The National Disease Research Interchange (NDRI), based in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1980. NDRI is funded in part by the
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH (with each letter pronounced individually), is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. It was founded in the late ...
, public and private foundations and organizations, pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporations. NDRI partners with a nationwide network of over 130 tissue source sites (TSS), including
organ procurement organizations (OPO), tissue banks, eye banks, and hospitals. The TSS are distributed throughout the US, in 45 states, with concentrations in major metropolitan areas on both the east and west coasts. It serves as the liaison between procurement sources and the research community.
Funding
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have provided grants to NDRI since 1984. Current support for NDRI comes from several institutes within the NIH, including funding from the
National Center for Research Resources
The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) was a center within the National Institutes of Health a United States government agency. NCRR provided funding to laboratory scientists and researchers for facilities and tools in the goal of curi ...
, the
National Eye Institute
The National Eye Institute (NEI) was established in 1968. It is located in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. The NEI is one of 27 institutes and centers of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the US Department of Health and ...
, the
, the
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, ) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's ...
, the
, the
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is the third largest Institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. It is tasked with allocating about $3.6 billion in FY 2020 in tax revenue to ...
, and the
Office of Rare Diseases Research
The Office of Rare Diseases Research is a division of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) that oversees the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network and Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center.
History
The Offic ...
. Additional support comes from voluntary health organizations and from corporate and individual donors.
References
External links
National Disease Research Interchange
Medical research organizations
American medical research
Research organizations in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Philadelphia
Organizations established in 1980
1980 establishments in Pennsylvania
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501(c)(3) organizations