This is incredibly upsetting. While the effects of these cancellations are clear to academics, we need to ensure that the wider public is not only aware of what's happening, but also understands how much damage this will cause to health and medical infrastructure, tech innovation, and higher ed.
This article explains the current freeze on NIH review, which has impacted my R01 renewal:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s...
"This is not a time in world history for us to pull back from our time in science and technology." - AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh
Scientists work for *years* to get National Science Foundation funding. It’s extremely competitive.
If you do, it pays your students. Pays their rent, food & tuition while they do science in your lab.
Right now, it’s being ripped away for reasons having nothing to do with efficiency or merit.
NIH cuts are getting the press, but VA research is getting slashed too. What do we lose when VA research goes away? Here's some greatest hits: The nicotine patch, invention of the cardiac pacemaker, first successful liver transplant, development of the CAT/CT scan
prospect.org/health/2025-...
By @katherinejwu.com
"The NIH... supported 99 percent of the drugs approved in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019. The agency has had a hand in “nearly all of our major medical breakthroughs over the past several decades,”
The NIH is in a struggle for its (and our) lives. This is existential to America:
Ditto for BIND (Brain Injury and Neurological Disorders).
This will start to filter through the community today but the Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Science Study section has been postponed to an unknown future date. The approvals at the highest levels that needed to happen for a federal review meeting to be held didn’t get done. 1/n
Dr. Perez is standing at a lectern presenting her research at #ASNR2024.
Dr. Perez is standing at a lectern presenting her research at #ASNR2024. Her slides are visible on the right of the image projected onto a screen.
Dr. Monica Perez shared insights on reticulospinal contributions to movement after spinal cord injury, including reorganization that occurs in the nervous system and considerations relevant for motor recovery. #ASNR2024 #neurorehabilitation
Dr. Carolynn Patten is standing at a lectern presenting about her research during #ASNR2024. Her slides are projected on a screen to the right.
Dr. Carolynn Patten is standing at a lectern presenting about her research during #ASNR2024. Her slides are projected on a screen to the right.
Excellent presentation from Dr. Carolynn Patten on the implementation of markerless motion capture in real-world settings today at #ASNR2024. This approach allows clinicians and researchers to efficiently collect high-quality data in diverse patient populations. #neurorehabilitation
Dr. Kelsey Baker is presenting the Award to Dr. Beth Fisher.
Dr. Beth Fisher is standing at a wooden lectern onstage presenting at #ASNR2024.
The final award of our #ASNR2024 Awards Ceremony goes to Dr. Beth Fisher. Dr. Fisher is this year's recipient of the Kenneth Viste Jr., MD, Memorial Award. Congratulations! #neurorehabilitation
