to forward her message sent to a comparative medicine list. The reorganization effort that is likely to restructure NIAAA and NIDA into a single institute also has proposed restructuring of NCRR. NCRR is home to the CTSA program and to the regional primate research programs.
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From:
VandeWoude,Susan <Sue.Vandewoude@colostate.edu> Date: Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:01 AM
Subject: [COMPMED] Fate of NCRR
To:
COMPMED@listserv.aalas.orgDear Compmed participants:
Chris Zink (Director of Comparative Medicine Training at Johns Hopkins and
Member of the NCRR Council) agreed that I could forward the email below,
excerpted from communications among T32 training program directors.
Multiple comparative/laboratory animal medicine organizations are aware of
the potential dissolution of NCRR, and representatives from a variety of
groups will be attending the meeting on Dec 7, including ACLAM, ACVP,
Directors of T32s and T35s, AAVMC and the NCRR Council.
There are likely others on Compmed who might be interested in this
information who had not been privy to these communications.
Excerpt from Dr. Zink's email:
"The proposal by the Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB) of the
NIH, at the direct request of Francis Collins, is to pull the CTSA
program out of NCRR to form the basis for the new institute canned the
National Center for Translational Science. You can view the slide show that
explains the plan as a PDF on the NIH Director's page by clicking on
Scientific Management Review Board in the left Nav bar, then on meetings,
then on presentation. Or simply go to this link
http://smrb.od.nih.gov/meetings/...
...The AAVMC, the NCRR itself, NCRR council...and Departments of Comparative
Medicine across the country are in a frenzy
about these planned draconian changes. An announcement is planned for
December 7, at which time it is believed that the changes will be a
fait accompli....There has been no mention of what will happen to
the other programs that constitute the remaining 60% of NCRR's
portfolio. I and colleagues at the NCRR, AAVMC, Comparative Medicine
departments, and the National Primate Research Centers are deeply
concerned that the remainder of NCRR, and most particularly the
Comparative Medicine Program that funds veterinary education,
training, and research, is in jeopardy. If NCRR's Comparative
Medicine program were to be broken up among other institutes, it would
be disastrous for the funding that sustains research resource programs
at many of our member institutions...
...The next full SMRB meeting will be held on December 7 in Building
31 on the NIH campus. I have been told that the vote on whether to
move forward with formation of the new institute will be at this Dec 7
Meeting..."
Letters have been addressed to:
Scientific Management Review Board
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health
Building 1, Room 103
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
smrb@mail.nih.gov Additional information may be obtained by contacting AAVMC, ACLAM, ACVP, or
T32 training program directors. Please forward this information to anyone
whom you feel might be interested in these developments.
Sincerely,
Sue VandeWoude, DVM
Professor of Comparative Medicine
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Pathology
Director, Laboratory Animal Resources
Colorado State University
1619 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins CO 80523-1619
(970) 491-7162; fax: 491-0523
suev@lamar.colostate.edu ------ End of Forwarded Message
