Olivia Clancy, M.S.
oclancy.bsky.social
Olivia Clancy, M.S.
@oclancy.bsky.social
Clinical Psych PhD Student @ AuburnU | Passionate about eating disorders, children & adolescents, and public health | All views are my own
Reposted by Olivia Clancy, M.S.
Eating disorders are chronic diseases. But instead of focusing on these- MAHA is terminating funding.

1 in 5 kids have an ED.

Eating disorder research has always been underfunded — about $55 million in NIH grants went to eating disorder research in 2023

www.statnews.com/2025/06/03/e...
Eating disorder research defunded despite MAHA focus on chronic conditions
Experts on eating disorders like anorexia worry that research funding cuts mean patients won't get the care they need.
www.statnews.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Olivia Clancy, M.S.
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Reposted by Olivia Clancy, M.S.
1/x My NIH grant that would collect data to help *prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors* among LGBTQ+ people was terminated today, along with many other LGBTQ+ focused grants. These terminations make no sense scientifically. Here's why:
March 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM