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Panicking scientists, canceled experiments – federal funding cuts turned my work as a research dean into crisis management

  • Written by Nara Parameswaran, Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University
imageCuts to federally funded research slow the progress of scientific innovations and new treatments.Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

Fielding frantic faculty emails and panicked texts was not how I had hoped my 2025 would begin. Little did I imagine that my role as a research dean at a medical school would be taken over by...

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