§283b. Office of Research on Minority Health
(a) Establishment
There is established within the Office of the Director of NIH an office to be known as the Office of Research on Minority Health (in this section referred to as the "Office"). The Office shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the Director of NIH.
(b) Purpose
The Director of the Office shall-
(1) identify projects of research on minority health that should be conducted or supported by the national research institutes;
(2) identify multidisciplinary research relating to research on minority health that should be so conducted or supported;
(3) promote coordination and collaboration among entities conducting research identified under paragraph (1) or (2);
(4) encourage the conduct of such research by entities receiving funds from the national research institutes;
(5) recommend an agenda for conducting and supporting such research;
(6) promote the sufficient allocation of the resources of the national research institutes for conducting and supporting such research; and
(7) assist in the administration of section 289a–2 of this title with respect to the inclusion of members of minority groups as subjects in clinical research.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, §404, as added June 10, 1993,