Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)
IO Programs and Initiatives
Office programs and initiatives harness the power of collaboration, evidence-based scientific analysis, and data-driven innovation to advance health initiatives across the Department, including behavioral health, kidney disease, Long COVID, vector-borne diseases, infection-associated chronic illnesses and conditions, the mother-infant dyad and neonatal abstinence syndrome, brain injury, Parkinson’s disease and beyond. Through science, data, and interagency coordination, our initiatives drive solutions to close critical health gaps and positively transform the health system.
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HHS Initiative on Substance Exposure in the Mother-Infant Dyad
An initiative on understanding the impacts of substance exposure with an integral emphasis on mothers and infants, as a dyad.
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InnovationX
HHS InnovationX forms coalitions and collaborations to tackle "wicked problems" with different stakeholders while leveraging resources from all sectors to accelerate innovation and scale solutions for real-world impact.
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Content last reviewed March 4, 2025