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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD

@superbug-slayer.bsky.social

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Infectious disease epidemiologist. Harold Simon Distinguished Professor @UCSanDiego. Phage wrangler @IPATH. Author of The Perfect Predator. ThePerfectPredator.com

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Feb 25

The #NIH funding fiasco, cont'd @nytimes.com.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

President Trump’s Cuts to Medical Research

How government cuts are slowing research.

www.nytimes.com

Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you!

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 15

Interesting backstory…

Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · Aug 15

New: I spent the week looking into the cancelled mRNA contracts. Interviews with HHS officials and MAGA and MAHA influencers reveal an HHS agency plagued by dysfunction as Kennedy chips away at the nation’s public health.

www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...

How RFK Jr. alienated MAGA, MAHA and the White House in a single week

The botched announcement about mRNA vaccines reveals a health department full of dysfunction and infighting.

www.msnbc.com

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thanks for the shoutout!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Jun 11

Amazing to watch the United States of America turn it back on vaccines.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · Jun 11

BREAKING: RFK Jr. names Martin Kulldorff and Robert Malone and six others to ACIP.

x.com/SecKennedy/s...

Secretary Kennedy on X: "On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s" / X

On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 current members of the committee. I’m now repopulating ACIP with the eight new members who will attend ACIP’s

x.com

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · Jun 10

"These are scientists, physicians, epidemiologists & other experts who are honored to serve their country because they care deeply about public health." @richbesser.bsky.social in defense of #ACIP and on the risks posed by political interference in its critical work. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/a...

RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine experts endangers every American

“Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, pediatrician and president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

www.statnews.com

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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · May 21

In a new #OpEd, Daniel Pham, MD, discusses the debate surrounding Casey Means’ nomination for U.S. Surgeon General, weighing concerns about her medical background against the broader responsibilities of the role in public health leadership.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

Opinion | Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine?

Their leadership must be grounded in sound public health priorities

www.medpagetoday.com

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NPR @npr.org · May 21

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

www.npr.org

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Apr 24

I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 16

Seth Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science” while presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony — sometimes called the “Oscars of Science” — where Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were in attendance. Rogen's comments were cut from the broadcast.

Seth Rogen’s Trump Jokes Are Edited Out of Awards Broadcast

While presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony this month, Mr. Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science.”

www.nytimes.com

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Joe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · Mar 12

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette

Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.

news.harvard.edu

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Mar 8

Precisely. And the ability to triage grants based solely on political views, out of the public eye. NIH has a history of piloting new procedures. I hope they do this before this centralized review process is institutionalized.

Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Feb 27

I've been saying the same thing. Just horrible.

Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Feb 26

Makes me want to buy a tractor.

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MedPage Today @medpagetoday.com · Feb 26

AP: #Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on #fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn't allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral. #medsky
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Utah Close to Becoming First State to Fully Ban Fluoride in Water

Measure would strip cities' ability to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral

www.medpagetoday.com

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Feb 26

It's a hopeful sign, but no advisory councils rescheduled yet, and without those, outstanding scores mean nothing as grants will hang in limbo.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Feb 25

New article up in The Scientist

the-scientist.com/federal-empl...

Federal Employee Firings Threaten the Future of American Research, Scientists Fear

After widespread government layoffs, scientists worry about the uncertain future of research and advocate action to rise above the situation.

the-scientist.com

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Feb 25

The #NIH funding fiasco, cont'd @nytimes.com.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

President Trump’s Cuts to Medical Research

How government cuts are slowing research.

www.nytimes.com

Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Feb 20

#Scientists need to speak up to save the institutions that fund #scientific #research like #NIH, the largest public funding agency supporting #science in the world. That's why I spoke to @medpagetoday.bsky.social.

www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Federal Register Blackout Blocks NIH Funding

New strategy is like pouring 'cement in the pipes of the federal funding infrastructure'

www.medpagetoday.com

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Feb 20

Thx for your support for my #memoir, #ThePerfectPredator! #Scicomm has never been so important.

#pandemics #superbugs #AMR #science #epidemiology

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Feb 20

Thanks for covering this story, Cheryl!

Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Aug 17

This is my first post here. I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist who studies #HIV prevention & #harmreduction. I also co-direct IPATH, a nonprofit that is advancing #phagetherapy to combat #AMR. Give me a follow!

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Steffanie Strathdee, PhD @superbug-slayer.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist w/ >24,000 followers on #Twitter hoping to find y'all & more like-minded folx here!

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