Politico November 14, 2024
WASHINGTON WATCH
Members of the NIH’s recently reconstituted scientific management review board had strong reactions to congressional Republicans’ proposals to overhaul the agency, calling them “depressing” and “alarming” during the board’s meeting this week — the first in nearly a decade.
Congress created the board in the 2006 NIH Reform Act, charging it with reviewing the NIH’s structure and research portfolio and making recommendations to the NIH director.
Dr. Andrea Hayes Dixon, chair of the board and dean of Howard University’s College of Medicine, said the agency needs to reestablish trust and improve communication with the GOP lawmakers who want to subject the NIH to more oversight, consolidate its bureaucracy and rein in its funding.
“I think that’s even more...
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