Nathaniel Jenkins, PhD, FAHA
@njenkinsphd.bsky.social
Husband | Father | Scientist | Associate Professor, Health & Human Physiology and Psychological & Brain Sciences @ UIowa | Stress, Exercise, and ❤️/metabolic health | Amos 5 | INTJ / Type 5
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I so much believe in #longcovid that I think that all childhood infections may play a role in several (without known cause) neuropsychiatric illnesses.
in this piece we summarize what is already known and why my statement should not surprise you
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40619589/
in this piece we summarize what is already known and why my statement should not surprise you
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40619589/
We Need a New Approach to Clinical Research on Paediatric Infections, Immunity and Neuropsychiatry - PubMed
We Need a New Approach to Clinical Research on Paediatric Infections, Immunity and Neuropsychiatry
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I so much believe in #longcovid that I think that all childhood infections may play a role in several (without known cause) neuropsychiatric illnesses.
in this piece we summarize what is already known and why my statement should not surprise you
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40619589/
in this piece we summarize what is already known and why my statement should not surprise you
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40619589/
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Why doesn't the @aau.edu account have like 50k followers?!
The Association of American Universities (www.aau.edu) is out here trying to #DefendResearch, people.
Follow them and reskeet, please!
The Association of American Universities (www.aau.edu) is out here trying to #DefendResearch, people.
Follow them and reskeet, please!
July 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Why doesn't the @aau.edu account have like 50k followers?!
The Association of American Universities (www.aau.edu) is out here trying to #DefendResearch, people.
Follow them and reskeet, please!
The Association of American Universities (www.aau.edu) is out here trying to #DefendResearch, people.
Follow them and reskeet, please!
I had the chance 2 join Drs Wentzel (NWU, S. African Medical Research Council Unit 4 Hypertension & CVD) and Harmancey (UTHSC) on the AJPHeart Podcast 2 discuss Dr. Wentzel’s paper “Allostatic load & cardiometabolic health in a young adult South African population: the African-PREDICT study”. more/2
July 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had the chance 2 join Drs Wentzel (NWU, S. African Medical Research Council Unit 4 Hypertension & CVD) and Harmancey (UTHSC) on the AJPHeart Podcast 2 discuss Dr. Wentzel’s paper “Allostatic load & cardiometabolic health in a young adult South African population: the African-PREDICT study”. more/2
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🎧The AJP-Heart and Circ Podcast
ajpheart.podbean.com...
How can we better understand the developmental nature of CV disease & improve health for people with early life stress? Listen as Dr. Nate Jenkins interviews author Dr. Annemarie Wentzel @theNWU & expert Dr. Romain Harmancey @uthealthhouston
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How can we better understand the developmental nature of CV disease & improve health for people with early life stress? Listen as Dr. Nate Jenkins interviews author Dr. Annemarie Wentzel @theNWU & expert Dr. Romain Harmancey @uthealthhouston
July 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🎧The AJP-Heart and Circ Podcast
ajpheart.podbean.com...
How can we better understand the developmental nature of CV disease & improve health for people with early life stress? Listen as Dr. Nate Jenkins interviews author Dr. Annemarie Wentzel @theNWU & expert Dr. Romain Harmancey @uthealthhouston
ajpheart.podbean.com...
How can we better understand the developmental nature of CV disease & improve health for people with early life stress? Listen as Dr. Nate Jenkins interviews author Dr. Annemarie Wentzel @theNWU & expert Dr. Romain Harmancey @uthealthhouston
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Good morning. Please take a moment to have a look at this from my colleague…
Viral infections affect the heart, and vaccinations can protect the heart.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Viral infections affect the heart, and vaccinations can protect the heart.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Influenza Vaccination After Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial | Circulation
Background: Observational and small, randomized studies suggest that influenza vaccine may reduce
future cardiovascular events in patients with cardiovascular disease. Methods: We conducted an inves...
www.ahajournals.org
July 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Good morning. Please take a moment to have a look at this from my colleague…
Viral infections affect the heart, and vaccinations can protect the heart.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Viral infections affect the heart, and vaccinations can protect the heart.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
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I’ve been in academic medicine for 45 years. This is the first time I’m seeing a perfect storm, as proposed federal funding cuts threaten our ability to provide patient care, train the next generation of doctors, and conduct life-saving research. More from my conversation with @cnn.com last week.
June 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I’ve been in academic medicine for 45 years. This is the first time I’m seeing a perfect storm, as proposed federal funding cuts threaten our ability to provide patient care, train the next generation of doctors, and conduct life-saving research. More from my conversation with @cnn.com last week.
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I’m not typically a fan of cost benefit analysis in valuing life years gained or lost. But here the numbers are too big to ignore. $8.2 trillion of life years lost over 25 years vs a US budget savings of $500 billion over the same period. These NIH cuts will cost us dearly.
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe
This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...
jamanetwork.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I’m not typically a fan of cost benefit analysis in valuing life years gained or lost. But here the numbers are too big to ignore. $8.2 trillion of life years lost over 25 years vs a US budget savings of $500 billion over the same period. These NIH cuts will cost us dearly.
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Dr. Timothy Johnson
"Put simply, we are facing the choice of smart decisions or reckless destruction that may affect our nation's health for generations to come. And, if I may use a sophisticated medical term, it seems to be that the right choice is a 'no-brainer'."
"Put simply, we are facing the choice of smart decisions or reckless destruction that may affect our nation's health for generations to come. And, if I may use a sophisticated medical term, it seems to be that the right choice is a 'no-brainer'."
May 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Dr. Timothy Johnson
"Put simply, we are facing the choice of smart decisions or reckless destruction that may affect our nation's health for generations to come. And, if I may use a sophisticated medical term, it seems to be that the right choice is a 'no-brainer'."
"Put simply, we are facing the choice of smart decisions or reckless destruction that may affect our nation's health for generations to come. And, if I may use a sophisticated medical term, it seems to be that the right choice is a 'no-brainer'."
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"Data revealed novel evidence that previously infected students exhibited distinct prefrontal haemodynamic patterns during cognitive engagement, reminiscent of those observed in adults four decades older, and this appeared to be especially true if they reported experiencing brain fog due to #COVID
May 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Data revealed novel evidence that previously infected students exhibited distinct prefrontal haemodynamic patterns during cognitive engagement, reminiscent of those observed in adults four decades older, and this appeared to be especially true if they reported experiencing brain fog due to #COVID
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Multiple recent studies, including 3 impressive natural experiments, consistently show a link between Shingles vaccines and reduced dementia. This week a nationwide S Korea study added a reduction of cardiovascular events
My summary Table. More here on dementia erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
My summary Table. More here on dementia erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
May 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Multiple recent studies, including 3 impressive natural experiments, consistently show a link between Shingles vaccines and reduced dementia. This week a nationwide S Korea study added a reduction of cardiovascular events
My summary Table. More here on dementia erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
My summary Table. More here on dementia erictopol.substack.com/p/the-shingl...
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As a follow-up to the Kaiser interview, here is my exchange with Dr. Bhattacharya starting Sunday evening...
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May 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
As a follow-up to the Kaiser interview, here is my exchange with Dr. Bhattacharya starting Sunday evening...
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Grateful to have had the opportunity to be one of the 70. As Scott said so well, “I hope we’ll say this was the inflection point ... when we stood up for science, for truth and for each other.”
“We must expand our #advocacy ... we must defend science itself. Yesterday, 70 attendees of this meeting ... took that message directly to Capitol Hill. This is just the beginning.” —APS CEO Scott Steen #APS2025 #WeArePhysiology #APSHillDay 9/11 🧪
April 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Grateful to have had the opportunity to be one of the 70. As Scott said so well, “I hope we’ll say this was the inflection point ... when we stood up for science, for truth and for each other.”
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Fun speaking in this symposium today with a great line-up of presenters!
Thanks @ausrob-phd.bsky.social and @matt-babcock.bsky.social for organizing and moderating
Thanks @ausrob-phd.bsky.social and @matt-babcock.bsky.social for organizing and moderating
April 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Fun speaking in this symposium today with a great line-up of presenters!
Thanks @ausrob-phd.bsky.social and @matt-babcock.bsky.social for organizing and moderating
Thanks @ausrob-phd.bsky.social and @matt-babcock.bsky.social for organizing and moderating
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My quote of the day
Faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and not distorted to their detriment or even destruction.
Pope Francis, June 2024
Faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and not distorted to their detriment or even destruction.
Pope Francis, June 2024
April 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My quote of the day
Faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and not distorted to their detriment or even destruction.
Pope Francis, June 2024
Faith and science can be united in charity if science is put at the service of the men and women of our time, and not distorted to their detriment or even destruction.
Pope Francis, June 2024
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it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.
April 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.
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“I don’t know how we’ve come to demonize the idea that people deserve to breathe clean air, drink clean water and have access to environments that are non-polluting.”
Trump Has Canceled Environmental Justice Grants. Here’s What Communities Are Losing. | The cuts are part of his administration’s drive to eliminate DEI programs.
Trump Has Canceled Environmental Justice Grants. Here’s What Communities Are Losing. - Bucks County Beacon
The cuts are part of his administration’s drive to eliminate DEI programs.
buckscountybeacon.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“I don’t know how we’ve come to demonize the idea that people deserve to breathe clean air, drink clean water and have access to environments that are non-polluting.”
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On Easter Sunday, we celebrate joy, hope, and our faith in renewal — even through the darkest of times. To all those celebrating today, our family wishes you a happy Easter.
April 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
On Easter Sunday, we celebrate joy, hope, and our faith in renewal — even through the darkest of times. To all those celebrating today, our family wishes you a happy Easter.
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Today in weird statistical coincidences
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today in weird statistical coincidences
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This is disrespectful and a flat out lie that further stigmatizes autism. It’s not a virus or a disease - it’s a neurological condition with a wide spectrum. Many Americans with autism work, pay taxes, and are living happy and healthy lives.
WATCH | RFK Jr claims autistic children will never go on dates or pay taxes
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
April 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is disrespectful and a flat out lie that further stigmatizes autism. It’s not a virus or a disease - it’s a neurological condition with a wide spectrum. Many Americans with autism work, pay taxes, and are living happy and healthy lives.
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Kevin Hall has done some of the most interesting nutrition research I've ever seen.
And now he's resigning from the NIH because, well, let him tell it.
This is a huge loss for nutrition science.
And now he's resigning from the NIH because, well, let him tell it.
This is a huge loss for nutrition science.
After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology.
April 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Kevin Hall has done some of the most interesting nutrition research I've ever seen.
And now he's resigning from the NIH because, well, let him tell it.
This is a huge loss for nutrition science.
And now he's resigning from the NIH because, well, let him tell it.
This is a huge loss for nutrition science.
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For example just this morning I was mentioning to a friend the gutting of entire departments that track and control AMR, STI, Hepatitis B and C, Impacts of Tobacco use and this middle class highly educated person was absorbing this as "breaking news".
April 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For example just this morning I was mentioning to a friend the gutting of entire departments that track and control AMR, STI, Hepatitis B and C, Impacts of Tobacco use and this middle class highly educated person was absorbing this as "breaking news".
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I have at least one interaction daily which reminds me of how oblivious most average Americans are to the aggressive destruction of public health & the unravelling of protections for their health happening in real time.
That really scares me because it will be too late when realization sets in.
That really scares me because it will be too late when realization sets in.
April 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I have at least one interaction daily which reminds me of how oblivious most average Americans are to the aggressive destruction of public health & the unravelling of protections for their health happening in real time.
That really scares me because it will be too late when realization sets in.
That really scares me because it will be too late when realization sets in.
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Are you registered for Day 1 of C4BP #BlackInX? Our theme this year is “Rise Up”, and we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Patricia Molina as our Day 1 Keynote Speaker.
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#BiP
#BlackInPhysiology
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#BiP
#BlackInPhysiology
April 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Are you registered for Day 1 of C4BP #BlackInX? Our theme this year is “Rise Up”, and we are thrilled to welcome Dr. Patricia Molina as our Day 1 Keynote Speaker.
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#BiP
#BlackInPhysiology
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#BiP
#BlackInPhysiology
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The 5th Annual Conference for Black Physiologists is almost here! Happening April 13–14 (virtual) & April 24 (in person in Baltimore)!
📝 Register for the conference
🎟️ Grab your $30 ticket for the BiP Social Event at B&O
#BlackInPhysiology2025 #C4BP2025
📝 Register for the conference
🎟️ Grab your $30 ticket for the BiP Social Event at B&O
#BlackInPhysiology2025 #C4BP2025
April 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The 5th Annual Conference for Black Physiologists is almost here! Happening April 13–14 (virtual) & April 24 (in person in Baltimore)!
📝 Register for the conference
🎟️ Grab your $30 ticket for the BiP Social Event at B&O
#BlackInPhysiology2025 #C4BP2025
📝 Register for the conference
🎟️ Grab your $30 ticket for the BiP Social Event at B&O
#BlackInPhysiology2025 #C4BP2025