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The Clinical Research Forum and Association of American Physicians disagree with criticism of the NIH Roadmap
William Crowley Jr., John Courtney, Larry Jameson, Herbert Pardes, Jay Moskowitz, Eugene Orringer, Arthur Rubenstein, Alastair Wood, Richard Rettig, Dennis Ausiello, David Brenner, Francis Collins, Jack Elias, Warner Greene, Ralph Horowitz, Larry Jameson, Elliott Kieff, Craig Thompson, Judith L. Swain
William Crowley Jr., John Courtney, Larry Jameson, Herbert Pardes, Jay Moskowitz, Eugene Orringer, Arthur Rubenstein, Alastair Wood, Richard Rettig, Dennis Ausiello, David Brenner, Francis Collins, Jack Elias, Warner Greene, Ralph Horowitz, Larry Jameson, Elliott Kieff, Craig Thompson, Judith L. Swain
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The Clinical Research Forum and Association of American Physicians disagree with criticism of the NIH Roadmap

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As representatives of 50 leading academic medical centers focusing on clinical research and many of academic medicine’s scientific leaders, the Clinical Research Forum and Association of American Physicians disagree with the JCI’s recent editorials on the NIH Roadmap, Elias Zerhouni’s leadership, and the future directions of biomedical research.

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William Crowley Jr., John Courtney, Larry Jameson, Herbert Pardes, Jay Moskowitz, Eugene Orringer , Arthur Rubenstein, Alastair Wood, Richard Rettig, Dennis Ausiello, David Brenner, Francis Collins, Jack Elias, Warner Greene, Ralph Horowitz, Larry Jameson, Elliott Kieff, Craig Thompson, Judith L. Swain

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