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Zachary Cohen @depressionlab.bsky.social · 18d

We’re recruiting a Director for @uarizona.bsky.social's newly renovated Behavioral Health Clinic, a core member of our clinical faculty who will help lead grad clinical training. Review starts soon and will continue until we fill the position. Please share widely! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · 21d

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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · Sep 4

@rileym-oneill.bsky.social perhaps worth looking into for upcoming things!

National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) @nacda-icpsr.bsky.social · Sep 4

Making your dataset from The National Social Life Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) just got easier.
Learn about the new Colectica portal where you can create custom data extracts and browse variables across waves, side-by-side.
harmonize.icpsr.umich.edu/Account/Logi...

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Aug 31

Take it from scientists:
These are authoritarian lies.

Trump and Project 2025 are destroying American science.

They already have done great damage. American science has been forever changed and diminished.

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Mr. Trump "is a threat to bureaucracy, not democracy," said Paul Dans, the architect of Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint for Mr. Trump's presidency. "He has an
extremely high regard for science."

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 23

I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail.

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August 22, 2025

Dear Director Bhattacharya:

I write to you regarding your plans after the Supreme Court ruling yesterday. As you know, the Supreme Court did allow a stay on the required grant reinstatements based on a controversial jurisdictional issue but also found that the grant termination processes used were likely illegal.

I know you are deeply concerned about public trust in NIH. I hope that you understand that proceeding to fail to reinstate or to re-terminate grants that had been found to have been illegally terminated will not increase the public trust in NIH. This would also be substantially damaging to science.

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A. Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH @susanaramirez.bsky.social · Aug 2

Feeling this hard today. #AcademicSky

Woman on beach staring at giant wave (tsunami?)

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Diane Chen, PhD @drdianechen.bsky.social · Jul 24

American Psychological Foundation released a call for applications for crisis funding to support early career researchers who had grants terminated. Looks like a great opportunity!

ampsychfdn.org/funding/dacf/

Direct Action Crisis Funding - American Psychological Foundation

The APF Direct Action Crisis Funding grants are for activities to address immediate needs following grant cancellations, including completing a wave of data collection, analyzing already collected dat...

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Brendan Ch'ng, PhD @brendanchng.bsky.social · Jul 5

This initiative is led by @nscorralfrias.bsky.social y.social and @melissafloresphd.bsky.social, in collaboration with the amazing ABRIR Team (@alelazic.bsky.social, @almajeftic.bsky.social, Sergio Barbosa de la Torre, & many others from @abrir.bsky.social).

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Alma Jeftic @almajeftic.bsky.social · Jun 24

Extremely proud to (finally) announce that @abrir.bsky.social will be collaborating with the University of Arizona (@melissafloresphd.bsky.social & @nscorralfrias.bsky.social) thanks to the ORCA Catalytic Award! Follow us for more great news! Let's keep advancing open science! #RepresentationMatters

ABRIR @abrir.bsky.social · Jun 24

Congrats to @melissafloresphd.bsky.social & Designated Campus Colleague @nscorralfrias.bsky.social (U of Arizona), awarded the ORCA Catalytic Award in collaboration with @abrir.bsky.social to advance DEI in open & big team science! Proud of our work: orcaopen.org/work/cap
#OpenScience #ORCA #ABRIR

Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program — Open Research Community Accelerator

The Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA), with generous support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is pleased to launch the Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program.  The program aims to...

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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.medsky.social · Jun 20

Former NIH director Francis Collins speaks out about why he left NIH:

“I didn’t feel I could raise alarms about the harms that were being done to medical research. I was prohibited from speaking about it.”

#medsky

www.aamc.org/news/former-...

Former NIH chief calls research cuts “careless” and “heartless”

Francis Collins, MD, PhD, lauds lifesaving research supported by the National Institutes of Health, explains why he left, and warns of scientific brain drain.

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Maria Glymour @mariaglymour.bsky.social · Jun 15

I wish some of the folks with terminated grants- especially Harvard, Columbia folks - would post the summary statements from NIH study sections about their grants. The public should know what independent scientists thought about the projects that are being terminated. #PublicHealth #EpiSky #EndAlz

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · Jun 18

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 16

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.

This is a major win for public health.

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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · Jun 2

We're hiring! The Health Equity Analytics Lab (HEALab) is seeking a full-time Research Technician III, ideal for a post-bac applying to grad school in Fall 2026. Bilingual, research-savvy, and detail-loving? Join us! 🔗 arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Research Technician III

Coordinate and implement all phases of human subjects research, including IRB submissions, amendments, and continuing reviews; monitor study timelines...

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · May 31

Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health.

But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."

Donald Trump’s proposed budget would gut American science

It would slash cancer research, drug trials, space exploration, and so much more.

www.motherjones.com

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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · May 30

"A life's worth of work" lost. I can relate!

www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/n...

A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut

Harvard's Scott Delaney helped build a database of NIH grant terminations that is being used in litigation against the Trump administration.

www.statnews.com

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · May 29

Jennica Bellanca trained mine workers to stay safe. Her job was cut in massive layoffs at NIOSH, the federal agency that protects worker health.
Jennica warned, “When we’re gone, there’s nobody left to get this vital safety info out.” She was protecting American workers—now millions are at risk.

Trump’s safety research cuts heighten workplace risks, federal workers warn

Layoffs at US occupational safety and health agency leave people vulnerable to illness and injury, ex-workers caution

www.theguardian.com

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JAMA @jama.com · May 22

Understanding how “bad cholesterol” interacts with its receptor could lay the foundation for new therapies to prevent atherosclerosis and cardiac events.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

New Insights On LDL Cholesterol

This Medical News article discusses recent landmark work to visualize the structure of the cholesterol-carrying low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle bound to its cell surface receptor.

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Melissa Flores @melissafloresphd.bsky.social · May 20

Check out this great paper by @rileym-oneill.bsky.social! Nice work!!

Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (new name!) @bsamjournal.bsky.social · Apr 17

In a recent BSAM paper, Riley O'Neill & colleagues examined how experimentally manipulated stress varying in vigilance demand may elicit differing biobehavioral responses and if responses varied by the type of stress.

Free to read for the week so share widely! journals.lww.com/bsam/fulltex...

Examining Impacts of Situational Stress on Cardiovascular... : Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine

nd whether persistent vigilance demand was matched by sustained physiological activation. Methods: A final sample of 135 undergraduate young adults (49% male, 51% female; Mage=19 y, SDage=4 y) was ...

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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · Mar 12

New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.

That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.

Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report

National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

www.forbes.com

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Mar 14

Six award-winning female scientists told Nature about the women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others. #WomenInStem 🧪

Behind every great woman in science, there’s another great woman in science

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others.

go.nature.com

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Seth Judson @sethjudson.bsky.social · Feb 22

A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants.

#IDsky
#Medsky
#Episky

www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos

Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard

www.science.org

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Suzanne Segerstrom @segerstrom.bsky.social · Feb 19

The BSAM @psychosommed.bsky.social Early Career Editorial Board provides a pathway for outstanding early career researchers around the globe to gain experience in reviewing and editorial functions. Apply by April 15. Please share with colleagues and rebleat!
journals.lww.com/bsam/Documen...

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Feb 10

Journal of the American College of Cardiology: "preprints are a cornerstone of modern scientific publishing. Our commitment extends beyond just accepting preprints—we want to actively encourage their use" via @hmkyale.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Preprints: A Revolution in Cardiovascular Science

www.sciencedirect.com

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Feb 4

Among the many reasons the list is bananas is the lack of recognition of how basic science produces unexpected directions and benefits. My own and others work on implicit bias and examining how social systems intersect with identity fundamentally shaped mine and COS's work on science reform.

Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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