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Katie Suleta
@drkatiesuleta.bsky.social
Public health and healthcare researcher, educator, and writer.

Doctorate of Health Sciences, Master's of Public Health, Master's of Health Informatics

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The latest issue of Skeptical Inquirer is dedicated to fighting back.
The selective outrage over generally recognized as safe (GRAS) is yet another example of MAHA prioritizing vibes and money over health.
www.acsh.org/news/2025/11...
Selective Outrage Over GRAS
Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) has been the law of the land in the United States regarding food and beverage ingredients for decades. With MAHA’s stated quest to ensure that our food is made with...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Reposted by Katie Suleta
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The HPV vaccine is one of the best tools we have for preventing certain types of cancer. It's highly effective and safe. It's a no-brainer. Talk to your doctor about the HPV vaccine.

www.acsh.org/news/2025/11...
HPV and Men: Rethinking Cancer Risk in 2025
Cancer, even the word itself, evokes fear. It’s a shadow that looms over nearly everyone as they age, sparking anxious questions: Will I get it? What kind? Will it be caught early enough? While scienc...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reposted by Katie Suleta
What should researchers do about "junk science"?

@drkatiesuleta.bsky.social has spent the past 15 months trying to have a flawed autism case study retracted -- revealing how junk science continues to persist in the scientific record.

Read the #OpEd: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | A Journal Promised to Retract a Flawed Autism Study. It's Still Online.
Junk science leaves an indelible mark
www.medpagetoday.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I've been keeping tabs on a terrible study for over a year and corresponding with the publishing journal. Getting a bad article retracted is a lot of work. Read more about my journey in @medpagetoday.com. Thanks to @gfriedman.bsky.social!

www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco..
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October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My cover story for SI.
The US is losing scientists. Not because they want to leave, but because they can’t stay.

Katie Suleta in Skeptical Inquirer on how political hostility and funding cuts are hollowing out the country’s research pipeline: https://ow.ly/ppzl50XfVnj
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The speakers for the 50th Anniversary CSICON have been announced and I am so excited to be included. I hope to see you there!

csiconference.org#Speakers
October 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Reposted by Katie Suleta
There's often talk about becoming "siloed", i.e. '..just communicating w/like minded people'
...if you're a DIETITIAN whose content do you share/pay attn to that's NOT a dietitian?
How about:
@caulfieldtim.bsky.social @jonathanjarry.bsky.social @jonathanstea.bsky.social @drkatiesuleta.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
RFK Jr is convinced he knows what causes autism. That's not how science works.

www.acsh.org/news/2025/10...
Fishing for Causes of Autism
The National Institutes of Health announced an initiative to study Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) utilizing data science. While pouring money into ASD research seems like a fine idea, the initiative a...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I was interviewed about the attacks on public health and where we go from here by Scott Douglas Jacobsen for The Good Men Project.

goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
Dr. Katie Suleta: Coordinated Attack on Science, Grants and Brain Drain
How could corpus analysis quantify politicized language shifts and their effects on awards, citations, and time-to-impact?
goodmenproject.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Read the original. Read the sequel. @joho.bsky.social is doing the important work.
The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!

COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.

Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.

How did that happen?🧵

sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!
The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?
sciencebasedmedicine.org
October 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Reposted by Katie Suleta
The sequel to We Want Them Infected is done!

COVID killed 1.2 million Americans while vaccines saved millions.

Yet, disinformation superspreaders were empowered, where they are taking a wrecking ball to science & medicine.

How did that happen?🧵

sciencebasedmedicine.org/everyone-els...
Everyone Else is Lying to You: My Book is Done!
The pandemic’s biggest disinformation superspreaders are now in charge. How did this happen?
sciencebasedmedicine.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Expect to see more grifters popping up in the stem cell space in the coming years.

www.acsh.org/news/2025/09...
Stem Cell Therapies: The Truth Behind Wellness Scams
Stem cells made a public splash with large research breakthroughs in the 90s and early 2000s. However, since then, stem cells have largely been adopted by the alternative medicine and wellness world a...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
PSA: go get your COVID and flu shots (and anything else you might be behind on)!

Fire RFK Jr.

Vaxxed to the maxx.
September 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reposted by Katie Suleta
Another win for death and disease. Good luck, friends in Florida.
September 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Just because you use the phrase "Gold Standard Science" doesn't mean it's not hot garbage.

www.acsh.org/news/2025/09...
Gold Standard Science
Gold standard science (GSS). It's a simple idea: Conduct the best, unbiased scientific research possible. However, as with many simple ideas, GSS has been co-opted by MAHA as yet another tool to promo...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Prasad and the like are in charge of our health, scientific research, and policy decisions. Having a record of what these people said during a pandemic is relevant to us all. Thanks @joho.bsky.social for keeping the receipts.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos in which he criticized Covid vaccines
Channel was an attempt to ‘preserve’ what Trump officials in current Trump administration said during the pandemic
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The best thing RFK Jr could possibly do is GTFO.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The latest issue of Skeptical Inquirer is dedicated to fighting back.
August 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"When the public is convinced that all "Bigs" are malicious, it's easy for a new set of "trusted" messengers to step in and monetize that disillusionment. The grift, as it turns out, was never just a byproduct of their work; it was the entire point.""
www.acsh.org/news/2025/08...
MAHA and the Wellness Hustle: Loud, Proud, and Profiting From Fear
The rise of the MAHA movement and its deepening ties with the Wellness Industry reveal a shared and manipulative playbook. Both capitalize on casting doubt and levying accusations of malfeasance again...
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August 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Attacking science wasn't enough. Now they are coming for education. What creating new ideologically guided accreditation bodies will mean for our healthcare.

www.acsh.org/news/2025/07...
What Happens When Politics Rewrites Medical Education?
What if a new gatekeeper to your future doctor’s education appeared — but forgot to write the rulebook? Amid headlines about addressing healthcare shortages, a new accreditation body is making promise...
www.acsh.org
July 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I've been thinking a lot about moral injury and what has been happening to our public health infrastructure and workforce. Thanks to @medpagetoday.bsky.social for allowing me the paltform to discuss this issue.

www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Moral Injury and Brain Drain Are Destroying Our Public Health Workforce
How much more do we have to endure?
www.medpagetoday.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM