Enhancing the vitality of the National Institutes of Health : organizational change to meet new challenges / Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health, Board on Life Sciences, National Research Council, Health Sciences Policy Board, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Committee on the Organizational Structure.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Institutes of Health (U.S.).

Public health advisory groups--United States.

Public health advisory groups.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D. C. : National Academies Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The report says that important organizational changes are needed at the National Institutes of Health to ensure the agency meets future challenges effectively. In particular, the report advises NIH to devote additional resources to innovative interdisciplinary research that reflects its strategic objectives and cuts across all agency's institutes and centers. The report recommends that Congress should establish a formal process for determining how specific proposals for changes in the number of NIH agencies and centers should be addressed.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 The Evolution of NIH's Organizational Structure

3 New Opportunities, New Challenges: The Changing Nature of Biomedical Science

4 The Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health

5 Enhancing NIH's Ability to Respond to New Challenges

6 Accountability, Administration, and Leadership

7 Putting Principles into Practice

References

Appendixes

APPENDIX A Sources of Information Provided to the Committee

APPENDIX B Acronyms and Abbreviations

APPENDIX C Committee Member Biographies.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610209101

9780309167116

0309167116

9781280209109

1280209100

9780309525732

030952573X

OCLC:

55663905