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Kate Grabowski

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Originally from Luzerne County, PA now in Baltimore. Infectious diseases epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University with a focus on HIV epidemic dynamics and control in Africa. Mom of two humans and one dog. Penn State grad.

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Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · May 24

Very Hard times for our HIV team in Uganda. We’ve reduced incidence of new infections by over 90%. We know how to stop transmission and end AIDS. We were close to zero. What we need now is the will. @rhsp-ug.bsky.social #HIV #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Uganda #EndAIDS #PEPFAR

On the Cusp of Eliminating HIV | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine

The Rakai Health Sciences Program transformed global AIDS policies and cut new cases by 90%. How will its storied research and clinical legacy continue?

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Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · Sep 3

New preprint on #HIV suppression and resistance during DTG transition! Population-level analysis shows improving VL suppression w/minimal DTG resistance. However, we find emergence of S153Y, an integrase mutation linked to reduced DTG efficacy, w/evidence of transmission.

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Patterns of HIV-1 viral load suppression and drug resistance during the dolutegravir transition: a population-based longitudinal study

Background: Data on the population-scale impact of dolutegravir (DTG)-based HIV regimens in sub-Saharan Africa are extremely limited. We used data from a surveillance cohort in southern Uganda to asse...

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Christophe Fraser's Group @christophraser.bsky.social · Aug 26

New paper: we argue that a promising approach for studying mpox vaccine effectiveness in Central Africa to incorporate mpox vaccination + testing data into existing cohort studies, especially those for HIV/STIs.
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Clade I mpox vaccination: strategies for deployment and evaluation

Clade I mpox continues to spread in Central Africa with no sign of abating,1 however very few doses of vaccine have been deployed. Mpox vaccination strategies using either of the licenced vaccines, MV...

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Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · Jul 18

New NIH rules on the use of AI in development of research grant.

But what exactly defines "AI generated"? Without clearly outlined processes for detecting suspect applications, seems like this could be used arbitrarily.

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NOT-OD-25-132: Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications NOT-OD-25-132. NIH

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Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · Jul 16

The BBB cuts to science, health, education and disaster response are impacting former and current WP residents today and certainly will in the future. The next flood is all but inevitable. What will happen when it hits? To our schools and future grads?

Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · Jul 16

I will add that WP suffered a terrible flood in 2011, including my family's home. 8 feet of water on the first floor! #FEMA helped our beautiful community rebuild. But the ripple effects are still being felt with the impending closure of our beloved public school which is reeling from revenue loss.

Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · Jul 16

Increased investment in the NIH and NSF would offer my young WP relatives the high paying jobs of today and the future. Personally, I’d love to raise my children in WP, in the community that made me. But that future requires us to build on tomorrow, not only by honoring our past.

Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · Jul 16

Some of my younger family members, also from WP, bright and driven, are studying science in college. They have so much promise. Yet now they are struggling to find internships and other opportunities because of the recent devastation to NIH/NSF and health.

Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · Jul 16

Yet, we can’t simply rebuild the past. Instead, we must ask: what kind of future can we create for today’s youth in WP? As honorable as my Nona's work was, I don't know many young people that strive to work long hard hours in a factory like her.

Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · Jul 16

My journey, from WP to scientific research, was powered by investments in the #NIH and #education, which are now being drastically cut. I understand why Vance’s promise to restore factory jobs resonates in NEPA. My family faced job losses when NAFTA hit hard in the '90s.

Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · Jul 16

I grew up with traditions: Catholic school, pizza on Fridays, and Sundays in church. Those values instilled a lifelong commitment to service that led me into #publichealth, where I now work to end the #HIV epidemic through #science and compassion.

Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · Jul 16

My family immigrated to NEPA from Italy in the 1920s. My Nona worked in a garment factory making pennies on the dollar. Two generations later, and I'm a researcher at a top US university, a path I never could have dreamed but was possible because of US investments in small communities like WP.

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Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social · Jun 24

Gates Foundation asked me to underscore that its commitment remains steadfast to collaborative effort to make lenacapavir PrEP available to 2 million people in next three years. Question is: Can the collaboration do this without PEPFAR support? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Drug That Could Revolutionize the Fight Against H.I.V.

World leaders are dismantling global health programs and cutting back foreign aid. Will an extraordinary new medicine be able to outpace the damage?

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 3

I've seen folks talk about how "in four years" they'll be able to get back to their planned projects and I really don't think that's going to work out. People & projects losing funding now will not be able to hit pause and come back once funding is restored. Hard-won progress & capacity will be lost

Edward Nirenberg @enirenberg.bsky.social · Jun 3

I worry that not enough of a big deal is being made about how long-term the devastation of these budget cuts to our scientific and health agencies will be, beyond the absolute ruin they will cause in the acute period.

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Science Magazine @science.org · May 30

A halt to foreign “subawards” disrupts ongoing global studies and has researchers scrambling to fulfill ethical obligations to trial volunteers. scim.ag/4dCzA1G

NIH funding policy deals new blow to HIV-related trial networks

Halt to foreign “subawards” disrupts ongoing global studies and has researchers scrambling to fulfil ethical obligations to trial volunteers

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Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · May 30

Difficult read.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 29

Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From US Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations talkingpointsmemo.com/news/death-s...

Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From US Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations

This post first appeared at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign...

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Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · May 24

❤️Thank you so much.

Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · May 24

Really appreciate it! Just to note for everyone that all these funds will go directly to our team in Uganda to maintain clinical care and research capacity.

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Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · May 24

Thank you so much! Our collaborator Phil Kreniske set up a secure donation site through CUNY.
www.tfaforms.com/5173879

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Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · May 24

On the Cusp of Eliminating HIV | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine

The Rakai Health Sciences Program transformed global AIDS policies and cut new cases by 90%. How will its storied research and clinical legacy continue?

magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu

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Reposted by Kate Grabowski

Marc Lipsitch @mlipsitch.bsky.social · May 22

Please consider a comment today if you are in the US. See the advice (shared from an email I received) in the follow-up posts below this one. Tomorrow is the deadline. This is an important part of scientific freedom in this country.

Marc Lipsitch @mlipsitch.bsky.social · May 22

Time Sensitive: Public comment on Schedule F (removing civil service protections for many federal employees INCLUDING THOSE WITH AUTHORITY OVER GRANTS) ends tomorrow. Notice is here: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/... . Comment here (green button) www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... .

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Kate Grabowski @kategrabowski.bsky.social · May 21

Thanks Marc!

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · May 17

This is completely false. Even the largest university endowment cannot sustain large-scale scientific research.

In my 25 years at my school, the most monumental research fund drive raised $325M in *total*. Federal research here costs $200M per *every year*.

This is an extinction-level event.

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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · May 13

The NIH has dropped its research funding by $2.7 billion so far this year.

Cancer research funding has declined 31%.

And new NIH research grants fell to the lowest level in more than a decade.

Eye-opening findings in today's HELP committee minority report:
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · May 9

Just imagine where Tesla stock would be right now if Elon Musk had used his wealth to end the threat of HIV rather than to elect Trump.

Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · Feb 4

Ending the HIV epidemic has never been so achievable.
All that is needed is the resource to ensure that all people everywhere have access to testing and the security that if they test they will be treated.
It’s a challenge the richest man in the world could take on easily, if he chose to.
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Elon Musk.
Other billionaires also have this power.

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John M. Drake @jdrakephd.bsky.social · May 9

Defunding basic research in America may be politically expedient, but its bad for the economy. My thoughts at Forbes.com

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