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The National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, is holding a closed meeting of its Board of Scientific Counselors from June 16-18, 2025. This meeting will focus on reviewing the qualifications and performance of personnel and individual investigators. The meeting will take place at the National Eye Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and offers both in-person and virtual attendance options. Contact information and further details are available on the Institute's website.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a virtual public meeting for the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (BSC, NCIPC). Scheduled for February 16, 2021, the meeting aims to discuss various topics, including opioid workgroup updates, health equity activities, and research on suicide prevention and firearms. Attendees must pre-register online, and a public comment period will be available at the end of the meeting, with each comment limited to two minutes.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a virtual meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee on January 27, 2021, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. through videoconference. The meeting will review the draft reports from the Homeland Security and Safe and Sustainable Water Resources subcommittees. The public must register by January 26 to attend, and the meeting is open to everyone. Comments, requests for the draft agenda, or to present at the meeting should be submitted by January 26, 2021.

The National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine Board of Scientific Counselors will hold a meeting on April 30, 2025, at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, MD. The meeting will be partially open to the public, with sessions focused on program discussions and investigator reports. Certain sessions will be closed to review personal qualifications and performance of investigators, for privacy reasons. Public comments can be submitted in advance, and open sessions will be streamed online via the NIH website.

The National Institute of Mental Health has announced a closed meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors. This meeting will take place from February 5 to February 7, 2025, at the Porter Neuroscience Research Center in Bethesda, MD, and will also be accessible virtually. The purpose of the meeting is to review and evaluate the qualifications, performance, and competence of individual investigators within the institute. Due to the nature of the discussions, which will include sensitive personnel information, the meeting is not open to the public.

The National Cancer Institute is holding a closed meeting on March 9, 2021, to evaluate the personal qualifications, performance, and competence of individual investigators at the institute. This meeting, organized by the Board of Scientific Counselors, will take place virtually from 11:00 a.m. to 5:40 p.m. The meeting is not open to the public to protect the privacy of the individuals being evaluated. For more information, Brian E. Wojcik, Ph.D., can be contacted.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a closed meeting on May 6, 2025, of the Board of Scientific Counselors. The meeting will be virtual, running from 10:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., and is closed to the public to protect personal privacy, as it involves discussions on the qualifications and performance of individual researchers. The meeting will assess various NIDA programs and projects conducted by its members. For inquiries, Megan E. Bollinger and Deon Harvey are the contacts for more information.

The National Institute of Mental Health has changed the schedule of the Board of Scientific Counselors' meeting. Initially planned from January 19 to 22, 2021, the meeting will now take place on January 21-22, 2021. Despite the date change, the meeting will still be held virtually and it is not open to the public.

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is holding a closed meeting of its Board of Scientific Counselors from May 19 to 21, 2025. The meeting will be held virtually and is not open to the public due to privacy concerns related to reviewing grant applications, personnel qualifications, and investigator competence. The agenda includes executive sessions, board business, and reviews of labs and principal investigators. Luigi Ferrucci, M.D., Ph.D., the Scientific Director at NIA, is the contact person for the meeting.

The National Human Genome Research Institute is holding a closed meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors on April 28, 2025. The meeting will take place virtually from 3:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. and will focus on reviewing and evaluating the qualifications and performance of personnel and investigators. This meeting is private to protect the privacy of individuals being assessed. The contact person for the meeting is Shawn M. Burgess, who can be reached at the National Institutes of Health.