Juliet Lee she/her
@juleeyet.bsky.social
social scientist for public health; Jewess against genocide; dogs are ok, cats are better; xučyun, Berkeley CA unceded Ohlone land; profile images by @SweetGrassByHeather and Berkeley High AHA students
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9/ So what is the answer? I think a starting point is reforming NIH. Make NIH research more public-facing, streamline the grant process, and fund real-world issues like Behavioral health, social determinants of health (think housing, food insecurity), nutrition, and prevention strategies.
July 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
9/ So what is the answer? I think a starting point is reforming NIH. Make NIH research more public-facing, streamline the grant process, and fund real-world issues like Behavioral health, social determinants of health (think housing, food insecurity), nutrition, and prevention strategies.
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Two appointees of the NIH Council of Councils write…
“…these developments threaten the health & well-being of the people of the U.S… NIH funding has supported lifesaving advances that have improved the quality of care, extended lives & reduced suffering for millions…”
🧪 go.nature.com/46Vr8t2
“…these developments threaten the health & well-being of the people of the U.S… NIH funding has supported lifesaving advances that have improved the quality of care, extended lives & reduced suffering for millions…”
🧪 go.nature.com/46Vr8t2
Protect the integrity of the US National Institutes of Health
Letter to the Editor
go.nature.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Two appointees of the NIH Council of Councils write…
“…these developments threaten the health & well-being of the people of the U.S… NIH funding has supported lifesaving advances that have improved the quality of care, extended lives & reduced suffering for millions…”
🧪 go.nature.com/46Vr8t2
“…these developments threaten the health & well-being of the people of the U.S… NIH funding has supported lifesaving advances that have improved the quality of care, extended lives & reduced suffering for millions…”
🧪 go.nature.com/46Vr8t2
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recently terminated NOFOs are being terminated because of the new simplified review framework implemented this year 🧪
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-113: Notice of Early Expiration of Notices of Funding Opportunities Related to the Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Grant Applications
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Early Expiration of Notices of Funding Opportunities Related to the Simplified Review Framework for NIH Resea...
grants.nih.gov
May 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
recently terminated NOFOs are being terminated because of the new simplified review framework implemented this year 🧪
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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"Between February 28, 2025, and April 8, 2025, 694 NIH grants were terminated across 24 of the 26 institutes and centers (including the Office of the Director) that administered active NIH grants.The cumulative amount of terminated grant funding was $1.81 billion
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Characterization of Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health
This study examines the impact of National Institutes of Health grant terminations on the US research enterprise by quantifying the number and funding amount of these terminations and characterizing t...
jamanetwork.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Between February 28, 2025, and April 8, 2025, 694 NIH grants were terminated across 24 of the 26 institutes and centers (including the Office of the Director) that administered active NIH grants.The cumulative amount of terminated grant funding was $1.81 billion
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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When the NIH cut funding for my research on food and housing insecurity, they sent a letter stating my work was “antithetical to the scientific inquiry”
They couldn’t be more wrong. I explain why in @statnews.com
#PublicHealth #Pediatrics #DEI
www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/n...
They couldn’t be more wrong. I explain why in @statnews.com
#PublicHealth #Pediatrics #DEI
www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/n...
The NIH called my health equity research ‘antithetical to scientific inquiry’
The NIH canceled Logan Beyer’s health equity research, saying it was “antithetical to scientific research.” That’s completely wrong, she writes.
www.statnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When the NIH cut funding for my research on food and housing insecurity, they sent a letter stating my work was “antithetical to the scientific inquiry”
They couldn’t be more wrong. I explain why in @statnews.com
#PublicHealth #Pediatrics #DEI
www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/n...
They couldn’t be more wrong. I explain why in @statnews.com
#PublicHealth #Pediatrics #DEI
www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/n...
Dr. Webb Hooper is a terrific, highly respected cancer research scientist. It is devastating that the former Director Dr. Perez-Stable—also an excellent and well-regarded cancer researcher—was so summarily dismissed. Director Webb Hooper will fight for the vision of the NIMHD.
Acting Institute Directors named at NIH
Jeffrey Taubenberger, Ph.D. NIAID (Influenza)
Carolyn Hutter, Ph.D. NHGRI (Genetics, epidemiology)
Alison Cernich, Ph.D. NICHD (Rehab medicine)
Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D. NIMHD (Cancer disparities)
Courtney Aklin, Ph.D. NINR (Clinical Psych)
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Jeffrey Taubenberger, Ph.D. NIAID (Influenza)
Carolyn Hutter, Ph.D. NHGRI (Genetics, epidemiology)
Alison Cernich, Ph.D. NICHD (Rehab medicine)
Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D. NIMHD (Cancer disparities)
Courtney Aklin, Ph.D. NINR (Clinical Psych)
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April 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Dr. Webb Hooper is a terrific, highly respected cancer research scientist. It is devastating that the former Director Dr. Perez-Stable—also an excellent and well-regarded cancer researcher—was so summarily dismissed. Director Webb Hooper will fight for the vision of the NIMHD.
Outcry works.
After an outcry, the NIH said it would restore funding to the Women’s Health Initiative, one of the largest and longest studies of women’s health ever carried out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
Federal Officials Promise to Restore Funding to Women’s Health Initiative
The decades-long research effort has contributed to thousands of research papers, altering medical care for women around the world.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Outcry works.
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SCIENTISTS: The proposed Schedule F is out. It has potential to undermine or destroy merit-based science.
Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees.
Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees.
Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
April 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
SCIENTISTS: The proposed Schedule F is out. It has potential to undermine or destroy merit-based science.
Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees.
Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees.
Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Women’s health has been un-and understudied since the NIH was founded. We have only have 2 women directors; the first one immediately got a women’s health initiative going. This study was a key part of that work, begun in 1990 and an important longitudinal dataset.
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Women’s health has been un-and understudied since the NIH was founded. We have only have 2 women directors; the first one immediately got a women’s health initiative going. This study was a key part of that work, begun in 1990 and an important longitudinal dataset.
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The report with the underlying data for the Washington Post story about firings of disproportionate numbers of women and underrepresented minorities from NIH Boards of Scientific Counselors.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter_to_CongressApril16_2025_updated
April 16, 2025 (updated 4/21/2025) Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions House Committee on Energy and Commerce - Subcommittee on Health Washington, DC 20510 Report: Scientists...
docs.google.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The report with the underlying data for the Washington Post story about firings of disproportionate numbers of women and underrepresented minorities from NIH Boards of Scientific Counselors.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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#nih
Listening real time to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya share his vision for NIH during the public Council of Council meeting. It is a “sea change” If you receive NIH funding, this is a videocast to replay and watch. videocast.nih.gov/watch=56725
Listening real time to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya share his vision for NIH during the public Council of Council meeting. It is a “sea change” If you receive NIH funding, this is a videocast to replay and watch. videocast.nih.gov/watch=56725
April 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#nih
Listening real time to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya share his vision for NIH during the public Council of Council meeting. It is a “sea change” If you receive NIH funding, this is a videocast to replay and watch. videocast.nih.gov/watch=56725
Listening real time to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya share his vision for NIH during the public Council of Council meeting. It is a “sea change” If you receive NIH funding, this is a videocast to replay and watch. videocast.nih.gov/watch=56725
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HHS may try again to merge the National Institute on Drug Abuse & the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - will objections be raised again by the alcohol industry? See story from 2012 - NIH Backs Off Plan to Merge Addiction Institutes www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH Backs Off Plan to Merge Addiction Institutes
Agency opts for
www.science.org
April 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
HHS may try again to merge the National Institute on Drug Abuse & the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - will objections be raised again by the alcohol industry? See story from 2012 - NIH Backs Off Plan to Merge Addiction Institutes www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump proposes massive NIH budget cut and reorganization | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump proposes massive NIH budget cut and reorganization
Will Republican-led Congress support a 44% decrease for world’s largest medical research funder?
www.science.org
April 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Trump proposes massive NIH budget cut and reorganization | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Good. | ACLU sues National Institutes of Health for ‘ideological purge’ of research projects www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
ACLU sues National Institutes of Health for ‘ideological purge’ of research projects
The lawsuit says that NIH has canceled more than 670 research grants, which were due more than $1.1 billion in funding.
www.nbcnews.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Good. | ACLU sues National Institutes of Health for ‘ideological purge’ of research projects www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — FDA's tobacco director has been forced out, the latest in a string of departures at the public health agency.
April 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — FDA's tobacco director has been forced out, the latest in a string of departures at the public health agency.
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The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.
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NYT: "Brian King, the leader of the FDA’s tobacco division, was offered a job with the Indian Health Service in Alaska this morning — a clear ouster from the Trump administration...[President Trump] has accepted at least $8M in campaign funds in recent years from tobacco companies."
Read more:
Read more:
Trump Live Updates: Tariffs News, State Elections and More
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
NYT: "Brian King, the leader of the FDA’s tobacco division, was offered a job with the Indian Health Service in Alaska this morning — a clear ouster from the Trump administration...[President Trump] has accepted at least $8M in campaign funds in recent years from tobacco companies."
Read more:
Read more:
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Thread - I am OVERWHELMED by these words of support, love and anger\, expressed by 117 current and former students of @medillschool.bsky.social. This touches me deeply. If nothing else, my students and I got to learn life lessons together. I'll share highlights dailynorthwestern.com/2025/03/30/l...
LTE: Steven Thrasher’s termination is a damnation of the futures of journalism and academia: An Open Letter from 117 Medill alumni & current students
To Dean Charles Whitaker, the faculty at the Medill School of Journalism and fellow Medill alumni, The recent news of Prof. Steven Thrasher’s tenure rejection and planned termination in 2026 is absolu...
dailynorthwestern.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Thread - I am OVERWHELMED by these words of support, love and anger\, expressed by 117 current and former students of @medillschool.bsky.social. This touches me deeply. If nothing else, my students and I got to learn life lessons together. I'll share highlights dailynorthwestern.com/2025/03/30/l...
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The countdown for April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education is underway! Visit www.dayofactionforhighered.org to sign up for virtual events and to let us know what you're planning on your campus!
Events — A National Day of Action for Higher Ed
Organize your April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education action now! You can also register for a virtual action. See you April 17!
www.dayofactionforhighered.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The countdown for April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education is underway! Visit www.dayofactionforhighered.org to sign up for virtual events and to let us know what you're planning on your campus!
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if you're mad about the NIH cuts (and you should be), this is an *amazing* resource to help with calling your reps and talking to the media: www.nihforamerica.org
#episky
#medsky
#episky
#medsky
March 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
if you're mad about the NIH cuts (and you should be), this is an *amazing* resource to help with calling your reps and talking to the media: www.nihforamerica.org
#episky
#medsky
#episky
#medsky
Great article by @pamherd.bsky.social, and explainer thread, on NIH review: “It is an intensely competitive process, where most participants invest lots of time, and leave empty-handed. The level of competition means that merit and quality is embedded into the process.”
New, from @pamherd.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern:
NIH grants are being screened for forbidden words.
Breakthrough techniques (like mRNA) are now off the table.
Do you want scientific funding awards to be determined by political appointees or scientists?
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizi...
NIH grants are being screened for forbidden words.
Breakthrough techniques (like mRNA) are now off the table.
Do you want scientific funding awards to be determined by political appointees or scientists?
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizi...
Politicizing Science: The National Institutes for Health
A merit-based and competitive process will be politicized - or eliminated
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Great article by @pamherd.bsky.social, and explainer thread, on NIH review: “It is an intensely competitive process, where most participants invest lots of time, and leave empty-handed. The level of competition means that merit and quality is embedded into the process.”
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If you need a place to start explaining to people why NIH is so important, and how rigorous its reviews already are, this is perfect. Thank you @pamherd.bsky.social.
Politicizing Science: The National Institutes for Health
A merit-based and competitive process will be politicized - or eliminated
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you need a place to start explaining to people why NIH is so important, and how rigorous its reviews already are, this is perfect. Thank you @pamherd.bsky.social.
Just informed that we now must provide biweekly accounts of our work accomplishments in order to draw down funds from our active NIH grants. A new field was added to the grants management form.
March 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Just informed that we now must provide biweekly accounts of our work accomplishments in order to draw down funds from our active NIH grants. A new field was added to the grants management form.
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D’oh! NIH Warns Fired Researchers to be Wary of Foreign Recruitment talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doh-n...
D’oh! NIH Warns Fired Researchers to be Wary of Foreign Recruitment
Here’s one of the more entertaining memos I’ve read recently coming out...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
D’oh! NIH Warns Fired Researchers to be Wary of Foreign Recruitment talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doh-n...
Reminder that public services are precisely why taxes are levied.
Does everyone understand they are breaking of public services because 1) they want to privatize them to make money off of them, 2) they do not believe everyone should have access to these services. This is how white supremacist eugenicists who think empathy is a weakness function.
BREAKING: Elon Musk suggests the United States should privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
March 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Reminder that public services are precisely why taxes are levied.