Grant Schulert, MD, PhD
@grantschulert.bsky.social
Pediatric rheumatologist, scientist, husband and father, baseball fan. Studies #SJIA, #MAS, autoinflammation. Former @iowamed, @vumcpeds. He/him. Views my own.
https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/r/rheumatology/labs/schulert
https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/r/rheumatology/labs/schulert
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Another new policy from the geniuses in NIH leadership.
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
a man with a beard is looking at the camera with the words priorities written on the bottom
ALT: a man with a beard is looking at the camera with the words priorities written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Another new policy from the geniuses in NIH leadership.
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
Northern lights in Ohio
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Northern lights in Ohio
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Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
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"Did you order the Code Bread?!?"
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Did you order the Code Bread?!?"
This is your periodic reminder that classification criteria aren’t diagnostic criteria. They don’t capture the breadth and depth of a disease, but rather a well phenotyped population for research.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
media.tenor.com/ZiLugTiVQNgA...
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is your periodic reminder that classification criteria aren’t diagnostic criteria. They don’t capture the breadth and depth of a disease, but rather a well phenotyped population for research.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
media.tenor.com/ZiLugTiVQNgA...
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
media.tenor.com/ZiLugTiVQNgA...
What a story: Dr Lauren Hughes is a friend from Iowa COM and so grateful she and family and okay. And a reminder of how our system leaves all of us so close to medical bankruptcy:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Doctor Tripped Up by $64K Bill for Ankle Surgery and Hospital Stay - KFF Health News
A doctor in Colorado became the patient after an accident totaled her car and sent her to the operating room. The hospital kept her overnight, but her insurer stopped paying after she left the emergen...
kffhealthnews.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What a story: Dr Lauren Hughes is a friend from Iowa COM and so grateful she and family and okay. And a reminder of how our system leaves all of us so close to medical bankruptcy:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Border Patrol officers stand outside their vehicles at a gas station near Bridgeport Tuesday in Chicago. Earlier in the day students from Little Village Lawndale High School held a walk out to protest recent immigration enforcement actions in the area.
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Border Patrol officers stand outside their vehicles at a gas station near Bridgeport Tuesday in Chicago. Earlier in the day students from Little Village Lawndale High School held a walk out to protest recent immigration enforcement actions in the area.
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CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York
Great to see my friend @petterbrodin.bsky.social at #ACR25 and hear about his work on hormones, chromosomes, and autoimmunity in this aptly named session
October 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Great to see my friend @petterbrodin.bsky.social at #ACR25 and hear about his work on hormones, chromosomes, and autoimmunity in this aptly named session
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"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
THERE ARE PUPPIES AT #ACR25. I REPEAT, THERE ARE PUPPIES.
@rheumcat.bsky.social where are the cats? Inclusivity!
@rheumcat.bsky.social where are the cats? Inclusivity!
October 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
THERE ARE PUPPIES AT #ACR25. I REPEAT, THERE ARE PUPPIES.
@rheumcat.bsky.social where are the cats? Inclusivity!
@rheumcat.bsky.social where are the cats? Inclusivity!
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Approach similar to @grantschulert.bsky.social 's Cincinnati cohort of Stills-LD
Control the Still's and if the allergic-like phenom comes on, can add on other meds, like JAKi or T cell meds (MMF, CNI)
Don't even call this "DRESS-like" ❌
#ACR25 #GlobalSummit
Control the Still's and if the allergic-like phenom comes on, can add on other meds, like JAKi or T cell meds (MMF, CNI)
Don't even call this "DRESS-like" ❌
#ACR25 #GlobalSummit
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Approach similar to @grantschulert.bsky.social 's Cincinnati cohort of Stills-LD
Control the Still's and if the allergic-like phenom comes on, can add on other meds, like JAKi or T cell meds (MMF, CNI)
Don't even call this "DRESS-like" ❌
#ACR25 #GlobalSummit
Control the Still's and if the allergic-like phenom comes on, can add on other meds, like JAKi or T cell meds (MMF, CNI)
Don't even call this "DRESS-like" ❌
#ACR25 #GlobalSummit
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NEW: Ohio Chaplain Freed From Jail as DHS Drops Deportation Case
“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica in a call just after his release. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of providing material support to terrorists.
“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica in a call just after his release. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of providing material support to terrorists.
Ohio Chaplain Freed From Jail as DHS Drops Deportation Case
“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica on his release from an Ohio jail. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of providin...
www.propublica.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW: Ohio Chaplain Freed From Jail as DHS Drops Deportation Case
“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica in a call just after his release. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of providing material support to terrorists.
“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica in a call just after his release. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of providing material support to terrorists.
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I'm watching the ACIP meeting. #Follow along for updates.
The committee will vote on whether to delay the hepatitis B vaccine for babies and whether to give the MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) and chickenpox vaccines separately.
The committee will vote on whether to delay the hepatitis B vaccine for babies and whether to give the MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) and chickenpox vaccines separately.
The meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is starting now. They will vote on delaying the hepatitis B vaccine (now given at birth) until baby is 1 month old, as long as mom tests negative. www.youtube.com/live/-6uBNXs...
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - September 18, 2025 - Day 1 of 2
YouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I'm watching the ACIP meeting. #Follow along for updates.
The committee will vote on whether to delay the hepatitis B vaccine for babies and whether to give the MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) and chickenpox vaccines separately.
The committee will vote on whether to delay the hepatitis B vaccine for babies and whether to give the MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) and chickenpox vaccines separately.
Paging the ACR …
New statement: IDSA, APHA and partners call for RFK Jr. to resign: "Our country needs leadership that will promote open, honest dialogue — not disregard decades of lifesaving science, spread misinformation, reverse medical progress and decimate programs that keep us safe." bit.ly/3JOgDya
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Paging the ACR …
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
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We're all going to retire
BREAKING: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa won't seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say.
Joni Ernst won't seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next week she's not running for reelection in 2026.
cbsn.ws
August 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We're all going to retire
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AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
LIVE: CDC staff plan walkout at Atlanta HQ after Trump firings
YouTube video by Associated Press
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August 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
AP live feed of the CDC walkout in Atlanta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7Q...
At a time when federal troops are patrolling DC, people are being pulled off the streets for their political beliefs by masked officers, and the President proudly flouts the law, it’s galling to hear that we can’t protect our children because we need guns to prevent tyranny.
August 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
At a time when federal troops are patrolling DC, people are being pulled off the streets for their political beliefs by masked officers, and the President proudly flouts the law, it’s galling to hear that we can’t protect our children because we need guns to prevent tyranny.
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NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
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Reposted by Grant Schulert, MD, PhD
A new review discusses the features of oligoarticular, polyarticular, systemic, and psoriatic JIA and enthesitis-related arthritis, as well as advances in treatment for these conditions. Read the full review: nej.md/4lJMkq4
#MedSky #PedSky
#MedSky #PedSky
July 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A new review discusses the features of oligoarticular, polyarticular, systemic, and psoriatic JIA and enthesitis-related arthritis, as well as advances in treatment for these conditions. Read the full review: nej.md/4lJMkq4
#MedSky #PedSky
#MedSky #PedSky
As we all know, anything bad that ever happens to anyone after vaccination is due to the vaccine. But most people hospitalized with #COVID19 are really sick with something else.
Meyer notes that reported rates of death after mRNA vaccination were BELOW background rates of death in the general U.S. population.
“No association between COVID-19 vaccination and mortality.”
Expect pushback from Malone, who has falsely claimed the shots are killing millions of people.
“No association between COVID-19 vaccination and mortality.”
Expect pushback from Malone, who has falsely claimed the shots are killing millions of people.
June 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As we all know, anything bad that ever happens to anyone after vaccination is due to the vaccine. But most people hospitalized with #COVID19 are really sick with something else.