Universities fear repercussions as NIH tunes conflicts policy

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A high-profile investigation into conflict-of-interest policies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is having an impact way beyond Washington, as universities around the United States work out how it might affect their medical research centers. For the moment, US universities are not in line for a direct grilling by Congress: staff members on the committee leading the NIH investigation say they do not plan to spread their net to campuses.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Washington, Colleges and universities, Universities and colleges, Surveys, United States. National Institutes of Health

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Index aim for fair ranking of scientists

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Scientific academies can now be elected using a citation based league table that measures research achievement with simplistic reading and thereby does not leave much scope for misinterpretation. This index would also help in determining membership to scientific societies as well as funding and tenure decisions.

United States, Scientific Research and Development Services, Professional Organizations, Scientists, Noncommercial research organizations, Scientific Membership Assns, Nonprofit Scientific Institutions, Evaluation, Scientific societies, Science organizations

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From bench to bedside

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The training of medical research is described to be of a very long duration. But maximum benefits can be obtained by those who invest extra time in understanding the basic and clinical research.

Personnel administration, Training

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