Would Biden’s ‘Advanced Research’ Projects Mesh Well At NIH?

HHS Secretary Becerra answers questions about the scope of the proposed ARPA-H agency; more to come during NIH budget hearing.

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra was questioned by Rep. Andy Harris about how ARPA-H would work with NIH's existing translational science efforts. • Source: photo illustration - Shutterstock/Getty

The Biden Administration’s proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has the potential to “duplicate” ongoing translational research elsewhere in the National Institutes of Health, Rep. Andy Harris, R-MD, suggested during a House Appropriations hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services budget on 15 April.

“I want to know what your vision is for ARPA-H,” Harris asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. “If it’s a vision...

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