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9 Expanding Boundaries to Advance Medical Research— Lessons Learned at the National Institutes of Health and Ways Forward
9 Expanding Boundaries to Advance Medical Research— Lessons Learned at the National Institutes of Health and Ways Forward
Pages 65-72
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Research topics cover the full array of plinary borders provides new opportunities for support of medical research pursuits, from basic research on cell sigresearch and is crucial as the chemical science community naling, protein production and degradation, imaging techtakes an increasingly global outlook. Potential subjects of nologies, and underlying mechanisms of disease establishjoint pursuit between the chemical sciences and the life sci ment and progression to behavioral research, disease ences are discussed, particularly as related to global health pathogenesis, and more applied work in vaccine developchallenges and possibilities for enhancing international train ment and clinical research.
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This research projects for foreign investigators, about $40 million new generation of AIDS leaders trained by Fogarty com- for collaborative research projects for U.S.-foreign teams, petes successfully for NIH grant support and for support on and about $67 million for training of foreign scientists on the a competitive basis from other international sources, includ- NIH campus. In comparison, in FY 2002, overall spending ing the Global Fund to Combat AIDS, TB and Malaria; the was around $400 million, including $90 million in support Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the Bill of direct awards to foreign scientists, $200 million for partand Melinda Gates Foundation.
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provided in 2 suc- · Fogarty International Center research training cessive years, 1998 and 1999, fewer than 20 people elected programs. As described above, these programs are flexible, to take their postdoctoral fellowship outside the United Sta- meet local needs, are scientifically rooted and rigorous, and tes.
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a new strategy to accelerate BRINGING THE TWO LENSES TOGETHER: medical research progress, the NIH Roadmap for Medical BIFOCALS FOR HEALTH Research. Achieving progress under this roadmap will require strong participation by the chemical sciences commu- As the chemical sciences community works to expand nity.
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For example, the Bill will help to develop the next generation of creative, knowland Melinda Gates Foundation and the Foundation for the edgeable, and broad thinkers. There is a critical role for menNIH announced on October 17 the first 14 "grand challenges tors in achieving this broad objective and a need for funding in global health" as part of a $200 million effort to solve agencies to advertise more effectively the programs and opcritical challenges that stymie efforts to improve global portunities that support junior scientists in venturing beyond health.
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Canadian investigators are issue because as they look at global health and how to imthe most successful among foreign scientists in receiving prove the health of people around the world, global public NIH awards, including direct awards to Canadian investiga- good comes into play. Is it the responsibility of NIH, of acators and support of U.S.-Canadian joint research projects.
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The statistic mentioned is disturbing, not because of Robert Grathwol, of the Alexander von Humboldt the number but because of the lack of exchange. He believes Foundation, mentioned one consequence of the German that we need exchange and we have to develop our policies Chancellor Scholarship Program that may be applicable elseso that there will be exchange if we are going to make where.
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