Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting > August 21, 2024

Meeting Information

NIH Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) – Bi-Monthly Conference Call
with the Tribal Health Research Office
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET

(2:00 P.M. ET, 1:00 P.M. CT, 12:00 P.M. MT, 11:00 A.M. PT, 10:00 A.M. AKT)

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Agenda

Day 1
Time	Topic	Presenter/Facilitator
2:00 p.m.	TAC Caucus	Hermina Frias, M.P.H. TAC Chair Alicia C. Mousseau, Ph.D., M.S. TAC Co-Chair
2:30 p.m.	Roll Call and Welcome	Kendra King Bowes Project Manager Miami Environmental & Energy Solutions (MEES)
2:35 p.m.	Welcome and Opening Remarks	Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D. NIH Deputy Director, Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) Karina L. Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W. Director, Tribal Health Research Office
2:40 p.m.	Overview of June 2024 Meeting and Review Summary Report. Discussion of recent activities and developments including TAC Caucus. Review of the June 2024 TAC Summary Report Open floor for comments, suggestions, and action items Approval of the TAC summary report	Herminia Frias, M.P.H. TAC Chair Alicia C. Mousseau, Ph.D., M.S. TAC Co-Chair Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D. NIH Deputy Director, Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) Karina L. Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W. Director, Tribal Health Research Office
2:45 p.m.	Scheduling Monthly Meetings Proposal to schedule monthly meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month and add an additional ½ hour for TAC Caucus. Review TAC Calendar of Events Identify dates for the Next In-person TAC Meeting: The week of March 10th or the 17th, NIH Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana	Herminia Frias, M.P.H. TAC Chair Alicia C. Mousseau, Ph.D., M.S. TAC Co-Chair Karina L. Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W. Director, Tribal Health Research Office
2:50 p.m.	Most Effective Use of TAC and Technical Advisors’ Time Discuss strategies for maximizing the efficiency of TAC and technical advisors’ involvement in the meetings Recommendations and next steps	Herminia Frias, M.P.H. TAC Chair Alicia C. Mousseau, Ph.D., M.S. TAC Co-Chair Karina L. Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W. Director, Tribal Health Research Office
2:55 p.m.	TAC input on All of Us Research Program: National AI/AN Tribal Data Workbench Guidelines 10-minute background presentation 5-minute Q&A session	Michael Hahn Tribal Engagement Team Lead, NIH All of Us Program Naomi Aspaas Tribal Engagement Specialist, NIH All of Us Program
3:10 p.m.	TAC input on Office of Science Policy: NIH-Held Biospecimens Disposition 10-minute background presentation 5-minute Q&A session	Lyric Jorgenson, Ph.D. NIH Associate Director for Science Policy and Director for Science Policy Karina L. Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W. Director, Tribal Health Research
3:25 p.m.	THRO Updates Indigenous Data Sovereignty Policy (IDS) Summit, NIH Campus, Bethesda, Maryland, September 16-17, 2024 Traditional Medicine Summit, Washington DC, November 14-15 or 21-22, 2024 Boarding School Healing Initiative Summit, NIH Campus, Bethesda, Maryland, December 18-20, 2024	Karina L. Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W. Director, Tribal Health Research Office
3:30 p.m.	Adjournment