Organization
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is one of 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),which is a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). NIEHS is located on 375 acres (1.52 km2) in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. Its current Director is Dr. Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., A.T.S., who is also concurrently the Director of the National Toxicology Program. The Deputy Director is Dr. Richard Woychik, Ph.D. The Director of the NIEHS reports to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), of which the NIEHS is a member agency. Currently, Dr. Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., directs the NIH; he in turn reports to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius.
NIEHS is composed of:
- Division of Intramural Research (DIR), which is research done at NIEHS
- Division of Extramural Research and Training, which funds research conducted elsewhere
- Division of the National Toxicology Program, which is an interagency program headquartered at NIEHS
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