W. Marcus Lambert, PhD
@drlambert.bsky.social
Assoc VP of Research | Assoc Prof | Advancing #HealthEquity and #Mentorship
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So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals.
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
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In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
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a man with his eyes closed is wearing a plaid shirt and a blue jacket .
ALT: a man with his eyes closed is wearing a plaid shirt and a blue jacket .
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals.
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
1/4
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
1/4
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The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
After ruling the NIH grant cuts were illegal yesterday, Judge Young, a Reagan appointee on the bench since 1985, ended the hearing with a blistering 15-minute speech.
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
I've cleaned up my notes — here are his remarks in full. 🧵
Judge rules against NIH grant cuts — and calls them discriminatory
The decision means that the US biomedical agency has to restore funding to hundreds of research projects, but the government will likely appeal.
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The full ruling explaining why NIH grant cuts are illegal came out today.
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
It's just as blistering as the judge's oral remarks. And it uncovers fresh details in DOGE's role orchestrating the cuts — and on the cuts at Columbia.
Here are my top highlights from the 103-page ruling. 🧵
After a year of work, our free course "Building Your Professional Mentoring Network" is live!
Perfect for students, postdocs, & early-career folks in STEMM.
5 free, self-paced modules. Real tools. Real stories. No talking heads.
Take it here → bit.ly/3G2PZAo
#Mentorship #STEM
Perfect for students, postdocs, & early-career folks in STEMM.
5 free, self-paced modules. Real tools. Real stories. No talking heads.
Take it here → bit.ly/3G2PZAo
#Mentorship #STEM
July 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
After a year of work, our free course "Building Your Professional Mentoring Network" is live!
Perfect for students, postdocs, & early-career folks in STEMM.
5 free, self-paced modules. Real tools. Real stories. No talking heads.
Take it here → bit.ly/3G2PZAo
#Mentorship #STEM
Perfect for students, postdocs, & early-career folks in STEMM.
5 free, self-paced modules. Real tools. Real stories. No talking heads.
Take it here → bit.ly/3G2PZAo
#Mentorship #STEM
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Confused by last night’s Senate vote on the “reconciliation” bill?
☑️It was a vote to allow the Senate to take a future vote
🧾It then has to go back to the House
💰It is NOT the FY26 budget - it just keeps government open.
⚠️But it DOES propose bad things for health - esp Medicaid & food stamps
☑️It was a vote to allow the Senate to take a future vote
🧾It then has to go back to the House
💰It is NOT the FY26 budget - it just keeps government open.
⚠️But it DOES propose bad things for health - esp Medicaid & food stamps
June 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Confused by last night’s Senate vote on the “reconciliation” bill?
☑️It was a vote to allow the Senate to take a future vote
🧾It then has to go back to the House
💰It is NOT the FY26 budget - it just keeps government open.
⚠️But it DOES propose bad things for health - esp Medicaid & food stamps
☑️It was a vote to allow the Senate to take a future vote
🧾It then has to go back to the House
💰It is NOT the FY26 budget - it just keeps government open.
⚠️But it DOES propose bad things for health - esp Medicaid & food stamps
One might assume that this was unintentional and the goal was NOT to defund this type of science, but that’s exactly what is happening.
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
One might assume that this was unintentional and the goal was NOT to defund this type of science, but that’s exactly what is happening.
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So a former postdoc from our department had just started as a PO at NIH and was terminated in the wave of terminations last week. He is in the research triangle and a phenomenal scientist with expertise in stress and glia. If anyone in the RTI is hiring asap please let me know! #neuroskyence
February 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So a former postdoc from our department had just started as a PO at NIH and was terminated in the wave of terminations last week. He is in the research triangle and a phenomenal scientist with expertise in stress and glia. If anyone in the RTI is hiring asap please let me know! #neuroskyence
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Popular Information - NSA today planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion,” which is creating unintended consequences.
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The NSA's "Big Delete"
Today, the National Security Agency (NSA) is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion." The "...
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Popular Information - NSA today planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion,” which is creating unintended consequences.
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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My quote was added about the loss of these programs: “Our country is quite literally hobbling ourselves by cancelling these programs," which support undergraduates, grad students and postdocs "who bring important, unique and novel insights and breadth to solving challenging, scientific problems”
The chaos triggered by President Donald Trump’s executive orders banning federal funding for diversity and other topics continues to shake the National Institutes of Health and other health agencies. scim.ag/3EjJGag
NIH is purging Trump-targeted programs—but is sparing existing grants, so far
Chaos extends to CDC, which is shuttering websites in “data apocalypse”
scim.ag
February 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My quote was added about the loss of these programs: “Our country is quite literally hobbling ourselves by cancelling these programs," which support undergraduates, grad students and postdocs "who bring important, unique and novel insights and breadth to solving challenging, scientific problems”
“It results in the “erosion of trust between researchers and the communities they aim to serve”, wrote Marcus Lambert, a public-health epidemiologist at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in New York City, and his co-authors in the Cell commentary.”
Top universities warned against unfair research partnerships on their doorstep
Domestic helicopter research — in which wealthy institutions exploit local communities — is on the rise.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“It results in the “erosion of trust between researchers and the communities they aim to serve”, wrote Marcus Lambert, a public-health epidemiologist at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in New York City, and his co-authors in the Cell commentary.”
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The CDC is a national treasure of the US and has done great work for almost 80 years
I can’t believe this stuff!
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
I can’t believe this stuff!
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The CDC is a national treasure of the US and has done great work for almost 80 years
I can’t believe this stuff!
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
I can’t believe this stuff!
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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For 20 years I have used data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to educate many thousands of students about trends in teen sexual behavior. Now, because Trump and MAGA are afraid of knowledge and education, access to this information -- vital knowledge -- is denied the public. (From my textbook:
February 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
For 20 years I have used data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to educate many thousands of students about trends in teen sexual behavior. Now, because Trump and MAGA are afraid of knowledge and education, access to this information -- vital knowledge -- is denied the public. (From my textbook:
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On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
On the right, that page tonight
On the right, that page tonight
February 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
On the right, that page tonight
On the right, that page tonight
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🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨
We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.
We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.
January 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨
We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.
We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.
NIH diversity supplements have now expired. The Original Expiration Date: May 8, 2026. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Expired PA-23-189: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PA-23-189....
grants.nih.gov
January 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
NIH diversity supplements have now expired. The Original Expiration Date: May 8, 2026. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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"Health disparities research" is a field of study where researchers look at how things like race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status can influence health outcomes. Now any gov't website about this says "page not found".
This is a dystopia that I did not imagine that we'd be living through.
This is a dystopia that I did not imagine that we'd be living through.
January 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Health disparities research" is a field of study where researchers look at how things like race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status can influence health outcomes. Now any gov't website about this says "page not found".
This is a dystopia that I did not imagine that we'd be living through.
This is a dystopia that I did not imagine that we'd be living through.
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Fellow scientists, please consider speaking w/ media about what this means for "regular Americans." The link below is to contact a reporter who's collecting stories about the unfolding NIH situation - pls share anonymously or on record. @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/people/annie...
January 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Fellow scientists, please consider speaking w/ media about what this means for "regular Americans." The link below is to contact a reporter who's collecting stories about the unfolding NIH situation - pls share anonymously or on record. @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/people/annie...
An important reminder by Dr. King that those who seek to perpetuate injustice or inequality often act with urgency, strategy, and determination to maintain their position.
January 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
An important reminder by Dr. King that those who seek to perpetuate injustice or inequality often act with urgency, strategy, and determination to maintain their position.
Friday, we wrapped up our 1st Annual Mentorship Symposium, and I’m still energized by the amazing conversations and insights!
From Dr. @adairalandrymd.bsky.social's inspiring keynote to lightning talks, workshops (thanks @fatusn.bsky.social), and a panel on sustaining mentorship—unforgettable!
From Dr. @adairalandrymd.bsky.social's inspiring keynote to lightning talks, workshops (thanks @fatusn.bsky.social), and a panel on sustaining mentorship—unforgettable!
January 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Friday, we wrapped up our 1st Annual Mentorship Symposium, and I’m still energized by the amazing conversations and insights!
From Dr. @adairalandrymd.bsky.social's inspiring keynote to lightning talks, workshops (thanks @fatusn.bsky.social), and a panel on sustaining mentorship—unforgettable!
From Dr. @adairalandrymd.bsky.social's inspiring keynote to lightning talks, workshops (thanks @fatusn.bsky.social), and a panel on sustaining mentorship—unforgettable!
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AI@HHMI builds on a strong foundation of AI-driven #science at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. Over the next decade, HHMI will invest $500 million in tech & talent to transform scientific discovery & embed #AI systems throughout every stage of the scientific process. More/find opportunities: ai.hhmi.org
AI@HHMI: Accelerating Innovation in Biology
YouTube video by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
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December 19, 2024 at 9:02 PM
AI@HHMI builds on a strong foundation of AI-driven #science at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social. Over the next decade, HHMI will invest $500 million in tech & talent to transform scientific discovery & embed #AI systems throughout every stage of the scientific process. More/find opportunities: ai.hhmi.org
The primary obstacle to eradicating HIV/AIDS is the pharmaceutical industry's focus on profit maximization.
#WorldAIDSDay2024
"We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening."
newrepublic.com/article/1887...
"We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening."
newrepublic.com/article/1887...
Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV
We have the means to eradicate AIDS as a threat to human life. Greed is keeping this from happening.
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:37 PM
The primary obstacle to eradicating HIV/AIDS is the pharmaceutical industry's focus on profit maximization.
I’m trying to see something: when did you or your family start cooking/prepping?
November 27, 2024 at 6:03 PM
I’m trying to see something: when did you or your family start cooking/prepping?
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"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations | PNAS
Disparities continue to pose major challenges in various aspects of science. One such
aspect is editorial board composition, which has been shown t...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2024 at 11:46 PM
"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...