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veronicarichards.bsky.social
she/her. assistant professor at the Health Promotion Research Center/OUHSC. training by UF & Penn State. alcohol researcher. public health.
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#Breaking - Federal judge extends restraining order on Trump administration’s cap on NIH indirect costs

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

Check out the updated @standupforscience.bsky.social website! Lots of local events within day-trips distance being organized by so many if getting to DC isn't within reach: standupforscience2025.org/local-event-...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Preparing seed grants to support NIH grant submissions when there seems to be an indefinite pause on new funding is…. Sad

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Please share widely! We want a range of pre-doctoral trainees from both pre-clinical and psychosocial backgrounds. @rsaeducation.bsky.social @apadivision50.bsky.social

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

There are so many real reasons why he is not qualified to run HHS, let’s not do more harm to our already fragile public health system by perpetuating the stigma around substance use

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Penn State has halted submission and *acceptance* of NIH grants pending the resolution of the overhead rate cut. This lost time will never be recovered. The economic cost to Pennsylvania is enormous and the cost to humanity immeasurable.

submitted 18 days ago • 29 comments

Psychologists and psych-adjacent folks concerned about NIH indirect costs reduction: APA has a petition and request you contact your reps. This means APA has decided to pursue this, so I think we should too: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

If your state isn’t represented among the plaintiffs, call your state’s AG office *right now*. Here’s an example script, filled in with info for OK: Hi there, my name is ___, I live at ___. I work as a ___ at ___. 🧵

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Get in Dorks, we are going protesting. STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS. More information to come.

submitted 19 days ago • 43 comments

It is ALL so devastating. For science, for inclusion, for medicine, for security, for higher education, for all of us.

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

First ISBRA bulletin that I contributed to since joining the comms committee! Check it out, and consider coming to New Orleans for the joint RSA-ISBRA meeting in June.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

🎄spending the day with @veronicarichards.bsky.social, making espresso martinis for my family and slipping Lola strips of ham

submitted 65 days ago • 2 comments

Lola got groomed today and is feeling festive. She is also very bad at keeping her eyes open for pictures.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Views from my office are very cute right now 🥰

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

We stayed at a house with chickens the last couple of nights. Lola wasn’t so sure about them. I loved them.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

After what feels like a lifetime, the IRB for my first NIH grant was finally approved! It feels like a 100 lb weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments

X is not fun anymore. Not entirely sure how to use this/find my community yet but giving it a go. Quick intro: I’m an assistant prof at OUHSC studying alcohol-related consequences in young adults. I use alc sensors and EMA.

submitted 103 days ago • 2 comments