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September 14-15, 2021 NVAC Meeting

September 14, 2021 - September 15, 2021

This meeting was held virtually.

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Welcome, Lessons from Operation Warp Speed, and Vaccine Safety Panel

Messaging on Vaccine Safety & Vaccine Confidence Subcommittee Update, Public Comment

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Recap of Day 1, Correlates of Protection Panel, and mRNA Vaccines Panel

CDC Flu Vaccine Recommendations, Member Updates, and Public Comment

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Agenda

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

TimeAgenda Item
1:00 pm - 1:10 pmCALL TO ORDER AND RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
Ann Aikin, Acting Designated Federal Official
1:10 pm - 1:20 pmOPENING REMARKS
Dr. Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health
1:20 pm - 1:30 pmCHAIR'S WELCOME
Dr. Robert Hopkins, NVAC Chair
1:30 pm - 2:00 pmEXPERIENCES IN THE FIELD: LESSONS FROM OPERATION WARP SPEED
Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Packard, Department of Defense on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

DATA REVIEW: COVID-19 VACCINE SAFETY FINDINGS

  • Dr. Bob Hopkins, ACIP COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical Sub-Group
    Co-Chair and NVAC Chair
  • Dr. Sascha R. Ellington, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Dr. Steven Anderson, Food and Drug Administration
  • Mark Miller, de Beaumont Foundation
3:00 pm - 3:15 pmBREAK
3:15 pm - 4:45 pm

Messaging About Vaccine Safety

  • Dr. Aisha T. Langford, New York University
  • Dr. Paul K.J. Han, National Cancer Institute
  • Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania
  • Lauren Vulanovic, Pan American Health Organization
  • Amy Callis, Voices for Vaccines
4:45 pm - 5:15 pmVACCINE CONFIDENCE SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATE
Dr. John Dunn, Vaccine Confidence Subcommittee Chair
5:15 pm - 5:30 pmPUBLIC COMMENT
5:30 pmADJOURN MEETING

 

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

TimeAgenda Item
1:00 pm - 1:10 pmCHAIR'S WELCOME
Dr. Robert Hopkins, NVAC Chair
1:10 pm - 2:00 pm

CORRELATES OF PROTECTION AND ENDURING IMMUNITY

  • Dr. Stanley Plotkin, University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University
  • Dr. Taia T. Wang, Stanford University
  • Dr. Ruben Donis, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

THE FUTURE OF mRNA VACCINES FOR WIDESPREAD USE

  • Dr. Tony Moody, Duke University
  • Dr. Mark Feinberg, IAVI
  • Dr. Justin M. Richner, University of Illinois
3:00 pm - 3:15 pmBREAK
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm

CDC FLU VACCINES RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 2021-2022 SEASON

  • Dr. Lisa Grohskopf, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3:30 pm - 4:15 pmFEDERAL AGENCY AND LIAISON REPRESENTATIVE UPDATES
4:15 pm - 4:30 pmPUBLIC COMMENT
4:30 pmADJORN MEETING
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