David M. Fresco
@dmfresco.bsky.social
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Professor, University of Michigan
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When the mind sees again
One of the most enduring themes in my program of research as a clinical psychologist and affective neuroscientist over the past twenty-five years has been a simple but profound question: How do humans...
https://open.substack.com/pub/dmfresco/p/when-the-mind-sees-again?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Open rank, tenure track position at University of Michigan working at the intersection of generative AI modeling and computational psychiatry ... deep learning neural networks to study the mechanistic basis of mental disorders.
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PROFESSOR | U-M Careers
https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/269759/professor
9 months ago
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More evidence that DOGE was/is dodgy
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Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
https://www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?view=table&sort=title&order=asc
about 1 year ago
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My lab is seeking a Study Coordinator with a background in psychology and/or neuroscience for a new project designing mobile health tools that support emotion regulation skills training to promote physical and emotional wellbeing.
careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
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Study Coordinator (Term-Limited) | U-M Careers
https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/263653/study-coordinator-term-limited
about 1 year ago
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NPR
about 1 year ago
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5387367/federal-science-opinion-use-poll
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Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump | CNN
The National Institutes of Health’s sweeping cuts of grants that fund scientific research are inflicting pain almost universally across the U.S., including in most states that backed President Donald ...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/health/nih-science-funding-states-kff-health-news/index.html
about 1 year ago
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Turns out DOGE is dodgy
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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NIH Grant Cuts Aren't Saving Money. They're Wasting It.
The Trump administration says the canceled funding is about cost efficiency, but data shows that the opposite is happening.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-04-17/nih-grant-cuts-are-turning-out-to-be-a-waste-of-money
about 1 year ago
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C.H. Romatowski
about 1 year ago
This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, *and* a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH. Pass it on!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Recent thought exercise with ChatGPT before it? (they/them)? gained self-awareness and refused to engage further.
over 1 year ago
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Rachael Sirianni, PhD
over 1 year ago
The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. This is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate science across America
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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
https://scienceimpacts.org
over 1 year ago
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PSA if you happen to be sunbathing with new US government guidance
over 1 year ago
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When asked in 1787 whether the fledgling United States would be a monarchy or a republic, founding father Benjamin Franklin replied, “a republic, if you can keep it”.
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‘Despair is not an option’ — how scientists can help protect federal research
Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00290-1
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NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns--here is a report for how and why this assertion is true!
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NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/03/nih-funding-delivers-exponential-economic-returns/?utm_source
over 1 year ago
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The new March Madness field of 60
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U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment
The Office for Civil Rights today sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil...
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-educations-office-civil-rights-sends-letters-60-universities-under-investigation-antisemitic-discrimination-and-harassment#:~:text=Pursuant%20to%20Title,students%20from%20discrimination
over 1 year ago
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And so it begins ...
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Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00703-1
over 1 year ago
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Chris Geidner
over 1 year ago
BREAKING: Federal judge issues a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking NIH from implementing its "Rate Change Notice" that would dramatically cut payments under grants. Judge Angel Kelley had previously issued a TRO blocking the change.
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Dr. Allison G. Harvey
over 1 year ago
My colleague and friend, Silvia Bunge, a developmental neuroscience professor at UC Berkeley, created these fantastic signs for Friday’s rally. Sharing them here in case they inspire others to make their own!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#standupforscience2025
#scienceforall
#sciencenotsilence
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Jace D. Flatt, PhD, MPH (They/He)
over 1 year ago
Just received notice that our grant was terminated. 5R24AG066599-03
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