[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 4514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-417]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated 
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as 
amended most recently at 71 FR 69211, dated November 30, 2006) is 
amended to reflect the establishment of the Extramural Research Program 
Office within the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 
coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows: After the functional statement for the Office of Communication 
Resources (CTC14), Office of the Director (CTC1), National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (CTC), insert the following:
    Extramural Research Program Office (CTC16). The Extramural Research 
Program Office (ERPO) plans, develops, coordinates, and evaluates 
extramural research activities in cooperation with centers, divisions, 
and offices within the Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and 
Injury Prevention. In carrying out its mission, the ERPO: (1) Directs 
the Extramural research program by planning, coordinating, developing, 
implementing, monitoring, and evaluating extramural research that is 
designed to address center priorities; (2) participates with divisions 
and offices within the center to establish research priorities for the 
center; (3) provides scientific leadership in the areas of extramural 
research supported by the center; (4) promotes and prepares initiatives 
to stimulate extramural research in relevant priority areas; (5) 
coordinates and conducts in-depth external peer review and secondary 
program relevance review of extramural research applications by use of 
consultant expert panels; (6) makes recommendations to the center 
director on award selections and staff members serve as the program 
officials in conjunction with CDC grants management and policy 
officials to implement and monitor the scientific, technical, and 
administrative aspects of awards; (7) facilitates scientific 
collaborations between external and internal investigators; (8) 
disseminates and evaluates extramural research progress, findings, and 
impact; and (9) assists the Office of Chief Science Officer, CDC, in 
developing extramural research policies and oversees the implementation 
of those policies within the center.

    Dated: January 9, 2007.
William H. Gimson,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
[FR Doc. 07-417 Filed 1-30-07; 8:45 am]
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