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Summary Report of the Eighth Meeting of the RERF Board of Councilors
The eighth meeting of the RERF Board of Councilors (BOC)* was held at the Nagasaki RERF Laboratory June 20-21, 2018.
The main agenda items and results of the discussions are summarized below:
- I. Reports of activities and settlement of accounts
- A status report of activities in FY2017 was made based on the activities report (including international cooperation activities and collaborative activities with overseas researchers or institutions), settlement of accounts report, audit report, and supporting documents. Deliberations that followed resulted in their approval.
- II. Activity plans, budget, and related matters
- Reports of FY2018 activity plans included research projects on the health of A-bomb survivors, the health of A-bomb survivors’ children (F1), and the elucidation of radiation doses in individuals from the atomic bombings and their effects. Also included were projects to publicize research results and collaborate with other scientific research institutions, training programs for domestic and overseas specialists, public information programs, activities necessary for the above projects, and the FY2018 working budget required to implement these projects.
- III. Recommendations made by Scientific Advisory Committee and RERF’s responses
- At the 45th meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) held in Hiroshima March 8-10, 2018, SAC reviews focused on the Department of Statistics. The SAC made several general recommendations related to strategic plans on the use of RERF preserved biosamples, research clusters, long-term hiring of research scientists, and mentoring and training of young research scientists. The BOC reviewed RERF’s responses to these recommendations.
- IV. RERF’s strategic plans
- The BOC discussed RERF’s report on its strategic plans and the establishment of the Stakeholder Committee on Usage of A-bomb Survivors’ Biosamples as it relates to the strategic plans.
*Boards of Councilors are the highest decision-making bodies of public interest foundations. RERF’s BOC determines the structure for work execution (e.g., appointments and dismissals of directors, auditors, and others) and the basic rules for foundation management (changes to the Articles of Incorporation, etc.). Through approval of financial statements, the BOC monitors whether RERF management is undertaken in accordance with laws and ordinances as well as the RERF Articles of Incorporation.
Participants of this year’s Board of Councilors meeting are as follows:
COUNCILORS
- Mr. James W. Ziglar
- Senior Counsel, Van Ness Feldman, Washington, DC; and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, DC
- Dr. Ryugo Hayano
- Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo
- Dr. Hiroo Dohy
- Executive Officer, Blood Service Headquarters, Japanese Red Cross Society
- Dr. Joe W. Gray
- Professor and Gordon Moore Endowed Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
- Dr. Shelley A. Hearne
- Executive Director, Forsythia Foundation and Visiting Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Mr. Masaaki Kuniyasu
- Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka, the Republic of Portugal, and other nations
- Dr. Jonathan M. Samet
- Dean, School of Public Health, University of Colorado
- Dr. Yoshiharu Yonekura
- Senior Advisor, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
DIRECTORS
- Dr. Ohtsura Niwa
- Chairman/Representative Director
- Dr. Robert L. Ullrich
- Vice Chairman and Executive Director
- Dr. Kazunori Kodama
- Executive Director
AUDITORS
- Mr. Takashi Kohno
- Certified Public Accountant and Tax Accountant, Hiroshima All-In Law and Accounting Office
- Mr. Paul Thrasher
- Certified Public Accountant/Financial Consultant
CO-CHAIRPERSON OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Dr. Michiaki Kai
- Professor, Environmental Health Science, Department of Health Sciences, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Discussion during BOC meeting
Press conference following conclusion of BOC meeting