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Hodes</a>, Director</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent department</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Health and Human Services">Department of Health and Human Services</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health" title="National Institutes of Health">National Institutes of Health</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nia.nih.gov/">www<wbr />.nia<wbr />.nih<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>National Institute on Aging</b> (<b>NIA</b>) is a division of the U.S. <a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health" title="National Institutes of Health">National Institutes of Health</a> (NIH), located in <a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda, Maryland</a>. The NIA itself is headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a>. </p><p>The NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of <a href="/wiki/Aging" class="mw-redirect" title="Aging">aging</a> and to extend the healthy, active years of life.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1974, under Public Law 93-296, Congress granted authority to form NIA to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2011, President Obama signed into law the National Alzheimer’s Project Act, designating the NIA as the primary federal agency on <a href="/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease" title="Alzheimer's disease">Alzheimer's disease</a> research.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NIA is led by Director, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_J._Hodes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard J. Hodes (page does not exist)">Richard J. Hodes</a>, M.D, and Acting Deputy Director Melinda Kelley, M.D. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Past_directors">Past directors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Institute_on_Aging&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Past directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Past directors from 1975–present<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Director </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noimage.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/100px-Noimage.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/150px-Noimage.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/200px-Noimage.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="180" /></a></span> </td> <td>Norman Kretchmer (acting) </td> <td>October 1974 </td> <td>July 1975 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noimage.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/100px-Noimage.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/150px-Noimage.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/200px-Noimage.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="180" /></a></span> </td> <td>Richard C. Greulich (acting) </td> <td>July 1975 </td> <td>April 1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_N._Butler_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Robert_N._Butler_2004.jpg/100px-Robert_N._Butler_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Robert_N._Butler_2004.jpg/150px-Robert_N._Butler_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Robert_N._Butler_2004.jpg/200px-Robert_N._Butler_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="233" data-file-height="338" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_N._Butler" title="Robert N. Butler">Robert N. Butler</a> </td> <td>May 1, 1976 </td> <td>July 1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noimage.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/100px-Noimage.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/150px-Noimage.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/200px-Noimage.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="180" /></a></span> </td> <td>Robert L. Ringler </td> <td>July 16, 1982 </td> <td>June 30, 1983 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noimage.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/100px-Noimage.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/150px-Noimage.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/200px-Noimage.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="180" /></a></span> </td> <td>T. Franklin Williams </td> <td>July 1, 1983 </td> <td>July 31, 1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noimage.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/100px-Noimage.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/150px-Noimage.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Noimage.svg/200px-Noimage.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="130" data-file-height="180" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gene_D._Cohen" title="Gene D. Cohen">Gene D. Cohen</a> (acting) </td> <td>August 1, 1991 </td> <td>May 31, 1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_J._Hodes.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Richard_J._Hodes.png/100px-Richard_J._Hodes.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Richard_J._Hodes.png/150px-Richard_J._Hodes.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Richard_J._Hodes.png/200px-Richard_J._Hodes.png 2x" data-file-width="282" data-file-height="284" /></a></span> </td> <td>Richard J. Hodes </td> <td>June 1, 1993 </td> <td>Present </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Institute_on_Aging&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NIA's mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research, and specifically to: </p> <ul><li>Support and conduct high-quality research on: <ul><li>Aging processes</li> <li>Age-related diseases</li> <li>Special problems and needs of the aged</li></ul></li> <li>Train and develop highly skilled research scientists from all population groups.</li> <li>Develop and maintain state-of-the-art resources to accelerate research progress.</li> <li>Disseminate information and communicate with the public and interested groups on health and research advances and on new directions for research.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programs">Programs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Institute_on_Aging&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Programs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NIA sponsors research on aging through extramural<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/NIH_Intramural_Research_Program" title="NIH Intramural Research Program">intramural</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> programs. The extramural program funds research and training at universities, hospitals, medical centers, and other public and private organizations nationwide. </p><p>One such example is the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs). As of 2022, the NIA funds over 30 centers at medical institutions throughout the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The intramural program conducts basic and clinical research in Baltimore, Maryland, and on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Eliezer_Masliah" title="Eliezer Masliah">Eliezer Masliah</a> was appointed head of the National Institute on Aging's Division of Neuroscience in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Institute_on_Aging&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Federation_for_Aging_Research" title="American Federation for Aging Research">American Federation for Aging Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geroscience" class="mw-redirect" title="Geroscience">Geroscience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Life_extension" title="Life extension">Life extension</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Institute_on_Aging&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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