Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

I landed in this job in a setting where one of the most prominent people in this institution had to be pardoned by the outgoing president. I mean, it's an institution kind of that it's a little bit of a crisis. But as I said at the beginning, at the same time, there's a lot of goodwill toward the NIH because it has produced advances that have improved human health.

I landed in this job in a setting where one of the most prominent people in this institution had to be pardoned by the outgoing president. I mean, it's an institution kind of that it's a little bit of a crisis. But as I said at the beginning, at the same time, there's a lot of goodwill toward the NIH because it has produced advances that have improved human health.

I landed in this job in a setting where one of the most prominent people in this institution had to be pardoned by the outgoing president. I mean, it's an institution kind of that it's a little bit of a crisis. But as I said at the beginning, at the same time, there's a lot of goodwill toward the NIH because it has produced advances that have improved human health.

Like we are able to treat childhood cancers that we weren't able to treat before the NIH's research. We're able to

Like we are able to treat childhood cancers that we weren't able to treat before the NIH's research. We're able to

Like we are able to treat childhood cancers that we weren't able to treat before the NIH's research. We're able to

have the advances in how we manage heart heart disease uh treat diabetes um these are big advances that we we now have essentially a cure for sickle cell anemia which i mean these are these are big advances and so when i talk to folks in congress it's popular the nh is popular and you know i think it ought to be popular in that sense if you um if

have the advances in how we manage heart heart disease uh treat diabetes um these are big advances that we we now have essentially a cure for sickle cell anemia which i mean these are these are big advances and so when i talk to folks in congress it's popular the nh is popular and you know i think it ought to be popular in that sense if you um if

have the advances in how we manage heart heart disease uh treat diabetes um these are big advances that we we now have essentially a cure for sickle cell anemia which i mean these are these are big advances and so when i talk to folks in congress it's popular the nh is popular and you know i think it ought to be popular in that sense if you um if

What I hear from folks in Congress essentially is, you know, please keep doing this research that advances human health and improves human health. But please don't do any of the politicized stuff that divides people. So that's one of the things I'm really quite proud of. This even started before I got in the office.

What I hear from folks in Congress essentially is, you know, please keep doing this research that advances human health and improves human health. But please don't do any of the politicized stuff that divides people. So that's one of the things I'm really quite proud of. This even started before I got in the office.

What I hear from folks in Congress essentially is, you know, please keep doing this research that advances human health and improves human health. But please don't do any of the politicized stuff that divides people. So that's one of the things I'm really quite proud of. This even started before I got in the office.

There were parts of the NIH portfolio that essentially were like DEI politicized nonsense. They weren't actually science. The NIH is absolutely committed to advancing the health of minority populations. I mean, minority populations are Americans, and we are –

There were parts of the NIH portfolio that essentially were like DEI politicized nonsense. They weren't actually science. The NIH is absolutely committed to advancing the health of minority populations. I mean, minority populations are Americans, and we are –

There were parts of the NIH portfolio that essentially were like DEI politicized nonsense. They weren't actually science. The NIH is absolutely committed to advancing the health of minority populations. I mean, minority populations are Americans, and we are –

our mission is to advance the health of every single american no matter what race you are no matter what what sex you are no matter what your beliefs are there's no democrat or republican science there's just science right we're committed to that um but we shouldn't be doing work that politicizes science and we've managed to get rid of almost all of it uh at least i hope most almost all of it there's there's a

our mission is to advance the health of every single american no matter what race you are no matter what what sex you are no matter what your beliefs are there's no democrat or republican science there's just science right we're committed to that um but we shouldn't be doing work that politicizes science and we've managed to get rid of almost all of it uh at least i hope most almost all of it there's there's a

our mission is to advance the health of every single american no matter what race you are no matter what what sex you are no matter what your beliefs are there's no democrat or republican science there's just science right we're committed to that um but we shouldn't be doing work that politicizes science and we've managed to get rid of almost all of it uh at least i hope most almost all of it there's there's a

Let me let me make the analogy with something that happened at the USAID, you know, the agency that the Doge sort of looked into first at the USAID. They were doing some really good things like they had a program called PEPFAR, really universally popular because it provided low, cheap HIV drugs to patients in Africa, saving millions of lives. It was a really good program.

Let me let me make the analogy with something that happened at the USAID, you know, the agency that the Doge sort of looked into first at the USAID. They were doing some really good things like they had a program called PEPFAR, really universally popular because it provided low, cheap HIV drugs to patients in Africa, saving millions of lives. It was a really good program.