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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... NIH's budget and the number of its organizational units have grown, the complexity of its operations and the ability of its director to manage the overall enterprise have become extremely challenging, especially in light of the loosely ...
... NIH's budget and the number of its organizational units have grown, the complexity of its operations and the ability of its director to manage the overall enterprise have become extremely challenging, especially in light of the loosely ...
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... NIH's functioning by making it unmanageable and impeding its ability to carry out its mission. Most recently, former Director Harold Varmus argued in a 2001 article in Science that NIH would be more effective scientifically and more ...
... NIH's functioning by making it unmanageable and impeding its ability to carry out its mission. Most recently, former Director Harold Varmus argued in a 2001 article in Science that NIH would be more effective scientifically and more ...
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... NIH on research and development. With the steady stream of change, concerns about whether NIH has become too ... Director sufficient funds to undertake, through the National Academy of Sciences, a study of the structure of NIH. STATEMENT ...
... NIH on research and development. With the steady stream of change, concerns about whether NIH has become too ... Director sufficient funds to undertake, through the National Academy of Sciences, a study of the structure of NIH. STATEMENT ...
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... NIH director, two former NIH institute directors, a former university president, two persons with backgrounds in senior management of major industrial entities, and a specialist in organizational issues. Several Committee members also ...
... NIH director, two former NIH institute directors, a former university president, two persons with backgrounds in senior management of major industrial entities, and a specialist in organizational issues. Several Committee members also ...
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... NIH, including possible revisions in the number and reporting lines of institutes and centers (ICs) to the director. The Committee considered numerous proposals for restructuring NIH in great detail. However, as laid out in this report ...
... NIH, including possible revisions in the number and reporting lines of institutes and centers (ICs) to the director. The Committee considered numerous proposals for restructuring NIH in great detail. However, as laid out in this report ...
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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