Ian Waters, MD, PhD
@iangwaters.bsky.social
Resident in the physician-scientist training program at University of Michigan, destined for heme-onc
Lover of soccer, gardening, and cooking
Lover of soccer, gardening, and cooking
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths
NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
www.statnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
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The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. This is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate science across America open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
April 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The plan for NIH is in, source with full 64 page proposal for all of HHS is linked. Reported in WaPo. This is catastrophic. Reduction to 8 centers. 40% cut in budget. 15% IDC cap. This will decimate science across America open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions
A DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
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More from Peter Marks on RFK Jr and the FDA
This extends beyond anti-vax to unproven use of stem cells
Gift link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
This extends beyond anti-vax to unproven use of stem cells
Gift link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Exclusive | Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.’s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance
Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.
www.wsj.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
More from Peter Marks on RFK Jr and the FDA
This extends beyond anti-vax to unproven use of stem cells
Gift link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
This extends beyond anti-vax to unproven use of stem cells
Gift link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
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Great plain English essay open-access @science.org by @melaniemitchell.bsky.social on large reasoning models www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Artificial intelligence learns to reason
Julia has two sisters and one brother. How many sisters does her brother Martin have?Solving this tiny puzzle requires a bit of thinking. You might mentally picture the family of three girls and one b...
www.science.org
March 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Great plain English essay open-access @science.org by @melaniemitchell.bsky.social on large reasoning models www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In 2024 NIH grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 billion in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
In 2024 NIH grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 billion in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A legend died today.
In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert
Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm"
1/n
In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert
Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm"
1/n
March 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A legend died today.
In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert
Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm"
1/n
In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert
Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm"
1/n
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A Direct Hit, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
February 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A Direct Hit, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
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When Elon was a kid, survival for ALL, the most common childhood cancer, was <10%
Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR.
For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made.
I think it’s worth it.
Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR.
For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made.
I think it’s worth it.
February 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
When Elon was a kid, survival for ALL, the most common childhood cancer, was <10%
Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR.
For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made.
I think it’s worth it.
Now it’s >90% due to funded collaboratives (high indirect costs) whose work ultimately SAVES THOUSANDS OF LIVES EVERY YEAR.
For other cancers there’s still so much progress to be made.
I think it’s worth it.
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Another assault on US competitiveness at a time when biomedicine is roaring with innovation, an own-goal in a high-stakes international tournament. Of course the real losers are American people needing medicines and cures.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Another assault on US competitiveness at a time when biomedicine is roaring with innovation, an own-goal in a high-stakes international tournament. Of course the real losers are American people needing medicines and cures.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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8. It is difficult to overstate what a catastrophe this will be for the US research and education systems, particular in biomedical fields.
It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.
The goal is destroy US universities.
It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.
The goal is destroy US universities.
February 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
8. It is difficult to overstate what a catastrophe this will be for the US research and education systems, particular in biomedical fields.
It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.
The goal is destroy US universities.
It is deliberate and wanton devastation entirely out of scale with any concern about DEI activities on campuses.
The goal is destroy US universities.
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Thinking of all the fellows, post docs, and PIs who are relying on their K, R, etc... to keep their lab going. Now faced with an indefinite shut down of grants
January 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Thinking of all the fellows, post docs, and PIs who are relying on their K, R, etc... to keep their lab going. Now faced with an indefinite shut down of grants
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BRASH syndrome ECG:
- subtle peaked T-waves from hyperkalemia
- bradycardia is *disproportionately* severe, as compared to the extent of hyperkalemia-induced morphology changes
(more on BRASH: emcrit.org/ibcc/brash/)
(ECG credit: ecg.bidmc.harvard.edu/maven/dispca...) #ECGsky
- subtle peaked T-waves from hyperkalemia
- bradycardia is *disproportionately* severe, as compared to the extent of hyperkalemia-induced morphology changes
(more on BRASH: emcrit.org/ibcc/brash/)
(ECG credit: ecg.bidmc.harvard.edu/maven/dispca...) #ECGsky
November 28, 2024 at 11:32 PM
BRASH syndrome ECG:
- subtle peaked T-waves from hyperkalemia
- bradycardia is *disproportionately* severe, as compared to the extent of hyperkalemia-induced morphology changes
(more on BRASH: emcrit.org/ibcc/brash/)
(ECG credit: ecg.bidmc.harvard.edu/maven/dispca...) #ECGsky
- subtle peaked T-waves from hyperkalemia
- bradycardia is *disproportionately* severe, as compared to the extent of hyperkalemia-induced morphology changes
(more on BRASH: emcrit.org/ibcc/brash/)
(ECG credit: ecg.bidmc.harvard.edu/maven/dispca...) #ECGsky
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Arguably, the greatest advance in healthcare in the past 100 years was the widespread vaccination of children.
November 14, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Arguably, the greatest advance in healthcare in the past 100 years was the widespread vaccination of children.