Infant Care & Health Oh baby! Children have some unique health needs, especially during infancy. Learn about how NICHD research helps improve infant care and infant health.

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is pleased to share the NICHD Strategic Plan 2025 (PDF 21 MB)! This new 5-year plan builds upon the …

NICHD issues Releases and Media Advisories to the news media. Science Updates and Spotlights explain NICHD research findings and public health issues to the general public. An Item of Interest is …

NICHD funds research in areas relevant to typical and atypical human development, including contraception, fertilization, pregnancy, childbirth, prenatal and postnatal development, childhood …

NICHD uses grants and contracts to support research on topics related to its mission. This research is conducted by universities and other academic research centers in the United States and abroad. The …

Down syndrome is a set of cognitive and physical symptoms that result from having an extra chromosome 21 or an extra piece of that chromosome. It is the most common chromosomal cause of …

NICHD's wide-ranging mission to advance knowledge about health through the lifespan means that the Institute studies a broad range of health topics.Select a topic from the following list to learn …

Read profiles on some of our NICHD staff who work every day to advance our mission to understand human development, improve reproductive health, enhance the lives of children and adolescents, …

The National Child & Maternal Health Education Program (NCMHEP) is the first national education program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development …

DER develops, implements, and coordinates cross-cutting, multidisciplinary research activities within NICHD's mission. The research portfolio is quite broad, including biological, behavioral, and clinical …