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IACC Full Committee Meeting Agenda - July 15, 2008

Conference Rooms E1 and E2
Natcher Building
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

| Minutes |

Time Event
8:00 Registration Opens
9:00 Call to Order and Opening Remarks
Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Chair, IACC
9:05 Brief Introductions of IACC Members
9:10 Review and Approval:
May 12, 2008 IACC Meeting Summary
Summary of Advances in ASD Research
9:15 Report from Services Subcommittee

Ellen Blackwell, MSW
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Lee Grossman
President and CEO, Autism Society of America
9:30 Report on Strategic Planning Workgroup Meeting
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"

Judith Cooper, Ph.D.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
9:50 IACC Discussion of Draft Strategic Plan for ASD Research
Thomas Insel, M.D.
10:30 Break
10:45 IACC Discussion of Next Steps for Finalizing the Strategic Plan
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Della Hann, Ph.D.
IACC Executive Secretary


  • Public Comment on Draft Strategic Plan
  • Implementation Workgroup
  • Charge to Implementation Workgroup
  • Timeline for IACC Review and Final Approval
12:00 Lunch
1:15 Science Updates
From Gene to Pathophysiology to Treatment in a Developmental Brain Disorder
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Mark F. Bear, Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Director, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and
Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Report from the Workshop, "Mitochondrial Encephalopathies: Potential Relationships to Autism?"
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Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D.
Deputy Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
2:30 Break
2:45 Open Session for Public Comment
3:15 Closing Comments and Future Agenda Items
3:30 Adjournment

Next IACC Meeting: Friday, November 21, 2008



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