Jane Lowers
@agingsolo.bsky.social
Social scientist focused on adults aging solo with dementia.
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I've been on the road so I'm behind the times—but if you wanted to destroy US science, I can think of no more expedient action.
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I've been on the road so I'm behind the times—but if you wanted to destroy US science, I can think of no more expedient action.
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
I’m quoted in this month’s AARP Bulletin, which is for people who miss the Parade magazine insert in the Sunday paper. Like me!
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I’m quoted in this month’s AARP Bulletin, which is for people who miss the Parade magazine insert in the Sunday paper. Like me!
Don’t forget to get out today and vote for all the little down-ballot races that matter locally. Like, um, this one.
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Don’t forget to get out today and vote for all the little down-ballot races that matter locally. Like, um, this one.
I was not prepared for the awkwardness of teaching a grad student how to lick and seal an envelope.
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I was not prepared for the awkwardness of teaching a grad student how to lick and seal an envelope.
Not religious but would genuinely consider praying to Jane Goodall.
October 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Not religious but would genuinely consider praying to Jane Goodall.
One of the reasons I love qualitative research is the high of a really good interview.
September 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
One of the reasons I love qualitative research is the high of a really good interview.
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Sharing in hopes that some #caregiving #aging #epidemiology #publichealth researchers apply. Good luck ☘️
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#researchfunding #sciencefunding
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#researchfunding #sciencefunding
Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland
Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...
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August 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Sharing in hopes that some #caregiving #aging #epidemiology #publichealth researchers apply. Good luck ☘️
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
#researchfunding #sciencefunding
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
#researchfunding #sciencefunding
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Scientists!
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
August 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Scientists!
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
POV: Something must be going right if a mentee sent a thank-you gift with my favorite dinosaur
August 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
POV: Something must be going right if a mentee sent a thank-you gift with my favorite dinosaur
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“If Kennedy really wants to limit industry influence in health policy and the health care system, the most impactful thing he could do is to roll back the funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health…”
www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/r...
I study conflicts of interest. Here’s why RFK Jr.’s approach to the vaccine advisory committee could backfire
Ridding the government, including CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, of industry interests should not play out this way, writes an expert on conflicts of interest.
www.statnews.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“If Kennedy really wants to limit industry influence in health policy and the health care system, the most impactful thing he could do is to roll back the funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health…”
www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/r...
Having been disappointed in Nvivo for the last time, I’m ready to move my team to CAQDAS that can handle large, multi platform teams and massive data sets. Qualitative folks, what’s your least bad software?
June 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Having been disappointed in Nvivo for the last time, I’m ready to move my team to CAQDAS that can handle large, multi platform teams and massive data sets. Qualitative folks, what’s your least bad software?
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As the assisted dying debate continues, Prof Nancy Preston of the IOELC and Prof Suzanne Ost of Lancaster Uni Law School explore the 5 questions that need answering before it can work in practice 👇
@nancypreston.bsky.social | @ioelc.bsky.social | @lulawcrim.bsky.social | @uk.theconversation.com
@nancypreston.bsky.social | @ioelc.bsky.social | @lulawcrim.bsky.social | @uk.theconversation.com
Assisted dying: five questions that need answering before it can work in practice
Legalising assisted dying is one thing. Funding, staffing, medication, legal oversight - that’s the real test.
theconversation.pulse.ly
May 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As the assisted dying debate continues, Prof Nancy Preston of the IOELC and Prof Suzanne Ost of Lancaster Uni Law School explore the 5 questions that need answering before it can work in practice 👇
@nancypreston.bsky.social | @ioelc.bsky.social | @lulawcrim.bsky.social | @uk.theconversation.com
@nancypreston.bsky.social | @ioelc.bsky.social | @lulawcrim.bsky.social | @uk.theconversation.com
Had an utterly delightful @skypeascientist.bsky.social with Ms.Davis’s 8th grade class about how you become a scientist and what kinds of questions we ask about aging. Go be curious, kids!
May 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Had an utterly delightful @skypeascientist.bsky.social with Ms.Davis’s 8th grade class about how you become a scientist and what kinds of questions we ask about aging. Go be curious, kids!
Scientist life goal unlocked: getting a match from @skypeascientist.bsky.social. What classroom begged their teacher for the aging, dementia and dying expert?
May 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Scientist life goal unlocked: getting a match from @skypeascientist.bsky.social. What classroom begged their teacher for the aging, dementia and dying expert?
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Tfw your search for data goes so deep the source is HCFA. #healthservices
April 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Tfw your search for data goes so deep the source is HCFA. #healthservices
My Endnote library disappeared overnight so I’m waiting for IT to call back so I can figure out if I’m going to still be a scientist or finally take up shepherding.
March 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My Endnote library disappeared overnight so I’m waiting for IT to call back so I can figure out if I’m going to still be a scientist or finally take up shepherding.
Trying to write up a study’s inclusion criteria without saying “inclusion,”’which is on the naughty list now. 😡
March 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trying to write up a study’s inclusion criteria without saying “inclusion,”’which is on the naughty list now. 😡
Had an investigator call with @selenbw.bsky.social and @tina-ann.bsky.social for a couple of studies that genuinely could not happen without their respective skills and assets. I get teary when science actually works. #collaboration #aging
February 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Had an investigator call with @selenbw.bsky.social and @tina-ann.bsky.social for a couple of studies that genuinely could not happen without their respective skills and assets. I get teary when science actually works. #collaboration #aging
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NIH freeze on grants, indirect-cost research cuts lead young scientists to look at opportunities abroad. "A fire sale on American academics right now."
Trump policies spark fears of brain drain, threatening to undermine U.S. dominance in biomedicine
A torrent of Trump administration policies is alarming scientists who fear the current climate is weakening researchers’ resolve to stick with careers in academic science.
buff.ly
February 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
NIH freeze on grants, indirect-cost research cuts lead young scientists to look at opportunities abroad. "A fire sale on American academics right now."
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a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
web.archive.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
A research assistant just told me coding transcripts about suicidal ideation was a refreshing break from doomscrolling. Yay?
January 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A research assistant just told me coding transcripts about suicidal ideation was a refreshing break from doomscrolling. Yay?