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<span>NAEC Meeting Minutes - August 9, 2022 </span>
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<p><strong>National Institutes of Health </strong></p>
<p><strong>National Eye Institute<br>
Minutes of the National Advisory Eye Council<br>
One Hundred Sixty Second Meeting<br>
August 9, 2022</strong></p>
<p>The National Advisory Eye Council (NAEC) convened for its 162nd meeting at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The entire meeting was closed to the public for the review of grant and cooperative agreement applications. All participants attended virtually. Michael Chiang, MD, Director of the National Eye Institute (NEI), presided as Council Chair, and Kathleen Anderson, PhD, served as Executive Secretary. The meeting concluded at 3:05 pm.</p>
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Closed Session
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<p>This meeting was closed to the public in accordance with the determination that this session concerned matters exempt from mandatory disclosure under Sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S. Code, and Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5, USC Appendix 2). Members absented themselves from the meeting during discussion of and voting on applications from their own institutions or other applications in which there was a potential conflict of interest, real or apparent. Members were asked to sign a statement to this effect.</p>
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Review of Application
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<p>NAEC members considered 24 research grant applications on which NEI was the primary Institute; these applications requested a total of $13,208,531 (direct costs year 01). The Council also considered 4 applications on which another Institute/Center was primary and NEI was secondary. These applications requested a total of $16,956,355 (direct costs year 01). The Council concurred with the Institutional Review Group recommendations on these 28 applications.</p>
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Adjournment
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<p>The 162nd meeting of the National Advisory Eye Council was adjourned at 3:05 p.m. on August 9, 2022.</p>
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Closed Session Attendees
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<p><strong>Council Members Present:</strong><br>Dr. Michael F. Chiang, Chair<br>Dr. Kathleen Anderson, Executive Secretary<br>Dr. Terete Borras<br>Dr. James Coughlan<br>Dr. Reza Dana<br>Dr. Katia Del Rio-Tsonis<br>Dr. Thomas Gardner<br>Dr. Mary Elizabeth Hartnett<br>Dr. Renu Kowluru<br>Dr. Tirin Moore<br>Dr. Benjamin Teller</p><p><strong>NIH Staff Members Present:</strong><br>Dr. Neeraj Agarwal<br>Dr. Houmam Araj<br>Dr. Sangeeta Bhargava<br>Mr. Nathan Brown<br>Mr. Donald Everett<br>Dr. Martha Flanders<br>Dr. Ashley Fortress<br>Dr. James Gao<br>Ms. Kerry Goetz<br>Dr. Nataliya Gordiyenko<br>Dr. Shefa Gordon<br>Dr. Tom Greenwell<br>Ms. Lateefah Hill<br>Dr. Brian Hoshaw<br>Dr. Paek Lee<br>Dr. George McKie<br>Dr. Lisa Neuhold<br>Ms. Barbara Payne<br>Ms. Melanie Reagan<br>Dr. Jennifer Schiltz<br>Dr. Grace Shen<br>Ms. Karen Smith<br>Dr. Hongman Song<br>Dr. Santa Tumminia<br>Dr. Cheri Wiggs<br>Dr. Charles Wright</p>
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<p>These minutes were submitted for the approval of the Council. All corrections or notations were incorporated. We hereby certify that, to the best of our knowledge, the foregoing minutes and attachment(s) are accurate and complete.</p><p><strong>Michael Chiang, MD</strong><br>Chair<br>National Advisory Eye Council</p><p><strong>Kathleen C. Anderson, PhD</strong><br>Executive Secretary<br>National Advisory Eye Council</p>
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