Kay Lazar
Public health and accountability reporter @Bostonglobe
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Robert Weisman |Chris Serres |Kay Lazar
The latest cuts will affect research programs awarded at least $70 million at MGB hospitals’ labs over multiple years, with most of that money already paid but at least $18 million still untapped, a federal document showed, freezing multiple research programs, some in collaboration with other labs within Harvard and at other institutions. But many of the program cuts reported by researchers haven’t yet been disclosed publicly, meaning the actual dollar loss is likely to be higher.
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1 month ago |
shorturl.at | Kay Lazar |Liz Kowalczyk |Elizabeth Cooney |Megan Molteni
In an unprecedented move, the National Institutes of Health is abruptly terminating millions of dollars in research awards to scientists in Massachusetts and around the country, citing the Trump administration’s new restrictions on funding anything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, transgender issues, or research that could potentially benefit universities in China.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Kay Lazar |Liz Kowalczyk
In an unprecedented move, the National Institutes of Health is abruptly terminating millions of dollars in research awards to scientists in Massachusetts and around the country, citing the Trump administration’s new restrictions on funding anything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, transgender issues, or research that could potentially benefit universities in China.
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2 months ago |
bostonglobe.com | Kay Lazar |Dana Gerber
Millions of dollars hang in the balance for Robert W. Sobol, a professor and cancer researcher affiliated with Brown University. A scheduled review of his application for a National Institutes of Health grant to research ways to treat brain cancer was abruptly postponed last week, with no word from NIH on why or when the meeting might be rescheduled.
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2 months ago |
bostonglobe.com | Robert Weisman |Kay Lazar |Jonathan Saltzman
Murthy’s center stands to lose about $8 million under a proposal by the Trump administration to cap the overhead expenses NIH will reimburse on top of medical research grants. These so-called indirect costs cover everything from rents and electricity to the support staff who mop the floors, maintain lab equipment, feed mice and zebra fish, and track grant requirements while researchers work to vanquish diseases.
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