{"id":2414,"date":"2025-06-24T11:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T11:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/nih-froze-funding-for-clinical-trials-at-a-major-university-by-fall-theyll-run-out-of-funding\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T11:39:48","slug":"nih-froze-funding-for-clinical-trials-at-a-major-university-by-fall-theyll-run-out-of-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/24\/nih-froze-funding-for-clinical-trials-at-a-major-university-by-fall-theyll-run-out-of-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"NIH froze funding for clinical trials at a major university. By fall, they\u2019ll run out of funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/action-bar\/instances\/cmc3whstk00e128qi7reihqw8@published\" data-label-id-prefix=\"action-bar-start-of-article\" class=\"action-bar\" data-dynamic-breakpoint-placement=\"{&quot;extraLarge&quot;:{&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;.layout-article-elevate__left&quot;}}\" data-expand-conditions=\"{&quot;follow&quot;:{&quot;extraLarge&quot;:{&quot;alwaysExpand&quot;:true}},&quot;shareOptions&quot;:{&quot;large&quot;:{&quot;maxNumOfActions&quot;:1},&quot;medium&quot;:{&quot;maxNumOfActions&quot;:1},&quot;extraLarge&quot;:{&quot;withAction&quot;:&quot;follow&quot;,&quot;maxNumOfActions&quot;:2}}}\">\n<div class=\"action-bar__overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet\">\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet--header\">\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet--header-title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet--header-close\">                            <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"action-bar__action-sheet--action\" data-title=\"follow\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/follow-topics-bar\/instances\/cmc3whstk00e528qi95lk5rwo@published\" data-unauth-redirect=\"\/account\/register\/follow\" data-embed-max-topics=\"\" class=\"follow-topics-bar follow-topics-bar_overlay follow-topics-bar--hide\">\n<div class=\"follow-topics-bar_overlay__inner\">\n<div class=\"follow-topics-bar_overlay__scroll-wrapper\">                  <button data-unselectable=\"true\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/chip\/instances\/cmc3whstk00e628qi1xbqcwdw@published\" class=\"chip follow-topics-chip \" data-component-variation=\"follow-topics-chip\" data-component-name=\"chip\" data-zjs=\"click\" data-enable-interstitial=\"true\" data-override-success=\"\" data-label=\"New in medicine\" data-id=\"24c5535c-fbd9-44e1-874d-d8ff9577aaa4\" data-reset-on-log-out=\"true\">    <span class=\"chip__label\">New in medicine<\/span>    <span class=\"chip__icon\">        <span class=\"chip__icon--check\"><\/span>        <span class=\"chip__icon--add\"><\/span>    <\/span><\/button>                  <button data-unselectable=\"true\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/chip\/instances\/cmc3whstk00e628qi1xbqcwdw@published\" class=\"chip follow-topics-chip \" data-component-variation=\"follow-topics-chip\" data-component-name=\"chip\" data-zjs=\"click\" data-enable-interstitial=\"true\" data-override-success=\"\" data-label=\"Cancer\" data-id=\"4a656516-af99-424f-8e3a-a565b67503ec\" data-reset-on-log-out=\"true\">    <span class=\"chip__label\">Cancer<\/span>    <span class=\"chip__icon\">        <span class=\"chip__icon--check\"><\/span>        <span class=\"chip__icon--add\"><\/span>    <\/span><\/button>                  <button data-unselectable=\"true\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/chip\/instances\/cmc3whstk00e628qi1xbqcwdw@published\" class=\"chip follow-topics-chip \" data-component-variation=\"follow-topics-chip\" data-component-name=\"chip\" data-zjs=\"click\" data-enable-interstitial=\"true\" data-override-success=\"\" data-label=\"Race &amp; 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It\u2019s a condition in which the heart\u2019s upper chambers beat irregularly, and it\u2019s the most common heart rhythm abnormality in adults, affecting about 10 million Americans.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o0003356mfql7x8wt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Because it can lead to blood clots, it raises the risk of stroke and heart failure. So like many people with AFib, as it\u2019s commonly called, Brown was prescribed a blood thinner to lower those risks. She didn\u2019t like it.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o0004356mi3auky0c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI would bruise easily, and if I even cut myself, it took a while for the bleeding to stop,\u201d said Brown, 74, who lives about 80 miles outside Chicago. Even going to the dentist to have her teeth cleaned was a challenge because of the worries about bleeding, she said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o0005356mtttw1oo5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Brown\u2019s cardiologist, Dr. Rod Passman at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, suggested another option: Enroll in his new clinical trial that would use an Apple Watch with a modified algorithm to monitor for Afib, and take blood thinners only when needed.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o0007356ml1whf1pw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Brown become the first patient to enroll in the trial, which now has signed on more than 1,700 people and is designed to run for another four years. If it proves that some people can manage their AFib in an individualized way, it could revolutionize treatment for millions of Americans, reducing use of costly blood thinners that can come with unpleasant side effects. \u201cThis is huge,\u201d Passman said.<strong> <\/strong>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o0008356mu0gp8w4g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            But he may never get the results.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o0009356mkxpnbtup@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The trial is funded with $37 million from the US National Institutes of Health, and Northwestern hasn\u2019t received any funding from the federal biomedical research agency since the end of March.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc59w0tp0000356mzqdfbya5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThere is no place for antisemitism at Northwestern,\u201d a university spokesman said in response, noting that the school \u201ctook significant steps to address antisemitism in the summer before the 2024-2025 academic year, and those actions made a difference.\u201d Reports of antisemitism on campus, he said, \u201cwere down significantly.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmc6nfz6s00023b6mfv1iqr7m@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"angelinaandherapplewatch.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/angelinaandherapplewatch.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image_large__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Angelina Brown was the first person to enroll in a clinical trial at Northwestern that aims to change the way atrial fibrillation can be treated.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image_large__credit\">Northwestern Medicine<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader vossi-subheader--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmc3wv3j100083b6mpy5sm1kc@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"study-results-could-be-moot\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Study results could be moot<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000c356mgfpvi9wz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The administration has similarly paused funding to universities including Cornell, Columbia and Harvard, where a particularly public legal battle has ensued. Billions of dollars in funding to Harvard was paused over claims that the school condoned antisemitism on campus, a move that threatens critical public health research, including one of the longest-running studies on nutrition and chronic disease.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000d356mcsvpb9yb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Trump appointee, said the agency specifically sought to spare clinical trials from the funding pause at Harvard.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000e356moaivjw8a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI\u2019ve worked very hard to make sure, for instance, at Harvard, we didn\u2019t pause grants to the medical centers because there were clinical trials going on,\u201d Bhattacharya told Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat representing Northwestern\u2019s home state of Illinois, in a budget hearing this month.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000f356mqsdv4dq4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Durbin had asked Bhattacharya to explain the more than 1,300 NIH awards to Northwestern that have been frozen or terminated, totaling more than $81 million in funding held back since late March.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000g356m4someerk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI\u2019m very hopeful that these universities where these pauses have happened come to terms so that we can move forward with the agenda that you and I both share,\u201d Bhattacharya told Durbin.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmc58r33g00013b6mj7xdt121@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm99aidd3002o26p51nnicbh1@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2189929775.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.666875\" data-original-height=\"1067\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2189929775.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Campus buildings and downtown Evanston, Illinois, near Northwestern University on July 11, 2023.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Brian Cassella\/Chicago Tribune\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Trump administration freezes $1 billion in funding for Cornell University, $790 million for Northwestern University<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000i356mtikq7mxh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cAll of the research is at immediate risk,\u201d said Dr. Susan Quaggin, chair of Northwestern\u2019s Department of Medicine. Among her biggest concerns is what happens to patients in clinical trials. \u201cIf they\u2019re halted, these trials go away. They end.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000j356mxfvjrzqh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Not only do patients then potentially stop receiving the kind of treatment the trial provided, the research itself could be rendered moot \u2013 even the information already gathered.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000k356m3gv9vtck@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThey\u2019re meaningless then,\u201d Quaggin said, \u201cbecause you can\u2019t stop a clinical trial mid-piece and then take it back up if and when the funds are unfrozen.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000l356mra35p478@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Beyond Passman\u2019s AFib study, trials on brain, colon, breast and childhood cancers are at risk, a university spokesperson said. That includes multiple trials aiming to find ways to prevent cancer.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmc6ngbor00043b6mz54vpwun@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"dr.passmaninclinic.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.7142857142857143\" data-original-height=\"1500\" data-original-width=\"2100\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/dr-passmaninclinic.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image_large__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Northwestern&#8217;s Dr. Rod Passman says the standard of care for atrial fibrillation is to treat almost all patients with continuous use of blood thinners. \u201cI don\u2019t think that makes sense,&#8221; he said.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image_large__credit\">Northwestern Medicine<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000m356m5ric5yxa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            One trial is seeking to discover whether the drug metformin, which has been approved for decades to treat diabetes, could help prevent lung cancer in people who are overweight and at high risk of the disease, said Dr. Seema Khan, a professor of surgery at Northwestern and a cancer researcher.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000n356mvwq2ha3p@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Another trial is testing a vaccine combination to prevent cancer in people with Lynch syndrome, an inherited condition that leads to a very high risk of colorectal and other cancers, Khan said. A third uses the established drug tamoxifen to find personalized doses for women at increased risk of breast cancer, something that hasn\u2019t been done in cancer prevention, she said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000o356mhrbqun21@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe Northwestern program involves 25 other institutions,\u201d Khan said, \u201cso our ability to conduct our trials locally at our site, as well as at other sites \u2013 I mean, we are facing paralysis on that front.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmc58rr9m00033b6mfjj79e5s@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmbock49z00lv27o0d6j52n2d@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2213974147.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6665\" data-original-height=\"1333\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2213974147.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">On Monday, NIH staffers published a letter of dissent they called the &#8220;Great Bethesda Declaration.&#8221;<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Bill Clark\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">NIH employees publish \u2018Bethesda Declaration\u2019 in dissent of Trump administration policies<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000p356mvm8y95ur@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said that prevention of disease is a key priority and named \u201covermedicalization,\u201d or prescribing too many drugs, as a key factor in his Make America Healthy Again report focused on children\u2019s health, released last month.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000q356mry0wzgo3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Asked how she squares those stated goals with the halting of funding designed to reduce medication use or prevent cancer, Khan replied, \u201cI have great difficulty squaring it. There\u2019s a big disconnect.\u201d    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader vossi-subheader--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmc3wroab00043b6m51ek8nji@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"hope-to-move-forward\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Hope to move forward<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000r356mti89tc16@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Passman said he and colleagues are \u201cexhausting all possibilities\u201d to maintain funding for his study, which he\u2019s worked on for almost 15 years. He too said it\u2019s hard to understand why the administration is pausing funding for medical research and clinical trials if its goal is to counter antisemitism.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000s356mr1bxsgxw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cAs a medical researcher, it\u2019s hard for me to understand why the way the undergraduate campus may or may not have dealt with antisemitism impacts the treatment or cures for cancer, heart disease, atrial fibrillation,\u201d Passman said. \u201cFor someone who\u2019s devoted their life to helping people, it is hard to make that connection.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmc59dvzj00063b6mww849z06@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmamver1r002827m4232w2wqn@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"Natalie Phelps with her two children and husband.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.9410807291666666\" data-original-height=\"2891\" data-original-width=\"3072\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/natalie-phelps-with-her-two-children-and-husband.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Natalie Phelps, who has stage IV colorectal cancer, is worried about the future of her immunotherapy clinical trial at the NIH.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Courtesy Natalie Phelps<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">After NIH staffing cuts, cancer patient in clinical trial worries she may lose crucial time<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000t356m1gb7ooka@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Brown, the first patient in Passman\u2019s trial, said she\u2019s been able to stay off her blood thinner since she enrolled.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wi26o000u356mjy6hfyuu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            If the research stopped, \u201cI\u2019d be disappointed,\u201d she said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmc3wsvji00063b6m0sma6zz8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            She felt it was especially important for her to join because \u201cBlack people, on the whole, historically, do not participate in clinical trials\u201d because of a history of mistreatment with medical experimentation. 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