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What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.

"...researchers who invest time in their students tend to lead more-productive, more-collaborative groups and attract stronger future students than those who do not." "Time spent with the next generation of scientists is an investment."
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Join us on Friday, June 13 at 12pm ET for the next ELSI Friday Forum: Rigor, Reproducibility and Responsibility: ELSI Questions in Population Data Practices.

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Public media is under threat. Millions depend on the NPR Network every day. Silencing journalism is one way to silence truth and erode the power of the people. Donate now.

A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.

Scientists fear Trump administration cuts to NIH could impact the health of Americans for generations Former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, who abruptly left his NIH research lab in February, fears aggressive downsizing could impact Americans' health.

Cuts to #NIH funding don't just hurt scientists, but everyone who depends on new treatments, cures, & medical breakthroughs. Research can't thrive without strong, sustained support. Read more in this @60minutes.bsky.social segment featuring former NIH director Francis Collins: buff.ly/REjVWPc

Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.

They’re now wanting to control what medical journals publish. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/h...

“This is a moment of profound danger to public health.” @apha.org public letter. www.apha.org/news-and-med...

The Paradox of Hard Work Why do people enjoy doing difficult things?

In 2018, two social psychologists introduced the “Effort Paradox” to make sense of why people enjoy doing difficult things. The explanation may have a lot to do with how people find meaning in life, Alex Hutchinson writes:

America Is on Fire, and Our Leaders Are Roasting Marshmallows Show up and speak out now before it's too late.

“The cost of opposing Trump has never been higher, but that cost will only rise as time goes on.”

Perfectly correct from @melissaryan.bsky.social.
Please find ways to speak out— to your university, to the wealthy, to the public. There will never be a better time.

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Prescription drug prices have skyrocketed in the U.S., more so than in other wealthy countries! 💊 💰 What prices can be ethically justified? 💭 New chapter in our Bioethics Briefings. READ, bit.ly/41Xyt7i

#HastingsCenter #Bioethics #DrugPricing #Healthcare

"Officials from federal institutions have requested the withdrawal of articles supported by federal funds, citing concerns that they address politically sensitive topics such as transgender health."

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: ELSI Journal Club | Launch . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. CERA is excited to launch the ELSI Journal Club, a new initiative designed to foster deeper engagement with the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genomics. This series provides a struc...

Join us for our inaugural ELSI Journal Club on March 28 at 12pm ET, a new initiative designed to foster deeper engagement with the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genomics.

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

C.D.C. Will Investigate Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism Dozens of studies have failed to find evidence of a link. The decision to re-examine the question comes as a measles outbreak, driven by low vaccination rates, widens in Texas.

“It’s been exhaustively studied.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/h...

This👇 Calling these attacks “budget cuts” is like cutting off your leg and saying you’re trying to lose weight.

New Perspective on the NEJM about potential bankruptcy of 23andMe, genetic information, and privacy:

Businesses aren't covered by HIPAA requirements; GINA doesn’t prevent direct-to-consumer genetic-testing companies such as 23andMe from selling people’s data.
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ASHG is deeply troubled by the recent layoffs at a number of agencies. The impact on scientific progress and innovation is profound and alarming.

Read our statement: www.ashg.org/publications...

How Trump’s ‘fear factor’ is already reshaping American science Scientists shocked by the Trump administration's "sledgehammer" wonder about possible motives and lament a short-sighted approach to cuts.

How Trump’s ‘fear factor’ is already reshaping American science
‘The number of cures we won’t get and scientific advances we won’t have as a result of these cuts are uncountable’
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“We cannot be so demoralized that we do nothing.” -Dr. David Williams on fighting racism and inequity in this age

I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday

So one approach is to omit these words from your research. The other is for all of us to double down on including these words in EVERYTHING.

Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations - Nature Reviews Genetics This Review summarizes the genetic and non-genetic factors that impact the transferability of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) across populations, highlighting the technical challenges of existing PRS con...

Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations go.nature.com/3WJCqKX

Genetically defined population descriptors can reduce inaccuracies in research, but should they completely replace more conventional descriptors in the clinic?@ajhgnews.bsky.social latest article provides perspectives on this important genomic medicine topic: www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex... #ASHG

Epigenetic ageing clocks: statistical methods and emerging computational challenges Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 13 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41576-024-00807-wEpigenetic clocks based on DNA methylation data are machine learning tools used to estimate chronological and biological age. The authors review computational and…

FYI: New online! Epigenetic ageing clocks: statistical methods and emerging computational challenges

Breaking research silos to achieve equitable precision medicine in rheumatology - Nature Reviews Rheumatology This Review discusses obstacles to health care equity in rheumatic disease, including access to health care and the use of inaccurate language when labelling population groups. The authors also highli...

February Issue | Breaking research silos to achieve equitable precision medicine in rheumatology

The authors discuss the obstacles to health care equity in rheumatic disease and provide recommendations for achieving equitable precision medicine

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Our concise comment on @natrevrheumatol.bsky.social remains so relevant! Available here: rdcu.be/d6EWW

Proud of my collaboration with Drs. Hannah Ainsworth, DeAnna Baker Frost and Sam Lim just published in
@natrevrheumatol.bsky.social , where we discuss the
need to break research silos to achieve #equitable #precisionmedicine in #rheumatology. Accessible through: rdcu.be/d5RRo