U.S. Senators Hold Forum on Funding Cuts to the National Institutes of Health

As shared by our collaborative partner, the Coalition of Skin Diseases - April 2025:

On March 26, 2025, Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) held a forum entitled “Cures in Crisis: What Gutting NIH Research Means for Americans with Cancer, Alzheimer's, & Other Diseases.” The forum’s participants included U.S. Senators, professors, researchers, physicians, and patient advocates. Major themes of the forum included the impacts of recent executive and agency actions on NIH-supported research and downstream effects on scientific progress and patient health.

The Senate Appropriations Committee recently announced a full committee hearing series that will begin at 10:30AM ET on April 30, 2025, entitled “Biomedical Research: Keeping America’s Edge in Innovation.” The first hearing in the two-part series will feature researchers and stakeholder groups to discuss the importance of U.S. biomedical research for the nation’s health and economy. The second hearing, which will occur at a later date, will include Administration witnesses testifying on the federal government’s role in investing in and fostering biomedical innovation. The hearings will be livestreamed here.