Where private research funders stow their cash and studying gun deaths in children

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🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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A new Science investigation reveals several major private research funders—including the Wellcome Trust and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation—are making secretive offshore investments at odds with their organizational missions. Host Meagan Cantwell talks with writer Charles Piller about his deep dive into why some private funders choose to invest in these accounts. In the United States, gun injuries kill more children annually than pediatric cancer, but funding for firearm research pales in comparison. On this week’s show, host Sarah Crespi talks with Staff Writer Meredith Wadman and emergency physician Rebecca Cunningham about how a new grant will jump-start research on gun deaths in children. This week’s episode was edited by Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast [Image: Bernard Spragg; Music: Jeffrey Cook] *Correction, 27 December, 5 p.m.: The interview on studying gun deaths in children in the United States incorrectly says that NIH spent $3.1 million on research into pediatric gun deaths. The correct figure is $4.4 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.6	Welcome to the science podcast for December 7, 2018. I'm Sarah Crespy. In this week's show, Megan Cantwell talks with investigative correspondent Charles Piller
1:29.5	about the use of offshore tax havens by private research funders.
1:35.5	And I talk with reporter Meredith Wadman and researcher Rebecca Cunningham,
1:39.8	who's received a grant from the NIH to jumpstart research into gun violence prevention.
1:48.3	I'm Megan Cantwell, and I'm with Charles Pillar, an investigative correspondent for science,
1:53.6	to talk about his feature on how private funders for research are making offshore investments.
2:00.0	Hey, Charles.
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