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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

Advancing Regulatory Science for Medical Countermeasure Development - A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty in the Assessment of Benefits and Risks of Pharmaceutical Products: A Workshop Series

Workshop

Completed

International Regulatory Harmonization Amid Globalization of Biomedical Research & Medical Product Development: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Maximizing the Goals of the Cures Acceleration Network (CAN) to Accelerate the Development of New Drugs and Diagnostics: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

The Chemistry of Urban Wildfires

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Respiratory Protection for the Public and Workers without Respiratory Protection Programs at their Workplaces

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Innovation in Drug Research and Development for Prevalent Chronic Diseases - A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

A Fairer and More Equitable, Cost-Effective, and Transparent System of Donor Organ Procurement, Allocation, and Distribution

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Security of America’s Medical Product Supply Chain

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Extending the Spectrum of Precompetitive Oncology Research

Workshop

Completed

Environmental Impact of Currently Marketed Sunscreens and Potential Human Impacts of Changes in Sunscreen Usage

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Neuroscience Training: Developing a Nimble and Versatile Workforce – A Virtual Workshop Series

Workshop

Completed

A Framework for Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Applying Systems Thinking to Regenerative Medicine: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Enabling Rapid Medical Countermeasure Research, Discovery, and Translation for Emerging Threats: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed
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