Rachel Widome
@rwidome.bsky.social
I'm an epidemiologist at the UMN's Division of Epidemiology and Community Health. I like rabbits. I like iced tea. I also like plots that involve time travel. On Twitter and elsewhere I'm rwidome too. More on me: https://widome.carrd.co/
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The new policy seems to me to be another example of Director Bhattacharya talking a big game about supporting early stage investigators and high risk-high reward research but not considering how to achieve this (and taking step to make this harder).
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November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The new policy seems to me to be another example of Director Bhattacharya talking a big game about supporting early stage investigators and high risk-high reward research but not considering how to achieve this (and taking step to make this harder).
12/13
12/13
Unfortunately and with very few exceptions you gotta pay $$$ for this option. But private school is a thing...
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Unfortunately and with very few exceptions you gotta pay $$$ for this option. But private school is a thing...
Sorry. Need to elevate your extraordinary.
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sorry. Need to elevate your extraordinary.
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According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I sure could use a spot like that. Would be convenient.
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I sure could use a spot like that. Would be convenient.
I really liked "Driven to Discover." It was a rare slogan that I really liked! Why does no one ask me about slogans?
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I really liked "Driven to Discover." It was a rare slogan that I really liked! Why does no one ask me about slogans?
But hopefully you and your wife were enjoying a glass of wine together over these forms
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
But hopefully you and your wife were enjoying a glass of wine together over these forms