National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health (NIH) er en institusjon under USAs helse- og omsorgsdepartement og er ansvarlig for USAs føderale innsats innen biomedisinsk og helserelatert forskning. NIH har (per 2023) av 27 underliggende enheter, som kalles enten institutter eller sentre. NIHs forløper ble etablert i 1887 som Laboratory of Hygiene. Det vokste og ble i 1930 reorganisert til National Institutes of Health. 

I 2003 var NIH ansvarlig for 28 %, eller om lag 28 milliarder US dollar, av USAs totale biomedisinske forskningsbeløp; resten kom fra farmasøytisk industri.

 Liste over underliggende enheter 
Enhetene er sortert kronologisk etter hvilket år de ble etablert:

 Institutter 
 National Cancer Institute (NCI) – etablert i 1937
 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) – etablert i 1948
 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) – etablert i 1948
 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) – etablert i 1948
 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – etablert i 1949
 National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDKK) – etablert i 1950
 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) – etablert i 1950
 Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – etablert i 1962
 National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) – etablert i 1962
 National Eye Institute (NEI)  – etablert i 1968
 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) – etablert i 1969
 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – etablert i 1970
 National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – etablert i 1974
 National Institute on Aging (NIA) – etablert i 1974
 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) – etablert i 1986
 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) – etablert i 1988
 National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) – etablert i 1989
 National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) – etablert i 1999
 National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) – etablert i 2000
 National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) – etablert i 2010
 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) – etablert i 2011

 Sentre 
 Center for Scientific Review (CSR) — etablert i 1946
 NIH Clinical Center (CC) — etablert i 1953
 Center for Information Technology (CIT) — etablert i 1964
 Fogarty International Center (FIC) — etablert i 1968
 National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) — etablert i 1999
 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) — etablert i 2011

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