Advisory Council 47th Meeting Agenda—October 12, 2012

National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM)

NIH Campus, Building 31/6C
Conference Room 6
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892

8:30 a.m.: This session of the meeting is closed to the public in accordance with the provisions in Sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C. and Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).
10:15 a.m.: BREAK

10:30 a.m.: Call to Order
Martin Goldrosen, Ph.D.
10:35 a.m.: NCCAM Director’s Report
Josephine P. Briggs, M.D.
11:30 a.m.: Task Force on Research Standards for Low Back Pain Update
Partap Khalsa, Ph.D., DABCO
11:45 a.m.: LUNCH
1:00 p.m.: NIH Communications: Making the Connection
John Burklow
1:45 p.m.: Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Urological Symptoms (CAMUS) Study
Michael Barry, M.D
2:45 p.m.: Update on Collaboration Between NCCAM and U.S. Military
Kristen Huntley, Ph.D.
2:55 p.m.: Update on Herb/Drug Interactions
Craig Hopp, Ph.D.
3:05 p.m.: Public Comments
3:15 p.m.: ADJOURNMENT

Michael Barry, M.D.: Clinical Professor; Department of Medicine; Harvard Medical School; Chief; General Medicine Unit; Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston, Massachusetts
Josephine P. Briggs, M.D.: Director; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland
John Burklow: Associate Director for Communications and Public Liaison; National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, Maryland
Martin Goldrosen, Ph.D.: Director, Division of Extramural Activities; Executive Secretary, NACCAM; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland
D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D.: Program Officer, Division of Extramural Research; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland
Kristen Huntley, Ph.D.: Program Officer, Division of Extramural Research; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland
Partap Khalsa, Ph.D., DABCO: Program Officer, Division of Extramural Research; National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH; Bethesda, Maryland