Politico March 5, 2025
WASHINGTON WATCH
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya promised to cut wasted research dollars and focus on funding studies to find the root causes of chronic diseases during his confirmation hearing to direct the $48 billion National Institutes of Health this morning.
“Every dollar wasted on a frivolous study, every dollar wasted on administrative costs that are not needed, is a dollar not spent on research,” Bhattacharya told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Why it matters: The Stanford economist envisions an NIH grant portfolio focused on chronic diseases, a plan that dovetails with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.
Bhattacharya also indicated that he wants scientific progress to move faster at the agency.
“It’s going...
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