[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2106-2107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-878]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illnesses; Notice of 
Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Research Advisory 
Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses will meet on February 3-4, 
2003, at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC. The meeting on February 3 will convene in Room 830 at 8 
a.m. and adjourn at 5:30 p.m. The meeting on February 4 will convene in 
Room 230 at 8 a.m. and adjourn at 4 p.m. Both meetings will be open to 
the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make 
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on proposed 
research studies, research plans and research strategies relating to 
the health

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consequences of military service in the Southwest Asia theater of 
operations during the Persian Gulf War.
    On February 3, the Committee will review current activities and 
receive an update on new research. The Committee will hearing 
presentations on and discuss antibiotic therapy and exercise behavior 
therapy, Phase III of the National Gulf War Veterans Survey and 
treatment research concepts. Throughout the day, there will be 
presentations by visiting experts including, Chief of VA Research and 
Development, Directors of the Washington, DC and New Jersey War-Related 
Illness and Injury Study Centers and Dr. Hermona Soreq, Hebrew 
University of Jerusalem. On February 4, the Committee will hear 
presentations on and discuss vaccine and mechanism research concepts. 
The Committee will also discuss and develop recommendations and next 
steps. Time will be available for public comment on both days.
    Members of the public may submit written statements for the 
Committee's review to Ms. Laura O'Shea, Committee Manager, Department 
of Veterans Affairs (008A1), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20420. Any member of the public wishing further information should 
contact Ms. Laura O'Shea at (202) 273-5031.

    Dated: January 9, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Nora E. Egan,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-878 Filed 1-14-03; 8:45 am]
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