[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18355-18356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9596]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part N, 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 62 FR 3900, January 27, 1997, and redesignated 
from Part HN as Part N at 60 FR 56606, November 9, 1995), is amended as 
set forth below to reflect the reorganization of the National Institute 
of Dental Research as follows: Abolishment of the Division of 
Epidemiology and Oral Disease Prevention (NP5, formerly HNP5) and the 
transfer of its functions to the Division of Intramural Research (NP2, 
formerly HNP2).
    Section N-B Organization and Functions, under the heading National 
Institute of Dental Research (NP, formerly HNP), is amended as follows: 
(1) the title and functional statement for the Division of Epidemiology 
and Oral Disease Prevention (NP5, formerly

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HNP5) are deleted in their entirety; and (2) the functional statement 
for the Division of Intramural Research (NP2, formerly HNP2) is deleted 
in its entirety and the following new statement is inserted:
    Division of Intramural Research (NP2, formerly HNP2). (1) Plans and 
conducts basic and clinical research programs directed toward 
increasing the fundamental knowledge of craniofacial/oral health and 
disease, including the development, structure, function and dysfunction 
of craniofacial/oral structures and tissues, the role of microorganisms 
and host immune responses in oral and systemic infectious and 
inflammatory diseases, craniofacial genetic disorders, oral and 
pharyngeal cancer, and acute and chronic pain and neurosensory 
mechanisms; (2) plans and conducts a translational, patient-oriented 
and community-based research and assessment program aimed at 
translating new knowledge into immediate gains in the diagnosis, 
prevention, and treatment of diseases and disorders and in the 
promotion of craniofacial/oral and general health; (3) develops, 
directs, and performs epidemiologic investigations of craniofacial/oral 
health and disease, as well as oral manifestations of systemic 
disorders; identifies and tests risk factors, disease markers, and 
clinical indices for craniofacial/oral diseases and conditions; (4) 
performs research in the areas of disease diagnosis, etiology, 
prognosis, and treatment; prevention and health promotion; delivery of 
care, utilization of services, risk-benefit assessment, and decision 
systems; (5) provides dental care and consults for selected inpatients 
and ambulatory patients from NIH Institutes conducting clinical 
research in the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center; (6) evaluates 
research efforts and establishes program priorities; (7) allocates 
funds, space, and personnel ceilings to ensure maximum utilization of 
available resources in the attainment of Institute objectives and 
integrates new research activities into the program structure; (8) 
collaborates with other NIH Institutes and external research 
institutions and maintains an awareness of national research efforts in 
program areas; and (9) provides advice on intramural research and 
science in general to the Institute Director.

    Dated: April 1, 1997.
Harold Varmus,
Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 97-9596 Filed 4-14-97; 8:45 am]
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