Elizabeth Sypek
@elizabethis.bsky.social
Pain program person. Views are my own. Living in a dumpster fire.
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Call for Poster Abstracts
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Call for Poster Abstracts
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
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“Summary statements will be simplified. Narrative paragraphs summarizing committee discussion will not be used. Instead, summaries will have a sentence describing the degree of consensus in the committee vote, plus bullets listing the main score driving points.” FYI
Updated guidance on NIH grant application due dates (10/1/2025-12/5/2025), along with some other Info. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-012: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations NOT-...
grants.nih.gov
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“Summary statements will be simplified. Narrative paragraphs summarizing committee discussion will not be used. Instead, summaries will have a sentence describing the degree of consensus in the committee vote, plus bullets listing the main score driving points.” FYI
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Updated guidance on NIH grant application due dates (10/1/2025-12/5/2025), along with some other Info. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-012: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations NOT-...
grants.nih.gov
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Updated guidance on NIH grant application due dates (10/1/2025-12/5/2025), along with some other Info. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Dont call it a payline grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Dont call it a payline grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
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When is pain relief in a trial clinically meaningful? Join Christopher J. Miller and John T. Farrar as they explain how MCIDs help define real improvement in acute pain.
📅 Dec 3, 2025
🕚 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET
💻 Online
Register: painresearchers.com/events/151186
📅 Dec 3, 2025
🕚 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET
💻 Online
Register: painresearchers.com/events/151186
Minimum Clinically Important Differences in Acute Pain
PURPOSE Web Series: Navigating Careers in Research
Wednesday, December 3, 20252:00 PM- 3:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM- 12:00 PM PT
Topic: Minimum Clinically Important Differences in Acute Pain
Featuring:
...
painresearchers.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
When is pain relief in a trial clinically meaningful? Join Christopher J. Miller and John T. Farrar as they explain how MCIDs help define real improvement in acute pain.
📅 Dec 3, 2025
🕚 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET
💻 Online
Register: painresearchers.com/events/151186
📅 Dec 3, 2025
🕚 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET
💻 Online
Register: painresearchers.com/events/151186
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Updates for how to request childcare supplements for individual fellowships and institutional training grants. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-165: Updated Frequently Asked Questions for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Childcare Costs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Frequently Asked Questions for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Childcare Costs NOT-O...
grants.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Updates for how to request childcare supplements for individual fellowships and institutional training grants. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Nothing is guaranteed, even after notice of award. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-009: Updated Terms and Conditions of Award Termination and Compliance with Court Orders
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Terms and Conditions of Award Termination and Compliance with Court Orders NOT-OD-26-009. NIH
grants.nih.gov
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Nothing is guaranteed, even after notice of award. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Clinical Trials Affected by Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health
This cross-sectional study summarizes the number of trials with terminated grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and calculates the proportion of affected trials among those with previou...
jamanetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
1/4
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
1/4
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So happy to share that many of my NINDS colleagues will be attending SfN!! Learn more and find them here www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/...
www.ninds.nih.gov
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
So happy to share that many of my NINDS colleagues will be attending SfN!! Learn more and find them here www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/...
So happy to share that many of my NINDS colleagues will be attending SfN!! Learn more and find them here www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/...
www.ninds.nih.gov
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
So happy to share that many of my NINDS colleagues will be attending SfN!! Learn more and find them here www.ninds.nih.gov/news-events/...
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Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
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I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
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November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
Please be kind to us tomorrow.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Please be kind to us tomorrow.
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I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I had the opportunity to review the work experience and skills of numerous people who were laid off or fired from public health jobs by Donald Trump.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
I want every taxpayer to know that the US has lost an immeasurable number of the smartest, most experienced, and hardworking people on the planet.
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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More new NIH institute and center director positions posted
with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
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with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
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hr.nih.gov
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
More new NIH institute and center director positions posted
with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
1/3
with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
1/3
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NYU Pain Research Center is expanding! 💥 Seeking brilliant minds (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure track) to explore chronic pain mechanisms & therapies. Join our mission to transform pain research. Apply now! 🧠✨ #Research #AcademicJobs apply.interfolio.com/176454
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November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
NYU Pain Research Center is expanding! 💥 Seeking brilliant minds (Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure track) to explore chronic pain mechanisms & therapies. Join our mission to transform pain research. Apply now! 🧠✨ #Research #AcademicJobs apply.interfolio.com/176454
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Call for Poster Abstracts
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Call for Poster Abstracts
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
Join us in Philadelphia for an unforgettable experience of learning, sharing, and networking. This is your opportunity to share your groundbreaking research and insights with the pain research community!
Deadline: Friday, December 5th at 11:59 pm EST
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The real bummer about no one from NIH being able to attend SfN is all the postbacs that would be applying to graduate school this year won’t have the opportunity to network with potential faculty mentors at their posters or attend the graduate school fair.
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The real bummer about no one from NIH being able to attend SfN is all the postbacs that would be applying to graduate school this year won’t have the opportunity to network with potential faculty mentors at their posters or attend the graduate school fair.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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#NIHfunding via the HEAL initiative for the PRECISION Human Pain Network has yielded a massive increase in data on human sensory neurons. One of the most amazing collaborations I've been part of. Data sharing across 4 centers, insights from experts across the network that really moved the needle.
The BIG DRG paper is now up on @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... so many people worked so hard to make this happen. Props to the whole PRECISION Human Pain Network.
A Reference Atlas of the Human Dorsal Root Ganglion
Somatosensory perception largely emerges from diverse peripheral sensory neurons whose cell bodies reside in dorsal root ganglia (DRG). Damage or dysfunction of DRG neurons is a major cause of chronic...
www.biorxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#NIHfunding via the HEAL initiative for the PRECISION Human Pain Network has yielded a massive increase in data on human sensory neurons. One of the most amazing collaborations I've been part of. Data sharing across 4 centers, insights from experts across the network that really moved the needle.
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The latest work from our PRECISION Human Pain Center project is now up on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by Katherin Gabriel and @oliviadavis.bsky.social with a huge contribution from @allanhpool.bsky.social's lab and, of course, the Southwest Transplant Alliance: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A molecular map of the human spinal dorsal and ventral horn defines arrangement of neuronal types and glial sex differences
The spinal cord is the gateway for sensory information from the body as it ascends to the brain, as well as a major motor output center of the nervous system. It is also a key location for sensory-mot...
www.biorxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The latest work from our PRECISION Human Pain Center project is now up on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by Katherin Gabriel and @oliviadavis.bsky.social with a huge contribution from @allanhpool.bsky.social's lab and, of course, the Southwest Transplant Alliance: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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“As shutdown hits one-month mark, federal workers are not okay” — welcome to life in DC now.
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“As shutdown hits one-month mark, federal workers are not okay” — welcome to life in DC now.