Kat Denney, PhD
@neuroendokat.bsky.social
Asst Prof at NJCU. Formerly Rutgers, CSHL, SUNY Stony Brook, Columbia U. #DisabledInSTEM. Mom of a toddler and a 🌟 baby.
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Very excited to hear @therealdrdukes.bsky.social here at Rutgers speaking on "Why Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Accessibility are NOT bad words!" Glad this is something Rutgers is still supporting in These Times.
May 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Very excited to hear @therealdrdukes.bsky.social here at Rutgers speaking on "Why Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice and Accessibility are NOT bad words!" Glad this is something Rutgers is still supporting in These Times.
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Thrilled to be giving this talk to the IRACDA community here at Rutgers! ✨ because ALL of these programs are necessary and important!!
May 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thrilled to be giving this talk to the IRACDA community here at Rutgers! ✨ because ALL of these programs are necessary and important!!
The combo of professional uncertainty with not knowing whether my NIH funding will exist in 6 months plus personal uncertainty of my 3yo having anxiety because his sister died (plus my anxiety because my daughter died) suddenly 5 months ago is a lot for a brain that thrives on having a plan.
April 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The combo of professional uncertainty with not knowing whether my NIH funding will exist in 6 months plus personal uncertainty of my 3yo having anxiety because his sister died (plus my anxiety because my daughter died) suddenly 5 months ago is a lot for a brain that thrives on having a plan.
What do you wear for your dead daughter's first birthday?
Pajamas, for longer than usual.
A pattern with the theme of a party half-planned.
Comfy clothes after a shower spent longing to hold her.
Tears full of bashed hopes for her future.
A smile and a laugh, for her big brother.
Fuzzy socks.
Pajamas, for longer than usual.
A pattern with the theme of a party half-planned.
Comfy clothes after a shower spent longing to hold her.
Tears full of bashed hopes for her future.
A smile and a laugh, for her big brother.
Fuzzy socks.
February 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What do you wear for your dead daughter's first birthday?
Pajamas, for longer than usual.
A pattern with the theme of a party half-planned.
Comfy clothes after a shower spent longing to hold her.
Tears full of bashed hopes for her future.
A smile and a laugh, for her big brother.
Fuzzy socks.
Pajamas, for longer than usual.
A pattern with the theme of a party half-planned.
Comfy clothes after a shower spent longing to hold her.
Tears full of bashed hopes for her future.
A smile and a laugh, for her big brother.
Fuzzy socks.
Her birthday is this weekend. She should be here. On top of everything that is currently falling apart, my baby is not here for her own first birthday.
This sweet girl passed away almost 3 weeks ago at 8 months old. She was just learning how to crawl, and an undetected heart condition put her in severe heart failure before we knew anything was wrong. She was a happy baby, a smiley baby, my baby. I'm a wreck and probably will be for quite some time.
February 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Her birthday is this weekend. She should be here. On top of everything that is currently falling apart, my baby is not here for her own first birthday.
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Are NIH diversity supplements going away? Yikes. This program has not only helped my students advance their careers but also has served as a pipeline to bring outstanding trainees into my lab. 😡 #NIH #STEM #futurescientists #emergencymedicine
The NIH diversity supplement pages have all been pulled down. What is a diversity supplement and why should the public care? A diversity supplement is funding to help diversify the research workforce. You may be wondering, “so what?”. Let me explain. www.nigms.nih.gov/Pages/PageNo...
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
NIGMS supports basic research to understand biological processes and lay the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
www.nigms.nih.gov
January 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Are NIH diversity supplements going away? Yikes. This program has not only helped my students advance their careers but also has served as a pipeline to bring outstanding trainees into my lab. 😡 #NIH #STEM #futurescientists #emergencymedicine
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NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
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Study sections are the review panels that allocate NIH research grants. They bring in experts from around the country and have to be scheduled many months in advance; they provide the funds that keep the nation's biomedical research going.
It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.
It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Study sections are the review panels that allocate NIH research grants. They bring in experts from around the country and have to be scheduled many months in advance; they provide the funds that keep the nation's biomedical research going.
It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.
It's hard to overstate the disruption this causes.
A month ago I was on my way home from work to take her to the pediatrician. We thought they would send us home with instructions for a cold. Not that we would end the night in the PICU after losing her to heart failure.
November 24, 2024 at 5:48 PM
A month ago I was on my way home from work to take her to the pediatrician. We thought they would send us home with instructions for a cold. Not that we would end the night in the PICU after losing her to heart failure.
I wish I could know the person she was growing into.
November 22, 2024 at 6:07 PM
I wish I could know the person she was growing into.
Very little science happening in my brain these days, mostly just Big Sad. I miss my baby. It's nearly impossible for me to believe she didn't live to turn 9 months old this past Saturday.
November 19, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Very little science happening in my brain these days, mostly just Big Sad. I miss my baby. It's nearly impossible for me to believe she didn't live to turn 9 months old this past Saturday.
I'm not in the cardiology field, but here's a review describing the condition that seems to have caused my infant daughter's heart failure last month. It seems to be extremely rare, hard to detect, and hard to treat. We just got really, really unlucky I guess. rdcu.be/d0A1D
Endocardial fibroelastosis in infants and young children: a state-of-the-art review
rdcu.be
November 18, 2024 at 3:41 PM
I'm not in the cardiology field, but here's a review describing the condition that seems to have caused my infant daughter's heart failure last month. It seems to be extremely rare, hard to detect, and hard to treat. We just got really, really unlucky I guess. rdcu.be/d0A1D
Got a fancy secretary invite to ACNP this year and had to withdraw my poster because I won't be up to sciencing in the midst of my grief. Really bummed about missing this opportunity but my mental health needs to come first.
November 13, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Got a fancy secretary invite to ACNP this year and had to withdraw my poster because I won't be up to sciencing in the midst of my grief. Really bummed about missing this opportunity but my mental health needs to come first.
This sweet girl passed away almost 3 weeks ago at 8 months old. She was just learning how to crawl, and an undetected heart condition put her in severe heart failure before we knew anything was wrong. She was a happy baby, a smiley baby, my baby. I'm a wreck and probably will be for quite some time.
November 13, 2024 at 9:24 PM
This sweet girl passed away almost 3 weeks ago at 8 months old. She was just learning how to crawl, and an undetected heart condition put her in severe heart failure before we knew anything was wrong. She was a happy baby, a smiley baby, my baby. I'm a wreck and probably will be for quite some time.
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Women especially but all parents.
20yrs later I’m still kinda pissed over my grad school for pushing a friend out for the audacity of having a son born with SMA.
With the old dude who told grad school me w/ 3 kids trying to balance wife’s career to just work harder.
Why did I get tired & leave?
20yrs later I’m still kinda pissed over my grad school for pushing a friend out for the audacity of having a son born with SMA.
With the old dude who told grad school me w/ 3 kids trying to balance wife’s career to just work harder.
Why did I get tired & leave?
Academia needs radical change — mothers are ready to pave the way: "The research system must lose its overly rigid attitude towards career progression — and mothers are uniting to make that happen." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Academia needs radical change — mothers are ready to pave the way
The research system must lose its overly rigid attitude towards career progression — and mothers are uniting to make that happen. The research system must lose its overly rigid attitude towards care...
www.nature.com
February 3, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Women especially but all parents.
20yrs later I’m still kinda pissed over my grad school for pushing a friend out for the audacity of having a son born with SMA.
With the old dude who told grad school me w/ 3 kids trying to balance wife’s career to just work harder.
Why did I get tired & leave?
20yrs later I’m still kinda pissed over my grad school for pushing a friend out for the audacity of having a son born with SMA.
With the old dude who told grad school me w/ 3 kids trying to balance wife’s career to just work harder.
Why did I get tired & leave?
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🧪PSA for biosketches for NIH-style grants. You can use these to explain how your 'contributions to science' demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed work.
If you recently developed a technology central to the grant, I want to see that as contribution #1, even if it's just one paper. 1/🧵
If you recently developed a technology central to the grant, I want to see that as contribution #1, even if it's just one paper. 1/🧵
February 3, 2024 at 6:42 PM
🧪PSA for biosketches for NIH-style grants. You can use these to explain how your 'contributions to science' demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed work.
If you recently developed a technology central to the grant, I want to see that as contribution #1, even if it's just one paper. 1/🧵
If you recently developed a technology central to the grant, I want to see that as contribution #1, even if it's just one paper. 1/🧵
Hmmm maybe my relatives' "everyone is just going to get COVID all the time and we shouldn't do anything about it" attitude is why I don't want them around me or my kids often 🧐🧐🧐 maybe
January 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Hmmm maybe my relatives' "everyone is just going to get COVID all the time and we shouldn't do anything about it" attitude is why I don't want them around me or my kids often 🧐🧐🧐 maybe
Gotta love trying to convince my family to take COVID precautions (several of us high risk of severe disease for various reasons) and they blame everything on my anxiety instead of taking seriously my attempts at communicating the recent literature as a scientist...
January 20, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Gotta love trying to convince my family to take COVID precautions (several of us high risk of severe disease for various reasons) and they blame everything on my anxiety instead of taking seriously my attempts at communicating the recent literature as a scientist...
first day of kid 1 being back in daycare after 8 days of illness, time to get 2+ weeks of work done in 1 week before mat leave for kid 2 starts...
January 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
first day of kid 1 being back in daycare after 8 days of illness, time to get 2+ weeks of work done in 1 week before mat leave for kid 2 starts...
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
I think I'm good actually?
I think I'm good actually?
January 12, 2024 at 11:54 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
I think I'm good actually?
I think I'm good actually?
The first time my kid ever said "love" was in reference to potatoes. Sounds about right.
January 7, 2024 at 11:29 PM
The first time my kid ever said "love" was in reference to potatoes. Sounds about right.
Pediatricians are top tier. Toddler had a fall this morning and needed to get checked out (non-urgently), and brought Elmo with us. Ped demonstrated everything on Elmo before toddler and it was great
January 2, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Pediatricians are top tier. Toddler had a fall this morning and needed to get checked out (non-urgently), and brought Elmo with us. Ped demonstrated everything on Elmo before toddler and it was great
Happy first day back to school of the New Year, my toddler decided to faceplant off the changing table while getting dressed so we're going to the pediatrician instead 🤦♀️
January 2, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Happy first day back to school of the New Year, my toddler decided to faceplant off the changing table while getting dressed so we're going to the pediatrician instead 🤦♀️
*screams into the void* preeclampsia round 2, and earlier diagnosis this time. Really hoping placenta & baby stay put for at least a few more weeks 😭
December 26, 2023 at 2:12 PM
*screams into the void* preeclampsia round 2, and earlier diagnosis this time. Really hoping placenta & baby stay put for at least a few more weeks 😭