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<div>For those of you concerned about NIH funding…slides are attached.</div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3">NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Dr. Sally Rockey, has posted a message on her blog asking the community to consider how NIH should manage science in
fiscally challenging times. She posted a slide set concerning NIH extramural grant support and some possible options for reallocating NIH resources to fund more investigators.<br>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Ora A. Weisz, PhD<br>
Professor of Medicine<br>
Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology<br>
Vice Chair of Faculty Development<br>
Department of Medicine<br>
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development<br>
School of Medicine<br>
University of Pittsburgh<br>
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<div><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="2">Renal-Electrolyte Division<br>
978.1 Scaife Hall<br>
3550 Terrace St.<br>
Pittsburgh PA 15261<br>
Tel: 412-383-8891<br>
Fax: 412-383-8956<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:weisz@pitt.edu"><font color="#0000FF"><u>weisz@pitt.edu</u></font></a><br>
website: weisz2.dept-med.pitt.edu</font></div>
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