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The National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will hold a virtual meeting on February 6, 2025. The meeting will be partially closed to the public to review confidential information about grants and proposals. The open session will include presentations and other council business, accessible through the NIH Videocast link. For more information, contact Philippe Marmillot, the executive secretary, or visit the council's webpage for the meeting agenda and related details.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute announced a closed meeting for its NHLBI Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Review Committee. The meeting is scheduled to take place virtually from March 4 to March 5, 2021, between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. This session will focus on reviewing and evaluating grant applications. The meeting will be closed to the public to protect confidential information, including trade secrets and personal details related to the grant applications.

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, has announced a request for public comments on a proposed data collection project called the Data and Specimen Hub (DASH). This initiative aims to improve data sharing in biomedical research by allowing investigators to share and access de-identified study data and biospecimens. DASH will enable easier discovery and use of study data by cataloging information about studies and data collections stored in various public archives. The proposal seeks to continue collecting this information efficiently while minimizing the burden on those providing the data. Public comments are invited within 60 days from publication.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has announced a change in the schedule for their Special Emphasis Panel meeting. Originally set for March 19, 2021, the meeting will now take place on March 23, 2021, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. This update was published in the Federal Register on February 4, 2021. The meeting will remain closed to the public.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a final rule regarding the "NIH Police Records" system, which contains law enforcement records maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Police Division. This rule establishes exemptions from certain requirements of the Privacy Act, allowing the NIH to withhold access to specific investigatory records to protect law enforcement procedures and sources. The exemptions apply to both criminal and non-criminal investigatory materials to prevent interference with ongoing investigations and safeguard the integrity of investigatory techniques. The rule is set to become effective on February 18, 2025, and it has been determined that it will not have significant economic impacts on small entities or impose significant expenses on state or local governments.

The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases announced a series of upcoming meetings that will be closed to the public. These meetings are scheduled between February 19 and March 16, 2021, and are intended to review and evaluate grant applications related to arthritis, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases. The meetings will be conducted virtually from NIH headquarters in Bethesda, MD, and involve discussions of sensitive information, such as trade secrets and personal data associated with the grant applications. The notice ensures that the confidentiality of the information discussed is maintained.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a closed meeting of the NHLBI Mentored Clinical and Basic Science Study Section. The meeting will take place virtually on February 27-28, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be closed to protect confidential information related to grant applications, including trade secrets and personal information. Dr. Manoj Kumar Valiyaveettil can be contacted for further details regarding this meeting.

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has announced a closed meeting scheduled for April 25, 2025. The meeting will take place virtually from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will focus on reviewing and evaluating grant applications related to small businesses in reproduction and genetics. The meeting is closed to the public to protect confidential trade secrets and personal information. Jolanta Maria Topczewska, Ph.D., can be contacted for more information regarding the meeting.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has announced a closed meeting for the Heart, Lung, and Blood Initial Review Group to discuss grant applications. This virtual meeting, scheduled for February 20-21, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., will review applications that may involve confidential information, including trade secrets or personal data. Because of this sensitive content, the meeting will not be open to the public. For more information, Fungai Chanetsa, the Scientific Review Officer, can be contacted at the provided details.

The National Institutes of Health has announced a virtual meeting for the National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) scheduled for February 2, 2021. The BSC is an advisory group that reviews and provides advice on NTP's activities and issues. The meeting is open to the public, and people can submit written or oral comments, with a deadline of January 26, 2021, for submissions and registrations. More details about the meeting, including the agenda and registration information, are available on the NTP website.