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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
New analysis suggests recent NIH budget cuts may end up costing more than they save—by slowing innovation, shrinking the workforce and raising long-term health costs. Short-term savings, long-term consequences. Via @statnews.com and @jamahealthforum.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/n...
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New analysis predicts sprawling effects of proposed NIH budget cuts
Initial analyses of the Trump administration’s proposed NIH cuts neglect key aspects of their long-term economic and health impact, study says.
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Families facing poverty don’t need surveillance—they need support. In @theimprintnews.bsky.social, William Schneider at the University of Illinois School of Social Work calls for prevention-first policies and investments that strengthen families and reduce removals. imprintnews.org/opinion/pove...
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Poverty, Neglect, and Finding the Right Answers
It’s time for policymakers, advocates, clinicians and researchers to recognize the broad role that poverty plays in neglect.
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Helen Burstin, MD, MPH @helenburstinmd.medsky.social · 26/06/2025
“The pursuit of health equity is a long game, as we all know, with many twists and turns, like the ones that we’re experiencing right now,” said Cooper. “But the longer we play, the bigger the reward will be.” From @STATnews.com on our new health equity awards Thank you @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social
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To tackle race in clinical guidelines, researchers seek alternatives to federal dollars
As federal grants to study the use of race in clinical algorithms dry up researchers are looking for other funding sources.
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
What does Indigenous land access and return look like in practice? 📄 A new report from Land Trust Alliance, Native Land Conservancy and Tahoma Peak Solutions provides legal tools, case studies & relationship-centered lessons from across the U.S.: landtrustalliance.org/resources/le...
Illustration of an Indigenous woman sitting cross-legged on the land, surrounded by native plants. A mountain goat stands in the background. An orange sun-like circle highlights the woman's profile, blending her with the landscape. This piece, Reciprocity by Paige Pettibon, reflects the interconnected relationships between the land, animals and people.
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Cornell Tech @cornelltech.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
What happens when dance meets code? To discover the answer, students from The Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria joined us at Cornell Tech for an inspiring workshop exploring the shared languages of choreography and coding. @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social‬ #Dance #Code #K12 #CornellTech
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Cutting federal science funding by 50% could shrink long-run U.S. GDP by 7.6%—a loss equal to roughly $10K per person compared to where we’d be if growth stayed on trend. New modeling from American University Research Archive: aura.american.edu/articles/rep...
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Preliminary Estimates of the Macroeconomic Costs of Cutting Federal Funding for Scientific Research
Federal agencies such as NIH and NSF are critical sources of funding for basic and applied scientific research. Recently, many of these agencies have seen their research operations frozen or downsized...
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
We're now accepting applications for Treehouse, a hub for dynamic events, collaboration and action on nature and natural climate solutions during #ClimateWeekNYC this September! Learn more about Treehouse and submit your event application today: www.dorisduke.org/treehouse/
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Excited to support @healthjournalism.org's Uncovering Pathways to Better Health Fellowship—empowering journalists to report on innovative research and models in prevention and care delivery with the potential to transform health outcomes. We look forward to following their impactful stories!
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Morehouse School of Medicine @msmedu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The U.S. spends more on treatment than on keeping people healthy. It’s time to rebalance. Morehouse School of Medicine joins the @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social #CollectiveForHealth to reimagine innovation in prevention and care research. Learn more: www.dorisduke.org/strengthenin...
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
There’s an important piece up recently from @newyorker.com theater critic Helen Shaw (@helenshaw.bsky.social) about how some foundations, including Doris Duke Foundation, have been changing who and what they fund in the performing arts in recent years... www.linkedin.com/pulse/follow...
Screenshot of “The Show Can’t Go On” by Helen Shaw, published in The New Yorker, April 24, 2025.
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Aspen Global Innovators Group @globalinnovators.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
In a powerful piece, our mentor Brett Davidson and late Executive Director Lola Adedokun share why communications must be at the heart of leadership. aspenglobalinnovators.org/stories/comm... ✨ Support the award in Lola’s honor: as.pn/award @aspeninstitute.bsky.social @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social
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In Translating Expertise Into Influence, Communication Skills Are Key • Aspen Global Innovators
Given the challenges facing humanity, it is critical that we follow the leadership of local experts, with lived experience. The Aspen Global Innovators Group
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Rohan Khera @rohankhera.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
How is AI revolutionizing medicine? Watch the @bloomberg.com story featuring @cardslab.bsky.social @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=Fqsv... @ekoikonomou.bsky.social @aline-pedroso.bsky.social @phyllisthangaraj.bsky.social
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How Is AI Revolutionizing Medicine?
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
NEW: Entire scientific fields have been wiped out by the nearly 800 grants cancelled at NIH, finds a @nature.com analysis of the unprecedented cuts. About half of all 2024 NIH projects related to LGBT+ health or vaccine hesitancy — gone. See the other topics and US states hardest hit here:
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How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts
Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.
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Aspen Global Innovators Group @globalinnovators.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
📣 The Aspen Global Innovators Group proudly announces the establishment of the Lola Adedokun Aspen-Doris Duke Award in honor of the life and legacy of #LolaAdedokun, our beloved late Executive Director. Support a fellow 👉 as.pn/award @aspeninstitute.bsky.social @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social
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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#ResearchSavesLives Shot this when I was on service a couple weeks ago youtu.be/SkstSgeUotU
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ICU Doctor on the Impact of Funding Cuts
YouTube video by Johns Hopkins University
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STAT @statnews.com · 31/03/2025
Nearly 2,000 members of the National Academies called on the Trump administration to halt its “wholesale assault on U.S. science" in an open letter. www.statnews.com/2025/03/31/t...
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Nearly 2,000 top researchers call on Trump administration to halt ‘assault’ on science
Nearly 2,000 members of the National Academies called on the Trump administration to halt its “wholesale assault on U.S. science" in an open letter.
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Sacha Spector joins "Untangling Climate Finance" to talk climate-smart forestry, land conservation, Indigenous-led stewardship & how philanthropy can help scale nature-based solutions. 🎧 Find links to listen on your preferred platform here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/sliced... @sachaspector.bsky.social
Infographic overlaid on a dense green forest background. It states: “Studies suggest there are 148 million acres of land suitable for reforestation across U.S., with the potential to capture an additional 535 million tons of carbon annually.” At the bottom, the source is listed as The Nature Conservancy. Tree and cloud icons accompany the text.
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Sundance Institute @sundance.org · 06/03/2025
🎉 The 2025 Building Bridges Completion Fund recipients have been announced! In partnership with @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social, this fund provides vital support to U.S.-based filmmakers amplifying the richness and diversity of Muslim narratives on screen. Learn more: sndnc.org/4hbX0uU
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
A new @jama.com study finds race-free lung-function equations predict asthma in children of color more often and accurately than race-based ones—echoing similar findings in adults and highlighting race’s role in clinical algorithms. shorturl.at/7y7px
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Race in Lung Function and Asthma Diagnosis in Black Children
This cohort study evaluates the use of race-specific vs race-neutral equations on subsequent asthma diagnosis in children.
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
How can decentralized clinical trials make research more inclusive? This @healthjournalism.org webinar, moderated by Doris Duke Civic Science Fellow @smjyoti.bsky.social, explores how bringing studies into communities can improve representation and research quality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOcu...
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Decentralized: Navigating the future of inclusive clinical trials | AHCJ Webinar
YouTube video by HealthJournalism
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A powerful reminder of the challenges and responsibilities facing the arts community today. Supporting creative expression means recognizing the many ways people work—both visibly and behind the scenes—to keep the arts thriving. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/a...
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Hundreds of Artists Call on N.E.A. to Roll Back Trump’s Restrictions
A letter signed by 463 playwrights, poets, dancers, visual artists and others pushes back against new grant requirements that bar the promotion of diversity or “gender ideology.”
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Sacha Spector @sachaspector.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
OPEN RFP! Super excited for this partnership between @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social and @snappartnership.bsky.social supporting up to 3 working groups designing roadmaps toward a nature positive future for the US. Each will be staffed by a post-doc fellow, convenings and facilitated working sessions.
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Chapin Hall @chapinhall.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Check out the Institute for Child and Family Well-Being's latest Overloaded Podcast episode with Chapin Hall Executive Director Bryan Samuels: overloaded-understanding-neglect.simplecast.com/episodes/sys... Luke Waldo and Bryan discuss how to transform systems through community leadership.
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Systems Transformation Through Community Leadership: Part I with Bryan Samuels | Overloaded: Understanding Neglect
Over the past three episodes with Marlo, Sixto, Anthony, Bryn, and Samantha, we have explored how we might unlock the power of lived experience through true collaboration. Whether through shifts in ou...
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Exciting! 🌱🌎
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Inside Philanthropy @insidephilanthropy.com · 06/02/2025
“It’s notable, there’s no question about it,” said Sacha Spector, program director for the environment at Doris Duke Foundation, describing the year’s turnover as a “super wave.” @kavate.bsky.social reports for @insidephilanthropy.com on: www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/a-wave-...
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A Wave of Departures in Environmental Philanthropy as Diversity Falls
Last year brought a wave of retirements and departures in climate philanthropy. While some say it is normal turnover, others see a generational shift and a “new era of leadership.”
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Chapin Hall @chapinhall.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Our #Policy toolkit pulls all resources on advancing effective policy on economic and concrete supports into one place: tinyurl.com/44f2fhes You'll learn about: ​ - Testimony on expanding Family First to include ECS​ - Evidence showing economic security reduces maltreatment and costly intervention​
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Health policy priorities for 2025 per @nam.edu: AI in health care, payment and delivery reform, biomedical research, women’s health, climate and health, and modernizing public health. Don't miss the virtual briefing on Feb. 27 at 12 p.m. ET: www.eventbrite.com/e/vital-dire...
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Vital Directions for Health & Health Care: Virtual Briefing
National Academy of Medicine experts present top health policy priorities for 2025
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
🎉 🎬 Congratulations to all the filmmakers selected for the Building Bridges Documentary Fund! We’re honored to partner with CAAM (@caamedia.bsky.social) in supporting powerful storytelling that highlights the richness and diversity of Muslim communities in the U.S. — deadline.com/2025/01/ddf-...
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Sundance: Building Bridges Documentary Fund Unveils Filmmaker Grant Recipients
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) announced the inaugural cohort of 15 Building Bridges documentarians for 2025 Documentary Fund.
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine @nationalacademies.org · 27/11/2024
Our report addresses the use of race & ethnicity in #BiomedicalResearch & makes recommendations for responsible use, transparent reporting, best practices for analysis, and community engagement. Access the report & supporting materials:
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The Use of Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research
See resources and frequently asked questions about this study.
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Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The FDA (@fda.gov) has issued draft guidance to improve pulse oximeter accuracy for people with darker skin—a critical step in addressing health disparities. Now’s the time to weigh in! Share your feedback during the open comment period: www.fda.gov/medical-devi...
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Pulse Oximeters
A pulse oximeter is a device that is usually placed on a fingertip that uses light beams to estimate the oxygen saturation of the blood and the pulse rate.
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