Agenda & Council Documents

National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council Meeting

May 22, 2012 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM 
May 23, 2012 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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OPEN SESSION – May 22, 2012 – 8:30 a.m.
ScheduledEventSpeakerSupporting Documents
OPEN SESSION - May 23, 2012 - 8:30 a.m.
CLOSED SESSION - May 23, 2012 - 10:15 a.m.
8:30 a.m.I. Call to Order and Opening RemarksDr. Linda Birnbaum 
 II. Review of Confidentiality and Conflict of InterestDr. Gwen Collman 
 III. Consideration of February 2012 Meeting MinutesDr. Gwen Collman
8:45 a.m.IV. Report of the Director, NIEHSDr. Linda Birnbaum
9:45 a.m.V. Report of the Director, DERTDr. Gwen Collman
10:30 a.m.Break (security badges and photos)  
11:00 a.m.VI. Concept Discussion: 
Toxicant Exposures and Reponses by Genomic and Epigenomic Regulators of Transcription (TaRGET)
Dr. Frederick Tyson
11:30 a.m.Lunch (will include time for security badges & individual photos of Council members)  
1:00 p.m.Concept Discussion Continued: 
Role of the Environment in the Development of Autoimmune Disease
Dr. Michael Humble
1:30 p.m.VII. Developing Improved Methods to Measure Human DNA Repair CapacityDr. Leona Samson
2:30 p.m.Break  
2:45 p.m.VIII. The Consequences of DNA Replication Infidelity to Human HealthDr. Thomas Kunkel 
Introduced by Dr. Darryl Zeldin
3:45 p.m.Break  
4:00 p.m.IX. NIH Budget ProcessMs. Laurie Johnson 
5:00 p.m.X. Adjourn  
 Dinner  
8:30 a.m.XI. NIH Update – Interesting Times, Challenging TimesDr. Sally Rockey 
9:30 a.m.XII. NIEHS Neurodegeneration Research Portfolio 1986-2009Dr. Kristi Pettibone 
10:00 a.m.Break  
10:15 a.m.XIII. Consideration of Grant ApplicationsDr. Gwen Collman 
and DERT Staff
 
12:30 p.m.XIV. Adjourn  

Additional Meeting Materials

Future Meeting Dates

  • September 11-12, 2012 - NIEHS
  • February 20-21, 2013 - NIEHS
  • May 14-15, 2013 - NIEHS
  • September 10-11, 2013 - NIEHS
  • February 19-20, 2014 - NIEHS
  • May 13-14, 2014 - NIEHS
  • September 9-10, 2014 - NIEHS

1 This portion of the meeting is being closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S. Code and Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).