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'We Are Turning the Corner' Reauthorization Signals Renewed Confidence in
NIH, Zerhouni Says By Rich
McManus |
When President Bush signed into law the
National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006 on Jan.
15 - the agency's third omnibus reauthorization in
history and first since 1993 - it signaled renewed
confidence in the NIH mission, its employees and its
leadership, said NIH director Dr. Elias Zerhouni.
While he anticipates no short-term change
in the way NIH operates day to day - after ll, the
Roadmap for Medical Research has been a prototype
embodying the principles of reauthorization since 2003 -
Zerhouni sees nothing but benefits emerging from a
reauthorization process that has been evolving ever
since the doubling of the NIH budget from 1998 to 2003
mandated a fresh look at how a bigger agency functions.
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Metabolic Clinical Research
Unit Opens With Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony By Jenny Haliski |
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Present at the ribbon-cutting
for the metabolic unit are (from l) acting NIDDK
director Dr. Griffin Rodgers; CC director Dr. John
Gallin; NIDDK scientific director Dr. Marvin
Gershengorn; Dr. Monica Skarulis, director of
NIDDK's metabolic research core; NIH deputy
director for intramural research Dr. Michael
Gottesman; and NIH director Dr. Elias
Zerhouni. |
On Jan. 25, the Clinical Center and NIDDK
introduced the new NIH metabolic clinical research unit
with a ribbon-cutting and open house. Located on the
fifth and seventh floors of the CRC, the unit houses
facilities that will allow researchers to conduct
cutting-edge research on the physiology, prevention and
treatment of obesity.
Obesity's "connection to co-morbid
conditions like diabetes, heart disease and some forms
of cancer will drive public health in the future," said
NIH director Dr. Elias Zerhouni at the event, adding
that the CC is the ideal facility for multi-disciplinary
research required to address the obesity
epidemic. more. | | | |