Multi-Disciplinary Working Group (MDWG) Meeting

Overview

The Multi-Disciplinary Working Group serves as a fact-finding body of experts external to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide input to guide Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®, research. The working group assists the NIH Institute and Center Advisory Councils to help ensure that NIH HEAL Initiative research meets the bold, trans-NIH goals for the initiative. Its meetings serve as a forum to engage partners in the private sector and research community, provide a transparent venue for stakeholders and members of the public, and help facilitate exchange of scientific information among NIH HEAL Initiative projects.

Goal

Facilitate sharing of expertise from MDWG relevant to the NIH HEAL Initiative and to specific HEAL projects and discuss specific HEAL research studies to achieve portfolio balance.

Day 1

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: HEAL Research Underway

• 10:00 am — Welcome
• Larry Tabak, Acting Director, NIH

• 10:10 am — Opening Remarks
• Nora Volkow, Director, NIDA, and Walter Koroshetz, Director, NINDS

• 10:20 am — HEAL Initiative: Current Landscape
• Rebecca Baker, Director, NIH HEAL Initiative

• 10:30 am — General Discussion

CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC: HEAL Research Under Consideration

• 10:45 am — HEAL Research Under Consideration

• 1:50 pm — Meeting Summary and Next Steps

• 2:00 pm — Adjourn

Day 2

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: HEAL Research Underway

• 10:30 am — Welcome, HEAL Career Development and Training Programs
• Rebecca Baker, Director, NIH HEAL Initiative

• 10:40 am — General Discussion

CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC: HEAL Research Under Consideration

• 10:50 am — HEAL Research Under Consideration
• Rebecca Baker, Director, NIH HEAL Initiative

• 11:00 am — HEAL Research Under Consideration

• 1:45 pm — Meeting Summary and Next Steps
• Rebecca Baker, Director, NIH HEAL Initiative

• 2:00 pm — Adjourn