The movement will come Immediately after the Trump administration was decided Freeze Communication of many federal health agencies.
Formation of communication, such as guidance, press releases, announcements, and social media posting, is set to continue. February 1st.
The cancellation is with researchers who are worried that some applicants will do so with the future of scientific research in the air. I miss their windows An opportunity to receive NIH funds.
“At this time, all the Federal Advisory Committee meetings are canceled,” he reads an internal e -mail from NIH shared with the hill.
“We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your growing understanding. If you have any more information, we will contact you. Thank you for the service to NIH.”
Part of the canceled conference is a research section that reviews NIH fellowship and a grant application, and Advisory Committee meetingWe will create recommendations on what applications should be received from a specific NIH Research Institute or Center.
That's because these meetings take time to organize and it's not easy. Re -scheduleAccording to Este Chu, an emergency medical professor at the University of Oregon Health and Science, he is also a member of the NIH research section canceled on Wednesday.
“I don't know if there is a precedent at least on this scale,” said Chu. “I don't have a good mental map about how you recover from this. How do you re -schedule the whole review round?”
NIH's spokesman did not answer questions from Hill about the range and reason behind the cancellation. Instead, the spokesman of the agency Communication freeze。
“HHS has issued a suspension of large -scale communication and public appearance that is not directly related to emergency and maintaining health,” states.
“This is a short pause to enable the new team to set a process for review and priority. We believe that the HHS section is a mission critical, but it will be held on a case -by -case basis. There is an exception.
