The case for increased funding for research in pulmonary and critical care

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Marc Peters-GoldenATS Research Advocacy Committee

Abstract

The current economic and political climate places future funding of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal biomedical research programs in jeopardy. This Pulmonary Perspective seeks to arm the diverse membership of the American Thoracic Society with the information necessary to understand and articulate the value of biomedical research in their respective communities. We provide a historical overview of NIH funding in general and of allocations directed at respiratory-related research in particular. We argue that this is in fact an opportune time to expand investments in biomedical research and that doing so makes sense from the perspectives of improving health, curtailing health care expenditures, and job creation and economic growth. We further argue that current levels of allocation toward respiratory research are incommensurate with the medical, economic, and societal burden of respiratory disease in the United States. Respiratory disease currently is the only leading cause of death that has risen, rather than fallen, in recent decades. Declines in the burden of cardiovascular disease and cancer followed substantial increases in research funding, and slowing the rising burden of respiratory disease will l...Continue Reading

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Aug 31, 2013·Annals of the American Thoracic Society·Jamie L ToddScott M Palmer
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