# Presentation: 483005

## Proposed Healthcare, Population and Behavioral Sciences Division

**Proposed Healthcare, Population and Behavioral Sciences Division**
**Anita Miller Sostek, Ph.D.**
**Peer Review Advisory Committee**

**National Institutes of Health****U.S. Department of Health and Human Services**

**December 3, 2007**

## Proposed Healthcare, Population and Behavioral Sciences Division

- Second stage of reorganizing the review divisions at CSR
- Aims: Better cluster science in this area and move the IRGs to 8-12 SRAs each
- Have community interest and buy-in (Open Houses)

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## Outline for Five Review Divisions

**Neuroscience, Development and Aging**
**	**BDCN (11), IFCN (9), MDCN (10), ETTN (8), & BDA (7)
**Healthcare, Population and Behavioral Sciences**
**	**BBBP (10), Epi/Pop HOP (10), Healthcare/Methods HOP (10), RPHB (8), AARR (9)
**Tentative:**
**Translational and Clinical Science**
**Integrated Biology and Clinical Science**
**Basic Biomedical Sciences ****	**

## DHPB development process 

**CSR OD and DDs developed a draft plan.****	**
**PRAC subcommittee invited to teleconference on 11/6****	**
**Email to IC Directors and affected Chiefs asking for comment. Meeting with affected Chiefs and SROs.  Plan then sent to CSR All. **
**Comments due from all ICs, Chiefs, SROs, etc. 11/28; comments incorporated into final plan to present to PRAC.**
**Presentation to PRAC on 12/3.****	**
**Guidelines for split IRG posted.  IRG Chief recruitment.**
**Begin third phase of realignment before 4/7/08 PRAC meeting.****	**

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## IRGs that remain intact
AIDS and Related Research (AARR) – 9 SROs – origin: DBBD
Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes (BBBP) – 9 SROs – origin: DCPS
Risk, Prevention and Health Behavior (RPHB) – 8 SROs – origin: DCPS
IRG that changes 
CURRENT: Health of the Population (HOP) –19 SROs– origin: DCPS
PROPOSED:
Epidemiology and Population Sciences (HOP I) ~ 10 SROs 
Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies (HOP II) ~ 10 SROs

- AIDS and Related Research (AARR) – 9 SROs – origin: DBBD
- Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes (BBBP) – 9 SROs – origin: DCPS
- Risk, Prevention and Health Behavior (RPHB) – 8 SROs – origin: DCPS
**IRG that changes**** **
- CURRENT: Health of the Population (HOP) –19 SROs– origin: DCPS
- PROPOSED:
- Epidemiology and Population Sciences (HOP I) ~ 10 SROs
- Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies (HOP II) ~ 10 SROs

## Epidemiology and Population Sciences (HOP I)

- Behavioral Genetics and Epidemiology (BGES)
- Cardiovascular and Sleep Epidemiology (CASE)
- Epidemiology of Cancer (EPIC)
- Infectious Diseases, Reproductive Health, Asthma and Pulmonary (IRAP)
- Kidney, Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes (KNOD)
- Neurological, Aging and Musculoskeletal Epidemiology (NAME)
- Social Sciences and Population Studies (SSPS)
- (Related SEPs and Population Sciences Initiatives)

## Healthcare Delivery and Methodologies (HOP II)

- Biostatistical Methods and Research Design (BMRD)
- Community-Level Health Promotion (CLHP)
- Community Influences on Health (CIHB)
- Health Services Organization and Delivery (HSOD)
- Nursing Science: Adults and Older Adults (NSAA)
- Nursing Science: Children and Families (NSCF)
- Biomedical Computing and Health Informatics (BCHI) **
- Health of the Population Small Business Activities
- Standing Ethics SEPs
- Health of the Population Fellowships (F16)
- (Related SEPs and Community Prevention Initiatives)

## Issues Discussed at the PRAC Working Group

- Fit of the AIDS and Related Research IRG
- Proposed transfer of the Biomedical Computing and Health Informatics (BCHI) study section
- Issues concerning the composition of individual study sections were noted but will not be addressed by this process

## Comments from ICs and CSR staff

- Comments were overall supportive of the proposed division
- NCI sought a broader distribution of professional disciplines in the areas of rehabilitation.
- Guidelines for BCHI will be realigned and some material will remain in the Surgical Sciences, Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering IRG.