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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN

@heathertubbscooley.bsky.social
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Health services researcher, nurse, tenured public U prof Nursing workforce, nurse staffing/workload, and child health outcomes Bibliography at shorturl.at/ODHlO Personal account, little of this & that

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AAUP @aaup.org · 06/10/2026
BOOM! 💥💥💥 The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals granted Penn-AAUP’s motion to vacate the bad district court opinion on Trump’s absurd demands. Trump tried to get a list of Jews from Penn & failed, & now, thanks to @aaup-penn.bsky.social, the admin leaves with nothing that it can use elsewhere.
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Notice of Docket Activity
The following transaction was filed on 10/06/2026
Case Name:
EEOC v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Case
Number:
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Document(s): Docket Entry #25
Docket Text:
ORDER (KRAUSE, CHUNG and MASCOTT,
Circuit Judges) The foregoing motion to vacate the District Court's March 31, 2026
order is GRANTED. The matter is REMANDED to the District Court with the instruction to DISMISS. Panel ID: CCO-130 Judge: CHUNG
Authoring (PDB)
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
97% of surveyed health equity scientists reported changing/ planning to change their science in response to Trump's ideological war on diversity, equity & inclusion. Changes included: - Language: 84% - Research question: 56% - Topic: 50% - Stopping entirely: 19% osf.io/preprints/so...
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Observed Shifts in the Health Equity Research Landscape: Results of a National Survey of Health Equity Researchers April-July, 2025
Objectives. To assess changes health equity researchers have made or anticipate making to their research in the context of the current federal administration’s policies on diversity, equity, and inclu...
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PsyPost @psypost.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Parents of transgender youth faced declining mental health after the 2025 inauguration
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Parents of transgender youth faced declining mental health after the 2025 inauguration
A recent study reveals that parents of transgender youth experienced worsening mental health and heightened anxiety following the 2025 presidential inauguration. The research highlights the immediate emotional toll that shifting political climates take on families.
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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I know everything is bad, but check this out: Using miracle material for which its founder won the chemistry Nobel last year, a startup has built a working device that can harvest clean water from air using the heat emitted from a data center. @mollytaft.com and @blkahn.bsky.social have the scoop:
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A Startup Has a Plan to Make Water From Air Using Data Centers’ Waste Heat
Atoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water from some of the driest air on Earth without using electricity.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
People too young to remember but the day after Obergefell, the gays invaded our Churches and forced them to close, as they remain today. abcnews.com/Politics/thr...
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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s October and the neighbors are back with #SkeletonCrew. Strong start!
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Same as AHRQ. It exists but not only has it not made new awards, it canceled all ongoing awards last July and the admin impounded unspent funds. This is a pattern. My guess is that certain NIH institutes are next.
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Might be TMI for this site but about two months ago when I heard federal abortion restrictions were coming I called my gyn for a tubal consult. Told her I was too old to deal with this sh*t and wanted it done, never to worry again. She said, "say less". I genuinely love her.
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Love it when things finally come full circle
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm headed to DC tomorrow and our campus travel agency sent an URGENT NOTICE - DEMONSTRATION AND RIOTS!!! to warn me of student demonstrations tomorrow at campuses across the country that might disrupt my travel. I actually find this irresponsible. The students are fine.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Published today, there's a lot in Michael Lewis's new book we didn't know about. Including the NIH, unbridled assertion of power, cruelty, and many civil servant heroes (the "blockers") erictopol.substack.com/p/michael-le...
erictopol.substack.com
Michael Lewis: The NIH “Murder Mystery,” DOGE, and Our Government Immune System
Our conversation on his new book BORDERS
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I bought a Kirkland's Signature bottle of margarita mix just to get through the next month.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How did this happen? Officially, proposals went through the same process as before: peer review, program officer recommendation, section head approval. Unofficially, the choice was taken out of SBE's hands, going above the directorate head, Christina Freyman and to NSF leadership.
In the past, panels of independent scientists vetted proposals; program officers recommended those found worthy, and section heads approved them. But a new, unofficial process has removed decision-making power from all directorate staff and leadership. Only a few proposals in administration priority areas, such as cognitive science and AI, were allowed to move ahead, according to the former staffers. Program officers sent them to Freyman, who met with Simon Malcomber, NSF’s chief science officer. “Then he would come back with some decision,” a former staffer explains. “So it wasn’t his decision-making. He was in consult with others.” If Malcomber said a proposal was acceptable, a program officer was given the green light to officially recommend it. “They were very, very careful in terms of never putting anything in writing about what the process was,” the former staffer says. NSF did not respond to questions about the process.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is no NSF leadership. They were removed and never replaced.
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In addition to spending less money and making fewer new grants, SBE also dramatically narrowed where it made those new grants. Areas such as economics, sociology, and archaeology received few to no grants.
Grantmaking gutted
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) awarded far fewer new awards than typical in fiscal year 2026—just 91. (The fiscal year runs from 1 October to 30 September.) Most of the new grants focused on cognitive science and artificial intelligence, in alignment with White House priorities; offices that support fields such as economics, sociology, and research ethics, as well as postdoctoral fellowships, awarded no grants at all.
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I just submitted a grant on foundational immunization science education for nurses, a major departure from my usual work. It's a really, really, really great study and I hope (all fingers crossed) the funders like it.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Local coverage of the NIH censorship lawsuit involving Pitt plaintiffs. pittnews.com/article/2034...
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Pitt professors join class-action lawsuit against NIH, alleging it censored scientific research - The Pitt News
The lawsuit, filed on Sept.16, alleges that NIH, the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research, is unconstitutionally censoring scientific research in relation to requiring a list of keywor...
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mumps can lead to male infertility. The scrotum swells substantially! It’s painful!
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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's October so I am once again sharing my favorite spooky story: in Central Ohio, local governments team up to ban kids from tricking or treating on Halloween* - not a dystopian YA novel but reality! Sign and share my petition to end this nonsense. * when it falls on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MUMPS! The most underrated diseases of the MMR combo. It's not a great thing to get!
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OMB's focus on NIH and NSF, which has confused a lot of folks, pretty much boils down to stopping money going to universities.
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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"In 1994, Doug Altman famously remarked that ‘We need less research, better research, & research done for the right reasons’. His words have never been more relevant." Read a free copy of our @intjepidemiol.bsky.social letter on 'why epidemiology should not be automated': zenodo.org/records/2308...
Front page of manuscript from pre-print server
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Talked with eldest kid tonight as he preps for midterms. He says college is harder than he expected, he’s having a lot of fun, and enjoys his new life. And, he isn’t interested in joining a fraternity because he’s “been hearing a lot of weird things in the news about frats.” I’ll take it.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/09/2026
"And the sign says long-haired freaky people need not apply..." I just aged myself.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Free virtual panel on what is going on with vaccines, October 20, via the College of Physicians of Philadelphia: "* Vaccines for winter: What current guidance says about vaccines for children and adults, including flu, COVID-19, and RSV... " and more. collegeofphysicians.org/events/vacci...
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Vaccines This Winter: Making Sense of the Science and Policy
A free virtual panel discussion about vaccine science, recent policy debates, and the choices facing families this season.
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Emily Mullin @emilymullin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Pennsylvania Department of Health just confirmed a 5th measles-related death. This really suggests that the outbreak is a lot bigger than the official numbers. The average case fatality rate for measles is about 1 to 3 deaths per 1,000 reported cases in developed countries.
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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kvetching about peer review: The business model was always sketchy. For-profit publishers receive free content from academics. This content is peer-reviewed for free by other academics. They sell the product (at v high prices) back to the Universities that pay the academics.
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joke about non-consensual contact right out of the gate at the MAHA Summit's "Reform in CMS" panel from moderator Russell Brand, the comedian who has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of rape and sexual assault for which he will stand trial in London next month. Dr. Oz slaps his knee. MAHA!
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's a $96,318 fine for being raped.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration blocked the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium from reapplying for funding, terminating at least 2 clinical trials for children's brain cancer treatment.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“We’re at a period where our molecular understanding is unprecedented,” said Dr. Paul Mischel, a physician scientist at Stanford. “But the infrastructure is really falling apart.” “It’s a problem — it’s a big, big problem,” he added. “People should be really angry.”
nytimes.com
New Cancer Drugs Are Revolutionary. Why Don’t More Patients Get Them?
Targeted gene therapies are highly effective at stopping cancers, but the very abundance of the treatments, plus cost and sluggish change, are hindering access.
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a picture of senior academics holding up a result from their classic 1997 paper as the be-all and end-all on the topic.
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Dinosaur Bob @dinosaurbob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So…a confirmation bias machine?
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
there's a thing in moderate democratic politics where it is considered fundamentally illegitimate to deliver results to your own voters; instead, you must propose a better way to implement your adversaries' entire ideological program
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A very fine kakistocracy, the best there’s ever been.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wild to be a voter in Ohio rn, where my vote might matter lol
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 30/09/2026
So-called AI detection tools might be an even bigger scurge than AI. I was talking today with a student (a senior), who shared that they now have to spend time "dumbing down" their papers--shortening sentences, removing advanced vocab and punctuation--because otherwise they get flagged as "AI."
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“shows snow-covered lane lines” 😍 I want one so bad
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s also really clear to me this week that the people telling us that AI will transform work…haven’t seen a lot of jobs where people work.
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Recently I was admonished to focus on “the true, the good, and the beautiful” by someone who voted for Trump x3. The convo was about why they did that as a Christian. The true-good-beautiful isn’t new but its application today seems to me to be a flavor of New Thought. Thoughts @kkdumez.bsky.social?
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don’t understand why this is a good idea. Same with Vandy opening a campus in West Palm Beach. Demographically, FL is the state of retirees. How does the math work for this?
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026
i guess the idea of genius is appealing because it suggests there's a shortcut to the tedious experience of becoming good at something. and if there's no shortcut the time spent looking for a domain you're naturally gifted at is just more time wasted. ok happy monday everyone let's get this bread
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every photo I see out of the White House looks like a Gatsby remake 
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Heather Tubbs Cooley, PhD, RN, FAAN @heathertubbscooley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Is she hosting a party inside the refrigerator?
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Alexander Manshel @manshel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Require full books" is ranked 25th out of 30 here, only a few above "Private school vouchers" and "Allow A.I. use." The explanation? "Some experts saw this as common sense, though there is little existing research."
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Whenever I go out of town to give a talk my mom wishes me luck on my “presentation” like I’m an 8th grader with a poster and it honestly gives me so much joy.
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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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