2008-05-01
ASH submitted remarks to NIH in response to the Final Draft of the
NIH 2007-2008 Peer Review Self-Study that was submitted to NIH Director
Elias Zerhouni at the end of February. The Final Draft marked "the end
of the diagnostic phase of the peer-review enhancement effort" and
provided the research community with only a brief time period to
respond and submit comments.
The notes submitted by ASH on March 17
reflected the Society's concerns with the brief amount of time set
aside for comments and a number of the proposals put forth in the Final
Draft and encouraged "the NIH director to solicit broad input from the
multiple NIH stakeholders in developing the second phase
(implementation) of the plan."
These comments followed comments submitted last year by the Society
in response to a request for information seeking "comments regarding
NIH's support of the biomedical and behavioral research, including peer
review." The remarks offered the Society's support of maintaining the
peer-review process, encouraging senior investigators to serve on study
sections, and finding ways to make the entire process less burdensome.
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