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Parking on Cedar lane (10 min walk) or park at Grosvenor Station and take one stop south to medical center metro. No bathroom in metro at this time, we have a volunteer who can shuttle those in need of a bathroom to downtown Bethesda.

Map of parking at Grosvenor and Cedar Lane

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We will finish the event by walking downtown to Bethesda and taking the metro to DC, dropping off our early voting ballots en masse. 🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

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Listen to speeches by @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social , @gnatzzamara.bsky.social @gnatzzamara.bsky.social , @aculbert.bsky.social and more, all in their pers. capacities. Music by Northstar Union (🎸👨🏼‍🎤🥁), merch available, families welcome. Info on parking and bathroom in comments.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23h

📢🗳️🩺Looking for a way to support publicly funded health research and election integrity all on one glorious Saturday morning? 📆This Saturday, October 17th at 10am outside of NIH at Medical Center Metro we will rally for health research and democracy. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

TEAL AND RED FLYER WITH GRAVESTONE AND LOGOS BY NO KINGS

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 10AM
Medical Center Metro,
Bethesda

NO KINGS VOTE EARLY

MUSIC by Northstar UNION

SPEECHES BY NIH STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SPEAKERS IN PERSONAL CAPACITY.

EVENT NOT IN AFFIL. WITH NIH

JOIN US IN WALKING TO BETHESDA OR TAKING THE METRO TO DC AFTER THE EVENT TO DROP OFF OUR EARLY BALLOTS

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Many NIH staff object to what’s happening at NIH but don’t speak up because of fear. @27unihted.bsky.social 27unihted.substack.com/p/a-culture-...

A culture of fear and low morale at NIH is eroding scientific integrity

Concern 9 of the Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Fantastic resource by @joshuasweitz.bsky.social if you want to know more before commenting on the Request for Info that decreases transparency in peer review. Link to RFI: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...

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Request For Information

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The NIH proposal to conceal reviewer scores from program officers, investigators, and advisory councils is ill-conceived, introduces disproportionate weight to small percentile differences, diminishes the role of scientific peer review, and should be withdrawn in its entirety. a 🧵

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What is NIH Leadership Trying to Hide from Researchers & the Public?

A NIH proposal to conceal reviewer rankings of investigator-initiated research grants is ripe for misuse & demands a collective response (by October 13).

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Oct 13 comment deadline for NIH peer review score binning is fast approaching! Please add your voice! Direct link to RFI: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3... Background on why it matters: 27unihted.substack.com/p/nih-wants-...

NIH wants to shroud peer review scores. Here’s what you can do about it.

Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Comment on peer review proposal by Oct 13th “Although NIH leadership says this proposal is the same as the NSF review process, we’ve spoken to people who have experienced review for both agencies who say that it is very different. The NSF process is transparent; there are no ‘secret scores.’…

How to comment on a plan that decreases transparency in NIH peer review — listen on WCOM radio

Deadline to respond is Tuesday, October 13th. Research staff or anyone who benefits or hopes to benefit from health research someday can express their opinion about the proposal.

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I-270, Exit 1 @i270exit1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The plan to bin review outcomes and hide scores from applicants and program staff is based on half-truths and is bad on so many levels. @27unihted.bsky.social explains and guides you on commenting. The deadline is October 13. 27unihted.substack.com/p/nih-wants-...

NIH wants to shroud peer review scores. Here’s what you can do about it.

Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

…both the radio show and Substack article outlined how the changes were recommended by an anonymous internal working group at NIH and would allow political interference in grantmaking.” Listen and read at above link. Comment here: rfi.grants.nih.gov?s=6a2b1c22c3...

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How to comment on a plan that decreases transparency in NIH peer review — listen on WCOM radio

Deadline to respond is Tuesday, October 13th. Research staff or anyone who benefits or hopes to benefit from health research someday can express their opinion about the proposal.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The unethical, racist study of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau is back. Last year, we made a lot of noise and they dropped it. Time to get loud again! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study

“It’s a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn’t be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit of Guinea-Bissau study

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 06/10/2026

TW: DV October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. DV can be experienced in many different ways. One way is intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV can include physical or sexual violence, stalking, or psychological aggression.

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This talk is now also remote, contact the email address on the flyer for more information!

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📻 Tune in on Tuesday, October 6 at 1pm to WCOM 103.5 FM (or stream live at wcomfm.org) for a local North Carolina radio show that discusses a nationwide topic of interest: peer review at NIH.

Join in for a show about peer review on WCOM 103.5 FM in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC (or stream live at wcomfm.org)
Tuesday, October 6 at 1pm
Hosted by 27 UNITED members and former NIH staff, Dr. Jennifer Troyer and Dr. Sylvia Chou, and show host Dr. Larry Solomon (also former NIH!)

Radio overlaid on building one background with 27 UNIHTED and WCOM

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Check out this fantastic to the editor by 27 UNIHTED Senior Advisor, Dr. Lori Frank wapo.st/4hXWkwV

This dementia research shows why the NIH matters

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Topics will include the new proposal that reduces transparency: 27unihted.substack.com/p/nih-wants-... If you want to learn more about broad changes to review, check out our substack: 27unihted.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...

NIH wants to shroud peer review scores. Here’s what you can do about it.

Authored by anonymous current and former NIH workers with experience in peer review

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The panel will include Dr. Mollie Manier, a Scientific Review Officer (SRO) at the Center for Scientific Review speaking in her personal capacity, and Dr. David Sommers, former SRO at the National Institute of Mental Health.

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State of the Station focuses on State of the Science. – WCOM 103.5 FM

27 UNIHTED members and former NIH scientists, Drs. Jennifer Troyer and Sylvia Chou will join former NIH scientist and host of WCOM, Dr. Larry Solomon. Learn about how applications are reviewed in 2026 from experts on the history of review who also understand recent changes.

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

📻 Tune in on Tuesday, October 6 at 1pm to WCOM 103.5 FM (or stream live at wcomfm.org) for a local North Carolina radio show that discusses a nationwide topic of interest: peer review at NIH.

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Disruption of global research at NIH is endangering people in the United States and around the world. 27unihted.substack.com/p/disruption... Foreign collaborations have been interrupted and discouraged and foreign scientists in the United States are working in an increasingly hostile environment.

Disruption of global research is endangering people in the United States and around the world

Concern 8 of the Bethesda Declaration: One Year Later

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Loved this write up from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social on the @nihvigils.bsky.social this past Saturday. We’ve held the NIH Vigil every single Saturday since May 3, 2025, with our friends @27unihted.bsky.social. This past Saturday featured @jeremymberg.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

science.org

ScienceAdviser: Finally, a transgenic cephalopod

Today in Science and science: An archaic lineage made boars big, 142 years of cheese, and more

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ImmigrantsAreUS @immigrantsareus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@nihvigils.bsky.social In the news. Science. I am speaking in that Vigil picture. How do I add this to my publication list? www.science.org/content/arti...

science.org

ScienceAdviser: Finally, a transgenic cephalopod

Today in Science and science: An archaic lineage made boars big, 142 years of cheese, and more

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Let NIH know that we need pathways to train future clinical trialists. We must not remove the current pathway before a new model is available. Thank you to @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social , @jeremymberg.bsky.social and University of Colorado based advocates for leading this effort.

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We joined The American Society for Clinical Investigation and more than 30 other organizations to support early career clinician scientists because we believe patients deserve to see steady development of new treatments far into the future.

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you to @nihvigils.bsky.social for all you do for this event each week!

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you to the @nihvigils.bsky.social team for all your support each week on these events!

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thank you Theresa! Recording here: www.instagram.com/reel/DdwWH1S...

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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 27/09/2026

I think we need to share this starter pack again after a great weekend with @27unihted.bsky.social , @jeremymberg.bsky.social , and the #BethesdaDeclaration crew. #NIH

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thank you @tyk314.net for live-streaming! We appreciate you so much ❤️

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is the central problem with Jay. There’s large distance between what he says and what he does. @27unihted.bsky.social has a fact check on one of his hearings that highlights this quite well. www.27unihted.org/jay-fact-che...

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Fact Checking — 27 UNIHTED

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Excited to have @jeremymberg.bsky.social with us this week at the @nihvigils.bsky.social this week, with @27unihted.bsky.social Tune in below!

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Alt-NIHscience4ALL @alt-nihscience4all.altgov.info · 26/09/2026

Reminder! Happening this morning!!!

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Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you're in the DC area

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27 UNIHTED @27unihted.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🎥🎥Livestream for SOS for Health - A Rally & Vigil at NIH 10:15am today (Sat.) www.instagram.com/27unihted

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Together as a united front we can preserve American higher education and prevent the further erosion of our rights.

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27 UNIHTED is signing on in solidarity with our extramural research community, our graduate students’ university locations, and researchers’ alumni institutions, we ask students, employees, community members, and alumni to contact their university or college and encourage them to endorse the pact.

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They’re recruiting higher ed groups to sign a pact composed of 11 affirmations that reassert academic freedom, knowledge dissemination, and support of the public good.

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