Drs. Lauren Hunt, @kristalynharrison.bsky.social, & colleagues published in Am J Hosp Palliat Care on how the Care Ecosystem model impacts end-of-life outcomes in dementia care. #geriatrics pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40827842/

The Effect of the Care Ecosystem Collaborative Care Model on End-of-Life Outcomes for People With Dementia and Their Caregivers - PubMed

ContextCollaborative care models that feature care navigation have been found to have a range of benefit for people with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers, but their effect on end-of-life (EOL)…

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How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge? I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help. tinyurl.com/thehumantoll

📢 UCSF is recruiting Asian, Black, & Latino former caregivers for a study to improve end-of-life care for those with dementia. Share your story & earn up to $160. Learn more: [https://geriatrics.ucsf.edu/news/recruiting-participants] #dementia #caregiving

🎓 Huge congrats to our graduating T32 fellows! 👏 Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson, DrPH, MS 👏 Angela Suen, MD 👏 Lingsheng Li, MD, MHS @lingshengli.bsky.social‬ We’re thrilled they’ll continue advancing care for older adults—two as UCSF faculty and one at SF General & Chinese Hospital! 💙 #geriatrics

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Ranking Member Sanders Asks Health Care Providers for Information on Republicans’ Budget Bill | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), requested...

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🚨 Action alert: Two days left!! Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference. 👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees. ➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.

Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...

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#AGS25 Geri Lit Review @amergeriatrics.bsky.social Thank you @kencovinsky.bsky.social @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social for an incredibly fun and memorable learning+sing-along experience about all things #Geriatrics! @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social

What language do you use when talking about deprescribing? Fabulous research from Nancy Schoenborn #AGS25 showing what resonates more with patients

Callback to the @geripal.bsky.social #thickenedliquidschallenge #ags2025 #WeAreGeriatrics #litreview Commonly used but data sparse for dysphasia in hospitals and nursing homes. “Thin” evidence for mortality reduction and patients dislike

Sing-along state of the science at #AGS2025 by @alexsmithmd.bsky.social @kencovinsky.bsky.social @ewidera.bsky.social complete with light sticks at 8:45 am #WeAreGeriatrics

Absolutely brilliant science communication by @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social and Marta Tufet of GAVI. Clear explanation of why placebo controlled trials are not required for vaccines already known to be efficacious. I had to share.

In case anyone at #AGS2025 is on #gerisky… first 24h in Chicago involved a Cubs/Giants game (and amusing rivalry between @kencovinsky.bsky.social and @lwaltermd.bsky.social) and my first @deprescribeus.bsky.social meeting! #WeAreGeriatrics

Powerful graphic. In a single day on April 25, a DOGE-fueled NSF canceled 340,226 future days of research. Or 932 years. [And that’s just one of three rounds of terminations so far.]

Nicola Rennie@nrennie.bsky.social · last yr.

For #TidyTuesday this week, we're looking at data on terminations of NSF grants 📊 🎨 Using colour to highlight one category 📈 Transparency to highlight the important data ✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency #RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

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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Delighted to see @lwaltermd.bsky.social receive the Hal Luft Mentoring Award at @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social #HSR Symposia today. She’s describing building a culture of mentoring in @ucsfgeriatrics.bsky.social, which has certainly made my career possible

Process of ordering supplemental oxygen and advising patients is very confusing. This outstanding review will teach physicians how to navigate the process and advocate for their patients. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

A Person-Centered Approach to Supplemental Oxygen Therapy in the Outpatient Setting

This Review proposes a person-centered framework to improve independence and quality of life for people using supplemental oxygen and summarizes supplemental oxygen evidence and landscape in the outpa...

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Explore how socioeconomic status shapes end-of-life experiences in the @jama.com publication, Wealth Disparities in End-of-Life Symptom Burden Among Older Adults, senior-authored by IHPS faculty member @kristalynharrison.bsky.social.

Important column by the brilliant Ninez Ponce at our sister center at UCLA on federal changes and disappearances to key public data. www.milbank.org/quarterly/op...

Data Democracy in Crisis: How Changing Federal Data Reshapes Research and Representation | Milbank Memorial Fund

Recent political events have data custodians and users across the country asking an important question—if the federal government is backing away from its historical role as a leader in advancing data ...

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"Women" were on the forbidden word list. The Women's Health Initiative helped us understand Hormone Replacement Therapy. We had this study because NIH had frequently *left women out* of their studies.

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · last yr.

Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women Unreal www.science.org/content/arti...

This !👇 NIH Funding Has Stagnated Since 2003 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

NIH Funding Has Stagnated Since 2003

This Viewpoint explores how funding has changed at the National Institutes of Health over time and discusses how continued investment is necessary to maintain the current level of biomedical research.

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Prepping for the first family camping trip of the year always leads to side projects, like removing too-small clothing from my son’s drawer as I look for his camping gear, and at least 3 trips to REI

A major paper @nature.com this week found a significant decline in dementia after an outdated Shingles vaccine. I've reviewed the study and many other relevant ones here erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...

The Shingles Vaccine and Reduction of Dementia

A compelling new study adds to the body of data supporting some protection provided by the vaccine

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A blood test for Alzheimer's risk! World-changing research coming out of @washumedicine.bsky.social 🩺 #MedSky Without investment from NIH, none of this would be possible. source.washu.edu/2025/03/high...

Highly accurate blood test diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease, measures extent of dementia

A blood test for Alzheimer’s disease developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condi...

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“Leadership of the National Institute on Aging was apparently “decimated,” …NIA is among the most important funders of research into diseases like Alzheimer’s.” #gerisky #geronsky #nih Our research tries to make aging & serious illness less terrible and more supported …

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social · last yr.

As the "bloodbath" unfolds, newly confirmed NIH director Jay Bhattacharya sent staff an email this morning saying he was "honored to lead NIH." "Sounding far too much like a vet talking about putting a dog down, he then said he would try and lead NIH through these reforms 'humanely.'"

1- The value of inclusive research: more accurate estimates of disease risk. Analysis of data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (N=15,000) estimates a "lifetime risk of #dementia of 42% after age 55, more than double previous estimates." #geronsky www.nia.nih.gov/news/risk-an...

Risk and future burden of dementia in the United States

NIA study reveals that nearly 42% of Americans over 55 may develop dementia, with new cases possibly doubling by 2060. Learn about the rising risk and future impact.

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Middle of an interesting thread about why COBOL was created. Loved the point that not everything should or can be built for efficiency or profit. Granted, that also sums up a lot of science.

Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · last yr.

“COBOL and its scapegoating show us an important aspect of high tech that few in Silicon Valley, or in government, seem to understand. Older systems have value, and constantly building new technological systems for short-term profit at the expense of existing infrastructure is not progress.”…

Someone’s always watching #catsofsky #dogsofsky

The Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementia (ADRD) Summit 2025 will be held virtually on 4/29, 4/30 & 6/2. The summit is an opportunity for the public to comment on draft recommendations for ADRD research priorities. #geronsky #alzheimers #dementia #medsky www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/...

Our new paper in @agsjournal.bsky.social compares dementia end-of-life caregiving experiences. Labor of love to use poetic analysis in this secondary analysis of qualitative data, comparing #prion & #ADRD #dementia types, and develop a new conceptual model #hapc #neuropal doi.org/10.1111/jgs....

Really great thread on #NIH review processes, the rate of grant funding, and the adjusted-for-inflation funding for grants over time. 🧪

Rachael Sirianni, PhD@docsirianni.bsky.social · last yr.

New instructions most definitely did not come from a scientist: "Do not introduce scientific bias by under- or over-valuing certain types of research." No emoji can do my rxn justice. The entire point of peer review is to assess subjective value of the research. The directive is... hilarious /11