I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

Come to our workshop in room 217 about #CBT skills for internists @societygim.bsky.social

Come see my poster, #118, at #SGIM2025 tonight to learn about the role of peer specialists in #pain care. And tomorrow you can catch me teaching #CBT skills for the general internist at 9:30am in room 217! @societygim.bsky.social @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social

Come see my poster, C71, at @usasp.bsky.social this morning about a peer specialist intervention for people with chronic #pain #usasp

In her @usasp.bsky.social plenary, Beth Darnall talks about behavioral #pain treatment, highlighting the amazing work at the #VA including Greg Beehler’s brief CBT-CP, Alicia Heapy’s IVR-based CBT, and Diana Burgess’s LAMP program.

Inspiring talk this morning from Cameron Young, a person with lived experience and an advocate, who shared about the importance of including diverse voices in #pain research so that our work accurately represents real people at @usasp.bsky.social this morning.

Veterans Affairs Research Under Threat This Viewpoint discusses the critical importance of continued funding for the intramural research program in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

“…more than 300 investigators may be terminated each month as their appointments come up for renewal. Trials involving new treatments for lung and prostate cancer and studies of expanded care to prevent drug overdoses in rural veterans are being disrupted.”

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

3_11_25_AMGR Recording

I recently had the opportunity to present our work on diagnostic uncertainty in prescription opioid use - you can watch the recording here:
m.yale.edu/c4dz

The story of a new pain medication and the role NIH played in its development.

A comprehensive look at DOGE's firings and layoffs so far Thousands of federal government employees have been shown the door in the first month of President Donald Trump’s administration.

Elon Musk fired thousands of IRS workers in tax season, hundreds of VA health researchers and countless other civil servants doing their jobs.

This rampage throws the lives of civil servants into chaos and makes life harder for every American.

Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.

My understanding is that there haven’t been any grant reviews or council meetings: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Future of VA Research is at Risk—And So is Veteran Care Over a decade ago, I took my first steps into the VA as a researcher, driven by a deep commitment to improving the health and well-being of those who have served our country. The VA research community...

Great piece by a VA researcher: “ Across the country, VA researchers are confronting an uncertain future… If these changes persist, the consequences will be dire. Veteran access to cutting-edge experimental treatments for critical conditions will be compromised.”

www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...

NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers The National Institutes of Health has dramatically changed its grant-making terms by limiting how much it will disburse for costs such as equipment and administration.

"’America's competitors will relish this self-inflicted wound,’ Owens says. ‘We urge NIH leaders to rescind this dangerous policy before its harms are felt by Americans.’”

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

“To condone policies that the profession knows will compromise health—or to remain silent and look away—is to be complicit in putting population health at risk… Silence is not an option.”

This is great visual of what IDC is used for from the Council of Governmental Relations (COGR).

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

NIH awarded $770 million in grants and contracts during FY2023 that directly supported 6,609 jobs and $1.68 billion
economic activity in Connecticut. NIH funds are a critical part of Connecticut’s economy.

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

a close up of a man laying on a bed with his arm outstretched in front of a wall . Alt: Han Solo leaning against the wall of the Mos Eisley cantina saying "over my dead body"

Before trying to get a bunch of scientists to leave their jobs voluntarily, one should consider that many of us completed our advanced degrees PURELY OUT OF SPITE.