Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 61 / Wednesday, April 1, 2009 / Notices 14805 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Request for Nominations for AHRQ 

Study Section Members 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Request for nominations for 

public members. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Title IX of 

the Public Health Service Act, the 

authorizing legislation for AHRQ and its 

grant and contract regulations 

pertaining to Peer Review of Grant and 

Contracts 42 CFR Part 67, applications 

submitted to the AHRQ will be 

evaluated using the AHRQ peer review 

process to ensure a fair, equitable, and 

unbiased evaluation of their scientific 

and technical merit. The initial peer 

review of grant applications involves an 

assessment conducted by panels of 

experts established to include pertinent 

scientific disciplines and medical 

specialty areas. The confidential part of 

the peer review meetings devoted to 

critical evaluations will be closed 

meetings in accordance with section 

10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act as amended (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix 2). 

AHRQ is seeking nominations to fill 

approximately 20 to 30 percent of its 

study section membership, across the 

following study sections: 

(1) Health System Research (HSR), 

(2) Health Care Technology and 

Decision Sciences (HCTDS), 

(3) Health Care Quality and 

Effectiveness Research (HCQER), and 

(4) Health Care Research Training 

(HCRT). 

The primary research foci and 

functions of these four study sections 

are described on the AHRQ Web site 

(http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/peerrev/ 

peerdesc.htm). 

Individuals from the health services 

research and health care community 

who could serve as peer reviewers in 

our study sections are sought to replace 

study section members whose terms 

have expired. In sending your 

nomination, please specify the 

nominee’s professional/scientific/ 

technical expertise, affiliations and full 

contact information, if this information 

is available. 

Factors that will be considered in the 

selection of individuals to serve on 

study sections include: competence in a 

scientific, technical or clinical 

discipline or research specialty, 

particularly in health services research, 

fairness and evenhandedness in 

judgment and review, ability to work 

effectively in a group context, 

commitment to complete work 

assignments, adequacy of 

representations of women, racial and 

ethnic minority populations, and 

geographic diversity. 

DATES: AHRQ would like to receive your 

recommendations no later than Friday, 

May 1, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Please direct your 

correspondence to: Kishena C. 

Wadhwani, PhD., M.P.H., Director, 

Division of Scientific Review (DSR), 

Office of Extramural Research, 

Education and Priority Populations 

(OEREP), Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ), 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (DHHS), 540 Gaither Road, 

Room 2032, Rockville, MD 20850, 

Phone: (301) 427–1556, Fax: (301) 427– 

1562, e-mail: 

Kishena.Wadhwani@ahrq.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Currently, AHRQ has one chartered 

Health Services Research Initial Review 

Group (IRG) responsible for the peer 

review of research and training grant 

applications submitted for funding 

consideration. The IRG is to advise the 

Director of the Agency on matters 

related to scientific and technical merit 

of research grant proposals to improve 

the quality, safety, efficiency, and 

effectiveness of health care for all 

Americans. 

This IRG is currently comprised of 

four subcommittees or study sections, 

each with a particular research focus 

around which peer reviewer’s expertise 

is assembled. These study sections 

convene three times per year to review 

the grant applications submitted to the 

three different submission cycles. Study 

section members are appointed for up to 

a maximum of four years. 

Dated: March 24, 2009. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

AHRQ, Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health (ABRWH or Advisory 

Board), National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) 

Notice of Cancellation: This notice 

was published in the Federal Register 

on March 19, 2009, Volume 74, Number 

5, pages 813–814. The meeting 

previously scheduled to convene on 

March 31, 2009 has been cancelled. 

Contact Person for More Information: 

Theodore M. Katz, M.P.A., Executive 

Secretary, NIOSH, CDC, 1600 Clifton 

Rd., NE., Mailstop: E–20, Atlanta, GA 

30333, Telephone (513) 533–6800, Toll 

Free 1–800–CDC–INFO, E-mail 

ocas@cdc.gov. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register 

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both CDC 

and the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry. 

Dated: March 26, 2009. 

Andre Tyler, 

Acting Director, Management Analysis and 

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Cancer Institute; Notice of 

Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Cancer 

Institute Initial Review Group; Subcommittee 

A—Cancer Centers.