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Identifying the 'Next Big Thing' in Science
New NIH Portfolio Analysis Office To Provide 'Incubator
Space' for Novel Ideas |
| By Carla Garnett |
What if NIH could peer into a crystal ball and
effectively attack the next global health woe 10 or 15 years in
advance? How much of a health dividend could the nation collect
later if the agency could invest now in some clever — but
hard-to-fit-into-any-IC — research project? In the wake of
Roadmap success, NIH will attempt to answer such questions as it
launches the Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives
(OPASI), which will transform the way NIH finds and funds cutting-edge
research.
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| Consumer Misperceptions About Tobacco Still Abound,
Says Cummings |
| By Rich McManus |
Okay, you're at NIH, and the learned professor
comes to town to deliver the lecture titled, "Does the Government
Really Need to Do More to Educate the Public About the Risks of
Smoking?" It's not simply that Dr. K. Michael Cummings' answer
was obvious before he spoke a word, but the manner in which he
skewered the tobacco-use habit that also proved entertaining. Even
a committed nonsmoker had to ask, following his hour-long talk
at Executive Plaza North on Nov. 30, "How do smokers continue to
do such a disgusting thing to themselves?"
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