Institutional Value Analysis- Research & Academia Minutes September 10, 2014 Andy McNees Wade Radiocioni Istvan Boldogh Giulio Taglialatela Alexander Freiberg Support Theresa Carrig Jennifer Johnson Eric Williams Liz Guerra Attended Cecily Garcia William Calhoun Debra Pyron Cornelis Elferink Sonia Gonzalez Geetika Saraf Louise Prakash StJohn Sturton Thomas Wood Michelle Heintz Jaime Penner Chris Gross The committee requested a committee roster be distributed; completed 9/10/2014. An agreeable meeting time and date is to be established; completed 9/19/2014. Meetings will occur the first Tuesday of the Month from 1pm to 2pm and will meet in Research Bldg. 6 beginning in November; an alternate location was secured for October. The committee has requested that purchasing compile and bring to the next meeting a list of active research contracts, a copy of the research program that was developed at MD Anderson and any buying opportunities available. Data Analytics is looking into the possibility of creating a website or other mechanism for individual PIs to share better pricing found. We hope to have an update by the next meeting. Some possible topics to begin evaluation for savings included -80 freezers, fetal bovine serum, and reagents.