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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

Advisory Council 88th Meeting

Speaker: National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health (NACCIH)

Date: September 13, 2024

Building 31C, 6th Floor

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Agenda

Closed Session

9:00 a.m.This session of the meeting is closed to the public in accordance with the provisions in Sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C., and Section 1009 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1014).

Open Session

10:40 a.m.Call to Order 
Martina Schmidt, Ph.D.
10:50 a.m.NCCIH Director’s Welcome and NCCIH Report     
Helene M. Langevin, M.D.
11:50 a.m. Intramural Report 
David Shurtleff, Ph.D.
12:20 p.m.LUNCH BREAK
1:20 p.m.

Nutrition Continuum Symposium

  • Overview – Helene M. Langevin, M.D.
  • Office of Dietary Supplements: Representing the Nutrition Continuum
    Stefan M. Pasiakos, Ph.D.
  • Office of Nutrition Research: Nutrition and Whole Person Health
    Andrew Bremer, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.S.
2:50 p.m.Communities Advancing Research Equity for HealthTM (CARE for HealthTM): Advancing Clinical Research With and For Primary Care
Amy P. Patterson, M.D.
3:20 p.m.

Concept Clearances

Advancing the Science of Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches To Improve Maternal Health Outcomes
Beda Jean-Francois, Ph.D.

Advancing and Coordinating Interoception Research Across the National Institutes of Health
Wen Chen, Ph.D.

3:50 p.m.Reissuing NCCIH U24 NOFOs
Wendy Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
3:55 p.m.Public Comments
4:00 p.m.Adjourn

FUTURE MEETINGS: January 24, 2025; May 16, 2025; September 19, 2025; January 23, 2026; May 15, 2026; September 11, 2026

Speakers

Andrew Bremer, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.S.
Director
Office of Nutrition Research (ONR), NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Wen Chen, Ph.D.
Branch Chief, Basic and Mechanistic Research Branch
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Emmeline Edwards, Ph.D.
Director, Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Beda Jean-Francois, Ph.D.
Program Director, Clinical Research in Complementary and Integrative Branch
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Helene M. Langevin, M.D.
Director
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Amy P. Patterson, M.D.
Interim Scientific Director and Medical Director
Communities Advancing Research Equity for HealthTM (CARE for HealthTM)
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Stefan M. Pasiakos, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Martina Schmidt, Ph.D.
Executive Secretary, National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health
Director, Division of Extramural Activities
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

David Shurtleff, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

Wendy Weber, N.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Branch Chief, Clinical Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Branch
Division of Extramural Research
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, NIH Bethesda, Maryland