The National Institutes of Health,commonly referred to as NIH,is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late 1880s and is now part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Many NIH facilities are located in Bethesda,Maryland,and other nearby suburbs of the Washington metropolitan area,with other primary facilities in the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina and smaller satellite facilities located around the United States. The NIH conducts its own scientific research through the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) and provides major biomedical research funding to non-NIH research facilities through its Extramural Research Program.
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH),located in Bethesda,Maryland. The NIA itself is headquartered in Baltimore,Maryland.
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR),as part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health,supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the nursing care of individuals across the life span—from management of patients during illness and recovery,to the reduction of risks for disease and disability,and the promotion of healthy lifestyles.
The Center for Information Technology (CIT) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that compose the National Institutes of Health (NIH),an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),a cabinet-level department of the Executive Branch of the United States Federal Government. Originating in 1954 as a central processing facility in the NIH Office of the Director,the Division of Computer Research and Technology was established in 1964,merging in 1998 with the NIH Office of the CIO and the NIH Office of Research Services Telecommunications Branch to form a new organization,the CIT.
Lana Skirboll is the former director of the National Institutes of Health Office of Science Policy.
John F. "Jack" Jones Jr. is currently the vice president and chief technology officer at WiseDesign. He previously served as chief information officer (CIO) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NIH CIO advises the NIH director on strategic directions and management of information technology programs and policy. Jones also served as the director (acting) of the Center for Information Technology (CIT),at the NIH.
Dr. Colleen Hartman is currently the Board Director for the Space Studies Board as well as the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Academies of Sciences,Engineering,and Medicine in Washington,D.C. She was the deputy center director for Science,Operations and Performance of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and most recently,was the Director of the Science and Exploration Directorate. Previously she was acting Associate Administrator of the Science Mission Directorate (SMD),Deputy AA of SMD and presidential management intern,served as a senior policy analyst at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy,and served as deputy division director for technology at NASA Headquarters.
Marie A. Bernard,M.D. is the Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Prior to this,she was the deputy director of the National Institute on Aging at the NIH,where she oversaw approximately $3.1 billion in research focused on aging and Alzheimer's disease. Bernard serves as a cochair of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on Diversity,the NIH Steering Committee Working Group on DEIA,and the NIH UNITE initiative launched in 2021 to identify and address any structural racism that may exist within NIH and throughout the biomedical and behavioral workforce. She also co-led the development of the Fiscal Years 2023 –2027 NIH-wide Strategic Plan for Diversity,Equity,Inclusion,and Accessibility (DEIA) and is working on its implementation.
Yvonne T. Maddox is an American academic who currently works as vice president for research at the Uniformed Services University. She was previously the acting director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Her career at the National Institutes of Health also includes previous leadership roles as acting deputy director of the National Institutes of Health and deputy director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Michele Kim Evans is an American internist and medical oncologist. She is a senior investigator and Deputy Scientific Director at the National Institute on Aging.
Jodi Beth Black is an American microbiologist and research administrator serving as deputy director of the Office of Extramural Research at the National Institutes of Health. She was previously the director and vice president of research administration at the Translational Genomics Research Institute and the acting director of the division of extramural activities at the National Heart,Lung,and Blood Institute.
Della Marie Hann is an American psychologist and research administrator serving as the associate director for extramural research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Emmeline Edwards is a Haitian-American neurochemist serving as director of the division of extramural research at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. She previously researched the neural mechanisms of complex behaviors and characterization of a genetic model of affective disorders at the University of Maryland,College Park. From 2000 to 2010,Edwards was deputy director of the extramural program at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Hugh Auchincloss,Jr. is an American immunologist and physician serving as the acting director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 2023. He previously served as the principal deputy director between 2006 and 2022. He was previously a transplant surgeon and professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School,and researched at Massachusetts General Hospital for 17 years.
John Ring La Montagne was a Mexican-American biomedical scientist who served as the deputy director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1998 to 2004. He specialized in viral vaccines,HIV/AIDS research,and oversaw NIH's biodefense research after the September 11 attacks.
Jill Reiss Harper is an American molecular biologist and policy advisor serving as the deputy director for science management and executive officer at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Lawrence A. Tabak is an American dentist and biomedical scientist serving as the principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health. He served as acting director from 2021 to 2023. Previously he was the director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research from 2000 to 2010.
Christine M. Hunter is an American clinical psychologist and a uniformed service officer. She is the acting National Institutes of Health (NIH) associate director for behavioral and social sciences research and acting director of the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. Hunter was an active duty officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1996 to 2006. She is a captain in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Andrea T. Norris is an American information technology executive and former civil servant. She was the chief information officer of the National Institutes of Health and director of its Center for Information Technology from 2011 to 2022. Norris is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Nina Felice Schor is an American physician-scientist and pediatric neurologist. She has served as director of the NIH Intramural Research Program since the Fall of 2022. Schor was the deputy director of National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke from 2018 to 2022. She was the William H. Eilinger Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at University of Rochester and Pediatrician-in-Chief of the Golisano Children’s Hospital from 2006 to January 2018.
