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Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27756.

Appendix A

Public Meeting Agendas

COMMITTEE ON THE LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS STEMMING FROM COVID-19 AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINSTRATION

The Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

MEETING 1

JANUARY 26, 2023
VIRTUAL

3:05 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
Paul Volberding, Committee Chair
Steve Rollins, Acting Associate Commissioner, U.S. Social
Security Administration (SSA)
3:15 p.m. Social Security Administration Overview
Vincent Nibali, Policy Analyst, Office of Medical Policy & Office of Disability Policy
  • Provide an overview of SSA and its mission/goals/processes
  • Explanation of interest in Long COVID and how it applies to their work
  • Explanation of the Statement of Task and key elements of interest to SSA
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27756.
3:40 p.m. Questions and Discussion
Committee Members and SSA Staff
4:30 p.m. Adjourn Public Session

The Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

MEETING 2

FEBRUARY 12, 2023
KECK 100

1:00 p.m. Welcome
Paul Volberding, Committee Chair
1:05 p.m. Long COVID: Overview of the course of disease and demographics
David Putrino, Director of Rehabilitation Innovation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2:00 p.m. Current practices in defining and diagnosing Long COVID
Avindra Nath, Director, Translational Neuroscience Center at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
3:00 p.m. Adjourn Public Session

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center at Mission Bay
550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA

MEETING 3

MAY 9, 2023
MISSION HALL, ROOM 2105

12:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Paul Volberding, Committee Chair
12:05 p.m. Immunology of Long COVID
Akiko Iwasaki, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Professor of Dermatology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) at Yale School of Medicine; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27756.
12:45 p.m. Long COVID and ME/CFS share both symptoms and underlying biological abnormalities
Anthony Komaroff, Steven P. Simcox/Patrick A. Clifford/James H. Higby Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Senior physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston
1:30 p.m. BREAK
1:45 p.m. Epigenetic Diagnosis and the Human “Flight Data Recorder”
Eric Van Gieson, Senior Advisor at The Conafay Group, Chief Executive Officer at Severn Innovations
2:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Paul Volberding, Committee Chair
2:35 p.m. Adjourn Public Session

The National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20418

MEETING 4

JULY 24, 2023
NAS BOARD ROOM

9:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Paul Volberding, Committee Chair
9:35 a.m. Patient experience and follow-up
Lucas Denault, Long COVID Patient
Karin Denault, Parent and Caregiver
10:00 a.m. Long COVID in children and adolescents
Alexandra Yonts, Director, Post-COVID Program and Infectious Diseases Specialist, Children’s National Hospital
10:45 a.m. Underserved populations and Long COVID
Angela Meriquez Vázquez, MSW, Long COVID Patient and Policy Director, The Children’s Partnership
11:30 a.m. Presentation to NASEM Committee on the Long-Term Health Effects Stemming from COVID-19 and Implications for the Social Security Administration
Robert Holman, Medical Director, District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
12:15 p.m. Closing Remarks
Paul Volberding, Committee Chair
12:20 p.m. Adjourn Public Session
Suggested Citation: "Appendix A: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27756.

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