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Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
@dronlylbr.bsky.social
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Community psychologist thinking about how systems harm people, families, communities. Associate Professor at Duke University

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Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein @dronlylbr.bsky.social · Jul 9
Someone else said maybe it was Bastille day practice. It was jarring!
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Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein @dronlylbr.bsky.social · Jul 9
Oh good call on what that was. I was worried!
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Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein @dronlylbr.bsky.social · Feb 8
Vanderbilt was literally among the first to strip everything of DEI wouldn’t count on them to lead anything. But, we’ll see…

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · Feb 8
The aim of Trump’s 75% cut to NIH overhead is to “reduce federal taxpayer subsidization of leftist agendas”

Here in the NC Research Triangle, it will devastate medical & nursing schools & universities, eg Duke, UNC at Chapel Hill, NC State

Do senators Budd & Tillis think this HELPS the NC economy?
The rationale for the cap to indirect costs: “help reduce federal taxpayer subsidization of leftist agendas”
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Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein @dronlylbr.bsky.social · Feb 1
Yes please.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · Jan 28
Join us on Wed Feb 5, 12-1pm ET, for this hybrid event (I'm one of the panelists):

"Lives on Pause: Implications of a U.S. Retreat from Global Health Funding"

Lunch provided if you join in person

globalhealth.duke.edu/events/lives...
Lives on Pause: Implications of a U.S. Retreat from Global Health Funding
ABOUT THE EVENTIn his first weeks in office, U.S. President Donald Trump has taken several steps to signal a dramatic shift in U.S. participation in global health programs around the world. In additio...
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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · Jan 28
How do universities expect to survive? Federal grants keep universities open, people employed, & the economy moving. This chaos will mean that people lose their jobs & will not be able to afford eggs at any price.

www.washingtonpost.com/documents/de...
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Jan 28
Per an NIH source:

“Discussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.”
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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · Jan 23
Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · Jan 22
I just reached out to my senators about the NIH situation. If you need to find out how much impact NIH has in your state in terms of dollars in and their economic impact here's a link: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
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Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein @dronlylbr.bsky.social · Jan 15
Having a hard time actually processing that this happened. So excited and honored and hello Bluesky
President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists | OSTP | The White House
Today, President Biden awarded nearly 400 scientists and engineers the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outst...
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Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein @dronlylbr.bsky.social · Nov 21
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