Aaron Kaat
@akaat.bsky.social
Associate professor at Northwestern University. My research is in #psychometrics and/or #raredisease. But I plan to use this for things that interest me socially, not just an extension of work. Opinions are my own.
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#OtD 4 Dec 1969 Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was murdered while asleep in his bed during a raid on his apartment by Chicago Police in conjunction with the FBI. Mark Clark was also killed, and other Panthers wounded. Learn more about the BPP: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#OtD 4 Dec 1969 Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was murdered while asleep in his bed during a raid on his apartment by Chicago Police in conjunction with the FBI. Mark Clark was also killed, and other Panthers wounded. Learn more about the BPP: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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To my friends experiencing newfound conviction about speaking up against political violence: Excellent, let's keep going. This is Rev. David Black, a Presbyterian minister, being attacked by cowards in masks while protesting political violence against immigrants in Chicago over the weekend.
September 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
To my friends experiencing newfound conviction about speaking up against political violence: Excellent, let's keep going. This is Rev. David Black, a Presbyterian minister, being attacked by cowards in masks while protesting political violence against immigrants in Chicago over the weekend.
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President Trump told pregnant women to stop taking Tylenol. Medical groups maintain it is safe. What the research shows about autism, pregnancy and Tylenol.
What to Know About Taking Tylenol During Pregnancy
The Trump administration said acetaminophen could cause autism. Doctors maintain it is safe during pregnancy.
on.wsj.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
President Trump told pregnant women to stop taking Tylenol. Medical groups maintain it is safe. What the research shows about autism, pregnancy and Tylenol.
I watched that whole need conference live. It made me so sad.
Breaking News: In a rambling news briefing, President Trump promoted unproven ties between vaccines, autism and Tylenol use by pregnant women and babies. nyti.ms/46OqOvD
September 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I watched that whole need conference live. It made me so sad.
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Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work https://theonion.com/relaxing-tea-better-fucking-work-1819579209/
September 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Relaxing Tea Better Fucking Work https://theonion.com/relaxing-tea-better-fucking-work-1819579209/
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Part 2 of blogpost on Gold Standard Science deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/08/gold...
I'd be interested to know if any readers have heard of NIH's "Autism Data Science Initiative", which made a tachistoscopic appearance in June?
#autism #research
I'd be interested to know if any readers have heard of NIH's "Autism Data Science Initiative", which made a tachistoscopic appearance in June?
#autism #research
Gold standard science isn't gold standard if it's applied selectively. Part 2: Research on causes of autism
In my previous blogpost , I discussed why many scientists can't take seriously the lofty ideals expressed in Trump's plans for Gold Standard...
deevybee.blogspot.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Part 2 of blogpost on Gold Standard Science deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/08/gold...
I'd be interested to know if any readers have heard of NIH's "Autism Data Science Initiative", which made a tachistoscopic appearance in June?
#autism #research
I'd be interested to know if any readers have heard of NIH's "Autism Data Science Initiative", which made a tachistoscopic appearance in June?
#autism #research
I want your blood for my birthday.
July 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I want your blood for my birthday.
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🎨 Workshop Alert: Visualizing Health Research. Whether you're preparing for a conference or a grant pitch, this hands-on workshop Sept 8 & 22; Oct 8 & 15 will help you turn your research into visuals that inform and inspire. Learn more: shorturl.at/4tdY1
July 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🎨 Workshop Alert: Visualizing Health Research. Whether you're preparing for a conference or a grant pitch, this hands-on workshop Sept 8 & 22; Oct 8 & 15 will help you turn your research into visuals that inform and inspire. Learn more: shorturl.at/4tdY1
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Almost wish I was only in the assistant professor level instead of associate. But for anyone interested, KI sounds wonderful!!!
A major KI initiative to recruit new assistant professors with outstanding proposals in all areas of medicine, biomedicine and public health. We offer an amazing research environment, great colleagues and generous startup packages. Check it out and get working on your applications! (repost please!)
Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential.
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
June 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Almost wish I was only in the assistant professor level instead of associate. But for anyone interested, KI sounds wonderful!!!
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New York Times article on the end (at least for the moment) of NIH grant terminations...
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
N.I.H. Memo Pauses Cancellations of Medical Research Grants
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
New York Times article on the end (at least for the moment) of NIH grant terminations...
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
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New CNN story about clinical trials damaged by the funding freeze at Northwestern.
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NIH froze funding for clinical trials at a major university. By fall, they’ll run out of funding | CNN
Northwestern University hasn’t received any funding from the NIH since the end of March. Not only could patients potentially stop receiving treatments that trials provided, the research itself could b...
www.cnn.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New CNN story about clinical trials damaged by the funding freeze at Northwestern.
www.cnn.com/2025/06/23/h...
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Screen unseen at AMC was Jurassic World. That was fun. I wonder what it'll be in 2 weeks...
June 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Screen unseen at AMC was Jurassic World. That was fun. I wonder what it'll be in 2 weeks...
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Dr. Fiona Havers resigned on Monday after 13 years at the CDC, saying she could no longer continue while the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., dismantled the careful processes that help formulate vaccination standards. Read her first interview since resigning. nyti.ms/4k0mbCn
June 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Dr. Fiona Havers resigned on Monday after 13 years at the CDC, saying she could no longer continue while the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., dismantled the careful processes that help formulate vaccination standards. Read her first interview since resigning. nyti.ms/4k0mbCn
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🎨 Calling all health researchers!
Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉
💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇
🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.
Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉
💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇
🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.
June 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🎨 Calling all health researchers!
Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉
💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇
🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.
Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉
💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇
🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.
Ouch
More complete analysis of NIH outlays (or lack thereof) from grant-watch.us
grant-watch.us/posts/trends...
grant-watch.us/posts/trends...
Trends in NIH outlays: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern funding drops to $0 – Grant Watch
grant-watch.us
June 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ouch
Well, more reasons to think Northwestern (and by extension, me) will be getting any new grants soon.
DOGE is now reviewing every NIH grant that goes out, I reported last week.
That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports.
Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt
That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports.
Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt
June 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Well, more reasons to think Northwestern (and by extension, me) will be getting any new grants soon.
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Not the point of the tweet, but it always amazes me how much the NIH budget declined during Obama and increased under Trump 1. That was after he proposed cuts, but he ‘art of the dealed’ it up to record highs.
May 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Not the point of the tweet, but it always amazes me how much the NIH budget declined during Obama and increased under Trump 1. That was after he proposed cuts, but he ‘art of the dealed’ it up to record highs.
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We published a piece in March saying the real Trump/Vought/DOGE goal was to bring universities to their knees, and now they’re just … saying it out loud.
From our blog: altnih4science.substack.com/p/trump-is-a...
From our blog: altnih4science.substack.com/p/trump-is-a...
June 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
We published a piece in March saying the real Trump/Vought/DOGE goal was to bring universities to their knees, and now they’re just … saying it out loud.
From our blog: altnih4science.substack.com/p/trump-is-a...
From our blog: altnih4science.substack.com/p/trump-is-a...
I've been watching the M*A*S*H seasons (on DVD, so old skool) slowly for the last few months. Tonight will be a M*A*S*H night again, in Houlihan's honor.
Breaking News: Loretta Swit, who played Maj. Margaret Houlihan on the hit TV series “M*A*S*H,” has died at 87.
Loretta Swit a.k.a. Hot Lips of TV’s ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 87
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I've been watching the M*A*S*H seasons (on DVD, so old skool) slowly for the last few months. Tonight will be a M*A*S*H night again, in Houlihan's honor.
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Optimistic Researchers Say There Still Time To Head Off Climate Change Before It Starts Killing Rich People theonion.com/optimis...
May 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Optimistic Researchers Say There Still Time To Head Off Climate Change Before It Starts Killing Rich People theonion.com/optimis...