Letter from Harold Varmus to Senator Tom Harkin
- Contributor(s):
- Varmus, Harold Harkin, Tom National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of the Director United States. Congress. Senate
- Publication:
- Produced: 10 October 1997
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Complementary Therapies
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Letters (correspondence)
- Abstract:
- This letter summarizes the points that Varmus made during an earlier phone conversation with Harkin, including his concerns regarding the lack of enough properly trained investigators at the Office of Alternative Medicine to expand research in Alternative Medicine, the need for such research to be carefully overseen by experienced scientist-administrators, and the role that should be played by other federal agencies--AHCPR, FDA, and the CDC--in evaluating Alternative Medicine. He stressed the advantages of having OAM projects channeled through existing institutes and centers. Dr. Varmus appended to this letter a copy of a graduation speech to Stanford Medical School that June.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 3 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101584926X384 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- MVBBXW
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X384
- Archival Collection:
- The Harold Varmus Papers (Profiles in Science)