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Don’t let the people in power trick you into giving up your power (our power) in advance. Get organized.

NIH is reducing transparency around scores coming out of peer review. Please comment by Oct 13 so our concerns are on the record. Check out the @27unihted Substack linked from my Linktree.ee (in bio) for more info. You can also find the link to NIH’s RFI there. https://27unihted.substack.com/p/nih-wants-to-shroud-peer-review-scores

You can tell a lot about a leader by listening to the people who worked for them. Those who worked for Tony Fauci respected him. Today’s congressional hearing was a witch hunt, part of a larger effort to undermine science and scientists.

NIH has started terminating ongoing research studies… again. It appears they are testing out new tactics to better withstand legal challenges.

Remember when NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said there were no banned words and NIH Program Officers were making them up? Here’s the proof he lied: “The National Institutes of Health admitted to using an internal search tool to flag UC grants that mentioned “health equity,” “work force diversity,” “structural racism,” and “sexual orientation.” The NIH alone suspended or cancelled more than 1,000 UC grants, including nearly 700 at UCLA, related to vaccines, cancer research and disparities in hea

So you’ve commented on the OMB rule. Here’s what needs to happen next if we don’t want to see this rule implemented: 1. Call your members of Congress. 2. Join the movement urging Congress to impeach and convict Russell Vought. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-servants-demand-impeachment-of-russell-vought/

7-12-2026 - Tomorrow, July 13, is your last chance to comment on Russell Vought’s proposed Federal Financial Assistance rule, which will undermine science and allow political appointees to overrule scientists and experts in funding decisions, slow down scientific functions, and terminate studies on a whim.

Discriminatory policies at the NIH are worsening disparities - concern 2 of our Bethesda Declaration One Year Later report. Link in bio!

Happy belated 4th of July! Never forget that our Independence Day has always been about resisting authoritarianism, speaking truth to power, and striving toward a country that is of, by and for the people. I can’t think of anything more patriotic than resisting the authoritarian Trump administration. 🇺🇸

A brief overview of harms happening at NIH since 2025 - for those who have been asking. For more information like this, follow @markhistedphd and @Anna Culbertson

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