title: Research in perinatal and neonatal medicine--a scientific vision for future decades.
abstract: In this article, a brief overview is presented concerning potential opportunities for and challenges in developing a neonatal-perinatal research agenda. Over a two year period, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, in the USA developed NICHD-Scientific Vision-The Next Decade. An outline of the Vision process and some of the recommendations originating from this are also described.
authors.affiliation: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Blvd, Room 4B03, Bethesda, MD, 20892-MS7510, USA, rajut@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Tonse N K
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Raju
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007186:Incubators, Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009359:Neonatology / Q000639:trends*; D010500:Perinatology / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome