NCCAM Prepares For Intramural Program, More Selective Research Funding
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
NIH's National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine will establish its Office of Intramural Research shortly after naming a director to head the new program, an action anticipated by January.
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