Embassy Row Hotel
2015 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
Thursday, May 17
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.
