Sylvie
@bohemiantornado.bsky.social
Behavioral scientist, pediatric psychologist, Director Center for Translational Behavioral
Science and CTSA at Florida State University, Motto: protect the vulnerable and speak the truth, she/hers
Science and CTSA at Florida State University, Motto: protect the vulnerable and speak the truth, she/hers
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If House Republican Medicaid and ACA cuts pass, and enhanced ACA premium tax credits aren't extended, the state with the biggest increase in the number of people uninsured: Florida.
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May 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If House Republican Medicaid and ACA cuts pass, and enhanced ACA premium tax credits aren't extended, the state with the biggest increase in the number of people uninsured: Florida.
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
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The consolidation of review at NIH is really driven by the Trump/Republican desire to control NIH grantmaking from the top.
Here’s an example of the chaos that’s happening now. It will get worse unless CSR and review are walled off from political interference.
Here’s an example of the chaos that’s happening now. It will get worse unless CSR and review are walled off from political interference.
And just like that my standing study section at NIH is disbanded
This administration truly cares about mental health… (sarcasm)
@altnih4science.bsky.social
This administration truly cares about mental health… (sarcasm)
@altnih4science.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The consolidation of review at NIH is really driven by the Trump/Republican desire to control NIH grantmaking from the top.
Here’s an example of the chaos that’s happening now. It will get worse unless CSR and review are walled off from political interference.
Here’s an example of the chaos that’s happening now. It will get worse unless CSR and review are walled off from political interference.
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The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging local and state laws banning so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ youth. Our new study in
@JAMANetworkOpen
is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@JAMANetworkOpen
is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Conversion Therapy Exposure and Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk
This cohort study assesses whether exposure to sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts is associated with cardiovascular disease risk in sexual and gender minority young adults assigned ...
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May 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging local and state laws banning so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ youth. Our new study in
@JAMANetworkOpen
is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@JAMANetworkOpen
is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.
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How do you grieve this depth of loss? Read more from Rebecca about her work in #HIVresearch and the impact of life-saving developments born out of the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network: bit.ly/RGsubstack
#terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIV #research #publichealth #HIVprevention #womenshealth
#terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIV #research #publichealth #HIVprevention #womenshealth
April 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How do you grieve this depth of loss? Read more from Rebecca about her work in #HIVresearch and the impact of life-saving developments born out of the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network: bit.ly/RGsubstack
#terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIV #research #publichealth #HIVprevention #womenshealth
#terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIV #research #publichealth #HIVprevention #womenshealth
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New in the Academic Activist:
The determination of health researchers isn’t just scientific—it’s deeply human. It’s about hope, healing, and never settling until we all have a chance at healthier lives. #AcademicActivist #CommunityHealthSciences
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The determination of health researchers isn’t just scientific—it’s deeply human. It’s about hope, healing, and never settling until we all have a chance at healthier lives. #AcademicActivist #CommunityHealthSciences
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Termination is not always the end
Maybe it is an inflection, but the work continues.
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April 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
New in the Academic Activist:
The determination of health researchers isn’t just scientific—it’s deeply human. It’s about hope, healing, and never settling until we all have a chance at healthier lives. #AcademicActivist #CommunityHealthSciences
open.substack.com/pub/carlosrd...
The determination of health researchers isn’t just scientific—it’s deeply human. It’s about hope, healing, and never settling until we all have a chance at healthier lives. #AcademicActivist #CommunityHealthSciences
open.substack.com/pub/carlosrd...
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We had the pleasure of having our newest postdoc scholar, Dr. Amy Hall, visit CTBS and attend FSU College of Medicine Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine BSSM Post Doc Research Day. 😊
Thank you Dr. Ennis and Michelle Childs, for organizing a successful program for our Postdocs!! 👏
Thank you Dr. Ennis and Michelle Childs, for organizing a successful program for our Postdocs!! 👏
April 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We had the pleasure of having our newest postdoc scholar, Dr. Amy Hall, visit CTBS and attend FSU College of Medicine Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine BSSM Post Doc Research Day. 😊
Thank you Dr. Ennis and Michelle Childs, for organizing a successful program for our Postdocs!! 👏
Thank you Dr. Ennis and Michelle Childs, for organizing a successful program for our Postdocs!! 👏
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You can't make America healthy again if you leave youth behind. Share this post - together, we can make sure the ATN’s life-saving work continues.
#restoretheATN #NIH #MAHA #makeamericahealthyagain
#restoretheATN #NIH #MAHA #makeamericahealthyagain
April 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You can't make America healthy again if you leave youth behind. Share this post - together, we can make sure the ATN’s life-saving work continues.
#restoretheATN #NIH #MAHA #makeamericahealthyagain
#restoretheATN #NIH #MAHA #makeamericahealthyagain
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The ATN was the only national #research network focused exclusively on adolescents & young adults living with or at risk for #HIV in the US, until it was terminated by NIH on 3/21. Hear Dr. Sylvie Naar's crucial insights about the ATN's breakthroughs beyond HIV prevention & care. #terminatedscience
April 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The ATN was the only national #research network focused exclusively on adolescents & young adults living with or at risk for #HIV in the US, until it was terminated by NIH on 3/21. Hear Dr. Sylvie Naar's crucial insights about the ATN's breakthroughs beyond HIV prevention & care. #terminatedscience
Hands Off at the Florida Capital.
April 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hands Off at the Florida Capital.
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To protect our mental health, we all need a break from doomscrolling, but what should we do instead?
In my new Psychology Today piece I share the science behind how creative pursuits quiet the noise of stress and can even help with depression.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shri...
In my new Psychology Today piece I share the science behind how creative pursuits quiet the noise of stress and can even help with depression.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shri...
How Creative Pursuits Can Quiet the Noise of Stress
Creative hobbies reduce stress by giving you a sense of mastery and pleasure while silencing mind noise, but a broader look at your life may be needed to achieve total well-being.
www.psychologytoday.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
To protect our mental health, we all need a break from doomscrolling, but what should we do instead?
In my new Psychology Today piece I share the science behind how creative pursuits quiet the noise of stress and can even help with depression.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shri...
In my new Psychology Today piece I share the science behind how creative pursuits quiet the noise of stress and can even help with depression.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shri...
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In the past month, the NIH terminated many ISGMH grants focused on HIV prevention, LGBTQ health, and training early career scholars. The effect on our institute has been devastating.
Director @mustanski.bsky.social spoke to @nbcnews.com about the impact. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Director @mustanski.bsky.social spoke to @nbcnews.com about the impact. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBTQ health funding, upending research field
The administration’s cancellation of hundreds of grants is dismantling the LGBTQ-focused research field, built out of nothing over a quarter century.
www.nbcnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In the past month, the NIH terminated many ISGMH grants focused on HIV prevention, LGBTQ health, and training early career scholars. The effect on our institute has been devastating.
Director @mustanski.bsky.social spoke to @nbcnews.com about the impact. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Director @mustanski.bsky.social spoke to @nbcnews.com about the impact. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
April 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.
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120 scientist working together to study how to effectively implement programs to end the HIV epidemic! That’s epic!
🚨 New JAIDS supplemental issue published today!
Coordinated by ISCI, this supplemental issue examines 120 NIH-funded projects aimed at ending the #HIV epidemic, sharing key findings and highlighting strategies for success.
Read it now: tinyurl.com/4jb2fmbt
Coordinated by ISCI, this supplemental issue examines 120 NIH-funded projects aimed at ending the #HIV epidemic, sharing key findings and highlighting strategies for success.
Read it now: tinyurl.com/4jb2fmbt
April 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
120 scientist working together to study how to effectively implement programs to end the HIV epidemic! That’s epic!
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“We’ve built the ATN over 25 years,” says Lisa Hightow-Weidman at Florida State University’s College of Nursing, one of the network’s main investigators. “And it was destroyed with an e-mail in a day.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #HIVresearch #terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIV
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #HIVresearch #terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIV
Big cuts to US AIDS prevention feared as NIH axes HIV research grants
More than 200 federal grants for research related to HIV and AIDS have been abruptly terminated in the past few weeks.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“We’ve built the ATN over 25 years,” says Lisa Hightow-Weidman at Florida State University’s College of Nursing, one of the network’s main investigators. “And it was destroyed with an e-mail in a day.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #HIVresearch #terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIV
www.nature.com/articles/d41... #HIVresearch #terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIV
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On 3/21, the HAPPY study, along with all other studies in the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV Interventions was suddenly and mistakenly terminated by NIH.
#terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIVresearch #research #HIVprevention #reproductivehealth #pregnancy #womenshealth #NIH
#terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIVresearch #research #HIVprevention #reproductivehealth #pregnancy #womenshealth #NIH
April 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
On 3/21, the HAPPY study, along with all other studies in the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV Interventions was suddenly and mistakenly terminated by NIH.
#terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIVresearch #research #HIVprevention #reproductivehealth #pregnancy #womenshealth #NIH
#terminatedscience #standupforscience #HIVresearch #research #HIVprevention #reproductivehealth #pregnancy #womenshealth #NIH
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I hereby nominate UCSF professor Susan Kegeles for the first Presidential Medal of Freedom when the AOC administration takes office in 2029
March 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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We are standing for a generation of American youth who deserve care, support, and the promise of a healthier future. While we appeal the termination decision, help us spread the message that ATN #research is vital.
#HIV #HIVresearch #HIVprevention #HIVcare #adolescenthealth #NIH #grants
#HIV #HIVresearch #HIVprevention #HIVcare #adolescenthealth #NIH #grants
March 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We are standing for a generation of American youth who deserve care, support, and the promise of a healthier future. While we appeal the termination decision, help us spread the message that ATN #research is vital.
#HIV #HIVresearch #HIVprevention #HIVcare #adolescenthealth #NIH #grants
#HIV #HIVresearch #HIVprevention #HIVcare #adolescenthealth #NIH #grants