The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Universities of Wisconsin, along with industry, university, hospital and health system partners, are urging Wisconsin’s Congressional leaders to protect funding for the National Institutes for Health (NIH), which drives groundbreaking research, life-saving treatments and economic growth in the state.
In a letter sent this week, 34 bio-health companies, health systems, industry associations and research organizations urged Congress to maintain robust NIH funding and oppose significant cuts that jeopardize the critical work the federal agency supports.
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman and other representatives of the group spoke at a news conference at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health on Thursday, March 6, to reinforce the importance of NIH funding in maintaining a strong bio-health ecosystem in the state and the direct effect federally funded research has on advancing life-saving care for diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
“Indiscriminate reductions in research funding like those we’re facing right now pose significant risk to our state and nation’s future,” said UW–Madison Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin. “These cuts harm our ability to make critical, life-saving discoveries and to train our students to be global leaders. They will also damage our nation’s innovation economy and our international competitiveness.”
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