[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 6905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3347]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Meeting.

    Name: Meeting to discuss ``Developing a National Occupational 
Research Agenda for Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders.''
    Time and Date: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., March 8, 1999.
    Place: Houston Marriott Westside, 13210 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 
77079. Telephone 281/558-8338.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 70 people. Seating will be 
limited to approximately 50 people.
    Purpose: To request public assistance in identifying research gaps 
in the area of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. NIOSH and its 
partners are developing a plan to establish a National Occupational 
Research Agenda on work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The working 
team includes members from NIOSH, other government agencies, 
industries, and academia. In order to obtain maximum input from 
practitioners, academic and corporate researchers, and organizations 
sponsoring research, the team adopted a multi-phase approach for 
seeking input on the national research agenda. The first phase, which 
has recently been completed, involved three public meetings with 
industrial practitioners and was performed in Chicago, Seattle, and 
Washington, D.C. The meetings included representatives from diverse 
industry sectors, including light and heavy manufacturing; warehouse 
and transportation; office environments; acute and long-term health 
care; forest products; construction and maritime; and agriculture and 
food processing. A list of research gaps was identified. The working 
team is moving into the second phase and is seeking individual input 
from academicians, researchers, and others on which research gaps could 
be completed within five years and if any gaps have been missed.
    Contacts for More Information: Thomas Waters, Ph.D., NIOSH, CDC, M/
S P03/C24, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226. Telephone 513/ 
533-8510. Hongwei Hsiao, Ph.D., NIOSH, CDC, M/S P119, 1095 Willowdale 
Road, Morgantown, WV 26505. Telephone 304/285-5910.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: February 5, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-3347 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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