Umbrella Institution

National Institutes of Health, 1948 National Institute of Health, 1930 Hygienic Laboratory, 1887

Institutes (alphabetical)

National Cancer Institute (NCI), 1937 National Eye Institute (NEI), 1968 Split off from National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness; for history, see National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). 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 Split off from National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; for history, see National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, 2000 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 1962 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), 1988 Split off from National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke; for history, see National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). 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

Selected Components of the Office of the Director (alphabetical)

Office of AIDS Research (OAR), 1988 Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), 1995 Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), 1994 Office of Rare Diseases (ORD), 1993 Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), 1990

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