My first R package! brfssdata puts 40 years of CDC BRFSS microdata (1985–2024) in R: download-once caching and DuckDB queries. install.packages("brfssdata") muntasirmasum.github.io/brfssdata/ #rstats #epidemiology #publichealth #demography @ualbanycihs.bsky.social

Access CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data | Muntasir Masum

Just in time for the Fall 2026 semester, I am excited to share that my first R package is on CRAN! "brfssdata: Access CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data" BRFSS is one of the largest...

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Health Equity: JAMA Internal Medicine Call for Papers Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Health Equity: JAMA Internal Medicine Call for Papers

Research on health differences by social class and economic status dates back to the mid-19th century.1 Early European publications examined differences in health by social class; then, during the nex...

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Zohran Mamdani: "We see the wealthiest country in the history of the world — one where children go to sleep hungry while the world’s first trillionaire hungers for more. We see monopolies that dominate every industry and oligarchs who buy elections.

This is how to get started with #tidyplots 🚀 https://tidyplots.org/getstarted #rstats #dataviz #phd

We need to make sure this editorial goes viral Misguided Brushes of a Pen Continue to Dismantle and Destroy Biomedical Research in the United States: We Can No Longer Afford Complacency and Fear. We Must All Act Now! diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

1/ Today we @oppforhealthlab.bsky.social are releasing our report: "Stuckness in America." #Stuckness is a #feeling + material #reality that reinforce one another in a self-perpetuating #trap. 1 our of every 5 Americans are #stuck. opportunityforhealth.org/project/stuc...

Stuckness in America – Opportunity for Health

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Very good (if tragic) story from the Washington Post [GIft Link] wapo.st/3OONwh6 1/8

For U.S. medical researchers, shrinking labs and bare budgets are the new reality

The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.

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Just created a new postdoctoral position at UCSF doing cardiovascular deep learning and common-variant genetics in my lab. Please take a look at the posting and send me an email if interested! postdocs.ucsf.edu/postdoctoral...

NIH grant awards are again lagging far behind historical averages, analysis shows. Short on staff, the agency has focused on funding renewals rather than new grants www.statnews.com/2026/03/17/n... via @statnews.com

NIH grant awards are again lagging far behind historical averages, analysis shows

Nearly halfway into the 2026 fiscal year, the NIH is far behind on grant spending, new data show

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'I Lied To You' From SINNERS Live at the 98th Oscars - Oscars 2026 | 98th Academy Awards

Watch the full performance from 98th Oscars.

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Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities. But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham. It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why: 🧵1/

My weekly update on NIH funding This includes awards made through 2/27/26 Warning: This thread contains data compiled by a known deranged_activist™. Do not read while operating heavy machinery. 1/9

Not only has the NIH terminated hundreds of grants, they’re also giving out far fewer grants than appropriate for their budget. Some researchers will have to close their labs or severely cut back their research. This is a self-inflicted wound.

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This flattening may be due to the apportionment issue covered in the recent Nature story. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 3/9

In December we published a @jaccjournals.bsky.social Brief Report demonstrating that ascending aortic diameter can be partially estimated from the ECG.

Estimating Ascending Aortic Diameter From the Electrocardiogram:

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These NOFO delays have created so many gaps in longstanding programs, including programs that are congressionally mandated. www.science.org/content/arti...

Delays in awards and funding calls worry NIH-funded researchers

Many programs may be pushed into the next fiscal year, and some could face funding gaps

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You can 100% do high-quality, controlled research about patients’ perceived mistreatment in healthcare. In fact, we should. It’s a major barrier to keeping all Americans healthy. Watch Dr. Green’s video!

Michael D. Green, PhD@michaeldgreen.phd · 7mo ago

Made a short video as a response. 3 questions remain for me. 1) What is the definition of a "DEl activity," and how is it being communicated to NIH staff so they can determine whether a grant qualifies? (Continued below)

That's right. Worse than Pointless www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets: The administration has not yet released funding Congress allocated to multiple research agencies, so they cannot provide it to funded entities/people - including NIH and NASA. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets

The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

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Just published this article @thehill.com about the paradox of American wealth not delivering health. @societygim.bsky.social #SGIM25 @ipham.bsky.social @nuintmed.bsky.social thehill.com/opinion/heal...

If that's what we need, it's odd that the Trump Administration is dismantling AHRQ, the main funder of health services research. www.ahrq.gov

🗣️ Language access isn’t guaranteed. Only 54% of U.S. primary care practices always offer services for patients with limited English proficiency—despite legal mandates. @stacy0chen rdcu.be/eTbj8 #JGIM

Still digging through this thorough report from @sanders.senate.gov. I want to flag this screenshot of what program staff receive when studies include "terms potentially associated with misalignment with agency priorities" (Newspeak for 'banned words')

In case it helps, you can use HTML code (e.g., <p> <b> <i> <u>) to format the text blocks on your biosketches in SciENcv

My weekly update (Grants with Notice of Award dates up to 1/23/26) All projects 1/3

Symbolic victories do not revive the slain or reunite families that have been torn apart by means of state violence.

Authors Katherine Majzoub Morgan, MD, MPP, and Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH, discuss how evolving care models, payment structures, and workforce trends shape access to primary care with Eve Rittenberg, MD. 🎧 Listen now: ja.ma/4bIzGpt

Primary Care Clinicians Available for New Patient Visits

Interview with Katherine Majzoub Morgan, MD, MPP, author of Primary Care Clinicians Available for New Patient Visits, and Ishani Ganguli, MD, MPH, author of A Different Lens on the Primary Care Workforce Shortage—Who Is Accepting New Patients? Hosted by Eve Rittenberg, MD.

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New dates available for CAUSALab Clinics! Free #causalinference consulting open to Boston-based, junior clinical investigators. Postdoc fellows provide guidance pertaining to #studydesign, data analysis and results for works in progress. Learn more & apply: hsph.harvard.edu/research/cau...