One of the questions we're now grappling with is, "Can we get away from this rigid separation between intramural and extramural?" It becomes really interesting when you think about something like [the rare diseases program] which is technically an intramural program, but 90% of what they do is done with extramural collaborations.
The future of mixtures research at NIEHS will include projects from nominations to DNTP, studies by extramural investigators, and collaborations across government agencies that address high-priority questions in the field of mixtures research.
Through CLARITY-BPA, NIEHS has established an unprecedented level of collaboration among extramural grantees and regulatory researchers.
Together, these consortia represent a new wave of collaboration in extramural research, often in concert with intramural efforts at the NIEHS.
Meanwhile, to conduct lab studies of the compound and then formal human safety trials, NCATS was orchestrating a collaboration between several extramural investigators, six NIH institutes, and a handful of foundations launched by parents of children with NPC.
The workshop generated significant enthusiasm for collaboration between NIEHS extramural researchers and scientists at the participating agencies and for the possible use of remote-sensing air quality and climate data to improve public health.
He was also director of extramural studies, which brought opportunities for collaboration with other bodies, notably the Open University.
To help develop such a research strategy, the National Toxicology Program (NTP), with collaboration from the NIEHS intramural and extramural program scientists, organized a state-of-the-science workshop in January 2011 titled "Role of Environmental Chemicals in the Development of Diabetes and Obesity".
The NIEHS created the NCNHIR consortium to guide and enhance the work of the NCNHIR centers, as well as to facilitate collaboration among researchers across the ENM extramural research program.
Overall, we must establish a new "big tent" culture that bridges the biology of basic aging research, human gerontology, geriatric medicine and population aging based on effective, properly coordinated mechanisms of communication, collaboration, experimental science, infrastructure, research and academic training, and extramural funding.
