NIH

National Institutes of Health -- NIH is the world's premier medical research organization, supporting over 38,000 research projects nationwide in diseases including cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, arthritis, heart ailments and AIDS. Includes 27 separate health institutes and centers. Established: 1887, as the Hygienic Laboratory, Staten Island, N.Y. Headquarters: Bethesda, Md. Web site:

http://www.nih.gov/

  • Employees -- 17,216
  • Director -- Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.
  • FY 2007 Budget -- $29.2 billion
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