NIH Prepares to Launch AI to Transform Medical Imaging, Data Analysis Sep 5, 2025 | 10:21 am The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is gearing up to launch artificial intelligence programs to integrate the technology into medical imaging and other use cases, a top agency official said on Sept. 3. […]
NIH CIO Adele Merritt Steps Down Aug 26, 2025 | 2:37 pm Adele Merritt has stepped down as the chief information officer (CIO) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after serving in the role for nine months. […]
New NIH AI Tool Reduces Hallucinations in Gene Analysis Jul 30, 2025 | 10:35 am The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed an artificial intelligence tool to analyze gene data sets that the agency says is highly accurate and does not carry the risk of hallucinations. […]
NIH Names Adele Merritt CIO Dec 16, 2024 | 3:54 pm Adele Merritt, who has run technology operations at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) since 2022, started work today as the new chief information officer (CIO) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). […]
Labeling Data Like Food: A Recipe for Reducing AI Bias Sep 16, 2024 | 2:49 pm Data can’t be perfect, but it can be managed using a “food label” approach that reflects who and what the data was created for – all of which can increase the useful of data for artificial intelligence (AI) applications, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) official said on Sept. 12. […]
NHLBI Leveraging AI for Healthcare Screening and Analytics Aug 9, 2024 | 9:33 am The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) – a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) – is researching the use of artificial intelligence technologies in health care with the aim of improving screening and analytics capabilities. […]
NITAAC Extends CIO-SP3 Through April 2025 Jul 18, 2024 | 3:23 pm The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) announced this week that it is once again extending its Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) contract through April 29, 2025, as the agency works out bid protests for its CIO-SP4 successor. […]
NIH NEI Taps Kevin Chu to Serve as Deputy CIO Jun 3, 2024 | 11:50 am The National Institutes of Health (NIH) – a research component of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – National Eye Institute (NEI) has tapped Kevin Chu to serve as deputy chief information officer (CIO) according to his LinkedIn profile. […]
NIH Facing Visibility Issues as Connected Devices Grow Apr 16, 2024 | 3:23 pm The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is having trouble gaining visibility into the masses of data on its networks even as the agency modernizes IT systems, a top official at NIH’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) said today. […]
ARPA-H Names Acting Data Director Mar 8, 2024 | 9:52 am The Advanced Research Projects Agency For Health (ARPA-H) has tapped Alastair Thomson as the agency’s new acting director of data innovation, according to his LinkedIn account. […]
NIH Taps Sean Mooney to Head Center for Information Technology Feb 12, 2024 | 2:59 pm The National Institute of Health (NIH) has tapped Sean Mooney to serve as director of NIH’s Center for Information Technology (CIT), starting in mid-March. […]
NITAAC to Reevaluate CIO-SP4 Proposals, Extends CIO-SP3 to 2024 Jul 12, 2023 | 3:18 pm The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) plans to take corrective action and reevaluate proposals under its $50 billion Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) contract, after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) upheld 98 protests to the IT services contract. […]
NIH’s $50B CIO-SP4 Contract Snags on Protest Decisions Jun 30, 2023 | 12:34 pm The Government Accountability Office (GAO) upheld 98 protests to the National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center’s (NITAAC) $50 billion Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) IT services contract, concluding that the agency “unreasonably evaluated” companies in the first evaluation phase. […]
NIH Looking to Strengthen Data in Cancer Moonshot Effort Jun 7, 2023 | 3:19 pm The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is looking at researchers, clinicians, and patients as vital sources to enhance the quality of data available to President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative to combat cancer, an NIH official explained today. […]
Biden to Nominate Monica Bertagnolli as New NIH Director May 15, 2023 | 3:23 pm President Biden today announced his intent to nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as the new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), who currently serves as the director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). […]
NIH Looks to Small Businesses for New Cybersecurity Contract Mar 10, 2023 | 9:51 am The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is looking for small businesses that can help support the agency’s next generation of biomedical experimentation by providing cybersecurity services. […]
ARPA-H Looking for $500M in Technical Support Feb 6, 2023 | 1:59 pm The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), which is housed within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is looking for $500 million in technical support to complement and support the newly established agency’s mission. […]
NIH Names Brian Goodger NITAAC Director Jan 13, 2023 | 9:28 am The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) has officially appointed Brian Goodger to serve as the program’s director, according to a Jan. 11 press release. […]
NIH Official: Cloud Adoption Saving Lives, Cutting Costs Nov 15, 2022 | 4:25 pm A National Institutes of Health (NIH) official said today that the agency is leveraging its vast flows of data through Google Cloud to lengthen the lives of Americans and reduce the impacts of disabilities and disease. […]
Norris Retiring as NIH CIO in December; Agency Seeks Successor Sep 29, 2022 | 4:00 pm The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today that Andrea Norris will be retiring as the agency’s chief information officer and director of the agency’s Center for Information Technology (CIT) at the end of December. […]