[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 31018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13128]


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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 June 27-28, 
2011. On June 27, the meeting will be held in room 230 at the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC. On June 28, the meeting will be held in room 1143 at the Lafayette 
Building, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The sessions will 
begin at 8 a.m. each day and adjourn at 5 p.m. on June 27 and at 12:30 
p.m. on June 28. The meeting is 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 session on June 27 will 
be devoted to presentations and discussion of background information on 
the Gulf War and Gulf War Veterans' illnesses, immune function and 
system activation in Gulf War illness, genomics modeling and etiologic 
factors of Gulf War illness, and possible therapies and treatments for 
ill Veterans. The session on June 28 will include discussion of 
Committee business and activities. On both days of the meeting, 
presentations will be made related to ongoing VA and National Institute 
for Health research programs.
    The meeting will include time reserved for public comments at the 
end of each day. 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, Scientific Director, at [email protected]. Any member of the 
public seeking additional information should contact Dr. White at (617) 
278-4517 or Dr. William Goldberg, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 
443-5698.

    Dated: May 23, 2011.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
Vivian Drake,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-13128 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
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