Jennifer Carnahan she/her
@jenncarn1.bsky.social
Geriatrician, researcher #ARMom physician. Views are my own. She/her
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NSF grant awards are off the pace this year...
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
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Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
February 14, 2026 at 12:40 AM
NSF grant awards are off the pace this year...
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Opinion | Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why - The Guardian
Opinion | Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why - The Guardian
Opinion | Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why — Guardian US
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
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February 13, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Opinion | Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why - The Guardian
Opinion | Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why - The Guardian
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Canada 🇨🇦 just launched an initiative to recruit talented researchers.
Canadians will welcome all the smart people!
www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
Canadians will welcome all the smart people!
www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
Government of Canada launches new initiative to recruit world-leading researchers - Canada.ca
Canada will invest $1.7 billion to attract top global talent
www.canada.ca
February 7, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Canada 🇨🇦 just launched an initiative to recruit talented researchers.
Canadians will welcome all the smart people!
www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
Canadians will welcome all the smart people!
www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
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The BEACON Act is a reverse Robin Hood scheme: taking money the VA desperately needs to continue caring for veterans and handing it to entities funded by wealthy benefactors, who go on to tout their role in helping America’s veterans.
The Plot to Privatize Veteran Brain Care - The American Prospect
The VA has developed elaborate capacity to treat traumatic brain injuries. Billionaires want to divert that funding to their own programs.
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The BEACON Act is a reverse Robin Hood scheme: taking money the VA desperately needs to continue caring for veterans and handing it to entities funded by wealthy benefactors, who go on to tout their role in helping America’s veterans.
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College professors once taught free from political interference. Now, they are being watched by state officials, senior administrators and students themselves. The increased oversight comes as conservatives expand their movement to curb what they say is a liberal tilt in university classrooms.
How Universities and States Are Increasing Surveillance of Professors
Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain.
nyti.ms
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
College professors once taught free from political interference. Now, they are being watched by state officials, senior administrators and students themselves. The increased oversight comes as conservatives expand their movement to curb what they say is a liberal tilt in university classrooms.
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for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed.
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
‘Backing down isn’t an option’: Minnesota ICE shootings mobilize Americans to join ICE observer groups
The killings of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti have inspired people across the US to document federal agents’ activities in their communities
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM
for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed.
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
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Federal agents arrested the former CNN anchor Don Lemon on Thursday on charges that he violated federal law during a Jan. 18 protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, his lawyer said. The case had been rejected last week by a magistrate judge. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Federal agents arrested the former CNN anchor Don Lemon on Thursday on charges that he violated federal law during a Jan. 18 protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, his lawyer said. The case had been rejected last week by a magistrate judge. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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US pauses, then unpauses billions in public health funds to states https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/24/public-health-infrastructure-grants-cdc-paused-states/
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January 25, 2026 at 11:36 PM
US pauses, then unpauses billions in public health funds to states https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/24/public-health-infrastructure-grants-cdc-paused-states/
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The University of Kentucky has banned funding (including conference or journal fees) to ~1200 orgs it has accused of racism because of “DEI policies”, including things like the American Bar Association & the American Heart Association. This is how you dismantle science pres.uky.edu/sites/defaul...
pres.uky.edu
January 25, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The University of Kentucky has banned funding (including conference or journal fees) to ~1200 orgs it has accused of racism because of “DEI policies”, including things like the American Bar Association & the American Heart Association. This is how you dismantle science pres.uky.edu/sites/defaul...
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He was an ICU nurse just like me and they fucking executed him while he was trying to do what is right.
I am at work in the ICU as I type this and am seething with rage.
I am at work in the ICU as I type this and am seething with rage.
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
He was an ICU nurse just like me and they fucking executed him while he was trying to do what is right.
I am at work in the ICU as I type this and am seething with rage.
I am at work in the ICU as I type this and am seething with rage.
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Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Man shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’
Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research
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January 24, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Alex Pretti took care of veterans as an ICU nurse. “He was a super nice, super helpful guy – looked after his patients," said @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social, who worked with Pretti both at the hospital and on scientific research. "I’m just stunned.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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“At the advisory council for the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the final voting members’ terms end next month. Without extraordinary action, the council will have no members by its May meeting…meaning those applications would be effectively frozen.”
🚨 New from me: Grant review at more than half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes by Jan 2027.
A wonky bureaucratic problem with big implications.
A short 🧵
Exclusive: key NIH review panels due to lose all members by the end of 2026
Thirteen of the agency’s advisory councils, which must review grant applications before funding is awarded, are on track to have no voting members.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:45 PM
“At the advisory council for the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the final voting members’ terms end next month. Without extraordinary action, the council will have no members by its May meeting…meaning those applications would be effectively frozen.”
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Wow, I’m so glad they’ll be forced to change the status of my proposal in eRA commons from withdrawn to reject. That makes me feel so much better.
I hope it helps some folks, but it’s definitely not going to help me.
I hope it helps some folks, but it’s definitely not going to help me.
January 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Wow, I’m so glad they’ll be forced to change the status of my proposal in eRA commons from withdrawn to reject. That makes me feel so much better.
I hope it helps some folks, but it’s definitely not going to help me.
I hope it helps some folks, but it’s definitely not going to help me.
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New evidence that severe weather events have long-term health consequences for vulnerable older adults. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 9, 2026 at 9:53 PM
New evidence that severe weather events have long-term health consequences for vulnerable older adults. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Embedding nudge-based messaging into senior centers improved dementia prevention behaviors, cognitive outcomes, and provider practices. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Embedding nudge-based messaging into senior centers improved dementia prevention behaviors, cognitive outcomes, and provider practices. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Holy jeezus. Physician on-site at today's ICE murder in Minneapolis tells ICE agents "Can I go check a pulse? I'm a physician!" and is told "We don't care..."
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
Demand Congress ENDS ICE:
Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
Demand Congress ENDS ICE:
Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
January 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Holy jeezus. Physician on-site at today's ICE murder in Minneapolis tells ICE agents "Can I go check a pulse? I'm a physician!" and is told "We don't care..."
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
Demand Congress ENDS ICE:
Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
Demand Congress ENDS ICE:
Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
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Canada to quadruple funding for PHAC measles program after loss of elimination status www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
January 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Canada to quadruple funding for PHAC measles program after loss of elimination status www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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Super useful summary figure.
January 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Super useful summary figure.
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Ukraine could not have dreamt up a better leader if they tried.
Zelenskyy is a remarkable man who has galvanized the whole world to stand with Ukraine (with a few notable and sad exceptions)
#SlavaUkraini
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Zelenskyy is a remarkable man who has galvanized the whole world to stand with Ukraine (with a few notable and sad exceptions)
#SlavaUkraini
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December 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Ukraine could not have dreamt up a better leader if they tried.
Zelenskyy is a remarkable man who has galvanized the whole world to stand with Ukraine (with a few notable and sad exceptions)
#SlavaUkraini
🇺🇦
Zelenskyy is a remarkable man who has galvanized the whole world to stand with Ukraine (with a few notable and sad exceptions)
#SlavaUkraini
🇺🇦
Good advice for academic writers too.
December 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Good advice for academic writers too.
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still not too late to get vaccinated!
The flu can be serious for anyone, but those most at risk for serious complications include children under 5. It’s been a recommended vaccine for them for many years now.
www.voicesforvaccines.org/vaccine-info...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/vaccine-info...
Information about Influenza
Influenza is a viral illness that can be serious for anyone but particularly dangerous for children under 2 and older adults. Learn about Influenza and the vaccine that prevents it.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
still not too late to get vaccinated!