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Resources for ResearchersExplore NIH funding, training opportunities, and programs in disease prevention research using the ODP's collection of resources and interactive tools.
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Methods for Evaluating Natural Experiments in Obesity WorkshopNIH Main Campus, Bethesda, Maryland
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Featured Resources and Initiatives
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Pragmatic and Group-Randomized Trials in Public Health and Medicine
This is a free, online course developed by the ODP that provides a detailed guide to designing and analyzing group-randomized trials (GRTs). The course includes video presentations, slide sets, suggested reading materials, and guided activities.
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Tobacco Regulatory Science Program (TRSP)
TRSP is a trans-NIH collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The program supports NIH research that provides the scientific evidence the FDA needs to develop and evaluate tobacco policy and regulations. TRSP issues funding opportunities in tobacco regulatory science on behalf of the FDA and participating NIH Institutes.
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Pathways to Prevention (P2P) Program
The goal of the P2P program is to host workshops that identify research gaps in a selected scientific area, identify methodological and scientific weaknesses in that scientific area, suggest research needs, and move the field forward through an unbiased, evidence-based assessment of a complex public health issue.
Resources for Researchers
A one-stop shop for NIH disease prevention tools, Resources for Researchers includes information about NIH-funded research, prevention research articles, prevention research needs and gaps, methods training opportunities, and dissemination and implementation research.
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Prevention Research Highlights
Research Highlights provide information about funded research, current funding opportunities, and recent advances in prevention science. Learn more about how the NIH and its federal partners are addressing such topics as Obesity, Physical Activity, and Tobacco Use.
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ODP Events
Partner Events
- VA Cyberseminar: Chronic Health Conditions Among Vulnerable Veterans – Current Research and Action
- Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research & Development Program
June 29, 2017
3:00 p.m. ET
- Using the Organizational Readiness for Change Assessment (ORCA) in Planning for Implementation: A Worked Example
- Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research & Development Program
July 6, 2017
12:00 noon ET
- Fourth Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Meeting
- Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP)
July 19–21, 2017
Director's Page
David M. Murray, Ph.D.Associate Director for Prevention
Director, Office of Disease Prevention
Announcements
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USPSTF Public Comment on Draft Research Plan – Primary Care Interventions To Prevent Tobacco and Nicotine Use in Children and Adolescents
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USPSTF Final Recommendation Statement – Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents
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USPSTF Final Research Plan – Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
June 15, 2017
News Releases
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Researchers Uncover Genetic Gains and Losses in Tourette Syndrome
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SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP) Highlights the New Learning Center
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HHS Announces a $4.9 Million Grant To Reduce Suicides on College and University Campuses
June 20, 2017
Special Interest News
- Electronic Cigarette Use and Indoor Air Quality in a Natural Setting
January 2017 - Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy in the United States: Report of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-Sponsored Expert Panel
January 2017 - Tobacco Control in the Obama Era—Substantial Progress, Remaining Challenges
October 13, 2016
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