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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 

Cardiovascular Studies ................................................ May 24, 2010 .............................................................. St. Gregory Hotel & Suites. 

Immunology-A .............................................................. May 25, 2010 .............................................................. L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Mental Hlth & Behav Sci-B .......................................... May 26, 2010 .............................................................. Embassy Suites—Chevy Chase. 

Neurobiology-E ............................................................ May 26, 2010 .............................................................. *VA Central Office. 

Hematology .................................................................. May 28, 2010 .............................................................. *VA Central Office. 

Epidemiology ................................................................ June 2, 2010 ............................................................... *VA Central Office. 

Neurobiology-A ............................................................ June 4, 2010 ............................................................... Embassy Suites—Chevy Chase. 

Nephrology ................................................................... June 4, 2010 ............................................................... Hotel Palomar. 

Infectious Diseases-B .................................................. June 4, 2010 ............................................................... L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Endocrinology-B ........................................................... June 4, 2010 ............................................................... *VA Central Office. 

Cellular & Molecular Medicine ..................................... June 7, 2010 ............................................................... Hotel Palomar. 

Surgery ......................................................................... June 7, 2010 ............................................................... Crowne Plaza. 

Endocrinology-A ........................................................... June 7, 2010 ............................................................... L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Mental Hlth & Behav Sci-A .......................................... June 7, 2010 ............................................................... L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Clinical Research Program .......................................... June 9, 2010 ............................................................... *VA Central Office. 

Oncology ...................................................................... June 10–11, 2010 ....................................................... L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Neurobiology-C ............................................................ June 10–11, 2010 ....................................................... L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Gastroenterology .......................................................... June 10, 2010 ............................................................. L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Neurobiology-D ............................................................ June 10, 2010 ............................................................. L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Respiration ................................................................... June 11, 2010 ............................................................. L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Infectious Diseases-A .................................................. June 11, 2010 ............................................................. L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. 

Eligibility ....................................................................... July 19, 2010 ............................................................... The Ritz-Carlton. 

The addresses of the hotels and VA Central Office are: 

Crowne Plaza Washington DC/Silver Spring, 8777 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. 

Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase Pavilion, 4300 Military Road, NW., Washington, DC. 

Hotel Palomar, 2121 P Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC. 

St. Gregory Hotel & Suites, 2033 M Street, NW., Washington, DC. 

The Ritz-Carlton, 1150—22nd 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 investigatorinitiated 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. 

Dated: April 29, 2010. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

Vivian Drake, 

Acting Committee Management Officer. 

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Special Medical Advisory Group; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Special Medical Advisory 

Group will meet on May 14, 2010, in 

Room 830 at VA Central Office, 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Group is to advise 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the 

Under Secretary for Health on the care 

and treatment of disabled Veterans, and 

other matters pertinent to the 

Department’s Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA). 

The agenda for the meeting will 

include discussions of the Vision for 

VHA, the Group’s charter, update on 

Blue Ribbon Panel on VA-Medical 

School Affiliations Report 

Implementation, update on 

Transformational Initiatives, and VA/ 

DoD Interoperability. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

attend should contact Juanita Leslie, 

Office of Administrative Operations 

(10B2), at (202) 461–7019 or 

j.t.leslie@va.gov. No time will be set 

aside at this meeting for receiving oral 

presentations from the public. 

Statements, in written form, may be 

submitted to Ms. Leslie before the 

meeting or within 10 days after the 

meeting. 

Dated: April 29, 2010. 

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Vivian Drake, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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