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Sydney Morning Herald
11 hours ago
- Health
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘A bomb thrown into the middle of science': Trump cuts hurt Australian medical research
Australian medical research institutes are suspending projects on malaria, tuberculosis and women's health, as well as laying off staff, as they reel from the Trump administration's multibillion-dollar science cuts. The situation has drawn condemnation from Australian scientists. Burnet Institute director Professor Brendan Crabb likened the cuts to 'having a bomb thrown into the middle of science'. 'The world of science and research in all its forms … is undergoing a global seismic shift as a result of what the US is doing,' he said. 'I can't think of another circumstance since the end of World War II where things have been upended so profoundly.' Preliminary estimates from the Burnet Institute show that the US cuts have left a $1.2 million funding shortfall across the organisation's global health programs and collaborations. A spokeswoman said this had led to the suspension until 2030 of research projects involving malaria, harm reduction, tuberculosis and women's and children's health. Loading Professor James Beeson, a world-renowned malaria researcher from the Burnet Institute, said the cuts would put millions of lives at risk. Beeson pointed to research by the Malaria Atlas Project, which estimates that a complete freeze in US funding would lead to 15 million additional cases of malaria every year and 107,000 deaths. Maternal deaths, stillbirths, tuberculosis and HIV rates throughout the Asia-Pacific region and parts of Africa would also increase substantially over the next few years unless the funding cuts were reversed or replaced by other funding sources, he said.
The Age
11 hours ago
- Health
- The Age
‘A bomb thrown into the middle of science': Trump cuts hurt Australian medical research
Australian medical research institutes are suspending projects on malaria, tuberculosis and women's health, as well as laying off staff, as they reel from the Trump administration's multibillion-dollar science cuts. The situation has drawn condemnation from Australian scientists. Burnet Institute director Professor Brendan Crabb likened the cuts to 'having a bomb thrown into the middle of science'. 'The world of science and research in all its forms … is undergoing a global seismic shift as a result of what the US is doing,' he said. 'I can't think of another circumstance since the end of World War II where things have been upended so profoundly.' Preliminary estimates from the Burnet Institute show that the US cuts have left a $1.2 million funding shortfall across the organisation's global health programs and collaborations. A spokeswoman said this had led to the suspension until 2030 of research projects involving malaria, harm reduction, tuberculosis and women's and children's health. Loading Professor James Beeson, a world-renowned malaria researcher from the Burnet Institute, said the cuts would put millions of lives at risk. Beeson pointed to research by the Malaria Atlas Project, which estimates that a complete freeze in US funding would lead to 15 million additional cases of malaria every year and 107,000 deaths. Maternal deaths, stillbirths, tuberculosis and HIV rates throughout the Asia-Pacific region and parts of Africa would also increase substantially over the next few years unless the funding cuts were reversed or replaced by other funding sources, he said.
