[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 42365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17376]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Health Services Research and Development Service Scientific Merit 
Review Board, Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that various subcommittees 
of the Health Services Research and Development Service Scientific 
Merit Review Board will meet on August 28-30, 2012, at the Boston Omni 
Parker House, 60 School Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Each 
subcommittee meeting of the Board will be open to the public the first 
day for approximately one half-hour from 8 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. to 
cover administrative matters and to discuss the general status of the 
program. The remaining portion of the meetings will be closed. The 
closed portion of each meeting will involve discussion, examination, 
reference to, and oral review of the intramural research proposals and 
critiques.
    The purpose of the Board is to review research and development 
applications involving the measurement and evaluation of health care 
services, the testing of new methods of health care delivery and 
management, and nursing research. Applications are reviewed for 
scientific and technical merit. Recommendations regarding funding are 
submitted to the Chief Research and Development Officer.
    On August 28, the following subcommittees will convene: Nursing 
Research Initiatives from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Health Services Research 
(HSR)--8 Research Best Practices from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; 
Collaborative Research (HCR) to Enhance and Advance Transformation and 
Excellence, HCR 0--Quality from 8 a.m. to 12 noon; and HCR 1--
Infectious Disease from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Career Development Award 
Review Group will convene from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On August 29, the 
Career Development Award Review Group will reconvene from 8 a.m. to 3 
p.m.; and six subcommittees on Health Services Research (HSR 1--Medical 
Care and Clinical Management; HSR 2--Patient and Special Population 
Determinants of Health and Care; HSR 3--Methods and Modeling for 
Research, Informatics, and Surveillance; HSR 4--Mental and Behavioral 
Health; HSR 5--Health Care System Organization and Delivery, and HSR 
6--Post-acute and Long-term Care) will convene from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. On 
August 30, four subcommittees on Collaborative Research (HCR) to 
Enhance and Advance Transformation and Excellence (HCR 2--Prevention; 
HCR 3--Analytics; HCR 4--Models of Care; and HCR 5--Traumatic Brain 
Injury) will convene from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and four subcommittees 
(HCR 6--Patient Aligned Care Teams; HCR 7--Natural Language Processing; 
HCR 8--Access; and HCR 9--Transitions) will convene from 1 p.m. to 4 
p.m.
    During the closed portion of each meeting, discussion and 
recommendations will include qualifications of the 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 would likely compromise 
significantly the implementation of proposed agency action regarding 
such research projects). As provided by subsection 10(d) of Public Law 
92-463, as amended by Public Law 94-409, closing portions of each 
meeting is in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and (9)(B).
    Those who plan to attend the open sessions should contact Kristy 
Benton-Grover, Program Manager, Scientific Merit Review Board, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and 
Development Service (10P9H), 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20420, or by email at [email protected], at least 5 days 
before the meeting. For further information, please call Mrs. Benton-
Grover at (202) 443-5728.

    By Direction of the Secretary.

    Dated: July 12, 2012.
Vivian Drake,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-17376 Filed 7-17-12; 8:45 am]
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