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Standing Committee

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.

Projects

Standing Committee on Health Threats and Workforce Resilience

Standing Committee

Completed

The Nation's Medical Countermeasure Stockpile: Opportunities to Improve the Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Sustainability of the CDC Strategic National Stockpile: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Bridging the Gulf: Challenges to End-of-Life Care in California

Workshop

Completed

The Health and Medical Dimensions of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Care Interventions for Individuals with Dementia and Their Caregivers

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Assessment of the Care and Use of Dogs in Biomedical Research Funded by or Conducted at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Safeguarding the Bioeconomy: Finding Strategies for Understanding, Evaluating, and Protecting the Bioeconomy while Sustaining Innovation and Growth

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Study on the Use of Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Return of Individual-Specific Research Results Generated in Research Laboratories

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Potential Human Health Effects of Surface Coal Mining Operations in Central Appalachia

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Study of the Control of Respirable Coal Mine Dust Exposure in Underground Mines

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Developing a Smarter National Surveillance System for Occupational Safety and Health in the 21st Century

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Strengthening the Disaster Resilience of the Academic Biomedical Research Community

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Clinical Trials During the 2014-2015 Ebola Outbreak

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed
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