[Federal Register: February 15, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 30)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Announcement of the CDC-Wide Research Agenda Development Public
Participation Meetings
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC) is developing a CDC-Wide
Research Agenda, and invites the public to provide input. Four Research
Agenda Development Public Participation Meetings will be held across
the country (March 8, 2005, Arlington, VA; March 18, 2005, Atlanta, GA;
March 24, 2005, Seattle, WA; and March 31, 2005, Columbus, OH).
Background: On January 10, 2005, the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention launched an effort to develop its first ever, agency-
wide public health research agenda. The new agenda will address and
support CDC's health protection goals (http://www.cdc.gov/futures/Goals_01-6-05.pdf
). The agenda will also provide overall guidance for
CDC's intramural and extramural research as well as serve as an
effective planning and communication tool for CDC's public health
research.
Request for Comments: The public is invited to participate in the
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development of the CDC-Wide Research Agenda. The CDC will host four
Research Agenda Development Public
Participation Meetings. These events will give researchers,
representatives of CDC key partner organizations and the public the
opportunity to voice their opinions regarding the future direction of
CDC's public health research. The four meetings will be held: March 8,
2005, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Hilton Crystal City Hotel at Ronald Reagan
National Airport, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202;
telephone 703-418-6800. Registration begins February 25, 2005. March
18, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., National Center for Primary Care at
Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr., SW., Atlanta, GA 30310;
telephone 404-756-5740. Registration begins March 4, 2005. March 24,
2005, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Crowne Plaza Seattle, 1113 Sixth Avenue,
Seattle, WA 98101; telephone 206-464-1980. Registration begins March
11, 2005. March 31, 2005, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Hyatt Regency, 350 North
High Street, Columbus, OH, 43215; telephone 614-463-1234. Registration
begins March 18, 2005.
Attendance by the public will be limited to the space available.
Please communicate with the individuals listed below to request special
accommodations for persons with disabilities.
All those wishing to attend any of the meetings must register. See
specific meeting above for date of registration. To register, please
visit http://www.maximumtechnology.com/cdcreg.htm. Additional
information will be available as of February 21st via the Office of
Public Health Research Web site, http://www.cdc.gov/od/ophr/, or may be
obtained by communicating with the contact whose name and telephone
number is listed below.
Contacts: Ms. Mollie Ergle, Meeting Coordinator, Office of Public
Health Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop
E-72 1600 Clifton Rd. NE., Atlanta, GA 30333, E-mail: mergle@cdc.gov.
Phone: 404-498-0132; Fax: 404-498-0011.
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities for
both CDC and ATSDR.
Dated: February 9, 2005.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-2852 Filed 2-14-05; 8:45 am]
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