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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Aug 23

How bad is COVID now?
Current NB.1.81 feels much worse than a cold: sore throats, fevers, headaches, exhaustion, body aches. Flu is similar. Shots won’t make you bulletproof but slash risk of hospitalization + long-term complications.
We are currently experiencing a surge in cases.

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · Aug 14

Check out this new review of preclinical, human lab, and clinical studies to advance treatment of cannabis use disorder, with recommendations on where the field might go next (hint: define efficacy by considering what patients are asking for in treatment, which is typically not abstinence)

Maggie Bedillion, PhD @magbedillion.bsky.social · Aug 13

Fun collaboration with @meghaney.bsky.social @cassiemoorephd.bsky.social @eliseweerts.bsky.social @carolinearout.bsky.social & Hannah Harris on pharmacotherapy for cannabis use disorder!

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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · Jul 14

i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now

www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...

Fear and loathing on study section: Reviewing grant proposals while the system is burning

As grants are canceled, delayed and subject to general uncertainty, participating in study sections can feel futile. But it’s more important than ever.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · Jul 14

Join us virtually on October 16-17 to learn more about the latest science re. cannabis/cannabinoids and the gut-brain access

Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR @ UCSD) @cmcr-ucsd.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌿 Register Now: CMCR Symposium explores cannabis & gut-brain paradoxes. Virtual event Oct 16–17, free CME credits!
https://tr.ee/TJB4b3
#CannabisResearch

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · Jul 14

Symptoms often improve over time in RCTs. Without a placebo comparison, it’s impossible to tell what impact cannabis has on these symptoms.

Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research @cannabisjrnl.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢 New in Cannabis & Cannabinoid Research: Haney et al. tested daily oral cannabis (300mg CBD:15mg THC) vs placebo for taxane-induced neuropathic pain.

🟢 Well-being improved
🔴 Cannabis worsened several outcomes vs placebo

📄 www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
@meghaney.bsky.social

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Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you missed out on a spot at the other neuroscience/psychoactive drug GRCs this summer, we still have spots open at the Cannabinoid GRC with an exciting program ranging from clinical to pre-clinical to big data to society! Register today! grc.org/cannabinoid-... RT please!

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · Jun 26

So grateful to receive this @cpddorg.bsky.social award in honor of my mentor, Marian Fischman-a pioneer in human lab models of #SUDs and a wonderful person. To be nominated by my former mentee, @zivacooper.bsky.social and colleagues @williamstoops.bsky.social and Sandy Comer made it very special.

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · Jun 19

thank you! so meaningful to me ❤️

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 18

The findings at the recent trial and today's Columbia chaos is pushing me to the edge.

I just sent the following email...

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Brittany Barker @brittanysbarker.bsky.social · Jun 14

Trump's military parade will cost $25-45 Million dollars, while federal funding for science is slashed, public servants are fired, and life-saving programs are ended, presumably to save money. Got it. I'll be saying what I think about that at @indivisible.org #NoKingsDay tomorrow. #StandUpForScience

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · May 21

yes, Mom. Tell your job!

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · May 1

Always a pleasure talking to the esteemed Dr. Igor Grant about cannabis science. Subscribe to this podcast!

Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR @ UCSD) @cmcr-ucsd.bsky.social · May 1

🎙️ New Episode Alert! 🎙️
Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) - In Episode 6 of High5, Dr. Grant talks with @meghaney.bsky.social from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social about how regular cannabis use can become problematic and lead to CUD.
🎧 Listen & subscribe! 🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/wrmvrjoxgh
#High5Podcast

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · Apr 24

wow-good for you!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 18

This apparently has to do with the fact that Grants Management Specialists now have to justify every payment (not just every grant, but every reimbursement) and the process for managing this is not yet set up (or at least that it my current understanding)...

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 18

Second (takes deep breath)

It appears that PAYMENTS FOR ALL GRANTS THROUGH THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ARE BEING FROZEN.

If this is correct, then no funds will be transferred to any grantee institution, at least at this time.

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ALT: a cartoon of a chicken with its mouth open and a drop of blood coming out of it

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · Apr 11

So grateful for the hospitality and overall great time that you showed me. I ❤️ Calgary

Matt Hill @cannabrain.bsky.social · Apr 11

A bittersweet farewell to @meghaney.bsky.social after an amazing month of her as a visiting scholar with our cannabis & addiction research groups here at @hotchkissbrain.bsky.social. Lots of great interactions and collaborations with more to come! @mayoonthebrain.bsky.social @borglandlab.bsky.social

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · Apr 5

Let’s go, Steve!!

Steve Gust @drdisgusto.bsky.social · Apr 5

George you are making me famous!

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · Mar 15

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · Mar 7

leaving my blue bubble to drive across this ‘great’ country. Going to tally the middle fingers vs the thumbs up. Crossing a lot of enemy territory!

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · Feb 23

Love to see the Guardian state outright that continuing to block posting to the Federal Register is in violation of court orders. So who are we holding in contempt here? If there isn't another move to force compliance then what good is our legal system? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · Feb 21

Today, my office is in court to keep up our efforts to stop Trump's National Institutes of Health funding cuts that will slow down lifesaving medical research.

We're urging the court to continue to block these funding cuts as we keep fighting this reckless abuse of power.

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · Feb 19

If the block on the Federal Register isn’t removed in the next few months, I fear a majority of labs will close within a year. This small procedural wrench has the power to kill US science indefinitely, losing an entire generation of discovery and innovation.

Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · Feb 19

I had two grant proposals up for review in the NIH Bacterial Virulence (BV) study section. It was canceled without notice this morning.
Without those grants, my lab must close within a year.
And so the purge of scientific research in the US continues
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#MicroSky 🦠🧫🧪🧬🔬

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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · Feb 19

I've been stalking NIH Reporter to see if any new R01s fund at the 15% F&A rate, but... no new full R01s have funded since 2/10/2025, not a single R01 - across all of NIH - since 2/08. Only 18 grants have been newly funded - I am happy for the F31/F32/F30, R35, K99 trainees who have received $$.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · Feb 15

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · Feb 14

An absolutely scorching OpEd by Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, on Trump's destruction of the vaunted US scientific & biomedical enterprise & on Trump's kooky picks to lead the US health & science agencies

Gift link to share far & wide

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article)

The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

www.nytimes.com

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Meg Haney, PhD @meghaney.bsky.social · Feb 4

I guess all upcoming research grants need to be entitled ‘Rich, Fat, White Men: Factors influencing Their Superiority”

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