Alix Seif, MD
@alixseif.bsky.social
Pediatric oncologist. Cancer clinical epi and novice ImpSci researcher. Justice enthusiast. Academic freedom proponent. She/her.
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Governor Shapiro has made sure that Pennsylvanians relying on LIHEAP won't have their heat shut off while the federal government is shut down and funds are frozen.
LIHEAP recipients won't have utilities shutoff during government shutdown, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announces
As Pennsylvania waits on federal funding for LIHEAP, Shapiro announced a commitment from utility companies that heat will not be shut off.
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Governor Shapiro has made sure that Pennsylvanians relying on LIHEAP won't have their heat shut off while the federal government is shut down and funds are frozen.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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🩺The ASH Treating Fairly is a new award for ASH members who are PIs for research on hematologic diseases & disorders disproportionately affecting vulnerable communities.
Protect your research amid federal cuts: https://bit.ly/47gDls7
#Fight4Hematology #ResearchSavesLives
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Protect your research amid federal cuts: https://bit.ly/47gDls7
#Fight4Hematology #ResearchSavesLives
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November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🩺The ASH Treating Fairly is a new award for ASH members who are PIs for research on hematologic diseases & disorders disproportionately affecting vulnerable communities.
Protect your research amid federal cuts: https://bit.ly/47gDls7
#Fight4Hematology #ResearchSavesLives
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Protect your research amid federal cuts: https://bit.ly/47gDls7
#Fight4Hematology #ResearchSavesLives
8/8
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🏥Fellows & junior faculty — Research awards ASH HIP Fellow Award | $100,000 over 2-3 years for protected research time and training https://bit.ly/47ym7W2
RTAF | $70,000 for one year protected research time https://bit.ly/4hx45rQ
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RTAF | $70,000 for one year protected research time https://bit.ly/4hx45rQ
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November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🏥Fellows & junior faculty — Research awards ASH HIP Fellow Award | $100,000 over 2-3 years for protected research time and training https://bit.ly/47ym7W2
RTAF | $70,000 for one year protected research time https://bit.ly/4hx45rQ
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RTAF | $70,000 for one year protected research time https://bit.ly/4hx45rQ
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📚#Medstudent Funding for a part-time or 1-year immersive project
ASH HIP Medical Student Award | Part-time or immersive project https://bit.ly/4qxwsKu
ASH HONORS | Part time https://bit.ly/48OzIuK
ASH Physician-Scientist Award | Immersive https://bit.ly/3X2CqFL
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ASH HIP Medical Student Award | Part-time or immersive project https://bit.ly/4qxwsKu
ASH HONORS | Part time https://bit.ly/48OzIuK
ASH Physician-Scientist Award | Immersive https://bit.ly/3X2CqFL
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November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📚#Medstudent Funding for a part-time or 1-year immersive project
ASH HIP Medical Student Award | Part-time or immersive project https://bit.ly/4qxwsKu
ASH HONORS | Part time https://bit.ly/48OzIuK
ASH Physician-Scientist Award | Immersive https://bit.ly/3X2CqFL
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ASH HIP Medical Student Award | Part-time or immersive project https://bit.ly/4qxwsKu
ASH HONORS | Part time https://bit.ly/48OzIuK
ASH Physician-Scientist Award | Immersive https://bit.ly/3X2CqFL
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👉 Projects below are based in North America. 🌏 Find global awards: https://bit.ly/49zaTDc
👉 You are encouraged to apply for all awards for which you are eligible; however, please note that only one award may be accepted at a time
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👉 You are encouraged to apply for all awards for which you are eligible; however, please note that only one award may be accepted at a time
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Early and Mid-Career Investigator Awards and Training Programs - Hematology.org
Awards and training programs provided by ASH help to enhance knowledge, research, and expertise of early- and mid-career hematologists.
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
👉 Projects below are based in North America. 🌏 Find global awards: https://bit.ly/49zaTDc
👉 You are encouraged to apply for all awards for which you are eligible; however, please note that only one award may be accepted at a time
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👉 You are encouraged to apply for all awards for which you are eligible; however, please note that only one award may be accepted at a time
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🚨ASH increased its investment in #hematology research & training, which means more opportunities right now to receive funding!
🧵👇See the thread for open opportunities by career stage.
📢 Help us share! #ASHTrainee #Fight4Hematology #Hemesky #Medsky
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🧵👇See the thread for open opportunities by career stage.
📢 Help us share! #ASHTrainee #Fight4Hematology #Hemesky #Medsky
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November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨ASH increased its investment in #hematology research & training, which means more opportunities right now to receive funding!
🧵👇See the thread for open opportunities by career stage.
📢 Help us share! #ASHTrainee #Fight4Hematology #Hemesky #Medsky
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🧵👇See the thread for open opportunities by career stage.
📢 Help us share! #ASHTrainee #Fight4Hematology #Hemesky #Medsky
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For many people, the afternoon is a dreaded time of day when energy slumps, concentration fizzles and stress builds. To counteract the midday gloom, consider a brief yoga break. Try this energizing routine.
Need a Boost? Try This Energizing Yoga Routine.
Reverse the afternoon slump with a short, refreshing sequence.
nyti.ms
October 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For many people, the afternoon is a dreaded time of day when energy slumps, concentration fizzles and stress builds. To counteract the midday gloom, consider a brief yoga break. Try this energizing routine.
This is excellent - and check out the Shame Lab site, too: www.shamelab.org/home
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is excellent - and check out the Shame Lab site, too: www.shamelab.org/home
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Really appreciate this letter from Penn's President Jameson responding to the proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education."
penntoday.upenn.edu/announcement...
penntoday.upenn.edu/announcement...
Penn’s written response to the Compact for Academic Excellence | Penn Today
To the Penn Community,As I communicated to you on October 16, 2025, we sent a letter to the Department of Education in response to their request for limited, targeted feedback about the proposed Compa...
penntoday.upenn.edu
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Really appreciate this letter from Penn's President Jameson responding to the proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education."
penntoday.upenn.edu/announcement...
penntoday.upenn.edu/announcement...
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💬 Viewpoint: The newly constituted Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has departed from established, evidence-based guideline development standards, raising concerns about transparency and credibility.
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ja.ma/4opGX0K
October 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
💬 Viewpoint: The newly constituted Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has departed from established, evidence-based guideline development standards, raising concerns about transparency and credibility.
ja.ma/4opGX0K
ja.ma/4opGX0K
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#PBC Must Read: Do Surveillance Tests for Relapse Improve Survival After Chemotherapy for Paediatric Acute Leukaemia? A Systematic Review doi.org/10.1002/pbc.... #PedsHemeOnc
October 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#PBC Must Read: Do Surveillance Tests for Relapse Improve Survival After Chemotherapy for Paediatric Acute Leukaemia? A Systematic Review doi.org/10.1002/pbc.... #PedsHemeOnc
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A new @jama.com Insights article by LDI Fellows Kyra O’Brien, Emily Largent, and Jason Karlawish advises clinicians on how to communicate a diagnosis of MCI or dementia—emphasizing triadic communication, personalized content, and emotional support. http://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.13006
Communicating a Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia
This JAMA Insights explores strategies for effectively communicating a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia to patients and their care partners.
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A new @jama.com Insights article by LDI Fellows Kyra O’Brien, Emily Largent, and Jason Karlawish advises clinicians on how to communicate a diagnosis of MCI or dementia—emphasizing triadic communication, personalized content, and emotional support. http://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.13006
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🚨🚨🚨
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🚨🚨🚨
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
And THREE stood up!
Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.
When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!
No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.
LET’S GO!
#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
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The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” would give Trump wide-ranging influence over hiring, admissions, tuition pricing, and even curriculum. Nine colleges were asked to sign on.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/education/pe...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/education/pe...
Penn rejects Trump compact offered to colleges
Brown and MIT have also rejected the proposal, which would have given the White House influence over the universities' operations in exchange for preferential consideration in federal funding.
www.inquirer.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” would give Trump wide-ranging influence over hiring, admissions, tuition pricing, and even curriculum. Nine colleges were asked to sign on.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/education/pe...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/education/pe...
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Pathogenic variants in key #cancer susceptibility genes were detected in 5% of US adults in the All of Us study, exceeding prior estimates and highlighting race-based differences in prevalence.
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ja.ma/477ppzh
October 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Pathogenic variants in key #cancer susceptibility genes were detected in 5% of US adults in the All of Us study, exceeding prior estimates and highlighting race-based differences in prevalence.
ja.ma/477ppzh
ja.ma/477ppzh
Relieved and grateful that the President and Board of Trustees listened to the clear message from the Faculty Senate.
Well done, Penn.
Well done, Penn.
Just received from a colleague: looks like Penn is going to join the universities refusing the extortionary Trump "compact". I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Relieved and grateful that the President and Board of Trustees listened to the clear message from the Faculty Senate.
Well done, Penn.
Well done, Penn.
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A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
n.pr
October 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
🧵🧵🧵with actionable link in 3rd post.
This story took the wind out of me in 2019 and for some reason didn’t get as much air time as many of the other horrific police shootings that occurred in innocent people’s homes.
Rest in power, Ms. Jefferson. Many of us are inspired to act in your memory.
This story took the wind out of me in 2019 and for some reason didn’t get as much air time as many of the other horrific police shootings that occurred in innocent people’s homes.
Rest in power, Ms. Jefferson. Many of us are inspired to act in your memory.
Today in 2019, 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson was playing video games with her nephew when a neighbor called a non-emergency number to report that her front door was open. A white police officer shot & killed Atatiana through her window while responding. The officer was found guilty of manslaughter.
October 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🧵🧵🧵with actionable link in 3rd post.
This story took the wind out of me in 2019 and for some reason didn’t get as much air time as many of the other horrific police shootings that occurred in innocent people’s homes.
Rest in power, Ms. Jefferson. Many of us are inspired to act in your memory.
This story took the wind out of me in 2019 and for some reason didn’t get as much air time as many of the other horrific police shootings that occurred in innocent people’s homes.
Rest in power, Ms. Jefferson. Many of us are inspired to act in your memory.
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Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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Breaking up the combination MMR vaccine would mean that children would receive six injections instead of two. But that's not all.
Swipe to learn more about the MMR vaccine and the other issues that would arise from separating it.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to...
Swipe to learn more about the MMR vaccine and the other issues that would arise from separating it.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to...
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Breaking up the combination MMR vaccine would mean that children would receive six injections instead of two. But that's not all.
Swipe to learn more about the MMR vaccine and the other issues that would arise from separating it.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to...
Swipe to learn more about the MMR vaccine and the other issues that would arise from separating it.
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to...
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The University of Arizona's faculty senate has voted to ask the UA president to reject the Trump administration's proposed compact. It's among an accumulation of voices who say not to be tempted by the good things in the compact due to its more fundamental threats.
tucson.com/news/local/e...
tucson.com/news/local/e...
U of A Faculty Senate opposes Trump compact; provost says no decision yet
The University of Arizona Faculty Senate approved a resolution calling on the UA to reject the White House’s compact requiring ideological, political and financial commitments in return for federal fu...
tucson.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The University of Arizona's faculty senate has voted to ask the UA president to reject the Trump administration's proposed compact. It's among an accumulation of voices who say not to be tempted by the good things in the compact due to its more fundamental threats.
tucson.com/news/local/e...
tucson.com/news/local/e...
Except everyone knows Ortho doesn't *really* care that much about the marrow 😂
Plague is a high-consequence infectious disease with epidemic potential.
The latest video in our partnership with @glaucomflecken.bsky.social summarizes new research evaluating ciprofloxacin versus aminoglycoside–ciprofloxacin for bubonic plague in Madagascar. 👉 nej.md/DrG27
The latest video in our partnership with @glaucomflecken.bsky.social summarizes new research evaluating ciprofloxacin versus aminoglycoside–ciprofloxacin for bubonic plague in Madagascar. 👉 nej.md/DrG27
October 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Except everyone knows Ortho doesn't *really* care that much about the marrow 😂
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Learn to tell your story with urgency and hope at our PUBLIC NARRATIVE TRAINING on 10/14!
We're preparing to share why we're standing up for science & democracy at No Kings Day Rally, and you can too!
Sign up, tell your story, and bring it to your No Kings Rally on 10/18! zurl.co/LM0QK
We're preparing to share why we're standing up for science & democracy at No Kings Day Rally, and you can too!
Sign up, tell your story, and bring it to your No Kings Rally on 10/18! zurl.co/LM0QK
October 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Learn to tell your story with urgency and hope at our PUBLIC NARRATIVE TRAINING on 10/14!
We're preparing to share why we're standing up for science & democracy at No Kings Day Rally, and you can too!
Sign up, tell your story, and bring it to your No Kings Rally on 10/18! zurl.co/LM0QK
We're preparing to share why we're standing up for science & democracy at No Kings Day Rally, and you can too!
Sign up, tell your story, and bring it to your No Kings Rally on 10/18! zurl.co/LM0QK