Alka Kanaya
@alka-kanaya.bsky.social
General internist, population scientist, yoga aficionado
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF
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NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
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🚨Excited to share our new paper
✔️ #Yoga = ⬆️ health (e.g., Life’s Essential 8, diet, smoking, BMI, alcohol)
✔️ Religious attendance = ⬆️ ideal diet
✔️ Religious attendance = ⬇️ alcohol
@bvkent.bsky.social @alka-kanaya.bsky.social @nilayshah.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/abm/...
✔️ #Yoga = ⬆️ health (e.g., Life’s Essential 8, diet, smoking, BMI, alcohol)
✔️ Religious attendance = ⬆️ ideal diet
✔️ Religious attendance = ⬇️ alcohol
@bvkent.bsky.social @alka-kanaya.bsky.social @nilayshah.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/abm/...
Religious affiliations, religious practices, and health behaviors in US South Asians
AbstractObjectives. This study examined how religious affiliations and religious practices are related to health behaviors and clinical health behavior-rel
doi.org
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🚨Excited to share our new paper
✔️ #Yoga = ⬆️ health (e.g., Life’s Essential 8, diet, smoking, BMI, alcohol)
✔️ Religious attendance = ⬆️ ideal diet
✔️ Religious attendance = ⬇️ alcohol
@bvkent.bsky.social @alka-kanaya.bsky.social @nilayshah.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/abm/...
✔️ #Yoga = ⬆️ health (e.g., Life’s Essential 8, diet, smoking, BMI, alcohol)
✔️ Religious attendance = ⬆️ ideal diet
✔️ Religious attendance = ⬇️ alcohol
@bvkent.bsky.social @alka-kanaya.bsky.social @nilayshah.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/abm/...
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If you’ve been meaning to take the Berkeley or SF South Asian Radical History Walking Tour, we just announced seven more tour dates for 2025:
www.berkeleysouthasian.org
We share stories of four generations of Bay Area feminists and freedom fighters, high school students and civil rights activists.
www.berkeleysouthasian.org
We share stories of four generations of Bay Area feminists and freedom fighters, high school students and civil rights activists.
Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour
Sunday, August 17 in BerkeleySunday, September 21 in BerkeleySunday, October 12 in SFSaturday, October 18 in BerkeleySunday, November 16 in Berkeley
www.berkeleysouthasian.org
July 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you’ve been meaning to take the Berkeley or SF South Asian Radical History Walking Tour, we just announced seven more tour dates for 2025:
www.berkeleysouthasian.org
We share stories of four generations of Bay Area feminists and freedom fighters, high school students and civil rights activists.
www.berkeleysouthasian.org
We share stories of four generations of Bay Area feminists and freedom fighters, high school students and civil rights activists.
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Full story here ⤵️
“Given the alternative, the Senate’s recommendation of a $400m increase for NIH is an indication the agency still has support on Capitol Hill,” says Jennifer Zeitzer of FASEB. “A 40% cut would have been devastating, so this is a good outcome in a tough year.”
“Given the alternative, the Senate’s recommendation of a $400m increase for NIH is an indication the agency still has support on Capitol Hill,” says Jennifer Zeitzer of FASEB. “A 40% cut would have been devastating, so this is a good outcome in a tough year.”
‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget
Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.
www.nature.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Full story here ⤵️
“Given the alternative, the Senate’s recommendation of a $400m increase for NIH is an indication the agency still has support on Capitol Hill,” says Jennifer Zeitzer of FASEB. “A 40% cut would have been devastating, so this is a good outcome in a tough year.”
“Given the alternative, the Senate’s recommendation of a $400m increase for NIH is an indication the agency still has support on Capitol Hill,” says Jennifer Zeitzer of FASEB. “A 40% cut would have been devastating, so this is a good outcome in a tough year.”
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Odds of winning #NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Odds of winning NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite
Funding multiyear grants up front will sharply cut number of investigators receiving awards
www.science.org
July 29, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Odds of winning #NIH grants plummet as new funding policy and spending delays bite | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Bay Area friends, please help me amplify to your networks:
June 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Bay Area friends, please help me amplify to your networks:
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My quote of the day
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.
Mohandas Gandhi
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.
Mohandas Gandhi
June 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My quote of the day
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.
Mohandas Gandhi
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.
Mohandas Gandhi
Grateful for these brave NIH employees for speaking up
“The Bethesda Declaration” 👍🏽💪🏽🙏🏽
apnews.com/article/nih-...
“The Bethesda Declaration” 👍🏽💪🏽🙏🏽
apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Grateful for these brave NIH employees for speaking up
“The Bethesda Declaration” 👍🏽💪🏽🙏🏽
apnews.com/article/nih-...
“The Bethesda Declaration” 👍🏽💪🏽🙏🏽
apnews.com/article/nih-...
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I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
May 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I don't think anyone outside of universities, pharma and biotech, independent research institutions have any idea of what is happening right now. If you haven't sounded the alarm among your friends, family and colleagues, now is the time to do it.
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MAHA leaders seem intrigued by using blood sugar tracking to improve metabolic health--none more so than Surgeon General nominee Casey Means, who cofounded a co pushing CGMs. And yet...there's little evidence it offers lasting health benefits. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):
MAHA Is Pushing Glucose Tracking That Most People Don’t Need
Surgeon General nominee Casey Means’ metabolic health theory isn’t based on the “gold-standard” science the movement promises.
www.bloomberg.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
MAHA leaders seem intrigued by using blood sugar tracking to improve metabolic health--none more so than Surgeon General nominee Casey Means, who cofounded a co pushing CGMs. And yet...there's little evidence it offers lasting health benefits. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):
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A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...
A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research
Over the past four months I’ve spoken to dozens of biomedical researchers...
talkingpointsmemo.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A Path Forward to Save American Bio-Medical Research talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-pat...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/r...
Where’s the uproar from the Cardiology and public health community when NIH cuts major cohorts?
Bad for communities, bad for public health, bad ROI.
#Cardiosky
Where’s the uproar from the Cardiology and public health community when NIH cuts major cohorts?
Bad for communities, bad for public health, bad ROI.
#Cardiosky
Rural health study is told it’s losing federal funds, and other major heart studies are worried
A federal health study that was examining the high burden of chronic disease in rural areas learned its funding has been cut off.
www.statnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/r...
Where’s the uproar from the Cardiology and public health community when NIH cuts major cohorts?
Bad for communities, bad for public health, bad ROI.
#Cardiosky
Where’s the uproar from the Cardiology and public health community when NIH cuts major cohorts?
Bad for communities, bad for public health, bad ROI.
#Cardiosky
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New @aspcardio.bsky.social Clinical Practice Statement🫀: Framework to improve cardiometabolic care for South Asians—individual to population level.
ow.ly/glCT50VGq9Y
@pnatarajanmd.bsky.social @drmarthagulati.bsky.social
#CardioSky #MedSky #SouthAsianHealth #HeartHealth #ASPC
ow.ly/glCT50VGq9Y
@pnatarajanmd.bsky.social @drmarthagulati.bsky.social
#CardioSky #MedSky #SouthAsianHealth #HeartHealth #ASPC
April 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New @aspcardio.bsky.social Clinical Practice Statement🫀: Framework to improve cardiometabolic care for South Asians—individual to population level.
ow.ly/glCT50VGq9Y
@pnatarajanmd.bsky.social @drmarthagulati.bsky.social
#CardioSky #MedSky #SouthAsianHealth #HeartHealth #ASPC
ow.ly/glCT50VGq9Y
@pnatarajanmd.bsky.social @drmarthagulati.bsky.social
#CardioSky #MedSky #SouthAsianHealth #HeartHealth #ASPC
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Special issue of the journals Diabetes Care and Diabetes celebrating the work of NIDDK for 75 years and with concern and trepidation for an uncertain future.
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
NIDDK at 75 Years of Age: Great Triumphs but Concerns for Its Longevity
Steven E. Kahn, Cheryl A.M. Anderson, John B. Buse, Elizabeth Selvin, David A. D’Alessio; NIDDK at 75 Years of Age: Great Triumphs but Concerns for Its Lon
diabetesjournals.org
April 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Special issue of the journals Diabetes Care and Diabetes celebrating the work of NIDDK for 75 years and with concern and trepidation for an uncertain future.
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Our voices matter—public outcry helps!
Support our NIH cohorts that have some of the richest longitudinal data
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
Support our NIH cohorts that have some of the richest longitudinal data
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
Federal Officials Promise to Restore Funding to Women’s Health Initiative
The decades-long research effort has contributed to thousands of research papers, altering medical care for women around the world.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Our voices matter—public outcry helps!
Support our NIH cohorts that have some of the richest longitudinal data
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
Support our NIH cohorts that have some of the richest longitudinal data
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
Fabulous issues of Diabetes & Diabetes Care journals showing 75 years of diabetes excellence funded by NIDDK
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urldefense.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Fabulous issues of Diabetes & Diabetes Care journals showing 75 years of diabetes excellence funded by NIDDK
urldefense.com/v3/__http://...
urldefense.com/v3/__http://...
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It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
April 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
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Good trouble.
As other social media appear to be attempting to silence the daily letters, it's important to subscribe to receive them daily via email.
#goodtrouble
As other social media appear to be attempting to silence the daily letters, it's important to subscribe to receive them daily via email.
#goodtrouble
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Good trouble.
As other social media appear to be attempting to silence the daily letters, it's important to subscribe to receive them daily via email.
#goodtrouble
As other social media appear to be attempting to silence the daily letters, it's important to subscribe to receive them daily via email.
#goodtrouble
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“I cannot think of any other time in modern history where grants that have gone through a very, very rigorous peer-review process have been canceled like this” 🎁
San Francisco scientists ‘devastated’ by federal funding cuts for vaccine research
The National Institutes of Health immediately terminated projects investigating vaccine safety during pregnancy and the effectiveness of the shingles vaccine.
www.sfchronicle.com
March 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“I cannot think of any other time in modern history where grants that have gone through a very, very rigorous peer-review process have been canceled like this” 🎁
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Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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March 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.
Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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Find out how your community may be impacted.
Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org
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anyway, find your local independent bookstore, or any independent bookstore, and support them however you can. you don't need to spend money! book clubs and storytimes are free. author events are often free! asking for help is free. community is free ❤️ bookshop.org
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
March 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
anyway, find your local independent bookstore, or any independent bookstore, and support them however you can. you don't need to spend money! book clubs and storytimes are free. author events are often free! asking for help is free. community is free ❤️ bookshop.org
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Every part of this story is enraging and insane
Her research grant mentioned ‘hesitancy.’ Now her funding is gone.
A medical researcher may have erroneously lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money because she was swept up in Trump administration efforts to ban studies of vaccine hesitancy and uptake.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Every part of this story is enraging and insane