[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 301-302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-61]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Regional Workshops on Centers for Research To Reduce Oral Health 
Disparities

    Notice is hereby given that the National Institute on Dental and 
Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is sponsoring a series of regional 
workshops for potential applicants interested in the Request for 
Applications entitled ``Centers for Research to Reduce Oral Health 
Disparities.'' Also collaborating on this initiative are the Health 
Resources and Services Administration, the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences 
Research, the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health, the NIH Office 
of Research on Minority Health, the National Institute of Child Health 
and Human Development, and the National Institute of Nursing Research. 
The Regional Workshops on Centers for Research to Reduce Oral Health 
Disparities will be held:

January 31--February 1, 2000
    Wyndham Garden Hotel, 125 10th Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
February 3-February 4, 2000
    The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 64

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Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116-3912
February 14-February 15, 2000
    Chicago Marriott O'Hare, 8535 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631
February 16-February 17, 2000
    Harvey Hotel Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, 4545 John Carpenter 
Parkway, Irving, TX 76039
February 24-25, 2000
    Park Plaza International San Francisco, 11177 Airport Boulevard, 
Burlingame, CA 94010
February 28-February 29, 2000
    Hilton Philadelphia Airport, 4509 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 
19153
April 5, 2000
    AADS and IADR Meetings, Washington Convention Center, Washington, 
DC

    No registration fee is required. The time for each workshop will 
be: (a) Day 1--7 p.m.-9 p.m., (b) Day 2--8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
    The objective of the Centers for Research to Reduce Oral Health 
Disparities (CRROHD) initiative is to reduce health disparities in 
children and their caregivers through basic, patient-oriented/clinical, 
translational and community research, through training and career 
development, and through community outreach/service.
    The purposes of the workshops are to:
     Bring together potential applicants from the various and 
diverse communities including colleges/schools/departments of academic 
health institutions representing the entire spectrum of the health 
professions (e.g., dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, veterinary 
sciences, behavioral and social sciences), state and local health and 
health financing agencies (e.g., state Medicaid agencies and children's 
health insurance programs), community and migrant health centers, 
Indian health service clinics, CDC-sponsored Prevention Research 
Centers, minority and minority-serving institutions (e.g., Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities; Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal 
colleges and universities), and other groups interested in this 
initiative; and
     Address questions relating to the development of 
applications in response to the Request for Applications (RFA DE-99-
003) available through the NIDCR Health Disparities Home Page (http://
www.nidcr.nih.gov/opportunities/health__disp.htm) or directly from the 
electronic version of the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts (http://
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DE-99-003.html).
    Representatives from various government agencies involved in this 
RFA will be available to answer questions and provide additional 
guidance.
    Participants are responsible for making arrangements for their own 
travel and overnight accommodations. Blocks of sleeping rooms have been 
set-aside at each workshop site at a special rate for federal and 
nonfederal participants. For additional information please contact Ms. 
Lorrayne Jackson on (301) 594-2616; email: (Lorrayne.J[email protected]) 
or Dr. Norman S. Braveman (301) 594-2089; email: 
(Norman.B[email protected]) or visit the NIDCR Health Disparities 
Activities web site: (http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/opportunities/
health__disp.htm).

    Dated: December 21, 1999.
Yvonne H. du Buy,
Associate Director for Management, NIDCR.
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