NIH Implementation Plans for Advisory Committee to the Director Recommendations on the Future Biomedical Research Workforce, Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce, and Data and Informatics

What:	will present its implementation plans resulting from recommendations from three working groups of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD).
Who:	Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., NIH Director Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D., NIH Principal Deputy Director and NIH Co-Chair of the ACD Working Group on Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce and the ACD Working Group on Data and Informatics Sally J. Rockey, Ph.D., NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research and the NIH Co-Chair of the ACD Working Group on the Biomedical Research Workforce
When:	Thursday, Dec. 6: 4:15-4:45 p.m.: Future Biomedical Research Workforce and Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce Implementation Plans (Drs. Collins, Tabak, and Rockey) Friday, Dec. 7: 12:30-12:45 p.m.: Data and Informatics Implementation Plan (Drs. Collins and Tabak)
Where:	105th Meeting of the ACD NIH Main Campus Building 31, C-Wing, 6th Floor, Conference Room 6 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892 Videocast link: Thursday, Dec. 6: http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=12153 Friday, Dec. 7: http://videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?live=12155
How:	For media planning to attend onsite, an adjacent room (Building 31, Building 31, C-Wing, 6th Floor, Conference Room 9) will be available for interviews at the times noted above. Please RSVP via email to nihnmb@mail.nih.gov for a call-in number if you would like to participate by phone.

More information: ACD Working Groups and their charge: http://acd.od.nih.gov/working-groups.htm. Full agenda of the 105th meeting of the ACD: http://acd.od.nih.gov/agendas/Binder%20Agenda%20FINAL_sh.pdf
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