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I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.

November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM

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Mark Histed

@markhisted.org

And now this. A clear violation of free speech.

Jay Bhattacharya likes to talk about censorship, but he doesn’t actually care about censorship or free speech: he just wants to weaponize those principles to censor others. Like @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social

Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 19d

Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.

November 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM

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27 UNIHTED

@27unihted.bsky.social

Today @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social was placed on administrative leave from her position at the NIDDK, NIH. We are extremely concerned and horrified at the actions of this adminstration and the NIH. Dr. Norton has been speaking out in her personal capacity about destruction occurring at the NIH.

🧵🧵🧵

November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM

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Dinushika Mohottige MD, MPH

@dmohottige.bsky.social

Stand with science, stand up for democracy, stand with Jenna. This is not okay, and this cannot be the norm!

Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 19d

Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.

November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM

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Alt-NIHscience4ALL

@alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info

Courage is contagious, and she has been an inspiration to many! It’s time to stand up for @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social!

Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 19d

Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.

November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM

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Amy Ryan 💅🏻

@gorillaguerilla.bsky.social

Jenna has been an inspiring colleague I’ve been honored to work alongside this year. It needs to be known after putting us through the longest shutdown (they say in official emails, “democrat-led” like how desperate), on Day 1 back to work they are putting people on admin leave again.

Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 19d

Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research

November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM

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public health guy

@publichealthguy1.bsky.social

"Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us." www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 19d

November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM

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Colette Delawalla

@cdelawalla.bsky.social

I can further confirm that @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is experiencing retaliation by “Free speech” Jay and the Trump administration.

@standupforscience.bsky.social stands with her and will continue to support public servants who speak out against the harms of this administration.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 19d

NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.

Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.

Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".

November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM

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Roger Clem

@melcregor.bsky.social

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is a hero. We owe her a debt of gratitude. bsky.app/profile/dday...

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 19d

According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...

www.pbs.org

November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM

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Dr Kathleen Millen

@neurodevkathy.bsky.social

@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov please demand that @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is reinstated! Bethesda Declaration signers were promised they'd not be targeted!

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 19d

NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.

Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.

Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".

November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM

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Jenna Norton

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social

Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.

Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.

Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 19d

NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.

Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.

Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".

November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM

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Max Kozlov

@maxkozlov.bsky.social

NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.

Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.

Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".

November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg

@sherylnyt.bsky.social

NEW: Jenna Norton, an NIH employee who is openly critical of Trump & RFK Jr, has been put on "non-disciplinary" administrative leave. She says the administration is trying to "scare and silence me." An HHS official, asked to comment, called her a radical leftist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave

www.nytimes.com

November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM

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ASN Publications

@asnpublications.bsky.social

What are the drivers of preventable hospitalizations in patients with kidney diseases? And how can clinicians best intervene? This review in #ASNCJASN evaluates the current state of the science: kidney.pub/CJASN0879

@cervantes-lily1.bsky.social

November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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Jenna Norton

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social

Let’s build the Democratic Party we need. The party that will meet this moment and fight for the American people.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DbpLn8/

Let’s build the Democratic Party we need.

Community Health Worker Support for Hispanic and Latino Individuals Receiving Hemodialysis

November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM

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Jack Iwashyna

@iwashyna.bsky.social

🔥 Simultaneous publication in multiple @jama.com journals by Prof @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social of her RCT and the patient experience analysis

This is mic-drop science

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This randomized clinical trial evaluates if community health worker support reduces interdialytic weight gain among Hispanic and Latino individuals receiving hemodialysis.

Participant Experiences in a Kidney Failure Care Intervention

November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦

@hswapnil.medsky.social

It was the patient experience component of @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social CHW trial

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#KidneyWk

This qualitative study examines the perspectives of Latino individuals with dialysis-dependent kidney failure who received the Navigate-Kidney intervention.

Participant Experiences in a Kidney Failure Care Intervention

November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦

@hswapnil.medsky.social

With an accompanying paper on patient experience lead by Katie Rizzolo

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in @jamanetworkopen.com

#KidneyWk

This qualitative study examines the perspectives of Latino individuals with dialysis-dependent kidney failure who received the Navigate-Kidney intervention.

Community Health Worker Support for Hispanic and Latino Individuals Receiving Hemodialysis

November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM

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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦

@hswapnil.medsky.social

The NAVIGATE-KIDNEY trial: providing CHW support for Hispanic/Latino peeps

in @jama.com IM

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

From @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social and team

#KidneyWk

This randomized clinical trial evaluates if community health worker support reduces interdialytic weight gain among Hispanic and Latino individuals receiving hemodialysis.