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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · May 22

Last day to comment on a proposed rule that would turn many civil servants into at will political appointees. Voice your comments here: www.regulations.gov/document/OPM... Cite the Doc ID to have your comment count: OPM-2025-0004-0001

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Mental Healthcare for All Lab @mhcare4all.bsky.social · May 21

📢 We’re wrapping up our APCS-funded D&I speaker series with one last exciting panel! Join us for a panel on Policy Dissemination and Implementation featuring @emmabethmcginty.bsky.social, @erikacrable.bsky.social, and Dr. Jonathan Purtle 🏛️🧠 Use the QR code to register and get the Zoom link!

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · May 20

In case this wasn't obvious - calling something "evidence based" requires accurately presenting rigorous data from multiple reliable sources to show a consistent outcome.

a rainbow with the words " be more you know " and a star

ALT: a rainbow with the words " be more you know " and a star

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Andrea Ducas @andreaducas.bsky.social · May 13

Great new visual from KFF breaking down the nearly 14 million additional people who'd be uninsured if the GOP is successful.

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · May 13

As always, KFF delivers with a useful tracker of proposed changes to Medicaid policy 👇

Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · May 13

Want a cheat sheet to follow along as the House Energy and Commerce Committee considers Medicaid changes? We’ve got you covered.

www.kff.org/tracking-the...

Tracking the Medicaid Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill | KFF

KFF is tracking the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 federal budget bill, including new Medicaid work and verification requirements and a reduction in the expansion match rate for states that use their...

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Apr 28

Join us 5/22/25 for a #NIDA HEAL Workshop about health economics tools to address practice challenges in preventing & treating mental illness & SUDs. Conversation & presentations by me & other NIDA-funded investigators bit.ly/HEALHealthEc...
@ucsd-disc.bsky.social @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social

HEAL Workshop: Health Economics Research to Address the Needs of Those With Serious Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorder, and Comorbid Conditions

A forum for partners to engage with health economic researchers to identify priorities for people with mental illness and SUD.

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Apr 25

Early career researchers, scientific advancements & return on tax payer $ for funded grants are in jeopardy. A clear explainer of what is at stake & how to help early career folks.
#ImpSci #KnowledgeTranslation

Uncertainty in Science and Among Early Career Investigators

This JAMA Forum discusses the current climate of uncertainty in scientific research and suggests mechanisms to support early career scientists.

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Apr 18

📣 It's simple: politicizing science = less safe, effective cancer care, SUD treatment, vaccines = poor quality of life, unnecessary deaths. Helpful visualization by @kff.org. At least 780 grants terminated (universities alone, more across other institutes). Tell your neighbors why this matters! 🧪

Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH Slashed Science Funding Across States That Backed Trump - KFF Health News

A KFF Health News analysis underscores how the terminations have spared no part of the country, politically or geographically. Of the organizations that had grants cut in the first month, about 40% ar...

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Apr 16

The proposal cuts the #NIH budget 40% to $27 billion, consolidates the NIH’s into 8 institutes, eliminating many. This would be devastating for keeping Americans healthy & scientifically advanced. Call Congress now!

Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts

HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget.

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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · Apr 4

Do you know about health-related programs that have been cancelled due to federal funding cuts or delays?

@kffhealthnews.org we're looking to cover stories about programs that provided *direct* services to people.

Send me a DM or email [email protected] 🌈

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Mar 22

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Mar 21

@mcuban.bsky.social this is a long shot but my account is small & the losses to science are too great to not ask for favors. Please consider getting the word out about AHRQ & NIH funding cuts. We are losing a generation of scientists & American innovation. Thanks! 🤞🙏

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Mar 21

More resources & talking points for when you make that call to Congress or talk with your neighbors: academyhealth.org/page/stand-a...

Stand with AHRQ Toolkit | AcademyHealth

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Mar 21

🙏 Shameless ask: It’s my birthday. Scientists, please call your Congress peeps & tell them why AHRQ & NIH are critical to curing cancer, treating & preventing substance use, ensuring healthcare access in rural America, the list goes on. Without real #AHRQ & #NIH funding we will be a sicker country.

AcademyHealth @academyhealth.bsky.social · Mar 21

🚨 AHRQ is feared to be the next target for mass layoffs by the Trump administration. The agency conducts essential research on rural health, nutrition, health care quality and costs, and lawmakers are taking the threat to its staffing seriously. Read more in STAT News:

HHS agency responsible for health care quality research threatened with mass layoffs

AHRQ, a small government agency responsible for health care quality research, is feared to be the latest target for mass layoffs by the Trump administration.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Mar 13

Trump just withdrew the bad CDC nominee after public blowback about the measles vaccine.

Scientists, we can achieve the same with the bad NIH nominee. Public pressure can force out Bhattacharya.
Your voices are needed now. Please take action. 🧪

White House withdraws Trump's pick Dave Weldon as CDC director pick

The White House is withdrawing President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican former congressman and vaccine critic Dave Weldon to serve as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a source briefed on the matter said on Thursday.

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Mar 14

Sage words from Dr. Volkow about how the NIH and NIDA that have "no parallel in the world in terms of its contribution to knowledge, to science, to solutions, to health care, and to economics." #SavetheNIH

Top addiction researcher Nora Volkow on NIH cuts, optimism, and the limits of RFK Jr.’s 12-step experience

In a Q&A, NIH addiction chief Nora Volkow speaks about RFK Jr.'s policy shake-ups, 12-step recovery limits, and why overdose deaths are falling.

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Feb 27

@altnih4science.bsky.social Is there a way the public can transparently see that the federal register is closed? Can we count the days that it is closed publicly?

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Feb 24

Another loss for #science & the next generation of researchers. The 28-year running NIDA summer internship program is cancelled for this year.
@altnih4science.bsky.social #SavetheNIH

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Feb 23

📢 Make it a goal to talk to 3 family members, friends, or strangers each week about how freezes on scientific progress & higher education will negatively impact people’s lives in a personal way (cancer tx, their kids college, etc). The general public needs to know why this matters.

Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge’s order

Health department orders NIH to hold Federal Register submissions – critical step in process for funding studies

www.theguardian.com

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Feb 23

“The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities expresses grave concern over the escalating threats to academic freedom, both in the United States and beyond” 🧪
European academies have isssued a joint statement on what is going on in US here: allea.org/wp-content/u...

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Liz Goldberg, MD, ScM @lizgoldbergmd.bsky.social · Feb 20

Even if the administration allows meetings to resume, there is already a huge backlog of applications and far fewer federal officials to process the backlog.

2025 will go down as a dark year for American science. We need to keep speaking out about this.

#NIHMatters #ScienceMatters

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · Feb 18

Some brief thoughts from someone who studies public opinion. The federal firing spree can be made unpopular because it is being done in a haphazard way, there will be huge economic effects not just in DC but also across country & it's also likely illegal in many cases. But how to make that argument?

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Feb 18

Yes please. I would love to find ImpSci community over here!

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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · Feb 14

Firing the heads of Institutes at the NIH (NIAID, NIDA, NCI, etc) will mean:
-More cancer deaths
-More overdose deaths
-More AIDS deaths
-More asthma deaths
-More cardiovascular deaths
-More lupus deaths
-More measles deaths
-More sepsis deaths
-More liver & kidney-related deaths
-More infant deaths

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Erika Crable, PhD @erikacrable.bsky.social · Feb 14

#HealthPolicyValentines - the bright spot we need today!
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Of evidence-based SUD treatment policies,
There simply are too few,
Next time you think,
'Hey, why not just get treatment?'
Remember, SUD stigma and misinformation are all too frequent 💜

@kffhealthnews.org

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