John Haaga has served since May 2016 as Director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Research in the National Institute on Aging. From 2004 to 2015 he was Deputy Director, and from April 2015 Acting Director, of the division. Dr. Haaga also serves as coordinator for the trans-NIH Common Fund Program in Health Economics. He teaches at the University of Maryland, School of Public Policy, and has previously taught at Georgetown University and the Defense Intelligence College. Before joining NIA, he was Director of Domestic Programs and of the NIH-funded Center for Public Information on Population Research at the Population Reference Bureau, a nonprofit research and education organization. He has served as President of the Association of Population Centers and Secretary-Treasurer and elected member of the Board of Directors for the Population Association of America.His PhD in Public Policy was awarded by the RAND Graduate School, and he has a BA (first-class honors) in Modern History from Oxford University and an MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University.

Social neurosciences, Behavioral genetics, Cognitive science