Erin Schumaker
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Deputy health care editor at POLITICO Tips: eschumaker@politico.com Signal: ErinSchumaker.01
A practical consequence of uncertainty around the Trump administration's rapid-fire contract cuts: Fearing a funding lapse as their NIH contract expiration date approached, brain banks stopped taking donations — and brains meant for science went to waste www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
How Trump’s last-minute contract decision sent brains to the grave
Brain banks stopped taking donations as their contract expiration date approached.
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Today in quick turnarounds: HHS to restore funding for Women’s Health Initiative subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: White House plans to restore funding to landmark Women's Health Initiative
The funding cut, which threatened the collection of data about older women’s health, made national news this week.
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The Trump admin is ousting NIH chief of staff John Burklow, a nearly 40-year agency vet. Seana Cranston, a former top aide to Rep. Thomas Massie, is likely to replace him—departing from the tradition of having careers fill the role. W/ @erinlschumaker.bsky.social: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
NIH set to replace chief of staff with former Massie aide
The move is likely to tighten the Trump administration's control over the public health agency.
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Lawrence Tabak, acting director of NIH during pandemic, resigns w/ @erinlschumaker.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: Lawrence Tabak, acting director of NIH during pandemic, resigns
Tabak, a longtime career NIH scientist, is leaving the agency after Dr. Matthew Memoli was tapped as the agency's new acting director.
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