Welcome to 27 UNIHTED

A grassroots effort of NIH alumni and community allies advocating to keep NIH’s mission alive, supporting one another, and mapping out an innovative future for biomedical research.

Our History

Shortly after the inauguration, the new Administration went on a campaign to sharply reduce the number of federal employees through a wide-scale reduction-in-force (RIF). 

  • At the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over 20,000 employees were terminated without notice, encouraged to retire as part of the “fork in the road,” or unceremoniously fired by email.

  • One of these agencies, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), saw a loss of roughly 10% of its workforce. These layoffs affected integrity of biomedical research and the continuation of life-saving clinical trials.

27 UNIHTED (united for change, stronger as one), a name chosen to honor the NIH of today and the beginning of NIH of tomorrow, was formed by a group of former NIH workers intimately familiar with NIH’s mission. We believe in continuing our important work, learning from our past, and building a better future together. 

  • Who We Are

    We are a group of former NIH workers volunteering our time to support NIH workers, keep the spirit and mission of the NIH alive, and look towards building an innovative future for Biomedical Research.

  • What We Do

    We’re building a community-driven alumni network effort to provide in house services to NIH alumni. We are advocating for our community and the NIH mission and mapping out a new future

  • Why We Do It

    We love NIH—the worker community that exists, and its mission are invaluable. We are the best people to tell the story of NIH, and plan how to move forward.