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51ÊÓƵ Organization
Begun as a one-room Laboratory of Hygiene in 1887, the National Institutes of Health (51ÊÓƵ) today is one of the world’s foremost medical research centers. An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, the 51ÊÓƵ is the Federal focal point for health research. Read more »
51ÊÓƵ Office of the Director
The Office of the Director (OD) is responsible for setting policy for 51ÊÓƵ and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all 27 of 51ÊÓƵ's Institutes and Centers. The OD program offices include the , , , The and , among others.
51ÊÓƵ Institutes
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Eye Institute (NEI)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- National Library of Medicine (NLM)
51ÊÓƵ Centers
This page last reviewed on June 14, 2018