Jeremy Snyder

Yes. Coordinated posting here will be great for folks who don't want to hang out with MechaHitler.

Again, really glad to see posting starting here.

Glad to see this account now active. Could it be updated in tandem with the Twitter/X account - e.g., with current news of the road closure and ongoing security incident - so that folks don't need to go over there for updates?

SFU is officially on Bluesky! 👋

We're a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future for BC and beyond.

Follow us to see where we're going next and how we're going to get there.

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary accuses the NIH of funding a lab that "brewed up a virus that killed 20 million people"

Scoop: Vinay Prasad is out at FDA. HHS spokesperson said "he did not want to be a distraction to the great work of the FDA in the Trump administration."
Story TK in Pink Sheet.

New study finds almost 50% more IUDs, implants dispensed after B.C. made birth control free | CBC News A new UBC research study led by Dr. Laura Schummers found a 49 per cent jump in the number of "long-acting reversible contraceptives" dispensed, including the IUD and the arm implant, dispensed per mo...

After BC added full coverage of prescribed IUDs, an additional 11,375 (+50%) people started using them. @drlschummers.bsky.social: "This really tells us that there was a substantial cost-related barrier to using contraception as a whole".

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Commenter: "This is God Tier bait". Poster: "Ty sir"

It was intended as a joke/bait.

"it will pause all shipments of Elevidys in the United States after two teenage boys with a rare condition called Duchenne muscular dystrophy, who had received the company's gene therapy, died of liver failure this year."

Doctoral Excellence Award Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

My university (@westernu.ca) is offering up to $160,000 CAD in funding to support doctoral students impacted by recent changes in higher ed in the US.

And I'm keen on supervising students who may be interested (and who conduct research in public health ethics). DM me.

grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...

This is why we can't have nice things.

"...there is evidence that the use of AI tools has enabled Principal Investigators to submit more than 40 distinct applications in a single application submission round."

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

B.C. recruting blitz nets almost 800 U.S. health-care worker applications in 2 months | Globalnews.ca British Columbia's health minister says the province has received almost 780 job applications from qualified American health professionals as part of its recruitment campaign.

British Columbia's health minister says the province has received almost 780 job applications from qualified American health professionals between May and June as part of its recruitment campaign.

globalnews.ca/news/1129132...

📣 Abstract submissions deadline approaching for #TMM2025!

✅ Trainee/HQP deadline to be included in the abstract comp: July 29, 2025 — compete for travel awards & oral presentations, and more
✅ General deadline: Sept 17, 2025 — poster presentations

🔗 www.tillandmcculloch.ca/event/d754f8...

Physical Therapist Dies Inside Hyperbaric Chamber After It Catches Fire

"He is at least the second person to die this year after a fire broke out in a hyperbaric chamber... on its website, the Arizona clinic appears to advertise hyperbaric oxygen therapy for a variety of treatments that are not yet approved by the [FDA], including anti-aging and autism treatments."

Image of X post by SFU FHS stating "FHS is leaving X. We strive to improve the health of individuals & populations, and to reduce health inequities through excellence in interdisciplinary research & education, in partnership with local, national & global communities - and with a commitment to social justice."

You love to see it @sfu-fhs.bsky.social

Passing on an announcement:

CITAP at UNC-Chapel Hill is looking for a faculty position in AI, namely someone who "examines the complex interconnections between AI technologies and social, organizational, and/or ethical systems."

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/303...

Cuts at Ontario colleges leading to nearly 10,000 job losses, union says | CBC News Close to 10,000 college faculty and staff have either been let go or are projected to lose their jobs amid hundreds of program cancellations and suspensions since last year, the Ontario Public Service...

"the federal government's cap on international students led to a dramatic decline in enrolment and tuition revenue, and the cancellation or suspension of more than 600 college programs... colleges in Ontario have reported a 48 per cent decrease in first-semester enrolment of international students."

I am happy to share that my project, "The Indigenous Stories of Philosophy," has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant. With this support, I will hire a Graduate Student for the project in the coming year. 1/2

US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Award Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

My university has announced a special international graduate fellowship for PhD students whose acceptance at a US university has been rescinded. Check it out: grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...

Again, remains noteworthy that the City of Vancouver, TransLink, BC Ferries, and many more government agencies and politicians continue to use a certain website as one of their main modes of providing basic information to citizens on social media

ALS patients ask FDA to approve Nurown in tough test for Makary & Prasad - The Niche Professor discusses a petition to FDA to approve Nurown for ALS despite limited clinical trial data; a big challenge for Makary & Prasad

@stemcells.bsky.social: "FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and CBER Director Vinay Prasad recently have emphasized real-world data. ...So on that level, one might think that the agency could reverse course from its past decisions here and potentially give some kind of approval for Nurown."

ALS Community Files Citizens’ Petition asking FDA to Approve NurOwn Stem Cell Therapy ACCESS Newswire is the leading global press release distribution service. Tell your story and reach millions of journalists. Contact us today to get started.

1. ALS patients have filed a citizens' petition asking FDA to approve an investigational stem cell drug that reviewers eviscerated at a 2023 advisory committee meeting (after they had initially refused to file).
www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/...

Harvard U Kennedy School of Government international students who are not allowed back into the U.S. will be able to complete their studies in Canada at the University of Toronto. It's incredible that such contingency plans are necessary, and yet here we are. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...

U.S. science funding uncertainty reshapes grad school choices for Canadians | CBC News Thousands of Canadians go to the U.S. for graduate school every year. Now, uncertainty around science funding — from cuts and freezes announced by the Trump administration — mean some U.S. universitie...

"Alfarra, 22, applied to nine American universities, hoping for options, but he ended up being waitlisted and rejected for all of them. Most of them told him informally that budget uncertainties in the U.S. were making it difficult for them to accept graduate students".

B.C.’s Northern Health ramping up vaccine availability as measles cases may be undercounted Two more suspected cases of measles over the weekend in Northern Health have the health authority taking extra measures to try to vaccinate British Columbians against one of the most contagious viruse...

#Measles cases may be undercounted in B.C., officials fear. Officially, there have 30 cases in the province during the current outbreak, compared more than 2,100 in Ontario and 840 in Alberta, by @pennydaflos.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... via @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social

Our special issue, “Advancing Trust in Science: Institutional Obligations to Promote Research Integrity,” is now live in @jlme-journal.bsky.social. Check out the full line up of leading voices on spotting, addressing, and preventing misconduct.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It.

South Africa Built a Medical Research Powerhouse. Trump Cuts Have Demolished It. Budget cuts threaten global progress on everything from heart disease to #HIV, and could affect American drug companies, too, by @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/h... via @nytimes.com #GlobalHealth

Tier II CRC appointment in Health Care Governance, School of Public Policy and Administration (Health Care Governance; Health Policy; Health Services Research; Health Administration) - Office of the D... About the Position The Faculty of Public and Global Affairs at Carleton University invites applications from qualified candidates for a SSHRC Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Health Care Governa...

This is exciting!!! Please apply!!!

SSHRC-CRSH Tier II Canada Research Chair in Health Care Governance

To be held in the School of Public Policy & Administration, Carleton University (Ottawa). For more information, please visit carleton.ca/deputyprovos...

"The chatbot instructed him to give up sleeping pills and an anti-anxiety medication, and to increase his intake of ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, which ChatGPT described as a “temporary pattern liberator.”"

Politics & Policy | PSO Policy Research Journal | Wiley Online Library Little research has been conducted on litigation crowdfunding, including how links to politically controversial causes may influence fundraising success. This study collected 500 crowdfunding campai...

I have a new open access article (with Claire Wilson) on how linking litigation-related crowdfunding to political controversy can be financially beneficial. Short version, campaigns on @givesendgo.bsky.social linked to political controversy greatly outperformed other litigation campaigns. #lawsky

""If you want to take an experimental drug — you can do that, you ought to be able to do that,” Mr. Kennedy said."

“And of course you’re going to get a lot of charlatans, and you’re going to get people who have bad results,” he added. “And ultimately, you can’t prevent that either way."