NIH

1. National Institutes of Health.

NIH

abbreviation for

1. National Institutes of Health

NIH

1. A U.S. government agency headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland , which conducts and supports a wide range of medical research. NIH comprises thirteen separate agencies, each responsible for a different aspect of health, such as allergy and immunology, heart and lung, and so on. NIH also plays a role in training research scientists and providing and distributing biological and medical information.

Notes

A good portion of the funding for basic biomedical research is funneled through this agency.

Example Sentences

As its ranking member, Cassidy has called for reforming NIH, including tweaking peer review and increasing basic research.

From Science Magazine

T-vant was developed through support from the NIH Adjuvant Development Program.

From Science Daily

To that end he said Trump had asked him to reorganize FDA, CDC, NIH, and parts of the U.S.

From Science Magazine

He said at a rally in Arizona earlier this month that he plans to fire and replace 600 employees at the NIH - which oversees vaccine research - as soon as Trump takes the White House.

From BBC

RFK Jr. was there too, ranting about the "corruption at the CDC, the FDA, the NIH and the CIA."

From Salon