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Agricultural Research Service
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the main in-house research arm of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ARS conducts research to develop and transfer solutions to agricultura... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The CDER Executive Secretariat Staff (CESS), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, responds to written consumer, health professional, professional organization, government agency, etc., inquiries c... Details >
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is one of five product-oriented centers of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The mission of CFSAN is to promote and protect the public he... Details >
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute
The responsibility of this division of the National Institutes of Health is to conduct population based research on environmental and genetics determinants of cancer. Interdisciplinary studies are con... Details >
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID) supports extramural research to control and prevent diseases caused by virtually all infectious agents except HIV. This includes basic biome... Details >
National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research 
The National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR), funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), responds directly to NIDRR's concerns for ... Details >
National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The NCTR conducts FDA mission-critical, peer-reviewed research that is targeted to develop a more scientifically sound basis for regulatory decisions and reduce risks associated with FDA-regulated pro... Details >
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
The mission of the National Center on Minority Health and Disparities (NCMHD) is to lead, coordinate, support, and assess the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities. In this... Details >
National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, (NCSDR), an office within the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), coordinates sleep-related research and education activities with the N... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
The primary responsibility of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the scientific investigation of heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases. NHLBI oversees resources and rese... Details >
National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) led the National Institutes of Health's contribution to the International Human Genome Project, which had as its primary goal the sequencing of th... Details >
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) is one of the National Institutes of Health, the principal biomedical research agency of the United States Government. NIGMS primarily suppor... Details >
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) was originally established in 1950. The NINDS conducts and supports research and research training on the causes, prevention, diagno... Details >
National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health (NINR)
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span--from management of patients du... Details >
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) was established in 1974 to conduct and support biomedical, social, and behavioral research and training relating to the aging process, and the diseases and other ... Details >
National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH provides leadership and direction to programs designed to improve the health of the Nation by supporting r... Details >
National Network of Libraries of Medicine
The purpose of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine network (NN/LM) is to provide health science practitioners, investigators, educators, and administrators in the United States with timely, ... Details >
National Science Foundation
This is an independent U.S. government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering through programs that invest over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education projects... Details >
Office of AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health
The NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) is located within the Office of the Director of NIH and is responsible for the scientific, budgetary, legislative, and policy elements of the NIH AIDS research pr... Details >
Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health
In its mission to protect and improve human health, the NIH conducts and supports basic, applied, and clinical and health services research to understand the processes underlying human health and to a... Details >
Office of Medical Applications of Research, National Institutes of Health
The Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR) is the focal point for health technology assessment and transfer activities at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). OMAR staff work closely wi... Details >
Office of Research Integrity, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Office of Research Integrity is responsible for protecting the integrity of PHS extramural and intramural research programs, with the exception of the regulatory research activities of the Food a... Details >
Office of Research on Women's Health, National Institutes of Health
Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) was established in September 1990 within the Office of the Director at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to serve as a focal point for women's health ... Details >
Office of Rural Mental Health Research
This division of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has two major responsibilities -- to direct, plan, coordinate, and support research activitie... Details >
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is the Nation's Federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. ... Details >
AcademyHealth
The Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy was established in June 2000 as the result of a merger between the Alpha Center and the Association for Health Services Research. The Academ... Details >
AGS Foundation for Health in Aging
The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA) is a national non-profit organization established in 1999 by The American Geriatrics Society (AGS). FHA aims to build a bridge between the research and pra... Details >
Alliance for Aging Research
The independent, not-for-profit Alliance for Aging Research was founded in 1986 to promote medical research into human aging. Since then, the Alliance has grown to become the nation's leading citizen ... Details >
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Founded in 1948, the AACC is an international scientific/medical society of clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists and other individuals involved with clinical chemistry a... Details >
American Foundation for AIDS Research
AmFAR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research (both basic-biomedical and clinical research), AIDS prevention, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy. To fu... Details >
American Group Psychotherapy Association
The American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), founded in 1942, provides a forum for the exchange of ideas among professionals in group psychotherapy. It makes available published information o... Details >
Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
The Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, formerly the Cancer Research Foundation of America, is a national, non-profit health foundation whose mission is the prevention and early detection of ca... Details >
Center for Injury Research & Control
Established in 1992, the Center for Injury Research & Control (CIRCL) conducts injury control research, gathers and disseminates information on injuries, provides training for health care professional... Details >
Center for Research on Women with Disabilities
CROWD is a research center that focuses on issues related to health, aging, civil rights, abuse, and independent living for women. Its purpose is to promote, develop, and disseminate information to ex... Details >
Center of Alcohol Studies
The Center of Alcohol Studies (CAS), founded in the early 1940s, conducts research on alcohol, and other substance use/abuse, disseminates information, and engages in professional and public education... Details >
Children, Youth and Family Consortium
The Children, Youth and Family Consortium's web site is a bridge to a wide range of information and resources about children and families. It connects research, teaching, policy, and community practi... Details >
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
The Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving care for sarcoidosis patients and to finding a cure for this disease. Since establishment in 2000, FSR ... Details >
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance
The Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the pursuit of educational, scientific and research activities leading to treatments for Friedreich's... Details >
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
The Health Policy Institute, based at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute, is a multi-disciplinary group of faculty and staff dedicated to conducting research on key issues in health polic... Details >
Hope Heart Institute
The Hope Heart Institute conducts research and education programs that aim to improve the physical, emotional and spiritual quality of life for all at risk of, or afflicted with, heart and blood vesse... Details >
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The institute is a nonprofit medical research organization that employs hundreds of leading biomedical scientists working at the forefront of their fields. In addition, through its grants program and ... Details >
Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland
The Institute was established to create and develop a world-class center of excellence focusing on chronic viral diseases and virally-linked cancers. The IHV is dedicated to discovery, research, treat... Details >
Kempe Children's Center
Formerly the C. Henry Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, this institution was founded in 1972 to provide a clinically based resource for training, consu... Details >
National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
The National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research (NCAIANMHR), a program in the Department of Psychiatry, is one of four minority mental health research Centers. The NCA... Details >
Office of Communications and Public Liaison, National Institutes of Health
The Office of Communications and Public Liaison (OCPL) is the central office for communications at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Located in NIH’s Office of the Director, OCPL lead the effor... Details >
Prevent Blindness America
Prevent Blindness America, formerly known as the National Society to Prevent Blindness (NSPB), was founded in 1908. It promotes the prevention of blindness through a comprehensive program of communit... Details >
Society for Neuroscience
The Society is an organization of scientists and physicians dedicated to understanding the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system. Members are residents of Canada, Mexico and the United Stat... Details >
Society for Women's Health Research
Established in 1990, the Society for Women's Health Research (formerly the Society for the Advancement of Women’s Health Research) is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to improving the heal... Details >
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program
The Substance Abuse Policy Research Program (SAPRP) is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with direction and technical assistance provided by the Center for Creative Leadership.... Details >
Telemedicine Research Center
A non-profit research and education organization, TRC 's mission is to promote telemedicine research and to create, manage and disseminate information about telemedicine related issues. The Center is... Details >
University of Maryland Medical Center
The University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), founded in 1823 as the Baltimore Infirmary, is one of the nation’s oldest academic medical centers. UMMC exists to serve the state and region as a ter... Details >