[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 74 (Monday, April 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20477-20478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9431]


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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 64 FR 49018, September 9, 1999, and 
redesignated from Part NH as Part N at 60 FR 56606, November 9, 1995), 
is amended as set forth below to reflect the establishment of the 
Office of Bioengineering and Bioimaging in the Office of the Director, 
National Institutes of Health.
    Section N-B, Organization and Functions, is amended as follows: (1) 
After the heading Executive Office (NAR, formerly HNAR), insert the 
following:
    Office of Bioengineering and Bioimaging (NAC, formerly HNAC). (1) 
Increases biological knowledge and facilities development of novel 
methods, devices, and pharmaceuticals through the use of engineering, 
physical, and computational science principles and techniques; (2) 
coordinates and provides a focus for biomedical engineering, 
bioimaging, and bioinformatics issues among the institutes and centers 
at the NIH and with other Federal agencies; (3) conducts activities 
aimed at fostering new basic understandings and collaborations among 
the biological, medical, engineering, physical, and computational 
sciences; (4) coordinates trans-NIH bioengineering, bioimaging, and 
bioinformatics research programs; (5) develops transdisciplinary 
training and career development opportunities between the engineering/
physical/computational science and biomedical communities; and (6) 
conducts symposia and technical meetings to facilitate communication 
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dissemination of information among different technical disciplines.

    Dated: April 5, 2000.
Ruth Kirschstein,
Acting Director, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 00-9431 Filed 4-14-00; 8:45 am]
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