Sara Marchese, PhD
@saramarchesephd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology @ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Clinical Health Psychologist | #healthpsych #gastropsych #behaviorchange
Please check out this WGN Medical Watch story, feat. my colleague Dr. Kate Tomasino! Grateful to our #Northwestern GI Psychology team, the Digestive Health Foundation, and especially to our patients who trust us to help them navigate chronic #gastrointestinal conditions.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Please check out this WGN Medical Watch story, feat. my colleague Dr. Kate Tomasino! Grateful to our #Northwestern GI Psychology team, the Digestive Health Foundation, and especially to our patients who trust us to help them navigate chronic #gastrointestinal conditions.
wgntv.com/news/medical...
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Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025
May 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025
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All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
May 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
#DDW2025 looked a bit different this year as compared to last year! Enjoyed exploring San Diego with my family, hanging out with the #gastropsych crew, and listening to the newest developments in the #gastrointestinal world. Until next year! @romegastropsych.bsky.social @romefoundation.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#DDW2025 looked a bit different this year as compared to last year! Enjoyed exploring San Diego with my family, hanging out with the #gastropsych crew, and listening to the newest developments in the #gastrointestinal world. Until next year! @romegastropsych.bsky.social @romefoundation.bsky.social
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@drlauriekeefer.bsky.social
Restriction is not always maladaptive. When eating is significantly limited in response to GI symptoms, impacts QOL, functioning, weight loss, etc may think of ARFID/disordered eating it’s complex @romegastropsych.bsky.social #ddw2025 #gastropsych
Restriction is not always maladaptive. When eating is significantly limited in response to GI symptoms, impacts QOL, functioning, weight loss, etc may think of ARFID/disordered eating it’s complex @romegastropsych.bsky.social #ddw2025 #gastropsych
May 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@drlauriekeefer.bsky.social
Restriction is not always maladaptive. When eating is significantly limited in response to GI symptoms, impacts QOL, functioning, weight loss, etc may think of ARFID/disordered eating it’s complex @romegastropsych.bsky.social #ddw2025 #gastropsych
Restriction is not always maladaptive. When eating is significantly limited in response to GI symptoms, impacts QOL, functioning, weight loss, etc may think of ARFID/disordered eating it’s complex @romegastropsych.bsky.social #ddw2025 #gastropsych
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The people who provide healthcare are being squeezed - just like the public.
From the perspective of those of us who work in the ER, the collapse is already happening.
From the perspective of those of us who work in the ER, the collapse is already happening.
my wife works at a nonprofit hospital and they're absolute getting fucked by these cuts, to the point where there's mass layoffs (possibly including her)
we are genuinely looking at the real potential for U.S. healthcare collapse and that's just...not mentioned in a healthcare thread? At all?
we are genuinely looking at the real potential for U.S. healthcare collapse and that's just...not mentioned in a healthcare thread? At all?
March 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The people who provide healthcare are being squeezed - just like the public.
From the perspective of those of us who work in the ER, the collapse is already happening.
From the perspective of those of us who work in the ER, the collapse is already happening.
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The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
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Scroll this whole thread and think about how many people will be impacted, both as researchers, support staff, and patients
I know not everyone can keep up with all the grant terminations, but it’s important to know what we’re losing so I’ll try to compile them here.
First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide)
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
First is a study on intimate partner violence with perinatal women (note: the #1 cause of death during pregnancy is homicide)
bsky.app/profile/rebe...
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scroll this whole thread and think about how many people will be impacted, both as researchers, support staff, and patients
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Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
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I hope that folks in media know the scope of the bloodbath that is happening across the #NIH. They are literally cutting millions of $ focused on #HIV, improving human health across populations, & PREVENTING DISEASES. I can't go 1 hour without another colleague telling me their work was ended (1/3)
March 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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The Constitution is clear: the President can't arrest people he disagrees with.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
March 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Constitution is clear: the President can't arrest people he disagrees with.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.
We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
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As we recognize #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth, it's crucial to note that patients with endometriosis are three times more likely to develop IBS. Raising awareness of this link helps improve diagnosis and care; let’s continue supporting and advocating for more research.
March 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As we recognize #EndometriosisAwarenessMonth, it's crucial to note that patients with endometriosis are three times more likely to develop IBS. Raising awareness of this link helps improve diagnosis and care; let’s continue supporting and advocating for more research.
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As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.
March 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
As someone who spends a lot time thinking about the values I want to teach my kid (besides PLEASE DON’T EAT DIRT), the thing I keep coming back to is this: I want him to believe that the strongest, bravest thing he can do is give a shit about other people—especially ones who aren’t like him at all.
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#edaw post 3:
One of the priorities for #edawareness is to dispell myths. What other myths or truths can you think of?
www.instagram.com/p/DGll2Y7yfH...
image credit: YTP advisory board :)
#edaw
#thetimeisnow
One of the priorities for #edawareness is to dispell myths. What other myths or truths can you think of?
www.instagram.com/p/DGll2Y7yfH...
image credit: YTP advisory board :)
#edaw
#thetimeisnow
February 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#edaw post 3:
One of the priorities for #edawareness is to dispell myths. What other myths or truths can you think of?
www.instagram.com/p/DGll2Y7yfH...
image credit: YTP advisory board :)
#edaw
#thetimeisnow
One of the priorities for #edawareness is to dispell myths. What other myths or truths can you think of?
www.instagram.com/p/DGll2Y7yfH...
image credit: YTP advisory board :)
#edaw
#thetimeisnow
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THEM: you look tired
ME: I am tired
THEM: oh right because of the…
ME: the horrors yeah
THEM: right right, that’s right
ME: I am tired
THEM: oh right because of the…
ME: the horrors yeah
THEM: right right, that’s right
February 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
THEM: you look tired
ME: I am tired
THEM: oh right because of the…
ME: the horrors yeah
THEM: right right, that’s right
ME: I am tired
THEM: oh right because of the…
ME: the horrors yeah
THEM: right right, that’s right
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The two most important of @timothysnyder.bsky.social's rules for fighting tyranny are:
1. Do Not Obey in Advance.
and
2. Defend Institutions.
For #NIH, take these together:
Stand up for the quality and value of your own science, and reject bad science.
Tell the PUBLIC why your work is great. /2
1. Do Not Obey in Advance.
and
2. Defend Institutions.
For #NIH, take these together:
Stand up for the quality and value of your own science, and reject bad science.
Tell the PUBLIC why your work is great. /2
Twenty Lessons for Fighting Tyranny | Carnegie Reporter Winter 2022 | Carnegie Corporation of New York
Historian and Andrew Carnegie Fellow Timothy Snyder suggests ways to defend democracy with individual actions
www.carnegie.org
February 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The two most important of @timothysnyder.bsky.social's rules for fighting tyranny are:
1. Do Not Obey in Advance.
and
2. Defend Institutions.
For #NIH, take these together:
Stand up for the quality and value of your own science, and reject bad science.
Tell the PUBLIC why your work is great. /2
1. Do Not Obey in Advance.
and
2. Defend Institutions.
For #NIH, take these together:
Stand up for the quality and value of your own science, and reject bad science.
Tell the PUBLIC why your work is great. /2
I wanted to be her when I grew up and she inspired much of my love of the game and why I continued to play 🏀 Enjoy retirement! #DianaTaurasi
Taurasi leaves her basketball career as the most decorated woman to ever play, with three WNBA titles, three NCAA titles and six Olympic gold medals to her name.
Diana Taurasi, 6-time Olympic gold medalist and the WNBA's top scorer, will retire
Taurasi leaves her basketball career as the most decorated woman to ever play, with three WNBA titles, three NCAA titles and six Olympic gold medals to her name.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I wanted to be her when I grew up and she inspired much of my love of the game and why I continued to play 🏀 Enjoy retirement! #DianaTaurasi
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Overlap of non-GI conditions is common in DGBI’s #fibromyalgia #headaches #fatigue. We need targeted treatment options & interdisciplinary care. Refer to this ⬇️Rome Team Working Report from 🌎 #experts for the latest evidence and recommendations
nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
Rome Foundation Working Team Report on overlap in disorders of gut–brain interaction - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
In patients with disorders of gut–brain interaction (DGBI), overlapping non-gastrointestinal conditions and symptoms are common, as is overlap among DGBI in different regions of the gastrointestinal t...
nature.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Overlap of non-GI conditions is common in DGBI’s #fibromyalgia #headaches #fatigue. We need targeted treatment options & interdisciplinary care. Refer to this ⬇️Rome Team Working Report from 🌎 #experts for the latest evidence and recommendations
nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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Happy to report that APA wrote this letter, gathered a coalition across science, and will now pay for ads for it to be disseminated in Science and Chronicle of Higher Ed to spread the word!! unitedsciencealliance.org
February 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Happy to report that APA wrote this letter, gathered a coalition across science, and will now pay for ads for it to be disseminated in Science and Chronicle of Higher Ed to spread the word!! unitedsciencealliance.org
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Excited to share I’ll be presenting our research on glycemic variability and symptom severity in #IBD and the relationship between nighttime eating and myoelectric activity of the gut at #DDW2025 #diet #gastropsych @romegastropsych.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Excited to share I’ll be presenting our research on glycemic variability and symptom severity in #IBD and the relationship between nighttime eating and myoelectric activity of the gut at #DDW2025 #diet #gastropsych @romegastropsych.bsky.social
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1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
February 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
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Hey - please help save jobs and lives!
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
Tell Congress to Stop NIH Cuts
Please take 2 minutes today to ask Congress to take steps to stop funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The administration's proposed cuts to federal research funding, particul...
click.info.apa.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hey - please help save jobs and lives!
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...