History Links
Building the Mark O. Hatfield CRC
Lasker~Bloomberg Award for Public Service (2011)
Links to Other Sources of NIH History
Medical Milestones - Clinical Center Firsts
On July 6, 1953, the NIH Clinical Center opened its doors to patients. Oveta Culp Hobby, the Secretary of Welfare, said at the time, "We are now carrying on in the United States the most intensive and widespread research attack on human disease that the world has ever seen."
Seventy years later, the Clinical Center remains a national focal point for clinical research and creating cures that improve the health of the nation and the world.
Anniversary Events
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Anniversary Celebration
Summer 2023
Lipsett Auditorium
Scientist Artists Exhibit
July 8 - Oct. 7, 2023 and Oct. 7, 2023 - Jan. 9, 2024
Clinical Center
IF/THEN Exhibit
May 22 - Aug. 25 2023
Clinical Center Arboretums
70th Anniversary Grand Rounds Lecture
June 28, 2023
Lipsett Auditorium
Lecture featured former NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins.
Then and Now
Reflections
![During the COVID-19 pandemic, NIH has been on the frontline and is conducting and supporting research to prevent, treat and better understand the virus.](/sites/nihinternet/files/assets/ocmr/images/story2.jpg)
Summer 2021
![An assortment of CC News covers, from the inaugural launch of the publication to 2020.](/sites/nihinternet/files/assets/ocmr/images/story4.jpg)
Spring 2021
![Herman Joseph Fantom, senior clinical research nurse, works on 7SWN Neuroscience Unit as a bedside nurse.](/sites/nihinternet/files/assets/ocmr/images/story5.jpg)
Summer 2020