Notice2024-14621
Notice of Award of a Single Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund Tuskegee University
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Published
July 3, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the award of approximately $320,000.00, with an expected total funding of approximately $1,600,000.00 over a 5-year period, to Tuskegee University. The award will enhance ethical public health practice through educational activities geared towards professionals and students in schools of public health particularly from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and other minority serving institutions such as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU), and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 55272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14621]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notice of Award of a Single Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund
Tuskegee University
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the
award of approximately $320,000.00, with an expected total funding of
approximately $1,600,000.00 over a 5-year period, to Tuskegee
University. The award will enhance ethical public health practice
through educational activities geared towards professionals and
students in schools of public health particularly from Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and other minority serving
institutions such as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI), Tribal
Colleges and Universities (TCU), and Asian American and Native American
Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI).
DATES: The period for this award will be January 1, 2025 through
December 31, 2030.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norman A. Hayes, National Center for
HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, (H24-4), Atlanta,
GA 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-8991, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#27694f465e4254146744434409404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2eccac3dbc7d191e2c1c6c18cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this notice of funding
opportunity (hereafter referred to as program) is to enhance ethical
public health practice through educational activities geared towards
professionals and students in schools of public health particularly
from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other
minority serving institutions such as Asian American and Native
American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI); Hispanic-
Serving Institutions (HSI); Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCU). CDC
has supported public health ethics education (formerly known as the
Bioethics program) since 1999 in response to the unethical syphilis
study at Tuskegee and its implications to public health, and continuing
needs for understanding complex ethical issues in public health. The
program will require to implement the following integrated strategies/
components: Curriculum Development, Intensive Public Health Ethics
(PHE) Training, Mentorship, Partnership Building, USPHS Study of
Untreated Syphilis at Tuskegee Commemoration, and Dissemination and
geared towards populations who have been affected by unethical
research.
Tuskegee University is in a unique position to conduct this work,
as its goals: (1) conduct research, scholarship, and training in public
health ethics and bioethics for under-served populations; (2) educate
students, faculty, scholars, and the general public about public health
ethics issues to improve public health services to under-served
populations; (3) promote racial/ethnic and geographic diversity in the
field of public health ethics and bioethics; and (4) facilitate
effective community partnerships to address inequities in health and
health care and support health promotion for all Americans closely
align with the purpose and goals of this program. Additionally,
Tuskegee University's prior experience developing a public health
ethics curriculum, facilitating a public health ethics intensive
training, and make it the best suited institution to carry out the
strategies and activities of this program.
Summary of the award:
Recipient: Tuskegee University
Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to enhance
ethical public health practice through educational activities geared
towards professionals and students in schools of public health
particularly from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
and other minority serving institutions such as Asian American and
Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI);
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI); Tribal Colleges and Universities
(TCU). CDC has supported public health ethics education (formerly known
as the Bioethics program) since 1999 in response to the unethical
syphilis study at Tuskegee and its implications to public health, and
continuing needs for understanding complex ethical issues in public
health. The program will require to implement the following integrated
strategies/components: Curriculum Development, Intensive Public Health
Ethics (PHE) Training, Mentorship, Partnership Building, USPHS Study of
Untreated Syphilis at Tuskegee Commemoration, and Dissemination and
geared towards populations who have been affected by unethical
research.
Amount of Award: $320,000.00 in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2025
funds, with a total estimated $1,600,000.00 for the 5-year period of
performance, subject to availability of funds.
Authority: This program is authorized under section 301(a) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241(a)) and 318 (a)(b)(c) of the
Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 247c (a)(b) and (c)] as amended.
Regulations governing the implementation of this legislation are
covered under 42 CFR part 51b, subpart A.
Period of Performance: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2030.
Dated: June 27, 2024.
Jamie Legier,
Acting Director, Office of Grants Services, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-14621 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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