Austin Robinson
@ausrob-phd.bsky.social
human health & performance, physiology, 🐕, non-fiction 📗, ☕️, & being outdoors | Associate Professor | Indiana University School of Public Health | Posts are my own https://www.nvplaboratory.net/
Join us for happy hour! Dr. Amanda LeBlanc chats with Dr. Camilla Wenceslau, Dr. Pooneh Bagher, Dr. Brant Isakson, Dr. Thomas Jepps & Dr. Aaron Trask about their Guidelines on evaluating endothelial function in vascular tissue article by McCarthy et al. https://ow.ly/y4L350Zmf4b
Keep those comments on the OMB proposed rule coming! www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Comments Flood OMB Proposal on Political Control of Grants
The White House Office of Management and Budget has so far received 90,000 public comments on its plans as scientific and other groups rally against them.
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Right, so here is the Hoover Institute saying we should abolish the NIH: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Abolish the NIH
A $48 billion government monopoly should give way to the market.
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And here @elizabethginexi.bsky.social explains what you need to do to write a comment. Lots of great stuff on her Substack on this. Let's get busy. You have until sunset tonight! end/ elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
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Proud to add my name to this open letter to the American Diabetes Association, decrying their treatment of members who shared a published manuscript with their colleagues. This was a violation of free speech and sycophancy to the administration: c.org/N7MGzKhWzH
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An Open Letter to the American Diabetes Association: Shame on You
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JOIN US ON TUESDAY! With @timothysnyder.bsky.social @normeisen.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social AND MORE!! Register here: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for... #StandUpForScience #TakeAction
Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 5mo agoWhat does the new OMB proposal mean for science? How can we STOP VOUGHT and SAVE SCIENCE together? All of these questions and more to be discussed at the Emergency Science Meeting on June 2nd, 4PM ET, hosted by Stand Up for Science! Register at the link in our bio, or go here: zurl.co/g3vTZ
Sooooo... Several people shared this slide with me. NIH is apparently working on a new parent mechanism called an RP1. I have many questions (and only a few answers). (EPMC is the NIH-wide Extramural Program Management Committee co-chaired by Jon Lorsch). 1/4
From @theathletic.com: Sabastian Sawe of Kenya ran the London Marathon in under two hours, breaking the men’s marathon world record.
Sabastian Sawe finishes London Marathon in under two hours to obliterate men’s world record
Kenya's Sawe is the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a legal race.
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How it started / how it’s going — Jay Bhattacharya edition. 2025: “We will never use this agency to censor scientists who disagree" 2026 : Bhattacharya “has canceled the publication of a study that found that the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits”.
Thank you @rephaleystevens.bsky.social for holding RFK Jr. accountable! CALL YOUR REPS. ASK THEM TO CO-SPONSOR H. RES 944. More information here: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoStevens to RFK Jr: "To top it off, Mr Secretary, I got a copy of HR-944. You know what it is? It's your impeachment articles, sir. You have abused your office, you have gutted America's public health! You should be ashamed."
Watch Director Bhattacharya's performance at CPAC really got to me. I chose to share some of my observations with him. Hold on... 1/11
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Every day is a good day for sharing one of the most useful papers about research data ever written. PLEASE get your people to understand and follow this advice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It’s actually pretty fucked up that our tax dollars pay for the universal healthcare of our elected government officials who won’t pass universal healthcare…
The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.
First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says
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A short Bluetorial on plots of NIH application success rates as a function of percentile. 1/20
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
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I have a new comment piece out in Nature today. rdcu.be/e7LVS 1/6
How data can help to guide NIH funding policy | Nature
The US National Institutes of Health has troves of information on grant applications. Analysing it can assist with decision-making on issues such as equity. The US National Institutes of Health has troves of information on grant applications. Analysing it can assist with decision-making on issues such as equity.
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Total annual budget for NIGMS: 3.2 billion Total (estimated) daily cost for war in Iran beyond the inestimable cost in human lives and suffering (and gasoline prices if that’s what you care more about, like many do): 900 million dollars (www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/p...)
Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. We are urging Congress to act now to protect the American people by impeaching and convicting Vought. We invite all Americans to join us by signing on to our letter to Congress. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...
Civil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell Vought
The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...
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Death by 1000 cuts, etc. But I really do think historians will look back on Citizens United as a critical fork in the road of America’s democracy becoming…less of a democracy.
Alondra Nelson@alondra.bsky.social · 8mo ago"Meta is preparing to spend $65 M this year to boost state politicians who are friendly to the AI industry...To do that, Meta is quietly starting two new super PACs... The new PACs join two others already started by Meta, one of which is focused on California" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...
Guess who the new Acting CDC Director is? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u... [Gift Link]
N.I.H. Director Will Temporarily Run C.D.C. in Leadership Shake-Up
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Men may be more prone to heart rhythm changes than women, which could help explain why male athletes face higher sudden cardiac death risks. Read more in AJP-Heart: ow.ly/nqGo50WZwjR #ArticlesInPresS #SABV @apspublications.bsky.social @ausrob-phd.bsky.social @merrylindseyphd.bsky.social 🧪
What's a smart scale? Should you use one? What do you need to know about your body composition besides your weight? APS member Austin Robinson (@ausrob-phd.bsky.social) weighed in 😜 on the subject. Read more from @NBCNews: ow.ly/sKMo50WQuEz #ISpyPhysiology 🧪
100% @apspublications.bsky.social are the🐐. Where else can you publish OA in a reputable journal for < $1000
Katie Wilkinson@drkwilkinson.bsky.social · last yr.Was going to be a part of a special issue proposal for J Physiol but Wiley $5k open access fees are too much for me. Kudos to @apspublications.bsky.social for their $995 APC cost for members in most journals, plus making Subscribe to Open Target so all papers open access this yr.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Calling all @apsphysiology.bsky.social members: let’s help raise some money to support ABRCMS student presentation awards! Goal is $1200/discipline to support 12 awards by Sept 30th! 🧪 abrcms.org/donate/stude...
ABRCMS Fundraising - Student Presentation Awards - ABRCMS
Judges – Help Us Raise Funds for Student Presentation Awards Thank you for your service as a judge at ABRCMS. Your dedication has helped shape the future of countless student scientists, and we’re dee...
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Any who can afford it, please pitch in 🙏 A lot of the grants that funded ABRCMS have been cancelled. These $100 awards make a huge impact for students. If every judge gave just $20, we’d exceed the goal. 👉 donate.abrcms.org (select Presentation Awards) More details 👉 abrcms.org/donate/stude...
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Join me in donating to ABRCMS. For many of us early in our careers (and for many of us now), this is THE conference. Let’s make sure future generations get the same experience. I was told if each poster judge donated $25, their goal would be quickly met, but I think we can do better! 🙏🏾💪🏾
Katie Wilkinson@drkwilkinson.bsky.social · last yr.Calling all @apsphysiology.bsky.social members: let’s help raise some money to support ABRCMS student presentation awards! Goal is $1200/discipline to support 12 awards by Sept 30th! 🧪 abrcms.org/donate/stude...
🧂Our controlled feeding pilot trial suggests potential sex differences in kidney responses to dietary salt. With a high salt diet, females may increase endothelin-1 excretion more. Endothelin-1 is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide and promotes salt excretion by the kidneys.
