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Jayanta Bhattacharya says the US biomedical agency can’t continue ‘business as usual’ if it wants to restore its reputation.
The National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya said he is open to an increased budget from Congress during a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, during which Republicans
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told the Senate Appropriations Committee that Donald Trump's budget is "not a final thing," but Republicans and Democrats protested.
When asked by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., who was specifically responsible for the grant terminations and delays at the NIH, Bhattacharya said it varied by grant, citing the university research funding changes as a "joint" decision between the Trump administration and NIH.
In an open letter, researchers and staff at the National Institutes of Health raise concerns over recent policy changes.
More than 300 staff members across the National Institutes of Health’s 27 institutes sent a letter to the agency’s director June 9, condemning disruptions to medical research and cuts to essential staff in recent months.