Chris Knoepke

Wow I should get on Bluesky more! such an incredible compliment coming from a truly Inspiring colleague @jabarocas.bsky.social right back at you. I don’t know anyone asking as many of the hardest questions as you. Huge kudos and proud to be in this with you

Also, check out the starter pack for @cuanschutz.bsky.social !

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This is cool - and there are entirely too many (including several who aren’t on Bsky) but one who I’m always inspired by is @ldscherer.bsky.social Social psychologist and decision scientist extraordinaire, with an absolutely bonkers intellect and the unique ability to translate for the rest of us.

With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us' Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

THIS

I am deeply worried about our field and how these cuts will direclty hurt the American public.

And we in injury prevention science will continue on as best we can!

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Love it. Ingenuity through and through for everyone’s good. #STLstandup

Our latest study in BMJ Open examined how women react to learning about overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening. We found that preexisting beliefs about cancer made it hard for some women to comprehend and accept overdiagnosis bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/3/e087997

For Our Health

If, like me, today's mass firings of CDC, NIH, and FDA scientists has left you heartbroken and looking for ways to fight for science and public health - check out @apha.org

www.forourhealth.org

NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.

NIH is the best investment there is.

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Great to join law enforcement leaders at our first ever POST Colorado Conference. We discussed a range of important issues facing public safety, including gun violence prevention, domestic violence, officer recruitment, and the opioid crisis. See
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Such a weird pivot. This isn’t even anti-vax. It’s pro-measles

Opinion: The Critical Need for Science Funding | Front Porch As chairs of the basic science departments, we are compelled to address a matter of utmost urgency: the critical need for funding in scientific research. In an era where scientific advancements hold t...

Great piece by the folks at University of Colorado Med/ Anchutz. frontporchne.com/opinion-the-...

Hey gun violence prevention research friends! Anyone know what's happening with grants submitted to that CDC RFA back in December? On the one hand, it's just as up in the air as every other review/section, but on the other hand, its SRG (ZCE1 SRC (99)) doesn't show up on rosters, registries...

Sitting at an outdoor bar in San Antonio, eating bar food, watching basketball, drinking beer, and getting ready to talk about how to best prevent suicide deaths among veterans. Same energy.

Colorado's Fight Against Proposed NIH's Funding Slash: Protecting Lifesaving Research When the news broke Friday, February 7, that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had announced it was slashing funding for biomedical research, at least two questions emerged. First: What just hap...

NIH funding is crucial for us, as Colorado is a research hub for medical research that saves lives and provides jobs; the long term impact on of the Administration's proposed cut would thus be dramatic here. That's why I am fighting them in court. news.cuanschutz.edu/coloradosph/...

NIH funding cuts could have ‘devastating impact’ on medical advancements, Chicago researchers say The National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump announced this month that it was cutting payments covering overhead costs for research institutions that receive its grants.

Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation.

Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed.

And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.

Please don’t stop sharing and posting your science because of the current attack on it, it is still valuable and reminds us what the fight is for

@agsjournal.bsky.social

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Excited that this is now out in JAGS. We talked to care partners of people with dementia about the process of deciding whether and how to have firearms in the home. It’s complex, but there are ways to have honest/helpful conversations. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The unconstitutional impoundment of funds is unprecedented, very harmful, and dangerous. That is why I am filing a lawsuit today to stop it.

Study Finds 25% of Youth Experienced Homelessness in Denver in 2021, Significantly Higher Than Known Counts Study Finds 25% of Youth Experienced Homelessness in Denver in 2021, Significantly Higher Than Known Counts

A groundbreaking study led by @jabarocas.bsky.social and published in the American Academy of Pediatrics found that 25% of youth experienced homelessness in Denver in 2021—a troubling trend that's been rising since 2017. https://buff.ly/4h4Lbaw
@cudivofid.bsky.social

We are living in perilous times. Our research lab @cudeptofmedicine.bsky.social is hiring. Looking for someone who wants to make a positive impact in the lives of ppl who are marginalized! Spread the word!

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AI can draw a fake picture of me dunking on Wembenyama but it can’t cancel an email to avoid very obvious embarrassment

Best part of the bathroom - amidst legitimate chaos, there’s a trash can lined with what looks like a plastic grocery bag. They’re just like us

It seems to work out that way - we also have an amazing second dog Sweet, gentle, easy. But we’re probably giving him a complex because he can’t ever actually be the first one.

Them: the study was so uncomfortable. There’s no way I ever slept so I couldn’t have apnea.

Us: Yeah it’s pretty uncomfortable and we appreciate you beating with us. That said, we were watching your brain, so….