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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
(https://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,
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DATES: AHRQ would like to receive your
recommendations no later than Friday,
May 1, 2009.
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.
ADDRESSES:
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
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.
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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 (https://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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