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ericadex.bsky.social

Scientist and Writer, still trying to make it big in either of them 🤷🏻‍♀️ The opinions and comments I provide are my own and are not offered on behalf of my employer.

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submitted 2 days ago • 312 comments

RFK Jr. says we should be a “colorblind” country. That’s not a thing. Health disparities by race are REAL: cancer, maternal mortality, COVID hospitalizations… Black, Hispanic, Native communities bear the brunt. “Colorblindness” is lazy and dangerous racism. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cult...

submitted 6 days ago • 18 comments

Welcome to the 5/14 #MomsWritersClub chat, parent writers of BlueSky! First tell us a bit about yourself! Remember our chat goes on 24 hours to accommodate for schedules and time zones! #amwriting #momwriters #parentwriters #writingcommunity #momswhowrite

submitted 5 days ago • 12 comments

It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

submitted 44 days ago • 193 comments

Oh dear, it’s happening again! I’ve stumbled upon what I believe (in this endorphin rush that is a new idea) is possibly the catchiest hook for a book possible. Super relevant, super marketable, and super…not the book I’m supposed to be working on 😐. It is very new and shiny, though… #amwriting

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

submitted 25 days ago • 614 comments

NIH investigators: this came out yesterday. Be sure to alert your sponsored programs folks and keep an eye on your awards. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

My 36th birthday is tomorrow 🎂and I want to spend the day donating to causes that I support, with a focus on people and organizations at odds with current governmental priorities. I have my own list of places I regularly donate, but if you can, please share others that matter to you! #altgov #lgbtq

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.

submitted 35 days ago • 53 comments

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submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

These are training grants. 🚨 The Trump administration has launched a war on students and young people studying science. It’s a common thread. Trump is killing student fellowship grants at NIH and NSF, and is killing the NIH and CDC in-house fellows programs.

submitted 52 days ago • 10 comments

Looks like an internal RFA at my institution that I’ve been working tirelessly on is being canceled 4 days before the due date. This would have been my first grant application as an Assistant Professor. I’m crushed. I guess work on pediatric kidney and liver transplant rejection will have to wait.

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

Happy BLACK History Month. I read Black books every month but I got two stacks for y'all. First stack is books by Black authors I loved and the second are the ones I’m getting to. #booksky

submitted 108 days ago • 256 comments

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”

submitted 107 days ago • 169 comments

Just a Black History Month reminder that it’s up to us to read, educate, AND apply what we have learned. Check out the stack of books on antiracism below; I have read many of them and would recommend. If you’re in the Cincy area and would like to borrow one, hit me up.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Apparently I haven’t been on my social media much lately (especially that site…), but it looks like my Division announced my promotion to Assistant Professor 🎉 I’m excited for the opportunity to continue using computers to tackle pediatric healthcare issues, this time with a fancy new title (:

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

It’s wild to have two cats and have one of them be just so much more dumb.

submitted 113 days ago • 1187 comments

It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali

submitted 115 days ago • 1761 comments

Hi #MomsWritersClub! I’m back from a long break and ready to get into writing with y’all. Last November I wrote a middle grade fiction novel (yay!), but have spectacularly failed at editing it. In peak Erica fashion, I’m going to move on to a whole new project and see where it takes me instead :)

submitted 591 days ago • 0 comments