Michellene Davis, the president and CEO of National Medical Fellowships, joined Forbes senior editor Maggie McGrath to talk about the cumulative effect of the thousands of NIH research grants slashed by the Trump administration in 2025 in the name of cost cutting–and how these cuts could hurt patients and worsen physician shortages in years to come.
00:00 The NIH Funding Cuts
03:00 The Human Cost of Disrupted Clinical Trials
06:30 The Global Impact of Canceled Grants
09:30 Vulnerable Populations and Public Health Risks
13:00 Effects on the Future Medical Workforce
19:00 Strategies for Long-Term Recovery and Physician Support
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