Bertagnolli Raises Alarms On NIH Funding Cuts, Policy Shifts

In an exclusive interview with Inside Health Policy , former National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Monica Bertagnolli said scientific disagreement and tolerance for uncertainty are key to NIH’s scientific mission, but scientists' work is threatened by funding cuts and increasing political polarization on scientific issues. While scientific free speech, which has been emphasized by President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead NIH, is important, Bertagnolli said scientists’ freedom to do important research is also threatened by the prospect of decreased...