Christine Lovly: Why is NIH important?
Christine Lovly, Associate Professor of medicine with tenure at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, reshared a post by AACR, on X, adding:
“Help Save Our Science + Medicine please read this statement by AACR + share.
Proposed abrupt cuts to NIH support of biomedical research will stall advances in life-saving disease prevention + treatment strategies + jeopardize future innovation.”
Quoting AACR‘s post:
“The AACR is deeply concerned that the Administration’s recent actions are threatening NIH and its mission to accelerate progress for patients with cancer and other diseases that afflict millions of Americans.
We urge Congress to restore stability to NIH.”
Why is NIH important?
The has been a global leader in advances in biomedical research, arguably in large part d/t federal(NIH) funding.
An example – in 30y, cancer death rates have 34% with emergence of new therapies + prevention strategies, discovered with NIH funding.
Why else is NIH important?
Measurable economic impact!
A report from United for Medical Research (UMR), research funding from NIH generated $92.89 billion in new economic activity nationwide last year — or $2.46 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.”
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