National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Agency overview
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Logo
Formed	2000 (2000)
Agency executive	Roderic Pettigrew^[1], Director
Parent agency	National Institutes of Health
Website	nibib.nih.gov

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is the newest of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) research institutes and centers and was formed in the United States when President Bill Clinton signed it into law on December 29, 2000.

The Institute is committed to integrating the physical and engineering sciences with the life sciences to advance basic research and medical care. This is achieved through: research and development of new biomedical imaging and bioengineering techniques and devices to fundamentally improve the detection, treatment, and prevention of disease; enhancing existing imaging and bioengineering techniques; advocating related research in the physical and mathematical sciences; encouraging research and development in multidisciplinary areas; developing technologies for early disease detection and assessment of health status; and developing advanced imaging and engineering techniques for conducting biomedical research at multiple scales.

Leadership

The director of the institute is Roderic Pettigrew, Ph.D., M.D.; the deputy director is Belinda Seto, Ph.D.; the scientific director of intramural research is Richard D. Leapman, PhD.

Notes and references

↑ "Director's Page - NIBIB". nibib.nih.gov. Retrieved 2013-10-02.

External links

Official site

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 on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Nursing Research National Library of Medicine

Centers	Center for Information Technology Center for Scientific Review John E. Fogarty International Center National Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Vaccine Research Center National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Programs	Visible Human Project National Diabetes Education Program

Directors	Joseph J. Kinyoun Milton J. Rosenau John F. Anderson George W. McCoy Lewis R. Thompson Rolla Dyer William H. Sebrell, Jr James Augustine Shannon Robert Q. Marston Robert Stone Donald S. Fredrickson James B. Wyngaarden Bernadine Healy Harold E. Varmus Elias A. Zerhouni Francis S. Collins

Related	NIH Record United States Public Health Service Division of Intramural Research National Institutes of Health campus National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award NIH Public Access Policy National Center for Research Resources National Institutes of Health Police

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