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No, HHS does the vast majority of public health research in the US, which includes both CDC and NIH. The CDC budget is roughly a quarter of the NIH budget; mo
by dekhn 2y ago
No, HHS does the vast majority of public health research in the US, which includes both CDC and NIH. The CDC budget is roughly a quarter of the NIH budget; most public health research is NIH-funded. The CDC is more operational- they take what is learned and apply it to prevention and treatment.
- tptacek 2y agoIt may in fact be the case that more HHS-funded public health work is downstream of NIH than of CDC, but NIH is obviously not primarily a public health organization; here's the most recent RePORT data: https://tinyurl.com/nih-grant-report https://tinyurl.com/nih-grant-report
- pseudalopex 2y ago> NIH is obviously not primarily a public health organization They didn't say it was. Or did they edit?