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Summaries of Meetings
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Sixteen initiatives, all of which had been reviewed by the Board of Extramural Advisors, were presented by the NHLBI staff. The Council supported all of the initiatives and made several recommendations for consideration.
Dr. Jeffrey Cutler reported on data that showed a significant increase in blood pressure levels among children and adolescents. Dr. Gail Pearson presented an overview of new clinical practice guidelines on high blood pressure in children and adolescents.
The NHLBI plans to collaborate with the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Public Health and Science (DHHS/OPHS) on stroke research and outreach. Dr. Story Landis, Director, NINDS; Dr. Larry Hodes, Director, NIA; and Dr. Larry Fields, Senior Executive Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS/OPHS, spoke about the stroke-related activities of their organizations and described areas of research and outreach of relevance to the NHLBI.
Dr. John Fakunding described the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Research Scientist Award, and announced the Institute’s plans for a recompetition of the program. Dr. Sonia Skarlatos announced a Request for Applications (RFA) for Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) in Vascular Injury, Repair, and Remodeling.
During the closed portion of the meeting, the Council concurred on the award of 380 grants for a total cost of $185,334,000.
The next National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council (NHLBAC) meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on September 2, 2004. It is open to the public and will be held in NIH Building 31C, Conference Room 10.
The FYI from the NHLBI staff thanks Ms. Sue Byrnes, member of the NHLBAC and director of the LAM Foundation, for her efforts in preparing this summary. Full minutes of Council meetings and summaries of the initiatives are available.
Date: September 1-30
Dates: September 2 and October 21
Location: Building 31C, Conference Room 10, NIH Campus, Bethesda,
MD.
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Meetings are open to the public.
Dates: September 29 - October 2
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Dates: October 1 - 31
Dates: October 1 - 3
Location: Orlando, Florida
Dates: October 13 - 17
Location: Orlando, Florida
Dates: October 20 - 24
Location: Sparks/Reno, Nevada
Dates: October 23-28
Location: Seattle, Washington
Dates: November 1 - 30
Dates: November 6 - 10
Location: Washington, DC
Dates: November 7 - 10
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Dates: November 12 - 13
Location: Long Beach, California
Dates: December 1 - 7
Dates: December 4 - 7
Location: San Diego, California