November 1, 2012 • Volume 1 / No. 2

Welcome to the NIH Nutrition Quarterly

Q&A – Advances in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Research

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Mr. Cliff Johnson, Director of the Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in Hyattsville, MD. Mr. Johnson began his federal career in 1970 and has worked at NCHS since 1972. He began his NCHS career as a survey statistician with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Nutrition Statistics Branch and was appointed Division Director in 1997. Read the Q&A with Cliff Johnson and Dr. Margaret McDowell…

Breastfeeding and Human Lactation Research Scientific Interest Group

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In August 2012, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) formed a trans-HHS scientific interest group, Breastfeeding and Human Lactation Research Scientific Interest Group (BALSIG), to provide an intellectual platform for the scientists from HHS agencies interested in breastfeeding and human lactation research activities. Read more…

NIH Research Highlights

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All NIH funded projects are categorized into one or more Spending Categories as determined by the NIH Research, Condition and Disease Categorization (RCDC) System. RCDC uses complex text data mining to match research projects to research spending categories. Read more about the HNRIM…