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IMAG Futures Meeting
Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group

• December 15-16, 2009

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The Impact of Modelingon
Behavioral

• Biomedical

Biological
Research Policy
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NIH IMAG Milestones

• 1999, NIH BISTI Report (Biomedical Information
  Technology Initiative)
• 2000 BISTIC formed - BISTI Initiatives
• 2003 Inaugural BISTIC Symposium Multiscale
  Modeling
• 2005 and 2006, NIH Roadmap NCBC funded (National
  Centers for Biocomputing)

• 2000, NIBIB formed
• 2003, IMAG formed (Interagency Modeling and
  Analysis Group)
• 2004, IMAG Interagency Funding Opportunity for
  Multiscale Modeling (MSM)
• 2005, IMAG MSM Consortium formed
• 2007, IMAG New Funding Opportunity for the
  Physiome

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IMAGwiki
Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group

• http//www.imagwiki.org/mediawiki
• (Google IMAG wiki)

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What is on the IMAG wiki?

• Multiscale Modeling (MSM) Consortium information
  (see FAQs)
• MSM Working Group Discussions
• MSM virtual presentations
• Population Modeling Discussions
• International projects related to MSM
• IMAG government agency information and funding
  opportunities
• Resources for modeling

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IMAGwiki
Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group

• http//www.imagwiki.org/mediawiki
• (Google IMAG wiki)

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IMAG FUTURES MEETINGPlanning Committee

• Yuan Liu (NINDS)
• Peter Lyster (NIGMS)
• Patty Mabry (OBSSR)
• Abani Patra (NSF-OCI)
• Grace Peng (NIBIB)
• Karin Remington (NIGMS)
• Thomas Russell (NSF-OIA)
• Stephanie Sabourin (NIBIB)
• Nancy Shinowara (NICHD)

• James Anderson (NIGMS)
• Paul Brazhnik (NIGMS)
• German Cavelier (NIMH)
• Jennifer Couch (NCI)
• Alison Deckhut (NIAID)
• Timothy Gondre-Lewis (NIAID)
• Susan Gregurick (DOE-BER)
• Jennie Larkin (NHLBI)

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IMAG FUTURES MEETINGSpecial Thanks
Stephanie Sabourin Matthew Quade, Vicki Rein,
Shaun Sims NIBIB NSF-OCI NIGMS OBSSR DOE-BER NIMH
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The Impact of Modelingon
Behavioral

• Biomedical

Biological
Research Policy
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Meeting Charge

• In folder (Google IFM Charge)
• All speakers and scale group participants were
  instructed to express their opinions according to
  the meeting Charge
• Series of pre-meeting discussions

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Meeting Charge

• Developed by IMAG from MSM Consortium experience
• 4 main Charge points
• 7 contextual issues for modeling

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Meeting Charge

• Pre-meeting scale group meetings identified
  issues unique to scale
• Scale groups will raise specific charge points
  and issues (not necessarily all)
• Scale groups will raise questions to other scale
  groups cross-scale issues

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WHY Models ???
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Things to Remember

• This is NOT a consensus generating meeting
• This is a brainstorming meeting to allow
  INDIVIDUAL opinions to be expressed
• This is not an advisory meeting - recommendations
  (e.g. for funding) are not to be made

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Things to Remember

• Moderators are taking notes
• Chairs will compile notes and discussions and
  present summary tomorrow morning
• After the meeting - Chairs will compile all the
  summaries into one final report
• One month public commentary to 1/16/10
• Final report will be a statement of discussion -
  not consensus, not advice to government

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Things to Remember

• Please speak into the microphones
• 2 moving microphones on each side of the room
• Remote participants please use videocast
  feedback form to submit questions and comments

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Enjoy the meeting!
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