Five major US higher-ed associations have written an open letter to Jay Bhattacharya, director of the #NIH, asking that he "direct the reinstatement of all grants that NIH has terminated under agency directives found by a federal court to be unlawful."
https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Letter-NIH-Grants-072925.pdf

The letter is signed by the:
* Association of American Medical Colleges (#AAMC)
* Association of American Universities (#AAU)
* American Council on Education (#ACE)
* Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (#APLU)
* Council on Governmental Relations (#COGR)

#Academia #DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
@academicchatter

started a #wikipedia article on Virginia V. Weldon (1935-2024), a pediatric endocrinologist who taught at Washington University School of Medicine from 1968 to 1989, and was a vice-president at #Monsanto from 1989 to 1998: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_V._Weldon @WikiWomeninRed #WomeninSTEM #Diedin2024 #WUSTL #SLSO #AAMC #JohnsHopkins
Virginia V. Weldon - Wikipedia

Two days until I leave for #AAMC in Nashville…who else is going?