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Annual NIH Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting

Annual NIH Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting

August 16-17, 2023

NIH Campus
Building 31C, Sixth Floor, Rooms F&G 31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892

Watch the recorded meeting:
Day 1: August 16, 2023, https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49704
Day 2: August 17, 2023, https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=49706

AGENDA

Day 1
Schedule	Topic	Presenter/Facilitator
9:00 a.m.	Tribal Caucus #1	Delegates and Technical Advisors Only
9:45 a.m.	InvocationBlessing and Land AcknowledgementCultural Drumming	Kyle Swann (Piscataway Conoy Tribe)Lance Fisher (Northern Cheyenne Tribe)
10:00 a.m.	Introductions, Welcome, and BusinessRoll Call and IntroductionsMeeting ProceduresReview of AgendaDiscuss Meeting Goals	Herminia Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) TAC ChairpersonKarina Walters, Ph.D. (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIHRobert W. Eisinger, Ph.D. Acting Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, NIH
10:35 a.m.	1.%20NIH%20THRO%20Highlights_Walters.pdf (4.48 MB)	Karina Walters, Ph.D. (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
11:25 a.m.	Break
11:40 a.m.	2.%20Overview%20of%20HEAL_Etz.pdf (2.04 MB)	Kathy Etz, Ph.D. Director, Native American Program and Program Director, Epidemiology, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), NIH
12:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m.	Panel 1: NIH Innovations in Community- Centered Research 3.%20Family%20Listening_Belone.pdf (8.34 MB) 4.%20Wabanaki_Sockabasin.pdf (3.58 MB) 5.%20Yappalli_Stroud_Roberts.pdf (329.29 KB)	American Indian and Alaska Native Investigators:Lorenda Belone, Ph.D., M.P.H. (Dine Nation) Professor, College of Population Health, University of New MexicoLisa Sockabasin, M.S., R.N. (Passamaquoddy Tribe) Co-Chief Executive Officer, Wabanaki Public Health and WellnessJessie Roberts, M.S., L.P.C. (Choctaw Nation) Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority, Choctaw Nation of OklahomaSandra Stroud (Choctaw Nation) Project Director for the Choctaw Nation Yappalli Project, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
2:45 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Panel 2: NIH Innovations in Research and Research Training 6.%20Current%20Efforts_Sarche%20REV.pdf (3.15 MB) 7.%20Process%20is%20Important_Ullrich.pdf (2.08 MB) 8.%20Pathways_Brockie.pdf (3.83 MB)	American Indian and Alaska Native Investigators:Michelle Sarche, Ph.D. (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe) Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Colorado School of Public Health, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native HealthJessica Saniġaq Ullrich, M.S.W., Ph.D. (Tribal Citizen of Nome Eskimo Community) Assistant Professor, Washington State University, IREACH ProgramTeresa Brockie, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. (White Clay “A'aniiinin” Nation, Fort Belknap) Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University
4:15 p.m.	9.%20All%20of%20Us_Denny.pdf (3.68 MB)	Joshua Denny, M.D., M.S. Chief Executive Officer, All of Us Research Program, NIH
4:45 p.m.	Closing Comments and Blessing	Karina Walters, Ph.D. (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIHDonna Galbreath (Ahtna Athabascan) TAC Delegate
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn

Day 2
Schedule	Topic	Presenter/Facilitator
9:00 a.m.	InvocationTour of the NIH Clinical CenterOverview of NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood (NHLBI) Intramural Clinical ResearchResearch in the Laboratory of Transplantation Immunotherapy, Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics BranchSocial Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory, Cardiovascular Branch	Alicia C. Mousseau, Ph.D. (Oglala Sioux) TAC DelegateRichard W. Childs, M.D. Clinical Director, and Acting Scientific Director, NHLBI, NIHLab 1: Richard W. Childs, M.D. Director of Laboratory of Transplantation Immunotherapy, NHLBI, NIHLab 2: Tiffany Powell-Wiley, M.D., M.P.H. Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator, NHLBI, NIH
11:30 a.m.	TAC Caucus #2 and Working Lunch	Delegates and Technical Advisors Only
1:00 p.m.	Welcome and Call to OrderIntroductionsRecap of Day 1 and Overview of Day 2	Herminia Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) TAC ChairpersonKarina Walters, Ph.D. (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
1:20 p.m.	Discussion with NIH Leadership	Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D. Acting Director, NIHKarina Walters, Ph.D. (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIHTAC Members
2:05 p.m.	Group Photo	TAC Members and NIH Leadership
2:20 p.m.	Break
2:35 p.m.	10.%20NIMHD%20Perez_Stable.pdf (3.16 MB)	Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), NIH
3:15 p.m.	11.%20Future%20Directions_Warne.pdf (3.81 MB)	Donald Warne, M.D., M.P.H. (Oglala Lakota) Co-Director, Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins University
3:45 p.m.	Election of TAC Chairperson and Co-Chairperson	Herminia Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) TAC ChairpersonTAC MembersKarina Walters, Ph.D. (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIH
4:00 p.m.	Next Steps and DiscussionStrategic PlanTAC PrioritiesImplementation Needs	Karina Walters, Ph.D. (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIHHerminia Frias, M.P.H. (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) TAC ChairpersonTAC Members
4:45 p.m.	Closing Comments and Blessing	Karina Walters, Ph.D. (Choctaw Nation) Director, Tribal Health Research Office, NIHStephen Kutz (Cowlitz Indian) TAC Delegate
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn