Lilia Cervantes

I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave. TikTok video by Jenna

Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

And now this. A clear violation of free speech.

Jay Bhattacharya likes to talk about censorship, but he doesn’t actually care about censorship or free speech: he just wants to weaponize those principles to censor others. Like @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social

Today @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social was placed on administrative leave from her position at the NIDDK, NIH. We are extremely concerned and horrified at the actions of this adminstration and the NIH. Dr. Norton has been speaking out in her personal capacity about destruction occurring at the NIH.

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Stand with science, stand up for democracy, stand with Jenna. This is not okay, and this cannot be the norm!

Courage is contagious, and she has been an inspiration to many! It’s time to stand up for @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social!

Jenna has been an inspiring colleague I’ve been honored to work alongside this year. It needs to be known after putting us through the longest shutdown (they say in official emails, “democrat-led” like how desperate), on Day 1 back to work they are putting people on admin leave again.

"Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us." www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/

I can further confirm that @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is experiencing retaliation by “Free speech” Jay and the Trump administration.

@standupforscience.bsky.social stands with her and will continue to support public servants who speak out against the harms of this administration.

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is a hero. We owe her a debt of gratitude. bsky.app/profile/dday...

@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov please demand that @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is reinstated! Bethesda Declaration signers were promised they'd not be targeted!

Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.

Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.

NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.

Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.

Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".

N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave

NEW: Jenna Norton, an NIH employee who is openly critical of Trump & RFK Jr, has been put on "non-disciplinary" administrative leave. She says the administration is trying to "scare and silence me." An HHS official, asked to comment, called her a radical leftist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

What are the drivers of preventable hospitalizations in patients with kidney diseases? And how can clinicians best intervene? This review in #ASNCJASN evaluates the current state of the science: kidney.pub/CJASN0879

@cervantes-lily1.bsky.social

Let’s build the Democratic Party we need. TikTok video by Jenna

Let’s build the Democratic Party we need. The party that will meet this moment and fight for the American people.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DbpLn8/

Community Health Worker Support for Hispanic and Latino Individuals Receiving Hemodialysis This randomized clinical trial evaluates if community health worker support reduces interdialytic weight gain among Hispanic and Latino individuals receiving hemodialysis.

🔥 Simultaneous publication in multiple @jama.com journals by Prof @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social of her RCT and the patient experience analysis

This is mic-drop science

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Participant Experiences in a Kidney Failure Care Intervention This qualitative study examines the perspectives of Latino individuals with dialysis-dependent kidney failure who received the Navigate-Kidney intervention.

It was the patient experience component of @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social CHW trial

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#KidneyWk

Participant Experiences in a Kidney Failure Care Intervention This qualitative study examines the perspectives of Latino individuals with dialysis-dependent kidney failure who received the Navigate-Kidney intervention.

With an accompanying paper on patient experience lead by Katie Rizzolo

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... in @jamanetworkopen.com

#KidneyWk

Community Health Worker Support for Hispanic and Latino Individuals Receiving Hemodialysis This randomized clinical trial evaluates if community health worker support reduces interdialytic weight gain among Hispanic and Latino individuals receiving hemodialysis.

The NAVIGATE-KIDNEY trial: providing CHW support for Hispanic/Latino peeps

in @jama.com IM

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

From @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social and team

#KidneyWk

Figure 1 ADAPT steps. CHW, community health worker; CSC, community steering committee.

And paper 3 from @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social

On adaptation of the Navigate Kidney intervention in @kireports.bsky.social

www.kireports.org/article/S246...

#KidneyWk

LBRO 2

In the afternoon another late breaking oral session among other things at 4:30 pm

@brendonneuen.bsky.social
Lorundrostat
A new oral GLP1
REMODEL to understand sema mechanism
GBD kidney disease with @paddymark.bsky.social
And
@cervantes-lily1.bsky.social !

#KidneyWk

In an elevator full of implementation scientists, but where is Russell Glasgow? He’s in the middle ensuring we ‘Reach’ the top! @monica-p-jolles.bsky.social @russgl.bsky.social @borsikarabin.bsky.social @dramyhuebschmann.bsky.social @accordsresearch.bsky.social @tstudts.bsky.social

My quote of the day

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

Albert Camus

Trump reduced the share the federal government pays for emergency Medicaid, but states still have to pay.
These cuts will “produce minimal overall cost savings and will disproportionately harm states with large undocumented populations” like Texas and Florida.

When Rs talk about ACA subsidies being for undocumented people, they refer to the Emergency Medicaid program, which costs <1% of the Medicaid budget and reimburses hospitals for costs of a Reagan-signed law signed requiring emergency rooms to treat everyone.

Here’s who pays when undocumented immigrants get health care in America — The Washington Post Republicans have attacked Democratic health care demands in the shutdown debate as funding medical care for undocumented immigrants. The reality is more complicated.

Great article on what healthcare coverage really looks like for undocumented people in the US, citing a research letter from @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social.

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Here’s who pays when undocumented immigrants get health care in America Republicans have attacked Democratic health care demands in the shutdown debate as funding medical care for undocumented immigrants. The reality is more complicated.

Highlighted in @washingtonpost.com, our research is fueling policy debates in D.C. Our @jama.com study shows Emergency Medicaid accounts for 0.4% of nationwide Medicaid spending. Led by @trishasantos.bsky.social @fumikochino.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Agree, great piece from @ianlmorgan.bsky.social

Jayanta Bhattacharya accepted the power of his position, but not the responsibility. He is at the helm overseeing the destruction of American science - with devastating impacts on early career scientists.

And ultimately everyone.

Shut down but not silenced: Federal workers find their voice After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.

Proud of my colleagues for speaking out!

There is so much power when people come together.

Trump knows that, and that’s why everything he does aims to divide us.

But we see through that and are growing stronger together!

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