My quote of the day The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanks for the shoutout, CAPPI!

New pub alert! Retention in #HIV care still matters, even in the modern treatment era: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40530937/

Excited 2 bring the Massachusetts model of care to AL. MD shortages plague our state, & our HIV/OBAT clinic is often overbooked. But with the nurse care manager model, champion by Colleen Labelle (center), we can extend high-quality addiction care across the state. TY Colleen & Grayken team

@uabcappi.bsky.social will be tabling at Regional Wellness Day 2025 from 3pm–7pm today at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Come see us! #UAB #birminghamalabama #communitymatters #uabcappi

That’s a wrap! UAB CAPPI photos from the 2025 Addiction Prevention Coalition End Addiction Walk. We were delighted to sponsor this large community event which supports the APC’s lifesaving programs / people who use drugs. #UAB_CAPPI #communitymatters

Come join us if you’re in Birmingham AL. This is a great event to show your support for an organization that does so much to help ppl who use drugs.

Come join me next month!

Good morning from the Oreo girls!

NoA NOTIFICATION REQUEST Re-upping this request now that NIH staff are apparently allowed to make awards. If anyone receives a NoA starting today and continuing forward, please DM me with information about the mechanism and institute or center. THANK YOU I hope to full up my DMs with good news

ATTENTION If anyone has received a NoA after the "pause", please DM me with information about the mechanism and institute or center. THANK YOU

@altnih4science.bsky.social I am hearing that ASSIST will not accept budgets with an IDC rate above 15%. Is that true?

Impact of NIH funding in ALABAMA: NIH AWARDS FUNDING: $386 M JOBS SUPPORTED: 4,769 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED: $909 M Bio Industry Impact: Jobs: 12,786 Businesses: 1,235 Cutting NIH indirects will end jobs & cause a recession. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-... h/t@CarlosdelRio7

🐸🐸🐸

FWIW as an NIH funded researcher, I’m going to work on my grant proposals that are meant to help vulnerable ppl, write my papers, meet with colleagues, (ie, do my job). I’m not going to stop…and neither should you

Someone had the gall to mail me an advert for local raw milk. They don’t know who they are messing with!

Looking towards holiday break like…

Please don’t drink raw milk. That is all.

My wife, y’all! One of <20 attorneys that were allowed in the court room today.

This. Exactly this. I am beyond worried. #skrmetti

You know you are at a momentous time in US history when a solicitor general actually compares gender affirming care to eugenics and lobotomies. My god. #skrmetti

This is worth a read ( and includes a great quote from my wife!). So much hinges on the Skrmetti Supreme Court case, which will have immense consequences for the basic human rights of trans people. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

www.hiv.gov/blog/world-a... “This year’s theme, “Collective Action: Sustain and Accelerate HIV Progress,” reminds us that we must remain steadfast in our commitment to prevent new HIV infections and provide essential services to all people with HIV.”

I submitted three NIH grants this year and all I want for Christmas is for one of them to hit! 🤞

Trying to write a paper on my R25 curriculum in SGM health/how we developed it and can’t find a single example of a paper like this! 😭

Are you the cat in the box or on top of the box this Monday morning? 😹

I wrote about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s various weird ideas about HIV/AIDS, and why they could soon become the rest of the world's problem if he becomes HHS secretary. In the words of one expert I spoke to, "I can't believe we're having this conversation." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Looking for people w experience providing fentanyl test strip education to serve as a consultant for a grant. DM me if interested!

Darwin says it’s been a long week. 🤣

Got my first hate mail today from someone who thinks harm reduction is bunk and RFK Jr. will lead us towards real science. Man oh man this is going to be a tough 4+ years.

Thrilled to share my first JAMA paper, coauthored my by brilliant colleagues Drs. Mary Hawk and Raagini Jawa: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Sickening. What a great job raising salaries, Republicans. natlawreview.com/article/texa...

Playing Oregon Trail in an attempt to familiarize myself with the diseases I'll be dodging next year. A researcher.

First post! Looking for #harmreduction peeps!