[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 120 (Friday, June 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 35140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13917]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated 
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as 
amended most recently at 73 FR 28483-84, dated May 16, 2008) is amended 
to reflect the reorganization of the National Office of Public Health 
Genomics, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows: Delete in their entirety the title and functional statement 
for the National Office of Public Health Genomics (CUE).
    After the Extramural Research Program Office (CUC18), Office of the 
Director (CUC1), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion (CUC), insert the following:
    Office of Public Health Genomics (CUC19). The Office of Public 
Health Genomics (OPHG) provides leadership, policy guidance, 
coordination, technical expertise, and services to promote the 
development and implementation of the agency's genomics and public 
health initiatives. In carrying out this mission, OPHG: (1) Advises the 
CDC Director on the integration of genomics into health research and 
practice issues relevant to the agency; (2) assesses evolving research 
advances in genomics with emphasis on their relevance to public health 
issues and, in cooperation with federal and national institutions, 
identifies and develops activities for applying CDC's technical 
expertise for maximum public health benefit; (3) collaborates with 
CDC's National Centers (NC), other federal agencies, countries, and 
organizations, as appropriate, to assist NCs in the development of 
appropriate policy for the use of genomics within health research and 
practice initiatives for which they have responsibility; (4) 
coordinates plans for the allocation of genomics health resources and 
assists in the development of external funding sources for programs and 
projects; (5) coordinates cross-cutting CDC genomics and public health 
enterprises; (6) provides leadership in the development and 
implementation of strategic planning that extends the CDC Genomics and 
Disease Prevention Strategic Plan--Integrating Advances in Human 
Genetics into Public Health Action (1997) in the development of 
institutional capacity; (7) coordinates collaborations with external 
agencies, academia, and private industry partners, including 
administration, budgets, and technical assistance to assure that agency 
obligations are met; (8) guides and coordinates activities to integrate 
genomics competency into national health workforce development with 
emphasis on recruitment and career enhancement of CDC assignees; (9) 
promotes a continuum of public health research for translation and 
application of the basic research achievements of the Human Genome 
Project; (10) stimulates the integration of genomic advances into 
disease prevention program development; and (11) provides genomics and 
disease prevention expertise to NC projects, as appropriate and 
requested by NCs.

    Dated: June 10, 2008.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E8-13917 Filed 6-19-08; 8:45 am]
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