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Overview
The Office of Health Equity, formerly the Division of Special Populations, develops, coordinates, and supports programs and initiatives that strengthen the NICHD's commitment to ensuring the health and well-being of children, adults, families, and communities. This is accomplished by addressing and eliminating health disparities through the participation of diverse populations in biomedical and behavioral research within the United States and abroad. The OHE also enhances the research capacity development of emerging research institutions both domestically and abroad. In addition, the office informs the public about issues relating to health equity as well as develops research and scientific leadership in colleges and universities worldwide.
The Office administers programs to help accomplish its mission, including the Biomedical/Biobehavioral Research Administrator Development (BRAD) Program—formerly the Extramural Associates (EA) Program, the Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Program, and the Academic/Community Partnership Conference Series.
In addition, the OHE coordinates the NICHD Health Disparities Seminar Series (Seminar 1, Seminar 2, Seminar 3), which provides a forum for leadership in the scientific community to share research findings on maternal and child health issues that impact diverse populations.
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- Diversity Initiative
As one component of a broad, trans-NIH strategy to address the need to promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences research workforce, the NICHD participates in the Increasing the Diversity of the NIH-Funded Workforce program, which was established by the NIH Common Fund to unify and strengthen institutions and faculty dedicated to the recruitment and retention of diverse scientists.
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