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Adrian Dalca

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ML and medical imaging Harvard and MIT adalca.mit.edu

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Jon Rauch @jonrauch.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
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Adrian Dalca @adriandalca.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Introducing VoxelPrompt, an agent-driven model that can tackle a landscape of diverse radiological tasks, extending far beyond those addressed by today’s specialized models. VoxelPrompt addresses complex objectives with a solution grounded in interpretable vision operations. Paper: lnkd.in/ezWSX6zQ
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VoxelPrompt: A Vision-Language Agent for Grounded Medical Image Analysis
We present VoxelPrompt, an agent-driven vision-language framework that tackles diverse radiological tasks through joint modeling of natural language, image volumes, and analytical metrics. VoxelPrompt...
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Sebastian Penhouet @spenhouet.com · 03/03/2025
Recently thought about a model which takes a delineation instruction / segmentation protocol as input and provides the respective segmentation(s). Today I read VoxelPrompt. Super interesting work by Andrew Hoopes, Victor Ion Butoi, John Guttag and @adriandalca.bsky.social.
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VoxelPrompt: A Vision-Language Agent for Grounded Medical Image Analysis
We present VoxelPrompt, an agent-driven vision-language framework that tackles diverse radiological tasks through joint modeling of natural language, image volumes, and analytical metrics. VoxelPrompt...
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Meg K. 🌊🏔️❄️ @c2snow.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science. Entire NIH departments will have no leaders. World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators. Is this what they want? Chaos? Destruction?
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NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
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Dr. April Khademi, P.Eng @aprilkhademi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Inside the collapse at the NIH www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
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Dr Doug Eyolfson @drdougeyolfson.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Meanwhile, in Canada, Pierre Poilievre is on record opposing vaccine mandates and public health measures in future epidemics/pandemics, and openly supported antivaxxers who terrorized Ottawa and shut down borders. Pierre Poilievre is simply a danger to the health of Canadians.
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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Inexplicably, US administration has launched an unprecedented assault on science, on research institutions & on vital international organizations & initiatives. An assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere; the global community must unite 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
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Mert R. Sabuncu @msabuncu.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Let me be clear. DOGE’s chokehold on the NIH will impact every single person. Holding back biomedical research this way, benefits nobody.
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David Pfau @davidpfau.com · 23/02/2025
Unfortunately it won't be felt as a sharp economic shock where people can easily identify the cause and course-correct. It will be a slow stagnation until one day you realize you've been eclipsed but can't figure out why.
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 23/02/2025
Americans are not remotely ready for the kind of economic downturn we face from kneecapping our research powerhouses. The scariest part is how few see what is coming and how it might take a decade or more to correct.
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Mert R. Sabuncu @msabuncu.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Let me be very clear. US academia has led the world because (a) it can attract international students and researchers and (b) has the resources to support long-term science. Both of these pillars are under severe threat with the current administration in Washington.
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
For @technologyreview.com I spoke with more than 10+ federal workers who occupy, or until recently occupied, scientific and technical positions across various agencies. They explained to me how much behind-the-scenes work the US government does to keep America’s engine of innovation humming. 2/
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...
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The foundations of America’s prosperity are being dismantled
Federal scientists warn that Americans could feel the effects of the new administration's devastating cuts for decades to come
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Mert R. Sabuncu @msabuncu.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Once upon a time I wrote a somewhat viral twitter thread on how to keep up with the rapidly growing scientific literature. I was wrong. It’s gone too far. Stop obsessing over the latest arxiv drop. Cultivate your own curiosity and creativity.
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AlwaysACivilServant @drneuro.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
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Mert R. Sabuncu @msabuncu.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Weill Cornell Radiology is now accepting applications for the Cornell NYC AIMI Fellowship! A prestigious 3-year research position for recent Ph.D. grads in AI for medical imaging. 🧵👇
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Julia Schnabel @ja-schnabel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Welcome @melbajournal.bsky.social ! 100 papers published to-date, and counting! 🙌 @adriandalca.bsky.social @msabuncu.bsky.social
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zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
During one of the most severe flu seasons in recent years, too. We have already had children die of influenza this year. Influenza can be severe, and the average severity varies from year to year. Being vaccinated would have been protective against the worst outcomes.
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Mert R. Sabuncu @msabuncu.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The world's engine of biomedical research is grinding to a halt 😢Vast majority of modern vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics can trace their origin to NIH-funded research. This will have dire long-term effects.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs confirms it has dismissed more than 1,000 employees A once unthinkable concept for an agency that operates 100+ major hospitals and many hundreds more clinics And processes veterans benefits news.va.gov/press-room/v...
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VA dismisses more than 1,000 employees - VA News
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the dismissal of more than 1,000 employees.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 13/02/2025
Putting RFK Jr. in charge of the nation’s public health is a huge mistake. When dangerous diseases resurface and people can’t access lifesaving vaccines, all Americans will suffer — and RFK Jr.’s family could keep getting richer thanks to his serious conflicts of interest.
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zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
How the sudden and severe cuts to NIH funding will devastate the US biomedical industry — especially red state institutions. Also Elon Musk’s claims about “overhead” numbers were off by about a factor of two. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/o...
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Opinion | The Pharmaceutical Industry Heads Into Elon Musk’s Wood Chipper (Gift Article)
Who needs N.I.H. grants? A lot of red-state universities, for one.
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Tim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This is a great infographic explaining where indirect costs go. HT @haribharadwaj.bsky.social www.cogr.edu/sites/defaul...
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 08/02/2025
Another assault on US competitiveness at a time when biomedicine is roaring with innovation, an own-goal in a high-stakes international tournament. Of course the real losers are American people needing medicines and cures. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 08/02/2025
Great analysis of the indirect cost rate announcement by @stuartbuck.bsky.social
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Indirect Costs at NIH . . .
I wasn’t planning on spending part of a Saturday writing about cost accounting principles and the like, but NIH-world was hit with a doozy of a policy announcement on Friday night:
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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 08/02/2025
Exactly this. So much private innovation is really just repackaged public innovation. So by scrapping public funding, we risk scrapping future economic gains as well.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
It's not "Breaking News" now, since it was announced by NIH yesterday. But it is breaking....... washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Here’s a document meant to prep for this possibility from a law firm: www.ropesgray.com/-/media/File...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/2025
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Reclaim the term "skeptic" as a positive attribute! RFK Jr. is not a vaccine "skeptic". He's something much worse. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...
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Opinion | RFK Jr. Is a Vaccine Cynic, Not Skeptic. (Gift Article)
My job is to ask tough questions of vaccine makers. That’s not what he is doing.
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Adrian Dalca @adriandalca.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Trying my hand at a start pack, to hopefully get the convos going! Let me know if you'd like to be added, or if there are better starter packs out there on this. go.bsky.app/GRuA2a
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Francesco Santini - ESMRMB2025 Program Chair @mrifranz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Let's create an #MRI researcher starter pack! There are a couple that are neuroimaging-based, but not really the method development community. I started putting together a few profiles, but please spread the word and tell me who else to add. If there is already one, let me know! go.bsky.app/EVqd6pe
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neurodesk.org @neurodesk.org · 02/12/2024
MRI together is on this week - December 3-6 2024 - A Global workshop on open, reproducible, and inclusive MR research! Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mri-togeth... There will be 3 talks about Neurodesk on Wednesday and Thursday by Aswin Narayanan, @sbollmann.bsky.social and Thuy Dao
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Yisong Yue @yisongyue.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
VAEs won test of time at @iclr-conf.bsky.social — I had the honor of presenting the award. Normalizing flows might get the short end of the stick though.
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zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I wrote a piece summarizing a few of the things Trump's pick to lead the NIH, Dr. Bhattacharya, got catastrophically wrong — especially in 2020. I’ve criticized public authorities, including for nonsensical and excessive measures (closing parks and beaches?). But let’s not rewrite history either.
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Ravi Menon @northernthrux.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Interested in a Canada Excellence Research Chair ($8M or $4M for 8 years) in the area of ultra-high field MRI development and applications in the neurosciences? Please reach out to me. We have [15.2T, 9.4T] preclinical and [7T, 3T] human MRI scanners. www.cerc.gc.ca/home-accueil...
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Canada Excellence Research Chairs - Home
The CERC Program offers eligible Canadian degree-granting universities the opportunity to establish research Chairs at their institutions in research areas that are of strategic importance to Canada.
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Adrian Dalca @adriandalca.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Trying my hand at a start pack, to hopefully get the convos going! Let me know if you'd like to be added, or if there are better starter packs out there on this. go.bsky.app/GRuA2a
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Andreas Krause @arkrause.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
📣 We have a tenure-track faculty opening in Responsible AI at @ethzurich.bsky.social : ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z.... Deadline Nov 30 for full consideration. ETH Zurich is a vibrant environment for AI research with the ETH AI Center etc. Please help spread the word!
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Computer Science – Responsible Artificial Intelligence
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Phillip Isola @phillipisola.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
I think I will start posting about research, and maybe other thoughts, here. Hope we can get a critical mass like there was on science Twitter!
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