People, Place and Health Collective
@pphcollective.bsky.social
Public health research that is people centered, place oriented & data driven. We study drugs, infectious diseases + intersecting epidemics. Based at the Brown University School of Public Health.
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We have created a set of slides that explains how NIH works aka how biomedical science is funded in the United States. Enter our game where you "play" as a budding young scientist who is looking to get a grant studying opioid use disorder funded -- will he get it funded? Click through!
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Thank you all the program officers at NIH that persisted through the 2025 fiscal year and were able to fund 99% of the total FY2024 budget. I know this has take a toll on everyone at NIH. Thank you for supporting important health and behavior science and helping to keep the U.S. a leader in science.
The fiscal year ends tomorrow.
Here are results from NIH Reporter downloaded an hour ago.
The total amount of funding committed for FY2025 at this point is 99.0% of that for FY2024. The same difference could be due to a variety of technical factors.
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Here are results from NIH Reporter downloaded an hour ago.
The total amount of funding committed for FY2025 at this point is 99.0% of that for FY2024. The same difference could be due to a variety of technical factors.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thank you all the program officers at NIH that persisted through the 2025 fiscal year and were able to fund 99% of the total FY2024 budget. I know this has take a toll on everyone at NIH. Thank you for supporting important health and behavior science and helping to keep the U.S. a leader in science.
Collective member Abdullah Shihipar spoke to Governing about the drop in overdose deaths and why funding cuts could interrupt that progress.
www.governing.com/magazine/the...
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The Forces Finally Driving Down Deaths from Overdose
After more than 1 million deaths, opioid mortality is dropping fast.
www.governing.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Collective member Abdullah Shihipar spoke to Governing about the drop in overdose deaths and why funding cuts could interrupt that progress.
www.governing.com/magazine/the...
www.governing.com/magazine/the...
Earlier this month, Professor Brandon Marshall spoke to the Hartford Courant about overdose prevention centers.
“They are highly effective in other countries in communities where there is a very high level of overdose risk,” he said.
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“They are highly effective in other countries in communities where there is a very high level of overdose risk,” he said.
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MSN
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July 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Earlier this month, Professor Brandon Marshall spoke to the Hartford Courant about overdose prevention centers.
“They are highly effective in other countries in communities where there is a very high level of overdose risk,” he said.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
“They are highly effective in other countries in communities where there is a very high level of overdose risk,” he said.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
Doctoral candidate Leah Shaw and co-authors wrote a blog post a few weeks ago to accompany their study on Rhode Island's Harm Reduction vending machines. They found that these were used significantly on the weekends (30%) and outside regular business hours (50%).
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What We Have Learned from Rhode Island’s Harm Reduction Vending Machines - JPHMP Direct
Evaluation of the first two years of Rhode Island’s harm reduction vending machines (HRVMs) and their role alongside in-person harm reduction services.
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July 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Doctoral candidate Leah Shaw and co-authors wrote a blog post a few weeks ago to accompany their study on Rhode Island's Harm Reduction vending machines. They found that these were used significantly on the weekends (30%) and outside regular business hours (50%).
jphmpdirect.com/what-we-have...
jphmpdirect.com/what-we-have...
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Hey there. Today was terrible. I’m grieving for all who will get hurt, sick and die from what the #GOP has done. But I remember dark days in the past during the AIDS epidemic in the US in the 80s, in South Africa in the 2000s. Things looked bleak then. Though me and my friends would be dead. 1/
July 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hey there. Today was terrible. I’m grieving for all who will get hurt, sick and die from what the #GOP has done. But I remember dark days in the past during the AIDS epidemic in the US in the 80s, in South Africa in the 2000s. Things looked bleak then. Though me and my friends would be dead. 1/
Our information based resource on overdose prevention centers - opcinfo.org - is now available in Chinese and Spanish. With the exception of legislative updates & the literature database, the website and its materials are available in these languages. Use the menu to switch between languages.
July 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Our information based resource on overdose prevention centers - opcinfo.org - is now available in Chinese and Spanish. With the exception of legislative updates & the literature database, the website and its materials are available in these languages. Use the menu to switch between languages.
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We have created a set of slides that explains how NIH works aka how biomedical science is funded in the United States. Enter our game where you "play" as a budding young scientist who is looking to get a grant studying opioid use disorder funded -- will he get it funded? Click through!
June 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We have created a set of slides that explains how NIH works aka how biomedical science is funded in the United States. Enter our game where you "play" as a budding young scientist who is looking to get a grant studying opioid use disorder funded -- will he get it funded? Click through!
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Tomorrow (Tues, June 10) at 10AM ET, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya will be testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the NIH budget. 1/
A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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June 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Tomorrow (Tues, June 10) at 10AM ET, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya will be testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the NIH budget. 1/
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“Ian Morgan, a postdoctoral fellow with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, also signed… “We have a saying in basic science,” he said. “You go and become a physician if you want to treat thousands of patients. You go and become a researcher if you want to save billions of patients.”
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“Ian Morgan, a postdoctoral fellow with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, also signed… “We have a saying in basic science,” he said. “You go and become a physician if you want to treat thousands of patients. You go and become a researcher if you want to save billions of patients.”
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"Boy, has it been a learning curve, because not a lot of people navigate a termination at all in their careers, let alone for their first grant." — BSHS PhD student Patrick Kelly discusses his grant cancellation, its impact on his work, and on the populations he serves defector.com/an-interview...
An Interview With A Public Health Researcher Whose Funding Was Terminated By The Trump Administration | Defector
In a third-grade classroom exercise, Patrick Kelly wrote that he wanted to become a scientist when he grew up. With that interest came an attention to the people that science can help. “I’ve just alwa...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Boy, has it been a learning curve, because not a lot of people navigate a termination at all in their careers, let alone for their first grant." — BSHS PhD student Patrick Kelly discusses his grant cancellation, its impact on his work, and on the populations he serves defector.com/an-interview...
We have created a set of slides that explains how NIH works aka how biomedical science is funded in the United States. Enter our game where you "play" as a budding young scientist who is looking to get a grant studying opioid use disorder funded -- will he get it funded? Click through!
June 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We have created a set of slides that explains how NIH works aka how biomedical science is funded in the United States. Enter our game where you "play" as a budding young scientist who is looking to get a grant studying opioid use disorder funded -- will he get it funded? Click through!
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The prevention & response investment that helped lower overdose deaths last year is at risk Abdullah Shihipar MPH'20 warns: "As Congress debates the proposed federal budget, it’s important that we don’t take recent progress for granted." @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/figh...
Overdose Deaths Declined in 2024 but Progress Is at Risk
The CDC reports that fatal overdoses dropped 27% in 2024. Progress has been made, but proposed budget cuts may hamper future responses.
www.psychologytoday.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The prevention & response investment that helped lower overdose deaths last year is at risk Abdullah Shihipar MPH'20 warns: "As Congress debates the proposed federal budget, it’s important that we don’t take recent progress for granted." @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/figh...
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It's time to talk about medicaid and substance use and how cuts to care will impact people's ability to access care and treatment.
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's time to talk about medicaid and substance use and how cuts to care will impact people's ability to access care and treatment.
It's time to talk about medicaid and substance use and how cuts to care will impact people's ability to access care and treatment.
May 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It's time to talk about medicaid and substance use and how cuts to care will impact people's ability to access care and treatment.
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You might think that people working on NIH-supported research are highly compensated, overpaid, or pursuing science for financial gain. But this is a myth.
Disaster Awaits Us if the NIH Dies
We need to be sending more federal research dollars to more people in more places. Instead, the government is doing the opposite.
www.thenation.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You might think that people working on NIH-supported research are highly compensated, overpaid, or pursuing science for financial gain. But this is a myth.
Cuts to NIH will keep science exclusive. Already training programs that open doors for those who are not rich & are underrepresented. Cuts to budgets will decimate public institutions & communities. We write to say save NIH & keep science for the working class.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Disaster Awaits Us if the NIH Dies
We need to be sending more federal research dollars to more people in more places. Instead, the government is doing the opposite.
www.thenation.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Cuts to NIH will keep science exclusive. Already training programs that open doors for those who are not rich & are underrepresented. Cuts to budgets will decimate public institutions & communities. We write to say save NIH & keep science for the working class.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Overdose deaths have declined 27% in 2024. Professors Brandon Marshall and Alexandria Macmadu talked to @washingtonpost.com and @wsj.com about it. Links below.
May 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Overdose deaths have declined 27% in 2024. Professors Brandon Marshall and Alexandria Macmadu talked to @washingtonpost.com and @wsj.com about it. Links below.
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US drug deaths plunged in 2024, according to new federal data. “I would characterize this as a historically significant decrease in overdose deaths,” says Professor Brandon Marshall. “We’re really seeing decreases almost across the entire nation at this point.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
After hitting staggering heights, U.S. overdose deaths fell sharply in 2024
The opioid crisis in the U.S. shows signs of improvement, with a significant drop in fentanyl overdose deaths in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
US drug deaths plunged in 2024, according to new federal data. “I would characterize this as a historically significant decrease in overdose deaths,” says Professor Brandon Marshall. “We’re really seeing decreases almost across the entire nation at this point.” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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This Open Letter from addiction and mental health experts was sent late Monday evening to congress! Major to SAMHSA, CDC and HRSA are unacceptable #fentanyl
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@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
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@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
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Experts warn Congress cuts to addiction funding will mean more overdose deaths
A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl and other street drugs.
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May 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This Open Letter from addiction and mental health experts was sent late Monday evening to congress! Major to SAMHSA, CDC and HRSA are unacceptable #fentanyl
@jencarroll.bsky.social @chadsabora.bsky.social @brownpublichealth.bsky.social
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/05/13/n...
@jencarroll.bsky.social @chadsabora.bsky.social @brownpublichealth.bsky.social
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
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im tired of this grandpa 😩
April 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
im tired of this grandpa 😩
April 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Tomorrow! Join us for a talk with Professor Manuel Cano about subpopulation analyses for the study of overdose disparities. It's the last talk in our series about racial equity and methods. RSVP at the link below.
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
Subpopulation Analyses for the Study of Overdose Disparities
Join the People, Place & Health Collective and the COBRE on Opioids and Overdose for our inaugural series on racial equity and methods. Over th...
events.brown.edu
April 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Tomorrow! Join us for a talk with Professor Manuel Cano about subpopulation analyses for the study of overdose disparities. It's the last talk in our series about racial equity and methods. RSVP at the link below.
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
events.brown.edu/public-healt...
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NEW study from PPHC team: a majority of community members who live near the overdose prevention center in Providence support it being there according to the results of a community survey that was conducted last year. Check out the link for more + see the thread below.
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Study: Majority of Surveyed Community Members Support Overdose Prevention Center
74% stated they would support an overdose prevention center in their neighborhood
medium.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW study from PPHC team: a majority of community members who live near the overdose prevention center in Providence support it being there according to the results of a community survey that was conducted last year. Check out the link for more + see the thread below.
medium.com/pphc/study-m...
medium.com/pphc/study-m...
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Professor Alexandria Macmadu spoke to @nbc10wjar.bsky.social about the work done before Providence's OPC opened, and the work currently underway now that the Overdose Prevention Center is up and running. turnto10.com/features/hea...
Brown University study reveals strong support for overdose prevention center
Research out of Brown University is making its way to the national spotlight.
turnto10.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Professor Alexandria Macmadu spoke to @nbc10wjar.bsky.social about the work done before Providence's OPC opened, and the work currently underway now that the Overdose Prevention Center is up and running. turnto10.com/features/hea...