Kari Haines
karihaines.bsky.social
Kari Haines
@karihaines.bsky.social
Postdoc and avid coffee drinker @ Drexel University
Studying sex differences and addiction 🏳️‍🌈 they/them/any
Reposted by Kari Haines
At least four neuroscientists received termination letters this week dismissing them from NIH advisory boards. “This is unusual and unprecedented,” says @thebalelab.bsky.social, one of the terminated board members.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social @avaskham.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

bit.ly/4hM0Xa3
Acting NIH director dismisses four neuroscientists from advisory boards
The letters they received this week did not include a reason for their termination.
www.thetransmitter.org
March 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by Kari Haines
Donald Trump has just released a national under 18 trans care ban executive order. I am working through specifically how it tries to do this, and will live tweet here section by section as I read through it.

It is not yet on the website, but has been released via press release.
January 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Reposted by Kari Haines
This is exactly what we all feared was going to happen. I don’t think the “just a pause…no worries” approach is tenable. Universities need to respond.
OMB memo tonight “Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance”
January 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Reposted by Kari Haines
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM