Dr. Carmen Marsit, Distinguished Professor of Research and Executive Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research Strategy at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory, is hoping the mass defunding of research will lead to the general public gaining a better understanding of how science works in the U.S.—and why it matters.
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