Rose Albert
@rosemalb.bsky.social
Southern environmentalist + environmental health scientist. PhD candidate @penn. MPH @uabsoph. Toxicology, lung biology, environmental justice.
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Rose Albert
@rosemalb.bsky.social
· Apr 10
“Investments in science and public health are essential for the future of rural southern states like Mississippi.”
Read about my perspectives as a Mississippian and scientist in my recent OpEd : digital.meridianstar.com/The-Meridian...
Read about my perspectives as a Mississippian and scientist in my recent OpEd : digital.meridianstar.com/The-Meridian...
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Save the date for PSPDG kickoff 🎉
We will have free food, drinks, and a short presentation on upcoming programming and ways to get involved.
PSPDG is open to all members of the Penn Community, so bring your friends!
RSVP using the QR code or this link: tinyurl.com/595nhetb
We will have free food, drinks, and a short presentation on upcoming programming and ways to get involved.
PSPDG is open to all members of the Penn Community, so bring your friends!
RSVP using the QR code or this link: tinyurl.com/595nhetb
September 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Save the date for PSPDG kickoff 🎉
We will have free food, drinks, and a short presentation on upcoming programming and ways to get involved.
PSPDG is open to all members of the Penn Community, so bring your friends!
RSVP using the QR code or this link: tinyurl.com/595nhetb
We will have free food, drinks, and a short presentation on upcoming programming and ways to get involved.
PSPDG is open to all members of the Penn Community, so bring your friends!
RSVP using the QR code or this link: tinyurl.com/595nhetb
Reposted by Rose Albert
NEW REPORT documents dangerous levels of toxic benzene and chromium at fencelines of plants in PA, IN, AL, IL, OH, MI
Read the report: environmentalintegrity.org/news/trump-r...
Read the report: environmentalintegrity.org/news/trump-r...
August 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
NEW REPORT documents dangerous levels of toxic benzene and chromium at fencelines of plants in PA, IN, AL, IL, OH, MI
Read the report: environmentalintegrity.org/news/trump-r...
Read the report: environmentalintegrity.org/news/trump-r...
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Scientists!
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
August 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Scientists!
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Reposted by Rose Albert
@snapcoalition.bsky.social is a grassroots organization that organized the McClintock Letters & just ran a training for our congressional district visit days. It’s a group with leaders from all over the country & a group where we put the team and goals FIRST. No silly titles. Just work we believe
August 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@snapcoalition.bsky.social is a grassroots organization that organized the McClintock Letters & just ran a training for our congressional district visit days. It’s a group with leaders from all over the country & a group where we put the team and goals FIRST. No silly titles. Just work we believe
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What the article DIDN’T mention is the Slack has a name! I’m so lucky to be a part of a team of passionate science communicators and advocates in @snapcoalition.bsky.social
“Bridging science and society is a problem everywhere...As someone passionate about science and society, I want the scientific workforce to reflect the diversity of the country, and these executive orders are going to stop that.” @jpflores.rbind.io
www.aaas.org/membership/m...
www.aaas.org/membership/m...
JP Flores brings science home, connecting science to community with op-eds | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
www.aaas.org
August 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
What the article DIDN’T mention is the Slack has a name! I’m so lucky to be a part of a team of passionate science communicators and advocates in @snapcoalition.bsky.social
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Mentee apps are NOW OPEN for the 2025-2026 graduate school application cycle!
⏰ Mentee applications close on August 25th, 2025 ⏰
✨ APPLY HERE: dashboard.project-short.com ✨
Questions? Email us: contact@project-short.com
#gradschool #phd #gradadmissions
⏰ Mentee applications close on August 25th, 2025 ⏰
✨ APPLY HERE: dashboard.project-short.com ✨
Questions? Email us: contact@project-short.com
#gradschool #phd #gradadmissions
August 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Mentee apps are NOW OPEN for the 2025-2026 graduate school application cycle!
⏰ Mentee applications close on August 25th, 2025 ⏰
✨ APPLY HERE: dashboard.project-short.com ✨
Questions? Email us: contact@project-short.com
#gradschool #phd #gradadmissions
⏰ Mentee applications close on August 25th, 2025 ⏰
✨ APPLY HERE: dashboard.project-short.com ✨
Questions? Email us: contact@project-short.com
#gradschool #phd #gradadmissions
Reposted by Rose Albert
SCIENTISTS.
Participate in a congressional home office visit this August to advocate for science funding!
SNAP will set up the meeting, train you, & support your message. Sign up by Aug 1 to join: forms.gle/sqcMeZn5YTsW...
#DefendResearch #ScienceAdvocacy #SciencePolicy
Participate in a congressional home office visit this August to advocate for science funding!
SNAP will set up the meeting, train you, & support your message. Sign up by Aug 1 to join: forms.gle/sqcMeZn5YTsW...
#DefendResearch #ScienceAdvocacy #SciencePolicy
SNAP Congressional District Visit Day Sign Up Form
SNAP (Science Network for Advocacy and Policy) is a grassroots, primarily graduate student-led organization working to build the next generation of science policy leaders. We’re organizing in-district...
forms.gle
July 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
SCIENTISTS.
Participate in a congressional home office visit this August to advocate for science funding!
SNAP will set up the meeting, train you, & support your message. Sign up by Aug 1 to join: forms.gle/sqcMeZn5YTsW...
#DefendResearch #ScienceAdvocacy #SciencePolicy
Participate in a congressional home office visit this August to advocate for science funding!
SNAP will set up the meeting, train you, & support your message. Sign up by Aug 1 to join: forms.gle/sqcMeZn5YTsW...
#DefendResearch #ScienceAdvocacy #SciencePolicy
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We are now recruiting STEM mentors for the 2025-2026 graduate school application cycle!
⏰ Mentor applications close on July 31st, 2025 ⏰
✨ APPLY HERE: dashboard.project-short.com ✨
Questions? Email us: contact@project-short.com
#gradschool #phd #phdapplication #gradadmissions
⏰ Mentor applications close on July 31st, 2025 ⏰
✨ APPLY HERE: dashboard.project-short.com ✨
Questions? Email us: contact@project-short.com
#gradschool #phd #phdapplication #gradadmissions
July 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We are now recruiting STEM mentors for the 2025-2026 graduate school application cycle!
⏰ Mentor applications close on July 31st, 2025 ⏰
✨ APPLY HERE: dashboard.project-short.com ✨
Questions? Email us: contact@project-short.com
#gradschool #phd #phdapplication #gradadmissions
⏰ Mentor applications close on July 31st, 2025 ⏰
✨ APPLY HERE: dashboard.project-short.com ✨
Questions? Email us: contact@project-short.com
#gradschool #phd #phdapplication #gradadmissions
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It's not too late to participate in #McClintockLetters!
Check out all the resources we have available and get writing: tinyurl.com/McClintockLettersInitiative
Please don't hesistate to reach out with any questions!
Check out all the resources we have available and get writing: tinyurl.com/McClintockLettersInitiative
Please don't hesistate to reach out with any questions!
June 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It's not too late to participate in #McClintockLetters!
Check out all the resources we have available and get writing: tinyurl.com/McClintockLettersInitiative
Please don't hesistate to reach out with any questions!
Check out all the resources we have available and get writing: tinyurl.com/McClintockLettersInitiative
Please don't hesistate to reach out with any questions!
Reposted by Rose Albert
My second McClintock Letters op-ed (@snapcoalition.bsky.social) is now published in The Signal! My hometown’s local paper 😊 thanks again @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social !
signalscv.com/2025/06/john...
signalscv.com/2025/06/john...
John Patrick "JP" Flores | Why Science Funding Matters
Before I became a scientist, I was a kid playing baseball at Central Park, dreaming of playing college baseball. I went to Valencia High and Saugus, balancing science classes with […]
signalscv.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
My second McClintock Letters op-ed (@snapcoalition.bsky.social) is now published in The Signal! My hometown’s local paper 😊 thanks again @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social !
signalscv.com/2025/06/john...
signalscv.com/2025/06/john...
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I hope my #Brookline community sees how these cuts are affecting those around us and joins the fight to defend federal science funding. (2/2) @brooklinenews.bsky.social @samjmintz.bsky.social brookline.news/re-the-world...
RE: ‘The world stopped making sense’: How Trump’s VA cuts uprooted the life and career of a Brookline researcher - Brookline.News
Science is being attacked in our country. Federal funding agencies are terminating grants without reason and our valued federal employees are losing their jobs. Our friends, families, and neighbors ar...
brookline.news
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I hope my #Brookline community sees how these cuts are affecting those around us and joins the fight to defend federal science funding. (2/2) @brooklinenews.bsky.social @samjmintz.bsky.social brookline.news/re-the-world...
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While unfortunate that this messaging is necessary, it is nevertheless exciting to connect with Spokane and advocate on behalf of science. Amazing working with my colleagues at @snapcoalition.bsky.social organizing the McClintock Letters, aided by collaborators at @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
Biologist Brendon Davis writes home to Spokane, WA: “I dream of seeing a therapy I helped develop used in the cardio wing at Providence Sacred Heart. My role would’ve been one rung on a long ladder. Right now, that whole ladder is being put through the woodchipper.”🧪🏠
@bdavisbio.bsky.social
@bdavisbio.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
While unfortunate that this messaging is necessary, it is nevertheless exciting to connect with Spokane and advocate on behalf of science. Amazing working with my colleagues at @snapcoalition.bsky.social organizing the McClintock Letters, aided by collaborators at @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
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So grateful to be one of the 500+ early-career scientists returning to their roots this month. The SNAP team behind this campaign has been such a blast to work with! @snapcoalition.bsky.social
Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4
Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4
June 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So grateful to be one of the 500+ early-career scientists returning to their roots this month. The SNAP team behind this campaign has been such a blast to work with! @snapcoalition.bsky.social
Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4
Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4
Reposted by Rose Albert
Honored to be featured in this @nytimes.com article yesterday about the McClintock Letters initiative! Op-eds from scientists across the country are going out in their hometown newspapers over the next couple of weeks, keep an eye out for one near you. tinyurl.com/nytmcclintock
#SciComm #McClintock
#SciComm #McClintock
Graduate Students Push Back Against Science Funding Cuts
Hundreds of graduate students are writing to their hometown newspapers to defend their research, as the Trump administration drastically reduces science funding.
tinyurl.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Honored to be featured in this @nytimes.com article yesterday about the McClintock Letters initiative! Op-eds from scientists across the country are going out in their hometown newspapers over the next couple of weeks, keep an eye out for one near you. tinyurl.com/nytmcclintock
#SciComm #McClintock
#SciComm #McClintock
Reposted by Rose Albert
Wonderful @nytimes.com feature discussing the #McClintockLetters with PSPDG President @mjarnett.bsky.social and incredible collaborators leading this initiative @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Wonderful @nytimes.com feature discussing the #McClintockLetters with PSPDG President @mjarnett.bsky.social and incredible collaborators leading this initiative @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...
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This team has been so fun to work with y’all, for real for real!
I admire everyone in SNAP!
(If you’re a trainee interested in science policy, reach out! It’s a party!)
I admire everyone in SNAP!
(If you’re a trainee interested in science policy, reach out! It’s a party!)
Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
forms.gle
June 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This team has been so fun to work with y’all, for real for real!
I admire everyone in SNAP!
(If you’re a trainee interested in science policy, reach out! It’s a party!)
I admire everyone in SNAP!
(If you’re a trainee interested in science policy, reach out! It’s a party!)
Reposted by Rose Albert
#McClintockLetters wouldn't be possible without @snapcoalition.bsky.social members such as ASAP leadership @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social
The McClintock Letters made it to NBC News! Take a look at ours and the other initiatives we’ve been working with over at @cornellasap.bsky.social to humanize scientists and make our voices heard. Be a part of the movement!
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people
Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.
www.nbcnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#McClintockLetters wouldn't be possible without @snapcoalition.bsky.social members such as ASAP leadership @alexlando.bsky.social @hannaherf.bsky.social @isakoditomassi.bsky.social @emmascales.bsky.social
Working with and learning from incredible leaders like @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and dozens others @snapcoalition.bsky.social has been the highlight of my year! Read how trainees are taking action: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people
Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.
www.nbcnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Working with and learning from incredible leaders like @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and dozens others @snapcoalition.bsky.social has been the highlight of my year! Read how trainees are taking action: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Neuroscientist Kristina Visscher writes, “I’m reaching out to you as a nerdy kid from Northport, Alabama, who – thanks to a great Alabama public education – got a Ph.D. in Neuroscience” @visscherlab.bsky.social
www.al.com/news/2025/06...
www.al.com/news/2025/06...
Attacks on science are attacks on making and keeping America great: op-ed
"Our American scientific engine ... is good for the economy, it improves lives, and it’s one of the true wonders of the world."
www.al.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Neuroscientist Kristina Visscher writes, “I’m reaching out to you as a nerdy kid from Northport, Alabama, who – thanks to a great Alabama public education – got a Ph.D. in Neuroscience” @visscherlab.bsky.social
www.al.com/news/2025/06...
www.al.com/news/2025/06...
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Neuroscientist Erin Morrow writes, “Wellstar Cobb Hospital is where science saved my life…Six months later, I walked across the graduation stage at Emory. My happy ending wouldn’t have been possible without decades of U.S. research” 🧪🏠
@erinmorrow.bsky.social
www.mdjonline.com/opinion/well...
@erinmorrow.bsky.social
www.mdjonline.com/opinion/well...
June 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Neuroscientist Erin Morrow writes, “Wellstar Cobb Hospital is where science saved my life…Six months later, I walked across the graduation stage at Emory. My happy ending wouldn’t have been possible without decades of U.S. research” 🧪🏠
@erinmorrow.bsky.social
www.mdjonline.com/opinion/well...
@erinmorrow.bsky.social
www.mdjonline.com/opinion/well...
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Ignoring the input of nationally recognized experts committed to the safety and well-being of the American people is not only reckless but sets a dangerous precedent for the leadership of public health organizations tasked with critically evaluating vaccines and protecting the US.
June 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ignoring the input of nationally recognized experts committed to the safety and well-being of the American people is not only reckless but sets a dangerous precedent for the leadership of public health organizations tasked with critically evaluating vaccines and protecting the US.
Reposted by Rose Albert
The ATS condemns the HHS Sec. Kennedy’s unilateral decision to dismiss all members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This decision undermines decades of medical and scientific that have been vital to safeguarding public health.
apnews.com/article/kenn...
apnews.com/article/kenn...
RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.
apnews.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The ATS condemns the HHS Sec. Kennedy’s unilateral decision to dismiss all members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This decision undermines decades of medical and scientific that have been vital to safeguarding public health.
apnews.com/article/kenn...
apnews.com/article/kenn...
Reposted by Rose Albert
Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
forms.gle
June 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Science is under unprecedented threat in the US, and we need to speak out to save it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
If you are an early-career researcher, please consider signing our open letter calling to preserve the future of American science: tinyurl.com/mcclintockle....
Our futures, and our country's future, depend on it.
Reposted by Rose Albert
Heck yes, let's do it @jonj-udd.bsky.social @erinmorrow.bsky.social @rosemalb.bsky.social @viv-cc.bsky.social @jpflores.rbind.io @ksxue.bsky.social @ashyeneng.bsky.social @disha-patel3.bsky.social
There's still time to write a McClintock Letter in support of federal funding of research!
Interested and don't know where to start?
Join this workshop tomorrow, June 6th, at 12 ET ☀️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Interested and don't know where to start?
Join this workshop tomorrow, June 6th, at 12 ET ☀️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by Rose Albert
Meet your 2025-2026 E-board!
We are thrilled to introduce two new members, Naman Srivastava as Science Communication Chair and Hailey Parikh as Science Policy Chair.
We are thrilled to introduce two new members, Naman Srivastava as Science Communication Chair and Hailey Parikh as Science Policy Chair.
June 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Meet your 2025-2026 E-board!
We are thrilled to introduce two new members, Naman Srivastava as Science Communication Chair and Hailey Parikh as Science Policy Chair.
We are thrilled to introduce two new members, Naman Srivastava as Science Communication Chair and Hailey Parikh as Science Policy Chair.