When It Comes to the Nation’s Health, There’s One Thing We Can All Agree On:

Medical Research Makes America Healthier and StrongerAs a result of our nation’s bipartisan investment in medical research through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Americans are living longer, healthier lives. We have new treatments and cures for diseases once considered death sentences. Fewer people are dying of preventable diseases. And more people with chronic conditions and disabilities are living active and productive lives. Investment in medical research also spurs economic growth by driving innovation, creating jobs, and improving America’s global competitiveness.

CONGRESS: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH. Let’s keep the progress going. Increase funding for NIH by $2 billion in 2018.

The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research is a coalition of more than 200 patient and voluntary health groups, medical and scientifi c societies, academic and research organizations, and industry that support enhancing the federal investment in the biomedical, behavioral, and population-based research conducted and supported by the NIH. To read the Ad Hoc Group’s full recommendation for the FY 2018 budget, visit www.aamc.org/adhocgroup.

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Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health

Academic Pediatric AssociationAcademy for Radiology

and Biomedical Imaging Research AcademyHealthACT for NIH: Advancing Cures TodayAgfa HealthCareAlbert Einstein College of MedicineAlliance for Academic Internal MedicineAlliance for Aging Research Alzheimer’s AssociationAlzheimer’s Impact Movement American Academy of Hospice

and Palliative MedicineAmerican Academy of Neurology American Academy of PediatricsAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine American Association for Cancer ResearchAmerican Association for Dental Research American Association for the Study

of Liver DiseasesAmerican Association for Women in RadiologyAmerican Association for Women RadiologistsAmerican Association of Anatomists American Association of Colleges of Nursing American Association of Colleges

of Osteopathic Medicine American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy American Association of Geographers American Association of ImmunologistsAmerican Association of Neurological SurgeonsAmerican Association of Neuromuscular

& Electrodiagnostic MedicineAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine American Brain CoalitionAmerican Cancer Society Cancer Action Network American College of Cardiology American College of Clinical Engineering American College of Clinical PharmacologyAmerican College of Nuclear Medicine American College of PhysiciansAmerican College of RadiologyAmerican College of Rheumatology American College of Sports MedicineAmerican Congress of Obstetricians

and Gynecologists American Gastroenterological AssociationAmerican Heart AssociationAmerican Institute for Medical

and Biological Engineering American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine American Lung AssociationAmerican Pediatric SocietyAmerican Physiological SocietyAmerican Psychological Association American Roentgen Ray Society American Society for Investigative Pathology American Society for MicrobiologyAmerican Society for Pharmacology

and Experimental Therapeutics American Society for Reproductive MedicineAmerican Society of Anesthesiologists American Society of Clinical Oncology American Society of Emergency RadiologyAmerican Society of Hematology American Society of NephrologyAmerican Society of NeuroradiologyAmerican Society of Radiologic Technologists American Society of Transplantation American Sociological Association American Thoracic SocietyAmerican Veterinary Medical AssociationAssociation for Clinical and Translational ScienceAssociation for Psychological ScienceAssociation for Research in Vision

and OphthalmologyAssociation of Academic Chairs

of Emergency Medicine Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Association of Academic Physiatrists Association of American Cancer Institutes Association of American Medical CollegesAssociation of American Universities

Association of American Veterinary Medical CollegesAssociation of Anatomy Cell Biology

and Neurobiology Chairs Association of Chairs of Departments of PhysiologyAssociation of Departments of Family MedicineAssociation of Family Medicine Residency DirectorsAssociation of Independent Research Institutes Association of Medical and Graduate

Departments of Biochemistry Association of Medical School

Pediatric Department ChairsAssociation of Population Centers Association of Psychologists

in Academic Health Centers Association of Public and Land-grant UniversitiesAssociation of Schools and Programs

of Public Health Association of University AnesthesiologistsAssociation of University Radiologists Augusta University Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBiophysical SocietyBoston University School of MedicineBrody School of Medicine

at East Carolina UniversityCanon USA, Inc.Case Western Reserve UniversityCedars-Sinai Health System Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaCoalition for Clinical and Translational ScienceCoalition for Health Funding Coalition for Imaging and Bioengineering ResearchCoalition for the Life SciencesCoalition to Promote ResearchCollaborative for Enhancing Diversity in ScienceColumbia UniversityConference of Boston Teaching HospitalsCongress of Neurological SurgeonsCooley’s Anemia FoundationCoriell Institute for Medical Research COSSA – Consortium of Social Science AssociationsCrohn’s & Colitis FoundationCystic Fibrosis FoundationDana-Farber Cancer Institute David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLADeadliest Cancers Coalition Digestive Disease National CoalitionDuke University School of Medicine Dystonia Medical Research FoundationEastern Virginia Medical SchoolElizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine

at Washington State University Emory UniversityEndocrine SocietyEsophageal Cancer Action Network Federation of American Societies

for Experimental BiologyFederation of Associations in Behavioral

and Brain SciencesFeinberg School of Medicine,

Northwestern UniversityFlorida International UniversityFlorida State UniversityFoundation for Vaccine Research Friends of National Institute of Dental

and Craniofacial ResearchFriends of NIH Behavioral

and Social Sciences Research FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.GBS|CIDP Foundation InternationalGE HealthcareHarvard UniversityHealthyWomenHeart Rhythm Society Hepatitis B Foundation Hepatitis Foundation InternationalHitachi Healthcare AmericasHIV Medicine AssociationIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Indiana UniversityInfectious Diseases Society of America International Anesthesia Research Society

International Association of Medical Science Educators

International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Interstitial Cystitis AssociationJames H. Quillen College of Medicine,

East Tennessee State University JDRFJeffrey Modell FoundationJohns Hopkins UniversityLouisiana State University

Health Sciences Center, New OrleansLung Cancer AllianceLupus Foundation of AmericaMarch of DimesMcGovern Medical School at The University

of Texas Health Sciences Center at HoustonMedical College of WisconsinMedical Image Perception SocietyMedical Imaging & Technology AllianceMedical Library Association Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center METAvivorMichigan State University Montefi ore MedicineMuscular Dystrophy Association National Alliance for Eye and Vision ResearchNational Alliance on Mental IllnessNational Alopecia Areata FoundationNational Association for Biomedical Research National Brain Tumor Society National Coalition for Cancer Research (NCCR)National Kidney FoundationNational Multiple Sclerosis Society National Pancreas FoundationNephCure Kidney InternationalNew York Medical College NICO CorporationNorth American Primary Care Research GroupNortheast Ohio Medical University Northeastern University Nuance HealthcareNYU Langone Medical Center Oakland UniversityOHSUPancreatic Cancer Action Network Partners HealthCarePediatric Policy CouncilPenn MedicinePenn State University Philips Healthcare North AmericaPonce Health Sciences University Population Association of America Prostate Cancer FoundationPulmonary Hypertension AssociationQalibreMD, Inc.Radiological Society of North America Research!AmericaRutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolScleroderma FoundationSiemens HealthineersSjögren’s Syndrome FoundationSleep Research SocietySociety for Academic Emergency Medicine Society for BiomaterialsSociety for Imaging Informatics in Medicine Society for Investigative DermatologySociety for NeuroscienceSociety for Pediatric Radiology Society for Pediatric ResearchSociety of Academic Anesthesiology Associations Society of Academic UrologistsSociety of Breast ImagingSociety of Chairs of Academic

Radiology Departments Society of General Internal MedicineSociety of Interventional RadiologySociety of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingSociety of Radiologists in UltrasoundSociety of Teachers of Family Medicine

Society of Thoracic Radiology SPIE, the international society

for optics and photonicsStanford University Stony Brook UniversityTemple UniversityTeraRecon Inc.Texas A&M Health Sciences CenterThe Asbestos Disease Awareness OrganizationThe Association of Professors of Dermatology The Association of University Professors

of Ophthalmology The Clinical Research ForumThe Keck School of Medicine of USCThe Marfan FoundationThe Medical University of South CarolinaThe Michael J. Fox Foundation

for Parkinson’s ResearchThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterThe Society of Computed Body Tomography

& Magnetic ResonanceThe Universidad Central del Caribe,

School of Medicine The University of Arizona The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical SchoolThe University of Texas Health Science

Center at HoustonThomas Jefferson UniversityToshiba Medical Research Institute USA, Inc.Tufts University Tulane University U.S. Hereditary Angioedema AssociationUniversity of California System University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, San FranciscoUniversity of Cincinnati University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus University of Colorado BoulderUniversity of Hawaii John A. Burns

School of MedicineUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoUniversity of Illinois College of MedicineUniversity of Illinois SystemUniversity of Iowa Health CareUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School University of Miami, Miller School of MedicineUniversity of Michigan University of Missouri System University of Nebraska Medical Center University of Nevada, Las VegasUniversity of Nevada, Reno School of MedicineUniversity of New Mexico School of Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

School of Medicine University of Oregon University of PittsburghUniversity of RochesterUniversity of South Florida,

Morsani College of MedicineUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center University of Toledo University of Utah School of Medicine University of Vermont University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine University of Virginia School of MedicineUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonVanderbilt University Vanderbilt University Medical CenterVirginia Commonwealth UniversityWashington State UniversityWashington University in St. LouisWayne State University West Virginia University Western Michigan University

Homer Stryker M.D. School of MedicineWright State University Yale University

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