Notice2024-10301
Meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
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Published
May 13, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 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). This meeting will take place in person and virtually and is partially open to the public.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41442-41443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10301]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meeting of the 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 open and closed meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 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). This meeting
will take place in person and virtually and is partially open to the
public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June 5, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.,
EDT (Closed); and June 6, 2024, from 10 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 June 6, 2024, from 3:10 p.m. to 3:25 p.m., EDT.
ADDRESSES: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee Campus,
Building 106, Conference Room 1-B, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Atlanta,
Georgia 30341. The conference room will have seating for approximately
100 people for the open session of the meeting.
Please note that the meeting location is a federal facility and in-
person access is limited to United States citizens unless prior
authorizations, taking up to 30 to 60 days, have been made. Visitors
must follow all directions for access to CDC facilities. Directions for
visitors to CDC, including safety requirements related to COVID-19, are
available at <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/screening/visitors.html">https://www.cdc.gov/screening/visitors.html</a>.
If you wish to attend the open session of the meeting in person,
please submit a request by email to Mrs. Tonia Lindley at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#782c3411161c141d01381b1c1b561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3e7ffdaddd7dfd6caf3d0d7d09dd4dcc5">[email protected]</span></a> at least 5 business days in advance of the meeting.
If you wish to attend the open session of the meeting virtually,
please register in advance by accessing the link at: <a href="https://cdc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_X5RXABmES3u_tsbMJdSJkg">https://cdc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_X5RXABmES3u_tsbMJdSJkg</a>.
Instructions to access the Zoom virtual meeting will be provided in the
link following registration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher R. Harper, Ph.D.,
Designated Federal Officer, Board of Scientific Counselors, 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2749444e57444554446744434409404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="701e13190013120313301314135e171f06">[email protected]</span></a>.
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, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended).
Purpose: The Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control (BSC, NCIPC) 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 and strategies related to the prevention of
injury, overdose, and violence; (2) assist States and other entities in
preventing intentional and unintentional injuries, and to promote
health and well-being; and (3) make recommendations of grants and
cooperative agreements for research and prevention activities related
to injury, overdose, and violence. The BSC, NCIPC makes recommendations
regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and priorities and reviews
progress toward injury, overdose, and violence prevention. The Board
also provides advice on the appropriate balance of intramural and
extramural research and provides guidance on the needs, structure,
progress, and performance of intramural programs. Further, the Board
provides guidance on extramural scientific program matters.
Additionally, the Board provides second-level scientific and
programmatic review of applications for research grants, cooperative
agreements, and training grants related to injury, overdose, and
violence prevention, and recommends approval of projects that merit
further consideration for funding support. The Board also provides
feedback and input on strategic plans, resources, and priority
publications related to injury, overdose, and violence prevention.
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 three (3) Notices of Funding
Opportunity: RFA-CE-22-003--``Rigorously Evaluating Programs and
Policies to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)''; RFA-CE-24-012--
``Rigorous Evaluation of Policy-Level Interventions to Prevent Overdose
(R01)''; and RFA-CE-24-030--``Research Grants for Preventing
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Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01).'' The open session of the
meeting (Day 2) will include discussions on Enhancing CDC's Efforts to
Promote Mental Health and Reduce Overdose and Suicide: CDC's New
Behavioral Health Coordinating Unit; the 2024 National Strategy for
Suicide Prevention and Action Plan; Updated Sexual Violence Research
Priorities; Leveraging High-Quality Data from the Violence Against
Children and Youth Survey to Demonstrate Reductions in Population
Prevalence of Violence against Children; and Division of Overdose
Prevention Portfolio Review, 2018-2023: Informing the 2025 Update to
the Overdose Prevention Research Priorities. Agenda items are subject
to change as priorities dictate.
The Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, 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, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-10301 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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