Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDMark Histed @markhisted.org · 20/09/2026“The arrangement would give Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, a direct role in determining how NIH distributes its $48 billion in congressionally-appropriated money.” Bypassing the many checks and balances at NIH on grant funding decisions. 8271193
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026NEW: The Trump Administration is planning to slash human subject research regulations by redefining informed consent. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-plan...muellershewrote.comTrump Plans to Redefine Informed Consent for Human Research SubjectsThe Department of Health and Human Services has noticed a forthcoming rule on the OMB regulatory information site to redefine what undue influence means for vulnerable human research subjects 1881622871
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/s... Pls call your reps (5 calls app is great for this) and calmly support funding the best science as ranked by field specific experts after extensive careful review (current state). Not the best science unless this guy (Vought) disagrees (no one voted for this). #canskynytimes.comWhite House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. GrantsFederal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. 022
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDAmy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Tips to share the mental load: - Communicate clearly w/ your partner - Create a shared calendar of family events - List out tasks and divide up ownership. Don't worry about exact 50/50. Aim for a division that feels equitable to both of you - Have regular check-ins www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comWhy more women carry the 'mental load' - and how couples can share itPlanning, organising and remembering household tasks often fall disproportionately to mothers - here are some tips to help. 5131
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDDouglas Natelson @nanoscaleviews.bsky.social · 05/09/2026🧪⚛️ NSF, NIH - when agencies spend (or do not spend) money in ways that seemingly defy congressional appropriations. Article I only means something if the majority in Congress wants it to mean something. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2026/09/nsf-...nanoscale.blogspot.comNSF, spending, and the end of the fiscal yearWe are less than one month away from the end of the federal fiscal year, and traditionally there are internal deadlines for agencies to allo... 01810
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Can’t get to clinic fast enough👇👇👇🎉 #cansky #oncsky 131
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 30/08/2026www.science.org/content/arti...science.org‘Tour de force’ mouse study shows a gut microbe can promote memory lossResearch suggests the microbiome may contribute to cognitive decline—but its relevance in humans is unclear 040
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDNereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 30/08/20261/16 What if #stringtheory wasn't a complicated invention of physicists... but the only thing that could emerge from a few basic rules? A new study from Caltech (and collaborators) says just that. Let's see what it's all about.🔭🧪⚛️ - www.caltech.edu/about/news/s... #physics #science 2377
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I’m still registered. Check yours TX!! 023
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Adults have struggled to set rules for AI in school. These teens figured it out. - NPR Amazing collective power of bright students taking agency over their future. 🩷 130
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDDarcy Burbage, DNP, RN, AOCN @darcyburbage.bsky.social · 18/07/2026High-Dose Oral Vitamin D for Toxic Effects of the Skin Associated With Chemotherapy and Radiation jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comHigh-Dose Oral Vitamin D for Toxic Effects of the Skin Associated With Chemotherapy and RadiationThis case series evaluates the clinical response, safety profile, and time to improvement for high-dose oral vitamin D in patients with toxic erythema of chemotherapy and acute radiation dermatitis. 022
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026🧪 Russ Vought's OMB proposed rule threatens the quintessential brand of American innovation. Currently, research for federal funding is evaluated by experienced experts. Now, a political appointee may get the final say. Think 1930s Nomenklatura, Lysenkoism. Comment period ends July 13. 9192148
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDDee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 05/07/2026My late husband died of lung cancer about 22 years ago. He was a high energy theoretical physicist and when we were told it had metatisized to his brain, it broke his heart. If something could have prevented that...😢 Brain cancer breakthrough at McMaster University share.google/u71uco5p5QIF...share.googleA new therapeutic approach developed by McMaster researchers could help prevent brain cancer. Here’s how.A team of researchers at McMaster University may have unlocked the key to intercepting cancer cells before they reach the brain. 552855680
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDBruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.nbcnews.comA personalized vaccine for melanoma cut the risk of cancer returning after five yearsIf the vaccine is effective in a late-stage trial, it would be “paradigm-shifting,” one expert said. 14259891700
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026We keep talking about the Epstein files. I am gonna keep talking about the new OMB rule. It puts science (& new treatments at risk) The rule change sweeps over agencies including Education, NSF, NASA, HHS. It is a politically motivated cancel culture of "woke science" & more. 🧪 bit.ly/4v2X4nQbit.lyThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’ 26623333
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/06/2026The Commanders have had about 16 starting quarterbacks over the last 30 years that cannot throw as good as this 28868051046
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDWaggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Based on a new NOA recieved this month, we are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with solid foundation of molecular skills, creativity, and translational passion to help us develop innovative CARs for targeting discrete subsets of T cells. DM or email me if interested 11513
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/06/2026THE OFFICIAL @standupforscience.net GUIDE FOR TALKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE OMB RULE PROPOSAL!! www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...standupforscience.foundationHow To Talk to Anyone About OMB-2026-0034 — Your Site TitleWritten By: Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO 2267171
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDNature @nature.com · 05/06/2026Researchers say they have used a precise genome-editing technique called base editing to alter the genome of human embryos for the first time, an announcement that prompted both excitement and dismay. go.nature.com/3RUBKD6go.nature.comFirst precise genome editing of human embryos triggers praise and alarmThe lead scientist on the use of ‘base editing’ in very early embryos say that the technique is far from ready for the clinic, but critics worry that the work will spur a rush to commercialization. 14312
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Welp, this is a goddamn nightmare.theguardian.comInternational Space Station astronauts under evacuation ordersNasa says Russian crew trying to fix worsening air leak in its portion of orbital laboratory 1242180459
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026An important read. When you starve federal funding, next gen treatments are out of reach. Philanthropy won't replace an entire 80 yr old infrastructure. Only certain discoveries get press coverage. But the work leading up to them was quietly decades in the making. 🧪 www.ms.now/opinion/canc...ms.nowOpinion | The U.S. is dangerously close to defunding miracles like the one that saved my lifeJenney Bitner: I'm not a scientist or policy expert. But I know that the drug that kept me alive for my children was built on a foundation of public investment. 1165108
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDKaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · 30/05/2026I know many here will hate me for it, but BlueSky is so somnolent that I had to go back on evil Twitter to show my support for @iwashyna.bsky.social Nobel Prize for the People of Minneapolis!! #Truth2Power x.com/kaminskimed/... 196
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Make your voices heard! The proposed OMB rule negates peer review for approval of grant applications. The political appointee will have the power to randomly override peer review. The last thing we need is the fear of grants getting terminated based on whim. Russ Vought is all over this.🧪 5144118
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDIan Horsewell @teachingofsci.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Fascinating from a physics (and physics teaching) point of view. And terrifying when you consider the surveillance possibilities. #ChatPhysics 3147
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDKeith Trujillo @neurochicano.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Urgent! 🧪🧠 011
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDEmma Mason, Kerry Noble & Mary Rice @ricemasonnoble.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Report by @oncodaily.bsky.social on breast cancer study presented at #ESTRO26 oncodaily.com/oncolibrary/... @estroradiotherapy.bsky.socialoncodaily.comOLIGOMA Trial: SBRT Extends PFS in Oligometastatic Breast Cancer - OncoDailyOLIGOMA trial showed SBRT improved progression-free survival in oligometastatic breast cancer, supporting metastasis-directed therapy. 012
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDThe OncoAlert Network 🚨 @oncoalert.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Day FOUR of #ESTRO26 Coverage by OncoAlert 🚨 UK National Breast Radiotherapy Audit: Real-World Heart and Lung Doses from 30,000 NHS Treatment Plans Presented by Imogen Locke 🇬🇧 #RadOnc ☢️ #BreastCancer @estroradiotherapy.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDAmy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 18/05/2026It's the workplace--not the mothers--that needs to be fixed. One company has core hours of 9:30am-3pm in an employee’s time zone for everyone to be reachable and meetings to be scheduled. Outside these hours, employees structure their time around real life. www.fastcompany.com/91541720/cor...fastcompany.comCorporate America is crushing senior-level mothers. Here’s how they’re coping100+ women tell Fast Company how balancing motherhood and their careers has become increasingly fraught. Their clever fixes—and why they're not enough to fix a broken system. 1104
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 17/05/2026The CSS here is impressive. #radonc #bcsm #cansky 021
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDThe OncoAlert Network 🚨 @oncoalert.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Day THREE of #ESTRO26 Coverage by OncoAlert 🚨 Fifteen-year outcomes of the randomised APBI-IMRT Florence phase III trial of partial versus whole-breast irradiation in early #BreastCancer Presenter: Carlotta Becherini 🇮🇹 022
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDThe OncoAlert Network 🚨 @oncoalert.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Day THREE of #ESTRO26 Coverage by OncoAlert 🚨 Metastases-directed treatment in Patients with Oligometastatic Breast Cancer: Results from the OLIGOMA-trial (ARO-2021-09, NCT04495309) Presented by David Krug 🇩🇪 #RadOnc ☢️ @estroradiotherapy.bsky.social 022
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Provocative! I’d love to see the subtype distribution if anyone has it. 021
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDThe OncoAlert Network 🚨 @oncoalert.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Day THREE of #ESTRO26 Coverage by OncoAlert 🚨 Comparing Quality of Life (QOL) after adjuvant breast regional nodal radiotherapy (RNRT) within HYPORT Adjuvant trial (NCT03788213) Presented by SANJOY CHATTERJEE 🇮🇳 #RadOnc ☢️ @estroradiotherapy.bsky.social 033
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Very thoughtful discussion in this paper- well worth the time to digest these data in context. #radonc 010
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDThe OncoAlert Network 🚨 @oncoalert.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Twenty-year results of the randomized European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer trial 22922/10925 evaluating internal mammary chain and medial supraclavicular lymph node irradiation in stage I–III breast cancer #ESTRO26 acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/... 022
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDNEJM.org @nejm.org · 17/05/2026The authors of a new Perspective argue that clinicians are rightly expected to disclose their gaps in knowledge or their inability to forecast an outcome. Yet emerging AI tools often cannot, or will not, do the same. Read the Perspective: nej.md/4fgdg0D 0147
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDDigital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Vein finders are revolutionizing patient care by using near-infrared light to map veins in real-time, reducing failed punctures and improving comfort. 2173597707
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDcordeliaappleby.bsky.social @cordeliaappleby.bsky.social · 16/05/2026www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comAt last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected peopleDrug arrives years after pandemic’s peak, but could still offer protection to vulnerable populations. 0112
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Important! PhD students comment on now Trump's cuts affected their research. Our govt has lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs since 2025. Samsara Upadhya qualified for an F31 diversity grant, but her project itself was not DEI related. It was terminated. 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvrA... #Pinksyoutube.comYoung Scientists Speak Out: Trump Grant Cuts and ChaosYouTube video by Annika Horne 4125100
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 02/05/2026A good read on the hallmarks of pseudoscience 🚩Oversimplification of complex topics 🚩Science washing of ancient beliefs 🚩Biased handling of positive & negative results 🚩Vague claims using ambiguous language 🚩Logical fallacies, i.e., "it is natural therefore is safe" 🧪 www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...mcgill.caThe Hallmarks of PseudoscienceI’ve been investigating pseudoscientific claims for 13 years now. The word “pseudoscience” means “fake science,” something that superficially looks like science—and is often sold as such—but that isn’... 814285
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 02/05/2026The incomparable Dr. Daphne Haas-Kogan, Janeway Lecturer, at #ARS26 normalizing career lows, the grueling challenges in balancing work and life, and the value of confidently missing out. #radonc #cansky 010
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Excited about our @mdanderson.bsky.social Inflammatory Breast Cancer abstracts at #AACR26! Great job from our IBC lab teams! @debeblab.bsky.social 093
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 16/04/2026More of this!! apple.news/ABwts1avMTta...apple.newsWhat Happened After a Teacher Ditched Screens — The AtlanticWhy one early adopter of computers in classrooms has decided to toss them 010
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Awesome nerd day today with our amazing and fun TRIUMP IBC Team talking science and updating our advisory board! @debeblab.bsky.social @annalee-nguyen.bsky.social @mdanderson.bsky.social @utaustin.bsky.social #bcsm #cansky 092
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Ironic the specialists to investigate the LaGuardia crash can’t get there because air travel is such mess. apple.news/AnhIPNeGBTHO...apple.newsU.S. officials had to ‘beg’ to get LaGuardia crash investigator past Houston TSA — Houston ChronicleThe National Transportation Safety Board had to 010
Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD @ibcradiation.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Happy to share our new work on CCR7 expression profiles in IBC tumors and models. It is a beginning with more functional and protein work needed. But we’re intrigued and will continue to explore. #ibcsky #cansky www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCCR7 immune cell receptor expression in inflammatory breast cancer - Scientific ReportsInflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is characterized by congestion of dermal lymphovascular spaces by tumor emboli. We characterized expression of CCR7, a lymphocyte homing chemokine receptor, in IBC cel... 011
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia 227201255667
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDanil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 19/03/2026lots of jarring statistics and heartbreaking stories I could share from this story, but this particular anecdote made me tear up when @jonathanwosen.bsky.social first shared this story with me For more details from our survey of ~1000 nih-funded researchers, read the report below 6136101
Reposted by Wendy Woodward, MD, PhDFumiko Ladd Chino, MD FASCO @fumikochino.bsky.social · 18/03/2026What does it mean to co-design cancer care 💰🏥 interventions? Who should be involved and how does it work? Excited to speak today at #APOS2026 as part of this all star panel of #financialToxicity experts. Starting 10:15am today Studio 8-9 (2nd Floor) 🙌 Dr @bthomphd.bsky.social 072