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John David Spencer
@kidneytweets.bsky.social
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Physician-Scientist | Pediatric Nephrologist | Dad | Novice Golfer

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JAMA @jama.com · Aug 12
US children's health has worsened from 2007 to 2023 across various indicators, including mortality, chronic conditions, and mental health. ja.ma/4owq0T8
Trends in US Children’s Mortality, Chronic Conditions, Obesity, Functional Status, and Symptoms
This study aims to determine how US children’s health has been changing from 2007 to 2023 using multiple data collection methods and a comprehensive set of health indicators.
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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · Aug 11
NIH is accepting comments about limiting research publication costs. 1. Disallow pub costs, 2. $2K limit, 3. $3K if reviewers are compensated, 4. 0.8% of award (so $250K grant can pay $2K/year on pubs), 5. $6K limit on pub + limit on % of grant spent on pub costs. 🧪

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NOT-OD-25-138: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs NOT-OD-25-138. NIH
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John David Spencer @kidneytweets.bsky.social · Aug 6
A new publication from our team showing that PTEN modulates bladder antimicrobial defenses against UTI @globaluti.bsky.social
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · Jul 31
TEN modulates urinary tract infection susceptibility and shapes urothelial antibacterial defenses @kidneytweets.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/10...
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Life Science Alliance @lsajournal.org · Jul 31
TEN modulates urinary tract infection susceptibility and shapes urothelial antibacterial defenses @kidneytweets.bsky.social www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/10...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jul 28
New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
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Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget
NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.
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UTI Global Alliance @globaluti.bsky.social · Jul 11
"As a pediatrician, it's important to highlight the established risk factors for UTI in kids. As a scientist it's important to highlight recent clinical and translational UTI research"

Sound interesting? You can catch Dr. @kidneytweets.bsky.social' #UTIhour talk on UTIGA.org/upcoming
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babykidney.bsky.social @babykidney.bsky.social · May 6
We are now accepting applications for trainees to get involved in the NKC. This includes the THIRD class of Six-2 Crew as well as the FIRST class of the Ureteric Buds. Each opportunity is a structured 2 year internship.

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Melvin Chan @mchanmd.bsky.social · May 6
For all my little beans out there, don’t forget to read the latest recommendations on IgAN and IgAVN by @mdabdulqader83.bsky.social on @kireports.bsky.social

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Navigating the Challenges of IgA Nephropathy and IgA Vasculitis Nephritis in Children
Written by: Henny Adriani PuspitasariIntroduction:IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and IgA vasculitis nephritis (IgAVN) are kidney diseases that can significantly impact children's health. While they share some...
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · May 3
Diabetes mellitus affects urinary tissue tropism of group B streptococci in a sex-dependent manner https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.02.651940v1
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · Mar 13
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.

Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region. We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant survival over the past 50...
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Feb 27
Full list of Antimicrobial Peptide #Feed hashtags:

#AMPs
#HDPs
#AntimicrobialPeptides
#AntimicrobialPeptide
#HostDefensePeptide
#HostDefencePeptide
#HostDefensePeptides
#HostDefencePeptides
#GRCAMP2025

(last updated Feb 27th 2025)

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John David Spencer @kidneytweets.bsky.social · Feb 3
That’s good! I was uploading reviews and it crashed. Hopefully it goes back up later today.
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John David Spencer @kidneytweets.bsky.social · Feb 3
Yes - it was working for me 15 min ago as I was typing up a review. No longer able to access…
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John David Spencer @kidneytweets.bsky.social · Feb 3
Same here
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Katalin Susztak @ksusztak.bsky.social · Jan 23
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jan 2
Bonus effect. When a drug for diabetes significantly reduces kidney stones, results of a randomized trial of empagliflozin (Jardiance), a SGLT-2 inhibitor, in people without diabetes
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John David Spencer @kidneytweets.bsky.social · Dec 5
Hello #nephsky and #urosky! If you know of undergraduates or medical students looking for summer research and clinical experiences in nephrology or urology, please guide them to check out our #nih funded programs - now accepting applications! www.nationwidechildrens.org/research/are...
The Student Urinary Tract Program in Education and Research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Student Urinary Tract Program in Education and Research (SUPER) Summer Training Program is for undergraduate students interested in an integrated researc...
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