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Posts by Mel Simone, PhD

I received this from the NIH yesterday

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I’ve now posted the National YRBS data, 2015-2023, here. I’ll add the state and district data soon.

www.datalumos.org/datalumos/pr...

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So much worse. My university asked me to pause my grant-funded research

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End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

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NIH is purging Trump-targeted programs—but is sparing existing grants, so far Chaos extends to CDC, which is shuttering websites in “data apocalypse”

The chaos triggered by President Donald Trump’s executive orders banning federal funding for diversity and other topics continues to shake the National Institutes of Health and other health agencies. scim.ag/3EjJGag

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Public Health Action Opportunities Interest and Information Gathering Form This form is being curated by social epidemiologists Sarah Andrea, PhD, MPH (@sarahbandrea.bsky.social) and Ariel Beccia, PhD (@albeccia.bsky.social). The Trump administration's ongoing attacks on sc...

Attn epidemiologists/public health folks: Do you want to engage in organized action to combat attacks against science/public health and/or are you aware of ongoing efforts that need amplification? Participate in our survey & share with your networks!

#EpiSky #MedSky
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Injury prevention, cardiac stents and transplants, immunosuppressive drugs, lifestyle changing, effects of social media on mental health, dental care, nursing research…(4/)

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-NIH research cures rare disease that arise from pesticides used on Wisconsin farms
-NIH research helps understand the health effects of floods, fires, and hurricanes
-not to mention the vaccine preventable diseases that are prevented due to NIH funding, cancer cures, genetic diseases, (3/)

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-A $1 million NIH grant brings in an additional $300-500 to your state for jobs
-NIH funded research brought us weight loss drugs that now most of the Midwest and South (Trump states) get to use
-NIH funded research bring us closer to ending Alzheimer’s, which affects rural folks (2/)

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Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)

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Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able.

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Listen Up: Autistic Youth Need to Be Heard: http://osf.io/4mknw/

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you're invited to do our job for us, and we'll take credit for ~amplifying your voice~, but if you refuse this additional labor, it's your fault you feel silenced.

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We're hiring a part-time professional research assistant to support community-engaged research on eating disorder prevention for queer women & non-binary young ppl. Please reach out if you have any questions :)

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Tweet that reads: “Real talk: Information is power. 

The time for salary transparency is now - a team of early career scholars created an anonymous survey for U.S. psychology faculty to publicly share starting salaries.

Survey: bit.ly/3Lu8JrL
Data: bit.ly/3Pq74os”

Please share!

Tweet that reads: “Real talk: Information is power. The time for salary transparency is now - a team of early career scholars created an anonymous survey for U.S. psychology faculty to publicly share starting salaries. Survey: bit.ly/3Lu8JrL Data: bit.ly/3Pq74os” Please share!

In case this hasn’t made it over to the sky yet

Survey: bit.ly/3Lu8JrL
Data: bit.ly/3Pq74os

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