The Academy, the Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust established the UK Evaluation Forum to explore how organisations might evaluate and demonstrate the outcomes of research relevant to human health.
Status: Completed
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The Academy responded to the triennial review of the research councils, which is considering structures for the delivery of the public funding of research.
Status: Completed
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Academy activity related to recommendations for changes to postgraduate medical training
Status: Ongoing
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The Academy is represented on Department of Health’s Emerging Science and Bioethics Advisory Committee
Status: Ongoing
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The European Parliament voted on the text of the new Clinical Trials Regulation
Status: Completed
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Working group report on microbial challenge studies of human volunteers
Status: Completed
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In 2005 the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering identified systems biology as an area of scientific and national priority and set up a joint working group to investigate. The report of this working group was released in 2007.
Status: Completed
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In 2004, the Academy launched a study to examine the current and future situation regarding the use of patient data in medical research. Medical research using patient data has had a long and successful history of providing vital knowledge on the causes of disease and the effectiveness of treatments. The Academy remains a consistent voice in debates on the use of patient records in research.
Status: Completed
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Working group examining the scientific basis for recent, current and future use of non-human primates in biological and medical research.
Status: Completed
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