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Kristy A. Brown, PhD

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Obesity and cancer researcher Co-program leader, cancer prevention and control, University of Kansas Cancer Center Secretary-treasurer, Endocrine Society Mum, scientist, lover of food and running. Views are my own 🇨🇦|🇦🇺

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Feb 24

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 6d

Looking forward to discussing advances in this area and having the opportunity to attend SABCS again!
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San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium @sabcs.bsky.social · 6d

The Impact of Lifestyle in Breast Cancer Risk and Recurrence:
Julia Palmer, Mary Beth Terry, and Kristy Brown will address this topic in a special session at #SABCS25 (December 9-12). Learn more:
buff.ly/gODonOd
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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Aug 29

“Let’s get the politics out of public health”

Forbes @forbes.com · Aug 28

Multiple CDC leaders have resigned in the wake of layoffs and a shooting at the agency’s headquarters this month.

CDC Staffers Walk Out: Ex-Agency Leader Says ‘Let’s Get The Politics Out Of Public Heath’

Multiple CDC leaders have resigned in the wake of layoffs and a shooting at the agency’s headquarters this month.

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Aug 24

Beautiful day for the Head for the Cure 5k to raise funds, awareness and hope for the Kansas brain cancer community. What a turnout! Looks like there may have been nearly 2,800 participants towards a goal of raising $700,000.
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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · Jul 15

We thank John Newell-Price, MD, PhD, for his term as President of the Society. Read @endocrinenews.bsky.social to learn more about the accomplishments he has achieved during his service: bit.ly/4ei7QQd #ENDO2025

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Jul 15

#ENDO2025 was such a success! Congrats to the AMSC for putting on a great meeting. In difficult times, it’s great to see us rally together for the future. A big thanks to Secretary-Teasurer Dr Boord for his leadership, mentorship and friendship. Excited for this next chapter! See you at #ENDO2026

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dr Sailesh Palikhe doing a stellar job presenting his poster at #ENDO2025 today!

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Jul 15

Always a pleasure catching up at #ENDO2025 @garydouglashammer.bsky.social

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Jul 15

Honor to meet Dr Holst and talk about broader effects of GLP-1 and receptor agonists. #ENDO2025

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Jul 15

#ENDO2025

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Jul 14

Some of us (me) have not yet perfected the art of mini finger hearts! It was a true pleasure meeting everyone.

Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · Jul 13

We are thrilled to see our partners from the Korean Endocrine Society joining us at ENDO 2025! Read about our partnership in
@endocrinenews.bsky.social: bit.ly/3IocCjn #ENDO2025 #endocrinology

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Jul 13

Was so much fun! I hope they enjoyed it :)

Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Jul 13

We did it! 5k #ENDO2025 Fun Run was a great way to wake up ahead of a busy schedule today. What a wonderful group! Loved meeting everyone.

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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · Jul 13

Get Ready for the Second Day of ENDO | Our team is enthused from the spectacular first day of ENDO! We cannot wait to host you tomorrow. Join us for a wide range of networking events. View our program planner and mark your schedule: bit.ly/44Gwwxw #ENDO2025 #endocrinology #EndoSky

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Jul 12

Day 1 of #ENDO2025 has started! Meeting friends and colleagues, impactful presidential address, two forward-thinking plenaries, and coming up this afternoon…the poster of Linlan Qiao! Please go say hi (SAT-671) at 12:15pm and hear about all the great work he’s been doing during his PhD so far.

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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · Jul 9

New single-nucleus and spatial datasets offer unprecedented insights into the basis of #obesity associated adipose tissue dysfunction and its reversal by #weightloss and are a key resource for mechanistic and therapeutic exploration www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Selective remodelling of the adipose niche in obesity and weight loss - Nature

An atlas study of adipose tissue in people with obesity undergoing weight loss and their lean counterparts reveals that weight loss reduces cell senescence but cannot reverse all the metabolic problem...

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Jul 9

I will be there!! Traveling to SF today for #Endo2025 ✈️
The AMSC put together an amazing program! Can’t wait to see everyone and get some miles in on Sunday. Also excited to be taking the reins as Secretary-Treasurer at the end of the meeting. Dr Boord, you have big shoes to fill!

San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge (Britannica)

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · May 31

Can we please go one day without another attack on science (and everything else)? Whoever thinks that keeping people in a constant state of anxiety is productive, needs to think again.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · May 30

"Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · May 1

Where’s the 👎 button on this platform!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 30

President Trump's push to freeze federal funding to universities has targeted elite institutions, like Harvard and Columbia. But many other schools are concerned that it threatens the future of research and development programs. nyti.ms/42N36hH

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Apr 29

Congrats!

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Apr 24

Morale in academic research community right now is whatever is below rock bottom. The uncertainty and unpredictability are overwhelming. The mental and physical toll on U.S. based scientists is significant and will be long-lasting.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How Trump’s attack on universities is putting research in peril

Scientists have little information as the US government freezes and cancels their funding.

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · Apr 24

This might be helpful:

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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · Apr 23

Submit Your Late-Breaking Abstracts to ENDO 2025 | There is no better place to share your research than ENDO. Abstracts will be accepted until Tuesday, May 6, at 1:00 PM ET. Submit today: bit.ly/4gi1Zu5 #ENDO2025 #endocrinology
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Leonidas Platanias, MD @leonidasplatan1.bsky.social · Apr 22

Cancer mortality rates have been dropping because of NIH and NCI funded research to Universities. Without it there would be no new cancer treatments that save lives.

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