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The Edmond Sun

Sometimes bumpy road pays large dividends for health

June 5, 2008

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

June 2008

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

May 18, 2008

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

MSNBC.com's Cosmic Log

Science Debate Moves On

May 16, 2008

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

The Advocate/ABC2 Baton Rouge

May 8, 2008

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

April 30, 2008

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

April 30, 2008

Article about Research!America's Research Partners Forum in New Orleans.

UPI

Katrina victims cool to mental-health help

April 30, 2008

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

April 29, 2008

Article about Research!America's mental health poll released in New Orleans.

Argus Leader

April 18, 2008

Mary Woolley suggests juvenile diabetes as a potential target for the Sanford Health Project.

Argus Leader

April 17, 2008

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

Innovation.org

"Competitiveness and the Power of Innovation"

April 3, 2008

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

March 18, 2008

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

Science

"Glocal" Science Advocacy

February 15, 2008

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

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.

Science

The Real Debate

February 1, 2008

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

Wall Street Journal Radio

January 31, 2008

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

XM Radio

Healthcare Costs Soar, But Research Spending Lags

December 2007

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

XM Radio

A Crisis in Medical Research Funding

November 2007

Mary Woolley discusses medical research funding with reporter Bruce Japsen.

XM Radio

The Under-Funded CDC

November 2007

Mary Woolley talks about funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with reporter Bruce Japsen.

XM Radio

Embryonic Stem Cell Research

November 2007

Mary Woolley discusses embryonic stem cell research with reporter Bruce Japsen.

Baltimore Sun

Science Campaigns for Cash

October 22, 2007

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

September 13, 2007

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."

Parenting

September 2007

Magazine cites data from our 2006 National Poll with The Endocrine Society

Science

U.S. Investment in Health Research Estimate 2006

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)

New York Times

Free Lunch on Health? Think Again

August 9, 2007

Mary Woolley's response to David Leonhardt's column

Harper's Magazine

Science

August 1, 2007

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

Albany Times Union

July 11, 2007

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

The Scientist

Double Research Funding? Be Careful

July 2007

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

PARADE

Your Congress, Your Health

June 24, 2007

Article encouraging PARADE readers to visit www.yourcongressyourhealth.org

The San Francisco Chronicle

Budget Cuts to Medical Research Will Cost Lives

June 24, 2007

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

The Tennessean

Take a Global View on Health?

May 27, 2007

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

May 16, 2007

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

May 11, 2007

Article that launched the Your Congress-Your Health initiative

The Washington Times

Unhealthy Cuts

May 4, 2007

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.

Health Politics with Mike McGee

Injury

April 2007

Our injury issue brief is featured on this web cast

Voice of America

Our World

March 24, 2007

This news segment features excerpts from our 2007 National Forum

Dallas Morning News

3 medical center docs get award

March 22, 2007

Coverage of our Builders of Science award

Washington Post.com

March 22, 2007

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

March 20, 2007

Article quotes Mary Woolley

Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Can they find a cure? Top researchers applaud goal but say it's rarely that simple

February 11, 2007

Mary Woolley is quoted on the Sanford Project

The Washington Times

Science and Politics

December 19, 2006

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

January 2006

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

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