Last week, the University of California president announced a system-wide hiring freeze in response to the uncertain future. Now, a UC Davis psychology professor is speaking out in hopes of saving his research grants from being targeted.
"What's become pretty clear to us, here in the lab and I think more generally, is that the average person doesn't know what we're doing," Trainor said.
"This time that we're living in, it is really stressful," she said. "It is really ironic that we're studying stress-induced disorders during a time when more people are under these conditions."
"So, if a grant is pulled, which is happening across the country right now, that just means the research would stop," Trainor said, adding that their greatest fear is joining universities like Columbia and Johns Hopkins University losing money and staff. "All the things you see here in this lab to keep this running, we need grants."
Other universities are seeing staff cuts over budget concerns and a potential lack of funding.
Trainor added that he hopes to connect people to the faces of those working to find better mental health solutions. He is worried it won't be enough to keep his research funded and working toward groundbreaking solutions.
For graduate student Cea Salazar, losing the ability to keep working in her UC Davis lab would be devastating.
The Trump administration argues that severe federal cuts are necessary to trim federal spending waste across the United States. There is also a list of universities where large-scale pro-Palestinian demonstrations were organized. Davis is included in that list and some fear that could also mean their research programs will be targeted for this reason.
"We know people's tax dollars are being spent. People work hard to get that money. When they pay it to the government, they want to know it's being spent on something worthwhile," Trainor said, noting that every day they get closer to helping millions of people suffering.
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