Advisory Panel on Research

October 8, 2008
Fairmont Washington Hotel

Agenda

8:30 a.m. - Introductions and Welcome

Larry J. Shapiro, M.D. - APR Chair
Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. - AAMC President and CEO
David Korn, M.D. - AAMC Chief Scientific Officer, Biomedical and Health Sciences Research

8:45 a.m. - Legislative and Regulatory Report (PDF, 28 pages)

David Moore - AAMC Sr. Director, Government Relations
Dr. Korn

9:30 a.m. - Genome-Wide Association Studies: Overview of Programs and Research

Alan E. Guttmacher, M.D. - Acting Director, NHGRI

10:30 a.m. - GWAS Policies and Compliance

Laura Lyman Rodriguez, Ph.D. - NHGRI (presenting)
Pearl O'Rourke, M.D. - Partners Health System (presenting) (PDF, 25 pages)
Jennifer Kulynych, Ph.D., J.D. - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (discussant)

12:00 p.m. - Working Lunch

12:45 p.m. - Update on Clinical Trials Registration, Open Access, Conflicts of Interest

1:00 p.m. - New Business

1:15 p.m. - Items for Next Meeting

1:30 p.m. - Adjourn*

* The APR will adjourn earlier than usual to accommodate panel members returning home for the Yom Kippur holiday.