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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD

@kelseyschwartz.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Iowa. Vascular physiologist with a focus on women’s health. Posts are my own.

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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Check out one of our recently published clinical trials! We found that 6 weeks of losartan improved microvascular endothelial function and reduced angiotensin II-mediated vasoconstriction in healthy women with a history of preeclampsia.
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American Physiological Society @apsphysiology.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
If you're concerned about #biomedical research funding, it's time to raise your voice and take action. Sign up for APS Action Alerts to help elevate the collective voice and impact of the #physiology community: ow.ly/7gIr50WfGmX #SciPol #advocacy #FundScience 🧪
A photo of the U,S, Capitol building.
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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Stand Up with Us this Friday on the Pentacrest on the UIowa campus!! We have speakers, live music from local band One More Hour, and information from local organizations about the threats to high education and how you can get more involved! @standupforscience.bsky.social
Flyer for a Stand Up for Science event on the Pentacrest at the University of Iowa on May 9th at 4:30 pm. Local band One More Hour will provide live music and there will be a gathering at The Green House after the event at 6 pm.
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Alexa Corker @alexacorker.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
APS Summit 2025 has begun and I have just landed in Baltimore! Catch me and @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social from 1215-1 pm in the APS hub discussing how to becoming more involved in science advocacy and with the APS Science Policy Committee! 🥼
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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Harvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
University of Iowa friends: mark your calendars for May 9th. More details to be released very soon!
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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The funding for these long COVID research grants was given back bc disability activists urged us to contact our reps persistently, in high volume, and we did. Remember that these tactics work the next time someone tries to get you to passively react instead of taking an active part in organizing!
This returned funding is a rare win for Long COVID advocates and researchers amid a climate of fear and uncertainty. Earlier in the week, the Trump administration ordered the closure of the federal government's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice as part of a wider restructuring of health agencies, and last month, it terminated a federal advisory_committee on Long_COVID.

Long COVID advocates stepped up to contact their representatives and advocate for RECOVER funding and other federal Long COVID initiatives to remain in place. While the research program's broader future remains uncertain, these restored grants are a significant milestone, said RECOVER patient representative Megan Fitzgerald.

"This is so significant because it allows critical studies to better understand how Long COVID affects the body, identify treatment targets, and develop new therapies," she wrote in an email to The Sick Times.
"I'm especially relieved as a parent that this reinstates really important funding for studies in kids. And I think we can all breathe a little easier knowing that all the hard work of patients and researchers over the last few years won't go to waste."
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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Iowa district 1 friends! Join me TODAY at 2 pm at the (empty chair?) town hall for Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks at the Iowa City Public Library I’ll be speaking as a concerned constituent about how devastating the threats to biomedical research funding are, and will continue to be, to IA citizens.
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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Wonderful short bluetorial on how and why you should contact your elected reps to fight for scientific funding. Every single letter/email/call/meeting can have an impact on your representative. Call them today!!
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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Amazing time at #StandUpForScience in Chicago on Friday. Thank you to the IL team for letting me help organize!! Reminder: call your representatives!! Use 5calls.org for a streamlined process to make your voice heard.
📷: Mike Yen
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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
TOMORROW!!! Me and a car full of science homies will be traveling to Chicago for their rally! Staying in Iowa? Make sure you walk out at noon!!! (I see you UIowa, ISU, and Grinnell College registered on the map!)
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Austin Robinson @ausrob-phd.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Have noticed the same thing...early career folks (PhD students, post docs, junior faculty) are making the most noise. I am sure there are several reasons, but the lack of more established folks even acknowledging what is happening is unfortunate and telling...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
What YOU do in the next few weeks matters. A lot.
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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Fun news: I’m officially joining our neighbors in #Chicago to #standupforscience on March 7 at noon at the Federal Plaza! Iowa friends—join me, I have room in my car or you can bring a car full of people, too! Chicago info: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Stand Up for Science 2025 - Chicago, IL
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 23/02/2025
Freezing out the NIH's funding means freezing out American innovation. Research into curing cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's all delayed. And ultimately it won't just cost us advancements in life-saving research, it will cost us lives.
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NIH funding cuts could have ‘devastating impact’ on medical advancements, Chicago researchers say
The National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump announced this month that it was cutting payments covering overhead costs for research institutions that receive its grants.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 19/02/2025
☀️📣 Looking for a STATE LEAD and VOLUNTEERS to help us #standupforscience2025 in IOWA! Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG... #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence #iowa
Image of Iowa with the text, looking for iowa volunteers.
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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I just called the Iowa AG! Happy to pass on the script I made (IA specific but you can replace with your funding $). Check replies in this thread for examples if you want to make your own, too.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Excellent thread on indirect costs, how they fit into universities, and how we got here. 🧪
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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Disruptions to the NIH impact more than just science; they will hit all Americans in our wallets. I spoke yesterday with Becky Fogel from @kutnews.bsky.social about the important role NIH-funded research plays in the economy. 🧵 1/n www.kut.org/education/20...
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UT Austin professor says Trump's policies could disrupt scientific research and hurt the economy
The Trump administration directed federal health officials to pause external communications last week, which prompted the National Institutes of Health to cancel meetings used to determine which resea...
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Calls are being registered--when i spoke to someone in Senator Tillis' office this morning they told me many people had called already today. Call tomorrow!
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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I reached out to my senator on the Senate Finance Committee urging them to consider the harm that confirming RFK Jr will have on NIH funds for IA. Happy to help anyone find who to contact/what to say if you want to reach out to your state rep, too! www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-state/
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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Kelsey Schwartz, PhD @kelseyschwartz.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Excited to share our recently in press manuscript in #Hypertension (@ahajournals.bsky.social) as my first official post here! www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
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Reduced AT2R Signaling Contributes to Endothelial Dysfunction After Preeclampsia | Hypertension
BACKGROUND: Women who had preeclampsia (a history of preeclampsia) have a >4-fold risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared with women who had an uncomplicated pregnancy (history of health...
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