The AIDS Research Program of the National Institutes of Health

The AIDS Research Program of the National Institutes of Health

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309044363
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309537315
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1991
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 155
  • DDC: 616
  • Language: English

This book, written at the request of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to assist its AIDS program office in planning future directions, contains a series of recommendations for ensuring that AIDS research is a well-organized, well-planned, and comprehensive long-range program leading to the control and eventual eradication of the disease. The recommendations are intended to strengthen the planning, evaluation, and coordination of AIDS research activities; ensure their quality and cost-effectiveness; stimulate further development of promising research areas; increase the level of support for AIDS research so that researchers can carry out a comprehensive program; and provide the personnel and facilities at NIH needed to conduct and manage an effective, efficient AIDS research program.

The book also identifies barriers in the delivery and financing of health care that are outside NIH's responsibility, but that adversely affect its AIDS clinical research efforts, and urges federal action to eliminate them.

  • The AIDS Research Program of the National Institutes of Health
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Summary
    • AIDS: THE RESEARCH CHALLENGE
    • MANAGING THE NIH AIDS RESEARCH PROGRAM
      • Strengthening Planning and Evaluation
        • Planning
        • Evaluation
      • Strengthening External Advisory Processes
      • Strengthening Staff Support
      • Strengthening Executive Authority and Flexibility
    • ELEMENTS OF THE NIH AIDS RESEARCH PROGRAM
      • Basic Research
      • Vaccines
      • Epidemiology
      • Behavioral Research
      • Nursing Research
      • Preclinical Drug Development
      • Clinical Trials
        • Mission
        • Efficiency Within the ACTG
        • Accrual
        • Coordination
        • Information Dissemination
      • Research Resources
        • Training
        • Animal Models
        • Facilities
      • Communication of Research Results
    • SUPPORTING THE NIH AIDS RESEARCH PROGRAM
      • Funding of AIDS Research
      • Grants Policy and Administration
      • Administrative Support
        • Staffing
        • Facilities
  • 1 AIDS: the Research Challenge
    • UNIQUENESS OF THE EPIDEMIC
    • NIH'S RESPONSE TO THE EMERGING EPIDEMIC
    • DEMOGRAPHICS AND PROJECTIONS OF THE EPIDEMIC
    • HEALTH CARE FINANCING
    • REFERENCES
  • 2 Managing the NIH AIDS Research Program
    • ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
      • Associate Director for AIDS Research
      • AIDS Program Advisory Committee
      • NIH AIDS Executive Committee
      • Office of AIDS Research
    • STRENGTHENING MANAGEMENT OF THE NIH AIDS RESEARCH PROGRAM
      • Strengthening Planning and Evaluation
        • Planning
        • Evaluation
      • Strengthening External Advisory Processes
      • Strengthening Staff Support
      • Strengthening Executive Authority and Flexibility
    • REFERENCES
  • 3 Elements of the NIH AIDS Research Program
    • BASIC RESEARCH
    • VACCINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
      • NIH Vaccine Research Program
        • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
        • National Cancer Institute
      • The Role and Mission of NIH
    • EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
      • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
      • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
      • National Cancer Institute
      • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
      • Fogarty International Center
      • Other NIH Epidemiological Studies
      • Results
      • NIH's Role in Epidemiology Research
      • Establishing Epidemiological Research Priorities
      • Coordination of Studies
    • BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH
    • NURSING RESEARCH
    • PRECLINICAL DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT
      • National Cancer Institute
      • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
      • National Institute of General Medical Sciences
      • NIH's Role in Preclinical Drug Development
        • Anti-HIV Agents
        • Agents for Opportunistic Infections
    • CLINICAL TRIALS
      • Mission of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group
      • Efficiency Within the ACTG
      • Accrual
      • Coordination
      • Information Dissemination
    • RESEARCH RESOURCES
      • Training
      • Animal Models
      • Facilities and Equipment
    • COMMUNICATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS
    • REFERENCES
  • 4 Supporting the NIH AIDS Research Program
    • FUNDING AIDS RESEARCH
      • History of AIDS Funding
        • NIH and Its Institutes
        • Research Support Mechanisms
        • Categories of Research
      • Adequacy
      • Impact on Non-AIDS Research
        • Spillover Effects of AIDS Research on Non-AIDS Efforts
    • GRANTS POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
      • Problems in Responding to the AIDS Epidemic
      • The Current System
        • Division of Research Grants Capacity
        • Quality of AIDS Research Applications
        • Success of AIDS Research Applications
      • Conclusion
    • ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
      • Staffing
        • Traditional Personnel Problems
        • Constraints of Federal Personnel Ceilings
      • Facilities
        • Conclusion
    • REFERENCES
  • Appendix A Study Issues
  • Appendix B Persons Who Were Interviewed by Committee or Staff or Who Provided Written Materials
  • Appendix C National Institutes of Health Aids Program Advisory Committee
  • Appendix D Abbreviations and Acronyms

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