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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

Advisory Council 94th Meeting

Date: September 11, 2026 - 12:45 p.m. ET to 5:00 p.m. ET

Virtual; Registration is not required

NIH VideoCast

Event Description

Closed Session

10:00 a.m.This session of the meeting is closed to the public in accordance with the provisions in Sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C., and Section 1009 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1014).
NoonLUNCH BREAK

Open Session

12:45 p.m.Call to Order 
Martina Schmidt, Ph.D.
1:00 p.m.Introduction, background, and vision for the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) from its recently appointed director
Wendy J. Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
1:30 p.m.National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) Director’s Welcome and NCCIH Report     
Wendy J. Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
2:15 p.m.Office of Research Innovation, Validation, and Application (ORIVA)
Warren Casey, Ph.D.   
2:45 p.m.BREAK
2:55 p.m.

NIH Common Fund Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI)

  • Introductions
    Lanay Mudd, Ph.D.
  • Bridge2AI: Advancing the Use of AI for Biomedical and Behavioral Research and Healthcare
    Alex Bui, Ph.D.
  • AI-READI: Dataset for Studying Salutogenesis and Whole-Person Health
    Aaron Lee, M.D., M.S.C.I.
  • Toward a Complete Map of Human Cell Biology: The Cell Maps 4 AI Common Fund Project
    Trey Ideker, Ph.D.
  • Bridge2AI-Voice: Understanding the Impact of Demographics and Whole Person Health on Voice and Speech
    Yael Bensoussan, M.D.
  • Bridge2AI CHoRUS for Clinical Care AI: A Real-World Physiome and Data Workbench
    Eric Rosenthal, M.D.
4:15 p.m.

NCCIH Division of Intramural Research Update
David Shurtleff, Ph.D.

An Intra-Amygdala Circuit for the Transition to Chronic Pain
Yarimar Carrasquillo, Ph.D.

4:55 p.m.Concept - TBA
5:05 p.m.Acknowledgment of Received Public Comments
5:15 p.m.ADJOURN

FUTURE MEETINGS: January 22, 2027; May 14, 2027; September 17, 2027; January 28, 2028; May 19, 2028; September 15, 2028

SPEAKERS:

Yael Bensoussan, M.D.
Assistant Professor 
Department of Otolaryngology
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

Alex Bui, Ph.D.
Director
Medical & Imaging Informatics Group
Professor
Departments of Radiological Sciences, Bioengineering & Bioinformatics
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Yarimar Carrasquillo, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator
Behavioral Neurocircuitry and Cellular Plasticity
Division of Intramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Warren Casey, Ph.D.
Inaugural Director
Office of Research Innovation, Validation, and Application (ORIVA), NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Trey Ideker, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
Director, Big Data Institute and Professor, Nuffield Departments of Population Health & Medicine
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom

Aaron Y. Lee, M.D., M.S.C.I.
Professor and Chair
Arthur W. Stickle Distinguished Professor
The Hardesty Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences 
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri

Lanay Mudd, Ph.D.
Acting Chief
Clinical Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Branch
Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Eric Rosenthal, M.D.
Director of Digital and Intelligent Health
Mass General Brigham Neurosciences Institute
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts 

Martina Schmidt, Ph.D.
Executive Secretary
National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health
Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

David Shurtleff, Ph.D.
Acting Director
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Wendy J. Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Acting Deputy Director
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland