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Murray hosts roundtable on threat to NIH research

Murray hosts roundtable on threat to NIH research

Media Contact: Susan Gregg - sghanson@uw.edu, 206-390-3226

picture of UW Medicine researchers Kristin Weinstein, left, and Mary-Claire King flanking U.S. Sen. Patty Murray
Susan Gregg/UW Medicine A discussion of threats to federal funding of research included, from left, immunology graduate student Kristin Weinstein, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and medical genetics researcher Mary-Claire King.

Acclaimed genetics researcher Mary-Claire King and immunology Ph.D. candidate Kristin Weinstein represented UW Medicine on May 2 at a Seattle roundtable discussion hosted by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D). 

The discussion, held at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, concerned the immediate and growing threat to biomedical research posed by current federal administration actions, and what’s at stake for patients and families.  

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