In case you were wondering, two of the thirteen projects funded by the NIH's $50m Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI) talk about prevention in their project abstracts: dpcpsi.nih.gov/autism-data-...

How do genetics and genomics researchers write about autism? Well... When we looked at abstracts for NIH-funded research and we found potentially ableist discourse and language to be ubiquitous: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“Universities are in crisis and this inquiry couldn’t come soon enough.” @drjogrady.bsky.social After sustained pressure from UCU, The Education Committee has launched an inquiry into university finances. We’ll be submitting evidence. Full statement here: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1405...

Our branch stands firmly for trans inclusion and trans equality, and will not cease in protesting against discriminatory and inflammatory claims about trans people! www.ucu.org.uk/article/1404...

The Pathways to Work Green Paper sets out plans to cut billions from health and disability benefits. Instead of getting people into work, these cuts will push hundreds of thousands into poverty. Our new report looks at the impact of cuts to PIP, UC health & scrapping the WCA (🧵)

Excited to see the EMU’s work published yesterday in @jscicom.bsky.social! We studied the science communication (scicomm) landscape at NIH (obviously pre-2025). jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi... Congrats to AJ Hilliard, @nicolasugden.bsky.social, and Kristin Bass for their work on this.

Honestly, this book broke my brain a little and my heart big time. physicsworld.com/a/so-you-thi...

#DataStudies and #HistTech folks! Check out @0404am.bsky.social's forthcoming workshop 'A Social Science of Databases: Building Metaphysical Machines' dare.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/...

Most of the people I worked with in my 1st postdoc just got fired. They worked to promote public understanding of genetics and genomics and to make research and its benefits more relevant and equitable. For reasons why that work is important, see: modern history. www.genomeweb.com/policy-legis...

Some longer thoughts on the Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender 📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/03/19/a...

I quit my job at the NIH last month, in large part because it seemed like I could no longer honestly write about topics like health equity. so I wrote about it for Slate instead 🧪 slate.com/technology/2...

🌍💡Join us for our first annual multi-stakeholder town hall meeting, "Shaping the Future of Data Ethics"! 📆 March 31, 2025 Keynote speakers: - RDA SecGen Hilary Hanahoe - The Harvard Data Review's Xiao-Li Meng Don't miss out! Find out more and register: ethicaldatainitiative.org/2024/12/20/e...

Since Married at First Sight Australia S12 premiered in the UK last night its important to note how MAFS helps us understand the important difference between data and information.

Edinburgh is hosting a QUEER DATA SHOWCASE! ✨ We’re inviting artists, academics, activists and anyone who works with – or is interested in – queer data to share their ideas. 📢 The Call for Presenters is live! www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s... #data #AI #tech #LGBTQ #queer #edinburgh

I don't get sick, I *stay* sick 💅💃

Absolutely fantastic discussion of the case against polygenic embryo editing from @wiringthebrain.bsky.social A few related thoughts…

2024 in fiction. An unusual year in that I read two entire books set in the present real world with no spaceships or magic. I track my reading on Bookworm, the only book app that lets you clothe a silly worm avatar: www.bookwormreads.co/home

Call for Abstracts! Join @abbyrking.bsky.social and I in Seattle to talk about "Data, Care and Learning in Datafied Worlds" at 4S 2025. Deadline 31st January. dare.ed.ac.uk/events/2025/...

I saw the 'Fantasy Diabetes Card Fighting Game' Dia Fight on Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com/projects/rya...) and then I found out there are in fact numerous diabetes-themed games including Diabetor & The Sugar Monsters! and Battlebetes. MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS ASSEMBLE

tfw you're writing about the history of the relationship between mental illness and rheumatic conditions whilst yourself experiencing mental illness and rheumatic conditions

I'm back. Apologies in advance to all my new followers.

Logging in for the first time in a while to update my bio now that I'm in Edinburgh 😎

Not entirely sure whether it was related to my physical presence in Kansas City but I just realised that my card details were stolen this weekend... Sharing just in case #HistMed folks who were at #AAHM2024 want to check their accounts 😬

But do you get it though #AAHM2024

Already got one right here mate

Spread the word! @bshsnews.bsky.social Postgraduate Conference is a great place to share your research, and makes for an excellent first conference. Attending the 2015 conference and seeing all the cool stuff people were working on made me decide I definitely wanted to do a PhD 🤍 *wipes tear away*

I believe the relevant word is "landslide" 🤍 💪 Fellows at NIH voted yesterday on whether to form a union and 97.8% of us said YES. (See NIH Fellows United on the Other Place: twitter.com/nihfellowsun...)

Trying to synthesize the exact mix of history miscellanea and leftist shitposting I had so carefully curated in the Other Place.