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Nobel Laureate Dr. Baruj Benacerraf, Fabyan Professor of Comparative Pathology at the Medical School, is one of three candidates being considered by the Reagan administration for the directorship of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Washington Post reported yesterday...
...official at the Health and Human Services Department in Washington said yesterday that Richard S. Schweiker, secretary for the department, would submit a nomination to President Reagan "within two weeks." The NIH distributes most of its $3.6 billion annual budget towards medical research...
Nancy Payton, humane issues analyst for the Massachusetts Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), who is testifying at the hearings today, said she hopes to amend the federal Animal Welfare Act to make scientists more accountable for their research. Under current law and regulations, applicants for NIH funds must submit a proposal that specifies what research will be done for review by the organization. Additionally, universities and research centers are subject to state and local animal cruelty laws and to reviews within their own institutions...
Harvard owns and operates the New England Regional Primate Research Center with the help of a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). There, and at seven other facilities in the Medical area, are housed the animals used by Harvard researchers--everything from dogs and cats to monkeys and pigs, sheep and goats. Last year there was an average daily census of more than 50,000 animals at Med School facilities...
...approximately 20 researchers who work at the Primate Center in Southboro hold Medical School appointments and conduct research in a diverse array of fields, including infectious diseases, psychobiology, pathobiology, viral oncology and diseases of primates. The center is one of seven nationwide that are under the auspices of the NIH...