Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸
Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social
Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇
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Focus on rigorous epi methods + big data (longitudinal cohorts, EMR, claims) 📊
Ideal for epi/biostats folks who want rich cross-Harvard collaborations
Details👇 Please boost + tag! 📣
Focus on rigorous epi methods + big data (longitudinal cohorts, EMR, claims) 📊
Ideal for epi/biostats folks who want rich cross-Harvard collaborations
Details👇 Please boost + tag! 📣
⚠️ Our case challenges new rules that cut grants on LGBTQ health, racism, climate change, vaccines, and other health equity topics
⚠️ Our case challenges new rules that cut grants on LGBTQ health, racism, climate change, vaccines, and other health equity topics
You can see the lists grants to be reinstated in my post below.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
You can see the lists grants to be reinstated in my post below.
Today, the rule of law prevailed — and science, once again, belongs to everyone.
Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL”
As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm
Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’
Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL”
As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm
Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’
NIH’s sudden grant cuts:
🚫 Silence lifesaving health equity work
⏳ Undermine years of progress
⚠️ Put vital discoveries at risk
We won’t stop fighting for science & justice 🧪
👇More details from our @aclu.org representation👇
NIH’s sudden grant cuts:
🚫 Silence lifesaving health equity work
⏳ Undermine years of progress
⚠️ Put vital discoveries at risk
We won’t stop fighting for science & justice 🧪
👇More details from our @aclu.org representation👇
"By excluding entire topics...the NIH divides & polarizes communities, undermines our shared sense of reality, & demonizes marginalized groups.
Challenging these actions is vital for science, for equality, & for democracy."
🤞 for tomorrow's hearing
"By excluding entire topics...the NIH divides & polarizes communities, undermines our shared sense of reality, & demonizes marginalized groups.
Challenging these actions is vital for science, for equality, & for democracy."
🤞 for tomorrow's hearing
After decades of NIH support, HIV research network gets funding back—but Kristi's study on trans youth of color is singled out & cut
Essential research for most vulnerable—lost
🙏 Powerful reporting @stephaniemlee.bsky.social in @chronicle.com
After decades of NIH support, HIV research network gets funding back—but Kristi's study on trans youth of color is singled out & cut
Essential research for most vulnerable—lost
🙏 Powerful reporting @stephaniemlee.bsky.social in @chronicle.com
🔥 3 proven approaches
1️⃣ Mockery & salacious humor 🤡
2️⃣ Expose corruption, hypocrisy (& not just calling for ‘democracy’) 💸
3️⃣ Spotlight an individual tragedy (& not sea of oppression) 💔
🔗 👇 Nicholas Kristof @nytimes.com
🔥 3 proven approaches
1️⃣ Mockery & salacious humor 🤡
2️⃣ Expose corruption, hypocrisy (& not just calling for ‘democracy’) 💸
3️⃣ Spotlight an individual tragedy (& not sea of oppression) 💔
🔗 👇 Nicholas Kristof @nytimes.com
🙌 Shout out to @maxkozlov.bsky.social at @nature.com for breaking the story (again), in part due to brave NIH insiders
🙌 Shout out to @maxkozlov.bsky.social at @nature.com for breaking the story (again), in part due to brave NIH insiders
They'll argue violations of the Administrative Procedure Act & Constitution
Meet the other plaintiffs & listen in on the hearing 👇🔬
#ProtectScience
They'll argue violations of the Administrative Procedure Act & Constitution
Meet the other plaintiffs & listen in on the hearing 👇🔬
#ProtectScience
🪓 Hundreds of Harvard research grants slashed
What I told @bostonglobe.com — full quote follows ⬇️
#AcademicTwitter #HigherEd #Science
🪓 Hundreds of Harvard research grants slashed
What I told @bostonglobe.com — full quote follows ⬇️
#AcademicTwitter #HigherEd #Science
Not for me — but to defend science 🧬, LGBTQ health 🏳️🌈 & the future of public research 🏥
Here’s why 🧵
🔗 Full story via my op-ed in @statnews.com
#DefendScience #LGBTQHealth #RFKJr #NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicFreedom
Not for me — but to defend science 🧬, LGBTQ health 🏳️🌈 & the future of public research 🏥
Here’s why 🧵
🔗 Full story via my op-ed in @statnews.com
#DefendScience #LGBTQHealth #RFKJr #NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicFreedom
“Americans who deserve better — especially those who rely on government systems — will suffer and die because of what RFK Jr & his allies are doing.”
🎯 A few other standout remarks that hit hard👇🧵
#STATBreakthrough
“Americans who deserve better — especially those who rely on government systems — will suffer and die because of what RFK Jr & his allies are doing.”
🎯 A few other standout remarks that hit hard👇🧵
#STATBreakthrough
Ending medical research with LGBTQ people doesn’t just hurt our community; it endangers everyone🏳️🌈
“When the people around you are sick, it affects you — even if you think it doesn’t”
We're all connected. Always have been 💜
Ending medical research with LGBTQ people doesn’t just hurt our community; it endangers everyone🏳️🌈
“When the people around you are sick, it affects you — even if you think it doesn’t”
We're all connected. Always have been 💜
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
If my sources are correct, this is a loss for cancer prevention—a field that saves lives before treatment is ever needed 🛡️💔
And also, it's a pipeline of future leaders—gone
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If my sources are correct, this is a loss for cancer prevention—a field that saves lives before treatment is ever needed 🛡️💔
And also, it's a pipeline of future leaders—gone
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Court is weighing jurisdiction — meanwhile, judge asked AGs for a list of affected grants & the government for its definition of DEI 👀
These requests are a big deal. Here’s why 🧵
Court is weighing jurisdiction — meanwhile, judge asked AGs for a list of affected grants & the government for its definition of DEI 👀
These requests are a big deal. Here’s why 🧵
#episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth
#episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth
#episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth
#episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth
#episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth
They’ve confirmed how we were unjustly targeted for NIH grant terminations. But it gets worse...
💥 Newly leaked docs EXPOSE how this administration is violating court orders — and trying to cover it up.
#Whistleblower #NIH #Accountability
They’ve confirmed how we were unjustly targeted for NIH grant terminations. But it gets worse...
💥 Newly leaked docs EXPOSE how this administration is violating court orders — and trying to cover it up.
#Whistleblower #NIH #Accountability
🔗 Full article👉 hsph.me/lgbtq-press-...
🔗 Full article👉 hsph.me/lgbtq-press-...