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Correspondence

2008

April 23, 2008
AAMC Follow-up Comments on NCRR's Draft Strategic Plan
(FY 2009-2013)
(PDF, 1 page)

April 22, 02008
Letter in Support of Ehlers Amendment on SBIR (PDF, 1 page)

April 17, 2008
AAMC Letter Opposing SBIR set-aside Increase (PDF, 1 page)

April 16, 2008
AAMC Letter Urging the Senate to Pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (PDF, 1 page)

March 17, 2008
AAMC Comment Letter on the NIH Peer Review Self Study Final Draft (PDF, 4 pages)

March 17, 2008
Attachment to the AAMC Comment Letter on the NIH Peer Review Self Study Final Draft (PDF, 4 pages)

March 10, 2008
AAMC Letter to Senate in Support of the Specter-Harkin Amendment (PDF, 1 page)

January 10, 2008
AAMC Comments on Research that Involves Adult Individuals with Impaired Decision-making Capacity (PDF, 3 pages)

January 8, 2008
AAMC Comments on Proposed Federal Standard for Research Progress Reports
(PDF, 2 pages)

2007

December 12, 2007
AAMC Statement on Clinical Trials Registration and Reporting of Results
(PDF, 2 pages)

December 3, 2007
Group Letter to Senate on health IT and privacy (PDF, 3 pages)

November 13, 2007
Letter to Dr. Barbara Alving on Clinical and Translational Science Awards
(PDF, 3 pages)

September 10, 2007
AAMC Comments on NCRR Strategic Plan 2009-2013 (PDF, 5 pages)

September 6, 2007
AAMC Response to RFI: NIH System to Support Biomedical and Behavioral Research and Peer Review (NOT-OD-074) (PDF, 3 pages)

August 15, 2007
AAMC Response to NSABB Oversight Framework (PDF, 3 pages)

August 15, 2007
AAMC Comment Letter on Proposed Rulemaking, Grants for Research Projects 72 FR 34655-7 (PDF, 3 pages)

August 8, 2007
Group Comment Letter on House Bayh-Dole Hearing (PDF, 4 pages)

August 7, 2007
AAMC Endorsement of "Americans Saving Through Health Research Bonds Act" H.R. 3434 (PDF, 1 page)

July 11, 2007
AAMC Letter on Follow-on Biologics (S. 1695) (PDF, 3 pages)

July 2, 2007
AAMC Letter Urging the Senate to Pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (PDF, 1 page)

June 6, 2007
AAMC Comment Letter on Draft Guidance for Clinical Investigators, Sponsors, and IRBs on Adverse Event Reporting - Improving Human Subject Protection (PDF, 2 pages)

May 9, 2007
AAMC Response on DHS Chemical Facility Standards (PDF, 2 pages)

April 9, 2007
AAMC Letter in Support of the “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007” (S. 5) (PDF, 1 page)

March 5, 2007
AAMC Comment Letter on Draft Guidance for Industry, Clinical Laboratories, and FDA Staff on In Vitro Diagnostic Multivariate Index Assays (IVDMIAs) ( PDF, 2 pages)

February 5, 2007
AAMC Comment Letter on Improving Health and Accelerating Personalized Health Care Through Health Information Technology, etc. (PDF, 3 pages)

February 5, 2007
AAMC Comment Letter on OHRP Draft Guidance on Engagement of Institutions in Human Subjects Research (PDF, 3 pages)

AAMC Letter on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (PDF, 1 page)

2006

October 26, 2006
AAMC Comment Letter on Docket No. 2006D-0331 Guidance for Institutional Review Boards, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors: Exception from Informed Consent Requirements for Emergency Research (PDF, 17 pages)

October 19, 2006
AAMC Comment Letter on Request for Information (RFI): Proposed Policy for Sharing Data Obtained in NIH Supported or Conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
(PDF, 3 Pages)

October 13, 2006
AAMC Comment Letter on Proposed Rule to Amend DFARS Export-Controlled Information and Technology, 71 FR 46434-40 (PDF, 3 pages, 39.0KB)

September 20, 2006
AAMC Comment Letter on EPA Waste Management Proposed Rule (PDF, 2 pages)

September 15, 2006
AAMC Letter Endorsing NIH Reauthorization Bill (PDF, 4 pages)

September 12, 2006
AAMC Letter Urging House Judiciary Passage of Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (PDF, 1 page)

August 2, 2006
AAMC Comment Letter on a proposed, large U.S. population cohort study on genes and environment (PDF, 11 pages)

July 31, 2006
AAMC Comment Letter to PTO on Patent Eligible Subject Matter Guidelines (PDF, 4 pages)

July 18, 2006
AAMC Letter to President Bush Supporting Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (PDF, 2 pages)

July 14, 2006
Group Letter on NIH Salary Cap (PDF, 3 pages)

July 12, 2006
AAMC Letter to Senate Endorsing Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (PDF, 1 page)

June 29, 2006
AAMC Comment Letter on National Cancer Institute First-Generation Guidelines regarding Biorepositories (PDF, 2 pages)

June 28, 2006
AAMC Comment Letter on Notice of Intent to Reissue the Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) (PDF, 5 pages)

June 2, 2006
AAMC/AAU/CGS/COGR/NASULGC Comment Letter and Preliminary Data on Proposed NRSA Tuition Policy Changes (PDF, 4 pages)

May 8, 2006
AAMC Letter to Majority Leader Frist for Senate Consideration of Stem Cell Legislation (PDF, 1 page)

March 20, 2006
CNSF Letter Thanking President Bush for ACI (PDF, 2 pages)

March 10, 2006
AAMC Comments on OMB Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin (PDF, 2 pages)

Febrary 23, 2006
Group Letter to Congressional Leadership on American Competitiveness Initiative (PDF, 3 pages)

January 30, 2006
AAMC/AAU/COGR/NASULG Comment Letter on OIG-1026-CPG: Compliance Program Guidance for Recipients of PHS Research Awards (PDF, 5 pages)

January 11, 2006
Comments to OMB on Good Guidance Practices (PDF, 2 pages)

January 11, 2006
AAMC Comment Letter on Proposed Principles for Federal Support of Graduate and Postdoctoral Education and Training in Science and Engineering
(PDF, 4 pages)

January 11, 2006
AAMC Comment Letter on OHRP's Proposed Guidance on HHS Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects
(PDF, 2 pages)

2005

December 23, 2005
Amicus Brief by AMA, AAMC, and other organizations on LabCorp v Metabolite
(PDF, 36 pages)

December 20, 2005
AAMC Comment Letter on Communication of Drug Safety Information
(PDF, 3 pages)

November 4, 2005
AAMC Comment Letter on NRSA Tuition Issues
(PDF, 3 pages)

November 3, 2005
AAMC Comment Letter on Regulatory Burdens
(PDF, 7 pages)

October 12, 2005
AAMC Letter to Department of Defense on Export-Controls
(PDF, 3 pages)

September 29, 2005
AAMC Letter to Agriculture Appropriations Conferees Opposing Class-B Dealer Amendment (PDF, 2 pages)

September 15, 2005
AAMC Comment Letter on Information Relating to Research Awards, 70 FR 41220-22 (PDF, 5 pages)

May 24, 2005
AAMC Comment Letter on Protection of Human Subjects, Proposed Criteria for Determinations of Equivalent Protection (PDF, 3 pages)

May 20, 2005
AAMC Letter Urging Support for "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005" (H.R. 810) (PDF, 1 page)

March 31, 2005
AAMC Comments on Interim Final HHS Supplemental Ethics Rule
(PDF, 7 pages)

January 4, 2005
AAMC Comments on NIH genomic "best practices" (PDF, 3 pages)

2004

November 9, 2004
AAMC Comment Letter on NIH Public Access Notice
(PDF, 3 pages)

October 28, 2004
AAMC Comment Letter on Animal Welfare; Regulations and Standards for Birds, Rats and Mice (PDF, 2 pages)

October 6, 2004
AAMC/FASEB Letter on WHO Consultation (PDF, 2 pages)

September 29, 2004
AAMC Comment Letter on OHRP IRB Registration Requirements (PDF, 2 pages)

September 29, 2004
AAMC Comment Letter on FDA IRB Registration Requirements (PDF, 2 pages)

July 20, 2004
AAMC/FASEB Letter on WHO Consultation (PDF, 2 pages)

June 15, 2004
AAMC/AAU/COGR/NASULGC Letter on Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct (PDF, 7 pages)

May 28, 2004
AAMC and FASEB Letter on OMB Peer Review (PDF, 4 pages)

May 24, 2004
AAMC Thank You Letter to Senator Hatch for Animal Rights Extremism Hearing (PDF, 1 page)

2003

December 4, 2003
AAMC and FASEB Comments on OMB Peer Review (PDF, 5 pages)

October 27, 2003
AAMC Issue Brief: A-76, "Commercial Sourcing," and the NIH (PDF, 5 pages)

July 31, 2003
AAMC Letter to NIH on "Share-My-Mouse," NOT-OD-03-043 (PDF, 2 pages)

AAMC NIH Consolidations and the DHHS "One Department" Initiative (PDF, 3 pages)

June 10, 2003
AAMC Comments on Animal Welfare, Medical Records (PDF, 2 pages)

May 29, 2003
AAMC Comments to DHHS on Conflicts of Interest (PDF, 3 pages)

May 9, 2003
AAU, AAMC, & NASULGC Comments on NCRR Strategic Plan (PDF, 5 pages)

February 3, 2003
AAMC Letter to CDC on Select Agents Interim Final Rule

January 15, 2003
Letter Endorsing Hatch Cloning Bill (PDF, 1 page)

2002

December 3, 2002
AAMC Comments on NIH Organization (PDF, 19 pages)

October 10, 2002
Proposed Revisions to OMB Cost Principles: Circulars A-21; A-87 and A-122 (August 12, 2002, Federal Register Notice)

June 18, 2002
Letter Opposing Cloning Patents

June 12, 2002
Letter Opposing Cloning Moratorium

May 31, 2002
AAMC Comments on HHS Information Quality Quidelines

May 16, 2002
FASEB and AAMC Letter to OMB on Regulatory Burden

April 8, 2002
Comment Letter on FDA's Request for Information on IRB Practices ("IRB Shopping")

April 2, 2002
Comment Letter on "Just in Time" IACUC Approval

March 7, 2002
AAMC Letter on Federal Study of Gene Patents (Rivers-Weldon)

February 28, 2002
Letter to Farm Bill Conferees on Rats, Mice and Birds Amendment

February 7, 2002
Letter to "Puppy Protection" Bill Sponsors

January 24, 2002
Letter in Support of "Human Cloning Prohibition Act" (S. 1758)

2001

November 27, 2001
AAMC's Letter to Members of Congress on Cloning Legislation

October 29, 2001
AAMC 2nd Comments on OMB Information Quality Guidelines

October 22, 2001
Letter Addressing AAMC Concerns with "Puppy Protection Bill"

August 13, 2001
AAMC Comments on OMB Information Quality Guidelines

July 27, 2001
Letter on Cloning to House Energy and Commerce Committee Members

May 17, 2001
AAMC's Letter to Senators Specter and Harkin on Stem Cell Research Legislation

May 10, 2001
AAMC's Letter to President Bush on Stem Cell Research

April 30, 2001
Letter on NIH Statement in Response to the NAS Report: Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical Behavioral Scientists

March 30, 2001
AAMC Comment Letter on DHHS  Final Rule on "Standards for the Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information"

February 15, 2001
Joint Letter to Department of Commerce on VA IP Issues

January 30, 2001
AAMC's Comment Letter on the Draft Trans-NIH Strategic Research Plan on Health Disparities

January 26, 2001
Comment Letter on Ethical and Policy Issues in Research Involving Human Participants

2000

December 18, 2000
Comment Letter on "Standards for the Protection of Research Misconduct Whistleblowers"

November 20, 2000
Letter to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) on draft report, "Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research"

October 26, 2000
AAMC's Letter to USDA on their Request for Comments Concerning the "Definitions for and Reporting of Pain and Distress"

October 6, 2000
AAMC's Letter to Senator Cochran on the Agricultural Appropriations Bill Language Concerning the Definition of "Animal" in USDA Regulations

September 8, 2000
AAMC's Letter to USDA Secretary Daniel R. Glickman on the Definition of "Animal" in the Animal Welfare Act Regulations

August 29, 2000
AAMC's Comment Letter to the ORI on the Expanded Requirement for Education in the Responsible Conduct of Research

August 1, 2000
Comment Letter on HHS Questions on Conflicts of Interest in Human Subjects Research (PDF, 10 pages - 55 KB)

March 16, 2000
AAMC's Comment Letter to the PTO on Revised Guidelines and Genetic Sequences

January 19, 2000
AAMC Comment Letter on NIH Proposed Stem Cell Guidelines

1999

September 13, 1999
Response to NSTC Report on "Renewing the Federal Government-University Research Partnership for the 21st Century"

May 28, 1999
AAMC's Comment Letter to USDA on theDefinition of "Animal" in the Animal Welfare Act Regulations

1998

April 21, 1998
AAMC's Letter to OSTP on Instrumentation

April 14, 1998
AAMC's Follow-Up Letter to OMB on Proposed Changes to OMB Circular A-21

1997

October 28, 1997
AAMC's Comments on Proposed Changes to OMB Circular A-21

August 15, 1997
AAMC's Letter to OSTP on the Presidential Review Directive (PRD)

Testimony

2006

October 17, 2006
AAMC and FASEB Statement on Health Benefits for Postdoctoral Researchers
(PDF, 1 page)

September 19, 2006
AAMC Statement on The National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006 (PDF, 11 pages)

March 13, 2006
Summary of Responses to AAMC Survey of Member Institutions on Hurricane Katrina Response and Relief Efforts (PDF, 4 pages)

2005

March 21, 2005
Testimony to FDA on Adverse Event Reporting
(PDF, 3 pages)

2004

March 30, 2004
AAMC Statement before the SACHRP on Effects of HIPAA on Research (PDF, 40 pages)

March 25, 2004
AAMC Testimony on Re-engineering Clinical Research (PDF, 5 pages)

2003

November 19, 2003
AAMC Statement Before the NCVHS on Effects of HIPAA on Research (PDF, 12 pages)

March 3, 2003
AAMC Position Statement on NIH Centers of Excellence

2002

April 23, 2002
Statement on Protecting Human Subjects in Research: Are Current Safeguards Adequate?

March 29, 2002
Statement on Human Cloning adopted by AAMC Executive Committee

2001

May 23, 2001
Statement on "Human Subjects Research: Are Individuals Protected?"

1998

June 11, 1998
Statement on Institutional Review Boards by Robert J. Levine, M.D.

February 12, 1998

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