Jim Hokanson, PhD

The damage done - Nature Medicine When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders.

148 clinical trials have been impacted, with 138k patients due to be enrolled or already enrolled.

Once research stops, some won't pick up where they left off. Even when terminated funding was reinstated, things do not go back to normal.

There is so much waste happening.
🧪 archive.today/Rii7f

Clearing out my bookmarks folder to prep readings I'll be using in my 300-level Gene Regulation class next semester! We cover a lot of primary "classic" literature in class, with recent accessible science journalism as assigned reading to see how gene regulation is relevant to today's issues. 🧵

A federal worker explains why she's not afraid of Trump's layoff threat Some federal workers closely following President Trump's threats of mass layoffs and funding cuts in the shutdown say it's nothing new. He's been doing those same things since January.

Got a chance to speak to @andreahsu.bsky.social on @npr.org about how NIH has been largely shutdown since January.

www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

I’d never done a hill visit before. It was a very interesting experience. I hope they hear us!

On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance At a moment when large-scale resistance can feel futile,
there are other ways to oppose, engage, and fight back.

“To do nothing is to be complicit in the horrors we are visiting upon the world.”

“…small, individual acts of noncompliance are also tools that can frustrate great and evil powers.”

www.thenation.com/article/acti...

This U.S. State Just Passed A Stunning New Law That Will Change Women's Lives "Reading the specifics of the law, I felt something I had not expected: validation."

In June, Rhode Island became the first state to require workplace accommodations for menopause, including temperature control, flexible breaks and private spaces for symptom management.
www.huffpost.com/entry/rhode-...

"This could be the difference whether your child gets cancer. Are you willing for them to die because the therapy for them is delayed?"

Powerful video with voices from top US scientists on the very real and devastating impacts of the funding cuts.

Head on over to insta to hear Richard Schlueter’s powerful testimony about how this Admin’s sledgehammering of NIH induced delays could cost cancer patients their lives.

www.instagram.com/reel/DNqgC-S...

If you like to breath clean air & live on a habitable planet, consider commenting on EPA’s proposed rollback of the Endangerment Finding (which classifies fossil fuels as health threats so EPA can regulate them):

www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...

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NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 I know Doctor Editor Director Professor Berg has more sophisticated analyses going but this simple data set made sense to me once I realized how few new R01 NIAAA has issued so far (5). Since we ar…

NIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...

Are there good neuro/neuroimaging journals that still accept brief communications, i.e., short papers focused on 1-2 results? Interesting results but not "major impact".
#neuroskyence

UAB and NIH announce renewed partnership to advance health care after federal funding cuts This announcement follows UAB’s administration’s request for staff to reduce spending after the federal government cut $70 million from the health care system in April.

“Bhattacharya mentioned that the federal funds allocated to NIH were delayed earlier this year, but assured that they are on track to be fully spent: ‘…folks at NIH are working overtime to make this happen,’ he said.”

I have some thoughts on this…

www.wvtm13.com/article/uab-...

It's been 5 years since I've been licensed as a foster parent.

32 kids have shared my home. Some for a few hours, some forever. I've had to say no to hundreds of kids, every one of them breaking my heart.

I can't imagine doing anything else, despite how broken the system is.

Questions? Ask away!

Journalist freaks out researchers because of incomplete understanding of how NIH works The socials blew up yesterday over a recent article in Drug Discovery & Development posted by Brian Buntz. With good reason. The subhead reads “NIH announces end to funding for animal-onl…

Journalist freaks out researchers because of incomplete understanding of how NIH works drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/j...

It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA.

The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US.

We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...

Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations

Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research…

Definitely worth a read

projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT.

I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up."

Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!

A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the National Institutes of Health | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Committee on Appropriations

Senate hearing on the FY26 NIH budget with Jay Bhattacharya
June 10, 10am ET
www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-r...

I often send a little e-mail congratulating the corresponding author of a paper I really enjoyed reading.

It's simple, quick and I think it's always nice to receive a positive message.

I co-chair a year-long program called #NIH Academy (with our AVP for Strategic Research Initiatives), designed to support ECR's targeting their first R01. Today I learned that after 9 mos of hard work, her mechanism expired - 3 days before it was due. 🧵 1/ grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

A strong statement about the importance of NIH on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy Sunday Morning

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Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself

America’s long-term growth is at stake. Congress is weighing sweeping FY2026 cuts to fundamental science, including $18 billion from the NIH and $5 billion from the NSF.

In the long run, these cuts will cost the economy billions.

@jdrakephd.bsky.social

www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

Yes, same from Sigma-Aldrich. I was surprised/ not surprised when I made this purchase last week.

I just can't get past the ide0a that the child of the corresponding author of project 2025 was cured of cystic fibrosis - and all he wants, his life goal, is to cause trauma amongst those who created the cure.

May is Foster Care month. I'm a foster and foster-adoptive parent, and have served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) since 2021. I have complicated feelings about participating in a system that is bad for kids. And cuts to social programs will only serve to push more kids into care.

Why doctors and researchers say Canada needs to change course on women's health studies | CBC News Despite a rule that requires sex and gender to be considered when funding medical research in Canada, new research shows the number of grants for women's health studies hasn't budged in five years, so...

@liisagalea.bsky.social advocating for more research & funding for women’s health. All aspects of health. 🎉

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.

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We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international)

We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc.

Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

“I was about to go down the stairs, and all of a sudden I heard a little ‘beep, beep, beep’ sound.”

It wasn’t her phone battery running out. It was her Argus II retinal implant system powering down. The patches of light and dark that she’d been able to see with the implant’s help vanished.