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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS

@tyk314.net

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She/Her, NIH/NIA, Ex-PCORI, Health Policy, Biostats. AMSTAT 2027 HPSS Chair. ADRD, RCTs/PCTs, LHS, AI Warrior in Training. 🏊‍♀️🥐🌈🐱🐔Human to @parrishpets.bsky.social. My posts, not NIH's. BD Signer. RT Speaker. Reposts &❤️≠endorsements. Signal: tyk314.15.

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 12d

The end of FY 2025 is coming, and #OMB appears perfectly content to use us as targets. We are not their chess pieces. We serve our PIs. We are here in our personal capacities. Follow the #NIH.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

I know what I want from Santa!!!

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

11. I spoke with Dr. Bhattacharya and journalists, not for heroics, but because we owe our PIs and the patients a chance to "turn discovery into health." Thank you for being with us, @jeremymberg.bsky.social , @csmarcum.bsky.social , and @antifaspecops.bsky.social. #NIHStrong

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

10. I knew the risks of what I was doing in terms of my role within the @amstatnews.bsky.social and @asa-scipol.bsky.social, and most of my close friends within #hpss knew what I was doing to save projects and data from misuse and a rescission.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

9. This conference was the very beginning of August when #OMB threatened #NIH with the rescission. It was only two weeks after our meeting with Dr. Bhattacharya when the threat of retaliation for signing the #BethesdaDeclaration was fresh.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

8. and he failed to use the updated that I had provided him two months prior. The sexism, cisgenderism, and racism burned. He didn't care what I had done to get there, and what it required me to do with every single Type 5 sign-off the week beforehand.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

7. for which I had spent weeks preparing with oversight from directors and presidential appointees. Furthermore, all of us had given him information with our biographies and pronunciations. He misgendered a speaker, he mispronounced another speaker's name,

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

6. GFE, as though he wanted me to be his personal secretary. I cried in my office because I was breaking down from the stress. At the conference, he showed up late while audience members told him to get started, and as a result, I did not have enough time to provide my presentation,

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

5. The colleague knew my predicament as I had sent repeated emails and texts, and he instead decided to ignore critical information and insisted I perform the emotional labor again to tell him what HHS priorities were. It took me hours of time to explain my circumstances, to re-write emails from my

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

4. because of my role in this professional society, and because of my role in the panel, even my slides required approval. I have no idea whether this person felt expediency was the norm in a heavily DOGEd agency and department (expecting expediency from the federal government is unreasonable).

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

3. It's not that people don't understand the experience. The crime is the unwillingness to understand the experience. The colleague knew of my circumstances; all federal employees require presidential appointee approval to travel. Because of the subject matter,

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

2. I can say that in this time, I have greater understanding who my friends are, and the people I want to see on the other side, even though we don't make it out in one piece. It happened in 2009. My husband felt the same way when he returned from OIF.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 9h

1. This piece cuts. I have been angry at a colleague since May, and he knows the reason for it, but he feigned ignorance when I saw him at a conference in August. I viewed this person as a friend, until I realized that when hit with fascism, he would rather say, "Why do you need X right now?"

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 22h

I just emailed my "Silence" essay to the Presidents/Chancellors and Provosts of the 9 Compact universities as well as those from the 4 orgs with which I have been formally affiliated.

The essay can be found here:

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

and here:

www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremy...

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 12h

I am laughing, but I don't see Shelly Breakfast pulling a Noem.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 15h

@bwjones.bsky.social , does @humphryslocombe.bsky.social make a dark or bitter chocolate?

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 19h

Ever had a false positive moment in life? 👀 Thanks for the fun, @clairemkbowen.bsky.social !
#statsskyy #mathsky #rstats #nerdjokes

Your p-value is < α. It's a Type 1 error.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 19h

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is right. You don't just delete laws. And drawing sharpie marks over it doesn't legitimize claims.
#FEDSTRONG

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 20h

Gift link provided. I know Boris Lushniak wasn't a signer here, but he trusts and respects his smart colleagues. The health and safety of US residents are non-partisan efforts. #HHSSTRONG
wapo.st/3VTALll

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 1d

We got that, too, and I also remember Take my Breath Away by Berlin. I remember End of the Road by Boyz 2 Men, too.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 1d

And yes, like you, I'm thinking of unobservable yet critical information.

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 1d

Obviously I haven't read the paper, but what about the revolving door on Medicaid where you qualify and then you don't, and this happens over a span of 10 years?

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 1d

Hooray!

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 1d

@magnificom.bsky.social, can you see this picture with the alt text?

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 1d

Sure. I posted a picture in the thread with the alt text, so that's the example. Did that help?

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 1d

Thank you, @amphote.bsky.social!

Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 2d

5. Small Business Association
Administrator: Kelly Loefflerhttps://www.sba.gov/about-sba/sba-locations/headquarters-offices/office-general-counsel

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Acting Director: Daniel Driscoll

This is the #NIH example. Share and repost as needed. #FEDSTRONG

The NIH LinkedIn post states, "The Trump Administration is working to reopen the government for the American people. Mission-critical activities of HHS will continue during the Democrat-led government shutdown."