/ en Thu, 12 Mar 26 07:18:30 -0400 /about-nih/nih-director/nih-scientific-freedom-lecture-series <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH Scientific Freedom Lecture Series </span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>hillerjm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2026-03-12T07:18:30-04:00" title="Thursday, March 12, 2026 - 07:18" class="datetime">Thu, 03/12/2026 - 07:18</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>This lecture series is designed to promote the principles of gold standard science by providing a formal venue for thoughtful discussion of complex scientific topics. Each session will highlight areas where important scientific issues have generated significant scholarly debate, with the aim of fostering a culture grounded in evidence, integrity, and respectful exchange.  </p> <p>Seminars will be held in person in  the Clinical Center (Building 10), Masur Auditorium. They will also be livestreamed on NIH VideoCast. </p> <p>For questions or special accommodations email <span><span><a href="mailto:empo@nih.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:empo@nih.gov">empo@nih.gov</a>.</span></span></p> <h2>2026–2027 Schedule </h2> <p><strong>Friday, March 20<br> 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. ET </strong><br> <span><span>Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19</span></span><br> Matt Ridley, DPhil <br> <a href="https://videocast.nih.gov/watch/244438a5-0e6b-11f1-9f14-124f0a52e769">VideoCast link</a> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:18:30 +0000 hillerjm 21826 at /nih-director-statements <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH Director Statements</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardsonm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-05-07T14:23:54-04:00" title="Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 14:23" class="datetime">Wed, 05/07/2025 - 14:23</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><ul> <li><a href="/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements">All</a></li> <li><a href="/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements?2025">2025</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--view paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="field field--name-field-view field--type-viewfield field--label-hidden"> <div class="field__item field__item-label-hidden"> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-81377765ce3bd11430585fc1cdc6c333a8ec18ccfd923ce97798c0abd99ec034"> <div> <ul class="teaser-list"> <li class="teaser teaser--borderless teaser--3col teaser--sans-serif-heading"><a class="teaser__container teaser__container--clickable link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="/news-events/news-releases/nih-funded-ai-model-predicts-cancer-survival-single-cell-tumor-data"> <div class="teaser__header"> <h3 class="teaser__heading">NIH-funded AI model predicts cancer survival from single-cell tumor data </h3> </div> <div class="teaser__media"> <div class="teaser__img"> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_900x527/public/2026-04/20260421-melanoma.jpeg?itok=8DTCi1qc 1x" width="900" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_900x527/public/2026-04/20260421-melanoma.jpeg?itok=8DTCi1qc" alt="Microscope view of malignant melanoma "/> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="teaser__body">April 21, 2026 — Study links specific cell populations to patient risk in melanoma and liver cancer.</div> </a> </li> <li class="teaser teaser--borderless teaser--3col teaser--sans-serif-heading"><a class="teaser__container teaser__container--clickable link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="/news-events/news-releases/dr-jonathan-m-green-selected-ceo-nih-clinical-center"> <div class="teaser__header"> <h3 class="teaser__heading">Dr. Jonathan M. Green selected as CEO of the NIH Clinical Center </h3> </div> <div class="teaser__media"> <div class="teaser__img"> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_900x527/public/2026-04/20260421-jonathan-green-thumb.jpg?itok=SGDtMk0Y 1x" width="900" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_900x527/public/2026-04/20260421-jonathan-green-thumb.jpg?itok=SGDtMk0Y" alt="Image of Dr. Jonathan M. Green"/> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="teaser__body">April 21, 2026 — The NIH Clinical Center is the largest research hospital in the world.</div> </a> </li> <li class="teaser teaser--borderless teaser--3col teaser--sans-serif-heading"><a class="teaser__container teaser__container--clickable link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="/news-events/news-releases/nih-funded-breakthrough-shrinks-crispr-precision-delivery-body"> <div class="teaser__header"> <h3 class="teaser__heading">NIH-funded breakthrough shrinks CRISPR for precision delivery in the body</h3> </div> <div class="teaser__media"> <div class="teaser__img"> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_900x527/public/2026-04/20260413-dna.jpg?itok=_GWC61ny 1x" width="900" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_900x527/public/2026-04/20260413-dna.jpg?itok=_GWC61ny" alt="DNA double helix under a magnifying glass, symbolizing genetic engineering and gene manipulation. CRISPR technology, genome editing, molecular biotechnology, genetic science research, gene therapy. "/> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="teaser__body">April 13, 2026 — Smaller gene-editing system could expand treatment options for cancer, ALS and other diseases. </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <footer> <p class="margin-top-0 margin-bottom-6 position-relative top-neg-1"><a class="usa-button usa-button--outline" href="/news-events/news-releases">All news releases »</a></p> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 07 May 2025 18:23:54 +0000 richardsonm 18796 at /accelerating-access-research-results-new-implementation-date-2024-nih-public-access-policy <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Accelerating Access to Research Results: New Implementation Date for the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>hillerjm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-05-05T11:34:38-04:00" title="Monday, May 5, 2025 - 11:34" class="datetime">Mon, 05/05/2025 - 11:34</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>I am excited to announce that one of my first actions as NIH Director is pushing the accelerator on policies to make NIH research findings freely and quickly available to the public. The 2024 Public Access Policy, originally slated to go into effect on December 31, 2025, <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-101.html">will now be effective as of July 1, 2025</a>.</p> <p>To be clear, maximum transparency regarding the research we support is our default position. Since the release of NIH’s 2008 Public Access Policy, more than 1.5 million articles reporting on NIH-supported research have been made freely available to the public through PubMed Central. While the 2008 Policy allowed for an up to 12-month delay before such articles were required to be made publicly available, in 2024, NIH revised the Public Access Policy to remove the embargo period so that researchers, students, and members of the public have rapid access to these findings.</p> <p>NIH is the crown jewel of the American biomedical research system.  However, a recent <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2024/11/14/public-trust-in-scientists-and-views-on-their-role-in-policymaking/">Pew Research Center study</a> shows that only about 25% of Americans have a “great deal of confidence” that scientists are working for the public good.  Earlier implementation of the Public Access Policy will help increase public confidence in the research we fund while also ensuring that the investments made by taxpayers produce replicable, reproducible, and generalizable results that benefit all Americans.   </p> <p>Providing speedy public access to NIH-funded results is just one of the ways we are working to earn back the trust of the American people. Trust in science is an essential element in Making America Healthy Again.  As such, NIH and its research partners will continue to promote maximum transparency in all that we do.    </p> <p>Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.<br> Director, ľ��ֱ��</p> <p> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-publish-date"> <div class="field field--name-field-publish-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Publish date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-04-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Wed, 04/30/2025 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 05 May 2025 15:34:38 +0000 hillerjm 18751 at /nih-reviews-policies-promote-academic-freedom <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH Reviews Policies to Promote Academic Freedom</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>hillerjm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-05-05T11:29:15-04:00" title="Monday, May 5, 2025 - 11:29" class="datetime">Mon, 05/05/2025 - 11:29</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>One of my key priorities as NIH Director is to foster a culture in which scientists are incentivized to engage in open, academic discourse in pursuit of NIH’s mission to seek fundamental knowledge and improve the health of all Americans. Open debate is the cornerstone of scientific progress as interrogating evidence and challenging the status quo are essential for ensuring scientific rigor and meaningful results.</p> <p>Starting today, NIH will undertake a comprehensive review of all policies and practices within its Intramural Research Program (IRP) to establish academic freedom as the rule and not the exception. With principles of academic freedom in place, NIH scientists can be certain they are afforded the ability to engage in open, academic discourse as part of their official duties and in their personal capacities without risk of official interference, professional disadvantage or workplace retaliation.</p> <p>NIH policies have always supported the public dissemination of research. However, academic freedom matters most in the edge cases where scientists are pursuing evidence that others find inconvenient or objectionable. By prioritizing academic freedom across the agency, we can work to restore public trust in NIH’s ability to carry out its mission.</p> <p><strong>Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.</strong><br> Director, ľ��ֱ��</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-meta-tags"> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-publish-date"> <div class="field field--name-field-publish-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Publish date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-04-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Thu, 04/24/2025 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 05 May 2025 15:29:15 +0000 hillerjm 18746 at /about-nih/nih-director/previous-nih-directors <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Previous NIH Directors</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardsonm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-04-07T09:34:09-04:00" title="Monday, April 7, 2025 - 09:34" class="datetime">Mon, 04/07/2025 - 09:34</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/leadership/nih-directors/matthew-j-memoli-md-ms">Matthew J. Memoli</a><br> Acting Director, January 21, 2025 — March 31, 2025</p> <p><a href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/monica-m-bertagnolli-md">Monica M. Bertagnolli, M.D.</a><br> Director, November 9, 2023 – January 17, 2025</p> <p><a href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/lawrence-tabak-dds-phd">Lawrence A. Tabak</a><br> Acting Director, December 20, 2021 – November 8, 2023</p> <p><a href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/francis-s-collins-md-phd">Francis S. Collins</a><br> Director, August 17, 2009 – December 19, 2021</p> <p><a href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/raynard-s-kington-md">Raynard S. Kington</a><br> Acting Director, October 31, 2008 – August 16, 2009</p> <p><a href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/elias-zerhouni-md">Elias A. Zerhouni</a><br> Director, May 2, 2002 – October 31, 2008</p> <p><a href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/ruth-kirschstein-md">Ruth L. Kirschstein</a><br> Acting Director, January 1, 2000 – May 2, 2002</p> <p><a href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/harold-e-varmus-md">Harold E. Varmus</a><br> Director, November 23, 1993 – December 31, 1999</p> <p><a class="usa-button" href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/nih-directors">More Previous NIH Directors</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:34:09 +0000 richardsonm 18146 at /scientific-management-review-board/reports <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Reports</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-03-05T15:26:58-05:00" title="Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - 15:26" class="datetime">Wed, 03/05/2025 - 15:26</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The below documents are currently being made 508 compliant and will be available shortly. If you need an accessible version, please email <a href="mailto:michaela.mueller@luminacorps.com">michaela.mueller@luminacorps.com</a>. </p> <ul> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/201011-report-deliberating-organizational-change-effectiveness-colorcorex.pdf">Report on Deliberating Organizational Change and Effectiveness </a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/201011-report-substance-use-abuse-addiction-colorcorex.pdf">Report on Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction Research at NIH </a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/201012-report-clinical-center-smrb-508.pdf">Report on the NIH Clinical Center</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/201012-report-translational-medicine-therapeutics-508.pdf">Report on Translational Medicine and Therapeutics</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/201308-report-optimizing-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-technology-transfer-programs-508.pdf">Report on Optimizing the NIH Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/201303-report-approaches-assess-value-biomedical-research-footer-wg-508.pdf">The Scientific Management Review Board has issued a new report on the Approaches to Assess the Value of Biomedical Research</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/201501-report-on-pre-college-engagement-in-biomedical-science.pdf">Report on Pre-College Engagement in Biomedical Science</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/201507-report-on-streamlining-the-nih-grant-review-award-and-management-process.pdf">Report on Streamlining the NIH Grant Review, Award, and Management Process</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:26:58 +0000 richardb 15286 at /scientific-management-review-board/contact-information <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Contact Information</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-03-05T15:24:50-05:00" title="Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - 15:24" class="datetime">Wed, 03/05/2025 - 15:24</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Immediate Office of the Director<br> ľ��ֱ��<br> One Center Drive<br> Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0147<br> Phone: 301-496-2433<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:odsmrb@od.nih.gov">odsmrb@od.nih.gov</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:24:50 +0000 richardb 15281 at /scientific-management-review-board/meetings <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Meetings</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-03-05T14:51:07-05:00" title="Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - 14:51" class="datetime">Wed, 03/05/2025 - 14:51</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>Upcoming Meetings</h2> <p>There are currently no meetings.</p> <h2>Past Meetings</h2> <h3>January 10, 2025</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20250110-agenda.pdf">Agenda</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29701/office-of-the-director-notice-of-meeting">Federal Register Notice</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20250110-Next-Steps-SMRB-Presentation-rev.pdf">SMRB Next Steps</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20250110-prior-report-presentation.pdf">Review of Prior SMRB Report on Deliberating Organizational Change and Effectiveness</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20250110-recommendations-accomplishments-presentation.pdf">Review of Major Prior SMRB Recommendations and Accomplishments</a></li> </ul> <h3>November 12, 2024</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/2021112-smrb-public-agenda.pdf">Agenda</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/18/2024-24125/office-of-the-director-notice-of-meeting" target="_blank">Federal Register Notice</a></li> <li><a href="https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=55357">Meeting Recording</a></li> </ul> <p>Presentations</p> <ul> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20241112-overview-charge.pdf">Overview of NIH and SMRB Charge</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20241112-smrb-overview.pdf">SMRB Overview</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20241112-smrb-budget-overview.pdf">Budget Overview</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20241112-history.pdf">SMRB History</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20241112-organizational-change-report.pdf">Review Previous SMRB Report on Deliberating Organizational Change and Effectiveness</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20241112-current-legislative-proposals-SMRB.pdf">Current Legislative Proposals for NIH Optimization</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-03/20241112-chair-closing-remarks.pdf">Closing Remarks</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:51:07 +0000 richardb 15276 at /scientific-management-review-board/members <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Members</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-03-05T14:41:55-05:00" title="Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - 14:41" class="datetime">Wed, 03/05/2025 - 14:41</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>Chair</h3> <p>Andrea Hayes Dixon, M.D. <em>(06/30/2026)</em><br> Dean of the College of Medicine<br> Howard University, Washington, D.C.</p> <h3>Members</h3> <ul class="list--multicol list--multicol-2 usa-list--unstyled"> <li>Gilda A. Barabino, Ph.D. <em>(06/30/2029)</em><br> President and Professor<br> Olin College of Engineering, Needham, Massachusetts</li> <li> <p>Allison Brashear, M.D. <em>(06/30/2029)</em><br> Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences<br> University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York</p> </li> <li> <p>Lisa A. Cassis, Ph.D. <em>(06/30/2027)</em><br> Vice President for Research<br> University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky</p> </li> <li> <p>Michael F. Chiang, M.D. <em>(06/30/2029)</em><br> Director, National Eye Institute<br> ľ��ֱ��, Bethesda, Maryland</p> </li> <li> <p>Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., D.Sc. <em>(06/30/2029)</em><br> Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases<br> ľ��ֱ��, Bethesda, Maryland</p> </li> <li> <p>Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D. <em>(06/30/2029)</em><br> Director, National Human Genome Research Institute<br> ľ��ֱ��, Bethesda, Maryland</p> </li> <li> <p>Mark Herzberg, D.D.S., Ph.D. <em>(06/30/2028)</em><br> Professor, Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry<br> University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota</p> </li> <li> <p>James E. Hildreth, Ph.D., M.D. <em>(06/30/2026)</em><br> President and CEO<br> Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee</p> </li> <li> <p>Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D. <em>(06/30/2029)</em><br> Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences<br> ľ��ֱ��, Bethesda, Maryland</p> </li> <li> <p>Jeanne M. Marrazzo, M.D., M.P.H. <em>(06/30/2029)</em><br> Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases<br> ľ��ֱ��, Bethesda, Maryland</p> </li> <li> <p>Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D. <em>(06/30/2029)</em><br> Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases<br> ľ��ֱ��, Bethesda, Maryland</p> </li> <li> <p>Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D. <em>(06/30/2029)</em> <br> Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences<br> ľ��ֱ��, Bethesda, Maryland</p> </li> <li> <p>Elba E. Serrano, Ph.D. <em>(06/30/2028)</em><br> Regent’s Professor of Biology<br> New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico</p> </li> <li> <p>Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A. <em>(06/30/2029)</em><br> Director, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders<br> ľ��ֱ��, Bethesda, Maryland</p> </li> <li> <p>Nora D. Volkow, M.D. <em>(06/30/2029)</em><br> Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse<br> ľ��ֱ��, Bethesda, Maryland</p> </li> <li> <p>Joshua Wynne, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H. <em>(06/30/2027)</em><br> Dean and Vice President for Health Affairs, School of Medicine and Health Sciences<br> University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota</p> </li> </ul> <p class="small-text"><em>Date in parenthesis indicates term end date. </em></p> <h3>Designated Federal Official</h3> <p>Matthew J. Memoli, M.D., M.S.<br> Acting NIH Director<br> ľ��ֱ��, Bethesda, Maryland</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:41:55 +0000 richardb 15271 at /scientific-management-review-board/charter <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Charter</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-03-05T14:36:15-05:00" title="Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - 14:36" class="datetime">Wed, 03/05/2025 - 14:36</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>Scientific Management Review Board</h2> <h3>Authority</h3> <p>Required by 42 U.S.C. 281(e), section 401(e) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended. The Scientific Management Review Board (Board) is governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1014).</p> <h3>Objectives and Scope of Activities</h3> <p>The purpose of the Board is to advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary), the Director, ľ��ֱ�� (NIH), and other appropriate agency officials on the use of the organizational authorities set forth in 42 U.S.C. 281(d)(2)-(4), section 401(d)(2)-(4) of the PHS Act, as amended, which include: (1) establishing, reorganizing, or abolishing national research institutes; (2) reorganizing the offices within the Office of the Director, NIH, including adding, removing, or transferring the functions of such offices or establishing or terminating such offices; and (3) reorganizing divisions, centers, or other administrative units within an NIH national research institute or national center, including adding, removing, or transferring the functions of such units, or establishing or terminating such units.</p> <h3>Description of Duties</h3> <p>The Board’s advice will be conveyed through reports to the Director, NIH. Specifically, not less than once each seven years, the Board will: (1) determine whether and to what extent the organizational authorities should be used; and (2) issue a report providing the recommendations of the Board regarding the use of the authorities and the reasons underlying the recommendations.</p> <p>The activities of the Board with respect to a report will include the following, but only with respect to a specific contemplated organizational issue to be addressed in the report: (1) Review the research portfolio of the NIH to determine the progress and effectiveness and value of the portfolio and the allocation among the portfolio activities of the resources of NIH; (2) Determine the pending scientific opportunities and public health needs, with respect to research within the jurisdiction of NIH; (3) For any proposal for organizational changes to which the Board gives significant consideration as a possible recommendation in such report, the Board will: (a) analyze the budgetary and operational consequences of the proposed change(s); (b) take into account historical funding and support for research activities at national research institutes and centers that have been established recently relative to national research institutes and centers that have been in existence for more than two decades; (c) estimate the level of resources needed to implement the proposed changes; (d) assume the proposed changes will be made and make a recommendation for the allocation of the resources of NIH among the national research institutes and national centers; and (e) analyze the consequences for the progress of research in the areas affected by the proposed changes.</p> <p>When issuing a report on one or more specific contemplated organizational issues, the Board will consult with: (1) the heads of national research institutes and national centers whose directors are not members of the Board; (2) other scientific leaders who are officers or employees of NIH and are not members of the Board; (3) advisory councils of the national institutes and national centers; (4) organizations representing the scientific community; and (5) organizations representing patients.</p> <h3>Agency or Official to Whom the Committee Reports</h3> <p>The Board will advise, consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary, the Director, NIH, and other appropriate agency officials, through reports to the Director, NIH, regarding the use of organizational authorities set forth in 42 U.S.C. 281(d)(2)-(4), section 401(d)(2)-(4) of the PHS Act.</p> <h3>Support</h3> <p>Management and support services will be provided by the Office of the Director, NIH.</p> <h3>Estimated Annual Operating Costs and Staff Years</h3> <p>The estimated annual cost for operating the Board, including compensation and travel expenses for members, but excluding staff support, is $336,136. The estimate of annual person-years of staff support required is 1.0, at an estimated annual cost of $349,490.</p> <h3>Designated Federal Officer</h3> <p>The Director, NIH, will assign a full-time or permanent part-time NIH employee as the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) of the Board. In the event that the DFO cannot fulfill the assigned duties of the Board, one or more full-time or permanent part-time NIH employees will be assigned as DFO and carry out these duties on a temporary basis.</p> <p>The DFO will approve all of the Board’s and subcommittees’ meetings, prepare and approve all meeting agendas, attend all Board and subcommittee meetings, adjourn any meeting when it is determined to be in the public interest, and chair meetings when directed to do so by the official to whom the committee reports.</p> <h3>Estimated Number and Frequency of Meetings</h3> <p>The Board will meet at the call of the Chair (with DFO’s approval) or upon request of the Director, NIH, not fewer than five times with respect to issuing any particular report. The location of the meetings of the Board will be subject to the approval of the Director, NIH.</p> <p>Meetings will be open to the public except as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) at the request of the DFO in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) and 41 C.F.R. 102-3.155 including specifying the specific exception(s) that justifies closure. Notice of all meetings will be given to the public. In the event a portion of a meeting is closed to the public, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, an annual report of closed or partially-closed meetings will be prepared which will contain, at a minimum, a list of members and their business addresses, the Committee’s functions, dates and places of meetings, and a summary of the Committee’s activities and recommendations made during the fiscal year.</p> <p>Of the meetings held with respect to issuing a report on one or more specific contemplated organizational issues, (1) one or more meetings will be directed toward the scientific community to address scientific needs and opportunities related to proposals for organizational changes under 42 U.S.C. 281(d), section 401(d) of the PHS Act, as amended, or as the case may be, related to a proposal that no such changes be made; and (2) one or more meetings will be directed toward consumer organizations to address the needs and opportunities of patients and their families with respect to proposals referred to in clause (1).</p> <h3>Duration</h3> <p>Continuing.</p> <h3>Termination</h3> <p>Unless renewed by appropriate action, prior to its expiration, the charter for the Scientific Management Review Board will expire two years from the date the charter is filed.</p> <h3>Membership and Designation</h3> <p>The Board shall consist of the Director, NIH, who will be a permanent nonvoting ex officio member, and an odd number of voting members, not to exceed 21, who are selected by the Secretary. The voting members of the Board will include not fewer than 9 officials who are directors of NIH national research institutes or national centers, who will serve as voting ex officio members. The Secretary will ensure that the group of institute and center officials includes directors of:</p> <ul> <li>national research institutes whose budgets are substantial relative to a majority of the other institutes;</li> <li>national research institutes whose budgets are small relative to a majority of the other institutes;</li> <li>national research institutes that have been in existence for a substantial period of time without significant organizational change under 42 U.S.C. 281(d), section 401</li> <li>(d) of the PHS Act, as amended;</li> <li>as applicable, national research institutes that have undergone significant organizational changes under 42 U.S.C. 281(d), section 401(d) of the PHS Act, as amended, or that have been established under such subsection, other than national research institutes for which such changes have been in place for a substantial period of time; and</li> <li>national centers.</li> </ul> <p>The Secretary will appoint members from among individuals who are not officers or employees of the United States (appointed members). Such members will include: (1) individuals representing the interests of public or private institutions of higher education that have historically received funds from NIH to conduct research; and (2) individuals representing the interests of private entities that have received funds from NIH to conduct research or that have broad expertise regarding how the NIH functions, exclusive of private entities under (1). Appointed members must be eligible to serve as Special Government Employees (SGEs) and will serve as SGEs, as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 202.</p> <p>Appointed members will be invited to serve for five-year terms, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term will be appointed for the remainder of that term, and the Secretary shall make appointments in such a manner as to ensure that the terms of the appointed members do not all expire in the same year. An appointed member may serve 180 days after the expiration of that member’s term if a successor has not taken office. A member who has been appointed for a term of five years may not be reappointed to this Board before two years from the date of expiration of that member’s term of office. The Chair of the Board will be selected by the Secretary from among the appointed members and invited to serve as Chair for two years.</p> <p>A quorum for the conduct of business by the full Board will consist of a majority of the current voting members.</p> <h3>Subcommittees</h3> <p>As necessary, subcommittees and ad hoc working groups may be established by the DFO within the Board’s jurisdiction. The advice/recommendations of a subcommittee/working group must be deliberated by the parent advisory committee. A subcommittee/working group may not report directly to a Federal official unless there is statutory authority to do so.</p> <p>Subcommittee membership may be drawn in whole or in part from the parent advisory committee. All subcommittee members may vote on subcommittee actions and all subcommittee members count towards the quorum for a subcommittee meeting. Ad hoc consultants are not members, do not count towards the quorum, and may not vote. A quorum for a subcommittee will be three members. The Department Committee Management Officer will be notified upon establishment of each standing subcommittee and will be provided information on its name, membership, function, and estimated frequency of meetings.</p> <h3>Recordkeeping</h3> <p>Meetings of the Board and its subcommittees will be conducted according to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and other applicable laws and Departmental policies. Committee and subcommittee records will be handled in accordance with General Records Schedule 6.2, Federal Advisory Committee Records, or other approved agency records disposition schedule. These records will be available for public inspection and copying, subject to any applicable exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and 41 C.F.R. 102-3.170.</p> <p>Each report on one or more specific contemplated organizational issues issued by the Board will be submitted by the Director, NIH to: (1) the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; (2) the House Committee on Appropriations; (3) the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; (4) the Senate Committee on Appropriations; (5) the Secretary; and (6) officials with organizational authorities, other than any such official who served as a member of the Board with respect to the report involved. For each meeting with respect to a report, the Director of NIH shall post a summary of the proceedings on NIH’s website.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:36:15 +0000 richardb 15266 at