Jill Barnes, PhD
@barnes-lab.bsky.social
Scientist. Associate Professor. Exercise Physiologist. Outdoor enthusiast. Interested in improving cerebrovascular health over the lifespan. Views are my own.
https://kinesiology.education.wisc.edu/research/bruno-balke-biodynamics-laboratory/barnes-lab/
https://kinesiology.education.wisc.edu/research/bruno-balke-biodynamics-laboratory/barnes-lab/
Welcome Dr. Zhou!
Dr. Andy Zhou joined our lab as a postdoctoral fellow in the summer of 2025 after earning his PhD in Exercise and Rehabilitation Science from Marquette University. When not in the lab, Andy enjoys traveling, hiking (around Devil’s Lake), and trying different restaurants. #badgers
Dr. Andy Zhou joined our lab as a postdoctoral fellow in the summer of 2025 after earning his PhD in Exercise and Rehabilitation Science from Marquette University. When not in the lab, Andy enjoys traveling, hiking (around Devil’s Lake), and trying different restaurants. #badgers
September 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Welcome Dr. Zhou!
Dr. Andy Zhou joined our lab as a postdoctoral fellow in the summer of 2025 after earning his PhD in Exercise and Rehabilitation Science from Marquette University. When not in the lab, Andy enjoys traveling, hiking (around Devil’s Lake), and trying different restaurants. #badgers
Dr. Andy Zhou joined our lab as a postdoctoral fellow in the summer of 2025 after earning his PhD in Exercise and Rehabilitation Science from Marquette University. When not in the lab, Andy enjoys traveling, hiking (around Devil’s Lake), and trying different restaurants. #badgers
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Nearly 800 NIH grants have been terminated so far, including some focused on HIV and AIDS, trans health, and COVID-19, after researchers were told their work was no longer an agency priority. https://cbsn.ws/3YkDndI
April 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Nearly 800 NIH grants have been terminated so far, including some focused on HIV and AIDS, trans health, and COVID-19, after researchers were told their work was no longer an agency priority. https://cbsn.ws/3YkDndI
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Today in the USA, women are TWICE as likely to DIE giving birth than their mothers were a generation ago.
And TRUMP's War on Women continues with ending the landmark Women's Health Study: www.science.org/content/arti...
And TRUMP's War on Women continues with ending the landmark Women's Health Study: www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Today in the USA, women are TWICE as likely to DIE giving birth than their mothers were a generation ago.
And TRUMP's War on Women continues with ending the landmark Women's Health Study: www.science.org/content/arti...
And TRUMP's War on Women continues with ending the landmark Women's Health Study: www.science.org/content/arti...
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
Review paper in @expphysiol.bsky.social from current and former lab trainees! physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
Vascular health and exercise in females throughout the lifespan: Exploring puberty, pregnancy and menopause
This narrative review highlights the impact of exercise on vascular health in females over the lifespan with an emphasis on puberty, pregnancy and menopause. These events encompass substantial change...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Review paper in @expphysiol.bsky.social from current and former lab trainees! physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
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IL-1- and IL-6-related systemic inflammation in #COVID19 is associated with #microglia dysfunction, neurovascular inflammation, and focal neuropathologies 🧪🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Microglia dysfunction, neurovascular inflammation and focal neuropathologies are linked to IL-1- and IL-6-related systemic inflammation in COVID-19 - Nature Neuroscience
The authors show that brain inflammation in COVID-19 correlates with viral load, systemic inflammation and virus-sensing pattern recognition receptors. Microglial dysfunction occurs at sites of vascul...
www.nature.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
IL-1- and IL-6-related systemic inflammation in #COVID19 is associated with #microglia dysfunction, neurovascular inflammation, and focal neuropathologies 🧪🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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"When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on years of research supported by NIH"
apnews.com/article/nih-...
apnews.com/article/nih-...
Renowned geneticist Francis Collins retires from NIH, urging 'respect' for embattled workers
Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers.
apnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on years of research supported by NIH"
apnews.com/article/nih-...
apnews.com/article/nih-...
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Reposted by Jill Barnes, PhD
Today is Rare Disease Day, and a great reminder of the importance of NIH and science funding in driving hope 🧬⬇️
www.rarediseaseday.org
www.rarediseaseday.org
Rare Disease Day 2025 – Raising awareness for people living with rare diseases and their families worldwide.
www.rarediseaseday.org
March 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Today is Rare Disease Day, and a great reminder of the importance of NIH and science funding in driving hope 🧬⬇️
www.rarediseaseday.org
www.rarediseaseday.org
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US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts
Nature talks to prospective students left in limbo as some institutes withdraw offers and put applications on hold.
www.nature.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Almost all grant-review meetings remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health, preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.
https://go.nature.com/418B5Pm
https://go.nature.com/418B5Pm
Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
Nature - The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
go.nature.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Almost all grant-review meetings remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health, preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.
https://go.nature.com/418B5Pm
https://go.nature.com/418B5Pm
Open-rank faculty position with focus on healthy aging/lifespan available in the Department of Kinesiology @UWMadison!!!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/kinesio...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/kinesio...
Kinesiology Faculty - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary:
The Department of Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking outstanding candidates for an open rank tenure-track faculty position. Desirable candidates should be abl...
jobs.wisc.edu
December 11, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Open-rank faculty position with focus on healthy aging/lifespan available in the Department of Kinesiology @UWMadison!!!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/kinesio...
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/kinesio...
Congratulations to lab co-authors Dr. Andrew Pearson, Dr. Kathleen Miller, Dr. Adam Corkery, Nicole Loggie, Anna Howery et al.
Lower neurovascular coupling response despite higher cerebral blood flow at rest in apolipoprotein ...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Lower neurovascular coupling response despite higher cerebral blood flow at rest in apolipoprotein ...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Lower neurovascular coupling response despite higher cerebral blood flow at rest in apolipoprotein ɛ4 positive adults
Cerebral blood flow at rest declines with age. However, age-related changes in functional measures of cerebrovascular health including cerebrovascular reactivity and neurovascular coupling are not wel...
journals.plos.org
December 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Congratulations to lab co-authors Dr. Andrew Pearson, Dr. Kathleen Miller, Dr. Adam Corkery, Nicole Loggie, Anna Howery et al.
Lower neurovascular coupling response despite higher cerebral blood flow at rest in apolipoprotein ...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Lower neurovascular coupling response despite higher cerebral blood flow at rest in apolipoprotein ...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
