Julie B Cooper
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Tariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas.
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
Trump’s Science Policies Pose Long-Term Risk, Economists Warn (Gift Article)
Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains. Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tariffs get all the attention, but ask economists what they're really worried about and many will point to the Trump administration's cuts to federal support for the sciences, including canceling grants and revoking student visas.
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...
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Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization
Since 1974 substantial gains in childhood survival have occurred in every global region.
We estimate that EPI has provided the single greatest contribution to improved infant
survival over the past 50...
www.thelancet.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world.
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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This is a very good point.
Do our university presidents have the courage to do this?
Faculty should push them.
The time is getting short. Musk and Trump if not stopped will kill American academia. Just look at what Republicans did to New College in Florida.
Do our university presidents have the courage to do this?
Faculty should push them.
The time is getting short. Musk and Trump if not stopped will kill American academia. Just look at what Republicans did to New College in Florida.
I'm just a small-town professor. I'll never be a provost or chancellor. But here's some free advice: we're about to hold the most watched college sports event in 🇺🇸. Every college president should be all over TV, at every game, explaining why the March Madness of federal budget cuts is a huge crisis.
👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.
March 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is a very good point.
Do our university presidents have the courage to do this?
Faculty should push them.
The time is getting short. Musk and Trump if not stopped will kill American academia. Just look at what Republicans did to New College in Florida.
Do our university presidents have the courage to do this?
Faculty should push them.
The time is getting short. Musk and Trump if not stopped will kill American academia. Just look at what Republicans did to New College in Florida.
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Researchers, politicians rally for science in Seattle as part of national protest against Trump cuts https://www.geekwire.com/2025/researchers-politicians-rally-for-science-in-seattle-as-part-of-national-protest-against-trump-cuts/
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March 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Researchers, politicians rally for science in Seattle as part of national protest against Trump cuts https://www.geekwire.com/2025/researchers-politicians-rally-for-science-in-seattle-as-part-of-national-protest-against-trump-cuts/
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I feel like the #StandUpForScience events didn't get enough mainstream press coverage, so I wrote a Forbes piece about them.
Had to tie it into my "swim lane" of equity & belonging in the workplace... but that wasn't too hard to do :)
www.forbes.com/sites/rebeka...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Had to tie it into my "swim lane" of equity & belonging in the workplace... but that wasn't too hard to do :)
www.forbes.com/sites/rebeka...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Four Leadership Lessons From The Stand Up For Science Rallies
The Stand Up for Science rallies across the US advocated for support and understanding of the sciences, with themes that provided broader leadership lessons.
www.forbes.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I feel like the #StandUpForScience events didn't get enough mainstream press coverage, so I wrote a Forbes piece about them.
Had to tie it into my "swim lane" of equity & belonging in the workplace... but that wasn't too hard to do :)
www.forbes.com/sites/rebeka...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Had to tie it into my "swim lane" of equity & belonging in the workplace... but that wasn't too hard to do :)
www.forbes.com/sites/rebeka...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
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"Memoli had no choice, he insisted: He was following the direction of three HHS officials—Dorothy Fink, then the acting secretary; Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff; and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy—who told him, in no uncertain terms, that the pause was to continue..."
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Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Memoli had no choice, he insisted: He was following the direction of three HHS officials—Dorothy Fink, then the acting secretary; Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff; and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy—who told him, in no uncertain terms, that the pause was to continue..."
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The Trump admin is planning to strip healthcare away from millions of Americans by proposing new criteria for who can and can't receive Medicaid. Please CALL YOUR SENATORS/CONGRESSPEOPLE. Tell them they work for US. And we demand they protect our access to healthcare.
5calls.org/issue/protec...
5calls.org/issue/protec...
February 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Trump admin is planning to strip healthcare away from millions of Americans by proposing new criteria for who can and can't receive Medicaid. Please CALL YOUR SENATORS/CONGRESSPEOPLE. Tell them they work for US. And we demand they protect our access to healthcare.
5calls.org/issue/protec...
5calls.org/issue/protec...
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Outbreaks of measles in parts of Texas and New Mexico have sickened nearly 100 people, according to state health officials who warned that the number of cases was expected to rise.
Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People
Texas reported 90 cases this week, while New Mexico reported nine. A majority of the cases have been in a Texas county where vaccination rates have lagged behind the rest of the state.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Outbreaks of measles in parts of Texas and New Mexico have sickened nearly 100 people, according to state health officials who warned that the number of cases was expected to rise.
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The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf
February 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf
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I chatted with a program director at NIH for a half hour just now
It's clear that the people who make American science happen are doing everything they can to keep making it happen in a very difficult environment
They deserve our respect and gratitude
It's clear that the people who make American science happen are doing everything they can to keep making it happen in a very difficult environment
They deserve our respect and gratitude
February 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I chatted with a program director at NIH for a half hour just now
It's clear that the people who make American science happen are doing everything they can to keep making it happen in a very difficult environment
They deserve our respect and gratitude
It's clear that the people who make American science happen are doing everything they can to keep making it happen in a very difficult environment
They deserve our respect and gratitude
Reposted by Julie B Cooper
📢 ATTENTION EVERYONE 📢
Trump and the republicans are planning deep cuts to medicaid. Medicaid provides healthcare for millions of Americans including children, pregnant people, people with disabilities, and nursing home residents.
☎️ Call your representatives now!
5calls.org/issue/protec...
Trump and the republicans are planning deep cuts to medicaid. Medicaid provides healthcare for millions of Americans including children, pregnant people, people with disabilities, and nursing home residents.
☎️ Call your representatives now!
5calls.org/issue/protec...
Protect Medicaid Funding ⭑ 5 Calls
Medicaid is a health insurance program serving 72 million low-income and disabled Americans that is jointly funded and administered by …
5calls.org
February 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
📢 ATTENTION EVERYONE 📢
Trump and the republicans are planning deep cuts to medicaid. Medicaid provides healthcare for millions of Americans including children, pregnant people, people with disabilities, and nursing home residents.
☎️ Call your representatives now!
5calls.org/issue/protec...
Trump and the republicans are planning deep cuts to medicaid. Medicaid provides healthcare for millions of Americans including children, pregnant people, people with disabilities, and nursing home residents.
☎️ Call your representatives now!
5calls.org/issue/protec...
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Vitally important that Republicans who support NIH Alzheimer’s research reverse this immediately. Susan Collins, Tom Cole, Shelley Moore Capito, especially.
Republicans like Roy Blunt, Tom Cole, and Susan Collins have all powerfully championed public spending to combat Alzheimer's. NIH's center on this is named after Roy Blunt. Cole spoke at its opening.
Will any Republicans step up and voice these sentiments now?
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Will any Republicans step up and voice these sentiments now?
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
February 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Vitally important that Republicans who support NIH Alzheimer’s research reverse this immediately. Susan Collins, Tom Cole, Shelley Moore Capito, especially.
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The thing about destroying NIH is NIH’s scale in medical research just dwarfs everyone else.
For ex, in 2023 the American Cancer Society gave out $64.5 million worth of grants. Sounds big, right?
But NIH’s budget was $49 billion. With a B.
Kill NIH and the floor drops out of US science.
For ex, in 2023 the American Cancer Society gave out $64.5 million worth of grants. Sounds big, right?
But NIH’s budget was $49 billion. With a B.
Kill NIH and the floor drops out of US science.
HHS might as well be wrapping a wire around a piece of metal and running a current through it and see what happens.
February 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The thing about destroying NIH is NIH’s scale in medical research just dwarfs everyone else.
For ex, in 2023 the American Cancer Society gave out $64.5 million worth of grants. Sounds big, right?
But NIH’s budget was $49 billion. With a B.
Kill NIH and the floor drops out of US science.
For ex, in 2023 the American Cancer Society gave out $64.5 million worth of grants. Sounds big, right?
But NIH’s budget was $49 billion. With a B.
Kill NIH and the floor drops out of US science.
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Click on your state !
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
February 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Click on your state !
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state
February 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In case folks are interested in contacting their congresspeople about the NIH indirect cuts with some estimates of what they would mean for institutions in their state, here are some estimates based on published F&A rates and funding ... let me know if you want a particular state
Who needs science? 😐 www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Who needs science? 😐 www.science.org/content/arti...