Thursday, March 30, 2017

UW, Fred Hutch slam Trump’s proposed budget, calling it ‘major step backward’ and ‘indefensible’ - Katherine Long, Seattle Times

Leaders at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center — two of the largest recipients of federal money for health research in the nation — slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed budget Thursday. The proposed cuts “represent a major step backward for American scientific research and innovation,” University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce said in a statement. The proposed cuts “are indefensible and would severely impede our progress” toward finding a cure for cancer, said Gary Gilliland, president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, during a news conference. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/uw-fred-hutch-slam-trumps-proposed-budget-calling-it-major-step-backward-and-indefensible/