Workshop on Shift Work at Night, Artificial Light at Night, and Circadian Disruption; Notice of Public Meeting; Registration Information, 7354-7355 [2016-02703]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 7354 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 28 / Thursday, February 11, 2016 / Notices Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Charles Selden, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive Room 5187 MSC 7840, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–451– 3388, seldens@mail.nih.gov. Name of Committee: Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Fellowships: Oncological Sciences. Date: March 7–8, 2016. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting). 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[FR Doc. 2016–02706 Filed 2–10–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:52 Feb 10, 2016 Jkt 238001 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Workshop on Shift Work at Night, Artificial Light at Night, and Circadian Disruption; Notice of Public Meeting; Registration Information The National Toxicology Program (NTP) announces the public workshop ‘‘Shift Work at Night, Artificial Light at Night, and Circadian Disruption.’’ The purpose of the workshop is to obtain external scientific input on topics important for informing the literature-based health hazard assessments conducted by the NTP’s Office of the Report on Carcinogens (ORoC) and Office of Health Assessment and Translation (OHAT). This workshop is open to the public to attend in-person or by webcast. Information about the meeting and registration are available at (https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/workshop_ ALAN). SUMMARY: Meeting: March 10, 2016, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and March 11, 2016, from 8:00 a.m. to approximately 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Meeting Registration: February 1, 2016 through March 4, 2016. Registration to attend the workshop inperson is available only for March 11 and not March 10 and will close prior to March 4 if space capacity at NIEHS is reached. The webcast is available on both March 10 and 11. Registration to view the workshop via webcast is required and will remain open through March 11, 2016. Workshop Materials: Workshop materials, including preliminary agenda, registration for attendance inperson and by webcast, and other materials, are available at https:// ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/workshop_ALAN; other materials will be posted by March 4, 2016. ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: Rodbell Auditorium, Rall Building, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Meeting Web page: The preliminary agenda and registration are available at https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/workshop_ ALAN. Webcast: The workshop will be webcast. The URL will be provided by email in the registration confirmation. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Windy Boyd, OHAT–ORoC, DNTP, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD K2–04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Telephone: (919) 541–9810, email: boydw@niehs.nih.gov. DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: Many people experience interruptions in light-dark cycles due to their lifestyle choices (e.g., use of electronic devices at night), location of their residences (e.g., urban light pollution), or working at night (e.g., shift work). Exposures to ALAN or changes in the timing of exposures to natural light (such as with ‘jet lag’) may disrupt biological processes controlled by endogenous circadian rhythms, potentially resulting in adverse health outcomes. NTP is interested in understanding the health effects of circadian disruption related to ALAN and shift work. ORoC and OHAT plan to conduct health hazard assessments focusing on cancer (ORoC) and noncancer health outcomes (OHAT). NTP is convening a workshop on March 10–11, 2016, to obtain external scientific input on topics important for informing the literature-based health hazard assessments, including strategies for integrating data across evidence streams and exposure scenarios, and on data gaps and research needs. The workshop includes the following sessions: • Circadian disruption • ALAN • shift work and trans-meridian travel (jet lag) • additional overlapping exposures in ALAN/shift work studies • strategies to synthesize across different types of exposure scenarios studies • data gaps and research needs Each session will start with a brief presentation followed by a short question-and-answer period and/or moderator-led discussion. Meeting and Registration: This workshop is open to the public, free of charge, with attendance limited only by the space available. Individuals who plan to attend in-person for March 11, 2016, should register at https:// ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/workshop_ALAN by March 4, 2016, to facilitate meeting planning. Registration for in-person attendance will close before March 4 if space capacity at NIEHS is reached. Registration is required to view the webcast; the URL for the webcast will be provided in the email confirming registration. A preliminary agenda and additional information are available at https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/workshop_ ALAN. Interested individuals are encouraged to access the Web site to stay abreast of the most current information regarding the workshop. Visitor and security information for those attending in-person is available at https://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/ E:\FR\FM\11FEN1.SGM 11FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 28 / Thursday, February 11, 2016 / Notices visiting/. Individuals with disabilities who need accommodation to participate in this event should contact Dr. Boyd at telephone: (919) 541–9810 or email: boydw@niehs.nih.gov. TTY users should contact the Federal TTY Relay Service at 800–877–8339. Requests should be made at least five business days in advance of the event. Background Information on ORoC: On behalf of NTP, ORoC conducts literature-based evaluations to identify agents, substances, mixtures, or exposures (collectively called ‘‘substances’’) in our environment that pose a cancer hazard for people in the United States. These cancer hazards are listed in the Report on Carcinogens (RoC), a congressionally mandated, science-based, public health report that is prepared by NTP for the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Published biennially, each edition of the RoC is cumulative and consists of substances newly reviewed in addition to those listed in previous editions. Newly reviewed substances with their recommended listing are reviewed and approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 13th RoC, the latest edition, was published on October 2, 2014 (available at https:// ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/roc13). The 14th RoC is under development. Background Information on OHAT: On behalf of NTP, OHAT conducts literature-based evaluations to assess the evidence that environmental chemicals, physical substances, or mixtures (collectively referred to as ‘‘substances’’) cause adverse non-cancer health outcomes. As part of these evaluations, NTP may also provide opinions on whether these substances might be of concern for causing adverse effects on human health given what is known about toxicity and current human exposure levels. Dated: February 5, 2016. John R. Bucher, Associate Director, National Toxicology Program. [FR Doc. 2016–02703 Filed 2–10–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meetings Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:52 Feb 10, 2016 Jkt 238001 amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is hereby given of the following meetings. The meetings will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Name of Committee: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Special Emphasis Panel. Date: February 17, 2016. Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Sherry L Dupere, Ph.D., Chief, Scientific Review Branch, Scientific Review Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 5B01, Bethesda, MD 20892–7510, 301–451–3415, duperes@ mail.nih.gov. This notice is being published less than 15 days prior to the meeting due to the timing limitations imposed by the review and funding cycle. Name of Committee: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Special Emphasis Panel. Date: February 23, 2016. Time: 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (Telephone Conference Call). Contact Person: Priscah Mujuru, MPH, DRPH, RN, BSN, COHNS, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Suite 5B01, Bethesda, MD 20892–7510, 301–435–6908. Name of Committee: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Initial Review Group; Reproduction, Andrology, and Gynecology Subcommittee. Date: February 26, 2016. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Montgomery County Conference Center Facility, 5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852. Contact Person: Dennis E. Leszczynski, Ph.D., Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific Review Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 5B01, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–2717, leszczyd@mail.nih.gov. PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 7355 Name of Committee: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Special Emphasis Panel. Date: February 29–March 1, 2016. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW., Washington, DC 20015. Contact Person: Joanna Kubler-Kielb, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 5B01, Bethesda, MD 20892–7510, 301– 435–6916, kielbj@mail.nih.gov. Name of Committee: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Special Emphasis Panel—Reproductive Centers. Date: February 29–March 2, 2016. Time: 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Courtyard by Marriott, 5520 Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Contact Person: Sheri Ann Hild, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 5B01, Bethesda, MD 20892–7510, 301–435–8382, hildsa@mail.nih.gov. Name of Committee: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Initial Review Group; Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Biology Subcommittee. Date: March 1, 2016. Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Hilton Washington/Rockville, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. Contact Person: Peter Zelazowski, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, National Institutes of Health, NICHD, SRB, 6100 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–435–6902, peter.zelazowski@nih.gov. Name of Committee: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Initial Review Group Population Sciences Subcommittee. Date: March 3–4, 2016. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Doubletree Hotel Washington, 1515 Rhode Island Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20005. Contact Person: Carla T. Walls, Ph.D., Scientific Review Administratior, Scientific Review Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 5B01, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–6898, wallsc@mail.nih.gov. Name of Committee: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Initial Review Group; Pediatrics Subcommittee. Date: March 10–11, 2016. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications. Place: Doubletree Hotel Bethesda (Formerly Holiday Inn Select), 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. E:\FR\FM\11FEN1.SGM 11FEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Workshop on Shift Work at Night, Artificial Light at Night, and 
Circadian Disruption; Notice of Public Meeting; Registration 
Information

SUMMARY: The National Toxicology Program (NTP) announces the public 
workshop ``Shift Work at Night, Artificial Light at Night, and 
Circadian Disruption.'' The purpose of the workshop is to obtain 
external scientific input on topics important for informing the 
literature-based health hazard assessments conducted by the NTP's 
Office of the Report on Carcinogens (ORoC) and Office of Health 
Assessment and Translation (OHAT). This workshop is open to the public 
to attend in-person or by webcast. Information about the meeting and 
registration are available at (https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/workshop_ALAN).

DATES: Meeting: March 10, 2016, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and March 
11, 2016, from 8:00 a.m. to approximately 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard 
Time (EST).
    Meeting Registration: February 1, 2016 through March 4, 2016. 
Registration to attend the workshop in-person is available only for 
March 11 and not March 10 and will close prior to March 4 if space 
capacity at NIEHS is reached. The webcast is available on both March 10 
and 11. Registration to view the workshop via webcast is required and 
will remain open through March 11, 2016.
    Workshop Materials: Workshop materials, including preliminary 
agenda, registration for attendance in-person and by webcast, and other 
materials, are available at https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/workshop_ALAN; 
other materials will be posted by March 4, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Meeting Location: Rodbell Auditorium, Rall Building, 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 111 T.W. 
Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
    Meeting Web page: The preliminary agenda and registration are 
available at https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/workshop_ALAN.
    Webcast: The workshop will be webcast. The URL will be provided by 
email in the registration confirmation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Windy Boyd, OHAT-ORoC, DNTP, 
NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD K2-04, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. 
Telephone: (919) 541-9810, email: boydw@niehs.nih.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: Many people experience 
interruptions in light-dark cycles due to their lifestyle choices 
(e.g., use of electronic devices at night), location of their 
residences (e.g., urban light pollution), or working at night (e.g., 
shift work). Exposures to ALAN or changes in the timing of exposures to 
natural light (such as with `jet lag') may disrupt biological processes 
controlled by endogenous circadian rhythms, potentially resulting in 
adverse health outcomes. NTP is interested in understanding the health 
effects of circadian disruption related to ALAN and shift work. ORoC 
and OHAT plan to conduct health hazard assessments focusing on cancer 
(ORoC) and non-cancer health outcomes (OHAT).
    NTP is convening a workshop on March 10-11, 2016, to obtain 
external scientific input on topics important for informing the 
literature-based health hazard assessments, including strategies for 
integrating data across evidence streams and exposure scenarios, and on 
data gaps and research needs.
    The workshop includes the following sessions:
 Circadian disruption
 ALAN
 shift work and trans-meridian travel (jet lag)
 additional overlapping exposures in ALAN/shift work studies
 strategies to synthesize across different types of exposure 
scenarios studies
 data gaps and research needs

Each session will start with a brief presentation followed by a short 
question-and-answer period and/or moderator-led discussion.
    Meeting and Registration: This workshop is open to the public, free 
of charge, with attendance limited only by the space available. 
Individuals who plan to attend in-person for March 11, 2016, should 
register at https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/workshop_ALAN by March 4, 2016, 
to facilitate meeting planning. Registration for in-person attendance 
will close before March 4 if space capacity at NIEHS is reached. 
Registration is required to view the webcast; the URL for the webcast 
will be provided in the email confirming registration. A preliminary 
agenda and additional information are available at https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/workshop_ALAN. Interested individuals are 
encouraged to access the Web site to stay abreast of the most current 
information regarding the workshop.
    Visitor and security information for those attending in-person is 
available at https://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/

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visiting/. Individuals with disabilities who need accommodation to 
participate in this event should contact Dr. Boyd at telephone: (919) 
541-9810 or email: boydw@niehs.nih.gov. TTY users should contact the 
Federal TTY Relay Service at 800-877-8339. Requests should be made at 
least five business days in advance of the event.
    Background Information on ORoC: On behalf of NTP, ORoC conducts 
literature-based evaluations to identify agents, substances, mixtures, 
or exposures (collectively called ``substances'') in our environment 
that pose a cancer hazard for people in the United States. These cancer 
hazards are listed in the Report on Carcinogens (RoC), a 
congressionally mandated, science-based, public health report that is 
prepared by NTP for the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
Published biennially, each edition of the RoC is cumulative and 
consists of substances newly reviewed in addition to those listed in 
previous editions. Newly reviewed substances with their recommended 
listing are reviewed and approved by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services. The 13th RoC, the latest edition, was published on October 2, 
2014 (available at https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/roc13). The 14th RoC is 
under development.
    Background Information on OHAT: On behalf of NTP, OHAT conducts 
literature-based evaluations to assess the evidence that environmental 
chemicals, physical substances, or mixtures (collectively referred to 
as ``substances'') cause adverse non-cancer health outcomes. As part of 
these evaluations, NTP may also provide opinions on whether these 
substances might be of concern for causing adverse effects on human 
health given what is known about toxicity and current human exposure 
levels.

    Dated: February 5, 2016.
John R. Bucher,
Associate Director, National Toxicology Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-02703 Filed 2-10-16; 8:45 am]
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