National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

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Abbreviation NCATS Type U.S. government agency Region served United States Headquarters Bethesda		Formation 2011 Legal status Active Official language English Founded 2011

Parent organization National Institutes of Health Profiles Facebook Twitter

Ncats the national center for advancing translational sciences

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) was established in 2012 and is located in Bethesda, Maryland. The NCATS is one of 27 institutes and centers of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The mission of NCATS is to transform the translation of scientific discoveries so that new treatments and cures for disease can be delivered to patients faster.

History

NCATS was created in December 2011 by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012.

The center was created from a number of existing NIH programs :

Clinical and Translational Science Award program,

Components of the Molecular Libraries Program,

Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases,

RAID renamed Bridging Interventional Development Gaps

Office of Rare Diseases Research,

NIH–FDA Regulatory Science Initiative,

Cures Acceleration Network (CAN)

Organizational structure

Office of the Director:

Christopher P. Austin, M.D. (Director)

Pamela M. McInnes, D.D.S. (Deputy Director)

Executive Office

Office of Grants Management and Scientific Review

Office of Rare Diseases Research

Office of Policy, Communications and Strategic Alliances

Division of Pre-Clinical Innovation

Division of Clinical Innovation

References

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences Wikipedia

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Ncats the national center for advancing translational sciences

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History

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