Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority, 34177-34184 [2019-15169]

Agencies

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34177-34184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15169]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated 
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as 
amended most recently at 84 FR 10518-10519, dated March 21, 2019) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control, Deputy Director for Non-Infectious Diseases, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This reorganization will 
streamline the current organizational structure, improve the overall 
employee/supervisor ratio, eliminate workflow inefficiencies, and 
improve customer service.
    I. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, the 
following organizational unit is deleted in its entirety:

 Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention (CUHD)
 Home, Recreation, and Transportation Branch (CUHDB)
 Health Systems and Trauma Systems Branch (CUHDC)

    II. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, make the 
following change:

 Update the functional statements for the Office of the 
Director (CUH1)
 Update the functional statements for the Office of Policy and 
Partnerships (CUH12)
 Update the functional statements for the Office of Program 
Management and Operations (CUH13)
 Update the functional statements for the Office of 
Communication (CUH14)
 Retitle the Office of the Associate Director for Science 
(CUH17) to the Office of Science (CUH17)
 Establish the Office of Strategy and Innovation (CUH18)
 Establish the Office of Informatics (CUH19)
 Update the functional statements for the Division of Violence 
Prevention (CUHC)
 Update the functional statements for the Office of the 
Director (CUHC1)
 Update the functional statements for the Surveillance Branch 
(CUHCB)
 Update the functional statements for the Research and 
Evaluation Branch (CUHCC)
 Update the functional statements for the Prevention Practice 
and Translation Branch (CUHCD)
 Establish the Field Epidemiology and Prevention Branch (CUHCE)
 Retitle the Division of Analysis, Research, and Practice 
Integration (CUHF) to the Division of Injury Prevention (CUHF)
 Update the functional statements for the Office of the 
Director (CUHF1)
 Retitle the Statistics, Programming, and Economics Branch 
(CUHFB) to the Applied Science Branch (CUHFB)
 Retitle the Practice Integration and Evaluation Branch (CUHFC) 
to the Program Implementation and Evaluation Branch (CUHFC)
 Establish the Data Analytics Branch (CUHFD)
 Establish the Division of Overdose Prevention (CUHG)
 Establish the Office of the Director (CUHG1)
 Establish the Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch (CUHGB)
 Establish the Health Systems and Research Branch (CUHGC)
 Establish the Prevention Programs and Evaluation Branch 
(CUHGD)

    III. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, insert 
the following:
     Office of the Director (CUH1). (1) Manages, directs, 
coordinates, and evaluates National Center for Injury Prevention and 
Control (NCIPC) activities; (2) provides administrative support, 
program management, and fiscal services to the center; (3) provides 
overall guidance and support for center-wide grant activities; (4) 
consults and coordinates activities with medical, engineering, and 
other scientific and professional organizations interested in injury 
prevention and control; (5) coordinates NCIPC program activities with 
other CDC components, other Public Health Service (PHS) agencies, PHS 
regional offices, other Federal agencies, State and local health

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departments, community-based organizations, business and industry; (6) 
coordinates technical assistance to other nations and international 
organizations in establishing and implementing injury prevention and 
control programs; (7) develops goals and objectives and provides 
leadership, policy formation, scientific oversight, and guidance in 
program planning and development; (8) directs and coordinates 
information resources management activities, the production and 
distribution of technical and nontechnical injury prevention and 
control publications and information, and the conduct of health 
education and health promotion activities, and; (9) supports the 
activities of the Secretary's Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention 
and Control.
     Office of Policy and Partnerships (CUH12). (1) Advises 
NCIPC and CDC leadership and staff on policy and partnership issues 
relevant to NCIPC; (2) conducts monitoring and analysis of policy 
issues potentially affecting NCIPC and its constituents; (3) 
coordinates partnership activities across NCIPC; (4) engages in 
partnerships with external organizations to meet mutual goals; (5) 
identifies and defines emerging or cross-cutting long-term policy 
issues and develops action plans that support and advance action; (6) 
manages issues proactively in order to minimize their negative effects, 
maximize their potential opportunities, and avoid the need for crisis 
management; (7) oversees and coordinates performance-related activities 
for NCIPC; (8) provides information for the development of NCIPC's 
annual budget submission and supporting documents; (9) provides liaison 
with staff offices and other officials of CDC; (10) reviews, prepares, 
and coordinates policy and briefing documents, and; (11) leads and 
coordinates the congressional strategy and outreach as informed by 
NCIPC and agency priorities.
     Office of Program Management and Operations (CUH13). (1) 
Coordinates NCIPC-wide program, administrative, and management support 
services in the areas of fiscal management, personnel, travel, 
performance, FOIA, workforce planning, space, and other administrative 
services; (2) coordinates NCIPC requirements relating to contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements, and reimbursable agreements; (3) 
manages annual budget formulation, budget justifications, and budget 
oversight; (4) develops and implements financial and administrative 
policies, procedures, and operations, as appropriate, for NCIPC, and 
prepares special reports and studies, as required; (5) maintains 
liaison with related center staff and other officials of CDC, and; (6) 
plans, coordinates, and provides overall management support, advice, 
and guidance to NCIPC.
     Office of Communication (CUH14). (1) Coordinates and leads 
the implementation of CDC-wide communication initiatives and policies, 
including health literacy, plain language, and CDC branding; (2) 
executes web development for the NCIPC intranet and provides technical 
assistance and training to OD offices in accessing and using NCIPC wiki 
for internal communication and information sharing; (3) facilitates 
cross-division and cross-CIO coordination of health communication 
activities, sharing of lessons learned, and development of best 
practices; (4) develops and manages relationships with a wide range of 
partners and customers, including other PHS agencies, Federal and State 
departments and agencies, and private organizations; (5) leads and 
oversees news media strategy and evaluation, including news response, 
media monitoring, proactive media engagement, media training, and long 
lead pitching; (6) leads digital communication and marketing strategies 
and manages digital channels; (7) leads strategic planning for 
communications and branding programs and projects for NCIPC and injury 
and violence issues; (8) manages and coordinates clearance of NCIPC 
print and non-print materials, ensuring adherence to and consistency 
with CDC and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) information 
and publication policies and guidelines; (9) oversees, manages, and 
executes CDC web and digital governance through matrix management and 
work group structures; (10) provides communication support to OD 
offices and technical assistance and training in accessing centralized 
communication systems available through CDC's Office of the Associate 
Director for Communications (OADC) and other offices; (11) provides 
ongoing communication leadership and support to NCIPC's Office of the 
Director and divisions in furthering the center's mission to prevent 
violence and unintentional injury and to reduce their consequences; 
(12) provides oversight and approval for CDC logo licensing requests 
from external partner organizations and involving NCIPC divisions and 
programs; (13) represents NCIPC on cross-CIO and external committees, 
workgroups, and at conferences relating to health communication 
activities; (14) serves as primary liaison between NCIPC and OADC, and; 
(15) through matrix management, provides strategic communication 
direction and technical assistance across NCIPC to ensure all health 
communication activities are evidence-based and demonstrate impact.
     Office of Science (CHU17). (1) Provides scientific 
leadership for the center, and informs and guides staff on scientific 
matters; (2) ensures NCIPC produces the highest quality, most useful, 
and most relevant science possible; (3) leads the development of 
research priorities for the center in collaboration with divisions and 
offices; (4) provides staff training on scientific topics, science 
policy, and regulations; (5) mentors scientists and fellows; (6) 
manages scientific clearance for NCIPC; (7) oversees and directs 
Institutional Review Board, Office of Management Budget-Paperwork 
Reduction Act, and Confidentiality activities for the center; (8) 
conducts peer review of intramural research and scientific programs; 
(9) directs the center's Open Data Access policy and assures scientists 
follow CDC's policies on data release and sharing; (10) facilitates 
scientific collaborations between external and internal investigators; 
(11) leads, manages, and oversees NCIPC's external advisory board; (12) 
leads Healthy People Activities in partnership with divisions and 
offices and coordinates, tracks, and assesses progress toward Healthy 
People objectives; (13) manages and coordinates Epidemic Intelligence 
Service Officer program and activities; (14) provides scientific 
leadership in the areas of extramural research supported by NCIPC, 
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), and the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR); (15) promotes and 
prepares initiatives to stimulate extramural research in relevant 
priority areas; (16) directs all activities of the extramural research 
program to address priorities for NCIPC, NCEH, and ATSDR in partnership 
with the division programs; (17) coordinates and conducts pre-award 
activities for grant management, in-depth external primary and 
secondary peer review of extramural research applications, recommends 
award selections to divisions and center directors, and manages post-
award activities; (18) ensures compliance with all regulations and 
policies governing extramural research programs, and; (19) disseminates 
and evaluates extramural research progress, findings, and impact.
     Office of Strategy and Innovation (CUH18). (1) Provides 
strategic leadership and coordination across a range of injury and 
violence topics with

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a focus on the NCIPC strategic priorities; (2) leads the advancement of 
innovative approaches to using data to inform injury and violence 
prevention; (3) develops, in collaboration with divisions and offices, 
the overall strategic goals and objectives for NCIPC and provides 
leadership to develop a plan of action to achieve these goals and 
objectives; (4) identifies strategic opportunities to collaborate with 
other divisions/offices in NCIPC, CDC Centers, Institute, and Offices 
(CIOs), PHS Agencies, and other federal departments and Agencies, and 
governmental and private organizations to advance injury and violence 
prevention; (5) identifies emerging or cross-cutting injury and 
violence topics and works with other divisions/offices to support and 
advance action on them; (6) participates with divisions and offices in 
NCIPC to establish research priorities for the center, and; (7) ensures 
NCIPC produces the highest quality, most useful, and most relevant 
science possible.
     Office of Informatics (CUH19). (1) Reports all IT project 
costs, schedules, performances, and risks; (2) provides expert 
consultation in application development, information science, and 
technology to affect the best use of resources; (3) performs technical 
evaluation and/or integrated baseline reviews of all information 
systems' products and services prior to procurement to ensure software 
purchases align with center strategy; (4) coordinates all enterprise-
wide IT security policies and procedures with the Office of the Chief 
Information Security Officer; (5) ensures operations are in accordance 
with CDC Capital Planning and Investment Control guidelines; (6) 
ensures adherence to CDC enterprise architecture policies, guidelines, 
and standards; (7) consults with divisions and offices to determine IT 
needs and to develop strategic and action plans; (8) participates in 
the evolution, identification, development, and/or adoption of 
appropriate informatics standards in conjunction with the Injury 
programs; (9) ensures coordination of data harmonization and systems 
interoperability within the center and facilitates linkage to related 
CDC-wide strategies; (10) provides leadership in the center's IRGB and 
coordination with CDC's IRGC; (11) collaborates with other divisions/
offices in NCIPC, CIOs, PHS agencies, other federal departments and 
agencies, universities, NGOs, and private organizations as appropriate.
     Division of Violence Prevention (CUHC). (1) Provides 
leadership in developing and executing a national program for the 
prevention and control of violence and its consequences; (2) plans, 
establishes, and evaluates surveillance systems to monitor national 
trends in morbidity, mortality, disabilities, and cost of violence-
related injuries and deaths, and facilitates the development of 
surveillance systems by state and local agencies; (3) plans, directs, 
conducts, and supports research focused on the causes of violence and 
the development and evaluation of strategies to prevent and control 
violence-related injuries and deaths; (4) produces new, evidence-based 
scientific knowledge that informs policies, practice, and programs in 
the violence field; (5) plans, conducts, supports, and evaluates 
demonstration projects and programs to prevent and control violence; 
(6) develops and disseminates policies, recommendations, and guidelines 
for the prevention of violence and its consequences; (7) proposes goals 
and objectives for linking health system and violence control 
activities with public health activities, including surveillance, 
prevention, health care, and rehabilitation of injury; (8) proposes 
goals and objectives for national violence prevention and control 
programs, monitors progress toward these goals and objectives, and 
recommends and develops guidelines for priority prevention and control 
activities; (9) provides expertise in public health practice, 
surveillance, evaluation, and research for violence prevention; (10) 
provides technical assistance, consultation, training, and 
epidemiological, statistical, educational, and other technical services 
to assist state and local health departments and community-based 
organizations in the planning, development, implementation, evaluation, 
and overall improvement of violence prevention programs; (11) 
facilitates the development and supports the dissemination of research 
findings and transfer of violence prevention and control technologies 
to federal, state, and local agencies, private organizations, and other 
national and international groups; (12) sustains a public health 
infrastructure for violence prevention at federal, state, local, and 
tribal levels; (13) facilitates similar strategic planning activities 
by other federal, state, and local agencies, academic institutions, and 
private and other public organizations, and; (14) collaborates with 
other divisions of NCIPC, CDC Centers/Institutes/Offices, HHS agencies, 
other federal, state, and local departments and agencies, academic 
institutions, and voluntary, private sector, and international 
organizations, as appropriate.
     Office of the Director (CUHC1). (1) Plans, directs, 
coordinates, and evaluates the activities of the division; (2) 
establishes and interprets policies and determines program priorities; 
(3) provides administrative, fiscal, and technical support for division 
programs and units; (4) provides national leadership and guidance in 
violence prevention and control program planning, development, and 
evaluation; (5) provides leadership for developing research in 
etiologic, epidemiologic, and behavioral aspects of violence prevention 
and control to inform policies, practice, and programs; (6) prepares 
and tracks responses and coordinates provision of materials requested 
by Congress and the HHS; (7) prepares, tracks, and coordinates 
controlled and general correspondence; (8) assures multi-disciplinary 
collaboration in violence prevention and control activities; (9) 
collaborates with subject matter experts, program and policy staff, 
develops and implements communication strategies, campaigns, and plans 
to meet the needs of division programs and mission; (10) coordinates 
with the NCIPC Office of Communication to execute and support NCIPC- 
and CDC-wide communication initiatives and policies; (11) develops 
tailored messages and materials to promote dissemination of scientific 
findings, evidence-based prevention strategies, priority 
recommendations, and guidelines through traditional media outlets, 
social media, and other channels; (12) provides consultation on 
international violence prevention and control activities of the 
division; (13) prepares, edits, and monitors clearance of manuscripts 
for publication in scientific and technical journals and publications, 
including articles and guidelines published in the Morbidity and 
Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), and other violence-related publications 
for the public, and; (14) in carrying out the above functions, 
establishes linkages and collaborates, as appropriate, with other 
divisions and Offices in NCIPC, with other CIOs throughout CDC, non-
governmental organizations; and with national level prevention partners 
that impact on violence prevention programs.
     Surveillance Branch (CUHCB). (1) Conducts national, state, 
and local surveillance and surveys to identify new and to monitor 
recognized forms of violence and its consequences, analyzes incidence 
and prevalence data, and monitors trends in violence and its trajectory 
across the lifespan; (2) advises the Office of the Director, in DVP and

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NCIPC, on the area of data and systems management and on surveillance 
and statistical analysis issues relevant to violence program planning 
and evaluation; (3) coordinates, manages, maintains and provides 
tabulations and maps from national surveillance systems and other data 
sources that contain national, state and local data on violence-related 
morbidity, mortality and economic costs; (4) develops and implements 
uniform definitions for public health surveillance of various forms of 
violence and related outcomes; (5) provides leadership for the 
development of surveillance research to inform policies, practice, and 
programs in the violence field; (6) provides expert consultation to 
federal, state, and local health agencies on surveillance system 
design, implementation, and evaluation, and use of surveillance data to 
describe the burden of violence; (7) provides information on violence 
surveillance to the scientific community and the general public through 
regular publication in peer-reviewed journals and CDC publications as 
well as through presentations to professional conferences and other 
stakeholder groups; (8) works with other branches to provide 
consultation, collaboration, and to ensure the use of surveillance data 
to inform research and prevention efforts, and; (9) in carrying out the 
above functions, provides leadership and collaborates with other 
divisions and Offices in NCIPC, other CIOs throughout CDC, and Federal, 
state, local, non-governmental, voluntary, and professional, 
organizations in all aspects of surveillance of violence and its 
consequences.
     Research and Evaluation Branch (CUHCC). (1) Plans, 
directs, conducts, and supports etiologic and epidemiologic research 
focused on causal factors, risk and protective factors, and 
psychosocial, cultural, and contextual determinants for violence and 
its consequences; (2) plans, directs, conducts, and supports applied 
research focused on the evaluation of strategies, policies, and 
interventions to prevent violent behavior and violence-related injuries 
and deaths; (3) evaluates the effectiveness and impact of violence 
prevention interventions, strategies, policies, and interventions as 
practiced or implemented by public health agencies and organizations at 
the national/regional and state/local levels; (4) conducts research to 
examine the context, processes, and factors that influence effective 
and efficient dissemination/diffusion, uptake/adoption, implementation, 
translation, and sustainability of violence prevention strategies, 
policies, and interventions; (5) develops and evaluates methodologies 
for conducting research evaluation; (6) contributes to the research 
literature by publishing regularly in peer-reviewed journals and CDC-
sponsored publications that include, but are not limited to, etiology 
and evaluation research and syntheses; (7) monitors activities of 
contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants to ensure operational 
objectives are being met; (8) serves as a resource, collaborates, and 
provides technical assistance in applying research and evaluation 
results and techniques to the ongoing assessment and improvement of 
violence prevention and control programs; (9) uses research findings to 
develop new strategies, policies, and interventions or improve the 
impact of existing strategies, policies, and interventions to prevent 
and reduce violent behavior, its risk factors, and its consequences, 
and; (10) in carrying out the above functions, collaborates with other 
components within NCIPC, CDC, PHS, and HHS and other federal agencies, 
national professional, voluntary and philanthropic organizations, and 
international agencies.
     Prevention Practices and Translation Branch (CUHCD). (1) 
Provides leadership and support in public health practice and the 
application of science for maximal benefit of violence prevention 
programmatic efforts; (2) plans, directs, conducts, and supports 
program evaluation of strategies, policies, and interventions to 
prevent violent behavior and violence-related injuries and deaths; (3) 
monitors and evaluates violence prevention programs and policies, and 
disseminates findings to promote program accountability and program 
improvement; (4) promotes an enhanced and sustained infrastructure for 
a public health approach to violence prevention at state, local, and 
tribal levels; (5) generates and moves practice based knowledge into 
program practice and research fields; (6) develops and evaluates 
methodologies for conducting program evaluation; (7) identifies 
findings, lessons learned, and evidence from the field and collaborates 
with internal and external partners to inform research, surveillance, 
and program evaluation that builds the evidence base for effective 
violence prevention; (8) provides support, training, and technical 
assistance that applies sound prevention principles and systematic 
processes to enhance public health practice, including program 
development, implementation, improvement, and competence of personnel 
engaged in violence prevention and control research practices; (9) 
applies the best available evidence from translational science and 
continuous quality improvement to help communities select, adopt, 
adapt, implement, disseminate, sustain, and scale up programs, 
strategies, and activities that will lead to successful violence 
prevention outcomes; (10) works to reduce violence by supporting state 
and local violence prevention and control programs and promote the 
dissemination and application of science into program practice in the 
violence prevention field; (11) synthesizes and translates relevant 
research, evaluation findings, evidence, and trends and assures that 
communication and marketing technologies are applied to the development 
of practical tools, products, trainings, and guidance that enhances 
violence prevention programs, strategies, and activities; (12) 
communicates internally and externally the important work and progress 
of the staff, grantees, and partners; (13) plans, conducts, supports, 
and evaluates demonstration projects and programs to prevent and 
control violence; (14) proposes goals and objectives for national 
violence prevention and control programs, monitors progress toward 
these goals and objectives, and recommends and develops guidelines for 
priority prevention and control activities; (15) provides national 
leadership and guidance in violence prevention and control program 
planning, development, and evaluation; (16) develops and manages 
liaison and collaborative relationships with professional, community, 
international, federal, and other voluntary agencies involved in 
violence prevention activities, and; (17) in carrying out the above 
functions, provides leadership and collaborates with other divisions 
and offices in NCIPC, other CIOs throughout CDC, and federal, state, 
local, non-governmental, voluntary, professional, and international 
organizations in all aspects of public health practice as it relates to 
violence prevention.
     Field Epidemiology and Prevention Branch (CUHCE). (1) 
Conducts international surveillance and surveys to identify new and to 
monitor recognized forms of violence associated risk factors and 
consequences, analyzes incidence and prevalence data, and monitors 
trends in violence and its trajectory across the lifespan; (2) 
synthesizes and translates relevant research, evaluation findings, 
evidence,

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and trends, and assures that communication and marketing technologies 
are applied to the development of practical tools, products, trainings, 
and guidance that enhance international violence prevention programs, 
strategies, and activities; (3) uses research findings to develop new 
strategies, policies, and interventions or to improve the impact of 
existing strategies, policies, and interventions to prevent and reduce 
violent behavior, its risk factors, and its consequences 
internationally; (4) serves as a resource, collaborates, and provides 
technical assistance in applying research and evaluation results and 
techniques to the ongoing assessment and improvement of violence 
prevention and control programs; (5) provides information on violence 
surveillance to the scientific community and the general public through 
regular publication in peer-reviewed journals and CDC publications as 
well as through presentations to professional conferences and other 
stakeholder groups; (6) disseminates scientific findings, evidence-
based prevention strategies, and violence prevention guidelines through 
publication of research findings in professional journals and 
government reports, through participation in national and international 
meetings, seminars, and conferences, and through the development of 
communication initiatives; (7) establishes and sustains partnerships 
with other CDC CIOs and other international federal and non-government 
partners to improve the health and safety of youth by linking 
systematic measurement of violence with multi-sectoral, effective, 
scalable, and sustainable actions to reduce violence and its 
consequences; (8) leverages and applies science-based information to 
help organizations and government agencies to develop, evaluate, and 
improve programs and strategies to prevent violence-related injuries, 
health problems, and deaths; (9) provides expert consultation and 
technical assistance, consultation, training, and epidemiological, 
statistical, and other technical services to assist international and 
local health entities in the planning, implementation, application, 
evaluation, and overall improvement of violence monitoring and violence 
prevention programming, and; (10) in carrying out the above functions, 
collaborates with other divisions of NCIPC, CIOs, HHS agencies, other 
federal, state, and local departments and agencies, academic 
institutions, and voluntary, private sector, and international 
organizations, as appropriate on all aspects of violence surveillance.
     Division of Injury Prevention (CUHF). (1) Integrates 
injury prevention strategies with healthcare delivery; (2) develops and 
disseminates policies, recommendations, and guidelines for the 
prevention of injury and its consequences; (3) develops and implements 
evidence-based public health practices, policies, or programs that 
prevent or reduce unintentional and self-directed injuries; (4) 
identifies findings, lessons learned, and potential best practices from 
the field and collaborates with internal and external partners to 
conduct scientific investigations to examine the context, processes, 
and factors that influence the risk of injuries and successful 
implementation of prevention strategies; (5) plans, establishes, and 
maintains surveillance systems to monitor national trends in morbidity, 
mortality, disabilities, and cost of injuries and facilitates the 
development of surveillance systems by state and local agencies; (6) 
produces and disseminates new scientific knowledge to inform policies, 
practice, and programs in the injury field; (7) supports the 
development and enhancement of state, local, territorial, and tribal 
injury prevention programs that integrate evidence-based population 
health strategies, surveillance, and evaluation in collaboration with 
other public health and non-public health sectors to promote injury 
control and prevention; (8) provides expertise in statistics, computer 
programming, data science, economics, public health practice, 
surveillance, evaluation, and research to engage NCIPC and the injury 
prevention community; (9) leads translation and dissemination of injury 
prevention and control research findings and injury data to federal, 
state, local, territorial, and tribal public health agencies, and 
public and private sector organizations with responsibilities and 
interests related to injury prevention; (10) supports the development 
and enhancement of public health infrastructure for injury prevention 
at federal, state, local, and tribal levels through funding, workforce 
training, and outreach, and; (11) leads innovative data science 
activities to address injury data and information needs and inform 
research and prevention activities.
     Office of the Director (CUHF1). (1) Plans, directs, 
coordinates, and evaluates the activities of the division; (2) provides 
administrative, fiscal, and technical support for division programs and 
units; (3) leads division strategic planning and priority setting; 
oversees overall program performance, ensures scientific quality of 
activities, and implements operational policies to advance the center 
and agency mission; (4) collaborates with subject matter experts, 
program, and policy staff to develop strategic communication plans that 
meet agency, enter, and division priorities; (5) develops, implements, 
and evaluates communication strategies, campaigns, and materials to 
disseminate data and scientific findings, evidence-based prevention 
strategies, priority recommendations, programmatic successes, and 
guidelines through traditional and emerging communication channels; (6) 
develops and manages collaborative relationships with professional, 
community, international, governmental, and other non-governmental 
agencies, and tribal nations to advance injury prevention and control; 
(7) coordinates with the NCIPC Office of Policy and Partnerships to 
identify and proactively manage emerging policy issues; (8) advises 
division staff on policy issues and coordinates with staff to prepare 
briefing materials; (9) collaborates with other NCIPC divisions and 
offices and other CIOs throughout CDC to effectively partner on 
critical injury prevention programs; (10) prepares and monitors 
clearance of manuscripts for publication in scientific and technical 
journals and publications, including articles and guidelines published 
in the MMWR and other publications for the public; (11) prepares, 
tracks, and coordinates responses to all inquiries from Congress, the 
public, and HHS, and; (12) provides leadership for the development of 
research to inform policies, practice, and programs in the injury 
field.
     Applied Science Branch (CUHFB). (1) Plans and directs 
strategies to collect, analyze, and interpret scientific findings from 
surveillance, behavioral, and epidemiologic research activities for use 
in evaluating trends, setting priorities, and developing intervention 
strategies for injuries; (2) plans, directs, conducts, and supports 
research to assess environmental, social, behavioral, and other risk 
and protective factors and to develop and evaluate intervention 
activities to prevent and control injuries; (3) leads and coordinates a 
national program for the prevention and control of non-occupational 
injuries that occur at home and in the community in collaboration with 
federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal agencies, and public and 
private sector organizations; (4) provides leadership, research, and 
expert consultation to federal, state, local, territorial, tribal, and 
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governmental partners in addressing unintentional and self-directed 
injuries; (5) plans, directs, and supports epidemiological analysis, 
applied research, and demonstration projects to advance the integration 
of injury prevention strategies with healthcare delivery; (6) provides 
technical assistance to local, state, territorial, and tribal agencies 
to advance the integration of surveillance and injury prevention 
strategies with healthcare delivery; (7) develops guidelines to reduce 
or mitigate the impact of injury as appropriate, and; (8) disseminates 
scientific findings, evidence-based prevention strategies, and injury 
prevention guidelines by publishing research findings in professional 
journals and government reports, participating in national and 
international meetings, seminars, and conferences, and developing 
communication initiatives.
     Program Implementation and Evaluation Branch (CUHFC). (1) 
Coordinates and conducts research to examine the context, processes, 
and factors that influence effective and efficient adoption, 
implementation, dissemination, and sustainability of injury prevention 
strategies, policies, and interventions; (2) provides technical 
assistance in applying research and evaluation to the ongoing 
assessment and improvement of injury prevention and control programs; 
(3) supports training and outreach to increase the number and 
competence of personnel engaged in injury prevention and control 
research and practices; (4) works with local, state, territorial, and 
tribal public health programs to advance the use of surveillance, 
effective injury prevention strategies, and ongoing quality improvement 
activities for program planning and implementation to decrease the 
burden of injury; (5) collaborates with internal and external partners 
to disseminate effective injury prevention strategies; (6) develops and 
evaluates methodologies for conducting program evaluation; (7) works to 
generate practice-informed research and synthesize research findings 
for program application; (8) monitors and evaluates programs and 
policies and disseminates findings to promote program accountability 
and program improvement; (9) promotes an enhanced and sustained 
infrastructure for a public health approach to injury and violence 
prevention at state, local, territorial and tribal levels, and; (10) 
translates relevant research, evaluation findings, and other evidence 
into practical tools, products, and guidance that enhances injury 
prevention programs, strategies, and activities.
     Data Analytics Branch (CUHFD). (1) Plans, establishes, and 
maintains surveillance systems to monitor national and state-level 
trends in morbidity, mortality, disabilities, and costs of injuries; 
(2) analyzes and translates data into information that is disseminated 
to stakeholders for program planning, evaluation, and decision-making; 
(3) collaborates with and advises other divisions/offices in NCIPC, CDC 
CIOs, and external partners on traditional and emerging statistical, 
economic, surveillance, and data science methods; (4) collaborates with 
the NCIPC Office of Strategy and Innovation and the Office of 
Informatics, NCIPC divisions, and other CDC CIOs to increase 
efficiencies in collection, management, and usability of injury and 
violence data; (5) develops, maintains, and disseminates tabulations 
and maps from national, state, and local data on injury morbidity, 
mortality, economic costs, and risk and protective factors through 
CDC's WISQARSTM (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and 
Reporting system) and other NCIPC online tools; (6) develops, 
evaluates, and implements innovative statistical, economic, policy 
research, computer programming, and data science methods for 
application to injury surveillance, research studies, and program 
planning, and evaluation; (7) leads and collaborates with other 
scientists on epidemiologic studies and statistical and economic 
analyses and provides technical advice in the areas of study design, 
sampling, and the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation 
of injury and economic data; (8) produces high quality statistical, 
economic, and policy reports, publications, and presentations for 
dissemination, and; (9) leads and coordinates with the NCIPC Office of 
the Director and other divisions on innovative pilot projects and 
scaling up promising strategies to utilize non-traditional datasets and 
novel methods for data collection and analysis in public health.
     Division of Overdose Prevention (CUHG). (1) Plans, 
establishes, evaluates, uses, and collaborates on surveillance systems 
to monitor local, state, and national trends in morbidity, mortality, 
risk and protective factors, and costs related to drug use and overdose 
and evaluates the effectiveness of prevention strategies; (2) plans, 
directs, conducts, and supports research focused on the causes, risks, 
and protective factors associated with drug use and overdose and 
identifies strategies at the federal, state, and local level, as well 
as in health systems, to prevent drug use and overdose; (3) evaluates 
the effectiveness, costs, and impact of drug use and overdose-related 
interventions, strategies, policies, and programs as practiced or 
implemented by public health agencies and organizations at the federal, 
state, territorial, and local levels, including health systems and by 
law enforcement/public safety; (4) identifies, develops, evaluates, and 
implements programs and informs policies or guidelines to prevent drug 
use and overdose; (5) facilitates the translation, dissemination, and 
sustainability of practice- and research-tested findings into 
widespread local, state, and national public health and health system 
practice to prevent drug use and overdose; (6) provides technical 
assistance, consultation, training, and capacity building to federal, 
state, and local agencies, non-profit and international organizations, 
professional associations, and medical providers to prevent drug use 
and overdoses; (7) establishes and maintains relationships across HHS, 
CDC, NCIPC and its partners, including state, territorial, and local 
public health agencies, other federal agencies, the healthcare sector, 
professional organizations, and other constituents, including academic 
institutions and international organizations, that address drug use and 
overdose prevention, and; (8) develops or is actively involved in the 
development of drug use and overdose prevention educational materials, 
training courses, tools, and other communication materials, as 
appropriate, based on identified needs of stakeholders.
     Office of the Director (CUHG1). (1) Plans, directs, and 
evaluates the activities of the division; (2) provides cross-cutting 
leadership and guidance in policy formation and program planning, 
development, implementation and evaluation for drug use and overdose 
prevention; (3) provides over-arching personnel, operational, 
administrative, fiscal, and technical support for division programs and 
units; (4) assures multi-disciplinary collaboration in drug use and 
overdose prevention activities; (5) provides leadership for developing 
research in etiologic, epidemiologic, and behavioral aspects of drug 
use and overdose prevention, and for coordinating division activities 
with others involved in related-work across NCIPC, CDC, HHS, and other 
stakeholders; (6) prepares, edits, and monitors policy review and 
general clearance of manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed 
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and guidelines published in the MMWR, as well as communication products 
for a variety of audiences; (7) prepares, tracks, and coordinates 
controlled and general correspondence; (8) prepares responses and 
coordinates provision of materials requested by center and agency 
leadership, Congress, and HHS; (9) Plans, develops, conducts, and 
evaluates cross-cutting communication projects and campaigns to inform 
the media, health professionals, the public, and others about drug use 
and overdose prevention; (10) provides media, communication, and 
marketing support to the division; (11) serves as primary liaison 
between the division and relevant NCIPC Office of the Director, in the 
areas of communication, policy/partnership, science, administration/
operations, informatics, and strategy/innovation; (12) designs, 
develops, and coordinates the publication of print and audiovisual 
materials such as fact sheets, newsletters, speeches and presentations, 
exhibits, social media messages, press releases, media advisories, and 
educational videos; (13) develops and evaluates messages, materials and 
health communication products to promote and disseminate scientific 
findings, evidence-based prevention strategies, priority 
recommendations, and guidelines through various platforms; (14) 
coordinates with NCIPC Office of Communication to execute and support 
NCIPC- and CDC-wide communication initiatives and policies related to 
overdose prevention; (15) coordinates with NCIPC Office of Policy and 
Partnerships to execute and support NCIPC- and CDC-wide policy and 
partner related initiatives related to overdose prevention; (16) 
collaborates with the Extramural Research Program Office on extramural 
research, policies, and procedures including peer review; (17) 
implements policies and procedures related to human subjects research 
protections, paperwork reduction act regulations, federal advisory 
committee act regulations, data sharing policies, and scientific 
authorship and misconduct; (18) supports scientific training 
opportunities, including the EIS training program, and; (19) 
collaborates, as appropriate, with non-governmental organizations, 
academic institutions, philanthropic foundations, and other 
stakeholders to achieve the mission of the division.
     Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch (CUHGB). (1) Plans, 
establishes, and evaluates surveillance systems to monitor national, 
state, and local trends in morbidity, mortality, and costs related to 
drug use and overdose; (2) develops and implements uniform definitions 
for public health surveillance of various overdose outcomes; (3) 
prepares routine surveillance reports of national, state, and local 
trends in drug use and overdose risk factors, behaviors, outcomes, and 
disparities, which includes the mapping of geographic variations; (4) 
uses surveillance systems to monitor overdoses and poisonings to create 
incidence rates to inform prevention programs and provide data for 
planning in the community and in health systems; (5) develops, designs, 
implements, and evaluates innovative surveillance strategies or systems 
that address gaps in existing CDC surveillance systems in collaboration 
with colleagues in NCIPC and other CIOs for application to overdose 
surveillance, epidemiologic studies, program evaluation, and 
programmatic activities; (6) plans and directs strategies to collect, 
analyze, and interpret scientific findings from surveillance, 
behavioral, and epidemiologic research activities for use in evaluating 
trends, setting priorities, and developing intervention strategies for 
overdose prevention; (7) prepares epidemiologic and scientific papers 
for publication in the peer-reviewed literature and for presentation at 
scientific and professional conferences; (8) proposes and serves as 
technical advisors and project officers for epidemiologic activities 
with state and local entities; (9) plans and conducts research projects 
that fill gaps in surveillance and investigates emerging and novel drug 
overdose threats, including toxicology; (10) serves as scientific and 
technical experts in drug overdose epidemiology and surveillance 
methodology to state and local health departments and to advisory 
groups at the national/international level; (11) supports training to 
increase the number and competence of personnel engaged in overdose 
epidemiology and surveillance, and; (12) prepares and produces high 
quality reports, publications, and other material for information 
presentation and dissemination by NCIPC staff to a wide-variety of 
stakeholders.
     Health Systems and Research Branch (CUHGC). (1) Supports 
evaluation, applied research, and demonstration projects to determine 
the effectiveness of an intervention, improve the effectiveness of 
healthcare systems, and to support the understanding of how health 
systems can best be integrated with public health prevention efforts to 
reduce or mitigate the impact of overdoses and related harms; (2) 
develops, implements, evaluates, and translates clinical guidelines and 
other materials for clinicians and health systems to reduce or mitigate 
the impact of overdoses and related harms; (3) collaborates with state, 
territorial, and local health departments to integrate applied research 
and evaluation findings, as well as quality improvement initiatives 
within health systems; (4) provides expert consultation to federal, 
state, local, and international health agencies on applied research, 
evaluation, and health system implementation strategies; (5) provides 
scientific technical assistance to health systems, states, and 
localities to increase their capacity to develop, implement, and 
evaluate system-level overdose prevention programs; (6) develops, 
implements, and evaluates tools and resources for use in electronic 
health records and health IT systems to address overdoses and helps 
support data integration across data systems; (7) contributes to the 
research literature, by publishing regularly in peer-reviewed journals 
and CDC-sponsored publications on topics that include, but are not 
limited to, programmatic, evaluation, health systems, or community 
based strategies, and; (8) supports dissemination of research, 
evaluation, translation, and program implementation to federal, state, 
and local health agencies, public and private sector organizations, and 
other national and international groups with responsibilities and 
interests related to overdose prevention.
     Prevention Programs and Evaluation Branch (CUHGD). (1) 
Provides programmatic leadership and support for drug use and overdose 
prevention activities in states, territories, and local jurisdictions; 
(2) provides technical assistance and project officer support to 
grantees on implementation of evidence- and practice-based 
interventions with the greatest reach and impact in states, 
territories, and local jurisdictions, including sustaining and scaling 
up programs, strategies, and activities over time in collaboration with 
public safety/law enforcement and other stakeholders; (3) generates and 
promotes adaptation and adoption of novel evidence-based strategies to 
prevent drug use and overdose, including addressing vulnerable 
populations; (4) leverages epidemiology and surveillance data about 
drug overdose morbidity, mortality, and risk and protective factors to 
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prevention strategies across the life course; (5) monitors and 
evaluates the outcomes of division investments in states, territories, 
and local jurisdictions using rigorous evaluation methods and widely 
disseminates findings to improve programmatic activities; (6) publishes 
the findings of programmatic evaluations in the peer-reviewed 
literature and other reports and participate in scientific and 
professional conferences; (7) serves as a resource, collaborates, and 
provides comprehensive technical assistance and training to states, 
territories, local jurisdictions and other partners to reduce drug use 
and overdose; (8) synthesizes relevant research, evaluation findings, 
evidence, and trends to develop practical guidance and resources that 
enhance overdose prevention programs, strategies, and activities; (9) 
uses research findings to develop new strategies, policies, and 
interventions or to improve the impact of existing strategies, 
policies, and interventions to prevent and reduce overdose, its risk 
factors, and its consequences; (10) collaborates with state, 
territorial, and local jurisdictions, public safety/law enforcement, 
and other partners to use data to drive decision-making and action, 
and; (11) provides direct support to states, territories, and local 
jurisdictions to prevent drug use and overdose.
    IV. Delegations of Authority: All delegations and redelegations of 
authority made to officials and employees of affected organizational 
components will continue in them or their successors pending further 
redelegation, provided they are consistent with this reorganization.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101)

Alex M. Azar II,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-15169 Filed 7-16-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4160-18-P