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National Institute on Aging

Bethesda, Maryland, United States · Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is a United States federal biomedical research institute within the National Institutes of Health, established in1974 under PublicLaw93-296. It conducts and supports research on aging, older adults’ health and well-being, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias through intramural laboratories, extramural grants, training and small-business research programmes. Its neuroscience and deep-technology relevance includes neurobiology of aging, dementia prevention and care, clinical and imaging technologies, sleep research, behavioral science, genomics and translational aging research. NIA is a public institutional grant provider, not a private venture capital firm or a separately inferred NIH investment fund. Richard Hodes remains institute director inSeptember2026 reports; Kenneth Santora is acting deputy director in2026 and directs extramural activities. NIH’s own investigator biographies verify LuigiFerrucci as scientific director and JosephineEgan as clinical director. The profile records publicly named institute/division leaders and relevant programme staff with source-date qualifications. Older public-directory titles for AmyKelley, EvanHadley, StacyCarrington-Lawrence, SamirSauma and PatrickShirdon are not silently treated as independently verifiedOctober2026 appointments. July2026 recruitment for the neuroscience division director does not establish an incumbent. NIA’s site currently returnsHTTP405 for direct directory and portrait retrieval; this prevents verification of the complete institute-wide staff directory and some public headshots. Two original caption-bound NIH IntramuralResearchProgram portraits and the authentic archived government NIA wordmark are verified, and existing shared NIH person images and roles are preserved. Federal appropriations, proposed budgets and programme envelopes are not LP fund closes, fundraising proceeds or paid issuer cash. NIH RePORTER identifies NIA as the administering/funding institute for six separately sourced SleepSpace/ProactiveLife small-business awards; the issuer owner links exact award amounts and notice dates, without duplicating a parent NIH participation or asserting disbursement dates.

Founded 1974

Team

Amy S. KelleyDeputy Director (appointed September11,2022; historical, current deputy role superseded by acting leader)
Chee ChiaStaff Clinician; Deputy Clinical Director (February2021 appointment, ongoing deputy tenure unverified)
Chhanda DuttaActing Deputy Director, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology (2026)
Evan HadleyDirector, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology (published June2024; subsequent tenure unverified)
Josephine M. EganJosephine M. EganClinical Director; Senior Investigator, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation
Kenneth SantoraActing Deputy Director; Director, Division of Extramural Activities
Lisbeth NielsenDirector, Division of Behavioral and Social Research
Luigi FerrucciLuigi FerrucciScientific Director
Patrick ShirdonDirector of Management (public about directory; current tenure unverified)
Rachel SaréProgramme Officer, Neurobiology of Aging and Neurodegeneration Branch (2026)
Richard HodesDirector
Samir SaumaActing Associate Director for Scientific Strategy, Innovation and Management (public about directory; tenure unverified)
Stacy Carrington-LawrenceDivision of Aging Biology leadership (FY2025 Acting Director; 2026 programme contact)
Xin YuanActing Director, DEA Office of the Director (September2025 directory)

Investments