Notice of Single Source Award to the Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center, 53742 [2019-21904]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Notice of Single Source Award to the
Telehealth Focused Rural Health
Research Center
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In FY 2019, HRSA provided
$788,000 in additional funding to The
University of Iowa for the Telehealth
Focused Rural Health Research Center
and extended the project period for 12
months.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Heppner, Program Coordinator,
Telehealth Focused Rural Health
Research Center, (301) 443–5982,
SHeppner@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: The
University of Iowa (U1CRH29074).
Amount of Award: $788,000.
Project Period: September 1, 2019–
August 31, 2020.
CFDA Number: 93.155.
Authority: Title VII, § 711 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 912), as
amended.
Justification: The primary goal of the
Telehealth Focused Rural Health
Research Center (Research Center)
Program is to increase the amount of
publically available, high quality,
impartial, clinically informed, and
policy-relevant research related to
telehealth. This research assists rural
health providers and decision-makers at
the federal, state, and local levels by
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contributing to the policy-relevant
evidence base of telehealth services.
This program was competed under
announcement HRSA–15–149 and
awarded to the University of Iowa for a
four-year period of performance
(September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2019).
In FY 2019 HRSA extended the
current project period for 12 months
and provided $788,000 to the awardee.
The new period of performance started
on September 1, 2019, and will end on
August 31, 2020. Under its current
scope, the Research Center supports
several cohorts of HRSA’s Telehealth
Network Grant Program (TNGP)
recipients. HRSA extended the current
project period for 12 months and
provided supplemental funding to allow
additional time to analyze outcomes
from the TNGPs and align efforts
between the Research Center and the
design of the next TNGP cohort. The
$788,000 of supplemental funding for
this awardee aligned with the historical
funding levels for this program.
Further information on the Telehealth
Focused Rural Health Research Center is
available at: https://www.hrsa.gov/
ruralhealth/programopportunities/
fundingopportunities/
default.aspx?id=482de32c-8b8d-4960bb86-caad8c9d6905.
Dated: September 30, 2019.
Thomas J. Engels,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Human Genome Research
Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, notice is hereby given of the
following meetings.
The meetings will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
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 Human
Genome Research Institute Special Emphasis
Panel Training Program.
Date: October 28, 2019.
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Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Human Genome Research
Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6700B
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Keith McKenney, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, National Human
Genome Research Institute, National
Institutes of Health, 5635 Fishers Lane, Suite
4076, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301–594–4280,
mckenneyk@mail.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Human
Genome Research Institute Special Emphasis
Panel Sequencing Technology.
Date: November 13–14, 2019.
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: Marriott Courtyard Gaithersburg
Washingtonian Center, 204 Boardwalk Place,
Gaithersburg, MD 20878.
Contact Person: Ken D. Nakamura, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review
Branch, National Human Genome Research,
Institute National Institutes of Health, 5635
Fishers Lane, Suite 4076, MSC 9306
Rockville, MD 20852, 301–402–0838,
nakamurk@mail.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Human
Genome Research Institute Special Emphasis
Panel ELSI CEER.
Date: November 14, 2019.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Human Genome Research
Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6700B
Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Rudy O. Pozzatti, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review
Branch, National Human Genome Research
Institute, National Institutes of Health, 5635
Fishers Lane, Suite 4076, MSC 9306,
Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 402–0838,
pozzattr@mail.nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Human
Genome Research Institute Special Emphasis
Panel Genomic Community Resource.
Date: November 18, 2019.
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Human Genome Research
Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6700
B Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817
(Telephone Conference Call).
Contact Person: Ken D. Nakamura, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review
Branch, National Human Genome Research
Institute, National Institutes of Health, 5635
Fishers Lane, Suite 4076, MSC 9306
Rockville, MD 20852, 301–402–0838
nakamurk@mail.nih.gov.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.172, Human Genome
Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS)
Dated: October 2, 2019.
Melanie J. Pantoja,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Notice of Single Source Award to the Telehealth Focused Rural
Health Research Center
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In FY 2019, HRSA provided $788,000 in additional funding to
The University of Iowa for the Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research
Center and extended the project period for 12 months.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Heppner, Program Coordinator,
Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center, (301) 443-5982,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: The University of Iowa
(U1CRH29074).
Amount of Award: $788,000.
Project Period: September 1, 2019-August 31, 2020.
CFDA Number: 93.155.
Authority: Title VII, Sec. 711 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 912), as amended.
Justification: The primary goal of the Telehealth Focused Rural
Health Research Center (Research Center) Program is to increase the
amount of publically available, high quality, impartial, clinically
informed, and policy-relevant research related to telehealth. This
research assists rural health providers and decision-makers at the
federal, state, and local levels by contributing to the policy-relevant
evidence base of telehealth services. This program was competed under
announcement HRSA-15-149 and awarded to the University of Iowa for a
four-year period of performance (September 1, 2015 to August 31, 2019).
In FY 2019 HRSA extended the current project period for 12 months
and provided $788,000 to the awardee. The new period of performance
started on September 1, 2019, and will end on August 31, 2020. Under
its current scope, the Research Center supports several cohorts of
HRSA's Telehealth Network Grant Program (TNGP) recipients. HRSA
extended the current project period for 12 months and provided
supplemental funding to allow additional time to analyze outcomes from
the TNGPs and align efforts between the Research Center and the design
of the next TNGP cohort. The $788,000 of supplemental funding for this
awardee aligned with the historical funding levels for this program.
Further information on the Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research
Center is available at: https://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/programopportunities/fundingopportunities/default.aspx?id=482de32c-8b8d-4960-bb86-caad8c9d6905.
Dated: September 30, 2019.
Thomas J. Engels,
Acting Administrator.
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