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From: Ken Boschert <kboschert@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [COMPMED] NCRR's future
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I'm resending due to the footer that our campus email system automatically
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recirculate this message.
Ken
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From: (COMPMED) Comparative Medicine List
[mailto:COMPMED@LISTSERV.AALAS.ORG] On Behalf Of Boschert, Ken
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 11:32 PM
To: COMPMED@LISTSERV.AALAS.ORG
Subject: [COMPMED] FW: NCRR's future
Forwarded by request....kb
From: Linda C. Cork [mailto:lcork@stanford.edu]
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 6:42 PM
Subject: NCRR's future
I am not sure how many folks are aware of the jeopardy in which NCRR- the
sole funding for Comparative Medicine at NIH- has been placed by the
creation of the Center for Translational Medicine by the Scientific
Management Review Board (SMRB). Because there is a limit on the number of
Centers NIH can have, the creation of this new Center meant that it would
incorporate the Clinical Research Centers which were a part of NCRR. BUT,
within NCRR there were many other programs that spanned NIH and did not fit
within a categorical Institute's mission: that was the reason the Division
of Research Resources, now National Center for Research Resources, was
created originally. NCRR funds minority program, ALL the T-32 and T35
training programs for veterinarians in lab animal medicine and veterinary
pathology, ALL the facilities improvement grants, the Primate Centers, many
of the Stock Resources (Jackson Lab, mutant mice, rat resource,
gnotobiotics, Zebrafish, Drosophila, Stem Cell, C. elegans, etc, etc.)
Apparently, when the plans were made to create this new Center little
analysis was made beforehand of where these other units in NCRR would go,
and many might be dismantled entirely. It is essential that they hear from
the lab animal community.
The NCRR task force has begun meetings with the staff of NCRR to formulate
plans for implementation of the SMRB recommendation. Although it still seems
that the intent is to dismantle NCRR, some members of the taskforce are
apparently asking questions that suggest that there may be some support for
NOT doing so. There is an opportunity to comment via a new web site, so
members of the research community who want to provide input to this process
need to know that there is a NIH new web site that is soliciting input on
the proposals of the SMRB: http://feedback.nih.gov/ One member of the
office of the director commented that there were not many comments on this
so the community "must not be very interested." The web site has 2 issues
for comment; the one you want is Proposed National Center for Advancing
Translational Sciences<http://feedback.nih.gov/index.php/category/ncats/>.
If you look to the left, click on "Comments". Type your comment in the box.
Please alert members of your NCRR stakeholder community (including Deans and
senior administrators) to visit this site and make their thoughts known.
They should do this even if they have already submitted letters to the SMRB
(which are now posted at http://smrb.od.nih.gov/meetings/index.asp?year=2010
). If enough voices are heard on that comment site perhaps we will have some
impact on those charged with recommending changes.
This process is still moving very fast so it is very important to post
comments before Christmas if possible.
Linda C. Cork, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor
From: Ken Boschert <kboschert@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [COMPMED] NCRR's future
To: COMPMED@listserv.aalas.org
I'm resending due to the footer that our campus email system automatically
adds to the bottom of each message about privacy, etc. You can feel free to
recirculate this message.
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: (COMPMED) Comparative Medicine List
[mailto:COMPMED@LISTSERV.AALAS.ORG] On Behalf Of Boschert, Ken
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 11:32 PM
To: COMPMED@LISTSERV.AALAS.ORG
Subject: [COMPMED] FW: NCRR's future
Forwarded by request....kb
From: Linda C. Cork [mailto:lcork@stanford.edu]
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 6:42 PM
Subject: NCRR's future
I am not sure how many folks are aware of the jeopardy in which NCRR- the
sole funding for Comparative Medicine at NIH- has been placed by the
creation of the Center for Translational Medicine by the Scientific
Management Review Board (SMRB). Because there is a limit on the number of
Centers NIH can have, the creation of this new Center meant that it would
incorporate the Clinical Research Centers which were a part of NCRR. BUT,
within NCRR there were many other programs that spanned NIH and did not fit
within a categorical Institute's mission: that was the reason the Division
of Research Resources, now National Center for Research Resources, was
created originally. NCRR funds minority program, ALL the T-32 and T35
training programs for veterinarians in lab animal medicine and veterinary
pathology, ALL the facilities improvement grants, the Primate Centers, many
of the Stock Resources (Jackson Lab, mutant mice, rat resource,
gnotobiotics, Zebrafish, Drosophila, Stem Cell, C. elegans, etc, etc.)
Apparently, when the plans were made to create this new Center little
analysis was made beforehand of where these other units in NCRR would go,
and many might be dismantled entirely. It is essential that they hear from
the lab animal community.
The NCRR task force has begun meetings with the staff of NCRR to formulate
plans for implementation of the SMRB recommendation. Although it still seems
that the intent is to dismantle NCRR, some members of the taskforce are
apparently asking questions that suggest that there may be some support for
NOT doing so. There is an opportunity to comment via a new web site, so
members of the research community who want to provide input to this process
need to know that there is a NIH new web site that is soliciting input on
the proposals of the SMRB: http://feedback.nih.gov/ One member of the
office of the director commented that there were not many comments on this
so the community "must not be very interested." The web site has 2 issues
for comment; the one you want is Proposed National Center for Advancing
Translational Sciences<http://feedback.nih.gov/index.php/category/ncats/>.
If you look to the left, click on "Comments". Type your comment in the box.
Please alert members of your NCRR stakeholder community (including Deans and
senior administrators) to visit this site and make their thoughts known.
They should do this even if they have already submitted letters to the SMRB
(which are now posted at http://smrb.od.nih.gov/meetings/index.asp?year=2010
). If enough voices are heard on that comment site perhaps we will have some
impact on those charged with recommending changes.
This process is still moving very fast so it is very important to post
comments before Christmas if possible.
Linda C. Cork, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor
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