ICF to Conduct Mental Health Research Under DHA Contract; EVP Mark Lee Quoted

Consulting and digital services company CIF has won a potential four-and-a-half-year contract from Health Defense Agency to conduct research and operational assistance for mental health research efforts.

Under the $30 million recompetition contract, the ICF team will apply its specialties in psychological health, data analytics, implementation science and Department of Defense activities to embolden the DHA’s Centers of Excellence in Psychological Health, said the Monday the Fairfax, Virginia-based company.

“We are honored to continue this critical work of providing better preparedness, better mental health and better mental health care at a lower cost to ensure DOD is equipped and ready,” he shared. mark leeExecutive Vice President and Public Sector Leader at ICF.

Lee also said the work is intended to directly impact American veterans and their families.

Building on a more than five-year history of working with DHA’s PHCoE, ICF’s investigative efforts will work to strengthen DOD mental health policies, keeping an eye on common threads and recurring conditions, while maintaining relevant summaries. in the database of the Military Health System of potential health. situations

In addition, ICF intends to enable the launch of new research companies throughout the MHS. To do so, they will draw on their arsenal of scientific, technological, and health-focused domain strategies. The contract is implemented with a base period of seven months and four option periods of one year.

The DHA contract comes on the heels of ICF’s May announcement of a series of contract awards from the Environmental Protection Agency, among others. Through these awards, ICF will offer advisory services around climate resilience and decarbonization.