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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Data Collaboration; Meeting

    The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will convene the following 
meeting cosponsored by the Research Society on Alcoholism and the 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

    Name: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Data Collaboration Meeting.
    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., March 17, 1994. 8:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m., March 18, 1994.
    Place: Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, 265 Peachtree Center 
Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The primary purpose of this meeting is to promote 
collaborative discussions about current issues in FAS, share 
information, and identify future collaborative activities among 
institutions and agencies currently involved in FAS research and 
program development.
    Matters to be Discussed: Topics to be discussed include the 
possibilities of data-sharing among researchers, issues in case 
ascertainment of FAS, FAS case definition and screening, and 
frameworks for primary prevention of FAS.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Louise Floyd, Ph.D., Chief, 
FAS Prevention Section, Developmental Disabilities Branch (F-15), 
NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., Chamblee, Georgia, 30341, 
telephone 404/488-7370.

    Dated: March 4, 1994.
Elvin Hilyer,
Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-5500 Filed 3-9-94; 8:45 am]
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