Our topic for the next #LCSM Chat on Thursday, April 6^th at 5 PM Pacific/ 8 PM Eastern is “Who Needs Research Anyway: How Have You Been Impacted by Lung Cancer Research?” The moderator for this chat is Dr. David Tom Cooke (@DavidCookeMD)

In its most recent budget outline, the Trump administration is looking to propose an 18% cut to the National Institute of Health’s (NIH; @NIH) $31.7 billion budget (#trumpbudget).  In addition to this funding cut, the Trump administration proposes to 1) reorganize the current NIH institute structure and 2) fold the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ; @AHRQNews) into the NIH, potentially diffusing it’s $334 million budget into other NIH institutes that perform similar quality investigative work.  AHRQ funds research that focuses on patient safety and quality improvement.  For example AHRQ has funded the development of lung cancer screening decision aides, and cancer specific…