Joe Rogan on nih: what the evidence says · JRE #2262
SUBJECT: NIH
Not a true/false call. Every claim is logged with its sources; read the exhibits below.
So the budget of the Division of Neuroscience alone was $2.6 billion in the last fiscal year. was 2.6 billion dollars in the last fiscal year and this guy was a key leader for the effort.
What the evidence says 01 / RECORD
Both figures trace to Science magazine's September 2024 investigation of neuroscientist Eliezer Masliah, which reported that after Congress boosted Alzheimer's funding in 2016 the National Institute on Aging (NIA) tapped Masliah as a key leader of the effort and put him in charge of its Division of Neuroscience, whose budget was 2.6 billion dollars in the last fiscal year and dwarfs the rest of NIA combined. The NIH separately confirmed that Masliah directed the NIA neuroscience division and, following a misconduct investigation, was relieved of that position. Independent scientific literature reviewing the case corroborates that Masliah was an influential NIH figure whose flagged papers underpin more than 200 patents. Rogan's paraphrase of the 2.6 billion dollar Division of Neuroscience budget and Masliah's leadership role matches the reporting.