[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 81 (Friday, April 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22425-22426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9012]


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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 (MDCC).
    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: June 23, 2008.
    Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Agenda: The 2008 meeting of the MDCC will focus on the themes of 
therapy development and living with muscular dystrophy. MDCC members 
will review their activities related to the goals of the Action Plan 
for the Muscular Dystrophies which can be found on the MDCC website 
listed below. Other activities planned for the meeting include a 
presentation on opportunities for therapy development in myotonic 
dystrophy, a discussion of muscular dystrophy workforce needs, and a 
discussion of recent successful collaborations and new opportunities 
for partnering among the muscular dystrophy community, including the 
Fields Center for FSHD and Neuromuscular Disease and the 
Translational Research in Europe--Assessment and Treatment of 
Neuromuscular Disease (TREAT-NMD) network. An agenda will be posted 
prior to the meeting on the MDCC Web site: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/find_people/groups/mdcc/index.htm.
    Place: Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005.
    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) 496-5739, 
[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.


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(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: April 16, 2008.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. E8-9012 Filed 4-24-08; 8:45 am]
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