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johannaharvey.bsky.social
#NewPI | Asst Prof URI | Avian disease ecologist | Avian influenza | breast cancer survivor | Latina | She/Her
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submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

This is awful news and a PO who has worked at NSF for years.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

No reason this can't happen everywhere

submitted 7 days ago • 7 comments

Please let the GEO/EAR community know: Program Directors and Mission Support who’ve been at NSF under two years were just terminated via Zoom. Even those of us whose offer letter stated one probationary year and whose government data states “permanent”.

submitted 8 days ago • 31 comments

This is an attack on US science. NSF staff provide critical support for scientific infrastructure and global excellence. These are valuable dedicated public servants. Please contact your reps, write letters, make noise! Are there any plans for rallies at NSF headquarters? Journalists: COVER THIS!

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Firings happening right now at the NSF.

submitted 8 days ago • 45 comments

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Dr Jessie Isabelle Price (1930-2015) was a veterinary microbiologist who worked for Cornell University and the USGS to develop vaccines for avian diseases and studied environmental impact on diseases in water fowl. #Avian #Science #USGS @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Louis R. Purnell became well known as a #Tuskegee Airman during WWII, before earning his Bachelors and working at the Smithsonian as a Museum Specialist of #invertebrate #paleontology and #paleobotany #collections. siarchives.si.edu/history/feat.... #28DaysOfBlackSTEMHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

ah cool, an archive of all CDC data before they tampered with it

submitted 24 days ago • 39 comments

Folks wanting updates from NSF, they just posted this: new.nsf.gov/executive-or... Stop work order for "conferences, trainings, workshops, considerations for staffing and participant selection, and any other grant activity that uses or promotes the use of DEIA principles and frameworks..."

submitted 29 days ago • 5 comments

Wild birds, mainly Ross’s and snow geese, are dying by the thousands in Idaho, USA, from highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1. Clinical signs include coughing, lethargy, and gasping for air. Despite this virus epidemic, waterfowl hunting is still permitted. www.idahostatesman.com/outdoors/art...

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

Grateful that @nytimes.com @emilyanthes.bsky.social covered H5N1 impacts on wild birds H5N1 isn't going away “We should take this lull as just that — a potentially normal part of this process — but really be prepared for these viruses to burn through animals again” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/s...

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

The devastating toll of H5N1 on wild birds is hard to fathom, and sadly, they're not alone. Honoured to contribute to this @nytimes.com story alongside colleagues* working to understand this crisis. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/s... * @duckswabber.bsky.social @johannaharvey.bsky.social

submitted 75 days ago • 1 comment

I am rotating off the SSE-DC committee after serving for 3 years. If you want to improve and make a positive impact for the society and field I recommend applying! Such a rewarding experience! Dec 15 is the deadline to apply

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Great to see the first results from the Australis expedition to survey Antarctica for HPAI. Ten sites visited, HPAI detected in Skuas at 4, including at a skua breeding colony. One sheathbill also positive. 👉https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01868-7

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments

A cool new paper delves into possible mechanisms of migratory culling (where infected individuals have lower migration success). The % malaria-infected birds blown off course and predated by falcons in the Canaries was higher than in birds departing Spain for Africa. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 detected in Hawaii. Although it was present in the USA since 2021 and subsequently spread across the Americas, it is the first time it has been detected in the Hawaiian Archipelago, 3,200 km southwest of mainland USA. health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroo...

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment

Applications now open for the 2024 R. C. Lewontin Early Awards, which provide up to $2500 in research funds for 1st and 2nd year PhD students. Deadline: February 23 www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...

submitted 439 days ago • 0 comments

Disentangling Elements of Human Activities and Invasive Parasites on the Health of Darwin’s Finches UConn researchers are studying how humans impact wildlife, inside and out today.uconn.edu/2023/11/dise...

submitted 474 days ago • 0 comments

1/ New paper! “Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty” w/ N Laberge KH Wapman @samzhang AC Morgan M Galesic BK Fosdick @danlarremore @aaronclauset: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A systematic study of gendered rates & reasons for faculty attrition in US academia 🧵

submitted 495 days ago • 14 comments

✨I can't believe it!✨ My collaborative groups submitted 4 manuscripts in 5 weeks for review. These are projects I care so much about and I'm so honored to work with such amazing people. 💚

submitted 523 days ago • 0 comments