Communications from the Director

Selected Items of Interest

• Leadership Changes at the NHLBI
• FY 2005 Congressional Budget Justification
• Statement on the FY 2005 President's Budget Request before the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees
• Clinical Research Skills-Development: A New Approach
• Statement to the FY 2002 House Appropriations Subcommittee on Chronic Diseases
• The SPARK II Working Group and Conference Summary
• The SPARK Working Group and Conference Summary

Letters from the Director, NHLBI, to Current NHLBI Investigators

• Dear Colleague Letter, February 2002
• Dear Colleague Letter, April 2001
• Dear Colleague Letter, May 1999
• Dear Colleague Letter, August 1998

Journal Articles from the Director, NHLBI

1. The SPARK That Ignited a New Era of Research (Circulation Article, July 9, 2002)
2. Strengthening Commitment to Clinical Research (Circulation Article, January 29, 2002)
3. Reflections on Hypertension Control Rates (Archives of Internal Medicine Article, January 28, 2002)
4. The NHLBI Genomics Initiatives: Looking Beyond the Human Genome Project (Circulation Article, February 2000)
5. JNC Guidelines: Is Our Message Getting Through? (JAMA Article, December 1997)
6. Heart Research: Celebration and Renewal (Circulation Article, December 1997)
7. NHLBI "Select Pay": A Solution to the Problem of Interim Funding (Circulation Article, July 1997)
8. Fixing the Failing Heart (Circulation Article, February 1997)
9. Acknowledgment of Your Research Sponsor: It Pays to Advertise (Circulation Article, August 1996)
10. Task Force on Research in Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases: A Revisit (Circulation Article, May 1996)