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The world’s largest public funder of biomedical research seems poised for a major overhaul in the next few years.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) now includes research on behavioral outcomes in its definition of a clinical trial. They also require the use of a single IRB (sIRB) for multi-site studies.

By directing billions of dollars annually toward specific research projects, the NIH not only sets the agenda for scientific inquiry but also constructs the very definition of health “problems.” ...