Directors of NIH Institutes and Centers

NIH Director

Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.

NIH Director

Institute Directors

The position of NCI Director awaits appointment by President Trump.

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Michael F. Chiang, M.D.

National Eye Institute (NEI)
Gary H. Gibbons, M.D.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Carolyn Hutter, Ph.D. (Acting)

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Richard J. Hodes

National Institute on Aging (NIA)
George Koob, Ph.D.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Jeff Taubenberger, Ph.D. (Acting)

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Lindsey A. Criswell, M.D., M.P.H., D.Sc.

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Bruce J. Tromberg, Ph.D.

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Alison Cernich, Ph.D. (Acting)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Jennifer Webster-Cyriaque, D.D.S., Ph.D. (Acting)

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Nora D. Volkow, M.D.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Rick Woychik, Ph.D.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Jon R. Lorsch, Ph.D.

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D. (Acting)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D. (Acting)

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Walter J. Koroshetz, M.D.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Courtney Aklin, Ph.D. (Acting)

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Stephen Sherry, Ph.D. (Acting)

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Center Directors

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