[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]
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