Trump NIH appointee defends president's research funding cuts, lays out new vision for future
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Donald Trump's pick to lead the NIH was peppered with questions from Democrats about the president's cuts to NIH research funding during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.
Bhattacharya also laid out a new, decentralized vision for future research at NIH that he said will be aimed at embracing dissenting ideas and transparency, while focusing on research topics that have the best chance at directly benefiting health outcomes of Americans. Bhattacharya added that he wants to rid the agency's research portfolio of other "frivolous" efforts, that he says do little to directly benefit health outcomes.
"There's a lot of distrust about where the money goes because the trust in the public health establishment has collapsed since the pandemic," Bhattacharya said. "I think transparency regarding indirect costs is absolutely worthwhile. It's something that universities can fix by working together to make sure that where that money goes is made clear."
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