Allison Gilmer-Grimaldi, DNP, MPH, RN, FNP-BC
@agilmer.bsky.social
Family Nurse Practitioner 🩺
Advocate for public health, equity, and justice 🌎
Boston College Alum ‘15, ‘19 🦅
Johns Hopkins DNP/MPH ‘25
Advocate for public health, equity, and justice 🌎
Boston College Alum ‘15, ‘19 🦅
Johns Hopkins DNP/MPH ‘25
This is completely bonkers and a slippery slope. VA guidelines allow providers to refuse treatment based on personal characteristics, like marital status and party. This results from an EO on Jan 30. This is incredibly dangerous and can lead to denial of care for who knows what else
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‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans
Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is completely bonkers and a slippery slope. VA guidelines allow providers to refuse treatment based on personal characteristics, like marital status and party. This results from an EO on Jan 30. This is incredibly dangerous and can lead to denial of care for who knows what else
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Reposted by Allison Gilmer-Grimaldi, DNP, MPH, RN, FNP-BC
Militarized police on the streets of America will NOT make us great.
Single-payer healthcare will make America great.
Universal childcare will make America great.
Housing for All will make America great.
Tuition-free college will make America great.
Single-payer healthcare will make America great.
Universal childcare will make America great.
Housing for All will make America great.
Tuition-free college will make America great.
June 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Militarized police on the streets of America will NOT make us great.
Single-payer healthcare will make America great.
Universal childcare will make America great.
Housing for All will make America great.
Tuition-free college will make America great.
Single-payer healthcare will make America great.
Universal childcare will make America great.
Housing for All will make America great.
Tuition-free college will make America great.
It’s appalling that this administration goes out of its way to actually cause harm. We know that pollution = increase in asthma, heart disease, cancer, etc. This is targeted.
🛟 #medsky
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E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It’s appalling that this administration goes out of its way to actually cause harm. We know that pollution = increase in asthma, heart disease, cancer, etc. This is targeted.
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🛟 #medsky
His messaging should be clear and pro-vaccination. Subliminal messaging causes confusion and fosters distrust in science and medicine in an already fraught system.
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The standard public health approach in a measles outbreak is a full-throated appeal for vaccinations. RFK Jr. is working from a different playbook.
As RFK Jr. delivers his message on measles, public health experts hear a familiar tune
The standard public health approach in a measles outbreak is a full-throated appeal for vaccinations. RFK Jr. is working from a different playbook.
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
His messaging should be clear and pro-vaccination. Subliminal messaging causes confusion and fosters distrust in science and medicine in an already fraught system.
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Reposted by Allison Gilmer-Grimaldi, DNP, MPH, RN, FNP-BC
A very unfortunate event, especially since it's preventable. I don't believe the parents thought this would ever happen to their child when they chose not to vaccinate.
#vaccinations #vaccine #PublicHealth #mtpol #mtleg
apnews.com/article/meas...
#vaccinations #vaccine #PublicHealth #mtpol #mtleg
apnews.com/article/meas...
An unvaccinated child has died in the Texas measles outbreak
A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A very unfortunate event, especially since it's preventable. I don't believe the parents thought this would ever happen to their child when they chose not to vaccinate.
#vaccinations #vaccine #PublicHealth #mtpol #mtleg
apnews.com/article/meas...
#vaccinations #vaccine #PublicHealth #mtpol #mtleg
apnews.com/article/meas...
Yes, we do have health crises in this country. But demonizing, defunding, and dismantling the research institutions and agencies that are in place to protect and promote health is not the way. Their goal is not truly to make America healthy again.
🛟 #medsky
🛟 #medsky
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Yes, we do have health crises in this country. But demonizing, defunding, and dismantling the research institutions and agencies that are in place to protect and promote health is not the way. Their goal is not truly to make America healthy again.
🛟 #medsky
🛟 #medsky
Another power grab. This time for the arts.
Trump Says He Will Install Himself as Kennedy Center Chairman
The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Another power grab. This time for the arts.
Reposted by Allison Gilmer-Grimaldi, DNP, MPH, RN, FNP-BC
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.
It isn’t a law. We don’t need to comply at this moment. I understand the fear of repercussions, but doesn’t that pale in comparison to the fear and vulnerability these kids have from the loss of healthcare?
🛟 #medsky
🛟 #medsky
Why Are Hospitals Bowing to Trump’s Illegal Gender-Affirming Care Ban?
The president doesn’t actually have the power to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth. So why has Children’s National “paused” certain forms of care?
newrepublic.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It isn’t a law. We don’t need to comply at this moment. I understand the fear of repercussions, but doesn’t that pale in comparison to the fear and vulnerability these kids have from the loss of healthcare?
🛟 #medsky
🛟 #medsky
Reposted by Allison Gilmer-Grimaldi, DNP, MPH, RN, FNP-BC
In a disgraceful act betraying millions of their own residents, Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming all write to oppose birthright citizenship.
February 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
In a disgraceful act betraying millions of their own residents, Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming all write to oppose birthright citizenship.
Can’t believe we’re here. While this will make the work harder, we have to persevere and keep promoting science and public health.
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Senate Committee Votes for Kennedy’s Nomination to Run Health Department — The Wall Street Journal
Next the full Senate will vote whether to confirm Kennedy for Health and Human Services secretary
apple.news
February 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Can’t believe we’re here. While this will make the work harder, we have to persevere and keep promoting science and public health.
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The amount of harm this will do is unjust and inexcusable.
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USAID's DC office shuts for the day as Musk, Trump ramp up attacks
Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were informed on Monday that their headquarters in downtown Washington was shut for the day, hours after billionaire Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed that Washington's primary humanitarian agency should be closed.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The amount of harm this will do is unjust and inexcusable.
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A side effect from the past two weeks- people are talking about public health. Even clinicians sometimes fail to understand what public health truly is, that it isn’t only disease and data, but also prevention, promotion, and equity. Though it feels like shouting into a void, keep talking.
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February 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A side effect from the past two weeks- people are talking about public health. Even clinicians sometimes fail to understand what public health truly is, that it isn’t only disease and data, but also prevention, promotion, and equity. Though it feels like shouting into a void, keep talking.
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A dear friend sent this to me. It couldn’t have come at a better time. As a Christian who found vocation as a healthcare worker, who devoutly believes in equity, compassion, and advocacy, it pains me to see faith militarized towards hate. But I will continue to act, speak, and practice with love.
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February 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A dear friend sent this to me. It couldn’t have come at a better time. As a Christian who found vocation as a healthcare worker, who devoutly believes in equity, compassion, and advocacy, it pains me to see faith militarized towards hate. But I will continue to act, speak, and practice with love.
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Frightening.
Save your printed materials.
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Save your printed materials.
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Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
February 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Frightening.
Save your printed materials.
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Save your printed materials.
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“Temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance” means immediate, real life implications for Americans, impacting food assistance programs, financial aid, services for the unhoused, and more. How absolutely horrifying.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“Temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance” means immediate, real life implications for Americans, impacting food assistance programs, financial aid, services for the unhoused, and more. How absolutely horrifying.
Reposted by Allison Gilmer-Grimaldi, DNP, MPH, RN, FNP-BC
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
Deaths by overdose declined overall this past year however this trend does not tell the whole story, as Black and Native American populations are still affected by alarmingly high overdose deaths. We must focus on #HealthEquity and structural change within #PublicHealth
Ambrose Begay died at 28 after a fentanyl overdose on the Alamo Navajo reservation in New Mexico. He and other Native Americans are dying of overdoses in increasing numbers even as deaths decline nationwide reut.rs/40Me2e9
January 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Deaths by overdose declined overall this past year however this trend does not tell the whole story, as Black and Native American populations are still affected by alarmingly high overdose deaths. We must focus on #HealthEquity and structural change within #PublicHealth
Alarming. And certainly another reason we should be investing MORE in #publichealth instead pulling out of the @who.int and freezing health research
“An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the United States”
Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history
Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.
www.cjonline.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Alarming. And certainly another reason we should be investing MORE in #publichealth instead pulling out of the @who.int and freezing health research
Local government matters.
Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.
Local governments across U.S. signal they won't aid Trump migrant crackdown
Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Local government matters.
Another unfortunate win for big tobacco. As a primary care provider at a university, I’m always counseling youth on the harms of these products. Menthol cigarettes and flavored tobacco disproportionately impact disparate populations, all while lining the pockets of corporations. We must do better.
The Trump administration has withdrawn a plan to ban menthol cigarettes in the US, in a setback to health regulators and activists reut.rs/4asDnx3
Trump administration withdraws FDA plan to ban menthol cigarettes
The Trump administration has withdrawn a plan to ban menthol cigarettes in the U.S., in a setback to health regulators and activists.
reut.rs
January 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Another unfortunate win for big tobacco. As a primary care provider at a university, I’m always counseling youth on the harms of these products. Menthol cigarettes and flavored tobacco disproportionately impact disparate populations, all while lining the pockets of corporations. We must do better.
Reposted by Allison Gilmer-Grimaldi, DNP, MPH, RN, FNP-BC
For Elon Musk and Donald Trump, “government efficiency” means cutting programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and veterans benefits.
I’ve got a better plan.
time.com/7209307/elon...
I’ve got a better plan.
time.com/7209307/elon...
January 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
For Elon Musk and Donald Trump, “government efficiency” means cutting programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and veterans benefits.
I’ve got a better plan.
time.com/7209307/elon...
I’ve got a better plan.
time.com/7209307/elon...
Reposted by Allison Gilmer-Grimaldi, DNP, MPH, RN, FNP-BC
The ruling bars U.S. agencies from implementing the order to end birthright citizenship for children born to migrants in the U.S. temporarily or without legal status while the case is under review.
U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order
The ruling bars U.S. agencies from implementing the order to end birthright citizenship for children born to migrants in the U.S. temporarily or without legal status while the case is under review.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The ruling bars U.S. agencies from implementing the order to end birthright citizenship for children born to migrants in the U.S. temporarily or without legal status while the case is under review.
These actions against DEI initiatives are alarming and will set this country back in equity, progress, and overall success, like many of his executive actions thus far. Furthermore, the threat of action against employees who are doing their jobs should raise major red flags.
President Trump has issued sweeping executive actions swiftly ending diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs within the federal government. Already, the work is underway.
Trump calls DEI programs 'illegal.' He plans to end them in the federal government
President Trump has issued sweeping executive actions swiftly ending diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs within the federal government. Already, the work is underway.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
These actions against DEI initiatives are alarming and will set this country back in equity, progress, and overall success, like many of his executive actions thus far. Furthermore, the threat of action against employees who are doing their jobs should raise major red flags.