Grant Schulert, MD, PhD
@grantschulert.bsky.social
Pediatric rheumatologist, scientist, husband and father, baseball fan. Studies #SJIA, #MAS, autoinflammation. Former @iowamed, @vumcpeds. He/him. Views my own.
https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/r/rheumatology/labs/schulert
https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/r/rheumatology/labs/schulert
As a pediatrician I’m deeply disappointed and worried by yesterdays #ACIP decision to delay the newborn Hepatitis B vaccination. While it in itself is bad policy that will kill children, it’s actually more concerning for what it portends:
December 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
As a pediatrician I’m deeply disappointed and worried by yesterdays #ACIP decision to delay the newborn Hepatitis B vaccination. While it in itself is bad policy that will kill children, it’s actually more concerning for what it portends:
Reposted by Grant Schulert, MD, PhD
The ACIP Committee which has exactly 0 general pediatricians just voted 6-4 to recommend that we do lab draws on babies to determine if they need subsequent doses of Hepatitis B vaccine. There are multiple problems with this:
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The ACIP Committee which has exactly 0 general pediatricians just voted 6-4 to recommend that we do lab draws on babies to determine if they need subsequent doses of Hepatitis B vaccine. There are multiple problems with this:
Reposted by Grant Schulert, MD, PhD
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Latest from the political officers at NIH: you can no longer ask for approval for an R01 to be >$500k/yr. Unclear whether that means the famous cap is gone and you don’t need permission, or they will no longer allow it at all. Confusing? 🤡
The latest NIH uidated are duoer vague. Today they announced that you cannot contact an IC to get permission to go above $500K Directs. Does this mean the cap is removed OR you can’t go over $500K at all and if you do submit a budget above, it will not go through?! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-019: Updated Application Policies: NIH Administrative Burden Reduction Effort Removal of Requirements for Letters of Intent and Unsolicited Applications Requesting $500,000 or More in Dire...
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Application Policies: NIH Administrative Burden Reduction Effort Removal of Requirements for Letters of Inten...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Latest from the political officers at NIH: you can no longer ask for approval for an R01 to be >$500k/yr. Unclear whether that means the famous cap is gone and you don’t need permission, or they will no longer allow it at all. Confusing? 🤡
Great work led by my CCHMC partner Dr. Patricia Vega!
Evaluation of the Pediatric Arthritis Ultrasound Scoring System (PAUSS) for upper extremity joints in children with JIA
Arthritis Care & Research
doi.org/10.1002/acr....
#Medsky
Arthritis Care & Research
doi.org/10.1002/acr....
#Medsky
Validation of the Pediatric Arthritis Ultrasound Scoring System for the Elbow, Wrist, and Finger Joints in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Objective
We aimed to validate the Pediatric Arthritis Ultrasound Scoring System (PAUSS) for upper extremity joints in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA).
Methods
Children with JIA .....
doi.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Great work led by my CCHMC partner Dr. Patricia Vega!
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The NIH grant cuts in 2025
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The NIH grant cuts in 2025
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Welp - good thing I don’t need to drive to work this morning!
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Welp - good thing I don’t need to drive to work this morning!
What actually is “rheumatism” 🤷
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
What actually is “rheumatism” 🤷
Ready for the holidays!
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Ready for the holidays!
Successful pre-Thanksgiving cooking yesterday! And now traditional watching of Thanksgiving episodes: Peanuts, Gilmore Girls and West Wing!
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Successful pre-Thanksgiving cooking yesterday! And now traditional watching of Thanksgiving episodes: Peanuts, Gilmore Girls and West Wing!
What fresh hell is this?
Confirmation of the new triage line at 65-70% of proposals. Introduction of a new “competitive but ND” class to permit exception pay pickups.
November 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What fresh hell is this?
Happy Beaujolais Nouveau week to those who celebrate
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Happy Beaujolais Nouveau week to those who celebrate
Time to re-up the greatest scientific paper ever published from @bmj.com :
“Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials”
bmj.com/content/327/74…
“Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials”
bmj.com/content/327/74…
https://bmj.com/content/327/74…
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Time to re-up the greatest scientific paper ever published from @bmj.com :
“Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials”
bmj.com/content/327/74…
“Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials”
bmj.com/content/327/74…
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Another new policy from the geniuses in NIH leadership.
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
a man with a beard is looking at the camera with the words priorities written on the bottom
ALT: a man with a beard is looking at the camera with the words priorities written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Another new policy from the geniuses in NIH leadership.
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
Northern lights in Ohio
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Northern lights in Ohio
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Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
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"Did you order the Code Bread?!?"
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"Did you order the Code Bread?!?"
This is your periodic reminder that classification criteria aren’t diagnostic criteria. They don’t capture the breadth and depth of a disease, but rather a well phenotyped population for research.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
media.tenor.com/ZiLugTiVQNgA...
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is your periodic reminder that classification criteria aren’t diagnostic criteria. They don’t capture the breadth and depth of a disease, but rather a well phenotyped population for research.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
media.tenor.com/ZiLugTiVQNgA...
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
media.tenor.com/ZiLugTiVQNgA...
What a story: Dr Lauren Hughes is a friend from Iowa COM and so grateful she and family and okay. And a reminder of how our system leaves all of us so close to medical bankruptcy:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Doctor Tripped Up by $64K Bill for Ankle Surgery and Hospital Stay - KFF Health News
A doctor in Colorado became the patient after an accident totaled her car and sent her to the operating room. The hospital kept her overnight, but her insurer stopped paying after she left the emergen...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What a story: Dr Lauren Hughes is a friend from Iowa COM and so grateful she and family and okay. And a reminder of how our system leaves all of us so close to medical bankruptcy:
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Border Patrol officers stand outside their vehicles at a gas station near Bridgeport Tuesday in Chicago. Earlier in the day students from Little Village Lawndale High School held a walk out to protest recent immigration enforcement actions in the area.
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Border Patrol officers stand outside their vehicles at a gas station near Bridgeport Tuesday in Chicago. Earlier in the day students from Little Village Lawndale High School held a walk out to protest recent immigration enforcement actions in the area.
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CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
CNN is reporting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social referred to a voter he was meeting as “my man” at a campaign event today, even though the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has made it illegal to own human beings since 1865 and remains the law in states including New York
Great to see my friend @petterbrodin.bsky.social at #ACR25 and hear about his work on hormones, chromosomes, and autoimmunity in this aptly named session
October 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Great to see my friend @petterbrodin.bsky.social at #ACR25 and hear about his work on hormones, chromosomes, and autoimmunity in this aptly named session
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"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
THERE ARE PUPPIES AT #ACR25. I REPEAT, THERE ARE PUPPIES.
@rheumcat.bsky.social where are the cats? Inclusivity!
@rheumcat.bsky.social where are the cats? Inclusivity!
October 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
THERE ARE PUPPIES AT #ACR25. I REPEAT, THERE ARE PUPPIES.
@rheumcat.bsky.social where are the cats? Inclusivity!
@rheumcat.bsky.social where are the cats? Inclusivity!
