Cathy Nagler
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Cathy Nagler
@cathynagler.bsky.social
Immunologist, Professor at @uchicagopme.bsky.social
@uchicagocoi.bsky.social, Mom, new Nonna
#mucosalimmunology, #microbiome
@naglerlab.uchicago.edu
Joined January 2025
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CINDY MCCAIN: “The desperation is overwhelming.”
August 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Katie Burns is helping uncover the role of the immune system in endometriosis—while managing the disease herself @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
Driven by the pain of endometriosis, this scientist is uncovering clues to its causes
Katie Burns is helping reveal the immune system’s role in the long-neglected disease
www.science.org
August 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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The myth that the childhood vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) causes autism is based on a discredited study falsely linking the vaccine to autism. Find out more: ow.ly/EqeC50VlKva.

#ImmunologyExplained #Measles #MedSky #MMR
April 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Reposted by Cathy Nagler
Today's @usatoday.com front page
First US death from measles in 10 years
First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US
All of this fully preventable
February 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Cathy Nagler
“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
scim.ag
February 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Whether developing new #technology or materials or uncovering new functions of proteins and #viruses, #UChicagoPME faculty are at the forefront of #immunoengineering research. Here are a few recent breakthroughs. 🧪 pme.uchicago.edu/news/immunoe...
Immunoengineering drives interdisciplinary research for better health
pme.uchicago.edu
February 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Anyone remember this from 2015? Why NIH's Anthony Fauci is treating Ebola patients himself | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Why NIH's Anthony Fauci is treating Ebola patients himself
Spending 2 hours daily with patients has given NIAID chief
www.science.org
February 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reposted by Cathy Nagler
Yes, the HPV vaccine is safe, despite R.F.K. Jr.'s claims. It's remarkably effective at preventing cancer — roughly 97% effective in preventing cervical cancer, and nearly 100% effective in preventing external genital warts.
Is the HPV Vaccine Safe? Yes, Despite What R.F.K. Jr. Has Said.
During his second day of confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declined to disavow comments he had made disparaging the vaccine as unsafe.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM