Bibhav Acharya, MD
@bibhav.bsky.social
Professor and Fellowship Director for Global Mental Health, UCSF.
Co-founder: Possible
Alum: Yale, Haverford
Interests: Global Mental Health, social drivers of health, intimate partner violence.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/bibhav.acharya
Co-founder: Possible
Alum: Yale, Haverford
Interests: Global Mental Health, social drivers of health, intimate partner violence.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/bibhav.acharya
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Bibhav Acharya, MD
@bibhav.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Thrilled to announce our new grant!
Women in poverty dealing with domestic violence face two terrible choices:
A: Leave. Struggle without financial/social support.
B: Suffer in silence, wait for husband to die.
We want to test a third way for those who can’t/won’t divorce. (1/x)
Women in poverty dealing with domestic violence face two terrible choices:
A: Leave. Struggle without financial/social support.
B: Suffer in silence, wait for husband to die.
We want to test a third way for those who can’t/won’t divorce. (1/x)
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It’s true, I was out on admin leave today at 2pm. I was given no reason. The notice says it is “non-disciplinary.” I was told it came down from HHS.
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It’s true, I was out on admin leave today at 2pm. I was given no reason. The notice says it is “non-disciplinary.” I was told it came down from HHS.
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NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Congratulations Sajama Nepali for receiving the Early Career Researcher Presentation Award at the Global Mental Health Summit!
Wonderful when global and local knowledge drive innovation to improve mental health, AND our Possible team member gets recognized.
Wonderful when global and local knowledge drive innovation to improve mental health, AND our Possible team member gets recognized.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Congratulations Sajama Nepali for receiving the Early Career Researcher Presentation Award at the Global Mental Health Summit!
Wonderful when global and local knowledge drive innovation to improve mental health, AND our Possible team member gets recognized.
Wonderful when global and local knowledge drive innovation to improve mental health, AND our Possible team member gets recognized.
Don't miss talks from our team members covering two NIH-funded intervention studies supported by @ucsfpsych.bsky.social Global Mental Health Summit
-a family-based intervention to reduce intimate partner violence and depression
-address co-occurring depression, anxiety, hypertension, and diabetes
-a family-based intervention to reduce intimate partner violence and depression
-address co-occurring depression, anxiety, hypertension, and diabetes
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Don't miss talks from our team members covering two NIH-funded intervention studies supported by @ucsfpsych.bsky.social Global Mental Health Summit
-a family-based intervention to reduce intimate partner violence and depression
-address co-occurring depression, anxiety, hypertension, and diabetes
-a family-based intervention to reduce intimate partner violence and depression
-address co-occurring depression, anxiety, hypertension, and diabetes
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This is a remarkable piece. Conservative AND liberal legal scholars come out TOGETHER to condemn Trump’s compact for higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/our-...
Opinion | Our Politics Differ, But We Agree: Trump’s ‘Compact’ Violates Academic Freedom
Using federal funding to dictate who colleges admit and what faculty can say crosses a dangerous line.
www.chronicle.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is a remarkable piece. Conservative AND liberal legal scholars come out TOGETHER to condemn Trump’s compact for higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/our-...
2 weeks ago, a journal rejected my submission. It's ok. I'll send it somewhere else.
Yesterday, they sent me a second rejection. Same manuscript.
Should I write back: "I'm sorry to make you feel regret twice."
😄
When it's published elsewhere and I humblebrag, do I count this as two rejections? 😂
Yesterday, they sent me a second rejection. Same manuscript.
Should I write back: "I'm sorry to make you feel regret twice."
😄
When it's published elsewhere and I humblebrag, do I count this as two rejections? 😂
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
2 weeks ago, a journal rejected my submission. It's ok. I'll send it somewhere else.
Yesterday, they sent me a second rejection. Same manuscript.
Should I write back: "I'm sorry to make you feel regret twice."
😄
When it's published elsewhere and I humblebrag, do I count this as two rejections? 😂
Yesterday, they sent me a second rejection. Same manuscript.
Should I write back: "I'm sorry to make you feel regret twice."
😄
When it's published elsewhere and I humblebrag, do I count this as two rejections? 😂
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The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The US just released its global health strategy. Quick takeaways:
1/1
1/1
September 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The US just released its global health strategy. Quick takeaways:
1/1
1/1
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Some information from the NIGMS Advisory Council meeting today.
On foreign grants...
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On foreign grants...
1/3
September 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Some information from the NIGMS Advisory Council meeting today.
On foreign grants...
1/3
On foreign grants...
1/3
What the Nepal crisis is really about (and what the international media is getting wrong):
September 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What the Nepal crisis is really about (and what the international media is getting wrong):
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The NIH budget will INCREASE by $400 million — not slashed by 40%, as Trump proposed — according to a proposal by Senate appropriators, says Sen Murray.
"Some have asked if there will even be an NIH by [2029]. The commmittee's resounding message is yes—Congress has your back", she says.
"Some have asked if there will even be an NIH by [2029]. The commmittee's resounding message is yes—Congress has your back", she says.
July 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The NIH budget will INCREASE by $400 million — not slashed by 40%, as Trump proposed — according to a proposal by Senate appropriators, says Sen Murray.
"Some have asked if there will even be an NIH by [2029]. The commmittee's resounding message is yes—Congress has your back", she says.
"Some have asked if there will even be an NIH by [2029]. The commmittee's resounding message is yes—Congress has your back", she says.
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A three-judge First Circuit panel has unanimously denied the Trump administration's request to pause the judgment that restored hundreds of NIH grants.
July 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A three-judge First Circuit panel has unanimously denied the Trump administration's request to pause the judgment that restored hundreds of NIH grants.
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I had a genuinely though provoking (for me anyway) conversation with Awais Aftab ( @awaisaftab.bsky.social ) about where I think the field of psychiatric genetics is right now, and might be headed.
Psychiatric Genetics Beyond Heritability: Q&A with Michel Nivard ( @michelnivard.bsky.social )
“We look for genes as a means to an end—biology, epidemiology, and etiology of complex human outcomes.”
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/psychiatri...
“We look for genes as a means to an end—biology, epidemiology, and etiology of complex human outcomes.”
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/psychiatri...
Psychiatric Genetics Beyond Heritability: Q&A with Michel Nivard
We look for genes as a means to an end—biology, epidemiology, and etiology of complex human outcomes.
www.psychiatrymargins.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I had a genuinely though provoking (for me anyway) conversation with Awais Aftab ( @awaisaftab.bsky.social ) about where I think the field of psychiatric genetics is right now, and might be headed.
This is a wonderful interview on psychiatric genetics, dense with insights on heritability, prediction models, unspoken assumptions behind genetics studies, critique of doing experiments just because you can, and ultimately a refocus on what actually matters to improve care.
Psychiatric Genetics Beyond Heritability: Q&A with Michel Nivard ( @michelnivard.bsky.social )
“We look for genes as a means to an end—biology, epidemiology, and etiology of complex human outcomes.”
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/psychiatri...
“We look for genes as a means to an end—biology, epidemiology, and etiology of complex human outcomes.”
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/psychiatri...
Psychiatric Genetics Beyond Heritability: Q&A with Michel Nivard
We look for genes as a means to an end—biology, epidemiology, and etiology of complex human outcomes.
www.psychiatrymargins.com
July 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is a wonderful interview on psychiatric genetics, dense with insights on heritability, prediction models, unspoken assumptions behind genetics studies, critique of doing experiments just because you can, and ultimately a refocus on what actually matters to improve care.
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"The example prompted Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and a longtime supporter of PEPFAR, to say he would vote in favor of rescinding funds from the program."
But it was completely made up. Great reporting by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/h...
But it was completely made up. Great reporting by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/h...
Trump Official Accused PEPFAR of Funding Abortions in Russia. It Wasn’t True.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"The example prompted Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and a longtime supporter of PEPFAR, to say he would vote in favor of rescinding funds from the program."
But it was completely made up. Great reporting by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/h...
But it was completely made up. Great reporting by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/h...
I’m promoted to three-thirds Professor at UCSF!
10yo: Wait, weren't you already a professor?
Me: You start as an assistant professor then you get promoted to associate and then full professor
8yo: So you were only a one-third professor and then two-thirds and now you are a three-thirds professor?
10yo: Wait, weren't you already a professor?
Me: You start as an assistant professor then you get promoted to associate and then full professor
8yo: So you were only a one-third professor and then two-thirds and now you are a three-thirds professor?
July 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I’m promoted to three-thirds Professor at UCSF!
10yo: Wait, weren't you already a professor?
Me: You start as an assistant professor then you get promoted to associate and then full professor
8yo: So you were only a one-third professor and then two-thirds and now you are a three-thirds professor?
10yo: Wait, weren't you already a professor?
Me: You start as an assistant professor then you get promoted to associate and then full professor
8yo: So you were only a one-third professor and then two-thirds and now you are a three-thirds professor?
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Just in: NIH staff have been instructed to REINSTATE these ~900 grants to comply with the court order, per sources. This comes after staff were also directed to cease any further terminations.
You can see the lists grants to be reinstated in my post below.
You can see the lists grants to be reinstated in my post below.
The judge intends to limit his order to universities in the plaintiff states (CA, MD, WA, AZ, CO, DE, HI, MA, MN, NV, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, WI), members of the plaintiff orgs (APHA, UAW), and the researchers named directly, he said today.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
June 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Just in: NIH staff have been instructed to REINSTATE these ~900 grants to comply with the court order, per sources. This comes after staff were also directed to cease any further terminations.
You can see the lists grants to be reinstated in my post below.
You can see the lists grants to be reinstated in my post below.
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Breaking news: The National Institutes of Health has ceased terminating grants on politically sensitive topics after a federal judge ruled last week that the cancellations were illegal.
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Following court order, NIH ceases new terminations of politically sensitive grants
After a judge told agency to restore hundreds of killed grants, NIH backs off plans to cancel more existing projects
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June 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Breaking news: The National Institutes of Health has ceased terminating grants on politically sensitive topics after a federal judge ruled last week that the cancellations were illegal.
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Judge Young's order has come in. Grant terminations in the plaintiff states or to the plaintiff orgs (APHA, UAW) are officially void and illegal.
It also says that the "Challenged Directives" are arbitrary and capricious — and thus illegal as well.
Now what exactly are are these directives? 🧵
It also says that the "Challenged Directives" are arbitrary and capricious — and thus illegal as well.
Now what exactly are are these directives? 🧵
June 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Judge Young's order has come in. Grant terminations in the plaintiff states or to the plaintiff orgs (APHA, UAW) are officially void and illegal.
It also says that the "Challenged Directives" are arbitrary and capricious — and thus illegal as well.
Now what exactly are are these directives? 🧵
It also says that the "Challenged Directives" are arbitrary and capricious — and thus illegal as well.
Now what exactly are are these directives? 🧵
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DID YOU KNOW:
We are accepting organizational sign-ons to The Bethesda Declaration support letter!
If you would like your org represented DM me or @standupforscience.bsky.social for details!
#StandUpForScience
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
We are accepting organizational sign-ons to The Bethesda Declaration support letter!
If you would like your org represented DM me or @standupforscience.bsky.social for details!
#StandUpForScience
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
www.standupforscience.net
June 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
DID YOU KNOW:
We are accepting organizational sign-ons to The Bethesda Declaration support letter!
If you would like your org represented DM me or @standupforscience.bsky.social for details!
#StandUpForScience
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
We are accepting organizational sign-ons to The Bethesda Declaration support letter!
If you would like your org represented DM me or @standupforscience.bsky.social for details!
#StandUpForScience
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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The judge intends to limit his order to universities in the plaintiff states (CA, MD, WA, AZ, CO, DE, HI, MA, MN, NV, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, WI), members of the plaintiff orgs (APHA, UAW), and the researchers named directly, he said today.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
🚨 BREAKING: Nearly 4 months the NIH cut its first grants, a judge has ruled that the directives and process that led to cuts are arbitrary and capricious.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
June 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The judge intends to limit his order to universities in the plaintiff states (CA, MD, WA, AZ, CO, DE, HI, MA, MN, NV, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, WI), members of the plaintiff orgs (APHA, UAW), and the researchers named directly, he said today.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
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BREAKING: federal judge overrules hundreds of NIH grant terminations
www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/n...
Federal judge rules that hundreds of NIH grant terminations were 'void and illegal'
A federal judge ruled that some of the grant terminations by the National Institutes of Health on DEI grounds are “void and illegal.”
www.statnews.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
BREAKING: federal judge overrules hundreds of NIH grant terminations
www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/n...
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THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
"This Court rules that the challenged directives . . . are arbitrary and capricious."
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
June 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
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Oof, a brutal exchange for the defense.
The judge asks if they can point out a single grant that is used to "support unlawful discrimination," as the NIH alleges in its termination letters.
The defense says it can't.
The judge asks if they can point out a single grant that is used to "support unlawful discrimination," as the NIH alleges in its termination letters.
The defense says it can't.
June 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oof, a brutal exchange for the defense.
The judge asks if they can point out a single grant that is used to "support unlawful discrimination," as the NIH alleges in its termination letters.
The defense says it can't.
The judge asks if they can point out a single grant that is used to "support unlawful discrimination," as the NIH alleges in its termination letters.
The defense says it can't.
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Courageous profile of a celebrity chef diagnosed with bipolar disorder in his 50’s and finally benefiting from a mood stabilizer.
It is a reminder that mental health awareness must include every industry.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It is a reminder that mental health awareness must include every industry.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Heston Blumenthal: How bipolar diagnosis changed chef’s life
A new BBC documentary looks at how a diagnosis of bipolar disorder at 57 changed the celebrity chef's life.
www.bbc.com
June 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Courageous profile of a celebrity chef diagnosed with bipolar disorder in his 50’s and finally benefiting from a mood stabilizer.
It is a reminder that mental health awareness must include every industry.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It is a reminder that mental health awareness must include every industry.
www.bbc.com/news/article...