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UCSF Policy on Tobacco Funding of Research

Laboratory Animal Research Center Rate List

Revision of Outgoing Subcontract Request Form

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NIH Launches Website "Medical Research with Animals"

Scientists Form International Cancer Genome Consortium

NIH Implements New Procedures to Protect NIH Application Data

NIH Director Announces Enhancements to Peer Review

NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program

Managing Financial Conflict of Interest

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RESEARCH NEWS

Volume 8 No. 3

7.25.08



UCSF NEWS

UCSF Policy on Tobacco Industry Funding of Research

As announced previously, the Regents adopted a new policy last fall stipulating that proposals requesting research support from the tobacco industry undergo review by the campus and are approved by the Chancellor. [more ...]


The Laboratory Animal Research Center Has Posted Its Rate List for Fiscal Year 08/09

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Revision of Outgoing Subcontract Request Form

A revised version of the Subcontract Request Form has been provided for immediate campus use. [more ...]

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NATIONAL NEWS

NIH Launches Website "Medical Research with Animals"

The NIH has launched a new Web site, "Medical Research with Animals: For Researchers and Institutions" to support NIH-funded scientists using animal models. [more...]

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Scientists Form International Cancer Genome Consortium

Research organizations from around the world announced they are launching the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC), a collaboration designed to generate high-quality genomic data on up to 50 types of cancer through efforts projected to take up to a decade. [more...]

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NIH Implements New Procedures to Protect NIH Application Data

The cornerstone of the NIH peer review process is confidentiality. However, technology enables people to work on portable electronic devices in remote locations where these devices can be stolen or misplaced, thus putting sensitive data at risk. [more...]

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NIH Director Announces Enhancements to Peer Review

The NIH will commit $1 billion over the next five years to investigator-initiated high risk, high impact transformative research. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., announced June 6th at the 96th Meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) critical changes to enhance and improve the NIH peer review system. [more...]

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NIH Launches Undiagnosed Diseases Program

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced a new clinical research program that will aim to provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis. [more...]

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Managing Financial Conflicts of Interest

In February 2008, the Office of Extramural Research began a task force to conduct a comprehensive review of the regulations governing extramural Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI). [more...]

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