Hello all,
Saw this at http://www.researchamerica.org:
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Charlotte Mancuso
HONORABLE JOHN EDWARD PORTER AND DR. EUGENE GARFIELD JOIN
RESEARCH!AMERICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Congressional Champion of Medical & Health Research
And Founder & Editor of Scientific
Periodical Join Illustrious Board
For Immediate Release:
February 1, 2001
Contact:
Matthew Bowdy- Director
of Communications
703-739-2577
(Alexandria, VA) Research!America's executive committee
recently elected two new members to its
board. The Honorable John Edward Porter and Eugene
Garfield, Ph.D., are the newest additions to the
board of directors of Research!America, the nation's
leading nonpartisan voice for making medical and
health research a higher national priority.
The Hon. John Edward Porter retired in January after two
decades of public service in the United
States Congress. For six years, Congressman Porter
served as the leading voice of medical and health
research advocacy in the House of Representatives, as
chair of the Subcommittee for Labor, Health
and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies.
Congressman Porter's strong support of
increasing medical and health research funding helped to
bring about historic increases in the fiscal
year 1999, 2000 and 2001 budgets of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) and Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ).
Congressman Porter recently became partner in the
Washington D.C.-based law firm of Hogan &
Hartson.
Research!America Chair Paul G. Rogers noted,
"Congressman Porter's strong record of advocacy for
medical and health research has proven invaluable. His
leadership as a member of the U.S. House of
Representatives and now as a Research!America board
member will strengthen Research!America's
ability to ensure that medical and health research
becomes a higher national priority."
Eugene Garfield, Ph.D., president of The Eugene Garfield
Foundation is also president and
editor-in-chief of The Scientist. Founded by Garfield in
1986, The Scientist is a bi-weekly news journal
for life scientists (http://www.thescientist.com/).
Garfield, whose career is marked by extraordinary
developments in new information tools for researchers,
is also a futurist who, in the mid-1970's, stated
the need to focus heavily on preventive medicine and
health services research and suggested that
"research funds should be some imperative percentage of
the nation's health budget."
Research!America President Mary Woolley applauds the
addition of such strong advocacy heroes to
the board of directors, saying, "Dr. Garfield's lifetime
commitment to medical and health research is a
model for advocates all across the country. His
dedication to the issues and his presence on the
board, like that of Congressman Porter, will prove to be
an incredible asset."
A full list of Research!America's board of directors is
available online at:
http://www.researchamerica.org/about/board.html.
Research!America is the nation's leading nonpartisan
voice for making medical and health research a
higher national priority. Its membership represents
nearly 400 academic institutions, independent
research laboratories, teaching hospitals, private
industries, professional societies, voluntary health
agencies and philanthropies.
