Amanda Bunting, PhD
@abuntingphd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Dept of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Views are my own.
Views are my own.
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“'Poisoning' lets bereaved parents tell the world that their child wasn’t a drug user—they were a good person. But it belies the fact that fentanyl users not only deserve to live, they didn’t have the information they needed either."
New "Fentanyl Poisonings" Act Would Target Social Media Sales, Again - Filter
In late September, Representatives Adam Gray (D-CA) and Gabe Evans (R-CO) introduced the “Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act of 2025.” It’s ...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“'Poisoning' lets bereaved parents tell the world that their child wasn’t a drug user—they were a good person. But it belies the fact that fentanyl users not only deserve to live, they didn’t have the information they needed either."
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There are few things as cost effective as Narcan, especially in a country where (entirely preventable) opioid overdoses have been a leading cause of death for years. For every 6 kits distributed 1 OD is prevented. The $56M in this grant trained >66K people and distributed >282,500 kits in 2024 alone
RFK Jr. to End 'Godsend' Narcan Program That Helped Reduce Overdose Deaths Despite His Past Heroin Addiction
Despite overcoming heroin addiction himself, RFK Jr. is backing plans to cut a critical Narcan program that helped reduce overdose deaths.
www.latintimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
There are few things as cost effective as Narcan, especially in a country where (entirely preventable) opioid overdoses have been a leading cause of death for years. For every 6 kits distributed 1 OD is prevented. The $56M in this grant trained >66K people and distributed >282,500 kits in 2024 alone
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Broadcast this everywhere... we're decimating the world's leading funder of medical research, which earns over $2 in returns (including lives saved) for every $ spent. It should be the *last* thing we want to cut, ever....
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
April 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Broadcast this everywhere... we're decimating the world's leading funder of medical research, which earns over $2 in returns (including lives saved) for every $ spent. It should be the *last* thing we want to cut, ever....
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STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.
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.
buff.ly
April 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
STAT is tracking, day by day, what's happened in the words of science and health during the first months of the Trump administration.
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The entire SAMHSA staff that manages the National Survey on Drug Use and Health has been terminated. This is the only survey that tracks mental health and substance use trends in the US.
We really are flying blind now.
We really are flying blind now.
April 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The entire SAMHSA staff that manages the National Survey on Drug Use and Health has been terminated. This is the only survey that tracks mental health and substance use trends in the US.
We really are flying blind now.
We really are flying blind now.
Excited to share results from our pilot study. We assessed a novel opioid education, overdose recognition, and naloxone training for public school staff.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
March 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Excited to share results from our pilot study. We assessed a novel opioid education, overdose recognition, and naloxone training for public school staff.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says @lkfazio.bsky.social.
“This is direct censorship of scientific research.”
“This is direct censorship of scientific research.”
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“It’s extremely alarming that grants that have been vetted by the scientific community and deemed important and impactful to understand the world are now being cancelled because of political ideology,” says @lkfazio.bsky.social.
“This is direct censorship of scientific research.”
“This is direct censorship of scientific research.”
Saddened by the cancelation of the NIDA summer intern program. I've had wonderful students over the past several years who did tremendous work to start their careers and gain research exposure through this program.
February 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Saddened by the cancelation of the NIDA summer intern program. I've had wonderful students over the past several years who did tremendous work to start their careers and gain research exposure through this program.
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Check out the latest study from CDUHR affiliated investigators Noa Krawczyk & Amanda Bunting - Self-reported experiences and perspectives on using psychedelics to manage opioid use among participants of two Reddit communities
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
February 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Check out the latest study from CDUHR affiliated investigators Noa Krawczyk & Amanda Bunting - Self-reported experiences and perspectives on using psychedelics to manage opioid use among participants of two Reddit communities
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
My lab put together an easy to digest overview of indirects, if you're struggling to explain to folks outside of academia
www.instagram.com/p/DF6Kqiyyi6...
www.instagram.com/p/DF6Kqiyyi6...
February 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My lab put together an easy to digest overview of indirects, if you're struggling to explain to folks outside of academia
www.instagram.com/p/DF6Kqiyyi6...
www.instagram.com/p/DF6Kqiyyi6...
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NIH IN YOUR STATE
“Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America”
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
“Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America”
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
February 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
NIH IN YOUR STATE
“Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America”
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
“Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America”
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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Just got off a webinar with a prominent national law firm on rules change on indirect rate. AAMC and other orgs on panel too. First, need to be convey that the rates are actual costs, not just overhead to pad the university coffers. Example- Institutional Review Board, space/utilities 1/4
an illustration of a scientist wearing a mask looking through a microscope
ALT: an illustration of a scientist wearing a mask looking through a microscope
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Just got off a webinar with a prominent national law firm on rules change on indirect rate. AAMC and other orgs on panel too. First, need to be convey that the rates are actual costs, not just overhead to pad the university coffers. Example- Institutional Review Board, space/utilities 1/4
Great summary of the devastation
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Great summary of the devastation
‼️ All indirects to 15%, the effect of this substantial cut will be enormous.
🚨RED ALERT for 🧪:
The Trump NIH just gashed indirect costs. This is a direct attack on universities.
“Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs.” 😮
Just a devastating Friday night news dump. #scicomm #academicaky
The Trump NIH just gashed indirect costs. This is a direct attack on universities.
“Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs.” 😮
Just a devastating Friday night news dump. #scicomm #academicaky
February 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
‼️ All indirects to 15%, the effect of this substantial cut will be enormous.
"To condone policies that the profession knows will compromise health—or to remain silent and look away—is to be complicit in putting population health at risk."
"How do we know where to draw the line, and when it is time to resist?"
This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions taken so far during the first week of the administration.
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#MedSky
This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions taken so far during the first week of the administration.
ja.ma/4gmik0x
#MedSky
February 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"To condone policies that the profession knows will compromise health—or to remain silent and look away—is to be complicit in putting population health at risk."
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avoiding re-traumatizing people & treating trauma appropriately is essential to good addiction care. Shame that so much of our care is actively traumatic www.salon.com/2025/01/27/a...
Addiction treatment often overlooks trauma. That's a major hurdle in stopping the overdose crisis
Trauma is one of the biggest risk factors for addiction — but trauma-centered treatments are lacking
www.salon.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
avoiding re-traumatizing people & treating trauma appropriately is essential to good addiction care. Shame that so much of our care is actively traumatic www.salon.com/2025/01/27/a...
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NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Reminder that NIJ is not under HHS, and these cancelations are beyond the supposedly temporary ones at NIH, CDC...
January 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Reminder that NIJ is not under HHS, and these cancelations are beyond the supposedly temporary ones at NIH, CDC...
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If you run a research lab/program that relies on #NIH funding, your staff are likely nervous too. Call a meeting. Reassure them that you will look out for them and that you'll do everything in your power to keep going.
If you run a university, staff & faculty might want to hear from you too.
If you run a university, staff & faculty might want to hear from you too.
January 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If you run a research lab/program that relies on #NIH funding, your staff are likely nervous too. Call a meeting. Reassure them that you will look out for them and that you'll do everything in your power to keep going.
If you run a university, staff & faculty might want to hear from you too.
If you run a university, staff & faculty might want to hear from you too.
as an early career researcher, I cannot understate how anxious and uncertain this leaves me. it's detrimental to society to halt research progress, and leaves early career folks, soft money positions in absolute peril.
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
as an early career researcher, I cannot understate how anxious and uncertain this leaves me. it's detrimental to society to halt research progress, and leaves early career folks, soft money positions in absolute peril.