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Colleen Stiles-Shields, Ph.D.

@colleenss.bsky.social

Assistant Professor @ UIC, @ijr-uic.bsky.social | Director of @the-matters-lab.bsky.social | Pediatric Digital Mental Health Researcher | Mom | Order Muppet | Will happily soapbox about equity any day

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Pew Research Center@pewresearch.org · 6mo ago

Health care providers are the most common source of health information for Americans, who view them as more accurate than other sources. 85% of Americans say they get health information from health care providers at least sometimes.🧑‍⚕️

Chart showing Americans say they get health information from health care providers more often than other sources.
Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It is both very good that Trump chickened out *AND* he just because he didn’t follow through, doesn’t mean he is off the hook. Trump is a madman and must be removed. We want democracy, peace, and stability. Pump the breaks, Congress. This is EGREGIOUS.

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 6mo ago

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 6mo ago

Everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and watch this video. “It seems like there’s a lack of diversity here today, and it’s mostly people who look like you and me, and I just…?” This lady’s response is🔥

Jonathan Edward Durham@thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hey guys I know it's really hard to be conscious of your health right now, so please remember that after every hour muttering "wtf" while scrolling on your phone you should stand up and banshee scream for at least 5 minutes to stretch out your lower back

Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 6mo ago

On top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

I Wrote Research Funding Announcements for NIH for 22 Years. This Year They’ve Published 14

How NIH went from 756 funding announcements to 14 in two years — and what it means for every disease that depends on federal research

open.substack.com

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I get messages from high schoolers regularly asking about the future of science.

Meade Krosby@meadekrosby.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.” Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?

Josh Grubbs@joshuagrubbsphd.com · 7mo ago

Thinking of this quote from Erikson’s Malazan series today (from Book 2, Deadhouse Gates): “‘Children are dying.' Lull nodded. 'That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.’l

Timothy Caulfield@caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#GoTeam! 🙏 @standupforscience.bsky.social pulls every lever www.statnews.com/2026/03/06/s... @statnews.com "...we think people care about science. We think people care about biomedical innovation." "We think that people care about not getting polio. Like, it’s really simple. That’s our strategy."

How Stand Up For Science is trying to 'pull every lever' to win over the public

Stand Up For Science has become a formal organization and adopted a new strategy that's more confrontational with grassroots tactics

statnews.com

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 7mo ago

US health officials are trying to delay a regional World Health Organization meeting that would confirm the loss of its measles elimination status until after the midterm elections in November. This is a reckless, accountability-dodging move that puts politics over public health.

Taylor Lorenz@taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

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Denis Wirtz@deniswirtz.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Federal funding for US biomedical research is moribund. Since October 1 2025, NIH is -80% in new grants and -70% in values (total dollars). Labs are closing down and researchers are leaving science. To what end?

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