Annie Cohen, PhD
@cohenannied.bsky.social
Faculty at Pitt Med Psychiatry. Alzheimer’s, Neuroimaging, and SDOH. Pitt ADRC co-director. Mom to two Neurodivergent kids. Posts are my own.
Science is under attack in the US. And no, we don't just mean trans research as Trump keeps saying. We mean cancer research, Alzheimer's research, vaccine research, and all those other things that improve health and longevity.
Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · last yr.Courage. Now more than ever. These NIH staffers just stood up to Trump, RFK Jr., Bhattacharya. We need to have their backs. The administration will come for each of them, one and all now. apnews.com/article/nih-...
Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.
Compelling piece about Alzheimer's disease funding. www.beingpatient.com/alzheimers-d...
beingpatient.com
Thanks so much to @jeremymberg.bsky.social for helping us bring attention to the impact of funding delays within our ADRC networks. Wish my first NYT quote could have been something related to cool science but these are times we live in!
Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I’ve spent most of the day reviewing grants for NIH study section and I’m not gonna lie…feeling pretty demoralized. My own grants are in limbo, including a non competing NoA for the next year of funding that was supposed to start today and is still pending. Sigh.
JAMA Insights: More than 30% of US adults have low health literacy, which affects their ability to understand and use health information, necessitating improved communication strategies from clinicians and health care systems. ja.ma/3Sv47Vt #MedSky
Could someone explain to me how to do this fraud? We spent 20k out of pocket while having our Autistic kids be denied SEVENTEEN times, now we reapply every year to ensure that they haven’t been “cured”. Some fraud sure would have saved me a lot of time.
ⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected@adelpreore.bsky.social · last yr.So, no. There is no evidence of fraud.
Single-nucleus multiomics in brains from Hispanic individuals reveal APOE-ε4-driven disruption of focal adhesion signaling in the presence of cerebrovascular pathology #NeuroDegeneration
#NeuroDegeneration preprints@prepub-neurodegen.bsky.social · last yr.Single-nucleus multiomics in brains from Hispanic individuals reveal APOE-ε4-driven disruption of focal adhesion signaling in the presence of cerebrovascular pathology #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠 http://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2025.05.21.25328040v1
Since 2022, my colleagues and I have been targeted by political attacks. Early on, we worried that political actors would specifically target our projects & universities for defunding. But in the end, they came after everyone. The strategy of keeping heads down was never the right one.
Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social · last yr.Great article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
David Malakoff@davidmalakoff.bsky.social · last yr.Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...
In my opinion, the U.S. is facing a greater public health threat from Robert WTF Kennedy Jr. than we do from COVID19. He has the power to undermine *all* vaccinations in the U.S. and therefore the world. It’s hard to fully take this on board when Congress idly sits by, courting disaster.
TV watching recommendations The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration. 1/2
Be sure to comment! See thread below!
Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.Some important additional considerations about the need to comment of the implementation of schedule F. First, several sources have indicated that Institute Director and Division Director positions would likely be converted but not Program Officers. 1/n
To talk about children with autism like this - like they are irreparably damaged and a burden to society - is ignorant, mean and callous. This man simply has no idea what he’s talking about. He brings shame to America.
Thank you @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social for these important words. I am the parent to two Autistic children. I don’t know what they will be yet, but I do know their lives are worth living without a “cure”, they are brilliant and kind. More than I can say for any member of the current administration.
Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon)@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · last yr.My adult daughter Rachel works everyday, pays taxes, loves going to movies with her friends, and listens to awful (IMO) music. Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity
Pouring out a little liquor today for the handful of women astronauts who survived years of onerous training, men, and men only to have the press make Katy Perry their equal.
Bugs in Europe with more rights than humans in the US. 😢😢😢😢😢😢
I have had issues & been hearing from people having trouble just ACCESSING their Social Security accounts. INSTEAD of going to a branch which may be hundreds or 1Ks+ of miles away from you, call your members of Congress. They have constituent services that will help you regain access. Please SHARE!
More in "bloodbaths": Per a source, the National Institute on Aging's leadership has been "decimated," including deputy director Amy Kelly and scientific director Luigi Ferrucci. And apparently acquisitions teams across all of NIH have been fired.
Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · last yr.NEW: Per a source with knowledge, in a "bloadbath" of firings, communications, legislative, and acquisitions staff at NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases are gone.
Alzheimer's research at 14 U.S. centers faces imminent shutdown due to funding delays, jeopardizing patient care and scientific progress. A great article featuring the fearless @cohenannied.bsky.social telling it like it is. www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/al...
Alzheimer's Research Caught in Trump Funding Delays
Longstanding dementia cohorts, Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers in limbo
medpagetoday.com
Thank you so much to my colleagues for speaking out for our ADRCs and all the other important research happening.
Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.Join if you can....Some powerful witnesses.
