NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF), Feb 15, 2025- .... Now, the people on the forefront of medical research across the Volunteer State are sounding the alarm, warning that their efforts to find cures will be devastated by the Trump administration’s plan to slash funding provided by the National Institutes of Health.
"Put simply, this new policy would devastate biomedical research across the United States, including the significant presence we have built in Tennessee,” they warn in a three-page letter sent Tuesday to every elected member of Congress from Tennessee.
Those impacts, they warn, will affect research into everything from cancer to deadly childhood diseases to Alzheimer's and traumatic brain injuries.
... "Our institutions invest hundreds of millions annually to cover research costs not fully funded by federal grants," the letter added. "We cannot replace lost federal support and sustain the same level of research."According to an analysis by the New York Times, if that policy had been in place last year, here is how much it would have cost Tennessee institutions:
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, $71 million
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, $22 million
- Vanderbilt University, $19 million
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, $9 million
- University of Tennessee-Knoxville, $2 million
- East Tennessee State University, $1 million
- Meharry Medical College, $761,000
“Scaling back our research capacity will slow scientific progress and have severe consequences for our global competitiveness,” the letter continued. (read more)
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