NIH’s Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) held its most recent meeting on June 13 and 14, 2024. As detailed in its Charter, ACD Members provide recommendations on program development, resource allocation, NIH administrative regulation, and other aspects of NIH policy.
For daily agendas and the full list of meeting materials, check the June 13-14, 2024 section of the ACD Meetings page. Find video recordings of the ACD presentations at:
- Advisory Committee to the Director—June 2024 (Day 1)
- Advisory Committee to the Director—June 2024 (Day 2)
NIAID’s extramural research community may be especially interested in the following topics:
- NIH Director’s Report, Budget Update, and Legislative Update, presented by Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, NIH Director; Neil Shapiro, Associate Director of Budget; and Kate Klimczak, Associate Director of the Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis (video begins at 0:05:40 of the Day 1 videocast)
- Overview of Women’s Health Research and Policies Across NIH and NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health: Initiatives, Policies, and Updates, presented by Dr. Tara Schwetz, NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, and Dr. Janine Clayton, Director of NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health (video begins at 3:13:20 of the Day 1 videocast)
- Establishing a Network for Research in Primary Care Settings, presented by Dr. Monica Bertagnolli and Dr. Tara Schwetz (video begins at 3:50:00 of the Day 1 videocast)
- Building and Maintaining Data Communities at NIH, presented by Dr. Monica Bertagnolli (video begins at 2:00:05 of the Day 2 videocast)
The meeting also covered the following topics:
- UNITE Progress Report for Fiscal Years 2023-2024
- The NIH BRAIN Initiative: Accelerating Discovery Toward Cures
- INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE (INCLUDE) Project Update
- Creation of ACD Working Group for CIT
- Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative Update
- Creation of AI Working Group
The next ACD meeting will be held December 12 and 13, 2024. Monitor the ACD Meetings page for updates, e.g., agenda and videocast links.