NIH

abbr.

National Institutes of Health

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NIH

(in the US) abbreviation for

National Institutes of Health

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NIH

National Institutes of Health.

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Noun

NIH - an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government

National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine, United States National Library of Medicine - the world's largest medical library

Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, HHS - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979

bureau, federal agency, government agency, agency, office, authority - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

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During visit to the Institute, the Minister said that the Ministry would continue supporting the NIH as new initiatives undertaken by the institute are of critical importance in supporting the provinces.

Health minister appreciates NIH researchers' efforts

NIH Executive Director Brig Aamer Ikram said the land belongs to NIH and that Federal Hospital, which is housed inside NIH, cannot start construction work without first getting a no-objection certificate.

NIH stops construction work on Federal Hospital's OPD building

The memorandum of understanding signed by CIRM President Alan Trounson and Michael Gottesman, deputy director for intramural research at NIH, is a pilot project of these partnerships in clinical and translational research.

Agreement promotes collaboration between California and HIH researchers

The NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, (1) launched in 2004, is a series of initiatives designed to address fundamental knowledge gaps, develop transformative tools and technologies, and/or foster innovative approaches to complex problems.

NIH assistance for new therapeutic development: NIH-RAID pilot program

This summer, the NIH broke into print with NIH MedlinePlus Magazine, a quarterly that offers authoritative advice on health, news on medical research, and stories about people who are making medical advances.

MedlinePlus launches magazine

Perhaps the most significant is that NIEHS applications have had less favorable review outcomes than applications assigned to most of the other NIH institutes and centers, in terms of both a larger percentage being "streamlined" (or identified as having less potential for success and therefore afforded a less intensive review process) and a smaller percentage ranking among the highest-scoring 20% of all applications.

Improving grant application peer review for the NIEHS

"We have worked hard with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Government Ethics to try to come up with rules that first and foremost protect the integrity of NIH science and are balanced in terms of our ability to continue to attract and retain the best scientists and staff," Dr.

NIH eases restrictions on stock ownership

"Even my secretary is going to have to sell her stock," said Ezekiel Emanuel, chairman of the agency's department of clinical bioethics, at a February, NIH meeting.

Scientists for sale: innovation vs. ethics

Beginning in 2003, news stories charged that hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists were engaged in ethically dubious practices, including consulting for or holding stock in companies whose products might benefit from NIH support.

NIH tightens its ethics rules

A controversy over conflicts of interest in the intramural research program at the National Institute of Health erupted in December 2003 when the Los Angeles Times published several articles on consulting arrangements between administrators and senior scientists at the NIH and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

Conflicts of interest at the NIH: no easy solution