Research!America Annual Meeting of Members
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Transcript of Research!America Annual Meeting of Members
Research!America Annual Meeting of Members
March 18, 2008March 18, 2008
Agenda
I. Call to Order and Welcoming RemarksThe Hon. John Edward Porter
II. President’s ReportMary Woolley
III. Treasurer’s ReportMartha N. Hill, RN, PhD
IV. Membership Committee ReportJay A. Gershen, DDS, PhD
V. Nominating Committee ReportThe Hon. Paul G. Rogers
VI. Concluding RemarksThe Hon. John Edward Porter
The Honorable John Edward PorterChair
Your Candidates-Your Health 2008
• Candidate Outreach– All presidential candidates invited to
participate; responses to date are online– All 2008 Congressional candidates invited
after each state’s Congressional primary, starting in April
– Ongoing e-mail reminders to candidates who have yet to complete questionnaire
– E-mail alerts to Research!America advocacy network to encourage their candidates to respond
www.yourcandidatesyourhealth.org
Research!America’s Partners in Your Candidates-Your Health
www.sciencedebate2008.com
Agency President’s FY09 Budget Request
% Change from FY08
NIH $29.2 billion 0
CDC $5.9 billion -7.2%
AHRQ $326 million -2.6%
President’s FY09 Budget Proposal
Mary WoolleyPresident and CEO
19 Years of Putting Research on the Public Agenda
Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research
• Goal: make global health research a much higher national priority
• Investing in global health research is the smart thing to do for America and the right thing to do for the world
Ambassadors At Work
“The fight for global health should be a calling card of this nation’s character in the eyes of the world. Fortunately there are some very dedicated people already on the case. One group, Research!America, has caught the attention of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.”
–The Tennessean editorial board, May 27, 2007The Tennessean published nearly three pages of editorials and opinion pieces related to global health research after meeting with Ambassadors James E. K. Hildreth, MD, PhD; Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD; and Peter F. Wright, MD.
Ambassadors At Work
“As Wisconsin's ambassador in Research!America’s Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research, I believe that the key to preventing and controlling diseases like diabetes is for the U.S. to make a greater investment in global health research. From the capitol steps of Wisconsin and Washington, we should call on legislators to invest in research to fight diseases that affect the world's poorest populations.”– Ambassador Linda Baumann, PhD, RN, University of Wisconsin, in The (Madison, WI) Capital Times
U.S. Should Work to Improve Health Globally
Source: Your Candidates—Your Health Survey, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
How important would you say it is that the U.S. work to improve health globally?
Released at Global Health Research Forum in Beijing, October 31, 2007
Advocacy Training Workshops“A life in science is a life in public advocacy.”
William F. Crowley, Jr, MD, Director of Clinical Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
Research!America at Work Across the Nation 2007-08, to date
DC
MD
PA
VA
MA
CO
TX
UT
AL
OK
NC
IN
FL
GA
MI
TN
Research!America program, speaking engagement or editorial board meeting
WI
NJ
Paul G. Rogers Society for Global Health Research Ambassador
CA
WA
IL
NY
SC
State Economic Impact Tool
www.researchamerica.org/state_econ
Research Takes Cents
• In 2007, Americans spent an estimated $3.76 billion on St. Patrick’s Day!
• That could fund more than 10,000 NIH Traditional Research Project (R01) Awards, which average $344,000 each.
Sources: National Retail Federation, 2007; NIH FY06
Photo: Mike Gatty/DCEventPhotos.com
2007 Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Medical and Health Research Award
“We need much more work like that of Dr. Philipson and Dr. Jena to show how important health-related research is for our nation's economy as well as our length and quality of life.
“We must be able to tell the economic side of the story. The return on investment, the economic value of research, is important to businesses, local economies and our nation.”
–The Honorable John Edward Porter
Photo: Mary Ann Gatty/DCEventPhotos.com
Elias Zerhouni, MD, NIH director, “Never underestimate the power of innovation.”The Honorable Billy Tauzin, PhRMA president and CEO, “It’s essential to preserve an environment that fosters innovation and research.”Meryl Comer, former journalist, spoke about Alzheimer’s disease research, “Thirty years ago, there was no hope. Today, there is hope, and I am counting on it.”
Transforming Health: Fulfilling the Promise of Research. Nov. 16, 2007
New Series: Bridging the Sciences
Investment Fact Sheets
2007 Polling Highlights
• Bridging the Sciences• Current Issues in Research• Hispanics’ Views on Health and Research• Your Candidates-Your Health• Your Congress-Your Health
Why we commission polls:• Measure and understand public attitudes on
medical, health and scientific research, researchers and research-based entities
• Help shape the public debate and put research on the national agenda
Most Americans Can’t Name a Living Scientist
Source: Bridging the Sciences Survey, 2006Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Can you give me the name of a living scientist?
15%
1%
1%
1%
8%
74%None/don't know
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein
Bill Gates
Robert Jarvick
Other
Americans Don’t Know Where Research is Conducted
Source: Your Congress–Your Health Survey, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
28%1%1%1%1%1%1%1%1%
64%
OtherMerck
Children's HospitalUniversity of Michigan
Cleveland ClinicNational Institutes of Health
Pfizer
St. JudeJohns Hopkins University
Don't Know
Do you know of any institutions, companies or organizations where medical or health research is conducted?
Poll Data SummaryVolume 9
Scientific Research Very Important Today
In today’s society, how important do you think scientific research is?
Source: Bridging the Sciences Survey, 2006Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Science Important to U.S. Health and Competitiveness
Source: Bridging the Sciences Survey, 2006Charlton Research Company for Research!America
How important is the role science plays in …?
U.S. Competitive Edge in Innovation
Source: Your Candidates—Your Health Survey, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Do you agree or disagree with this statement: The U.S. is losing its global competitive edge in science, technology and innovation.
14% increase from 2006
10% decrease from 2006
Americans Dissatisfied with Quality of U.S. Health Care
Thinking about the country as a whole, are you generally satisfied or dissatisfied with the quality of health care in the country?
Source: Your Candidates—Your Health Survey, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Support for AHRQ Funding Increase
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead federal agency charged with funding health services research, which seeks to rapidly
translate discoveries from research into medical practice and improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of health care. Since 2002, funding for AHRQ has been
cut or remained flat. Which of the following most accurately reflects your view?
Source: Your Candidates—Your Health Survey, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Commitment to Research Should Be Higher
Source: Hispanic Health and Science Poll, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
As we look for ways to manage health care costs in our country, do you think that our commitment to health-related research should be higher, lower, or
about the same as it is now?
Confidence in Drug and Device Approval Process
How confident are you in our current system in the U.S. for approving new drugs and medical devices before making them available to the public?
Source: National Poll, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Congress Should Encourage Industry to Conduct More Medical Research
Congress should support policies that encourage private industries to conduct more medical research. Do you agree or disagree with that statement?
Source: Transforming Health Poll, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Americans Think Research Institutions Should Work Together
Source: Transforming Health Poll, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Do you think the different types of institutions conducting medical research in this country, such as government, universities, and the private industry, should work
together to develop new treatments and cures?
95%1%
4%
Should worktogether
Should not worktogether
Don't know
Great Expectations for Medical Breakthroughs
Source: Transforming Health Poll, 2007 Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Please tell me whether you think medical breakthroughs will occur within the next 10 years for each of the following: (percentage saying “Yes”)
Americans Expect More Progress in Research
Source: Transforming Health Poll, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Do you believe that we are making enough progress in medical research in the U.S., or not?
40%57%
3%
Yes, making progress
No, not enough
Don't know
Americans More Likely to Vote for Candidates Who Support Research
Source: Your Candidates-Your Health Survey, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
If a candidate is a strong supporter of federal spending for medical, health and scientific research, would that make you
more or less likely to vote for that candidate?
Americans Willing to Pay More for Medical Research
Source: National Poll, 2007 Charlton Research Company for Research!America
Would you be willing to pay $1 per week more in taxes if you were certain that all the money would be spent for additional medical research, or not?
Campaign for Medical Research
G. Steven Burrill, chair, Campaign for Medical Research, chief executive officer, Burrill & Company
Innovative research is essential to the health and prosperity of our nation. CMR is dedicated to securing sustained, strong growth for the National Institutes of Health.
Nancy L. GraneseExecutive Director
Americans Oppose Cuts to CDC Budget
Source: Your Candidates—Your Health Survey, 2007Charlton Research Company for Research!America
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is charged with protecting the health and safety of Americans. In recent years, funding for core programs, such
as chronic disease and injury prevention, tobacco control and environmental health, at CDC has been cut. Which of the following statements most accurately
reflects your view?
Campaign for Public Health
Evan Jones, chair, Campaign for Public Health; principal, jVen Capital
CPH is comprised of prominent leaders in the public health community dedicated to accelerating the growth of federal appropriations for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Karl B. MoellerExecutive Director
www.fundcdc.org
Your Congress-Your Health
• Launched summer 2007• Questionnaire created from public feedback
to PARADE magazine article• >25% response rate to date
www.yourcongressyourhealth.org
Your Congress-Your Health
• Outreach to Members of Congress– Invitations to participate, promotional
mouse pads and copies of PARADE magazine featuring the initiative hand delivered to 540 members
– Regular e-mail reminders to those offices that had yet to complete questionnaire
– E-mail alerts to Research!America advocacy network to encourage their members of Congress to respond
– Advertisements in The Hill newspaper
“The people we really listen to are the voters. Not once have I heard anyone at a public meeting ask me, ‘what are you doing for medical research?’”
– Rep. Mike Simpson, R-ID, member, Appropriations Committee
www.researchamerica.org/blog
Research!America Honored in 2007
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s Howard K. Schachman Award
• Apex Award for Publication Excellence• Communicator Awards’ Print Media
Award of Distinction• Five awards from the Public Relations
Society of America• International Davey Award, “Small Firms,
Big Ideas,” for Your Candidates-Your Health site
Joseph M. Feczko, MD, and Dennis A. Ausiello, MDAdvocacy Awards Gala Co-chairs
Randy SiegelMedia Host
M. Cass Wheeler, Advocacy Awards Committee Chair
Corporate Host Media Sponsor
2008 Advocacy Award Recipients
Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
Isadore Rosenfeld Award for Impact on Public OpinionGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Raymond and Beverly Sackler Award for Sustained National LeadershipWilliam H. Foege, MD, MPH
Gordon and Llura Gund Leadership AwardPat Furlong
Paul G. Rogers Distinguished Organization Advocacy AwardBenefactor: Hogan & Hartson LLPAmfAR, The Foundation for AIDS ResearchMathilde Krim, PhD, and Kenneth Cole
Builders of Science AwardRichard A. Lerner, MD, The Scripps Research Institute
Research!America:Dedicated to Breakthrough
Advocacy to Support Breakthrough Research
Martha N. Hill, RN, PhDTreasurer
Dues/Contributions
63%Event Income 18%
Development9%
General &Administrative
18%
Program73%
•2007 fund balances carried forward: $603,951•Anticipated Board Designated Reserve Fund balance as of December 31, 2008: $1,031,879
Restricted Program Grants
18%
2008 Budget
Revenue & Support: $ 4,813,225
Expenses: $ 4,802,240
Other 1%
Jay A. Gershen, DDS, PhDMembership Committee Chair
Membership Revenue Over Time
*2008 Revenue Projected
Membership 2007
New Members 2007
Academy of Radiology Research/ Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering Research American College of Sports MedicineApplied BiosystemsAssociation for Psychological ScienceAssociation of Medical and Graduate Departments of BiochemistryAstellas US LLC/Astellas Pharma US, Inc.Autism SpeaksCarcinoid Cancer FoundationCaring for Carcinoid FoundationCystic Fibrosis FoundationDuke University School of NursingFoundation for Biomedical Research GE HealthcareGreater Oklahoma City Chamber of CommerceThe Hamner Institutes for Health ResearchInstitute for the Advancement of Multicultural and Minority Medicine
International Society for Biological Therapy of CancerThe Kimmel Cancer Center at JeffersonKronos Longevity Research InstituteMassachusetts Society for Medical ResearchNew York Academy of MedicineONE CampaignRevolution Health GroupSabin InstituteSimmons CollegeSoutheast Business PartnershipSudden Cardiac Arrest AssociationTennessee Institute of Public HealthTransMed Partnership ForumThe University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Public HealthUniversity of Massachusetts Medical SchoolUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
19 Years of Putting Research on the Public Agenda
The Honorable Paul G. RogersNominating Committee Chair
Election of New Board Members
Joseph M. Feczko, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer Inc
Jackie Lovelace Johnson, Chair of the Board, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute
Randy Siegel, President and Publisher, PARADE
The Honorable Billy Tauzin,President and CEO, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Election of Continuing Board Members
Dennis A. Ausiello, MD, Physician-in-Chief, Medical Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
Mary J. C. Hendrix, PhD, President and Scientific Director, Children's Memorial Research Center
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers, Partner,
Hogan & Hartson
Laing Rogers Sisto, Community Leader
Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent and Political Editor, “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer”
Tadataka Yamada, MD, President, Global Health Program,
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Recognition of Newly Installed Emeritus Directors
G. Steven Burrill, Chief Executive Officer, Burrill & Company
Dominick P. DePaola, DDS, PhD, President Emeritus, The Forsyth Institute; Professor and Director of Special Projects, Nova Southeastern University
College of Dental Medicine
William D. Novelli, Chief Executive Officer, AARP
M. Cass Wheeler, Chief Executive Officer, American Heart Association
The Honorable John Edward PorterChair
Research!America Staff
Mary Woolley, PresidentBill Leinweber*, Executive Vice President
• Heather Benson• Dorothy Bruce• Jennifer Chow• Emily Connelly• Janet Fedak• Mona Floyd, JD• Kyndra Fuller• Karen A.
Goraleski• Heather Jameson• Barbara Love
• Eva Maciejewski• Marthine Mason• Cindy McConnell• Laura Meagher• Mari Perry• Stacie M. Propst,
PhD• Sue Reedy• Sheilah Miller
Satterwhite• Linda Ward
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Interns•Anne DiGiulio•Pallavi Phartiyal, PhD•Tatyana Varshavsky
Fellow•Amit Mistry, PhD
* CEO, American Academy of Physician Assistants as of 2/14/08
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