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UW Medicine Newsroom @uwmnewsroom.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We’re thrilled to share that the @uwmedicine.bsky.social @fredhutch.org Population Health Colorectal Cancer Screening Program received national recognition for achievement in prevention from ACS National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. Learn more at nccrt.org/2026-awards @issakamd.bsky.social

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Just here to celebrate my amazing colleague @issakamd.bsky.social Dr. Rachel Issaka who has been honored by our local (amazing) ice cream company in honor of Women in Science month. If you’re in Seattle please check out the delicious Molly Moon flavors this month! mollymoon.com/blog/dr-rach...

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Dr. Rachel Issaka's Malva Pudding Cake — Molly Moon's Women's History Month 2026

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS @issakamd.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

We need creative solutions to improve follow-up after cancer screening. We previously found that a rideshare intervention was safe and acceptable. In this study we found it is also cost-saving. Providing strong evidence for its ongoing use. CC: @fredhutch.bsky.social & @uwmedicine.bsky.social

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS @issakamd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Thank you @usha.bsky.social & colleagues at @statnews.com for always speaking truth to power! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 Terminating or not funding health disparities research is not the path to making Americans healthier. Denying scientists funding by terminating grants or opportunities does not make it a meritocracy.

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS @issakamd.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

We’re still in the business of improving #colorectalcancer screening! Congrats to @uwmedicine.bsky.social #GI fellow #NehaNaidoo for leading this manuscript and thanks to @amcollegegastro.bsky.social for publishing our work!

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rotonyac.bsky.social @rotonyac.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Unwavering support. A celebration of excellence for Black women. Undeniable forces of change unifying to change the world of medicine. 👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏾‍⚕️👩🏿‍⚕️ #Blackwomeninmedicine #ABGHNEXUS25 #Blackwomeninhealthcare bit.ly/ABGHNEXUS25

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NEXUS 2025 hosted on Whova

October 3 – 5, 2025, New York, NY

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Today #NIH leadership were told no funds can go out for research project grants, R&D contracts or training grants. We have just a couple weeks to get funds out the door before Russel Vought attempts a #PocketRescission on Aug 15. Even if this ends up being temporary, it’s time we don’t have.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Earlier this month, Flint, Michigan finished replacing its lead pipes to ensure clean drinking water for the community. Congratulations to the residents, activists, and public servants who made this happen. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...

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Flint Finishes Lead Pipe Replacement in Historic Milestone

A decade after lead contaminated water was found in Flint's water system, the legal battle to replace lead water pipes is finished, a landmark milestone for a city defined by its dangerous water.

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS @issakamd.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I am one of many scientists who has been caught in this rollercoaster. Judge Young found the current gov’t actions against specific scientists arbitrary and capricious and said that he had never seen government racial discrimination like this in his 40 years on the bench. This has to end!

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I think it's time for us to view Kennedy's actions as an attack not just on our public health but the country itself. He's an incredible monster.

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Fred Hutch @fredhutch.org · 25/07/2025

Congrats to Fred Hutch gastroenterologist and researcher @issakamd.bsky.social on being named a @reignfc.com Legend! The Legends Campaign honors women for their extraordinary contributions to our community in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. www.reignfc.com/news/seattle...

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Seattle Reign FC Legend: Dr. Rachel Issaka – Gastroenterologist, Professor and Researcher — Seattle Reign FC

The Legends Campaign, a partnership between Seattle Reign FC and Starbucks, honors women for their extraordinary contributions to our community in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Prior to Seattle Re...

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American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) @amergastroassn.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Nothing like a blender bike battle! Bring your #AGAGastroSquad to AGA Central for a little friendly competition at #DDW2025. Bonus: you get a gut friendly smoothie 🥤 at the end! @issakamd.bsky.social

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS @issakamd.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

#DDW20205 is here! Our lab is honored to have several members participating in vital discussions about how to improve digestive health. If you're here in San Diego, drop by to connect with us and learn more about what we've been up to! @amergastroassn.bsky.social #AGAGastroSquad #IssakaLab

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS @issakamd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Leadership matters, now more than ever! I’m incredibly proud of #LorenTaylor and his Oakland mayoral run! From the beginning, he has been the underdog. His passion has remained steadfast and his conviction, undeterred! This is his love letter to Oakland. Get out and #vote! #April15th

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ACLU @aclu.org · 02/04/2025

BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants. This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute @danafarber.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Save the date for our 12th Annual Cancer Disparities Research Symposium with keynote speaker Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS (@issakamd.bsky.social). Register here: bit.ly/4hBo9IQ

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Vaughn Smider, MD, PhD @vvsmider.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

#cancer survivors are fighters. I’ll fight for them however I can. Doge and the administration are dismantling cancer research. This article by a survivor, and grant reviewer for the CDMRP, which has just been cut, tells it like it is. www.knoxnews.com/story/opinio...

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Cancer research funding has been thrown onto the bonfire of cruelty | Opinion

Every dollar of federal-funded research generates an additional $2.56 in economic activity. Because of the cuts by DOGE, people are going to die.

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Rob Brierley @robbrierley.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Results from COLONPREV out now! 10-year colorectal cancer mortality in FIT group non-inferior to that in colonoscopy group (0·22% vs 0·24%; p for non-inferiority=0·0005) Participation in any form of screening higher in FIT group (39·9% vs 31·8%) @oncoalert.bsky.social #GastroSky #OncSky #MedSky

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

NIH emploees report they are forbidden from mentioning the cancer moonshot because that’s a ‘Biden thing’.

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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This is catastrophic for pancreatic cancer patients

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS @issakamd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

An insightful and troubling investigative report by @anguschen.bsky.social on how gov't cuts are impacting cancer centers, researchers, and patients. As a cancer researcher, I can attest that these cuts are indeed devastating and will set back decades of progress. www.statnews.com/2025/03/24/t...

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Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump

Cancer research has had bipartisan support. But Trump administration budget cuts and delays threaten to reverse progress of recent years, experts say.

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UW Medicine Newsroom @uwmnewsroom.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

@issakamd.bsky.social with @uwmedicine.bsky.social says colorectal cancer cases are trending younger. “Getting screened, increasing physical activity, maintaining a healthy diet, and limiting alcohol are steps we can all take to reduce our risk of colorectal cancer," she said.

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New colorectal cancer cases still trending younger

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We are knocking on the door of internment camps and mass deportation proceedings. I hope the ACLU will defend against this egregious show of bigotry.

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Elinne Becket, PhD @bielleogy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Friendly reminder: if you are waiting on something from a US-based scientist/reviewer/editor, please realize that we're barely making it through each day putting out non-stop fires and trying not to collapse into tears. We're trying our best, but things will take longer right now. Give grace.

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inkwrat @inkwrat.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Just watched Sen King's speech on the Senate floor - thank you for that! Every American should hear this. #CourageIsContagious youtu.be/g2ptQFOi9Pg

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“Thoughtless and Dangerous” King says on Senate Floor in Response to Trump Administration Firings

YouTube video by Senator Angus S. King, Jr.

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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I will be very interested to see what organizations that have already scrubbed/removed DEI content (National Academies, American Society of Microbiology -- see my stories) will do if these orders are deemed to be illegal and violate constitutional rights. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Judge temporarily blocks key parts of Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI

The plaintiffs argued that the president’s edicts against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives exceeded his authority and violate their constitutional right to due process.

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ImpSci @ UW @impsciuw.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

"Implementation Outcomes From a Pilot Study of Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT) as a Chronic Pain Treatment Modality in an Integrative Health Clinic" by Kathryn A. Hansen, Erin Blakeney, and Cynthia J. Price, in the journal *Integrative Medicine & Health* #impsci bit.ly/41r9NFn

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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

SCOOP: The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, arguably the nation's most powerful scientific organization, is bending to political pressure and removing terms like "health equity" from pending reports. Members are not happy. Story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/20/n...

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National Academies is altering pending reports to appease Trump administration, some members say

Words such as “health equity” are being replacing with vaguer terms, and 100 members sent a letter of protest to NASEM leaders.

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@doublewhammied @doublewhammied.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

FH's #colorectal #cancer community awareness event is right around the corner! Join us Sat, March 8 at 11 am PST 2 learn more abt #coloncancer from @fredhutch.bsky.social experts, hear from #CRC survivors, get health care resources & more. www.fredhutch.org/en/events/co... #CanSky #MedSky #crcsm

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Colorectal Cancer Community Awareness Event

Join Fred Hutch Cancer Center and the YMCA of Greater Seattle to learn more about colorectal cancer.

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS @issakamd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

It took between 30 to 53 days for Hitler to dismantle Germany’s constitution. March 23, 1933: The Enabling Act allows the Nazi government to make laws without parliament. March 21, 1933: Hitler issued a decree making it illegal to criticize the government. Concentration camps followed.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Garrett Graff is a former editor of Politico. Take note, scientists 🧪, he is deeply informed about politics. “American institutions [including science institutions] continue to **underreact**” to what is happening. Keeping our heads down won’t work. 1/

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS @issakamd.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The deliberate dismantling of government (NIH, CDC, FDA, HHS) will be followed by statements that government doesn’t work and that gov’t jobs need to be outsourced to private entities who will then make billions at the expense of tax-payers.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It’s been buried in all the news today, but every scientist in the US should pay attention to this: Mike Lauer went out on a limb for us all, sending out a memo saying institutes should start awarding grants. And it looks like Trump/Musk fired him for that. 🧪

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Just a reminder that Germany was the center of scientific progress until the Nazis suppressed, drove away, or killed all the non-Nazi scientists.

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

We are hearing that there is a meeting of all NIH IC directors happening now. We are also hearing, from several sources, rumors about director and assistant director level removals coming soon. The impact of this wld be enormous. IC directors have all grantmaking authority for each institute. 🧪

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Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS @issakamd.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Rose are red, violets are blue, There is so much going on right now, this is true. You might feel the right actions are few, Screening for colorectal cancer is something we can all do! March 8th, 11am at the SeaTac YMCA (Seattle, WA)! #ColonCancerAwarenessMonth #GetScreened #screeningsaveslives

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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 11/02/2025

First they came for immigrants & we spoke up because it’s the right thing to do. Then they came for trans people & we spoke up because it’s the right thing to do. Then they came for federal research dollars & we spoke up because we don’t want to die of diseases that scientists can cure.

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Shazia Siddique @shaziamsiddique.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This will have a crippling financial impact on academic institutions, increase unemployment, & stifle science The $47B NIH budget generates ~$93B in economic activity/yr. Unparalleled 2.46-fold ROI. nearly every new drug has an origin in science funded by NIH incl pharma/biotch

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

NIH Updates Good news: It appears that at least of the submitted F31 diversity supplements for which the study section had disappeared from eRA commons are reappearing with the original study section. Still uncertain future, but it's a step. 1/2

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three minions are standing in front of a sign that says " theres an update "

ALT: three minions are standing in front of a sign that says " theres an update "

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Matt Barber @biobarber.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

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Direct Economic Contributions

NIH directly supports the economy through investments in research institutions and job formation.

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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

“This is a blatant attempt to gut the universities and health research that have saved so many lives and given economic opportunity to so many people.” @iwashyna.bsky.social on impact of new NIh order to cut research indirect costs. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/n...

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NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science

The NIH said Friday night that it would slash support for indirect costs on all existing and future grants to 15%

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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Welp. Glad we got our story on how the new administration is disrupting science out just before the news dropped on how the new administration is disrupting science (capping indirect costs.) Stay tuned @statnews.com is on it. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/t...

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NIH scraps program to diversify the biomedical workforce, a longtime goal of science

Applications for a prestigious NIH grant that supports Ph.D. students from marginalized backgrounds are not being funded.

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

"Pursuant to this Supplemental Guidance, there will be a standard indirect rate of 15% across all NIH grants for indirect costs in lieu of a separately negotiated rate for indirect costs in every grant." grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD

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