Public Comments Invited on New Digestive Disease Recommendations

A long-range research plan for digestive diseases developed by the National Commission on Digestive Diseases is now being finalized, and the public has been invited to submit comments on "Opportunities and Challenges in Digestive Diseases Research: Recommendations of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases."

This document will be used to assist the National Institutes of Health in determining what research will be done over the next ten years. Your input is critical!

For more information, click HERE or visit http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/AboutNIDDK/CommitteesAndWorkingGroups/NCDD/NCDDPublicComments022008.htm.

A draft of the recommendations is available as a PDF at the following link:
http://development.thehillgroup.com/508/draftplan3.html

The long-range research plan is open for public comment for 30 days. Comments must be submitted by March 8 to NCDD@thehillgroup.com. The commission notes, "In preparing your comments, if possible, please reference specific line and page numbers within the PDF version of the document."

Alternately, comments may be faxed to 301-897-9587 or mailed to the following address:

National Commission on Digestive Diseases
c/o the Hill Group
6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 540
Bethesda, MD 20817

Source: National Commission on Digestive Diseases

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