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The ''Eunice Kennedy Shriver'' National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It funds and conducts research on topics related to the health of children, adults, families, and populations.〔(About NICHD Landing Page )〕 Some research topics include: *Reducing infant deaths *Improving the health of women, men, and families *Understanding reproductive health and fertility *Learning about growth and human development *Examining, preventing and treating problems such as birth defects, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities *Enhancing well-being of persons through the lifespan through optimal rehabilitation research ==History== At the request of President John F. Kennedy, the U.S. Congress established the NICHD in 1962. President Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, had been an advocate for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities with help from the family pediatrician Robert E. Cooke, pushed for research that focused on disorders pertaining to human development. In 1961 Dr. Cooke chaired a task-force on child health and growth; the task-force's report was given to congress, which then established the NICHD the following year. The Institute was renamed after Shriver by Congress in December, 2007.〔(NICHD Renamed for Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Advocate for Institute's Founding )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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