Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
July 18, 2006, Vol. 06-80

NIH: Request for Public Comment - Draft Report on Policy Issues Associated with Undertaking a Large U.S. Population Cohort Project on Genes, Environment, and Disease

The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society is seeking public input on a draft report, Policy Issues Associated with Undertaking a Large U.S. Population Cohort Project on Genes, Environment, and Disease. The draft report focuses on preliminary and intermediate questions, steps, and strategies in five areas that should be addressed before an informed decision can be made about whether the United States should undertake this project. These five areas are: research policy; research logistics; regulatory and ethical issues; public health implications of the research results; and social implications of the research results.

The deadline for comments is July 31, 2006.

View draft report: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs/public_comments.htm
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