Embassy Row Hotel - 2015 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036
May 17, 2012
9:00 – 9:15 a.m. - Welcome and Opening Remarks
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
Commission Chair
James Wagner, Ph.D.
Commission Vice-Chair
9:15 – 10:00 a.m. - Session 1: Special Considerations for Research with Children
David DeGrazia, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy, George Washington University
Robert “Skip” Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Pediatric Ethicist, Office of Pediatric Therapeutics, Office of the Commissioner , U.S. Food and Drug Administration
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. - Session 2: Practical Challenges Posed by Pediatric Research
Michael R. Anderson, M.D., FAAP
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, UH Case Medical Center, Associate Professor of Pediatric Critical Care, Case Western Reserve University, Chief Medical Officer, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, Member and Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Nicola P. Klein, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Scientist II, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Co-Director, Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. - Break
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. - Session 3: The National Biodefense Science Board Report
John S. Parker, M.D., Major General (Retired)
Chair, National Biodefense Science Board
Senior Vice President, Science Applications International Corporation
11:30 – 11:40 a.m. - Distinguished Speaker
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.¸ Introductory Remarks
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. - Session 4: Special Considerations for Medical Countermeasure Research and Use
Lisa Kaplowitz, M.D., M.S.H.A.
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Director, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Holly A. Taylor, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Core Faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
James G. Hodge, Jr., J.D., LL.M.
Lincoln Professor of Health Law and Ethics, Director, Public Health Law & Policy Program, Director, Network for Public Health Law - Western Region, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
12:40 – 1:30 p.m. - Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. - Session 5: Medical Countermeasure Roundtable
2:30 – 3:15 p.m. - Session 6: Theory and Practice of a Right to Privacy
Madison Powers, J.D., D. Phil.
Professor, Department of Philosophy, Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University
Amy McGuire, J.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Associate Director of Research, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. - Break
3:30 – 4:15 p.m. - Session 7: Genomic Privacy, Data Access and Health IT
Greg Biggers
Council Member, Genetic Alliance, Chief Executive Officer, Genomera
Leonard D’Avolio, Ph.D.
Associate Center Director for Biomedical Informatics, Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), Department of Veterans Affairs, Instructor, Harvard Medical School
4:15 – 5:00 p.m. - Session 8: Genomics Roundtable
5:00 – 5:15 p.m. - Closing Remarks
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
James Wagner, Ph.D.
