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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... results in terms of declining rates of disease, longer life expectancy, reduced infant mortality, and improved quality of life. All those who have played a role in making NIH such a success over the years have earned the gratitude of ...
... results in terms of declining rates of disease, longer life expectancy, reduced infant mortality, and improved quality of life. All those who have played a role in making NIH such a success over the years have earned the gratitude of ...
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... result of congressional and presidential initiatives. In science, the importance of multi-institutional, multidisciplinary research that relies more and more on large infrastructural investments is ever more apparent. Demographics and ...
... result of congressional and presidential initiatives. In science, the importance of multi-institutional, multidisciplinary research that relies more and more on large infrastructural investments is ever more apparent. Demographics and ...
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... result of a compact set of compelling propositions emanating from organizational theory any more than the particular organization of our complex pluralistic democracy is the result solely of the inspired thinking of political ...
... result of a compact set of compelling propositions emanating from organizational theory any more than the particular organization of our complex pluralistic democracy is the result solely of the inspired thinking of political ...
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... result in decreasing the effectiveness of NIH as a research and training organization or damage its ability to recruit talented leaders at all levels. Centralization of certain functions can be effective, but is not always the best ...
... result in decreasing the effectiveness of NIH as a research and training organization or damage its ability to recruit talented leaders at all levels. Centralization of certain functions can be effective, but is not always the best ...
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... result of past studies. The trend toward continued growth in the number of units in NIH has continued to the present in the absence of an accepted process such as that suggested in the 1984 Institute of Medicine report. The Committee ...
... result of past studies. The trend toward continued growth in the number of units in NIH has continued to the present in the absence of an accepted process such as that suggested in the 1984 Institute of Medicine report. The Committee ...
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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