What’s Ahead for Medical Research?
November 17, 2016
11/17/16 – As political winds are changing, many observers are asking what will happen in the world of medical research, as evidenced by a recent meeting of representatives from an array of health communities (described here with videos of the discussions here). In Issues, a longtime health policy analyst has offered what may be some especially timely suggestions for how the federal government’s primary health research agency, the National Institutes of Health, can operate most effectively, including by linking the discovery and dissemination of knowledge with sharper attention on the role of research in boosting economic growth.