# Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Pursuant to section 1009 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given of the following meetings.
The meetings 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:* Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Health Services and Systems: Career Development Award Grant Review: Aging and Mental Health.
*Date:* November 18, 2025.
*Time:* 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
*Agenda:* To review and evaluate grant applications.
*Address:* National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
*Meeting Format:* Virtual Meeting.
*Contact Person:* Shareen Iqbal, MPH, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Branch, Division of Extramural Research, 301 North Stonestreet Avenue, MSC 6021, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496-6937, *[email protected].*
*Name of Committee:* Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small Business: Innovations for Healthy Living and Technologies for Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities.
*Date:* November 18-19, 2025.
*Time:* 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
*Agenda:* To review and evaluate grant applications.
*Address:* National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
*Meeting Format:* Virtual Meeting.
*Contact Person:* Cheryl K. Nordstrom, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, NIDDK/Scientific Review Branch, National Institutes of Health, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Room 7013, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301-402-6711, *[email protected].*
*Name of Committee:* Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small Business: Cell and Molecular Biology.
*Date:* November 18-19, 2025.
*Time:* 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
*Agenda:* To review and evaluate grant applications.
*Address:* National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
*Meeting Format:* Virtual Meeting.
*Contact Person:* Kaitlyn N. Hardell, MPH, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, SRB, Scientific Review Branch, NIA, National Institutes of Health, 5601 Fishers Lane, Suite 8B, Rockville, MD 20892, (301) 594-7945, *[email protected].*
*Name of Committee:* Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR Panel: CounterACT—Exploratory/Developmental Projects.
*Date:* November 18, 2025.
*Time:* 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
*Agenda:* To review and evaluate grant applications.
*Address:* National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
*Meeting Format:* Virtual Meeting.
*Contact Person:* Leroy Worth, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Review Branch, Division of Extramural Research and Training, Nat. Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, MD EC-30/Room 3171, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, (984) 287-3340 *[email protected].*
*Name of Committee:* Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Small Business: Sensory Technologies: Vision, Auditory and Low Vision.
*Date:* November 18-19, 2025.
*Time:* 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
*Agenda:* To review and evaluate grant applications.
*Address:* National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
*Meeting Format:* Virtual Meeting.
*Contact Person:* Lai Yee Leung, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 1011D, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 827-8106, *[email protected].*
*Name of Committee:* Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member Conflict: Topics in Bacterial Virulence.
*Date:* November 18, 2025.
*Time:* 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
*Agenda:* To review and evaluate grant applications.
*Address:* National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
*Meeting Format:* Virtual Meeting.
*Contact Person:* Anna Babakhanyan, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, The Center for Scientific Review, The National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, *[email protected].*
*Name of Committee:* Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR Panel: Mentored and Career Transition Award.
*Date:* November 18, 2025.
*Time:* 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
*Agenda:* To review and evaluate grant applications.
*Address:* National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
*Meeting Format:* Virtual Meeting.
*Contact Person:* Archana Jha, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 480-2159 *[email protected].*
*Name of Committee:* Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Mechanisms of Autoimmunity and Inflammation.
*Date:* November 18-19, 2025.
*Time:* 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
*Agenda:* To review and evaluate grant applications.
*Address:* National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
*Meeting Format:* Virtual Meeting.
*Contact Person:* Lindsey M. Pujanandez, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Immunology Review Branch, Scientific Review Program, DEA/NIAID/NIH, Rockville, MD 20852, (240) 627-3206, *[email protected]* .
*Name of Committee:* Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel; Member Conflict: Cell and Developmental Biology.
*Date:* November 18, 2025.
*Time:* 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
*Agenda:* To review and evaluate grant applications.
*Address:* National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
*Meeting Format:* Virtual Meeting.
*Contact Person:* Ezgi Kunttas-Tatli, Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594-7047 *[email protected].*
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Dated: September 22, 2025.
Sterlyn H. Gibson,
Program Specialist, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.