Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards

Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

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Women, minorities fired in purge of National Institutes of Health science review boards

Graph on women and minorities fired from boards at NIH in March 2025. PHOTO: Screenshot of graph provided by The Washington Post. Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards. (The NIH is now headed by Indian American Director Jay Bhattac…