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Clinical Research
The Clinical Research topic includes research involving people to understand human health and disease and improve care. It includes studies using human samples or other…
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Clinical Research - Extramural
The Clinical Research – Extramural topic includes research involving people that NIH supports at organizations outside its own research program. These studies examine health and…
Clinical Research - Intramural
The Clinical Research – Intramural topic includes research involving people that is conducted within NIH’s own research program. It examines health and disease through direct work…
Clinical Trials & Supportive Activities
The Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities topic includes research that tests how interventions affect people’s health, along with the work needed to plan and carry out those…
Cocaine
The Cocaine topic includes research on cocaine’s effects on health and on the prevention and treatment of cocaine use, addiction, and overdose. Cocaine is a powerful stimulant…
Colorectal Cancer
The Colorectal Cancer topic includes research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer in the colon or rectum. These organs form the lower part of the…
Comparative Effectiveness Research
The Comparative Effectiveness Research topic includes research that compares the benefits and harms of different approaches to preventing, diagnosing, treating, or monitoring…
Conditions Affecting the Embryonic & Fetal Periods
The Conditions Affecting the Embryonic and Fetal Periods topic includes research on conditions that affect development from the earliest stages of pregnancy until birth. It covers…
Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period
The Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period topic includes research on conditions in infants that begin during later pregnancy, birth, or the early weeks of life. It covers…
Congenital Heart Disease
The Congenital Heart Disease topic includes research on heart conditions that are present at birth. These conditions involve differences in the structure of the heart or nearby…