Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMNIH Fellows United @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Academic workers across the country are calling 📞 Legislators to ask them to sign on to bipartisan letters ✉️ in support of robust NIH funding and opposing the 15% indirect cost caps. Take 5 minutes to call your legislators today. Deadline is May 19th. docs.google.com/document/d/1... 28056
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMHisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)? Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions. U.S. Applicant Week: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchoolgrad.ubc.caUS Applicant Week 9420329
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Reminder: the First Amendment protects everyone who resides in our country. It doesn't matter if you have a green card or a visa or if you're undocumented. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that any person residing in the United States, regardless of status, is entitled to 1A protections. 408185094794
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that. 16196428920387
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 19/03/2025The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approvedbenefit.me 32246781722788
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSME. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 13/03/2025A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a... 277120873143
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMNoelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Here’s a cheat sheet with all the phone numbers for the US Senate. I have a feeling we’ll be calling them a lot in the near future. 41186505072
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMIgor Brodsky @brodskyigorlab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025In 2024 NIH grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 billion in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...forbes.comNIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New ReportNational 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. 4193106
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMThanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 10/03/2025An accurate and terrifying description from @chrischirp.bsky.social. "This isn’t chaos—it’s a deliberate war on #science and #academic freedom". #academicsky #medskyopen.substack.comCensor, purge, defund: how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science and universitiesI have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come 310953
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMAssociation for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Call For Papers: Special Issue of Clinical Psychological Science! Shaping the Future of Clinical Science Training: A Manifesto for Change #ClinicalScience #ClinicalPsychology Abstract Submission Deadline: April 21psychologicalscience.orgCall For Papers: Special Issue of <em>Clinical Psychological Science</em>Shaping the Future of Clinical Science Training: A Manifesto for ChangeCo-Guest Editors: Cindy Yee-Bradbury, Ph.D., Timothy Strauman, Ph.D., Marisol Perez, Ph.D.The 2023 Academy for Psychological Clin... 035
Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSM @candicealfanophd.bsky.social · 02/03/2025If you are a federal worker who has been let go, please consider sharing your story. By sending an email to tips@nbcuni.com. YOU are the front lines ✊🏼 www.nbcnews.com/tips/nbcnews.com 021
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/02/2025TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY! If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK! Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore. JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺 #24HourEconomicBlackout 21866634422948
Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSM @candicealfanophd.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Make no mistake. Empathy is not “woke”. It just means you give a damn about other people. @janefonda.com 🙌🏼 🙌🏽 🙌🏿 000
Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSM @candicealfanophd.bsky.social · 22/02/2025March 7, 2025. #standupforscience2025standupforscience2025.orgSTAND UP FOR SCIENCEMarch 7, 2025. Washington DC and Nationwide. Because Science is for everyone. 032
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMMitch Prinstein @mitchprinstein.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Happy to report that APA wrote this letter, gathered a coalition across science, and will now pay for ads for it to be disseminated in Science and Chronicle of Higher Ed to spread the word!! unitedsciencealliance.org 231308485
Reposted by Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSMEllen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I did my dissertation on empathy. This response not only lacks empathy. It aggressively rejects it. 6175
Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSM @candicealfanophd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025We’re hiring! The Sleep and Anxiety Center of Houston (www.uh.edu/SACH) is looking for a post-doctoral fellow to assist with a 5-year NIMH-funded study to examine how sleep patterns during the pre-adolescent years impact positive emotions. Apply here: lnkd.in/ghT58_eVuh.edu 001
Candice Alfano, PhD, DBSM @candicealfanophd.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Friends and Colleagues I hope you will join me (in person or remotely) for the 2025 Carole L Marcus Pediatric Sleep Symposium on February 7th, 2025 in Philadelphia, PA. Register Here (for in-person or remote): redcap.link/CLM2025 010