[Federal Register: June 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 109)]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses;
Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Research Advisory
Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses will meet on June 29-30,
2009, in Room 462 at the Crosstown Center, Boston University School of
Public Health, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. The
session will convene at 8 a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m. on June 29. The
session will convene at 8 a.m. and adjourn at 1:15 p.m. on June 30. The
meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make
recommendations to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on proposed
research studies, research plans and research strategies relating to
the health consequences of military service in the Southwest Asia
theater of operations during the Gulf War.
    The Committee will review VA program activities related to Gulf War
Veterans' illnesses and updates on relevant scientific research
published since the last Committee meeting. The session on June 29 will
be devoted to presentations of ongoing research related to immune
function and inflammation in chronic multisymptom illness among Gulf
War Veterans, the potential effects of oil well fires, and the
identification of objective markers to distinguish ill from well
Veterans and possible treatments. There will also be updates of the VA
Gulf War research program and the VA-funded Gulf War illnesses research
program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The
session on June 30 will be devoted to presentations on current
treatments for chronic multisymptom illnesses. Additionally, there will
be discussion of Committee business and activities.
    Public comments will be received at 4:30-5 p.m. on June 29 and at
12:45-1:15 p.m. on June 30. Individuals who

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speak are invited to submit 1-2 page summaries of their comments for
inclusion in the official record. A sign-in sheet for five-minute
comments will be available each day. Members of the public may also
submit written statements for the Committee's review to Dr. Roberta
White at rwhite@bu.edu.
    Any member of the public seeking additional information should
contact Dr. William Goldberg, Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 461-
1667 or Dr. Roberta White, Scientific Director, at (617) 278-4517.

    Dated: June 4, 2009.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-13522 Filed 6-8-09; 8:45 am]

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