> 01:59:16,810 >> I'M NOT SURE I'M THE BEST 3200 01:59:16,810 --> 01:59:19,279 PERSON TO ANSWER THAT BUT I KNOW 3201 01:59:19,279 --> 01:59:22,849 THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS ON 3202 01:59:22,849 --> 01:59:24,484 SUBJECTS LIKE THAT PERIODICALLY. 3203 01:59:24,484 --> 01:59:25,952 >> WHO AMONG THE IC DIRECTORS 3204 01:59:25,952 --> 01:59:29,522 WANTS TO HANDLE THAT? 3205 01:59:29,522 --> 01:59:37,163 IT'S A LOADED QUESTION. 3206 01:59:37,163 --> 01:59:42,102 SO IF PEOPLE APPLY FOR THEM, 3207 01:59:42,102 --> 01:59:44,938 RIGHT, SO IT'S HARD TO TELL IF 3208 01:59:44,938 --> 01:59:50,009 IT TURNED OUT TO BE 3209 01:59:50,009 --> 01:59:51,845 INSUFFICIENT, RIGHT, BUT PEOPLE 3210 01:59:51,845 --> 01:59:53,980 DO APPLY FOR THOSE MECHANISMS. 3211 01:59:53,980 --> 01:59:55,482 SO IF PEOPLE STOPPED APPLYING, 3212 01:59:55,482 --> 01:59:57,117 YOU KNOW THEN YOU WOULD SAY, 3213 01:59:57,117 --> 01:59:59,319 WAIT A MINUTE, SOMETHING'S AMISS 3214 01:59:59,319 --> 02:00:01,688 BUT BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP APPLYING 3215 02:00:01,688 --> 02:00:03,523 WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT FOLKS 3216 02:00:03,523 --> 02:00:04,591 FEEL THEY CAN CONDUCT THE 3217 02:00:04,591 --> 02:00:05,859 RESEARCH THEY NEED TO. 3218 02:00:05,859 --> 02:00:08,962 NOW, ALONG THE WAY,IME SURE ALL 3219 02:00:08,962 --> 02:00:12,332 THE PROGRAM OFFICERS GET 3220 02:00:12,332 --> 02:00:15,902 FEEDBACK, WHICH MAY SAY 3221 02:00:15,902 --> 02:00:17,670 SOMETHING LIKE I CAN'T DO 3222 02:00:17,670 --> 02:00:20,039 SPECIFIC AIM 2 LET'S SAY BECAUSE 3223 02:00:20,039 --> 02:00:25,712 I RUN OUT OF FUNDS OCCASIONALLY 3224 02:00:25,712 --> 02:00:26,513 AN INSTITUTE WILL SUPPLEMENT 3225 02:00:26,513 --> 02:00:32,118 THAT BUT IT'S ONLY ON OCCASION. 3226 02:00:32,118 --> 02:00:33,453 BUT ALL THE GRANT NUMBERS AND 3227 02:00:33,453 --> 02:00:37,257 ALL THE COSTS OF GRANTS 3228 02:00:37,257 --> 02:00:38,324 CONTINUES TO RISE EMPLOY I DON'T 3229 02:00:38,324 --> 02:00:40,226 KNOW IF IT'S TIED DIRECTLY TO 3230 02:00:40,226 --> 02:00:42,228 INFLATION, IT MAKES A GOOD CHUNK 3231 02:00:42,228 --> 02:00:47,700 OF THAT, DOES THAT HELP? 3232 02:00:47,700 --> 02:00:49,769 >> I CAN SAY WE CERTAINLY 3233 02:00:49,769 --> 02:00:50,603 RECOGNIZE THAT INFLATION AS 3234 02:00:50,603 --> 02:00:52,138 LARRY SAID IS A PROBLEM AND 3235 02:00:52,138 --> 02:00:56,743 THINGS LIKE THE R15, WHICH HAD A 3236 02:00:56,743 --> 02:00:58,478 CAP FOR MANY YEARS DIDN'T 3237 02:00:58,478 --> 02:00:59,712 CHANGE, WE JUST INCREASED THAT 3238 02:00:59,712 --> 02:01:02,849 CAP FOR THE REASONS YOU'RE 3239 02:01:02,849 --> 02:01:03,416 STATING. 3240 02:01:03,416 --> 02:01:04,918 R21S HAVE GENERALLY BEEN WHERE 3241 02:01:04,918 --> 02:01:06,452 THEY ARE FOR A LONG TIME BUT 3242 02:01:06,452 --> 02:01:07,754 IT'S A BALANCE BETWEEN HOW MANY 3243 02:01:07,754 --> 02:01:10,723 GRANTS YOU CAN GIVE AND HOW MANY 3244 02:01:10,723 --> 02:01:11,891 PEOPLE YOU CAN SUPPORT AND HOW 3245 02:01:11,891 --> 02:01:13,526 MUCH YOU GIVE FOR EACH GRANT. 3246 02:01:13,526 --> 02:01:18,131 >> I WOULD SAY INUPPORT OF 3247 02:01:18,131 --> 02:01:19,299 DR. TABAK'S COMMENT, PEOPLE DO 3248 02:01:19,299 --> 02:01:20,800 VOTE WITH THEIR FEET AND SO FOR 3249 02:01:20,800 --> 02:01:23,903 EXAMPLE, FOR THE LONGEST TIME 3250 02:01:23,903 --> 02:01:25,638 INCLUDING EVEN NOW MODULAR 3251 02:01:25,638 --> 02:01:29,175 GRANTS SORT OF LIMITED TO 3252 02:01:29,175 --> 02:01:30,343 $250,000, PEOPLE HAD A 3253 02:01:30,343 --> 02:01:32,679 PERCEPTION THAT THEIR CHANCE OF 3254 02:01:32,679 --> 02:01:35,048 SUCCESS WAS GREATER IF THEY 3255 02:01:35,048 --> 02:01:37,717 APPLIED FOR A MODULAR GRANT 3256 02:01:37,717 --> 02:01:38,484 VERSUS A NONMODULAR GRANT. 3257 02:01:38,484 --> 02:01:40,453 I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT'S AT 3258 02:01:40,453 --> 02:01:44,657 LEAST FOR OUR INSTITUTE 3259 02:01:44,657 --> 02:01:45,692 SOMETIMES AROUND 2015, WE 3260 02:01:45,692 --> 02:01:49,028 REACHED A POINT IN WHICH THE 3261 02:01:49,028 --> 02:01:50,296 NUMBER OF NONMODULAR GRANTS IS 3262 02:01:50,296 --> 02:01:52,398 IN THE MINORITY NOW AND THE COST 3263 02:01:52,398 --> 02:01:55,301 OF GRANTS CONTINUES TO GO UP 3264 02:01:55,301 --> 02:01:58,872 WHICH ADDS TO NEALS POINT. 3265 02:01:58,872 --> 02:02:01,774 YOU KNOW IT'S A VERY NICE 3266 02:02:01,774 --> 02:02:02,342 PRESENTATION ASSUMING 3267 02:02:02,342 --> 02:02:03,276 EVERYTHING'S EQUAL BUT THERE'S 3268 02:02:03,276 --> 02:02:05,378 INFLATION IN THE BACKGROUND SO 3269 02:02:05,378 --> 02:02:07,380 WHAT YOU CAN -- ASSUMING YOU 3270 02:02:07,380 --> 02:02:09,082 HAVE A FLAT BUDGET IT'S EACH 3271 02:02:09,082 --> 02:02:13,353 WORSE THAN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT. 3272 02:02:13,353 --> 02:02:14,988 SO AGAIN PEOPLE DO SORT OF VOTE 3273 02:02:14,988 --> 02:02:17,223 WITH THEIR FEET AND THEY'VE 3274 02:02:17,223 --> 02:02:22,562 MOVED TO THESE NONMODULARS, 3275 02:02:22,562 --> 02:02:23,429 MULTIPI GRANTS ARE MORE 3276 02:02:23,429 --> 02:02:25,031 EXPENSIVE THAN THE NUMBER OF 3277 02:02:25,031 --> 02:02:26,866 PIGRANTS AND THE NUMBER OF THOSE 3278 02:02:26,866 --> 02:02:27,967 HAVE BEEN INCREASING FOR THE 3279 02:02:27,967 --> 02:02:29,168 LAST FEW YEARSER SO. 3280 02:02:29,168 --> 02:02:31,905 NI WOULD ADD THAT HISTORICALLY 3281 02:02:31,905 --> 02:02:34,707 THE NIH PURCHASING POWER IN 3282 02:02:34,707 --> 02:02:36,175 INFLATION ADJUSTED TERMS PEAKED 3283 02:02:36,175 --> 02:02:39,545 IN 2003 AND THEN BOTTOMED OUT 3284 02:02:39,545 --> 02:02:41,114 AROWNT 2015. 3285 02:02:41,114 --> 02:02:43,516 IT LOST ABOUT 22% OF THE 3286 02:02:43,516 --> 02:02:44,217 PURCHASING POWER BECAUSE 3287 02:02:44,217 --> 02:02:47,287 INFLATION HAD BEEN GREATER THAN 3288 02:02:47,287 --> 02:02:50,857 THE INCREASES IN THE 3289 02:02:50,857 --> 02:02:51,624 APPROPRIATION LEVEL SINCE 2016, 3290 02:02:51,624 --> 02:02:55,128 WE'VE RECOVERED A LOT OF THAT 3291 02:02:55,128 --> 02:02:58,865 ALMOST ALL OF THAT INFLATIONARY 3292 02:02:58,865 --> 02:03:00,700 REDUCTION, BUT IT HAS A BIG 3293 02:03:00,700 --> 02:03:02,669 IMPACT AGAIN IN TERMS BECAUSE OF 3294 02:03:02,669 --> 02:03:04,270 THE AVERAGE COST OF GRANTS HAS 3295 02:03:04,270 --> 02:03:09,075 GONE UP OVER THE YEARS. 3296 02:03:09,075 --> 02:03:09,509 >> ALLYSON. 3297 02:03:09,509 --> 02:03:11,711 >> SWITCHING GEARS YOU HAD SOME 3298 02:03:11,711 --> 02:03:13,980 PARTICULARLY FOR NCIs LINES 3299 02:03:13,980 --> 02:03:15,949 AND THEIR DIRECT -- HOW DOES 3300 02:03:15,949 --> 02:03:16,516 THAT COME ABOUT? 3301 02:03:16,516 --> 02:03:19,819 WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT? 3302 02:03:19,819 --> 02:03:21,087 >> THAT COMES FROM CONGRESS, 3303 02:03:21,087 --> 02:03:24,624 THROUGH BILL AND REPORT 3304 02:03:24,624 --> 02:03:24,891 LANGUAGE. 3305 02:03:24,891 --> 02:03:26,159 WE SUBMIT THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET 3306 02:03:26,159 --> 02:03:27,660 EVERY YEAR WITH OUR 3307 02:03:27,660 --> 02:03:34,767 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE KINDS 3308 02:03:34,767 --> 02:03:36,369 OF ITEMS. 3309 02:03:36,369 --> 02:03:36,936 CONGRESS DELIBERATES. 3310 02:03:36,936 --> 02:03:39,706 THEY HAVE THE FINAL SAY BUT IT'S 3311 02:03:39,706 --> 02:03:41,207 AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS THAT 3312 02:03:41,207 --> 02:03:44,610 WE'RE VERY ENGAGED WITH THE 3313 02:03:44,610 --> 02:03:45,445 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES AND 3314 02:03:45,445 --> 02:03:51,751 OTHERS THIS CONGRESS THROUGHOUT 3315 02:03:51,751 --> 02:03:52,285 THE YEAR. 3316 02:03:52,285 --> 02:03:53,553 >> THANK YOU THAT WAS HELPFUL. 3317 02:03:53,553 --> 02:03:55,722 I KNOW YOU SHOWED THINGS LIKE 3318 02:03:55,722 --> 02:03:57,590 SBIRs AND CERTAIN TYPES OF 3319 02:03:57,590 --> 02:03:57,890 GRANTS. 3320 02:03:57,890 --> 02:03:59,425 DO YOU TRACK THINGS LIKE ACROSS 3321 02:03:59,425 --> 02:04:01,060 ALL INSTITUTES HOW MUCH IS USED 3322 02:04:01,060 --> 02:04:04,597 TO SUPPORT CLINICAL TRIALS AND 3323 02:04:04,597 --> 02:04:05,331 THINGS LIKE THAT? 3324 02:04:05,331 --> 02:04:07,567 >> MY OFFICE DOESN'T TRACK THAT 3325 02:04:07,567 --> 02:04:09,802 BUT IT CAN BE TRACKED. 3326 02:04:09,802 --> 02:04:11,170 OUR EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH OFFICE 3327 02:04:11,170 --> 02:04:17,276 DOES TRACT THOSE TYPES OF DATA. 3328 02:04:17,276 --> 02:04:19,812 >> WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF A 3329 02:04:19,812 --> 02:04:20,780 FISCAL REPORTING PERIOD? 3330 02:04:20,780 --> 02:04:22,682 CAN YOU CARRY FUNDS FORWARD? 3331 02:04:22,682 --> 02:04:30,156 WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT? 3332 02:04:30,156 --> 02:04:31,224 >> TWO THINGS. 3333 02:04:31,224 --> 02:04:31,691 TWO THINGS. 3334 02:04:31,691 --> 02:04:33,760 I TALKED BEFORE ABOUT 3335 02:04:33,760 --> 02:04:34,460 OBLIGATIONS. 3336 02:04:34,460 --> 02:04:36,863 SO THE WAI OBLIGATIONS WORK, YOU 3337 02:04:36,863 --> 02:04:38,898 MAKE AN AWARD IN 1 YEAR, IF WHAT 3338 02:04:38,898 --> 02:04:40,133 WE CALL 1 YEAR MONEY WHICH IS 3339 02:04:40,133 --> 02:04:51,110 THE BULK OF OUR BUDGET, YOU HAVR 3340 02:04:51,477 --> 02:04:52,979 EXPENDITURES, SO THE GRAPTEE, 3341 02:04:52,979 --> 02:04:54,547 THE INSTITUTION THAT RECEIVES 3342 02:04:54,547 --> 02:04:56,916 THE GRANT HAS 5 YEARS TO 3343 02:04:56,916 --> 02:04:58,151 COMPLETE THE RESEARCH WITH THE 3344 02:04:58,151 --> 02:04:59,285 GRANT, SO 5 YEARS AFTER WE MADE 3345 02:04:59,285 --> 02:04:59,886 THE GRANT. 3346 02:04:59,886 --> 02:05:04,557 IF WE HAVE MORE THAN 1 YEAR TO 3347 02:05:04,557 --> 02:05:05,992 ALLOCATE THE FUNDS, THEN IT'S 5 3348 02:05:05,992 --> 02:05:09,062 YEARS FROM WHENEVER THAT 3349 02:05:09,062 --> 02:05:10,430 OBLIGATION PERIOD ENDS. 3350 02:05:10,430 --> 02:05:12,832 IF IT'S CALLED NO YEAR MONEY. 3351 02:05:12,832 --> 02:05:15,168 THERE IS NO LIMIT BUT 3352 02:05:15,168 --> 02:05:18,037 ESSENTIALLY THE AMOUNT OF TIME 3353 02:05:18,037 --> 02:05:21,140 THAT NIH HAS TO GIVE OUT THE 3354 02:05:21,140 --> 02:05:22,875 MONEY STARTS THE CLOCK BY A YEAR 3355 02:05:22,875 --> 02:05:24,610 IN TERMS OF HOW LONG THE 3356 02:05:24,610 --> 02:05:27,046 RESEARCHERS HAVE TO DO THE 3357 02:05:27,046 --> 02:05:27,380 RESEARCH. 3358 02:05:27,380 --> 02:05:28,614 >> BUT WE CAN CARRY OVER VERY 3359 02:05:28,614 --> 02:05:31,484 LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FUNDS? 3360 02:05:31,484 --> 02:05:33,152 >> RIGHT, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR 3361 02:05:33,152 --> 02:05:35,021 FUNDING IS 1 YEAR. 3362 02:05:35,021 --> 02:05:36,789 >> SO IT'S NOT LIKE SAVING FOR A 3363 02:05:36,789 --> 02:05:39,592 RAINY DAY, WE CAN'T DO THAT. 3364 02:05:39,592 --> 02:05:40,460 >> RIGHT. 3365 02:05:40,460 --> 02:05:42,095 >> VIRTUALLY ALL OF OUR FUNDS 3366 02:05:42,095 --> 02:05:43,996 HAVE TO BE OBLIGATED IN A FISCAL 3367 02:05:43,996 --> 02:05:44,564 YEAR. 3368 02:05:44,564 --> 02:05:45,098 >> RIGHT. 3369 02:05:45,098 --> 02:05:51,070 THERE ARE A A FEW YEARS LIKE BT 3370 02:05:51,070 --> 02:05:53,072 THE BULK OF IT HAS TO BE USED IN 3371 02:05:53,072 --> 02:05:54,974 THE YEAR RESILIENCE CEIVE IT, 3372 02:05:54,974 --> 02:05:56,309 WHICH MAKE ITS CHALLENGING WHEN 3373 02:05:56,309 --> 02:05:58,077 WE HAVE A LENGTHY CONTINUES 3374 02:05:58,077 --> 02:05:58,811 RESOLUTION FOR EXAMPLE. 3375 02:05:58,811 --> 02:06:01,147 >> MAY I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT 3376 02:06:01,147 --> 02:06:02,115 JUST FOR INFORMATION FOR THE 3377 02:06:02,115 --> 02:06:03,549 GROUP ABOUT THE FUNDING LINES. 3378 02:06:03,549 --> 02:06:04,917 SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING, SINCE 3379 02:06:04,917 --> 02:06:07,820 MOST OF THE BUDGET IS RPGs AND 3380 02:06:07,820 --> 02:06:09,956 THE OBVIOUSLY THE FUNDING LINES 3381 02:06:09,956 --> 02:06:12,425 CAN MOVE UP DOWN DEPENDING 3382 02:06:12,425 --> 02:06:14,660 ON HOW MUCHS BUDGETED FOR THAT 3383 02:06:14,660 --> 02:06:17,463 CENTER, HOW MUCH FLEXIBILITY OR 3384 02:06:17,463 --> 02:06:19,632 IS THERE AN EXPECTATION FOR 3385 02:06:19,632 --> 02:06:22,201 MOVING FUNDING LINES OR HOW IS 3386 02:06:22,201 --> 02:06:25,605 THAT MANAGED CURRENTLY? 3387 02:06:25,605 --> 02:06:27,640 >> THAT IS 1 OF THE KEY 3388 02:06:27,640 --> 02:06:29,308 BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITIES -- 3389 02:06:29,308 --> 02:06:31,310 EXCUSE ME -- OF THE INSTITUTE 3390 02:06:31,310 --> 02:06:32,979 AND CENTER OF DIRECTORS TO MAKE 3391 02:06:32,979 --> 02:06:33,880 THOSE DETERMINATIONS AND THERE 3392 02:06:33,880 --> 02:06:35,615 ARE TIMES WHEN 3393 02:06:35,615 --> 02:06:38,918 EN WGIESITUTES WILL DECIDE 3394 02:06:38,918 --> 02:06:39,986 THAT THEY WANT TO INCREASE HOW 3395 02:06:39,986 --> 02:06:43,789 MUCH OF THEIR FUNDING THEY'RE 3396 02:06:43,789 --> 02:06:49,061 DEVOTING TO RPGs, VERSUS OTHER 3397 02:06:49,061 --> 02:06:51,030 FUNDING FOR EXAMPLE, AND THOSE 3398 02:06:51,030 --> 02:06:52,298 ARE DECISIONS EACH INSTITUTE 3399 02:06:52,298 --> 02:06:53,699 MAKES TIMES WITH CONSULTATION 3400 02:06:53,699 --> 02:06:56,836 WITH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR. 3401 02:06:56,836 --> 02:06:58,371 >> YEAH, SO, IT'S DISCRETIONARY 3402 02:06:58,371 --> 02:07:00,106 BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE OFFICE OF 3403 02:07:00,106 --> 02:07:01,641 THE DIRECTOR HAS SOME INFLUENCE 3404 02:07:01,641 --> 02:07:05,912 OVER WHERE THEY END UP THAT 3405 02:07:05,912 --> 02:07:06,746 CORRECT OR NO? 3406 02:07:06,746 --> 02:07:07,947 >> SO AGAIN, YOU REFERRING TO 3407 02:07:07,947 --> 02:07:10,216 THE ALLOCATION AMONG THE 3408 02:07:10,216 --> 02:07:11,784 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS OR THE 3409 02:07:11,784 --> 02:07:14,086 ALLOCATIONS WITHIN A SINGLE 3410 02:07:14,086 --> 02:07:15,454 INSTITUTE OR CENTER? 3411 02:07:15,454 --> 02:07:16,255 >> WITHIN A CENTER. 3412 02:07:16,255 --> 02:07:17,356 >> WITHIN A CENTER, INSTITUTE 3413 02:07:17,356 --> 02:07:19,825 AND CENTER DIRECTOR MAKES THAT 3414 02:07:19,825 --> 02:07:21,694 CALL THERE MAY BE CONSULTATION 3415 02:07:21,694 --> 02:07:23,429 BUT WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU 3416 02:07:23,429 --> 02:07:25,731 EVER LISTENED -- I MEAN -- NO, 3417 02:07:25,731 --> 02:07:26,265 I'M -- 3418 02:07:26,265 --> 02:07:28,534 >> THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW 3419 02:07:28,534 --> 02:07:28,768 THOUGH. 3420 02:07:28,768 --> 02:07:31,437 >> THE INSTITUTE CENTER 3421 02:07:31,437 --> 02:07:32,471 DIRECTORS ALMOST INVARIABLY WILL 3422 02:07:32,471 --> 02:07:34,840 MAKE THE FINAL CALL. 3423 02:07:34,840 --> 02:07:37,543 >> OH OKEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S 3424 02:07:37,543 --> 02:07:38,978 SOMETHING THAT IS FLEXIBLE BASED 3425 02:07:38,978 --> 02:07:40,279 ON THE DIRECTOR IS WHAT I WAS 3426 02:07:40,279 --> 02:07:43,249 TRYING TO GET AT. 3427 02:07:43,249 --> 02:07:46,552 >> EXCEPT FOR SOME SUBCATEGORIES 3428 02:07:46,552 --> 02:07:48,421 LIKE SBIR FOR EXAMPLE WHICH IS 3429 02:07:48,421 --> 02:07:50,189 MANDATED THERE NEEDS TO BE A 3430 02:07:50,189 --> 02:07:51,123 CERTAIN PERSPECTIVE NI MEAN 3431 02:07:51,123 --> 02:07:52,391 THERE ARE GUARD RAILS AND 3432 02:07:52,391 --> 02:07:54,026 GUIDANCE, SO IF WE GO TOO FAR 1 3433 02:07:54,026 --> 02:07:59,232 WAY OR THE OTHER, WE GET UP TO 3434 02:07:59,232 --> 02:07:59,665 -- 3435 02:07:59,665 --> 02:08:02,501 >> BROUGHT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S 3436 02:08:02,501 --> 02:08:02,735 OFFICE. 3437 02:08:02,735 --> 02:08:05,004 >> AND THERE ARE SOMETIMES 3438 02:08:05,004 --> 02:08:05,905 OPPORTUNITIES AMONGST THE 3439 02:08:05,905 --> 02:08:09,642 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS IN TERMS 3440 02:08:09,642 --> 02:08:13,512 OF PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES AND 3441 02:08:13,512 --> 02:08:16,215 SBIR, IN SOME CASES WHERE 1 3442 02:08:16,215 --> 02:08:17,883 INSTITUTE MAY HAVE MORE HIGH 3443 02:08:17,883 --> 02:08:18,818 QUALITY APPLICATIONS THAN OTHER 3444 02:08:18,818 --> 02:08:21,187 INSTITUTE AND THEY CAN 3445 02:08:21,187 --> 02:08:22,121 COLLABORATE TO COOPERATION IN 3446 02:08:22,121 --> 02:08:27,260 TERMS OF THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY. 3447 02:08:27,260 --> 02:08:27,760 >> OKAY. 3448 02:08:27,760 --> 02:08:29,595 >> YEAH. 3449 02:08:29,595 --> 02:08:31,998 >> JUST TO ADD AND THEN SOME 3450 02:08:31,998 --> 02:08:36,102 INTUITYS HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 3451 02:08:36,102 --> 02:08:37,403 PHILOSOPHY. 3452 02:08:37,403 --> 02:08:38,904 SOME INSTITUTES CHOOSE TO PUT 3453 02:08:38,904 --> 02:08:46,045 THE BULK OF THEIR FUNDS IN 3454 02:08:46,045 --> 02:08:46,545 INVESTIGATOR INITIATED 3455 02:08:46,545 --> 02:08:48,147 INCONSTITUTES HAVE TO OR FIND IT 3456 02:08:48,147 --> 02:08:50,149 BEST TO USE CONTRACTS TO MANAGE 3457 02:08:50,149 --> 02:08:53,352 CLINICAL TRIALS, SO THAT BROAD 3458 02:08:53,352 --> 02:08:56,188 PERCENTAGE THAT NEAL SHOWED 3459 02:08:56,188 --> 02:08:59,125 EARLY, YOU KNOW 11% INTRAMURAL, 3460 02:08:59,125 --> 02:09:00,726 AND 70%, IN CONTRACTS ALIGN, 3461 02:09:00,726 --> 02:09:03,629 THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST 3462 02:09:03,629 --> 02:09:03,996 VARIANCE. 3463 02:09:03,996 --> 02:09:04,297 >> RIGHT. 3464 02:09:04,297 --> 02:09:06,432 THERE CAN BE A LOT OF 3465 02:09:06,432 --> 02:09:07,066 VARIABILITY BETWEEN MECHANISMS 3466 02:09:07,066 --> 02:09:09,602 DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE 3467 02:09:09,602 --> 02:09:13,773 INSTITUTE AND WHAT MAKES THE 3468 02:09:13,773 --> 02:09:16,742 MOST SENSE FOR THESE PROGRAMS. 3469 02:09:16,742 --> 02:09:20,713 >> ANY FINAL WORD FOR ANYBODY? 3470 02:09:20,713 --> 02:09:31,123 >> OKAY, THANKS NEIL. 3471 02:09:39,298 --> 02:09:40,866 >> THANKS. 3472 02:09:40,866 --> 02:09:41,734 >> WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. 3473 02:09:41,734 --> 02:09:43,436 I'M GRIFFIN ROGERS AS YOU KNOW, 3474 02:09:43,436 --> 02:09:45,538 I'M THE DIRECTOR OF NIDECKER DK 3475 02:09:45,538 --> 02:09:47,340 AND I THINK I AM 1 OF THE FEW 3476 02:09:47,340 --> 02:09:52,578 REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE 3477 02:09:52,578 --> 02:09:55,081 ORIGINAL SMRB AND AS I DREW THE 3478 02:09:55,081 --> 02:09:56,349 SHORT STRAW, I'M HERE TO TELL 3479 02:09:56,349 --> 02:09:58,084 YOU WHAT OUR ORIGINAL 3480 02:09:58,084 --> 02:09:59,051 DELIBERATIONS WERE ALL ABOUT TO 3481 02:09:59,051 --> 02:10:00,453 GIVE YOU A HISTORICAL 3482 02:10:00,453 --> 02:10:00,753 PERSPECTIVE. 3483 02:10:00,753 --> 02:10:03,122 SO LET ME TAKE YOU THROUGH IN 3484 02:10:03,122 --> 02:10:04,190 THE TIME ALLOTTED AND I WILL TRY 3485 02:10:04,190 --> 02:10:07,960 TO GET US BACK ON TIME THROUGH 3486 02:10:07,960 --> 02:10:10,429 THE HISTORY, MEMBERSHIP, 3487 02:10:10,429 --> 02:10:15,434 PROCESS, REPORTS, ORIGINAL SMRB, 3488 02:10:15,434 --> 02:10:19,905 AND THEN, LARRY OR DR. TABAK, 3489 02:10:19,905 --> 02:10:21,741 LARRY HAS ALREADY OUTLINED THE 3490 02:10:21,741 --> 02:10:24,276 BOARD'S ROLE SO I WILL FOCUS ON 3491 02:10:24,276 --> 02:10:25,778 HOW ITS FUNCTION AND KEY 3492 02:10:25,778 --> 02:10:28,214 ACTIVITIES. 3493 02:10:28,214 --> 02:10:29,415 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 3494 02:10:29,415 --> 02:10:31,150 SO TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLES, IT'S 3495 02:10:31,150 --> 02:10:32,151 FIRST IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND 3496 02:10:32,151 --> 02:10:39,992 THE HISTORY OF THE NIH. 3497 02:10:39,992 --> 02:10:40,993 NIH ORIGINS TRACE BACK TO SPHENE 3498 02:10:40,993 --> 02:10:43,462 98 WHEN THE MARINE HOSPITAL 3499 02:10:43,462 --> 02:10:45,064 SERVICES PRECURSOR OF THE UNITED 3500 02:10:45,064 --> 02:10:47,633 STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE WAS 3501 02:10:47,633 --> 02:10:49,435 ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE MEDICAL 3502 02:10:49,435 --> 02:10:54,206 CARE FOR THE MERCHANT MARINE SEA 3503 02:10:54,206 --> 02:10:56,275 MEN AND THEN 1880S IT EXPANDED 3504 02:10:56,275 --> 02:10:58,911 TO ENCLOUD DISEASE SURVEILLANCE 3505 02:10:58,911 --> 02:10:59,745 PARTICULARLY INFECTIOUS DECS 3506 02:10:59,745 --> 02:11:02,248 LIKE CHOLERA AND YELLOW FEVER. 3507 02:11:02,248 --> 02:11:05,418 LEADING TO THE CREATION OF 3508 02:11:05,418 --> 02:11:09,255 LABORATORIES AND THEN OVER TIME 3509 02:11:09,255 --> 02:11:12,158 THIS MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICES 3510 02:11:12,158 --> 02:11:15,895 BEGAN TO FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON 3511 02:11:15,895 --> 02:11:17,396 A BROADER BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 3512 02:11:17,396 --> 02:11:19,498 WITH MAJOR MILESTONES INCLUDING 3513 02:11:19,498 --> 02:11:23,536 THE REDESIGNATION OF THE MARINE 3514 02:11:23,536 --> 02:11:24,003 HOSPITAL SERVICE LABS. 3515 02:11:24,003 --> 02:11:27,840 BY THEN IT WAS CALLED A HIGENIC 3516 02:11:27,840 --> 02:11:30,309 LABORATORIES, TO THE NIH IN 1930 3517 02:11:30,309 --> 02:11:33,879 AND THEN THE OPENING OF THE 3518 02:11:33,879 --> 02:11:34,847 BETHESDA CAMPUS YOU'RE ON NOW 3519 02:11:34,847 --> 02:11:36,816 AND THEN THE CREATION OF THE 3520 02:11:36,816 --> 02:11:37,750 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE AND 3521 02:11:37,750 --> 02:11:42,221 OTHER INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 3522 02:11:42,221 --> 02:11:43,889 IN 2006, CONGRESS ESTABLISHED 3523 02:11:43,889 --> 02:11:47,226 THE SMRB AS YOU HEARD ALREADY, 3524 02:11:47,226 --> 02:11:50,162 WHICH WAS TASKED WITH ADVISING 3525 02:11:50,162 --> 02:11:55,968 NIH'S LEADERSHIP, ON STRUCTURAL 3526 02:11:55,968 --> 02:11:57,436 AND PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES, 3527 02:11:57,436 --> 02:11:59,038 NOTABLY THIS LED TO THE CREATION 3528 02:11:59,038 --> 02:12:01,507 OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR 3529 02:12:01,507 --> 02:12:02,875 TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES OR NCATS 3530 02:12:02,875 --> 02:12:05,611 THAT DR. RUDDER IS THE DIRECTOR 3531 02:12:05,611 --> 02:12:10,216 IN 2011 AND MORE ON THAT LATER, 3532 02:12:10,216 --> 02:12:12,151 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 3533 02:12:12,151 --> 02:12:14,987 THE SMRB AS YOU HEARD ALREADY 3534 02:12:14,987 --> 02:12:17,323 WAS CREATED IN THE 2006 AS PART 3535 02:12:17,323 --> 02:12:19,124 OF THE NIH REFORM ACT, THE ROLE 3536 02:12:19,124 --> 02:12:21,460 WAS TO ADVISE THE DIRECTOR OF 3537 02:12:21,460 --> 02:12:23,128 NIH, HHS SECRETARY AND OTHER NIH 3538 02:12:23,128 --> 02:12:25,831 LEADERSHIP ON THE USE OF NIH 3539 02:12:25,831 --> 02:12:26,799 ORGANIZATIONAL AUTHORITIES, THIS 3540 02:12:26,799 --> 02:12:28,400 INCLUDED THE DECISIONS TO 3541 02:12:28,400 --> 02:12:32,304 ESTABLISH OR ABOLISH INSTITUTES, 3542 02:12:32,304 --> 02:12:33,072 REORGANIZE OFFICES AND PROGRAMS 3543 02:12:33,072 --> 02:12:37,743 BUT THIS WAS JUST SOME OF WHAT 3544 02:12:37,743 --> 02:12:41,113 THE ORIGINAL SMRB TOOK ON. 3545 02:12:41,113 --> 02:12:44,083 THE PURPOSE WAS TO ADVISE THE 3546 02:12:44,083 --> 02:12:46,485 DIRECTOR AND OTHER APPROPRIATE 3547 02:12:46,485 --> 02:12:47,987 AGENCIES THROUGH REPORTS OF THE 3548 02:12:47,987 --> 02:12:51,257 NIH DIRECTOR, ON THE USE OF 3549 02:12:51,257 --> 02:12:52,324 THESE ORGANIZATIONAL AUTHORITIES 3550 02:12:52,324 --> 02:12:55,027 TO IDENTIFY THE RATIONAL AS 3551 02:12:55,027 --> 02:12:57,863 YOU'VE HEARD UNDERLYING THE 3552 02:12:57,863 --> 02:12:58,697 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ULTIMATELY 3553 02:12:58,697 --> 02:13:01,567 WERE EMBEDDED IN THESE REPORTS. 3554 02:13:01,567 --> 02:13:04,069 YOU HEARD THAT NOT LESS THAN 3555 02:13:04,069 --> 02:13:05,371 ONCE EVERY 7 YEARS, THE BOARD 3556 02:13:05,371 --> 02:13:08,774 WILL BE PROVIDING THIS ADVICE TO 3557 02:13:08,774 --> 02:13:11,977 THE DIRECTOR, AND OTHER 3558 02:13:11,977 --> 02:13:12,711 APPROPRIATE AGENCIES REGARDING 3559 02:13:12,711 --> 02:13:16,782 THE USE OF THE AUTHORITIES, 3560 02:13:16,782 --> 02:13:22,288 REFORMED IN THIS REFORM ACT. 3561 02:13:22,288 --> 02:13:24,156 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 3562 02:13:24,156 --> 02:13:26,125 THE ORIGINAL SMRB INCLUDED A 3563 02:13:26,125 --> 02:13:27,192 DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF LEADERS 3564 02:13:27,192 --> 02:13:29,128 FROM GOVERNMENT AND ACADEMIA AND 3565 02:13:29,128 --> 02:13:30,996 INDUSTRY WITH DEEP EXPERTISE AND 3566 02:13:30,996 --> 02:13:32,164 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND BEYOND 3567 02:13:32,164 --> 02:13:35,067 AND WHAT SETS THE SMRB APART AND 3568 02:13:35,067 --> 02:13:37,803 IT IS UNIQUE FEDERAL AND 3569 02:13:37,803 --> 02:13:38,637 NONFEDERAL COMPOSITION, WHICH 3570 02:13:38,637 --> 02:13:41,941 WAS MANDATED BY LAW THAT YOU 3571 02:13:41,941 --> 02:13:43,309 HEARD ABOUT, SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE 3572 02:13:43,309 --> 02:13:45,544 IS NOT THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS, BUT 3573 02:13:45,544 --> 02:13:47,146 ON THE RIGHT YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE 3574 02:13:47,146 --> 02:13:52,718 THE LISTENING OF THOSE ORIGINAL 3575 02:13:52,718 --> 02:13:53,052 MEMBERS. 3576 02:13:53,052 --> 02:13:57,489 THE ORIGINAL SMRB WAS CHAIRED BY 3577 02:13:57,489 --> 02:13:59,858 NORM AUGUSTINE WHO IS A FORMER 3578 02:13:59,858 --> 02:14:02,161 PRESIDENT AND CEO OF LOCKHEED. 3579 02:14:02,161 --> 02:14:04,863 IT HAD NOT ONLY MEMBERS FROM 3580 02:14:04,863 --> 02:14:06,999 ACADEMIA AS YOU WILL SEE THERE, 3581 02:14:06,999 --> 02:14:08,901 THERE WAS A NONFEDERAL MEMBERS 3582 02:14:08,901 --> 02:14:14,406 THAT ARE ALSO AT LEAST 3 MEMBERS 3583 02:14:14,406 --> 02:14:17,676 OF GOVERNMENT OR RATHER OUTSIDE 3584 02:14:17,676 --> 02:14:18,944 AGENCIES WITH AN INTEREST IN 3585 02:14:18,944 --> 02:14:22,681 SCIENCE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE 3586 02:14:22,681 --> 02:14:24,149 FEDERAL MEMBERS, THE NIH 3587 02:14:24,149 --> 02:14:29,822 INSTITUTES LISTED ON THE RIGHT. 3588 02:14:29,822 --> 02:14:32,091 THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT WAS 3589 02:14:32,091 --> 02:14:33,425 TAKEN IN 2015 AT THE BACK OF 3590 02:14:33,425 --> 02:14:35,227 THIS ROOM BEFORE IT WAS 3591 02:14:35,227 --> 02:14:37,129 RECONSTRUCTED AND IT WAS 3592 02:14:37,129 --> 02:14:39,965 INCLUDES SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS 3593 02:14:39,965 --> 02:14:41,934 THAT WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING 3594 02:14:41,934 --> 02:14:44,036 BUT NOT THE FULL GROUP. 3595 02:14:44,036 --> 02:14:44,536 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 3596 02:14:44,536 --> 02:14:50,309 SO HOW DO WE GET OUR WORK 3597 02:14:50,309 --> 02:14:50,643 ACCOMPLISHED? 3598 02:14:50,643 --> 02:14:52,678 LARRY TOUCHED ON THE STATUTORY 3599 02:14:52,678 --> 02:14:54,747 FRAMEWORK, I WILL NOW FOCUS ON 3600 02:14:54,747 --> 02:14:55,714 HOW WE OPERATIONALIZE THAT. 3601 02:14:55,714 --> 02:14:57,216 THE WORKING GROUPS AND 3602 02:14:57,216 --> 02:14:58,250 SUBCOMMITTEES WERE REALLY 3603 02:14:58,250 --> 02:14:59,852 CRUCIAL TO THIS PROCESS, THESE 3604 02:14:59,852 --> 02:15:02,021 GROUPS ALLOWED US TO FOCUS ON 3605 02:15:02,021 --> 02:15:04,456 SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT WERE 3606 02:15:04,456 --> 02:15:07,292 COLLECTIVELY PRIORITIZED BY THE 3607 02:15:07,292 --> 02:15:09,928 BOARD, THE FULL SMRB INCLUDING 3608 02:15:09,928 --> 02:15:12,931 THE NIH DIRECTOR, AS AN 3609 02:15:12,931 --> 02:15:14,667 EXOFFICIO MEMBER ADENTIFIED KEY 3610 02:15:14,667 --> 02:15:18,070 AREAS FOR DEEPER EXPLORATION OF 3611 02:15:18,070 --> 02:15:21,140 THE WORKING GROUPS, THE CHAIR BY 3612 02:15:21,140 --> 02:15:22,708 THE SMRB, IT WAS EITHER CHAIRED 3613 02:15:22,708 --> 02:15:24,376 OR CO CHAIRED, THAT WAS AN 3614 02:15:24,376 --> 02:15:28,013 ANSWER TO A QUESTION THAT CAME 3615 02:15:28,013 --> 02:15:30,349 UP THAL MORN BEING BUT ALSO 3616 02:15:30,349 --> 02:15:31,583 INCLUDED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS 3617 02:15:31,583 --> 02:15:32,985 THAT WERE FORMED TO DIVE INTO 3618 02:15:32,985 --> 02:15:36,188 THESE AREAS, THESE GROUPS MET 3619 02:15:36,188 --> 02:15:38,824 INDEPENDENTLY, SO THIS WASN'T A 3620 02:15:38,824 --> 02:15:41,026 PART OF THE 5 TIME A YEAR 3621 02:15:41,026 --> 02:15:47,700 WORKING ON DETAILED RESEARCH AND 3622 02:15:47,700 --> 02:15:48,300 ANALYSIS. 3623 02:15:48,300 --> 02:15:49,568 THE WORKING GROUPS, WELL, LET ME 3624 02:15:49,568 --> 02:15:51,570 JUST FINISH ON THAT THOUGHT, THE 3625 02:15:51,570 --> 02:15:52,871 WORKING GROUPS REALLY DID CARRY 3626 02:15:52,871 --> 02:15:54,606 OUT THE HEAVY LIFTING, THEY 3627 02:15:54,606 --> 02:15:57,276 STUDIED THE ISSUES, THEY HOSTED 3628 02:15:57,276 --> 02:15:59,945 WORKSHOPS, AND PANEL 3629 02:15:59,945 --> 02:16:00,646 DISCUSSIONS, THEY INVITED 3630 02:16:00,646 --> 02:16:03,615 EXPERTS TO SHARE INSIGHTS, THEY 3631 02:16:03,615 --> 02:16:04,650 ALSO SOLICITED INFORMATION AND 3632 02:16:04,650 --> 02:16:09,088 INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC FROM 3633 02:16:09,088 --> 02:16:11,390 PAICIALT ADVOCACY GROUPS OTHERS 3634 02:16:11,390 --> 02:16:12,324 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND 3635 02:16:12,324 --> 02:16:13,926 STAKEHOLDERS AND BASED UPON 3636 02:16:13,926 --> 02:16:16,228 THESE EFFORTS THE WORK GROUPS 3637 02:16:16,228 --> 02:16:18,063 DEVELOPED THE FINDINGS AND 3638 02:16:18,063 --> 02:16:18,664 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE 3639 02:16:18,664 --> 02:16:22,668 PRESENTED TO THE FULL SMRB FOR 3640 02:16:22,668 --> 02:16:24,169 REVIEW AND APPROVAL AFTERWARDS 3641 02:16:24,169 --> 02:16:25,537 THE ECMENDATIONS WERE FORMALLY 3642 02:16:25,537 --> 02:16:28,841 TRANSMITTED TO THE NIH DIRECTOR, 3643 02:16:28,841 --> 02:16:33,846 AND THE HHS IN THE FORMAL 3644 02:16:33,846 --> 02:16:34,179 REPORT. 3645 02:16:34,179 --> 02:16:36,849 NOW BETWEEN 2000, CAN YOU KEEP 3646 02:16:36,849 --> 02:16:39,685 IT ON THAT. 3647 02:16:39,685 --> 02:16:44,356 BETWEEN 2009 AND 2015, THE SMRB 3648 02:16:44,356 --> 02:16:46,625 ISSUED 8 REPORTS ON AS YOU CAN 3649 02:16:46,625 --> 02:16:49,661 SEE HERE A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, 3650 02:16:49,661 --> 02:16:58,904 CRITICAL TO NIH AND BIOMEDICAL 3651 02:16:58,904 --> 02:16:59,505 RESEARCH COMMUNITY THE FIRST 3652 02:16:59,505 --> 02:17:01,740 REPORT WAS FELT AT THE ORIGINAL 3653 02:17:01,740 --> 02:17:03,942 MEETING, THE FIRST MEETING BEING 3654 02:17:03,942 --> 02:17:09,181 IN APRIL 2009 WAS CONSIDERED 3655 02:17:09,181 --> 02:17:12,017 DELIBERATING ORGANIZATIONAL 3656 02:17:12,017 --> 02:17:13,252 CHANGE AND EFFECTIVENESS. 3657 02:17:13,252 --> 02:17:15,220 BUT THIS FIRST REPORT SET REALLY 3658 02:17:15,220 --> 02:17:18,490 THE TONE FOR MOST OF THE BOARD'S 3659 02:17:18,490 --> 02:17:19,925 WORK SUBSEQUENTLY AND RIGHT 3660 02:17:19,925 --> 02:17:23,495 AFTER MY TALK DR. TABAK WILL 3661 02:17:23,495 --> 02:17:25,430 GIVE AN INDEPTH LOOK AT THIS 3662 02:17:25,430 --> 02:17:27,666 REPORT OF COURSE, YOU CAN ACCESS 3663 02:17:27,666 --> 02:17:31,303 ALL THESE REPORTS LISTED 3664 02:17:31,303 --> 02:17:33,505 CHRONOLOGICALLY, ON THE ARCHIVE 3665 02:17:33,505 --> 02:17:34,273 SMRB WEBSITE AND THE LINK WILL 3666 02:17:34,273 --> 02:17:37,910 BE ROUGH ATOM VIEDED ON -- 3667 02:17:37,910 --> 02:17:40,045 PROVIDED ON THE FINAL SLIDE. 3668 02:17:40,045 --> 02:17:41,313 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 3669 02:17:41,313 --> 02:17:44,116 AS I SAID, THE FIRST REPORT 3670 02:17:44,116 --> 02:17:45,384 ENTITLED THE DELIBERATING 3671 02:17:45,384 --> 02:17:47,119 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND 3672 02:17:47,119 --> 02:17:49,288 EFFECTIVENESS WAS ISSUED IN MAY 3673 02:17:49,288 --> 02:17:51,957 OF 2010, SO TO GIVE YOU A SENSE 3674 02:17:51,957 --> 02:17:53,992 OF A TIMELINE, THE FIRST MEETING 3675 02:17:53,992 --> 02:17:56,962 WAS IN APRIL OF 2009 AND THE 3676 02:17:56,962 --> 02:17:59,998 VERY FIRST REPORT CAME OUT IN 3677 02:17:59,998 --> 02:18:00,699 MAY OF 2010. 3678 02:18:00,699 --> 02:18:02,601 SO THAT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH 3679 02:18:02,601 --> 02:18:05,003 WHAT THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING 3680 02:18:05,003 --> 02:18:06,305 FOR OUR FIRST REPORT. 3681 02:18:06,305 --> 02:18:08,273 IT REALLY WAS FOUNDATIONAL TO 3682 02:18:08,273 --> 02:18:10,709 MANY OF THE OTHER REPORTS THAT 3683 02:18:10,709 --> 02:18:18,617 EMERGED FROM THE SMRB. 3684 02:18:18,617 --> 02:18:20,853 WHAT I WANT TO DO IN THE TIME 3685 02:18:20,853 --> 02:18:22,387 ALLOTTED AND I SHOULD SAY WE 3686 02:18:22,387 --> 02:18:26,925 DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT WHEN 3687 02:18:26,925 --> 02:18:28,260 DR. ROLKOW MENTIONED IT, IS THE 3688 02:18:28,260 --> 02:18:29,628 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTION AT 3689 02:18:29,628 --> 02:18:31,496 NIH WHICH WAS ALSO DELIBERATED 3690 02:18:31,496 --> 02:18:31,997 BY THIS GROUP. 3691 02:18:31,997 --> 02:18:33,999 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE 3692 02:18:33,999 --> 02:18:35,601 TIME ALLOTTED IS HIGHLIGHT THE 4 3693 02:18:35,601 --> 02:18:37,302 REPORTS THAT ARE SHOWN IN RED, 3694 02:18:37,302 --> 02:18:39,104 THE NIH CLINICAL CENTER, 3695 02:18:39,104 --> 02:18:41,406 TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE AND 3696 02:18:41,406 --> 02:18:43,308 THERAPEUTICS, APPROACHES TO 3697 02:18:43,308 --> 02:18:44,910 ASSESS THE VALUE OF BIOMEDICAL 3698 02:18:44,910 --> 02:18:47,279 RESEARCH, A TOPIC THAT WAS -- 3699 02:18:47,279 --> 02:18:49,248 CAME UP IN 1 OF THE QUESTIONS 3700 02:18:49,248 --> 02:18:52,284 TODAY AND THEN FINALLY, 3701 02:18:52,284 --> 02:18:55,087 PRECOLLEGE ENGAGEMENT IN THE 3702 02:18:55,087 --> 02:18:55,654 BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. 3703 02:18:55,654 --> 02:18:57,389 I WANTED TO SORT OF GIVE YOU A 3704 02:18:57,389 --> 02:19:00,559 FLAVOR OF THE ACTIVITIES 3705 02:19:00,559 --> 02:19:03,161 CONSIDERED AND REALLY THE 3706 02:19:03,161 --> 02:19:06,465 IMPETUS OF THE WHY, WHY IS IT WE 3707 02:19:06,465 --> 02:19:07,633 CHOSE THESE TOPICS OVER MANY 3708 02:19:07,633 --> 02:19:08,800 OTHER TOPICS THAT COULD HAVE 3709 02:19:08,800 --> 02:19:11,336 BEEN CONSIDERED AND WHY THESE 3710 02:19:11,336 --> 02:19:12,504 WERE SELECTED, THE IMPETUS 3711 02:19:12,504 --> 02:19:14,473 BEHIND IT AND SOME OF THE 3712 02:19:14,473 --> 02:19:16,441 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT FOLLOWED 3713 02:19:16,441 --> 02:19:17,676 THOSE DELIBERATIONS. 3714 02:19:17,676 --> 02:19:23,682 OKAY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 3715 02:19:23,682 --> 02:19:27,886 ONE OF THE EARLY REPORTS FOCUSED 3716 02:19:27,886 --> 02:19:29,554 ON THE NIH CLINICAL CENTER, 3717 02:19:29,554 --> 02:19:30,856 INITIALLY PART OF A BROADER 3718 02:19:30,856 --> 02:19:33,125 REVIEW OF THE NIH INTRAMURAL 3719 02:19:33,125 --> 02:19:35,928 RESEARCH PROGRAM, OR THE IRP, IT 3720 02:19:35,928 --> 02:19:38,497 BECAME CLER THAT THE CLINICAL 3721 02:19:38,497 --> 02:19:41,667 CENTER ITSELF REQUIRED URGENT 3722 02:19:41,667 --> 02:19:42,301 ATTENTION. 3723 02:19:42,301 --> 02:19:45,370 THERE WAS INCREASING FISCAL 3724 02:19:45,370 --> 02:19:46,071 CONSTRAINTS, INCLUDING THE 3725 02:19:46,071 --> 02:19:48,240 INABILITY TO KEEP PACE WITH 3726 02:19:48,240 --> 02:19:49,708 INFLATION, SOMETHING THAT WE 3727 02:19:49,708 --> 02:19:50,642 JUST MENTIONED. 3728 02:19:50,642 --> 02:19:55,681 THE COST OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 3729 02:19:55,681 --> 02:20:00,319 IS AT A LEVEL BUT THE COST AND 3730 02:20:00,319 --> 02:20:02,154 THE INFLATION RATE FOR DOING 3731 02:20:02,154 --> 02:20:04,756 CLINICAL RESEARCH EXCEEDS THAT 3732 02:20:04,756 --> 02:20:09,494 TYPICAL BIRD PIE AS IT IS 3733 02:20:09,494 --> 02:20:11,396 FREQUENTLY KNOWN. 3734 02:20:11,396 --> 02:20:12,898 THESE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, 3735 02:20:12,898 --> 02:20:16,201 INCLUDING THIS INABILITY TO KEEP 3736 02:20:16,201 --> 02:20:17,769 PACE WITH INFLATION, REALLY 3737 02:20:17,769 --> 02:20:19,638 THREATENED THE FISCAL 3738 02:20:19,638 --> 02:20:20,872 SUSTAINABILITY AND UTILIZATION 3739 02:20:20,872 --> 02:20:22,941 OF THE CLINICAL CENTER, IN ITS 3740 02:20:22,941 --> 02:20:26,445 ABILITY TO ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY 3741 02:20:26,445 --> 02:20:26,712 WORKFORCE. 3742 02:20:26,712 --> 02:20:31,984 SO, THE NEED TO HAVE SORT OF A 3743 02:20:31,984 --> 02:20:33,618 COHESIVE PROGRAMMATIC VISION TO 3744 02:20:33,618 --> 02:20:36,388 ENABLE BOTH INTERNAL AND 3745 02:20:36,388 --> 02:20:38,323 EXTERNAL INVESTIGATORS CAME OUT 3746 02:20:38,323 --> 02:20:39,224 OF THIS. 3747 02:20:39,224 --> 02:20:40,692 THE BUDGET WAS IMPORTANT AS I 3748 02:20:40,692 --> 02:20:43,795 SAID, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO KEEP UP 3749 02:20:43,795 --> 02:20:45,731 WITH THE RISING AND ESCALATION 3750 02:20:45,731 --> 02:20:47,733 OF THE COST OF DOING CLINICAL 3751 02:20:47,733 --> 02:20:49,234 RESEARCH, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT 3752 02:20:49,234 --> 02:20:51,069 IT WASN'T JUST THE BUDGET, 3753 02:20:51,069 --> 02:20:53,271 ALTHOUGH THE BUDGET IS OFTEN 3754 02:20:53,271 --> 02:20:54,906 TIMES A MAJOR DRIVER, IT WAS 3755 02:20:54,906 --> 02:20:57,843 REALLY THE VISION AND THE ROLE 3756 02:20:57,843 --> 02:20:59,344 OF THE CLINICAL CENTER. 3757 02:20:59,344 --> 02:21:01,947 THE CLINICAL CENTER AGAIN PART 3758 02:21:01,947 --> 02:21:05,017 OF THE INTRAMURAL PROGRAM REALLY 3759 02:21:05,017 --> 02:21:08,020 FOCUSED ITS ACTIVITIES AROUND 3760 02:21:08,020 --> 02:21:09,855 ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INTRAMURAL 3761 02:21:09,855 --> 02:21:11,790 INVESTIGATORS, AND THE QUESTION 3762 02:21:11,790 --> 02:21:16,528 WAS SHOULD IT PLAY A MUCH LARGER 3763 02:21:16,528 --> 02:21:23,568 ROLE, SHOULD IT BE THE HOSPITAL 3764 02:21:23,568 --> 02:21:25,303 FOR THE NATION, NATIONAL 3765 02:21:25,303 --> 02:21:26,471 TREASURE, IMPLYING THAT IN ARK 3766 02:21:26,471 --> 02:21:27,739 DITION TO THE INTRAMURAL 3767 02:21:27,739 --> 02:21:30,809 INVESTIGATORS, THERE SHOULD BE 3768 02:21:30,809 --> 02:21:35,814 ACTIVITIES SET UP FOR EXTRAMURAL 3769 02:21:35,814 --> 02:21:36,748 INVESTIGATORS AS WELL. 3770 02:21:36,748 --> 02:21:37,416 THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE 3771 02:21:37,416 --> 02:21:38,984 BECAUSE SOME OF THE UNIQUE 3772 02:21:38,984 --> 02:21:42,654 FEATURES OF THE INTRAMURAL 3773 02:21:42,654 --> 02:21:44,856 PROGRAM, THE ABILITY TO 3774 02:21:44,856 --> 02:21:48,660 PERFORM VERY DETAILED IMAGING 3775 02:21:48,660 --> 02:21:52,064 MODALITIES, PETS AND MRI, 3776 02:21:52,064 --> 02:21:55,167 SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF THAT. 3777 02:21:55,167 --> 02:21:57,335 THE ABILITY TO DEEPLY PHENOTYPE 3778 02:21:57,335 --> 02:21:58,637 INDIVIDUALS FOR PEOPLE WHO COME 3779 02:21:58,637 --> 02:22:00,639 TO THE NIH, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO 3780 02:22:00,639 --> 02:22:02,441 COME WITH RARE DISEASE THAT YOU 3781 02:22:02,441 --> 02:22:06,278 HEARD ABOUT, AND THE CLINICAL 3782 02:22:06,278 --> 02:22:09,915 CENTER HAS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO 3783 02:22:09,915 --> 02:22:11,016 PROVIDE GMP FACILITIES TO 3784 02:22:11,016 --> 02:22:14,186 DEVELOP DRUGS THAT MIGHT BE 3785 02:22:14,186 --> 02:22:15,987 USEFUL IN CLINICAL STUDIES, 3786 02:22:15,987 --> 02:22:20,025 THERE WAS ALSO A NEED THAT WAS 3787 02:22:20,025 --> 02:22:20,358 WAS A 3788 02:22:20,358 --> 02:22:22,227 NEED THAT WAS IESHES DENTIFIED 3789 02:22:22,227 --> 02:22:23,862 IN TERMS OF GOVERNANCE OF THE 3790 02:22:23,862 --> 02:22:29,601 CLINICAL CENTER, IT WAS A VERY 3791 02:22:29,601 --> 02:22:30,869 COMPLICATED SYSTEM OF OVERSIGHT 3792 02:22:30,869 --> 02:22:32,504 AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. 3793 02:22:32,504 --> 02:22:35,240 NOT ONLY WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE 3794 02:22:35,240 --> 02:22:37,275 CLINICAL CENTER SORT OF DIRECTLY 3795 02:22:37,275 --> 02:22:39,478 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOSPITAL, 3796 02:22:39,478 --> 02:22:42,180 BUT HE SHARED THAT ROLE WITH THE 3797 02:22:42,180 --> 02:22:44,049 DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INTRAMURAL 3798 02:22:44,049 --> 02:22:46,318 RESEARCH WHO WAS ALSO THE 3799 02:22:46,318 --> 02:22:48,720 INDIVIDUAL SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS, 3800 02:22:48,720 --> 02:22:51,423 AND CLINICAL DIRECTORS OF THE 3801 02:22:51,423 --> 02:22:53,825 INSTITUTES THAT BECAUSE THEY 3802 02:22:53,825 --> 02:22:56,361 CONTROLLED THE PURSE STRING, HAD 3803 02:22:56,361 --> 02:22:59,131 SOME ROLE IN DECISION MAKING 3804 02:22:59,131 --> 02:23:00,465 PROCESS, THERE WAS AN ADVISORY 3805 02:23:00,465 --> 02:23:05,770 BOARD SET UP TO THE CLINICAL 3806 02:23:05,770 --> 02:23:07,939 RESEARCH THAT REPORTED AND 3807 02:23:07,939 --> 02:23:09,841 ADVISED THE CLINICAL CENTER 3808 02:23:09,841 --> 02:23:10,242 DIRECTOR. 3809 02:23:10,242 --> 02:23:11,343 IN ARK DITION EACH OF THE 3810 02:23:11,343 --> 02:23:12,310 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PERFORMING 3811 02:23:12,310 --> 02:23:16,214 RESEARCH IN THE CLINICAL CENTER 3812 02:23:16,214 --> 02:23:17,849 HAD THEIR OWN BOARD OF 3813 02:23:17,849 --> 02:23:18,717 SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL WHICH YOU 3814 02:23:18,717 --> 02:23:20,385 HEARD ABOUT THIS MORNING IN 3815 02:23:20,385 --> 02:23:23,622 TERMS OF FACA AUTHORITIES. 3816 02:23:23,622 --> 02:23:28,293 SO HOW THESE INDIVIDUALS DID ON 3817 02:23:28,293 --> 02:23:29,928 ON THOSE BSC REPORTS ALSO HAD A 3818 02:23:29,928 --> 02:23:32,430 MAJOR ROLE IN WHETHER THEY WOULD 3819 02:23:32,430 --> 02:23:33,965 CONTINUE WITH THE SAME RESOURCES 3820 02:23:33,965 --> 02:23:38,603 OR HAD THOSE RESOURCES CHANGED. 3821 02:23:38,603 --> 02:23:49,114 THERE WAS A MEDICAL COMMITTEE, 3822 02:23:51,316 --> 02:23:55,086 ALSO THEY PLAYED A ROLE, SO 3823 02:23:55,086 --> 02:23:57,989 THESE WERE ON ALL THE INPUTS 3824 02:23:57,989 --> 02:23:59,491 THAT WENT INTO THE CLINICAL 3825 02:23:59,491 --> 02:24:03,128 CENTER AND IT WAS THOUGHT THE 3826 02:24:03,128 --> 02:24:04,296 GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE SHOULD BE 3827 02:24:04,296 --> 02:24:06,398 SIMPLIFIED THAT WAS A MAJOR 3828 02:24:06,398 --> 02:24:07,566 ACCOMPLISHMENT AND FINALLY A 3829 02:24:07,566 --> 02:24:09,201 NEED FOR A BUDGET THAT'S LINKED 3830 02:24:09,201 --> 02:24:12,170 TO A STRONG PLANNING PROCESS TO 3831 02:24:12,170 --> 02:24:17,475 REMAIN STABLE SO NEXT SLIDE, 3832 02:24:17,475 --> 02:24:18,276 PLEASE. 3833 02:24:18,276 --> 02:24:21,613 THIS JUST TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT 3834 02:24:21,613 --> 02:24:22,948 ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THAT REPORT 3835 02:24:22,948 --> 02:24:24,783 THAT CAME OUT. 3836 02:24:24,783 --> 02:24:26,585 IT RECOMMENDED REENVISIONING THE 3837 02:24:26,585 --> 02:24:28,353 CLINICAL CENTER ROLE TO BETTER 3838 02:24:28,353 --> 02:24:30,322 SERVE THE INTRAMURAL AND 3839 02:24:30,322 --> 02:24:31,489 EXTRAMURAL RESEARCHERS, THE 3840 02:24:31,489 --> 02:24:33,658 BOARD ALSO SUGGESTED SIMPLIFYING 3841 02:24:33,658 --> 02:24:35,293 THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE SO THAT 3842 02:24:35,293 --> 02:24:36,895 THE PRESENT MOMENT A LOT OF 3843 02:24:36,895 --> 02:24:39,397 THAT'S NOW BEEN COLLAPSED TO 3844 02:24:39,397 --> 02:24:42,000 WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE CLINICAL 3845 02:24:42,000 --> 02:24:44,636 CENTER GOVERNING BOARD AND THE 3846 02:24:44,636 --> 02:24:46,238 CLINICAL CENTER DIRECTOR WHILE 3847 02:24:46,238 --> 02:24:50,008 IT GETS ADVICE, IT REALLY FOR 3848 02:24:50,008 --> 02:24:52,244 THE MAJOR BUDGETARY AND OTHER 3849 02:24:52,244 --> 02:24:53,245 CONSIDERATION TURNS TO THE 3850 02:24:53,245 --> 02:24:57,515 CLINICAL CENTER OF GOVERNING 3851 02:24:57,515 --> 02:25:01,553 BOARD FOR THAT FOR CERTAINLY THE 3852 02:25:01,553 --> 02:25:04,389 BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OTHER 3853 02:25:04,389 --> 02:25:05,890 SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE. 3854 02:25:05,890 --> 02:25:12,764 AS A RESULT OF THE SMRBs 3855 02:25:12,764 --> 02:25:13,999 RECOMMENDATION THE DIRECTOR 3856 02:25:13,999 --> 02:25:15,066 CONVENED 2 WORKING GROUPS TO 3857 02:25:15,066 --> 02:25:17,702 HELP DRIVE THE SUBSEQUENT CHANGE 3858 02:25:17,702 --> 02:25:21,439 OF THE CLINICAL CENTER INCLUDING 3859 02:25:21,439 --> 02:25:24,109 A RED -- THE RED TEAM WHICH 3860 02:25:24,109 --> 02:25:27,045 WORKED ON SOME OF THE FACILITY 3861 02:25:27,045 --> 02:25:29,547 ISSUES WITNESS THE INSTITUTE, 3862 02:25:29,547 --> 02:25:37,956 WITHIN THE CLINICAL CENTER, NEXT 3863 02:25:37,956 --> 02:25:38,390 SLIDE PLEASE. 3864 02:25:38,390 --> 02:25:40,692 SO THIS WAS A REPORT ON 3865 02:25:40,692 --> 02:25:41,393 TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE AND 3866 02:25:41,393 --> 02:25:43,128 THERAPEUTICS THAT I MENTIONED 3867 02:25:43,128 --> 02:25:45,196 AND THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE WHY 3868 02:25:45,196 --> 02:25:48,366 BEHIND THIS WAS THAT IN 2010 3869 02:25:48,366 --> 02:25:51,636 THERE WAS A PATIENT PROTECTION 3870 02:25:51,636 --> 02:25:52,704 AND AFFORDABILITY CARE ACT, 3871 02:25:52,704 --> 02:25:58,243 YOU'RE AWARE OF THE AFFORDABLE 3872 02:25:58,243 --> 02:25:59,644 CARE ACT PUBLIC LAW SHOWN THERE 3873 02:25:59,644 --> 02:26:01,579 AND IT WAS ENACTED AND 3874 02:26:01,579 --> 02:26:05,216 AUTHORIZING NIH TO ESTABLISH A 3875 02:26:05,216 --> 02:26:08,153 CURES ACCELERATION NETWORK TO 3876 02:26:08,153 --> 02:26:09,888 ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH 3877 02:26:09,888 --> 02:26:12,957 NEEDED CURES PARTICULARLY BY 3878 02:26:12,957 --> 02:26:15,193 REDUCING THE BARRIERS BETWEEN 3879 02:26:15,193 --> 02:26:15,827 RESEARCH DISCOVERY AND CLINICAL 3880 02:26:15,827 --> 02:26:17,495 TRIALS IN THE AREAS AT THE 3881 02:26:17,495 --> 02:26:21,399 PRIVATE SECTOR WAS UNLIKELY TO 3882 02:26:21,399 --> 02:26:21,766 PURSUE. 3883 02:26:21,766 --> 02:26:24,969 SHOWN ON THE SORT OF THE GRAPHIC 3884 02:26:24,969 --> 02:26:26,805 PICTURE WHICH SORT OF LOOKS LIKE 3885 02:26:26,805 --> 02:26:32,544 A RAINBOW IF YOU CAN READ THAT, 3886 02:26:32,544 --> 02:26:35,914 IT SHOWED TARGET VALIDATION, 3887 02:26:35,914 --> 02:26:37,182 CLINICAL AND PRECLINICAL STEPS 3888 02:26:37,182 --> 02:26:38,683 THAT MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR 3889 02:26:38,683 --> 02:26:40,485 WITH BUT IT SHOWS DRUGS AND 3890 02:26:40,485 --> 02:26:43,755 BIOLOGICS AND VACCINES AND EVEN 3891 02:26:43,755 --> 02:26:44,456 DEVICES. 3892 02:26:44,456 --> 02:26:47,492 MANY OF THE PRECLINICAL WORK OR 3893 02:26:47,492 --> 02:26:52,797 TARGET VALIDATION WORK SORT OF 3894 02:26:52,797 --> 02:26:55,066 OCCURSOT RIGHT OR LEFT SIDE OF 3895 02:26:55,066 --> 02:26:57,836 THIS GRAPH AND 1 GETS TO A POINT 3896 02:26:57,836 --> 02:26:59,371 THAT THERE ARE CLINICAL 3897 02:26:59,371 --> 02:27:03,408 APPLICATIONS, A LOT OF THIS IS 3898 02:27:03,408 --> 02:27:06,578 VALIDATED BUT A LOT OF IT COMES 3899 02:27:06,578 --> 02:27:08,913 TO WHAT'S CONSIDERED THE VALLEY 3900 02:27:08,913 --> 02:27:14,085 OF DEATH, IN WHICH THE N IH OR 3901 02:27:14,085 --> 02:27:15,120 OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES DON'T 3902 02:27:15,120 --> 02:27:18,089 FUND IT, ON THE OTHER HAND 3903 02:27:18,089 --> 02:27:21,292 DRUGS, VACCINES OR OTHER AGENTS 3904 02:27:21,292 --> 02:27:22,160 HAVEN'T BEEN SUFFICIENTLY 3905 02:27:22,160 --> 02:27:28,933 DERISKED TO IMMEDIATELY GET A 3906 02:27:28,933 --> 02:27:30,468 THERAPEUTIC COMPANY OR A 3907 02:27:30,468 --> 02:27:32,404 BIOLOGIC OR A PHARMACEUTICAL 3908 02:27:32,404 --> 02:27:35,840 COMPANY TO INVEST INTEREST IN 3909 02:27:35,840 --> 02:27:38,643 PHASES, PHASE 2 THROUGH 4 OF THE 3910 02:27:38,643 --> 02:27:40,645 CLINICAL STUDY AND AGAIN THIS 3911 02:27:40,645 --> 02:27:43,181 WAS REALLY 1 OF THE IMPETUS 3912 02:27:43,181 --> 02:27:47,786 BEHIND SETTING UP THIS GROUP, 3913 02:27:47,786 --> 02:27:50,321 WORKING GROUP OF THE SMRB TO 3914 02:27:50,321 --> 02:27:54,259 ADVISE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 3915 02:27:54,259 --> 02:27:56,294 CURES ACCELERATION THAT WORK ON 3916 02:27:56,294 --> 02:28:00,398 HOW TO BRIDGE THIS SO CALLED 3917 02:28:00,398 --> 02:28:01,699 VALLEY OF DEATH. 3918 02:28:01,699 --> 02:28:03,435 THEY WERE CHARGED WITH 3919 02:28:03,435 --> 02:28:05,003 IDENTIFYING ATTRIBUTES AND 3920 02:28:05,003 --> 02:28:06,070 ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONAL 3921 02:28:06,070 --> 02:28:08,339 CAPABILITIES, AND ALSO BROADLY 3922 02:28:08,339 --> 02:28:13,044 ASSESSING THE NIH LANDSCAPE FOR 3923 02:28:13,044 --> 02:28:13,645 X-NET PROGRAMS, NETWORKING 3924 02:28:13,645 --> 02:28:15,747 CENTERS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED 3925 02:28:15,747 --> 02:28:19,083 IN THIS NETWORK AND REALLY 3926 02:28:19,083 --> 02:28:20,785 RECOMMENDING THE OPTIMAL 3927 02:28:20,785 --> 02:28:23,788 ORGANIZATION. 3928 02:28:23,788 --> 02:28:24,856 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 3929 02:28:24,856 --> 02:28:27,091 SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME 3930 02:28:27,091 --> 02:28:28,860 OUT OF IT WAS THAT THE BOARD 3931 02:28:28,860 --> 02:28:31,029 AFFIRM THAD A NEW TRANSLATIONAL 3932 02:28:31,029 --> 02:28:32,330 MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTIC CENTER 3933 02:28:32,330 --> 02:28:36,534 BE CREATED IN FACT, THE NATIONAL 3934 02:28:36,534 --> 02:28:38,169 CENTER FOR ADVANCING OR NCATS 3935 02:28:38,169 --> 02:28:39,671 WAS ACTUALLY DEVELOPED AS A 3936 02:28:39,671 --> 02:28:43,141 DIRECT RESULT OF THIS. 3937 02:28:43,141 --> 02:28:45,477 WE MENTIONED 1 ORGANIZATION THAT 3938 02:28:45,477 --> 02:28:46,411 WAS NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH, BUT 3939 02:28:46,411 --> 02:28:49,481 THIS IS OTHER THAN CERTAINLY 11 3940 02:28:49,481 --> 02:28:52,484 AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE 3941 02:28:52,484 --> 02:28:55,386 DELIBERATION VERSION 1.0 SMRB 3942 02:28:55,386 --> 02:28:55,987 BOARD. 3943 02:28:55,987 --> 02:28:58,490 IT ALSO ENDORSED NIH COMMITMENT 3944 02:28:58,490 --> 02:28:59,657 TO UNDERTAKE MORE EXTENSIVE 3945 02:28:59,657 --> 02:29:01,326 ATHAT WILL SIS, ON THE PARTS OF 3946 02:29:01,326 --> 02:29:04,496 THE NIH THAT MIGHT BE 3947 02:29:04,496 --> 02:29:06,130 INCORPORATED MIGHT BE EXISTING 3948 02:29:06,130 --> 02:29:07,298 PARTS, MIGHT BE INCORPORATED 3949 02:29:07,298 --> 02:29:10,668 INTO THIS NEW INSTITUTE AND THEN 3950 02:29:10,668 --> 02:29:13,738 THE BOARD WAS ASKED TO 3951 02:29:13,738 --> 02:29:14,806 PERIODICALLY REPORT ITS FINDINGS 3952 02:29:14,806 --> 02:29:19,177 BACK TO THE FULL NIH. 3953 02:29:19,177 --> 02:29:24,782 OKAY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 3954 02:29:24,782 --> 02:29:27,118 THIS IS THE REPORT ON ASSESSING 3955 02:29:27,118 --> 02:29:30,922 THE VALUE OF BIOMEDICAL 3956 02:29:30,922 --> 02:29:31,289 RESEARCH. 3957 02:29:31,289 --> 02:29:33,091 OF COURSE WE TALK ABOUT TRUST 3958 02:29:33,091 --> 02:29:36,160 EARLIER, THE AMERICAN PUBLIC 3959 02:29:36,160 --> 02:29:38,830 ENTRUSTS NIH WITH A SUBSTANTIAL 3960 02:29:38,830 --> 02:29:42,667 INVESTMENT THAT YOU JUST HEARD 3961 02:29:42,667 --> 02:29:45,236 ABOUT AND OVER-IT'S 120 + YEAR 3962 02:29:45,236 --> 02:29:47,372 HISTORY, NIH CONTRIBUTED TO MANY 3963 02:29:47,372 --> 02:29:49,007 SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS THAT 3964 02:29:49,007 --> 02:29:51,743 HAVE HAD A TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT 3965 02:29:51,743 --> 02:29:54,245 ON PUBLIC HEALTH BUT REALLY, 3966 02:29:54,245 --> 02:29:56,681 IT'S A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF 3967 02:29:56,681 --> 02:30:00,285 NIH'S STEWARDSHIP TO KIND OF 3968 02:30:00,285 --> 02:30:00,752 SYSTEMATICALLY AND 3969 02:30:00,752 --> 02:30:02,687 COMPREHENSIVELY CAPTURE WHAT 3970 02:30:02,687 --> 02:30:03,988 THESE IMPROVEMENTS WERE AND HOW 3971 02:30:03,988 --> 02:30:07,859 THAT RELATED TO THE NIH FUNDING. 3972 02:30:07,859 --> 02:30:13,798 OF COURSE, IT'S HARD TO ESTIMATE 3973 02:30:13,798 --> 02:30:15,066 THAT FYOU THINK ABOUT IT FIRST 3974 02:30:15,066 --> 02:30:17,602 OF ALL THERE'S A TIME LAG 3975 02:30:17,602 --> 02:30:18,836 BETWEEN DISCOVERIES AND 3976 02:30:18,836 --> 02:30:20,672 ULTIMATELY THOSE DISCOVERIES 3977 02:30:20,672 --> 02:30:21,973 BEING TRANSLATED CLINICAL TRIALS 3978 02:30:21,973 --> 02:30:26,945 BEING DONE, AND ULTIMATELY THAT 3979 02:30:26,945 --> 02:30:27,378 CHANGING GUIDELINES. 3980 02:30:27,378 --> 02:30:28,947 THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE SOURCES 3981 02:30:28,947 --> 02:30:30,882 FOR THAT FUNDING, SO MANY PEOPLE 3982 02:30:30,882 --> 02:30:33,484 WHO MAKE THESE DISCOVERIES NOT 3983 02:30:33,484 --> 02:30:37,221 ONLY HAVE FEDERAL SUPPORT BUT 3984 02:30:37,221 --> 02:30:38,690 QUITE SUBSTANTIAL MONIES OF 3985 02:30:38,690 --> 02:30:39,958 NONFEDERAL SUPPORT AS WELL SO 3986 02:30:39,958 --> 02:30:41,392 ASHES TRIEWKS IS A MAJOR ISSUE 3987 02:30:41,392 --> 02:30:44,629 TO BE SIGNIFY SECTIONAL 3988 02:30:44,629 --> 02:30:45,930 ANALYSISSED, THEN 1 HAS TO ASK, 3989 02:30:45,930 --> 02:30:47,398 WHAT ARE THE -- WHAT ARE THE 3990 02:30:47,398 --> 02:30:50,101 METRICS THAT 1 USES. 3991 02:30:50,101 --> 02:30:53,671 FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S CLEAR THAT AS 3992 02:30:53,671 --> 02:30:56,507 1 FUNDS PROJECTS, SCIENTIFIC 3993 02:30:56,507 --> 02:30:58,009 PROJECTS, USUALLY THE SORT OF 3994 02:30:58,009 --> 02:31:00,211 THE OUTPUT ARE SCIENTIFIC 3995 02:31:00,211 --> 02:31:01,913 PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AT 3996 02:31:01,913 --> 02:31:04,315 MEETINGS, DEVICES AND THE LIKE, 3997 02:31:04,315 --> 02:31:06,184 PATENT APPLICATIONS AND THAT'S 3998 02:31:06,184 --> 02:31:07,518 SOMETHING THAT'S EASILY 3999 02:31:07,518 --> 02:31:07,785 TRACTABLE. 4000 02:31:07,785 --> 02:31:10,355 BUT WHAT EFFECT THAT HAS ON A 4001 02:31:10,355 --> 02:31:12,557 MORE BROADER AREA, IN TERMS OF 4002 02:31:12,557 --> 02:31:15,827 THE VALUE OF THIS RESEARCH, ON 4003 02:31:15,827 --> 02:31:18,563 -- DOES IT -- ANY OF THESE LEAD 4004 02:31:18,563 --> 02:31:21,032 TO NEW THERAPIES, INCLUDING NEW 4005 02:31:21,032 --> 02:31:23,034 ACSEENS, THESE DISCOVERIES, LEAD 4006 02:31:23,034 --> 02:31:27,538 TO 2 DIAGNUMBER OF THETICS OR 4007 02:31:27,538 --> 02:31:30,141 POTENTIALLY CURES AND THAT'S 4008 02:31:30,141 --> 02:31:31,676 FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT AND 4009 02:31:31,676 --> 02:31:33,611 THEN FROM A SOCIETAL STANDPOINT, 4010 02:31:33,611 --> 02:31:35,613 ULTIMATELY DO THESE LEAD TO A 4011 02:31:35,613 --> 02:31:41,419 CHANGE IN LONGEVITY THAT 4012 02:31:41,419 --> 02:31:43,488 DR. BERTANOLLI MENTIONED FOR 4013 02:31:43,488 --> 02:31:45,890 DALLYS, DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE 4014 02:31:45,890 --> 02:31:46,090 YEARS. 4015 02:31:46,090 --> 02:31:48,092 SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS 4016 02:31:48,092 --> 02:31:49,160 GROUP WAS TARGETED, THEY THOUGHT 4017 02:31:49,160 --> 02:31:51,062 IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SORT OF DIG 4018 02:31:51,062 --> 02:31:54,332 IN AND LOOK AT THIS, VERY 4019 02:31:54,332 --> 02:31:57,368 COMPREHENSIVELY, AND THAT LED 4020 02:31:57,368 --> 02:32:03,207 TO, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 4021 02:32:03,207 --> 02:32:06,911 THIS REPORT WHICH DESCRIBED THE 4022 02:32:06,911 --> 02:32:10,415 RESULTS OF THIS DELIBERATIONS, 4023 02:32:10,415 --> 02:32:11,049 THE RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARIZED 4024 02:32:11,049 --> 02:32:13,584 HERE IS THAT THE NIH SHOULD 4025 02:32:13,584 --> 02:32:15,353 INTENSIFY ITS EFFORT TO ASSESS 4026 02:32:15,353 --> 02:32:16,721 THE VALUE OF BIOMEDICAL 4027 02:32:16,721 --> 02:32:19,691 RESEARCH, IT SHOULD EXAMINE THE 4028 02:32:19,691 --> 02:32:21,192 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE 4029 02:32:21,192 --> 02:32:22,326 GENERATION, COMMUNICATIONS OF 4030 02:32:22,326 --> 02:32:24,696 BASIC AND CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE, 4031 02:32:24,696 --> 02:32:27,331 AND ITS IMPACT, SOMETHING WE 4032 02:32:27,331 --> 02:32:29,300 DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, 4033 02:32:29,300 --> 02:32:30,268 MAKING AN ASSESSMENT SHOULD 4034 02:32:30,268 --> 02:32:32,770 ASHES TRIBUTE THE OUTCOME TO ALL 4035 02:32:32,770 --> 02:32:35,173 CONTRIBUTORS, BECAUSE OFTEN 4036 02:32:35,173 --> 02:32:36,874 TIMES, WE WEREN'T THE SOLE 4037 02:32:36,874 --> 02:32:39,410 CONTRIBUTOR AND TO ADJUST A TIME 4038 02:32:39,410 --> 02:32:42,547 FRAME LONG ENOUGH TO DETERMINE 4039 02:32:42,547 --> 02:32:45,616 WHETHER AND HOW THOSE 4040 02:32:45,616 --> 02:32:46,984 CONTRIBUTIONS LED TO DISCOVERIES 4041 02:32:46,984 --> 02:32:50,488 AND HOW THEY WERE APPLIED. 4042 02:32:50,488 --> 02:32:52,557 I CAN TELL YOU AS AN ASIDE 4043 02:32:52,557 --> 02:32:54,258 BEFORE I CAME TO THIS MEETING 4044 02:32:54,258 --> 02:32:57,228 THIS MORNING, I HAD TO GIVE 4045 02:32:57,228 --> 02:33:02,200 OPENING REMARKS, AT A DIABETES 4046 02:33:02,200 --> 02:33:04,102 MELITUS INTERAGENCY COORDINATING 4047 02:33:04,102 --> 02:33:08,139 COMMITTEE AS A DIRECT RESULT OF 4048 02:33:08,139 --> 02:33:09,907 WHAT NEIL SHAPIRO JUST MENTIONED 4049 02:33:09,907 --> 02:33:11,576 THE TYPE 1 DIABETES FUNDS WE ARE 4050 02:33:11,576 --> 02:33:12,777 HOPING THEY WILL BE RENEWED BUT 4051 02:33:12,777 --> 02:33:14,979 WE HAVE TO BE IN A POSITION TO 4052 02:33:14,979 --> 02:33:16,547 THINK ABOUT HOW THOSE FUNDS IN 4053 02:33:16,547 --> 02:33:18,783 25 AND 26 COULD BE USED VERY 4054 02:33:18,783 --> 02:33:19,951 EFFECTIVELY AND SO WE BRING 4055 02:33:19,951 --> 02:33:22,286 TOGETHER A GROUP OF EX PERS WHO 4056 02:33:22,286 --> 02:33:27,024 ADVISE US, LOOKING OVER A SERIES 4057 02:33:27,024 --> 02:33:28,059 OF PROPOSALS, ON WHERE IS 4058 02:33:28,059 --> 02:33:29,961 PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE TO PUT 4059 02:33:29,961 --> 02:33:33,097 OUR PROMISE AND I HAVE TO SAY, 4060 02:33:33,097 --> 02:33:34,999 THAT IN OVER THE HISTORY, WE 4061 02:33:34,999 --> 02:33:39,470 WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP 4062 02:33:39,470 --> 02:33:40,705 THROUGH A SMALL BUSINESS GRANT 4063 02:33:40,705 --> 02:33:42,840 THE VERY FIRST CONTRACT FOR A 4064 02:33:42,840 --> 02:33:48,412 WAY TO NONINVASIVELY MEASURE 4065 02:33:48,412 --> 02:33:49,947 GLUCOSE WHICH ULTIMATELY LED TO 4066 02:33:49,947 --> 02:33:52,083 THE SERIES OF CONTINUOUS 4067 02:33:52,083 --> 02:33:53,050 DPLUICOSE MONITORS, 2 OF WHICH 4068 02:33:53,050 --> 02:33:57,955 YOU CAN BUY AT CVS OR WALGREEN'S 4069 02:33:57,955 --> 02:34:01,759 NOW, IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT 4070 02:34:01,759 --> 02:34:02,360 WAS IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUSLY 25 4071 02:34:02,360 --> 02:34:03,761 YEARS AGO WHEN WE INVESTED IN 4072 02:34:03,761 --> 02:34:05,496 THIS THAT THIS WOULD NOW BE THE 4073 02:34:05,496 --> 02:34:07,799 BASIS OF AN ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS 4074 02:34:07,799 --> 02:34:12,236 TECHNOLOGY WHERE YOU CAN LINK 4075 02:34:12,236 --> 02:34:13,838 CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR WITH 4076 02:34:13,838 --> 02:34:15,206 AN INSULIN PUMP AND TAKE THE 4077 02:34:15,206 --> 02:34:17,608 PLACE OF THE PANCREAS IN 4078 02:34:17,608 --> 02:34:19,343 INDIVIDUALS WITH TYPE 1 4079 02:34:19,343 --> 02:34:19,610 DIABETES. 4080 02:34:19,610 --> 02:34:26,617 THIS IS THE KIND OF ASSESSMENT 4081 02:34:26,617 --> 02:34:30,688 THAT THIS GROUP WAS ASKING FOR. 4082 02:34:30,688 --> 02:34:31,155 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 4083 02:34:31,155 --> 02:34:33,291 THIS IS A SORT OF COMPLICATED 4084 02:34:33,291 --> 02:34:35,960 SLIDE BUT IT POINTS OUT A NUMBER 4085 02:34:35,960 --> 02:34:38,763 OF THE AREAS IN TERMS OF 4086 02:34:38,763 --> 02:34:41,632 ASSESSING THE VALUE OF THIS 4087 02:34:41,632 --> 02:34:43,067 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, THAT 1 4088 02:34:43,067 --> 02:34:44,435 SHOULD FOCUS IN ON, AND AGAIN, 4089 02:34:44,435 --> 02:34:46,838 AT THE END OF THIS, WE WILL GIVE 4090 02:34:46,838 --> 02:34:49,440 YOU A QR CODE IF YOU WANT TO 4091 02:34:49,440 --> 02:34:52,009 LOOK AT ALL THESE REPORTS, IN 4092 02:34:52,009 --> 02:34:54,078 SOME DETAIL, BUT AGAIN THE NIH 4093 02:34:54,078 --> 02:34:55,980 SHOULD CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH A 4094 02:34:55,980 --> 02:34:57,515 TRANSNIH COMMITTEE ON,A 4095 02:34:57,515 --> 02:35:00,251 ASSESSESMENTS, TO LOOK AT MANY 4096 02:35:00,251 --> 02:35:02,286 DIMENSIONS OF THE VALUE OF 4097 02:35:02,286 --> 02:35:05,323 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND IT 4098 02:35:05,323 --> 02:35:06,090 SHOULD BEGIN WITH THE 4099 02:35:06,090 --> 02:35:07,058 IDENTIFICATION OF THE PURPOSE 4100 02:35:07,058 --> 02:35:12,230 AND THE AUDIENCE, WHO IS IT THAT 4101 02:35:12,230 --> 02:35:14,999 WE'RE PRESENT THANKSGIVING 4102 02:35:14,999 --> 02:35:16,267 INFORMATION TOO, SOMETHING I 4103 02:35:16,267 --> 02:35:19,103 THINK DR. CHANG ASKED THIS 4104 02:35:19,103 --> 02:35:19,470 MORNING. 4105 02:35:19,470 --> 02:35:21,806 OKAY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 4106 02:35:21,806 --> 02:35:23,641 HERE'S A REPORT ON PRECOLLEGE 4107 02:35:23,641 --> 02:35:24,208 ENGAGEMENT. 4108 02:35:24,208 --> 02:35:27,511 I THINK THIS IS THE LAST OF THE 4109 02:35:27,511 --> 02:35:30,815 4 I WILL BE DISCUSSIONING EMPLOY 4110 02:35:30,815 --> 02:35:33,251 WHAT IS THE WHY HERE? 4111 02:35:33,251 --> 02:35:34,919 THAT THERE'S REALLY A TREND IN 4112 02:35:34,919 --> 02:35:36,787 THE PROFILE OF CURRENT AND 4113 02:35:36,787 --> 02:35:39,891 RISING BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE AND 4114 02:35:39,891 --> 02:35:42,627 THERE'S CONCERN BOTH IN THE 4115 02:35:42,627 --> 02:35:44,862 PREPARATION AND DIVERSITY OF THE 4116 02:35:44,862 --> 02:35:51,836 U.S. FUTURE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 4117 02:35:51,836 --> 02:36:02,480 AND THE ABILITY TO PROMOTE IT. 4118 02:36:02,480 --> 02:36:04,916 WE'RE ALL AWARE OF STEM AND THE 4119 02:36:04,916 --> 02:36:07,351 USE OF IT, AND AS THE U.S. 4120 02:36:07,351 --> 02:36:08,519 GRAPPLES WITH PRECOLLEGE 4121 02:36:08,519 --> 02:36:10,154 SCIENCE, PEOPLE ENGAGED IN 4122 02:36:10,154 --> 02:36:12,390 TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND 4123 02:36:12,390 --> 02:36:14,558 MATHEMATICS, AND THAT CAN'T JUST 4124 02:36:14,558 --> 02:36:16,394 START OFF AT COLLEGE, IT HAS TO 4125 02:36:16,394 --> 02:36:18,029 START IN HIGH SCHOOL AND EVEN 4126 02:36:18,029 --> 02:36:21,365 EARLIER AND THEN I DIVERSITY OF 4127 02:36:21,365 --> 02:36:22,400 STUDENTS SEEKING DEGREES AND 4128 02:36:22,400 --> 02:36:23,768 CAREERS IN THIS FIELD REALLY 4129 02:36:23,768 --> 02:36:26,404 DIDN'T AT THE TIME OF THIS 4130 02:36:26,404 --> 02:36:29,373 REPORT REALLY REFLECT THE 4131 02:36:29,373 --> 02:36:31,609 NATION'S RAPIDLY CHANGING 4132 02:36:31,609 --> 02:36:32,076 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES. 4133 02:36:32,076 --> 02:36:34,645 AND SO THIS IS THE WHY, WHY 4134 02:36:34,645 --> 02:36:37,081 AMONG ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD 4135 02:36:37,081 --> 02:36:40,284 BE STUDIED, THE NIH TASKED THE 4136 02:36:40,284 --> 02:36:43,721 SMRB WITHA VISING HOW NIH COULD 4137 02:36:43,721 --> 02:36:47,825 MAXIMIZE ITS INFLUENCE THROUGH 4138 02:36:47,825 --> 02:36:51,629 ITS EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS AND 4139 02:36:51,629 --> 02:36:54,732 STRUCTURES TO INFLUENCE AND 4140 02:36:54,732 --> 02:36:57,335 INCREASE PRECOLLEGE BIOMEDICAL 4141 02:36:57,335 --> 02:36:57,768 SCIENCE ENGAGE AM. 4142 02:36:57,768 --> 02:37:00,471 SHOWN ON THE RIGHT THERE, IS 4143 02:37:00,471 --> 02:37:01,672 REALLY A CONCEPTUALIZATION OF 4144 02:37:01,672 --> 02:37:03,641 THE WORKFORCE AND SOMETIMES WHEN 4145 02:37:03,641 --> 02:37:06,944 YOU THINK OF WORKFORCE, WE TALK 4146 02:37:06,944 --> 02:37:09,914 ABOUT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS OR 4147 02:37:09,914 --> 02:37:12,883 CLINICAL SCIENTISTS OR GRADUATE 4148 02:37:12,883 --> 02:37:15,052 STUDENTS, POST DOCTORAL 4149 02:37:15,052 --> 02:37:16,620 RESEARCH, BUT THIS REPORT SORT 4150 02:37:16,620 --> 02:37:20,157 OF CHALLENGED US TO THINK OF 4151 02:37:20,157 --> 02:37:21,792 MUCH BROADER, TO THINK ABOUT 4152 02:37:21,792 --> 02:37:23,627 TECH TRANSFER OFFICE, TO THINK 4153 02:37:23,627 --> 02:37:26,397 ABOUT SCIENCE TEACHERS, TO THINK 4154 02:37:26,397 --> 02:37:28,966 ABOUT CLINICAL TRIAL 4155 02:37:28,966 --> 02:37:32,970 COORDINATORS, PEOPLE WHOM 4156 02:37:32,970 --> 02:37:34,338 GETTING THIS EDUCATION, COLLEGE 4157 02:37:34,338 --> 02:37:36,073 COULD LEAD TO A SUCCESSFUL 4158 02:37:36,073 --> 02:37:40,311 CAREER BEING IN THE BIOMEDICAL 4159 02:37:40,311 --> 02:37:42,680 RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM. 4160 02:37:42,680 --> 02:37:45,383 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 4161 02:37:45,383 --> 02:37:46,684 SO QUITE SIMPLY THE 4162 02:37:46,684 --> 02:37:48,152 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF 4163 02:37:48,152 --> 02:37:58,529 THIS, AND I THINK THIS 4164 02:38:05,669 --> 02:38:06,971 PARTICULAR -- THIS WAS AMONG THE 4165 02:38:06,971 --> 02:38:08,506 LAST REPORTS THAT CAME OUT. 4166 02:38:08,506 --> 02:38:09,740 IT FOCUSED ON PRECOLLEGE EFFORTS 4167 02:38:09,740 --> 02:38:12,910 ON MOST OF THE PRESSING 4168 02:38:12,910 --> 02:38:14,879 WORKFORCE NEEDS, BROADENING 4169 02:38:14,879 --> 02:38:17,515 THESE WORKFORCE CATEGORIES TO AT 4170 02:38:17,515 --> 02:38:18,916 LEAST CONSIDER THEM TO BE 4171 02:38:18,916 --> 02:38:21,385 SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME, NOT JUST THE 4172 02:38:21,385 --> 02:38:23,687 NUMBER OF PRINCIPLE 4173 02:38:23,687 --> 02:38:26,757 INVESTIGATORS OR CLINICAL 4174 02:38:26,757 --> 02:38:28,893 SCIENCES THAT 1 PRODUCES, TO 4175 02:38:28,893 --> 02:38:30,528 STREAMLINE AND INCREASE 4176 02:38:30,528 --> 02:38:32,163 COORDINATION WITH EXISTING 4177 02:38:32,163 --> 02:38:33,064 PRECOLLEGE ACTIVITIES, AND THEN 4178 02:38:33,064 --> 02:38:35,933 REALLY TO DEVELOP STANDARD 4179 02:38:35,933 --> 02:38:39,270 METRICS OF SUCCESS FOR EXISTING 4180 02:38:39,270 --> 02:38:40,604 NIH PRECOLLEGE STEM ACTIVITIES. 4181 02:38:40,604 --> 02:38:43,808 I THINK THIS NEXT SLIDE JUST 4182 02:38:43,808 --> 02:38:47,378 KIND OF SHOWS YOU BACK IN 2013, 4183 02:38:47,378 --> 02:38:49,547 I BELIEVE, SORT OF THE LIST OF 4184 02:38:49,547 --> 02:38:53,584 ACTIVITIES WHERE NIH WAS SO 4185 02:38:53,584 --> 02:38:56,020 PRODUCING CLASSROOM MATERIALS, 4186 02:38:56,020 --> 02:38:57,054 OR HEALTH INFORMATION, OR 4187 02:38:57,054 --> 02:39:00,191 STUDENT EXPERIENCE, SUMMER 4188 02:39:00,191 --> 02:39:03,227 PROGRAMS FOR EXAMPLE, IT SHOWS 4189 02:39:03,227 --> 02:39:04,028 THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES, TEACHER 4190 02:39:04,028 --> 02:39:05,262 DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER CAREERS, 4191 02:39:05,262 --> 02:39:08,365 THIS BEING 1 OF THE AREAS TO 4192 02:39:08,365 --> 02:39:09,900 FOCUS ON OF COURSE BACK IN 2013, 4193 02:39:09,900 --> 02:39:12,236 THIS WAS SORT OF THE BASE LINE, 4194 02:39:12,236 --> 02:39:14,772 AND SO AS -- AFTER THE REPORT 4195 02:39:14,772 --> 02:39:18,008 COMES OUT IN 2015, THIS IS 1 OF 4196 02:39:18,008 --> 02:39:22,146 MANY, METRICS THAT 1 CAN USE TO 4197 02:39:22,146 --> 02:39:22,947 EVALUATE SUCCESS. 4198 02:39:22,947 --> 02:39:29,086 AND THE FINAL SLIDE, THERE'S 4199 02:39:29,086 --> 02:39:31,722 REALLY AN ARCHIVE REPORT OF ALL 4200 02:39:31,722 --> 02:39:33,023 OF THESE SMRBOT WEBSITE AND THIS 4201 02:39:33,023 --> 02:39:36,794 IS LARGELY FOR THE PEOPLE 4202 02:39:36,794 --> 02:39:37,628 VISITING US VIRTUALLY, IF YOU 4203 02:39:37,628 --> 02:39:39,163 WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THIS 4204 02:39:39,163 --> 02:39:40,798 QR CODE THIS WILL TAKE YOU 4205 02:39:40,798 --> 02:39:43,300 DIRECTLY TO THAT WEBSITE SO YOU 4206 02:39:43,300 --> 02:39:45,136 WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 4207 02:39:45,136 --> 02:39:48,839 READ ABOUT THESE VARIOUS 4208 02:39:48,839 --> 02:39:51,208 PROGRAMS AND AS OUR CHAIR HAS 4209 02:39:51,208 --> 02:39:52,643 CHALLENGED US, WE SHOULD ALL DO 4210 02:39:52,643 --> 02:39:55,946 OUR HOME WORK AND READ ALL THESE 4211 02:39:55,946 --> 02:39:57,681 REPORTS BEFORE OUR NEXT FORMAL 4212 02:39:57,681 --> 02:39:57,915 MEETING. 4213 02:39:57,915 --> 02:39:59,083 AND WITH THAT LET ME CLOSE AND 4214 02:39:59,083 --> 02:40:09,426 SEE IF THERE ARE ANY PRESSING 4215 02:40:09,426 --> 02:40:19,603 QUESTIONS 4216 02:40:24,675 --> 02:40:26,844 >> IT STARTED -- WHEN WAS THE 4217 02:40:26,844 --> 02:40:28,946 FIRST MEETING, WHAT YEAR? 4218 02:40:28,946 --> 02:40:32,316 HOW MANY YEARS BEFORE IT STARTED 4219 02:40:32,316 --> 02:40:33,017 MEETING? 4220 02:40:33,017 --> 02:40:34,518 2009 SO IT WAS THREE YEARS 4221 02:40:34,518 --> 02:40:35,619 BEFORE IT STARTED MEETING AND 4222 02:40:35,619 --> 02:40:37,488 THEN I CAME ON BOARD I THINK IN 4223 02:40:37,488 --> 02:40:40,858 THE SECOND ITERATION BECAUSE I 4224 02:40:40,858 --> 02:40:43,260 LOOKED UP ON MY C.V. SO THE 4225 02:40:43,260 --> 02:40:44,762 FIRST YEAR OF BEING DIRECTOR I 4226 02:40:44,762 --> 02:40:47,531 GOT APPOINTED TO IT AND REMEMBER 4227 02:40:47,531 --> 02:40:48,566 SOME OF THOSE REPORTS. 4228 02:40:48,566 --> 02:40:49,066 >> RIGHT. 4229 02:40:49,066 --> 02:40:52,469 AND THE FIRST MEETING WAS IN 4230 02:40:52,469 --> 02:40:53,837 2009 AND THE FIRST REPORT CAME 4231 02:40:53,837 --> 02:40:55,072 OUT IN 2010. 4232 02:40:55,072 --> 02:40:58,275 >> SO THAT ALL MAKES SENSE AND 4233 02:40:58,275 --> 02:40:59,376 THEN DID YOU SAY WHEN IT MET 4234 02:40:59,376 --> 02:41:02,346 LAST. 4235 02:41:02,346 --> 02:41:04,281 >> 2015. 4236 02:41:04,281 --> 02:41:06,817 >> THAT'S WHEN -- BUT IT STILL 4237 02:41:06,817 --> 02:41:08,986 ISSUED A REPORT IN 2016. 4238 02:41:08,986 --> 02:41:09,987 >> 2016 THE LAST REPORT. 4239 02:41:09,987 --> 02:41:12,056 >> NO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE 4240 02:41:12,056 --> 02:41:14,291 SURE I UNDERSTOOD. 4241 02:41:14,291 --> 02:41:16,927 IT DOES -- YOU MADE THE POINT 4242 02:41:16,927 --> 02:41:21,632 BUT I WOULD REITERATE ONCE IT 4243 02:41:21,632 --> 02:41:23,200 STARTS GOING -- THE PRINCIPLE 4244 02:41:23,200 --> 02:41:24,702 REPORT WAS THE FIRST TIME. 4245 02:41:24,702 --> 02:41:27,605 >> THE FIRST YEAR THERE WERE 4246 02:41:27,605 --> 02:41:35,279 ACTUALLY 2010 WAS THE FIRST 4247 02:41:35,279 --> 02:41:35,546 REPORT. 4248 02:41:35,546 --> 02:41:37,381 THERE WERE THREE OTHER REPORTS. 4249 02:41:37,381 --> 02:41:38,582 >> DOES EVERYONE KNOW THE 4250 02:41:38,582 --> 02:41:39,850 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF WORKING GROUPS 4251 02:41:39,850 --> 02:41:50,060 IN PARALLEL. 4252 02:42:03,207 --> 02:42:04,341 YOU CAN'T INSPECT IT. 4253 02:42:04,341 --> 02:42:08,579 >> I'M REMINDED BY THE COMMENT 4254 02:42:08,579 --> 02:42:11,048 MADE BY FORMER COLLEAGUES ON 4255 02:42:11,048 --> 02:42:14,418 THESE TYPES OF ADVISORY BOARDS, 4256 02:42:14,418 --> 02:42:17,554 DON'T BOIL THE OCEAN. 4257 02:42:17,554 --> 02:42:19,490 SO PROBABLY THEY'LL WANT TO BE 4258 02:42:19,490 --> 02:42:21,191 MORE PRECISE, YEAH. 4259 02:42:21,191 --> 02:42:24,295 PROBABLY WE NEED TO BE MORE 4260 02:42:24,295 --> 02:42:25,195 PRECISE AND THEN LET'S SEE WHERE 4261 02:42:25,195 --> 02:42:29,199 IT TAKES US. 4262 02:42:29,199 --> 02:42:32,603 >> SO IT STRIKES ME AS WE LISTEN 4263 02:42:32,603 --> 02:42:35,072 TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND GOING 4264 02:42:35,072 --> 02:42:39,376 THROUGH SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT 4265 02:42:39,376 --> 02:42:42,146 AN YOU SUMMARIZED NICELY BUT 4266 02:42:42,146 --> 02:42:42,880 SOME IS OBVIOUS ONCE YOU HAVE 4267 02:42:42,880 --> 02:42:43,514 THE DATA. 4268 02:42:43,514 --> 02:42:46,550 YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST CENTER 4269 02:42:46,550 --> 02:42:50,587 THAT HAD 1600 PHYSICIANS AND 650 4270 02:42:50,587 --> 02:42:51,622 NURSES AND IT'S LOGICAL THAT'S 4271 02:42:51,622 --> 02:42:53,057 NOT GOING TO BE A FINANCIALLY 4272 02:42:53,057 --> 02:43:01,432 STABLE ENTITY. 4273 02:43:01,432 --> 02:43:04,301 WE SHOULD HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO 4274 02:43:04,301 --> 02:43:05,803 DATA THAN 10 YEARS AGO. 4275 02:43:05,803 --> 02:43:07,371 ONCE THE DATA IS THERE WE CAN 4276 02:43:07,371 --> 02:43:10,207 ALL SEE IT AND WE CAN MAKE AN 4277 02:43:10,207 --> 02:43:12,843 ASSESSMENT ON WHAT WE THINK OUR 4278 02:43:12,843 --> 02:43:13,143 OPINION IS. 4279 02:43:13,143 --> 02:43:14,745 >> WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE. 4280 02:43:14,745 --> 02:43:15,179 >> EXACTLY. 4281 02:43:15,179 --> 02:43:16,747 THE BY THE NUMBERS PART OF IT 4282 02:43:16,747 --> 02:43:18,415 WILL WE BE ABLE TO -- 4283 02:43:18,415 --> 02:43:23,954 >> AS LONG AS WE CAN ARTICULATE 4284 02:43:23,954 --> 02:43:28,792 WHAT WE NEED' WE WILL GET IT. 4285 02:43:28,792 --> 02:43:30,260 SOME IS OFF THE SHELF AND SOME 4286 02:43:30,260 --> 02:43:32,763 WILL HAVE TO BE GENERATED BUT 4287 02:43:32,763 --> 02:43:34,365 WE'LL PROVIDE THE DATA REQUIRED. 4288 02:43:34,365 --> 02:43:35,165 >> THAT'S GREAT. 4289 02:43:35,165 --> 02:43:36,900 AS YOU READ THROUGH IT AT THAT 4290 02:43:36,900 --> 02:43:38,635 TIME AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL 4291 02:43:38,635 --> 02:43:40,871 HAPPEN NOW IT BECOMES -- I WON'T 4292 02:43:40,871 --> 02:43:41,905 SAY OBVIOUS BUT BECOMES PRETTY 4293 02:43:41,905 --> 02:43:45,409 CLEAR WHEN YOU LOOK AT PURPOSE, 4294 02:43:45,409 --> 02:43:47,211 VISION, FINANCIAL STABILITY, 4295 02:43:47,211 --> 02:43:49,113 OUTCOME, VALUE, THIS IS EITHER 4296 02:43:49,113 --> 02:43:51,682 WORKING OR NOT OR IT'S WORKING 4297 02:43:51,682 --> 02:43:52,449 MOSTLY JUST NEEDS MORE 4298 02:43:52,449 --> 02:43:53,016 EFFICIENCIES, THAT TYPE OF 4299 02:43:53,016 --> 02:43:56,520 THING. 4300 02:43:56,520 --> 02:43:58,589 >> SOME OF THE QUESTIONS LEND 4301 02:43:58,589 --> 02:44:02,259 THEMSELVES TO THAT CLARITY. 4302 02:44:02,259 --> 02:44:02,860 OTHER QUESTIONS PERHAPS ARE 4303 02:44:02,860 --> 02:44:06,663 LET'S MORE COMPLICATED. 4304 02:44:06,663 --> 02:44:08,966 I SEE JEANNE AND THEN DEB. 4305 02:44:08,966 --> 02:44:10,968 >> THAT WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. 4306 02:44:10,968 --> 02:44:13,337 I'M NOT SURE THIS IS A RELEVANT 4307 02:44:13,337 --> 02:44:15,372 QUESTION BUT IS IT RELEVANT OR 4308 02:44:15,372 --> 02:44:17,207 HELPFUL TO TALK ABOUT WHY THE 4309 02:44:17,207 --> 02:44:19,042 COMMITTEE STOPPED MEETING GIVEN 4310 02:44:19,042 --> 02:44:22,179 WHAT SOUNDED LIKE VARYING USEFUL 4311 02:44:22,179 --> 02:44:24,648 PRODUCTS BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST 4312 02:44:24,648 --> 02:44:24,948 SUMMARIZED. 4313 02:44:24,948 --> 02:44:29,520 >> I GUESS I'M GOING IT TAKE 4314 02:44:29,520 --> 02:44:33,690 THAT ONE. 4315 02:44:33,690 --> 02:44:36,994 SO, WHILE DR. COLLINS WAS 4316 02:44:36,994 --> 02:44:39,396 DIRECTOR OF NIH HE INCREASINGLY 4317 02:44:39,396 --> 02:44:41,231 USED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO 4318 02:44:41,231 --> 02:44:42,800 THE DIRECTOR TO WRESTLE WITH 4319 02:44:42,800 --> 02:44:48,806 THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS. 4320 02:44:48,806 --> 02:44:51,208 PRIOR TO DR. COLLINS AND IT WAS 4321 02:44:51,208 --> 02:45:01,718 DR. SAHUNE COP CONCEIVED THE 4322 02:45:02,653 --> 02:45:04,354 SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW 4323 02:45:04,354 --> 02:45:06,490 BOARD AND THERE WAS AN INTEREST 4324 02:45:06,490 --> 02:45:09,159 IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FACA 4325 02:45:09,159 --> 02:45:12,529 COMMITTEES AND AS YOU HEARD THIS 4326 02:45:12,529 --> 02:45:14,698 MORNING, NIH HAS A LARGE NUMBER 4327 02:45:14,698 --> 02:45:17,267 OF THESE MEETINGS AND BECAUSE 4328 02:45:17,267 --> 02:45:24,808 THE MSRB HAD MORE OR LESS GONE 4329 02:45:24,808 --> 02:45:28,111 DORMANT WE OFFERED IT UP 4330 02:45:28,111 --> 02:45:29,913 INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IT WAS 4331 02:45:29,913 --> 02:45:34,985 NEVER DONE AWAY WITH BUT WAS 4332 02:45:34,985 --> 02:45:37,154 DORMANT AND WHEN DR. BERTAGNOLLI 4333 02:45:37,154 --> 02:45:39,056 CAME ON BOARD SHE DECIDED THIS 4334 02:45:39,056 --> 02:45:42,659 WOULD BE A VERY VALUABLE TOOL TO 4335 02:45:42,659 --> 02:45:44,761 AUGMENT THE OTHER SORTS OF 4336 02:45:44,761 --> 02:45:45,829 THINGS YOU'VE BEEN THINK ABOUT 4337 02:45:45,829 --> 02:45:47,397 AND IN ADDITION WE DID GET 4338 02:45:47,397 --> 02:45:52,202 REPORT LANGUAGE BY THE CONGRESS. 4339 02:45:52,202 --> 02:45:54,605 SO THE VARIOUS THINGS WORK TAKEN 4340 02:45:54,605 --> 02:45:57,241 TOGETHER MADE IT APPROPRIATE TO 4341 02:45:57,241 --> 02:45:59,810 RESTART THIS COMMITTEE. 4342 02:45:59,810 --> 02:46:03,847 SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS EXPLAIN. 4343 02:46:03,847 --> 02:46:08,151 OKAY, DEB AND THEN MIKE. 4344 02:46:08,151 --> 02:46:10,120 >> YEAH, THANK YOU, THAT WAS 4345 02:46:10,120 --> 02:46:11,121 EXTREMELY HELPFUL. 4346 02:46:11,121 --> 02:46:12,256 I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THE 4347 02:46:12,256 --> 02:46:13,624 REPORT ON THE CLINICAL CENTER 4348 02:46:13,624 --> 02:46:16,493 BECAUSE OF OUR UPCOMING 4349 02:46:16,493 --> 02:46:18,061 DISCUSSIONS AND I WAS VERY 4350 02:46:18,061 --> 02:46:19,897 INTERESTED AT THE FACT IT WAS 4351 02:46:19,897 --> 02:46:21,398 DETERMINED THAT THE FINANCIAL 4352 02:46:21,398 --> 02:46:22,933 MODEL WAS NOT A VIABLE ONE AND 4353 02:46:22,933 --> 02:46:26,203 THEN SOLUTIONS WERE PROPOSED TO 4354 02:46:26,203 --> 02:46:28,639 ADDRESS THAT SUCH AS MAKING THE 4355 02:46:28,639 --> 02:46:30,874 CLINICAL CENTER AVAILABLE FOR 4356 02:46:30,874 --> 02:46:31,842 INVESTIGATORS AND A SCHEME WAS 4357 02:46:31,842 --> 02:46:39,049 LAID OUT FOR THAT AND OF COURSE 4358 02:46:39,049 --> 02:46:42,452 NOTHING HAPPENED WITH THAT AND 4359 02:46:42,452 --> 02:46:44,721 WONDERING IF THERE'S LESSONS 4360 02:46:44,721 --> 02:46:47,190 LEARNS OR A SPECIFIC TYPE OF 4361 02:46:47,190 --> 02:46:49,760 PROCESS CARRIED OUT INTERNALLY 4362 02:46:49,760 --> 02:46:51,094 AT NIH TO CONSIDER AND ADDRESS 4363 02:46:51,094 --> 02:46:54,164 ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND 4364 02:46:54,164 --> 02:46:55,732 SECONDLY, ARE THERE LESSONS 4365 02:46:55,732 --> 02:46:56,667 LEARNED ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS 4366 02:46:56,667 --> 02:46:59,603 THAT WERE PUT FORWARD THAT WERE 4367 02:46:59,603 --> 02:47:03,073 POTENTIALLY VERY DISRUPTIVE AND 4368 02:47:03,073 --> 02:47:04,975 THE DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO 4369 02:47:04,975 --> 02:47:07,911 POWER THROUGH JUST FOR OUR 4370 02:47:07,911 --> 02:47:09,012 FUTURE WORK IS THERE SOMETHING 4371 02:47:09,012 --> 02:47:10,614 TO BE LEARNED THERE? 4372 02:47:10,614 --> 02:47:11,715 >> I THINK TO ANSWER THAT 4373 02:47:11,715 --> 02:47:13,150 SPECIFIC QUESTION RELATED TO 4374 02:47:13,150 --> 02:47:16,820 THAT REPORT ON THE CLINICAL 4375 02:47:16,820 --> 02:47:18,255 CENTER FROM MY REMEMBRANCE OF 4376 02:47:18,255 --> 02:47:20,757 THIS, THERE WERE AS I POINTED 4377 02:47:20,757 --> 02:47:27,064 OUT THREE OR FOUR 4378 02:47:27,064 --> 02:47:28,599 RECOMMENDATIONS ONE WAS ACTED 4379 02:47:28,599 --> 02:47:30,734 UPON QUICKLY RELATED TO THE OF 4380 02:47:30,734 --> 02:47:34,371 THE CLINICAL CENTER. 4381 02:47:34,371 --> 02:47:37,174 SO NOW THERE'S A SINGLE CLINICAL 4382 02:47:37,174 --> 02:47:39,610 CENTER GOVERNING BOARD THAT 4383 02:47:39,610 --> 02:47:41,211 ADVISES THE CLINICAL CENTER 4384 02:47:41,211 --> 02:47:41,612 DIRECTOR. 4385 02:47:41,612 --> 02:47:44,448 THERE WAS ALSO PUT IN PLACE THE 4386 02:47:44,448 --> 02:47:45,716 RENT WHICH CONSIDERED SOME 4387 02:47:45,716 --> 02:47:49,052 ASPECTS OF THE CLINICAL CENTER 4388 02:47:49,052 --> 02:47:53,323 THAT REALLY SORT OF NEEDED 4389 02:47:53,323 --> 02:47:55,659 IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. 4390 02:47:55,659 --> 02:47:56,660 THE QUESTION ABOUT THE VISION 4391 02:47:56,660 --> 02:48:01,498 AND THAT IS OPENING UP TO 4392 02:48:01,498 --> 02:48:04,234 EXTRAMURAL AND INTRAMURAL WAS 4393 02:48:04,234 --> 02:48:06,403 ACTED UPON TO SOME EXTENT. 4394 02:48:06,403 --> 02:48:08,772 THERE'S A BENCH TO BEDSIDE AWARD 4395 02:48:08,772 --> 02:48:13,276 THAT ARE MADE THAT ALLOW THE 4396 02:48:13,276 --> 02:48:17,047 CLINICAL CENTER TO BE USED BY 4397 02:48:17,047 --> 02:48:17,848 INTRAMURAL AND EXTRAMURAL 4398 02:48:17,848 --> 02:48:20,317 COLLABORATORS BUT AS PART OF 4399 02:48:20,317 --> 02:48:23,720 THAT, THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO OR 4400 02:48:23,720 --> 02:48:27,290 THREE MEETINGS WITH A NUMBER OF 4401 02:48:27,290 --> 02:48:30,560 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN THIS 4402 02:48:30,560 --> 02:48:33,196 AREA TO GET THEIR SENSE OF HOW 4403 02:48:33,196 --> 02:48:34,231 THIS COULD BEST BE 4404 02:48:34,231 --> 02:48:38,902 OPERATIONALIZED. 4405 02:48:38,902 --> 02:48:43,106 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS 4406 02:48:43,106 --> 02:48:44,274 SUGGESTED AND OTHER THAN THIS 4407 02:48:44,274 --> 02:48:48,045 AGREEMENT OF THE BENCH TO 4408 02:48:48,045 --> 02:48:51,048 BEDSIDE, THERE WEREN'T UNANIMOUS 4409 02:48:51,048 --> 02:48:52,783 OR EVEN MAJORITY AGREEMENT OB 4410 02:48:52,783 --> 02:48:55,052 MANY OF THOSE DECISIONS. 4411 02:48:55,052 --> 02:48:57,154 BUT AT LEAST THERE WAS SOME 4412 02:48:57,154 --> 02:48:57,487 PROGRESS. 4413 02:48:57,487 --> 02:48:59,523 THE THIRD AREA WAS THE STABLE 4414 02:48:59,523 --> 02:49:05,629 FINANCING FOR THE CLINICAL 4415 02:49:05,629 --> 02:49:07,497 CENTER AND MANY AREAS WERE 4416 02:49:07,497 --> 02:49:09,266 MAPPED OUT INCLUDING HAVING A 4417 02:49:09,266 --> 02:49:11,268 LINE ITEM. 4418 02:49:11,268 --> 02:49:15,072 I THINK WHEN NEAL JUST MENTIONED 4419 02:49:15,072 --> 02:49:19,443 THE FUNDING OF THE NIH, THERE'S 4420 02:49:19,443 --> 02:49:21,712 27 INSTITUTES BUT ONLY 24 4421 02:49:21,712 --> 02:49:23,046 INSTITUTES ACTUALLY GET AN 4422 02:49:23,046 --> 02:49:24,614 APPROPRIATION FROM CONGRESS. 4423 02:49:24,614 --> 02:49:28,652 THE CLINICAL CENTER, THE CENTER 4424 02:49:28,652 --> 02:49:30,587 FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND 4425 02:49:30,587 --> 02:49:33,123 THE CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC REVIEW 4426 02:49:33,123 --> 02:49:35,425 RELY ON CENTRAL SERVICES TO 4427 02:49:35,425 --> 02:49:36,359 PROVIDE THEIR FUNDING. 4428 02:49:36,359 --> 02:49:39,496 SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WAS 4429 02:49:39,496 --> 02:49:40,964 ENVISIONED AND RECOMMENDED TO 4430 02:49:40,964 --> 02:49:43,066 THIS GROUP WAS HAVING A SEPARATE 4431 02:49:43,066 --> 02:49:46,236 LINE ITEM AND THAT'S BEEN A 4432 02:49:46,236 --> 02:49:46,970 LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE 4433 02:49:46,970 --> 02:49:49,272 TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 4434 02:49:49,272 --> 02:49:50,173 >> OKAY. 4435 02:49:50,173 --> 02:49:51,141 THANK YOU. 4436 02:49:51,141 --> 02:49:54,911 WE HAVE MIKE AND THEN WE HAVE 4437 02:49:54,911 --> 02:49:55,912 ONE MORE. 4438 02:49:55,912 --> 02:49:56,580 >> THANK YOU, I THOUGHT THAT WAS 4439 02:49:56,580 --> 02:49:59,316 AWESOME. 4440 02:49:59,316 --> 02:50:02,686 AS I LOOK BACK ON THESE WORKING 4441 02:50:02,686 --> 02:50:05,489 GROUP REPORTS, TO ME IT SEEMS 4442 02:50:05,489 --> 02:50:07,057 LIKE SOME OF THEM IN THE TEN 4443 02:50:07,057 --> 02:50:09,526 PLUS YEARS THAT HAVE GONE SINCE 4444 02:50:09,526 --> 02:50:11,495 THE REPORTS WERE PUBLISHED I DO 4445 02:50:11,495 --> 02:50:13,163 THINK SOME OF THEM WERE 4446 02:50:13,163 --> 02:50:14,197 COMPLETELY ACTIONED AND FOR 4447 02:50:14,197 --> 02:50:15,432 OTHER REPORTS IT SEEMS LIKE 4448 02:50:15,432 --> 02:50:16,833 WE'RE STILL ASKING THOSE 4449 02:50:16,833 --> 02:50:20,203 QUESTIONS YOU WERE ASKING BACK 4450 02:50:20,203 --> 02:50:21,271 IN 2009. 4451 02:50:21,271 --> 02:50:23,073 AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE STILL 4452 02:50:23,073 --> 02:50:24,474 ASKING THEM BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T 4453 02:50:24,474 --> 02:50:26,710 DONE ANYTHING, THEY'RE JUST 4454 02:50:26,710 --> 02:50:28,311 AHARD QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING 4455 02:50:28,311 --> 02:50:28,712 ASKED. 4456 02:50:28,712 --> 02:50:30,347 FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I WAS 4457 02:50:30,347 --> 02:50:34,117 WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ADVICE. 4458 02:50:34,117 --> 02:50:37,687 TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD WE 4459 02:50:37,687 --> 02:50:42,259 DECIDE BIG QUESTIONS OR MORE 4460 02:50:42,259 --> 02:50:43,059 BITE-SIZED QUESTIONS? 4461 02:50:43,059 --> 02:50:45,195 ANOTHER QUESTION I'M WONDERING 4462 02:50:45,195 --> 02:50:47,230 IS HOW DO WE SELECT QUESTIONS 4463 02:50:47,230 --> 02:50:49,966 THAT HAVE THE BEST PATHWAY 4464 02:50:49,966 --> 02:50:55,438 TOWARD BEING IMPLEMENTED AND 4465 02:50:55,438 --> 02:51:05,982 ANOTHER QUESTION IS WE MAY ASK 4466 02:51:06,416 --> 02:51:08,285 MAY NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 4467 02:51:08,285 --> 02:51:09,920 AND DO YOU HAVE ADVICE HAVING 4468 02:51:09,920 --> 02:51:11,688 DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE OF WHAT 4469 02:51:11,688 --> 02:51:14,090 QUESTIONS WE SHOULD DECIDE TO 4470 02:51:14,090 --> 02:51:14,324 TACKLE? 4471 02:51:14,324 --> 02:51:21,898 >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU 4472 02:51:21,898 --> 02:51:26,236 RAISE VALUABLE OPTION OR 4473 02:51:26,236 --> 02:51:26,570 CONFIGURATION. 4474 02:51:26,570 --> 02:51:28,872 DO YOU TACKLE VERY LARGE 4475 02:51:28,872 --> 02:51:31,575 TAUNTING PROBLEMS OR DO YOU TAKE 4476 02:51:31,575 --> 02:51:33,410 SMALL PALATABLE PIECES THAT 4477 02:51:33,410 --> 02:51:43,053 MAYBE NOT HAVE THE EXTERNALITIES 4478 02:51:43,053 --> 02:51:46,489 AND MAYBE DO BOTH BUT ING TIME 4479 02:51:46,489 --> 02:51:48,625 LINES WILL BE LONGER FOR SOME 4480 02:51:48,625 --> 02:51:50,060 THAN OTHERS. 4481 02:51:50,060 --> 02:51:51,061 I'M SURE THERE ARE AREAS WE CAN 4482 02:51:51,061 --> 02:51:53,129 CONSIDER AND AGAIN THIS IS GOING 4483 02:51:53,129 --> 02:51:55,065 TO BE SOMETHING THAT ANDREA AND 4484 02:51:55,065 --> 02:51:58,702 WE WILL SORT OF THINK ABOUT 4485 02:51:58,702 --> 02:51:59,636 UNDER THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES. 4486 02:51:59,636 --> 02:52:01,838 I POINTED OUT THE CLINICAL 4487 02:52:01,838 --> 02:52:03,440 CENTER THOUGH BUDGET WAS A MAJOR 4488 02:52:03,440 --> 02:52:06,409 ISSUE, THERE WERE OTHER ISSUES 4489 02:52:06,409 --> 02:52:10,847 THAT LAT TO BE TACKLED AND SOME 4490 02:52:10,847 --> 02:52:11,982 RECOMMENDATIONS MADE WERE 4491 02:52:11,982 --> 02:52:13,884 IMPLEMENTED WHICH PARTIALLY 4492 02:52:13,884 --> 02:52:16,152 IMPROVED THE SITUATION BUT GIVEN 4493 02:52:16,152 --> 02:52:17,888 WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHICH IS 4494 02:52:17,888 --> 02:52:20,090 DIFFERENT THAN 10 YEARS AGO, 4495 02:52:20,090 --> 02:52:22,993 SOME OF THE PROBLEMS MIGHT BE 4496 02:52:22,993 --> 02:52:26,196 MORE DAUNTING AND TAKE A LONGER 4497 02:52:26,196 --> 02:52:30,734 TIME HORIZON TO ACCOMPLISH. 4498 02:52:30,734 --> 02:52:32,068 >> THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE 4499 02:52:32,068 --> 02:52:33,103 SHOULDN'T LEAVE ANY STONE 4500 02:52:33,103 --> 02:52:33,370 UNTURNED. 4501 02:52:33,370 --> 02:52:34,638 >> YES. 4502 02:52:34,638 --> 02:52:35,839 >> I THINK WE MIGHT SPEND MORE 4503 02:52:35,839 --> 02:52:37,140 TIME ON ONE THING OR ANOTHER BUT 4504 02:52:37,140 --> 02:52:43,046 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO THAT. 4505 02:52:43,046 --> 02:52:44,547 >> WILL LINDSEY. 4506 02:52:44,547 --> 02:52:46,249 >> YES, THANKS VERY MUCH GRIF 4507 02:52:46,249 --> 02:52:47,951 FOR REVIEWING THAT HISTORY. 4508 02:52:47,951 --> 02:52:48,885 SUPER HELPFUL. 4509 02:52:48,885 --> 02:52:50,854 IN ADDITION TO THE QUESTION OF 4510 02:52:50,854 --> 02:52:54,958 WHAT LESSONS WERE LEARNED WHICH 4511 02:52:54,958 --> 02:52:57,494 I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT, 4512 02:52:57,494 --> 02:52:58,128 BECAUSE SOME PREVIOUS REPORTS 4513 02:52:58,128 --> 02:53:01,064 WERE IMPLEMENTS TO SOME EXTENT, 4514 02:53:01,064 --> 02:53:03,066 IS THERE AN EXPECTATION WE 4515 02:53:03,066 --> 02:53:04,167 ASSESS WHETHER THE EXPECTATIONS 4516 02:53:04,167 --> 02:53:07,037 WERE MED OR CAN WE REALLY HAVE 4517 02:53:07,037 --> 02:53:09,005 MORE OF A FORWARD LOOKING 4518 02:53:09,005 --> 02:53:09,873 APPROACH. 4519 02:53:09,873 --> 02:53:13,476 WHAT CHALLENGES DO WE FACE TODAY 4520 02:53:13,476 --> 02:53:15,045 AND WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS MIGHT 4521 02:53:15,045 --> 02:53:16,913 WE RECOMMEND TO ADDRESS THOSE? 4522 02:53:16,913 --> 02:53:20,550 >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 4523 02:53:20,550 --> 02:53:23,486 I DO A SURVEY OF WHAT THE 4524 02:53:23,486 --> 02:53:26,589 OUTCOME WAS OF MAYBE VERSION 1.0 4525 02:53:26,589 --> 02:53:29,125 OR IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION 4526 02:53:29,125 --> 02:53:31,027 CORRECTLY, ARE THERE STILL SOME 4527 02:53:31,027 --> 02:53:33,063 AREAS THAT ARE STILL REMAINING 4528 02:53:33,063 --> 02:53:35,765 PROBLEMATIC NOW AND SHOULD WE 4529 02:53:35,765 --> 02:53:38,068 LOOK AT THEM AGAIN OR JUST 4530 02:53:38,068 --> 02:53:41,571 LOOKING BACKWARDS, DOES THIS 4531 02:53:41,571 --> 02:53:43,039 GIVE US A BETTER PREDICTION OF 4532 02:53:43,039 --> 02:53:44,975 WHAT AREAS WE MIGHT BE MORE 4533 02:53:44,975 --> 02:53:46,176 SUCCESSFUL IN ACCOMPLISHING? 4534 02:53:46,176 --> 02:53:48,812 IT'S A VALUABLE POINT. 4535 02:53:48,812 --> 02:53:51,715 AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT AS 4536 02:53:51,715 --> 02:53:53,283 A GROUP COLLECTIVELY WE'LL HAVE 4537 02:53:53,283 --> 02:53:53,717 TO DECIDE. 4538 02:53:53,717 --> 02:53:56,152 BUT I THINK YOUR QUESTION, IF I 4539 02:53:56,152 --> 02:54:00,123 GOT YOU RIGHT, ARE THERE STILL 4540 02:54:00,123 --> 02:54:02,058 AREAS THAT OR RECOMMENDATIONS 4541 02:54:02,058 --> 02:54:03,626 PROPOSED SAY, 10 YEARS AGO THAT 4542 02:54:03,626 --> 02:54:07,364 ARE STILL PROBLEMS AND WE SHOULD 4543 02:54:07,364 --> 02:54:08,865 REVISIT THEM IF THAT'S WHAT 4544 02:54:08,865 --> 02:54:09,299 YOU'RE ASKING. 4545 02:54:09,299 --> 02:54:10,667 I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE 4546 02:54:10,667 --> 02:54:11,634 SHOULD CONSIDER. 4547 02:54:11,634 --> 02:54:17,407 THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION. 4548 02:54:17,407 --> 02:54:17,941 >> ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR 4549 02:54:17,941 --> 02:54:23,413 QUESTIONS? 4550 02:54:23,413 --> 02:54:23,847 >> YES. 4551 02:54:23,847 --> 02:54:27,884 >> SO, EARLIER IN THE DAY WE 4552 02:54:27,884 --> 02:54:29,319 TALKED ABOUT A PROPOSAL THAT 4553 02:54:29,319 --> 02:54:32,288 DIDN'T GO FORWARD AND I THINK 4554 02:54:32,288 --> 02:54:34,157 LARRY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT 4555 02:54:34,157 --> 02:54:35,925 LACK OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. 4556 02:54:35,925 --> 02:54:38,395 COULD YOU COMMENT ON HOW THE 4557 02:54:38,395 --> 02:54:42,866 PRIOR GROUP ENGAGED STAKEHOLDERS 4558 02:54:42,866 --> 02:54:44,901 AND PERHAPS OTHER ADDITIONAL IN 4559 02:54:44,901 --> 02:54:46,136 YOUR EXPERIENCE MAY BE HELPFUL. 4560 02:54:46,136 --> 02:54:50,073 >> WELL, ON MANY OF THESE GROUPS 4561 02:54:50,073 --> 02:54:52,108 I WAS ON A WORK GROUP THE 4562 02:54:52,108 --> 02:54:53,910 COMMITTEE OR THE WORKING GROUP 4563 02:54:53,910 --> 02:54:59,282 WAS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT 4564 02:54:59,282 --> 02:55:09,793 HAVING SEVERAL PANELS TO GIVE 4565 02:55:13,329 --> 02:55:14,264 REPRESENTATION PRESENTATIONS AND 4566 02:55:14,264 --> 02:55:18,234 SOME DIDN'T COME BUT SENT A LONG 4567 02:55:18,234 --> 02:55:20,103 DESCRIPT OF THEIR VIEW AND THE 4568 02:55:20,103 --> 02:55:20,370 RATIONALE. 4569 02:55:20,370 --> 02:55:24,774 I WE DID TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT 4570 02:55:24,774 --> 02:55:27,377 EVERY VOICE WAS HEARD BUT WE 4571 02:55:27,377 --> 02:55:33,316 WERE FOCUSSING IN I THINK ON 4572 02:55:33,316 --> 02:55:37,587 PEOPLE IN ADVOCACY GROUPS AND 4573 02:55:37,587 --> 02:55:38,822 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND I 4574 02:55:38,822 --> 02:55:42,659 THINK AS POINTED OUT, THERE ARE 4575 02:55:42,659 --> 02:55:43,493 OTHER GROUPS THAT PERHAPS COULD 4576 02:55:43,493 --> 02:55:45,695 HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN SO 4577 02:55:45,695 --> 02:55:48,998 WE WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER 4578 02:55:48,998 --> 02:55:50,934 ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE LIKELY 4579 02:55:50,934 --> 02:55:52,402 OUTCOME OF WOULD HAVE BEEN. 4580 02:55:52,402 --> 02:55:55,038 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO 4581 02:55:55,038 --> 02:55:59,042 STONE IS UNTEURNED AND HAVE TO 4582 02:55:59,042 --> 02:56:00,944 THINK MORE BROADLY ABOUT WHO TO 4583 02:56:00,944 --> 02:56:03,980 GET INPUT FROM AS WE DELIBERATE 4584 02:56:03,980 --> 02:56:09,052 ADDITIONAL ISSUES, I THINK. 4585 02:56:09,052 --> 02:56:09,752 >> OKAY. 4586 02:56:09,752 --> 02:56:12,889 PART 2, DR. TABAK. 4587 02:56:12,889 --> 02:56:13,923 >> AFTER LARRY SPEAKS WE WILL 4588 02:56:13,923 --> 02:56:24,400 HAVE TIME FOR A SHORT BREAK. 4589 02:56:29,973 --> 02:56:32,775 >> OKAY, THANKS, GRIF. 4590 02:56:32,775 --> 02:56:36,513 SO, NOW I WANT TO DO A DEEP DIVE 4591 02:56:36,513 --> 02:56:38,848 INTO THIS ONE REPORT, WHICH WAS 4592 02:56:38,848 --> 02:56:42,452 THE FIRST, TALKING ABOUT HOW ONE 4593 02:56:42,452 --> 02:56:44,220 GOES ABOUT DELIBERATING 4594 02:56:44,220 --> 02:56:46,523 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND 4595 02:56:46,523 --> 02:56:46,856 EFFECTIVENESS. 4596 02:56:46,856 --> 02:56:50,493 SO, A FEW INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 4597 02:56:50,493 --> 02:56:53,363 UM, I THINK MANY AND PERHAPS ALL 4598 02:56:53,363 --> 02:56:55,231 THE PRINCIPLES DESCRIBED IN THIS 4599 02:56:55,231 --> 02:56:57,867 REPORT MAY PROVE USEFUL TO GUIDE 4600 02:56:57,867 --> 02:57:00,336 THE CURRENT COMMITTEE'S WORK BUT 4601 02:57:00,336 --> 02:57:02,438 PLEASE UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT 4602 02:57:02,438 --> 02:57:03,339 BOUND BY THIS REPORT. 4603 02:57:03,339 --> 02:57:06,209 I'M JUST PRESENTING IT TO 4604 02:57:06,209 --> 02:57:07,610 PROVIDE YOU BACKGROUND. 4605 02:57:07,610 --> 02:57:13,283 YOU CAN ACCEPT, MODIFY OR IGNORE 4606 02:57:13,283 --> 02:57:13,716 ANYTHING. 4607 02:57:13,716 --> 02:57:15,318 BUT THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS 4608 02:57:15,318 --> 02:57:17,854 HERE THAT AT LEAST COULD BE A 4609 02:57:17,854 --> 02:57:19,589 STARTING POINT FOR HOW THE GROUP 4610 02:57:19,589 --> 02:57:24,394 CHOOSES TO GO FORWARD. 4611 02:57:24,394 --> 02:57:24,661 OKAY. 4612 02:57:24,661 --> 02:57:29,832 SO YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS 4613 02:57:29,832 --> 02:57:34,871 BACKGROUND AND THERE IS A GREAT 4614 02:57:34,871 --> 02:57:37,507 DEAL OF INTEREST IN THE 4615 02:57:37,507 --> 02:57:40,243 COMMUNITIES, PLURAL, ABOUT THE 4616 02:57:40,243 --> 02:57:44,781 NUMBER AND TYPES OF NIH 4617 02:57:44,781 --> 02:57:47,050 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 4618 02:57:47,050 --> 02:57:51,854 OBVIOUSLY WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT 4619 02:57:51,854 --> 02:57:53,356 INTERDISCIPLINARY, 4620 02:57:53,356 --> 02:57:55,024 MULTIDISCIPLINARY TYPES OF 4621 02:57:55,024 --> 02:57:56,226 RESEARCH ABOUND NOW. 4622 02:57:56,226 --> 02:58:01,064 NOT SO MAYBE 40 YEARS AGO. 4623 02:58:01,064 --> 02:58:03,566 AND CLEARLY AND EVERY ONE OF US 4624 02:58:03,566 --> 02:58:05,435 COULD COME UP WITH AN EXAMPLE OF 4625 02:58:05,435 --> 02:58:07,036 DISCOVERY IN ONE FIELD HAS A 4626 02:58:07,036 --> 02:58:10,240 PROFOUND IMPACT ON A COMPLETELY 4627 02:58:10,240 --> 02:58:11,040 UNRELATED FIELD. 4628 02:58:11,040 --> 02:58:15,044 IT'S ACTUALLY FUN TO DO THAT 4629 02:58:15,044 --> 02:58:16,179 EXERCISE. 4630 02:58:16,179 --> 02:58:19,315 AND SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT A 4631 02:58:19,315 --> 02:58:21,351 STRICT DISEASE FOCUS AND 4632 02:58:21,351 --> 02:58:23,720 ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS MAY NOT 4633 02:58:23,720 --> 02:58:25,555 FULLY CATALYZE SCIENTIFIC 4634 02:58:25,555 --> 02:58:26,856 DISCOVERIES THAT LEAD TO THE 4635 02:58:26,856 --> 02:58:27,357 MORE SUCCESSFUL TRUTH. 4636 02:58:27,357 --> 02:58:28,124 IT'S A QUESTION THAT NEEDS TO BE 4637 02:58:28,124 --> 02:58:32,495 ASKED. 4638 02:58:32,495 --> 02:58:34,063 YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE OFTEN. 4639 02:58:34,063 --> 02:58:37,600 ONE COMMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE 4640 02:58:37,600 --> 02:58:40,136 MANY TIMES IS THAT THE BUDGETS 4641 02:58:40,136 --> 02:58:50,680 OF THE NIH INSTITUTES HAVE GROWN 4642 02:58:54,183 --> 02:58:59,055 IN EXTRICABLY AND THAT THE NOT 4643 02:58:59,055 --> 02:59:04,027 TRUE AND NCI WAS ONE OF THE TWO 4644 02:59:04,027 --> 02:59:05,328 INSTITUTES CREATE AND OTHERS 4645 02:59:05,328 --> 02:59:05,995 WERE CREATED EARLY ON AND 4646 02:59:05,995 --> 02:59:10,066 THEY'RE BUDGETS HAVE NOT GROWN 4647 02:59:10,066 --> 02:59:10,933 TO THE SAME EXTENT. 4648 02:59:10,933 --> 02:59:13,736 AGAIN, I'M NOT MAKING A VALUE 4649 02:59:13,736 --> 02:59:15,038 JUDGMENT WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR 4650 02:59:15,038 --> 02:59:16,806 BAD BUT THE BLANKET STATEMENT 4651 02:59:16,806 --> 02:59:18,141 THAT WELL, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND 4652 02:59:18,141 --> 02:59:20,810 SO LONG AND KEEP GROWING 4653 02:59:20,810 --> 02:59:21,077 UNCHECKED. 4654 02:59:21,077 --> 02:59:21,678 THAT'S NOT REALLY AN ACCURATE 4655 02:59:21,678 --> 02:59:28,718 STATEMENT. 4656 02:59:28,718 --> 02:59:30,453 SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE 4657 02:59:30,453 --> 02:59:35,591 BIT BACKGROUND THE NRC IN 2003 4658 02:59:35,591 --> 02:59:38,528 OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TWO 4659 02:59:38,528 --> 02:59:39,062 THINGS. 4660 02:59:39,062 --> 02:59:40,630 THE EXISTING STRUCTURED RESULT 4661 02:59:40,630 --> 02:59:43,499 WITH A SET OF COMPLEX EVOLVING 4662 02:59:43,499 --> 02:59:46,436 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL 4663 02:59:46,436 --> 02:59:48,805 NEGOTIATIONS AMONG A VARIETY OF 4664 02:59:48,805 --> 02:59:49,339 CONSTITUENCIES INCLUDING 4665 02:59:49,339 --> 02:59:51,040 CONGRESS, THE ADMINISTRATION, 4666 02:59:51,040 --> 02:59:53,443 THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, HEALTH 4667 02:59:53,443 --> 02:59:55,044 ADVOCACY COMMUNITY AND OTHERS 4668 02:59:55,044 --> 02:59:57,814 INTERESTED IN RESEARCH, RESEARCH 4669 02:59:57,814 --> 02:59:58,748 TRAINING AND PUBLIC POLICY 4670 02:59:58,748 --> 03:00:03,219 RELATED TO RESEARCH. 4671 03:00:03,219 --> 03:00:04,520 THIS IS TRUE TODAY AS IT WAS 4672 03:00:04,520 --> 03:00:09,359 BACK IN FWROOE. 4673 03:00:09,359 --> 03:00:18,401 -- 2003 FOR ANY POINT OF VIEW OR 4674 03:00:18,401 --> 03:00:22,038 PERFECT BUT NOT ONE CONGRESS OR 4675 03:00:22,038 --> 03:00:23,673 THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY WOULD 4676 03:00:23,673 --> 03:00:25,975 HAVE BUT A USEFUL AND LIVELY 4677 03:00:25,975 --> 03:00:28,945 PRODUCTIVE OUTCOME, ETCETERA. 4678 03:00:28,945 --> 03:00:31,914 SO THE POINT BEING THAT THIS 4679 03:00:31,914 --> 03:00:33,349 ISSUE HAS BEEN OBSERVED 4680 03:00:33,349 --> 03:00:37,754 MR. YEARS AGO AND IN FACT IF 4681 03:00:37,754 --> 03:00:43,059 YOU'RE INSISTENT YOU CAN FIND 4682 03:00:43,059 --> 03:00:45,061 DISCUSSIONS OF THIS IN THE '50 4683 03:00:45,061 --> 03:00:49,899 RASE AND '60s AND THIS SAYS IT 4684 03:00:49,899 --> 03:00:50,299 PRETTY CLEAR. 4685 03:00:50,299 --> 03:00:55,037 THIS FRAMEWORK PROVIDED SOME 4686 03:00:55,037 --> 03:00:56,339 GUIDING PRINCIPLES AROUND STEPS 4687 03:00:56,339 --> 03:00:58,508 AND CONSIDERATIONS AND THEN 4688 03:00:58,508 --> 03:01:01,277 UNDERPINNING ATTRIBUTES. 4689 03:01:01,277 --> 03:01:02,979 AGAIN, SOME OF WHICH, ALL OF 4690 03:01:02,979 --> 03:01:04,747 WHICH, NONE OF WHICH MAY BE 4691 03:01:04,747 --> 03:01:05,415 USEFUL TO YOU. 4692 03:01:05,415 --> 03:01:08,618 AMONG THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, 4693 03:01:08,618 --> 03:01:10,787 WE'RE DOING THIS TO STRENGTHEN 4694 03:01:10,787 --> 03:01:14,257 THE ABILITIES OF NIH TO CARRY 4695 03:01:14,257 --> 03:01:15,324 OUT IT'S MISSION. 4696 03:01:15,324 --> 03:01:16,993 HOPEFULLY EVERYONE AGREES WITH 4697 03:01:16,993 --> 03:01:17,560 THAT. 4698 03:01:17,560 --> 03:01:18,928 PROVIDE ENVIRONMENT FOR 4699 03:01:18,928 --> 03:01:19,562 COLLABORATION, COORDINATION AND 4700 03:01:19,562 --> 03:01:22,165 INTERACTION. 4701 03:01:22,165 --> 03:01:23,866 BRING TOGETHER SYNERGIES, 4702 03:01:23,866 --> 03:01:26,302 ENHANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, 4703 03:01:26,302 --> 03:01:27,103 CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORT AND 4704 03:01:27,103 --> 03:01:29,639 INCREASE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. 4705 03:01:29,639 --> 03:01:30,807 HARD TO VOTE AGAINST ANY OF 4706 03:01:30,807 --> 03:01:32,775 THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES BUT 4707 03:01:32,775 --> 03:01:34,877 PERHAPS WE CAN UPDATE THEM, 4708 03:01:34,877 --> 03:01:36,045 PERHAPS THEY CAN BE MADE 4709 03:01:36,045 --> 03:01:39,048 CLEARER, BETTER, SO FORTH. 4710 03:01:39,048 --> 03:01:40,183 THE STEPS AND CONSIDERATIONS 4711 03:01:40,183 --> 03:01:41,918 THAT ONE NEEDS TO TAKE. 4712 03:01:41,918 --> 03:01:43,085 THE FIRST STEP, ASSESS THE NEED 4713 03:01:43,085 --> 03:01:46,322 FOR CHANGE. 4714 03:01:46,322 --> 03:01:48,591 TO USE THE COLLOQUIAL, WHAT'S 4715 03:01:48,591 --> 03:01:48,991 BROKEN. 4716 03:01:48,991 --> 03:01:51,360 STEP TWO, EVALUATE OPTIONS FOR 4717 03:01:51,360 --> 03:01:54,497 CHANGE, HOW DO YOU FIX IT, STEP 4718 03:01:54,497 --> 03:01:55,932 THREE, IMPLEMENT AND EVALUATE 4719 03:01:55,932 --> 03:01:58,568 THE CHANGE AND THE DISCUSSION WE 4720 03:01:58,568 --> 03:02:00,736 JUST HAD SPEAKS TO THAT. 4721 03:02:00,736 --> 03:02:02,205 THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT 4722 03:02:02,205 --> 03:02:03,573 WERE IMPLEMENTED. 4723 03:02:03,573 --> 03:02:05,508 CERTAIN THINGS WEREN'T. 4724 03:02:05,508 --> 03:02:06,309 WHY NOT? 4725 03:02:06,309 --> 03:02:08,110 COULD THAT BE INSTRUCTIVE GOING 4726 03:02:08,110 --> 03:02:10,646 FORWARD PARTICULARLY IF IT'S THE 4727 03:02:10,646 --> 03:02:12,148 SAME OR RELATED QUESTION. 4728 03:02:12,148 --> 03:02:13,649 AND THE UNDERPINNING ATTRIBUTES 4729 03:02:13,649 --> 03:02:16,486 AND HOPEFULLY NO ONE HAS ISSUES 4730 03:02:16,486 --> 03:02:17,887 WITH THESE, TRANSPARENCY 4731 03:02:17,887 --> 03:02:18,321 COMMUNICATION AND 4732 03:02:18,321 --> 03:02:18,888 ACCOUNTABILITY. 4733 03:02:18,888 --> 03:02:20,656 WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING 4734 03:02:20,656 --> 03:02:22,859 POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS 4735 03:02:22,859 --> 03:02:23,659 MANY STAKEHOLDER GROUP 4736 03:02:23,659 --> 03:02:25,728 UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHY 4737 03:02:25,728 --> 03:02:27,029 WE'RE DOING IT SO THERE'S NO 4738 03:02:27,029 --> 03:02:32,702 SURPRISES IN THE END. 4739 03:02:32,702 --> 03:02:34,971 SO, THE GROUP DECIDED ON A 4740 03:02:34,971 --> 03:02:37,073 WORKING DEFINITION OF 4741 03:02:37,073 --> 03:02:39,375 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. 4742 03:02:39,375 --> 03:02:40,843 ANY MODIFICATION OF THE 4743 03:02:40,843 --> 03:02:42,378 STRUCTURE OR ITS WAYS OF 4744 03:02:42,378 --> 03:02:44,413 ARRANGING AND COORDINATING THE 4745 03:02:44,413 --> 03:02:45,882 COMPONENT PARTS TO ACHIEVE ITS 4746 03:02:45,882 --> 03:02:48,384 MISSION, THIS IS DRIVEN BOTH 4747 03:02:48,384 --> 03:02:51,354 INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY. 4748 03:02:51,354 --> 03:02:53,256 STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE 4749 03:02:53,256 --> 03:02:55,725 ENTAILS A CREATION OF NEW 4750 03:02:55,725 --> 03:02:57,393 ORGANIZATIONAL COMPONENTS AND/OR 4751 03:02:57,393 --> 03:03:02,164 MERGER OR ELIMINATION OF NIHs 27 4752 03:03:02,164 --> 03:03:04,567 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 4753 03:03:04,567 --> 03:03:05,468 FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE 4754 03:03:05,468 --> 03:03:06,869 CONSISTENT OF THE DESIGN AND 4755 03:03:06,869 --> 03:03:10,239 IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW MECHANISMS 4756 03:03:10,239 --> 03:03:12,975 FOR COORDINATING THE WORK OF 4757 03:03:12,975 --> 03:03:14,076 EXISTING COMPONENTS AND VARIOUS 4758 03:03:14,076 --> 03:03:16,646 WAYS OF ACCOMPLISHING THAT. 4759 03:03:16,646 --> 03:03:18,981 SO IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S TWO 4760 03:03:18,981 --> 03:03:23,052 PATHWAYS AND THEY ARE NOT 4761 03:03:23,052 --> 03:03:24,787 MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. 4762 03:03:24,787 --> 03:03:27,390 YOU CAN MERGE TWO INSTITUTES 4763 03:03:27,390 --> 03:03:29,225 TOGETHER AND CREATE SOMETHING 4764 03:03:29,225 --> 03:03:32,929 NEW OR FUNCTIONALLY YOU CAN HAVE 4765 03:03:32,929 --> 03:03:35,064 THEM WORK MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER 4766 03:03:35,064 --> 03:03:40,469 USING VARIOUS MECHANISMS NORAH 4767 03:03:40,469 --> 03:03:47,043 CAN SPEAK TO BECAUSE WE INVOKED 4768 03:03:47,043 --> 03:03:56,118 FUNCTIONAL CHANGE WITH NNIA AND 4769 03:03:56,118 --> 03:03:56,319 NIDA. 4770 03:03:56,319 --> 03:03:59,822 AND IN TERMS OF ASPECTS OF 4771 03:03:59,822 --> 03:04:00,623 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. 4772 03:04:00,623 --> 03:04:03,392 CHANGE IN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES 4773 03:04:03,392 --> 03:04:05,094 IS COMPLICATED BY TLAURT AND 4774 03:04:05,094 --> 03:04:11,033 LACK OF WELL DEFINED AND 4775 03:04:11,033 --> 03:04:14,637 UNIVERSALLY AGREED UPON METRICS 4776 03:04:14,637 --> 03:04:21,310 AND POWERFUL STAKEHOLDERS AND 4777 03:04:21,310 --> 03:04:21,677 CONSTITUENCIES. 4778 03:04:21,677 --> 03:04:23,546 THAT'S NOT CHANGED. 4779 03:04:23,546 --> 03:04:28,951 IN THE SECTOR THE METRICS CAN 4780 03:04:28,951 --> 03:04:30,052 INFORM DISCUSSIONS. 4781 03:04:30,052 --> 03:04:31,487 IN YOUR ORGANIZATIONS AND 4782 03:04:31,487 --> 03:04:32,922 ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS, IF YOU 4783 03:04:32,922 --> 03:04:39,395 HAVE THESE METRICS, PERHAPS SOME 4784 03:04:39,395 --> 03:04:40,830 HAVE BEEN USEFUL TO YOU AS YOU 4785 03:04:40,830 --> 03:04:42,198 LEAD CHANGE IN YOUR 4786 03:04:42,198 --> 03:04:42,531 ORGANIZATIONS. 4787 03:04:42,531 --> 03:04:43,566 WE HOPE YOU'LL SHARE THOSE 4788 03:04:43,566 --> 03:04:48,237 EXAMPLES WITH US AND IF THIS 4789 03:04:48,237 --> 03:04:50,039 ISN'T TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WE 4790 03:04:50,039 --> 03:04:51,374 BRING IN EXPERTS WHO ALSO THINK 4791 03:04:51,374 --> 03:04:55,044 ABOUT THIS DEEPLY. 4792 03:04:55,044 --> 03:04:57,079 MAJOR CHANGES READILY 4793 03:04:57,079 --> 03:04:59,048 IMPLEMENTED IN THE FACE OF 4794 03:04:59,048 --> 03:05:03,052 CRISIS THREATENING THE EXISTENCE 4795 03:05:03,052 --> 03:05:04,320 OF THE ORGANIZATION. 4796 03:05:04,320 --> 03:05:07,056 WE REFERRED TO THE RED TEAM 4797 03:05:07,056 --> 03:05:08,224 REPORT. 4798 03:05:08,224 --> 03:05:13,562 WE HAD A SENTINEL EVENT IN THE 4799 03:05:13,562 --> 03:05:15,131 CLINICAL CENTER THAT REQUIRED 4800 03:05:15,131 --> 03:05:17,199 IMMEDIATE WORK AND THAT DID 4801 03:05:17,199 --> 03:05:21,270 CATALYZE CHANGE THERE. 4802 03:05:21,270 --> 03:05:23,572 CHANGE REQUIRES INVESTMENTS IN 4803 03:05:23,572 --> 03:05:27,376 TIME AND POLITICAL. 4804 03:05:27,376 --> 03:05:28,377 SUFFICIENT RESOURCES FOR 4805 03:05:28,377 --> 03:05:33,382 IMPLEMENTATION AND ATTENTION OF 4806 03:05:33,382 --> 03:05:35,251 ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS. 4807 03:05:35,251 --> 03:05:40,389 PART OF THE FAILURE, IF YOU WILL 4808 03:05:40,389 --> 03:05:42,058 OF IMPLEMENTING EVERYTHING IS 4809 03:05:42,058 --> 03:05:43,592 ALONG THE WAY THERE'S LEADERSHIP 4810 03:05:43,592 --> 03:05:43,826 CHANGES. 4811 03:05:43,826 --> 03:05:45,695 WHEN YOU HAVE A NEW LEADER, HE 4812 03:05:45,695 --> 03:05:48,931 OR SHE HAS SOME NEW IDEAS SO NOT 4813 03:05:48,931 --> 03:05:49,598 NECESSARILY DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE 4814 03:05:49,598 --> 03:05:50,833 TO FOLLOW THE BLUEPRINT OF YOUR 4815 03:05:50,833 --> 03:05:55,271 PREDECESSOR. 4816 03:05:55,271 --> 03:05:56,072 NOT ALWAYS BUT THAT'S SOMETIMES 4817 03:05:56,072 --> 03:05:57,373 THE CASE. 4818 03:05:57,373 --> 03:05:57,573 OKAY. 4819 03:05:57,573 --> 03:05:58,541 SO THE FUNDAMENTAL PREMISE AND 4820 03:05:58,541 --> 03:06:01,744 GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 4821 03:06:01,744 --> 03:06:03,713 ANY ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AT NIH 4822 03:06:03,713 --> 03:06:06,816 HAS TO SEEK TO IMPROVE THE 4823 03:06:06,816 --> 03:06:07,450 AGENCY'S ABILITY TO FULFILL ITS 4824 03:06:07,450 --> 03:06:12,354 MISSION. 4825 03:06:12,354 --> 03:06:13,789 TO THE NIH MISSION STATEMENT IS 4826 03:06:13,789 --> 03:06:15,925 THERE. 4827 03:06:15,925 --> 03:06:17,126 PARENTHETICALLY WE'RE IN THE 4828 03:06:17,126 --> 03:06:18,561 THROES OF WORKING THROUGH 4829 03:06:18,561 --> 03:06:19,662 DELIBERATIVE PROCESS TO SEE IF 4830 03:06:19,662 --> 03:06:26,402 WE WANT TO CHANGE THE MISSION 4831 03:06:26,402 --> 03:06:28,671 STATEMENT THERE'S ISSUES RELATED 4832 03:06:28,671 --> 03:06:31,607 TO CALLING OUT THE BURDENS OF 4833 03:06:31,607 --> 03:06:33,876 DISABILITY AND SOME MEMBERS OF 4834 03:06:33,876 --> 03:06:34,844 THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY ARE 4835 03:06:34,844 --> 03:06:37,713 OFFENDED BY THAT AND SOME ARE 4836 03:06:37,713 --> 03:06:38,547 OFFENDED BY THE QUESTION SHOULD 4837 03:06:38,547 --> 03:06:40,616 WE REMOVE IT. 4838 03:06:40,616 --> 03:06:42,017 WE COUNTED ALL THE VOTES AND 4839 03:06:42,017 --> 03:06:45,054 THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME ON BOTH 4840 03:06:45,054 --> 03:06:45,955 SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT AND 4841 03:06:45,955 --> 03:06:50,826 CONTINUE TO WORK THAT BY WAY OF 4842 03:06:50,826 --> 03:06:51,193 BACKGROUND. 4843 03:06:51,193 --> 03:06:54,163 BUT THAT SAID, CHANGE TO THE 4844 03:06:54,163 --> 03:06:56,999 FOUR BULLETS LISTED THERE, I'M 4845 03:06:56,999 --> 03:06:59,068 NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THEM, 4846 03:06:59,068 --> 03:07:02,338 BUT YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE PRETTY 4847 03:07:02,338 --> 03:07:03,939 MUCH UNDERSTANDABLE AND I DON'T 4848 03:07:03,939 --> 03:07:04,774 THINK ANYBODY WOULD BE SURPRISE 4849 03:07:04,774 --> 03:07:08,110 BY THIS. 4850 03:07:08,110 --> 03:07:11,046 SO, WE HAVE TO STRENGTHEN NIH'S 4851 03:07:11,046 --> 03:07:13,449 ABILITY TO CARRY OUT ITS 4852 03:07:13,449 --> 03:07:13,682 MISSION. 4853 03:07:13,682 --> 03:07:14,416 I THINK EVERYBODY APPRECIATED 4854 03:07:14,416 --> 03:07:18,821 WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO ADAPT 4855 03:07:18,821 --> 03:07:20,256 BOTH STRUCTURALLY AND 4856 03:07:20,256 --> 03:07:22,124 FUNCTIONALLY TO THIS HIGHLY 4857 03:07:22,124 --> 03:07:24,293 DYNAMIC SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND 4858 03:07:24,293 --> 03:07:26,095 TRANSLATIONAL PROCESS TO MEET 4859 03:07:26,095 --> 03:07:27,396 UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES AND 4860 03:07:27,396 --> 03:07:28,964 CAPITALIZE ON EMERGING 4861 03:07:28,964 --> 03:07:29,532 OPPORTUNITIES. 4862 03:07:29,532 --> 03:07:31,033 WELL, JUST THINK BACK A FEW 4863 03:07:31,033 --> 03:07:33,903 YEARS WHEN WE WERE CONFRONTED 4864 03:07:33,903 --> 03:07:39,041 WITH THE GREATEST PANDEMIC OF 4865 03:07:39,041 --> 03:07:43,646 OUR GENERATION AND WE LEARNED A 4866 03:07:43,646 --> 03:07:44,747 LOT ABOUT STRESSES IN OUR 4867 03:07:44,747 --> 03:07:45,848 ORGANIZATION AND LEARNED SOME 4868 03:07:45,848 --> 03:07:48,117 THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE 4869 03:07:48,117 --> 03:07:49,852 PRETTY QUICKLY AND SOMEWHERE WE 4870 03:07:49,852 --> 03:07:51,620 HAD SOME BARRIERS. 4871 03:07:51,620 --> 03:07:53,489 THAT MAY GAVE US SOME INSIGHT 4872 03:07:53,489 --> 03:07:56,992 GOING FORWARD OR AT LEAST SUBSET 4873 03:07:56,992 --> 03:07:58,594 OF THESE THINGS. 4874 03:07:58,594 --> 03:08:01,730 BUT IN FACT, THIS WAS 4875 03:08:01,730 --> 03:08:02,898 HYPOTHETICAL WHEN IT WAS 4876 03:08:02,898 --> 03:08:05,935 WRITTEN, UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES. 4877 03:08:05,935 --> 03:08:06,569 NOW WE KNOW THEY CAN ACTUALLY 4878 03:08:06,569 --> 03:08:08,137 EMERGE. 4879 03:08:08,137 --> 03:08:10,339 THE SECOND IS THAT WE SHOULD 4880 03:08:10,339 --> 03:08:13,375 PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT TO ENABLE 4881 03:08:13,375 --> 03:08:15,044 MORE EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION. 4882 03:08:15,044 --> 03:08:17,213 AGAIN, I THINK NO BUN WOULD 4883 03:08:17,213 --> 03:08:18,781 AGREE WITH THAT THE QUESTION IS 4884 03:08:18,781 --> 03:08:20,049 HOW BEST TO DO THAT BECAUSE 4885 03:08:20,049 --> 03:08:21,617 OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MANY WAYS OF 4886 03:08:21,617 --> 03:08:25,154 DOING THAT. 4887 03:08:25,154 --> 03:08:26,755 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND BRING 4888 03:08:26,755 --> 03:08:28,691 TOGETHER UNITS WHERE THERE'S 4889 03:08:28,691 --> 03:08:29,258 ENERGIES. 4890 03:08:29,258 --> 03:08:32,461 BRING TOGETHER IS AMBIGUOUS 4891 03:08:32,461 --> 03:08:32,728 PURPOSELY. 4892 03:08:32,728 --> 03:08:38,133 AGAIN IS IT STRUCTURAL OR 4893 03:08:38,133 --> 03:08:39,468 FUNCTIONAL OR COMBINATION 4894 03:08:39,468 --> 03:08:43,939 THEREOF. 4895 03:08:43,939 --> 03:08:47,276 CONFIDENCE IN AND SUPPORT FOR 4896 03:08:47,276 --> 03:08:51,046 SCIENCE IN THE NIH, WELL THAT 4897 03:08:51,046 --> 03:08:53,115 WAS PRESCIENT AND HERE WE ARE 4898 03:08:53,115 --> 03:08:55,217 AND ALL THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE 4899 03:08:55,217 --> 03:08:57,887 AND HOW DO WE GO ABOUT 4900 03:08:57,887 --> 03:08:58,187 IMPROVING? 4901 03:08:58,187 --> 03:09:02,892 WE HAD INITIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT 4902 03:09:02,892 --> 03:09:13,135 THIS ALREADY. 4903 03:09:19,108 --> 03:09:21,010 WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NIH SO 4904 03:09:21,010 --> 03:09:24,780 IT'S ONE WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO 4905 03:09:24,780 --> 03:09:25,581 ACCOUNT. 4906 03:09:25,581 --> 03:09:26,949 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE SHOULD 4907 03:09:26,949 --> 03:09:28,951 INCREASE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY 4908 03:09:28,951 --> 03:09:33,989 AND A HIGH RETURN ON PUBLIC 4909 03:09:33,989 --> 03:09:34,290 INVESTMENT. 4910 03:09:34,290 --> 03:09:37,693 FROM A STRICTLY ADMINISTRATIVE 4911 03:09:37,693 --> 03:09:38,928 VIEW POINT THERE'S ECONOMIES OF 4912 03:09:38,928 --> 03:09:41,163 SCALE TO BE HAD. 4913 03:09:41,163 --> 03:09:45,267 NOT NECESSARILY BY MERGING 4914 03:09:45,267 --> 03:09:45,801 EVERYTHING BUT THERE ARE 4915 03:09:45,801 --> 03:09:48,170 NEVERTHELESS ECONOMIES OF SCALE. 4916 03:09:48,170 --> 03:09:51,040 SOME OF THE INSTITUTES HAVE 4917 03:09:51,040 --> 03:09:57,212 REALLY PIONEERED THE USE OF 4918 03:09:57,212 --> 03:09:59,581 MACHINE LEARNING TO REALLY 4919 03:09:59,581 --> 03:10:01,317 INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF CERTAIN 4920 03:10:01,317 --> 03:10:02,217 ROUTINE KINDS OF THINGS. 4921 03:10:02,217 --> 03:10:05,754 THERE'S THAT TYPE OF 4922 03:10:05,754 --> 03:10:06,055 APPLICATION. 4923 03:10:06,055 --> 03:10:08,691 SO I THINK WE'RE NOW IN A SPACE 4924 03:10:08,691 --> 03:10:10,859 WHERE IT'S MUCH MORE 4925 03:10:10,859 --> 03:10:12,027 SOPHISTICATED THAN SIMPLY TAKING 4926 03:10:12,027 --> 03:10:13,228 TWO ENTITIES, MUSHING THEM 4927 03:10:13,228 --> 03:10:14,563 TOGETHER AND SAYING NOW WE NEED 4928 03:10:14,563 --> 03:10:17,032 ONE OF EVERYTHING. 4929 03:10:17,032 --> 03:10:18,267 OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A TREMENDOUS 4930 03:10:18,267 --> 03:10:19,802 OVER SIMPLIFICATION. 4931 03:10:19,802 --> 03:10:22,104 I THINK WE CAN GO WELL BEYOND 4932 03:10:22,104 --> 03:10:23,439 THAT SIMPLE PARADIGM. 4933 03:10:23,439 --> 03:10:27,042 OKAY. 4934 03:10:27,042 --> 03:10:29,912 SO THE PROCESS OF EVERYTHING. 4935 03:10:29,912 --> 03:10:31,347 SO THE FIRST, ASSESS THE NEED 4936 03:10:31,347 --> 03:10:32,948 FOR CHANGE. 4937 03:10:32,948 --> 03:10:36,652 CLARIFY THE NATURE OF THE 4938 03:10:36,652 --> 03:10:38,253 ALLEGED NEED. 4939 03:10:38,253 --> 03:10:39,221 SIMPLE TO SAY, NOT NECESSARILY 4940 03:10:39,221 --> 03:10:40,823 EASY TO DO. 4941 03:10:40,823 --> 03:10:42,558 AND ABOUT THE EVIDENCE REQUIRED 4942 03:10:42,558 --> 03:10:45,160 FOR ESTABLISHING SUCH A NEED TO 4943 03:10:45,160 --> 03:10:47,730 THE CLAIR'S POINT, ARE WE GOING 4944 03:10:47,730 --> 03:10:48,764 TO GET THE DATA 4945 03:10:48,764 --> 03:10:50,499 >> YES, BECAUSE WITHOUT THE DATA 4946 03:10:50,499 --> 03:10:51,767 WE'RE WORKING BLIND. 4947 03:10:51,767 --> 03:10:54,169 IS THERE A HEALTH PROBLEM OR 4948 03:10:54,169 --> 03:10:56,372 IMPORTANT AREA OF SCIENTIFIC 4949 03:10:56,372 --> 03:11:05,647 INQUIRY BEING NEGLECTED OR 4950 03:11:05,647 --> 03:11:06,582 INADEQUATELY ADDRESSED AND GOING 4951 03:11:06,582 --> 03:11:07,683 BACK TO THE NCATS THERE WAS A 4952 03:11:07,683 --> 03:11:12,421 THOUGHT THERE WAS A VOID IN 4953 03:11:12,421 --> 03:11:13,088 ENHANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES 4954 03:11:13,088 --> 03:11:15,824 IN GENERAL AND THE IMPETUS WHERE 4955 03:11:15,824 --> 03:11:16,492 NCATS WERE BORN. 4956 03:11:16,492 --> 03:11:21,663 IS THERE A WAY TO IMPROVE THE 4957 03:11:21,663 --> 03:11:24,633 WAY THE AGENCY'S FULFILL OUR 4958 03:11:24,633 --> 03:11:28,437 MISSION AND WHAT IS THE BEST 4959 03:11:28,437 --> 03:11:28,937 APPROACH. 4960 03:11:28,937 --> 03:11:31,807 HOW DO WE FOSTER INNOVATION AND 4961 03:11:31,807 --> 03:11:32,674 SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT. 4962 03:11:32,674 --> 03:11:35,978 HOW DO WE PROTECT AND IMPROVE 4963 03:11:35,978 --> 03:11:37,579 PUBLIC HEALTH? 4964 03:11:37,579 --> 03:11:38,981 AGAIN, PRESCIENT. 4965 03:11:38,981 --> 03:11:40,649 WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY THINKING 4966 03:11:40,649 --> 03:11:42,785 AS SERIOUSLY ABOUT IT THEN AS WE 4967 03:11:42,785 --> 03:11:44,119 DO TODAY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE 4968 03:11:44,119 --> 03:11:46,388 BEEN THROUGH IN TERMS OF THE 4969 03:11:46,388 --> 03:11:47,489 PANDEMIC. 4970 03:11:47,489 --> 03:11:48,757 STEWARDING THE HUMAN AND 4971 03:11:48,757 --> 03:11:53,028 PHYSICAL RESOURCES TO PREVENT 4972 03:11:53,028 --> 03:11:55,064 DISEASE, PROMOTING SCIENTIFIC 4973 03:11:55,064 --> 03:11:57,199 INTEGRITY, PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY 4974 03:11:57,199 --> 03:11:58,233 AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AGAIN 4975 03:11:58,233 --> 03:12:00,502 HAVING COME THROUGH THE 4976 03:12:00,502 --> 03:12:01,503 PANDEMIC, THIS SORT OF TAKES ON 4977 03:12:01,503 --> 03:12:04,273 A BIT OF A NEW MEANING AND MORE 4978 03:12:04,273 --> 03:12:07,943 IMPORTANT MEANING I THINK. 4979 03:12:07,943 --> 03:12:10,646 HOW DO YOU EVALUATE THE OPTIONS 4980 03:12:10,646 --> 03:12:11,313 FOR CHANGE? 4981 03:12:11,313 --> 03:12:12,314 SUFFICIENT NEED FOR CHANGE CAN 4982 03:12:12,314 --> 03:12:14,149 BE DEMONSTRATED THE NEXT STEP IS 4983 03:12:14,149 --> 03:12:16,318 TO CLEARLY EVALUATE THE OPTIONS. 4984 03:12:16,318 --> 03:12:18,921 WHAT ARE THE VIABLE OPTIONS, 4985 03:12:18,921 --> 03:12:20,823 WHAT ARE THE RISK BENEFIT 4986 03:12:20,823 --> 03:12:23,225 ANALYSTSES FOR EACH OPTION AND 4987 03:12:23,225 --> 03:12:24,860 SOLICIT AND ANALYZE KEY 4988 03:12:24,860 --> 03:12:26,628 STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES ON EACH 4989 03:12:26,628 --> 03:12:28,397 OPTION, IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE THE 4990 03:12:28,397 --> 03:12:31,066 BROADER IMPLICATIONS OF EACH 4991 03:12:31,066 --> 03:12:31,533 OPTION. 4992 03:12:31,533 --> 03:12:33,669 AS WE THINK BACK AND WITH THE 4993 03:12:33,669 --> 03:12:35,938 BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT AND WE 4994 03:12:35,938 --> 03:12:38,941 ALREADY ALLUDED TO IT, STEP C, 4995 03:12:38,941 --> 03:12:40,375 ANALYZING KEY STAKEHOLDER 4996 03:12:40,375 --> 03:12:41,577 PERSPECTIVES, WE HAVE TO BE MUCH 4997 03:12:41,577 --> 03:12:42,811 BROADER IN OUR VIEW OF WHO THOSE 4998 03:12:42,811 --> 03:12:46,448 STAKEHOLDERS ARE. 4999 03:12:46,448 --> 03:12:48,650 SO WE DON'T RUN OURSELVES INTO 5000 03:12:48,650 --> 03:12:51,053 ANOTHER IMPRACTICAL OR 5001 03:12:51,053 --> 03:12:53,088 IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION. 5002 03:12:53,088 --> 03:12:55,724 SO THIS IS A CARTOON FOR THOSE 5003 03:12:55,724 --> 03:13:00,696 WHO ARE VISUAL. 5004 03:13:00,696 --> 03:13:02,598 I AM NOT BUT IT LISTS THE 5005 03:13:02,598 --> 03:13:07,503 SPECTRUM OF OPTIONS FROM NO 5006 03:13:07,503 --> 03:13:09,204 CHANGE TO A NEW INSTITUTE ON 5007 03:13:09,204 --> 03:13:12,341 YOUR RIGHT. 5008 03:13:12,341 --> 03:13:13,976 YOU CAN MERGE INITIATIVES AMONG 5009 03:13:13,976 --> 03:13:16,411 TWO OR MORE INSTITUTES, WHICH 5010 03:13:16,411 --> 03:13:18,046 CREATES A NEW INITIATIVE. 5011 03:13:18,046 --> 03:13:20,082 YOU CAN PUT INITIATIVES ACROSS 5012 03:13:20,082 --> 03:13:24,486 MULTIPLE INSTITUTES AND CENTERS. 5013 03:13:24,486 --> 03:13:28,056 YOU CAN CLUSTER FUNCTIONS, YOU 5014 03:13:28,056 --> 03:13:30,626 CAN MERGE INSTITUTES OR MAKE A 5015 03:13:30,626 --> 03:13:32,294 HYBRID NAME OR CREATE AN 5016 03:13:32,294 --> 03:13:33,228 ENTIRELY NEW INSTITUTE. 5017 03:13:33,228 --> 03:13:36,765 AGAIN, AS YOU READ FROM LEFT TO 5018 03:13:36,765 --> 03:13:39,201 RIGHT, FUNCTIONAL OR MORE ON THE 5019 03:13:39,201 --> 03:13:43,038 LEFT SIDE OF THE SCHEMA AND THE 5020 03:13:43,038 --> 03:13:44,373 STRUCTURAL CHANGES MORE ON THE 5021 03:13:44,373 --> 03:13:50,679 RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCHEMA, THEY 5022 03:13:50,679 --> 03:13:51,547 ARE CAN ACCOMPLISH DIFFERENT 5023 03:13:51,547 --> 03:13:52,181 THINGS. 5024 03:13:52,181 --> 03:13:52,948 NIH NOW HAS EXPERIENCE WITH 5025 03:13:52,948 --> 03:14:03,392 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE. 5026 03:14:05,060 --> 03:14:09,531 INCLUDING THE NEW INSTITUTE AND 5027 03:14:09,531 --> 03:14:11,633 NIBIB AND NCATS 10 YEARS LATER. 5028 03:14:11,633 --> 03:14:12,267 HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT AND 5029 03:14:12,267 --> 03:14:14,603 EVALUATE ONCE THE NEED FOR 5030 03:14:14,603 --> 03:14:15,571 CHANGE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED? 5031 03:14:15,571 --> 03:14:16,772 ANY APPROPRIATE SOLUTION HAS 5032 03:14:16,772 --> 03:14:22,010 BEEN IDENTIFIED AND THE THIRD 5033 03:14:22,010 --> 03:14:27,049 AND FINAL STEP IMPLEMENT AND 5034 03:14:27,049 --> 03:14:30,152 EVALUATE AND THOSE WHO HAVE GONE 5035 03:14:30,152 --> 03:14:32,621 THROUGH MAJOR RE-ORGANIZERS THIS 5036 03:14:32,621 --> 03:14:35,524 IS TEXTBOOK. 5037 03:14:35,524 --> 03:14:36,959 OPERATIONALIZE WITH TIME FRAMES 5038 03:14:36,959 --> 03:14:38,126 AND TASK AND KEY 5039 03:14:38,126 --> 03:14:45,534 RESPONSIBILITIES AND 5040 03:14:45,534 --> 03:14:47,035 ACCOUNTABILI 5041 03:14:47,035 --> 03:14:48,136 ACCOUNTABILITIES. 5042 03:14:48,136 --> 03:14:51,039 HOW DO YOU SPECIFY THE CHANGE AT 5043 03:14:51,039 --> 03:14:52,708 INTERVALS AND RELEVANT DATA AND 5044 03:14:52,708 --> 03:14:55,077 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION. 5045 03:14:55,077 --> 03:14:56,878 YOU CANNOT OVER COMMUNICATE IN A 5046 03:14:56,878 --> 03:15:05,020 CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS. 5047 03:15:05,020 --> 03:15:06,722 THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS OVER 5048 03:15:06,722 --> 03:15:07,923 COMMUNICATE AND WHEN YOU THINK 5049 03:15:07,923 --> 03:15:10,125 YOU'VE COMMUNICATED ENOUGH, 5050 03:15:10,125 --> 03:15:10,626 COMMUNICATE MORE. 5051 03:15:10,626 --> 03:15:17,332 YOU KNOW THAT TO BE A TRUTH. 5052 03:15:17,332 --> 03:15:22,571 FINALLY, THE PINNING ATTRIBUTES, 5053 03:15:22,571 --> 03:15:23,972 WE HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT AND 5054 03:15:23,972 --> 03:15:28,510 HENCE THE WAY WE SET THIS UP, 5055 03:15:28,510 --> 03:15:31,046 THERE'S GOT TO BE COMMUNICATION 5056 03:15:31,046 --> 03:15:33,582 AT LARGE TO ALL INTERESTED 5057 03:15:33,582 --> 03:15:38,553 PARTIES AND OF COURSE THE 5058 03:15:38,553 --> 03:15:39,054 ACCOUNTABILITY. 5059 03:15:39,054 --> 03:15:42,924 AND FRANKLY, OUR VIABILITY AND 5060 03:15:42,924 --> 03:15:43,959 VITALITY DEPEND ON THE TRUST OF 5061 03:15:43,959 --> 03:15:45,160 THE PUBLIC. 5062 03:15:45,160 --> 03:15:46,295 WE'VE SEEN THIS NOT JUST DURING 5063 03:15:46,295 --> 03:15:48,930 THE PANDEMIC BUT IN YEARS PAST. 5064 03:15:48,930 --> 03:15:53,702 AND SO EVERY CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS 5065 03:15:53,702 --> 03:15:55,504 PROCESS HAS TO BE CONSCIOUS OF 5066 03:15:55,504 --> 03:15:59,041 THE PUBLIC TO WHICH HE OR SHE IS 5067 03:15:59,041 --> 03:16:00,275 ULTIMATELY ACCOUNTABLE. 5068 03:16:00,275 --> 03:16:00,475 OKAY. 5069 03:16:00,475 --> 03:16:01,843 SO I RAN THROUGH THAT PRETTY 5070 03:16:01,843 --> 03:16:04,946 QUICKLY BUT I HOPE NOW WE CAN 5071 03:16:04,946 --> 03:16:08,016 TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND TO BEGIN 5072 03:16:08,016 --> 03:16:12,187 TO START TO THINK THROUGH SOME 5073 03:16:12,187 --> 03:16:15,057 OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE AGAIN, 5074 03:16:15,057 --> 03:16:18,593 YOU CAN ACCEPT IT ALL OR REJECT 5075 03:16:18,593 --> 03:16:23,031 IT ALL OR COME SOMEWHERE IN THE 5076 03:16:23,031 --> 03:16:23,265 MIDDLE. 5077 03:16:23,265 --> 03:16:26,168 WHY DON'T YOU PULL BACK UP THE 5078 03:16:26,168 --> 03:16:26,401 SCRIPT. 5079 03:16:26,401 --> 03:16:28,670 >> THANK YOU, THAT WAS EXTREMELY 5080 03:16:28,670 --> 03:16:30,172 HELPFUL. 5081 03:16:30,172 --> 03:16:32,007 WHEN YOU ALL RECEIVE THE 5082 03:16:32,007 --> 03:16:33,542 DOCUMENT YOU'LL NOTE FROM WHAT 5083 03:16:33,542 --> 03:16:37,212 LARRY'S SUMMARY WAS, PAGE 15, 19 5084 03:16:37,212 --> 03:16:41,516 AND 23 ARE VERY SUCCINCT AND I'M 5085 03:16:41,516 --> 03:16:43,518 VISUAL SO THEY HAVE COLORS TO 5086 03:16:43,518 --> 03:16:47,356 TALK ABOUT JUST WHAT LARRY WAS 5087 03:16:47,356 --> 03:16:47,689 EMPHASIZING. 5088 03:16:47,689 --> 03:16:51,226 I WONDER IF WE CAN GO BACK TO 5089 03:16:51,226 --> 03:17:01,436 THIS SLIDE. 5090 03:17:04,339 --> 03:17:05,941 I'LL CHALLENGE US BETWEEN NOW 5091 03:17:05,941 --> 03:17:06,842 AND THE NEXT TIME WE COME 5092 03:17:06,842 --> 03:17:09,311 TOGETHER IF WE WANT TO FOLLOW 5093 03:17:09,311 --> 03:17:13,415 THIS EXACTLY WHICH IS FINE, IF 5094 03:17:13,415 --> 03:17:15,717 WE WANT TO MAKE SEPARATE 5095 03:17:15,717 --> 03:17:16,051 SUBCATEGORIES. 5096 03:17:16,051 --> 03:17:21,590 I'VE HAD A FEW HOURS TO THINK 5097 03:17:21,590 --> 03:17:32,067 ABOUT THIS AND WE MAY NEED 5098 03:17:44,346 --> 03:17:45,580 EFFICIENCIES BASED ON THE CHANGE 5099 03:17:45,580 --> 03:17:47,682 YOU OUTLINED, FINANCIAL 5100 03:17:47,682 --> 03:17:48,250 STABILITY, DEFINITIONS FOR 5101 03:17:48,250 --> 03:17:49,518 SUCCESS AND ONE THING I WANTED 5102 03:17:49,518 --> 03:17:52,387 TO EMPHASIZE I THINK WAS IN YOUR 5103 03:17:52,387 --> 03:17:53,789 SLIDES IS IMPORTANT IS THE VALUE 5104 03:17:53,789 --> 03:17:54,923 OF THAT INSTITUTION. 5105 03:17:54,923 --> 03:17:57,592 SO I THINK WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT 5106 03:17:57,592 --> 03:17:59,528 ASSESSING THE VALUE AND IF THE 5107 03:17:59,528 --> 03:18:07,502 VALUE IS TANGIBLE OR NOT AND IT 5108 03:18:07,502 --> 03:18:07,836 MIGHT BE BOTH. 5109 03:18:07,836 --> 03:18:08,336 IT MAY BE TANGIBLE AND 5110 03:18:08,336 --> 03:18:08,904 INTANGIBLE BUT IF IT'S NOT 5111 03:18:08,904 --> 03:18:09,571 TANGIBLE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE 5112 03:18:09,571 --> 03:18:10,972 CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP 5113 03:18:10,972 --> 03:18:14,242 IT BE MORE TANGIBLE SO THE VALUE 5114 03:18:14,242 --> 03:18:18,980 OF THAT SITUATION CAN BE 5115 03:18:18,980 --> 03:18:26,221 HIGHLIGHTED? 5116 03:18:26,221 --> 03:18:30,592 AND SOME ARE GREAT BUD NEED IN 5117 03:18:30,592 --> 03:18:36,665 DEPTH OVERHAUL OR NEED 5118 03:18:36,665 --> 03:18:38,500 EFFICIENCIES AND THAT PLAY MEAN 5119 03:18:38,500 --> 03:18:44,339 AN EFFICIENT OR MERGING WITH 5120 03:18:44,339 --> 03:18:54,983 OTHER INITIATIVES AND COME UP 5121 03:19:04,593 --> 03:19:05,060 WITH WHAT WE NEED AS OUR 5122 03:19:05,060 --> 03:19:05,727 ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE MAP SO HE 5123 03:19:05,727 --> 03:19:06,361 WHEN WE GO THROUGH THEM WE CAN 5124 03:19:06,361 --> 03:19:06,995 USE THE SAME MAP WITH EACH 5125 03:19:06,995 --> 03:19:10,799 INSTITUTE THAT WE G 5126 03:19:10,799 --> 03:19:11,833 INFORMATION FOR. 5127 03:19:11,833 --> 03:19:15,003 JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. 5128 03:19:15,003 --> 03:19:17,305 >> COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. 5129 03:19:17,305 --> 03:19:19,007 >> OKAY. 5130 03:19:19,007 --> 03:19:22,477 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? 5131 03:19:22,477 --> 03:19:24,813 I KIND OF LIKE THE SUGGESTION 5132 03:19:24,813 --> 03:19:26,982 THAT IF WE COULD VISIT THE EIGHT 5133 03:19:26,982 --> 03:19:30,919 OR NINE REPORTS OR WHATEVER AND 5134 03:19:30,919 --> 03:19:36,691 SEE WHAT THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE 5135 03:19:36,691 --> 03:19:40,562 VERSUS NOT DONE AND IF THOSE ARE 5136 03:19:40,562 --> 03:19:42,731 ISSUES STILL RELEVANT TO FOCUS 5137 03:19:42,731 --> 03:19:42,898 ON. 5138 03:19:42,898 --> 03:19:45,534 THAT FOR THE WOULD BE HELPFUL AS 5139 03:19:45,534 --> 03:19:50,472 AN OUTSIDE PERSON. 5140 03:19:50,472 --> 03:19:55,777 TO SEE WHAT THE FORMER GROUPS 5141 03:19:55,777 --> 03:19:56,111 HAD. 5142 03:19:56,111 --> 03:19:57,112 AND THICKS LIKE THAT THAT ARE 5143 03:19:57,112 --> 03:19:58,747 VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US, I 5144 03:19:58,747 --> 03:19:59,447 THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY 5145 03:19:59,447 --> 03:20:02,918 HELPFUL. 5146 03:20:02,918 --> 03:20:05,320 IT SOUND LIKE THE ORGANIZATIONAL 5147 03:20:05,320 --> 03:20:08,890 ONE IS SOME FROM YOUR 5148 03:20:08,890 --> 03:20:09,491 PRESENTATION, THANK YOU VERY 5149 03:20:09,491 --> 03:20:12,160 MUCH, IS ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S 5150 03:20:12,160 --> 03:20:13,461 MINDS. 5151 03:20:13,461 --> 03:20:16,031 I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THERE 5152 03:20:16,031 --> 03:20:18,199 FOR ME AS BE AN OUTSIDER LOOKING 5153 03:20:18,199 --> 03:20:20,735 AT NIH THOUGH I'M FUNDED BY THE 5154 03:20:20,735 --> 03:20:25,073 NIH BUT WHEN WE WERE TRYING AT 5155 03:20:25,073 --> 03:20:28,209 MY INSTITUTION TO CREATE WHAT WE 5156 03:20:28,209 --> 03:20:29,644 CALL RESEARCH PRIORITY AREAS 5157 03:20:29,644 --> 03:20:34,916 LIKE CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR 5158 03:20:34,916 --> 03:20:40,455 DISEASE, WE USED THE NCI 5159 03:20:40,455 --> 03:20:42,157 DESIGNATION AND CTSA DESIGNATION 5160 03:20:42,157 --> 03:20:47,762 TO BASICALLY STRUCTURE OUR 5161 03:20:47,762 --> 03:20:51,333 ENTIRE APPROACH HOW TO ALIGN 5162 03:20:51,333 --> 03:20:54,135 OURSELVES AND ALSO IT HELPED US 5163 03:20:54,135 --> 03:20:59,207 IMMENSELY IN RELATIONSHIP TO OUR 5164 03:20:59,207 --> 03:21:01,142 HEALTH CARE PROCESS. 5165 03:21:01,142 --> 03:21:02,544 HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD, WHERE I 5166 03:21:02,544 --> 03:21:05,614 GET FUNDING THEY DON'T HAVE THAT 5167 03:21:05,614 --> 03:21:05,814 KIND. 5168 03:21:05,814 --> 03:21:11,453 SO FOR OUTSIDE PEOPLE TRYING TO 5169 03:21:11,453 --> 03:21:13,088 DO THINGS WE THINK ARE WONDERFUL 5170 03:21:13,088 --> 03:21:15,290 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HELPED US 5171 03:21:15,290 --> 03:21:17,559 ALL, IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE KINDS 5172 03:21:17,559 --> 03:21:21,596 OF DIFFERENCES SHOULDN'T EXIST 5173 03:21:21,596 --> 03:21:28,003 FOR INSTITUTES HONESTLY. 5174 03:21:28,003 --> 03:21:30,005 IF THIS IS A PRIORITY THEN WE 5175 03:21:30,005 --> 03:21:34,209 SHOULD HAVE IS SOME OF THESE 5176 03:21:34,209 --> 03:21:35,377 COMMENTS NO MATTER WHAT THE AREA 5177 03:21:35,377 --> 03:21:39,214 OF STUDY THAT FORMULATED A 5178 03:21:39,214 --> 03:21:43,018 STRONG PROGRAM EXTERNALLY YOU 5179 03:21:43,018 --> 03:21:47,989 WANT TO SUPPORT. 5180 03:21:47,989 --> 03:21:49,491 >> LINDSEY AND THEN NORA. 5181 03:21:49,491 --> 03:22:00,035 >> I WANTED TO REACT TO COMMENTS 5182 03:22:03,605 --> 03:22:06,841 ANDREA MADE AND MY QUESTION IS 5183 03:22:06,841 --> 03:22:10,245 WHAT SORT OF DATA WILL WE HAVE 5184 03:22:10,245 --> 03:22:11,646 TO INFORM THESE SORTS OF 5185 03:22:11,646 --> 03:22:11,946 ASSESSMENTS. 5186 03:22:11,946 --> 03:22:13,415 WHAT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE 5187 03:22:13,415 --> 03:22:13,615 DATA? 5188 03:22:13,615 --> 03:22:16,418 I HAVE CONCERNS THOSE SORTS OF 5189 03:22:16,418 --> 03:22:18,887 ASSESSMENTS THAT WOULD BE 5190 03:22:18,887 --> 03:22:20,088 EXTREMELY HELPFUL AND 5191 03:22:20,088 --> 03:22:21,456 INFORMATIVE NOT SURE WE HAVE 5192 03:22:21,456 --> 03:22:25,160 DATA THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE SPEAK 5193 03:22:25,160 --> 03:22:28,096 TO THESE THINGS IN A CONSISTENT, 5194 03:22:28,096 --> 03:22:29,631 ACCURATE WAY. 5195 03:22:29,631 --> 03:22:31,566 I'M WONDERING WHAT AT WHAT POINT 5196 03:22:31,566 --> 03:22:42,077 WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO CONSIDER. 5197 03:22:44,412 --> 03:22:45,413 UP THIS EXAMPLE THE EXAMPLE IS 5198 03:22:45,413 --> 03:22:46,981 LESS SO. 5199 03:22:46,981 --> 03:22:51,219 IT MIGHT BE WHAT TYPE OF DATA 5200 03:22:51,219 --> 03:22:52,721 WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE TO MAKE 5201 03:22:52,721 --> 03:22:53,888 THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND THE ONUS 5202 03:22:53,888 --> 03:23:00,495 IS ON US TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND 5203 03:23:00,495 --> 03:23:02,664 THOSE DATA OR DEVELOP THEM 5204 03:23:02,664 --> 03:23:03,398 DEPENDING ON THE NATURE. 5205 03:23:03,398 --> 03:23:04,833 >> I THINK THE DATA IN THE 5206 03:23:04,833 --> 03:23:09,437 PREVIOUS REPORT IS THE MINIMUM. 5207 03:23:09,437 --> 03:23:10,438 HOW MANY EMPLOYEES BUT IF 5208 03:23:10,438 --> 03:23:11,573 THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN 5209 03:23:11,573 --> 03:23:13,074 THINK OF IN THE MEANTIME WE 5210 03:23:13,074 --> 03:23:23,485 SHOULD JUST REQUEST IT. 5211 03:23:30,191 --> 03:23:31,459 WITH A LITTLE GO WITH NORA THEN 5212 03:23:31,459 --> 03:23:31,693 JEANNE. 5213 03:23:31,693 --> 03:23:33,061 >> AS I THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS 5214 03:23:33,061 --> 03:23:34,863 OF WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE AND 5215 03:23:34,863 --> 03:23:41,503 WHAT I WOULD SAY TO MY OWN 5216 03:23:41,503 --> 03:23:43,705 FRIEND IS FROM WHERE WE GO TO 5217 03:23:43,705 --> 03:23:45,840 NOW THE STRUCTURE OF THE 5218 03:23:45,840 --> 03:23:48,810 ORGANIZATION WE MAY HAVE HAD IS 5219 03:23:48,810 --> 03:23:50,411 NOT THE SAME NOR I THINK I LIKE 5220 03:23:50,411 --> 03:23:51,446 THAT ONE VERY MUCH BECAUSE AS 5221 03:23:51,446 --> 03:23:56,384 LARRY SAID, WE HAVE ALL THESE 5222 03:23:56,384 --> 03:24:01,756 INITIATIVES HOWEVER, HOW WE ARE 5223 03:24:01,756 --> 03:24:04,225 FUNDING RESEARCH IS GOING MORE 5224 03:24:04,225 --> 03:24:05,093 TO FUNCTIONAL RESOURCES AND 5225 03:24:05,093 --> 03:24:05,760 INVESTMENTS AND WE WERE 5226 03:24:05,760 --> 03:24:09,330 DISCUSSING THIS, LARRY, IF WE 5227 03:24:09,330 --> 03:24:14,469 COULD GET NOT JUST SHOWING THE 5228 03:24:14,469 --> 03:24:15,436 INTERACTIONS IN THE SLIDE AND 5229 03:24:15,436 --> 03:24:16,237 SPEAKING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND 5230 03:24:16,237 --> 03:24:18,373 HOW THAT CHANGED OVER TIME. 5231 03:24:18,373 --> 03:24:20,041 IT WOULD BE ALSO EXTREMELY 5232 03:24:20,041 --> 03:24:22,811 VALUABLE IF WE HAVE A SENSE 5233 03:24:22,811 --> 03:24:28,383 ABOUT HOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT HAS 5234 03:24:28,383 --> 03:24:31,820 BEEN INCREASING OVER TIME IT'S 5235 03:24:31,820 --> 03:24:32,620 MOSQUE TOWARDS THE FUNCTIONAL 5236 03:24:32,620 --> 03:24:33,421 INTEGRATION WHICH IS THE WAY THE 5237 03:24:33,421 --> 03:24:43,631 BRAIN WORKS. 5238 03:24:47,135 --> 03:24:48,903 ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGES 5239 03:24:48,903 --> 03:24:53,007 ASPECTS WE NEED TO ADDRESS IS 5240 03:24:53,007 --> 03:24:54,709 HOW WE ACCESS TO COMPLEX QUALITY 5241 03:24:54,709 --> 03:24:58,780 DATA THAT CAN ENABLE US TO 5242 03:24:58,780 --> 03:25:00,582 ADDRESS CO QUESTIONS AND 5243 03:25:00,582 --> 03:25:01,449 TARGET THEM. 5244 03:25:01,449 --> 03:25:03,818 THAT REQUIRES AN INTEGRATED 5245 03:25:03,818 --> 03:25:04,252 FUNCTIONAL MODEL. 5246 03:25:04,252 --> 03:25:06,855 I THINK IN LOOKING AT HOW WE 5247 03:25:06,855 --> 03:25:10,358 ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE 5248 03:25:10,358 --> 03:25:11,526 TO CONSIDER THAT ELEMENT OF 5249 03:25:11,526 --> 03:25:13,061 WHERE IS THE SCIENCE GOING AND 5250 03:25:13,061 --> 03:25:19,667 WE HAVE THE CURRENT STRUCTURES 5251 03:25:19,667 --> 03:25:22,103 THAT IF WE EMPLOY THEM THAT WAY 5252 03:25:22,103 --> 03:25:22,570 LD 5253 03:25:22,570 --> 03:25:23,404 CRYSTALIZE AND DON'T 5254 03:25:23,404 --> 03:25:23,771 ADVANCE. 5255 03:25:23,771 --> 03:25:26,641 MY POINT IS WE NEED TO SEE INTO 5256 03:25:26,641 --> 03:25:31,179 THE FACT THAT THINGS ARE BEING 5257 03:25:31,179 --> 03:25:36,284 DONE VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN EVEN 5258 03:25:36,284 --> 03:25:38,152 ONE DECADE AGO. 5259 03:25:38,152 --> 03:25:40,755 >> WE HAVE JEANNE AND THEN MIKE. 5260 03:25:40,755 --> 03:25:43,358 >> THANKS AGAIN. 5261 03:25:43,358 --> 03:25:43,758 VERY HELPFUL L 5262 03:25:43,758 --> 03:25:48,529 MY QUESTION IS ALONG THE LINE OF 5263 03:25:48,529 --> 03:25:49,998 SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS AND 5264 03:25:49,998 --> 03:25:54,569 THINGS IN THE REPORT WE RECEIVED 5265 03:25:54,569 --> 03:25:56,437 FROM HOUSE AND SENATE GROUPS ARE 5266 03:25:56,437 --> 03:25:57,705 VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT INSTITUTE 5267 03:25:57,705 --> 03:25:58,006 REFORM. 5268 03:25:58,006 --> 03:26:01,476 GETTING TO THE DATA OF WHAT'S 5269 03:26:01,476 --> 03:26:04,012 NEEDED AND I MENTIONED THIS I.C. 5270 03:26:04,012 --> 03:26:05,480 DIRECTOR'S MEETING WE'VE BEEN 5271 03:26:05,480 --> 03:26:12,487 TALKING ABOUT HAVING EXTERNAL 5272 03:26:12,487 --> 03:26:16,891 REVIEWS AND TRYING TO CLARIFY 5273 03:26:16,891 --> 03:26:24,098 THE PROCESS, I DO WONDER IF IT'S 5274 03:26:24,098 --> 03:26:25,333 WORTH OUTLINING THE QUESTIONS 5275 03:26:25,333 --> 03:26:28,770 AND DO WE HAVE GUIDANCE AND HOW 5276 03:26:28,770 --> 03:26:32,674 DO WE GET THE DATA 5277 03:26:32,674 --> 03:26:33,541 >> FOR INSTITUTE SPIFFING 5278 03:26:33,541 --> 03:26:34,108 HARDCORE STUFF IT WILL BE 5279 03:26:34,108 --> 03:26:35,410 IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF 5280 03:26:35,410 --> 03:26:42,050 THOSE PIECES OF DATA. 5281 03:26:42,050 --> 03:26:42,583 THANKS. 5282 03:26:42,583 --> 03:26:48,656 6: 5283 03:26:48,656 --> 03:26:50,525 >> THE PROBLEM WE ARE TRYING TO 5284 03:26:50,525 --> 03:26:52,994 SOLVE IS ALL THE THINGS MONICA 5285 03:26:52,994 --> 03:26:53,795 HIGHLIGHTED. 5286 03:26:53,795 --> 03:26:57,198 DOING A BETTER JOB OF DISCOVERY 5287 03:26:57,198 --> 03:27:00,034 TO REAL WORLD TRANSLATION. 5288 03:27:00,034 --> 03:27:02,103 I THINK IT'S EASY TO PUT ON NIH 5289 03:27:02,103 --> 03:27:03,705 BECAUSE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL 5290 03:27:03,705 --> 03:27:04,238 STRUCTURE NOTHING'S NOT 5291 03:27:04,238 --> 03:27:08,676 HAPPENING QUICKLY ENOUGH. 5292 03:27:08,676 --> 03:27:13,681 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS WE HAVE 5293 03:27:13,681 --> 03:27:15,149 SOME OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE 5294 03:27:15,149 --> 03:27:16,718 WORKING AND THEY'RE TOLD THEY 5295 03:27:16,718 --> 03:27:22,290 HAVE TO PUT OUT A PIECE OF 5296 03:27:22,290 --> 03:27:23,291 SCIENCE AND THERE'S SOMETHING 5297 03:27:23,291 --> 03:27:26,527 ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM THAT 5298 03:27:26,527 --> 03:27:27,462 COULD BE ADDRESSED TO HELP 5299 03:27:27,462 --> 03:27:29,797 EVERYBODY WORK TOGETHER AS A 5300 03:27:29,797 --> 03:27:32,266 TEAM AND WE LACK THE FUNDAMENTAL 5301 03:27:32,266 --> 03:27:34,202 INCENTIVE TO PROMOTE TEAM 5302 03:27:34,202 --> 03:27:34,435 SCIENCE. 5303 03:27:34,435 --> 03:27:35,069 I SUGGEST THAT'S ONE THING THE 5304 03:27:35,069 --> 03:27:37,038 GROUP CONSIDER. 5305 03:27:37,038 --> 03:27:42,410 WHAT WE CAN DO AT NIH TO HELP 5306 03:27:42,410 --> 03:27:43,511 PUSH THE SCIENTIFIC CULTURE TO 5307 03:27:43,511 --> 03:27:48,082 TEAM SCIENCE AND INCENTIVIZINGZ 5308 03:27:48,082 --> 03:27:48,282 IT. 5309 03:27:48,282 --> 03:27:50,318 MY SECOND COMMENT IS IT'S WORTH 5310 03:27:50,318 --> 03:27:52,220 LOOKING AT WHAT IS DIFFERENT NOW 5311 03:27:52,220 --> 03:27:55,723 AND WHAT'S EITHER WORK NOT AS 5312 03:27:55,723 --> 03:27:58,059 WELL IN THE WORLD COMPARED TO TO 5313 03:27:58,059 --> 03:27:58,292 2015. 5314 03:27:58,292 --> 03:27:59,460 AND MAYBE WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES 5315 03:27:59,460 --> 03:28:03,297 ARE.I WOULD SLLY HIGHLIGHT 5316 03:28:03,297 --> 03:28:05,299 OBVIOUSLY MISTRUST IN SCIENCE, 5317 03:28:05,299 --> 03:28:08,970 INFORMATION OVERLOAD AND PEOPLE 5318 03:28:08,970 --> 03:28:14,342 ARE GETTING THEIR NEWS FROM 5319 03:28:14,342 --> 03:28:18,046 SHORT BLURBS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND 5320 03:28:18,046 --> 03:28:19,614 DATA SCIENCE AND COMPUTATIONAL 5321 03:28:19,614 --> 03:28:22,350 TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW US TO MAKE 5322 03:28:22,350 --> 03:28:25,620 THE CONNECTIONS YOU AND ANDREA 5323 03:28:25,620 --> 03:28:26,020 TALKED ABOUT. 5324 03:28:26,020 --> 03:28:27,455 I HOPE THOSE SOME HAVE OF MY 5325 03:28:27,455 --> 03:28:37,832 THOUGHTS IN REACTION. 5326 03:28:41,769 --> 03:28:44,839 >> ANY THOUGHT IS STARTING OFF 5327 03:28:44,839 --> 03:28:46,074 WITH THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME 5328 03:28:46,074 --> 03:28:48,142 UP ARE THE NEXT GENERATION AND 5329 03:28:48,142 --> 03:28:49,577 WHAT WE RECOMMEND AND IMPACT THE 5330 03:28:49,577 --> 03:28:55,349 NEXT GENERATION AND HOW DO WE 5331 03:28:55,349 --> 03:29:00,021 BECOME NIMBLE FOR TECHNOLOGY 5332 03:29:00,021 --> 03:29:00,388 LIKE A.I. 5333 03:29:00,388 --> 03:29:06,694 HOW DO THEY TRANSLATE TO THE 5334 03:29:06,694 --> 03:29:07,895 PUBLIC. 5335 03:29:07,895 --> 03:29:15,937 IMPACT TEAM SCIENCE AND 5336 03:29:15,937 --> 03:29:20,875 RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE SO 5337 03:29:20,875 --> 03:29:26,514 THEY'RE NOT THECOMMENDINS 5338 03:29:26,514 --> 03:29:29,884 THAT DON'T HAVE IMPACT AND THE 5339 03:29:29,884 --> 03:29:32,153 PRIOR REPORTS RECOMMENDED AND 5340 03:29:32,153 --> 03:29:34,222 WAS IT ADOPTED, YES, NO. 5341 03:29:34,222 --> 03:29:37,525 IF YES WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME AND 5342 03:29:37,525 --> 03:29:39,994 IF NO WHY. 5343 03:29:39,994 --> 03:29:42,263 TO HAVE AN EASY VISUAL TO ALIGN 5344 03:29:42,263 --> 03:29:44,065 WITH WHATEVER WE DETERMINE THE 5345 03:29:44,065 --> 03:29:54,408 OVER ARCHING GOALS. 5346 03:29:57,578 --> 03:30:02,116 IT'S ALL IN THE REPORT BUT YOU 5347 03:30:02,116 --> 03:30:05,086 HAVE THE ASSESSMENTS OR CHECK 5348 03:30:05,086 --> 03:30:10,925 MARK ON THINGS CHECK MARKED OR 5349 03:30:10,925 --> 03:30:17,165 UNCHECK BOX OB PAGE 15 THERE'S 5350 03:30:17,165 --> 03:30:20,168 THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THE 5351 03:30:20,168 --> 03:30:22,003 STEPS AND CONSIDERATIONS AND 5352 03:30:22,003 --> 03:30:23,738 UNDER THAT THE UNDERPINNING 5353 03:30:23,738 --> 03:30:24,038 ATTRIBUTES. 5354 03:30:24,038 --> 03:30:34,549 YOU CAN MAKE A SIMILAR IMAGE. 5355 03:30:37,518 --> 03:30:42,890 >> NOW JOSHUA AND JAMES. 5356 03:30:42,890 --> 03:30:43,057 >> 5357 03:30:43,057 --> 03:30:44,959 >> I HAD A DEPRESSING THOUGHT 5358 03:30:44,959 --> 03:30:50,798 AND MY DEPRESSING THOUGHT IS ARE 5359 03:30:50,798 --> 03:30:59,740 WE TRYING TO INTELLIGENCE AND 5360 03:30:59,740 --> 03:31:00,775 RATIONALITY TO SOMETHING 5361 03:31:00,775 --> 03:31:01,108 UNPREDICTABLE. 5362 03:31:01,108 --> 03:31:03,644 WE TALKED ABOUT THE BREAKTHROUGH 5363 03:31:03,644 --> 03:31:04,412 FINDING IN FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE 5364 03:31:04,412 --> 03:31:14,922 COULDN'T HAVE BEEN PREDICTED. 5365 03:31:16,157 --> 03:31:18,092 ARE WE TRYING TO CREATE A 5366 03:31:18,092 --> 03:31:20,461 STRUCTURE WHERE WE CAN'T PREDICT 5367 03:31:20,461 --> 03:31:21,929 WHERE THE REAL BREAKTHROUGHS 5368 03:31:21,929 --> 03:31:25,466 WILL BE THE ONES THA CHANGE 5369 03:31:25,466 --> 03:31:27,134 SCIENCE AND MAY CHANGE OUR 5370 03:31:27,134 --> 03:31:28,402 ABILITY TO TREAT DISEASE. 5371 03:31:28,402 --> 03:31:30,338 BECAUSE IF WE COULD DO THAT WE 5372 03:31:30,338 --> 03:31:31,405 SHOULD POUR ALL OUR RESOURCES 5373 03:31:31,405 --> 03:31:32,406 INTO THOSE AREAS AND WE DON'T 5374 03:31:32,406 --> 03:31:39,113 KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. 5375 03:31:39,113 --> 03:31:40,982 THINK IT IS UNKNOWABLE. 5376 03:31:40,982 --> 03:31:42,149 THAT'S MY DEPRESSING THOUGHT AS 5377 03:31:42,149 --> 03:31:46,087 I WAS THINKING ABOUT SOME OF 5378 03:31:46,087 --> 03:31:46,787 THESE COMMENTS. 5379 03:31:46,787 --> 03:31:52,560 SORRY TO GO THERE BUT IT 5380 03:31:52,560 --> 03:31:54,962 OCCURRED TO ME WE'RE TRYING TO 5381 03:31:54,962 --> 03:31:57,865 BRING LOGIC TO SOMETHING THAT 5382 03:31:57,865 --> 03:32:02,536 PROBABLY ISN'T LOGICAL. 5383 03:32:02,536 --> 03:32:03,771 >> 5384 03:32:03,771 --> 03:32:09,877 >> THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE IT 5385 03:32:09,877 --> 03:32:12,880 DOES LEND ITSELF. 5386 03:32:12,880 --> 03:32:15,416 >> I THINK OF IT AS WE ARE 5387 03:32:15,416 --> 03:32:21,122 TRYING TO MAKE STRUCTURE SO WHEN 5388 03:32:21,122 --> 03:32:25,159 UNPREDICTABLE THINGS HAPPEN THEY 5389 03:32:25,159 --> 03:32:26,827 CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE. 5390 03:32:26,827 --> 03:32:27,295 >> THANK YOU. 5391 03:32:27,295 --> 03:32:37,638 JAMES AND THEN ERIC. 5392 03:32:40,574 --> 03:32:46,847 THANK YOU, I READ REPORTS AND MY 5393 03:32:46,847 --> 03:32:50,551 REACTION WAS TO SAY THAT IS 5394 03:32:50,551 --> 03:32:53,654 NINNING TO TO HAVE A CHANCE TO 5395 03:32:53,654 --> 03:32:56,390 HAVE A REBUTTAL. 5396 03:32:56,390 --> 03:32:58,459 SOME OF THESE THINGS STATED 5397 03:32:58,459 --> 03:32:59,794 WHICH I ALMOST FIND OFFENSIVE 5398 03:32:59,794 --> 03:32:59,994 LIKE. 5399 03:32:59,994 --> 03:33:02,997 CAN YOU READ ONE SENTENCE TO YOU 5400 03:33:02,997 --> 03:33:03,497 IF THAT'S OKAY? 5401 03:33:03,497 --> 03:33:04,565 >> PLEASE. 5402 03:33:04,565 --> 03:33:06,267 >> IS THAT ALL RIGHT? 5403 03:33:06,267 --> 03:33:07,702 >> YES, OF COURSE. 5404 03:33:07,702 --> 03:33:15,609 >> DECADES OF NON-STRATEGIC 5405 03:33:15,609 --> 03:33:20,848 GROWTH FOR GAPS AND MISCONDUCT 5406 03:33:20,848 --> 03:33:23,484 AND I MEAN -- I THINK THERE 5407 03:33:23,484 --> 03:33:25,319 SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 5408 03:33:25,319 --> 03:33:26,954 LEADERSHIP AT NIH TO RESPOND AND 5409 03:33:26,954 --> 03:33:29,590 THE OTHER WAS WHICH I FIND 5410 03:33:29,590 --> 03:33:30,624 CHALLENGING, ENCOURAGING EACH 5411 03:33:30,624 --> 03:33:33,527 I.C. TO UTILIZE A HOLISTIC STAGE 5412 03:33:33,527 --> 03:33:36,263 APPROACH OUR GOAL IS TO 5413 03:33:36,263 --> 03:33:38,065 ELIMINATE DISEASE SPECIFIC 5414 03:33:38,065 --> 03:33:40,735 SILOED NATURE OF THE CURRENT 5415 03:33:40,735 --> 03:33:41,802 STRUCTURE ENSURE EACH I.C. 5416 03:33:41,802 --> 03:33:42,336 IS CONSIDERING THE WHOLE 5417 03:33:42,336 --> 03:33:47,441 INDIVIDUAL. 5418 03:33:47,441 --> 03:33:49,443 HOW CAN EACH I.C.ONSIDER THE 5419 03:33:49,443 --> 03:33:50,478 WHOLE INDIVIDUAL? 5420 03:33:50,478 --> 03:33:53,447 THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 5421 03:33:53,447 --> 03:33:55,750 MY POINT IS WILL THE NIH 5422 03:33:55,750 --> 03:33:56,517 DIRECTOR OR SOMEONE HAVE A 5423 03:33:56,517 --> 03:33:58,252 CHANCE TO OFFER A REBUTTAL TO 5424 03:33:58,252 --> 03:34:04,525 SOME OF THESE THINGS AT LEAST TO 5425 03:34:04,525 --> 03:34:06,827 DEMONSTRATE AUTHOR NOT CORRECT? 5426 03:34:06,827 --> 03:34:08,796 I'M NOT NIH BUT I'VE BEEN 5427 03:34:08,796 --> 03:34:10,498 AFFILIATED WITH COUNCILS, 5428 03:34:10,498 --> 03:34:12,166 COMMITTEES, STUDY SECTIONS, ALL 5429 03:34:12,166 --> 03:34:15,636 THAT FOR 30 YEARS NOW. 5430 03:34:15,636 --> 03:34:17,438 AND I DON'T THINK I AGREE WITH 5431 03:34:17,438 --> 03:34:18,739 ANY OF THE THINGS I READ. 5432 03:34:18,739 --> 03:34:22,710 IN FACT I FOUND SOME OFFENSIVE. 5433 03:34:22,710 --> 03:34:26,180 I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LET 5434 03:34:26,180 --> 03:34:27,381 POLITICS GET INTO WHAT WE'RE 5435 03:34:27,381 --> 03:34:34,188 DOING HERE BUT HOW CAN WE NOT? 5436 03:34:34,188 --> 03:34:35,656 >> I THINK NIH WILL HAVE AN 5437 03:34:35,656 --> 03:34:39,193 OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH 5438 03:34:39,193 --> 03:34:40,327 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND STAFF ON 5439 03:34:40,327 --> 03:34:44,899 THESE ISSUES. 5440 03:34:44,899 --> 03:34:46,333 I HAVE A HEARING THURSDAY I'LL 5441 03:34:46,333 --> 03:34:51,972 BE WITNESS AT AND MONICA WILL 5442 03:34:51,972 --> 03:35:02,450 HAVE A HEARING NEXT WEEK I 5443 03:35:04,618 --> 03:35:09,056 SUSPECT SOME WILL COME UP AND 5444 03:35:09,056 --> 03:35:12,226 CONGRESS TOLD US TO RESTART THE 5445 03:35:12,226 --> 03:35:14,395 MSRB AND DELIBERATE ISSUES OF 5446 03:35:14,395 --> 03:35:15,830 THESE TYPE WHICH IS WHY WE'RE 5447 03:35:15,830 --> 03:35:21,402 ASSEMBLED AND THE WORK OF THIS 5448 03:35:21,402 --> 03:35:28,776 COMMITTEE IS VERY IMPORTANT. 5449 03:35:28,776 --> 03:35:32,546 WE HAVE TO DO THINGS RAPIDLY 5450 03:35:32,546 --> 03:35:37,751 RND BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS 5451 03:35:37,751 --> 03:35:39,086 PUBLIC PEOPLE WILL HEAR THE 5452 03:35:39,086 --> 03:35:40,254 CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION. 5453 03:35:40,254 --> 03:35:42,790 IN AN INTERIM WAY HOPEFULLY THAT 5454 03:35:42,790 --> 03:35:51,298 WILL HELP INFORM SOME THINGS. 5455 03:35:51,298 --> 03:35:56,370 I THINK THAT'S INITIALLY THE 5456 03:35:56,370 --> 03:35:59,940 APPROACH. 5457 03:35:59,940 --> 03:36:01,242 >> AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE 5458 03:36:01,242 --> 03:36:02,610 EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND MOST 5459 03:36:02,610 --> 03:36:07,748 ARE NOT IN SCIENCE. 5460 03:36:07,748 --> 03:36:18,025 I THINK WE SHOULD INCORPORATE 5461 03:36:18,025 --> 03:36:19,827 THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND IT 5462 03:36:19,827 --> 03:36:21,529 TELLS ME WE'RE NOT INFORMING 5463 03:36:21,529 --> 03:36:23,964 ENOUGH WHAT NIH IS DOING AND 5464 03:36:23,964 --> 03:36:24,665 THOUGH EVERY INSTITUTE LOOKS 5465 03:36:24,665 --> 03:36:27,234 LIKE IT PLAY BE ORGAN SPECIFIC 5466 03:36:27,234 --> 03:36:28,435 DOES RELATE TO THE WHOLE PATIENT 5467 03:36:28,435 --> 03:36:28,736 POPULATION. 5468 03:36:28,736 --> 03:36:31,572 I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR 5469 03:36:31,572 --> 03:36:33,040 EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE AND I HOPE 5470 03:36:33,040 --> 03:36:34,141 YOU KEEP REMINDING US THROUGH 5471 03:36:34,141 --> 03:36:36,644 THE PROCESS THAT PART OF IT IS 5472 03:36:36,644 --> 03:36:39,179 GOING TO BE A PUBLIC REPORT IS 5473 03:36:39,179 --> 03:36:44,451 TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THE 5474 03:36:44,451 --> 03:36:49,156 UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME PLAY 5475 03:36:49,156 --> 03:36:54,562 HAVE OF WHAT THE NIH IS OR 5476 03:36:54,562 --> 03:36:54,762 ISN'T. 5477 03:36:54,762 --> 03:36:57,231 >> I WANT URGE US TO FOCUS ON 5478 03:36:57,231 --> 03:36:58,265 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE AND I 5479 03:36:58,265 --> 03:37:01,201 HAVEN'T HEARD IT ONCE IN THE 5480 03:37:01,201 --> 03:37:11,745 PRESENTATIONS I'VE HEARD TODAY. 5481 03:37:16,417 --> 03:37:19,019 >> I HEARD THIS FROM SEVERAL 5482 03:37:19,019 --> 03:37:22,389 OTHER SPEAKERS THEY'RE TIP 5483 03:37:22,389 --> 03:37:24,091 TOEING MY QUESTION WHEN I WAS 5484 03:37:24,091 --> 03:37:25,426 TRYING TO JUMP THE QUEUE. 5485 03:37:25,426 --> 03:37:31,065 THERE'S A CONTEXT THAT THERE'S 5486 03:37:31,065 --> 03:37:38,005 THINGS WE TRY TO ADDRESS AND 5487 03:37:38,005 --> 03:37:41,609 WE'LL HEAR FROM KATE KATE 5488 03:37:41,609 --> 03:37:43,444 THE BREAK BUT AT SOME POINT WE 5489 03:37:43,444 --> 03:37:48,182 NEED A DISCUSSION WILL WE BE 5490 03:37:48,182 --> 03:37:49,950 BLUE SKY AND LOOKK FOR 5491 03:37:49,950 --> 03:37:54,888 OPPORTUNITIES OR BE MORE 5492 03:37:54,888 --> 03:37:55,289 TACTICAL? 5493 03:37:55,289 --> 03:37:56,657 WE'LL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION WITH 5494 03:37:56,657 --> 03:37:59,159 KATE THOUGH SOME CREPT INTO THAT 5495 03:37:59,159 --> 03:38:01,462 DISCUSSION AND JAMES HIT IT HEAD 5496 03:38:01,462 --> 03:38:03,197 ON BUT I WAS READY TO DO IT FIVE 5497 03:38:03,197 --> 03:38:04,365 PEOPLE AGO. 5498 03:38:04,365 --> 03:38:05,699 >> THE TWO REPORTS ARE NOT THE 5499 03:38:05,699 --> 03:38:11,438 ONLY DOCUMENTS THAT WILL LIKELY 5500 03:38:11,438 --> 03:38:13,941 INFORM OUR DISCUSSIONS. 5501 03:38:13,941 --> 03:38:19,246 OTHER GROUPS ARE PREPARING 5502 03:38:19,246 --> 03:38:24,151 THEY'RE VIEW OF THINGS 5503 03:38:24,151 --> 03:38:26,720 >> ARE WE GOING TO WAIT AFTER 5504 03:38:26,720 --> 03:38:27,988 THE KATE'S PRESENTATION TO HAVE 5505 03:38:27,988 --> 03:38:33,594 A DISCUSSION ON WHETHER WE THINK 5506 03:38:33,594 --> 03:38:44,138 WE SHOULD BE MORE DELIBERATIVE? 5507 03:38:45,239 --> 03:38:48,275 >> WE SHOULD START TO THINK 5508 03:38:48,275 --> 03:38:49,143 ABOUT IT FOR THE NEXT TIME BUT 5509 03:38:49,143 --> 03:38:53,013 THAT'S THE CENTER OF WHAT WE 5510 03:38:53,013 --> 03:38:54,915 HAVE TO DECIDE AND I DON'T WANT 5511 03:38:54,915 --> 03:38:58,152 TO PUSH US TO DO THAT IN 15 5512 03:38:58,152 --> 03:38:58,385 MINUTES. 5513 03:38:58,385 --> 03:39:01,855 >> I CAN'T IMAGINE WE CAN SET UP 5514 03:39:01,855 --> 03:39:02,990 WORKING GROUPS UNTIL WE HAVE 5515 03:39:02,990 --> 03:39:04,191 THAT DISCUSSION. 5516 03:39:04,191 --> 03:39:04,758 >> WE'RE THOUGHT DOING IT 5517 03:39:04,758 --> 03:39:09,863 BETWEEN NOW AND OUR FIRST 5518 03:39:09,863 --> 03:39:15,135 MEETING BUT THINKING EVERYBODY 5519 03:39:15,135 --> 03:39:17,171 WRITE DOWN TACTICS TO HAVE A 5520 03:39:17,171 --> 03:39:20,274 HEALTHY DISCUSSION. 5521 03:39:20,274 --> 03:39:30,684 >> JOANIE AND MEN MARK. 5522 03:39:49,403 --> 03:39:52,673 WHAT WE DO DOESN'T END AT NIH 5523 03:39:52,673 --> 03:39:53,373 AND IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE AND 5524 03:39:53,373 --> 03:39:55,876 HOW WE NEED TO REQUIRE THE IDEA 5525 03:39:55,876 --> 03:40:01,749 OF BROADENING TO THE ECO 5526 03:40:01,749 --> 03:40:12,292 SYSTEM OF NOT JUST THE ASPECT OF 5527 03:40:15,629 --> 03:40:21,135 WHAT WE DO AND THINKING ABOUT 5528 03:40:21,135 --> 03:40:22,102 TRANSFORMATION OF OUR BROADER 5529 03:40:22,102 --> 03:40:24,271 ECO SYSTEM AND A HOW WE'RE DOIN 5530 03:40:24,271 --> 03:40:24,638 OUR WORK. 5531 03:40:24,638 --> 03:40:27,040 I DON'T WANT US TO FORGET WE ARE 5532 03:40:27,040 --> 03:40:28,075 IN THAT BROADER CONTEXT. 5533 03:40:28,075 --> 03:40:31,078 NOT TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO 5534 03:40:31,078 --> 03:40:32,279 DETERMINE WHAT THE CHANGES ARE 5535 03:40:32,279 --> 03:40:34,948 IN THE OTHER ECO SYSTEMS BUT TO 5536 03:40:34,948 --> 03:40:38,285 RECOGNIZE THAT WE AREN'T IN A 5537 03:40:38,285 --> 03:40:39,653 VACUUM AND TO DO IMPLEMENTATION 5538 03:40:39,653 --> 03:40:41,155 SCIENCE WILL REQUIRE AN ABILITY 5539 03:40:41,155 --> 03:40:43,423 TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO WORK BETTER 5540 03:40:43,423 --> 03:40:44,057 WITH OTHER AREAS OF THE ECO 5541 03:40:44,057 --> 03:40:45,859 SYSTEM. 5542 03:40:45,859 --> 03:40:54,168 >> THANK YOU. 5543 03:40:54,168 --> 03:40:54,368 MARK. 5544 03:40:54,368 --> 03:40:56,203 >> THANKS. 5545 03:40:56,203 --> 03:40:57,171 IT'S BEEN A VERY INTERESTING 5546 03:40:57,171 --> 03:40:58,906 DISCUSSION ANDRAGE US TO 5547 03:40:58,906 --> 03:40:59,506 RECOGNIZE IT'S ALL ABOUT THE 5548 03:40:59,506 --> 03:41:07,047 SCIENCE. 5549 03:41:07,047 --> 03:41:08,782 THERE'S SO COMPETING NATIONS WE 5550 03:41:08,782 --> 03:41:16,523 HAVE TO MAKE SUREUR NOT TO 5551 03:41:16,523 --> 03:41:16,757 IMPLODE. 5552 03:41:16,757 --> 03:41:20,427 THAT SAID, RECOGNIZING THE 5553 03:41:20,427 --> 03:41:22,396 HORIZONS IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD 5554 03:41:22,396 --> 03:41:24,464 RISK AND GOOD WAY TODE 5555 03:41:24,464 --> 03:41:28,001 STRUCTURES TO ADVANCE THOSE. 5556 03:41:28,001 --> 03:41:31,071 IN MY VIEW WE CREATE AN 5557 03:41:31,071 --> 03:41:32,272 INCUBATOR ENVIRONMENT WHERE 5558 03:41:32,272 --> 03:41:37,411 SCIENTISTS, YOUNG AND OLD CAN 5559 03:41:37,411 --> 03:41:42,249 GET TOGETHER AND ENVISION THE 5560 03:41:42,249 --> 03:41:43,917 NEXT AND FUNDAMENTAL PROCESS 5561 03:41:43,917 --> 03:41:48,922 THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED TO 5562 03:41:48,922 --> 03:41:50,490 UNDERSTAND BETTER SOME DISEASE 5563 03:41:50,490 --> 03:41:57,764 PROCESS I SUSPECT WE DON'T HAVE 5564 03:41:57,764 --> 03:42:00,467 INNOVATION TO SATISFY HUMAN 5565 03:42:00,467 --> 03:42:00,667 NEED. 5566 03:42:00,667 --> 03:42:03,537 IF YOU LOOK AT NIH'S OR OTHER 5567 03:42:03,537 --> 03:42:04,671 STRATEGIC PLANS THERE'S MANY 5568 03:42:04,671 --> 03:42:13,280 CHALLENGES THAT AWA US AND WE 5569 03:42:13,280 --> 03:42:16,250 NEED TO CREATE INCUBATORS TO 5570 03:42:16,250 --> 03:42:21,588 BEGIN TO APPROACH THEM. 5571 03:42:21,588 --> 03:42:21,955 >> THANK YOU. 5572 03:42:21,955 --> 03:42:26,560 OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? 5573 03:42:26,560 --> 03:42:28,195 ARE YOU READY FOR A BREAK? 5574 03:42:28,195 --> 03:42:30,597 SMILES WHEN I SAID THAT. 5575 03:42:30,597 --> 03:42:31,131 FINALLY, A SMILE. 5576 03:42:31,131 --> 03:42:34,935 GREAT. 5577 03:42:34,935 --> 03:42:37,237 SO WE'LL COME BACK AT 4:30? 5578 03:42:37,237 --> 03:42:39,072 >> YEAH. 5579 03:42:39,072 --> 03:42:40,240 YOU HAVE HALF AN HOUR. 5580 03:42:40,240 --> 03:42:43,110 WELL, LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR. 5581 03:42:43,110 --> 03:42:44,803 IF YOU COME BACK ABOUT 4:25. 5582 03:42:44,803 --> 03:42:45,437 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 5583 03:42:45,437 --> 03:42:51,910 FOR THOSE I DON'T KNOW, I'M KATE 5584 03:42:51,910 --> 03:42:52,811 KLIMCZAK THE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE 5585 03:42:52,811 --> 03:42:53,812 OF LEGISLATIVE POLICY AND 5586 03:42:53,812 --> 03:42:54,213 ANALYSIS. 5587 03:42:54,213 --> 03:42:55,814 I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 5588 03:42:55,814 --> 03:43:01,487 MEET WITH YOU ALL TODAY TO 5589 03:43:01,487 --> 03:43:04,623 PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON 5590 03:43:04,623 --> 03:43:06,558 CONGRESSIONAL PROPOSALS WE'VE 5591 03:43:06,558 --> 03:43:09,862 SEEN TO DATE RELATED TO NIH 5592 03:43:09,862 --> 03:43:13,899 RE-AUTHORIZATION AND MOD 5593 03:43:13,899 --> 03:43:14,700 MODERNIZA 5594 03:43:14,700 --> 03:43:15,034 MODERNIZATION. 5595 03:43:15,034 --> 03:43:16,235 OVER THE PAST YEAR THE LEVEL OF 5596 03:43:16,235 --> 03:43:20,472 CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST HAS BEEN 5597 03:43:20,472 --> 03:43:22,674 INCREASING AND WE ARE EAGER TO 5598 03:43:22,674 --> 03:43:25,444 CONTINUE OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH 5599 03:43:25,444 --> 03:43:26,578 VARIOUS CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 5600 03:43:26,578 --> 03:43:31,150 AND MEMBERS ON THEIR IDEAS AND 5601 03:43:31,150 --> 03:43:33,419 PROPOSALS TO STRENGTHEN NIH'S 5602 03:43:33,419 --> 03:43:34,887 STRUCTURE AND POLICIES. 5603 03:43:34,887 --> 03:43:36,188 I'M GOING TO TAKE THE NU NEXT 5604 03:43:36,188 --> 03:43:38,357 FEW MINUTES TO WALK THROUGH THE 5605 03:43:38,357 --> 03:43:42,761 MAIN PROPOSALS AND THE EMERGING 5606 03:43:42,761 --> 03:43:45,197 THEMES THAT WE HAVE SEEN AROUND 5607 03:43:45,197 --> 03:43:45,998 RE-AUTHORIZATION AND REFORM THAT 5608 03:43:45,998 --> 03:43:48,267 HAVE EMERGED OVER THE PAST YEAR 5609 03:43:48,267 --> 03:43:48,901 OR SO. 5610 03:43:48,901 --> 03:43:53,038 I WON'T HAVE TIME TO GET INTO 5611 03:43:53,038 --> 03:43:55,074 THE DETAILS OF EVERY IDEA 5612 03:43:55,074 --> 03:43:58,444 PROPOSED BUT I HOPE TO LEAVE YOU 5613 03:43:58,444 --> 03:44:00,412 WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE 5614 03:44:00,412 --> 03:44:04,450 THREE KEY PROPOSALS AND 5615 03:44:04,450 --> 03:44:06,318 RECURRING THEMES THAT COME FROM 5616 03:44:06,318 --> 03:44:06,685 THOSE. 5617 03:44:06,685 --> 03:44:11,090 AS YOU MAY KNOW WE ARE RAPIDLY 5618 03:44:11,090 --> 03:44:12,891 APPROACHING THE END OF THE 5619 03:44:12,891 --> 03:44:14,393 CONGRESSIONAL SESSION AND 5620 03:44:14,393 --> 03:44:17,396 CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. 5621 03:44:17,396 --> 03:44:20,232 I DO EXPECT WE'LL SEE SIMILAR 5622 03:44:20,232 --> 03:44:24,670 LEVELS OF CONSIDERATIONAL 5623 03:44:24,670 --> 03:44:29,475 INTEREST NEXT YEAR THOUGH A LOT 5624 03:44:29,475 --> 03:44:36,014 WELL DEPEND ON WHEN AND HOW NIH 5625 03:44:36,014 --> 03:44:36,982 REAUTHORIZATION FITS ON THE 5626 03:44:36,982 --> 03:44:47,159 PRIORITIES AND THE CALENDAR. 5627 03:44:47,159 --> 03:44:49,962 A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE RECENT 5628 03:44:49,962 --> 03:44:55,667 NIH REAUTHORIZATIONS IN 2006 5629 03:44:55,667 --> 03:44:58,203 THEY PASSED THE REFORM ACT OF 5630 03:44:58,203 --> 03:44:59,872 2006 WHICH AUTHORIZED THE 5631 03:44:59,872 --> 03:45:02,708 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SMRB, 5632 03:45:02,708 --> 03:45:07,379 ESTABLISHED THE DIVISION OF 5633 03:45:07,379 --> 03:45:08,247 PROGRAM COORDINATION PLANNING 5634 03:45:08,247 --> 03:45:11,049 AND INITIATIVES AND AUTHORIZED 5635 03:45:11,049 --> 03:45:13,685 THE COMMON FUND AND REAFFIRMED 5636 03:45:13,685 --> 03:45:15,287 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NIH AND 5637 03:45:15,287 --> 03:45:16,989 ITS VITAL ROLE IN ADVANCING 5638 03:45:16,989 --> 03:45:20,993 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. 5639 03:45:20,993 --> 03:45:27,232 ABOUT A DECADE LATER CONGRESS 5640 03:45:27,232 --> 03:45:32,404 PASSED THE BIPARTISAN 21st CURES 5641 03:45:32,404 --> 03:45:34,506 ACT TO INCREASE OUR 5642 03:45:34,506 --> 03:45:35,274 ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITY AT 5643 03:45:35,274 --> 03:45:37,209 NIH AND HELP REDUCE BURDEN. 5644 03:45:37,209 --> 03:45:38,944 THE CURES ACT ALSO AS MANY OF 5645 03:45:38,944 --> 03:45:40,946 YOU KNOW INCLUDED THE INNOVATION 5646 03:45:40,946 --> 03:45:42,614 FUND WHICH PROVIDED FUNDING FOR 5647 03:45:42,614 --> 03:45:44,416 A NUMBER OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS 5648 03:45:44,416 --> 03:45:46,652 INCLUDING THE ALL OF US RESEARCH 5649 03:45:46,652 --> 03:45:49,555 PROGRAM, THE BRAIN INITIATIVE, 5650 03:45:49,555 --> 03:45:52,891 CANCER MOON SHOOT AND 5651 03:45:52,891 --> 03:45:54,660 REGENERATIVE MEDICINE INNOVATION 5652 03:45:54,660 --> 03:45:55,027 PROJECT. 5653 03:45:55,027 --> 03:45:57,596 I WANT TO NOTE WHILE NIH HAS NOT 5654 03:45:57,596 --> 03:46:02,901 RECENTLY BEEN REAUTHORIZED, OUR 5655 03:46:02,901 --> 03:46:03,735 WORK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OUR 5656 03:46:03,735 --> 03:46:08,674 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION. 5657 03:46:08,674 --> 03:46:10,842 AS MENTIONED THERE'S BEEN 5658 03:46:10,842 --> 03:46:12,511 GROWING CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST 5659 03:46:12,511 --> 03:46:16,481 IN A REAUTHORIZATION 5660 03:46:16,481 --> 03:46:17,449 MODERNIZATION REFORM OF NIH. 5661 03:46:17,449 --> 03:46:19,151 THE VARIOUS PROPOSALS THAT HAD 5662 03:46:19,151 --> 03:46:21,853 BEEN PUT OUT SO FAR HAVE 5663 03:46:21,853 --> 03:46:24,690 INCLUDED A NUMBER OF REFORMS TO 5664 03:46:24,690 --> 03:46:26,925 NIH'S SUGGESTED REFORMS TO NIH'S 5665 03:46:26,925 --> 03:46:27,426 STRUCTURE, POLICIES AND 5666 03:46:27,426 --> 03:46:30,395 PROCEDURES. 5667 03:46:30,395 --> 03:46:32,431 THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS AND 5668 03:46:32,431 --> 03:46:33,632 COMMITTEES THAT HAVE PUT OUT 5669 03:46:33,632 --> 03:46:35,901 PROPOSALS HAVE TAKEN DIFFERENT 5670 03:46:35,901 --> 03:46:37,469 APPROACHES AND HOW THEY HAVE 5671 03:46:37,469 --> 03:46:40,772 EITHER REQUESTED INPUT FROM NIH 5672 03:46:40,772 --> 03:46:42,341 STAKEHOLDERS, HOW THEY HAVE 5673 03:46:42,341 --> 03:46:44,009 PRIORITIZED CERTAIN TOPICS OR 5674 03:46:44,009 --> 03:46:45,711 ISSUES AND ALSO HOW THEY HAVE 5675 03:46:45,711 --> 03:46:47,679 ACTUALLY PRESENTED THEIR 5676 03:46:47,679 --> 03:46:50,415 PROPOSALS TO THE PUBLIC AND TO 5677 03:46:50,415 --> 03:46:51,683 NIH. 5678 03:46:51,683 --> 03:46:52,851 THERE ARE THREE KEY PROPOSALS 5679 03:46:52,851 --> 03:46:57,923 THAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON 5680 03:46:57,923 --> 03:46:59,157 TODAY. 5681 03:46:59,157 --> 03:47:01,260 LAST YEAR U.S. SENATE HEALTH 5682 03:47:01,260 --> 03:47:02,427 EDUCATION LABOR AND PENSION 5683 03:47:02,427 --> 03:47:04,496 COMMITTEE RANKING MEM, BILL 5684 03:47:04,496 --> 03:47:07,132 KASSIDY RELEASED A REQUEST FOR 5685 03:47:07,132 --> 03:47:07,733 INFORMATION. 5686 03:47:07,733 --> 03:47:10,602 HE WAS SEEKING IDEAS FROM NIH 5687 03:47:10,602 --> 03:47:14,439 PARTNERS HOW NIH COULD IMPROVE 5688 03:47:14,439 --> 03:47:16,308 ITS PROCESS FOR APPROVING 5689 03:47:16,308 --> 03:47:17,709 RESEARCH GRANTS. 5690 03:47:17,709 --> 03:47:19,244 IDEAS TO BETTER SUPPORT THE 5691 03:47:19,244 --> 03:47:22,214 BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE, WAYS TO 5692 03:47:22,214 --> 03:47:26,184 BOLSTER COLLABORATION ACROSS 5693 03:47:26,184 --> 03:47:29,154 ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY AND IDEAS 5694 03:47:29,154 --> 03:47:31,323 TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY INTO 5695 03:47:31,323 --> 03:47:33,959 NIH ACTIVITIES AND OPERATIONS. 5696 03:47:33,959 --> 03:47:36,194 BASED ON A LOT OF THAT FEEDBACK 5697 03:47:36,194 --> 03:47:38,263 AND SOME OF HIS IDEAS HE 5698 03:47:38,263 --> 03:47:40,766 RELEASED A WHITE PAPER EARLIER 5699 03:47:40,766 --> 03:47:41,667 THIS YEAR. 5700 03:47:41,667 --> 03:47:43,001 I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE 5701 03:47:43,001 --> 03:47:43,635 COMPONENTS IN THE RIGHT PAPER IN 5702 03:47:43,635 --> 03:47:49,374 A MINUTE. 5703 03:47:49,374 --> 03:47:51,043 UNJUNE THE HOUSE ENERGY AND 5704 03:47:51,043 --> 03:47:54,046 COMMERCE COMMITTEE RELEASED A 5705 03:47:54,046 --> 03:47:55,113 FRAMEWORK FOCUSSING ON 5706 03:47:55,113 --> 03:47:58,717 CHALLENGES THE COMMITTEE SEES 5707 03:47:58,717 --> 03:48:02,354 FACING NIN, RECOMMENDATIONS AND 5708 03:48:02,354 --> 03:48:06,291 THE XT SOLICITED FEEDBACK ON 5709 03:48:06,291 --> 03:48:08,460 TERN TOPICS AND QUESTIONS. 5710 03:48:08,460 --> 03:48:10,962 NIH STAKEHOLDERS WERE ENCOURAGED 5711 03:48:10,962 --> 03:48:14,466 TO ENGAGE AND SHARED THEIR IDEAS 5712 03:48:14,466 --> 03:48:18,036 WITH THE COMMITTEE. 5713 03:48:18,036 --> 03:48:21,306 FINALLY THE HOUSE LABOR 5714 03:48:21,306 --> 03:48:22,774 SUBCOMMITTEE RELEASED ITS 5715 03:48:22,774 --> 03:48:27,479 PROPOSED SPENDING BILL. 5716 03:48:27,479 --> 03:48:33,585 THAT PIECE OF LEGISLATION 5717 03:48:33,585 --> 03:48:35,620 INCLUDED POLICY REFORMS IN THE 5718 03:48:35,620 --> 03:48:42,094 ENERGY AND COMMERCE PROPOSAL. 5719 03:48:42,094 --> 03:48:45,297 I INCLUDED A PROPOSAL TO 5720 03:48:45,297 --> 03:48:47,599 CONSOLIDATE NIH INSTITUTES AND 5721 03:48:47,599 --> 03:48:48,934 CENTERS AND BEFORE DIVING INTO 5722 03:48:48,934 --> 03:48:53,372 TE DETAILS HERE I ALSO WANTED TO 5723 03:48:53,372 --> 03:48:56,441 TAKE A MINUTE TO NOTE MANY OF 5724 03:48:56,441 --> 03:49:01,980 NIH'S PARTNERS, STAKEHOLDERS, 5725 03:49:01,980 --> 03:49:06,651 ADVOCATES HEARD THE REQUEST FOR 5726 03:49:06,651 --> 03:49:08,453 INPUT AND OBLIGE. 5727 03:49:08,453 --> 03:49:11,623 WE HAVE SEEN REPRESENTATION OF 5728 03:49:11,623 --> 03:49:13,959 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND GROUPS 5729 03:49:13,959 --> 03:49:19,097 THINKING DEEPLY HOW NIH CAN 5730 03:49:19,097 --> 03:49:24,403 IMPROVE AND MODERNIZE AND HAVE 5731 03:49:24,403 --> 03:49:31,143 PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF 5732 03:49:31,143 --> 03:49:34,846 FEEDBACK THAT INFLUENCED 5733 03:49:34,846 --> 03:49:36,948 PROPOSALS TO DATE AND I WANT TO 5734 03:49:36,948 --> 03:49:41,920 NOTE THEY'VE SPURRED A LOT OF 5735 03:49:41,920 --> 03:49:44,656 OUTSIDE INPUT AS WELL THAT'S 5736 03:49:44,656 --> 03:49:45,824 BEEN FED TO THE CONGRESSIONAL 5737 03:49:45,824 --> 03:49:47,225 COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS THINKING 5738 03:49:47,225 --> 03:49:56,868 ABOUT THESE PROPOSALS. 5739 03:49:56,868 --> 03:50:03,141 AND FROM PROPOSALS AND 5740 03:50:03,141 --> 03:50:11,016 COVERINGS, AND THERE'S STRONG 5741 03:50:11,016 --> 03:50:11,750 BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR 5742 03:50:11,750 --> 03:50:14,085 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND CONGRESS 5743 03:50:14,085 --> 03:50:14,920 HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY GENEROUS 5744 03:50:14,920 --> 03:50:17,055 TO NIH IN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING 5745 03:50:17,055 --> 03:50:17,956 ITS PROVIDED TO US YEAR AFTER 5746 03:50:17,956 --> 03:50:24,529 YEAR. 5747 03:50:24,529 --> 03:50:28,800 THAT THAT HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED 5748 03:50:28,800 --> 03:50:30,302 BY THE COMMITTEES AND NIH HAS 5749 03:50:30,302 --> 03:50:34,840 WORKED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THAT 5750 03:50:34,840 --> 03:50:36,541 OVERSIGHT BUT DESPITE THE 5751 03:50:36,541 --> 03:50:39,244 INVESTMENT AND OVERSIGHT THERE'S 5752 03:50:39,244 --> 03:50:44,382 STILL CLEAR OPPORTUNITIES TO 5753 03:50:44,382 --> 03:50:46,084 EMIMPROVE MISSION TO IMPROVE THE 5754 03:50:46,084 --> 03:50:47,152 WORKFORCE AND ADVANCE CURES AND 5755 03:50:47,152 --> 03:50:54,292 TREMES FOR ALL PEOPLE. 5756 03:50:54,292 --> 03:50:56,495 AND THERE THE PROCESS IS LONG 5757 03:50:56,495 --> 03:50:58,663 OVERDUE AND IT'S BEEN YEARS 5758 03:50:58,663 --> 03:51:01,433 SINCE WE HAD OFFICIAL 5759 03:51:01,433 --> 03:51:04,936 REAUTHORIZATION AND THE 5760 03:51:04,936 --> 03:51:05,871 COMPREHENSIVE CONGRESSIONAL 5761 03:51:05,871 --> 03:51:10,809 REVIEW OF HOW NIH OPERATES. 5762 03:51:10,809 --> 03:51:12,277 AGAIN, I WANT TO NOTE WE 5763 03:51:12,277 --> 03:51:12,811 CONDITION WITH THE ANNUAL 5764 03:51:12,811 --> 03:51:22,988 APPROPRIATION. 5765 03:51:22,988 --> 03:51:25,056 AND KEY AREAS OF PROPOSED ROW 5766 03:51:25,056 --> 03:51:27,125 FORM THAT HAVE COME UP AND THIS 5767 03:51:27,125 --> 03:51:28,226 IS OBVIOUS TO MANY THAT LOOKED 5768 03:51:28,226 --> 03:51:30,695 AT THE PROPOSALS, STRUCTURAL 5769 03:51:30,695 --> 03:51:35,133 REFORMS, LEADERSHIP REFORMS, 5770 03:51:35,133 --> 03:51:38,803 POLICY GRANT REFORMS AND REFORMS 5771 03:51:38,803 --> 03:51:40,839 RELATED TO FUNDING ARE THE FOUR 5772 03:51:40,839 --> 03:51:42,941 AREAS CONGRESS HAS BEEN MOST 5773 03:51:42,941 --> 03:51:43,842 INTERESTED IN EXPLORING AND 5774 03:51:43,842 --> 03:51:53,051 OFFERING IDEAS ON. 5775 03:51:53,051 --> 03:51:54,452 STARTING WITH STRUCTURAL REFORM, 5776 03:51:54,452 --> 03:51:55,820 BOTH ENERGY AND COMMERCE AND 5777 03:51:55,820 --> 03:52:02,994 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS PROPOSALS 5778 03:52:02,994 --> 03:52:07,165 DID INCLUDE PROPOSALS TO CON 5779 03:52:07,165 --> 03:52:11,136 CONSOLIDATE UNDER THES SINCE 5780 03:52:11,136 --> 03:52:18,944 FROM 27 TO 15. 5781 03:52:18,944 --> 03:52:19,444 THE STATED GOAL FOR THE 5782 03:52:19,444 --> 03:52:22,280 CONSOLIDATION IS STREAMLINE THE 5783 03:52:22,280 --> 03:52:24,950 INSTITUTES AROUND CENTERS AND 5784 03:52:24,950 --> 03:52:25,850 BETTER CONSIDER THE WHOLE 5785 03:52:25,850 --> 03:52:26,151 INDIVIDUAL. 5786 03:52:26,151 --> 03:52:28,153 I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT OUR 5787 03:52:28,153 --> 03:52:31,056 CURRENT STRUCTURE WOMAN THE 27 5788 03:52:31,056 --> 03:52:33,291 IS MANDATED BY LAW AND WOULD 5789 03:52:33,291 --> 03:52:33,858 HAVE TO BE CHANGED THROUGH 5790 03:52:33,858 --> 03:52:41,366 LEGISLATION. 5791 03:52:41,366 --> 03:52:42,767 AND CONGRESS APPROPRIATES 5792 03:52:42,767 --> 03:52:43,768 FUNDING AMOUNTS TO THE SPECIFIC 5793 03:52:43,768 --> 03:52:45,670 INSTITUTES AND CENTERS SO THAT 5794 03:52:45,670 --> 03:52:51,376 WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. 5795 03:52:51,376 --> 03:52:53,878 THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL HAS ED 5796 03:52:53,878 --> 03:52:55,814 A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC 5797 03:52:55,814 --> 03:52:59,150 AND PRESS ATTENTION SINCE IT 5798 03:52:59,150 --> 03:53:02,520 WOULD DRASTICALLY CHANGE HOW NIH 5799 03:53:02,520 --> 03:53:10,829 OPERATES AND FUNDS RESEARCH. 5800 03:53:10,829 --> 03:53:15,100 IN ADDITION TO THE REFORMS 5801 03:53:15,100 --> 03:53:16,935 STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK TOUCHED ON 5802 03:53:16,935 --> 03:53:20,338 MISSION AND LEADERSHIP REFORMS. 5803 03:53:20,338 --> 03:53:22,007 IT WAS ONE CLEAR POINT THAT CAME 5804 03:53:22,007 --> 03:53:25,043 ACROSS ALL THE PROPOSALS WAS 5805 03:53:25,043 --> 03:53:26,845 THERE'S A NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE 5806 03:53:26,845 --> 03:53:33,284 REVIEW AT NIH'S OPERATIONS, 5807 03:53:33,284 --> 03:53:34,819 STRUCTURE AND POLICIES THAT'S 5808 03:53:34,819 --> 03:53:38,156 WHERE YOU COME IN AND NEAR 5809 03:53:38,156 --> 03:53:40,692 UNANIMOUS NIH NEEDED TO 5810 03:53:40,692 --> 03:53:44,029 ESTABLISH AND UTILIZE THE MSRB 5811 03:53:44,029 --> 03:53:49,567 TO PROVIDE NEEDED FEEDBACK TO 5812 03:53:49,567 --> 03:53:59,344 NIH LEADERSHIP 3: -- THE OTHER 5813 03:53:59,344 --> 03:54:02,514 IS TERM LIMITS. 5814 03:54:02,514 --> 03:54:09,287 THE 21st CENTURY CURES ACT SET 5815 03:54:09,287 --> 03:54:11,156 TERM LIMITS BUT NO LIMIT ON THE 5816 03:54:11,156 --> 03:54:12,824 NUMBER OF TERMS. 5817 03:54:12,824 --> 03:54:14,125 THERE'S GROWING INTEREST ON 5818 03:54:14,125 --> 03:54:15,927 SETTING THE TERMS A DIRECTOR CAN 5819 03:54:15,927 --> 03:54:16,127 SERVE. 5820 03:54:16,127 --> 03:54:17,796 FOR EXAMPLE, THE ENERGY AND 5821 03:54:17,796 --> 03:54:20,065 COMMERCE PROPOSAL RECOMMENDS 5822 03:54:20,065 --> 03:54:24,536 LIMITING I.C. DIRECTORS TO A 5823 03:54:24,536 --> 03:54:26,204 FIVE-YEAR TERM WITH THE ABILITY 5824 03:54:26,204 --> 03:54:28,740 TO SERVE TWO CONSECUTIVE TERM IF 5825 03:54:28,740 --> 03:54:30,875 APPROVED BY THE NIH DIRECTOR. 5826 03:54:30,875 --> 03:54:32,444 BREAKING DOWN SILOS BETWEEN THE 5827 03:54:32,444 --> 03:54:33,378 INSTITUTE IS ANOTHER COMMON 5828 03:54:33,378 --> 03:54:39,918 THEME WE SAW ACROSS ALL THE 5829 03:54:39,918 --> 03:54:40,185 PROPOSALS. 5830 03:54:40,185 --> 03:54:44,255 THE CONSOLIDATION PIECE 5831 03:54:44,255 --> 03:54:49,294 ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE 5832 03:54:49,294 --> 03:54:56,134 BUT OTHER THEMES THAT TOUCHED ON 5833 03:54:56,134 --> 03:54:56,668 REDUNDANT RESEARCH 5834 03:54:56,668 --> 03:55:01,573 INFRASTRUCTURE AND CLINICAL 5835 03:55:01,573 --> 03:55:02,574 TRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND 5836 03:55:02,574 --> 03:55:05,877 DUPLICATION ACROSS THE I.C. 5837 03:55:05,877 --> 03:55:06,344 RESEARCH PORTFOLIOS. 5838 03:55:06,344 --> 03:55:08,246 ANOTHER KEY THEME ACROSS THE 5839 03:55:08,246 --> 03:55:11,282 PROPOSALS IS OVERSIGHT AND 5840 03:55:11,282 --> 03:55:12,083 TRANSPARENCY WITHIN NIH AND FROM 5841 03:55:12,083 --> 03:55:16,988 OUR PARTNERS. 5842 03:55:16,988 --> 03:55:18,089 WITHIN THE BUCKET THERE'S A 5843 03:55:18,089 --> 03:55:19,557 NUMBER OF THINGS. 5844 03:55:19,557 --> 03:55:22,494 I WON'T GET TO ALL OF THEM BUT 5845 03:55:22,494 --> 03:55:24,562 KEY THINGS TO NOTE INTEREST IN 5846 03:55:24,562 --> 03:55:29,267 MAKING AND SEEING MORE 5847 03:55:29,267 --> 03:55:35,306 TRANSPARENCY RELATED FOR 5848 03:55:35,306 --> 03:55:45,150 DISCLOSURES. 5849 03:55:45,150 --> 03:55:48,253 IN ADDITION ANOTHER THEME IS 5850 03:55:48,253 --> 03:55:50,555 STRONG CONSISTENT OVERSIGHT OF 5851 03:55:50,555 --> 03:55:56,027 MISCONDUCT INCLUDING SEXUAL 5852 03:55:56,027 --> 03:56:01,466 HARASSMENT IN ADDITION, FUNDING 5853 03:56:01,466 --> 03:56:05,937 REFORM IS ANOTHER AREA THAT 5854 03:56:05,937 --> 03:56:08,573 WE'VE SEEN AND DISCUSSION OB NIH 5855 03:56:08,573 --> 03:56:09,808 FUNDING STREAMS. 5856 03:56:09,808 --> 03:56:11,476 KEY INTEREST IN MAKING SURE NIH 5857 03:56:11,476 --> 03:56:13,711 IS ACCOUNTING FOR AND RECOVERING 5858 03:56:13,711 --> 03:56:15,380 MISUSED GRANT FUNDING. 5859 03:56:15,380 --> 03:56:20,084 ALSO THE ISSUE OF INDIRECT COSTS 5860 03:56:20,084 --> 03:56:25,423 OR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 5861 03:56:25,423 --> 03:56:29,627 CONTINUES TO COME UP THE LABOR 5862 03:56:29,627 --> 03:56:30,895 APPROPRIATION PROPOSALS 5863 03:56:30,895 --> 03:56:35,133 EXAMINING THE COSTS AND LIMITING 5864 03:56:35,133 --> 03:56:43,408 THE ALLOWED COST AND PREVENTING 5865 03:56:43,408 --> 03:56:45,577 WASTE AND FRAUD ON THE POLICY 5866 03:56:45,577 --> 03:56:47,011 SIDE MANY IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS 5867 03:56:47,011 --> 03:56:52,684 HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO MODERNIZE 5868 03:56:52,684 --> 03:56:54,686 AND REFORM NIH GRANT PROCESSES 5869 03:56:54,686 --> 03:57:00,058 BUT A FEW COMMON THEMES I WANT 5870 03:57:00,058 --> 03:57:02,260 TO TOUCH ON BRIEFLY A LARGER 5871 03:57:02,260 --> 03:57:03,928 BUCKET OF RESEARCH MUST BE 5872 03:57:03,928 --> 03:57:09,267 CREDIBLE, RELIABLE AND TIMELY. 5873 03:57:09,267 --> 03:57:15,139 THINGS UNDER THAT BUCKET A 5874 03:57:15,139 --> 03:57:17,508 BALANCED PORTFOLIO ON BASIC TO 5875 03:57:17,508 --> 03:57:18,276 TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND THIS 5876 03:57:18,276 --> 03:57:20,111 COMES UP IN DISCUSSION. 5877 03:57:20,111 --> 03:57:25,683 ENSURING STRICT OVERSIGHT OF 5878 03:57:25,683 --> 03:57:35,159 RISKY RESEARCH IS VERY IMPORTANT 5879 03:57:35,159 --> 03:57:44,602 AND SUSPEND GRANTS AND ANIMAL 5880 03:57:44,602 --> 03:57:55,013 RESEARCH AND HARASSMENT. 5881 03:57:56,648 --> 03:57:57,181 STREAMLINING REVIEW IS OF 5882 03:57:57,181 --> 03:58:01,853 INTEREST OF ON THE SENATE SIDE. 5883 03:58:01,853 --> 03:58:04,722 THE WHITE PAPER INCLUDED 5884 03:58:04,722 --> 03:58:06,190 SUGGESTIONS TO PILOTING, TRYING 5885 03:58:06,190 --> 03:58:08,226 OUT AND EVALUATING DIFFERENT 5886 03:58:08,226 --> 03:58:13,197 APPROACHES TO HENN'S PEER REVIEW 5887 03:58:13,197 --> 03:58:18,870 PROCESS SOME IDEAS INCLUDED MORE 5888 03:58:18,870 --> 03:58:22,540 GENERALIST TO PEER REVIEW MORE 5889 03:58:22,540 --> 03:58:23,675 TRAINING TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY 5890 03:58:23,675 --> 03:58:25,576 ACROSS THE PEER REVIEW PROCESS 5891 03:58:25,576 --> 03:58:26,978 AND EVALUATING THE BALANCE 5892 03:58:26,978 --> 03:58:30,581 BETWEEN FOCUSSING ON METHODOLOGY 5893 03:58:30,581 --> 03:58:38,589 AND POTENTIAL IMPACT AND VISION. 5894 03:58:38,589 --> 03:58:38,957 BHIEZ NEXT? 5895 03:58:38,957 --> 03:58:39,023 5896 03:58:42,493 --> 03:58:43,261 WHAT'S NEXT? 5897 03:58:43,261 --> 03:58:48,466 THERE'S MANY MANY DIFFERENT 5898 03:58:48,466 --> 03:58:55,740 IDEAS AND PROPOSALS AND ACHIEVE 5899 03:58:55,740 --> 03:58:56,874 THE PROPOSALS MENTIONED AND 5900 03:58:56,874 --> 03:59:03,114 NUMBER OF PARTNERS AND ENGAGED 5901 03:59:03,114 --> 03:59:05,917 SHAREHOLDERS HAVE COME UP WITH 5902 03:59:05,917 --> 03:59:09,520 PROPOSALS AND THERE'S MORE 5903 03:59:09,520 --> 03:59:11,322 PROPOSALS AND I TRIED TO TOUCH 5904 03:59:11,322 --> 03:59:17,895 ON THE THEMES WE'VE BEEN SEEING. 5905 03:59:17,895 --> 03:59:20,131 THE CURRENT SESSION IS BIND 5906 03:59:20,131 --> 03:59:26,104 WINDING DOWN BUT WE EXPECT 5907 03:59:26,104 --> 03:59:27,705 CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST WILL 5908 03:59:27,705 --> 03:59:29,674 CONTINUE NEXT YEAR AND NEW 5909 03:59:29,674 --> 03:59:30,308 CONGRESSIONAL SESSION HEADING 5910 03:59:30,308 --> 03:59:36,547 INTO NEXT YEAR WE LOOK FORWARD 5911 03:59:36,547 --> 03:59:38,383 TO THE CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON 5912 03:59:38,383 --> 03:59:41,452 IDEAS SO FAR. 5913 03:59:41,452 --> 03:59:44,622 NEW IDEAS AS THEY ARISE. 5914 03:59:44,622 --> 03:59:53,231 THE MESSAGE TO DATE WE'VE BEEN 5915 03:59:53,231 --> 03:59:53,965 USING ENGAGEMENT IN DISCUSSION 5916 03:59:53,965 --> 03:59:55,133 THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR 5917 03:59:55,133 --> 03:59:58,069 IMPROVEMENT AND WE'RE EAGER TO 5918 03:59:58,069 --> 04:00:02,807 BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION TO 5919 04:00:02,807 --> 04:00:04,442 IMPROVE AND MAXIMIZE OUR 5920 04:00:04,442 --> 04:00:04,709 RESEARCH. 5921 04:00:04,709 --> 04:00:06,944 CONGRESS IS A KEY PARTNER FOR US 5922 04:00:06,944 --> 04:00:08,212 IN ACHIEVING THAT OBJECTIVE. 5923 04:00:08,212 --> 04:00:09,847 SO WE DO HOPE IF THERE'S 5924 04:00:09,847 --> 04:00:13,618 MOVEMENT NEXT YEAR TOWARDS 5925 04:00:13,618 --> 04:00:14,318 RE-AUTHORIZATION IT WILL BE 5926 04:00:14,318 --> 04:00:16,354 AGAIN A BIPARTISAN THOROUGH 5927 04:00:16,354 --> 04:00:19,323 PROCESS THAT WE SAW THROUGH 21st 5928 04:00:19,323 --> 04:00:22,326 CENTURY CURES AND THE REFORM ACT 5929 04:00:22,326 --> 04:00:23,127 2006. 5930 04:00:23,127 --> 04:00:31,135 I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. 5931 04:00:31,135 --> 04:00:34,038 AND AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY 5932 04:00:34,038 --> 04:00:35,740 FOR THIS TO FEED INTO THE 5933 04:00:35,740 --> 04:00:37,508 PROCESS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 5934 04:00:37,508 --> 04:00:38,776 THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATIONS. 5935 04:00:38,776 --> 04:00:39,444 >> THANK YOU. 5936 04:00:39,444 --> 04:00:43,147 IT GIVES US A LOT TO THINK 5937 04:00:43,147 --> 04:00:50,621 ABOUT. 5938 04:00:50,621 --> 04:00:55,026 >> DO THE CONGRESSMEN AND 5939 04:00:55,026 --> 04:00:55,693 SENATORS WERE LEADING THE 5940 04:00:55,693 --> 04:00:57,328 REPORTS ARE THEY AWARE WE'RE 5941 04:00:57,328 --> 04:01:03,134 WORKING ON A RESPONSE AND THE 5942 04:01:03,134 --> 04:01:04,068 SECOND PART IS DO THEY HAVE THE 5943 04:01:04,068 --> 04:01:05,770 TIME LINE? 5944 04:01:05,770 --> 04:01:10,741 ARE THEY EXPECTING SOMETHING? 5945 04:01:10,741 --> 04:01:13,978 >> THEY'RE AWARE SE SMRB IS 5946 04:01:13,978 --> 04:01:16,514 MEETING AND MY OFFICE'S JOB IS 5947 04:01:16,514 --> 04:01:17,882 OKAY MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING ALL 5948 04:01:17,882 --> 04:01:19,851 MEMBERS INTERESTED AND 5949 04:01:19,851 --> 04:01:20,918 PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT 5950 04:01:20,918 --> 04:01:22,653 EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE 5951 04:01:22,653 --> 04:01:28,626 SMRB MAKING SURE WE'RE SHARING 5952 04:01:28,626 --> 04:01:34,499 UPDATES AS WE GO ALONG SO WE'LL 5953 04:01:34,499 --> 04:01:42,006 BE DOING THAT AND BEING UP TERMS 5954 04:01:42,006 --> 04:01:45,977 OF PRODUCING A REPORT AND 5955 04:01:45,977 --> 04:01:50,615 EAGERLY AWAITING WHAT YOU COME 5956 04:01:50,615 --> 04:01:50,848 UP WITH. 5957 04:01:50,848 --> 04:01:51,349 >> GREAT. 5958 04:01:51,349 --> 04:01:56,387 LINDSEY, YOU'RE UP FIRST. 5959 04:01:56,387 --> 04:01:58,156 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 5960 04:01:58,156 --> 04:01:59,991 I NOTICED A NUMBER OF COMMENTS 5961 04:01:59,991 --> 04:02:01,559 THAT SUGGEST THE NIH HAS NOT 5962 04:02:01,559 --> 04:02:05,029 BEEN RESPONSIVE TO VARIOUS 5963 04:02:05,029 --> 04:02:10,067 QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND 5964 04:02:10,067 --> 04:02:10,334 INQUIRIES. 5965 04:02:10,334 --> 04:02:13,004 DOES THAT REFLECT WE DOESHTS 5966 04:02:13,004 --> 04:02:14,472 HAVE STREAMLINED PROCESSES FOR 5967 04:02:14,472 --> 04:02:14,805 COMMUNICATING? 5968 04:02:14,805 --> 04:02:17,475 ARE WE BEING OVERWHELMED WITH 5969 04:02:17,475 --> 04:02:18,509 QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS? 5970 04:02:18,509 --> 04:02:21,245 ARE THEY COMING IN IN A WAY WE 5971 04:02:21,245 --> 04:02:24,448 CAN'T EASILY IDENTIFY AND 5972 04:02:24,448 --> 04:02:26,617 RESPOND? 5973 04:02:26,617 --> 04:02:31,822 I WANT TO UNDERSTAND BETTER. 5974 04:02:31,822 --> 04:02:37,595 WE WANT OUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH 5975 04:02:37,595 --> 04:02:42,800 CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS AND STAFF 5976 04:02:42,800 --> 04:02:47,104 WE WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO 5977 04:02:47,104 --> 04:02:47,471 CONCERNS. 5978 04:02:47,471 --> 04:02:52,577 WITHOUT KNOWING THE SPECIFIC 5979 04:02:52,577 --> 04:02:56,614 CONCERN THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT 5980 04:02:56,614 --> 04:02:57,715 IT MAY BE A SPECIFIC REPORT OR 5981 04:02:57,715 --> 04:03:05,389 UPDATE ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE. 5982 04:03:05,389 --> 04:03:07,858 THOSE ARE THINGS WE STRIVE TO BE 5983 04:03:07,858 --> 04:03:09,860 RESPONSIVE ON AND PRIDE 5984 04:03:09,860 --> 04:03:11,128 OURSELVES. 5985 04:03:11,128 --> 04:03:13,464 ANSWERING THE BIGGER QUESTION ON 5986 04:03:13,464 --> 04:03:14,799 THE PORTFOLIO BETWEEN BASIC AND 5987 04:03:14,799 --> 04:03:15,466 TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IS MORE 5988 04:03:15,466 --> 04:03:21,038 OF A DISCUSSION THAN ANSWERING A 5989 04:03:21,038 --> 04:03:28,079 CONCERN OR INVOLVING THAT 5990 04:03:28,079 --> 04:03:28,713 PROBLEM. 5991 04:03:28,713 --> 04:03:31,249 THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL 5992 04:03:31,249 --> 04:03:33,384 CONTAINS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 5993 04:03:33,384 --> 04:03:34,485 AND UPDATES. 5994 04:03:34,485 --> 04:03:36,420 WE WORK THROUGH THOSE 5995 04:03:36,420 --> 04:03:37,421 METHODICALLY TO GET THOSE 5996 04:03:37,421 --> 04:03:39,557 UPDATES TO CONGRESS. 5997 04:03:39,557 --> 04:03:41,792 THERE'S BEEN A MULTIYEAR PUSH TO 5998 04:03:41,792 --> 04:03:47,064 GET THE SMRB RECONSTITUTED SO 5999 04:03:47,064 --> 04:03:48,299 SOME MEMBERS WOULD SAY IT TOOK 6000 04:03:48,299 --> 04:03:50,568 TOO LONG TO GET RE-ESTABLISHED 6001 04:03:50,568 --> 04:03:52,436 DESPITE THEM ASKING FOR IT BUT 6002 04:03:52,436 --> 04:03:55,573 NOW THAT IT'S RE-ESTABLISHED 6003 04:03:55,573 --> 04:03:57,108 WE'LL KEEP THEM UPDATED AND MAKE 6004 04:03:57,108 --> 04:03:58,109 SURE THEY HAVE ALL THE 6005 04:03:58,109 --> 04:03:59,043 INFORMATION THEY NEED. 6006 04:03:59,043 --> 04:04:00,177 >> THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WERE 6007 04:04:00,177 --> 04:04:02,280 ASKED FOR THAT WE'RE NOT 6008 04:04:02,280 --> 04:04:07,084 PERMITTED TO PROVIDE, FOR 6009 04:04:07,084 --> 04:04:12,923 EXAMPLE, PERSONNEL ACTIONS. 6010 04:04:12,923 --> 04:04:13,691 THERE'S A CERTAIN CONSERVATIVE 6011 04:04:13,691 --> 04:04:17,028 SHALT AND WE HONOR THAT. 6012 04:04:17,028 --> 04:04:19,030 CONFIDENTIALITY AND WE HONOR 6013 04:04:19,030 --> 04:04:19,230 THAT. 6014 04:04:19,230 --> 04:04:20,564 MIKE AND THEN NORM. 6015 04:04:20,564 --> 04:04:23,000 >> KATE, THANKS. 6016 04:04:23,000 --> 04:04:24,502 I THOUGHT I'D GIVE A COUPLE 6017 04:04:24,502 --> 04:04:28,639 REACTIONS ON THE TWO REPORTS IN 6018 04:04:28,639 --> 04:04:31,609 THE CONTEXT OF SOME OF THE 6019 04:04:31,609 --> 04:04:32,610 PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING. 6020 04:04:32,610 --> 04:04:36,047 IN TERMS OF THE ISSUE OF 6021 04:04:36,047 --> 04:04:41,852 FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION, 27 TO 6022 04:04:41,852 --> 04:04:47,491 15, I CAN UNDERSTAND TO SAY 27 6023 04:04:47,491 --> 04:04:50,494 IS HIGH BUT TO ME THE REALITY IS 6024 04:04:50,494 --> 04:04:52,930 PEOPLE HAVE BODY PARTS, SOME 6025 04:04:52,930 --> 04:04:54,165 INSTITUTES ARE BASED ON BODY 6026 04:04:54,165 --> 04:04:55,800 PARTS OR DISEASES AND PEOPLE 6027 04:04:55,800 --> 04:04:57,268 HAVE BODY PARTS OR DISEASES AND 6028 04:04:57,268 --> 04:05:05,276 SOME ARE BASED ON METHODOLOGIES 6029 04:05:05,276 --> 04:05:07,178 AND ACADEMIC CLINICAL 6030 04:05:07,178 --> 04:05:09,347 DEPARTMENTS ARE ORGANIZED BY 6031 04:05:09,347 --> 04:05:11,382 DISEASE AND METHODOLOGY AND MY 6032 04:05:11,382 --> 04:05:14,552 SUGGESTION ALONG THOSE LINES IT 6033 04:05:14,552 --> 04:05:16,954 MAY BE HELPFUL TO CONSIDER 6034 04:05:16,954 --> 04:05:21,792 ORGANIZING IN TERMS OF A VIS 6035 04:05:21,792 --> 04:05:22,560 VISUALIZATION. 6036 04:05:22,560 --> 04:05:26,664 I MAY BE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND 6037 04:05:26,664 --> 04:05:27,965 HOW THEY CROSS CUT. 6038 04:05:27,965 --> 04:05:33,571 AND IN TERMS OF FUNCTIONAL 6039 04:05:33,571 --> 04:05:43,147 INTEGRATION YOU CALLED OUT 6040 04:05:43,147 --> 04:05:44,248 CLINICAL TRIALS AND THERE COULD 6041 04:05:44,248 --> 04:05:53,157 BE SUBSTRATES FOR WORKING GROUP. 6042 04:05:53,157 --> 04:05:55,926 IN TERMS OF A BALANCED PORTFOLIO 6043 04:05:55,926 --> 04:06:01,832 IT'S EASY TO CRITICIZE NOT 6044 04:06:01,832 --> 04:06:07,138 HAVING A BALANCED PORTFOLIO BUT 6045 04:06:07,138 --> 04:06:09,473 STOCK MARKET CAN SAY YOU NEED 6046 04:06:09,473 --> 04:06:11,142 THIS MUCH RISK AND I DON'T THINK 6047 04:06:11,142 --> 04:06:14,612 WE KNOW THAT FOR SCIENCE AND 6048 04:06:14,612 --> 04:06:16,213 THAT ISSUE MAY WARRANT 6049 04:06:16,213 --> 04:06:18,015 EXPLORATION IT'S NOT FAIR TO 6050 04:06:18,015 --> 04:06:19,150 CRITICIZE WHEN NOBODY KNOWS THE 6051 04:06:19,150 --> 04:06:21,752 RIGHT ANSWER BUT MAYBE WE CAN 6052 04:06:21,752 --> 04:06:22,653 EXPLORE THE RESEARCH THROUGH 6053 04:06:22,653 --> 04:06:23,854 METASCIENCE TYPE OF RESEARCH. 6054 04:06:23,854 --> 04:06:26,657 MY LAST COMMENT SORRY FOR BEING 6055 04:06:26,657 --> 04:06:31,462 SO LONG WINDED IS THAT I THINK 6056 04:06:31,462 --> 04:06:34,398 SOME OF THESE CAN'T BE DONE IN 6057 04:06:34,398 --> 04:06:35,366 ISOLATION. 6058 04:06:35,366 --> 04:06:37,234 CLINICIAN SCIENTISTS AND THE 6059 04:06:37,234 --> 04:06:39,904 ISSUE OF SOFT MONEY, THE REALITY 6060 04:06:39,904 --> 04:06:44,642 IS ACADEMIC CENTERS ARE 6061 04:06:44,642 --> 04:06:46,844 STRUGGLING AND RESEARCH AND 6062 04:06:46,844 --> 04:06:49,880 TEACHING SUFFERS BECAUSE OF THAT 6063 04:06:49,880 --> 04:06:52,416 AND THEY RELY ON SOFT MONEY AND 6064 04:06:52,416 --> 04:06:54,285 MISCONDUCT IS DONE BY EMPLOYEES 6065 04:06:54,285 --> 04:06:59,790 WORKING IN ACADEMIC CENTERS. 6066 04:06:59,790 --> 04:07:07,698 I THINK THERE MAY BE HOW OLD WE 6067 04:07:07,698 --> 04:07:09,867 TIE IN WHAT WE DO IN THE 6068 04:07:09,867 --> 04:07:10,601 ACADEMIC CENTERS AND MAYBE THAT 6069 04:07:10,601 --> 04:07:15,973 COULD BE PART OF THE PLAN. 6070 04:07:15,973 --> 04:07:16,273 THANK YOU. 6071 04:07:16,273 --> 04:07:19,009 >> 6072 04:07:19,009 --> 04:07:21,111 >> WHAT IS THE RIGHT NUMBER OF 6073 04:07:21,111 --> 04:07:26,851 INSTITUTES OR CENTERS. 6074 04:07:26,851 --> 04:07:32,690 WHAT IS THE RIGHT BALANCE THOSE 6075 04:07:32,690 --> 04:07:34,992 ARE COMPLICATED QUESTIONS AND 6076 04:07:34,992 --> 04:07:35,993 MORE THAN ONE RIGHT ANSWER 6077 04:07:35,993 --> 04:07:46,570 DEPENDING ON THE DATE AND TIME.E 6078 04:07:54,512 --> 04:07:55,279 THERE WILL BE A LOT OF 6079 04:07:55,279 --> 04:07:56,647 CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PORTFOLIO 6080 04:07:56,647 --> 04:08:06,123 BALANCE AND INSTITUTIONS AS WELL 6081 04:08:06,123 --> 04:08:07,124 WILL HAVE THOUGHTS AND THERE'S 6082 04:08:07,124 --> 04:08:10,361 OTHER PLACE AND SUGGESTIONS. 6083 04:08:10,361 --> 04:08:12,263 PREVENTING RESEARCH MISCONDUCT 6084 04:08:12,263 --> 04:08:13,831 AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT WE'RE 6085 04:08:13,831 --> 04:08:15,199 PROBABLY ALL IN AGREEMENT WE 6086 04:08:15,199 --> 04:08:17,034 WANT TO PRIORITIZE AND PREVENT. 6087 04:08:17,034 --> 04:08:20,804 HOW WE GET THERE M 6088 04:08:20,804 --> 04:08:22,673 DIFFERENT AND WHEN WE CAN 6089 04:08:22,673 --> 04:08:25,109 ENGAGE CONGRESS IN IDEAS WE HAVE 6090 04:08:25,109 --> 04:08:27,378 OR THEY HAVE, THAT'S A PLACE 6091 04:08:27,378 --> 04:08:30,381 WHERE WE'D WANT TO PROVIDE 6092 04:08:30,381 --> 04:08:32,383 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND AREAS 6093 04:08:32,383 --> 04:08:33,484 WHERE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL NEED 6094 04:08:33,484 --> 04:08:41,725 FOR LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITIES. 6095 04:08:41,725 --> 04:08:42,893 THEY'LL NEED DIFFERENT LEVELS OF 6096 04:08:42,893 --> 04:08:53,437 INPUT AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILL. 6097 04:08:58,242 --> 04:09:03,847 >> WE HAVE HEARD THINGS ARE 6098 04:09:03,847 --> 04:09:08,485 DIFFERENT NOW WELL OF ONE OF THE 6099 04:09:08,485 --> 04:09:10,287 FIRST THINGS I GET ASKED IS THE 6100 04:09:10,287 --> 04:09:11,221 REORGANIZATION OF THE NIH. 6101 04:09:11,221 --> 04:09:13,657 NOW THAT THERE IS A MORE FORMAL 6102 04:09:13,657 --> 04:09:16,660 WAY OF LOOKING AT IT, I THINK IT 6103 04:09:16,660 --> 04:09:18,596 WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE 6104 04:09:18,596 --> 04:09:20,464 BULLET POINTS OF HOW TO 6105 04:09:20,464 --> 04:09:22,466 COMMUNICATE THIS SO WE ALL 6106 04:09:22,466 --> 04:09:23,567 DIRECTORS BECOME THE SAME VOICE. 6107 04:09:23,567 --> 04:09:24,835 YOU CAN GUARANTEE THIS IS GOING 6108 04:09:24,835 --> 04:09:31,108 TO BE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT 6109 04:09:31,108 --> 04:09:33,811 EMERGES BECAUSE RESEARCHERS ARE 6110 04:09:33,811 --> 04:09:36,814 VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THIS 6111 04:09:36,814 --> 04:09:37,581 MEANS TO THEM AND THEIR RELATED 6112 04:09:37,581 --> 04:09:47,758 RESEARCH. 6113 04:09:49,460 --> 04:09:51,795 >> I WANT US TO MAKE A MENTAL 6114 04:09:51,795 --> 04:09:53,430 NOTE OF WHAT NORA SAID SPEAKING 6115 04:09:53,430 --> 04:09:59,069 IN ONE VOICE OF WHAT IS 6116 04:09:59,069 --> 04:10:02,239 HAPPENING. 6117 04:10:07,645 --> 04:10:09,113 >> WOW, FIRST THAT'S DEPRESSING. 6118 04:10:09,113 --> 04:10:11,482 I KNOW YOU'RE THE MESSENGER BUT 6119 04:10:11,482 --> 04:10:13,517 THAT'S A LOT ALARMING. 6120 04:10:13,517 --> 04:10:15,219 WILL ANY OF THESE SORTS OF 6121 04:10:15,219 --> 04:10:20,090 THINGS IN THE REPORTS CHANGE 6122 04:10:20,090 --> 04:10:22,726 WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND 6123 04:10:22,726 --> 04:10:24,228 POSITIONS IN PLACE AND MY SECOND 6124 04:10:24,228 --> 04:10:26,163 QUESTION IS WHEN I RESPOND TO AA 6125 04:10:26,163 --> 04:10:31,435 GRANT ARE REVIEW I CHOOSE A FEW 6126 04:10:31,435 --> 04:10:32,503 THINGS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT 6127 04:10:32,503 --> 04:10:38,208 AND RESPOND TO THOSE AND OTHER 6128 04:10:38,208 --> 04:10:43,914 THINGS LIKE ON THE DIRECT COST 6129 04:10:43,914 --> 04:10:44,915 LIKE IN KENTUCKY WOULD DEF 6130 04:10:44,915 --> 04:10:46,784 STRAIGHT OUR ABILITY TO DO 6131 04:10:46,784 --> 04:10:47,117 RESEARCH. 6132 04:10:47,117 --> 04:10:48,852 SOME ARE BROAD REACHING AND 6133 04:10:48,852 --> 04:10:51,755 WOULD TAKE A WHOLE UNDERSTANDING 6134 04:10:51,755 --> 04:10:57,461 IN THEMSELVES THERE WAS IN THERE 6135 04:10:57,461 --> 04:10:59,730 AND THOSE ARE SOME CAN YOU PICK 6136 04:10:59,730 --> 04:11:00,564 SOME THAT ARE MAJOR AND WILL ANY 6137 04:11:00,564 --> 04:11:06,970 OF IT CHANGE? 6138 04:11:06,970 --> 04:11:08,005 >> I THINK THINGS WILL CHANGE 6139 04:11:08,005 --> 04:11:12,643 NEXT YEAR. 6140 04:11:12,643 --> 04:11:16,246 ON THE SENATE SIDE THE 6141 04:11:16,246 --> 04:11:19,917 REPUBLICANS WILL TAKE CON 6142 04:11:19,917 --> 04:11:22,853 NEXT YEAR SO IF SENATOR KASSIDY 6143 04:11:22,853 --> 04:11:27,057 REMAINS IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE 6144 04:11:27,057 --> 04:11:29,126 HE'LL MOVE FROM CHAIR TO RANKING 6145 04:11:29,126 --> 04:11:29,359 MEMBER. 6146 04:11:29,359 --> 04:11:29,960 IT WILL BE A DIFFERENT VOICE 6147 04:11:29,960 --> 04:11:38,335 HE'LL BE SPEAKING FROM. 6148 04:11:38,335 --> 04:11:43,407 AND GIVE HIM A DIFFERENT 6149 04:11:43,407 --> 04:11:45,843 PLATFORM AND VOICE TO AN 6150 04:11:45,843 --> 04:11:48,912 SPEAK ABOUT THE ISSUE AND MOVE 6151 04:11:48,912 --> 04:11:50,981 FORWARD A BILL IF HE SO CHOOSES. 6152 04:11:50,981 --> 04:11:56,019 SO HE'LL BE IN A DIFFERENT ROLET 6153 04:11:56,019 --> 04:11:57,855 AND KATHY McRODGERS WILL NO 6154 04:11:57,855 --> 04:11:59,223 LONGER BE IN THE HOUSE SO 6155 04:11:59,223 --> 04:12:02,159 THERE'LLE' BE DIFFERENT 6156 04:12:02,159 --> 04:12:11,001 LEADERSHIP. 6157 04:12:11,001 --> 04:12:13,137 AND THEY ARE PLAY HAVE OTHER 6158 04:12:13,137 --> 04:12:16,507 ISSUES TO PURSUE BUT IF THEY 6159 04:12:16,507 --> 04:12:17,274 WANTED TO PURSUE 6160 04:12:17,274 --> 04:12:18,942 RE-AUTHORIZATION THERE MAY BE 6161 04:12:18,942 --> 04:12:22,079 THEY WANT TO 6162 04:12:22,079 --> 04:12:23,013 RE-PRIORITIZE. 6163 04:12:23,013 --> 04:12:24,314 IN TERMS OFIZING 6164 04:12:24,314 --> 04:12:25,849 CERTAINLY I THINK YOU'LL ALL 6165 04:12:25,849 --> 04:12:29,753 HAVE PRIORITIZE BECAUSE 6166 04:12:29,753 --> 04:12:34,591 THERE'S A LOT OF WITHIN HERE BUT 6167 04:12:34,591 --> 04:12:40,030 YOU THINK THERE'S ALSO IN TERMS 6168 04:12:40,030 --> 04:12:42,166 OF THE MEATIER QUESTIONS NA HAVE 6169 04:12:42,166 --> 04:12:44,368 DIFFERENT PERSPECTI AND 6170 04:12:44,368 --> 04:12:49,406 BALANCED PORTFOLIO AND HOW TO -- 6171 04:12:49,406 --> 04:12:52,009 THERE'S OTHER PIECES THAT WE MAY 6172 04:12:52,009 --> 04:12:53,677 ALL AGREE WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT 6173 04:12:53,677 --> 04:12:54,912 A BETTER SOLUTION OR MAY ALL 6174 04:12:54,912 --> 04:12:56,380 AGREE THIS IS A SPACE THAT NEEDS 6175 04:12:56,380 --> 04:12:58,382 TO BE IMPROVED OR OPTIMIZED HOW 6176 04:12:58,382 --> 04:13:02,786 WE GET THERE. 6177 04:13:02,786 --> 04:13:04,288 TAKING ON SOME OF THE BIGGER 6178 04:13:04,288 --> 04:13:05,923 QUESTIONS AND FIGURING OUT SOME 6179 04:13:05,923 --> 04:13:09,259 OF THE LOWER HANGING FREWED 6180 04:13:09,259 --> 04:13:11,995 WHERE THERE'S AGREEMENT WE DO 6181 04:13:11,995 --> 04:13:17,501 AND DO AND AYOGS THEY'RE 6182 04:13:17,501 --> 04:13:19,436 CONGRESSIONAL PROPOSALS BUT WE 6183 04:13:19,436 --> 04:13:20,237 ABELOW THERE'S MORE AUTHORITIES 6184 04:13:20,237 --> 04:13:21,705 WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IN 6185 04:13:21,705 --> 04:13:23,040 THE SPACE. 6186 04:13:23,040 --> 04:13:30,113 NEGOTIATION AND DISCUSSION.D 6187 04:13:30,113 --> 04:13:31,882 IF THERE WERE TO BE A 6188 04:13:31,882 --> 04:13:32,716 RE-AUTHORIZATION PROCESS N-A 6189 04:13:32,716 --> 04:13:33,617 YEAR, TYPICALLY THE HOUSE WILL 6190 04:13:33,617 --> 04:13:39,056 HAVE A BILL AND SENATE WILL HAVE 6191 04:13:39,056 --> 04:13:46,463 A BILL. 6192 04:13:46,463 --> 04:13:48,498 WE USUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 6193 04:13:48,498 --> 04:13:49,533 TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. 6194 04:13:49,533 --> 04:13:53,637 MANY OF OUR PARTNERS AROUND 6195 04:13:53,637 --> 04:13:55,639 STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE CONSULTED. 6196 04:13:55,639 --> 04:13:56,707 INSTITUTIONS IN YOUR STATE 6197 04:13:56,707 --> 04:13:59,376 OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH 6198 04:13:59,376 --> 04:13:59,543 IN. 6199 04:13:59,543 --> 04:14:04,615 ONE PERSON IN A 6200 04:14:04,615 --> 04:14:06,316 ROOM WRITING A BILL. 6201 04:14:06,316 --> 04:14:09,586 THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES 6202 04:14:09,586 --> 04:14:15,125 FOR INPUT TO STRENGTHEN IT. 6203 04:14:15,125 --> 04:14:16,493 >> I ALSO FIND THE REPORT 6204 04:14:16,493 --> 04:14:19,129 ESPECIALLY THE RESTRUCTURING OF 6205 04:14:19,129 --> 04:14:24,334 THE INSTITUTES REALLY 6206 04:14:24,334 --> 04:14:24,635 CONCERNING. 6207 04:14:24,635 --> 04:14:25,802 WHAT I FIND MOST DIFFICULT IS I 6208 04:14:25,802 --> 04:14:26,837 DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S 6209 04:14:26,837 --> 04:14:27,170 COMING FROM. 6210 04:14:27,170 --> 04:14:31,108 ARE THEY LOOKING FOR MORE 6211 04:14:31,108 --> 04:14:32,843 COLLABORATION AND SO EVIDENCE OF 6212 04:14:32,843 --> 04:14:34,144 COLLABORATION WOULD BE USEFUL? 6213 04:14:34,144 --> 04:14:39,416 ARE THEY LOOKING FOR MORE 6214 04:14:39,416 --> 04:14:41,518 OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES? 6215 04:14:41,518 --> 04:14:50,560 SO AND I THINK REORGANIZING THE 6216 04:14:50,560 --> 04:14:52,329 INSTITUTES IS TRAUMATIC ON MANY 6217 04:14:52,329 --> 04:14:52,562 LEVELS. 6218 04:14:52,562 --> 04:14:58,168 IT MAY BEAY THAT WE CAN MAKE 6219 04:14:58,168 --> 04:15:00,037 THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND 6220 04:15:00,037 --> 04:15:01,305 PRODUCE BETTER SCIENCE BY 6221 04:15:01,305 --> 04:15:03,006 REORGANIZING BUT I THINK OF 6222 04:15:03,006 --> 04:15:03,273 PATIENTS. 6223 04:15:03,273 --> 04:15:06,343 LIKE THE PARENT OF A DEAF CHILD 6224 04:15:06,343 --> 04:15:07,844 OR CHILD WHOSE BLIND. 6225 04:15:07,844 --> 04:15:09,780 THE PATIENTS HAVE AN EMOTIONAL 6226 04:15:09,780 --> 04:15:10,247 CONNECTION 6227 04:15:10,247 --> 04:15:14,818 WITH OUR INSTITUTES 6228 04:15:14,818 --> 04:15:17,988 BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT AS THEIR 6229 04:15:17,988 --> 04:15:19,656 HOPE TO MAKE THINGS BETTER. 6230 04:15:19,656 --> 04:15:22,225 AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT THE 6231 04:15:22,225 --> 04:15:27,664 PUBLIC MESSAGING ASPECT OF THIS, 6232 04:15:27,664 --> 04:15:36,106 THAT'S VERY CONCERNING ON THE 6233 04:15:36,106 --> 04:15:39,710 OTHER HAND HAVING A CONVERSATION 6234 04:15:39,710 --> 04:15:42,012 CAN BE SEEN AS DISINGENUOUS. 6235 04:15:42,012 --> 04:15:42,446 JUST SOME THOUGHTS. 6236 04:15:42,446 --> 04:15:52,622 >> ALISON. 6237 04:15:59,029 --> 04:16:01,865 >> IT WOULDE HELPFULUL TO FIND 6238 04:16:01,865 --> 04:16:03,967 WHAT MADE THEM DECIDE 27 TO 15 6239 04:16:03,967 --> 04:16:05,235 WAS THE DECISION. 6240 04:16:05,235 --> 04:16:08,538 DID THEY JUST DO A WORD 6241 04:16:08,538 --> 04:16:10,607 ASSOCIATION WITH THE TITLES OR 6242 04:16:10,607 --> 04:16:12,376 DID THEY HAVE DEEP INFORMATION 6243 04:16:12,376 --> 04:16:18,548 ON THE INSTITUTES THAT MADE THEM 6244 04:16:18,548 --> 04:16:23,720 DECIDE THESE COULD BE ONE. 6245 04:16:23,720 --> 04:16:24,855 DO YOU KNOW WHAT INFORMATION 6246 04:16:24,855 --> 04:16:25,722 THEY HAD? 6247 04:16:25,722 --> 04:16:30,794 >> I'D BE HESITANT TO SPEAK FOR 6248 04:16:30,794 --> 04:16:32,496 THEM HOW THEY CHOSE -- 6249 04:16:32,496 --> 04:16:41,238 >> WHAT DATA WERE THEY LOOKING 6250 04:16:41,238 --> 04:16:45,242 AT? 6251 04:16:45,242 --> 04:16:55,018 >> WE DON'T KNOW. 6252 04:16:55,018 --> 04:17:05,295 >> HARD TO SAY. 6253 04:17:11,334 --> 04:17:16,807 THERE WERE CONTEXTTE CLUES. 6254 04:17:16,807 --> 04:17:19,810 27 I.C.s AND HUGE ESTABLISHED 6255 04:17:19,810 --> 04:17:21,011 CLINICAL TRIAL NETWORKS -- DO WE 6256 04:17:21,011 --> 04:17:23,080 NEED THAT OR WOULD THERE BE 6257 04:17:23,080 --> 04:17:23,980 EFFICIENCY -- I THINK THEY WANT 6258 04:17:23,980 --> 04:17:27,284 TO ASK SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. 6259 04:17:27,284 --> 04:17:29,019 NOW, ONE OPTION IS TO 6260 04:17:29,019 --> 04:17:32,255 CONSOLIDATE I.C.s SO YOU DON'T 6261 04:17:32,255 --> 04:17:34,724 HAVE 27L TRIAL NETWORKS, 6262 04:17:34,724 --> 04:17:36,426 YOU HAVE 15 PUT MAYBE THERE'S 6263 04:17:36,426 --> 04:17:41,765 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME AND 6264 04:17:41,765 --> 04:17:52,142 SAY ARE DIVE IN AND SAY HERE'S 6265 04:17:52,142 --> 04:17:54,244 THE VALUE AND HERE'S HOW WE MAKE 6266 04:17:54,244 --> 04:18:01,518 IT NOT DUPE -- DUPLICATIVE. 6267 04:18:01,518 --> 04:18:03,587 THAT'S A WAY TO OFFER BUT YOU 6268 04:18:03,587 --> 04:18:05,188 CAN SEE SOME THEIR THINKING IN 6269 04:18:05,188 --> 04:18:15,532 THE PROPOSALS THERE. 6270 04:18:18,602 --> 04:18:23,907 >> TO ME IT'S ABOUT GIVING THEM 6271 04:18:23,907 --> 04:18:26,476 INFORMATION AND NOT NECESSARILY 6272 04:18:26,476 --> 04:18:27,377 [OFF-MIC]-M 6273 04:18:27,377 --> 04:18:27,744 >> ALISON. 6274 04:18:27,744 --> 04:18:31,948 >> I HAVE A COMMENT. 6275 04:18:31,948 --> 04:18:33,350 YOU MADE A POINT ABOUT SOME 6276 04:18:33,350 --> 04:18:34,885 THINGS IN THE TWO DOCUMENTS WE 6277 04:18:34,885 --> 04:18:35,452 ALL AGREE ON. 6278 04:18:35,452 --> 04:18:41,324 AND FRAMING THAT MAY BE HELPFUL 6279 04:18:41,324 --> 04:18:43,026 SO WE CAN SORT OUT THESE THINGS 6280 04:18:43,026 --> 04:18:45,562 ARE RELATIVELY EASY AND THESE 6281 04:18:45,562 --> 04:18:47,497 ARE HARD. 6282 04:18:47,497 --> 04:18:53,603 THE SECOND COMMENT IS ABOUT THE 6283 04:18:53,603 --> 04:18:54,471 REAUTHORIZATION. 6284 04:18:54,471 --> 04:19:01,244 SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE TIMING 6285 04:19:01,244 --> 04:19:02,445 IN THE MIDDLE OF SIX MONTHS OR 6286 04:19:02,445 --> 04:19:04,781 THE END AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT 6287 04:19:04,781 --> 04:19:09,119 OUR WORK? 6288 04:19:09,119 --> 04:19:09,953 IS OUR REPORT PREEMPTIVE OR 6289 04:19:09,953 --> 04:19:11,922 FOLLOWING THAT? 6290 04:19:11,922 --> 04:19:13,990 >> I'LL GET TO THAT ON ONE 6291 04:19:13,990 --> 04:19:19,062 SECOND BUT ON THE HARD/EASY 6292 04:19:19,062 --> 04:19:19,262 PIECE. 6293 04:19:19,262 --> 04:19:22,766 I'D ALSO THROW IN YOU ALL MAY 6294 04:19:22,766 --> 04:19:28,738 IDENTIFY AUTHORITIES OR CHANGES 6295 04:19:28,738 --> 04:19:39,282 OR THINGS THAT WE WANT AND WOULD 6296 04:19:42,185 --> 04:19:43,220 THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR 6297 04:19:43,220 --> 04:19:44,521 NIH SHARE THOUGHTS ON THINGS WE 6298 04:19:44,521 --> 04:19:45,388 HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT MAY NOT 6299 04:19:45,388 --> 04:19:50,927 HAVE COME UP YET IN A 6300 04:19:50,927 --> 04:20:01,438 CONVERSATION ON THE HILL AND 6301 04:20:04,808 --> 04:20:06,710 FIND PLACES WHERE W ALIGNED 6302 04:20:06,710 --> 04:20:09,045 ON THE GOAL OR G OBJECTI O EVENI 6303 04:20:09,045 --> 04:20:14,317 HOW WE GET THERE ISN'T CLEAR 6304 04:20:14,317 --> 04:20:14,517 YET. 6305 04:20:14,517 --> 04:20:19,522 IN TERMS OF PROCESS PROCESS 6306 04:20:19,522 --> 04:20:23,093 THERE'S NO HARD AND TIME LINE 6307 04:20:23,093 --> 04:20:24,995 FOR CONGRESS TO DO ITS WORK ON 6308 04:20:24,995 --> 04:20:25,996 THE RE-AUTHORIZATION PROC 6309 04:20:25,996 --> 04:20:27,697 THERE'S A NEW SESSION AND NEW 6310 04:20:27,697 --> 04:20:28,064 ADMINISTRATION. 6311 04:20:28,064 --> 04:20:29,099 THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PRIORITIES 6312 04:20:29,099 --> 04:20:31,301 NEW ADMINISTRATION IS LIKELY 6313 04:20:31,301 --> 04:20:35,071 GOING TO COME IN WITH IT'S GOING 6314 04:20:35,071 --> 04:20:36,072 TO WANT CONGRESS TO FOCUS ON IN 6315 04:20:36,072 --> 04:20:37,741 THE BEGINNING. 6316 04:20:37,741 --> 04:20:40,076 THE FIRST 100 DAYS THERE'S A LOT 6317 04:20:40,076 --> 04:20:45,482 OF THE DIRECTION COMING FROM THE 6318 04:20:45,482 --> 04:20:46,449 ADMINISTRATION. 6319 04:20:46,449 --> 04:20:48,618 WHERE NIH REAUTHORIZATION MAY 6320 04:20:48,618 --> 04:20:51,121 FIT ON THE PRIORITY LIST AND 6321 04:20:51,121 --> 04:20:51,821 WHERE THERE'S TIME ON THE 6322 04:20:51,821 --> 04:20:52,822 CALENDAR WILL DEPEND ON FACTORS 6323 04:20:52,822 --> 04:20:54,057 OUTSIDE OF YOUR CONTROL AND 6324 04:20:54,057 --> 04:20:55,725 WHERE THAT COMES IN WITH YOUR 6325 04:20:55,725 --> 04:21:03,533 WORK IS JUST HARD TO SAY. 6326 04:21:03,533 --> 04:21:04,868 >> THIS IS A LOT TO TAKE IN. 6327 04:21:04,868 --> 04:21:06,336 I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. 6328 04:21:06,336 --> 04:21:08,305 EARLIER IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU 6329 04:21:08,305 --> 04:21:09,873 MENTIONED RESTRUCTURING NIH 6330 04:21:09,873 --> 04:21:11,708 WOULD BE A CONGRESSIONAL ACT. 6331 04:21:11,708 --> 04:21:16,780 IS THAT YEKT? 6332 04:21:16,780 --> 04:21:17,814 >> YES. 6333 04:21:17,814 --> 04:21:21,284 >> DOES IT REQUIRE INPUT FROM 6334 04:21:21,284 --> 04:21:23,086 THIS COMMITTEE OR CAN THEY JUST 6335 04:21:23,086 --> 04:21:23,620 DO IT? 6336 04:21:23,620 --> 04:21:25,588 >> CONGRESS? 6337 04:21:25,588 --> 04:21:26,523 >> YES. 6338 04:21:26,523 --> 04:21:30,226 >> YES, IF THEY CHOSE TO D IT 6339 04:21:30,226 --> 04:21:31,661 THEY'RE BACK IN SESSION THIS 6340 04:21:31,661 --> 04:21:33,563 WEEK IF THEY HAVE THE 6341 04:21:33,563 --> 04:21:34,764 LEGISLATION THEY COULD MOVE 6342 04:21:34,764 --> 04:21:36,633 FORWARD WITH IT AND IT WOULD 6343 04:21:36,633 --> 04:21:39,169 HAVE TO PASS THE HOUSE, SENATE 6344 04:21:39,169 --> 04:21:40,403 AND THE PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE TO 6345 04:21:40,403 --> 04:21:40,804 SIGN IT INTO LAW. 6346 04:21:40,804 --> 04:21:45,642 >> THANK YOU. 6347 04:21:45,642 --> 04:21:48,011 >> ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR 6348 04:21:48,011 --> 04:21:48,378 QUESTIONS? 6349 04:21:48,378 --> 04:21:51,981 >> CAN I PICK UP ON THE LAST 6350 04:21:51,981 --> 04:21:52,315 THREAD. 6351 04:21:52,315 --> 04:21:57,187 I GUESS ONE TLICH QUESTIONS I 6352 04:21:57,187 --> 04:21:58,855 WOULD HAVE IS THEY CAN DO 6353 04:21:58,855 --> 04:21:59,923 WHATEVER THEY ARE WANT, WE KNOW 6354 04:21:59,923 --> 04:22:02,292 THAT BUT WE EXIST FOR A REASON. 6355 04:22:02,292 --> 04:22:03,893 IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 6356 04:22:03,893 --> 04:22:08,932 DIALOGUE SO THAT IF WE SAID THIS 6357 04:22:08,932 --> 04:22:11,134 COMMITTEE'S NOW BACK IN ACTION 6358 04:22:11,134 --> 04:22:17,507 AND WE'RE TACKLINGA, B AND C AN 6359 04:22:17,507 --> 04:22:20,009 THERE A WAY TO HAVE OPEN 6360 04:22:20,009 --> 04:22:22,712 DIALOGUE SO WE HAVE A CHANCE TO 6361 04:22:22,712 --> 04:22:27,817 HAVE THIS BODY INFORM THEIR 6362 04:22:27,817 --> 04:22:30,353 DISCUSSIONS IN A SYNERGISTIC AND 6363 04:22:30,353 --> 04:22:31,821 COLLABORATIVE WAY. 6364 04:22:31,821 --> 04:22:33,022 RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE 6365 04:22:33,022 --> 04:22:34,391 GOING GETTING AND THEY'RE GOING 6366 04:22:34,391 --> 04:22:36,292 TO DO THEIR THING BUT THERE MUST 6367 04:22:36,292 --> 04:22:37,227 BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THROUGH YOU 6368 04:22:37,227 --> 04:22:41,231 OR OTHERS TO TRY TO BRING IT ALL 6369 04:22:41,231 --> 04:22:43,833 TOGETHER SO IT'S SOMEHOW 6370 04:22:43,833 --> 04:22:47,404 CHOREOGRAPHED TO BE MUTUALLY 6371 04:22:47,404 --> 04:22:47,637 HELPFUL. 6372 04:22:47,637 --> 04:22:58,348 >> WE HAVE ALL THE PROPOSALS AND 6373 04:23:00,750 --> 04:23:02,619 S AND WANTED THE INPUT THAT WILL 6374 04:23:02,619 --> 04:23:04,687 COME FROM 6375 04:23:04,687 --> 04:23:06,356 I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE THEM AT 6376 04:23:06,356 --> 04:23:07,891 THEIR WORD THEY'RE LOOKING 6377 04:23:07,891 --> 04:23:11,227 FORWARD TO GETTING THAT FROM YOU 6378 04:23:11,227 --> 04:23:12,362 AND WILL BE A PERSPECTIVE THEY 6379 04:23:12,362 --> 04:23:13,730 WON'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO GET 6380 04:23:13,730 --> 04:23:15,131 FROM OTHER SOURCES. 6381 04:23:15,131 --> 04:23:16,633 >> BUT BASED ON HISTORY IT TAKES 6382 04:23:16,633 --> 04:23:20,437 ABOUT A YEAR TO PRODUCE A REPORT 6383 04:23:20,437 --> 04:23:23,106 AND YOU MADE POINT WE'RE 6384 04:23:23,106 --> 04:23:25,809 BACK IN SECTIONN NEXT WEEK. 6385 04:23:25,809 --> 04:23:28,878 MY POINT IS IS THERE A WAY TO 6386 04:23:28,878 --> 04:23:31,080 HAVE A DIALOGUE SAYING WE'RE TO 6387 04:23:31,080 --> 04:23:33,817 ESTABLISH THREE WORKING 6388 04:23:33,817 --> 04:23:34,984 COMMITTEES THAT SPEAK TO THREE 6389 04:23:34,984 --> 04:23:36,619 ELEMENTS BUT IT WILL TAKE US A 6390 04:23:36,619 --> 04:23:36,820 YEAR. 6391 04:23:36,820 --> 04:23:39,189 DO YOU THINK THERE'S HOPE THAT 6392 04:23:39,189 --> 04:23:41,791 WOULD INFLUENCE -- I KNOW YOU 6393 04:23:41,791 --> 04:23:43,359 DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR PRIMARIES 6394 04:23:43,359 --> 04:23:44,027 ARE -- 6395 04:23:44,027 --> 04:23:45,028 >> THEY'VE ASKED FOR THIS TO BE 6396 04:23:45,028 --> 04:23:46,863 ESTABLISHED.HEBL 6397 04:23:46,863 --> 04:23:49,566 I THINK THEY DO WANT YOUR INPUT 6398 04:23:49,566 --> 04:23:52,101 AND WOULD WANT IT BEFORE 6399 04:23:52,101 --> 04:23:52,368 DRAFTING. 6400 04:23:52,368 --> 04:23:54,170 MY OFFICE WILL PLAY A ROLE BUT 6401 04:23:54,170 --> 04:23:56,139 ALL THESE MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC AS 6402 04:23:56,139 --> 04:23:58,308 WELL SO I'M SURE THEY'LL BE 6403 04:23:58,308 --> 04:23:59,275 FOLLOWING THEM AND THE WORK 6404 04:23:59,275 --> 04:24:01,144 THAT'S ONGOING AND TO THE EXTENT 6405 04:24:01,144 --> 04:24:02,345 IT'S APPROPRIATE TO KEEP THEM 6406 04:24:02,345 --> 04:24:05,081 UPDATED WE CAN DO THAT. 6407 04:24:05,081 --> 04:24:09,052 >> WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY 6408 04:24:09,052 --> 04:24:10,587 FOR THE CHAIR OR MAYBE THE CLAIR 6409 04:24:10,587 --> 04:24:12,789 AND A COUPLE MEMBERS DO GO SPEAK 6410 04:24:12,789 --> 04:24:15,058 WITH KEY STAFFERS -- I KNOW ALL 6411 04:24:15,058 --> 04:24:16,759 THIS IS INFLUX BECAUSE THE 6412 04:24:16,759 --> 04:24:19,562 COMMITTEES AND PEOPLE ARE 6413 04:24:19,562 --> 04:24:23,600 CHANGING BUT IT SEEMS TO ME QUE 6414 04:24:23,600 --> 04:24:29,072 READ WHAT THEY WROTE AND W THEYM 6415 04:24:29,072 --> 04:24:29,873 THE DISCUSSION AND DEVELOP NOT 6416 04:24:29,873 --> 04:24:34,544 THROUGH THE WHOLE BODY BUT JUST 6417 04:24:34,544 --> 04:24:35,812 MAYBE THROUGH REPRESENTATIVES 6418 04:24:35,812 --> 04:24:46,356 THE LEADERSHIP OF THE GROUP AND 6419 04:24:47,156 --> 04:24:49,526 SOME DON'T WANT TO LOSE JOBS BUT 6420 04:24:49,526 --> 04:24:51,194 WE CAN INFORM THE DISCUSSION BUT 6421 04:24:51,194 --> 04:24:53,062 ESPECIALLY THE EXTERNAL MEMBERS 6422 04:24:53,062 --> 04:24:57,600 OF THE GROUP. 6423 04:24:57,600 --> 04:24:59,469 >> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE 6424 04:24:59,469 --> 04:25:00,670 CAN DISCUSS AND HAPPY TO HELP. 6425 04:25:00,670 --> 04:25:01,771 >> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT 6426 04:25:01,771 --> 04:25:07,310 SUGGESTION. 6427 04:25:07,310 --> 04:25:10,914 IT WILL PROBABLY ADD ANOTHER LAX 6428 04:25:10,914 --> 04:25:13,316 DAY TO OUR MEETING BUT IT'S 6429 04:25:13,316 --> 04:25:14,684 CRITICAL TO HELP US UNDERSTAND 6430 04:25:14,684 --> 04:25:17,020 BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS WE'RE ALL 6431 04:25:17,020 --> 04:25:20,023 ASKING AND PUTTING IT ON YOU IT 6432 04:25:20,023 --> 04:25:22,959 WILL BE NICE AND GREAT 6433 04:25:22,959 --> 04:25:23,259 SUGGESTION. 6434 04:25:23,259 --> 04:25:25,962 >> I WAS NOT ONLY THI O OF IT 6435 04:25:25,962 --> 04:25:26,896 ASTF A MEETING. 6436 04:25:26,896 --> 04:25:28,932 >> I THINK WE'RE GETTING A 6437 04:25:28,932 --> 04:25:39,375 LITTLE LEAD OF OURSELVES. 6438 04:25:39,909 --> 04:25:43,780 >> EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME 6439 04:25:43,780 --> 04:25:43,980 PAGE. 6440 04:25:43,980 --> 04:25:46,182 HOW IT'S ACTUALIZED IS ANOTHER 6441 04:25:46,182 --> 04:25:46,382 ISSUE. 6442 04:25:46,382 --> 04:25:48,618 YOU HAVE A COMMENT? 6443 04:25:48,618 --> 04:25:49,986 >> I WAS A LITTLE BIT WANTING 6444 04:25:49,986 --> 04:25:55,158 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCOPE 6445 04:25:55,158 --> 04:25:56,092 OF THE COMMITTEE. 6446 04:25:56,092 --> 04:25:58,461 FOR EXAMPLE, IS IT OUR MANDATE 6447 04:25:58,461 --> 04:25:59,896 TO SAY YOU SHOULD BE X NUMBER 6448 04:25:59,896 --> 04:26:02,031 INSTEAD OF THIS OR TO SAY IT 6449 04:26:02,031 --> 04:26:03,967 LOOKS LIKE THERE'S PERHAPS TOO 6450 04:26:03,967 --> 04:26:04,233 MANY? 6451 04:26:04,233 --> 04:26:08,371 YOU NEED TO DO THE SELF-STUDY TO 6452 04:26:08,371 --> 04:26:09,138 REORGANIZE. 6453 04:26:09,138 --> 04:26:10,173 WHERE DO WE WEIGH IN MAKING OUR 6454 04:26:10,173 --> 04:26:13,109 RECOMMENDATIONS? 6455 04:26:13,109 --> 04:26:15,745 >> I THINK TURNING IT BACK TO 6456 04:26:15,745 --> 04:26:20,016 NIH KICKS THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD 6457 04:26:20,016 --> 04:26:21,517 IS NOT GOING TO BE FUL. 6458 04:26:21,517 --> 04:26:23,686 US IS ON THE COMMITTEE TO 6459 04:26:23,686 --> 04:26:24,854 MAKE WHATEVER INFORMED 6460 04:26:24,854 --> 04:26:25,722 RECOMMENDATIONS THEY HAVE. 6461 04:26:25,722 --> 04:26:30,627 YOU ARE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGED TO 6462 04:26:30,627 --> 04:26:32,428 BRING IN IN WORKING GROUPS 6463 04:26:32,428 --> 04:26:33,630 ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE WHENEVER 6464 04:26:33,630 --> 04:26:36,399 THAT IS NEEDED, THE CHAIR AND 6465 04:26:36,399 --> 04:26:37,266 COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE. 6466 04:26:37,266 --> 04:26:40,737 BUT I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE 6467 04:26:40,737 --> 04:26:42,305 BEING YEAH, YOU NEED TO BE 6468 04:26:42,305 --> 04:26:45,108 SOMETHING GO FIGURE IT OUT. 6469 04:26:45,108 --> 04:26:46,376 I DON'T THINK THAT'S ON THE O 6470 04:26:46,376 --> 04:26:46,576 TABLE. 6471 04:26:46,576 --> 04:26:52,548 >> THAT'S THE BIG JOB WE HAVE TO 6472 04:26:52,548 --> 04:26:52,715 DO. 6473 04:26:52,715 --> 04:26:58,655 >> ALL RIGHT. 6474 04:26:58,655 --> 04:26:59,122 THREW VERY MUCH, KATE. 6475 04:26:59,122 --> 04:26:59,989 NOW THE CHAIR WILL SUMMARIZE ALL 6476 04:26:59,989 --> 04:27:08,831 THIS AND MAKE SENSE OF IT. 6477 04:27:08,831 --> 04:27:09,298 >> 6478 04:27:09,298 --> 04:27:12,168 IT'S EASY BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN 6479 04:27:12,168 --> 04:27:13,736 FEEDING CHAT GPT ALL DAY AND 6480 04:27:13,736 --> 04:27:16,639 ASKED FOR A 300 WORD SYNOPSIS OF 6481 04:27:16,639 --> 04:27:26,783 THE DAY. 6482 04:28:06,355 --> 04:28:07,623 >> FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANT TO 6483 04:28:07,623 --> 04:28:08,758 THANK EVERYBODY AGAIN FOR BEING 6484 04:28:08,758 --> 04:28:10,493 HERE AND FOR PARTICIPATING IN 6485 04:28:10,493 --> 04:28:11,060 THE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT 6486 04:28:11,060 --> 04:28:11,761 COMMITTEE. 6487 04:28:11,761 --> 04:28:14,363 I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 6488 04:28:14,363 --> 04:28:16,399 DAY WE WERE WONDERING WHAT OUR 6489 04:28:16,399 --> 04:28:18,768 TASK WAS AND NOW WE KNOW IT'S 6490 04:28:18,768 --> 04:28:18,968 HUGE. 6491 04:28:18,968 --> 04:28:20,303 THANK YOU FOR NOT WALKING OUT OF 6492 04:28:20,303 --> 04:28:22,905 THE ROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 6493 04:28:22,905 --> 04:28:25,374 ROOM AND SAYING NO THANK YOU. 6494 04:28:25,374 --> 04:28:26,342 THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF FOR 6495 04:28:26,342 --> 04:28:27,143 HELPING ME PUT TOGETHER THE 6496 04:28:27,143 --> 04:28:28,945 COMMENTS TO REVIEW THE DATA WE 6497 04:28:28,945 --> 04:28:30,146 HAD AND END WITH NEXT STEPS AND 6498 04:28:30,146 --> 04:28:32,815 WHERE WE'LL GO FROM HIRE. 6499 04:28:32,815 --> 04:28:33,316 HERE. 6500 04:28:33,316 --> 04:28:36,652 ALSO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 6501 04:28:36,652 --> 04:28:38,588 PUBLIC FOLKS IN THE ROOM AND 6502 04:28:38,588 --> 04:28:39,422 ONLINE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THERE'S 6503 04:28:39,422 --> 04:28:42,759 BEEN NO PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM OUR 6504 04:28:42,759 --> 04:28:46,195 PUBLIC MEETING TODAY. 6505 04:28:46,195 --> 04:28:52,368 WE HEARD HEARD FROM CLAIRE WHO 6506 04:28:52,368 --> 04:28:53,035 REVIEWED OUR COMMENTS NECESSARY 6507 04:28:53,035 --> 04:28:56,439 FOR US TO HAVE A COMPLETE AND 6508 04:28:56,439 --> 04:28:58,040 THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING AND THEN 6509 04:28:58,040 --> 04:29:00,610 WE HEARD FROM DR. BERTAGNOLLI 6510 04:29:00,610 --> 04:29:01,811 WHO GAVE A WONDERFUL OVERVIEW OF 6511 04:29:01,811 --> 04:29:04,714 THE NIH AND FOCUSSED ON 6512 04:29:04,714 --> 04:29:05,715 CHALLENGES WE HAVE. 6513 04:29:05,715 --> 04:29:09,085 ONE OR TWO OF THOSE BEING 6514 04:29:09,085 --> 04:29:11,287 INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM HEALTH CARE 6515 04:29:11,287 --> 04:29:15,825 RANKING AROUND HEALTH CARE 6516 04:29:15,825 --> 04:29:16,859 DISPARITY AND COLLABORATION AS 6517 04:29:16,859 --> 04:29:18,528 WE CAN HIGHLIGHT AS WE GO 6518 04:29:18,528 --> 04:29:19,729 THROUGH THE REPORT SEEING 6519 04:29:19,729 --> 04:29:21,631 THERE'S BEEN COMMENTS ABOUT 6520 04:29:21,631 --> 04:29:24,167 SILOS AND ONE OF THE THINGS SHE 6521 04:29:24,167 --> 04:29:25,334 EMPHASIZED WAS THERE AREN'T AS 6522 04:29:25,334 --> 04:29:26,769 MANY AS IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE 6523 04:29:26,769 --> 04:29:29,539 OUTSIDE SO WE MIGHT WANT TO 6524 04:29:29,539 --> 04:29:30,173 EMPHASIZE THAT IN OUR COMMENTS 6525 04:29:30,173 --> 04:29:37,079 AND REPORT. 6526 04:29:37,079 --> 04:29:37,747 AND ADVANCING RESEARCH EQUITY 6527 04:29:37,747 --> 04:29:41,684 FOR HEALTH AND THE CARE PROGRAM. 6528 04:29:41,684 --> 04:29:44,320 AND BEING ABLE TO HARNESS 6529 04:29:44,320 --> 04:29:46,155 RESEARCH USING HEALTH DATA. 6530 04:29:46,155 --> 04:29:47,390 SHE EMPHASIZED DATA AND WE WANT 6531 04:29:47,390 --> 04:29:48,724 TO KEEP THAT IN MIND GOING 6532 04:29:48,724 --> 04:29:50,793 THROUGH THE REPORT THAT FIRST OF 6533 04:29:50,793 --> 04:29:53,629 ALL TO BRIDGE THE SILOS OF DATA 6534 04:29:53,629 --> 04:29:55,264 THOUGH I'M NOT SURE THERE'S AS 6535 04:29:55,264 --> 04:29:58,034 MANY AS NIH AS THE SENATE AND 6536 04:29:58,034 --> 04:30:02,772 CONGRESSMAN WANT TO BELIEVE BUT 6537 04:30:02,772 --> 04:30:06,275 CERTAINLY FOR DATA IT'S A HUGE 6538 04:30:06,275 --> 04:30:08,477 CHALLENGE BEING PART OF THE 6539 04:30:08,477 --> 04:30:09,212 INITIATIVE GETTING DNA 6540 04:30:09,212 --> 04:30:10,246 INFORMATION FOR EVERY DISEASE, 6541 04:30:10,246 --> 04:30:11,747 ETCETERA IS CHALLENGING. 6542 04:30:11,747 --> 04:30:16,319 THAT HEALTH DATA IS A 6543 04:30:16,319 --> 04:30:16,786 SIGNIFICANT PRIORITY. 6544 04:30:16,786 --> 04:30:21,591 THE RESTART OF THE CHARGE OF OUR 6545 04:30:21,591 --> 04:30:23,326 COMMITTEE WE SPENT TIME TRAUKING 6546 04:30:23,326 --> 04:30:24,994 ABOUT THE DAY AND KNOW THE NIH 6547 04:30:24,994 --> 04:30:28,497 REQUEST THE SMRB EVALUATE THE 6548 04:30:28,497 --> 04:30:30,766 CURRENT STRUCTURE. 6549 04:30:30,766 --> 04:30:34,136 THAT WE REEXAMINE THE 2010 6550 04:30:34,136 --> 04:30:36,138 REPORT THE FIRST DOCUMENT THE 6551 04:30:36,138 --> 04:30:37,540 DELIBERATING AND ORGANIZATIONAL 6552 04:30:37,540 --> 04:30:39,008 CHANGE AND EFFECTIVENESS. 6553 04:30:39,008 --> 04:30:40,509 WE'LL CONSIDER THE CONGRESSIONAL 6554 04:30:40,509 --> 04:30:41,978 PROPOSALS THAT WE JUST HEARD 6555 04:30:41,978 --> 04:30:42,311 ABOUT. 6556 04:30:42,311 --> 04:30:44,146 WE'RE GOING TO RE-EVALUATE THE 6557 04:30:44,146 --> 04:30:45,681 EXISTING AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES 6558 04:30:45,681 --> 04:30:51,153 OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES 6559 04:30:51,153 --> 04:30:52,655 AND THEN COME UP WITH 6560 04:30:52,655 --> 04:30:54,423 RECOMMENDATIONS. 6561 04:30:54,423 --> 04:30:56,592 EASY, NO PROBLEM. 6562 04:30:56,592 --> 04:30:58,494 ONE OF THE DISCUSSION I WANT TO 6563 04:30:58,494 --> 04:31:01,264 REMIND US ABOUT IS I TRIED TO 6564 04:31:01,264 --> 04:31:02,632 CAPTURE A LOT OF OUR THOUGHTS 6565 04:31:02,632 --> 04:31:05,067 AND COMMENTS IS WE WANT TO 6566 04:31:05,067 --> 04:31:13,342 RE-ESTABLISH TRUST AND BETTER 6567 04:31:13,342 --> 04:31:15,745 COMMUNICATE AND THAT'S EVIDENT 6568 04:31:15,745 --> 04:31:16,913 IN THE COMMENTS MADE BECAUSE 6569 04:31:16,913 --> 04:31:20,816 WE'RE ALL SCRATCHING OUR HEADS 6570 04:31:20,816 --> 04:31:21,651 LIKE HOW COULD THEY ARE THINK 6571 04:31:21,651 --> 04:31:24,153 THAT BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN GOOD 6572 04:31:24,153 --> 04:31:25,187 COMMUNICATION FOR WHATEVER 6573 04:31:25,187 --> 04:31:27,323 REASON AND NEED TO CHANGE THAT 6574 04:31:27,323 --> 04:31:29,825 AND INCREASE THE IMPACT OF THE 6575 04:31:29,825 --> 04:31:33,663 AGENCY'S WORK AND HOW DO WE MAKE 6576 04:31:33,663 --> 04:31:35,932 IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING 6577 04:31:35,932 --> 04:31:37,066 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE WE 6578 04:31:37,066 --> 04:31:39,235 KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE 6579 04:31:39,235 --> 04:31:42,471 PATIENT REALLY IS AT THE CENTER 6580 04:31:42,471 --> 04:31:43,639 OF OUR PRIORITIES AND SHOULD BE 6581 04:31:43,639 --> 04:31:45,374 AT THE CENTER OF WHAT WE'RE 6582 04:31:45,374 --> 04:31:47,410 TRYING TO DO IN THIS 6583 04:31:47,410 --> 04:31:50,746 RE-ORGANIZATION OR DEEP DIVE 6584 04:31:50,746 --> 04:31:51,314 INTO THE NIH. 6585 04:31:51,314 --> 04:31:53,282 AND PRIORITIZING HEALTH CARE 6586 04:31:53,282 --> 04:31:54,050 DISPARITIES AND HEALTH CARE 6587 04:31:54,050 --> 04:31:58,487 RESEARCH SHOULD ALSO RUN THROUGH 6588 04:31:58,487 --> 04:31:58,955 WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. 6589 04:31:58,955 --> 04:32:03,793 AND LARRY GAVE US INFORMATION ON 6590 04:32:03,793 --> 04:32:04,493 CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST AND THE 6591 04:32:04,493 --> 04:32:05,795 DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THE 6592 04:32:05,795 --> 04:32:06,329 CHARTER. 6593 04:32:06,329 --> 04:32:08,364 WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS 6594 04:32:08,364 --> 04:32:09,899 LISTED THERE IN THE BULLETS AND 6595 04:32:09,899 --> 04:32:10,900 MAJOR DISCUSSION POINTS FOCUSSED 6596 04:32:10,900 --> 04:32:14,236 ON HOW WE MAKE SURE THE BOARD'S 6597 04:32:14,236 --> 04:32:16,305 RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IMPACTFUL. 6598 04:32:16,305 --> 04:32:18,741 THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING WE WANT 6599 04:32:18,741 --> 04:32:21,677 TO KEEP IN MIND. 6600 04:32:21,677 --> 04:32:24,513 MR. SHAPIRO WAS TALKING ABOUT 6601 04:32:24,513 --> 04:32:26,749 THE BUDGETING AND PRIORITIES OF 6602 04:32:26,749 --> 04:32:28,484 THE NIH AND MECHANISMS. 6603 04:32:28,484 --> 04:32:30,052 IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO 6604 04:32:30,052 --> 04:32:31,654 KEEP THAT IN MIND BECAUSE WE 6605 04:32:31,654 --> 04:32:35,591 REALLY AS WE GO THROUGH EACH 6606 04:32:35,591 --> 04:32:36,258 INSTITUTE, EACH CENTER TO 6607 04:32:36,258 --> 04:32:37,994 UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THE 6608 04:32:37,994 --> 04:32:39,528 RESOURCES ARE BEING POURED INTO 6609 04:32:39,528 --> 04:32:40,463 THE CENTER AND WHETHER WE'RE 6610 04:32:40,463 --> 04:32:42,298 GETTING A RETURN FOR OUR DOLLARS 6611 04:32:42,298 --> 04:32:44,934 SO TO SPEAK ON THE RESOURCES 6612 04:32:44,934 --> 04:32:46,502 THAT ARE POURED INTO THAT 6613 04:32:46,502 --> 04:32:47,536 INSTITUTION OR WHETHER WE COULD 6614 04:32:47,536 --> 04:32:49,071 BE GETTING MORE OF A RETURN 6615 04:32:49,071 --> 04:32:51,974 WHETHER THAT RETURN IS IN 6616 04:32:51,974 --> 04:32:54,510 MANUSCRIPTS OR IN NEW DRUGS OR 6617 04:32:54,510 --> 04:32:56,812 WHETHER THAT RETURN IS IN 6618 04:32:56,812 --> 04:32:58,014 ESTABLISHING OUR HEALTH CARE 6619 04:32:58,014 --> 04:33:00,049 BETTER AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND 6620 04:33:00,049 --> 04:33:01,917 ACTUALLY IMPROVING THE HEALTH 6621 04:33:01,917 --> 04:33:02,284 CARE. 6622 04:33:02,284 --> 04:33:03,619 AND THE EXTRAMURAL BUDGET AND 6623 04:33:03,619 --> 04:33:05,888 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 6624 04:33:05,888 --> 04:33:06,756 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THE NIH GRANTS 6625 04:33:06,756 --> 04:33:12,328 DATABASE ARE PART OF THAT. 6626 04:33:12,328 --> 04:33:13,896 GRIF HELPED US FOCUS ON OUR 6627 04:33:13,896 --> 04:33:14,130 HISTORY. 6628 04:33:14,130 --> 04:33:15,831 THEY SAID IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR 6629 04:33:15,831 --> 04:33:17,066 HISTORY YOU'RE DOOMED TO REPEAT 6630 04:33:17,066 --> 04:33:17,400 IT. 6631 04:33:17,400 --> 04:33:19,969 SO WE WANT TO LOOK BACK AT ALL 6632 04:33:19,969 --> 04:33:20,903 THE EIGHT PUBLISHED REPORTS. 6633 04:33:20,903 --> 04:33:23,839 WE WANT TO LOOK BACK AT THE 6634 04:33:23,839 --> 04:33:25,241 DETAILS OF WHAT THEY 6635 04:33:25,241 --> 04:33:25,975 RECOMMENDED. 6636 04:33:25,975 --> 04:33:28,044 WE'LL HAVE IT SUMMARIZED AND 6637 04:33:28,044 --> 04:33:30,913 HELP US SUMMARIZE WHICH OF THE 6638 04:33:30,913 --> 04:33:32,581 RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN 6639 04:33:32,581 --> 04:33:34,150 COMPLETED OR INCOMPLETE. 6640 04:33:34,150 --> 04:33:35,618 AND PERHAPS ALSO SOME BARRIERS 6641 04:33:35,618 --> 04:33:37,853 AS TO WHY THE RECOMMENDATIONS 6642 04:33:37,853 --> 04:33:39,855 FROM THE 2010, 2011 REPORT HAVE 6643 04:33:39,855 --> 04:33:43,959 NOT BEEN COMPLETED. 6644 04:33:43,959 --> 04:33:46,495 AND MAJOR DISCUSSIONS FOCUSSED 6645 04:33:46,495 --> 04:33:47,630 ON LESSONS LEARNED AND 6646 04:33:47,630 --> 04:33:48,764 STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND DON'T WANT 6647 04:33:48,764 --> 04:33:52,168 TO FORGET TO INCLUDE ALL 6648 04:33:52,168 --> 04:33:53,402 STAKEHOLDERS SO WE DON'T FIND 6649 04:33:53,402 --> 04:33:55,671 OURSELF IN A SIMILAR SITUATION 6650 04:33:55,671 --> 04:33:57,306 TO 2015, 2016. 6651 04:33:57,306 --> 04:33:59,909 AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 6652 04:33:59,909 --> 04:34:01,844 THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES LARRY 6653 04:34:01,844 --> 04:34:03,179 WENT OVER IN THE DOCUMENT THAT 6654 04:34:03,179 --> 04:34:06,749 YOU CAN LOOK AT LATER BUT THIS 6655 04:34:06,749 --> 04:34:17,259 IS JUST A SUMMARY AND DR. AND 6656 04:34:23,265 --> 04:34:24,300 NUMBERED AND TO THE PROCESS IS 6657 04:34:24,300 --> 04:34:25,234 IMPORTANT BETWEEN NOW AND THE 6658 04:34:25,234 --> 04:34:27,169 NEXT MEETING. 6659 04:34:27,169 --> 04:34:28,237 WE NEED TO DISCUSS ABOUT WHAT 6660 04:34:28,237 --> 04:34:30,072 WE'LL DO AND HOW WE'LL EVALUATE 6661 04:34:30,072 --> 04:34:32,575 AND HOW MANY COMMITTEES WE'LL 6662 04:34:32,575 --> 04:34:34,510 HAVE AND WHAT THE COMMITTEES 6663 04:34:34,510 --> 04:34:36,645 WILL FOCUS ON AND MAKING SHUSH 6664 04:34:36,645 --> 04:34:40,282 THE UNDERPINNING ATTRIBUTES OF 6665 04:34:40,282 --> 04:34:42,451 COMMUNICATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY 6666 04:34:42,451 --> 04:34:48,858 ARE A THREAD IN ALL WE DO. 6667 04:34:48,858 --> 04:34:52,361 THE LEGISLATIVE OPTIMIZATION WAS 6668 04:34:52,361 --> 04:34:53,362 OF A GUT PUNCH. 6669 04:34:53,362 --> 04:34:55,898 I THINK IT WAS A WAY FOR US TO 6670 04:34:55,898 --> 04:34:57,700 REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE 6671 04:34:57,700 --> 04:35:01,837 HAVE TO FOCUS ON AND THOSE FOUR 6672 04:35:01,837 --> 04:35:03,139 KEY AREAS OF STRUCTURAL PORTION 6673 04:35:03,139 --> 04:35:05,574 OF THE NIH AND THE LEADERSHIP, 6674 04:35:05,574 --> 04:35:06,142 POLICIES AND GRANTS AND THE 6675 04:35:06,142 --> 04:35:10,613 FUNDING. 6676 04:35:10,613 --> 04:35:12,715 AS WE TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS, 6677 04:35:12,715 --> 04:35:14,150 SOME THINGS WE DISCUSSED TODAY 6678 04:35:14,150 --> 04:35:16,252 IS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE 6679 04:35:16,252 --> 04:35:17,820 DOING OUR STRATEGY WE FOCUS ON 6680 04:35:17,820 --> 04:35:19,488 WHAT'S WORKED AND NOT WORKED. 6681 04:35:19,488 --> 04:35:23,626 WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE SAME 6682 04:35:23,626 --> 04:35:24,827 MISTAKES OVER AND HAVE A 6683 04:35:24,827 --> 04:35:28,397 COMPLETE SET OF DATA TO MAKE 6684 04:35:28,397 --> 04:35:29,198 DECISIONS. 6685 04:35:29,198 --> 04:35:31,066 THOSE ARE IMPORTANT IN 6686 04:35:31,066 --> 04:35:32,701 DEVELOPING THE STRATEGY AND DATA 6687 04:35:32,701 --> 04:35:33,702 OVER TIME TO SEE AT EACH 6688 04:35:33,702 --> 04:35:34,737 INSTITUTE HOW THINGS HAVE 6689 04:35:34,737 --> 04:35:37,173 CHANGED OR MAYBE NOT CHANGED 6690 04:35:37,173 --> 04:35:37,473 OVER TIME. 6691 04:35:37,473 --> 04:35:40,209 AND THEN WAITING TO OUTLINE KEY 6692 04:35:40,209 --> 04:35:41,810 QUESTIONS AND SET PRIORITIES AND 6693 04:35:41,810 --> 04:35:46,515 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TANGIBLE 6694 04:35:46,515 --> 04:35:48,284 METRICS WE CAN FOCUS ON IN OUR 6695 04:35:48,284 --> 04:35:48,651 RECOMMENDATIONS. 6696 04:35:48,651 --> 04:35:51,487 WE DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT TO BE 6697 04:35:51,487 --> 04:35:53,756 MORE TACTICAL OR MORE BLUE SKY 6698 04:35:53,756 --> 04:35:55,124 AND MAKE SURE PHYSICAL STABILITY 6699 04:35:55,124 --> 04:35:56,058 IS AT THE CENTER. 6700 04:35:56,058 --> 04:35:58,761 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE 6701 04:35:58,761 --> 04:36:02,064 IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE AND WANT 6702 04:36:02,064 --> 04:36:03,566 TO ASSURE THAT FOR ALL OUR 6703 04:36:03,566 --> 04:36:06,535 SCIENCES WE'RE MAKING AN 6704 04:36:06,535 --> 04:36:07,102 INCUBATOR ENVIRONMENT TO 6705 04:36:07,102 --> 04:36:07,670 MULTIPLY THE SUCCESS OF THE 6706 04:36:07,670 --> 04:36:12,341 INVESTIGATORS WE FUND. 6707 04:36:12,341 --> 04:36:15,511 SO THE NEXT STEPS ARE MEETING 6708 04:36:15,511 --> 04:36:16,345 CADENCE. 6709 04:36:16,345 --> 04:36:16,979 LARRY AND I TALKED ABOUT 6710 04:36:16,979 --> 04:36:17,680 POSSIBLE CADENCE. 6711 04:36:17,680 --> 04:36:20,849 WE HAVE TO HAVE AT LEAST FIVE 6712 04:36:20,849 --> 04:36:25,621 MEETINGS AND WERE THINKING TO 6713 04:36:25,621 --> 04:36:26,789 ALTERNATE VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON 6714 04:36:26,789 --> 04:36:29,892 AND JANUARY, MARCH, MAY, JULY, 6715 04:36:29,892 --> 04:36:32,094 SEPTEMBER, NOVEMBER. 6716 04:36:32,094 --> 04:36:34,396 THAT'S SIX. 6717 04:36:34,396 --> 04:36:36,031 DOES THAT SOUND OKAY? 6718 04:36:36,031 --> 04:36:36,565 DOES THAT SOUND TOO MUCH? 6719 04:36:36,565 --> 04:36:43,172 TOO LITTLE? 6720 04:36:43,172 --> 04:36:46,742 THAT MAKES IT ALMOST EVERY TWO 6721 04:36:46,742 --> 04:36:49,345 MONTHS AND GIVES US SUMMER WHEN 6722 04:36:49,345 --> 04:36:51,347 MANY ARE OFF AND IF WE STARTED 6723 04:36:51,347 --> 04:36:53,282 UP JANUARY WITH VIRTUAL AND 6724 04:36:53,282 --> 04:36:58,354 EVERY OTHER VIRTUAL AND IN 6725 04:36:58,354 --> 04:36:59,855 PERSON OR MORE VIRTUAL OR JUST A 6726 04:36:59,855 --> 04:37:01,790 COUPLE IN PERSON. 6727 04:37:01,790 --> 04:37:04,159 I'LL GET YOUR THOUGHTS AND 6728 04:37:04,159 --> 04:37:06,762 ESTABLISH THE WORKING GROUP AS A 6729 04:37:06,762 --> 04:37:09,732 PRIORITY ONCE WE DISCUSS OUR 6730 04:37:09,732 --> 04:37:11,400 STRATEGY AND HOW TO APPROACH IT 6731 04:37:11,400 --> 04:37:12,635 AND MAKE WORKING GROUP 6732 04:37:12,635 --> 04:37:13,969 SUGGESTIONS TO RECRUIT PEOPLE IN 6733 04:37:13,969 --> 04:37:14,970 THE WORKING GROUPS. 6734 04:37:14,970 --> 04:37:16,038 THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 6735 04:37:16,038 --> 04:37:17,773 I'LL STOP THERE AND GET OPINIONS 6736 04:37:17,773 --> 04:37:21,410 ON THE MEETINGS. 6737 04:37:21,410 --> 04:37:23,879 >> WE HAVE TO HAVE SIX MEETINGS 6738 04:37:23,879 --> 04:37:24,947 BEFORE WE ISSUE A REPORT? 6739 04:37:24,947 --> 04:37:31,387 >> WE HAVE TO HAVE FIVE. 6740 04:37:31,387 --> 04:37:33,289 >> WE CAN THROW OUT THREE 6741 04:37:33,289 --> 04:37:34,890 REPORTS AS LONG AS WE HAVE FIVE 6742 04:37:34,890 --> 04:37:36,625 MEETINGS WE JUST HAVE TO BE 6743 04:37:36,625 --> 04:37:39,395 ACTIVELY DISCUSSING ALONG THE 6744 04:37:39,395 --> 04:37:39,561 WAY. 6745 04:37:39,561 --> 04:37:39,995 >> RIGHT. 6746 04:37:39,995 --> 04:37:42,364 THEY ALL HAVE TO BE PUBLIC. 6747 04:37:42,364 --> 04:37:44,800 THE MEETINGS WE CHOOSE HAVE TO 6748 04:37:44,800 --> 04:37:47,202 BE PUBLIC WHETHER IN PERSONAL OR 6749 04:37:47,202 --> 04:37:49,838 VIRTUAL HAVE TO BE IN PUBLIC. 6750 04:37:49,838 --> 04:37:50,739 HOW'S THAT SOUND? 6751 04:37:50,739 --> 04:37:51,173 COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? 6752 04:37:51,173 --> 04:37:54,310 OKAY. 6753 04:37:54,310 --> 04:38:04,853 SO WE'LL DOANRY -- DOANRY -- 6754 04:38:06,822 --> 04:38:10,192 DO JANUARY VIRTUAL AND MARCH IN 6755 04:38:10,192 --> 04:38:11,193 PERSON AND EVERY OTHER. 6756 04:38:11,193 --> 04:38:12,695 OKAY. 6757 04:38:12,695 --> 04:38:15,197 I THINK THAT'S A GOOD END. 6758 04:38:15,197 --> 04:38:16,699 OTHER COMMENTS? 6759 04:38:16,699 --> 04:38:18,667 THIS IS THE END OF OUR WONDERFUL 6760 04:38:18,667 --> 04:38:20,069 DAY AND WE STARTED THINKING 6761 04:38:20,069 --> 04:38:21,170 ABOUT SHEEP AND NOW WE'RE 6762 04:38:21,170 --> 04:38:25,574 PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT MANY 6763 04:38:25,574 --> 04:38:26,208 OTHER THINGS. 6764 04:38:26,208 --> 04:38:28,277 USE THE MICROPHONE. 6765 04:38:28,277 --> 04:38:33,615 >> HOW MANY -- YOU SAID YOU WERE 6766 04:38:33,615 --> 04:38:36,719 STILL GOING TO BE BRINGING NEW 6767 04:38:36,719 --> 04:38:38,220 MEMBERS ON AND WONDERING THE 6768 04:38:38,220 --> 04:38:39,755 TIME FRAME FOR THAT. 6769 04:38:39,755 --> 04:38:41,490 IT SEEMS IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT 6770 04:38:41,490 --> 04:38:42,224 FOR THEM TO COME IN AFTER 6771 04:38:42,224 --> 04:38:46,128 MISSING THIS MEETING. 6772 04:38:46,128 --> 04:38:48,464 >> AS YOU NOW COUNCILS TURN OVER 6773 04:38:48,464 --> 04:38:49,331 ALL THE TIME. 6774 04:38:49,331 --> 04:38:54,169 WE'LL COME IN MID STREAM. 6775 04:38:54,169 --> 04:38:57,806 THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS BEING 6776 04:38:57,806 --> 04:39:00,809 VETTED AND I THINK IF I'M NOT 6777 04:39:00,809 --> 04:39:02,978 MISTAKEN WE HAVE TWO MORE SLOTS 6778 04:39:02,978 --> 04:39:04,780 WE CAN USE PAUSE WE'RE ALLOWING 6779 04:39:04,780 --> 04:39:09,718 UP TO 21 RAND I THINK WE HAVE 21 6780 04:39:09,718 --> 04:39:12,554 NOW IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. 6781 04:39:12,554 --> 04:39:16,325 AGAIN IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS. 6782 04:39:16,325 --> 04:39:17,226 THESE ARE SEPARATE. 6783 04:39:17,226 --> 04:39:19,862 >> AND THIS RECORDED SO 6784 04:39:19,862 --> 04:39:20,896 PRESUMABLY THOSE INDIVIDUALS 6785 04:39:20,896 --> 04:39:22,698 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS 6786 04:39:22,698 --> 04:39:28,704 RECORDING. 6787 04:39:28,704 --> 04:39:31,273 OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS BEFORE 6788 04:39:31,273 --> 04:39:31,874 WE END? 6789 04:39:31,874 --> 04:39:32,141 ALL RIGHT. 6790 04:39:32,141 --> 04:39:36,044 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 6791 04:39:36,044 --> 04:39:40,516 >> I HAVE A QUESTION. 6792 04:39:40,516 --> 04:39:44,520 DR. HILDRETH. 6793 04:39:44,520 --> 04:39:46,088 >> ARE THE WORKING GROUP 6794 04:39:46,088 --> 04:39:47,322 MEETINGS ALSO PUBLIC? 6795 04:39:47,322 --> 04:39:51,727 >> THEY CAN BE CONDUCTED YO OUT 6796 04:39:51,727 --> 04:39:53,462 SIDE THE PUBLIC BUT HAVE TO 6797 04:39:53,462 --> 04:39:56,198 REPORT BACK IN A PUBLISHED 6798 04:39:56,198 --> 04:39:58,300 MEETING RECOMMENDATIONS THEY'RE 6799 04:39:58,300 --> 04:39:59,835 MAKING TO THE GROUP. 6800 04:39:59,835 --> 04:40:02,104 THEY CAN'T THEMSELVES DECIDE 6801 04:40:02,104 --> 04:40:02,371 ANYTHING. 6802 04:40:02,371 --> 04:40:05,741 ALL THEY ARE CAN DO IS MAKE 6803 04:40:05,741 --> 04:40:06,742 A-LIKED TO THE GROUP FOR THIS 6804 04:40:06,742 --> 04:40:07,476 GROUP'S CONSIDERATION. 6805 04:40:07,476 --> 04:40:09,178 >> IN THE PREVIOUS WORKING 6806 04:40:09,178 --> 04:40:10,512 GROUPS, GIVE ME A FLAVOR. 6807 04:40:10,512 --> 04:40:13,882 WAS IT USUALLY A PAIR OF 6808 04:40:13,882 --> 04:40:17,786 CO-CHAIRS, WERE THEY MEMBER OF 6809 04:40:17,786 --> 04:40:21,390 THIS PARENT GROUP OR -- 6810 04:40:21,390 --> 04:40:23,025 >> GRIF WILL HELP ME REMEMBER 6811 04:40:23,025 --> 04:40:25,093 BUT AS I RECALL THERE IS AT 6812 04:40:25,093 --> 04:40:30,265 LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THIS GROUP 6813 04:40:30,265 --> 04:40:32,468 AS A CO-CHAIR. 6814 04:40:32,468 --> 04:40:33,969 >> I UNDERSTAND AND ANOTHER 6815 04:40:33,969 --> 04:40:35,838 PERSON AND PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE. 6816 04:40:35,838 --> 04:40:38,941 >> AND EXPERTS. 6817 04:40:38,941 --> 04:40:40,576 >> OKAY. 6818 04:40:40,576 --> 04:40:44,680 >> I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE IN 6819 04:40:44,680 --> 04:40:45,848 JANUARY WE HAVE THE NEXT TIME 6820 04:40:45,848 --> 04:40:47,316 BUT IN THE MEANTIME IT WOULD BE 6821 04:40:47,316 --> 04:40:52,488 VALUABLE TO HAVE A SET OF POINTS 6822 04:40:52,488 --> 04:40:53,956 WE CAN DISCUSS. 6823 04:40:53,956 --> 04:40:55,757 WE'LL BE EXPOSED TO A LOT OF 6824 04:40:55,757 --> 04:40:57,059 MEETINGS IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS. 6825 04:40:57,059 --> 04:40:58,760 >> THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME TO 6826 04:40:58,760 --> 04:40:59,528 SAY THAT. 6827 04:40:59,528 --> 04:41:02,731 ONCE THE TEAM GIVES ME THE 6828 04:41:02,731 --> 04:41:03,298 SUMMARY INFORMATION WE'VE 6829 04:41:03,298 --> 04:41:04,266 ALREADY ASKED FOR AS FAR AS 6830 04:41:04,266 --> 04:41:06,134 LOOKING AT THE PRIOR REPORT AND 6831 04:41:06,134 --> 04:41:07,703 RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT WAS 6832 04:41:07,703 --> 04:41:10,772 COMPLETED AND INCOMPLETE, I'LL 6833 04:41:10,772 --> 04:41:14,142 SEND A BULLETED LIST OF 6834 04:41:14,142 --> 04:41:15,310 HOPEFULLY NO MORE THAN 10 6835 04:41:15,310 --> 04:41:16,545 QUESTIONS I NEED TO YOU THINK 6836 04:41:16,545 --> 04:41:18,080 ABOUT AND ADDRESS TO PREPARE US 6837 04:41:18,080 --> 04:41:19,047 FOR THE NEXT MEETING IN THE 6838 04:41:19,047 --> 04:41:21,183 CONTEXT OF THE AGENDA FOR THE 6839 04:41:21,183 --> 04:41:21,683 NEXT MEETING. 6840 04:41:21,683 --> 04:41:23,652 I'LL MAKE THE AGENDA FOR THE 6841 04:41:23,652 --> 04:41:28,490 JANUARY -- I'M SORRY. 6842 04:41:28,490 --> 04:41:33,061 >> TALKING POINTS AND IF WE GET 6843 04:41:33,061 --> 04:41:33,695 ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW DO WE 6844 04:41:33,695 --> 04:41:35,497 RESPOND? 6845 04:41:35,497 --> 04:41:41,403 >> OH, THOSE TALKING POINTS. 6846 04:41:41,403 --> 04:41:42,538 WHAT I THOUGHT YOU MEANT WAS 6847 04:41:42,538 --> 04:41:44,573 MORE DOWN THE LINE. 6848 04:41:44,573 --> 04:41:45,941 YOU MEAN NOW AND THE TIME WE 6849 04:41:45,941 --> 04:41:50,746 HAVE THE REPORT? 6850 04:41:50,746 --> 04:41:51,547 >> YES. 6851 04:41:51,547 --> 04:41:57,486 >> LET ME ASK LARRY. 6852 04:41:57,486 --> 04:42:00,122 >> WE'LL DEVELOP SOME DRAFT FOR 6853 04:42:00,122 --> 04:42:02,758 THE CHAIR TO CONSIDER AND IF 6854 04:42:02,758 --> 04:42:03,425 SHE'S COMFORTABLE WITH THEM THEN 6855 04:42:03,425 --> 04:42:04,793 WE'LL DISSEMINATE. 6856 04:42:04,793 --> 04:42:06,094 >> I THOUGHT YOU MEANT FOR THE 6857 04:42:06,094 --> 04:42:07,429 NEXT MEETING. 6858 04:42:07,429 --> 04:42:09,665 SO ANYWAY, I NEEDED TO SAY THAT 6859 04:42:09,665 --> 04:42:10,065 ANYWAY. 6860 04:42:10,065 --> 04:42:12,701 SO FOR THE JANUARY MEETING I'M 6861 04:42:12,701 --> 04:42:15,837 GOING TO BE SENDING OUT A 6862 04:42:15,837 --> 04:42:17,706 PROPOSED AGENDA FOR YOU ALL TO 6863 04:42:17,706 --> 04:42:19,841 LOOK AT AND WITH EACH ITEM ON 6864 04:42:19,841 --> 04:42:21,310 THE AGENDA THERE WILL BE HOME 6865 04:42:21,310 --> 04:42:22,511 WORK QUESTIONS, IF YOU WILL, TO 6866 04:42:22,511 --> 04:42:26,748 HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION. 6867 04:42:26,748 --> 04:42:28,550 OKAY. 6868 04:42:28,550 --> 04:42:30,786 >> FOR THE IN PERSON MEETINGS 6869 04:42:30,786 --> 04:42:34,556 CAN YOU TRY TO GET TENTATIVE 6870 04:42:34,556 --> 04:42:35,958 DATES OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 6871 04:42:35,958 --> 04:42:38,060 >> I THINK THE TEAM HEARD YOU, 6872 04:42:38,060 --> 04:42:38,226 YES. 6873 04:42:38,226 --> 04:42:39,795 >> WE ONLY INVITE PEOPLE WHO 6874 04:42:39,795 --> 04:42:40,696 AREN'T BUSY AND HAVE NOTHING 6875 04:42:40,696 --> 04:42:42,097 ELSE TO DO. 6876 04:42:42,097 --> 04:42:42,531 >> THANK YOU, GUYS. 6877 04:42:42,531 --> 04:42:52,708 THANK YOU.