The Office of the Director (OD) determines Institute programs, plans, and policies and provides management, program analysis, and scientific program reporting services to the Institute, as well as scientific leadership, policy guidance, and overall operational and administrative coordination.
The OD serves as the chief liaison with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director, other components of of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), other federal agencies, Congress, professional societies, voluntary health organizations, and other public health groups. It also coordinates the activities of NIAID extramural and intramural divisions.
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Director
Dr. Fauci was appointed Director of NIAID in 1984. He oversees an extensive portfolio of basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat established infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis and malaria as well as emerging diseases such as Ebola and Zika.
Senior Leadership: Office of the Director
- Hugh Auchincloss, M.D., NIAID Principal Deputy Director
- John J. McGowan, Ph.D., NIAID Deputy Director, Science Management
- H. Clifford Lane, M.D., NIAID Deputy Director, Clinical Research and Special Projects
- F. Gray Handley, M.S.P.H., NIAID Associate Director, International Research Affairs
Senior Leadership: Extramural Divisions
- Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D., Director, Division of AIDS
- Daniel Rotrosen, M.D., Director, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation
- Emily Erbelding, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Matthew J. Fenton, Ph.D., Director, Division of Extramural Activities
Senior Leadership: Intramural Divisions
- H. Clifford Lane, M.D., Director, Division of Clinical Research
- Steven M. Holland, M.D., Director, Division of Intramural Research
- John R. Mascola, M.D., Director, Vaccine Research Center