[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 71182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30234]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice 
of Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of 
the National Children's Study Assembly and Working Group Meetings. The 
parent committee for this workgroup is the National Children's Study of 
Environmental Effects on Health Advisory Committee.
    The meetings will be open to the public, with attendance limited to 
space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should notify the Logistics Coordinator at the e-mail 
or phone number listed below in advance of the meeting. To register for 
the meetings, visit the conference Web site at: http://www.circlesolutions.com/ncs, send an e-mail to [email protected], 
or call 703-902-1339.

    Name of Committee: National Children's Study Assembly and 
Working Groups.
    Date: December 16-18, 2002.
    Time:

Registration: December 15, 2002, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; December 16, 
2002, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; December 17, 2002, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; 
December 18, 2002, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Study Assembly; December 17, 2002, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Working Groups: December 17, 2002, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; December 18, 
2002, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

    Agenda: To discuss the status of planning this longitudinal 
study of environmental effects on the well-being of children. 
Content of the meeting will include a status report on development 
of planning for the study thus far, and reports on specific issues 
including for example, proposed hypotheses for the Study, study 
design issues, and the timeline for the remainder of the planning 
phase. The Study Assembly is made up of all stakeholders interested 
in the Study. Its purpose is to disseminate information to members 
and to serve as a conduit for bringing information and views from 
individuals and various organizations to the Study organization. The 
Study Assembly is open to anyone who indicates an interest in the 
Study, and includes representatives of all stakeholders, both inside 
and outside of government, advocacy groups, industry, academic 
institutions, state and local governments, and community groups. To 
become a member of the Study Assembly, interested persons should 
send an e-mail to: [email protected]. Study Assembly members are 
welcome as observers during the other open meetings of this series. 
The National Children's Study of Environmental Effects on Health 
Advisory Committee will be held at the same location on December 17-
18, 2002, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Place: Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 700 Aliceanna 
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
    Contact Person: Peter M. Scheidt, M.D., Medical Officer, 
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, 
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 6100 
Executive Boulevard, Room 5C01, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 451-6421, 
[email protected].

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.209, 
Contraception and Infertility Loan Repayment Program; 93.864, 
Population Research; 93.865, Research for Mothers and Children; 
93.929, Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, National 
Institutes of Health, (HHS))

    Dated: November 21, 2002.
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 02-30234 Filed 11-27-02; 8:45 am]
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