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Since January, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has made sweeping cuts to science. It’s hard to keep track of how many research grants were canceled, but they add up to hundreds of millions—possibly billions—of dollars of research funding lost. Some scientists, like Dr. Katie Edwards, are taking the fight to the courts. Edwards studies interpersonal violence at the University of Michigan, and she speaks with Host Flora Lichtman about why she’s suing the NIH.
Further Reading
- Read coverage on a new memo from the NIH that paused further grant cancellations via the New York Times.
- Learn more about Edwards’ research and how federal cuts have affected her work via HuffPost.
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Segment Guests
Katie Edwards
Dr. Katie Edwards is a Professor in the School of Social Work and director of the Interpersonal Violence Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan.
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Flora Lichtman is a host of Science Friday. In a previous life, she lived on a research ship where apertivi were served on the top deck, hoisted there via pulley by the ship’s chef.