Koen Van Rompay
@koenvanrompay.bsky.social
Veterinary researcher in infectious diseases, philantropist, founder of Sahaya International (www.sahaya.org)
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"“What Netanyahu is doing now in Gaza is outrageously brutal,” [former Prime Minister] Mr. Olmert said. “How can ministers at the highest level say all Gazans are Hamas and then herd them into camps? We are in a fight for the soul of Israel.”
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Netanyahu and an Israel Without Restraint
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September 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"“What Netanyahu is doing now in Gaza is outrageously brutal,” [former Prime Minister] Mr. Olmert said. “How can ministers at the highest level say all Gazans are Hamas and then herd them into camps? We are in a fight for the soul of Israel.”
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It is heartbreaking. I'm closely involved with programs Uganda, and receive so many stories, that internally make me cry but outward make me show a fist of anger in determination to step up our efforts. Each life is worth fighting for.
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Opinion | Trump’s Most Lethal Policy
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September 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It is heartbreaking. I'm closely involved with programs Uganda, and receive so many stories, that internally make me cry but outward make me show a fist of anger in determination to step up our efforts. Each life is worth fighting for.
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300k dead, of whom 200k are children. This is not only or primarily on Musk. This is on the thoughtlessness and cruelty of the Trump administration.
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
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May 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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CA is rallying for science! Join scientists, researchers, faculty, community members, and Sen. Scott Wiener on 5/16 at the SF Civic Center to support SB 829.
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#UCDavis #UCResearch #ResearchScience
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#UCDavis #UCResearch #ResearchScience
May 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
CA is rallying for science! Join scientists, researchers, faculty, community members, and Sen. Scott Wiener on 5/16 at the SF Civic Center to support SB 829.
calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202...
#UCDavis #UCResearch #ResearchScience
calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202...
#UCDavis #UCResearch #ResearchScience
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May 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Reposted by Koen Van Rompay
This is chilling.
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is chilling.
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Featuring tremendous work by our faculty across @ucdavis.bsky.social, @ucdlands.bsky.social, @ucdavisengineering.bsky.social, @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social, @ucdavispsych.bsky.social
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From Labs to Lives
From Labs to Lives How Research Funding Solves Real-World ProblemsUC Davis is a powerhouse for breakthroughs and impact. Our interdisciplinary research plays a vital role in building the region’s econ...
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March 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Featuring tremendous work by our faculty across @ucdavis.bsky.social, @ucdlands.bsky.social, @ucdavisengineering.bsky.social, @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social, @ucdavispsych.bsky.social
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At the Standup for Science, Sacramento, March 7, 2025
March 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
At the Standup for Science, Sacramento, March 7, 2025
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“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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February 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
The fight for science! Video made by UC-Davis will be released this Friday. Stay tuned
February 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The fight for science! Video made by UC-Davis will be released this Friday. Stay tuned
As someone who 20 years ago used to visit AIDS clinics in developing countries and saw how horrible it was to see so many people dying, with their children often sitting at their bedside or on their bed, I am so distressed by everything happening now.
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‘I feel low’: Ugandan living with HIV reacts to Trump’s gutting of life-saving project | CNN
CNN’s Larry Madowo reports from the Ugandan capital about the impact of the Trump administration’s freeze on almost all foreign assistance and the gutting of USAID.
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February 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
As someone who 20 years ago used to visit AIDS clinics in developing countries and saw how horrible it was to see so many people dying, with their children often sitting at their bedside or on their bed, I am so distressed by everything happening now.
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"Keeping up HOPE". In these very stressful times, it is important we keep up HOPE. I plan to post uplifting stories from our Sahaya International partners, including these pics sent to me by my Ugandan sons Mohammed , who thanks to a donor, got school supplies for the children in his orphanage.
February 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
"Keeping up HOPE". In these very stressful times, it is important we keep up HOPE. I plan to post uplifting stories from our Sahaya International partners, including these pics sent to me by my Ugandan sons Mohammed , who thanks to a donor, got school supplies for the children in his orphanage.
In times of severe stress and depression, self-care become very important. It isn't always easy to know how. A big hug to you! <3
February 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
In times of severe stress and depression, self-care become very important. It isn't always easy to know how. A big hug to you! <3
What Elon Musk is all trying to do is exactly what dictators try to do. We all need to resist to the max extent
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Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
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February 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What Elon Musk is all trying to do is exactly what dictators try to do. We all need to resist to the max extent
www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
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My lab (studying infectious diseases) is hiring! It is a starting position, ideal for someone who recently completed a bachelor degree is a biology/science related field.
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JUNIOR SPECIALIST for Dr. Van Rompay Lab
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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January 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My lab (studying infectious diseases) is hiring! It is a starting position, ideal for someone who recently completed a bachelor degree is a biology/science related field.
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06893
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06893
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This is beyond inhumane. "One study estimated that if PEPFAR were to end, as many as 600,000 lives would be lost over the next decade in South Africa alone."
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Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
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January 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is beyond inhumane. "One study estimated that if PEPFAR were to end, as many as 600,000 lives would be lost over the next decade in South Africa alone."
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