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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, or NIAMS, is an institute of the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. NIAMS leads the Federal effort on research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress to improve public health. NIAMS supports and conducts basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research and research training at universities and medical centers throughout the nation.

NIAMS' long range strategic plan can be found at: NIAMS' StratPlan

v • d • e National Institutes of Health
Institutes	National Cancer Institute • National Eye Institute • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute • National Human Genome Research Institute • National Institute on Aging • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases • National Institute on Drug Abuse • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences • National Institute of General Medical Sciences • National Institute of Mental Health • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke • National Institute of Nursing Research • National Library of Medicine • National Cancer Institute of Canada
Centers	Center for Information Technology • Center for Scientific Review • John E. Fogarty International Center • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine • National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities • National Center for Research Resources • Quality Assurance Review Center • Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center • Radiological Physics Center
Related	United States Public Health Service • National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award

Category: National Institutes of Health

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