Public Health Systems Research:
New Directions for CDC
Dennis Lenaway, PhD, MPH
Office of Chief of Public Health Practice
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Office of Chief of Public Health Practice
New Structure
New Directions
9New Organizational Structure for OCPHP
9New Roles in PHSR
92007 Funded PHSR Projects
9Updates from Office of PH Research
92008 Funding Opportunities
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Office of Chief of Public Health Practice
New Structure
Chief of PH Practice
PH Law
Portfolio
Management
PH Systems
NPHPSP - MAPP
Accreditation
Emerging Issues
PHSR
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New Roles in PHSR
Newly Funded PHSR Projects
9 Comprehensive “data mining” of the NPHPS
1. PHSR Coordinator
2. PHSR Senior Science Fellow
3. PHSR Team (PHSR Coordinator and Fellow
• University of Kentucky
with Drs. Bailey, Lenaway, Goodman, etc)
9 Systematic research on incentives for public
health accreditation
4. New CDC leadership for HSRWG
5. Alignment with Public Health Practice
Council (translation of science into practice)
9 Exploration of relationships between public
health law and system performance
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ƒ North Carolina Institute for Public Health
ƒ Columbia University Medical Center
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Updates from CDC’s
Office of Public Health Research
FY2008 PHSR Funding
• OCPHP’s Public Health Systems Program
• FOA for “Improving Public Health Practice through
Translation Research (R18)”
– $10M
– 300 LOIs, over 200 applications
– Funding for approximately 28 grants
– Review process underway with awards made by
September 2007
– Announcement to the public in Fall 2007
• FY2008 – potential for similar FOA (translational
research) with different focus (e.g. disparities)
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– $250,000
– NNPHI will administer
– Potential for additional funding
• PHSR at other Centers, Offices, etc
– PHSR coordination will provide information on
research opportunities across CDC
• CDC’s Office of Public Health Research
– FY2008 FOA for translation research
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Achieving Health Impact
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