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Technological Approaches to Human Performance Enhancement
Human performance enhancement (HPE) will have implications for military and intelligence operations. A variety of HPE could be of potential military and intelligence operational value. What are some approaches to HPE?
Nov 23, 2021
Commentary
Global Health Data Sharing: The Case of China and the Two Coronavirus Pandemics
Tensions over the coronavirus seem to be prompting China to isolate itself in terms of data sharing. But the first coronavirus pandemic in 2003 actually helped open China to health collaborations with other countries. World leaders may be doing their citizens a disservice when they allow toxic geopolitics to undercut trust and international collaborations that took decades to build.
Nov 22, 2021

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Commentary
Improving How Medicines R&D Is Financed Could Support Innovation and Benefits for Patients
Tackling chronic and infectious diseases depends to a large extent on the ability to develop innovative and affordable medicines that are available to patients in need. Policymakers will need to tackle challenges from multiple angles to avoid reducing barriers in one area at the expense of exacerbating challenges in another.
Aug 25, 2022
Dissertation
Gaps between Medical Cannabis Research and Policy
Examines what is known about the therapeutic efficacy of cannabis products, the degree to which patients buy dispensary products in a manner that is consistent with clinical research, and what factors may be driving clinically inconsistent purchases.
Aug 24, 2022
Blog
U.S. Labor Market, 988 Hotline, Firearm Homicides: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the U.S. economy’s uneven pandemic recovery, a new national mental health hotline, firearm homicides, and more.
Jul 22, 2022
Commentary
Doubling NIH Funding for Women's Health Would Yield Substantial Return on Investment
The scientific evidence base generally is biased toward the male body as a result of a long history of generous funding for diseases that predominantly affect men and underfunding for those that predominantly affect women. But the cost of the science pales in comparison to the price we continue to pay for what we don't know about caring for women.
Jul 8, 2022
Commentary
Microbiome-Based Health and Wellness Innovation
Microbiome research and development may lead to an increasing number of therapeutic and well-being breakthroughs. But regulating microbiota-related products poses a challenge that could require innovative approaches.
Jul 6, 2022
Commentary
Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in Health Care Innovation
For health care innovations to have the fairest and broadest possible benefit to society, efforts could be made to attend to all stages of the innovation pathway to identify opportunities to mitigate biases through diversity, equality, and inclusion.
Jul 6, 2022
Commentary
Setting the Direction for the UK's Research Relationship with China
UK-China research has the potential to sustain the very forms of academic excellence that a more-isolationist approach sets out to protect, while also raising the possibility of bridge-building and tackling shared problems. For this to become a reality, knowledge and understanding of China in the United Kingdom must improve.
Jun 30, 2022
Journal Article
The Financial Ecosystem of Pharmaceutical R&D: An Evidence Base to Inform Further Dialogue
This study's overarching conclusion is that a drug's expected financial return ultimately determines whether it is developed up to launch.
Jun 24, 2022
News Release
Don't Cut Research Ties with China, Say UK Academics
A new study from the not-for-profit research institute RAND Europe involving more than 80 UK-based academics from a range of disciplines and institutions finds a resounding appetite for continued collaboration with Chinese colleagues, despite acknowledged tension over security concerns.
Jun 22, 2022
Multimedia
The Economic Benefits of Investing in Women's Health Research
RAND senior sociologist Chloe Bird explains that the benefits of investing in women's health research aren't limited to women's health, but rather include the potential for enormous economic gains.
Mar 7, 2022
Commentary
Underfunding of Research in Women's Health Issues Is the Biggest Missed Opportunity in Health Care
For far too long, the medical sciences have treated men and women as interchangeable subjects, favoring men's health for funding and the male body for study. This approach creates a problem, not just for women but for everyone. Not only does it miss a large and critical slice of the population, it leaves an unknown amount of science unexplored.
Feb 11, 2022
Journal Article
Return of Genomic Results Does Not Motivate Intent to Participate in Research for All: Perspectives Across 22 Countries
The aim of this study was to determine how attitudes toward the return of genomic research results vary internationally.
Feb 8, 2022
Journal Article
Progress Report: AMR Industry Alliance 2021 Survey
An analysis of AMR Industry Alliance contributions to the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
Feb 1, 2022
Journal Article
Methods for Identifying Health Research Gaps, Needs, and Priorities: A Scoping Review
The purpose of this review is to characterize methods conducted or supported by research funding organizations to identify health research gaps, needs, or priorities.
Nov 10, 2021
Report
Methods for Identifying Health Research Gaps, Needs, and Priorities: A Scoping Review
This scoping review provides a roadmap of methods used for identifying health research gaps, establishing research needs, and determining research priorities.
Nov 8, 2021
Infographic
Understanding the work and health research landscape
This infographic accompanies a report which sets out the findings of a study funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to map the landscape of funding for research in work and health in the UK since 2015.
Oct 29, 2021
Report
Work and health research funding review (2015—2020)
This report sets out the findings of a study funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to map the landscape of funding for research in work and health in the UK since 2015.
Oct 29, 2021
Report
Translational Impacts of World Trade Center Health Program Research: A Mixed Methods Study
In this report, the authors describe the findings and recommendations of a four-year study of the World Trade Center Health Program's research portfolio and its translational impact. Recommendations are designed to help guide Program planning.
Oct 26, 2021

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Biomedical Research

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