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American Taxpayers Deserve Transparency From the NIH

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American Taxpayers Deserve Transparency From the NIH
(L-R) National Institutes of Mental Health Director Dr. Joshua Gordon, National Cancer Institute Principal Deputy Director Dr. Douglas Lowy, Acting Director of the National Institutes Of Health Dr. Lawrence Tabak, National Institute on Aging Director Dr. Richard Hodes, and National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Dr. Nora Volkow testify before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education about the NIH FY2024 budget in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 4, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Anders Corr
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The Biden administration’s proposed budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2024 is $51.1 billion. Much of that will go to research on cancer, aging, and heart and digestive diseases. Americans need this research to stay healthy and strong.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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