Trump's nominee for NIH testifies he is committed to supporting research despite budget cuts

Trump’s NIH pick makes pitch for good science – in this administration? Jay Bhattacharya tells hearing he is intent on protecting research, even as president takes axe to federal funding The Guardian

Donald Trump’s nominee to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Jay Bhattacharya, told senators he was committed to ensuring scientists “have the resources they need” – even as the $48bn agency he hopes to lead has become a focus of the administration’s ideological war and cost-cutting efforts.

At a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Bhattacharya made a pitch for free scientific inquiry and an examination of the chronic disease epidemic, now a cornerstone of Republican health rhetoric, while hoping to serve in an administration that has frightened scientists into self-censorship.

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