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Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI)
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Division of Program Coordination,
Planning, and Strategic Initiatives

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DPCPSI ORGANIZATION
  • Office of AIDS Research (OAR)
    OAR
    Office of AIDS
    Research (OAR)
  • Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
    Obssr
    Office of Behavioral
    and Social Sciences
    Research (OBSSR)
  • Office of Disease Prevention (ODP)
    ODP
    Office of Disease
    Prevention (ODP)
  • Office of Research<br />Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
    ORIP
    Office of Research
    Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
  • Office of Research on Women's Health(ORWH)
    ORWH
    Office of Research
    on Women's Health
    (ORWH)
  • Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC)
    OSC
    Office of Strategic
    Coordination (OSC)
OFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH

OAR Special Initiatives

OAR identifies scientific areas that require focused attention and manages and facilitates multi-Institute and trans-Institute activities to address those needs.

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OFFICE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL
SCIENCES RESEARCH

OBSSR Scientific Areas

Leadership is crucial at a time when exciting scientific opportunities, persistent public health needs, and emergent public health challenges face our nation.

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OFFICE OF DISEASE PREVENTION

Prevention Research at NIH

The Institutes and Centers have a broad portfolio of prevention research and training, as well as programs to disseminate the findings to scientists, health professionals, communities, and the public.

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OFFICE OF RESEARCH ON WOMENS HEALTH

Interdisciplinary Research

With ORWH increasing understanding of the inter-relatedness and complexity of disease, the nature of scientific investigation is shifting to a multi-disciplinary collaborative approach.

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THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC COORDINATION (OSC)

Emerging Science & Tech Advances


New NIH Common Fund Programs to create a new center for the study of stem cells and to increase capacity to deal with global health issues

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Identifying emerging scientific opportunities,

Rising public health challenges, and Scientific knowledge gaps that merit further research.

About DPCPSI

DPCPSI's mission includes identifying emerging scientific opportunities, rising public health challenges, and scientific knowledge gaps that merit further research. The Division plans and implements trans-NIH initiatives supported by the Common Fund and coordinates research related to AIDS, behavioral and social sciences, women's health, disease prevention, and research infrastructure.

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High-Risk Research and Innovation a Top Priority

The NIH Common Fund's Roadmap invests millions of dollars to fund new high-risk research awards to encourage investigators to explore ideas that have the potential to propel biomedical research and speed the translation of research to improve health

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NEWS & EVENTS

NIH program allows junior investigators to bypass traditional post-doc training
September 30, 2011

NIH to make a mightier mouse resource for understanding disease
September 29, 2011

NIH announces 79 awards to encourage creative ideas in science
September 20, 2011

NIH releases best practices for combining qualitative and quantitative research
August 23, 2011

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