Mike Schultz

A serious medical scene shows a healthcare worker in surgical scrubs standing in a hospital corridor. Bold white text overlays the image, reading: “Curing cancer. Preventing pandemics. What’s it worth?”

A dark blue graphic with white text centered over a soft-focus medical background. The message reads: “Just $105 per year from the average taxpayer funds the national institute of health. That’s all it takes to help save lives improve care, and fight disease”

A clean, square infographic with a dark blue background and light blue accents. The header reads, “What does that money actually do? Your $105 helps fund:” followed by six icons and descriptions: 1. Mental Health Research – Depression, PTSD, addiction 2. Cancer & Rare Disease Studies – From early detection to lifesaving treatments 3. Pandemic Preparedness – Vaccines, virus tracking, prediction and prevention 4. Children’s Health – Brain development, neonatal and pediatric care 5. Medical Innovation – Imaging, prosthetics, diagnostics 6. Basic Biomedical Science – Foundational research for future cures

Tax Day - round 3 - NIH 🩻🧠🧬

🧬 The average U.S. taxpayer contributes $105/year to NIH, helping fund:

• Cancer & rare disease breakthroughs
• Pandemic preparedness
• Children’s health
• Medical tech innovation
• Mental health science & more

NIH powers the science behind the healthcare we rely on.

Portal Innovation's Founder on the impact of NIH funding cuts on long-term drug development John Flavin, Portal Innovations Founder & CEO, joins 'Fast Money' to talk how NIH funding cuts could be detrimental for the U.S. pharmaceutical industry and drug development.

Sustained support for the NIH, NSF, FDA, and other science agenices is what has made American the best place in the world for biomedical innovation. It's important that we preserve it. Watch Portal's John Flavin on CNBC!

My colleagues Anna Slezak, Jeremy Langsam, and Karis D'Alessandro write about what the program is and why it's so important.

Don't Put Sick Kids on Hold On the importance of the rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program

In light of disruptions to federally-funded science, one program with bipartison support has fallen through the cracks. In December, Congress let the priority review voucher program expire. The PRV program incentives companies to develop drugs for pediatric rare diseases.

@nbcchicago.com @abc7.bsky.social @wgntv.com @fox2now.bsky.social @wbbmnewsradio.bsky.social @msnbc.com @chicagotribune.com @nytimes.com @suntimes.bsky.social

Thank you to the journalists who covered us at NBC Chicago, CBS 2 Chicago, ABC 7 Chicago, WGN-TV, KTVI FOX 2, WBBM | CBS Chicago, MSNBC, Neil Steinberg and the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, and The New York Times.

Federally-funded science faces ongoing funding freezes, firings, censorship, and attacks on diversity. Many of us see the impacts first- or second-hand. It's important that we speak up individually and collectively. Science is for everyone! Please reach out to learn more.

12. Organizing Works, We Win Big Together - Madeleine Vessely
13. Take Action! - Professor Will Conrad

8. Clinical Research Saves Lives - Melissa Byrn
9. Defunding and Censoring Climate Research - Dr. Luella Allen-Waller
@symbioecology.bsky.social
10. Censorship vs Public Health - Professor Tessa Bonney
11. Illegally Fired - Dr. Karl Rockne

4. Stand Together for Research - Senator Richard Durbin
5. Fight! Fight! Fight! - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
@schakowsky.house.gov
6. A Company That Would Not Be Alive Without the NSF and NIH - Anna Lisa Somera
7. Science Education Opens Doors - Elizabeth Rita Menig

1. A Clearcutting of Science - Professor Anna Vlasits @annaintegrated.bsky.social
2. Wounds That Don't Heal - Professor Tim Koh
3. Restoring Funding for Pediatric Cancer and Ag Research - Senator Richard Durbin
@durbin.senate.gov

Thank you to the 1,500+ people who battled the wet snow to attend the @standupforscience.bsky.social Chicago rally!

If you weren't able to attend, watch the rally here:
lnkd.in/gRhwH9nW

Without NIH funding for research, "your mother's cancer will wait for a cure. Your child's genetic disorder will wait for a breakthrough. The research that could save lives may be delayed or never come." ~Melissa Byrn, UChicago @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025

If you want a great nation, you don't eliminate research - medical, agricultural, across the board. Research looks into the future and gives us hope. We need to stand together! ~US Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025

Join us, tomorrow (Friday)!
@standupforscience.bsky.social

📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
📋 Register: lnkd.in/gguRyePu
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org

📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
📋 Register: lnkd.in/gguRyePu
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org

Chicago scientists reel from Trump funding cuts: 'We are just going to abandon all those discoveries' On Friday, scientists will leave their labs to protest cuts to research in Chicago and across the country.

Thank you Chicago Sun-Times for featuring me and some of my co-organizers of Stand Up for Science Chicago. It's critical we advocate for protecting federally-funded science and highlight what's at stake for patients.

Stand up for those working to discover treatments for cancer, Alzheimer's and other devastating diseases. They need our help today, so they can help us tomorrow.

Stand up against:
-Mass layoffs of federal employees including at the NIH, NSF, CDC, EPA, and FDA
-Frozen research grants and funding caps that will devastate a generation of scientists
-Government censorship of scientific information
-Attacks on diversity and equal access

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

I'm helping to organize this. Spread the word. Reach out to me to get involved.

📍 Federal Plaza, Chicago
🕛 March 7, 2025 | 12 PM
🔗 Learn more: standupforscience2025.org

They screwed this all up.

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Navigating a Shifting Biotech Ecosystem The foundations of the biomedical research are shifting beneath our feet.

The NIH funding crisis has been stressful and potentially damaging to US science. America has the best innovation ecosystem in the world, and for any complex ecosystem, disruption can have cascading effects. Read this piece by my colleague Steven Lehmann on how the innovation landscape might change.

There’s no argument that should reassure anyone enough to go back to business as usual, because none of these actions are happening in isolation. The war on US science won’t end with a court order on indirects.

Speaking of healthcare. Let's make @bsky.app the platform that fights misinformation. Some great follows are @drsusanoliver.bsky.social @jsm2334.bsky.social @therealtruther.bsky.social

Let's get them more followers and engagement than other platforms and let health science accounts find a home

This is the former dean of Harvard med school.

He defended several pandemic misinformation doctors from “uncivil” tone, while dunking on those of us who tried to sound the alarm about misinformation agents.

I tried to warn him and he got furious with me.

Kauai, where JP was filmed, was absolutely fantastic. From jungles, to canyons, to hidden beaches, every corner of the island was stunning.

Mauna Kea Summit and Stars Small-Group Adventure Tour Experience big skies and incredible nighttime views on this Mauna Kea stargazing trip with a small group. Experience a warm pre-trip picnic, proceeded by a ride in a 4x4 luxury van to the summit of the Big Island's tallest peak. After admiring a sunset view, continue down to 9,000 feet (2,743 meters) for a stargazing session, complete with a telescope, hot chocolate, and dessert. The trip also includes a guide and a hooded parka to keep you warm.

I just got back yesterday from a trip to both the Big Island and Kauai.

Mauna Kea telescopes aren’t open to the public but they’re cool to see from the outside. We did this tour and loved it!

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Yet, we are still investing in the aging space. We highlight two stellar companies Pelagos Pharma (based in Houston) and Vincere Biosciences (based in Boston).

As my PhD was in the longevity field and I now work as an early-stage life sciences investor, I've had a continued interest in aging biotech. In this piece, we write about given how innovations from the aging field are commercialized, there is no such thing as an aging company (at least not today).