Chris Hourigan
@drchrishourigan.bsky.social
"That AML MRD guy". Director, Virginia Tech FBRI Cancer Research Center in Washington, DC. Physician-Scientist. Views my own.
Any idea on what next? Similar boat.
April 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Any idea on what next? Similar boat.
Taking from NIH research to create a new MAHA agency? wapo.st/42gLz0Z Summary: Proposal: $47B NIH budget split into $27B for NIH (now only 8 institutes, from 27) and $20B for a new "Administration for a Healthy America" (incl. primary care, childhood chronic disease).
Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts
HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.
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April 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It is so depressingly pedestrian and shallow. This is how we end up with "centralize functions and merge institutes into 15" as a solution rather then the harder work it would take to maintain the incredible engine that has truly made America great. Federal research investment has phenomenal ROI.
March 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It is so depressingly pedestrian and shallow. This is how we end up with "centralize functions and merge institutes into 15" as a solution rather then the harder work it would take to maintain the incredible engine that has truly made America great. Federal research investment has phenomenal ROI.