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4. Likely Future Position
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... The current practice of protecting intellectual property has the potential to restrict the two-way flow of information between academic institutions and the biotechnology industry in the life sciences, including immunology. That applies to reduction in sharing both research materials and information.
From page 44...
... 1997) indicate that the increasing dominance of HMOs in funding medical care in the United States potentially has an increasingly adverse elect on clinical research in general and clinical immunolo~v in Darticular.
From page 45...
... There is also a loss of MD talent in the field because of the cost of education and the salary differentials after completion of degree work. In the United States, while there has been a downward trend in the number of PhD immunologists in academic positions, there has been a steady increase in the number of none tenure-track appointments as shown in Table 4.2.
From page 46...
... 46 International Benchmarking of US Immunology Research Figure 4.l Number of PhD Students in Immunology in the United States, 1977-1996 270 220 0 170 o ° 120 70 20 / l l 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 Years Source: Analysis conducted by National Research Council's Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel of Survey of Doctorate Recipients for this study.
From page 47...
... of Permanent-Resident Supported by Permanent-Resident Doctorates Supported Year Doctorates Doctorates NIH Supported by NIH By NIH 1977 101 90 39 39 - 43% 1978 94 86 43 43 50% 1979 134 131 56 55 42% 1980 125 119 49 49 41% 1981 148 141 61 60 43% 1982 151 136 66 66 49% 1983 154 137 58 58 42% 1984 133 121 43 42 35% 1985 124 113 42 42 37% 1986 146 129 54 53 41% 1987 136 113 45 44 39% 1988 179 164 43 43 26% 1989 152 136 49 49 36% 1990 153 129 46 46 36% 1991 177 140 47 46 33% 1992 181 155 60 60 39% 1993 169 131 47 46 35% 1994 161 143 51 51 36% 1995 190 171 62 62 36% 1996 238 198 81 80 40% Source: Analysis conducted by National Research Council's Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel of Survey of Earned Doctorates for this study.
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... 48 International Benchmarking of US Immunology Research Figure 4.2 Percentage of US Citizen and Permanent-Resident PhD Students in Immunology Supported by National Institutes of Health, 1977 - 1996 50 45 40 35 _~ o In 30 25 20 5 0 A , , W; l 1 977 1 9 79 1 9 8 1 1 9 8 3 1 9 8 5 1 9 87 1 9 8 9 1 9 9 1 1 9 9 3 1 9 9 5 Years Source: Analysis conducted by National Research Council's Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel of Survey of Earned Doctorates for this study.
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... 0.0°/. 6.4% 0.1% 0.2°/ 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 2.1% OA% Elem~nbuy and HGghSchoolTeacb~ 0.0% 0.0°/e 0.0% 0.0% 0.0°/e 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5% 0.8% Source: Analysis conducted by the National Research Councilts O~cc of Scicntic and Engineering P~onncl of Sunny of Doctorate Recipients far this study.
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... so International Benchmarking of US Immunology Research


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