Megan Ranney MD MPH
@meganranney.bsky.social
Emergency physician & Dean of the Yale School of Public Health. Gun violence prevention researcher. Incorrigible optimist (because we can and do create change, together). Mom of two teens. GO BILLS. @meganranney at the other place 🛟🩺📉📈🧪
Commencement speaker Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Dean @meganranney.bsky.social, and student speaker Casey Wells shared messages of hope and courage during Yale School of Public Health’s 2026 Commencement earlier this week. Read more about the joyous day: m.yale.edu/djdn #Yale2026
To watch an interview with actual experts—2 of the best respected & most trusted experts in virology, @angierasmussen.bsky.social, & public health, @meganranney.bsky.social—watch this CNN interview: observe their competence, expertise, experience, & strong messaging www.linkedin.com/posts/meganr...
Honored to join CNN last night with Dr. Angela Rasmussen to talk about the facts about the evolving hantavirus epidemic. Although this outbreak poses very low risk to the public, it is raising… | Me...
Honored to join CNN last night with Dr. Angela Rasmussen to talk about the facts about the evolving hantavirus epidemic. Although this outbreak poses very low risk to the public, it is raising conce...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt’s tragic that we have someone so utterly incompetent—with zero public health training (he’s an economist)—leading the nation’s public health agency (the CDC) & health research agency (NIH) His approach to outbreaks is: do nothing, fire CDC staff, let infections spread, let the strong survive
Reassuring stuff.
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 3mo agoHot off the press. A well referenced high quality statement from the International Hantavirus Society. High level: - Andes strain is different - some spread will occur - pandemic potential is tremendously low - lots to learn - what happens next is up to us zenodo.org/records/2007...
Hot off the press. A well referenced high quality statement from the International Hantavirus Society. High level: - Andes strain is different - some spread will occur - pandemic potential is tremendously low - lots to learn - what happens next is up to us zenodo.org/records/2007...
Statement from the International Hantavirus Society and members of the international hantavirus research and clinical community regarding Andes virus transmission and the current outbreak investigatio...
This statement summarizes current scientific evidence regarding Andes virus (ANDV) transmission dynamics, including documented person-to-person transmission, outbreak epidemiology, infection control c...
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“more than 70 women…[are] shot &killed *every month* in the US due to domestic violence. & we find that DV shootings often overlap w/other types of shootings…a history of DV is a big predictor for committing a mass shooting. & we also find that DV & suicide…often overlap”🧪🛟 @meganranney.bsky.social
After deadly Louisiana shooting, a doctor shares the realities of domestic violence
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with gun violence expert and emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney about the mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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After Deadly Louisiana Shooting, Doctor Shares the Realities of Domestic Violence Gun violence expert & emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney @meganranney.bsky.social discusses the mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana. Heard on @npr.org's Morning Edition hosted by @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social
After deadly Louisiana shooting, a doctor shares the realities of domestic violence
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with gun violence expert and emergency physician Dr. Megan Ranney about the mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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A great program to give you some directive action & some agency & some hope.
Yale Center on Climate Change and Health@cchyale.bsky.social · 4mo ago⏰ Deadline Extended to April 17 ⏰ There's still time to apply to our Climate Change and Mental Health short course! Build practical skills to support patient and community mental health in a changing climate. 🔗 Learn more and apply: bit.ly/CCMHcourse
Have you served on an NIH study section (or thought about serving)? Did you know that that the small perk of being able to submit your own applications after the deadline has largely been revoked? grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-064: Update of NIH Late Application Submission Policy and End of Continuous Submission
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Update of NIH Late Application Submission Policy and End of Continuous Submission NOT-OD-26-064. NIH
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the article gives me hope that we (and the American people) will win this fight a GOP-affiliated polling firm found that more than 90% of Americans think it’s important for the US to be the global leader in biomedical research & for the govt to fund it. 62% of Americans we need more $$$, not less
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 4mo ago⚠️⚠️ here we go again rollcall.com/2026/03/27/s...
⚠️⚠️ here we go again rollcall.com/2026/03/27/s...
Sources: White House to propose 20 percent cut to NIH funding
The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of t...
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1/2 This memo identifies absolutely no source of legal authority for paying TSA. It does not point to an appropriation that is available for this purpose, nor does it point to any legal authority to transfer some other appropriation to TSA. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Paying Our Great Transportation Security Administration Officers and Employees
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SUBJECT: Paying
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NIH went from 756 funding announcements (NOFO) in 2024 to 120 in 2025 to just 14 so far this year. Reports this collapse due to number of policy changes including requiring every NOFO be approved by political appointees and now also by the Office of Management and Budget. The full impact is vast
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
The attack on science research by the Trump Regime is going to have reverberations that will echo long into the future. China was already pulling ahead in many areas of science and technology, but this self-inflicted injury to American scientific research will accelerate that trend.
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Loved hearing from @meganranney.bsky.social this morning on an ISMPP/CSE webinar on restoring trust in science. "Facts don't speak for themselves"; we need to use stories (which doesn't mean telling tall tales). I'm inspired to keep learning about #storytelling in science. #scicomm
A very small bright spot for kids & families! I am glad. But I also worry that this will confuse the public even more, until this whole mess is cleared up. (Full disclosure; its implications confused some lawyers, docs, and public health professionals at first) 🧪🩺🛟 thehill.com/policy/healt...
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A total collapse. The National Institutes of Health went from 756 funding announcements published to 14 in two years. One example of the effects: emerging threats will become harder to address quickly. Response to future health emergencies (like Covid) will be slower and less coordinated.
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
"This is not a temporary slowdown. It is a structural collapse."
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
This is BLEAK. And illustrates why we didn’t celebrate the funding “wins”.
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
A change in NIH policy change requires poltical review for the announcement of finding notifications, resulting in greater political control over research and reducing the ability for biomedical research to respond to emerging and understudied problems.
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
Absolutely astonishing. I don't think many people realize the extent to which the scientific enterprise in America has collapsed over the past 14 months. As someone who covered science funding for the first half of his career, it's almost unfathomable this could happen.
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
To people who don't believe in funding the NIH and research in general: I guarantee you that you have benefited from past investment in science
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
This is horrifying and the impact it will have on health and science in this country cannot be understated.
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
“Dr. Pilloud said that she felt like she had to present ideas that were not scientifically sound — such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new, and widely disputed, guidance about vaccines” I realize I am fortunate, but I genuinely cannot imagine doing this.
Professors Are Changing What They Teach, Even Far from Trump’s Gaze
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On top of the slowdown in grantmaking I wrote about last week - this is another deeply worrisome trend for scientists, physicians, patients, families, and basically anyone who wants new treatments and new tools to promote health. 🆘🧪🥼 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
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"The $7.3 billion National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH’s largest institute, is also feeling the effects. At a recent public meeting, Deputy Director Doug Lowy noted the NOFO approval process now requires 16 steps. He joked that it’s now more complex than a 1929 Rube Goldberg design for a can opener"
Megan Ranney MD MPH@meganranney.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe quiet part being illuminated: there have been very few new awards from NIH this fiscal year, for some very specific reasons 🆘 www.science.org/content/arti...
FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Iran War coverage
The Federal Parent Locator Service contains sensitive details about individual children, and it’s meant for finding people who owe child support. Granting access to DHS would violate a federal law that explicitly limits its use, officials said.
DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases
The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims...
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1. windows, open 2. hands, held 3. stories, short
Ryan Moulton@moultano.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis site needs a break. Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative.
This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today. You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov
Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab
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