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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a consortium of 21 NIH institutes, centers, and offices led by OBSSR and the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institute on Aging, and National Institute of Nursing Research was formed.
NIH (including OBSSR) and the National Science Foundation issue an interagency program solicitation for the development of technologies, analytics, and models supporting next-generation health and medical research through high-risk, high-reward advances in computer and information science, engineering and technology, behavior, cognition, robotics and imaging.
More than 50 million U.S. adults experience chronic pain, defined as pain lasting three months or longer. Of these, 17 million experience high-impact chronic pain, which often limits daily activity. Chronic pain is more common among older adults, women, American Indian or Alaska Native people, those living in rural areas, and adults who are publicly insured, unemployed, or living in poverty.
In 2023, following publication of a scientific consensus report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and approval by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils, OBSSR launched its Ontology Program.
