Dr Slaughter-Acey
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🧵It’s #BlackMaternalHealthWeek -a time to center Black moms & a need for action.
I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated.
#MedSky #EpiSky
I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated.
#MedSky #EpiSky
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“‘It’s like they erased the problem,’ Dr. Slaughter-Acey said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...
With Deep N.I.H. Cuts, Research Into Health Disparities Falters
www.nytimes.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“‘It’s like they erased the problem,’ Dr. Slaughter-Acey said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/h...
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CPC Fellow Jaime Slaughter-Acey says health science research cuts put medical breakthroughs at risk. "What we're doing matters for every mom and baby in this country."
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DEI Health Research Cuts Put US Medical Breakthroughs at Risk
The Trump administration’s decision to cut roughly $2 billion in NIH grants have jeopardized future research, forcing scientists to think about how they’ll operate without the US government as a relia...
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July 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
CPC Fellow Jaime Slaughter-Acey says health science research cuts put medical breakthroughs at risk. "What we're doing matters for every mom and baby in this country."
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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CPC Fellow Jamie Slaughter-Acey says cuts to federal research funding are part of a larger pattern of political interference in science that puts the health of all people at risk.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
A professor had a $2.4m grant to study Black maternal health. Then Trump was elected
Jaime Slaughter-Acey said it was ‘heartbreaking’ to discover her study on Black maternal health was cancelled after the Trump administration’s NIH cuts
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
CPC Fellow Jamie Slaughter-Acey says cuts to federal research funding are part of a larger pattern of political interference in science that puts the health of all people at risk.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to grant them a stay on the Massachusetts vs Kennedy/ APHA vs NIH ruling. This decision will occur on the shadow docket, with no formal hearing.
July 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
On Thursday, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to grant them a stay on the Massachusetts vs Kennedy/ APHA vs NIH ruling. This decision will occur on the shadow docket, with no formal hearing.
As former faculty @umnsph.bsky.social and associated with both (@umnlifecourse.bsky.social & @minnpop.bsky.social) housed within the Institute for Social & Data Innovation, I highly recommend this #populationhealth #postdoc training opportunity! #episky
July 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
As former faculty @umnsph.bsky.social and associated with both (@umnlifecourse.bsky.social & @minnpop.bsky.social) housed within the Institute for Social & Data Innovation, I highly recommend this #populationhealth #postdoc training opportunity! #episky
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The race-based element of the research might have put it in the crosshairs of the White House's bid to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Federal grant for study of Detroit moms, babies pulled at halfway point
The race-based element of the research might have put it in the crosshairs of the White House's bid to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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June 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The race-based element of the research might have put it in the crosshairs of the White House's bid to defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
The fact that we have to prove a human therapist provides better text-based CBT than ChatGPT is mind blowing. #AI should not be thought of as a replacement for people. #Humanity needs humans and humans need humanity‼️
May 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Nearly 800 NIH grants have been terminated so far, including some focused on HIV and AIDS, trans health, and COVID-19, after researchers were told their work was no longer an agency priority. https://cbsn.ws/3YkDndI
April 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Nearly 800 NIH grants have been terminated so far, including some focused on HIV and AIDS, trans health, and COVID-19, after researchers were told their work was no longer an agency priority. https://cbsn.ws/3YkDndI
Thank you Usha for telling my story so beautifully in @statnews.com ❤️
#EpiSky #MedSky #BlackSky #publichealth #healthequity #StillIRise
#EpiSky #MedSky #BlackSky #publichealth #healthequity #StillIRise
I'm so proud of the work we've done at STAT these past months, and of this 100 days project we released today. I want to talk about two of the profiles I wrote.🧵 I'll start with an amazing researcher @drslaughter99.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/t...
Trump’s first 100 days, seen through 5 lives: Grants terminated. Dreams crushed. Futures in the balance
STAT spoke with people living through the historic disruptions threatening the future of biomedical research in the U.S. These are their stories
www.statnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Thank you Usha for telling my story so beautifully in @statnews.com ❤️
#EpiSky #MedSky #BlackSky #publichealth #healthequity #StillIRise
#EpiSky #MedSky #BlackSky #publichealth #healthequity #StillIRise
Burden in Grace ( #contedrawing on toned paper)
After #Rodin’s #FallenCaryatid
Rodin’s sculpture speaks to physical & symbolic weight;
My drawing explores the quiet, almost meditative #strength in the act of bearing.
#artoftheday
#sketchbook
After #Rodin’s #FallenCaryatid
Rodin’s sculpture speaks to physical & symbolic weight;
My drawing explores the quiet, almost meditative #strength in the act of bearing.
#artoftheday
#sketchbook
April 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Burden in Grace ( #contedrawing on toned paper)
After #Rodin’s #FallenCaryatid
Rodin’s sculpture speaks to physical & symbolic weight;
My drawing explores the quiet, almost meditative #strength in the act of bearing.
#artoftheday
#sketchbook
After #Rodin’s #FallenCaryatid
Rodin’s sculpture speaks to physical & symbolic weight;
My drawing explores the quiet, almost meditative #strength in the act of bearing.
#artoftheday
#sketchbook
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I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
Day by day, how Trump is roiling science and health
STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.
www.statnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...
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American #history may be fraught with injustices, but also with far more brave Americans willing to stand up for #justice each and every time. Preserving our investment in #education is vital for continuing this legacy.
🇺🇸✊🏻
#academicsky
#edusky
#theresistance
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#academicsky
#edusky
#theresistance
April 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
American #history may be fraught with injustices, but also with far more brave Americans willing to stand up for #justice each and every time. Preserving our investment in #education is vital for continuing this legacy.
🇺🇸✊🏻
#academicsky
#edusky
#theresistance
🇺🇸✊🏻
#academicsky
#edusky
#theresistance
@lisamjarvis.bsky.social you are spot on!
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
@lisamjarvis.bsky.social you are spot on!
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In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In terminating hundreds of NIH grants, the Trump administration dumped years of investment down the drain. In my latest @opinion.bloomberg.com column, we analyzed the cancelled projects & talked to scientists to understand just how much the public loses out. It's a lot: tinyurl.com/bdey86su
🧵It’s #BlackMaternalHealthWeek -a time to center Black moms & a need for action.
I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated.
#MedSky #EpiSky
I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated.
#MedSky #EpiSky
April 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🧵It’s #BlackMaternalHealthWeek -a time to center Black moms & a need for action.
I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated.
#MedSky #EpiSky
I’m reflecting on what this means in a year when our #NIH grant “Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Environment Across the Lifecourse, Epigenetics, & Birth Outcomes in Black Families” was terminated.
#MedSky #EpiSky
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Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
my word cloud on these titles (minus Columbia) - any patterns emerge?
March 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Last Friday, 1,000 more NIH biomedical research projects were defunded with no notice
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
Here’s a word cloud of canceled grants, based on their titles
🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies
March 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies
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250 people or so at Chuck Schumer's house this morning
You know people are furious when they show up at an 8am protest at @schumer.senate.gov house.
Chuck you are betraying us. It’s not too late to change your mind and actually fight back!
@indivisible.org @socialists.nyc @riseandresist.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
Chuck you are betraying us. It’s not too late to change your mind and actually fight back!
@indivisible.org @socialists.nyc @riseandresist.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
250 people or so at Chuck Schumer's house this morning
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Yesterday I wrote about how Trump's "flagged" word list might block all of epidemiology, and some people complained discussing this was a distraction from bigger issues.
But I think they're wrong. I think inclusiveness is fundamental to epidemiology, and without it we are dramatically limited.
But I think they're wrong. I think inclusiveness is fundamental to epidemiology, and without it we are dramatically limited.
March 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Yesterday I wrote about how Trump's "flagged" word list might block all of epidemiology, and some people complained discussing this was a distraction from bigger issues.
But I think they're wrong. I think inclusiveness is fundamental to epidemiology, and without it we are dramatically limited.
But I think they're wrong. I think inclusiveness is fundamental to epidemiology, and without it we are dramatically limited.
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
@schumer.senate.gov Why on earth are dems going along with this gop bill to fund the gov???? Y’all need to exercise your spins and vote no.
#Liberties are worth fighting for! Trump, Elon and the gop are trampling all of it including the dems.
#Liberties are worth fighting for! Trump, Elon and the gop are trampling all of it including the dems.
a cartoon of a man in a top hat standing in front of a gate with the letter s on it
ALT: a cartoon of a man in a top hat standing in front of a gate with the letter s on it
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March 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
@schumer.senate.gov Why on earth are dems going along with this gop bill to fund the gov???? Y’all need to exercise your spins and vote no.
#Liberties are worth fighting for! Trump, Elon and the gop are trampling all of it including the dems.
#Liberties are worth fighting for! Trump, Elon and the gop are trampling all of it including the dems.
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Breaking News: Declaring that “we are at a crossroads in history,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said that European countries would increase military spending and assemble a coalition to defend Ukraine.
Trump News and Live Updates: E.U. Leader Calls for ‘Surge in Defense’ for Ukraine
After a summit of European leaders in London, Prime Minister Kier Starmer said a “coalition of the willing” would be assembled to defend Ukraine, but he did not name the countries expected to particip...
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Breaking News: Declaring that “we are at a crossroads in history,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said that European countries would increase military spending and assemble a coalition to defend Ukraine.
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I am PI on an R01 partnering with the VA. They do enormously important research and have vast data resources. But the VA system is not easy to navigate. Losing their skilled analysts and data techs would greatly impede work there.
NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
VA Research Funding Slashed
Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.
prospect.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I am PI on an R01 partnering with the VA. They do enormously important research and have vast data resources. But the VA system is not easy to navigate. Losing their skilled analysts and data techs would greatly impede work there.