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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD

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General surgery resident | Aspiring abdominal organ transplant surgeon | Baker, hiker, reader | She/her

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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I cannot write this grant. I can only read tributes to Dolly Parton. We should all read and learn more about her great works, and aim to do more of them ourselves.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Michigan, it’s never too early to make sure your voter registration is ready to go for November. Register to vote, online or by mail by October 19th: mi.gov/vote
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
'When a medical trainee cannot afford nutritious food or secure stable housing... they also experience a fundamental erosion of their ability to engage fully in the intellectual, relational, and professional components of medical education.' #MedEd academic.oup.com/academicmedi...
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Addressing financial, housing, and food insecurity to help medical trainees achieve their full potential
Training to be a physician is a deeply rewarding yet highly stressful experience. Nurturing learners through this challenging process is a critical objecti
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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD @easwanson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Apply to be my successor! If you are a surgery resident interested in transplantation and looking for an unparalleled opportunity to further your health services research skills during your academic development time, I cannot recommended this opportunity more highly. ?s - Please reach out!
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Transplant Surgery Research Fellowship | U-M Careers
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Elizabeth Lanphier @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Not requiring basic childhood vaccines to attend public school keeps immunocompromised kids and kids with medical contraindications to vaccination out of school due to the choices of other parents.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
My goodness please *listen* to this extremely wholesome story
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We asked a first grader to interview his hero: A bird scientist
NPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science.
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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD @easwanson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I’ve always voted absentee (in MT) or by mail (in OR). While I’m a huge fan of vote by mail, I’m excited to vote in person for the first time!
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is the horror cherry on top of the egregious fraud, waste, and abuse sundae. DOGE fired the people who send NIH money to research labs—which is a complicated process—so now even more labs are going to go under. All while Jay Bhattacharya goes on a podcast and says no NIH funding was cut.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/05/2026
horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Cole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Scientists have long sought to distance themselves from politics because we thought truth and facts would speak for themselves. Policy does not flow directly from truth, and scientists need to learn how to stand up for themselves, each other, and for our shared human experience. That takes work. /🧵
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Pop-Pop @dcdiversity1.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
“Everyone suffers when physicians lack understanding of how health inequities happen, cannot examine their own biases, and cannot develop the skills to address them, for their patients and their communities.” @oniblackstock.bsky.social
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Why rolling back health equity training in medical schools is a dangerous failure that puts all patients at risk.
Medical Schools Have an Obligation to Push Back Against Federal Pressure
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 20/04/2026
At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c
Figure showing number of competitive grants mentioning women from 2015-2025. The number was rising until recently, with a precipitous drop in the last year.
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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD @easwanson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
So many words of wisdom shared by Coach John Beilein at Michigan Medicine transplant conference today. I appreciated his reminder that "Vulnerability is a superpower," and his advice, "Be able to say, 'I don't know it all and I need help to get better.'"
Presentation slide showing a photo of Coach John Beilein in a locker room with the words "Leading by Trust, Growth and Lifestyle"
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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD @easwanson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Learning from Matthew has been one of the best things to come from being on social media and has undoubtedly made me a better doctor. I donated and encourage you to do so as well if you are able!
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bookletting.bsky.social @bookletting.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The replies to this post are full of grace and wisdom. I wish we didn't make grieving feel shameful. We all experience it, but it is still new and unique each time. #grief
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 11/04/2026
Splashdown! Vehicle is stable and upright. “A perfect bulls-eye splash for Integrity and its four astronauts!” #Artemis
The capsule splashing down onto the water with the three red and white parachutes above it
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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD @easwanson.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Omaha, Nebraska! The riverfront was the surprise highlight of my cross-country roadtrip last year.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I will say this again: Science isn’t just something that nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world. It’s why this app exists. It’s why child mortality rate isn’t 50% anymore. It’s how we’re able to launch people to the moon. It’s how we’re able to grow food that feeds half the world.
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Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration
Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Someone needs to tell the American people what's going on in the Pentagon, and it obviously won't be Pete Hegseth, who is at war with America's senior military officers. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Hegseth’s War on America’s Military
Someone needs to explain the Pentagon purges to the American people.
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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD @easwanson.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
So excited I’ll be able to take the train to/from SeaTac when I visit family in Redmond! Plus it will be nice to take the train to Seattle from the Eastside and not have worry about parking.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Immigrants weren’t just filling existing jobs; they were helping create them. That’s Econ 101: jobs are not a fixed pie. More people means more customers, more demand, more businesses expanding, and yes, more hiring.
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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
More on NIH funding cuts' disproportionate impact on marginalized groups. "Recent data shows that fellowship awards to Black researchers dropped by approximately 40 percent in a single year [vs.] 9 percent decline for white researchers." We need data on ppl w/ multiple marginalized identities.
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When Research Funding Is Cut, Who Really Pays the Price? - Black Women's Health Imperative
Since 1983, our national organization dedicated to health of our nation’s 21 million Black women and girls – physically, emotionally and financially.
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OPB @opb.org · 26/03/2026
Mark your calendars, Rip City. The WNBA expansion draft for new teams in Portland and Toronto will take place on April 3.
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WNBA sets April 3 expansion draft for new teams in Portland and Toronto
A coin toss will be held Friday, with the winning franchise getting to choose either the first pick in the expansion draft or the No. 6 pick in the college draft on April 13.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23/03/2026
The paper “shows that women, particularly those early in their careers, were disproportionately affected by terminations, even though they receive less funding from the NIH in general.”
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NIH grant terminations affected women scientists more than men, study finds
A new paper shows that women, particularly those early in their careers, have been disproportionately affected by NIH grant terminations.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I talked with @prisonculture.bsky.social, Alison Macrina, and Katie Clark about libraries as public infrastructure, contested political terrain, and spaces of possibility—and about what it means to fight for them in this fascistic moment.
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Why Libraries Matter in a Fascist Moment
“If we lose this as a public good and as a free public service, we will have lost everything,” says Mariame Kaba.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
People shouldn't feel bad about previously admiring someone when they didn't know about the terrible harms that person committed, but we should challenge ourselves to consider how pedestalizing and prioritizing the legacies of charismatic leaders can create harmful dynamics. That can be addressed.
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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD @easwanson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Montana State University agricultural research farm to put our (gloved) hands inside the fistulated cow, Lewis and Clark caverns, Yellowstone, cross country skiing
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Tyler Olson, EA @olsonplanner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Soon to be new interns - Financial education is critical for your start to residency. Come learn with us! Sign up here: olsonfp.com/webinar
Post-Match Financial Education Webinar is on Friday April 10th from 1:30 - 3:30pm ET. The cost is free. The live session will include a panel of experienced financial professionals who specialize in working with physicians.
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This is an incredible documentation of the systematic, intentional collapse of American health science, by Elizabeth Ginexi. open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
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I Wrote Research Funding Announcements for NIH for 22 Years. This Year They’ve Published 14
How NIH went from 756 funding announcements to 14 in two years — and what it means for every disease that depends on federal research
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JAMA @jama.com · 11/03/2026
💬 Viewpoint: Administrative delays and access failures introduce patient safety risks but are rarely treated as safety events in health systems. ja.ma/4b2fFcZ
JAMA article "Patient Safety Begins With Access" by Victor J. Hassid, MD, MBA; Haytham M. Kaafarani, MD, MPH. It discusses safety events before meeting the patient and reframing access failures as safety failures, published March 11, 2026.
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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD @easwanson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The question that most informs my politics is, "What is best for children?" @smashfizzle.bsky.social writes about this with such passion and moral clarity. "I refuse to die without trying to make sure the kids I love get something so much better than this" took my breath away.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
This is one good illustration why diversity on the court matters: Sotomayor can imagine a version of the world where this ruling would affect a younger version of herself, her family and people that look like her. Kavanaugh cannot.
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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD @easwanson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
When a colleague does something well, let them know! The reaction I get when I do this tells me we don’t give each other enough positive feedback / words of appreciation in medicine.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 22/08/2025
No family should have to fear that their child’s private medical records will fall into the hands of a presidential administration opposed to their very existence. This erodes the trust every family should be able to have in their doctors.
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DOJ Demands "Every Writing or Record" of Trans Youth Care From Hospitals
The Trump administration has sent subpoenas to 20 hospitals for personal medical records.
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Elizabeth Swanson MD PhD @easwanson.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Congrats to the @ohsudoernbecher.bsky.social and Randall Children's pediatric surgery teams on their work demonstrating reduced costs and resource utilization with implementation of standardized perioperative pathways in pediatric surgery. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Standardized Perioperative Protocols and Variance in Pediatric Surgery
This cohort study evaluates the association between a pediatric surgery perioperative standardization initiative encompassing multiple protocols and clinical outcomes, hospital length of stay, and ove...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/08/2025
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
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Kat O’Brien @lavidagata.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I knew the U.S. higher education system was a massive draw for foreigners, but I did not know the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it did natural gas and coal combined. Great piece by @crampell.bsky.social
Colleges and universities are among America's most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined.
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What are America's most competitive exports? By dollars, not coal or corn.
Dollar value of exports in select sectors, 2024
Education-related travel
$56B
Natural gas
34B
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Alice Callahan @alicecallahan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My story about @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, nutrition and metabolism scientist at N.I.H., who felt compelled to take early retirement after experiencing censorship of his work under the new administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
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Leading Nutrition Scientist Departs N.I.H., Citing Censorship (Gift Article)
Kevin Hall said his work on ultraprocessed foods has been “hobbled” under the Trump administration. Scientists have been raising such concerns for months.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵
US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I wrote a book about bureaucratic violence and if there’s one thing I wish everyone knew right now, it would be: The people most harmed can’t tell what’s happening or why. Their lives unravel and, more often than not, they are taught to blame themselves—or other victims.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
About half of all childbirths in America are covered by Medicaid. Over half of all nursing home residents are covered by Medicaid. Over 79 million people are covered by Medicaid. And the House GOP’s plans to gut Medicaid would hurt nearly every community in America.
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 20/03/2025
A full-term baby boy was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at 30 hours of age owing to abdominal distention and failure to pass meconium. Before the transfer, the baby had fed poorly and regurgitated colostrum. 1/3 #MedSky #PedSky #Neonatology
Image Challenge
What is the diagnosis?

Left: An abdominal radiograph showing dilated loops of small intestine.

Right: A photo of an enterotomy for evacuation of meconium that was performed.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 19/03/2025
By attacking science: We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care. We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit. We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge.
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Center for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 18/03/2025
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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