Branches and Offices

Office of the Director

Provides leadership and management for the programs and activities in DHCPP.

Works to facilitate, sponsor, and coordinate research and program activities that seek to attain optimal health for people and animals through an integrated approach considering the interrelatedness among humans, animals, and the environment in which they live.

Prion and Public Health Office

Responsible for coordinating various activities and programs related to prion diseases and similar disease outcomes.

Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch

Responsible for the prevention and control of illness and death due to a varied group of zoonotic and environmental bacterial pathogens, and unexplained critical illness and deaths.

Chronic Viral Diseases Branch

Responsible for conducting research on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and factors that relate to this illness and for laboratory-based studies of human papilloma virus (HPV).

Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch

Responsible for conducting laboratory studies and investigations of severe infectious disease of unknown etiologies. Additionally, IDPB works to identify new or previously unrecognized pathogens.

Poxvirus and Rabies Branch

Responsible for surveillance, control, and prevention of illness and death due to poxviruses and rabies.

Viral Special Pathogens Branch

Responsible for the prevention and control of illness and death due to a varied group of highly pathogenic viruses, including hemorrhagic fever viruses.