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To ensure a strong and diverse workforce and better understand workforce composition and participation in NIH programs, NIH regularly assesses the sex/gender, race, ethnicity,and disability status of its supported researchers.

Published: February 1, 2023

Over the summer, two postdoc alumni of NIAID’s Laboratory of Immune System Biology returned to NIH (virtually) to share how NIH career development resources shaped their careers. Federica La Russa, Ph.D., and Trisha Tucholski, Ph.D., served as speakers on the Science and Health Policy Alumni Panel organized by the NIH Science Policy Discussion Group (SPDG). Both former co-chairs of the SPDG, Drs. La Russa and Tucholski reflect on how their current careers were positively impacted by their leadership experiences with the policy group.

Published: September 29, 2023

NIAID funds research on disorders that are related to, or occur alongside, food allergy which may offer insight on treatment and prevention.

Last Reviewed: September 16, 2024

In July, NIAID hosted a workshop of technology developers, immunologists, maternal health researchers and clinicians to explore the importance and challenges of measuring, predicting and improving reproductive health in the context of maternal and fetal immune systems.

Published: October 25, 2023

By studying the rare disease APECED, NIAID researchers and colleagues uncovered an unexpected immune mechanism that promotes susceptibility to fungal infections of the mucous membranes. Their findings suggest potential therapies for people with APECED and pave the way for work to investigate these tissue-specific immune responses in other diseases.

Last Reviewed: January 14, 2021

Effective writing is an important skill that will benefit a scientist throughout every stage of their career. Postdoctoral fellow Sivarchana Boada, Ph.D., highlights the key components of successful academic and professional writing from January’s three-part skill blitz series.

Published: January 31, 2023

Sample application from Emily Troemel, Ph.D., for NIH standard independent research project grant (R01).

Last Reviewed: October 11, 2024

NIAID requires your human subjects research plans to include women, minorities, and participants of all ages unless you can justify their exclusion.

Last Reviewed: January 24, 2022

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Last Reviewed: November 29, 2022

Information about the causes of eczema (atopic dermatitis).

Last Reviewed: November 20, 2024

Last Reviewed: August 6, 2024

Sample application from David Al-Adra MD, Ph.D., for NIH standard independent research project grant (K08).

Last Reviewed: September 13, 2024

A research network/program is an “umbrella” organizing group, internal or external to NIAID, whose responsibilities include conducting, overseeing, and at times funding research or offering non-monetary support for research. Most of these networks offer services and other resources to the scientific community.

Last Reviewed: March 1, 2022

Last Reviewed: August 6, 2024

Mosquitoes are considered one of the most dangerous animals on earth because of their broad distribution and the many pathogens they transmit to humans. Dr. Patricia Scaraffia, Associate Professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, has dedicated her career to understanding the metabolism of the mosquito species that carries the pathogens responsible for dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever to humans. NIAID reached out to Dr. Scaraffia about her team’s research.

Published: August 20, 2024

NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the U.S. and around the world.

NIH Strategic Plan and Research Agenda for Medical Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats

Last Reviewed: May 18, 2022

Office of Research on Women’s Health and NIH Support for Research on Women’s Health Report of the Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health: Fiscal Years 2019–2020 508-compliant PDF

Last Reviewed: March 8, 2022

Sample application from Yingru Liu, Ph.D., for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant (R44).

Last Reviewed: November 25, 2022

NIH Opening Statement Senate LHHS FY 2019 Hearing: Prepared statement of Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., PH.D., Principal Deputy Director, Office of the Director

Last Reviewed: August 16, 2018

This document provides a progress report about the Biodefense Research Agenda for CDC Category A Agents in 2006.

Last Reviewed: August 6, 2019

Sample application from Mohammad Ayoub Mir

Last Reviewed: August 4, 2017