Congratulations to the 2026 KidneyCure Grant Recipients! 34 new investigators join 22 continuing grantees in a cohort of 56 researchers. More than $4 million in research funding supports their work advancing kidney research and improving patient care. 🔗https://www.kidneycure.org/pages/qa.aspx

Fun and big last day at PAS! Join me and two incredible colleagues to talk about neonatal hypertension at 10:45! I’ll be talking about a precision based approach to management. @babykidney.bsky.social

Kicking off PAS2025 with the RINK (Research Incubator in Neonatal Kidney Disease). This is our 4th in person meeting - now with several ongoing studies and developing even more - come join the fun!

Stating off #pas2025 with a Neonatal Nephrology session with @triplebadger10.bsky.social looking back at where the field has come from. @babykidney.bsky.social

#NephSky #AskRenal

Michelle Starr MD MPH@mcstarr1.bsky.social · last yr.

A group of @babykidney.bsky.social collaborators are working on a list of useful references in neonatal nephrology which have instrumental in improving care of infants. Help us and complete this survey asking for your opinion on the most important articles! redcap.link/NeoSurvey

And then there were 42! We are up to 42 clinical sites and over 800 patients that are entered into our database! Looking forward to catching up with collaborators and talking more about this project next week at #PASMeeting @babykidney.bsky.social

A group of @babykidney.bsky.social collaborators are working on a list of useful references in neonatal nephrology which have instrumental in improving care of infants. Help us and complete this survey asking for your opinion on the most important articles! redcap.link/NeoSurvey

In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su

On this day of the Stand Up For Science events, a reminder: The typical anti-vax parent is wrong, but well-intentioned. The people like RFJ Jr that are financially profiting from lying about vaccines to vulnerable people are evil. They're not the same. www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’

Researchers believe personal stories are more persuasive than facts alone in addressing vaccine skepticism

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NIH abruptly terminates millions in research grants, defying court orders.  And, NIH officials "are not authorized to speak publicly."  “Scientific inquiry is under siege and the public’s health hangs in the balance as crucial studies vanish.” shorturl.at/iMcdH #BlueSky  #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #scisky

NIH abruptly terminates millions in research grants, defying court orders

The NIH is terminating grants, citing Trump administration restrictions on funding work related to DEI and transgender issues

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Today we officially launched AWAKEN 2.0 - a study that we hope will improve our understanding of neonatal kidney disease both in the NICU and beyond. We plan to use this account to update on our study progress, share milestones and information and eventually share our results!

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

I was recently asked by a few people at #SCCM2025 if they could share this ‘Toolkit for Hard Days’ that the #PedsICU nurses made from one of my posts (🔗 in comments). I can’t overstate how happy I am to share it with anyone who could be helped by it. #MedSky

The greatest trick the billionaires ever pulled was convincing us to fight each other instead of them

This is going to be a big problem. Not typically on pubmed (a free online database of medical literature) on Saturday nights but heard it was down and had to check for myself.

NIH website down PubMed website down eRA Commons Website down Not like I use any of these tools on a daily basis….

We talk a lot about gender differences in academia and improving the representation of non cis white men as invited speakers at conferences. Here, though, is a study by @mcstarr1.bsky.social, that shows men overwhelming ask more questions at medical conferences than women do.

Michelle Rheault, MD@rheaultm.bsky.social · last yr.

Not just anecdotal! @mcstarr1.bsky.social looked at this in nephrology and it seems real. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Got the amusement of watching two lawyers try and out lawyer themselves on a data use agreement today. Let me just tell you, it was an amusing way to spend a Friday.

a man in a suit and tie says kaboom ! you 've been lawyered .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie says kaboom ! you 've been lawyered .

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Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia. Immunotherapies? Gene therapy for rare diseases? Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines? Vaccines? Novel cancer treatments? Psychiatric medicines? You betcha. 1/

“This is a blatant attempt to gut the universities and health research that have saved so many lives and given economic opportunity to so many people.” @iwashyna.bsky.social on impact of new NIh order to cut research indirect costs. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...

NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science

The NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15%

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Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Is it just me or is NIH commons down for everyone? Tough to feel like isn’t a scary indicator of where things are heading…

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Pediatric nephrologist: The number of cups you should drink varies based on your ability to produce urine

Shematologist, MD@shematologist.medsky.social · 2y ago

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Pediatric hematologist: Take that cup of milk away from the toddler, he already drank 60 ounces today and his hemoglobin is 2

It’s true. #KidVengers holds several records. 💪Only team to have won #HCWvsHunger twice 💪 Only unmerged team to have won #HCWvsHunger 💪 2023 MVP award 💪 Only team (to our knowledge) to have trended on Twitter Will they reclaim the Crystal apple from #DiagnoseAndTreats in 2024? 👀 #PedSky #MedSky

Scott Krugman@drscottk.medsky.social · 2y ago

To be clear, the single specialty winner was #kidvengers last year….it took a 4 specialty combo to beat us. #Pedsky

Every single day I’m on service, no matter how tough it is, I remind myself that I get to go home and my babies are there and we all have our health and aren’t staying the night in the hospital. Perspective is everything.

Y’all #HCWvsHunger starts in ONE WEEK. Since 2020 we’ve raised > $2.3 million TOGETHER To participate 🍎Donate to any org fighting hunger btw 11/28-12/3 🍎Log donation at HCWvsHunger.org under chosen team 🍎Recruit everyone you know to join you 🍎Get into the competitive spirit 🍎Feel happy 1/

Healthcare Workers vs Hunger

Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.

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The migration of MedTwitter, along with a large cohort of science journalists, to BlueSky is striking in its scale and rapidity. In a short time, this shift has effectively transformed BlueSky into the essential hub for breaking medical news and vibrant scientific discourse.

Thank you to all of the reviewers for Pediatric Nephrology. Read this list of reviewers who reviewed manuscripts for the Journal between September 1, 2023 & August 31, 2024. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Looking forward to the first #NephJC on Bluesky tonight!