Dr. Rachel Shelton

@drrachelshelton.bsky.social

Professor at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health; Co-Director of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Implementation Scientist; Cancer Researcher; Mom & Mentor in NYC

Among the many articles on the ongoing destruction of academia and science 🧪 in the US, this is one of the most chilling.. "It is an attack on the conditions that allow free thought to exist.. we will feel its consequences for decades" The end of the university as we know it @meghanor.bsky.social

Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities (Gift Article)

The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.

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Make no mistake. This is an all-out attack on health in America. Not only is the EIS vital to controlling infectious disease; it was where a remarkably high fraction of our public health leaders received formative training and experience. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health

Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired

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Very good source to understand indirect costs by Sally Rockey, former Deputy Director for Extramural Activities at NIH. Very thorough and clear. If you want to understand indirect costs or have family or friends who are pestering you to explain IDC, send them this... www.aau.edu/key-issues/i...

Indirect Costs 101, Sally J. Rockey | Association of American Universities (AAU)

Sally Rockey, explains indirect costs and how they support research.

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This is a key point, and why international applicants can only claim 8% indirect costs on NIH grants - these funders also support the wider US scientific research and innovation system. If you wanted to actively make US less competitive at science, this is exactly sort of policy that would do it:

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2y ago

2. While NSF and NIH indeed have a mission to fund specific research innovations via grantmaking, they do a lot more than that. Their principal role is support a scientific ecosystem in the United States, that includes everything from education and training to infrastructure and communication.

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house." Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded. www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills

An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

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Excited to learn from Dr. Delivette Castor on Friday about The Payback Framework to Assess the Impact of Imp Sci, a framework we are using in our U54 Center! Reach out to me if you are interested in joining this virtual seminar through our #impsci seminar at Irving Institute CTSA @ColumbiaMed

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Congrats to Dr. Alejandra Paniagua-Avila for leading this excellent #impsci review of core interventions and implementation strategies for integrated programs for addressing mental illnesses across six countries in Latin America. Such important work & happy to be part of @ColumbiaMSPH

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Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516 billion in government savings. It includes DRAMATIC CUTS to Veterans Affairs health care, the National Institutes of Health, Head Start, the FBI, and many other vital programs.

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Join us for our upcoming virtual Columbia University/CTSA Implementation Science Seminar series with Dr. Arianna Means on application of the CFIR framework globally. This Friday, Dec. 6th at 12 pm EST. Message me if interested!

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😎Cool free NIH event: “Adapting Evidence-Based Mind and Body Interventions: Why, When, and How” Feb 12-13, 2025 in person and online. Will feature perspectives of many different fields. Registration is required. #ABCT2024 #ImpSci www.eventbrite.com/e/adapting-e...

Adapting Evidence-Based Mind and Body Interventions: Why, When, and How

Researchers and the public with an interest in adapting mind and body interventions are the intended participants for this workshop.

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