CSET’s Steph Batalis, Katherine Quinn, and Rebecca Gelles shared their expert analysis in an op-ed published by Barron’s. Their piece examines the economic and scientific impact of proposed funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), arguing that NIH-backed research plays a foundational role in driving medical innovation, biotechnology growth, and U.S. competitiveness.
Government investments in the NIH seed entire industries.Steph Batalis, Katherine Quinn, and Rebecca Gelles
Batalis, Quinn, and Gelles argue that “government investments in the NIH seed entire industries.”
They also also cite their recent research, “The NIH’s Impact on Research and Innovation,” which analyzed how the NIH impacts the U.S. economy and innovation ecosystem. It reviews 260 million scientific research publications and sorts them into 90,000 groups, each representing a granular area of scientific research.
To read the full article, visit Barron’s.