A coalition of health researchers, unions and other stakeholders filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the abrupt cancellation of billions of dollars in research grants by the National Institutes

Among the researchers suing over canceled grants are Dr. Brittany Charlton, the founding director of Harvard Medical School's LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence, and Dr. Katie Edwards, a University of Michigan professor who researches preventing sexual violence among minority communities.

A Harvard University researcher is part of a coalition of academics suing to block the Trump administration's efforts to claw back research grants. Why it matters: The researchers behind the lawsuit say the National Institutes of Health cuts are unconstitutional and can thwart medical breakthroughs in preventing,