[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57699-57700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20419]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Supplemental Solicitation for Nominations of Members From 
Populations Underrepresented in Medicine (URIM) To Serve on Scientific 
Peer Review Committee

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.

ACTION: To invite the public to nominate individuals from populations 
underrepresented in medicine to serve as scientific peer reviewers on 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) scientific peer 
review groups.

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SUMMARY: This supplemental notice invites the public to nominate 
individuals from populations underrepresented in medicine to serve as 
members to the AHRQ Initial Review Group (IRG), which is responsible 
for the scientific peer review of AHRQ grant applications. The AHRQ IRG 
conducts scientific and technical review for health services research 
and training grant applications and is comprised of five subcommittees 
or study sections, each with a particular research focus. AHRQ is 
seeking nominations from the public, including minority-serving 
institutions, academic health centers, community-based organizations, 
professional societies, or other state and federal agencies.

DATES: Nominations should be received on or before December 31, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be submitted by email to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celeste Torio, Ph.D., MPH., Director,

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Division of Scientific Review, AHRQ/OEREP, (301) 427-1664 or by email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AHRQ's mission is to produce evidence to 
make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and 
affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS) and with other partners to make sure that the evidence 
is understood and used. AHRQ works to fulfill its mission by supporting 
health services research, evaluation, demonstration, dissemination, and 
training grants.
    AHRQ published its annual solicitation for nominations for 
membership to serve on the IRG in the Federal Register on May 9, 2022 
(87 FR 27643). AHRQ is publishing this supplemental solicitation 
encouraging the nomination of individuals from populations 
underrepresented in medicine to serve on the AHRQ IRG in order to 
foster a diversity of perspectives among IRG membership. The peer 
review of AHRQ grant applications involves an assessment conducted by 
IRG committees consisting of qualified experts established according to 
scientific disciplines or medical specialty areas. Members of the IRG 
are selected based upon their training and experience in relevant 
scientific and technical fields, taking in account, among other 
factors: (1) The level of formal education and pertinent expertise and 
experience; (2) extent of engagement in relevant research; (3) extent 
of professional recognition; (4) need for specialization in relevant 
field; and (5) appropriate representation based on gender, racial/
ethnic origin, and geography. See 42 CFR 67.15(a)(2)(i)-(v).
    The IRG is comprised of five subcommittees, or study sections, each 
with a particular emphasis around which peer reviewer expertise is 
assembled. AHRQ seeks nominations for each of the subcommittee 
competency domains described below:
    Health Care Effectiveness and Outcomes Research: End-stage renal 
disease; cardiovascular disease; pediatrics; pharmacologist in opioid 
management; biostatisticians in health services research; health 
disparities and social determinants of health.
    Healthcare Safety and Quality Improvement Research: Pharmacists 
with expertise in informatics; infectious diseases specialists; 
geriatricians; surgeons with a specialty in diagnostic error; health 
disparities and social determinants of health.
    Healthcare Information Technology Research: Biomedical and consumer 
health informatics; family medicine; health care data analysis; health 
information technology; health services research in patient-oriented 
research; electronic health record and data for research; population-
based studies in medicine; epidemiology; telehealth/telemedicine; 
emergency medicine; insurance benefit design; chronic condition care; 
natural language processing and machine learning; social networking and 
its determinants of health; health disparities and social determinants 
of health.
    Healthcare Systems and Value Research: Health statistics; health 
care outcome research; evaluation and survey methods; health system and 
service research; health care policy research; health economics 
research; large database analysis; private health insurance/Medicaid 
and Medicare; learning laboratory development; health disparities and 
social determinants of health.
    Health Care Research Training: Clinicians with knowledge of health 
policy; Medicare and Medicaid; addiction medicine; health disparities 
and social determinants of health.
    Additional study section descriptive information can be found here:

    Study Section Rosters: http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/peerrev.
    Study Section Descriptions: http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/peerdesc.
    Study Section Research Foci: http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/process/study-section/resfoci.
    Interested individuals may nominate themselves, and organizations 
and individuals may nominate one or more qualified persons for study 
section membership. A diversity of perspectives is valuable to AHRQ's 
work. To help obtain a diversity of perspectives among nominees, AHRQ 
seeks nominations of individuals from populations underrepresented in 
medicine. All nominations must be submitted electronically, and should 
include:
    1. A copy of the nominee's current curriculum vitae and contact 
information, including mailing address, phone number, and email 
address.
    2. Preferred study section assignment.

    Dated: September 16, 2022.
Marquita Cullom,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2022-20419 Filed 9-20-22; 8:45 am]
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