[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35418-35419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14925]


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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 Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following Subcommittee and Committee 
meetings.

    Name: Science and Program Review Subcommittee to ACIPC.
    Time and Dates: 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m., June 22, 2003; 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 
June 23, 2003.
    Place: The Westin Atlanta Airport, 4736 Best Road, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30337, telephone (404) 762-7676.
    Status: Open: 6:30 p.m.-7 p.m., June 22, 2003.
    Closed: 7 p.m.-9 p.m., June 22, through 12 p.m., June 23, 2003.
    Purpose: The Subcommittee provides advice on the needs, 
structure, progress, and performance of the National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) programs. They also provide 
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

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approval of projects that merit further consideration for funding 
support. The Subcommittee 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 on 
research and review activities, the role of secondary reviewers, and 
date for secondary review of Special Emphasis Panels (SEPs). 
Beginning at 7 p.m., June 22, through 12 p.m., June 23, 2003, the 
Subcommittee will begin the secondary review which includes 
discussion and evaluation of results of the Injury Research Grant 
Review Committee's (IRGRC) review of a new application received from 
the University of Pittsburgh Injury Control Research Center 
(Announcement 03008); and R49s (individual research grant 
applications received and reviewed by IRGRC in response to Program 
Announcements 03023, Acute Care, Rehabilitation and 
Disability Prevention Research; 03024, Violence-Related 
Injury Prevention Research (Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual 
Violence); 03027, New Investigator Training Awards for 
Unintentional Injury, Violence Related Injury, Biomechanics, Acute 
Care, Disability, and Rehabilitation-Related Research; 
03028, Traumatic Injury Biomechanics Prevention Research; 
03033, Dissemination Research of Effective Interventions; 
03036, Dissertation Awards for Doctoral Candidates for 
Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research in Minority Communities; 
03035, National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth 
Violence Prevention; and secondary review, discussion, and 
evaluation of Small Business Innovation Research applications 
reviewed by the National Institutes of Health. This portion of 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.

    Name: Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control.
    Time and Date: 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m., June 23, 2003.
    Place: The Westin Atlanta Airport, 4736 Best Road, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30337, telephone (404) 762-7676.
    Status: Open: 1 p.m.-1:45 p.m., June 23, 2003.
    Closed: 1:45 p.m.-2:30 p.m., June 23, 2003.
    Purpose: The Committee advises and makes recommendations to the 
Secretary, Health and Human Services, the Director, CDC, and the 
Director, NCIPC, regarding feasible goals for the prevention and 
control of injuries. 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 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 an update on 
Center activities from the Deputy Director, NCIPC. Beginning at 1:45 
p.m., June 23, 2003, through 2:30 p.m., the Committee will vote on 
results of the secondary review. This portion of 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. Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate.

    Note: Due to program oversight, this Federal Register Notice is 
being published less than 15 days before the date of the meeting.

    Contact Person for More Information: Ms. Louise Galaska, 
Executive Secretary, ACIPC, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., M/
S K02, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-4694.
    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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: June 6, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-14925 Filed 6-12-03; 8:45 am]
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