Word: nih
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Radcliffe President Linda S. Wilson has been named to a special advisory committee charged with re-evaluating the role of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director, Radcliffe officials announced yesterday...
...member committee, which met for the first time on Monday, will recommend to the Department of Health and Human Services ways to strengthen the position of NIH director to better meet the scientific challenges of the 1990s, said Patricia Hoban, a senior policy analyst in the department...
...Secretary for Health and Human Services Louis B. Sullivan] wants to take a look at the structure of the NIH to see how it can be strengthened and work more effectively," said department spokesperson Robert Schmermund...
...move to strengthen the role of the NIH director comes at a time when the Bush Administration has been criticized for its inability to fill the position. William Danforth, Sullivan's first choice for the post, withdrew his name from consideration after questions from the White House concerning his stance on abortion...
...Office of Scientific Integrity and the National Institutes of Health regarding headlines that appeared over two stories published by your newspaper on November 16 and 17. The articles concerned the Harvard University "Six Cities Study." The headline of particular concern read, "Air Study May Have False Data, NIH Says." This headline has no basis in fact...