2022: A Year in Review

This past year, 2022, has been an eventful one. Our policies and programs supporting the future biomedical workforce led to a record number of newly funded early-stage investigators and to many fellows and trainees receiving childcare cost reimbursements. Our focus on integrity and transparency and objectivity in NIH-supported research continued, bolstered by White House guidance on research security and researcher responsibilities. We now require stronger recipient notifications, safety plans for NIH-supported conferences, and behavioral codes of conduct as part of ending the culture of harassment in biomedical science. Last month’s Advisory Committee to the NIH Director touched on many (but not all) of the important priorities for 2023. Efforts are underway to simplify peer review. NIH convened a working groups to re-envision postdoctoral training and to consider alternative approaches to model human health and disease. NIH is developing new strategies for NIH digital technologies and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We are continuing our rollout of the Data Management and Sharing (DMS) policy which after extensive public comment was announced in October 2020. Just like in previous years, I virtually sat down with Dr. David Kosub, from our communications group, to reflect on 2022 and what is in store for 2023. Please join us for this brief conversation (transcript) and share your thoughts in the Comments section below. Please also join me and my colleague...
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