Meeting Information

Bi-Monthly In-Person NIH Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting

Wednesday, June 26, 2024—Friday, June 28, 2024

National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Main Campus
Rall Building, Rodbell Room ABC
111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Durham, North Carolina

For public audience access you may join at https://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/webcasts (PC, Mac, iOS, or Android device)

Agenda

Day 1

Time

Topic

Presenter/Facilitator

7:00-9:00 p.m. ETTAC Workgroup/Tribal Listening Session Indigenous Data Sovereignty
Residence Inn, Durham McPherson Duke University Medical Center Area, McPherson Room
(In-Person Only)
TAC Members, Technical Advisors, and THRO Staff
Day 2

Time

Topic

Presenter/Facilitator

9:00 a.m.

TAC Caucus
(Closed to Public)

 

Herminia Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) 
TAC Chairperson
Delegates and Technical Advisors Only

 

10:00 a.m.  

Invocation

  • Blessing and Land Acknowledgement

Beverly Payne (Occaneechi Tribe)

 

10:10 a.m.

Introductions, Welcome, and Business

  • Roll Call and Introductions
  • Meeting Procedures
  • Review Agenda
  • Discuss Meeting Goals

Herminia Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) 
TAC Chairperson


Karina Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W.
(Choctaw Nation)
Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH

10:30 a.m.

Welcome and NIEHS Tribal Environmental Health


Group Photo (In-Person Only)

Herminia Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) 
TAC Chairperson


Karina Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W.
(Choctaw Nation)
Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH


Rick Woychik, Ph.D.
Director of the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

11:00 a.m.

NIEHS Programs

National Institutes of Health 
Environmental Justice Working Group


Environmental Health Science Core 
Centers

Women's Health Awareness

 


Academic Journey to Data Science

 

Trevor Archer, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, NIEHS


Liam O'Fallon, M.A.
Health Specialist, Population Health Branch, NIEHS

Joan Packenham, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Human Research and
Community Engagement, NIEHS


Trey Saddler, B.S. (Chippewa Cree Tribe and
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes)
Data Scientist, Predictive Toxicology Branch,
NIEHS

12:00 p.m.Lunch 
12:45 p.m.

Environmental Health Disparities Centers 
Program
 

Worker Training Program



Alliance for Community Engagement Climate and Health (ACE)

Claudia Thompson, Ph.D.
Branch Chief, Population Health Branch, NIEHS


Sharon Beard, M.S.
Branch Chief, Worker Education and Training Branch, NIEHS
 

Mary Masterson, Ph.D., M.S.
Program Director, Center for Translational Research and implementation Science, NHLBI

1:30 p.m.

Discussion with NIH Leadership

 

Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D.
NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)

Karina Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W.
(Choctaw Nation),
Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH

2:00 p.m.

Research to Action Intro

 

 

Environmental Health Literacy Software Development for the 1836 Treaty Ceded Fisheries.

  • Anishinaabe Tribe

 

Harmful algal blooms in Southeast Alaska

  • Sitka Tribe of Alaska

Liam O'Fallon, M.A.
Health Specialist, Population Health Branch,
NIEHS

 

Matt Dellinger, Ph.D., M.S.
Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Social Sciences, Institute for Health and Equity
Medical College of Wisconsin
 

Matt Gribble, Ph.D.
Associate Chief, Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine
University of California San Francisco

 

 

3:15 p.m.Break 
3:30 p.m.

Superfund Research Program Intro

 

 

Superfund Research Program


 

Water and Soil Contamination


 


Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Bioremediation using Hemp Plants

  • Mi’kmaq Nation

Michelle Heacock, Ph.D.
Branch Chief, Superfund Research Program,
NIEHS


Brittany Trottier, M.P.H.
Health Specialist, Superfund Research Program,
NIEHS
 

Ashley Lomboy (Waccamaw Siouan)
Program Director, Waccamaw Siouan STEM Studio
 

 

Nubia Zuverza-Mena, Ph.D.
Associate Agricultural Scientist
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Connecticut State Government

4:15 p.m.Closing Comments and Blessing

Karina Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W.
(Choctaw Nation)
Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH


Tyler LaPlaunt (Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians)
TAC Delegate

5:00 p.m.Adjourn 
Day 3

Time

Topic

Presenter/Facilitator

9:00 a.m.

Invocation


Welcome and Call to Order

  • Introductions
  • Recap of Day 1 and Overview of Day 2

 

Debra Danforth (Oneida Nation)
TAC Delegate

Herminia Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe)
TAC Chairperson


Karina Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W.
(Choctaw Nation)
Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH

9:15 a.m.

Chair Updates

  • Executive Order 14112
  • Access to Research Proposals and Funding Opportunities

Hermina Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe)
TAC Chairperson

Karina Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W.
(Choctaw Nation)
Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
 

TAC Members

 

9:45 a.m.

THRO Highlights

  • Indigenous Data Sovereignty
  • Boarding School Healing Initiative 
Karina Walters, Ph.D., M.S.W.
(Choctaw Nation)
Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
10:15 a.m.Tour of the NIEHS Laboratories and Clinical Research Unit
(In-Person Only)
Delegates and Technical Advisors Only
11:45 a.m.Next Steps and Discussion

Karina Walters, Ph.D. M.S.W.
(Choctaw Nation)
Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
 

Herminia Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe)
TAC Chairperson
 

TAC Members

11:55 a.m.Closing Comments and Blessing

Raymond, Loretto, D.V.M. (Jemez Pueblo)
TAC Delegate


Karina Walters, Ph.D. M.S.W.
(Choctaw Nation)
Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH

12:00 p.m.Adjourn 
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