Meeting of the Clinical and Translational Science Award CTSA Steering Committee Francis S. Collins,

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Meeting of the Clinical and Translational Science
Award (CTSA) Steering CommitteeFrancis S.
Collins, M.D., Ph.D.Director, NIH
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Opportunity 1 Applying unprecedented
opportunities in genomics and other high
throughput technologies to understand fundamental
biology, and to uncover the causes of specific
diseases
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Opportunity 2 Translating basic science
discoveries into new and better treatments
Basic Research
Drugs
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Opportunity 3 Putting science to work for the
benefit of health care reform
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Opportunity 4 Encouraging a greater focus on
global health
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Opportunity 5 Reinvigorating and empowering the
biomedical research community
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• NIH and CTSAsWorking together to advance
  research that will improve human health