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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Aug 9

NOTE: US contractors are currently using mirrors that collect energy, which does nothing to reflect heat to space.

Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Aug 9

MEER uses mirrors on roofs to reflect sunlight back to space in a format through which is does not heat the atmosphere.

Dr. Ye Tao is also working on housing materials using bamboo to sequester carbon. He’s a visionary.

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Aug 9

We all need to donate to MEER, preferably as a recurring donation.

This is forward-thinking solutions for climate change that decouple greenhouse gasses from the Earth’s temperature - all while reducing interior building temperatures.

www.meer.org

MEER - Restoring Earth's Energy Balance | Climate Change Solutions

Join MEER in restoring Earth's energy balance. Explore our climate change solutions and eco-friendly cooling systems. Create a sustainable future.

www.meer.org

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Jennifer L. Kraschnewski, MD MPH @jlkrasch.bsky.social · Apr 17

Dr. Felicity Enders delivering a powerful #ACTS2025 keynote, Optimizing hope for a new generation of clinical and translational science. So grateful to have gotten to know her through #ELAM! @felicityenders.bsky.social @actscience.bsky.social

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Apr 17

It was an incredible honor to give today’s keynote presentation. An outstanding #TS25DC is in the books!

Association for Clinical and Translational Science @actscience.bsky.social · Apr 17

🎤 Thank you @felicityenders.bsky.social for closing out the last day of #TS25DC with a powerful talk on Optimizing Hope through health equity and diversity in research.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Apr 3

The dam is starting to crack.

-4 GOP Senators joined the Dems to rebuke his tariffs

-a GOP Senator wrote a WaPo op-ed decrying his attacks on research and higher ed

-Rogan & Coulter are questioning his immigration policies

-his economic approval dropped to 40%

-his right-hand man lost big in WI

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Apr 3

The vote was 51-48, so couldn't pass a filibuster if it came to an actual bill and not a resolution, but it's a start.
apnews.com/article/cong...

Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports

The Senate has passed a resolution that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada.

apnews.com

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Mar 20

The general vibe we are getting across #NIH institutes is deeply bleak — that the agency is nearly, if not already dead.

Top people are leaving or have left. Nearly everyone's looking for other jobs. People still care about what NIH was, but are growing resigned to its death.

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Mar 20

I just tried getting ChatGPT to create a visualization for this outline:

• Who is impacted by biases
• How are biases written into letters
• Terminology and examples
• Examples
• Summary and tips
• Letter exercise
• Conclusion

I gave it two tries, because 👀

Try reading the results!!! 🤣

Extremely messy flowchart with misspellings at every turn

Clean looking flowchart that includes numerous embarrassing spelling mistakes

Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 26

Beautiful & thoughtful thread. Read the whole thing.

Karla Monterroso @karlaliliana.bsky.social · Feb 26

I’ve been thinking a lot about emotional bandwidth, in particular because I think the next stage of being a country will require a wider swath of people to have a larger bandwidth before being dysregulated.

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 21

Welcome @actscience.bsky.social! I’m so glad the Association for Clinical and Translational Science is now on BlueSky. This has become one of my very favorite societies.

Anyone in this space but not yet in the know, check out the annual meeting, April 14-17! www.actscience.org/Translationa...

Translational Science

The homepage for ACTS' Translational Science Annual Meeting.

www.actscience.org

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 18

Ooof…

Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 14

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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · Feb 11

The American Bar Association is made up of all political affiliations, remaining committed to justice.
This letter from Bar president William R. Bay speaks volumes.

The ABA supports the rule of law

It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...

www.americanbar.org

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 11

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 11

WHAT!?

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 8

And now all are cut to a max of 15%

Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 8

Each institution has a separate indirect rate developed through what I understand to be a highly rigorous process. They vary widely. 25% would be quite low; indirects for big research institutions are typically in the range of 58% to 70%.

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 8

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 8

The thing is, cutting indirects doesn’t just hurt research institutions.

Research institutions are the nexus of medical innovation.

Companies have to demonstrate something has a high chance of success to justify work, so they depend on this nexus.

And…

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

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...

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 8

Important for statisticians and folks who use Likert and Visual Analog Scales

Teague Henry @teaguerhenry.bsky.social · Feb 8

Related to the recent discussion on VAS measurement in EMA, my student Siqi Sun recently submitted some work we did on understanding the measurement properties of more traditional Likert scales vs. VAS scales: A 🧵

Don't Let Your Likert Scales Grow Up To Be Visual Analog Scales: Understanding the Relationship Between Number of Response Categories and Measurement Error

The use of Visual Analog Scales (VAS), which can be broadly conceptualized as items where the response scale is 0-100, has surged recently due to the convenience of digital assessments. However, there...

arxiv.org

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 8

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 8

Here’s info on how “indirects” work.

Ignore the link she gives - that’s just a citation.

Instead, read her replies, which describe indirects in normal-people-language.

bsky.app/profile/mega...

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Feb 8

For those curious about the purpose of “indirects,” I suggest this FAQ from AAU (thread to follow).

In the lingo of Musk et al - BLOF = this hurts economies, employment, science, & health. 🧵

www.aau.edu/key-issues/f...

Frequently Asked Questions about Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs of Federally Sponsored University Research | Association of American Universities (AAU)

Responses to common questions about F&A costs of research

www.aau.edu

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 8

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 8

There is an incredible return on investment of research dollars (see below).

This single cut has high potential to initiate economic collapse by turning off the economic engine of research nationally.

And it’s illegal. Indirect rate changes must go through congress.

bsky.app/profile/timt...

Tim Triche, Jr.🔰 @timtriche.bsky.social · Jan 23

I called last night, will do so again today. NIH generates 154% return on average dollars invested, for curing cancer, Parkinson’s, rare genetic disease… it’d be nuts to shut down such an economic dynamo even if it funded toxic sludge, and instead it funds lifesaving discoveries for all of us.

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Feb 8

The thing is, cutting indirects doesn’t just hurt research institutions.

Research institutions are the nexus of medical innovation.

Companies have to demonstrate something has a high chance of success to justify work, so they depend on this nexus.

And…

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 8

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...

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

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Felicity Enders, PhD, MPH @felicityenders.bsky.social · Jan 23

Cora says to remember to breathe - even when you may be feeling tense and toothy

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