NIH Deputy: Revised Strategic Plan Shows 'Cross-Cutting' View Of Agency

National Institutes of Health officials worked closely with Senate staff to revamp a draft NIH-wide Strategic Plan framework to play up the more exciting, cross-disciplinary approaches underway at the agency, NIH Principal Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak told Inside Health Policy . The move comes as congressional efforts to increase funding for the NIH gain steam. Among the main areas of opportunity the agency is proposing to focus on are fundamental science, health promotion and disease prevention, and treatments and cures...