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California Pushes for More Funding for NIH
During the same week that Representatives Brian Bilbray (R-CA) and Susan Davis (D-CA) sponsored a California delegation “Dear Colleague”
letter
to House leaders requesting a “robust investment in the National Institutes of Health (NIH)” during the upcoming appropriations cycle
for fiscal year 2009, on June 11, the California Healthcare Institute (CHI) sponsored a briefing in the House on NIH: Fueling Healthcare
Innovation in California. Speakers included Representative Bilbray, David Gollaher, Ph.D., the President of CHI, and Daniel Andrade, the
Salk Institute’s Director of Academic and International Services.
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Primary Season Ends, Convention Looms, and Campaigns Heat Up: Biomedical Research and the Next American President
The party primaries are over, but the race to the White House continues as candidates vie for November votes. FASEB continues to work to
raise the profile of biomedical research with
ScienceCures.org, a voter education and engagement initiative. If you have not yet checked
out our website, please visit
ScienceCures.org today.
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INSIDE (The Beltway) SCOOP – Gretchen Opper
This has been an extraordinary week for science in Congress. Last week, things looked bleaker: the House Democrats seemed fractured in
terms of the domestic spending they wanted to include in the supplemental appropriations bill, and in addition, they seemed to be in
disagreement with both the Senate and the President, heading in the direction of stripping science funding out of the bill entirely. House
Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) complained that the Democrats hadn’t consulted him at all on the supplemental, Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-NV) said the Senate wouldn’t necessarily accept the bill the House sent, and the Administration was threatening a veto. Now,
everything has changed.
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Advocacy Groups Meet to Discuss NIH Funding
On June 12, FASEB, the American Heart Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges hosted a meeting to discuss new approaches to advocacy for the National Institutes of
Health (NIH). Representatives of nearly two dozen groups convened to discuss improvements to their collective effort on behalf of
biomedical research.
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New Rules for Travelers to US from Visa Waiver Countries
The State Department has announced that beginning in August, 2008, visitors traveling to the U.S. from visa waiver countries, such as
Japan, Australia and countries in Europe, will have to register online at least 3 days in advance of travel. This rule will become
mandatory by January 12, 2009, and will affect scientists traveling to the U.S. for scientific meetings or other collaborative activities.
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Center for American Progress Launches New Science Policy Publication
The Center for American Progress (CAP), a think-tank in Washington, DC, has launched a new science policy publication it has entitled
Science Progress (http://www.scienceprogress.org/). The inaugural issue of the publication, which is available both in print and
online, contains articles on a number of topics that are pertinent to the biomedical research community and includes information on
matters such as open access publication, the politicization of science, dual use research, competitiveness, and research funding.
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Biosecurity: NSABB Seeks Input, and Conference Addresses Promoting Security through Bioscience Cooperation
The National Science Advisory Board on Biosecurity (NSABB) has announced a July 15 public meeting to collect input from the stakeholder
community on its draft proposal for oversight of dual use biological research of concern. Dual use research is research that has a
benign purpose but also has the potential to create harm through misuse.
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FASEB Completes Collection of NIH Advocacy State-by-State Slide Presentations
While many people are aware of the biomedical research the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conducts at its Bethesda campus, few
understand the impact of NIH funding in their own state.
FASEB has completed a state-by-state collection of customizable slide
presentations that it has designed for use by scientists, university deans, and professors in their advocacy efforts to raise awareness of
the valuable role NIH plays in funding medical research in their home states and across the country.
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Congressional Schedule
The House and Senate are in session.
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