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Program

This program seeks in-kind drug donations from pharmaceutical companies that supply the pharmacy at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center with pharmaceuticals and products for patient care. Donations alleviate the financial burden on the Clinical Center and free up resources to support medical research.
 

Education & Training

Established in 1997, the Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) is one of the Foundation for NIH’s premier public-private partnerships. With long-term support from Pfizer Inc, the program has enabled 280 of the country’s most promising medical and dental students to experience clinical research firsthand in an intensive, year-long, residential training program at the National Institutes of Health.

Program

The use of bacterial endotoxin in clinical research is essential to the study of the effects of inflammation on the body and as a potent stimulus to enhance immune responses in clinical trials of anti-cancer immunotherapy.

Program

Since its opening in 2005, the Edmond J. Safra Family Lodge has welcomed more than 90,000 family caregivers from around the world, providing a rejuvenating haven from the stresses that serious illness of a loved one can impose.

Scholarships & Fellowships

The Principles of Pharmacology course began in 1998 to address the lack of formal training available in clinical pharmacology. The weekly lecture series, conducted by NIH, targets physicians, pharmacists and other scientists in training. Most medical schools do not offer a formal course in this discipline.

Program

Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer. In 2009, there were nearly 69,000 estimated new cases of melanoma in the United States.