Jay Bhattacharya on prioritizing chronic-disease research: recommends

Bhattacharya recommends prioritizing chronic-disease research — naming obesity and diabetes — and reversing the slide in U.S. life expectancy, which he noted at his March 2025 nomination hearing had not returned to pre-pandemic levels (reported by The Star News Network). His stated reasoning is that these are the major health challenges that actually shorten Americans’ lives, and that NIH’s agenda should be judged by whether it moves those outcomes. The position is part of his broader argument that NIH should fund research by its effect on Americans’ health and longevity rather than by its service to the scientific enterprise itself.

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