Women's Health
Dear Mr. President...
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.
Medical Progress Today
Priorities for the New FDA Commissioner
The Manhattan Institute publishes Medical Progress Today, a web magazine that asked Research!America President Mary Woolley to outline her priorities for the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner of the new administration. Woolley's recommendations included doubling the resources of the FDA.
The Washington Independent
Scientists Heartened by Potential Appointees
Research!America president Mary Woolley is quoted in this article in The Washington Independent on the positive signals that recent appointments to the Obama administration bring for science.
The Why Files
Economic Stimulus for Science
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.
Congressional Quarterly HealthBeat
Report: Investments in Health Research Stagnating
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.
The Journal of Life Sciences
Running In Place
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.
Mercury News
UC gets $4 million from Gates foundation for new global health school
This article references data from Research!America's 2008 California Speaks Out on Global Health Research poll as a Charlton Research Company poll, and compares results from a 2008 national poll to data specific to the Bay Area. The article was also published in the The Oakland Tribune and The Contra Costa Times.
ASBMB Today
ASBMB Round Table: Jim Wells and Mary Woolley
This article in the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology monthly newsletter continues the discussion from Jim Wells, PhD, and Research!America President Mary Woolley's October editorial in Science about spurring a movement for global health.
Science Careers
Taken for Granted: Can Early-Career Scientists Believe in Change?
Research!America Chair The Honorable John Edward Porter is quoted in this Science Careers story about the importance of appointing a science adviser in the new administration and NIH funding. The article is about the outlook for science funding in the current economy.
Journal of Science Communication
Scientists, do it like Al Gore
This editorial published in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of Science Communication responds to an October editorial in Science by Research!America President Mary Woolley and Jim Wells, PhD. The article calls for greater attention from the public to global and local health issues. It can be viewed online in PDF format.
Baltimore Business Journal
Opening doors to new treatments
The Baltimore Business Journal includes an article about the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Greenebaum Cancer Center, which was recently named a National Cancer Institute designated cancer center. Mary Woolley comments on the current NIH funding environment.
Congressional Quarterly HealthBeat
Panel: U.S. Investment in Global Health Critical Despite Troubled Economy
Covers "Global Health IS America's Health", a Capitol Hill briefing sponsored by Research!America and FamiliesUSA. The article requires registration to view.
The Associated Press
Daschle Accepts HHS Cabinet Post
Research!America Chair The Honorable John Edward Porter is quoted in this Associated Press story about the appointment of Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health & Human Services. The article appears on numerous Web sites and in papers across the country.
The Bureau of National Affairs
Obama Administration Expected to Favor Research, Overturn Bush Stem Cell Policy
In the transition to the new administration, Mary Woolley and others reflect on science policy in relation to funding, the economy and stem cell research.
The Scientist Blog
Politics Calls Neuroscientists
Quotes from Research!America Chair The Honorable John Edward Porter’s remarks about funding for science research at the Society for Neuroscience’s annual meeting were included in this post by Andrea Gawrylewski.
The Houston Chronicle
Time to Improve Research Funds
Research!America Fellow Hillary Lewis, JD, published a letter to the editor about the need for increased federal funding for health research.
The Deal
This Won't Hurt a Bit
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.
ABC News
Science in a Post-Bush World
This article about science in the next administration quotes Research!America Chair The Honorable John Edward Porter on the importance of appointing a science adviser. The article focuses on the challenges faced by science in the Bush administration and looks ahead to Obama’s approach to science funding and policy.
The Scientist Blog
Obama Good for Science, Experts Say
Research!America’s VP of Science Policy & Outreach Stacie Propst, PhD, is quoted in this blog post written by Bob Grant.
Nature Medicine
U.S. Researchers Await Key Science Appointments by Next President
The November 2008 issue of Nature Medicine includes an article by Amber Dance about the role of science in the next administration. Dance quotes Mary Woolley on the prospect of a cabinet level science adviser.
San Francisco Business Times
America needs a double-helix hero, says UCSF prof
Jim Wells calls for a champion for basic medical research and mentions his editorial with Mary Woolley in Science.
The Huffington Post
U.S. Presidential Health Care Plans Update
Rear Adm. Susan Blumenthal, MD, cites a Research!America public opinion poll in this blog post about the 2008 presidential candidates’ health care plans.
The Scientist Blog
Palin vs. The Flies
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.
The New York Times
Rivals' Visions Differ on Unleashing Innovation
Research!America's Chair, The Honorable John Edward Porter, is quoted in this article about the presidential candidates' plans for innovation and research investment.
The Great Beyond
Candidates speak out on NIH funding, stem cells (sort of)
Nature's Meredith Wadman blogs about our Oct. 14 moderated discussion between representatives of the McCain 2008 and Obama 2008 campaigns.
The Hill
McCain won’t freeze science funding, adviser says
An article by Jeffrey Young about our moderated discussion between representatives from the McCain and Obama campaigns.
Science News
The Science Vote: Spending Priorities Differ
Research!America's VP of Science Policy & Outreach Stacie Propst, PhD, is quoted in this article by reporter Janet Raloff.
Science Magazine
A Populist Movement for Health?
An editorial by Research!America President Mary Woolley and Jim Wells, PhD, of the University of California at San Francisco, calls on the scientific community to launch a bold strategy to stimulate innovation and enlightened public policy patterned after Al Gore’s successful efforts to highlight the perils of global warming.
Mount Vernon Gazette
When Dengue Hits Home
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.
Nature Medicine
The lobbying landscape and beyond: 15 groups to know
Research!America is named one of 15 organizations of “special interest” to researchers for their influence on science and funding.
Nature Medicine
10 Influential People to Watch in Biomedical Policy
Our chair, The Hon. John Edward Porter, is listed as one of “10 influential people to watch in biomedical policy.”
Nature Medicine
The 2008 U.S. Presidential Election: A Look at the Candidates
The positions of presidential candidates McCain and Obama from our Your Candidates-Your Health questionnaire are quoted.
Science News
Second-Tier Presidential Debates
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.
Science News
Investing in Science Research: Ouch!
Janet Raloff's in-depth post on medical research quotes Stacie Propst, PhD, and Research!America’s 2007 Investment in Health Research report.
Science Magazine
If All You Do Is Vote ...
This opinion piece by Research!America’s chair, The Honorable John Edward Porter, is a timely reminder that “elections have a way of sorting things out.”
Bloomberg.com
Zerhouni, Chief of U.S. Institutes of Health, to Quit
Research!America President Mary Woolley is quoted in an article about Dr. Zerhouni's departure announcement.
Nature
US Election: Questioning the Candidates
The positions of presidential candidates McCain and Obama from our Your Candidates-Your Health questionnaire are quoted.
Nature
Agencies of Change
Barack Obama's response to Research!America's Your Candidates-Your Health is included in this article.
Nature
The Home Stretch
John McCain's response to Research!America's Your Candidates-Your Health is included in this article.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Where Do Obama & McCain Stand on Science
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.
Science Friday
Health and the Election
Research!America President Mary Woolley was a guest on National Public Radio's "Science Friday." She spoke with host Ira Flatow about the presidential candidates' views on research, health care and science in response to our Your Candidates-Your Health questionnaire.
The Scientist
The Future of U.S. Science Policy
This article includes coverage of our Your Candidates-Your Health voter education initiative.
The Scientist
John Porter
Research!America's Chair The Honorable John Edward Porter is profiled.
The Scientist
Science and Politics
Richard Gallagher's editorial includes mention of Research!America's Your Candidates-Your Health voter education initiative.
Science News
Candidates Weigh in on Biomedicine
Janet Ralaff interviewed Research!America's Stacie Propst, PhD, and writes about our voter education initiative Your Candidates-Your Health.
The Scientist Blog
Dems Promise Support for Science
Research!America's statements to the Republican and Democratic parties regarding their party platforms were included in this blog post.
Chicago Life
Red White & Budget Cuts
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.
The Edmond Sun
Sometimes bumpy road pays large dividends for health
An op-ed by Paul G. Rogers Society Ambassador Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, and Gary Raskob about global health research.
The Tavis Smiley Show
Mental Health Safety Net
Research!America's Vice President for Science Policy and Outreach Stacie Propst, PhD, is interviewed in this radio show segment.
Argus Leader
Waging War on Disease
Mary Woolley is quoted in this article about the Sanford Health Project.
MSNBC.com's Cosmic Log
Science Debate Moves On
Research!America's public opinion poll, commissioned with ScienceDebate2008.com, is covered by science editor Alan Boyle.
The Advocate/ABC2 Baton Rouge
Joe Gyan wrote this article in the opinion section that references the recent Research!America poll conducted in Louisiana.
The Advocate / WBRZ News 2
Storms still wreak havoc on La. health
Article about Research!America's Research Partners Forum in New Orleans.
The Times-Picayune
Mental health troubles persist: Many residents aren't getting help, poll says
Article about Research!America's Research Partners Forum in New Orleans.
UPI
Katrina victims cool to mental-health help
A United Press International story about the Research!America-sponsored public opinion poll released in New Orleans.
The Times-Picayune
New mental health poll to be unveiled today
Article about Research!America's mental health poll released in New Orleans.
Argus Leader
Mary Woolley suggests juvenile diabetes as a potential target for the Sanford Health Project.
Innovation.org
"Competitiveness and the Power of Innovation"
Find out how the U.S. stacks up against the rest of the world in innovation in Mary Woolley's guest commentary at Innovation.org.
C-SPAN
Research for Health in 2008: Valuing Evidence and Enhancing Impact
Watch our 2008 National Forum as broadcast on C-SPAN.
Science
"Glocal" Science Advocacy
Research!America's Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research is cited in this editorial by board member Alan I. Leshner, PhD. (Subscription required)
90.3 WCPN, an NPR Station
Mary Woolley, Andrew Revkin of The New York Times, and Jeffrey Mervis of Science Magazine, discuss the presidential candidates, science and research.
Science
The Real Debate
Donald Kennedy discusses Research!America's Your Candidates-Your Health initiative in his editorial. (Subscription required)
Wall Street Journal Radio
Podcast of Wall Street Journal interview and summary of radio interviews with Mary Woolley.
XM Radio
Healthcare Costs Soar, But Research Spending Lags
Mary Woolley speaks with reporter Bruce Japsen about health research funding.
XM Radio
A Crisis in Medical Research Funding
Mary Woolley discusses medical research funding with reporter Bruce Japsen.
XM Radio
The Under-Funded CDC
Mary Woolley talks about funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with reporter Bruce Japsen.
XM Radio
Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Mary Woolley discusses embryonic stem cell research with reporter Bruce Japsen.
Baltimore Sun
Science Campaigns for Cash
With their efforts to win more government funding stymied in Washington, medical researchers at the Johns Hopkins University and elsewhere are taking their lobbying campaign on the road -- and into the presidential campaign.
Nature Reports Stem Cells
Many people are watching CIRM, says Mary Woolley, head of Research!America, a health-research advocacy group in Virginia. With other investments in research flat, the institute is "in a vanguard," she says. "It's really important for CIRM to get it right."
Science
U.S. Investment in Health Research Estimate 2006
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)
New York Times
Free Lunch on Health? Think Again
Mary Woolley's response to David Leonhardt's column
Harper's Magazine
Science
Mary Woolley asks in her letter to the editor, what other opportunities have we missed by allowing politics to trump science?
The Scientist
Double Research Funding? Be Careful
Mary Woolley is quoted about the economic value of scientific research (subscription required)
PARADE
Your Congress, Your Health
Article encouraging PARADE readers to visit www.yourcongressyourhealth.org
The San Francisco Chronicle
Budget Cuts to Medical Research Will Cost Lives
Research!America board member G. Steven Burrill and Newt Gingrich's op-ed.
The Tennessean
Take a Global View on Health?
Op eds by Paul Rogers Society Ambassadors James E.K. Hildreth, MD, PhD; Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD; and Peter F. Wright, MD. The paper also published an editorial, a "today's topic" and "readers' views" about global health research.
Nature
Philanthropy in Science
Without more rigorous comparisons, some observers question whether, dollar for dollar, philanthropic donations guarantee more good science than government or industry does. “I don’t think the data overall would hold up,” says Mary Woolley, president of Research!America, a health-research advocacy group in Alexandria, Virginia. “Plenty of people who have received the Nobel prize were funded by the NIH.”
PARADE
Your Congress, Your Health
Article that launched the Your Congress-Your Health initiative
The Washington Times
Unhealthy Cuts
The May 4 editorial titled, "Unhealthy Cuts," strikes at a looming crisis-the prospect that the Administration's proposed budget cuts for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) could cripple broad-based medical research initiatives, compromise promising studies and weaken our global leadership in health research.
Voice of America
Our World
This news segment features excerpts from our 2007 National Forum
Dallas Morning News
3 medical center docs get award
Coverage of our Builders of Science award
Washington Post.com
The newspaper's Web site covered our 2007 Advocacy Awards to Orrin Hatch and Mike Wallace
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Scientists decry decline in research funding
Article quotes Mary Woolley
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Can they find a cure? Top researchers applaud goal but say it's rarely that simple
Mary Woolley is quoted on the Sanford Project
The Washington Times
Science and Politics
The article notes the important and sometimes surprising contributions scientists can offer in shaping diplomatic policies.
Global Forum Update on Research for Health V2
United States Investment in Global Health Research
Written by Mary Woolley; Stacie Propst, PhD; and Emily Connelly
Medscape - January 2007
Does Washington Care About Medical Research?
Mary Woolley challenges Congress and the president as to where health research really falls on their priority list in this Medscape video editorial