81 FR 32759 - Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 100 (May 24, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 32759]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12223]


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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 Meeting

    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) announces, the following meeting of the aforementioned 
committee:
    Time and Date: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., June 14, 2016 (CLOSED).
    Place: Teleconference.
    Status: The meeting as designated 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, 
Management Analysis and Services Office, CDC pursuant to Public Law 92-
463.
    Purpose: 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. The board shall provide guidance on the National 
Center of Injury Prevention and Control's programs and research 
activities by conducting scientific peer review of intramural research 
and programs within the National Center for Injury Prevention and 
Control; by ensuring adherence to Office of Management and Budget 
requirements for intramural peer review; and by monitoring the overall 
direction, focus, and success of the National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control.
    Matters to Be Discussed: The BSC, NCIPC will meet to conduct a 
Secondary Peer Review of extramural research grant applications 
received in response to four (4) Funding Opportunity Announcements 
(FOAs): Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related 
Injury (R01), FOA RFA CE-16-001; Research to Advance Primary Care-
Pharmacy Linkage for Medication Review to Reduce Older Adult Falls, FOA 
RFA CE-16-002; The CDC National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence 
Prevention: Building the Evidence for Community- and Policy-Level 
Prevention, FOA RFA CE-15-002; and Research on Prescription Opioid Use, 
Opioid Prescribing, and Associated Heroin Risk, FOA RFA CE-16-003. 
Applications will be assessed for applicability to the Center's mission 
and programmatic balance. Recommendations from the secondary review 
will be voted upon and the applications will be forwarded to the Center 
Director for consideration for funding support.
    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.
    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.

Elaine L. Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2016-12223 Filed 5-23-16; 8:45 am]
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