Ryan Whitacre, PhD
@rwhitacre.bsky.social
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Ryan Whitacre, PhD
@rwhitacre.bsky.social
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Liminality and transactional sex among queer refugees: Insights from Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, and Switzerland
Abstract. People of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions who have been forcibly displaced (hereafter referred to as ‘queer refug
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The first research article from our ongoing study on #forced-displacement and #transactional-sex, spotlighting the hardships and survival strategies of #queer-refugees.
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We need to strengthen the human rights based approach for the HIV response to protect queer and trans refugee communities.
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May 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We need to strengthen the human rights based approach for the HIV response to protect queer and trans refugee communities.
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
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Some federal workers are going back to work.
The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back.
Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired.
The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.
The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back.
Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired.
The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.
March 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Some federal workers are going back to work.
The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back.
Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired.
The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.
The USDA has been ordered to temporarily give over 5,000 workers their jobs back.
Dozens of CDC scientists have been reinstated after being illegally fired.
The National Science Foundation has rehired half of the workers it fired.
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Just noticed that there's a 2.5-year STS postdoc position available at @edinburghuni.bsky.social, to work in the excellent Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society. Closing date very soon: March 7!
#STS #histstm #medanthro
#STS #histstm #medanthro
Research Fellow
The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society (CBSS) at the Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, is looking for a Research Fellow (working within science and technology studies (STS)/medical s...
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March 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just noticed that there's a 2.5-year STS postdoc position available at @edinburghuni.bsky.social, to work in the excellent Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society. Closing date very soon: March 7!
#STS #histstm #medanthro
#STS #histstm #medanthro
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JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
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Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
JUST IN:
Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
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Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status.
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The financialization of healthcare is among the greatest epidemics facing the US today.
This is pretty shocking. Make sure you look in the lower right hand corner.
February 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The financialization of healthcare is among the greatest epidemics facing the US today.
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If anyone tries to sell you a ‘for profit / health insurance’ healthcare system…
This is pretty shocking. Make sure you look in the lower right hand corner.
February 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If anyone tries to sell you a ‘for profit / health insurance’ healthcare system…
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For the past 21 years the U.S. through PEPFAR has:
👉 Enabled 5.5 million babies to be born HIV-free
👉 Provided 20 million people with lifesaving HIV treatment
👉 Supported 7 million orphans and vulnerable children.
Ending this support will end lives.
#SaveHIVFunding
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👉 Enabled 5.5 million babies to be born HIV-free
👉 Provided 20 million people with lifesaving HIV treatment
👉 Supported 7 million orphans and vulnerable children.
Ending this support will end lives.
#SaveHIVFunding
www.unaids.org/en/topic/PEP...
February 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
For the past 21 years the U.S. through PEPFAR has:
👉 Enabled 5.5 million babies to be born HIV-free
👉 Provided 20 million people with lifesaving HIV treatment
👉 Supported 7 million orphans and vulnerable children.
Ending this support will end lives.
#SaveHIVFunding
www.unaids.org/en/topic/PEP...
👉 Enabled 5.5 million babies to be born HIV-free
👉 Provided 20 million people with lifesaving HIV treatment
👉 Supported 7 million orphans and vulnerable children.
Ending this support will end lives.
#SaveHIVFunding
www.unaids.org/en/topic/PEP...
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“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
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February 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“A sane government would never do this.” — the former dean of Harvard Medical School
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
Universities are reeling. Elon Musk’s allies are celebrating.
Looking at the major cut to federal research funding — which many scientists predict will be devastating
With @lenasun.bsky.social and Carolyn Johnson
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So all that’s left to research is guilt, complicity, and shame then?
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
So all that’s left to research is guilt, complicity, and shame then?
CDC removes data on sexual orientation, gender identity from website www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c... via @statnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
CDC removes data on sexual orientation, gender identity from website www.statnews.com/2025/01/31/c... via @statnews.com
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We are very proud of our Director @profchloeorkin.bsky.social profile in the @thelancet.bsky.social today!
Delighted to see Prof @profchloeorkin.bsky.social, Director @shareeastlondon.bsky.social & Consultant HIV physician at Barts Health, profiled in @thelancet.bsky.social today. Great to learn more about her career, with ‘equality at its heart, motivated by activism’ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Chloe Orkin: forefronting social justice in medicine
HIV researcher and physician Chloe Orkin, Professor of Infection and Inequities at
Queen Mary University of London, UK, embarked on her career at the age of just 16
years when she began her medical de...
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January 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We are very proud of our Director @profchloeorkin.bsky.social profile in the @thelancet.bsky.social today!
This has always been an epidemic of discrimination. www.poz.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Case on No-Cost Access to Preventive Services
Currently, insurance must cover certain preventive care, such as cancer screenings, heart statins and PrEP for HIV. Will the law stand?
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January 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This has always been an epidemic of discrimination. www.poz.com/article/supr...
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Who will rebuild Los Angeles? Immigrants.
And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation.
"Similarly, immigrant workers were instrumental in rebuilding Florida after Hurricane Ian hit in 2022."
(Gift link while I still have them)
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And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation.
"Similarly, immigrant workers were instrumental in rebuilding Florida after Hurricane Ian hit in 2022."
(Gift link while I still have them)
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Opinion | Who will rebuild Los Angeles? Immigrants.
And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation.
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January 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Who will rebuild Los Angeles? Immigrants.
And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation.
"Similarly, immigrant workers were instrumental in rebuilding Florida after Hurricane Ian hit in 2022."
(Gift link while I still have them)
wapo.st/4gNCEZw
And many of them will be doing it under threat of family separation.
"Similarly, immigrant workers were instrumental in rebuilding Florida after Hurricane Ian hit in 2022."
(Gift link while I still have them)
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RFK Jr made over $20,000 per week from Children’s Health Defense, a group that promotes vaccine denialism globally, works against sex education in Africa, and questions the link between HIV and AIDS, as RJK Jr has done himself. RFK Jr profited from making people sick
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RFK Jr. was paid six figures by his vaccine-challenging group before presidential run
Children's Health Defense, a nonprofit that has challenged vaccines, doubled Kennedy's pay rate for a shorter tenure.
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January 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
RFK Jr made over $20,000 per week from Children’s Health Defense, a group that promotes vaccine denialism globally, works against sex education in Africa, and questions the link between HIV and AIDS, as RJK Jr has done himself. RFK Jr profited from making people sick
www.statnews.com/2024/12/03/r...
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I wonder when people are going to wake up to the fact that the world order collapsing into open snatch and grab colonial fascism and the media is mainstreaming it.
US media casually discussing invading a sovereign nation by force to steal their rare earth minerals.
January 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I wonder when people are going to wake up to the fact that the world order collapsing into open snatch and grab colonial fascism and the media is mainstreaming it.
The first research article from our ongoing study on #forced-displacement and #transactional-sex, spotlighting the hardships and survival strategies of #queer-refugees.
academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...
academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...
Liminality and transactional sex among queer refugees: Insights from Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, and Switzerland
Abstract. People of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and expressions who have been forcibly displaced (hereafter referred to as ‘queer refug
academic.oup.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:58 AM
The first research article from our ongoing study on #forced-displacement and #transactional-sex, spotlighting the hardships and survival strategies of #queer-refugees.
academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...
academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...