Dr. Megan Hays, licensed clinical psychologist, expert in medical provider #wellness and #coaching, UAB Medicine faculty member, and #AACVPR fellow, is giving a fantastic talk right now at #AACVPR24 on cultivating healthy work culture in medicine and #cardiacrehab.

As a med student who had 2 children during med school I'm often asked what kind of support I need, and besides the obvious like childcare, I never had a good answer. This elective at the University of Minnesota is the definition of support, all med schools should take notes.

Proud to share "Differences in Self-Monitoring Technology Use and Perceptions Between National Weight Control Registry Participants Maintaining and Regaining Weight". Learn about preferences/unintended effects of tech use for health tracking in this group. rdcu.be/dXFc7

No study section...no grant reviews No grant reviews...no grants awarded No grants awarded...no research No research...no functional NIH And if your salary was funded by NIH, no paycheck either if this lasts indefinitely

All study sections cancelled. The same study sections we treat with the utmost respect. Years of work going into each grant, months of work going into each review. Lives, futures, careers, science, truth, all at stake.

So, in addition to a communications pause, a freeze on hiring, and an indefinite ban on travel, the Trump administration has now abruptly cancelled crucial NIH meetings related to biomedical research, infectious disease (including Bird Flu), cancer research, vaccines and more.

Feeling stressed about #NIH freeze? Things you can do: 1. 📞 Call your Senators & Reps. Highlight the economic impact NIH funding has, ask for bipartisan work to end the freeze 2. 🧘‍♀️ Yoga, deep breaths, ground yourself 3. 👩‍🔬 Science. Keep doing the work. #impsci #healthpolicy

The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.

We didn't get to organ transplantation, MRI scans, cardiac stents, insulin treatment, or vaccines by homeopathy or functional medicine. It was science.

104 Nobel Prizes have been won by NIH researchers But yeah shut it down

The fact that vaccines work is not dependent on your views, feelings or your political orientation. It's indisputable. Look at diphtheria for example It's just fact

Also unclear how clinical psychology residents in the match are affected. VA = 1 of the biggest and best educators for the clinical psychology workforce. This must be fixed immediately. Veterans and the general public deserve quality care and well trained professionals.

Memos posted publicly to government websites claiming to be from the acting directors of OPM and OMB have metadata showing that the original authors are affiliated with Project 2025.

The purge begins. statnews.com/2025/01/31/cdc…

NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science statnews.com/2025/02/07/nih… via STAT

💣TORPEDOING MEDICAL RESEARCH—NIH indirect grant funding just got slashed by Trump to 15%. What does this mean for you? Colleges and universities won’t be able to support students, tuition will increase, especially graduate students & researchers who find cures/preventions for

We’re already on to the second set of pre-conference workshops at #SBM2025! 🚀 Between 11:00 and 13:00, attendees are getting hands on training with #SciComm, #JITAIs, #Implementation & more! 🧠