TY - JOUR
AU - Drollette, Dan
AB - BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS 2025, VOL. 81, NO. 3, 202–207 https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.2025.2491221 INTERVIEW The impact of DOGE’s funding cuts on biomedical research, from the point of view of former NIH director Monica Bertagnolli Dan Drollette Jr. KEYWORDS National Institutes of Health; Department of Government Efficiency; DOGE; biomedical research; COVID; NIH In the world of biomedical research, one institution We chatted after she stepped down from the podium, towers over the rest—the National Institutes of Health, and Bertagnolli agreed to this remote interview, which or NIH. was conducted several weeks later, on March 31. It can be argued that it’s largely because of this 138-year (Editor’s note: This interview has been condensed and -old government agency—a part of the US Department of edited for brevity and clarity.) Health and Human Services—that the human genetic code was deciphered, AIDS was isolated, hepatitis C discovered, Dan Drollette Jr.: What does the NIH [National and the basic research that lead to the COVID-19 vaccines Institutes of Health] do? was done. At least 171 scientists who have received Nobel Prizes have either conducted research at the NIH or been Monica Bertagnolli: The NIH’s goal is to conduct the supported by NIH funding; the NIH 
TI - The impact of DOGE’s funding cuts on biomedical research, from the point of view of former NIH director Monica Bertagnolli
JF - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
DO - 10.1080/00963402.2025.2491221
DA - 2025-05-04
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/the-impact-of-doge-s-funding-cuts-on-biomedical-research-from-the-1RUM8k1pfM
SP - 202
EP - 207
VL - 81
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -