Jeanne Marrazzo filed a federal lawsuit in Maryland naming Matthew Memoli and Jay Bhattacharya, alleging she was illegally fired after blowing the whistle on sweeping NIH funding cuts and research cancellations.The complaint says HHS and NIH officials bypassed standard scientific review to cut billions, disrupted more than 74,000 trial participants, and sidelined career scientists while Memoli pushed through cancellations and reallocated about $500 million toward vaccine work tied to his mentor Jeffery Taubenberger.The case seeks Marrazzo’s reinstatement and legal protections for federal whistleblowers and could test the independence of scientific review at the nation’s largest biomedical funder as officials warn the cuts will weaken future infectious-disease and HIV-vaccine research.