Jen Robinson, PhD, MPH
@drjlrobinson.bsky.social
Public Health | Women’s Health | Sexual and Reproductive Health | UMD and JHU alum | Personal Account (views my own)
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A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous and committed professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous and committed professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
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📌 THREAD: I’m taking Health & Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. to court ⚖️
Not for me — but to defend science 🧬, LGBTQ health 🏳️🌈 & the future of public research 🏥
Here’s why 🧵
🔗 Full story via my op-ed in @statnews.com
#DefendScience #LGBTQHealth #RFKJr #NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicFreedom
Not for me — but to defend science 🧬, LGBTQ health 🏳️🌈 & the future of public research 🏥
Here’s why 🧵
🔗 Full story via my op-ed in @statnews.com
#DefendScience #LGBTQHealth #RFKJr #NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicFreedom
Science is under attack. So I’m taking RFK Jr. to court
“After losing every one of my grants — and seeing the human cost to my team, patients, and society — I knew silence was not an option,” writes Brittany Charlton.
www.statnews.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📌 THREAD: I’m taking Health & Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. to court ⚖️
Not for me — but to defend science 🧬, LGBTQ health 🏳️🌈 & the future of public research 🏥
Here’s why 🧵
🔗 Full story via my op-ed in @statnews.com
#DefendScience #LGBTQHealth #RFKJr #NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicFreedom
Not for me — but to defend science 🧬, LGBTQ health 🏳️🌈 & the future of public research 🏥
Here’s why 🧵
🔗 Full story via my op-ed in @statnews.com
#DefendScience #LGBTQHealth #RFKJr #NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicFreedom
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This week’s main story is about the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s leadership, how those cuts will impact all of us, and some foolproof ideas for what scientists can do in the absence of totally superfluous stuff like, y’know, centrifuges.
April 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This week’s main story is about the budget and staffing cuts being made to public health agencies in the U.S. under RFK Jr.’s leadership, how those cuts will impact all of us, and some foolproof ideas for what scientists can do in the absence of totally superfluous stuff like, y’know, centrifuges.
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⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️🌈
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
Harvard Medical researcher sues NIH for cutting grant to study LGBTQ mental health
"This is not just an attack on the LGBTQ community — it is a blow to the integrity of science and the health of every American," a Harvard Medical School associate professor studying the mental…
www.masslive.com
April 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
⛔ NIH ended ALL of my grants mid-project, given LGBTQ health focus 🏳️🌈
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
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💯.
US science is so powerful because public dollars are spent, by the government, on fundamental research that the private sector will not support. If NIH goes away, US biomedical science will collapse.
US science is so powerful because public dollars are spent, by the government, on fundamental research that the private sector will not support. If NIH goes away, US biomedical science will collapse.
Another way to say it : one of the reasons why US science is so powerful is that they have much more money than many places for their research. This also creates all kind of self reinforcing effects.
“Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is”
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/aaa9fec50b2b595cc0291494fc97e4bd10e7d6945d5c457e0bfa75d42846a705/4FRDBEKLNFESVJ3ZILAS36KR7Y
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/aaa9fec50b2b595cc0291494fc97e4bd10e7d6945d5c457e0bfa75d42846a705/4FRDBEKLNFESVJ3ZILAS36KR7Y
April 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
💯.
US science is so powerful because public dollars are spent, by the government, on fundamental research that the private sector will not support. If NIH goes away, US biomedical science will collapse.
US science is so powerful because public dollars are spent, by the government, on fundamental research that the private sector will not support. If NIH goes away, US biomedical science will collapse.
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This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.
A top scientist at Harvard who has spent years unraveling the mysteries of tuberculosis woke up Tuesday morning and discovered an order from the federal government telling her to halt her research.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/15/m...
Leading Harvard scientist ordered to halt research in funding freeze - The Boston Globe
Researchers may have to kill macaques, a kind of primate used in a vaccine study, due to the order.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is so heartbreaking and makes nothing better and no one safer. It is the punitive act of an administration that values fealty over human health.
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"Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garber ’76 announced in a message to affiliates Monday afternoon.
Let's go!
Let's go!
Harvard Will Fight Trump’s Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garb...
www.thecrimson.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garber ’76 announced in a message to affiliates Monday afternoon.
Let's go!
Let's go!
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Is DOGE cutting the size of the federal government? No. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
DOGE Is Not Cutting Government Spending
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Is DOGE cutting the size of the federal government? No. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpNg...
“the resurgence of preventable disease is not a law of nature — it's literally a choice we, as a society, are making.”
RFK Jr. is wrecking public health — but we can (and will) survive this
“Make America Healthy Again” has already backfired. It will take generations to fix
www.salon.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“the resurgence of preventable disease is not a law of nature — it's literally a choice we, as a society, are making.”
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The four house democrats who voted for the SAVE Act: Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Henry Cuellar (Texas) and Ed Case (Hawaii).
I wonder if Glusenkamp Perez knows this bill would probably strip her right to vote since “Glusenkamp” isn’t on her birth certificate.
I wonder if Glusenkamp Perez knows this bill would probably strip her right to vote since “Glusenkamp” isn’t on her birth certificate.
April 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The four house democrats who voted for the SAVE Act: Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Henry Cuellar (Texas) and Ed Case (Hawaii).
I wonder if Glusenkamp Perez knows this bill would probably strip her right to vote since “Glusenkamp” isn’t on her birth certificate.
I wonder if Glusenkamp Perez knows this bill would probably strip her right to vote since “Glusenkamp” isn’t on her birth certificate.
Innovative new personalized immunotherapy treatments for GI cancers at NIH are in jeopardy from the layoffs, purchasing restrictions, interruptions to clinical trials, and general chaos that the administration and DOGE have caused.
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Innovative new personalized immunotherapy treatments for GI cancers at NIH are in jeopardy from the layoffs, purchasing restrictions, interruptions to clinical trials, and general chaos that the administration and DOGE have caused.
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🧪 Nature is a British-based publication that’s widely considered the most prestigious, highest-impact scientific journal in the world. It’s hardly prone to dramatic statements.
In case anyone wonders if the world is watching, here is this week’s headlines
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In case anyone wonders if the world is watching, here is this week’s headlines
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🧪 Nature is a British-based publication that’s widely considered the most prestigious, highest-impact scientific journal in the world. It’s hardly prone to dramatic statements.
In case anyone wonders if the world is watching, here is this week’s headlines
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
In case anyone wonders if the world is watching, here is this week’s headlines
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I remember the anxiety that led up to my termination as a probationary employee during the Valentine’s Day Massacre… I don’t envy the Feds currently waiting to hear if they’ve been RIFd. Be nice to any Feds you know today 😞 (and call your reps!)
March 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I remember the anxiety that led up to my termination as a probationary employee during the Valentine’s Day Massacre… I don’t envy the Feds currently waiting to hear if they’ve been RIFd. Be nice to any Feds you know today 😞 (and call your reps!)
The cruel and chaotic dismantling of NIH is going to impact people’s health for decades www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science.
NIH funding for biomedical research has abruptly fallen by billions of dollars, with many grant decisions on hold. Trump officials say they’re reviewing the agency.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The cruel and chaotic dismantling of NIH is going to impact people’s health for decades www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Hearing that there’s lots of chaos on NIH campus today- doge people roaming around checking offices and demanding to see badges, and rumors of new high level firings.
Bhattacharya’s first day at NIH!
Hold on everyone, we will get through this.
Bhattacharya’s first day at NIH!
Hold on everyone, we will get through this.
March 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hearing that there’s lots of chaos on NIH campus today- doge people roaming around checking offices and demanding to see badges, and rumors of new high level firings.
Bhattacharya’s first day at NIH!
Hold on everyone, we will get through this.
Bhattacharya’s first day at NIH!
Hold on everyone, we will get through this.
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We (I) have no idea what the extent of the mass termination of grants for LGBT or DEI reasons is, but I know the impact is immediate and deep.
A few examples highlighted here:
abcnews.go.com/Health/scien...
#academicsky
A few examples highlighted here:
abcnews.go.com/Health/scien...
#academicsky
Scientist speaks out after NIH terminates grants including study of LGBTQ+ teens' mental health
Dr. Brittany Charlton is speaking out after the NIH terminated all of her grants studying how discriminatory laws impact mental health among LGBTQ+ teens.
abcnews.go.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We (I) have no idea what the extent of the mass termination of grants for LGBT or DEI reasons is, but I know the impact is immediate and deep.
A few examples highlighted here:
abcnews.go.com/Health/scien...
#academicsky
A few examples highlighted here:
abcnews.go.com/Health/scien...
#academicsky
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AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person.
I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person
I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.
I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person
I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.
March 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person.
I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person
I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.
I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person
I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
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Important:
Most people in America do not know that Musk is shredding the government, stopping cancer cures for a generation, killing people, ending consumer protections, and enriching himself at our expense.
Our job now is to get the word out to all Americans. Because they don’t support this.
Most people in America do not know that Musk is shredding the government, stopping cancer cures for a generation, killing people, ending consumer protections, and enriching himself at our expense.
Our job now is to get the word out to all Americans. Because they don’t support this.
I went to the tesla protest for a thing I'm working on and I talked to several onlookers - not protesters - and asked them what they knew about Elon and Doge and I'm telling you people don't know
March 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Important:
Most people in America do not know that Musk is shredding the government, stopping cancer cures for a generation, killing people, ending consumer protections, and enriching himself at our expense.
Our job now is to get the word out to all Americans. Because they don’t support this.
Most people in America do not know that Musk is shredding the government, stopping cancer cures for a generation, killing people, ending consumer protections, and enriching himself at our expense.
Our job now is to get the word out to all Americans. Because they don’t support this.
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Firing probationary employees is senseless. Probationaries are:
-New to their position
-Make lower salaries
-Recruited to bring in new talent
-Far LESS likely to be dogmatic
They're being fired because they have fewer protections. Not because this will improve government efficiency or cut costs.
-New to their position
-Make lower salaries
-Recruited to bring in new talent
-Far LESS likely to be dogmatic
They're being fired because they have fewer protections. Not because this will improve government efficiency or cut costs.
February 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Firing probationary employees is senseless. Probationaries are:
-New to their position
-Make lower salaries
-Recruited to bring in new talent
-Far LESS likely to be dogmatic
They're being fired because they have fewer protections. Not because this will improve government efficiency or cut costs.
-New to their position
-Make lower salaries
-Recruited to bring in new talent
-Far LESS likely to be dogmatic
They're being fired because they have fewer protections. Not because this will improve government efficiency or cut costs.