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</header> <div> <div class="node__content clearfix pt-1">     <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content">     <div class="block block-layout-builder block-extra-field-blocknodepagecontent-moderation-control"> <div class="content"> </div> </div>      <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-page-subtitle"> <div class="content">     <h2 class="page-subtitle"> Biographical Sketch of Tara A. Schwetz, Ph.D. </h2>  </div> </div>      <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagebody"> <div class="content">     <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><h3>Director, Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives</h3><p><img style="float:left;max-height:252px;max-width:200px;padding-right:15px;vertical-align:text-top;" src="/sites/default/files/2023-11/tara-schwetz-portrait-200x252.png" alt="Dr. Tara A. Schwetz" width="50%" height="50%">Dr. Tara A. Schwetz was named as the NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, leading the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) in the NIH Office of the Director, effective November 9, 2023. She previously served as NIH Acting Principal Deputy Director from December 2021-November 2023 and NIH Associate Deputy Director from January 2019-December 2021. Dr. Schwetz also served as the Alternate Deputy Ethics Counselor of NIH from January 2019 through November 2023. For much of 2021, Dr. Schwetz was on detail to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy as the Assistant Director for Biomedical Science Initiatives, where she led the efforts to stand up the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).</p><p>Since joining NIH in 2012, Dr. Schwetz has held multiple positions across several Institutes and within the Office of the Director. She has served as the Acting Director and Acting Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), the Chief of the Strategic Planning and Evaluation Branch at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Senior Advisor to the Principal Deputy Director of NIH, the NIH Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Interim Associate Program Director, and a Health Science Policy Analyst at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. 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