[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17659-17660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7495]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 
Announcement of Stakeholder Roundtable

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 
(NCCAM) invites the public to a Stakeholder Roundtable. Attendees will 
meet the NCCAM Director and discuss the Center's new strategic plan, 
activities, and priorities. The Roundtable will take place: 8:30 a.m.-
11 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2011, Building 31, 6C, Room 10, National 
Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD.
    To allow for meaningful interaction, space is limited. To attend, 
please RSVP by Friday, April 1, 2011, by contacting Carina May at 301-
915-9763 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d6e606c744d796568656461616a7f62787d236e6260"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adcec0ccd4edd9c5c8c5c4c1c1cadfc2d8dd83cec2c0">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Representatives from professional medical societies as well as 
consumer organizations are particularly encouraged to attend.
    Background: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative 
Medicine (NCCAM) was established in 1999. The mission of NCCAM is to 
define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and 
safety of complementary and alternative medicine interventions and 
their roles in improving health and health care
    To date, NCCAM's efforts to meet its mission have been guided by 
NCCAM's strategic plans located on the NCCAM Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov/about/plans/.
    Request for Participation: Representatives of stakeholder 
organizations are invited to provide input into the NCCAM's priorities 
and activities at a Stakeholder Roundtable. This event will give NCCAM 
stakeholders an opportunity to voice their opinions regarding future 
directions for research, training, outreach, and integration in

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complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The Dialogue will be 
held: 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m., Tuesday, April 26, 2011, Building 31, 6C, Room 
10, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD.
    NCCAM's director will provide an overview of NCCAM's history and 
current activities, followed by a discussion with attendees. 
Representatives from the complementary and alternative medicine 
community are particularly encouraged to attend. To allow for 
meaningful interaction, space is limited. To attend, please RSVP by 
Friday, April 1, 2011, by contacting Carina May at 301-915-9763 or 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#66050b071f26120e030e0f0a0a01140913164805090b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f4c424e566f5b474a47464343485d405a5f014c4042">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information, visit the 
NCCAM Web site at http://nccam.nih.gov/, or call 301-915-9763 or 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#46252b273f06322e232e2f2a2a21342933366825292b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96f5fbf7efd6e2fef3fefffafaf1e4f9e3e6b8f5f9fb">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: March 23, 2011.
Christy Thomsen,
Director, Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Center 
for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of 
Health.
[FR Doc. 2011-7495 Filed 3-29-11; 8:45 am]
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