[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54013-54014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14241]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Final Draft National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 
FY2025-FY2029 Strategic Plan

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The goal of the National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences (NIEHS) strategic planning process is to set scientific areas 
of emphasis and priority approaches to anticipate and meet areas of 
opportunity for furthering environmental health sciences research, 
training, and translation. NIEHS makes available the final draft of the 
FY2025-FY2029 NIEHS Strategic Plan.

DATES: Comments must be received by 11:59:59 p.m. (ET) on July 21, 
2024, to ensure consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted by email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Nicole J. Garbarini, Office of 
Scientific Coordination, Planning, and Evaluation, email: [email protected] or call non-toll-free number 301-435-4642.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Federal Register notice is in 
accordance with the 21st Century Cures Act, requiring NIH and its 
Institutes and Centers to regularly update their strategic plans. NIEHS 
is one of the 27 institutes and centers that makes up the National 
Institute of Health, and conducts and supports research on factors in 
the environment that affect human health.
    The mission of the NIEHS is to discover how the environment affects 
people, in order to promote healthier lives. The vision of the NIEHS is 
to provide global leadership for innovative research that improves 
public health by preventing disease and disability. NIEHS research 
covers all organ systems, diseases, and conditions that could be caused 
or affected by environmental impacts, which are defined broadly. The 
NIEHS achieves its mission and vision through multidisciplinary 
biomedical research programs, as well as prevention and intervention 
efforts. NIEHS research is disseminated to inform evidence-based 
environmental health policies to prevent disease and protect health. 
The NIEHS also focuses on communication and research translation 
strategies that encompass training, education, technology transfer, and 
community engagement.
    During January 31-April 20, 2023, NIEHS solicited input to its 
strategic planning process through public comments on its 2018-2023 
Strategic Plan and its associated goals, as well as any other aspect of 
environmental health sciences. Approximately 169 unique responses, both 
individual and group, were received in response to this RFI. In April 
2023, NIEHS hosted a virtual community workshop including more than 100 
invited participants from across diverse sectors to provide input

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through presentation and discussion of their ideas for priorities of 
the strategic plan. Reports and recommendations on key topics were 
generated as output of this workshop. Comment on strategic priorities 
in environmental health sciences was also solicited through discussion 
with the the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council 
and the Board of Scientific Counselors. . Following compilation, 
curation, and analysis of all input, results of this curation were 
presented to NIEHS Senior Leadership to inform discussions and 
development of the plan, including Research Areas of Emphasis. and, and 
priority approaches for achieving the plan's translational goals.The 
NIEHS seeks comments from all interested parties on its final draft 
``FY2025-FY2028 NIEHS Strategic Plan: Health at the Intersection of 
People and Their Environments.''
    The final draft plan may be viewed online at https://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/strategicplan/finaldraft.

    Dated: June 20, 2024.
Richard P. Woychik,
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and 
National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14241 Filed 6-27-24; 8:45 am]
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