[mla-nynj] FW: NIH Peer Review Meeting

[Mackes, Robert]

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From: Mahnaz Tehrani [mailto:mtehrani at nyit.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 09:54
To: mla-nynj
Subject: NIH Peer Review Meeting


Dear Members:

I would like to share the following message that was sent by Mary
Langman. The message includes the memo from our Washington
representatives that describes a meeting convened by the NIH yesterday
to gather input from professional medical societies regarding efforts to
enhance the NIH peer review process. 

Thanks,
Mahnaz Tehrani
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	JULY 30, 2007
	 
	 
	MEMORANDUM
	 
	TO:     MLA/AAHSL LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE 
	 
	FR:     DALE DIRKS AND DANE CHRISTIANSEN
	 
	RE:     NIH MEETING ON PEER REVIEW PROCESS
	 
	Today, the National Institutes of Health convened a meeting in
Washington to solicit input from professional medical societies
regarding efforts to enhance the NIH peer review process.  The meeting
was facilitated by NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni, and the co-chairs of
the Working Group of the Advisory Committee on NIH Peer Review; Dr.
Lawrence Tabak, Director of the National Institute of Dental and
Craniofacial Research, and Dr. Keith Yamamoto, Executive Vice Dean of
the School of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco.  
	 
	Dr. Zehrouni discussed how the peer review process has remained
largely unchanged for decades and how the increasing complexity of
biomedical research may be hindered by the present system. In
recognition of this fact, NIH created a forum for recommendations, no
matter how ambitious, to improve the peer review process. This effort
was initiated via the release of a "Request for Information (RFI)" by
NIH on July 6th entitled, the "NIH System to Support Biomedical and
Behavioral Research and Peer Review." The most innovative
recommendations received through the RFI and meetings with stakeholders
will be developed into pilot experiments and, pending their success,
incorporated into the NIH peer review process.
	 
	Future meetings with the medical community are scheduled for New
York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. A final meeting in Washington, D.C.
solely for patient organizations is being organized as well. 
	
	

Mary M. Langman, Coordinator
Information Issues and Policy
Medical Library Association
65 E. Wacker Pl., Ste. 1900
Chicago, Illinois 60601-7246

ph  312/419-9094, ext. 27
fax  312/419-8950
mlaedo2 at mlahq.org 


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