Enhancing the Vitality of the National Institutes of Health: Organizational Change to Meet New ChallengesNational Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health National Academies Press, 2003 M07 29 - 164 pages The report says that important organizational changes are needed at the National Institutes of Health to ensure the agency meets future challenges effectively. In particular, the report advises NIH to devote additional resources to innovative interdisciplinary research that reflects its strategic objectives and cuts across all agency's institutes and centers. The report recommends that Congress should establish a formal process for determining how specific proposals for changes in the number of NIH agencies and centers should be addressed. |
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... Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing ...
... Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing ...
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... Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research ...
... Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research ...
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... Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health. COMMITTEE ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH HAROLD T. SHAPIRO, Chair, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey NORMAN R ...
... Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health. COMMITTEE ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH HAROLD T. SHAPIRO, Chair, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey NORMAN R ...
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... Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health. Preface. The strong system of federal support for US science and technology has produced five decades of discovery and innovation that have not only literally ...
... Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health. Preface. The strong system of federal support for US science and technology has produced five decades of discovery and innovation that have not only literally ...
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... Committee discovered that defining an optimal degree of centralization or decentralization for NIH is not a simple ... committees on the other, has the great strength of mobilizing a vast array of talent to participate in key decisions ...
... Committee discovered that defining an optimal degree of centralization or decentralization for NIH is not a simple ... committees on the other, has the great strength of mobilizing a vast array of talent to participate in key decisions ...
Contents
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The Changing Nature of Biomedical Science | 51 |
4 The Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health | 67 |
5 Enhancing NIHs Ability to Respond to New Challenges | 83 |
6 Accountability Administration and Leadership | 103 |
7 Putting Principles into Practice | 121 |
References | 129 |
Appendixes | 135 |
APPENDIX B Acronyms and Abbreviations | 139 |
APPENDIX C Committee Member Biographies | 143 |
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