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Science Policy in the Next Forty Years

Title:: Science Policy in the Next Forty Years
Creator:: Varmus, Harold
National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of the Director
Date:: 30 July 1999
Description:: In this talk, given at the Jackson Lab Symposium "The Genetics Revolution in the New Millennium: Science, Practice, and Policy," Varmus talked about the growing trend of institute and center proliferation at NIH, and the ways in which such a "confederacy" of smaller and smaller parts might hamper the abilities of the whole. [Five of the PowerPoint slides are added to this transcript.]
Location:: Box: 8. Folder: 27
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Speeches
Format:: Text
Extent:: 18 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: MVBBZS
NLM ID:: 101584926X423
Profiles Collection:: The Harold Varmus Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X423
Story Section:: Basic Science and Congressional Politics: NIH Director, 1993-1999