Approach to Priority Setting
The NIAMS FY 2025–2029 Plan outlines 4 goals, 10 priorities, and a commitment to equitable research and workforce support to improve human health outcomes.
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Strategic Goals and Priorities
https://www.niams.nih.gov/about/strategic-plan-fiscal-years-2025-2029/strategic-goals-priorities
NIAMS focuses on advancing therapies, fostering discoveries, supporting research infrastructure, and sharing breakthroughs to improve health in its mission areas.
Research Priorities
NIAMS encourages creative research on arthritis, musculoskeletal, and skin diseases, offering resources and priorities for scientists and collaborators to explore.
Priority 1: Studying Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Health and Disease in Humans and Understanding the Resulting Phenotypes and Endotypes
NIAMS supports research into molecular and cellular processes to understand disease mechanisms, including the role of sex differences and interactions in health and disease.
Priority 2: Developing Regenerative Medicine Approaches to Facilitate Repair or Restoration of Tissue
Regenerative medicine uses stem cells, biomaterials, and gene editing to restore musculoskeletal and skin tissues, with NIAMS advancing research and clinical applications.
Priority 3: Using Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), and Computational Biology to Advance Knowledge and Treatments
NIAMS leverages AI/ML and data science to improve treatments, foster collaborations, ensure data stewardship, and advance patient-specific research and tools.
Priority 4: Understanding Behaviors and Environmental Exposures That Promote Health or Cause Disease
NIAMS explores how behaviors, environment, and the exposome affect disease onset, severity, and treatment, aiming to reduce health disparities and improve outcomes.
Priority 5: Translating Findings Into Interventions Through Clinical and Epidemiologic Studies
NIAMS focuses on translating discoveries into patient care, emphasizing equitable, innovative clinical trials, precision medicine, and strategies to reduce health disparities.
Priority 6: Conducting Research to Address Health Disparities
NIAMS aims to reduce health disparities.
Capacity-Building Priorities
NIAMS highlights community-identified needs, priorities, and resources to advance arthritis, musculoskeletal, and skin disease research and treatments.
Priority 7: Developing Enabling Research Infrastructure Including Technologies and Model Systems
NIAMS fosters biomedical innovation by supporting advanced models, diagnostic tools, and technologies to improve research and patient care in bone, joint, muscle, and skin diseases.
Priority 8: Supporting Interdisciplinary Research, Team Science, and Partnerships
NIAMS promotes interdisciplinary research and partnerships, uniting diverse fields, NIH agencies, and communities to advance care for bone, joint, muscle, and skin diseases.
Priority 9: Promoting Training and a Robust Workforce
NIAMS fosters research careers and mentoring early-stage scientists advance its mission areas.
Operational Priority
NIAMS advances bone, joint, muscle, and skin health by sharing research updates and collaborating with partners to inform and support affected communities.
Priority 10: Information Dissemination and Engagement Activities
NIAMS improves lives by advancing research on bones, joints, muscles, and skin diseases, sharing findings via diverse platforms, and fostering equity and engagement.
Appendices
https://www.niams.nih.gov/about/strategic-plan-fiscal-years-2025-2029/appendices
Appendices Strategic Plan 2025-2029
NIAMS Selects Dr. Anna E. Mazzucco as Next Deputy Director
NIAMS has selected Anna E. Mazzucco, Ph.D., as the next NIAMS Deputy Director, effective January 6, 2025.
NIAMS Selects Dr. Leslie Castelo-Soccio as New Associate Director of Clinical Research
NIAMS has selected Leslie Castelo-Soccio, M.D., Ph.D., as the new NIAMS Associate Director of Clinical Research.
Kaplan Discusses Link Between Lupus and Early Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Dr. Kaplan Discusses Link Between Lupus and Early Cardiovascular Disease Risk
IRP’s Lindsey Criswell Elected to National Academy of Medicine
IRP’s Lindsey Criswell Elected to National Academy of Medicine