[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7841-7842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3826]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Medical Research Service Merit Review Committee, Notice of 
Meetings

    The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under the Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the subcommittees of 
the Medical Research Service Merit Review will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. as indicated below:

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            Subcommittee for                        Date(s)                             Location
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Alcoholism & Drug Dependence...........  March 17, 2003..............  Holiday Inn Central.
Immunology & Dermatology...............  March 17-18, 2003...........  Holiday Inn. Central.
Neurobiology-D.........................  March 20-21, 2003...........  Hotel Washington.
Infectious Diseases....................  March 20-21, 2003...........  Holiday Inn. Central.
Surgery................................  March 24, 2003..............  Hotel Washington.
Oncology...............................  March 24-25, 2003...........  Hotel Washington.
Mental Health & Behav Sciences.........  March 25-26, 2003...........  Hotel Washington.
Cardiovascular Studies.................  March 27, 2003..............  Holiday Inn. Central.
Epidemiology...........................  March 28, 2003..............  Holiday Inn. Central.
Gastroenterology.......................  March 31-April 1, 2003......  Holiday Inn. Central.
Respiration............................  April 1, 2003...............  Holiday Inn. Central.
Endocrinology..........................  April 3-4, 2003.............  Marriott Residence Inn.
Nephrology.............................  April 7, 2003...............  Hotel Washington.
General Medical Science................  April 8, 2003...............  Hotel Washington.
Hematology.............................  April 11, 2003..............  Holiday Inn. Central.
Clinical Research Program..............  April 15, 2003..............  Holiday Inn. Central.
Neurobiology-C.........................  April 25, 2003..............  Holiday Inn. Central.
Aging and Clinical Geriatrics..........  April 25, 2003..............  Holiday Inn. Central.
Medical Research Service Merit Review    June 5, 2003................  Marriott Residence Inn.
 Committee.
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    The addresses of the hotels are:

Holiday Inn. Central., 1501 Rhode Island Avenue, NW., Washington., DC
Hotel Washington., 515--15th Street, NW., Washington., DC
Marriott Residence Inn. (Thomas Circle), 1199 Vermont Avenue, NW., 
Washington., DC


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    These subcommittee meetings are for the purpose of evaluating the 
scientific merit of research conducted in each specialty by Department 
of Veterans Affairs (VA) investigators working in VA Medical Centers 
and Clinics.
    The subcommittee meetings will be open to the public for 
approximately one hour at the start of each meeting to discuss the 
general status of the program. The remaining portion of each 
subcommittee meeting will be closed to the public for the review, 
discussion, and evaluation of initial and renewal projects.
    The closed portion of the meetings involves discussion, 
examination, reference to and oral review of site visits, staff and 
consultant critiques of research protocols and similar documents. 
During this portion of the subcommittee meetings, discussion and 
recommendations will deal with qualifications of personnel conducting 
the studies, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, as well as research 
information, the premature disclosure of which could significantly 
frustrate implementation of proposed agency action regarding such 
research projects.
    As provided by subsection 10(d) of Public Law 92-463, as amended by 
Public Law 94-409, closing portions of these subcommittee meetings is 
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). Those who plan to 
attend or would like to obtain a copy of minutes of the subcommittee 
meetings and rosters of the members of the subcommittees should contact 
LeRoy G. Frey, Ph.D., Chief, Program Review Division, Medical Research 
Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, (202) 408-
3630.

    Dated: February 7, 2003.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-3826 Filed 2-14-03; 8:45 am]
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