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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Sep 3

Update: my F31 was reinstated - I received the NOA for year 2 today. There is a lot of fighting left to do, but I'm grateful for everyone who has been working to defend diversity in science, and for this opportunity as a trainee to do this work ❤️

Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Aug 3

Year 2 of my NIMH F31 was supposed to have started yesterday. An award that I was proud to have funded on the first submission (13th percentile), which supported my dissertation research on eating disorders in adolescents, and which funded my tuition, stipend, and health insurance for the past year.

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Aug 14

Just here to reiterate that @isrii.bsky.social is my favorite conference! Had an amazing time, as always, connecting with this inspiring community, including my fellow #digitalhealth EMCRs 🤩🌊

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thank you so much, and I’m so sorry to your trainees as well 😞

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Aug 3

I’m grateful to have mentors and colleagues who are supporting me for my final year of graduate school. These continued attacks on science and DEI don’t just stifle our overall scientific progress—they threaten the careers and livelihood of researchers, including emerging scientists.

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Aug 3

Sadly my F31 was not renewed because it was a diversity F31, a mechanism that no longer exists as it was terminated under the Trump administration. I was eligible for a diversity F due to being a low income, first generation student. Diversity Fs are reviewed in the same study sections as regular Fs

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Aug 3

Year 2 of my NIMH F31 was supposed to have started yesterday. An award that I was proud to have funded on the first submission (13th percentile), which supported my dissertation research on eating disorders in adolescents, and which funded my tuition, stipend, and health insurance for the past year.

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Jul 26

Are you an early career researcher planning to attend #ISRII13? We've planned some awesome events for ECRs - stop by connect with us! @isrii.bsky.social

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · May 27

Looking forward to having a timely discussion on the use of tech in care for eating disorders! Join us this Friday at 12 ET!

JMIR Publications @jmirpub.bsky.social · May 27

📣 #WEBINAR: Explore Technology in Eating Disorders Care: Where We Are and What Lies Ahead

Join @lauradadamo.bsky.social & Dr. John Torous on May 30 to learn about the future of tech in treatment and support.
Register: landingpage.jmirpublications.com/technology-i...

#EatingDisorders #MentalHealth

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Apr 4

Come join our team! Working with Steph is the best. This is a great opportunity for folks interested in studying eating behavior in teens 🤗

Stephanie Manasse, PhD @stephanie-manasse.bsky.social · Apr 3

Please pass along the word to anyone looking for an research coordinator position! This is a perfect post-bac position for someone interested in adolescent eating behaviors and/or acceptance-based interventions! epyz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Clinical Research Coordinator

The Center for Healthcare Delivery Science (CHDS) at Nemours Children’s Health in Delaware is seeking a full-time Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC). The CHDS is a research center across the Nemours ...

epyz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com

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Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · Apr 2

🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH

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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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Apr 1

Cory Booker is doing something incredible on the Senate floor. If you're not watching, you need to watch: www.youtube.com/live/Ej6locU...

LIVE: Cory Booker goes for floor speech RECORD

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

www.youtube.com

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Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · Mar 31

Just received word that our post-bacc RA position at the UPenn Precision Psychopathology + Dynamic Immunopsychiatry Lab should go live this week. Will post the link when it does but, for now, here' s a link with the description. Please repost + share with your team!
tinyurl.com/ycyzmmdx

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Ariel Beccia @albeccia.bsky.social · Mar 24

if you're mad about the NIH cuts (and you should be), this is an *amazing* resource to help with calling your reps and talking to the media: www.nihforamerica.org

#episky
#medsky

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LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence @lgbtqhealthexce.bsky.social · Mar 24

ICYMI Last week we lost ALL of our NIH funding. Here is some of the LGBTQ health equity research that NIH funding has supported. A thread ⬇️
#LGBTQ #HealthEquity #PublicHealth

Scientist speaks out after NIH terminates grants including study of LGBTQ+ teens' mental health

Dr. Brittany Charlton is speaking out after the NIH terminated all of her grants studying how discriminatory laws impact mental health among LGBTQ+ teens.

abcnews.go.com

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Mar 21

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.

If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.

Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

Cancelled NIH grant information submission form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

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🧙🏻‍♀️ Spooky Elle 👻 Ready for Fall 🍄🎃 @hecatestorch.bsky.social · Mar 21

Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.

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Ariel Beccia @albeccia.bsky.social · Mar 21

my NIH grant was terminated today - the grant that pays my rent and my bills and my loans and my health insurance - because I study how to improve the lives and wellbeing of queer people #episky #medsky

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Lauren Forrest @laurenforrest.bsky.social · Mar 22

1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:

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Rebecca Fielding-Miller @rebeccafieldingmiller.com · Mar 22

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Mar 18

Still awestruck from watching my partner @drrachitsharma.bsky.social of Drexel University’s Environmental & Occupational Health Dept defend his dissertation so masterfully yesterday. Could not be more proud of you Dr. Sharma! 🎓 #phdone

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Mar 15

Congratulations!!

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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · Mar 12

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.

That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.

Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

www.forbes.com

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Mar 7

#standupforsciencephilly

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Laura D’Adamo @lauradadamo.bsky.social · Mar 7

Philly standing up for science today! 🧪🧬👩🏻‍🔬 #standupforscience2025

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Mitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · Feb 10

Hey - please help save jobs and lives!
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!

Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.

click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...

Tell Congress to Stop NIH Cuts

Please take 2 minutes today to ask Congress to take steps to stop funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The administration's proposed cuts to federal research funding, particul...

click.info.apa.org

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