Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health

Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health

An associate professor at Harvard Medical School is suing the National Institutes of Health after her funding to study the mental health of young LGBTQ people was cut, affecting a team of 18 researchers and causing students to fear for their safety. “These grant terminations have broader implications. When science is silenced by ideology, we all lose,” Brittany Charlton — who is also an associate professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Publ…