Complete List of Activities 2020

Title Collaboration Type HHS Participating Agencies NIH Participating Institutes, Centers, and Offices Description
National Action Plan for Combating Antoibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) 2020-2025 Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force AHRQ, BARDA, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, OS NIAID The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria, 2020-2025, in development through the CARB Task Force, will outline coordinated, strategic actions that the U.S. government will take in the next five years to reduce the impact of antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance on the nation.
National Action Plan for the Elimination of multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) Other CDC NIAID, CC, FIC, NCATS, NCI, NHLBI, NIA, NIAAA, NICHD, NIDA Federal agencies involved in the National Action Plan for the Elimination of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) coordinate reporting across agencies. Annual reporting and regular updates on opportunities for cross-agency collaboration and information sharing are provided.
National Advisory Board for Medical Rehabilitation Research Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force ACL, CDC NICHD, NHLBI, NIA, NIAMS, NIDCD, NINDS, OD/DPCPSI The Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was mandated in P.L. 101-613 to establish the National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research. The Board advises the directors of the NIH, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and NICHD's National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) on matters and policies relating to the NCMRR's programs. The Board is comprised of 12 members representing health and scientific disciplines related to medical rehabilitation and six members representing persons with disabilities.
National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters (NAACD) Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force CDC, FDA, HRSA, ASPR NICHD, NIEHS The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) is responsible for a wide range of activities that include monitoring for emerging issues and concerns as they relate to medical and public health preparedness and response; developing, overseeing, and providing guidance for implementation of national preparedness goals for disasters of all types at the federal, state and local levels; identifying, conducting responses to, and recovery from public health and medical emergencies; assisting other federal agencies responsible for aspects of planning for, responding to, and recovering from public health emergencies; and taking into account the special physical, psychological, emotional, and behavioral needs of children. On behalf of HHS, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) leads public health and medical planning for, response to, and recovery from disasters and public health emergencies in accordance with the National Response Framework Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8 (Public Health and Medical Services). Additionally, the federal responsibilities and partnerships described in ESF #6 (Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing, and Human Services) and the Health and Social Services Recovery Support Function are critical to comprehensive consideration of issues related to children and disasters. The NACCD shall provide advice and consultation to the Secretary of HHS to assist him in carrying out these and related activities as they pertain to the unique needs of children in preparation for, responses to, and recovery from disasters.The NACCD shall evaluate issues and programs and provide findings, advice, and recommendations to the Secretary of HHS in accordance with FACA to support and enhance all-hazards public health and medical preparedness, response activities, and recovery aimed at meeting the unique needs of children, in a developmentally and socially appropriate manner, across the entire spectrum of their physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral wellbeing.
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry Resource Development ATSDR, CDC NINDS The National ALS Registry is a congressionally mandated registry for persons in the US with ALS. It is the only population-based registry in the US that collects information to help scientists learn more about who gets ALS and its causes.
National Cancer Institute and HRSA Office of Women’s Health
Cervical Cancer Moonshot Roundtable Series:
Creating Capacity to Reduce Systems Barriers in Rural and Underserved Settings 		Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force OASH, HRSA NCI Staff in the Healthcare Delivery Research program supports the HRSA Office of Women’s Health (OWH) and the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, Office of Population Affairs (OASH OPA) to co-sponsor an HPV and Cervical Cancer Roundtable series of meetings to support cervical cancer guideline adoption and accelerate cervical cancer control. This multi-agency approach to increasing cervical cancer screening will fund: 1) a literature review to inform written materials for a three-meeting Roundtable series, which will define current practices and needs in cervical cancer prevention and screening and treatment at HRSA-supported health care settings and other safety-net settings of care; 2) information dissemination training webinars to highlight prevention and treatment clinical recommendations for safety-net settings of care; 3) a survey of cancer center directors to understand cancer centers' ongoing collaboration with HRSA-funded clinics, and 4) provider-facing technical assistance resources (i.e., web-based toolkit). This project is consistent with high-priority areas in the recommendations of the 2016 NCI Cervical Cancer Moonshot Team of experts that advise the NCI’s National Cancer Advisory Board.
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Patient-focused Therapeutics Development Toolkit Resource Development FDA NCATS NCATS is dedicated to engaging the patient community throughout the translational science process. The NCATS Toolkit for Patient-Focused Therapy Development (Toolkit) was created to provide a collection of online resources that can help patient groups advance through the process of therapy development and provide them with the tools they need to advance medical research.
National Clinical Care Commission (NCCC) Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS NIDDK The National Clinical Care Commission (NCCC) evaluates and provides recommendations on the coordination and leveraging of federal programs related to complex metabolic or autoimmune diseases that result from insulin-related issues and represent a significant disease burden in the United States, including complications due to such diseases. The Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) provides guidance and oversight for the Commission’s function and activities. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) will provide management and support services for the Commission’s activities. The NCCC will conduct activities until October 2021.
National Coalition for Oversite of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (NCOART) Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force CDC, FDA NICHD The National Coalition for Oversight of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (NCOART) has become a successful forum for discussion of issues by organizations involved in the assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in the United States.
National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) Research Initiative CDC NICHD, NCI, NHLBI, NIDDK, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR, ODP The mission of the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research is to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and application of childhood obesity research, and to halt -- and reverse -- childhood obesity through enhanced coordination and collaboration.

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