Steffanie Strathdee, PhD

Thanks for the shoutout!

Amazing to watch the United States of America turn it back on vaccines.

RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine experts endangers every American “Our nation’s top health official cannot be trusted to protect America’s children and their families,” writes Richard Besser, pediatrician and president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

"These are scientists, physicians, epidemiologists & other experts who are honored to serve their country because they care deeply about public health." @richbesser.bsky.social in defense of #ACIP and on the risks posed by political interference in its critical work. www.statnews.com/2025/06/10/a...

Opinion | Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine? Their leadership must be grounded in sound public health priorities

In a new #OpEd, Daniel Pham, MD, discusses the debate surrounding Casey Means’ nomination for U.S. Surgeon General, weighing concerns about her medical background against the broader responsibilities of the role in public health leadership.
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Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.

Seth Rogen’s Trump Jokes Are Edited Out of Awards Broadcast While presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony this month, Mr. Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science.”

Seth Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science” while presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony — sometimes called the “Oscars of Science” — where Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were in attendance. Rogen's comments were cut from the broadcast.

NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.

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Precisely. And the ability to triage grants based solely on political views, out of the public eye. NIH has a history of piloting new procedures. I hope they do this before this centralized review process is institutionalized.

I've been saying the same thing. Just horrible.

Makes me want to buy a tractor.

Utah Close to Becoming First State to Fully Ban Fluoride in Water Measure would strip cities' ability to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral

AP: #Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on #fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn't allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral. #medsky
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It's a hopeful sign, but no advisory councils rescheduled yet, and without those, outstanding scores mean nothing as grants will hang in limbo.

Federal Employee Firings Threaten the Future of American Research, Scientists Fear After widespread government layoffs, scientists worry about the uncertain future of research and advocate action to rise above the situation.

New article up in The Scientist

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President Trump’s Cuts to Medical Research How government cuts are slowing research.

The #NIH funding fiasco, cont'd @nytimes.com.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/b...

Federal Register Blackout Blocks NIH Funding New strategy is like pouring 'cement in the pipes of the federal funding infrastructure'

#Scientists need to speak up to save the institutions that fund #scientific #research like #NIH, the largest public funding agency supporting #science in the world. That's why I spoke to @medpagetoday.bsky.social.

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Thx for your support for my #memoir, #ThePerfectPredator! #Scicomm has never been so important.

#pandemics #superbugs #AMR #science #epidemiology

Thanks for covering this story, Cheryl!

This is my first post here. I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist who studies #HIV prevention & #harmreduction. I also co-direct IPATH, a nonprofit that is advancing #phagetherapy to combat #AMR. Give me a follow!

I'm an #infectiousdisease #epidemiologist w/ >24,000 followers on #Twitter hoping to find y'all & more like-minded folx here!