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Masayuki Yanagi, Jens Bukh, Suzanne
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polypeptides encoded by all or part of
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hepatitis C virus are infectious when
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Steven M. Ferguson,
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and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer,
National Institutes of Health.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences 2006 Strategic Plan
National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health
(NIH), Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS).
ACTION: Request for comments and
nominations.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The NIEHS is updating its
2000 strategic plan entitled NIEHS
Strategic Plan 2000—A Five-Year
Program: New Opportunities in
Environmental Health Research. To
anticipate, meet, and set priorities for
environmental health research, training,
resources, and technologies, NIEHS
requests input from scientists, members
of the public, and all interested parties.
The goal of this strategic planning
process is to identify barriers to progress
for future research and to define future
needs and directions for environmental
health. In addition, the NIEHS seeks the
nomination of individuals qualified to
participate in a workshop to discuss the
plan in more detail. The existing NIEHS
strategic plan can be viewed at https://
www.niehs.nih.gov/external/plan2000/
home.htm.
DATES: Submit responses to the NIEHS
Office of Science Policy and Planning,
(see below), on or before August 5, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The Office of Science Policy
and Planning, NIEHS/NIH, PO Box
12233, Research Triangle Park, NC
27709, telephone (919) 541–3484, FAX
(919) 541–1994, e-mail niehsplan2006@niehs.nih.gov. Comments
may be submitted electronically at the
NIEHS Strategic Planning Web site:
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/
plan2006/home.htm. They can also be
submitted by e-mail, mail or fax to the
above address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce
the burden of environmentallyassociated disease and dysfunction by
defining three elements: (1) How
environmental exposures affect our
health, (2) how individuals differ in
their susceptibility to these exposures,
and (3) how these susceptibilities
change over time.
The NIEHS achieves its mission
through multidisciplinary biomedical
research programs and prevention and
intervention efforts. The NIEHS also
focuses on communication strategies
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that encompass training, education,
technology transfer, and community
outreach. Research is required to
disseminate evidence-based
environmental health policies that
prevent diseases.
Request for Comments
To ensure the continued relevance of
its Strategic Plan, the NIEHS seeks input
to the following questions relative to the
issues described above:
(A) What are the disease processes
and public health concerns that are
relevant to environmental health
sciences?
(B) How can environmental health
sciences be used to understand how
biological systems work, why some
individuals are more susceptible to
disease, or why individuals with the
same disease may have very different
clinical outcomes?
(C) What are the major opportunities
and challenges in global environmental
health?
(D) What are the environmental
exposures that need further
consideration?
(E) What are the critical needs for
training the next generation of scientists
in environmental health?
(F) What technology and
infrastructural changes are needed to
fundamentally advance environmental
health science?
Individuals submitting public
comments are asked to include relevant
contact information [name, affiliation (if
any), address, telephone, fax, e-mail,
and sponsoring organization, if
applicable].
Request for Nomination of Planning
Group Members
The NIEHS solicits nominations for
individuals to participate in a workshop
to discuss the plan in more detail.
Nominations should include the name,
degree(s), position title, department,
institution name and address, phone
and fax numbers, e-mail address, and
specific area of expertise. Information of
nominated individuals should be sent
by August 5, 2005 to the NIEHS office
of Science Policy and Planning (contact
information provided above).
Dated: June 8, 2005.
David A. Schwartz,
Director, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2006
Strategic Plan
AGENCY: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS).
ACTION: Request for comments and nominations.
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SUMMARY: The NIEHS is updating its 2000 strategic plan entitled NIEHS
Strategic Plan 2000--A Five-Year Program: New Opportunities in
Environmental Health Research. To anticipate, meet, and set priorities
for environmental health research, training, resources, and
technologies, NIEHS requests input from scientists, members of the
public, and all interested parties. The goal of this strategic planning
process is to identify barriers to progress for future research and to
define future needs and directions for environmental health. In
addition, the NIEHS seeks the nomination of individuals qualified to
participate in a workshop to discuss the plan in more detail. The
existing NIEHS strategic plan can be viewed at https://
www.niehs.nih.gov/external/plan2000/home.htm.
DATES: Submit responses to the NIEHS Office of Science Policy and
Planning, (see below), on or before August 5, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The Office of Science Policy and Planning, NIEHS/NIH, PO Box
12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, telephone (919) 541-3484, FAX
(919) 541-1994, e-mail niehs-plan2006@niehs.nih.gov. Comments may be
submitted electronically at the NIEHS Strategic Planning Web site:
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/plan2006/home.htm. They can also be
submitted by e-mail, mail or fax to the above address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of
environmentally-associated disease and dysfunction by defining three
elements: (1) How environmental exposures affect our health, (2) how
individuals differ in their susceptibility to these exposures, and (3)
how these susceptibilities change over time.
The NIEHS achieves its mission through multidisciplinary biomedical
research programs and prevention and intervention efforts. The NIEHS
also focuses on communication strategies that encompass training,
education, technology transfer, and community outreach. Research is
required to disseminate evidence-based environmental health policies
that prevent diseases.
Request for Comments
To ensure the continued relevance of its Strategic Plan, the NIEHS
seeks input to the following questions relative to the issues described
above:
(A) What are the disease processes and public health concerns that
are relevant to environmental health sciences?
(B) How can environmental health sciences be used to understand how
biological systems work, why some individuals are more susceptible to
disease, or why individuals with the same disease may have very
different clinical outcomes?
(C) What are the major opportunities and challenges in global
environmental health?
(D) What are the environmental exposures that need further
consideration?
(E) What are the critical needs for training the next generation of
scientists in environmental health?
(F) What technology and infrastructural changes are needed to
fundamentally advance environmental health science?
Individuals submitting public comments are asked to include
relevant contact information [name, affiliation (if any), address,
telephone, fax, e-mail, and sponsoring organization, if applicable].
Request for Nomination of Planning Group Members
The NIEHS solicits nominations for individuals to participate in a
workshop to discuss the plan in more detail. Nominations should include
the name, degree(s), position title, department, institution name and
address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail address, and specific area of
expertise. Information of nominated individuals should be sent by
August 5, 2005 to the NIEHS office of Science Policy and Planning
(contact information provided above).
Dated: June 8, 2005.
David A. Schwartz,
Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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