[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Office of Research on Minority Health; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of 
the first meeting of the Advisory Committee on Research on Minority 
Health on April 3, 1998, National Institutes of Health Conference 
Center, Building 31, Conference Room 9, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892.

    The meeting will be open to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 
p.m. on April 3. Attendance by the public will be limited to space 
available. The Committee will review and assess minority health 
activities, including those to be undertaken by the national 
research institutes, with respect to research related to minority 
health; the inclusion of members of minority groups as subjects in 
clinical research; and the enhancement of minority participation in 
research and research training programs. Additional agenda items 
include: (1) introduction of new members; (2) presentation by Dr. 
John Ruffin on the mission of ORMH; and (3) other business of the 
Committee.
    In accordance with the provisions set forth in section 
552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C. and section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended, the meeting will be closed to the public 
from 1:00 p.m. to adjournment for discussions of individual programs 
and projects including consideration of personnel qualifications and 
performance, the competence of individual investigators, and similar 
items, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
    Dr. Jean Flagg-Newton, Special Assistant to the Associate 
Director, ORMH, Building 1, Room 255, National Institutes of Health, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20892, Area Code 301-402-2518, will provide a 
summary of the meeting and a roster of Committee members as well as 
substantive program information. Individuals who plan to attend and 
need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or 
other reasonable accommodations, should contact Dr. Flagg-Newton no 
later than March 25.

    Dated: March 11, 1998.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Committee Management Officer, NIH.
[FR Doc. 98-6957 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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