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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002
Posted by: Lois Levitan (lcl3@cornell.edu)

The following announcement appeared in the Federal Register re a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors to the CDC, to advise CDC on priorities, goals, objectives, strategies, organization and resources for infectious disease prevention and control. West Nile Virus is on the agenda, and written comments will be accepted up until the time of the meeting (see detailed notice and agenda below).

This meeting may provide a good opportunity for Norman Robbins and other WestNileVirus-L subscribers to air comments re CDC's WNV research strategy. -- LCL

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Infectious Diseases 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 Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID).

Time and Date 830 a.m.-330 p.m., December 12-13, 2002.

Place CDC, Auditorium B, Building 1, Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

Status Open to the public, limited only by the space available.

Purpose The Board of Scientific Counselors, NCID, provides advice and guidance to the Director, CDC, and Director, NCID, in the following areas Program goals and objectives; strategies; program organization and resources for infectious disease prevention and control; and program priorities.

Matters to be Discussed Agenda items will include
1. Opening Session NCID Update
a. Institute of Medicine
b. Global Strategy
c. Budget

2. Program Update
a. West Nile
b. Prion Disease
c. Influenza Pandemic Planning
d. Polio Lab Survey

3. Bioterrorism Updates and Discussion
a. Organizational Update
b. Smallpox
c. Quarantine
d. Global Health Security

4. Board meets with Director, CDC

5. Discussions and Recommendations
Other agenda items include announcements/introductions; follow-up on 
actions recommended by the Board May 2002; consideration of future 
directions, goals, and recommendations.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Written comments are welcome and should be received by the contact person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.

Contact Person for More Information Tony Johnson, Office of the Director, NCID, CDC, M/S C-19, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, email tjohnson3@cdc.gov; telephone 404/639-0100.

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Dated November 12, 2002.
Burma Burch,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and
Services Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 02-29154 Filed 11-15-02; 845 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P

(Thanks to Ed Harwood for bringing this meeting to our attention. Source http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2002/pdf/02-29154.pdf)

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Lois Levitan, PhD       Program Leader
Environmental Risk Analysis Program
Center for the Environment
213 Rice Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York USA 14853-5601

Phone   (607) 255-4765     Fax (607) 255-0238
Email	LCL3@cornell.edu

Program Email envrisk@cornell.edu
Webhttp//www.cfe.cornell.edu/ERAP

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