Meagan Brown
@brownmegc.bsky.social
PhD, MPH. Director, Social Needs Network for Evaluation and Translation (SONNET) and Asst Investigator @ KPWA. Intersectional #healthequity x #impsci. A lil fris too 🥏. she/her. Views my own.
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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REMINDER: Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.
White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among groups
White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among groups
September 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
REMINDER: Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period.
White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among groups
White men saw the largest job increase 一 365,000 一 among groups
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Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
July 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Protecting his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million Americans.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
This is Washington at its worst.
We need to ban Congressional stock trading.
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What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
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Actual physician priorities for the US:
-health insurance for all
-increase physical activity
-housing
-secure access to good nutrition
-vaccination
-cancer screening
-substance abuse treatment
Not on the list:
-wearables 🤦🏻♂️
-health insurance for all
-increase physical activity
-housing
-secure access to good nutrition
-vaccination
-cancer screening
-substance abuse treatment
Not on the list:
-wearables 🤦🏻♂️
RFK Jr: "My vision that is every American is wearing a wearable within four years."
June 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Actual physician priorities for the US:
-health insurance for all
-increase physical activity
-housing
-secure access to good nutrition
-vaccination
-cancer screening
-substance abuse treatment
Not on the list:
-wearables 🤦🏻♂️
-health insurance for all
-increase physical activity
-housing
-secure access to good nutrition
-vaccination
-cancer screening
-substance abuse treatment
Not on the list:
-wearables 🤦🏻♂️
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Gutting the National Institutes of Health - which was the greatest biomedical research organization in the world - to turn it into a right wing man’s grievance-based podcasting studio
June 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Gutting the National Institutes of Health - which was the greatest biomedical research organization in the world - to turn it into a right wing man’s grievance-based podcasting studio
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Federal infrastructure is being demolished, and that includes wide swaths of science.
This is impacting not just scientific progress, but societal progress, for decades.
It will be nearly impossible to measure the impacts - because we've dismantled our tools that would do that.
This is impacting not just scientific progress, but societal progress, for decades.
It will be nearly impossible to measure the impacts - because we've dismantled our tools that would do that.
“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ
June 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Federal infrastructure is being demolished, and that includes wide swaths of science.
This is impacting not just scientific progress, but societal progress, for decades.
It will be nearly impossible to measure the impacts - because we've dismantled our tools that would do that.
This is impacting not just scientific progress, but societal progress, for decades.
It will be nearly impossible to measure the impacts - because we've dismantled our tools that would do that.
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yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
🧵 There are a lot of misleading claims out there about the SAVE Act. Let me set the record straight: I voted for the SAVE Act for the simple reason that American elections are for Americans. Requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote is common sense.
April 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
yeah man, please make my 85 year
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
old great aunt prove her citizenship to vote in rural georgia, this definitely isn’t reminiscent of anything in the american past
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A reminder about the science, accumulated over hundreds of studies of all causes:
Autism is caused mostly by combinations of genes, the same ones that make us individuals. Environmental contributions occur mostly before birth, well before any vaccination.
old piece: www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
Autism is caused mostly by combinations of genes, the same ones that make us individuals. Environmental contributions occur mostly before birth, well before any vaccination.
old piece: www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
April 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A reminder about the science, accumulated over hundreds of studies of all causes:
Autism is caused mostly by combinations of genes, the same ones that make us individuals. Environmental contributions occur mostly before birth, well before any vaccination.
old piece: www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
Autism is caused mostly by combinations of genes, the same ones that make us individuals. Environmental contributions occur mostly before birth, well before any vaccination.
old piece: www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/o...
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Here is the completeley unconvincing response from UNC Gillings leadership about the decision to eliminate the Health Equity & Social Justice Concentration. I find this explanation--too few students in the concentration- unbelievable both in fact and in the timing 1/n
April 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Here is the completeley unconvincing response from UNC Gillings leadership about the decision to eliminate the Health Equity & Social Justice Concentration. I find this explanation--too few students in the concentration- unbelievable both in fact and in the timing 1/n
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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NEW: Researchers have sued the NIH and HHS, alleging that they have engaged in a "reckless and illegal purge to stamp out NIH-funded research that addresses topics and populations that they disfavor" by terminating hundreds of grants, violating the APA, Fifth Amendment and the Separation of Powers.
storage.courtlistener.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
NEW: Researchers have sued the NIH and HHS, alleging that they have engaged in a "reckless and illegal purge to stamp out NIH-funded research that addresses topics and populations that they disfavor" by terminating hundreds of grants, violating the APA, Fifth Amendment and the Separation of Powers.
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Doctors in West Texas— where there is a measles outbreak—are seeing unvaccinated hospitalized patients with signs of vitamin A toxicity.
This is a result of misinformation and is what happens when you appoint an anti-vaxxer to lead the national health agency.
This is a result of misinformation and is what happens when you appoint an anti-vaxxer to lead the national health agency.
March 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Doctors in West Texas— where there is a measles outbreak—are seeing unvaccinated hospitalized patients with signs of vitamin A toxicity.
This is a result of misinformation and is what happens when you appoint an anti-vaxxer to lead the national health agency.
This is a result of misinformation and is what happens when you appoint an anti-vaxxer to lead the national health agency.
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ICYMI (especially if you work in Democratic politics):
Cutting cancer research is one of the things Americans are most worried about.
And one of the things they’ve heard the least about. According to polls from @navigatorsurvey.bsky.social:
1/
Cutting cancer research is one of the things Americans are most worried about.
And one of the things they’ve heard the least about. According to polls from @navigatorsurvey.bsky.social:
1/
March 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ICYMI (especially if you work in Democratic politics):
Cutting cancer research is one of the things Americans are most worried about.
And one of the things they’ve heard the least about. According to polls from @navigatorsurvey.bsky.social:
1/
Cutting cancer research is one of the things Americans are most worried about.
And one of the things they’ve heard the least about. According to polls from @navigatorsurvey.bsky.social:
1/
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New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.
Show me a better investment than that.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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i find this notion that public spending is illegitimate bizarre as a matter of economics but totally legible as a statement of moral economy. and as per any strict system of morality, the punishment is part of the appeal. they are punishing the american people for believing in the public good.
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
i find this notion that public spending is illegitimate bizarre as a matter of economics but totally legible as a statement of moral economy. and as per any strict system of morality, the punishment is part of the appeal. they are punishing the american people for believing in the public good.
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In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
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We need to organize--let’s help each other.
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
March 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We need to organize--let’s help each other.
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
NIH is cancelling grants, but it's not clear exactly what they're cancelling and why. Without this information, we can't respond.
I've started a Google Sheet to track grant cancellations.
Please add any canceled grants you know of and spread the word!
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As a former NIH K & CDC MARI* awardee whose work focused on Black and Latina cis and trans women w/ or placed @ risk for HIV, what is happening will disproportionately impact those of us who are already underrepresented in research because we tend to be more likely to do health equity research.
Another NIH grant rescinded -
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
The Epidemiology of Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias in Sexual and Gender Minority Older Adults: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors - 1K01AG056669
March 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As a former NIH K & CDC MARI* awardee whose work focused on Black and Latina cis and trans women w/ or placed @ risk for HIV, what is happening will disproportionately impact those of us who are already underrepresented in research because we tend to be more likely to do health equity research.
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"Memoli had no choice, he insisted: He was following the direction of three HHS officials—Dorothy Fink, then the acting secretary; Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff; and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy—who told him, in no uncertain terms, that the pause was to continue..."
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Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Memoli had no choice, he insisted: He was following the direction of three HHS officials—Dorothy Fink, then the acting secretary; Heather Flick Melanson, chief of staff; and Hannah Anderson, deputy chief of staff of policy—who told him, in no uncertain terms, that the pause was to continue..."
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My businesses depend on government contracts. Here’s why my newspaper will only publish editorials supporting free markets.
by Jeff Bezos
by Jeff Bezos
February 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
My businesses depend on government contracts. Here’s why my newspaper will only publish editorials supporting free markets.
by Jeff Bezos
by Jeff Bezos
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The Judge said NIH grants for medical research had to be unfrozen; the White House found a way to refreeze it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white...
White House Finds Workaround to Shut Down NIH-Backed Medical Research
From the beginning of this drama going on a month ago, the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Judge said NIH grants for medical research had to be unfrozen; the White House found a way to refreeze it. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white...
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The court ordered that NIH grant funding be unfrozen, so The Regime found a way around it. For NIH grants to be funded, a review panel must rank them. In order for a review panel to meet, they must post it on the Federal Register. Submissions to the Federal Register are now on hold “indefinitely”.
I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
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 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The court ordered that NIH grant funding be unfrozen, so The Regime found a way around it. For NIH grants to be funded, a review panel must rank them. In order for a review panel to meet, they must post it on the Federal Register. Submissions to the Federal Register are now on hold “indefinitely”.
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4/ The hardest hit agencies are those that regulate industry, protect public health, and expand access to education. Meanwhile, conservative-leaning agencies remain largely untouched.
If this were about efficiency, we’d expect an even spread. Instead, we see clear ideological bias.
If this were about efficiency, we’d expect an even spread. Instead, we see clear ideological bias.
February 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
4/ The hardest hit agencies are those that regulate industry, protect public health, and expand access to education. Meanwhile, conservative-leaning agencies remain largely untouched.
If this were about efficiency, we’d expect an even spread. Instead, we see clear ideological bias.
If this were about efficiency, we’d expect an even spread. Instead, we see clear ideological bias.