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2005 Agenda

Conference Schedule - Day 1: Thursday, August 18, 2005
9:00 - 10:00 AM Registration
10:00 - 10:10 AM Welcome and Introduction
Kenneth I Shine, M.D., Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The University of Texas System
10:10 - 10:30 AM Introduction to the National Institutes of Health Office of Biotechnology Activities and to the History of the NIH System of Recombinant DNA Oversight
Allan Shipp, M.H.A., Director of Outreach, NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities
10:30 - 10:50 AM Overview of the Current NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules
Kathryn Harris, Ph.D., R.B.P., Senior Outreach and Education Specialist, (Contractor) NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities
10:50 - 11:30 AM Requirements for IBC's in the NIH Guidelines
Kathryn Harris, Ph.D., R.B.P., Senior Outreach and Education Specialist, (Contractor) NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities
11:30 - Noon Questions and Open Discussion
Noon - 1:30 PM Lunch
IBCs: Past and Prologue
Nelson Wivel, M.D., Deputy Director of Gene Therapy Program, The University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
1:30 - 2:00 PM Role of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee and the Protocol Review Process
Allan Shipp, M.H.A., Director of Outreach, NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities
2:00 - 2:30 PM Overview and Brief Demonstration of Self-Assessment Tool and Introduction to Breakout Session Moderators
Richard St. Onge, CPA, CIA, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The University of Texas System
Michael A. Charlton, Ph.D., Director of Environmental Health & Safety Department and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Radiological Sciences Program at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
2:30 - 3:00 PM Break and Networking Session
GEMCRIS System will be demonstrated by NIH representatives
3:00 - 4:30 PM Breakout sessions on Key Areas of Self-Assessment Tool
  Session One - Committee Interactions (IBC, IACUC, and IRB) and Administrative Practices
Moderator: Brian Herman, Ph.D., Vice President of Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Session Two - Education (For IBC members, PIs, and lab staff)
Moderator: Shelley Payne, P.D., Professor, Molecular Genetics Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas at Austin
Session Three - Risk Assessment (Health Surveillance Program)
Moderator: Bob Emery, Ph.D., Executive Director of Environmental Health & Safety and Associate Professor for Occupational Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
4:30 - 5:00 PM Report from Moderators on Results of Breakout Sessions
6:00 - 7:30 PM Networking Reception
GEMCRIS System will be demonstrated by NIH representatives
Sponsored by Fisher Scientific Company


Conference Schedule - Day 2: Friday, August 19, 2005
7:30 - 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 AM Question and Answer for Breakout Session Moderators
9:30 - 9:45 AM Report on National Sciences Advisory Board for Biosecurity
Allan Shipp, M.H.A., Director of Outreach, NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities
9:45 - 10:15 AM Break and Networking Session
GEMCRIS System will be demonstrated by NIH representatives
Sponsored by ENV Services, Inc.
10:15 - 11:30 AM Panel Discussion on IBC Emerging Issues
Moderator:
Kenneth I Shine, M.D., Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, The University of Texas System

Panelists:
  • Douglas Watts, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch
  • Nelson Wivel, M.D., Deputy Director of Gene Therapy Program, The University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
11:30 AM Adjourn