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Dr. Bachrach directs the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The Branch is an extramural research program that provides funding for research and training related to population issues. Topics addressed by the program include family change, marriage and fertility, sexually transmitted disease, migration and immigrant populations, mortality, and social and demographic aspects of health. Dr. Bachrach received her Masters in Sociology (Demography) from Georgetown University in 1974, and her Ph.D. in Population Dynamics from John Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1978. Her scientific interests and publications span the areas of fertility, family formation, marriage and divorce, adoption, sexual behavior, contraceptive practice, and survey methodology. Notable activities at NIH have included oversight of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), co-chairing the 2000 NIH Conference, “Toward Higher Levels of Analysis: Progress and Promise in Research on Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health”, and co-chairing the Social Environment Working Group of the National Children’s Study. She has been Vice-President of the Population Association of America, has chaired the Sociology of Population Section of the American Sociological Association, and serves on the Editorial Board of Journal of Marriage and Family.