Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸
Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social
Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇
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You can see the lists grants to be reinstated in my post below.
His written opinion will come in the coming days.
"The explanations are bereft of reasoning — virtually in their entirety... unsupported by [facts]."
Each of them are VOID and ILLEGAL, he says.
You can see the lists grants to be reinstated in my post below.
Today, the rule of law prevailed — and science, once again, belongs to everyone.
Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL”
As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm
Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’
Judge ruled terminations are “VOID & ILLEGAL”
As a plaintiff, I felt a wave of relief & hope; he acknowledged the discrimination & harm
Closed by asking, ‘Have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?’
NIH’s sudden grant cuts:
🚫 Silence lifesaving health equity work
⏳ Undermine years of progress
⚠️ Put vital discoveries at risk
We won’t stop fighting for science & justice 🧪
👇More details from our @aclu.org representation👇
NIH’s sudden grant cuts:
🚫 Silence lifesaving health equity work
⏳ Undermine years of progress
⚠️ Put vital discoveries at risk
We won’t stop fighting for science & justice 🧪
👇More details from our @aclu.org representation👇
"By excluding entire topics...the NIH divides & polarizes communities, undermines our shared sense of reality, & demonizes marginalized groups.
Challenging these actions is vital for science, for equality, & for democracy."
🤞 for tomorrow's hearing
"By excluding entire topics...the NIH divides & polarizes communities, undermines our shared sense of reality, & demonizes marginalized groups.
Challenging these actions is vital for science, for equality, & for democracy."
🤞 for tomorrow's hearing
After decades of NIH support, HIV research network gets funding back—but Kristi's study on trans youth of color is singled out & cut
Essential research for most vulnerable—lost
🙏 Powerful reporting @stephaniemlee.bsky.social in @chronicle.com
After decades of NIH support, HIV research network gets funding back—but Kristi's study on trans youth of color is singled out & cut
Essential research for most vulnerable—lost
🙏 Powerful reporting @stephaniemlee.bsky.social in @chronicle.com
🔥 3 proven approaches
1️⃣ Mockery & salacious humor 🤡
2️⃣ Expose corruption, hypocrisy (& not just calling for ‘democracy’) 💸
3️⃣ Spotlight an individual tragedy (& not sea of oppression) 💔
🔗 👇 Nicholas Kristof @nytimes.com
🔥 3 proven approaches
1️⃣ Mockery & salacious humor 🤡
2️⃣ Expose corruption, hypocrisy (& not just calling for ‘democracy’) 💸
3️⃣ Spotlight an individual tragedy (& not sea of oppression) 💔
🔗 👇 Nicholas Kristof @nytimes.com
🙌 Shout out to @maxkozlov.bsky.social at @nature.com for breaking the story (again), in part due to brave NIH insiders
🙌 Shout out to @maxkozlov.bsky.social at @nature.com for breaking the story (again), in part due to brave NIH insiders
They'll argue violations of the Administrative Procedure Act & Constitution
Meet the other plaintiffs & listen in on the hearing 👇🔬
#ProtectScience
They'll argue violations of the Administrative Procedure Act & Constitution
Meet the other plaintiffs & listen in on the hearing 👇🔬
#ProtectScience
🪓 Hundreds of Harvard research grants slashed
What I told @bostonglobe.com — full quote follows ⬇️
#AcademicTwitter #HigherEd #Science
🪓 Hundreds of Harvard research grants slashed
What I told @bostonglobe.com — full quote follows ⬇️
#AcademicTwitter #HigherEd #Science
Not for me — but to defend science 🧬, LGBTQ health 🏳️🌈 & the future of public research 🏥
Here’s why 🧵
🔗 Full story via my op-ed in @statnews.com
#DefendScience #LGBTQHealth #RFKJr #NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicFreedom
Not for me — but to defend science 🧬, LGBTQ health 🏳️🌈 & the future of public research 🏥
Here’s why 🧵
🔗 Full story via my op-ed in @statnews.com
#DefendScience #LGBTQHealth #RFKJr #NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicFreedom
“Americans who deserve better — especially those who rely on government systems — will suffer and die because of what RFK Jr & his allies are doing.”
🎯 A few other standout remarks that hit hard👇🧵
#STATBreakthrough
“Americans who deserve better — especially those who rely on government systems — will suffer and die because of what RFK Jr & his allies are doing.”
🎯 A few other standout remarks that hit hard👇🧵
#STATBreakthrough
Ending medical research with LGBTQ people doesn’t just hurt our community; it endangers everyone🏳️🌈
“When the people around you are sick, it affects you — even if you think it doesn’t”
We're all connected. Always have been 💜
Ending medical research with LGBTQ people doesn’t just hurt our community; it endangers everyone🏳️🌈
“When the people around you are sick, it affects you — even if you think it doesn’t”
We're all connected. Always have been 💜
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
If my sources are correct, this is a loss for cancer prevention—a field that saves lives before treatment is ever needed 🛡️💔
And also, it's a pipeline of future leaders—gone
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If my sources are correct, this is a loss for cancer prevention—a field that saves lives before treatment is ever needed 🛡️💔
And also, it's a pipeline of future leaders—gone
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Court is weighing jurisdiction — meanwhile, judge asked AGs for a list of affected grants & the government for its definition of DEI 👀
These requests are a big deal. Here’s why 🧵
Court is weighing jurisdiction — meanwhile, judge asked AGs for a list of affected grants & the government for its definition of DEI 👀
These requests are a big deal. Here’s why 🧵
#episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth
#episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth
#episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth
#episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth
#episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth
They’ve confirmed how we were unjustly targeted for NIH grant terminations. But it gets worse...
💥 Newly leaked docs EXPOSE how this administration is violating court orders — and trying to cover it up.
#Whistleblower #NIH #Accountability
They’ve confirmed how we were unjustly targeted for NIH grant terminations. But it gets worse...
💥 Newly leaked docs EXPOSE how this administration is violating court orders — and trying to cover it up.
#Whistleblower #NIH #Accountability
🔗 Full article👉 hsph.me/lgbtq-press-...
🔗 Full article👉 hsph.me/lgbtq-press-...
Exclusive via @chronicle.com 🔗👇 confirms what we’ve seen for weeks
Piece asks: what’s “secret sauce”? As an early-impacted PI, I know strategy matters
Now I'm advising orgs on appeals, “orderly” closeout & reinstatements: brittanycharlton.com/consulting
Exclusive via @chronicle.com 🔗👇 confirms what we’ve seen for weeks
Piece asks: what’s “secret sauce”? As an early-impacted PI, I know strategy matters
Now I'm advising orgs on appeals, “orderly” closeout & reinstatements: brittanycharlton.com/consulting
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth
⚖️ So what am I doing? Suing RFK, Jr.
As one team member shared in this story👇: "The threats to our work don’t just make me fear for my career — they make me fear for my safety.“
#SaveDemocracy #SupportScience #PublicHealth