Kristin Anderson, PhD
@immunegirl.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @UVA_MIC, @uvaimmunology.bsky.social & #OBGYN; Cancer immunotherapy researcher with a T cell engineering & TME focus; Cancer survivor and research advocate; AACR AMC Past-Chair & SITC ECS member. All views are my own. she/her
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Grateful to everyone who joined our Hill visits this week advocating for stronger support of biomedical research. Your efforts to champion increased NIH funding help drive discovery and improve lives. #SITContheHill
@immunegirl.bsky.social @cgtgaithersburg.bsky.social @doctweettweet.bsky.social 🧪
@immunegirl.bsky.social @cgtgaithersburg.bsky.social @doctweettweet.bsky.social 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Grateful to everyone who joined our Hill visits this week advocating for stronger support of biomedical research. Your efforts to champion increased NIH funding help drive discovery and improve lives. #SITContheHill
@immunegirl.bsky.social @cgtgaithersburg.bsky.social @doctweettweet.bsky.social 🧪
@immunegirl.bsky.social @cgtgaithersburg.bsky.social @doctweettweet.bsky.social 🧪
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Asmaa Mohamed, PhD, is using engineered T cells to treat ovarian cancers and improve immunotherapies in the @immunegirl.bsky.social Lab. She came to UVA for its collaborative research environment and culture of mentorship. She's also a baker, multi-talented crafter, and history enthusiast!
September 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Asmaa Mohamed, PhD, is using engineered T cells to treat ovarian cancers and improve immunotherapies in the @immunegirl.bsky.social Lab. She came to UVA for its collaborative research environment and culture of mentorship. She's also a baker, multi-talented crafter, and history enthusiast!
Heads up to check the new expiration dates on grant opportunities you were planning to write for!
For example, the Katz R01 mechanism for New Investigators now expires tomorrow, four days BEFORE the next possible due date.
For example, the Katz R01 mechanism for New Investigators now expires tomorrow, four days BEFORE the next possible due date.
NIH moved up the expiration date for some funding opportunities, effectively *canceling* the next application date without removing it from the standard table. I can't even imagine how many people are still prepping these grants.
👀 List of impacted opportunities:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
👀 List of impacted opportunities:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
May 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Heads up to check the new expiration dates on grant opportunities you were planning to write for!
For example, the Katz R01 mechanism for New Investigators now expires tomorrow, four days BEFORE the next possible due date.
For example, the Katz R01 mechanism for New Investigators now expires tomorrow, four days BEFORE the next possible due date.
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Do you know an up-and-coming expert in the field of cancer #immunotherapy? Nominate them today for SITC’s Steven A. Rosenberg Scholars Award, one of the society's most prestigious opportunities for early career scientists. Learn more: sitcancer.org/Rosenberg-scholar #SITCForwardFund
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Do you know an up-and-coming expert in the field of cancer #immunotherapy? Nominate them today for SITC’s Steven A. Rosenberg Scholars Award, one of the society's most prestigious opportunities for early career scientists. Learn more: sitcancer.org/Rosenberg-scholar #SITCForwardFund
Thank you @uvahealth.bsky.social team for the kind writeup about our research and the generous support from the Rodger W. Klein Family Fund at UVA Cancer Center that fuels our forward momentum. Their support has kickstarted our progress to helping patients! giving.uvahealth.com/article/rese...
'Research Saved My Life'
A cancer scientist and a grateful patient are bonded in more ways than one.
giving.uvahealth.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thank you @uvahealth.bsky.social team for the kind writeup about our research and the generous support from the Rodger W. Klein Family Fund at UVA Cancer Center that fuels our forward momentum. Their support has kickstarted our progress to helping patients! giving.uvahealth.com/article/rese...
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Rossymar Rivera Colón, a PhD student mentored by @immunegirl.bsky.social, won the 3rd Place and Audience Choice awards at this year's Grad Thesis Slam! Her talk, "Giving T-Cells Their Power Back," used comic book-inspired design to explain how she engineers T cells to fight cancer. Congrats, Ross!
May 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Rossymar Rivera Colón, a PhD student mentored by @immunegirl.bsky.social, won the 3rd Place and Audience Choice awards at this year's Grad Thesis Slam! Her talk, "Giving T-Cells Their Power Back," used comic book-inspired design to explain how she engineers T cells to fight cancer. Congrats, Ross!
I’m excited to be speaking at #IMMUNOLOGY2025™ on immunotherapy for ovarian cancer & engineered TCR T cells! Join me to explore hurdles facing T cells in solid tumors & the impact on immunotherapy efficacy. Register today! #immunology immunology2025.aai.org/register/ #AAI2025 @sitcancer.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I’m excited to be speaking at #IMMUNOLOGY2025™ on immunotherapy for ovarian cancer & engineered TCR T cells! Join me to explore hurdles facing T cells in solid tumors & the impact on immunotherapy efficacy. Register today! #immunology immunology2025.aai.org/register/ #AAI2025 @sitcancer.bsky.social
Congratulations to all the students who made the finals! Please come and support Rossymar and all the contestants at this year’s grad thesis slam competition!
Three CIC trainees are in this year's UVA PhD+ Grad Thesis Slam final! Ross Rivera Colon, Emily Grayson, and Ariana Sabzevari will have 3 minutes to present their research to a general audience with only 1 slide.
Come support them at the event on April 23!
Come support them at the event on April 23!
April 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Congratulations to all the students who made the finals! Please come and support Rossymar and all the contestants at this year’s grad thesis slam competition!
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Join us on 4/22 for our inaugural Paths to Research Advocacy event - the first in a recurring series, where we’ll interviewing experienced research advocates and scientists about their journeys to ovarian cancer research advocacy. Register for this free event through the link in our bio!
April 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Join us on 4/22 for our inaugural Paths to Research Advocacy event - the first in a recurring series, where we’ll interviewing experienced research advocates and scientists about their journeys to ovarian cancer research advocacy. Register for this free event through the link in our bio!
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There is a forum on the NIH happening right now at the US Capitol, hosted by Senator Tammy Baldwin. You can listen in here (and rewind to the beginning): www.youtube.com/live/JofqSdW...
Baldwin Leads Forum on Trump and Musk’s Cuts to Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease Cures
YouTube video by Senator Tammy Baldwin
www.youtube.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
There is a forum on the NIH happening right now at the US Capitol, hosted by Senator Tammy Baldwin. You can listen in here (and rewind to the beginning): www.youtube.com/live/JofqSdW...
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Be sure to apply for #SITCWIN by Monday March 24. WIN will feature presentations from experienced female leaders, panel discussions allowing participants to ask questions & interact with these leaders, & networking opportunities. #WomenInSTEM www.sitcancer.org/professional...
March 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Be sure to apply for #SITCWIN by Monday March 24. WIN will feature presentations from experienced female leaders, panel discussions allowing participants to ask questions & interact with these leaders, & networking opportunities. #WomenInSTEM www.sitcancer.org/professional...
Hooray!
Dear all, Because of your help shining light on this all 15 were reinstated today. This is a huge win for science - When We Fight We Win!!!
On Valentine’s day, 15 Assistant Professors at NIH who had started their research labs in the last 2 years were fired. Their scientific expertise was built over 10-12 years of training, most if not all of which was supported by NIH. The start up funds for their laboratories were paid by NIH
March 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hooray!
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From Forbes magazine: “NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report“ www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
From Forbes magazine: “NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report“ www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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Oncoimmunology is one of our strengths, reflected by the membership overlap between our Center and the UVA Cancer Center. Three of our members were recently awarded funds by the Cancer Center. Read about the projects here:
@justintaylorlab.bsky.social @immunegirl.bsky.social
#Immunology #ImmunoSky
@justintaylorlab.bsky.social @immunegirl.bsky.social
#Immunology #ImmunoSky
CIC Research Teams Receive UVA Cancer Center Funding
Three teams of CIC researchers recently received pilot funding from the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center (UVA CCC). CIC Resident Members Justin Taylor, PhD, and Kristin Anderson, PhD, received fundi…
www.immunology.virginia.edu
March 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Oncoimmunology is one of our strengths, reflected by the membership overlap between our Center and the UVA Cancer Center. Three of our members were recently awarded funds by the Cancer Center. Read about the projects here:
@justintaylorlab.bsky.social @immunegirl.bsky.social
#Immunology #ImmunoSky
@justintaylorlab.bsky.social @immunegirl.bsky.social
#Immunology #ImmunoSky
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From an NIH source re. grant terminations
"These searches are pulling in things based on 'other support' sections and biosketches, so science may be held up just because someone mentions that they serve on a DEIA committee, or has a completely different grant that uses a 'problematic' word.
(cont)
"These searches are pulling in things based on 'other support' sections and biosketches, so science may be held up just because someone mentions that they serve on a DEIA committee, or has a completely different grant that uses a 'problematic' word.
(cont)
March 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
From an NIH source re. grant terminations
"These searches are pulling in things based on 'other support' sections and biosketches, so science may be held up just because someone mentions that they serve on a DEIA committee, or has a completely different grant that uses a 'problematic' word.
(cont)
"These searches are pulling in things based on 'other support' sections and biosketches, so science may be held up just because someone mentions that they serve on a DEIA committee, or has a completely different grant that uses a 'problematic' word.
(cont)
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A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
As Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
HPV can cause a variety of cancers, including cervical. New mortality data for women under 25 point to the success of the HPV vaccine.
buff.ly
March 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
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For those who don't know the alphabet soup of NIH research grants:
T32s, F30s, and F31s are training grants. They support the salary (and tuition, and research expenses) of people who are still completing their training to become researchers. Grad students. Postdocs. Clinical fellows.
T32s, F30s, and F31s are training grants. They support the salary (and tuition, and research expenses) of people who are still completing their training to become researchers. Grad students. Postdocs. Clinical fellows.
I have confirmation from several sources now that all T32s, many F30s and F31s, and most or all Center awards (P30, P50) have been terminated at Columbia.
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
This is quite damaging to research and to individuals.
This is pure terrorism and cannot be legal. But litigation will take time...
March 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
For those who don't know the alphabet soup of NIH research grants:
T32s, F30s, and F31s are training grants. They support the salary (and tuition, and research expenses) of people who are still completing their training to become researchers. Grad students. Postdocs. Clinical fellows.
T32s, F30s, and F31s are training grants. They support the salary (and tuition, and research expenses) of people who are still completing their training to become researchers. Grad students. Postdocs. Clinical fellows.
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This is why all NIH-funded scientists simultaneously trying to diversify their science funding portfolios is not a real solution.
March 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is why all NIH-funded scientists simultaneously trying to diversify their science funding portfolios is not a real solution.
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Wow. "NIH" canceled my co-mentored (with Dave Sulzer) PhD student's F31 funding. His work is on understanding the genetics and neuroscience of language learning disorders. F31 provides no indirect $ to Columbia, just pays his salary. Not that it should matter, but he's an American citizen. W.T.F.
March 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Wow. "NIH" canceled my co-mentored (with Dave Sulzer) PhD student's F31 funding. His work is on understanding the genetics and neuroscience of language learning disorders. F31 provides no indirect $ to Columbia, just pays his salary. Not that it should matter, but he's an American citizen. W.T.F.
The House will vote soon on a continuing resolution to fund government programs through fiscal year 2025 that proposes a 57% funding cut to the CDMRP! The Ovarian Cancer Research Program is housed within the CDMRP. This cut would significantly disrupt research for ovarian cancer & other diseases.
March 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The House will vote soon on a continuing resolution to fund government programs through fiscal year 2025 that proposes a 57% funding cut to the CDMRP! The Ovarian Cancer Research Program is housed within the CDMRP. This cut would significantly disrupt research for ovarian cancer & other diseases.
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TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!
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#SITC #WIN 2025 features presentations by experienced female leaders from the #IO field. The program includes panel discussions to ask questions and interact with these leaders and networking opportunities. Apply by March 24, 2025. www.sitcancer.org/professional...
February 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#SITC #WIN 2025 features presentations by experienced female leaders from the #IO field. The program includes panel discussions to ask questions and interact with these leaders and networking opportunities. Apply by March 24, 2025. www.sitcancer.org/professional...
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The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether.
https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
go.nature.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether.
https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq
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Here are some data documenting the funding "pause" pulled from NIH Reporter. Current results (FY25) (Red) are compared with results from FY21 (first year of Biden Administration) and FY24.
Note that data from Reporter lag behind release of NoAs by ~1 week.
I will be tracking this going forward.
Note that data from Reporter lag behind release of NoAs by ~1 week.
I will be tracking this going forward.
February 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Here are some data documenting the funding "pause" pulled from NIH Reporter. Current results (FY25) (Red) are compared with results from FY21 (first year of Biden Administration) and FY24.
Note that data from Reporter lag behind release of NoAs by ~1 week.
I will be tracking this going forward.
Note that data from Reporter lag behind release of NoAs by ~1 week.
I will be tracking this going forward.
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Annual @sitcancer.bsky.social crew picture at #TRCCC 2025
@immunegirl.bsky.social
@ Michelle Williams and Sarah Gitto
@immunegirl.bsky.social
@ Michelle Williams and Sarah Gitto
February 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Annual @sitcancer.bsky.social crew picture at #TRCCC 2025
@immunegirl.bsky.social
@ Michelle Williams and Sarah Gitto
@immunegirl.bsky.social
@ Michelle Williams and Sarah Gitto