David Gammel

The passing of Paul Newman (2008), Sean Connery (2020), Sidney Poitier (2022), and now Robert Redford (2025) signals the slow disappearance of a certain type of 20th century figure: men who embodied classic style in a way that reflected their taste, rather than a professional stylist.

Yikes

I use “smol” in some jokes with my kids which means it’s way out of date now. 😂

But are the shoes off?

Just graduated our youngest from
high school. All of us were ready for it! Exciting time of transformation for everyone.

Congratulations!

Trump’s proposed budget would mean ‘disastrous’ cuts to science Key research budgets would shrink by one-third to one-half in 2026 spending plan

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Love it. We are downsizing and I’m giving most of my tools to my daughter who picked up carpentry building theater sets in college.

In middle school I wrote a paper about Hubble that earned me a trip to Huntsville to visit the Space Center. This was years before it finally launched. I’ve always been fond of that space telescope!

I walk a lot and often get asked for directions. Maybe comes from being accessible? My fave was a Parisian asking me for directions in Paris and her being a bit mortified when she realized I wasn’t a local.

Quirky shows I have enjoyed recently: Mickey 17 (Robert Pattinson) and The Bondsman (Kevin Bacon).

In case you need a distraction!

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NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts.  @msnbc.com

After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work Neuroscience institutes tells 10 scientists placed on leave it’s working on a “long-term” solution to officially reinstating them

10 NIH scientists were fired because of a "coding error" and have now been called back to work.

“I think it’s a sinking ship. I don’t mean my lab, I mean biomedical research.”

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We have a new review on generative AI in medicine, to appear in the Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science! We cover over 250 papers in the recent literature to provide an updated overview of use cases and challenges for generative AI in medicine.

CHOP saved my niece’s life when she was an infant. Amazing people. Wishing your family the best.

All except Buffalo.

Excited to be attending my first RSNA Meeting as Executive Director of @aapmhq.bsky.social! Stop by our booth 1108 in the South Hall and be sure to join us for our member reception on Tuesday night. #rsna #aapm #medicalphysics

I had a hard time finding women physicists here. So I made a starter pack for #female and #under-represended #minorities in #physics, in short #FURMIP.
Please spread the word and
let me know if you would like to be added.
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Preordered! Looking forward to reading it and sharing with my kids who have more time to benefit from it.

Proud to be working with the @aapmhq.bsky.social American Association of Physicists in Medicine to identify their game changing breakthroughs for the next 10 years.

Watching an NFL game on what began as a bookstore website via my smart TV.

Barnes & Noble Sets Itself Free As the bookstore chain mounts a comeback, it’s breaking a cardinal rule of corporate branding and store design: consistency.

As a former early 90s indie book store associate (hello Booksellers of Cleveland Heights!) I've not loved B&N but I'm intrigued with the new CEO focusing them on books and people who read them (!) and stores trying localized tactics on a shoestring, branding be damned. Hope it works out.

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