Partnering With the NIH
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s premier medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives around the world. The NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and alleviate illness and disability. Individuals who take part in NIH studies play a vital role in advancing medical discoveries and improving the health of people.
Why Our Families Choose the NIH
Families travel to the NIH because conventional treatments have failed to have sufficient impact on their children’s illnesses—life-threatening and debilitating diseases such as heart, lung, blood, bone, and growth disorders, mental disorders, rare genetic conditions, many forms of cancer, and undiagnosed diseases. In many instances, coming to the NIH is the best hope for treatment.
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
The NIH Clinical Center
The NIH Clinical Center is both a hospital and a research center where our families receive care and treatment.
How The Children’s Inn Plays a Part
While the NIH cares for patients’ medical needs, The Children’s Inn tends to their social and emotional needs. After long days of treatments and procedures, they return to The Inn, where they can find mutual support from other families going through similar circumstances. If The Inn did not exist, participation in a clinical study at the NIH would not be possible for some families.
