DONATE BLOOD

Location:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Blood Bank is located in the Clinical Center on the NIH campus at
10 Center Drive-MSC 1184
Building 10, Room 1C711
Bethesda, MD 20892-1184

Phone:
(301) 496-1048

Email:
nihbloodbank@mail.cc.nih.gov

Hours:
Monday
7:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday - Friday
7:30am - 5:00pm

DONATE PLATELETS

Location:
NIH Donor Center
At Fishers Lane
Rm 1S02, MSC 9415
5625 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20852

Phone:
(301) 496-4321

MORE INFORMATION

NIH BLOOD BANK

African American Whole Blood Donors Urgently Needed

Are you the one who'll make the difference?

The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, urgently needs African Americans to donate blood for patients with sickle cell disease who are participating in clinical research studies at the NIH Clinical Center.

Until there is a cure, people with sickle cell disease need many blood transfusions throughout their life to stay healthy, fight crippling pain and avoid dangerous complications such as stroke.

A number of diverse hands stacked on top of each other The donor blood must closely match the patient's blood. Blood donated by African Americans is most often the closest or the only match.

NIH researchers are looking for new ways to treat and ultimately cure sickle cell disease.

If you are in good health and want to help, please call the NIH blood bank at (301) 496-1048 to find out if you are the one who'll make the difference.

Who gives blood?

People like Rosa Lee Powell, the first African-American woman to make 100 whole blood donations to the NIH blood bank.

Why Donate?

Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects more than 70,000 African Americans in the U.S.

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This page last updated on 06/02/2017