Nicki Swann

The lab had a great time engaging with the Parkinson's disease community today at the Parkinson's Resources of Oregon Sole Support walk!

Apoorva did a great job defending her thesis today! We are so proud of you! Congratulations!

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As a two time cancer survivor who has been a patient in an NIH-funded trial, this hits close to home. I am alive today b/c of NIH and (as a scientist) I know how long it will take to recover from these devastating terminations. We are losing cures for diseases. This will hurt us all.

A chart showing cancelled NIH grants

“I would like to cure brain cancer. I think that's not particularly controversial.” Be that as it may, the NIH terminated that scientist's grant. Here's a huge survey of the 2,500 grants that NIH has killed or delayed...so far. Gift link: nyti.ms/43Jz1yJ

Congratulations to Kelsey for defending her PhD!

Folks at Princeton have put together an aggregator to highlight example of how federally funded research has directly impacted people's lives. They are looking for more studies to highlight, so send along suggestions and help make the benefits of science more visible!

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Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara! We're hiring a full-time junior specialist/research technician to play a central role in data collection & analysis of brain imaging studies of pregnancy & menopause.

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As a scientist and two time cancer survivor I can say first hand that the devastation of biomedical research is going to cost lives.

I am a scientist and also a two time cancer survivor. My voice isn’t loud but I have been trying to share what biomedical research means to me. So far though, I haven’t felt like I am making much impact. Would love advice on what to do (beyond just calling reps and sharing info with my groups)

#OncoSky #CanSky #ThanksCancer!

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As a survivor of 2 separate cancers, reading this is so devastating. Nearly all drugs come from NIH-supported research. Anyone can get cancer, and when they do the cures that could exist won’t be waiting for them if these attacks on science don’t stop.

Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition After cancelling nearly all NIH projects studying transgender health, Trump’s team instructs the US biomedical agency to study negative consequences of transitioning.

The White House sometimes directs the NIH to study certain broad topics, such as cancer or women’s health, but the latest directive’s specificity, inflammatory language and focus on a hyper-polarizing topic are unprecedented, NIH employees say.

https://go.nature.com/43xPnfj

Thank you for speaking up! You are doing an amazing job!

The NIH’s Most Reckless Cuts Yet Ending clinical trials with no warning can put patients at risk.

I have been a patient in clinical trials like the ones being abruptly terminated. It was a risk but one I was willing to take to give me the best chance of survival. I can’t wrap my head around this senseless destruction. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

So we can't study women at all now? Is this also to "protect women"?

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.

More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.

I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

“Orchestrated assault”: New tsunami of NIH grant cuts hits South Africa hard Agency moves to terminate nearly 1000 awards, including programs involving “DEI”

Exclusive from me and Jon Cohen @science.org: NIH is terminating nearly 1000 grants in a series of batches. One, which conducts HIV and TB clinical trials in South Africa, was labelled as a "DEI" study that "harms the health of Americans." www.science.org/content/arti...

A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

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#New: Huge crowd gathers for #StandUpForScience2025 rally in San Francisco:

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Today I went to Salem to #StandUpForScience - I spoke about my experiences as a scientist leading an NIH-funded laboratory and as a two-time cancer survivor who owes my life to science and the NIH!

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‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.

DEI is under attack, but the stakes are higher than many realize. Universities *must stand firm* in defending it. I lay out why in my latest piece for Nature.

Silence is complicity. Without DEI, we fail our students, our research, and our future.

www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

Only 1 week until the Stand Up For Science rally at the OR capitol! We'll be hearing from Rep. Andrea Salinas and at least 4 renowned scientists. Rally with me to defend science from censorship and cuts! Let's make this big! #sciencenotsilence #standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social

I live in Eugene and was planning to attend the march in Salem. I tried to DM you, but wasn't able to. I have been contacting reps too!

Do you know if there is a place to share stories? As a scientist and cancer survivor I would love to share how NIH has benefited me both personally and professionally. (A life saver quite literally!)

Screenshot of graph from CBPP. House Republican Plan Would Take Health Care and Food Assistance Away from People to Pay for Tax Cuts for Wealthy Two bars - one labelled Cuts to SNAP $230 billion and Cuts to Medicaid $880 billion. An equal bar labeled Tax cuts for people with incomes in the top 1% - $1.1 trillion

This is all you need to see to understand the disaster of a budget passed by the House GOP last night.