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Download full textInstitute of Medicine (NAS), Washington, DC. – 1983
This report addresses concerns about the quality of biomedical and behavioral research conducted in the United States and the role that federally supported research and training plays in developing it. In addition, current and projected supply of and demand for scientists in the biomedical and behavioral fields is assessed. These fields include…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Biomedicine, College Science, Doctoral Degrees
Herman, Samuel S.; Singer, Allen M. – 1985
An examination of the changes over a ten-year period (from 1972 to 1982) in the number, distribution, and characteristics of Ph.D. faculty of clinical departments of medical schools is provided in this report. Trends in the training and research involvements of this group are stated with special emphasis on an analysis of the factors associated…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Biomedicine, Graduate Medical Education, Health Personnel
Institute of Medicine (NAS), Washington, DC. – 1985
Designed to provide assistance in the assessment of the need for biomedical and behavioral research personnel, this report presents research findings related to specific medical careers. The review includes an examination of the system under which biomedical and behavioral scientists are trained for research careers and the United States…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Biomedicine, Dentists, Government Role
Peer reviewedWyngaarden, James B. – Science, 1987
Provides a summary of some of the recent activities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from the perspective of the current director. Emphasizes making NIH better known to the American people and presenting the attractions of the many roles in health-related research to young people formulating career plans. (TW)
Descriptors: Biomedicine, College Science, Federal Aid, Federal Government
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. – 1990
This document outlines the issues of importance to higher education that face the 102nd Congress of the United States Government of which three have paramount importance: (1) securing adequate funding of student assistance programs; (2) assuring tax policies which provide maximum incentives to enlarge the nation's technical and professional skills…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Biomedicine, Engineering, Federal Aid
Grinnell, Frederick – 1987
Science is many things to many people: a way of thinking and an activity of individuals in the laboratory; a highly structured institution that recruits, instructs, and regulates its members; and a sensitive, interactive, and integrated segment of modern culture and society. This book presents an introduction to these aspects of science from the…
Descriptors: Biology, Biomedicine, College Science, Doctoral Dissertations
