1/n Exciting news! 🎉 Thrilled to share I have been awarded my FIRST R01 from the NCI alongside my MPIs at the University of Florida, Yi Guo, PhD, FAMIA and Mattia Prosperi. Together over the next five years, we will be studying the mechanisms through which HIV stigma and cancer stigma impact both...

Gotta love it when an agency head says, "that's just not happening", and entire agency staff says, "uhhh... wtf dude?" 🧪 NIH PIs: here's a call to action from a Bethesda Declaration signer of how you can help!

Incredibly well reported deep dive on NIH and health disparities research in STAT. 🧵 www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n... 1/31

Extra kudos and thanks to all the staff at NIH and NSF and other federal funding agencies for working extra hard in very small windows of opportunity to get grants reviewed and funds released before the attention-addled federal policies change again (on an hourly basis).

🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost! Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%). "Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov. ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.

First highlight... Senator Capito started of the discussion saying that the bill contains AN INCREASE for NIH. The details are not available, but the bill will be released ofter the hearing. This is not a done-deal, but it does show where the Senate is on a bipartisan basis.

If you've ever *benefitted* from NIH research (big population), CALL YOUR SENATOR now to let them know. ⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget. Personal examples help. My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.

🧪BREAKING: NIH has laid out 5 options for funding publications costs on grants (yes, FIVE!). This is hugely impactful. Make your opinions known by September 15, fellow scientists. 🧪 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

I have no words.

Bad article title, should say “Opportunity for scientific advancements plummet” This is bigger than “winning NIH grants.” We are setting the US back as leaders in scientific discovery and medical advances.

Roy Cooper raises $3.4 million in first 24 hours of his Senate candidacy. The former North Carolina governor set a fundraising record with his day-one campaign haul.

Wait, sometimes there are surprises. Apparently some Republicans have now grasped the immense damage to their communities caused by massive cuts to NIH funding. We told them this beforehand, yet they still thoroughly enjoyed seeing the massive cuts…until it affected them directly.

If scientists in the richest country have to crowdfund research, I dont know what to say... www.chronicle.com/article/as-t...

NCI R01 at the 11th percentile. Pending since December. GMS emailed in June to share NCI intends to fund. Up in smoke this week after the financial strategy was published. No longer Pending in Commons. Ooofff. This academic life is not for the weak. #NCI #ESI #NIH

Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on the intersections of #climate, #health, and #equity. Read more and submit your abstract here by August 11: www.healthaffairs.org/request-for-... @apha.org @iaphs.bsky.social @societyforepi.bsky.social

Our new pre-print presents the reporting, and racial and ethnic diversity of 58,000+ studies in clinicaltrials.gov, the largest global clinical study registry. Reporting of race and ethnicity to the registry began in 2009, and we analyzed data through 2024 #MedSky www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages. ki.se/en/about-ki/...

After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech. I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵

"It's a crap show" "People will die" The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research are causing unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, which has spearheaded advances against the disease for decades. Me + @arthurallen202.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...

marginalized communities are ALWAYS the most affected by EVERYTHING, and ALWAYS the least supported, which is 1 reason why the absolute gutting of the federal govt is so horrid. marginalized groups are not regarded as a profit opportunity ergo the current admin has no interest in them.

Join us on 07/16 to explore impacts of #climate change on marginalized communities, such as farmworkers, in the US. The webinar will examine the #intersectional factors that shape their experiences and offer insights into building more responsive and respectful partnerships.

Anyone know why SRO contacts have been removed from NIH Commons application landing pages? Under contacts, I only see the POs name now. #NIH #NIHChanges #EpiSky

🚨🚨🚨Some good news: the RAND Health and Retirement Study 2022 Longitudinal File and Fat Files are now available! Looking forward to distracting myself with some more recent data. #Aging #GeroSky #EpiSky hrs.isr.umich.edu/news/data-an...

A statement already from Appropriations Chair Collins www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit... 1/2

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

We are looking for a great colleague @mcgill.ca Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Global and Public Health mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

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Excited to be presenting "LLMs in Qualitative Research: Uses, Tensions, and Intentions" with @mariannealq.bsky.social at #CHI2025 today! 🆕 paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Apropos of nothing--and certainly not of any particular EO this --re-upping this one from a couple years ago with @uressien.bsky.social and Amol Navathe. www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival. www.ourhealthroi.com

NIH just posted a Notice with the new Terms and Conditions... grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023. https://ja.ma/3XXrCtw

Terrific news in Sweden... Massive decreases in HPV-16 & 18 due to HPV vaccination. There was a 98%/99% decline in HPV-16/HPV-18 prevalence among 2000-born vs. (unvaxxed) 1984-born cohort. Declines larger than the vax coverage, suggesting herd immunity operating. 🛟🧪😷 Medsky idsky health policy

Ryan White died #OTD 35 years ago. White was 18 years old and died of complications of HIV. White had grown up in Indiana and died at Riley Hospital for Children. #HistorySky + #HoosierSky + #MedSky www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

Dang. Just learned ASPO (Amer soc for preventive oncology) didn’t receive their R13 conference grant from NCI for the first time ever, due to the EOs and delays. Still managed to hold a meeting this year. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #aspo2025

Attending #ASPO2025? Come check out my posters tonight! I’ll be at Poster 40 and 72, I’m not at one I’ll be at the other! (My posters aren’t next to each other 😇🤣) I’ll be talking stigma, discrimination and mental health outcomes among people with #HIV and #cancer in the US #CancerEquity #EpiSky

An important point getting overlooked: When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies. They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.

Large retrospective study of life expectancy, U.S. & in Europe (pre-COVID). —> Rich folks in the U.S. died as frequently as poor folks’ with nationalized health care. “Survival in the wealthiest U.S. quartile appeared to be similar to that in the poorest quartile in northern and western Europe.”

Tariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas. #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...

Today! At 3 pm EST! Join the @academyhealth.bsky.social ‘s Health Equity and Woman and Gender Studies IGs to engage in an insightful discussion on pathways to health equity focused careers! #healthequity #equitysky #episky #publichealth academyhealth.org/events/2025-...

🚨I converted the list of terminated #NIH grants (as of 3/22) into a google sheet. I added activity codes and award jurisdictions (see tabs for grant count and $ by each). Note this HHS list likely does not include all planned/completed terminations as of this date.🚨 Please use, share and distribute!

Just in time for the newest database update, I posted a set of lists of RePORTER projects with truncated Project End dates and sometimes reduced Award Amounts. Many of these represent known project terminations. Others are plausible. Apologies... no nice front page yet github.com/AnthonyOfSea...

I now have multiple sources that say at least one round of NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS will now be announced in the Federal Register.

Read more on the use of AI to enhance qualitative analysis for HSR, including challenges, questions for consideration, and assessing utility while models are still improving from Sasha Ronaghi, @elaveling.bsky.social, and Sara Singer: academyhealth.org/blog/2025-03...

We are a connected society more than ever before. Please, for the love of all things sacred, vaccinate your kids.

Proud to be an alum today. #GoDores

Study Section meetings actually announced in the Federal Register today! www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Another paper showing climate shocks lead to support for climate action among conservatives. Analyzing data collected in Florida, the paper finds Republican positions change after personally experiencing loss from climate-exacerbated extreme events. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...