[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26081]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Science and Program Review Subcommittee (SPRS) and the Advisory 
Committee for Injury Prevention and Control(ACIPC): Meetings

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
AdvisoryCommittee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for DiseaseControl 
and Prevention (CDC) announces the following subcommittee and committee 
meetings.

    Name: Science and Program Review Subcommittee to ACIPC.
    Time and Date: 8 a.m.-12 noon, November 7, 2001.
    Place: The Westin Peachtree Plaza, 210 Peachtree Street, NW, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1745.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The Subcommittee provides advice on the needs, 
structure, progress and performance of the National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) programs. The Subcommittee 
provides second-level scientific and programmatic review for 
applications for research grants, cooperative agreements, and 
training grants related to injury control and violence prevention, 
and recommends approval of projects that merit further consideration 
for funding support. The Subcommittee also advises on priorities for 
research to be supported by contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements and provides concept review of program proposals and 
announcements.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include updates from the 
Subcommittee's Acting Executive Secretary and presentations on the 
biomechanics of injury.

    Name: Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control.
    Time and Dates: 1 p.m.-5:30 p.m., November 7, 2001; 8 a.m.-2:50 
p.m., November 8, 2001.
    Place: The Westin Peachtree Plaza, 210 Peachtree Street, NW, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1745.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The Committee advises and makes recommendations to the 
Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Director, 
CDC, regarding feasible goals for the prevention and control of 
injury. The Committee makes recommendations regarding policies, 
strategies, objectives, and priorities, and reviews progress toward 
injury prevention and control.The Committee provides advice on the 
appropriate balance of intramural and extramural research, and also 
provides guidance on the needs, structure, progress and performance 
of intramural programs, and on extramural scientific program 
matters. The Committee provides second-level scientific and 
programmatic review for applications for research grants, 
cooperative agreements, and training grants related to injury 
control and violence prevention, and recommends approval of projects 
that merit further consideration for funding support. The Committee 
also recommends areas of research to be supported by contracts and 
cooperative agreements and provides concept review of program 
proposals and announcements.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items include the NCIPCInjury 
Research Agenda; an update from the Director, NCIPC; feedback on 
issues from earlier ACIPC meetings; reports from the Science and 
Program Review Subcommittee, Family andIntimate Violence Prevention 
Subcommittee, and MotorVehicles Priorities Work Group; role of ACIPC 
members and subcommittees; and NCIPC's 10th Anniversary Celebration. 
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Mr. Thomas E. Blakeney, 
Acting Executive Secretary, ACIPC, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 BufordHighway, 
NE, M/S K61, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-1481.
    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 ToxicSubstances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: October 11, 2001.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-26081 Filed 10-16-01; 8:45 am]
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