[Federal Register: June 13, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 114)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Science and Program Review Subcommittee (SPRS) and the Advisory
Committee for Injury Prevention and Control (ACIPC): Meetings
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.
Name: Science and Program Review Subcommittee to ACIPC.
Time and Dates: 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m., June 22, 2003; 9 a.m.-12 p.m.,
June 23, 2003.
Place: The Westin Atlanta Airport, 4736 Best Road, Atlanta,
Georgia 30337, telephone (404) 762-7676.
Status: Open: 6:30 p.m.-7 p.m., June 22, 2003.
Closed: 7 p.m.-9 p.m., June 22, through 12 p.m., June 23, 2003.
Purpose: The Subcommittee provides advice on the needs,
structure, progress, and performance of the National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) programs. They also provide
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
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approval of projects that merit further consideration for funding
support. The Subcommittee 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 include updates on
research and review activities, the role of secondary reviewers, and
date for secondary review of Special Emphasis Panels (SEPs).
Beginning at 7 p.m., June 22, through 12 p.m., June 23, 2003, the
Subcommittee will begin the secondary review which includes
discussion and evaluation of results of the Injury Research Grant
Review Committee's (IRGRC) review of a new application received from
the University of Pittsburgh Injury Control Research Center
(Announcement 03008); and R49s (individual research grant
applications received and reviewed by IRGRC in response to Program
Announcements 03023, Acute Care, Rehabilitation and
Disability Prevention Research; 03024, Violence-Related
Injury Prevention Research (Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual
Violence); 03027, New Investigator Training Awards for
Unintentional Injury, Violence Related Injury, Biomechanics, Acute
Care, Disability, and Rehabilitation-Related Research;
03028, Traumatic Injury Biomechanics Prevention Research;
03033, Dissemination Research of Effective Interventions;
03036, Dissertation Awards for Doctoral Candidates for
Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research in Minority Communities;
03035, National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth
Violence Prevention; and secondary review, 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 Date: 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m., June 23, 2003.
Place: The Westin Atlanta Airport, 4736 Best Road, Atlanta,
Georgia 30337, telephone (404) 762-7676.
Status: Open: 1 p.m.-1:45 p.m., June 23, 2003.
Closed: 1:45 p.m.-2:30 p.m., June 23, 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 injuries. 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 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 include an update on
Center activities from the Deputy Director, NCIPC. Beginning at 1:45
p.m., June 23, 2003, through 2:30 p.m., 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.
Note: Due to program oversight, this Federal Register Notice is
being published less than 15 days before the date of the meeting.
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.
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: June 6, 2003.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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