Liz Kowalczyk

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Liz Kowalczyk |Neena Hagen |Yoohyun Jung

In its first 100 days, the Trump administration stunned science and medical communities across New England by cancelling hundreds of research grants covering an array of topics, from online cancer misinformation to teen mental health. But because Washington has yet to provide a comprehensive accounting of the cuts, the Boston Globe sought to track the unfolding impact on every New England state and institution.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jason Laughlin |Neena Hagen |Kay Lazar |Liz Kowalczyk

In the short space of a few months, President Trump has undercut seven decades of federal support for scientific research, transforming a pillar of academia and industry in New England, perhaps permanently. From the start, Trump sought to excise diversity and gender issues from the federal government by taking a sledgehammer to billions in government funding.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Liz Kowalczyk

Last April, Rory McCarthy and her mother walked into their state representative’s monthly office hours and asked if there was a private room where they could talk. Over the next hour, McCarthy, 31, relayed a startling story about her former rheumatologist, Dr. Derrick Todd.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Mike Damiano |Liz Kowalczyk

When the Trump administration announced a review of $9 billion of federal funding for Harvard and its affiliated institutions this week, it did not specify which research projects might be targeted. It lists more than $255 million of contracts included in the review, most of them for health and medicine research projects. One contract with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is worth nearly $60 million and provides funding for research on tuberculosis at 14 labs across the country.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Serres |Liz Kowalczyk |Jonathan Saltzman |Mike Damiano |Neena Hagen

The review includes $255.6 million in contracts and $8.7 billion in multi-year grant commitments, according to the Trump administration’s antisemitism task force. According to current and former administrators at Harvard and affiliated institutions, as well as members of the Trump task force, the review appears to encompass all active federal research grants and contracts to Harvard and its affiliates.