Annie Cohen, PhD
@cohenannied.bsky.social
Faculty at Pitt Med Psychiatry.
Alzheimer’s, Neuroimaging, and SDOH. Pitt ADRC co-director.
Mom to two Neurodivergent kids.
Posts are my own.
Alzheimer’s, Neuroimaging, and SDOH. Pitt ADRC co-director.
Mom to two Neurodivergent kids.
Posts are my own.
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Science is under attack in the US.
And no, we don't just mean trans research as Trump keeps saying. We mean cancer research, Alzheimer's research, vaccine research, and all those other things that improve health and longevity.
And no, we don't just mean trans research as Trump keeps saying. We mean cancer research, Alzheimer's research, vaccine research, and all those other things that improve health and longevity.
Courage. Now more than ever. These NIH staffers just stood up to Trump, RFK Jr., Bhattacharya. We need to have their backs. The administration will come for each of them, one and all now. apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Science is under attack in the US.
And no, we don't just mean trans research as Trump keeps saying. We mean cancer research, Alzheimer's research, vaccine research, and all those other things that improve health and longevity.
And no, we don't just mean trans research as Trump keeps saying. We mean cancer research, Alzheimer's research, vaccine research, and all those other things that improve health and longevity.
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Absolutely this 👇
Courage. Now more than ever. These NIH staffers just stood up to Trump, RFK Jr., Bhattacharya. We need to have their backs. The administration will come for each of them, one and all now. apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Absolutely this 👇
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Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
June 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.
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Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.
June 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Important thing to beat people over the head with: Trump has turned American cities into warzones and for fucking what? Prices are way up, jobs will be way down, the dollar is worth less, and now the highway is blocked off by cops. Maybe the Great Mythical Immigrant wasn’t the problem after all.
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Thanks so much to @jeremymberg.bsky.social for helping us bring attention to the impact of funding delays within our ADRC networks. Wish my first NYT quote could have been something related to cool science but these are times we live in!
New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Thanks so much to @jeremymberg.bsky.social for helping us bring attention to the impact of funding delays within our ADRC networks. Wish my first NYT quote could have been something related to cool science but these are times we live in!
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I’ve spent most of the day reviewing grants for NIH study section and I’m not gonna lie…feeling pretty demoralized. My own grants are in limbo, including a non competing NoA for the next year of funding that was supposed to start today and is still pending. Sigh.
June 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I’ve spent most of the day reviewing grants for NIH study section and I’m not gonna lie…feeling pretty demoralized. My own grants are in limbo, including a non competing NoA for the next year of funding that was supposed to start today and is still pending. Sigh.
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JAMA Insights: More than 30% of US adults have low health literacy, which affects their ability to understand and use health information, necessitating improved communication strategies from clinicians and health care systems.
ja.ma/3Sv47Vt #MedSky
ja.ma/3Sv47Vt #MedSky
June 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
JAMA Insights: More than 30% of US adults have low health literacy, which affects their ability to understand and use health information, necessitating improved communication strategies from clinicians and health care systems.
ja.ma/3Sv47Vt #MedSky
ja.ma/3Sv47Vt #MedSky
Could someone explain to me how to do this fraud? We spent 20k out of pocket while having our Autistic kids be denied SEVENTEEN times, now we reapply every year to ensure that they haven’t been “cured”. Some fraud sure would have saved me a lot of time.
So, no. There is no evidence of fraud.
WELKER: Do you have any actual evidence that the people who will lose Medicaid coverage are engaging in fraud?
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, there is a tremendous amount of fraud in Medicaid
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, there is a tremendous amount of fraud in Medicaid
June 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Could someone explain to me how to do this fraud? We spent 20k out of pocket while having our Autistic kids be denied SEVENTEEN times, now we reapply every year to ensure that they haven’t been “cured”. Some fraud sure would have saved me a lot of time.
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Single-nucleus multiomics in brains from Hispanic individuals reveal APOE-ε4-driven disruption of focal adhesion signaling in the presence of cerebrovascular pathology #NeuroDegeneration
Single-nucleus multiomics in brains from Hispanic individuals reveal APOE-ε4-driven disruption of focal adhesion signaling in the presence of cerebrovascular pathology #NeuroDegeneration 🧪🧠
http://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2025.05.21.25328040v1
http://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2025.05.21.25328040v1
May 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Single-nucleus multiomics in brains from Hispanic individuals reveal APOE-ε4-driven disruption of focal adhesion signaling in the presence of cerebrovascular pathology #NeuroDegeneration
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Since 2022, my colleagues and I have been targeted by political attacks. Early on, we worried that political actors would specifically target our projects & universities for defunding. But in the end, they came after everyone. The strategy of keeping heads down was never the right one.
Great article with lots of perspectives from scientists who are scared to speak out — and other scientists who are scared of what will happen if they don't. Trump & Musk & Kennedy are devastating U.S. research and setting progress back decades
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti... on @science.org
Trump’s ‘fear factor’: Scientists go silent as funding cuts escalate
Many worry about retribution. But for others, speaking out is worth the risk
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Since 2022, my colleagues and I have been targeted by political attacks. Early on, we worried that political actors would specifically target our projects & universities for defunding. But in the end, they came after everyone. The strategy of keeping heads down was never the right one.
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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The National released 'High Violet' 15 years ago today.
The album sits on Rolling Stone's list of The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century, So Far.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
The album sits on Rolling Stone's list of The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century, So Far.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
May 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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This effing guy
This is @ichotiner.bsky.social-level stuff from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social.
May 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This effing guy
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In my opinion, the U.S. is facing a greater public health threat from Robert WTF Kennedy Jr. than we do from COVID19.
He has the power to undermine *all* vaccinations in the U.S. and therefore the world.
It’s hard to fully take this on board when Congress idly sits by, courting disaster.
He has the power to undermine *all* vaccinations in the U.S. and therefore the world.
It’s hard to fully take this on board when Congress idly sits by, courting disaster.
May 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In my opinion, the U.S. is facing a greater public health threat from Robert WTF Kennedy Jr. than we do from COVID19.
He has the power to undermine *all* vaccinations in the U.S. and therefore the world.
It’s hard to fully take this on board when Congress idly sits by, courting disaster.
He has the power to undermine *all* vaccinations in the U.S. and therefore the world.
It’s hard to fully take this on board when Congress idly sits by, courting disaster.
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I'm 70ish and doing the same! READ don't BURN!🔥
April 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm 70ish and doing the same! READ don't BURN!🔥
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TV watching recommendations
The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration.
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The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration.
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April 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
TV watching recommendations
The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration.
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The lead story on 60 Minutes tonight is about NIH and concerns about damage done and continuing during the current administration.
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Be sure to comment! See thread below!
Some important additional considerations about the need to comment of the implementation of schedule F.
First, several sources have indicated that Institute Director and Division Director positions would likely be converted but not Program Officers.
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First, several sources have indicated that Institute Director and Division Director positions would likely be converted but not Program Officers.
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The notice and COMMENT PERIOD OPENED TODAY AND CLOSES MAY 23.
Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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Anyone who would like to register an objection or comment should go to this page and click on the green “public comment” button at the top:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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April 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Be sure to comment! See thread below!
This! They wouldn’t know a gold standard if it punched them in the face
They’re co-opting the ideas of #openscience, using it as a cudgel against inconvenient science and calling it “gold standard science”
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
RFK Jr. Wants More ‘Gold Standard’ Science
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would prioritize funding studies that replicate past scientific results in aiming for “gold standard” science funded by the U.S. government. The $48 billion National Inst...
www.wsj.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This! They wouldn’t know a gold standard if it punched them in the face
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Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
April 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
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To talk about children with autism like this - like they are irreparably damaged and a burden to society - is ignorant, mean and callous.
This man simply has no idea what he’s talking about. He brings shame to America.
This man simply has no idea what he’s talking about. He brings shame to America.
April 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
To talk about children with autism like this - like they are irreparably damaged and a burden to society - is ignorant, mean and callous.
This man simply has no idea what he’s talking about. He brings shame to America.
This man simply has no idea what he’s talking about. He brings shame to America.
Thank you @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social for these important words. I am the parent to two Autistic children. I don’t know what they will be yet, but I do know their lives are worth living without a “cure”, they are brilliant and kind. More than I can say for any member of the current administration.
My adult daughter Rachel works everyday, pays taxes, loves going to movies with her friends, and listens to awful (IMO) music.
Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity
Our U.S. Dept HHS has lost all of its humanity, compassion, and intellectual curiosity
April 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thank you @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social for these important words. I am the parent to two Autistic children. I don’t know what they will be yet, but I do know their lives are worth living without a “cure”, they are brilliant and kind. More than I can say for any member of the current administration.
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Pouring out a little liquor today for the handful of women astronauts who survived years of onerous training, men, and men only to have the press make Katy Perry their equal.
April 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Pouring out a little liquor today for the handful of women astronauts who survived years of onerous training, men, and men only to have the press make Katy Perry their equal.
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Law professor here: Things are F-U-C-K-E-D up.
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Law professor here: Things are F-U-C-K-E-D up.
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My comments and thoughts with @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My comments and thoughts with @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...