Hayley Powers
@hayleypowers.bsky.social
MS4, PhD from the Sahoo lab @ MCW
Intersectional feminist, future pediatrician scientist. Structural biology & lipoproteins.
*All views are my own.* (she/her)
Intersectional feminist, future pediatrician scientist. Structural biology & lipoproteins.
*All views are my own.* (she/her)
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A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A pie graph worth keeping in mind as the NIH budget plummets jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... for 356 new FDA drugs approved
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Scientist-themed protest signs at the “Stand up for Science” event in Madison yesterday. #StandUpForScience #MadisonWI
March 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Scientist-themed protest signs at the “Stand up for Science” event in Madison yesterday. #StandUpForScience #MadisonWI
#standupforscience in Madison, Wisconsin today!
March 8, 2025 at 4:49 AM
#standupforscience in Madison, Wisconsin today!
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
In Wisconsin alone, the NIH provides 654 million dollars in funding, helping directly fund over 7,000 positions. Eliminating the NIH, and even an extended pause in funding, would be devastating for local, state, and national economies.
January 27, 2025 at 4:30 AM
In Wisconsin alone, the NIH provides 654 million dollars in funding, helping directly fund over 7,000 positions. Eliminating the NIH, and even an extended pause in funding, would be devastating for local, state, and national economies.
The NIH is the pillar supporting American scientific research - cancer, heart disease, infectious disease - the NIH funds research about it all. I don't think those not in biomedical research understand how devastating shutting down (or worse, defunding) the NIH is to scientific advancement.
January 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The NIH is the pillar supporting American scientific research - cancer, heart disease, infectious disease - the NIH funds research about it all. I don't think those not in biomedical research understand how devastating shutting down (or worse, defunding) the NIH is to scientific advancement.
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“Several meetings of National Institutes of Health study sections, which review applications for fellowships and grants, were canceled without being rescheduled” @statnews.com
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Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern
A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the
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January 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“Several meetings of National Institutes of Health study sections, which review applications for fellowships and grants, were canceled without being rescheduled” @statnews.com
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Congrats, you've found me!
I have been:
- Interviewing for pediatrics residency
- Trying to read more books
- Giddy thinking about being a physician scientist
- Grateful for the experiences and relationships that have supported me to this point
- Pondering the importance of scientists in politics
I have been:
- Interviewing for pediatrics residency
- Trying to read more books
- Giddy thinking about being a physician scientist
- Grateful for the experiences and relationships that have supported me to this point
- Pondering the importance of scientists in politics
November 16, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Congrats, you've found me!
I have been:
- Interviewing for pediatrics residency
- Trying to read more books
- Giddy thinking about being a physician scientist
- Grateful for the experiences and relationships that have supported me to this point
- Pondering the importance of scientists in politics
I have been:
- Interviewing for pediatrics residency
- Trying to read more books
- Giddy thinking about being a physician scientist
- Grateful for the experiences and relationships that have supported me to this point
- Pondering the importance of scientists in politics