Jay Bhattacharya Appears To Keep Infamous Harvard Project Torturing Baby Monkeys On Life Support
The National Institutes of Health under director Jay Bhattacharya continues to be keep funding Harvard research involving the torture of baby monkeys despite having announced it was terminating it.
Emily Kopp · Sep 23, 2026 · 4 min read

The National Institutes of Health under director Jay Bhattacharya continues to be keep funding Harvard research involving the torture of baby monkeys despite having announced it was terminating it.
Bhattacharya has resisted making several major changes at NIH since the dissolution of Elon Musk’s cost cutting project the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in 2025. The appointee of President Donald Trump has celebrated Anthony Fauci’s Biden-era pardon, maintained NIH funding at status quo levels, fired new aides brought on to reform the institution, further integrated the military and gain-of-function research — and protected and even promoted career bureaucrats who conduct research at odds with conservative values.
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, who oversees the implementation of Trump’s agenda across federal agencies, confronted Bhattacharya in a heated meeting in the White House with Trump present, according to several news reports.




