Science Management Review Board (SMRB) of NIH (of which I am a
member) has been and continues to discuss Francis Collins’ intention of merging NIDA and NIAAA, dissolving NCRR, as well as and more importantly creating a National Center for the Advancement of Translational Science (NCATS) at NIH to include the CTSAs and CAN RAID TRND and Molecular libraries. Francis is dead set on starting a new center and is using the SMRB to endorse it. I have made it clear that I do not think that this is a good idea since it is redundant (nothing broke). Also, bad idea at a time of flat, if not decreasing, NIH budget.
Dec 8, 2010
Dr. Fauci’s released records hold 1 diary entry filed under Wednesday, December 8, 2010, from the Diary Prequel. 111 words in total, reproduced below exactly as released. The diary text appears on p. 241 of 2026.07.27_Diary-Prequel-.pdf.
Correspondents named on this day1
Matched by surname against the 108 correspondents in the release, so a common name may match more than the person intended. See the whole of 2010 as a calendar.