About NAHIC

The National Adolescent Health Information Center (NAHIC) was established in 1993 with funding from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is based within the University of California, San Francisco’s Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Institute for Health Policy Studies.

The overall goal of NAHIC is to improve the health of adolescents by serving as a national resource for adolescent health information and research, and to assure the integration, synthesis, coordination and dissemination of adolescent health-related information. Major activities include:

1. Promoting collaborative relationships with MCHB, other federal and state agencies, professional and research organizations, private foundations and advocacy groups;
2. Collecting, analyzing and disseminating information through short-term and long-term analyses of new policies affecting the adolescent population; and
3. Providing technical assistance, consultation and continuing education to states, communities and providers in content areas that emphasize the needs of adolescents.

Throughout its activities, NAHIC emphasizes the needs of special populations who are more adversely affected by the current changes in the social environment of youth and their families.

For more information about NAHIC’s publications, please click here to download a 1-pager. 

Faculty

Charles E. Irwin, Jr., MD

Dr. Irwin is Professor and Vice Chairman of Pediatrics, and Director of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine.

Claire D. Brindis, DrPH

Dr. Brindis is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at UCSF.

Elizabeth M. Ozer, PhD

Elizabeth M. Ozer is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. 

David Knopf, LCSW, MPH

David Knopf is the Special Populations Coordinator for the National Adolescent Health Information Center, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, and Clinical Social Worker with the Children’s Hospital at UCSF.

Staff

M. Jane Park, MPH, Project Coordinator
Tina Paul Mulye, MPH, Project Associate
Michael Berlin, MA, Editorial Assistant
Richard Fallon, MA, Administrator

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NAHIC is honored to be the 2006 recipient of the Society for Adolescent Medicine's Millar Award for Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Health Care. Please click on the picture below to download the Award presentation.

Please be sure to visit our Sister Site, the Policy Center. Resources on the site include papers on Young Adult health, Middle Childhood documents, a Brief listing organizations that track state and federal policies in adolescent health, and many more publications.

We are pleased to announce our partnership with Child Trends. Together we conduct research, create resources and offer assistance to improve the health of young people and their families.