Enhancing the vitality of the National Institutes of Health : organizational change to meet new challenges / Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health, Board on Life Sciences National Research Council, Health Sciences Policy Board, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine.

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2003.

150 pages ; 26 cm

Executive Summary -- Introduction -- The Evolution of NIH's organizational structure -- New opportunities, new challenges : the changing nature of biomedical science -- The Organizational structure of the National Institutes of Health -- Enhancing NIH's ability to respond to new challenges -- Accountability, administration, and leadership -- Putting principles into practice.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-133).