Biomedical Research - Standards
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

An integrated approach to evaluate faculty members' research performance.

30 Oct 2009 Medical school administrations need a widely acceptable method of assessing research performance of faculty to make management decisions. The challenge is to identify metrics that allow for comparison across fields. Level of extramural funding, ... Read more...

Research ethics and infection control.

13 Oct 2009 The Keystone study of prevention of catheter-related infections in intensive care units raised important issues regarding infection control and research ethics. Infection control is an area common to public health and quality improvement. The ... Read more...

Noninvasive assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis in children and adolescents: recommendations for standard assessment for clinical research: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

Sep 2009 Deterioration in endothelial function and arterial stiffness are early events in the development of cardiovascular diseases. In adults, noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis have become established as valid and reliable tools for refining ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Biomedical Research - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• An integrated approach to evaluate faculty members' research performance. 30 Oct 2009
• [We have taken the challenge] 20 Oct 2009
• Research ethics and infection control. 13 Oct 2009
• Rising star. 6 Oct 2009
• NerveCenter: media focus on 'miracle cure' for cerebral palsy pits science vs. hype. 29 Sep 2009
• Benchmarking in surgical research. 24 Sep 2009
• Surgical research: act 3, answers. 24 Sep 2009
• Surgical research: the reality and the IDEAL. 24 Sep 2009
• Noninvasive assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis in children and adolescents: recommendations for standard assessment for clinical research: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Sep 2009
• Improving the quality of reporting of research studies. 30 Aug 2009
• A case of scientific misconduct: the cost of bad science. 30 Aug 2009
• A case of scientific misconduct. 30 Aug 2009
• How should research productivity be assessed in early career psychiatric researchers? research funding versus scientific productivity. 30 Aug 2009
• Publications by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Urology: the quality of research design and statistical methodology. 18 Aug 2009
• The case for developing consensus standards for research in microbial pathogenesis: Bacillus anthracis toxins as an example. Aug 2009
• Impact of the impact factor in biomedical research: its use and misuse. 30 Jul 2009
• Is the journal impact factor a valid indicator of scientific value? 30 Jul 2009
• Medical myths even some doctors believe. 30 Jul 2009
• The flow cytometry shared resource laboratory: best practices to assure a high-quality, cost-effective partnership with biomedical research laboratories. 30 Jul 2009
• [Misleading dissertation on mobile phone radiation] 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Biomedical Research'

Definition: Research that involves the application of the natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to medicine. (from American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed)

Descriptor UI: D035843

Alternative terms: Biomedical Research; Research, Biomedical; Medical Research; Research, Medical; Clinical Research; Research, Clinical;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H01.770.644.145;

History Note: 2003

Technical Notes: biomedical research as a field or the progress or status of biomedical research; do not add routinely for specific studies in biomedicine; do not coord with MEDICINE: Manual 29.16; for Clinical Research, CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC (see note there) and HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION are also available