"It just really undermines the progress, and it delays potential treatments that can change the course of these completely devastating illnesses that are affecting millions of families in the most intimate way," she said."
""There was very little time to process," she said. "... I kind of just walked into work that morning and was told I was being laid off, that there was a budget shortfall, and even though I had been there in the department for eight years, that I was being laid off.""
UCSF Health abruptly laid off researchers, associates, chemists, biologists, and animal health technicians involved in drug discovery for Alzheimer's, prion disease, and other neurodegenerative conditions. Several projects were nearing Food and Drug Administration submission and are now at risk of being frozen. The layoffs followed an earlier round of cuts and included a 40% departmental budget reduction with funds redirected toward Parkinson's research. Notification to affected staff arrived with little notice. The reductions threaten institutional expertise, increase workload for remaining employees, and risk delaying treatments for millions affected by neurodegenerative diseases.
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