[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 44951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19463]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Notice of Meetings

    In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is made of a Health Care 
Policy and Research Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) meetings.
    A Special Emphasis is a group of experts in fields related to 
health care research who are invited by the Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality (AHRQ), and agree to be available, to conduct on 
an as needed basis, scientific reviews of applications for AHRQ 
support. Individual members of the Panel do not attend regularly-
scheduled meetings and do not serve for fixed terms or a long period of 
time. Rather, they are asked to participate in particular review 
meetings which require their type of expertise.
    Substantial segments of the upcoming SEP meetings listed below will 
be closed to the public in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 and 5 U.S.C. 
552b(c)(6). Grant applications are to be reviewed and discussed at 
these meetings. These discussions are likely to reveal personal 
information concerning individuals associated with the applications. 
This information is exempt from mandatory disclosure under the above-
cited statutes.

    1. SEP Meeting on: Limited Competition for AHRQ Research 
Infrastructure and Capacity Program: Phase II (BRIC).
    Date: August 18, 2003 (open on August 18 from 8 a.m. to 8:15 
a.m. and closed for the remainder of the meeting).
    Place: Quality Suites and Conference Center, 3 Research Court, 
Rockville, MD 20850.

    2. SEP Meeting on: Coordinating Center for the AHRQ Centers for 
Education and Research on Therapeutics Program and Limited 
Competition for AHRQ Centers for Education and Research on 
Therapeutics Program (CERTS).
    Date: August 29, 2003 (open on August 29 from 8 a.m. to 8:15 
a.m. and closed for the remainder of the meeting).
    Place: Quality Suites and Conference Center, 3 Research Court, 
Rockville, MD 20850.

    3. SEP Meeting on: Building the Evidence to Promote Bioterrorism 
and Other Public Health Emergency Preparedness in Health Care 
Systems.
    Date: September 4-5, 2003 (open on September 4 from 8 a.m. to 
8:15 a.m. and closed for the remainder of the meeting).
    Place: Quality Suites and Conference Center, 3 Research Court, 
Rockville, MD 20850.

    4. SEP Meeting on: Safe Practices Implementation Challenge 
Grants.
    Date: September 4-5, 2003 (open on September 4 from 8 a.m. to 
8:15 a.m. and closed for the remainder of the meeting).
    Place: Quality Suites and Conference Center, 3 Research Court, 
Rockville, MD 20850.

    5. SEP Meeting on: Small Research Grants for Primary Care 
Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs).
    Date: September 11-12, 2003 (open on September 4 from 8 a.m. to 
8:15 a.m. and closed for the remainder of the meeting).
    Place: Quality Suites and Conference Center, 3 Research Court, 
Rockville, MD 20850.

    Contact Person: Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of members, 
agenda or minutes of the nonconfidential portions of these meetings 
should contact Mrs. Bonnie Campbell, Committee Management Officer, 
Office of Extramural Research, Education, and Priority Populations, 
AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville, Maryland 20850, 
Telephone (301) 427-1554.
    Agenda items for these meetings are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.

    Dated: July 24, 2003.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 03-19463 Filed 7-30-03; 8:45 am]
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