Funding was cut to life-saving medical research programs in Philly. Rep. Brendan Boyle demands to know why.
“These are not just abstract academic accomplishments,” said one Penn professor. “They are real improvements in the practice of medicine that have resulted in thousands of lives being saved."
Rep. Brendan Boyle sent a formal letter to the federal government on Wednesday, demanding an explanation for the recent cuts to health care research funding in Philadelphia.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality last month cut dozens of grants nationwide, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. The cancellations affected multiple programs at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, disrupting studies into how healthcare systems can be organized and financed to improve health outcomes.
That included projects on improving translation services for hospitalized patients and expanding access to hormone therapy for menopausal women.
“Their funding isn’t partisan, nor is it controversial,” Boyle said at a Wednesday press conference on Schuylkill Avenue where he w…