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Federal Register: September 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 183)

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development and Clinical

Science Research and Development Services Scientific Merit Review

Board; Notice of Meetings

The Department of Veterans Affairs gives notice under the Public

Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the panels of the

Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development and Clinical

Science Research and Development Services Scientific Merit Review Board will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the dates indicated below:

Panel

Date(s)

Location

Infectious Diseases-A.................. November 16, 2010......... *VA Central Office

Hematology............................. November 18, 2010......... *VA Central Office

Infectious Diseases-B.................. November 19, 2010......... Crowne Plaza

Neurobiology-A......................... November 19, 2010......... Crowne Plaza

Neurobiology-D......................... November 19, 2010......... Crowne Plaza

Pulmonary Medicine..................... November 19, 2010......... Crowne Plaza

Endocrinology-B........................ November 22, 2010......... *VA Central Office

Surgery................................ November 22, 2010......... The Hotel George

Cellular & Molecular Medicine.......... November 22, 2010......... Crowne Plaza

Mental Hlth & Behav Sci-B.............. November 22, 2010......... Crowne Plaza

Endocrinology-A........................ November 23, 2010......... The Hotel George

Immunology-A........................... December 1, 2010.......... Crowne Plaza

Epidemiology........................... December 1, 2010.......... *VA Central Office

Neurobiology-E......................... December 1, 2010.......... Crowne Plaza

Gastroenterology....................... December 2, 2010.......... Crowne Plaza

Nephrology............................. December 2, 2010.......... Crowne Plaza

Neurobiology-C......................... December 2-3, 2010........ Crowne Plaza

Oncology............................... December 2-3, 2010........ Crowne Plaza

Cardiovascular Studies................. December 3, 2010.......... Crowne Plaza

Clinical Research Program.............. December 3, 2010.......... *VA Central Office

Mental Hlth & Behav Sci-A.............. December 3, 2010.......... Crowne Plaza

The addresses of the hotels and VA Central Office are: Crowne Plaza Washington DC/Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia

Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. The Hotel George, 15 E Street, NW., Washington, DC.

*VA Central Office, 1722 Eye Street, NW., Washington, DC.

*Teleconference

The purpose of the Merit Review Board is to provide advice on the scientific quality, budget, safety and mission relevance of investigator-initiated research proposals submitted for VA merit review consideration. Proposals submitted for review by the Board involve a wide range of medical specialties within the general areas of biomedical, behavioral and clinical science research.

The panel meetings will be open to the public for approximately one hour at the start of each meeting to discuss the general status of the program. The remaining portion of each panel meeting will be closed to the public for the review, discussion, and evaluation of initial and renewal research proposals.

The closed portion of each meeting involves discussion, examination, reference to staff and consultant critiques of research proposals. During this portion of each meeting, discussion and recommendations will deal with qualifications of personnel conducting the studies, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, as well as research information, the premature disclosure of which could significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency action regarding such research proposals.

As provided by subsection 10(d) of Public Law 92-463, as amended, closing portions of these panel meetings is in accordance with 5

U.S.C., 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B). Those who plan to attend or would like to obtain a copy of minutes of the panel meetings and rosters of the members of the panels should contact LeRoy G. Frey, Ph.D., Chief,

Program Review (121F), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20420, at (202) 461-1664 or

Leroy.frey@va.gov.

Dated: September 16, 2010.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Vivian Drake,

Acting Committee Management Officer.

FR Doc. 2010-23609 Filed 9-21-10; 8:45 am

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