Nih (Noun)
Meaning
An agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- A researcher received a grant from the National Institutes of Health, also referred to as NIH, to fund her medical study on genetics.
- The organization partnered with NIH to advance medical research in various areas of human health.
- NIH supports research training opportunities at its participating labs across the US.
- She began her prestigious career working with prominent scientists in a division at the NIH.
- NIH has implemented an ongoing campaign to raise awareness for public health crises since its inception.