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... To the extent it is able, the NRSA program should broaden its focus to encourage greater participation in programs such as the MARC undergraduate awards. Implications of Current Employment Opportunities for the NRSA Program The great strides that have been made in basic research over the last decade, as well as more recent progress toward health care reform, would seem to call for an emphasis in NRSA training programs on interdisciplinary approaches that pair the biomedical sciences with chemistry, engineering, and computer science, as well as patient-onented clinical research, clinical epidemiology, biostatistics, outcomes research, and health services research.
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