Board of Scientific Counselors 
National Center for Health Statistics (BSC, NCHS)
Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service

Designated Federal Officer – Virginia Cain, Ph.D.

The Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics, shall provide advice and make recommendations to the Secretary, HHS, the Director, CDC; and the Director, National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS, regarding the scientific and technical program goals and objectives, strategies, and priorities of NCHS. The board shall provide advice and guidance on statistical and epidemiological research and activities. Additionally, the board shall make recommendations about opportunities for NCHS programs to examine and employ new approaches to monitoring and evaluating key public health, health policy, and welfare policy changes, with particular attention to means to automate the collection of data, apply new data processing and analytic tools, and store and disseminate data in a more timely and accessible manner. Further, the board may provide second-level scientific and programmatic review for applications for grants-in-aid for research/demonstration and training activities that focus on the above matters.

Charter

Roster

Board of Scientific Counselors, NCHS Website