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American Dental Education Association

Volume 2, No. 29, October 26, 2021

FY 2022 Department of Health and Human Services Budget Update
 
The Senate Committee on Appropriations released the Chairman’s mark for its bill last week funding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for fiscal year (FY) 2022. Programs important to dental education were held at FY 2021 levels except for the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), which received a 6% increase but was still below the dental community’s requested funding level. The table below provides a summary and comparison.

Another item of note is the proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), which will be housed within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). President Biden has requested $6.5 billion to begin the agency that would offer new capabilities to speed the application and implementation of health breakthroughs. In the Biden administration’s words, ARPA-H “aims to drive transformational health research innovation and speed medical breakthroughs by tackling ambitious challenges requiring large-scale, sustained, and cross-sector coordination.”
 
The U.S. House of Representatives bill increases overall NIH funding to $46.4 billion and directs $3 billion to ARPA-H in FY 2022, while the Senate bill provides $47.9 billion to NIH and directs $2.4 billion to ARPA-H.

For the First Time, FDA Authorizes Marketing of an E-cigarette
 
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized [ [link removed] ] the first electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS), better known as “e-cigarettes.” The agency gave permission to the R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company to market the "Vuse Solo closed ENDS device and accompanying tobacco-flavored e-liquid pods.”
 
The FDA noted in its statement [ [link removed] ] that the product is "appropriate for the protection of public health."
 
The agency asserted that based on the data presented the tobacco-flavored products could be helpful to smokers who switch to e-cigarettes to reduce their cigarette use, and that the possible benefit to these smokers “outweigh the risk to youth.” The FDA further noted that most youth tend to use flavored ENDS products, whereas the products authorized are not flavored and thus “less appealing to the youth.”
 
The FDA stressed that “while today's action permits the tobacco products to be sold in the U.S., it does not mean these products are safe or ‘FDA approved’. All tobacco products are harmful and addictive . . .”

Federal Judge Rules University of North Carolina Can Consider Race in Admissions
 
On Oct. 18, a federal judge ruled that the University of North Carolina (UNC) can continue to consider race [ [link removed] ] in student admissions. In her ruling [ [link removed] ] , U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs found that UNC’s consideration of race was constitutional and part of a “highly individualized, holistic admissions program.”
 
Students for Fair Admission (SFA), the plaintiffs in the case, lost a similar case against Harvard University [ [link removed] ] in November 2020. The Supreme Court is considering hearing an appeal in that case, and SFA has already stated they will appeal the North Carolina ruling as well.
 
The legal standard [ [link removed]? ] for considering race in admissions was established by the Supreme Court in 2003, when it determined the University of Michigan School of Law could consider race, provided admissions also considered other factors on an individual basis.

ADEA Advocacy in Action
This appears weekly in the ADEA Advocate to summarize and provide direct links to recent advocacy actions taken by ADEA. Please let us know what you think and how we might improve its usefulness.
 
Issues and Resources
 • Provider Relief Fund Reporting portal [ [link removed] ]
 • ADEA memo [ [link removed] ] regarding vaccines at the state level
 • ADEA report [ [link removed] ] on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Dental Schools
 • ADEA policy brief [ [link removed] ] regarding overprescription of antibiotics
 • For a full list of ADEA memos, briefs and letters click here [ [link removed] ] .

ADEA State Calendar [ [link removed] ]

ADEA Washington Calendar [ [link removed] ]

ADEA U.S. Interactive Legislative and Regulatory Tracking Map [ [link removed] ]

Key Federal Issues [ [link removed] ]

Key State Issues [ [link removed] ]

The ADEA Advocate [ [link removed] ] is published weekly. Its purpose is to keep ADEA members abreast of federal and state issues and events of interest to the academic dentistry and the dental and research communities.
 
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ADEA Chief Advocacy Officer
 
Bridgette DeHart, J.D.
ADEA Director of Federal Relations and Advocacy
 
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ADEA Director of State Relations and Advocacy
 
Brian Robinson
ADEA Program Manager for Advocacy and Government Relations
 
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