Impact of Proposed Cuts to NIH Budget: More Than Just About Cancer

publication date: May. 5, 2017

By directors of Pennsylvania’s NCI-designated cancer centers

Karen E. Knudsen, PhD

Director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University

Chi Van Dang, MD, PhD

Director, Abramson Cancer Center

University of Pennsylvania

Richard I. Fisher, MD

Director, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Temple University Health System

Edward Chu, MD

Interim Director, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Dario Altieri, MD

Director, Wistar Institute Cancer Center

If enacted, the proposed budget reduction of $5.8 billion to the National Institutes of Health will slow research, deprive patients afflicted with cancer of hope, and deliver a devastating blow to our science workforce and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This proposed reduction directly counters the wisdom of … Continue reading Impact of Proposed Cuts to NIH Budget: More Than Just About Cancer

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