I cannot write this grant. I can only read tributes to Dolly Parton. We should all read and learn more about her great works, and aim to do more of them ourselves.

Michigan, it’s never too early to make sure your voter registration is ready to go for November. Register to vote, online or by mail by October 19th: mi.gov/vote

'When a medical trainee cannot afford nutritious food or secure stable housing... they also experience a fundamental erosion of their ability to engage fully in the intellectual, relational, and professional components of medical education.' #MedEd academic.oup.com/academicmedi...

Addressing financial, housing, and food insecurity to help medical trainees achieve their full potential

Training to be a physician is a deeply rewarding yet highly stressful experience. Nurturing learners through this challenging process is a critical objecti

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Apply to be my successor! If you are a surgery resident interested in transplantation and looking for an unparalleled opportunity to further your health services research skills during your academic development time, I cannot recommended this opportunity more highly. ?s - Please reach out!

Not requiring basic childhood vaccines to attend public school keeps immunocompromised kids and kids with medical contraindications to vaccination out of school due to the choices of other parents.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya: "We shouldn't be keeping kids out of schools because their parents have made different decisions than other parents" (Note that Trump is asleep)

My goodness please *listen* to this extremely wholesome story

We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientist

NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.

npr.org

I’ve always voted absentee (in MT) or by mail (in OR). While I’m a huge fan of vote by mail, I’m excited to vote in person for the first time!

Kara Gavin@karagavin.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey Michiganders! In-person primary voting begins today! Find your location here: www.michigan.gov/sos/election...

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

This is the horror cherry on top of the egregious fraud, waste, and abuse sundae. DOGE fired the people who send NIH money to research labs—which is a complicated process—so now even more labs are going to go under. All while Jay Bhattacharya goes on a podcast and says no NIH funding was cut.

Max Kozlov@maxkozlov.bsky.social · 4mo ago

NEW: A serious staffing shortage — of the Trump admin's own making — is delaying the agency's ability to send billions to universities around the country, leaving labs reeling in the meantime. “I thought we were at rock bottom”, a senior NIH official said. “We are below rock bottom now.”

horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

propublica.org

Scientists have long sought to distance themselves from politics because we thought truth and facts would speak for themselves. Policy does not flow directly from truth, and scientists need to learn how to stand up for themselves, each other, and for our shared human experience. That takes work. /🧵

Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The past 15 months have marked a dark chapter in US science; one that will require significant effort to repair. But I'm not interested in duct tape and bandaid solutions. Our system had problems before Jan 20th, 2025. So, @standupforscience.net is doing what we do best: TAKING ACTION. 1/7

“Everyone suffers when physicians lack understanding of how health inequities happen, cannot examine their own biases, and cannot develop the skills to address them, for their patients and their communities.” @oniblackstock.bsky.social

Why rolling back health equity training in medical schools is a dangerous failure that puts all patients at risk.

Medical Schools Have an Obligation to Push Back Against Federal Pressure

thefulcrum.us

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c

So many words of wisdom shared by Coach John Beilein at Michigan Medicine transplant conference today. I appreciated his reminder that "Vulnerability is a superpower," and his advice, "Be able to say, 'I don't know it all and I need help to get better.'"

Learning from Matthew has been one of the best things to come from being on social media and has undoubtedly made me a better doctor. I donated and encourage you to do so as well if you are able!

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 5mo ago

Help Matthew Cover Emergency Surgery Costs If, and only if, it would NOT at all be a financial hardship, and you find what I do valuable ⤵️ www.gofundme.com/f/help-matth...

The replies to this post are full of grace and wisdom. I wish we didn't make grieving feel shameful. We all experience it, but it is still new and unique each time. #grief

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Sometimes I feel like I'm talking too much about my father's passing. But screw it. I have questions. When I try to do nice things for myself (going to a concert! Finally arranging my apartment!) I'm hit with a wave of sadness-- and maybe guilt-- after. Is this normal? Is this forever?

Splashdown! Vehicle is stable and upright. “A perfect bulls-eye splash for Integrity and its four astronauts!” #Artemis

Omaha, Nebraska! The riverfront was the surprise highlight of my cross-country roadtrip last year.

Nicholas Campiz@thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Now that we got our LeBron James out of the way yesterday, let's do the opposite: what's the city you were surprised about and look forward to visiting again? For me it's either of the two Birminghams, the original one and the one in Alabama.

I will say this again: Science isn’t just something that nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world. It’s why this app exists. It’s why child mortality rate isn’t 50% anymore. It’s how we’re able to launch people to the moon. It’s how we’re able to grow food that feeds half the world.

Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration

Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

nature.com

Someone needs to tell the American people what's going on in the Pentagon, and it obviously won't be Pete Hegseth, who is at war with America's senior military officers. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Hegseth’s War on America’s Military

Someone needs to explain the Pentagon purges to the American people.

theatlantic.com

So excited I’ll be able to take the train to/from SeaTac when I visit family in Redmond! Plus it will be nice to take the train to Seattle from the Eastside and not have worry about parking.

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · 5mo ago

🚈 Washington state's newest addition to public transit: a train running over a floating bridge! 🚈   I have fought for @sound-transit.bsky.social since its earliest days and seeing the Crosslake Connection finally open was AWESOME!   THIS is why I'll keep fighting to invest in public transit! 🚉

Immigrants weren’t just filling existing jobs; they were helping create them. That’s Econ 101: jobs are not a fixed pie. More people means more customers, more demand, more businesses expanding, and yes, more hiring.

More on NIH funding cuts' disproportionate impact on marginalized groups. "Recent data shows that fellowship awards to Black researchers dropped by approximately 40 percent in a single year [vs.] 9 percent decline for white researchers." We need data on ppl w/ multiple marginalized identities.

When Research Funding Is Cut, Who Really Pays the Price? - Black Women's Health Imperative

Since 1983, our national organization dedicated to health of our nation’s 21 million Black women and girls – physically, emotionally and financially.

bwhi.org

Mark your calendars, Rip City. The WNBA expansion draft for new teams in Portland and Toronto will take place on April 3.

WNBA sets April 3 expansion draft for new teams in Portland and Toronto

A coin toss will be held Friday, with the winning franchise getting to choose either the first pick in the expansion draft or the No. 6 pick in the college draft on April 13.

opb.org

The paper “shows that women, particularly those early in their careers, were disproportionately affected by terminations, even though they receive less funding from the NIH in general.”

NIH grant terminations affected women scientists more than men, study finds

A new paper shows that women, particularly those early in their careers, have been disproportionately affected by NIH grant terminations.

statnews.com

I talked with @prisonculture.bsky.social, Alison Macrina, and Katie Clark about libraries as public infrastructure, contested political terrain, and spaces of possibility—and about what it means to fight for them in this fascistic moment.

Why Libraries Matter in a Fascist Moment

“If we lose this as a public good and as a free public service, we will have lost everything,” says Mariame Kaba.

truthout.org

People shouldn't feel bad about previously admiring someone when they didn't know about the terrible harms that person committed, but we should challenge ourselves to consider how pedestalizing and prioritizing the legacies of charismatic leaders can create harmful dynamics. That can be addressed.

Montana State University agricultural research farm to put our (gloved) hands inside the fistulated cow, Lewis and Clark caverns, Yellowstone, cross country skiing

Soon to be new interns - Financial education is critical for your start to residency. Come learn with us! Sign up here: olsonfp.com/webinar

This is an incredible documentation of the systematic, intentional collapse of American health science, by Elizabeth Ginexi. 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