Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation Request for Nominations for Voting Members, 3441-3442 [2016-01126]
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permit evaluation of possible sources of
conflicts of interest. In addition,
nominees will be asked to provide
detailed information concerning any
employment, governance, or financial
affiliation with any donor centers,
recruitment organizations, transplant
centers, and/or cord blood banks.
A nomination package should be sent
in as hard copy, email communication,
or on compact disc. A nomination
package should include the following
information for each nominee: (1) A
letter of nomination stating the name,
affiliation, and contact information for
the nominee, the basis for the
nomination (i.e., what specific attributes
recommend him/her for service in this
capacity), and the nominee’s field(s) of
expertise; (2) a biographical sketch of
the nominee and a copy of his/her
curriculum vitae; and (3) the name,
return address, email address, and
daytime telephone number at which the
nominator can be contacted.
HHS strives to ensure that the
membership of HHS federal advisory
committees is balanced in terms of
points of view represented, consistent
with the committee’s authorizing statute
and charter. Appointment to the
ACBSCT shall be made without
discrimination on the basis of age, race,
ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,
disability, and cultural, religious, or
socioeconomic status. The Department
encourages nominations of qualified
candidates from all groups and
locations.
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Advisory Committee on Organ
TransplantationRequest for
Nominations for Voting Members
Health Resources and Services
Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of request for
nominations.
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AGENCY:
The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) is
requesting nominations to fill vacancies
on the Advisory Committee on Organ
Transplantation (ACOT). The ACOT
was established by the Amended Final
Rule of the Organ Procurement and
Transplantation Network (OPTN) (42
CFR part 121) and, in accordance with
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Public Law 92–463, was chartered on
September 1, 2000.
DATES: The agency must receive
nominations on a continuous basis.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be
submitted to the Executive Secretary,
ACOT, Healthcare Systems Bureau,
HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room
08N182, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Federal Express, Airborne, UPS, etc.,
mail delivery should be addressed to
Executive Secretary, Advisory
Committee on Organ Transplantation,
Healthcare Systems Bureau, HRSA, at
the above address, or via email to:
PStroup@hrsa.gov and PTongele@
hrsa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia A. Stroup, M.B.A., M.P.A.,
Executive Secretary, ACOT, at (301)
443–1127 or email PStroup@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
provided by 42 CFR 121.12, the
Secretary established the ACOT. The
ACOT is governed by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
Appendix 2), which sets forth standards
for the formation and use of advisory
committees.
The ACOT advises the Secretary on
all aspects of organ procurement,
allocation, and transplantation, and on
other such matters that the Secretary
determines. One of its principal
functions is to advise the Secretary on
federal efforts to maximize the number
of deceased donor organs made
available for transplantation and to
support the safety of living organ
donation.
The ACOT consists of up to 25
members, who are Special Government
Employees, and 6 ex-officio, non-voting
members. Members and the Chair shall
be appointed by the Secretary from
individuals knowledgeable in such
fields as deceased and living organ
donation, health care public policy,
transplantation medicine and surgery,
critical care medicine and other medical
specialties involved in the identification
and referral of donors, non-physician
transplant professions, nursing,
epidemiology, immunology, law and
bioethics, behavioral sciences,
economics and statistics, as well as
representatives of transplant candidates,
transplant recipients, living organ
donors, and family members of
deceased and living organ donors.
Members shall not serve while they are
also serving on the OPTN Board of
Directors. To the extent practicable,
Committee members should represent
minority, gender and geographic
diversity of transplant candidates,
transplant recipients, organ donors and
family members served by the OPTN.
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The ex-officio, non-voting members
shall include the Directors of the
National Institutes of Health, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, and the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality; the
Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services; the
Commissioner of the Food and Drug
Administration; and the Chair, Advisory
Committee on Blood and Tissue and
Safety Availability—or their designees.
Specifically, HRSA is requesting
nominations for voting members of the
ACOT representing: Health care public
policy; transplantation medicine and
surgery, including pediatric and heart/
lung transplantation; critical care
medicine; nursing; epidemiology and
applied statistics; immunology; law and
bioethics; behavioral sciences;
economics and econometrics; organ
procurement organizations; transplant
candidates/recipients; transplant/donor
family members; and living donors.
Nominees will be invited to serve up to
a 4-year term.
The Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) will consider
nominations of all qualified individuals
with a view to ensuring that the ACOT
includes the areas of subject matter
expertise noted above. Individuals may
nominate themselves or other
individuals, and professional
associations and organizations may
nominate one or more qualified persons
for membership on the ACOT.
Nominations shall state that the
nominee is willing to serve as a member
of the ACOT and appears to have no
conflict of interest that would preclude
the ACOT membership. Potential
candidates will be asked to provide
detailed information concerning
financial interests, consultancies,
research grants, and/or contracts that
might be affected by recommendations
of the ACOT to permit evaluation of
possible sources of conflicts of interest.
A nomination package should include
the following information for each
nominee:
(1) A letter of nomination stating the
name, affiliation, and contact
information for the nominee, the basis
for the nomination (i.e., what specific
attributes, perspectives, and/or skills
does the individual possess that would
benefit the workings of ACOT), and the
nominee’s field(s) of expertise; (2) a
biographical sketch of the nominee and
a copy of his/her curriculum vitae; and
(3) the name, address, daytime
telephone number, and email address at
which the nominator can be contacted.
HHS strives to ensure that the
membership of HHS federal advisory
committees is balanced in terms of
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points of view represented, consistent
with the committee’s authorizing
charter. Appointment to the ACOT shall
be made without discrimination on the
basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, disability, and
cultural, religious, or socioeconomic
status. The Department encourages
nominations of qualified candidates
from all groups and locations.
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Solicitation of Nominations for
Membership on the Secretary’s
Advisory Committee on Human
Research Protections
Office for Human Research
Protections, Office of the Secretary,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Health, Department of Health and
Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of
the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
The Committee is governed by the provisions
of Public Law 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C.
Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for
the formation and use of advisory
committees.
The Office for Human
Research Protections (OHRP), a program
office in the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health, Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS), is
seeking four (4) nominations of
qualified candidates to be considered
for appointment as members of the
Secretary’s Advisory Committee on
Human Research Protections (SACHRP).
SACHRP provides advice and
recommendations to the Secretary, HHS,
through the Assistant Secretary for
Health on issues pertaining to the
continuance and improvement of
functions within the authority of HHS
directed toward protections for human
subjects in research. SACHRP was
established by the Secretary, HHS, on
October 1, 2002. OHRP is seeking
nominations of four qualified
candidates to fill positions on the
Committee membership that will be
vacated during the 2016 calendar year,
including the position of Chair.
DATES: Nominations for membership on
the Committee must be received no later
than March 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be
mailed or delivered to Julia Gorey,
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Executive Director, SACHRP, Office for
Human Research Protections,
Department of Health and Human
Services, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite
200; Rockville, MD 20852. Nominations
will not be accepted by email or by
facsimile.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Gorey, Executive Director, SACHRP,
Office for Human Research Protections,
1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 200,
Rockville, MD 20852, telephone: 240–
453–8141. A copy of the Committee
charter and list of the current members
can be obtained by accessing the
SACHRP Web site at www.hhs.gov/
ohrp/sachrp, or requesting via email at
sachrp@osophs.dhhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee provides advice on matters
pertaining to the continuance and
improvement of functions within the
authority of HHS directed toward
protections for human subjects in
research. Specifically, the Committee
provides advice relating to the
responsible conduct of research
involving human subjects with
particular emphasis on special
populations such as neonates and
children, prisoners, the decisionally
impaired, pregnant women, embryos
and fetuses, individuals and
populations in international studies,
investigator conflicts of interest and
populations in which there are
individually identifiable samples, data
or information.
In addition, the Committee is
responsible for reviewing selected
ongoing work and planned activities of
the OHRP and other offices/agencies
within HHS responsible for human
subjects protection. These evaluations
may include, but are not limited to,
issues relating to the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) titled ‘‘Federal
Policy for the Protection of Human
Subjects’’ that appeared in the Federal
Register on September 8, 2015, Vol 80,
No 173:53933. In addition, SACHRP
may review matters pertaining to the
assurance system, the application of
minimal research risk standards, the
granting of waivers, education programs
sponsored by OHRP, and the ongoing
monitoring and oversight of
institutional review boards and the
institutions that sponsor research.
Nominations: The OHRP is requesting
nominations to fill four (4) positions for
voting members of SACHRP that will
become vacant in October 2016.
Nominations of potential candidates for
consideration are being sought from a
wide array of fields, including, but not
limited to: Public health and medicine,
behavioral and social sciences, health
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administration, and biomedical ethics.
To qualify for consideration of
appointment to the Committee, an
individual must possess demonstrated
experience and expertise in any of the
several disciplines and fields pertinent
to human subjects protection and/or
clinical research, as well as the
necessary time and dedication to devote
to responsible membership on a
working federal advisory committee.
The individuals selected for
appointment to the Committee may be
invited to serve a term of up to four
years. Committee members receive a
stipend and reimbursement for per diem
and any travel expenses incurred for
attending Committee meetings and/or
conducting other business in the
interest of the Committee. Interested
applicants may self-nominate.
Nominations may be retained and
considered for future vacancies.
Nominations should be typewritten.
The following information should be
included in the package of material
submitted for each individual being
nominated for consideration: (1) A letter
of nomination that clearly states the
name and affiliation of the nominee, the
basis for the nomination (i.e., specific
attributes which qualify the nominee for
service in this capacity), and a statement
that the nominee is willing to serve as
a member of the Committee; (2) the
nominator’s name, address, daytime
telephone number and the home and/or
work address, telephone number, and
email address of the individual being
nominated; and (3) a current copy of the
nominee’s curriculum vitae. Federal
employees should not be nominated for
consideration of appointment to this
Committee.
The Department makes every effort 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 individuals from a broad
representation of geographic areas,
women and men, ethnic and minority
groups, and the disabled are given
consideration for membership on HHS
federal advisory committees.
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.
Individuals who are selected to be
considered for appointment will be
required to provide detailed information
regarding their financial holdings,
consultancies, and research grants or
contracts. Disclosure of this information
is necessary in order to determine if the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Advisory Committee on Organ TransplantationRequest for
Nominations for Voting Members
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is
requesting nominations to fill vacancies on the Advisory Committee on
Organ Transplantation (ACOT). The ACOT was established by the Amended
Final Rule of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)
(42 CFR part 121) and, in accordance with Public Law 92-463, was
chartered on September 1, 2000.
DATES: The agency must receive nominations on a continuous basis.
ADDRESSES: All nominations should be submitted to the Executive
Secretary, ACOT, Healthcare Systems Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Room 08N182, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Federal Express, Airborne, UPS,
etc., mail delivery should be addressed to Executive Secretary,
Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau,
HRSA, at the above address, or via email to: PStroup@hrsa.gov and
PTongele@hrsa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia A. Stroup, M.B.A., M.P.A.,
Executive Secretary, ACOT, at (301) 443-1127 or email PStroup@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As provided by 42 CFR 121.12, the Secretary
established the ACOT. The ACOT is governed by the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), which sets forth standards for the
formation and use of advisory committees.
The ACOT advises the Secretary on all aspects of organ procurement,
allocation, and transplantation, and on other such matters that the
Secretary determines. One of its principal functions is to advise the
Secretary on federal efforts to maximize the number of deceased donor
organs made available for transplantation and to support the safety of
living organ donation.
The ACOT consists of up to 25 members, who are Special Government
Employees, and 6 ex-officio, non-voting members. Members and the Chair
shall be appointed by the Secretary from individuals knowledgeable in
such fields as deceased and living organ donation, health care public
policy, transplantation medicine and surgery, critical care medicine
and other medical specialties involved in the identification and
referral of donors, non-physician transplant professions, nursing,
epidemiology, immunology, law and bioethics, behavioral sciences,
economics and statistics, as well as representatives of transplant
candidates, transplant recipients, living organ donors, and family
members of deceased and living organ donors. Members shall not serve
while they are also serving on the OPTN Board of Directors. To the
extent practicable, Committee members should represent minority, gender
and geographic diversity of transplant candidates, transplant
recipients, organ donors and family members served by the OPTN. The ex-
officio, non-voting members shall include the Directors of the National
Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; the Administrator
of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; the Commissioner of
the Food and Drug Administration; and the Chair, Advisory Committee on
Blood and Tissue and Safety Availability--or their designees.
Specifically, HRSA is requesting nominations for voting members of
the ACOT representing: Health care public policy; transplantation
medicine and surgery, including pediatric and heart/lung
transplantation; critical care medicine; nursing; epidemiology and
applied statistics; immunology; law and bioethics; behavioral sciences;
economics and econometrics; organ procurement organizations; transplant
candidates/recipients; transplant/donor family members; and living
donors. Nominees will be invited to serve up to a 4-year term.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will consider
nominations of all qualified individuals with a view to ensuring that
the ACOT includes the areas of subject matter expertise noted above.
Individuals may nominate themselves or other individuals, and
professional associations and organizations may nominate one or more
qualified persons for membership on the ACOT. Nominations shall state
that the nominee is willing to serve as a member of the ACOT and
appears to have no conflict of interest that would preclude the ACOT
membership. Potential candidates will be asked to provide detailed
information concerning financial interests, consultancies, research
grants, and/or contracts that might be affected by recommendations of
the ACOT to permit evaluation of possible sources of conflicts of
interest.
A nomination package should include the following information for
each nominee:
(1) A letter of nomination stating the name, affiliation, and
contact information for the nominee, the basis for the nomination
(i.e., what specific attributes, perspectives, and/or skills does the
individual possess that would benefit the workings of ACOT), and the
nominee's field(s) of expertise; (2) a biographical sketch of the
nominee and a copy of his/her curriculum vitae; and (3) the name,
address, daytime telephone number, and email address at which the
nominator can be contacted.
HHS strives to ensure that the membership of HHS federal advisory
committees is balanced in terms of
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points of view represented, consistent with the committee's authorizing
charter. Appointment to the ACOT shall be made without discrimination
on the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation,
disability, and cultural, religious, or socioeconomic status. The
Department encourages nominations of qualified candidates from all
groups and locations.
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2016-01126 Filed 1-20-16; 8:45 am]
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