[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62856-62857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21824]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Solicitation of Nominations for Membership on the Secretary's
Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Public Health and Science.
ACTION: Notice.
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended. The Committee is governed by the provisions
of Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets
forth standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.
SUMMARY: The Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), a program
office in the Office of Public Health and Science, Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS), is seeking nominations of qualified
candidates to be considered for appointment as members of the
Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP).
SACHRP provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary, HHS, and
the Assistant Secretary for Health on matters pertaining to the
continuance and improvement of functions within the authority of HHS
directed toward protections for human subjects in research. SACHRP was
established by the Secretary, HHS, on October 1, 2002. OHRP is seeking
nominations of qualified candidates to fill five positions on the
Committee membership that will be vacated at scheduled intervals during
the 2008 calendar year.
DATES: Nominations for membership on the Committee must be received no
later than December 7, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be mailed or delivered to: Dr. Ivor
Pritchard, Acting Director, Office for Human Research Protections,
Department of Health and Human Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite
200; Rockville, MD 20852. Nominations will not be accepted by e-mail or
by facsimile.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kevin Prohaska, Acting Executive
Director, SACHRP, Office for Human Research Protections, 1101 Wootton
Parkway, Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20852, telephone: 240-453-8231. A
copy of the Committee charter and list of the current members can be
obtained by contacting Dr. Prohaska, accessing the SACHRP Web site at
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/sachrp, or requesting via e-mail at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee provides advice on matters
pertaining to the continuance and improvement of functions within the
authority of HHS directed toward protections for human subjects in
research. Specifically, the Committee provides advice relating to the
responsible conduct of research involving human subjects with
particular emphasis on special populations such as neonates and
children, prisoners, the decisionally impaired, pregnant women, embryos
and fetuses, individuals and populations in international studies,
investigator conflicts of interest and populations in which there are
individually identifiable samples, data, or information.
In addition, the Committee is responsible for reviewing selected
ongoing work and planned activities of the OHRP and other offices/
agencies within HHS responsible for human subjects protection. These
evaluations may include, but are not limited to, a review of assurance
systems, the application of minimal research risk standards, the
granting of waivers, education programs sponsored by OHRP, and the
ongoing monitoring and oversight of institutional review boards and the
institutions that sponsor research.
Nominations: The Office for Human Research Protections is
requesting nominations to fill five positions for voting members of
SACHRP. The five positions will become vacant at scheduled intervals
during the 2008 calendar year. Nominations of potential candidates for
consideration are being sought from a wide array of fields, including,
but not limited to: Public health and medicine, behavioral and social
sciences, health administration, and biomedical ethics. To qualify for
consideration of appointment to the Committee, an individual must
possess demonstrated experience and expertise in any of the several
disciplines and fields pertinent to human subjects protection and/or
clinical research.
The individuals selected for appointment to the Committee can be
invited to serve a term of up to four years. Committee members receive
a stipend and reimbursement for per diem and any travel expenses
incurred for attending Committee meetings and/or conducting other
business in the interest of the Committee.
Nominations should be typewritten. The following information should
be included in the package of material submitted for each individual
being nominated for consideration: (1) A letter of nomination that
clearly states the name and affiliation of the nominee, the basis for
the nomination (i.e., specific attributes which qualify the nominee for
service in this capacity), and a statement that the nominee is willing
to serve as a member of the Committee; (2) the nominator's name,
address and daytime telephone number, and the home and/or work address,
telephone number, and email address of the individual being nominated;
and (3) a current copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae. Federal
employees should not be nominated for consideration of appointment to
this Committee.
The Department makes every effort to ensure that the membership of
HHS Federal advisory committees is fairly balanced in terms of points
of view represented and the committee's function. Every effort is made
to ensure that individuals from a broad representation of geographic
areas, women and men, ethnic and minority groups, and the disabled are
given consideration for membership on HHS Federal advisory committees.
Appointment to this Committee shall be made without discrimination on
the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,
disability, and
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cultural, religious, or socioeconomic status.
Documentation must be included in the nomination to indicate that
the nominated individual is willing to serve as a member of SACHRP.
Individuals who are selected to be considered for appointment will be
required to provide detailed information regarding their financial
holdings, consultancies, and research grants or contracts. Disclosure
of this information is necessary in order to determine if the selected
candidate is involved in any activity that may pose a potential
conflict with the official duties to be performed as a member of
SACHRP.
Dated: October 31, 2007.
Ivor A. Pritchard,
Acting Director, Office for Human Research Protections, Acting
Executive Secretary, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research
Protections.
[FR Doc. E7-21824 Filed 11-6-07; 8:45 am]
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