February 13, 2004

Panel Urges Uniform Methods for Development of Biomedical Research Centers

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

The National Institutes of Health should develop uniform methods for starting and reviewing programs to finance biomedical-research centers at universities and other scientific institutions, a federal panel said in a report released last week.

The call for better planning comes at a time when the NIH is pushing to expand interdisciplinary and clinical research, some of which is conducted through centers.

One of the report's chief findings was that "there is no centralized

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