Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired a top NIH scientist who filed a whistleblower complaint against the Trump administration.
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who formerly directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was demoted and put on administrative leave in March, per The New York Times.
She filed a complaint against the Trump administration to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel in September, claiming she was silenced and demoted after she spoke out against Trump administration policies that she argued undermined vaccine research, went against court orders and canceled important clinical trials.
Marrazzo was officially fired on Wednesday, Oct. 1, per a copy of the termination letter obtained by The New York Times. The letter from Kennedy, who is the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, did not provide a specific reason for the termination, per the outlet.
"My termination, unfortunately, shows that the leaders of HHS and the National Institutes of Health do not share my commitment to scientific integrity and public health," Marrazzo said in a statement shared by her attorneys.
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