> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # National Institutes of Health - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/national-institutes-of-health/ - Published: 1999-01-02T20:49:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-03-26T18:32:32.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization The **National Institutes of Health (NIH)** is an agency of the [United States Federal Government](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Federal-Government) responsible for biomedical and public health research. It sits within the [United States Department of Health and Human Services](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-Health-and-Human-Services). ## History On November 26, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Jay Bhattacharya to lead the NIH in his second administration.[\[1\]](#fn1) He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 25, 2025.[\[2\]](#fn2) ## Organization There are 27 institutes and centers that currently make up the NIH, one independent agency, and one former center: - Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)[\[3\]](#fn3) - Center for Information Technology (CIT) - Center for Scientific Review (CSR) - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - Fogarty International Center (FIC) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) - National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) - National Center for Research Resources (NCRR - former) - National Eye Institute (NEI) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) - National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) - [National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) - National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (NIHCC) - United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) ### Personnel | Name | Position | Notes | | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | Jay Bhattacharya | Director[\[2:1\]](#fn2) | Stanford University, Great Barrington Declaration | ## External links - [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=national%5Finstitutes%5Fof%5Fhealth) - [Housatonic](https://sites.google.com/a/housatonicits.com/home/research/national-institutes-of-health) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%5FInstitutes%5Fof%5FHealth) - [Wikispooks](https://wikispooks.com/wiki/NIH) --- 1. Stolberg, S. G. (2024, November 26). *Trump Picks Stanford Physician Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to Head N.I.H.* The New York Times. [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. Weixel, N. (2025, March 25). *Senate confirms Trump’s nominee to run NIH.* The Hill. [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) 3. *Russell Named Acting Deputy Director for New Advanced Research Entity.* (2022, June 10). NIH Record. [↩︎](#fnref3)