Instructions
Discussion Topic
Explore the 2012-2017 strategic plan of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) @ http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/strategicplan/strategicplan2012_508.pdf. (Links to an external site.)
- What are the institute’s mission and vision? How did the institute develop its strategic plan? (p. 16).
- Identify the institute’s seven themes for research and exploration.
- How did the institute determine the themes?
- Which theme area seems of greatest priority?
- What does the term “interdisciplinary” research mean? Who might be involved?