With all the ups and downs in 2025 and so much uncertainty, I hesitated to share. In light of the government reopening today, I still want to share some outdated news: I was awarded my first R01 grant! Regardless of what will be the future looks like, the receipt of NoA alone is worth celebrating!😎

What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...

New research on Hurricane evacuation!

Through a huge multidisciplinary collaboration effort, we showed that fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure raises Lewy body dementia risk. Mechanistically, we found that PM2.5 exposure led to brain atrophy in mice. Lewy body dementia promotion by air pollutants www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thank you to Rise Up, Columbia for the astute analysis as usual and the footnote shoutout to CUIMC Stands Up! We’re a group of medical campus faculty & staff firmly against the exchange of our values for grant funds, even as our jobs & careers are at risk. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/riseupco...

DO NOT GIVE UP! Our advocacy is working. A key Senate committee has indicated that it will reject Trump’s proposed cuts to science agencies including NASA and the NSF. Keep speaking up and calling your electeds 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Observing the #extremeheat events in NYC and across the US this week, I’m reminded you that the latest #NIH #grants cuts killed the project I led to improve heat-warning systems, now everyone’s more exposed to severe heat, and everyone's #health is paying the price. Tell your officials this matters.

This morning, the National Institutes of Health lifted a pause on funding to Columbia University, according to an internal memo viewed by Science. A few hours later, the agency refroze money to the school. scim.ag/4n5AW9s

Of course🙂

I can not believe

Is this real?

Our “Defunded Science Fair” was a huge success! Thank you to all who showed up to present. We had such great conversations with alumni on campus for alumni weekend. If you missed it, we hope to host another — stay tuned!

Harvard alumni: Sign on to an amicus curiae brief in support of Harvard lawsuit challenging the US government's unlawful attempt to assert control over core functions at Harvard by withholding more than $2.2b in federal grants for research and related programs. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Very well said: Now is the time for scientists to stand up against Trump’s repressive agenda www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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With nearly all of Harvard Chan School’s direct federal grants terminated, we are relying on philanthropy to power our research and support our educational programs. Every gift, regardless of size, advances our vision of health, dignity, and justice for every human. Support our work: hsph.me/whygive

‼️Action item for Columbia affiliates‼️ We urgently need to stand up for shared governance at Columbia! Please sign our petition in support of CU-AAUP’s recommendations for moving forward — grounded in democratic values: bit.ly/cu-defend-sh...

A woth-reading piece from NYC-based local news, that includes my stories among many others: gothamist.com/news/soul-cr...

The impacts of air pollution on mortality and hospital readmission among Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias: a national retrospective cohort study in the USA - The Lancet Planetary Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We're looking for help growing our Dataverse collection—a data repository to accelerate global climate & health research. Join us for a Datathon on 1/17! Learn how to upload data and have fun connecting with fellow data enthusiasts. Learn more and register: loom.ly/U6lsKoU

on (2): most credible paper i know of (and an exemplar for how to do synthetic-control on large-scale data) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...