[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 72417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30204]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) DNA 
Samples

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 
will not be receiving DNA proposals in 2012. NHANES is changing its 
plan for making DNA available for genetic research and its proposal 
guidelines. NHANES anticipates that the DNA Bank will be open for 
proposals approximately January 2013.

DATES: Effective date is date of publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Geraldine McQuillan, PhD, Division of Health and Nutrition 
Examination Surveys, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 4204, 
Hyattsville, MD 20782, Phone: (301) 458-4371, Fax: (301) 458-4028, E-
Mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Geraldine McQuillan, Division of 
Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, National Center for Health 
Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo 
Road, Room 4204, Hyattsville, MD 20782,
    Phone: (301) 458-4371,
    Fax: (301) 458-4028,
    E-Mail: [email protected].

Juliana K. Cyril,
Deputy Director, Office of Science Quality, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-30204 Filed 11-22-11; 8:45 am]
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