Programs in Development | Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

Through ongoing outreach to all our constituencies—public, private and philanthropic—the Foundation for NIH continuously seeks new partnership possibilities to address urgent health challenges in the most efficient and effective manner. Current opportunities for involvement appear below.

Programs in Development

Medical Research Scholars Program

Since the medical discoveries of tomorrow—and the health of future generations—depend on the students trained today, research training is an ongoing top priority at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Programs in Development

Osteoarthritis Biomarkers Project

This important new research study sponsored by a public-private partnership is designed to identify and classify biological markers (measurable physical traits also called “biomarkers”) of progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Research for this study will be conducted by an international team of leading OA scientists and clinicians. The potential impact of this project is significant; the OA biomarkers identified may be used to categorize individuals at risk of developing severe OA, to develop new measures for clinical progression of the disease, and to develop new treatment options for the prevention of OA progression.

Programs in Development

Kidney Safety Biomarker Qualification

This kidney safety project will impact public health by generating the data needed to advance, among the scientific community, clinicians and regulators the acceptance of the new biomarkers that are appropriate for monitoring kidney safety in the clinic and from reaching alignment on how these biomarkers should be used to improve clinical diagnoses of drug-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) during drug development and during patient therapy with presently marketed and well known nephrotoxic drugs.

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