My quote of the day The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emma Kay, PhD, MSW
@emmaskay.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Nursing. Overdose prevention/ infectious diseases researcher living in the Deep South.
Thanks for the shoutout, CAPPI!
UAB Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention@uabcappi.bsky.social · last yr.From her roles at the UAB Center for AIDS Research and @uabcappi.bsky.social, Dr. Emma Kay - @emmaskay.bsky.social - is helping shift how the medical world supports people with #HIV and #substanceusedisorders. Check out her conversation with Nichole Dawsey on The Shield podcast. buff.ly/ZD7df2L
New pub alert! Retention in #HIV care still matters, even in the modern treatment era: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40530937/
Retention in HIV Care Still Matters: A Longitudinal Multisite Analysis - PubMed
Retention in care remains a clinically valuable metric for all PWH. Healthcare providers should emphasize consistent care engagement, and national HIV/AIDS strategies should reincorporate retention as...
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Excited 2 bring the Massachusetts model of care to AL. MD shortages plague our state, & our HIV/OBAT clinic is often overbooked. But with the nurse care manager model, champion by Colleen Labelle (center), we can extend high-quality addiction care across the state. TY Colleen & Grayken team
@uabcappi.bsky.social will be tabling at Regional Wellness Day 2025 from 3pm–7pm today at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Come see us! #UAB #birminghamalabama #communitymatters #uabcappi
That’s a wrap! UAB CAPPI photos from the 2025 Addiction Prevention Coalition End Addiction Walk. We were delighted to sponsor this large community event which supports the APC’s lifesaving programs / people who use drugs. #UAB_CAPPI #communitymatters
Come join us if you’re in Birmingham AL. This is a great event to show your support for an organization that does so much to help ppl who use drugs.
UAB Center for Addiction and Pain Prevention and Intervention@uabcappi.bsky.social · 2y agoCAPPI is proud to be sponsoring the APC’s END ADDICTION BHAM Walk 2025 at City Walk Bham. There’s still time to register. See you tomorrow! #communitymatters #uab #uabcappi endaddictionbham.swell.gives
Come join me next month!
KTCanada.bsky.social@ktcanada.bsky.social · 2y agoJoin us on *Weds, April 30th* for the next Seminar Series presentation. Dr. @emmaskay.bsky.social will be presenting on "Shared Voices, Shared Results: Community-Engaged Methods in Health #Equity Research". Visit the event page for more info & to register! ktcanada.org/event/kt-can...
NoA NOTIFICATION REQUEST Re-upping this request now that NIH staff are apparently allowed to make awards. If anyone receives a NoA starting today and continuing forward, please DM me with information about the mechanism and institute or center. THANK YOU I hope to full up my DMs with good news
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Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2y agoATTENTION If anyone has received a NoA after the "pause", please DM me with information about the mechanism and institute or center. THANK YOU
ATTENTION If anyone has received a NoA after the "pause", please DM me with information about the mechanism and institute or center. THANK YOU
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@altnih4science.bsky.social I am hearing that ASSIST will not accept budgets with an IDC rate above 15%. Is that true?
Impact of NIH funding in ALABAMA: NIH AWARDS FUNDING: $386 M JOBS SUPPORTED: 4,769 ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED: $909 M Bio Industry Impact: Jobs: 12,786 Businesses: 1,235 Cutting NIH indirects will end jobs & cause a recession. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-... h/t@CarlosdelRio7
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economic impact of NIH research in Alabama
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FWIW as an NIH funded researcher, I’m going to work on my grant proposals that are meant to help vulnerable ppl, write my papers, meet with colleagues, (ie, do my job). I’m not going to stop…and neither should you
Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️@jabarocas.bsky.social · 2y agoWhy should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
Someone had the gall to mail me an advert for local raw milk. They don’t know who they are messing with!
My wife, y’all! One of <20 attorneys that were allowed in the court room today.
Sydney Duncan@sydneyduncan.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat a day. Filled with so many emotions. To sit in front of those nine justices. To see Chase Strangio argue. To be a part of such a profoundly important moment. It was everything. 🏳️⚧️❤️
This. Exactly this. I am beyond worried. #skrmetti
Susan Rinkunas@susanrinkunas.com · 2y agoBe suspicious of any reporter, commentator, or outlet who claims Skrmetti is limited just to children. If the Supreme Court goes for Tennessee’s reasoning, it could also impact transgender adults and a lot of other medical care.
You know you are at a momentous time in US history when a solicitor general actually compares gender affirming care to eugenics and lobotomies. My god. #skrmetti
This is worth a read ( and includes a great quote from my wife!). So much hinges on the Skrmetti Supreme Court case, which will have immense consequences for the basic human rights of trans people. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Revealed: trans rights case at US supreme court features doctors previously discredited by judges
Tennessee relied on doctors rebuked by courts for inexperience and bias to defend its trans healthcare ban
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www.hiv.gov/blog/world-a... “This year’s theme, “Collective Action: Sustain and Accelerate HIV Progress,” reminds us that we must remain steadfast in our commitment to prevent new HIV infections and provide essential services to all people with HIV.”
World AIDS Day 2024: Reflecting on Our HIV Progress and Our Future
On December 1, we observe the 37th World AIDS Day: a time to remember those we have lost to AIDS-related illness...
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I submitted three NIH grants this year and all I want for Christmas is for one of them to hit! 🤞
Trying to write a paper on my R25 curriculum in SGM health/how we developed it and can’t find a single example of a paper like this! 😭
Are you the cat in the box or on top of the box this Monday morning? 😹
I wrote about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s various weird ideas about HIV/AIDS, and why they could soon become the rest of the world's problem if he becomes HHS secretary. In the words of one expert I spoke to, "I can't believe we're having this conversation." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. has made false and dangerous claims about AIDS. That could become a global problem.
Will the United States abandon life-saving efforts to research and fight the virus?
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Looking for people w experience providing fentanyl test strip education to serve as a consultant for a grant. DM me if interested!
Got my first hate mail today from someone who thinks harm reduction is bunk and RFK Jr. will lead us towards real science. Man oh man this is going to be a tough 4+ years.