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Understanding and Identifying the Needs for Medical Devices
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA
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NCATS
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The Institute of Medicine Rare Diseases and Orphan Products 2010 Report recommended that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) perform an assessment of unmet devices needs, and determine the impediments, and options for overcoming these impediments. The assessment was completed and analyzed in 2017. A manuscript and report have been written and will be published soon. The assessment will document examples of compelling unmet needs across sections of medical specialties. Collaborating are the Office of Rare Diseases Research at the National Center for Translational Science (NCATS), and the Office of Orphan Product Development and other parts of the FDA.
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Unified Medical Language System Metathesaurus (UMLS)
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Resource Development
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AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA
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NLM
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Unified Medical Language System (UMLS®) facilitates the development of computer systems that behave as if they understand the meaning of the language of biomedicine and health. To that end, NLM produces and distributes the UMLS Knowledge Sources (databases) and associated software tools (programs) for use by system developers in building or enhancing electronic information systems that create, process, retrieve, integrate, and/or aggregate biomedical and health data and information, as well as in informatics research. By design, the UMLS Knowledge Sources are multi-purpose.
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United States Breastfeeding Committee
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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AHRQ, CDC, HRSA
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NICHD
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The United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) is an independent nonprofit coalition of more than 100 influential professional, educational, and governmental organizations that share a common mission to drive collaborative efforts for policy and practices that create a landscape of breastfeeding support across the United States.
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United States Government Children in Adversity Working Group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF, CDC, FDA
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NICHD, FIC, NIEHS, NIMH
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The United States Government (USG) Children in Adversity Working Group (WG) is a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-led,USG-wide working group aimed at coordinating USG activities focused on at-risk children globally in accordance with Public Law 109-95.
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United States Government Global Nutrition Coordination Plan
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC, FDA
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NICHD
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The purpose of the US Government Global Nutrition Coordination Plan is to strengthen the impact of the many diverse nutrition investments across the US Government through better communication and collaboration and through linking research to program implementation. Through coordination mechanisms, the US Government will maximize its support to country-led programs, continue its global leadership and partnerships, and generate, share, and apply knowledge and evidence in the nutrition sector in order to accelerate progress toward shared nutrition goals. The US Government is committed to improving nutrition throughout the world in order to enhance health, productivity, and human potential.
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Urine biomarkers and risk of lung cancer in the Sisters Study
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Research Initiative
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CDC, FDA
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NCI
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is using urine samples from the Sisters study cohort National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences(NIEHS) and the laboratory resources of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) funding to examine urine biomarkers of tobacco exposure and risk of lung cancer in a prospective study.
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US Agency for International Development Antiretroviral Optimization Program Advisory Committee (USAID ART Optimization PAC)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC, FDA
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NIAID
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The goal of the USAID Project Advisory Committee is to guide USAID''s efforts in the area of ART optimization as part of their Cooperative Agreement "Antiretroviral Therapy Simplification – Drug Regimen,” which was awarded to Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute with a total estimated ceiling of $50.2 million over five years (October 2015 to October 2020). The Committee has members from the US government, WHO, UNITAID, Paediatric European Network for Treatment of AIDS, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Gates Foundation, Global Fund, university clinical programs, and community representatives. Industry representatives provide background information without sitting on the Project Advisory Committee.
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US Government Inter agency Working Group on Nanotechnology Environmental, and Health Implications (NEHI), of the Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology Subcommittee (NSET) of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC, FDA
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NCI, NIEHS
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The Nanoscale Science, Engineering, and Technology (NSET) Subcommittee and Nanotechnology Environmental, and Health Implications (NEHI) Working Group provide leadership in establishing the national nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety research agenda and in communicating data and information related to environmental and health aspects of nanotechnology between National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) agencies and with the public. NNI activities support the development of new tools and methods required for the research that will enable risk analysis and assist in regulatory decision-making. NNI agencies engage and interact with regional, state, and local groups, educational institutions, industry-supported groups, and non-governmental organizations to enhance the impact and value of NNI efforts and to provide a collaborative approach.
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US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
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Resource Development
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AHRQ
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OD/DPCPSI/ODP, NCI
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The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is an independent panel of non-Federal experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine. The USPSTF uses information from systematic evidence reviews to make recommendations for a broad range of clinical preventive health care services (such as screening, counseling, and preventive medications) that are delivered in or referred from primary care practice. USPSTF recommendations are developed for primary care clinicians, health systems, and policy-makers, and published in the form of "Recommendation Statements."
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has been authorized by the US Congress to convene the Task Force and to provide ongoing scientific, administrative, and dissemination support to the Task Force. The NIH Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) works closely with AHRQ and the USPSTF to provide scientific input from NIH Institutes and Centers on draft research plans, draft evidence reviews, and draft recommendation statements. The ODP also disseminates information to NIH Institutes and Centers about high-priority evidence gaps for clinical preventive services that have been identified by the USPSTF.
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US Public Health Service (USPHS) Physicians Professional Advisory Committee (PPAC)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF, ACL, AHRQ, ATSDR, BARDA, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OS, OSG, SAMHSA
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NIAID
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The purpose of this committee is to provide advice and consultation to the Surgeon General on issues relating to the professional practice and personnel activities, civil service, and Commissioned Corps of the Medical Category. The committee provides advisory assistance to the Chief Professional Officer and to the Agency and/or Program Heads of the USPHS and to non-PHS programs that routinely use USPHS personnel.
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