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Research Saves Lives

Paul Nestadt
Voices
NIH funding is a matter of life or death
Published Feb 17, 2025
Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Paul Nestadt says cutting NIH funding for suicide prevention research is 'not just a fiscal decision—it's a threat to human lives'
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Research matters
Researchers address community health concerns
Published Feb 14, 2025
With NIH support, JHU researchers work with communities to determine how pollutants and other environmental factors affect human biology and may lead to disease
From left: Heather Volk, Christine Ladd-Acosta
Research matters
Large-scale autism study made possible by NIH support
Published Feb 13, 2025
With funding from the NIH earmarked by the Autism CARES Act, researchers aim to pinpoint the environmental factors that increase a child's likelihood for developing autism
A researcher in a white lab coat sits in front of computer screens showing close-up images of cells
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NIH funds research that leads directly to cancer treatments
Published Feb 13, 2025
Cancer researcher Karen Sfanos says she is 'terrified' of the impact of cuts to NIH funding that supports vital biomedical research across the U.S.
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Research funding
Looming federal budget cuts jeopardize U.S. innovation, health
Published Feb 12, 2025 Video
Hopkins faculty members discuss how proposed NIH funding cuts would stall vital research projects across academia