[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49657-49658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17797]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Board
of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control, (BSC, NCIPC)
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announce the following meeting of the aforementioned
committee.
Times and Dates: 1:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EDT, September 7, 2016 (OPEN);
8:30
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a.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT, September 8, 2016 (OPEN).
Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Thomas R.
Harkins Global Communication Center, Building 19, Auditorium B-3, 1600
Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333. This meeting is also
accessible by teleconference.
Dial-In Number: 1-877-937-9818, Participant Code: 7551384 Link to
Adobe Connect: https://violenceprevention.adobeconnect.com/bcs2/.
Status: This meeting is open to the public limited only by the
space and ports available. The meeting room accommodates 200
participants and there will be 100 ports available. There will be
public comment periods at the end of each meeting day; September 7,
2016 from 4:05 p.m.-4:35 p.m. and September 8, 2016 from 1:45 p.m.-2:00
p.m.
Purpose: The Board will: (1) Conduct, encourage, cooperate with,
and assist other appropriate public health authorities, scientific
institutions, and scientists in the conduct of research,
investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies relating to
the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of physical
and mental diseases, and other impairments; (2) assist States and their
political subdivisions in preventing and suppressing communicable and
non-communicable diseases and other preventable conditions and in
promoting health and well-being; and (3) conduct and assist in research
and control activities related to injury.
The Board of Scientific Counselors makes recommendations regarding
policies, strategies, objectives, and priorities; and reviews progress
toward injury prevention goals and provides evidence in injury
prevention-related research and programs. The Board also provides
advice on the appropriate balance of intramural and extramural
research, the structure, progress and performance of intramural
programs. The Board is designed to provide guidance on extramural
scientific program matters, including the: (1) Review of extramural
research concepts for funding opportunity announcements; (2) conduct of
Secondary Peer Review of extramural research grants, cooperative
agreements, and contracts applications received in response to the
funding opportunity announcements as it relates to the Center's
programmatic balance and mission; (3) submission of secondary review
recommendations to the Center Director of applications to be considered
for funding support; (4) review of research portfolios, and (5) review
of program proposals.
Matters for Discussion: The Board of Scientific Counselors will
discuss science matters to include research strategies needed to guide
the Center's focus, as well as an update from the BSC, Pediatric Mild
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Work Group on its considerations for the
Pediatric TBI Guideline project. The workgroup report on the protocol
and systematic review of the acute identification, diagnosis, and
management of children with mild Traumatic Brain Injury guideline will
be posted to the BSC Web site prior to the meeting; http://www.cdc.gov/injury/bsc/index.html.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Gwendolyn H. Cattledge, Ph.D.,
M.S.E.H., Deputy Associate Director for Science, NCIPC, CDC, 4770
Buford Highway, NE., Mailstop F-63, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone (770)
488-1430; Email: [email protected].
The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities,
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
Catherine Ramadei,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-17797 Filed 7-27-16; 8:45 am]
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