NIH Research on Down Syndrome
NIH, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is the nation's biomedical research agency. NIH makes important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
Down syndrome is one of many Research, Condition, and Disease Categories (RCDC) NIH studies. NIH's research portfolio on Down syndrome includes efforts to understand all aspects of the condition, including related health problems and health outcomes.
For details about the NIH research portfolio on Down syndrome, select from the following links:
- New NIH-wide project: INCLUDE (INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndromE)
- DS Connect®: The Down Syndrome Registry
- NIH Research projects in the Down syndrome RCDC (Fiscal Year 2021)
- Down Syndrome Directions: The NIH Research Plan on Down Syndrome (PDF 772 KB)
- NIH Down Syndrome Working Group Member Activities
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- National Cancer Institute
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Human Genome Research Institute
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- National Institute on Aging
Down Syndrome Research from Other Consortium Members
Other members of the Consortium also conduct and support research on Down syndrome. For details, select one of the following links:
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