[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25871-25872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09879]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Solicitation for Nominations for Membership To Serve on Initial 
Review Group for Scientific Peer Review

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.

ACTION: Request for nominations for membership to serve on initial 
review group for scientific peer review.

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SUMMARY: This is to invite the public to nominate members to the Agency 
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Initial Review Group (IRG) 
responsible for the scientific peer review of AHRQ grant applications. 
The AHRQ IRG conducts scientific and technical review for health 
services research grant applications and is comprised of five 
subcommittees or study sections, each with a particular research focus. 
AHRQ is seeking nominations for scientific reviewers in specific 
competency domains to evaluate grant applications.

DATES: Nominations should be received on or before June 1, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be submitted by email to: Priti Mehrotra, 
M.Sc., Ph.D., Director, Division of Scientific Review, AHRQ. Email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Priti Mehrotra, M.Sc., Ph.D., AHRQ, 
(301) 427-1556 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is to invite the public to nominate 
members to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) 
Initial Review Group (IRG) responsible for the scientific peer review 
of AHRQ grant applications. AHRQ is required to conduct appropriate 
scientific peer review of grant applications pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 
299c-1. The AHRQ IRG conducts scientific and technical review for 
health services research grant applications and is comprised of five 
subcommittees or study sections, each with a particular research focus. 
AHRQ is seeking nominations for scientific reviewers in specific 
competency domains to evaluate grant applications.
    AHRQ's mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, 
higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work 
within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and with 
other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. 
AHRQ works to fulfill its mission by supporting health services 
research, evaluation, demonstration, dissemination, and training 
grants.
    The peer review of AHRQ grant applications involves an assessment 
conducted by panels of qualified experts established according to 
scientific disciplines or medical specialty areas. Members of the IRG 
will be selected based upon their training and experience in relevant 
scientific and technical fields, taking in account, among other 
factors: (1) The level of formal education and pertinent expertise and 
experience; (2) extent of engagement in relevant research; (3) extent 
of professional recognition; (4) need for specialization in relevant 
field; and (5) appropriate representation based on gender, racial/
ethnic origin, and geography. See 42 CFR 67.15(a)(2).
    The IRG is comprised of five subcommittees, or study sections, each 
with a particular emphasis around which peer reviewer expertise is 
assembled. AHRQ seeks nominations for each of the subcommittee 
competency domains described below:
    Health Care Effectiveness and Outcomes Research: End-stage renal

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disease; cardiovascular disease; pediatrics; pharmacologist in opioid 
management; biostatisticians in health services research; health 
disparities and social determinants of health.
    Healthcare Safety and Quality Improvement Research: Pharmacists 
with expertise in informatics; infectious diseases specialists; 
geriatricians; surgeons with a specialty in diagnostic error; health 
disparities and social determinants of health.
    Healthcare Information Technology Research: Biomedical and consumer 
health informatics; family medicine; health care data analysis; health 
information technology; health services research in patient-oriented 
research; electronic health record and data for research; population-
based studies in medicine; epidemiology; telehealth/telemedicine; 
emergency medicine; insurance benefit design; chronic condition care; 
natural language processing and machine learning; social networking and 
its determinants of health; health disparities and social determinants 
of health.
    Healthcare Systems and Value Research: Health statistics; health 
care outcome research; evaluation and survey methods; health system and 
service research; health care policy research; health economics 
research; large database analysis; private health insurance/Medicaid 
and Medicare; learning laboratory development; health disparities and 
social determinants of health.
    Health Care Research Training: Clinician with knowledge of health 
policy; Medicare and Medicaid; addiction medicine; health disparities 
and social determinants of health.
    Additional study section descriptive information can be found here:
    Study Section Rosters: http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/peerrev.
    Study Section Descriptions: http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/peerdesc.
    Study Section Research Foci: http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/resfoci.
    Interested individuals may nominate themselves, and organizations 
and individuals may nominate one or more qualified persons for study 
section membership. A diversity of perspectives is valuable to AHRQ's 
work. To help obtain a diversity of perspectives among nominees, AHRQ 
encourages nominations of women and members of minority populations. 
AHRQ also seeks broad geographic representation. All nominations must 
be submitted electronically, and should include:
    1. A copy of the nominee's current curriculum vitae and contact 
information, including mailing address, phone number, and email 
address.
    2. Preferred study section assignment.

    Dated: May 5, 2021.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2021-09879 Filed 5-10-21; 8:45 am]
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