[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 54639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27786]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Committee 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 committee meeting.
Name: Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control
(ACIPC).
Time and Date: 1-4:30 p.m., November 18, 1997.
Place: Sheraton Washington Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road at
Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
Purpose: The Committee advises and makes recommendations to the
Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Director,
CDC, 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 and mix of intramural and extramural research,
including laboratory research, and provides guidance on intramural
and extramural scientific program matters, both present and future,
particularly from a long-range viewpoint. 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 recommends areas of research to be supported by
contracts and provides concept review of program proposals and
announcements.
Matters To Be Discussed: The Science and Program Review Work
Group (SPRWG) will meet to discuss a research grants update,
upcoming program announcements, and related issues. Following the
Work Group meeting, the full Committee will meet to discuss (1) Safe
America Partnership Council; (2) National Partnership Council
including Federal and corporate components; (3) a report from SPRWG;
and (4) status of the Institute of Medicine study on injury
prevention and control.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for more Information: Mr. Thomas E. Blakeney,
Executive Secretary, ACIPC, National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S K61, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-
3724, telephone 770/488-1481.
Dated: October 15, 1997.
Nancy C. Hirsch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-27786 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]
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