NIH is removing some outside scientific advisers who evaluate agency research Terminations are unexplained but appear to be related to Trump executive orders

https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/nih-outside-scientific-advisers-being-removed/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8i9ifVfbYkMObqz1JoJTOQ-0b7uMRQ8pMudOenvufYWz7BXuSxA3-ymysf3lRkDglqJvEwImwij6rG3eL69f89nBbzvA&_hsmi=353393995&utm_content=353393995&utm_source=hs_email NIH removes outside advisers who evaluate research Prominent outside scientists who help the NIH evaluate its internal research programs are being abruptly removed, according to five advisers whose positions were terminated and a recording of an internal meeting obtained by STAT’s Megan Molteni and Jason Mast. It’s unclear why this is happening. The advisers who spoke to STAT were not given a reason, and have yet to receive an official notification of termination from the NIH. “I asked where this order came from and nobody seemed to know,” one person said. Among those being terminated are people without U.S. citizenship, women, people from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and people who work in newly taboo areas like diversity and equity. Read more.