Appendix E
Mission Statements of NIH’s Institutes and Centers
| IC Name | IC Mission |
|---|---|
| National Cancer Institute (NCI) | The National Cancer Institute (NCI) leads, conducts, and supports cancer research across the nation to advance scientific knowledge and help all people live longer, healthier lives (NCI, 2018). |
| National Eye Institute (NEI) | The mission of the National Eye Institute (NEI) is to eliminate vision loss and improve quality of life through vision research. To achieve this mission, NEI provides leadership to drive innovative research to understand the eye and visual system, prevent and treat vision diseases, and expand opportunities for people who are blind or require vision rehabilitation; foster collaboration in vision research and clinical care to develop new ideas and share knowledge across other fields; recruit, inspire, and train a talented and diverse new generation of individuals to expand and strengthen the vision workforce; educate health care providers, scientists, policymakers, and the public about advances in vision research and their impact on health and quality of life (NEI, 2021). |
| National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides global leadership for a research, training, and education program to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood disorders and enhance the health of all individuals so that they can live longer and more fulfilling lives (NHLBI, 2014). |
| IC Name | IC Mission |
|---|---|
| National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) | As a leading authority in the field of genomics, the mission of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is to accelerate scientific and medical breakthroughs that improve human health. NHGRI does this by driving cutting-edge research, developing new technologies, and studying the impact of genomics on society (NHGRI, 2018). |
| National Institute on Aging (NIA) | The mission of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) is to support and conduct genetic, biological, clinical, behavioral, social, and economic research on aging; foster the development of research and clinician scientists in aging; provide research resources, and disseminate information about aging and advances in research to the public, health care professionals, and the scientific community, among a variety of audiences (NIA, 2021). |
| National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | The mission of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is to generate and disseminate fundamental knowledge about the effects of alcohol on health and well-being, and apply that knowledge to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorder, across the lifespan (NIAAA, 2021). |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) | The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. For more than 60 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world (NIAID, 2021). |
| National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) | The mission of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) is to support research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases; the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research; and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases (NIAMS, 2021). |
| National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) | The mission of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is to improve health by leading the development and accelerating the application of biomedical technologies. The Institute is committed to integrating engineering and physical sciences with biology and medicine to advance our understanding of disease and its prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment. NIBIB supports emerging technology research and development within its internal laboratories and through grants, collaborations, and training (NIBIB, 2021). |
| IC Name | IC Mission |
|---|---|
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) | The mission of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is to lead research and training to understand human development, improve reproductive health, enhance the lives of children and adolescents, and optimize abilities for all (NICHD, 2019). |
| National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) | Established in 1988, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language. The institute also conducts and supports research and research training related to disease prevention and health promotion; addresses special biomedical and behavioral problems associated with people who have communication impairments or disorders; and supports efforts to create devices that assist individuals with hearing loss or other communication disorders (NIDCD, 2019). |
| National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) | The mission of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is to advance fundamental knowledge about dental, oral, and craniofacial (DOC) health and disease and translate these findings into prevention, early detection, and treatment strategies that improve overall health for all individuals and communities across the lifespan (NIDCR, 2018). |
| National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) | The mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is to conduct and support medical research and research training and to disseminate science-based information on diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases, nutritional disorders, and obesity; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases, to improve people’s health and quality of life (NIDDK, 2021). |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | The mission of National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is to advance science on the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction and to apply that knowledge to improve individual and public health (NIDA, 2021). |
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) | The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives (NIEHS, 2019). |
| IC Name | IC Mission |
|---|---|
| National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) | The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) supports basic research that increases our understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. NIGMS-funded scientists investigate how living systems work at a range of levels from molecules and cells to tissues and organs, in research organisms, humans, and populations. Additionally, to ensure the vitality and continued productivity of the research enterprise, NIGMS provides leadership in training the next generation of scientists, in enhancing the diversity of the scientific workforce, and in developing research capacity throughout the country (NIGMS, 2021). |
| National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | The mission of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure (NIMH, 2021). |
| National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) | The mission of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is to lead scientific research to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. To accomplish this, NIMHD plans, coordinates, reviews, and evaluates NIH minority health and health disparities research and activities; conducts and supports research in minority health and health disparities; promotes and supports the training of a diverse research workforce; translates and disseminates research information; and fosters innovative collaborations and partnerships (NIMHD, 2021). |
| National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) | The mission of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease for all people. To support this mission, NINDS supports and performs basic, translational, and clinical neuroscience research through grants-in-aid, contracts, scientific meetings, and through research in its own laboratories, and clinics; funds and conducts research training and career development programs to increase basic, translational and clinical neuroscience expertise and ensure a vibrant, talented, and diverse work force; promotes the timely dissemination of scientific discoveries and their implications for neurological health to the public, health professionals, researchers, and policymakers (NINDS, 2021). |
| National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) | The mission of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) is to promote and improve the health of individuals, families, and communities. To achieve this mission, NINR supports and conducts clinical and basic research and research training on health and illness, research that spans and integrates the behavioral and biological sciences, and that develops the scientific basis for clinical practice (NIH, 2020). |
| IC Name | IC Mission |
|---|---|
| National Library of Medicine (NLM) | The National Library of Medicine (NLM) collects, organizes, and makes available biomedical science information to scientists, health professionals, and the public. The Library’s Web-based databases, including PubMed/Medline and MedlinePlus, are used extensively around the world. NLM conducts and supports research in biomedical communications; creates information resources for molecular biology, biotechnology, toxicology, and environmental health; and provides grant and contract support for training, medical library resources, and biomedical informatics and communications research (NIH, 2019). |
| NIH Clinical Center (CC) | The NIH Clinical Center (CC) provides hope through pioneering clinical research to improve human health (NIH Clinical Center, 2020). |
| Center for Information Technology (CIT) | The Center for Information Technology (CIT) provides the NIH community with a secure and reliable IT infrastructure and a variety of IT and scientific computing services that support its mission-critical research and administrative activities. Among its activities, CIT provides a robust and secure enterprise network service for NIH staff; state-of-the-art, high-performance scientific computing platforms and applications; secure access to IT systems, including computers and applications; data-processing, hosting, and storage facilities; cloud computing infrastructure, tools, technologies, and other related services; advanced algorithms and data visualization applications; access to discounted software products and applications information, expertise, and training (NIH, 2021). |
| Center for Scientific Review (CSR) | Since 1946, the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) has worked to see that NIH grant applications receive fair, independent, expert, and timely scientific reviews—free from inappropriate influences—so NIH can fund the most promising research (CSR, 2021). |
| Fogarty International Center (FIC) | The Fogarty International Center (FIC) is dedicated to advancing the mission of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by supporting and facilitating global health research conducted by U.S. and international investigators, building partnerships between health research institutions in the U.S. and abroad, and training the next generation of scientists to address global health needs (Fogarty International Center, 2021). |
| National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) | The mission of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is to catalyze the generation of innovative methods and technologies that will enhance the development, testing and implementation of diagnostics and therapeutics across a wide range of human diseases and conditions (NCATS, 2021). |
| National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) | The mission of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is to determine, through rigorous scientific investigation, the fundamental science, usefulness, and safety of complementary and integrative health approaches and their roles in improving health and health care (NCCIH, 2021). |
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