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• AIDS Health Information at the National Institutes of Health - This listing provides links to HIV/AIDS resources from the many different divisions of NIH that play a role in researching HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.
   
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of AIDS Malignancy Program - The AIDS Malignancy Program (AMP) supports pre-clinical and clinical studies for the treatment of cancer in HIV+ and immunocompromised patients. The AMP also supports resources for preclinical and translational/interdisciplinary studies including a tissue repository of well characterized specimens collected from HIV+ and HIV- patients, and infrastructure at institutions that receive significant AIDS funding.
  
  
• National Eye Institute (NEI) Studies of the Ocular Complications of AIDS - In order to address issues related to eye involvement in patients living with AIDS, the National Eye Institute has funded the Studies of the Ocular Complication of AIDS (SOCA). SOCA's major activities involve evaluating treatments and treatment strategies for cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis.
  
  
• National Institute on Aging (NIA) - NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life by providing leadership in research and programs relevant to aging and older people. This resource provides information from NIA on the relationship of older people and HIV/AIDS.
  
  
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - NIAAA provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems. These NIAAA resources provide information on alcohol as related to HIV prevention and issues related to HIV/AIDS treatment.
  
  
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

·  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - The mission of the Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (DAIDS) is to increase basic knowledge of the pathogenesis, natural history, and transmission of HIV disease and to support research that promotes progress in its detection, treatment, and prevention. DAIDS accomplishes this through planning, implementing, managing, and evaluating programs in (1) fundamental basic research, (2) discovery and development of therapies for HIV infection and its complications, and (3) discovery and development of vaccines and other prevention strategies.

· National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) - The Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) was established to facilitate research in vaccine development and is dedicated to improving global human health through the rigorous pursuit of effective vaccines for human diseases. VRC is a unique venture within the NIH intramural research program.

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Pediatric, Adolescent and Maternal AIDS Branch - The Pediatric, Adolescent and Maternal AIDS (PAMA) Branch supports and conducts both domestic and international research into the epidemiology, natural history, pathogenesis, transmission, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection and its complications in infants, children, adolescents, pregnant women, mothers, women of childbearing age, and the family unit as a whole.
  
  
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)- HIV/AIDS Research - Each of the three divisions in NIDDK support an AIDS and HIV program and encourages research into the characterization of intestinal injury, mechanisms of maldigestion, and intestinal mucosal functions, as well as hepatic and biliary dysfunction in patients with AIDS or in appropriate animal models. In addition, studies are supported on the mechanisms of nutrient malabsorption, deficiencies of various micronutrients, nutritional management of the wasting syndrome, and other aspects of malnutrition related to AIDS.
  
  
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - The mission of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is to improve oral, dental and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information. This resource provides information and research on NIDCR’s efforts focusing on HIV/AIDS.
  
  
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) AIDS Research Program - NIDA's AIDS Research Program (ARP) utilizes a multifaceted approach to support HIV/AIDS research within NIDA as well as across NIH Institutes and other Department of Health and Human Services agencies. The primary goal of ARP is to support the development, planning, and coordination of HIV/AIDS priority research within NIDA's intramural and extramural programs, in order to ensure an integrated vision and strategy to guide HIV/AIDS research throughout NIDA.

·  Drugs + HIV – Learn the Link– this initiative communicates that behaviors associated with drug abuse are among the main factors in the spread of HIV infecting in the United States, and provides information for young people, parents and teachers, and the media.

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Office on AIDS– The institute (1) Plans, directs, coordinates, and supports biomedical and behavioral research designed to develop a better understanding of the biological and behavioral causes of HIV (AIDS virus) infection; (2) analyzes and evaluates National needs and research opportunities to identify areas; and (3) consults and cooperates with health organizations, as well as other NIH components and Federal agencies, to identify and meet AIDS-related needs.
  
  
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research on brain and nervous system disorders. This resource discusses the neurological complications of AIDS and AIDS-related nervous system disorders and provides links to publications, related literature, clinical trials, and pertinent organizations.
  
  
• Office of AIDS Research - The NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) is located within the Office of the Director of NIH and is responsible for the scientific, budgetary, legislative, and policy elements of the NIH AIDS research programs.