/ en Tue, 30 Sep 25 14:30:55 -0400 /news-events/news-releases/hhs-doubles-ai-backed-childhood-cancer-research-funding <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">HHS Doubles AI-Backed Childhood Cancer Research Funding</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>hillerjm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-30T14:30:55-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 30, 2025 - 14:30" class="datetime">Tue, 09/30/2025 - 14:30</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced a doubling of funding for its Childhood Cancer Data Initiative (CCDI) at the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH). The funding surge is designed to accelerate the development of improved diagnostics, treatments, and prevention strategies.</p> <p>President Trump in 2019 established the CCDI to collect, generate, and analyze childhood cancer data. Its budget will rise from $50 million to $100 million, giving the federal government stronger data for this effort. The initiative will also bring in private-sector partners to apply advanced artificial intelligence to speed up cures for pediatric cancer.</p> <p>Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, and National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director Anthony Letai joined President Trump at the White House today to discuss their commitment to eradicating childhood cancer and to mark the signing of the president’s executive order, <em>Unlocking Cures for Pediatric Cancer with Artificial Intelligence.</em></p> <p>“For too long, families have fought childhood cancer while our systems lagged behind,” <strong>said Secretary Kennedy</strong>. “President Trump is changing that. We will harness American innovation in artificial intelligence to find cures for pediatric cancer.”</p> <p>“We are dedicated to using every innovative method and technology at our disposal in our fight against childhood cancer,” <strong>said NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya,</strong> <strong>M.D., Ph.D.</strong> “By doubling down on this mission with AI, we are ensuring that state-of-the-art science is being leveraged to provide answers about these diseases that would otherwise be out of reach.”</p> <p>“Our efforts have helped us learn from every child and better understand childhood cancer, reduce its risk, develop better treatments, and improve survivorship for children, teens and young adults with cancer,” <strong>said NCI Director Anthony Letai, M.D., Ph.D.</strong>, who was sworn in on Sept. 29, 2025. “I cannot think of a better way to begin my tenure at NCI than to redouble our efforts to support our youngest patients and their families facing rare leukemias and other cancers. We will not stop until childhood cancer is a thing of the past.”</p> <p>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will use artificial intelligence to maximize the potential for electronic health record and claims data to inform research and clinical trial design. Parents will remain in control of their child’s health information as the data is used to benefit patients and researchers.</p> <p>The president’s Make American Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-MAHA-Strategy-WH.pdf"><em>Strategy Report</em></a> directs HHS to “focus on research that harnesses AI to uncover causes, identify risks early, and take action in childhood and young adulthood to prevent cancer.” Pediatric cancer remains the leading cause of disease-related death for children in the United States, and its incidence has increased by more than 40% since 1975.</p> <p><strong>About the National Cancer Institute (NCI):</strong> NCI leads the National Cancer Program and NIH’s efforts to dramatically reduce the prevalence of cancer and improve the lives of people with cancer. NCI supports a wide range of cancer research and training extramurally through grants and contracts. NCI’s intramural research program conducts innovative, transdisciplinary basic, translational, clinical, and epidemiological research on the causes of cancer, avenues for prevention, risk prediction, early detection, and treatment, including research at the NIH Clinical Center—the world’s largest research hospital. For more information about cancer, please visit the NCI website at <a href="https://www.cancer.gov">https://www.cancer.gov</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-09/20250930-cancer.jpg?itok=ptiq6sLm 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-09/20250930-cancer.jpg?itok=PhWVAG78 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-09/20250930-cancer.jpg?itok=mb72I3k1 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="1200" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/20250930-cancer.jpg?itok=ZGMSCBoD" alt="Expression of HHV-8 LANA in Pediatric Kaposi Sarcoma"/> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">This image depicts HHV-8 Latency-Associated Nuclear Antigen (LANA) expression in an immunohistochemical (IHC) stain of a Kaposi sarcoma (KS) biopsy. The biopsy was obtained from the lymph node of a pediatric patient in Malawi. LANA is identified by dark red staining of the nuclei, and the LANA-negative nuclei are counterstained blue with hematoxylin. The KS cells display a classic spindle cell phenotype, with disruption of the lymph node architecture. Examination of IHC markers from patient samples allows us to correlate findings with clinical data and improve patient outcomes. 200X magnification.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"> Imaging and histochemistry by Anthony B. Eason, lab of Dirk Dittmer, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.</div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-release-type field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Release Type</div> <div class="field__item">News Release</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Title</div> <div class="field__item">HHS Doubles AI-Backed Childhood Cancer Research Funding</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-release-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Release Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-30T08:00:00Z" class="datetime">Tue, 09/30/2025 - 04:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-site-section field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Site Section</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/691" hreflang="en">News Releases</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-float-featured-media field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Float Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thumbnail</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-09/20250930-cancer.jpg?itok=ptiq6sLm 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-09/20250930-cancer.jpg?itok=PhWVAG78 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-09/20250930-cancer.jpg?itok=mb72I3k1 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="1200" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/20250930-cancer.jpg?itok=ZGMSCBoD" alt="Expression of HHV-8 LANA in Pediatric Kaposi Sarcoma"/> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">This image depicts HHV-8 Latency-Associated Nuclear Antigen (LANA) expression in an immunohistochemical (IHC) stain of a Kaposi sarcoma (KS) biopsy. The biopsy was obtained from the lymph node of a pediatric patient in Malawi. LANA is identified by dark red staining of the nuclei, and the LANA-negative nuclei are counterstained blue with hematoxylin. The KS cells display a classic spindle cell phenotype, with disruption of the lymph node architecture. Examination of IHC markers from patient samples allows us to correlate findings with clinical data and improve patient outcomes. 200X magnification.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item"> Imaging and histochemistry by Anthony B. Eason, lab of Dirk Dittmer, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.</div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sponsoring-organizations field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Sponsoring Organizations</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.cancer.gov/">National Cancer Institute (NCI)</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-name field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact Name</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/request-for-comment-form/index.html?Agency=ľ��ֱ��">NIH Office of Communications</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-about-nih field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">About the NIH</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>About the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH):</strong> NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <a href="/">www.nih.gov</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-subtitle field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add subtitle</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> Tue, 30 Sep 2025 18:30:55 +0000 hillerjm 19626 at /news-events/news-releases/secretary-kennedy-swears-dr-anthony-letai-director-national-cancer-institute <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Secretary Kennedy Swears in Dr. Anthony Letai as Director of the National Cancer Institute</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>hillerjm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-29T12:55:40-04:00" title="Monday, September 29, 2025 - 12:55" class="datetime">Mon, 09/29/2025 - 12:55</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Anthony Letai, MD, Ph.D., was sworn in today as director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH), by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.</p> <p>Dr. Letai takes the helm of the world’s most prestigious cancer research agency after serving as professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and medical oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He possesses decades of experience studying cell death in cancer, developing treatments, and identifying predictive biomarkers.</p> <p>“Cancer, like other chronic diseases, was long neglected in federal research attention,”<strong> said Secretary Kennedy</strong>. “President Trump reversed that neglect, and Dr. Letai’s leadership of NCI will drive American innovation by focusing squarely on the best science to find causes and cures.”</p> <p>“Dr. Letai has been immersed in the relevant science for decades and has been on the cutting edge of how we think about cancer treatment,” <strong>said NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya. </strong>“His drive, integrity, and expertise make him the right leader to harness the resources and talent at NCI to reverse America’s cancer crisis.”</p> <p>“It is a great honor to join Secretary Kennedy and Director Bhattacharya at this watershed moment for our nation’s public health,” <strong>said Dr. Letai.</strong> “We will work around the clock to identify cancer’s root causes, predictive biomarkers, and most effective treatments. Advances in understanding cell death and replication are essential to realizing President Trump’s vision for a healthy America.”</p> <p>Dr. Letai’s research has been central to bringing venetoclax, a BCL-2 inhibitor, from the laboratory to the clinic. His laboratory work has led to advancements in knowledge of both liquid and solid tumors, as well as a wide range of treatments, including cellular immunotherapies. Dr. Letai is a recipient of the European Cell Death Organization Career Award, the Smith Family Prize for Outstanding Scientific Contributions, and the National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award.</p> <p>After graduating from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in physics, Dr. Letai received his Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago. He completed his Ph.D. on the molecular basis of heritable blistering diseases before residency in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a clinical fellowship in hematology and oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Letai began his studies of programmed cell death in cancer in a post-doctoral fellowship before establishing his laboratory at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to study how apoptosis can be evaded by cancer cells.</p> <p>Dr. Letai and his wife, Jean, have three children. Their daughter Julie represented Team USA in speedskating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and is a member of U.S. Speedskating’s Short Track World Tour Team as it prepares for the 2026 Games in Milan.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-release-type field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Release Type</div> <div class="field__item">News Release</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Title</div> <div class="field__item">Secretary Kennedy Swears in Dr. Anthony Letai as Director of the National Cancer Institute</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-release-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Release Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-29T19:00:00Z" class="datetime">Mon, 09/29/2025 - 15:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-site-section field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Site Section</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/691" hreflang="en">News Releases</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-float-featured-media field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Float Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thumbnail</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-09/thumb-logo.jpg?itok=eKIF4VED 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-09/thumb-logo.jpg?itok=DxYcKExK 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-09/thumb-logo.jpg?itok=SMik_iTI 720w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="720" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/thumb-logo.jpg?itok=b-hL3D0v" alt="NIH Logo"/> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sponsoring-organizations field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Sponsoring Organizations</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/">ľ��ֱ�� (NIH)</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-name field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact Name</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/request-for-comment-form/index.html?Agency=ASPA">HHS Office of Communications</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-about-nih field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">About the NIH</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>About the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH):</strong> NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <a href="/">www.nih.gov</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-subtitle field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add subtitle</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:55:40 +0000 hillerjm 19621 at /news-events/news-releases/nih-establishes-nations-first-dedicated-organoid-development-center-reduce-reliance-animal-modeling <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH establishes nation's first dedicated organoid development center to reduce reliance on animal modeling</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>hillerjm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-24T12:37:47-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - 12:37" class="datetime">Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:37</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Today, the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH) announced the award of contracts for launching the <a href="/som">Standardized Organoid Modeling (SOM) Center</a>, a national resource that will be dedicated to using cutting-edge technologies to develop standardized organoid-based new approach methodologies (NAMs) that deliver robust, reproducible, and patient-centered research findings. With contracts totaling $87 million for the first three years, the center will be housed at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR), a facility supported by NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI). The center’s goal will be to leverage the latest technologies to enable real-time optimization of organoid protocols.</p> <p>“This groundbreaking initiative will transform how we conduct biomedical research through innovative approaches to advancing human-based technologies,” said NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. “By creating standardized, reproduceable, and accessible organoid models, we will accelerate drug discovery and translational science, offering more precise tools for disease modeling, public health protection, and reducing reliance on animal models.”</p> <p>Organoids are small, lab-grown tissue models that replicate the structure and function of human organs, offering alternatives to animal models. However, most organoid models are currently produced in academic settings through trial and error, slowing their ability to be reproduced across labs. The NIH SOM Center will address these reproducibility challenges through using technologies including artificial intelligence, robotics, and a variety of human cell sources to establish standardized organoid models that can be used widely by researchers and accepted by regulators, accelerating scientific discoveries and decisions.</p> <p>The NIH SOM Center is designed to support a wide array of users, including scientists and researchers from academic institutions, industry, and government; clinicians in need of patient-specific models; and the broader scientific community, including industry partners and educators. It will provide open access to protocols, data, and organoids, promoting global collaboration. The center will also work with regulatory bodies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to develop models that meet preclinical testing standards, accelerating development of new disease treatments and safety assessments. The center will initially focus on organoid models of the liver, lung, heart, and intestine, with plans to expand to additional organ systems and disease-specific models.</p> <p>“The NIH SOM Center is truly a first of its kind,” said Nicole Kleinstreuer, Ph.D., Acting NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives. “It will serve as a national resource to scientists at NIH and investigators from around the country and the world, offering a unique combination of AI and machine learning to develop world-class organoid protocols, advanced robotics for large-scale production, and open-access repositories for physical samples and digital resources.”</p> <p>A new SOM Scientific Advisory Board, comprised of internationally recognized scientists, will provide strategic guidance and direction for the center’s scientific priorities and research.</p> <p>The initiative is being launched by the NIH Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives, in collaboration with many other NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Research Technologies Branch and Center for Human Immunology, Infection and Autoimmunity, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and the Office of Research on Women’s Health, with plans to expand partnerships across NIH and the broader scientific community.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-09/20250925-brain-organoid.jpg?itok=mH54gppg 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-09/20250925-brain-organoid.jpg?itok=-_gNgcfD 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/20250925-brain-organoid.jpg?itok=62amJ4CY 1300w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-09/20250925-brain-organoid.jpg?itok=ToL-bASi 1500w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="1300" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/20250925-brain-organoid.jpg?itok=62amJ4CY" alt="Brain organoid depicting neural stem cells in green and neurons in magenta. Both cell types are abundant, showing normal development."/> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">Brain organoid depicting neural stem cells in green and neurons in magenta. Both cell types are abundant, showing normal development.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">NIAID</div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-release-type field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Release Type</div> <div class="field__item">News Release</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Title</div> <div class="field__item">NIH establishes nation's first dedicated organoid development center to reduce reliance on animal modeling</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-release-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Release Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-25T15:00:00Z" class="datetime">Thu, 09/25/2025 - 11:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-site-section field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Site Section</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/691" hreflang="en">News Releases</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-float-featured-media field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Float Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thumbnail</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-09/20250925-brain-organoid.jpg?itok=mH54gppg 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-09/20250925-brain-organoid.jpg?itok=-_gNgcfD 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/20250925-brain-organoid.jpg?itok=62amJ4CY 1300w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-09/20250925-brain-organoid.jpg?itok=ToL-bASi 1500w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="1300" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/20250925-brain-organoid.jpg?itok=62amJ4CY" alt="Brain organoid depicting neural stem cells in green and neurons in magenta. Both cell types are abundant, showing normal development."/> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">Brain organoid depicting neural stem cells in green and neurons in magenta. Both cell types are abundant, showing normal development.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">NIAID</div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sponsoring-organizations field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Sponsoring Organizations</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/">ľ��ֱ�� (NIH)</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-name field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact Name</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/request-for-comment-form/index.html?Agency=ľ��ֱ��">NIH Office of Communications</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-number field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact Number</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item">301-496-5787</div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-about-nih field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">About the NIH</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>About the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH):</strong> NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <a href="/">www.nih.gov</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-subtitle field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add subtitle</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:37:47 +0000 hillerjm 19606 at /news-events/news-releases/nih-launches-fifty-million-autism-data-science-initiative-unlock-causes-improve-outcomes <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH launches $50M Autism Data Science Initiative to unlock causes and improve outcomes</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>hillerjm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-22T13:24:25-04:00" title="Monday, September 22, 2025 - 13:24" class="datetime">Mon, 09/22/2025 - 13:24</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The ľ��ֱ�� has launched the <a href="https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/autism-data-science-initiative">Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI)</a>, a landmark research effort that will harness large-scale data resources to explore contributors to the causes and rising prevalence of autism spectrum disorder. More than $50 million in <a href="https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/autism-data-science-initiative/funded-research">awards</a> will support 13 pioneering projects that draw on genomic, epigenomic, metabolomic, proteomic, clinical, behavioral and autism services data. These projects will integrate, aggregate and analyze existing data resources, generate targeted new data and validate findings through independent replication hubs.</p> <p>“Our Autism Data Science Initiative will unite powerful datasets in ways never before possible,” said NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D., “By bringing together genetics, biology, and environmental exposures, we are opening the door to breakthroughs that will deepen our understanding of autism and improve lives.”</p> <p>A key feature of ADSI is the use of exposomics—the comprehensive study of environmental, medical, and lifestyle factors in combination with genetics and biology. Projects will investigate a wide range of influences, including environmental contaminants such as pesticides and air pollutants, maternal nutrition and diet, perinatal complications, psychosocial stress, and immune responses during pregnancy and early development.</p> <p>Examples of funded efforts include examining how prenatal exposures interact with genetic risk in large autism cohorts, how causal inference methods can clarify contributors to rising prevalence, and how adult outcomes such as community participation and mental health can be improved through service innovations. Independent replication and validation centers will test models across diverse populations, ensuring that findings are transparent, reproducible, and useful for real-world application.</p> <p>“This initiative represents a turning point,” said Nicole C. Kleinstreuer, Ph.D., acting NIH Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives. “Through NIH’s research we are building a foundation for discoveries that will change how autism is understood and addressed.”</p> <p>Each ADSI research team will work in partnership with the autism community to help shape the direction of the research and ensure that the perspectives of autistic individuals, caregivers, and service providers inform the initiative.</p> <p>According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, autism prevalence in the United States has risen from fewer than 1 in 2,000 children in the 1970s to approximately 1 in 31 today. Autism is a highly variable condition characterized by challenges in social communication and interaction, alongside restricted or repetitive patterns of behavior and interests.</p> <p>While these trends underscore the urgency of this research, the underlying causes remain complex and multifaceted. Research supported by NIH and others has shown a strong genetic component to autism risk. However, nongenetic factors—such as environmental exposures and maternal health conditions—are less well understood.</p> <p>ADSI will apply advanced analytic methods, including machine learning, exposome-wide analyses, and organoid models, to study how gene–environment interactions contribute to autism, how these and other factors influence prevalence over time, and how current treatments and services may be improved.</p> <p>ADSI is a collaborative effort managed by NIH’s Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives within the Office of the Director, along with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; the National Institute of Mental Health; and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.</p> <p>A list of awardee institutions and project descriptions is available on the <a href="https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/autism-data-science-initiative/funded-research">ADSI funded research page</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-release-type field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Release Type</div> <div class="field__item">News Release</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Title</div> <div class="field__item">NIH launches $50M Autism Data Science Initiative to unlock causes and improve outcomes</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-release-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Release Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-22T21:15:00Z" class="datetime">Mon, 09/22/2025 - 17:15</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-site-section field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Site Section</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/691" hreflang="en">News Releases</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-float-featured-media field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Float Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thumbnail</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-09/20250922-autism.jpg?itok=y1WipOpq 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-09/20250922-autism.jpg?itok=J6wN8U4- 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/20250922-autism.jpg?itok=IJ_5ENS2 1300w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-09/20250922-autism.jpg?itok=CG4sSu00 2000w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="1300" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/20250922-autism.jpg?itok=IJ_5ENS2" alt="Image of a puzzle ribbon for autism awareness"/> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-caption field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">By analyzing blood samples from dozens of people who have ME/CFS, researchers identified molecular pathways and other factors that shed new light on this poorly understood condition.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Young woman lying on a sofa with her eyes shut.</div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sponsoring-organizations field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Sponsoring Organizations</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/">ľ��ֱ�� (NIH)</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-name field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact Name</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/request-for-comment-form/index.html?Agency=ASPA">HHS Press Office </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-about-nih field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">About the NIH</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>About the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH):</strong> NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <a href="/">www.nih.gov</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-subtitle field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add subtitle</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:24:25 +0000 hillerjm 19586 at /about-nih/nih-director/statements/statement-retirement-nccih-director-dr-helene-langevin <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Statement on the Retirement of NCCIH Director Dr. Helene Langevin</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>mortonj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-18T08:06:17-04:00" title="Thursday, September 18, 2025 - 08:06" class="datetime">Thu, 09/18/2025 - 08:06</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>With great appreciation for her contributions to NIH, I’d like to announce that Helene M. Langevin, M.D., director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), is retiring from federal service on November 30, 2025. Since taking the role in 2018, Dr. Langevin has spearheaded the concept of whole person health at NCCIH, focusing on integration across physiological systems and positive health processes, such as resilience and health restoration.</p> <p>As NCCIH director, Dr. Langevin has led several trans-NIH initiatives that placed whole person health at the forefront of NIH’s emerging unified strategy to address the burden of chronic disease in the U.S. This includes the recent funding of the Whole Person Reference Physiome and Coordination Center, led by NCCIH and co-funded by 20 NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices to create a cross-system network map of healthy physiological function. In collaboration with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics, she steered the development of the <a href="https://www.nccih.nih.gov/research/resources/the-whole-person-health-index-a-new-tool-for-human-mechanistic-and-clinical-studies">Whole Person Health Index</a>, which is currently being deployed in the National Health Interview Survey and the <em>All of Us</em> longitudinal cohort.</p> <p>During her tenure, Dr. Langevin co-led the <a href="https://commonfund.nih.gov/clinical-research-primary-care">CARE for Health<strong>™</strong></a> initiative and the <a href="https://rethinkingclinicaltrials.org/">NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory</a> to create a learning health system, embedding pragmatic research into health care settings to accelerate the implementation of research findings into clinical practice. Together with leadership from NIH’s Office of Nutrition Research, Office of Dietary Supplements, and the National Institute of Nursing Research, she defined the Nutrition Continuum, spanning across biological, behavioral, social, and environmental domains and linking nutrition research across NIH. In addition, Dr. Langevin served as chair of the <a href="https://www.ninds.nih.gov/current-research/trans-agency-activities/interagency-pain-research-coordinating-committee-iprcc">Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee</a>, co-chair of the <a href="https://heal.nih.gov/">Helping to End Addiction Long-term<sup>®</sup><span> </span>Initiative (NIH HEAL Initiative<sup>®</sup>)</a>, co-chair of the <a href="https://commonfund.nih.gov/bridge2ai">Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI)</a> program, and chair of the Research Services Working Group. She also served as an adjunct investigator at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Connective Tissue Section, where her research interests have centered around the role of connective tissue and mechanobiology in inflammation and cancer.</p> <p>Prior to coming to NIH, Dr. Langevin was director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, jointly based at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, and professor-in-residence of medicine at Harvard Medical School from 2012 to 2018. She received an M.D. from McGill University, Montreal and trained in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.</p> <p>After retiring from NIH, Dr. Langevin will rejoin the University of Vermont, where her academic career began, and help build a research program at the UVM Osher Center for Integrative Health. She will also serve in an advisory role at the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health.</p> <p>NCCIH Deputy Director Dr. David Shurtleff will serve as acting NCCIH director. Please join me in thanking Dr. Langevin for her leadership and her exemplary service to NIH.</p> <p>Dr. Jay Bhattacharya<br> NIH Director</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-03/helene-langevin.jpg?itok=XY5eNjcV 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-03/helene-langevin.jpg?itok=-BwbJD6c 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-03/helene-langevin.jpg?itok=tu0ICryv 800w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="800" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-03/helene-langevin.jpg?itok=CoqVJSLZ" alt="Helene M. Langevin, M.D."/> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-release-type field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Release Type</div> <div class="field__item">Statement</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Title</div> <div class="field__item">Statement on the Retirement of NCCIH Director Dr. Helene Langevin</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-release-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Release Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-18T17:30:00Z" class="datetime">Thu, 09/18/2025 - 13:30</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-site-section field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Site Section</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/691" hreflang="en">News Releases</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-float-featured-media field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Float Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thumbnail</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-03/helene-langevin.jpg?itok=XY5eNjcV 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-03/helene-langevin.jpg?itok=-BwbJD6c 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-03/helene-langevin.jpg?itok=tu0ICryv 800w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="800" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-03/helene-langevin.jpg?itok=CoqVJSLZ" alt="Helene M. Langevin, M.D."/> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-about-nih field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">About the NIH</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>About the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH):</strong> NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <a href="/">www.nih.gov</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-subtitle field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add subtitle</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-taxonomy-terms field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Taxonomy Terms</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/911" hreflang="en">NIH Directors Statements</a></div> </div> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:06:17 +0000 mortonj 19581 at /about-nih/nih-director/statements/statement-dr-jon-lorsch-being-named-nih-deputy-director-extramural-research <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Statement on Dr. Jon Lorsch Being Named NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>mortonj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-18T07:52:56-04:00" title="Thursday, September 18, 2025 - 07:52" class="datetime">Thu, 09/18/2025 - 07:52</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>I’m pleased to announce that Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D., has been named NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research (DDER). He has served in this role in an acting capacity since April 2025, advancing NIH’s efforts to support gold standard science. As DDER, Dr. Lorsch serves as the principal scientific leader and advisor to the NIH Director on all matters relating to the substance, quality, and effectiveness of the NIH extramural research program and administration. He is stepping down as Director of NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a position he has held since August 2013.</p> <p>At NIGMS, Dr. Lorsch oversaw the Institute's mission-related activities, supporting basic research that increases understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. He led the development and expansion of the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Awards (MIRA) program, a new paradigm for efficiently supporting agile and innovative biomedical research. He also championed the Institute’s research capacity building efforts, including the Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) program, which develops biomedical research in states that have historically received low levels of NIH funding. Dr. Lorsch has taken on many other leadership roles at NIH, including co-chair of the NIH Scientific Data Council and the Extramural Activities Working Group and member of the Administrative Data Council and the Scientific Management Review Board.</p> <p>Dr. Lorsch came to NIGMS from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he was a professor of biophysics and biophysical chemistry. A leader in RNA biology, Dr. Lorsch studies the initiation of translation, a major step in controlling how genes are expressed. He has led a lab conducting this research with NIH's <em>Eunice Kennedy Shriver</em> National Institute of Child Health and Human Development since 2013.</p> <p>Dr. Erica Brown, acting NIGMS deputy director, will serve as acting NIGMS director. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Lorsch on his new role.</p> <p>Dr. Jay Bhattacharya<br> NIH Director</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-09/dr-jon-lorsch-deputy-director-for-extramural-research-1.jpg?itok=Qpd-p8R3 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-09/dr-jon-lorsch-deputy-director-for-extramural-research-1.jpg?itok=Au9dvLVx 571w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="571" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/dr-jon-lorsch-deputy-director-for-extramural-research-1.jpg?itok=svMNf4jx" alt="Dr. Jon Lorsch. Deputy Director for extramural research"/> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-release-type field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Release Type</div> <div class="field__item">Statement</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Title</div> <div class="field__item">Statement on Dr. Jon Lorsch Being Named NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-release-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Release Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-18T15:30:00Z" class="datetime">Thu, 09/18/2025 - 11:30</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-site-section field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Site Section</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/691" hreflang="en">News Releases</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-float-featured-media field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Float Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thumbnail</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-09/dr-jon-lorsch-deputy-director-for-extramural-research-thumb_1.jpg?itok=IMyDCZmk 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-09/dr-jon-lorsch-deputy-director-for-extramural-research-thumb_1.jpg?itok=9i-0hI_g 571w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="571" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/dr-jon-lorsch-deputy-director-for-extramural-research-thumb_1.jpg?itok=SS6bkFZp" alt="Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Extramural Research"/> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-about-nih field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">About the NIH</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>About the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH):</strong> NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <a href="/">www.nih.gov</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-subtitle field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add subtitle</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-taxonomy-terms field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Taxonomy Terms</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/911" hreflang="en">NIH Directors Statements</a></div> </div> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:52:56 +0000 mortonj 19576 at /about-nih/nih-director/statements/statement-departure-dr-nina-schor <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Statement on the Departure of Dr. Nina Schor</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>hillerjm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-17T13:33:14-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - 13:33" class="datetime">Wed, 09/17/2025 - 13:33</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>I write to share with you the news that Nina Schor, M.D., Ph.D., NIH’s Deputy Director for Intramural Research (DDIR), will be departing from federal service on September 30, 2025. Dr. Schor has served in this role since August 2022, overseeing a massive and complex enterprise of government scientists, program directors, and policy experts as they work to improve the health of the American public. During her tenure, many NIH-wide projects and policies have contributed to advancement towards that important goal.</p> <p>As DDIR, Dr. Schor leads the NIH Office of Intramural Research (OIR) overseeing faculty recruitment and development, research regulatory affairs, technology transfer, training and education, and research integrity for the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP), as well as the NIH Stetten Museum.  Under Dr. Schor’s leadership, OIR has created and piloted ChIRP, an AI-powered chatbot that gives NIH staff and scientists secure access to the latest large language models (LLMs), as well as launched initiatives to improve data sharing within NIH and enable the creation of custom AI tools for our staff. Furthermore, Dr. Schor has led OIR programs that facilitate NIH-funded collaborations between research groups at NIH and teams of scientists around the country, and she has helped guide NIH toward validation of alternatives to animal models in biomedical research. All these accomplishments have come as she has deftly led OIR’s oversight and support of the thousands of scientific and clinical studies conducted at NIH and its investments in training the next generation of scientists to ensure the United States remains at the forefront of biomedical innovation and discovery.</p> <p>Dr. Schor began her time at NIH in January 2018 as the Deputy Director of NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke where she guided the institute’s strategic planning activities, career development programs, maternal and child neurologic health collaborations with other NIH institutes and centers and the creation and implementation of the Ultra-Rare GENe-based Therapies (URGenT) Network. She came to NIH after 12 years at the University of Rochester, where she served as the William H. Eilinger Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Pediatrician-in-Chief of the University’s Golisano Children’s Hospital. She also spent 20 years on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, where she was named the Carol Ann Craumer Professor of Pediatric Research. Both her scientific accomplishments and the mentorship she has provided to dozens of scientists throughout her career have earned her numerous accolades, including the Society for Neuroscience’s 2024 Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Mentoring, along with election to the National Academy of Medicine and selection as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Upon her departure from NIH, Dr. Schor will return to academia, where she spent 32 years studying and developing therapies for neuroblastoma, a deadly tumor and the most common solid cancer of childhood.</p> <p>OIR Principal Deputy Director Dr. Roland Owens will serve as Acting DDIR. Please join me in thanking Dr. Schor for her incredible contributions to the NIH mission.</p> <p>Dr. Jay Bhattacharya<br> NIH Director</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-02/nina-schor.jpg?itok=biev4vMY 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-02/nina-schor.jpg?itok=l8pESQV3 600w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="600" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-02/nina-schor.jpg?itok=6tUCZRcH" alt="Dr. Nina Schor"/> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-release-type field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Release Type</div> <div class="field__item">Statement</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Title</div> <div class="field__item">Statement on the Departure of Dr. Nina Schor</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-release-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Release Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-17T17:30:00Z" class="datetime">Wed, 09/17/2025 - 13:30</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-site-section field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Site Section</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/691" hreflang="en">News Releases</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-float-featured-media field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Float Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thumbnail</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-03/nina-schor.jpg?itok=mxjRJEsQ 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-03/nina-schor.jpg?itok=LDoXrW9O 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-03/nina-schor.jpg?itok=tH3dnD97 1300w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-03/nina-schor.jpg?itok=jV535Jm3 2600w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="1300" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-03/nina-schor.jpg?itok=tH3dnD97" alt="Dr. Nina Schor" title="nina-schor.jpg"/> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-about-nih field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">About the NIH</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>About the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH):</strong> NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <a href="/">www.nih.gov</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-subtitle field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add subtitle</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-taxonomy-terms field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Taxonomy Terms</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/911" hreflang="en">NIH Directors Statements</a></div> </div> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:33:14 +0000 hillerjm 19571 at /news-events/news-releases/repeated-head-impacts-cause-early-neuron-loss-inflammation-young-athletes <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Repeated head impacts cause early neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>mortonj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-17T07:33:32-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - 07:33" class="datetime">Wed, 09/17/2025 - 07:33</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Research supported by the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH) shows that repeated head impacts from contact sports can cause early and lasting changes in the brains of young- to middle-aged athletes. The findings show that these changes may occur years before chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) develops its hallmark disease features, which can now only be detected by examining brain tissue after death.</p> <p>“This study underscores that many changes in the brain can occur after repetitive head impacts,” said Walter Koroshetz, M.D., director of NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). “These early brain changes might help diagnose and treat CTE earlier than is currently possible now.”</p> <p>Scientists at the Boston University CTE Center, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System and collaborating institutions analyzed postmortem brain tissue from athletes under age 51. Most of them had played American football. The team examined brain tissue from these athletes, using cutting-edge tools that track gene activity and images in individual cells. Many of these tools were pioneered by the NIH’s <em>Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies</em>® Initiative, or The BRAIN Initiative®. The researchers identified many additional changes in brains beyond the usual molecular signature known to scientists: buildup of a protein called tau in nerve cells next to small blood vessels deep in the brain’s folds.</p> <p>For example, the researchers found a striking 56% loss of a specific type of neurons in that particular brain area, which takes hard hits during impacts and also where the tau protein accumulates. This loss was evident even in athletes who had no tau buildup. It also tracked  with the number of years of exposure to repetitive head impacts. The findings thus suggest that neuronal damage can occur much earlier than is visible by the currently known CTE disease marker tau. The team also observed that the brain’s immune cells, called microglia, became increasingly activated in proportion to the number of years the athletes had played contact sports.</p> <p>The study also revealed important molecular changes in the brain’s blood vessels. These changes included gene patterns that could signal immune activity, a possible reaction to lower oxygen levels in nearby brain tissue, and thickening and growth of small blood vessels. Together with these findings, the researchers identified a newly described communication pathway between microglia and blood vessel cells.  The authors suggest that this crosstalk may help explain how early cellular problems set the stage for disease progression long before CTE becomes visible.</p> <p><span>The study is one of the first to focus on younger athletes, shifting attention from advanced CTE in older people to the earliest cellular signatures of damage.  </span></p> <p><span>“What’s striking is the dramatic cellular changes, including significant, location-specific neuron loss in young athletes who had no detectable CTE,” said Richard Hodes, M.D., director of NIH’s National Institute on Aging (NIA). “Understanding these early events may help us protect young athletes today as well as reduce risks for dementia in the future.” </span></p> <p>By revealing the earliest cellular warning signs, this work lays the foundation for new ways to detect brain effects of repetitive head injuries and potentially lead to interventions that could prevent devastating CTE neurodegeneration.</p> <p>This research was supported by NINDS and NIA through grants F31NS132407, U19AG068753, RF1AG057902, R01AG062348, R01AG090553, U54NS115266, and P30AG072978.</p> <p><strong><span>About the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS): </span></strong><span>NINDS is the nation’s leading funder of research on the brain and nervous system. The mission of NINDS is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease. <a href="https://www.ninds.nih.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.ninds.nih.gov/</a>  </span></p> <p><strong>About the National Institute on Aging (NIA):</strong> NIA seeks to understand the nature of aging and diseases associated with growing older, with the goal of extending the healthy, active years of life. <a href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/" target="_blank">https://www.nia.nih.gov</a></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-release-type field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Release Type</div> <div class="field__item">News Release</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Title</div> <div class="field__item">Repeated head impacts cause early neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-release-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Release Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-17T15:00:00Z" class="datetime">Wed, 09/17/2025 - 11:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-site-section field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Site Section</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/691" hreflang="en">News Releases</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-float-featured-media field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Float Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thumbnail</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-09/09172025-head-injury_0.jpg?itok=rCdjTMi1 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-09/09172025-head-injury_0.jpg?itok=qjy5bOPX 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/09172025-head-injury_0.jpg?itok=NXo9nkFK 1300w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-09/09172025-head-injury_0.jpg?itok=EN5nE-3y 2600w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="1300" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/09172025-head-injury_0.jpg?itok=NXo9nkFK" alt="A young soccer player with a head injury recieves medical attention. "/> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sponsoring-organizations field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Sponsoring Organizations</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.ninds.nih.gov/">National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/">National Institute on Aging (NIA)</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-name field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact Name</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/request-for-comment-form/index.html?Agency=ľ��ֱ��">NIH Office of Communications</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-number field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact Number</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item">301-496-5787 </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-about-nih field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">About the NIH</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>About the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH):</strong> NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <a href="/">www.nih.gov</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-subtitle field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add subtitle</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:33:32 +0000 mortonj 19566 at /news-events/news-releases/nih-launches-landmark-project-whole-person-health-function <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH launches landmark project on whole-person health and function</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>hillerjm</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-17T06:50:10-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - 06:50" class="datetime">Wed, 09/17/2025 - 06:50</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The ľ��ֱ�� (NIH) has launched an effort to advance research on whole-person health and create an integrated knowledge network of healthy physiological function. Whole person health involves looking at the whole person—not just separate organs or body systems—and considering multiple factors that promote health. For example, a multicomponent lifestyle intervention including healthy diet, physical activity and stress management may improve multiple and interconnected aspects of health including cardiovascular (e.g. blood pressure), metabolic (e.g. glucose metabolism) and musculoskeletal function (e.g. muscle strength).</p> <p>“Biomedical research is largely organized around the study of specific organs and diseases. In contrast, we do much less research on health itself, which is an integrated process involving the whole person,” said Helene M. Langevin, M.D., director of NIH’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, which leads the NIH-wide program.</p> <p>The five-year research initiative will proceed in several stages, drawing from existing scientific knowledge to develop a complete, working model of healthy human physiology. It will build on the NIH <a href="https://humanatlas.io/">Human Reference Atlas</a> and the <a href="https://commonfund.nih.gov/HuBMAP">Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP)</a> to connect the complex anatomy and function of the body’s different organs and systems into a single “map.”</p> <p>Future stages of the project will link common clinical measures, such as blood pressure, blood glucose and cholesterol, to major physiological functions. This initiative will also populate the framework with existing human data and ultimately build and test an interactive model of whole-person health.</p> <p>“By organizing healthy physiological function into a whole-body knowledge network, researchers will be able to explore scientific questions about health in a new way,” said Dr. Langevin. “With our ability to acquire new scientific data at an increasingly dizzying speed, the importance of integrating and connecting new data to what we already know is greater than ever. The Whole Person Reference Physiome will lay a foundation for understanding the factors that drive declines in health and mechanistic pathways to health restoration.”</p> <p>More information about the research program is available on the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) website, here: <a href="https://reporter.nih.gov/search/NHCW3mdunUCF3ULUAvilYQ/project-details/11224772#description">https://reporter.nih.gov/search/NHCW3mdunUCF3ULUAvilYQ/project-details/11224772#description</a>.</p> <p>NCCIH conducts and supports rigorous scientific investigation into the fundamental science, safety, and effectiveness of complementary and integrative health approaches, as well as their roles in improving health and health care in a whole-person health framework. News releases, fact sheets and other NCCIH-related materials are available on the <a href="https://www.nccih.nih.gov/">NCCIH website</a>.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-release-type field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Release Type</div> <div class="field__item">News Release</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Title</div> <div class="field__item">NIH launches landmark project on whole-person health and function</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-release-date field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Release Date</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-17T13:00:00Z" class="datetime">Wed, 09/17/2025 - 09:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-site-section field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Site Section</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/691" hreflang="en">News Releases</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-float-featured-media field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Float Featured Media</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-thumbnail field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Thumbnail</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-default"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-09/20250917-health-function.jpg?itok=OaqM_TaP 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2025-09/20250917-health-function.jpg?itok=O6oFxXqE 650w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/20250917-health-function.jpg?itok=h5llWxZc 1300w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/2025-09/20250917-health-function.jpg?itok=ToVo3hl9 2000w" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 512px, 100vw" width="1300" height="auto" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2025-09/20250917-health-function.jpg?itok=h5llWxZc" alt="Image of two healthcare professionals in discussion in front of an open laptop"/> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sponsoring-organizations field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Sponsoring Organizations</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.nccih.nih.gov/">National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-name field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact Name</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://www.hhs.gov/request-for-comment-form/index.html?Agency=ľ��ֱ��">NIH Office of Communications </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-contact-number field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Contact Number</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item">301-496-5787 </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-about-nih field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">About the NIH</div> <div class="field__item"><p><strong>About the ľ��ֱ�� (NIH):</strong> NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <a href="/">www.nih.gov</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-subtitle field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add subtitle</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:50:10 +0000 hillerjm 19561 at /news-events/news-releases/nih-launches-consortium-reduce-risk-stillbirth-us <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">NIH launches consortium to reduce risk of stillbirth in the U.S.</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>mortonj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-16T12:48:53-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 16, 2025 - 12:48" class="datetime">Tue, 09/16/2025 - 12:48</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The ľ��ֱ�� (NIH) has launched effort aimed at reducing the rate of preventable stillbirths in the United States. Investigators will develop tools, devices and other technologies that have the potential to affect diagnosis and prevention efforts relevant to stillbirth, which occurs in 1 in 160 deliveries in the U.S. About 23,600 stillbirths at 20 weeks or greater gestation are reported annually.</p> <p>More than 60% of stillbirth cases remain unexplained even after exclusion of common causes, such as congenital abnormalities, genetic factors, and obstetric complications. NIH will fund the Stillbirth Research Consortium for more than $37 million over five years, pending the availability of funds, with $750,000 in co-funding from the Department of Health and Human Services.</p> <p>“This consortium will provide an integrated, collaborative program to support cutting edge research to identify the root causes of stillbirth and inform evidence-based strategies to address stillbirth risks,” said Alison Cernich, Ph.D., acting director of NIH’s <em>Eunice Kennedy Shriver</em> National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. “Too many families needlessly face the grief of stillbirth.”</p> <p>People who have experienced stillbirth are almost five times as likely to experience another stillbirth or other pregnancy associated complication. The rate of stillbirth is considerably higher among Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native people. About 40% of stillbirths that occur during labor and birth are considered potentially preventable.  </p> <p>The Stillbirth Consortium will consist of four research centers and a data coordinating center.</p> <ul> <li><strong>The Data Coordinating Center</strong> at RTI International, Research Triangle, North Carolina, will facilitate development and implementation of common projects across the research centers and ensure rigor in study data and data sharing. The center will support common data elements, standard measures, and uniform data collection across research centers. The project will be led by Elizabeth McClure, Ph.D., and Carla Bann, Ph.D.</li> <li><strong>The University of California San Diego Center for Stillbirth Prevention Center</strong> specializes in identifying the causes of placental dysfunction that underlie fetal growth restriction and contribute to stillbirth. The project is led by Mana Parast, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Perinatal Pathology Service; and Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman, M.D., chair and professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive services.</li> <li><strong>The Collaborative Action for Research to End Stillbirth (CARES) Research Center</strong> at Columbia University, New York City, has expertise in electronic health records and artificial intelligence-aided analysis to develop automated algorithms specifically for early identification of stillbirth risk and to develop novel biomarkers of underlying placental dysfunction for predicting stillbirth. The project is led by Uma Reddy, M.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology; and Xiao Xu, Ph.D., associate professor of reproductive sciences.</li> <li><strong>The University of Utah Stillbirth Research Center</strong> has expertise in education, bereavement/mental health and advocacy. The center will evaluate decreased fetal movement, stratification of stillbirth risk based on decreased fetal movement, and optimal strategies for managing it. This project is led by Robert Silver, M.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City.</li> <li><strong>The Nutrition and Outcomes of Reproductive Injury and Stillbirth related Harms (NOURISH)</strong> <strong>Research Center</strong> at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, has expertise in the role of nutrition, chronic stress, cardiometabolic health, and placental dysfunction to identify promising interventions aimed at reducing preventable stillbirth. This project is led by Karen Gibbins, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology; and Leslie Myatt, Ph.D., professor and director of perinatal research.</li> </ul> <p>Funding for the projects will be provided by grants UM2HD119552 (coordinating center); UG1HD119608; UG1HD119613; UG1HD119614; UG1HD119576.</p> <p>For more information about stillbirth, visit <a href="https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/stillbirth">this Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Child Health and Human Development website</a>.</p> <p><strong>About the <em>Eunice Kennedy Shriver</em> National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)</strong>: NICHD leads research and training to understand human development, improve reproductive health, enhance the lives of children and adolescents, and optimize abilities for all. 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