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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Jul 14

We Will Regret Not Standing Up to This Venomous Cruelty www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...

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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Jun 30

I’m Not the Person You’d Expect to Oppose a Ban on Transgender Troops www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...

Opinion | I’m Not the Person You’d Expect to Oppose a Ban on Transgender Troops

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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Jun 8

You should be there. As should any leaders who support democracy.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Jun 8

The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.

Don't give them one.

Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jun 8

We need to stand up for @terrymoranabc.bsky.social

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Dr Hannah Durand @durandhannah.bsky.social · May 9

📢 Day rates for #ISPP2025 are now live!

Join us in Glasgow (17–20 June) for just one or two days of cutting-edge sessions on paediatric pain.

🗓 View the programme: inconference.eventsair.com/ispp-2025/
🎟 Register now: ispp2025.com/registration/

Don’t miss it! #PaediatricPain #PainResearch

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International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) @iasp.bsky.social · May 1

IASP congratulates Jennifer Stinson, RN-EC, PhD, CPNP, FAAN, on receiving the 2025 Gairdner Momentum Award. Her work in digital health has advanced pain assessment and management for young people worldwide. bit.ly/4ivXJI0

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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Apr 30

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As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers

The Trump administration defunded the National Institute of Health's MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.

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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Apr 30

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Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows

Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.

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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Apr 19

Sorry to hear. One of the problems is the tools of multimodal analgesia are often not utilized and physicians are so dismissing of pain.

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · Apr 6

‪#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch 🧪🛟 🫁

"The NIH has sharply curbed grant funding, disrupting small companies and upending a pillar of biomedical innovation."
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Biotech start-ups struggle as Trump throttles NIH funding

Freezes and reductions in National Institutes of Health funding are reverberating beyond universities and research labs to startups in the biotech industry.

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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Apr 5

#handsoff Hartford

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Jenna Saul MD @drjenna.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thanks to my community for a better day in Wisconsin today.

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Lisa Jarvis @lisamjarvis.bsky.social · Apr 1

Noticeably silent amid the upheaval at HHS? Big pharma. Every new drug has NIH somewhere in its DNA--and NIH funding supports the training of their workforce. Now they're finding out FDA isn't safe, either. Wrote about how keeping quiet isn't working My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

Big Pharma Needs to Get Off the Sidelines

The industry can’t continue to sit idly by while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. guts the nation’s public health agencies.

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Ted Price @tedpricethepainguy.bsky.social · Mar 29

This is a direct attack on the career prospects of the young adults in our country. These grants are only open to citizens/permanent residents.

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Mar 29

F mechanisms (New and Competitive renewals)

Oof!

3/n

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Mar 29

Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.

Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !

SCiMaP

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Mar 22

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Mar 21

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Decades Ago, Columbia Refused to Pay Trump $400 Million. Note That Number.

A quarter century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.

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Dr. Ali Barry @aliibarry.bsky.social · Mar 10

Good week for CB1 in #PainResearch

Virtual library docking for cannabinoid-1 receptor agonists with reduced side effects www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A cryptic pocket in CB1 drives peripheral and functional selectivity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Virtual library docking for cannabinoid-1 receptor agonists with reduced side effects - Nature Communications

Tummino et al. dock 74 million molecules against the human cannabinoid-1 receptor to find uM ligands. Optimization led to a nM agonist conferring analgesia with reduced side effects in mice, highlight...

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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Mar 9

www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PainResearch

A cryptic pocket in CB1 drives peripheral and functional selectivity - Nature

A peripherally restricted CB1 agonist (VIP36) targeting a cryptic receptor pocket was developed, showing high efficacy in mouse pain models with minimal side effects and tolerance, potentially revolut...

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Kate Dunn @katemdunn.bsky.social · Mar 5

Adolescent predictors of young adult pain & health outcomes included the usual culprits: pain intensity, more pain locations, anxiety, poor sleep quality & family dysfunction. Follow-up study of adolescents with chronic pain journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac...

Adolescent predictors of young adult pain and health... : PAIN

various dimensions of young adult health and functioning, including pain, physical health, depression, anxiety, social isolation, and sleep disturbance. As part of a previous clinical trial, we recrui...

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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Feb 28

Ashamed www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

Opinion | This Never Happened With an American President Before

Trump’s behavior in the Oval Office with Zelensky was an unparalleled break with American foreign policy.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Feb 28

Looking at some survey data here. Trump/Elon cutting off all cancer cure research is the issue that freaks voters out more than any other, also the one they've heard the least about. Important for voters to hear more about this.

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William Zempsky @kidspainmd.bsky.social · Feb 24

In the US we are just defunding all their positions.

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · Feb 24

“I’m taking DOGE to the next level with DOUCHE,” Musk said.

Musk Forms Dept. Of Underaged Clowns Harming Everything (DOUCHE)

He boasted that he was “taking DOGE to the next level.”

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