National Institutes of Health News Conference

Aug 17, 2009

National Institutes of Health

Dr. Francis Collins, new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), spoke to reporters about a number of issues including the mission of the NIH, translating medical research into better care, and the relationship between drug companies and the government. He also said he would press Congress for more stable funding of the agency, .. Read More
Dr. Francis Collins, new director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), spoke to reporters about a number of issues including the mission of the NIH, translating medical research into better care, and the relationship between drug companies and the government. He also said he would press Congress for more stable funding of the agency, which had a budget of $30.9 billion. Additionally, he addressed concerns about his faith as an evangelical Christian, saying that he would approach the new position as a scientist.

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00:00:25 Unidentified Speaker IN MY PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN MEETING THIS MORNING, I TRIED TO OUTLINE FIVE SPECIFIC THEMES THAT...
00:15:56 Unidentified Speaker THE THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. COLLINS.
00:15:59 Unidentified Speaker I WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. GESTATION NAME IN YOUR AFFILIATION AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE PHONES....
00:16:08 Unidentified Speaker DONNA YOUNG FROM A BIO WORLD. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU SAID FISCAL YEAR 2011...
00:16:42 Unidentified Speaker IT IS MY FIRST DAY, SO I HAVE NOT COMPLETELY FORMULATED AND WILL THE PROLONGED PLAN THAT IS MORE TO...
00:20:19 Unidentified Speaker PREVIOUSLY, HE VOICED A VISION FOR A VERY BROAD CROSS SECTIONAL, LONG-TERM STUDY IN WHICH EVERYTHING...
00:20:47 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
00:20:51 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC FOR FIVE YEARS. I PUBLISHED A PAPER ABOUT THIS. ENROLLING INDIVIDUALS NUMBERING...
00:24:29 Unidentified Speaker JUST A FOLLOW-UP, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE FUNDED WITH THE COMMON FUND?
00:24:36 Unidentified Speaker CERTAINLY, THE COMMON FUND, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, IS A COMPONENT OF THE BUDGET THAT IS LEGISLATED AS...
00:26:21 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A SENSITIVE TOPIC. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND AWHILE WILL REMEMBER THE DEBATES ABOUT...
00:29:30 Unidentified Speaker WITH REGARDS TO TRANSLATION, YOU MENTIONED INCREASED COLLABORATION. WILL THERE BE ANY INCREASE COOPERATION...
00:29:42 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY. I AM GLAD TO ASK THE QUESTION PERIOD IS REALLY IMPORTANT. CERTAINLY, FOR ME PERSONALLY,...
00:31:42 Unidentified Speaker DR COLUMNS, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME TO MIND FOR ME WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO CONTINUE...
00:32:35 Unidentified Speaker THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE COMPLEX. THEY ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS. IT IS CERTAINLY...
00:34:53 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE PHONES. THE FIRST CALLER, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND YOUR AFFILIATION....
00:35:17 Unidentified Speaker NO QUESTIONS.
00:35:25 Unidentified Speaker THANKS, FOLLOWING ON THAT LAST ONE, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ENCOURAGING MORE YOUNG INVESTIGATORS. WHAT...
00:35:53 Unidentified Speaker NIH HAS BEEN VERY CREATIVE ABOUT THIS AND IT IS GOOD THAT THERE IS SOME DIVERSITY. MANY OF THE INSTITUTES...
00:38:20 Unidentified Speaker BUCS COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES COMBATING AIDS WARD IN ONE AND ADMINISTERING...
00:38:36 Unidentified Speaker BOND DUE ONE THERE IS A REMARKABLE ARRIVAL OF THIS ON THE SCENE OF THE SWINE FLU VIRUS. I AM NOT WANT...
00:40:50 Unidentified Speaker THAT WAS CONSIDERED AND REJECTED BY THOSE WHO HAVE BETTER JUDGMENT THAN I. I WAS CONSIDERING IT AND...
00:40:58 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL WAIT FOR THAT.
00:41:00 Unidentified Speaker TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. SOME RESEARCH ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE CALLING IT A GOAL TO WORK FOR. I WAS WONDERING...
00:46:17 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION.
00:46:27 Unidentified Speaker IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU'RE HOLDING OUT FOR SOME COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH IN RETURN FOR...
00:46:41 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD NOT SAY IT QUITE LIKE THAT, BUT I AM SAYING THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE A RELUCTANT PARTNER IN TRYING...
00:47:45 Unidentified Speaker WHAT WE ALL APPRECIATE THIS DEBATE, I ENJOY THE MUSICAL REFERENCE. THAT MAKES YOU RELATABLE. THE...
00:48:11 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A BIG CHARGE IN SOMETHING THAT I AGREE. MOST OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS...
00:50:04 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU THINK THAT CONGRESS RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF NIH FUNDING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY...
00:50:15 Unidentified Speaker CONGRESS ARE A BUNCH OF CITIZENS OF THE U.S.. CERTAINLY THOSE THAT ARE IN THE POSITION TO HAVE THE...
00:51:02 Unidentified Speaker THIS DOES NOT PRECLUDE INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT. I WILL GIVE...
00:51:20 Unidentified Speaker JUST TOO QUICK QUESTIONS ABOUT HERE ON CAMPUS. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY IMMEDIATE PLANS FOR...
00:51:39 Unidentified Speaker GOOD QUESTIONS. AS FAR AS THE UPPER STRUCTURE, YOU MAY KNOW THAT THERE WERE FUNDS PUT IN. THAT WAS...
00:55:12 Unidentified Speaker ND FOR THAT REASON, THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD NOT BE A GREAT IDEA TO GO OUT AND RECRUIT AN INSTITUTE...
00:55:27 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. DR. COLLINS, IF YOU HAD CLOSING REMARKS, IF ANY, THEN WE WILL WRAP IT UP. THANKS.
00:55:35 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I WILL SAY THAT I AM SURPRISED THAT ONE QUESTION DID NOT COME UP, AND THAT IS MY INVOLVEMENT...
00:56:39 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE, FOR JOINING THE SESSION.
00:56:41 Unidentified Speaker ALL RIGHT. [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2009] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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