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Fantastic to see that Time has published an opinion piece by one of our MPH students, Luke Carl Jorgensen, reflecting on how the past can inform us about the impact of current policy implementation. time.com/7286403/hist...

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Fake health information – whether shared unknowingly and innocently, or deliberately to mislead or cause harm – can be far more captivating than accurate information. A global health scholar explains: buff.ly/ELp8mk6 Angshuman K. Kashyap, University of Maryland

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Tell me you don't know how public health works without telling me you don't know how public health works

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Public health has taken a large hit this year and many of our grants that fund our students were terminated. For #PurdueDayofGiving, consider a donation to our public health student fund. Select Public Health Student Fund dayofgiving.purdue.edu/campaigns/se...

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Connor Ives created the T-shirt worn proudly by Pedro Pascal. He is currently pre-selling his version, with all proceeds benefitting Trans Lifeline. If you buy from another seller or company, do your research to ensure they support and fight for the trans community.

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Holy crap Indiana cut public health funding to $40 million annually The Governor's public health commission recommended $225 million annually to get us to median 2019 state spending levels Good grief

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Nice to be back in NYC for a few days.

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Rural health care providers are staring down existential threats from both cuts to Medicaid and the elimination of HRSA initiatives www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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About 70% of Americans approve of same-sex marriages. Despite this, Republican lawmakers in 5 states introduced symbolic bills calling on the Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. A scholar explains: buff.ly/q76uFwD Paul M. Collins Jr. @umassamherst.bsky.social

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NEW: No fewer than 10 principle scientists at NIH investigating emerging infectious diseases and neural disorders were among those fired by RFK Jr. today. One is an esteemed scientist awarded for breakthrough research into the causes of Parkinson's disease. By me and @emilymullin.bsky.social:

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A reminder for this Transgender Day of Visibility: Trans people have always existed, and we always will. No president, politician, or court can change that.

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Nearly all modern medical treatments trace back to #NIH-funded research. Now hundreds of active grants are being terminated, jeopardizing progress against cancer, Alzheimer's, infectious diseases and more. buff.ly/HhK60HP #ScienceFunding

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Congratulations to Chavez Rodriguez whose poster reviewing interventios to promote HIV medication adherence among individuals who use substances was recognized for excellence at #sbm2025!!

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Sofia Rubi did an outstanding job presenting on mobile medical units to address opioiod use disorder in the HEALing Communities Study at #sbm2025; the abstract received a Meritorious Abstract Award.

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Lisa Neumeister did an excellent job presenting on sources of sexual health information among South African adolescents at #sbm2025

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@luis-a-gomez.bsky.social and Stephen Beegle presented their work examining AI-delivered HIV health information at #sbm2025 that was recognized as a Citation Abstract.

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This is what breaks my heart. These young people who are so eager and full of promise and who are the next generation of Nobel Prize winners, scientists inventors, teachers. #Trump and #Musk have destroyed it all. www.wired.com/story/the-ch...

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The NIH have terminated hundreds of HIV-related research projects. The damage is irreparable. Soon, we will see delays in scientific progress and difficulties in training the next generation of scientists. Even worse, hundreds of thousands of people will die. youtu.be/q9icRYpLIbY?...

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Because of Trump’s ban on LGBT health research, some of the most prominent #LGBT health researchers are mourning the loss of their careers and figuring out what to do next.

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The speed at which NIH is terminating in-progress HIV-related grants is truly horrifying. This is not a shift in future priorities—they are abruptly cutting off studies originally competitively funded because of their high scientific impact that are already underway. taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...

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Gift link I hope. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

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💜 needed to read this

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If you have a federal grant, I highly recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

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I urge faculty members to join the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). We have few organizations that represent us and offer us collective power. #Yale has a new chapter. You can start one if your campus doesn't have one yet. And you can join now too. www.aaup.org/membership/d...

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The Trump administration is planning to completely eliminate the CDC Division of HIV Prevention, cutting $700 million that should be used to prevent HIV infections and control HIV the HIV epidemic. Such cuts would have horrific consequences for the health of Americans. aidsunited.org/action/polic...

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Indiana… Indiana… here we cooooooooooooommmmmeeeeee 🗃️

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#COVID19 joins syphilis, AIDS, and tuberculosis as diseases that persist despite medical breakthroughs. A medical historian explains why social and economic factors are just as crucial as #vaccines in eliminating epidemics. buff.ly/FGsxwZl By Powel H. Kazanjian, University of Michigan 🗃️ 🩺 #episky

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OK #HoosierSky so this is happening Share amongst your peeps Those who are in science Those who like science Those who have been helped by science Those who value truth and facts Come hang with the cool kids and say hi to some rad scientists

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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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1: #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #LatinX/einSTEM #QueerSTEM #Science Please share! I'm running a survey on how U.S. academics (grad students, faculty, admin., etc) think and feel about recent executive orders affecting academia (e.g., diversity, funding). Here iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

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Watching this carefully. Poverty is a barrier to nutrition. Policy is the root cause of poverty. Nutrition and health are synonymous. www.linkedin.com/posts/the-ru...

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Shared by Sam the rural advoCATe, who agrees with this call for equitable transportation and education in rural. #PowerOfRuralCats wapo.st/42SavfP

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#Ruralhealth scholars share 3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future, starting with health care: https://buff.ly/40X6aXk (@randolphhubach.bsky.social and Cody Mullen, Purdue University) #ruralhealth #medicare #medicaid

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Are you funded by #NIH, #NSF or #CDC? Please post any letters or communications you’ve received from these agencies or HHS about restrictions on grant funding, publications etc. I want to catalog all of them for the record. #medsky #episky

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A reminder I'm hiring a (non-federally funded) postdoc focused on mathematics curriculum implementation and instructional supports, working in partnership with a SoCal district. If you're in ed policy or math education please consider applying! usc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/ExternalUSCC...

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Trump suspends funding for PEPFAR www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

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Given today's events, for people in the US who might be looking for opportunities for science-leadership positions in other countries right now...thought I'd point out we are actively searching for a new Dean of @ubcmedicine.bsky.social in Vancouver, Canada: ubctoday.ubc.ca/news/january...

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It’s not just the U.S. postal service that are closing in rural areas, but also private carriers that have negative impacts on rural communities.

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New work out with colleagues assessing PrEP use in the rural US. #PrEP #Rural #HIV onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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In the fall of 2024, NIH awarded $2.4 million in grants spread over 10 research projects related to #syphilis, including one that includes the expertise of Randy Hubach, professor and head of PurduePubHealth. #PurdueHHS #PurdueUniversity www.purdue.edu/hhs/news/202...

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💯 It’s also a good practice to do this across areas. I tend to be good at updating research stuff but not service or teaching ☠️

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Our posting for a new Dean at Boston University School of Public Health is live: jobs.silkroad.com/BU/Faculty/j... BU School of Public Health is an exceptional community - and I am excited to find the phenomenal person who will help us accomplish even more.

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More challenges are coming that inhibit the work of the public health workforce. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

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It is Public Health Thank You Day. Thank you to all of the public health heroes who are on the frontline advancing the health of our communities.

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