Meghann Lloyd, PhD
@meghannlloyd.bsky.social
Professor, Ontario Tech University
Senior Research Associate, Grandview Kids
I study motor behaviour, physical activity, and health in people with disabilities
Senior Research Associate, Grandview Kids
I study motor behaviour, physical activity, and health in people with disabilities
Reposted by Meghann Lloyd, PhD
An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Reposted by Meghann Lloyd, PhD
A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." Stephanie Sy examines what’s b...
www.pbs.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country.
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢
Canada and England to share women’s rugby’s biggest stage in World Cup final clash
Sport has been gaining popularity, with this year’s tournament smashing attendance records and the Canadian women’s success inspiring more to give it a try at home
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Trump: "we found an answer to autism."
Reality: Nope!
We can't let the fearmongering, stigmatizing, guilt-placing lies win. 💪
‘No relationship’: Scientists push back on Trump’s reported claim linking paracetamol to autism www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
#ScienceMatters!
Reality: Nope!
We can't let the fearmongering, stigmatizing, guilt-placing lies win. 💪
‘No relationship’: Scientists push back on Trump’s reported claim linking paracetamol to autism www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
#ScienceMatters!
Scientists rebuke Trump’s reported claim linking paracetamol to autism
The global scientific community has pushed back on the claim that paracetamol during pregnancy is linked to autism, saying there is no relationship between the two.
www.euronews.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Trump: "we found an answer to autism."
Reality: Nope!
We can't let the fearmongering, stigmatizing, guilt-placing lies win. 💪
‘No relationship’: Scientists push back on Trump’s reported claim linking paracetamol to autism www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
#ScienceMatters!
Reality: Nope!
We can't let the fearmongering, stigmatizing, guilt-placing lies win. 💪
‘No relationship’: Scientists push back on Trump’s reported claim linking paracetamol to autism www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
#ScienceMatters!
Oh. My. God. This autism announcement is going to do so much damage. I just can’t.
September 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Oh. My. God. This autism announcement is going to do so much damage. I just can’t.
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Kennedy is wrong: we must praise experts not bury them www.bmj.com/content/390/...
"The response to this unprincipled disruption that Kennedy is leading must be strong: our duty is to praise genuine experts and expertise, not to bury them."
#ScienceMatters #KnowledgeMatters
"The response to this unprincipled disruption that Kennedy is leading must be strong: our duty is to praise genuine experts and expertise, not to bury them."
#ScienceMatters #KnowledgeMatters
Kennedy is wrong: we must praise experts not bury them
Do we need experts? You might think that we don’t, that experts are troublesome or even dangerous. You probably hold these views if you spend too much time listening to people who do not possess the e...
www.bmj.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Kennedy is wrong: we must praise experts not bury them www.bmj.com/content/390/...
"The response to this unprincipled disruption that Kennedy is leading must be strong: our duty is to praise genuine experts and expertise, not to bury them."
#ScienceMatters #KnowledgeMatters
"The response to this unprincipled disruption that Kennedy is leading must be strong: our duty is to praise genuine experts and expertise, not to bury them."
#ScienceMatters #KnowledgeMatters
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"mRNA is one of the most promising technologies for preventing and treating any kind of disease that you can imagine.
Stopping development could put cures of chronic diseases such as cancer and HIV out of reach."
My comments on mRNA research defunding in @prismreports.org:
Stopping development could put cures of chronic diseases such as cancer and HIV out of reach."
My comments on mRNA research defunding in @prismreports.org:
RFK Jr.’s halt on mRNA vaccine research risks progress on curing illnesses
The research made promising inroads on developing vaccines for cancers and HIV, which both have racial and socioeconomic disparities
prismreports.org
August 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"mRNA is one of the most promising technologies for preventing and treating any kind of disease that you can imagine.
Stopping development could put cures of chronic diseases such as cancer and HIV out of reach."
My comments on mRNA research defunding in @prismreports.org:
Stopping development could put cures of chronic diseases such as cancer and HIV out of reach."
My comments on mRNA research defunding in @prismreports.org:
There will one day be an exhibit in the Smithsonian about how Trump tried to rewrite history and how people resisted that…or one could hope
August 20, 2025 at 12:10 AM
There will one day be an exhibit in the Smithsonian about how Trump tried to rewrite history and how people resisted that…or one could hope
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A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster. cnn.it/4705B2t
August 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster. cnn.it/4705B2t
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Antivaxxers love accusing scientists of censorship but in reality they are the ones trying censor science.
RFK just tried bullying a scientific journal into retracting a major study of 1.2 M kids that found that aluminum in vaccines do not increase the risk of autism or asthma. The journal refused.
RFK just tried bullying a scientific journal into retracting a major study of 1.2 M kids that found that aluminum in vaccines do not increase the risk of autism or asthma. The journal refused.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Antivaxxers love accusing scientists of censorship but in reality they are the ones trying censor science.
RFK just tried bullying a scientific journal into retracting a major study of 1.2 M kids that found that aluminum in vaccines do not increase the risk of autism or asthma. The journal refused.
RFK just tried bullying a scientific journal into retracting a major study of 1.2 M kids that found that aluminum in vaccines do not increase the risk of autism or asthma. The journal refused.
