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National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the United States federal biomedical research agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. Its origins trace to the 1887 Hygienic Laboratory; the agency later became the National Institutes of Health. NIH conducts and supports basic, clinical and translational research through its Office of the Director and its institutes and centers. Its mission includes understanding living systems, improving health and reducing illness and disability. Relevant work spans neuroscience, brain research, biotechnology, medical technologies, data science and artificial intelligence. The current official directorate names Jay Bhattacharya, Principal Deputy Director Matthew J. Memoli and deputy directors Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Alfred C. Johnson, Jon R. Lorsch and acting intramural deputy Roland A. Owens, alongside published associate directors. Roles of NIH institute directors remain differentiated from the central agency directorate. NIDA is a component institute, rather than a second independent parent agency or private venture firm. NIH administers competitive research funding, including SBIR/STTR grants to eligible small businesses. Agency and programme budgets, requested appropriations and competitive award ceilings are distinct from actual recipient awards, private LP commitments and company equity financings. Actual NIDA-funded Flowly/Tamade LLC and Doro Mind projects belong to that identified funding institute; a duplicate parent NIH check is not inferred. Research aims and an award do not establish clinical efficacy or regulatory approval. This institutional investor identity supports source-qualified grant-provider records, not an assertion that NIH is a private investment manager.
Founded 1887
Team
 Alfred C. JohnsonDeputy Director for Management |
 Amy AdamsActing Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH component) |
Andrea Beckel-MitchenerActing Director, National Institute of Mental Health (NIH component) |
Anthony LetaiDirector, National Cancer Institute (NIH component) |
Bruce TrombergDirector, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIH component) |
Colleen McGowanAssociate Director for Research Services |
Courtney AklinDirector, National Institute of Nursing Research (NIH component) |
 Craig HaynActing Chief Information Security Officer |
Daniel WheelandAssociate Director for Research Facilities |
David GoffActing Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH component) |
David M. MurrayAssociate Director for Prevention; Director, Office of Disease Prevention |
Debara TucciDirector, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH component) |
Erica BrownActing Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH component) |
George KoobDirector, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH component) |
Geri DonenbergAssociate Director for AIDS Research |
Griffin RodgersDirector, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH component) |
Jane SimoniAssociate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research |
Janine ClaytonAssociate Director for Research on Women's Health |
 Jason HitchcockDirector, Information Technology Policy Review Office |
 Jay BhattacharyaDirector |
 Joe HenkeActing Deputy Chief Information Officer; Acting Deputy Director, OCIO |
John GaitanisDirector, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH component) |
John Powers IIIActing Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH component) |
 Jon R. LorschDeputy Director for Extramural Research |
Jonathan E. BurkeDirector, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH component) |
Jonathan GreenDirector, NIH Clinical Center (NIH component) |
Joni RutterDirector, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NIH component) |
Judy ChoDirector, National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH component) |
Katherine KlimczakAssociate Director for Legislative Policy and Analysis |
Kyle WalshDirector, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH component) |
Lyric JorgensonAssociate Director for Science Policy |
 Matthew J. MemoliPrincipal Deputy Director |
 Maureen FalvellaChief Information Officer; Director, Office of the Chief Information Officer |
Michael ChiangDirector, National Eye Institute (NIH component) |
Monica Webb HooperActing Director, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH component) |
Neil ShapiroAssociate Director for Budget |
 Nicole C. KleinstreuerDeputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives |
 Nora D. VolkowDirector, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH component) |
Peter Joseph EmbíDirector, National Library of Medicine (NIH component) |
Peter KilmarxActing Director for International Research |
Phillip OsborneActing Associate Director for Administration |
Raymond JacobsonDirector, Center for Scientific Review (NIH component) |
Renate MylesAssociate Director for Communications and Public Liaison |
Richard HodesDirector, National Institute on Aging (NIH component) |
 Robert ShirleyDirector, Office of IT Architecture |
 Roland A. OwensActing Deputy Director for Intramural Research |
Sean MooneyAssociate Director for Information Technology, Cyberinfrastructure and Cybersecurity · Director, Center for Information Technology (NIH component) |
Steven SchiffDirector, John E. Fogarty International Center (NIH component) |
 Susan GregurickAssociate Director for Data Science |
Wendy WeberDirector, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NIH component) |
Investments
| $847K2026-09-19 |  Modulo Bio | National Institutes of Health |
| $1M2026-02-25 | Modulo Bio | National Institutes of Health |