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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Really enjoyed my time at the UVA Cancer Center hosted by Dr Dan Gioeli. Cool science, wonderful people and great conversations - even had a surprise visit from mentor extraordinaire Dr Richard Santen!

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

An absolute treat to host longtime friend & collaborator @neil-iyengarmd.bsky.social (@winshipcancer.emory.edu) who gave a fabulous seminar on “Targeting Metabolic Perturbations to Improve Cancer Outcomes” at our @kucancercenter.bsky.social Obesity, Metabolic Health & Cancer seminar series

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Our translational science review on obesity and cancer is now out in JAMA. Here, we delve into several mechanisms driving the relationship and look forward to seeing how the field evolves with the emergence of novel strategies for intervention. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Obesity and Cancer: A Translational Science Review

This translational science review summarizes current evidence about the primary biologic pathways by which obesity may promote development of cancer and interventions that may reduce obesity-associate...

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I am proud to see the official launch of the Obesity, Metabolic Health and Cancer Research Program at @kucancercenter.bsky.social - a first of its kind for an NCI-designated or comprehensive cancer center! www.kumc.edu/about/news/n...

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KU Cancer Center launches new research program on obesity and cancer

The first of its kind at any NCI-designated cancer center, the new program will advance the understanding of the link between cancer and obesity.

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San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium @sabcs.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

#SABCS25 is underway! Julia Palmer, Mary Beth Terry, Kristy Brown, and advocate Stacey Tinianova discussed alcohol consumption, genetics of alcohol metabolism, and obesity during a special session on lifestyle factors and breast cancer risk moderated by Seema Khan.

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Great turnout for the @americancancersoc.bsky.social Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fundraiser! Proud to be part of Team @kucancercenter.bsky.social who already raised more than $11k for this event. Even caught a glimpse of @chiefs.bsky.social KC Wolf!!

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Spent the last couple days back in Ithaca for the Intercampus Cancer Metabolism Symposium where it was a pleasure giving a keynote address related to our work exploring the intersection of obesity and genetics, and their role in driving breast cancer risk.

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

What a day!! The Garmin KC Marathon is the hilliest marathon I’ve run and possibly the most rewarding. Ecstatic with having placed 3rd in my age group and so grateful for the opportunity to push myself. @kucancercenter.bsky.social @thevfoundation.bsky.social

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Looking forward to discussing advances in this area and having the opportunity to attend SABCS again! @kucancercenter.bsky.social

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

“Let’s get the politics out of public health”

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Beautiful day for the Head for the Cure 5k to raise funds, awareness and hope for the Kansas brain cancer community. What a turnout! Looks like there may have been nearly 2,800 participants towards a goal of raising $700,000. @kucancercenter.bsky.social

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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

We thank John Newell-Price, MD, PhD, for his term as President of the Society. Read @endocrinenews.bsky.social to learn more about the accomplishments he has achieved during his service: bit.ly/4ei7QQd #ENDO2025

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

#ENDO2025 was such a success! Congrats to the AMSC for putting on a great meeting. In difficult times, it’s great to see us rally together for the future. A big thanks to Secretary-Teasurer Dr Boord for his leadership, mentorship and friendship. Excited for this next chapter! See you at #ENDO2026

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Dr Sailesh Palikhe doing a stellar job presenting his poster at #ENDO2025 today!

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Honor to meet Dr Holst and talk about broader effects of GLP-1 and receptor agonists. #ENDO2025

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Some of us (me) have not yet perfected the art of mini finger hearts! It was a true pleasure meeting everyone.

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

We did it! 5k #ENDO2025 Fun Run was a great way to wake up ahead of a busy schedule today. What a wonderful group! Loved meeting everyone.

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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Get Ready for the Second Day of ENDO | Our team is enthused from the spectacular first day of ENDO! We cannot wait to host you tomorrow. Join us for a wide range of networking events. View our program planner and mark your schedule: bit.ly/44Gwwxw #ENDO2025 #endocrinology #EndoSky

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Day 1 of #ENDO2025 has started! Meeting friends and colleagues, impactful presidential address, two forward-thinking plenaries, and coming up this afternoon…the poster of Linlan Qiao! Please go say hi (SAT-671) at 12:15pm and hear about all the great work he’s been doing during his PhD so far.

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Daniel Drucker @danieljdrucker.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

New single-nucleus and spatial datasets offer unprecedented insights into the basis of #obesity associated adipose tissue dysfunction and its reversal by #weightloss and are a key resource for mechanistic and therapeutic exploration www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Selective remodelling of the adipose niche in obesity and weight loss - Nature

An atlas study of adipose tissue in people with obesity undergoing weight loss and their lean counterparts reveals that weight loss reduces cell senescence but cannot reverse all the metabolic problem...

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I will be there!! Traveling to SF today for #Endo2025 ✈️ The AMSC put together an amazing program! Can’t wait to see everyone and get some miles in on Sunday. Also excited to be taking the reins as Secretary-Treasurer at the end of the meeting. Dr Boord, you have big shoes to fill!

San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge (Britannica)

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Can we please go one day without another attack on science (and everything else)? Whoever thinks that keeping people in a constant state of anxiety is productive, needs to think again.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

"Our calculations suggest that the proposed budgetary cuts to the NIH will create a social cost that is 16 times greater than the savings that the administration is attempting to achieve." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/04/2025

President Trump's push to freeze federal funding to universities has targeted elite institutions, like Harvard and Columbia. But many other schools are concerned that it threatens the future of research and development programs. nyti.ms/42N36hH

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Morale in academic research community right now is whatever is below rock bottom. The uncertainty and unpredictability are overwhelming. The mental and physical toll on U.S. based scientists is significant and will be long-lasting. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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How Trump’s attack on universities is putting research in peril

Scientists have little information as the US government freezes and cancels their funding.

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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Submit Your Late-Breaking Abstracts to ENDO 2025 | There is no better place to share your research than ENDO. Abstracts will be accepted until Tuesday, May 6, at 1:00 PM ET. Submit today: bit.ly/4gi1Zu5 #ENDO2025 #endocrinology @endosocjournals.bsky.social

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Leonidas Platanias, MD @leonidasplatan1.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Cancer mortality rates have been dropping because of NIH and NCI funded research to Universities. Without it there would be no new cancer treatments that save lives.

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Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

First the Diabetes Prevention Program. Now the Women's Health Initiative. Really struggling to see how ending nutrition/lifestyle trials with long term follow up is a) part of the MAHA agenda; b) changing the 'woke' culture at Universities; c) improving 'efficiency'. www.whi.org/md/news/whi-...

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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

We are pleased to announce Manuel Tena-Sempere, MD, PhD, as the next Editor-in-Chief of #Endocrinology, succeeding @zane-andrews.bsky.social, effective January 2026. Manuel Tena-Sempere is a professor of physiology at @uco.es. Learn more: bit.ly/42IMd6v @endosocjournals.bsky.social #EndoSky

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 23/04/2025

Researchers in the US are seeking career opportunities abroad as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes science funding and workforce numbers, finds an analysis of Nature’s jobs-board data. #Academicsky 🧪

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Exclusive: a Nature analysis signals the beginnings of a US science brain drain

A trawl of job views and application data suggests jobseekers are looking abroad as the Trump administration’s cuts to science take hold.

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Almost posted something. Then didn’t. Who else is going through this at the moment?

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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Obesity Fellows Program | Meet with top experts on September 19–20 for a blended learning experience on best practices in obesity care. Travel, two-night hotel accommodation, and meal expenses will be covered for up to 50 US-domestic fellows. Apply now: bit.ly/3Wnrulg #obesity #endocrinology

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Barbara Marte @barbmarte.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

this week 20 years ago, Nature published two seminal papers showing for the first time that BRCA-mutant cells were selectively sensitive to PARP inhibitors, paving the way for clinical trials and approval of PARP inhibitors for patients with BRCA-mutant ovarian and breast cancers, and beyond.

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Congratulations to all the winners! Excited to see Linlan from our lab be selected. I remember the experience fondly when I attended as a postdoctoral fellow when it was called Endocrine Trainee Day. A great time to make lasting connections and friendships. See you in San Francisco!

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Gregory Riely @rielymd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

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Endocrine Society @endocrinesociety.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Endocrine Signals Blog | ENDO 2025 in San Francisco, CA, will offer peerless educational programming and excellent networking opportunities. The entire global endocrinology ecosystem will gather July 12-15 in this beautiful city by the bay for ENDO. Read more: bit.ly/44e6jHV #ENDO2025 #EndoSky

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ENDO 2025 in San Francisco Will Offer Something for Everyone

As in past years, ENDO 2025 in San Francisco, CA, July 12-15, will offer peerless educational programming and excellent networking opportunities. The entire global endocrinology ecosystem will gather ...

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AACI @aacicancer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

In this week's #DefendingCancerResearch Digest, AACI is sharing news on the impact of funding and staff cuts at NIH and NCI on #CancerResearch and #PatientCare. Read it here and share widely: conta.cc/43Icx2L #FundNIH #FundNCI

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Grad students motivate and inspire every day. Today, we celebrated Linlan receiving the Karen & Kelly Gregg Research Achievement Award (and his belated birthday). Congrats, Linlan! A big thank you to Dr Kelly and Mrs Karen Gregg for supporting research - it means the 🌎! @kucancercenter.bsky.social

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AACI @aacicancer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

AACI is deeply troubled by ongoing workforce reductions and plans to downsize #HHS by terminating an additional 10,000 employees across the department's agencies, including #NIH. Read and share our statement: aaci-cancer.org/Files/Admin/... #AACIStatement #DefendingCancerResearch #FundNIH #FundNCI

Dark blue background with light blue and golden yellow curved lines spanning the lower right corner. White text, stacked in 2 lines, reads: AACI Statement.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Only 9% of >105,000 people with 30-years of follow-up reached age 70 without chronic diseases. Our diet and healthy aging, a review of the new report @naturemedicine.bsky.social this week, and placing it in context erictopol.substack.com/p/our-diet-a...

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Our Diet and Healthy Aging

A very large prospective study assessed dietary patterns and healthy aging

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I stand in solidarity with all of my colleagues who do health equity research. This work matters for the communities we serve. This week has been catastrophic for grant cancelations and our communities are hurting terribly. Please share and stand with us in solidarity.

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Congratulations, Dr Santoro. Our new President-Elect!

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Loved getting to meet and catch up with these amazing leaders at the AACI Leadership Diversity and Development Workshop. @luskinglab.bsky.social @aacicancer.bsky.social @kucancercenter.bsky.social

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Kristy A. Brown, PhD @drkristyabrown.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

A brief video explaining some of our recent work. Our lab @kucancercenter.bsky.social is now building on these findings. Publication: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... youtube.com/watch?v=NH9n...

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Impact of obesity on breast cancer penetrance in hereditary cancers

YouTube video by VJOncology

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