AliciaDWright
@aliciadwright.bsky.social
Program Manager ID/TB/HIV/Cancer/Rare Diseases, US & International Research Projects
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🔔”The post holder will conduct research related to the immunology and/or microbiology of #tuberculosis within the newly established QMUL/Barts TB Centre.”
December 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🔔”The post holder will conduct research related to the immunology and/or microbiology of #tuberculosis within the newly established QMUL/Barts TB Centre.”
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Reposted by AliciaDWright
“tuberculosis is not a relic of medical history. It remains the leading infectious cause of death worldwide”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Plague That Won’t Die | Pria Anand
As my recent diagnosis shows, tuberculosis is not a relic of medical history. It remains the leading infectious cause of death worldwide—and America is hardly immune.
www.nybooks.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“tuberculosis is not a relic of medical history. It remains the leading infectious cause of death worldwide”
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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🔎The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the 2025 Accelerating Rare disease Cures (ARC) Program Annual Report.
Link🔗⬇️
Link🔗⬇️
Accelerating Rare disease Cures (ARC) Program
CDER’s ARC Program | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
www.fda.gov
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🔎The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the 2025 Accelerating Rare disease Cures (ARC) Program Annual Report.
Link🔗⬇️
Link🔗⬇️
🆘🚨💉”… #measles is a serious disease. Before vaccination became widespread in the 1960s, some 4- to 500 people died each year in this country from measles. And while most kids will recover, some can have serious lasting consequences, including deafness and blindness.”
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#vaccines
#PublicHealth
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#vaccines
#PublicHealth
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🆘🚨💉”… #measles is a serious disease. Before vaccination became widespread in the 1960s, some 4- to 500 people died each year in this country from measles. And while most kids will recover, some can have serious lasting consequences, including deafness and blindness.”
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#vaccines
#PublicHealth
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#vaccines
#PublicHealth
Reposted by AliciaDWright
As @drugmonkey.bsky.social pointed out earlier today, there are some new forms and limitations for biosketches for NIH applications.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-018: NIHs Implementation of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2026
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: NIHs Implementation of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support for Due Dates on or...
grants.nih.gov
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
As @drugmonkey.bsky.social pointed out earlier today, there are some new forms and limitations for biosketches for NIH applications.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Reposted by AliciaDWright
New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by AliciaDWright
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
@leslieenane.bsky.social on why, in dark times, "there is real light, humanity, and community in sharing powerful stories"
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t... via @plosglobalpublichealth.org
@leslieenane.bsky.social on why, in dark times, "there is real light, humanity, and community in sharing powerful stories"
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t... via @plosglobalpublichealth.org
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
In this disorienting situation, stories and narratives are essential. We need to tell the story about our collective human fight against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one that centers the survivors, nur...
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
@leslieenane.bsky.social on why, in dark times, "there is real light, humanity, and community in sharing powerful stories"
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t... via @plosglobalpublichealth.org
@leslieenane.bsky.social on why, in dark times, "there is real light, humanity, and community in sharing powerful stories"
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t... via @plosglobalpublichealth.org
🚨This👇🏼is a must read publication.
🔎”Be proactive but play a long game. MAHA is already affecting science, medicine, and the health care system. The key is not to become paralyzed and wait for something else to happen -or as the expression goes, “don’t wait for the second shoe to drop.””
🔎”Be proactive but play a long game. MAHA is already affecting science, medicine, and the health care system. The key is not to become paralyzed and wait for something else to happen -or as the expression goes, “don’t wait for the second shoe to drop.””
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🚨This👇🏼is a must read publication.
🔎”Be proactive but play a long game. MAHA is already affecting science, medicine, and the health care system. The key is not to become paralyzed and wait for something else to happen -or as the expression goes, “don’t wait for the second shoe to drop.””
🔎”Be proactive but play a long game. MAHA is already affecting science, medicine, and the health care system. The key is not to become paralyzed and wait for something else to happen -or as the expression goes, “don’t wait for the second shoe to drop.””
Reposted by AliciaDWright
The people fleeing climate breakdown around the world: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures
Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and the landscapes they left behind
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The people fleeing climate breakdown around the world: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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George Michael - Kissing a Fool
YouTube video by georgemichaelVEVO
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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#Frankenstein 🙌🏼 🇲🇽Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social
🤓🎥🎞️🔎 “The four Evelyn Tables… were designed to clearly show the structures of human nerves, arteries, and veins, all extracted from human cadavers, dried in positions that resemble how they’re naturally arranged in a living human body…”
🤓🎥🎞️🔎 “The four Evelyn Tables… were designed to clearly show the structures of human nerves, arteries, and veins, all extracted from human cadavers, dried in positions that resemble how they’re naturally arranged in a living human body…”
Heard of the Evelyn Tables? Displays of real human nerves & blood vessels in their positions in the body. Love that @realgdt.bsky.social included these 17th century science artifacts in #Frankenstein.
Love this article by @emmalgometz.bsky.social, too! www.sciencefriday.com/articles/fra...
Love this article by @emmalgometz.bsky.social, too! www.sciencefriday.com/articles/fra...
400-Year-Old Displays Of Human Tissue Live On In ‘Frankenstein’
The 17th century Evelyn Tables show real human nerves and veins, dried on wooden boards. Designers on the new Netflix film took note.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#Frankenstein 🙌🏼 🇲🇽Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social
🤓🎥🎞️🔎 “The four Evelyn Tables… were designed to clearly show the structures of human nerves, arteries, and veins, all extracted from human cadavers, dried in positions that resemble how they’re naturally arranged in a living human body…”
🤓🎥🎞️🔎 “The four Evelyn Tables… were designed to clearly show the structures of human nerves, arteries, and veins, all extracted from human cadavers, dried in positions that resemble how they’re naturally arranged in a living human body…”
🤓🏰🇩🇰 Rosenborg Castle is a 400-year-old Renaissance building:
👑💎 “The castle was built 1606-34 by Christian IV as a pleasure palace. In the basement you will find the Danish crown jewels and royal crowns.”
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👑💎 “The castle was built 1606-34 by Christian IV as a pleasure palace. In the basement you will find the Danish crown jewels and royal crowns.”
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November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🤓🏰🇩🇰 Rosenborg Castle is a 400-year-old Renaissance building:
👑💎 “The castle was built 1606-34 by Christian IV as a pleasure palace. In the basement you will find the Danish crown jewels and royal crowns.”
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👑💎 “The castle was built 1606-34 by Christian IV as a pleasure palace. In the basement you will find the Danish crown jewels and royal crowns.”
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Reposted by AliciaDWright
❓ Could symptom-free people be unknowingly passing TB to others?
✅ A major study has launched in South Africa & Indonesia to try to answer this critical gap in our #TB knowledge.
AHRI faculty member & study co-lead @emilybethwong.bsky.social explains
#endTB #WCLH2025
📽️ youtu.be/M053QPGZaac
✅ A major study has launched in South Africa & Indonesia to try to answer this critical gap in our #TB knowledge.
AHRI faculty member & study co-lead @emilybethwong.bsky.social explains
#endTB #WCLH2025
📽️ youtu.be/M053QPGZaac
Could symptom-free people be unknowingly passing TB to others?
YouTube video by Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
❓ Could symptom-free people be unknowingly passing TB to others?
✅ A major study has launched in South Africa & Indonesia to try to answer this critical gap in our #TB knowledge.
AHRI faculty member & study co-lead @emilybethwong.bsky.social explains
#endTB #WCLH2025
📽️ youtu.be/M053QPGZaac
✅ A major study has launched in South Africa & Indonesia to try to answer this critical gap in our #TB knowledge.
AHRI faculty member & study co-lead @emilybethwong.bsky.social explains
#endTB #WCLH2025
📽️ youtu.be/M053QPGZaac
😔painful… 😡
“An analysis published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that recent terminations of NIH research grants abruptly disrupted 383 active clinical trials affecting more than 74,000 enrolled participants—raising concerns about scientific waste, data integrity, and participant safety”
“An analysis published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that recent terminations of NIH research grants abruptly disrupted 383 active clinical trials affecting more than 74,000 enrolled participants—raising concerns about scientific waste, data integrity, and participant safety”
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
😔painful… 😡
“An analysis published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that recent terminations of NIH research grants abruptly disrupted 383 active clinical trials affecting more than 74,000 enrolled participants—raising concerns about scientific waste, data integrity, and participant safety”
“An analysis published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that recent terminations of NIH research grants abruptly disrupted 383 active clinical trials affecting more than 74,000 enrolled participants—raising concerns about scientific waste, data integrity, and participant safety”
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🇩🇰 Copenhagen
🇩🇰 Copenhagen
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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🇩🇰 Copenhagen
🇩🇰 Copenhagen
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
😡Unbelievable
“At a time when healthcare in our country faces a historic nurse shortage and rising demands, limiting nurses’ access to funding for graduate education threatens the very foundation of patient care”.
“At a time when healthcare in our country faces a historic nurse shortage and rising demands, limiting nurses’ access to funding for graduate education threatens the very foundation of patient care”.
Nursing is no longer considered a 'professional degree.' What changed?
The Trump administration's definition of a "professional degree" may not include nursing. Here's what the term means and who could be impacted.
www.usatoday.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
😡Unbelievable
“At a time when healthcare in our country faces a historic nurse shortage and rising demands, limiting nurses’ access to funding for graduate education threatens the very foundation of patient care”.
“At a time when healthcare in our country faces a historic nurse shortage and rising demands, limiting nurses’ access to funding for graduate education threatens the very foundation of patient care”.
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
After the most repeated and celebrated secret for weeks 🤭, it’s official:
#WCLH2026 🩻 is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil🇧🇷
#Tuberculosis 🥊
@theunion.org 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
#WCLH2026 🩻 is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil🇧🇷
#Tuberculosis 🥊
@theunion.org 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
After the most repeated and celebrated secret for weeks 🤭, it’s official:
#WCLH2026 🩻 is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil🇧🇷
#Tuberculosis 🥊
@theunion.org 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
#WCLH2026 🩻 is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil🇧🇷
#Tuberculosis 🥊
@theunion.org 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼