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A Blueprint for NIH Reform
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Abstract |
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Introduction |
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1. Investigator-Initiated Research Grants |
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2. Training Grants for Young Scientists |
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3. Scientific Publications and Peer Review |
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4. Systematic Reviews |
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5. Large Long-Term Research Studies |
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6. Open Data and Public Domain |
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7. Institutional Overhead |
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8. Academic Freedom and Open Scientific Discourse |
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9. Scientists at NIH |
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10. Decentralization |
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11. Research versus Policy |
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12. A National Covid Commission |
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Reader Comments
Comment
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April 3, 2025 3:22 PM
Paulette Altmaier
Commonsense and needed proposals
Although I am not part of the medical research community, I can appreciate the value of these proposals.
The objectively terrible covid response from the medical and Public Health establishments caused me to both lose my trust in them approximately completely, and also got me to to dig into medical issues and history far more than I ever did before. What I have learned about the medical and public health communities - the pharma capture, the arrogance, and sadly the ignorance as well - has been a revelation.
As the author says, fundamental changes are needed from all members of the medical and PH communities. As far as the NIH is concerned, I trust Jay and his leadership team will be carefully evaluating this and other proposals, and will make the big changes needed.
The CDC, FDA, and state PH bureaucrats need to do the same. Their reputations are mud, for good reason, and they too need fundamental reform and to admit their horrendous mistakes.