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Inter-agency Adult Literacy Research Group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF
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NICHD
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The purpose of this group is to address the research needs and future directions in adult and family literacy. The Department of Education is a partner with this endeavor.
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Inter-Agency Working Group on Technology Transfer
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC, FDA
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OD/OIR/OTT, OD/OER, OD/OSP
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This working group recommends opportunities for improving technology transfer (TT) from Federal laboratories, including: (i) current technology transfer programs and standards for assessing the effectiveness of these programs; (ii) new or creative approaches to technology transfer that might serve as model programs for Federal laboratories; (iii) criteria to assess the effectiveness and impact on the Nation''s economy of planned or future technology transfer efforts; (iv) an assessment of cooperative research and development venture programs; and (v) policy and guidance statements to support all Federal Agencies'' TT programs.
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Inter-Agency Working Group on the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HRSA, IHS, OS
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NIMHD, NCI, NHLBI, OD/DPCPSI
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This working group provides expert scientific guidance for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. These annual reports measure trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, patient centeredness, and efficiency of care. The reports present, in chart form, the latest available findings on quality of and access to health care.
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Inter-Society Coordinating Committee (ISCC) for Practitioner Education in Genomics
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CMS, HRSA
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NHGRI, NCI, NEI, NHLBI, NIAAA, NIAID, NIAMS, NICHD, NIDA, NIDCD, NIDCR, NIGMS, NIMH, NINDS, NINR, NLM
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This education collaborative facilitates sharing interactions among professional societies, agencies, and health systems. It intends to enhance the accrual of knowledge and skill among practitioners applying genomic results to clinical care. In its start-up phase, the ISCC focused primarily on physicians and dentists. It has since expanded to engage and collaborate with allied practitioner groups such as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, genetic counselors, and nurses comprising integrated health care teams. It will continue to add other relevant professions and add to the reviewed and searchable educational resources on its website.
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Interagency Agreement for Communications on Prevention of Underage Tobacco Use
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Public Education Campaign
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FDA
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NCI
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The FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) and the NCI Office of Communications and Education are collaborating on an Interagency Agreement in which CTP will provide funds to NCI to provide planning, formative research, target messaging, creative content, outreach strategies, and communications support for a campaign to prevent underage tobacco use as it relates to FDA’s authorities under the Tobacco Control Act. Primary focus areas include multi-ethnic journalist training and outreach; development of a partnership strategy, digital strategy, and social marketing tools; digital gaming best practices; and formation of a CTP communications workgroup comprised of subject matter experts.
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Interagency Artificial Pancreas Working Group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA
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NIDDK, NIBIB, NICHD
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The Interagency Artificial Pancreas Working Group is a group of multi-disciplined scientists and clinicians from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the NIH to support the Artificial Pancreas Initiative. The goals of this initiative are to provide infrastructure for narrowing the gap between basic biomedical knowledge and clinical application of novel technologies, and to cross-fertilize and partner with stakeholders in order to identify and overcome the clinical and scientific challenges to the development of an artificial pancreas. Through collaborative efforts, such as workshops, the group strives to develop innovative strategies to achieve their goals.
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Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF, ACL, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA
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NIMH, NICHD, NIDCD, NIEHS, NINDS
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The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) is a Federal advisory committee that coordinates all efforts within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Through its inclusion of both Federal and public members, the IACC helps to ensure that a wide range of ideas and perspectives are represented and discussed in a public forum. The committee reconvened in November 2015 to begin a new session under the Autism CARES Act.
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Interagency Biorisk Management Working Group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC, FDA, OS
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OD/OSP, NIAID
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This working group coordinates and collaborates on mechanisms to strengthen research laboratory biorisk management and to promote outreach and education programs that inform scientists, biosafety professionals, institutional officials and the public on biorisk management.
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Interagency Chemical Risk Assessment Working Group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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OS
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NINDS, NIAID
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This working group is a Department of Homeland Security led effort to determine chemical hazards and develop Chemical Risk Threat Assessment list of priority chemicals.
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Interagency Collaborative Animal Research Education (ICARE) Training Project
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Training Initiative
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FDA
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OD/OER
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The Interagency Collaborative Animal Research Education (ICARE) Academies and Train the Trainer Institutes use active learning to train participants to meet their responsibilities for animal welfare oversight. The program empowers accountability for facts and conceptual understanding of Federal standards through the study of realistic problems encountered in animal care and use programs. Faculty includes subject matter experts from biomedical research institutions and federal agencies, including NIH and USDA. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee members, staff, institutional officials, veterinarians, animal facility personnel, administrators, consultants, as well as compliance and regulatory personnel involved in the humane use of animals in research all may participate in the ICARE program.
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