National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Department of Health and Human Services | |
Parent agency | National Institutes of Health |
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Website | www |
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The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), a member of the
speech, and language
. The institute also conducts and supports research and research training related to disease prevention and health promotion; addresses special biomedical and behavioral problems associated with people who have communication impairments or disorders; and supports efforts to create devices which substitute for lost and impaired sensory and communication function.
On September 3, 2019, Debara L. Tucci became NIDCD director.[1][2] She is the first woman to be appointed to the role since the founding of the institution in 1988.[3]
Differing from some other institutes, in 1999 the NIDCD discontinued the Multi-Purpose Research and Training Center funding mechanism (large center grants) for the entire institute focusing instead on single-project research awards (R01's).
Past directors
Past directors from 1988 - present[4]
Portrait | Director | Took office | Left office |
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Jay Moskowitz (acting) | October 31, 1988 | February 10, 1990 | |
James B. Snow, Jr. | February 11, 1990 | September 15, 1997 | |
James F. Battey, Jr. | February 10, 1998 | May 31, 2018 | |
Judith A. Cooper (acting) | June 1, 2018 | September 2, 2019 | |
Debara L. Tucci | September 3, 2019 | Present |
References
- ^ "Duke Surgeon to Direct NIH Institute for Deafness and Communication Disorders | Duke Health". corporate.dukehealth.org. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ "NIDCD History and Milestones". NIDCD. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ "Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A." NIDCD. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ "NIDCD Directors". www.nih.gov. 9 July 2015.
External links
- Media related to National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Works by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders at Open Library