HEALTH AND MEDICINE DIVISION Board on Health Sciences Policy Standing Committee on Medical and Public Health Research During Large-Scale Emergency Events Meeting #1 Agenda April 13-14, 2016 Keck Center of the National Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW Room 206 Washington, D.C. Meeting Goals: Introduce committee members to each other and to the National Academies; conduct the bias and conflict of interest discussion; discuss the role of and opportunities for standing committees; and review the proposed statement of task. Discuss relevant background and issues of importance with representatives of the sponsoring agencies and federal entities, and other stakeholders. Discuss next steps to move forward on key issues; plan 2 nd meeting and identify speakers and topics. Wednesday, April 13, 2015 Note: No breakfast or lunch will be served, though a cafeteria is available on the 3 rd floor of the Keck Center building. Members on travel status will be provided lunch tickets for use in the cafeteria. OPEN SESSION 8:00 a.m. 8:10 a.m. WELCOME AND OVERVIEW OF THE AGENDA AND BRIEF COMMITTEE INTRODUCTIONS LYNN GOLDMAN Committee Co-Chair, Michael and Lori Milken Dean of Public Health, Milken Institute, School of Public Health, George Washington University DAVID ABRAMSON Committee Co-Chair, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Program on Population Impact, Recovery and Resiliency (PiR2), College of Global Public Health, New York University
JUSTIN SNAIR Committee Staff Director, Program Officer, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Health and Medical Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 8:10 a.m. 8:45 a.m. SPONSORS CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE AND DISCUSSION OF KEY ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE ASPR NICOLE LURIE Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services CDC SAM GROSECLOSE Associate Director for Science Office of Science and Public Health Practice, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NIEHS AUBREY MILLER Senior Medical Advisor, Office of the Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health 8:45 a.m. 9:00 a.m. ROLE OF STANDING COMMITTEES ANDREW POPE Director, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Health and Medical Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine JACK HERRMANN Senior Program Officer, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Health and Medical Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 9:00 a.m. 9:45 a.m. DISCUSSION OF SPONSORS CHARGE AND STATEMENT OF TASK JUSTIN SNAIR, Committee Staff Director LYNN GOLDMAN, Committee Co-Chair DAVID ABRAMSON, Committee Co-Chair 9:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. DISASTER SCIENCE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES Objective: Discuss issues and challenges raised during the Enabling Rapid and Sustainable Public Health Research During Disasters Workshop (June 2014) for framing the meeting discussions. DAVID ABRAMSON, Committee Co-Chair
10:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. PANEL: CURRENT FEDERAL ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS Objective: Explore relevant programming and activities of sponsoring agencies and other key Federal stakeholders. ASPR & Science Preparedness Research Interagency Team (SPiRIT) SALLY PHILLIPS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NIEHS, Disaster Research Response Program (DR2) AUBREY MILLER, Senior Medical Advisor, NIEHS CDC & BEST PRACTICES INITIATIVES SAM GROSECLOSE, Associate Director for Science, CDC 11:15 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Discussion with Committee Members 11:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Break 12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. [Working Lunch] PANEL: CURRENT FEDERAL ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS (CONTINUED) Objective: Explore and discuss relevant programming and activities of sponsoring agencies and other key Federal stakeholders. USGS MIKE FOCAZIO Program Coordinator, Environmental Health Mission Area, U.S. Geological Survey DOI/USGS & Strategic Sciences Group KRISTIN LUDWIG Staff Scientist, Natural Hazards, U.S. Geological Survey Department of the Interior, Strategic Sciences Group NSF & Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) WILLIAM COOPER Program Director, Environmental Engineering Program, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems, National Science Foundation FDA & Medical Countermeasures Initiative (MCMi) CARMEN MAHER Assistant Commissioner for Counterterrorism Policy, Office of the Commissioner, Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, NLM & Disaster Information Management Resource Center
STACEY ARNESEN Chief, Disaster Information Management Research Center, Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health NICHD CATHERINE SPONG Acting Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health 1:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Discussion with Committee Members 2:00 p.m. 2:45 p.m. PANEL: EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES FACED IN DISASTER RESEARCH - INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS Objective: Explore and discuss key aspects and challenges from past research responses to infectious disease outbreaks. ADAM LEVINE Principal Investigator, Ebola Research Team, International Medical Corps, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Brown University Medical School (via webex) ALBERT KO Chair, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University School of Public Health (via webex) 2:45 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Discussion with Committee Members 3:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m. PANEL: EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES FACED IN DISASTER RESEARCH - ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL DISASTERS Objective: Explore and discuss key aspects and challenges from past research responses to environmental and natural disasters. SHARON CROISANT Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch DAVID LAKEY Associate Vice Chancellor for Population Health, University of Texas System (Invited) 4:00 p.m. 4:15 p.m. Discussion with Committee Members 4:30 p.m. 5:15 p.m. CLOSED SESSION 5:15 p.m. Adjourn
Thursday, April 14, 2016 CLOSED SESSION 8:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. Adjourn