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The United States National Institute of Health is the world’s largest funder of biomedical research, but it has cut about half of the more than 1,200 grants that its umbrella agency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — now led by long-time vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — said it has terminated. The cuts have hit researchers in Universities across the nation hard. Joining us to discuss their research, the impact and the implications are Dr Nisha Acharya, a UCSF ophthalmology professor, who has been researching the effects of a shingles vaccine on shingles of the eye. Dr Acharya’s research funding has been cut to the tune of $1.8 million. We’re also joined by Dr Diana Foster, an Oakland-based UCSF researcher, whose work explores effects of state-level abortion bans on women. Her research was funded by a $2.5 million five year grant, that was cut after just 6 months of work.
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The United States National Institute of Health is the world’s largest funder of biomedical research, but it has cut about half of the more than 1,200 grants that its umbrella agency, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — now led by long-time vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — said it has terminated. The cuts have hit researchers in Universities across the nation hard. Joining us to discuss their research, the impact and the implications are Dr Nisha Acharya, a UCSF ophthalmology professor, who has been researching the effects of a shingles vaccine on shingles of the eye. Dr Acharya’s research funding has been cut to the tune of $1.8 million. We’re also joined by Dr Diana Foster, an Oakland-based UCSF researcher, whose work explores effects of state-level abortion bans on women. Her research was funded by a $2.5 million five year grant, that was cut after just 6 months of work.
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Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page
The post DOGE’s NIH Cuts Hit Science Researchers w/ Dr Nisha Acharya & Dr Diana Foster appeared first on KPFA.

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