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Evaluation of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Review Process
Author: and Medicine Engineering National Academies of Sciences
Year: 2017
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 5.2 MB
Language: English
Year: 2017
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 5.2 MB
Language: English
The medical research landscape in the United States is supported by a variety of organizations that spend billions of dollars in government and private funds each year to seek answers to complex medical and public health problems The largest government funder is the National Institutes of Health NIH followed by the Department of Defense DoD Almost half of DoD s medical research funding is administered by the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs CDMRP The mission of CDMRP is to foster innovative approaches to medical research in response to the needs of its stakeholders the U S military their families the American public and Congress CDMRP funds medical research to be performed by other government and nongovernmental organizations but it does not conduct research itself The major focus of CDMRP funded research is the improved prevention diagnosis and treatment of diseases injuries or conditions that affect service members and their families and the general public The hallmarks of CDMRP include reviewing applications for research funding using a two tiered review process and involving consumers throughout the process Evaluation of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Review Process evaluates the CDMRP two tiered peer review process its coordination of research priorities with NIH and the Department of Veterans Affairs and provides recommendations on how the process for reviewing and selecting studies can be improved
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