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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

Advisory Council 72nd Meeting

Date: September 20, 2019 - 10:00 a.m. ET to 3:20 p.m. ET

Porter Building 35, Room 620/630 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892

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Event Description

You will be able to view the Open Session at https://videocast.nih.gov when the event is live.

Closed Session

 
8:30 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 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).
9:45 a.m.Break

Open Session

 
10:00 a.m.

Call to Order and Brief Review of Council Operating Procedures

Partap Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.

10:15 a.m.

NCCIH Director’s Welcome and NCCIH Report

Helene M. Langevin, M.D.

10:45 a.m.

NCCIH Epidemiology Report – Analyses of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Barbara Stussman, B.A.

11:15 a.m.

Concept Clearances

1) Open-Access Repository/Database for Anatomical and Physiological Ontology of Acupoints
Wen Chen, M.M.Sc., Ph.D.

2) High Program Priority Initiatives for Basic and Mechanistic Studies of Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches
Wen Chen, M.M.Sc., Ph.D.

3) Clinical Trials Initiative for Intervention Development and Testing
Wendy Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

11:50 a.m.

NCCIH Recognition of Council Service

Steven George, P.T., Ph.D.
Bin He, Ph.D.
Patricia Herman, N.D., Ph.D.
Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, Ph.D.
Cynthia Price, Ph.D.

NOONLunch
1:00 p.m.

Symposium on NCCIH Strategic Plan

Introduction – Helene M. Langevin, M.D.
Portfolio Analysis Based on the 2016-2020 Plan – Angela Arensdorf, Ph.D.
NCCIH 2020 Vision – Helene M. Langevin, M.D.
Overview of Strategic Planning Process – Mary Beth Kester, M.S.
General Discussion by Council

3:15 p.m.Public Comment
3:20 p.m.Adjourn

Speakers

Angela Arensdorf, Ph.D.
Health Science Policy Analyst, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH 
Bethesda, Maryland

Wen Chen, M.M.Sc., Ph.D. 
Branch Chief, Basic and Mechanistic Research Branch
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH 
Bethesda, Maryland

Mary Beth Kester, M.S.
Director
Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Partap Khalsa, D.C., Ph.D.
Executive Secretary, NACCIH
Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH 
Bethesda, Maryland

Helene M. Langevin, M.D.
Director
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH 
Bethesda, Maryland

Barbara Stussman, B.A.
Survey Statistician
Office of the Director
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH 
Bethesda, Maryland

Wendy Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Chief, Clinical Research Branch
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH 
Bethesda, Maryland