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Reza Yousefi Nooraie @rynooraie.bsky.social · 7d

This is really sad.

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · 13d

This is such an incredibly important study countering claims that cutting research funds is no big deal.

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 13d

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

"We analyze 27 years of NIH extramural awards & their review scores to identify the bottom 40% of grants that would have been eliminated from 1980 to 2007... We then identify new molecular entity drugs, approved in the 21st century, that are linked to these grants"

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17d

Great to see: The Vaccine integrity Project rolls out this week www.wsj.com/health/healt... @mtosterholm.bsky.social

The Doctors Building a Public-Health Universe Outside the Government

A growing contingent of physicians and policymakers are breaking away from federal health guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

www.wsj.com

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Self-care is overrated—helping others has the biggest benefits for everyone involved

A new 2-week intervention finds that helping others improves well-being more than "self-kindness", with benefits for depressed mood, anxiety, and loneliness due to social connection psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

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Reza Yousefi Nooraie @rynooraie.bsky.social · Aug 12

Made my day ..

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Center for Advancing Health Services Policy & Economics Research @cahsperiph.bsky.social · Jul 4

NIH funding cuts to implementation science slowing progress on HIV - WashU School of Public Health schoolofpublichealth.washu.edu/nih-funding-...

NIH funding cuts to implementation science slowing progress on HIV - WashU School of Public Health

Implementation research has been critical driver toward ending HIV epidemic, says WashU's Elvin Geng.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · Jun 29

(Sidebar: New local movements typically arise out of existing bonds of social trust. Work with who you have, join with organizers who are already at work.)

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 15

Hi. Hello.

If you don't "believe" germ theory, you probably shouldn't be the head of HHS in 2025.

We said what we said. Send skeet.

#StandUpforScience

NPR @npr.org · Jun 14

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 12

Better save a copy of this now

CDC Table: Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2025

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∙ ᴘᴀᴜʟɪɴᴀ ∙ @iamthepaulina.bsky.social · Jun 11

Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jun 9

A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated

NOAA's Center for Heat Resilient Communities would have helped local officials keep residents safe.

www.motherjones.com

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 9

“Health concerns are a universal human concern,” @jeremymberg.bsky.social told CNN. “The NIH system… has been unbelievably productive in terms of generating progress on specific diseases.”

www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...

#BethesdaDeclaration
#StandUpForScience

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies | CNN

Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump...

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jun 9

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies

www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/h...

NIH employees publish ‘Bethesda Declaration’ in dissent of Trump administration policies | CNN

Staffers at the US National Institutes of Health published a letter of dissent, taking issue with what they see as the politicization of research and destruction of scientific progress under the Trump...

www.cnn.com

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Reza Yousefi Nooraie @rynooraie.bsky.social · Jun 5

The world does not stop obviously!

Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · Jun 5

As the USA shuts down programs to develop HIV vaccines, we have exiting news from Australia of new work delivering RNA encoding bits of HIV to T cells #Immunosky 🧪🧵

Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’

Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · Jun 5

Here we go again. We looked at the health effects of the "Muslim ban" in Trump's first term: it increased missed primary care & ER visits in people from the targeted countries. This latest round of bans from Trump may turn out to have implications for health as well. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Health Care Utilization Before and After the US Muslim Ban Executive Order

This cohort study investigates the association between health care utilization and the so-called Muslim ban executive order for people born in Muslim-majority countries and living in Minneapolis-St. P...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · May 30

Good job, #RussellVought, #ElonMusk, #RFKJr and #JayBhattacharya: "Even using the lower value in calculations, the lost health from the NIH cuts translates into more than $8.2 trillion ($100 000 × 82 million years)." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · May 29

We match scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, summer camps, and more for virtual Q&As about science!

Tell the organizers in your life! We match once a week, all summer long 🧪

Sign up here:
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · May 24

Stop treating international students like a burden!!

Treat them as a valuable resource!

1.1 million international students at U.S. universities contributed $43.8 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2023-2024 academic year and supported more than 378,000 jobs

www.npr.org/2025/05/24/n...

By the numbers: A look at international students at Harvard and across the U.S.

The latest criticism from the Trump administration of Harvard University highlighted the number of international students entering the United States each year for higher education.

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Reza Yousefi Nooraie @rynooraie.bsky.social · May 24

Depending on how things evolve, this could be the next chapter in the life of evidence-based decision making movement: how 'best evidence' and 'uncertainty' were transformed from being totally ignored into a weapon of anti science.

Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · May 24

In isolation, the list of stated aims for improving research practice is quite good and aligned with many of the objectives that are common in the movement and things that I also advocate for personally.

Reza Yousefi Nooraie @rynooraie.bsky.social · May 23

My morning routine of checking the daily news and scrolling through the nightmares that are unfolding around me is ruining my QOL!

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · May 23

This is especially important: “We call upon our fellow institutions of higher education in the United States to declare their willingness to facilitate the immediate co-enrollment of Harvard’s international students, including formal acceptance of transfer for immigration purposes.”

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · May 23

“Nakedly authoritarian and retaliatory” — statement from Harvard’s @aaup.bsky.social chapter on the termination of Harvard’s SEVP certification.

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Reza Yousefi Nooraie @rynooraie.bsky.social · May 23

The evidence is there!

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · May 22

What do tax cuts for the rich do?

They increase inequality.

They have no effect on economic growth or unemployment.

"Our results provide strong evidence against the influential political–economic idea that tax cuts for the rich ‘trickle down’ to boost the wider economy."

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Transforming Evidence @transformevidence.bsky.social · May 22

An Atlas of Connections (and Omissions!)
Jonathan Breckon introduces the University and Policy Engagement Network (UPEN)'s new map of the UK's policy-academic world.

#visualisations #maps #evidence #policy

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Implementation Science Journals @implementsci.bsky.social · May 22

Use of implementation science theoretical approaches in hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 1 randomised trials of healthcare interventions: A scoping review #impsci #ImpSciComms

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The use of implementation science theoretical approaches in hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 1 randomised trials of healthcare interventions: A scoping review - Implementation Science

Background Hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomised controlled trials (RCTs) aim to accelerate the translation of proven clinical interventions into routine care by concurrently investiga...

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Reza Yousefi Nooraie @rynooraie.bsky.social · May 22

I particularly resonate with the "knowledge translation" component. We need a guide/template for researchers to summarize their research in plain language, indicate the role of public funds, and highlight the consequences of the (direct and indirect) funding cuts.

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 22

Despite efforts to defund critical research, the scientific community endures—through open-access data, global collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to truth.

Read Lisa Fazio’s rallying call here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#sciencenotsilence
#StandUpForScience

When the government cancels your research grant, here’s what you can do

The mass cancellation of US federal grants marks yet another escalation in political interference in science, but there are ways to keep crucial research going.

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