FEBRUARY 15-16 - MINUTES OF MEETING 
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Other National Institutes of Health staff present were : 
Dr. Robert C. Backus, OD; Dr. Stanley Barban, NIGMS; Dr. Emmett Barkley, 
NCI; Ms. Dianah Bertran, NIAID; Mrs. Betty Butler, NIGMS; Dr. Vincent 
Franco, NIAMDD; Dr. John Irwin, DRS; Dr. Richard Krause, NIAID; Dr. John 
Nutter, NIAID; Dr. Michael Resnick, NIGMS; Dr. Bernard Talbot, OD; and 
Dr. Burke Zimmerman, OD. 
Others in attendance for all or part of the meeting were ; 
Dr. David Botstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Paul 
Burnett, Lilly Research Laboratories; Mr. Jeffery Christy, Blue Sheet; 
Dr. Ronald Davis, Stanford University; Dr. T. H. Fraser, Upjohn; 
Ms. Edith Godette, Department of Labor; Dr. Lowell T. Harmisdn, DHEW; 
Mrs. Robin M. Henig, Bio Science; Dr. Paul Hung, Abbott Laboratories; 
Dr. Evelyn Hurlburt, Johns Hopkins University; J. Johnson, Food and Drug 
Administration; C. E. Kimble, Food and Drug Administration; Dr. Dan 
Liberman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ms. Kathleen Majerus, 
Department of Labor; Dr. James McCullough, Library of Congress; Dr. 
Elizabeth Milewski, University of Colorado; L. Moutsopoulos , Georgetown 
University; Jack L. Padgett, Kennedy Institute; Ms. Francine Simring, 
Coalition for Responsible Genetic Research; Mr. Louis Slesin, Natural 
Resources Defense Council; H. L. Walker, Food and Drug Administration; 
Dr. Charles Weiner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Dr. Susan 
Wright, University of Michigan. 
I. CALL TO ORDER AND OPENING REMARKS 
Dr. Jane Setlow, Chairpman, called the meeting to order at 9 a.m., 
February 15, 1979. Dr. Setlow stressed the need for primary reviewers 
to bring written comments to the meeting. She announced that there 
will be new appointments to subcommittees, and that working groups 
and subcommittees will always have at least one non-scientist member. 
Dr. Krimsky requested that the Minutes be considered earlier in the 
agenda at future meetings. Several members requested that the last 
mailing for a meeting be in their hands at least one week before the 
meeting. Ihe Executive Secretary read interim procedures concerning 
conflict of interest. 
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