After months of hard work, I put the finishing touches on my portfolio in consideration of promotion to Associate Professor. Just in time for my birthday. :) I can finally breathe and relax a bit.

Not being required to learn about very real health disparities will lead to less informed doctors (as a whole) and make it more difficult to address these inequities at a larger scale. #medlibs #medsky

What happens when people who don't understand research make policy decisions. #medlibs #medsky

"Instead of a weighty volume, the next DSM will be 'a living document' online and easier to update. The APA hasn't set a strict timeline and hasn't decided yet if it will be called the DSM-6 or some new name." Wonder if it will be too $$ for clinicians and libraries w/o PsychOnline. #medlibs

1/"...at the start of 2025, the CDC maintained 82 databases that were updated at least monthly. But by the end of October, the study found, 38 had gone stale, with 34 showing no new entries at all in the previous six months." #medlibs

Not surprised one iota. MH OLD = Gulf of Mexico [N] MH NEW = Gulf of America #medlibs

🤦Why am I not surprised? Sigh. #medlibs arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Nicely said! The hypocrisy is stunning, but not surprising.

We've been concerned about the fate of DOCLINE for the past year. Fingers crossed this post celebrating DOCLINE's anniversary bodes well for its continued existence. #medlibs

“If the study design can't be done in the U.S. b/c withholding the hepB vaccine from newborns would violate ethical standards, then that raises serious concerns if the design is applied to infants in a lower-resource setting such as Guinea-Bissau ..." Ethics, exploitation, medical apartheid #medlibs

How many people tried to tell him what would happen? SMH.

Not surprising, but disappointing and frustrating nonetheless. #medlibs

It's very concerning that the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee was terminated and there's little awareness of it. This has me concerned that more predatory/crap science will become part of PubMed. #medlibs

I'm pondering how to incorporate this into teaching EBM/EBP. Interesting, and not surprising, nonetheless. #medlibs

I really thought this was going to be a headline out of Florida ...

Ugh, why is my home state often at the helm of such asinine shit?

I'm going to be watching the ACIP meeting live and posting updates. To start though- AAP will publish its own immunization schedule regardless of ACIP: www.instagram.com/reel/DLUyCih... Also, yesterday AHIP announced insurers will continue to cover vaccines: www.ahip.org/news/article...

Supposedly this is meant to ”restore trust.” Maybe for RFK Jr’s crowd, but not for anyone who actually believes in science.

WTF. Easy to not care when you're in a privileged position.

Oh, the irony. #medlibs

Very concerning, but not surprising. #MedSky

#ProudBlue A Meteorologist went live on air & talked about the cuts to NOAA & Science. He explained that the cuts are impacting the ability to forecast hurricanes & other catastrophic weather events. This needs to be discussed daily on air. It is beyond dangerous.

Why am I not surprised? Makes me wonder if they use ChatGPT or something similar to write the report.

WTF. I can't even ...

Join the fight against government regulations on the books that you and your family are allowed to read in the United States by signing the petition today. action.everylibrary.org/bannedbooks via @everylibrary.bsky.social‬ #medlibs

CDC staff are still fighting the good fight with all available tools — including today’s MMWR email alert.

Yes! Great news.

The majority of this country has forgotten what it's like for people to die or have life-lasting complications from vaccine-preventable illnesses (e.g., iron lung). Not me. My maternal great-grandfather died of polio circa 1940. My children are fully vaccinated and I have zero regrets.

Sad that they fired Dr. Hayden but not surprised.

I'm very concerned for public health and science in the United States and throughout the world because of Trump's decisions.

Work on insuring clinical algorithms are free of bias has been underway for years. Now a May 1 deadline to show tools are bias-free is in limbo as all information about the new rules have been removed from HHS websites. More from @katiepalmer.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/h...

I hate seeing this research curtailed. Women comprise half the population and so much research has and continues to be biased toward men.

Yet another journal targeted by the Trump admin. Their response includes "We support the editorial independence of medical journals and their First Amendment rights to free expression." Good to see, esp. since NEJM publishes some research on topics that Trump disagrees with. #medlibs

The numbers are telling. There's also been an increase in Vitamin A toxicity.

You know what would actually help families? Paid parental leave, affordable child care (not cutting Head Start), not cutting research on domestic violence (#1 COD for pregnant people), not passing anti-abortion legislation that makes it harder to procure an abortion/have life-saving interventions.

Hey @brettchapman.bsky.social I saw this at the Post Office and started talking to the guy behind the counter about it. Got to talk a little Ponca history. Dude was so happy to hear it that he gave me their extra magnet. Every day is a good day to talk Native history.

"prev. reported cuts to DEI grants have been 'misunderstood.' DEI is a 'political ideology' that doesn’t directly address chronic disease. The term doesn't apply to studying disease in minority populations, which “are a central focus of the NIH & will continue to be under my watch.” #medlibs #medsky

This is concerning, especially as a parent of a child on the spectrum.

The Trump admin is making it official. #medlibs

"This is coming from an environmental toxin ... we're going to identify precisely what the env. toxins are that are causing it." So you've already determined the cause and are seeking confirmation bias. Not the same as having a hypothesis and testing it. #medsky

April 11-17th every year is Black Maternal Health Week. It is founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance​ to build awareness, activism, and community-building​ to amplify ​the voices, perspectives and lived experiences of Black Mamas and birthing people. #medsky blackmamasmatter.org/bmhw25/

What the??!! Good science doesn’t work that way. #medsky

NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts. About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone. See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:

This is so wrong. #medlibs

An article by the notoriously anti-vax Geiers published in BMC Pediatrics earlier this month showed "significant associations b/w increasing fluoride exposure and reduced TD and b/w increasing fluoride exposure and increasing rates of NDs." Seriously, BMC? #medlibs #medsky

I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team. It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is. To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟

It’s a sad day in America when student journalists must resign or write anonymously because they fear government reprisals. This is the opposite of free speech.

These books help to inform readers about different people’s experiences. We all have different experiences based on intersections of sex, race, religion (or not), etc and we’re better off for understanding others. #medlibs apnews.com/article/navy...

The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969. One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.