January 8, 1999

NIH Prepares to Create a Ph.D. Program, but Some Educators Question the Need

By PAULETTE WALKER CAMPBELL

While skepticism remains strong among some scientists, leaders of the National Institutes of Health are preparing to create the agency's first-ever Ph.D. program, in biomedical research.

N.I.H. officials are just beginning the planning process, but they have a vision in mind: A small and highly selective graduate school based here, run by a dean, and focused on academic subfields that play to the N.I.H.'s strengths. Officials also see

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