Council of Councils Meeting

September 12-13, 2024

NIH Campus, Building 35A (Porter)/Room 620/630
Bethesda, Maryland

Meeting Minutes

September 12 videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=55087
September 13 videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=55088

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Agenda

September 12, 2024
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
9:00 a.m.Welcome and Opening Remarks  
Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D.  
NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, and 
Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)
Office of the Director, NIH
9:05 a.m.Reminders and Procedures
Franziska B. Grieder, D.V.M., Ph.D. 
Executive Secretary, Council of Councils
Director, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), DPCPSI
9:15 a.m.DPCPSI Updates
Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D. 
NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, and
Director, DPCPSI
9:45 a.m.

ORIP Concept Clearance (Reissue): National Primate Research Centers Program [Vote]
Bettina Buhring, Ph.D.
Program Director, Division of Comparative Medicine, ORIP, DPCPSI

10:15 a.m.

OBSSR Concept Clearance (New): Resource and Capacity Building to Advance the Science of Aggression Across Species and Disciplines [Vote]
Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz, Ph.D.
Social & Behavioral Scientist Administrator, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), DPCPSI

11:00 a.m.BREAK
11:15 a.m.NIH Update
Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Principal Deputy Director, NIH
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
12:00 p.m.Closed Session
1:00 p.m.LUNCH
2:00 p.m.Council Photo
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
2:15 p.m.All of Us Research Program: Key Updates including New Data Release 
Josh Denny, M.D., M.S.
Chief Executive Officer, All of Us Research Program 
3:00 p.m.

All of Us Reflection and Advancement Working Group Report [Vote] 
Russ B. Altman, M.D., Ph.D. 
Kenneth Fong Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical Data Science, and Computer Science, Stanford University, and 
Chair, All of Us Research Program Advisory Panel (a Working Group of the Council of Councils)

3:30 p.m.

Review/Vote on the Council Operating Procedures
Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D. 
NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, and
Director, DPCPSI

3:45 pmADJOURN FOR THE DAY
September 13, 2024
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
9:00 a.m.Welcome 
Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D. 
NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, and
Director, DPCPSI
9:10 a.m.

ECHO Concept Clearance (New): Expanding Access to ECHO Cohort Data and Biospecimens through X01 [Vote]
Leslie Thompson, Ph.D.
Health Science Policy Analyst, Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program

9:55 a.m.

ECHO Concept Clearance (Reissue): Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants for the Analysis of Publicly Accessible ECHO Data [Vote]
Clay Mash, Ph.D.
Cohort Program Officer, ECHO

10:25 a.m.BREAK
10:35 a.m.

OBSSR Concept Clearance (Renewal): Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies and Approaches in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R25 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) [Vote]
Erica Spotts, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator, OBSSR, DPCPSI

11:05 a.m.Common Fund Venture Program Update 
Douglas Sheeley, Sc.D.
Acting Director, Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC), DPCPSI
11:45 a.m.

OSC Concept Clearance (New): Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Stage 2 [Vote]
Bruce Tromberg, Ph.D., Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, and 
Kathleen Neuzil, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Fogarty International Center

12:30 p.m.Closing Remarks
12:35 p.m.ADJOURN

Future Council of Councils Meetings

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

2025

  • February 6–7, 2025 (Thursday, Friday)
  • May 29–30, 2025 (Thursday, Friday)
  • September 11–12, 2025 (Thursday, Friday)

2026

  • January 29-30, 2026 (Thursday, Friday)
  • May 14-15, 2026 (Thursday, Friday)
  • September 10-11, 2026 (Thursday, Friday)
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