hshoch
@hshoch.bsky.social
@hshoch@mastodon.world
Biomedical Informatician
@DBMI_PITT. MIT/U. Md.
Computer Scientist, Biomedical Informatics, Concerned citizen. He/Him
usual disclaimer - opinions are my own. not those of employer. Reposts != endorsement.
Biomedical Informatician
@DBMI_PITT. MIT/U. Md.
Computer Scientist, Biomedical Informatics, Concerned citizen. He/Him
usual disclaimer - opinions are my own. not those of employer. Reposts != endorsement.
This is very bad.
More new NIH institute and center director positions posted
with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
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with a closing date of 11/26/25.
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
These include the Center for Scientific Review (CSR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), ...
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hr.nih.gov
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This is very bad.
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With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
With an absent CDC and mismatched 'subclade K' flu strain, experts face upcoming season with uncertainty www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Good news.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.
www.wunc.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Good news.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Powerful words here from Gov Josh Shapiro…..
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Powerful words here from Gov Josh Shapiro…..
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Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl".
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
Bari Weiss Crosses Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line
This week, Bari Weiss, the controversial new right-wing head of CBS News, crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to participate in a front-page puff piece that painted her as a scrappy “Pitts...
paydayreport.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl".
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
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why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
why is this mayoral election different than all other mayoral elections?
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
in all other mayoral elections, we get to see andrew cuomo lose but once. but in this mayoral elections, we get to see him lose *twice*.
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
ALL 3 PA DEMOCRATIC STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HAVE BEEN RETAINED OVERWHELMINGLY!
DEMOCRATS WILL MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SUPREME COURT!
ALL 3 PA DEMOCRATIC STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HAVE BEEN RETAINED OVERWHELMINGLY!
DEMOCRATS WILL MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SUPREME COURT!
a large wave in the ocean is breaking
ALT: a large wave in the ocean is breaking
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
ALL 3 PA DEMOCRATIC STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HAVE BEEN RETAINED OVERWHELMINGLY!
DEMOCRATS WILL MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SUPREME COURT!
ALL 3 PA DEMOCRATIC STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HAVE BEEN RETAINED OVERWHELMINGLY!
DEMOCRATS WILL MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE SUPREME COURT!
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Pennsylvania!!
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Pennsylvania!!
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A cutthroat game of infectious disease trivai at the #MIDAS2025 student group meeting. Looking forward to a discussion with @jeremymberg.bsky.social.
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A cutthroat game of infectious disease trivai at the #MIDAS2025 student group meeting. Looking forward to a discussion with @jeremymberg.bsky.social.
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It's day 2 of MIDAS 25 and we are excited for a long day of amazing talks scheduled. Click the link below for today's schedule.
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staging2.midasnetwork.us
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It's day 2 of MIDAS 25 and we are excited for a long day of amazing talks scheduled. Click the link below for today's schedule.
staging2.midasnetwork.us/wp-content/u...
staging2.midasnetwork.us/wp-content/u...
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#ResistanceRoots
Jonas Salk was born on this day in 1914 in New York City. He is best known for developing the first safe and effective polio vaccine, one of the most significant medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. He famously refused to patent his vaccine or seek any profit from it. /1
Jonas Salk was born on this day in 1914 in New York City. He is best known for developing the first safe and effective polio vaccine, one of the most significant medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. He famously refused to patent his vaccine or seek any profit from it. /1
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
#ResistanceRoots
Jonas Salk was born on this day in 1914 in New York City. He is best known for developing the first safe and effective polio vaccine, one of the most significant medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. He famously refused to patent his vaccine or seek any profit from it. /1
Jonas Salk was born on this day in 1914 in New York City. He is best known for developing the first safe and effective polio vaccine, one of the most significant medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. He famously refused to patent his vaccine or seek any profit from it. /1
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Remembering the Pittsburgh #TreeofLife synagogue shooting victims on the seventh anniversary of that horror. May the killings END.
Zichronam Livracha - May their abiding spirits belvong guides for us all...
Zichronam Livracha - May their abiding spirits belvong guides for us all...
October 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Remembering the Pittsburgh #TreeofLife synagogue shooting victims on the seventh anniversary of that horror. May the killings END.
Zichronam Livracha - May their abiding spirits belvong guides for us all...
Zichronam Livracha - May their abiding spirits belvong guides for us all...
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Today, we remember the 11 beloved Jewish community members who were murdered at a synagogue in Pittsburgh seven years ago.
May their memories be a blessing and may their families be comforted.
May their memories be a blessing and may their families be comforted.
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today, we remember the 11 beloved Jewish community members who were murdered at a synagogue in Pittsburgh seven years ago.
May their memories be a blessing and may their families be comforted.
May their memories be a blessing and may their families be comforted.
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I really appreciate Veena's perspective on this. University bosses who get on board the Trump train now are making short-term decisions to protect themselves, while exposing their students to substantial harm in the short term and themselves to significant legal liability in the future.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I really appreciate Veena's perspective on this. University bosses who get on board the Trump train now are making short-term decisions to protect themselves, while exposing their students to substantial harm in the short term and themselves to significant legal liability in the future.
More:
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Just another normal HHS week: CDC researchers cannot present work at an annual Infectious Disease conference in (checks notes) Atlanta. As a CDC researcher put it:
“It appears to me that HHS’s goal is to prevent the dissemination of scientific information. It’s insane.”
apnews.com/article/infe...
“It appears to me that HHS’s goal is to prevent the dissemination of scientific information. It’s insane.”
apnews.com/article/infe...
Government shutdown means many CDC experts are skipping a pivotal meeting on infectious disease
An annual conference about infectious diseases is seeing a dramatic attendance decline, in part because Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts can’t participate.
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Just another normal HHS week: CDC researchers cannot present work at an annual Infectious Disease conference in (checks notes) Atlanta. As a CDC researcher put it:
“It appears to me that HHS’s goal is to prevent the dissemination of scientific information. It’s insane.”
apnews.com/article/infe...
“It appears to me that HHS’s goal is to prevent the dissemination of scientific information. It’s insane.”
apnews.com/article/infe...
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#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
The PA Supreme Court has stood up for our rights —protecting access to birth control, contraception, and prenatal care.
Vote YES to RETAIN Justices Donohue, Dougherty & Wecht
Freedom is on the ballot!
👉 vote.pa/register
#PACourtsMatter
The PA Supreme Court has stood up for our rights —protecting access to birth control, contraception, and prenatal care.
Vote YES to RETAIN Justices Donohue, Dougherty & Wecht
Freedom is on the ballot!
👉 vote.pa/register
#PACourtsMatter
October 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#ProudBlue #Voices4Victory
The PA Supreme Court has stood up for our rights —protecting access to birth control, contraception, and prenatal care.
Vote YES to RETAIN Justices Donohue, Dougherty & Wecht
Freedom is on the ballot!
👉 vote.pa/register
#PACourtsMatter
The PA Supreme Court has stood up for our rights —protecting access to birth control, contraception, and prenatal care.
Vote YES to RETAIN Justices Donohue, Dougherty & Wecht
Freedom is on the ballot!
👉 vote.pa/register
#PACourtsMatter
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This is a powerful account from a PhD student whose fellowship was terminated by NIH because it was part of a "diversity" program without any other considerations or understanding of what the program or the students were actually doing.
undark.org/2025/10/09/o...
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NIH Student Grant Cancellation Will Weaken Scientific Innovation
The termination of federal F31 diversity fellowships puts many graduate students in a bind — and U.S. science at risk.
undark.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is a powerful account from a PhD student whose fellowship was terminated by NIH because it was part of a "diversity" program without any other considerations or understanding of what the program or the students were actually doing.
undark.org/2025/10/09/o...
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This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic.
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic.
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Pleased to see my alma mater stepping up when it counts.
MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
orgchart.mit.edu
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Pleased to see my alma mater stepping up when it counts.
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My statement on the two-year anniversary of the horrific Hamas terrorist attack against Israel and Netanyahu's ongoing war against the Palestinian people:
October 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My statement on the two-year anniversary of the horrific Hamas terrorist attack against Israel and Netanyahu's ongoing war against the Palestinian people: