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National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health is the primary agency of the United States federal government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in 1887 and is part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: US government medical research agency
  • Also known as: “National Institutes of Health (U.S.)”, “NIH”, “NIH US”, “U.S. National Institutes of Health”, “United States National Institutes of Health”, “US National Institutes of Health”, and “USNIH”
  • Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United States National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

Library
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The , operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library. Located in , the NLM is an institute within the National Institutes of Health. is situated 2,000 feet southeast of National Institutes of Health.

Hospital building
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The NIH Clinical Center is a hospital solely dedicated to clinical research at the National Institutes of Health campus in . The Clinical Center, known as Building 10, consists of the original part of the hospital, the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, and the newest addition, the Mark O. is situated 700 feet northwest of National Institutes of Health.

Hospital
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is a community-based, not-for-profit hospital serving , and the surrounding area since 1943. Located in , Suburban is the designated trauma center for Montgomery County. is situated 2,100 feet west of National Institutes of Health.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakmont and Greenwich Forest.

Village
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is a village and special taxing district in , , United States. Chartered in 1918, the village includes both sides of Oak Place and the south side of Avenue, across Old Georgetown Road from the National Institutes of Health, in the postal area.

Neighborhood
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is a residential community in , , between Old Georgetown Road, and Bradley Boulevard. Dating from the early 20th century, is a suburban neighborhood combining architectural design with the natural environment.

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is in , , 1½ miles northwest of Wealthy and well-educated, is best known for its numerous restaurants and as the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health.

National Institutes of Health

Latitude
39.00003° or 39° 0′ 0″ north
Longitude
-77.10348° or 77° 6′ 13″ west
Elevation
312 feet (95 metres)
Abbreviation
“NIH”
Open location code
87F42V2W+2J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 42921793
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­research_institute
Geo­Names ID
4363517
Wiki­data ID
Q390551
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“National Institutes of Health” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معاهد الصحة الأمريكية”
  • Arabic: “معاهد الصحة الوطنية الأمريكية”
  • Arabic: “معاهد الصحه الوطنيه الأمريكيه”
  • Armenian: “ԱՄՆ Առողջապահության ազգային ինստիտուտներ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Milli Səhiyyə Agentliyi”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальныя інстытуты аховы здароўя ЗША”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальныя інстытуты аховы здароўя”
  • Belarusian: “Нацыянальныя інстытуты здароўя”
  • Bulgarian: “Национални институти по здравеопазване”
  • Bulgarian: “Националните институти по здравеопазване”
  • Catalan: “Institut Nacional de la Salut (EUA)”
  • Catalan: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Catalan: “U.S. National Institutes of Health”
  • Central Kurdish: “پەیمانگا نەتەوەییەکانی تەندروستی ولایەتە یەکگرتووەکان”
  • Chinese: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Chinese: “国立卫生研究院”
  • Chinese: “國家衛生研究院”
  • Chinese: “國家衛生院”
  • Chinese: “國立健康研究院”
  • Chinese: “國立衛生研究院”
  • Chinese: “國立衞生研究院”
  • Chinese: “國衛院”
  • Chinese: “美國國家衛生研究院”
  • Chinese: “美國國家衛生院”
  • Chinese: “美國國立衛生研究院”
  • Czech: “Národní instituty zdraví”
  • Danish: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Danish: “NIH”
  • Dutch: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Institutaro pri Homsano”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia Instituto pri Sano”
  • Esperanto: “NIH”
  • Faroese: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Finnish: “National Institute of Health”
  • Finnish: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Finnish: “NIH”
  • Finnish: “Yhdysvaltain terveysvirasto”
  • French: “Institut national de la santé”
  • French: “Instituts nationaux de la santé”
  • French: “National Institute of Health”
  • French: “National Institutes of Health”
  • French: “NIH”
  • Galician: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Georgian: “აშშ-ის ჯანდაცვის ეროვნულ ინსტიტუტები”
  • German: “National Institutes of Health”
  • German: “Nationale Gesundheitsinstitute”
  • German: “NIH”
  • Greek: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Greek: “NIH”
  • Greek: “Εθνικά Ινστιτούτα Υγείας των ΗΠΑ”
  • Greek: “Εθνικά Ινστιτούτα Υγείας”
  • Hebrew: “המכונים הלאומיים לבריאות”
  • Hungarian: “Nemzeti Egészségügyi Intézet”
  • Icelandic: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Indonesian: “Institut Kesehatan Nasional”
  • Indonesian: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Indonesian: “NIH”
  • Irish: “Institiúidí Náisiúnta um Shláinte”
  • Irish: “na hInstitiúidí Náisiúnta um Shláinte”
  • Irish: “NIH”
  • Italian: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ合衆国国立衛生研究所”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ国立衛生研究所”
  • Japanese: “国立衛生研究所”
  • Japanese: “米国立衛生研究所”
  • Kalaallisut: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Kirghiz: “Улуттук Саламаттыкты Сактоо Институту”
  • Korean: “NIH”
  • Korean: “국립보건원”
  • Korean: “미국 국립 보건원”
  • Korean: “미국국립보건원”
  • Kurdish: “Enstîtuya Neteweyî ya Tenduristiyê”
  • Latin: “Instituta Nationale Salutis”
  • Macedonian: “NIH”
  • Macedonian: “Национални здравствени институти”
  • Malay: “Institut Kesihatan Kebangsaan”
  • Malayalam: “നാഷണൽ ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട്സ് ഓഫ് ഹെൽത്ത്”
  • Newari: “स्वास्थ्यको राष्ट्रिय संघ संस्था”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Norwegian: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Persian: “ان آی آچ”
  • Persian: “ان آی اچ”
  • Persian: “ان ای اچ”
  • Persian: “ان‌آی‌آچ”
  • Persian: “ان‌ای‌اچ”
  • Persian: “مؤسسات ملی بهداشت ایالات متحده آمریکا”
  • Persian: “مؤسسات ملی بهداشت ایالات متحده”
  • Persian: “مؤسسات ملی بهداشت”
  • Persian: “مؤسسات ملی سلامت ایالات متحده آمریکا”
  • Persian: “مؤسسه ملی سلامت”
  • Persian: “موسسات ملی بهداشت ایالات متحده آمریکا”
  • Polish: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Polish: “NIH”
  • Portuguese: “Institutos Nacionais da Saúde”
  • Portuguese: “National Institute of Health”
  • Portuguese: “National institutes of health”
  • Portuguese: “NIH”
  • Romanian: “Institutele de Sănătate din SUA”
  • Romanian: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Russian: “Национальные институты здравоохранения США”
  • Russian: “Национальный институт здоровья”
  • Russian: “Национальный институт здравоохранения”
  • Serbian: “Nacionalni instituti za zdravlje”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nacionalni instituti za zdravlje”
  • Slovenian: “Nacionalni inštituti za zdravje”
  • Slovenian: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Slovenian: “NIH”
  • Spanish: “Institutos Nacionales de Salud de los EE. UU.”
  • Spanish: “Institutos Nacionales de Salud”
  • Spanish: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Swedish: “National Institute of Health”
  • Swedish: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Swedish: “NIH”
  • Tamil: “தேசிய நல கழகம், ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்கா”
  • Tamil: “தேசிய நல கழகம்”
  • Tatar: “АКШ милли сәламәтлек саклау институтлары”
  • Thai: “สถาบันสุขภาพแห่งชาติ”
  • Turkish: “Ulusal Sağlık Enstitüleri”
  • Ukrainian: “National Institutes of Health”
  • Ukrainian: “NIH”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний інститут здоров’я США”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний інститут здоров’я”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний інститут охорони здоров’я США”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний інститут охорони здоров’я”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний інститут охорони здоровя США”
  • Ukrainian: “Національні інститути охорони здоров’я США”
  • Ukrainian: “Національні інститути охорони здоров’я”
  • Vietnamese: “các Viện Y tế Quốc gia Hoa Kì”
  • Vietnamese: “các Viện Y tế Quốc gia Hoa Kỳ”
  • Vietnamese: “các Viện Y tế Quốc gia”
  • Vietnamese: “Liên viện Sức khỏe Quốc gia”
  • Vietnamese: “NIH”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện Y tế Quốc gia Hoa Kì”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện Y tế Quốc gia Hoa Kỳ”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện Y tế Quốc gia”
  • “National Institutes of Health”
  • “NIH”

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