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[278] Year
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Review by
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Sponsor
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Chairman
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Major recommendations
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1960
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Biosciences Advisory Committee
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NASA
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Seymour Kety, M. D.
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Establish life sciences program office.
Give life sciences diector authority equal to other
program office directors
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1962
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Working Group on Life Sciences
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NASA
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Bernard Maggin, NASA
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Establish separate pro-gram offices for space biology,
space medicine, and biotechnology.
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Bioastronautics Panel
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PSAC
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Paul Beeson, M. D.
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Establish unified life sciences program with em-phasis on
biomedical research
Appoint a prominent life scientist to a top management
position
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Working Group on Biology, Space Research Summer Study
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NAS-Space Science Board and NASA
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Norton Nelson, M.D
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Appoint a prominent life scientist to a top management
position
Place greater emphasis on basic research in biology and
medicine
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1963
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Consultant Study
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NASA
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Nello Pace, Ph.D.
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Appoint a director of biospace missions with level of
authority equal to program office administrators and with
authority to coordinate biomedical programs.
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1966
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Staff study of structuring of life sciences programs
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NASA
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Gen. Jack Bollerud, NASA Dir. Space Medicine
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Establish a unified life sciences program Office.
Make life sciences direc-tor equal in authority to
program directors
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[279] 1967
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Biomedical Working Group, Science and Technology
Committee
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PSAC
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Eugene Stead, M.D
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Unify life sciences pro-gram to place greater em-phasis
on basic research in medical science
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No title- oral presentation for Assoc. Admin. Seamans
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NASA
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Bernard Maggin and Robert Bell, both NASA
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No recommendations-Note ineffectiveness of Life Sciences
Directors Group, jurisdictional conflicts among life
sciences offices, and confIicts between headquarters space
medicine and MSC space medicine
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1968
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Life Sciences Study Task Group
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NASA
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J.W. Humphreys, NASA Dir. Space Medecine
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Establish single integrated life sciences office within
Office of Advanced Research and Technology.
Give director of life sciences authority equal to program
office ad-ministrators for life sciences matters
Abolish Life Sciences Directors Group
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1969
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Biomedical Working Group, Science and Technology
Committee
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PSAC
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Eugene Stead, M.D.
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Integrate biomedical programs into single office
Appoint prominent biomedical scientist to top management
position
Make fundamental research in biology and medicine primary
program objective
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1970
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Committee to review NASA life sciences programs
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NAS-Space Science Board and NASA
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H. Bentley Glass, Ph.D.
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Establish a life sciences advisory board composed of
prominent life scientists, and with direct access to NASA
Administrator
Establish a unified office of space biology and medicine
headed by an associate administrator
Make basic research in biology and medicine the
[280] primary focus of the
integrated program
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1974
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Staff study of life sciences program
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NASA
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William Barry, MD
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Integrate biological and man-oriented Iife sciences into
a single program
Appoint a life scientist to a top managent position
Consolidate life sciences programs at Ames and JSC
Place integrated center program under leadership of a
proven life sciences researcher
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