Dinushika Mohottige MD, MPH
@dmohottige.bsky.social
Nephrologist and health equity researcher. Views are my own. 🏳️🌈🇱🇰🇺🇸She/her
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>2,100 research projects funded by the NIH were terminated in 2025...In this comment, patients, care partners, and scientists share our perspective about what's at stake...and why advocacy is essential to our path forward @natureportfolio.nature.com @apha.org @aclu.org www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Now a national news story as it must be, @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social placed on admin leave; not a household name for her title but should be for her courage to speak out in *her personal capacity* in defense of NIH's mission via The Bethesda Declaration and beyond.
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N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
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November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Now a national news story as it must be, @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social placed on admin leave; not a household name for her title but should be for her courage to speak out in *her personal capacity* in defense of NIH's mission via The Bethesda Declaration and beyond.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Today @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social was placed on administrative leave from her position at the NIDDK, NIH. We are extremely concerned and horrified at the actions of this adminstration and the NIH. Dr. Norton has been speaking out in her personal capacity about destruction occurring at the NIH.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Today @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social was placed on administrative leave from her position at the NIDDK, NIH. We are extremely concerned and horrified at the actions of this adminstration and the NIH. Dr. Norton has been speaking out in her personal capacity about destruction occurring at the NIH.
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NIDDK Program Officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social , Bethesda Declaration signer and outspoken advocate for science in the interests of the public not the politicians, was placed on administrative leave today. No reason was given. 1/4 www.instagram.com/reel/DRA3e8-...
Jenna Norton on Instagram: "I guess I hit a nerve because they just put me on “non disciplinary” admin leave. But let me be clear: this is retaliation for asserting my right to free speech guaranteed ...
Asserting your right to free speech in the workplace can be a daunting task, but one man's determination has put him in the spotlight. Hear his story and learn how to stand up for your rights in the f...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
NIDDK Program Officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social , Bethesda Declaration signer and outspoken advocate for science in the interests of the public not the politicians, was placed on administrative leave today. No reason was given. 1/4 www.instagram.com/reel/DRA3e8-...
Stand with science, stand up for democracy, stand with Jenna. This is not okay, and this cannot be the norm!
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
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I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Stand with science, stand up for democracy, stand with Jenna. This is not okay, and this cannot be the norm!
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Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS.
They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Reporter @virginiagewin.bsky.social interviewed 19 current and former US federal agency scientists about the science being dismantled at EPA, NOAA, NASA, CDC, NIH, & USGS.
They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
They say it's making America unprepared for environmental and public health crises.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In June 2025 - key demographic data about race, ethnicity, language access, and a range of other factors were removed from CMS -2728 forms without any opportunity for public input. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
This will imperil health and our efforts to improve kidney #health for all.
This will imperil health and our efforts to improve kidney #health for all.
November 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In June 2025 - key demographic data about race, ethnicity, language access, and a range of other factors were removed from CMS -2728 forms without any opportunity for public input. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
This will imperil health and our efforts to improve kidney #health for all.
This will imperil health and our efforts to improve kidney #health for all.
Reposted by Dinushika Mohottige MD, MPH
On 20 March 2025, Trump’s NIH terminated a grant exploring structural racism as a second hit on APOL1 in kidney disease.
The majority of the patients on the study’s stakeholder advisory board heard this as: ‘Your life does not matter to us’.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The majority of the patients on the study’s stakeholder advisory board heard this as: ‘Your life does not matter to us’.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Harms of terminating NIH grants for kidney disease - Nature Reviews Nephrology
In early 2025, nearly 2,100 research projects funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) were terminated. Numerous calls for depoliticization of the NIH’s scientific mission culminated in th...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
On 20 March 2025, Trump’s NIH terminated a grant exploring structural racism as a second hit on APOL1 in kidney disease.
The majority of the patients on the study’s stakeholder advisory board heard this as: ‘Your life does not matter to us’.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The majority of the patients on the study’s stakeholder advisory board heard this as: ‘Your life does not matter to us’.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Little attention has been given to the effect of NIH research terminations on people who stand to benefit most from scientific discoveries: the patients, care partners and community leaders.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Harms of terminating NIH grants for kidney disease - Nature Reviews Nephrology
In early 2025, nearly 2,100 research projects funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) were terminated. Numerous calls for depoliticization of the NIH’s scientific mission culminated in th...
www.nature.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Little attention has been given to the effect of NIH research terminations on people who stand to benefit most from scientific discoveries: the patients, care partners and community leaders.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
>2,100 research projects funded by the NIH were terminated in 2025...In this comment, patients, care partners, and scientists share our perspective about what's at stake...and why advocacy is essential to our path forward @natureportfolio.nature.com @apha.org @aclu.org www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
>2,100 research projects funded by the NIH were terminated in 2025...In this comment, patients, care partners, and scientists share our perspective about what's at stake...and why advocacy is essential to our path forward @natureportfolio.nature.com @apha.org @aclu.org www.nature.com/articles/s41...