including traineeships for those who perform this research in academic and industrial settings. (b) National institutes of health The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall— (1) support or conduct research on the health effects of— (A) novel sterilization methods, particularly those methods that are well-suited for materials for which ethylene oxide is currently the best available sterilization method, including research on the efficacy of the method on a broad range of materials commonly used in medical devices, on individuals who receive medical devices