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Miguel--Could you spell out the URLs? They
are not "hot." Thanks,
Tricia
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Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 1:29
PM
Subject: Support Scientific
Integrity
I have not seen this posted on TIPS. Perhaps some of you
might be interested in supporting this
petition.
Miguel
Support Scientific Integrity
The scientific community needs your help. Over the last year, there
has been a steady increase in attacks on peer-reviewed research funded by the
National Institutes of Health (NIH). In July 2003, the House of
Representatives even voted on an amendment that would have cut off funding
from five specific peer-reviewed grants that some members of Congress decided
were not scientifically relevant or deserving of federal funds. While the vote
failed, attacks on NIH and its funding decisions continue, with little regard
for the integrity of the peer- review process or the thousands of scientists
who volunteer their time and expertise to ensure that only scientific
proposals of the highest quality are approved for funding.
In response
to congressional inquiries, NIH Director Elias Zerhouni conducted a
comprehensive review of the NIH�s human sexuality research portfolio. He
concluded that the more than 150 grants under question were appropriately
reviewed and that NIH�s human sexuality portfolio, the main target of
congressional inquiries, is not funded disproportionately to the public health
burden of diseases linked to sexual behavior and sexual function such as
HIV/AIDS, STD�s or infertility.
While the organizations representing
scientists, researchers and those advocating for federally funded research on
a wide range of health concerns are doing their best to defend peer review and
the NIH�s decision-making process, Congress needs to hear from you. We
encourage you to join your fellow scientists and health care professionals in
signing a petition supporting scientific principles. We would like to share
this petition with your Representatives and Senators in Congress to show them
that you, their constituents, are paying attention to their votes on these
issues and that the scientific peer-review process should be free from
political interference.
Click here to read and
sign on to the petition
Click here to go
to the Coalition to Protect Research website
___________________________________________________________________________
Miguel Roig, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Psychology
Notre
Dame Division of St. John's
College
St. John's
University
300
Howard Avenue
Staten
Island, New York 10301
Voice: (718) 390-4513
Fax: (718) 390-4347
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm
On
plagiarism and ethical writing: http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism/
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