National Institutes of Health

NCI

Research and training aimed to eliminate the suffering and death due to cancer.

1937

NIAID

Research goals include striving to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. The NIAID-funded Influenza Genome Sequencing Project is a collaborative effort designed to increase the genome knowledge base of influenza and help researchers understand how flu viruses evolve, spread and cause disease.^[3]

1948

NIDCR

Provides leadership for a national research program designed to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious and inherited craniofacial-oral-dental diseases and disorders.

1948

NIDDK

Conducts and supports research and provides leadership for a national program in diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases, digestive diseases and nutrition, and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases.

1948

NHLBI

Provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders. Also has administrative responsibility for the NIH Woman's Health Initiative.

1948

NIMH

Understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental illnesses through basic research on the brain and behavior, and through clinical, epidemiological, and services research.

1949

NINDS

Supports and conducts research, both basic and clinical, on the normal and diseased nervous system, fosters the training of investigators in the basic and clinical neurosciences, and seeks better understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders.

1950

NLM

NLM collects, organizes, and makes available biomedical science information to investigators, educators, and practitioners and carries out programs designed to strengthen medical library services in the United States. The NLM established the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) which is a central repository of biological information and includes the PubMed literature database and the gene database GenBank. The NCBI is one of the largest components of the NLM.

1956

NICHD

NICHD researchs fertility, pregnancy, growth, development, and medical rehabilitation for the promotion of all aspects of child health.

1962

NIGMS

NIGMS supports basic biomedical research not targeted to specific diseases, funds studies on genes, proteins, and cells, supports research training programs that produce the next generation of biomedical scientists, has special programs to encourage underrepresented minorities to pursue biomedical research careers.

1962

NEI

Conducts and supports research that helps prevent and treat eye diseases and other disorders of vision.

1968

NIEHS

Research on how environmental exposures, genetic susceptibility, and age interact to affect an individual's health.

1969

NIAAA

NIAAA research is focused on improving the treatment and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.

1970

NIDA

NIDA supports and conducts research on drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy.

1973

NIA

Undertakes research on the biomedical, social, and behavioral aspects of the aging process, prevention of age-related diseases and disabilities, promotion of better quality of life for all older Americans.

1974

NIAMS

NIAMS supports research into causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases.

1986

NINR

NINR supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span.

1986

NIDCD

Conducts and supports biomedical research and research training on normal mechanisms as well as diseases and disorders of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language.

1988

NHGRI

Supports the NIH component of the Human Genome Project. NHGRI's Intramural Research Program develops and implements technology for understanding, diagnosing, and treating genetic diseases.

1989

NIBIB

Promotes fundamental discoveries, design and development, and translation and assessment of technological capabilities in biomedical imaging and bioengineering, enabled by relevant areas of information science, physics, chemistry, mathematics, materials science, and computer sciences.

2000

CSR

The CSR is the focal point at NIH for the conduct of initial peer review of grant and fellowship applications, implements ways to conduct referral and review.

1946

CC

The clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health; provides patient care, services, and environment needed to initiate and support conduct of and training in clinical research.

1953

CIT; formerly DCRT, OIRM, TCB

The CIT incorporates computers into the biomedical programs and administrative procedures of the NIH by conducting computational biosciences research, developing computer systems, and providing computer facilities.

1964

NCRR

Research projects and shared resources in biomedical technology, clinical research, comparative medicine, and research infrastructure.

1962

FIC

Promotes and supports scientific research and training internationally to reduce disparities in global health.

1968

RPC

Offers quality assurance to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that all participating institutions in NCI sponsored cooperative groups are following the guidelines for the physics-related aspects of their protocols.

1968

QARC

Provides radiotherapy quality assurance and diagnostic imaging data management for all of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored cooperative groups. It also contracts privately with the pharmaceutical industry for its services in clinical trials involving anti-cancer drugs.

1977

NCBI

Established as a national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI creates public databases, conducts research in computational biology, develops software tools for analyzing genome data, and disseminates biomedical information - all for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease.

1988

NCCAM

Exploring complementary and alternative medical practices in the context of rigorous science, training researchers, disseminating authoritative information.

1992

NCMHD

NCMHD leads, coordinates, supports, and assesses the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities in minority groups; conduct and support basic, clinical, social, and behavioral research, reach out to minority and other health disparity communities.

1993

BRC

Provides genomic, proteomic, biochemical, and microbiological data from a wide range of emerging/re-emerging pathogens (NIAID Category A, B, and C). Contains eight sub-centers (the BRCs) each dedicated to a different group of pathogens. Data are presented in a database format accessible by Web interfaces, together with tools for analysis.

2004

Office of Extramural Research

OER

provides guidance to institutes in research and training programs conducted through extramural (grant, contract, cooperative agreement) programs

Office of Intramural Research

OIR

coordinates research conducted directly by NIH personnel through intramural programs

Office of Management

OM

responsibe for management and financial functions of the NIH

Office of Administration

OA

advises the NIH Director and staff on administration and management; develops and implements policies, and provides oversight in the areas of information resources management, management assessment, grant administration and contract management, procurement, and logistics

Office of AIDS Research

OAR

formulates scientific policy for, and recommends allocation of research resources for AIDS research at NIH

Office of Biotechnology Activities

OBA

"monitors scientific progress in human genetics research in order to anticipate future developments, including ethical, legal, and social concerns, in basic and clinical research involving Recombinant DNA, Genetic Technologies, and Xenotransplantation"^[5]

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

OBSSR

advises the NIH Director and other key officials on matters relating to research on the role of human behavior in the development of health, prevention of disease, and therapeutic intervention

Office of Communications and Public Liaison

OCPL

advises the Director and communicates information about NIH policies, programs, and research results to the general public

Office of Community Liaison

OCL

advises the Director, plans, directs and oversees activities to promote collaboration between NIH and its community, and ensures effective communication on policy and programs involving the community

Office of Disease Prevention

ODP

coordinates NIH activities regarding the application of research to disease prevention, nutrition and medical practice

Office of Intramural Training and Education

OITE

provides a comprehensive guide to postdoctoral training opportunities available at the NIH

Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management

OEODM

advises the Director and NIH staff on matters related to equal employment opportunity programs and policies

Office of Financial Management

OFM

advises the NIH Director and staff and provides leadership and direction for NIH financial management activities; develops policies and instructions for budget preparation and presentation and administers allocation of funds and manages a system of fund and budgetary controls

Office of Human Resources

OHR

advises the NIH Director and staff on human resource management; directs central human resource management services; and provides NIH leadership and planning on human resource program development

Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives

OPASI

provides the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its constituent Institutes and Centers (ICs) with the methods and information necessary to manage their large and complex scientific portfolios, identifies – in concert with multiple other inputs – important areas of emerging scientific opportunities or rising public health challenges, and assists in the acceleration of investments in these areas, focusing on those involving multiple ICs

Office of Research on Women's Health

ORWH

serves as a focal point for women's health research at the NIH. The ORWH promotes, stimulates, and supports efforts to improve the health of women through biomedical and behavioral research. ORWH works in partnership with the NIH institutes and centers to ensure that women's health research is part of the scientific framework at NIH and throughout the scientific community

OSE

coordinates science education activities at the NIH and develops and sponsors science education projects in house. These programs serve elementary, secondary, and college students and teachers and the public. Free curriculum supplements developed in collaboration with curriculum writers, NIH divisions, and NIH scientists are available online and in hard copy at Curriculum Supplements. The OSE has also developed an interactive health and medical science career exploration web site for middle school and high school students called LifeWorks. Other educational resources from throughout the NIH are found on the OSE main page.