H.R.3368: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pulmonary hypertension clinical research network, to expand pulmonary hypertension research and training, and for other purposes.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a pulmonary hypertension clinical research network, to expand pulmonary hypertension research and training, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to expand, intensify, and coordinate the Institute's pulmonary hypertension research activities. Requires the Director to establish a Pulmonary Hypertension Clinical Research Network to conduct clinical trials to evaluate new treatment approaches for pulmonary hypertension and facilitate collaboration among investigators with expertise in pulmonary hypertension. Directs the network to include: (1) a steering committee; and (2) an Institute project scientist. Provides for the establishment of a national Pulmonary Hypertension Preceptorship and Training Program to facilitate the direct education [...]

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