About NIH / en Tue, 29 Apr 25 12:40:02 -0400 Get Involved at NIH /about-nih/get-involved-nih <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Get Involved at NIH</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardsonm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-04-29T12:40:02-04:00" title="Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 12:40" class="datetime">Tue, 04/29/2025 - 12:40</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="usa-intro">NIH encourages and depends on public involvement in federally supported research and activities. NIH’s wide-ranging public efforts include outreach and education, nationwide events, requests for public input on NIH projects, and special programs designed specifically to involve public representatives in clinical research.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>Public Involvement with NIH</h2> <p>NIH engages in a wide range of outreach efforts, including nationwide events, requests for public input on NIH projects, and special programs designed specifically to involve public representatives in the clinical research enterprise.</p> <p class="large-text"><strong>Community Liaison Opportunities</strong></p> <p><a href="https://nihd10dev.prod.acquia-sites.com/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/office-communications-public-liaison/office-community-liaison">The Office of Community Liaison</a> has a long standing partnership with the Bethesda/Chevy Chase community, and is dedicated to serving the interests and well-being of the NIH neighborhood and its neighbors.</p> <p class="large-text">Volunteer</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.cc.nih.gov/volunteers/opportunities" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">NIH Clinical Center: Volunteer Opportunities</a></strong><br> Volunteer Training, FAQs, Contact Us</li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/volunteer.html" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">NLM History of Medicine Volunteer Program</a></strong><br> Volunteer Training, FAQs, Contact Us</li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/about/volunteer.html" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Volunteering Throughout the Federal Government</a></strong><br> Find opportunities throughout the federal government on <a href="https://www.usa.gov/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">USA.gov</a> — Type "volunteering" into the search box.</li> </ul> <p class="large-text">Clinical Studies</p> <p>Clinical studies are medical research studies in which people participate as volunteers. Clinical research studies (sometimes called trials or protocols) are a means of developing new treatments and medications for diseases and conditions.</p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://nihd10dev.prod.acquia-sites.com/health-information/nih-clinical-research-trials-you">Clinical Research Trials and You</a></strong><br> Learn about clinical trials, how to participate, and how clinical research helps NIH advance science and improve health.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.cc.nih.gov/participate" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Clinical studies conducted at NIH</a></strong><br> Participate in clinical studies at the NIH Clinical Center.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Nationwide clinical trials</a></strong><br> Easy access to information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies on a wide range of diseases and conditions.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.cancer.gov/about-nci/organization/oar" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Office of Advocacy Relations</a></strong><br> The 鶹Ƶ Cancer Institute's Office of Advocacy Relations works serves as a conduit between NCI and the cancer advocacy community.</li> </ul> <p class="large-text">Healthy Volunteers</p> <p>Healthy volunteers provide researchers with important information for comparison with people who have specific illnesses. Every year, nearly 3,500 healthy volunteers participate in studies at NIH. <a href="https://www.cc.nih.gov/participate/studies#inform" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Learn how to become a healthy volunteer at NIH</a>.</p> <p class="large-text">NIH Office of Science Education</p> <p>Explore the <a href="https://science.education.nih.gov/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Office of Science Education's</a> resources for the public.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>NIH Outreach and Education</h2> <p class="large-text">NIH Communications</p> <p>There are communication offices at each of our 27 Institutes and Centers. The <a href="https://nihd10dev.prod.acquia-sites.com/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/office-communications-public-liaison">Office of Communications & Public Liaison</a> (OCPL) in the Office of the Director speaks for NIH as a whole.</p> <p>NIH communication offices provide information on NIH programs and activities to the public, scientific community, medical profession, and the media.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://nihd10dev.prod.acquia-sites.com/news-events/news-releases">NIH News</a> — current press releases</li> <li><a href="https://nihd10dev.prod.acquia-sites.com/news-events/nih-research-matters"><em>NIH Research Matters</em></a> — weekly research news</li> <li><a href="https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)"><em>NIH News in Health</em></a> — monthly consumer health newsletter</li> <li><a href="https://calendar.nih.gov/"><em>NIH Calendar of Events</em></a> — scientific meetings</li> <li><a href="https://nihd10dev.prod.acquia-sites.com/about-nih/selected-nih-education-awareness-campaigns">Selected NIH Education and Awareness Campaigns</a></li> <li><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)"><em>NIH Record</em></a> — employee newsletter</li> <li><a href="https://nihd10dev.prod.acquia-sites.com/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/office-communications-public-liaison/freedom-information-act-office">Freedom of Information Act Office (FOIA)</a></li> <li><a href="https://nihd10dev.prod.acquia-sites.com/about-nih/visitor-information/nih-visitor-center-nobel-laureate-exhibit-hall">Visitor tours</a></li> </ul> <p class="large-text">Scientific Research and Training Opportunities</p> <p>The NIH sponsors <a href="https://www.training.nih.gov/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">programs for students</a> in</p> <ul> <li>high school;</li> <li>college/university;</li> <li>graduate school and medical/dental school;</li> </ul> <p>as well as researchers doing postbaccalaureate work. See also the <a href="https://w.faes.org/home-new" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES)</a>, a non-profit organization sponsoring continuing medical education for physicians.</p> <p class="large-text"><a name="education"></a>Science Education for All Ages</p> <p>Our STEM Teaching Resources site offers free STEM education materials (grades pre-K through 12) created by the institutes and centers within the 鶹Ƶ (NIH) and recipients of the NIH <a href="https://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/DRCB/sepa/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)</a> program.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>Small Business Opportunities</h2> <p>If you're a small business interested in contracting at NIH, please start by reading the information provided by our parent Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services.</p> <p><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/asfr/ogapa/osdbu/index.html" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">The HHS Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization</a> is fully dedicated to supporting every small business entity (which includes minority, women-owned, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned and HUBZone companies), in their pursuit of health-related contracts.</p> <p>Visit <a href="https://seed.nih.gov/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Research Opportunities for Small Businesses (SBIR/STTR)</a> to learn about NIH, CDC, and FDA research funding opportunities for qualified United States small businesses to engage in Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) that has the potential for commercialization.</p> <p>Check out the OSDBU Calendar of Events for <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/grants-contracts/small-business-support/events-calendar/index.html" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Conferences, Workshops, Seminars and Expos</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--blue"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">Additional Resources</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <ul> <li><a href="/about-nih/national-institutes-hope-help-us-help-you">鶹Ƶ Institutes of Hope: Help Us Help You</a><br> No matter who you are, NIH needs your help. Here are just a few of the many things you can do to advance our mission of hope.</li> <li><a href="https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/thro">Tribal Guidance</a><br> Tribal consultation policy, points of contact, and advisory committee charter.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--blue"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">Related Links</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p><a href="https://fnih.org/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">NIH Foundation</a> — identifies and develops opportunities for innovative public-private partnerships involving industry, academia, and the philanthropic community</p> <p><a href="https://childrensinn.org/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">The Children's Inn at NIH</a> — a private, non-profit, family-centered residence for pediatric outpatients at the NIH and for their families</p> <p><a href="https://www.friendsatnih.org/" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Friends of Patients at the NIH</a> — a non-profit, charitable organization that provides emergency financial assistance to NIH patients and their families</p> <p><a href="http://www.hhs.gov/grants-contracts/small-business-support/events-calendar/index.html" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Conferences, Workshops, Seminars and Expos</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/grants-contracts/contracts/get-ready-to-do-business/index.html" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Doing Business with the Department of Health and Human Services</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/grants-contracts/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/index.html" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Contracting Information</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/grants-contracts/small-business-support/index.html" target="_blank" title="(opens in a new window)">Policies</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:40:02 +0000 richardsonm 18331 at Selected NIH Education and Awareness Campaigns /about-nih/selected-nih-education-awareness-campaigns <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Selected NIH Education and Awareness Campaigns</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-03-05T16:13:13-05:00" title="Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - 16:13" class="datetime">Wed, 03/05/2025 - 16:13</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <h2>Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/office-communications-public-liaison/clear-communication" title="Clear Communication"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/school-children-group.jpg?itok=HhW1Kots" width="200" height="auto" alt="A group of elementary school children smiling." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Clear Communication</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Offers materials and resources for professionals to use in reaching individuals with literacy challenges or individuals with disabilities and disorders that serve to create obstacles to communication.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>鶹Ƶ Cancer Institute (NCI)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.cancer.gov/research/participate/clinical-trials" title="Clinical Trials Publications"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/female-doctor-comforting-female-patient-thumbnail.jpg?itok=5DBt62KR" width="200" height="auto" alt="A female doctor comforts a female patient." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Clinical Trials Publications</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">A website and other resources to help educate people about clinical trials.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>鶹Ƶ Eye Institute (NEI)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.nei.nih.gov/learn-about-eye-health/outreach-resources/national-eye-health-education-program" title="鶹Ƶ Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP)"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/nehep-logo-square.jpg?itok=Cz8mKYq6" width="200" height="auto" alt="NEHEP logo" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">鶹Ƶ Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP)</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Public and professional education campaign focused on early detection and timely treatment of glaucoma and diabetic eye disease and appropriate treatment for low vision.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>鶹Ƶ Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/BreatheBetter" title="Learn More Breathe Better℠"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/lmbb-logo_0.jpg?itok=WVgv4JAE" width="200" height="auto" alt="Breathe Better Network logo" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Learn More Breathe Better℠</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">A national education program that raises awareness about lung diseases and conditions and coordinates the Breathe Better Network. </p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/education-and-awareness/heart-truth" title="The Heart Truth®"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/heart-truth-logo-square.jpg?itok=TsCt3NDm" width="200" height="auto" alt="Heart Truth logo" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">The Heart Truth®</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">A national health education program that raises awareness about heart disease prevention among the general public and higher risk populations such as women and racial/ethnic minorities.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/" title="We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition)®"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/we-can-logo-square.jpg?itok=eKDWsySp" width="200" height="auto" alt="We Can! logo" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition)®</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">A national public education outreach program, focusing on parents, youths and families in home and community settings, designed to help children 8–13 years old maintain a healthy weight through three behavioral objectives: eating right, moving more and reducing screen time.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>鶹Ƶ Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.genome.gov/health/Family-Health-History" title="Family History Initiative"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/family-history-initiative-square.jpg?itok=4WySyu3u" width="200" height="auto" alt="Family History Initiative" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Family History Initiative</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Web-based tool from NHGRI and the U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative that helps families create a family health history.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.genome.gov/dna-day" title="鶹Ƶ DNA Day"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/dna-day-logo-square.jpg?itok=SuGGpBUc" width="200" height="auto" alt="DNA Day logo" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">鶹Ƶ DNA Day</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Unique day when students, teachers and the public can learn more about genetics and genomics.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>鶹Ƶ Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/underage-drinking-research-initiative" title="Underage Drinking Research Initiative"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/youth-silhouettes.jpg?itok=d-8ciErS" width="200" height="auto" alt="Youth silhouettes" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Underage Drinking Research Initiative</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Campaign that addresses variables that influence the progression to harmful use and abuse of alcohol among children and adolescents. Designed to intensify research, evaluation, and outreach efforts regarding underage drinking.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/" title="College Drinking: Changing the Culture"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/college-drinking-square.jpg?itok=outCLzl0" width="200" height="auto" alt="College drinking" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">College Drinking: Changing the Culture</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Multifaceted education initiative that provides comprehensive research-based information on alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students, including specific recommendations and tools for college presidents, parents of college and high school students, high school administrators, and students themselves.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov/" title="Rethinking Drinking"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/rethinking-drinking-square.jpg?itok=WSYX9Cjw" width="200" height="auto" alt="Rethinking Drinking" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Rethinking Drinking</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">The Rethinking Drinking initiative includes an interactive Web site and companion booklet that provide evidence-based information about risky drinking patterns in U.S. adults, along with support for cutting back or quitting.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2> 鶹Ƶ Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.niams.nih.gov/community-outreach-initiative" title="Educational Health Resources for Your Community"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/niams-outreach.png?itok=3qnIpBc8" width="200" height="auto" alt="Educational Health Resources for Your Community" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Educational Health Resources for Your Community</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Free resources such as flyers, newsletters and social media tools to help educate patients and community members about bone, joint, muscle, and skin health.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics" title="NIAMS Health Topics A–Z"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/niams-a-z.jpg?itok=WAEL7-ik" width="200" height="auto" alt="NIMAS Health Topics A–Z" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">NIAMS Health Topics A–Z</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Mobile-friendly health topics related to bones, joints, muscles, and skin. For each health topic, you’ll find a “Basics” version, which provides essential facts, and an “In-Depth” version, which provides more details.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>Eunice Kennedy Shriver 鶹Ƶ Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov/" title="Safe to Sleep"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/safe-to-sleep-square.jpg?itok=qkiM0r3E" width="200" height="auto" alt="Safe to Sleep" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Safe to Sleep</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Formerly the Back to Sleep campaign, Safe to Sleep promotes ways of reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related causes of infant death to parents, family members, child care providers, health care providers, and other caregivers.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.nichd.nih.gov/ncmhep" title="鶹Ƶ Child and Maternal Health Education Program (NCMHEP)"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/child-maternal-health-square.jpg?itok=XooWiJ_F" width="200" height="auto" alt="鶹Ƶ Child and Maternal Health Education Program" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">鶹Ƶ Child and Maternal Health Education Program (NCMHEP)</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">NCMHEP provides a forum for reviewing, translating, and disseminating new research concerning maternal and child health through a national coalition of federal agencies and prominent provider organizations, patient groups, and other partners. Late preterm birth is one focus area.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>鶹Ƶ Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/" title="It’s a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing.® (Noisy Planet)"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/its-a-noisy-planet-square.jpg?itok=Ma-98cos" width="200" height="auto" alt="It's a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">It’s a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing.® (Noisy Planet)</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Noisy Planet is a public education campaign aimed at preteens, parents, and educators to increase awareness of the causes and prevention of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). The Noisy Planet website features science-based information on NIHL, including an e-newsletter, quizzes, and interactive games for preteens, videos, and other instructional content for the classroom and for social media.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>鶹Ƶ Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health-info/developmental-disabilities" title="Developmental Disabilities and Oral Health"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/developmental-disabilities-mental-health-square.jpg?itok=xtVHfXaH" width="200" height="auto" alt="Developmental Disabilities and Oral Health" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Developmental Disabilities and Oral Health</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Provides dental professionals in the community with basic information needed to deliver quality oral health care to people with special needs, including individuals with physical, mental, and behavioral challenges.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health-info/cancer-treatments" title="Cancer Treatment and Oral Health"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/dentist-with-patient-square.jpg?itok=4o2SlB0e" width="200" height="auto" alt="Dentist with patient" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Cancer Treatment and Oral Health</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">The publication series "Oral Health, Cancer Care, and You" informs health care providers and patients about steps they can take before, during and after cancer treatment to reduce the risk and impact of these often painful side effects. The series includes materials for oncologists, dentists, and patients.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health-info/oral-cancer" title="Oral Cancer: What African American Men Need to Know"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/oral-cancer-african-american-men-square.jpg?itok=_S9sNMdu" width="200" height="auto" alt="Oral Cancer: What African American Men Need to Know" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Oral Cancer: What African American Men Need to Know</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">This educational campaign provides African American men with information about oral cancer and the importance of detecting the disease early. Campaign materials include a brochure, fact sheet, posters, video, radio PSAs, and widgets.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2> 鶹Ƶ Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/national-drug-alcohol-facts-week" title="鶹Ƶ Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW)"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/national-drug-facts-week-square.jpg?itok=uDPiak1F" width="200" height="auto" alt="鶹Ƶ Drug Facts Week" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">鶹Ƶ Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW)</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">  鶹Ƶ Drug and Alcohol Facts Week<sup>® </sup>(NDAFW) is an annual event focused on the science of drug use and addiction that educates and empowers youth to make informed decisions about substance use and their health.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>鶹Ƶ Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/stroke" title="Know Stroke: Know the Signs. Act in Time."> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/know-stroke-square.jpg?itok=k1ZiGFpj" width="200" height="auto" alt="Know Stroke: Know the Signs. Act in Time." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Know Stroke: Know the Signs. Act in Time.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Public education and outreach campaign about the symptoms of stroke and the importance of getting to the hospital quickly.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.mindyourrisks.nih.gov/" title="Mind Your Risks"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/stroke-risks.jpg?itok=MP6X8fY7" width="200" height="auto" alt="Know Your Risks" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Mind Your Risks</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Scientists are working hard to learn more about this connection. In the meantime, don’t take unnecessary risks. Keep your blood pressure under control.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/public-education/migraine-trainer-app" title="Migraine Trainer™"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/migrain-trainer.jpg?itok=ZlZ_WQlH" width="200" height="auto" alt="Migrain Trainer" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Migraine Trainer™</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Migraine Trainer is an app that allows teens to take control of their migraines, by keeping track of what brought a migraine on, and what helped them get through it.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>鶹Ƶ Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/know-science" title="Know the Science"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/general-ktd.jpg?itok=84Z6tJG9" width="200" height="auto" alt="Know the Science" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Know the Science</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Know the Science provides tools to help you better understand complex scientific topics that relate to health research so that you can be discerning about what you hear and read and make well-informed decisions about your health.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:13:13 +0000 richardb 15301 at NIH Leadership /about-nih/organization/nih-leadership <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH Leadership</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-02-21T15:02:42-05:00" title="Friday, February 21, 2025 - 15:02" class="datetime">Fri, 02/21/2025 - 15:02</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-grid paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="grid-row grid-gap"> <div class="usa-width-two-thirds paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-column paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The <a href="/institutes-nih/nih-office-director">Office of the Director</a> is the central office at NIH, responsible for setting policy for NIH and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all NIH components. The <a href="/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director">NIH Director</a>, with a unique and critical perspective on the entire agency, is responsible for providing leadership to the Institutes and for constantly identifying needs and opportunities, especially for efforts that involve multiple Institutes. The NIH Director is assisted by <a href="/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/deputy-directors">NIH Deputy Directors</a> including the Principal Deputy Director, who shares in the overall direction of the agency's activities.</p> <h2>The NIH Director</h2> <article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-float-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-04/jay-bhattacharya.jpg?itok=BZ2mWV26 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-04/jay-bhattacharya.jpg?itok=76dxvzlc 571w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 325px, (min-width: 640px) 50vw, 100vw" width="571" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-04/jay-bhattacharya.jpg?itok=76dxvzlc" alt="Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D."> </div> </div> </article> <p>Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D. is the 18<sup>th</sup> director of the 鶹Ƶ. President Trump nominated Dr. Bhattacharya for the position on November 26, 2024, the U.S. Senate confirmed him on March 25, 2025, and he took office on April 1, 2025. A health economist and longtime NIH grantee, he previously served as a professor at Stanford University’s School of Medicine and Department of Economics. <a href="/about-nih/nih-director">Read Dr. Bhattacharya’s bio sketch.</a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>Deputy Directors</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/leadership/nih-directors/matthew-j-memoli-md-ms" title="Matthew J. Memoli, M.D, M.S."> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/matthew-memoli-thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=xuQWa9xM" width="200" height="auto" alt="Matthew J. Memoli, M.D., M.S." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Matthew J. Memoli, M.D, M.S.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Principal Deputy Director</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/nina-f-schor-md-phd" title="Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D."> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/nina-schor.jpg?itok=I8Lvlefs" width="200" height="auto" alt="Dr. Nina Schor" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Nina F. Schor, M.D., Ph.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Deputy Director for Intramural Research</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/jon-r-lorsch-phd" title="Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D."> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-04/jon-lorsch-portrait-thumb_0.jpg?itok=RPk0eJf6" width="200" height="auto" alt="Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Acting Deputy Director for Extramural Research</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/alfred-c-johnson" title="Alfred C. Johnson, Ph.D."> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/alfred-johnson.jpg?itok=M09yI7Zy" width="200" height="auto" alt="Dr. Alfred Johnson" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Alfred C. Johnson, Ph.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Deputy Director for Management</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <a class="thumbnail-teaser__link link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/directorbio" title="Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D."> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-06/nk-thumbnail_1.jpg?itok=9hP33EgK" width="200" height="auto" alt="Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Acting NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>Associate Directors</h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--thumbnail-teaser-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <ul class="thumbnail-teaser-list"> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/janine-clayton.jpg?itok=UcSBPfy5" width="200" height="auto" alt="Janine A. Clayton, M.D." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Janine A. Clayton, M.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Research on Women's Health</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/geri-donenberg.jpg?itok=7weHZw18" width="200" height="auto" alt="Geri Donenberg" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Geri R. Donenberg, Ph.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for AIDS Research</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/susan-gregurick.jpg?itok=QLEKDYKS" width="200" height="auto" alt="Susan K. Gregurick, Ph.D." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Susan K. Gregurick, Ph.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Data Science</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/lyric-lyric.jpg?itok=r39OrIMR" width="200" height="auto" alt="Dr. Lyric Jorgenson" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Lyric A. Jorgenson, Ph.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Science Policy</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/IMG_9422.jpg?itok=J0kvrdzL" width="200" height="auto" alt="Katherine Klimczak" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Katherine Klimczak</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Legislative Policy and Analysis</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/colleen-mcgowan.jpg?itok=4yW9S0D2" width="200" height="auto" alt="Colleen A. McGowan" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Colleen A. McGowan</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Research Services</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-03/sean-mooney.jpg?itok=j2XrX8i9" width="200" height="auto" alt="Sean Mooney " class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Sean Mooney, Ph.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Information Technology, Cyberinfrastructure and Cybersecurity</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/david-murray.jpg?itok=vNFu1EuM" width="200" height="auto" alt="David M. Murray, Ph.D." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">David M. Murray, Ph.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Disease Prevention</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/renate-myles.jpg?itok=ZLY66jy2" width="200" height="auto" alt="Renate H. Myles, M.B.A." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Renate H. Myles, M.B.A.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Communications and Public Liaison</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/kathleen-neuzil.jpg?itok=hT1daPSD" width="200" height="auto" alt="Kathleen M. Neuzil, M.D." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Kathleen M. Neuzil, M.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for International Research</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/phillip-osborne.jpg?itok=JFmGlbBs" width="200" height="auto" alt="Phillip D. Osborne" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Phillip D. Osborne</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Acting Associate Director for Administration</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/neil-shapiro.jpg?itok=4LGk5EtU" width="200" height="auto" alt="Neil K. Shapiro, J.D., M.B.A." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Neil K. Shapiro, J.D., M.B.A.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Budget</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/jane-simoni.jpg?itok=mRJIqDo_" width="200" height="auto" alt="Jane M. Simoni, Ph.D." class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Jane M. Simoni, Ph.D.</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research</p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="thumbnail-teaser thumbnail-teaser--1col"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__link"> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__img"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-02/daniel-wheeland.jpg?itok=mAIg0khO" width="200" height="auto" alt="Daniel G. Wheeland" class="image-style-thumbnail-large"/> </div> <div class="thumbnail-teaser__body"> <h3 class="thumbnail-teaser__heading">Daniel G. Wheeland</h3> <p class="thumbnail-teaser__description">Associate Director for Research Facilities</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>Institute and Center Directors</h2> <p>Each <a href="/institutes-nih/directors-nih-institutes-centers">NIH Institute and Center has its own director</a> to lead the pursuit of the research mission specific to the Institute.</p> <h2><a name="role"></a>The Role of the NIH Director</h2> <p>The NIH Director plays an active role in shaping the agency's activities and outlook. With a unique and critical perspective on the whole of the NIH, the Director is responsible for providing leadership to the Institutes and for constantly identifying needs and opportunities, especially for efforts that involve multiple Institutes.</p> <p>The Director stays in touch with each Institute's priorities and accomplishments through:</p> <ul> <li>regular senior staff meetings,</li> <li>discussions with scientific interest groups, and</li> <li>briefing sessions with Institute directors.</li> </ul> <p>The Director also seeks advice from the <a href="https://acd.od.nih.gov/">Advisory Committee to the Director</a>, <a href="https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/council/index">Council of Councils</a>, <a href="https://smrb.od.nih.gov/">Scientific Management Review Board</a>, and the <a href="https://ccrhb.od.nih.gov/">Clinical Center Research Hospital Board</a>. These are federal advisory committees comprised of members who are independent of NIH and have the required expertise to advise the NIH Director on major decisions on plans and policies affecting the NIH.  The Director also receives advice through discussions with the Administration, usually through the <a href="http://www.hhs.gov/" target="_blank">Department of Health and Human Services</a> (HHS), and with the Congress.</p> <p>The NIH Director is responsible for advising the President on his <a href="/about-nih/nih-director/congressional-testimonies">annual budget request</a> to Congress on the basis of extensive discussions with the Institute Directors.</p> <p>The position of the NIH Director became presidentially appointed with the passage of the 鶹Ƶ Cancer Act of 1971 and Senate confirmed with the 鶹Ƶ Cancer Act Amendments of 1974.  Prior to 1971, <a href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/leadership/nih-directors">all NIH Directors</a> were appointed by the Surgeon General, with the exception of Robert Q. Marston, who was appointed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.</p> <h2>Related Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/research-training/allofus-research-program"><strong><em>All of Us </em></strong></a><strong><a href="/research-training/allofus-research-program">Research Program Office</a> </strong>—<strong> </strong>Leads a nationwide research effort to gather data from one million or more volunteers over time, with the ultimate goal of improving health through more precise preventive care and medical treatment.</li> <li><a href="https://datascience.nih.gov"><strong>Data Science</strong></a> — An NIH-wide priority initiative to take better advantage of the exponential growth of biomedical research datasets, which is an area of critical importance to biomedical research. NIH will engage with partners both within NIH and in academia, industry, non-profits, or other government Agencies, to coordinate access to and analysis of many different data types (Big Data) that make up this revolution in biological information.</li> <li><strong><a href="http://dpcpsi.nih.gov/">Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives</a></strong> — Identifies emerging scientific opportunities, rising public health challenges, and scientific knowledge gaps that merit further research. Plans and implements trans-NIH initiatives supported by the Common Fund and coordinates research related to AIDS, behavioral and social sciences, women's health, and disease prevention.</li> <li> <p><strong><a href="/research-training/medical-research-initiatives/environmental-influences-child-health-outcomes-echo-program">Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program</a></strong> —  Leads a nationwide initiative to answer crucial questions about the effects of a broad range of early environmental exposures on child health and development combining longitudinal data from new and existing clinical research studies. Includes more than 50,000 children from racially, ethnically, geographically and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds.</p> </li> <li><a href="https://odeo.od.nih.gov/"><strong>Executive Office</strong></a> — The Executive Office leads the NIH Office of the Director (OD) in a wide array of administrative and business operations.</li> <li><strong><a href="https://execsec.od.nih.gov">Executive Secretariat</a></strong> — Manages the flow of information to and from, and the storage and retrieval of records</li> <li><a href="https://ocio.nih.gov"><strong>Office of the Chief Information Officer</strong></a> — Provides IT Strategic Planning to NIH Leadership Offices and Institute and Center Directors and serves in a leadership role in IT governance at NIH. Responsible for coordinating NIH IT with other HHS Operating Divisions and with other Federal Agencies.</li> <li><a href="/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/office-communications-public-liaison"><strong>Office of Communications and Public Liaison</strong></a> — Responsible for communicating information on NIH programs and activities to the public, the media, the scientific and medical communities, and public advocacy groups.</li> <li><a href="https://ocr.od.nih.gov/"><strong>The Office of Clinical Research</strong></a> — Develops clinical research training programs and collaborative funding opportunities, provides scientific review of all clinical protocols in the NIH intramural program, and facilitates partnerships between NIH and academic medical centers.</li> <li><a href="https://ethics.od.nih.gov"><strong>NIH Ethics Office</strong></a> — Responsible for assisting NIH staff with the requirements, statutes, and regulations governing behavior of employees of the Federal Government.</li> <li><strong><a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm">Office of Extramural Research</a></strong> — Provides the corporate framework for NIH research administration, ensuring scientific integrity, public accountability, and effective stewardship of the NIH extramural research portfolio.</li> <li><a href="http://irp.nih.gov"><strong>Office of Intramural Research</strong></a> — Responsible for oversight and coordination of intramural research, training, and technology transfer conducted within the laboratories and clinics of the 鶹Ƶ (NIH).</li> <li><a href="https://om.od.nih.gov"><strong>Office of Management</strong></a> — Responsible for NIH-wide administration and management.</li> <li><a href="/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/olpa"><strong>Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis</strong></a> — Serves as the principle legislative office for the NIH Director and other senior NIH staff.</li> <li><a href="https://ombudsman.nih.gov"><strong>Office of the Ombudsman / Center for Cooperative Resolution</strong></a> — provides informal assistance to members of the NIH community in addressing lab and work-related issues.</li> <li><a href="http://osp.od.nih.gov/"><strong>Office of Science Policy</strong></a> — Advises and supports the Director of the 鶹Ƶ (NIH) on science policy issues affecting the medical research community, the NIH, and the public.</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="usa-width-one-third paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-column paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gray callout--no-border"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">Public Health Impact of NIH Research</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p>NIH is the leading supporter of biomedical research in the world.</p> <p>This research has had a major positive impact on nearly all of our lives by improving human <a href="/about-nih/impact-nih-research/improving-health">health</a>, serving <a href="/about-nih/impact-nih-research/serving-society">society</a>, and revolutionizing <a href="/about-nih/impact-nih-research/revolutionizing-science">science</a>.</p> <p><a class="usa-button" href="/about-nih/what-we-do/impact-nih-research" title="Read more about the public health impact of NIH research">Read more</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gray callout--no-border"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">NIH BRAIN Initiative</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p>With nearly 100 billion neurons and 100 trillion connections, the human brain remains one of the greatest mysteries in science and one of the greatest challenges in medicine.</p> <p>The NIH <strong>B</strong>rain <strong>R</strong>esearch through <strong>A</strong>dvancing <strong>I</strong>nnovative <strong>N</strong>eurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is part of a new Presidential focus aimed at revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain by producing a revolutionary new dynamic picture of the brain that, for the first time, shows how individual cells and complex neural circuits interact in both time and space.</p> <p><a class="usa-button" href="http://www.braininitiative.nih.gov/" title="Read more about the NIH BRAIN Initiative">Read more</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gray callout--no-border"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">Cancer Moonshot</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p>The Cancer Moonshot to accelerate cancer research aims to make more therapies available to more patients, while also improving our ability to prevent cancer and detect it at an early stage.</p> <p><a class="usa-button" href="https://www.cancer.gov/research/key-initiatives/moonshot-cancer-initiative" title="Read more about the Cancer Moonshot">Read more</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gray callout--no-border"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">All of Us Research Program</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p>The All of Us Research Program is a historic effort to gather data from one million or more people living in the United States to accelerate research and improve health.</p> <p><a class="usa-button" href="https://allofus.nih.gov/" title="Read more about the Cancer Moonshot">Read more</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:02:42 +0000 richardb 9901 at NIH-Wide Strategic Plan — Fiscal Years 2016–2020 /about-nih/nih-wide-strategic-plan-fy-2016-2020 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH-Wide Strategic Plan — Fiscal Years 2016–2020</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-01-17T16:08:54-05:00" title="Friday, January 17, 2025 - 16:08" class="datetime">Fri, 01/17/2025 - 16:08</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>About the Strategic Plan</h2></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default margin-bottom-3"> <div class="media--bordered float-right"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/strategic-plan-fy2016-2020.pdf" class="link--no-tag link--zoom-in"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-cover-square.jpg?itok=rD96nJ7h 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-cover-square.jpg?itok=lHy6E1nd 700w" sizes="100vw" width="700" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-cover-square.jpg?itok=lXAvvxUo" alt="NIH-Wide Strategic Plan cover page"/> </div> </div> </article> </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In order to advance its mission and fulfill a request from Congress, NIH developed the <em><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/strategic-plan-fy2016-2020.pdf">NIH-Wide Strategic Plan, Fiscal Years 2016–2020: Turning Discovery Into Health</a></em>. This plan outlines a vision for biomedical research to capitalize on new opportunities for scientific exploration and address new challenges for human health. Developed with input from hundreds of stakeholders and scientific advisers, and in collaboration with leadership and staff of NIH’s Institutes, Centers, and Offices, the plan is designed to complement the <a href="http://www.report.nih.gov/strategicplans/index.aspx">ICOs’ individual strategic plans</a>, which are aligned with their congressionally mandated missions.</p> <h2><a name="planning"></a>Planning</h2> <p>In 2015, NIH created a working group to develop a framework outlining the direction of the <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/strategic-plan-fy2016-2020.pdf">NIH-Wide Strategic Plan</a>. This working group, which was composed of representatives from NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices within the Office of the Director, was led by NIH Principal Deputy Director Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D. To gather feedback from the community on the direction of the plan, the working group coordinated numerous outreach activities:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/nih-strategic-plan-webinar-2015.pdf">Three webinars</a> were held in August 2015 and drew nearly 750 participants.</li> <li><a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-15-118.html">A Request for Information (RFI) on a framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan</a> solicited over 450 responses. NIH conducted an analysis of the input on the RFI and published a <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/nih-strategic-plan-rfi-comments-suggestions-framework.pdf">report</a>.</li> <li>Discussions with more than 20 鶹Ƶ Advisory Councils, including the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director, were held in the fall of 2015.</li> </ul> <p>The framework below, which informed the development of the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan, identifies areas of opportunity that apply across biomedicine and unifying principles to guide NIH in supporting the biomedical research enterprise.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11576"> Overview </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11576" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-overview.jpg?itok=aAolMgWG 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-overview.jpg?itok=83aSAFYV 1200w" sizes="100vw" width="1200" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-overview.jpg?itok=ptiyvUUM" alt="Overview: Mission of NIH, Unique moment of opportunity in biomedical research, Current NIH-supported research landscape, Constraints confronting the community in the face of lost purchasing power"> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11581"> Advance Opportunities in Biomedical Research </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11581" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-advance.jpg?itok=ezXYMm1H 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-advance.jpg?itok=t2Kv-ybM 1200w" sizes="100vw" width="1200" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-advance.jpg?itok=ASNzLxIW" alt="Advance Opportunities in Biomedical Research"> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11586"> Set Priorities/Enhance Stewardship </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11586" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-set.jpg?itok=5ZokL9oR 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-set.jpg?itok=-yzZSsDF 1200w" sizes="100vw" width="1200" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-set.jpg?itok=-bYo1Gt1" alt="Set Priorities and Enhance Stewardship"> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11591"> Excel as a Federal Agency </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11591" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-excel.jpg?itok=gWO4FSZA 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-excel.jpg?itok=bfMtCbbR 1200w" sizes="100vw" width="1200" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/strategic-plan-excel.jpg?itok=Lwltyugc" alt="Excel as a Federal Science Agency by Managing for Results"> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11601"> 1. When was the last time NIH went through a strategic planning process? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11601" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>1991–1992.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11606"> 2. Does this signify a change in NIH’s direction? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11606" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The <em><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/strategic-plan-fy2016-2020.pdf">NIH-Wide Strategic Plan Fiscal Year 2016–2020</a></em> places NIH’s enduring mission in the context of tomorrow’s challenges and opportunities. Working with our many partners in the public and private sectors, NIH will use the plan as we strive to turn scientific discoveries into better health, while upholding our responsibility to be wise stewards of the resources provided to us by the American people. The plan is also designed to harmonize decision making across the Agency.</p> <p>Progress in achieving the goals will reveal where optimal changes can be made in the future or what additional opportunities are emerging.</p> <p> </p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11611"> 3. Is this a living document? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11611" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Yes, this strategic plan is meant to be a living document that will require refinement throughout its lifecycle.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11616"> 4. Does this mean you will produce a new strategic plan every five years? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11616" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In addition to continual modifications, the strategic plan will be reviewed and updated every 5 years.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11621"> 5. Why did Congress ask you to do a strategic plan now? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11621" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As Congress contemplated increases in NIH funding, they asked for a clear articulation of NIH research priorities, how they were chosen, and what processes are in place to ensure sound stewardship of the public's investment in biomedical and behavioral research. Congress included a mandate for NIH to develop an agency-wide strategic plan in the FY2015 Appropriations Bill (HR 83).</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11626"> 6. Is this the first time Congress has asked NIH to develop a strategic plan? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11626" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Yes.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11631"> 7. Why hasn’t this been a normal course of operation? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11631" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The NIH, which is composed of <a href="/institutes-nih/list-institutes-centers">27 Institutes and Centers (ICs), </a>has not previously had an agency-wide strategic plan. However, the NIH Institutes and Centers have <a href="http://www.report.nih.gov/strategicplans/index.aspx">strategic plans addressing their individual missions</a>, and there also are several strategic plans focused on specific research areas, such as women’s health, obesity, and health disparities.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11636"> 8. What factors were considered in developing the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11636" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Numerous discussions with NIH leadership, staff, the Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH IC Advisory Councils, and external stakeholders were held to determine the key topics to be included and addressed in the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan. Following consideration of this feedback, the plan was designed to highlight the crosscutting nature of the NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices to optimize our processes to enhance our stewardship, and identify major trans-NIH themes.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gold"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">Related Links</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p><a href="/news-events/news-releases/nih-unveils-fy2016-2020-strategic-plan">News Release: NIH unveils FY 2016-2020 Strategic Plan</a></p> <p><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/strategic-plan-fy2016-2020.pdf"><em>NIH-Wide Strategic Plan, Fiscal Years 2016–2020</em></a></p> <p><a href="https://report.nih.gov/reports/strategic-plans">NIH Institutes and Centers Strategic Plans</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:08:54 +0000 richardb 1881 at NIH-Wide Strategic Plan /about-nih/nih-wide-strategic-plan <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH-Wide Strategic Plan</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-01-17T15:34:23-05:00" title="Friday, January 17, 2025 - 15:34" class="datetime">Fri, 01/17/2025 - 15:34</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2>About the Strategic Plan</h2></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default margin-bottom-3"> <div class=" float-right"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/strategic-plan-fy2021-2025.pdf" class="link--no-tag link--zoom-in"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-03/nih-strategic-plan-fy2021-2025-cover-thumb.jpg?itok=2X5dcp3e 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-03/nih-strategic-plan-fy2021-2025-cover-thumb.jpg?itok=T4CTXo95 935w" sizes="100vw" width="935" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-03/nih-strategic-plan-fy2021-2025-cover-thumb.jpg?itok=ziKC547G" alt="Cover of the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan FY2021-2025" title="nih-strategic-plan-fy2021-2025-cover-thumb.jpg"/> </div> </div> </article> </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In order to advance its mission and fulfill requirements of the <em>21st Century Cures Act</em>, NIH will update its Strategic Plan every 5 years. The most recent iteration, the <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/strategic-plan-fy2021-2025.pdf"><em>NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021–2025</em></a>, is an update on the previous plan for <a href="/about-nih/nih-wide-strategic-plan-fy-2016-2020">fiscal years 2016–2020</a>.</p> <p>The Strategic Plan outlines NIH’s vision for biomedical research direction, capacity, and stewardship, by articulating the highest priorities of NIH over the next 5 years. In addition, it provides illustrative examples of accomplishments under the last plan and new initiatives under this one. The Strategic Plan was developed through collaboration between leadership and staff across NIH and key stakeholders, including the research community, professional societies, advocacy groups, and the public.</p> <p>The NIH-Wide Strategic Plan is designed to complement and harmonize <a href="https://www.report.nih.gov/strategicplans/index.aspx">Institute and Center (IC) strategic plans</a> across NIH, which address their individual missions</p> <p><em>The strategic plan was launched in July 2021 and is being implemented through September 2025. NIH is currently updating the strategic plan to ensure it is aligned with the current Administration’s priorities and complies with this Administration’s Executive Orders. The updated version will be posted once available.</em></p> <h2><a name="framework"></a>Strategic Plan Framework</h2> <p>NIH designed a <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/nih-strategic-plan-framework.pdf"><em>Framework</em></a> to inform development of the Strategic Plan. This Framework identifies areas of opportunity that apply across biomedical research and unifying principles to guide NIH in supporting the biomedical research enterprise. The Framework includes three key Objectives that outline NIH’s priorities as aligned with the agency’s <a href="/about-nih/mission-goals">goals</a>. Across all of these priorities, NIH emphasizes several Cross-Cutting Themes—approaches that are common to all Objectives of the Strategic Plan.</p> <h2><a name="process"></a>Strategic Planning Process</h2> <p>In September 2019, NIH began updating the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan to cover fiscal years 2021–2025, adopting a process that was meant to be transparent, focused on science and good stewardship of research, guided by evidence, and informed by NIH’s many stakeholders.</p> <p>The four phases of the strategic planning process included:</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11526"> 1. Pre-Planning </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11526" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The <a href="https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/">NIH Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives</a> (DPCPSI) within the Office of the Director (OD), coordinated the development of the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2021–2025. DPCPSI developed a timeline for the strategic planning process and established an internal NIH-Wide Strategic Plan Working Group, comprised of staff from each IC and OD Offices. The first Working Group meeting was held at the end of September 2019.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11531"> 2. Gathering Internal Input and Development of Strategic Plan Framework </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11531" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>From October to December 2019, the Working Group met every two weeks to develop the Framework for the Strategic Plan, which outlines NIH’s priorities for biomedical and behavioral research to be addressed over the next five years. The proposed Framework was reviewed by the IC Directors at the end of October, the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director in December, and the DPCPSI Council of Councils in January 2020. The final Framework was approved by NIH Leadership.</p> <p>In parallel with development of the Framework, ICs and OD offices were asked to provide information on biomedical and behavioral research advances that have been made under the <a href="/about-nih/nih-wide-strategic-plan-fy-2016-2020">NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2016–2020</a>, and proposed activities that will be conducted over the next five years. Based on the provided content, the Working Group proposed for NIH Leadership’s approval the top accomplishments and priorities for each section of the Framework.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11536"> 3. Gathering Input from External Stakeholders </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11536" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>NIH recognizes that input from external stakeholders—including members of the scientific and health care communities, professional societies, advocacy organizations, industry, other federal agencies, and the general public—provides invaluable insight into the strategic planning process.</p> <p>In order to solicit comments on the proposed Framework from external stakeholders, the Working Group developed a Request for Information (RFI) in the NIH Guide (<a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-20-064.html">NOT-OD-20-064</a>) and the Federal Register (<a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/13/2020-02919/request-for-information-rfi-inviting-comments-and-suggestions-on-a-framework-for-the-nih-wide">FRN 2020–02919</a>), which was advertised broadly. Comments were accepted online from February 12, 2020 to April 1, 2020. NIH received 160 responses to the RFI from external stakeholders, which are summarized in a <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/nih-strategic-plan-fy2021-2025-rfi-report.pdf" title="Report on the Request for Information, Inviting Comments and Suggestions on a Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for FY 2021-2025">report</a>.</p> <p>NIH also hosted webinars on March 9 and 16, 2020, to present the Strategic Plan development process and Framework, and for stakeholders to ask questions and provide comments during a question and answer period (Q&A). The webinar presentation <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/nih-strategic-plan-fy2021-2025-webinar-slides.pdf">slides</a> and <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/nih-strategic-plan-webex-presentation-transcript-3-9-2020.pdf">transcript</a> are available, in addition to the transcripts for the <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/nih-strategic-plan-webex-presentation-qa-transcript-3-9-2020.pdf">March 9 Q&A</a>, and <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/nih-strategic-plan-webex-presentation-qa-transcript-3-16-2020.pdf">March 16 Q&A</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-11541"> 4. Drafting and Publishing the Strategic Plan </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-11541" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>In January 2020, the Working Group began drafting the Strategic Plan based on the Framework and the prioritized content approved by NIH Leadership and incorporated public feedback.</p> <p>The draft Strategic Plan was finalized through an iterative review process with NIH Leadership. Beginning in July 2020, the draft Strategic Plan was reviewed by IC and OD Office Directors, and subsequently by the NIH Director and Deputy Director. It was then reviewed by the DPCPSI Council of Councils and the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director. Following final review and approval by the NIH Director and Deputy Director, and subsequent sign off by the Department of Health and Human Services, the final version of the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021-2025 was published.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h2><a name="midcourse-review"></a>Midcourse Review of the Strategic Plan</h2> <p>The <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/strategic-plan-fy2021-2025-midcourse-review.pdf"><em>Midcourse Review of the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2021–2025</em></a> is the product of a yearlong process, coordinated by the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, that involved working across all 27 ICs and many OD offices to report progress on more than 70 NIH programs, policies, or processes, during the first 2.5 years of the Plan’s lifecycle. Staff from across the agency engaged in an iterative process to determine which representative activities should be highlighted, and the writeups were drafted by the Institutes, Centers, and OD Offices most heavily involved in each of the activities.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gold"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">Related Links</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p><a href="/about-nih/nih-wide-strategic-plan-fy-2016-2020">FY 2016–2020 Strategic Plan</a></p> <p><a href="https://report.nih.gov/reports/strategic-plans">NIH Institutes and Centers Strategic Plans</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:34:23 +0000 richardb 1876 at Frequently Asked Questions /about-nih/frequently-asked-questions <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Frequently Asked Questions</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-01-15T15:57:41-05:00" title="Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 15:57" class="datetime">Wed, 01/15/2025 - 15:57</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gold"> <div class="callout__body"> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p>Can’t find an answer to your question? Contact us via our <a href="/about-nih/contact-us/ask-nih">Ask NIH</a> online form.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>鶹Ƶ</h2> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10271"> Health conditions — Where can I find information about a specific disease? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10271" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The <a href="/health-information">NIH 鶹Ƶ</a> page provides access to Institute and Center resources based on scientific investigation.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10276"> Health information on the Internet — Can NIH offer any advice when searching for health information on the Internet? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10276" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The 鶹Ƶ (NIH) has no official role in policing the quality of health information found on the Internet. Nevertheless, we can offer some advice.</p> <ul> <li>Web information should not be used as an alternative to seeking professional medical help. Don't use the information you find to make a self-diagnosis.</li> <li>Don't use information found on the Web for self-treatment, especially in cases of serious illness.</li> <li>Use the information you find to become an informed patient. Discuss what you have learned with your medical care providers.</li> <li>When reviewing information you have uncovered, look for dates — how old is the information?</li> <li>Be a critical consumer, ask questions: Has this document been updated? Is there a point-of-contact for the information? Are there any references? Has the information been peer reviewed (critically examined by credentialed professionals)?</li> <li>Remember that the distinction between a paid ad and public service announcements may not be obvious on the Web.</li> <li>Federal, State and even local government often provide health information. Look at the domain name of the site you have found — sites ending in GOV and ORG generally reflect Federal or State sources or non profit organizations.</li> <li>Be particularly cautious when you see claims that a product: cures a wide range of ills, promises a quick fix, or seems too good to be true.</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10281"> Health and Science Information from NIH — How does NIH tell the public about the science and health information its research uncovers? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10281" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As a public agency, NIH is committed to ensuring that accurate information reaches the diverse American public. <a href="/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/office-communications-public-liaison/how-nih-brings-health-science-public"><em>How NIH Brings Health and Science to the Public</em></a> explains how NIH communicates science and health information to patients, families, scientists, industry, teachers and students, health professionals, and the press.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10286"> Medical advice — Does the NIH provide advice about specific medical conditions? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10286" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The NIH Web site does not offer personalized medical advice to individuals about their condition or treatment. The resources on this site should not be used as a substitute for professional medical care and we urge you to work with your medical care providers for answers to your personal health questions.</p> <p>If you have a medical question, please visit the <a href="/health-information">鶹Ƶ</a> on the NIH Web site. You should also visit <a href="https://medlineplus.gov">MEDLINEplus.</a></p> <p>If you have questions that relate to specific foods, or prescription, or over-the-counter drugs, you should visit the <a href="https://www.fda.gov">Food and Drug Administration (FDA)</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10291"> Medical treatment — Can I receive medical treatment at the NIH? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10291" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>NIH is a medical research organization. As such, we only enroll patients who are participating in one of our clinical studies. These trials span a wide range of diseases and conditions. For information about <a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov">clinical trials</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10296"> Doctor referrals — Can the NIH recommend medical specialists or hospitals in my area? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10296" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>No. However, please visit <a href="https://healthfinder.gov">Healthfinder</a> for information on choosing quality care.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10301"> Drug information — Where can I go to learn about prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs, and narcotics? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10301" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>NIH's 鶹Ƶ Library of Medicine provides a guide to over 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications on its <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html">MEDLINEplus Web site</a>. For the latest information on drug approvals and safety warnings, consult the <a href="http://www.fda.gov">Food and Drug Administration</a> (FDA) Web site. For information about drug abuse and addiction, visit the <a href="https://nida.nih.gov/">鶹Ƶ Institute on Drug Abuse</a> (NIDA).</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10306"> Clinical trials — Where can I go for information about clinical trials? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10306" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>You can visit <a href="/health-information/nih-clinical-research-trials-you">NIH Clinical Research Trials and You</a> to learn about clinical trial basics, read volunteer and researcher stories, find ways to connect with clinical trials, and locate other educational resources for the public and health care providers.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10311"> Alternative Medicine — Where can I find information about alternative medicine? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10311" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The <a href="https://nccih.nih.gov">鶹Ƶ Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicines (NCCAM).</a> NCCAM conducts and supports basic and applied research and training and disseminates information on complementary and alternative medicine to practitioners and the public.</p> <p>The mission of 鶹Ƶ Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is to define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and safety of complementary and integrative health interventions and their roles in improving health and health care.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10316"> Healthy volunteers — Can I volunteer for NIH research studies even if I'm healthy? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10316" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The NIH Clinical Center provides an opportunity for <a href="https://www.cc.nih.gov/recruit/volunteers">healthy volunteers</a> to participate in medical research studies (sometimes called protocols or trials). Healthy volunteers provide researchers with important information for comparison with people who have specific illnesses. Every year, nearly 3,500 healthy volunteers participate in studies at NIH. Visit the Clinical Research Volunteer Program to learn about the benefits of volunteering.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10321"> Health Statistics — Does NIH provide statistical information on health and disease topics? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10321" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Some NIH Institutes have established special on-line areas to provide statistical information. Visit the following links for information on cancer, complementary and alternative medicine, deafness and communication disorders, dental health, diabetes, digestive diseases, kidney and urologic diseases, obesity, drug abuse, eye disease, and mental health.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/what-is-cancer/statistics">Cancer</a></li> <li><a href="https://nccih.nih.gov/research/statistics">Complementary and Alternative Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/statistics">Deafness and Other Communication Disorders</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/DataStatistics/">Dental Health</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics">Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics">Drug Abuse</a></li> <li><a href="https://nei.nih.gov/eyedata/">Eye</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/index.shtml">Mental Health</a></li> </ul> <p>Statistics Information from CDC:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics/">Disease Control and Prevention</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hsrinfo/datasites.html">Data Tools and Statistics</a> — provided by the 鶹Ƶ Library of Medicine</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10326"> Bioterrorism — Where can I go for information about biological agents & other threats and NIH's Biodefense efforts </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10326" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>You can find information about NIH's bio-defense efforts at the <a href="https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/biodefense">NIAID Biodefense</a>. For general information about emergency preparedness, we recommend <a href="https://emergency.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/index.asp">https://emergency.cdc.gov/bioterrorism</a>, which is operated by our partner agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>Grants and Funding</h2> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10336"> Grants — Where can I find grant information? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10336" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Information regarding funding opportunities from NIH may be found on the <a href="https://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm">Grants Page</a>.This page provides information about NIH grant and fellowship programs, policy changes, administrative responsibilities of awardees. Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools provided access to reports, data, and analyses of <a href="https://report.nih.gov">NIH research activities</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10341"> Research Training — Where can I go for information about research training opportunities at NIH and other research institutions? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10341" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Visit our <a href="https://researchtraining.nih.gov/">Research Training Opportunities</a> page. This site brings together information about the intramural and extramural training opportunities offered by all of NIH's Institutes and Centers.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10346"> Loan Repayment — Where can I find information about the NIH Clinical, Pediatric, Health Disparities, and Contraception and Infertility Loan Repayment Programs? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10346" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>NIH LRPs are a vital component of our nation's efforts to attract health professionals to careers in clinical, pediatric, health disparity, or contraceptive and infertility research. Visit <a href="https://www.lrp.nih.gov/">https://www.lrp.nih.gov</a> for all the details and to complete an online application for NIH Loan Repayment benefits.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10351"> Research Funding — How can I find out how much NIH spends on a particular disease, condition or research area? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10351" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Check out NIH's estimates of funding for various research, condition and disease <a href="https://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx">categories</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10356"> Research Categories — How does NIH sort its funding projects into different research, condition and disease categories? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10356" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>You can read about NIH's research, condition and disease <a href="https://report.nih.gov/funding/categorical-spending/rcdc-process">categorization process</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>News and Events</h2> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10366"> Research highlights — Where can I find information about the latest research highlights coming out of NIH? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10366" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>You can read about the latest research advances on the <a href="/news-events">News and Events page</a>. A list of <a href="/research-training/nih-research-highlights">selected research highlights</a> from the previous year is available. A historical list of these research highlights is available from the <a href="https://history.nih.gov/">Office of History.</a></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10371"> Event schedules — Where can I find information about NIH-sponsored conferences and events? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10371" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The <a href="https://calendar.nih.gov/"><em>NIH Calendar of Events</em></a> lists NIH-sponsored meetings and other meetings of interest to both employees and the general public. It is updated daily and the listed meetings are free and open to the public.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>Scientific Resources</h2> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10381"> NIH Image software — Where can I find information about the NIH Image software package? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10381" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://imagej.nih.gov/nih-image/index.html">NIH Image</a> is a public domain image processing and analysis program for the Macintosh. It was developed at the Research Services Branch (RSB) of the 鶹Ƶ Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the 鶹Ƶ (NIH).</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10386"> Research standards — Who is responsible for the assurance of proper conduct of research? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10386" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The HHS <a href="https://ori.hhs.gov/">Office of Research Integrity (ORI)</a> promotes integrity in biomedical and behavioral research supported by the U. S. Public Health Service (PHS) at about 4,000 institutions worldwide. ORI monitors institutional investigations of research misconduct and facilitates the responsible conduct of research through educational, preventive, and regulatory activities.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10391"> Stem cells — Where can I locate information about stem cell research? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10391" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Visit the <a href="https://stemcells.nih.gov/">NIH Stem Cell information</a> page.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>About NIH</h2> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10401"> Mission — What is the 鶹Ƶ? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10401" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Founded in 1887, the 鶹Ƶ today is one of the world's foremost medical research centers, and the Federal focal point for medical research in the United States. The NIH, comprising 27 separate Institutes and Centers, is one of eight health agencies of the Public Health Service which, in turn, is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.</p> <p>Simply described, the goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by conducting research in its own laboratories; supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training of research investigators; and fostering communication of medical and health sciences information.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10406"> Organization — Where can I find organizational charts for each of the NIH Institutes and Centers? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10406" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Follow this link for a list of <a href="https://oma.od.nih.gov/DMS/Pages/Organizational-Changes-Org-Chart-Function.aspx">organizational charts</a> for each NIH Institute or Center.</p> <p> </p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10411"> Location — Where is the NIH located? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10411" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The main campus of the 鶹Ƶ (NIH) is located in Bethesda, Maryland. Our main mailing address is:</p> <p>鶹Ƶ<br> Building 1<br> 1 Center Drive<br> Bethesda, Maryland 20892</p> <p>Information about <a href="/about-nih/visitor-information/getting-nih">how to get to NIH</a>.</p> <p>NIH scientists conduct their research in laboratories located on the main campus in Bethesda, and in several field units across the country and abroad. The NIH also has facilities in the Rockville, Maryland area and the <a href="https://frederick.cancer.gov/">NCI Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center (FCRDC)</a> at Fort Detrick in Frederick, MD. The <a href="https://www.niehs.nih.gov/">鶹Ƶ Institute of Environmental Health Sciences'</a> main facility is located in Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina.</p> <p>Other laboratory facilities include the NIH Animal Center in Poolesville, MD; the 鶹Ƶ Institute on Aging's Gerontology Research Center in Baltimore, MD; the <a href="http://irp.drugabuse.gov/">Division of Intramural Research of the 鶹Ƶ Institute on Drug Abuse</a>, also in Baltimore; the 鶹Ƶ Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, MT, and several smaller field stations.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10416"> Visitors — Where can I get information about visiting the NIH? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10416" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Maps, driving directions and links to popular campus locations are located on our <a href="/about-nih/visitor-information">Visitor page</a>. Information about entering campus and its buildings, parking, using campus transportation and current <a href="https://security.nih.gov/Pages/Home.aspx">security measures</a>. To find out if NIH is open, see <a href="https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/snow-dismissal-procedures/current-status/">OPM's Washington, D.C. Area Operating Status Web site</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10421"> Mailing address — What is the main mailing address of NIH? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10421" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Our mailing address is:</p> <p>鶹Ƶ<br> Building 1<br> 1 Center Drive<br> Bethesda, Maryland 20892</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10426"> Toll-free number — Does NIH have a toll-free telephone number? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10426" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Toll-free Health Info lines may be found at <a href="/health-information/health-info-lines">/health-information/health-info-lines</a>. The main number for NIH is 301-496-4000.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10436"> NIH Director — How can I contact the Director of the NIH? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10436" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Mailing address:<br> Director, NIH<br> 9000 Rockville Pike<br> MSC 0148<br> Bethesda, Maryland 20892</p> <p>E-mail: <a href="mailto:execsec1@od.nih.gov">execsec1@od.nih.gov</a><br> Web site: <a href="/about-nih/nih-director">http://www.nih.gov/about-nih/nih-director</a></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10441"> NIH budget — Where can I find information about the NIH budget? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10441" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Links to Congressional Testimonies about the NIH budget are <a href="/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/congressional-testimonies">available</a>. More information about the NIH budget can be found on the <a href="https://officeofbudget.od.nih.gov">Office of Budget site</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10446"> Business opportunities — Where can I find information about conducting business with NIH? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10446" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A number of Web pages have been developed to help you do business with NIH. If you are a small business, bookmark the <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/grants-contracts/small-business-support/index.html">HHS Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization</a> page to take advantage of monthly seminars on "Conducting Business with NIH." Information about contracts and other business opportunities can also be found at the <a href="https://oamp.od.nih.gov/">Office of Acquisition Management and Policy</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10451"> FOIA requests — How do I submit a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10451" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Information regarding Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) <a href="/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/office-communications-public-liaison/freedom-information-act-office">requests.</a></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10456"> Information Quality — Where can I find out about quality of information at NIH? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10456" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Our <a href="https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/oepr/nih-information-quality">Information Quality</a> site contains guidelines, policy and instructions on requesting a correction.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>Jobs at NIH</h2> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10466"> Jobs — Where can I find information about employment opportunities at NIH? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10466" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Information about employment opportunities at NIH may be found at <a href="https://hr.nih.gov/jobs">https://hr.nih.gov/jobs</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10471"> Internships — Where can I find information about summer internships? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10471" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Information about the Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research may be found at <a href="https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip">https://www.training.nih.gov/programs/sip</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <h2>NIH Website</h2> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10481"> Ownership — Who owns and operates the NIH Website? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10481" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The NIH Web site at <a href="/">www.nih.gov</a> is maintained by the Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL), which is part of the Office of the Director, NIH. Collectively, large segments of NIH Web space are owned and operated by each of the 27 <a href="/institutes-nih/list-nih-institutes-centers-offices">Institutes and Centers</a> that comprise NIH.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10486"> Purpose — What's the purpose of the NIH Website and how does it serve the public? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10486" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The purpose of the NIH Web site is to support <a href="/about-nih/what-we-do/mission-goals">the mission</a> of our agency. NIH conducts scientific investigation in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems. NIH applies that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. As part of our mission we direct programs for the collection, dissemination, and exchange of information in medicine and health, including the development and support of medical libraries and the training of medical librarians and other health information specialists. The NIH Web site serves the public by offering ready access to:</p> <ul> <li>Clinical studies;</li> <li>Health and wellness information;</li> <li>Information on obtaining research funding;</li> <li>Research resources and library resources;</li> <li>News, events, and educational activities related to NIH and its mission;</li> <li>Scientific program, policy, and planning documents;</li> <li>General information about the agency, its history, organizational structure, staff, and facilities.</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10491"> More Information — Where can I find more information about the NIH Website? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10491" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>For more information about the NIH Web site, contact the<br> OD OCPL Digital Communications Branch<br> Phone: 301-435-2932<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:olib@mail.nih.gov">olib@mail.nih.gov</a></p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10496"> Privacy — Does NIH have a privacy notice posted online? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10496" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Yes, NIH does have a privacy notice, it can be found at <a href="/privacy-policy">/privacy-policy</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10501"> Updates — How often is the NIH Website updated? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10501" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The NIH Web site is not just one site but a large collection of sites — over 150 servers. Some areas are updated daily while others may not be updated for weeks or months.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10506"> Copyright — Is the content on our Website copyrighted or free to use? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10506" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Most of the information on our site is in the public domain and can be used without charge or restriction.</p> <p>There are a few exceptions. For example, some resources, such as the Interactive Health Tutorials found on NIH's 鶹Ƶ Library of Medicine Website, as well as images on the <a href="/">NIH Web site</a> have been licensed by a third party and are restricted in their use. Generally, copyrighted materials will include a copyright statement. If in doubt, please write to the contact point for that site.</p> <p>In addition, the word mark <strong>NIH…<em>Turning Discovery Into Health</em><sup>®</sup> is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.</strong></p> <p>Another item restricted in its use is the NIH logo. The NIH logo is designed to signify official NIH products, activities, events, representatives, and facilities. It should never be used to promote or suggest endorsement of non-NIH products, events, or services. It should never be used by outside parties to misrepresent the purpose, character, policies, or <a href="/about-nih/mission-goals">mission of our agency</a>.</p> <p>Also, some materials that can be ordered from our site are subject to cost-recovery fee; however, in most cases, a single copy of any NIH publication can be ordered for free.</p> <p>While you can reuse content found on our site, please note that many of our on-line health publications are continually updated as we learn more about that specific disease or condition. Occasionally, sites that copy and re-post our materials fail to check for updates, which results in out-of-date information being offered to users. For that reason, we urge you to link to our resource documents rather than re-posting. If you do re-post, please check back periodically to see if there are revisions.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10511"> NIH logo — What is the policy for using the NIH logo? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10511" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The NIH logo is designed to signify official NIH products, activities, events, representatives, and facilities. It should never be used to promote or suggest endorsement of non-NIH products, events, or services. It should never be used by outside parties to misrepresent the purpose, character, policies, or mission of our agency. For more information about the NIH logo, contact <a href="mailto:logo@nih.gov">logo@nih.gov</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10516"> Linking to NIH — May I link to the NIH Website? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10516" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Unless noted otherwise, it is safe to assume that information posted on public Web sites within the "NIH.GOV" domain are considered to be "in the public domain." As such, you are free to establish links to NIH on-line resources. In establishing such links, we do ask that you avoid creating the impression that NIH is endorsing or promoting any particular product or service.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10521"> Links from NIH — Will the NIH link to my website? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10521" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>As a Federal agency, NIH cannot endorse or promote commercial or individual interests or services. This includes adding links and logos from non-NIH entities. In some cases, where the information serves the public good and is consistent with our mission, we may include an outside link to an external resource; however, these need to be examined on a case-by-case basis. In general, the web developer of each particular site determines when links to outside entities are justified.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10526"> NIH Photographs — Where can I find NIH photographs? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10526" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Please visit the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nihgov/albums">NIH Flickr site</a> to view free-to-use NIH health research images, b-roll, infographics, and videos.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-10531"> Health Campaigns — Where can I find information about NIH health campaigns? </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-10531" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>A list of Selected NIH Education and Awareness Campaigns is available at <a href="/about-nih/selected-nih-education-awareness-campaigns">/about-nih/selected-nih-education-awareness-campaigns</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:57:41 +0000 richardb 1691 at Contact Us /about-nih/contact-us <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Contact Us</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-01-15T13:50:34-05:00" title="Wednesday, January 15, 2025 - 13:50" class="datetime">Wed, 01/15/2025 - 13:50</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gold"> <div class="callout__body"> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p>The information and email services on this website cannot provide personalized medical advice about conditions or treatments. 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Each has its own specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems.</p> </div> </a> </li> <li class="usa-card usa-card--2col usa-card--filled usa-card--sans-serif-heading usa-card--hide-media-on-mobile "> <a class="usa-card__container usa-card__container--clickable link--no-tag" typeof="schema:WebPage" href="mailto:grantsinfo@nih.gov" title="Grants and funding questions"> <div class="usa-card__header"> <h3 class="usa-card__heading">Grants and funding questions</h3> </div> <div class="usa-card__media"> <div class="usa-card__img"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-card"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-01/female-researcher-in-lab.jpg?itok=WEqx8kw2 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/female-researcher-in-lab.jpg?itok=CnrbovJy 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/female-researcher-in-lab.jpg?itok=DoiwSFMA 800w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 325px, (min-width: 851px) 25vw, (min-width: 560px) 50vw, 100vw" width="650" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/female-researcher-in-lab.jpg?itok=CnrbovJy" alt="Female researcher in the laboratory"/> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="usa-card__body"> <p> Our Grants Information staff can help point you in the right direction.</p> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-grid paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="grid-row grid-gap"> <div class="usa-width-one-half paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-column paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--blue"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">Mail & phone</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p>鶹Ƶ (NIH)<br> 9000 Rockville Pike<br> Bethesda, Maryland 20892<br> 301-496-4000<br> TTY 301-402-9612</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="usa-width-one-half paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-column paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--blue"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">Other contacts</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <ul> <li><a href="https://salud.nih.gov/sobre-los-nih/contactenos/consultas-ideas-comentarios-generales">Contáctenos en español</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:olib@od.nih.gov">Report an issue with this website</a></li> <li><a href="/news-events/media-contacts">Media contacts</a></li> <li><a href="/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/office-communications-public-liaison/freedom-information-act-office/submitting-foia-requests">FOIA requests</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:50:34 +0000 richardb 1686 at NIH Organization /about-nih/organization <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH Organization</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-01-14T16:37:39-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 16:37" class="datetime">Tue, 01/14/2025 - 16:37</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="usa-intro">The 鶹Ƶ is made up of 27 different components called <a href="/institutes-nih">Institutes and Centers</a>. Each has its own specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems. All but three of these components receive their funding directly from Congress, and administrate their own budgets. <a href="/about-nih/nih-leadership">NIH leadership</a> plays an active role in shaping the agency’s <a href="/about-nih/nih-research-planning">research planning</a>, activities, and outlook.</p> <p><a href="/institutes-nih/nih-office-director">The Office of the Director</a> is the central office, responsible for setting policy for NIH and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all the NIH components.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://oma.od.nih.gov/IC_Organization_Chart/OD%20Organizational%20Chart.pdf">NIH Organization chart</a></li> <li><a href="/about-nih/nih-almanac/nih-organization">Program descriptions for the Institutes and Centers</a></li> <li><a href="/institutes-nih/list-institutes-centers">Institute and Center Web sites</a></li> <li><a href="/institutes-nih/nih-institute-center-contact-information">Institute and Center mailing addresses</a></li> </ul> <h2>Location</h2> <p>Headquarters for the Office of the Director and the Institutes and Centers are located in <a href="/about-nih/visitor-information/getting-nih">Bethesda, Maryland</a>, USA. NIH has more than 75 buildings in a campus-like environment over 300 acres. Some research is performed on campus in state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, although more than 80% of research activities are conducted by scientists working in every state and around the world.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nihgov/albums/72157654590483024/">Images of the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD and other sites</a></li> <li><a href="/about-nih/visitor-information">Visitor information</a> — driving directions, campus maps, shuttle schedules, and parking information</li> <li><a href="/about-nih/visitor-information/nih-visitor-center-nobel-laureate-exhibit-hall">Visitor tours</a> — Visitor Information Center</li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:37:39 +0000 richardb 1606 at The Tree of Hippocrates /about-nih/history/tree-hippocrates <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The Tree of Hippocrates</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-01-14T15:47:39-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 15:47" class="datetime">Tue, 01/14/2025 - 15:47</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default margin-bottom-3"> <div class=" float-right"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/hippocrates-tree.jpg?itok=HSZo06D2 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/hippocrates-tree.jpg?itok=ATnXYWxs 1200w" sizes="100vw" width="1200" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/hippocrates-tree.jpg?itok=7UV6Kdt5" alt="Tree of Hippocrates on NIH campus"/> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">The original Tree of Hippocrates sapling, planted on the NIH campus in 1962.</div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Hippocrates, regarded as the father of modern medicine, was born on the Greek island of Cos around 460 B.C. E. According to legend, he taught medical students in the shade of an Oriental plane tree, or <em>Platanus orientalis</em>. The species <em>Platanus</em> is commonly known as Sycamore.</p> <p>Thousands of years later, the “Tree of Hippocrates” became rooted in the history of the 鶹Ƶ. In 1961, Greek Ambassador Alexis Liatis presented the 鶹Ƶ Library of Medicine with a cutting from the celebrated tree to mark the dedication of the library’s new building on the NIH campus.</p> <p>The progeny was planted near the library in the spring of 1962, as a living representation of Hippocrates teachings on the art of medicine--and the science, knowledge and ethics it entails. The tree grew and thrived. But in the 1980s, its health declined because of a fungal disease common to sycamores.  The tree that symbolized scientific inquiry became the subject of it. NIH landscape architect Lynn Mueller spent decades trying to restore the tree’s health while simultaneously exploring a clone. Eventually, he connected with the non-profit Champion Tree Project, now known as the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, which successfully cloned the historic tree. A clone will be planted at the library, to replace the ailing tree that was felled in 2013. A second clone will be planted near the NIH Clinical Research Center.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-grid paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="grid-row grid-gap"> <div class="usa-width-one-half paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-column paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gray"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">Planting & Dedication Ceremony</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <article class="media media--type-remote-video media--view-mode-float-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-oembed-video field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"><iframe src="/media/oembed?url=https%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DkMXZQA6qecs&max_width=0&max_height=0&hash=k7T4JVihtWCwyMQsucjNeDj3PQD9MuxHJEmUfevxod4" width="200" height="113" class="media-oembed-content" loading="eager" title="NIH Dedicates Tree of Hippocrates"></iframe> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">Video: NIH Dedicates Tree of Hippocrates</div> </article> <p><strong>April 25, 2014</strong><br> 鶹Ƶ Library of Medicine (NLM)<br> 鶹Ƶ<br> Bethesda, Maryland</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="usa-width-one-half paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-column paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gray"> <div class="callout__body"> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/hippocrates-tree-stamp-1959_0.jpg?itok=i-t91UM2 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/hippocrates-tree-stamp-1959_0.jpg?itok=WLNPeSm- 862w" sizes="100vw" width="862" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/hippocrates-tree-stamp-1959_0.jpg?itok=5cy8Pi2Q" alt="Tree of Hippocrates Stamp"> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">1959 postage stamp with the Tree of Hippocrates in Cos, Greece.</div> </article> <p><strong><em>Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>ἢν γὰρ παρῇ φιλανθρωπίη, πάρεστι καὶ φιλοτεχνίη.</em></strong></p> <p class="x-small-text">-Hippocrates, <em>Precepts (ΠΑΡΑΓΓΕΛΙΑΙ)</em>, paragraph 6</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:47:39 +0000 richardb 1601 at History of the NIH Logo /about-nih/history/history-nih-logo <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">History of the NIH Logo</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>richardb</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-01-14T15:02:34-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 15:02" class="datetime">Tue, 01/14/2025 - 15:02</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--onecol"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--content"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodepagefield-component"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-grid paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="grid-row grid-gap"> <div class="usa-width-three-fourths paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-column paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-text paragraph--view-mode--default usa-section usa-content"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p class="usa-intro">The 鶹Ƶ (NIH) dates back to 1887 and began as the laboratory arm of the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). In its early years, the agency used the PHS seal or logos of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services).</p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="grid-col-fill"> <div class="usa-accordion usa-accordion--bordered paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-9816"> 1960s </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-9816" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-float-right-wide"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-01/nih-logo-1959.jpg?itok=xzKZX6_p 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/nih-logo-1959.jpg?itok=fO0G8SEI 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/nih-logo-1959.jpg?itok=17t8AfOr 1267w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="1267" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/nih-logo-1959.jpg?itok=Ig7bRbyk" alt="NIH report cover, 1959"> </div> </div> </article> <p>In 1965, a committee appointed by President Johnson was charged with conducting a study of NIH operations. Committee recommendations, set out in a report named for committee chair Dr. Dean E. Wooldridge, called on the NIH to improve communications with the public. As part of the agency’s response, in-house staff took on the development of the first NIH logo. The resulting design was a triangle with rounded sides and the initials "NIH" in the center. Some saw the logo as representing research, treatment and education; others thought it meant searching, serving, and teaching.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-9821"> 1970s </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-9821" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-float-right-wide"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-01/record-logo-1969.jpg?itok=Ywx_hI5n 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/record-logo-1969.jpg?itok=_Pw1QmIC 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/record-logo-1969.jpg?itok=hTtzu-YP 1300w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/record-logo-1969.jpg?itok=pnA7WuGw 1330w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="1300" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/record-logo-1969.jpg?itok=hTtzu-YP" alt="The NIH Record masthead from November 1969"> </div> </div> </article> <p>In 1976, NIH began work on an updated logo, one that would reflect the agency’s relationship with grantees and other health institutions. Designers opened the ends of the triangle to resemble glassware used in NIH laboratories and to demonstrate the agency’s openness to the outside. The new mark could be used with or without the spelled out agency name, and it could easily be rendered in color. In November 1969, the new logo premiered as part of the <em>NIH Record</em> masthead. While highly recognizable, the logo, over time, came to be called “the coat hanger logo” and the “beaker logo,” and it served the NIH for three decades. It even made a TV appearance in 2005, when it was included in a hospital scene on NBC’s short-lived, prime time series <em>Medical Investigation</em>, although it appeared upside down.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-9826"> 1980s </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-9826" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-float-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-01/centennial-logo-contest-1984-call-for-entries.jpg?itok=Eavq9iLJ 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/centennial-logo-contest-1984-call-for-entries.jpg?itok=fa8HemO9 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/centennial-logo-contest-1984-call-for-entries.jpg?itok=FxMJ98CG 1300w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 325px, (min-width: 640px) 50vw, 100vw" width="650" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/centennial-logo-contest-1984-call-for-entries.jpg?itok=fa8HemO9" alt="NIH centennial logo contest call for entries from 1984"> </div> </div> </article> <p>NIH also had a logo created especially for the agency’s 1987 centennial. To create the logo, the agency sponsored a design contest in 1984. Several hundred individuals submitted 1,354 entries, according to the <em>NIH Record</em>, which tracked the contest. A Clinical Center nurse won the $500 prize for her design featuring the number 100 with a microscope set within interlocked zeros and the words "A Century of Science for Health 鶹Ƶ, 1887-1987" surrounding it.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-9831"> 2012 </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-9831" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-float-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-01/thumbnail-generic.png?itok=zUlWem3U 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/thumbnail-generic.png?itok=agKb1VHs 480w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 325px, (min-width: 640px) 50vw, 100vw" width="480" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/thumbnail-generic.png?itok=agKb1VHs" alt="NIH Logo"> </div> </div> </article> <p>In May 2012, the NIH began a trans-NIH effort to strengthen the NIH’s identity behind a unified, letters-only logo to replace dozens of institute, center, and office logos that proliferated over the years. The resulting new logo made its debut at the agency’s high-profile “Celebration of Science” event, held in September 2012. The design focused on a single arrow indicating forward movement and advancement. The arrow pointed to <em>鶹Ƶ</em> or individual IC names, each with its own characteristic color or a central blue and gray scheme. In 2015, the logo became a hit with visiting kids participating in the NIH’s popular Take Your Child to Work Day activities when it was printed in 3D.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default"> <h4 class="usa-accordion__heading"> <button class="usa-accordion__button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="uswds-paragraph-9836"> 2013 </button> </h4> <div id="uswds-paragraph-9836" class="usa-accordion__content"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-uswds-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-float-right-wide"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-01/nih-turning-discovery-health.jpg?itok=wMywuhIV 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/nih-turning-discovery-health.jpg?itok=xMfBTjFR 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/nih-turning-discovery-health.jpg?itok=2hDCMa28 780w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="780" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/nih-turning-discovery-health.jpg?itok=XgFQjLBV" alt="NIH - Turning Discovery Into Health"> </div> </div> </article> <p>In August 2013, NIH trademarked the phrase “NIH . . . Turning Discovery Into Health,” registered as 4,388,184 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The slogan, trademarked to promote “federally funded biomedical and scientific research on human health and human diseases,” is widely used today and also appears as a companion design to the main NIH logo.</p> <p>The current logo and tagline continue to provide the NIH with a unique, instantly recognizable, and fortified identify that conveys the mission and impact of the NIH.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gold"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">Questions about NIH logo usage?</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <p>Send email to <a href="mailto:nihlogo@nih.gov">nihlogo@nih.gov</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gray callout--no-border"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">More from the NIH Record</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <ul> <li><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/sites/recordNIH/files/pdf/1965/NIH-Record-1965-04-06.pdf"><em>Report on NIH Is Reassuring and Challenging — LBJ</em> (1965)</a></li> <li><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/sites/recordNIH/files/pdf/1984/NIH-Record-1984-09-11.pdf"><em>NIH Record</em> Centennial Logo contest (call for entries, September 1984)</a></li> <li><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/sites/recordNIH/files/pdf/1984/NIH-Record-1984-11-20.pdf"><em>NIH Record</em> coverage, Centennial Logo contest (photo caption, November 1984)</a></li> <li><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/sites/recordNIH/files/pdf/1986/NIH-Record-1986-04-08.pdf"><em>NIH Centennial Observance </em>(April 1986)</a></li> <li><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/sites/recordNIH/files/pdf/1986/NIH-Record-1986-10-07.pdf"><em>NIH Centennial Observance</em> (October 1986)</a></li> <li><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/sites/recordNIH/files/pdf/1988/NIH-Record-1988-09-20.pdf"><em>Employees Invited To Design New NIH Logo (1988)</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/sites/recordNIH/files/pdf/2005/NIH-Record-2005-01-18.pdf"><em>Prime-Time Television Show Offers NIH Opportunity</em> (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/sites/recordNIH/files/pdf/2013/NIH-Record-2013-02-01.pdf"><em>Communication Effort Emphasizes NIH Identity</em> (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="https://nihrecord.nih.gov/sites/recordNIH/files/pdf/2015/NIH-Record-2015-05-22.pdf"><em>NIH Celebrates Take Your Child to Work, Earth Day</em> (2015)</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="usa-width-one-fourth paragraph paragraph--type--uswds-column paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="field field--name-field-component field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--callout paragraph--view-mode--default callout background--gray"> <div class="callout__body"> <h3 class="callout__heading">NIH logos through the years</h3> <div class="callout__text clearfix"> <article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/nih-logo-1969_1.jpg?itok=F7ge3wds 276w" sizes="100vw" width="276" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/nih-logo-1969_1.jpg?itok=-xyC9Nqc" alt="1969 NIH logo"> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">NIH logo instituted in 1969.</div> </article> <article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/nih-logo-1976_0.png?itok=1W3J2hQ8 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-01/nih-logo-1976_0.png?itok=jXmLL_bk 964w" sizes="100vw" width="964" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/nih-logo-1976_0.png?itok=0zsek9GK" alt="NIH logo from 1976"> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">NIH logo instituted in 1976.</div> </article> <article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full-width"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/nih-centennial-logo-1987.jpg?itok=t_W-Pz1j 494w" sizes="100vw" width="494" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-01/nih-centennial-logo-1987.jpg?itok=SP5U76JF" alt="NIH centennial logo from 1987"> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">NIH logo used from 1986-1987.</div> </article> <article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-float-right"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-01/nih-logo-2012_0.png?itok=7l3Pso19 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/nih-logo-2012_0.png?itok=HghcriN_ 446w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 325px, (min-width: 640px) 50vw, 100vw" width="446" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-01/nih-logo-2012_0.png?itok=HghcriN_" alt="NIH logo from 2012"> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">NIH logo adopted in 2012.</div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:02:34 +0000 richardb 1596 at