At a glance
- The Board of Scientific Counselors, Infectious Diseases (BSC ID) is a chartered Federal Advisory Committee.
- BSC ID provides advice to CDC's four centers that perform infectious disease activities.
- CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases manages BSC ID.
Overview
The Board of Scientific Counselors, Infectious Diseases (BSC ID) is a chartered Federal Advisory Committee. The Board provides advice concerning strategies, goals, and priorities for the CDC's infectious disease programs and centers. The Board may administer and oversee peer review of scientific programs related to infectious diseases and it may perform second-level peer review of applications for grants-in-aid for research and research training activities, cooperative agreements, and research contract proposals relating to the broad areas within the centers relating to infectious diseases.
The BSC ID is managed by the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), and it provides advice to the HHS Secretary, the CDC Director, and the directors of NCEZID, the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), and the Global Health Center (GHC). The BSC ID holds public meetings virtually and at the CDC in Atlanta approximately three times per year.