Glenn Rapsinski MD, PhD
@rapskiid.bsky.social
Pediatric infectious diseases physician and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and ventilator-associated infection researcher.
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@raplab.bsky.social
Video game and musical theater enthusiast.
Opinions are my own
Check the lab profile:
@raplab.bsky.social
I'm honored to say that I receive my Notice of Award for my K08 application. This is a big milestone and I'm so happy to continue to my work investigating ventilator-associated infections!!
Couldn't have done this without great mentorship. @vscooper.micropopbio.org.
Couldn't have done this without great mentorship. @vscooper.micropopbio.org.
August 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I'm honored to say that I receive my Notice of Award for my K08 application. This is a big milestone and I'm so happy to continue to my work investigating ventilator-associated infections!!
Couldn't have done this without great mentorship. @vscooper.micropopbio.org.
Couldn't have done this without great mentorship. @vscooper.micropopbio.org.
Presenting some data from my post doc at #Microbe2025 today.
June 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Presenting some data from my post doc at #Microbe2025 today.
NIH Budget = $48 billion in 2024
According to below - 50% ($24 bil) cut means loss of 4.15% government revenue.
Government Revenue in 2024 = $4.9 trillion
$4.9 trillion x 4.15% = loss of $203 billion
To "save" $24 billion, are you willing to lose $203 billion?
aura.american.edu/articles/rep...
According to below - 50% ($24 bil) cut means loss of 4.15% government revenue.
Government Revenue in 2024 = $4.9 trillion
$4.9 trillion x 4.15% = loss of $203 billion
To "save" $24 billion, are you willing to lose $203 billion?
aura.american.edu/articles/rep...
May 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
NIH Budget = $48 billion in 2024
According to below - 50% ($24 bil) cut means loss of 4.15% government revenue.
Government Revenue in 2024 = $4.9 trillion
$4.9 trillion x 4.15% = loss of $203 billion
To "save" $24 billion, are you willing to lose $203 billion?
aura.american.edu/articles/rep...
According to below - 50% ($24 bil) cut means loss of 4.15% government revenue.
Government Revenue in 2024 = $4.9 trillion
$4.9 trillion x 4.15% = loss of $203 billion
To "save" $24 billion, are you willing to lose $203 billion?
aura.american.edu/articles/rep...
Reposted by Glenn Rapsinski MD, PhD
"A report by economists at American University in Washington DC estimates that a 50% reduction in federal science funding would reduce the US gross domestic product by approximately 7.6%."
Science is an amazing engine of economic activity and progress for the US ... or at least it was.
Science is an amazing engine of economic activity and progress for the US ... or at least it was.
Staff members at the US National Science Foundation (NSF) were told on 30 April to “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice,” according to an email seen by Nature.
https://go.nature.com/44Ugf9V
https://go.nature.com/44Ugf9V
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
go.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"A report by economists at American University in Washington DC estimates that a 50% reduction in federal science funding would reduce the US gross domestic product by approximately 7.6%."
Science is an amazing engine of economic activity and progress for the US ... or at least it was.
Science is an amazing engine of economic activity and progress for the US ... or at least it was.
Reposted by Glenn Rapsinski MD, PhD
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
As an uncle, I'm devastated for the family of this child. As an Infectious Disease physician, I'm angry at people who have spread misinformation about vaccines leading to this outbreak.
apnews.com/article/meas...
apnews.com/article/meas...
An unvaccinated child has died in the Texas measles outbreak
A child who was not vaccinated has died from measles in West Texas. It's the first death in an outbreak that began late last month and the first from measles in the U.S. since 2015.
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As an uncle, I'm devastated for the family of this child. As an Infectious Disease physician, I'm angry at people who have spread misinformation about vaccines leading to this outbreak.
apnews.com/article/meas...
apnews.com/article/meas...
Reposted by Glenn Rapsinski MD, PhD
I guarantee the infectious diseases won’t stop just because we stop the work. (In fact they will likely bloom)
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.
Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I guarantee the infectious diseases won’t stop just because we stop the work. (In fact they will likely bloom)
My newest paper examining antibiotic resistance to some of our last antibiotics for MDROs. Worked with some great people on this.
@vscooper.micropopbio.org @aleciarokes.bsky.social @dariavantyne.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@vscooper.micropopbio.org @aleciarokes.bsky.social @dariavantyne.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Mutations leading to ceftolozane/tazobactam and imipenem/cilastatin/relebactam resistance during in vivo exposure to ceftazidime/avibactam in Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Microbiology Spectrum
Antibiotic resistance is a significant challenge for physicians trying to treat infections.
The development of novel antibiotics to treat resistant infections has not been prioritized
for decades, lim...
journals.asm.org
February 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My newest paper examining antibiotic resistance to some of our last antibiotics for MDROs. Worked with some great people on this.
@vscooper.micropopbio.org @aleciarokes.bsky.social @dariavantyne.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
@vscooper.micropopbio.org @aleciarokes.bsky.social @dariavantyne.bsky.social
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...