[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26807-26808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12825]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Safety and Occupational Health Study Section: Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announces the following committee meeting:
Name: Task Group Session of the Safety and Occupational Health
Study Section (SOHSS), National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH).
Time and Date: 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., August 5-7, 1998.
Place: Embassy Suites Hotel, 1900 Diagonal Road, Alexandria,
Virginia, 22314.
Status: Open 8 a.m.-8:30 a.m. August 5, 1998; Closed 8:30 a.m.-
5:30 p.m. August 5, 1998; Closed 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. August 6, 1998;
Closed 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. August 7, 1998.
Purpose: A Task Group of the SOHSS will review, discuss, and
evaluate grant application(s) received in response to the sponsoring
Institute's numbered solicitations as follows: Request For
Application Number 98044 entitled, ``Implementation of the National
Occupational Research Agenda (NORA),'' which pertains to broad-based
research endeavors outlined as follows: (a)
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Causal research to identify and investigate the relationships
between hazardous working conditions and associated occupational
disease and injury; (b) the nature and magnitude of special risk
factors experienced by older and/or minority workers; (c) methods
research to develop more sensitive means of evaluating hazards at
work sites; and (d) evaluations of the effectiveness of new
approaches or combinations of techniques such as control
technologies and personal protective equipment, work organization
changes, worker participation programs, and training in reducing or
eliminating traumatic injuries and work-related musculoskeletal
injuries.
Request For Application Number 98030 entitled, ``Occupational
Radiation and Energy-Related Health Research Grants,'' which
pertains to research endeavors outlined as follows:
(a) Research to identify and investigate the relationships
between health outcomes and occupational exposure to radiation and
other hazardous agents; (b) epidemiological methods research
relevant to energy-related occupational health research; and (c)
research related to assessing occupational exposures. The focus of
proposed research should reflect the following topical areas,
emphasizing field research: (1) Retrospective exposure assessment;
(2) radiation measurement issues; (3) non-cancer morbidity and
mortality outcomes; (4) meta-analysis and combined analysis
methodologies; (5) uncertainty analysis; (6) effects of measurement
error on risk estimates; (7) studies of current workers; and (8)
risk communication and worker outreach.
It is the intent of NIOSH to support broad-based research
endeavors in keeping with the Institute's program goals as outlined
above which will lead to improved understanding and appreciation for
the magnitude of the aggregate health burden associated with
occupational injuries and illnesses. It is anticipated that research
funded will promote these program goals.
Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting will convene in open
session from 8-8:30 a.m. on August 5, 1998, to address matters
related to the conduct of Study Section business. The remainder of
the meeting will proceed in closed sessions. The purpose of the
closed sessions is for the Task Group to consider safety and
occupational health grant applications related to the cited
solicitation. These portions of the meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with provisions set forth in section 552(c)(4)
and (6), title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of the Associate
Director for Management and Operations, CDC, pursuant to Public Law
92-463.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Pervis C. Major, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Administrator, Office of Extramural Coordination
and Special Projects, Office of the Director, NIOSH, 1095 Willowdale
Road, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505. Telephone 304/285-5979.
Dated: May 7, 1998.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-12825 Filed 5-13-98; 8:45 am]
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