Kristina Legget
@ktlegget.bsky.social
Associate Prof Psychiatry at CU Anschutz. Neurobiology of obesity/eating behaviors; sex differences; mental health.
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5-4 Supreme Court rules that NIH can terminate grants pending the full ruling.
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August 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
5-4 Supreme Court rules that NIH can terminate grants pending the full ruling.
thehill.com/regulation/c...
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Great new paper out from our MD/PhD student @keithdodd.bsky.social on the cool fMRI denoising tool he developed! 🥳
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Keith Dodd, Jason R. Tregellas, et al:
CICADA: An automated and flexible tool for comprehensive fMRI noise reduction
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
CICADA: An automated and flexible tool for comprehensive fMRI noise reduction
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
August 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Great new paper out from our MD/PhD student @keithdodd.bsky.social on the cool fMRI denoising tool he developed! 🥳
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If you've ever *benefitted* from NIH research (big population), CALL YOUR SENATOR now to let them know.
⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget.
Personal examples help.
My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.
⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget.
Personal examples help.
My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.
1/11 Though it's personal, I’m sharing this analogy if it helps others: In the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about my past journey with cancer.
Years ago, I found out in the worst way. My doctor accidentally released the biopsy results to my online patient portal.
🧵 Thread
Years ago, I found out in the worst way. My doctor accidentally released the biopsy results to my online patient portal.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you've ever *benefitted* from NIH research (big population), CALL YOUR SENATOR now to let them know.
⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget.
Personal examples help.
My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.
⏰ Tmrw morning, Senate appropriators will mark up NIH's FY26 budget.
Personal examples help.
My own case: decades of *sustained* investment in NIH-funded cancer research saved my life.
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TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
July 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
"This Court rules that the challenged directives . . . are arbitrary and capricious."
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
June 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
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Seems a good time to invite Sen Britt to watch an NIH review panel (aka study section) analyze piles of grants over several days to identify the <10% that win funding. Applications that scientists spent months preparing, whose peers spent weeks poring through in advance of review mtg at NIH.
Republican Senator Katie Britt: We need to create a system "where the beat idea wins... This is our opportunity to make a dollar go further and to make it have a greater impact."
(NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)
(NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)
June 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Seems a good time to invite Sen Britt to watch an NIH review panel (aka study section) analyze piles of grants over several days to identify the <10% that win funding. Applications that scientists spent months preparing, whose peers spent weeks poring through in advance of review mtg at NIH.
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This. Is. Already. How. It. Works.
Republican Senator Katie Britt: We need to create a system "where the beat idea wins... This is our opportunity to make a dollar go further and to make it have a greater impact."
(NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)
(NIH already generates $2.56 for every $1 spent it spends on research.)
June 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This. Is. Already. How. It. Works.
Ready for the Colfax Marathon relay this morning!
May 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ready for the Colfax Marathon relay this morning!
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Well-reaearched and accurate report for the Senate HELP committee by the Sanders team
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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May 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Well-reaearched and accurate report for the Senate HELP committee by the Sanders team
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
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April 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Implementation of Schedule F
This is what a lot of us have been worried about.
This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs.
BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD...
1/n
Great turnout at the Capitol building in Denver today! 😊
April 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Great turnout at the Capitol building in Denver today! 😊
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As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.
February 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.
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Great analysis of the indirect cost rate announcement by @stuartbuck.bsky.social
Indirect Costs at NIH . . .
I wasn’t planning on spending part of a Saturday writing about cost accounting principles and the like, but NIH-world was hit with a doozy of a policy announcement on Friday night:
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Great analysis of the indirect cost rate announcement by @stuartbuck.bsky.social
This is just getting ridiculous…
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is just getting ridiculous…
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I’m gonna need to do some deep breathing into a paper bag with all this nonsense… 😬
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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January 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I’m gonna need to do some deep breathing into a paper bag with all this nonsense… 😬
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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I’m excited to report that our paper, entitled “Predicting Conversion to Psychosis Using Machine Learning: Response to Cannon” has been accepted to Frontiers in Psychiatry! Thank you to our NAPLS collaborators!
I’m excited to report that our paper, entitled “Predicting Conversion to Psychosis Using Machine Learning: Response to Cannon” has been accepted to Frontiers in Psychiatry! Thank you to our NAPLS collaborators!
Frontiers | Predicting conversion to psychosis using machine learning: response to Cannon
www.frontiersin.org
January 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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I’m excited to report that our paper, entitled “Predicting Conversion to Psychosis Using Machine Learning: Response to Cannon” has been accepted to Frontiers in Psychiatry! Thank you to our NAPLS collaborators!
I’m excited to report that our paper, entitled “Predicting Conversion to Psychosis Using Machine Learning: Response to Cannon” has been accepted to Frontiers in Psychiatry! Thank you to our NAPLS collaborators!
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This is a pretty good piece about the latest discussion on the risks of alcohol use. But one thing that this entire discussion fails to factor is the positive utility that many gain from drinking. I'd much rather enjoy 30 more years drinking wine every day than 32 miserable years with no wine.
Is drinking alcohol ever good for you? Here's what the science says.
If you're confused, you're not alone.
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January 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This is a pretty good piece about the latest discussion on the risks of alcohol use. But one thing that this entire discussion fails to factor is the positive utility that many gain from drinking. I'd much rather enjoy 30 more years drinking wine every day than 32 miserable years with no wine.
Hi #ACNP2024! This is my 12th (!!) ACNP and I’m looking forward to heading to the warmth in AZ tomorrow 😊 My lab focuses on 🧠 goings-on in eating behaviors and obesity, with a side of sex diffs and mental health. I have a poster on Mon on exercise effects on brain response to food, so come say hi!
We are officially on the ground in Phoenix so it's time for the #ACNP2024 role call 📣
Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
Introduce yourself, your science, tell us if you're a veteran or first-timer, promote your poster/talk/favorite social - whatever you want, this is your space to say it ⬇️
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December 7, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Hi #ACNP2024! This is my 12th (!!) ACNP and I’m looking forward to heading to the warmth in AZ tomorrow 😊 My lab focuses on 🧠 goings-on in eating behaviors and obesity, with a side of sex diffs and mental health. I have a poster on Mon on exercise effects on brain response to food, so come say hi!