Federal Autism Committee IACC Agenda April 8th 2014

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IACC Full Committee Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, April 8, 2014
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern

National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive
Building 31, C Wing, 6th Floor, Conference Room 10
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Map and Directions

On-site registration is from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Eastern for members of the public attending in person, and the meeting will also be available to the public by live videocast and conference call. The materials for the meeting can be found here.

Time Event
  9:00 a.m. Welcome, Introductions, Roll Call and Approval of Minutes

Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Chair, IACC

Susan Daniels, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC), NIMH
Executive Secretary, IACC

  9:15 Science Update

Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, NIMH
Chair, IACC

  9:30 CDC Prevalence 

Jon Baio, Ed.S.
Epidemiologist 
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

 10:00 Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive! 

Linda Smith
Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison
Early Childhood Development
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

 10:15 Break
 10:30 The BRAIN Initiative

Story Landis, Ph.D.
Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

 10:50 Con
gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), Autism Research Program (ARP)

Donna Kimbark, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Autism Research Program, Congressionally Directed
Medical Research Programs
U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

 11:20 National Database for Autism Research

Gregory K. Farber, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Technology Development and Coordination
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

 11:40 Teaching a Neurodiversity Course

John Elder Robison
Self Advocate, Parent, Author
Neurodiversity Scholar in Residence
College of William & Mary

 12:00 p.m. Lunch
  1:00 Public Comment
  1:45 Discussion of Public Comment
  2:00 Services Research for Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Lifespan (ServASD)

Denise Juliano-Bult, M.S.W.
Program Chief, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  2:15 Autism Policy Update

Stuart Spielman, Esq.
Senior Policy Advisor and Counsel
Autism Speaks
  2:30 Committee Business 

Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Chair, IACC

Susan Daniels, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Autism Research Coordination (OARC), NIMH
Executive Secretary, IACC

  3:30 Break
  3:45 Committee Business – continued
  4:00 Round Robin
  5:00 Adjournment

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