Improving Science & Restoring Trust in Public Health | Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

My guest is Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, Director of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) and Professor Emeritus of Health Policy
at Stanford University. We discuss which scientific questions ought
to be the priority for NIH, how to incentivize bold, innovative
science especially from younger labs, how to solve the replication
crisis and restore trust and transparency in science and public
health, including acknowledging prior failures by the NIH. We
discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and the data and sociological factors
that motivated lockdowns, masking and vaccine mandates. Dr.
Bhattacharya shares his views on how to resolve the vaccine–autism
debate and how best to find the causes and cures for autism and
chronic diseases. The topics we cover impact everyone: male,
female, young and old and, given that NIH is the premier research
and public health organization in the world, extend to Americans
and non-Americans alike. Read the episode show notes at
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Timestamps 00:00:00 Jay Bhattacharya 00:06:56 National Institutes
of Health (NIH), Mission 00:09:12 Funding, Basic vs. Applied
Research 00:18:22 Sponsors: David & Eight Sleep 00:21:20
Indirect Costs (IDC), Policies & Distribution 00:30:43 Taxpayer
Funding, Journal Access, Public Transparency 00:38:14 Taxpayer
Funding, Patents; Drug Costs in the USA vs Other Countries 00:48:50
Reducing Medication Prices; R&D, Improving Health 01:00:01
Sponsors: AG1 & Levels 01:02:55 Lowering IDC?, Endowments,
Monetary Distribution, Scientific Groupthink 01:12:29 Grant Review
Process, Innovation 01:21:43 R01s, Tenure, Early Career Scientists
& Novel Ideas 01:31:46 Sociology of Grant Evaluation, Careerism
in Science, Failures 01:39:08 “Sick Care” System, Health Needs
01:44:01 Sponsor: LMNT 01:45:33 Incentives in Science, H-Index,
Replication Crisis 01:58:54 Scientists, Data Fraud, Changing
Careers 02:03:59 NIH & Changing Incentive Structure,
Replication, Pro-Social Behavior 02:15:26 Scientific Discovery,
Careers & Changing Times, Journals & Publications 02:19:56
NIH Grants & Appeals, Under-represented Populations, DEI
02:28:58 Inductive vs Deductive Science; DEI & Grants; Young
Scientists & NIH Funding 02:39:38 Grant Funding, Identity &
Race; Shift in NIH Priorities 02:51:23 Public Trust & Science,
COVID Pandemic, Lockdowns, Masks 03:04:41 Pandemic Mandates &
Economic Inequality; Fear; Public Health & Free Speech 03:13:39
Masks, Harms, Public Health Messaging, Uniformity, Groupthink,
Vaccines 03:22:48 Academic Ostracism, Public Health Messaging &
Opposition 03:30:26 Culture of American Science, Discourse &
Disagreement 03:36:03 Vaccines, COVID Vaccines, Benefits &
Harms 03:47:05 Vaccine Mandates, Money, Public Health Messaging,
Civil Liberties 03:54:52 COVID Vaccines, Long-Term Effects; Long
COVID, Vaccine Injury, Flu Shots 04:06:47 Do Vaccines Cause
Autism?; What Explains Rise in Autism 04:18:33 Autism & NIH;
MAHA & Restructuring NIH? 04:25:47 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube,
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