Title:

NIH Plan for Research in Spinal Cord Injury and Regeneration

Creator:

Varmus, Harold
National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of the Director

Recipient:

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Date:

2 August 1996

Description:

Actor Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), a quadriplegic following a 1995 riding accident, visited President Clinton in May 1996 to lobby for more spinal cord injury research (and also spoke to Congress); Clinton promised that NIH would put $10 million more into this area, for FY 1996. Thus, Varmus and his staff had to determine where to draw the additional funds from, and how best to apply them. This plan, submitted to HHS Secretary Donna Shalala several months later, described how NIH would carry out Clinton's initiative. Although Varmus visited with Reeve in August-to help him prepare a speech for the Democratic National Convention--and liked him--he was unhappy at having to scramble his allocations around to accommodate the special request.

Location:

Box: 7. Folder: 15

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Plans (reports)

Format:

Text

Extent:

3 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

MVBBYK

NLM ID:

101584926X395

Profiles Collection:

The Harold Varmus Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X395

Story Section:

Basic Science and Congressional Politics: NIH Director, 1993-1999