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New Face: Francisco Sy : The new chair of environmental and occupational health says he was drawn to UNLV in part because of the opportunity to mentor minority students. I did a sabbatical for one year at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), but I stayed at CDC for four years doing HIV/AIDS program evaluation and then from there I got a job at National Institutes of Health (NIH), where I worked for 12 years in the National Center of Minority Health and Health Disparities, which later became an institute. Tell us about a time in your life when you have been daring? When I was in South Carolina in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, I responded as an academician by organizing the first international conference on AIDS education in 1987 without federal or state funding. It led to the formation of the International Society for AIDS Education that year and my election as its first president. In 1988, I conceived and developed AIDS Education and Prevention - An Interdisciplinary...

Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy

HHS Operating and Staff Division Grant Officials : List of HHS Operating and Staff Division Grant Officials Strategic Plan FY 2018 - 2022 Every four years, HHS updates its Strategic Plan, which describes its work to address complex, multifaceted, and evolving health and human services issues.  An agency strategic plan is one of three main elements required by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (P.L. 103-62) and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-352).  An agency strategic plan defines its mission, goals, and the means by which it will measure its progress in addressing specific national problems over a four-year period. For the period FY 2018—2022, HHS is publishing its Strategic Plan as a Web document, which will be updated periodically to reflect the Department’s strategies, actions, and progress toward its goals. The Web version of the Strategic Plan, rather than focusing on a static set of performance measures, provides priori...

HHS Budget Investments in Nevada : Learn how much HHS invests in Nevada. HHS Budget Investments in Nevada HHS invested  $29.5 Billion  in Nevada to enhance the health and well-being of Americans at every stage of life by delivering and financing effective health and human services and fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services. Investment Highlights FY2009-2014  Safe and Strong Families HHS invested  $1.32 Billion  in Nevada to help provide low income families, people with disabilities, and older adults with the opportunity to live with dignity, independence, and participate fully in American life.  Early Childhood Development High-quality early child care, education opportunities, and parent support help prepare our nation’s youngest learners for entry into formal schooling. HHS invested  $364.1 Million  in Nevada to help children birth to age 5 living in l...