Drug Monkey
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Drug Monkey
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Do you have data on that?
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
the other way to look at your argument is that going in preliminary order merely further hardens the influence of the three assigned reviewers. but at any rate, I'm not sure an extra 20% triage makes these issues change back to the dynamics of going in order of preliminary scores
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Prior ordering by prelim score in my experience led to greater score spreading. Current randomization to me encourages compression because of oh shit we gave out these fours earlier but now discussing these others that are better we need to have them above those 4s but maybe early 4s were 5s/6s
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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I know, let's prescreen them with AI, then hoomins only have to look at a few... Then everyone can use a similar tool before they submit to make sure th
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I mean, everyone is revved up at the start of meetings and in the just prior days, review order was by preliminary score. did that result in better review versus the very most recent approach? what I see here is the potential to cut off day #2. that's a savings we can see. also, SRO writing resumes.
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Not sure if you saw someone say that triage is going to 70% for next two cycles supposedly?
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I have not yet seen anything citable but....yes.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
These proposals need to be routed to study sections that would normally meet Feb-Mar in 2026. The continuing resolution runs to Jan 30th. Just in time for any additional shutdown shenanigans to hit the next round of grant review meetings. oh joy, oh rapture.
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
BandAid solutions aren't really going to fix the underlying sickness
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Jeremy Come Back, any kind of fool could see…
😂
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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No Senate involvement. Normal process is NIH Director recommends to HHS Secretary who makes the appointment.

Yes, the scope and process has the potential to be a real shit show.
a man in a tie is standing in front of a group of people and saying nope not good .
ALT: a man in a tie is standing in front of a group of people and saying nope not good .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Maybe I’m being overly suspicious, but do you think “the fix is in” and there are Heritage Foundation/Project 2025-approved candidates already lined up to fill these positions?

HF/P2025 made no secret of their plan to recruit & vet MAGA lawyers to stock the mid-level ranks at many federal agencies.
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Had friends giving up faculty jobs to take NIH leadership positions, only to be fired a few months later. Universities did not take them back due to hiring freezes. Universities need to commit to hiring back their former faculty taking such risks.
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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I was asked to be on a study section last week, but I had to decline because Jay Bhattacharya knows who I am and has attacked me personally. I can’t let some poor SRO get into trouble or endanger her job by putting me on a study section as an ad hoc. www.respectfulinsolence.com/2025/03/06/j...
Jay Bhattacharya's attack Chihuahua smears Orac for criticizing him and the Great Barrington Declaration
"Journalist" Paul Thacker defends Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the Great Barrington Declaration by rehashing the same old attacks on its critics.
www.respectfulinsolence.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM