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Congress
Advances FY 2010 NIH Funding Bills; Time to Contact Senate to
Urge Support for Increases
When Congress
adjourned for its August district work period, both the House
and Senate had made significant progress in advancing their
respective versions of bills to fund the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) in fiscal year (FY) 2010. Read
more.
Congress
Continues to Work on Health Reform Legislation as Differences
Remain
The U.S. House of Representatives has
adjourned for its August recess, but lawmakers working on a
health-care overhaul still have a lot of work to do over the
break to prepare to pass legislation when they return. Read
more.
Francis
Collins Sworn in as NIH Director
Francis S. Collins,
MD, PhD, was sworn in as Director of NIH on August 17.
He was nominated
to lead the NIH by President Barack Obama on July 8, and was
unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 7. Read
more.
ASH
Comments on Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Changes
On August 19, ASH submitted comments
on proposed revisions to the Medicare
Physician Fee Schedule. Read
more.
ASH
Objects to GAO Evaluation of Training Programs in Health-Care
Reform Legislation
ASH has objected
to a provision of the House health reform bill (HR
3200) that would require the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) to evaluate graduate medical education training
programs. Read
more.
President
Obama Extends NIH Stem Cell Funding Guidelines to Other Federal
Agencies
President Barrack Obama issued a memorandum
on July 30 directing the heads of all federal departments and
agencies that support and conduct stem cell research to adopt
the final NIH
Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research "to the fullest
extent practicable in light of legal authorities and
obligations." Read
more.
AHRQ
Announces Intent to Fund Comparative Effectiveness Research
Projects
The Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) has published a notice
announcing the Agency's intention to support new comparative
effectiveness research (CER). AHRQ anticipates grant and
contract solicitations to be published beginning in the fall
2009, with funding to commence in spring 2010. Read
more.
Abstract
Submission Closes August 23 for National Conference on Blood
Disorders in Public Health
Abstract submission
for the upcoming National
Conference on Blood Disorders in Public Health closes on
August 23, 2009.
NIH
Office of Extramural Research Releases August 2009
Newsletter
The NIH Office of Extramural Research
has released its August
2009 newsletter, which includes information on reporting
requirements for awardees receiving ARRA funds, an update on the
status of research applications involving human embryonic stem
cells, and information on alternate and "continuous" submission
and review procedures for R01, R21, and R34 applications.
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