“Peer Review at NIH: Making Sure the System Works”
Sunday, April 6, 2008

In June 2007, the NIH began a months-long examination of its current peer review system, with the goal of “optimizing its efficiency and effectiveness, and to ensure that the NIH will be able to continue to meet the needs of the research community and public-at-large.” After consulting with the research community and other relevant stakeholders, the NIH has proposed and/or implemented changes - big and small - that will have an effect on every NIH grant applicant, on every scientist who serves on an NIH study section, and on the future of biomedical research funding in the United States.
 

CHAIR

Olivera J. Finn, Ph.D. President, The American Association of Immunologists Professor & Chair, Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

SPEAKERS

Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S, Ph.D. Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH Co-Chair, Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on Peer Review Keith R. Yamamoto, Ph.D. Executive Vice Dean, School of Medicine, UCSF Professor, Cellular/Molecular Pharmacology and Biochemistry/Biophysics, UCSF Co-Chair, Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on Peer Review