[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 62873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29764]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


National Institutes of Health; Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part H, Chapter HN (National Institutes of Health) of the Statement 
of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the 
Department of Health and Human Services (40 FR 22859, May 27, 1975, as 
amended most recently at 60 FR 48518, September 19, 1995) is amended to 
reflect the reorganization of the Office of the Director, National 
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (OD/NIAID) (HNM). The 
reorganization consists of the following: (1) Establish the Office of 
Clinical Research (HNM1B) in the Office of the Director. This 
reorganization will enable the NIAID to better fulfill its mission by 
restructuring the OD/NIAID to better integrate related program areas 
and streamline operations.
    Section HN-B, Organization and Functions is amended as follows: (1) 
Under the heading Office of the Director (HNM1), insert the following:
    Office of Clinical Research (HNM1B). (1) Is responsible for 
developing, implementing, and evaluating policies and practices related 
to the conduct of human subjects research within NIAID, (2) advises the 
Director, NIAID, on the portfolio of clinical research conducted and 
sponsored by NIAID and reviews research protocols for relevance to the 
mission of the Institute, priority to meet the needs of the public 
health of the nation, ethics in human use, and appropriateness of 
scientific design, (3) manages NIAID's clinical research program 
carried out in the Clinical Center, NIH, (4) oversees the activities of 
the NIAID Institutional Review Board, (5) corresponds with other 
government agencies, organizations, and the public to provide timely 
and relevant information on the clinical research programs of NIAID, 
and (6) promotes interaction between intramural and extramural 
investigators, particularly with regard to collaboration on clinical 
research conducted at the Clinical Center, NIH.

    Dated: November 19, 1995.
Harold Varmus,
Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 95-29764 Filed 12-6-95; 8:45 am]
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