Inside the Collapse at NIH
Administration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agencyβs own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
By @katherinejwu.com
"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in βnearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,β
The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:
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2025 Study section tracking
Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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That the White House feels the need to push back on this is good news. It means they are feeling the heat, and it's not just being seen as an inside baseball issue. Because it's not.
Keep pushing! Keep calling! Keep fighting!
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I see a convo happening on here and a hill I will absolutely DIE on is that we spent generations telling girls that they should be like boys and we should have also been telling boys they can be like girls.
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Another starter pack of fine fine folks - New PIs! We're all figuring it out together! Please do (self-)nominate
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Finally back here..
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