Karen Trister Grace
ktristergrace.bsky.social
Karen Trister Grace
@ktristergrace.bsky.social
Asst Professor George Mason School of Nursing #Midwife #ReproductiveCoercion #ReproJustice #HealthEquity #AbortionIsHealthcare
Our latest pub underscores the profound impact of #ReproductiveCoercion and #IPV on a wide range of health outcomes — including a strong association with suicidality, even in the absence of depression. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jhumkag.bsky.social @masonpublichealth.bsky.social
Pregnancy, Birth, and Mental Health Outcomes Associated With Recent Reproductive Coercion and Intimate Partner Violence in a Crowd‐Sourced National Sample
Introduction Reproductive coercion (RC) is a type of intimate partner violence (IPV) in which partners control reproductive health decision-making. More evidence is needed on peripartum health outco...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.

He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.

He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.

He’s defying the Supreme Court.

Don’t you see what’s happening here?
April 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“Act like universities, not like businesses.”
Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, if They Dare
It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
April 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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New Podcast Alert🎧

In today's episode, we talk about period poverty, menstrual equity and the importance of expansive advocacy efforts that include and uplift Southern, Black, rural communities.

Please be sure to check out Asia's nonprofit, 601 for Period Equity.

open.spotify.com/episode/5vKv...
March 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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I know the world is on fire, but can you help a girl graduate? She needs way more people to fill out her dissertation survey. You can fill it out if you're Black/AA and have ever been in grad school! If not, you can help by sharing!

#BlackSky #AcademicSky #PhDLife #Blackademics #MedSky #Academia
March 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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A policy change by the Trump administration allows immigration agents to enter and arrest people in health facilities. Some clinics are training health workers to support patients in the event of arrests.
Health care workers are rushing to learn about immigration law in case of ICE raids
A policy change by the Trump administration allows immigration agents to enter and arrest people in health facilities. Some clinics are training health workers to support patients in the event of arre...
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February 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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I would like to think this is because of concerns about declining response rates, but i know better. It’s part of an active policy of cultivated ignorance to repress policy change.
February 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Truth is resilient #resist
February 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I was asked for words of encouragement to share our public health students. How do we not lose the next generation of public health leaders who are watching the state of our field?
My response- we tell them the truth. The greatest threat to public health is our federal government. We fight back.
February 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
February 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Our two papers on abortion bans and fertility/infant mortality are now out.

In 14 states w/ abortion bans, fertility increased 1.7% and infant mortality increased 6%.

Key takeaway is that these impacts were disproportionately felt among those w/ greatest structural disadvantages.

Links below.
jama.com JAMA @jama.com · Feb 13
🧵 US states that implemented abortion bans saw higher than expected infant mortality rates, with larger increases among Black infants and those in southern states, according to this analysis of US national vital statistics data from 2012–2023.

ja.ma/4aVchPn

#MedSky
February 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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THANK YOU, @standupforscience.bsky.social!

The newly installed gang can change names on our maps, but they can't change scientific fact.

We NEED scientific research, we NEED weather a& space & climate knowledge & education, we NEED funding for all of it.

#standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence
February 13, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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UPDATE: A purge of experienced career staff has begun at NIH. The staff was just informed that Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak, who has worked at NIH for 25 years is "retiring."

Grant funding remains frozen, in violation of two federal court orders.
February 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Not sure how many realize that NIH funding is still frozen. This article details an almost complete dropoff (97%) in NIH funding between Feb3-10 this year and last. Our institution's numbers are consistent with those cited here. If yours are as well, please share!
popular.info/p/trump-main...
Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order
The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.
popular.info
February 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Kennedy Center is too woke… #absurdity
February 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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PBS caves to Trump, closes its diversity, equity and inclusion office. Public radio to serve a multiracial public can no longer promote diversity. Http://www.mediaite.com/news/pbs-caves-to-trump-ousts-staffers-we-have-closed-our-dei-office/
PBS Caves To Trump, Ousts Staffers: ‘We Have Closed Our DEI Office’
PBS said staffers in its now-closed DEI office had left the company, but that it would continue to serve Americans of all backgrounds.
www.mediaite.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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February 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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**NEW CALL** Demand your reps work to reverse the Trump admin's decision to cut NIH and NSF funding!

These cuts will cause an immediate and massive funding shortfall at research institutions nationwide, forcing layoffs and jeopardizing critical scientific research.

🔥📞🔥 5calls.org/issue/nih-ns...
Save NIH and NSF Research Funding ⭑ 5 Calls
On February 7, the Trump administration moved to cut billions of dollars in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science …
5calls.org
February 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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February 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Indirects capped at 15% for NIH grants.

This is the most crippling blow in the war against higher ed to date.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
aaup.org AAUP @aaup.org · Jan 23
As the Trump administration & many state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks on higher education as a public good, the AAUP urges colleges & universities to resist the coming onslaught of political interference & defend the core values of higher education.
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www.aaup.org/news/against...
Against Anticipatory Obedience
While administrators and faculty members may have to comply with legislation and court orders, even where these run counter to our values and to professional and constitutional principles, we are free...
www.aaup.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM