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‘Imaginative Research…from Conception to Old Age’
NICHD Celebrates 50 Years of ‘Research for a Lifetime’ |
| By Carla Garnett |
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NICHD director Dr. Alan Guttmacher gestures toward a slide showing President John F. Kennedy on Oct. 17, 1962, the day JFK signed legistation creating the child health institute. |
What do you get when you take a noble idea, add a determined advocate and combine with a persistent pediatrician? On Oct. 17, 1962, that formula became NIH’s ninth institute, or what we now know as the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Recently, NICHD celebrated “Research for a Lifetime,” a 50th anniversary colloquium held in Masur Auditorium.
“We gather here on this special day to celebrate 50 years and to think about where the next 50 might take us,” said NIH director Dr. Francis Collins. “It is indeed an exhilarating moment to see that potential. The science that NIH has the potential to support right now across the board—but particularly in the areas that NICHD has responsibility for—has never been more exciting, more full of promise. Whether we’re talking about the basic science of human development or the much more applied research and translation that includes not only children’s health but also women’s health and rehabilitation, the opportunities now are breathtaking.”
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ACD Workgroup Reports To Receive ‘Muscular’ NIH Response |
| By Rich McManus |
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NIH director Dr. Francis Collins (l) speaks with ACD member Dr. Reed Tuckson. |
NIH plans to respond emphatically to recommendations made last June by three working groups that report to the advisory committee to the NIH director (ACD). NIH’s responses received a spirited reception at the Dec. 6-7, 2012, ACD meeting and will rely substantially, at a time of budget constraints, on the resources of the Common Fund.
“These are quite muscular responses,” Collins told the 105th gathering of the ACD.
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