2007 GRAND Annual Meeting

April 27-28, 2007

Ritz Carlton - Arlington, VA

Program (PDF, 13 pages)

Friday, April 27, 2007

8:00 - 8:30 am - Welcome

• Rose Fife, M.D. Chair GRAND Group Steering Committee
• David Korn, M.D. Senior Vice President for Biomedical and Health Sciences Research AAMC

8:30 am - Noon - Cyberinfrastructure and Research Informatics: A Progress Report

• The Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) Mark H. Ellisman, Ph.D.
• Initiatives of the National Cancer Institute: caBIGtm, Central IRBs, and Other Resources Anna Barker, Ph.D.
• De-identification of health-related data and samples for research purposes:Principles and Practice (PDF, 45 pages) - Dan Masys, M.D.

12:00 - 2:00 pm - Lunch

• IT Security: VA Experience and What it Means for the Future of Research, Joel Kupersmith, M.D.

2:00 - 4:30 pm - GRAND Science Session: Community Partnerships in Clinical and Translational Research

• An Example from the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Netowrk (HyperGEN) (PDF, 26 pages) - Donna K. Arnett, Ph.D.
• The Role of Community Partnerships in Clinical and Translational Research University of Rochester (PDF, 19 pages) - Thomas A. Pearson, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
• Elizabeth Ofili, M.D., M.B.B.S., M.P.H.

4:30 - 4:45 pm - Break

4:45 - 5:45 pm - Challenges and Opportunities Facing NIH Peer Review: A Vision for Ensuring its Strategic National Value

• Toni Scarpa, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.

Saturday, April 28, 2007

8:00 - 8:30 am - GRAND Business Meeting

8:30 - 9:30 am - New Challenges to Research with Animal Subjects: Protecting Investigators and Institutions

• Animal Research Targeted: Are You Prepared? (PDF, 34 pages) - Frankie Trull

9:30 am - 11:30 am - Federal and Institutional Perspectives on Managing Conflicts of Interest in Research and Training

• AAMC Focus on Conflicts of Interest: Four Areas of Emphasis (PDF, 23 pages) - Susan Ehringhaus
• Financial Conflicts of Interest (PDF, 21 pages) - Barbara Bierer, M.G.H.
• Ensuring Objectivity in Research: NIH Perspective (PDF, 43 pages) - Norka Ruiz Bravo, Ph.D.

11:45 am - 12:30 pm - The NIH Budget Outlook

• Biomedical Research and the 110th Congress (PDF, 34 pages) - David Moore

12:30 - 2:00 pm - GRAND Lunch

• The NIH Budget Outlook, continued Surviving an NIH Recession (PDF, 43 pages) - David Korn, M.D.

2:00 pm - Concluding Remarks and Adjournment