Sabina Hirshfield, PhD

www.facebook.com/share/r/1A9G.... @profcarlos.bsky.social is changing the world.

The link no longer works

Wondering if your PO, SRO, or other NIH official is still at NIH? Tara pointed out this useful search tool. Unfortunately my MIRA PO, who just took over this portfolio in December, is no longer listed. 💔

Out of curiosity, if you write federal grants, are you submitting more than usual this deadline?

He is a sick man. How is running a country?!

Trans people are under attack - we organize to resist

Sweden wants to be the first country to eliminate HPV by 2027 The Nordic country's ambitious timeline relies on high vaccination uptake and efficient mass screening and follow-up treatment.

While US is trying to bring back polio, Sweden is trying to eliminate HPV
"Researchers will start screening to find all pre-existing infections that might cause cervical cancer starting in the second half of 2025" goal is to sample entire population and vaccinate.
www.euronews.com/health/2024/...

I hope people are studying this big policy intervention - will be fascinating to see and understand its effects

It's good day to remind everyone that RFK Jr doesn't believe that HIV causes AIDS. This conspiracy makes him an unfit choice to lead the department of health and human services. He also believes vaccines cause autism.
Call/email your senator and oppose his confirmation.
#WorldAIDSDay2024

Always an important day for our community. I think we should all be thankful how far we’ve come but for today let’s remember the many people we lost. #WorldAIDSday

Darth Salad

Go back to X

Yesterday, on the LIRR, my husband blasted classical to see if the annoying gamers would use the earbuds IN THEIR EARS. They didn’t even notice. I am simply dumbfounded over this gap in awareness.

People who don't respect reproductive rights should be prepared for big destructive fights.

It is healthcare, and should be available to all women. All of them. Even the ones who don't like it or want it.

Don't like abortion? Don't get one. Mind your business. Not others'.

Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations | PNAS Disparities continue to pose major challenges in various aspects of science. One such aspect is editorial board composition, which has been shown t...

"Non-White scientists appear on fewer editorial boards, spend more time under review, and receive fewer citations"

www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

@collinperryman.bsky.social I won’t send some your way (but will think about it, lol).

If I don’t get tenure soon I’ll be doing just that.

Fabulous!

How to make a graphical abstract Multimedia science communicator Dr Gaius Augustus explains what a graphical abstract is and shows you three graphical abstract examples with different graphical abstract designs. Must-read if you…

If you're struggling to synthesize your work into an abstract, then the idea of a graphical abstract may seem even more impossible. 😰

Here's how to create one: https://buff.ly/3C7ifzb

#PIchat #AcWri #PhDchat

Huh. What’s your secret? Sending hugs!

Fine, I’ll start. I had 6. Or 7. It’s a blur.

On average, how many manuscript review requests do you receive each week?

YouTube video by MSNBC RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdi’s deep dive

Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.

I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:

Speaker Mike Johnson Says He Will Ban Transgender Women From Capitol Bathrooms The G.O.P. speaker sided with hard-right members of his conference who called for blocking Representative-elect Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from using Capitol women’s room...

The cruelty is the point.
The GOP should be ashamed of themselves for harassing this amazing woman.
Yeah, I said it: woman.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...

Three scientists stand before a workbench. On it are a computer, tools and some laboratory glassware. they are made of chunky pixels the size of golf balls. One of the scientists says “our budget has been cut so from now on we’ll be working with low-res equipment”.

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.bsky.social