Adana A. M. Llanos, PhD, MPH
@aamllanos.bsky.social
Cancer/molecular epidemiologist | Health equity scholar | Associate Professor @ColumbiaSPH | CPS Co-Leader @ColumbiaCancer | Wynn’s mommy 👦🏽
💡 Big ideas, 🫶🏾 soft heart, 🌊 always the vibe.
“Equity isn’t a buzzword — it’s the assignment.”
💡 Big ideas, 🫶🏾 soft heart, 🌊 always the vibe.
“Equity isn’t a buzzword — it’s the assignment.”
“More than 550 of the terminated grants were focused on health disparities or inequities, attempting to understand why some groups have different health outcomes.”
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Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“More than 550 of the terminated grants were focused on health disparities or inequities, attempting to understand why some groups have different health outcomes.”
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
I’ve stayed quiet about how NIH cuts have affected me — but my lab is now at risk of being dismantled. Our cancer research could help every American, and it’s hanging by a thread.
Grateful to Science for sharing my story.
🔗 www.science.org/content/arti...
Grateful to Science for sharing my story.
🔗 www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories
As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures
www.science.org
May 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I’ve stayed quiet about how NIH cuts have affected me — but my lab is now at risk of being dismantled. Our cancer research could help every American, and it’s hanging by a thread.
Grateful to Science for sharing my story.
🔗 www.science.org/content/arti...
Grateful to Science for sharing my story.
🔗 www.science.org/content/arti...
My first NBCC Summit was AMAZING! It was such an honor discussing our lab’s breast cancer disparities work on a panel with Dr. Melissa Davis & Dr. Becca Kehm. 🎀
At the #NBCCSummit, we are exploring how social determinants of health, genetic ancestry, and tumor biology drive breast cancer disparities. #StopBreastCancer
May 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
My first NBCC Summit was AMAZING! It was such an honor discussing our lab’s breast cancer disparities work on a panel with Dr. Melissa Davis & Dr. Becca Kehm. 🎀