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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... authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts is president of the National Academy ...
... authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts is president of the National Academy ...
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... authorities that play roles in NIHwide decision-making. Although the borders between structure, mission, and priorities are not well defined, the Committee tried not to take too expansive a view of its responsibilities. Therefore, the ...
... authorities that play roles in NIHwide decision-making. Although the borders between structure, mission, and priorities are not well defined, the Committee tried not to take too expansive a view of its responsibilities. Therefore, the ...
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... authority for the NIH director, increased responsiveness, greater flexibility, and more opportunity for coordination) primarily by other means. Many previous reports have suggested that increasing the number of ICs at NIH would make it ...
... authority for the NIH director, increased responsiveness, greater flexibility, and more opportunity for coordination) primarily by other means. Many previous reports have suggested that increasing the number of ICs at NIH would make it ...
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... authority to reprogram funding from the earmarked components of its budget when necessary to meet unanticipated needs. In particular, if the director is given the responsibility and authority to conduct NIH-wide planning for trans-NIH ...
... authority to reprogram funding from the earmarked components of its budget when necessary to meet unanticipated needs. In particular, if the director is given the responsibility and authority to conduct NIH-wide planning for trans-NIH ...
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... authority of the NIH director to hire senior management and plan and coordinate the NIH budget and its programs in their entirety. Like other federal science agencies, NIH makes extensive use of advisory committees (variously known as ...
... authority of the NIH director to hire senior management and plan and coordinate the NIH budget and its programs in their entirety. Like other federal science agencies, NIH makes extensive use of advisory committees (variously known as ...
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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