The newly established Division of Mental Health Services and Policy Research, Headed by Susan Essock, Ph.D., is charged with developing public-academic partnerships between researchers in Psychiatry and policy makers at OMH and elsewhere. Conducting such policy-relevant mental health services research is important in its own right as the ultimate end of the translational research enterprise. The new Division was designed in partnership with the State Office of Mental Health and focuses on supporting OMH in achieving its mission for the citizens of New York.