b'Appendix A: National Commission Support Letterwill only happen by establishing the Commission to thoroughly examine the portfolio and make recommendations on how best to advance this emerging scientific area under NIHs current structure.Thank you for your time and consideration of this request. Sincerely,Guillermo Arroyo Ataz, MSMatthew Cribb, BS Dennis Jones, PhDBrandon Dixon, PhD Boston University, School of MedicineGeorgia Institute of Technology Boston, MAAtlanta, GAYang Lee, PhD Nils Hansmeier, PhDHarvard Medical School,Charite-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Boston Childrens Hospital Institute of Medical and Human GeneticsBoston, MA Berlin, Germany Dai Fukumura, MD, PhD Alyssa Goldberg, MDRakesh K. Jain, PhD Childrens Hospital Colorado, Pinji Lei, PhD Dept. of Pediatric GastroenterologyLance L. Munn, PhD Aurora, COTimothy Padera, PhD Mohammad Razavi, PhD Ajit Muley, PhDKangsan Roh, PhD Carrie Shawber, PhDHarvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Columbia University, Irving Medical CenterHospital, Dept. of Radiation Oncology New York, NYBoston, MAGlicella Salazar-De Simone, PhDMihaela Skobe, PhD Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Dept. of OB & OBGYNNew York, NY New York, NY Jennifer Frattolin, PhD Pascal Brouillard, PhDJames Moore, PhD Mikka Vikkula, MD, PhDDaniel Watson, BEng de Duve Institute-University of Louvain, Imperial College London,Human Molecular GeneticsDept. of Bioengineering Brussels, BelgiumLondon, United KingdomIoannis Kritikos, MScBarbara Garmy-Susini, PhD ETH ZurichINSERM, Institute of Cardiovascular and Zurich, SwitzerlandMetabolic Diseases (12MC) Toulouse, France Michael Detmar, MD ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute ofLjuba Ponomarev, MS Technology, Institute of Pharmaceutical SciencesAn Zwijsen, PhD Zurich, SwitzerlandKU Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg,Dept. of Cardiovascular Sciences Friedemann Kiefer, PhDLeuven, Belgium European Institute for Molecular Imaging, Munster, GermanyRadjesh Bisoendial, MD, PhD Maasstad Hospital, Dept. of Rheumatology and Pedro Vallecillo Garcia, PhDClinical Immunology Freie Universitat Berlin, Rotterdam, Netherlands Musculoskeletal Development and Regeneration Berlin, Germany AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY 47 Tel(516)625-9675Fax(516)625-9410EmailLERN@LymphaticNetwork.orgWebwww.LymphaticNetwork.org'