[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 49492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20959]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Lupus Today: Research Into Action Conference; Notice

    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will conduct a conference 
concerning systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) research, entitled 
``Lupus Today: Research Into Action,'' on September 5-6, 2003, at the 
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW, Washington, DC 
20008. The conference will focus on the current status and future 
directions for SLE research. It will highlight key research 
accomplishments and what these accomplishments may represent for the 
current and future management of lupus. The conference is sponsored by 
the Office of Research on Women's Health at the Department of Health 
and Human Services's (DHHS) NIH, the Office on Women's Health at DHHS, 
and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin 
Diseases at the NIH. Eleven DHHS components and eight voluntary 
organizations are co-sponsoring the conference.
    National leaders in lupus research have been invited to discuss the 
latest scientific discoveries that are opening up new avenues of 
diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, the agenda will include a panel 
discussion on patient participation in lupus studies and how patients 
and patient advocacy organizations view lupus research today. Another 
panel will focus on future lupus clinical trial opportunities and 
barriers from both the private and public health perspectives. The 
conference organizers hope to inform, energize, and share the 
excitement about the future of lupus research with patients and their 
families, physicians, health care workers, scientists, and 
organizations involved in lupus research and outreach.
    Individuals interested in registering for the conference and/or 
learning more about it should visit the conference Web site at http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/lupusregistration.pdf . The Web site 
provides an updated agenda.

    Dated: August 11, 2003.
Vivian W. Pinn,
Associate Director for Research on Women's Health, National Institutes 
of Health.
[FR Doc. 03-20959 Filed 8-15-03; 8:45 am]
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