[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 27005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12417]
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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) Meeting
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of closed 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).
DATES: The meeting will be held on July 12, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00
p.m., EDT (CLOSED).
ADDRESSES: Teleconference.
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: The meeting will be closed to the public in
accordance with provisions set forth in Section 552b(c)(4) and (6),
Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination of the Director, Management
Analysis and Services Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463.
Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors makes recommendations
regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and priorities; and reviews
progress toward injury and violence prevention. The Board also provides
advice on the appropriate balance of intramural and extramural
research, and guidance on the needs, structure, progress and
performance of intramural programs. The Board also provides 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 they relate to the Center's
programmatic balance and mission; (3) submission of secondary review
recommendations to the Center Director relating to 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 discussions on
secondary peer review of extramural research grant and cooperative
agreement applications received in response to three (3) Notice of
Funding Opportunities (NOFO): RFA-CE-18-003, Research on Improving
Pediatric mTBI (Mild Traumatic Brain Injury) Outcomes Through Clinician
Training, Decision Support, and Discharge Instructions; RFA-CE-18-002,
Evaluation of Policies for the Primary Prevention of Multiple Forms of
Violence; and RFA-CE-18-004, Research to Evaluate Medication Management
of Opioids and Benzodiazepines to Reduce Older Adult Falls. 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.
Elaine Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018-12417 Filed 6-8-18; 8:45 am]
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