DATA SUPPORT FOR DASH AND PAT AND OTHERS

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development（NICHD）是美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）的一个分支机构，成立于1962年。该中心的使命主要致力于人类发展的许多方面-其广泛目标是通过研究确保出生健康和受欢迎的婴儿，使他们有机会长大成人，不受身体或精神残疾的影响，并能够充分发挥其潜力。 NICHD包括大约1，600名科学家，管理人员和支持人员，他们占据了贝塞斯达，罗克维尔和普尔斯维尔地区的21个不同地点。NICHD的各个组成部分有不同的环境和需求。操作环境包括UNIX、Windows和MAC。同样，各部门的系统操作、管理和应用程序支助软件也各不相同。

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) was established as a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1962. The NICHD mission is substantially devoted to the many facets of human development -- with the broad goal to ensure, through research, the birth of healthy and wanted babies that have the opportunity to reach adulthood unimpaired by physical or mental disabilities and able to achieve their full potential. The NICHD includes approximately 1,600 scientists, administrators and support staff who occupy 21 distinct locations in the Bethesda, Rockville, and Poolesville areas. Components of the NICHD have differing environments and needs. Operating environments include UNIX, Windows and MAC. Similarly, software for system operation, management and application support varies among departments.