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Maternal & Child Health

Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children

 

Thirteenth Meeting
January 14-15, 2008
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center
Bethesda, Maryland

Agenda
MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2008
8:00 A.M.– 9:00 A.M. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Committee Members and Representatives)
9:00 A.M.– 9:30 A.M.
Salon F
ETHICS BRIEFING-NEW MEMBERS

Louise Wagner
Ethics and Personnel Security Specialist
Health Resources and Services Administration

9:30 A.M.– 10:00 A.M. OPENING REMARKS

R. Rodney Howell, M.D., Committee Chair
  • Approval of Minutes from September 2007 Meeting
  • Approval of Minutes from November 2007 Conference Call
10:00 A.M.– 10:15 A.M. INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS

R. Rodney Howell, M.D., Committee Chair

10:15 A.M.– 10:30 A.M. BREAK
10:30 A.M.– 11:45 A.M. NEWBORN SCREENING SYSTEMS: UTILIZING PARTNERSHIPS FOR FOLLOW-UP

Region 4 Collaborative: Long-Term Follow-Up After Newborn Screening – The Inborn Errors of Metabolism Information System

Susan A. Berry, M.D.

Professor and Director
Division of Genetics and Metabolism
Department of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota


PEDIATRIX AND THE NEBRASKA NEWBORN SCREENING PROGRAM

William S. Slimak
Vice President of Operations
Pediatrix Screening
Pediatrix/Obstetrix Medical Group


New England Newborn Screening Program: Follow-up Activities for Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Roger B. Eaton, Ph.D., M.S.
Director
New England Newborn Screening Program
University of Massachusetts Medical School


Northwest Regional Newborn Screening Program: Follow-up Activities for the Northwest Region and the Pacific

Michael Skeels, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Committee Member

11:45 A.M. – 12 NOON. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: MARCH OF DIMES
Emil Wigode

Director, Federal Affairs
Office of Government Affairs
March of Dimes
12:00 NOON – 1:00 P.M. LUNCH
1:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. PERSONALIZED HEALTH CARE WORKGROUP: UPDATE ON SUBGROUP ON NEWBORN SCREENING

Stephen M. Downs, M.D., M.S.

Co-Chair, Subgroup on Newborn Screening
Associate Professor and Director
Children's Health Services Research
Indiana University School of Medicine
1:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. SUBCOMMITTEE AND WORKGROUP SESSIONS
  • Subcommittee on Laboratory Standards and Procedures
    Brookside A Room
  • Subcommittee on Education and Training
    Brookside B Room
  • Subcommittee on Follow-up and Treatment
    Linden Oak Room
5:00 P.M. ADJOURN
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008
8:00 A.M. – 8:30 A.M. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND REPRESENTATIVES)
8:30 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AND DISCUSSION

  • Subcommittee on Laboratory Standards and Procedures
  • Subcommittee on Education and Training
  • Subcommittee on Follow-up and Treatment
10:30 A.M. – 10:45 A.M. BREAK
10:45 A.M. – 11:15 A.M. SECRETARY’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GENETICS, HEALTH, AND SOCIETY- ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF PATENTS ON ACCESS TO TESTS IN BOTH CLINICAL PRACTICE AND PUBLIC HEALTH SETTINGS

James P. Evans, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, SACGHS Task Force on Gene Patents and Licensing Practices
Professor of Genetics and Medicine
Director of Clinical Cancer Genetics and the Bryson Program in Human Genetics
Departments of Medicine & Genetics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

11:15 A.M. – 12:15 P.M. EVIDENCE REVIEW WORKGROUP: NOMINATION AND EVALUATION PROCESS FOR CONDITIONS ON THE UNIFORM SCREENING PANEL


James Perrin, M.D

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Director,
Division of General Pediatrics
Director, Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy,
Harvard Medical School
MassGeneral Hospital for Children

Nancy S. Green, M.D.
Divison of Pediatric Hematology
Associate Dean for Clinical Reseach Operations
Columbia University Medical Center

12:15 P.M. – 12:30 P.M. HRSA REVIEW PROCESS

Marie Mann, M.D., M.P.H.
Genetic Services Banch
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration

12:30 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. LUNCH
1:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. PUBLIC COMMENTS
2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. COMMITTEE BUSINESS

R. Rodney Howell, M.D., Committee Chair
  • Agenda Items for May 2008 Meeting
  • Calendar for 2008 Meetings
3:00 P.M. ADJOURN