Richard Gunderman

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Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD, is Chancellor’s Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University.

His most recent books are Marie Curie and Contagion.

Richard Gunderman

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6/18/25

Can Bureaucracy Love Science? ‘Bethesda Declaration’ Reveals NIH’s Culture Crisis

On June 9, about 300 employees of the National Institutes of Health, representing all 27 NIH institutes, issued a letter they called the “Bethesda Declaration,” calling on NIH director Jay […]

Richard Gunderman

Can Bureaucracy Love Science? ‘Bethesda Declaration’ Reveals NIH’s Culture Crisis