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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · 15h

Fun fact?? The US will spend $13Bn on all things #Halloween this year🧙🏻‍♀️🍬👻🎃🧟‍♀️. Yay for play, fun & escapism. And yet. This $$ eclipses CDC's entire FY25 budget. To this end, I appreciate unwavering advocacy by @researchamerica.bsky.social
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Research Takes Cents - Research!America

Research Takes Cents Research!America’s signature Research Takes Cents compares selected consumer spending to the costs associated with conducting research. Research Takes Cents examples are easy to d...

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · 7d

@nam.edu recently presented 10 Shared Commitments to serve as a trust framework for health & health care. Dive deeper into those commitments and a new initiative advancing the #learninghealthsystem on November 17. #NationalAcademyofMedicine

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Exploring the Shared Commitments for a Learning Health System - NAM

This webinar will explore the Shared Commitments for a Learning Health System (LHS) as a common ground framework for collective action to improve health and

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Sep 5

The FOMOpalooza is real. This sounds like an excellent conversation based on your real-time readout! #hdpalooza

researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Jul 29

Depressing AF.

NIH is shrinking the number of research projects it funds due to a new Trump policy www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/n... via @statnews.com

NIH is shrinking the number of research projects it funds due to a new Trump policy

NIH plans to shrink the share of grant applications it will award for the remainder of the fiscal year, in some cases by more than half.

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thrilled to be in the room with the incomparable @coffeemommy.bsky.social for my first @cancercaremascc.bsky.social conference. Important session on partnering with patients to address chronic toxicities in #cancer care #MASCC25

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Jun 12

Join the National Academy of Medicine, part of @nationalacademies.org for a webinar diving deeper into the Learning Health System and 10 Shared Commitments for unifying expectations among the health sector. #learninghealthsystem #healthtransformation

Learn more: www.nam.edu/event/explor....

Webinar: Exploring the Shared Commitments of the Learning Health System - NAM

This webinar will explore the Shared Commitments of the Learning Health System (LHS) as a common ground framework for collective action to advance the LHS

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Jun 8

If you’re here @academyhealth.bsky.social come check out my poster describing an approach to assessing progress toward realizing #learninghealthsystems.

And see what I’m like on 4 hours of sleep + 4 cups of coffee!☕️

#ARM2025 #ARM25

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Jun 4

Timely study on differences in federal funding by type of cancer, incidence & mortality. "I also was surprised to see how many very common & highly lethal diseases — like colorectal, pancreatic, liver tumors and uterine cancer — get very little funding.” @ascocancer.bsky.social #SuneelKamath #ASCO25

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Jun 2

Amazing piece on the power of personal, compassionate connections between MDs & patients. As my @npaforg.bsky.social colleague once averred, we need VALUES-based care as much or more than we need value-based care. Empathy over efficiency!

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Medicine warns doctors not to get too close. I’m glad mine did anyway

Imagine a medical system that embraces doctors’ emotional investment in patients as a strength rather than a liability.

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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · May 20

Setting up to hear panelists @julia-adler-mils.bsky.social @billhersh.bsky.social @prpayne5.bsky.social, and Keith Morse for their session on Preparing an AI Ready Workforce: Policy, Practice, and Future Directions.
🩺💻 #CIC25

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David Armstrong @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social · May 8

I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...

The Price of Remission

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · May 2

Well, dumpster fires gonna dumpster fire. But I was so glad to learn about Owl Cam 🎥 today! @statnews.com #karenpennar

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Athena the Owl - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

See Athena the Owl at the Wildflower Center as she raises her family of owlets through mid-April. She's been coming here for years. See her today!

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AcademyHealth @academyhealth.bsky.social · Apr 29

Read our open data blog series, which highlights its critical role in driving public health and scientific research and explores the threats it faces despite longstanding bipartisan support to make federally-funded data freely available to the public:

Open Data’s Critical Role in Advancing Public Health & Research | AcademyHealth

The first installment of our blog series on open data highlights its critical role in driving public health and scientific research and explores the threats it faces despite longstanding bipartisan…

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Kenny Lin, MD, MPH @kennylinafp.bsky.social · Apr 14

AHRQ in Your Community: How National Investments Improve Local Health Care academyhealth.org/blog/2025-04... via @academyhealth.bsky.social

AHRQ in Your Community: How National Investments Improve Local Health Care | AcademyHealth

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AcademyHealth @academyhealth.bsky.social · Apr 11

The proposed HHS reorganization and economic turmoil of the past week has significant implications for the field. Our Situation Report offers updates for impacted researchers, including increased scrutiny from Capitol Hill and the impacts of tariffs on the health sector:

AcademyHealth’s Situation Report: Congress Seeks HHS Transparency Amid Reorganization Turmoil | AcademyHealth

This edition of AcademyHealth’s Situation Report examines growing congressional pressure on HHS, escalating concerns over tariffs and health care costs, and new tools for protecting public data…

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Apr 4

🤬Federal advisory panel on ethical, legal issues in human health research disbanded www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/h... via @statnews.com

Federal advisory panel on ethical, legal issues in human health research disbanded

A committee of experts that advises HHS on emerging ethical and legal issues in human health research has been disbanded, according to an email obtained by STAT.

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Apr 2

Exactly.

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Mar 29

Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out www.statnews.com/2025/03/28/f... via @statnews.com

Just need to say that Peter Marks is the steely-eyed missile man if the @fda.gov … this is an incomparable loss.

Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out

Top FDA official Peter Marks was forced to resign as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Mar 20

When creative writing meets the health "system," beauty and truth collide.
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#poetry #healthcare @katiecondon.bsky.social

The Insurance Representative Tells Me How Much the Baby’s Delivery Will Cost

It all depends on the child’s arrival. If it arrives in what we call The Dawning Hours, you’ll have to ring the bell

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Mar 18

I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.

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TingTing Zhang @tingtingzhang.bsky.social · Mar 18

I will co-chair with Prof Maryam Lustberg on June 26th AM
"Workshop 1: Partnering with patients in managing chronic toxicities of cancer and its treatment."
bringing together multidisciplinary professionals, cancer patients, survivors and carers to compare best practices for management toxicities.

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Mar 12

Who will be at #SGOMtg? I'm speaking at the Patient Advocate Panel on March 14 about how I've become an accidental advocate (but a committed one!)
#AM25IMPACT

researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Mar 11

Applications are now open for the @NCICareDelivRes & @AcademyHealth Healthcare Delivery Research Visiting Scholars Program. Collaborate with talented researchers working to address #cancer care challenges. Learn more: ow.ly/xIvZ30mitNL

NCI/AcademyHealth Healthcare Delivery Research Visiting Scholars Program | AcademyHealth

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Feb 24

@ascocancer.bsky.social has published this tremendous position statement. Looking back thru my statements (EOBs) from my insurer, I can attest that even with good insurance, removing the added stress of copays & coinsurance for my #cancer treatment would be a godsend.

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researchmatters.bsky.social @researchmatters.bsky.social · Feb 23

"We do the research we do so that more people can live long, healthy lives, and live them as they wish to live them."

@kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social #SandroGalea

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The Value of Academic Health Research

In the past month, the academic health research community in the US has been rocked by the new administration’s efforts to curtail health research expenditures. In the form of “Supplemental Guidance t...

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