Because of a lapse in government funding, the information on this website may not be up to date, transactions submitted via the website may not be processed, and the agency may not be able to respond to inquiries until appropriations are enacted. The NIH Clinical Center (the research hospital of NIH) is open. For more details about its operating status, please visit cc.nih.gov. Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at opm.gov.

September 5, 2025, Advisory Board Meeting Open Session Agenda

Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC) for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences

FIC Advisory Board Meeting (Open Session)
September 5, 2025
Hybrid: Virtual/Stone House, Building 16, NIH Campus

Agenda

9:00-9:45 a.m.

Update and Discussion of Current FIC Activities

Dr. Peter Kilmarx, FIC Acting Director
Program Concepts
- Research Council of Finland - National Institutes of Health Partnership Program, Sarah Scharf, Regional Program Director, Europe, Israel & Multilateral Organizations, Division of International Relations, FIC
- Global Health Program for Fellows and Scholars: Launching Future Leaders in Global Health Research Training Program (LAUNCH), Dr. UnJa Hayes, Program Officer, Division of International Training and Research (DITR), FIC
- International Bioethics Training Program, Dr. Barbara Sina, Acting DITR Director, FIC
- Infectious Disease Research Training Program, Dr. Geetha Bansal, Program Officer, DITR
- Triennial Report, Dr. Marya Levintova, Program Officer, DITR, FIC

9:45-10:45 a.m.

State of Global Health

Dr. Jennifer Kates, Senior Vice President and Director of Global Health & HIV Policy, KFF

10:45-11:15 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

Aligning Global Health Research Priorities with U.S. Health Priorities in the MAHA Era

Dr. David Spiro, Director, Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies (DIEPS), FIC
Dr. Kevin Bardosh, Senior Science Strategist, NIH Office of the Director
Dr. Chris Beyrer, Director, Duke Global Health Institute; Gary Hock Distinguished Professor in Global Health, Professor of Medicine, Duke University; Associate Director, Global HIV, Duke Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)