P r o t e c t i n g O u r N at i o n
Through Research
he events of 2001 have
changed the nation’s priorities. Our resolve has intensified,
our patriotism has heightened and
today, our passion for safety and
protection is stronger than ever.
Now, as never before, we must
commit to protecting our nation
from disease and terrorism
through research.
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Partnerships between members of
our nation’s research and health
communities have resulted in
treatment, prevention and cure of
disease, and will continue to bring
about better health and a better
quality of life for all Americans.
Academic institutions, private
industry, professional and
scientific societies, independent
research institutes, teaching
hospitals, voluntary health
agencies, philanthropies, trade
associations and individuals have
joined together to make our
nation’s health care system and
research enterprise the strongest
in the world.
Now, more than ever,
Research!America’s commitment
to protecting our nation through
research is essential.
Message from the Chair and President
he extraordinary events of this past year have given
all Americans reason to review our personal and
societal priorities. Research!America’s polls demonstrate
that the public is now stronger than ever in its support
for the research that will help us combat the threat of
disease and disability, as well as the threat of terrorism.
Indeed, research has always been about hope; it brings
our nation progress and prosperity. But now, as never
before, research brings us protection.
Research!America’s mission is to increase and enhance
research and the remarkable benefits that flow from it.
Throughout the least year, Research!America has worked
tirelessly to assure that research has the chance to
deliver its benefits sooner, rather than later, and we
are pleased to report that our work has borne
exceptional fruit.
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In late 2001, Congress made the fourth payment of five
necessary to double spending on medical and health
research at the National Institutes of Health over five
years. Other federal research agencies, including the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National
Science Foundation, Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, and Veterans Affairs, also received strong
increases, enabling them to conduct the research that
brings hope and increased prosperity and offers
protection to our citizenry. As a result of such strong
investments in research, researchers in academic labs,
independent research institutes, public health clinics and
industry are hard at work earning public confidence and
appreciation as they discover new treatments,
preventions and cures.
Helping the research community meet the
challenge of earning public confidence is one of
Research!America’s most important goals. In the past
year, Research!America’s 435 Project® has expanded
its signature media-science roundtables in an effort to
build an army of researchers nationwide who are
actively engaged in public outreach in their own
communities. With generous funding support from the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Research!America’s
Prevention Research Initiative is engaging researchers
and other stakeholders in disease prevention and health
promotion to speak out, bringing research closer to
every citizen’s home. And through Research!America’s
work with an array of universities and colleges all across
the country, outreach for the full science enterprise is
becoming a much higher priority in the minds of
research faculty.
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We salute the Research!America board for often inspired
and always untiring leadership over the past year, which
began with an in-depth review of Research!America’s
focus and strategic plan - now an ongoing effort chaired
by board vice-chair William Peck, M.D. In March, we
celebrated the work of several tremendous advocacy
awardees and also welcomed six new outstanding individuals to the board: Yank Coble, Jr., M.D., Ellen Levine,
William Roper, M.D., M.P.H., John Rowe, M.D., Hon. Louis
Sullivan, M.D., and Ruth Wooden. Board member John
Seffrin, Ph.D., CEO of the American Cancer Society hosted
our June board meeting in Atlanta - a location that gave
us the chance to reaffirm our dedication to working on
behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
At our October board meeting, we had the opportunity
to hear from AARP President Bill Novelli. We look forward
to working in partnership with the AARP in 2002.
Throughout the year, John Whitehead continued his
exemplary leadership as chair of our companion
organization, the Campaign for Medical Research, and
Jay Gershen, D.D.S., Ph.D., as chair of the membership
committee, distinguished himself as a record number - 70 new institutional members joined Research!America in
2001. Additionally, Jewell Jackson McCabe linked us to
the Coalition of 100 Black Women, setting the stage for an
important new program partnership with the Prevention
Research Initiative. Also in this past year, board member
Gene Garfield, Ph.D., underwrote a new awards program
for Research!America: “The Eugene Garfield Economic
Impact of Medical and Health Research Award.”
The fact is that each and every board member has opened
doors for us, lent advice, shared wisdom and participated
in both friend-raising and fund-raising for
Research!America. We salute them all!
We invite you to learn more about Research!America’s
many activities in the pages that follow. We are especially
gratified that our work is being replicated widely and
continues to earn kudos for its creativity, cost-effectiveness
and impact, and we are proud of the fact that our
members rely on us to continue developing products
and programs that work. As we launch new programs in
2002, and maintain our leadership in advocacy, the board
joins us in thanking all our institutional members and
supporters for giving Research!America’s talented staff
the opportunity to make a difference by putting research
to work to protect our nation and to continue to
contribute to world peace, health and prosperity.
Chair, Hon. Paul G. Rogers
President, Mary Woolley
Annual Report 2001 / 3
R!A Resource:
Research!America’s
Strategic Blueprint for
America’s Health
“Just the Facts...” is Research!America’s informational
brochure that gives the who, what, where, when and why
of Research!America and its mission. Designed to give a
broad snapshot of what Research!America is all about,
the brochure covers everything from public opinion
polling and outreach programs to advocacy resources.
Outlined below are goals and objectives which reflect
the outcomes of Research!America’s Blueprint Initiative
planning process, providing identification of the
programmatic priorities of Research!America and the
resources required to accomplish them.
Core Program Goals
I. Research!America will lead the movement to double
the budget for the National Institutes of Health
(fiscal years 1999-2003) and to ensure strong support
thereafter.
II. Research!America will advocate expanded support
for other federal science and health agencies:
National Science Foundation, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, Veterans Affairs and
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and
the health-related research (including physical
science, biomedical engineering and computational
science) programs of other agencies.
III. Research!America will increase national awareness of the importance of increased investment in
prevention and public health research.
IV. Research!America will expand the 435 Project® to
strengthen local, regional and state-based awareness and support of medical and health research.
Communications Objectives to Support Goals
Research!America’s board of directors convened in
Atlanta, following a tour of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, to discuss the Blueprint Initiative
and other key organizational issues. The American
Cancer Society hosted the board’s Atlanta meeting.
I. Research!America will develop and deliver effective
messages regarding the accountability of the
research enterprise: its effect on the nation’s health
and the national economy. These messages will
emphasize financial and non-financial return on
investment - ”giving an account of/telling the story”
of research.
II. Research!America will develop and deliver effective
messages regarding the critical linkage between
public and private sector medical and health
research.
III. Research!America will develop and deliver
effective messages regarding the importance of
the role of the citizen scientist.
Capacity Building Objectives to Support Goals
I. Research!America will acquire the financial
resources needed to support programmatic goals.
II. Plans and procedures supporting board (chair) and
staff (president) leadership succession will be
developed and executed.
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A Blueprint For Protecting
Our Nation Through Research
n October 2001, under the leadership of
Board Chair, The Honorable Paul G.
Rogers and Vice Chair William A. Peck,
M.D., Research!America completed a
multi-phase strategic planning process the Research!America Blueprint Initiative.
This process was designed as a disciplined effort to affirm R!A’s mission and
vision and to identify new ideas and
strategies for advancing the research
enterprise, and to translate these priorities into action.
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Planning and execution of the Blueprint
Initiative involved gathering and analysis
of input from various stakeholders including academic institutions, independent research institutions, voluntary
health associations, industry and media relative to Research!America’s strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities and
challenges.
Research!America’s board convened in
Washington, D.C., to respond to the
analysis and to strategize regarding
Research!America’s future focus relative
to its existing and emerging needs.
As Research!America moves forward in
its mission to make medical and health
research a higher national priority, the
Blueprint Initiative will guide the
organization to ensure national progress,
prosperity and protection through
research.
“Every aspect of the research enterprise - from bench to bedside - plays a role in the U.S.
economy as well as the economies of local communities all across the country.
Research!America’s highly effective strategies to disseminate that message to the public helps
members of Congress make the case for a strong national research enterprise”
~Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Chairman, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education and Related Agencies
Annual Report 2001 / 5
435 Project®National
Leadership Council
The Honorable Paul
Simon (Co-Chair)
Southern Illinois
University at
Carbondale
The Honorable Louis W.
Sullivan, M.D.
(Co-Chair)
Morehouse School of
Medicine
Pamela Bailey
Advanced Medical
Technology Association
(AdvaMed)
Enriqueta Bond, Ph.D.
Burroughs Wellcome
Fund
Roger Bulger, M.D.
Association of Academic
Health Centers
Gail H. Cassell, Ph.D.
Eli Lilly & Co.
Jordan J. Cohen, M.D.
Association of American
Medical Colleges
Sam Donaldson
ABC News
Carl Feldbaum
Biotechnology Industry
Organization
Harvey Fineberg, Ph.D.
Harvard University
M.R.C. Greenwood, Ph.D.
University of California,
Santa Cruz
Alan Holmer
Pharmaceutical Research
and Manufacturers of
America
Neen Hunt, Ed.D.
Mary Woodard Lasker
Charitable Trust
Leah Mullin
Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation
International
The Honorable Paul G.
Rogers
Research!America
Leon E. Rosenberg, M.D.
Funding First
John Rother
AARP
Larry Sadwin
American Heart
Association
John R. Seffrin, Ph.D.
American Cancer Society
John Seigenthaler
The First Amendment
Center
Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
John W. Suttie, Ph.D.
Federation of American
Societies for
Experimental Biology
Reed V. Tuckson, M.D.
UnitedHealth Group
435 Project®National
Funding Partners
American Cancer Society
American Heart
Association
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Foundation
Burroughs Wellcome
Fund
The Charles A. Dana
Foundation
Pfizer Inc.
Jean and Sanford
Robertson
Rockefeller Brothers
Fund
Whitehead Charitable
Foundation
The Hon. Bob Michel, senior
advisor, Campaign for
Medical Research, presents
Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)
with a “thank you” for his
leadership in increasing
medical and health research
funding.
Senator Hillary Clinton speaks
with Research!America
President Mary Woolley at
a Senate hearing on the
economic impact of medical
and health research.
R!A Resource:
Research!America’s
Research!America’s State
State Based
Based
Public
Public Opinion
Opinion Poll
Poll Reports
Reports detail
detail
public
public support
support for
for medical,
medical, health
health
and
and scientific
scientific research.
research. The
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on public
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for
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research funding
funding mechanisms,
mechanisms,
importance
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for 37
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different states.
states.
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Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D., associate director
of the National Institutes of Health for
Behavioral and Social Sciences, responds to a
question at a Research!America forum held at
the Columbia University Graduate School of
Journalism in New York City, as Allan Rosenfield,
M.D., dean of The Joseph L. Mailman School of
Public Health at Columbia University looks on.
435 Project® Protecting Local
Communities via Research
esearch!America’s 435 Project®
celebrated its five-year anniversary
as the grassroots model for bringing
research closer to home. Communities
all across America want to hear more
about research, more from scientists
themselves, and more on the relationship
of research to current events.
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This signature grassroots program,
co-chaired by former U.S. Secretary of
Health and Human Services Louis
Sullivan, M.D., and former U.S. Senator
Paul Simon (D-IL), has become the foundation for advocacy, education and outreach programs nationwide. The
media/science roundtables, editorial
board visits and advocacy workshops first
tested in 1996 in Anchorage, Columbus,
Ohio, Houston, New Orleans, San
Francisco and Wausau, Wisconsin, have
now reached over a quarter of the
nation’s Congressional districts in more
than half the states.
Partnerships between the 435 Project®,
industry leaders and national organizations are now routine as organizations
including Pfizer Inc., March of Dimes
Birth Defects Foundation and the Society
for Women’s Health Research are among
the many who have partnered with the
435 Project®. Collaborations also are
occurring with schools of dentistry,
medicine, nursing, pharmacy and public
health. Research!America’s Prevention
Research Initiative has adopted the
model as it prepares to take its campaign nationwide. The Association of
Academic Health Center’s network of
health promoting universities is using
the model as well.
The 435 Project® and its cadre of
community leaders are spreading the
word of the promise, prosperity and
protection that research sets forth.
Through partners like the Ad Hoc
Group for Medical Research Funding,
Campaign for Medical Research, CDC
Coalition, Coalition of Advancement
of Medical Research, Friends of AHRQ,
Friends of VA and Lasker/Funding First,
the 435 Project® is bringing to the
forefront issues including stem cell
research, health disparities, private
industry research, economic impact,
and accountability of research. From
Albuquerque to Atlanta and Portland
to Pittsburgh, the vision of a voice in
every Congressional district is now
becoming a reality, and the 435 Project®
is recognized as a leading voice in
research advocacy.
“We are delighted that Research!America’s 435 Project® has provided a strong framework
for dissemination of economic impact messages from economists to elected officials
and other influentials.”
~Neen Hunt, Ed.D.
President, Mary Woodard Lasker Charitable Trust
Annual Report 2001 / 7
Support for Doubling is Strong
Do you support or oppose a proposal to double
total national spending on government-sponsored
medical research over five years?
Scientific Research Important to Prepare
For & Respond to Threats of Bioterrorism
How important is the role of scientific research in
the United States’ efforts to prepare for and
respond to Biological and chemical terrorism?
Support
6%
Don’t Support
2%
Extremely/Very
Important
9%
Somewhat
Important
Don’t Know/
No Answer
24%
Slightly/Not at
all Important
70%
89%
Source: Aggregate 2001
Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Source: Harris Interactive Omnibus Poll
Conducted for Research!America, 2001
“As a member of the U.S. Senate, it is incumbent upon me to hear the public voice about
important issues. Research!America, through its national surveys, gives me added evidence of
the importance of medical and health research to our citizenry - information necessary to
make informed decisions where the public’s welfare is concerned.”
States Should Support Medical Research
If your state offered financial incentives to attract
new medical research, such as labs, would you
approve or disapprove of these incentives?
Approve
5%
Eliminating Health Disparities Is Important
Studies show thatcertain health problems such
as diabetes, heart disease and infant mortality
happen more often among citizens with lower
incomes and minorities… How important do you
feel it is to conduct medical or health research to
understand and eliminate these differences?
Disapprove
10%
Very Important
Don’t Know
25%
Important
Not Important
6%
85%
Don’t Know
1%
68%
Source: Aggregate 2001
Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Source: Aggregate 2001
Charlton Research Company for Research!America
R!A Resource:
Research!America‘s Poll Data Booklet:
Volume 2 is a spiral bound collection of poll
data that puts public opinion at advocates’
fingertips. The Poll Data Booklet is one of the
most comprehensive resources ever created
on the issue of public support for medical
and health research.
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~Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
P r o t e c t i n g O u r N at i o n
i s t h e p u b l i c ’s V i s i o n
rom Research!America members
and the media, to stakeholders in
research and members of Congress,
Research!America’s polls continue to be
cited as the most thorough gauge of public
opinion regarding support for medical,
health and scientific research.
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When Research!America members and
partners were interviewed as part of an
organizational assessment, Research!
America’s public opinion polls were cited
as the most recognized, utilized and
popular tool in the advocacy toolbox. As
testament to that value, mentions of
Research!America and its poll data in
the media reached a high of more than
130 million impressions in 2001.
State-based polls in Arkansas, Connecticut,
Ohio and Rhode Island in 2001 expanded
the number of states surveyed by
Research!America to 37. Questions also
were fielded in two national omnibus polls
and Research!America collaborated on
polls for several partnering coalitions.
Headlining the 2001 polls was strong
public support for doubling the federal
investment in medical and health research
over five years, as well as new questions
on bioterrorism, prevention research and
state support of research.
From data on health disparities presented
to the National Coalition of 100 Black
Women to data on the importance of
leadership in research presented to the
International Conference on Statistics,
Science and Public Policy, Research!
America’s polls continue to leave their
mark on opinion leaders all across the
country and abroad. In fact, our newly
formed partner Research Australia is now
replicating our polls.
As the Senate debated keeping the
National Institutes of Health on course
to double its budget over five years,
Research! America poll data were
distributed to all members of the Senate
by the Campaign for Medical Research.
In a later debate, Senator Diane Feinstein
(D-CA), brought the poll results to the
Senate floor during discussion on the
importance of prevention research. Poll
data was also cited in testimony given
by Research!America to the U.S. House
of Representatives Committee on
Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee
on Health.
For a decade now, Research!America
polls have shown strong support for the
research that brings increased progress,
prosperity and protection to our nation.
“Consistently, Research!America’s polls demonstrate the strong public support that exists for
research in both the public and private sectors.”
~Mark Horn, M.D.
Director, Medical Alliances & Civic Affairs, Pfizer Inc.
Annual Report 2001 / 9
SPONSORS OF THE AWARDS
EVENT
Host Benefactors
The Scientist and the Eugene Garfield Foundation
Whitehead Charitable Foundation
Benefactors
GlaxoSmithKline
Pfizer, Inc.
Sponsors
Eli Lilly and Company
Milken Family Foundation and CaP CURE
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Rosenfeld Heart Foundation, Inc.
University of Colorado System
University of South Florida and the University of South
Florida College of Medicine
Mary Hendrix, Ph.D., past president, Federation of American
Societies for Experimental Biology
and Anthony Fauci, M.D., director,
National Institute of Allergy &
Infectious Diseases.
Friends
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
Association of Academic Health Centers and Friends of
the National Institute of Nursing Research
Association of American Medical Colleges
Federation of American Societies for Experimental
Biology
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Kanter Family Foundation
Parade Magazine
RAND
University of California at Los Angeles School of
Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
R!A Resource:
Research!America’s web site brings the
essence of effective advocacy to the web.
Visitors to the site can access information
on advocacy activities, polls, programs,
press releases, issue papers and
publications. Visit Research!America
online at www.researchamerica.org.
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Research!America 2001Advocacy
Award winner, Joan Samuelson,
president, Parkinson’s Action
Network, is joined by
Congressman Mark Udall (D-CO)
and former Research!America
Advocacy Award winner Mort
Kondracke, executive editor,
Roll Call.
John Eisenberg, M.D., director,
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality; Hon. Louis W.
Sullivan, M.D., president, The
Morehouse School of Medicine;
former Congressman and 2000
Whitehead Award winner Hon.
John Edward Porter; and 2001
Whitehead Award winner
Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK).
Award-Winning Advocacy For
Research That Protects The Nation
esearch!America’s Fifth Annual
Advocacy Awards Dinner was a
salute to the collective vision of
research advocates everywhere, as
Senator Ted Stevens, (R-AK),
Congressman Bill Young (R-FL),
Robert H. Brook, M.D., Sc.D., Isadore
Rosenfeld, M.D., Joan Samuelson,
and The Society for Women’s Health
Research were honored for their
never ending commitment to advocacy efforts.
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Hon. Paul G. Rogers (center),
chair, Research!America, and
John Whitehead (left), chair,
Campaign for Medical Research,
present Congressman Bill Young
(R-FL), with the Whitehead
Award for Medical
Research Advocacy.
Appropriations Chairmen Senator Ted
Stevens and Congressman Bill Young
were the winners of Research!
America’s pinnacle award, the Edwin
C. Whitehead Award for Medical
Research Advocacy, for their unfailing
efforts to secure our nation’s health
and welfare by bringing the effort to
double funding for medical and health
research to fruition.
The event, featuring the Honorable
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., president of
The Morehouse School of Medicine
and former secretary of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, as master of ceremonies,
played host to a wide array of government, research and advocacy
leaders, including Congressman
Mark Udall (D-CO); Ambassadors
Richard Holbrooke and William
McCormick Blair; Samuel “Sandy”
Berger, former National Security
Advisor; Rita Colwell, Ph.D., D.Sc.,
director of the National Science
Foundation; John Feussner, M.D.,
chief research and development officer at Veterans Affairs and numerous
leaders from the National Institutes
of Health, including seven institute
directors.
Research!America’s Advocacy Awards
are presented to research advocates
whose passion and commitment
drive them to excel in assuring that
we will continue to be able to protect
our nation through research.
“Research!America’s efforts to make medical and health research a higher national priority are
laudable. The purpose and conviction of one organization have reaped benefits to scientists, the
research community, the public and health advocacy groups all across the country. We are
proud to partner with Research!America to bring better health to our citizenry.”
~Jennifer Howse
President, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Annual Report 2001 / 11
Q: How likely would you be to adopt healthier
practices on the basis of the following arguments?
(percent saying “extemely likely”)
67%
62%
60%
54%
47%
Better
able to
protect
your loved
ones
You
would
live
longer
You
would be
healthier
more of
the time
Better
able to
enjoy
favorite
activities
Save
money
Source: Harris Interactive for Research!America’s
Prevention Research Initiative, Connecticut 2001
Q: Thinking about the way you lead your life
and the activities you engage in, how much do
you personally value health promotion and
disease prvention?
William Novelli, executive director
and CEO, AARP, emphasizes the
importance of prevention research
and aging-related issues to more
than 200 opinion leaders in attendance at Research!America’s
Prevention Research Initiative
stakeholder meeting.
Extremely
Valueable
Very Valueable
23%
21%
Somewhat
Valueable
53%
Little or
No value
3%
Source: Harris Interactive for Research!America’s
Prevention Research Initiative, Connecticut 2001
R!A Resource:
Prevention Research: An Outreach Agenda
for Saving Lives combines highlights of
Research!America’s national survey on
prevention research with commentary from
20 leaders in academia, government,
business, philanthropy, media and health
education who presented at the Prevention
Research Initiative stakeholder conference.
Noreen Clark, Ph.D., dean,
University of Michigan School
of Public Health, addresses “the
terminology debate” of public
health at Research!America’s
Prevention Research Initiative
stakeholder meeting.
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William Roper, M.D., M.P.H.,
dean, School of Public Health,
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, and chair of
Research!America’s Prevention
Research Initiative, welcomes
attendees at the February
stakeholder meeting.
P r o t e c t i n g O u r N at i o n
With Pre vention Research
esearch!America’s Prevention
Research Initiative (PRI) is setting a
precedent in efforts to raise awareness of
how vital prevention research is to our
nation’s health. Through national and
state public opinion polls, in depth
opinion leader interviews, localized
outreach programs and growing
partnerships, the PRI is testing, refining,
disseminating and replicating key
messages about disease prevention
and health promotion.
to greater support for prevention research
identified by both Congress and public
health professionals is a lack of political
will or effective interest groups. With
continued support from the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, the PRI will build
local prevention advocacy communities
across the country. The PRI will enhance
prevention research messages and provide outreach training for members of the
research community through workshops
and roundtable discussions.
The PRI was launched in 2000 with a oneyear feasibility study to test messages
about the importance of investing in
prevention research and to convey such
messages to the public, media, science
community and elected officials. The PRI
worked with Harris Interactive in the first
phase of the study to survey the public,
Congress, media, patients and
research/public health leaders to
determine their knowledge, attitudes and
beliefs about prevention and behavioral
research. In February 2001, the PRI
convened a national conference to allow
leaders from government, academia,
philanthropy, business and industry, and
the media to react to the survey data.
In October 2001, as part of a partnership
with the Connecticut Commission on
Children, the PRI launched its first state
survey, measuring attitudes regarding
prevention research. The Commission is
participating in a national initiative to
design comprehensive community-based
crime prevention strategies. The PRI’s
contribution to this effort is to identify
gaps and assist in message development
to promote physical and mental health
education, research and care as essential
parts of prevention programs.
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According to the survey, the main barrier
The PRI - a model of surveys, partnerships
and programs - will be implemented on a
variety of health promotion and disease
prevention issues in a total of 18 states by
the end of 2002.
“Prevention research is vital to sustained and improved health. By bringing forward information
about the public’s attitudes toward prevention, Research!America has conveyed unique information
on critical issues useful to public health decision making. Through Research!America’s new
Prevention Research Initiative, the public stands poised to reap the benefits of better health.”
~Jeff Koplan, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Annual Report 2001 / 13
Prevention Research Initiative
Advisory Council
William L. Roper, M.D.
M.P.H. (Chair)
University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill
Mohammad Akhter, M.D.
American Public Health
Association
Drew Altman, Ph.D.
Kaiser Family Foundation
Byllye Avery, M.Ed.
National Black Women’s
Health Project
Georges C. Benjamin, M.D.
Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, State of
Maryland
Barry R. Bloom, M.D.
M.P.H., Harvard School of
Public Health
Myrna Blyth
Ladies Home Journal
Mary K. Chung, MBA
Iris Alliance Fund
Noreen Clark, Ph.D.
School of Public Health,
University of Michigan
John Clymer
Partnership for Prevention
Dominick P. DePaola
The Forsyth Institute
Deborah I. Dingell
General Motors Foundation
GM Corp.
Candace Fleming, Ph.D.
University of Colorado,
Health Sciences Center
Elaine K. Gallin, Ph.D.
Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation
Jessie Gruman, Ph.D.
Center for the Advancement
of Health
George E. Hardy, Jr., M.D.
M.P.H., Assoc. of State and
Territorial Health Officials
Martha N. Hill, R.N., Ph.D.
Center for Nursing
Research, The Johns
Hopkins Univ. School of
Nursing
Anne Marie Joseph, M.D.
M.P.H., Veterans
Administration Medical
Center
Philip R. Lee, M.D.
Institute for Health Policy
Studies, University of
California - San Francisco
School of Medicine
Gordon P. MacDougal
Beacon Consulting Group,
Inc.
Margaret E. Mahoney
MEM Associates
Jan K. Malcolm
Minnesota Department of
Health
Marion Nestle, Ph.D. M.P.H.
New York University
William D. Novelli
AARP
Michael P. O’Donnell, Ph. D.,
MBA, M.P.H.
American Journal of Health
Promotion
Jordan H. Richland, M.P.H.
American College of
Preventive Medicine
Kathleen Roe, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Society of Public Health
Education
Hon. Paul G. Rogers
Research!America Board of
Directors
Jonathan M. Samet, M.D.
M.S., Johns Hopkins
University, School of
Hygiene and Public Health
John Seffrin, Ph.D.
American Cancer Society
Mary C. Selecky
Washington State Dept. of
Health
Harold Slavkin, D.D.S.
University of So. CA School
of Dentistry
Alfred Sommer, M.D., MHS
Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and
Public Health
Harrison Spencer, M.D.
Association of Schools of
Public Health
C. Charles Stokes, Jr.
National Foundation for the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Hon. Louis Stokes
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
The Morehouse School of
Medicine
Steven Teutsch, M.D.
Merck and Company, Inc.
Ruth Wooden
Porter Novelli
How Do Scientists Refer to Outreach?
There are a lot of ways scientists talk to non-scientists
about the work they do or about the scientific enterprise in
general. Different words can be used to describe this type
of dialogue. What terminology do you think best
characterizes this type of outreach?
Public
Outreach
Scientific
Outreach
23%
Educational
Outreach
17%
55%
Other
5%
Source: Sigma Xi Membership Poll
in Cooperation with Research!America, 2000
Scientists’ Involvement In Public Outreach?
Perceived reasons why more scientists aren’t more involved
in changing/supporting public policy. (total mentions)
They don’t have time
to become involved
74%
They don’t know how
to become involved
49%
Their involvement
makes no difference
They are happier
with the job others
are doing
Research!America media-science
forum panelist Tamara Jeffries, senior health editor, Essence magazine,
responds to a question as Paul
Raeburn, science editor, Business
Week and president, National
Association of Science Writers,
looks on.
41%
14%
0
20
40
60
80
Source: Sigma Xi Membership Poll
in Cooperation with Research!America, 2000
R!A Resource:
Meeting of the Minds: Research!America’s
Media-Science Forum details how
Research!America has brought together
members of the print and broadcast media
with researchers from all areas of the
continuum of the research enterprise to
discuss ways to make communication
between the two professions more effective.
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Sam Donaldson, ABC News, joined
Research!America in New York
City as a panel moderator at the
media-science forum hosted by the
Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism.
Research!America’s Boston forum
panelists Joseph DiMasi, Ph.D.,
director of economic analysis, Tufts
Center for the Study of Drug
Development and Naomi Aoki,
writer, Boston Globe.
Protecting Our Nation With
Science Outreach
cientific research has the ability to
enhance people’s lives by providing a
better, safer and healthier world in which
to live. That’s why raising the public’s
understanding and awareness of science,
particularly the research process, is of
vital importance. Over the past year,
Research!America has focused on bringing out the strength of public support for
science more broadly and powerfully than
ever before.
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Throughout the year, Research!America
partnered with Sigma Xi, a non-profit
scientific achievement organization, in an
effort to learn more about what physical
and life scientists think regarding the
importance of public outreach and
advocacy for science. Focus groups in
North Carolina and Michigan and e-mail
surveys of Sigma Xi members in Alaska,
Delaware, Ohio and Texas showed varying views of outreach. Responses from
those focus groups and surveys indicate
that individual definitions of outreach, as
well as reasons for participating in outreach, are as far-reaching as the potential
of the research itself (see graphs at left).
This information, in turn, has helped
Research!America design and deliver
programs to help scientists better
engage the public.
Research!America’s media-science
forums - a signature program designed
to help scientists and the media work
together more effectively - continue
to be one of the most successful
programs created for communicating
science to opinion leaders. Universities
and institutions co-hosted the programs
at locations across the nation, including
the Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism in New York City,
Emory University and The Morehouse
School of Medicine in Atlanta,
Northwestern University in Chicago,
and Harvard University School of
Medicine in Boston.
Scientists play an indispensable role in
assuring the nation’s protection through
research. As a result, Research!America
is committed to assisting the research
community to be accessible and
accountable to the public it serves.
“Advances in physical science research help bring about advances in medical and health
research. Research!America is an invaluable ally in Congressional efforts to understand this
connection and thus strengthen funding of all scientific research.”
~Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Chairwoman, Subcommittee on Veterans, Housing and Urban Development
Annual Report 2001 / 15
Protection Of The Nation
Through Research in the News
esearch!America’s public outreach
activities, poll data, advocacy messages and submitted commentary gener-
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February
The Chronicle of Higher Education
(February 16) Research!America
Vice President Ray Merenstein is
quoted in an article discussing
Congressman Ralph Regula’s (ROH) positive role as the new chair
of the House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Labor, Health
and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies.
January
The Chronicle of Higher
Education (January 5)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(January 6)
The Scientist (January 8)
Commentary written by
Research!America President
Mary Woolley urging scientists
to become active advocates for
research by speaking out about
their work.
•
ated unprecedented media coverage in
2001. Featured here are selected highlights from mainstream and trade press:
The Scientist (June 25)
Research!America collaborates
with Sam Silverstein, M.D.,
Lasker/Funding First president and
Research!America board member
to publish a commentary in The
Scientist. The commentary was
based on testimony by Silverstein
to the U.S. Senate Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions
Committee.
April
Orlando Sentinel (April 16) Letter
to the Editor by Mary Woolley
highlighting the importance of
making the R&D tax credit
permanent.
Science Magazine (April 20) Letter
to the Editor from Research!
America Chair Hon. Paul G.
Rogers, urging strong support for
all sciences and a unified voice for
the entire scientific community.
The Scientist (February 19)
Published four Letters to the Editor
in response to the January 8th commentary written by Mary Woolley.
•
June
USA Today (June 7) Letter to the
Editor by Ray Merenstein citing
strong support by the administration and Congress for the goal of
doubling the budget of the
National Institutes of Health.
Congressional Record (June 27)
Published Ray Merenstein’s testimony to the U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on
Energy and Commerce,
Subcommittee on Health
American Scientist (March/April 2001)
•
March
Washington Times (March 2)
•
San Jose Mercury News (March
21) Commentary by Research!
America board member M.R.C.
Greenwood, Ph.D., featuring
Research!America poll data.
Houston Chronicle (March 22)
USA Today (March 28) Letter to
the Editor by Mary Woolley urging
strong support for all sciences,
including engineering, mathematics and the physical sciences.
•
•
May
Science & Government Report
(May 1) Published an interview
with Research!America President
Mary Woolley discussing various
topics including advocacy for
research and the mission and programs of Research!America.
Science Magazine (May 4)
Published a series of articles discussing effective advocacy for scientific research making multiple
citations to the “public relationssavy Research!America.”
“Research!America understands there are many diverse contributors who participate in conveying
research news to the public. Through programs designed to bridge the gap between these numerous
groups, Research!America leverages the importance and role of research. Its impact will continue to
reach decision makers, policy makers and the general public at an exponential rate.”
~Tom Goldstein
Dean, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
16 / Annual Report 2001
August
Molecular Interventions (August
2001) Commentary written by Mary
Woolley, Ray Merenstein and
Director of Communications
Matthew Bowdy urging scientists
to become active advocates for
research by speaking out about
their work.
October
American Journal of Medicine
(October 15) Published a commentary discussing the need for more
researchers from across the entire
research continuum to speak out
on the benefits of research. The
commentary was written jointly by
Research!America Chair Paul
Rogers, Mary Woolley, Ray
Merenstein and Matthew Bowdy.
Voice of America (August 9) Ray
Merenstein was interviewed during
a live radio program discussing the
impact of President Bush’s decision
to allow federal funding of stem
cell research. Voice of America
broadcasts to an international
audience of more than 90 million
people.
•
July
Denver Post (July 11) Letter to the
Editor written by Ray Merenstein
citing public support for doubling
medical and health research
funding.
Science Magazine (July 20) Letter
to the Editor from Lasker/Funding
First Chair Hon. Mark O. Hatfield
calling for strong support of all
scientific research, including
Research!America poll data.
Connecticut Post & New Haven
Register (December 15) Published
an article discussing the
Prevention Research Initiative’s
release of data collected from its
first statewide poll in Connecticut.
The New York Times (October 30)
Letter to the Editor from
Research!America Prevention
Research Initiative Chair Bill
Roper, M.D., M.P.H., stressing the
importance of research to protect
the nation from threats of biological and chemical terrorism.
TechTV (August 10) Ray Merenstein
was interviewed during a featured
segment discussing the promise of
stem cell research. Tech TV reaches
more than 24 million households
nationwide.
•
December
Washington Times (December 15)
•
•
September
The Chronicle of Higher Education
(September 21) Published an
article discussing the budgetary
future of federally supported
research budgets. Ray Merenstein
is quoted in the article.
R!A Resource:
Research!America’s Oral
Health Research in the
Past/Next 50 Years details
oral, dental and craniofacial
research accomplishments
in the past 50 years,
assesses the need for
more of that research and
proposes the possibilities
of better health with
continued strong investments in that research.
U.S. News & World Report
(December 31) Published an article
which cited Research!America’s
public opinion poll data stressing
the importance of research playing
a prominent role in preparing for
and defending against bioterrorism.
•
•
November
Washington Times (November 5)
Letter to the Editor from Matthew
Bowdy highlighting the importance of
strong increases in federal research
budgets as a way to help protect our
nation from threats of bioterrorism.
Des Moines Register (November 9);
Philadelphia Inquirer (November 12)
Research!America spearheads “thank
you” ads placed in each newspaper
thanking Senate Appropriations L/HHS
Subcommittee leadership for their
strong support of medical and health
research funding. Partnering with
Research!America on the ad were the
Association of American Medical
Colleges, Association of American
Universities, American Cancer Society,
American Heart Association, American
Society for Microbiology, Campaign
for Medical Research , Federation of
American Societies for Experimental
Biology, Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation International, National
Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges and the National
Health Council.
Annual Report 2001 / 17
• American Public
Health Association
and the Wellness
Councils of
America
• Association for
Medical School
Pharmacology
• Centers for Disease
Control and
Prevention
• Columbia Graduate
School of
Journalism
• University of
California, Berkeley
School of Public
Health
• January
• Global Health
Council
• National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse
& Alcoholism
Ed McMahon, national vice president, Muscular
Dystrophy Association; Pat Furlong, Parent
Project Muscular Dystrophy; and Charles
Blackwell, Chickasaw National Ambassador to
the United States, testify to the House of
Representatives Subcommittee on Health alongside Ray Merenstein, vice president,
Research!America.
Research!America
President Mary Woolley
energizes research
stakeholders at one of
Research!America’s signature media-science
roundtables.
• Society for Public
Health Education
• March
• April
• May
• Midwest Nursing
Research Society
• American
Committee for the
Weizmann Institute
of Science
• American Society for
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
• National Institutes
of Health
R!A Resource:
Research!America and Lasker/Funding
First have partnered to develop a series
of one-page fact sheets - approximately
15 pieces in all - that focus on several
diseases including cancer, heart disease
and stroke, Alzheimer’s, AIDS and diabetes. The one-pagers provide facts and
statistics, while making the point that
increased support for medical and health
research adds value to our lives and to
our economy.
• National Caucus of
Basic Biomedical
Science Chairs
• National Institute of
Child Health and
Human
Development
• U.S. House of
Representatives
Committee on
Energy and
Commerce,
Subcommittee on
Health
• Northwestern
University Medical
School
• February
• Emory
University/Woodruff
Health Sciences
Center
• Robert Wood
Johnson
Foundation
• Council of State
Governments
• International
Conference on
Statistics, Science
and Public Policy
• University of
Cincinnati Medical
Center
18 / Annual Report 2001
• Council of Scientific
Society Presidents
• Senate Health,
Education, Labor
and Pensions
Committee
• State Network of
Organizations for
Biomedical Research
and Education
• June
P r o t e c t i n g O u r N at i o n
Through Research:
Ta l k s & T e s t i m o n y
hroughout the year, Research!
America’s chair, board and staff
provided a clear vision of effective
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advocacy all across the nation as
featured speakers and panelists at
meetings, seminars and other events.
“The Research!America alliance brings a unified voice to academic health centers all across the
country. That advocacy voice of scientists and researchers brings local messages to decision
makers and communities nationwide.”
~Fred Sanfilippo, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Health Sciences & Dean
College of Medicine and Public Health
Ohio State University
• Chairs of
Physiology
Departments
• CDC Epidemic
Intelligence Service
• Society for
Women’s Health
Research
• July
• American Society
for Cell Biology
• Georgetown
University
• August
• September
• October
• November
• Council on Linkages
Between Academia
and Public Health
Practice
• Campaign for
Medical Research
• American Medical
Women’s Association
Foundation
• American
Association for the
Advancement of
Science
• Virginia State Board
of Health
• American Public
Health Association
• Association of Academic
Health Centers
• Association of
Independent
Research Institutes
• National
Conference on the
Advancement of
Research
• Institute of
Medicine
• Duke University/Terry
Sanford Institute of
Public Policy
Annual Report 2001 / 19
• December
The Hon. Paul G. Rogers & National
Institutes of Health Acting Director Ruth
Kirschstein, M.D.
(from left) Research!America President Mary
Woolley, National Institutes of Health Acting
Director Ruth Kirschstein, M.D., Biotechnology
Industry Organization General Counsel Steve
Lawton, the Hon. James Symington, the Hon. John
Edward Porter and the Hon. Paul G. Rogers unveil
the centerpiece of the Paul G. Rogers Plaza.
R!A Resource:
The Paul G. Rogers Plaza tribute
brochure details the lifetime achievements of “Mr. Health.” Listing major
legislation, awards and chairmanships
of the Honorable Paul G. Rogers, this
tribute brochure is a testament to his
hard work and dedication to advocacy
for research.
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Protecting Our Nation
Through A Lifetime Of Advocacy
esearch!America Chair the Honorable
Paul G. Rogers was honored for his
lifetime commitment to advocacy for better health, as the Paul G. Rogers Plaza
was dedicated at the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) on June 12. Mr. Rogers, who
is often called “Mr. Health,” and who
represented his Florida District in the U.S.
House of Representatives for 24 years,
introduced many of the major pieces of
legislation that have improved the health
of millions of Americans for decades including the National Cancer Act, which
celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2001.
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NIH Acting Director Ruth L. Kirschstein,
M.D., noted that the location of the Paul
G. Rogers Plaza - at the center of the NIH
campus - is especially fitting because Mr.
Rogers has contributed so much to the
history of the NIH and to the advances of
medical research and public health in
America. Also among those hailing the
lifetime achievements of “Mr. Health”
were Research!America President Mary
Woolley, the Honorable John Edward
Porter, the Honorable James Symington
and Steve Lawton, a former subcommittee staffer for Mr. Rogers and now, general counsel for the Biotechnology Industry
Organization.
Mr. Rogers was also praised in letters
from Presidents George W. Bush, William
Jefferson Clinton, George Herbert Walker
Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford.
Research!America President Mary
Woolley noted, “We are only beginning
to see the dimensions of his leadership,
and the significance of his legacy to this
nation and the world. He is a champion’s
champion in the fight for better health.”
Mr. Rogers responded to the messages
of praise by saying that he is honored to
have a permanent tribute on the NIH
campus. “In all my years, nothing has
given me more pride than participating in
the successes of research. Because without research, there is no hope.”
Inscription on centerpiece of Paul G. Rogers Plaza at NIH:
During his twenty-four years as a member of the United States House of Representatives,
the Honorable Paul G. Rogers authored numerous laws to support and develop the mission
of the National Institutes of Health. His lifetime of public service has been distinguished by
tireless advocacy for public health and medical research, and is recognized by an act of
Congress dated December 21, 2000 designating this plaza in his honor.
“Without research, there is no hope.”
~The Honorable Paul G. Rogers
Annual Report 2001 / 21
2001 Financials
2001 Revenues: $2,688,052*
Other
2%
Event
Income
10%
Dues/Contributions
41%
Restricted
Program Grants
47%
2001 Expenses: $ 2,120,642*
General &
Administrative
11%
Development
13%
Program
76%
Reserve Fund at December 31, 2001:
$539,347
22 / Research!America
*Based on revenues and expenses
through October 31, 2001 and
projections through year end.
Complete audited financial
statements are available upon request.
RESEARCH!AMERICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS:
• Hon. Paul G. Rogers, Chair
Partner, Hogan & Hartson
• William A. Peck, M.D., Vice Chair
Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
and Dean, Washington University School of
Medicine
• Mary Woolley, President
Chief Executive Officer, Research!America
• Martha N. Hill, R.N., Ph.D., Secretary
Past President, American Heart Association
• William R. Brinkley, Ph.D., Treasurer
Past President, Federation of American Societies
for Experimental Biology
BOARD MEMBERS:
Kenneth I. Berns, M.D., Ph.D.
Representing Research!America’s Individual
Members
• Roger J. Bulger, M.D., President
Association of Academic Health Centers
• Gail H. Cassell, Ph.D.
Past President, American Society for
Microbiology; Vice President, Infectious
Diseases, Drug Discovery Research and Clinical
Investigation, Eli Lilly and Company
Mary K. Chung, Founder
Iris Alliance Fund
Yank D. Coble, M.D., President-Elect
American Medical Association
Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., President
Association of American Medical Colleges
J. Morton Davis, Chairman of the Board
D. H. Blair Investment Banking Corp.
Sam Donaldson
ABC News
Eugene Garfield, Ph.D., President and
Editor-in-Chief, The Scientist
• Jay A. Gershen, D.D.S., Ph.D., Executive Vice
Chancellor, University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center
• Herbert Pardes, M.D., President & CEO
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Edward E. Penhoet, Ph.D., Dean
University of California School of Public Health,
Berkeley
• Hon. John Edward Porter, Partner
Hogan & Hartson
William L. Roper, M.D., M.P.H., Dean
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Public Health
Leon E. Rosenberg, M.D.
Professor, Princeton University
John W. Rowe, M.D., President & CEO
Aetna U.S. Healthcare
• John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer
American Cancer Society
• Samuel C. Silverstein, M.D., President
Lasker/Funding First
Hon. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., President
Morehouse School of Medicine
Alan Walton, D.Sc., Ph.D., General Partner
Oxford Bioscience Partners
• John Whitehead
Chairman, Campaign for Medical Research
Partner, Whitehead Partners
Ruth Wooden
Senior Counselor and Chair, Public/Private
Initiatives, Porter Novelli
Tadataka Yamada, M.D., Chairman
Research and Development
GlaxoSmithKline
EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS:
• William G. Anlyan, M.D., Chancellor Emeritus
Duke University
Purnell W. Choppin, M.D., President Emeritus
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Vice Admiral Thor Hanson, USN (Ret.)
President Emeritus, National Multiple Sclerosis
Society
M.R.C. Greenwood, Ph.D., Chancellor
University of California, Santa Cruz
Robert A. Ingram, COO/President
Pharmaceutical Operations, GlaxoSmithKline
Ellen Levine, Editor-in-Chief
Good Housekeeping
Thomas W. Langfitt, M.D., Senior Fellow,
Management Department, The Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Liebert, President
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers
• John P. Margaritis, President and CEO
Firebrand Financial Group, Inc.
Philip R. Lee, M.D., Senior Advisor and
Professor Emeritus, University of California at
San Francisco School of Medicine
Jewell Jackson McCabe, Chair
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women
Constance E. Lieber, President
National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia
and Depression
Catherine E. McDermott, President and CEO
National Committee for Quality Health Care
Nola Pender, Ph.D., R.N., Past President
American Academy of Nursing
Robert G. Petersdorf, M.D.
Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Senior
Advisor to the Dean, University of Washington
School of Medicine
Bart Chernow, M.D.
Global Medical Products, Inc.
Harvey J. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
Roscoe R. Robinson, M.D., Former Vice
Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt
University Medical Center
J.M. Davie, M.D., Ph.D.
Biogen, Inc.
Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D., Rossi Distinguished
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Medical
College of Cornell University
William Foege, M.D., M.P.H.
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Raymond R. Sackler, M.D., President
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation, Inc.
Murray Goldstein, D.O., M.P.H., F.A.A.N.
United Cerebral Palsy Research & Education
Foundation
Charles A. Sanders, M.D., Retired Chairman
Glaxo Inc.
Harlyn Halvorson, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Technology Council
• M. Roy Schwarz, M.D., President
China Medical Board
John Seigenthaler, Founder
The First Amendment Center
Barbara C. Hansen, Ph.D.
Obesity & Diabetes Research Center
University of Maryland
Harry Woolf, Ph.D., Professor-at-Large Emeritus
Institute for Advanced Study
William R. Hendee, Ph.D.
Medical College of Wisconsin
William N. Kelley, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Health System
• James B. Wyngaarden, M.D., Former Director
National Institutes of Health
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS:
Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Chancellor Emeritus
Baylor College of Medicine
David Korn, M.D.
Association of American Medical Colleges
+ Arthur Kornberg, M.D.
Stanford University School of Medicine
C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D., Former Surgeon
General, United States Public Health Service
Philip Leder, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Herbert Pardes, M.D. (Chair)
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D.
Rockefeller University
Everett Anderson, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Mary-Lou Pardue, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Richard Axel, M.D.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia
University
Howard Schachman, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
+ Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.
+ David Baltimore, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
John F. Sherman, Ph.D.
Association of American Medical Colleges
Samuel Barondes, M.D.
Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute
University of California, San Francisco
Maxine Singer, Ph.D.
Carnegie Institution of Washington
+ Paul Berg, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Floyd E. Bloom, M.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
+ Michael S. Brown, M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical
School
Ronald E. Cape, Ph.D.
Darwin Molecular Corp.
Annual Report 2001 / 23
Reed Tuckson, M.D.
UnitedHealth Group
Patricia Hinton Walker, Ph.D., F.A.A.N.
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
School of Nursing
Tadataka Yamada, M.D.
GlaxoSmithKline
• Executive Committee
+ Nobel laureate
RESEARCH!AMERICA members
Academia, Hospitals and
Independent Research
Institutes
Arizona State University
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine Graduate School of Biomedical
Sciences
The Blood Center of Southeastern
Wisconsin
Boston Biomedical Research Institute
Boston University School of Dental
Medicine
Boston University School of Public
Health
Brody School of Medicine at East
Carolina University
Brown University School of Medicine
Buck Institute for Age Research
The Burnham Institute
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Burns &
Allen Research Institute
Center for Blood Research, Inc.
Children's Research Institute
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Columbia University
Coriell Institute for Medical Research
Creighton University School of
Medicine
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dartmouth Medical School
Charles R. Drew University of
Medicine and Science
Duke University Medical Center
East Tennessee State University,
James H. Quillen College of
Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Emory University Rollins School of
Public Health
Emory University School of Medicine
Finch University of Health
Sciences/The Chicago Medical
School
Florida State University
The Forsyth Institute
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Friends Medical Science Research
Center, Inc.
The J. David Gladstone Institutes
Harbor-UCLA Research & Education
Institute, Inc.
Harvard Medical School
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard University School of Dental
Medicine
Hauptman-Woodward Medical
Research Institute, Inc.
Johns Hopkins University School of
Hygiene and Public Health
The Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School
of Nursing
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Howard University College of
Dentistry
Howard University College of
Medicine
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center
Indiana University School of
Medicine
Indiana University School of Nursing
The Jackson Laboratory
Keck School of Medicine of the
University of Southern California
La Jolla Institute for Allergy and
Immunology
Louisiana State University Health
Sciences Center in New Orleans
Louisiana State University Health
Sciences Center School of Dentistry
Lovelace Respiratory Research
Institute
Loyola University of Chicago Stritch
School of Medicine
MCP Hahnemann University School
of Medicine
MCP Hahnemann University School
of Public Health
Mailman School of Public Health of
Columbia University
Marine Biological Laboratory
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Laboratory
The Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Mayo Foundation
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Dentistry
Meharry Medical College School of
Medicine
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Center
Mercer University School of Medicine
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Human Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine
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National Jewish Medical and
Research Center
New Jersey Dental School
New York Blood Center
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Dentistry
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Medicine
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College of Medicine
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School
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Nova Southeastern University
College of Dental Medicine
Alton Ocshner Medical Foundation
The Ohio State University College of
Dentistry
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Medicine & Public Health
The Ohio State University School of
Public Health
Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation
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School of Dentistry
Oregon Health & Science University
School of Nursing
Oregon Research Institute
The Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine
Princeton University, Department of
Molecular Biology
Purdue University School of
Pharmacy
RAND Health
Research Foundation for Mental
Hygiene, Inc.
Rice University
The Rockefeller University
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical
Center
St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City Shawnee Mission Health Systems
Saint Louis University School of
Medicine
The Salk Institute for Biological
Studies
The Schepens Eye Research Institute,
Inc.
The Scripps Research Institute
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research
Institute
Southern Illinois University School of
Medicine
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical
Research
Stanford University School of
Medicine
State University of New York at
Albany
State University of New York at
Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
State University of New York at
Buffalo School of Medicine and
Biomedical Sciences
State University of New York Health
Science Center at Brooklyn
State University of New York Upstate
Medical University
State University of New York at
Stony Brook School of Medicine
Temple University School of
Medicine
The Texas A&M University System
Health Science Center College of
Medicine
Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center
Tufts University School of Dental
Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Tulane University Health Sciences
Center
Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences
University of Alabama at
Birmingham
University of Alabama at
Birmingham School of Nursing
University of Alabama at
Birmingham School of Public
Health
University of Arizona
University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
School of Public Health
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of Medicine
University of California, Irvine
College of Medicine
University of California at Los
Angeles, School of Dentistry
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
School of Public Health
University of California, San Diego
University of California, San
Francisco
University of California, San
Francisco School of Nursing
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Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Systemwide
The University of Chicago Pritzker
School of Medicine
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Sciences Center Graduate School
University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center School of Dentistry
University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center School of Medicine
University of Colorado Health
Sciences Center School of
Pharmacy
University of Colorado Hospital
University of Colorado, System
University of Detroit Mercy School of
Dentistry
University of Florida College of
Dentistry
University of Florida College of
Medicine
University of Florida College of
Nursing
University of Georgia
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Dentistry
University of Illinois at Chicago,
College of Nursing
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Public Health
University of Iowa College of
Medicine
University of Iowa College of Public
Health
University of Kansas
University of Kansas Medical Center
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Nursing
University of Kentucky Chandler
Medical Center
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Dentistry
University of Louisville
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Dentistry
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School
University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey
University of Miami School of
Medicine
The University of Michigan
University of Michigan School of
Dentistry
University of Michigan School of
Public Health
University of Minnesota School of
Public Health
The University of Mississippi Medical
Center
The University of Mississippi Medical
Center, School of Nursing
The University of Mississippi School
of Pharmacy
University of Missouri-Columbia
School of Medicine
University of Missouri at Kansas City,
School of Dentistry
The University of Montana School of
Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences
University of Nebraska Medical
Center
University of Nebraska Medical
Center College of Dentistry
University of Nevada-Reno, School of
Medicine
University of New Mexico Health
Sciences Center
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, School of Medicine
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Chapel Hill, School of Public Health
University of North Texas Health
Science Center
University of Oklahoma Health
Sciences Center
University of Pennsylvania School of
Dental Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Graduate
School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine
University of Puerto Rico School of
Dentistry
University of Rochester School of
Nursing
University of South Carolina School
of Public Health
University of South Florida
University of South Florida College of
Nursing
University of Southern California
School of Dentistry
University of Southern California
School of Pharmacy
University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee College of
Nursing
The University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas Health Science
Center at Houston
University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio
University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston
University of Utah Health Sciences
Center
University of Vermont College of
Medicine
University of Virginia School of
Medicine
University of Virginia School of
Nursing
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Nursing
Van Andel Research Institute
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University School of
Nursing
Wake Forest University School of
Medicine
Walther Cancer Institute
The George Washington University
Medical Center
Washington State University
Washington University School of
Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell
University
West Virginia University Health
Sciences Center
West Virginia University School of
Dentistry
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical
Research
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy &
Biology
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of
Nursing at Emory University
Wright State University School of
Medicine
Xavier University of Louisiana
College of Pharmacy
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Amgen
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The Charles River Laboratories
COR Therapeutics, Inc.
GMP Companies, Inc.
GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Gene Logic Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline
Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
Immunex Corporation
ImmunoGen, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Eli Lilly and Company
Merck & Co., Inc.
Oxford Bioscience Partners
Partners Health Care System Inc.
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Pharmacia Corporation
Physiome Sciences
Psychiatric Genomics, Inc.
Purdue Pharma, L.P.
The Scientist
Strategic Health Policy International,
Inc.
ValueOptions
Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories
Xradical, Inc.
Voluntary Health Associations
Alliance for Aging Research
Alliance for Lupus Research
Alpha 1 National Association
Alpha-1 Foundation
American Autoimmune Related
Diseases Association
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association
American Federation for Aging
Research
American Foundation for AIDS
Research
American Heart Association
American Lung Association
Americans for Medical Progress
The Arc of the United States
Arthritis Foundation
Association of State & Territorial
Health Officials
Cleft Palate Foundation
Conquer Fragile X Foundation
Dystonia Medical Research
Foundation
Friends of the National Institute for
Dental & Craniofacial Research
Friends of the National Library of
Medicine
Genetic Alliance
Glaucoma Research Foundation
Global Health Council, Inc.
Guillain Barre Syndrome Foundation
International
Health-Track
Hereditary Disease Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation International
Kidney Cancer Association
Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
Lymphoma Research Foundation
March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation
Maternity Center Association
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Alliance for Eye & Vision
Research
National Alliance for Research on
Schizophrenia & Depression
National Alliance of Breast Cancer
Organizations
National Alopecia Areata Foundation
National Asian Women’s Health
Organization
National Committee for Quality
Health Care
National Health Council
National Marfan Foundation
National Organization for Rare
Disorders
National Osteoporosis Foundation
National Prostate Cancer Coalition
Oral Health America
PXE International, Inc.
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
Parkinson’s Action Network
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
Partnership for Prevention
Public Health Foundation
Christopher Reeve Paralysis
Foundation
Scleroderma Research Foundation
Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation Inc.
Spina Bifida Association of America
Foundation
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
Professional and Scientific
Societies
AARP
Academy for Health Services
Research and Health Policy
AdvaMed
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Physicians
American Academy of
Otolaryngology–Head & Neck
Surgery Foundation
American Academy of Pediatric
Dentistry
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Association for Dental
Research
American Association of Anatomists
American Association of Clinical
Endocrinologists
American Association of Colleges of
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American Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy
American Association of
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American College of Rheumatology
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American Society for Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
American Society for Bone and
Mineral Research
The American Society for Cell
Biology
American Society for Clinical
Nutrition
American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Nutritional
Sciences
American Society for Pharmacology
and Experimental Therapeutics
American Society for Virology
American Society of Health System
Pharmacists
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Association of Anatomy, Cell Biology
and Neurobiology Chairpersons
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Microbiology and Immunology
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Association of Minority Health
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Dermatology
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Experimental Biology
Infectious Diseases Society of
America
Institute of Food Technologists
Keystone Symposia on Molecular
and Cellular Biology
Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine
Society
Medical Library Association
Midwest Nursing Research Society
The National Alliance for Hispanic
Health
National Association of Children's
Hospitals
National Caucus of Basic Biomedical
Science Chairs
National Committee to Preserve
Social Security & Medicare
National Pharmaceutical Council
North American Vascular Biology
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Manufacturers of America
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Research
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Dermatology
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State and Local Organizations
California Biomedical Research
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of Commerce
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Commerce
Lupus Foundation of Colorado, Inc.
Medical Alley
Metro Denver Network, Chamber of
Commerce
Nebraskans for Research
New Jersey Association for
Biomedical Research
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Syndrome Association, Inc.
New York State Department of Health
North Carolina Association for
Biomedical Research
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Foundation
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Biomedical Research
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Research and Education
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Pharmaceutical Education
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Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell
Foundation
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Studies in Medicine & the
Humanities
The Charles A. Dana Foundation
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Foundation for the National Institutes
of Health
William T. Grant Foundation
The Healthcare Foundation of New
Jersey, Inc.
Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Inc.
The Kanter Family Foundation
Mary Woodard Lasker Charitable
Trust
M.W.V. Research Committee
The Medical Foundation, Inc.
National Foundation for the Center
for Disease Control and Prevention,
Inc.
Presbyterian Health Foundation
The Lynn R.& Karl E. Prickett Fund
STARBRIGHT
The Whitaker Foundation
Whitehead Charitable Foundation
Foreign Associates
Chinese Academy of Medical
Sciences
Peking Union Medical College
Research Australia
Individual Members
David Baltimore, Ph.D.
Gerald S. Berenson, M.D.
Kenneth I. Berns, M.D., Ph.D.
David M. Binkley
Henry R. Black, M.D.
Mordecai P. Blaustein, M.D.
Terence Bogard, M.D.
Dr. Herbert Bonkovsky
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Edward N. Brandt, Jr., M.D.
Dr. Douglas Brash
D. Craig Brater, M.D.
Michael Brennan
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Christine Carrico
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Louis Cregler, M.D.
Bruce Cronstein, M.D.
Arthur Dugoni
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Lynn Ann Goldblum
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Vice Admiral Thor Hanson (U.S.N.
Ret)
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Thomas Hegyi, M.D.
James Herndon, M.D.
John B. Hibbs, M.D.
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James Mulvihill, D.M.D.
Robert M. Nerem, Ph.D.
Dr. Frederick K. Orkin
Barbara M. Ostfeld, Ph.D.
Herbert Pardes, M.D.
Dr. Philip Palade
Dr. Robert F. Phalen
Katharine A. Phillips
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Gertrude Quigley
Kathryn L. Reed, M.D.
Perry G. Rigby, M.D.
Arthur and Jane Riggs
David L. Rimoin, M.D., Ph.D.
Roscoe R. Robinson, M.D.
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Richard Schweiker
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Professor William H. Stone
Alan Townsend, M.D.
Susan Whitehead
Steven L. Whitehurst, M.D.
Kern Wildenthal, M.D.
Casey Wondergem
Douglas L. Wood, D.O., Ph.D.
Harry Woolf, Ph.D.
Albert J. Wright III
James B. Wyngaarden, M.D.
Alayne Yates, M.D.
Ralph G. Yount, Ph.D.
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RESEAR CH!A MERICA supporters
Major Donors
(Gifts of $1,000 or more)
AMDeC Foundation
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
American Society for Microbiology
American Medical Association
William G. Anlyan, M.D.
Adrian & Jesse Archbold Charitable
Trust
Association of Academic Health
Centers and Friends of the National
Institute of Nursing Research
Association of American Medical
Colleges
William R. Brinkley, Ph.D.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Roger Bulger, M.D.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Cancer Research Fund of the Damon
Runyon-Walter Winchell
Foundation
Coalition for the Advancement of
Medical Research
Jordan J. Cohen, M.D.
J. Morton Davis
Sam Donaldson
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Eli Lilly and Company
Essel Foundation
Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology
Finch University of Health Sciences/
The Chicago Medical School
Eugene Garfield Foundation
GlaxoSmithKline
William T. Grant Foundation
Harvard University
Kanter Family Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation International
Mary Woodard Lasker Charitable
Trust
Ellen Levine
Constance E. Lieber
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Loyola University of Chicago Stritch
School of Medicine
March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation
Catherine E. McDermott
Merck Company
Milken Family Foundation and
CaP CURE
Northern Illinois University
Northwestern University Medical
School
Northwestern University Dept. of Cell
and Molecular Biology
The Ohio State University College of
Medicine & Public Health
Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Parade
William A. Peck, M.D.
Nola Pender, Ph.D., R.N.
Edward Penhoet, Ph.D.
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Pharmacia Corporation
The Honorable John E. Porter
Lynn & Karl Prickett Fund
Purdue Pharma L.P.
RAND
Jeanne and Sanford Robertson Fund
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers
Leon E. and Diane D. Rosenberg
Rosenfeld Heart Foundation, Inc.
John D. Rowe, M.D.
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical
Center
Charles A. Sanders, M.D.
Roy Schwarz, M.D.
The Scientist
John Sherman, Ph.D.
Samuel C. Silverstein, M.D.
Southern Illinois University School of
Medicine
The Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center
UnitedHealth Foundation
University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
University of California at
Los Angeles School of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School
of Medicine
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University of Florida College of
Medicine
University of South Florida and the
University of South Florida College
of Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Weill Medical College of Cornell
University
John Whitehead
Whitehead Charitable Foundation
Mary Woolley
Tadataka Yamada, M.D.
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Committee on Public Education
Marcia Mabee, Ph.D., (Chair)
Coalition for Health Funding
Ira Allen
Center for the Advancement of
Health
Sharon Cohen
Biotechnology Industry
Organization
April Burke
Association of Independent
Research Institutes
Robert “Skip” Collins, D.M.D.
American Association for Dental
Research
Jeff Coughlin
Association of Professors of
Medicine
Jay B. Cutler
American Psychiatric Association
Dale Dirks
Association of Minority Health
Professions Schools
Paulette Campbell
Federation of American Societies
for Experimental Biology
Karen Hendricks, J.D.
American Academy of Pediatrics
Afton Hirohama
National Asian Women's Health
Organization
Ken Kelly
Global Health Council
Kevin W. O'Connor
American Institute for Medical
and Biological Engineering
Michael Reilly
Advanced Medical Technology
Association
William T. Schmidt
Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation International
Janet Shoemaker
American Society for
Microbiology
Howard J. Silver Ph.D.
Consortium of Social Science
Associations
Matthew Zonarich
Joint Steering Committee for
Public Policy
Research!America Staff
Mary Woolley
President and Chief Executive
Officer
John F. Sherman, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Matthew A. Bowdy
Associate Director of Public
Affairs/435 Project® Manager
Christine P. Brown, Ph.D.
Director of Science Outreach
Lori Cooper
Project Director, Prevention
Research Initiative
Fana B. Desta
Administrative Assistant,
Prevention Research Initiative
Janet Fedak
Administrator
Kyndra Fuller
Membership Coordinator
Phyllis Hanlon
Executive Assistant
Shirley Jefferson
Project Manager, Prevention
Research Initiative
Melissa Jones
Director of Public Affairs
William F. Leinweber
Vice President
Pamela C. Lippincott
Manager, Publications & Media
Relations
Cindy McConnell
Director of Development
Laura Meagher
Development Associate/Executive
Assistant
Ray Merenstein
Vice President, Programs/435
Project® Director
Timothy Mitchell
Communications Associate,
Prevention Research Initiative
Stacie M. Propst, Ph.D.
Public Policy Intern
Sheilah Miller Satterwhite
Administrative Assistant
Ashley Shepherd-Lawrence
Communications Intern
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Resear ch!A merica’s
Mission
Research!America is a non-profit education and advocacy alliance
dedicated to making medical and health research a much higher national
priority. Through the strength of its diverse and far-reaching membership, Research!America provides a unified link between the voice of the
citizens who strongly support research and local, state and national
opinion leaders and decision makers.