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🚨New Postdoc Opportunity We have an opening for a postdoc jointly mentored by Justin Baker and me for work on digital therapeutics and passive sensing using smartphones and wearables (smartwatches + smart rings). More info 👉: webbslab.com/job-postings Please RT & share!

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After a relatively quiet 2 weeks on NIH grants, RFK, HHS, and Republicans are back to their slashing and burning. My never-ending request: If your NIH grant has been terminated, please report them through our new website here: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I just watched this and I would like to nominate John Oliver for the new head of HHS.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Why is it up to @rollingstone.com to write the most honest and direct headlines? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 9 days ago • 916 comments

A diet rich in diverse carbohydrates outperforms faecal transplants in mice at restoring microbial diversity, which has been linked to a range of health conditions. https://go.nature.com/3EM8U1u

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

This is, without question, one of the least informed, intellectually bankrupt, morally corrupt wastes of money in the name of health I have ever seen. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Six months ago, I accepted a postdoc offer in a fabulous lab. Three days ago, the Trump administration terminated the NSF grant supporting the position. Today, my offer had to be rescinded, and my PhD defense is a week away. (1/3)

submitted 11 days ago • 14 comments

The US government doesn't subsidize university research. Rather, universities subsidize government research. I've seen recent threads deceiving the first half of this, but nothing recent describing the extent to which universities are doing the subsidizing.

submitted 11 days ago • 40 comments

📣📣 We are looking for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the Department of Global and Public Health @mcgillspgh.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

⚠️A postdoc position is available in the ACT (Activate, Connect, Transform) Center at University of Rochester. ACT Center focuses on social and collaborative interventions for implementation and action. Follow the link for more info: tinyurl.com/58vnb92r Please share in your network!

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

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Birth rates are falling. But a $5K check doesn't address the top barriers to having children: ✅maternity care deserts ✅no paid leave ✅high maternal mortality rate ✅childcare deserts ✅high cost of infertility treatment yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/birth-rate...

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Before you submit your peer review comments, please take one final look and ask: If I was the author… Would I find the review constructive? Would I find the tone respectful? Remember, we are both reviewers and authors! 🙏🏽

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

And, just like that, the top journal in the field of Environmental Health, published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a part of the NIH, goes dark...

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

A JAMA study found that at current state-level vaccination rates, measles may become endemic again; increasing vaccine coverage would prevent this. Read the full Original Investigation covered by the @washingtonpost.com. @nathanlo.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

🆕 “Science and medicine in the USA are being violently dismembered while the world watches [...] bullies are only emboldened by acquiescence or indifference.” The Lancet’s latest Editorial: Supporting medical science in the USA www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

This isn't about scientists alone. NIH generates jobs and economic investment in communities across the country. This is an attack on your community, your state, your livelihood, your health, your survival. H/T @joeallenjoe.bsky.social.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

The Women's Health Initiative, the landmark study that has followed tens of thousands of women for decades to better understand women's health, is being gutted by the Trump admin. www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Just had a great conversation about the role of SoMe for journals with fellow editors @justinbmoorephd.bsky.social @jkopsidas.bsky.social and others. Curious how #medsky feels about the use of SoMe by journals they read. What works? What’s missing?

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Today! Join us 3:30 p.m. ET for an insightful conversation on the impact of incivility on public servants, including city managers, health professionals and elected officials. RSVP now: www.nlc.org/events/addre... #TownHall

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

🚨ONLY 34% definitely know the idea that vaccines cause autism is BS. Does misinformation do real harm? Yep. via @kff.org

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women www.science.org/content/arti...

submitted 16 days ago • 8 comments

@defendpublichealth.bsky.social is asking people to show up at town halls between now and when Congress reconvenes at the end of the month. We need to push back against NIH cuts and political interference. 1/

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Please check out a very timely article in @jphmpdirect.com - From Heroes to Zeroes: The Unraveling Support for Public Health in COVID Pandemic-Era Connecticut journals.lww.com/jphmp/fullte...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

At @journalautism.bsky.social we are recruiting! Thanks to a massive increase in submissions over recent years, we are dramatically expanding our team to appoint FIVE new editors! See details of the role and how to apply here, by May 23rd. journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

If you or someone you love has cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or diabetes, you have likely benefitted from the university’s federally funded discoveries in care and treatment. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Hello Community! Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Actually. How the US benefitted from outsourcing its research interests to experts in universities.

submitted 20 days ago • 27 comments