December 2003 NCSAC Meeting Agenda

The 8th Meeting of the National Children’s Study Federal Advisory Committee (NCSAC)

December 15-16, 2003
Sheraton Atlanta Hotel
Atlanta, GA

Day 1 Agenda: December 15, 2003
Day 2 Agenda: December 16, 2003

Meeting Objectives

National Children’s Study Advisory Committee (NCSAC) Members will work with Co-Chairs of the Working Groups within thematic areas to discuss the following:

• Adequacy of the thematic areas proposed by the Interagency Coordinating Committee (ICC)
• Concerns about ICC working hypotheses
• Responses or additions to Study Design Working Group (SDWG) comments comments on the ICC themes and working hypotheses
• Questions from the NCSAC and ICC
  - Increased specificity about exposures and how and when they are measured
  - Increased specificity about outcomes and how and when they are measured
  - Identification of gaps in the current hypotheses
• Definition of health or healthy development within each of the outcome specific Working Groups and within the thematic areas.

Products from the meeting will be consensus between Working Group and NCSAC Members concerning the work needed on the hypotheses, and enhancements--or modifications--of the thematic areas before the March Advisory Committee meeting (note that Working Group Co-Chairs are also invited to participate in the March Advisory Committee Meeting). A goal of the meeting will be to reach agreement and to seek recommendations by the NCSAC on assignments between Working Groups, the ICC, and the Program Office.

Agenda

Monday, December 15