December 18, 2014 —
Dr. Collins and NIGMS Director Dr. Jon Lorsch author an article in Science Magazine addressing cell line misidentification in research and suggesting best practices for authentication and verification. Science Magazine.
November 30, 2014 —
In AARP Bulletin Dr. Collins highlights biomedical breakthroughs to watch for in 2015, including brain health research, targeted therapy for cancer treatment and vaccines trials. AARP.
October 8, 2014 —
In a LA Times article, Dr. Collins says he expects the NIH BD2K Initiative to invest $656 million over the next seven years to make biomedical data sets more accessible to researchers. Healy, Melissa. Los Angeles Times.
September 29, 2014 —
The NIH announced awardees of the initial round of funding for projects under the BRAIN Initiative. Nutt, Amy Ellis. Washington Post.
June 18, 2014 —
To commemorate the NIH Common Fund 10 year anniversary, Dr. Collins co-authors an article with former NIH director Dr. Elias Zerhouni and NIH’s Dr. Elizabeth Wilder about why we must continue supporting innovative transdisciplinary science. Collins, F.S., Wilder, E.L., & Zerhouni, E. “NIH Roadmap/Common Fund at 10.” Sciencexpress.
May 14, 2014 —
In a Q&A with USA Today, Dr. Collins outlines what medical breakthroughs are on the horizon and how these discoveries will affect health in the future. USA Today.
May 13, 2014 —
In a Nature Comment, Dr. Collins and Dr. Janine Clayton outline NIH steps to address sex differences in preclinical research. Nature. 509, 282-283 (2014).
May 11, 2014 —
Dr. Collins and NIH colleagues write an editorial in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association on taking PCORnet from dream to reality. J Am Med Inform Assoc.
April 14, 2014 —
In a Washington Post article on PCORI, Dr. Collins talks about how this new medical information repository gives scientists the ability to look at a large patient population with great speed and little cost.