Meetings: Fogarty International Center Advisory Board,

[Federal Register: January 14, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 9)]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences Advisory Board Meeting

Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of the thirty-eighth meeting of the Fogarty International Center (FIC) Advisory Board, February 3, 1998, in the Lawton Chiles International House (Building 16) at the National Institutes of Health. The Research Awards Subcommittee will meet on February 2 in the FIC Conference Room, Building 31, Room B2C07, from 1:00 p.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m., and will be closed to the public.

The meeting of the Board will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 12:00 noon.

The agenda will include a report by the Director, FIC; a report of the Long Range Planning Panel on National Library of Medicine international programs; a presentation on the International Training Program in Medical Informatics; a report on the state of science in the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union; and a presentation on cooperation and reform in the biomedical research system in the Republic of Georgia.

In accordance with the provisions of sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, United States Code and section 10(d) of Public Law 92-463, as amended, the entire meeting of the Research Awards Subcommittee on February 2 will be closed to the public from 1:00 p.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m., and the Board meeting on February 3 will be closed to the public from 1:00 p.m. to adjournment for the review of applications for awards under the Senior International Fellowship and International Fellowship Programs; and the Fogarty International Research Collaboration Awards and HIV, AIDS and Related Illnesses Collaboration Awards.

Paula Cohen, Committee Management Officer, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Building 31, Room B2C08, 31 CENTER DR MSC 2220, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2220, telephone 301-496- 1491, will provide a summary of the meeting and a roster of the committee members upon request.

Irene Edwards, Executive Secretary, Fogarty International Center Advisory Board, Building 31, Room B2C08, telephone: 301-496-1491, will provide substantive program information.

Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact Ms. Cohen at least 2 weeks in advance of the meeting.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.989, Senior International Fellowship Awards Programs; and 93.934, Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award)

Dated: January 8, 1998. LaVerne Stringfield, Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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