Rachel Knipe
@knipelab.bsky.social
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Related to our previous post- if you had a grant terminated, Pro Publica wants to hear from you. Your work was funded because it was good, important science meant to help Americans. Reach out, and make your voice heard.
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.
The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.
www.propublica.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Related to our previous post- if you had a grant terminated, Pro Publica wants to hear from you. Your work was funded because it was good, important science meant to help Americans. Reach out, and make your voice heard.
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
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ATS MEMBER WHO’S WHO: Meet Jarrod Barnes, PhD, MBA! Dr. Barnes is an associate professor of medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Additionally, he is co-chair of the ATS’s PhD and Basic and Translational Scientist Working Group.
Learn more: site.thoracic.org/about-us/new...
Learn more: site.thoracic.org/about-us/new...
June 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ATS MEMBER WHO’S WHO: Meet Jarrod Barnes, PhD, MBA! Dr. Barnes is an associate professor of medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Additionally, he is co-chair of the ATS’s PhD and Basic and Translational Scientist Working Group.
Learn more: site.thoracic.org/about-us/new...
Learn more: site.thoracic.org/about-us/new...
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The ATS joins the @ama-assn.org and over 75 other medical societies and organizations in signing an open letter to the American public on respiratory virus vaccines.
Read the letter: www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
Read the letter: www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
June 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The ATS joins the @ama-assn.org and over 75 other medical societies and organizations in signing an open letter to the American public on respiratory virus vaccines.
Read the letter: www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
Read the letter: www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...
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The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr.
The effort comes as the Trump administration has replaced members of the key federal vaccine advisory panel. wapo.st/3TBmtVd
The effort comes as the Trump administration has replaced members of the key federal vaccine advisory panel. wapo.st/3TBmtVd
The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr.
The extraordinary effort to create a parallel system of recommending and perhaps even providing vaccines faces major challenges.
wapo.st
June 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr.
The effort comes as the Trump administration has replaced members of the key federal vaccine advisory panel. wapo.st/3TBmtVd
The effort comes as the Trump administration has replaced members of the key federal vaccine advisory panel. wapo.st/3TBmtVd
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The ATS Research Program has announced that five researchers have been selected to receive unrestricted research grants.
Congrats to Chaofan Li, PhD; Monica Liu, MD, PhD; Luciana Padua Tavares, PhD; Richard Ramonell, MD; and B. Shoshana Zha, MD, PhD.
Learn more: site.thoracic.org/press-releas...
Congrats to Chaofan Li, PhD; Monica Liu, MD, PhD; Luciana Padua Tavares, PhD; Richard Ramonell, MD; and B. Shoshana Zha, MD, PhD.
Learn more: site.thoracic.org/press-releas...
June 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The ATS Research Program has announced that five researchers have been selected to receive unrestricted research grants.
Congrats to Chaofan Li, PhD; Monica Liu, MD, PhD; Luciana Padua Tavares, PhD; Richard Ramonell, MD; and B. Shoshana Zha, MD, PhD.
Learn more: site.thoracic.org/press-releas...
Congrats to Chaofan Li, PhD; Monica Liu, MD, PhD; Luciana Padua Tavares, PhD; Richard Ramonell, MD; and B. Shoshana Zha, MD, PhD.
Learn more: site.thoracic.org/press-releas...
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has been linked to sustained federal investment in research,” said the American Cancer Society Action Network. This commitment has helped lead to the remarkable statistic of over 18 million cancer survivors currently living in the U.S. today.
May 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
has been linked to sustained federal investment in research,” said the American Cancer Society Action Network. This commitment has helped lead to the remarkable statistic of over 18 million cancer survivors currently living in the U.S. today.
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The Trump administration’s billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health include a $2.7 billion blow to the National Cancer Institute slashing more than a third of its funding. “For the past 50 years, every significant medical breakthrough, especially in the treatment of cancer,
May 31, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The Trump administration’s billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health include a $2.7 billion blow to the National Cancer Institute slashing more than a third of its funding. “For the past 50 years, every significant medical breakthrough, especially in the treatment of cancer,
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"If the proposal is enacted, Americans today and tomorrow will be sicker, poorer, and die younger”
an $18 Billion cut
Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
an $18 Billion cut
Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
May 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"If the proposal is enacted, Americans today and tomorrow will be sicker, poorer, and die younger”
an $18 Billion cut
Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
an $18 Billion cut
Only 3 NIH Institutes will remain in place, and even they will have their funds markedly reduced
www.statnews.com/2025/05/30/n...
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Dear scientists,
Susan Collins of Maine is a critical vote in the Senate going forward and this event will bring pressure on her. If you’re in Maine, please see if you can help!
Does anyone know academics at UMaine, Bowdoin, Bates, or USM? If so, please tag them.
Susan Collins of Maine is a critical vote in the Senate going forward and this event will bring pressure on her. If you’re in Maine, please see if you can help!
Does anyone know academics at UMaine, Bowdoin, Bates, or USM? If so, please tag them.
The Portland, Maine June 14 no Kings Day action is a critical event.
Senator Collins is 1 of 3 top targets on the budget vote. Instead of organizing people are worrying about fundraising.
Can you help out @indivisiblepwm.bsky.social
& pitch in a few bucks? secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...
Senator Collins is 1 of 3 top targets on the budget vote. Instead of organizing people are worrying about fundraising.
Can you help out @indivisiblepwm.bsky.social
& pitch in a few bucks? secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...
I just gave to Indivisible Project on a local level!
Show your support with a contribution.
secure.actblue.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Dear scientists,
Susan Collins of Maine is a critical vote in the Senate going forward and this event will bring pressure on her. If you’re in Maine, please see if you can help!
Does anyone know academics at UMaine, Bowdoin, Bates, or USM? If so, please tag them.
Susan Collins of Maine is a critical vote in the Senate going forward and this event will bring pressure on her. If you’re in Maine, please see if you can help!
Does anyone know academics at UMaine, Bowdoin, Bates, or USM? If so, please tag them.
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#ATS2026 is just a year away! The ATS is seeking input for sessions in all areas of respiratory, critical care and sleep medicine with a clinical, basic science and/or translational focus. Be sure to submit before June 25, 2025.
Learn more and submit today: conference.thoracic.org/program/call...
Learn more and submit today: conference.thoracic.org/program/call...
May 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#ATS2026 is just a year away! The ATS is seeking input for sessions in all areas of respiratory, critical care and sleep medicine with a clinical, basic science and/or translational focus. Be sure to submit before June 25, 2025.
Learn more and submit today: conference.thoracic.org/program/call...
Learn more and submit today: conference.thoracic.org/program/call...
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In the FIBRONEER-IPF phase 3 trial, nerandomilast slowed disease progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis as compared with placebo. Full trial results: nej.md/4mgWcIU
#ATS2025 @atscommunity.bsky.social
#ATS2025 @atscommunity.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In the FIBRONEER-IPF phase 3 trial, nerandomilast slowed disease progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis as compared with placebo. Full trial results: nej.md/4mgWcIU
#ATS2025 @atscommunity.bsky.social
#ATS2025 @atscommunity.bsky.social
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In the PREDMETH trial, first-line treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis with methotrexate was noninferior to that with prednisone regarding the change at 24 weeks in the percentage of the predicted forced vital capacity. Full trial results: nej.md/4kdaf0o
#ATS2025 @atscommunity.bsky.social
#ATS2025 @atscommunity.bsky.social
First-Line Treatment of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis with Prednisone or Methotrexate | NEJM
Prednisone is currently recommended as the first-line treatment for pulmonary sarcoidosis
but is associated with many side effects. Methotrexate, which is recommended as a
second-line treatment, ap...
nej.md
May 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In the PREDMETH trial, first-line treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis with methotrexate was noninferior to that with prednisone regarding the change at 24 weeks in the percentage of the predicted forced vital capacity. Full trial results: nej.md/4kdaf0o
#ATS2025 @atscommunity.bsky.social
#ATS2025 @atscommunity.bsky.social
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Wow! What a day for #CureIPF & #ATS2025! First positive drug trial in 10 years in IPF!! Treatment with Nerandomilast -> ⬇️FVC decline compared to placebo in patients on antifibrotics or untreated. Kudos Drs Richeldi and Wijsenbeek and #FibroneerIPF team!!! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
May 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Wow! What a day for #CureIPF & #ATS2025! First positive drug trial in 10 years in IPF!! Treatment with Nerandomilast -> ⬇️FVC decline compared to placebo in patients on antifibrotics or untreated. Kudos Drs Richeldi and Wijsenbeek and #FibroneerIPF team!!! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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See you soon, San Francisco! 🫁
Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues, and presenting my work on Staph-induced lung injury and repair (come see me at mini-symposium D97 on Wednesday!)
#ATS2025 #RCMBatATS @ats-rcmb.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues, and presenting my work on Staph-induced lung injury and repair (come see me at mini-symposium D97 on Wednesday!)
#ATS2025 #RCMBatATS @ats-rcmb.bsky.social
an airplane is taking off from a runway with a red light on the tail
Alt: an airplane is taking off from a runway with a red light on the tail
media.tenor.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
See you soon, San Francisco! 🫁
Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues, and presenting my work on Staph-induced lung injury and repair (come see me at mini-symposium D97 on Wednesday!)
#ATS2025 #RCMBatATS @ats-rcmb.bsky.social
Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues, and presenting my work on Staph-induced lung injury and repair (come see me at mini-symposium D97 on Wednesday!)
#ATS2025 #RCMBatATS @ats-rcmb.bsky.social
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Come say hi and learn more about how to get involved at the RCMB Assembly Membership Meeting!
Monday, May 19th, 5-7pm
Moscone West Building, Level 3
Rooms 3000/3002/3004
#ATS2025 #RCMBatATS
Monday, May 19th, 5-7pm
Moscone West Building, Level 3
Rooms 3000/3002/3004
#ATS2025 #RCMBatATS
Looking to get involved with your Assembly at #ATS2025? Don’t be shy!
We’re always looking for fresh voices and new perspectives—especially yours. 👋🧠
We’re always looking for fresh voices and new perspectives—especially yours. 👋🧠
May 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Come say hi and learn more about how to get involved at the RCMB Assembly Membership Meeting!
Monday, May 19th, 5-7pm
Moscone West Building, Level 3
Rooms 3000/3002/3004
#ATS2025 #RCMBatATS
Monday, May 19th, 5-7pm
Moscone West Building, Level 3
Rooms 3000/3002/3004
#ATS2025 #RCMBatATS
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Check out these exciting sessions at the Science and Innovation Center (including TWO from RCMB's own, @elizabethredente.bsky.social!)
Add these great SIC Sessions to your schedule 📆 for #ATS2025
@ats-assemblies.bsky.social
@atscommunity.bsky.social
@ats-rcmb.bsky.social
@ats-rsf.bsky.social
@ats-aii.bsky.social
@ats-pitb.bsky.social
@ats-assemblies.bsky.social
@atscommunity.bsky.social
@ats-rcmb.bsky.social
@ats-rsf.bsky.social
@ats-aii.bsky.social
@ats-pitb.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Check out these exciting sessions at the Science and Innovation Center (including TWO from RCMB's own, @elizabethredente.bsky.social!)
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San Francisco is ready for you! It’s not too late to join us at #ATS2025 On-site and same-day registration available. Conference.Thoracic.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
San Francisco is ready for you! It’s not too late to join us at #ATS2025 On-site and same-day registration available. Conference.Thoracic.org
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It’s almost science time!! 🫁
Always innovative and fun at the SIC. Cannot wait to see you there!
#ATS2025
@ats-assemblies.bsky.social
@mareikelehmann.bsky.social
@kambezbenam.bsky.social
Always innovative and fun at the SIC. Cannot wait to see you there!
#ATS2025
@ats-assemblies.bsky.social
@mareikelehmann.bsky.social
@kambezbenam.bsky.social
Check out these exciting sessions at the Science and Innovation Center (including TWO from RCMB's own, @elizabethredente.bsky.social!)
Add these great SIC Sessions to your schedule 📆 for #ATS2025
@ats-assemblies.bsky.social
@atscommunity.bsky.social
@ats-rcmb.bsky.social
@ats-rsf.bsky.social
@ats-aii.bsky.social
@ats-pitb.bsky.social
@ats-assemblies.bsky.social
@atscommunity.bsky.social
@ats-rcmb.bsky.social
@ats-rsf.bsky.social
@ats-aii.bsky.social
@ats-pitb.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It’s almost science time!! 🫁
Always innovative and fun at the SIC. Cannot wait to see you there!
#ATS2025
@ats-assemblies.bsky.social
@mareikelehmann.bsky.social
@kambezbenam.bsky.social
Always innovative and fun at the SIC. Cannot wait to see you there!
#ATS2025
@ats-assemblies.bsky.social
@mareikelehmann.bsky.social
@kambezbenam.bsky.social
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
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Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
May 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
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President Trump has proposed a miserly budget for America with potential for untold suffering. What's at risk? Public health, patient care, the environment, America's universities, as well as the economy and state budgets. Congress, fix this mess!
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
May 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
President Trump has proposed a miserly budget for America with potential for untold suffering. What's at risk? Public health, patient care, the environment, America's universities, as well as the economy and state budgets. Congress, fix this mess!
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Put incompetent people in charge of important things and bad outcomes will happen
The vaccine is 97% effective
97%
Nothing is this effective in medicine
Nothing
This is not a serious person
The vaccine is 97% effective
97%
Nothing is this effective in medicine
Nothing
This is not a serious person
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Put incompetent people in charge of important things and bad outcomes will happen
The vaccine is 97% effective
97%
Nothing is this effective in medicine
Nothing
This is not a serious person
The vaccine is 97% effective
97%
Nothing is this effective in medicine
Nothing
This is not a serious person
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Why are they trying to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs? #WithoutNSF the US would not be at the forefront of science innovation in the world. #SaveNSF #StandUpForScience www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
www.nsf.gov
May 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Why are they trying to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs? #WithoutNSF the US would not be at the forefront of science innovation in the world. #SaveNSF #StandUpForScience www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
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The AJRCCM 2025 ATS International Conference Abstract Issue is out! With nearly 7,000 abstracts, organized into 36 pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine categories, this issue is full of innovative research that will be presented at #ATS2025
Read now: www.atsjournals.org/toc/ajrccm/2...
Read now: www.atsjournals.org/toc/ajrccm/2...
May 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The AJRCCM 2025 ATS International Conference Abstract Issue is out! With nearly 7,000 abstracts, organized into 36 pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine categories, this issue is full of innovative research that will be presented at #ATS2025
Read now: www.atsjournals.org/toc/ajrccm/2...
Read now: www.atsjournals.org/toc/ajrccm/2...