Proud of this scholarship showing we must do better with retention in academic surgery, providing opportunities for promotion so ‘leaving’ is not the only pathway for professional development. This is especially true for minority groups. @heatheryeomd.bsky.social @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social @aamc.org

How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?

My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.

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NIH begins review of thousands of delayed research proposals, funding 135 on first day A deal between NIH and groups that sued the Trump administration over delayed DEI-related grant proposals is already bearing fruit

A deal between the federal government and groups that sued the Trump administration over National Institutes of Health research grant proposals consigned to bureaucratic limbo because of anti-DEI policies is already bearing fruit. www.statnews.com/2025/12/30/n...

We need institutional efforts to support long term career development of our faculty & assure there are internal opportunities for advancement. Recruit & RETAIN! @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social. @academicsurgery.bsky.social @universitysurgeons.bsky.social @heatheryeomd.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social

JAMA Research Summary: Risk-Based vs Annual Breast Cancer Screening. Trial aimed to assess if risk-based screening is as safe as annual screening. Risk-based screening: 30.0. Annual screening: 48.0. Findings suggest risk-based screening is a safe alternative.

In WISDOM, researchers compared risk-based breast cancer screening to standard annual mammography among more than 28 000 US women aged 40 to 74 across all 50 states.

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Gender Differences in Physician Use of Social Media for Professional Advancement This survey study examines gender difference in physician use of social media for professional advancement.

Study of men & women physicians in 2019 found that women were less likely than men to say that social media use had resulted in a speaking engagement or scholarship opportunity. Women used it more often than men to build a support network. @vineetaroramd.bsky.social
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A smiling photo of Dr. Julie Ann Sosa in a white coat.

It's been 10 years since clinical guidelines for differentiated thyroid cancer received an update. Now new guidance, co-developed by @jasosamd.bsky.social, highlights the importance of patient-centered care, shared patient & clinical decision making & more personalized management. ucsfh.org/3KfONvq

Are Men More Selfish Sponsors? Gender Differences in Workplace Advocacy Explained In many competitive industries, sponsorship is often seen as a key driver of career advancement. A new study from UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management reveals that men and women take distinctly di...

Study (N=1,400) finds female sponsors balance their own career interests w/ their protégés' interests. Men tend to focus more on how providing sponsorship benefits their own careers. This was especially true of men more senior in their role.
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ali Solomon. #NewYorkerCartoons

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‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law. Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.

“To the scientists wondering if there will even be an NIH by the end of this administration, this committee’s resounding message is: ‘Yes, Congress has your back’,” said @murray.senate.gov

We’re not near the finish line yet - but this is a strong step in the right direction.

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#MedSky

Health care utilization following the adoption of U.S. paid sick leave mandates: a cohort study using health insurance claims data PSL mandates were associated with greater use of PCP, specialist, diagnostic, and preventive care services. These findings highlight the role for policies that enhance workplace flexibility, including...

Paid sick leave mandates were associated w/ ➕ use of PCP, specialist, diagnostic & preventive care services, highlighting the role for policies enhancing workplace flexibility to improve access to health care. #MedSky @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social @mikepesko.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The dismantling of the National Cancer Institute and the FDA
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Health care utilization following the adoption of U.S. paid sick leave mandates: a cohort study using health insurance claims data The U.S. is one of the only developed countries in the world without a federal requirement that employers provide paid sick leave (PSL) to workers. We…

New paper alert! We use claims data to find that paid sick leave mandates in the USA increased a wide array of different healthcare visits, particularly for individuals in industries with low PSL coverage historically, and along the extensive margin of any visit.

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Stanford cuts $140 million, warns of layoffs as research funding dries up, endowment tax looms Like other universities, Stanford has been hit by the Trump administration’s cutting of federal research funding.

Like other universities, Stanford has been hit by the Trump administration’s cutting of federal research funding.

All the Michelin-starred restaurants in the Bay Area A guide to all the Michelin starred restaurants in the Bay Area

A guide to all the Michelin starred restaurants in the Bay Area

Trump cuts subscriptions to Springer Nature journals Other publishers appear unscathed in recent actions

The Trump administration has ended several U.S. science agencies’ subscriptions to Springer Nature journals, including the prestigious Nature titles. scim.ag/3I2aJJ4

Health and Human Services Restructuring—Threats to the US Preventive Services Task Force and Health This Viewpoint discusses restructuring of the USPSTF while ensuring that its functions are safeguarded to avoid destabilizing vital public health infrastructure.

"Dismantling this system without ensuring that its functions are safeguarded will cost lives." This Viewpoint discusses the potential risks of the proposed overhaul of the US Department of Health and Human Services. https://ja.ma/4l7oHrb

Following court order, NIH ceases new terminations of politically sensitive grants After a judge told agency to restore hundreds of killed grants, NIH backs off plans to cancel more existing projects

Breaking news: The National Institutes of Health has ceased terminating grants on politically sensitive topics after a federal judge ruled last week that the cancellations were illegal.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore millions of dollars in canceled grants to University of California researchers, calling the terminations flagrantly illegal and unconstitutional. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Philanthropies rush to save measles surveillance network pushed to brink of collapse by U.S. cuts The Trump administration’s gutting of global aid is threatening to collapse a network of laboratories responsible for global measles and rubella surveillance

The Trump administration’s gutting of global aid is threatening to collapse a critical network of laboratories responsible for measles and rubella surveillance around the world. Now, philanthropic leaders are rushing to try to save it.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs Is Not O.K. V.A. insiders describe themselves as miserable—and they worry that the Trump Administration will do long-term damage to the agency.

The suicide rate for veterans is 50 per cent higher than that of the general population, and a quarter of V.A. workers are veterans. Nonetheless, Veterans Crisis Line employees were among the workers targeted for termination by the Trump Administration.

Trump Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks.

Every medical educator in the country has been warning us about this....

"Travel and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration threaten patient care at hundreds of hospitals that depend on medical residents recruited from overseas."

Africa Battles to Halt Cholera Cases as Funding Cuts Hurt Health-funding cuts are wreaking havoc on many African countries’ ability to gain control diseases such as cholera, according to the continent’s main health-advisory body.

Health-funding cuts are wreaking havoc on many African countries’ ability to gain control diseases such as cholera, according to the continent’s main health-advisory body.

Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse Experts warn of potentially hundreds of hospital closures, which would degrade the entire medical system.

From me: It hasn't been stressed enough just how disastrous the Republican Medicaid cuts would be for the hospital system—rural hospitals, yes, but ALL hospitals will be more crowded, more burdened, & at more risk of collapse if hundreds of closures occur, as is likely.
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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

Over the next 25 years, if proposed cuts in NIH funding are made real, “In a population of more than 340 million, this reflects **82 million** fewer years of life.”

In the US alone.

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Has the Great Highway closure led to a traffic nightmare? This is the most complete data yet New data analyzed by the Chronicle paints a complicated and granular picture of how the Great Highway’s closure has affected traffic in the surrounding SF neighborhoods.

New data analyzed by the Chronicle paints a complicated and granular picture of how the Great Highway’s closure has affected traffic in the surrounding SF neighborhoods.

An NIH staffer reacts to today's ruling:
"I'm looking forward to the day that we are so slammed with work trying to reinstate everything that we had to terminate illegally — I'll work 24/7 to make that happen if I can."

Medicaid cuts could result in more than 16,000 preventable deaths annually Health care proposals in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could lead to more than 16,000 preventable deaths, a new analysis finds.

Medicaid cuts could result in more than 16,000 preventable deaths annually
The cuts would also result in 7.6 million people losing coverage

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Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Are Illegal, Federal Judge Rules

Major decision today regarding NIH funding, with some fairly scathing comments from Judge Young about the government’s anti-DEI bent.

How have we fallen so low? Have we no shame?”

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