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Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding Honored by Research!America for Advocacy Efforts
Washington, D.C., March 14, 2000--While The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research Funding will receive a 1999 Research!America Advocacy Award during the organization's Fourth Annual Advocacy Awards Dinner, to be held at the National Academy of Sciences on March 28, 2000. The group is one of eight awardees to receive the 1999 honor that acknowledges contributions in medical and health research. The Ad Hoc Group is a coalition of organizations working together to strengthen the federal investment in medical research by advocating for increased appropriations for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
"As one of the founding members of the Ad Hoc Group, the AAMC is honored that the group is being recognized for its advocacy efforts on behalf of NIH by Research!America," said AAMC President Jordan J. Cohen, M.D. "The AAMC and the Ad Hoc Group have enjoyed many successful collaborations with Research!America on the advocacy front. "
The Ad Hoc group's diverse coalition of more than 300 patient and voluntary health groups, medical and scientific societies, academic and research organizations and industry serve as a network ready to advocate for more medical and health research. Since its formation in 1982, the group has sponsored a wide range of ongoing activities such as: policy breakfasts with members of Congress and opinion leaders; meetings with NIH institute directors; and every Congress, publishes "The National Institutes of Health: A Resource Guide," an invaluable resource to medical and health research advocates everywhere.
The Ad Hoc Group and its member organizations support an appropriation of $20.5 billion for NIH in FY 2001. This $2.7 billion increase represents the third step toward the bipartisan goal of doubling the NIH budget by FY 2003.
Research!America is a leading nonpartisan voice for making medical and health research a higher national priority. Its membership represents more than 375 academic institutions, independent research laboratories, teaching hospitals, private industries, professional societies, voluntary health agencies and philanthropies.
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The Association of American Medical Colleges represents the 125 accredited U.S. medical schools; the 16 accredited Canadian medical schools; some 400 major teaching hospitals, including 74 Veterans Administration medical centers; 91 academic and professional societies representing nearly 88,000 faculty members; and the nation's 67,000 medical students and 102,000 residents.
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