Key points
The Office of Science Quality and Library Services (OSQLS) increases the impact of CDC research and science.
What we do
The Office of Science Quality and Library Services (OSQLS) provides strategic oversight, leadership, and guidance for implementing and tracking CDC’s scientific clearance processes and systems and ensures the agency complies with the Information Quality Act. The CDC Library, housed within OSQLS, provides agency access and support to research and literature searches and provides technical assistance and trainings to CDC staff on using research tools and systems.
Our work
There are several functional areas of OSQLS:
- The Science Support Activity increases the impact of CDC science by promoting high standards of scientific quality, relevance, credibility, and utility in the agency through the support of CDC scientists and programs.
- The e-Clearance and Public Access Activity ensures that the best possible science is available to public health departments, partners, and the public through support of the CDC scientific clearance process and support and promotion of public access to CDC science.
Director
Dr. Bao-Ping Zhu is a medical epidemiologist with extensive domestic and international experience in public health. He first joined CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer in 1996. Since then, he has held multiple scientific leadership positions with CDC, state health departments, and other public health organizations.
Resources
Contact
Office email: OADS@cdc.gov
Postal address
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of Science Quality
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Mail Stop D-72
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
FedEx address
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of Science Quality
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Building 21, 8th Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30333