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NCCAM
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is 1 of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH is one of eight agencies under the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). NCCAM is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals. http://nccam.nih.gov/


NCCAM Clearinghouse
The NCCAM Clearinghouse Responds to inquiries, in English or Spanish,Distributes NCCAM publications and selected other Federal publications on CAM, Retrieves information from Federal databases of peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature, Makes referrals to other Federal resources as appropriate. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/clearinghouse/


NCMHD
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) is to promote minority health and to lead, coordinate, support, and assess the NIH effort to reduce and ultimately eliminate health disparities. NCMHD will conduct and support basic, clinical, social, and behavioral research, promote research infrastructure and training, foster emerging programs, disseminate information, and reach out to minority and other health disparity communities. http://ncmhd.nih.gov/


NCRR
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health. NCRR supports primary research to create and develop critical resources, models, and technologies. NCRR funding also provides biomedical researchers with access to diverse instrumentation, technologies, basic and clinical research facilities, animal models, genetic stocks, biomaterials, and more. These resources enable scientific advances in biomedicine that lead to the development of lifesaving drugs, devices, and therapies. http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/


NIH Clinical Center
The NIH Clinical Center will serve as the nation’s premier research hospital for conducting clinical research to improve the health of human kind. It will also serve as a national resource for clinical research by developing diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, enhancing systems to ensure the safe, efficient, and ethical conduct of clinical research, training clinical researchers, and leading the response to the nation’s public health needs. http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/ http://www.cc.nih.gov/


OBSSR
The U.S. Congress established the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) in the Office of the Director, NIH, in recognition of the key role that behavioral and social factors often play in illness and health. The OBSSR is to stimulate behavioral and social sciences research throughout NIH and to integrate these areas of research more fully into others of the NIH health research enterprise, thereby improving our understanding, treatment, and prevention of disease. http://obssr.od.nih.gov/


ODS
ODS is to strengthen knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements by evaluating scientific information, stimulating and supporting research, disseminating research results, and educating the public to foster an enhanced quality of life and health for the U.S. population. http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/


OER
The Office of Extramural Research (OER) serves as the focal point for policies and guidelines for extramural research grants administration. Office of Extramural Research has primary responsibility for the development and implementation of NIH Grants Policy, monitoring of compliance with PHS policy on Humane Use and Care of Laboratory Animals, coordination of program guidelines, and development and maintenance of the information systems for grants administration. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm


OMAR
The Office of Medical Applications of Research (OMAR) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the focal point for evidence-based assessments of medical practice and state-of-the-science on behalf of the medical community and the public. OMAR works closely with NIH Institutes or Centers and Offices to assess, translate and disseminate the results of biomedical research that can be used in the delivery of important health services to the public. A major responsibility of OMAR is the coordination of the NIH Consensus Development Program. http://odp.od.nih.gov/omar/


OAR
The NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) is located within the Office of the Director of NIH and is responsible for the scientific, budgetary, legislative, and policy elements of the NIH AIDS research program. Congress has provided broad authority to the OAR to plan, coordinate, evaluate, and fund all NIH AIDS research. The OAR is responsible for the development of an annual comprehensive plan and budget for all NIH AIDS research. http://www.nih.gov/od/oar/




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