[Federal Register: November 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 223)]
[Notices]               
[Page 63322-63323]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr19no99-72]                         

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

 
The Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability 
and Health (DBDCH); Meeting

    The Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability 
and Health (DBDCH) in the National Center for Environmental Health 
(NCEH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
announces the following conference.

    Name: A conference entitled Infection in Pregnancy and 
Neurodevelopment.
    Times and Dates: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Nov. 30, 1999; 7:45 a.m.-3:45 
p.m., Dec. 1, 1999.
    Place: The Holiday Inn Select, Hotel and Conference Plaza, 130 
Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, Georgia 30030.
    Status: Open for participation by anyone with an interest in 
Public Health issues related to Infection in Pregnancy and 
Neurodevelopment, limited only by the space available. Persons 
wishing to participate must fax their request to (770) 488-7361 and 
indicate if they wish to attend.
    Matters To Be Discussed: A large body of evidence suggests that 
infection, particularly subclinical infection, of the maternal 
reproductive tract during pregnancy is an important cause of 
premature birth. There is additional evidence suggesting that fetal 
infection may lead to brain damage and subsequent serious 
neurological impairment and disability, such as cerebral palsy. One 
of

[[Page 63323]]

the strategic goals of the Developmental Disabilities Branch (DDB) 
is to investigate causal factors for cerebral palsy and other 
serious neurodevelopmental disabilities for the purposes of 
prevention. The proposed workshop, organized by the DDB, National 
Center for Environmental Health, in collaboration with the National 
Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention National Center for Infectious 
Diseases, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion, is designed to assist in the development of a 
prevention research agenda concerning the role of maternal/fetal 
infection during pregnancy, especially subclinical infection, on 
subsequent adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes of affected 
offspring. The agenda would guide extramural research activities by 
establishing research priorities and providing a research framework 
for CDC's extramural partners in the area of infection in pregnancy 
and neurodevelopment.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Diana E. Schendel, Ph.D., 
telephone (770) 488-7359, or Marilyn Deal, telephone (770) 488-7695, 
Division of Birth Defects, Child Development, and Disability and 
Health (DBDCH), NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop F-15, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341. Fax (770) 488-7361.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: November 15, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-30203 Filed 11-18-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P