Review 🚨 Easwaran&Weeraratna outline how #ageing leads to epigenetic alterations in the #TME, enhancing clonal expansion of mutations and ultimately increasing cancer risk. 📖 👇

A huge shoutout to all the dedicated grants management specialists at the NIH who are working around the clock to push grants out before the Sep 30 deadline. And also to the POs responding to frantic emails. Not an easy job under the best of circumstances and right now it's the pits. Thank you!

I’m just going to say this lantern fly situation is untenable. First, one got into the revolving door with me. Then, one followed me into my uber. THIS CANNOT STAND.

Went for the over 50 trifecta yesterday- covid, flu and shingles vaccines. A little tired, sore arm but otherwise fine.

Lovely having @richardsever.bsky.social visit. Really brought home the value of preprints and has me scratching my head as to why I’ve not taken advantage of this?

Adorable chicken parm meatballs, grilled veggie salad, Caprese salad, and roasted hot honey carrots with pistachios and feta. Paired with balsamic chicken and rigatoni not shown.

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 1950s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone." — Michael Okuda How quick we forget.

Cocktail hour. My new fave thing to make is upside down flatbread, my old fave things are charcuterie boards and mango garlic shrimp!

OK, blue sky followers I need advice. I deactivated my Twitter account, but somehow the profile still stayed up. I no longer have access to it because it thinks I’ve deactivated it. Yesterday a bot took it over changed the username and is spamming all my former followers- what to do?

“Less encumbered by cynicism… students see the world with a moral clarity & urgency that institutions lack. That’s why we must listen to their voices,not silence them…The sign in my office window may be gone, but the choice to honor what it symbolized is still ours to make. Let’s do the right thing”

Yes, this... 👇

I never thought that so much progress and potential could be eradicated so quickly. How naive I was.

Imagine explaining to Bill Watterson while he was drawing this that "Calvinball" would one day appear in a United States Supreme Court dissent

Wow. This article is mind blowing.

In a normal funding environment, all of these applications would be awarded. This is what it looks like when outstanding science is left on the table. A tragic and painful failure of our national leadership.

People weren’t healthier “back in the day.” In 1960s, life expectancy was in the 60s vs. 79 today. Testicular cancer? 95% fatal. Today? 95% survivable. Same with MANY cancers. Infections. Vaccine-preventable illness. We live longer & healthier lives today bc of science. youtu.be/rDx7LrBiMH0?...

Had to post this pre-hurricane #Bluesky

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Excellent to see this commitment to include older adults in research. Cries of ‘wokery’ will be fewer & quieter for the protected characteristic of age, yet the principles of equity and inclusion are the same as with sex, gender, ethnicity & pregnancy status. All matter www.ukri.org/news/committ...

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers. My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers. We found 437 of them. Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Tonight, please spare a thought to all our scientists and public health workers who have dedicated their careers to saving millions of lives. Despite their amazing work they are constantly threatened due to politicization and the unfettered spread of misinformation. It should not be like this 💔

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨 @standupforscience.bsky.social Day 8! FRIENDS AND FAMILY FRIDAY: Use our new talking points to start Stand Up for Science conversations with your favorite people. 📊 Data-driven approach to pair messages w/ segments of the public. www.standupforscience.net/resources #31Days

On Sept 30 in Baltimore MD I will deliver the annual Michael Klag and Lucy Meoni Lecture at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2025/...

RFK Jr. backs down all the time when he gets push back, so if anyone wants to call, here's the HHS number 1-877-696-6775. I'd also call your senators/reps as well.

Our daughter Nusayba has officially graduated to long-term follow-up care, marking 5.5 years cancer-free. Georgetown Health Magazine recently featured her story, which captures some of the challenges and hope that defined these years for us. today.advancement.georgetown.edu/health-magaz...

Just delighted to see this pre-print out! Take a look and share widely!

An incredible and inspiring weekend of science, brainstorming and fundraising at the V foundation followed by some long awaited family time.

Congrats to my friend James DeGregori and his partner Mercedes Rincon and everyone involved on this beautiful study!

NIH wants to hear from you. No really. Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

1/Patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) are used in preclinical testing of cancer therapies, including metabolic therapies. We determined which metabolic properties are retained, and which are lost, when melanomas from patients are implanted and passaged as PDXs in mice. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

I may have outdone myself with this board. Includes tandoori shrimp and fresh grilled baby artichokes. Posting past boards for comparison.

The saying is you only notice public health efforts when things go wrong- good public health efforts are invisible, but their impact is huge. Proud to be at a School of Public Health. #Istandwithpublichealth

If you’re explaining this to folks, also relevant to point out that not just anybody can apply. You have to be at an institution that does research, like a university, and have demonstrated your qualifications to run a lab. So that’s not 4% of all comers. It’s 4% of established cancer researchers

May the odds be ever in your favor. 4% payline at the NCI. www.cancer.gov/grants-train...

Posting for @patrickhwumd.bsky.social Sautéed scallops with olive bruschetta

So proud of Dr. Carey!! What joy it has been having her in lab. Congrats Alexis!!! 💕

The end of animal testing? Transitioning to models is promising — but no silver bullet. No single method can replace using animals to test new drugs. By Amin Rostami-Hodjegan www.statnews.com/2025/07/15/e... via @statnews.com

🧪 After the workshop on 7/7, the FDA and NIH are asking for public comments on implementing novel methodologies and other strategies to reduce the use of animal testing by 7/14: www.fda.gov/news-events/...

Got up at 4 for no reason at all. Went to the gym. I was awake anyway. Now shower and go get food out for our clients. Do something for someone else while expecting nothing in return. Do something for someone when you know they cannot give something back. Be kind. Be compassionate. Be a helper.

Good morning! Heading to the beach this weekend? Just working outside? Strolling to your local coffee shop? Please read!

Fascinating www.linkedin.com/posts/scienc...

Does everyone know there is a comment period re: changes in animal research at NIH? I didn't. Closes July 14. The scientific community need to respond en masse. I asked university leadership to distribute to reach our colleagues not on social media, you can too go.pardot.com/e/858023/duc...

“You can do everything right... anddddd you can still get sick. That doesn’t mean lifestyle doesn’t matter. It does. Immensely. But it also doesn’t mean you’re to blame when things go wrong. Health is not a merit badge. And illness is not a personal failure.” @drplantel.bsky.social

What a depressing paper. Virtually every indicator of health in US kids is poor, and getting worse. Honestly - 54 excess deaths a day compared to similar countries. Depressive symptoms in nearly 40% and guns killing more 1-19 year olds than anything else. It’s a tough read.

Excited for this meeting!! Join us!

Great thread by Dr. Hwu!!!

The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.

Put some respect on Baltimore and @mayorbmscott.bsky.social’s name. We are not your punchline. We’re a city figuring it out. Kudos to Mayor Scott & his team. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

I lost my dad 25 yrs ago. Today I found some of his writings on leadership. It’s funny to see how many of my values were shaped by his. He talks about the importance of integrity, communication, and transparency in leadership. It makes me sad that I can’t have those conversations with him now.