Mehul D. Patel, PhD

Supreme Court Lets Trump Administration Cut N.I.H. Grants for Disfavored Research

A mess: “The court’s order is not the last word, and the case will proceed in lower courts. The upshot of the scrambled ruling, subject to ongoing litigation, appears to be that grants already canceled will not be immediately reinstated but that recipients may be able to sue in a specialized court.”

Cancelling NIH grants harms all Americans, including those waiting for treatments for themselves or their loved ones. The AAMC is urging the Supreme Court to ensure grants are reinstated throughout the litigation that seeks to restore them. www.aamc.org/news/press-r...

one can only hope...sigh

Tell the Supreme Court: No Stay. Hands off NIH The Supreme Court is poised to allow Trump to illegally terminate NIH grants. Let's speak out. There is not much time.

Important new document available regarding SCOTUS and NIH grants.

scienceandfreedomalliance.substack.com/p/tell-the-s...

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As an epidemiologist, I've heard I'm the opposite of an economist 😅

It would take something like a major economic downturn negatively affecting peoples' everyday lives and Trump becoming extremely unpopular. They'll only stand up if there's a good chance of winning.

Where's the COALITION?! Trump admin is pickin em off one by one. First, Columbia and Harvard and now Duke. I wouldn't fault Duke for giving in (like Columbia) because when you stand alone, what choice is there? Univ leaders thinking they can lay low and not get noticed need to rethink the strategy.

Message from University leadership: Update on financial planning | UNC-Chapel Hill In an email to campus, Chancellor Lee H. Roberts and other leaders shared steps taken by the University to identify operational savings of approximately $70 million.

"We have identified savings of approximately $70 million (about 2% of our total operational budget)..."

Just the beginning here at #UNC...

www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...

"...multi-year grants must be funded with funds from this year — fiscal year 2025 (FY25).

The new policy means that the number of grants that can be funded this year will drop dramatically."

Hi folks! Want to reintroduce a thing I'm leading at @cos.io: the Registered Revisions (meta) Trial.

This project about new peer review policy and a WILD new way of doing actionable evidence generation via RCTs. A LOT of RCTs.

Now piloted and ready for the main stage, and looking for partners! 🧵👇

interesting how my research and hairline trajectories are correlated!

📰 our research on improving access to acute #stroke care for #rural communities made possible by #NIH #funding and the fact that our target population is old white people

tracs.unc.edu/index.php/ne...

U.S. research community says new indirect cost model is still too complicated Proposed changes to avert huge cuts in reimbursement get pushback at town hall

www.science.org/content/arti...

"...FAIR, under which universities would document exactly what they spend to support each project and include those costs in the overall budget submitted with each grant application."

As a PI, this sounds like a nightmare.

photo of a flooded, washed out greenway

Hey #ChapelHillNC #CarrboroNC - please help us identify and document disruptions in critical ped/bike #infrastructure due to tropical storm #Chantal!
We're working on an editable map, but in the meantime, please drop photos & locations in the thread.

#BikeSky #greenway

Tillis warned "that the Medicaid cuts alone could haunt the Republicans in the midterms."...EXCEPT MEDICAID CUTS DON'T KICK IN TIL 2027 AFTER THE MIDTERMS!!!

Based on the study findings, our team is working on data sharing resources and bridging the communication gap between EMS and hospitals. (3/3)

#rural communities have limited geographical access to hospitals with the most advanced stroke care capabilities. Addressing rural stroke disparities involves transforming an entire system of care. (2/3)

Rural Emergency Medical Services Perspectives on Improving Acute Stroke Care: A Qualitative Study For underserved rural communities with limited geographical access to comprehensive stroke centers, emergency medical services (EMS) play a crucial role in timely, high-quality acute stroke care. T...

🚨Rural Emergency Medical Services Perspectives on Improving Acute Stroke Care: A Qualitative Study www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/... (1/3)

it happened again 🥲

😅😢😅😢😅😢😅😢

Let's normalize refusing to review obviously bad papers. Just bounce it back to the editor who shouldn't have sent it to you in the first place.

statsepi.substack.com/p/the-review...

Congrats @mfcasey.bsky.social !

Rescinded NIH Grants

Major update over the weekend to our spreadsheet tracking terminated NIH grants. 👇

Improvements include:
- more grant metadata, including Congressional reps and their phone numbers
- data from more sources to complement PI-submitted information
- better data integrity and reproducibility

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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.

If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.

Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

intrigued...would love to read it but don't have the money!

see, this plane got measles and was perfectly fine

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment The Office for Civil Rights today sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil...

Following the $400 million fund cut at Columbia and $800 million at Johns Hopkins, the U.S. Department of Education released a list of 58 additional universities which may face similar "punishment", from UC-Berkeley to Harvard to UNC-Raleigh. This is quite the list:

Important 🧵 ...even though the NoA is for the year, the NIH doesn't send the total awarded amount to the university.

"In addition to Soldier protection, Soldier survivability is assessed in terms of Soldier lethality, situational awareness, and the ability to effectively communicate and operate undetected when needed."

So basically the best killers are the most likely survive? Ok I'm out.

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Specific research topics: www.army.mil/article/261533

"The Personnel Survivability research area concentrates on the advancement of research to...mitigate injury and enhance the survivability of Soldiers facing the wide range of battlefield threats, including ballistic, thermal..."

Sounds ok

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