Event Month: January

Virtual Meeting

Webcast

• Webcast link

Agenda

• NSABB January 2023 Meeting Agenda

Meeting Minutes

• NSABB January 2023 Meeting Minutes

Additional Files

• Draft Report*
• Presentation – Draft Report of Two NSABB Working Groups: Proposed Biosecurity Oversight Framework for the Future of Science
• Federal Register Notice

*Note: The NSABB working groups report is a draft, pre-decisional document. The NSABB publicly discussed and endorsed the draft findings and recommendations with minor modifications to the report at the January 27 meeting. The final NSABB report was transmitted to the HHS Secretary and can be found here.

Public Comments

To sign up to make an oral public comment at the meeting, please send an email to SciencePolicy@od.nih.gov at least one business day prior to the meeting date. Once all time slots are filled, only written comments will be accepted.

Any interested person may file written comments by emailing SciencePolicy@od.nih.gov at least one business day prior to the meeting date. Other than name and contact information, please do not include any personally identifiable information or any information that you do not wish to make public. Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should not be included in your comments. Please note that any written comments NIH receives may be posted unredacted to the Office of Science Policy website.

Public Comments

Webcasts

• Recorded Webcast of NSABB Meeting January 23, 2020 – Day 1
• Recorded Webcast of NSABB Meeting January 24, 2020 – Day 2

Agenda

• NSABB January 2020 Meeting Agenda

Minutes

• NSABB January 2020 Meeting Minutes

Slides

Slides of January 23, 2020 – Day 1

• Wolinetz – Dual Use and Gain-of-Function Research Oversight Policy
• Hassell – HHS Oversight of Enhanced PPP Research
• Wolinetz – NSABB Charge
• Resnik – Balancing Transparency and Security – Ethical Considerations
• Gronvall – Balancing Security and Transparency – Policy Considerations
• Inglesby – Perspectives on Enhanced PPP Research Transparency and Security
• Lipsitch – Balancing Security Transparency – Responsible Communication

Slides of January 24, 2020 – Day 2

• Black – Scientific Peer Review at NIH
• Good – Scientific Peer Review at NSF
• Edwin – Balancing Security and Transparency for BSAT Research
• Vander Linden – USAMRIID Community Engagement on Pathogen Research
• Moritz – Making Science, Biosafety, and Biosecurity Transparent
• Benjamin – NEIDL Research Transparency
• Fischhoff – Responsible Public Communication
• Lipson – Engagement and Communications for PPP Research

For accessibility assistance with these files, please contact: SciencePolicy@od.nih.gov.

The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity will meet to discuss: (1) considerations regarding security and public transparency when sharing information about research involving enhanced potential pandemic pathogens; (2) other business of the Board; and (3) a charge to the committee will be presented.

The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to space available. The meeting will also be videocast.

If you plan to attend the meeting in person please pre-register HERE.
Individuals in attendance may also register onsite on the day of the meeting.

Agenda

Videocasts:

• Day 1
• Day 2

For additional information about the NSABB, please email nsabb@od.nih.gov.

Webcasts

• Recorded Webcast of NSABB Meeting January 7-8, 2016- Day 1
• Recorded Webcast of NSABB Meeting January 7-8, 2016- Day 2

Agenda

• Agenda NSABB Jan 7-8, 2016

Slides

• The GOF Deliberative Process
• NSABB Working Group – Preliminary Findings and Draft Recommendations
• All Session I Presentations – Results of the Risk and Benefit Assessments of GOF Studies
• All Session II Presentations – Examination of Ethical Issues Associated with GOF Studies
• All Session III Presentations – Analysis of the Current Policy Landscape and Potential Policy Options
• All Session IV Presentations – Discussion of NSABB WG Preliminary Findings and Draft Recommendations
• Info — 2nd GOF Symposium hosted by the National Academies

Additional Files

• NSABB WG Working Paper on Gain-of-Function Studies 12-23-2015
• Risk and Benefit Analysis of Gain of Function Research – Draft Final Report
• Gain-of-Function Research Ethical Analysis White Paper by Michael Selgelid
• Compiled Written Public Comments Dec 13 2015 – Jan 8 2016
• Federal Register Notice
• USG Gain-of-Function Deliberative Process and Research Funding Pause on Selected Gain-of-Function Research
• Meeting Information – NSABB Jan 7-8, 2016
• NSABB January 2016 Meeting Minutes