NCTR SAB Meets
The Science Advisory Board to the National Center for Toxicological Research Will meet on November 6, 2014, from 8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. and on November 7, 2014, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This SAB will meet at NCTR SAB, 3900 NCTR Rd., Conference Room B–12, Jefferson, Arkansas.

On November 6, 2014, the NCTR Director will welcome the participants and provide a Center-wide update on scientific initiatives and accomplishments during the past year. The SAB will be presented with an overview of the Division of Microbiology Subcommittee and the Subcommittee Site Visit Report.

Following the public session, the SAB will hear an update from each of NCTR’s research Divisions, the Office of Science Coordination, followed by an update on NCTR’s Global Interactions.

On November 7, 2014, the Office of the Chief Scientist will update the SAB on their research needs, and discuss opportunities for collaboration to help address these needs, followed by a report from the National Toxicology Program of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences on current and future collaboration.

The Center for Biological Evaluation and Research, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, the Center for Veterinary Medicine, the Center for Tobacco Products, the Office of Regulatory Affairs, and the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition will each briefly discuss their Center-specific research strategic needs.

Following an open discussion of all the information presented, the open session of the meeting will close so that SAB members can discuss personnel issues at NCTR.