Where does human experience meet the work we do to improve #policy & #practice through better #evidence & #implementation? A critical professional & personal question explored by @anabaumann.bsky.social at #EIS2025 #ISHCA.

“Sometime we all need a reminder of why we do the work.” “We will get a different story depending on who we ask.” @jaeleaskehan.bsky.social reflecting on @anabaumann.bsky.social’s key note challenge to consider: “How are we conceptualising impact and for whom?” #EIS2025 #ISHCA @eisummit.org

Reflecting on @anabaumann.bsky.social’s key note Andile Madowela of the Pan African Collective: “It requires of us to let go of hierarchies of evidence. . . to be responsive to the needs of people on the ground.” #EIS2025 #ISHCA @eisummit.org

Astounding and devastating visualization of N.I.H. grants that have been terminated www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Here are the nearly 2,500 medical research grants canceled or delayed by Trump (Gift Article)

Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

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How do you decide which theory, model, or framework (TMF) should guide your next implementation project? Our team has just published SELECT-IT in @implementsci.bsky.social — a four-step meta-framework that turns that question into a replicable process: doi.org/10.1186/s130... @jgrimshaw.bsky.social

NIH is going to hold a town hall for staff with director Jayanta Bhattacharya, and apparently the form to submit questions is publicly available. In case that’s of interest. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

🎉Fantastic to see our update to the Cochrane review on Audit and Feedback in healthcare published! So much work went into this huge project by a worldwide team, expertly led by Noah Ivers 👏 A must read for anyone wanting to improve the quality of healthcare 👇 www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice - Ivers, N - 2025 | Cochrane Library

Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.

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According to DisabilityJustice.org, 83% of disabled women will be sexually abused in their lifetime. You must include disabled women in your conversations about choice and reproductive rights. I’m included in that percentage. Please think about us.

NIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/n... via @statnews.com

NIH terminates ongoing grants for LGBTQ+ research

Saying that "research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific," the agency wrote to scientists to cancel current grants.

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Agreed with Gillian here. If you called your Senator (or didn't) to tell them to vote against a trans sports ban, it's important that you also call them and thank them for their vote. NO Democrat broke on this. myreps.datamade.us

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · last yr.

A whole host of overpaid consultants and talking heads told them not to do the right thing and they still chose to do the right thing, so I'd even go a step further and encourage people to contact Senators who opposed this measure (SB 9) and thank them for standing by trans people and our families

MEDICAID Basics Over 50% of the spending for Medicaid goes to cover those with DISABILITIES and the AGED 38% of those on Medicaid are CHILDREN. /1

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Follow us, share our stuff, add stuff we should know about. What I know now is THERE IS A LOT GOING ON, and we want you to know it. There's strength in seeing that we're not alone, not all passive in the face of this.... bsky.app/profile/resi...

Resist List@resistlist.bsky.social · last yr.

If you're looking for some great databases of the ongoing resistance (as well as some other useful resources) here's a thread of where to start. 1. Check out Choose Democracy's website with incredible guides on action you can take: choosedemocracy.us

THE RESIST LIST IS HERE. Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.

Feb 4 meeting of National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council CANCELLED. On Feb 6 2024 they approved 8 billion dollars of medical research in those areas. An equivalent sum now missing in 2025. www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2024/...

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council February 2024 Meeting Summary

The 306th meeting of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council (NHLBAC) convened virtually on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. The Council meeting began with a closed session that started at 10:...

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Pretty sad. Just got the email that CZI is canceling the second round of Diversity Leadership Awards. Private industry will definitely not fill the hole that NIH and NSF are leaving. 😢💔

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down. For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now Meanwhile...

We have been hard at work this weekend getting organized! 🚨IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE THE CHOPS TO LEAD A PROTEST SITE FILL OUT THE FORM🚨 Our goal is to solidify protest locations by FRIDAY 2/21! So, let’s get cracking, everyone! FOLLOW FOR UPDATES @standupforscience.bsky.social #scienceforall

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last yr.

📢 We're still looking for volunteers and state leads to help us organize local events to #standupforscience2025! If you or anyone you know would be interested, please fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... Any questions? Feel free to DM! #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall

New data from the #CDC shows that the 2024-2025 #flu season is becoming more intense. Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is showing up as a complication in children and MRSA pneumonia in adults. Get the flu #vaccine. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...

2024-2025 flu season is becoming more intense

The 2024-2025 flu season in the USA has led to increased hospitalizations and deaths, surpassing COVID rates.

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This is a program for teenagers with serious disabilities who are finishing high school and transitioning to their next steps in life. Trump just axed it, effective immediately, in the middle of the night, with no notice.

Leah Greenberg ❌👑@leahgreenberg.bsky.social · last yr.

the richest man in the world has decided that your kids don't deserve special education programs

Doing the unthinkable: The deep cuts to the #CDC's workforce today are expected to decimate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a program that has trained public health rapid responders for decades. Envy of the world. Poof! 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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Measles has a 12% mortality rate in unvaccinated young children. Children cannot be vaccinated until they are at least 12 months old. And if infants need to be kept home and out of daycare to avoid potentially fatal measles outbreaks... Guess who that removes from the workforce. (Women.)

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · last yr.

In 3 days, the number of measles cases in a highly unvaccinated area of Texas has doubled. There are now 48 cases, all of whom are unvaccinated, and 13 of whom have been hospitalized so far, for a hospitalization rate of 27%. This is huge figure in epidemiology. This outbreak will keep spreading.

Important from @meganranney.bsky.social and @atulgrovermd.bsky.social on solvable problems with US Health Care. "If we could eliminate deaths from just 3 external causes...alcohol, drugs, and firearms...we would nearly close the life expectancy gap between the US and other developed countries."

How to close America’s life expectancy gap

The U.S. ranks 29th in life expectancy at birth among peer nations in the OECD. Changing that goes well beyond the health care system.

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- There is a “Stand up for Science” event happening on March 7, 2025 in DC (standupforscience.org). - Federal workers: Watch for changes in your work processes and not any changes you’re asked to make. Document everything.

Great new resource from @debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social on public health comms - with both well-tested language, and actionable tips. This is FABULOUS. debeaumont.org/resources/co...

Communicating About Public Health

Common gaps in understanding, research-tested messaging to address them, examples to make it tangible, and practical tips for real-world communication scenarios

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Instead of Google search try DuckDuckGo Instead of Chrome try Firefox Instead of Gmail try ProtonMail Instead of Google Docs etc try LibreOffice Instead of Google Photos try Ente For every Google product there are multiple replacements you can try. The above suggestions are just examples to try

Seems we need to get the word out: NIH cuts impact our ability to get the care we need AND cost our states billions of dollars. Here's my attempt - just don't tell my kids I was lighting things on fire while they were at school :)

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone Call it a Day Of Transparency