@amyaconroy.bsky.social
Professor, behavioral scientist, prior biomedical engineer, proud Californian, global health advocate. I was off social media until now.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/amy.conroy
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/amy.conroy
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The Trump admin just asked the Supreme Court to let NIH cancel $783M in diversity-related research grants, after a federal judge ruled the cuts illegal and discriminatory.
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow N.I.H. to Cut D.E.I.-Related Grants
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Trump admin just asked the Supreme Court to let NIH cancel $783M in diversity-related research grants, after a federal judge ruled the cuts illegal and discriminatory.
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The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech.
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory
The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
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🚨BREAKING: In a huge win for public health and democracy, a federal court ruled that the NIH’s ideological purge of life-saving research grants is unlawful.
Today, the rule of law prevailed — and science, once again, belongs to everyone.
Today, the rule of law prevailed — and science, once again, belongs to everyone.
June 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a huge win for public health and democracy, a federal court ruled that the NIH’s ideological purge of life-saving research grants is unlawful.
Today, the rule of law prevailed — and science, once again, belongs to everyone.
Today, the rule of law prevailed — and science, once again, belongs to everyone.
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If you're heading to a protest tomorrow, it's important to know your rights. Consult this information from the ACLU.
Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.
Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.
June 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If you're heading to a protest tomorrow, it's important to know your rights. Consult this information from the ACLU.
Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.
Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.
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An incredible interactive look at the thousands of NIH grants and billions of dollars cut — and the real people, both researchers and patients, behind them.
Bravo @anniewaldman.bsky.social et al at @propublica.org
Bravo @anniewaldman.bsky.social et al at @propublica.org
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
An incredible interactive look at the thousands of NIH grants and billions of dollars cut — and the real people, both researchers and patients, behind them.
Bravo @anniewaldman.bsky.social et al at @propublica.org
Bravo @anniewaldman.bsky.social et al at @propublica.org
For anyone protesting this Saturday, be safe and civil. These are great suggestions for signs to make it clear that PROTEST is not REBELLION.
bsky.app/profile/kath...
bsky.app/profile/kath...
The gov't doesn't have the exclusive power to (mis)interpret the law, the people can give it meaning too under the principle of popular sovereignty. The law doesn't treat protests ag immigration raids as a "rebellion" & I explain why (and provide signs!). youtu.be/bIEhD2hw2oM
Protest is Not Rebellion
YouTube video by Katherine Franke
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
For anyone protesting this Saturday, be safe and civil. These are great suggestions for signs to make it clear that PROTEST is not REBELLION.
bsky.app/profile/kath...
bsky.app/profile/kath...
June 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
www.standupforscience.net
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
(5/5)
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
🚨 It’s time to flood the zone.
NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn.
📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration
✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support
👯♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social
Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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Calling in the National Guard in LA to suppress protests against ICE arrests: yes we shd protest, but with awareness that this is part of the gov't's plan - provoking protests as a manufactured "crisis" that then necessitates a suspension of "normal law". youtu.be/MsuGWFgNg14
Is this the tipping point?
YouTube video by Katherine Franke
youtu.be
June 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Calling in the National Guard in LA to suppress protests against ICE arrests: yes we shd protest, but with awareness that this is part of the gov't's plan - provoking protests as a manufactured "crisis" that then necessitates a suspension of "normal law". youtu.be/MsuGWFgNg14
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Researcher Amita Gupta has spent more than a decade planning and running a $70-million trial to study a new tuberculosis drug, enrolling ~6,000 participants in 13 countries. It might all have been for nothing.
That's because a new NIH policy has abruptly cut off billions to trials abroad. 🧪
That's because a new NIH policy has abruptly cut off billions to trials abroad. 🧪
NIH grant cuts will axe clinical trials abroad — and could leave thousands without care
US agency’s new policy could abruptly end studies of infectious diseases and cancer, leaving researchers scrambling for funds.
www.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Researcher Amita Gupta has spent more than a decade planning and running a $70-million trial to study a new tuberculosis drug, enrolling ~6,000 participants in 13 countries. It might all have been for nothing.
That's because a new NIH policy has abruptly cut off billions to trials abroad. 🧪
That's because a new NIH policy has abruptly cut off billions to trials abroad. 🧪
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“You can imagine how a participant from rural Africa is going to feel one day when they realize we have disappeared, we’ve gone back to the US and we’ve collected all this information about them.
There’s the potential for medical mistrust and anti-democratic beliefs to flourish.”
There’s the potential for medical mistrust and anti-democratic beliefs to flourish.”
NIH grant cuts will axe clinical trials abroad — and could leave thousands without care
US agency’s new policy could abruptly end studies of infectious diseases and cancer, leaving researchers scrambling for funds.
www.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“You can imagine how a participant from rural Africa is going to feel one day when they realize we have disappeared, we’ve gone back to the US and we’ve collected all this information about them.
There’s the potential for medical mistrust and anti-democratic beliefs to flourish.”
There’s the potential for medical mistrust and anti-democratic beliefs to flourish.”
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@amyaconroy.bsky.social minced no words when she described the impacts the NIH cuts to trials abroad will have.
“This trial is the product of five years of formative work that American taxpayers have invested in, and they will never know the results of this study that they’ve paid for.”
“This trial is the product of five years of formative work that American taxpayers have invested in, and they will never know the results of this study that they’ve paid for.”
NIH grant cuts will axe clinical trials abroad — and could leave thousands without care
US agency’s new policy could abruptly end studies of infectious diseases and cancer, leaving researchers scrambling for funds.
www.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@amyaconroy.bsky.social minced no words when she described the impacts the NIH cuts to trials abroad will have.
“This trial is the product of five years of formative work that American taxpayers have invested in, and they will never know the results of this study that they’ve paid for.”
“This trial is the product of five years of formative work that American taxpayers have invested in, and they will never know the results of this study that they’ve paid for.”
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NIH funding will abruptly cease for dozens, if not hundreds, of ongoing overseas trials of drugs and treatments. Its policy change puts thousands of trial participants in limbo.
https://go.nature.com/3Z8xNM1
https://go.nature.com/3Z8xNM1
NIH grant cuts will axe clinical trials abroad — and could leave thousands without care
US agency’s new policy could abruptly end studies of infectious diseases and cancer, leaving researchers scrambling for funds.
go.nature.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NIH funding will abruptly cease for dozens, if not hundreds, of ongoing overseas trials of drugs and treatments. Its policy change puts thousands of trial participants in limbo.
https://go.nature.com/3Z8xNM1
https://go.nature.com/3Z8xNM1
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The "One Big Beautiful Bill" - the Repub Budget Bill - has a provision tucked into it on p. 562 that renders current fed'l court orders against the Trump Admin unenforceable. This renders the administration immune from legal accountability. I explain. youtu.be/aFntw5ZuLhQ
Limit of Federal Courts Tucked into Repub Buget Bill
YouTube video by Katherine Franke
youtu.be
May 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The "One Big Beautiful Bill" - the Repub Budget Bill - has a provision tucked into it on p. 562 that renders current fed'l court orders against the Trump Admin unenforceable. This renders the administration immune from legal accountability. I explain. youtu.be/aFntw5ZuLhQ