Sixty-Ninth Meeting
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING
The Neuroscience Center
6001 Executive Blvd. Room 1135/45/55
Rockville, MD
September 16, 2025
Agenda
View Videocast at: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=56968
OPEN SESSION
9:00 a.m. Call to Order and Welcome
Anna Taylor, PhD
9:10 a.m. Director’s Report
Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD
10:50 a.m. Break
11:10 a.m. Concept Clearance: Bioengineering Research, Innovation and Technology Education Program (BRITE Program)
Tina Gatlin, PhD
11:30 a.m. Concept Clearance: Technology Development Network
Luisa Russell, PhD
11:50 a.m. Concept Clearance: SBIR RADx
Todd Merchak
12:00 p.m. Lopez Lecture: Guiding Sound with Magnetism: MRI for Targeting Transcranial Focused Ultrasound
William A. Grissom, PhD
1:00 p.m. Adjourn
CLOSED SESSION
This session of the meeting is closed to the public in accordance with the provisions in Sections 552b(c)(4) and 552(b)(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C. and Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).
2:00 p.m. Charge to Council, including conflict of interest and confidentiality information
Anna Taylor, PhD
Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD
2:10 p.m. Review of grant applications
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
FUTURE COUNCIL DATES
2026 – Monday, January 26; Wednesday, May 20; Tuesday, September 15
2027 – Thursday, January 21; Tuesday, May 18; Wednesday, September 15
SPEAKERS
Tina Gatlin, PhD
Program Director, NIBIB
Bethesda, MD
William A. Grissom, PhD
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case School of Engineering, School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Todd Merchak
Director, Office of Program Evaluation and Strategic Partnerships, NIBIB
Bethesda, MD
Luisa Russell, PhD
Program Director, NIBIB
Bethesda, MD
Anna R. Taylor, PhD
Associate Director for Research Administration, NIBIB
Acting Deputy Director, NIBIB
Bethesda, MD
Bruce J. Tromberg, PhD
Director, NIBIB
Bethesda, MD