
Joshua Weitz
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Quantitative Viral Dynamics, U of Maryland, College Park + Institute for Health Computing, North Bethesda, Author of 'Asymptomatic' (JHU Press, Oct 2024)
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https://weitzgroup.umd.edu 22-07-2011 18:00:31
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Dear Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD why did the NIH cancel a running grant on gene therapy for hearing loss? Brilliant PI, incredibly productive lab. No advance notice - actually 2 months late, so money is already spent. No recourse, no discussion. Advocate for science!


"How do you appeal something that is almost, like, the absence of action?" -Belinda Needham, UMich āThe administration is taking steps to prevent the money from being spent. That is an impoundment.ā -DavidASuper via Stephanie Lee of The Chronicle of Higher Education chronicle.com/article/the-scā¦

Letter from NAS Members to the Honorable Senators and Representatives of... youtu.be/Vkv0vI6jCnM?si⦠via YouTube National Academy of Sciences Sen. Susan Collins Senator Patty Murray The Nobel Prize Kathy Keatley Garvey

The U.S.ās dramatic research and funding cuts as well as changes to skilled-worker immigration policies threaten one of its greatest economic advantages: people-powered innovation wsj.com/politics/polic⦠via The Wall Street Journal


