41st Meeting Agenda—February 4, 2011

National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM)

NIH Campus, Building 31/6C
Conference Room 6
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

9:00 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).
10:45 a.m.: BREAK

11:00 a.m.: Call to Order

Martin Goldrosen, Ph.D.
11:05 p.m.: Report from the NCCAM Director

Josephine Briggs, M.D.
12:15 p.m.: LUNCH
1:30 p.m.: Council Operating Procedures

Martin Goldrosen, Ph.D.
1:40 p.m.: Oversight of Clinical Research

Catherine Meyers, M.D.
2:00 p.m.: A Randomized Trial of Tai Chi for Fibromyalgia

Chenchen Wang, M.D., M.Sc.
2:30 p.m.: BREAK
2:45 p.m.: Control Groups in Studies of Non-Pharmacological Treatments

Robert Kaplan, Ph.D.
3:45 p.m.: Public Comments
4:00 p.m.: ADJOURN

Josephine Briggs, M.D.: Director; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland
Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D.: Director; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, Maryland
Martin Goldrosen, Ph.D.: Director, Division of Extramural Activities; Executive Secretary, NACCAM; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland
Robert Kaplan, Ph.D.: Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research; NIH Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, Maryland
Catherine Meyers, M.D.: Director, Office of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland
Chenchen Wang, M.D., M.Sc.: Associate Professor; Tufts University School of Medicine; Division of Rheumatology; Tufts Medical Center; Boston, Massachusetts