[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 240 (Monday, December 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74102-74103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29323]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 
Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee Call for Committee 
Membership Nominations

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)(Department) 
has created the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee and is 
seeking nominations for this committee.

DATES: Nominations are due by COB January 12, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Nominations must be sent to Linda Porter, Ph.D., by USPS 
mail at NINDS/NIH, 31 Center Drive, Room 8A27, Bethesda, MD 20892, or 
by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#75051a0701100719351b1c1b11065b1b1c1d5b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="21514e535544534d614f484f45520f4f48490f464e57">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Porter, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e0908f929485928ca08e898e8493ce8e8988ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="41312e333524332d012f282f25326f2f28296f262e37">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As specified in Public Law 111-148 
(``Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act'') the Committee will: 
(a) Develop a summary of advances in pain care research supported or 
conducted by the Federal agencies relevant to the

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diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of pain and diseases and disorders 
associated with pain; (b) identify critical gaps in basic and clinical 
research on the symptoms and causes of pain; (c) make recommendations 
to ensure that the activities of the National Institutes of Health and 
other Federal agencies are free of unnecessary duplication of effort; 
(d) make recommendations on how best to disseminate information on pain 
care; and (e) make recommendations on how to expand partnerships 
between public entities and private entities to expand collaborative, 
cross-cutting research.
    Membership on the committee will include six (6) non-Federal 
members from among scientists, physicians, and other health 
professionals and six (6) non-Federal members of the general public who 
are representatives of leading research, advocacy, and service 
organizations for individuals with pain-related conditions. Members 
will serve overlapping three year terms. It is anticipated that the 
committee will meet at least once a year.
    The Department strives to ensure that the membership of HHS Federal 
advisory committees is fairly balanced in terms of points of view 
represented and the committee's function. Every effort is made to 
ensure that the views of diverse ethnic and racial groups and people 
with disabilities are represented on HHS Federal advisory committees, 
and the Department therefore, encourages nominations of qualified 
candidates from these groups. The Department also encourages geographic 
diversity in the composition of the Committee. Appointment to this 
Committee shall be made without discrimination on the basis of age, 
race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and cultural, 
religious, or socioeconomic status.
    The Department is soliciting nominations for one non-federal member 
from among scientists, physicians, and other health professionals and 
for three non-federal members of the general public who are 
representatives of leading research, advocacy, and service 
organizations for people with pain-related conditions. These candidates 
will be considered to fill positions opened through completion of 
current member terms. Nominations are due by COB January 5, 2015, and 
should be sent to Linda Porter, Ph.D., by USPS mail at NINDS/NIH, 31 
Center Drive, Room 8A27, Bethesda, MD 20892, or by email to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#80f0eff2f4e5f2ecc0eee9eee4f3aeeee9e8aee7eff6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acdcc3ded8c9dec0ecc2c5c2c8df82c2c5c482cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a>. Nominations must include contact information for 
the nominee and a current curriculum vitae or resume of the nominee.

    Dated: December 5, 2014.
Walter J. Koroshetz,
Acting Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and 
Stroke, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-29323 Filed 12-12-14; 8:45 am]
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