For those of you attending #GSA2025 in Boston, consider this panel of #NIH awardees, Drs. Alden Gross, @mariaglymour.bsky.social , @sfackley.bsky.social , and @bryandjames.bsky.social. Please remember to tag #geronsky and @geronsociety.bsky.social in your posts.

Everyone on this site knows this so this is posting to an echo chamber but it really is shocking on a daily (hourly) basis how we seem to be powerless to letting this man assume absolute power. I just can’t believe how many Americans support this

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Michigan Avenue right now.

I know a lot of neuropsychologists—all of you should be voting for @drmlamar.bsky.social as the head of INS! Any professional society would be lucky to have her as president.

Please see this story of my program officer @tyk314.net’s father and what cuts to funding mean to people like him and all of us

Truly disgusting. I don’t know how anyone can support this. The “It’s just a meme” claim falls short when it’s the president posting it and it will literally lead to deaths, pain, and sadness in an American city. Sadistic fascism.

Our new paper in JG:PS is out! In a sample of over 3100 older adults assessed each year for 12 years, loneliness & sense of purpose were unique predictors of cognitive decline, though past research has underestimated the reciprocal nature of this relationship. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

September Editor Spotlight of the Month! ✍️ Next up is Sunni Mumford (@sunnimum.bsky.social) ✨, Associate Editor at AJE & Professor of Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. This month, we chatted with her about her work with AJE.

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I miss the old brand #CDC

Another insane day in America

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

Our latest @rushalzheimers.bsky.social study on the #MINDdiet and brain health led by Puja Agarwal: MIND diet associated with lower likelihood of hippocampal sclerosis (HS) and more neurons in the hippocampus. The MIND diet association with reduced dementia was partially mediated by HS #neurosky

The GAO just confirmed what we all knew: this administration illegally withheld congressionally approved funds to research by canceling grants and slowing new awards. This destruction of US scientific research has to stop.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Just Diagnosed With Mild Cognitive Impairment? What To Look For And What It Means beingpatient.com/what-to-do-a... #Alzheimers #dementia #health #wellness

Honored to be the first @amjepi.bsky.social Editor Spotlight! If you ever have any questions about the journal or the peer review process, or using social media for research, please feel free to hit me up!

Got to finally meet Xian Wu in person instead of zoom! Have enjoyed working with her on these two projects that she presented as posters today at #AAIC2025

@bucklr01.bsky.social killing it on the big stage, unveiling the X chromosome’s role in Alzheimer’s disease! #AAIC2025

Love my Alzheimer’s research peeps!

Check out @lamhine.bsky.social’s poster 749 showing multiracial Americans are the racial group with the SECOND highest prevalence of subjective cognitive decline 🤯 Much more research needed in this understudied population (that Tracy and I happen to be a part of) #AAIC2025

US POINTER study showed a significant improvement in global cognition for a structured intervention (physical, social, and cognitive activities, MIND diet, health monitoring) compared to self-guided intervention equivalent to 1-2 years of aging #AAIC2025. Evidence that behavior change can work

BREAKING from #AAIC25: U.S. POINTER, a large-scale, randomized controlled clinical trial, shows a healthy lifestyle program targeting multiple risk factors can protect cognitive function in diverse populations in communities across the United States. bit.ly/USPointerRel...

Takeaways from U.S. POINTER top line results: ➡️ Both a structured & a self-guided intervention improved cognition, with the structured group improving even more. ➡️ Cognitive benefits were consistent across age, sex, ethnicity, heart health status and APOE e4 genotype. bit.ly/USPointerRel... #AAIC25

Come check out #AAIC2025 Poster 807! Work from my R01 with Melinda Power, led by Yi Chen on the association of different neuropathologies with a timely diagnosis of dementia in healthcare settings. Medicare claims linked to @rushalzheimers.bsky.social cohort data

For #AAIC2025 attendees: #ADRD researcher starter pack! Thanks @tyk314.net for promoting me to share this again go.bsky.app/22DpUEy

Really appreciate the #AAIC2025 plenary starting with @alzassociation.bsky.social CEO Joanne Pike saying about the US government’s dramatic cutting of research funds: “We share your outrage”.

Excited to be in Toronto for #AAIC2025! Tough days for scientific research lately but we soldier on to make advancements in preventing and treating Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias #endalz

In light of today’s news about the National Cancer Institute announcing a 4% payline, it’s really important to communicate to people that the previous 10% payline was still effectively a lottery and the result of decades of underfunding the NIH. Paylines used to be 25%.

This cannot be overstated. The scientists at NWS did their jobs. The officials running government operations in Texas did not. www.wired.com/story/meteor...

Thank you to all who checked in—Cora was at another camp on a hill above the Guadalupe that was spared the horrible flood. All the girls are safe. But the camp has damage and no power and had to evacuate. My girl is safe with family and we are going down to TX soon ♥️ My heart breaks for Camp Mystic

Thanks to The Harvard Gazette for featuring our work on cognition and financial decision making in older age presented at the recent The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School conference. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

@societyforepi.bsky.social members: A call for involvement! Please sign up to serve on an SER committee: epiresearch.org/call-for-inv... Ends June 30! Being on the Awards Committee has made me feel so connected to SER's mission and community. We need YOU, now more than ever! #episky #SER2025

Did you know that living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may increase the risk of developing dementia? Read more at www.rush.edu/news/where-y... #AlzheimersandBrainAwarenessMonth

Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research… Definitely worth a read projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

An NIH staffer reacts to today's ruling: "I'm looking forward to the day that we are so slammed with work trying to reinstate everything that we had to terminate illegally — I'll work 24/7 to make that happen if I can."

📢BREAKING: Just left the courthouse for our NIH grant termination case Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL” As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’

Spitting FIRE holy shit 🔥

Let’s go!! 💪 Congrats @britshmit.bsky.social @juliamarcus.bsky.social @albeccia.bsky.social! Justice is served—now I guess we see if this administration actually follows a judge’s orders for once www.axios.com/local/boston...

We had a truly illuminating and sincere #SER2025 discussion on navigating DEI restrictions on our epidemiology research. Thank you to this all-star panel and the great comments from the audience! Time to pick up the sword ⚔️

Congratulations to all the #SER2025 award winners on this thread! It’s an honor to serve as @societyforepi.bsky.social Member at Large for Awards and help to select these superstars 🤩

Was great to see @lamhine.bsky.social present his research on the prevalence of subjective cognitive decline in multiracial older US adults at #SER2025 Proud to play a small part in supporting Tracy’s important work with @michelleodden.bsky.social

I was honored to give the @societyforepi.bsky.social #SER2025 plenary today about what it means to be a scientist in this challenging time. I'm energized from conversations with the epidemiology community and all we can collectively do to action.

Get comfortable speaking plainly, without the clarifying nuance we use in scientific communication. People will listen because scientists don't typically speak that way. Do it in a different time scale than you're used to - things change quickly and translation & background are needed. #SER2025

An excellent and timely #SER2025 plenary by @gretchentg.bsky.social from the @ucs.org on being brave and getting loud with concrete steps we can take to #defendscience ✊ @societyforepi.bsky.social #episky

#SER2025 attendees you will see these slides advertising our new open access journal AJE Advances: Research in Epidemiology @ajeadvances.bsky.social As an editor, I’m happy to answer questions about why you should publish with us. Come find me!

Lol yeah we are some nerds. I love my fellow epidemiologists 🫶 Is T Swift on Bluesky? #SER2025 #episky @societyforepi.bsky.social

David Savitz pays tribute to the scientific importance of the #SER2025 annual meeting in his distinguished service award.

"I feel like my job is screaming into the void. So it's good to know when it resonates with others. I know it's important for all of you to hear that your work isn't just shared with each other, but also with the public" @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social opens here #SER2025 keynote address