| Description: | The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is one of 25 Institutes and Centers of the U.S. National Institutes of HealtH (NIH) which is a component of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The mission of NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental cause by understanding each of these elements and how they interrelate. The NIEHS achieves its mission through multidisciplinary biomedical research programs, prevention and intervention efforts, and communication strategies that encompass training, education, technology transfer, and community
outreach. |
