Mitigation planning in a multiple-species ecosystem is likely to be a challenging endeavour and long-term research will aid in the decision-making process.
And he insists that firms that do not have the patience to spend on long-term research will lose out in the end.
Lowell, who is also a pediatrician and clinical professor at Yale Medical School, says she hopes funding for more long-term research will become available soon.
Long-term research will also be important for providing insight into the developmental course of comorbid psychopathology, including risk and protective factors (e.g., early treatment, family psychopathology, domestic stressors, cognitive functioning, coping style, and social support).
We are convinced that in modern medical and health sciences the distinction between basic (long-term) and applied (short-term) research will disappear.
It is clear that in the long term biomedical research will be worth hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S. economy.
Long-term outcomes research will require organized systems of data collection and monitoring.
Long-term, this research will facilitate larger scale prospective and interventional studies, focusing on potential ethnic differences, changes with/across age groups, comparisons between nations and implications on healthcare systems.
"It shouldn't grow for colds and flu, but for bioterrorism, there is room for it to grow," said Hank McKinnell, the chairman and chief executive of Pfizer Inc., adding that the government should allow the industry to bid for long-term research contracts at prices that will be profitable for the companies.
This bipartisan legislation also establishes an endowment to support a long-term research and monitoring program that will continue to take the pulse of the Gulf for years to come.
