The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will host a two-day public workshop on March 20-21, 2018 at the National Academies Building (NAS Auditorium) called Engaging the Private Sector Health Care System in Building Capacity to Respond to Threats to the Public’s Health and National Security. Through this workshop, the committee will bring together public and private sector partners to discuss approaches to aligning healthcare system incentives with the American public’s need for a healthcare system that is optimally prepared and scalable to manage acutely ill and injured patients during a disaster, public health emergency, or other mass casualty event.

Neuroforensics: Exploring the Legal Implications of Emerging Neurotechnologies

The first meeting of the Committee on Functional Assessment for Adults with Disabilities was held in Washington, DC on December 7, 2017.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will release and discuss the findings of their new affordable drugs report at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker this Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 1:00PM in the club’s Fourth Estate.

The Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders proposes to host a public workshop bringing together key stakeholders to advance the discussions that emerged from the three National Institutes of Health meetings scheduled in June and July 2017 to address the opioid epidemic, and examine potential implementation barriers and opportunities related to the proposed approaches discussed.

The Planning Committee for a Workshop on Strategies to Limit Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Young Children will hold an open meeting on March 08, 2017 from 9:00-10:30am ET. Attendees may register to attend in-person or listen to the open meeting online.

The Committee on Ensuring Patient Access to Affordable Drug Therapies' second meeting will be a public workshop.

Committee on Ensuring Patient Access to Affordable Drug Therapies will be holding their first meeting in the NAS Building. There will be opportunity for public comment.

Dissemination Workshop on the Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will plan and conduct a 1.5-day public workshop to explore the scientific, policy, and operational aspects of big data in relation to microbial threats and public health.