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ËÄ»¢Ó°ÔºOrganization
Begun as a one-room Laboratory of Hygiene in 1887, the ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº (NIH) today is one of the world’s foremost medical research centers. An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, the ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºis the Federal focal point for health research. Read more »
ËÄ»¢Ó°ÔºOffice of the Director
The Office of the Director (OD) is responsible for setting policy for ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºand for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all 27 of NIH's Institutes and Centers. The OD program offices include the , , , The and , among others.
ËÄ»¢Ó°ÔºInstitutes
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- National Library of Medicine (NLM)
ËÄ»¢Ó°ÔºCenters
This page last reviewed on June 14, 2018