Check this out straight from the NIH website, acknowledging that multiyear funding was likely responsible for a 20% decrease in early stage investigators. And that it was expected. A strange approach for someone so committed to the next generation of scientists. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

Thanking Donald Trump for signing the budget bill, which spared NIH from the knife was unseemly and unnecessary. In fact, the destruction of American science is gathering steam under this administration and appeasement won't help. My latest for @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The collapse of curiosity driven research has occurred in STEM too. Everything has to be outcomes focused - cure disease, grow better crops, etc. But so much of what humanity has discovered is from "basic" curiosity-driven science. I'm hugely in favor of funding curiosity in every discipline.

NIH has lost another Institute Director today. Linsey Criswell was not renewed at NIAMS. 15 (of 27) Directorships are now unfilled, creating a leadership vacuum and opening the door for Trump to install more cronies like former JD Vance roommate Kyle Walsh. insidehealthpolicy.com/share/153675

I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis. It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake. The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0 www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...

Love how colon cancer keeps killing people under 50 and yet insurance doesn't cover colonoscopy without cost-sharing until age 45. I just paid $1,584 out of pocket for mine thanks to my deductible and copays

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens. - Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide -There's worms & mold in food -300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows www.propublica.org/article/life...

FYI: The switch to requiring the new NIH Biosketch format via SciENcv has been delayed until May. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Spoke with a PI whose postdoc is trapped abroad because of social media vetting. It appears the postdoc missed disclosing one account and it's unclear if they can come back… ever. This is the country we live in now.

AI has no sense of humor, though its failures can generate a good laugh. For example: On Halloween, I posted a picture of my kid sorting her candy, captioned, "We have progressed from data collection to data analysis." Now I regularly get bots in my mentions trying to sell me data analytics tools.

In brief, this maneuver: - effectively converts employee status to "at-will" (meaning they can be fired for any--or no--reason), - redirects whistleblower complaints to internal agency counsel, & takes away these civil servants' rights to appeal adverse personnel actions.

Notice of Temporary Extension of Eligibility for the NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00): for Individuals whose final due date was September-November 2025 and January-March 2026. As always, reach out to your PO/IC contact to discuss. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Looking for sources for a @nature.com story about how researchers are coping in the midst of current events: If you're a PhD or other academic who's struggling to focus with everything that's happening in the world and would like to be interviewed for this story, please get in touch ASAP!

The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying: “Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.” - anonymous NIHer

🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year. That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027. A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications. A short 🧵

Great overview of the damage to science over the past year. This shows NIH awarded 24% fewer new research awards in FY2025 vs 2024. The multiyear funding language in the new LHHS bill means we should expect the same amount of new science this year. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Don’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.

It is hard to overstate the impact that the NIH multiyear funding debate happening in congress right now could have on biomedical research over the next few years.

A reminder as Congress finalizes NIH appropriations: the bill must limit multiyear funding (MYF), Vought's way of cutting the NIH budget without cutting the budget. MYF will devastate the research workforce. @safa-science.bsky.social wrote this in July. Still relevant: substack.com/@scienceandf...

Here is the curve for new and competitive renewal (Type 1 and Type 2) awards. This reveals that only very few (42) new and competitive renewal awards have been made thus far in fiscal year 2026. This compares with more than 1200 through the same date in previous fiscal years. 3/6

“An AI scientist, for example, could figure out how the human brain works, or deliver any gene to any cell in the body.” Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.

I was looking to see if there are any studies about people electing not to poop while at work... and stumbled into a rabbit hole about women's use and avoidance of restrooms (which, BTW, isn't great for one's health). 🧪 www.auajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1...

This year has been brutal for science, especially early career researchers and those working with communities further marginalized by this administration. Please read the experiences of these scientists. And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back. theconversation.com/this-year-ne...

Before kids men and women make steady progress in their careers. After kids, moms (not dads) start shifting to lower-paying employers. Mothers trade pay for flexibility or other accommodations. Many opt for part-time jobs, remote work or shorter commutes. www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...

I am so proud to work alongside these folks.

More women experience sexual dysfunction than men. The FDA took 6 months to approve Viagra for men. It took 6 yrs to approve Addyi for sexual dysfunction in pre-menopausal women & 10 more yrs to approve it for post-menopausal women under age 65. time.com/7341012/sexu...

Please read and share. Yet another large group of federal workers - this time at DOJ - are speaking up about this administration destroying programs that protect Americans.

148 clinical trials have been impacted, with 138k patients due to be enrolled or already enrolled. Once research stops, some won't pick up where they left off. Even when terminated funding was reinstated, things do not go back to normal. There is so much waste happening. 🧪 archive.today/Rii7f

Clearing out my bookmarks folder to prep readings I'll be using in my 300-level Gene Regulation class next semester! We cover a lot of primary "classic" literature in class, with recent accessible science journalism as assigned reading to see how gene regulation is relevant to today's issues. 🧵

Got a chance to speak to @andreahsu.bsky.social on @npr.org about how NIH has been largely shutdown since January. www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

I’d never done a hill visit before. It was a very interesting experience. I hope they hear us!

“To do nothing is to be complicit in the horrors we are visiting upon the world.” “…small, individual acts of noncompliance are also tools that can frustrate great and evil powers.” www.thenation.com/article/acti...

In June, Rhode Island became the first state to require workplace accommodations for menopause, including temperature control, flexible breaks and private spaces for symptom management. www.huffpost.com/entry/rhode-...

"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?" Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.

Head on over to insta to hear Richard Schlueter’s powerful testimony about how this Admin’s sledgehammering of NIH induced delays could cost cancer patients their lives. www.instagram.com/reel/DNqgC-S...

If you like to breath clean air & live on a habitable planet, consider commenting on EPA’s proposed rollback of the Endangerment Finding (which classifies fossil fuels as health threats so EPA can regulate them): www.regulations.gov/document/EPA... ⬇️ Suggested talking points ⬇️

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...

Are there good neuro/neuroimaging journals that still accept brief communications, i.e., short papers focused on 1-2 results? Interesting results but not "major impact". #neuroskyence

“Bhattacharya mentioned that the federal funds allocated to NIH were delayed earlier this year, but assured that they are on track to be fully spent: ‘…folks at NIH are working overtime to make this happen,’ he said.” I have some thoughts on this… www.wvtm13.com/article/uab-...

It's been 5 years since I've been licensed as a foster parent. 32 kids have shared my home. Some for a few hours, some forever. I've had to say no to hundreds of kids, every one of them breaking my heart. I can't imagine doing anything else, despite how broken the system is. Questions? Ask away!

Journalist freaks out researchers because of incomplete understanding of how NIH works drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/j...

It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA. The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US. We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research… Definitely worth a read projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT. I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up." Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!

Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya June 10, 10am ET www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

I often send a little e-mail congratulating the corresponding author of a paper I really enjoyed reading. It's simple, quick and I think it's always nice to receive a positive message.

I co-chair a year-long program called #NIH Academy (with our AVP for Strategic Research Initiatives), designed to support ECR's targeting their first R01. Today I learned that after 9 mos of hard work, her mechanism expired - 3 days before it was due. 🧵 1/ grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

A strong statement about the importance of NIH on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy Sunday Morning (Part 1)