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Your Congress Ad March 13, 2008 | Advertisement |
Your Candidates-Your Health Post-Election Meeting | Event Summary |
Your Candidates-Your Health Post Election PPT | Presentation |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 8Download mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 7Download mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 6Download mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 5Download mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 5Download mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 4 editedDownload mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 4Download mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 3 editedDownload mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 3Download mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 2 editedDownload mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 1 editedDownload mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 1Download mp3 | Program Audio |
Your Candidates Your Health Post-election Meeting- Part 2Download mp3 | Program Audio |
XM Radio: November 2007 Mary Woolley discusses medical research funding with reporter Bruce Japsen. | Program Audio |
XM Radio: December 2007 Mary Woolley speaks with reporter Bruce Japsen about health research funding. | Article |
Women's Health: January 1, 2009 Research!America President Mary Woolley joins the editors of Women's Health magazine in an open letter to President-elect Barack Obama urging his administration to make health and health research a priority. The article can be read in the January/February 2009 issue of Women's Health. | Article |
Wall Street Journal Radio: January 31, 2008 Podcast of Wall Street Journal interview and summary of radio interviews with Mary Woolley. | Program Audio |
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. | News Release |
Vision Fact Sheet: July 19, 2007 Vision and blindness fact sheet in the Investment in Research Saves Lives and Money series  Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
US Investment in Health Research 2007: July 19, 2007 | Fact Sheet |
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. | News Release |
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. | News Release |
The Why Files: December 19, 2008 The Why Files, an online science publication supported by the Graduate School at University of Wisconsin-Madison, quoted Research!America president Mary Woolley in this article about a recovery plan for science funding. | Article |
The Washington Times: December 19, 2006 The article notes the important and sometimes surprising contributions scientists can offer in shaping diplomatic policies. | Article |
The Scientist Blog: August 25, 2008 Research!America's statements to the Republican and Democratic parties regarding their party platforms were included in this blog post. | Article |
The Scientist Blog: November 5, 2008 Research!America’s VP of Science Policy & Outreach Stacie Propst, PhD, is quoted in this blog post written by Bob Grant. | Article |
The Scientist Blog: October 27, 2008 This post by Bob Grant about Sarah Palin’s comment on fruit fly research includes responses from research scientists. Research!America’s Stacie Propst, PhD, was quoted, calling for scientists’ involvement in the political process. | Article |
The Scientist: July 2007 Mary Woolley is quoted about the economic value of scientific research (subscription required) | Article |
The San Francisco Chronicle: June 24, 2007 Research!America board member G. Steven Burrill and Newt Gingrich's op-ed. | Article |
The Journal of Life Sciences: December 12, 2008 Research!America Chair The Hon. John Edward Porter is quoted on this article on the effects of flattened research funding. The article reports on data from Research!America's 2007 U.S. Investment in Health Research report. | Article |
The Huffington Post: October 27, 2008 Rear Adm. Susan Blumenthal, MD, cites a Research!America public opinion poll in this blog post about the 2008 presidential candidates’ health care plans. | Article |
The Great Beyond: October 15, 2008 Nature's Meredith Wadman blogs about our Oct. 14 moderated discussion between representatives of the McCain 2008 and Obama 2008 campaigns. | Article |
The Deal: November 14, 2008 Research!America’s VP of Science Policy & Outreach Stacie Propst, PhD, is quoted in this article by Alex Lash and Cheryl Meyer that was also posted on Reuters.com. | Article |
Ted Kennedy Acceptance: November 14, 2008Download MPG | Program Video |
Suicide Fact Sheet: November 14, 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
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. | News Release |
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. | News Release |
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. | News Release |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: September 21, 2008 Research!America board member Alan I. Leshner, PhD, AAAS CEO, and David Baltimore, PhD, recipient of the 2009 Builders of Science award, wrote an op-ed about presidential candidates Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s stances on science. The op-ed also references our 2008 public opinion poll commissioned with ScienceDebate2008.com. | Article |
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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. | News Release |
Science Policy Poll Datasheets: March 18, 2008 | Public Opinion Poll |
Science News: September 29, 2008 Janet Raloff's in-depth post on medical research quotes Stacie Propst, PhD, and Research!America’s 2007 Investment in Health Research report. | Article |
Science News: September 30, 2008 Janet Raloff mentions Stacie Propst, PhD, and Research!America in a post published prior to our moderated discussion between presidential candidate representatives on the economic impact of health research. | Article |
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) | Article |
Science: February 1, 2008 Donald Kennedy discusses Research!America's Your Candidates-Your Health initiative in his editorial. (Subscription required) | Article |
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. | News Release |
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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. | News Release |
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. | News Release |
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. | News Release |
Research!America 2008 Advocacy Awards Gala: February 20, 2008 | Transcript |
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. | News Release |
Prevention Fact Sheet: February 9, 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
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. | News Release |
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. | News Release |
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. | News Release |
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: | News Release |
Presentation - IOM Annual Meeting 13 Oct 2008: February 5, 2007 | Presentation |
Presentation - Hill briefing: Global Health IS America's Health - Sam Stanley: February 5, 2007  Download ppt | Presentation |
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Prematurity Fact Sheet: February 5, 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Poll Science Debate 2008: February 5, 2007 | Public Opinion Poll |
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Poll 2008 Your Candidates: February 5, 2007 Results of the public opnion poll for Your Candidates-Your Health 2008 Download pdf | Public Opinion Poll |
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Pictures of Health Fact Sheet: February 5, 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
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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. | News Release |
Parkinson's 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Pain 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Oral Diseases Fact Sheet: March 13, 2008 | Fact Sheet |
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Obesity 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
National Forum 2008 Summary: March 13, 2008 | Event Summary |
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. | Article |
Mount Vernon Gazette: October 2, 2008 Senior communications associate Ann Andrews Morris' op-ed about her personal experience with Dengue fever and why the U.S. should invest more in global health research. | Article |
Mental and Public Health in Concert: Voices from Louisiana: October 2, 2008 | Event Summary |
Mary Woolley's United Health Foundation Article: October 2, 2008 | Article |
Mary Woolley's Presentation to SALK Institute Dinner - Nov. 9, 2006: October 2, 2008 | Presentation |
Mary Woolley's Keynote Presentation at OSU Biomedical Research Tower Opening - Nov. 2, 2006: October 2, 2008 | Presentation |
Mary Woolley at The Aspen Health Forum - Oct. 3, 2007: October 2, 2008 | Program Video |
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. | News Release |
LA Stem Cell 2008: February 28, 2008 Questions on stem cells from the 2008 Louisiana state poll Download pdf | Public Opinion Poll |
IOM Committee on U.S. Commitment to Global Health: February 28, 2008 | Event Summary |
Injury Fact Sheet: February 28, 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Infectious Diseases Fact Sheet: February 28, 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet: February 28, 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
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? | Article |
Global Violence Fact Sheet: August 1, 2007 Fact sheet on how investing in research on violence in the U.S. and abroad can save lives and money. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Global Health Fact Sheet: August 1, 2007 Fact sheet on how global health research saves lives and money Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
FY08 Appropriations Put to Bed: August 1, 2007 | Article |
Four Reasons Why Congress Must Act Now to Support Health Research: August 1, 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Food Allergy 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Flu 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Diabetes 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Depression 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
COPD 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
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. | News Release |
Congressional Quarterly HealthBeat: December 12, 2008 Stacie Propst, Research!America vice president of science policy and outreach responds to Research America's US Investment in Health Research 2007 Report. The article also cites data on research funding from the report. The article requires a subscription to view. | Article |
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Fact Sheet: December 12, 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Chicago Life: August 2008 Research!America is featured prominently a story on the link between politics, budget cuts and research. The article quotes Mary Woolley and references our U.S. Investment in Research report and our Your Candidates-Your Health initiative. | Article |
Cardiovascular Fact Sheet: August 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Cancer Fact Sheet: August 2008 | Fact Sheet |
California Global Health Poll: August 2008 2008 California state poll on global health and research Download pdf | Public Opinion Poll |
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Asthma 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Article: Your Congress-Your Health-June 07: March 18, 2008 | Article |
Article: Your Congress-Your Health Launched - April 07: March 18, 2008 | Article |
Article: Your Congress-Your Health - July 07: March 18, 2008 | Article |
Article: Your Candidates-Your Health - Sept 06: March 18, 2008 | Article |
Article: Your Candidates- Your Health - Nov 07: March 18, 2008 | Article |
Article: U.S. Investment in Health Research - Oct 07: March 18, 2008 | Article |
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Article: Global Health Briefing - July 07: March 18, 2008 | Article |
Article: FY08 Mark Ups - July 07: March 18, 2008 | Article |
Article: Dentzer to Moderate National Forum: March 18, 2008 | Article |
Article: 08 Research Appropriations - Sept 07: March 18, 2008 | Article |
Article: 07 Research Appropriations - January 07: March 18, 2008 | Article |
Arthritis 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Argus Leader: April 17, 2008 Mary Woolley is quoted in this article about the Sanford Project. | Article |
Argus Leader: May 18, 2008 Mary Woolley is quoted in this article about the Sanford Health Project. | Article |
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. | News Release |
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. | News Release |
Alzheimer's Fact Sheet: January 26, 2006 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. Download pdf | Fact Sheet |
Albany Times Union: July 11, 2007 Our U.S. Investment in Health Research Estimate 2005 was cited. | Article |
AAMC Presentation About NIH Budget - 12/17/07: July 11, 2007 | Presentation |
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. | Program Audio |
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. | News Release |
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2008 Garfield Award Nomination Guide: May 12, 2008 Information about making nominations for the Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award  Download doc | Article |
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