Office of Communications & Public Liaison
Resources
OCPL phone numbers can be found in the Staff Directory. Please note that additional policies are available on the Web Author’s Group page.
News & Events
- How NIH Brings Health and Science to the Public—OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)
- News Releases—Clearance: NIHNewsClearance@mail.nih.gov
- News Releases—Web Contacts: Julie Morton, Alyson Olander, Sara Cohen, Jessica Donah, OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)
- NIH Calendar of Events—OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)
- NIH Director's Bulletin Boards—Sharon Greenwell, NIH Visitor Center and Nobel Laureate Exhibit Hall
- NIH E-clips—Coordinator: Jan
Ehrman;
Distribution: OD Online Information Branch (OLIB) - Eureka Alert—Service for PIOs—News Media Branch
- News & Events Web page—Julie Morton
- NIH News in Health—Harrison Wein, Ph.D., Editor; Victoria Contie, Assistant Editor
- NIH Public Bulletin
- NIH Record—Rich McManus, Editor; Carla Garnett, Assistant Editor; Jan Ehrman, Staff Writer; Belle Waring, Staff Writer
Offices & Centers
- Council of Public Representatives (COPR)
- Editorial Operations Branch (EOB)—Rich McManus
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Office—Susan Cornell
- News Media Branch (NMB)—Calvin Jackson
- Offices of Community Liaison (OCL)—Tara Mowery
- Offices of Public Liaison (OPL)
- OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)—Scott Prince
- Public Information Office (PIO)—Marin Allen, Ph.D.
- NIH Visitor Center and Nobel Laureate Exhibit Hall—Carol Jabir and Tara Mowery
Clearances
- Audio/Visual—Calvin Jackson
- News Releases—Clearance: NIHNewsClearance@mail.nih.gov
- Publications—Jan Ehrman
Media Services
- Media Contacts—Renate Myles, Amanda Fine
- NIH Press Office—Calvin Jackson, Renate Myles, Amanda Fine, Craig Fritz
- NIH Image Bank—Bill Duval, Wally Akinso
- NIH Radio, NIH Podcast, NIH Health Matters—Joe Balintfy
Programs & Activities
- General NIH & Clinical Research Center Tours – Carol Jabir, NIH Visitor Center and Nobel Laureate Exhibit Hall
- NIH Overviews, Orientation Programs and Specially Tailored Tours – Carol Jabir and Tara Mowery, NIH Visitor Center and Nobel Laureate Exhibit Hall
- Special NIH Exhibits, Projects & Events – Carol Jabir and Tara Mowery, NIH Visitor Center and Nobel Laureate Exhibit Hall
- NIH Public Information Officers Network – William Duval, Ph.D.
Public Inquiry
Publications & Presentations
- How NIH Brings Health and Science to the Public—Online Information Branch (OLIB)
- NIH Almanac—OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)
- NIH Public Bulletin
- NIH Publications List—Jan Ehrman
- NIH Record—Rich McManus, Editor; Carla Garnett, Assistant Editor; Jan Ehrman, Staff Writer; Belle Waring, Staff Writer
- NIH
Research Matters eColumn—Harrison
Wein, Ph.D., Editor
Guidelines for writing NIH Research Matters stories (NIH-only access) - NIH News in Health—Harrison
Wein, Ph.D., Editor; Victoria
Contie, Assistant Editor
Guidelines for submitting to NIH News in Health (NIH-only access)
NIH News in Health upcoming topics (NIH-only access) - NIH…Turning Discovery into Health ® (NIH QuickFinder)—a listing of Institute and Center contact information—OD Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL)
- Research Highlights—Victoria Contie, Editor
- Talking to Your Doctor—OD Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL)
- NIH Publications & Audiovisuals: Preparation, Review, Approval & Distribution (#1183)—OD/OCPL
- Scientific, Technical, and Other Professional Information Presented by NIH Employees: Review, Approval, and Distribution (#1184)—OD/OCPL
- Use of NIH Names and Logos (#1186)—OD/OCPL
Web Site
- NIH Primary Web Contact List—who to contact before setting up a web site at NIH
- Public-facing Web Management Policy (#2804)—OD/OCPL
- NIH Web Privacy Policy (#2805)—OD/OCPL
- NIH Social and New Media Policy (#2809)—OD/OCPL
- For Employees Web site—Julie Morton
- Clear Communication: an NIH Health Literacy Initiative—OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)
- Widgets from NIH—OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)
- Communications Director's Electronic Mailing List(s)—Julie Morton
These lists are designated for internal communications use by NIH Communications Directors, membership is restricted. Only list members may send to the lists. For more information, contact Julie Morton, OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)- Communications Directors (Principals only) CDONLY@list.nih.gov (Members-only list)
- Communications Directors (Broad list) COMMS@list.nih.gov (Members-only list)
- Content & Design Guidelines for NIH Home Page Slides—Julie Morton
- Web Authors Group—Scott Prince
- Web Policy & Privacy Issues—Scott Prince
- Developing Web Sites at NIH, Official OD/OCPL Web Guidance from the On-Line Information Branch
- Web Metrics Group—Scott Prince ( (NIH-only access) , logon and password required)
- Web Site Maintenance—Julie
Morton, OD Online Information
Branch (OLIB)
OLIB maintains the NIH Home page, second-level pages, and the Director's page. For maintenance issues with other pages on the NIH Web sites, look for contact information at the bottom of the page. - HHS Web Council
—representative Scott Prince - Methods Available to Advertise NIH Campus Events—Julie Morton, OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)
- NIH and the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)—OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)
- Guidelines for Participating in Wikipedia from NIH—NIH Wikipedia Comments
- Improving Findability: A Guide for Web Managers at the National Institutes of Health—10 tips to make NIH more findable through search
- Selected NIH Education and Awareness Campaigns—OD Online Information Branch (OLIB)
- Media Contacts—a list of press contacts by Institute/Center
This page last reviewed on February 14, 2013
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