I wanted to do a longer thread on this story & some of the interesting work being done I began thinking abt this w/ the launch of @ourhealthstudy, which begged the question how much of heart disease risk is attributable to genes — and the answer was there really wasn't the data

if you want to listen to the segment as we gear up for the next week you can listen here:

RT @JonathanWosen: Breaking: NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science

RT @rickberke: NEW: NIH program to diversify biomedical research scrapped | STAT

More from the NIH: It is not reviewing F-31 Diversity grants "It’s a very unsettling moment for science" @BrianNosek

RT @brittanytrang: Late-breaking @statnews: Grant reviewers say applications for F-31 NIH grants, meant to diversify the biomedical workfo…

RT @HelenBranswell: “It’s a very unsettling moment for science:" Prestigious @NIH grant program meant to support PhD students from marginal…

RT @LizzyLaw_: What brain drain could look like at the FDA, new from me:

Bust out your radio! I will be on @scifri this week! I'll be talking about @statnews's reporting on the chaos at the CDC & NIH over the past week w/ @flichtman🫡

NEWS: HHMI is axing a program to increase inclusivity in science education It wiped its website of mentions of that program and language in some other programs about diversity/inclusivity

RT @rickberke: BREAKING: Researchers ‘stunned’ after HHMI abruptly cancels program to make science more inclusive v…

RT @JasonUkman: In @statnews today, @Jasonmmast has a major piece on the state of CRISPR and the effort to develop new therapies. He is not…

RT @statnews: Scholarship applications to attend Breakthrough East close on February 6, 2025!

RT @isabellacueto: The MAHA era is here. How will RFK Jr. infuse his movement – and ambitious promises – into a giant health agency? I br…

RT @_gaffknee: One week later, how are institutions responding to the gender-affirming care EO? I asked an expert about the hospitals that…

RT @brittanytrang: NEW @statnews: Members of NIH study sections confirmed that some study sections have resumed reviewing grants this week…

RT @statnews: #Breaking: RFK Jr. clears Senate Finance Committee

RT @JonathanWosen: 8 years ago, scientists took the streets in a historic March for Science. But with Trump back in the White House, there…

RT @rickberke: EXCLUSIVE: STAT's @MeganMolteni interviewed a host of Nobel laureates who called on National Academies and biotech CEOs to…

RT @adamfeuerstein: Sunday @statnews housekeeping notes: DC edition Our politics and health policy reporters have been extremely busy cov…

RT @statnews: Eight years after the first March for Science, there are no plans for another march at the dawn of a second Trump administrat…