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Daniel Shalev, MD @pallipsych.bsky.social · 7d

Academic Halloween jumpscare 🫠🫣

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Daniel Shalev, MD @pallipsych.bsky.social · Sep 11

Awesome working moving these forward!

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Molly Nowels @nollymowels.bsky.social · Sep 8

More work with @pallipsych.bsky.social is out today! We asked nursing home staff about their perceptions of palliative care, their engagement with advance cafe planning and which components of pall care are most valuable to them. doi.org/10.1111/jgs....

Training and Practice Gaps in Nursing Home Palliative Care: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Background Palliative care needs are prevalent among nursing home (NH) residents. However, access to and integration of palliative care services remain limited. NHs often rely on a workforce with va...

doi.org

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Daniel Shalev, MD @pallipsych.bsky.social · Sep 2

Woohoo! Congrats

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?”

Dr Bill Foege

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanhneville.medsky.social · Apr 22

This #NIH Notice that came out yesterday virtually makes every major university INELIGBIBLE for NIH funding (recipients can't operate any program that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion). This is asinine, but why haven't I heard academic fighting back? #medsky grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

NOT-OD-25-090: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Civil Rights Term and Condition of Award NOT-OD-25-090. NIH

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Melissa Barber @mbarber.bsky.social · Apr 21

I think most people have a hard time believing that the USAID/PEPFAR cuts are as bad as they are bc it's impossible to stomach that policymakers would knowingly kill millions. But this is what is happening.

PEPFAR supported antiretroviral therapy for 20.6 million people.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Portraits: A 10-year-old, a house painter and a mom who are running out of HIV pills

HIV medications were supposed to be exempt from U.S. aid cuts. In Zambia, for example, those on the ground say otherwise.

www.npr.org

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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Apr 20

Angel of the Lord: He is not here, He is risen, just as He said.
Come and see the place where He lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead.

Alito: Okay, first of all, this violates ALL sorts of rules

Thomas: This was a LAWFUL execution, who is God to interfere

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanhneville.medsky.social · Apr 18

This damage will be irreparable. www.thetransmitter.org/funding/prop...

Proposed NIH budget cut threatens ‘massive destruction of American science’

A leaked draft of a Trump administration proposal includes an approximately 40 percent cut to the National Institutes of Health’s budget and a major reorganization of its 27 institutes and centers.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Daniel Shalev, MD @pallipsych.bsky.social · Apr 18

Waiting to wake up from this surreal nightmare 😩

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Apr 18

Who needs accurate health information? Not the US government.

Pandemic truthers take over HHS Covid site

Covid.gov now redirects to a page attacking masks, New York, and Anthony Fauci.

www.motherjones.com

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanhneville.medsky.social · Apr 18

These weekly emails about #NIH funding opportunities are now downright depressing.

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanhneville.medsky.social · Apr 18

"When a US Attorney wields the power of his office to target medical journals bc of their content & editorial processes, he isn't doing his job. He's abusing his authority to try to chill protected speech." #saveourscience This is such bullshit.

Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ

At least three journals received letters from a U.S. Attorney asking about 'competing viewpoints'

www.medpagetoday.com

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makena kelly @makenakelly.bsky.social · Apr 17

NEW: The CFPB has been gutted. More than 1,400 workers received RIF notices this afternoon, agency sources tell me. Around 200 employees are left. www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...

The CFPB Has Been Gutted

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally-mandated agency.

www.wired.com

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Johns Hopkins University @jhu.edu · Apr 16

Did you know? 99% of all new medications resulted from federally-funded university research through #NIH

Learn more about #ResearchSavesLives: hub.jhu.edu/research-sav....

An image with a prescription pill bottle. Text on the image reads: 99% of all new medications resulted from federally-funded university research through NIH

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Daniel Shalev, MD @pallipsych.bsky.social · Apr 9

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Leah Pierson @leahpierson.bsky.social · Apr 1

"Pausing" scientific research is like "pausing" a car in the middle of the highway—it's liable to have catastrophic, long-term effects that restarting it won't fix.

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Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @epiellie.bsky.social · Mar 19

It is *so* hard to get NIH funding.

I can’t imagine how awful it must feel to have finally gotten the grant that lets you do the meaningful research you want to do and then have it ripped away.

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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · Mar 17

Me: ooof this task I need to do is difficult. Let me check out what’s happening in the world.

…opens social media app. Reads 2-3 posts…

Me: everything is awful, I am so angry and upset.

…closes social media app…

Me: ooof this task I need to do is terrible. Let me…

Ad infinitum 🫠

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Daniel Shalev, MD @pallipsych.bsky.social · Mar 7

Feeling my hope meter slightly refilled by #standupforscience NYC.

Men holding “Government funded biomedical research saved my child’s life” sign

Tshirt with “<1% us budget, >50% world’s medicines” on it

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Mar 6

WHERE WILL YOU BE TOMORROW?

Stand up for science flyer, happening on March 7th in DC & nationwide with more information at www.standupforscience2025.org

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Jeremy Konyndyk @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social · Feb 26

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.

This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.

What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 26

Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."

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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · Feb 26

Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it.

They did it for PEPFAR.

Now Ebola.

I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 26

Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanhneville.medsky.social · Feb 24

#America rushing to see how we can go from the smartest to the dumbest the fastest.

What is the point of court orders if these agencies can just defy them?

NIH is again throttling research funding in defiance of a federal court order

A freeze on "new and continuation awards" will "remain in place" pending DEI review, states a new internal memo.

www.motherjones.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · Feb 22

The Trump regime's segregationist agenda is clear.

I argue that having a Black man as president of white America enraged a portion of this country so much, that they decided to destroy any pipeline to Black advancement in academia, government, & workplaces.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...

Trump's segregationist agenda is a reaction to Obama

And we need to talk about it.

karenattiah.substack.com

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