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Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Confirmation from @maxkozlov.bsky.social and @nature.com on what I and other NIHers recently shared: NIH is banning research to inform policy. This counterproductive for anyone concerned with public health. open.substack.com/pub/27unihte...

NIH’s New Ban on Research to Inform Policy Undercuts its Mission

By Jenna Norton, Alexa Romberg, Sylvia Chou, Rui Carlos Pereira de Sá, and anonymous members of 27 UNIHTED

open.substack.com

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:

Fancy Comma, LLC@fancycomma.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Many House Republicans did, but Senate Republicans did not. Hence, the unconstitutional military action continues, despite your vote, sadly. It's clearly been more than 60 days by now that this has been happening...it's been like at least six months.

Senator Ed Markey@markey.senate.gov · 3mo ago

Trump wants Congress to bankroll his illegal war with Iran with a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget. I voted no. Not a dime more for endless war. It's time to put people before the Pentagon. youtube.com/shorts/eec81...

Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD@prasad.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"I have enough money to do research," says Shu, laughing. Meanwhile HHS shut off the NIH grant that funded related work on gene therapy for deafness at Harvard Medical School, because “woke” or something like that Shu trained in the very same lab that HHS defunded

Getting results in Shanghai In China, it's a different story. "I have enough money to do research," says Shu, laughing. China is pouring huge resources into developing all sorts of biological research, including gene therapy, aiming to curb its reliance on the West and become an even bigger world superpower. This spring, the country pledged billions in additional science funding. Shu, who trained at Harvard Medical School and is working on solving the same problems as David Corey, has plenty of staff in his lab, all the supplies he needs and can just get more done. "My lab is growing bigger and bigger," he says. And it's far bigger than his lab when he was in Boston, training under Corey and his mentees. For decades, the U.S. has brought the smartest people in the world — like Yilai Shu — to its shores. Many have stayed. Shu wanted to, but family and a scientific opportunity, with lots of funding, drew him back home. That decision was rewarded when his team had a successful trial on a single injection that can restore hearing.
NPR@npr.org · 4mo ago

Two researchers — one in Massachusetts and one in Shanghai — hoped for the same breakthrough: a gene therapy for deaf children. New Chinese investment in science propelled the one who got there first. n.pr/4weVi49

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5mo ago

The largest general science group in the U.S. called on Thursday for the Senate to hold a public hearing on the nomination of Jim O’Neill to head the National Science Foundation and questioned his credentials to run one of the top funders of basic research.

Science Group Seeks Public Hearing for N.S.F. Nominee

The American Association for the Advancement of Science questioned the credentials of Jim O’Neill, tapped to lead the National Science Foundation.

nyti.ms

Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Late in the afternoon on Friday (yesterday), HHS/NIH did 2 things: 1) They RIFd more employees (despite the extreme staffing shortages). 2) They sent announcements to supervisors letting them know people in their chain of command will be moved to the career/policy “at will” status. 🧵1/3