Anyone who received the #NIHLRP as an independent scientist willing to share their Career Development and Research Accomplishment docs? #LRP #LoanRepayment #LRPAmbassador
Jessica Y. Islam, PhD MPH
@jessicayislam.bsky.social
Cancer epidemiologist at Moffitt Cancer Center. I study quality of cancer care delivery in the US with a focus on #HIVOnc | #ImpSci | Assistant Prof | ΛΘΑ🌙 🌴| She/Ella “If it is inaccessible to the poor, it’s neither radical nor revolutionary.”
1/n Exciting news! 🎉 Thrilled to share I have been awarded my FIRST R01 from the NCI alongside my MPIs at the University of Florida, Yi Guo, PhD, FAMIA and Mattia Prosperi. Together over the next five years, we will be studying the mechanisms through which HIV stigma and cancer stigma impact both...
Gotta love it when an agency head says, "that's just not happening", and entire agency staff says, "uhhh... wtf dude?" 🧪 NIH PIs: here's a call to action from a Bethesda Declaration signer of how you can help!
Theresa Kim, PhD, MS@tyk314.net · last yr.#NIH PIs, start emailing Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya and tell them what you are experiencing. CC Dr. Jon Lorsch and your ICO Director of Extramural Activities. Get them to talk with each other. #defendresearch
Incredibly well reported deep dive on NIH and health disparities research in STAT. 🧵 www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n... 1/31
Jay Bhattacharya once studied health disparities. As NIH director, he’s allowed such research to wither
Jay Bhattacharya’s tenure as NIH director has seen health disparities research swept up in the Trump administration’s attack on DEI
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Extra kudos and thanks to all the staff at NIH and NSF and other federal funding agencies for working extra hard in very small windows of opportunity to get grants reviewed and funds released before the attention-addled federal policies change again (on an hourly basis).
🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost! Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%). "Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov. ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
Full Committee Markup of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Acts | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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First highlight... Senator Capito started of the discussion saying that the bill contains AN INCREASE for NIH. The details are not available, but the bill will be released ofter the hearing. This is not a done-deal, but it does show where the Senate is on a bipartisan basis.
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Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.Happening Now! Mark-up of Labor, Health, and Human Services www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/ful...
If you've ever *benefitted* from NIH research (big population), CALL YOUR SENATOR now to let them know. ⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget. Personal examples help. My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.
Dr. David Miller 🏳️🌈@davidimiller.bsky.social · 2y ago1/11 Though it's personal, I’m sharing this analogy if it helps others: In the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about my past journey with cancer. Years ago, I found out in the worst way. My doctor accidentally released the biopsy results to my online patient portal. 🧵 Thread
🧪BREAKING: NIH has laid out 5 options for funding publications costs on grants (yes, FIVE!). This is hugely impactful. Make your opinions known by September 15, fellow scientists. 🧪 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-138: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs NOT-OD-25-138. NIH
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Bad article title, should say “Opportunity for scientific advancements plummet” This is bigger than “winning NIH grants.” We are setting the US back as leaders in scientific discovery and medical advances.
Jenna Norton@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · last yr.
Roy Cooper raises $3.4 million in first 24 hours of his Senate candidacy. The former North Carolina governor set a fundraising record with his day-one campaign haul.
Roy Cooper raises $3.4 million in first 24 hours of his Senate candidacy
The former North Carolina governor set a fundraising record with his day-one haul for his Senate campaign.
politico.com
Wait, sometimes there are surprises. Apparently some Republicans have now grasped the immense damage to their communities caused by massive cuts to NIH funding. We told them this beforehand, yet they still thoroughly enjoyed seeing the massive cuts…until it affected them directly.
14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is leading the letter making the ask of OMB director Russ Vought.
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If scientists in the richest country have to crowdfund research, I dont know what to say... www.chronicle.com/article/as-t...
As Trump Upends Funding for Research, These Scholars Turn to GoFundMe
As the once-stable compact between universities and the federal government founders, some scholars are looking elsewhere for money.
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Health Affairs is planning a theme issue on the intersections of #climate, #health, and #equity. Read more and submit your abstract here by August 11: www.healthaffairs.org/request-for-... @apha.org @iaphs.bsky.social @societyforepi.bsky.social
Our new pre-print presents the reporting, and racial and ethnic diversity of 58,000+ studies in clinicaltrials.gov, the largest global clinical study registry. Reporting of race and ethnicity to the registry began in 2009, and we analyzed data through 2024 #MedSky www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Clinical Studies Reported to ClinicalTrials.gov, 2009-2024
Importance: A lack of transparent reporting of race and ethnicity in clinical research limits the ability to identify health inequities and evaluate to what extent clinical research includes diverse p...
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Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages. ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
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After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech. I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory
The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.
nature.com
"It's a crap show" "People will die" The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research are causing unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, which has spearheaded advances against the disease for decades. Me + @arthurallen202.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/h...
World’s premier cancer institute faces crippling cuts and chaos | CNN
The Trump administration’s broadsides against scientific research have caused unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer Institute, the storied federal government research hub that has spearheaded ...
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marginalized communities are ALWAYS the most affected by EVERYTHING, and ALWAYS the least supported, which is 1 reason why the absolute gutting of the federal govt is so horrid. marginalized groups are not regarded as a profit opportunity ergo the current admin has no interest in them.
AcademyHealth@academyhealth.bsky.social · last yr.Marginalized communities are often the most affected by climate change—and the least supported. This webinar explores how to navigate conflicting priorities and understand their unique needs. Register Now: academyhealth.org/events/2025-...
Join us on 07/16 to explore impacts of #climate change on marginalized communities, such as farmworkers, in the US. The webinar will examine the #intersectional factors that shape their experiences and offer insights into building more responsive and respectful partnerships.
AcademyHealth@academyhealth.bsky.social · last yr.Marginalized communities are often the most affected by climate change—and the least supported. This webinar explores how to navigate conflicting priorities and understand their unique needs. Register Now: academyhealth.org/events/2025-...
Anyone know why SRO contacts have been removed from NIH Commons application landing pages? Under contacts, I only see the POs name now. #NIH #NIHChanges #EpiSky
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‘We Dissent’: NIH Workers Protest Trump Policies That ‘Harm the Health of Americans’ - KFF Health News
A letter signed by more than 300 National Institutes of Health workers — some still working, others who were fired this year — is an extraordinary public rebuke of actions taken under Director Jay Bha...
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🚨🚨🚨Some good news: the RAND Health and Retirement Study 2022 Longitudinal File and Fat Files are now available! Looking forward to distracting myself with some more recent data. #Aging #GeroSky #EpiSky hrs.isr.umich.edu/news/data-an...
RAND HRS Quarter 2 2025 Data Releases | Health and Retirement Study
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A statement already from Appropriations Chair Collins www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majorit... 1/2
Senator Collins’ Statement on President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026 | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.The President's Budget While it is worth taking a look, the President's Budget is an aspirational document that does not normally get all that much attention from Congress, particularly if there are dramatic shifts. I am not going to worry much about this (yet). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
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We are looking for a great colleague @mcgill.ca Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Global and Public Health mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
Excited to be presenting "LLMs in Qualitative Research: Uses, Tensions, and Intentions" with @mariannealq.bsky.social at #CHI2025 today! 🆕 paper: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Large Language Models in Qualitative Research: Uses, Tensions, and Intentions | Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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