草榴社区University
Progress at Risk
Since World War II, universities across the country have partnered with the government to create an innovation ecosystem that is the envy of the world. Threats to this funding endanger scientific breakthroughs and disease prevention, treatment, and cures.
How research funds are used
Research funding, implemented through a , has helped advance economic growth, science, and human health for decades.
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Medicine
Research funding cuts will slow or stop breakthroughs on and .
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Economy
Research funding cuts will and .
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Safety
Research funding cuts will .
How 草榴社区research changes lives
草榴社区researchers discuss the responsibility of publicly funded scientists to benefit society and the decades of work required to turn laboratory discoveries into life-saving treatments.
How federal research funding changed America
, fueling discoveries that have transformed medicine, saved lives, and positioned the United States as a global science leader.
Of the (NIH), the world鈥檚 largest supporter of biomedical research.
Funding cuts to 草榴社区have a broad impact
Funding cuts to 草榴社区reverberate far beyond our campus. Each year, 草榴社区researchers partner with universities and hospitals across the country to utilize their expertise, gain new perspectives, and collaborate on solutions.
Recent funding cuts have impacted dozens of hospitals, universities, and research institutions across 32 states, from Morehouse School of Medicine to Cincinnati Children鈥檚 Hospital to Texas Biomedical Research Institute.
Research at risk
In efforts to fight Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, Beth Stevens has driven a transformation in thinking about microglial cells, which serve as an immune system for the brain.
Don Ingber's lab was investigating radiation damage and new drugs that might ameliorate the damaging effects when the stop-work orders came in.
Christine Riedy Murphy's successful dental program training dentists to care for patients in remote regions of New Hampshire has not received funding from the federal government since April.
Kelly Rich鈥檚 research on reinvigorating the optic nerve holds promise as a way to fight currently incurable conditions like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy.
Kari Nadeau's clinical trial aimed at reducing the likelihood of near-fatal food allergies is at risk of ending because of cuts to Harvard's federal research funding.
Phil Capin's study to investigate the benefits of supporting attention and reading for students in Grades 3-5 may not be able to continue because of research funding cuts.
From the researchers
Resources are being cut. The suicide rates are going to go up. This is exactly the time that the kinds of models we've developed are needed.鈥�Ronald Kessler
Professor of health care policy at 草榴社区Medical School
I care so deeply about TB and I hope that we鈥檒l find resources to keep parts of this going.鈥�Sarah Fortune
Professor of immunology and infectious diseases at 草榴社区T.H. Chan School of Public Health
We need long-term consistent funding, not just to work on Alzheimer鈥檚 disease today, but to train the Alzheimer鈥檚 researchers of the future.鈥�Bob Datta
Professor of neurobiology at 草榴社区Medical School
As this research program grinds to a halt, it鈥檚 hard to imagine what that will mean in the long term for the fight against drug-resistant bacteria.鈥�Suzanne Walker
Professor of cell biology at 草榴社区Medical School
We are close to developing therapies for two kinds of hereditary deafness.鈥�David Corey
Professor of translational medical science at 草榴社区Medical School
Funding cuts halt medical, technological, and scientific progress
Researchers talk about the uncertain future of their projects
- Global Competitiveness
Threats to research are a threat to innovation, entrepreneurship, and growth
- Chronic Disease
Some studies would take decades to recreate if the samples are lost
- Public Health
What鈥檚 lost when federal funding for research is abruptly terminated
- Patient Safety
A halt in funding risks the protection of patients in medical research
- Natural Disasters
Cuts to climate research endangers all Americans
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