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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... mission of science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge and the application of that knowledge to extending healthy life and reducing the burdens of illness and disability has been enormous. NIH's investment in biomedical research has ...
... mission of science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge and the application of that knowledge to extending healthy life and reducing the burdens of illness and disability has been enormous. NIH's investment in biomedical research has ...
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... mission, priorities, and organization meant that we had to consider aspects of all these matters. In the end, our Committee decided that while the current organizational structure of NIH represents a fundamentally useful response to the ...
... mission, priorities, and organization meant that we had to consider aspects of all these matters. In the end, our Committee decided that while the current organizational structure of NIH represents a fundamentally useful response to the ...
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... mission. Most recently, former Director Harold Varmus argued in a 2001 article in Science that NIH would be more effective scientifically and more manageable if it were organized into a far smaller number of larger institutes organized ...
... mission. Most recently, former Director Harold Varmus argued in a 2001 article in Science that NIH would be more effective scientifically and more manageable if it were organized into a far smaller number of larger institutes organized ...
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... mission of NIH, some of its key processes, and the scientific, social, and political environment in which NIH activities take place. Although a long series of reviews of NIH helped to inform committee deliberations, both the nature of ...
... mission of NIH, some of its key processes, and the scientific, social, and political environment in which NIH activities take place. Although a long series of reviews of NIH helped to inform committee deliberations, both the nature of ...
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... mission, and priorities are not well defined, the Committee tried not to take too expansive a view of its responsibilities. Therefore, the Committee did not focus exclusively on whether or not there should be a widespread consolidation ...
... mission, and priorities are not well defined, the Committee tried not to take too expansive a view of its responsibilities. Therefore, the Committee did not focus exclusively on whether or not there should be a widespread consolidation ...
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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