Investing in research

Investing in biomedical research is important

Research Hill Day where representatives of over 170 organizations , including my own institution, the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, came to speak with our legislators about the current crisis in biomedical research. Participants came from 40 states and included well over 200 cancer survivors, survivor and research advocates, scientists and clinicians as well as leaders of national organi...

Overlooked opportunities for investing in health research and development.

In 1996, an Ad Hoc Committee on Health Research Relating to Future Intervention Options (formed under the auspices of the World Health Organization) described a model for setting priorities in research funding. This model, however, as presented in the Ad Hoc Committee's report entitled Investing in health research and development, fails in the following important situations: (i) when there is a...

Investing in Physicians Is Investing in Patients: Enhancing Patient Safety Through Physician Health and Well-being Research.

Keeping medical practitioners healthy is an important consideration for workforce satisfaction and retention, as well as public safety. However, there is limited evidence demonstrating how to best care for this group. The absence of data is related to the lack of available funding in this area of research. Supporting investigations that examine physician health often "fall through the cracks" o...

Investing in our Children

Investing in Software Sustainment

In many government weapon systems, sustaining software depends heavily on organic engineering efforts. This is different from hardware sustainment (the more traditional form of sustainment), which often depends heavily on the supply chain and service providers and much less on engineering capability. Because of this shift, a larger portion of sustainment funding needs to be allocated to improvi...