[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14876-14877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5454]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses; 
Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Research Advisory 
Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses will meet on April 7-8, 2008. 
The meeting will be held in Room 462 at the Crosstown Center, Boston 
University School of Public Health, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, 
MA. On April 7, the session will convene at 8 a.m. and adjourn at 5:30 
p.m. On April 8, the session will convene at 8 a.m. and adjourn at 1 
p.m. The sessions will be open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make 
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on proposed 
research studies, research plans and research strategies relating to 
the health consequences of military service in the Southwest Asia 
theater of operations during the Gulf War.
    The Committee will review VA program activities related to Gulf War 
veterans' illnesses and updates on relevant scientific research 
published since the last Committee meeting. The April 7 session will be 
devoted to presentations of ongoing research related to the prevalence 
of chronic multisymptom illness among Gulf War veterans, potential 
mechanisms underlying these illnesses, and the identification of 
objective markers to distinguish ill from well veterans and possible 
treatments. The April 8 session

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will be devoted to updates of recent VA and other relevant research, a 
discussion of the VA-funded Gulf War illnesses research program at the 
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and a discussion of 
the Research Advisory Committee's upcoming 2008 report. Additionally, 
there will be discussion of Committee business and activities.
    The meeting will include time reserved for public comments. A sign-
up sheet for five-minute comments will be available at the meeting. 
Individuals who speak are invited to submit a 1-2 page summary of their 
comments at the time of the meeting for inclusion in the official 
meeting record. Members of the public may also submit written 
statements for the Committee's review to Dr. Roberta White at 
[email protected].
    Any member of the public seeking additional information should 
contact Dr. William Goldberg, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 254-
0294, or Dr. Roberta White, Scientific Director, at (617) 278-4517.

    Dated: March 12, 2008.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-5454 Filed 3-18-08; 8:45 am]
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