[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49657-49658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17797]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Board 
of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Prevention and 
Control, (BSC, NCIPC)

    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) announce the following meeting of the aforementioned 
committee.
    Times and Dates: 1:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EDT, September 7, 2016 (OPEN); 
8:30

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a.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT, September 8, 2016 (OPEN).
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Thomas R. 
Harkins Global Communication Center, Building 19, Auditorium B-3, 1600 
Clifton Road NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333. This meeting is also 
accessible by teleconference.
    Dial-In Number: 1-877-937-9818, Participant Code: 7551384 Link to 
Adobe Connect: https://violenceprevention.adobeconnect.com/bcs2/.
    Status: This meeting is open to the public limited only by the 
space and ports available. The meeting room accommodates 200 
participants and there will be 100 ports available. There will be 
public comment periods at the end of each meeting day; September 7, 
2016 from 4:05 p.m.-4:35 p.m. and September 8, 2016 from 1:45 p.m.-2:00 
p.m.
    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 for Discussion: The Board of Scientific Counselors will 
discuss science matters to include research strategies needed to guide 
the Center's focus, as well as an update from the BSC, Pediatric Mild 
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Work Group on its considerations for the 
Pediatric TBI Guideline project. The workgroup report on the protocol 
and systematic review of the acute identification, diagnosis, and 
management of children with mild Traumatic Brain Injury guideline will 
be posted to the BSC Web site prior to the meeting; http://www.cdc.gov/injury/bsc/index.html.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: 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: [email protected].
    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.

Catherine Ramadei,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-17797 Filed 7-27-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P