Objectives

To learn more about normal and abnormal body function, and the cause, progression, prevention, control, and cure of human disease.

To provide an infrastructure for controlled investigation by clinical scientists supported through the NIH and other organizations.

To encourage collaboration between investigators in the basic and clinical sciences.

To encourage, develop and maintain a national corps of expert clinical investigators.

To provide a setting in which advances in basic scientific knowledge can be translated into methods for improved patient care.