IACC Full Committee Meeting Agenda
Monday, April 11, 2011
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern
The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
The Polaris Room
Washington, DC 20004
Map and Directions 
The registration desk opens at 8:00 a.m. Eastern for members of the public attending in person, and the meeting will also be available to the public by live videocast and conference call.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m. | Call to Order and Opening Remarks Thomas Insel, M.D. Director National Institute of Mental Health and Chair, IACC |
| 9:10 | Michael Strautmanis, J.D. Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor for Strategic Engagement to the Senior Advisor Executive Office of the President |
| 9:25 | Anand Parekh, M.D. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| 9:40 | IACC Member Greetings, Questions and Comments |
| HHS Autism Awareness Month Updates | |
| 10:00 | Update on New IACC Publications and the Combating Autism Act Report to Congress Susan A. Daniels, Ph.D. Acting Director Office of Autism Research Coordination |
| 10:15 | The Combating Autism Act: HRSA's Investments Laura Kavanagh, M.P.P. Director, Division of Research, Training and Education Maternal and Child Health Bureau Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA) |
| 10:25 | Break |
| 10:40 | Update on the State of the States for People with ASD and Report on State Services to Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Nine States Ellen Blackwell, M.S.W. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and IACC Member Steve Eiken Senior Research Leader Thomson Reuters Alyson Marano Ward, R.N., M.P.H. LM Policy Research, LLC Danna Mauch Abt Associates, Inc. |
| 11:25 | Launch of the New AutismNOW Web Portal Jamie Kendall Deputy Commissioner Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and Families |
| 11:40 | Launch of the New JobTIPS Website (supported by NIH) Dorothy Strickland, Ph.D. President of Virtual Reality Aids, Inc., do2learn Louise Southern, M.Ed., BCBA Director, JobTIPS program and Oversees General Web Content, do2learn |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Public Comments |
| HHS Autism Awareness Month Updates (Continued) | |
| 1:40 | NIH Autism Centers of Excellence Lisa Gilotty, Ph.D. Chief, Research Program on Autism Spectrum Disorders National Institute of Mental Health |
| 1:45 | Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS) Network Joseph Piven, M.D. Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology Director, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities Director, Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2:15 | Developing Effective Interventions for Infants and Toddlers with ASD Sally Rogers, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences The M.I.N.D. Institute, University of California Davis Medical Center |
| 2:45 | Autism Prevalence Workshop - Overview and Next Steps Cathy Rice, Ph.D. Behavioral Scientist, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Update on the "Learn the Signs. Act Early." Program Rebecca B. Wolf, M.A. Public Affairs Specialist Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| Update on the Study to Explore Early Development (SEED) and the Gene-Environment-Wide Interaction Study (GEWIS) M. Daniele Fallin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Epidemiology John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
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| 3:10 | Break |
| 3:25 | Update on Autism Speaks Translational Medicine Workshop Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D. Chief Science Officer Autism Speaks |
| IACC Business | |
| 3:35 | Approval of minutes and upcoming IACC activities Susan Daniels, Ph.D. Acting Director, Office of Autism Research Coordination National Institute of Mental Health |
| 3:45 | Services Subcommittee Update Ellen Blackwell, M.S.W. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Co-Chair, IACC Services Subcommittee Lee Grossman President and CEO, Autism Society and Co-Chair, IACC Services Subcommittee |
| 4:00 | Safety Subcommittee Update Alison Singer, M.B.A. President, Autism Science Foundation and Co-Chair, IACC Safety Subcommittee |
| 4:15 | Round Robin |
| 4:30 | Public Comments Discussion Period |
| 5:00 | Closing Comments and Adjournment |
Meeting may end prior to or later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern depending on the needs of the committee. Schedule subject to change.