Email to Congressman Tim Murphy, PA-18;
Funding MS research through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) is important to me, as your constituent and an MS activist. I urge you to join your fellow Members of Congress in supporting increased federal funding for MS research by adding your signature to the following letters by Friday, March 31st.
The peer-reviewed MS Research Program funds innovative, high-risk, high-reward research within the Department of Defense that is complimentary to that funded at the National Institutes of Health. Increased funding is necessary, as less than 15% of research applications to the program are able to be funded annually. To sign the Dear Colleague letter supporting $10 million for the MSRP in FY 2018, email Dante.Cutrona@mail.house.gov (Rep. Costello) or Jacqueline.Usyk@mail.house.gov (Rep. Cárdenas).
The NIH has provided the basic science research that has led to many of the advancements in MS detection and treatments. The President's FY2018 Budget Blueprint has proposed cuts to the NIH by $5.8 billion, nearly 20% below current funding levels. Research needs continued and sustained investment, not budget cuts, in order for researchers to pursue the next generation of treatments and cures for diseases like MS. Representatives David McKinley, Andre Carson, Peter King, and Susan Davis are circulating a Dear Colleague letter requesting a $2 billion increase for NIH above FY 2017's funding level. To sign this Dear Colleague, please email Zach Bunshaft at Zach.Bunshaft@mail.house.gov.
The passage of the 21st Century Cures legislation in 2016 authorized the creation of the National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System at the CDC to track and collect data on the epidemiology of neurological conditions, including MS. There has not been an MS incidence or prevalence study since 1975 and this information will serve as a foundation for researchers to better understand geographic clusters of MS, potential environmental triggers, ethnic or racial differences, outcome measures of current treatments and healthcare practices. Congress must fund to ensure implementation. To sign the Dear Colleague letter supporting $5 million for this System in FY 2018, email Dante.Cutrona@mail.house.gov (Rep. Costello) or Sylvia.Lee@mail.house.gov (Rep. Larson).
Increased federal investment in MS research is critical to reaching our vision of a world free of MS. Please sign-on to the above Dear Colleague letters by Friday, March 31st.
The peer-reviewed MS Research Program funds innovative, high-risk, high-reward research within the Department of Defense that is complimentary to that funded at the National Institutes of Health. Increased funding is necessary, as less than 15% of research applications to the program are able to be funded annually. To sign the Dear Colleague letter supporting $10 million for the MSRP in FY 2018, email Dante.Cutrona@mail.house.gov (Rep. Costello) or Jacqueline.Usyk@mail.house.gov (Rep. Cárdenas).
The NIH has provided the basic science research that has led to many of the advancements in MS detection and treatments. The President's FY2018 Budget Blueprint has proposed cuts to the NIH by $5.8 billion, nearly 20% below current funding levels. Research needs continued and sustained investment, not budget cuts, in order for researchers to pursue the next generation of treatments and cures for diseases like MS. Representatives David McKinley, Andre Carson, Peter King, and Susan Davis are circulating a Dear Colleague letter requesting a $2 billion increase for NIH above FY 2017's funding level. To sign this Dear Colleague, please email Zach Bunshaft at Zach.Bunshaft@mail.house.gov.
The passage of the 21st Century Cures legislation in 2016 authorized the creation of the National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System at the CDC to track and collect data on the epidemiology of neurological conditions, including MS. There has not been an MS incidence or prevalence study since 1975 and this information will serve as a foundation for researchers to better understand geographic clusters of MS, potential environmental triggers, ethnic or racial differences, outcome measures of current treatments and healthcare practices. Congress must fund to ensure implementation. To sign the Dear Colleague letter supporting $5 million for this System in FY 2018, email Dante.Cutrona@mail.house.gov (Rep. Costello) or Sylvia.Lee@mail.house.gov (Rep. Larson).
Increased federal investment in MS research is critical to reaching our vision of a world free of MS. Please sign-on to the above Dear Colleague letters by Friday, March 31st.
Sincerely,
Frank Austin
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