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Austin Robinson

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human health & performance, physiology, 🐕, non-fiction 📗, ☕️, & being outdoors | Associate Professor | Indiana University School of Public Health | Posts are my own www.nvplaboratory.net

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APS Publications @apspublications.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Join us for happy hour! Dr. Amanda LeBlanc chats with Dr. Camilla Wenceslau, Dr. Pooneh Bagher, Dr. Brant Isakson, Dr. Thomas Jepps & Dr. Aaron Trask about their Guidelines on evaluating endothelial function in vascular tissue article by McCarthy et al. ow.ly/y4L350Zmf4b
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Keep those comments on the OMB proposed rule coming! www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Comments Flood OMB Proposal on Political Control of Grants
The White House Office of Management and Budget has so far received 90,000 public comments on its plans as scientific and other groups rally against them.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Right, so here is the Hoover Institute saying we should abolish the NIH: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Abolish the NIH
A $48 billion government monopoly should give way to the market.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
And here @elizabethginexi.bsky.social explains what you need to do to write a comment. Lots of great stuff on her Substack on this. Let's get busy. You have until sunset tonight! end/ elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)
What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Proud to add my name to this open letter to the American Diabetes Association, decrying their treatment of members who shared a published manuscript with their colleagues. This was a violation of free speech and sycophancy to the administration: c.org/N7MGzKhWzH
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An Open Letter to the American Diabetes Association: Shame on You
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
JOIN US ON TUESDAY! With @timothysnyder.bsky.social @normeisen.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social @elizabethginexi.bsky.social AND MORE!! Register here: events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for... #StandUpForScience #TakeAction
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Sooooo... Several people shared this slide with me. NIH is apparently working on a new parent mechanism called an RP1. I have many questions (and only a few answers). (EPMC is the NIH-wide Extramural Program Management Committee co-chaired by Jon Lorsch). 1/4
A slide from the NIH Extramural Program Management Committee about a new "RP1 Mechanism" labelled as a "Science-Driven Research Project"
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/04/2026
From @theathletic.com: Sabastian Sawe of Kenya ran the London Marathon in under two hours, breaking the men’s marathon world record.
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Sabastian Sawe finishes London Marathon in under two hours to obliterate men’s world record
Kenya's Sawe is the first person to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a legal race.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/04/2026
How it started / how it’s going — Jay Bhattacharya edition. 2025: “We will never use this agency to censor scientists who disagree" 2026 : Bhattacharya “has canceled the publication of a study that found that the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits”.

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"We will never use this agency to censor scientists who disagree": Director Jay Bhattacharya reflects on his pandemic-era censorship experiences & outlines his commitment to open scientific communication at the NIH.
April 1, 2025A Health Department official said Dr. Jay Bhattacharya had met with the study's authors but that they had not wanted to change its design. Eric Lee for The New York Times
By Apoorva Mandavilli
April 22, 2026
The acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has canceled the publication of a study that found jthat the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter, a Health Department spokesman said.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/04/2026
Thank you @rephaleystevens.bsky.social for holding RFK Jr. accountable! CALL YOUR REPS. ASK THEM TO CO-SPONSOR H. RES 944. More information here: www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Watch Director Bhattacharya's performance at CPAC really got to me. I chose to share some of my observations with him. Hold on... 1/11
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Every day is a good day for sharing one of the most useful papers about research data ever written. PLEASE get your people to understand and follow this advice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Data Organization in Spreadsheets
Karl W. Broman
& Kara H. Woo
Pages 2-10 | Received 01 Jun 2017, Accepted author version posted online: 29 Sep 2017, Published online: 24 Apr 2018

    1. Introduction
    2. Be Consistent
    3. Choose Good Names for Things
    4. Write Dates as YYYY-MM-DD
    5. No Empty Cells
    6. Put Just One Thing in a Cell
    7. Make it a Rectangle
    8. Create a Data Dictionary
    9. No Calculations in the Raw Data Files
    10. Do Not Use Font Color or Highlighting as Data
    11. Make Backups
    12. Use Data Validation to Avoid Errors
    13. Save the Data in Plain Text Files

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Spreadsheets are widely used software tools for data entry, storage, analysis, and visualization. Focusing on the data entry and storage aspects, this article offers practical recommendations for organizing spreadsheet data to reduce errors and ease later analyses. The basic principles are: be consistent, write dates like YYYY-MM-DD, do not leave any cells empty, put just one thing in a cell, organize the data as a single rectangle (with subjects as rows and variables as columns, and with a single header row), create a data dictionary, do not include calculations in the raw data files, do not use font color or highlighting as data, choose good names for things, make backups, use data validation to avoid data entry errors, and save the data in plain text files.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
It’s actually pretty fucked up that our tax dollars pay for the universal healthcare of our elected government officials who won’t pass universal healthcare…
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.
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First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
A short Bluetorial on plots of NIH application success rates as a function of percentile. 1/20
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I have a new comment piece out in Nature today. rdcu.be/e7LVS 1/6
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How data can help to guide NIH funding policy | Nature
The US National Institutes of Health has troves of information on grant applications. Analysing it can assist with decision-making on issues such as equity. The US National Institutes of Health has troves of information on grant applications. Analysing it can assist with decision-making on issues such as equity.
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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Total annual budget for NIGMS: 3.2 billion Total (estimated) daily cost for war in Iran beyond the inestimable cost in human lives and suffering (and gasoline prices if that’s what you care more about, like many do): 900 million dollars (www.cnn.com/2026/03/06/p...)
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. We are urging Congress to act now to protect the American people by impeaching and convicting Vought. We invite all Americans to join us by signing on to our letter to Congress. actionnetwork.org/forms/civil-...
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Civil Servants Demand: Impeach Russell Vought
The Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is the central architect driving the destruction of your government. Russell Vought created lawlessness in every part of the Trump administ...
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Death by 1000 cuts, etc. But I really do think historians will look back on Citizens United as a critical fork in the road of America’s democracy becoming…less of a democracy.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Guess who the new Acting CDC Director is? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u... [Gift Link]
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N.I.H. Director Will Temporarily Run C.D.C. in Leadership Shake-Up
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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Men may be more prone to heart rhythm changes than women, which could help explain why male athletes face higher sudden cardiac death risks. Read more in AJP-Heart: ow.ly/nqGo50WZwjR #ArticlesInPresS #SABV @apspublications.bsky.social @ausrob-phd.bsky.social @merrylindseyphd.bsky.social 🧪
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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
What's a smart scale? Should you use one? What do you need to know about your body composition besides your weight? APS member Austin Robinson (@ausrob-phd.bsky.social) weighed in 😜 on the subject. Read more from @NBCNews: ow.ly/sKMo50WQuEz #ISpyPhysiology 🧪
Person stepping onto a digital scale at home, with bright orange dumbbells, a foam roller, and potted plants nearby on a wooden floor.
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Austin Robinson @ausrob-phd.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
100% @apspublications.bsky.social are the🐐. Where else can you publish OA in a reputable journal for < $1000
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Katie Wilkinson @drkwilkinson.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Calling all @apsphysiology.bsky.social members: let’s help raise some money to support ABRCMS student presentation awards! Goal is $1200/discipline to support 12 awards by Sept 30th! 🧪 abrcms.org/donate/stude...
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ABRCMS Fundraising - Student Presentation Awards - ABRCMS
Judges – Help Us Raise Funds for Student Presentation Awards Thank you for your service as a judge at ABRCMS. Your dedication has helped shape the future of countless student scientists, and we’re dee...
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Austin Robinson @ausrob-phd.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Any who can afford it, please pitch in 🙏 A lot of the grants that funded ABRCMS have been cancelled. These $100 awards make a huge impact for students. If every judge gave just $20, we’d exceed the goal. 👉 donate.abrcms.org (select Presentation Awards) More details 👉 abrcms.org/donate/stude...
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Chrystal Starbird @drstarbird.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Join me in donating to ABRCMS. For many of us early in our careers (and for many of us now), this is THE conference. Let’s make sure future generations get the same experience. I was told if each poster judge donated $25, their goal would be quickly met, but I think we can do better! 🙏🏾💪🏾
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Joseph C. Watso, PhD @joewatso.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
🧂Our controlled feeding pilot trial suggests potential sex differences in kidney responses to dietary salt. With a high salt diet, females may increase endothelin-1 excretion more. Endothelin-1 is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide and promotes salt excretion by the kidneys.
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AZ Faust @azfaust.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Appreciate @thebulwark.com highlighting Trump’s war on science
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Austin Robinson @ausrob-phd.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed. Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Congress has your back’: US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget
Senate budget bill includes small increase for the health-research agency — but faces a long road before being signed into law.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Another email to Bhattacharya about his interview and his continued statements that NIH's gain of function research caused the COVID pandemic and killed millions of people. 1/8
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Joseph C. Watso, PhD @joewatso.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🚨New publication alert Central blood pressure and arterial stiffness among ultramarathon runners across the lifespan link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Unfollow health and wellness influencers who regularly invoke that the products they sell are science-based, yet haven't used their large platforms to raise awareness about the proposed NIH/NSF budget cuts.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I doubt that there is a single family in America that hasn’t benefitted directly from the NIH.
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Jen Heemstra @jenheemstra.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
First copies of my book are here!! As a new faculty member, I realized that in addition to my research job, I also had a leadership job…and I wasn’t prepared for that. This book is the guide I wish I’d had then, with the goal of helping others now.   jenheemstra.com/book
Picture of a smiling person holding up a copy of a book.
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Austin Robinson @ausrob-phd.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
This conflation has irked me for years. People seem to think DEI and health disparities are synonymous. While DEI efforts may help with issues such as wealth inequality & educational attainment, which may help shrink health disparities in the long run, these are essentially two separate issues!
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Post Sunday morning shows Bhattacharya email...
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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
When you strip away humanity
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Austin Robinson @ausrob-phd.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Another outstanding thread by Dr. Berg. NYT article from last week also illustrated just how arbitrary the DEI cuts are as well. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
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The Surprising Scientists Hit by Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts
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Research Ireland @researchireland.ie · 18/07/2025
Research Ireland, on behalf of @deptoffhed.bsky.social, have today launched Global Talent Ireland - a new initiative to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. For more information visit: www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
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Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland
Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...
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NIH Vigils @nihvigils.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
On Monday, some of the signers of the Bethesda Declaration are meeting w Jay Bhattacharya. Join us afterward for a rally at the Medical Center Metro at 4:30!!
Flyer for Roundtable Rally w QR code to RSVP and a photo of a protester w a sign supportive of NIH.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Update on funding curves and late non-competitive renewals. First, funding curves for new and competitive renewals. 1/n
Graph showing NIH funding for new and competitive renewal grants for fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The fiscal year 2025 curve is substantially below the fiscal year 2024 curve.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 11/07/2025
Senate Appropriators Reject Trump’s NSF Cuts The Senate committee also protected the National Weather Service staff from mass layoffs. But a fight over the FBI has left the bill in limbo. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3IoW3Um
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Senate Rejects Trump’s Cuts to NSF, Other Science Agencies
The Senate committee also protected the National Weather Service staff from mass layoffs. But a fight over the FBI has left the bill in limbo.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
“The Chinese simply can’t believe their luck: that at the dawn of the electricity-guzzling era of artificial intelligence, the U.S. president and his party have decided to engage in one of the greatest acts of strategic self-harm imaginable.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...
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Opinion | How Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Make China Great Again
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I hope everyone is having a good Fourth of July break. Here is how I ended up spending some of mine... 1/n
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Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
6 Months of MAHA - A Reflection and Call to Action open.substack.com/pub/kcklatt/...
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6 Months of MAHA
A Reflection and Call to Action
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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Reminder for science budget watchers-- House and Senate Appropriations Committees are working on FY26 spending bills to determine NSF and NIH funding. The White House recommended a 57% reduction for NSF and 40% for NIH. But Congress sets the budget. www.ascb.org/science-poli...
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Austin Robinson @ausrob-phd.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Padding pockets >> health promotion
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