Drew, PhD
@differentdrdrew.bsky.social
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Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health.
But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
Donald Trump’s proposed budget would gut American science
It would slash cancer research, drug trials, space exploration, and so much more.
www.motherjones.com
May 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Cutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health.
But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
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They are giving the middle finger to Kennedy, Makary, Prasad, Hoeg, and Bhattacharya.
Good.
Good.
What a total mess. CDC Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots
C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
They are giving the middle finger to Kennedy, Makary, Prasad, Hoeg, and Bhattacharya.
Good.
Good.
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And now the Trump NIH budget proposal. Catastrophic.
They’re doing this as a political attack on universities and they don’t care who dies or how much the public is harmed. This is a Putin-esque budget designed to create oligarchy.
They’re doing this as a political attack on universities and they don’t care who dies or how much the public is harmed. This is a Putin-esque budget designed to create oligarchy.
Here's the NIH's proposed budget - from $48 billion to $27 billion. NIAID, current ~$7 billion cut to ~$4.2 billion.
The proposed 15% cap on indirect costs remains.
Again, these budgets are passed, and our leadership in science, technology, and innovation is gone.
www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
The proposed 15% cap on indirect costs remains.
Again, these budgets are passed, and our leadership in science, technology, and innovation is gone.
www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
May 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM
And now the Trump NIH budget proposal. Catastrophic.
They’re doing this as a political attack on universities and they don’t care who dies or how much the public is harmed. This is a Putin-esque budget designed to create oligarchy.
They’re doing this as a political attack on universities and they don’t care who dies or how much the public is harmed. This is a Putin-esque budget designed to create oligarchy.
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And on pages 11-12 on the MAHA report, they cherry-picked 🍒 SEER data about #ChildhoodCancer to fit their chronic disease narrative. We have the receipts 🧾 @alt-hhs.altgov.info @altnih4science.bsky.social
There's new evidence that the White House's “The MAHA Report: Making Our Children Healthy Again” relied in part on scientific research that doesn't exist.
The Trump administration’s ‘MAHA Report’ cites nonexistent scientific studies
There's new evidence that the White House's “The MAHA Report: Making Our Children Healthy Again” relied in part on scientific research that doesn't exist.
www.msnbc.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And on pages 11-12 on the MAHA report, they cherry-picked 🍒 SEER data about #ChildhoodCancer to fit their chronic disease narrative. We have the receipts 🧾 @alt-hhs.altgov.info @altnih4science.bsky.social
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That's some effed up fascist b.s.
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info
The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
That's some effed up fascist b.s.
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Here's Trump saying to Bukele that "homegrown criminals are next" and talking about how El Salvador will need to build "about five more places."
April 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Here's Trump saying to Bukele that "homegrown criminals are next" and talking about how El Salvador will need to build "about five more places."
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Yep. I am having trouble as well...
I'm trying to login to eRA Commons and it's down too. Downdetector showing multiple people reporting NIH websites are not working. #RAdminsky
March 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Yep. I am having trouble as well...
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No federal employee should spend more than 30 seconds thinking about Musk's latest strutting "I'm in charge of you" email.
Delete it, don't reply, don't think about it, don't waste time talking about it.
Musk is not our boss, in no world. 🖕🧪 #NIH
Americans support science, not oligarchs.
Delete it, don't reply, don't think about it, don't waste time talking about it.
Musk is not our boss, in no world. 🖕🧪 #NIH
Americans support science, not oligarchs.
March 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
No federal employee should spend more than 30 seconds thinking about Musk's latest strutting "I'm in charge of you" email.
Delete it, don't reply, don't think about it, don't waste time talking about it.
Musk is not our boss, in no world. 🖕🧪 #NIH
Americans support science, not oligarchs.
Delete it, don't reply, don't think about it, don't waste time talking about it.
Musk is not our boss, in no world. 🖕🧪 #NIH
Americans support science, not oligarchs.
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
18f.org
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If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting.
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
March 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting.
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
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I have worked with many untenured staff scientists & PIs at NIH. They are incredible colleagues who chose science in public service over more lucrative careers. Devaluing their commitment & professionalism is among the most cruel aspects of the DOGE purge
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I have worked with many untenured staff scientists & PIs at NIH. They are incredible colleagues who chose science in public service over more lucrative careers. Devaluing their commitment & professionalism is among the most cruel aspects of the DOGE purge
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Francis Collins, longtime NIH director with bipartisan bona fides*, retires as of yesterday.
He returned to NIH in 2023 to focus on research in his own lab, in the NIH in-house intramural research campus.
His letter seems to imply he wasn’t ready to leave. NIH is being torn down. 1/🧪 #academicsky
He returned to NIH in 2023 to focus on research in his own lab, in the NIH in-house intramural research campus.
His letter seems to imply he wasn’t ready to leave. NIH is being torn down. 1/🧪 #academicsky
March 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Francis Collins, longtime NIH director with bipartisan bona fides*, retires as of yesterday.
He returned to NIH in 2023 to focus on research in his own lab, in the NIH in-house intramural research campus.
His letter seems to imply he wasn’t ready to leave. NIH is being torn down. 1/🧪 #academicsky
He returned to NIH in 2023 to focus on research in his own lab, in the NIH in-house intramural research campus.
His letter seems to imply he wasn’t ready to leave. NIH is being torn down. 1/🧪 #academicsky
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I currently have two fully-funded PhD opportunities in my lab - both providing a chance to work on the incredible LEAF data set that we have been collecting the last couple of years (220 children followed longitudinally from 10-30 months on measures of attention and early EF). Please share!
March 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I currently have two fully-funded PhD opportunities in my lab - both providing a chance to work on the incredible LEAF data set that we have been collecting the last couple of years (220 children followed longitudinally from 10-30 months on measures of attention and early EF). Please share!
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I know many universities are asking folks not to speak to reporters on the record.
If you have need for someone who will be effing glad to speak on the record, DM me!
🙏
If you have need for someone who will be effing glad to speak on the record, DM me!
🙏
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I know many universities are asking folks not to speak to reporters on the record.
If you have need for someone who will be effing glad to speak on the record, DM me!
🙏
If you have need for someone who will be effing glad to speak on the record, DM me!
🙏
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Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring:
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
March 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Some examples of research USGS does that is at risk with RIFs and restructuring:
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
- earth quake and volcano monitoring and warnings
- landslide risk assessments
- water quality testing
- wildlife conservation
- wildfire prevention and post-fire rehabilitation
- invasive species tracking
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"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates
Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science
www.science.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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Another NIH grant rescinded -
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
March 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Another NIH grant rescinded -
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
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Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78)
I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
1/n
I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
1/n
February 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Thanks to all of the NIHers and their friends who reached out to me. I am still here (DM me or Signal jeremymberg.78)
I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
1/n
I still have a very incomplete picture but based on what I have been told, the damage to NIH and to many wonderful people who work(ed) there is/was impossible for me to imagine
1/n
It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this:
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪
NEW: In a further sign of turmoil at the NIH, Mike Lauer, who oversees the agency's $39 billion extramural budget that goes to research outside the NIH, has resigned effective tomorrow.
This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.
This comes after top NIH official Larry Tabak abruptly retired yesterday.
February 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Sign open letter to Congress from concerned scientists: secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-trump...
Trump’s Power Grab Threatens Science: We Need Scientists’ Help
Scientists & experts: Sign the open letter urging Congress to protect against unconstitutional power grabs and defend science and scientists in the federal government.
secure.ucsusa.org
February 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sign open letter to Congress from concerned scientists: secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-trump...
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
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"A record-breaking 10,000 scientific papers were retracted in 2023 because of scientific misconduct, and academic journals are overwhelmed by AI-generated images, data, and texts."
Read more: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-...
Read more: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-...
January 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"A record-breaking 10,000 scientific papers were retracted in 2023 because of scientific misconduct, and academic journals are overwhelmed by AI-generated images, data, and texts."
Read more: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-...
Read more: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-...
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The article below about barriers to healthcare accessibility for autistic people should be required reading for anyone in a patient-facing role. 🧪
The 'More Than Words' report is also an excellent resource: www.boingboing.org.uk/more_than_wo...
#ActuallyAutistic #HealthCare #Accessibility
The 'More Than Words' report is also an excellent resource: www.boingboing.org.uk/more_than_wo...
#ActuallyAutistic #HealthCare #Accessibility
December 14, 2024 at 8:23 PM
The article below about barriers to healthcare accessibility for autistic people should be required reading for anyone in a patient-facing role. 🧪
The 'More Than Words' report is also an excellent resource: www.boingboing.org.uk/more_than_wo...
#ActuallyAutistic #HealthCare #Accessibility
The 'More Than Words' report is also an excellent resource: www.boingboing.org.uk/more_than_wo...
#ActuallyAutistic #HealthCare #Accessibility