The National Institutes of Health Wants Me
The National Institutes of Health Wants Me, yay!
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has offered me the privilege to participate in their ongoing Relapsing Polychondritis study.
For those of you who are reading this HypoGal Blog post and are not aware of who, what is the function or where is the National Institutes of Health located, please let me explain.
The Who Is The National Institutes of Health?
Founded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services in 1887. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.
The NIH comprises 27 separate institutes and centers of different biomedical disciplines and is responsible for many scientific accomplishments.
As of 2013, the IRP had 1,200 principal investigators and more than 4,000 postdoctoral fellows in basic, translational, and clinical research, is the largest biomedical research institution in the world.
What Is The Function Of The National Institutes of Health?
The National Institute of Health conducts scientific research through its Intramural Research Program (IRP) and provides significant biomedical research funding to non-NIH research facilities through its Extramural Research Program.
As of 2010, The National Institute of Health had an annual budget of 30.9 billion dollars.
Where Is The National Institutes of Health Located?
The National Institutes of Health is in Bethesda Maryland and as of 2010, the National Institutes of Health has 20,262 employees.
The National Institutes of Health’s Logo
That is a brief Who, What and Where of The National Institutes of Health.
I am thrilled to be part of the data the National Institutes of Health is collecting about Relapsing Polychondritis.
Thank you to The National Health Institutes for studying the rare disease, Relapsing Polychondritis.
I am eager to hear the National Institutes of Health medical input on how I can better manage the Relapsing Polychondritis disease that continues to simmer throughout my body.
I hope this HypoGal Blog Health Reference, The National Institutes of Health Wants Me, has been insightful.
Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health
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