Dakota Brandenburg, MPH
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Dakota Brandenburg, MPH
@kodybrandenburg.bsky.social
IU-B Health Behavior PhD student | sexuality, health and sexual behavior, pleasure and orgasm, SMM populations, and LGBTQ+ health | he/him 🏳️‍🌈
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“And Just Like That” should have been called “ I couldn’t help but wonder…”
May 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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My Phd student Noah is recruiting Trans* and Non-Binary folks to participate in a survey study on well-being (uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...). Check it out if relevant and of interest to you, and appreciate any signal boosting in your networks!
March 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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We've been tracking unlawful NIH grant terminations for 3 weeks. Spread the word👇!

Fellow PIs: what can you do upon termination?
✅ Email PO + document questions
✅ Submit FOIA
✅ Advocate to your OCG/OSP for appeal + litigation
✅ Consider outside litigation
✅ Donate to state AGs + legal orgs

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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
docs.google.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Good read. this moment affords an opportunity for us to “rethink the very basics of what the job of a scientist is, why we do our jobs, and what it means to do them well”
"No one is coming out of the sky to give you your grant money. Your citation portfolio won’t survive this market crash. Your credentials mean nothing. Everything is going to change."

New for @undark.org

undark.org/2025/03/06/o...
How Science Can Adapt to a New Normal
Opinion | In the wake of attacks on the research enterprise, scientists need to focus on protecting its fragile infrastructure.
undark.org
March 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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⬇️How it started? ⬇️How it ended?

Super proud of my student collaborators in the SHIC lab @sgmhealth.bsky.social on this paper. Please check it out 👉 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F6SW8...
February 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I'm excited to speak today at noon at IU Simon Cancer Center’s Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Research Program Monthly Meeting:

"More than skin deep: Embracing the role of estheticians for cancer prevention and community collaboration"

#PublicHealth #SkinCancer #Estheticians #SkinHealth
February 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Somewhere in the U.S., there’s a scientist staring at their NSF/NIH grant application wondering why they bother. This post is for you. Science and society both need you. Hang in there and know there is a whole community supporting you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Welp! NIH diversity supplement grants now have newly updated expiration dates dates of January 2025 revised from May 2026. 🤷‍♀️
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
PA-23-189: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PA-23-189....
grants.nih.gov
January 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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The NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office website has been taken down.

LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately subjected to violence, discrimination & stigma, affecting their health outcomes.

Ignoring these facts endangers us all.
#MedSky #LGBT #LGBTQ #NIH #research #science
January 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM