Dr. Rachel Shelton
@drrachelshelton.bsky.social
Professor at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health; Co-Director of the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research; Implementation Scientist; Cancer Researcher; Mom & Mentor in NYC
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The 2025 volume of the Annual Review of Public Health is now online. Take a look - arevie.ws/42DiDAg @drrachelshelton.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The 2025 volume of the Annual Review of Public Health is now online. Take a look - arevie.ws/42DiDAg @drrachelshelton.bsky.social
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If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations.
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
March 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations.
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
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Among the many articles on the ongoing destruction of academia and science 🧪 in the US, this is one of the most chilling..
"It is an attack on the conditions that allow free thought to exist.. we will feel its consequences for decades"
The end of the university as we know it
@meghanor.bsky.social
"It is an attack on the conditions that allow free thought to exist.. we will feel its consequences for decades"
The end of the university as we know it
@meghanor.bsky.social
Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities (Gift Article)
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Among the many articles on the ongoing destruction of academia and science 🧪 in the US, this is one of the most chilling..
"It is an attack on the conditions that allow free thought to exist.. we will feel its consequences for decades"
The end of the university as we know it
@meghanor.bsky.social
"It is an attack on the conditions that allow free thought to exist.. we will feel its consequences for decades"
The end of the university as we know it
@meghanor.bsky.social
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This new Atlantic piece on the timeline of the NIH shutdown reads like the script to a new Soderbergh film. It is so, so dark and perfectly captures the evil and intentional chaos behind everything we've experienced over the last month www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This new Atlantic piece on the timeline of the NIH shutdown reads like the script to a new Soderbergh film. It is so, so dark and perfectly captures the evil and intentional chaos behind everything we've experienced over the last month www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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I spend a lot of time thinking about #Participatory approaches to #ImpSci (and life!). Colleagues and I pulled together quotes & ideas that offer alternative entry points for us. What has prompted "aha" moments for others in this space? Open access at doi.org/10.1146/annu...
February 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I spend a lot of time thinking about #Participatory approaches to #ImpSci (and life!). Colleagues and I pulled together quotes & ideas that offer alternative entry points for us. What has prompted "aha" moments for others in this space? Open access at doi.org/10.1146/annu...
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Make no mistake. This is an all-out attack on health in America.
Not only is the EIS vital to controlling infectious disease; it was where a remarkably high fraction of our public health leaders received formative training and experience.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Not only is the EIS vital to controlling infectious disease; it was where a remarkably high fraction of our public health leaders received formative training and experience.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired
www.statnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Make no mistake. This is an all-out attack on health in America.
Not only is the EIS vital to controlling infectious disease; it was where a remarkably high fraction of our public health leaders received formative training and experience.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Not only is the EIS vital to controlling infectious disease; it was where a remarkably high fraction of our public health leaders received formative training and experience.
www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...
Happening today at 12 pm EST virtually! #Impsci seminar series with Dr. JD Smith presenting on Roll-out designs-- reach out to me if interested
February 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happening today at 12 pm EST virtually! #Impsci seminar series with Dr. JD Smith presenting on Roll-out designs-- reach out to me if interested
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Breaking: Court Orders CDC, FDA to Restore Scrubbed Webpages, Data
Thank you, @drsforamerica.bsky.social, for standing up for facts, objectivity, and good care for our patients.
#MedSky #health #healthcare #medicine #publichealth
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
Thank you, @drsforamerica.bsky.social, for standing up for facts, objectivity, and good care for our patients.
#MedSky #health #healthcare #medicine #publichealth
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
Court Orders CDC, FDA to Restore Scrubbed Webpages, Data
Judge agreed to temporary restraining order requested by the Doctors for America advocacy group
www.medpagetoday.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Breaking: Court Orders CDC, FDA to Restore Scrubbed Webpages, Data
Thank you, @drsforamerica.bsky.social, for standing up for facts, objectivity, and good care for our patients.
#MedSky #health #healthcare #medicine #publichealth
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
Thank you, @drsforamerica.bsky.social, for standing up for facts, objectivity, and good care for our patients.
#MedSky #health #healthcare #medicine #publichealth
www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...
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Very good source to understand indirect costs by Sally Rockey, former Deputy Director for Extramural Activities at NIH.
Very thorough and clear.
If you want to understand indirect costs or have family or friends who are pestering you to explain IDC, send them this...
www.aau.edu/key-issues/i...
Very thorough and clear.
If you want to understand indirect costs or have family or friends who are pestering you to explain IDC, send them this...
www.aau.edu/key-issues/i...
Indirect Costs 101, Sally J. Rockey | Association of American Universities (AAU)
Sally Rockey, explains indirect costs and how they support research.
www.aau.edu
February 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Very good source to understand indirect costs by Sally Rockey, former Deputy Director for Extramural Activities at NIH.
Very thorough and clear.
If you want to understand indirect costs or have family or friends who are pestering you to explain IDC, send them this...
www.aau.edu/key-issues/i...
Very thorough and clear.
If you want to understand indirect costs or have family or friends who are pestering you to explain IDC, send them this...
www.aau.edu/key-issues/i...
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This is a key point, and why international applicants can only claim 8% indirect costs on NIH grants - these funders also support the wider US scientific research and innovation system.
If you wanted to actively make US less competitive at science, this is exactly sort of policy that would do it:
If you wanted to actively make US less competitive at science, this is exactly sort of policy that would do it:
2. While NSF and NIH indeed have a mission to fund specific research innovations via grantmaking, they do a lot more than that.
Their principal role is support a scientific ecosystem in the United States, that includes everything from education and training to infrastructure and communication.
Their principal role is support a scientific ecosystem in the United States, that includes everything from education and training to infrastructure and communication.
February 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is a key point, and why international applicants can only claim 8% indirect costs on NIH grants - these funders also support the wider US scientific research and innovation system.
If you wanted to actively make US less competitive at science, this is exactly sort of policy that would do it:
If you wanted to actively make US less competitive at science, this is exactly sort of policy that would do it:
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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New piece on #CommunityEngagement + #ImpSci to advance health equity in the CDC's Principles of Community Engagement (3rd ed). It's been taken down from the site, but you can get it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
W/ @drrachelshelton.bsky.social @padsul.bsky.social @anabaumann.bsky.social
W/ @drrachelshelton.bsky.social @padsul.bsky.social @anabaumann.bsky.social
(PDF) PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 3RD EDITION
PDF | There is growing evidence that community engagement is central to successful and widespread adoption, implementation, sustainability, and scale-up... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
www.researchgate.net
February 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New piece on #CommunityEngagement + #ImpSci to advance health equity in the CDC's Principles of Community Engagement (3rd ed). It's been taken down from the site, but you can get it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
W/ @drrachelshelton.bsky.social @padsul.bsky.social @anabaumann.bsky.social
W/ @drrachelshelton.bsky.social @padsul.bsky.social @anabaumann.bsky.social
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See our latest paper testing the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) strategy. Measurement based care fidelity was significantly higher at LOCI sites compared to control sites in the EPIS framework sustainment phase. psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
Effects of an Organizational Implementation Strategy on Sustainment of Measurement-Based Care in Community Mental Health | Psychiatric Services
Objective: Little is known about how to sustain evidence-based interventions with fidelity in community mental health settings. Phase 1 of the Working to Implement and Sustain Digital Outcome Measures...
psychiatryonline.org
February 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
See our latest paper testing the Leadership and Organizational Change for Implementation (LOCI) strategy. Measurement based care fidelity was significantly higher at LOCI sites compared to control sites in the EPIS framework sustainment phase. psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
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The CDC has shuttered its webpages for supporting LGBTQ+ youth in schools, Health Disparities Among LGBTQ Youth, and Creating Safe Schools for LGBTQ+ Youth
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/youth-safe-e...
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/youth-safe-e...
January 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The CDC has shuttered its webpages for supporting LGBTQ+ youth in schools, Health Disparities Among LGBTQ Youth, and Creating Safe Schools for LGBTQ+ Youth
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/youth-safe-e...
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/healthy-yout...
www.cdc.gov/youth-safe-e...
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“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Excited to learn from Dr. Delivette Castor on Friday about The Payback Framework to Assess the Impact of Imp Sci, a framework we are using in our U54 Center! Reach out to me if you are interested in joining this virtual seminar through our #impsci seminar at Irving Institute CTSA @ColumbiaMed
January 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Excited to learn from Dr. Delivette Castor on Friday about The Payback Framework to Assess the Impact of Imp Sci, a framework we are using in our U54 Center! Reach out to me if you are interested in joining this virtual seminar through our #impsci seminar at Irving Institute CTSA @ColumbiaMed
Congrats to Dr. Alejandra Paniagua-Avila for leading this excellent #impsci review of core interventions and implementation strategies for integrated programs for addressing mental illnesses across six countries in Latin America. Such important work & happy to be part of @ColumbiaMSPH
December 12, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Congrats to Dr. Alejandra Paniagua-Avila for leading this excellent #impsci review of core interventions and implementation strategies for integrated programs for addressing mental illnesses across six countries in Latin America. Such important work & happy to be part of @ColumbiaMSPH
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Anecdotes – especially scary ones – play a BIG role in the spread of health misinformation.
Always be skeptical when testimonials are used as primary source!
Study: Anecdotes impact medical decisions even when presented with statistical information / decision aids link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Always be skeptical when testimonials are used as primary source!
Study: Anecdotes impact medical decisions even when presented with statistical information / decision aids link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Anecdotes impact medical decisions even when presented with statistical information or decision aids - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
People are inundated with popular press reports about medical research concerning what is healthy, get advice from doctors, and hear personal anecdotes. How do people integrate conflicting anecdotal a...
link.springer.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Anecdotes – especially scary ones – play a BIG role in the spread of health misinformation.
Always be skeptical when testimonials are used as primary source!
Study: Anecdotes impact medical decisions even when presented with statistical information / decision aids link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Always be skeptical when testimonials are used as primary source!
Study: Anecdotes impact medical decisions even when presented with statistical information / decision aids link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Re-thinking vulnerability: Research fraud and bureaucratic harm in community-engaged online research
Samantha Majic & Melissa Ditmore
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Samantha Majic & Melissa Ditmore
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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December 6, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Re-thinking vulnerability: Research fraud and bureaucratic harm in community-engaged online research
Samantha Majic & Melissa Ditmore
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Samantha Majic & Melissa Ditmore
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
One of the best parts of #impsci is the generosity of mentors. A big part of my work now is mentoring & capacity-building in the field so I am so honored to be included in this list of D&I science advice givers nationally.Interesting SNA piece! implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Building capacity in dissemination and implementation research: the presence and impact of advice networks - Implementation Science
Background As dissemination and implementation (D&I) research increases, we must continue to expand training capacity and research networks. Documenting, understanding, and enhancing advice networks i...
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:29 PM
One of the best parts of #impsci is the generosity of mentors. A big part of my work now is mentoring & capacity-building in the field so I am so honored to be included in this list of D&I science advice givers nationally.Interesting SNA piece! implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516 billion in government savings. It includes DRAMATIC CUTS to Veterans Affairs health care, the National Institutes of Health, Head Start, the FBI, and many other vital programs.
December 5, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516 billion in government savings. It includes DRAMATIC CUTS to Veterans Affairs health care, the National Institutes of Health, Head Start, the FBI, and many other vital programs.
Join us for our upcoming virtual Columbia University/CTSA Implementation Science Seminar series with Dr. Arianna Means on application of the CFIR framework globally. This Friday, Dec. 6th at 12 pm EST. Message me if interested!
December 4, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Join us for our upcoming virtual Columbia University/CTSA Implementation Science Seminar series with Dr. Arianna Means on application of the CFIR framework globally. This Friday, Dec. 6th at 12 pm EST. Message me if interested!
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Research supported by NIH has led more than 100 Nobel Prizes and has supported more than 99% of drugs approved by federal regulators from 2010 to 2019.
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...
Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, N.I.H. Is Now a Target
nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Research supported by NIH has led more than 100 Nobel Prizes and has supported more than 99% of drugs approved by federal regulators from 2010 to 2019.
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...
But come January, NIH may face a wrecking ball
nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...
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⭐Really excited for this!
Join us this Monday 12/2 at 11a.m. ET for the Health Equity Research Outreach (HERO) Lecture Series: Centering Health Equity in #Dissemination and #Implementation Research. Speaker include @rsbeidas.bsky.social Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe and I. www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2024/...
Join us this Monday 12/2 at 11a.m. ET for the Health Equity Research Outreach (HERO) Lecture Series: Centering Health Equity in #Dissemination and #Implementation Research. Speaker include @rsbeidas.bsky.social Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe and I. www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2024/...
November 27, 2024 at 2:59 AM
⭐Really excited for this!
Join us this Monday 12/2 at 11a.m. ET for the Health Equity Research Outreach (HERO) Lecture Series: Centering Health Equity in #Dissemination and #Implementation Research. Speaker include @rsbeidas.bsky.social Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe and I. www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2024/...
Join us this Monday 12/2 at 11a.m. ET for the Health Equity Research Outreach (HERO) Lecture Series: Centering Health Equity in #Dissemination and #Implementation Research. Speaker include @rsbeidas.bsky.social Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe and I. www.nhlbi.nih.gov/events/2024/...
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Building capacity in dissemination and implementation research: the presence and impact of advice networks #impsci
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Building capacity in dissemination and implementation research: the presence and impact of advice networks - Implementation Science
Background As dissemination and implementation (D&I) research increases, we must continue to expand training capacity and research networks. Documenting, understanding, and enhancing advice networks i...
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Building capacity in dissemination and implementation research: the presence and impact of advice networks #impsci
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....