National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting

Pursuant to section 1009 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

This will be a hybrid meeting held in-person and virtually and will be open to the public as indicated below. Individuals who plan to attend in-person or view the virtual meeting and need special assistance or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting. The open session can be accessed from the NIH Videocast at the following link: https://videocast.nih.gov/.

The meeting 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 Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Date: September 5, 2024.

Closed: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.

Address: National Institutes of Health, 45 Center Drive, Building 45, Rooms E1/E2, F/G Bethesda, MD 20894, (In-Person and Virtual Meeting).

Name of Committee: National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities.

Date: September 6, 2024.

Open: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Agenda: Opening Remarks, Administrative Matters, Director's Report, Presentations, and Other Business of the Council.

Address: National Institutes of Health, 45 Center Drive, Building 45, Rooms E1/E2, F/G Bethesda, MD 20894 (In-Person and Virtual Meeting).

Contact Person: Paul Cotton, RDN, Ph.D., Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, 7201 Wisconsin Ave. Ste 533, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 402-1366, cottonp@mail.nih.gov.

Any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding the statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person.

In the interest of security, NIH has procedures at https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/visitor-information/campus-access-security for entrance into on-campus and off-campus facilities. All visitor vehicles, including taxicabs, hotel, and airport shuttles will be inspected before being allowed on campus. Visitors attending a meeting on campus or at an off-campus federal facility will be asked to show one form of identification (for example, a government-issued photo ID, driver's license, or passport) and to state the purpose of their visit.

Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home page: NIMHD: https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/about/advisory-council/, where an agenda and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when available.