Rebekah Mokry
@rmokry.bsky.social
she/her; postdoc at the University of Arizona👩🔬; investigating human cytomegalovirus and metabolic interactions🦠; virologist with a dash of mass spectrometry🖥️
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Really pleased to see this open dialogue about PrEP for HIV use by Black women in Essence. Black women make up 50% of new HIV infections in the U.S. yet PrEP awareness and uptake remain very low in this group.
PrEP doesn't only protect gay men, it protects women too!
www.essence.com/lifestyle/ta...
PrEP doesn't only protect gay men, it protects women too!
www.essence.com/lifestyle/ta...
Op-Ed: Tamar Braxton Is Taking PrEP. Her Decision Is Redefining Sexual Health For Black Women | Essence
A professor reflects on her decision to take PrEP and encourages other Black women to do the same.
www.essence.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Really pleased to see this open dialogue about PrEP for HIV use by Black women in Essence. Black women make up 50% of new HIV infections in the U.S. yet PrEP awareness and uptake remain very low in this group.
PrEP doesn't only protect gay men, it protects women too!
www.essence.com/lifestyle/ta...
PrEP doesn't only protect gay men, it protects women too!
www.essence.com/lifestyle/ta...
So disappointing.
March 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
So disappointing.
Devastating.
March 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Devastating.
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You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.
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🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
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A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
As Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
HPV can cause a variety of cancers, including cervical. New mortality data for women under 25 point to the success of the HPV vaccine.
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March 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A recent study found that cervical cancer deaths in young women have plummeted since the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine.
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9/ The takeaway?
Measles is one of the most contagious viruses in the world. It spreads before symptoms even appear & can cause severe complications even in healthy kids. A child has already died in Texas
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Measles is one of the most contagious viruses in the world. It spreads before symptoms even appear & can cause severe complications even in healthy kids. A child has already died in Texas
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Patient Information: Measles
This JAMA Patient Page describes measles infection, including prevention, symptoms of infection, contagiousness, and treatment.
jamanetwork.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
9/ The takeaway?
Measles is one of the most contagious viruses in the world. It spreads before symptoms even appear & can cause severe complications even in healthy kids. A child has already died in Texas
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Measles is one of the most contagious viruses in the world. It spreads before symptoms even appear & can cause severe complications even in healthy kids. A child has already died in Texas
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Vaccines work! As measles cases have recently been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York, Rhode Island and Texas, it's important to remember that prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, measles killed 400-500 people and resulted in ~48,000 hospitalizations per year.
February 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Vaccines work! As measles cases have recently been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York, Rhode Island and Texas, it's important to remember that prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine in 1963, measles killed 400-500 people and resulted in ~48,000 hospitalizations per year.
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Science meets pop culture
February 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Science meets pop culture
This is awful! These awards mean so much for a full, rich scientific environment filled with researchers that represent the entire population of the United States. Science will suffer. Research will suffer. Above all people will suffer. It’s a disgrace and an injustice!
Kirschstein NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity) new closing date was two days ago.
The F31-Diversity applications are done.
Still trying to find out about current awardees.
www.grants.gov/search-resul...
The F31-Diversity applications are done.
Still trying to find out about current awardees.
www.grants.gov/search-resul...
Lock
www.grants.gov
February 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This is awful! These awards mean so much for a full, rich scientific environment filled with researchers that represent the entire population of the United States. Science will suffer. Research will suffer. Above all people will suffer. It’s a disgrace and an injustice!
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I’m pleased that this piece about strong objections to RFK Jr. as head of HHS was published in the Arizona Daily Star. I want to specifically thank Dr. Jim Alwine @jimalwine.bsky.social, who wrote this piece with me. They would only permit one author. He insisted it be me. tucson.com/opinion/colu...
Local opinion: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is dangerous for the health and economy of Arizona
Trump’s nomination of Mr. Kennedy for secretary of HHS is a blow to science. Kennedy is an anti-vaccine activist, science denialist and conspiracy theorist whose fringe beliefs and lies have
tucson.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I’m pleased that this piece about strong objections to RFK Jr. as head of HHS was published in the Arizona Daily Star. I want to specifically thank Dr. Jim Alwine @jimalwine.bsky.social, who wrote this piece with me. They would only permit one author. He insisted it be me. tucson.com/opinion/colu...
I’m submitting my K99/R00 in two days and hoping for the best. 🤞Any last pieces of advice?
February 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I’m submitting my K99/R00 in two days and hoping for the best. 🤞Any last pieces of advice?
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Shoutout to all of the exceptional Black scientists who have contributed to and are currently contributing to virology research! Your work is vitally important to understanding basic virology controlling viral diseases worldwide! #BlackHistoryMonth
February 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Shoutout to all of the exceptional Black scientists who have contributed to and are currently contributing to virology research! Your work is vitally important to understanding basic virology controlling viral diseases worldwide! #BlackHistoryMonth
Submitted my abstract this morning! So excited for July!🦠👩🔬
One last reminder -- tomorrow is the last day to submit an abstract for ASV's annual meeting! We have a new, shorter schedule of just 4 awesome days -- July 14-17, 2025, in Montréal 🇨🇦. The ASV Program Committee is eagerly awaiting your excellent abstracts! ✍️
The ASV 2025 abstract deadline is in less than one week! Monday, February 3, 2025 (11:59 pm./23:59 Eastern time)
asv.org/asv2025/abst...
#ASV2025 #LoveVirology
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#ASV2025 #LoveVirology
February 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Submitted my abstract this morning! So excited for July!🦠👩🔬
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ASM did a spotlight article on me last February and it has also been taken down as “under review”. Other spotlight articles are still up so not sure how else to interpret this besides the obvious. It feels pretty crappy to have been singled out and I won’t be engaging with them in the future.
I want to expand on the extent to which IDEAA materials have been purged: I wrote an article last year for women’s history month on the history of women in antimicrobial development….DELETED.
I’m on one of ASMs IDEAA committees and we have received 0 communication from ASM staff on why this is happening. I had to find out via social media. Extremely disappointing.
February 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
ASM did a spotlight article on me last February and it has also been taken down as “under review”. Other spotlight articles are still up so not sure how else to interpret this besides the obvious. It feels pretty crappy to have been singled out and I won’t be engaging with them in the future.
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It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
January 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
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Kudos to @asm.org I have never in my nearly 25yrs as a member been sent an "ASM Action Alert" asking me to contact my members of Congress. Make those calls. Write those emails.
There are extraordinary times and we must make ourselves heard
There are extraordinary times and we must make ourselves heard
January 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Kudos to @asm.org I have never in my nearly 25yrs as a member been sent an "ASM Action Alert" asking me to contact my members of Congress. Make those calls. Write those emails.
There are extraordinary times and we must make ourselves heard
There are extraordinary times and we must make ourselves heard
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We’re thrilled to announce the election of Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D., as the new ASM President-Elect & the newly elected At-Large Board Directors Joanna Goldberg, Ph.D., & Michael Johnson, Ph.D. Congrats to our elected officers! Read more: asm.social/2fU @vscooper.micropopbio.org @copperbae.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We’re thrilled to announce the election of Vaughn Cooper, Ph.D., as the new ASM President-Elect & the newly elected At-Large Board Directors Joanna Goldberg, Ph.D., & Michael Johnson, Ph.D. Congrats to our elected officers! Read more: asm.social/2fU @vscooper.micropopbio.org @copperbae.bsky.social