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PubMed Gets Interactive

Today NIH’s National Library of Medicine (NLM) is bringing a new way of sharing and exchanging research information, fully integrated with the PubMed website, to a wider audience. For the last few months, NLM has been running a pilot of a commenting system for PubMed’s massive database of biomedical literature. The system, PubMed Commons, allows authors to discuss and share information through comments on article citations. Hundreds of authors have signed up as beta testers and commenters since the pilot began. ….

Following Up On ACD Recommendations, and Paving the Road to Continued, Future Success

At the Advisory Committee to the Director’s meeting today and yesterday, NIH director Francis Collins, NIH deputy director Lawrence Tabak, and I presented some exciting new initiatives in support of the future of biomedical research.

Many Recommendations, Many Ways to Move Forward

It has been an exciting time at the NIH over the past two days. The Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) met for its regular biannual meeting on campus, and the agenda was jam-packed.

New NIH Study on Diversity

Let’s talk about the NIH sponsored study on review outcomes for R01 grant applications from different racial and ethnic groups and the accompanying commentary that were published in Science this week.

Opportunities for Collaborative Clinical and Translational Science: Enhancing Clinical Phenotyping

Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Location: Bethesda, MD NIH’s National Center for Research Resources Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program and the Veterans Health Administration will sponsor a one-day workshop designed to encourage collaboration and resource sharing among members of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the CTSA consortium. To better understand how diseases … Continue reading “Opportunities for Collaborative Clinical and Translational Science: Enhancing Clinical Phenotyping”

New OER Site Provides Information on Processes for Foreign Grantees and Grants with Foreign Components

Although the application process and management of grant awards are similar for domestic and foreign researchers, there are some important differences. In an effort to provide a better understanding of what those differences mean for applications from foreign organizations and awards with foreign components, the Office of Extramural Research (OER) has developed and posted a … Continue reading “New OER Site Provides Information on Processes for Foreign Grantees and Grants with Foreign Components”

Worldwide Scientific Community Participates in NIH Summit on Eliminating Health Disparities; Results to be Provided to President Obama

Over 4,400 of the best and brightest scientists, clinicians, policy, and advocacy leaders in the field of health disparities attended the 4-day NIH Summit entitled “The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities.”