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Rachel Nethery
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Biostatistician working on quantitative methods for studying environment, climate, and health at Harvard School of Public Health

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Dr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 9d
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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CAFE Climate & Health @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social · 22d
State of the Science Webinar: AI & Data Science—Beyond the Buzzwords

How are AI & data science being applied in health & extreme weather research? Our panel will share insights into opportunities, challenges, and what to watch for next.

📅 October 29 | 🕒 3:00 p.m. ET
🔗 https://loom.ly/o4FsQ4A

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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NPR @npr.org · Oct 2
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear about his cross-party appeal in a state that has always overwhelmingly voted for Trump.
In Trump country, a Democrat critiques Trump — and talks of succeeding him
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear about his cross-party appeal in a state that has always overwhelmingly voted for Trump.
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Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery, Clark Gray

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CAFE Climate & Health @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social · Sep 18
For 25+ years, SEDAC has provided vital population, environmental, & socioeconomic data. Through our collaboration w/ CIESIN climate.columbia.edu, SEDAC data will live on harvarddataverse.bsky.social, ensuring long-term preservation and access.

Learn more and explore: https://loom.ly/BID_wE8

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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CAFE Climate & Health @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social · Sep 9
Tomorrow! Droughts and Health

Join @jesseberman.bsky.social‬ from the U of Minnesota as part of our State of the Science webinar series, where experts from across disciplines share insights into environmental impacts on health.

📅 Sept 10 | 🕚 12:00 PM ET
🔗 https://loom.ly/CNemV_Q

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery, Katherine Siegel

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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Sep 8
We welcome Ellen Considine as a new CIRES Fellow! Previously a @CUBoulder undergrad, Considine returns to campus to study environmental health and data science. Read about her here:

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery, Laura E. Dee, Katherine Siegel

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ESIIL @cu-esiil.bsky.social · Sep 2
We are currently accepting Postdoc applications!
Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · Aug 11
In a new statement, the presidents of @nasonline.org and @NAM.edu urge federal leaders to respect and safeguard the integrity and objectivity of federal statistical agencies and the information they produce.

Read: buff.ly/6ppRoMJ

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Harvard Chan C-CHANGE @harvardcchange.bsky.social · Jul 31
New study by Rachel Nethery et al. in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social‬ finds floods raise hospitalization rates in older adults for:

- injuries
- skin diseases
- nervous system diseases
- musculoskeletal system diseases

...during the flood & in the following month: hsph.harvard.edu/climate-heal...
Flooding increases hospitalization risks in older adults | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Floods are the most frequently occurring climate hazard and are projected to become more frequent and intense in the coming decades due to climate change,
hsph.harvard.edu

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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CAFE Climate & Health @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social · Jul 28
Hurricanes & Health: Understanding Risks & Fostering Resilience

Join our virtual event for insights into hurricane activity, health impacts, preparedness, and more. Speakers, lightning talks, and networking!

🗓️ Aug 4 | 🕚 11 a.m.–3 p.m. ET
🔗 Register: https://loom.ly/vnDBEnc

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery, Thilina D. Surasinghe

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · Jul 15
Does prescribed burning reduce overall smoke from wildfire? We have 2 new papers that try to quantify. Answer: each acre Rx burned yields ≥3x more reduction in future wildfire smoke than is emitted in the Rx burn. But can take years to realize benefits.
www.stanfordecholab.com/blog/prescri...
smoke impacts of prescribed burning — ECHO: Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab | Stanford University
Yes, it almost certainly does, but benefits in terms of net smoke reductions take a few years to be realized.   By: Marshall Burke Wildfire smoke is a rapidly growing environmental health haz...
www.stanfordecholab.com

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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CAFE Climate & Health @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social · Jul 8
Tomorrow! How Environmental Pressures Alter Fungal Disease Epidemiology

Learn how environmental changes are affecting food security, antifungal resistance & expansion of disease—and potential solutions.

📅 July 9 | 🕗 11:00 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: https://loom.ly/qdZzkDc

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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CAFE Climate & Health @climatehealthcafe.bsky.social · Jul 3
Explore the brand new CAFE website: Your destination for climate and health research resources, data, events, and networking tools.

Take a tour: https://loom.ly/CeTjeII

Reposted by Benjamin Mason Meier, Rachel C. Nethery, Michael Pollard , and 1 more

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 9
If you weren't angry enough already, here are the rates of non-competitive renewals through May.

4008 Non-competitive renewals were due to be funded in May.

The total funded was 99!

Some is due to terminations, but most is due to slow grant making due to DOGE review and other impediments.

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Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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STAT @statnews.com · Jun 9
Several hundred NIH employees signed on to a letter rebuking agency actions since the start of President Trump's second term trib.al/go5Nkds
Several hundred NIH employees sign a letter of protest to the agency’s director
Several hundred NIH employees signed on to a letter rebuking agency actions since the start of President Trump's second term
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Rachel Nethery @rachelnethery.bsky.social · May 29
So, not only are we ending support for the bird flu vaccine development project, but also Dr. Oz (the CMS administrator) wants to adopt the flu-ridden birds and effectively conduct a giant, uncontrolled gain-of-function experiment on his ranch...

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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STAT @statnews.com · May 29
A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut
Q&A with Scott Delaney: Lost grants represent ‘a life’s worth of work’
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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.
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Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 23
I am a big believe of doing your own research and checking facts and sources.

BUT THE BIG PROBLEM IS THAT A POST FROM SOME DUDE ON THE INTERNET SHOULD NOT BE WEIGHTED THE SAME AS INFORMATION FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS SPENT DECADES STUDYING AN ISSUE.

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NOAA @noaa.gov · May 22
NOAA’s Atlantic #HurricaneSeason Outlook 2025:

There's a 60% chance of an above-normal season.

A likelihood of 13-19 named storms of which 6-10 could become hurricanes, including 3-5 major hurricanes

--> Download graphics & more at: bit.ly/2025Atlantic...

nws.noaa.gov #HurricaneOutlook

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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Jose Figueroa, MD, MPH @joefigs.bsky.social · May 21
Last week was hard for us @hsph.harvard.edu after losing all NIH grants.

This week, we are forced to reckon with what’s next, including shutting down research portfolios, considering staffing cuts, and scrambling to cover salaries.

HSPH: “ground zero” of NIH cuts

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
Federal Cuts Become ‘All Consuming’ at Harvard’s Public Health School
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery, Ankur Pandya

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Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · May 21
can confirm
Federal Cuts Become ‘All Consuming’ at Harvard’s Public Health School
www.nytimes.com

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · May 14
My ongoing request:

If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here.

NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h...

NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...

Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
dangaristo.bsky.social Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 14
NSF appears to be terminating hundreds of its grants to Harvard, per internal sources at NSF and at Harvard. At least one division has had all its grants cut.

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · May 8
NEW: NOAA retires its widely cited billion-dollar weather and climate database amid staff cuts. Unique database had been tallying disaster costs for 45 years. www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/c...
NOAA ends extreme weather database that tracked cost of disasters since 1980 | CNN
Its discontinuation is another Trump-administration blow to the public’s view into how fossil fuel pollution is changing the world around them and making extreme weather more costly.
www.cnn.com

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Rachel Nethery @rachelnethery.bsky.social · Apr 25
Essential viewing at the end of a difficult week: Lemon Drop, my aunt's baby goat, jumping on a trampoline

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Kai Chen @kaichenyale.bsky.social · Apr 25
If you recently had a manuscript withdrawn from EHP, the AGU GeoHealth journal would be happy to consider your work.

For manuscripts that have already undergone peer review and are in the revision stage, we can fast-track the review process.

#EpiSky @isee-global.bsky.social

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Kai Chen @kaichenyale.bsky.social · Apr 24
So sad to see this happening: the leading environmental health journal EHP stops handling manuscripts. Some friends with manuscripts in revision (months to even a year in the peer review process) got their manuscripts withdrawn. Hope this is just a pause but not the end.

Reposted by Rachel C. Nethery

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Harvard Chan C-CHANGE @harvardcchange.bsky.social · Apr 23
As we enter #FloodSeason,

🌊 Be prepared with the Flood Action Plan & Tip Sheet we created w/ Americares! 🌊

✅ Know your flood risk
✅ Protect your meds & important documents
✅ Learn how to safely clean up after a flood

Full Guide: loom.ly/Gy4P2-c

#FloodSafety
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · Apr 23
The trope that universities are "dependent" on the federal government fundamentally misunderstands how vital this partnership has been for the US. The private sector can't replace it. If we kill it, we're all worse off. From @donmoyn.bsky.social and me: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/are-univer...
Moreover, these funds serve the public interest. Universities do things private companies with research capacities cannot: train research talent, conduct basic research with uncertain payoffs, and distribute knowledge as a public good. And the rewards have been enormous. Everything from the internet to pharmaceutical and health care innovations evolved from such investments. We are richer and healthier for the investment.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 21
Breaking News: Harvard sued the Trump administration, fighting back against its threats to slash billions of dollars from the school’s research funding. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
A headline over a photo of a school building reads: "Harvard University Sues Trump Administration." Photo by Tony Luong for The New York Times.

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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · Apr 21
UPDATE: The NIH has made this move official — publishing the draft we reported on this morning

www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...