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Agency Office of the Director Acronym OD Hierarchy Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. Docs URL http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/ Notes The director of NIH gives overall leadership to NIH activities and maintains close liaison with the DHHS assistant secretary for health in matters relating to medical research, research training, health professions education and training, manpower resources, and biomedical communications. Subjects HEALTH AND MEDICINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT