I don't think this has been posted to TIPS yet, so I thought I'd
spread the word the fastest way I know how.
Wally Dixon
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From: Wanchisen, Barbara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [FEDERATION] WE NEED YOUR VOICE TODAY
Policy Alert
NIH Peer Review At Risk
Various NIH institutes fund studies on sexual behaviors, sexual arousal, and sexual dysfunction, including NICHD, NIDA, and NIMH. Because of a recent conservative Republican effort to limit federal funding for sex research, this line of research is in danger. Members of Congress plan to raise the issue of federal grants for sexual research today during a House debate on the Department of Health and Human Services appropriations bill, claiming that this research is morally wrong and fiscally irresponsible. Representative Patrick Toomey (R-PA) and Representative Chris Chocola (R-IN) put forth an appropriations amendment asking that none of the funds made available to NIH for FY04 be used to fund four research projects, three of which address sexual behaviors. This amendment is a threat to the rigorous NIH peer-review process, calling into question the judgment of the scientists who selected these projects for funding.
We need people to contact their Members of Congress to educate them about the importance and rigor of NIH's peer-review process and the importance of research on human sexuality. To make you voice heard, or to learn more about the at-risk research, click here to view the American Psychological Association's Action Alert:
http://www.apa.org/ppo/ppan/nihpeerrevaa703.html
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Wallace E. Dixon, Jr.
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Wallace E. Dixon, Jr.
Chair and
Associate Professor | Rocket science is
child's play
of Psychology
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compared to understanding
Department of Psychology | child's
play
of Psychology
Department of Psychology
East Tennessee
State University| -unknown
Johnson City, TN 36714
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(423) 439-6656
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Johnson City, TN 36714
(423) 439-6656
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