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NIH Grants in Question
The amendment introduced by Rep. Pat Toomey last July questioned the funding of five NIH grants:
- Mechanisms Influencing Sexual Risk-Taking, R01HD043689, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Spatial and Temporal Interrelationships between Human Population and the Environment, R01HD039789, NICHD
- Longitudinal Trends in the Sexual Behavior of Older Men, R03HD039206, NICHD
- HIV Risk Reduction Among Asian Women, R01DA013896, National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Health Survey of Two-Spirited Native Americans, R01MH065871, National Institute of Mental Health
In October, the House Energy and Commerce Committee submitted a much longer list to leadership at NIH, asking the agency to justify the use of federal dollars for the projects. That list included two grants from the National Cancer Institute:
- Tobacco Industry Targeting Gays and Lesbians, R01CA090789
- Natural History of Anal Neoplasia in HIV-Infected Men, R01CA054053
Related News Article in JNCI
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Politics and Health: Recent Debate in Congress Questions Some Government Grants
Stacye Bruckbauer
J Natl Cancer Inst
2004;
96:
169-170.
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