Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo

Screenshot from WSJ that says 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...

Screenshot from WSJ that says Trump Administration Scraps Effort to Pause Health-Research Funding White House officials intervened to force budget office to reconsider health-research funding pause By Liz Essley Whyte Follow, Nidhi Subbaraman

It was an incredible relief last night that this particular nightmare only lasted about five hours or 0.0189 Scaramuccis.

That said, if Russ Vought can insert a footnote somewhere else that kills NIH funding, he will attempt it again. Project 2025 demands it.

This is exhausting. We need EVERYONE to speak up.

I don’t identify with my country’s values anymore. Is this ‘citizenship insecurity’? Since Trump’s crackdown on immigrants, global perceptions of America have plummeted. Citizens and non-citizens alike are rethinking whether we still want US passports

This deeply personal piece in @theguardian.com by @alissaquart.bsky.social captures something many of us are feeling but haven’t been able to name: “citizenship insecurity”

I’m honored to have my story included.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I don’t identify with my country’s values anymore. Is this ‘citizenship insecurity’? Since Trump’s crackdown on immigrants, global perceptions of America have plummeted. Citizens and non-citizens alike are rethinking whether we still want US passports

This deeply personal piece in @theguardian.com by @alissaquart.bsky.social captures something many of us are feeling but haven’t been able to name: “citizenship insecurity”

I’m honored to have my story included.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

USASP is currently participating in virtual Hill visits to educate congressional staff about the importance of NIH funding for pain research.🎉

Want to help? Help us make your voices heard. Reach out to your representatives and share why pain research matters to you.
Learn more here ⬇

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Support NIH Staff Now!

Paying for research but not indirect costs is like hiring a chef but refusing to pay for kitchen/electricity

Indirect costs, like lab safety & compliance, are the backbone of research that can save lives. The proposed #NIH 15% cap puts patient care at risk

www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

Join us as we fact check Jay Bhattacharya live tomorrow!

Even though my project had nothing to do with the language they are targeting, I was funded under a diversity K01 program announcement that has since been rescinded. I guess I just got caught in the middle of all of these insane actions.

My K01 was terminated last week with a revised NOA that was 4 months late from when the continuing notice should have come

Thank you 🙏🏽 It is dishertening to see so many attacks on science

My #NIH K01 grant (dedicated to improving treatment for older adults with #TrigeminalNeuralgia) was terminated today due to new anti-DEI policies.

This isn’t about “buzzwords.” It’s about real patients losing out because science is under attack.

Regrouping and thinking about next steps…

Well, mine says "get s*** done" and it is often wrong 😅😅

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Maybe a hot take: I think some people who are quick to dismiss GenAI tools are lucky they don't struggle with ADHD or the kind of executive dysfunction that makes answering emails or drafting a form feel like climbing a mountain.

ChatGPT helps me find momentum when I’m stuck.

Congrats! 🍾

Intro slide for a presentation titled “The Power of Administrative Advocacy: How Researchers Can Influence Policymaking” by Juan M. Hincapie-Castillo, PharmD, MS, PhD, President of the Board of Directors at the National Pain Advocacy Center (NPAC) and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The slide includes the NPAC logo and a banner reading, “We envision a world in which pain is treated effectively, so all people living with pain can lead full and productive lives,” alongside an image of a woman. Logos for NPAC and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health are also present.

Speaking at the #USASP2025 Advocacy Workshop this Friday! I’ll cover how researchers can influence pain policy through rulemaking, public comments, and agency engagement.

📢Your science belongs in policy rooms too!

@usasp.bsky.social @uncpublichealth.bsky.social
#PainPolicy #Advocacy #SciComm

The FDA’s Crisis Is Everyone’s Crisis This Viewpoint discusses the Trump administration’s firings of thousands of US Food and Drug Administration employees and the ramifications of those actions on the agency’s congressionally given publi...

Out today in @jama.com, me and @nathancortez.bsky.social examine how the drastic staffing cuts at FDA run counter to FDA's many statutory obligations and the bargains embodied in user fee provisions - and put public health, innovation, and all of us at risk.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Wrapped up our last Intro to #LegalEpi class at @uncpublichealth.bsky.social today and feeling all kinds of grateful 🤍💙

Thanks to my students for the energy, the questions, and the hope you bring to this work. You give me faith in the future of #PublicHealth!

Overall good life advice: document everything in writing.

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Honored to participate as member of the planning committee and moderator for @nationalacademies.org workshop on chronic pain management and disability determinations.

Using science to advocate for people with living with pain!

#advocacy #disability #pain

Public Health Law and Ethics: Power, Duty, Restraint. 4ed by Wiley and Gostin.

Still reading though!

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Trump is cutting research that helps Americans deal with severe pain | Opinion This news should concern not only researchers and healthcare professionals but also ​every American and resident of North Carolina | Opinion

Sharing my op-ed discussing the significant health implications of closing the NIH Office of Pain Policy and Planning.

⚠️I discuss how this decision could affect pain management and patient care across the nation.

🗞️Raleigh News & Observer
🗞️Charlotte Observer
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

Trump is cutting research that helps Americans deal with severe pain | Opinion This news should concern not only researchers and healthcare professionals but also ​every American and resident of North Carolina | Opinion

Sharing my op-ed discussing the significant health implications of closing the NIH Office of Pain Policy and Planning.

⚠️I discuss how this decision could affect pain management and patient care across the nation.

🗞️Raleigh News & Observer
🗞️Charlotte Observer
www.newsobserver.com/opinion/arti...

Exploring the Treatment and Management of Chronic Pain and Implications for Disability Determinations: A Workshop April 17 April 18

I hope you join us in the upcoming public workshop hosted by NASEM on the Treatment and Management of Chronic Pain and Implications for Disability Determinations

📅 April 17-18, 2025

🔗 Registration link: www.nationalacademies.org/event/43975_...

THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE in Pittsboro, N.C. Seat of a rural county — located about 20 to 40 minutes from Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Durham, where there are other rallies — with a town population of about 4,800.

I’ve been here for almost 30 years and never seen anything like this. #HandsOff

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Weekly email from NIH listserv where they are supposed to announce funding opportunities…

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An important point getting overlooked:

When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.

They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.

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