Ang
Ang
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Heads up! APA is urging anyone who cares about health and science to let their reps/senators know now that they should oppose the admin's murder budget.

Easy to do here: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...

APA is plugged in. If they say NOW, listen! #StandUpForScience
ACT NOW! Tell Congress to Reject Unprecedented Funding Cuts
Please take 2 minutes today to urge Congress to reject the administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget proposal that seeks to cut $163 billion across the federal government. This would have signific...
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June 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Here's the NIH's proposed budget - from $48 billion to $27 billion. NIAID, current ~$7 billion cut to ~$4.2 billion.

The proposed 15% cap on indirect costs remains.

Again, these budgets are passed, and our leadership in science, technology, and innovation is gone.

www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...
May 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Caregivers to disabled people and aging adults (who do not have certain health conditions) will not be able to get the Covid booster in the future under new rules, putting people they care for at risk. New from me at @motherjones.com

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
FDA to cut Covid booster access, excluding in-home carers
By restricting vaccinations, "the FDA creates a dangerous public health gap."
www.motherjones.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Member Op-Ed Spotlight! 🌟 Discover SBM Fellow, Dr. Kathryn E. Kanzler's Op-Ed on the significance of federal funding for health research!
➡️ www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
@drkatiek.bsky.social
My research to prevent diabetes in Latinos isn't woke. It's efficient.
Hispanic/Latino people face significantly higher rates of type 2 diabetes than non-Hispanic white people — especially here in Texas.
www.houstonchronicle.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Bring SBM to your city! 🏙️
Host an SBM meetup to grow your network, foster collaboration, and support behavioral medicine.

📢 SBM provides support—you lead the way.
Learn how: sbm.org/meetups/host...
#SBMLeadership #BehavioralMedicine #ProfessionalNetworking
May 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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NIH cancels grant to re-interview Black & lower-income white Americans from Nat'l Survey of American Life (NSAL), to study factors contributing to higher risk of Alzheimer’s dis. & related dementias in these pops.

NSAL the only nat'lly representative sample of the mental hlth of Black Americans. 🛟
NIH terminates $13 million grant on dementia
A $12.9 million grant for a study on dementia risks among at-risk U.S. populations was terminated by the National Institutes of Health.
www.michigandaily.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The American Diabetes Association issued a statement regarding NIH's discontinuation of the landmark Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study:

"Eliminating funding means the loss of a decade’s worth of important findings and progress toward diabetes prevention."

diabetes.org/newsroom/pre...
American Diabetes Association Statement on Canceled National Diabetes Prevention Program Funding | American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) is extremely concerned about the impact of canceled National Institutes of Health funding on the success of the National Diabetes Prevention Program (National ...
diabetes.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Fentanyl is a safe and effective medication when used as prescribed by a medical professional and it is a vital medication for many disabled and chronically ill Americans
March 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Missed this story last night portending something bad for AHRQ

AHRQ fills a hugely important void in the medical and health care research space: it funds work that doesn't map cleanly to a disease, body part, or special population (e.g., older Americans)

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Interesting read and a reminder why we should preferably publish in society journals. Now the large publishers make huge profits on our publicly funded scientific work. Profits that could also go back to the scientific society (and not shareholders).
"Many, and perhaps most, members of our academic community do not understand [the benefits of publishing] in society-based journals ... compared with for-profit journals from companies like Springer Nature, Frontiers, Wiley, and Elsevier." 🧪

academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
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March 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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The largest private employer in Baltimore just lost $800 million in federal contracts and grants. This recession is going to be a doozy.
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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March 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Francis Collins, former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, announced Saturday that he has retired

www.statnews.com/2025/03/01/n...
Former director Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging 'respect' for embattled workers
Francis Collins, former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, announced Saturday that he has retired
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March 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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A professor of public policy ought to know that Stanford has so many "administrators" because research staff FUNDED BY NIH are included in the definition. We went through this discussion several years ago. www.wsj.com/opinion/high...
February 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Undergraduate research opportunities are incredibly valuable, both for the students and for the progress of the work. And having undergraduate research experience is a massive help for grad school admission. REU cancellations harm students’ preparedness & career prospects, and slow research progress
🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.

www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
Cancellation megathread
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February 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.

By @avaskham.bsky.social

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Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Friendly reminder to get your free Covid tests before they throw them away.

Covidtests.gov

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U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests
The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.
wapo.st
February 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Since federal health information is getting harder to come by, I thought I'd share this new resource. Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine launched an online Avian Flu Resource Center--a one-stop clearinghouse for trustworthy information on bird flu.

www.vet.cornell.edu/highly-patho...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Resource Center
What is "bird flu" and why is it in the news so much lately?Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as "bird flu," is circulating now in the United States and much of the world. This stra...
www.vet.cornell.edu
February 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM