Courtney
@oncologyrx.bsky.social
Oncology pharmacist, cyclist, consumer of coffee, keeper of cats.
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Who did this?!
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Who did this?!
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You asked for it! We delivered Quack-O-Grams to our members of Congress urging them to #ImpeachRFK, and get that Quack out of office!
There's still time for you to get in on this fluffy, feathery action: Send your own duck at zurl.co/W1ZnB and keep the momentum going! 🦆
There's still time for you to get in on this fluffy, feathery action: Send your own duck at zurl.co/W1ZnB and keep the momentum going! 🦆
September 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
You asked for it! We delivered Quack-O-Grams to our members of Congress urging them to #ImpeachRFK, and get that Quack out of office!
There's still time for you to get in on this fluffy, feathery action: Send your own duck at zurl.co/W1ZnB and keep the momentum going! 🦆
There's still time for you to get in on this fluffy, feathery action: Send your own duck at zurl.co/W1ZnB and keep the momentum going! 🦆
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CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else.
#USAnotRFK
Lets gooooo
#USAnotRFK
Lets gooooo
August 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else.
#USAnotRFK
Lets gooooo
#USAnotRFK
Lets gooooo
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New on The Academic Surgeon: The Power of Vision in an Academic Surgical Career
In this blog post, Dr. Jason Samuels shares how to define your vision, use it to guide decisions, and stay on course through every stage.
📖 Read now: www.aasurg.org/the-power-of...
In this blog post, Dr. Jason Samuels shares how to define your vision, use it to guide decisions, and stay on course through every stage.
📖 Read now: www.aasurg.org/the-power-of...
June 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New on The Academic Surgeon: The Power of Vision in an Academic Surgical Career
In this blog post, Dr. Jason Samuels shares how to define your vision, use it to guide decisions, and stay on course through every stage.
📖 Read now: www.aasurg.org/the-power-of...
In this blog post, Dr. Jason Samuels shares how to define your vision, use it to guide decisions, and stay on course through every stage.
📖 Read now: www.aasurg.org/the-power-of...
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Two Harvard economists forecast the impact of the administration’s proposed NIH budget cuts- stunning losses in new therapies, life expectancy, and economic output with a “social cost 16 times greater than the savings the administration is attempting to achieve."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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
May 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Two Harvard economists forecast the impact of the administration’s proposed NIH budget cuts- stunning losses in new therapies, life expectancy, and economic output with a “social cost 16 times greater than the savings the administration is attempting to achieve."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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My quote of the day
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.
Elie Wiesel
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.
Elie Wiesel
May 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
My quote of the day
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.
Elie Wiesel
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.
Elie Wiesel
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Bottom line: the proposed NIH and NSF cuts alone would eventually strip at least $10 billion per year from U.S. output.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
www.forbes.com
May 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Bottom line: the proposed NIH and NSF cuts alone would eventually strip at least $10 billion per year from U.S. output.
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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Behind every cure, every breakthrough, every treatment — is someone who needed it.
If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it.
Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science.
Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it.
Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science.
Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Share Your “Why” In Support of a Strong National Institutes of Health
United for Medical Research (UMR) is launching a campaign called "My Why" to highlight the critical role of NIH funding and its impact on the education and careers of researchers and scientists as wel...
docs.google.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Behind every cure, every breakthrough, every treatment — is someone who needed it.
If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it.
Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science.
Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If NIH funding helped you, your research, or someone you love, your story can help protect it.
Share your “why” and help defend the future of NIH & science.
Fill out the form here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
open.spotify.com/episode/2pWn...
Check out this great new podcast! The goal is to talk to scientists whose research has been impacted by funding cuts. It covers their science, why it's important, and how it affects American lives.
Check out this great new podcast! The goal is to talk to scientists whose research has been impacted by funding cuts. It covers their science, why it's important, and how it affects American lives.
Science Amplified with Paul Bieniasz
Science Amplified · Episode
open.spotify.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
open.spotify.com/episode/2pWn...
Check out this great new podcast! The goal is to talk to scientists whose research has been impacted by funding cuts. It covers their science, why it's important, and how it affects American lives.
Check out this great new podcast! The goal is to talk to scientists whose research has been impacted by funding cuts. It covers their science, why it's important, and how it affects American lives.
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At the end of this summer, the future of U.S. science and research will be decided.
From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives.
We need everyone in this fight.
The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in?
The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU
From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives.
We need everyone in this fight.
The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in?
The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU
May 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
At the end of this summer, the future of U.S. science and research will be decided.
From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives.
We need everyone in this fight.
The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in?
The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU
From weather alerts to cancer breakthroughs, science shapes every part of our lives.
We need everyone in this fight.
The Summer Fight for Science starts now. Are you in?
The fight starts here: bit.ly/4ddiuqU
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If every university has to cut 5-20% of its budget and every hospital nationwide has to do the same, unemployment will increase dramatically.
Wow.
"Princeton University has frozen most staff hiring and called on all departments and units to plan for 5% to 10% budget cuts...The University acknowledged that reaching the budget targets likely will require eliminating some staff positions..."
paw.princeton.edu/article/prin...
"Princeton University has frozen most staff hiring and called on all departments and units to plan for 5% to 10% budget cuts...The University acknowledged that reaching the budget targets likely will require eliminating some staff positions..."
paw.princeton.edu/article/prin...
paw.princeton.edu
May 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If every university has to cut 5-20% of its budget and every hospital nationwide has to do the same, unemployment will increase dramatically.
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2.7Billion in NIH research funding cuts in the first three months of 2025.
This is not abstract
No NIH funding = fewer new treatments for cancer, fewer new vaccines, fewer discoveries for chronic diseases, lower retention of scientific talent, more brain drain.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/h...
This is not abstract
No NIH funding = fewer new treatments for cancer, fewer new vaccines, fewer discoveries for chronic diseases, lower retention of scientific talent, more brain drain.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/h...
First on CNN: Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in NIH research funding through March, Senate committee minority report says | CNN
A Senate committee report by minority staff, and obtained by CNN, slams the Trump administration for terminating some funding for research, firing thousands of federal workers and removing certain sci...
www.cnn.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
2.7Billion in NIH research funding cuts in the first three months of 2025.
This is not abstract
No NIH funding = fewer new treatments for cancer, fewer new vaccines, fewer discoveries for chronic diseases, lower retention of scientific talent, more brain drain.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/h...
This is not abstract
No NIH funding = fewer new treatments for cancer, fewer new vaccines, fewer discoveries for chronic diseases, lower retention of scientific talent, more brain drain.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/h...
The impacts of federal funding cuts are beginning show. These are people who help our community in so many ways. Working in oncology I have to wonder what part of cancer research is “waste, fraud, and abuse?”
Cutbacks at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have started. WPLN's @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social reports CEO Jeff Balser informed his staff about the reductions in a March video, saying the system will cut $250 million from the budget in the upcoming fiscal year.
VUMC starts forewarned hiring freeze and layoffs triggered by federal funding cuts
Cutbacks at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have started. “In response to reductions in federal funding, VUMC is strategically reducing operating cos
wpln.org
May 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The impacts of federal funding cuts are beginning show. These are people who help our community in so many ways. Working in oncology I have to wonder what part of cancer research is “waste, fraud, and abuse?”
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This is a great website that allows you to view the ROI on your tax dollars invested in NIH funded research. You can type in a disease condition and immediately see the impact of research funding on it. Also links to easy ways to contact law makers to protect science.
www.ourhealthroi.com
www.ourhealthroi.com
Our Health ROI
Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.
www.ourhealthroi.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This is a great website that allows you to view the ROI on your tax dollars invested in NIH funded research. You can type in a disease condition and immediately see the impact of research funding on it. Also links to easy ways to contact law makers to protect science.
www.ourhealthroi.com
www.ourhealthroi.com
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“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest” – Benjamin Franklin
April 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest” – Benjamin Franklin
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THIS: The Best Investment You Didn’t Know You Made: How NIH Funding Fuels Innovation and Economic Growth
www.amfar.org/news/how-nih...
www.amfar.org/news/how-nih...
The Best Investment You Didn’t Know You Made: How NIH Funding Fuels Innovation and Economic Growth
Continued investment in the NIH is essential to fighting current and emerging health threats and to ensuring the U.S. remains a global leader in medical innovation.
www.amfar.org
March 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
THIS: The Best Investment You Didn’t Know You Made: How NIH Funding Fuels Innovation and Economic Growth
www.amfar.org/news/how-nih...
www.amfar.org/news/how-nih...
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Thanks science!
March 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Thanks science!
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Just published @science.org
On fixing the NIH 15% cap
"The consequences of failing to do so—reduced research capacity, weakened scientific competitiveness, and increased financial strain on institutions—are simply too dire to ignore."
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
On fixing the NIH 15% cap
"The consequences of failing to do so—reduced research capacity, weakened scientific competitiveness, and increased financial strain on institutions—are simply too dire to ignore."
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
March 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Just published @science.org
On fixing the NIH 15% cap
"The consequences of failing to do so—reduced research capacity, weakened scientific competitiveness, and increased financial strain on institutions—are simply too dire to ignore."
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
On fixing the NIH 15% cap
"The consequences of failing to do so—reduced research capacity, weakened scientific competitiveness, and increased financial strain on institutions—are simply too dire to ignore."
science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
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Vaccines do not cause autism. If you need a quick reference to studies that disprove this relationship:
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Vaccination as a cause of autism—myths and controversies
Despite significant progress in the study of the epidemiology and genetics of autism, the etiology and patho-physiology of this condition is far from being elucidated and no curative treatment current...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
March 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Vaccines do not cause autism. If you need a quick reference to studies that disprove this relationship:
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Commentary, how we got here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Meta-analysis synthesizing the results from studies on almost 1.3 million children: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Swifties are everywhere.
Stand Up for Science!
Thanks for the friendship bracelet
Stand Up for Science!
Thanks for the friendship bracelet
March 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Swifties are everywhere.
Stand Up for Science!
Thanks for the friendship bracelet
Stand Up for Science!
Thanks for the friendship bracelet
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T-shirt winner at #standupforscience2025 NYC def @tollkuhn.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
T-shirt winner at #standupforscience2025 NYC def @tollkuhn.bsky.social
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence