[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 73 (Monday, April 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 20216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7610]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Clinical Science Research and Development Service Cooperative 
Studies Scientific Merit Review Board; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that a meeting of the 
Clinical Science Research and Development Service, Cooperative Studies 
Scientific Merit Review Board will be held on May 11-12, 2005, at the 
Holiday Inn, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. Sessions are 
scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. each day.
    The Board advises the Chief Research and Development Officer 
through the Director of the Clinical Science Research and Development 
Service on the policies and program planning for multi-site clinical 
science projects, ensuring that new and ongoing projects maintain high 
quality, are based on scientific merit, and are efficiently and 
economically conducted. In carrying out these responsibilities, the 
Board makes recommendations on the relevance and feasibility of 
research proposals, the adequacy of protocols involved, and the 
scientific validity and propriety of technical details, including 
protection of human subjects.
    The meeting will be open to the public for the May 11 and May 12 
sessions, from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., for the discussion of 
administrative matters and the general status of the program. On May 11 
and May 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., the meeting will be closed for the 
Board's review of research and development applications.
    Closing the meeting is in accordance with provisions set forth in 
section 10(d) of Public Law 92-463, as amended by sections 5(c) of 
Public Law 94-409, and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (c)(9). During the 
closed sessions of the meeting, discussions and recommendations will 
deal with qualifications of personnel conducting the studies, staff and 
consultant critiques of research proposals and similar documents, and 
the medical records of patients who are study subjects, the disclosure 
of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal 
privacy.
    Those who plan to attend should contact Dr. Grant Huang, Assistant 
Director, Cooperative Studies Program (125), Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, at (202) 254-
0192.

    Dated: April 6, 2005.

    By Director of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-7610 Filed 4-17-05; 8:45 am]
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