Kristi Multhaup

@kristimulthaup.bsky.social

Psychology prof, cognitive aging scholar, memory & elephant enthusiast

Bonus from moving my email inbox from 500+ to <15: I found a MasterCard gift card that I forgot existed during the tsunami of academic year messages. Woo hoo! First of the two books I purchased was interesting, a novel by a South Korean author with a recent English translation.

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I learned through FABBS that NC Senator Thom Tillis is co-leading an effort to fund NIH for FY 2026. We need to fund NIH research for benefits to public health, biomedical innovation, education of the next generation of researchers, and the economy. Thank you Senator Tillis!

“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says @lkfazio.bsky.social. “This is direct censorship of scientific research.”

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants

Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

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For several iterations of my upper level research methods course, students add their own personal learning objective and we discuss the rubric they will use for mid- and end-of-term self evaluation (full points to send me their evaluation). Pleased to see 1/2

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PS 2024 Annual Meeting color graphic featuring an image of a brain with a Call for Applications - Family Care Grants and September 1 submission deadline.