立场声明:国会必须制止NIH非法取消拨款
Joanna Buscemi1, Elise Betkowski1, Tetyana Krutsik1
1Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2219 N Kenmore Ave, Chicago, IL 60614, United States.
Translational behavioral medicine
|October 31, 2025
概括
美国国家卫生研究院 (NIH) 的拨款暂停正在停止重要的癌症,COVID-19和心理健康研究. 国会必须调查这些取消,并确保科学创新的可预测资金.
科学领域:
- 生物医学和行为健康研究.
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 赠款融资机制 赠款融资机制
背景情况:
- 国家卫生研究院 (NIH) 每年资助关键的美国生物医学和行为研究.
- 几项先前经过同行评审和授予的NIH资助已被暂停或取消,没有明确的科学理由.
- 这些暂停影响了包括癌症,COVID-19,心理健康,心血管疾病和糖尿病在内的研究领域.
研究的目的:
- 突出NIH不合理暂停拨款对正在进行的研究的负面影响.
- 倡导国会的监督和立法行动,以防止未来的不合理的拨款取消.
- 确保为拯救生命的医疗创新和美国科学竞争力提供持续资金.
主要方法:
- 对NIH资助暂停数据及其科学和财务影响的分析.
- 审查NIH宣布的取消理由与专家评估.
- 为国会采取行动制定政策建议.
主要成果:
- 至少有6.43亿美元的资金因补助暂停而流失.
- 慢性疾病的临床试验和研究已经停止,这可能会推迟公共卫生的好处.
- 关于取消资助的科学无效性的说法与NIH最初的评估相矛盾.
结论:
- 不合理的NIH资助暂停危及关键的研究和创新.
- 国会监督听证会和支持性立法是必要的,以防止进一步的不合理的取消.
- 确保可预测的资金对于保持美国的科学领导地位和推进公共卫生至关重要.
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