[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 16634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05638]


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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

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 regulatory provisions, the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting 
for the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control (BSC, NCIPC or Board). This meeting is partially 
open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 3, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., 
EDT (CLOSED); and May 4, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., EDT (OPEN). 
The public comment period will be at the end of the open session of the 
meeting on May 4, 2023, from 3:10 p.m. to 3:25 p.m., EDT.

ADDRESSES: Webinar, Atlanta, Georgia. All participants must register by 
using the following link to attend the open session: https://cdc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsfuqtrT4pE4H6-oCKSs9t2KHS69o3yHo.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher R. Harper, Ph.D., Senior 
Epidemiologist, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, 
Mailstop S-1069, Atlanta, Georgia 30341. Telephone: (404) 718-8330; 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Portions of the meeting referenced above 
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, Strategic Business Initiatives Unit, Office of the Chief 
Operating Officer, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92-463 (5 U.S.C. 1009), 
as amended.
    Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for 
Injury Prevention and Control (BSC, NCIPC or 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 BSC, 
NCIPC makes recommendations regarding policies, strategies, objectives, 
and priorities; 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, as well as the structure, progress, and 
performance of intramural programs. The Board provides 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 grant 
applications, cooperative agreement applications, and contract 
applications received in response to funding opportunity announcements 
as they relate 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 closed session of the meeting (Day 1) 
will focus on the Secondary Peer Review of extramural research grant 
applications received in response to two (2) Notices of Funding 
Opportunity: RFA-CE-20-001--``Evaluating Practice-based Programs, 
Policies, and Practices from CDC's Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) 
Program: Expanding the Evidence to Prevent Sexual Violence (U01)''; and 
RFA-CE-23-008--``Research Grants to Develop and Validate a Prognostic 
Tool of Mental Health Sequelae After Traumatic Brain Injury for 
Adolescent Patients'' (U01).'' The open session of the meeting (Day 2) 
will include discussions on Improving the Quality and Reach of 
Extramural Research Notices of Funding Opportunity; Updated and 
Expanded CDC Guidance for the Identification and Response of Suicide 
Clusters; Developing a Cascade of Care Framework and Surveillance 
Indicators to Measure Linkage and Retention to Care for Substance Use 
Disorders; and Moving Science and Data to Violence Prevention Action. 
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. 2023-05638 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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