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 Department of Veterans Affairs
 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 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 
                    ( print page 20490)
                    from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the dates indicated below: Panel
Date(s)
LocationHematology
May 23, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Mental Health and Behavioral Science-B
May 24, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Neurobiology-D
May 24-25, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Immunology-A
May 30, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Mental Health and Behavioral  Science-A
May 31, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Surgery
May 31, 2012
*VA Central Office.Endocrinology-B
June 1, 2012
*VA Central Office.Neurobiology-A
June 1, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Clinical Application of Genetics
June 1, 2012
*VA Central Office.Cardiovascular Studies
June 4, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Cellular and Molecular Medicine
June 4, 2012
*VA Central Office.Infectious Diseases-A
June 4, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Epidemiology
June 6, 2012
*VA Central Office.Clinical Research Program
June 7-8, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Infectious Diseases-B
June 8, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Neurobiology-E
June 8, 2012
*VA Central Office.Pulmonary Medicine
June 8, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Gastroenterology
June 11-12, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Endocrinology-A
June 14-15, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Neurobiology-C
June 14-15, 2012
L'Enfant Plaza Hotel.Oncology-A
June 14-15, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Nephrology
June 15, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.Eligibility
July 23, 2012
Sheraton Suites—Old Town Alexandria.The addresses of the hotel and VA Central Office are:L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC.Sheraton Suites—Old Town Virginia, 801 North Saint Asaph Street, Alexandria, Virginia.*VA Central Office, 131 M Street NE., Washington, DC.*Teleconference.
 The purpose of the 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-half 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, discussions will deal with scientific merit of each proposal and 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 the general session 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 (10P9B), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, or call (202) 443-5674 or by email at 
                    *Leroy.frey@va.gov.* By Direction of the Secretary. Dated: March 29, 2012. Vivian Drake, Committee Management Officer.


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