Thirty-Seventh Meeting Agenda—September 11, 2009

National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM)

Neuroscience Center (NSC) Building
Conference Rooms C & D
6001 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, Maryland 20852

8:30 a.m.: Call to Order

Martin Goldrosen, Ph.D.
8:35 a.m.: Director Remarks

Josephine Briggs, M.D.
9:00 a.m.: Back Pain Research: Past History, Pitfalls, and Possibilities

Richard Deyo, M.D., M.P.H.

10:00 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).
12:00 p.m.: LUNCH

1:00 p.m.: Acknowledgement of Retiring Council Members

Josephine Briggs, M.D.
1:15 p.m.: Update on Centers of Excellence for Research in CAM (CERC) Program

Barbara Sorkin, Ph.D.
2:00 p.m.: Update on Product Integrity Working Group (PIWG)

Craig Hopp, Ph.D.
2:30 p.m.: BREAK
2:45 p.m.: Public Comment
3:00 p.m.: ADJOURNMENT

Josephine Briggs, M.D.: Director; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland
Richard Deyo, M.D., M.P.H.: Kaiser Permanente Professor of Evidence-Based Family Medicine; Department of Family Medicine; Oregon Health and Sciences University; Portland, OR 97239
Martin Goldrosen, Ph.D.: Director, Division of Extramural Activities; Director, Office of Scientific Review; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland
Craig Hopp, Ph.D.: Program Officer; Division of Extramural Research; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland
Jack Killen, M.D.: Deputy Director; 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