Catharine Young
catgyoung.bsky.social
Catharine Young
@catgyoung.bsky.social
At the nexus of science, policy, & innovation || Neuroscientist & former White House #CancerMoonshot || @TEDFellow, @PLSProgram, @NewVoicesNASEM || 🇿🇦+🇺🇸
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July 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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July 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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May 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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May 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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May 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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May 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Nearly $400M in taxpayer investment was thrown away by canceling critical research midstream, halting studies before results could benefit the public. That 💯 is not reform.

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
NIH Grant Cuts Aren't Saving Money. They're Wasting It.
The Trump administration says the canceled funding is about cost efficiency, but data shows that the opposite is happening.
www.bloomberg.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the incredible women who are juggling it all and making our world a better place.
March 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Love this. Also a reminder that there is currently only one science PhD in Congress in case someone is interested in a career pivot 😬

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Democrats launch effort to get 100 doctors into elected office
The campaign comes after all four Senate GOP physicians voted to confirm RFK Jr. as the nation’s health secretary.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
HHS just scrapped a 54-year-old policy requiring public input on regulations for grants, benefits, and contracts. This guts transparency and shuts out stakeholders from key health policy decisions - completely contradicting any claim of radical transparency.
statnews.com/2025/02/28/rfk…
https://statnews.com/2025/02/28/rfk…
February 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
When fiction becomes reality.
February 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’m becoming increasingly concerned about how some members of the public are so blatantly against science. Like vehemently against it. I want to fight the good fight on X but decided to retreat here for a moment of reprieve 😅. Please say hi if you’re able. Or drop a dog pic.
February 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
February 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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January 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
ICYMI: On Jan 1st - adults on Medicare will spend no more than $2,000/year on prescription drugs when a new price cap on out-of-pocket payments from the Inflation Reduction Act goes into effect - which is expected to provide major relief for cancer patients #BidenCancerMoonshot
December 28, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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December 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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December 7, 2024 at 12:40 PM
I’m pretty sure this is exactly how it goes down 😂
November 30, 2024 at 11:18 PM
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” - Carl Sagan

The origin story of every scientist.
November 30, 2024 at 7:00 PM