Happy NP Week!!

“Cancer pts & their families are being pulled into the #priorauthorization process, at the expense of their time, health, & well-being”   #Priorauth isn’t just an administrative hurdle for clinicians; it’s a hidden 2nd job for patients. #ascoQLTY25 @ascocancer.bsky.social @ascopost.bsky.social

New 🎙️: Drs Abby Rosenberg & @lghazal.bsky.social discuss optimal care for #AYACSM #AYAC psychosocial needs incld skills building & engaging in key health care discussions. Our convo is based on a RCT showing an education program can ⬆️QOL & ⬇️anxiety at 6 & 12 mo. @ascocancer.bsky.social

🔥 @drrobinyabroff.bsky.social is the winner of the 2025 Joseph Simone Quality Care Award given at #ASCOQLTY25. This award recognizes an extraordinary individual who has made multiple, significant, & enduring contributions to the quality & safety of cancer care. @americancancersoc.bsky.social

Love academic meetings for catch up sessions with my amazing friends & collaborators. Dr @lghazal.bsky.social gave an important talk at #mascc25 on #financiaToxicity in #ayacsm. We do a tonne of research together about #priorAuth & healthy policy gaps. But we also just like to hang out. 😘

@pallonccop.bsky.social @fumikochino.bsky.social @lghazal.bsky.social

What an absolute honor to give Grand Rounds St. Jude today. I spoke on improving the health & quality of life of LGBTQ+ AYA cancer survivors. I also got to celebrate the legacy of Danny Thomas & the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities by touring the campus. @urnursing.bsky.social

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www.nytimes.com/video/scienc... LGBTQ Research Matters.

Today I'm finding out which people believe that if you're part of a population that is a small overall percentage of humans on the planet, it's okay to strip you of rights. I wonder if they have considered how easy it would be to classify *them* into a small overall percentage, and do it to them.

Next time you’re in a meeting, look around the room. If your underrepresented early career scientists aren’t there, maybe ask yourself why & then find the answers. We need even more support right now.

In 2026, HHS was set to require fields for sexual orientation and gender identity in EHRs, supporting research and better care for LGBTQ+ patients. Now, HHS won't enforce those requirements. Read in @statnews.com about impacts on providers and EHR vendors: www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h...

This is a sad but interesting question. How many grad students will leave and where, if anywhere will they go ?

👇🏼 please watch this. Thanks to all who advocated for early career scientists, cancer researchers & the LGBTQ community. www.youtube.com/live/JofqSdW...

Sharing some good news: Wilmot Cancer Institute is now an NCI designated cancer center! Proud to be a member of the Cancer Prevention & Control group!! www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

🎙️ new @ascocancer.bsky.social #JCOOP podcast with Dr @michaelannica.bsky.social on #priorAuthorization "I just think that there's a huge opportunity to do better here… I want to do better for our patients. I want to feel prouder of the healthcare system that I'm a part of." #fixPriorAuth

This office didn’t give out specific funding for research, but really helps to build capacity of junior researchers like myself. Another horrific cut to LGBTQIA+ research at NIH. www.statnews.com/2025/03/06/n...

Walked into my office this morning to find this fantastic shirt gifted from an incredible colleague @urnursing.bsky.social

Another NIH grant rescinded - The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669

Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03 TheRiseRegistry.org

Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions Impacting LGBTQ+ Health www.kff.org/other/fact-s...

As a pt advocate, I’m gutted that more people aren’t talking about the dismantling of SOGI data collection. We know SOGI data collection is important; LGBTQ+ patients w/ cancer (like myself) experience health & health care disparities. And yet we’re allowing for its erasure. 🌈

Any supervisors of cancer survivors on here? We’re in a final push for recruiting supervisors and HR professionals for this study. #ayacsm

Rejections on narrative pieces sting even more ❤️‍🩹

Informative paper that addresses a question I have always had: What proportion of people with #cancer (PWC) in the US cross state lines for care?? 1/4 #oncsky #medsky pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39982726/

If you haven't purchased your tickets for our upcoming gala, this is a friendly reminder to do so! Click here: infinitegala.givesmart.com to save your seats 🔗

#HodgkinLymphoma survivors can face difficult tx decisions & financial tradeoffs. We want to better understand how cancer (& cancer-related costs) have affected your life so that we can provide better resources in the future. 🚨Last push for our #lymsm #ayacsm #survonc survey. 🙏 Please SHARE.

We started this a month ago and have added 39 of some of my favourite people/organizations! If you work and/or advocate in the field of #AYACancer #ChildhoodCancer please let me know! I’ll add you! Let’s max it out at 150 people from around the 🌏! #BTSM #BCSM #AYACSM #TYACancer #Youth #LCSM

Please join us for a live internet webinar for private practice and community mental health clinicians NEXT WEEK! FREE registration and continuing education credits offered! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #ayacancer #ayacsm @elephantsandteamag.bsky.social

Happy Valentine’s Day to my fellow LGBTQ+ cancer survivors. May we never go back to silencing and erasure.

For those curious about the purpose of “indirects,” I suggest this FAQ from AAU (thread to follow). In the lingo of Musk et al - BLOF = this hurts economies, employment, science, & health. 🧵 www.aau.edu/key-issues/f...

THIS. IS. 🤯 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Oh, hell yeah www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Hearing from colleagues that their NIH grants under review that focused on LGBTQIA+ & especially Transgender populations are being pulled from review. Cancelled because of an anti-transgender ideology. THIS IS WRONG. A violation of our use of tax dollars for research approved by congress.

Have #AYA, young adult, people w/ #Cancer in your community / private #oncology practice? Of course you do. Do these #AYAs have #mentalhealth needs exacerbated by cancer? Of course you do. Register👇🏻. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #supponc #oncsky #medsky #supponcsky

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Some NIH study sections for tomorrow have just been canceled. Who knows which of these grants would have led to the next life-saving invention. Who knows which scientists will throw in the towel bc of funding delays. Who can even begin to measure the impact of these reckless cancellations.😕🩺🧪🛟

🧵 Our grandmas were onto something when they told us to have some tea when we were sick. Cool paper showing several Omicron-era #SARSCoV2 variants effectively inactivated by green tea, Matcha, & black tea, mediated by EGCG and TFDG: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MedSky #IDSky #MedEd #COVID19 /1

Trump/Vance/Musk OMB funding freeze is blocked, which means they should be paying out allocated funds to states and grant recipients. This one is a constitutional law based lawsuit, but to harmed private actors & organizations, if you have the means, this is the time to bolster your legal teams.

Today, my mentor’s currently-funded and ongoing #NCI grant related to SOGI data collection was cancelled. All study-related activities were ordered to stop immediately.

Ditto to academics

What a time to be an early-career researcher! 😅

www.aanp.org/news-feed/aa... @urnursing.bsky.social

Looking for a family nurse practitioner with expertise in primary care and cancer survivorship for a paid speaking opportunity— please DM me!

After feeling incredibly burnt out this fall, took some time in beautiful Belize to recharge. Looking forward to a healthy, happy & productive 2025.

From the city to upstate, Assistant Professor Lauren Ghazal is determined to transform cancer care and help adolescent and young adult survivors live happier, healthier lives. Congratulations on your NYAM induction! ✨ urson.us/3WIY6X1

Honored to have been inducted asa Fellow into the New York Academy of Medicine last night! @urnursing.bsky.social