[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29770-29771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10317]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research; Notice of 
Meeting

    Notice is hereby given of a Conference on Research Training 
Initiatives, sponsored by the National Institute of Dental and 
Craniofacial Research (NIDCR).
    The conference will be open to the public as indicated below, with 
attendance limited to space available. This meeting will also be made 
available by video cast at http://videocast.nih.gov/ gov/.
    Conference Name: Research Training Initiatives.
    Date: June 9, 2005.
    Open: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Agenda: The conference will focus on a variety of issues relating 
to research training. A significant portion of the meeting will be 
devoted to discussion of training of both clinician scientists and 
basic scientists, from building a pipeline, through undergraduate, 
graduate and postgraduate research training culminating in bridging to 
scientific independence.

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    Additional presentations and discussion will focus on models for 
successful programs at various educational and career development 
stages, definition of what constitutes success, the role of mentoring, 
academic environment, K-12 science education and related topics.
    Speakers and plenary discussion panel members include 
representatives from the NIH, the National Academics of Science, the 
National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
    Place: National Institutes of Health, Natcher Building (Building 
45), Conference Rm. 1-2, 4500 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
    Public Comment: Individuals who wish to provide public comment 
(oral or written) should contact the Acting Deputy Director, NIDCR, Dr. 
Henning Birkedal Hansen, by telephone at (301) 496-9469 or e-mail at 
[email protected] no later than May 25, 2005.
    Contact Person: Henning Birkedal-Hansen, Ph.D., Acting Deputy 
Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 31 
Center Drive, Room 2C39, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496-9469.
    Information is also available on the Institute's home page: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/about, where an agenda and any additional information 
for the meeting will be posted when available.
    Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as 
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should 
notify Ms. Rita Lehr at (301) 496-9469 prior to the meeting.


    Dated: May 18, 2005.
Henning Birkedal-Hansen,
Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial 
Research.
[FR Doc. 05-10317 Filed 5-23-05; 8:45 am]
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