The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is a Cabinet-level department that oversees 11 agencies and over 300 programs with the mission of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is the primary Federal Agency for conducting and supporting medical research. It is composed of 27 Institutes and Centers, including the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and provides leadership and financial support to researchers in every state across the U.S. and throughout the world.







