[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17629-17630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9301]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health


Office of Research on Women's Health; Notice of Meeting--``Beyond 
Hunt Valley: Research on Women's Health for the 21st Century''

    Notice is hereby given that the Office of Research on Women's 
Health, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, will 
convene a meeting on June 11, 12, and 13, 1997, at the Sheraton New 
Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. The purpose of the meeting is to 
update the current biomedical and behavioral research agenda for 
women's health, as presented in the Report of the National Institutes 
of Health: Opportunities for Research on Women's Health, a publication 
based on a conference held in Hunt Valley, Maryland, September 1991.
    The NIH/FAES is accredited by the Accreditation Council for 
Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical educations 
for physicians.
    The NIH/FAES designates this educational activity for a maximum of 
10 hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition 
Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/
she actually spent in the educational activity.
    The first day, June 11, will be devoted to receiving public 
testimony from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 from individuals and individuals 
representing organizations interested in biomedical and behavioral 
research on women's health issues. On June 12 and 13, concurrent 
working groups will discuss women's health research, with particular 
reference to gender differences and emerging scientific issues. The 
schedule for June 22 is 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on June 23 the 
meeting will end approximately at 3:00 p.m. All sessions of the meeting 
are open to the public.
    The purpose of this conference is to examine the physiological and 
psychosocial differences which exist between women and men and emerging 
scientific issues such as the environmental impact on women's health. 
In addition, strategies based upon the research which can result in an 
improved health status for all women will be developed.
    Experts in fields of basic and clinical science, practitioners 
interested in women's health, representatives of scientific, 
professional and women's health organizations, and women's health 
advocates will be asked to assess the current status of research in 
women's health, in these, and other areas, identify gaps in existing 
knowledge, and recommend scientific approaches and strategies to take 
advantage of promising opportunities for research on women's health.
    Opening sessions will be devoted to identifying those factors which 
may influence health status, including physiological and psychological 
differences between women and men, and to addressing the emerging 
issues from basic science to clinical studies through application to 
all women regardless of race, ethnicity, or age with special focus on 
the effects of environmental hazards and toxins across the life span.

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    The Office of Research on Women's Health invites individuals and 
individuals representing organizations with an interest in research 
areas related to women's health to provide written and oral testimony 
on the state of knowledge and continuing or emerging gaps in knowledge 
about women's health across the life span, sex/gender differences and 
the impact on women's health, new priorities for research on women's 
health, the environmental, genetic, hormonal, non-hormonal, and other 
factors that impact women's health, and career issues for women 
scientists and how to overcome the barriers. Due to time constraints, 
only one representative from each organization may present oral 
testimony, with presentations limited to 10 minutes. A letter of intent 
to present such testimony should be sent by interested individuals and 
organizations to Ms. Maxine Smith, Houston Associates, 1010 Wayne 
Avenue, Suite 1200, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Presenters should send 
three (3) written copies of their testimony, including a brief 
description of their organization, to the above address no later than 
May 20, 1997. The date of receipt of the letter will establish the 
order of presentations at the June meeting.
    Individuals and organizations wishing to provide written statements 
only may send three (3) copies of their statements to the above address 
by May 20, 1997. All written testimony will be made available to the 
conferees prior to the June 11 meeting day. Comments and questions 
related to the June meeting should be addressed to Ms. Smith.
    This meeting is the second of three regional public hearings and 
scientific workshops of similar design to be convened by the Office of 
Research on Women's Health. At the conclusion of this series of 
meetings, the Office of Research on Women's Health will convene a 
national meeting to address the deliberations and recommendations from 
the regional public hearings and scientific workshops for the purpose 
of developing a report for priorities for research on women's health 
for the 21st century.

    Dated: April 3, 1997.
Ruth L. Kirschstein,
Deputy Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 97-9301 Filed 4-9-97; 8:45 am]
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