December 29, 2000 – The
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Establishment Act (H.R. 1795) is signed into law by
President William Jefferson Clinton.
April 20, 2001 – The
NIBIB Establishment Plan, which described the initial
infrastructure, organization, budget requirements, and
mission, is approved by the Secretary of DHHS, Mr. Tommy
G. Thompson.
April 26, 2001 – Dr.
Donna J. Dean is named as Acting Director of the NIBIB.
June 13, 2001 – The NIBIB
holds its first interagency activity, the "Joint
NIH/NSF Workshop on Bioengineering and Bioinformatics
Education and Training" at the National Science
Foundation Headquarters, Arlington, Virginia.
August 28, 2001 – The
National Advisory Council for Biomedical Imaging and
Bioengineering is established.
September 19, 2001 –
The NIBIB assumes administration of the NIH's Bioengineering
Consortium (BECON).
October 1, 2001 – The
NIBIB web site is released.
January 9, 2001 – A working
group is established by NIBIB to review NIH research
grants and make recommendations for transfers of relevant
funded grants to NIBIB.
January 10, 2001 – The
NIBIB's first budget appropriation is approved. The
FY 2002 appropriation totaled $112 million for the Institute.
February 21, 2002 – The
NIBIB announces its first two Requests for Applications:
RFA No. EB-02-001 entitled "Research and Development
of Systems and Methods for Molecular Imaging";
and RFA No. EB-02-002 entitled "Sensor Development
and Validation."
April 8, 2002 – The NIBIB
announces the award of its first research grants to
Yale University School of Medicine, the University of
California at San Francisco, and Tribofilm Research,
Inc.
May 7, 2002 – Dr. Roderic
Pettigrew, Professor of Radiology, Medicine (Cardiology)
and Bioengineering, and Director of the Emory Center
for MR Research, Emory University School of Medicine,
is named as the first Director of the NIBIB.
September 23, 2002 –
Dr. Roderic Pettigrew assumes the position of Director
of NIBIB.
September 23, 2002 –
Dr. Donna Dean becomes the first Deputy Director of
NIBIB.
December 18, 2002 – The
NIBIB conducts a workshop on Future Research Directions.
January 16, 2003 – First
meeting of the National Advisory Council for Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengineering.
