Thomas Platts-Mills

Because the public doesn't decide which grants get funded.

Because the public doesn't decide which grants get funded.

Because the public doesn't decide which grants get funded.

This is Thomas Platts Mills. I'm a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia, and I've been studying allergic disease for a long time. And where does allergic disease fall in the pecking order of medical research? It's actually much worse than anything you imagine. Neurosurgeons are at the top, cardiac surgeons, and all these people fight with each other.

This is Thomas Platts Mills. I'm a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia, and I've been studying allergic disease for a long time. And where does allergic disease fall in the pecking order of medical research? It's actually much worse than anything you imagine. Neurosurgeons are at the top, cardiac surgeons, and all these people fight with each other.

This is Thomas Platts Mills. I'm a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia, and I've been studying allergic disease for a long time. And where does allergic disease fall in the pecking order of medical research? It's actually much worse than anything you imagine. Neurosurgeons are at the top, cardiac surgeons, and all these people fight with each other.

But they know that at the bottom, there are dermatologists and psychiatrists and allergists. I got very little from the university, a little bit in the first few years, but then basically in the last years, nothing. We've always had to get our own money, and I was getting NIH money, and the NIH has been very generous. This last time, I actually got a one on a grant.

But they know that at the bottom, there are dermatologists and psychiatrists and allergists. I got very little from the university, a little bit in the first few years, but then basically in the last years, nothing. We've always had to get our own money, and I was getting NIH money, and the NIH has been very generous. This last time, I actually got a one on a grant.

But they know that at the bottom, there are dermatologists and psychiatrists and allergists. I got very little from the university, a little bit in the first few years, but then basically in the last years, nothing. We've always had to get our own money, and I was getting NIH money, and the NIH has been very generous. This last time, I actually got a one on a grant.

It actually means you're in the top 1%. And then I got a merit award, and the merit award is absolutely wonderful because from 18 to 28, I'm funded by the NIH 10 years instead of five, tick bite research is hot.

It actually means you're in the top 1%. And then I got a merit award, and the merit award is absolutely wonderful because from 18 to 28, I'm funded by the NIH 10 years instead of five, tick bite research is hot.

It actually means you're in the top 1%. And then I got a merit award, and the merit award is absolutely wonderful because from 18 to 28, I'm funded by the NIH 10 years instead of five, tick bite research is hot.

that Congress voted $100 million for it so that we can get tick bite related grants for different aspects of our research. And that's been tremendously helpful.

that Congress voted $100 million for it so that we can get tick bite related grants for different aspects of our research. And that's been tremendously helpful.

that Congress voted $100 million for it so that we can get tick bite related grants for different aspects of our research. And that's been tremendously helpful.

Oh, come on. God had finished making the earth and then the devil reached over and sprinkled ticks all over it. You know that. No, ticks are very interesting. The deer are absolutely infested with ticks. It is not unusual for hunters to shoot one of our deer and find the thing with so many ticks they couldn't possibly count them.

Oh, come on. God had finished making the earth and then the devil reached over and sprinkled ticks all over it. You know that. No, ticks are very interesting. The deer are absolutely infested with ticks. It is not unusual for hunters to shoot one of our deer and find the thing with so many ticks they couldn't possibly count them.

Oh, come on. God had finished making the earth and then the devil reached over and sprinkled ticks all over it. You know that. No, ticks are very interesting. The deer are absolutely infested with ticks. It is not unusual for hunters to shoot one of our deer and find the thing with so many ticks they couldn't possibly count them.

They always say I'm bonkers. No, no, I've got away with murder several times. My father taught us that if we think A and the rest of the world thinks B, that is formal proof that A is correct. Being educated in an environment like that, is really extraordinary.

They always say I'm bonkers. No, no, I've got away with murder several times. My father taught us that if we think A and the rest of the world thinks B, that is formal proof that A is correct. Being educated in an environment like that, is really extraordinary.