In May, the White House produced a report called " Restoring Gold Standard Science ", which was followed by an NIH plan to implement this po...| deevybee.blogspot.com
In my previous blogpost, I discussed why many scientists can't take seriously the lofty ideals expressed in Trump's plans for Gold Standard Science, even though the basic principles seem excellent. Given the current Republican administration's catastrophic track record in undermining US science, their demands for high standards ring hollow. It appears that demands for Gold Standard Science will be weaponised against types of science they don't like. | BishopBlog
By standing with tenured faculty and powerful political operatives against contingent researchers and trainees at Stanford, President Jonathan Levin has already betrayed academic freedom, writes Mallory Harris.| The Stanford Daily
Editor’s Note: This essay is the second installment of a two-part series. You can read Part 1 here. Yesterday’s assessment of Jay Bhattacharya’s appointment as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was written before I had seen two excellent weekend Wall Street Journal stories on the Trump appointee. In a news story by Liz […]| Minding The Campus
Editor’s Note: This essay is the first installment of a two-part series. You can read Part 2 here. Probably the most important federal funder of traditional advanced research is the National Institutes of Health (NIH). President-Elect Trump has appointed a remarkable man to head that key branch of the federal government, Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., and Ph.D. […]| Minding The Campus
The Stanford professor was appointed Tuesday to lead the National Institutes of Health. Bhattacharya has previously made controversial critiques of lockdowns and vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic.| The Stanford Daily
Last week, a federal appeals court confirmed that science cannot function without free speech. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya reflects on a victory for himself—and every American.| https://www.thefp.com/