Testimony of Harold Varmus, MD. . . . House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: "Managing Biomedical Research to Prevent and Cure Disease in the 21st Century: Matching NIH Policy with Science"

Title:
Testimony of Harold Varmus, MD. . . . House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: "Managing Biomedical Research to Prevent and Cure Disease in the 21st Century: Matching NIH Policy with Science"
Creator:
Varmus, Harold
Date:
2 October 2003
Description:
In this testimony, Varmus recommended that any legislative effort to reform or reauthorize the NIH 1) counter the deleterious effects of Institute and Center proliferation; 2) augment the authority of the NIH director, and 3) insulate the NIH from partisan politics.
Location:
Box: 9. Folder: 19
Rights:
Public Domain
Genre:
Testimonies
Format:
Text
Extent:
6 pages
Language:
English
Legacy ID:
MVBCCJ
NLM ID:
101584926X457
Profiles Collection:
The Harold Varmus Papers
Shareable Link:
https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X457
Story Section:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 2000-2010, and National Cancer Institute, 2010-2015