Board on Health Sciences Policy
The Board on Health Sciences Policy oversees and guides a program of activities to encourage and sustain the continuous vigor of the basic biomedical and clinical research enterprises needed to ensure and improve the health and resilience of the public. In conducting these activities, consideration is given to the ethical, legal, and social contexts of scientific and technologic advances and to the balance between scientific opportunities and public needs.
Recently completed
A committee-supported project or activity that has been completed and for which output dissemination has begun. Its committee has been disbanded and closeout procedures are underway.
Workshop on Considerations for Returning Individual Genomic Results from Population-Based Surveys: Focus on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Day 2 of 3 (Virtual)
- December 7, 2022
- 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Past
This multi-day virtual workshop will take place on three days as follows: Day 1: Friday, December 2 from 10am - 4pm Eastern Time 10:00 – 10:20am ET Welcome and Goals for Workshop 10:20 – 11:45am ET...
Applying Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Research and Development to Future Epidemics: A Workshop
- December 7 - 8, 2022
- Workshop
- Past
The COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed innovative practices across many sectors to accelerate the development and use of new tools and technologies in response to an emerging infectious disease outbreak. Thi...
Workshop on Considerations for Returning Individual Genomic Results from Population-Based Surveys: Focus on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Day 1 of 3 (Virtual)
- December 2, 2022
- 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Past
This multi-day virtual workshop will take place on three days as follows: Day 1: Friday, December 2 from 10am - 4pm Eastern Time 10:00 – 10:20am ET Welcome and Goals for Workshop 10:20 – 11:45am ET...
State of the Science and Future Needs for Nonhuman Primate Model Systems - Meeting 7
- December 1 - 2, 2022
- Closed
- Past
This meeting was a closed session. If you have specific questions regarding this meeting or this study, please reach out to Autumn Downey, Study Director, at NHPstudy@nas.edu.
State of the Science and Future Needs for Nonhuman Primate Model Systems - Meeting 6
- November 21, 2022
- 4:30 AM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Past
This meeting will be a virtual open and closed session. If you have specific questions regarding this meeting or this study, please reach out to Autumn Downey, Study Director, at NHPstudy@nas.edu.
Impact and Control of Valley Fever - A Workshop
- November 17 - 18, 2022
- Workshop
- Past
Coccidioidomycosis, or “Valley fever”, is a fungal disease caused by inhalation of Coccidioides spores from the soil. This fungus, generally found in arid environments in the southwestern US and Latin...
Indoor Air Management of Airborne Pathogens: Public Transportation
- November 16, 2022
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
For this third workshop in the Indoor Air Management series, participants reviewed the state of knowledge and strategies on how to prevent and control transmission of airborne pathogens in public tran...
Training the Regenerative Medicine Workforce for the Future: A Workshop
- November 15, 2022
- 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
The Forum on Regenerative Medicine hosted a virtual public workshop that explored how the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of regenerative medicine creates unique workforce demands for the field...
Addressing Resistance in the Development of Cancer Immune Modulator Therapeutics: A Workshop
- November 14 - 15, 2022
- Workshop
- Past
On November 14 and 15, 2022, the National Cancer Policy Forum, in collaboration with the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation, hosted a public workshop that examined the current chall...
Committee on Progress Toward Human Health and Community Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico Region: Meeting 7
- November 4, 2022
- 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This meeting is closed in its entirety.
Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry as Population Descriptors in Genomics Research - November Call
- November 2, 2022
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee met to discuss the report, conclusions, and recommendations.
Exploring Sleep Disturbance in Central Nervous System Disorders: A Workshop
- November 2 - 3, 2022
- Workshop
- Past
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized and conducted a 1.5-day public workshop that brought together experts and key stakeholders from academia...
Virtual Stakeholder Dissemination Meeting: Building Resilience into the Nation’s Medical Product Supply Chains
- October 24 - 25, 2022
- Meeting
- Past
This virtual stakeholder meeting will bring together key stakeholders and relevant technical contributors across government agencies, academia, private industry, healthcare and public health for a fac...
Use of Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry as Population Descriptors in Genomics Research - October Call
- October 20, 2022
- 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The committee met to discuss the report draft, conclusions, and recommendations.
Creating a Framework for Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation in Health and Medicine: Meeting #4
- October 18 - 19, 2022
- Meeting
- Past
This will be a meeting of the committee developing a cross-sectoral governance framework for emerging science, technology, and innovation in health and medicine. As part of its meeting, the committee...