Why and How Should the Government Fund Biomedical Research?

Government funding for biomedical research is the topic of this Healthy Dialogue conversation between JAMA Senior Editor Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, and Jeremy Berg, PhD, former editor in chief of Science and former director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

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JAMA
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2026-07-22
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https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.12849
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Health and Medical Research Impacts
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Why and How Should the Government Fund Biomedical Research?

Matthew B. O’Connor, Derek C. Angus
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Why and How Should the Government Fund Biomedical Research?

Matthew B. O’Connor, Derek C. Angus
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Abstract

Government funding for biomedical research is the topic of this Healthy Dialogue conversation between JAMA Senior Editor Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, and Jeremy Berg, PhD, former editor in chief of Science and former director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

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