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Flexible Adaptation of the NIH Organization Structure to Take Advantage of New Opportunities Wendy Baldwin, Ph.D. Deputy Director for Extramural Research National Institutes of Health. Questions for this panel. How flexible should research institutions be for refocusing/retraining?
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Flexible Adaptation of the NIH Organization Structure to Take Advantage of New Opportunities Wendy Baldwin, Ph.D. Deputy Director for Extramural Research National Institutes of Health
Questions for this panel • How flexible should research institutions be for • refocusing/retraining? • How to encourage information exchange across • disciplines and institutions? • Would “mobile positions” or “junior professorships” be • useful? • What are the obstacles for international cooperation? • What opportunities for collaboration does the • information revolution offer?
National Institutes of Health Office of the Director National Institute on Aging National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Cancer Institute National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institute of Environmental National Eye Institute National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Human Genome Research Institute National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Nursing Research National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Fogarty International Center National Center for Research Resources National Library of Medicine Clinical Center Center for Information Technology Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health Office of the Director National Institute on Aging National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Cancer Institute National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institute of Environmental National Eye Institute National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Human Genome Research Institute National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Nursing Research National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Fogarty International Center National Center for Research Resources National Library of Medicine Clinical Center Center for Information Technology Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health Office of the Director National Institute on Aging National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Cancer Institute National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institute of Environmental National Eye Institute National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Human Genome Research Institute National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Nursing Research National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Fogarty International Center National Center for Research Resources National Library of Medicine Clinical Center Center for Information Technology Center for Scientific Review
The Goal • To improve the health of the US public • By investing in the best possible science
The Philosophy Fairness, Equity, Broad Access, and Structure
The Process • Receipt of Applications • Referred to IC and Review Group • Assigned to Reviewers • Reviewed and Scored • Award grants, cooperative agreements, • contracts
The Dilemma • What to do with a new opportunity that: • Transcends disease and organ system framework of ICs • Requires multidisciplinary expertise for review
A Model: NIH Bioengineering Consortium (BECON) • Benefits all NIH ICs • Supports NIH Mission • Supports research in both individual • and collaborating ICs • Reaches beyond NIH
Goals of BECON • Integrate physical, chemical or • mathematical sciences and engineering • Advance fundamental concepts • Create knowledge from molecular to • organ system level • Improve prevention, diagnosis and • treatment of disease • Improve patient rehabilitation
BECON Members NIH-OER NCRR NIAMS NIGMS NIH-CSR NEI NICHD NIMH NIH-OIR NHGRI NIDA NINDS NIH-CC NHLBI NIDCD NINR NIH-ORS NIA NIDCR NLM NIH-CIT NIAAA NIDDK DOE NCI NIAID NIEHS NSF
Research Areas Biomechanics Medical Implants, Biomembranes, and Sensors Bioprocessing Nanotechnology Bioelectrics: Tissue Regeneration Ion Channels Complex Biological Systems Organ Function Organ Culture Systems and Organogenesis Clinical Medicine Rehabilitation and Prostheses Drug Delivery Cell and Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Functional Genomics: Integrative Physiology Microarray Technology Imaging Integrated Systems Drug Bioavailability Analysis Tools Informatics and Computational Applications
Bioengineering Research Awards • Fiscal YearTotal Awards ($M) • $412.6 • $501.1 • 1999 $697.5 • 2000* $771.2 • *Estimate * estimated
BECON Symposia • Bioengineering: Building the Future of • Biology and Medicine • Biomedical Imaging: Visualizing the • Future of Biology and Medicine • 2000 Nanotechnology: Shaping Biomedical • Research • 2001 Tissuegenesis and Organogenesis
BECON Training • Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Awards • Support Established Research to Train in • Biomedicine • Provide up to five consecutive 12-awards • NIH-Whitaker BME Summer Internship Program
What’s next • Human Genome – Post Sequencing • Biomaterial – Prosthetics, devices, and • Replacement Parts • Therapy – Direct Drug Delivery, • Nanosensors • Telemedicine • Health Care – Noninvasive Diagnosis • Predictive Modeling – Computational • Capabilities and Biologic Data