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Organization
The Office of AIDS Research is a Program Office in the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director. The National Institutes of Health is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
OAR: Coordinator of the NIH HIV/AIDS Research Program
The Office of AIDS Research (OAR) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director (OD). OAR is one of thirteen offices in the OD’s Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI). OAR oversees the NIH global fight against HIV and AIDS: coordinating and managing all NIH HIV/AIDS research conducted by the NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs), including the scientific, budgetary, legislative, and policy components. To learn more, see the diagram OAR: Coordinator of the NIH HIV/AIDS Research Program, and visit About OAR.
NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR)
The OD is the central office at NIH and is responsible for setting policy, and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all the NIH components. NIH has 27 Institutes and Centers (ICs). The OD has 13 program offices, in its Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI), which includes the Office of AIDS Research. The NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices are collectively referred to as ICOs. To learn more, see the diagram NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR).
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agencies (HHS)
HHS has 11 operating divisions, including eight agencies in the U.S. Public Health Service and three human services agencies. The divisions administer a wide variety of health and human services and conduct life-saving research for the nation, to protect and serve all Americans. The National Institutes of Health is one of the HHS agencies. Some of the other HHS agencies are the Center for Disease
Charts #1 and #2 below include abbreviations for Institutes, Offices, and Centers (ICOs) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). To see the full names of the ICOs on these charts, view this List of ICOs at NIH.
*The OAR: Coordinator of the NIH HIV/AIDS Research Program and NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) charts include abbreviations for the Institutes, Centers, and Offices at NIH. To see their full names, view this List of ICOs at NIH.
This page last reviewed on April 20, 2020