Amelia Cuarenta, PhD

Beyond the false claims linking Tylenol to autism, it is especially gross to see extremely wealthy men shaming women for not ‘toughing it out’ during pregnancy.

A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid

Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.

In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

This is what democracy looks like! A people united will never be defeated. We want federal forces out of DC NOW! #WeAreAllDC #FreeDC

SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide

Want to see the economic impact of #NIH grant cuts in your community? Check out @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and colleagues' project here. Tell your friends and neighbors what is happening. scienceimpacts.org

This is illustrated in another way with this “word cloud” based on the grant titles from the ~200 awards.

9/14

August 22, 2025 Dear Director Bhattacharya: I write to you regarding your plans after the Supreme Court ruling yesterday. As you know, the Supreme Court did allow a stay on the required grant reinstatements based on a controversial jurisdictional issue but also found that the grant termination processes used were likely illegal. I know you are deeply concerned about public trust in NIH. I hope that you understand that proceeding to fail to reinstate or to re-terminate grants that had been found to have been illegally terminated will not increase the public trust in NIH. This would also be substantially damaging to science.

I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail.

1/14

rainbow rubber duckies all in a line

🐤Promise you this is one you'll want to say you were a part of...

Help us get our 'ducks in a row' and IMPEACH AND REMOVE THAT DANG QUACK!!!! 📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆

Link here: tinyurl.com/sufsci

16% loss at NIH
22% loss at NIDA;
22% loss at NIMH, 18% NIA, 17% NIAID.
17% loss at NIAAA, finally answering the question about unusually huge losses of POs causing their funding slowness in the negative.

Politicizing Scientific Research Comes With a Hefty Price More oversight at the National Institutes of Health is slowing down innovation that could meaningfully improve people’s lives.

The Trump administration, seemingly determined to hobble the NIH, continues to devise new and insidious ways to politicize what has long been considered the crown jewel of US research.
My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com (🎁 link):

Doctors attempting to see ICE holding facility at 26 Federal Plaza are rejected Several New York physicians are speaking out against what they say are inhumane conditions at an immigration holding facility in Lower Manhattan.

"People rallied with the doctors, calling for medical professionals to be allowed inside..."

www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

A cover labeled "Fifty Shades of 'Jay' by Jeremy M Berg

Several people have suggested that I compile my emails to Bhattacharya and I am delighted to do so.

Announcing the first cut of "Fifty Shades of 'Jay'

jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...

This contains just the first few exchanges. I will be adding more as time permits.

Underrepresented minority faculty in the USA face a double standard in promotion and tenure decisions

It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.

A graphic promoting the Sound Science Saves Lives rally. There is a picture of a man speaking in a megaphone in front of a globe. Text at the top says "Science and research are under attack, so we're fighting back. August 16th 10:30 am 10th @Peachtree St Atlanta, GA" At the bottom, it says "mobilize link in caption."

After the past few days, it's more important than ever that we speak out against the war on science and research.

Make your voice heard. Join us this Saturday: bit.ly/SoundScience....

Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You. The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.

Related to our previous post- if you had a grant terminated, Pro Publica wants to hear from you. Your work was funded because it was good, important science meant to help Americans. Reach out, and make your voice heard.

www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

SUFS Aug 12 Action Steps Demand our Representatives Support Science Funding First, Find Your Representative: Go to your representative's "contact me" page on their website [list linked here] and fill out the message form. It...

🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social

Day 13! WRITE UP WEDNESDAY!
Our team on the hill learned that "Contact Me" forms on congress people's websites are very underutilized. WE WANT TO CHANGE THAT…

🔗 Instructions and scripts here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#31Days

Important- if you had an illegally terminated grant that was reinstated, you might not be safe. Staff are being told that grants *may* be canceled after October 1st, 2025 if not "in line with agency priorities". POs are being muzzled and can't tell grantees directly.

#NIH #NIH_funding

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.

This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.

Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Record-setting rains in Wisconsin led to life-threatening flash flooding in Milwaukee and the surrounding area overnight Saturday to Sunday, prompting widespread flood alerts and the early closure of the Wisconsin State Fair. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/u...

These job ads have now been posted! 🎉

Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020

Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054

Please spread the word!

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So many amazing and dedicated people lost their jobs today, to the detriment of us all. America is weaker today than it was before.

NIH is shrinking the number of research projects it funds due to a new Trump policy NIH plans to shrink the share of grant applications it will award for the remainder of the fiscal year, in some cases by more than half.

By entirely funding more awards up front, the NIH is on track to fund just 1 in 25 applications

Such a payline “would chase a lot of people out of science” former NCI director Ned Sharpless told us 🧪🔬

www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/n...

We are hearing a lot of rumblings about pocket rescissions — Russ Vought’s MAGA troops illegally stripping funding from your government — about to be deployed Aug 15.

Hold onto your shorts, everyone. This is the big fight.

A quick update re NIH and NSF terminated grant tracking:

Grant Watch has a new name!

We're now called **Grant Witness**

You can find us at grant-witness.us

Please update your bookmarks and spread the word! 🙏

(And no, this wasn't our preference, but trademarks are a thing. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️)

Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.

The NIH can’t award ANY grants to outside researchers under new WH restriction, reports @wsj.com.

The pause came in the form of a footnote from OMB Director Vought, in a document that doles out federal funds to the NIH.

Prelude to rescissions, especially after his comments over the weekend?

Durham: 283k people per the 2020 Census. 102k identify as Black or African American, 113k as White. It's crucial for health systems to serve their surroundings. Like many other places we do not represent the diverse community we serve. Curious to see how this "racial discrimination" is justified...

Trump signs bill canceling $9 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding The White House had billed the legislation as a test case for Congress and said more such rescission packages would be on the way.

President Donald Trump signed a bill Thursday canceling about $9 billion that had been approved for public broadcasting and foreign aid as Republicans look to lock in cuts to programs targeted by the White House’s Department of Government Efficiency.
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