Title Collaboration Type HHS Participating Agencies NIH Participating Institutes, Centers, and Offices Description
Influenza Risk Management Meeting Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force CDC, FDA, OS NIAID The Influenza Risk Management Meetings provide members including the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority(BARDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)) with a venue to discuss issues relating to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) response to pandemic influenza. Subjects for discussion include but are not limited to considerations of vaccine and antiviral stockpiles and clinical trial response to influenza outbreaks such as H7N9 and H3N2v.
Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Systems (IRAS) Interagency Working Group Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force AHRQ, OS NICHD, NEI, NIA, NIBIB, NINDS, NINR The IRAS Interagency Working Group coordinates Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program research and development programs, budgets, and policy recommendations, focusing on the advancement of intelligent robotics and autonomous systems that complement, augment, enhance, or emulate human physical capabilities or embodied human intelligence. This includes identifying and pursuing current and emerging topics of mutual interest to the member agencies; launching of task forces to examine specific timely research topics and opportunities; coordinating major interagency outreach activities; and facilitating the development and sharing of data, models, software tools, and testbeds among NITRD agencies and stakeholders.
Inter-Agency Working Group on Technology Transfer Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force CDC, FDA OD/OIR/OTT, OD/OIR This working group recommends opportunities for improving technology transfer (TT) from Federal laboratories, including: (1) current technology transfer programs and standards for assessing the effectiveness of these programs; (2) new or creative approaches to technology transfer that might serve as model programs for Federal laboratories; (3) criteria to assess the effectiveness and impact on the Nation''s economy of planned or future technology transfer efforts; (4) an assessment of cooperative research and development venture programs; and (5) policy and guidance statements to support all Federal Agencies'' TT programs.
Inter-Agency Working Group on the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force ACF, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HRSA, IHS, OS NIMHD, NCI, NHLBI, OD/DPCPSI 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.
Inter-Society Coordinating Committee (ISCC) for Practitioner Education in Genomics Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force AHRQ, CDC, CMS, HRSA NHGRI, NCI, NEI, NHLBI, NIAAA, NIAID, NIAMS, NICHD, NIDA, NIDCD, NIDCR, NIGMS, NIMH, NINDS, NINR, NLM 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.
Interagency Adult Literacy Research Group Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force ACF NICHD This is an intra-government, trans-agency group shares updates on research relevant to adults with lower literacy skills (i.e., reading and writing) as well as practices and programs that are being implemented to assist these learners in various agencies. The goal is for staff and corresponding agencies to be informed of broader efforts occurring around adult literacy within the federal government and to keep abreast of research and promising programs that might inform their work.
Interagency Agreement with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Other FDA NIAID Interagency Agreement with FDA to determine antibody signatures to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and vaccination to identify correlates of protection.
Interagency Artificial Pancreas Working Group Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force FDA NIDDK, NIBIB, NICHD The Interagency Artificial Pancreas Working Group is a group of multi-disciplined scientists and clinicians from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (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.
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force ACF, ACL, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS NIMH, NICHD, NIDCD, NIEHS, NINDS 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.
Interagency Biodefense Working Group Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force CDC, FDA, OS OD/OSP, NIAID, NIEHS, OD/OM/OB, OD/ORS Coordinates implementation of the U.S. National Biodefense Strategy and Presidential Memorandum on the Support for Biodefense towards an integrated, comprehensive approach to manage biodefense activities in support of the broader biodefense enterprise.