保留政策研究在NIH资助范围内的理由

Recent developments at the NIH raise concerns that the agency is narrowing its definition of mission-relevant research to exclude studies evaluating the effects of public policies or explicitly seeking to generate evidence for policymakers. This position piece outlines five reasons why policy research and engagement with policymakers should remain within the scope of NIH-supported mental health and substance use (i.e., behavioral health) research. First, public policies shape behavioral health outcomes at a population scale, and exclusion of policy research would therefore undermine efforts to