[Federal Register: August 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 155)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control
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 subcommittee and committee
meetings.
The Science and Program Review Subcommittee (SPRS) and the Advisory
Committee for Injury Prevention and Control (ACIPC) will meet to
evaluate and discuss applications for Program Announcement Numbers
03077, Community-Based Interventions to Reduce Motor Vehicle-Related
Injuries; 03100, Research to Improve Smoke Alarm Maintenance and
Function; 03106, Development and Validation of Measures to Assess
Outcomes of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; and Small Business Innovation
Research applications reviewed by the National Institutes of Health.
Name: Science and Program Review Subcommittee to ACIPC.
Time and Dates: 2 p.m.-3:10 p.m., August 18, 2003.
Place: Koger, Yale Building, Room 2054, 2495 Flowers Road,
Atlanta, Georgia 30341.
Status: Open: 2 p.m.-2:10 p.m., August 18, 2003. Closed: 2:20
p.m.-3:10 p.m., August 18, 2003.
Purpose: The Subcommittee provides advice on the needs,
structure, progress, and performance of the National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) programs. The Subcommittee
provides second-level scientific and programmatic review for
applications for research grants, cooperative agreements, and
training grants related to injury control and violence prevention,
and recommends approval of projects that merit further consideration
for funding support. The Subcommittee also advises on priorities for
research to be supported by contracts, grants, and cooperative
agreements and provides concept review of program proposals and
announcements.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items for the open portion of
the oversight include information about upcoming meetings. Beginning
at 2:20 p.m., August 18, 2003, through 3:10 p.m., the Subcommittee
will conduct the secondary review in closed session. The secondary
review will include discussion and evaluation of results of the
Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special
Emphasis Panel's deliberations of applications in response to
Program Announcements 03077, Community-Based Interventions
to Reduce Motor Vehicle-Related Injuries; 03100, Research
to Improve Smoke Alarm Maintenance and Function; and 03106,
Development and Validation of Measures to Assess Outcomes of Mild
Traumatic Brain Injury. The secondary review will also include
discussion and evaluation of Small Business Innovation Research
applications reviewed by the National Institutes of Health. This
portion of the meeting 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.
Name: Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control.
Time and Dates: 3:15 p.m.-4 p.m., August 18, 2003.
Place: Koger/Yale Building, Room 2054, 2495 Flowers Road,
Atlanta, Georgia 30341.
Status: Open: 3:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m., August 18, 2003. Closed: 3:35
p.m.-4:00 p.m., August 18, 2003.
Purpose: The committee advises and makes recommendations to the
Secretary, Health and Human Services, the Director, CDC, and the
Director, NCIPC, regarding feasible goals for the prevention and
control of injury. The committee makes recommendations regarding
policies, strategies, objectives, and priorities, and reviews
progress toward injury prevention and control. The committee
provides advice on the appropriate balance of intramural and
extramural research, and also provides guidance on the needs,
structure, progress and performance of intramural programs, and on
extramural scientific program matters. The committee provides
second-level scientific and programmatic review for applications for
research grants, cooperative agreements, and training grants related
to injury control and violence prevention, and recommends approval
of projects that merit further consideration for funding support.
The committee also recommends areas of research to be supported by
contracts and cooperative agreements and provides concept review of
program proposals and announcements.
Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items for the open portion
includes an update on Center activities. Beginning at 3:35 p.m.,
August 18, 2003, through 4 p.m., during the closed portion, the
committee will vote on results of the secondary review. This portion
of the meeting 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. Agenda items
are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Ms. Louise Galaska,
Executive Secretary, ACIPC, NCIPC, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., M/
S K02, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724, telephone 770/488-4694.
Due to programmatic issues that had to be resolved, the Federal
Register notice is being published less than fifteen days before the
date of the meeting.
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 CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry.
Dated: August 5, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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