Christin Mujica, Ph.D. 🇻🇪🏳️🌈
@camujica.bsky.social
Incoming NIDA T32 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Medical University of South Carolina |
Studying racism and mental health outcomes with an interest in perinatal mental health
Studying racism and mental health outcomes with an interest in perinatal mental health
Trying to be better posting on BlueSky but so honored to have been awarded the @apadivision45.bsky.social Distinguished Student Research Award!
June 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Trying to be better posting on BlueSky but so honored to have been awarded the @apadivision45.bsky.social Distinguished Student Research Award!
Yet research is being defunded!
That figure on maternal mortality comes from this new report by STAT news: www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/m...
U.S. maternal mortality rate increased 27% over five years, NIH study finds
The U.S. maternal mortality rate increased 27% between 2018 and 2022, a new NIH study finds.
www.statnews.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yet research is being defunded!
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"Despite the narratives currently rampaging in the United States that people of color are 'DEI hires' lacking merit, I am finally confident in my abilities as a scientist. However, perseverance can only take me so far." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4jbwsff
April 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Despite the narratives currently rampaging in the United States that people of color are 'DEI hires' lacking merit, I am finally confident in my abilities as a scientist. However, perseverance can only take me so far." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4jbwsff
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The proposed $4 billion budget cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will have devastating consequences for medical research, particularly in critical areas such as cancer, heart disease, and infectious diseases.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
www.science.org
February 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The proposed $4 billion budget cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will have devastating consequences for medical research, particularly in critical areas such as cancer, heart disease, and infectious diseases.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Stopping the doom scrolling for a bit. Especially with all the news. Find me doing my research and reading my Romantasy books. I NEED a break from all the MAGA bs.
January 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Stopping the doom scrolling for a bit. Especially with all the news. Find me doing my research and reading my Romantasy books. I NEED a break from all the MAGA bs.
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🚨BREAKING: Months before tonight's fatal DC plane crash, lawmakers brushed off dire safety warnings & passed an industry-backed bill adding more flight traffic at the airport.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted Flights
Despite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport.
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🚨BREAKING: Months before tonight's fatal DC plane crash, lawmakers brushed off dire safety warnings & passed an industry-backed bill adding more flight traffic at the airport.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
"Increasing slots at this airport undermines safety," an opponent pleaded.
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Use your privilege during theses times of fear.
Can be huge and smaller.
Simple example: we noticed multiple places where new comers and immigrants go to eat and shop are understandably less busy this week.
Go there and support financially! Buy, eat, be in community.
Can be huge and smaller.
Simple example: we noticed multiple places where new comers and immigrants go to eat and shop are understandably less busy this week.
Go there and support financially! Buy, eat, be in community.
January 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Use your privilege during theses times of fear.
Can be huge and smaller.
Simple example: we noticed multiple places where new comers and immigrants go to eat and shop are understandably less busy this week.
Go there and support financially! Buy, eat, be in community.
Can be huge and smaller.
Simple example: we noticed multiple places where new comers and immigrants go to eat and shop are understandably less busy this week.
Go there and support financially! Buy, eat, be in community.
I will be reapplying to faculty jobs for next fall so keep me in mind should any positions open up that fit some of the health equity work I do :)
Final place to share my next steps: I accepted a NIDA T32 postdoc position at @MUSCpsychiatry ! I will be working on addressing co-occurring trauma and substance use in perinatal folks of color. Excited for this next chapter in my career!!
January 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I will be reapplying to faculty jobs for next fall so keep me in mind should any positions open up that fit some of the health equity work I do :)
Final place to share my next steps: I accepted a NIDA T32 postdoc position at @MUSCpsychiatry ! I will be working on addressing co-occurring trauma and substance use in perinatal folks of color. Excited for this next chapter in my career!!
January 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Final place to share my next steps: I accepted a NIDA T32 postdoc position at @MUSCpsychiatry ! I will be working on addressing co-occurring trauma and substance use in perinatal folks of color. Excited for this next chapter in my career!!
Sharing our new publication:
Excited that this out now and folks can see different strategies that institutions should be implementing to protect racial justice advocates from institutional betrayal
www.advancejournal.org/article/1275...
Excited that this out now and folks can see different strategies that institutions should be implementing to protect racial justice advocates from institutional betrayal
www.advancejournal.org/article/1275...
Protecting Racial Justice Advocates from the Harms of Institutional Betrayal at Predominantly White Institutions | Published in ADVANCE Journal
By Christin Mujica, Taylen Day & 3 more. Institutional betrayal harms racial justice advocates in various ways, this article provides strategies that institutions can implement to better support the r...
www.advancejournal.org
January 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sharing our new publication:
Excited that this out now and folks can see different strategies that institutions should be implementing to protect racial justice advocates from institutional betrayal
www.advancejournal.org/article/1275...
Excited that this out now and folks can see different strategies that institutions should be implementing to protect racial justice advocates from institutional betrayal
www.advancejournal.org/article/1275...
Ready for 2025! Excited to continue my research which overall strives for the improvement to well-being and liberation of all marginalized groups.
Still no decision on what my next steps are after internship but excited that this year will bring some new opportunities.
Still no decision on what my next steps are after internship but excited that this year will bring some new opportunities.
December 31, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Ready for 2025! Excited to continue my research which overall strives for the improvement to well-being and liberation of all marginalized groups.
Still no decision on what my next steps are after internship but excited that this year will bring some new opportunities.
Still no decision on what my next steps are after internship but excited that this year will bring some new opportunities.
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
December 14, 2024 at 1:14 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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Abbott elementary starts at 8pm this week with an hour long special. Please spread the word! 🎄 🫡
December 1, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Abbott elementary starts at 8pm this week with an hour long special. Please spread the word! 🎄 🫡
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“Drake has initiated legal action against Universal Music Group and Spotify over allegations that the two companies conspired to artificially inflate the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us.’”
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November 26, 2024 at 12:03 AM
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I created a starter pack for Latinx Psych! Please share and let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/V9ey4RC
November 15, 2024 at 3:48 PM
I created a starter pack for Latinx Psych! Please share and let me know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/V9ey4RC
Does anyone know of any online qualitative research workshops? I'm mostly looking for something like a course/workshop that can touch on methodology but also how to properly write up manuscripts.
January 26, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Does anyone know of any online qualitative research workshops? I'm mostly looking for something like a course/workshop that can touch on methodology but also how to properly write up manuscripts.