[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37137-37138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14833]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry

[Program Announcement 00075]


Announcement of a Cooperative Agreement WAith the Association of 
American Medical Colleges (AAMC) To Strengthen the Collaboration 
Between the Disciplines of Medicine and Public Health; Notice of 
Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announce the 
availability of fiscal year (FY) 2000 funds for a cooperative agreement 
with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). CDC and ATSDR 
(hereinafter referred to as CDC) are committed to achieving the health 
promotion and disease prevention objectives of ``Healthy People 2010'', 
a national activity to reduce morbidity and mortality and improve the 
quality of life. This announcement is related to all ``Healthy People 
2010'' focus areas.
    The purpose of the program is to help strengthen the collaborations 
between the disciplines of medicine and public health. Medicine and 
public health are two interdependent disciplines that diverged in 
practice and training during the last century; however, new efforts 
have been initiated to increase and to improve their collaborative 
activities in the new century. In light of the changing health care 
system and the evolving challenges to public health, future physicians 
need a better understanding of public health. This program will

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strive to train the medical community on the needs of public health 
issues.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to the Association of American 
Medical Colleges (AAMC). No other applications are solicited. AAMC is 
uniquely qualified to be the recipient organization for the following 
reasons:
    1. The AAMC's mission is to improve the health of the public by 
enhancing the effectiveness of academic medicine through educating the 
physician and medical scientist workforce, discovering new medical 
knowledge, developing innovative technologies for prevention, diagnosis 
and treatment of disease, and providing health care services in an 
academic setting. AAMC's principal purpose is to promote and improve 
the education and training of professional medical practitioners. AAMC 
has the requisite institutional knowledge of the needs of the schools 
of medicine. AAMC conducts periodic assessments of the status and needs 
of their member organizations, including medical schools and academic 
medical centers.
    2. AAMC, a non-profit association, represents all the 125 schools 
of allopathic medicine in the United States that are accredited by the 
Liaison Committee on Medical Education. These schools represent the 
primary educational system that provides the Nation's physicians with 
their undergraduate medical education.
    3. With the active participation of the deans of the medical 
schools, the AAMC is the only organization that can comprehensively 
affect the development and implementation of improved disease 
prevention and health promotion curricula in all accredited schools of 
medicine, and provide opportunities for students, faculty, and 
researchers to incorporate the perspectives of public health, and 
disease prevention and health promotion.
    4. AAMC provides leadership both nationally and internationally in 
an effort to achieve excellence in undergraduate medical education. 
Through its Divisions of Biomedical and Health Sciences Research, 
Community and Minority programs, and Medical Education, as well as its 
participation in the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education, 
AAMC is well positioned to address and resolve issues that promote and 
support implementation of training strategies.
    5. AAMC has attained a prominent position among national health 
professional associations. AAMC currently sponsors national meetings 
designed specifically for the faculty of medical schools and academic 
medical centers, to address contemporary issues in medical education 
and research.
    6. AAMC member organizations also include academic medical centers 
(that house the majority of the medical residency programs--graduate 
medical education), academic and professional societies (representing 
75,000 faculty members), medical student representatives, and resident 
representatives.
    7. AAMC provides unique opportunities for medical and public health 
academicians, practitioners, and researchers to share their experience 
and expertise; to facilitate incorporation of the theoretical and 
practical perspectives of public health into curricula for teaching 
prevention, health promotion, and preventive medicine; and to stimulate 
participation by medical institutions in prevention research.

    Note: Public Law 104-65 states that an organization described in 
section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engages 
in lobbying activities is not eligible to receive Federal funds 
constituting an award, grant, cooperative agreement, contract, loan, 
or any other form of financial assistance.

C. Availability of Funds

    Approximately $300,000 is available in FY 2000 to fund this award. 
It is anticipated that the award will begin on or before September 30, 
2000, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project 
period of up to five years. Funding estimates may change.
    Continuation awards within an approved project period will be made 
on the basis of satisfactory progress as evidenced by required reports 
and the availability of funds.

D. Where To Obtain Additional Information

    For business management assistance, contact: Juanita D. Crowder, 
Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management Branch, Procurement and 
Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2920 
Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-4146, Telephone: 
(770) 488-2734, E-mail address: [email protected].
    For you assistance with forms, please refer to the following 
Internet site: The CDC Internet home page is http://www.cdc.gov.
    For a program technical assistance, contact; Rika Maeshiro, Senior 
Preventive Medicine Advisor, Public Health Practice Program Office 
(PHPPO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy. 
(K-38), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, Telephone: (770) 488-2508, E-mail 
address: [email protected].

Henry S. Cassell, III,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-14833 Filed 6-12-00; 8:45 am]
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