[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 61145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21023]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice 
of Meeting

    Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of 
the Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee.
    The meeting will be open to the public, with attendance limited to 
space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special 
assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodations, should inform the Contact Person listed below in 
advance of the meeting.

    Name of Committee: Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee.
    Date: November 9, 2005.
    Time: 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
    Agenda: Topics proposed for discussion: (1) Activities and 
recent initiatives; (2) progress of the Senator Paul Wellstone 
Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers; (3) recommendations 
of the MDCC Scientific Working Group; (4) efforts for translational 
research in muscular dystrophy; and (5) advances in the rare/
understudied muscular dystrophies.
    Place: Embassy Suites Hotel at the Chevy Chase Pavilion, 4300 
Military Road, NW., Washington, DC 20015, (202) 362-9300.
    Contact Person: John D. Porter, PhD, Executive Secretary, 
Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee, National Institute of 
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, 6001 Executive Boulevard, 
NSC 2172, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496-1917, 
[email protected].
    Any interested person may file written comments with the 
committee by forwarding their statement to the Contact Person listed 
on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, 
telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional 
affiliation of the interested person.
    Information is also available on the MDCC Web site: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/research/muscular_dystrophy/coordinating_committee, where an agenda and any additional information for the 
meeting will be posted when available.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Nos. 93.853, 
Clinical Research Related to Neurological Disorders; 93.854, 
Biological Basis Research in the Neurosciences, National Institutes 
of Health, HHS)

    Dated: October 11, 2005.
Anthony M. Coehlo, Jr.,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-21023 Filed 10-19-05; 8:45 am]
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