The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides global leadership for a research, training, and education program to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases and to enhance the health of all individuals so that they can live longer and more fulfilling lives. The breadth of the Institute’s programs reflects the breadth of its mandate, which includes three of the four leading causes of death in the United States. To achieve its vision, the NHLBI stimulates basic discoveries about the causes of disease, speeds the translation of basic discoveries into clinical practice, fosters training and mentoring of emerging scientists and physicians, and communicates research advances to the public.

NHLBI contact: Barbara Wells, PhD, RDH

www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.html