Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
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In honor of #GivingTuesday next week and my birthday on Saturday, I’m fundraising for my first and only #AIDSLifecycle, a 545 mi, 7 day bike ride from SF to LA next June! 2025 will be the final year of the ride so this is my one and only shot to do it! Training is underway! 1/2 bit.ly/ALC-Ken
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An insightful & moving talk from @stephharmanmd.bsky.social at the Big Ideas conference, culminating in her important point that palliative care physicians don’t have a monopoly on helping people decide what matters most to them. Here are some questions to consider for anyone facing serious illness.
September 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
An insightful & moving talk from @stephharmanmd.bsky.social at the Big Ideas conference, culminating in her important point that palliative care physicians don’t have a monopoly on helping people decide what matters most to them. Here are some questions to consider for anyone facing serious illness.
Hey it’s me!
September 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Hey it’s me!
Come join our awesome team!
Stanford Division of Pediatric Nephrology is hiring! Find out more about our job:
facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job...
#Careers #Hiring #PediatricNephrology #Dialysis #KidneyTransplant
Stanford Division of Pediatric Nephrology is hiring! Find out more about our job:
facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job...
#Careers #Hiring #PediatricNephrology #Dialysis #KidneyTransplant
August 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Come join our awesome team!
Stanford Division of Pediatric Nephrology is hiring! Find out more about our job:
facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job...
#Careers #Hiring #PediatricNephrology #Dialysis #KidneyTransplant
Stanford Division of Pediatric Nephrology is hiring! Find out more about our job:
facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job...
#Careers #Hiring #PediatricNephrology #Dialysis #KidneyTransplant
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
This EO criminalizing homelessness & mental illness ignores decades of research & lived experience. This EO has many devastating aspects, especially its targeting of Housing First policies.
Housing First reduces homelessness, emergency room visits, and contact with the criminal punishment system.
Housing First reduces homelessness, emergency room visits, and contact with the criminal punishment system.
NAMI Statement on Executive Order Targeting Homelessness and Criminalizing Mental Illness
NAMI urges investment in proven mental health solutions over involuntary treatment in response to a new federal Executive Order.
www.nami.org
July 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This EO criminalizing homelessness & mental illness ignores decades of research & lived experience. This EO has many devastating aspects, especially its targeting of Housing First policies.
Housing First reduces homelessness, emergency room visits, and contact with the criminal punishment system.
Housing First reduces homelessness, emergency room visits, and contact with the criminal punishment system.
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
More bad news (sorry).
Many folks may have never heard of the USPSTF before, but it's an important group of experts that reviews research and gives guidance to healthcare providers. Playing politics with this panel will have implications for healthcare delivery in the U.S.
Many folks may have never heard of the USPSTF before, but it's an important group of experts that reviews research and gives guidance to healthcare providers. Playing politics with this panel will have implications for healthcare delivery in the U.S.
July 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
More bad news (sorry).
Many folks may have never heard of the USPSTF before, but it's an important group of experts that reviews research and gives guidance to healthcare providers. Playing politics with this panel will have implications for healthcare delivery in the U.S.
Many folks may have never heard of the USPSTF before, but it's an important group of experts that reviews research and gives guidance to healthcare providers. Playing politics with this panel will have implications for healthcare delivery in the U.S.
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
The answer is: Hell yes, trans kids should be able to participate in sports according to how they identify.
The emotional damage done by rejecting a kid’s identity is the real concern here. Not the bigotry of a busybody parent trying to bully that one kid.
The emotional damage done by rejecting a kid’s identity is the real concern here. Not the bigotry of a busybody parent trying to bully that one kid.
July 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The answer is: Hell yes, trans kids should be able to participate in sports according to how they identify.
The emotional damage done by rejecting a kid’s identity is the real concern here. Not the bigotry of a busybody parent trying to bully that one kid.
The emotional damage done by rejecting a kid’s identity is the real concern here. Not the bigotry of a busybody parent trying to bully that one kid.
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I’m not sitting back while this administrations destroys my career and the careers of my colleagues and mentees. #LGBTQI+
🔬 NEW LAWSUIT: Today, Lambda Legal, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, and 16 researchers filed a lawsuit against the NIH over the termination of 100s of research grants that funded critical LGBTQI+ health research.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/rzuxje9x
Learn more: tinyurl.com/rzuxje9x
May 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I’m not sitting back while this administrations destroys my career and the careers of my colleagues and mentees. #LGBTQI+
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It's not just Northwestern and Harvard, I have gotten credible (confidential) reports from several other schools (including state schools) that the NIH is defaulting on federal commitments there too.
Seems like there may be a big story here for an investigative reporter willing to take it on
Seems like there may be a big story here for an investigative reporter willing to take it on
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 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It's not just Northwestern and Harvard, I have gotten credible (confidential) reports from several other schools (including state schools) that the NIH is defaulting on federal commitments there too.
Seems like there may be a big story here for an investigative reporter willing to take it on
Seems like there may be a big story here for an investigative reporter willing to take it on
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
May 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday
📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful
Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj
Just over a week until I’ll be biking 545+ miles from SF to LA! Got to check out our team’s support vehicle for AIDS/Lifecycle and meet some more of our team members I hadn’t met yet! I guess I’m the de facto team physician? There’s still time to donate: bit.ly/ALC-Ken
May 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Just over a week until I’ll be biking 545+ miles from SF to LA! Got to check out our team’s support vehicle for AIDS/Lifecycle and meet some more of our team members I hadn’t met yet! I guess I’m the de facto team physician? There’s still time to donate: bit.ly/ALC-Ken
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
Outstanding mentoring session by former ASN president Dr. @drdeidracrews.bsky.social at the ASN AKI B2B conference.
@4kidney.bsky.social
@4kidney.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Outstanding mentoring session by former ASN president Dr. @drdeidracrews.bsky.social at the ASN AKI B2B conference.
@4kidney.bsky.social
@4kidney.bsky.social
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🧒🌍 Ending AIDS for Africa's children?
PEPFAR has already saved 26 million lives – and could end childhood AIDS by 2030.
But without continued support, 1M children may be infected by HIV in the next 5 years.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciComm #HIV 🧪 #PEPFAR
PEPFAR has already saved 26 million lives – and could end childhood AIDS by 2030.
But without continued support, 1M children may be infected by HIV in the next 5 years.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciComm #HIV 🧪 #PEPFAR
Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes
PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), a landmark US foreign health
policy, is recognised for saving 26 million lives from HIV. PEPFAR investments have
also had life-saving impacts for c...
www.thelancet.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
🧒🌍 Ending AIDS for Africa's children?
PEPFAR has already saved 26 million lives – and could end childhood AIDS by 2030.
But without continued support, 1M children may be infected by HIV in the next 5 years.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciComm #HIV 🧪 #PEPFAR
PEPFAR has already saved 26 million lives – and could end childhood AIDS by 2030.
But without continued support, 1M children may be infected by HIV in the next 5 years.
🔗 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#SciComm #HIV 🧪 #PEPFAR
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NEW: After cancelling nearly all projects on trans health, the Trump admin has now directed the NIH to study the negative consequences of transitioning.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition
After cancelling nearly all NIH projects studying transgender health, Trump’s team instructs the US biomedical agency to study negative consequences of transitioning.
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
NEW: After cancelling nearly all projects on trans health, the Trump admin has now directed the NIH to study the negative consequences of transitioning.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
In what's being described as a “bloodbath,” DHHS has dramatically reduced personnel at CDC, NIH, FDA & other health agencies. The cuts are expected to affect 10,000 people; some learned of them only when their badges no longer allowed access to their offices.
www.ebar.com/story/153865/
www.ebar.com/story/153865/
Federal health department slashes CDC, NIH staff
In what is being described as a “bloodbath,” the Department of Health and Human Services has dramatically reduced personnel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal health a...
www.ebar.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
In what's being described as a “bloodbath,” DHHS has dramatically reduced personnel at CDC, NIH, FDA & other health agencies. The cuts are expected to affect 10,000 people; some learned of them only when their badges no longer allowed access to their offices.
www.ebar.com/story/153865/
www.ebar.com/story/153865/
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"US Senator Cassidy calls on Kennedy to appear before Senate panel over health agency cuts"
But you are literally the reason he was confirmed...what changed?
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
But you are literally the reason he was confirmed...what changed?
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US Senator Cassidy calls on Kennedy to appear before Senate panel over health agency cuts
The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will on April 10 hold a hearing on the reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services, its chairman Senator Bill Cassidy said in a statement.
www.reuters.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"US Senator Cassidy calls on Kennedy to appear before Senate panel over health agency cuts"
But you are literally the reason he was confirmed...what changed?
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
But you are literally the reason he was confirmed...what changed?
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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The latest NIH grant chaos:
NIH apparently sent stop-work orders to all *97* MARC and U-RISE programs in the country.
These programs support underrepresented undergrads interested in health research careers.
MARC dates to 1977. Over 48 years, the programs have supported thousands of students.
NIH apparently sent stop-work orders to all *97* MARC and U-RISE programs in the country.
These programs support underrepresented undergrads interested in health research careers.
MARC dates to 1977. Over 48 years, the programs have supported thousands of students.
New this evening (3/28): Major update in NIH grant termination numbers.
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
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March 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The latest NIH grant chaos:
NIH apparently sent stop-work orders to all *97* MARC and U-RISE programs in the country.
These programs support underrepresented undergrads interested in health research careers.
MARC dates to 1977. Over 48 years, the programs have supported thousands of students.
NIH apparently sent stop-work orders to all *97* MARC and U-RISE programs in the country.
These programs support underrepresented undergrads interested in health research careers.
MARC dates to 1977. Over 48 years, the programs have supported thousands of students.
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
New this evening (3/28): Major update in NIH grant termination numbers.
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
Airtable | Everyone's app platform
Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.
airtable.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New this evening (3/28): Major update in NIH grant termination numbers.
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
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Your gift to the ASPN Foundation helps to support travel grants for trainees to help recruit and retain pediatric nephrologists! Your gift will be matched by ASPN Foundation Board Member Sharon Lagas up to a total of $2500 during National Kidney Month. aspneph.app.neoncrm.com/forms/alport...
March 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Your gift to the ASPN Foundation helps to support travel grants for trainees to help recruit and retain pediatric nephrologists! Your gift will be matched by ASPN Foundation Board Member Sharon Lagas up to a total of $2500 during National Kidney Month. aspneph.app.neoncrm.com/forms/alport...
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
The entire staff of the federal government's Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is expected to be laid off. www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say
Much of the federal government's efforts to buoy lagging childhood vaccination rates have been run through the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.
www.cbsnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The entire staff of the federal government's Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is expected to be laid off. www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
I’ve long supported the great advocacy and education work by AAKP, but RJK Jr. and his leadership of HHS will absolutely have serious negative consequences for kidney and transplant patients.
As a longtime fan of AAKP, I can't help but feel disappointed that they’re putting a positive spin on what is an unmitigated disaster for transplant recipients.
March 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I’ve long supported the great advocacy and education work by AAKP, but RJK Jr. and his leadership of HHS will absolutely have serious negative consequences for kidney and transplant patients.
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
As a longtime fan of AAKP, I can't help but feel disappointed that they’re putting a positive spin on what is an unmitigated disaster for transplant recipients.
March 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
As a longtime fan of AAKP, I can't help but feel disappointed that they’re putting a positive spin on what is an unmitigated disaster for transplant recipients.
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
This is a really disappointing decision by the NIH to cancel the longstanding Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP-K12) grant that has funded the early career development of numerous pediatric physician-scientists who have become the pediatric leaders in the US and the world.
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This is a really disappointing decision by the NIH to cancel the longstanding Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP-K12) grant that has funded the early career development of numerous pediatric physician-scientists who have become the pediatric leaders in the US and the world.
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
The NIH grant that has supported 38 years of training the best pediatrician-scientists in the country (I’m a proud former recipient) was cancelled. It was just approved for a 5 year renewal. The PSDP has supported the careers of many NIH-funded pediatrician-scientists and thought leaders
March 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The NIH grant that has supported 38 years of training the best pediatrician-scientists in the country (I’m a proud former recipient) was cancelled. It was just approved for a 5 year renewal. The PSDP has supported the careers of many NIH-funded pediatrician-scientists and thought leaders
Reposted by Ken Sutha, MD, PhD, FASN
NIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/n... via @statnews.com @aniloza.bsky.social
NIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults
NIH terminated grants for a program studying how to diagnose, treat, and prevent HIV and AIDS in adolescents and young adults.
www.statnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
NIH cuts halt 24-year program to prevent HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults www.statnews.com/2025/03/25/n... via @statnews.com @aniloza.bsky.social