TY - JOUR
AU1 - Emanuel, Ezekiel J.
AB - VIEWPOINT ONLINE FIRST Second, for decades there have been strong Congressio- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD nal champions of the NIH. But such champions are quickly becoming an endangered species in Washington. John Por- HE COMMUNITY OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS IS ANX- ter, the former Illinois Republican Congressman who helped ious, if not downright depressed, about the future, guide the legislation that doubled the NIH budget, retired and there is good reason for this pessimism. For de- from politics in 2001; Senator Arlen Specter, who almost Tcades the importance of biomedical research was a single-handedly insisted on including a one-time $10 bil- reliable pillar of bipartisan agreement, as evidenced by the lion appropriation for the NIH in the American Recovery continuous high levels of funding that both parties have sus- and Reinvestment Act, recently died, as did the indefati- tained during the last 3 presidential administrations. From gable defender of NIH funding, Senator Ted Kennedy. No the beginning of President Clinton’s first term to the end of other Congressional leaders have stepped forward to re- President George W. Bush’s second term, the National In- place these individuals as the unyielding defenders of bio- stitutes of Health (NIH) budget more than 
TI - The Future of Biomedical Research
JF - JAMA
DO - 10.1001/jama.2013.2096
DA - 2013-04-17
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/the-future-of-biomedical-research-GJYTV8IP0a
SP - 1589
EP - 1590
VL - 309
IS - 15
DP - DeepDyve
ER -