Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Nov;16(11):1065-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00555.x.
The emergency department (ED) visit provides an opportunity to impact the health of the public throughout the entire spectrum of care, from prevention to treatment. As the federal government has a vested interest in funding research and providing programmatic opportunities that promote the health of the public, emergency medicine (EM) is prime to develop a research agenda to advance the field. EM researchers need to be aware of federal funding opportunities, which entails an understanding of the organizational structure of the federal agencies that fund medical research, and the rules and regulations governing applications for grants. Additionally, there are numerous funding streams outside of the National Institutes of Health (NIH; the primary federal health research agency). EM researchers should seek funding from agencies according to each agency's mission and aims. Finally, while funds from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are an important source of support for EM research, we need to look beyond traditional sources and appeal to other agencies with a vested interest in promoting public health in EDs. EM requires a broad skill set from a multitude of medical disciplines, and conducting research in the field will require looking for funding opportunities in a variety of traditional and not so traditional places within and without the federal government. The following is the discussion of a moderated session at the 2009 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference that included panel discussants from the National Institutes of Mental Health, Drug Abuse, and Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Further information is also provided to discuss those agencies and centers not represented.
急诊科就诊为影响公众健康提供了机会，涵盖了从预防到治疗的整个医疗保健范围。由于联邦政府在资助研究和提供促进公众健康的计划机会方面有既得利益，因此急诊医学（EM）是制定研究议程以推动该领域发展的主要力量。EM 研究人员需要了解联邦资金机会，这需要了解为医学研究提供资金的联邦机构的组织结构，以及管理拨款申请的规则和条例。此外，除了国立卫生研究院（NIH；主要的联邦卫生研究机构）之外，还有许多资金来源。EM 研究人员应根据每个机构的使命和目标向机构寻求资金。最后，虽然来自卫生与公众服务部（HHS）的资金是 EM 研究的重要支持来源，但我们需要超越传统来源，并呼吁其他对促进急诊科公众健康有既得利益的机构。EM 需要来自多个医学学科的广泛技能，并且在该领域进行研究需要在联邦政府内外的各种传统和非传统场所寻找资金机会。以下是在 2009 年学术急诊医学共识会议上进行的一次小组讨论的讨论，该讨论包括来自国立精神卫生研究所、药物滥用和酒精中毒研究所以及疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）的小组成员。还提供了更多信息来讨论那些没有代表的机构和中心。
