“‘It’s like they erased the problem,’ Dr. Slaughter-Acey said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...

CPC Fellow Jaime Slaughter-Acey says health science research cuts put medical breakthroughs at risk. "What we're doing matters for every mom and baby in this country." news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

CPC Fellow Jamie Slaughter-Acey says cuts to federal research funding are part of a larger pattern of political interference in science that puts the health of all people at risk. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to grant them a stay on the Massachusetts vs Kennedy/ APHA vs NIH ruling. This decision will occur on the shadow docket, with no formal hearing.

As former faculty @umnsph.bsky.social and associated with both (@umnlifecourse.bsky.social & ‪ @minnpop.bsky.social) housed within the Institute for Social & Data Innovation, I highly recommend this #populationhealth #postdoc training opportunity! #episky

The race-based element of the research might have put it in the crosshairs of the White House's bid to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The fact that we have to prove a human therapist provides better text-based CBT than ChatGPT is mind blowing. #AI should not be thought of as a replacement for people. #Humanity needs humans and humans need humanity‼️

Nearly 800 NIH grants have been terminated so far, including some focused on HIV and AIDS, trans health, and COVID-19, after researchers were told their work was no longer an agency priority. https://cbsn.ws/3YkDndI

Thank you Usha for telling my story so beautifully in @statnews.com ❤️ #EpiSky #MedSky #BlackSky #publichealth #healthequity #StillIRise

Burden in Grace ( #contedrawing on toned paper) After #Rodin’s #FallenCaryatid Rodin’s sculpture speaks to physical & symbolic weight; My drawing explores the quiet, almost meditative #strength in the act of bearing. #artoftheday #sketchbook

I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...

American #history may be fraught with injustices, but also with far more brave Americans willing to stand up for #justice each and every time. Preserving our investment in #education is vital for continuing this legacy. 🇺🇸✊🏻 #academicsky #edusky #theresistance

@lisamjarvis.bsky.social you are spot on!

In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su

🧵It’s #BlackMaternalHealthWeek -a time to center Black moms & a need for action. I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated. #MedSky #EpiSky

Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles

🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies

250 people or so at Chuck Schumer's house this morning

Yesterday I wrote about how Trump's "flagged" word list might block all of epidemiology, and some people complained discussing this was a distraction from bigger issues. But I think they're wrong. I think inclusiveness is fundamental to epidemiology, and without it we are dramatically limited.

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

@schumer.senate.gov Why on earth are dems going along with this gop bill to fund the gov???? Y’all need to exercise your spins and vote no. #Liberties are worth fighting for! Trump, Elon and the gop are trampling all of it including the dems.

Breaking News: Declaring that “we are at a crossroads in history,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said that European countries would increase military spending and assemble a coalition to defend Ukraine.

I #StandWithUkraine! 💙💙💛💛

I am PI on an R01 partnering with the VA. They do enormously important research and have vast data resources. But the VA system is not easy to navigate. Losing their skilled analysts and data techs would greatly impede work there.

PRAMS is the source of data for basically every effort to limit infant mortality and all the health dangers mothers face before and after birth. So a pretty big deal the Elon and Co decided to cancel the program.

#JohnLewis on when to get into #goodtrouble✊🏽

"Merit" for me, but not for thee

I hope state DA’s are as quick to file a lawsuit over this racist policy using our education system to assert bigotry and #racism as they were about the feds freezing funds. This is a fight for #equity, #equality, #freedom, and #education @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

Terrible news like this should be shared with a link even though it would be less likely to blow up. "The NCI, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, warned that about 330 employees who had been hired within the past year would be fired. Just under 10% the entire workforce"

On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Yes. Call it what it is! The Anti-DEI movement is about purging protected groups and re-segregation in the name of bigotry and power.

The way the term #DEI has been wielded and the way the anti-DEI movement is surgically being implemented smells like racial/ethnic/gender/disability/sex discrimination to me. It’s systematic implementation into our govt system being present a perfect example of systematic racism and other isms

This type of censorship is the making of a dictatorship. People wake up! #EpiSky #PublicHealth #SocialEpi

Even the NYTimes thinks the 1st moves may have been an overshoot of what was asked. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/h...

As a co-chair of the @iaphs.bsky.social meeting planning committee I can attest that this is going to be an excellent 10-year anniversary conference. Plan your abstracts and panels and join us! Never been? Feel free to ask about it below… iaphs.org/conference/

Today’s #doodle was brought to you by the letter M for #Monday and my pup who gracious slept while I did a quick sketch. #artjoy

Intersectional Inequities in #MaternalMortality: Examining the Compounded Risks for Black Birthing Individuals with #PhysicalDisabilities -- lead by Ilhom Akobirshoev @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I #doodle sometimes to clear the mind. This practice allows me to be think through my research w/o carrying the stress of academia #art #mindfulness #dachshund

The bluesky 🦋 starter pack is the new mixtape, amirite?

It’s exciting to see the growing #EpiSky community 🤓

In #academia you encounter a lot of rejection. It’s important to learn how to not give a f*** and still care at the same time so that you keep moving forward and don’t leave a piece of yourself behind.

Great article in @washingtonpost.com about strengths and limitations of state efforts to address health-related social needs. Quotes from me and others in the field. #healthpolicy wapo.st/3OKcYkD

My first time drawing with #charcoal! I think this Ostrich is saying, “Whatcha talkin bout Willis?” #artjoy 🎨🖌️

#Academia is stressful. Last Spring, I started #drawing again after a 20 yr hiatus… I don’t know why I ever stopped given the joy and peace I feel when creating. I’m having so much fun working in graphite.🎨🖌️🖼️ #worklifebalance #beaglemix #coonhoundmix