Matt Hocking
@matthocking.bsky.social
Pediatric Psychologist at CHOP Cancer Center. Associate Professor at UPENN School of Medicine. Tar Heel bred. Beginning 🪕player. He/him
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New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget
NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
I signed this and urge others to consider:
A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
actionnetwork.org
June 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I signed this and urge others to consider:
A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
A broad group of National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants have taken action with the "Bethesda Declaration" that targets the NIH and HHS Leadership. Join these courageous professionals by adding your name now. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na...
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Look at these cuts that will devastate med/behavioral health research, severely limit mental health services, & end educational programming.
YOU help STOP these cuts by flooding Congress using the link below.
This is for ANYONE to do, so please spread the word!!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
YOU help STOP these cuts by flooding Congress using the link below.
This is for ANYONE to do, so please spread the word!!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
June 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Look at these cuts that will devastate med/behavioral health research, severely limit mental health services, & end educational programming.
YOU help STOP these cuts by flooding Congress using the link below.
This is for ANYONE to do, so please spread the word!!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
YOU help STOP these cuts by flooding Congress using the link below.
This is for ANYONE to do, so please spread the word!!
www.votervoice.net/APAAdvocacy/...
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Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist:
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist:
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
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Riding the high of #SPPAC2025, making a starter pack—but am also at the airport and am missing so many! Please chime in for an add! #ThisIsPedsPsych
April 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Riding the high of #SPPAC2025, making a starter pack—but am also at the airport and am missing so many! Please chime in for an add! #ThisIsPedsPsych
Congratulations to Amanda Swartz on her first oral presentation at The Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference! #SPPAC2025
She presented her work on the sibling relationship quality of survivors of childhood cancer. Tremendous job representing the lab!
She presented her work on the sibling relationship quality of survivors of childhood cancer. Tremendous job representing the lab!
April 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Congratulations to Amanda Swartz on her first oral presentation at The Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference! #SPPAC2025
She presented her work on the sibling relationship quality of survivors of childhood cancer. Tremendous job representing the lab!
She presented her work on the sibling relationship quality of survivors of childhood cancer. Tremendous job representing the lab!
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Researchers at Annenberg and @umdscience.bsky.social show that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide. Learn about their project and view the interactive map here:
Data-Driven, Interactive Map Shows Local Economic Impact of Cuts to Federal Funding for Health Research
www.asc.upenn.edu
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Every day through our actions and words we teach our children about who we are, what we value, and what we stand for.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every day through our actions and words we teach our children about who we are, what we value, and what we stand for.
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"How do you strategize around an unpredictable funding landscape?" #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4gPIkBz
February 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"How do you strategize around an unpredictable funding landscape?" #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4gPIkBz
The lab’s high point this week: Manali Zope gave her 1st talk at the 2025 Annual Conference for the International Neuropsychological Society! She presented on the role of neighborhood opportunity and cognitive function in the social function of kids with Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Terrific talk!
February 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The lab’s high point this week: Manali Zope gave her 1st talk at the 2025 Annual Conference for the International Neuropsychological Society! She presented on the role of neighborhood opportunity and cognitive function in the social function of kids with Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Terrific talk!
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Hey - please help save jobs and lives!
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
Tell Congress to Stop NIH Cuts
Please take 2 minutes today to ask Congress to take steps to stop funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The administration's proposed cuts to federal research funding, particul...
click.info.apa.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hey - please help save jobs and lives!
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
Anyone who works at a university, who works on medical research, or could benefit from medical research is at risk!
Please tell them to click the link below. Takes 2 seconds, literally.
click.info.apa.org?qs=09c745fe0...
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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately. The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately. The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
In Pennsylvania-
NIH FUNDING:
$2.23 Billion
JOBS SUPPORTED:
21,784
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$5.23 Billion
NIH FUNDING:
$2.23 Billion
JOBS SUPPORTED:
21,784
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$5.23 Billion
In Rhode Island -
NIH FUNDING:
$256M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
2212
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$502M
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH FUNDING:
$256M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
2212
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$502M
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
February 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In Pennsylvania-
NIH FUNDING:
$2.23 Billion
JOBS SUPPORTED:
21,784
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$5.23 Billion
NIH FUNDING:
$2.23 Billion
JOBS SUPPORTED:
21,784
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$5.23 Billion
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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...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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ICYMI: Reposting this story we wrote that analyzes the playbook of how the Trump administration is weaponizing laws, looking to triple any penalties, and using the government to create an "enemies list" of universities and other organizations that have opposed him.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Universities fear Trump is using lucrative research grants as leverage to dismantle their DEI programs
Trump's executive orders seem to be part of a plan to leverage NIH and other grants to force universities to end DEI programs
www.statnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ICYMI: Reposting this story we wrote that analyzes the playbook of how the Trump administration is weaponizing laws, looking to triple any penalties, and using the government to create an "enemies list" of universities and other organizations that have opposed him.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
This is very troubling on many levels. Large scale, this will cause significant delays in scientific funding and advancement. Small scale, a grant that I worked on for 9 months was scheduled for review next week. Get your institutions advocating now!
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is very troubling on many levels. Large scale, this will cause significant delays in scientific funding and advancement. Small scale, a grant that I worked on for 9 months was scheduled for review next week. Get your institutions advocating now!
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Congrats to Manali Zope on her 1st first-author paper just published in Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings! Here we highlight the importance of multi-informant reports of psychological function in survivors of #ChildhoodCancer.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Inter-rater Agreement in Multi-informant Reports of Psychosocial Functioning of Pediatric Brain and Solid Tumor Survivors - Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
Objectives: For pediatric cancer survivors in the post-treatment, school-reintegration period, integrating multi-informant reports and promoting a mutual clinician–family–school understanding of the c...
link.springer.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Congrats to Manali Zope on her 1st first-author paper just published in Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings! Here we highlight the importance of multi-informant reports of psychological function in survivors of #ChildhoodCancer.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Happy to share this internal write-up of a recent neuroimaging study in the lab. We found white matter connectivity was related to social function in children treated for a brain tumor. #ChildhoodCancer
www.chop.edu/news/childre...
www.chop.edu/news/childre...
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Find Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors Are At-Risk for Social Deficits, Fewer Friendships, and Poor Peer Relationships
In a recent study, researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated that children treated for brain tumors face persistent social challenges, including limited friendships and re...
www.chop.edu
December 2, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Happy to share this internal write-up of a recent neuroimaging study in the lab. We found white matter connectivity was related to social function in children treated for a brain tumor. #ChildhoodCancer
www.chop.edu/news/childre...
www.chop.edu/news/childre...