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Kristen Kroll

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I lead a Washington University lab focused on regulation of brain development and using stem cell, organoid and mouse models to study its disruption in neurodevelopmental disorders. Views are my own. https://sites.wustl.edu/krolllab

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Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · May 1

Honored to receive a 2025 Washington University Impact Award, focusing on how our researchers and doctors are working with partners around the country to improve access to medical screening and care and meaningful therapies in new areas of science and medicine.

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 6d

🧪 Many official government websites now have partisan propaganda about the government shutdown (as below for NIH/HHS)--this is an illegal violation of the Hatch Act. See the instructions below for registering your objection to this illegal use of government webpages for partisan propaganda.

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 9d

For many years now—we must stand up for democracy, if we want to continue living in one.

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 9d

This

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 11d

🧪Guideline convergence across specialties and borders leads to the same recommendation: acetaminophen remains appropriate first-line therapy for fever and pain in pregnancy.

Don’t let disinformation drive clinical care. substack.com/@kristenkrol...

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What the best evidence actually shows: Large, modern, better-controlled designs The 2024 Swedish population study (n≈2.5M) used sibling analyses to control for shared genetics and environment. Result...

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 12d

I’m guessing those kinds of assertions are coming, never mind that of causes of death to be concerned about include the obsession with guns in America but with no corresponding gun laws whatsoever. You want to prevent unnecessary wrongful death, that’s where you start.

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 12d

Speaking diplomatically when the person you’re talking to is not basing anything they ‘think’ on actual facts and reality IS somewhat crazy-making. I only try so hard, after that you have to call it off and tell them when they want to deal in reality, you’re there for them.

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 12d

There’s a choice of whether or not to learn science—if they don’t want to learn, they’ll have to know that their opinion means nothing because they are willfully ignorant

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Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 12d

I think we have to address the misinformation coming from this admin in particular and referring to the actual science, of the kind explained reasonably here. And I have worked with many brilliant scientists on the spectrum, and often appreciate their unique approach and perspective on our research.

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 12d

🧪on recent assertions by RFK Jr. regarding autism and Tylenol: You may wish to pass this along to others who need to separate facts and data from the unsupported or falsifiable assertions made by those with much less knowledge leading our HHS.

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For those who have asked me about recent assertions by RFK Jr. regarding Tylenol and autism, please see this article and the NYT deep dive penned by Sam Wang, who has also studied this topic in depth....

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 20d

So important
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Anyone who watched the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner got a glimpse of how much Trump hates being mocked. President Obama and Seth Meyers spent nearly five minutes roasting Trump over his pro...

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 20d

Stephen and Jimmy go online to create their own show…and warn that our mainstream media and the current regime would like for them to ‘shut their traps’:

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https://youtu.be/HMGD1KCYFOw Stephen and Jimmy go online to create their own show…and warn that our mainstream media and the current regime would like for them to ‘shut their traps’—amazing!

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 20d

Stephen’s conservative cousin returns to have “a word” with us 😂😂

Please stay, satirical Colbert, as reality truly has that “well known liberal bias” you once called out, regarding democracy and the common good.

Now more than ever, we need you: other Stephen Colbert!

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Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 23d

Love both of these guys—sane, humane, thoughtful voices in a world that increasingly seems utterly unhinged. Thank you Stephen and Prof. Reich

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https://fb.watch/C8WkS8BNio/?fs=e Love both of these guys—sane, humane, thoughtful voices in a world that increasingly seems utterly unhinged. Thank you Stephen and Prof. Reich

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 23d

Happy to speak with you further, as a prof in the life sciences at Washington U. My email is [email protected] and I can also reach out to you…although I’m currently working on many grant applications and manuscript submissions so I’m more than a little over-committed at this fraught political time.

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 23d

We’re still holding on for now, in part due to philanthropic support stepping in where the NIH is beyond sluggish. I think anyone wholly depending on federal funds will have problems these days, because the system is broken.

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 23d

One can only hope, as we now need a prescription to qualify for a COVID booster, and likely the new variants will be worse than ever given declining herd immunity/vaccination.

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 24d

Congratulations, Stephen! You saved our sanity for decades with incisive satire, brilliant commentary, kindness and humanity.

Will miss you dearly. And yes, reality DOES still—perhaps now more than ever—have a “well known liberal bias”.

Please don’t be a stranger in our living rooms and lives

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 24d

Indeed

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 24d

And then we brought them to the US to work for us

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · 24d

🧪AUTHORITARIANISM IN ACTION RFK Jr. has banned government scientists from publishing in the world’s top medical journals.
This will isolate U.S. science from the global community — and people WILL DIE as a result.
Now would be a great time to contact your Congressperson!

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Jlou @wehearvoices.bsky.social · 28d

RIP, Charlie Kirk.
Your motto was “Prove Me Wrong”

Especially on guns, I think you were proved wrong, unless your grieving wife and children still believe that the cost of 2nd A in America is gun death.
And, now you aren’t here to Prove me wrong.
I’m sorry.

#DemVoice1
#Voices4Victory
#Pinks

Dark blue poster with text in white, saying, “it’s the damn guns”
Text in red says, Again

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · Sep 9

Cut them loose so the rest of us can move into the 21st century, rather than back to the dark ages.
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Cut the Failed Red States Loose: Why America Can't Keep Carrying the Dead Weight

Jackson, Mississippi residents spent weeks collecting rainwater in buckets during their third water system collapse since 2021.

Kristen Kroll @kkroll.bsky.social · Sep 9

Very cool—thanks for sharing!