1/n I'm listening in to the NCCIH Advisory Council meeting's open session...

They are gutting NIH like a fish. www.splinter.com/the-unhinged...

Today, along with 2,000 other NIH employees, I had to clear out my office 😭 It was truly the honor of my life to work with such incredibly passionate people focused on improving human health. I’ve never experienced a more positive culture where *everyone* cared about their job and serving others.

I’m just sitting in shock processing this. Mike Lauer stood up for us and got fired. This is very sad to read and also I admire him so much for the heroic act of sending that memo. 😞

It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this: Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪

"Since Donald Trump took office a little more than three weeks ago, outlays have averaged $30bn a day. Compare that with the same period last year under Joe Biden: federal spending back then came to about $26bn a day. " by @economist.com

Just asking questions.

Might as well get this trending #NIH Tabak www.science.org/content/arti...

Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social

Alzheimer’s disease is non-partisan. Cancer is non-partisan. Diabetes is non-partisan. This is a short-sighted policy that could cost thousands of jobs and set biomedical research progress back by years. Contact your local representatives and urge them to stand against this dangerous policy.

Here's the thing: whatever you think about indirects in research grants, suddenly mowing down indirect rates not just for future but for current grants is not even a pretence at reform.

The U.S. has had probably the best university system in the world since the late 1940s; government investments (state and federal) drove that success. That may have changed overnight. 🧵🧪

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who is in the running to serve as health and human services secretary, revealed he was carrying up to $1.2 million in credit card debt in recent financial disclosures, per CNBC.

Search for grant impact by state (2023 data) www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

After, let's call it a good night sleep for the sake of argument, a good night sleep, I read the "Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates" more carefully at the suggestion of an experience colleague. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide... 1/n

Good time to remind you that the REASON why Elon is trying to cut funding for hospitals is bc he wants a tax cut.

The @utah.edu has over 608 NIH grants, totaling over $275M dollars. The latest Trump administration moves on NIH budgets remove close to $100M in funding immediately, when indirects already don’t cover the cost of research, and ultimately put all of that in jeopardy. report.nih.gov/award/index....

What's going on at the NIH? @mmolteni.bsky.social & I got you covered -First study sections since pause are officially underway -Some advisory councils resumed -Advisory council to National Institute on Drug Abuse abruptly cancelled this AM #medsky #sciencesky 🧪🔬 www.statnews.com/2025/02/04/t...

Some have reached out to ask how I and my public health colleagues are faring the last 2 weeks. It's made me realize a lot of people might actually have no idea what's going on. It's extremely distressing. In case you don't know (each fully verified by me/others, NOT exaggeration or rumor): (1/x)

✋Bluesky! I'm a professor in the Neurology and Psychological & Brain Sciences departments at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU). I direct the Cognitive Technology Research Laboratory (CTRLab) ctrlab.org check us out! Interested in #ADRD #ENDALZ. Always looking to collaborate and connect.

I am happy see this paper get published this week. It was a fun project to work on with @ae-md.bsky.social and others. "MRI-guided clustering of patients with mild dementia due to Alzheimer's disease using self-organizing maps" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...