I believe that congress voted on this
yesterday and that the policy change was rejected by two votes.
Joe
Joseph J. Horton Ph. D.
Faculty Box 2694
Grove City College
Grove City, PA 16127
(724) 458-2004
In God we trust, all others must bring
data.
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From: Wallace E. Dixon, Jr.
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Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 3:41
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To: Teaching in the Psychological
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Subject: WE NEED YOUR VOICE TODAY
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.
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From: Wanchisen, Barbara
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Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:51
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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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and Associate Professor | Rocket science is child's
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of Psychology
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Department of Psychology | child's play
East
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