Ava Hoffman
@avahoffman.com
Senior Scientist at Fred Hutch Cancer Center.
Genomics, ecology, data science education.
💻🧬🌱🏳️🌈 she/her
📍Baltimore, USA
Genomics, ecology, data science education.
💻🧬🌱🏳️🌈 she/her
📍Baltimore, USA
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Ava Hoffman
@avahoffman.com
· Aug 27
New ep!!!
How science funding works.
Really liked this one. Science saved your life, now it's time to save science.
www.buzzsprout.com/1801367/epis...
How science funding works.
Really liked this one. Science saved your life, now it's time to save science.
www.buzzsprout.com/1801367/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com
How the heck does scientific funding even work?!? I had a lot of fun on this episode of EIPH 🤓
“Trustworthy data visualization is a cooperative accomplishment” - Kieran Healy #PositConf2025
September 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Trustworthy data visualization is a cooperative accomplishment” - Kieran Healy #PositConf2025
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"How many of you have opened RStudio, one of the most advanced data science IDEs ever created, to add two numbers?" - Jonathan McPherson at #positconf2025
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September 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"How many of you have opened RStudio, one of the most advanced data science IDEs ever created, to add two numbers?" - Jonathan McPherson at #positconf2025
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"Global health programs are not charity. They are insurance policies and the most affordable protection we have against future pandemics. Containing outbreaks at their source costs millions. Letting them spread costs billions — and lives."
“Ebola is never just a virus; it is a mirror."
My latest in @statnews.com on #Ebola in #DRC. I’ve seen its horror firsthand — when every hour counts & fear spreads fast.
Global health defenses are weakening — what starts remote can quickly become a global threat.
www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/e...
My latest in @statnews.com on #Ebola in #DRC. I’ve seen its horror firsthand — when every hour counts & fear spreads fast.
Global health defenses are weakening — what starts remote can quickly become a global threat.
www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/e...
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a warning
“Ebola is never just a virus; it is a mirror,” writes infectious disease physician Krutika Kuppalli.
www.statnews.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Global health programs are not charity. They are insurance policies and the most affordable protection we have against future pandemics. Containing outbreaks at their source costs millions. Letting them spread costs billions — and lives."
never change, Baltimore
September 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
never change, Baltimore
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That’s a wrap! Thanks for joining us for ACC2025! 🧬💻
September 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
That’s a wrap! Thanks for joining us for ACC2025! 🧬💻
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Hey are you looking for a postdoc focusing on microbial
ecology/bioinformatics? Hit me up - it’s not my lab but trying to help someone else staff their lab. If you have a student about to defend, this could be a great chance to get a ton of papers.
ecology/bioinformatics? Hit me up - it’s not my lab but trying to help someone else staff their lab. If you have a student about to defend, this could be a great chance to get a ton of papers.
August 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hey are you looking for a postdoc focusing on microbial
ecology/bioinformatics? Hit me up - it’s not my lab but trying to help someone else staff their lab. If you have a student about to defend, this could be a great chance to get a ton of papers.
ecology/bioinformatics? Hit me up - it’s not my lab but trying to help someone else staff their lab. If you have a student about to defend, this could be a great chance to get a ton of papers.
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If you want to try out AnVIL, join the AnVIL Virtual Workshop on Tuesday September 2 from 3-5 pm ET! You'll learn about the platform, how to bring & find data, and use the analysis tools on the platform!
To sign up, create a free AnVIL account and register here! bit.ly/anvil-virtua....
To sign up, create a free AnVIL account and register here! bit.ly/anvil-virtua....
August 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you want to try out AnVIL, join the AnVIL Virtual Workshop on Tuesday September 2 from 3-5 pm ET! You'll learn about the platform, how to bring & find data, and use the analysis tools on the platform!
To sign up, create a free AnVIL account and register here! bit.ly/anvil-virtua....
To sign up, create a free AnVIL account and register here! bit.ly/anvil-virtua....
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Really appreciated how @sethf.bsky.social described using AI in the evolution class that we co- teach: “ it’s like paying for a gym membership and then using a forklift to raise and lower your weights.”
August 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Really appreciated how @sethf.bsky.social described using AI in the evolution class that we co- teach: “ it’s like paying for a gym membership and then using a forklift to raise and lower your weights.”
How the heck does scientific funding even work?!? I had a lot of fun on this episode of EIPH 🤓
New ep!!!
How science funding works.
Really liked this one. Science saved your life, now it's time to save science.
www.buzzsprout.com/1801367/epis...
How science funding works.
Really liked this one. Science saved your life, now it's time to save science.
www.buzzsprout.com/1801367/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
How the heck does scientific funding even work?!? I had a lot of fun on this episode of EIPH 🤓
💫FREE💫 AnVIL training alert! Look out for the AnVIL 101 workshop if you're brand new.
Register today for ACC2025 -- the meeting is open to students, analysts, PIs, and anything in between!
🔹 Regular ($75): bit.ly/acc2025-register
🔹 Student ($25): bit.ly/acc2025-register-student
🔹 Virtual (Free): bit.ly/acc2025-register-virtually
📍 Learn more: bit.ly/anvil2025
🔹 Regular ($75): bit.ly/acc2025-register
🔹 Student ($25): bit.ly/acc2025-register-student
🔹 Virtual (Free): bit.ly/acc2025-register-virtually
📍 Learn more: bit.ly/anvil2025
August 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
💫FREE💫 AnVIL training alert! Look out for the AnVIL 101 workshop if you're brand new.
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Annual pilgrimage to paradise
August 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Annual pilgrimage to paradise
Hinge for bedtrash
It's a politically fraught time to launch a telehealth startup focused on coaching people to *stop* taking antidepressants—but Outro is doing it anyways: www.wired.com/story/taperi...
‘Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the US
Outro, which is now available in seven states, wants to help people taper off antidepressants without experiencing debilitating side effects.
www.wired.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Hinge for bedtrash
Come Data Wrangle with me this July! This is one of my favorite classes to teach 🧠 #rstats #datascience
Register by June 10 to take advantage of early bird rates for our 2025 Summer Institutes! Browse course offerings at: si.biostat.washington.edu/courses
June 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Come Data Wrangle with me this July! This is one of my favorite classes to teach 🧠 #rstats #datascience
heartbreaking.
Our #NSF grant, supporting a fruitful collaboration with the @cissyballen.bsky.social Lab, was terminated, along with over 1,600 others. We describe the impact of this loss in a press release here. datanuggets.org/2025/06/nsf-...
June 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
heartbreaking.
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Join us this fall for ACC2025! The AnVIL Community Conference brings together researchers, developers & the cloud genomics community.
🗓️Sept 3–5, 2025
📍Nashville, TN
Highlights:
👥Networking
🎤Talks, Posters, CoFests
💬Community Forum
📩Stay updated: lists.anvilproject.org/lists/acc202...
🗓️Sept 3–5, 2025
📍Nashville, TN
Highlights:
👥Networking
🎤Talks, Posters, CoFests
💬Community Forum
📩Stay updated: lists.anvilproject.org/lists/acc202...
Info | acc2025@lists.anvilproject.org - lists.anvilproject.org
lists.anvilproject.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Join us this fall for ACC2025! The AnVIL Community Conference brings together researchers, developers & the cloud genomics community.
🗓️Sept 3–5, 2025
📍Nashville, TN
Highlights:
👥Networking
🎤Talks, Posters, CoFests
💬Community Forum
📩Stay updated: lists.anvilproject.org/lists/acc202...
🗓️Sept 3–5, 2025
📍Nashville, TN
Highlights:
👥Networking
🎤Talks, Posters, CoFests
💬Community Forum
📩Stay updated: lists.anvilproject.org/lists/acc202...
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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"Academics tend to be averse to discussing mental health openly, and higher education’s mental health safety net is patchy—a forgotten footnote that all too often fails its students." #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth scim.ag/4m61iaU
May 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Academics tend to be averse to discussing mental health openly, and higher education’s mental health safety net is patchy—a forgotten footnote that all too often fails its students." #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth scim.ag/4m61iaU
I served on an NIH panel earlier this year. All told, I spent almost an entire work week (38.25 hours) outside my normal work training, writing critiques, and participating in the panel. W/ the stipend, I made $5.23/hr. There's a lot of unpaid labor in science, but this one feels especially icky.
May 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I served on an NIH panel earlier this year. All told, I spent almost an entire work week (38.25 hours) outside my normal work training, writing critiques, and participating in the panel. W/ the stipend, I made $5.23/hr. There's a lot of unpaid labor in science, but this one feels especially icky.
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Exciting News! 🚀 We want to hear from YOU! 📢 Take a moment to share your experience in biomedical data analysis and help shape the future of AnVIL. Complete the State of the AnVIL Community Poll here and enter to win a gift card: bit.ly/sota2025
The State of the AnVIL 2025: Community Poll
Thank you for participating in the State of the AnVIL 2025 Community Poll! The AnVIL is the NHGRI Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space which provides a unified envir...
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March 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Exciting News! 🚀 We want to hear from YOU! 📢 Take a moment to share your experience in biomedical data analysis and help shape the future of AnVIL. Complete the State of the AnVIL Community Poll here and enter to win a gift card: bit.ly/sota2025
Sharing the latest from biodigs.org at AGBT tomorrow! Can't wait! #AGBTGM 🧪🧬🦠
BioDIGS
biodigs.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Sharing the latest from biodigs.org at AGBT tomorrow! Can't wait! #AGBTGM 🧪🧬🦠
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Registration for Evolution 2025 is now open! Come join us virtually from May 29-30, and/or in-person in Athens, GA from June 20-24.
@sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025
www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...
@sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025
www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...
Evolution 2025 Registration
Evolution 2025 - the joint conference of the SSE, ASN, and SSB
www.evolutionmeetings.org
February 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Registration for Evolution 2025 is now open! Come join us virtually from May 29-30, and/or in-person in Athens, GA from June 20-24.
@sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025
www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...
@sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social #Evol2025
www.evolutionmeetings.org/registration...
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People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.
(Photos shared with me)
(Photos shared with me)
February 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency.
(Photos shared with me)
(Photos shared with me)