Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH
@m-aldrich.bsky.social
Professor of Medicine & Biomedical Informatics & Thoracic Surgery
at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lung cancer research. Cancer epi & genetic epidemiology. Foodie. Travel. Outdoors.
at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Lung cancer research. Cancer epi & genetic epidemiology. Foodie. Travel. Outdoors.
A thoughtful thank you gift from a trainee. Gratifying to see them thrive and find their passion for science.
June 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A thoughtful thank you gift from a trainee. Gratifying to see them thrive and find their passion for science.
Prestigious NSF graduate fellowship tilts toward AI and quantum | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Prestigious NSF graduate fellowship tilts toward AI and quantum
Students in the life sciences are shut out of latest cohort of 500 fellows
www.science.org
June 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Prestigious NSF graduate fellowship tilts toward AI and quantum | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Need a break from all the great activities at #ATS2025? Clear your head with some fuzzy friends! Check out the Puppy Park in the Exhibition Hall, near the Fun Zone.
ATS thanks United Therapeutics for their generous support of the ATS 2025 Puppy Park.
ATS thanks United Therapeutics for their generous support of the ATS 2025 Puppy Park.
May 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Need a break from all the great activities at #ATS2025? Clear your head with some fuzzy friends! Check out the Puppy Park in the Exhibition Hall, near the Fun Zone.
ATS thanks United Therapeutics for their generous support of the ATS 2025 Puppy Park.
ATS thanks United Therapeutics for their generous support of the ATS 2025 Puppy Park.
Reposted by Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH
Scientific conferences attract thousands of foreign researchers to the United States every year. But some are reassessing their travel plans because of objections to U.S. policy and fears of being interrogated or detained by customs officials.
International scientists rethink U.S. conference attendance
Opposition to Trump administration and fears of customs run-ins are shifting travel plans
scim.ag
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Scientific conferences attract thousands of foreign researchers to the United States every year. But some are reassessing their travel plans because of objections to U.S. policy and fears of being interrogated or detained by customs officials.
All the NIH sites seem to be down!! What is up?? I can’t get onto pubmed, reporter or era commons! Happening to anyone else??
March 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
All the NIH sites seem to be down!! What is up?? I can’t get onto pubmed, reporter or era commons! Happening to anyone else??
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies
White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits
www.science.org
February 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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ASHG is concerned about the cuts to NIH-funded research support, its impacts on biomedical research, and the effect on local, state, and national economies. We join our advocacy partners to ensure essential progress is not stalled.
Read our statement: www.ashg.org/publications... #ASHG
Read our statement: www.ashg.org/publications... #ASHG
February 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ASHG is concerned about the cuts to NIH-funded research support, its impacts on biomedical research, and the effect on local, state, and national economies. We join our advocacy partners to ensure essential progress is not stalled.
Read our statement: www.ashg.org/publications... #ASHG
Read our statement: www.ashg.org/publications... #ASHG
Reposted by Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH
Reposted by Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH
Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Are you part of a Nashville-area entity currently experiencing an unexplained freeze of federal funds? Please DM me.
February 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Are you part of a Nashville-area entity currently experiencing an unexplained freeze of federal funds? Please DM me.
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Penn State has halted submission and *acceptance* of NIH grants pending the resolution of the overhead rate cut.
This lost time will never be recovered. The economic cost to Pennsylvania is enormous and the cost to humanity immeasurable.
This lost time will never be recovered. The economic cost to Pennsylvania is enormous and the cost to humanity immeasurable.
February 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Penn State has halted submission and *acceptance* of NIH grants pending the resolution of the overhead rate cut.
This lost time will never be recovered. The economic cost to Pennsylvania is enormous and the cost to humanity immeasurable.
This lost time will never be recovered. The economic cost to Pennsylvania is enormous and the cost to humanity immeasurable.
Reposted by Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH
BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...