Last day to comment on a proposed rule that would turn many civil servants into at will political appointees. Voice your comments here: www.regulations.gov/document/OPM... Cite the Doc ID to have your comment count: OPM-2025-0004-0001

📢 We’re wrapping up our APCS-funded D&I speaker series with one last exciting panel! Join us for a panel on Policy Dissemination and Implementation featuring @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social, @erikacrable.bsky.social, and Dr. Jonathan Purtle 🏛️🧠 Use the QR code to register and get the Zoom link!

In case this wasn't obvious - calling something "evidence based" requires accurately presenting rigorous data from multiple reliable sources to show a consistent outcome.

Great new visual from KFF breaking down the nearly 14 million additional people who'd be uninsured if the GOP is successful.

As always, KFF delivers with a useful tracker of proposed changes to Medicaid policy 👇

Join us 5/22/25 for a #NIDA HEAL Workshop about health economics tools to address practice challenges in preventing & treating mental illness & SUDs. Conversation & presentations by me & other NIDA-funded investigators bit.ly/HEALHealthEc... @ucsd-disc.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social

Early career researchers, scientific advancements & return on tax payer $ for funded grants are in jeopardy. A clear explainer of what is at stake & how to help early career folks. #ImpSci #KnowledgeTranslation

📣 It's simple: politicizing science = less safe, effective cancer care, SUD treatment, vaccines = poor quality of life, unnecessary deaths. Helpful visualization by @kff.org. At least 780 grants terminated (universities alone, more across other institutes). Tell your neighbors why this matters! 🧪

The proposal cuts the #NIH budget 40% to $27 billion, consolidates the NIH’s into 8 institutes, eliminating many. This would be devastating for keeping Americans healthy & scientifically advanced. Call Congress now!

Do you know about health-related programs that have been cancelled due to federal funding cuts or delays? @kffhealthnews.org we're looking to cover stories about programs that provided *direct* services to people. Send me a DM or email [email protected] 🌈

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

🙏 Shameless ask: It’s my birthday. Scientists, please call your Congress peeps & tell them why AHRQ & NIH are critical to curing cancer, treating & preventing substance use, ensuring healthcare access in rural America, the list goes on. Without real #AHRQ & #NIH funding we will be a sicker country.

Trump just withdrew the bad CDC nominee after public blowback about the measles vaccine. Scientists, we can achieve the same with the bad NIH nominee. Public pressure can force out Bhattacharya. Your voices are needed now. Please take action. 🧪

Sage words from Dr. Volkow about how the NIH and NIDA that have "no parallel in the world in terms of its contribution to knowledge, to science, to solutions, to health care, and to economics." #SavetheNIH

Another loss for #science & the next generation of researchers. The 28-year running NIDA summer internship program is cancelled for this year. @altnih4science.bsky.social #SavetheNIH

📢 Make it a goal to talk to 3 family members, friends, or strangers each week about how freezes on scientific progress & higher education will negatively impact people’s lives in a personal way (cancer tx, their kids college, etc). The general public needs to know why this matters.

“The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities expresses grave concern over the escalating threats to academic freedom, both in the United States and beyond” 🧪 European academies have isssued a joint statement on what is going on in US here: allea.org/wp-content/u...

Even if the administration allows meetings to resume, there is already a huge backlog of applications and far fewer federal officials to process the backlog. 2025 will go down as a dark year for American science. We need to keep speaking out about this. #NIHMatters #ScienceMatters

Some brief thoughts from someone who studies public opinion. The federal firing spree can be made unpopular because it is being done in a haphazard way, there will be huge economic effects not just in DC but also across country & it's also likely illegal in many cases. But how to make that argument?

Firing the heads of Institutes at the NIH (NIAID, NIDA, NCI, etc) will mean: -More cancer deaths -More overdose deaths -More AIDS deaths -More asthma deaths -More cardiovascular deaths -More lupus deaths -More measles deaths -More sepsis deaths -More liver & kidney-related deaths -More infant deaths

#HealthPolicyValentines - the bright spot we need today! Roses are red, Violets are blue, Of evidence-based SUD treatment policies, There simply are too few, Next time you think, 'Hey, why not just get treatment?' Remember, SUD stigma and misinformation are all too frequent 💜 @kffhealthnews.org

Please someone cover this! @jaketapper.bsky.social @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @mcuban.bsky.social CDC is being gutted by 5pm today.

- There is a “Stand up for Science” event happening on March 7, 2025 in DC (standupforscience.org). - Federal workers: Watch for changes in your work processes and not any changes you’re asked to make. Document everything.

Hey 🧪 NIH Loan Repayment Program awardees: Anyone notice their quarterly payments have stopped? The January payment never happened. Curious if others are seeing this (I expect this is not uncommon).

The Senate HELP Committee has jurisdiction over NIH. GOP members of the committee represent AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC. Research universities and hospitals in those states need to be extra loud.

@sarajacobs.house.gov @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov I know you support rigorous, non-partisan science. As a CA constituent, UC faculty, & NIH-funded scientist whose research is directly impacted by this - please stop Congress from enabling this attack on science. LMK how I can help

Tomorrow’s class touches on street level bureaucracy and dilemmas in public policy implementation. Guess I’ll just point all around as case studies? 👆👉👇👈 #healthpolicy #ImpSci

FYI this legal tracker is super helpful for those looking to get a handle on active challenges to the executive orders. More details below... 👀https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-legal-challenges-trump-administration-actions/

The best thing that scientists can do right this moment is organize with each other. Form networks, do coordinated communications: comms to the public, comms to media outlets, comms to Congress. That's the most urgent need. #philsci #scicomm #neuroskyence #evodevo #publichealth

RKF Jr has repeated falsely claimed that Americans think #Medicaid isn't working well. This is not true. Here are the facts: 77% view Medicaid favorably, 69% say it works well Let's deal in facts, please. www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Feeling stressed about #NIH activity freeze? Things you can do: 1. 📞 Contact your Senators & Reps in Congress. Highlight the economic impact NIH funding has, ask for bipartisan work to end the freeze. 2. 🧘‍♀️ Yoga, deep breathing, ground yourself. 3. 👩‍🔬 Science. Get back to your important work.

Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)

New year, new opportunities to learn about the EPIS framework! 🧐 EPIS expert, @erikacrable.bsky.social will be hosting our January EPIS Office Hours on 1/14/25. Join us for either session! 🎉 Register here: S1: bit.ly/3ydi0Bl S2: bit.ly/3WsREU0 @drgregaarons.bsky.social #impsci

@andriaeisman.bsky.social moderating an excellent #DIScience24 panel about the pace of research & #impsci amid emergencies. Take aways: 1) Identify questions that are worth asking in emergencies 2) Build adaptive capacity 3) Effective actions > perfection 4) Early, no regret actions save lives

Periodic reminder that enrollment and spending are not proportional in Medicaid — children and adults make up about three-quarters of enrollment but only half of spending. This has important implications for proposed budget cuts.

Save the date! 📅 Join us for a #NIDA HEAL Workshop: Health Economics Research to Address the Needs of Those w/ SMI, SUD & Comorbid Conditions. I'll be chatting about health policy #impsci x econ. Webinar w/ all-star line-up on 2/14/25. Why not make science your valentine?! 💕

Now, more than ever, we need meaningful strategies that support evidence-informed policy decisions. It was an honor to discuss my policy #impsci research at UC Center Sacramento last week. p.s. Visit your state house! The mosaics alone are worth the trip!

Hi all! 👋 Jumping over to this app for obvious reasons. I’m an #ImpSci & #healthpolicy researcher. I study how to promote the use of evidence in policy making & implementing processes - esp around policies that impact access to SUD or #harmreduction services.

New KFF data shows (as expected) substantial variation in #Medicaid disenrollment rates across states. Is anyone studying variation of renewal request & continued coverage policy implementation? Seems critical to maintaining a safety net. www.kff.org/report-secti... #HealthPolicy #ImpSci

Finally time to share my paper w/ @donmoyn.bsky.social as part of the #TacklingStructuralRacism issue in @Health_Affairs > Race And Racial Perceptions Shape Burden Tolerance For Medicaid And The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program doi.org/10.1377/hlth... #OpenAccess

I am Sisyphus. My email inbox is the boulder. #AcademicSky

👋Hi all! Trying this platform out to stay connected to research & practice communities. I do health services research & implementation science focused on testing strategies to improve access to quality harm reduction & SUD services. Pretty obsessed w/ Medicaid & safety net #healthpolicy. #ImpSci