WIKIMEDIA, ANDREAS PRAEFCKEA White House official, speaking on background, told The Scientist that President Donald Trump on Friday (March 31) met with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins at the White House. The White House source said that the discussion between Trump, Price, and Collins included combating drug addiction, the opioid crisis, American innovation in medical research and development, and retaining young researchers in the biomedical research enterprise.
Trump Meets with HHS, NIH Brass
President Donald Trump, HHS Secretary Tom Price, and NIH Director Francis Collins discussed the opioid crisis and retaining young researchers in the biomedical research enterprise, among other things, according to a White House official.
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From 2017 to 2022, Bob Grant was Editor in Chief of The Scientist, where he started in 2007 as a Staff Writer. Before joining the team, he worked as a reporter at Audubon and earned a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University. In his previous life, he pursued a career in science, getting a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Montana State University and a master’s degree in marine biology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Bob edited Reading Frames and other sections of the magazine.
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