[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37137-37138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14833]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
[Program Announcement 00075]
Announcement of a Cooperative Agreement WAith the Association of
American Medical Colleges (AAMC) To Strengthen the Collaboration
Between the Disciplines of Medicine and Public Health; Notice of
Availability of Funds
A. Purpose
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announce the
availability of fiscal year (FY) 2000 funds for a cooperative agreement
with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). CDC and ATSDR
(hereinafter referred to as CDC) are committed to achieving the health
promotion and disease prevention objectives of ``Healthy People 2010'',
a national activity to reduce morbidity and mortality and improve the
quality of life. This announcement is related to all ``Healthy People
2010'' focus areas.
The purpose of the program is to help strengthen the collaborations
between the disciplines of medicine and public health. Medicine and
public health are two interdependent disciplines that diverged in
practice and training during the last century; however, new efforts
have been initiated to increase and to improve their collaborative
activities in the new century. In light of the changing health care
system and the evolving challenges to public health, future physicians
need a better understanding of public health. This program will
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strive to train the medical community on the needs of public health
issues.
B. Eligible Applicant
Assistance will be provided only to the Association of American
Medical Colleges (AAMC). No other applications are solicited. AAMC is
uniquely qualified to be the recipient organization for the following
reasons:
1. The AAMC's mission is to improve the health of the public by
enhancing the effectiveness of academic medicine through educating the
physician and medical scientist workforce, discovering new medical
knowledge, developing innovative technologies for prevention, diagnosis
and treatment of disease, and providing health care services in an
academic setting. AAMC's principal purpose is to promote and improve
the education and training of professional medical practitioners. AAMC
has the requisite institutional knowledge of the needs of the schools
of medicine. AAMC conducts periodic assessments of the status and needs
of their member organizations, including medical schools and academic
medical centers.
2. AAMC, a non-profit association, represents all the 125 schools
of allopathic medicine in the United States that are accredited by the
Liaison Committee on Medical Education. These schools represent the
primary educational system that provides the Nation's physicians with
their undergraduate medical education.
3. With the active participation of the deans of the medical
schools, the AAMC is the only organization that can comprehensively
affect the development and implementation of improved disease
prevention and health promotion curricula in all accredited schools of
medicine, and provide opportunities for students, faculty, and
researchers to incorporate the perspectives of public health, and
disease prevention and health promotion.
4. AAMC provides leadership both nationally and internationally in
an effort to achieve excellence in undergraduate medical education.
Through its Divisions of Biomedical and Health Sciences Research,
Community and Minority programs, and Medical Education, as well as its
participation in the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education,
AAMC is well positioned to address and resolve issues that promote and
support implementation of training strategies.
5. AAMC has attained a prominent position among national health
professional associations. AAMC currently sponsors national meetings
designed specifically for the faculty of medical schools and academic
medical centers, to address contemporary issues in medical education
and research.
6. AAMC member organizations also include academic medical centers
(that house the majority of the medical residency programs--graduate
medical education), academic and professional societies (representing
75,000 faculty members), medical student representatives, and resident
representatives.
7. AAMC provides unique opportunities for medical and public health
academicians, practitioners, and researchers to share their experience
and expertise; to facilitate incorporation of the theoretical and
practical perspectives of public health into curricula for teaching
prevention, health promotion, and preventive medicine; and to stimulate
participation by medical institutions in prevention research.
Note: Public Law 104-65 states that an organization described in
section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engages
in lobbying activities is not eligible to receive Federal funds
constituting an award, grant, cooperative agreement, contract, loan,
or any other form of financial assistance.
C. Availability of Funds
Approximately $300,000 is available in FY 2000 to fund this award.
It is anticipated that the award will begin on or before September 30,
2000, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project
period of up to five years. Funding estimates may change.
Continuation awards within an approved project period will be made
on the basis of satisfactory progress as evidenced by required reports
and the availability of funds.
D. Where To Obtain Additional Information
For business management assistance, contact: Juanita D. Crowder,
Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management Branch, Procurement and
Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2920
Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-4146, Telephone:
(770) 488-2734, E-mail address: [email protected].
For you assistance with forms, please refer to the following
Internet site: The CDC Internet home page is http://www.cdc.gov.
For a program technical assistance, contact; Rika Maeshiro, Senior
Preventive Medicine Advisor, Public Health Practice Program Office
(PHPPO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy.
(K-38), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, Telephone: (770) 488-2508, E-mail
address: [email protected].
Henry S. Cassell, III,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-14833 Filed 6-12-00; 8:45 am]
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