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An ad hoc committee explored the effects of disasters on the academic research community (i.e., biological and biomedical) and produced a report that provided recommendations and guidance for individual researchers, research institutions, and sponsoring agencies regarding potential actions to mitigate the impact of future disasters on research facilities, reagents, and animals.
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Strengthening the Disaster Resilience of the Academic Biomedical Research Community: Protecting the Nation's Investment
Consensus Study Report
·2017
The academic biomedical research community is a hub of employment, economic productivity, and scientific progress. Academic research institutions are drivers of economic development in their local and state economies and, by extension, the national economy. Beyond the economic input that the academi...
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