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Reuters: Dr. Collins to emphasize health at NIH

by UMR on January 27, 2010

In a recent interview with Reuters, NIH director Dr. Francis Collins said that the agency will turn its attention this upcoming year to how investment in biomedical research impacts clinical science around the country.

The NIH is the single largest source of biomedical research funding in the world, and throughout its history, it has been the catalyst for academic, clinical, and private work in the field. 

According to Dr. Collins, reinforcing how this research pays off for patients will energize the research enterprise.

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