National Institutes of Health

Einstein Fellows had a field trip to the National Institutes of Health.  A little background.  The National Institute of Health (NIH) was started in 1887.  It sits on 322 acres and employs 18,000+.  The director is appointed by the President.  It is the largest clinical research center in the world, with a $32.2 billion dollar budget.  It is sometimes called the National Institute of "Hope", because it is often where patients go as their last hope.  We visited the hospital, the library, and the National Genome Research Institute.

Original copy of Darwin's "Origin of Species"

Einstein Fellows getting a close up look at Darwin's book.