The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the University of Virginia. If you love Wonkette, SUPPORT WONKETTE FINANCIALLY. You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. He is also a former Director of Development Authority and Biomedical Advanced Research from 2016 to 2020. On May 5, 2020, Bright filed a whistleblower complaint which means it can bring allegations contacting the third party outside of an accused organization such as government Media and Law enforcement. OSC Announces Settlement Agreement Between HHS and Former BARDA Bright has many more advices, which he will share with Congress, and which you can read for yourself in his opening statement. He also announced he will file a . Since 2010, Bright has worked for the federal government at BARDA, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. Please enter valid email address to continue. Dr. Rick Bright made headlines last month for his role as a whistleblower during the coronavirus crisis. He later went on sick leave because of hypertension, a spokeswoman said at the time. There is currently no information on whether Bright is married or not. HHS whistleblower Rick Bright resigns from government Bright alleges that he was demoted because he opposed political pressure linked to an unproven Covid-19 treatment. Bright filed a prohibited personnel practice complaint with OSC alleging, among other issues, that the reassignment limiting his role in the government's pandemic response was retaliatory. Rick is exactly the person you want to have at the table when planning new programs, especially in the midst of a pandemic., I have known Bright for years. /*Lawyers For Ousted Top Vaccine Official Announce Plans To File And if we don't have a "national coordinated strategy" to address the pandemic and the economic depression that's come along with the Trump response to the pandemic, and if the government doesn't use the "guidance of the best scientific minds" available, well Well, let's let Dr. The studies that claim HCQ has no positive effect on COVID-19 recovery were preceded by one taking place within the Veterans Affairs hospital system, and the media narrative built on that. The program was about supporting programs to build and enhance the global capacity for influenza vaccine production and evaluation in developing countries. Dr. However, the United State office the independent agency has approached the government to Re-Initiate ricks position at BARDA. Last week a big deal was made, in some of the Usual Suspect media outlets, of congressional testimony by a Dr. Rick Bright, who until not too long ago headed something called the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). As a result, Bright acknowledged in his whistleblower complaint that he was a source behind a Reuters story about Trump administration officials pursuit of the drug.