Council of Councils Meeting

May 14-15, 2026

NIH Campus | Building 35A, Room 620/630/640

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May 14, 2026
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
9:00 a.m.Welcome and Opening Remarks 
Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D.
Chair, Council of Councils
NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)
Office of the Director, NIH
9:05 a.m.Reminders and Procedures
Robin I. Kawazoe
Executive Secretary, Council of Councils
Deputy Director, DPCPSI
Acting Director, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), DPCPSI
9:15 a.m.DPCPSI Director’s Report
Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D.
Chair, Council of Councils
NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Director, DPCPSI
10:00 a.m.OSC/Common Fund Concept Clearance (Revised): R3PEATS Program: Rigor, Replicability, and Reproducibility to Promote Excellence, Accuracy, and Translation in Science [Vote]
Michael F. Chiang, M.D.
Director, National Eye Institute
11:00 a.m.OSC/Common Fund Concept Clearance (Revised): Ultra-Processed Foods: Investigating Mechanisms, Prevention, and Action for Chronic Disease and Transformation (UPF-IMPACT) [Vote]
Andrew A. Bremer, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.S.
Director, Office of Nutrition Research, DPCPSI
Acting Director, Office of Dietary Supplements, DPCPSI

David Shurtleff, Ph.D.
Acting Director, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), NIH
Acting Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research, NCCIH
Acting Chief, Sensory Cells and Circuits Lab, NCCIH
12:00 p.m.Lunch Break
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
1:00 p.m.Review of Grant Applications
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
2:00 p.m.NIH Director’s Update
Council of Councils Members
2:45 p.m.Council Member Discussion
Council of Councils Members
3:45 p.m.NIH Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Implementation Strategy and Governance Structure
Rick Woychik, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to the Director, NIH
4:45 p.m.Adjourn for the Day
May 15, 2026
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
9:00 a.m.Welcome and Recap of Day 1 
Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D.
Chair, Council of Councils
NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)
Office of the Director, NIH
9:10 a.m.Overview of the ORIP S10 Shared Instrumentation Program and the NIH C06 Construction Grant Program
Monika Aggarwal, Ph.D.
Program Director, Instrumentation Grant Program, ORIP, DPCPSI

Yong Chen, Ph.D.
Program Director, C06 Construction Grant Program, ORIP, DPCPSI
10:00 a.m.Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program: Progress, Potential, and All of Us Partnership
S. Sonia Arteaga, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, ECHO Program Office, DPCPSI
10:45 a.m.Advancing Cross-NIH Science Through Shared Genomic and Real-World Data Infrastructure: Updates on All of Us and Coordination with the ECHO Program and Across NIH
Josh Denny, M.D., M.S.
Chief Executive Officer, All of Us Research Program Office, DPCPSI
11:30 a.m.Closing Remarks
Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D.
Chair, Council of Councils
NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Director, DPCPSI
11:40 a.m.Adjourn

Future Council of Councils Meetings

All meetings are scheduled to be held virtually or in NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD.

2026

2027

  • January 28-29, 2027 (Thursday, Friday)
  • May 20-21, 2027 (Thursday, Friday)
  • September 16-17, 2027 (Thursday, Friday)

2028

  • February 3-4, 2028 (Thursday, Friday)
  • May 11-12, 2028 (Thursday, Friday)
  • September 14-15, 2028 (Thursday, Friday)
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