The Clinical Center also houses the Visitor Information Center, which is NIH's information liaison and host to thousands of visitors each year. The Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Health Research and Education is the location for the NIH-Howard Hughes Medical Institute research program for medical students. The 10-story Lister Hill Center houses the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, and the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Both are components of the National Library of Medicine. The Library produces Index Medicus , a comprehensive monthly listing of articles appearing in the world's leading medical journals.
Scientific progress depends mainly on the scientist.
Supporting and conducting both NIH's extramural and intramural programs are about 19,000 employees, more than 4,500 of whom hold professional or research doctorate degrees. The NIH staff includes intramural scientists, physicians, dentists, veterinarians, nurses, and laboratory, administrative, and support personnel, plus an ever-changing array of research scientists in training. The rosters of those who have conducted research, or who have received NIH support over the years include the world's most illustrious scientists and physicians. Among them are 93 scientists who have won Nobel Prizes for achievements as diverse as deciphering the genetic code and learning what causes hepatitis. Christian B. Anfinsen, Julius Axelrod, D. Carleton Gajdusek, Marshall W. Nirenberg, and Martin Rodbell.