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Thirtieth Meeting Draft Agenda—June 6, 2008

National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM)

Location:

Neuroscience Center Building
Conference Rooms C & D
6001 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852

Directions to the Neuroscience Center Building

AGENDA

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).

10:30 p.m. BREAK

Open Session
11:00 a.m. Call to Order, Council Operating Procedures
Martin Goldrosen, Ph.D.
11:05 a.m. Director's Remarks
Josephine Briggs, M.D.
11:15 a.m. CAM Research Capacity-Building Working Group Committee Report
Barbara Sorkin, Ph.D.
11:30 a.m. The Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives
Alan Krensky, M.D.
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Transforming the Neural Circuitry of Emotion and Attention Through Meditation
Richard Davidson, Ph.D.
2:00 p.m. AHRQ Report on Meditation
Richard Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
2:30 p.m. Update on Meditation Workshop
Catherine Stoney, Ph.D.
2:45 p.m. BREAK
3:00 p.m. Future Directions
Josephine Briggs, M.D.
3:45 p.m. Public Comment Session
4:00 p.m. ADJOURNMENT
Future Meeting Dates
2008 Council Meetings: September 12
2009 Council Meetings: February 6, June 5, September 11

Speakers
  Josephine Briggs, M.D.
Director
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

  Richard Davidson, Ph.D.
Vilas Professor
Psychology and Psychiatry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin

  Martin Goldrosen, Ph.D.
Acting Director, Division of Extramural Activities
Director, Office of Scientific Review
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

  Alan Krensky, M.D.
Director
Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

  Richard Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Senior Advisor for Scientific Coordination
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

  Barbara Sorkin, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

  Catherine Stoney, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland