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^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 60 deg. F :-) ******************************************************************** Hi Perry and all, Just an idea: Could Janet Reno , either as Attorney - General, or, if approached privately, for a behind-the-scenes effort, attempt to ENFORCE the NIH 's obligation under the UDALL LAW to spend ALL $100,000,000.00 required each year on PARKINSON's DISEASE RESEARCH?? Isn't her job at least partially to ENFORCE our nation's laws? Ivan :-) (I just spent 2 hours in pain, waiting out what I think was a a post-prandial PD freeze due to medicines being blocked by my supper, even though it was PD-friendly, low protein, high-carbohydrate) On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:20:29 EDT [log in to unmask] writes: > >Our collaboration with NIH is about to yield concrete results in >additional >$$ allocated to PD research. I learned from Dr. Fischbach that NINDS >intends >to fund 7 or 8 additional PD Research Centers befor the end of FY99 >instead >of the 4 originally planned, bringing the total to 10 or 11. I >believe the >Center grants are about $1.0M per year for 5 years or all together an > >additional $15M or $20M for PD research. Final decisions will be taken >at the >NINDS Scientific Council which meets this week (23 & 24 Sept). > >In order to fund these additional centers, end of the year money has >been >reprogrammed with the help of OMB. Dr. Fischbach indicated that our >meeting >with OMB staff (Dan Mendelsohn) helped to facilitate their >cooperation, and >he thanked our coordination group for assistance in this process. > >The additional funding has NOT been announced to the public yet, but >Dr. >Fischbach wanted us to know because of our work and our interest in >this >news. He asked that we NOT make any general announcements at this >time. >We should wait and coordinate any announcements with the press >release >planned by NINDS and interested Congressional PD leaders. > >Work on the funding for PD in FY2000 continues. A number of key >Senators on >the Appropriations Committee have weighed in with "Dear Colleague" >letters >supporting the PD community's goals, and there is a possibility of a >Hearing >on PD in the near future. > > > >Perry Cohen