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ACT for NIH

ACT for NIH is an American lobbying organization based in Washington, D.C.

It is registered as a 501(c)(4) non-profit advocacy organization, and lobbies the United States Congress to increase funding for biomedical research.[1] It additionally operates a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization called the ACT for NIH Foundation.

History

ACT for NIH was formed in 2017.[2]

Organization

ACT for NIH is a member of the Coalition for Health Funding.[3]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Richard Turman President -
Rachel Pollock Vice-President -
Emily Williams Advocacy and Operations Manager -
James Allison Advisor MD Anderson Cancer Center
David Baltimore Advisor California Institute of Technology
Eric Cantor Advisor United States Congress, Moelis & Company
Ronald DePinho Advisor MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jennifer Doudna Advisor University of California, Berkeley
Bernadette Gray-Little Advisor University of Kansas
Tom Harkin Advisor Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement
Michael Milken Advisor Milken Institute
Siddhartha Mukherjee Advisor Columbia University
Phillip Ozuah Advisor Montefiore Medicine
Sean Parker Advisor Parker Foundation
Ronald Petersen Advisor Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Padmanee Sharma Advisor MD Anderson Cancer Center
Michael Stephens Advisor United States Congress
Lori Wilson Advisor Howard University College of Medicine

  1. About. Act for NIH. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221015201811/https://www.actfornih.org/about/ ↩︎

  2. Act for NIH Foundation. Cause IQ. Retrieved October 16, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221016014553/https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/act-for-nih-foundation,821130166/ ↩︎

  3. Our Members. Coalition for Health Funding. Retrieved November 22, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20211122194259/https://www.publichealthfunding.org/our-members ↩︎