2008 Garfield Award Nomination Guide

Information about making nominations for the Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award

85% of Americans Want a Presidential Debate on Science: May 12, 2008

WASHINGTON, DC—A new poll shows that 85% of U.S. adults agree that the presidential candidates should participate in a debate on how science can be used to help tackle America's major challenges.

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90.3 WCPN, an NPR Station: February 13, 2008

Mary Woolley, Andrew Revkin of The New York Times, and Jeffrey Mervis of Science Magazine, discuss the presidential candidates, science and research.

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AAMC Presentation About NIH Budget - 12/17/07: February 13, 2008 Download ppt

Albany Times Union: July 11, 2007

Our U.S. Investment in Health Research Estimate 2005 was cited.

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Alzheimer's Fact Sheet: July 11, 2007

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Americans Say More Funding for Medical Research Vital to U.S. Economic Health: January 26, 2006

WASHINGTON—Six in 10 Americans (58%) say greater funding for medical and health research is essential to the country's future health and economic prosperity, according to a new national poll released today by Research!America.

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amfAR to Receive Research!America Advocacy Award: March 13, 2008

WASHINGTON—amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has been named Research!America's 2008 Paul G. Rogers Distinguished Organization Advocacy Award recipient.

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Argus Leader: April 17, 2008

Mary Woolley is quoted in this article about the Sanford Project.

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Argus Leader: May 18, 2008

Mary Woolley is quoted in this article about the Sanford Health Project.

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Arthritis Fact Sheet: May 18, 2008

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Article: 07 Research Appropriations - January 07: May 18, 2008

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Article: 08 Research Appropriations - Sept 07: May 18, 2008

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Article: Dentzer to Moderate National Forum: May 18, 2008

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Article: FY08 Mark Ups - July 07: May 18, 2008

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Article: Global Health Briefing - July 07: May 18, 2008

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Article: Research Policy Alert March 13, 2006 Mary Woolley: May 18, 2008

Article: U.S. Investment in Health Research - Oct 07: May 18, 2008

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Article: Your Candidates- Your Health - Nov 07: May 18, 2008

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Article: Your Candidates-Your Health - Sept 06: May 18, 2008

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Article: Your Congress-Your Health - July 07: May 18, 2008

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Article: Your Congress-Your Health Launched - April 07: May 18, 2008

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Article: Your Congress-Your Health-June 07: May 18, 2008

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Asthma Fact Sheet: May 18, 2008

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

C-SPAN: March 18, 2008

Watch our 2008 National Forum as broadcast on C-SPAN.

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Cancer Fact Sheet: March 18, 2008 Download pdf

Cardiovascular Fact Sheet: March 18, 2008

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Fact Sheet: March 18, 2008

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008: December 20, 2007

Statement from Research!America’s President and CEO Mary Woolley on the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008.

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COPD Fact Sheet: December 20, 2007

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Depression Fact Sheet: December 20, 2007

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Diabetes Fact Sheet: December 20, 2007

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Flu Fact Sheet: December 20, 2007

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Food Allergy Fact Sheet: December 20, 2007

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Four Reasons Why Congress Must Act Now to Support Health Research: December 20, 2007

America’s economic destiny is, without question, tied to our investment in scientific research. Congress must understand and support this connection—with funding, policies and leadership to keep our investment consistent.

FY08 Appropriations Put to Bed: December 20, 2007

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Global Health Fact Sheet: December 20, 2007

Fact sheet on how global health research saves lives and money

Harper's Magazine: August 1, 2007

Mary Woolley asks in her letter to the editor, what other opportunities have we missed by allowing politics to trump science?

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HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet: August 1, 2007

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Infectious Diseases Fact Sheet: August 1, 2007

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Injury Fact Sheet: August 1, 2007

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

IOM Committee on U.S. Commitment to Global Health: August 1, 2007

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LA Stem Cell 2008: August 1, 2007

Questions on stem cells from the 2008 Louisiana state poll

Louisiana Poll Findings: August 1, 2007

Louisiana poll highlights PowerPoint presentation

Major Medical Research Coalitions Urge Congress to Accelerate Medical Progress by Increasing Investment in NIH: February 28, 2008

WASHINGTON—Health research advocates joined together to call on Congress to expand the nation's investment in medical research by increasing the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by $1.9 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009.

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Mary Woolley at The Aspen Health Forum - Oct. 3, 2007: February 28, 2008

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Mary Woolley's Keynote Presentation at OSU Biomedical Research Tower Opening - Nov. 2, 2006: February 28, 2008

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Mary Woolley's Presentation to SALK Institute Dinner - Nov. 9, 2006: February 28, 2008

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Mary Woolley's United Health Foundation Article: February 28, 2008

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Mental and Public Health in Concert: Voices from Louisiana: February 28, 2008

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MSNBC.com's Cosmic Log: May 16, 2008

Research!America's public opinion poll, commissioned with ScienceDebate2008.com, is covered by science editor Alan Boyle.

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National Forum 2008 Summary: May 16, 2008

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Obesity Fact Sheet: May 16, 2008

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Oladele Akogun presentation 6.23.08: May 16, 2008

Oral Diseases Fact Sheet: May 16, 2008 Download pdf

Pain Fact Sheet: May 16, 2008

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Parkinson's Fact Sheet: May 16, 2008

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Pat Furlong to Receive Research!America Advocacy Award: March 13, 2008

WASHINGON—Pat Furlong, founding president and CEO of Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, has been named Research!America's 2008 Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership Award recipient.

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Peter Hotez presentation 6.23.08: March 13, 2008

Pictures of Health Fact Sheet: March 13, 2008

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Poll 2004 Men's Health: March 13, 2008

Poll 2007 Your Congress-Your Health: March 13, 2008

Poll 2008 Your Candidates: March 13, 2008

Results of the public opnion poll for Your Candidates-Your Health 2008

Poll Investment: March 13, 2008

Slides from several polls relating to investment

Poll Report 2005 Stem Cell: March 13, 2008

Poll Report 2006 Your Candidates-Your Health: March 13, 2008

Poll Science Debate 2008: March 13, 2008 Download pdf

Prematurity Fact Sheet: March 13, 2008

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

President's 2008 Budget:: February 5, 2007

WASHINGTON—Research!America's board chair, The Honorable John Edward Porter, former Illinois Congressman, urges the President to make research a higher priority:

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President's Budget Will Slow Research Momentum: February 7, 2005

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—Research to protect and improve health is being threatened by proposed cutbacks in domestic investment.

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President's NIH Budget Will Slow Medical Progress: February 6, 2006

WASHINGTON—Medical research advocates expressed grave concerns that the administration's FY07 proposal to freeze the budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will slow the development of life-saving cures and treatments, while undermining President Bush's own efforts to make the nation more competitive in the world.

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President’s Budget Will Slow Medical Progress, Economic Growth: February 4, 2008

WASHINGTON—Research!America's president, Mary Woolley, expressed disappointment in the President's budget proposal for FY09: "Research!America is deeply disappointed by the President's failure to recommend increased federal funding for medical and health research in his 2009 budget.

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Prevention Fact Sheet: February 4, 2008

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Research Advocates Urge Funding Increase to Get NIH "Back on Track": February 9, 2007

WASHINGTON—Health research advocates joined today to call on the Congress and the Administration to work together on a three-year plan to restore the nation's medical research enterprise.

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Research!America 2008 Advocacy Awards Gala: February 9, 2007

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Research!America Backs Call for Presidential Debate on Science: February 20, 2008

WASHINGTON—Research!America has signed on to Science Debate 2008, an initiative calling for a public debate in which the U.S. presidential candidates share their views on health, science, technology and environmental policy.

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Research!America to Honor Top Scientific and Health Research Advocates: March 13, 2008

WASHINGTON—About 500 leaders from industry, academia and scientific and health advocacy organizations, government officials and journalists will participate in Research!America's 12th Annual Advocacy Awards Gala to honor top scientific and health research advocates.

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Richard Lerner to Receive Research!America Advocacy Award: March 13, 2008

WASHINGTON—Richard A. Lerner, MD, president of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, has been named Research!America's 2008 Builders of Science award recipient.

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Robert Ridley presentation 6.23.08: March 13, 2008

Schwarzenegger To Receive Research!America Advocacy Award: March 13, 2008

WASHINGTON—California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been selected as Research!America's 2008 Isadore Rosenfeld Award for Impact on Public Opinion recipient.

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Science: August 31, 2007

Our 2006 U.S. Investment in Health Research Estimate was first covered in Science. Research!America's Mary Woolley and Stacie Propst, PhD, were quoted. (subscription required)

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Science: February 1, 2008

Donald Kennedy discusses Research!America's Your Candidates-Your Health initiative in his editorial. (Subscription required)

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Science Policy Poll Datasheets: February 1, 2008 Download pdf

Sen. Kennedy To Receive Research!America Advocacy Award: March 18, 2008

WASHINGTON—Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy has been selected as the recipient of Research!America's 2008 Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy.

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St. Louis Post Dispatch: March 20, 2007

Article quotes Mary Woolley

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State of the Union 2008:: January 24, 2008

WASHINGTON—Research!America's president and CEO, Mary Woolley, says President Bush has a chance in his final State of the Union speech to reclaim investment in medical and health research as part of his legacy: "In his State of the Union speech and 2009 budget proposal, the President has a chance to show leadership by calling for a renewed commitment to medical and health research.

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State of the Union and 2008 Budget:: January 23, 2007

WASHINGTON—Research!America's board chair, The Honorable John Edward Porter, former Illinois Congressman, urges the President to make research a priority.

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Statement: We Must Provide Stronger Funding for CDC: March 21, 2007

WASHINGTON—For 60 years, Americans have benefited from the accomplishments of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in protecting our health and that of our families.

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Suicide Fact Sheet: March 21, 2007

Each page focuses on one or a set of conditions or health topics and includes current statistics, examples of cost- and life-saving benefits of research and the story of a patient who has thrived or survived thanks to research.

Ted Kennedy Acceptance: March 21, 2007Download MPG

The San Francisco Chronicle: June 24, 2007

Research!America board member G. Steven Burrill and Newt Gingrich's op-ed.

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The Scientist: July 2007

Mary Woolley is quoted about the economic value of scientific research (subscription required)

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The Washington Times: December 19, 2006

The article notes the important and sometimes surprising contributions scientists can offer in shaping diplomatic policies.

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U.S. Research Funding Continues to Flatten As U.S. Health Costs Climb: August 30, 2007

WASHINGTON—Total U.S. investment in health-related research grew by a modest 4.2% from 2005 to 2006, significantly slower than the 6.8% increase in U.S. health costs, according to a report released today by Research!America.

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U.S. Spending Less on Health Research Against Rising Health Costs—In Sept. 13 JAMA: September 12, 2006

WASHINGTON—The U.S. investment in health-related research grew a modest 2.2% in 2005, much slower than the 7.4% growth in health costs, according to a report released today by Research!America. The report is covered in the September 13 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Vision Fact Sheet: September 12, 2006

Vision and blindness fact sheet in the Investment in Research Saves Lives and Money series

Voters: Health Care System Needs Complete Overhaul or Significant Change: July 19, 2007

WASHINGTON—Most registered voters say our health care system needs real change and that federal research agencies need more funding, according to public opinion data released today by Research!America, the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation and other partners.

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Wall Street Journal Radio: January 31, 2008

Podcast of Wall Street Journal interview and summary of radio interviews with Mary Woolley.

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XM Radio: November 2007

Mary Woolley discusses medical research funding with reporter Bruce Japsen.

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XM Radio: December 2007

Mary Woolley speaks with reporter Bruce Japsen about health research funding.

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Your Congress Ad March 13, 2008: December 2007 Download pdf