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Epidemiologist 📊 • Associate Prof at Harvard Med School & School of Public Health • Founding Director of School's LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence • Views=own• Mom of 3 kiddos • she/her + 🏳️‍🌈
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🗣️ Tomorrow, our lawyers will ask the court for an injunction to halt the illegal cancellation of NIH research grants They'll argue violations of the Administrative Procedure Act & Constitution Meet the other plaintiffs & listen in on the hearing 👇🔬 #ProtectScience

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

📍DEVELOPING 🪓 Hundreds of Harvard research grants slashed What I told @bostonglobe.com — full quote follows ⬇️ #AcademicTwitter #HigherEd #Science

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

📌 THREAD: I’m taking Health & Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. to court ⚖️ 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

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

🎙️ "Science Under Siege" panel via @statnews.com — powerful & urgent “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

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

🗞️Grateful for the chance to clearly say in Sunday's @nytimes.com paper— 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 💜

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a policy that confirmed said "rumors," I feel compelled to respond. Here's an inside look into how this story was reported. It was a weird one. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 15 days ago • 27 comments

After 35+ years, the National Cancer Institute seems to be ending its Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program 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 1/🧵

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

⚖️⚖️ Hearing just ended in Massachusetts v. RFK Jr. about the legality of NIH grant terminations ⚖️⚖️ 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 🧵

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

📄 Just published: Our team's latest research shows that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are more likely to have an abortion compared to their heterosexual peers #episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

📄 Just published: Our team's latest research shows that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are more likely to have an abortion compared to their heterosexual peers #episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

📄 Just published: Our team's latest research shows that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are more likely to have an abortion compared to their heterosexual peers #episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

📄 Just published: Our team's latest research shows that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are more likely to have an abortion compared to their heterosexual peers #episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

📄 Just published: Our team's latest research shows that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people are more likely to have an abortion compared to their heterosexual peers #episky #reprosky #medsky #LGBTQ #queersky #publichealth

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

🙌 CHEERS to brave whistleblowers! 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

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

As I said to @forbes.com, "Science should not be subject to political whims and having certain topics fall into disfavor is a violation of both congressional mandates and the NIH’s own strategic plan.” 🔗 Full article👉 hsph.me/lgbtq-press-...

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

📣 NIH reinstating some terminated grants 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

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments