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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... issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine. The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community ...
... issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine. The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community ...
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... issue. While NIH's success is to be celebrated, success alone does not answer fully the question of whether there is a better way to proceed, particularly as one faces a future where the world of biomedical science is being rapidly ...
... issue. While NIH's success is to be celebrated, success alone does not answer fully the question of whether there is a better way to proceed, particularly as one faces a future where the world of biomedical science is being rapidly ...
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... issues surrounding this project. The reviewers provided helpful comments that ultimately helped strengthen the report, and I thank them for myself and on behalf of the entire Committee. I also wish to acknowledge the National Academies ...
... issues surrounding this project. The reviewers provided helpful comments that ultimately helped strengthen the report, and I thank them for myself and on behalf of the entire Committee. I also wish to acknowledge the National Academies ...
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... issues. Several Committee members also had considerable experience in government operations. The Committee held six two-day meetings over the ten months between July 2002 and April 2003. In its initial meetings it invited past and ...
... issues. Several Committee members also had considerable experience in government operations. The Committee held six two-day meetings over the ten months between July 2002 and April 2003. In its initial meetings it invited past and ...
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... issues ought to have the benefit of the public process we have recommended. The Committee was also well aware that all organizational changes, however well thought out, potentially carry both potential risks and benefits, and it has ...
... issues ought to have the benefit of the public process we have recommended. The Committee was also well aware that all organizational changes, however well thought out, potentially carry both potential risks and benefits, and it has ...
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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