Historical Resources
The NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices
Institutes (alphabetical) |
|
National Cancer Institute (NCI), 1937 |
|
|
|
National Eye Institute (NEI), 1968
|
|
|
|
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), 1976
- National Heart and Lung Institute, 1969
- National Heart Institute, 1948
|
|
|
|
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), 1997
- National Center for Human Genome Research, 1989
|
|
|
|
National Institute on Aging (NIA), 1974 |
|
|
|
National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA), 1992
- Became a part of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA), 1974
- Created as an independent Federal agency, 1970
|
|
|
|
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 1955
- National Microbiological Institute (included Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Diseases, and Biologics Standards from National Institute of Health), 1948
- Hygienic Laboratory, 1887
|
|
|
|
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), 1986
|
|
|
|
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, 2000 |
|
|
|
Eunice
Kennedy Shriver National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development
(NIHCH),
2008
- National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development
(NICHD), 1962
|
|
|
|
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), 1988
|
|
|
|
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), 1998
- National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR), 1948
|
|
|
|
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), 1988
- Split off from National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [the split also created the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)].
- National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 1981
- National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases, 1972
- National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, 1950
- Experimental Biology and Medicine Institute (included Divisions of Pharmacology and Chemistry of the National Institute of Health), 1948
|
|
|
|
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 1992
- Created as a part of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA), which was established that year, 1973
|
|
|
|
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 1969 |
|
|
|
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), 1962 |
|
|
|
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 1992
- NIMH research components rejoined NIH; NIMH services branches joined new agency: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); ADAMHA abolished, 1992
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA) formed; NIMH became part of ADAMHA, 1974
- HSMHA abolished; NIMH came back to NIH briefly, 1973
- NIMH left NIH and became separate bureau within PHS; joined Health Services and Mental Health Administration (HSMHA) when it was formed, 1967
- National Institute of Mental Health, authorized 1946, established (funded) 1949
|
|
|
|
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), 1988
- Split off from National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke [the split also created the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)].
- National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, 1975
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, October 1968
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases, August 1968
- National Eye Institute, 1968
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, 1950
|
|
|
|
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), 1993
- National Center for Nursing research, 1986
|
|
|
|
National Library of Medicine (NLM), 1968
- Joined NIH, 1968
- Armed Forces Medical Library renamed National Library of Medicine, 1956
|
|
|
Centers (alphabetical) |
|
Center for Information Technology (CIT), 1998
- Division of Computer Research and Technology, 1964
|
|
|
|
Center for Scientific Review (CSR), 1997
- Division of Research Grants (Research Grants Office established to manage extramural grants), 1946
|
|
|
|
John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC), 1968
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), 1998
- Office of Alternative Medicine, 1992
|
|
|
|
National
Center on Minority Health and
Health Disparities, 2000
- Office of Research on Minority Health (ORMH), 1993
|
|
|
|
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), 1990 |
|
|
|
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center (CC), 1953 |
back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|