History and Background
The Associate Director for Disease Prevention was
established by Congressional mandate in 1985. ODP is one of several offices
within the NIH
Office of the Director (OD), as illustrated by our
organizational chart.
These offices are led by Associate Directors who advise the NIH Director on
specific areas of health and research, and coordinate research across the 25
Institutes and Centers that comprise the National Institutes of Health. The
collective research components of the NIH make up the largest biomedical
research facility in the world. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.
Mission
The mission of ODP is to foster, coordinate and assess
research in prevention which seeks to improve public health in the nation and
throughout the world. ODP collaborates with other federal agencies, academic
institutions, the private sector, non-governmental organizations and
international organizations in the formulation of research initiatives and
policies that promote public health, and advises the NIH Director on these
topics.
Organizational Structure
To carry out these diverse responsibilities, ODP has several
administrative units: the
Office of Dietary Supplements , the
Office of Medical Applications of Research, and the
Office
of Rare Diseases . (See
Organizational Chart for ODP.) In addition, a
Prevention Research Coordinating Committee
has representatives from every NIH Institute and Center as
well as other governmental health agencies.
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