[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 61572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28070]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, (BSC, NCIPC)
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC
announces the following meeting for the Board of Scientific Counselors,
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, (BSC, NCIPC). This
meeting is open to the public limited only by the 75 telephone ports
available. There will be a public comment period at the end of the
meeting day from 3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m., February 26, 2018.
DATES: The meeting will be held on February 26, 2018, 01:00 p.m.-04:00
p.m., EST.
ADDRESSES: Teleconference: Dial-In Number: 1-877-492-3517, Participant
Code: 2576415.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 to be Considered: The agenda will include updates from the
Center and Policy Directors, as well as discussions on use of social
media in suicide prevention. Agenda items are subject to change as
priorities dictate.
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.
Claudette Grant,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-28070 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
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