Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH
@erinabowles.bsky.social
Director of Collaborative Science | MPH epidemiologist in breast cancer research | Focused on non-traditional career paths, musical theater, tap dancing #episky #epimasters | Posts are personal views, not my employer’s
Email spam from a “scientific” journal this morning:
“I really need a warm support from an ideal person like you.”
😂 😂 😂
“I really need a warm support from an ideal person like you.”
😂 😂 😂
September 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Email spam from a “scientific” journal this morning:
“I really need a warm support from an ideal person like you.”
😂 😂 😂
“I really need a warm support from an ideal person like you.”
😂 😂 😂
Reposted by Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH
Just to give the TL;DR on this one:
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
This is literally some of the craziest shit I have ever read.
And that's saying a lot.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
And that's saying a lot.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Just to give the TL;DR on this one:
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
*The* main purpose of the EO is to move funding priorities and decisions away from experts and career professionals over to political appointees. With the ultimate power held by Vought / OMB.
Reposted by Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH
DON'T MISS AT #SER2025: 'Find your public voice: leaning into advocacy and engagement' with @britshmit.bsky.social, @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, & @zinzinator.bsky.social!
I am thrilled to be chairing this exciting professional development session at #SER2025 on the Friday at 12pm!
#EpiSky
I am thrilled to be chairing this exciting professional development session at #SER2025 on the Friday at 12pm!
#EpiSky
June 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
DON'T MISS AT #SER2025: 'Find your public voice: leaning into advocacy and engagement' with @britshmit.bsky.social, @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, & @zinzinator.bsky.social!
I am thrilled to be chairing this exciting professional development session at #SER2025 on the Friday at 12pm!
#EpiSky
I am thrilled to be chairing this exciting professional development session at #SER2025 on the Friday at 12pm!
#EpiSky
Reposted by Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH
As 100 days in office comes up, let’s focus on the next few months:
Trump is trying to stop spending at NIH to justify cutting the NIH budget. Every US scientist should be in contact with their Congressional reps about this.
Get grants and money out the door soon or the money goes away.
Trump is trying to stop spending at NIH to justify cutting the NIH budget. Every US scientist should be in contact with their Congressional reps about this.
Get grants and money out the door soon or the money goes away.
April 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
As 100 days in office comes up, let’s focus on the next few months:
Trump is trying to stop spending at NIH to justify cutting the NIH budget. Every US scientist should be in contact with their Congressional reps about this.
Get grants and money out the door soon or the money goes away.
Trump is trying to stop spending at NIH to justify cutting the NIH budget. Every US scientist should be in contact with their Congressional reps about this.
Get grants and money out the door soon or the money goes away.
WTF?! What on earth is happening right now?
NEW: Per multiple sources, the National Cancer Institute’s Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded.
April 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
WTF?! What on earth is happening right now?
A VA colleague just told me about this today….I don’t even know what to say. Some scary, scary times we are living in.
NEW: The VA is establishing an "anti-Christian bias" task force and asking VA employees to submit any instances they witness of anti-Christian bias in the Dept to Christianbiasreporting at va dot gov.
They are seeking the following examples.
They are seeking the following examples.
April 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A VA colleague just told me about this today….I don’t even know what to say. Some scary, scary times we are living in.
“No study is a better example of the enormous scientific impact of research on the prevention of chronic disease in the population, one of the stated priorities of the HHS leadership”
💔💔💔
💔💔💔
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“No study is a better example of the enormous scientific impact of research on the prevention of chronic disease in the population, one of the stated priorities of the HHS leadership”
💔💔💔
💔💔💔
Reposted by Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH
“The funding cuts to the landmark nationwide Women’s Health Initiative will deal a devastating blow to the health of all older adults in the U.S. and throughout the world." www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/w...
Women’s Health Initiative, known for hormone therapy trials, to lose federal funding
The Women's Health Initiative, the enormous study that shaped treatment of menopause and other conditions, is on the verge of shutting down.
www.statnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
“The funding cuts to the landmark nationwide Women’s Health Initiative will deal a devastating blow to the health of all older adults in the U.S. and throughout the world." www.statnews.com/2025/04/22/w...
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 More of this please.
Harvard University has rejected the Trump administration's demands for policy changes, putting nearly $9 billion in federal funding at risk
With billions at risk, Harvard rejects Trump administration’s request for policy changes | CNN
Harvard University rejected the Trump administration’s demands for policy changes at the school on Monday, putting nearly $9 billion in federal funding at risk.
www.cnn.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 More of this please.
Great masters level epi job here!!!
We are hiring a research associate for cancer epidemiology studies! Join our team to conduct research on breast cancer survivorship in a collaborative research environment. Candidates with an MPH/MS in epidemiology and strong analytic skills are preferred! ceda.rs/44qpYV4
ceda.rs
April 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Great masters level epi job here!!!
Thrilled to see Macy Corley present on our NCI-Kaiser Permanente Breast Cancer Survivors cohort at #aspo2025
But bummed that NCI colleagues had to pre-record talks instead of being here in person.
But bummed that NCI colleagues had to pre-record talks instead of being here in person.
April 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Thrilled to see Macy Corley present on our NCI-Kaiser Permanente Breast Cancer Survivors cohort at #aspo2025
But bummed that NCI colleagues had to pre-record talks instead of being here in person.
But bummed that NCI colleagues had to pre-record talks instead of being here in person.
Great cancer survivorship session this morning at #aspo2025 focused on personal experience, disparities, and sleep. And this gem:
“If you’re using an alarm to wake up in the morning, you’re not getting enough sleep.”
Ouch.
“If you’re using an alarm to wake up in the morning, you’re not getting enough sleep.”
Ouch.
April 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Great cancer survivorship session this morning at #aspo2025 focused on personal experience, disparities, and sleep. And this gem:
“If you’re using an alarm to wake up in the morning, you’re not getting enough sleep.”
Ouch.
“If you’re using an alarm to wake up in the morning, you’re not getting enough sleep.”
Ouch.
Reposted by Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH
An attention-grabbing thing R1 presidents could do is to announce that should NIH (etc) cuts happen, they will reappropriate all athletics allocations into research to protect the core of their academic enterprise. If presidents had the chutzpah, this could stop the administration in its tracks.
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
An attention-grabbing thing R1 presidents could do is to announce that should NIH (etc) cuts happen, they will reappropriate all athletics allocations into research to protect the core of their academic enterprise. If presidents had the chutzpah, this could stop the administration in its tracks.
Dang. Just learned ASPO (Amer soc for preventive oncology) didn’t receive their R13 conference grant from NCI for the first time ever, due to the EOs and delays. Still managed to hold a meeting this year. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#aspo2025
#aspo2025
April 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Dang. Just learned ASPO (Amer soc for preventive oncology) didn’t receive their R13 conference grant from NCI for the first time ever, due to the EOs and delays. Still managed to hold a meeting this year. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#aspo2025
#aspo2025
Reposted by Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH
Here’s what RFK Jr. has done since a measles outbreak began which has killed 3 people so far:
1. Buried a CDC report showing need for vaccination
2. Recommended vitamin A, resulting in liver damage in kids
3. Defunded vaccination clinics nationally
4. Hired a fraud to manipulate vaccine data
1. Buried a CDC report showing need for vaccination
2. Recommended vitamin A, resulting in liver damage in kids
3. Defunded vaccination clinics nationally
4. Hired a fraud to manipulate vaccine data
April 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here’s what RFK Jr. has done since a measles outbreak began which has killed 3 people so far:
1. Buried a CDC report showing need for vaccination
2. Recommended vitamin A, resulting in liver damage in kids
3. Defunded vaccination clinics nationally
4. Hired a fraud to manipulate vaccine data
1. Buried a CDC report showing need for vaccination
2. Recommended vitamin A, resulting in liver damage in kids
3. Defunded vaccination clinics nationally
4. Hired a fraud to manipulate vaccine data
It gives me so much hope to see this! If I hadn’t been on a plane all day, I would have been at the protest in Seattle!
They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks.
#handsoff #50501protests
#handsoff #50501protests
April 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It gives me so much hope to see this! If I hadn’t been on a plane all day, I would have been at the protest in Seattle!
This is great but also NIH grants are never funded at the original, full amounts? I don’t remember the last time I didn’t have a 17% cut right off the top.
NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts. @msnbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is great but also NIH grants are never funded at the original, full amounts? I don’t remember the last time I didn’t have a 17% cut right off the top.
Reposted by Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH
I want to point out two things about yesterday's HHS cuts
1- a FDA office was cut that's completely funded by tobacco settlement dollars. The cut saved the US $0 but cost scientists their jobs & will result in unsafe/unregulated products on store shelves
2- state & local health depts will be harmed
1- a FDA office was cut that's completely funded by tobacco settlement dollars. The cut saved the US $0 but cost scientists their jobs & will result in unsafe/unregulated products on store shelves
2- state & local health depts will be harmed
April 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I want to point out two things about yesterday's HHS cuts
1- a FDA office was cut that's completely funded by tobacco settlement dollars. The cut saved the US $0 but cost scientists their jobs & will result in unsafe/unregulated products on store shelves
2- state & local health depts will be harmed
1- a FDA office was cut that's completely funded by tobacco settlement dollars. The cut saved the US $0 but cost scientists their jobs & will result in unsafe/unregulated products on store shelves
2- state & local health depts will be harmed
200 people fired locally today.
Never did I ever think it would get this bad. And I’m afraid it’s still going to get worse.
Never did I ever think it would get this bad. And I’m afraid it’s still going to get worse.
Trump administration closes regional HHS office in downtown Seattle
Trump administration closes regional HHS office in downtown Seattle
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has closed its regional Northwest office based in Seattle, according to U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene.
www.seattletimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:01 AM
200 people fired locally today.
Never did I ever think it would get this bad. And I’m afraid it’s still going to get worse.
Never did I ever think it would get this bad. And I’m afraid it’s still going to get worse.
Am honestly sick over what is happening.
🚨🚨🚨 Four NIH institute directors have been removed from their posts and some offered reassignments to the Indian Health Service, effective today.
These institutes include NIAID (Jeanne Marrazzo), NIMHD (Eliseo Pérez-Stable), NICHD (Diana Bianchi), and NINR (Shannon Zenk).
These institutes include NIAID (Jeanne Marrazzo), NIMHD (Eliseo Pérez-Stable), NICHD (Diana Bianchi), and NINR (Shannon Zenk).
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Am honestly sick over what is happening.
Reposted by Erin Aiello Bowles, MPH
The first randomized trial comparing fecal occult blood testing (every other year) testing and (one-time) colonoscopy. No significant difference in colon cancer mortality among >56,000 participants
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The first randomized trial comparing fecal occult blood testing (every other year) testing and (one-time) colonoscopy. No significant difference in colon cancer mortality among >56,000 participants
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.bsky.social
I have no words.
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
grants.nih.gov
March 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I have no words.
Not me accidentally saving over the final tracked changes version of a manuscript with the clean version when both are required for resubmission 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
March 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Not me accidentally saving over the final tracked changes version of a manuscript with the clean version when both are required for resubmission 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Come on NCI!
Updated dashboard
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
All advisory councils now posted (or by Monday) for institutes and centers except the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH), or Fogarty International Center (FIC)
Let me know if I missed anything
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
All advisory councils now posted (or by Monday) for institutes and centers except the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH), or Fogarty International Center (FIC)
Let me know if I missed anything
NIH_since_1_20_25
jeremymberg.github.io
March 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Come on NCI!