Enhancing the vitality of the National Institutes of Health : organizational change to meet new challenges / Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health, Board on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health

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TextSeries: Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press | Online access: NCBI NCBI BookshelfPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 150 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

030952573X
9780309525732
1280209100
9781280209109

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Enhancing the vitality of the National Institutes of Health.DDC classification:

610.72073 22

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RA11.D6 E54 2003eb

NLM classification:

2003 O-375
W 20.5

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Contents:

Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Evolution of NIH's organizational structure -- 3. New opportunities, new challenges: the changing nature of biomedical science -- 4. The Organizational structure of the National Institutes of Health -- 5. Enhancing NIH's ability to respond to new challenges -- 6. Accountability, administration, and leadership -- 7. Putting principles into practice.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-133).

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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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