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Continuing Assistance to the National Institutes of Health on Preparation of Additional Risk Assessments for the Boston University NEIDL, Phase 2 (2010)

Chapter: Attachment B NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center

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Suggested Citation:"Attachment B NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center." National Research Council. 2010. Continuing Assistance to the National Institutes of Health on Preparation of Additional Risk Assessments for the Boston University NEIDL, Phase 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13054.
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Attachment B
NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center

September 22, 2010


Hyatt Regency Bethesda

7400 Wisconsin Avenue

Bethesda, Maryland 20814


AGENDA

8:45 AM

Welcome and Purpose of Today’s Meeting

 

Adel Mahmoud, M.D., Ph.D.

Chair, NIH Blue Ribbon Panel

Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University

8:55 AM

Opening Remarks

 

John F. Ahearne, Ph.D., Committee Chair, National Research Council

9:00 AM

Roundtable Introduction of Blue Ribbon Panel and National Research Council Members

9:10 AM

Introduction and Overview of Today’s Presentations

 

Frank Gallegos, Risk Assessment Project Manager, Tetra Tech

9:20 AM

Release Event Selection and Analysis

 

Ken Bulmahn, Tetra Tech Risk Assessment Team Lead

10:00 AM

Discussion

10:30 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Probability of Initial Infections

 

Adi Gundlapalli, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Pathology and Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine

11:25 AM

Discussion

11:45 PM

Break

12:00 PM

Modeling Secondary Transmission

 

Damon Toth, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah

Suggested Citation:"Attachment B NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center." National Research Council. 2010. Continuing Assistance to the National Institutes of Health on Preparation of Additional Risk Assessments for the Boston University NEIDL, Phase 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13054.
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12:40 PM

Discussion

1:10PM

Approach to Risk Characterization

 

Adi Gundlapalli, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.

1:30 PM

General Discussion

2:30 PM

Public Comment

2:50 PM

Wrap Up

3:00 PM

Adjourn

Suggested Citation:"Attachment B NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center." National Research Council. 2010. Continuing Assistance to the National Institutes of Health on Preparation of Additional Risk Assessments for the Boston University NEIDL, Phase 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13054.
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Suggested Citation:"Attachment B NIH Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on the Risk Assessment of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University Medical Center." National Research Council. 2010. Continuing Assistance to the National Institutes of Health on Preparation of Additional Risk Assessments for the Boston University NEIDL, Phase 2. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13054.
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The National Research Council (NRC) reconvened its Committee on Technical Input on Any Additional Studies to Assess Risk Associated with Operation of the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (NEIDL), Boston University to provide further technical input on the scope and design of any additional studies that may be needed to assess the risks associated with the siting and operation of the NEIDL.

To this end, the NRC committee met in open session with the NIH Blue Ribbon Panel on September 22, 2010 to hear presentations by NIH's contractors on the approaches they are taking to conduct the risk assessment. Following the open meeting, the NRC committee met in closed session to begin preparing this brief letter report, focusing on whether the analyses presented at that meeting are scientifically and technically sound in general and whether they address the concerns raised by the NRC in its first three letter reports.

The committee reviewed the material presented by the NIH contractors on September 22 and concluded that it cannot endorse as scientifically and technically sound the illustrative analyses presented. These analyses do not, so far, represent a thorough assessment of the public health concerns raised by the committee in its previous reports. The committee understands that the analytical results discussed were incomplete and that work on additional analyses is still ongoing. Therefore, the comments provided in this letter report will be helpful to the Blue Ribbon Panel as they consider how the remainder of the work is carried out.

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