[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 57021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23201]


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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)

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of 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). This 
meeting is open to the public limited only by the space and ports 
available. The meeting room accommodates 70 participants and there will 
be 2,000 ports available. Due to the limited availability of meeting 
space, we are encouraging the pubic to please register using the link 
provided: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TPPT2T2.
    There will be public comment periods at the end of each meeting 
day; from 3:35 p.m.-4:05 p.m. on December 4, 2019 and from 10:40 a.m.-
10:55 a.m. on December 5, 2019.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 4, 2019, 9:00 a.m. to 4:40 
p.m., EST and December 5, 2019, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., EST.

ADDRESSES: Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta--Buckhead, 3342 Peachtree Road NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30326 and via Teleconference: Dial-In Number: 1-800-
475-0522, Participant Code: 7074867.

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: 
    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 To Be Considered: The agenda will include Day One: 
Discussions on Lung Injury, Overdose Prevention Research Priorities 
Update, The Nation's Opioid Crisis, Work Implementation for Workers and 
Employees (CDC/NIOSH), and a request for the establishment of an Opioid 
Workgroup. Day Two: The discussions will focus on The Importance of 
Accounting for Contextual Factors when Developing Strategies to address 
Health Inequities, Health Disparities among American Indian and Alaskan 
Native Population and Health Disparities Research Activities at CDC. 
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    The Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the 
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
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.

Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief 
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-23201 Filed 10-23-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-18-P