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Program offices in the Office of the Director are responsible for stimulating specific areas of research throughout NIH and for planning and supporting research and related activities. Current program areas are: minority health, women's health, AIDS research, disease prevention, and behavioral and social sciences research. [ 11 ]
Three current centers were placed under the Coordinating Office for Infectious Diseases and later the Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases. [ 14 ] The National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases is an indirect successor to the Center for Infectious Diseases, one of the original centers established in 1980. [ 1 ]
The CDC Washington Office is based in Washington, D.C. Two divisions of the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases are based outside Atlanta. The Division of Vector-Borne Diseases is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, with a branch in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Arctic Investigations Program is based in Anchorage.
Took office Left office 1 Victor H. Haas: November 1, 1948 April 1957 2 Justin M. Andrews: April 1957 October 1, 1964 3 Dorland J. Davis: October 1, 1964 August 1975 4 Richard M. Krause: August 1975 July 1984 5 Anthony Fauci: November 2, 1984 December 31, 2022 – Hugh Auchincloss: January 1, 2023 September 24, 2023 6 Jeanne Marrazzo: September ...
NCIRD supports and supervises state and local agencies working on immunization activities and commercial contracting for vaccine supply and distribution. NCIRD supports a national framework for surveillance of diseases for which immunizing agents are increasingly becoming available from commercial pharmaceutical companies, and assists health departments in developing vaccine information ...
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is a medical association representing physicians, scientists, and other healthcare professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. It was founded in 1963 and is based in Arlington, Virginia.
Tracking, investigating and stopping diseases and other public health threats (e.g. foodborne illness, HIV/AIDS). Developing emergency plans and responding to disasters when they strike (e.g. bioterrorism, hurricanes, floods, wildfires).
The merged division was renamed the National Office of Vital Statistics. It was then transferred into the PHS Bureau of State Services in 1949. [2] [4] In 1960, the National Office of Vital Statistics and the National Health Survey merged to form the National Center for Health Statistics. [5]